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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1958)
The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Tuesday, April 15, 195& Man to Man By JOE TINDEL Since “Man to Man” appeared last in The Battalion, the Easter holidays have come and gone and once again the long grind starts.. Many will be finding out in the next few weeks whether they will graduate on time or not or if they will graduate this semester. Now’s the time to hit the books harder than ever. ★ ★ ★ Two more columns remain before I’ll be handing the reins of The Battalion over to Joe Buser, next year’s editor. For many who have disagreed with me this year it will be a welcomed event. It’s too bad it has to be that way, but an editor can’t agree with everybody. ★ ★ ★ When I returned to the campus yesterday after a week’s stay in Liberty publishing the weekly newspaper there and a short stay in the hospital, the news greeted me that several obscene and disrespectful signs had been placed on the campus. Regardless of feelings about the person whose picture appeared on the signs, the instigators were acting in poor taste and not as educated men. More civilized and practical means can be found to show disagreement with the president of the college than the use of this type sign. ★ ★ ★ Many have been asking the question lately, “What has happened to the student publications program?” In the next few days The Battalion hopes to be able to completely explain the changes which have taken place. We are exploring the administrative minds for the answer. ★ ★ ★ Congratulations from the writer and The Battalion to the two newest student leaders for next year—Don Cloud and Hugh Wharton. Don was named Corps sergeant major and Hugh was appointed Memorial Student Center Council president. ★ ★ ★ Ross Strader, recently ousted Student Publications direc tor, was called to Oklahoma this weekend by the death of his father. The Battalion’s deepest sympathy goes to Mr. Strader and his family. 'h 'h Until next week, that’s 30. TUI-b COOQSZ (SET'S UAIZDEC <3rO*U* TO 14 ACT’A &OV A SXT Baofcf “Biltrite” Boots and Shoes Made By Economy Shoe Repair and Boot Co. Large Stock of Handmade Boots Convenient Budget & Lay-Away Plan $55.00 a pair Made To Order Main Office: 509 W. Commerce, San Antonio CA 3-0047 Orders Will Be Taken By— Javier P. Gonzalez - Law - Room H9 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a community newspaper and is gov erned by the student-faculty Student Publications Board at Texas A. & M. College. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Faculty members of the Student Publications Board are: Dr. Carroll D. Laverty, d D. Burchard ; Prof. Robert M. Stevenson ; and Mr. Bennie s are W. T. Williams, John Avant, and Billy W. Libby, Ex- officio members are Mr. Charles A. Roeber; and Ross Strader, Secretary and Director of Student Publications. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Associated Collegiate Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco' The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatch** credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of •ontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here- 8 pi in are also reserved. Mail subscriptions are So.50 jjer semester,$6 per school year, S6.00 per full year. Advertising rat efsurnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, Col lege Station, Texas. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOE TINDEL Editor Jim Neighbors Managing Editor With mid-semester madness out of the way and the long road to graduation becoming shorter with every day (logically enough), it seems in order to outline some of the time tested methods of cramming bits of obscure infor mation gleaned in the classroom into one’s head. Rule No. 1. Avoid regular class attendance. (Personal re flection on the problems of the world is by far better than hav ing it spoon-fed by a prof.) 2. See lots of good movies. (Or bad movies—if that’s all that’s playing. This provides the mind with a celluloid filter for knowledge and also furnishes a wealth of material for filler in themes and reports.) 3. Develop the attitude that sack in the morning, sack in the evening, sack anytime is the best way to prepare for a quiz. (Young minds need rest.) 4. Turn all assignments in late. (Late papers get special atten tion.) 5. Take long extended trips to parts known and unknown on weekends. (The gasoline industry is depending on us.) 6. Check to see how much it costs to have the date on the big black one changed. (In case graduation plans are altered.) ★ ★ ★ It could only happen to RV’s at Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi on Saturday. That’s the only day they were there. Seems like a Randy Curtiss and a Davis Ford, both members of the wearers of white suits, stopped traffic in the streets of that city. The two were enroute to the rendevous point for the parade and became ensnarled in the traf fic that was ensnarled every where. After several desperate attempts to cross a busy inter section, these two—white suits and all—fell out of their auto and waved the traffic to a halt— Lon don Robert (Bobby) fashion—al lowing a third member to drive their car across the street. ... If I don’t graduate this se mester my name isn’t John Senior —Anon. AUSTIN, Tex.—Next summer’s campaigners are tuning up to play from a familiar score—the conservative vs. liberal melody Texas voters have been hearing for years. But, like the rock ’n roll ver sion of a Stephen Foster song, it may sound different. Campaign pitches will have to keep time to the fast beat of 1958’s new issues. Such as “curing the recession” an “catching up in education.” On the federal level, talk is of cutting taxes to give the people more money to spend. Here in Texas, it’s raising taxes to give the state more money to spend. In a situation like this, a voter can get confused. 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