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Thursday, October 16. 1958
. . . by Jim Earle
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . (ktr Liberty Deperuh on the Freedom of the
Pm*. And It (onnot B*‘ Limited Without Being
IamI . . . Ihomti* Jeffemon
Quantity and . . .
latent fiK*re.« on freshmen reHignatiora ahow a marked
change from last year: only one-third as many Corps fresh
men resigned during the first three weeks of the fall semes
ter as compared with a similar period last year.
Even with the slightly smaller enrollment for the 1958
fall term, this change is most significant.
Now upperclassmen have some demonstrable proof that
“Grade Point Army" has some merit—at least in retaining
the crop of high sch«>ol seniors attracted to A&M each fall for
the first three weeks.
For the first three weeks of this year, the loss ratio
compared with that of vcars past is encouraging. The i*»r-
centage of losses is l»ecoming leas as the weeks pass
Heal proof of the new "slow gear" policy with fourth
classmen will lie the number of freshmen at final review —
not the first *three weeks. But certainly, the year’s program
has gotten off to a good start.
Sheer numlier is not the goal being sought by de-excelle-
rating the freshman training program, however. The sopho
mores next year must know as much about AAM as sopho
mores in the past They must be able to pass on the traditions
and the strength men have found at A&M to the classes to
come. To do these things, they muet do more than just sur
vive the first encounters with upperclassmen.
In addition to fteing here for final review, these remain
ing freshmen must l»e mentally and emotionally pre|>ared to
take over their part of teaching the men to follow Just
staying the full nine months isn’t enough. These "fish” must
be trained and polished—slowly and carefully like rare gems
if they are to shine in May.
If the figures on the first three weeks can l>e taken as
an indication of a trend, the freshmen will l>e here in force at
the end of the year The kind of Aggies they make and the
kind of AA.M they pass on to their followers de{>ends on the
training they receive l>etween now and then . . .
Interpreting
Montgomery Brings Up
Old Vt ar Controversy
Campus Entertainment
Looks Bright for Weekend
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With th»- host of young ladies
from Dallas, Houston, rv*»nt«n,
Austin, etc., diMcendmf upon Col-
leg' 8ta*i«in this weekend. * l<><*k
nt the entertamment scene seems
to b*' in order.
Tomorrow night. Rue t nalle
p esent* a pair of Texas Chris
tian ldiversity coeds ss the fea
tured perfotmers in fl<*or show
entertainment. June Pence, vo
calist. and Katherine Davis, pan-
tomimist, will be on hand in the
table tennis area of the Memor
ial Student Center along with the
dance music of the Dave Wood
ard Combo. Many who attended
the ISST Intercollegiate Talent
Show will rt member Miss Pence
as one of the top ten acts of
that event.
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Who’g Here!
O&M Professor
To Present Paper
W inton <j Covey has accepted
sn inv tation to present a scien
tific paper at the Second National
Conference on Agricultural Me
teorology at New Haven. Conn..
Oct 22-24.
Covey is a mirroineteorologist
in the Department of Oceanogra
phy and Meteorology
Meetings of the conference will
be held at the Connecticut Agri
cultural Experiment Station and
the Yaie School of Forestry.
Masttingalp Hails From'
H» J M KoHF.KT's
Associated Press New* Analyst
"No ixne who studies war can
fail U> be impressed by the ad
mirable speed and flexibility of
the American armies and groups
of aimies, and the adaptiveness
of conunandets and then troops
to the swiftly changing condi
tions of modern battles on the
gieatest scale."
That's what W rston < hprchiil
wrote to (ien. I>w]ght F.isehhower
on March H, 194 i. after the allied
sweep across the Rhine.
"I am glad the Hntish and Ca
nadian armies in the north should
have played a part in your far-
reaching and triumphant combin
ations," he added
Churchill also has said, how
ever, that prior to this time the
efforts of (ten (now Field Mar
shall) Vi scount Montgomery to
promote a single unified north
ern thrust into (lermany, under
his command, fully icpresented
British war policy.
Montgomery now says that Ki-
senhowei's refusal to listen to
him prolonged the war for sev
eral months.
The old controversy has been
renewed by publication of Mont
gomery's memoirs. Always known
as a curmudgeon, the hero of
A la mein maintains the reputation
With his fervor. He's still will-
mg to argue with a winner.
As Montgomery tells it, he was
once so anxious to take ov*r
Bradley's armies he had si
ready taken ov»r Simpson's—that
he suggested that Eisenhower
come to see him about it. He
.sal he was to bu-y^ on the laiw
Countries front to go to head
quartet's.
'hat is typical of the intensity
with which Montgomery carried
on his campaign, repeatedly ap
paient in the memoranda he sent
to the supreme commander.
Culpepper’* Jewelry
TOWNSHIKK SHOPPING ( ENTER
• Diamonds • Matches • Silver
Repairs
Matches — Jewelry
CARL Ml/E
Small Electrical Appliances and Shavers
KENNETH CHANEY
MRS. FRANK ISH, Manager
By JACK TEACH E
John T. Massingale Jr , senior
marketing major from ’ has
probably done more traveling, or
as much, as any any other pet
son on the Aggie campus.
The leason for the question
mark is that I can’t quite make
up my mind exactly wheie John
is from —he has a hard time him
self trying to f gure this one
out.
John was born in Sherman,
Tex. and then the ball started
rolling He kved in Sherman for
one year and then moved to Cal
veaton. From there he moved to
Amarillo, Temple Tyler and Tex
arkana, just to name the Texas
residences. At 11 he went with
his family to Frankfoit, (,er
many, where he lived foi anothei
year. And then on to Munich,
Germany, wheie he lived for the
“reCniiikably." as John puts it,
long tune of thiae years. From
there he returned to Falls Church,
Va. And from Falls Chinch he
returned to Sherman, where he
finished high school.
Yep, you guessed the reason
I for all this moving. John's dad
is an Army man R ght now he
is chief of transportation at Ft.
Sill. Ok la
An Aggie ex, Class of "VI,
John's dad had a lot to do w ith
his coming to VAM John is a
member of Squadron 14 and is
athletic officer. He is in the Mar
keting Society and the Business
Society and a member of the <>k
lahoina Hometown Club. John
has changed hometown clubs
three times since coming to Ag
gieland, hui mg been a former
member of the Grayson County
and Southern Louisiana Home
town dubs
John sort of “fell" into his
main hobby, which is traveling
He has moved so much that he
finds it sort of hard to settle
down now This summer, after
having attended summer camp at
Bergstrom AFB in Austin and
distinguishing himself there, he
started touring the Eastern j
states.
Skiing is John's second love
and he says he enjoyed living iu
Munich, located light in the heart ;
of the Alp>. John learned to ski j
th. te and is now conaidered quite
an expe ct at it.
John's entire family had nuite
an honor light aftei World War
II It was the Massingale house
hold w h . h had the distinction of
being the fiist American family
to anive m Germany after the
War^
Saturday evening, the Afgieland
Combo will plav at the All-Col.
lege Dance in Sbitm Hall from 9
p. tr. ’till midnight. Charlie Bar
nett and his Orchestra was orig
inally to have played for the
dance, but due to traveling diffi
culties. will be unable to appear.
Admission will be fl.SO per cna-
p!e.
Anyone who has time to catcf
a flick this weekend would d
well to see "Operation Mad Ball"
at Guion Hal!. Your reportei
What'* Cooking
The following organisations
will meet tonight:
7:3®
Midland Hometown CJub will
meet in the YMCA Cabinet Room.
Cooke County Hometown Club
will meet in the lounge of Pur
year Hall.
Panhandle Club will meet in
Room 20.1 of the Academic Bldg
Flat County will meet in Room
22ft of the Academic Bldg.
Del Rio Hometown Club will
meet in the YMCA to discuss
plans for Christmas dance and
dub picture for Aggieland
Kunnels-C oieman Hometown
C lub will meet in Room 225 of
the Academic Bldg
Texarkana and Four Stale*
Area Hometown Club will meet
in Room 22d of the Academic
Bldg
Vlid-( minty Hometown Club
will meet in. Room 227 of the
Academic Bldg
The California Club will meet
in the MSC by the chairs and
couches near the post office.
San Jacinto Hometown Club
meets on the second floor of the
Y MCA to disc uss social activi
ties.
will testify that the show is even
funnier than ita preview (and
those who hav* been laugiiing at
Emie kovaca' monologue for the i
post two weeks know that this
could be a debatable endorse
ment). This film also includes I
the services of Jack Lemmon and
Texas’ own Mrs. Crosby.
Planning to Paint
Kl BBEK BASE
PAINT $3.95 gal.
ROLLER AND
PAN .. $1.29
WHITE HOUSE
PAINT i$3.95 gal
(HAPMAN’S
PAINT STORE
Next to Post Office, Bryan
Rolls of refrigerator cookie
dough are usually best when they
are shaped about 1’* inches in
diameter. When you use a 3-rup
flour recipe, make two rolls.
For Professional Visual Care
SEE
DR. G. A. SMITH
Optometrist
specializing in Eye Examina
tion and Contact Lenses
t
Bry an optical clinic
1®:> N. Main TA 2-3337
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Pete, Marwick Jt Vi.ebcll will
interview .ACOOrNTING majtiis
for positions in public accounting
in US and possibly foreign roun-
trtes.
Lufkin Eonndry tk Machine will
interview ME majors tor posi
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SAIL ON, SAIL ON!
I suppose Octolier 12 is just another day to you You get up in
the ordinary way and do all the ordinary things you ordinarily
do You have your breakfast, you walk your ocelot, you go to
rlassen, you write home for money, you hum the dean in effigy,
you watch I bane viand, and you go to lied And do you give one
httie thought to the fact that October 12 is Columbus Day?
No, you do not.
Nobody Hunk* almut Columbus these days. I>et us, there
fore, pause for a luotiicut aud retell hta ever-glonous, endlessly
bUrnng saga.
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Christopher Columbus was horn in Genoa on August 25,1451.
Jim father, Ralph T Columbus, whs in the three-minute auto
wash game His mother, Eleanor (Swifty) Columbus, was a
sprinter. Christopher wits an only child, except for his four
brother* and eight sisters With hie father busy all day at the
auto wash and I us mother constantly away at track meets,
young Columbus was left pretty much to his own devices.
However, the lad did not sulk or hnssl He was an avid reader
ami s|vent all his waking hours immersed in a tssik. Unfor
tunately, there was only one Usik in Genoa at the time—
Can of Ihr IIorxi by Aristotle and after several years of reading
(Inn of tin llornr, Columbus grew restless. Si when rumor
reached him that there was another IssA in Barcelona, off lie
run as fast as his fat little legs would carry him.
The rumor, alas, proved.false The only issik in Barcelona
was Cuitiar un Caballo by Aristotle, which proved to lie nothing
more than a Spanish translation of Cart of Iht Hnrtt.
Bitterly disappointa), Cohimbua began to dream of going to
India where, according to legend, t!»err were thousands of hooka.
But the only way to go to India was on horseback, anti after so
many years of reading Carr of th* Uonu, Columbus never wanted
to clap eyes on a horse again Then a new thought struck him:
perha|is it was possible to get to India hy taxi!
Fired with his revolutionary new idea, Columbus raced to
the court of Ferdinand juwi Isabella on his little fat legs (Co-
Itimhus was (Jaguixl with little fat legs all his life) ami ((loaded
his case with such fervor that tlie rulers were (s-fsiunjcd.
Oh (Vtolier 12, 1492. Columbus set f<M»t on the New World.
The following year he returned to Spam with a cargo of wonders
never liefore seen tn Europe spice* and metal* and (danto and
Sowers and - moat wondrous of all— totiacco! Oh, what a sensa
tion tobacco caused in Eunqie* The filter had lot* since been
invented (by Anstotie, curiously enough) but nolssly knew
w hat to do w ith it. Now ('olumlais, tlie Great Discoverer, nuole
still another great dutcovery he took a filter, (sit tobacco in
front of it, and invented the world’■ first filter cigarette!
Through tlie centime* filter* have tieen steadily improved
ami so has toliaceo, until today me have achieved the ultimate
kt the filter cigarette —Marltioro, of course! Oh, what a piece
of work i* Marlboro! Great tol»acoo, great filter, great smoke!
And so, g<H>d friends, when next y*»u en|oy a fine Marlboro
Cigarette, give a thought to tlie plucky Genoese, Christopher
C olumbu*. w huec vmod and (icraevenuu* made the w hole lovely
thing poatnUc.
And thunk Columbu* too for Philip Morrit Cieurettes, for
those who uant the be*t in non-Alter tmoking Philip Morris
Join* Marlboro in brin§ins pou these columns throughout
tha school gear.
By UharlcM M. Schulz
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