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BATTALION EDITORIALS
Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of (he
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
Without Beins;
Who’s Here-And Why
Aggie Animals
In Rare Form
The so-called “Aggie animals” were in rare form last
night in Guion at the Aggie Talent Show—and that display
of rudeness and vulgaritj^ was not the show one might expect
from a group of college students.
There are those who would like to believe that “animals”
isn’t the perfect synonym for men attending Texas A&M. If
any of these stout-hearted faithful were at the Talent Show
last night their faith must have surely been shaken to its
very roots.
One can not understand what would motivate a group
of seemingly intelligent and otherwise well-mannered col
lege men to put on such a show in the presence of women,
children and guests on the campus. It is doubtful if they
brought this sort of “culture” with them to A&M. More
likely, they acquired this capacity for such so-called “good
bull” here.
It is equally hard to understand why—in the name of
everything good and holy—students seem to put so much
store in the amount of noise they can create in public. It
would seem that they are attempting to live up to their
nicknames at every public gathering.
The display last night cannot be excused as a show of
spirit or the youthful exhuberance to be expected from young
men away from home. It was nothing more—or less—than
the cries of a bunch of boys trying desperately to be Aggies.
If these boys missed so much of the real meaning of
being an Aggie that they feel it means only to peel off the
veneer of civilization, then truly they have good cause to
cry out in public. . .
All for Naught
The lack of grade points under Grade Point Army dem
onstrated by the unofficial check on Corps’ mid-semester
grades made by scholastic officers last week, would seem
to indicate all the work done this semester was for naught.
Close examination of the facts show that this may not be
the case.
Overall grade point ratio of the Corps has risen slight
ly—.09 over last year. However, this increase brings the
average GPR to a 1.23, well above the 1.00 “C” average,
considered to be the mean for the grading system at A&M.
Secondly, the number of students failing on or more
courses at mid-semester has dropped considerably from
55.6 per cent of total enrollment last year to 47.1 per cent
this year. Total number posting less than a 1.00 fell from
42 per cent to 35.2 per cent. These are encouraging in
creases over last year, if they can be taken as a trend.
The increases in Corps’ scholastic standing, although
slight, is not without explanation. Only by cooperation by
all four classes can such a program as Grade Point Army
achieve even a little success.
The improvements made by mid-semester this year are
indicative of the good that can come from an all-out effort
to square away the Corps. To slow down now could mean
the loss of some valuable ground the Corps can ill afford
to lose.
Corps scholastic officers and their faculty counterparts
in the units have done their jobs well during the first half
of the semester. The cooperation from the men in the
dorms—So essential to Grade Point Army—has made their
toil fruitful.
If the new army of grade points is to continue, the
cooperation shown thus far must continue. . .
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JOE BUSER EDITOR
Fred Meurer Managing Editor
Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor
Bob Weekley :..l Sports Editor
Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors
Bill Hicklin Sports Writer
Robbie Godwin, Jay Collins. Ken Coppage,
Jack Teague, Henry Lyle Staff Writers
(Ed. Note: The following is a
list of men named to Who’s Who
in American Universities and Col
leges from A&M — and their ac
tivities and awards. The remain
der of the list will run in this col
umn during the week as space
permits. . . .)
Thomas Anderson Jr.—2.59
Civilian Student Council, Vice
President, President; Student
Senate; Southwestern Veterinar
ian, Associate Editor; Jr. Chapter
of AVMA, Vice-President; Walton
Hair Council; Phi Eta. Sigma.
Curtis Wayne Boyd—2.89
Arts and Sciences Council;
President, Pre-Med-Pre-Dent So
ciety; Commander, A Medical
Company; President, Vice-Presi
dent,. Hometown Club; Fencing
Team; SCONA III; Phi Eta Sig
ma; Alpha Zeta; Danforth Award.
Joseph Jackson Buser—1.50
Editor, The Battalion; Cadet .
Lt. Col., Corps Supply Officer;
President, Press Club; Vice- Pres
ident, Sigma. Delta Chi; Delegate
to National SDX Convention; Stu
dent Senate; Sweetheart Selection
Committee; Texas Aggie Band;
Drum and Bugle Corps; Student
Representive, College Safety
Committee; Texas Daily News
paper Assn., Intern.
Donald W. Carver—2.42
1st Lt., A Athletic Co; Editor,
A&M Christian Church of Christ
...Bible Chair; Cross Country Team;
Track Team; Phi Eta Sigma; Tau
Beta Pi; Opportunity Award;
Monsanto Chemical Company
scholarship; Magnolia Geophysics
Scholarship; George P. Mitchell
Awai’d for Geology; Fish Slide
Rule Contest winner in Geology;
Outstanding sophomore in battal
ion; DMS; Geology Club; SEG.
Wilfred E. Cleland—2.76
Physics club, secretary-treasur
er; Corps of Cadets; corporal and
sergeant; Lutheran Student As
sociation, regional president and
local president; Singing Cadets;
A&M 1958 Ecumenical Confer
ence; Lutheran Student Associa
tion 1958 National Ashram; Phi
Eta Sigma; Math Contest; Sch-
lumberger Scholarship Award;
Sophomore Physics Achievement
Award; Jobs: Soph. Physics Lab
Assistant, 1 semester; Research
Laboratory Assistant, 2 semes
ters.
Donald Roy Cloud—2.47
■Student Senate, member; MSC
Council and Directorate, member
and vice-president; Arts & Scien
ces Council, member and repre
sentative to Inter-Council Com
mittee; Economics Club, Jr. Rep
resentative to Arts & Sciences
Council, President; . Colonel of
Corps; Ross Volunteers; SCONA
III; SCUSA, IX—Delegate from
Texas A&M; Lulie-Huey Lane
Scholarship winner; Caldwell
Award for Outstanding Junior in
Corps; Houston Chamber of Com
merce Award for Outstanding
Non - Commissioned Officer in
Corps; Sons of American Revolu
tion Award for Outstanding Jun
ior in Category I; Vice-Presid^pt,
Inter-Council Committee; Great
Issues Reception Committee,
French Club; Recorder, SCONA
II; Wing Color Guard; Squadron
Clerk; President’s Traffic Com
mittee; Election Commission; Re
corder for Cadet Court; Corps
Intelligence Sgt; Corps Sgt. Ma
jor; Memorial Student Center
Appreciation Award (2).
Raymon Wendell Cook—2.28
Civilian Student Council; Pres
ident Student Student AVMA;
AVMA Honor Council; Program
Chairman Student AVMA; AV
MA Student Delegate to the Na
tional Convention; President
Sophomore Veterinary Class; As
sistant Editor of Southwestern
Veterinarian; Apartment Council
Representative; Apartment Coun
cil Secretary; Apartment Council
President; Civilian Weekend
Committee; Intercouncil Commit-
mittee; Member AVMA.
William Wayne Culberth—2.03
Student Senate; Great Issues
Committee; American Institute
The Classic Arts
Talent Show ‘A Real Blast
By HENRY LYLE
“Snake,” said L e a t h e r 1 e g s
Jones, ’59, over his coffee at the
MSC last night after the Aggie
Talent Show, “it’s been many
years since I’ve had such a big
time at Guion Hall. I’ll bet this
is the only college in the world
where the students can have a
real blast at a school-sponsored
event. I was having more fun
making cracks than I was listen
ing to the talent. What I liked
about most of the acts was they
had plenty of guitars. . . I sure
like plenty of guitars.
“I counted fourteen in all.
“Of course, I could’ve done
without some of the acts, man,
but during those we had a lot of
fun anyway, hollerin’ and trying
to get that chick to come out
again. It was really a riot, Snake,
you should’ve been there.’”
For once, this reporter finds
himself in complete agreement
with Jones and his “refined” col
leagues. The Aggie Talent Show
was really a riot. As a matter of
fact, it’s a wonder the riot squad
wasn’t called out. Rveryone who
attended had a marvelous time
(with the possible exception of
a few people who went to hear
the scheduled performers) and
there is absolutely no reason why
' we shouldn’t have somethink like
this every week. After all, it isn’t
often we get the chance to prove
that our reputation for being ani
mals, clods and pig-farmers is
deserved. What difference does
it make if young ladies, children,
profs and wives are present and
hear the obscene comments that
are screamed-out by the gentle
men, in dignified military dress?
It’s, all only good bull.
of Electrical Engineers.; Institute
of Radio Engineers; Major, Op
erations Officer, 7th Group; YM
CA Vice President; Ross Volun
teers permanent Firing Squad;
Big College. Conference YM-
Y W CA; Opportunity Award;
B&H Instrument Co. Award; Phi
Eta Sigma; Tau Beta Phi; Eta
Kappa Nu Vice President; Out
standing Freshman in Corps;
Second Place in Engineering Con
test; Best Drilled Freshman in
Corps; Best Drilled Sophomore
in Group; DMS; Election Com
mission; Civil Air Patrol.
George Randolph Curtis—2.12
Deputy Corps Commander; Stu
dent Senate Chaplain; Platoon
Leader RV’s; Houston Chamber
of Commerce Corps Troops
Award; DAR Award; H. Miller
Ainsworth Sabre; U. S. Army
Citation; Corp Representative to
U. S. Military Academy; Town
Hall Staff; DMS; Sweetheart Se
lection Committee; Outstanding
Cadet in Company at Summer
Camp.
Raymond Leon Darrow—1.75
Lt. Col., Commanding Officer,
1st Group; Vice President Cadet
Court; Vice President AIA; Pres
ident, Hometown Club; DMS; Air
Force Ball Decorations Commit
tee Chairman; 12th Man Bowl;
Outstanding Camper, Junction;
Outstanding Cadet in Flight,
Summer Camp; Outstanding
Freshman in Squadron 2; Fish
Tennis Team; Softball Intramur
al Winner.
Eugene Edwin Fudge—2.02
Senior Court; Saddle & Sirloin
Club; Lt. Col.—Executive Offi
cer, 1st Regiment; President,
Hometown Club; Sgt.—Color
Guard, Ross Volunteers; Junior
Livestock Judging Team; Senior
Yell Leader; DMS; Alpha Zeta.
Larry Gene Garrison—2.02
Corps Staff, Cadet Lt. Col.;
President, Aggie Christian Fel
lowship; Vice-President, Student
AIA; Forth Worth Hometown
Club; Freshman Football, Fresh
man Track Letterman; Varsity
Track Squadman; Corps Athletic
Officer; Cadet First Sergeant;
Distinguished Military Student;
Fort Worth Optimist Club Scho
larship.
Melbern Gilbert Glasscock—2.45
Cadet Captain, C. O. of Squad
ron 1; Cadet M/Sgt, Corps Scho
lastic Sgt.; C. O. of Ross Volun
teers; SCONA III; Phi Eta Sig
ma; Phi Kappa Phi; Vice Presi
dent of Tau Beta Pi 1958-59;
Mission Manufacturing Award
Scholarship 1958-59; Opportunity
Award Scholarship 1956-58; Town
Hall Staff 1957-58; Distinguished
AFROTC Cadet; Best Drilled
Sophomore Squadron 1; Corps
Delegate to United States Mili
tary Academy, 1957; Student En
gineers Council, 1958-59; Fish
Drill Team; Intramural Tennis
Championship Team 1957-58.
(Continued Tomorrow)
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The following organizations
will meet tonight:
5 p. m.
Laredo Hometown Club rheets
on .the front steps, MSC. Picture
for The Aggieland will be taken.
7:15 p. m.
Student Weather Club meets
in Room 306, Goodwin Hall.
7:30 p. m.
Society of Automotive Engi
neers meets in Room 303, ME
Bldg. Film of the 1958 Sebing,
Fla., sports car race.
Accounting Society meets in
Room 2C and D, MSC.
Collegiate FFA Chapter meets
in Agricultural Engineering Lec
ture Room.
History Professors
Attend Conference
Dr. Glen M. Rodgers, Dr. Lloyd
C. Taylor and Dr. J. M. Nance of
the Department of History and
Government, attended the third
annual meeting of the American
Studies Association of Texas.
The meeting was held in Austin,
Dec. 6.
Crawford Speaks
To Shreveport Ags
Engineering education at A&M
was discussed by -C. W. Crawford,
associate dean of engineering, at
the recent meeting of the Shreve
port, La., A&M Club.
E. E. McQuillen, executive di
rector of the development fund,
was also a guest at the meeting.
OnC&npss
with
MaxShuJman
(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys! “and,
'‘Barefoot Boy with Cheek.”)
THE GIFT HORSE
I know how busy you are—studying, going to class, catching
night crawlers—but let me interrupt your multifarious activi
ties—studying, going to class, helping old grads find their
dentures after Homecoming—to remind you that busy as you
are—studying, going to class, searching for meat in the dormi
tory stew—time and tide wait for no man, and the Yuletide will
soon be upon us. Busy or not, we must turn our thoughts to
Christmas shopping. Let us, therefore, pause for a moment in ■
our busy schedules—studying, going to class, rolling drunks—
to examine a number of interesting gift suggestions.
We will start with the hardest gift problem of all: What do
you give to the person who has everything? Well sir, there fol
lows a list of a half dozen gifts which I will flatly guarantee the
person who has everything does not have:
1. A dentist’s chair.
2. A low hurdle.
3. A street map of Perth.
4. Fifty pounds of chicken fat.
5. A carton of filter-tip Marlboros.
6. A carton of non-filter Philip Morris.
“What?” you exclaim, your young eyebrows rising in wild
incredulity. “The person who has everything does not have
cartons of filter Marlboros and non-filter Philip Morris?” you
shriek, your young lips curling mockingly. “What arrant non
sense !” you rasp, making a coarse gesture.
And I reply with an emphatic no! The person who has every
thing docs not have filter Marlboros and non-filter Philip Morris
—not for long anyhow—because if he has Marlboros and Philip
Morris and if he is a person who likes a mild, mellow, fresh,
flavorful cigarette—and who does not? eh? who does not?—
why, then he doesn’t have Marlboros and Philip Morris; he
smokes them. He might possibly have a large collection of
Marlboro and Philip Morris butts, but whole Marlboros and
Philip Morris? No. An emphatic no!
Now we take up another thorny gift problem: What do you
buy your girl if you are broke? Quite a challenge, you will agree,
but there is an answer—an ingenious, exciting answer! Surprise
your girl with a beautiful bronze head of herself!
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Oh, I kn^w you’re not a sculptor, but that doesn’t matter. All
you have to do is endear yourself to your girl’s roommate, so
she wall be willing to do you a favor. Then some night when
your girl is fast asleep, have the roommate butter your girl’s
face—quietly, so as not to wake her—and then quietly pour
plaster of Paris on top of the butter and then quietly wait till it
hardens and quietly lift it off—the butter will keep it from
sticking—and then bring jmu the mold, and you will pour bronze
in it and make a beautiful bust to surprise your girl with!
Remember, it is important—ren/ important—to endear your
self to the roommate, because if anything should go wrong,
you don’t want to be without a girl for the holiday season.
© 1958 Max Shulmaa
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