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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas TIlC Classic Arts
PAGE 2 Tuesday, January 13, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
He Got Caught
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publication since space is at a prem
Editor,
The Battalion:
I feel pretty sure that the rea
son A&M was placed last on the
sportsmanship poll was the con
troversy on whether or not the
Aggie tendency to “talk it up”
is poor sportsmanship or spirit.
However you only defended the
Aggies in one sport, football. The
other sports should be considered
also. No team ever visits G. Rol-
lie White Coliseum to play bas
ketball without being heckled at
the free throw line by the 12th
man. In fact, this is more than
just heckling, it is yelling at the
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into a gambler?”
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top of leathery lungs. A profes
sional basketball player is im
mune to this because he was de
veloped composure, but 99 per
cent of the basketball players in
this conference will never play
professional basketball and as
college players they should be
given a fair shake.
I believe the stands’ heckling
affected Tom Robitaille when we
played. Rice Tuesday night. I
also thing it is poetic justice that
Gary Griffin “outscored” us at
the free throw line regardless of
how the 12th Man tried to “shake
him up.” This is not spirit; it
is bad sportsmanship.
H. M. Varner ’61
(Ed. note: The SWC Sports
manship trophy is annually pre
sented to the school judged “best
sports” during regular confer
ence football competition. A
separate rating with no trophy
is made in the spring for the best
conduct during basketball con
tests. . .”
TUESDAY
Stewart Granger in
‘Harry Black and The Tiger’
Plus
Robert Mitchum in
“The Enemy Below”
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Heralded ‘Paths of Glory
ens Run Here Thursday
Last week in an ironical twist of fate, a junior who had
threatened to run a freshman off was dropped from the
Corps. Although his guilt to the charge of threatening t>he
“fish” seemed evident, it is regretable he was divorced from
the Corps.
It is hard to defend this un-named junior’s position:
he violated the codes of both “New” and “Old” Army: he
broke a regulation—and he got caught.
The great sadness is that he was punished for doing
what he was taught. His threat was but one of many ways
he has witnessed to put a freshman in his place as a second
class Aggie redeemable only by enduring a year of scalding
but meaningless words.
It is sad that a man would be punished for being the
kind of upperclassman he was groomed to be. Under the
definition of the “good bull era” he was punished for doing
his job too well.
★ ★ ★
Discipline in the Corps of Cadets, as in any military
organization, is of prime consideration. The point in question
is by what means will discipline be achieved?
Under so-called “Old Army”, the title used to sanctify
the foolishness initiated by the boys left at A&M when the
men went to war, the law of the jungle prevailed. It was
“Haze—and Be Hazed.”
Now, 18 years later, there are those who would retain
the foolishness—even to the point of flagrant violations of
the college’s Basic Policy which means suspension or dis
missal if they are caught.
Discipline under Grade Point Army, though certainly
less strict, is more reasonable—and more in keeping with the
present day world that has progressed in spite of tradition.
There is little practical value in a sound training in hazing—
it is no longer accepted in either the military or civilian world.
Reason has replaced force elsewhere—it must here, too.
★ ★ ★
The real tragedy in the case of this junior who was
dismissed is that he is not alone in his guilt. He was but
one of a number in all three upper classes who harrass as
before but with more stealth—and with more to lose if they
are caught. And everyone of this group might well heed the
example of this one who was caught.
The upperclassmen who continue to cling to “tradition
at all cost” might well consider themselves the very last of
a near extinct group—they cannot survive long in a fight
against progress. . .
Letters To The Editor
The Battalion welcomes letters to the editor hut reserves the right to edit letters
for brevity, clearness and accuracy. Short letters stand a better chance for
nium. Unsigned letters will not be publish
By HENRY LYLE
A hot tip: if you are in the
classical division of the Columbia
Record Club (plenty of Ags are—
just look at the package rack at
the PO at the first of every
month) reject the regular selec
tion—Wagner by Jochum con
ducting the Bavarian Radio Sym
phony—and tell them you want
the alternate selection—Hayden’s
Symphonies 99 and 100 by Or-
mandy conducting the Philadel
phia Orchestra.
★ ★ ★
The monumental motion picture
effort, “Paths of Glory,” opens
Thursday at Guion and this ob
server could not possibly give any
flick a more enthusiastic en-
doi-sement. In ranking the ten
top films of 1958, this depart
ment placed “Paths of Glory”
third behind “Witness for the
Prosecution” and “Bridge on the
River Kwai.” The latter two
were contenders for last year’s
Academy Awards whereas
“Paths” was released later in the
spring. If Hollywopd will turn
over a new leaf and take the pol
itics out of the Oscar awards,
this, moving and spectacular story
of the futility of war will un
doubtedly receive some of the
glory which it is due and its
leading actor, Kirk Douglas, will
be a strong contender for “Best
Who’s Here
John Windham ‘TypicalAg’
Changed Major Three Times
By JACK TEAGUE
“I’m just a typical Aggie,” said
John D. Windham, 22-year-old
senior building products market
ing major from Center, Tex.
“I’ve changed majors three
times, make average grades, and
—I married my high school
sweetheart, the guiding light of
my life.”
John graduated from Center
High School, where he played
football three years, basketball
two years, and was voted the
most popular senior at Center. It
was also here that John and his
wife, the former Miss Barbara
Bussey, decided to set a date for
the big day, Dec. 23, 1957.
A Junction man, John began
his Aggie career there in July
of 1955. He entered A&M as a
fish in C Field- Artillery, and
stayed with that outfit for two
years until he was married.
“And I sure do like my new
C.O.,” said John. “My grades
are better, I’m getting fat, and
I’ve got a better outlook on every-
. thing.”
John was a member of SCONA
II and III, former directorate as
sistant of the Memorial Student
Center, chairman of the Parlia
mentary Procedure Committee of
the MSC, and is a member of the
BPM Club and the Shelby-’Doches
Hometown Club.
John remembers his most ex
citing experience as a nine-day
canoe trip in Canada with 13
other Explorer Scouts during his
sophomore year in high school.
The Scouts traveled from Tyler
to Ely, Minn., by bus and from
there to Moose Lake in Canada to
Kaiwa Bay and back to Moose
Lake, a total of 11(X miles—in a
canoe.
“I’ve got some wonderful mem
ories of this trip,” John said,
Tuesday & Wednesday
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—Wm. K. Zinsser, Herald Tribune j
Alastair Sim !
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LAST DAY
“Villa”
STARTS WEDNESDAY
Double Feature
“Life Begins At 17”
&
“He Played With Fire”
QUEEI®
LAST DAY
“Tom Thumb”
STARTS TOMORROW
Double Feature
“Ambush At Cimmaron
Pass”
&
“Fixed Bayonets”
“such as turning over a canoe in
20 feet of water, knocking Berry
Mossberg (another Aggie) over
the side of a cliff where he hung
by a sapling to keep from falling
50 feet into the bottom of a
waterfall, catching over 100 fish
not less than 20 inches in length
(Northern Pike) and throwing
firecrackers at a passing Girl
Scout troop.”
On returning from Kaiwa Bay,
John said that they were ma
rooned on an island on Agnes
Lake when high winds and waves
kept them from crossing this 23-
mile long lake.
“We got a real scare here,”
said John. ‘‘Berry and I dug up
an old Indian grave which, inci
dentally, yielded a perfect skele
ton. Add this to a brewing hur
ricane, northern lights, and a
screaming panther and you’ll
know what I meant by a real,
cold chill.” Not les|> than two
hours after John and/ the rest of
the troop were back ii\ the United
States, the Royal Mouiities round
ed up one “lifted” skeleton, caus
ing another scare ly,-- threaten
ing the Scouts with possible
charges of graverobbing.
“I’ll never dig up another
grave,” John promised.
After graduation in May of
1959, John plans to enter into
the Army for six months and
then go into business with his
father-in-law in the retail butane
gas business.
Performance by a Male Actor.”
Don’t miss it.
★ ★ ★
The Boston Pops Orchestra is
coming next month and those
few who are actually looking for
ward to it might do well to pick
up the Fiedler group’s latest .re
corded release which contains
four colorful compositions whose
unforgettable Russian and orient
melodies and rich orchestral mel
odies have made them favorites
of concert audiences.
One side, the Russian Easter
Overture by Rimsky-Korsakoff,
isn’t so hot. A “pops” orchestra
simply doesn’t have the guns for
such an undertaking even though
the boys from Boston make a
gallant effort. The other side,
however, Borodin’s In the Steppes
of Central Asia, Prince Igor
Overture and Polovetzian Dances,
is a splendid rendition. Inciden
tally, pre-meds will become very
well acquainted with Borodin in
the future. Borodin was one of
the greatest surgeons of the 19th
century and is required reading
in every medical school in the
country.
He composed classical music as
an avocation!
★ ★ ★
“The Green Man,” playing to
day at Guion Hall, isn’t as bad
as the preview seems to indicate.
It has been critically acclaimed
as the funniest foreign film of
last year. The English seem to
have a knack for devising the
worst possible previews for what
are, in fact, extremely good
shows. We missed this one when
it first came out but will testify
to the funniness of its star, Ali
stair Sim.
We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag
gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI
6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi
tor
A future Corps commander was
born to Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Johnson ’59, C-14-C College View,
Trent Powell was born on Dec.
26 and weighed 9 lbs. 6 oz.
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Ike to Meet Mikoyan Saturday
WASHINGTON (^)—President
Eisenhower agreed to meet Sat
urday with Dep. Soviet Premier
Anastas I. Mikoyan, giving the
Soviet Union an opportunity to
make a new high-level move in
the East-West dispute over Ber
lin.
The White House announced
the appointment Monday as top
officials expressed some concern
over the apparent propaganda
success Mikoyan has scored by
his “peace and friendship” re
marks since arriving nine days
ago.
These authorities appeared split
over whether Mikoyan as a grand
finale might drop a surprise Ger
man proposal on Eisenhower’s
desk.
Some diplomats believed the
Kremlin troubleshooter was sav
ing such a kicker, perhaps as a
bid for a face-to-face summit
meeting between Eisenhower and
Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
To sound out Mikoyan in ad
vance, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles set up a Friday
morning date with him at the
State Department. This would
continue the far-ranging 95-min
ute talk the two mert held last
Monday emphasizing the future
of Beilin and Germany.
The longest railway bridge in
the United States is a 12-mile
pile-trestle bridge which carries
rail tracks across Great Salt Lake
in Utah.
On Campus
with
MaxShuhan
(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys! "and,
“Barefoot Boy with Cheek.”)
IS STUDYING NECESSARY?
Once there were three roommates and their names were Walter
Pellucid, Casimir Fing, and LeRoy Holocaust and they were all
taking English lit. They were all happy, friendly, outgoing
types and they all smoked Philip Morris Cigarettes as you
would expect from such a gregarious trio, for Philip Morris is
the very essence of sociability, the very spirit of amity, the very
soul of concord, with its tobacco so mild and true, its packs so
soft and flip-top, its length so regular or long size. You will
find when you smoke Philip Morris that the birds sing for you
and no man’s hand is raised against you.
Each night after dinner Walter and Casimir and LeRoy went
to their room and studied English lit. For three hours they sat
in sombre silence and pored over their books and then, squinty
and spent, they toppled onto their pallets and sobbed them
selves to sleep.
This joyless situation obtained all through September and
October. Then one November night they were all simultane
ously struck by a marvelous idea. “We are all studying the same
thing,” they cried. “Why, then, should each of us study for
three hours? Why not each study for one hour? It is true we
will only learn one-third as much that way, but it does not
matter because there are three of us and next January before
the exams, we can get together and pool our knowledge 1”
Oh, what rapture then fell on Walter and Casimir and LeRoy!
They flung their beanies into the air and danced a schottische
and lit thirty or forty Philip Morrises and ran out to pursue
the pleasure which had so long, so bitterly, been missing from
their lives.
Alas, they found instead a series of grisly misfortunes. Walter,
alas, went searching for love and was soon going steady with a
coed named Invicta Breadstuff, a handsome lass, but, alas,
hopelessly addicted to bowling. Each night she bowled five
hundred lines, some nights a thousand. Poor Walter’s thumb
was a shambles and his purse was empty, but Invicta just kept
on bowling and in the end, alas, she left Walter for a pin-setter,
which was a terrible thing to do to Walter, especially in this
case, because the pin-setter was automatic.
Walter, of course, was far too distraught to study his English
lit, but he took some comfort from the fact that his room
mates were studying and they would help him before the exams.
Bift Walter, alas, was wrong. His roommates, Casimir and
LeRoy, were nature lovers and they used their free time to go
for long tramps in the woods. One November night, alas,
they were treed by two bears, Casimir by a brown bear and
LeRoy by a Kodiak, and they were kept in the trees until mid-
January when winter set in and the brown bear and the Kodiak
went away to hibernate.
So when the three roommates met before exams to pool
their knowledge, they found they had none to pool! Well sir,
they had a good long laugh about that and then rushed to the
kitchen and stuck their heads in the oven. It was, however, an
electric oven and the effects were, on the whole, beneficial. The
wax in their ears got melted and they acquired a healthy tan
and today they are married to a lovely young heiress named
Ganglia Bran and live in the Canal Zone, where there are many
nice boats to wave at. © 1959 Max stuiman
And here’s a leave at you filter smokers. Have you tried
Marlboro—same fine flavor, new improved filter and better
makin’s—made by the makers of Philip Morris, sponsors
of this column?
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By Charles M. Schulz
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