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The Battalion College station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Wednesday, February 11, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
A&M-Big Roulettei
Aggieland is comparable to a roulette table. Just pic
ture a group of people—some with bloodshot eyes, perhaps—
pressing around the table, placing their bets of varying sizes
on a variety of issues.
That little ball dancing dizzily inside the wheel of for
tune can bounce virtually any way. And yet Aggieland can
be an illegal type of roulette table.
Its issue outcomes can be “fixed.” They can be rigged
to slip and slide by those people crowding around the table
who are the students, faculty, administration and a few cas
ual bystanders.
But don’t let that word “fixed” fool you. It shouldn’t
imply that the players mentioned above use underhanded
methods to horde things beneficial to them alone. It means,
instead, that upon their shoulders rest their future and the
future of A&M, and the way they see fit to and finally do
approach the issues decides the various outcomes, either
good or bad.
Still not clear? Look at a couple of issues. There are
small ones, like the annual springtime water fights, hap
hazardly outlawed by the college. There are middle-sized
ones, like the Baylor-A&M student relationship, which has
been at least temporarily settled. And there are giant-sized
ones, like the proposed honor code and the steady decline
in enrollment.
This editorial won’t delve into what you as an individ
ual should and should not do about rigging the issues. Each
individual can decide for himself which courses are the- right
ones, just as he can decide whether to bet $10 or $100 on
the next game.
But he can do something about almost any one of the
issues above, or any of the many not mentioned, even if he
only helps “fix” them. Think about it.
But one issue slipped by the above list unnoticed. Sen
iors, particularly, should be concerned about this bet—will
you graduate?
Only you can approach this issue. But in the way of
a hint, you can rig the table by studying rather than dream
ing of going to Las Vegas or some other playground after
you graduate.
The roulette wheel is hot. Or do you prefer dice? In
this game, everyone should be a sensible gambler.
RE Week is for You!
There isn’t too much talk transmitting between stu
dents about Religious Emphasis Week which starts Monday,
indicating that perhaps students really aren’t too concern
ed about it.
Everyone now enrolled in A&M—excluding freshmen—
has watched RE Week come
and j^o each year he has been
here. To too many students,
it has become matter-of-fac-
tual.
RE Week entails too much,
both in planning and bene
fits, to be cast aside lightly.
Top religious leaders from
across the nation will be on
the campus to enlighten stu
dents on religious matters.
There isn’t an Aggie on
the campus who has paid too
much attention to his spirit
ual life, for such attention
has no limits.
Everyone has a place in
RE Week. If you have never
faced religion, it won’t hurt
to look into it now. If you
have been away from relig
ion too long, perhaps now
is the time to come back. If
you have been lackadaisical
about religion, now is the
time to return a little strong
er. If you have been devout,
certainly a little more won’t
do any damage.
What you do during RE
Week, religionwise is entire
ly up to you. You can take
part in your church services,
you can listen to the speak
ers in Guion Hall each morn
ing, or you can do a combi
nation of both. But do
something.
This year, let’s not allow
morning coffee sales in the
MSC to skyrocket as they
did last year. Spend that
free hour each morning, set
aside for the speaker in
Guion, where you’re expect
ed to be.
You won’t be sorry.
HOLIDAY
Thursday, February 12, 1959, being a Legal Holiday, in
observance of Lincoln’s Birthday, the undersigned will
observe that date as a Holiday and not be open for
business.
First National Bank
City National Bank
First State Bank. & Trust Co.
College Station State Bank
Bryan Building & Loan Ass’n
Community Savings & Loan Ass’n
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Bob Weekley Sports Editor
CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
‘T think I’ll drop by this week an’ see where my classes
meet.”
— Social
7:30
Chemical Engineering Wives
Club will hold a tea honoring fac
ulty wives tonight in the South
Solarium of the YMCA.
* # *
Industrial Education wives and
husbands are invited to a Valen
tine Dinner and Dance Friday at 7
p.m. at the Triangle Restaurant.
Reservations must be made by
Wednesday by calling Joan Asher
at VI G-8298 after 5 p.m.
■1! * *
Whirl —
their community service projects
at their meeting in the home of
Mrs. L. W. Gibbs last Wednesday
night with 23 present.
Mrs. R. H. Davis led a discussion
on the program for ladies attend
ing the Texas Veterinary Confer
ence.
Clothing for the Bowie School
clothing closet and sheets for can
cer dressing were brought to the
meeting, concluding the community
service projects.
AUSTIN, Tex. — With com
mittee hearing's going full tilt,
the Legislature has reached the
rough and tumble stage.
Committee hearings give ev
eryone who has anything to say
about a proposed measure a
chance to come and speak up.
It brings people to Austin in
droves. And many speak up —
very bluntly.
This year’s lawmakers, par
ticularly in the House, seem to
be falling into an early pattern
of much work, little play. In
part, the shortage of sociability
is attributed to the hard-fought
speaker’s race. It divided the
House into two camps whose
members, for the most part,
stayed aloof from each other
during early weeks.
Down With Lobbies
A second sobering factor is
attributed to the new lobby
control law. Actually, the lobby
registration requirement has
ptrobably done more than any one
thing* in years, to make lobbying
seem common-place, respectable.
A total registration of some 700
indicated that just about every
body and his brother has a lobby
ist.
But the law also requires that
each lobbyist make a monthly
report on the amount spent in
fluencing legislation. Herein
comes the reason for caution in
entertainment. No one particu
larly minds being identified as a
lobbyist, but too large expenses
might incur the risk of being
tagged a “rich lobbyist.”
Rough Road
Gov. Price Daniel let go with
both barrels at critics of his plan
for clearing the state deficit and
Some directions for butter
sponge cakes tell you to beat the
eggs and sugar in the top of a
double boiler over simmering wa
ter. Make absolutely sure your
double boiler—regular or impro
vised—is really large enough to
hold the mixture as it increases in
additional money for future state volume,
services.
Daniel’s principal target is
Rep. Frates Seeligson of San An
tonio, whose 18 months’ work
with the State Tax Study Com
mission convinced him Texas’
taxing had to branch out, partly
through a 1.5 per cent sales tax.
SALE
20% off on Engineering & Drafting Supplies
(Except Franchised Items)
Special—All Brands Slide Rules $19.50
Leather Case With Belt Loop
Special—All Mechanical Lead Holders .... $1.25 *
Formerly $1.75
SCOATES INDUSTRIES
603 Old Sulphur Springs Road
Bryan, Texas
“Buy Where the Professionals Buy.”
Eat just what you like . . .
HOTARD’S
Cafeteria
Architectural Wives Society
elected new officers for the spring
semester recently. The officers
are: Betty Smith, president; Con
nie Croslin, vice president; Char
lotte Nobles, secretary; Jackie Roy,
treasurer; Paula Pledger, report
er; Teena Bratton, council repre
sentative; Renee Olds, program
chairman; Dalene Hester, social
chairman; Marian Boland, co-social
chairman; Mrs*. Melvin Rostch,
sponsor; and Mrs. W. G. Wagner,
co-sponsor.
The next business meeting will
be held tonight at 7:30 in Room
202 of the YMCA. Dues are pay
able then.
* * *
Hints on interior decorating were
given the Industrial Engineering
Wives Club by Marion Pugh, in
terior decorator, at their meeting
last night.
Introduced by Margaret Greloff,
president, Pugh outlined important
considerations for decorating a
home.
* * *
Members of the Veterinary Medi
cine Faculty Ladies Club concluded
LAST DAY
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WEDNESDAY
Brigitte Bardot in
“The Night Heaven Fell”
Plus
Ann Blyth in
“The Helen Morgan Story”
LAST DAY
In Cinemascope and Eastman
Color
“AND GOD CREATED
WOMAN”
But the Devil Invented
Brigitte Bardot
COMING THURSDAY
and FRIDAY
Wee Aggies
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 Aggie was born Feb.
6 to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A.
Garcia ’59, 4320 Milam, Bryan.
Carlos Alberto Jr., who weigh
ed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces, ar
rived at 2:37 p.m. in St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Bryan.
What’s Cooking
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation
will hold its weekly cultural meet
ing tonight at the Hillel Building.
“The Basic Tenets of Judiasm”
will be the topic of a speech by
Mrs. Esther Taubenhaus.
THURSDAY
Feb. 12 - 7:30
White Coliseum
Doubleheader
Hollywood
Queens
vs.
Aggie All Stars
©
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$2.50 $2.00 $1.25
Student
Activities
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Schulz
PEANUTS
WHAT DO THINK OF THE
U10RLD IN GENERAL? UJHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
TAXES, THEOLOGY, TADPOLES,
TAMALES,TIME-TABLES, TEA
AND TENNESSEE ERNIE?
'~y r i r
HES GOT THE RIGHT IDEA.
IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, JUST
don't say Anything..