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The Battalion College station (Brazos (Bounty), Texas
PAGE 2 Thursday, March 5, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
In Spite of Hazing,
Not Because of It
A number of last-ditch defenders of current practices
designed to teach freshmen to “Take It and Dish it Out”
have suggested this harassment has made A&M what it is
today—they are steadfastly maintaining it is one of the
things that made A&M great.
It is doubtful if they can support this contention with
fact. More accurately, it can be said that A&M became great
in spite of this harassment for its own sake.
In “OP Army” days, as the days of the gas light, horse
and buggy and the board are fondly called, being an Aggie
meant a great deal more than being able to endure a lot of
nonsense at the hands of 19-year-old upperclassmen. Of
course, things were brutal at times and the “tests” of man
hood sometimes bordered on the ridiculous. But they were
secondary to a more important concept of being an Aggie.
To them, an Aggie was something special. Even though
he might be a one-day “Fish” or a fifth-day senior, he was
just a little bit better than the average fellow. And he was
treated in that manner. Just a little better than average—
even when he was disciplined.
Being an Aggie MUST have meant more in the past
than just being verbally cuffed by everyone in the upper-
classes ... if it didn’t the Corps couldn’t have survived this
long.
One need not look very long today to see some of these
real Aggie ideas which are still here. Silver Taps, Bonfire,
Campus Chest—these are but a few things we still do to
strengthen the ties between fellow members of the Corps.
Strange as it seems, Ags seem to best demonstrate their
fraternal ties off the campus. If an Aggie gets into trouble,
if he needs a ride or gets into a fight, there’s always a num
ber of buddies in all classes ready to defend him. Off the
campus it’s the Aggies in all four classes against everyone
else.
On the campus it’s a different story today. Rather than
unity that comes from beipg a part of a proud and rich
heritage, it’s every man for himself. In College Station, up
perclassmen are encouraged to give their underlings a hard
time and the underclassmen told to dislike—their Corps
“teachers.”
This seems inconsistent and not at all in the spirit of
brotherhood on which the Corps was founded.
If present inconsistency presists, the Corps is most
surely destined for abandonment. Currently, the Corps falls
way short of the principals upon which the real “01 Army”
was built. The misconception of many who would defend
this deviation from the REAL meaning of being an Aggie
to the current high school definition is rapidly speeding up
destruction.
If the Corps is to prosper and A&M with it, the Corps
must justify its existence. To survive at all the Corps must
give the men a sense of belonging to a proud organization
founded on the basic belief that Aggies are, have been,
and always be, something special.
A&M must offer real training in the form of exacting
studies, real discipline, not harassment and real preparation
for the world waiting when they graduate. The program
must be well-rounded and it must be contemporary.
Unless men are better prepared to meet world problems
at hand—not the ones of 1920—there is no reason under
heaven why the Corps should be perpetuated.
If the Corps continues to insist on out-dated training
methods and utter abandonment of the principals on which
their organization was founded, the Corps is doomed . . .
What’s
The following clubs and organ
izations will meet tonight:
7:15
Amarillo Hometown Club will
meet in the Memorial Student
Center.
San Angelo-West Texas Home
town Club will meet in the Agri
cultural Building.
7:30
Bell County Club will meet in
Room 103 of the Acad. Bldg.
Brazoria County Hometown
Club meets in Room 304 of the
Cooking
Acad. Bldg. Pictures will be
taken for Aggieland. Wear Class
A or suits and ties.
Red - River Valley Hometown
Club meets in Room 123 of the
Acad. Bldg.
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet in Room 105 of
the Biological Science Bldg.
7:45
Milby Hometown Club will
meet in the Birch Room of the
MSC to elect officers.
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Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor
Bob Weekley Sports Editor
Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors
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Better Parking Facilities-2
Registration, Fines
Build Parking Lots
(ED. NOTE: This is the sec
ond in a series of articles ex
plaining the student parking sit
uation on the A&M campus.)
By BILL REED
Battalion News Editor
Student parking lots are built
with money accumulated from
automobile registration at the be
ginning of the semester and
traffic and parking fines.
Receipts from registration and
penalties are deposited in the
Parking Area Extension Account,
No. 1465, in the Fiscal Depart
ment, according to Bennie A.
Zinn, director of Student Per
sonnel Services and a member of
the Campus Traffic Committee.
Since September, 1954, $71,-
808,25 has been deposited in this
account, Zinn reported.
The account was started with
the purpose of building and re
pairing student parking lots on
the campus. This account is the
only source of revenue for build-
SULLIVAN SWITCHES
NEW YORK (A?)—Barry Sulli
van is the latest dramatic actor to
switch to the musical comedy
stage.
He has signed ‘to star opposite
Elaine Stritch in “Goldilocks,”
that is due at the Lunt-Fontanne
theater in October.
ing student lots.
From this account comes mon
ies for expansion of student lots,
repairing rough spots within the
lots and their entrances, furnish
ing adequate lighting for the
lots and all other construction
necessary for protecting student
cars, Zinn said.
The account is also used to
purchase necessary items for
registering student cars. This in
cludes window decals, registra
tion forms and the necessary
printing equipment. Broken
down, it amounts to about 25
cents per registrant and is de
ducted from the $2 registration
fee.
Faculty parking lots are cov
ered by another fund, not the
student fund. They are under a
$600,000 appropriation from the
Texas Legislature. The fund is
used primarily for repairs on
campus streets, buildings, street
signs, street lighting and var
ious other repairs about the cam
pus. It is not used for new con
struction.
The student account does not
pay any salaries for college of
ficials or the Campus Security.
Equipment used by the Campus
Security is purchased by another
means, completely apart from
the expansion fund.
On Campus
with
M&2hulman
(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!” and,
“Barefoot Boy with Cheek.”)
POVERTY CAN BE FUN
It is no disgrace to be poor. It is an error, but it is no disgrace.'
. So if your urse is empty, do not skulk and brood and hide
your head in shame. Stand tall. Admit your poverty. Admit it
freely and frankly and all kinds of good things will Happen to
you. Take, for instance, the case of Blossom Sigafoos.
Blossom, an impecunious freshman at an Eastern girls’
college, was smart as a whip and round as a dumpling, and
scarcely a day went by when she didn’t get invited to a party
weekend at one of the nearby men’s schools. But Blossom never
accepted. She did not have the rail fare; she did not have the
clothes. Weekend after weekend, while her classmates went
frolicking, Blossom sat alone, saved from utter despair only by
her pack of Marlboros, for even an exchequer as slim as Blos
som’s can afford the joys of Marlboro—joys far beyond their
paltry price: rich, mellow tobaccos, lovingly cured and care
fully packed; a new improved filter that works like a charm.
Croesus himself could not buy a better cigarette!
However, Marlboro’s most passionate admirers—among
whose number I am paid to count myself—would not claim
that Marlboro can entirely replace love and romance, and Blos
som grew steadily moroser.
Then one day came a phone call from an intelligent sopho
more named Tom O’Shanter at a nearby men’s college. “Blos
som,” said Tom, “I want you to come down next week for the
barley festival, and I won’t take no for an answer.”
“No,” said Blossom.
“Foolish girl,” said Tom gently. “I know why you refuse me.
It is because you are poor, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” said Blossom.
“I will send you a railroad ticket,” said Tom. “Also a small
salami in case you get hungry on the train.”
“But I have nothing to wear,” said Blossom.
Tom replied, “I will send you one suit of cashmere, two
gowns of lace, three slacks of velvet, four shoes of calf, five socks
of nylon, and a partridge in a pear tree.”
“That is most kind,” said Blossom, “but I fear I cannot
dance and enjoy myself while back home my poor lame brother
Tiny Tim lies abed.”
“Send him to Mayo Brothers and put it on my tab,” said
Tom.
“You are terribly decent,” said Blossom, “but I cannot come
to your party because all the other girls at the party will be
from rich, distinguished families, and my father is bufta humble
woodcutter.”
“I will'buy him Yosemite,” said Tom.
“You have a great heart,” said Blossom. “Hold the phone
while I ask our wise and kirtdly old Dean of Women whether it
is proper for me to accept all these gifts.”
She went forthwith and asked the Dean of Women, and
the Dean of Women laid her wise and kindly old hand on
Blossom’s cheek and said, “Child, let not false pride rob you
of happiness. Accept these gifts from Tom.”
“Lord love you, Wise and Kindly,” breathed Blossom, drop
ping grateful tears into the Dean’s reticule. “I must run and
tell Tom.”
“Yes, run, child,” said the Dean, a smile wrinkling her wise
and kindly old eyes. “And ask him has he got an older brother.”
© 1959 Max Shulman
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