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The Battalion College Motion (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, March 6, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
Not of Our Making
For the past two weeks The Battalion has pointed out
the obviously inadequate “training” program now being con
ducted in the Corps of Cadets, particularly in the dining halls.
The results of the campaign have been most enlighten
ing. For the most part, the cadets have indicated that they
are aware present methods are substandard—even though a
number hesitate to agree with changing them.
It is equally as interesting to see the large number in
all classes who have carefully thought over the problem of
teaching underclassmen and can see that modern stream
lining is inevitable.
As it stands now there are two groups on the campus.
The larger of the two—the group that makes up leaders both
in the Corps now and in the world beyond graduation—are
well aware that the high speed world around us is ever-chang
ing and A&M must changes as does the world if it hopes to
continue to be a powerful educational institution.
The second and ever decreasing group is admittedly old-
fashioned. They cling fiercely to “tradition” and look long
ingly at “the good ok days,” much as their counterparts did
when horses were out-dated.
But even this group is aware they are fighting a battle
which they cannot win. Time will not stand still no matter
how much they want it to—A&M cannot exist in the vacuum
of days gone by.
Regrettably, it must be said, however, that the days
of horses and hazing for its own sake are to be spoken of only
in the past tense. A&M is rapidly catching up with the high
speed world of today—it is no longer a question of
choice. It is necessary to become contemporary if the col
lege is to survive.
It is not for us to judge or condemn those who yet fight
this last-ditch defense of “Old Army.” In America it is not
necessary that everyone hold the same things to be true.
Here a man is free to believe as he chooses—not as an indul
gence from the majority, but as a God-given right not with
in man’s realm to regulate.
But we must not let sentimentality or nostalgia for the
“good ol’ days” keep A&M in the doldrums of mediocrity.
A&M must become once more a powerful state school
if it is to compete with the two new four-year colleges sure
to be approved by this Legislature. Nothing—not even tra
dition—is so important that it can be continued if it means
certain destruction for the college.
A&M is too big, too proud, too rich in purpose for the
state of Texas to be saddled with self-imposed hardships.
Change and the progress it will bring is inevitable in
the future of Texas A&M.
We can either accept it in stride, adapt to a new system
and work to strengten it—or bury our head in the sand and
long for the “good ol’ days.”
It is not entirely a situation of our own making—we
did not create the world that has so vastly changed in the last
20 years. But we must learn to live in it . . .
— Social
Monday
Industrial Engineering Wives
Club will meet upstairs in the
YMCA Cashion Room at 7:30
p.m. guest speaker will be Dr.
Dale F. Leipper, head of the De-
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partment of Oceanography and
Meteorology. Dr. Leipper will
speak and show slides on Russia.
Husbands of club members have
been invited to attend the meet
ing.
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Better Parking Facilities—3
‘Soon as Possible’ Pledge for Paving
Evolves to Current Q11estion--'\Y he n?
(Editor’s Note: This is the
third in a series of articles de
signed to answer Students’ ques
tions concerning the parking sit
uation on the A&M campus.)
By BILL REED
Battalion News Editor
For three years students have
been hearing college officials say
the student parking lots will be
paved . . . and in the immediate
future.
The big question in the minds
of student automobile owners on
the campus is, “When?”
Since 1955 when most of the
lots were built or started. Physi
cal Plant officials have said they
want to get the lots paved “as
soon as possible.”
According to W. H. Badgett,
manager of the Physical Plant,
the Law r -Puryear, Walton, Dorm
.fob Calls
Monday
Lockheed will interview AERO,
CE, EE, ME, MATH and PHY
SICS majors for spots as associ
ate engineers in design flight
test and service.
Ernst & Ernst will interview
ACCOUNTING majors for pub
lic accounting positions.
Diamond Alkali will interview
ChE, ME, CHEMISTRY and AC
COUNTING majors for research,
development and sales positions.
Monday and Tuesday
Texas Instruments will talk
with EE, lEng, ME, GEOPHY
SICS, CHEMISTRY, MATH and
PHYSICS majors for position in
research.
Geophysical Service will inter
view EE, GEOLOGY, GEOPHY
SICS and PHYSICS majors for
spots in oil exploration.
Alco Products will meet with
ACCOUNTING and MARKET
ING majors for training pro
gram opportunities leading to
market analysis and. product
planning.
U. S. Forest Service will in
terview CE majors for spots as
assistant forest engineers.
Foley’s will screen ACCOUNT
ING, BA, ECO, FINANCE, MAR
KETING and MATH majors for
junior executive trainees.
Union Carbide will meet with
ChE, EE, ME, CHEMISTRY,
MATH and PHYSICS majors for
positions in research.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Soil Conservation Service will
interview RANGE and FORES
TRY, AGRONOMY, AgEng, and
CE majors for permanent em
ployment opportunities.
17, New Corps area and day stu
dents lots were to be improvevd
last summer to meet the expect
ed 4,000 automobiles for the fall
semester. The cost of these im
provements was expected to be
about $35,000.
Yet, since 1955 $0,915.52 has
been spent for continuous grad
ing rather than paving.
Planned paving which was sup
posed to have been done last
summer was delayed, according
to Bennie A. Zinn, director of
Student Personnel Services, be
cause the needed materials were
not available. Paving has to be
done during the summer months,
so it has been put off until next
summer.
However, last summer the No.
4 dormitory parking area (Dorms
14-17) was black topped and at
the same time enlarged to spread
over the entire area behind Dorm
17 and north to the Sulphui^
Springs Road.
Students who live in Dormi
tories 1-12 were supposed to get
paved lots too, but as of today
they have not.
• Students who park their cars
in the Law-Puryear lot are very
displeased with the lot because
it is causing considerable wear
and tear on their cars. The lot
is full of chug holes and when it
rains the bad places become mud
holes. During the dry seasons
the wind blows the red-tinted dust
particles which stick readily to
parked cars.
• The same can be said for
the Navasota lot and the other
smaller lots in the new Corps
area. Even if students hold their
speed to a minimum, the “chug
holes” make their cars rattle and
cause breaks in their tires.
• The Hempstead lot adjacent
to the Navasota lot has two en
trances, both of which are rough.
And this is a new lot too.
• The Guion Hall lot has fair
ly smooth entrances, but the en-
/terior contains many holes. The
Letters To The Editor
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for brevity, clearness and accuracy. Short letters stand a better chance for '
publication since space is at a premium. Unsigned letters will not be published...
the whole those who quit are quit
ters and will be the rest of their
lives for they do not have any
drive behind them.
Why should we do away with
our messhall policy that is good
enough for the naval and air
force academies ? We surely are
not more military than they are.
I believe that one change is
going to lead to another and
A&M has changed enough in the
last year to last a long time. If
these changes continue A&M will
be just another college that just
anyone can make instead of a
college that it takes guts to go
through.
I am in favor of Old Army my
self.
Robert Ramsower ’62
Enough Changes
Editor,
The Battalion:
. . . Where is all this tension
in the messhall? Most of the
“fish” you talk to on the campus
do not experience this so-called
“tension.”
After one looks into the situa
tion one finds that the reason
there is such a big to do over
this messhall situation is be
cause those freshmen who left
earlier in the year. I, as a sec
ond semester “fish” hate to think
of myself being compared with
those who have departed for eas
ier colleges. The fact that they
left proves that they did not have
what it takes to stay. So why
are we planning a change in
things just to satisfy those who
have already proved that they
could not take it?
I do not believe that the prob
lem of so many freshmen leaving
each year is to (be) blamed on
conditions in the messhall. The
problem can be blamed on many
things. First of all is the lack
of love for A&M. Secondly, on
lot is used not only for parking
but also as a shortcut to the Me
morial Student Center for Ag
gies on foot.
• Day students have been ex
pecting their parking areas to
be paved for some time. But
even though $2,197.16 has been
spent on these lots, students
have seen little change, except
that they are expanding little by
little each year.
During rush hours on the cam
pus, day students have a hard
time getting from the lots onto
the streets. This is partially
caused by the almost non-navi-
gatable entrances. Some of the
holes are deep enough that their
cars get on high center.
® About the same description
fits the Walton Hall lot. It has
steadily grown, but is as rough
as the others.
On the other hand several stu
dent lots 'on the campus have
been paved and are presently in
good condition.
• The parking lot back of G.
Rollie wftiite Coliseum is paved
and has curbs all the way around
it. Of course, the Athletic De
partment has taken over the lot
Astronomers say that stars
have a special time of their own,
and it gains on a clock on earth
by about four minutes every day.
and paid for the paving.
• Another lot — Henderson
Hall’s lot—was also built by the
Athletic Department for use by
the athletes.
• Hart Hall students park in
a paved lot behind Nagle Hall,
but this lot was also paved under
the auspices of another fund.
It seems that students will
have to “wait ’til next year” to
see which lots will be paved next.
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