The Battalion College station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Tuesday, March 24, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
An Easter Bonnet
Without a miracle, some Aggie will be wearing this
Easter bonnet next week as a consolation prize for his care
lessness on the highway going home.
With few exceptions, the men of Aggieland will be leav
ing the campus today and tomorrow—all bent on getting
home as quickly as possible. But the extra speed necessary
to save a few minutes may as well be the speed needed to be
“on time” for an accident down the road.
Guiding a ton of death-dealing steel along the highway
is most serious business. Hands that grip a steering wheel
hold life and death in their balance. They should be steady
hands resulting from confidence in a safe vehicle traveling at
a safe speed. Hands steadied by alcohol will be steadier yet
when they are crossed over the chest of their foolish owner.
Texas Aggies cheated the Grim Reaper during the
Christmas holidays. Not a man fell victim to his snares of
carelessness or inattention to their duty at the wheel. But
each day’s journey is different and there is no assurance
that this holiday will not be marred by the death of one or
more of the men of Aggieland.
Death on the highway is not a pretty sight. Twisted
steel and twisted people make a mark on the memory that
is hard to erase. And it is as needless as it is ugly.
Let us each say a silent prayer before we take our lives
in our driVing hands that God will again grant the men of
Aggieland a safe journey and a safe return to the campus.
Without His guidance someone’s trip may end in the ceme
tery.
Without God’s wisdom some Aggie may be wearing the
Easter bonnet of carelessness ....
Highlights and Sidelights
Tax Battle Still Rages
In Texas Legislature
. . In Your Easter Bonnet TV Shows Set
To Mark SDX
Anniversary
The 50th anniversary of Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journal
ism fraternity, will be honored
by the CBS Television Network
with two special hour-long pro
grams Sunday, March 29, and
Sunday, April 5.
A two-part appraisal of jour
nalism in this country—^including
both printed and electronic media
—will be presented in hour-long
symposiums oh “The Great Chal
lenge” series from 3:30-4:30 on
the Sunday afternoons.
The two programs are being
produced by the Public Affairs
Department of CBS News in co
operation with a special Sigma
Delta Chi television committee.
Sigma Delta Chi was founded
by 10 undergraduate students at
DePauw University at Green-
castle, Ind., April 17, 1909. It
now boasts approximately 17,000
members in 116 undergraduate
and professional chapters and is
the largest as well as one of the
oldest organizations in journal
ism.
A&M has an undergraduate
chapter of the fraternity.
— Social Whirl —
Each club participating in the
Aggie Wives Council Carnival
should turn in their two posters
advertising the carnival to Mrs.
Peggy Batson, receptionist at the
College Hospital, no later than
Wednesday.
Agronomy Wives Club will meet
tonight at 8 in the Brooks Room
of the YMCA. T. T. Brady will
speak on house plants and show
a film.
BEGINNING YOUNG
ALAMOGORDO, N. M. <A>)—
Local police aren’t very anxious
for a 13-year-old here to grow up.
The youngster swiped a motor
scooter after a professional change
of plates and fled. When arrested
he was packing a loaded .22 caliber
six-shooter.
Aggie Bridge Club will not
meet Thursday night because of
the Easter holidays.
University Dames Club will
meet tonight at 8 in the South
Solarium of the YMCA. An Eas
ter message will be given in the
chapel.
HIGHER MINISTERIAL
PAY URGED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. <A>>—A
meeting of the National Christian
Men’s Fellowship, lay organization
of the Disciples of Christ churches,
says clergymen’s salaries should
“be at least equal to the average
salary of company executives, doc
tors, lawyers and other profession
al men” in the church’s home com
munity.
Original paintings of any date
are duty free if brought into the
editorial cartoon by Don Collins United States.
Siamese Twins Separated
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Texas. — Stakes are
high and playing rough as the
tax battle at the State Capitol
this spring moves into the “ham
mer and tongs” stage.
High state officials are laying
their careers on the line when
they take a stand.
On - one side is Gov. Price Dan
iel, who wants to obtain needed
new revenue through a program
based primarily on taking over
abandoned property, changing
the bookkeeping methods a bit
and increasing -corporation fran
chise taxes, natural gas taxes
and certain selective sales taxes.
On the other side are a num
ber o f lawmakers, including
House Speaker Waggoner Carr,
who call the governor’s plan in
adequate. They contend Texas’
revenue needs are great and
should be “spread thinly” to
cause the least injury. Cited as
possible solutions by Carr were
the nine-part omnibus tax by
Reps. R. L. Strickland and Wes
ley Roberts, or Rep. H. J. Blan
chard’s 1% per cent gross re
ceipts tax.
Some House members, o f
course, side with the governor.
Just how many will go to each
side will not be known definitely
until a floor vote is taken.
But some people already arfe
reminded of a session 20 years
ago when the Gov. W. Lee O’Dan
iel got into a wild tax hasMe with
House members. O’Daniel used
his Sunday morning radio broad
casts to blast steadily at 56
House members who blocked his
push for a transaction (sales)
tax. Pi'ice Daniel was one of the
56.
So far this session, Governor
Daniel is focusing his ire on the
“powerful lobbyists” who he says
are blocking his tax program.
Most of Daniel’s proposals have
been bogged down in the House
Taxation Committee since the
first of the session.
Whether they intend to push
the governor’s bills or some
others, the tax committee mem
bers have made a move toward
speed by adopting a Monday-
through-Friday work schedule.
NOT GAS — No tax proposal
thus far has brought a solid
round of cheers.
Spokesmen for the gas indus
try told the House Taxation Com
mittee the governor’s proposed
natural gas tax would have to
be paid by Texas producers, not
out-of-state users, as sponsors
claimed. They contended it would
increase the industry’s burden to
43 per cent, seriously impairing
ability to stay in business, let
alone contribute to Texas’
growth.
Several House committee mem
bers were openly hostile to the
bill.
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LONDON (A 1 ) — Ten-month-old
Siamese twins Timothy and Jere
my Thackeray, who were born
joined at the head, were sepa
rated Monday by a surgeon’s
knife.
“The twins are alive but their
condition will remain extremely
critical for several days,” said an
announcement from St. Bartholo
mew’s, the great London teaching
hospital.
Brain surgeon John O’Connell,
52, performed the operation—one
of the most hazardous in all sur
gery. The rarest form of Sia
mese twins are those joined at
the head.
Timothy and Jeremy were born
last May to Kathleen Thackeray,
35. Her husband Reginald, 39, is
a surburban bank manager.
A third boy, Peter was born
with the twins. He is normal and
has lived with his parents while
the twins have been in'a hospital
awaiting the operation. The three
boys were born five weeks pre
maturely by Caesarean section.
The Thackerays, married eight
years, have a fourth son, Chris
topher, 3.
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(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys! “and,
“Barefoot Boy with Cheek.’’)
THE TRUE AND TYPICAL CASE
OF CHATSWORTH OSCEOLA
You all know, of course, that every engineering senior is receiv
ing fabulous offers from dozens of corporations, but do you
know just how fabulous these offers are? Do you have any idea
how widely the corporations are competing? Let me cite for
you the true and typical case of Chatsworth Osceola, a true
and typical senior.
Chatsworth, walking across the M.I.T. campus one day last
week, was hailed by a man sitting in a yellow convertible
studded with precious gem stones. “Hello,” said the man, “I am
Norwalk T. Sigafoos of the Sigafoos Bearing and Bushing Com
pany. Do you like this car?”
“Yeah, hey,” said Chatsworth.
“It’s yours,” said Sigafoos.
“Thanks, hey,” said Chatsworth.
“Do you like Philip Morris?” said Sigafoos.
f‘Of corris,” said Chatsworth.
“Here is a pack,” said Sigafoos. “And a new pack will be
delivered to you at twelve-minute intervals every day as long
as you shall live.”
“Thanks, hey,” said Chatsworth.
“Does your wife like Philip Morris?” said Sigafoos.
“She would,” said Chatsworth, “but I’m not married.”
“Do you want to be?” said Sigafoos.
“What American boy doesn’t?” said Chatsworth.
Sigafoos pressed a button on the dashboard of his convertible
and the trunk opened up and out came a nubile maiden with
golden hair, flawless features, a perfect disposition, and the
appendix already removed. “This is Laurel Geduldig,” said
Sigafoos. .‘.‘Would you like to marry her?”
x lb Wsppezd/x oatPf
“Is her appendix out?” said Chatsworth.
“Yes,” said Sigafoos.
“Okay, hey,” said Chatsworth.
“Congratulations,” said Sigafoos. “And for the happy bride,
a pack of Philip Morris every twelve minutes for the rest of
her life.”
“Thanks, hey,” said Laurel.
“Now then,” said Sigafoos to Chatsworth, “let’s get down
to business. My company will start you at $45,000 a year. You
will retire at full salary upon reaching the age of 26. When you
start work, we will give you a three-story house made of bullion,
complete with a French Provincial swimming pool. We will
provide sitter service for all your children until they are safely
through puberty. We will keep your teeth in good repair, and
also the teeth of your wife and children unto the third genera
tion. We will send your dentist a pack of Philip Morris every
twelve minutes as long as he shall live ... Now, son, I want you
to think carefully about this offer. Meanwhile, here is ten
thousand dollars in small, unmarked bills, which places you
under no obligation whatsoever.”
“It certainly seems like a fair offer,” said Chatsworth. “But
there is something you should know. I am not an engineer. In
fact, I don’t go to M.I.T. at all. I am a poetry major at Harvard.
I just came over here on a bird walk.”
“Oh,” said Sigafoos.
“I guess I don’t get to keep the money and the convertible
and Laurel now, do I?” said Chatsworth.
“Of course you do,” said Sigafoos. “And if you’d like the job,
my offer still stands.” © ioso. Max shuiman
Speaking of engineers, the Philip Morris company makes a
filter cigarette that’s engineered to please the most discern
ing of filter smokers—Marlboro, the cigarette with better
“makin’s.” More flavor plus more filter equals more cigarette!
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