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PAGE 2 Thursday, September 17, 1959 The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas BATTALION EDITORIALS . . . Journalism Which Succeeds Best —ami Best Deserves Success— Fears God and Honors Man; Is Stoutly Independent, Unmoved by Pride of Opinion or Creed of Power . . . Waller Williams Corps on Trial The beginning of classes Monday means something dif ferent to each of us. • To freshmen it is the beginning of a new phase of their lives. © To sophomores it is a milestone that marks the com pletion of their first year of college and the beginning of another year. • To juniors it signifies the finish of the first half oi their college career. © To seniors it means the last year before entering so ciety as supposedly useful and productive members who should be able to stand on their ov/n feet. • To all it means the chance to renew old friendships and develop new ones. For members of the Corps of Cadets it will mark the beginning of a trial for the life of the Corps. In the past the Corps has experienced minor crises which have been termed the making or breaking of the Corps. This time it’s for real! Corps commanders were told Monday that the Corps must adjust to modern society and accept a useful role in the college’s student life program. It has no usefulness if it continues as it has in the past. • » Changes must be made in methods that were scrapped by armed forces many years ago as part of their training program. Modern leadership isn’t developed by use of force to in still fear in subordinates. Leaders of today gain their positions by proving them selves—first to themselves then to others, thereby earning the right to be called leaders. In the same way the Corps must re-adjust itself to the modern concept of life. Gone are the days when an upper classmen told a freshmen, “If you don’t like it, go somewhere else.” Texas A&M needs every man it can get in order to con tinue to be a useful institution of higher education in Texas. It certainly can’t afford to sacrifice good students be cause some immature upperclassmen thinks some students aren’t men enough to be Aggies. In cases like that, the upperclassmen is the one who isn’t good enough to be in any college, much less Texas A&M. The jury, the judge, the witnesses, the prosecution and the defense in the trial of the Corps are easy to find. Every man in the Corps fills each of these roles. How they conduct themselves in their dealings with cadet associates and fellow college students will show their ability to be members of the Aggie Corps. If each Aggie will realize the importance of his position, then the Corps will once again re-gain its role of usefulness to Texas A&M. If they don’t, then the Corps will rightly be through—for it evidently will be failing in its purpose to develop leaders and useful citizens. ANHOUKCES D O N S msmm ITS NEW 211 So. Sulphur Spgs. Ed. Next to Aggieland Flower Shop THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Puh’teaUons, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering ; Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, ■nder the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. 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Retreat Under Way Near Austin The Baptist Student Union Re treat will be held Thursday and Friday of this week at Highland Lakes Baptist Encampment near Austin. The theme of the Retreat, “Communicating My Faith on the Campus,” will be the basis for a number of spiritual mes sages and discussions. The keynote speaker will be Louis Cobbs, associate in the De partment of Baptist Student Work in Dallas. Also featured on the program will be the Rev. Glenn Faison, minister of Music and Education at Central Bap tist Church, Bryan; the Rev. R. D. Longshore, pastor of the First Baptist Church at College Sta tion; the Rev. Arthur M. Smith, Baptist Bible Chair at A&M; Cliff Harris, B. S. U. Director at A&M; and Mirl Kimberling of Dallas. The retreat will begin. Thurs day morning and will extend through Friday noon. Several Aggie B.S.U. members will have a part on the program. Those presiding- over the scheduled ses- TODAY THRU SAT. DOUBLE FEATURE “ELEPHANT GUN” AND “SEA FURY” JAMES STEWART LEE REM1CK Em GA2ZARA ARTHUR O’CaNMELU EVE ARDEN KATHRYN GRANT / and JOSEPH N. WELCH es Judge Weaver COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK A HOME OWNED BANK, SERVING THE COLLEGE STATION AREA It’s no trick at all to Start A Checking Account COMPLETE BANKING FACILITIES 3% Interest Paid on Savings MEMBER— Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation North Gate VI 6-5511 sions are Max Barnett, Jim Bea ty, Jim Manley and Ben Dicker- son. Approximately 25 Aggies are planning to attend this retreat. Tickets' on Sale for T.C.U. Tilt Football fans, from the Col lege Station and Houston' Gulf Coast areas planning to attend the TCU-A&M game in Fort Worth Oct. 17 have a treat in store. A special train will leave Hous ton at 7 Saturday morning, Oct. 17, stopping at North Zulch to pick up College Station area pas sengers, then proceed to Fort Worth. Operating on a fast schedule like the “Zephyr” and “Rocket,” the tiain will offer a safe ride with reclining seats and wide aisles giving opportunity to visit friends. Included will be a full- length recreation car with tables, for eating, games and relaxation. Economical meals may be or dered in advance or passengers may “bring their own.” Soft drinks, coffee and ice may be purchased on the train. In Fort Worth, police-escorted busses will take passengers to and from the stadium. The earlier orders are submitt ed, the greater the discount. In the College Station area contact J. B. (Dick) Hervey ’42, (VI 6- 5622); in the Houston area phone George G. Harris (CA 7-6105) or write “Football Trains, P. O. Box 4616, Houston 13, Texas,” re questing a Fort Worth Special Train order blank. Order must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped enve lope. 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