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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle PAGE 2 The Battalion welcomes letters to the editor hut reserves the right to edit letters 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 Unsigned letters will not be published. .. Editor, The Battalion: Your proposed solution to the A&M campus parking 1 problem related in the editorial of Oct. 29 fails, I believe, to do anything more than suggest we exchange convenience for ugliness. Some few college personnel have struggled for years to try to develop the A&M campus from a desolate, congested “prairie” into an attractive, well-planned beautifully landscaped campus. Some progress toward this end has been made in the last few years. If you think not, ask an Ex-Aggie who has been away. Destroying the only major areas left around the campus for “growing grass only,” would throw us into a dusty, desolate environment, typical of the large city. Replacing our grass-cov ered open areas with gravel “smog” generators would degen erate us back to the “prairie” status from which we have not yet progressed far enough. Actually, the real solution to our parking problem lies in our acceptance of the fact that stu dent automobiles should be pri marily for transportation to points away from the campus. This suggests a minimum amount of use. Therefore, parking for day students and faculty should be “on campus” and parking for students “off campus,” instead of at the dormitory door. That monster, the automobile, is already making too much prog ress toward dominating our lives. Do we have to let it destroy our last remaining vestige of natural environment? I say no. Let’s talk about making the walks around the campus more desir able and more beautiful, rather than more hazardous. Ben H. Evans, Coordinator of Agricultural Research, Texas Engineering Experiment Station ★ Editor, The Battalion: This letter is a petition of grievances without signatures be cause they are too numerous to list. I speak for cadets, civilian students, Aggie dates and especi ally Aggie wives. Everyone that I discuss this subject with whole heartedly agrees with me. I feel that it a terrible injustice to charge $4 for a date ticket to ad mit a female to the Aggie foot ball games. For the same price, other people are allowed to sit anywhere in the entire stadium. But to pay $4 to stand in that crowded, inadequate end zone is ridiculous. When I first started going to Aggie football games, the price of date tickets was $1.50—a fair price. When students pay only $1 for their seats it is unfair to charge $4 for the seat right be side them for their dates. Seats in the student sections at other schools are not this expensive. The present price of $4 makes it impossible for many Aggie wives to attend the games, and I don’t doubt that many more Ag gies woidd be able to afford dates for football weekends if the price was lowered to a sensible sum. . . Mrs. Marlene Rushing ★ Editor, The Battalion: Congratulations to the Aggie team for the wonderful team work and spirit it exhibited in the Ai’kansas game. No f matter what the score of a game may be, any team that does such a fine job deserves the com plete loyalty and support of its student body. We hope that our spirit can equal that displayed by the team. Corps Staff Juniors ★ Editor, The Battalion: Why all this hulabaloo about building parking lots near the center of the campus? That is the last thing this campus needs. There is, by far, too much traf fic across the campus now so why try to increase the hazard? In my opinion, one of the best ad vancements to improve the traffic problem has been to block off Houston Street near the Memo rial Student Center. The cam pus streets are being turned into main thoroughfares of the city Adventure Offered Foreign Students A “Christmas Adventure in World Understanding” is being offered to all foreign students at A&M. The Kellogg Center for Con tinuing Education of Michigan State University sponsors the program which includes a visit to an automotive plant, a night and a day spent on a farm and many other experiences. The tour is open to 100 foreign and 10 American students. Ap plication blanks for admission and scholarship must be obtained from Robert L. Melcher, Foreign Student Adviser, by Nov. 9, ac cording to an announcement from Melcher’s office. No applicants wil be admitted for part of the adventure only. They must be able to arrive in East Lansing, Michigan, Dec. 19 for the start of the program and stay until morning of Dec. 31. The cost of the trip will be $115. This includes room, meals,, and entertainment, but does not include transportation cost to and from East Lansing, according to Melcher. A limited number of $75 schol arships are available. OLE ARMY It’s Not Too Late To Pass Chemistry 101, Math 120, or Physics 218. Check NOW W 7 ith Your Scholastic Officer For FREE Tutoring. Jloufiot'd, THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent waiters only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community vieivspaper and is unde'i 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 Publications, chairman; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering; Otto It. 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 Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion Room 4, YMCA, College Station, Texas. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR David Stoker Managing Editor Bob Weekloy Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Bill Broussard, Ben Trial, Bobby Dodson, Tommy Holbein and Bob Saile Staff Writers Dave Mueller Photographer of College Station. It is sup posed to be against school rules for students to drive to classes. This rule is meaningless to many and is not always enforced. It is a wonder that some Aggie has not been injured on his way to class. Parking, lots on our campus do nothing to beautify it and very little to attract outsiders. Many steps have been taken in the past few years to add beauty to our campus and now it seems that such action was all in vain. Day students have no more rea son to object to distant parking than do resident students. Most of the regular student lots are just as far from the center of the campus and much farther from the dorms than a day stu dent’s driveway is from his home. It isn’t compulsory to drive a car on the campus. There are many colleges and universities, that have succeeded in restraining students from driv ing on the campus. For example, the TU campus and the Univer sity of Kansas campus have no parking lots. It shouldn’t hurt anyone to walk a few blocks. One would think that we have become a bunch of spoiled children. If you should succeed in con vincing some people that we do need to make a parking lot out of the Main Drill Field, at the north ends of Dorms 1 and 2, or along the sides of Guion Hall, why not go all the way with the idea ? Why not build parking lots out of the Academic Building lawn, the Chapel lawn and the MSC lawn? Dick McGaughy, ’61 ★ Editor, The Battalion: In your editorial labeled “Where to Park?”, I wholeheart edly agree with you about the parking situation. I live in Dorm 3 and have to park my car in Navasota Lot. If I wanted to go to North Gate, I can be half-way there by walking before I get in my car and get it started. I agree with you on the needed lots with the exception of one lo cation, and that is the Main Drill Field. Not only does the Main Drill Field serve a functional purpose (parades, Final Review, etc.) but it lends to the campus more beauty. I believe though, that if all of the parallel parking on the streets of the campus were changed into diagonal parking, the situation would be greatly remedied. This could be accom plished by widening the streets to accommodate diagonal parking. I again whole-heartedly agree with you that we need more park ing space and I believe, the Guion Hall suggestion is the best. Richard Ramsay, ’62 THE BATTALION Tuesday, November 3, 1959 RSH Bryan 2’8$79 LAST DAY Mario Lanza In “FOR THE FIRST TIME” STARTS TOMORROW made this year’s big: picture! In Thn WILLIAM GOETZ Production of THEYCftME TO COSDURA cobtabiuno RICHARD CONTE • MICHAEL CALLAN DICK YORK ROBERT ROSSEN A OOETZ-8AROOA PRODUCTION • r.» ». », oumoo* wvaitmOUT Scrttrt Play by IVAN MOFFAT. ROBERT ROSSEN AS^MAtfCblOfl LAST DAY Hope Lange In “BEST OF EVERYTHING” 7**$* : v r Job Interviews The following companies will conduct interviews Wednesday in the Placement Office on the sec ond floor of the YMCA: Cutler-Hammer, Inc. will inter view mechanical engineering, BS, and electrical engineering, BS, MS, degree candidates for posi tions as sales engineers and sys tem engineers. Lockheed Aircraft, Corp., Geor gia Division, will interview candi dates for degrees in aeronautical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering and mathematics and physics, BS, MS, and PhD, for positions in research and develop ment, manufacturing, research, development and manufacturing of nuclear products and work in the missile support and special products field. Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Mont gomery will interview candidates for degrees in accounting, BBA, MBA, for positions as staff ac countants in any one of the com pany’s domestic offices. Proctor & Gamble Manufactur ing Co. will interview candidates for BS, MS, degrees in chemical, civil, industrial and mechanical engineering and chemistry for positions in plant engineering, research and development, cen tral engineering division and cen tral industrial engineering divi sion. Social Whirl Wednesday Civil Engineering Wives Club meets at 8 p.m. in the South So larium of the YMCA. DAIRY DEDICATION ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) —Hardin County Judge H. H. Tabb pleaded for temperance in the use of alcohol as he delivered the dedication speech for the open ing of the county’s new jail. Drunkenness, he said, is the rea son many jails are filled. Then the judge smashed a bottle on the wall dedicating the building. It con tained. milk. Henry E. Blazek Gels Scholarship Henry E. Blazek, a junior ag riculture major, has been award ed the $100 scholarship given an nually by the Brazos County A&M Mothers’ Club. A game party in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom Thurs day, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. will be held to raise funds for next year’s scholarship, the Mothers’ Club has announced. Tickets will be sold at the door for $1. Prizes will be awarded at the party. Reservations for the party may be made by calling Mrs. Joe E. Davis, Mrs. M. T. Harrington, Mrs. J. E. Roberts or Mrs. Rob ert A. Knapp. Practically all U. S. public wa terways, including canals, are maintained today by U. S. Army Engineers. TODAY THRU THURSDAY “LOOK BACK IN ANGER” Richard Burton CIRCLE TONIGHT “A WOMAN LIKE SATAN” Brigitte Bardot Also “HOT SPELL” Anthony Quinn Indian Reader MADAM ROSA Advises on all affairs of life. She has the God-given power to help humanity. Bring your troubles to her. Open 8:00 A. M. - 11:00 P. M. 417C-Highway 6 Behind Starfire Station College Station, Texas VI 6-4270 Readings $1.00 (Open on Sundays too) £* *- • . .AJ| »: DtiiVf IN T HI A no vpm .. . V N(\t M ' •».'*< TUESDAY Jerry Lewis In ‘DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP” Plus "THE MATING GAME” With Debbie Reynolds Guion Hall TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY ROMANTIC RIOTK M-G-M presents JJEBBiE REYNOLDS TONY RANDALI- PAUL DOUGLAS „ „ , Mating Game \ in CmemaScop* And METR0C0L0R Show opens 6 p. m. Insurance Receipts Are Available Now All students who have pur chased the Student Accident In surance and have not picked up their receipt, may pick them up in the Fiscal Office. What’s Cooking AIEE-IRE will meet tonight at 7:30 in Bolton Hall. Former major league pitcher Paul Derringer is in the plastic business at Auburn, N. Y. A&M MENS SHOP 103 MAIN — NORTH GATE AGGIE OWNED Register For Free V TYPEWRITER NOTHING TO BUY Just Sign Your Name OTIS MCDONALD’S Bryan Business Machines OnCampue with AfecShoIman {Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf”, u The Many Loves of Dohie Gillis”, etc.) DIARY OF A COED MONDaY : Prof. Pomfritt sprang quiz m English lit this morning. If Shakespeare didn’t write Canterbury Talcs I’m a dead duck . . . Lunch at the house—turkey hash. Question: how can we have turkey hash when we never had turkey? . . . Smoked a Marlboro after lunch. I dig those better makin’s the most! . . . Played bridge with sorors in afternoon. When game was over, my partner stabbed me several times with hatpin. Must learn weak club bid'. . . Dinner at house—lamb hash. Question: how can we have lamb hash when we never had lamb? . . . Smoked a Marlboro after dinner. What filter! What flavor! What pack or box!... Chapter meeting at night. Motion made to abolish capital punishment for pledges. Motion de feated ... Smoked more Marlboros. Quelle joie!... And so to bed. TUESDAY: Faculty tea at the house. Spilled pot of oolong on Dean of Women. She very surly. Offered her a Marlboro. Still surly. Offered skin graft. No help . . . Dinner at Kozy Kampus Kafe—24 hamburgers. But no dessert. Have to watch waistline . . . And so to bed. WEDNESDAY: Got our marks in English lit quiz. Lucky for me Shakespeare wrote Canterbury Tales! ... Afternoon date with Ralph Feldspar. Purely platonic. Ralph wanted to con sult me about love trouble he’s having with his girl Nymphet Calloway. I assured him things would get better. Ralph said he certainly hopes so because last four times he called on Nymphet, she dumped vacuum cleaner bag on him . .. Smoked several Marlboros. Wonderful cigarette. No confusion about which end to light. Saves loads of time . . . Dinner at house- bread. That’s all; just bread . . . And so to bed. THURSDAY: Three packages from home—laundry, cookies, records. So hungry I ate all three ... Quiz in American history. If Millard Fillmore didn’t invent cotton gin, I’m in big trouble . . . Dinner at house. Big excitement—Nymphet Calloway an nounced her engagement to Ralph Feldspar. While sorors flocked around to congratulate Nymphet, I ate everybody’s side meat. .. Then smoked Marlboro. Oh, what a piece of work is Marlboro! ... And so to bed. A v FRIDAY: Got our marks in American history quiz. Was shattered to learn that Millard Fillmore did not invent cotton gin. He wrote Canterbury Tales . . . How very odd! . . . Lunch . at the house—bread hash... Marlboro after lunch. Great smoke. Must send valentine to manufacturers . . . Spent entire after noon getting dressed for date tonight with Norman Twonkey. Norman is dall, dark, loaded—a perfect doll! Only thing wrong is he never tells a girl where he’s going to take her. So I put on a bathing suit, on top of that an evening gown, and on top of that a snowsuit. Thus I was ready for a splash party, a dance, or a toboggan slide ... So what do you think happened? He entered me in a steeplechase, that’s what!... Would have taken first prize easily if I hadn’t pulled up lame in the last furlong , , , And SO to bed. © 1959 Max Shulmaa Yes, the college life is a busy one and you may be having trouble choosing the cigarette that’s right for you. Here’s a handy guide: For filter plus flavor—Marlboro. For flavor without filter—Philip Morris. For filter plus flavor plus cool ness—Alpine . . . All made by the sponsors of this column. PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz PEANUTS U)ELl ( HAll0(dKN HAS COME AND, GONE... EB (SO IT HAS) % DID THE' GREAT PUMPKIN" BRING YOU LOTS OF NICE PRESENTS? J (^OH, SHOT OP.' y-z ~\f 7 / 'V' 1 . . . Jc I T” J!—- wJ-- -c- I RISE UP OUT OF THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AND BRING TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN ON HALLOGUEEN ! T HEY, UNUSlHOW MANY TOYS DID HE BRINS YOU?:! !I I (DAS A VICTIM .OF FALSE DOCTRINE., T 'LL. V ■