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THE BATTALION PAGE 2 Thursday, December 17, 1959 Worth Mentioning By Johnny Johnson As you no doubt will have guessed by the time you get this far in today’s issue of The Battalion, this is our annual safety edition. Although this issue is being submitted for judging in the 12th annual College Newspaper Contest on Safe driv ing sponsored by the Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill., winning the contest is not the purpose of this edition. For two successive Christmas holiday periods the Men of Aggieland have not been reduced in number by a fatal traffic accident. It is our hope that this issue will help make this the third successive Christmas holiday period without a traffic fa-' tality. The Battalion has placed in the contest for the past 10 years. * * * While on the subject of traffic safety, I would like to pass on a jingle written by Sterling Hart, retired newspaper publisher from Commerce, Tex. Dr. J. M. Nance, head of the Department of Hos- tory and Government, sent this What’s Cooking The following clubs and organ izations will meet tonight: 7:30 Red River Valley Hometown Club will meet in the Senate Chamber of the MSC. Austin Hometown Club will meet in Room 125 of the Academ ic Building. Tyler-Smith County Hometown Club will meet in the Social Room of the MSC. Jefferson Hometown Club will meet in Room 127 of the Aca demic Building. ' Fayette & Colorado Counties Hometown Club will meet in Room 2-A of the MSC. A film will be shown. Del Rio Hometown Club will meet in the Birch Room of the MSC. Wichita Falls Hometown Club will meet in Room 3-B of the MSC. Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet in the basement of the MSC. Marshall Hometown Club meets in the YMCA Lobby. El Paso Hometown Club will meet in Room 126 of the Aca demic Building. Governor Warns Students About Careless Driving As your Governor, I extend Greetings and Best Wishes to you and your families for Christmas and the New Year. I have a very special wish and hope this'year that each . one of you will help make this a safe and, therefore, truly happy season. Last year, 597 boys and girls of public school and college age failed to return to their classes because they had been killed in Texas traffic. This means that one of every four Texas traffic victims last year was a young Texan in the public school and college age-groups. Instead of Christmas Cheer last year, their families, their friends and their school shared December Death, and it was all so needless, r so unnecessary and so useless. I hope you will do this for your State and for your familie^and friends this season: Please urge everyone close to you to drive carefully and obey the traffic sign&^md laws. Please talk about this and remind them that too speed at the wrong time and the wrong place was implpwd in 52 per cent of all our highway deaths last year, that drinking was involved in 42 per cent of them. Please join with your Governor and law enforcement officials to keep Christmas and the New Year happy for you, your loved ones and your fellow-men. In the true Christmas spirit, let us join hands in saving lives and preventing death ! and destruction on our streets and highways. Good luck, and God bless you all. Price Daniel Governor of Texas THE BATTALION ' Oyinions 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 neivspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. to The Battalion. The jingle is as follows: “At 45 miles, per hour sing ‘Highways Are Happy Ways;’ at 55 m.p.h. sing ‘Pm But a Strang er Here;’ at 65 m.p.h. sing ‘Near er My God to Thee;’ at 75 m.p.h. sing ‘When the Roll Is Called up Yonder Fll Be There;’ and at 85 m.p.h. sing ‘Lord, I’m Coming Home.’ ” * * * The international relations committees of the American Assn, of University Women, the Cam pus Study Club and the Pan American Round Table Club are due congratulations for the recep tion they sponsored for foreign students Tuesday night. Held at the home of President and Mrs. Earl Rudder, the recep tion gave the foreign students a chance to assemble together prior to the Christmas holidays and al so an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other. Robert Melcher, foreign student adviser, also deserves credit for coordinating the work on this reception and the other work he does throughout the year with foreign students. * * * Two members of Texas A&M faculty and staff have recently received promotions in the U. S. Army Reserves local unit. Dr. Paul J. (Jock) Woods, as sociate professor in the Depart ment of History and Government, was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel and Sherwood W. McClaren III, tactical officer with the School of Military Sciences was promoted from first lieutenant to captain. * * * Drive safely and return from the holidays in one piece! Memoers of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences ; Dr. K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; 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 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, $0.50 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 news 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 Weekley Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Sloan, Bob Saile, A1 Vela and Alan Payne Staff Writers Joe Jackson , Photographer Christmas Dinner Set in Mess Malls Roast turkey and dressing, gib- let gravy and cranberry sauce are among the fare to be found at tonight’s Christmas dinner in Duncan and Sbisa Dining Halls, The turkeys went in the ovens last night, according to John G. Peniston, Dining Hall Supervisor. “Crews were on hand all night long at Sbisa and Duncan Dining Halls to see that the birds were cooked just right,” he said. “But the hardest task came to day,” Peniston said, “when the dining crews began caxwing by hand the more than 200 turkeys needed to feed the Aggies and their guests.” As far as the cranbErry sauce is concerned, Peniston said that each and every can has been checked and certified safe. Besides the regular dining hall feeding, Peniston said he expect ed about 400 guests. Letters To The Editor The Battalion welcomes letters to the editor but 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. .. Ediior, The Battalion: A certain experience has hap pened to me that has completely destroyed my trust , in the Aggie honor system. This experience was a great shock to me. When I came to this school I was led to believe that Aggies never lie, cheat, or steal. I was proud to be a part of this sys tem when I entered this school. I did not realize until now that such a thing would happen at Aggieland. The particular exper ience I am talking about hap pened in the locker room of the coliseum. I left my clothes in my locker to take a shower and when I got back all of my money was gone from my wallet. When I was in high school I remember coming to this campus and seeing a lot of places in which the honor system was in evidence. I remember a certain system that was being used in the dormitories. One particular item was the snack bars in the dorms, where a person got what he wanted and left the correct amount of money for the pur chase. This system seemed to work then. Now the candy is in machines that are locked. The lockers in the gym and the rooms in the dorms all have locks on them to protect the individual’s property. There was a time when the need for locks around the campus was limited. This condi tion does not seem to exist at the present time. It seems that it is not safe bo hang certain items on the racks in the Memorial Student Center without the items disappearing. Where is the respect for proper ty which should be present in a building dedicated as a memorial ? I think the MSC should be held in reverence and should not be a place to steal from fellow Aggies. This situation seems to be get ting a lot worse through the years- Many of the students who have lost items are not financially able to make up the loss. Aggies should have a deep respect for their fellow Aggies’ property aAd attempt to help each other, in my opihion. That is, if they really want to be called Aggies. Frank D. Jekel, ’62 Editor, The Battalion: I write as one who considers himself a Texas Aggie, although I hold no undergraduate degree Civilian Student Portrait Dales Set Civilian Students will have their portrait made for The Ag gieland ’60 at the Aggieland Studio between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. according to the following schedule. • Coats and ties should be worn. All Sophomores and Jun- from A&M. I did, however, re ceive an M.S. degree in biology in June, 1938. So, in a sense, I feel a very close bond to Aggie land. Since my days at College Sta tion, I have had several occasions to be proud of A&M. This has not been limited to merely the Athletic Department, but from students and graduates of the school that I have by chance met here in my native Kentucky. Three summers ago two A&M freshmen were in my hometown selling Bibles and religious edu cation literature. These boys through their gentlemanly con duct, perserverance of their as signment and friendliness won the love and respect of this commun ity. Here in Mount Sterling, some 1,500 miles from Aggieland, as a result of these two young men, A&M enjoys a wholesome reputa tion. I am sure that most of we Ag gies are all aware of the school’s heroes of the late war. Remem ber the famous “Sighted sub and sank same” from the lips of a fellow Aggie, not to mention mapy of the countless others who served so well? To refresh the memory who has apparently forgotten, a film en titled “We’ve Never Been Licked” was made several years ago to depict the SPIRIT OF AGGIE LAND. I have been on many college campuses, but have never seen spirit to equal that vigor and en thusiasm demonstrated by the A&M student body. Two years ago, after traveling from Mount Sterling, Ky., to Col lege Station for my first return since ’37, I witnessed such spirit. Yes, even following that heart breaking loss to Texas, the air was filled with “The Aggie War Hymn” and “The Spirit of Aggie land.” Where else does one find singing students and a band yet marching to its school songs in the face of defeat? Whenever I can get reception, I never fail to listen to an A&M ball game and win or lose be proud of the pennant that hangs over my desk and will so continue as long as this Aggie lives. I am proud of A&M and ex press gratitude to all yet there and elsewhere who made it pos sible for me to be a holder of one of her degrees. Tandy P. Chenault Rt. 1, Box 172 Mount Sterling, Ky. Twenty-Four Hour Black And White Film Developing A&M PHOTO SHOP Cotton Bowl Week Festivities Include Several Activities Cotton Bowl Week festivities in Dallas this year as always will include a busy round of activities for student representatives from the competing schools in the I960 Cotton Bowl Football Classic and from all other Southwest Confer ence schools as well. A number of functions for the official student representative groups, and big free New Year’s Eve dance for all college students in Dallas for the holidays are in cluded in the schedule of activi ties which leads up to the grid iron clash between Syracuse and the University of Texas on New Year’s Day. Cotton Bowl entertainment and social events basically revolve around the schools, their stu-. dents, faculty members and ath letic and administrative officials, which gives the Cotton Bowl a ‘school-oriented” atmosphere un ique among the post-season bowl games. The Cotton Bowl is, of course, the official Southwest Conference bowl game, and is op erated under the leadership of the institutions that make up the conference. The official student groups in clude the Cotton Bowl Queen and her court, their escorts and mem bers of the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Committee. The Cotton Bowl Queen is tra ditionally selected as the repre sentative of the host team in the bowl classic and this year she is Miss Diane Lander, a 21-year-old senior student at Texas from San Antonio. Her court is made up of princesses representing each of the other seven conference schools —Arkansas, Baylor, Rice, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M and Texas Tech—along with “Miss Syra cuse,” Miss Janet Mary Ross, an 18-year-old freshman at Syracuse from Lexington, Mass., repre senting the visiting institution. The Sportsmanship Committee is comprised of four students from each of the eight Southwest Conference schools—the student body president, the editor of the campus newspaper, the head cheer leader and a representative athlete. This group has its an nual meeting during Cotton Bowl W'eek to decide which of the con ference schools will receive the CLEAN THIEVES POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (A 5 ) _ Dick Minitree reported the theft of two front hubcaps, both dirty, The next day, Minitree said, both were back in place, clean and shiny. Now he’s hoping someone will take his rear hubcaps, both dirty. WATCH Jan. 6th Issue of the Battalion for a variety of BIBLE COURSES (Accredited Courses) for Texas Aggies coveted Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award. A&M’s representatives at the meeting are scheduled to be Jake Sekerka, Student Senate presi dent; Joe Leeper, head yell lead er; Gale Oliver, athletic represen tative; and Johnny Johnson, Bat talion editor. In addition, the visiting school in the bowl is invited to send their own counterparts of these four student positions to Dallas as guests and observers at the Sportsmanship Committee meet ing and the Cotton Bowl official student functions. The official student representa tives will be feted with a dinner and theater party on the evening of Dec. 30, attending the perform ance that night of the musical comedy, “My Fair Lady,” which will be presented at State Fair Music Hall during Cotton Bowl Week. On Dec. 31, the Cotton Bowl Queen, her princesses and “Miss Syracuse” will occupy places of honor on floats in the big Cotton Bowl CoKOiiation, . Parade,,, .which begins in downtown Dallas at 10:30 a.m. Other activities for the official student group that day will include the Cotton Bowl Style Show staged by Neiman Marcus for the ladies, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame luncheon for the men, and-the annual meeting of the Sportsmanship Committee. On the evening of Dec. 31, a big New Year’s Eve dance will be THRU FRIDAY “SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL” With James Cagney Plus “GUNFIGHT AT DODGE CITY” With Joel McCrea held at the Umphrey Lee Student Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University. There will be dancing to two bands in two ballrooms and all college students are welcome to attend, with the Cotton Bowl Queen and members of her court as guests of honor. On New Year’s Day, the offi cial student groups will attend the football game between the Orangemen of Syracuse and the Texas Longhorns. The Sports manship Award will be made, the Cotton Bowl Queen and her court will be presented, and the Queen will be crowned during the pre game ceremonies. CIRCLE FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY Also “THE YOUNG LIONS” Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin May Britt THURSDAY & FRIDAY COLUMBIA PICTURES presents A WARWICK PRODUCTION VICTOR MATURE • Ml AUBREY ANTHONY NEWLEY 'T&WST' SATURDAY “MONEY, WOMEN AND GUNS” “GHOST OF THE CHINA SEA” “WELLS FARGO” Also 4 Cartoons CinemaScopS TECHNICOLOR* Show Opens At 6 P. M. Guion Hall will be dosed Dec. 19 until Jan. 4 for Christmas Holidays. AGGIES! Thanks for your business Wishing You A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year Y oungbloods Rock Building So. College Midway Between Bryan & College 7 ) iors (Civilian) must have their pictures taken before Dec. 17th. Civilian Senior and Graduates (Including Jr. and Sr. Vet Med., 5th Year Architects) Jan. 6-7 A-D Jan. 11-12 E-K Jan. 13-14 L-R Jan. 18-19 S-Z PEANUTS By Charles M. Schula IT HAS COME TO OUR. attention that YOU pace YOUR Gimo ON THE DEPORTMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD... IN OTHER UDORDG, YOU JUDGE AG ID WHETHER THE CHILD HAS BEEN GOOD OR BAD...CO YOU REALLY THINK IT IS WISE TO ATTEMPT TO PASSSU0H JUDGMENT? WHAT (5 S00D? CUHAT IS BAD?CAN WE SAY TO OUR NEIGHBOR,“YOU ARE BAD...I AM GOOD"?CAN [0ESAY... j K. 9 I F A * • 0 % ♦ J l * A * 1