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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 10, 1960 BATTALION ' EDITORIALS . . . Journalism Which Succeeds Best —and Best Deserves Success— Fears God and Honors Man; Is Stoutly Independent, Unmoved by Pride of Opinion or Creed of Power . . . Walter Williams Sign ifying Wh a t? The malicious mischief engaged in by unknown members of the Corps of Cadets Monday night was the type of extra curricular activity that gives the Corps of Cadets a black-eye both on and off the campus. Some members of the Corps of Cadets decided that it would be “good bull” to show what big men they were by going out in the dark of night to tear down traffic barricades on Spence Street. They did not stop to think that although the blocking-off of Spence Street may cause some of them inconvenience in getting from their parking lot to the main campus, the street was blocked off by college officials only after careful study and planning. If the unknown vandals felt they had a legitimate gripe against the blocking-off of the street and that their reasons for keeping it open were better than college reasons for block- ing-it, the group should have presented their arguments to the college in the way men are supposed to rather than re sorting to night raiding tactics. As members of the Corps of Cadets learned Monday night when a Corps-wide collection was taken up to pay for water fight damages, gone are the days when the college paid for damage done by mischief in dormitory horseplay or during the infamous Texas Aggie waterfights. The incident Monday night was not the first time that some minority group of the Men of Aggieland, and we are being almost insulting to the true Men of Aggieland when we include as Men of Aggieland the Monday night midnight raiders, has engaged in some mischief that started out as “good bull” and has ended up in having far-reaching effects upon the reputation of the Corps of Cadets and Texas A&M. We will be the first to admit that a water fight can be harmless and a lot of fun if it is conducted as good fun and is not allowed to become a free-for-all when tempers flare and college property is willfully destroyed. But the action Monday night does not of the imagination by any stretch of any mature person fall into the classifica tion of “good bull” or clean fun. The destruction of the street barriers was a willful and deliberate act of vandalism. If the offenders are caught, they face expulsion from school, liabil ity for all damages and possible prosecution under Texas statutes which make it a felony to willfully destroy property of the State of Texas. A far more serious injustice will be done if officials are unable to determine the guilty parties by name but to de termine what outfit or outfits they belong to and force their outfit buddies to kick in their hard-to-come-by cash to pay for the damage done by the malicious vandals. An even more serious injustice will be done if the entire Corps of Cadets is forced to contribute money to pay for the damage done by the vandals. We believe as much as anyone in being true to our fellow Aggies, butyif the point comes where the guilty parties are willing to let their buddies pay to repair their damage, then the guilty ones are violating fheir Aggie trust to their bud dies and should no longer be considered Aggies. We hope the guilty parties will have in them enough of the Spirit of Aggieland to confess their guilt and pay for their damages before their buddies are forced to do so. The big question is WHY did the vandals strike and what did their action signify? As we see it, NOTHING! CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “I don’t know what’s wrong! Coffee here at the MSC just doesn’t taste as good as it did!” On Other Campuses By Alan Payne TCU The TCU cookie-pushers have really thought up a really good motive to dress sharply. In an article in one of last week’s stu dent papers, the author advised boys to shine their shoes, shave and comb their hair in oi’der to look good for the girls who wex - e beginning to hunt for dates for Feb. 29. With something like that to gain, who wouldn’t mind looking sharp for a change, even for a couple of weeks. The Frogs can also boast of an “Ole Army” coed. One coed, who will graduate in June, attended a three - month Marine summer camp in Quantico, Va., last sum mer. She enjoyed it so much, she hopes to earn a commission when she graduates in June. There were 89 girls in the camp, which was attended by between 3,000 and 4,000 boys. Sounds like a nice type summer camp, doesn’t it? * TU The tea-sips are really raising a stink over registration and profs, as well as the usual final grade gripes. One of the biggest complaints is 8 a.m. classes, but, of course, Saturday classes are also receiving quite a going over. It sure is bad to have to see them getting up before 10 in the morn ing and not getting to go home early Friday afternoon, but that’s just the way it goes and we sure feel for you. Maybe you’ll have better luck next semester. 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There’s a lot more that’s extremely interesting about an RCA engineering career. You should have these facts to make a wise decision about your future. Get them in person very soon when an RCA engineering management repre sentative arrives on campus — February 17 Right now, see your placement officer. Get squared away on a specific time for your interview. And get your copies of the brochures that also help to fill you in on the RCA picture. If you're tied up when RCA's representative is here, send a resume to the address shown at right: Mr. Robert Haklisch, Manaeer College Relations, Dept. CR-2 Radio Corporation of America Camden 2, N. J. /AH Q^liliodN iS Tomorrow is here today at RCA <m isk RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA Social Whirl 7:30 Architecture Wives Society will meet at Lester’s Smart Shop in Townshire Shopping Center. 8 A veterinary medicine film will be shown at the Student Chapter of the AYMA Auxiliary meeting in the Social Room of the MSC. PEANUTS By Charles M. 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