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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 3, 1960 Worth Mentioning By Johnny Johnson The issuance of combat boots, extra fatigues and an added short sleeve khaki shirt which began Tuesday after noon brought more than a little confusion.. Initial confusion began when many cadets treked through the mud and rain to where they thought the Clothing Ware house was located. After battling the mud, a tall steel fence and other hazards of foot travel (both man-made and natural) they arrived at the old Clothing Warehouse to discover that the building now is a garage for the Department of Buildings and College Utilities. Finally, some of the lucky ones arrived at the new lo cation of the Clothing Ware-'^ — house—located in the old De- at the same time. Incidentally, it was an Aggie senior working at the Clothing Warehouse who agreed to swap rain coats, not one of the regular employees who thought he could n’t issue uniforms and swap uni forms during the same day. ... ★ ★ ★ . T. G. Puddy, manager of Guion Hall, is in good condition at Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at Sa ranac Lake, N. Y. Puddy is on leave of absence from his Guion Hall job and at the hospital to recover from a lingering illness. In case any of his friends care to write him, he is in Room 261 at the hospital. ★ ★ ★ Bob Barlow, third year veteri- classification. More fumbling nary medicine major, asked us to CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle partment of Buildings and College Utilities Building across the street from the Exchange Store behind the Fire Station. Upon arrival at the warehouse, the cadets were greeted by long lines of similarly uniform-hun- gry men. One of the most amusing and yet pathetic things that happened during the rush Tuesday after noon was when a sophomore, after standing in line for more than half an hour finally reached the front of the line. The clerk asked the cadet what his name was. After fumbling through the cards for a while, the clerk asked the sophomore his initials and through the cards by the clerk still faijed to turn up a card. Finally, the clerk asked the sopho more whether he was Army or Air Force. ‘.'Army,” replied the sophomore. '.‘Sorry, this is Air Force only,” came the clerks reply. A very bitter sophomore found hi^ way out of the warehouse only to go next door to stand in line for another 30 minutes be fore drawing his uniforms. So goes life in the land of “wan utility jackets, herringbone twill,” anjl “gotta a pair of utility trous ers.” ★ ★ ★ Another incident at the Cloth ing Warehouse Tuesday afternoon occurred to a junior. After batt ling the lines , (the same lines fought by the Army sophomore), he reached the fpont of the line. Asking to trade his rain coat (which had the seam out from shoulder to hem), the junior was informed .by one of the superbly intelligent Clothing Warehouse clerks that he couldn’t trade his rain coat in then as they were issuing the other items of ap parel. After much haggling, the junior finally got to trade his rain coat. We guess it really might have been a strain on the minds of some of the employes at the Clothing Warehouse to be issuing and exchanging uniforms SUMMER JOBS Bell Telephone System will in terview all aeronautical, chem ical, civi], electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering, in dustrial technology, economics, business administration, mathe matics and physics juniors or seniors tomorrow in the Place ment Offiec on the second floor of the YMCA Building for sum mer employment positions. TODAY THRU SATURDAY “VERTIGO” James Stewart Kim Novak Also THE ONE AND ONLY A&M Town Hall Friday Evening 8:00 White Coliseum 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. Memb. .era of the Student Publications _ JS. Student Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences; K. J, Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. are , Sch Duewall, director of Dr. Dr. 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. 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JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR Bill Hicklin Managing Editor Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor Robbie Godwin News Editor Ben Trail, Bob Sloan Assistant News Editors Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Saile, A1 Vela and Alan Payne Staff Writers Joe Jackson «... Photographer INTERVIEWS The following companies will interview graduating seniors to morrow in the Placement Office on the second floor of the YMCA Building: The Bell System will interview aeronautical, chemial, civil, elec trical, industrial and mechanical engineering, industrial technol ogy, business administration, eco nomics, mathematics and physics degree candidates for positions in management, research and development, design and applied engineering. The Union Oil Co. of Califor nia will interview chemical, geo logical and petroleum engineer ing, geology and chemistry de gree candidates for positions in exploration, oil field production, manufacturing and research. Philco Corp. will interview electrical and mechanical engi neering, mathematics and phys ics B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree candidates for positions in re search, development, test, eval uation, field engineering, auto mation and plant engineering. The Martin Co. will interview aeronautical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering and phys ics B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree candidates for positions in aero dynamics, thermodynamics, com munications, guidance, control, computers and systems analysis- What’s Cooking Prudential Insurance Co. of America will interview agricul tural economics, business admin istration, economics and mathe matics degree candidates for po sitions in management develop ment and insurance marketing. U. S. Navy Electronics Labor atory will interview electrical and mechanical engineering and physics B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. de gree candidates for positions in design, testing and evaluation of electronic equipment. U.S. Naval Missile Center (Pa cific Missile Range) will inter view aeronautical, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathe matics and physics B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree candidates for positions in research and devel opment. “When the Basic Division or faculty adviser counsels me, they say to make good grades and that I should study! There must be a more practical way!” — Letters To The Editor — The Battalion welcomes letters to the editor hut reserves the ' ’ ' ' uracy. Short letters stand a >remium. Unsigned letters will pass along to the readers of The Battalion information about an Anti-Communism School being held each Saturday in March in Houston at the S. P. Martel Audi torium at 3511 Yoakum Blvd. Dr. Clifton Ganus of the Na tional Education Program and a resident of Searcy, Ark., is key note speaker. Ganus will speak this Saturday along with Con stantin Boldyreff, a former pro fessor at Georgetown University who is a refuge from Communist Russia. Dr. Fred C. Schwarz, executive director of the Christian Anti- Communist Crusade and a Me morial Student Center Great Is sues presentation a few years ago, will speak Saturday, March 26. Other speakers of national faine : dot the program for the school. The school is open to everyone and admission is free, Barlow said. for brevity, clearness and accura publication since space is at a premium Editor, The Battalion: “College Station is a haven for followers of the Dark Ages—an interesting contrast for the home of Texas A&M,” is one of the most hilarious statements that I have ever read in years. I am afraid that this is where you are gravely mistaken. Not only is A&M in the Dark Ages, but, even worse, it appears the student body wants to keep it there. My favorite example of this can be found in the most widely accepted of all Aggie traditions —cheating. Students in the col lege supposedly prepare them selves for their individual fu tures, in which they will take on sundry responsibilities to them selves as well as to their com munities. This responsibility to oneself is what is the most con cerning from my standpoint. How can any man even begin to think along the lines of responsibility of any sort when he will degrado himself by utilizing the apparent accepted phenomenpn of cheat ing which is quite extensive on this campus. The most appalling matter of it all is this acceptance by the students here at A&M. Instead of trying to temper cheating, the Aggies prefer the idea of “cheat now and avoid the rush.” Of all the irresponsible, immature and disgusting things, I’m afraid that this statement is rather ap plicable and true. There has been talk of var ious honor system proposals from the Corps and civilians alike, but talk is extremely cheap in this case. An honor system might be the answer, but it is in the very distant future, because before any type of honor system could • life A ■> l/AV drive-in TOlfP! DER I2 YEARS-rRtfc THURSDAY & FRIDAY “BATTLE FLAME” With Scott Brady Plus “SURRENDER HELL’ With Keith Andes THE MSC FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS BERGMAN IS BACK! INGRID BERGMAN YUL BRYNNER HELEN HAYES ^ Cinemascope-Color by De Luxe Friday 7:30 MSC Ballroom ADMISSION 25c right, to edit letters r chance for not be published... be invoked, the majority of the students would have to submit to it. As it appears to me the student body is degenerating to the opposite position. This brings to mind something that one of my former profes sors once told me. I consider this man among the most intell igent and learned men of whom I have had the privilege of study ing under. In a conversation about A&M and specifically, cheating at A&M, he referred to our ■ beloved institution as an “adolescent school.” Never in my three years here have I ever heard a more adequate statement applied to A&M. No, gentlemen, education does not and never will stop at the text books; it only begins there and it includes almost an infinite number of facts. Individual re sponsibility is only one of them and the cheating that prevails on this campus is a far cry from initiating such a responsibility. Tt is therefore my opinion,, that what I quoted from the above editorial is completely wrong. Webster describes the Dark Ages as a period of intellectual stag nation, and until the massive amounts of cheating stop, or a ^sincere effort is begun by the student body to alter this phe nomenon, my idea of A&M as a school where people learn how to grow up and accept responsi bility is not all appropriate. Jerry A. Young, ’60 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: Recently in a meeting of the Senior Class the question was brought up that thievery and cheating were very prevalent at A&M. Breaking into candy ma chines in the dorms was discuss ed and it was mentioned that in “Ole Army Days” there were no vending machines. The candy was simply placed in open boxes at the end of the hall and the “Honor System” was used—take a candy bar, leave a nickel. Being the serviceman for the candy vending machines in Dorm 14 and 17 and Milner Hall, I took it upon myself to conduct an experiment. I placed the candy 'in an open box and left it. out for what I thought to be trustworthy Aggies to purchase. I must have been greatly dis illusioned, for in the course of approximately 30 hours I was short $5.60 from a total of $24 worth of candy. This was just in Dorms 14 and 17—about 20 per cent theft. I tried the same thing in Mil ner Hall and had only 6 per cent longer period of THURSDAY & FRIDAY f^SDont IGive M UPthe b Ship” mjps Show Opens At 6 p. m. missing, over time. . I do not know who was respon sible for the thievery, nor do I care to know. It just gives me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach to know that the guys I’m living with would stoop so low. Those so-called Aggies that I’m refefing to claim to be “Sol diers, Statesmen and Knightly Gentlemen.” It is interesting to note that civilian students seem to be more honest than those in the Corps. I would like to believe that it was just one or two*persons who were responsible and that the other “98 per cent” are true Ag gies. If such is not the case— if we have twenty percenters in stead of two percenters—then I think it is time for each of us to take a good look around us, and do everything in our power to get rid of ^hat which is not Aggie, lest it hurt us and A&M. Jack Cooper, ’60 The following clubs and organ izations will meet tonight: 7:15 El Paso Homtown Club will meet in Room 126, Academic Building. San Angelo-West Texas Home- April 2 Date Scheduled For Supper The annual Bryan-College Pancake Supper has been sched uled for April 2 at the National Guard Armory, 25th and Burle son, according to an announce ment made at the Bryan Kiwanis Club Friday. Pancake Fiesta is sponsored jointly by the Bryan and College Station Kiwanis Clubs. Profits are donated entirely to boys’ and girls’ activities in the Brazos County area. The entire supper, including the cooking, table waiting, ticket sales, pot and pan washing, bus boy activities and other details are handled by members of the two clubs. Price of each ticket is 50 cents, which includes as many pancakes as anyone de sires. President of the Bryan Club is Frank Hughes. The College Club President is K. A. Manning. ARCHITECTS PARTY FOR ALL PLAYBOY PILLOW PARTY After The Military Ball March 12 — 10 p. m. - 2 a. m. Tickets 4th Floor Academic Building BEFORE YOU Do Another Thing Join The MSC Bridge Committee In Weekly Sessions -k LeaYn To Play ★ Improve Your Game ★ Beginners Welcome Next Meeting — Monday, March 7, 7:15 p. m. Birch Room MSC For Additional Information See: Wiley Bunton, Bridge Chairman Or The MSC Directorate Office DID YOU KNOW S)nj^-OQ 93JJ dn3 puooag DO I aajjoo TVTd 08 : Z — TVTV 6 ^HIIOH pajuiddo ^ pauMQ aiSSy doqg aoqs station oj, aH?x) quotf IV paiBDO r I AVON VrdjiLiLlVJ Lid anoasava am PEANUTS PEANUTS fm. $ej. U. S. To* 04.—All rlflSli nttryad Copr. I9M by Vnltid ftoivr* S/ndiwUt, b.w town Club meets in the Agricul ture Building. 7:30 Austin Hometown Club will meet in Room 125, Academic Building. Baytown Hometown Club will meet in Room 228, Academic Building. Lavaca County Hometown Club will meet in Room 106, Academic Building. Marshall Hometown Club will meet in the YMCA Lobby. Milby Hometown Club will meet in the Serpentine Lounge, MSC. Odessa Hometown Club will meet in Room 207, Academic Building. Runnels-Coleman Hometown Club meets in Room 3-C, MSC. Sam Houston of Houston Home town Club meets in the YMCA Cabinet Room. Trans-Pecas Hometown Club meets in the Animal Industries Building. YVilliamson County Hometown Club meets in the YMCA Foun tain Room. 8:30 Texarkana Hometown Club will meet in the MSC Lobby to have picture for Aggieland taken. ALL-TIME LOW PRICES NYLON tires Plus tax and recappable * S2S7" WE HAVE COMPUTE STOCKS More than just nylon tires ... they’re FIRESTONE NYLONS! The word “nylon” is not enough... insist on FIRESTONE nylons. 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Saturday The Aggie AVives Council and MSC Dance Committee are co sponsoring an informal dance for all married Aggie student couples in the MSC Ballroom from 7:30 p.m. to 12 p.m. Tickets are avail able from all wives’ club on the campus, the Aggie Wives Council members and at the door for 75 cents per couple. Free baby sit ting can be obtained at the A&M Methodist Church from 7:15 p.m. until 12 p.m. Monday Mechanical Engineering Wives Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Cashion Room of the YMCA. On March 27, the Mechanical Engineering Wives Club and Joyce’s will present a fashion show in the MSC Ballroom at 3 p.m. The tickets are 50 cents each and may be obtained from any member of the Mechanical Engineering Wives Club, or at the door. Reserve tickets may be obtained by calling VI 6-6527.