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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March29, 1960 On Other Campuses By Alan Payne TCU For once, a legitimate gripe has been produced by one of our neighborly, frat-rat schools. TCU students have found something that actually seems to warrant a legitimate complaint. It seems quite a few doors are left locked around the campus during the day that really play havoc with students’ frantic dashes from class to class. These doors, located in stra tegic places, have produced quite a few stiff arms and swollen wrists from students intending to push right on through them. They are trying to work out some kind of remedy for the situation at present so we’ll have to keep informed and see that everything* works out all right. I-t sure makes one feel bad to Hear about such problems. SMU * An article in the SMU student paper urged the students to ex tend “friendly hellos” to all dele gates on campus for last week’s national swimming meet held on the SMU campus. Something like that certainly Igoks silly when compared with our “howdy” custom we have down here. Tlfere was undoubtedly not much reaction to the SMU request anyway but such an article would certainly have been a waste of words and space down here, wouldn’t it? Texas Tech A report from the Texas Tech Toreador is enough to turn a few heads in wonderment. It reads as follows: Government agriculture offi cials say a hen that laid 204 eggs during a recent contest has turned into a ROOSTER. The article then goes on to explain that this is due to an over supply of male hormones in the hen, but still, its something that is fit material for the “Be lieve It or Not” series. * :!s * Spring has also come to the Tech campus and is casually men tioned in the following excerpt: This is the time of rebirth. The male student’s mind, which has Ags in Service Army 1st Lt. Richard W. Roberson, ’58, is participating with the 101st Airborne Division in Exercise Puerto Pine in Puerto Rico. The 18-day exercise, which includes the largest peacetime airlift ever attempted, is sched uled to end March 31. The 23-year-old lieutenant is regularly assigned as a forward observer in Battery E of the division’s 319th Artillery at Fort Campbell, Ky. Army 2nd Lt. Gordon C. Gra ham, ’58, has recently been assigned as a platoon leader in Troop B of the 2nd Armored Division’s 15th Cavalry. Graham, 23, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal M. Graham, 301 College View, Bryan. He was last stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C. Army Pvt. Herman R. Lloyd, ’59, has completed the 14-week construction drafting course at the Engineer School, Fort Bel- voir, Va. Lloyd was trained to lay out and present various views of ob jects to scale as working plans for such items as bridges, air fields, buildings and machines. been cluttered all year with history, physics, math and phi losophy, begins to burst forth from its miasma-shrouded shell and take a new lease on its sur roundings. No more can he concentrate on his chosen work. No longer can he spend long hours at the library in pursuit of scientific and tech nological learning. He begins to notice the girl walking down the sidewalk—the girl sitting next to him—the girl in the SUB—the girl. Now isn’t something like that just about enough to drive one out of his mind? Oh well, the weather has been pretty nice, hasn’t it? TU A report in TU’s Daily Texan includes the following report con- eerning a demonstration held for Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Paris: Out of the group of flags dis played at the demonstration was a flag of the Confederate States of America. The youth who was carrying the flag, when asked his name and address, replied, “I can’t give it to you. My daddy doesn’t even know I’m in Europe.” ❖ * ❖ Congratulations are also in order for the Tea-sips. They have finally gotten an editor for next year’s Ranger, the humor maga zine that looked like it wasn’t going to have an editor next year. The new editor, when inter viewed following his appointment, said, “I intend to continue raising hell in the fine Ranger tradition, but I doubt that we will have a ‘Sinner’s Guide to Dallas’ for a few more years. However, we may get Hairy elected student presi dent or something.” Hairy is their cartoon char acter. •*i: :Ji * A report has also come from TU concerning a camel who had to have its leg amputated. The leg had become infected from a bite inflicted by the camel in a fit of rage. ❖ * * There is also a move underway at TU to do away with the rough ness inflicted during fraternity initiations. In a rather sarcastic column appearing in last Friday’s Daily Texan the following comment was made: Fraternities, as every one knows, take immature, wild, high school punks with black motorcycle jackets and sideburns, and turn them into suave, sophisticated, gentlemen of the Old School. This is done with the aid of calisthenics, racks, iron maidens and midnight walks over the countryside. This is understand able—one must use mature meth ods to build mature gentlemen. It couldn’t possibly have been better stated, could it? SUMMER JOBS The following companies will interview juniors Wednesday in the Placement Office on the third floor of the YMCA Building: Joske’s of Texas will interview juniors majoring in business ad ministration and marketing for summer job opportunities. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu- ient 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 Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences; Dr. K. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kupze, 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. The Associated Press is entitled exclusi dispatches credited to it or not otherwisi ipontaneous origin published herein. Right in are also reserved. is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news wise credited in the paper and local news of ighta of republication of all other matter here- 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. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-S618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6416. JOHNNY JOHNSON - EDITOR Bill Hicklin Managing Editor Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor Robbie Godwin News Editor Ben Trail, Bob Sloan, Alan Payne Assistant News Editors Nelson Antosh, Ken Coppage, Tommy Holbein, Bob Saile and A1 Vela Staff Writers Joe Jackson - Photographer Russell Brown CHS Correspondent CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle JQB INTERVIEWS 'THTIZ: T “ ‘He’s sworn to give up bowling if he ever gets his fingers out of that bail!” Among the Faculty and Staff School Board, Botany Class Keep Biology Prof Busy By BOB SLOAN Assistant News Editor Charles LaMotte, professor of botany with the Department of Biology, may well be called one of College Station’s leading citi zens. Besides teaching biology at A&M, LaMotte is a member of the Board of Trustees of the A&M Consolidated Schools. LaMotte has been a past presi dent of the Board of Education of the A&M Consolidated School System and was president for two years of the Education Com mission for the local schools. Came to A&M LaMotte, born Aug. 29, 1900, in Montague, has been with A&M for the past 30 years. He came to A&M in 1930 as an acting assistant professor of botany, a position he held for two years. In 1932 LaMotte was made assistant professor of botany. From 1934 to 1935 he was on leave from the college and in 1937 he was promoted to associate professor. LaMotte became a full professor in 1939. Before coming to A&M, La Motte was an acting professor of biology at Sul Ross State Col lege from 1929-30. Majored in Education LaMotte attended Abilene Christian College at Abilene from 1921-25 where he majored in education. In 1927 he entered the Uni versity of Texas where he re ceived his B.A. and M.A. degrees in botany. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1936. LaMotte is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is an^ honorary life member of the Texas Acad emy of Science, a Fellow of A A AS apd became an NSF Science Faculty Fellow from the University of California in 1957. LaMotte is a member of sev eral professional organizations including the American Associa tion for the Advancement of summer of 1959. He was State Counselor, Collegiate Division, of the Texas Academy of Science from 1946-49. LaMotte was president of the Science, the Botanical Society of America, the American Associa tion of University Professors and the International Society of Plant Morphologist. Headed Summer Program Besides being a member of the Board of Education and Educa tion Commission for the Con solidated schools, LaMotte was in charge of the program of Biology at the Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers the A&M Chapter of Sigma Xi in Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor A future Aggie date was born at 7:47 a.m., March 26, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan to Mr. and Mrs. T. O.- Lake, Jr., ’60, 401 Fairview, College Station. Monica Lynn Lake weighed 8 lbs., 3 ozs. A future Corps commander was born March 12 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bryan, to Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Richards, ’59, C-8-A College View. Glenn Allen weighed 9 lbs., 8V2 ozs. A future Aggie date was born March 17 at St. Joseph’s Hos pital, Bryan, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Dicke, 60, A-l-B College View. Loretta Ann Dicke arrived at 12:33 p.m., weighing 8 lbs., 4y 2 ozs. A future Aggie date was born at 1:52 a.m., March 21, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. Leslie Jane Smith, 7 lbs., 3 ozs., is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Smith, B-12-X, College View. 1954-55, president of the A&M Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi in 1956 and president of the A&M Chapter of the Texas Association of College Teachers in 1957-58 and 1958-59. He was chairman of the State Committee on Poten tial Appointees, Texas Associa tion of College Teachers, in 1958- 59. Past Kiwanis President LaMotte is also active in Kiwanis Club work and was presi dent of the College Station Ki wanis Club in 1956. Several technical papers have been published in the American Journal of Botany, The Annals of Botany, (London) and the American Fern Journal by La Motte. LaMotte married the former Miss Lola Mae Hyatt on Aug. 23, 1925. They have four chil dren, Clifford, 29, of Princeton, N. J.; Homer, 27, of Anaheim, Calif.; Jeanette, 18, now attend ing the University of Texas; and Lynn Roy, 15. The LaMottes live at 1207 Munson E., College Station. ennesseg, which was included he English grant to Sir Walter eigh in 1584, also was once med by North Carolina. TUESDAY “PILLOW TALK” with DORIS DAY plus “GREEN MANSIONS” with Audrey Hepburn TODAY AND TOMORROW .B[RGM{M-...,iyRGiNS~ *£welNN) of the sixth M HAPPINESS aim siaicnc ROBERT DONAT A JO»H CENTUrr $C>« PICTUH For Your Class or Company Party Call VI 6-6657 FRAZIER’S Service The pleasure is all yours, the work all ours when we cater your party. Cost? Modest! The following companies will interview graduating seniors Wednesday in the Placement Office on the third floor of the YMCA Building: Joske’s of Texas will interview graduates in business administra tion, marketing, economics and personnel administration for placement in their Junior Execu tive Training Program. Walker Manufacturing Co. will interview B.S. and M.S. degree candidates in chemical and me chanical engineering for jobs in product research and develop ment. Merit System Council, State of Texas, will interview graduates in civil and chemical engineering, veterinary medicine, accounting, animal husbandry, biology, chem- mathematics for positions with istry, biochemistry and nutrition, the Texas Employment Commis. dairy husbandry, journalism and sion and other state offices. Cigarettes May Be ‘Safer’ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (A 1 );—“Saf er” cigarettes may already be on the market, and a cancer re searcher says he hopes to learn if they really are safer. These safer smokes may be those containing only one-fourth the nicotine and one-half the tar content of standard non-filter cigarettes, said Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond, director of statistical research for the American Cancer Society. A vast, six-year study of more than one million Americans, now under way by the ACS, may show whether those who switched to the “safer” cigarettes actually live longer, Dr. Hammond told a seminar for science writers. Dr. Hammond is convinced cig- arette smoking is “the principal cause” of lung cancer now. Despite all recent warnings, cigarette sales are at a new high, but perhaps the warning hasn’t fallen on deaf ears because sales of filter-tipped and low-tar, l,ow- nicotine cigarettes have increased tremendously. Dr. Hammond said “It appears the majority of Americans want to smoke, but they want to do so without running the risk of lung cancer or any of the other dis eases associated with cigarette smoking.” ARCHISV!£I>£S makes another great discovery... It's what's up front that eounts lllllpllyp flavor cannot come from the filter. Iheiefore, it’s what’s up front that counts: Winston’s Filter-Blend. The tobaccos are selected for flavor and mildness, then specially processed for fUt(,r smoking. This extra step is the real .difference between Winston and all other filter cigarettes. Besides, it s why Winston is America’s best selling filter cigarette. Eureka! Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!” You can reproduce the experiment. It’s easy as 7T. (Yes, you can do it in the bathtub.) Assuming that you have first visited your friendly tobac conist, simply light your first Winston and smoke it. Reasoning backwards, the discovery proceeds as follows: first, you will notice a delightful flavor, in the class of fresh coffee or of bread baking. Obviously, such R, J, REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO..WINSTON-SALEM.N.C. PEANUTS 1/SOMETIMES \ / I FEEL THAT 1 LIFE HAS PASSED] 1 4|I 2! 1 □zd ^ if- „ A - '!_ "L;!l -- 3-2? DO V0U EVER FEELTHAT ti WAV, CHARLIE BROUN? J k Y y ' ! By Charles M. Schuh kNOcL^MEWwVANO 5 walked all over me' also “UNTIL THEY SAIL” PAUL NEWMAN JEAN SIMMONS 3-2? r I IS H If ?>