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
Initial Issue
This issue of The Battalion marks the first for the staff
which will assume the reins of the publication for the com
ing year—with the exception of the summer weekly issues.
The Texas A&M students who are taking the vacated posts
are making a substantial step in their education and respon
sibility.
With this group lies the task of maintaining the tradi
tions of the 66 year-old publication and also insuring the
publication continually meets its basic purposes—the report
ing and interpretation of events to Texas A&M students and
faculty and to the surrounding area, along with the continu
ing and improving education of future journalists.
The Battalion is a quasi-public institution in one respect
in that the publication represents Texas A&M as well as
service in local aspects. As a result, all views taken by The
Battalion must have a reason and must reflect a sincere at
tempt to approve any moves w'hich will improve Texas A&M
for its students and faculty. This testimonial is also accurate
with the surrounding area, particularly College Station where
The Battalion offers service and coverage.
And the converse of this criteria is true as The Battalion
is not required to give constant approval to current issues
which present change. This publication also does not intend
to be opposers to these factions.
Observation and evaluation of the controversial issues
on their possibilities and advantages—or disadvantages—will
serve to determine the policies of The Battalion for the com
ing year.
As the official newspaper of Texas A&M and the city of
College Station, The Battalion owes a responsibility to its
readers; it is a service to this group. The Battalion is a non
tax supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter
prise edited and operated by students as a community publi
cation.
And as such, the staff of The Battalion will do all possible
toward a finer Texas A&M.
With these prospects in mind, The Battalion w,ill en
deavor to aid in any method possible to make the approach
ing year one of the finest ever for Texas A&M. Evaluation
of this aim cannot be determined until next spring and the
1960-61 Battalion may well be remembered for its faults as
well as its achievements . . .
SOCIAL WHIRL
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Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet Monday at the
home of Bill Jones, 1300 B An-
tone in Bryan, at 7:30 p.m.
Hadicraft and Rug Group of
the A&M Social Club will meet
Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the home
of Mrs. Mason Cloud, at 315 Tee
Drive in Bryan.
Sophomore Veterinary Wives
Club will meet Monday at 7:30
p.m. at the Veterinary Clinic.
Election of officers will be held.
The Business Administration
Wives Club will have a hayride
and weiner roast Saturday at 6:30
p.m. Everyone attending the
event will meet in front of the
Veterinary Hospital.
The Agricultural Education
Wives Club will meet Monday, at
7:30 p.m. in the Agricultural En
gineering Building.
The Industrial Engineering
Wives Club will meet Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs.
Archie Burgess, 1217 Marsteller,
College Station.
The Petroleum Engineering
Wives Club will meet Monday at
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As of yesterday, the new staff
of The Battalion assumed their
new positions; all have been reg
ular members of the staff for the
past year, but have accepted new
responsibilities for the coming
one.
Bill Hicklin, junior from Cor
pus Christi majoring in journal
ism, is the new editor, succeeding
Johnny Johnson from New Bos
ton. Hicklin has worked as staff
writer, assistant sports editor
and assistant news editor, and
for the past year has been Pews
editor and managing editor of
The Battalion.
Robbie Godwin, junior journal
ism major from Robert Lee, is
the new managing editor. God
win has workeed as staff writer
and news editor on The Battal
ion and is president of Sigma
Delta Chi and a member of the
A&M Chamb.er of Commerce.
Joe Callicoatte will continue as
sports editor for 1960-61. Calli
coatte is a junior journalism ma
jor from Atlanta and is a mem
ber of Sigma Delta Chi.
News editors for the coming-
year will be Bob Sloan, sopho
more journalism major from Dal
las, and Alan Payne, freshman
journalism major from Sulphur
Springs. Sloan has worked as
staff writer and assistant news
editor for the past year and is
vice-president of Sigma Delta
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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.
Membt
Student Pi
K, J. Koenig. School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze,
<S D. McMurry School of Veterinary Medicine.
bers of the Student Publications Board are
Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, Scl
enig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze. I
L. A. Duewall, director of
:hool of Arts and Sciences; Dr.
School of Agriculture; and Dr.
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BILL HICKLIN EDITOR
Robbie Godwin Managing Editor
Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor
Alan Payne, Bob Sloan News Editors
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Chi. Payne has worked for the
past year as staff writer and as
sistant news editor on The Bat
talion.
Staff writers for the coming-
year will be Ben Trail, A1 Vela,
Lewis Reddell and Nelson An-
tosh. Trail is a sophomore jour
nalism major from Omaha, Neb.
and is a member of Sigma Delta
Chi. Vela is a sophomore from
Brownsville majoring in journal
ism and is a member of Sigma
Delta Chi also. Reddell is a sen
ior journalism major from Elec-
tra and has worked on The Bat
talion for three years; he is a
member of Sigma Delta Chi. An-
tosh is a sophomore agricultural
journalism student from Schulen-
berg, and has worked as staff
writer on The Battalion for the
past year.
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son and Ken Coppage. Jackson
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jor from Wichita Falls and has
been photographer on The Bat
talion for the past year.
Coppage is a sophomore from
Oklahoma City majoring in mar
keting, and has been a staff
writer and photographer for the
past year.
Russell Brown is the A&M
Consolidated High School corres
pondent, and has worked as re
porter of sports and other major
events from Consolidated for the
past year.
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7:45 p.m. in the Brooks Room of
the YMCA Building.
The Business Administration
Wives Club will meet Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the Gay Room of
the YMCA Building. Philip B.
Goode will speak on “The Rights
of Married Women in Texas.”
The Electrical Engineering
Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m.
Monday in the South Solarium.
Members are urged to be present
because this is the election night
for new officers.
The Range and Forestry Wives
Club will meet Monday at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Bennie John
son, D-8-W College View.
Wee Aggies
We Aggies like 19 read about Wee Ag
gles. When a wee' one arrives, call V]
6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edl
tor
A future cadet corps comman
der was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Isadore J. Shenkir of A-9-C Col
lege View. John Jerome Shen
kir was born April 10 at 10:55
a.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital,
weighing 7 pounds, 13% ounces.
The Wildlife Wives Club will
have a P.H.T. Tea Monday at 7:45
p.m. in the home of Mrs. 0. C.
Wallmo, 1200 Haines Blvd.
LETTERS
Editor,
The Battalion:
We have detected what we con
sider an error in Mr. Fletcher’s
letter published in the April 26
Battalion. The campus motto
should be: “If he’s wearing civ
vies, he ‘won’t’ speak.”
D. D. Burke, ’62
T. H. Ralph, ’62
Friday, Ap
Attention Seniors
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(Author of “I Was.a Teen-age Dwarf”,“The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis”, etc.)
A GUIDE FOR THE LOVELESS
Gentlemen, take warning. June is almost upon ps—June, the
month of brides. Have you got yours yet? If not, don’t de
spair. You don’t have to be rich or handsome to get a girl. All
you have to be is kind, considerate, thoughtful, and obliging-^
in short, a gentleman.
For example, don’t ever call a girl for a date at the last min
ute. Always give her plenty of advance notice—like three
months for a coke date, six months for a movie, a year for a
prom, two years for a public execution. This shows the girl that
she is not your second or third choice and also gives her ample
time to select her costume.
And when you ask for a date, do it with a bit of Old World
gallantry. A poem, for instance, is always sure to please a
young lady, like this.
/ think you’re cute,
Daphne La France.
I’ll put on a suit,
And lake you to a dance.
In the unlikely event that you don’t kntnv any girls named
Daphne La France, try this:
I think you’re cute,
Winifred Jopp.
I’ll put on a suit,
And take you to a hop.
In the extremely unlikely event that you doa’t know a Wini-
■’-ed Jopp either, try this: •
I think you’re cute,
Isabel Prall.
I’ll put on a suit,
And take you to a ball.
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PEANUTS
If there is no Isabel Prall, Winifred Jopp, or Daphne La
France on your campus, it is quite obvious why you’ve had
trouble finding dates all year: you’ve enrolled in an all-male
school, you old silly!
Next let us take up the question of etiquette once you are
out on a date with Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne. The first thing
you do, naturally, is to offer the young lady a Marlboro. Be
sure, however, to offer her an entire Marlboro—not just a
Marlboro butt. Marlboro butts are good of course, but whole
Marlboros are better. You get an extra inch or two of fine
flavorful tobacco—and I mean flavorful. Do you think flavor
went out when filters came in? Well, you’ve got a happy sur-*
prise coming when you light a Marlboro. This one really de
livers the goods on flavor, and when you hand Isabel, Winifred,
or Daphne a whole, complete, brand-new Marlboro, she will
know how highly you regard and respect her, and she will grow
misty and weak with gratitude, which is very important when
you take her out to dinner, because the only kind of coed a
college man can afford to feed is a weak and misty coed. Latest
statistics show that a coed in a normal condition eats one and
a half times her own weight every twelve hours.
At the end of your date with Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne,
make certain to get her home by curfew time. That is gentle
manly. Do not leave her at a bus stop. That is rude. Deliver
her right to her door and, if possible, stop the car when, you artj
dropping her off.
r ? e i sen< ^ a thank-you note. A poem is bests
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For a wonderful evening, many thanks^
Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne.
I ll take you out for some more merry pranks
A ext Saturday if you ll haph me. © i960 Max sauimae
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