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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, October 13, 1960 CADET SLOUCH BATTALION EDITORIALS by Jim Earle Nikky Now _ Waves Shoe Forgotten li _ The personal and formal apologies this week from the |1| University of Houston for the incident last Saturday in Rice ||| Stadium avoided an impending poor relation between the two li schools. And since the apology was directed at the entire Texas A&M student body, The Battalion is reprinting the letter from the Houston college: “Mr. Roland Dommert, President, Student Body, Texas A&M College, College Station, Texas “Dear Sir: “The student body of the University of Houston wishes to apologize to the student body of Texas A&M College for the very unsportsmanlike conduct that occurred at the game Saturday, Oct. 8, 1960, in Houston, Texas “We deeply regret that we were guilty of ungentlemanly action which embarrassed not only the A&M students and its alumni, but it certainly embarrassed the majority of our student body and administration. “We extend to you our deepest regrets that the incident happened, and we pledge to you that we shall do everything within our power to insure the friendly relationship we have always enjoyed with Texas A&M College, its student body, its athletic program, and its administration. “With sincere apology, we are Sam Goodner, iPresident, Student Body Dale Kelly, Head Cheerleader.” The meeting with the University of Houston, cheerlead ers, Phillip D. Kelly and Sam E. Wood, and Texas A&M student leaders was directed at insuring that no similar lar actions occur in the future. It was generally agreed that there was little that could be done other than an apology for the Saturday incident in which the University of Houston directed slanted yells at the Texas A&M student body and the football team. The University of Houston cheerleaders (and the student body president) declared that no such occurences would take place in the future. For all intents, purposes and whatever, it’s now a for gotten matter . . . UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.— An uproarious debate over col onialism exploded Wednesday night into an unprecedented table-thumping U. N. General Assembly session highlighted by Soviet Premier Khrushchev wav ing his shoe in the air. It broke up in complete dis order when assembly President Frederick H. Boland of Ireland, angered over the wildest scene in the history of the United Nations, shattered his gavel in bringing the sesion to an end. Khrushchev staged one of his most bewildering displays, amaz ing the assembly by calling a fellow delegate a jerk and a stooge, and at one point banging the desk with his shoe. Read Battalion Classifieds I just don’t think you have a very serious attitude in this course.” Sound Off INTERPRETING Nikky Sounding More Like Hitler By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Accusing 54 United Nations members of taking steps toward war, Soviet Premier Khrushchev sounds more and more like Adolf Hitler of 1938, accusing every body else while making his own dangerous plans. Hitler, too, while negotiating with the Soviet Union over divi sion of the spoils of a war which they both planned, was saying that he wanted nothing from oth er countries. Hitler, too, when thwarted in anything, would fly into tan trums. Hitler, too, thought that the fates of small nations should be negotiated by the big powers at the summit. Hitler, too, thought it was all right to take over small nations for his own purposes, at gun point, as the Soviet Union did in Eastern Europe after World War II, and as she has just been bare ly prevented j from doing in the Congo. There is every reason to ask, does Khrushchev become more and more dangerous the more he is defeated? His diplomatic record over the past few weeks has been a mis erable one. Beginning with the ouster of his forces from the Congo, he has lost at every turn in the United Nations. He thought he could turn African hatred of old- time Western colonialism into . support of Communist anti-West ernism. All he got is a demon stration that most of the new nations understand Soviet coloni- alsim, too. His trip has been a flop, and his demeanor one of hypocrisy. The danger of a developing be lief in Moscow that the Commu nists Can win a war has been dis cussed before in this column. Khrushchev has now repeated that belief. “We are not afraid of war.” It would be rough, says the premier of the Soviet Union, but we can take it. If he really mean that, then a great part of the deterrent effect of free world defense policy has been lost. The rest of the world takes the attitude that it is not afraid of anything as it is of war, unless it be subjugation through blackmail threat of war. That latter appears to be what Khrushchev is trying now. Side with me, he says to the small na tions, or you well be caught in the middle when the world blows "up. And the world is wondering, “What happens when a man of such lack of restraint, canstraint, continuing to lose, goes into a final tantrum?”. 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 educatioml 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 dications, chairman; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts an. Ingi McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. 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. Editor, The Battalion: In Sunday’s Houston Chronicle there was an article on the ori gin and meaning of the famous Aggie Twelfth Man tradition. It is unfortunate that the article wasn’t printed on Saturday be fore the game so that the Twelfth Man could have read it, because for the first time in four years, we saw the Twelfth Man sit down on the job. Some of the Corps men were out of uniform at the game. It’s too bad that those men aren’t proud enough of their uniforms to wear them. There were Aggies present who seemed to be more interested in the “sweet young things” beside them than in supporting the team. Granted, every Ag should have a date for the game, but his primary interest during the game should be backing the team. Even though you have a date you should watch the yell leaders. Those men are down there to lead us in a uniform effort. So, when they signal a yell, you pass it back, hump it, and yell. Also there were men who left the game early, and consequently, failed to help the Ags stage a last minute drive. Apparently, those people have forgotten the words, “When we’re down, the goin’s rough and tough—we just grin ‘and yell, we’ve got the stuff.” Every Aggie should think enough of his team to stay and back them to the finish. Remem ber the Rice game of ’55 and the Baylor game of ’58 and you’ll know that Aggies aren’t quitters. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Aggie quarter, our tradition is to yell for a full minute and then begin the War Hymn, not just a short yell and then standing and waiting for the War Hymn. This means freshmen through seniors. While we are -6 1 The case of the typing paper that erased without a trace—or, EATON’S CORRASABLE BOND Typewriter Paper It’s a cinch to "rub out” typing errors and leave no "clues”, when you use Eaton’s Corrasable Bond Paper. Never smears, never smudges—because Corrasable’s like-magic surface... erases ivithout a trace! (A flick of the wrist and a pencil eraser puts things right!) This fine quality bond paper gives a handsome appearance to all your work. It’s a perfect crime not to use it! Erasable Corrasable is available in all the weights you might require—from onionskin to heavy bond. In con venient 100-sheet packets and 500-sheet ream boxes. A Berkshire Typewriter Paper, backed by the famous Eaton name. 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It might be best if we all read page 44 in the ’60 Aggieland, and from this time on be the Twelfth Man we are supposed to be. The reason we yell as loud when v?e are behind as we do when we are ahead, is because we have some thing that no. ope can fully, des cribe and only' an Aggie can really appreciate, that being “The Fightin’ Texas Aggies Spirit.” 1 Larry Dubuisson ’61 Dirk Dierking ’61 Social Calendar The following clubs will meet tonight: The San Angelo-West Texas Hometown Club will meet in Room 104 of the Agricultural Building at 7:30 p. m. The Abilene Hometown Club will meet on the second floor of the Academic Building at 7:30 p. m. The Galena Park Hometown Club will meet in Room 204 of the Academic Building at 7:30 p. m. The Red River Valley Home town Club will meet in Room 207 of the Academic Building at 7:30 p. m. Officers will be elected to night. The Lufkin - Angelina County Hometown Club will meet in Room 2C of the Memorial Stu dent Center at 7:30 p. m. 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