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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 11, 1961
THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH
COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS
by Jim Earl si i
A &M Sportsmanship — SWC Schools Speak
Editor’s Note: The following
letters are reprinted to give the
Texas A&M student body an idea
of what some Southwest Confer
ence schools thought of the
sportsmanship displayed by Ag
gies at athletic contests this fall.
Not all schools returned a
written evaluation, but we feel
the student body should know
how they stand on the list of
other schools in the Conference.
Texas Tech, the University of
Arkansas, Baylor University and
Southern Methodist University
sent letters.
Each year preceding the Cot
ton Bowl game in Dallas, the
Sportsmanship Committees of the
respective schools assemble to de
termine the winner of the Sports
manship Trophy. These letters
form a basis for voting by the
different schools in choosing the
INTERPRETING
DeGaulle Faces
Action In Algeria
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
President Charles de Gaulle of
France now faces his time of
action with regard to Algeria
with the prospect that he is going
to have to reconsider one of his
cardinal points before he can pro
ceed.
He has consistently denied the
right of the rebel provisional gov
ernment to speak for Algeria in
political affairs beyond the point
of a cease-fire.
Now the question is whether,
due to the political strength
shown by the rebels in the prere
ferendum crisis and riots and due
to the large segment of the popu
lation the vote showed they con
trolled, anything can be done
about new political institutions
without including them.
It would appear to be impos
sible for him to negotiate only
a cease-fire with the rebels with
one hand, while attempting to set
up more representative govern-
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mental institutions, as he has
.promised, with the Moslems who
voted for a step-by-step settle
ment through negotiations, and
these proved to be less than 40
per cent of the eligible voters.
It seems quite likely that the
National Liberation Front will be
able to demand an equal seat at
any conference table, and to con
tinue the war as an alternative.
Outside help from the Communist
bloc and elsewhere is being or
ganized to insure this. De Gaulle
has no time.
In the meantime, France is de
voting so much of her strength
and her attention to Algeria that
she is not pulling her weight in
the West’s war with communism.
The conflict is weakening her
both externally and internally.
There is good reason for sus
pecting this considerable propoi 1 -
tion of the De Gaulle vote in
France represented resignation to
the prospect that colonialism is
through in Algeria, and that even
the loosest of cooperative ties
are less likely than an inimical
independence unless unequivocal
steps of concession can be taken
now.
outstanding school in sportsman
ship.
Texas Tech won this year.)
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Texas Tech
Mr. Roland Dommert, President
Student Senate
Texas A&M
Dear Sir:
I am sorry that we are send
ing our sportsmanship evalua
tion report so late. We had
trouble obtaining the information
from the various sources.
The following represents a
composite of opinions of the
Student Body President, the ed
itor of The Toreador, the head
cheerleader and a member of
the football team regarding the
sportsmanship at the Texas A&M
game.
The student officers at Texas
Tech felt as though the hospital
ity shown them by the Aggie
student leaders before the game
was as fine a treatment as could
be expected. The cheerleaders
reported that A&M officials at
the gate were very unfriendly
and would not permit Texas
Tech’s victory bell to be brought
through the gates. As a result,
the cheerleaders missed the first
Tech touchdown.
They also reported that A&M
sportsmanship was a little un
der par. The Aggie cheerleaders
made no move to greet the Tech
cheerleaders and, in fact, ignored
them. The football team reports
that the game was hard fought
and exceptionally clean. It is
my opinion that we received bet
ter treatment at A&M than any
other Southwest Conference team
will probably receive this year.
Texas Tech Student Body
Bill Dean, President
Tonight my wife and I went to
Guion Hall and saw, in part, “The
Young Lions,” “The Halls of Mon
tezuma,” and embasassingly, The
Aggies; and in regards to the lat
ter, I could not help noticing the
similarity of the audience with
that which I associate with an all
kids movie, maybe not unlike
young lions in the Halls of Mon
tezuma, but with deviations of
greater concern.
Yelling, profanity and verbose
vularity intermittently dispelled
the sound track, and as I have
observed on other occasions and
what I understand from the re
marks of other students, this is
not an unusual atmosphere for
either Guion Hall or the Campus
Theater.
I would suggest that a sign:
“For Men Only” be placed in
front of the theater and that it be
put off limits to “outsiders,” a
category which I apply to the
gentry.
It might also be an appease
ment to activate the campus
chapel from its tranquil solitude
as a showpiece, along with that
part of the responsible college and
ministral parties concerned with
the moral well-being of the stu
dent body. It appears that “our”
Tradition is gaining momentum
in its notoriety of dissociating
morality from disciplinary and
academic training.
Thelton W. McCorcle, ’61
De Gaulle had the army under
control for his own purposes in
this referendum, but there is a
question how long it will remain
that way if unequivocal steps are
taken. He has lost the Algerian
French, the French rightists, and
the extreme French left. Negoti
ations are an urgent necessity for
him even if only to gain time.
And it seems obvious that
meaningful negotiations—not only
about a cease-fire but embracing
all of the problems of Algeria,
cannot be conducted by ignoring
the Algerian forces which, re
gardless of their faults, have been
fighting for independence for six
years.
A&M Plastic
Greenhouses
‘Promising’
Dr. Raymond Sheldrake, Jr., was
the guest of the Department of
Horticulture last week, making
A&M one of the stops on a tour
of the nation’s schools.
Sheldrake, professor in the De
partment of Vegetable Crops at
Cornell in Ithaca, N. Y., is on a six
months tour studying the applica
tion of plastics in horticulture. The
uses vary from greep houses to
mulches.
THE BATTALION
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BILL HICKLIN : EDITOR
Joe Callicoatte Sports Editor
Bob Sloan, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein News Editors
Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Editorial Writers
Larry Smith Assistant Sports Editor
Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney Staff Writers
Johnny Herrin, Ken Coppage Photographers
Russell Brown * Sports Writers
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Baylor University
Mr. Roland Dommert, President
Student Senate
Texas A&M
Dear Sir:
The following is the rating of
the Texas A&M sportsmanship at
the Baylor game as judged by
the Baylor Southwest Conference
Sportsmanship Committee dele
gates, as set up by the constitu
tion of the SWCSC.
The rating is the collective re
sult of the voting of Baylor com
mitteemen Gaylord Armstrong,
student body president; Bobby
Schrade, head yell leader; Jim
Evans* Baylor Bear fullback; Joe
Thompson, junior representative;
and Pat Miller, student newspa
per editor. It is algo, we hope,
objective, and we are looking for
ward to receiving your rating of
the Baylor students and team.
Here is our evaluation:
TEAM:
1. Abiding by fair and proper
means of conduct as determined
by the rules of the contest—
While we realize that there were
lapses of fair play on both teams,
we thought that the game was
extremely hal’d fought and in
general a good contest. We re
gret that roughness did occur but
realize that this will happen; we
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prevent any* similar instances in
the future.
1. Treat contest officials de
cisions with good spirit, due re
spect and courtesy to officials—
in general was very good.
3. Be gracious in victory or
defeat—here it was pointed out
that several of the A&M football
players talked to some of our
team members upon leaving the
dressing room after the game,
some wishing our team good
luck; this gesture was sincerely
appreciated.
STUDENTS:
1. Shall avoid discourtesies of
any sort toward their opponents,
other visitors, etc., and respect
and be good hosts at all contests
(or guests)—although there was
some interference with our half
time crowning qf the Queen due
to the Aggie Seniors being on
the field at halftime, crowded
around the team entrance, we
realize that this tradition, and
feel that behavior was generally
good.
2. Demonstrate respect for
school’s songs, traditions, etc.—
we felt that the timing of the
alma mater of A&M was inop
portune, as our players had not
yet had a chance to get onto the
field and remove their helmets,
making the situation awkward.
3. Accept the officials’ deci
sions with good spirit—we could
not recall any instance of “boo
ing,” etc.
We of the Committee felt that
the game was a hard-fought one
and greatly improved over the
past as far as sportsmanship was
concerned. Considering the great
rivalry that has always existed
between our schools, and some of
the instances that have occurred
in the past, we thought the con
test was conducted under unusu
ally good circumstances.
Pat Miller,
Lariat Editor
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University of Arkansas
Mr. Roland Dommert, President
Student Senate
Texas A&M
Dear Sir:
Following is a report of the
Arkansas-Texas A&M game of
Oct. 29, 1960, as requested by
the Southwest Conference Sports
manship Committee.
Sportsmanship in general was
good. The crowd was one of the
most enthusiastic we have seen
all year. The Aggies are to be
commended on their “12th Man
Spirit.” The teams played a clean
and hard-fought game.
However, treatment of Arkan
sas representatives was childish
and disgraceful. Two men from
our university participated in the
Texas A&M Talent Show Friday,
and remained as “guests” of
A&M Friday night. They re
ported that they slept for one
hour the whole night. The rest
of the time was spent in trying
to ward off a mob of A&M stu-
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Mr. Roland Dommert, President
Student Senate
Texas A&M
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the
A&M-SMU game as requested by
the Southwest Conference Sports
manship Committee.
We recognize the tremendous
problem of control involved in
the direction of an all-male stu
dent body the size of Texas A&M.
We take this opportunity to con
gratulate you on a job well done.
Our football players appreciated
very much the good sportsman
ship displayed by your players
throughout the game and the
post-game comments made by
your players. Your students
conducted themselves in a very
gentlemanly manner in all re
spects according to our observa
tions. The unison “Hellos” to
the girls as they came abound
the field for the queen’s pre
sentation was a token of friendly
sportsmanship. We feel that
your student body had the capa
city at any time to fill the sta
dium with sound and wipe <>ut
any communication with SMU.
However, you were very consid
erate of our rights and did not
at any time take unfair advan
tage.
In comparing Texas A&M to
another service school on our
schedule, the football player on
our sportsmanship committee
stated that Texas A&M displayed
far better sportsmanship and
much greater consideration for
the rights of others than did the
other service school. We are
proud to have A&M in Texas and
in our conference. We have en
joyed our past^ association with
you and hope that future associa
tion can be in the spirit of this
year’s A&M-SMU football game.
SMU Sportsmanship Committee
Fred Head, Chairman,
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dents. They were forced to bar
ricade themselves in their room
against the would-be headshav-
ers. Nevertheless, the mob suc
ceeded in drenching both U of A
students with water, throwing
smoke bombs and firecrackers in
to the room, and generally mak
ing themselves obnoxious during
the night.
We consider this incident to
be the most flagrant violation of
common courtesy that we have
ever encountered. Our represen
tative got the impression that
their treatment was directly in
spired by the coming game. We
feel sure that precautions will
be taken in the future to prevent
a repetition of such conduct.
University of Arkansas
Sportsmanship Committee
Dick Dahlen, Chairman
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The following clubs and organi
zations will meet on compus:
tary of District 9, will be guest
speaker at the meeting.
Tonight
The Architectural Wives Soci
ety will meet in the YMCA South
Solarium at 7:30 p.m. Officers
for the spring semester will be
elected.
The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will mpet in the MSC Ballroom
at 7:30 p.m.
The first meeting of the Pro
fessional Nurses Club of Brazos
County will be held in the Cham
ber of Commerce Conference
Room.
All Registered Nurses who are
interested in joining should meet
in the Conference Room at 8 p.m.
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