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Page 2 Gollega Station, T« March 10, 1961 BILL CALLED ‘STARTING POINT’ Name-Change As Viewed By Senators THE BATTALION CADET SLOUCH. p®iPJiW7 : by Jim Earle By BOB SLOAN Senate Bill 302 (th# name- change bill) is out of the educa tion committee and may be intro duced on the Senate floor any time after the legislature re convenes Monday. The bill, introduced this week by Sen. W. T. Moore, '40, of Bryan calls for changing the name of the College to Texas State University and the Agri cultural and Mechanical College. Four Texas A&M-exes in the BATTALION EDITORIALS No Suggestions The Texas A&M student body and exes have expressed varied opinions these past months over the controversial name-change issue. But now, when the matter has come ®ut of committee in the Texas Senate and is on the verge of being put to a vote on the floor, the comments, opinions, suggestions and desires of the students and exes have been visibly lacking. It is true that a petition has been authored to be passed among the student body for endorsement if they agree with the stipulation: the name of Texas A&M should not be changed to Texas State University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College But what of the exes? The State Senators warly expected a wave of comment and suggestions of either approval and disapproval from this group, but this action has yet to materialize. With the State Senators seeking and awaiting suggest ions, none are submitted. It should be emphasized that SB 302 is now on the Sen ate calendar and possibilities are excellent that the bill will com® before t the Senate sometime next week. As it stands now, there will be but one opinion from the students given to the Senate before they vote on the all- important bill. And that opinion simply opposes SB 302; it offers no suggested names or solutions. It is quite difficult to accept the fact that, after months of controversy over the issue, the student body and the exes will choose to be silent when the issue is actually under con sideration. . We have already concluded that the name of Texas A&M will be changed and the present bill is but a beginning for measures that will ultimately select a new name for Tex as A&M. The Battalion earlier this year supported the change for a new name for Texas A&M. In fact, The Bat talion suggested the very name presented in SB 302. But we feel that this name will not be accepted because the ma jority of the student body, the exes and the Texas A&M Col lege System Board of Directors evidently do not approve of the name. But they have not formally said so. We could easily be wrong and SB 302 could pass. It goes without saying that the influence of the stu dent body and the exes could weigh considerably on the eventual outcome of SB 302—especially with the State Sen- itors seeking suggestions on which to base their legislation. That is, if the students and exes have any suggestions. DOING IT THE HARD WAY by (GETTING RID OF DANDRUFF, easier 3-minut@ way for men: FaTCH Men, get rid of embarrassing dandruff easy as 1-2-3 with ^ FITCH! In just 3 minutes (one rubbing, one lathering, one m rinsing), every trace of dandruff, grime, gummy old hair tonic goes right down the drain! Your hair looks hand- ra in® somcr, healthier. Your scalp yjgT ^ gjsssl tingles, feels so refreshed. Use I it ul i-J FITCH Dandruff Remover d SHAMPOO every week for LEADING MAN'S positive dandruff control. Keep your hair and scalp really clean, dandruff-free! SHAMPOO THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. 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Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, BILL HICKLIN Joe Callicoatte Bob Sloan, Alan Payne, Tommy Holbein Jim Gibson, Bob Roberts Larry Smith Bob Mitchell, Ronnie Bookman, Robert Denney, Gerry Brown Johnny Herrin Russell Brown EDITOR Sports Editor News Editors .. Editorial Writers Assistant Sports Editor ... Staff Writers Photographers Sports Writers Senate signed the bill as co authors. They are Sens. Andy Rogers, ’46, of Childress; A. R. Schwartz, ’47, of Galveston; George Moffett, ’16, of Chillo- cothe and Ray Roberts, ’41, of McKinney. The Battalion has had tele phone interviews with all but one of the bill’s co-authors. Sen. Roberts was in a committee meet ing and unavailable for comment. Rogers, Schwartz and Moffett all said they signed the bill at the request of Moore. “In a bill of this nature,” Rogers explained, “the author, (in this case, Sen. Moore), will usual ly ask several other senators to sign the bill as co-authors. “Moore explained the bill to me, but most of the responsibility for the arrangement of wording came from him,” Rogers said. Moffett said none of the sena tors knew a lot about the bill. “It n^eds to be discussed,” he said. “I’m in favor of some full, free, open discussion, then de cide what to do.” Moffett said that by “discus sion” he did not mean talk on the Senate floor when the bill comes up for a vote, but serious thinking by all groups interested in the bill—students, ex-students, administration officials and any one else. *T expected to hear a lot out of the ex-students when the bill was first introduced,” he said, “but as yet I haven’t even had a phone call.” Moffett said he had received one letter from a Texas A&M student “who demonstrated he hadn’t done much thinking before writing.” “I answered him today,” he said. Schwartz said he only recog nized that “there is a need for a name change. “This bill is only a starting place,” he said. “It can be amended.” Both Moffett and Rogers said they were not “married to the name in the bill.” All agreed the bill was oijily a starting point for future discus sion. Schwartz said he signe/d the bill with the intent to join in any serious discussion on the floor. The senators expressed concern at the apparent lack of interest by students and ex-students over the bill. Rogers said he had re ceived a phone call from a mem ber of the Board of Directors and Moffett said he had received one letter. “We would be glad to have a resolution from the student body with any suggestion for a name they might have,” said Schwartz. A petition protesting the word ing of the present bill is being circulated through the Corps of Cadets and civilian students now, but the petition offers no sug gestion of another name. The petition, authored by a group of seniors, will be sent to Schwartz in the form of a tele gram. The petition reads: “We, the undersigned students are opposed to the name suggested for A&M in SB 302.” An earlier petition that opposed the bill itself and not just the suggested name was partially cir culated. Authors of the petition have asked anyone who signed the first draft, and wish their names to be scratched off the revised petition to contact their first sergeants or dorm counsel lors. All the senators agreed the proposed name change for Texas A&M was part of a national trend to change “colleges” to “universities.” Besides the Texas A&M bill, there are two other college name change bills before the Legislature this session. North Texas State College at Denton wants to become the Uni versity of North Texas, and West Texas State College at Canyon wants to become West Texas State University. A few years ago the trend was to take the word “teachers” out of state teachers colleges; now colleges ’^Yvant to become uni versities, Rogers said. Early reports were that the bill would be brought up before the Senate for a vote Monday or Tuesday of next week. Moffett, however, said there “is no telling when it will come up. There are many bills before the House.” Moffett said the bill could come up early next week, but added it was likely it could be weeks. Moffett summed up the gen eral feeling of the senators when he said: “I’m for whatever is best for A&M. That’s my only guide. This bill needs to be discussed, and I’m willing to listen.” SPECIAL OFFER... for 2-Headed Pipe Colledois Genuine imported hand-carved cherry wood pipe... that really smokes! This unique two-headed pipe is a real conversation piece...a must for your collection! Hand-carved in the Italian Alps and finished in gay colors. Stands alone on its own tiny legs. 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