THE BATTALION
Pag 1 # ! College Station, Texas March 17, 1961
Sound Off
‘Blown Up 9
Editor,
The Battalion:
I have thought about the name
change issue confronting all of
us a great deal lately, and I be
lieve that, for the most, its im
portance has been blown up way
out of proportion. There may
be a few advantages to changing
the name of our school, but the
disadvantages would far out-
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weigh them. Also, the argument
that the other land-grant colleges
have changed their names is ir
relevant. Besides the fact that
conformity is not always desir
able, I personally don’t feel that
the other “A&M’s” are compar
able to Texas A&M. As for as
Texas Tech taking the name of
Texas State University (or any
other name for that matter), I
couldn’t care less. When Shake
speare wrote “What’s in a
name?”, he had a good point.
Too, poor is the school that has
to rely on its name for anything
—students, money, etc. If we
don’t stand on our previous ac
complishments, we don’t deserve
to stand at all.
Another topic I evidently fail
to grasp is this: why must A&M
increase its enrollment? V/hat
Ave should strive for is quality
and not quantity. I haven’t
heard Rice University, or other
similar schools, crying for in
creased enrollment, yet it seems
to be a reputable institution.
There is room enough in im
proving what we have without
complicating matters with a
drastic increase in the number
of students. Also, I have my
doubts whether changing the
school’s name would bring in any
more students than it does now.
Although I am not particularly
in favor of changing our name,
I can see its merits. The main
“grate” comes not in the name
change itself, but in the loss of
identity which Avould result
from changing the name “A&M”.
I think that adding “University”
to the name Texas A&M would
satisfy most of the opposing fac
tions, e\ r en though it is only a
superficial solution. Whatever
your opinions are, support them
and let the proper officials know
how you feel.
C. W. List, ’62
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earles
“ . . . men: I think j'ou’ve done a wonderful job of relaxin’ th’ tension at our table.”
INTERPRETING
U. S. Abandons, For Once?
Tightrope Of A bstentation
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The United States moved ever
so slightly Wednesday night to
ward what is for her a more nat
ural relationship with the nation
alist revolution which has been
taking place in the world.
She abandoned, at least for
this once, the tightrope of ab
stention by which she has been
attempting to maintain a pre
carious balance in the United Na
tions between the burgeoning
movement for independence and
the interests of some of her
allies in the remaining tatters
of colonialism. *
She sided with the small na
tions in their contentions that
Nine Corps of Cadets com
manding officers have been com
mended by Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan for the schol
astic attainments of their re
spective outfits.'
“Of the 40 units listed in the
entire report, it is no accident
that those units whose disciplin
ary records have been weak or
in which troublesome incidents
have taken place, appear well
Portugal must now start doing
something toward preparing An
gola for independence.
The Portuguese dictatorship
has been following a stern and in
flexible policy toward the Afri
can area which she calls an over
seas province, after the French
custom with regard to Algeria.
No program looking toward es
tablishment of a native political
entity has been permitted.
The farthest Portugal has gone
has been to offer Portuguese
citizenship to natives who can
meet difficult qualifications.
The U.N. Security Council—
including Britain and France
which still have their colonial
problems—decided that the An-
down the list of academic excel
lence,” the statement said.
Units commended were Com
panies 1-2, H-2, B-2, L-2, D-2,
K-2, C-2, F-l and Squadron 10.
The statement also praised the
disciplinary records of all nine
units.
Co. 1-2 posted the highest mark
at the end of the first semester,
a 1.4272. The other outfits men
tioned followed in the top ten.
gola situation did not represent
a threat to peace and refused
a resolution demanding reforms.
The issue will go to the General
Assembly.
But before Adlai E. Stevenson
had finished speaking, the atti
tude of the United States had
transcended the immediate point
at issue.
Enunciating a policy decided
upon only a short time before
the meeting, Stevenson asserted
the right of the United States
to advise Portugal as a friend
that her policies might eventu
ally lead to a threat of war such
as has occurred elsewhere in
Africa.
He thus broke the front of
waiting and maneuver by which
the Western powers have tried
to gain time.
That does not mean the United
States has decided time is: not
needed for orderly transition in
the face of Communist threats
of disorderly takeover of emerg
ing peoples.
It does suggest that the United
States is beginning to. realize
what can happen to her own posi
tion in the world if time runs
on too long.
It is an assertion of leadership
where leadership has been seri
ously needed. It is an expression
of traditional American princi
ples which may pay off where
diplomatic pussyfooting has not.
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Nine Corps Units
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Decidedly not. In fact most executive jobs are on
the ground. Of course, all officers may apply for pilot
and navigator training if they meet the eligibility
requirements. There will always be a need for piloted
aircraft. And it is foreseeable that in your working
lifetime, there will be piloted spacecraft—piloted and
navigated by Air Force officers.
But right now, there is also a big future for college-
trained Air Force officers on the ground. New and
exciting technical jobs are opening up. Important ad
ministrative positions must be filled as World War II
officers move into retirement.
How can you—a college student—become an Air
Force officer? First, there’s Air Force ROTC. Then
for college graduates, men and women in certain
fields, there is Officer Training School. The graduate
of its three-month course wins a commission as a sec
ond lieutenant. Other ways are the Navigator Train-]
ing program, and the Air Force Academy. <
Some benefits that go with being an Air Force]
officer. Starting salary plus allowances compare
with the average in equivalent civilian jobs. Then
there’s free medical and dental care, thirty-day vaca
tion, the chance to win graduate degrees at Air
Force expense, and liberal retirement provisions. A
No, Air Force officers do not need wings to movei
up. There’s plenty doing on the ground. Perhaps you
could be one of these young executives in blue. Ask|
your local Air Force Recruiter. Or write, Officer]
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