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. Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas March 22, 1961 BATTALION EDITORIALS A Re facing Needed Now that the long-needed arrangements providing for an underpass at the roller coaster-like crossing at Sulphur Springs Road and the railroad tracks are virtually a reality, the pressure is mounting for improving the appearance of what has been termed—in a previous Battalion editorial— Texas A&M’s “back door.” As of this date, no specific reaction has occurred to formulate any plan to improve the situation that now exists at North Gate. By way of repetition, there presently is not a sign or device to signify that a turn in the direction of the Post Office at Houston Street places a person at the sec ond most frequently used entry to the campus. (It would be interesting if someone could make a survey of the high school students on the campus for High School Day that came from the southwest via Sulphur Springs Road, either over the railroad tracks, or by turning off High way 6 before they got to the main entrance. The object of the survey would be to find out how many of that group of high schoolers missed turning at Houston street at least once before finding their way onto the campus. The North Gate entrance is quite misleading). Since nobody has yet picked up the ball initiating at least some basic formative planning on improving North Gate, perhaps the Class of ’61 might give some serious thought to adopting such a project for the senior class gift. New Deadline For Student Campaign Statements Deadline for campaign state ments by student class candidates has been changed to 5 p.m., Mar. 29, the day the spring recess be gins. The alteration was necessitated by the change in the election date, as it was previously dock eted on the College Calendar. Statements are to be turned in to the Department of Student Publications, and no statements will be accepted after the dead line. The statements will appear in The Battalion Apr. 5, the day before the class elections. Requirements are that the statements be held to 50-75 words; any over this length will not be printed. Student candi dates are by no means required to submit a statement to The Battalion if they do not desire to do so. i Statements will appear in al phabetical order by classes. DO YOU TAKE PICTURES? 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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, Gerry Brown Staff Writers Johnny Herrin Photographers Russell Brown Sports Writers CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “ . . . it”s not exactly a letter to th” editor—it’s a letter to a guy who wrote a letter to a guy who wrote a letter to th’ editor.” We are not by .any means attempting to dictate where the imprbvements come from: whether it be from the for mer students, the student body, or the College itself, along with some aid from the citizens of College Station who have establishments located across from the campus. Regardless of who “picks up the ball,” the entire North Gate area is in dire need of a complete refacing. 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MATINEE ADULTS $1.00 ADULTS CHILDREN .50 CHILDREN Students (AH Shows) 80c $1.25 .50 “Alamo” Starts April 5th Sound Off this name change. You can go into any dorm, or classroom and hear pros and cons at any hour of the day or night. But when reading The Battalion none of these are ever heard for the simple fact that we are too com placent to really get into this battle regardless of which side we may be on, and stand up for what we think is right. There has been much criticism of the Amei’ican people about the small majority that exercises their American heritage to vote, and the students of Texas A&M seem to be following this example by standing idly by while something as vital as a name change takes place. We, as college students, are supposed to have broad, im aginative and creative minds; yet we are unable to drum up enough imagination and crea tiveness to even offer our sen ators some concrete and worth while names for our college. I say it is time to get up and say what we think of this name change and use the knowledge and abilities gained at Texas A&M to promote the name we feel that is best. Above all the most important thing is to let the positions of the student body be known publicly and emphat ically known. Glyen Lemmon, ’63 Name-Change Vote Should the purpose of this col lege dictate the name for it, or should some smaller group of the college, the Arts and Sciences, dictate a name-change? The truth is that the schools of Ag. riculture and Engineering com pose roughly 60-65 per cent of the enrollment, and this is more than the required ”51 per cent holding interest.” Editor, The Battalion: The Mar. 10 issue of The Bat talion caught my attention with the editorial dealing with Senate Bill 302, the name-change bill for Texas A&M. The Battalion said “None of the senators know a lot about the bill.” It further stated that one of the senators, Senator Moffett is “in favor of some full, free, open discussion,” then deciding- what to do. It also stated that some colleges some time ago left the word “teachers” out of their name and now they want to be universities. It appears to be the vogue. Being a small voice in a large college, the time short, and the senators still needed to be in- formed, I ask: why doesn't The Battalion make the necessary ar rangements to have the voting machines out and let the stu dents decide for themselves what they want for their college and then present these results to the senators as a manifestation. The right to vote is the un- spoken and timid man’s most powerful weapon in a democracy, Our right to vote is a cherished privilege and one should exer cise this privilege. Miguel P. 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