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March 28, 1961 BATTALION CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle INTERPRETING ■Sr. Communists Will Now : Zig-Zag In Laos Crisis By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Reports from all quarters Mon day tended to take the cutting edge off the Laos crisis, suggest ing that the Soviet Union has been pursuing her old familiar tactic of pushing until it proves too dangerous and then with drawing. The crisis is by no means over. Indeed, it is quite possible that the Communists provided a lull only to give rebels in Laos time to obviate a peace conference be fore it can get started. But taking it by the book, the Communists will now zig-zag. They are faced by what is per haps the firmest anti-Communist jftditieal front which the free world has been able to throw up since the Berlin blockade was de fied. Certainly it is the firmest po litical front ever established by a consortium of Western and Asian nations in considerable number. In the case of Communist ag gression against South Korea, the United States cast the die and the United Nations front which developed was a military one, and thin. The SEATO front against Com munist absorption of Laos, on the other hand, is a political front with military overtones. And it has behind it the hopes of a vast proportion of the world’s neutrals and the emerging states w'hose only hope of developrpent lies in a period of peace. It is hardly likely that the Kremlin ever intended to push the Laos -affair beyond what could be accomplished without outside intervention. Why the Soviet Union carried the ball, in stead of Red China, is still un clear, unless China didn’t have the planes for an airlift or was too busy helping the Viet Cong campaign against South Viet Nam. The lull in the rebel offensive in Laos and Soviet press reports on the Kremlin attitude are not necessarily direct results of the last few days of Western diplo macy. The buildup of Western firmness has been visible for some time. Expression of Soviet policy through the press is usually a slow _and cumbersome process, entailing delays to which the West is unaccustomed. This makes it difficult to follow moves and countermoves in. a clear pat tern to a clear result. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union now seems to be doing what it should be doing in its own in terests — backing away from a military clash in order to go into negotiations where the U.S.S.R. can promote objectives at less risk. The Soviet Union can stop the movement of Western arms and supplies into the country dur- _ ing negotiations, and thus be able to lead from strength politically. It can use the better-armed rebels to harass their opponents during negotiations, as they did during the armistice negotiations in Korea. OneBattalion This Week Due to the Spring Recess be ginning Wednesday, Mar. 29, there will be but one issue of The Battalion published this week. The schedule for publication of The Battalion calls for but three issues after the Spring Recess, with no issue being printed ^Vpr. 4. Publication will resume on a daily basis Apr. 5 and will con tinue until final week, the last week in May, before going on a weekly basis for the summer. Social Calendar The following clubs and or ganizations will meet on campus this week and immediately after the spring recess: Mar. 28 The PreMedical-PreDental So ciety will meet in Room 113 of the Biological Sciences Building at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Jim Cooper from Bryan will show a film on a “Caesarean Section”. The University Dames Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the South Solarium of the YMCA. Apr. 5 The Memorial Student Center Table Tennis Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-A of the Memorial Student Center. The committee plans an organi zational meeting to have inter mediate and advanced competi tion in table tennis for all desir ing to compete. For Your Convenience tiie MSC BOWLING LANES Will Remain Open During the Easter Holidays Open Weekdays 9 A.M. - 10 P.M. Sunday 1 P.M. - 10 P.M. Ping Pong, Magazines, Newspapers, Games, & T.V. Available in the Bowling Area the supervision of the director Texas A&M College. 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 educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under of Student Publications at Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman; Allen Schrader, School of Arts and Sciences; Willard I. Truettner. School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze. School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. 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Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per^school year,_$6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address. College Station, Texas. ' The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA, BILL HICKLIN -- --- ™ T J.? R 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, Gerrv Brown - -Staff Writers Johnny Herrin - Photographers Russell Brown Sports Writers Job Interviews The following firm will inter view graduating seniors m the Placement Office: April 4 The Lone Star Steel Co. will hold job interviews for seniors majoring in mechanical engineer, ing or petroleum engineering. Positions in both steel engineer ing and production are available. ★ ★ ★ Joske’s of Texas will interview seniors majoring in accounting, business administration, econom ics or marketing. The men chos en for the executive training pro gram will be given training in the technical aspects of large re tail department store operations. This program is conducted in San Antonio and results in placement in merchandising control, sales promotion and store operations divisions. ★ ★ ★ The Proctor and Gamble Co. will interview seniors majoring in chemical engineering, civil en gineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, petro leum engineering or electrical en gineering for summer employ ment. Men one year from their final degree are wanted for posi tions in production supervision, plant engineering or plant indus trial engineering at the Dallas plant. ★ ★ ★ The United Gas Pipeline Co. will talk to seniors majoring in civil engineering or mechanical engineering. Positions as assist ant engineers are available. ★ ★ ★ The Metropolitan Life Insur ance Co. will interview seniors majoring in business administra tion, economics, education and psychology or journalism. Posi tions in sales work and sales management are available. Read Battalion Classifieds Daily . t it might look funny, but when I wear hoops it’s much cooler.” Sound Off WANT ADS Editor, The Battalion: It is with alarm that we Ag gies here on Okinawa have learned of the plans to change the name of Texas A&M.College. I am writing this letter in the hope that you will be kind enough to put it on your editorial page, and by doing so alert the people of Texas to the injustice that is about to be done them. One of the reasons advanced by those who wish to change the name of Texas A&M is that by including “college” in the name of the school its fame is not as widespread as that of a univer sity. I beg to differ with these people. Since my graduation from Texas A&M in May of 1959, I have been from New York to the Orient. Every place that I have been I have found that people know of Texas A&M. Its reputa tion as a school of excellent cali ber is known wherever the U.S. has gone. For there are few units AMARILLO H.T.C. BANQUET JONES BROTHERS RESTAURANT AMARILLO, TEXAS 6:30 P.M. April 1 $1.75 Per Plate BEVERLEY BRALEY TRAVEL SERVICE MAKE YOUR AIR RESERyATIONS NOW FOR EASTER AND FOR JOB INTERVIEWS Office Memorial Student Center VI 6-7744 Aggie Special HEAVY DUTY MUFFLERS list $9.95 NOW $5.69 TAILPIPE list $5.35 We’ll Sell As Low As $3.19 6 VOLT WHITE’S BATTERIES ; $5.88 12 VOLT WHITE’S BATTERIES $12.88 WHITE’S ALL NYLON TIRES as low as $10.88 AUTHORIZED DEALER W HIT E rfcifoStohk THE HOME OF GREATER VALUES BILL PIPKIN Owned & Operated By and WAYNE SMITH in the Army or Air Force that do not have at least one Aggie in cluded. Another reason for the change, according to those who would ruin a fine institution, is that top professors consider teaching at a “college” below their standards. It would seem to me that a pro fessor who looks no further than the name of an institution, is not exactly the man to impart knowl edge to young men. •I appeal to other Texans to stop the bill now before the Tex as Legislature to change the name to Texas State University. The very name, Texas State Uni versity, has the ring of mediocri ty. Do not allow traditions and a reputation built by many men over nearly a century to pass away. , Clarence B. Sanders Jr.y 1st Lt^ Artillery Machinate, Okinawa Is your future up in the air? As the communications needs of our nation become steadily greater and more complex, the Bell Telephone System is continuing its pioneer work in microwave by “taking to the air” more and more to get the word across. To this end, Western Electric—the manu facturing arm of the Bell System—has the monumental task of producing a large part of the microwave transmission equipment that knits our country together by shrinking thou sands of miles into mere seconds. In spite of its great technological strides, the science of radio relay is a rapidly-changing one. And new break-throughs and advances are common occurrences. A case in point: our Bell System “TH” Microwave Radio Relay. This newest development in long-distance telephone transmission will eventually triple the present message-carrying capacity of exist ing long-haul radio relay installations. A full- scale system of 6 working and 2 protection channels can handle 11,000 telephone mes sages at the same time. To make microwave work takes a host of special equipment and components: relay towers, antennae, waveguides,.traveling wave- tubes, transistors, etc. But just as important, Principal manufacturing' locations at Chi it takes top-caliber people to help us broaden our horizons into such exciting new areas as communication by satellites! And microwave is only part of Western Electric’s opportunity story. We have—right now—hundreds of challenging and rewarding positions in virtually all areas of telephony, as well as in development and building of defense communications and missile guidance systems for the Government. So, if your future is “up in the air,” you owe it to your career to see “what’s up” for you at Western Electric. Opportunities exist for electrical, mechanical, indus trial, civil and chemical engineers, as well as physical science, liberal arts, and business majors. For more information, get your copy of "Western Electric and Your Career" from your Placement Officer. Or write College Relations, Room 6106, Western Electric Com pany, 195 Broadway, New Yo'rk 7, N. Y. And be sure to arrange for a Western Electric interview when the Beil System recruiting team visits your campus. 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Easter Holiday Schedule for the Memorial Student Center Thursday March 30 Friday March 31 Saturday April 1 Sunday April 2 Monday April 3 DINING ROOM Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed CAFETERIA 8:00 am-4:00 pm Closed Closed Closed 7:00 am-7:30 pm FOUNTAIN ROOM Closed Closed Closed Closed 4:00 pm-10:00 pm GIFT SHOP Closed Closed Closed Closed 9:00 am-6:00 pm BOWLING & GAMES 9:00 am-10:00 pm 9:00 am-10:00 pm 9:00 am-10:00 pm 1:00 pm-10:00 pm 9:00 am-10:00 pm GUEST ROOMS 24 Hours Closed 10:00 am Closed 1:00 pm 24 Hours BARBER SHOP 8:00 am-5:00 pm Closed Closed Closed 8:00 am-6.00 pm BROWSING LIBRARY Closed — MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS & GAMES THE BOWLING AND GAMES AREA AVAILABLE IN 5:00 pm-10:00 pm GENERAL OFFICES 8:00 am-5:00pm Closed Closed Closed 8:00 am-5:00 pm TELEPHONE CENTER Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed GUION HALL Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed FORMER STUDENTS ASSOC. 8:00 am-5:00 pm Closed Closed Closed 8:00 am-5:00 pm WESTERN UNION 8:00 am-5:00 pm 8:00 am-5:00 pm* 8:00 am-12:00 N* Closed 8:00 am-5:00 pm BRALEY TRAVEL AGENCY 8:00 am-5:00 pm Closed Closed Closed 8:00 am-5:00 pm | * EntCr Buildi " S thr0ush west fn " ,t cntra "“- We suggest you clip this schedule for reference during the holidays. PEANUTS „ t , ___ By Charles M. Schulz peanuts /this IS THE: TIME^ OF VEAR WHEN I HAVE TO WORK THE HARDEST.... J-27 SETTING MV BASEBALL TEAM ORGANIZED IGA REAL JOB... THERE ARE A MILLION THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE I haveto NOTIFVALLTHE PLAVERS..I HAVE TO GATHER UP All THE EQUIPMENT..! El/EN HAVE TO SEE IF THE INFIELD NEEDS... PEANUTS f'MVERV OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR CHANCES THIS VEAR, AND full cf enthusiasm'! i ? -n BY THE WAV, are vou going to be OUR MANAGER again? hr yes, i GUESS r Am.. i'm very pessimistic About our chances this year, and SUDDENLY I'VE LOST ALL MY ENTHUSIASM!