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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, May 12, 1961
| BATTALION EDITORIALS
Thanks. Folks ?
This weekend Texas A&M will host a delegation of the
most important people in the world—our parents.
From every corner of the state parents and friends will
descend on Texas A&M to take part in the annual Parents
Day observance. This weekend is the one time of the year
the A&M student body as a whole can show its appreciation
for all our parents have done for us.
A lot of hard work has gone into planning the activity-
filled weekend. The schedule of events lists two performances
of the Aggie Follies, the annual meeting of the State Federa
tion of A&M mothers’ Clubs, the impressive flower pinning
ceremonies and unit awards program held by each Corps out
fit and various programs sponsored by the Memorial Student
Center.
A review of the Corps of Cadets and precision drill
demonstrations by the freshmen drill team and the Ross
Volunteers has also been scheduled.
And of course, dormitory rooms will be open for that
once-a-year “Mothers Inspection.”
But all of the preparation and work, all of the color and
ceremony are for naught if we do not realize the true purpose
of the weekend. And that is to say, “Thanks, folks, for all
you’ve done for me.”
Few of us realize the personal and financial sacrifices
our parents have made in order that we get the education
available to us at Texas A&M.
Perhaps this is because they make these sacrifices with
out complaint and without thought of retribution. All they
ask is that we take advantage of what is offered us and
continue to make them proud of us throughout our lives.
It would be impossible to physically show our parents
how much we think of them. All we can do is earnestly
strive to attain to the goals they have set for us and never
cease showing our appreciation for all they have done.
This weekend we can begin by saying, “Thanks, folks!”
A Representative
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CHURCH NEWS
A&M Church of Christ: Bible
school, 9:45 a.m. Sunday; morn
ing worship, 10:45 a.m.; Aggie
class, 6:30 p.m.; evening wor
ship, 7:15 p.m.
A&M Presbyterian Church:
Aggie welcome coffee, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday; Sunday school, 9:45
a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.
Bethel Lutheran Church: Sun
day worship, 8:15 a.m. and 10:45
a.m.; Sunday school and Bible
class, 9:30 a.m.
St. Thomas Chapel: Holy
Communion, 8 a.m.; morning
prayer, 9:15 and 11 a.m.; church
school, 9:45 a.m.; evening pray
er, 7 p.m.
The Unitarian Fellowship will
meet in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Engles at 8 p.m. Sun
day.
WOMEN’S CLUBS
The Industrial Education Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Mon
day in the home of Mrs. Sue
Wallace, 2010 Miller, Bryan.
Officers for next year will be
elected.
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“ . . . I didn’t like cuttin’ class either, but j^ou have to get
here early to get seats like these for the ‘Aggie Follies!’ ”
Bast Pays Tribute
To Motherhood
Mrs. Hilma S. Huitt represents thousands of mothers of
Texas A&M students who have sacrificed so much to send
their sons to school.
When her husband was killed in an accident in 1946,
Mrs. Huitt enrolled in college in order to get the education
she believed was necessary to best support her four sons.
Since that time she has never ceased to be a hard worker
or a devoted mother. Presently she is county clerk of Mata-
gora County, a job which she attributes to the work of her
sons. She has provided more than half of the money needed
to send all of her boys to college.
This will be Mrs. Huitt’s ninth Mother’s Day at Texas
A&M—and a very special one.
The Battalion salutes Mrs. Hilma Huitt—Aggie Mother
of the year.
History and literature contain
many tributes and memorials to
motherhood.
King Solomon probably paid
history’s first great tribute to
mother love when he judged be
tween two women claiming the
same child. He threatened to
put the child to death, knowing
that the child’s real mother would
deny the child rather than see
this happen.
Joaquin Miller paid a well de
served compliment to all mothers
in his poem, “The Bravest Bat
tle.”
The bravest battle that ever
was fought
Shall I tell you where and
when ?
On the maps of the world
you will find it not;
It was fought by the mothers
of men.
Earlier, Emerson noted that
“Men are what their mothers
made them.”
When he became President,
Abraham Lincoln said of his mo
ther: “All I am or ever hope to
be, I owe to my .angel hiother.”
At the age of nine he had stood
by her deathbed as she voiced
her last request: “Be something,
Abe.”
Another great A m e r i c an,
George Washington, was greatly
influenced by his mother, but
in a rather unusual way. Seeing
the tears in his mother’s eyes as
he was- about to leave on a Brit
ish Man-of-War as a midship
man, Washington said: “Mother
I cannot go and cause you so
much grief.”
William Ross Wallace’s expres
sion “the hand that rocks the
cradle is the hand that rules the
world,” was very true in this in
stance, for at that moment, an
important leader of the then un
suspected American Revolution
was promised, as a result of
Mary Washington’s tears.
Oddly enough, another famous
mother in American history is
a state—^Virginia. This state is
known as the “Mother of Presi
dents,” having given this country
eight Chief Executives, and also
the “Mother of States,” having
been the oldest of the original
13 and directly responsible for
the establishment of eight other
states.
Man-made memorials to mo
therhood include the Taj Mahal
in India, called the world’s most
beautiful building, and the Amer
ican statue “The Pioneer Wo
man,” which honors the valiant
mothers who carried civilization
westward through hostile Indian
country.
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