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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, May 19, 1961
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
1 BATTALION EDITORIALS ]
A Passable Job
The televising of the pilot film of “Campus USA” on the
Texas A&M campus offers the college a unique opportunity.
Out of a vast number of colleges and universities in the
Southwest (135 in Texas alone) Texas A&M was chosen as
the one school whose story might best sell an advertiser on
the idea of a new television series about the campuses of
America.
Producer Alan Neuman faced an impossible task in try
ing to picture all of the color and history of Texas A&M in
slightly more than 24 minutes of actual television time. Work
ing with student leaders, administration and faculty officials
and Memorial Student Center personnel, Neuman and his
staff have come up with a script and shooting schedule that
does a quite passable job.
Naturally, the time limitations imposed by the nature
commercial television will mean that many seemingly impor
tant aspects of life at Texas A&M will necessarly be elimi- |
nated Mien the final editing is done.
The show is not a documentary. The producers hope to f
sell the series in the 8-11 p. m. weekday time-slot this fall.
Television usually allots this time to entertainment shows.
So the primary consideration of “Campus USA” will be to
entertain.
Hence, the story of Texas A&M will be told in as enter
taining a way as possible while retaining the tradition and :
achievement of the college.
To introduce the idea that the wives of Texas A&M stu- :
dents are an important part of the overall life of the college,
(20 per cent of the student body being married), the show -
will feature a “married student picnic” similar to one held
only a few weeks ago at Hensel Park. The mock “picnic,”
however, had to be televised in the grove of trees across from
G. Rollie White Coliseum to the impractability of moving the
production equipment to the park.
Last night yell practice was filmed in the Coliseum.
Students were surprised to find they were yelling for fencers
and gymnasts, sports that seldom draw a large crowd of en-
thusastic supporters. Basketball, the sport usually yelled for
in the Coliseum, however, presented a host of production
problems. So a compromise sport was necessary.
The idea that Texas A&M students avidly support their
varsity sports was certainly not lost however.
And certainly the Corps of Cadets and the Band seldom
have a pass-by in front of the System Administration Build
ing as they did tonight. But the facade of the Administra
tion Building is impressive. For many visitors it is the first
college building they see after turning from the highway on
to the campus. For these and many others, the Administra
tion Building naturally imparts the idea—Texas A&M.
Then too, production problems prohibit moving the tele
vision equipment to the Main Drill Field. But does the fact
that a review is held at a location other than what is custo
mary alter the fact that 3,500 Texas A&M students comprise
the proudest Corps of Cadets in the United States.
“Campus USA” does not present a true picture of Texas
A&M. But how could any medium express the academic
growth, the tradition and the color that is Texas A&M in 24
minutes ?
“Campus USA” does a passable job!
Year Of Success
Another year of student publications at A&M comes
to an official end tonight at the annual Student Publications
Banquet in the Memorial Student Center.
Along with the end also comes the beginning—the be
ginning of what is hoped will be another year of successes,
good feelings and satisfactory relations.
During the past year, few will deny that the six student
publications on campus have flourished.
The Battalion, for the third year, won first place in the
national Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Co. safety edition
contest.
The A&M Review, reworked practically from scratch, hit
the campus with four highly-praised editions. The Review’s
cover with Tex, his boots and Plato also became a trademark.
The Southwestern Veterinarian, The Agriculturist and
The Engineer all enjoyed profitable and flourishing years.
Not^to mention The Aggieland ’61, as yet unseen, but already
quite promising.
All these efforts on the part of students and their faculty
advisors will be culminated tonight with the presentation of
watches, keys and other awards to the student staff members.
While in the background, new staffs are already working
and planning—working and planning for a year to come that
they hope will be as big and as successful as the one just past.
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“ . .. Be calm and act natural—you’re on national TV!’
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
What’s wrong with Texas
A&M College the way it is?
Grained there are many things
around here which need improv
ing, but we have a Board of
Directors, a president, a faculty
and a Century Council to do that
for us. Why do we have to have
a New York TV director come
down here and tell us how A&M
should be.
I am in favor of A&M being
filmed for “Campus USA.” It’s
just that I don’t see why they
can’t show what’s really here.
How many times do we have
“married student picnics” at G.
Rollie White Coliseum ? How
often does Dave Woodard and
the Six Peppers perform in the
Main Lounge of the Memorial
Student Center, not to mention
the Band and the Corps parading
in front of the Administration
Building? And square dances?
I guess we just have to create
a “public image” for the “mass
media,” but I would like to see
the image stick a little closer to
the facts.
James W. Carter, ’63
US Must Live
With New Korea
WASHINGTON UP)—Officials
say the United States will have
to swallow its distaste for the
Seoul military coup and deal with
the new rulers of South Korea.
The triumph of the junta under
Lt. Gen. Chang Do-young over
Premier John M. Chang came as
a bitter pill for Washington in
several respects. U. S. repre
sentatives in Seoul had backed
the premier.
U'. S. officials now see no
alternative but to go along with
the new regime and start urging
it to make improvements.
Washington hopes the new 30-
man ruling committee, composed
of military men, will be strictly
an interim affair—and that the
interim will be short.
The United States can apply a
lot of leverage for a return to
civilian, constitutional govern
ments because it is propping up
FRIDAY
MAY 19
IMPACTS
American
Legion
Hall
PALACE
Bryan Z‘SS79
LAST TWO DAYS
the Asian country with some
quarter-billion dollars of U. b
aid a year.
There is no need to go through
the process of recognizing the
new government in Seoul because
the president remains in office.
The presidency has been a fig-
urhead in the past, but looms
more importantly under the new
developments.
CIRCLE
LAST NIGHT TONIGHT
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&
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In
“FROM THE
TERRACE”
Also
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In
“HELL TO ETERNITY”
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JFK, Mr. K Meet
Word Expected
WASHINGTON <A>)_Spedua-
tion arose that the White House
Friday would officially announce
a forthcoming meeting between
President Kennedy and Soviet
Premier Khrushchev.
Since last weekend authorita
tive sources have said a meeting
would be held in Vienna. This
was confirmed by Austrian offi
cials who said under a tentative
timetable Kennedy will arrive in
Vienna June 2 and Khrushchev
will arrive a day later.
The officials, who said their
information came from the Aus
trian Embassy in Washington,
said Kennedy plans to leave Vi
enna June 4-^md Khrushchev
plans to leave June 5. ✓
This would give the two lead
ers more than two days to cob-
fer.
Speculation about timing of a
White House announcement was
prompted by a change mait
Thursday in presidential press
secretary Pierre Salinger’s sched
ule.
He said the usual 11 a.m. mij
briefing at the White House
would be held at 10 a.m. Friday,
Otherwise, Kennedy’s spokes
man stuck to his previous silence
about a Kennedy-Khrushchev
get-together. Other authorita
tive sources said Kennedy will]
go on from his May 31-June l
Paris visit with President Charles
de Gaulle to Vienna to see
Khrushchev June 3-4.
Bulletin Board
CHURCH NEWS
The following area churches
have announced their* schedules
for this Sunday:
A&M Presbyterian Church
9:30 a.m.—Aggie welcome cof
fee; 9:45 a.m.—Sunday school;
11:00 a.m.—Morning worship.
College Station Church of Christ
9:45 a.m.—Bible school; 10:45
a.m.—Worship service; 7:15 p.m.
—Worship service.
a.m.—Church school; 11:00 a,t
—Morning prayer.
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