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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Thursday, September 28, 1961
Review
What have we here? It’s certainly not an editorial; it’s
not a letter to the editor; it’s not a news story.
The editors of the Battalion are proud to announce the
birth of a column. We’ve named our kid “Pass In Review,”
a good old Aggie phrase which, we think, best indicates what
we have in mind—and that’s a candid look at Aggieland.
Through this column our editorial “we” hopes to praise,
insult, disgust and amuse as many Aggie people, profs
and institutions as we can.
★ ★ ★
No one is safe, not even the Army officer stationed at
A&M who, using the latest approved dirty commando-Type
PW tactics, went crawling under his house recently looking
for a snake and found instead a skunk. Though it stinks a
little, his story has been told. His name shall remain a
mystery.
★ ★ ★ • '
But this column is for praise too, and our first bouquet
of roses, goes to the 7,694 men who chose A&M for the best
education possible. If you haven’t guessed by now, the
secret to living a relatively short, happy life down here is
lots of books during the week, and lots of Houston, Austin,
San Antonio, and Dallas on weekends.
★ ★ ★
Now, the more perceptive of you have probably already
glanced up at the column title to see who is responsible for
this madness. And you see no one has signed his name.
Reason is simple—no one person wrote it. The havoc
and hilarity reaped herein is cultivated by you, the students
and faculty of A&M. We just gather the harvest and put it
on paper.
So, you’ve been warned. Now watch, for you may soon
Pass In Review.
Bulletin
Arts and Sciences Student
Council will meet Monday at 7:30
p.m. in Room 3-D of the MSC.
All representatives of the council
are urged to be present.
Hometown Clubs
The following hometown clubs
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Aca
demic Building: Abilene Club in
Room 206, El Paso Club in Room
106, Baytown Club in,.Room 128
and Brazoria County Club in
Room 125>.
These hometown clubs will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memo
rial Student Center: South Lou
isiana Club in Room 3-C, Ange
lina County Club in the Fountain
Room and Victoria Club in the
Board
Main Lounge.
Social Clubs
Sons of the Service Club will
meet at 7:30 pjn. in the MSC.
Members are asked to check
the bulletin board in the lounge
for the room number.
Chess Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Room 3-B of the MSC.
Women’s News
Industrial Engineering Wives
Club will hold a social honoring
new members at 7:30 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. A. R. Burgess, 1217
Marstellar, College Station.
Dairy Science Wives Club will
hold a meeting Monday at 8 p.m.
in the home of Mrs. A. M. Meek-
ma, 728 Mary Lake Drive, Bryan.
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In a Nationally Advertised Style Up To
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THE BATTALION
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Publications, chairman ; Allen Schrader, School of Arts and Sciences; Willard I.
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McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Tommy Holbein
Larry Smith
Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman
Bob Roberts
Gerry Brown, Bill Cox
johnny Herrin
EDITOR
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
News Editors
Assistant Sports Editor
Staff Writers
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Texas Colleges Claim
Record Fall Enroll met
‘On some mornings it takes them as long as 15 minutes to say ‘goodbye!’ ”
Sound Off
Carla Victim
(Editor’s Note: This letter
came to Director of Student Af
fairs Bennie A. Zinn from Hurri
cane Carla victim from La
Marque.)
Director of Housing,
A&M College:
I am writing this letter to ex
press my sincere appreciation to
you and many others on the col
lege staff for your hospitality to
us during the recent hurricane.
My wife and I occupied Room
216 in Dorm 17. We tried to do
our part by leaving this room as
clean as we found it.
Even though we found our
home had been flooded with 17
inches of water, we feel fortu
nate, since we did not lose our
home entirely as so many did.
Thank you for your kindness.
Claude T. Vickers Jr.
Annie M. Vickers
2105 Irene Drive
LaMarque, Texas <
‘Two Percenters’
Editor,
The Battalion:
The “true Aggie spirit” so oft
en mentioned in the official lit
erature of your institution, has
always been characterized by
high standards of individual con
duct, sportsmanship, and person
al responsibility. Over the years,
these standards and the spirit
which they represent have been
a source of continuous inspira
tion to both the supporters and
opponents of Texas A&M. The
official freshman handbook of
your college scornfully defines as
“two percenters”, those students
who do not display this “true
Aggie spirit.”
Until quite recently, numerous
trips and visits to your campus,
during which I and my guests
were treated with the greatest
possible courtesy, had convinced
me that no such classification of
A&M students existed. However,
life is full of surprises and on
the night of September 23, short
ly after the UH-Aggie game, I
encountered just such a group.
I was walking toward the
North Gate with a small souve-
nier pennant in my hand, when
I was approached by a group of
four Aggies. The biggest mem
ber of the group introduced him
self, and not wanting to seem
ungracious or antisocial, I stated
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my own name and extended my
hand.
He shook my hand and then
suddenly grabbed for my pen
nant. Alarmed, I ripped the pen
nant from the stick to which it
was attached, turned, and ran. I
was soon caught and held fast.
The big boy who had introduced
himself, seized my shirt, tearing
it badly, and threatened severe
brutality and physical violence
unless I immediately surrendered
the pennant. His voice was al
most incoherent with rage. Ter
rified, I gave it to him and fled
in panic.
These four “two-percenters”
not only failed to display high
standards of conduct and sports
manship, but showed an appall
ing lack of concern for both the
reputation of their school and
the possible consequences of their
actions. Had a sizable number of
students from my university been
nearby, this minor incident could
easily have exploded into a sav
age gang fight of staggering
proportions.
I do not recall the names of
any of these individuals and
would not mention them if I did.
I am not crying over what hap
pened to me nor am I seeking
personal revenge on anyone.
However, it is my sincere belief
that the publication of this letter
will subject these young men to
enough private embarrassment to
prevent the repetition of such in
cidents in the future.
With sincere congratulations
to your fine football team for its
splendid performance against us,
with highest praise for the gra
ciousness and courtesy shown our
students by the vast majority of
the Aggies, and with best wishes
By The Associated 1‘ress
Just as educators and popula
tion experts predicted, enroll
ment in Texas colleges and uni
versities set records in almost all
instances this fall.
A spot check of a score or
more schools, large and small,
showed spectacular increases in
some casts and moderate gains
in others.
A&M had the highest fall en
rollment since 1949, with 7,694
students registering for classes;
an increase of 6.9 per cent over
last year.
The huge University of Texas
went over the 26,000 mark for i
the first time. Arlington State,
converted to a four-year college, j
gained nearly a thousand stu
dents to 8,297.
Texas Tech also set a record ;
with 10,195 students, going over ’
the 10,000 level for the first time.
The University of Houston, de
spite some tuition changes, went
to 12,111, a gain of about 600
over last year to retain the title
of second largest school in the
state.
Both Denton schools set rec
ords, North Texas State going
to 8,509 and Texas Women’s Uni
versity reaching 2,734.
The new Sun Jacinto Junior
College at Houston opened for
the first time and found 815 stu
dents ready to sign up.
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San Jacinto J. C. ...
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St. Phillips .. 5$
St .Mary’s — 24j.
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1961
I960
Program Mgr.
Texas A&M
.. 7,694
7.066
Student Education
North Texas State
.. 8,506
7,146
Association
Texas Women’s U.
.. 2,734
2,607
University of Houston
Texas Christian
.. 6.500
6.266
(2506 Oakdale
U. of Houston .......
12.111
11.400
Houston 4, Texas)
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CORPS FRESHMAN
YEARBOOK PORTRAIT
SCI I EDITLE
FRESHMEN in the" Corps will
have their portrait made for the
“AGGIELAND” according to
the following schedule. Por-
raits will be made at the AG
GIELAND STUDIO, one block
north of the intersection at
North Gate, between the hours
of 8 AM and 5 PM on the days
scheduled.
UNIFORM for portraits will be
winter blouse. BLOUSES AND
BRASS WILL BE FURNISH
ED AT THE STUDIO. EACH
MAN SHOULD BRING HIS
OWN SHIRT AND TIE.
September 26-27 - Co. C2 & D2
27- 28 - Co. E2 & F2
28- 29 - Co. G2
October 2-3 - Co. A3 & B3
3- 4 - Co. C3 & D3
4- 5 - E3, F3, G3,
& H3
5- 6 - Squadrons 1-3
9- 10 - Squadrons 4-5
10- 11 - Squadrons 6-7
11- 12-Squadrons 8-10
12-13 - Squadrons 11-13
16- 17-Squadrons 14-16
17- 18 Maroon & White
Bands
(The studio will have no Band
Brass! Band Members are re
quested to bring OWN BLOUSE
WITH BRASS.)
I B M
Invites You To See The New IBM
Selectric Typewriter, a revolutionary new
typewriter without typebars or moving car
riage.
MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER ROOM 2-C
Friday, September 29, 1961
8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
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OF SCHOOL—THOSE WHO DIDN’T VISIT MY STORE I JUST WANT
TO EXTEND MY HOSPITALITY TO YOU.
WE CARRY MANY ITEMS OTHER THAN BOOKS AND SCHOOL
SUPPLIES.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR:
* SPORTING GOODS * * TENNIS SHOES
* GYM EQUIPMENT * TOYS
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