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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1961)
m Pag’Q 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 11, 1961 BATTALION EDITORIALS New School The new College Hills Elementary School dedicated Tues day night should make every College Station citizen proud. The new school represents growth. Growth not only in the number of elementry age children in the school system, but also a growing awareness of the need for good elementry education. At the dedication ceremonies Principal Mrs. C. K. Leigh ton said the school was dedicated to establishing good study habits and a solid foundation, for later schooling. Every year more and more high school graduates find the once-open door to a college education closed to them be cause the training they received in the lower schools was inadequate. And with the rising tide of applicants, colleges and uni versities, including Texas A&M, are being forced to accept only the top students. It is to this end that the A&M Consolidated School Dis trict and College Hills Elementary School have dedicated themselves. Guest Editorial The Beaumont high school senior’s remark (made in front of Aggies and passed on to us by one) . . . that the only thing wrong about going to A&M was that you ended up being an Aggie . . . brought a rapid response, as we rather expected it would. The following was received . . . unsigned but obviously from an Aggie: ★ ★ ★ “You should answer this high school boy’s problem. He thinks that all schools are alike. Books are the same. Teach ers are about equal. Buildings are probably equal. Four years at college are the same. “But after that things change. “There is no college with the spirit for the college that the Aggies have (during the four years and thereafter). “And, after the four years the Aggies have something that no other college group can compete with—a real frater nity, and the members fraternize. “You should get on the Aggies’ bandwagon. “You can look around in Beaumont and this Golden Triangle area and see what goes on. The Aggies have month ly meetings with never less than 250 in attendance. “What do others do? Nothing. “Texas meet on March 2 with a small crowd attending. TCU, SMU, Baylor, Rice, Arkansas, Texas Tech seldom, if ever, meet. “Right now the Aggies are staging a big event in Beau mont (tonight) honoring a fellow Aggie, Dell Brockett, class of 1934. When did any other colleges do such a thing? “Why don’t you call this to the senior’s attention?” ★ ★ ★ Well, maybe he’ll read it here. Hope so. What our letter-writing Aggie says is pretty much true, as most anyone in this area can tell you. Indeed, no matter how long he’s been out of school, the Aggie still has that spirit generated in college. Not all exes from all other col leges can say the same. —Beaumont Enterprise. IT S NEW - THE ANNEX To Shaffer’s Book Store Devoted Exclusively To BOOKS and RECORDS Bargain Prices Hi-Fi or Stereo Records At Less Than Advertised Prices 3.98 Records - Our Price 3.29 5.9* Records - Our Price 5.09 SLffer’s Li,oh St ore North Gate College Station 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 journalism laboratory and community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members «f 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. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of Spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here in are also reserved. Entered as sei »tter at the Post econd-clasi Offic. Station. gress of March 8, 1870. matt in College Station. Texas, Act of Con- under lege the MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. : “ i " —’ ’ ' ‘ 1 J A ’ "—'-'- s — te furnished on i lege Station, Texas. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building. Colli News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. BOB SLOAN EDITOR Tommy Holbein Managing Editor Larry Smith Sport? Editor Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman News Editors Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor Bob Roberts Assistant Sports Editor Gerry Brown, Johnny Baughman Staff Writers CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle TaiTeton May Change Nickname statement. “I believe the name Plowboys is no longer represen tative of the entire student body. Tarleton is now a liberal arts college and not an agricultural college. The prestige of the school is affected by the name Plowboys, as it begins its four year plan. I feel that a more appropriate name would attract students to investigate the col lege. (Editor’s note: This article is' from the “J-Tac,” student news paper at Tarleton State College at Stephenville. Tarleton, a part of the A&M system, re cently became a four-year liberal arts college.) Several Tarleton exes last week expressed their opinion on whether the name “Plowboys” should be changed. Persons in terviewed agreed that changes must be made to meet the needs of Tarleton as a liberal arts col lege, C. H. (Mickey) McGuire, pres ident of the Ex-Students Associ ation and executive vice presi dent of the Stephenville State Bank, had this to say about the idea of a new nickname for Tarleton. “I do not object to a change of name as long as the student body thinks seriously about changing it and definitely makes the change one for the better.” Dr. Dick Smith, head of the social science department and government professor said, “The “ . .. I’ve seen a lot of ‘Dear John’ letters, but this one is th’ most original yet!” Sound Off (Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to Student Senate President Malcolm Hall.) To 100 Aggies, Dear Aggies: Here at Texas Women’s Uni versity, we have many girls that are far from home, and with no boys to write to. Do you suppose, brothers, that we could “adopt” a 100 or more Aggie pen-pals? We girls in Mary Hufford Hall would like at least 100 of you Aggies to send us names and addresses. All your letters will be re ferred to some girl in our dorm as soon as we receive them. Address your letter to Miss Ann B , Box 3771, T.W.U., University Hill Station, Denton, Texas, Mary Hufford Hall. Sincerely yours. Miss Tessie Bulletin Board Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Memo rial Student Center Ballroom. name Plowboys / which repre sented the spirit of John Tarle ton Agricultural College has had a long and glorious history, but just as it was necessary to change the name to Tarleton State College, because of the changing nature of the school, it now is necessary to change Plowboys to something more representative of the four-year liberal arts college.” Robert Walker, English in structor and ex-student of Tarle ton, explained, “I could hope for a name which well represents the entire student body. Not one which just represents one of the more important segments of the school.” Alice Sheffield, Tarleton stu dent last year and now a student at East Texas State College, was visiting on the campus Sat urday and made the following CORPS FRESHMAN YEARBOOK PORTRAIT SCHEDULE 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. October 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. 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