THE BATTALION
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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, October 31, 1961
1 BATTALION EDITORIALS
A' Good Start
Aggie Spirit
The story of the Aggies’ famous Spirit is still being
told across the nation. Many campuses pick up the story
of A&M spirit to entice their own student bodies to at
least “go to the game.”
The following account, taken from the University of
Corpus Christi “Seabreeze,” is typical:
“The story of the Cadet Corps of Texas A&M College
and their outstanding loyalty, might instill in you students
a little thought and vigor. The story goes this way:
“The entire student body of the college stands through
out each football game, never sitting, and keeps a steady
chant ringing through the stands to remind the players on
the field that the Corps is behind them.
“The corps is credited with converting many apparent
defeats into A&M victories, solely by showing their favorites
on the field that they are behind them all the way. This has
become famously known as “The Twelfth Man”—the fact
that the players know they’ve got that student body behind
them at all times, especially when the going gets rough.
“I’m not asking you to stand up during the entire game,
but is it too much to ask you to go to the games and offer
your support by using your voices?”
Guest Editorial
Tributes paid Abner V. McCall, newly installed president
of Baylor University, are well deserved. Tenth in line since
Baylor was founded more than a century ago, his selection
is in tradition of the great pioneer Texas Baptist for whom
the university is named, Judge R. E. B. Baylor.
Like that early-day Texas figure, President McCall is a
scholar of the law and a former jurist who brings a grasp
of sound political principles to his key post in the educational
world. A conservative in the fjnest sense of the word, he is
as true to the concept of states’ rights as was Judge Baylor.
Like Judge Baylor, who helped draw up Texas’ first
State Consitution, he holds fast to the legal and constitutional
principles upon which this state and nation were built. Amer
ican higher education has greater need today than ever for
leaders of his stature.
—Dallas Morning News
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Tommy Holbein Managing: Editor
Larry Smith Sports Editor
Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman News Editors
Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor
Bob Roberts Assistant Sports Editor
Gerry Brown, Johnny Baughman Staff Writers
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Time for the annual Aggie Campus Chest has rolled
around again.
Sponsored by the Student Senate, the annual drive be
gan Saturday with collection tubs placed in Kyle Field for the
A&M-Baylor game. Results of this first effort produced
nearly $150—called by Student Senate Student Welfare Com
mittee Chairman Johnny Anthis “a good start.”
Collections from the student body begun Monday night
under the direction of dorm presidents and cadet unit com
manders were off to a good start, too, with several outfits
and staffs reporting 100 per cent collection of the this year’s
goal of “A Dollar For an Aggie, From An Aggie.”
In an open letter to the student body, Civilian Student
Council President Doug Schwenk and Cadet Corps Com
mander Bill Cardwell explained the drive. They said:
“The Campus Chest is now underway on our campus,
and this is a good chance for Aggies to help Aggies.
“Sixty per cent of the total contributions to the Campus
Chest are returned to Aggies who for various emergency
reasons require this help. None of us know when we might
have to be the recipient of this help.
“The rest of the contributions go to such charitable
organizations as the March of Dimes, Brazos County Tuber
culosis Association, World University Service and the Col
lege Station Community Chest.
“We would urge all Aggies to contribute to the Campus
Chest through the unit commanders and dormitory presidents
and thereby fulfill this year’s theme—“A Dollar For An
Aggie, From An Aggie.’ ”
The Campus Chest is an ideal means of expressing the
words of the “The Spirit of Aggieland—“True to each other,
as Aggies can be!”
Job Calls
School Menu
The following firms will intei’-
view seniors in the Placement
Office in the YMCA Building:
levels).
Wednesday
Natural Gas Pipeline Company
of America—Chemical, civil, elec
trical, mechanical and petroleum
engineering.
Cities Service Research and
Development Co., Inc.—Chemical,
mechanical and petroleum engi
neering; geophysics, chemistry,
mathematics and physics (M.S.
and Ph.D.).
Sandia Corp., Bell Telephone
System—Aeronautical, chemical,
civil, electrical, industrial, me
chanical and nuclear engineer
ing; chemistry, mathematics,
physics, business administration
(statistics) and data processing
(Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. de
gree levels).
Department of the Navy, Ad
ministrative Office — Civil, elec
trical and mechanical engineer
ing (B.S., M.S.).
Menu for A&M Consolidated
Independent School District cafe
terias Nov. 1 through Nov. 3.
Wednesday — Hamburgers,
Chipos, buttered carrots, lettuce
and pickles, buns and cupcakes.
Thursday — Beans and toma
toes, mustard greens, carrot and
raisins, cornbread and butter and
cocoanut pudding.
Friday — One-half tuna and
one-half peanut butter sandwich,
creamed new potatoes, green
beans, cabbage and onions and
peaches.
Milk is served with all meals.
Wednesday and Thursday
Bell Laboratories, Bell Tele
phone System-— Aeronautical,
chemical, civil, electrical, indus
trial and mechanical engineering;
mathematics and physics (Bach
elor, master and Ph.D. degree
Bulletin Board
Professional Clubs
Spanish Club will meet at 5
p.m. in Room 219, Academic
Building.
Hometown Clubs
Milby Hometown Club will hold
a special meeting in the YMCA
lounge at 7:30 p.m.
“I think we should set an age limit on these ‘trick or
treats’ groups!”
Sound Off-
(Editor’s note: The following
letter was sent to President Earl
Rudder by one of the many fam
ilies who weathered out Hurri
cane Carla at A&M. The “cap
tain of company ‘D’ ” was Boyd
Ray Branch of Fort Worth.)
Editor,
The Battalion:
I want to extend our deepest
appreciation and thanks to the
faculty and students of your col
lege during the recent Hurri
cane Carla.
It was very gratifying to know
that we were being taken care
of so wonderful.
Your students deserve a great
deal of recognition for being so
thoughtful and helpful in a time
that was so very trying for most
of the evacuees that were stay
ing at your college. Many of us
lost .a countless number of ar
ticles, some lost their homes.
Most of the students were
scheduled to stay in some of the
rooms that we were occupying,
but they all did not seem to
mind bunking with some of their
fellow students.
I would like for you to give
my personal thanks to all that
were so kind, especially to the
captain of company “D”. Hq.
went out of his way to get doc
tors for my little boy who 1 was
sick with high fever and my
mother-in-law. I do not know
. his name but he was very cour
teous and helpful.
I hope a time never arises,
but if ever, I hope that I may
be of some assistance to the
people of your college or your
city.
Many thinks again and may
God bless you all.
Benjamin C. Wed horn Jr.
& Family
1912 Main
La Marque, Texas
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HEROES DIE YOUNG’
It has been alleged that coeds go to college for the sole purpose
of finding husbands. This is, of course, an infamous canard, and
I give fair warning that, small and spongy as I am, anybody
who says such a dastardly thing when I am around had better
be prepared for a sound thrashing!
Girls go to college for precisely the same reasons as men do:
to broaden their horizons, to lengthen their vistas, to drink at
the fount of wisdom. But, if, by pure chance, while a girl is
engaged in these meritorious pursuits, a likely looking husband
should pop into view, why, what’s wrong with that? Eh? What’s
wrong with that?
The question now arises, what should a girl look for in a
husband. A great deal has been written on this subject. Some
say character is most important, some say background, some
say appearance, some say education. All are wrong.
The most important thing—bar none—in a husband is health.
Though he be handsome as Apollo and rich as Mkhis, what good
is he if he just lays around all day accumulating bedsores?
The very first thing to do upon meeting a man is to make
sure he is sound of wind and limb. Before he has a chance to
sweet-talk you, slap a thermometer in his mouth, roll back his
eyelids, yank out his tongue, rap his patella, palpate his thorax,
ask him to straighten out a horseshoe with his teeth. If he fails
these simple tests, phone for an ambulance and go on to the
next prospect.
If, however, he turns out to be physically fit, proceed to the
second most important requirement in a husband. I refer to a
sense of humor.
A man who can’t take a joke is a man to be avoided. There
are several simple tests to find out whether your prospect can
take a joke or not. You can, for example, slash his tires. Or burn
his “Mad” comics. Or steal his switchblade. Or turn loose his
pet raccoon. Or shave his head.
After each of these good-natured pranks, laugli. gaily and
shout “April Fool! If he replies, “But this is February nine
teenth,” or something equally churlish, cross him off your list
and give thanks you found out in time.
But if he laughs silverly and calls you “Little Minx!” put
him to the next test. Find out whether he is kindly.
The quickest way to ascertain his kindliness is, of course, to
look at the cigarette he smokes. Is it mild? Is it clement? Is it
humane? Does it minister tenderly to the psyche? Does it
coddle the synapses? Is it a good companion? Is it genial? Is
it bright and friendly and filtered and full of dulcet pleasure
from cockcrow till the heart of darkness?
Is it, in short, Marlboro?
If Marlboro it be, then clasp the man to your bosom with
hoops of steel, for you may be sure that he is kindly as a sum
mer breeze, kindly as a mother’s kiss, kindly to his very marrow.
And now, having found a man who is kindly and healthy
and blessed with a sense of humor, the only thing that remains
is to make sure he will always earn a handsome living. That,
fortunately, is easy. Just enroll him in engineering.
© 1061 Max Shulmaa
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