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■ ?lt Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, Novembei' 7, 1961 BATTALION EDITORIALS CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle " " ? ... -'V - Sportsmansh ip Sportsmanship at Texas A&M, criticized greatly in the past by other Southwest Conference schools, is on the up swing. At least Aggie good-sportsmanship is being rec ognized and commended by the same schools who used to criticize it so profusely. Witness these depositions from/two of our opponents: Editor, The Battalion: I cannot begin to express to you the appreciation, as well as the Student Body gratitude, for the very pleasurable weekend which you showed to Baylor while we were in College Station for the Baylor-A&M game Oct. 28. Every Aggie whom I encountered was a grand host; any student body would be proud to boast the hospitality which was shown to the Bears, even though the out come of the game was very dis appointing for us. The students have commented very enthusiastically about the plaque which you presented to us. It is now on display in our new Student Congress office. I am sure that the Texas A&M student body is aware of the very excellent representative whom they have chosen as the President of the Student Senate. Malcolm Hall is one of the most capable persons I have encountered, and he was a perfect host for each of you. Your student leaders succeeded in sealing in our own minds a very positive concept of your campus. Thank you again for your hos pitality during the past weekend. Don Ferguson President Baylor Student Congress Editor, The Battalion: This is the TCU Sportsman ship Committee’s evaluation of the TCU-A&M game in Fort Worth Oct. 21. ^ The committee had high praise for the Aggies for their conduct both on the field and off. They •were gracious in defeat and most respectful of our school and its traditions. The Aggies’ team played a hard, clean game. We wish to commend the Aggies for their overall good sportsmanship. Denny Megarity Texas Christian University Get a flying start on Continental! WASHINGTON NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO NEW VORK Convenient connections at Dallas and Houston with £m* 4-engine non-stops east. For reservations, call your Txaval Agent or Continental at VI 6-4789. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 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 of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; Truettner, School of Engim McMurry, School of Veterinary jnt Publications Board are E. A. Due wall, director ot student Allen Schrader, School of Arts and Sciences: Willard I. neering; Otto R. Kunze, School oV Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. rinary 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. Tne Associated press is entitled exclusively to tne use tor repuoucation ot an 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 second-clasi matter at the Post Offici in College Station, Texas under thr * ' " ^ gress of >n, Texas, le Act of Coi March 8, 1870. 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 $8.50 per semester; $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. —, ..-is subject A — * J ' , ' ’ — J - attalion. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building. College Station, Te 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 6-6416. BOB SLOAN EDITOR Tommy Holbein Managing Editor Larry Smith Sports Editor Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman News Editors Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor Bob Roberts Assistant Sports Editor Ronnie Fann, Gerry Brown, Johnny Baughman Staff Writers Johnny Herrin Photographer Job Calls The following firms will inter view seniors in the Placement Office in the YMCA Building: Wednesday U.S. Army Ordnance Technical Placement — Aeronautical, elec trical, industrial and mechanical engineering; chemistry, mathe matics and physics (all degree levels). California ..State ..Personnel Board, California State Govern ment—Civil engineering (B.S., M.S.). U.S. Chemical Co. — Chemical engineering and chemistry (B.S.). Wednesday and Thursday Allen-Bradley Co. — Electrical engineering (B.S., M.S.) and in dustrial and mechanical engi neering (B.S.). Bulletin Board “Our petition to make football games 55 minutes long in stead of 60 minutes has gained so much support that we’re forming a committee to study the matter!” Professional Clubs Two films, “Crisis at Munich, and “The Russo-Finnish War,” will be shown by the History So ciety at 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 3-B and 3-C of the Memorial Student Center. Sound Off- W T omen’s Clubs Brazos County A&M Mother’s Club will hold its annual game party Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the MSC Ballroom. Editor, The Battalion: Actually, A&M sportmanship hasn’t changed so drastical ly in the past year or so. But through the work of the South west Conference Sportsmanship Committee, with the coop eration of sportsmanship committees of student senates and student congresses throughout the conference, customs and traditions of the various schools have been made more widely Jfcnown. Knowledge of the “pecularities” of each student body makes for better understanding of each other’s problems, thus promoting better sportsmanship. For example, schools who used to feel that A&M was displaying poor tast in not supplying their cheerleaders with microphones at Kyle Field games now accept the fact that since it is a tradition that Aggie Yell Leaders don’t use them, there are no facilities at Kyle Field for microphones. Likewise, A&M now tolerates customs of other schools when they visit their campuses. It all makes for a better Southwest Conference. I was disappointed to find that Coach Jim Myers failed to recognize in his letter to the Battalion last week the support and spirit of the civilian stu dents in the stands at the Bay lor game. Many civilians stand in the student section, but many others sit in the reserved seat sections with their wives. When half of the student body of a college is not recognized for their support and efforts something must be wrong. Another point which needs at tention of the student body is that about one month ago at the Testimonial Dinner in Dallas for President Rudder, the civilian student leaders who attended were not recognized. President Rudder, in his address, did rec ognize the fact that one-half of the student body is civilian. I know and recognize that Tex as A&M is known for its Corps. But a big change has come over bwm ■it tk k kikttr h *1 V# I* A r DRIVE-IN THEATRE ’’★CHIIPREN UN0ERI2 VEARS-f R£E TUESDAY “ADA” with Susan Hayward Plus “WHERE THE BOYS ARE” with Dolores West TODAY & WEDNESDAY “THE CHEATERS” CIRCLE LAST NITE “MARRIAGE GO-ROUND” & “MAN OF THE WEST’ PALACE Bryan 2'$879 LAST DAY “BACK STREET” STARTS TOMORROW Steve McQueen In “HONEYMOON MACHINE” QUEEN LAST DAY “BLITZKRIEG” & “BREAKOUT” STARTS TOMORROW Walt Disneys “GREYFRIARS BOBBY” Texas A&M in the last couple of years, and the enrollment of civilian students has increased to over half the student enroll ment. When a school fails to recog nize half of its student body something is wrong. Many of the fine leaders who have come out of Texas A&M have been civilians, namely last year’s Civilian Student Council president Mike Carlo and Stu dent Senate president Roland Dommert. In conclusion I hope that in the next four years that I am here at Texas A&M that the ci vilian students on this campus are given the same opportunity and the same recognition as the Corps of Cadets. There is an old saying—“United we stand, divided we fall.” This is what will happen to Texas A&M if the administration and the rest of the people on this campus do not recognize the civilian stu dents for the support they give to our college and to the work they perform on the A&M cam pus. Tim A. O’Neil, ’65 Puryear 5-B i ■ ■ ■ ■ i« ■ itw i ■ ■ n rnrfi i ■ 11 “Sports Car Center’ Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars • Sales—Parts—Service “We Service All Foreign Cars” 1416 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517 I ■ ■ ■ H jULJLlJLlijl US ms SIN CAPITAL OF THE WEST? A Vegas headline ran; PASTOR HAILS STRIP SHOWS. And no body blinked. In fact when Vegas was dubbed a town of “sin, gin and din,” local boosters were overjoyed. Is Las Vegas really as wild as they say? Read “How Wicked Is Vegas?” in this week’s Post. The Saturday Evening :post /^genuine by (STAR OF AFRICA yicisrvosicfo KINO ENLARGED TO SHOW DETAIl McCarty Jewelers North Gate Celanese Chemical Co.—Chem ical and mechanical engineering (B.S., M.S.) and chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.). Wednesday-Friday AT&T Long Lines, Bell Tele phone System — Aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, indus trial and mechanical engineer ing; industrial technology, eco nomics, mathematics and busi ness administration (bachelor de gree level). Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.—Aeronautical, chemical, civ il, electrical, industrial and me chanical engineering; industrial technology, mathematics, eco nomics and business administra tion. TEMPERATE BURGLAk TALLADEGA, Ala. <#)-Ski Luke Brewer figures that mayt the cold cash got too hot for ft burglar. He reported that $1,000 stolen from a refrigerati in a house was found in a neatj rural mail box. less gpitlNC Chamber SUMMER JOBS IN EUROPE Write to: American Stu. dent Information Service, 22, Ave. De La Liberie, Luxembourg •iP^fOnPampufi C (Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf", "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.) with Maxfihulman POVERTY CAN BE FUN It is no disgrace to be poor. It is an error, but it is no disgrace,' So if your purse is empty, do not skulk and brood and hide your head in shame. Stand tall. Admit your poverty. Admit it freely and frankly and all kinds of good things will happen to you. Take, for instance, the case of Blossom Sigafoos. Blossom, an impecunious freshman at an Eastern girls’ college, was smart as a whip and round as a dumpling, and scarcely a day went by when she didn’t get invited to a party weekend at one of the nearby men’s schools. But Blossom never accepted. She did not have the rail fare; she did not have the clothes. Weekend after weekend, while her classmates went frolicking, Blossom sat alone, saved from utter despair only by her pack of Marlboros, for even an exchequer as slim as Blossom’s can afford the joys of Marlboro—joys far beyond their paltry price: rich, mellow tobaccos, lovingly cured and carefully packed, and an exclusive selectrate filter. Croesus himself could not buy a better cigarette! However, Marlboro’s most passionate admirers—among whose number I am paid to count myself—would not claim that Marlboro can entirely replace love and romance, and Blossom grew steadily moroser. Then one day came a phone call from an intelligent sopho more named Tom O’Shanter at a nearby men’s college. “Blos som,” said Tom, “I want you to come down next week for the barley festival, and I won’t take no for an answer.” “No,” said Blossom. “Foolish girl,” said Tom gently. “I know why you refuse me. It is because you are poor, isn’t it?” “Yes,” said Blossom. “I will send you a railroad ticket,” said Tom. “Also a hard- boiled egg in case you get hungry on the train.” “But I have nothing to wear,” said Blossom. Tom replied, “I will send you one suit of cashmere, two gowns of lace, three slacks of velvet, four shoes of calf, five socks of nylon, and a partridge in a pear tree.” “That is most kind,” said Blossom, “but I fear I cannot dance and enjoy myself while back home my poor lame brother Tiny Tim lies abed.” “Send him to Mayo Brothers and put it on my tab,” said Tom. “You are terribly decent,” said Blossom, “but I cannot come to your party because all the other girls at the party will be from rich, distinguished families, and my father is but a humble woodcutter.” “I will buy him Yosemite,” said Tom. “You have a great heart,” said Blossom. “Hold the phone while I ask our wise and kindly old Dean of Women whether it is proper for me to accept all these gifts.” She went forthwith and asked the Dean of Women, and the Dean of Women laid her wise and kindly old hand on Blossom’s cheek and said, “Child, let not false pride rob you of happiness. Accept these gifts from Tom.” “Oh. bless you, Wise and Kindly,” breathed Blossom, dropping grateful tears into the Dean’s reticule. “I must run and tell Tom.” “Yes, run, child,” said the Dean, a smile wrinkling her wise and kindly old eyes. “And ask him has he got an older brother.”/ © 1961 Max ShulmaH The makers of filter-tip Marlboro, who bring you this col umn, are also the makers of non-filter king-size Philip Morris Commanders, who also bring you this column. Have a Commander. Welcome aboard! PEANUTS By Charles M. Scholl EANUTS HAVE V0U EtfER TRIED TO (URlTE OUlTH A PEN, L(NU£? (Ve BEEN PRACTICING fCR A UJEEK N0U), AND I THINK I'M GETTING BETTER.,MERE,TM IT.. a DON T BE WORRIED IF WU DO POORLY AT FIRST....VOO'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE GAME TROUBLE THAT L... 7/ oQeaJvJ^n-^baHi PEANUTS IF I (CERE A DOS, I'D BE OUT CHASING RABBITS ON SUCH A NICE DAV... 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