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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, December 12, 1961
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Appraisal
SCONA VII is over.
Speakers have had their say.
Delegates have returned to their own campuses.
Members of 13 SCONA committees have settled back to
the relative quiet of routine A&M life.
This year’s SCONA effort was a success. No one will
deny that. The 1,500 who heard Sen Hubert Humphrey
Wednesday afternoon vividly illustrate an awakening interest
in both the faculty and student body of the college in gov
ernmental problems.
But the large number who attended this first session
dwindled. It is estimated about 300 students and faculty
members not directly associated with the conference attended
all five plenary sessions—a very small percentage of the col
lege community.
Those who did attend all the sessions were enlightened.
While they may not have agreed with the speakers on every
point, they will admit attending the conference was a valuable
experience.
It’s too bad more of the Texas A&M student bodv could
not find the time to hear Sen. Humphrey and Roman Hruska
define conservatism and libralism in some of the finest or
atory we have yet heard. It’s too bad these students couldn’t
find the time to sit in on one of the five roundtable discussion
sessions spaced morning and afternoon throughout the four
days of the conference to get an insight into what students
at other colleges are thinking about the pressing problems
that are facing our nation today.
h : J ' im ?; arl « Movie Manager Bulletin Board
Censors ‘Splendor
GOODLAND, Kan.—(A>>—The
manager of the Sherman Theater
in Goodland refused to admit 24
children to see the film, “Splen
dor in the Grass,” Sunday—and
incurred the wrath of some of the
parents.
The manager, John Lindsey,
had advertised that no person
under 16 would be admitted un
less accompanied by an adult. His
position was backed by the Sher
man County Ministerial Alliance.
After their children were sent
home, some parents called Lind
sey. He reminded them of the re
striction.
The Rev. R. Scott Copeland of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, head
of the alliance, made this com
ment:
“It’s no advertising gimmick.
Lindsey followed orders from the
theater chain. Some mothers got
mad because they couldn’t get
their children from under foot for
the afternoon.”
' ''
“One thing we didn’t consider when we started decorating
th’ lounge, and that’s how’re we gonna get outa here!”
We say “too bad” because very soon we, as college stu
dents, will be called upon to help solve these problems through
our actions at the polls. Only ( by being informed can we elect
those representatives who will initiate programs of govern
ment to the best interest of all the people.
Sound Off
Of particular importance here is the accepted fact that
many Texas A&M graduates in the next few years will be
commissioned officers in the Army or Air Force. Immediately
after the swearing in ceremony, these men will become
representatives of the government of the United States. As
such they MUST know the international and domestic policies
of the government.
The type of “government” these men will need is not
taught in college government textbooks, or in basic officer
training “refresher” courses. That is why conferences such
as SCONA VII, bringing together the conflicting ideas of the
men who make the policies of government, are important.
Even necessary.
That is why SCONA was conceived. It’s too bad the
men who should be most interested are most apathetic.
Get a flying start on Continental!
WASHINGTON
NEW ORLEANS
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
‘Invite Negroes’
Fix Maintains
Editor,
The Battalion:
As a delegate to SCONA VII,
I would like to extend my whole
hearted congratulations to those
whose tireless effort made the
conference a tremendous success
this year.
Due to some misunderstanding,
however, Negro delegates were
not invited, thus causing some
unrest among the majority of the
delegates. This unrest extended
from displeasure to extreme con
tempt that a school with A&M’s
reputation could entertain such a
policy.
Thanks only to President
Rudder’s; very timely announce
ment that racial resti'ictions are
not applied to SCONA nor the
Memorial Student Center was the
conference saved from a very em
barrassing situation.
SPORTING GOODS
We Have
• RAWLINGS
• WILSON and
• SPALDING
Equipment
Also Guns and Air Rifles
STUDENT CO-OP
STORE
North Gate
Although I am sure it was a
mere oversight this year, I feel
that the next conference would
most certainly start on a higher
tone if the co-ordinators would
remember to extend an invitation
to Bishop College, Texas South
ern University and other similar
qualified institutions.
I would also like to point put
that there is a committee being
formed on this campus whose
sole purpose is to collect contri
butions which will be sent to Mo
Olian, president of the student
body at the University of Texas.
These funds will be used in con
junction with the students’ at
tempt to hire legal assistance in
fighting that school’s segregated
dormitory facilities. Those in
terested should contact the under
signed in Dorm 14, Room 301.
George Fix ’62
The president of Liberia is
elected for an initial term of eight
years. After that he may be re
elected for further terms of four
years each.
1962 AGGIELAND
Texas A&M College
College Station, Texas
Civilian Yearbook
Portrait Schedule
Civilian students will have their
portrait made for the AGGIE
LAND ’62 according to the fol-
lowing schedule. Portraits will
be made at the Aggieland Studio
between the hours of 8 a. m. and
5 p. m. on the days scheduled.
COATS AND TIES SHOULD
BE WORN.
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Dec.
11-12
12-13
R-S
T-Z
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Jan. 4-5 A-B (Surnames)
8- 9 C-E
9- 10 F-H
10- 11 I-K
11- 12 L-N
15- 16 O-Q
16- 17 R-S
17- 18 T-V
18- 19 W-Z
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Building. Speaker will be J. B.
Dannenbaum, consulting engineer'
from Houston and officer in
N.S.P.E. and T.S.P.E. A film on
the work of the professional engi
neer will be shown.
Pre-Med—Pre-Dent Society
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
Biological Sciences Building,
Tuesday
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attitudes
In a
Marketing Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 228, Chemistry
Building. F. H. Anderson, data
processing manager for I.B.M.
Corp. of Houston, will speak.
A film, “Death on the H
ways,” will be shown in
Chemistry Lecture Room at
p.m. Sponsored by the Insur!
Society, the Department of ] never w
lie Safety film is being show ward
a public service. Wynn Willi
of the DPS will answer quest
about the film.
History Society will mee
7:30 p.m. in Room 3-C, Mem
Student Center.
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{Author of‘‘Barefoot Boy With Cheek”, “The Many
Loves of Dohie Gillis”, etc.)
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
America is a great country. America’s cities are full of houses,
America’s forests are full of trees. America’s rivers are full of
water. But it is not houses and trees and water that make
America great; it is curiosity—the constant quest to find
answers—the endless, restless “Why?” “Why?” “Why?”.
Therefore, when I was told that Marlboro was a top seller
at colleges from USC to Yale, I was not content merely to
accept this gratifying fact, I had to find out why.
I hied myself to campuses in every sector of this mighty land,
First, I went to the Ivy League—dressed, of course, in an
appropriate costume: a skull-and-bones in one hand, a triangle
in the other, a mask-and-wig on my head, a liasty pudding in
my chops. “Sir,” I cried, seizing an Ivy Leaguer by the lapels,
which is no mean task considering the narrowness of Ivy League
lapels, but, I, fortunately, happen to have little tiny hands; in
fact, I spent the last war working in a small arms plant where, I
am proud to say, I wjis awarded a Navy “E” for excellence and
won many friends—“$ir,” I cried, seizing an Ivy Leaguer by the
labels, “how come Marlboro is your favorite filter cigarette?!’-
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“I’m glad you asked that question, Shorty,” he replied.
“Marlboro is my favorite filter cigarette because it is the filter
cigarette with the unfiltered taste.”
“Oh, thank you, sir!” I cried and ran posthaste to several
campuses in the Big Ten, wearing, of course, the appropriate
costume: a plaid Mackinaw, birling boots, a Kodiak bear and
frost-bitten ears.
Spying an apple-cheeked young coed, I tugged my forelock
and said, “Excuse me, miss, but how come Marlboro is your
favorite filter cigarette?”
“I’m glad you asked that question, Shorty,” she replied.
“Marlboro is my favorite filter cigarette because the flavor is
flavorful, the flip-top box flips and the soft-pack is soft.”
“Oh, thank you, apple-cheeked young coed,” I cried and
bobbed a curtsey and sped as fast as my little fat legs would
carry me to several campuses in the Southwest, wearing, of
course, the appropriate costume: chaps, canteen, and several oil
leases. Spying a group of undergraduates singing “Strawberry
Roan,” I removed my l>at and said, “Excuse me, friends, but
why is Marlboro your favorite filter cigarette?”
“We are glad you asked that question, Shorty,” they replied.
“Marlboro is our favorite filter cigarette because we, native sons
and daughters of the wide open spaces, want a cigarette that is
frank and forthright and honest. Wc want, in short, Marlboro.”
“Oh, thank you, all,” I cried and, donning a muu muu, I set
sail for Hawaii, because in Hawaii, as in every state where Old
Glory flies, Marlboro is the leading seller in flip-top box. On
campus, off campus, in all fifty states, wherever people smoke for
pleasure in this great land of ours, you will find Marlboro.
© 1961 Max Shulman
And you will also find another winner from the makers of
Marlboro—the king-size, unfiltered Philip Morris
Commander, made by a new process' to bring you new
mildness. Have a Commander. Welcome aboard.
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