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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 14, 1962 BATTALION EDITORIALS RE Week Religious Emphasis Week begins Sunday. The week offers the students of Texas A&M a unique opportunity to view contemporary religious thought from a vantage point other than their own church santuary. By talking with and listening to the 17 religious workers repre senting many areas of American Judaism and Christianity, the student should be able to gain an insight into the problems that doubtlessly confront him. But if you have a question, it is a unique opportunity to get it answered. SPSSD/JsDj TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE I NEW’62 CELEBRITY NYLON EXTRA] RIDE THE KELLY RiAD KELLY mws. JOE FAULK AUTO 220 E. 25th TA 2-1669 YOUR KELLY CAR SAFETY CENTER THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a no?i-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; Allen Schrader, School of Arts and Sciences; Willard I. Truettner, School of Engineering ; Otto R. Kunze, School oi.' 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 otherwise credited in the paper and local news of Rights of republication of all other matter her«- dispatche® credited to it or not spontaneous origin published herein, in are also reserved. rwise credited in paper and local news of Second-class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER i 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, $6.60 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising ri Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building. Collegi rate furnished on reoiuest. Station, Texas. 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 „ Tommy Holbein Larry Smith EDITOR Managing Editor Sports Editor Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman, Robbie D. Godwin News Editors Ronnie Fann, Gerry Brown Staff Writers Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor Johnny Herrin Chief Photograph' Ben Wolfe, Bill Stripling ; Photograpne: er ers Sound Off- T' ^ College students worry about religion. It is natural. Some worry to the extent that they become “religious fanat ics/' These people settle the question of personal faith by finding a belief of their own, then closing their minds to the opinion of those around them. Others solve the problem by renouncing their right to explore religious doctrine, saying “The problem is too gheat. If there is a Supreme Being, I haven’t seen him, and I can’t truly believe in something I can’t see.” Still others deny the existance of God altogether. We can assume the agnostics, atheists and “fanatics” are in the minority at Texas A&M. Most A&M students are conservatives when it comes to religion. That is, most of us come from church-going families. Often we are prone to sleep late on Sunday morning, however we recognize the place religion and our churches play in our lives. What is “religion,” anyway? What do we mean by “contemporary religion?” “Orthodox religion?” Who is God? Why go to church? What is eternity? heaven? hell? RE Week offers an opportunity to get these questions answered. The men who will answer these questions include campus pastors, armed services chaplains, professors of religion and theology and working churchmen from all faiths—Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. While they prob ably won’t satisfy everyone with their answers, it stands to reason such a cross section of religious thinkers will provoke thought. The test of RE Week will come Monday morning at the first convocation message in Guion Hall. It is during these convocation sessions, led by Dr. C. Umhau Wolf, minister and religious educator since 1936, that the great bulk of questions will be answered. For Dr. Wolf’s talks will be orientated in great measure by the questions already sub mitted to the RE Week directors, the Interfaith Council and YMCA. RE Week is already a success. If it were not, it would have been discontinued long ago. Those who attend the convocations in Guion Hall and the question sessions in the dorms will attest to its success. These sessions are always well attended, but there is always room for more. Every seat should be filled. Religious Emphasis Week is not for everybody. If you already know all there is to know about the religious forces in America today, there is no need to attend. Student Writes About Manners Editor, The Battalion: Too often here on the A&M campus has the student body been censored for its poor man ners and general lack of appreci ation for anything 1 which per tains to Culture. By far the greatest percentage of this critic ism comes from the faculty, who, I presume, know all there is to know about the proprieties. Sunday afternoon in the Memo rial Student Center Ballroom, Dr. John Q. Anderson lectured on and sang selections from Eng lish, Scottish and American folk songs. During this program, for which Dr. Anderson obviously had made a great deal of preparation, there was an unpardonable de monstration of bad manners, but strangely enough, it was NOT on the part of students. Every student I talked with after the program commented to the effect that he enjoyed the presentation very much — when he could hear it above the faculty members’ private conversations and the chatter of their children, who were too young to under stand what was going on, much less enjoy or profit by it. A program, such as the one given Sunday, is no place for children, and if a baby sitter cannot be obtained to stay at home with them, I suggest that the women who had such im portant business to discuss dur ing the lecture, stay with them. It is certain that they did not get any more from Dr. Ander son’s presentation than did the children. I personally enjoyed the lec ture and folk songs very much and am looking forward to the next Sunday Celebrity Series. Robert L. Gray, ’62 “You don’t realize th’ prestige this gives you! Being th’ first to get hit with a bucket of water is like th’ president throwing out th’ first baseball of th’ season!” Bulletin Board Professional Society American Institute of Industri al Engineers will meet in Room 3-C, Memorial Student Center, at 7:30 p.m. Religious Group Newman Club will meet at 7:20 p.m. in the Catholic Student Center. Wives Club Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC Job Calls The following firms will in terview graduating seniors in the Placement Office of the YMCA Buliding: Thursday Soil Conservation Service, U.S. D.A. will continue interviews be gun Wednesday. Degrees needed were in Tuesday’s Battalion. The Soil Conservation Service will also continue interviews for sum mer jobs. , E.I. du Point de Nemours and Co. — Chemical engineering. Tidewater Oil Co. — Petroleum engineering. Sperry Utah Co. — Electrical engineering and physics majors interested in electrical engineer ing (B.S., M.S.), and mathe matics majors interested in com puter programming (B.A., M.A.). Thursday and Friday Aerojet General Corp. — Aero nautical, chemical, civil, electri cal and mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), and mathematics Medusa was once heard to rave: “A new hair-do is just what I crave, With my Swingline I’ll tack All these snakes front to back, And invent the first permanent wave!” SWINGLINE STAPLER no bigger than a pack of gum! Unconditionally Guaranteed 9 Made in America! 9 Tot 50 refills always available! Q Buy it at your stationery, variety or bookstore dealer! INC. Long Island City 1, New York WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF STAPLERS FOR HOME AND OFFICE (M.A.). Argonne National Laboratory — Chemical engineering, chem istry and physics (Ph.D.); elec trical engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.); mechanical and nuclear engineering (B.S., Ph.D.,), and mathematics (M.A., Ph.D.). Chance Vought Corp. — Aero nautical, electrical, mechanical and nuclear engineering' (all de gree levels), mathematics and physics (advanced degrees only). International Paper Co. — Chemical engineering (B.S., M. S.); civil, electrical annd mec- manical engineering (B.S.). Lockheed Aircraft Corp. — Aeronautical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathe matics and physics, (all degree levels). Summer Jobs Aerojet General Corp. will in terview juniors and seniors who plan to go to graduate school, and faculty members for sum mer jobs in aeronautical, chem ical, civil, electrical and mec hanical engineering, chemistry, physics and mathematics Thurs day and Friday. PALACE Bryan 2-81179 NOW SHOWING m^i ? FRANK SINATRA MAR1IH . SAMMY PrrER DAVISJAWFORD . BISHOP ffiUMEI TECHNICOLOR' fUloitd thr» OiwcdEQartisis six TISTi ^ QUEEN FIESTA NITE TONIGHT 6 P. M. STARTS TOMORROW “fw^FoF ” 1 1 A ACADEMYl A*! a wards! HAVE YOU "ONE OF THE bttra mRsBE ?i;" TECHNICOLOR® A Bryna Production • A Univunal lnternational Reltasa (The letter was also signed by Jack Klug, Bob Wakefield, Gary Underwood and John B. Beakley, all Class of ’62. And erson is a professor in the De partment of English — Ed.) I* WISH ID SAID THAT! is a narrow vale, between the barren peaks of two eternitit ami barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud in our dismay, but the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry. From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word, but in the night of death hope see a star and listening love hears the rustle of a wing. -Robert G. 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