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THE BATTALIOm
College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 11, 1962
BATTALION EDITORIALS
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle—Job Calls— Read Battalion Classifieds Doi
Good Leadership
Those class officers who were elected Wednesday know,
probably better than any pf their classmates, that they have
a tough job ahead next year. They all indicated, through
letters to The Battalion and personal contact with many of
their constituents, that they were seeking more than a picture
in The Aggieland and a place on class dance programs.
A&M is changing; changing rapidly to keep pace with a
rapidly changing state, nation and world. The people of Tex
as sense the change that is taking place at Texas A&M, and
follow with much interest reports from College Station. But
it is the student of Texas A&M who will live the change and
be affected most by it. The people of the state, A&M Exes
and educators from around the country will watch—but the
presently enrolled student will live.
For this reason, the voice of the student must be heard
by the policy makers, the decision makers, those who will
make the changes. Other groups are heard: The people of
Texas are heard by state representatives and senators before
any money is released for the operation of A&M; the exes
are heard, and their voice is a powerful one, for support from
this group is vital.
So it is with the body of students presently enrolled.
Their support is vital, for if the students of A&M aren’t satis
fied, they will seek educational satisfaction at other institu
tions—and take many possible A&M freshman students with
them.
It is up to the chosen leaders of the classes, the very
men elected today, to make the wants and feelings of their
classes heard and understood by the people responsible for
promoting change. The doors to the offices of the dean of
students, the dean of instruction, and even the president are
open always to these men. There is no reason the voice of the
student should not be heard; it has been heard in recent
years.
It works the other way, too: Once the decisions made,
the policies set, it is the duty of the class officers to explain
the policies to their classmates. Here is where true leader
ship will become evident.
The choices have been made: We are sure they were
good ones!
Wee Aggies
Eleven future Aggies and
twelve future Aggie dates were
born recently at Bryan’s St. Jo
seph Hospital.
Girl to Capt. and Mrs. Thomas
Fraga, 309 Bolton, Mar. 19.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Joseph Dowdy, 14-D Project
House, Mar. 20.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Joel Quinn
Cliett, 501-A Culpepper, Mar. 20.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee
Buffington, 709 North Ave., Bry
an, Mar. 22.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Murray
P. Berry, X-l-L Hensel, Mar. 24.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray
Dickey, 705 North Ave., Bryan,
Mar. 25.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Milton
C. Edge, 402 Williamson Dr.,
Bryan, Mar. 25.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Hood, 11-D Project House,
Mar. 26.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Brian F.
Pasby, Miller Lane, Bryan, Mar.
26.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Spots-
wood Earl Davis, U-l-C Hensel,
Mar. 27.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Bennie H.
Lenox, 203-B Milam, Mar. 27.
Notice To SENIOR and GRADUATE MEN Students
who will complete their education and commence work this year.
If you urgently require to complete your education, and are
unable to secure the money elsewhere.
Apply to STEVENS BROS. FOUNDATION INC.
A Non-Profit Educational Corporation.
610-612 ENDICOTT BUILDING ST. PAUL 1, MINN.
MEN WHO KNOW CHOOSE
Bernie Lemmons ’52
Rernie Lemmons ’52
AS
THEIR
FINANCIAL
PLANNER
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Gail McDaniel ’62
THE BATTALION
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BOB SLOAN
EDITOR
Johnny Herrin Chief Photographer
Ben Wolfe. Bill Stripling Photographers
Van Conner Assistant Sports Editor
Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor
The following firms will inter
view graduating seniors in the
Placement Office in the YMCA
Building:
Thursday
Cravens, Dargan and Co.—Ac
counting, business administra
tion and physical education.
Fort Worth National Bank—
Agricultural economics, business
administration, economics and fi
nance.
Texas Highway Department—
Civil engineering (B.S., M.S.).
Lockheed, GM
Blamed For Crash
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HOUSTON (A*) —A Houston
jury blamed Lockheed Aircraft
and General Motors Tuesday for
the crash of a Braniff Airways
Electra near Buffalo, Tex., and
awarded the widow of one of the
34 people killed $250,000 in dam
ages.
The widow, Mrs. Suzanne Quick
of Houston, asked for $500,000
in her suit against Lockheed,
General Motors and Braniff.
Lockheed built the plane and
GM built its engines.
The jury’s decision cleared
Braniff of any blame in the
crash.
The case went to the jury Fri
day after almost two months of
testimony and legal maneuvering.
Braniff had filed a cross action
against Lockheed and GM.
Sound Off-
‘Iron Curtain
Is ‘Trashy Affair’
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Burdette
E. Fullerton, A-7-X College View,
Mar. 28.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. James
Robert Justin, 704-B Cross, Mar.
29.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
Currie Marlar, 709 Cross, Mar.
29.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Roy D.
McKenzie, 306 Laurel, Bryan,
MaT. 30.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
A. Luther, 209 Foch, Bryan, Mar.
30.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy F.
McClary, A-10-D College View,
Apr. 1.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
George Fritzler, D-9-B College
View, Apr. 1.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Graham
B. Stiles, 808 Welch, Apr. 2.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers
G. Nunnallee, D-8-Y College
View, Apr. 4.
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.
Keith, 4001 Aspen, Bryan, Apr. 5.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Berlander, B-16-Y College View,
Apr. 6.
Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Denni Lee
Fade, 113 Meadowland, Apr. 8.
Editor,
The Battalion:
I was amazed when I saw the
appalling eyesore bordering the
drill field in front of the Memo
rial Student Center. An out
sider with whom I spent some
time over the weekend asked the
always embarrassing question,
“Why?” I was a bit at a loss.
Isn't it unusual to find an “iron
curtain” in the midst of a U.S.
university. Even more ironical
is the fact that the curtain is
ornamented w’ith signs saying
“PLEASE. . .” Ordinarily such
a request as this implies a choice.
What next?
I certainly hope this trashy
affair will be removed and re
placed by signs which merely re
mind students of their responsi
bility to respect the well-groomed
campus which we all appreciate.
Luke Soules, ’61
★ ★ ★
Batt Should Cease
Name-Calling
Editor,
The Battalion:
A little over a week ago, your
paper published an extremely ir
responsible, slanted, misrepre-
sentative guest editorial. This
editorial, entitled “Slogans,” ac
cused the “Picnic for Peace” held
in Austin March 25 of advocating
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unilateral disarmament and sur
render. It then proceeded to
label the event with such slan
derous terms as: “Teatime for
Treason,” “Breakfast for Be
trayal,” and “Suppers for Sur
render.”
The entire editorial ignored or
was ignorant of the purposes of
the picnic and of the way it was
conducted. In defense, let me
call attention to the following:
The main purpose of the Austin
for Peaceful Alternatives, spon
sor of the picnic, is to give new
thought to the dimensions of war
which do not include surrender,
but achieve peace which is a nat
ural condition for the growth of
freedom and democracy.
The picnic itself included a se
ries of “public conversations”
designed to stimulate thought
and serious discussion and led by
well-informed, concerned panel
ists. Also there was a guest
speaker, Norman Thomas, chair
man of Nationwide Turn Toward
Peace. Not one of the panelists
nor the speaker advocated sur
render or unilateral disarmament.
They provided instead thought-
provoking discussion and realis
tic insight into this supremely
important and complex problem
facing the world today: the
avoidance of nuclear war. No
single solution was advocated.
The purpose was to provide some
of the indispensable background
background of information every
intelligent citizen should have
and to stimulate people to ex
plore further the many aspects
of the national security.
Isn’t it time for The Battalion
to cease using name-calling and
ridicule to stultify serious
thought on vital issues such as
the survival of democracy and
freedom ?
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