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THE BATTALIOm
College Station, Texas Thursday, May 10, 1962
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Parents Day Weekend
Chance To Say 'Thanks’
★ ★ ★
Ancient Greeks Started
Present ‘Mother’s Day’
Special To The Itattalion
Honoring mother at least once
a year with a special day goes
back many centuries.
The Greeks started it with an
annual Iribute to Cybele, mother
of the gods, held on the Ides of
March. The custom was later in
troduced to Rome about 250 B.C.
Mothers in Medieval Europe
were honored on the fourth Sun
day before Easter. Sixteenth cen
tury England changed this Sun
day to “Mothering Sunday,” a
day when children went to see
their mothers, taking along trin
kets and cakes.
The pages of history contain
many tributes and memorials to
motherhood — which proves that
“the hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that I'ules the world.”
When Abraham Lincoln became
pi'esident he said of his mother:
“All I am or ever hope to be I
owe to my angel mother.” His
mother’s last words to him were:
“Be something, Abe.”
Another great American, Geor
ge Washington, was also influ
enced by his mother. Seeing the
tears in his mother’s eyes as he
was about to leave on a British
Man-of-War as a mid-shipmen,
Washington said: “Mother I can
not go and cause you so much
grief.”
Man-made memorials to moth
erhood can be found in all corners
of the world. The Taj Mahal of
India, for example, is a monu
ment to a mother. Shah Jehan
built it in memory of Mumtz Ma
hal, his favorite wife.
The famous American statue
“The Pioneer Woman,” honors the
valiant mothers who carried civ
ilization to the West.
The most important tribute to
mother in modern times occurred
in 1914 when President Woodrow
Wilson signed a Congressional
resolution making the second Sun
day in May a national holiday
“dedicated to the memory of the
best mother in the world, your
mother.”
Today, thoughtful chiltli’en ex
press their feelings on Mother’s
Day with gifts and Mother’s Day
greeting cards.
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ALAN PAYNE EDITOR
Ronnie Bookman Managing Editor
Van Conner Sports Editor
Gerry Brown, Ronnie Fann, Dan Louis Jr. News Editors
Kent Johnston, Tom Harrover, Bruce Shulter Staff Writers
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The honor officially goes to Mrs. Dottie Neumann, but
thousands of parents will be almost equally feted this week
end at A&M’s annual observance of Parents Day—truly one
of the big events of the school year.
From every corner of Texas and the U. S., parents and
friends will congregate here for the one time yearly that
the A&M student body as a whole can show its appreciation
for all our parents have done for us.
Many hours of hard work have gone into planning the
weekend, but all the preparation and work, all the color and
ceremony will be for naught if we do not realize the true
purpose of the weekend—to sincerely thank our parents for
what they have done for us.
Few of us realize the personal and financial sacrifices
our parents have made in order that we get the best educa
tion available.
Perhaps this is because they make these sacrifices with-
out^omplaint and without thought of retribution. All they
ask is that we take advantage of what is offered us and con
tinue to make them proud of us throughout our lives.
It would be impossible to physically show our parents
how much we think of them. All we can do is earnestly strive
to attain the goals they have set for us and never cease show
ing our appreciation for all they have done.
Parents Day weekend has been created for just this
purpose—to show our parents how much we appreciate what
they have done for us.
Regardless of how feeble our efforts might be—they
will be appreciated and something to be remembered for years
to come.
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Hometown Clubs
The following hometown clubs
will meet Thursday night at 7:30:
Bell County club in the YMCA
Building.
Lardeo club in the MSC Ball
room.
Lavaca County club in the aca
demic Building.
Richardson club in Room 3-B
Rio Grande Valley club in
227 of the Academic Building.
San Antonio club in Art Bn
of the MSC.
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Student Desires
Statue To KK’s
Editor,
The Battalion:
With Mother’s Day approach
ing, the students at A&M are
concerned about recipients of
various awards for outstanding
service to our campus. Why
should we omit an award to one
of our most cherished traditions
on the A&M Campus?
Needless to say, we are re
ferring to the organization of the
most wisely spent tax dollar that
this state has appropriated —
the Campus Security Office on
the A&M campus.
Dui’ing the many years of this
office, they have diligently pa
trolled our campus, writing park
ing tickets in the face of all
kinds of weather, regardless of
time of day. They have also al
ways been on hand to collect a $3
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Their devotion in writing park
ing tickets has never faltered an
iota — even on the night when
vandals were clipping every wire
around the drill field (which cost
our taxpayers money.)
This minor distraction, even as
close as 25 yards from their head
quarters, could not waiver their I
dedication to hacking about the
campus in late model, tax sup
ported, college automobiles.
Come Aggies, rally around and
show these men of the yellow
ticket pad that we appreciate this
service to our college. Is .$50 too
much for each student to donate
for a bronze statue to be unveil
ed Sunday in honor of this office
so dear to the hearts of all
Aggies ?
Ronnie Stuart, ’59
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