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THE BATTALIOm
College Station, Texas Thursday, June 14, 1962
BATTALION EDITORIALS ^
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Numerous Summer Students
Don’t Understand Customs
The Battalion has noticed that a number of the summer
students are apparently unaware of some of the history,
customs, and traditions of A&M.
We would like to point out, as an attempt to create a
better understanding - , that there are some grass areas on
which NOBODY walks. These are the memorial grounds
around campus. Specifically, we mean the chapel lawn, the
MSG lawn, and the area surrounding the memorial fountain
in the intersection in front of Sbisa Dining Hall.
As any Aggie can tell you, these areas are memorials
to other Aggies who have made the supreme sacrifice in the
defense of their country, or in the case of the chapel lawn,
Aggies have simply made it a policy never to walk on the
lawn surrounding the chapel.
In the main entrance to the Memorial Student Center
is a huge bronze plaque on which are the names of all known
Aggies killed in World War II and an inscription pointing
out that it is to these men that the Center was constructed
and dedicated. !
The Fountain, a gift to the college by the class of 1936, |
is a memorial to the 24 members of that class who lost their
lives in World War II.
The Main Drill Field is surrounded by 52 trees and 52 |
stone markers. Each of these represents one of the 52 f
Aggies killed during World War I. Every review held on the ^ A ><
drill field is a symbolic salute to these men. The painfully
prominent paths on this field are a slur on the name of the _
students of A&M.
A&M is known the world over for its traditions and
customs, but the cooperation of everyone on our campus is
necessary if these things are to be preserved.
Save yourself the embarrassment of being seen walking
across Aggie memorial grounds, and don’t hesitate to men
tion to those you see walking on them that they are not in
accordance with the spirit which made this school great—
The SPIRIT OF AGGIELAND.
HOWDY
from
PARIS, FRANCE
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“I think I busted my quiz in driver education!”
PASS m REVIEW
By J. DONALD DELIZ
On the second day out I got
acquainted with some more of
my fellow passengers during the
tour of the ship. They take you
on a guided tour of all of the
parts of this floating city, and
it reminds you of the Medieval
days when castles were self-
sufficient and had a moat around
them.
I got to know a college stu
dent fi’om Iowa who is going to
study European farming methods
during the summer on a grant
from his school. There is also a
sandy-haired girl who is going
to Paris to study art.
Also, a teacher from New York
City who created a sensation in
the dining room last evening
when she dropped her contact
lens in the soup tureen. Her
main purpose in the trip is to
go to a beauty farm in the
southern part of France. Here
we see people with all different
goals.
On our tour through the ship’s
immense kitchen, I got sawdust
on my shoes. This introduced
me to a strange European cust
om. When I got back to the ca
bin, I left my shoes outside the
door and they disappeared.
I called the cabin boy in to
ask about them and he told rr\e
that they were being shined. It
is a custom in Europe that if you
leave your shoes outside the
door, that automatically
that you want them shined.
The first thing you notice on
board that is really different is
the gi'eat amount of courtesy
that is doled out to you, and it
is catching. Everyone begins to
use expressions like pardon me,
excuse me, thank you and an
astronomical amount of please.
It is very refreshing to hear
these instead of the
ping. The cabin boy, the,
the musicians all got theij
after bx-eakfast this mo:
The boat train now tai‘
into Paris. It is called t
train because it meets |
and the rails come all ti
out to the dock. At [
thought it went over the It g
Traveling is very edurae-ar
I see Paris looming right ct t:
of me veiled in the mist&M
Well, I’ve got to go nece.
you next week. _ That
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So
STRANGER IN PARM rvi( . e
BALTIMORE <A > )—Hertjxxx'se :
Diers Sr. of Washington: A&
a retired civil servant * The
means t oure{ j Baltimore more threshei
times in his spare time skachir
probably knows more alrady
city than any native. -ofest
Returning from six
London, Diers immediately 3ar
a train from New Yorkto r ®™^
more and spent an hour:
around in his favorite city, e ' °
stant
When a passing pedestrai: )ec j al
colorful him some easy question ak,,^ s(
A&M phrases of “shoot the bull timeore, Diers, who loves Surse
neck” or “shoot the sky.” I won- replied: “I don’t know. hyoOs.
der what would happen if I didl^been in the countiy four: g^j],
use some AGGIE talk ?
The third evening there was
a masquei’ade in the ballroom.
I dated the sandy-haired art stu
dent (ooo-wah AGGIE talk).
She dressed as a Modern Paint
ing, I dressed as a foreign cor
respondent by wearing a rain
coat bought from old Army Lou.
Now we have arrived at Le
Havre and thei’e is much tip-
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Legal Problems
Trouble Ships
A small Bryan youngster wan-^
dered into Hart Hall the other
day on his way home from the
swimming pool. After standing
around for a while, he was asked
if he were looking for someone.
His reply was that he had come
over to look at the animals.
Quizzed by the Aggie, the boy
explained that his brother told
him that Hart Hall was the
“Animal Dorm.”
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WASHINGTON, June 14 UP)—
Use of nuclear energy to propel
ships poses legal problems and
a Texas attorney is helping es
tablish guidelines.
He is T. Lawrence Jones, 41,
general counsel of the Maritime
Administration.
Jones, a native of Dallas who
served three years as an assist
ant under Atty. Gen. Will Wil
son of Texas, recently returned
from a series of conferences in
Europe.
“The situation that maritime
nations face now is somewhat
like that which occurred with the
changeover from sail to steam,”
commented Jones.
“They have to work out agx'ee-
ments to cover a lot of poten
tially vexing and grave prob
lems.”
Purpose of the Brussels meet
ing, he said, was to draft an
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agreement or document which
would establish rules on liability
for damage resulting from a nu
clear accident rather than nor
mal mishaps.
Aside from the possibility of
an atomic explosion, some na
tions are concerned about radia
tion contamination in event of a
collision.
The Brussels document actual
ly will accomplish little, Jones
said, because neither of the two
leading nations producing nu
clear powered ships want to sign
it as drafted. They ax*e the Unit
ed States and Russia.
Their objections stem from the
fact that the proposed pact would
include warships.
Both oppose the proposal that
all nuclear-powered vessels be
subject to inspection at any port.
In the capitals of the other
European countries he visited,
Jones conferx'ed on details of pro
posed separate agreements to al
low the new NS (Nuclear Ship)
Savannah to enter their ports.
It was noticed that on his
door card in the space calling
for “Classification: (Cadets put
ROTC Classif., Civilians put Aca
demic”) a Walton Hall freshman
had dutifully written “Aca
demic”.
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Sign noticed in the temporary
Post Office at North Gate
—NOTICE—
No profanity will be tolerated in
this Public Building. If you can
not express yourself intelligent
ly,
PLEASE BE QUIET!
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SIGNS OF SPRING
BALTIMORE (A>) — The theme
was written by an 8-year-old boy
in Calvert School. It began like
this:
A sign on the bulletin board
in the Academic Building advei*-
tised for sale six of the “latest”
Biology 102 quizzes. The vendor
thoughtfully left his name off
the sign, but dii’ected those in
terested to leave theirs, promis
ing to contact them. Written in
the space provided was “Dr.
Sperry, Biology Department.”
Dr. Sperry is the Biology 102
prof.
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“Spring is here. The flowers
and trees are blossoming and our
gas and electric bill is much lower.”
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