THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 28, 1963
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Aftermath Of Big Fight:
Time For Prompt Steps
Now that wide-spread and often magnified reports of
last Tuesday’s near-riot in Austin have died down, students
and administrators both here and at the University of Texas
should initiate efforts to put the incident into its proper pros
pective and take steps to prevent such occurances in the
future.
We would be the last to overlook the seriousness or pos
sible consequences of the incident, put what benefit will addi
tional accusations bring? In fact, what was gained from any
of last week’s heated charges.? Does anyone even know how
the fisticuffs started? Or who started them? Or why they
started? We will readily admit we can’t answer the above
questions, and would certainly welcome the answers from
anyone who thinks he knows.
From our viewpoint, the incident seems to be a result of
a conflict of traditions. Aggies aren’t about to give up any of
their traditional practices at athletic events, and students
at the university are just as determined to keep all of their
practices. For those who didn’t know, the chant ‘Poor Aggies’
as considered a tradition, at least according to university
members of the Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Com
mittee. So any hopes of eliminating this one practice can
just about be forgotten.
This also leads to what we consider the biggest problem
area—the acceptance of each school’s traditions by students
of the other school. The answer is anyone’s guess, but surely
the first step would be an improvement in communications.
In short, students need to learn what to expect and how to
‘take it’ as well as they can ‘dish it out.’
A second problem, and possibly the most significant, is
that incidents between the two schools always occur in Aus
tin. The reason for this is simple—UT students are always
far outnumbered here, but Aggies attend athletic events in
Austin in large numbers. A solution, however, is another
matter and law enforcement does not appear to be the answer.
According to university officials, 14 policemen were on hand
for the game, far more than are needed for games in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
by Jim Earle SCIENCE AND MORALITY
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Question Of ‘Status Quo
“ . . . We’ve discovered that we’re clearing up this flu
epidemic when th’ TV’s are taken out!”
BY BOOKMAN
Student leadership. is more than adequate to handle
crowds here, but is definitely lacking at the university where
any one can see that there is an entirely different situation.
From our contacts with university leaders, there appears
to be some effort to improve the situation among student
leaders. But what steps are being taken by the large majority
of ordinary students who just attend the games and have
no say-so in student policy-making? Those students start
the trouble—here, at the university or anywhere else—and
shotild be the ones called on to make improvements.
As seems to be all too often the case, post-fight charges
and accusations proved to be far more damaging than the
actual encounter. Newspaper accounts last Thursday and
Friday overflowed with spicy verbal blasts and contridictions
—all of which only served to heap insult onto injury. Gaining
most attention was an editorial in The Daily Texan, the uni
versity’s student newspaper, calling for the abolition of A&M
because it “trains men like the Romans trained gladiators.”
Unfortunately, many papers gleefully hopped onto the edi
torial and tried to prompt even more A&M-Texas disagree
ment by seeking retaliations. And in some cases, writers
blasting The Daily Texan charge committed almost the same
prejudices.
We would only hope that during the past week’s con
troversy students and administrators have stopped to realize
that Aggie and Longhorn athletic teams are due to meet at
least a dozen more times during the school year, with seven
meetings scheduled in Austin. This should be sufficient in
centive for prompt steps toward an improvement in relations.
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EDITOR
Ronnie Bookman
Van Conner
. Managing Editor j
Sports Editor !
Gerry Brown Associate Editor i
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Solans Might
Rem em her ’61
Backers of a name-change to
Texas A&M University better not
change their letter-heads prema
turely.
On Feb. 25, 1961, the A&M
System Board of Directors voted
to ask the legislature to change
the school’s name to Texas A&M
University.
A bill to that effect was pre
pared and submitted in the Sen
ate, but died when it was block
ed from reaching- the floor. Two
years later Rep. David Haines,
’51, of College Station says he
thinks the House will pass such a
bill.
Bryan’s Sen. Bill Moore, ’40,
co-authored the 1961 bill with
Sen. Andy Rogers, ’46, Sen.
George Moffett, ’16, Sen. A. R.
Schwartz, ’47, and Sen. Ray Ro
berts, ’41. Before the bill was
introduced there was little or no
reaction, especially from former
students.
“I expected to hear a lot out
of the ex-students when the bill
was first introduced, but as yet
I haven’t even had a phone call.”
But when Moore tried to put
the bill on the floor without hav
ing it printed — a routine move
for local, uncontested legislation
— several senators balked. The
bill died without ever coming to a
vote.
Now, as the 10 Aggies in the
House prepare to submit a simi
lar name-change bill, there has
been little or no reaction, especi
ally from the former students.
L. F. (Pete) Peterson, presi
dent of the Association of Former
Students and a member of the
Board of Directors, told Battalion
editor Alan Payne last week:
I haven’t heard a word of ob
jection from a former student . . .
I haven’t heard any opinion one
way or the other.”
Possibly Haines and the Aggies
in the house should take a lesson
from the abortive try two years
ago. Brick walls don’t make any
noise.
(Eleventh of a series)
Why Out There
When Columbus proposed to
make a voyage westward across
the sea, a great many people said,
“What do we want to explore
that area for? Isn’t Europe a
good enough place for us?”
As the United States probes
into space, there are still people
who ask, “What do we want to
go away out there for? Isn’t the
earth good enough for us?”
America has excellent reasons
for pursuing an expanding pro
gram of space exploration. The
reasons may be set down briefly
under four headings:
(1) To increase our scienti
fic knowledge.
AGGIELAND PORTRAIT
SCHEDULE
CORPS JUNIORS AND
SOPHOMORES
All juniors and sophomores in
the corps will have their portrait
made for the AGGIELAND ’63
according to the following
schedule. Portraits will be made
in Class A winter uniforms.
Portraits will be made at the
Aggieland Studio between the
hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. on
the days scheduled.
Feb. 20-21
Feb. 25-26
Feb. 26-27
Feb. 27-28
Feb. 28-March 1
March 4-5
March 5-6
March 6-7
A, B, C, D-2
A, B, C, D-3
E, F, G, H, 1-3
Maroon-White
Band
Sqdns. 1-4
Sqdns. 5-8
Sqdns. 9-12
Sqdns. 13-16
ATTENTION CORP SENIORS
After Friday Feb. 22 absolutely
no Aggieland pictures will be
made. If your picture is not
made by then it will not appear
in the Aggieland.
Class Section Editor
CIVILIAN MAKE UP
from Feb. 18 - 22.
(2) To exploit commercial ap
plications.
(3) To strengthen military cap
abilities.
(4) To enchance national pres
tige.
The present military aspect of
research includes, among other
things, mapping, warning of bal
listic-missile attack, aiding sur
face navigation, developing com
munication satellites, and weather
observation.
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not agref
their datf
pei cent <
jjjral ch
The true niG p|' cen ^
of our research and developElstanding - .
is to preserve and protertlip 6 ^'™
peace, to deter war. It is,MH re
fore, a peaceful mission. ce ’ !l 01 \ *
In all this scientific endtJp
man is not forgotten. Heiilir ,' f
the key, still the factor i»«'.. S( ^ ^
for ultimate success. It ist« e
the daring of creative man )<>r ” (t
has brought us to our pre® '^t)
peak of scientific success, ™
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