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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 12, 1963 CADET SLOUCH BATTALION EDITORIALS Reconsideration Needed On TMA Fund Rejection On The Junior ROTC: Opposition Is Justified Pentagon authorities decided to switch horses in the middle of the stream last week by abandoning their plan to abolish the high school Reserve Officers Training Corps and proposing the expansion of the present junior ROTC program. The junior ROTC program has been criticized as being outmoded. Its opponents have pointed out that the 50-year- old program is not justified because it doesn’t offer direct commissions or recruit young men directly into the service. Expansion of the present junior program is based on the premise that the plan “will develop discipline, leadership and physical conditioning of the high school student.” A bill recently introduced into the House of Representatives would make junior ROTC available to up to 2,000 high schools. The program is presently offered by only 255 high schools. « The new bill for expansion will probably be faced with heavy opposition in Congress and rightly so. It is a vital question as to whether or not the program attracts enough young men into the service to make its train ing costs worthwhile. In addition, it appears that the pro grams offered by local Reserve and National Guard units could adequately take up any slack resulting from the abolish ment of the high school ROTC program. Abolishment of the junior ROTC program would not mean the end of all military training in high schools. Secre tary of Defense McNamara has favored the transfer of the ROTC units to the National Defense Cadet Corps, a program under which the schools would bear most of the costs. There is no doubt that the savings to be had by dropping the present high school ROTC program could find many alternate uses. PLAN YOUR BANQUETS —NOW— Try Our Luncheons . . . They Fit Your Budget For Quick Courteous Service Dine At TRIANGLE RESTAURANT 3606 So. College TA 2-1352 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu- Hent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a college and community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. McGuin School The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Sta- , Sunday, and Monday, her through May, and once a week during summer school. tlon, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter hei ved. in are also reserve Second-class postage at College Station, Ti paid ex as. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. ted nations sing York An- an Francisco. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., New City, Chicago, Los teles and St Mail All subsc: Address: er full year, on request. 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 6-6416. by Jim Earle Capt. Bennett M. Dodson, superintendent of the Texas Maritime Academy, certainly wasn’t the only person who was shocked to hear that the House appropriations committee had eliminated funds for the academy from the Legislative Bud get Board’s spending recommendations for 1964-65. The committee’s decision was indeed a shock to us and we would urge both the House, and later the Senate, to take another look into the matter before making a decision that could wipe out the infant academy before it really gets started. Several reasons behind the committee’s move are appar ent, but also hard to understand. Probably foremost is one committee member’s quote, “We had to cut down Somewhere.” This seems to stem from the hard fact of political life that a big spender doesn’t win votes, and also from Texas’ constitu tional provision calling for pay-as-you-go spending. But why did the committee choose to completely eliminate the acad emy, while on the previous day Gov. Connally gave higher education particular stress in his own budget? If the gover nor sees fit to seek $14 million for higher education, how can the committee deny the academy only $222,000? Another big reason behind the refusal may rest with political overtones resulting from Sen. A. R. Schwartz’ un popular fight against secret sessions. Schwartz is both an A&M graduate and a resident of Galveston, where the acad emy is located. Unfortunately, citizens of any democracy must live with such political manuevering t but it surely seems outrageous when a newly-formed educational institu tion must die as a result. Another reason cited for the refusal was the academy’s “failure to draw students.” True the academy only has 25 carets at present, but only 17 students first appeared when A&M opened its doors. And the federal government has dis played enough confidence to give the academy a $10 million ship, $75,000 a year and $600 for each student. What has Texas to lose? The most admirable aspects of the matter have been displays of confidence by both Capt. Dodson and Schwartz. Both have refused to give up and are actively making plans to fight for what they believe is right. We would hope that both the House and Senate will muster this same show of confidence and reconsider the committee proposal. Texas would have a hard time finding a better use for its money. ALAN PAYNE EDITOR Ronnie Bookman Van Conner Managing Editor Sports Editor .Associate Editor Gerry Brown Dan Louis, Ronnie Fann News Editors Kent Johnston, Glenn Dromgoole, David Morgan, Clovis McCallister, John Wright Staff Writers Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: On Feb. 27, a meeting of the freshman class was held in Guion Hall. This meeting was obvious ly a serious attempt to determine why so many freshmen are leav ing the Corps of Cadets. The is sues under discussion certainly seriously affect the future of the college and the Class of ’66. Because of the serious nature of this meeting, the behavior of i many members of the freshman if all Aggies would act more ft class was quite inappropriate, mature college men on such (I “Cat-calling” and “hissing” seem casions and less like high sctol to be Aggie traditions, but at a children, meeting of this sort they are highly unnecessary and uncalled- for. We would be much better off Bulletin Board Professional Societies Student NEA will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Building. Of ficers will be elected. American Meteorological So ciety will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Room 306 of Goodwin Hall. A panel discussion will be held on oral and written presentation of results of scientific investigation. Wives Clubs Fashion Group of A&M Social Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 845 N. Rosemary. Mrs. Emily Ritter will speak. Soil and Crop Sciences club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 704-B Cross. W. R. Horsley will speak. . ....... Russell To Speak At Lecture Series “ If you’re gonna take up pipe smoking, maybe you’d better get one with a longer stem!” Future Dates TODAY Graduate lecture, Dr. Harold F. Breimeyer, 8 p.m. Baseball, Fish vs. Allen Acad emy, 3 p.m. Freshman agricultural society WEDNESDAY Graduate lecture, Dr. Harold T. Williams, 8 p.m. Baseball, varsity vs. Univer sity of Dallas, 3 p.m. THURSDAY Civilian Student Council FRIDAY JETS Southwest regional con ference High school career day (through Saturday) Executive boai’d of Associa- PALACE Bryan Z’SS79 NOW SHOWING Charlton Heston In DIAMOND HEAD NOW SHOWING COLOSSAL! Time Magazine SAMUEL BRONSTON CHARLTON^ SOPHIA -SUPER TECHNIRAMA “ TECHNICOLOR CIRCLE LAST NITE Elvis Presley In “GIRLS-GIRLS-GIRLS” & Liz Taylor In “ELEPHANT WALK” J)r. Dan Russell, a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday on “Faith and the Sociology of Religion” in another of the spring series of the Faculty Christian Fel- tion of Former Students (through lowship. Saturday) Music for meditation procedes SATURDAY the discussion period in All Faiths Sophomore Ball Chapel, and coffee and doughnuts Baseball, Fish vs. University will be served afterward at the of Texas, 2 p.m. YMCA Building. “Sports Car Center” Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars Sales—Parts—Service “We Service All Foreign Cars” 1422 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517 Don von DohlenJr, 1 ! When a man says of th to life ie ree things wi 1. He will buy it later and pay because he will ty higher rate for it older. 2. He will never buy, and his fast; (or his old age) may pay for it ii sacrifices. 3. He will wait too long, and fill alone will not buy life insuraira money al for him. Would you be sorry today i lay, see you had bought more ago. Don’t dela: rry today . . . if ;a life insurance 10 ytan BERNIE LEMMONS ’52 today or phone VI 6-5800. OnCmos with MaxMman {Author of “7 Was a Teen-age Dwarf," “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," etc.) MARKING ON THE CURVE—AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Twonkey Crimscott was a professor. Choate Sigafoos was a sophomore. Twonkey Crimscott was keen, cold, brilliant. Choate Sigafoos was loose, vague, adenoidal. Twonkey Crim scott believed in diligence, discipline, and marking on the curve. Choate Sigafoos believed in elves, Julie London, and thirteen hours of sleep each night. Yet there came a time when Twonkey Crimscott—mentor, sage, and savant—was thoroughly outthought, outfoxed, out- maneuvered, outployed, and outwitted by Choate Sigafoos, sophomore. Basil BatWwiH j ' 4 an •a We will have a booth in MSC from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday March 14th. Mr. Rathbone will be available to autograph copies of IN AND OUT OF CHARACTER. The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies’ Indents eform! uidscaj i plan submittei idents for landsci le Mountain Vi ys has been acce the detention so Students of a foi ss in landscai iked on the f eks. They vv yant, Ross B. ( Nelson, George ues 0. Smith. Robert F. Whit ihitecture, said t th representative e institiution a lool’s grounds, re asked to subi mid allow the scl grounds using d incurring onl; After studying t dents Worked fr 1 blueprints of tl (w working plans trees, flowers be 1 driveway impi A booklet of tl iluded suggested 1 rules for plar s sent to the G lite said that 1 thitecture has r report from scho [work on the pre ithat the school (student’s plane Wc/f/* It happened one day when Choate was at the library studying for one of Mr. Crimscott’s exams in sociology. Mr. Crimscott’s exams were murder—plain, flat murder. They consisted of one hundred questions, each question having four possible answers —A, B, C, and D. You had to check the correct answer, but the trouble was that the four choices were so subtly’ shaded, so intricately worded, that students more clever by far than Choate Sigafoos were often set to gibbering. So on this day Choate sat in the library poring over his sociology text, his tiny brow furrowed with concentration, while all around him sat the other members of the sociology class, every one studying like crazy, every one scared and pasty. Choate looked sadly at their stricken faces. “What a waste!” he thought. “All this youth, this verve, this bounce, chained to musty books in a musty library! We should be out singing and dancing and cutting didoes on the greensward! Instead we are here.” Then, suddenly, an absolute gasser of an idea hit Choate. “Listen!” he shouted to his classmates. “Tomorrow when we take the exam, let’s all—every one of us—check Choice ‘A’ on every question—every one of them.” “Huh?” said his classmates. “Oh, I know that Choice ‘A’ can’t be the right answer to every question,” said Choate. “But what’s the difference? Mr. Crimscott nnarks on the curve. If we all check the same an swers, then we all get the same score, and everybody in the class gets a ‘C’.” “Hmm,” said his classmates. “So why should we knock ourselves out studying?” said Choate. “Let’s get out of here and have a ball!” So they all ran out and lit Marlboro Cigarettes and had a ball, as indeed, you will too when you light a Marlboro, for if there ever was a cigarette to lift the spirit and gladden the heart, to dispel the shades of night, to knot up the ravelled sleeve of care, to put spring in your gait and roses in your cheeks, it is filtered Marlboros—firm and pure and fragrant and filled with rich, natural, golden tobacco. And, what’s more, this darlin’ smoke comes in soft packs that are actually soft and flip-top boxes that actually flip. Well sir, the next morning the whole class did what Choate said, and, sure enough, they all got ‘C’s, and they picked Choate up and carried him on their shoulders and sang “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and plied him with sweetmeats and Marl boros and girls and put on buttons which said “I DOTE ON CHOATE.” But they were celebrating too soon. Because the next time shrewd old Mr. Crimscott gave them a test, he did not give them one hundred multiple choice questions. He only gave them one question—to wit: write a 30,000 word essay on “Crime Does Not Pay.” “You and your ideas,” they said to Choate and tore off his epaulets and broke his sword and drummed him out of the school. Today, a broken man, he earns a living as a camshaft in Toledo. * * * College Station nts in Syria are releases from iassy in Dam (country is in 1 Dr. Bardin Neb [ricultural Econc ciology, has bee: college since 1 tsently working Wation in set • sot college syste His wife becann ws came Friday ria and, being u t husband by pi Congressman ( »contacted tin at, The State i was receiving ri fly from the Am Demascus. 10 DATE the < st no blood has st no United Sta a injured. The at has started ; 1 outgoing mar i incoming telep Nelson presently M from the i © 1963 Max Shulman At the top of the curve of smoking pleasure, you’ll find Marlboro Cigarettes, available at every tobacco counter in all fifty States of the Union. PEANUTS By Charles M. Schnli PEANUTS SLEEP GIVES VOUR CaiS TIME TO RECOVER FROM THE LABORS OF THE DAY (that's toe. I HAVE VERY HARD- UiORKING CELLS' J PEANUTS WHATS VuELL, I'm 60INS (jJR0N6 WITH TO WRITE A POEM, THIS? J FOR SCHOOL- mmmri o A (OORK OF 50CH MASMIFICENCE DEMANDS THE PROPER PIECE OF FOOLSCAP! if
