THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, April 18, 196.3
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BATTALION EDITORIALS
Bench Trials Call
For Test Of Students
Ten benches to be distributed in the dormitory areas
have arrived on campus and will soon be installed. That is,
the benches will be installed as soon as their permanent
locations have been selected.
Permanent locations are necessary for the new benches
because they are (it is hoped) indestructible and will be
anchored in cement.
Of course, those associated with the procuring of the
campus furniture are not so sure that the benches will en
dure the childlike antics of students. Therefore, only 10
benches have been purchased at this time to see if students
appreciate their presence.
Past experience with benches in the dorrtiitory areas
has provoked the skepticism associated with the new project.
We sincerely hope that the trial period will be a time
when students reveal their respect for public property to
such a degree that additional benches will be acquired in the
future and remain unanchored.
The benches would be more enjoyable if they could be
moved about within given boundaries.
It is not the durability of benches that is to be tested,
but the maturity of students.
Gripers Given Chance
To those students who have voiced complaints about the
working of the student government anytime this year we
want to say now is the time you can do something about it.
One would think that there is almost complete happiness
among students with their present form of student govern
ment. At least very few students are seeking the opportunity
to have a hand in moulding the Student Senate for next
year.
The election commission announced that fewer than
20 people had filed for position in the general election as of
Wednesday afternoon. The deadline for filing is Friday.
With all respect to the present Senate and to those
students who have already filed, we say to those who have
been known to have gripes in the past and are likely to have
some in the future, now is the time to put up or shut up.
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Ronnie Bookman - Managing Editor
Van Conner Sports Editor
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Editor,
The Battalion:
We are in favor in the name
change, but are as concerned as
you are about the Ring Commit
tee’s decision to require the
classes from ’65 on to have the
word “University” instead of
“College” on the class ring.
We wholeheartedly agree that
the Ring Committee chose the
wrong year to make the com
pulsory wording change. A de
gree, as an official certificate of
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HOMETOWN CLUBS
South Louisiana Club will meet
at 7:15 p.m. in Room 106,
Academic Building.
Midcounty Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 224, Academic
Building.
Amarillo Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the YMCA Building.
Spring Branch Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204,
Academic Building.
graduation, should unquesti
have the word “University")
but the ring, which is n
cepted as proof of graduate
which has as its only purp#
be used as a sentimental
mento, should retain ttej
“College,” for that is wtii
Classes of ’65 and ’66 eniDl
The question of whentos
the cutoff is no problem a
it is a matter of pure logit,!
the Class of ’67 will enrol
“university,” they shodi
naturally be the first onest::
“Texas A&M University”®
rings.
David C. Slaughter,
Woody W. Woodwa(
David P. Marion, I
And 41 others,
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BY BOOKMAN
Houston Ag Exes
Making Mistake
The Houston A&M Club has
decided to be different. While
Aggie Muster is observed around
the world Sunday, the Houston
exes will gather Monday as a
part of their regular weekly
meeting - .
Evidently overlooking the fact
that Muster is held each year on
April 21 for a purpose, the club
felt that in view of competition
from churches and the Houston
Classic Golf Tournament they
would wait until the 22nd.
Raymond Loomis, club vice
president and chairman of the
Muster, told me last night that
he and other officers had talked
about it for a long time before
deciding to disregard the time-
honored tradition’s date and one
of its main purposes: commemo
rating the Battle of San Jacinto.
Loomis said that Sunday was
a difficult day to obtain a meet
ing place, and that they felt that
they could give more Aggies a
chance to attend on Monday.
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He said that he had tried to get
auditoriums in the Humble Build
ing and the Prudential Building
before deciding to hold the Muster
ceremonies on Monday at their
regular stomping grounds — the
Rice Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom.
He also defended the club’s
choice by saying that some busi
nesses were giving holidays Mon
day since San Jacinto Day falls
on a Sunday this year.
Actually, I think the Houston
A&M Club, one of the most active
groups of former students, made
a mistake in judgment in planning
Muster for Monday.
By waiting they will be able to
have Association of Former Stu
dents president L. F. Peterson as
their featured speaker, who will
speak on campus Sunday at the
Muster ceremonies here.
And possibly they will make it
more convenient for a few exes.
But what about the people who
want to attend but can’t because
Muster is being wrongfully held
on a work day?
Very few businesses will give
holidays Monday except for the
vacation-minded banks.
The ceremonies, which can be
and usually are, very striking, are
being - diluted by being held on the
wrong day. The change makes
about as much sense as holding
Christmas on Dec. 26 or celebrat
ing Independence Day on July 5.
As I said before, it is a mistake
in judgement. But it is a mistake
that shouldn’t be made again.
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