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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, April 26, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Good Year Contributed
To ‘Splendid Cooperation
For The Battalion, a year is ending and another is just
around the corner. This is the last issue for the 1962-63 staff
and next year’s staff will assume all duties next Monday.
As our review of the year’s top stories on Page 1 indi
cates, this has been a busy year and even more can be ex
pected next year. For our four graduating seniors, this past
year has also been enjoyable and probably more profitable
than we could ever realize.
Many things go into the making of a college newspaper—
long hours by staff members, sacrifices on the part of many
persons and, most important, cooperation from the student
body, faculty and administration. Fortunately, The Battalion
has been blessed with all these things during the past year,
but especially have we had splendid cooperation from the
student body, faculty and administration.
It’s difficult to determine just how much this good
cooperation has helped, but we feel it has made a tremendous
difference and sincerely hope that next year’s editors will be
able to look back at another good record of student-staff
cooperation.
We are totally unable to repay all the people who have
helped us in any way, but do offer our sincerest “thank you.”
You’ll never know how much your help, cooperation and
patience helped.
Committee Sets Example
U. S., Cuba Seek Restrain
Of Clashes Between Fom
WASHINGTON CPi _ Com
munist Cuba, as well as the
United States, appears to be try
ing to restrain hit-and-rv.n opera
tions which could set off a flash
war in the Caribbean.
President Kennedy is known to
hope for at least two results from
the policy of cracking down on
forays against Cuban targets, in
cluding Soviet ships. One purpose
is to try to make it easier for
Soviet Premier Khrushchev to
continue pulling Russian troops
out of Cuba; another is to reduce
the danger of accidental conflict.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro, authorities here believe,
has good reasons of his own to
minimize clashes. Castro knows
that if he angered the United
States by attacks on its shipping
to the point of provoking retalia
tion he might force a U. S. inva
sion. It is assumed here that the
danger of invasion is his major
fear.
Piiipfiif
A new step forward in cooperation among different
groups on the campus was made Thursday. The ring com
mittee deserves recognition for being broad minded enough to
withdraw one of its own decisions when it saw that that
decision met with general disapproval among those it ef
fected.
We have reference to the ruling made earlier by the
committee that the Class of ’65 and those thereafter would
have Texas A&M University on their rings. That is they
would if the name-change is approved in Austin. In a meet
ing Thursday the committee decided to withdraw its ruling
after hearing requests by the Classes of ’65 and ’66. These
two classes will be allowed to select the name they want on
their rings.
We point to the ring committee and encourage other
groups on campus to study a fine example for future ref
erence.
“You won’t believe this but you’re th’ 10th one who’s sug
gested that I go!”
Living Cost Shows Rise
WASHINGTON (A 5 ) _ A slight
rise in March pushed the nation’s
living costs up to their highest
point in history.
The Labor Department reported
Thursday its consumers price in
dex rose by one-tenth of 1 per
cent to 106.2 per cent of the
1957-59 average, or 1.1 per cent
higher than a year earlier.
Higher March costs for cloth
ing, mainly women’s and, girl’s;
for used cars, and for such house
hold charges as water rates and
real estate taxes, contributed to
the rise. Food prices averaged
three-tenths of 1 per cent lower
than in February.
Arnold E. Chase, Labor Depart
ment price study director, fore
cast no change in April living
costs.
Kennedy made the U. S. policy
line clear at a news conference
deploring hit-and-run raids by
anti-Communist Cuban refugees.
He said they do not constitute
any real blow at Castro. They
may give the Soviets reason to
continue their military force in
Cuba, or even increase it, Ken
nedy said.
The Castro regime has taken
two actions which high officials
here consider very important, if
they mean what they seem to
mean.
military operations against other
Latin-American countries.
Raul Castro, armed forces
minister, under his brother, in
dicated in his broadcast message
that some of his followei’s had
tried to go off an independent
adventures.
He claimed that the U. S. Cen
tral Intelligence Agency had
sought to trap Cubans into such
operations to give an excuse for
U. S. attacks on Cuba. Raul Cas
tro also argued that hit-and-run
operations do not accomplish
much, anyway, because revolu
tions are not exported.
The heart of his message, how
ever, was a hard warning,
stripped of propaganda cover and
backed up with the threat of stern
enforcement.
“We warn that the activities we
denounce are illegal, censurable,
and contrary to our policy,” he
said. “They can only harm our
revoulation in Latin Amei'ica.”
The other conciliatory move by
Castro was more dii’ect and open,
and less subject to varying in
terpretations, even though main
ly symbolic. That was the dis
patch here Tuesday of an apology
In a little noticed message to
“all the military commands, rev-
oluntionary instruction schools,
and trooops of our revolution
ary armed forces,” Raul Castro
last warned against impromptu
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
I was very impressed by the
headlines in Tuesday’s Battalion,
“EX FIGHTS COED THREAT.”
In my opinion, Mr. T. L. Smith,
’98, put his finger on the real
reason the board of directors
might be considering coeducation
— the reason, Senator W. T.
(Bill) Moore and a few selfish
Bryan citizens. Sen. Moore has
already proven he is not for A&M
by trying to pass a bill to change
the name to Texas State Uni
versity, over the wishes of the
board of directors. That name
would make it much easier to
bring in coeducation and tear
down great traditions and stand
ards that keep the enrollment
down by keeping spineless stu
dents away. As Mr. Smith said,
Sen. Moore is out to perpetuate
himself in office by doing every
thing he can for Bryan. It is
a fine thing for a senator to do
everything he can for his dis
trict, that’s his job, but he
should not do his job at the ex
pense of great potential leader
ship to the rest of Texas..
I feel that the Corps of Ca
dets is the one thing that has
made the men from Texas A&M
great leaders in civilian life as
well as military life. Also I feel
that the Corps could not long en
dure in a coed atmosphere.
If A&M did go coed, how many
girls would come here? A&M
might get one or two hundred
girls from Brazos County, but
how many would come from other
parts of the state. Let’s face
facts, what does Bryan have to
offer girls compared to Houston,
Dallas or Austin.
Less someone should get the
wrong idea, I would like to say
that I am not anti-Bryan, be
cause I think the town as a whole
supports A&M as much or more
than any city in the state sup
ports any college. But compar
ed to the extremely low price at
which the men of Brazos County
can get an education and the tre-
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I feel that Sen. Moore and some
Bryan citizens are unjustified in
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Larry P. Hachtel, ’63
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Three weeks ago the Battalion
ran a news story stating that new
locks were being installed in Law
and Puryear Halls. This was
considered a very good move by
the students living in those two
dorms. They were assured that
no more thefts would occur there.
Well, it has been three weeks
and no new locks have been in
stalled in Law Hall, although
they have been placed on every
door in Puryear. What has hap
pened at B&U? Have they for
gotten us over here, or are they
waiting for more thefts to occur
and more stories in the Batta
lion before they are willing to do
anything ?
Some wise student threatened
to place a pad lock on his door if
something was not done to pro
tect the student living in those
two dorms. I refrained from buy
ing a lock when the reports came
of the new locks being installed.
But now it looks like I will have
to spend my own money to pro
tect my property. That is, what
property I have left after the
thieves cleaned me and my ex
roommate out for over $200.
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