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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1963)
have been honored with a great responsibility. It is the we nave Deen nonored witn a great responsibility, men we are forced to follow in our position that turn our knees to jelly. The Battalion under the direction of Allan Payne, assist ed by his managing editor Ronnie Bookman, has probably been the finest newspaper A&M has had in some years. The most recent example of their fine work is the story concerning the Board of Directors and co-education which was run almost six full weeks before the Board took its final action. We must also remind you at this time that it was through the efforts of these two men that your Batt was the first to tell you of the name-change and of the threat to the Texas Maritime Academy. These are only a few examples we use to let you know that beside the editor’s desk in the basement of the YMCA Building there sets a big pair of shoes. We will be pleased if we grow to fill them, however, we feel that with student, faculty and staff support we can stretch those shoes. - iji-:; : iSiailltl ‘This Is Progress “Sorry if we have upset your plans, but this is progress.” This statement which appeared a couple of years ago on a sign near an intersection of two busy Houston streets under going modifications might very well have been a part of the announcement made by the Board of Directors Saturday. To drive on the streets referred to and have three lanes of traffic funneled into one lane made it most difficult, and even impossible at times, to see progress in the confusion. However, to travel on the over-under pass system that exists at that intersection today one is much aware of pro gress. The Board of Directors have upset some of our plans on the campus, in fact, they have probably initiated a practice that will lead to the passing of some traditions. However, we cannot agree with those people who have stated that the Board of Directors decision to admit co-eds on a modified basis will destroy A&M and the Corps of Cadets. The life of the Corps exists with its cadets. —Future Dates- l ™° TODAY Cottonseed Oil Mill Operators Polygraph School (Through Monday) Bryan School Choir, Guion Hall Baseball, A&M vs. TCU MONDAY Human Nutrition Woitss Bulletin Boai Fu Av . . . “and there are some good points to year on a prison term if you ever hafta being editor, serve time!” instance, Sound that was not made for them. Beverly Compton Co-ed at Abilene Christian College Editor, The Battalion: The meeting of Directors; which the Board of so con veniently held while the true Spirit of Aggieland—the Corps— was away on a free weekend; after passing the co-educational measure, passed a bill for four million plus dollars for the ex pressed purpose of constructing three new dorms and the re modeling of four others. Which four dorms are these? Which sex will occupy these new dorms ? Last semester, I understand, with only eight thousand male students, that there were three and four men in a room in some of the dorms, showing positively that we do need new dorms but not for the exclusive use of the “new breed” who will begin full time this summer. is truely meant by “higher edu cation.” An example of this is smaller classes with individual student participation and re search work instead of just a “spoon-fed” course to “feed back” to the instructor (for that is all he is under our present system) at regularly scheduled times. Truly the Spirit of Aggieland died Saturday, I feel that it would be appropriate to hold Silver Taps to the Spirit that has gone triumphantly through two World Wars and the Korean “Conflict” and had to die because a small, hard headed, nearsighted group felt The Spirit stood in the path of progress. What do you think ? Andrew A. Hunzicker, ’60 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: I believe that the Texas Agri cultural and Mechanical College of Texas needs a full and com plete change in the instructional course procedure. I propose that this school needs many, many more instructional buildings with a corresponding number of pro fessors with a minimum salary of twelve thousand dollars a year. I propose that courses begin to take on the appearance of what In the April 28, 1963, issue of the Abilene Reporter News, there appeared an article entitl ed, “Limted Approval of Coeds Voted,” referring to the recent decision of the Board of Texas A&M to admit a limited number of women to enter college there beginning June 1. There also appeared another article in the same issue entitled, “Gal-Aggies ? Yep! Old Grads React,” in which ex-Ag’gies of this area voiced their opinions as to the . Board’s decision. As an ex-resident of Bryan and a 1960 summer school attendant of A&M, I personally dislike see ing the 92-year old tradition of an all male school come to an end. Although I am opposed to the idea, there is but one question I have: “Will A&M after a few years continue to limit its enroll ment of women, or will there be a gradual evolution to the pro posed co-educational program un til A&M is completely ‘integrated’ and housing for women is erected on the campus.” No one can deny that those women who wish to further their education and who live in Bryan and College Station or its vicinity should not be barred from doing so. If entering A&M were their only means for obtaining an edu cation, then by all means excep tion should be made for their en trance. True, if we were placed in the same shoes, as surely some of these women are, our outlook on the situation at hand would probably be reversed. However, I feel that A&M, if it is the one and only means whereby these women can possibly obtain a degree, should give special con sideration to them. But, if A&M is to open wide its doors in future years and permit complete co education, then I say NO! Time marches on and changes must occur, but I believe there are sufficient facilities elsewhere to accommodate those women whose only desire is to see A&M become co-ed and traditions broken. Will A&M in the future con tinue its proposed program for limited enrollment of women, or will it someday open wide its doors and permit complete co-edu cation? I hope not! Let special consideration be made for those who need it,, but let’s keep wo men as a whole out of a school BESIDES MEXICAN FOOD ZARAPE RESTAURANT Serves Mrs. Andert’s Wiener Schnitzel, Chicken Fried Steaks and Austrian Style Fried Chicken. Telephone VI 6-5235 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent 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. ERNEST PIVONKA’S Foreign Car Service Complete Service On BMC Roots, Standard Triumph and Volkswagen 908 W. 28th TA 2-9808 cations Board are James L. Lindsey, chairman ; Delbert is; J. A. Orr, School of Engineering; J. M. Holcomb, D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. 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Tijerina Photographer PARDNER You’U Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 LAST DAY “SWORDSMAN OF SIERA” STARTS TOMORROW : M-G-M * freseriu 0W _ "‘‘‘It 7 Happened ^ t^WoRlPS FaiR" in -j : L : • • • HEAR ELVIS SING 10 NEW HITS I Panavissort »® Qg a^o MetroCOLOR so LAST DAY “MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS” STARTS TOMORROW “BEST AMERICAN FILM OF 1962!” —Time Magazine Keir Dullea Janet Margolin CIRCLE LAST NITE Jerry Lewis In ‘IT’S ONLY MONEY’ & DEVIL S HAIR PIN’ THURSDAY Texas Fann Electrification Committee Sul Ross Class Reunion (Through Saturday) FRIDAY Annual Concert of the Singing Cadets, Guion Hall SATURDAY Texas Industrial Arts Fair State Judging Contests, Future Farmers of America Golf, A&M vs. Baylor TUESDAY Institute of Aerospace S Application will meet in Room 228 1! WEDNESDAY Chemistry Building at other U. . There will be an electiont|B n ^ er cers and a guest speaker® 111 ^ abroad Grumman Aircraft. r ance > campi as announcer Approximat The Newcomer’s Club t ran t Si 45 in the Social Room of tk Lernment C morial Student ^Center ai Ly Grants a.m. There will bridge anlB,y ars w ho 1 games played at the meei;l te study in lance said. On Campus with Max (Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf," "The Mon} Loves of Dobie Gillis,” etc.) HOW T5 SEE EUROPE FOR ONLY $300 A DAY: NO. 2 A working bguage of 1 ary for grar f the countri NANCE SA f teaching a Ivailable in IS lid India. I “These assi chools provh Last week we discussed England, the first stop on the tour of Europe that every American college student is going to make this summer. Today we will take up your next stop—Dance, or the Pearl of the Pacific, as it is generally called. To get from England to France, one greases one’s body and swims the English Channel. Similarly, to get from France to Spain, one greases one’s body and slides down the Pyrenees, Six membe: ets, competii And, of course, to get from France to Switzerland, one greases j ona [ j nterc one’s body and wriggles through the Simplon Tunnel. Thus, as you can see, the most important single item to take to Europe is a valise full of grease. No, I am wrong. The most important thing to take to Europe is a valise full of Marlboro Cigarettes—or at least as many as ,nd Flying 11., muMlnJ introduced dkortrteft lo {me over tl thong the to] tatries. Competing miversities Jnited States hree sixth pi; n four flying On Friday ixth in the 1 ide approach lay Jones pk egree powe vent. Saturday, I kird in the c ional event. the customs regulations will allow. And if by chance you should run out of Marlboros in Europe, do not despair. That familiar red and white Marlboro package is as omnipresent in Europe as it is in all fifty of the United States. And it is the same superb cigarette you find at home—the same pure white filter, the same zestful, mellow blend of tobaccos preceding the filter, This gem of the tobacconist’s art, this prodigy of cigarette engineering, was achieved by Marlboro’s well-known research team—Fred Softpack and Walter Fliptop—and I, for one, am grateful. But I digress. We were speaking of France—or the Serpentof the Nile, as it is popularly termed. Let us first briefly sum up the history of France. The nation was discovered in 1066 by Madame Guillotine. There followed a series of costly wars with Schleswig-Holstein, the Cleveland Indians, and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Stability finally came to this troubled land with the coronation of Marshal Foch, who married Lorraine Alsace and had three children: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Charlemagne. This later became known as the Petit Trianon, Marshal Foch—or the Boy Orator of the Platte, as he was affectionately called—was succeeded by Napoleon, who intro duced shortness to France. Until Napoleon the French were the tallest nation in Europe. After Napoleon most Frenchmen were able to walk comfortably under card tables. This later became known as the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Napoleon, after his defeat by Credit Mobilier, was exiled to Elba, where he made the famous statement, “Able was I ere I saw Elba.” This sentence reads the same whether you spell it forward or backward. You can also spell Marlboro backward- Oroblram. Do not, however, try to smoke Marlboro backward because that undoes all the pleasure of the finest cigarette made. After Napoleon’s death the French people fell into a great fit of melancholy, known as the Louisiana Purchase. For over a century everyone sat around moping and refusing his food. This torpor was not lifted until Eiffel built bis famous tower, which made everybody giggle so hard that today France is tlie gayest country in Europe. Each night the colorful natives gather at sidewalk cafes and shout “Oo-la-la!” as Maurice Chevalier promenades down the Champs Elysees swinging his malacca cane. Then, tired but happy, everyone goes to the Louvre for bowls of onion soup. The principal industry of France is cashing travellers checks. Well sir, I guess that’s all you need to know about France, Next week we will visit the Land of the Midnight Sun-Spain. © 1963 Max ShulmM Next week, every week, the best cigarette you can buy the whole world over is tilter-tipped Marlboros—soft pack or Flip-Top box—you get a lot to like. PEANUTS By Charles M. ^ H0U DO 0iRD£ SLEEP ON TREE LIMBS WlTHOOr fallins off? theV have mussles in their FEET UHICH AUTOMATICALLY CONTRACT UHEN THEV FALL ASLEEP THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES UHTH SN00PY‘S EARS.. ix Fly imong Coil. 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