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.
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‘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
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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
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in the Social Room of tk Lernment C
morial Student ^Center ai Ly Grants
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lance said.
On Campus
with
Max
(Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf," "The Mon}
Loves of Dobie Gillis,” etc.)
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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,
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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
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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.
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