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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Friday, May 3, 1963
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Captain Still Sailing
We have often heard it said that a person can discover
hig real friends when the going gets rough. We believe that
the members of the Texas Maritime Academy have a real
friend in Capt. Bennett M. Dodson, superintendent of the
Academy.
While many' people in the state were mourning the loss
of the maritime academy because of the lack of funds being
appropriated by the House of Representatives in Austin,
Capt. Dodson stood fast and assured his cadets that they
would have an Academy.
The men in the Academy continually expressed no fear
of losing their academy, because, “Capt. Dodson said that
he would not let that happen to us.”
Few men have ever had the distinction of gaining the
trust of so many young men as has Capt. Dodson. But no
one can help but believe that he deserves every word of
praise that has been given him by the Cadets in the past few
months.
by Jim Earle
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By no means can we say that the Maritime Academy
has its head completely above water. However, we can be
sure that the Academy has a captain that will sail the ship
or go down with it.
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Capt. Dodson is a real credit to A&M and to Texas. We
would* receive more of his kind on the A&M campus with
open arms.
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Studies Problem
By COLLEGIATE PRESS
SERVICE
WASHINGTON— Seven hun-
drer Peace Corps volunteers—all
charter members of the new fron
tier program—are beginning to
wonder what their next step is
after two years abroad.
Wondering about the same
problem is Peace Corps Director
Sargent Shriver, the Carnegie
Corp., and the American Coun
cil of Education.
'wo matchii
re than $36
cent said they could not p:
further studies without sots
nancial aid.
About 34 per cent wantd instl
work for the federal govern ' e ,^ en rec(
Most of them pinpointed li
service with the State I)#Eail Rudd'
ment, U.S. Information '.m'
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rive
Only a handful will be com
pleting their hitches this year,
but 5,000 will be returning next
year, and more than 40,000 will
be coming home during the next
ten years. The Peace Corps and
the American Council on Educa
tion decided to sample future
plans of volunteers in the field.
The results of a questionnaire
showed that:
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l&M will nu
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Twenty per cent want to J !( ] f or ] a | )0
for an international op a j.j on p Ur p C
tion; 10 per cent for a nra-p ^ uate ] eve ]_
private firm.
and Agency for Internatioa:
velopment.
Twenty - nine per cent
staff peace corps jobs.
More than 25 per cent
in undeveloped nations waf
make teaching their cairn
16 per cent in all fields ra
to teach after service.
“ . . . Remember men, our cause is bigger than each of us! We must put all of our effort
into our campaign, . . . Right Men? . . . Men . , . Men
Editor,
The Battalion:
Aggies all over the campus
have their heads low— most Ag
gies anyway. Their pride is hurt.
The Corps received its death
dealing blow Saturday morning.
It won’t be long now—just wait
and see if you can stand it that
is. One, two, possibly even three
years remain till the Corps is a
past memory.
Have you ever heard the cry
ing voice of an Aggie mother
who has lost her son in a war
\yhile you were marching through
the streets of downtown Dallas,
Ft. Worth, Houston or Austin.
How about the mother who lost
her son during the past year in
Muster last week. The Corps
brings them fond memories.
Maybe you look into the fu
ture — people at home saying
she’s an Aggie— sounds just a
little strange. I wouldn’t want
my daughter to break the long,
long traditions of this military
school. It’s just not right.
Have you ever heard of a Mus
ter for a woman?
How about making them mem
bers of the Fighting Texas Ag
gie Band— maybe we could in
crease the size of the band to
500 or 600 strong.
I will always remember A&M,
but only as a military school.
Will my class be the last to
wear senior boots or will ’65 or
’66?
Think about it!
Joel Reynolds, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
The recent decision of the
Board of Directors to make A&M
co-educational on a limited basis
seems to have cause quite a con
troversy. We believe there is no
valid argument against this de
cision. Girls will cause keener
interest in classwork through
more competition as has been
indicated in summer school. We
believe they will force a needed
improvement in our liberal arts
department and bring about the
creation of a much-needed de
partment of fine arts.
The women of Texas are tax
payers too and should have the
right to attend state-suported in
stitutions just as men. There is
no reason for making local women
drive to Huntsville every day to
attend a relatively expensive
teachers’ college when they could
attend A&M easier and for less
money. We have a very fine
school from which it is an honor
to graduate. Besides that, we of
fer several degrees not found
anywhere else in the state, one
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Sound Off
More than 60 per cent wanted
to continue their education—88
per cent at the graduate level
and 12 per cent at the under
graduate level. Thirty-three per
Sixty-five per cent of aii
unteers want to work, sots
later, abroad.
The State Department
agreed that volunteers i
ceive appointments as ftii
Service officers will enter
service at a higher level,
of which is veterinary medicine.
We must admit that many high
school valedictorians are females,
and we could compete for them
as students through co-education.
Our faculty favors co-educa
tion, and certainly their wishes
should be given due consideration.
As increased enrollment would
mean increased state aid, and the
college would not have any extra
expenses if women were day stu
dents because dormitories would
not have to be built, ladies’ rest
room facilities are already availa
ble, and many of our classrooms
are underfilled at present. An
official spokesman said that the
decision would not affect the
Corps in any way except by
changing a few minor practices.
Bulletin Board
SUNDAY
The Unitarian Fellowship will
meet at 8 p.m. in the Hillel Build
ing.
MONDAY
.Petroleum Engineering Wives
will meet at 8 p.m. at 1001 Win-
dowmere, College Station.
Electrical Engineering Wives
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the home
service center of the Brazos Coun
ty Courthouse..
A&M Journalists
Set Panel Confab
“The Press Today... Its Vir
tues and Shortcomings” is the topic
of a panel discussion to be held
Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3,
Nagle Hall. The session is spon
sored by the Society of A&M Jour
nalists.
All interested persons have been
invited to attend the discussion.
Coffee will be served.
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Therefore, the Corps need not be
unduly concerned.
The Corps does not run this
school, the civilians do not run
this school, the exes do not run
this school. But, the Board of
Directors does, and they are cer
tainly capable of doing what is
best for the future of A&M. Why
don’t we Aggies accept their de
cision in good spirit and try to do
our part to make this a better
institution of higher learning.
Before we go all out to save the
tradition of being an all-male
institution, maybe we should ask
ourselves if it is worth saving
at the expense of progress.
William A. Haines, ’66
David Moody, ’66
Bill Falco, ’66
Thomas E. Moon, ’66
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