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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, May 9, 1963
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Assist Given Student
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“I protest
“We deplore . . .
“We'Ve got rights .
These foregoing, and similar murmurs, seem to come
quite easily from the lips and pens of some of the students
on this campus, so we have decided that it is our turn to
deplore.
We deplore the action which had to be taken by the
Civilian Student Council and the Executive Committee in
order to persuade some of the students on this campus to
show some respect for their fellow students and professors.
We are not pleased with the idea of the administration,
faculty, staff or anyone else having to take steps to correct
the sloppy dress of some students on this campus. We
definitely feel that special action being taken to enforce
the old rules of the College Regulations infringes upon a
student’s rights to select for himself.
However, we also deplore the fact that some students
on this campus simply will not take it upon themselves to
develop self respect. We wish some of the shower shoe
scum would take enough time to look at their hairy big toes
and decide if they present a thing of beauty to another
person.
We would have those who protest regulations of dress
on campus take note that we have referred to action which
had to be taken and to certain groups having to take steps.
We deplore, but we acknowledge that action was necessary
to get students to conform to regulations of the college.
When will those students who must have these regula-
called to their attention begin, of their own will, to
tions
follow regulations set up by official authority ?
And too, how many employees would protest his em
ployers decision to have him dressed in shoes, socks, shirt
and trousers not tattered?
The only group touched by the regulations for which
we have any sympathy is the bearded ones. However, we feel
that if thy can stand it, why not.
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
I protest! For a long time
I’ve set in silence while The
Battalion published article, after
editorial, after letter dep'oring
the “dress” worn on this campus.
I am most strongly in favor of
the right of those individuals to
“deplore,” but I strenuously deny
that anyone, whether it be The
Student Senate, President Rudder
or the Board of Directors, has the
right to dictate to students what
form of apparel they shall wear!
Of course, no one can question
that these people have the power
to make and enforce rules of
dress. On the other hand,
Adolf Hitler had the power to
exterminate six million Jews, but
I don’t think he had the right
to do so. ..•!*><!}$
Certainly a society must have
rules and laws. But these, sup
posedly, are to protect the peo
ple’s rights. I deny that Jeff
Harp, or anyone else, has the
right to expect a student to do
more than adequately cover his
body and to not smell offensive
ly.
bare feet as “indecent exposure.”
Naked toes may be anaesthetic,
but there are a lot of faces
around this campus which aren’t
particularly pleasing either. Thus
far no one has forced the homely
ones to wear masks, though this
might be the next step.
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Beards are illegal here. Now,
they may not be stylish, and they
may be a lot-of trouble to take
care of; but a beard certainly
isn’t “indecent.” I challenge the
“makers of rules” to study the
visages of some of our past presi
dents — both of A&M and of the
U. S. A. In passing, they might
even look at “Sully’s” chin.
What is the next step!
we all be forced into suit
ties ? This is the next I;
step toward proving that Al
a “Big-League University'
cause all the students wear 1
League.” Perhaps it m
profitable to extrapolate
trend a little further. L
type of toothpaste we al
be dictated because it is
f erred by the Board of Din tnmic compu
6, to be co-s
the Naval
oi’ even by the majorityti
student body? Or could)
result be that we are toH >arch Compa
we can think, as well as^minar chain
we may wear?
Richard N. Bean,'(!
Area Educators
Organize Society
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A&M faculty members and edu
cators of this area have organiz
ed and area chapter of Phi Delta
Kappa, professional fraternity for
Certainly, Mr. Harp has the men in education.
Watts, district coordinator
Southern Methodist Universitp]
Dr. Clifford S. Blackburn,
representative from Nortl
State.
right to “deplore” a fellow stu- The international fraternity in
dent’s attire, he may encourage stalled the Delta Nu field chapter
him to shave, he may ostracize
him socially; but Mr. Harp does
n’t have the right to dictate to
at a dinner meeting this week.
The officers are S. A. Kerley,
him what styles he shall wear
(even if the “offenders” are in a
president; Charles McCandless and
Walter Varvel, vice presidents;
A. R. Denney, secretary; Earl
minority - which is debatable). Knebel; treasurer . and Ro5ert E .
What is so terribly wrong with Blum, historian.
“ . . . I don’t believe these guys have their minds made
up-they’re just enjoying the controversy!”
a T-shirt? Is it the color? Or
is it the lack of collar and but
tons? It seems to me that it
adequately covers the torso.
Shower shoes expose the wear-
installing officers representing
the fraternity were Arthur E. Ar-
nesen of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
recording secretary of the frater
nity; Dr. Maurice F. Shadley of
er’s toes to public gaze, but even international headquarters in
the Texas statutes don’t define Bloomington, Ind.; Dr. Ben. C.
Great Mothers Contribute
To United States 9 History
Special To The Battalion
Mother may be in for some
special treatment come May 12,
but everyday is Mother’s Day and
she usually observes it in her
own less glamourous way —
washing, ironing, cooking, clean
ing, shopping and — probably
her most important task — shap
ing reluctant offsprings into
adults.
with America’s finest, are re
membered for their greatness —
but their' mother’s influence can
be seen both in their personal
writings and the reports of their
lives.
In fact, historians tell us things
might have been drastically dif-
ferent if it weren’t for the influ
ence of a few determined mothers.
Seeing the tears in his mother’s
eyes as he was about to leave on
a British Man-of-War as a mid
shipman, Washington cried out:
“Mother I cannot go and cause
you so much grief.”
After becoming President,
Abraham Lincoln said of his
mother: “All I am, or ever
hope to be, I owe to my angel
mother.” At the age of nine he
had stood by her deathbed as
she voiced her last request: “Be
something, Abe.”
Men like George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln, who help
ed to shape America’s early his
tory, Thomas Edison who gave
us the light bulb and many other
inventions, and Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, whose poetry ranks
When the war ended, Washing
ton’s first thoughts were of his
mother. He sent a courier to
her immediately with the news.
And when he was elected Presi
dent, he delayed the inauguration
ceremonies in order that he might
stop off at Ferry Farm, the
family home, to see his mother.
As it turned out, it was the last
time he saw his mother alive.
The genius of Thomas Edison
must have been nutured by his
mother. Edison was once quoted
as saying: “My mother was the
making of me. She was so true
and so sure of me. I felt that I
had someone to live for — some
one I must not disappoint.”
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