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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 14, 1963
CADET SLOUCH
BATTALION EDITORIALS
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by Jim Earle
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Mole Men Traditions
Not True Aggie Spirit
“Aggies, are the traditions of this school not worth
fighting for?”
The above statement was part of “A Mother’s Day Mes
sage from the ‘Mole Men’ ” which appeared on campus last
Friday. This time the question of controversy centers on co
education.
For those who are too recently arrived on our campus
to know who the Mole Men are, about the best description
we can offer is that the group is usually made up of a
brotherhood of spineless students who think more of con
troversy then they do of the cause they claim to be fighting
for. From time to time in past years anonymous newsletters
(?) have been distributed on the campus with the pretense
of fighting for a cause. These were the work of the Mole
Men.
It seems that slowly but surely the Mole Men are develop
ing a tradition of which no Aggie can be proud, the mask
of anonymity. When we consider the gallantry with which
Aggies have stood tall and given their most for the causes
in which they believed, we must look up each publication of
the Mole Men as blasphemy to the spirit and traditions in
which the underground group professes to believe.
The Mole Men have stated, “We believe that our basic
rights of freedom of speech and press have been violated
by the administration.”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
I am an Ag-gie’s sister, an
Aggie’s daughter and an Aggie’s
gild friend. I would like to attend
Texas A&M almost more than
anything, but 1 do not like ihe
recent movement of making Tex
as A&M co-educational. The
very old Aggie tradition is too
great to be forgotten now. This
movement has broken this tradi
tion and has broken the spirit of
Aggieland. I think the decision
of the Board is a terrible one.
The Texas A&M tradition is
much too great to be sacrifice*^.
I want the “old” Texas A&M
back again!
Zona Ann Woodward
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I wrote to tell you I am very
discouraged since the decision of
making A&M a co-ed school. I
think this is a downfall to the
school. I never realized a thing
like this would be done. 1 was
planning to go to A&M, but
First of all, we feel that we are the press on the A&M
campus and in no way has our freedom been violated by the
administration. In regard to the administration’s violation
of the freedom of speech, we can only point to our Sound-Off
column which is the column written by our readers. Any
letter that has been signed in regard to the Board of Direc
tor’s co-ed decision has been published or is on file to be
published as our space permits.
It’s just possible that when the identity of Mole Men
becomes known, and we are confident it will, that they can
stand as real Aggies and real men to fight for their cause.
Until that time we appeal to real Aggies to refuse to
accept the blasphemy of the real Aggie Spirit.
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DAN LOUIS JR EDITOR
Gerry Brown ^Associate Editor
Jim Butler - - Sports Editor
Ronnie Fann, Van Conner News Editors
Kent Johnston, Glenn Dromgoole, David Morgan, Clovis
McCallister, John Wright - Staff Writers
Maynard Rogers — Assistant Sports Editor
J. M. Tijerina, Herkey Killingsworth Photographers
“ ... No I am not protesting co-education, and further more
I didn’t shave my head!”
Future Dates
Physical Facilities'
With dreams of being martyrs, the Mole Men have stated,
“As a result of threats which include expulsion from school
or loss of membership in the Corps of Cadets, we have been
forced to resort to the underground methods of our ‘Mole Men
predecessors.”
Asked By Dean
WEDNESDAY
U. S. Naval recruiting and in
terviews (through Friday).
Bimonthly Extension Service
conference (through Friday).
Traffic Institute (through Fri
day).
Polygraph School (through
Friday).
Administration, please note, that you have only to turn
to those persons you have threatened with expulsion from
schools or loss of membership in the Corps of Cadets to know
who the new Mole Men are.
The emphasis upon physical
facilities and the usefulness of
any service to students which
does not enhance his academic
achievement were recently ques
tioned by Dean of Students Glen
T. Nygreen of Kent State Uni
versity.
Of course it would be necessary for the accusations
directed at the administration to be true (which we doubt)
before this could be successfully accomplished.
According to Nygreen “the
central responsibility of the col
lege for its students lies in the
staffing of the institution and in
the creating of a climate of free
dom and commitment which is
conducive to a continuing dia
logue between students and
faculty who see themselves as
educators more than as simply
representatives of an academic
discipline.
istry need not be taught in lab
oratories equipped for the fine
measurements demanded in phys- 1
ical chemistry.”
In the area of residence halls,
Nygreen noted, “sleeping rooms
and study stations are required.”
But, he said, “we tend to go be
yond this to provide decor, lounge
and recreational areas far beyond
that which a student will experi
ence for maliy years, if ever.”
THURSDAY
American Veterinary Medical
Association Annual Awards Ban
quet at 6:30 p.m. in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Center.
FRIDAY
Press Club Banquet at 7 p.m.
in the Ballroom of the Memorial
Student Center.
SATURDAY
Senior Ring Dance at 9 p.m. in
Sbisa Hall.
Nygreen noted, however, that
“we typically overprovide in
equipping our classrooms and
laboratories. Beginning chem-
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PETER NERO
might not now. This new de
cision has disappointed many
boys. Boys make a lot better
grades away from girls. * This
college had a tradition for itself
but now it is ruined. I believe
I feel like most boys about this.
I don’t know that this is true but
this is what I heard. A&M
changed to co-ed because of Texas
Tech putting in a veterinary
school. I don’t think Texas Tech
would take all the kids. I believe
you are going to lose more boys
than you’re going to get. This
letter may not ever be read, but
if it does I hope you’ll under
stand more of what the boys feel.
Richard Sweaney
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TILL WE MEET AGAIN
With today’s installment I complete my ninth year of rating
columns in your college newspaper for the makers of Marlboro
Cigarettes. In view of the occasion, I hope I may be forgiveD
if I get a little misty.
These nine years have passed like nine minutes. In fad,
I would not believe that so much time has gone by except that
I have my wife nearby as a handy reference. When I started
columning for Marlboros, she was a slip of a girl—supple as a
reed and fair as the sunrise. Today she is gnarled, lumpy, aid
given to biting the postman. Still, I count myself lucky. Most
of my. friends who were married at the same time have wives
who chase cars all day. I myself have never had this trouble
and I attribute my good fortune to the fact that I have never
struck my wife with my hand. I have always used a folded
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newspaper—even throughout the prolonged newspaper strike
in New York. During this period I had the airmail edition of
the Manchester Guardian flown in daily from England. I must
confess, however, that it was not entirely satisfactory. The air
mail edition of the Guardian is printed on paper so light and
flimsy that it makes little or no impression when one slaps one’s
wife. Mine, in fact, thought it was some kind of game, and tore
several pairs of my trousers.
But I digress. I was saying what a pleasure it has been to
write this column for the last nine years for the makers of
Marlboro Cigarettes—a fine group of men, as anyone who has
sampled their wares would suspect. They are as mellow as the ;
aged tobaccos they blend. They are as pure as the white cellulose
filter they have devised. They are loyal, true, companionable, f
and constant, and I have never for an instant wavered in my
belief that some day they will pay me for these last nine years,
But working for the makers of Marlboro has not been the
greatest of my pleasures over the last nine years. The chief
satisfaction has been writing for you—the college population '
of America. It is a rare and lucky columnist who can find an
audience so full of intelligence and verve. I would like very
much to show my appreciation by asking you all over to my
house for tea and oatmeal cookies, but there is no telling how
many of you my wife would bite.
For many of you this is the last year of college. This is espe
cially true for seniors. To those I extend my heartfelt wishes
that you will find the world outside a happy valley. To juniors
I extend my heartfelt wishes that you will become seniors. To
sophomores I extend my heartfelt wishes that you will become
juniors. To freshmen I extend my heartfelt wishes that you will
become sophomores. To those of you going on into graduate
school I extend my heartfelt wishes that you will marry money'
To all of you let me say one thing: during the year I have
been frivolous and funny during the past year—possibly less
often than I have imagined—but the time has now come for
some serious talk. Whatever your status, whatever your plans,
I hope that success will attend your ventures.
Stay happy. Stay loose. ©ises Mai sawn
We, the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes, confess to more than
a few nervous moments during the nine years we hare spon
sored this uninhibited and uncensored column. But in the
main, we have had fun and so, we hope, have you. Let us
add our good wishes to Old Max’s: stay happy; stay loose.
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