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THE BATTALION Pajje 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 15, 1963 BATTALION EDITORIALS New Four- Year Colleges Spread State Funds Thin As members of the House sent two bills to Gov. John Connally last week setting up two new four-year state colleges at San Angelo and Edinburg, it seemed to indicate that Texas legislators are of the opinion that quantity is an adequate substitute for quality in education. Or perhaps this move to give the state its 21st and 22nd four-year state supported college by 1965 is just another example of political logrolling. Certain house members have stated that the defeat of the San Angelo State College proposal would insure failure at the polls for Rep. Forrest Harding and Sen. Dorsey Hard man, both of San Angelo, should they seek re-election. On the other hand it might also be said that the success of the bills to create new senior colleges at San Angelo and Edinburg will insure that the program for bettering Texas institutions of higher education will not make any headway but instead will suffer a setback. Studies have seemed to point to the fact that the key to better universities is money, money to attract both more and better teachers and to encourage Texas graduates to continue their studies within the state. It is hard to follow the logic of a move to create more senior colleges supported by the state and at the same time hear complaints that the state cannot afford to give money to the senior universities in order that they can better their programs. Apparently we must make the choice between numerous state supported colleges of a mediocre nature or a few out standing senior universities; between large quantities of me diocre students or a lesser quantity of superior students. We do have a third choice which our legislators are eager to point out. We can allow the legislature in Austin to again raise taxes. If we raise them enough, some is bound to find its way into the educational system. Undoubtably this presents an oversimplification of the problem. However, there is still the matter of paying for these new colleges which are soon to be created. Rep. John Allen of Longview recently remarked that the creation of the two new senior colleges will automatically put the state in a deficit for the next legislature. Not having the means to affirm the accuracy of the representative’s statement, nevertheless, its implications should provoke some serious thinking. Students Set Schedule For Exams Under Code By Intercollegiate Press Faculty members recently ap proved a system under which Haverford College students will self-schedule their own final ex aminations. The tests are taken without monitors under the col lege’s Honor Code. The system has been tried with success both last May and this past January. In essence, the plan permits each of Haverford’s 450 students to pick the day and time, and with some restrictions the place, he desires to take each of his term examinations. About a month before the ten day examin ation period, each student com pletes a form indicating his cours es, instructors and the date he wants to take each test. Certain basic qualifications must be met: examinations be started either at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m., senior comprehensives and tests requiring special facilities have priority, and courses or sections which entail the reading of more than twenty pages by any pro fessor must be completed the first week. Before the examination period, students "submit to the Regist rar’s Office an envelope for each test on which is indicated the course number ,student’s name ex amination time and date. This is to enable the Registrar’s Office to prepare lists which allow each professor to know exactly at what time all their tests will be completed and ready for grading. Examinations are then inserted in their respective envelopes a- long with special instructions. Fifteen minutes before each sch eduled test, a student committee distributes the sealed envelopes to the examinee. They then can complete the tests, unmonitored anywhere in either of two build ings. SENIOR RING DANCE MAY 18TH —Need A Tuxedo— IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY “COME BY TODAY” ZUBIK’S Uniform Tailors North Gate ■if 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. 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News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. DAN LOUIS JR - I EDITOR Gerry Brown -Associate Editor Jim Butler Sports Editor Ronnie Fann, Van Conner News Editors CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle u. S. Fraternitm In Changing Sla§ [H My criticism of your theme was meant to be constructive . Special To The Battalion NEW YORK — That most ven erable and most debated institu tion, the American college frater nity, is entering a significant period of change, the Associated Press has decided. Noting widespread debate on the merits of the Greek system throughout the U. S. educational community this year, the <A > ) polled 150 campuses across the nation to discover what changes have been wrought in the fra ternity system as a result of the controversies of the past few years. The (A*) poll revealed that there are many still remaining on U. S. campuses who see the fraternity system as either all good or all bad — but that a significant number of students and educators have begun to look at the system with an eye to improving it to fit into the modern educational scheme of things. The debate, of course, has rag- Editor, The Battalion: Every Aggie everywhere is aware of the strain that our school is under. Any person that has ever been acquainted with A&M feels the loss of this our greatest tradition. It is truly a great (meaning big) change for great (meaning great) school. A&M is known around the world for its great spirit, for its togetherness, and its “never-been- -beaten” attitiude. Aggie offi cers have shown the- greatness of our military tradition. Aggie en gineers and business men have shown the greatness of our scho lastic tradition. Aggies every where witness to A&M’s great tradition in building men. A&M has withstood criticism, ridicule, and riot. Aggies are the subject of jokes across the state, but everywhere Aggies are respected for their togetherness. Students at T.U. and other schools give Aggies HELL but they secretly admire our great spirit. As an Aggie, I appeal to all Aggies, present and future, to unite and save our spirit and to getherness. No, not by trying to stop coeducation. (We all knew that it had to come sooner or later.) A&M and Aggies have passed through crisis before, but their togetherness never broke. Don’t let it break now. Neither coeducation or name change or any other change can break the Spirit of Aggieland. Only we Aggies can destroy A&M by our hostile attitude toward change. The past is past. It is dead. This is a modern world and A&M has to be modern in all areas to be great. Coeducation will destroy Aggie Spirit if Aggies do not continue to show fish this spirit. The Ag gie Spirit has been carried on this way all these years, and if Aggies don’t give up, it will con tinue ti be passed on from fish class to fish class, regardless of sex. Mass demonstrations and mid- iTiTffi “Sports Car Center” Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars Sales—Parts—Service ■“We Service All Foreign Cars” \ 1422 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517 i: 142 lr. . . ■ UJJJJJXUXJLMXJLI mn«»j MOVING? Complete Moving Service Packing—Transportation— Storage Beard Transfer & Storage Agent For UNITED VAN LINES TA 2-2835 707 S. Tabor, Bryan COACH NORTON’S PANCAKE HOUSE 35 varieties of finest pancakes, aged heavy KC steaks, shrimp, and other fine foods. Daily—Merchants lunch 11 to 2 p. m. Sound night sign painting will not solve this or any other problem. We must stand up and face this problem as Aggies and not like immature highschool kids. It is true, girls can never be Aggies, but they could, they can, and they will be MAGGIES! Waylon O. Ward, ’64 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: I would like to take this op portunity to say that I (and many of my friends) am sick of all the gripping that is occurring both on and off campus by both students and former students con cerning co-education. The Board of Directors has made a decision that is for the best interests of the college. Why must there always be a few who can’t stand to see progress in action? Co education is one of the best things that could have happened to A&M. The greatest improvement that can be expected at A&M( and a most needed one) due to the ad mission of women will be a great improvement in attitude and es pecially campus language. It’s possible that with the admission of women some of the men( per haps animals would be better) whose every other word is a cuss word or profanity will leave and a person will be able to walk across campus and know that he is at an institution of higher learning instead of some low life hangout as it now seems. At present many of our stu dents wear clothing so filthy and worn out around campus that most people wouldn’t wear in their hog pens and talk to their fellow students with language that most people don’t use on their animals. I know that I am also guilty of these faults; I also know that I am going to improve myself so that I can walk among the co-eds with a little self respect and I am sure that other students (not in the grip ping and animal classification) will do like wise. So again I say why stand in the way of progress just so you have something to argue about? Stand back and let things that are good for our campus, our state and our morale move for ward. If you must argue, argue for these thing that are good. Franklin J. Stein,, ’64 CONVENIENCE ^ Southwestern States Telephone TEXAS A&M COLLEGE students only: Individuals, Campus Clubs and Groups! 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The Greek tell you that the fraternitj the invaluable inculcator of g reliance, the social graces, {n democracy and scholarship ii otherwise hapless student* es. And the non-Greek will you that fraternities are tht| refuge of bigots, snobs anij men’s sons who need a craki get them through school, At a time when the natias itself as hard-pressed forts tive minds from the univera some critics picture the fnl nities and soronties as a anti-intellectual desert, i the “bonds of brotherhood! often tie knots of conformity! the climb to the social graces! often stumbles into a trap hooch” — as an (A*) writerput) The Associated Press f found that the fraternity sjsti is as strong as ever, if notsta er in the traditionally constn tive Midwestern universities,i in the traditionally reactia Southern schools. The systei under the most pressure hi urbanized and liberal Nortla But everywhere, the Greek tern seems to be undergoiif great process of reform, 1» from within and without. 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