THE BATTALION ,
Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, October 1, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
GRE Can Offer Security
For Future References
In the past there-has been much discussion as to whether
the Graduate Record Examination was compulsory or not,
whether it was essential or not. However, the test very
definitely is compulsory now. But, there is still the question
of whether or not the GRE is important.
What does the GRE offer you as a graduating - student?
There’s not much sense in anyone engaging in any
activity that will not yield him a profit in some manner.
The GRE offers the one thing that so many of us are
constantly searching for and which has much to do with
our going to school. The one idea—security.
Today you might not want to go to graduate school,
however, tomorrow you or an organization with which you
are associated may consider it a good idea. It would prob
ably be a feather in an employee’s hat if he could say that
he did well on a GRE he took before leaving A&M.
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“Look—No more gray background now that we’ve gone
to our new press!”
Editor,
The Battalion:
Let me congratulate you on
your editorial of Sept. 25 in
which you spoke out against the
local sports editor who favors
the elimination of “The War
Hymn” as the fight song of
Texas A&M.
It is refreshing, in these days
of zip codes, income tax regis
tration numbers and other at
tempts to de-humanize all aspects
of our daily lives, to find a voice
speaking out for the importance
of traditions.
Bu lletin Board
TUESDAY
The Civil Engineering Wives
Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the
Brooks Room of the YMCA Build
ing. Girls who need rides may
call Glenda Burke at TA 2-5311
or Pat Garrett at TA 2-2302.
The Agricultural Economics
and Sociology Wives Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Dan
Davis at 20,2 S. Montclair at
7:45 p.m.
The Pre-Law Society will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-B of the
Memorial Student Center. Judge
Philip Goode will be the guest
speaker for the meeting.
WEDNESDAY
The Newcomers’ Club will meet
at 9 a.m. in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Indian Association
Connally Asks For Hold First Meet
More Cooperation
AUSTIN UP) _ Gov. John Con
nally said Monday that Texas
educators must work closer with
industrialists and legislators if
adequate financing for higher ed
ucation is obtained.
Connally spoke to the Commit
tee of Governing Boards, a group
composed of representatives from
the governing boards of state
supported education institutions.
Connally called on college offi
cials to “take a good hard look
at yourselves” to see if every
thing offered by the institutions
is necessary.
“The average Texan is begin
ning to realize that he will have
to send his children to education
al institutions in Texas and wants
the best he can get,” Connally
said.
Other speakers stressed that
the colleges are going to have
to have self analysis and work
together in obtaining educational
funds, instead of each system
seeking funds to the detriment of
the others.
Lanier Cox, vice chancellor of
the University of Texas, said a-
verage and the “situation will
be worse next year.”
Committee Vice Chairman Ban-
dall Jackson of Abilene suggested
that the institutions are going to
have to use “some self discipline”
if a statewide educational master
plan is to be effective.
The Indian Student Association
held a general meeting recently to
elect new officers and to welcome
the newly arrived Indian students
to the campus.
The president for the coming
year is Shyam Kamat, and the
new secretary is Abdul Chauthani,
a Ph.D candidate in entomology.
At present there are 55 Indian
students attending A&M, including
three co-eds. Almost all these stu
dents have assistantships, fellow
ships, or other financial aid from
the University.
High School Dropouts Hurt
State’s Economical Growth
Visitors Count Is
14,030 Since June
A total of 14,030 visitors were
on the campus of A&M University
during the months of June, July,
August and September, 1963, P. L.
Downs, Jr., official greeter of the
University, announced Monday.
The University had 869,183 visi
tors on the campus for scheduled
meetings and activities since June
1, 1949, Downs pointed out.
AUSTIN (dP> — At a time when
our economy depends on educa
tion, one out of three Texas
youths who enter high school
drop out before graduation, J. J.
Pickle said Monday.
“This is tragic — a critical loss
to the individual youth in terms
of earning power, and a critical
loss to industry in skill power,”
Pickle told an Austin club.
Pickle said education Is neces
sary for a “vigorous, dynamic
economy — with high levels of
employment.” This is the con
clusion of a study by the Texas
Employment Commission, which
Pickle said he was releasing for
the first time.
“This study showed that a defi
nite and positive correlation
exists between the rate of em
ployment and the educational
achievements of a community’s
citizenry,” he said.
CORPS FRESHMEN
YEARBOOK PORTRAIT
SCHEDULE
FRESHMEN IN THE CORPS
will have their portrait made
for the “AGGIELAND ’64”
according to the following
schedule. Portraits will be made
at the AGGIELAND STUDIO,
one block north of the intersec
tion at North Gate, between the
hours of 0800 and 1700 on the
days scheduled.
Uniform will be winter blouse.
BLOUSES AND BRASS WILL
BE FURNISHED AT THE STU
DIO. EACH MAN SHOULD
BRING HIS OWN SHIRT AND
TIE. GH cap may be used for
optional personal portraits.
September 30-1 Oct. A3 & B3
October 1-2 C3 & D3
2- 3 E3, F3 & G3
3- 4 H3 & 13
7-8 Maroon Band
(PLEASE NOTE: The studio
will have NO BAND BRASS.
Band members are requested to
bring OWN BLOUSE &
BRASS)
October 8-9 White Band
9- 10 Squadrons 1-3
10- 11 Squadrons 4-6
14- 15 Squadrons 7-9
15- 16 Squadrons 10-12
16- 17 Squadrons 13-14
17- 18 Squadrons 15-17
Pickle resigned as a commis
sion member last week to run
Nov. 9 in a special election to
pick a successor to U. S. Rep.
Homer Thornberry, D-Tex.
Thornberry will take a federal
judgeship.
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Sound Off
Make no mistake, progress
(such as the name change and
admission of Negroes and co-eds)
is essential for this, university
to attain the greatness which it
deserves. But we must also real
ize that all progress, no matter
how far reaching must have a
strong foundation upon which it
can build. Traditions provide
this foundation. We, as Texas
Aggies, are fortunate to attend a
school Which is so richly steeped
in great traditions — The Twelf
th Man, the Aggie Spirit and
others.
It
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on sudden impulse for the at; I
tion of a tradition which i, ||
born before either of them. It
out giving serious thought;
the spirit from which "The tt The B
Hymn” was born, these two A^recl
vocate doing away with itifl
cause it does not suit their i
personal tastes. This, I say W on ari
an alarming trend. standing
patriotic
It is frightening to see people
such as the Bryan sports editor
and Mr. Richard Heibel speak out
A little serious thought oil
part of both these gentlementB The o:
I believe, show them that; story £
abolition of great traditions Scouts £
sudden impulse or a merer on the
would undermine the wholefe conjunct
for American life. I would sj Freedon
gest they both stop and thid;
what they have proposed,
Paul A. Johnson, ’63
On Campus
with
MaxQhulman
(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boy si” and,
^ ^ “Barefoot Boy With Cheek.’’)
A tap
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WORDS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
Today let us take up the subject of etymology (or entomology,
as it is sometimes called) which is the study of word origins
(or insects, as they are sometimes called).
Where are word origins (insects) to be found? Well sir, some
times words are proper names which have passed into the
language. Take, for instance, the words used in electricity:
ampere was named after its discoverer, the Frenchman Andre
Marie Ampere (1775-1836); similarly, ohm was named after
the German G.S. Ohm (1781-1854), watt after the Scot James
Watt (1736-1819), and bulb after the American Fred C.'Bulb
(1843-1912).
There is, incidentally, quite a poignant little story about
Mr. Bulb. Until Bulb’s invention, all illumination was pro
vided by gas, which was named after its inventor Milton T. Gas
who, strange to tell, had been Bulb’s roommate at Cal Tech!
In fact, strange to tell, the third man sharing the room with
Bulb and Gas was also one whose name burns bright in the
annals of illumination—Walter Candle!
The three roommates were inseparable companions in col
lege. After graduation all three did research in the problems
of artificial light, which at this time did not exist. All America
used to go to bed with the chickens, and many fine citizens were,
alas, severely injured falling off the roost.
Well sir, the three comrades —Bulb, Gas, and Candle-
promised to be friends forever when they left school, but
success, alas, spoiled all that. First Candle invented the can
dle, got rich, and forgot his old friends. Then Gas invented gas,
got rich, bankrupted Candle, and forgot his old friends. Then
Bulb invented the bulb, got rich, bankrupted Gas, and forgot
his old friends.
Candle and Gas, bitter and impoverished at the ages respec
tively of 75 and 71, went to sea as respectively the world’s
oldest and second oldest cabin boy. Bulb, rich and grand, also
went to sea, but he went in style—as a first-class passenger on
luxury liners.
Well sir, strange to tell, all three were aboard the ill-fated
Lusitania when she was sunk in the North Atlantic. And
strange to tell, when they were swimming for their lives after
the shipwreck, all three clambered aboard the same dinghy!
Well sir, chastened and made wiser by their brush with peril,
they fell into each other’s arms and wept and exchanged for
giveness and became fast friends all over again.
For three years they drifted in the dinghy, shaking hands
and singing the Cal Tech rouser all the while. Then, at long
last, they spied a passing liner and were taken aboard.
They remained fast friends for the rest of their days, which,
I regret to report, were not many, because the liner which picked
them up was the Titanic.
What a pity that Marlboros were not invented during the
lifetimes of Bulb, Gas, and Candle. Had there been Marlboros,
these three friends never would have grown apart because they
would have realized how much, despite their differences, they
still had in common. I mean to say that Marlboros can be lit by
candle, by gas, and by electricity, and no matter how you
light them, you always get a lot to like—a filter, a flavor, a
pack or box that makes anyone—including Bulb, Gas, and Can
dle—settle back and forswear pettiness and smile the sweet
smile of friendship on all who pass!
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