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1 H'wi'M ^ J THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, November 14, 1963 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle ‘He’s sensitive about heights!” BATTALION EDITORIALS Just Good Bull For Most Aggies It’s been real good bull! At least we think so. At one time or another this year Aggies have had posses sion of five of the seven mascots of A&M’s opponents in the Southwest Conference. It’s been a lot of fun for most Aggies most of the time. However, there is one item that should not go overlooked by anyone in the Southwest Conference or anyone who is studying the series of mascotnappings by A&M students. The schools that have been involved on the receiving end these ventures have shown a good sense of sportsmanship and more than enough fair play in all cases. We appreciate these qualities in our fellow members of the SWC. Of the latest incident—Bevo—members of The Bat talion’s staff had occassion to work with staff members of The Daily Texan of the University of Texas. It is with pleasure that we report that these students from UT found it within themselves to joke about the entire affair as the event was unfolding. It appears that the students who have become so adapt at procuring mascots, have done a service, not only to A&M— that of showing that Aggies, even while having the mascot in captivity, did show respect for the property and protected it against damage—but, also to the Southwest Conference as a whole. Sports fans across the nation can look at SWC and see a display of rivalry seldom matched. However, they must acknowledge that it is a rivalry that any institution would take part in proudly. Ferreri’s Triangle Restaurant Try Our New SECRETARY SPECIAL Monday Thru Friday The SECRETARY SPECIAL is a quick, low calorie meal which gives you time to shop during your noon hour. Book Your Banquets and Special Parties Early. Accomodations From 10 to 200 Persons THE BATTALION Ovinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student ivriters only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a university and community neivs- paper and is under the supervision of the director of Stu dent Publications at Texas A&M University. McGu Holcom The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in College Sta tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. Septe her through May, and once a week during summer school. The Associated Press is entitled excli dispatches credited to it or not otherw spontaneous origin published herein. Rig in are also reserved. clusively to the use for republicati -wise credited in the paper Rights of republication of all ion of all news and local news of other matter he econd-Class postage paid t College Station, Texas. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. iresented nationally by National advertising New York , Los An- Francisco. Service, Inc., City, Chicago geles and San Mail subscriptio: All subscripti All sc Addres full year, n request. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call at the VI 6-6415. r Sound Off Bulletin Board Editor, The Battalion: I have just finished reading an editorial and a related letter in the November 12 issue of The Battalion. The only thing I can feel is the lump in my throat. This lump can be accounted for in several ways. First of all, I am genuinely disappointed in the support given to a group of seniors on campus who felt that they had inherited the respons ibility of keeping the fragments of Aggieland intact. I will be the first to admit that perhaps, the newsletter which was distri buted was not in the best of taste. It was hastily written without much forethought. Parts of it border on character deform ation and other parts of its, per haps quotes by school officials, do not out of their context rep resent exactly what the officials intended for them to represent. But this letter expresses opin ions; and as Americans, we have that right. I think that everyone who is familiar with the letter knows the intentions of it. Its pur pose is solely to wake up the sleepy people who do not realize that the class of ’64’s Aggieland is slowly being eaten away, bite by bite. This newsletter does, however, present the cold facts — in declaring of the name change, the admission of co-eds, and the dismissal of the Com mandant’s office. If anyone can find someone who can truth fully say that these facts do not look fishy, I certainly wish that this person could be pointed out to me, because I would like to see him. As for signatures on the news letter, I feel that anyone is cor rect in thinking that if these peo ple are so brave and “willing to risk loss of rank and expulsion,” they should have signed their names to the letter. Once a per son sits down though, and pon ders the idea of telling his par ents he has been expelled for speaking against his school’s ad ministrators, he will probably suddenly decide that maybe sit ting back and watching student reaction might be a better idea, at least at first. The most depressing part of the whole situation to me is the fact that the students who can influence other students either do not anticipate further “bites” out of Aggieland or they will not concern themselves with doing something about it. I know from talking to several of the stu dent leaders that they feel the same way about the situation as I do. They must feel that it is not appropriate to do something, but this is only a guess as to why active concern for Aggie land seems to be at such a low ebb. Personally, my attitude has changed. At first, I felt that the Senior Committee was a good step in the right direction. Even after the newsletter with its questionable and debatable opin ions and conclusions came out, I still was not convinced that the committee was entirely wrong. But after listening to the opin ions of several influential people on our campus who I know for a fact are conscientious and re sponsible, I am no longer so sure that I know what I am talking about. If the people in my class, who will have more to tell their children about than I, do not feel that this situation needs more consideration — why should I ? I am convinced. I submit. As far as the gracious editorial of November 12 is concerned, I really never expected the editor support the group. I do not think the editor would support anything that did not boast at least 51 per cent majority. I just hope the bandwagon does not come by — or maybe I do. John H. Gabbert, ’64 THURSDAY St. Mary’s Student Wives Club will meet in the Memorial Stu dent Center at 8:00 p.m. Animal Husbandry Wives Club will meet in the lecture room of the A&I Building, 7:30 p.m. The Aerospace Engineering Wives Club will meet in the YMCA at 7:30 p.m. Hometown Clubs Amarillo will meet at 7:30 p.m. Graduate Wives Man Form Club A&M University graduate stu dent wives have been invited to at tend a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri day in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. The purpose of the meeting an nounced by Dean Wayne G. Hall is to determine the interest in forming a graduate student wives’ club. Such an organization will be formed if there is sufficient inter est, Dean Hall said. in the Anderson Room of f. YMCA. Beaumont will meet 7:30 pn in Room 3-C of the Student^, ter. Brazoria will meet 7:30 p t in Room 204 Academic. Bell County will meet afte yell practice in the Cast Room in the YMCA. Fort Worth will meet affe yell practice in 107 Academic, North Houston will meet 8:(i; p.m. in Room 127 Academic. Lavaca County will meet 8:!( p.m. in Room 206 Academic, Matagorda County will meet it the Memorial Student Center by at 7:30 p.m. Mid-County will meet afte yell practice in Room 206, Aca. demic. Orange will meet 7:30 p,t in Room 226, Academic. Spring Branch-Memorial will meet 7:30 p.m. in Room 1, Academic. Washington County will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Lobby of tie YMCA Building. Job Calls FRIDAY American Telephone & Tele graph Company — Aeronautical engineering, chemical engineer ing, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial techno logy, electrical industrial engi neering, mechanical engineering, mathematics, economics, business administration. 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