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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1963)
..... . . . ... Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 20, 1963 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle BATTALION EDITORIALS it *s‘ Time To Build The All Aggie Bonfire It’s time for the Aggie Bonfire. If you don’t believe it is, just take note that the rain that usually accompanies bonfire building is here. Because it’s time for the Aggie Bonfire, that means it’s time for about 8,000 students to work as hard as they do anytime during the year. We say 8,000 because this is not an exclusive Corps Bonfire, but it is the traditional Aggie Bonfire—built by all Aggies, burned by all Aggies and in tended to represent the burning desire of all Aggies “to beat th’ livin’ hell out’a TU.” We do not believe that civilians have less desire to build a good bonfire or beat Texas than do the members of the Corps. However, civilian participation in bonfire construction in past years has certainly left something to be desired. The reason for the lack of participation has probably stemmed from lack of organization. At least we think so. This is not to say that civilian student leaders in the past have not tried to organize their troops. A similar effort, probably with the greatest vigor ever, is being made this year. We lend full support to the civilian organizational plan. Ecumenical Council Urged To OK Religious Liberty i!S< fill VATICAN CITY (A>) — The Vatican Ecumenical Council was urged Tuesday to act against the legacy of Nazi anti-Semitism and proclaim the universal right . to religious liberty. Both issues have created con troversy at the gathering of 2,300 church fathers. But the ap peals for council declarations on anti-Semitism and man’s right to worship as he wishes filled St. Peter’s with prolonged applause. The plea for better Catholic- Jewish relations came from Au gustin Cardinal Bea, German- born president of the Vatican’s Secretariat for Promoting Christ ian Unity. A day after three Middle East prelates assailed the document as dangerous for Christians in Arab nations, the 82-year-old Jesuit stressed anew that the statement had no political sig nificance. Cardinal Bea said the decla ration was needed now to re move from Christian minds any false ideas fostered by Nazi propaganda linking anti-Semi tism to Church teachings. Bishop Emile Josef Marie de Smedt of Belgium said a declar ation on religious liberty would promote the cause of Christian unity, provide a defense against communism and encourage peace among all men. The Belgian prelate also said a proclamation on religious freedom would help Christian unity — “in view of the fact that many non-Catholics hold the Church in aversion and suspect her of Machiavellianism for al legedly demanding religious free dom where she is in a minority and ignoring it when she gets control.” He cautioned, however, that re ligious freedom does not meat man is free to solve his religious problems by “personal whim and caprice and with no moral obliga- tions to God.” He urged approval of the dec laration before the Dec. 4 re cess as a sign of council progress. Head Yell Leader Mike Marlow has set aside a special cutting area for civilian students this year. There is no reason why that area can’t produce as many logs for the Aggie Bonfire as any other area.- - “I’m not really hurt! This is my outfit’s idea to make everyone safety conscious before th’ bonfire!” Bulletin Board We urge civilian students to band together in ax swing ing, log toting, bonfire building crews and set a rapid pace for the Corps to match. Sound Off Only 2 Days Left In Campus Chest Drive The Campus Chest, a program designed to assist Aggies, is presently in need of assistance from Aggies. Allan Peterson, Student Senate Student Welfare Com mittee chairman and chairman of the Campus Chest drive, reported Tuesday night that the drive is far short of its $5,000 goal. In fact the collections have not reached the 50 per cent mark. The goal for Campus Chest is often set too high—sometimes this is done intentionally. Therefore, it is understandable that the goal is seldom attained. But really Aggies—less than 50 per cent of a $5,000 goal among more than 8,000 students is just a plain poor effort. Friday is the deadline for this year’s drive. That leaves two full days to “get on the stick.” There are 10 Corps units which have not submitted the first dollar to the Campus Chest. The problem in these cases is pretty apparent. There are some seniors who have failed to get off their dead sides. You fellows know who you are, so get with it. That leaves one more of the two large groups of Aggies on campus—the civilians. These people are much harder to coordinate, and those responsible for coordinating are not so easily determined as in the case of the Corps. But the dorm presidents cannot be relieved of some of the laxity toward the Campus Chest. The civilian student, as an individual, must also accept some of the responsibility. The Campus Chest never asks if a man is non-reg or Corps before assistance is given. Editor, The Battalion: While College Station is hardly the crossroads of the cosmopoli tan world, I would certainly have expected better manners and more understanding than that shown by Mr. Marvin Oehl, ’64. When it is painfully apparent that many of the supposedly 14- caret, 100 per cent American stu dents on this campus don’t speak grammatical, recognizable Eng lish, it seems unreasonable to ex pect our “foreign students to. As for casting asperions on their intelligence or their social desirability! — This only serves to point our Mr. Oehl’s lament able lack in these areas. It is not difficult to imagine him as the personification of the blustering American tourist who manages to insult people in every country he visits by shouting, “Why the hell don’t they speak English a- round here?” Since he can speak nothing else. You might as well accept the, Mr. Oehl — there are other languages in the world, spoken by people more educated and cultured than you or I will ever be. Many of these langu ages have finer shades of mean ing, more philosophic under tones, and so are more suitable for conversation than our own. Actually it makes little difference to which of the two _ groups you belong. Regardless if you are of the Corps, __ i /t//o non-regs, graduates or undergraduates, reaching the Campus Chest goal is something like beating TU—everyone should want it accomplished. 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 Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and operated by students as a university and community news paper and is under the supervision of the director of Stu dent Publications at Texas A&M University. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is published in Collejre Sta tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. 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DAN LOUIS JR EDITOR Ronnie Fann Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole News Editor Jim Butler Sports Editor John Wright Asst. News Editor Marvin Schultz Asst. Sports Editor Mike Reynolds, Robert Sims Staff Writers Juan Tijerina, Herky Killingsworth Photographers THURSDAY Bureau of Public Roads — Civil engineering. Columbian Carbon Company — Chemical engineering and mech anical engineering. Jersey Production Research Company — Chemical engineer ing, chemistry, mechanical engi neering and petroleum engineer ing. Oklahoma Natural Gas Com pany — Chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engi neering, industrial engineering and mechanical engineering. Prudential Insurance Company of America — Business admini stration, economics, accounting, finance and mathematics. Sinclair Oil and Gas Company — Chemical engineering, mechan ical engineering, petroleum engi neering, geology and geophysics. The Shamrock Oil and Gas Cor poration — Mechanical engineer ing and petroleum engineering. United Technology Center, Di vision United Aircraft Corpora tion — Aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineer ing, chemistry, physics and math ematics. CORPS SENIORS & 1st. SERGEANTS YEARBOOK PORTRAIT SCHEDULE CORPS SENIORS & OUTFIT FIRST SERGEANTS will have their portrait made for the “Ag- gieland ’64” according to the following schedule. Portraits will be made at the Aggieland Studio, in CLASS A WINTER UNIFORM. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND 1ST SERGEANTS will have their portraits made in GH cap for the military section. COMMANDING OFFICERS will have full length portraits made in boots. PLEASE MAKE INDIVIDUAL APPOINT MENTS WITH THE STUDIO FOR THESE FUL LLENGTH PORTRAITS. November 18-19 Squadrons 1-4 19- 29 Squadrons 5-8 20- 21 Squadrons 9-12 21- 22 Squadrons 13-17 These students are also, no doubt, pretty lonely on this campus, and feel a little bewildered by the overwhelming friendliness of peo^ pie like you. Their own langu age, in leisure moments, makes them feel just a little less strange. By the way, what lang uages did your ancestors speak when they got off the boat? Barbara Fleming ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: I would like to comment on a letter which appeared in the November 13 Battalion by Mr. Marvin Oehl. I have visited the A&M cam pus often and have heard the use of foreign languages by the stu dents. I see nothing wrong with this. I have heard groups of Aggies speaking English and just be cause it’s English doesn’t make what some of them say pleasant. You don’t have to speak a for eign language to sould like a scatterbrain. I think the A&M campus is a wonderful, friendly place to visit and most of the young men are very polite, but if a person is lucky enough to know another language he should be allowed to speak it when and where he wishes. Miss Lynn Deanda WEDNESDAY Aggie Wives Bridge Club will meet in the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. Baha’i World Faith will hold an informative discussion at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of the YMCA Building. Texas A&M Newman Club will meet at the St. Mary’s Student Center at 7:45 p.m. THURSDAY Mechanical Engineering Wives Club will have a social in the South Solarium of the YMCA Building at 7:30 p.m. Hometown Clubs Abilene will meet in Room 208 of the Academic Building at 7:45 p.m. Plans for the Thanksgiving Party will be discussed. Bay Area will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 205 of the Academic Building. Centex will meet in Room 3-C of the Memorial Student Center at 7:30 p.m. Students from Lock hart and Luling who wish to be come associated with the club are invited. Corpys Christi will meet in the Art Room of the Memorial Stu dent Center. El Paso will meet in Room 3-D of the Memorial Student Center. Houston Austin-Jones will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204 of the Academic Building. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce Sweetheart candidate pictures. Houston (North) will meet in Room 127 of the Academic Build ing at 8 p.m. Laredo will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 207 of the Academic Building. Midland will meet in front of the “Y” at 6:15 p.m. San Angelo-West Texas will meet in Room 2-A of the Memor ial Student Center. Memo to Club Representative: In order to meet our deadline we must require that all club pictures for the ’64 Aggieland be scheduled by December 13. You, or a representative of your club should come by the Office of the Student Publications on the ground floor of the Y.M.C.A. as soon as possible to schedule your club’s picture. Needed for your page will be a write-in of your club’s purpose and activities (not to exceed 200 words), a list of officers, and the president’s or sweetheart’s picture (full page may use both). The costs are $55 for a full page and $30 for a half page. All pictures will be scheduled to be taken by Feb. 14; all material regarding club’s purpose, activities, and president’s and/or sweetheart’s pictures and payment will be handed in to Student Publications by the same date, Feb. 14. Pictures regarding the motif of the locale of the home town, or the purpose of the professional club, should also be turned in to add variety to your page. Sincerely, Wallace W. Migura Editor, Hometown Clubs Section Randall P. Smith Editor, Professional Clubs Section mms NOW SHOWING IF YOU NEVER SEE ANOTHER FILM YOU MUST SEE “MONDO CANE," THE MOST EXCITING, SHOCKING THRILLER EVER MADE! “THE SEASON’S MOST ARGUED ABOUT FILM!” —Life Magazine HONDO CAM CIRCLE TONIGHT 1st Show 6:30 p. m. “LONGEST DAY” & ‘YOUNG GUNS OF TEXAS” £31 * vTchiloren under i2 years- rKtt WED. - THURS. - FRI OPERATION COWBOY! jefore 196 Student relop a n( Lancaster, and ass meed. 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