The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 20, 1964, Image 2

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    THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 20, 1964
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by Mike Reynolds
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The school Spirit of A&M ap
pears to be going through a per
iod of comparative quiet, what
with no riots, marches on other
schools or stolen mascots to br
ing cries of anguish from cookie-
pushers across the state.
This writer cannot resist the
opportunity to poke fun at a few
other schools and at the same
time enlighten the local student
body to what is going on on other
campuses.
The biggest griping going on
recently has been between that
champion mud slinger, The Daily
Texan of Texas University and
a comparative new-comer to the
field, The Toreador of Texas
Tech.
It all started when the defend
ing Southwest Conference Long
horn Basketball Team was mark
ed by a D (as in Defeat) on
Zorro’s home court.
The Texan’s Assistant Sports
Editor, Frank Denton, couldn’t
find anything better to write a-
bout a losing team than that they
were the victims of poor sports
manship. Mr. Denton just could
n’t understand how such a loud,
boisterous, and lively student body
could be declared the confer
ence’s best group of sports and
then began to howl that some
body else (them, maybe) deserv
ed the SWC Sportsmanship tro
phy.
Tech, obviously proud of their
record with the trophy took ex
ception to Denton’s views and
said so editorially. The blow to
Tech’s ego was made all the
greater by the fact that Denton
is a citizen of Lubbock when he
is not in attendance at the “40
Acres.”
It then became a contest for
partisans of each school to see
who could write the nastiest let
ters to the other school’s paper
and heap the greatest amount of
shame on the opponent.
The Texas students said Tech
students throw paper cups and
ice (sound familiar?). Tech stu
dents said the Texas cheerlead
ers insulted Tech team members
over the loud speaker system
when they were in Austin. A
Texas student admitted that most
Texas students were poor sports
but at least they knew how to
be good hosts. (Remember the
party they threw for us last year
in Austin). A Tech student then
made the statement that the
sportsmanship trophy was given
only for football season, and
that the University could cram
their views “up their Memorial
Tower.”
The whole mess came to head
last Saturday night and if Tech
was not out in the middle of no
where more TT students might
have showed up for the game
and a battle royal (no pun in
tended) might have ensued.
As it stands, though, evidently
The Daily Texan managed to get
their team up for the game and
they defeated the Red Raiders,
something the Aggies can’t
thank them fir enough.
It sure is nice to see that we
are not the only ones who get
this sort of treatment.
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FRIDAY
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LEGAL HOLIDAY
Saturday, February 22, 1964, being a Holiday, in
observance of Washington’s Birthday, the undersigned
will observe that date as a Holiday and not be open for
business.
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First National Bank
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University National Bank
Community Savings & Loan Association
Bryan Building & Loan Association
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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.
Members of the Student Publications Board are James L. Lindsey, chairman ; Delbert
McGuire, College of Arts and Sciences ; J. A. Orr, College of Engineering; J. M.
Holcomb, College of Agriculture ; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas AAM is published in College Sta
tion, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. Septem
ber through May, and once a week during summer school.
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dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of
spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter here
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News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the
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DAN LOUIS JR - EDITOR
Ronnie Fann Managing Editor
Glenn Dromgoole, John Wright : News Editors
Jim Butler Sports Editor
Marvin Schultz, Maynard Rogers Asst. Sports Editors
Mike Reynolds, Robert Sims, Bob Cchulz, Clovis
McCallister, Ray Harris, Larry Jerden Staff Writers
CADET SLOUCH
by nm Earie pox Cat Nears Final Step
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“I believe you’ve stumbled on to something—I don’t get
as sleepy as I used to when I studied!”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
In answer to Mr. Deveny let
me first say that the most con
venient way to defend yourself
against accusation is to not ans
wer the accusations put forth,
but to completely avoid them
by the use of self-absurdities.
That, Mr. Deveny, is exactly
what you have tried to do. Of
course all conservatives are not
members of the John Birch Soc
iety, nor are all of them members
of the DAR, nor are all of them
members of the Klu Klus Klan
Thus your mistake in assuming
that I meant all conservatives is
our basic difference. For you
see, conservatives see things in
either terms of black or white.
(Please don’t rebut with the ar
gument that you see in techni
color, Mr.. Deveny,/because the
absurdity argument doesn’t work
all the time.) For them things
are either bad or good, useful
or useless, etc., there are shades
of grey, Mr. Deveny. Nothing
or no one person is all good or
all bad. There are good and bad
points about everything, liberals
and conservatives included.
Since you seem to be the self-
appointed champion of the con
servative cause, Mr. Deveny, per
haps you could for a change,
answer my objectives rather
than avoid them: 1. Explain why
most Southernrs that call them
selves conservatives are segrega
tionists and do most certainly
want state sovereignity unlimit
ed for this reason. 2. Deny the
fact that the John Birch Society
has a very strong influence on
the conservative movement and
other right wing hate groups,
estimated by Life magazine to be
nearly 1,050 in number. Even
if many conservatives are not
Birchers, they seldom oppose
their radical dictates. Such as
our last four Presidents being
communists. 3. Deny the fact,
that most conservatives follow
Goldwater’s views fanatically and
without question, and bitterly op
pose anyone who disagrees with
them. (By the way, I said Gold-
water was their god not God —
there is a difference.)
So in conclusion, Mr. Deveny,
I do appreciate your views, but,
if you could, would you please
face the issues and not indulge
in folly. If you need further proof
of why I was referring to when
I said, “. . . anyone who ques
tions his opinion is either a Soc
ialist or Communist.” Please look
at the article above “Sound Off”
in that issue. Since you quoted
a great American humorist in
you letter, allow me to quote a
modern contemporary, “the Na
tional Democratic Party . . . was
chptured by the Socialist ideo
logies in and about the labor
movement . . (Conscience of
a Conservative, page 25). Once
again, how about it, Mr. De
veny.
Randall W. Bland, ’64
NOTICE TO
PROFESSIONAL AND
HOMETOWN CLUB
REPRESENTATIVES
FRIDAY, FEB. 21st, is the
deadline for turning in all in
formation regarding the profes
sional and hometown clubs. This
includes picture payment, write
up, president and/or sweetheart
picture. Information must be in
by this date!
We aim to
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choose.
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THURSDAY
Hometown Clubs
Galveston will meet in the
Brooks Room of the YMCA
Building at 7:15 p.m.
Matagorda County will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the Gay Room of
the YMCA Building.
Mid-County will meet in Room
206 of the Academic Building
at 7:30 p.m.
Port Arthur will meet at 7:45
p.m. on the front steps of the
MSC.
Rio Grande Valley will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 208 of the
Academic Building.
San Angelo-West Texas will
meet in Room 2-B of the MSC.
FRIDAY
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WASHINGTON 0T) — Most
taxpayers were assured more
take home pay starting early
next month when Senate and
House conferences wrapped up
Wednesday a compromise agree
ment on the biggest tax-cut bill
in the nation’s history.
The reduction, expected to
climb to $11.5 billion a year, will
ease the Treasury’s bite on bus
inesses as well as individuals.
However, there will be some
tightening of present regulations
which will mean higher taxes in
some areas.
Ironing out of differences
tween Senate and House vets
of the bill put the long-aw;
measure over its last big i
die. It took the conferees;
three days of voting to \
through their handful of m
differences.
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