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•• '' ■ THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 17, 1964 CADET SLOUCH WRIGHT by John Wright WRONG When President Johnson ap peared on television over the weekend on a program called “A Conversation With The Presi dent,” he mentioned that among the prime difficulties of our time was that there are now 120 coun tries in the world whose govern ment the Uni.ted States recog nizes. President Johnson quipped that the only trouble, with this was the fact that there was 120 foreign policies, also. He and his administration will have cause to remember that statement when French President de Gaulle winds up his visit to South America. For with as much trouble as the U. S. is hav ing formulating a cohesive Latin American policy, de Gaulle’s visit will compound that trouble. At least that is what some admini stration officials believe. It has only been a short while since de Gaulle stirred up murmurs of protest in this country, by rec ognizing Red China. As le Gen eral arrives in Mexico City, U. S. government officials are chewing their fingernails least Charlie decides to rock the boat again. Ostensibly, de Gaulles’ mission and purpose in visiting Mexico, and later on Argentine, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay in September, is to expand trade, cultural and political ties as well as to im prove France’s image in that part of the world. The point is that if he succeeds in filling the present gap left by the flagging U. S. South Ameri can program, the U. S. will in evitably be that much the worse off. The French will not be able to offer too substantial economic aid for the simple reason that they already pay enormous sums to old French colonial posessions, and France’s force de frappe is costing the nation a large packet also. What is important is that political ties may be established between South American coun tries and France for the simple reason that it is a convenient third choice. For if Communism is repulsive to Latin Amei’ica, then so is the idea of Uncle Sam momopolizing industry and in vestment wealth. It is doubtful whether Latin-American-French political ties would become deeply involved to the point of total ex clusion of the U. S. Pride is a powerful force in any human relationship, and it certainly counts heavily in inter national politics. To some Amer icans it seems as if France is trespassing on traditional U. S. hunting grounds. There is a wave of indignation sweeping through the minds of some Amer icans at de Gaulle’s visit. But as President Johnson so clearly said in this TV press conference, the U. S. will have to learn to com promise with other foreign poli cies, and trust that our demo cratic system of government will be fully competitive on the sales counters of various national mar kets. When President Johnson met with Mexican President Mateos recently, it can be taken for granted that de Gaulle’s coming visit was on the agenda. Mateos is not anxious to irritate his pow erful Northern neighbor, any more than Finland is liable to raise a ruckus with you know who. Mateos, therefore, is not likely to make any political ties with France. But there will un doubtedly be some trade agree ments and swapping of cordial- ties. The countries in South America that might not feel so respectful of Uncle Sam are Agentina, Bra- bil and Uruguay. Although we have various understandings with these three countries, they may very well feel that a courtship with France might add incentive for more advantageous relations with the U. S. by jim Earie J 0 h ns0 n Renews Dedication To Alliance For Progress WASHINGTON <A>> — Presi dent Johnson declared Monday “the full power of the United States” is ready to assist any American country whose freedom is threatened from another con tinent. Renewing this country’s dedi cation to the Alliance for Prog ress in Latin America, Johnson said: “We must protect the alli ance against the efforts of com munism to tear down what we are building.” “The recent proof of Cuban ag gression in Venezuela is only the latest evidence of those inten tions,” the President said. V “ . . . And when I told th’ dean my grades were low ‘cause I didn’t have time to study, he suggested that I study dur ing the day between classes! Imagine that! Studing dur ing my freetime—disgusting!” Bulletin Board TUESDAY Ag. Ed. Wives Club will meet in Room 101 of the YMCA Build ing at 7:30 p.m. Brazos County Young Demo crats will meet in Brazos County Courthouse at 7:30 p.m. S.A.M.E. will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-B, 3-C of the Memorial Student Center. WEDNESDAY Geological Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105 of the Geology Building. Newcomer’s Club will meet in the Birch Room of the MSC. Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: I thought that the Intercollegi ate Talent Show was a very fine show — with one exception. I believe that those who were there will agree that various portions were in very poor taste and offer ed a very poor example of Aggie tastes in humor to our guests. The most flagrant show of gross ness was in the act of one Jules d’Hemecourt: Dear Mr. d’Hemecourt: I want to express by distaste and offense at your grossness in your performance of Friday night, March 6. Oh, I laughed at your humor with the rest dur ing your act, but even then I was shocked that this talk was also directed to the young ladies who made up a large portion of the audience. as you feeling that since A&M is virtually an all-male school, it turns out coarse-talking, dirty- thinking deviates. Your per formance Friday night not only showed us your feeling toward us, it helped establish and pei’pet- rate similar feelings among guests who attended the show. Although your talent is great, I am sorry that the selection com mittee saw fit to have you in the show. This was the first ITS which I have attended, but on talking around, I discovered that previ ous ITS shows have been just as rank. Apparently we Aggies are living up to our reputations as groads. John K. Ward, ’65 ★ ★ It was later that I became of fended at your performance. In thinking back on it, I realized that you must have a low opinion of Aggies’ tastes and speech to present such trash. Granted, we tell “dirty jokes” among our selves; all male collegians do. But, we also put on our decency before the fair sex, as all college men do. I am fed up with people such let ’65 ★ Editor, The Battalion: I am writing this letter to all members of the Class of know that I, Tom Cardwell, am running for the position of Vice President of the Class of ’65. It is imperative that every one votes on Thursday, March 19, 1964. I would sincerely appre ciate your vote and influence in the coming election. I am a member of the Corps introducing Weldon T. Peters 1412 B Texas Ave. Phone: Residence TA 3-4575 Phone: Office TA 2-4169 or TA 3-5048 newly appointed to serve you with the best in auto, life, and fire insurance. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois STATI FARM IMtURAMCt 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 College Sta- t, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods. Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. tion. Th. dispatc spontaneo in are als origi: so reserv n i fed. Rights of all nev cal news i matter her Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National advertising n a 1 advertising Service, Inc., New York City, Cf Jhic geles and 1 Loe An- Francisco. Mail subscriptio All subscription Address: The per full year, n request. Texas. 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 - EDITOR Ronnie Fann Managing Editor Jim Butler Sports Editor Marvin Schultz, Maynard Rogers Asst. Sports Editors Glenn Dromgoole, John Wright News Editors Mike Reynolds, Bob Schulz, Clovis McCallister, Ray Harris, Larry Jerden Staff Waiters Herky Killingsworth, Ken Coppage Photographers —Job Calls— WEDNESDAY Cabot Corporation — Chemical engineering, electrical engineer ing and mechanical engineering. Chicago Bridge and Iron Com pany — Architectural engineer ing, civil engineering and mechan ical engineering. Factory Insurance Association — Chemical engineering, civil engineering and electrical engi neering. Ingersoll - Rand Company — Chemical engineering, civil engi neering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, petro leum engineering and business ad ministration. Koppers Company, Inc. — Chemical engineering and me chanical engineering. U. S. Army Material Command — Aerospace engineering, chem ical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and mechanical engi neering. United States Gypsum Com pany — Chemical engineering, civil engineering and mechanical engineering. r "N KAKDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done CAMPUS CLEANERS of Cadets, on the Arts and Sci ence Council, the Ross Volunteers, and the Society for the Advance ment of Management. Next year we will need a strong Senior Class, and as your Vice President, I will do everything in my power to build a strong class, and to fulfill this position to the best of my ability. Remember to vote, and vote for Tom Cardwell for Vice Presi dent of the Class of ’65. Tom Cardwell, ’65 ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: As I write this letter asking for support to be elected yell leader for the Class of ’66, I rea lize that I am at perhaps a gret- er disadvantage than any of the other candidates. I failed to file before the deadline because it was my understanding that the yell leaders were elected in the April general elections. This will place me as a write-in candidate but I feel that I am as qualified as any of those names that will appear on the voting machines. First, let me emphasize the love I have for A&M — for its customs and traditions. I feel that it is the yell leaders who are key figures in the preservation of these traditions, and I want to be your representative to continue their work. Last year I served as a fish yell leader, and I believe that I have a deeper regard for this position than any of my opponents. It is an entirely dif ferent feeling on the track when you watch the 12th man bring the team to victory. If elected yell leader, I will do all in my power to bring a greater unity to the 12th man — PALACE Bryan 2‘8f}79 NOW SHOWING Outrageously fanny! seeing to it in every way possible that the Spirit of Aggieland lives at every occassion. I am be hind the Aggie Band and its sup port to the Spirit. This is the organization which provides the hearts of the Spirit while the rest of the 12th man provides the body. I will strive to have them at every event possible wherever the 12th man may be. As I said earlier, I realize my disadvantage. I probably have a better excuse for losing than any of my opponents, but I do not want that excuse. If the cus toms and traditions of Aggieland mean as much to you as they do to me, you will write-in Butch Pavelka as yell leader this Thurs day — your ticket to a stronger and more meaningful 12th man. Butch Pavelka, ’66 " LAST DAY "THE VICTORS” STARTS TOMORROW BURT LANCASTER KIRK DOUGLAS FREDRIC MARCH itifws HH MAX EDMOND O'BRIEN MARTIN BALSAM wooucidbt aracuosT EDWARD LEWIS JOHN FRANKENHEIMER SCHINPUTBY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY FLETCHER ROD SERUN6 A PARAMOUNT RELEASE CIRCLE LAST NITE 1st Show 6:45 Troy Donahaue In “PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND” & Doris Day In “THE WINNING TEAM” He spoke at a special session of the Organization of American States on the third anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s call for the 10-year, $20-billion Alliance for Progress program. The Latin American diplomats remained silent during Johnson’s declaration of aid against out side aggression, but they gave prolonged applause at the end of his speech. Several Latin American am bassadors were asked for com ment on the President’s speech. All declined. Johnson said: “The alliance’s basic principles of economic de velopment, of social justice, of human freedom are not only the right path, they are the only path for those who believe that both the welfare and the dignity of man can advance side by side.” Johnson called in all U, S, ambassadors and foreign-aid mis. sion chiefs based in Latin Air©, ica to attend the meeting at tlf Pan American Union and tliej to take part in an intensive re. view of all aspects of U. S. rela- tions with hemispheric neighbor The setting for Johnson’s firs major speech on inter-Americat affairs was a ceremony install- ing Carlos Sanz de Santamarii of Colombia as the first chair- man of a new Inter-Americar Committee for the Alliance for Progress. Johnson said his adminis tration “will spare no effort” to continue to meet all U. S. pledges of help to the alliance. But he said progress “cannot be purchased with large amounts of money or large amounts of good will.” On Campos with MaxShuIman {Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!” and “Barefoot Boy With Cheek.”) Si Three ave b< 6th Pi rincipi ■11. They ioustor of D ). Bell The d tr-stude A&l dll joii eges a he Uni nd dis Jating t This A ROBE BY ANY OTHER NAME With the Commencement Day just a couple of short months away, the question on everyone’s lips is: “How did the differ ent disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors?” Everybody is asking it; I mean everybody! I mean I haven’t been able to walk ten feet on any campus without somebody grabs my elbow and says, “How did the different disciplines come to be marked by academic robes with hoods of different colors, hey?” This, I must say, is not the usual question asked by colle gians who grab my elbow. Ordinarily they say, “Hey, Shorty, got a Marlboro?” And this is fitting. After all, are they not collegians and therefore loaded with brains? And does not intelligence demand the tastiest in tobacco flavor? And does not Marlboro deliver a flavor that is uniquely delicious? And am I not short? But I digress. Back to the colored hoods of academic robes. A doctor of philosophy wears blue, a doctor of medicine wears %, %/ green, a master of arts wears white, a doctor of humanities wears crimson, a master of library science wears lemon yellow. Why? Why, for example, should a master of library science wear lemon yellow? Well sir, to answer this vexing question, we must go back to March 14, 1844. On that date the first public library in the United States was established by Ulrich Sigafoos. All of Mr. Sigafoos’s neighbors were of course wildly grateful—all, that is, except Wrex Todhunter. Mr. Todhunter had hated Mr. Sigafoos since 1822 when both men had wooed the beautiful Melanie Zitt and Melanie had chosen Mr. Sigafoos because she was mad for dancing and Mr. Sigafoos knew all the latest steps—like the Missouri Com promise Samba, the Shays’ Rebellion Schottische, and the James K. Polk Polka—while Mr. Todhunter, alas, could not dance at all, owing to a wound he had received at the Battle of New Orleans. (He was struck by a falling praline.) Consumed with jealousy at the success of Mr. Sigafoos’s library, Mr. Todhunter resolved to open a competing library. This he did, but he lured not one single patron away from Mr. Sigafoos. “What has Mr. Sigafoos got that I have not?” Mr. Todhunter kept asking himself, and finally the answer came to him; books. So Mr. Todhunter stocked his library with lots of lovely books, and soon he was doing more business than his hated rival. But Mr. Sigafoos struck back. To regain his clientele, he began serving tea at his library every afternoon. Thereupon Mr. Todhunter, not to be outdone, began serving tea with sugar. Thereupon Mr. Sigafoos began serving tea with sugar and cream. Thereupon Mr. Todhunter began serving tea with sugar and cream and lemon. This, of course, clinched the victory for Mr. Todhunter because he had the only lemon tree in town—in fact, in the entire state of Maine—and since that day lemon yellow has, of course, been the color.on the robes of masters of library science. (Incidentally, the defeated Mr. Sigafoos packed up his li brary and moved to California where, alas, he failed once more. There were, to be sure, plenty of lemons to serve with his tea, but, alas, there was no cream because the cow was not intro duced to California until 1937 by John Wayne.) © 1964 Max Shulman Today Californians, happy among their milch kine, are enjoying filtered Marlboro Cigarettes in soft pack or Flip- Top Box, as are their fellow Americans in all fifty states of this Marlboro Country! PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz PEANUTS OH,VeS.OJHEN Ik PERSON HAS “LITTLE LEASDER'S ELBOW," HIS ARM IS IN A SLIN6 FDR ONLY A SHORT PERI00 OF TIME... TT DONTTELL ME) OH,NO... YOU'RE READY NOT FOR TO PITCH /AWHILE YET. AGAIN?/ ^ UJOCOl^OUREALLVHAD me WORRIED THERE FOR A MINUTE! It PEANUTS I FEEL 6UILTY, CHARUE BROWN... 1 DON T WANT TO BE A PITCHING HERO AT YOUR EXPENSE..IF YOU HADN'T 60T "LITTLE LEAGUER'S ELBOW/1 WOULDN'T EVEN BE PITCHING K THATS ALL RIGHT..THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THE TEAM...THETEAM IS EVERYTHING! T OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO FEEL JUST A LITTLE BIT GUILTY, GO RIGHT AHEAD \ J n fT If P E (t k 5 fT k $ k - .