THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 19, 1964
CADET
SLOUCH
Reynolds 9 Rap
by Mike Reynolds
I arrived at Room 207 of the
Academic Building 15 minutes
early for my 11 a.m. English class
Tuesday, so with a tepid Coke in
my hand, I casually strolled out
to the rotunda railing and found
a comfortable seat leaning a-
gainst a pillar and prepared to
watch the rush when classes broke
up at 10:50.
At the time I didn’t realize it,
but I was engaged in a past time
that has fascinated all warm
blooded Aggies for many years
past, and one that they have only
recently been able to enjoy in the
confines of the A&M campus —
it’s called Girl-Watching.
Although this past time pres
ently holds no promise of advanc
ing any further than the stage of
just lookin’ and not touchin’ be
cause of little things like wedding
rings, and, 6’5”, 250 pound ath
lete husbands, and although every
time you mention the word coeds,
you are greeted with 500 different
reasons why they are supposedly
ruining A&M, the male students,
as a whole, have gone whole hog
for this new hobby.
I looked around the railing
on my floor and on the two floors
above me and discovered that I
was not the only one that had
found out that quite a bit of
the feminine goings and comings
on the campus can be seen from
these vantage points. Civilians
and Cadets as well were practical
ly hanging by their feet in their
attempts to spy upon the fairer
sex.
Later, while walking back to
Bulletin Board
THURSDAY
Hometown Clubs
Abilene will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 208 of the Academic
Building.
Amarillo will meet in the Cof
fee Shop of the Memorial Stu
dent Center at 7:30 p.m.
Brazoria County will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the Academic Build
ing.
Centex will meet in Room 108
of the Academic Building at 7:30
p.m.
i, ; , >4)&{las.£will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Itoom 108 of the Academic
Building. y CJ
Laredo will meet in Room 2-A
of the Memorial Student Center
at 7:30 p.m.
Lavaca County will meet in
Room 204 of the Academic Build
ing at 8 p.m.
Matagorda County will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the YMCA Building.
McCullough will meet in the
Lounge of the Memorial Student
Center at 7:30 p.m.
Mid-County will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Room 206 of the Academic
Building.
Orange County will meet in
Room 225 of the Academic Build
ing at 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center.
Sanrebee will meet in Room 221
of the Academic Building at 7:30
p.m.
Corps Sophomores and Juniors
who have not had their pictures
taken for the Aggieland ’64 will
have them taken according to
the following schedule:
Pictures will be taken in Class
“A” Winter Uniform at the Ag
gieland Studio between the
hours of 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on the
days scheduled.
Squadron 1 - 4—March 19 - 20
Squadron 5 - 8—March 23 - 24
Squadron 9 - 12—April 1-2
Squadron 13 - 17—April 2-3
All Sophomores and Juniors Co
eds who want their pictures
taken may also do so during the
next two weeks.
the office, I happened to find
myself following a sweet young
thing with books under her arms,
and I must say that I was pleased
to notice the Cadets that passed
us were doing their best to abide
by the Articles of the Cadet
Corps.
After a fashion the articles
state that no recognition shall be
given to any member of the fe
male sex on the campus, and the
boys were doing their dead-level
best, but I have never seen so
many “Eyes, Left” in all my
life.
After the knightly gentlemen
passed the girl they would turn
and glance at her and that little
smile that reveals tender thoughts
within would cross their faces.
Ah, such sweet thoughts of other
places and other times.
Easter is approaching and
everyone will have their own op
portunity to find ample female
companionship and some hard-
nosed and blow-hard Aggies will
come back swearing that girls are
a detriment to our hallowed halls
of A&M, but just in case I have
said too much and given my little
secret away, I’ve got shorts on
that place on the rail and the
rest of you 8,000 Aggies will have
to find your own.
by nm Earie Yarborough Tells
Of Texas Heroines
“Look at this one—“Wanted: Ride to West Texas for spring
recess. Will accept ride leaving the earliest!”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
By the time you read this is
sue of The Battalion most of you
probably think that the class elec
tions are over and that the of
ficers or run-off candidates have
been decided. But, on the con
trary, this year the polls are
open until 8 p.m. to allow those
who were unable to vote during
class hours to do so. To those
of you who haven’t voted yet, this
extended service is for your bene
fit. A vote costs very little, just
a trip to the ‘C’, and surely this
is worth the right to express your
choice. So, let’s make this year a
record breaker so that next year
we’ll have something to fight for.
It’s your privilege, exercise your
rights, there are still a few hours
to vote.
Candidate for Senior Class
President,
Charles E. Wallace, ’65
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Editor,
The Battalion:
For the past few weeks I have
read in The Battalion many dif
ferent opinions about who should
and should not be allowed to have
an Aggie Ring or be honored at
Silver Taps. Why argue about
trifles? Texas A&M js striving
for excellence — these old tradi
tions must go. It is obvious that
taking time out for Silver Taps
or even to order a Senior Ring
is not necessary. And, since the
U. S. and Texas obviously don’t
need leaders in the military or
business fields, the Corps of Ca
dets isn’t needed. After all, its
only purpose is to build leaders.
I believe all the students should
Personnel Major
Wins Pipe Contest
Thomas A. Cardwell, junior
Personnel Management major
from Dallas won first prize in
the Kalwoodie Pipes “Be An Ad
Expert” contest.
Cardwell was awarded a set
of Kaywoodie Pipes for his entry.
Runner-ups in the contest were
Philip J. Lanasa, Donnie Rudd,
Edwin D. Michael and G. G.
Broussard.
wear suede shoes so that they
wouldn’t take time out to shine
their shoes. By this time it should
also be obvious girls will add to
excellence, as will fraternities and
sororities. With these additions
to our excellence we could teach
the freshmen how to take being
awakened at four o’clock in the
morning and run around the cam
pus with molasses and feathers all
over themselves. Then rather than
teach them to take orders we
could show them how to carry
out a successful panty raid, which
should add to excellence. Aggies
face it! There just isn’t any need
for men in the Excellence world
today.
William E. Albert, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
I hope I may not be thought
presumptious for attempting to
add anything to the eloquent and
rational answers to the “Senior
Ring Problem” that have been
given by previous letters in
“Sound Off”. However, my hum
ble opinion is that there is a
definite need for change in the
ring, now that we are a “uni
versity” — indeed the first in
the world to be named after two
letters of the alphabet. (A&M
is now spelled with out periods,
you know.)
In general, I agree with the
proposals of Anson Holly in his
letter. The non-civilians should
be allowed to have their cannon
and crossed gun and sword. I
also think it would be nice if their
ring was made of brass so they
could have the exquisite pleasure
of spending long hours polish
ing it.
And the civilians deserve the
option of a different ring, not to
mention the co-eds who would
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have difficulty explaining the
military symbolism. I don’t think
anyone would believe them if
they explained it as a Girl Scout
ring complete with rolling pin,
Bowie Knife, and beebee gun.
Along with Cadet Holly’s sug
gestions for replacement of the
weapons on the ring by a statue
of Mr. L. S. Ross or the Academic
Building, I would suggest a choice
of the following:
(1) a cowboy boot with crossed
shower shoes,
(2) a silhouette of Sbisa Mess
Hall and the laundry smokestack,
(3) a playboy rabbit emblem,
(4) a cameo of Queen Victoria
(for co-eds),
(5) a “Beatle wig” (for John
Wright).
The controversy over
sity” or “college” on the ring
could be eliminated by merely
leaving out this word; the ring
would then read “Texas A&M”.
The space saved could be used
to insert the aphorism “I love
me!” for corps cadets or civilians
so-desiring.
P. W. Coonrod, ’63
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ELECT
DEMOCRAT
B. H. DEWEY, JR.
STATE
Representative
(28th District—Brazos County)
MEMBER of Southern Re
gional Education Board.
LEGISLATOR— 1953-1962
“BEST FOR CRISIS IN
EDUCATION IN 1965”
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WASHINGTON (A>) — Sen.
Ralph Yarborough, D-Tex., an
amateur historian of some re
pute, recently related to a meet
ing of Reserve Officer Association
wives little known stories of Tex
as heroines.
One of the stories concerned
Jane Long, the wife of a doctor
and daughter of an army general.
She was left in a fort with a
detachment of 40 men at Point
Bolivar on Galveston Island when
her husband, Dr. James Long, and
a few companions had to leave
for Mexico City in 1821, the year
of Mexican Independence from
Spain.
When the food gave out at the
fort the 40 men deserted, leaving
Mrs. Long, her small child and
a Negro maid. Cannibalistic Kar-
ankawa Indians attacked but Mrs.
Long manned and fired a cannon,
frightening the Karankawas a-
way. She fished and waded for
oysters in the cold waters of the
bay that winter to survive and
also gave birth to a child, the first
Anglo-American born in Texas.
With her rescue came word that
her husband had been killed in
Mexico City. She stayed in Tex
as, however, and joined Stephen
F. Austin and his colony.
Yarborough recounted also the
story of the wife of Capt. Almer-
on Dickinson, commander of the
Alamo’s artillery, whose life and
that of her child was spared when
the Mexicans overran the mission.
Another story dealt with the ex
periences of Margaret Lea of
Alabama, 20, who married hard
drinking Sam Houston, then 47,
and made a teetotaler out of him.
“Do not think that all the hero-
Yanks Turn
Other Cheek
In Cambodia
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (A>)
— After a series of political
blows from the little kingdom
of Cambodia, the United States
has decided to turn the other
cheek to its volatile ruler, Prince
Norodom Sihanouk.
There appears to be two rea
sons fof the U. S. endorsement
of South Viet Nam’s decision to
seek restoration of diplomatic re
lations with Cambodia.
First, the United States wants
to defeat Red China’s policy of
divide and conquer in Asia.
Second, Washington hopes to
close the Cambodian valve
through which Viet Cong agents
and supplies flow to South Viet
Nam’s Red guerrillas from Com
munist North Viet Nam.
ines were in the past,” Yar
borough concluded. “I saw three
of our own time, under fire in
Dallas that sad Friday, last Nov.
22.”
He told of “the incomparable
courage and nobility” displayed
by Mi s. Jacqueline Kennedy when
an assassin’s bullet took the life
of her husband President John F.
Kennedy.
Yarborough also praised the
conduct that same day and time
of Mrs. John Connally after her
husband, the governor of Texas,
“lay wounded and helpless in her
lap.”
During all the confusion that
followed the shootings of Kennedy
and Connally, “Mrs. Lyndon John
son was like a queen, looking
neither to the right nor left, nei
ther seeking cover nor uttering
a sound,” Yarborough said.
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