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is THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 29, 1964 BATTALION EDITORIALS New Space Center Reveals Modern Trends The announcement of A&M’s new million-dollar space center, coupled with the cyclotron construction program revealed recently will probably be the greatest step forward the university has taken in many years. A&M is fast becoming a noted institution in the fasci nating field of space travel and is already attracting inter nationally known scientists and technicians to lead research investigations in this truly space age field. Plaudits from such people as Wernher Von Braun and Willey Ley are proof enough that A&M is coming into its own right as a space technology leader. And yet the benefits are not the University’s own. They will belong to Bryan-College Station and to the whole Brazos Valley, as well as the State of Texas. The transition from a predominately agricultural school in a predominately agricultural area to a noted scientific institution specializing in everything from cattle genetics to lunar geology is somewhat of a para dox. The college that was founded “90 miles from nowhere,” and the only state university that is not located in a major population center, may have that very fact to attribute to its fantastic new growth. One of the major prerequisites to many of A&M’s new programs is land. Good, flat relatively inexpensive Brazos Valley bottom land unhampered by the growth of large cities. Where else can you construct nuclear reactors and cyclotrons with such ease? What other school has the facili ties, minds and that m^gic ingredient, land, to conduct the agricultural research necessary to make the United States the best fed nation in the world? Those who were hasty to criticize the “cow college on the Brazos” are now eating those words as one project after another is captured by A&M. And the progressive minds of the University System who won’t take no for an answer are furnishing the salt and pepper. Mental, Physical Exams Taking Toll Of Draftees (Special to The Battalion) DALLAS — Nearly half of all Texas draftees are being disquali fied by preinduction examina tions, and a movement is under way to salvage them. About half of the Texas “fall out’' is attributed to the physical examinations, the remainder to the mental tests. Some men fail both mental and medical examin ations. For rejectees found to be edu cationally deficient, a cooperative effort initiated by the Selective Service System and the Depart ment of Labor swings into oper ation. Young men who fail are re ferred to the Texas Employment Commission for special testing, counseling, and placement serv ice. If unemployed, they are re ferred to available jobs or to training or educational programs needed to fit them for jobs. Last month, the first full month of the plan, more than 4,000 notices went to rejectees in Texas. Early figures from TEC indi cated that Texas rejectees who reported last month were unem ployed in the ratio of 5-2 and that most of them were ready to ac cept help from the new program. THE; EXCHANGE STORE Serving Texas Aggies With Books Since 1907 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 hy 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. 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Represented nationally by National advertising Service, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An- treles and San Francisco. RONNIE FANN EDITOR Glenn Dromgoole Managing Editor Bob Schulz, Jim Butler Associate Editors Maynard Rogers Sports Editor John Wright News Editor Clovis McCallister, Mike Reynolds Asst. News Editors Lani Presswood Asst. Sports Editor Ray Harris, Larry Jerden, Tom Hargrove, Ted Gentry Staff Writers Ken Coppage, Herky Killingsworth Photographers Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: In the Tuesday issue of The Battalion (April 21) you printed an article concerning Silver Taps for John L. Cleaves, freshman swimmer. In the article you stated that the Louisiana State Police charged Henry Miller, driver of the Harrison car, with careless and reckless driving. We feel that if you had checked on the story before publishing the article you would have found out that this was incorrect. In any case we do feel that the true story should be told. Miller was absolved of all guilt by a coron er’s inquest which charged that the driver of the other car was at fault. Charges are now be ing made against the driver of the other car on various counts. The Aggie Swimming Tern See story, page 1.—ed. ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: Having just finished reading a recent article by Mike Reynolds entitled “Reynolds Rap,” I slip ped the knife from between my 17th and 18th vertebrae and sat down to write a letter in de fense of myself. First, I would like to compli ment Mr. Reynolds on his column. I must say I enjoyed reading it; however I was very distressed at what I am sure was oversight on his part. If Mr. Reynolds had bothered to check my latest psychological tests, he would realize that I am not clever enough to issue forth with a quotable quote like the one he attributed to me. I only wish that I had been in possession of my faculties at the time so that I could have realized what a giant intellect I had. 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