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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 16, 1964
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Corps Code
Foretells Future
Congratulations to the committee responsible for The
Standard—the Corps of Cadets new guidebook.
A replacement for The Cadence, The Aggie Code of
Honor, Social Customs, The Cadet Code of Conduct and the
Articles of the Cadet Corps, the new cadet bible is a praise
worthy step forward from the chaos of custom.
Tradition is an honorable feature of any organization.
But the Corps is a mobile, growing body with many facets.
What is tradition with one man is not with another, and
what is tradition with one outfit is not with another.
A code for the future—not the past— is now in the
hands of the Corps. It not only spells out each man’s respon
sibility to his class and his unit, but for the first time it
tells why.
How these new standards—imposed by the Corps itself—
are accepted will spell the future of A&M military training.
K. K. Konfusion
Psychologists say normal people don’t try to put round
pegs into square holes.
It would be interesting to receive their opinions on cam
pus parking conditions. Campus Security has graduated
beyond the square peg lesson and gone a step further—put
ting too many cars in not enough space.
Students living in the old dorm area need not consult
Sherlock Holmes to discover too many parking permits were
issued for the dorm lot—the number of “complementary”
parking tickets given yesterday is proof enough.
But the solution is a puzzle. Unless more space is pro
vided or some cars moved, students will have to play musical
chairs with the limited number of parking spaces with the
loser taking a parking ticket.
Bulletin Board
WEDNESDAY
The Brazos County A&M Club
will see a film on football high
lights of 1963 at their monthly
meeting at the clubhouse on
Ehlinger Drive. Meeting starts
at 6 p.m. with refreshments serv
ed at 7 p.m.
The Judo Club will meet at 5
p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
All old members have been asked
to report for practice today while
new members should report Sept.
23.
The Aggies Wives Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Memorial Student Center.
Athletic officers from com-
petiting organizations have been
asked to report to the YMCA
Building at 5 p.m.
The Duplicate Bridge Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Social
Room of the Memorial Student
Center. Students, faculty and the
public have been asked to com
pete.
THURSDAY
San Angelo West Texas Home
town Club will meet in the Art
Room of the MSC at 7:30 p.m.
The Soil and Crop Science Stu
dent Wives Society will meet at
7:30 p.m. in Room 302 of the
Plant Science Building to discuss
a welcoming tea for new mem
bers.
Graduate Student Council be
gins operations for the fall se
mester with a noon meeting in
the MSC. All graduate students
have been invited.
FRIDAY
The Freshmen Agricultural
Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. in
the Lecture Room of the Animal
Industries Building. Officers will
be elected.
The A&M Women’s Social Club
will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the
Ballroom of the MSC. A child
ren’s fashion show will be held.
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Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole
Sports Editor - Tex Rogers
Day News Editor Michael Reynolds
Night News Editor Clovis McCallister
Asst. Sports Editor Lani Presswood
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ABILENE CP) — Sources spon
soring the retirement of military
men in the Abilene area say
their program has met a good
response.
Lt. Col. M. M. Stallings, Dyess
Air Force Base information of
ficer, said, “We haven’t heard of
any other type of retirement plan
between an air base and a com
munity being promulgated any
where in the United States.”
He added, “If this thing gets
rolling, we’ll undoubtedly get
Air Force-wide notice because
it is a unique plan.”
The program aims to direct the
retiring military man into a
ready-made civilian niche.
Two committees have been set
up. One already is preparing a
brochure and planning advertise
ments in military publications.
Another committee will secure
and pass on information about
jobs for servicemen about to re
tire.
Between 10 and 20 men retire
each month at Dyess, but the
program also aims to reach other
bases and servcies.
Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent C. E. Bentley says that Abi
lene in this manner will be at
tracting persons in their 40s “who
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possible fatal setback Tuesday
in the House.
Without even a token fight, its
supporters permitted the Sen
ate-passed legislation to go to a
Senate-House conference for al
most certain death, unless Presi
dent Johnson can find a formula
to keep it breathing.
Of the 12 men who will decide
the fate of the measure in the
joint conference, eight are known
opponents and only four are a-
vowed supporters.
Their recommendations must be
acted on by both the Senate and
the House.
What is popularly known as
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The maneuver that all but
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the political campaign agenda,
came as a surprise. It followed
a huddle by administration House
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pects for an initial test vote orig
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“We surrendered to the reali
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Thursday’s test was to have
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