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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, November 19, 1964 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle KULTURE Remember the Tom Swifties that were so popular a year or so ago? Well, we’ve composed a few to illustrate the coming week which will be climaxed by the annual Turkey Day game in Austin. First of all, concerning the bonfire: “I wonder who will have the largest log,” the freshman said longingly. “Sometimes it takes an entire outfit to move one log,” a sopho more added heavily. “Well, the juniors will be chop ping the trees,” a junior cut in. Its worth all the work just to see that bonfire,” a senior blazed. And then, about the TU game: “We’re going to end the eight- year drouth,” an Aggie football player said dryly. “The Twelfth Man will be yell ing their lungs out,” a yell leader said cancerously. “Remember Kyle Field,” an other added alamoingly. And over at Forty Acres: “Should we serve tea before the game?” a TU male asked sippingly. “It’ll sure be good to have those vets back,” Bevo bellowed sickly. “And the men, too,” a Texas coed said lovingly. “Oh, the Aggies will choke,” a Daily Texan sports writer wrote tightly. “Like they did in the last game of the baseball season?” a base ball player asked losingly. ★ ★ ★ While we’re on the subject of Thanksgiving Day football, this story told by a friend comes to mind: He was a Teasip. Granted, that’s rather odd, but it is even more so in his case. This fellow’s initials are A.M.C. He hails from a long line of Aggie graduates. One of the new dorms here bears his uncle’s name. When he finished high school, one of his graduation presents was an Aggie saber. He had long been indoctrinated with the advantages of an A&M education. But when it came time for him to choose colleges, he picked Texas University. Everything went fine until Turkey Day came around. The Ags and Sips were fightin’ it out in traditional fash ion on Kyle Field. Trying to be a good Teasip —- if there is such a thing — he sat on the TU side for the first half. Finally, he could stand it no longer and switched his support to his dad’s alma mater. Ho-hum! Guess male supre macy just seemed more appealing than pushing cookies. “Have you noticed how that cloud is growing bigger as bonfire time gets closer. Bulletin Board THURSDAY Pasadena Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Room in the MSC. Austin Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Acade mic Building. Galveston Island Hometown Club will meet after Yell Prac tice in the YMCA. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-B in the MSC. Abilene Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 208 in the Academic Building. Bay Area Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-C in the MSC. El Paso Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-C in the MSC. Laredo Hometown Club will Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: I think the non-regs should stop knocking the Cadet Corps and take stock of themselves. As a non-reg this year, I feel that I have the right to discourse of this subject. The two main gripes I have in mind concern Silver Taps and the flag ceremonies. As to Silver Taps I will conceed that the non-regs are not the only guilty parties. Everyone seems to think that Silver Taps is a time to put on your worst looking clothes and slouch over to the Academic Building. They just stand at various positions of relaxation and fidget while other Aggies are trying to honor their dead buddy. about the lack of respect shown the American flag by about sev enty-five per cent of the non- regs. It is not hard to stand at attention while the flag is being raised or lowered. Try it some time. This may not seem like a big thing to some people, but it is to me. It might also be so to some visiting people who are looking our school over. So if you don’t respect the flag at least stand at attention in case someone is watching. Jim Armstrong, ’64 ★ ★ ★ The second gripe I have is Editor, The Battalion: Being a former student of A&M and a Texan, I feel it’s my duty to speak out about the misuse of the “Eye’s of Texas” as our state song. It seems that our governor, the President of the United States and now the Sing ing Cadets do not know that the state song is “Texas, Our Texas.” The “Eye’s of Texas” happens to be the University of Texas’ school song and only a trans- posion of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.” Not only do peo ple of Texas not know the state song but Aggies are sniging the wrong song on national TV such as the Miss Teenage Contest. Wake up Texans and especially Aggies. William Albert, ’64 meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSG Lounge. Beaumont Hometown Club will not meet because of the bonfire safety film. Tyler-Smith County Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-A in the MSC. Fort Worth Hometown Club will meet in Room 105 in the Academic Building. Deep East Texas Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Room in the MSC. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2-B in the MSC. American Institute of Chemi cal Engineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105 in the Geology Building. Job Calls Ferreri’s Triangle Restaurant Try Our New SECRETARY SPECIAL Monday Thru Friday The SECRETARY SPECIAL is a quick, low calorie meal which gives you time to shop during your noon hour. Book Your Banquets and Special Parties Early. Accommodations From 10 to 200 Persons 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. 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KORNER Departmt [chosen s Phrase Heard On Campus A&M, Cultural Wasteland Sigma i) physics '■«| Potter lent in klf. Whit [the Sign Jhe m< Council By JIM HUNT Special Writer Texas A&M, the cultural waste land — this is a phrase heard often on campus, especially from faculty members. It seems ludi crous that an institution of high er learning, ostensibly a univer sity, would be classed as utterly devoid of artistic endeavors; un fortunately, this is almost true. Why isn’t A&M ready for the ballet? Is this place so back ward that the students can only comprehend the most popular en tertainment forms and rarely something which would actually be classed as an art? Why is it that a system has evolved under which a normally bright and sen sitive high school graduate will be so indoctrinated in manliness and “good bull” that most if not all of his feeling for any artistic endeavor will be brainwashed from him ? Is the Corps responsible for the present status of the arts in its emphasis on the group and mili tary cohesiveness ? The Corps itself is rapidly becoming moder nized in uniform and in proce dures and, somewhat belatedly, it is instituting several badly needed reforms. The Corps as presently being run will not hurt and in some ways will aid cul tural programs, but the Corps as an institution has badly hurt the development of any coordinated art programs on the campus. The state of mind and bastard conception of “old army” has hurt the school and will continue to damage its reputation and de velopment. A perfect example of this anachronistic method of thinking can be seen this week end at Guion Hall. The movie, We’ve Never Been Licked is a good picture of the feelings and attitudes prevalent on the cam pus during the war; today it is about as relevant as going to see National Velvet to see what Elizabeth Taylor looks like. With this misconception of what makes an Aggie goes the attitude that painting, ballet, poe try and even good grades are un manly; the only thing an Aggies can do is drink beer under the old order. This image is damag ing to the school on and off the campus; as long as such ideas persist A&M cannot hope to emerge from the dark ages and enter the Twentieth Century. Legislature passes. The onlyi® ia *' t ' es this situation is going to be«i strat ''' e medied is for the students and culty to work together. The students by not driiij budding poets and painters c derground and the faculty by 4 ing something other than sittq back and condemning the sit ation. Those students and! culty who are trynig to do soul thing can do nothing if met a all sides by naysayers and pe sons who persist in running doi the school and who consistenl fail to lift a hand to aid wh: interest there is on campus. If A&M is concentrating onli coming the MIT of the Southwal and more than just a dipkq mill, it must be remembered t MIT has one of the most 1 gresive theatre programs in t country. We still have a cow college mis named a university; there is no degree in art, nor in music. Texas A&M is not a university no matter how many bills the The concept of a university i that all disciplines are represer. ed equally and that none sri emphasized to the detriment t: the others. If the current cot ception of the unimportance e secondary status of the arts pet sists, the man of the space aff will have nothing but his owe grim visage to gaze upon ami truly create a wasteland, /oral his technology. ‘...and Mom, you’re a grandmother!” You can spread good news farther and faster by long distance telephone. Yes, and give all the details—at so low and pleasurable a cost that phoning is the practical thing to do! SOUTHWESTERN STATES TELEPHONE CO. A member of the General System PEANUTS By Charles M. 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