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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 9, 1965
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Reynolds 9 Rap
by Mike Reynolds
A team of newsmen from the
Houston Chronicle is slipping
about the campus this week try
ing to discover just what goes
on inside the Aggie mind, and
what the Aggie does during the
average week.
After spending a weekend sur
veying the situation surrounding
social life in Bryan-College Sta
tion, one of the men was prompt
ed to ask what his senses had al
ready told him:
“What would the Aggies do if
this place was completely dry and
they couldn’t drink beer?”
The discovery that Aggieland
holds very little in extra curri
cular activities for students will
come as no surprise to those who
have trod the walks of our cam
pus for any length of time.
That everybody knows the sit
uation is apparent if one will at
tempt to stand in the middle of
the parking lots for student cars
on Friday afternoons and Satur
day mornings after drill.
There has been mentioned, in
various quarters, a program to
more fully acquaint the high
school students of the state with
the true picture of student life
at A&M. No doubt this program
grew in the minds of administra
tive heads after they discovered
that nearly all Texans still think
that everyone at A&M is in the
Army, that all students wear a
uniform and that a student’s day
begins with Reveille and ends
with Taps.
Obviously, there are those at
A&M who would like to maintain
this disguise as a military school.
Even more obviously, to those
looking to the future when A&M
will be a full-fledged multiversity,
this vision is one that must be
quickly dispelled.
But, if the military austerity
is thrown aside, what remains?
Just what the newsman from
Houston could see for himself —
nothing but places to drink beer.
Before officials begin to show
the social life of A&M, they
should make sure that A&M has
one to show. Too much of the
social life available to Aggies is
found in Denton, Houston, Austin,
Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth and
other cities containing coed uni
versities and colleges.
If the merchants and business
men of Bryan-College Station are
so happy to see the enrollment
of students here increase and in
clude the names of females now,
it is time that a new type of
merchant appear in larger quan
tities — those that exist for the
student and not off of the stu
dent.
It is time that fresh men with
fresh ideas came forward to build
fresh businesses — eating estab
lishments, places for social enter
tainment and a variety of others
— and produce a fresh atmos
phere that is more condusive to
luring high school students to the
Brazos River Bottoms.
True, a great responsibility for
the growth of the university lies
with the university itself, how
ever, the community carries the
next largest load.
School Superintendents
Present Special Problems
L.O
“Do you think this letter would get to her if I addressed
it to ‘The Rangerette, Third From the Right*?”
Bulletin Board
TUESDAY
Band Wives Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Charles Kuenemann at C-8-Z Col
lege View.
Semper Fidelis Society will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105
of the Biological Sciences Build
ing.
Association of Graduate Stu
dents’ Wives will meet at 8 p.m.
in the Social Room of the Mem
orial Student Center.
American Meteorological Socie
ty will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Room
305 of Goodwin Hall. Dr. E. J.
Dyksterhuis from the Department
of Range and Forestry will speak
on “Mid-Continental Isohyets,
Water Shortage and Utilization
of Non-arable Lands.
AUSTIN UP) — Six state spe
cial school superintendents pre
sented a long list of problems
to their governing board Mon
day, but boiled their troubles
down to one thing — lack of
Money.
And despite inadequate facili
ties in some instances, they said,
Texas’ mentally retarded students
are getting better treatment than
ever before.
“In one word, the key to our
problems is money,” said Edwin
Killian, superintendent of the
Denton State School.
Killian and the other five su
perintendents reported to the
Board for Texas State Hospitals
and Special Schools at its regu
lar monthly meeting.
More money and more space
are the pressing needs of the
hospital system, the superintend
ents agreed.
L. W. Cain of the Abilene State
School said the state has a good
classification plan for its hospi
tal employes, but not enough
money to carry out the plan.
“We need,” said Dr. Phillip
Roos of the Austin State School,
“more professional personnel, in
creased salaries for key admini
strators, a full-time research per
son and also to start thinking
about a building program.”
William Beaver of the Lufkin
State School said his ihstitution’s
problems are space — “we’re in
bad shape” — and the training
of attendants, especially made at
tendants. He said the Lufkin
school had a 51 per cent turnover
last year in that category.
William Lawler of the Travis
State School in Austin listed that
institution’s problems as lack of
personnel and space and the de
teriorating condition of the build
ings, “some 30 to 40 years old.”
Speaking for about 10 minutes
each, the superintendents stress
ed, however, the benefit the stu
dents at the schools are receiv
ing. Cain praised the religio P av id J
program at the Abilene schc h 1 ™ 01-
while Killian said the Denton Society
stitution has 700 volunteer woj
ers each month, and that 97 p
cent of the school’s populati sc ^ 00 ^
showed marked improvements >eard l
ter only 9 days.
Busy Schedule Ahead
For Texas Legislature
AUSTIN OP) _ Legislators
opened the ninth week of their
session today, with hopes of fin
ishing debate on the criminal code
bill, viewing spending plans and
improving water safety laws.
Heavy committee agendas will
keep lawmakers busy.
Rep. Ben Atwell of Dallas pre
pared to bring up his bill to
broaden the water safety act by
allowing game wardens to arrest
violators; allow cities, water au
thorities and counties to zone for
swimming and fishing lakes uni )ar ticuL
their authority; and increase It Bareli,
registration fees.
The Senate Finance Committ
is expected to send to the fk
this week its version of st
1966-67 spending needs.
jen
In committee action, legislak
consider bills to add eight sch«
for mentally retarded children
the state system; to authorizt
medical school at Texas T«
and to create the Texas Constit
tional Revision Commission.
—Job Calls —
WEDNESDAY
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business administration, econo
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Allen-Bradley Co. — electrical
engineering, industrial engineer
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Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
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thematics.
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
The uniqueness of Texas A&M
is gradually being eradicated by
those advocates of “increased en
rollment and coeducation at any
price.”
“Quantity rather than quality,”
appears to be their paradoxical
utterance. They beseech us to
revolutionize the school to attract
more students, including females,
in order to enrich and enliven the
social atmosphere at Texas A&M,
but at the same time they ad
monish us to strive for excellence
with the cautionary statement “a
different type of man is needed
today.” We are told me
to consider the quality of educa
tion at the same moment we are
exhorted for not striving to in
crease the enrollment of the
school with utmost speed.
No one can deny that times are
changing or that new and differ
ent types of demands are placed
on one and all every day, but one
can question the need for “a dif
ferent type of man.”
Haven’t Aggies, symbolized by
the spirit of the Twelfth Man,
always been taught to accept vic
tory and defeat gracefully, and
to always strive for victory over
all adversaries whether in busi
ness, denfense of our country or
on the athletic field ?
I contend that a “different type
of man” is not needed but that
the same caliber of student Texas
A&M has produced in the past,
and will continue to produce in
the future, is needed: The individ
ual who accepts the responsibi
lity of meeting the needs and re
quirements of his country and
has the perserverance to over
come despite persistent obstacles.
I also contend our school is
not “potentially great” but is
truly one of the country’s out
standing universities and I be
lieve it will continue to produce
men, of quality that will meet
our nation’s future needs.
I hope the Board of Directors
will deem it necessary to study
several alternative and submit to
the students and exes a portfolio
outlining all proposed changes to
be made — and specific reasons,
pro and con, for making A&M
“just another coed university.”
Tentative questions to be ans
wered are:
1. Why, after an experiment
with non-compulsory Corps (1953-
57) did the board revert to com
pulsory Corps?
2. Will girls really attend A&M
rather than other universities lo
cated in much larger cities than
Bryan and College Station, which
already have established pro
grams attractive to females?
3. Will the presence of coeds
really enhance the quality of edu
cation ?
To be coeducational or not to
be coeducational, that’s the ques
tion gentlemen.
Whatever the eventual out
come, I hope, as I’m sure all Ag
gies do, that we all will have a
school that can be boasted of and
one that will continue to produce
“Men of Quality.”
David E. Pierson, ’63
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Editor,
The Battalion:
This is my 5th year at Texas
A&M University; I have some
thing important to say.
Thursday night I attended
“open house” at Texas A&M Con
solidated Jr. High School. It was
a refreshing experience to ob
serve the school kids perform.
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Managing Editor Glenn Dromgoole
Sports Editor Lani Presswood
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They were naive enough to have
faith.
They sang an arrangement of
the Pledge of Allegiance, and
their faces were radiant. They
were patriotic — those crazy kids!
In all of its apparent simplicity,
their Pledge of Allegiance was
plainly beautiful and in context
with their faith.
Friday night I saw I.T.S. Since
when is sex, talent; since when
is God, god; since when are wo
men, men; and who are you to
judge so ? Shall we smile at one
another a pessimistic, sick smile
and clasp our hands as sheep,
conforting our sophisticated, pur
poseless selves ?
Does Normandy strike you as
funny:
You “hollow men”; you killers;
you murder their faith — those
crazy men.
I beg you — think.
Bob Barsch, ’64
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Editor,
The Battalion:
What kind of school do we give
the Southwest Conference Sports
manship trophy to ? It’s bad
enough to listen to those Fightin’
Texas Aggies get outscored with
out having to listen to the “good
sports” at Texas Tech yelling
“Poor Aggies” over the radio. I
think a school that shows that
type of sportsmanship hardly de
serves to be elected the school
showing the best sportsmanship
in the Southwest Conference.
Although many people com
plain about the noise we raise
during football games, how many
times have you heard Aggies yell
ing “Poor Sips” or “Poor Ponies”
just before the game is over.
Or have you heard anyone berate
another team here at A&M be
cause they were being beaten by
a superior Aggie team ?
If that is the type of sports
manship it takes to be a member
of the Southwest Conference, then
I propose that we withdraw say-
PARDNER
Vou’ll Always Win
The Showdown
When You Gel
Vour Duds Don*
At
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
ing, “Beat the Hell outta th’
SWC!”
Stephen Lamkins, ’67
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Editor:
The Battalion:
The “Candid Comments on Cur
rent Crisis” column of Feb. 19,
1965, concerning Religious Em
phasis Week brought to mind the
following recommendations for
increasing the attendance to this
excellent program.
If the University wants to sell
R.E. Week to the students, the
school must appreciate the reali
ties of the market within which
they deal. What good Aggie would
prefer sermons to the fun and
games or good bull of dorm life ?
Surely nothing could equal the
joys of spirited rivalries between
class and clique; the perfection
of English speech in feigned mad
ness, friendly banter or caustic
repartee, or the rapture of lis
tening to the “sons of the soil”
musical classics. I am suggest
ing that the R.E. Week sponsors
should analyze their consumer’s
behavior. Then, they would rea
lize that the distribution of The
Word could only be increased by
more vigorous competing with the
other events that pander to bio
logical stimuli.
An initial step would involve a
psychological design to enhance
the packing of the spiritual pro
duct. The following examples of
salesmanship might get to the
soul in serge, the saint in the
saddle, or the wonders of the
wasteland. First, change the
name of the event to Irreligious
Relevance Revival, Intolerance
Time, or Animal Appreciation
Week. Proclaim that attend
ance is “verboten!” and list topics
similar to the following:
“God made Maggies,” or “How
Ya Gonna Keep ’em?”
“Is Ranger the embodied “Ag
gie Spirit,” or “is he simply the
symbol of authority?”
“Christ at Chow,” or “Why are
Eating Utensils Furnished?”, or
“Cowboy Hats are for Eating.”
“Are non-regs irregular Ag
gies?”
“Universal Acceptance of Ag
gie Standards of Excellence,” or
“The Endeavor to Achieve the
Greatest Good Bull.”
“Aggie Academic Accomplish
ment,” or “ Collusion Can Be
Collective.”
“A&M’s Lasting Achievement
— the state of perpetual provinc
ialism.”
The possibilities are unlimited
for enlightened management, and
the clever speaker would have
no trouble using these vehicles to
deliver the real message. How
ever, if this approach fails, the
officials should try show biz.
“Aggies are greedy dogs. Yeah!
They ride around in big cars.
Unnh-hunh! Wha! And chase
women. Yeah! And drink liquor.
Unnh-hunh! What! And smoke
cigars. Oh yes! Wha! And
they are greedy dogs. Yeah! Uun-
hunh! Oh Yes! Wha!
Gig’um and Us
“Truman Goodbody”
P.S. The above satire is in
tended equally for the gungho
Aggies who believe that A&M is
the best of all possible worlds
and the lethargic Aggies who
don’t care about the world. My
views are slanted because I be
lieve a University should be a
cosmopolitan center of learning
— a melting pot of humans and
ideas that produce understanding.
Name Withheld By Request
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South Side of Campus
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to an
INQUIRERS’ CLASS
Monday Evening 8:00 p. m.
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a. m. 11:00 a. m.; 7:00 p. it
Wednesdays 6:45 a. m. 7:15 p.m.
Canterbury Association - Suppei
6:30 p. m. Wednesdays.
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SHE SAVf? SHE TAKES CHILDREN
10 THE MOVIE ROOM FOR /MONIES, TO
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TO THE LIBRARV FOR BOOKS, TO
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