THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 1, 1965
Today we delve into the Halls
of Knowledge for an interview
with Professor Gotta Teachum.
CAVE: Professor Teachum, I
understand you have been with
this institution for more than 40
years.
TEACHUM: Yes, I have been
here for more than 40 years.
I’ve even been here for more
than 50 years.
CAVE: What would you con
sider your greatest contribution
to education?
TEACHUM: Teaching Aggies
the cultural things of life.
CAVE: What sort of “cultural
things ? ”
TEACHUM: Well, once I re
member organizing a panty raid
on Allen Academy. Then there
was the time I treated my stu
dents to a beer bust on the Brazos
River. Oh, yeah, (chuckle, chuc
kle) one time we even set fire to
the president’s home.
CAVE: And just how do you
imagine these events have help
ed your students?
TEACHUM: Helped ’em! Hell,
they didn’t help ’em none. Ag
gies don’t wanna be helped. They
don’t come here to be helped;
they want an education. So
that’s what I try to give ’em —
a well-rounded education. At
least I used to.
CAVE: Used to?
TEACHUM: Yeah. Nowadays
things are different. I’m get
ting older and there’s a new
breed of students today.
CAVE: How would you describe
this “new breed?”
TEACHUM: Well, back in the
old days there was more hell
raising. Today everybody seems
to be interested in academic ex
cellence. Now there’s an over
used phrase. But anyway, every
body’s interested in it.
CAVE: What else have you
contributed to the advancement
of education at A&M?
TEACHUM: Pop quizzes.
CAVE: How did this advance
education ?
TEACHUM: Pop quizzes keep
Aggies on their toes. Also, it
helps improve their vocabulary.
CAVE: Improve their vocabu
lary?
TEACHUM: Sure! You’ve no
idea some of the words I’ve
heard when I announce a pop
quiz.
CAVE: Well, uh, yeah I guess
so. Now, sir, what do you ex
pect to contribute in the next
few years.
TEACHUM: Nothing.
CAVE: Certainly you don’t
mean that.
TEACHUM: Sure I do. Man,
I’ve been contributing for over
50 years. I’m gonna start re
ceiving in the next few years.
CAVE: You mean receive the
benefits from younger instruc
tors ?
TEACHUM: Oh, no. I mean
receive retirement pay. I’m an
old man.
CAVE: Surely in your many
years of teaching, you have ac
quired a pet peeve. Would you
mind telling me what it is?
TEACHUM: Oh, it’s no secret.
Any of my students could tell
you that I despise whispering in
class. I don’t care if they talk,
you understand. I just don’t like
anyone whispering. I mean if
someone has something to say,
I want to hear it. That’s just a
standing rule in my classes.
You’d be surprised of some of the
good jokes I’ve heard by enforc
ing that rule. Want to hear some
of ’em ?
CAVE: I don’t think we have
any more time. Just one more
question: If you could relive
your life, what one thing would
you change ?
TEACHUM: I’d go to college.
Then maybe I could be an admin
istrator. They make all the good
money.
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THURSDAY
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CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Solans Pass Dropout Law
AUSTIN, Texas <A») — A new
law aimed at easing Texas’ high
school drop out problem was
written by state legislators
Wednesday.
The Senate passed on voice
vote a House-approved measure
JB51 that will raise the age
for compulsory school attend
ance from 16 to 17 years. The
bill goes to the governor for
signature.
Supporters have claimed that
forcing 17-year-old dropouts to
return to school would be a long
step in decreasing juvenile de
linquency.
The Senate also finally passed
and sent to the governor a
House-passed bill HB150 that
would hold up certification of
the election of House members
until the day before each Legis
lature begins. The practical ef
fect would be to keep outgoing
representative on the $4,800 a
year payroll until a new session
starts. At present, due to a tech
nicality in the payroll bill, win
ning House members are certi
fied about the middle of Novem
ber and can take their oath of
office immediately.
Another House action got a
swift rebuff in the Senate. The
House passed 138-4 a bill SB-
407 that would take Arlington
State College out of the Texas
A&M System and put it under
the University of Texas.
(See Story, page 1)
The original Senate bill had
to be sent back to the Senate
for approval of House amend
ments — which the Senate re
fused to give by a 11-17 vote,
Sen. Don Kennard, Fort Worti,
said he will make another at
tempt for senate concurrence
with the House amendments in
a few days.
*‘Look, you’re Aggies—aren’t you? And Civilians too?
Well, not only are you invited, but it’s your duty to attend
th’ Civilian Weekend!”
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FRIDAY
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summer employment; any major,
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Viet ‘Volunteers’ No Bluff
An CflP) News Analysis
A real threat exists that thou
sands of “volunteers” will enter
the war in South Viet Nam on
the Communist side — not
Chinese or Russians, but men
from Red North Viet Nam.
Both the Chinese and the Rus
sians have mentioned the possi
bility of sending their own men
to Viet Nam. But the Soviet hint
was vague, and the Chinese
have shown no sign of hurry
about getting so deeply in
volved. This talk of “volun
teers” seemed intended by both
primarily to impress other Com
munists in the continuing quar
rel between Moscow and Peking.
But the Chinese evidently are
prodding Hanoi to infiltrate into
the South thousands of young
men who can claim South Viet
namese origin. Their presence in
the South would be a political as
well as a military factor, should
there be any lull in the war to
permit negotiations.
A recent statement from Pek
ing, under the auspices of “Na
tional Front for Liberation of
South Viet Nam” representa
tives stated there, said Hanoi
would have every right to send
such men southward.
It referred to these prospec
tive reinforcsements for the Viet
Cong as “the sons and daugh
ters of South Viet Nam who
have regrouped to the North in
observance of the cease-fire
agreement, and who have every
right to return to their native
places to take up arms once
again to defend their own homes
and families.”
This refers to the 1954 agree
ments, after the French were
defeated in Indochina. Many
Southerners remained in the
North, just as many Norther
ners remained in the South. By
use of documents issued under
the French colonial rule, those
of Southern origin easily could
demonstrate their status. Their
presence in large numbers in
the South could insure a big
Communist nucleus for a future
takeover of the country even if
the war should be halted by
some sort of political settlement.
The recent Chinese talk of
volunteers, Korea-style, for Viet
Nam, is not particularly new.
As long ago as last August, aft
er the U. S. attack on North
Vietnamese bases, Peking claim
ed the “right to take action in
every possible form” in Viet
Nam. For a much longer time
it has repeated over and over
that it would “not sit idly by with
folded arms.”
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