The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 06, 1965, Image 2

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    THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, May 6, 1965
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Lefties: A Backward World sos ? liks
“I have a request for
Players . .
you members
Aggie
Our’s is a time of increased
awareness of discrimination
against minority groups. There
is one minority group which con
stitutes 10 per cent of the world’s
population but is still ridiculed
by our society. This is the group
of people who were unfortunate
enough to be born left-handed.
The left-handed individual ap
pears to many to be clumsy or
sort of odd. Actually he is liv
ing in a world he didn’t make and
was not designed for him.
Can openers, paper cutters,
desks, pencil sharpeners, automo
bile gear shifts, outboard motor
starting cords, power-mower lev
ers, camera buttons, sewing ma
chines, and water fountains are
ordinary contraptions of Amer
ican life which “righty” takes for
granted. However, for the “lefty”
the successful manipulation of
such devices is a major accom
plishment.
The mechanical process of writ
ing is somewhat of a traumatic
experience. While “righties”
hand moves before the pen away
from the fresh ink, “lefties” trails
after, smearing as it goes. Thus,
he must maneuver his paper and
writing position around which re
sults in giving him an appear
ance of being deformed. Imagine
the consequential effect upon a
grade-school child when his pen
manship teacher discovers he
Editorial
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
There is a not-so-old Aggie proverb
which says, “Student doth not pat admini
stration on the back.”
But with the risk of breaking such a
sacred statute, we feel compelled to honor
President Earl Rudder on his 55th birthday.
And the best way, we feel, to pay tribute
to the man who has been chief administrator
of this university for the past six years
is to review A&M’s achievements under his
leadership.
In 1958-59 work began on the Nuclear
Science Center, an invaluable asset to the
university in acquiring outstanding faculty
members and graduate students in this and
related fields .
The Data Processing Center was added
in 1959-60 and the Department of Nuclear
Engineering began operation. Also that
year, the Petroleum Engineering Building
and the Hensel Apartment housing develop
ment were completed.
The Century Council Study — which was
to chart a model course for A&M’s future —
was established in 1960-61.
Two additional institutions were added
to the A&M complex in 1961-62 with the
establishment of the Texas Maritime Aca
demy and the Graduate Institute of Statis
tics. The Nuclear Science Center became
operational that year.
The Plant Sciences Building and the
Architecture Building were finished in 1962-
63, adding greatly to the university’s physi
cal plant. The Century Council Study was
completed and their report was made public
at the first A&M convocation.
Last year witnessed the creation of three
more divisions of Texas A&M: the Texas
Water Resources Institute, the Cyclotron
Institutes and the College of Geosciences.
The College of Veterinary Medicine program
was converted to a tri-semester plan.
And this year new dormitories were add
ed and the Data Processing Center received
a new IBM 7094 computer. A&M has pre
pared to launch a vocational-technical school
at the old James Connally Air Force Base,
an institution which will service trade groups
throughout the state.
We could go on and on with statistic after
statistic, such as the almost tripled enroll
ment in the Graduate College since President
Rudder and his dog moved into the high post,
the $1014 million in major grants since
1958-59, and 39 per cent increase in average
faculty salary, and the addition of four
distinguished professors to the teaching
ranks.
But we will just sum it up with:
Birthday, Mr. President.”
‘Happy
Guest Editorial
Another Factor In College Dropouts
Although college enrollments are steadily
mounting, so are college dropouts. Recent
reports show that dropout rates are as
high as 20-50 per cent in classes at the large
private and state universities.
Students give as their major reasons
for quitting (1) personal problems and (2)
dissatisfaction with faculty.
It is more than likely that poor or un
successful administration is at the root of
many dropout cases, and this a problem that
has not received sufficient attention. Lack
of inspiring instructors can play a big part
in a student’s attitude toward his college
career.
Administrators, counselors and psycho
logists need to be alerted to the problems of
the students attending colleges and univer
sities so that they can catch these prob
lems early enough to treat them as effec
tively as possible.
An often used metaphor refers to the
mind as clay which can be worked and
molded, hopefully under the guidance of a
competent instructor. True, it is the in
dividual himself who must be the sculptor.
It is up to the individual what he will learn
and the understanding that he will gain,
but the institution should be concerned with
nurturing inspiration and confidence in its
students. While the student must want to
learn, effective administrative procedures
can assist him to comprehend and to put
that comprehension to use.
Student evaluation of classes and instruc
tors can be helpful to the administration in
checking the effectiveness of the instruc
tion. A constant check is necessary, and
procedures along this line need to be given
more consideration and attention than they
are at the present time.
It is likely that with improvements in
administrative procedures, dropouts and in
different attitudes will decrease. And hope
fully, in their place will be a rise of ambi
tion and determination. — Washington State
Daily Evergreen.
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Medicine.
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor - - Larry R. Jerden
News Editor Tommy DeFrank
Associate Editor Clovis McCallister
Campus Editor Mike Reynolds
Sports Writer A1 Pugh
Photographer ....1 Ham McQueen, Gus De La Garza
“SEND ME NO
FLOWERS”
and
‘MARNIE”
possesses this disability.
Musical instruments are de
signed to stifle the muscially ta
lented “lefty.” Stringed instru
ments have to be played right-
handed or be strung upside down.
Other instruments such as the
trumpet and the clarinet are more
awkward to the left-handed per
son. The piano is the greatest
enemy. All of its tricky musical
parts appear in the score for the
right hand while the great talents
of the “lefties” left hand are
wasted on the easy parts.
To further his plight, many
CAVE COMMENTS
Confession Of A Southpaw
By GLENN DROMGOOLE
I’m wrong-handed.
All my life I’ve been left-hand
ed, and I suppose I will continue
to suffer this plight as long as
I live.
I see no immediate way out.
My writing and eating habits are
formed.
I didn’t ask to be bom left-
handed, but I was. So from the
time I brush my teeth in the
morning until I take off my shoes
at night, I do things backwards.
But I’m not as left-handed as
some left-handers I know. Real
ly, I’m kind of ambidexterous.
That’s even more confusing. I’m
more left-handed than right-hand
ed in some things and more right-
handed than left-handed in others.
Basically, precision is relegat
ed to my left hand while strength
is left to the right. But when
something requires both preci
sion and strength, I am in a
dilemma. In cases such as these,
I follow the old adage: “When in
trouble or in doubt, run in cir
cles, scream and shout.”
A classic example of this prob
lem arose in my high school at
tempts at tennis — and attempts
is actually stretching the imagin
ation just a wee bit. Since it
required strength — and it was
quite demanding on my then-105
pound frame — I wanted to use
my right hand. And I sorta na
turally did. As long as I could
hit only the forehand shot, I
managed to get by. But when
the ball would get to my left
side, the right hand just wouldn’t
respond and I would frantically
switch the racquet to my wrong
hand.
This would create quite a
scene, and I won many a match
by default because my opponent
would laugh too hard to play.
But when a serious-minded play
er came along, he would keep me
switching from one hand to the
other in a vain attempt to re
turn his shots and I would not
only lose the match but also
wear out two arms trying to
keep up. There was one advan
tage to this style, however: I
only wore out one side of the
racquet.
Another experience I remem
ber — and I can’t forget it be
cause it occurs again nearly every
day — was and is eating. I have
always rushed to the table to
stake out the left corner, but
sometimes I fail. And when
this happens, I must curl up in
my delegated position and just
do my best. It’s hard to eat when
your eating elbow is constantly
aggravated by your neighbor’s
eating elbow and your cutting
elbow is provoked by your other
neighbor’s cutting elbow. It’s a
real battle, and about the only
solution I’ve found is to wait
until your neighbor has returned
his fork to his plate while chew
ing, and then gobble down a quick
bite or two. And there’s just no
use to try to use your knife when
your right-handed neighbor has
the same idea.
But despite the aggravations,
there is one basic advantage to
being left-handed: the food tastes
better when served by the left
hand. I know . . . I’ve tried to
eat right-handed and I nearly
starved to death.
tools such as hand drills and
tin shears have to be operated
upside down or backward. Also
consider the neurotic results of
being attacked by cords whenever
he must use a phone in a phone
booth or an iron used in the con
ventional manner.
The left-handed person, true,
does have some relief because cer
tain items are also designed in
a left-handed version. Left-hand
ed golf clubs, notebooks, bowling
balls, baseball mitts, checkbooks,
and lecture desks do provide some
deliverance from his disadvan
tage. But have you ever sat
next to a “lefty” at a formal
dress dinner and observed all his
trials and tribulations over the
orthodox way place settings are
arranged ?
As a parting thought and per
haps some compensation, consider
the fame and fortune a good
“southpaw” baseball pitcher at
tracts! — The Washington State
Daily Evergreen.
OV Fatso
Must Endure
Other’s Jokes
By BOB M. GASSAWAY
Associated Press Writer
Fat people have four major
enemies: food, scales, clothing
manufacturers and people who
don't have a weight problem.
Of these, the people are the
worst.
For instance: you’ve really
been working on a diet and the
scales show you’ve lost 15 pounds.
Then you meet an old friend who
says: “Say, you’re putting on
a little more weight, aren’t you?”
Surely homicide would be just
ified.
If you happen to be tall and
fat, at least once a week you’re
told:
“If I were as big as you are,
I’d go huntin’ bears with a
switch.” One squelch is: “You
know, there are some little bears
too.” Somehow that seems in
measures 34 inches or less seems
to be a frustrated comedian. Some
of the favorite jokes (each fol
lowed by raucous laughter by one
party) are:
“When you played football,
which side of the line were you?”
“Who makes your clothes?
Omar the Tent Maker?” (That
one must have been old before
Benjamin Franklin needed glass
es.)
The thin-as-a-stick guys appar
ently don’t realize a fat person’s
nerve endings go to the skin just
like everyone else’s, so the men
tion of being cold invariably br
ings the remark:
“With all that padding, how
can you be cold?” A quiet squak
about hard chairs brings a similar
response.
TRICON ISSUES
adequate.
A favorite line for a party GUA1VGE
host or hostess who never misses
a meal and stays thin is, “Oh,
go ahead and eat. You can do
without tomorrow.”
People who can eat like a horse
and never gain an once are
the ones who always tell chubby
acquaintances: “All it takes to
lose weight is will power.”
All sorts of allegedly funny
remarks are built around fat peo
ple and automobiles, such as:
“Did you have your car lowered
on the left side?”
The driver who tells a fat per
son “get in the back and hold
us on the road,” should have his
license revoked.
Every skin - and - bones type
seems to know about the liquid
diets.
“I understand you had a prob
lem with the liquid diets. You
didn’t know whether to drink the
stuff before or after your meals.”
That’s supposed to be hilarious.
Every character whose waist
Commanding officers of com
panies and squadrons in the Corps
of Cadets will have the rank of
major next year.
“The purpose of this move is
to give more prestige to an of
fice that most people feel bears
one of the greatest loads of re
sponsibility in the Corps, that of
the C.O.,” Col. D. L. Baker,
commandant of the Corps of
Cadets, said.
Executive officers of the com
panies and squadrons will be
raised from first lieutenant to
captain.
“Before, the commanding of
ficers of the outfits were out
ranked by members of staffs
throughout the Corps. We de
cided to raise their rank and
lower the rank of all persons on
Battalion and Group Staffs be
sides the commander and execu
tive officer to that of captain,”
Baker concluded.
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