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Unity
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
“United we stand, divided
we fall.”
Texas A&M students must
stand united, least we lose
the comradeship which has
long - been a symbol of this
university.
There is no time for a
Corps-civilian feud, no time
for strained relations, no
time for personal grudges.
The military and civilian
student bodies must not be
separate entities but rather
must strive toward the same
goal: making Texas A&M
a better university for a
more well-rounded educa
tion.
This cannot be achieved
by dissension in the ranks,
but through a unified effort
to determine and correct
problems which exist among
both factions.
Since last Wednesday,
some students have ex
pressed fear that an intense
Corps-civilian rivalry could
erupt into a full-scale riot
that would be harmful both
to the students and to the
university’s image.
The Battalion does not
share this feeling.
We believe that persons
attending this university
possess the maturity to ac
cept criticism — regardless
of its harshness — without
resorting to violence or
hatred.
We believe that Texas
A&M students have enough
intelligence to correct un
desirable situations within
their own groups rather
than heap abuse on another
portion of the student body.
We believe that both
Corps and civilian students
are Aggies and individuals
with enough common sense
to provide a sensible, sincere
relationship between the two
groups.
There are internal prob
lems in each faction which
cannot be conscientiously
overlooked, but they are not
prominent enough to ignite
a feud which could heap
abuse and embarrasssment
on all parties involved.
Petty jealousies and ridi
cule have no place on the
university campus. Neither
does irreverence to traditions
and memorials deserve a
position at Texas A&M.
The minority of students,
whether they be military or
civilian, that possess these
jealousies and perform these
irreverance is a harmful
segment to the unity and
welfare of A&M.
The Corps of Cadets and
the civilian student body can
and will live in harmony.
They can and will strive to
gether to advance the image
of a united Texas A&M.
They will, because they
are Aggies and because they
can not tolerate those who
falsely bear the title.
Better Write Home
Installments Due
The second installment fee of
$61 for board is now payable at
the Fiscal Office. Deadline for
payment is Friday.
Tommy DeFrank
What I Really Meant
“I knew that you’d want your name on this letter of
sympathy to th’ student body of TU! Even though they’re
not number one in the nation, we need to reassure them
that they probably have th’ third best team in th’ con
ference!”
Since the last piece appearing
in this spot apparently seemed to
make a few people a little—er,
unhappy—perhaps a few more
comments along the same lines
are in order.
But anyone anxiously awaiting
an apology or a retraction can
move along to the sports page.
A few points need to be made:
—There are actually more than
just two civilians who are good
guys. Matter of fact, there are
several. In fact, there are many,
many, many. Not all, but most.
—There are some members in
the Corps of Cadets who are not
fit to belong to that group and
who are in as much or more need
of disciplining than (and I beg
forgiveness for referring to last
week’s article) their “civilian
counterparts.”
The “bad guys”—the ones in
both camps that are sadly lack
ing — are most emphatically in
the minority around here. They
are a large enough minority so
that they cannot and must not
be ignored, but they are still a
minority group.
Last week’s column was aimed
at this minority present in the
civilian group — not at the entire
body of civilians as a whole. It
obviously did not make this point
strong enough in view of the vol
ume of letters piled high in the
Battalion office.
Nevertheless, that was the col
umn intent, and regardless of
what was assumed from it, that
will remain its intent.
A few writers said that the
civilians were not at fault, as
charged by the column—but that
the Corps is the only group that
is irresponsible and detrimental
Mike Reynolds
Unfair Double Standard
Plagues SWC Members
At the Movies
with Lani Presswood
Whenever Burt Lancaster’s
name appears on a marquee you
know the movie's not bad.
But “The Train,” his latest
film, is much more than “not
bad.” It may end up as one of
the year’s top movies and un
doubtedly ranks as one of Lan
caster’s finest performances.
Unfortunately the show’s ad
vance publicity gives the impres
sion that its main feature is ac
tion and suspense.
This is not so.
Action it has, suspense it has.
But much more than that, “The
Train” possesses significance. It
makes you think.
And it’s a refreshing change to
have more on your mind than just
where the car is parked after
leaving a movie theater.
Surprisingly, the show gets off
to a slow start. But it gradually
picks up momentum in both pace
and dramatic tension until it
reaches a stark and stunning cli
max.
Setting of the film is occupied
France in August, 1944, mere
days before the Allied libera
tion. The story centers around a
train bearing many of France’s
proudest artistic achievements.
The works of Renoir, Cezanne,
Van Gogh and Picasso are among
those on board.
A German colonel (played su
perbly by Paul Scofield) who’s
also an art connoisseur tries de
sperately to have the priceless
painting transported to Germany
before the arrival of the Allies.
Trying just as desperately to
prevent their loss to France is
Lancaster, a French civilian rail
official whose technical skills
make him useful to the Third
Reich.
Throughout the war Lancaster
has used his position for purposes
of sabotage and has developed a
network of underground sabo
teurs. Ironically, at first he
wants no part of trying to keep
the art train from reaching Ger
many because of the danger in
volved to his fellow saboteurs.
This is ironic because as the
picture develops it becomes more
and more a personal duel between
Labiche (Lancaster) and the
colonel.
But pervading this personal
duel the action, and the intense
drama is a question which is
never answered — which is worth
more, irreplaceable works of art
or human lives ? As more and
more people die in the attempt to
save the paintings, the question
creeps closer to the forefront.
“The Train” is inevitably being
compared with “Von Ryan’s Ex
press” because both are wartime
stories with a train at the core
of the action. Any similarity be
tween the two productions ends
there, however.
Where “Von Ryan’s Express”
fills up the screen with techni
color, cinemascope, implausible
action and obnoxious sneers from
Frank Sinatra, “The Train”
creates a dramatic experience.
Local moviegoers have it sur
prisingly good this week, be
cause while “The Train” con
tinues at the Campus, the widely
acclaimed “Bridge on The River
Kwai” and the at-times hilarious
“Cat Ballou” run through Satur
day at the Circle drive-in.
For the last few years the
Texas Aggies have suffered un
der one of the biggest inferiority
complexes known to man. The
Aggies have taken to reading the
editorial criticism of other schools
and placing some stock in their
ramblings.
They, for years, have been
telling us that we are bad sports
and that we are not civilized.
Somehow, it doesn’t ring true.
How do other universities get
away with things worse than any
Aggie ever imagined?
To be specific, last year at Rice
University, two bearded students
of the institute strolled around
the field with a sign reading
“Aggies sleep in double beds.”
Who are the bad sports ? The
papers tell us we are.
Students at Rice turned a large
male dog loose on Reveille.
Who are the bad sports ? The
papers tell us we are.
We stand and yell at a football
game and show more spirit than
the other school. Then, tired of
their shenanigans, we try a few
of our own.
Who are the bad sports ? The
papers tell us we are.
The insults served up to Texas
A&M University and its students
reached its height of crudeness
Saturday night in Fort Worth.
While the Aggies were present
ing their 1965-66 sweetheart,
some brilliant TCU students
brought a goat on the field and
preceded it with a sign reading,
“Aggie Sweetheart.”
There were times when even
the hint of insult to a lady’s hon
or brought out the glove and the
challenge of a duel. The Aggies,
feeling the sting Saturday night,
did the only thing they could.
They sent freshmen after the
sign. Did this do any good? Of
course not. The Fort Worth po
licemen made the students return
the sign to its owners.
Will the students of A&M sit
by and let this insult to Miss
Cheri Holland go unanswered? I
should hope not.
Last year when we treated the
Southern Methodist University
Mustangs so bad and had the au
dacity to win the game too, the
A&M Student Body President and
the University President’s office
were flooded with letters demand
ing an apology and wondering
why we allowed students to act
that way.
How long will this double
standard continue ? How long
will we have to put up with these
insults to our school and our la
dies ? As long as we let the other
schools get away with it.
A letter to the TCU Student
Body President and to the fra
ternity will bring the same laugh
ter that a complaint from another
school would* bring if it were ad
dressed to Duncan Dining Hall.
As any Aggie can testify, a pile
of letters on the administration’s
desk brings the quickest action
of all.
The few small, dirty minds
that thought up the stunt showed
clearly their mentality. The en
tire student body of Texas Chris
tian University is guilty of the
same for allowing it to happen
at their home game. It is time to
demand an apology.
Get out the pencils, pens and
paper, boys.
New Jet Set Member
Initiated During Weekend
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
News Editor Tommy DeFrank
Photographers Ham McQueen,
Herky Killingsworth, Gus De La Garza
Amusements Writer Lani Presswood
Mortimer's Notes
FOR THE RECORD: The University of
Colorado’s “Bitch-In On the Multiversity” last
week attracted 2,800 students who didn’t want
to be “folded, spindled or mutilated.” . . .
The unique session started at 10 p.m. and 200
students were still around when the last “bitcher”
had his say at 4 a.m. . . .
In case you were wondering what the extra
females were doing on campus Monday and Tues
day, they were here for the annual Texas Junior
College Press Association conference. . . .
The girls present outnumbered the boys by
only about five or six. . . .
Only thing wrong with these short confer
ences is that by the time we notice they’re here,
it’s time for them to leave. . . .
Well, there are now two A&M-oriented radio
shows. . . .
The MSC Hour makes its debut on WTAW-
FM at 8 p.m. tonight and will be a regular
Wednesday attraction. . . .
The Aggie Hour on KORA is a twice-weekly
attraction now with broadcasts at 10:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday. . . .
Dave Graham, Memorial Student Center Coun
cil member, will handle the MSC program while
Jerry Cooper—the remaining half of last year’s
Bob and Jerry Show—emcees the Aggie Hour. . . .
FACTS AND FIGURES: P. L. (Pinkie)
Downs was the first president of the Brazos
County A&M Club. . . .
He was elected on Aug. 4, 1941. . . .
OFF THE RECORD: A bird in the tree is
worth two on the car. . . . See Ya 'Round—
Mortimer.
The small car speeded around
two trucks running an oncoming
cop off the road. A smirk ap
peared on the drivers face as he
pushed the accelerator down a
little more.
This could have been Pernelli
Jones, James Bond, or even Peter
Sellers. But it wasn’t. It was The
Battalion’s illustrious editor rush
ing to the “Maroon and White A
Go Go” commonly known as the
Tessie Scramble. The only thing
breaking the Grand Prix mood
was my presence in the seat be
side the driver, and I broke the
mood because I was scared stiff.
How can you maintain James
Bond’s coolness with a screaming
coward beside you? Your editor
had a problem on his hands.
Nor did the race end once we
got to Tessieland. The great race
continued throughout the week
end qualifying me to become a
full-fledge member of the jet set.
Before the week-end was over I
could remain quiet even when
passing five cars on a blind hill
(speechless).
We arrived at TWU 2% hours
after we left A&M, a record in
any man’s book. Actually the
time is misleading. It only took
one hour, 45 minutes, but the ex
tra 45 minutes was needed to pry
me away from the seat.
After the Tessie Scramble it
was the same story. We calmly
paused for a hamburger, laugh
ing-talking as if we had all the
time in the world. We had joined
three other of the near genius
Batt Staffers who were to lead
the way to Fort Worth. We nev
er saw them after we left the
hamburger stand and the race
was on again, for everyone, with
my exception, had now decided to
hurry home for sleep so that we
could arise early for a return to
TWU.
It was a quick trip, I still have
n’t determined just how quick a
trip, but it was quick. Three
hours sleep and we were at it
again. By now questions were
swimming through my head as to
whether a person could actually
drive on three hours sleep, but
we made it to TWU and back to
the Corps Parade five or six
hours after we had left our dates
the night before.
This was a turning point in the
week-end. Had not one member
of our party been in the Corps,
we would probably have gotten
maybe four hours sleep and been
ready for the chase. But a Sen
ior with 16 rams can’t afford to
be too late to a parade.
Anyhow, to make a long story
short, we jetted around the en
tire week-end. I had sworn when
I got out of the band that I would
never hurry again. After the ac
tion packed ball game on TV (I
won’t embarrass our sisssy, uh
sister school by mentioning the
score but I will say I enjoyed the
game immensely) we rushed to
get good seats at the game. Need
less to say, we had to wait for
the gates to open and ended up
with 50 yard seats, thanks to
Crash Gordon’s driving. The band
didn’t show up for another hour.
In fact, neither did the electrician
for we sat in darkness for at
least an hour, maybe even 15
minutes—but that wasn’t bad at
all.
After the game we rushed to
the dance, left the dance late.
and rushed, verily, back to TWU
placing our dates at the door
with the total of two minutes to
go. Actually we didn’t drive too
fast on the way back. I had tak
en over and decided that I had
much rather my date be late get
ting back than to gain more ul
cers.
I did discover why this is called
the jet age. If you ever wonder,
get on Highway 377 from Fort
Worth to Denton with some-odd
45 minutes until curfew. Watch
the fun. I had slowed down to at
least 80 mph and cars were pass
ing me on the left side, right side,
one sports car went under—all
with one purpose in mind. Get
back to the dorm with still a lit
tle time to mill around in front
of the dorm. I noticed they liked
that milling around.
It was an action packed week
end. I still haven’t understood
why everyone was in such a hur
ry. If they had had my date they
wouldn’t have been. My date
compared to the TU-Arkansas
game. She had 24 points but I
lost anyhow. Maybe that’s a good
reason for hurrying to get her
back on second thought.
Speaking of dates, I did fare
better than the great sports edi
tor of that tremendous news
paper, The Battalion. He had a
great rally going in the first
quarter, but his opponent failed
to appear for the remainder of
the game. A forfeit, but who
really lost the game ?
We hated to laugh, but your
sports editor was the single corp
member in our party and obvious
ly those Senior boots and sabres
didn’t snow his date as much as
tradition has it.
Needless to say, he hurried
back to A&M so the civilians
Tjouldn’t see him cry.
to this university.
Those who deny that there are
some civilians who have not and
do not live up to their responsi
bilities are just as wrong as those
who say the Corps is a lily white
sacred cow without any rotten
apples.
Those who deny that those
things mentioned in the column
have not or do not happen are
wrong. But those who say that
the actions of a few constitute
group judgment are also wrong,
Regardless of what I have been
told 6,000 Aggies think, I do not
belong to that latter group.
It might be well to end with
a segment from a letter received
Tuesday that probably made
more sense than any received
here since last Thursday. It was
written by Al Nauck—a fellow
junior, a fellow member of the
Corps, a fellow classmate and a
fellow Aggie.
It expresses my sentiments be
fore, during and after last week’s
column, and it should express the
sentiments of every student hon
estly concerned with the welfare
of Texas A&M.
“The only enemies that I wish
to make . . . are those few on
both sides which are guilty of the
current problem. These few are
enemies to us all who call our
selves Aggies and we should all
have work to have them ‘shape
up or ship out’ so that we can be
proud of each and every student
in our university and of the im
pression he makes.”
Sound-Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
To fellow seniors:
As usual, you may not have
been informed but here at A&M
there is going to be another elec
tion. Student Senate positions
are to be filled by a special elec
tion held this Thursday.
Positions open include sopho
more, College of Liberal Arts;
junior and senior, College of Sci
ences, and sophomore; junior and
senior, College of Geosciences.
I urge you to participate in
the election as this year will
definitely be an important one
in the future of A&M. Let me
be your active representative,
I need and would greatly appre
ciate your support. I welcome the
challenge, and I hope you too
will work for A&M. The first
step is to take part in electing
your representatives.
Your candidate for senior rep
resentative, College of Sciences.
Tom Moon, ’66
★ ★ ★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I hope that something is being
done about the seating problem
at Kyle Field. I along with hun
dreds of other junior, senior and
graduate students couldn’t get
into the stadium for over an hour.
The section was packed while
there was plenty of room in the
freshman section. I ended up
sitting 20 yards past the end zone
while getting in midway in the
first quarter. I got to Kyle Field
nearly an hour before game time.
There was no sellout and was
no excuse for the sorry plan
ning. It appeared that no one
ever tried to correct the situation
for an hour. That was really a
cool move. I’ll be at the next
game before the Corps comes in.
Artie McFerrin, ’65
Graduate Book Club
Accepts Membership
Membership in the Graduate
Student Book Club is still avail
able, but dues must be payed by
Friday at the front desk of the
YMCA.
The $2 go for the meals that
will be served at each meeting and
for the reading of the book.
The club is divided into study
groups of 15 with a student
moderator and two professors.
The first meeting will be Tues
day, Oct. 26 when the book for
discussion will be “The Ameri
can Way of Death.”
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Schufc
PEANUTS