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• Columns • Editorials • News Briefs Cbe Battalion Page 2 CoHege Station, Texas Thursday, October 21, 1965 • Opinions • Cartoons • Features Lani Presswood A Rising Threat Ah, the pity of it all. That perennial target, the American male, has once again been victimized by a swift and solid low blow. Corsets, girdles and falsies have long been accepted as part of the feminine arsenal. Highly refined cosmetics, hair coloring devices and more recently wigs are other instruments of camouflage which women have enthusiastically adopted. But now, sobering intelligence reports from a rarely impeachable source have reached me, and their message makes the above-mentioned items seem like mere trifles. It seems that artificial bosom building has become a reality. The process is dishearteningly simple. Liquid silicone is injected between the pectoral muscles and the mammary tissue. The resulting expan sion in chest measurements reached eight inches in the case of a San Francisco showgirl and similar results are apparently available to almost any woman who feels like forking up to $50 per in jection. But there is a catch to this neat little arrange ment. A girl can’t just walk into a doctor’s office, get a shot, and then stroll out looking like Jane Mansfield. No, it seems that if the treat ments aren’t periodically repeated the handiwork begins to sag. But this hurdle has already been cleared by our visionary medical researchers who have de veloped something called prostheses. Prostheses are broad cylinders which contain up to a third of a quart of gelatinous silicone. An incision is made at the base of the breast and the prostheses are inserted between the back of the breast and the chest wall. Price tag for the operation is only one or two grand, but if an unsuspecting male with a steady income can be snared, it may be worth it to a girl. Enough said, men? All right, now that you know what we’re up against, what are you going to do about it? For a starter you might fire off heated letters to your congressman, the AMA, and Hugh Hefner. Then you might sell all your shares in chemical companies that manufacture liquid silicone and as a last resort go only with girls that are built like anemic fashion models. This hail of protest is not only advisable but downright necessary. After all, it’s getting to where a guy doesn’t know what he’s really getting into when he decides to marry a girl, and this is an intolerable situation. We simply can’t take this situation lying down anymore. American manhood is at stake and we’ve got to draw the line. . . . say it an’t so, Joan. Say it ain’t so. I Mortimer's Notes I FOR THE RECORD: Motel rooms for Bon fire night and Thanksgiving Day are at a premium now. . . . Waiting lists are growing every day, and many Aggies are apt to receive that age-old reply, “There is no room for you at the inn”. . . . A round of applause is due Mrs. Carrie Lathrop, an Aggie mother who headed the dance committee that produced the swinging party in Fort Worth Saturday night. . . . The after-game dance was held in Will Rogers Coliseum—the band was good, there were a lot of people but still enough room to dance, and nearly everybody seemed to enjoy it. . . . For those who would like to send a personal note of appreciation to Mrs. Lathrop, her address is 3278 Pershing Ave. in Fort Worth. It would be a nice gesture for a lady who’s worked hard for us and it might mean a similar dance for the Cowtown Corps Trip two years from now “Hamlet” is being brought back to the Campus Theater for a one-night stand Monday. The Laurence Olivier production plays here every twq or three years and always does well. Admission to the movie, which is being sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta (the English honor fratternity) is cents. . . . The Aggie Hour on KORA every Tuesday and Thursday night comes on at 10:10 p.m. instead of 10:30 p.m. as was reported yesterday. . . . Also there has been an addition to the pro gram. No longer does Jerry Cooper man the mike alone; he has a partner named Tom Morgan. Which makes it the Tom and Jerry show, I suppose. . . . Harrison Salisbury, assistant managing editor of the New York Times, will be here tonight for the first of the Great Issues series. . . . The 8 p.m. talk in the MSC Ballroom will be on “America and the Triple Revolution” which includes automation, poverty and racial preju dice. . . . A veteran observer said that spitshine the non-regs gave Sully Monday was the best he’s seen. . . . FACTS AND FIGURES: Cadet Slouch first appeared in The Battalion on Dec. 8, 1953. . . . The cartoon is drawn by Dr. Jim Earle, a professor in the Department of Engineering Graphics. . . . He started it while a fourth-year architecture student here. . . . OFF THE RECORD: If your neighbor does not have a cigar, hold yours so he can help you look at it. He’ll appreciate it. . . . See Ya ’Round. —Mortimer. State Capitol Roundup 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 enter prise edited and operated hy students as a university and community newspaper. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Joe Buser, chairman; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal Arts; Dr. Robert A. Clark, College of Geosciences ; Dr. Frank A. Mc Donald, College of Science; Dr. J. G. McGuire, College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus, College of Veterinary Medicine: and Dr. A. B. Wooten, College of Agriculture. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A&M is Wished in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, ^ u nday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. 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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 By YERN SANFORD Texas Press Association AUSTIN—Gov. John Connally’s sudden can cellation of plans to go to Japan and Viet Nam this week added a note of tension to the Austin scene. Connally’s statement indicates that he sees the possibility of a special session of the Legis lature on congressional legislative redistricting or voter registration. “We are awaiting federal court decisions on the poll tax congressional redistricting and House redistricting, any one of which could cause action on my part within the next few weeks,” Connally stated. If federal judges throw out either congres sional or house reapportionment acts of the 59th Legislature—without specifically allowing addi- tionaly time for redrawing lines in regular session —Connally may have to call a hurry-up session before the early 1966 filing deadline. Should the federal courts invalidate the poll tax as a voting requirement, Texas could be left without a voter registration procedure. This, too, could make a session necessary on short notice. Enrollments Up More students than ever before have enrolled in Texas colleges . . . and most institutions are bulging at the seams. Average enrollment increase among the 22 state-supported colleges and universities in the state is 13.8 per cent. Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches had the largest increase at 34.9 per cent. Arlington State College’s 2.9 per cent was the smallest. University of Texas’ population increased 2,229 this year, representing a percentage increase of only 9.3. This is 4.3 per cent below the state average. Kay Halsell SEZ: "Now is the time to see the new 1966 Plymouth" Fury*, Belvederes, Valiant*, and Barracudas at TWIN CITY PLYMOUTH, 1215 Texas Avenue in Bryan. LET YOURSELF GO - - - PLYMOUTH '66 and remember: You just can't beat a TWIN CITY PLYMOUTH deal. SEE US TODAY r cadet slouch^ by jim Earie Restaurant Situations-Qr Why I Always Eat At Home “Since th’ attorney general has ruled that A&M has been outside of th’ law by not admittin’ coeds’—I think I’ll press charges for being involved in an illegal deal—unless they drop that “F” from last semester’s grades!” PEANUTS It must be something about me. It has to be. It seems impossible that the restaurants, soda foun tains, and hamburger stands of Bryan - College Station could be so consistent without an unwill ing catalyst. An average college student (whatever that is), I suppose I spend the average amount of time (whatever that is) in such places. They are operated by nice, intelli gent people. I know many of them by first names—they are friends. Yet, repeatedly, with an inevit ability almost awesome, I get into what I can only call “these situa tions:” 1. “I’ll have a large cone.” “A what?” (Distinctly) “A large cone.” “Ten or fifteen?” “Which is largest?” “Why, the fifteen, stupid.” (Measuredly) “That’s what I thought. I’ll have the large one.” “Ten or fifteen?” 2. “I’ll have a cup of choco late.” “Hot or cold?” (Pause.) “Do you serve cold chocolate in a cup?” “Of course not.” “Well, then, I’ll have a cupoi chocolate.” “Hot or cold?” (Pause to gather strength.) “Hot.” “Oh, we don’t have any hot chocolate.” (Long pause.) “Could you just bring me i glass of milk,” “Plain or chocolate.” “Oh . . . chocolate, I guess.” “Hot or cold,” 4. “Uh, Miss . . . check, please.' “Let’s see, did you have the 1- bone or the chickenfried?” “The chickenfried.” “Then I already gave yoi your check.” “Well, I don’t have it here.” “Then you must have had tli T-bone. Let’s see, that’ll be ., “But, Miss, I didn’t have the!• bone. I mean, if I had the T-bone, wouldn’t I have a bone in my plate?” “Well, maybe — Where’s yom check?” “I don’t have one.” “See, I told you you had the T bone.” By Charles M. 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