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Page 2 CoHege Station, Texas Thursday, October 21, 1965
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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
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Gerald Garcia
Sports Editor Larry Jerden
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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. Schuli
PEANUTS
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