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• Col limns • Editorials • News Briefs €bt Battalion Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, November 11, 1965 • Opinions • Cartoons • Features Aggie Dylan Haters Arise Before Grave New Threat Last week for the first time in many months I bought a record. It was a recording by a new star I happened to see several weeks ago and felt I had to have his album. I realize there is nothing unus ual in buying a record, but the next day my roommate moved out. Two days later my suite- mates left, three days later my entire floor was cleared, and on the fourth day my dorm daddy told me either me or my new record left. Then my roommate moved back in. Now what is exactly wrong with my new record ? I don’t play it any louder than some of the hillbilly stuff I hear coming from four dorms down. I admit it isn’t as pleasant as “Teach Me Tiger,” but then it’s not as bad as some British singers. It’s just a common, ordinary young man from whom many have gained a wrong impression. When I saw him, he came on stage (to much cheering, I must mention) in a black sport coat over a purple shirt complete with skin-tight grey motorcycle pants and pointed toe boots. He hadn’t Herky Ki l lingsworth had a haircut since he made his first record in 1961. Bob Dylan was his name and he’s great, according to existen tialist folk singers. I like him too. He’s the originator of a new movement Madison Avenue calls folk-roll. His songs have dominat ed the folk music world since his “Blowing in the Wind”. So why the groans when I play his music on the jukebox ? Is it another snag in A&M’s culture maybe, for this boy has culture. Even the biggest Dylan haters admit that he is unusual. Just re member that his wail is loved by millions of beard pulling beat niks. He’s their idol and some of them even understand what he says. Few understand his ideas though. That’s why the psychologists love him. He is their kind of peo ple. Everyone has a different ex planation for his songs-poems, like as his expectation of death when he thought he was going to be drafted. Several songs were written with that in mind, but did you notice that Dylan didn’t run out and burn his draft card? Actually his singing should bring encouragement to all the youth of America and England. Here is a boy who ran away from home at the age of 10 and was a full-fledged bum without an edu cation at the age of 20. Four years later he was Mr. Big, rich and still uneducated. If he can make it with his looks and his voice, why can’t I? His songs make no more sense than I do at 4.00 a.m. before a big quiz. Just think, I could be a Mr. Big too, except there’s only enough room in his field for one singer. Two would drive the world mad. However, I have this Rus sian propaganda program worked up . . . But the audience loved him that night. For one solid hour he sang songs with only an occasional harmonica solo. After that first hour he came out with his im mortal “Hi” and then continued to sing for another hour. You certainly get your money’s worth from him. All of his songs are at least 10 minutes long, and some even 20. The second half of his program he joined a small combo and sang his hit “Like a Rolling Stone”. He later told uniformed pressmen it was the poetic story of a high society girl who made a fool of herself over a man. Sounds odd from an Aggie’s point of view. Anyhow, the Aggies of my dorm cannot understand this new leader of the nation’s beat genera tion. They prefer the bawdy song sters of the rock-and-roll world and songs such as “may the bird of paradise fly up your nose” or something like that. Should I join the millions of the deep thinking followers of Bob Dylan and surround myself with J. D. Salinger books, or join my aloof Aggie buddies and get back into the dorm? Roommate, will you let me back in? Sound Off Editor, The Battalion: I have been an Aggie fan for many years. I have rejoiced with them and wept with them. I have been irked with them and proud of them. They are my team and I am writing this letter to let them know that I have never been prouder of them than I am this season. The last two games have been heart breaking but our stout hearted lads didn’t quit in either of them. They played their hearts out and were right in there trying when the whistle blew. That is the Aggie spirit and these boys really have it. I have never met Coach Stall ings but I have the greatest ad* miration for him for he is no whiner. I wondered what he would say after the Baylor game. He talked but he sure didn’t blame the boys. He realized that they were just outplayed and couldn’t help the outcome of the game. That showed wisdom and patience which a great coach must have. He took the blame for the loss of the game but act ually no one should be blamed. He hasn’t been here long enough to be blamed and since the boys played to the best of their ability at the time then it was just one of those things. I believe that he is a good coach and will be an even better one and next year, who knows, just might win them all. All my good wishes go to Coach Stallings and our Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football team. Mrs. Rip Collins 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- pHse edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Joe Buser, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, Colleg-e 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 published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. News contributions may be made by telephoning 846-6618 or 846-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call 846-6416. Mail subscriptions are $3.60 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject to 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas. EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE Managing Editor Gerald Garcia Sports Editor Larry Jerden News Editor Tommy DeFrank Photographer Herky Killingsworth Amusements Editor Lani Presswood I Mortimer's FOR THE RECORD: A disturbing rumor has it that a very high administrative official tore into an upperclassman in the MSC earlier this week .... It seems that the upperclassman was chastis ing a Corps freshman, much to the dismay of the administrative official .... Will the Aggie seen torridly osculating with his girl in front of Walton Hall at midnight last night please stand up ? .... Is it true that certain members of the Stu dent Senate are becoming increasingly aggravated over the modish, outlandish dress worn by a certain female freshman? .... Are they really going to seek more stringent enforcement of civilian clothing laws to improve Beatle-like students 1 ... . OFF THE RECORD: The Johnny Cash feud may not be over yet .... That SCONA member who charged last week that some SCONA delegates were not the stu dent leaders desired is on the blacklist of one SCONA advisor for his comments .... The advisor accused the student of spouting off purely as a publicity stunt .... By the way, the sign that mysteriously ap peared on the lower level of the MSC saying “Not In My Browsing Library” mysteriously dis appeared almost as quickly .... When is Roland Smith going to start looking into the student government revision that Frank Muller tried to get rolling last year? .... Is he waiting for a slack in big issues before the Senate? .... It is doubtful .... See Ya ’Round — Mortimer. Kay Halsell SEZ: This Is the New PLYMOUTH FURY VIP The Car You've Been Waiting For! • • • KAY HALSELL'S TWIN CITY PLYMOUTH 1215 TEXAS AVE. BRYAN CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle &A{Lte c, ^ “Slippery isn’t it!” PRAIRIE VIEW The Greek letter organizations are about to make a bid to get on the Prairie Ciew A&M campus. The Prairie View Panther, cam pus newspaper, is asking approv al of the organizations so that students may enjoy all the bene fits of campus life that fraterni ties and sororities can bring. WASHINGTON STATE A motley group of sign-carry ing demonstrators celebrated Hal loween at Washington State with a Great Pumpkin Rally in front of the library. Some of the signs read, “Down with Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater”, “He is Risen”, and “Santa is a Fink.” TEXAS TECH Ground was broken Oct. 29 for the first privately financed dorm itory at Texas Tech. It will house 968 students and can be expand ed to hold 4,000. It will feature daily maid service, bus rides to campus and a heated swimming pool. Speaking of Tech, the Bat talion carried a column earlier this football season concerning the students’ opinions at Tech about head coach J T King. You can’t find a critic on the campus now. Nothing quells student grumbles like success and a 7-1 season. SOUTH CAROLINA If you haven’t got anythitj else to do and you are a coeds: the University of South Carolina, you write a letter to the school paper protesting that male shi. dents are unclean. One girl did and here are sons of the replies: ‘The vast majority of Carolits men smell of expensive colognes, If, as you say, you smell gasoline fumes and burnt tobacco, pen haps you should check your m supply.” “How dare you state thst ‘wash girls’ comprise the onlj group of clean girls on campus!’ “There was also a remark ate boys and bubble gum. This is clearly an insinuation that we men are immature. 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