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grab bag By Glenn Dromgoole Student unrest: Part 2. Youth has always been a period for exper iment, excitement and education. The present un rest on campus — though perhaps more widely publicized than earlier exploits — is hardly any thing new. Each generation has had its problems with “young rebels,” for it is not youth’s nature to accept the status quo without question. Writers as far back as Biblical days have depicted the restlessness of youth. This basic nature has changed very little to the present time. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE defined his youth as “my salad days, when I was green in judgement.” Robert Louis Stevenson termed youth “ wholly experimental.” Ivan Sergeyevich Turgeniev called it “that air of superiority to the rest of the world which usually disappears when once the twenties have passed.” William Buter Yeats said, “When we are young, we long to tread a way none trod before.” And in Gamaliel Bradford wrote: “Youth is alive, and once we too were young, Dreamed we could make the world all over new, Tossed eager projects lightly from the tongue, And hoped the hurrying years would prove them true.” WE CAN LOOK back to where unsatisfied youth such as John and Charles Wesley, Ben Franklin and William Randolph Hearst produced such significant contributions to the nation as Methodism, crusading journalism and sensational newspapers. But it was not until after World War I that generalities were tagged to youth’s activism. Gertrude Stein started the whole thing when she classified the post-WW I youth the “Lost Generation.” Educator Mark C. Ebersole states that the entire generation was considered only as “high living, madness, devolution, frivolty, wildness, petting parties, tennis, jazz, flamboyancy, kicking, roaring, flag-pole sitting ,vamping, bobbing, frank- talking, dancing, smoking, synthetic gin, coon- skin coats, recklessness and whoopee.” “Although presumably they felt forsaken, one would not have known it by looking at them,” he noted. “With happy abandon they gave them selves to outlandish propositions and to zany ventures, to easy diversions and to naughty play.” THE LACK OF resources during the Great Depression kept sweeping titles off youth’s back temporarily, until things began to get better and the “New Generation” emerged. “Their only principal,” one critic wrote, “is that there is no moral principle at all, their only slogan that all statements of policy, all appeals to standards, are nothing but slogans, and hence frauds and deceptions.” This behavior began about 1940, lasted through World War II and in the decade that followed. It was generally recognized — especially by the youth themselves — as a sophicated generation. Instead of loud, they were subdued; they drank cocktails instead of straight from the whiskey flask. “The students had been on Guam, at Monte Cassino, in Normandy, over the Hump, and they knew all about life and death and sex and radar,” Ebersole recorded. ABOUT 1950, however, Jack Kerouac re classified the “New Generation” as the “Beat Generation” which prompted William Styron in his Lie Down in Darkness to have a young girl say: “Those people back in the Lost Generation.. Daddy, I guess. Anybody who thought they were lost was crazy. They weren’t lost. What they were doing was losing us.” Then came the “Religious Generation” of the late ’50s, as Ebersole calls it. “During the years immediately following (the Beat Generation),” he writes, “piety on the campus — and off, for that matter — surged to unprece dented heights.” Students began questioning their relationship with the Supreme Being, their existence, their birth and their consequences after death. DURING THIS ERA, a theological school president decided, “Nowhere does the tide of religious awakening flow more powerfully than among the younger generation, especially on col lege and university campuses.” Then came the Committed Generaiton of the 1962-63 Kennedy influence, with their interest in the welfare of humanity, their civil rights crusades and their involvement in the Peace Corps. They were termed “vital, alive and ardent young people.” Then the “Tormented Generation” generation appeared, according to Ebersole’s “The Rise and Fall of Student Generations.” “Students of this generation were distraught, beset with confusion, misery, frustration and failure and preoccupied with their personal plight,” he wrote. “THEY SEEM RELUCTANT to participate in the world in which they are living,” a critic noted. The rapid turnover of “generations”'continued, with the fall of 1964 producing the “Political Activist Generation” with its active sometime reactionary, participation in politics, education and government affairs. A Berkeley erupted. And a rumble of disent began to be heard on other cam puses. Political activism continued into this acade mic year, but more and more the generation is slipping into the “New Left” classification. SO FROM LOST to New to Beat to Religious to Committed to Tormented to Political Activitists to New Left, college students have always had a ready-made category to fit into during this century. Their particular individual philosophies and ideologies have not mattered — they have only been part of the whole. As individual students break away from their current classification, others follow. And a new “generation” is born. Perhaps this partly explains some of the un rest that accompanies each movement — an in dividual struggling against society’s tag, only to win the struggle and gain another tag. Thursday: Size of schools. Che Battalion Volume 61 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1966 Number 267 Political Club Issue Readied For Directors A resolution recently passed by the Student Senate con cerning- admittance of political clubs onto the campus is ex pected to be sent to the Board of Directors shortly. Senate President Roland Smith said Tuesday the resolu tion would probably be taken up by the Board at its March meeting. In addition to the normal tions, the resolution issued a affecting political clubs only. Restrictions to political _ clubs include: Speakers will be subject to the approval of the Dean of Students. No parades, bands or demon strations connected with political clubs will be permitted on cam pus. No candidate who has filed for a primary or general state elec tion may be brought to speak to the organization. No on-campus campaigning for candidates for a political office or distribution of campaign ma terials except between members of the organizations will be per mitted. Organizations will be permit ted to solicit funds and members in an orderly-manner, with ta bles allowed outside Sbisa Dining Hall during registration. With the permission of the Dean of Students, soliciting of funds and members will be permitted in the Memorial Student Center area, on the corner of the Guion Hall block. Posters of regulation size may be placed on student bulletin boards for club announcements only. No campaign posters will be allowed. The polotical clubs should be affiliated with a nationally rec ognized party. Clubs will have access to meet ing rooms to conduct meetings. If a speaker is engaged that oth erwise fits the requirements of Newman Congress Scheduled Friday Students from 26 schools will be here this weekend for the 16th annual South Texas Province Newman Club Congress at the Ramada Inn. “Ecumenism” will be the theme for the three - day convention scheduled to get underway Friday night. About 300 delegates are ex pected to be on hand Saturday for sessions featuring a Catholic priest, Protestant minister and Catholic layman. Rev. James F. Dane, chaplain of the Little Rock University Newman Club, will highlight the conclave with a discussion on “The New Catholic Church” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Student discussions will follow the 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. sessions. A&M students of all faiths have been invited to attend the meetings. Dances for the delegates are scheduled Friday and Saturday nights. Schools to be represented are Baylor, Blinn, Southwest Texas, Temple, Texas, Del Mar, Laredo, Pan American, Texas A&I, Texas Southmost, Corpus Christi, La mar Tech, Rice, Prairie View A&M, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Texas Medical Center, Texas Southern, UT Medical School, Wharton, San Antonio, Southwest Texas Junior College, Victoria and Texas Lutheran. Student representatives from the National Federation of Cath olic College Students at Incarnate Word, Our Lady of the Lake, Sacred Heart, St. Edward’s and St. Thomas’ will also attend. Pinnell To Lecture At Kansas State A Texas A&M researcher will be one of six visiting lecturers in transportation engineering at Kansas State University during the spring semester. Dr. Charles Pinnell, head of the Highway Design and Traffic Engineering Department of the Texas Transportation Institute, will present two lectures on “Re search in Highway and Traffic Engineering” April 28 for the Kansas audience. campus organization regula- nine-point list of limitations the administration, the meeting may be opened to the general public, but shall not take on the aspect of a political rally. These rules will not affect campaigning or rallies held off campus. The resolution suggested that club offices be obtained in prom inent positions on campus as soon as possible to prevent any opera tion of an underground nature. It also advised that clubs be formed with two-fold organiza tion, meeting and recruiting on campus and holding its rallies and campaign speeches off cam pus. Specifications for admittance of political organizations are the same as for other student clubs, having to meet the approval of the Executive Committee of the University or its designated rep resentative. An official request must be filled with the Student Finance Center in the MSC by Oct. 15 for official recognition during that school year. Freshman Ball Slated Feb. 26 Tickets are on sale in the Memo rial Student Center for the Freshman Ball, scheduled for Feb. 26 in Sbisa Hall. Both Corps and civilian fresh men may purchase tickets in the Student Program Office or from any fish class officer for $3.50 per couple. Music for the dance will be provided by “The Yaks” and the Aggieland Orchestra. The Yaks are a rock-and-roll group who specialize in music with an Eng lish flair. Dress for the event will be Class A Formal, with white shirt, bow tie and white gloves for Corps freshmen and dark suit and tie for civilians. Students wishing to enter can didates for Class Sweetheart must turn in a 3x5 photograph and a casual snapshot to the Stu dent Program Office. The girl’s name, level of study, hometown, school attending, hobbies and es cort’s name are also necessary. Seven finalists will be chosen Monday and attend an afternoon reception Feb. 26, with the win ner being selected at the ball. Final judging will be based on poise, personality and appearance. Top Reserve Aide Speaks Thursday Dr. Theodore C. Marrs, mem ber of the Air Force Secretariat and Deputy for Reserve and ROTC Affairs, will speak at an Air Force ROTC “dining in” for seniors at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Briarcrest Country Club. Other guests will include Maj. Gen. John Doyle, USAF (Ret.), A&M President Earl Rudder and Dean of Students James P. Han- nigan. Marrs has authority over the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Air Force ROTC and Civil Air Patrol policy. As a physician he is a member of the American Board of Pedia trics, the President's Committee for the Handicapped and the Royal Society of Medicine. He has also founded and built six clinics and hospitals. His military career includes as signments as flight surgeon, wing surgeon, hospital com mander and special assistant to the Surgeon General of the Air Force. Invitations to the dinner have also been extended to Cong. Olin E. Teague, Col. E. M. Jones, Air Force area “G” commander, and Col. Ralph C. Embrey, from headquarters of the Air Defense Command. TRADITIONAL ASIAN KNIFE DANCE This Southeast Asian knife ritual will be shown in a film-lecture program on “The Four Faces of Southeast Asia” at 8 p. m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom. Fran William Hall, who has trav eled in 50 countries, will show color films of Cambodia, Burma, Thailand and Malay sia. A former Walt Disney photographer, Hall will appear under sponsorship of the World Around Us series. : : ::::::::::::::::::::::: : ::::::::::::::::::: : : : : History Of Coeducation 2 All-Male Status Broken As Hutson Twins Enroll I •x •X X* By TOMMY DeFRANK Battalion Managing Editor The coeducation barrier at the A&M College of Texas was broken in 1899, two years before the bid by Bryan citizens to merge the proposed state indus trial school for girls with A&M was rejected by the Legislature. Mary and Sophie Hutson, popularly known as the Hutson Twins while studying at A&M, were enrolled in the fall of 1899 to attend classes during the regu lar session. Daughters of C. W. Hutson, longtime professor of English and history, the girls enrolled in the engineering curriculum and re mained in school for four years. They were active in social functions and are credited with being the first to place before the senior class the question of pub lishing a student-operated year book. The 1903 Longhorn, then the college yearbook, said the Twins “have availed themselves of the course of instruction in the Tech nical Departments of the College and are now doing senior work, in which they will receive certifi cates at Commencement, 1903.” BUT THE GIRLS, although both fulfilled all requirements for graduation, were not granted a diploma. It was not the fashion of that time to award degrees to females. Col. Baker Attends PMS Conference Col. D. L. Baker, professor of military science, is attending an annual PMS Conference today at Fort Sam Houston. Fifty professors of military science from a five-state area schools are attending the Fourth Army headquarters meeting. Colleges, universities, military and high schools in Texas, Ark ansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma will be represent ed. The conference is to orient PMS’s on current and projected Army activities, plans and pro grams. Kuykendall To Speak At Ohio Meeting W. E. Kuykendall, assistant research engineer of the Activa tion Analysis Research Labora tory, will present a paper on “Lu nar and Planetary Surface An alysis” in Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 17. The research report was writ ten by Kuykendall, Richard E. Wainerdi, M. Y., Cuypers and J. S. Bishop, all AARL scientists. The Ohio meeting is sponsored by the U. S. Atomic Energy Division of Isotopes Develop ment and the U. S. Air Force’s System Command. Another early coed was Emma Watkins Fountain, daughter of Professor Charles P. Fountain, later head of the Department of English. She was admitted in the fall of 1901 and studied German with the junior class, French and mathematics with the sophomore class and physics with the fresh men. Emma never finished course work at A&M—in fact, the col lege refused her credit for any of the courses she completed. President David F. Houston left A&M to take a position at the University of Texas in 1905, and when he took up his new post he told her the University would accept credit for her A&M courses. SO SHE TRANSFERRED to Texas in the spring of 1905 and was graduated in 1907. She married Dr. R. P. Mar- steller, second dean of the A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, and lives today in Bryan. Mrs. Marsteller recalls that male students treated her and the Hutson Twins with courtesy dur ing their careers at A&M. “They were very nice to me and all of the girls,” she said. “The boys realized there was no place else for us to go, and they seemed to be glad to have us.” Records indicate that some girls attended classes during the regular term between 1905 and 1925, but the total number was negligible. Most of these were kin to members of the faculty and staff. Dr. D. B. Gofer Sr., former English professor and college archivist, recalls that four girls, including the two daughters of Professor F. E. Giesecke, were enrolled in his freshman English class in 1910. “Dr. Fountain told me, ‘Gofer, you’re a bachelor and the young est in the department so I’m going to give the girls to you’,” he said. They were all good students,” Gofer remembered, “and they all made A’s and B’s. The boys were very proper and took them for the good students that they were.” IN 1909 the Board, by direction of the Legislature, opened a summer session to provide in struction to both sexes without administering entrance examina tions. Women thus attended these sessions from the onset of the project and have always done so without opposition from the ad ministration. A handful of women students, nevertheless, attended classes at various years during the regular term from 1910 through 1925. The 1916 Longhorn carries the pictures of two women under the heading of “special students,” while the 1922 and 1923 year books list an aggregate of 21 girls as “special unofficial students.” These girls apparently never completed degree requirements since none received degrees. THE FIRST woman to receive a degree from A&M was Mary Evelyn Crawford, sister of a professor of engineering. She entered in 1921, attended both regular and summer sessions and was granted a degree in English in the summer of 1925. However, she was not permitted to receive the diploma at summer Commencement. “I got a call from the regis trar’s secretary,” she reminesces. “She told me to come over to her apartment and get my diploma. “I was so glad to hear that I did get a diploma I would have crawled over to that apartment.” Now, Mrs. L. B. Locke, wife of an assistant secretary of the Association of Former Students, she remembers that being ad mitted then posed no problem for a woman. “The President (William Biz- zell) said I could go so I started,” she said. AND HOW does she feel about the possibility of complete coedu cation for A&M? “I think they (the present Board) have gone so far they had better go the rest of the way,” she ventured. (Next: The 1933 trial.) FIRST TWO COEDS . . Hutson Twins enrolled in 1899.