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Page 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 8, 1966
Public School Week
CADET SLOUCH
Tuesday, March 8, 1966
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by Jim Earle
W. T. Riedel, Superintendent of the A&M
Consolidated School System, has extended
an invitation to all parents to attend open
houses within the system Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings.
The need for public schools never
changes, but since Texas schools opened
their doors 112 years ago, conditions have
created the need to change methods and
practices in educating the state’s youth.
It is a healthy thing in our democracy to
have intelligent understanding of the im
portant functions of our basic institutions.
This is especially true of schools, and it is
this need the A&M Consolidated system
open houses will try to answer.
“Bring me men to match my moun
tains.’’ This phrase well expresses the chal
lenge of public education—schools that are
strong in the virtures required for building
tomorrow’s men and women. It is this chal
lenge to which the initiative, the resource-
fullness, the wisdom and the leadership of
our teachers are dedicated. It is these vir
tures our schools are inculcating in the
youth of today to answer the problems of
our democracy tomorrow.
grab bag
By Glenn Dromgoole
A&M and College Hills Elementarys will
conduct their open houses from 5:30-7 p.m.
Tuesday, with examples of student’s work
on display and the child’s teacher in the
room to answer questions.
The junior high parents will go though
a model “morning” of three 15-minute per
iods from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, following their
children’s-schedule.
A&M Consolidated High School will be
open from 8-9 p.m. Tuesday, and parents
may talk to individual teachers at their
leisure.
Lincoln School will conduct its open
house for grades 3-8 from 7-9 p.m. Wednes
day. Students in the other grades are now
attending other schools in the system.
Reynolds'
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On Campus
(By the author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!",
“Dobie Gillis," etc.)
with
MaxShuIman
Aggie Sweetheart Cheri Holland was quietly
strumming her guitar backstage during intermis
sion of the Intercollegiate Talent Show Saturday
night.
“I’m nervous,” she confided.
“Haven’t you ever performed before a group
like this?” I asked.
“Not quite like this. I’ve performed at TWU,”
she grinned, “but that’s a little different — just
girls.”
Cheri was the first act scheduled after the
seventh-act stretch, and she was anxious to get
on with it.
‘I’m supposed to be in the receiving line at
the Military Ball in 15 minutes,” she said. “I
don’t believe I’ll make it.”
Less than 10 minutes later, the cute, dark
haired College Station girl wearing an Aggie pin
was pickin’ and singin’ before a half-full turnout
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Cheri kept her act simple. She came out sing
ing “You Were On My Mind,” followed up with
“A Ship,” made a short speech that consisted of:
“For my last number I will sing “Single Girl.”
She sang it, accepted the applause for a few
moments and was off for the Military Ball.
She was one of the crowd’s favorites at the
15th annual show. For most of the audience, it was
their first opportunity to hear the sweetheart’s
sweet voice.
Cheri was one of three performers who went
through their acts without anyone else on stage.
All three did creditable jobs.
Jim Baldauf, A&M’s celebrated magician rep
resenting the host school, amused and amazed
everyone v/ith his array of card tricks, juggling,
crystal ball and walking cane acts.
The Windjammers, McMurry’s splendid rep
resentatives, crowded around Jim at intermission.
“How did you get that walking cane from a
scarf?” one of them wanted to know.
“Magic,” Jim replied.
The other solo job was turned in by Eddie
Jones, from Grambling College, who recited
edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart” with all
the gestures, expressions and actions. By the
time Jones had finished his act, the audience was
entranced and voiced their pleasure with the warm
est applause of the night.
But it was the Windjammers and Baldauf who
exhibited the most professional finesse. The rest
of the show — although possessing some excep
tional talent — was like Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour
compared to the McMurry and A&M performers.
The Windjammers, three male folk singers
from Abilene’s McMurry, opened with “Settle
Down,” then coasted into a four-number medley
that started with “Summer Place” and climaxed
with “Yesterday.”
About midway through their act, it seemed
like a Town Hall Show. Indeed they excelled some
of the professional folk singing acts that have been
brought to G. Rollie White in recent years.
From the moment they stepped on stage, their
sound told everyone they were not just another
amateur act. Excellent harmony and outstanding
solos pushed them far above the other singing
groups that appeared Saturday.
After the Windjammers, ITS’ last five acts
seemed anti-climatic. Even the Apache Belles
didn’t provide the show with a good enough ending
to wipe out memories of some of the latter per
formers.
The show seemed top-heavy. If the acts had
been rated, the first nine performances would have
probably drawn top billing and the last five would
have occupied the bottom positions.
But, all in all, it was well worth the dollar it
cost.
By Mike Reynolds
Does anybody remember whatever happened to:
The Civilian Party that took control of the
Senate away from the Corps ?
The University Party that took control away
from the civilians and gave it to nobody?
The grandiose dreams of the administration to
house part of the student body at the Bryan Air
Force Base ?
The Corvair that somebody parked at the
foot of the quadrangle before the Texas Tech Mid
night Yell Practice in 1962?
The guy that painted the great football signs
in the Duncan area in 1964 ? He could produce
them almost as fast as the chaplain could ban them.
The Chaplain’s Committee for censoring foot
ball signs?
The Students For Johnny Cash Committee ?
The editor of the paper published by members
of the Corps two years ago ?
The chimes atop the Memorial Student Center
that used to ring out the quarterhour?
The light atop the dome of the Academic Build
ing ?
The plans to put phones in every room on
campus ?
Wildcats in the messhalls ?
Whoo-Ah’s at reviews ?
Saturday morning drill? Larry Jerden tells
me that this is coming back, but I think that it
is just a rumor.
The glass case atop the liberty bell in the
rontunda of the Academic Building?
The plan to connect Bryan Air Force Base
and A&M with a straight, short road?
The guy that used to play the organ in the
lobby of the MSC?
The good, fast service that folks got in the
Fountain Room of the MSC?
The squeak in the front doors of the Admini
stration Building? They always gave an erie
feeling to anyone going out there at night.
The ivy that used to grow on those pillars
down there ?
The cush question about which was the heaviest
pillar? Cush Questions?
The mole-men ? :
The fish rangers ? )
The other smokestack ?
The left hand of the campus ?
Elephant jokes ? j
The old fence around Kyle Field ?
Intramural football fields ?
The Twelfth Man Bowl ?
Kyle Field Baseball Stadium ?
Midnight Pants?
Religious Emphasis Week?
The fellow that wore the Go Ags, Go sign
at the basketball games ?
The upperclassman privilege of wearing serge ?
The song, “I’d Rather Be a Texas Aggie?”
Stripes ?
Movies in Guion Hall ?
Old Sarge, the cannon ?
The A&M Donut Shop ?
The Aggieland Inn ?
The Music Hall?
The president’s old home?
The Fan Testing Lab ?
Science Hall?
Col. Joe’s house?
Col. Joe?
Tac Officers ?
The ladder to the high platform at the Olympic
pool ?
Architecture groads on the fourth floor of the
Academic Building?
The A&M Museum?
Bull Ring?
Lewis Qualls? Bob Rogers? Hank Holdberg?
Jim Myers? The Office of Chancellor?
We have seen these things and more pass
away at A&M. Some are heralded in their passing
with much pomp and fanfare ? Others slip away
and no one takes a second’s notice. Yet they are
part of the A&M that ’66 will remember. We’ll
come back and ask that question. Whatever hap
pened to ?
. . There was th’ Combat Ball, th’ military ball, I.T.S. and
Room and Board for th’ weekend, so, you see, I’ve got quite
an investment in this kiss!”
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WAKE ME WHEN IT'S OVER
The trouble with early morning classes is that you’re too
sleepy. At late morning classes you’re too hungry. At early
afternoon classes you’re too logy. At late afternoon classes
you’re too hungry again. The fact is—and we might as well
face it—there is no good time of day to take a class.,
What shall we do then? Abandon our colleges to the ivy?
I say no! I say America did not become the hope of man
kind and the world’s largest producer of butterfats and tal
low by running away from a fight!
If you’re always too hungry or too sleepy for class, then
let’s hold classes when you’re not too hungry or sleepy:
namely, while you’re eating or sleeping.
Classes while eating are a simple matter. Just have a lec
turer lecture while the eaters eat. But watch out for noisy
foods. I mean who can hear a lecturer lecture when every
body is crunching celery or matzo or like that? Serve quiet
stuff—like anchovy paste on a doughnut, or steaming bowls
of lamb fat.
Now let us turn to the problem of learning while sleep
ing. First, can it be done?
Yes, it can. Psychologists have proved that the brain is
definitely able to assimilate information during sleep. Take,
for instance, a recent experiment conducted by a leading
Eastern university (Stanford). A small tape recorder was
placed under the pillow of the subject, a freshman named
Wrobert Wright. When Wrobert was fast asleep, the re
corder was turned on. Softly, all through the night, it re
peated three statements in Wrobert's slumbering ear:. '
1. Herbert Spencer lived to the age of 109 and is called
“The Founder of English Eclectic Philosophy.”
2. The banana plant is not a tree but a large perennial
herb.
3. The Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 at
Sarajevo by a young nationalist named Mjilas Cvetnic,
who has been called “The Trigger of World War I.”
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When Wrobert awoke in the morning, the psychologists
said to him, “Herbert Spencer lived to the age of 109. ’What
is he called?”
Wrobert promptly answered, “Perennial Herb.”
Next they asked him, “What has Mjilas Cvetnik been
called?”
Wrobert replied, “Perennial Serb.”
Finally they said, “Is the banana plant a tree?”
“To be honest,” said Wrobert, “I don’t know too much
about bananas. But if you gents want any information
about razor blades, I’m your man.”
“Well,” said the psychologists, “can you tell us a blade
that shaves closely and cleanly without nicking, pricking,
scratching, scraping, scoring, gouging, grinding, flaying or
flensing?”
“Yes, I can,” said Wrobert. “Personna® Stainless Steel
Blades. Not only does Personna give you a true luxury
shave, but it gives you heaps and gobs and bushels and
barrels of true luxury shaves—each one nearly as truly lux
urious as the first.”
“Land’s sake!” said the psychologists.
“Moreover,” said Wrobert, “Personna is available not
only in the Double Edge style blade, but also in the Injec
tor style blade.”
“Great balls of fire!” said the psychologists.
“So why don’t you rush to your dealer and get some
Personnas at once?” said Wrobert.
“We will,” said the psychologists, twinkling, “but there
is something we have to do first.”
Whereupon they awarded Wrobert an honorary L.L.B.
(Lover of Luxury Blades) degree, and then, linking arms,
they sang and danced and bobbed for apples till the camp
fire had turned to embers.
# # # © 1966, Max Shulman
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