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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, April 20, 1966
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Editor,
The Battalion:
The 1966 edition of the tradi
tional Aggie Muster is scheduled
for 5:30 p.m. Thursday in G. Rol-
lie White Coliseum.
This hallowed Aggie custom is
usually carried out on the lawn of
either the System Administration
Building or the Memorial Student
Center. The reason being given
for moving it indoors this year is
to allow the showing, as part of
the ceremony, of a new recruiting
film about A&M.
Several questions occur to me:
First, does the showing of this
propoganda movie really fit in
with the intended significance of
the Aggie Muster?
Second, isn’t either the lawn of
the MSC, a building dedicated to
those Aggies who have died for
their country, or the grand set
ting of the System Administra
tion Building a more appropriate
place than G. Rollie White Coli
seum, a sports arena?
Finally, was this a change made
to simply capitalize on the pub
licity of Aggie Muster?
Let’s take a good look at the
plans being laid for Aggie Mus
ter. Is this year’s ceremony being
held to honor Aggies who died
during the year, to honor those
who died in the service of their
country and (as was the purpose
of the original Muster) to honor
those Texans who fought at San
Jacinto ? Or is this year’s pro
gram being planned primarily as
a setting for a movie premier?
Jerry C. Cooper, ’63
★★★
Editor,
The Battalion:
This year the Aggie Muster is
going to be held in the university
catchall, G. Rollie White Coli
seum. The setting in the past has
been outside the Memorial Stu
dent Center, or the Systems Ad
ministration Building, at this time
of year a far better setting than
the inside of a basketball court.
This change, made by a mem
ber of the Staff of A&M not by
any of the students in charge of
Muster, was made to premiere a
movie on Texas A&M, a propo
ganda film if you will.
Profs To Attend
Arson Seminar
Instructors John R. Rauch and
Paul R. Williams of the Engi
neering Extension Service will
attend an arson seminar April 25-
29 at the University of Maryland.
Both are on the Firemen’s
Training School staff.
Rauch will chair the April 29
session involving 300 arson in
vestigators throughout the Unit
ed States. He is a member of
the board of directors and train
ing committee chairman.
This, to me, is not in the proper
spirit of the Muster.
The purpose of Muster is to
honor those who fell at San Ja
cinto for Texas Independence, and
our fellow Aggies who have died
during the past year. The idea of
using this ceremony to push a
propaganda film is the same as
showing home movies at the fu
neral of the man who took them.
It is a time for solemn reflection
not flag waving. If this does take
place it will be a greater injus
tice than not having it at all.
One word to President Rudder,
a man in favor of student gov
ernment, or so he tells us. If he is
so in favor of student govern
ment, why does he let a member
of his staff tell the student in
charge of Muster how it will be
done?
I think that if you give this
matter some thought you will
agree with me that we will de
grade Muster if this happens.
William S. Gross ’68
Sincerely,
(Editor’s Note: Dick Franklin,
Senate Life Committee Chair
man, says he officially made the
change to G. Rollie White for
Muster, but said administration
pressure influenced his decision.
The movie is not included in the
official program, but will be
shown afterwards. See editorial
on this page).
★ ★★
Editor,
The Battalion:
We—Jack Pyburn, candidate
for Pres., Richard Adams, candi
date for Vice-Pres., and Larry
Lee, candidate for Parliamen
tarian—would like to take this
opportunity to state our plat
form for the coming year if
elected to the Student Senate.
We propose, first of all, to re
vive the status of Religious Em
phasis Week because we feel this
event could have an outstanding
bearing on campus life at Texas
A&M.
Second, we plan to investigate
the possibility of putting a phone
in every room.
Third, since there has been
some concern over the food issue,
we feel it should be checked into.
Fourth, we plan to take careful
and effective action on any issue
that comes before the Student
Senate.
We would appreciate any con
sideration for your vote and, if
elected, will act in the students’
best interests.
Respectfully yours,
Jack Pyburn, ’67
Richard Adams, ’68
Larry Lee, ’67
★★★
Editor,
The Battalion,
As present Chairman of the
Student Life Committee of the
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EDITOR GLENN DROMGOOLE
Managing Editor Tommy DeFrank
Associate Editor Larry Jerden
Sports Editor Gerald Garcia
News Editor Dani Presswood
Amusements Editor Lani Presswood
Staff Writers Robert Solovey, Mike Berry
Sports Writer Larry Upshaw
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KEEP COLSON!
A State Senator You Can Trust
• Former Teacher
and Principal
• Native of Bryan
• Summer Student
At Texas A&M
• 17 Years In Senate
• 100 Percent Record
For Higher Education
Re-Elect
NEVEILLE H. COLSON
5th Senatorial District
(Pol. Adv. Paid For By A&M Friends of Senator Colson)
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Student Senate, I would like to
take this opportunity to endorse
Terry Aglietti.
I have known Terry for as long
as I have been on the campus,
and I feel his qualifications and
desire to work make him the man
for the job. I feel he has a deep
insight into the traditions which
make the Spirit of A&M. Since
this position makes its recipient
Chairman of Muster, chairman of
seating at home football games,
and gives him the responsibility
of choosing Aggie Mother of the
Year, I feel this insight would be
an invaluable asset to anyone
who seeks this position.
Thank you for your considera
tion, and be sure to vote.
Richard H. Franklin,
Chairman, Student Life
Committee, Student Senate
★★★
Editor,
The Battalion:
I would like to express appreci
ation for Mr. Jerden’s most out
standing article on Christianity
which appeared in the April 13,
1966 issue of the Battalion. It is
my personal opinion that such
articles add a great deal to the
prestige of our campus newspa
per and our University.
Sincerely
Fred W. Dollar
★★★
Editor,
The Battalion,
I wish to announce to the stu
dent body of Texas A&M my
candidacy for the office of vice-
president of the Student Senate.
I have served the past year as
Sophomore Engineering Repre
sentative on the Senate and have
also been a member of the Issues
Committee. I served on the
YMCA Polaris Council my fish
year and am presently a member
of the Student Chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers.
I am running for this office on
a platform of greater responsi
bility and action on the part of
the Student Senate. Admittedly,
“greater responsibility and ac
tion” is an old cliche, but it does
apply quite well. If you see fit
to elect me vice-president I will
do all in my power to see that the
Senate exhausts all possibilities
of gaining recognition for politi
cal clubs on campus. I favor in
creased representation of the un
dergraduate students on the pol
icy-making boai:d of the Cushing
Memorial Library. Progress has
been made in these areas by the
Senate this year, but I feel that
much more can be done. I also
promise to work to the limit of
my ability to gain more student
interest in the Senate. The Stu
dent Senate is your only voice in
the matters of this university,
and I believe that any matter
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that merits discussion and argu
ment among students should be
brought before the Senate. If
elected I will work to achieve a
greater voice for you in univer
sity affairs through strengthen
ing the Student Senate. Vote for
responsible government. Thank
you very much.
Jack “Whitey” Whiteside
Muster Exploited
For New Picture
Aggie Muster, one of the most sacred traditions o
Aggieland, has been exploited this year to gain an audienc!
for the premiere of a University Information recruiting
film.
Dick Franklin, Chairman of the Student Senate Lifs
Committee, revealed Tuesday afternoon that the film ij
not actually on the agenda of the Muster, as previous re
leases from University Information had implied.
University Information released a quote earlier Tues
day in which they reported Franklin saying, “The move
from the out-of-door permits better viewing of the ne«
color movie, to be premiered during the Muster.”
Franklin told The Battalion Tuesday the final (b
cision to move the Muster from in front of the Systemi
Administration Building to G. Rollie White Coliseum was
his, but indicated it was made “under pressure.”
He said that since University Information had already
released information saying the film would be premiered ai
Muster, he felt compelled to give them the go-ahead t«
move it indoors.
Aggie Muster is not the kind of tradition that should bf
tampered with to better facilitate the viewing of a propa
ganda film after the official ceremony. It is a most hallow
ed ceremony.
It should be observed as such.
Where does this exploitation fit alongside the Musters
of the past held on Corregidor, in liberated Paris, conquer
ed Berlin and Tokyo, embattled Korea, or the little strife
torn nation of Viet Nam?
The origin of Muster lies with a student body spoil'
taneously rising up and persuading the college adminis
trators to let them observe San Jacinto Day. Now it is
being moved to an athletic arena so that a movie about
the “new” A&M can be shown, and termed a success
because of the large crowd in attendance.
A&M is headed for the future, it is aimed at thf
future and is making great strides to that future. But
Muster is one time, during the year when we pause to pay
homage to those heroes that have gone before us.
It is a time of remembering that special breed of men
— Aggies — who have given their all to make this school
and this nation what it is today.
As deep as the meaning of Muster is, it is hard to
justify those who would seek to exploit it for their owe
selfish purposes.
Let’s keep Muster a tribute: To the Aggies that
have died during the past year; to the gallant men who
won Texas’ independance at San Jacinto, and to the Aggies
who have given their all to keep America free.
We set out to ruin
some ball bearings and
failed successfully
The Bell System has many small, automatic
telephone offices around the
country.The equipment in them
could operate unattended for
ten years or so, but for a problem.
The many electric motors in those offices
needed lubrication at least once a year. Heat
from the motors dried up the bearing oils,
thus entailing costly annual maintenance.
To stamp out this problem, many tests
were conducted at Bell Telephone
Laboratories. Lubricant engi
neer George H. Kitchen decided
to do a basic experiment that
would provide a motor with the
worst possible conditions. He deliberately set
out to ruin some ball bearings
by smearing them with an
icky guck called molybdenum
disulfide (MoS 2 ).
Swock! This solid lubricant, used a certain
way, actually increased the life expectancy
of the ball bearings by a factor
of ten! Now the motors can run
i for at least a decade without
lubrication.
We’ve learned from our
“failures." Our aim: investigate
everything.
The only experiment that can
really be said to “fail" is the
one that is never tried.
Bell System
American Telephone & Telegraph and Associated Companies
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Sdtok