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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 11, 1966
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North Area Fracas (ADEI slouch ty jim Earie
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Demands Action
The long-simmering feud between Corps and civilian
students in the north dorm area has finally reached the
point where more than mere administration reprimands
are needed.
Monday night’s disturbance should not have been
unexpected in the light of earlier incidents in that area
this year.
But the uprising was likely the nearest thing to an
uncontrolled mob that has been seen on this campus in
many a year.
The crowd refused to listen to any constituted author
ity and greeted all attempts to restore order with dis
respectful and obscene language.
The Dean of Students and Director of Student Af
fairs were ignored and received the same miserable treat
ment when they attempted to quell the disturbance.
Which all points to the fact that there was a com
plete and undeniable disregard for authority on the part
of the mob.
There can be no denying that the Monday incident
was initiated and kept alive by civilian students. Most
members of the Corps housed in the area were in their
dorms under orders from unit commanders.
Civilians began the fracas when they started egging
members of the Corps while the flag was being lowered
during retreat formation.
After a fist fight later erupted, civilians continued
the incident by throwing more eggs, fruit and water on
Corps students.
And it was the civilians who were totally contemptous
for all the officials who tried to restore order to a potentially
dangerous situation.
The civilians cannot be blamed for being angry, espe
cially after a raid on Dorms 20 and 21 early Saturday morn
ing in which heavy water damage was caused when raiders .
flooded the dorms. Many civilians reported that valuable
personal belongings were ruined by the water, and univer
sity officials fear the dorms may have to be retiled.
But regardless of what prompted the melee, there can
be no excuse for the conduct of all students who openly
defied attempts to bring order.
We can show no sympathy for those who jeered, cursed,
spat and refused to heed the pleas of the Dean of Stu
dents, Corps Commandant and even campus and city
police officers.
There is no room at Texas A&M for students whose
sense of responsibility is so warped and distorted that
they feel they can throw all respect and decency to the
winds for the sake of childish and fruitless retaliation.
It makes little matter who started the incident or
who kept it brewing, since outsiders will cast the accusing
finger at all Aggies, not just Corps or civilian students.
This university stands to pick up another black eye
unless students in the north area stop behaving like infants
and begin worrying about possible repercussions of hasty
and pointless actions.
All Corps commanders pledged Monday to strive to
maintain order among their troops, but there are no com
manders to speak for the civilians. Some civilian leaders
must come forward and also persuade their counterparts
to refrain from further incidents.
Administration officials who decided last week to house
both Corps and civilian students in the north area should
now reexamine their decision, since it should be clear such
a setup will only be inviting similar recurrences next year.
Corps members in the north area have voted over
whelmingly to separate the Corps from civilians in the
fall. That mandate should now be heeded.
Root Beer, TU, The Bomb
‘Its a general purpose decal!”
By LARRY R. JERDEN
Inflation has really hit Col
lege Station.
I was over at the local root
beer establishment the other day
you know the one, its all done
up in TU‘s colors. Anyway, I
ordered a root beer float. They
brought it, but forgot the spoon.
So, I pushed the little intercom
button and asked for a spoon and
a cup of water to wash down the
ice cream.
Anyhow, a feller (my luck)
brings out the goods, and says,
“Five cents, please.”
“For what,” answers I, “the
spoon ?”
“No, for the water,” he calmly
replies.
Now that really takes it! Five
cents for a cup of water! I told
him I wasn’t five cents worth of
thirsty, and he just stood there,
playing with his change maker.
I told him I was sorry and all
that, but I just couldn’t go a
nickel for HA).
But I guess that’s what you
can expect from a place painted
orange and white.
Not in Aggieland, bud!!
a real bargain lies in store for
the future owner of “The Black
Bomb.”
It’s a ’57 Chevy, and was my
first car. Sure, it has faults, like
it burns gasoline to make it go,
and you have to keep fluid in the
transmission, water in the radia
tor, oil in the crankcase and wa
ter in the battery, but that’s
pretty standard on most cars.
It has rattles, too, but I guess
when a car has covered the ter
ritory mine has, and then ends
up on Brazos County roads, if:
entitled to a few complaints,
Its not the fastest in the w«
and not the newest. As a matte
of fact, when it was new t
outscored TU in football. Tk
alone should make it valuat;
to Aggies.
It’ll run and run and run.
likes Aggies, has a good pee
sonality, and I hate to part nil
it. But I gotta, so, first cot
before June 1, first served. Ok
one, so hurry!!
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
Happiness is Bryan-College
Station. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! That
cliche deserves the horselaugh of
the year. Apparently the “brains”
(?) behind this publicity drive
didn’t have the Aggies in mind.
So what if the signs are maroon
and white ?
Big Deal!
Where in either town can a
Aggie get a friendly smile and a
howdy, an invitation to a com
munity dance, an invitation ? ?
Oh, sure, you’ll get a howdy
and a smile if you have a dollar
in your hand—especially at the
local theaters.
chute on the ceiling, a toothy
waitress, 17 pinball machines and
a jukebox with last year’s music.
Terrific!
Happiness is Bryan-College
Station!
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Joke of the year: A Sip sit
ting behind be at the game yes
terday started complaining about
what poor sports the Aggies
were. I guess the four years of
“Poor Aggies I’ve heard is just
good bull to him.
There is no sense in begging for more trouble.
All Ags are well taken care of
in Bryan—just ask any cop. As
for things to do, both towns offer
terrific “atmosphere” lounges—
you can’t be happy unless you’re
doing something, and doing some
thing around here is drinking.
Anyway, these typical “at
mosphere” lounges have a para-
SENIORS
We do APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS, and
we want you to know it.
PASS THE WORD ALONG, MEN-best deals
buying and selling books-supplies for generation after
generation of Aggies.
LET US SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, SEN
IORS. Come on in one more time, and let us
buy your books one more time. We’ll pay the best
price-as always and shake your hand one more time.
LOUPOT
Shall I say more? Ha! Ha!
Gus De Le Garza, ’67
★ ★ ★
I’ve been running a classified
ad in the College Station paper
for the last few days now, trying
to sell my car. It didn’t work,
so I think I’ll explain just what
WHY NOT BUY TERM INSURANCE
Why not BUY low-cost term insurance and pay-as-you-go, instead
of being SOLD a much more expensive college plan and tykl
yourself up on a promissory note with some finance company!
You can get twice as much insurance for about half the cost
at the time when you need it most and can afford it least.
The term insurance gives full coverage, even in war, with the
right to convert to the permanent whole life plan at the time
of your choosing. If you don’t convert until age 30, the premium
is still only $13.85 per month for $10,000 whole life.
This offer made by a top U. S. life insurance company.
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