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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, May 18,
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A Campus Of Sheep
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Paths on the grass, alas!
The network of footpaths continues to
grow by leaps and bounds, with efforts to
curb it so far only making it worse. A&M’s
drill field is beginning to look like a TTA
network map, and not from an excessive
number of reviews this year, either.
Dean of Students James P. Hannigan
said there was nothing wrong with walking
on the grass, and The Battalion agrees, but
the habit of forming paths does nothing to
beautify the face of the campus.
Since there are many more civilian stu
dents that Corps seniors, the non-regs will
have to take the majority of the blame for
the creation of these unsightly blemishes on
Aggieland’s lawns.
Why people make paths is not clear.
Some say they are simply following the
shortest route blazed by a pioneer, but the
real reason is probably that it takes less
effort to follow than to break out on your
own.
Sheep are noted for making paths in
fields because they habitually follow with
out question, and just never bother
ing to make up their minds.
The same seems to be true of Aggie
path-makers. Instead of walking off to
the side of a path, or taking an entirely dif
ferent route, the path-maker pounds the
same ground, day-after-day, until bare
ground shows where grass once flourished.
The present path network includes dual
lane “highways” on the drill field from the
corner across from the YMCA to directly
across from the MSC post office. This is
the result of an attempt to cover up a previ
ous single path. When fertilizer was placed
over the old path, Aggies began to walk on
either side of it, creating the new double
lane route.
Another dual-lane path extends from
across the street from Henderson Hall to
the parking lot in front of Sbisa Hall. This
is the “Athletic Meal Highway,” built by
football players walking two and three-
abreast to chow.
And so it goes. Once beautiful areas of
grass now are marred by what looks like
sheep-trails.
Perhaps they are.
On the campus of a school dedicated to
the creation of leaders, there now exists
the symbols of a campus of sheep.
Follow the path, now. Original thought
might take effort.
Hotard’s Holler
Banquets Are Unfair
If One Is Unprepared
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A famous man once said, “You
can’t take it with you.”
As I attend the various ban
quets being given around the
campus this month, I am finding
that truer words were never
spoken.
In the first place, a banquet
around here is one of two types:
free or expensive. And like all
good Aggies who pay for their
food on a day-to-day basis, I start
starving myself as soon as I find
out that I’m either going to get a
free meal, or else get the three
dollar’s worth that I shelled out
for a ticket. This in itself is a
fallacy, because when you starve
yourself, your stomach shrinks
and you can’t eat as much at one
time. So when I get dressed for
a banquet, I choose the suit with
the most pockets.
This is where the problem
comes in. My complaint is not
against the QUALITY or the
QUANTITY of the food served,
but rather against the WAY it is
served.
As an example, the banquet I
attended last night served beef-
stew on noodles (they called it
Straganoff), blackeyed peas,
baked beans, potato salad and
chilled horseradish — all of which
had to be served with a spoon.
And there I was, standing in line
pouring Chili Con Queso in my
coat pocket, which, incidentally,
happened to be lined with a hot
water bottle for just such an oc
casion.
And then I had the problem
with the one plate they gave me.
Being a well-trained Aggie, I can
stack a plate with food in such a
manner that would put Cheop’s
Pyramid to shame. But how do
you stack tomato soup on top of
beef stew ? It’s back to the same
old problem.
So, after stacking my plate to
the best of my ability, I hurried
to the table to devour as much as
I could so that I could go back
for seconds.
I looked up and all I saw were
three long tables with nothing
but tablecloths, a few crumbs and f
six candles. When it comes to
clearing the serving table, the
student waiters at the MSC must
be members of the track team
who didn’t quite make it here on
a scholarship.
I say its time to go back to the
steak, baked potato and hot rolls
that you could wrap in a napkin
and put in your pocket with no
body ever being the wiser.
“You’re not being altogether honest when you say you
were elected by a 3-1 landslide. It would be more accurate
to say you won by two votes!”
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The Battalion:
Attention Sophomores:
The Sophomore Class needs
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We have a debt of over $200
because of the recent sophomore
ball. Bad weather and other hin
drances have prevented most of
our money-making activities. We
are now asking for small contri
butions from each sophomore to
help us out. Contributions can
be made through dorm counselors
for civilians or through the out
fit for Corps members. Please
do your part to help out your
class. Thank you.
Class Officers, ’68
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Thank you for the passby Sun
day. You all looked so fine and
we mothers were so proud of you.
I loved my roses, each bud was
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tiful. May I express the grati
tude of our family for asking me
to represent all your mothers.
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