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College Station, Texas
Thursday, June 2, 1966
THE BATTALION
ASC Learns
The Hard Way
They said it wouldn’t be done.
Back early last year supporters of Ar
lington State College succeeded in remov
ing the school from the Texas A&M Sys
tem and placing it in the University of
Texas System.
The bitter infighting that preceded the
separation was caused by a proposal to
align ASC with A&M more closely. One
part of the plan which galled Arlington
boosters so badly was the suggestion to
change the college’s name to Texas A&M
University at Arlington.
We’ll lose our separate identity, backers
squawked. Who wants to be called Aggies,
anyway ? We don’t want our pro
grams to be run by some dean 200 miles
away. Arlington for Arlingtonites. We’re
Rebels with a cause.
And so ASC and its supporters, loudly
condemning A&M while basking in the
fruits of a $2 million plus building allott-
ment from their former affiliate, hooked
up with the UT System, confident of much
better treatment and bolstered by a pledge
of autonomy.
That’s why we can’t help but chuckle
over the proposal offered last weekend by
the UT Board of Regents which, if sanc
tioned by the next Legislature, would take
a giant step toward turning the university
into a multiversity along the lines of the
sprawling University of California System.
Under terms of the plan Arlington State
would have its name changed — of all
things — to the University of Texas at
Arlington. Other UT System units would
be similarly affected.
But as news of the centralization pro
posal circulated throughout the state, there
were no squeals of anguish from ASC.
At latest report ASC officials and form
er students were studying the matter. No
nasty name calling, no ballyhoo, no nothing.
Just silence.
What else can they do but go along this
time ? Arlington can’t very well ask to
join the Texas Tech System.
The situation reeks of hypocrisy.
General Dunn
Senior ROTC cadets commissioned into
the armed forces Saturday were rewarded
with an unusually crisp and challenging
address by Lt. Gen. Thomas Dunn.
Unlike most commissioning speakers,
who put members of the Corps and even
prospective second lieutenants to sleep be
fore the first joke, the Fourth Army Com
mander had something to say and a most
impressive manner of saying it.
His forceful yet crowd-pleasing manner
of delivery helped put his message across
effectively, but the strongest factor in the
general’s favor was that he brought with
him a genuine message; not just a con
gratulatory charge to a group of seniors, but
a speech that held meaning and inspiration
for all in attendance.
His poignant example of an early failure
and the drastic consequences which result
ed should serve as a prime example of what
can happen from neglect of responsibility.
And the general’s five-point program for
the successful officer can well be adopted
by any young man who hopes for a success
ful, enriching life.
One of the five — believe in those things
to which you belong — was aptly demon
strated by the general’s every action. His
pride in his native state, the field artillery,
and his country permeated every syllable
that he uttered.
His every action while on the speaker’s
stand and later at Final Review left no
doubt that the general is an officer who
practices what he preaches — and does it
in a manner which commands considerable
respect.
At Final Review he said he was honored
to stand on the same field with the Corps.
But it was the Corps, and, indeed, the en-*
tire university, that should feel honored.
General Dunn’s first visit to Texas A&M
was worth the wait. We hope he is back
very soon,
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Fuller’s Folly
What I Learned This Year
By JOHN FULLER
I think I can speak for all,
if not most, of my classmates
when I say that this first year
of college has taught me a great
deal. And so, to steal a well-
known device of the late Robert
Benchley, I’d like to enumerate
Things I Learned My Freshman
Year:
1. There is no such fraternity
as Gamma Alpha Sigma.
2. You don’t have to shine
shoes every day once you develop
a “base coat.”
3. A “base coat” takes weeks
and weeks to achieve, and you’re
liable to sweat tears of blood
until that glorious day when
the leather doesn’t look like
leather anymore.
4. A “moose’ is a type of
blind date.
5. “Fish” is never capitalized.
6. Lack of ascorbic acid pro
duces weak capillaries.
7. If you put a dime in a pay
phone and it doesn’t go all the
way in, don’t try to force it in
by putting in anothep dime. This
never works.
8. A “C” is a perfectly re
spectable grade.
9. Most people stop getting
kicks out of writing to The Boy
Away At School after the first
three months or so. After tlii
point, consider yourself lucky ti
get & “Box Rent Due” slip Iron
time to time.
10. Never let any uppercle
men know that you can type.
11. Girls lie a lot.
12. You can carry fantasts
amounts of food out of the mes
hall when you’re wearing m
gear.
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