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Thursday, June 16, 1966
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MORTIMER’S NOTES
Howdy! Guess you are wondering- who
I am? I am what you would call a flunky;
I call myself a student, who through pres
sure from the head of my department, my
dean and the registrar, had to lay out a
semester from school. All you good Ag
gies who were here in the fall semester
of 1965 remember me as the night prowler
who would deliver information to The Batta
lion staff and they would print it under the
above name.
For some unknown reason, the persons
named in the first paragraph decided that
I should not attend this university in the
spring of 1966, but I still managed to in
form The Battalion on some hot poop during
the semester. Since I was g-one from the
Golden Industrial Crescent most of the time,
I had to discontinue my information to The
Battalion. But now I am back giving the
university another fling and hoping that this
time I will be able to stick around longer.
New students — both freshmen and those
who are just coming here for summer school
— beware. I am everywhere, at anytime and
print anything. So remember to keep silent
if you see an unfamiliar face in your crowd.
You might see what you said in print. Now
for my comments for the week:
I understand that the Grove is having
better movies this summer and because of
this they are having a better turnout ....
If you wish to enjoy yourself a couple of
nights a week, head out to the Grove and
watch a movie ....
For the first couple of weeks, I am going
to write a little item about the university’s
administration .... Today’s is about Presi
dent Earl Rudder .... These items will help
new students know a little more about the
heads of this campus .... Rudder became
president of Texas A&M in 1959 .... at that
time he started two programs: academic
excellence and trying to air-condition every
building on campus .... Both programs have
gone far since they were started, but summer
school students have profitted more from
the second one .... Because of this program,
summer school students consider A&M a
very “cool” campus.
The Fallout Theater, located in the back
of Guion Hall, will stage nine one-act plays
in the latter part of June and early July ....
Interested students who wish to do a little
acting or anything else connected with a pro
duction should go by the Theater and see
either C. K. Esten or Tim Lane ....
Something needs to be done with the
Coffee Shop at the Memorial Student Center
.... Everytime I want to go get a cup of
coffee during a break from classes, the place
is jammed or the tables are so piled with
trays and other things that it is impossible
to sit down ... A solution is badly needed . . .
It is rumored that the 1966 Aggieland will
be one of the best ever .... Bob Heger, Ag
gieland editor, has been toiling night and day
since the spring semester was over to meet
deadlines .... At last report, he said every
thing was going fine and that the Aggieland
should be ready when school opens in the fall.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Man learns
through his sufferings . . . See Ya ’round
—Mortimer.
Sound Off
Girls, Booze Could
Aid A&M’s Growth
Dear Editor,
The Battalion
I jest finished writin’ my ma
’n pa, my Aunt Bess, my Unkle
Tom (his great-great grandpaw
owned a cabin), my sister Sessy,
and 1 thot youse might like a
litter also, I jest know it be a
lonely job workin’ all alone ’n
puttin’ out a big paper like the
Battalion. I allways sez thet put
tin’ out a paper is mighty teedius
work. Actually I didn’t say thet
first but someone aroun’ the
house sed it ’n it sounds good.
You are tired ain’t you?
As I sez in all my letters back
home, school certainly is hard.
Why thet algebra back home was
as simple as failin’ out of a rock
in’ chair comparied to the stuff
I’m workin’ with now. I sed thet
in every one of those letters—
probly should have used a carbon
but Aunt Bess sez it turns her
hand blue. Anyhow this one
course I’s takin’ goes all the way
into the xyz unknowns. I never
got past abc unknowns in Sneed-
ville hi — thet’s short for high
school. Of course thet’s why 1
came to college was to learn my
xyz’s, but I hadn’t planned to
get into upper mathmatiks until
another week or two.
Oh the funniest thing happened
on my first day of classes. Those
courses I signed up for durin’
registration was Senior classes. I
guess those three juniors made
a mistake when they told me to
take them. Naturally I knew im
mediately when they’s started
talkin’ about George Washing
ton and other big important
Americans so I got out of there.
Also those three juniors made a
mistake about my major. Did
you know thet there’s no such
thing as physical agriculture?
Boy was I surprised. They
realized their mistake though and
felt real sorry. They did help
me git into a good course though
—home economics. I checked it
’n it’s in the curricullum. They
sez it is a good course for learn-
in’"home money management. I’s
pinchin’ pennys anyhow ’n I guess
I could use some good pointers.
Actually I likes everythin’ about
A&M but I haven’t yet seen me
a cadett. I’s always heard of
the cadett corp but I see no evi
dence of it really existin’. Is it
dead already. If so I might as
well go over to those teesips (is
thet what you call them) because
I” greatly prefer an easier school
were it not for the corp. Over
there I could take Sit-in 301.
Thet’s a joke the juniors tell me.
Guess I’s better start study in’.
By HERKY KILLINGSWORTH
I have long been distressed
with the slow progress of Texas
A&M’s academic excellence pro
gram and inwardly strive to ad
vance it in every way possible.
True, it could be said that my
excessively low grade point ratio
is a definite block in the program
or my cutting of classes sets it
back with every absence. It could
even be said that my lack of
work may harm the program, but
deep down inside I secretly hope
that some day A&M will take its
place among the great colleges of
the world.
This is the reason that I have
taken it upon myself to investi
gate those universities with
higher reputations (education
ally) and have noted a few im
provements A&M might use to
speed up its program.
At Rice, Texas’ claim to the
intellectual power, I discovered
that students are allowed to study
in comfort, mainly by being
allowed to keep alcoholic bev
erages in their rooms even on
campus. Now this may appear to
be bad to the administration of
our campus but when seriously
and fairly thought upon, maybe
even rationalized, one will see the
noticeable relaxation found im
mediately after consumption.
Every great educator admits that
relaxation is the key to good
studying. So by logic this little
chang in our regulations should
up the average grade point ratio
at least one point.
Having already improved the
campus greatly I decided to dis
cover the success behind the
highly regarded Ivy League Col
leges out on the east coast. A few
years back there was an article
on their success that took the
form of a slight scandal in some
Puritan weekly magazine which
I will not mention at this time
mainly because I do not remember
the magazine or the campus.
Nevertheless I definitely remem-
I’s already behind in my sewin’.
I really can’t understand how
thet’ll help me in money manage
ment but it’s on the curricullum
so I guess I’s takin’ it for me on
good. Don’t work to hard down
there but I do appx-esheate the
good paper.
Cyric Hayseed ’70
ber this article and the essence
of the story was that boy and
girl students are allowed to study
together, in the rooms.
The rule is that as long as
there is a book in the door, a
female student may study quietly
(is there any other way) in a
boy’s room. The book is the im
portant factor. With the excep
tional intellectual capacities suf
fered by most ivy leaguers, they
quickly figured out to use match
books. Under this system the
grade point ratio would probably
increase at least two points.
Of course A&M will suffer sev
eral handicaps in this improve
ment measure, mainly the lack of
girls, but where there is a will,
there is a way. Maybe part of
the advertising campaign to get
new Aggies could be the slogan,
“A Girl in Every Room.” Then
watch A&M grow. By further
extending this offer to our faculty
we could probably obtain those
better profs we are constantly
striving- for.
Because space limits me to only
introduce these minor changes, I
must begin my experimentation
on these ideas. If anyone knows
of a girl whose fater owns a
liquor store and wishes to do re
search on behalf of academic ex
cellence, let me know will you.
Progress must be obtained and I
humbly volunteer to take the first
giant steps.
Sbisa Schedule
Sbisa Cafeteria hours of opera
tion have been increased to im
prove service for our many regu
lar customers and visitors during
summer months.
New hours of operation are:
Week Days
Breakfast - 6 a.m. to 10:30
a.m.
Dinner - 10:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
Supper - 4:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
Breakfast - 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Dinner - 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Supper - 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Dining hours at the
Memorial Student Center
6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. each
weekday
7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“I’ve checked every reference book he gave on th’ list and
who has every one checked out? My instructor!”
CEREBRAL PALSY DRIVE
NEEDS YOUR HELP
About 200 men and women will march Tuesday so
that children crippled by cerebral palsy may someday walk
These volunteers representing a cross section of com
munity life will call house-to-house throughout the city in
United Cerebral Palsy’s annual fund-raising appeal.
Mrs. A. W. Reynolds, chairman of the residential drive
said that the volunteers will be spreading the message
that “Happiness is Helping,” theme of the campaign, to
each home they visit. Every donation made, she pointed
out, is an investment in the life of a child afflicted with
cerebral palsy.
The UCP leader reminded local residents that cere
bral palsy is a form of brain damaged that strikes 25,000
infants yearly and has already disabled 600,000 Americans,
Because it cruelly cripples arms and legs, and may also
affect a child’s ability to speak, see and hear, its victims
often need years of specialized treatment, education and
care in order to become self-sufficient.
Last year funds from the UCP drive in Bryan and
College Station went toward the purchasing of needed
equipment at the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center.
Also a portion of the funds will be invested in the national
program of research which seeks to find the cause and pre
vention of cerebral palsy.
ENCHILADA DINNER
THREE Cheese Enchiladas
with Chili, Beans, Rice,
Tortillas and Hot Sauce,
Candy.
Regular QQ
$1.25
Fiesta Dinner
Guacamole Salad, Beef Taco,
Two Enchiladas, Tamale and
Chili, Beans, Rice, Tortillas
and Hot Sauce, Candy.
’rr $1.09
CHAPULTEPEC — College Station Moved to CASA
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OPEN 11:00 A. M. CLOSE 10:00 P. M.
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