THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 25, 1966
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Rev II Is Dead But
She Will Be Remembered
“Miss Reveille, .Ma’am,” the Grand Old Lady of the
Corps, quietly joined her predessor, Reveille I, in sleep
Tuesday. She will be buried near the original “Rev” in
September.
For all her 15 years, Rev was the Aggie’s leading lady,
whether at football games, yell practices or walking around
the campus with her keepers from Company E-2.
To say she will be missed is just to say that a deeply
engrained part of Aggieland is missing.
She was beautiful; she was faithful; she was every
thing a mascot should be. She had many mascot visitors
from other schools over the years, but never strayed to
other campuses.
She seemed at her best charging out onto the gridiron
in front of the yell leaders, but even when she was sick
with the disease that finally took her, she looked proud
and strong standing by the sidelines, watching the begin
ning of a new era in Aggieland.
Reveille II passes on but she will be remembered for
ever by Aggies who attended this institution over the last
15 years.
Reveille III is waiting for the new year, one that will
be started with the final good-bye to the “Grand Old Lady”
of Aggieland.
Don’t Take A Chance:
Take Polio Vaccine
Have you kept up your immunity against polio?
The Texas Medical Association cautions: Don’t take
a chance on polio—take polio vaccine. Many have been
lulled into a false sense of security in controlling this
paralyzing disease because of the overwhelming success
of Salk and Sabin vaccine. These vaccines, however, have
not eradicated the viruses which cause polio. Rather, like
all vaccines, they trigger the body’s defenses to build up
antibodies which can combat the viruses if they should
gain entry into the body.
Texas has reported 40 cases of paralytic polio thus
far this year. None of the cases reported had been com
pletely immunized. All are infants and pre-schoolers.
All persons who have not been properly immunized
against polio are still vulnerable to attack. This includes
the major!tv of pre-school children, who have not received
full protection.
Three viruses which cause polio have been identified.
The newest vaccine is in an oral form and of the “trivalent”
type. That is, it protects against all three types of polio.
It is given in two doses, at least eight weeks apart, either
as a liquid or absorbed on bread, cake or on a cube of sugar.
The vaccine may be given to infants at a very early
age. All expectant mothers should be vaccinated, as they
are particularly susceptible to polio. Although polio is
primarily a childhood disease, it also can strike adults.
Even persons who have had polio from one type of virus
remain susceptible to additional attacks from the other two
viruses.
Massive polio irhmunizatioh programs conducted by
county medical societies several years ago immunized the
majority of Texas residents. Many persons, however, took
only the first dose, and do not have full protection from
the dread disease. It is especially important that pre-school
children receive the oral polio vaccine.
County medical societies in affected areas, primarily
in South Texas, are taking the lead in stepped up immun
ization programs. The vaccine may, of course, be admin
istered on an individual basis in a physician’s office.
Highlights And Sidelights
ELECTION SYSTEM UP
HELD—Seventh Court of Civil
Appeals at Amarillo upheld the
Texas “closed primary” election
system, holding that members of
one party cannot vote in the pri
mary of another.
Court reversed the district
court ruling that would have per
mitted to stand 71 votes of Re
publicans in the second Demo
cratic primary for a P a m p a
judge.
State Democratic Executive
Committee had filed a brief urg
ing the court to uphold the closed
primary system.
FUTURE PARKS — State
Parks and Wildlife Commission
next month will officially review
proposals to purchase more than
100,000 acres of land by the year
2000.
Preference reportedly would
be shown to parks connected with
water recreation, those near big
city areas, and sites of statewide
significance, including historic
sites.
Gov. John Connally has given
his strong backing to a massive
parks - acquisition program. At
one time, he indicated he was
thinking in terms of recommend
ing a $25-$50,000,000 expendi
ture.
Plan evolving undoubtedly will
be the largest in history—to pro
vide more room to romp for rec
reation-minded Texans.
CADET SLOUCH
Grad Departs
Into Cold,
Cruel World
By HERKY KILLINGSWORTH
Well, it’s that time of the year
when the end of the semester
rolls around for most of you stu
dents. For me and a few others,
it’s the end period. Yes, after
— years of continuous study at
A&M, I find myself on the grad
uating senior list and ready to
depart into the cold, cruel world
away from “home.”
Needless to say, it’s been a fun
—- years. I can remerriber back
to when I was a freshman (that’s
all former-students can do—re
member) when I was in the “last
old army class.” Bald-headed,
scared, and naive as only an Ag
gie fish can be, I awaited those
— years until I became a former
student. I had been called a
farmer many times since my en
try into A&M, but only now do
I not mind.
SHORT SNORTS
Governor Connally approved
applications for $893,881 in
grants under Federal Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of
1965 for pilot programs relating
to supplementary learning cen
ters for talented elementary and
secondary pupils.
A three-year U. S. Public
Health Service grant of $267,734
has been presented to the Texas
Department of Health for the
control of leprosy — which is on
the increase in the state.
Governor Connally announced
more than $2,000,000 in Neigh
borhood Youth Corps grants for
San Saba, Cherokee, Harris,
Limestone, Taylor and Eastland
Counties; Burkburnett and San
Angelo; Southwest Texas State
College and West Texas State
University.
Texas Parks and Wildlife De
partment has announced that
Garner State Park is back in
operation, despite record high
water from the Frio River that
damaged a few shelters.
Forty-one cases of paralytic
polio among pre-school and in
fant children (none of whom
were fully immunized) have been
reported to the Department of
Health to date.
Governor Connally appointed
John L. Paxton of Fort Worth
as chairman of the state United
Nations Day, to be observed on
October 24.
I can remember my sophomore
year too, my junior year too. I
watched the passing of the all
male school and took the picture
of the first coed. My senior year
saw the passing of the corps,
and my other — years saw simi
lar changes.
With a background such as
this, I was surprised that no-one
came to watch me drive away
that final time—on that trip in
which there is no return—the
mark of a past era. How soon
the youth of A&M forget their
elders, not that it matters now.
I am thankful that I’m an Ag
gie and will not simply fade
away now. My friends will re
member me, I’m sure, as they
resize my uniform, sell my old
quizzes, and take over my park
ing space. But me, I’ll never
again see Sully, the Academic
Bldg., or the Batt office—not un
til football season that is.
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