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Pag-e 2 THE BATTALION College .Station, Texas Tuesday, March 7, 1967 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Sound Off “Could you spare $5 for an Aggie buddy who had a date for th’ Combat Ball and th’ Military Ball? ,, Iowa State Elects Out Leader Way the university administration’s veto power over student senate action. THE MINI-QUOTE CASE Editor; The Battalion; Dear Sir; You seem to forget that the Battalion is read by a public that varies greatly in intelligence and education background. The items which you choose to present in each edition can hardly begin (perhaps it would be better to say should hardly begin) to sti mulate the intellect of the Texas A&M student body. Your publica tion of March 2, 1967 is an excel lent example of this anti-intellec tual attitude, so generally preval ent on the A&M campus. On page one, you catch the reader’s eye with a large picture of Dr. Henry Bowman, speaking at the YMCA’s Marriage Forum. Below the picture you have the quote “premarital sex . . . danger ous”. That is it, you say no more about the topic. What have you done which is so wrong ? You have completely avoided one of the is sues which stands foremost in the mind of nearly every youth in the world. This issue will face every one who enters marriage and Job Calls — Students at Iowa State University have elected a member of the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society as their student body president. Donald R. Smith, a bearded, long-haired mechanical engineering senior, topped four other candidates for the leadership position. Iowa State may be the first to have a student presi dent who is a member of the so-called New Left. Smith’s running mate, another member of the student society, was a girl. Miss Mary Lou Lifka, a journalism major is Iowa State’s first girl student vice-president. Using many radical statements in his campaign, Smith said that “if I am elected, this university is going to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Twentieth Cen tury. “All I can do is represent you to people pretending to protect you while they are really exploiting you.” Smith said after his election that he “will go through regular channels” to get his legislation. “When this fails, demonstrations and sit-ins will be used.” If these statements seem a little on the unbelivable side, maybe the following will clarify their meaning. Smith said his first act as president will be to push a measure through the student senate eliminating ALL stu dent rules. His second act, he said, will be an effort to eliminate But to show his willingness to negotiate he said “if they pass a resolution asking me to shave my beard and dress more conservatively, I will do it.” THURSDAY & FRIDAY Douglas Aircraft Company — AERO E (B, M, D), CE (B, M, D), EE (B, M, D), ME (B, M, D), ChE (M, D), MATH (M, D), NU E (M, D), PHYS (B, M, D) Ernst & Ernst — ACCTG (B, M), FIN (B), MGMT (B, M) — also for summer employment. J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc. — ChE (B, M), CE (B, M), ME (B, M) Northrop Space Laboratories (Part of Northrop Corporation) — AERO E (B, M, D), EE (B, M, D), ME (B, M, D), MATH (B, M, D), PHYS (B, M, D) The Trane Company — AERO E (B), ChE (B), CE (B), EE (B), I ENG (B), ME (B, M) — MBA with undergraduate engineering degree FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Albuquerque Public Schools — ED & PSYCH, H&PE, BIOL, CHEM, I ED, ENGL, MOD LANG, MATH, PHYS, SOCIOL, ECO, HIST & GOVT Halliburton Company — AG ENG (B), ChE (B, M, D), EE (B, M, D), I ENG (B), ME (B, M), PET E (B, M, D), CHEM (B, M, D) — also for summer employment Autonetics Division, North American Aviation, Inc. — ChE (B, M, D), EE (B, M, D), ME (B, M, D), MATH (B, M, D), PHYS (B, M, D), STAT (M, D) North American Aviation, Inc., Los Angeles Division AERO E (B, M), CE (B, M), EE (B, M), I ENG (B, M), ME (B, M) Some people may laugh at this situation, and say that such action as this couldn’t go through. Others may say that this one incident can’t mean much in the long run. But any trip begins with the first step. Bulletin Board It’s inconceiveable that any body of students could tolerate such a radical person in their midst, much less elect him to a student office. Perhaps Smith’s election was a result of student back lash caused by the university’s general student unrest. If so, they will suffer the consequences of letting their emotions overrule their minds, and unless the New Left tide is turned, a reputable institution will fall victum to student immatureness. When students are given responsibilities, and they misuse them, they will eventually loose them completely. TODAY ASME will meet in rooms 2-C and 2-D in the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Speakers and film on oil well operation and design from the J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc., New Orleans. Oceanography Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. for an organizational meeting at 301 East Bizzell. Saddle and Sirloin Club will meet in the lecture room in the Animal Science Building at 7 p.m. Texas A&M Sailing Club will meet in room 3-D in the MSC at 7:30 p.m. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported non profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use tot epublieation of all news dispatches credited to it or not therwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous shed he origin pu matter hi Second-Class thi rein, also postage of repu news blicatii paper i Rights reserve* said at College Station, Texas. eou ion of all other co; or 846-4910 or at the For advertising or delivery s may be editorial o: livery call be made by tel ice, 846-6415. lephoning 848-6618 4, YMCA Building. Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim ey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, College of Liberal John D. Cochr " ' 1 T '- Lindsey Arts ; College of Engineering; Dr. Robert S. Titus. College of Vet erinary Medicine; and Dr. Page W. Morgan, College of Agricul ture. Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school year; $6.50 per full year. All subscriptions subject sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. A The Battalion, Room 4, YMCA Building, College Station, Texas request. Address: student newspaper at Texas A&M is The Battalio >lleg« . a May, and once a week during summer school published in College Station, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising rices, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Publisher Texas A&M University Student Editor .... Winston Green Jr. Managing Editor John Fuller News Editor Elias Moreno, Jr. Amusements Editor Bob Borders Reporters Pat Hill, Bill Aldrich, Randy Plummers, Bob Galbraith Sports Editor Gary Sherer Servi Francieeo. Sports Writers Jerry Grisham, Charles Rowton Staff Photographer Russell Autrey WESTERN WEAR SALE LOUPOTS $10.00 WESTERN SLACKS, Now $7.95 $5.98 WESTERN SHIRTS, Now $2.95 WESTERN SLACKS, Now $7.95 •Summer hats are in! there are thousands of students at this institution who will soon face this decision — the majority of these probably read the Battalion. You have a vehicle that can edu cate and inform yet you have, we believe, ignorantly chosen to pre sent items which are relatively in significant, and in doing so, you have bastardized the purpose of a publication. Furthermore, it would have been better to say nothing than to state ’’premarital sex . . . dan gerous” and not present the rea sons for this pronouncement. The fact that premarital sex relation ships can be dangerous is not the most important point. Rather, what should be discussed are the physical, psychological, and socio logical injuries that could result from such a relationship. In addi tion of premarital sex is a highly ed is very misleading. The ques tion o fpremarital sex is a highly personal decision, and in many cases, it brings a couple into a much closer, more fulfiling and more meaningful love relation ship. Few experts in the fields of biology, psychology, religion and sociology would even think of stating that engaging in a pre marital sex relationship is neces sarily dangerous. As editors of a community and university newspaper, you owe it to your readers to be as informa tive and educational as possible. Your paper is informative but we do not think it educates, at least not on a graduate or undergrad uate level, and we ask that you please try to fulfill this educa tional duty. Sincerely, Jan and John Menke Apt. C-19-X College Station “Facts of Life” series in the near future. The first of the series will be “The Birds, Part I.”—Ed. ★★★ BLANKETY-BLANK REVISITED Dear BLANK, BLANKS for BLANKING my Blank. I really BLANK your BLANK in removing all objec tionable BLANKS from it. It really means a lot now — just like most of the BLANKS you BLANKETY-BLANKS BLANK BLANK in your BLANKETY- BLANK BLANK. As usual, you removed all the 3-syllable BLANKS in order to BLANK the level of comprehen sion to that of the BLANKETY- BLANK BLANKS who normally read—and believe—you BLANK. I wish you had seen fit to print my letter in its entirety. I intended it to be funny and make a point, and all I seem to have suceeded in doing is making you mad, for which I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. If I ever write another letter to the Batt I’ll try to keep it more or less acceptable, rather than just challenging you. The only thing I object to is the intimation (you can change that word if you like, with my blessing) that I write filthy lan guage in my letters. I can’t do that: the Post Office gets un happy. I don’t usually, anyway (note the qualification) and I de finitely didn’t in that one. Again, I BLANK your BLANK in BLANKING my BLANK. I’ll BLANK again sometime when I have more BLANK to BLANK about. our the We readily acknowledge failure as the educator of masses at A&M. However, this situation is soon to be remedied. Plans are being made to start a Your BLANKETY-BLANK reader, Ric Locke ’70 We didn’t find your first letter very funny, but this one shows a definite improvement, so hang in there and keep trying.—Ed. ENGINEERS MECHANICAL • ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL • METALLURGICAL Sunstrand Corporation, a medium sized company head quartered in a modern industrial city just 90 minutes from Chicago, Illinois, is expanding its operations. You can now take advantage of excellent growth oppor tunities with the leading manufacturer of aircraft accessories, machine tools, fuel burner pumps and hydraulic transmissions. New 400,000 sq. ft. R & D Center now under construction. Sundstrand engineers work on a variety of projects un der excellent working conditions, enjoy definite project responsibilities and follow through. Our consistent em phasis on engineering results in a sizeable investment in research and development; when completed in 1967, our multi-million dollar 88 acre R & D Center will provide an additional 400,000 square feet for new product development, project management and test ing. We employ nearly 6,000 people, enjoy approxi mately $100 million annual sales — a medium sized company, on the move. POSITIONS NOW OPEN IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: High Performance Small Turbine Design Combustion Engineering Hydraulic Pump Development Vehicle Transmission Design Gear Design and Manufacturing Manufacturing Engineering Circuit Design and Electronic Packaging Bearing Design Metallurgy Turbo-Machinery and Therodynamics Electrical Test Equipment Application Engineering We will have our representative on campus to interview: ,, , _ March 17 Please make necessary arrangements at your Placement Office. Manager, Professional Employment SUNDSTRAND PERSONNEL CENTER 1401 23rd Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101 An Equal Opportunity Employer Tau Beta Pi Announces Opening ^ Of Applications For Scholarships Tau Beta Pi, professional engi neers fraternity, is now taking ap plications for its annual $100 scho larship which will go to an under graduate student in the College of Engineering. Deadline for submitting ap[ tions is 5 p.m. April 14. Ali plications should be mailed o: livered to Tau Beta Pi Scht ship Committee, Office of Dean of Engineering, Campi; The recipient of the scholarship must be presently enrolled in no less than his second semester of an engineering curriculum and he shall not be expecting to graduate earlier than January, 1968. Stu dents do not have to be a member of Tau Beta Pi to be eligible. Bridges To Speal At Caldwell Higl Applications may be picked up in all departmental offices, or from the office of the Dean of Engineering. G. Sadler Bridges, assist professor of economics, wilisp tonight at “Career Day” act ties at Caldwell High School Bridges will visit with Ci well seniors about curriculum! programs offered at Texas Ai PEANUTS IF U)£ ALL ALLRiSMTJEAM^ I WOK* J^ETWe 1 ?, THIS \6 ^HE //THIS CAN BE BEGINNING OF (((M6l?£AIEST VEAR NOLO,IKE FIRST THINS OJE HAVE ID DO 15 START A PROGRAM OF VIGOROUS CAII5THENIC^.. rrr For all yotir insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 221 S. Main, Bryan xmrW k * 823-3616 State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, Ill| On Campus with MajcQhulmaiil (By the author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!"^ “Dohie Gillis,” etc.) WHO’S GOT THE BUTTON? I’m sure it has not escaped your notice that underlying the adorable whimsy which has made this column sucha^ us i popular favorite among my wife and my little dog Spot, Wor there is a serious attempt to stay abreast of the problems omo that beset the American college student. wor] Many a trip have I made to many a campus—talking to undergraduates, listening to their troubles, hearing their. grievances, reading their buttons. (Incidentally, the sec-Tj ond and third most popular buttons I saw on my last trip §■ were: “WALLACE BEERY LIVES” and “FLUORI--*- 1 Me DATE MUSCATEL.” The first most popular button was, as we all know, “SCRAP THE SCRAPE” which is worn, as we all know, by Personna Super Stainless Steel Blade users who, as we all know, are proud to proclaim to the world that they have found a blade which gives them luxury shave after luxury shave, which comes both in double-edge style and Injector style, which does indeed scrap the scrape, negate the nick, peel the pull, and oust lut icn the ouch, which shaves so closely and quickly and truly A&M and beautifully that my heart leaps to tell of it. (If per-ical haps you think me too effusive about Personna, I ask you comp to remember that to me Personna is more than justaMyei razor blade; it is also an employer.) rolog But I digress. I make frequent trips, as I say, to learn what is currently vexing the American undergraduate, at Last week, for example, while visiting a prominent Eas- ... tern university (Idaho State) I talked to a number of engineering seniors who posed a serious question. Like ”' ate all students, they had come to college burning to fill them- de P ai selves with culture, but, alas, because of all their science contr requirements, they simply had had no time to take the Hall, liberal arts courses their young souls lusted after. “Are Th* we doomed,” they asked piteously, “to go through life elude uncultured?” prese I answered with a resounding “No!” I told them the an( j 7 culture they had missed in college, they would pick up sys t e after graduation. I explained that today’s enlighten^ setg “T that corporations are setting up on-the-job liberal arts grams for the newly employed engineering graduate- courses designed to fill his culture gap—for the truly t lightened corporation realizes that the truly cultured em ployee is the truly valuable employee. To illustrate, I cited the well-known case of Champert Sigafoos of Purdue. 923 When Champert, having completed his degree in wing nuts and flanges, reported to the enlightened corporation where he had accepted employment, he was not rushed forthwith to a drawing board. He was first installed in the enlightened corporation’s training campus. Here he was given a beanie, a room-mate, and a copy of the com pany rouser, and the enlightened corporation proceeded to fill the gap in his culture. First he was taught to read, then to print capital let ters, then capital and small letters. (There was also an attempt to teach him script, but it was ultimately abandoned.) From these fundamentals, Champert progressed slowly but steadily through the more complex disciplines. He was diligent, and the corporation was patient, and in the end they were well rewarded, for when Champert fin ished, he could play a clavier, parse a sentence, and name all the Electors of Bavaria. Poised and cultured, Champert was promptly placed in an important executive position. I am pleased to report that he served with immense distinction—not, however, for long because three days later he reached retirement age. Today, still spry, he lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he supplements his pension by parsing sentences for tourists. * * * ^ ou, Here’s a sentence that’s easy to parse: Subject—“you.” Verb —“double.” Object—“your shaving comfort when you use Burma-Shave, regular or menthol, along tcith your Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades.” By Charles M. Scht MOUJ ABOUT ONE PUSH-UP ? 7f la In t0| me fe! isl sti we As SPOKESMAN FOR THE TEAM, MAV I WISH YOU THE VERY BE5I OF LUCK DURING THE NEO) SEASON N— SPEAKINS JUST FOR myself, aw I SAY YOU'RE SOWS TO NEEP IT! f