THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 15, 1968
Land-Grant Grads
Head Top Firms
As every Aggie knows, Texas A&M is one of many
land-grant colleges and universities established by the Mor
rill Act.
Land-grant schools are generally less expensive than
privately supported colleges and in some cases have been
sneared at for their past lower entrance requirements.
But a report by the Office of National Research in
Washington, D. C. reveals some startling statistics which
should make any Aggie proud to be attending a school in
the land-grant tradition.
It noted that more than 350 presidents and chairmen
in the nation’s 700 largest corporations are alumni of state
and land-grant universities.
Although they represent less than five per cent of all
U. S. colleges and enroll less than 30 per cent of all students,
the 99 institutions of the National Association of State Uni
versities and Land-Grant College have provided a major
source of corporate leaders—more than half in the top 700
companies.
The 1967 “Fortune” magazine corporation directory
lists the nation’s 50 largest commercial banks, life insur
ance companies, merchandising firms, transportation com
panies and utilities
Alumni of state and land-grant institutions such as
A&M head 21 of the banks, 26 of the insurance companies,
15 of the merchandising firms, 23 of the transportation
companies and 26 of the utilities.
Among the nation’s very largest industrial corpora
tions, eight of the top ten, 33 of the top 50 and 64 of the
top 100 companies are headed by at least one alumnus of
state and land-grant institutions.
Massachusettes Institute of Technology and Cornell
University, both land-grant schools, had the largest number
of alumni in top corporate positions, 51 and 36 respectively.
Next were the University of Michigan, 31; the Univer
sity of Minnesota, 26; the University of California, 24; the
University of Illinois, 24; Purdue University 18, and the
University of Texas, 15.
Those presidents and chairman of the nation’s largest
firms do not represent the recently graduating men and
women, but generally those graduating a decade or more
ago.
A&M is rapidly building toward strength in every
academic field, and we look forward to our land-grant tradi
tion producing Aggies heading the top five in ten, 20 in 50,
and 40 in 100 of the nation’s leading corporations.
Bulletin Board
TODAY
The Mechanical Engineer
ing Seminar Program will hear
Richard Ayres, plant engineer for
Rohm and Haas Co., discuss roles
for the mechanical engineer in a
chemical plant in Room 303 of
Fermier Hall.
The Mid-County Hometown Club
will meet in the lobby of the
Memorial Student Center at 7:30
p.m.. . ' l 'VV "':
The Fort Bend County Home
town Club will, have pictures
taken for the Aggieland at 7 p.m.
on the steps of the Memorial
Student Center.
The Brazoria County Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 108 of the Academic
Building.
The San Angelo-West Texas
Hometown Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Room 108, Academic
Building.
The Galveston Island Home
town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in Room 3C of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
The Waco - McLennan County
Hometown Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Reading Room of the
YMCA.
The Midland Hometown Club
will have pictures taken for the
Aggieland at 7:30 p.m. on the
steps of the Memorial Student
Center.
The Corpus Christi Hometown
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
Art Room of the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
CADET SLOUCH
by jim Earie j U anaAndNarcoticAch
Attacked By Student Paper
“We’ve just finished registration and already he’s talkin’
about quizzes!”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
Are there really boys at Bay
lor or is it just a rumor going
around ?
As of yet we have seen no
signs of male life, as we know it,
on the campus. If there are any
guys around here, they must have
fantastic methods of camouflage
or else great hiding places.
We are writing this letter to
inform you about the situation
of the coeds at Baylor. Since we
know that there are plenty of
boys on your campus, we thought
that you might appreciate being
informed of our situation. Half
of the Baylor coeds spend every
weekend sitting in their rooms.
The other half has an average
of one date per semester unless
they are engaged or dropped to
someone.
We are appealing to you to
rescue us from this disastrous
plight. We would greatly appre
ciate it if about 500 of you would
come to Baylor some weekend
(next weekend would suit us just
fine) and date a few of us who
are slowly rotting away in our
dormitory rooms. If you do come
to Baylor, please have some
means of identification because
we might not recognize a real
boy if we see one. Thank you
very much.
3000 Desperate
Baylor Coeds
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter,
splashed with perfume, did not
contain, unfortunately, a list
of the names of the 3000 girls,
but if the situation is really
game. The Battalion does not
usually run unsigned letters
but due to the special interest
that this letter will probably
cause and the fact that it ar
rived in an envelope with a
Waco postmark, it is being run
as a public service.)
(AGP)—“Marijuana is this gen
eration’s alcohol.” “Kids today
smoke pot as avidly as the gen
eration before swallowed gold
fish.”
That’s the way two newswriters
expressed their findings concern
ing the use of marijuana, the
Valparaiso (I n d .) University
Torch said. The use, sale, or pos
session of marijuana has greater
legal consequences than drinking
alcohol. The use of pot has be
come a source of great concern
on campuses across the country.
Why do students smoke it ?
Some make a ritual of it, some
enjoy the intensity of sense per
ceptions, some are glad for the
new perspective of life gained
from the deep sleep after a trip.
But all run the risk of legal pun
ishment.
The increasing use of pot on
campuses was reflected by the
insertion in Valparaiso’s Student
Handbook this year of the clause:
“Any unauthorized use of drugs,
barbituates, etc., is prohibited by
state law and by the University.”
One Valparaiso dean regards the
clause as a “sign of the times,”
since pot is becoming an “inevi
table part of campus life.”
The Marijuana Act of 1937 first
outlawed marijuana and the Fed
eral Narcotic Act of 1956 classi
fied selling, using, or possessing
it as a federal felony. It also es
tablished mandatory minimum
sentences of two years for pos
sessing and five years for selling
pot.
The stiff penalties were enact
ed on the basis of the incorrect
classification of marijuana as a
narcotic. It is actually a mild
hallucenogenic drug which is not
addictive, leaves no hangover, and
apparently does no permanent
physical damage. There are no
withdrawal symptoms as there
are with narcotics.
The old idea that marijuana
leads to heroin has been discredit
ed in reports of the President’s
Crime Commission and verbally
denounced by John Finlator, di
rector of the Bureau of Drug
Abuse Control. The problem of
pot, then, is more a legal than a
medical problem. The White
House Conference on Narcotic
and Drug Abuse stated in 1962:
“The hazards of marijuana p (I
se have been greatly exaggerated
. . . long criminal sentences in.
posed upon the occasional user
possessor are in poor social pet.
spective.”
With most of the 15,000 arrest;
last year among college student;
the legality of such severe lawsij
being questioned. In Bostor
Atty. Joseph S. Oteri is challeng.
ing the law in the Commonweals
vs. Leis and Weiss case,
claims he does not advocate legs),
izing marijuana but feels thela»
should include age limits and lea
severe punishments, somewlnt
comparable to drinking la«s
Similar legal cases are testingtli
laws in at least ten other statti
It seems likely, the Torch ton
eluded, that the Supreme Coat;
will soon have to deal with tl*
old marijuana law in light of in
creased knowledge and morewidi.
spread use of pot.
Answers Available On LSD
The Battalion will run a two-part story next week on
the effects of drug- addiction and the hazards of smoking,
Anyone with questions concerning drugs or smoking
can have them answered by sending them to The Battalion
by 1 p. m. Tuesday.
Authority for the answers will be Dr. Donald J. Merki,
assistant professor of health education, who has done ei
tensive research in these fields.
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Fresh Ground
The Fort Worth Hometown
Club will choose a club sweetheart
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 2B of the
Memorial Student Center.
The Orange Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby
of the Academic Building.
The El Paso Hometown Club
will choose a club sweetheart at
7:30 p.m. in Room 3C of the
Memorial Student Center.
The Garland Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
202 of the YMCA.
like the writer of the letter
tells it, it is not likely that
one would have any trouble
making connections if he were
to go to the trouble of walking
by the girls’ dormitory area
after Saturday’s basketball
Through
CORPS
CHANNELS
by Robert Gonzales
Deputy Corps Commander Pat
Rehmet announced that the theme
for the Combat Ball will be
“R & R in Hong Kong.” The ball
will be set in Sbisa Dining Hall
on March 1. The TSU Toronadoes
will supply the music for the 9
p.m.-l a.m. affair.
Anyone interested in nominat
ing his date for Combat Cutie
should contact a Corps Staff
member for a nominating form.
All forms must be accompanied
by a snapshot. Deadline for nomi
nations is Feb. 26. The Combat
Cutie will be announced by Reh
met at 11 p.m. during the ball-
Others involved in producting
the ball include Bill Morgan, Fi
nance, Carl Feducia and Randy
Meyers, Programs and Invita
tions, Robert Gonzales and Clar
ence Daugherty, Entertai n ment
and Publicity, and Jim Holster
and Howard Hensel, Decorations.
★ ★ ★
The Ross Volunteer Company,
commanded by Cadet Lt. Col.
Francis Bourgeois, is preparing
to participate in the Mardi Gras
parade on Feb. 27. The company,
marching in three platoons, will
serve as the official honor guard
for King Rex. While in New Or
leans the 105 cadets will be housed
on the U. S. aircraft carrier Guad
alcanal.
★ ★ ★
The Fish Drill Team will be
competing for honors. Saturday
at West Texas State. James Vo-
gas, senior advisor to the drill
team said the fish will also com
pete in the Texas A&M Invita
tional on March 16, the Southern
Invitational at LSU on April 27,
and the University of Texas Invi
tational on April 20. The team
also hopes to obtain University
permission to attend the Cherry
Blossom Festival in Washington,
D. C. on April 5. The team will
also perform at the Spring Mili
tary Day Review and the Mother’s
Day Review. Commander of the
team is fish Sammy Garcia from
San Antonio.
★ ★ ★
Twenty army and air force se
niors will be participating in the
festivities of the Pan American
Optimist Club Ball at the Hemis-
Fair Convention Center in San
Antonio on Feb. 24. The ball is
honoring the citizens of Texas
who made HemisFair a reality.
The Corps of Cadets was request
ed by the president of the Opti
mist Club, Peter N. Reed, Class
of 1945, to send twenty seniors to
serve as ushers for the event.
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