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THE BATTALION
ColUg* Station, Texas Wednesday, April S, IMS
A&M vs. Harvard
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Debaters Question College For Women
“He’s been standing there since they posted th’ mid-
semester grades. You'd think it was th’ first ’A* he had
made!”
Green Grounds,
Green Fountain
There are many campuses throughout the United States
which are architectually more pleasing than A&M.
There are others which by virtue of their geographical
location are picturesque—for example, the Air Force Acad
emy at Colorado Springs.
But there are few cam uses, if any, where the grounds
are better cared for or better manicured than at A&M.
Ever notice how the trees are clipped each spring or
how the leaves are painstakingly raked off every lawn
around campus buildings? Ever notice how beautifully the
MSC lawn is kept year around?
Ever notice the miles of underground water springlers
which provide moisture for grass and shrubs in the hottest
and driest summers Texas has to offer?
Such care is not of monumental importance, but it does
represent application of the saying “do the best with what
you have.” •
Hot weather which could have pitentially made A&M a
yellow eyesore has been avoided through a little extra cost
and effort toward grounds care.
For the most part students have been cooperative in
their end of the bargain. Where many would throw trash
out the window* of their car, few will -drop much more than
a cigarette butt on the campus.
Many would find it difficult to understand w'hy anyone
would want to see the campus marred, but there are appar
ently a few.
When students from two Southwest Conference schools
dropped by A&M last year for a little pre-game after-mid-
night paint session. Aggies were seriously considering their
own night excursions in retaliation.
Having Sully or West Gate Memorial painted is not
- what most Aggies consider humorous.
Why is it, then, that the Fish Pond has been showing
rainbow colors lately?
Last week it was red and this week green. Funny?
It may prove unique. A&M may have the only fountain
in the state whose once white concrete now resembles a
fungus.
Engineering Leads
A&M /Registration
One out of every three atudenU here is preparing for a
career in engineering, according to a study completed last
«reek by Registrar H. L. Heaton.
Heaton said the College of Liberal Arts, which has made
th« largest gains in recent years, ranks second In total enroll
ment. with agriculture third.
Engineering now accounts for 3,543 students, or 32.45 per
rent of the 10,918-member student body.
Liberal arts registered 2,948 students (27.01 per cent);
agriculture, 2,008 (18.40 per cent); science, 1,162 (10 65 per
cent); eeterinary medicine, 845 ( 7.73 per cent); geoaciencen,
277 ( 2-54 per centL/and Texas Maritime Academg, 134 (1.22
/ per cent).
The registrar noted that business administration, which
has an enrollment of 1,273 and is currently a division of liberal
aria, will be made a separate college next fall.
Heaton said the largest single department is education, with
615 students.
Other departments with enrollments of 400 or more are
mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical en
gineering, aerospace engineering, management, architecture
and pre-veterinary medicine.
By TOM CURL
Bettaliea Special Writer
Resolved: The higher educa
tion of women is a fruitless pur
suit.
Debate teams representing
Harvard and Texas ARM argued
this point before approximately
150 people in the MSC Monday
night.
Ronald Hinds and Robert Peek
of A&M spoke in favor of the
resolution while Ronald Luke and
Edward Jones of Harvard took
the negative side.
PEEK presented three conten
tions in favor of'the resolution:
1. Higher education of women
is wasted because they have no
specific academic goals.
2. Women who finally receive
a college degree rarely enter the
labor force, and if they do, they
are unhappy at home and ineffi
cient at work.
3. Attendance in college b>
women means less classroom
space for men, who are custom
arily the wage-earners.
"Women waste their education
because they never finish it,’’
Peek said in his opening state
ment.
Peek quoted Robert Sanford
in a report on Vassar rtudents:
"The thirst for knowledge does
not rank very high on reasons
girls go to college," Sanford
stated.
CONCERNING the second con
tention, Peek said, “College wom
en usually marry their senior
year and never enter the labor
force."
"Even if they enter the labor
force, they don’t do as good a job
as they should," Peek continued.
Peek said that many women be
come desparate when they face
graduation and the world, thus
they marry hurriedly their senior
year.
"These marriages are more
likely to break up than others,"
Peek remarked in referring to the
Vassar report.
LUKE responded by citing the
advantages of college education
for women.
"What’s the point of educating
a man if a woman is too stupid to
understand his accomplishments,’’
lAike asserted.
He also noted that educated
girls can be entertained for less
money. An example used was the
50 cent admission charge to the
debate.
"Unless you want Paul New
man for President, you've got to
educate women,” he contended.
LI KE also cited the advantage
of having an educated sweet
heart at home.
“If the girl is educated and you
are not around, she will settle
down with a good book instead of
a good friend,” he said.
Hinds said, “You can get a non
economic degree somewhere be
sides a college or university.
Hinds suggested a system of
“trade schools” to train women
for -such jobs as secretaries and
teachers of elementary school.
"A higher education isn’t need
ed to train someone to be i
good secrvfery,” Hinds asserted.
JONES had different opinions.
"Let’s try to think of higher
education as a protector of in
nocence," Jones suggested.
He said that college is a place
for fathers to send their 18-year-
daughters who are not needed at
home and too young to marry.
Jones said he favored mascu
line supremacy and believed that
the males’ superior position was
not jeopardned by women in col
lege.
“We can depend on the girls to
continue to act inferior, even if
they are superior. This is a
trait of females,’’ he contended.
IN REBUTTAL to Peek’s and
Hinds’ contentions, Luke said that
higher education is one of ouri
country’s chief goals.
Concerning the A&M plan to i
put women in trade schools, Jones |
said it was a backward idea.
"Why don’t you take all these
proposed trade schools and put
them in one place and call it a
college," Luke suggested concern
ing the A&M plan that supposed
ly would replace women’s and
coed colleges.
Peek and Hinds charged in
their rebuttal that Luke and Jones
had evaded the three contentions
presented.
Sound Off
what really goes on at their celebrated Easter rites
M ii Fort LaiMIe
Compiled by William Haines and William Taggart
Beet 9S<, see X year Isahrtan 6B0VE
Editor,
The Battalion:
To the Class of *79:
My name is John F. MacGillis.
As you probably know, I am one
of two candidates in the run-off
for next year's Class President.
I would like to inform you of my
plans for next year if I am
elected.
My first official act will be to
call a class-wide assembly to ob
tain suggestions from students as
to types of social functions to
have, and different ways to raise
money. At the same time the
students could inform me of any
other major projects that they
would like the officers to work
on. If the first meeting is even
moderately successful, others will
be called throughout the year.
Since I am a civilian, I would
(like to have an informal Cadet
Advisory Board of about four to
six active, interested, informed
cadets who would enable me to
* J keep abreast of the activities and
problems of that part of the cam
pus.
Since my main objective will be
to unify the class, I would at
tempt to have more social func
tions scheduled for the ENTIRE
class.
In short. Aggies, I want to
work with you for the betterment
of the whole class, for no matter
what side of the campus we live
on, or what type of clothes we
wear, we are all Aggies, and I
sincerely believe that, with your
help, we can make the Class of
1970 “the best d class on the
campus!"
John F. MacGillis ’7»
Editor.
The Battalion:
To the Class of ’79
I would like to introduce myself
to those of the Class of 1970 who
do not already know me. My
name is Danny Swords and 1 am
a run off candidate for Secretary-
Treasurer. I feel I can handle
the responsibility of the office as
well as instigate several new
ideas to the class of 1970. My
main goal will be to strive toward
a more informed Junior Class.
Why Not give me you support in
the forthcoming election Thurs
day?
Danny Swords ’79
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Inspector General
U. S. Department of Agriculture
AUDITORS
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Accounting Majors Entering
Salary front $6,681 to $7,634
SPECIAL AGENTS
No Specific Degree
Requirements.
For positions in Southwest region. Temple, Texas with
suboffices in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Stillwater,
Oklahoma, Little Rock, Arkansas, New Orleans &
Alexandria, Louisiana.
CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
April 4, 1968
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What’s a 1967Olds
doing in this
1968 Olds advertisement?
It's making the point that you
can own an Oldsmobile. If not
a new one, then certainly o
used one.
Like the nifty 1967 Olds 4-4-2
you see here. Or a sporty used
Cutlass convertible maybe.
Or, even, one of those
great Olds Rocket 88s.
Of course. Olds dealers
also carry a large stock
of other brands on their
Value-Rated used car lot. And
should you decide on one of
them instead ... well, at least
we'll know you picked a good
place to do it. «
Bulletin Board
TODAY
The Finance Sodriy will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of Fran
cis Hall.
The Hillel (Tab will mw films
of the Cotton Bowl at 7:30 p.m.
at the Hillel Foundation.
/The Aggie Wives Bridge Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Me
morial Student Center.
THURSDAY
The Amarillo Hemet own Club
will meet at 7 p.m. in the Rotunda
of the Academic Building.
The Beaumont Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room
202 of the YMCA.
The Dallas Hometowa Clnb
will discuss an Easter party at
7:15 p.m. in the Lobby of the Me-
< mortal Student Center.
The Mechanical Engineering
Seminar will hear Ted M. Means,
Industrial Division Director fur
the Houston Lighting and Power
Co., speak on the industrial de
velopment of the Greater Hous
ton area at 10 a.m. in Room 303,
I Fermiee Hall.
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