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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, November 26, 1968
BATTALION
SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Editorial n
Here’s One For The Road
The National Safety Council’s
November newsletter includes an
intriguing reprint from the bul
letin of a Detroit insurance agen
cy. It’s particularly applicable
today, just before thousands of
A&M students take to the road
for Austin and then points east,
west, north or south.
“In West Germany,” the item
states, “two identical cars, equip
ped with recording instruments,
made similar 1,000-mile trips
from Hamburg to Remini on the
Italian coast. One driver at
tempted to make the best time
he could by driving as fast as
the law would allow. The other
driver took it easy, avoiding all
risks and moving primarily with
the normal traffic flow.
“The results showed that the
fast driver used his brakes 1,339
times (including four emergency
stops), passed 2,004 cars and was
passed by only 13 cars. The
slower driver used his brakes
652 times (with no emergency
stops), passed 645 cars and was
passed by 142 cars. The fast
driver took 20 hours and 12 min
utes to make the trip. The slow
er driver took 20 hours and 43
minutes. (The 31 minutes dif
ference amounted to only a sav
ing of 1.5 minutes per hour).”
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!■■» John Me Carroll
| “tell you what Pd do 9 ’ |
Copyright laws are great protectors,
but in the November issue of Sports Illus
trated, things have gone too far.
As nearly every Aggie in the Free World
knows by now, the national magazine did a
great story on A&M and its traditions.
On the index page is a photograph of
an Old Army fish kissing his girl after an
Aggie touchdown. Printed on either side of
the amorous shot is the demanding state
ment:
“ . . . Reproduction without permission is strictly pro-
hibited. ,,
★ ★ ★
The campus phone system is working out real fine this
year and should really be a great success. Of course, I also
believed that spoolies, 3-D glasses, baby moon hubcaps,
coonskin caps and hula hoops were here to stay.
★ ★ ★
Town Hall deserves a pat on the back for the fine
effort this week by actually having the “Union Gap” down
here for a special attraction.
So far this year Brenda Lee, Leon Bibb and the Four
Seasons have canceled their performances.
Next year, if they play their cards right, Town Hall
could sign Sophia Loren, Frank Sinatra and the Beatles and
replace them with Mrs. Miller, Crazy Legs Carone and his
all-male ballet company and the Allen Military Academy
Band.
Bulletin Board
This, we t might point out,
would mean about three minutes
saved between here and Austin.
“A skeptical West German mo
toring club, after learning of
these results, ran a test of their
own,” the report continues. “An
800-mile-trip from Cologne to the
Breener Pass was made. In
this test the slower car took an
additional 21 minutes to make
the trip. For the 16-hour run,
this was a savings of only 1.4
minutes per hour.
“In both tests the fast cars
used much more gas besides the
additional wear and tear on
brakes, tires, engine and driver.
“The National Safety Council
reports that approximately 40
per cent of all traffic deaths are
the results of speeding.”
If you’re as skeptical as the
West German motoring club, why
not run your own test ? Com
pare your usual hell-for-leather
going-home time with the time it
takes you under the “slower”
test conditions outlined. You’ve
got only minutes to lose and a lot
to gain, including extra gasoline,
tire tread and maybe a few lives.
“I wonder how the sips feel, knowing that our team is
serving as the screening committee for the Cotton Bowl?”
What's Happening At The MSC
WEDNESDAY
Mr. H. Harold Wells, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
Bryan, will speak to the Aggie
Christian Fellowship at 5:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 on the second floor of the
YMCA. His t»:>pic will be “The
Name of the Game is Love.”
By PAT LAFFERTY
The Yanks are coming — and
they’ll be here tonight! The
South must rise again — but
only to go to the 8:45 p.m. per
formance at G. Rollie White Coli
seum. The group known as “The
Union Gap” includes a so»called
general, a sergeant, a corporal,
and two privates headed by Gary
Puckett, lead singer and noted
song writer - arranger. Tickets
are on sale now. See you there
tonight!
* * *
Twenty-eight leaders from the
MSC are planning a three-day
trip to New Orleans in December
to attend the regional convention
of the Association of College
Unions International. The pur
pose of the convention is to dis
cuss problems and their solutions
associated with student centers.
❖ * *
A concern of the MSC is the
beautiful tradition of recognizing
it as a living memorial to those
who gave their lives in the World
Wars by not walking on its grass.
While everyone associated with
A&M is aware of this tradition,
there are those who come here
not ever having heard of A&M.
It is with this group that we
must be most patient. There is
no need to be rude to these peo
ple, as has been noted in the past,
when a simple, courteous expla
nation of the tradition would suf
fice. Why send people away
from A&M thinking we’re a
bunch of boors?
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