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. /, V ‘ ■ • ~ V ■ ■ Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 20, 1971 CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Ski trip tale “The computer assigned me a different major, but if I can keep this schedule I’ll be willing to change majors— it’s the best I’ve ever had!” Bulletin Board TONIGHT A&M Young Republicans will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Luther an Student Center to discuss the approaching state convention. Athletic Officers will meet at 5 p.m. (cadets) and 5:30 p.m. (civilians) in room 232 of G. Rol- lie White Coliseum. Hillel Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 800 Jersey in College Sta tion. Regular Sabbath services will be held Friday at 8 p.m. THURSDAY Panhandle Area Hometown Club will meet at 7 p.m. in room 3D of the MSC to elect a club sweetheart and have club picture taken. Agricultural Economics Stu dent Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ray Billingsly, 707 Pershing in Col lege Station to play bridge. San Angelo-West Texas Home town Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the MSC to collect dance tick ets and elect the club’s sweet heart. Dallas Hometown Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the Social Room of the MSC to have the Aggie- land picture taken. (continued from page 1) recording of a woman in tenth month of labor. There was no cover charge, but a very healthy looking waiter made sure you ordered drinks, and at a buck a beer, one quickly learned to dance a lot and drink very slowly. The skiing was fantastic, but some soon headed for other day time diversions. We were just outside the little village of Argen- tiere, and a 20 minute shuttle bus ride away from Chamonix, the largest villag-e in the valley. Cha monix was the perfect picture of Alpine France, with little shops and stores, and pastery shops on every street. My gosh, the past- eries! The French have some com bination of just about every edi ble substance made into a pastery, and one would wander into one of these shop and take a good 10 minutes just deciding which ones to try fh’st. But they were all delicious, and nobody was ever disappointed in his or her choice. The trick, though, was to know when to stop. I never quite mas tered that. From Chamonix ran the night trains to Paris and Rome, and for $40 round trip you could jaunt off to gather a little culture at one of these beautiful cities. Also from Chamonix ran the steepest cable car in the world, heading up the side of Mont Blanc to a fantastic view of the entire valley from a point called the Aquille du Midi, then continuing on an other cable car on over into Italy to the town of Courmayeur. The ride was not for anyone with a weak stomach, so some chose the easier way — through the mountain with the longest tunnel in the world, almost 7 miles long, under the highest mountain in Europe. 10 dark minutes after we entered the tunnel, we were in Italy. We stopped at a little Italian restaurant called La Maison du Fillippo, and for two solid hours sat through four courses of the most fantastic meal, including the first course with 16 different Numbers in () denote channels on the cablCo 2:30 3 (5) Edge of Night 15 (12) Sesame Street (PBS) (Repeat of Tuesday) 3:00 3 (5) Gomer Pyle 3:30 3 (5) Town Talk 15 (12) University Instructional 5:00 5:30 (5) That Girl (5) Bewitched (12) What’s New (NET) (5) General Hospital (12) Misterogers’ Neighborhood (NET) (5) CBS News (12) Sesame Street (PBS) 6:00 6:30 7:00 3 7:30 IF YOU'RE ON MIDWEST VIDEO'S CABLE YOU AREN'T GOING TO MISS ANYTHING, (adv) 8:00 3 8:30 15 9:00 3 9:30 15 10:00 3 15 10:30 3 11:30 3 (5) Evening News (5) Courtship of Eddie’s Father (12) Campus and Community Today j (5) Room 222 (12) NET Playhouse (5) To Rome With Love (5) Johnny Cash (12) Soul (PBS) (5) Hawaii Five-0 (12) Flick Out (PBS) (5) Final News (12) War Game (5) The FBI (5) The Law and Mr. Jones Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those oj the student writers only. 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EDITOR DAVID MIDDLEBROOKE Assistant Editor Hayden Whitsett Managing Editor Fran Zupan Sports Editor Clifford Broyles BHHHHMI FREE FLIGHTS IN T-34 for any male student qualifying on the NAVY FLIGHT APTITUDE TEST dishes. The waitress winched when we ordered Coke with the meal, and when she told the cook, he—well, never mind what the cook said. It was in Italian, to be sure, but unprintable, all the The days went by far too fast, but we made up for it with the long, late parties every night. Cheese and beef fondue, dishes particular to France, were the star of every get together, with wine, of course. But the days escaped us too fast, and long before anyone was ready, it was time to head for Texas. We load ed up, said goodbye to our French friends, and off to Geneva we went for the flight home. We were surprised there with the news that the airport was fogged in, and we could spend the day shopping and sightseeing in old Geneva. By eleven that night all the skiers, the car driv ers, and the independent travel ers had exchanged the best of their different stories and the fog still remained. The task of putting 250 tired people on a night train to Zurich was monu mental, but that was the only place clear enough for our plane to pick us up, so after a six hour train ride and some really fancy baggage handling, we were at the Zurich airport ready to head for home. The duty free store was void of booze after we had shopped it, and at $3 a quart, one couldn’t help but bring in his quota. Those who were of age, of course. Of was a quiet plane full of people, to say the least. Some sleeping, some reading, and some just re membering the fun and funny things, like the girl who had asked me why the European cars all had yellow lights. We had both been enjoying the local brew that night, and when I told her that they were fog lights, she misunderstood and thought I said “frog lights”. I didn’t want to disappoint the sweet young thing in her wonderment, so I made up an appropriate story to go along with her misunderstanding, and to this day she thinks frogs are scared of yellow lights, so they stay off the roads. I mean, after all, we never did see a single frog on the roads in France. . . . Anyway, after a stop in Pitts burg to clear customs, and a sad goodbye to our University of Kentucky friends in Cincinnati we winged our way to Houston, ar riving 24 hours later than sched uled due to that fog. But the thing most asked as we got off the plane? When are we going again, let us know as soon as next year’s trip is planned, we can’t wait to get back! The cost was minimal, but the experiences were at a maximum. The Travel Committee had successfully com pleted another phase of its pur pose: let Aggies see the world, and let the world see Aggies. And see we did. With our pock ets full of assorted change in French francs, Italian Lire, and Swiss francs, all the participants look back at the fun, and for ward to next year’s trip. It’s only eleven months away. . . . ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL m CALL 822-3737 *.v 1016 Texas Avenue — Bryan COMPUTER SERVICES CORE CSC Custom Tailor will be on campus Jan. 20, 21 & 22 at the CSC’s Office 505 Church St. North Gate 846-4781 Custom Tailored Suits $60 - $85 Men’s Custom Made Dress Shirts 3 for SI 2.00 TV\vjR>S - FRA FO?-'. - SRT \ ) (SUL. SI dall judge S temporal Tuesday als, banl selling u case 1 wide invi The t change 1 civil sui ing orde the defe nipulath tices in House and two nowledgi and sole govern m an indu of a sta bill whi vetoed. The g (coi much v they sti have fil losses f Each rials s money Sharps! said he rowed the sta Muts influem ants in of the He what n stock, indicat: value. 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