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ms i Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1976 Qbc INTERSTATE SHOPPING CENTER 846-6714 & 846-1151" The Great Entertainment Adventure of Our Tune! K - The Hindenburg' Daily 7:00,9:25 «*» A UNIVERSAL PICTURI Daily 7:15, 9:30 LAST t DAYS!! H LIZA » GENE MINNELLI BURT Z HACKMAN REYNOLDS • ft] I^YLAPVlgX,. SEE THE WORLD'S MOST BAFFLING PHENOMENA RECREATED LIVE ON STAGE THROUGH A SERIES OF THE GREATEST ILLUSIONS EVER CONCEIVED IN THE MINDS OF MEN. A full stage production which takes place somewhere in the twilight zone between fantasy and reality. WED FEB 25 8 PM RUDAUD Tickets Available in MSC Box Office $2.00 at door $1.50 advance ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS SPECIAL APPEARANCE HAVE BEEN MADE BY CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONA! ★ ★ ★ ★ ^ ^ ^ Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 What is Your American Indian Movement I.Q.? By the time of its takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973, the American Indian movement had received grants amounting to at least $400,000.00 from: A. The American Civil Liberties Union B. The Office of Economic Opportunity C. The Oglala Tribal Council “Look ahead — The Red Trinity, Daddy Karl, Baby Vlad, and Holy Ho smiling atcha . . . Socialist salvation awaits even a lackey of the capitalist oppressors like you, brother, if you just believe in the future.” — written to Douglass Durham after his exposure as an F.B.I. agent by A. Dennis Banks, A.I.M. head. B. John Foreman, Columbia Pictures C. Paula Giese, A.I.M. chief researcher “The white man has the Gxxdxxx gall to celeb rate a birthday in 1976 over my blood. I promise you that it will be an unhappy birthday. Everyone, everywhere should participate in blowing out the white man’s candle.” At an A.I.M. meeting in March, 1974, said it. A. Russell Means B. Dennis Banks C. Clyde Bellecourt (QZ6L Jaquiajdas ‘uomido ueauaiuv) 'V ’8 (SZ6L Jaqiuajdas ‘uofujdo ueouaiuv) ’3 ‘Z (CZ.6L Aew ‘uomjdQ ueouaiuv) g -j. Sponsored By: Students for Responsible Expression Box 8103 Aggie land E. B. Cushing s legacy lives on in ston E By DON MIDDLETON and JOHN ADAMS As any fish in the Corps of Cadets can tell you, the inscription on the Cushing Library is: “Mendel, Sachs, Bacon; Washington, Bullfinch, Faraday; Cushing Library; Maxwell, Pasteur, Shakespeare; Plato, Watt, Newton.” There may be a few of those fish who can tell you that the Cushing Library is situated east of the Academic Building, adjacent to the Sterling C. Evans Library. And while the twelve names en graved around the facade of the li brary are recognizable to most col lege students, there are probably less than a handf ul of Aggies attend ing class today who know why the Cushing Library is so named. In case you haven’t noticed, Ag gies like to name buildings after other Aggies, mostly those who have done something notable in their lives. It’s a time-honored practice, even though it may be confusing to campus visitors at times. It’s also the best way to com memorate the deeds and achieve ments of the great men of A&M his tory. Naturally, we all have fond memories of George F. Fermier, Francis M. Law, Mark Francis, Frank C. Bolton and, of course, Ed ward Benjamin Cushing. E.B. Cushing was the first man to graduate from Texas A&M as an en gineer. He entered A&M in 1877, graduated in 1880 and since his name comes early in alphabetical role he received his degree before other engineer-classmates. His diploma reads “Bachelor of Letters, ” but he had taken courses in civil engineering and after gradua tion went to work for the Galveston, Houston and San Antonio Railroad as a construction engineer. So that’s enough to name a major college building after him? you ask. Hardly. Read on. In 1908, after having built and maintained railroads in Texas and the wilds of Mexico, he went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad as engineer in charge of construction in Texas and Louisiana. ($he:10$ term of office as President of the alumni group in 1900, and sub sequently held the spot several times before his death. interests of the college so id fore him and no man whosen] The son of a moderately well-to-do Houston publisher, Cushing was well on his way to making a name for himself in the railroad business, as well as a fair amount of money. But money alone doesn’t get your name engraved in granite around here. When World War I began to loom on the horizon, Cushing quit his job with Southern Pacific and enlisted. There was only one problem — at forty-five he was too old to join the Army. Not to be left out in the cold, Cushing sent a few telegrams to the right people, reminding them of his qualifications and in no time at all he was in Uncle Sam’s Army. Cushing was given the rank of Major, attached to the 17th En gineering Regiment and sent to Le Havre, France. There he began doing for the Army what he had been doing for Southern Pacific, only he did it for a lot less cash and a larger sense of accomplishment. You see, Edward Cushing was the kind of man who would rather do something for his country than him self. And quite a few people recog nized his abilities and sensed his deep patriotism. One of those per sons was General “Blackjack” Persh ing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Pershing transferred Cushing to his own general staff, promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel and gave him the title of Advising Engineer. Cushing served Pershing well enough to be promoted to Colonel before the end of the war and to be awarded the General-in-Chief’s medal for distinguished service. He also received the French Legion of Honor and commendations from the governments of Belgium and Italy. His war record alone might have been enough to rate him a plaque in the office of the Former Students Association. But that’s not the whole story. In fact, if it hadn’t been for Edward Cushing there might not be a Former Students Association much less an office to hang plaques In 1912 Edward Cushing was ap pointed to the Board of Directors by Governor O.B. Colquitt. You may recall that that was the year the Main Building burned. That incident was the beginning of several years of financial trouble for the College. When Cushing was elected President of the Board in 1913, he was faced with a total deficit of $87,265. Money appropriated by the State Legislature was slow in coming, so Cushing personally underwrote the costs of operating the school. When he left office in 1915, the College was again in the black. shinc deserves such a fitting tribute^ he £ college. ” Biffer 1 n 1930 the Cushing MemtHit’s brary was formally dedicatedgeriis tc Edward Cushing had pro:® 5 '^ 1 and supported A&M College years. His college roommate. Reynaud, eulogized the nii| had meant so much to AMI salient traits of character, h those who knew him best, alty, honesty of purpose, dlj uprightness, fealty to highidei a breadth of intellect thatei him to master the most problems connected withk work. ” And that is all there istoge building named after you. ibt ntini [ted la base, l Ho: Braze It was Cushing, along with a fellow Aggie named John Youche, who came up with an idea for an Ex- Cadets Association as early as 1879. Their idea became reality in 1888. The name was changed first to the Alumni Association and in 1921 to the Association of Former Students. Cushing was elected to his first Edward B. Cushing died in 192-4 at the age of 62. To the College he left a large collection of books, in cluding many rare engineering books, toward the establishment of a new College library. Guest editor! Iltge S llarde! be cht unentii The Battalion welcomes editorials. However, eaclij When the Boar d of Directors ap proved the construction of a new li brary in 1929, a committee from the Association of Former Students petitioned the Board to name the building after Cushing. The petition stated in part: “There is perhaps no man who has had the He said governm submitted should he typed.iM^ j <1 ' spaced, include the author's J number and be limited to300»B n ^j ovv Submit guest viewpoints Battalion, Reed McDonald !■ ing, room 216, Texas A&M I'liL em) sity. College Station, Texas® nior( . Articles may also be brought® - n son to room 216, Reed McIlttjqTs Building. Eid si Aggietoons Isa i ft' BCFORe U)£ 66T ST/^F\T£b OOJ THIS PROdCCT 1 WHIUT TO IT PERFECTLY CL£AR THAT / AT THE GROUP L£AO£R. gr I'LL HAKE all AssiGfunewis AS TO WHO IS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT! IF Af\)Y0(Vl£ DOESfO'T LIKE. it they had 'Better leave! [grant a Brad FosllT' rgenc; SENIORS Check our special prices for full length portraits for the Centennial Class of ’76. 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