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Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1947 age 4 XCl o C ish Arra ish a ttend ebruj onio, nd G ight, In c bsent sign a Davis’ be tu] An and G postp/ day ii lub ] Stud' Rent Err Fish bpene at L< Poa ary hours been state' the < as gr pects write seme mane Freedom of College Press... In one of the first statements of its kind ever issued on a college campus, President Everett Case of Colgate Univer sity recently guaranteed freedom of the press for. Colgate student editors of the post-war period so long as they con tinued to be faithful to the principles of responsible journal ism. Faculty supervision for student publications is still traditional on most college campuses. The Battalion has for some time enjoyed the same type of freedom as that granted at Colgate. The editors are free to publish whatever they see fit to print, but it is their per sonal responsibility to see that nothing appears in print that is untrue, obscene, libelous, defamatory, or inciting to riot. That is a sobering responsibility, but one which we are will ing to take. Emphasizing that every editor—the college editor in cluded—carries a heavier responsibility today than at any hour in American history, Mr. Case’s three-page statement was issued as Colgate University observed the one-hundredth anniversiary of journalism on its campus. One hundred years ago, Colgate’s first editor was ex pelled for “contumacy and rebellion” even before he printed an editorial he had told the faculty he felt duty-bound to publish. “In college journalism, as in the professional field,” Mr. Case asserted, “responsibility can best be met, we hold, if the editor has free access to the facts and liberty to express his opinions once these facts have been obtained and thought fully examined. “Only free journalism can be responsible, as in the long run only responsible journalism can be free.” Declaring that Colgate asks only that its student edi tors be faithful to the tenets of responsible journalism, Mr. Case went on to say: “We have a right to expect of student journalists scrup ulous adherence in all of their writing, news and editorials to the canons of accuracy, truth, good taste and fair play which are accepted everywhere as a part of the journalists’ code. “We have a right to expect too that college publications faithfully reflect the characteristic concerns and activities of the institution as a whole the intellectual, the scholar ly, the cultural as well as the athletic, the social, and the ex tra-curricular.” Mr. Case said that the college needs intelligent self- criticism and student publications would fall short of their full responsibilities if they failed to provide it. “Colgate administrators and faculty members would not be human,” he said, “if they did not at times wish for more gentle treatment than is sometimes accorded them in student publications. But we at Colgate do not, and will not demand it. “If our publications are articulate, and at the same time dependable, accurate and honest, we in the administration and faculty will try to regard their opinions, not as thorns in the side, but as nudges in the ribs, good natured though possibly vigorous shoves in the right direction students hon estly think things should go.” The Forgotten Man. . . When the squabble about the athletic situation began growing in intensity, it was discovered that student repre sentation on the all-important Athletic Council was entirely lacking. The students, who constitute the largest single bloc of Aggie team supporters, were absolutely without any say concerning athletic policies, while the Former Students Association had two representatives on the council. ^ An inspection of the handbook of college rules and reg ulations reveals that membership of the Athletic Council is to consist of “three members of the Academic Council,—the Business Manager of Athletics, two members of the Former Students Association,—and one member of the senior class elected by said class.” • C. W. Crawford, chairman of the council, explained upon questioning that he had only discovered this provision with in the last two weeks. The habit of not including an elected member of the senior class on the council was so strong that the provision for student representation had merely been overlooked. An opportunity to receive the opinions of the student body should not be carelessly overlooked by the council, un less they consider such opinions of no value. Surely the students should be consulted on matters of hiring and firing of coaches. The senior class, at its next meeting, should elect a rep resentative to serve on the Athletic Council. The possibili ties of having more than just one representative should be thoroughly investigated—after all, don’t the present stu dents rate as much representation as former students and faculty ? BRIGHT IDEAS Publicity Agents Jump at Novelties in Advertising “Anything for publicity,” say newspaper editors and advertising agencies. Whether the novelties in the juornal- ism field be in the form of a contest, or whether they be editorials, newspaper men jump at all ways and means to attract attention. , A CALENDAR for 2003 has” been distributed by the Irving Da vis Company, New York advertis ing agency which sent out a 1901 calendar last year. The reason for last year’s calendar was because 1901 was identical with 1946. Some clients ribbed the agency for be ing “behind the times,” so Mr. Da vis made this year’s presentation futuristic—2003 being the same as 1947! THE SCRANTON, P E N N A. TRIBUNE’S campaign to get work for disabled veterans has resulted in placements for more than 100 and praise from the Veterans’ Ad ministration. INSTEAD of editorials, the Shreveport Times ran half a page of Christmas Psalms in its De cember 25 issue. ON Christmas Day, the Dallas Morning News ran a bpx on Page One as a greeting from the carrier boy to his subscribers: “I won’t waken you from your early morn ing nap,” the message said, “so I must be content to greet you in this fashion.” THE Chicago Daily News is go ing to pick the batboy for White Sox, letting youths write brief essays on “Why I’d Like to Be Batboy for the White Sox.” Boys from 8 to 15 are eligible to apply. George L. Wilson, a city district manager with the oPrtland, Ore gon Journal circulation department used his ability as a cartoonist to aid in the “wet paper” campaign. He placed a sign in each of his two districts, reading: “Reward. $1 paid for every good reason why any sane subscriber would want to receive a wet paper.” T|?e ad was a result of complaints from subscribers upon receiving wet pa pers in the morning. And Texas editors and publish ers will be special guests at the opening day, January 29, of the Houston Fat Stock Show and Ro deo. New Instructors in Engineering Dept. Faculty additions in two engin eering departments at A. & M. were announced January 13. W. Hansen Hall will join the electri cal engineering staff as assistant professor February 1, while W. H. Nedderman will become a civil engineering instructor. Hall is a graduate of South western Louisiana Institute, holds his M. S. degree from Louisiana State and has been teaching at Northeastern State College of Oklahoma. Nedderman graduated from Iowa State College in 1943, and served in the navy until last May. Since then he has been county en gineer in Monroe county, Iowa. A&M Can ‘Shine’ in Astronomy, PENNY’S Monnig Tells Star Gazers Club SERENADE By Vick Lindley Texas A. & M. can play an important part in developing the science of astronomy in Texas, according to Oscar E. Mon nig, noted amateur, astronomer of Ft. Worth. Mr. Monning was the chief speaker at the first annual banquet of the college As tronomy Club Monday night. At the banquet Prof. E. E. Vez- ey of the Physics Department un veiled a three-foot model of an eighteen-foot telescope dome pro posed for erection on the Physics Building here. Mr. Monnig ex plain what could be done with such a structure, and the 24-inch re flecting telescope which Prof. Vez- ey is grinding for use in the dome. If this telescope and its ob servation dome are completed A. & M. will have the second largest telescope in Texas, Mr. Monnig reported. The largest is the 81- inch telescope of the University of Texas, at the MacDonald Ob servatory in the Davis Mountains. Other telescopes now in use in Texas are considerably smaller than the one under consideration for A. & M., according to Mr. Mon nig. It is important not only to build and install a fine telescope, but al so to keep it in consistent, but al- Mr. Monnig said. If proper peri odic observations are made, the amateurs of the club can observe and report variable stars, time oc- cultation of stars when eclipsed by the moon, observe faint comets, watch for meteors, photograph stars and take star-spectra (de termining the chemical composi tion of the heavenly bodies.) Be cause there are so many stars, the big observatories such as Mt. Wil son, Yerkes, etc., depend on small er observatories to study many phenomena of the skies, Mr. Mon nig pointed out. In addition to such serious work, the telescope could be used for classes, and for “open nights” when the public would peep through the eyepiece and hear short lectures. At present, said Mr. Monnig, too many people can not distinguish properly between astronomers, the scientists of the skies, and astrologers, who tell fortunes (or at least claim to) by the stars. Dick Bolin, president of the club, was toastmaster at the banquet. In addition to student members, many faculty and staff guests were present. Sleep Outside to Combat Housing An estimated 2,500 members of the American Veterans’ Commit tee slept on the ground January 10 in Los Angeles’ downtown Mac- Arthur Park in a demonstration which one of their leaders said was to “focus attention on the plight o fthe homeless veteran.” e “This is just a twenty-four- hour demonstration.” said the chairman of the oLs Angeles area council of the A VC. He said it was a nationwide cam paign by the AVC to attract public attention to the housing shortage as it affects veterans. The AVC issued blankets to hundreds of veterans, but many came prepared with sleeping bags and their own blankets. Even some were accompanied by their wives and children. Squads of policemen stood by but offered no inference as the vets settled down. Hollywood A VC’s representative told report ers: “We have to put on the pres sure to get Congress to vote funds to continue the Federal housing program. Price ceilings and pri orities for building must be re stored.” ASABAB Temporary Gym Heating Started W. H. Badgett of the College Construction Program has a n- nounced temporary heating for DeWare Field House by the be ginning of next week. No longer will the spectators freeze when they see the basket ball games. Gas-fired heaters will be installed and ready for the next game. They will be put in mainly for the players. The heaters will not be adequate for severe cold weather, but will satisfy the con ditions until permanent ones can be put in. Plans are being made for per manent heating for the beginning of the next fall semester. Unit heaters will be used, and the gym will be supplied with sufficient heat. President Gibb Gilchrist was un aware of this condition, but ••has now asked T. R. Spence, head of the College Construction Program, to put in installations as soon as possible. Model Aircrafters Name Barton Head New honors have come the way of Rogers L. Barton, faculty mem ber and a championship^caliber builder of model aircraft. He has been appointed vice- president of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, the national govern ing body of the sport, for District 8, and will represent Texas, Okla homa, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico for the AMA. In addition, Barton, currently doing research, work in the use of model aircraft for school instruction pur poses, was appointed to the AMA contest board, which formulates the rules of the increasingly-pop- ular hobby. Ex-Aggie Now With Vet-Med Department Dr, Sam Law, Cameron, is now with the department of veterin ary medicine at A. & M. as in structor of veterinary pathology, it was announced recently. He began his duties with the college on January 1. _ A graduate of A. & M. in Sep tember, 1945, Dr. Law became en gaged in a large veterinary prac tice in Austin prior to coming here as an instructor. Veterans Plan Full Program A full entertainment program, including dances, free movies, and a vaudeville show, was approved by the Board of Representatives of the Veterans’ Association at their meeting, Wednesday evening. Bob Polsum, chairman of the program committee, said arrange ments had been completed on four feature programs for the spring semester and that one other was yet pending. The first meeting of the Veterans’ Association will be on the evening of February 3, when a free performance o f “We’ve Never Been ' Licked” \Vill be shown. Football pictures of the A. & M.-Oklahoma game of 1946 will be shown at the March 3 meeting. The Veterans’ Association Grand Ball will be held on April 25 and efforts are being made to obtain a name band for the occasion. On May 5, a vaudeville show is sched uled for the Veterans’ meeting. The Association will probably co sponsor the George Washington Ball on February 22 with another campus organization; as yet plans for this event are incomplete. President Sid Smith handed ov er his office to President pro tem, Dave Bruce, who will head the club until a new executive is elected. Bob Polsom and Ed Fisher as vice- president pro tem and secretary pro tem, respectively, until the next elections are held. Onceover and a clean, shave! CUARANHED BY THE MARLIN FIREARMS COMPANY Fine Guns Since 1870 THE EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas Aggies” The Battalion The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published semi-weekly and circulated on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Member Flssooded Cr»lle6icite Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, (Aggieland), Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $4.00 per school year. Advertising rates on request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Allen Vick Vick Lindley David M. Seligman Charles E. Murray ul Martin Larry Goodwyn Wendell McClure, Peyton McKnight Gerald Monsi Ingli Jack Eisenberger, Ferd B. English, on dish, Authu Doyle Duncan, lur M a tula. J. K. B. Nelsi ■, James Shaffer, Warren Ph Glenn Ramey, Ben Schrader elson, Philli — Corps Editor Veteran Editor Tuesday Associate Editor Friday Associate Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Advertising Managers Circulation Manager Franklin Cleland, ps, William Miller, Reporters W. L. Penberthy As a student I can remember there were three times during the year when I made resolutions. They were New Years, and the be ginning of each of the two school semesters. The resolutions at the beginning of the semesters were motivated by the fact that I had been through a hectic week of ex aminations and didn’t want to re peat the experience. I am sure many of my readers have been through the same experience. I feel that this is just one of the many parallels be- tween sports and life. In the • sports field a great deal of study, time, ef fort and empha sis is placed on practice, j Dur ing the practice periods much time is spent on drills with the idea of estab lishing the hab it of flawless performance in the execution of the game skills under near-game conditions. This provides the best insurance of effective play when the “Chips are down.” A team or individual that does not perform well in practice is not likely to look well in a scheduled contest. Practice is graded so that the coach works his men from the simple to the difficult. Day by day, a good team is built, and if the team is good, the players must all be there every day and each day’s schedule of drills must be mastered. When this is done the contest that has been prepared for is taken in stride, and the team plays well and looks good even though it may not win. If we follow this same plan in our every-day life, whether we be a student or engaged in an occupation, we can expect pretty much the same results. The in dividual who goes along day by day doing his every assignment well, be it large or small, need never worry about an examina tion or any other test to which he may be put. This recipe made many heroes during the recent war. In our athletic dressing room is a sign that reads “Its the way you show up at the show down that counts.” I know no better way to be sure we will show up well at the show down than to show up well in the things we do every day. What’s Cooking MONDAY, January 20 7:30 p. m. Aggie Wives Circles of A. & M. Methodist Church and other circles of Women’s Society of Christian Service. ■ Regular monthly business session. TUESDAY, January 21 4:00 p. m. “Fumed Oak”, play by Aggie Players to Entertain Campus Study Club, Assembly Hall. Public invited. 7:00 p. m. All personnel inter ested in flight training, Petroleum Lecture Room. Opens 1:00 p.m. Ph. 4-1181 THURS.—LAST DAY Walt Disney’s “MAKE MINE MUSIC” In Technicolor Plus! Plus! ‘Tom ’n Jerry”—News FRIDAY and SATURDAY “LOVER COME BACK” —With— Lucille Ball George Brent Vera Zorina SATURDAY PREVIEW SUNDAY and MONDAY r A, Is there a middle way in love? ROBERT SYLVIA ANN YOUNG-SIDNEY-RICHARDS in HAL WALLIS’production with and introducing Dudley digges • douglas dick From the Succeufoi Floy by a Paramount LILLIAN HELLMAN Picture —And— “Northwest Hounded Police” BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS . . . Something to Think About: Here’s Fifteen of the Greatest By WILNORA BARTON Reader’s Adviser Atkins, Elizabeth. EDNA ST. VINCENT AND HER TIMES. University of Chi cago Press. 1946. Readers of Edna Millay’s poetry will hail this biography of schol- ary acumen with arden Enthusi asm. Here is revealed the living spirit and mind back of her art— a talent which has grown and matured to echo the vibrations of our times. Millay is to twentieth century America what Tennyson was to Victorian England, or what Byron was to the period of Roman ticism. “She is the only living poet who is casually quoted in phil osophical treatises and in mov ing-picture magazines, in church es and in night clubs, in the rural schools of Oregon and in the Sorbonne of Paris.” Miss Atkins traces the develop ment of this fine and sensitive talent from her first poem of sig- nifiance. Renascence to Wine From These Grapes. Evident through out her poetry are the books the child read, the life of the young girl in Greenwich Village, and the thought of the mature mind of the poet. The author is a professor of En glish at a University and knows the poets and poetry of all times, yet Miss Atkins believes that Mil- lay will live on as one of the great poets long after our times. * * * Trattner, Ernest R. THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS. 1946. This book is a collection of short sketches about the lives of fifteen of the greatest thinkers in the his tory of humanity. These fifteen men lived at widely different times and under very different circum stances, yet they are kin because they were all seeker of truth. The theories which they formulated vi tally concerned the path of civ ilization and are basic to all as pects of present day living. The author says of these men, “In the entire history of man kind there have not been more than two dozen first-rate theor ists, men endowed with the in tuition of unknown things and the imagination that creates new worlds. Perhaps there is no achievement that demands such exceptional mental power, physiological endurance and im mense intellectual effort as the ability to formulate a scientific theory.” The author treats each theorist who is a true pioneer in his field of endeavor with a view to giving the reader a wide and interesting background. The stories are filled with curious facts and lively anec<r dotes. From Copernicus to Ein stein, this book tells the story of how we acquired our present con ception of the universe and man’s place therein. Joint Monthly Meeting At Church January 20 At the A. & M. Methodist Church on Monday, January 20, The Aggie Wives Circle of the church and the other circles of the Women’s Society of Christian Ser vice, will meet jointly, at 7:30 p. m., for their regular monthly business session. f All members are urged to at tend, as officers will be installed and pledges made for the year. •f Hinton, Harold B. CORDELL HULL: a biography. Doubleday, 1946. Going from the literary world to the philosophic, and now to the political, we have a third fine and very timely biography. This is the story of one of the world’s foremost statesmen, one of the most ardent champions of democ racy in this or any time. This is not only the story of a statesman, it is also the story of a childhood and a young manhood spent in the upper Cumberlands of Tennessee. From an early interest in law and government, young Hull’s ability led him in a career of international importance. In the illumina tion light of his forthright per sonality we see more clearly the formulation of modern American foreign policy and a great deal of recent American Domestic policy. The biographer, Mr. Hinton, has succeeded in presenting a picture of Cordell Hull which leaves the reader with a warm appreciation of the man and sin cere respect for the statesman. I NOEL COWARD’S I IBIittit ftirif I in Blushing TECHNICOLOR SUNDAY and MONDAY •W/ GOJlMMHQy technicolor! In Carnival Technicolor New Blend! New Taste! New Freshness! Made by the revolutionary new “903” moisturizing process. Beneficial moisture penetrates every tobacco leaf—gives you a smoother, milder, better smoke! 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