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r v On# way or another. American codes^ and anivers-
itie« are often up for a roaatinr. la a front pa^e editorial
thin week. The Battalion pointed out a number of important
prohifma now disturbinfr inhabitants of the A. A M. cam-
LETTERS TO THt* EDITOR
i>vmw spnoi
iCKACKKX B< > v
r at New
ure of Amer-
nta, prin-
state leyisla-
». but they are
Low aalariee
a heaviest fire.
hat some of
eduoetjonaV probiema is shown by two provocative articles
aow appearing in current national magazines.
Harvard's President James Bryant Conant, in the May
Atlantic, says that land-grant colleges, (such as Texas A.
A M.) have forced a radical change In the American concep
tion of education. He fiads that the contribution of Morritl-
Act colleges has been a good one—especially in democrati-
sation of education—but that it may take America another
hundred years to digest the new conception, and correlate
it with the historic functions of the university.
Another point of view is taken by Ha^and Logan, edi
tor of Look Maeastaa and formerly a
York University. In an article called “The
loan Kducatioa.” ha blasts away at au
cipals, presidents, deans, department
tares and Congress. Teachers also fall,
helpless in a system not of their own mal
for teachers and college instructors draw
, There is bitter medicine in both articles.
President Conant points out that until the creation of
I Ike state-supported university and the land-grant college,
higher education was strictly for children of the wealthy
and for those preparing for the ministry, law or medicine.
Land-grant colleges put “the mechanical arts** (now known
aa engineering) and agriculture on * plan equivalent to the
elder profession* And education was offered by them, not
just to the wealthy, but to all the citizens of the state.
This reeohiliag, in education was not well received by
the Old Guard. Dr. Conant might have cited the early his
tory of A, A M. Some of the early students refused to soil
their hands by working In the machine shops, and arbitrar-
Wtmgtm to report for such classes. The faculty condoned
attitude, because they themselves thought that agri
culture and the mechanic arts were not fit subjects for a
collage. They tried to establish here an aristocratic liberal
arts college.
Because of this obstructive attitude, the entire faculty
. and some of the stoderfts were thrown out, and a fresh start
* made. It was not until-Gen. Lawrence Sullivan Ross took
osrer, and proved that the new idea In education could work,
that the A A M. we know became a reality. (That’s why
^ flhtlfy’s statute stands nt the hub of our campus.)
It isn’t always easy for an institution like A- A If.,
founded for specific purposes, to ke^p itself lined up for
that job. Conditions change, and tactics need change in or
der to meet them. Dr. Conant points out how the university
has had to change in order to parallel the work of technical
schools. The obverse of the question—to what extent tech-
tokogical institutes should parallel the work of liberal arts
iniversitien—has never been clear and is today among the
perplexing problems on this campus. It is among the major
ssues. however, ia determining policy. 1
Although Mr. Logan in Look, accuses State Legisla
tures and Congress of consisteat failure to provide more ade-
qutae funds for education, the bulk of the blame falls upon
parents, citteens and taxpayers, in Mr. Lagan’s opinion. In
the last analysis, it is they who permit appropriation* for
> war. roads, dams, poet offices and pork barrels to take pre-
ced«*nc€ over school budgets. Ignorant, indifferent or be
wildered. they have too little use of their power a- \ .t.-rs
to demand educational reforms. >
for
PUOF
TO H18
Editor. TImT Bottshoe.
. Oso jroeld think from roading
your editorial Wednesday that the
•tudertU i
the
room, but that their aiarera ef
forts to obtain »awd are bring re
buffed at every turn by the faculty?
As one of the more insignificant
instructors. I have haan around
bar* for several months, but I have
been unable to locate thin undying
thirst for culture and education
the students!
the library any time you
choose and saa If these students
here really rend anything other
than their required outside reading
at the home
—
ftanTibil t
bivttiag s
r.i'.'z:
btely to
I
tents anybody T Did you i
knodr tent sassy of them tee living
bt single rooms, cuM.y boles, or
testltekta apartments ? The cost
of thane flimsy makeshihs Is so]
era
>wn paper!
For the past five weeks, forty
Id poopte here have buen workm*
tlrslasdly. day mad night, to pru-
enpellent play for the Ag-
t how asany students took
advantage of this aateKagtl
al opi.ortunity to see a good play*
ms than 40«!
Check the student attendance for
Town Hall and other cultural ecti
vUlea and give the percentage of
was .amity go to these
educational activities outside the
assrooml
Only last mask, a promises* Tas-
that
for luptner ■
gp around hors
HAVE NO ’HOMES to
then 100
la » fin* musical
all sorts of rvec
china
quests have you had tewa
to got this machelne fined
atioaod, bat lass
baa ad him. There
itatejr Mm wtte
1.1. rti»
to inviting anybody for
enygrnw heavier than a glam of
Water! They do .not even invite
each ether, to say nothing of their
piatltea in law, or their students?
The writer announce* to all sad
sundry that he will hold opvn house
hi Mb half of room nine In the Y
any night next week -ib.c t for i
diocuamoa: the housing shortage! I. BUI of HgMa came I
Sincerely. «•*.** m*d Army Veters
A. CARMEN WHITE Leuneu whaae parents.
English Department. , *• Leu nan real
(You’ve gut sonaathing them prw- Rrtacae iu I^Haa. Team
fsaaar!—Ed.) Mr. Lennan was disci
July. IBM after asrvise
18 C AMP18 SAFE FROM sa a acwut with the Mth I
POCIO EPIDEMIC* af the Third Army. He ears
_ dasarattana as the Victory
Editor, the Battalton. Ameru-sn Theatre Ribbon. Kar-
As p result of a discussion of ■*—a Theatre Ribbon wMh tkre*
ie" scare in $onm of EMtfts Star* and the Purple Henri
boring allies. I am writ- | with ana (Tartar.
la majariag In Machaaleal
sad la ea titled ta taw
a af cwEege easier the O. I.
af Rights.
the
result
“saidami
aaigMar
ing this short inquiring note. 1 i
do pat want to be mistaken far
aa alarmist, but dee to the large
number of small children Itviim
hero aa the campus in rather close 1
•ash OTa. pad young wives also of
the ••auocaptible” age. I believe.,
along with many others that eosao
precautionary measures should he
rged la
L
i.'n
classrooms .low-pared within aa
arbitrary framework af term* and
semeatsrs He chargee our educa-
iag that maay at tea
methods “haven't chan
dreds of years . . . aa
advantage of even aa
development aa the pr
ing or the more recent
or moving pictures af
or radio * Tho
provrments developed .
ed Forces In the
H»s anything bn
the campus of the man:
sprmAng film? Could
to nd
it dkuan
authorittee obtain a Sufficient
amount af G. I. DDT to Spray the
derate and immediau- srm* Have
the breeding places of these flies
We worn all
what anaiowB and whol'-h-aru-t: ^
believe in the axtom that an suite*
af prevention la bettor than a
pound of rum.
Sincerely yours.
I. E BCRHAM.
Dorm 1A I
In out
lining tl
>k’s Edi
the present weak
tor attacks old-fash
teaching techniqi
of American edu-
ioned and inefficient
outdated methods df grading; and
tho Arm-
oflan
other suhjacte. coaid be *<i»|<'.-.i
by our schools and collages. he
believes, to the immediate advan
tage of their students.
The low pay of teachers and
college instructor* U scored as
another great weaknass of oar
educational system, causing reduc
ed efficiency. frustraMaM and bit
terness on the pan of other**tr
eble, sincere and tektebtekteg : assn
end women. In thmVonnrct >on. Mr.
Logan cites the national average
salary for college instructions in
1841 *a $1,872; for Idgh school
tagahsra aa HAOte Ipr grade
school teachers as $1 and for
rural school teachers as 81.018
These, he poiats out. are coasider-
sbly below the inmsaas of ship-
1- J l-l* • - - - r..i. um rofin*r .. pr ,n'
era. ami cannot today be called a
decent living wage.
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