The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 17, 1947, Image 2

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 17, 1947, Image 2

Newspaper Page Texti T i 1 . Battalion EDITORIAL pHKe-2 Tu«*lay, Jur e 17, 1947 No Shells • • • Kii!L the F : lda y iMue of T 11 ® Battalion, four objective* of a non-state-supported college in Texaa were dincuaaed. (“Whither Bound ?“) Most objective* of a school are dull and an- biguoua; theae were not. They ware far- rotcHlng aims, planned to give •tudenU that kind of knowledKe necessary in a Democracy, to develop world-minded ness, to combine thought with learning, and to offer as lib- eral an education as possible in all courses of study. ‘ 1 . The,objectives of the Agricultural and College of Texas can be found on Pages 6 and 7, of the 1946-47 General In formation Bulletin. They are Mrtlally re printed below: 1. To develop and maintain a state-wide educational system In accord with the recog- ■idled needs of the people of Texas and ded icated primarily to the broad fields of agri culture, engineering, and military science, with principal offices at the main college . . . for white male students only; with such au thorized branch colleges. . . 2. To provide an environment for stu dent bodies comparable to that which usu ally prevails in the substantial Texas homes from which these students come; superior instruction, including requirements in the study of the national and state governments under which we live. . . 3. To provide a strong and effective sys tem of military training. . . _ 4. To develop leadership in agriculture, including veterinary' medicine, forestry-, and wild game; in .enfUMariiig. . . 6. To provide for such graduate instruc tion and such research facilities and person nel in agriculture and engineer ing as may be required for the maintenance i nd advance ment thereof, or to provide any level of in struction or research needed. . . 6, To furnish state-wide extension ser vices and other state-wide work n the broad phase of agriculture and engineering. There you have it . . . as nai row an edu cation as you will ever see or ge 1 There you have as faulty a lit of adver tising as we ever hope to see. ^peaking of advertising, those objectives remind us of a story we read the other day. It is a little shop on a side street around the corner. Guns, hunting equipment, rods and tackle and related paraphernalia of the sportamart are its only stock. And what do you suppose the proprietor advfcrtliea? » I Probably he doesn’t consider lit an adver tisement. but there it is. clumsily pencilled on a large sheet of white paper, jtgzfcd to the plate glass of his door, where mi shopper, no passer can miss it. And It packs quite a messagt*. too. in its restricted space. “Don't come jn to bother us.” it says, “We have no shotgup shells, and we won’t take your name and adilresa so we can notify you when we do get some. No, sir, don’t ^rou come into this stone unless you know exactly what you want, arid know that we have it, and you’d better haye the right Truman And His Loyalty Purge Order By A. D. Jr. Official Washington is haring the jitters. It is convinced that in this country there are many dis loyal and dangerous persons bent upon overthrowing the government by ifnlawful means, and that some of these are now officers or em- ployevs in the service of the government. Most of us will agrae that any such disloyal fed eral employees should be discov *red, disciplined, and dismissed. W* will also ag ree that measures should be taken t° prevent disloy- Br * c » si persons from g«wiOf governments! jobs. To sc- cos^plmh this, however, is sn ex tremely difficult task; difficult not nwrviy bK-suat of the mammoth *'*• ®f ™e job, but because there is no- lure way of defining accurst, •ly and precisely the word "dis. loyal and because the really Osn- tWous fellows naturally are the difficult to identify. The Preeldenfs Executive Order 2 L‘* • dinK,t •"<! «>"• scientioue effort to grapple with thiii problem of the loyalty of fad er*! employees. It reflects a de- sire to create and set in motion a •°r of I«nt tabulating machine into which federal employees and applicants for federal jobs may be fed, and from which they will emerge like so many punched cards sorted into groups marked “loyar and “disleyif't! On November 25, 1946 President wrong kind of organisation may be evidence of disloyalty. It is not stated that the sympathetic as*o elation must be with that part of the organisation’s program and ac tivity. whidh make it “subver- sive». The Order takes no account of the fact that a loyal and pat riotic federal employee may have joined aa organisation which at a later time became “infiltrated” with Communist or other subver sive elements, or that the same loyal public servant may have as sociated with an organisation bear ing an impressive name with no knowledge whatever that it was s “front” organisation, and with no way of finding out The Order is sues s plain inviution to judge this man, not by his own conduct but by that of the organisation or f roup in quastion. THREAT TO ORGANIZATIONS: A final danger lies in the vast dis cretion placed in the Attorney Gen eral to determine with finality just which organisations, associations, movtments, or groups are “totali tarian, fascist, communist, or sub- versive'*. There are no standards by which he is required to be guid- •d in making these decisions; the organisations thus branded have so right to defend themselves in a public hearing, no right to a statement of tne reasons upon which the Attorney General acts, and no right of appeal. Nor is the Attorney General required to make Letters WHITHER BOUND Dear Editar: Your editorial. “WHITHER BOUND”, Battalion issue of Jane rimsiy. I wonder if your discussion may be boiled down to the follow,ng philosophy; 1. Teach the student to THINK. 2. Implant the importance of in tellectual honaaty, character. K Provide for the education of thewhole man—not for just a part. The following quotation from Confucius is to the point: “Learn ing without thought is labor lost; thought without learning la peri lous.” FRED HALE. ’21 AH Department Exp. Bta. Bldg. of the lovalty board should be la writing. He should be assured aa adequate time to prepare his ap- poal and be allowed to file a brief on appeal. VtaiHD, It cannot bt too strongly urged that men of the highest character must be drafted for this disagreeable job. The only thing that can possibly make this loyalty purge work In a nation which vaf- public the list or orgsniiatlons ^ it I n, * n w ho can to We have It, and you’d better haye the right November 25, 1946 President change out and ready to lay beside the cash created by executive order register. Don’t mumble when asking for • ■ , '“ , *t * Temporary Corn- register. Don’t mumble what you want, either!” Breathes There A Man As long as the cattle bams are in the • center of the campus, flies will always be a menace to the City of College SUtio’n! For the sake of students, faculty mem bers,, and other residents of the community, • we advocate the removal of the cattle barns to a more isolated spot across the tracks. When the cattle barns were erected in the middle of campus activity, no foresight was used. Evidently a greater A. & M. College was not predicted. A. A If. still has not reached its peak in expansion, and plans include even further spreading of campus activity. Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the Department of Animal Husbandry, stated Friday that rebuilding of the middle cattle bam would take place 'in a new location as soon as funds are made available. He realizes that A. A M. has grown too close to the barns. With him we must agree, and further state • that we hope the thought of replacing the ertawhile bam of June 4, in ita previous lo- \ near dormitories and classroom: —— r -'emporary Com- miMKtn on Employe* Loyalty com posed of six officers drawn from Uw departments of Justice, State rif.’ T" MUry ’ mnd lh ' cml Service Commission. It be gan work promptly, and reported regardless ^ *■? Pr*.i4e*t in late February I of this year. On March 21, the of the number of anti-fly camptiigne. i«. — r- a*, me A national anti-fly committee has been ^e^ort^ n <^h^,, t ^F Corn,, ! l “ io ^ ,, appointed by Science Service to assist local d«rNo^S^ wh^h^d^ndiS' communities in their home-fropt fight. In ted by the Department of Jiiuce our own backyard we have a member of that f° 'mplement it and followed cloae- committee. Dr. H. G. Johnson, entomologist y { • P ro i H> **l» made by the com- for the Extension Service. Without too much mi,SM>n persuasion he would aid in a local anti-fly ! . * campaign which is in the offiig. Monday U wouW ** «»ither accurate nor night at a public hearing of the budget for ^ Pre **<i«nt’s the city i. heard, plana will be made to apray StTSESS area* with DDT. Since such 4 measure is | federal employee,, prelent end fu so temporary, we urge that thd city get be- tur * In fact, the President’s Order hind a plan to remove the cattle barns. congressional action There are those who might aisk. “Are vou wh.u 0 . 1 ! dr **H* : ‘T* objectionable, trying to hide the fact that yo3 are an agri- ;n7^ r . 0 '; r T* y .7*^r cultural achool? To this, we mutt admit could be, ii >, w Jnh noting tlut that removing the cattle bants would not lhl * the firet time in the history harm the looks of the campus,: but we feel °L lh ! federal Service that an open, that the public benefit would greatly out- Sur! TTSP 17 fair ^ roct - weigh that angle. I TZ* _ w ‘! h ■PP*.!.. h.. SI that the public benefit would | greatly out uu „ ( Wlin , ujubl# toen made mandatory throegtioet ?° mr africu • ,unl, •‘todenta’ labf they T-ould Ployc m^y br^UmJ^Tn founds fans »J*aif uf^ placed conveniently on the fther side of of d, * ,u y«hy. fkre to all Utfna, breed to and Around such the tracks, some place within walking dis- ‘bst the tance for students, but far enoLgh away to Crilei dispense with the fly menace st^l nauseatliitf P'^amm. asd ihat ttoir aim ?? to •tonch, I y b wiy,, teisperaielr "aiil Ju«ily *<lmini«t*r»d, tto fact that »• a! ^ J?. ae lla admlniplrallat, may not cultural graduates put their heads tiqrether;|to , to!3i l,, g!"- M 2L i !ff enirine*-,- irruiU ((••i iiKul flfl ♦ Vtatll* giM twll#4aa#aa • I lad^a ... • W|lH [hv places as cattle liarns. The number of files wll never lie greatly reduced on the campus as long as the barns are iiermitted to stand Popularity Contest . Editor’s Note: The following editorial is not Intended to cast a bad light upon Thomas I). Tankers ley, Jr H valedictorian of the class which graduated Mav 30, nor upon any other past valedictorian. It Is directed entirely at the system which A. and M. practices to select a valedictorian.) Each spring around graduation titoe the ten graduates with the highest scholastic averages are placed upon a pedestal and vo ted upon by members of the senior class. From those ten high-point men. the grad uate receiving the largest number of votes delivers the valedictory address at commen cement exercises. He is, therefore, termed the “valedictor- iah.” But is he? In the true sense of the word is he “valedictorian”? Is that system of se lecting a valedictorian ethical? The Battal ion not only believes that such a practice should be abolished, but also that there is no need for an election. There is only one val edictorian. and he is the graduate’ with the highest grade point average. Last semester 35 out of 692 graduates were present to elect a valedictorian. First on the list of high-point men was a person who had been selected as a Rhodes Scholar to attend Oxford University in September. 1947. His grade point ratio was 2.9718. (Some time during nia college career he had S wted a B in a aophomore English course.) at that Rhodes scholar was not the vale- dfctorfcn. The system which uaed to be called “het- cording” was practiced. It was somewhat changed, since most of the graduates were veterans not to KOTC organisation*. Agri- Certain changen could to made In the Loyalty Order which, without impairing ita effectiveness in iden tifying genuinely disloyal federal employees would more fully protect the civil liberties of the millions of loyal employees and at the same time reassure the public that a 1 giant man-hunt is not being set in motion. A statement adopted on April 7 by the Board of Direc tors of the American Civil Liber ties Union includes s number of constructive suggestions that would serve the purpose: (1) The power of the Attorney Generml to blacklist sn orgsnixs- tion should be exercised under s procedure which would give s fair hearing to the organisation and an opportunity to defend itaelf against the accusations made. Also, the blacklisted organisations should be publicly named so that persona need not join them without full knowledge of their subversive char acter. (2) The use of the doctrine of fuilt by association” to establish disloyalty should be discarded. An inference of disloyalty should not b* drawn from such association un- less the employee had knowledge of the subversive character of the organisation. The extent of his activity in the organisation rather than mere membership, should to the crucial test of possible disloy alty. Past membership should not be regarded as prejudicial If it oc curred a substantial number of years ago and was later abandon- * ed. (8) A number of procedural safeguards might well to extended to accused employees. The employ ee should to entitled to a bill of particulars which would make ex- plicit the chargee against him. He; should be allowed not only “tq 6s accompanied by counsel” bqt also have the right to be represented by ^counsel. He should have the right to subpotyis wirhesaea In his beiislf am) also la subpoena rcle- vant document# when security con siderations do not forbid this Tha government should pmvtde him stenefrttohle report of th# proceed ln*». the findings and decision Ineither bultiod nor sodttcsd lata doviatlng from the rigid dcmarxls of justice and fair play. IfT i|| Ytmt Fond of th* Former •oriatiea will be cl Jane 1 - May SI to D®** 111 *** 81. L. B. L Sat secretary of the •toted that this prevent donors. the As- FAST WATCH | REPAIR j SERVICE 1> R. L McCARTY JEWELER j’ Novtp cfetr r cultural graduate* put their heads together; o« must to faJSi r!" Un ?>JT engineer grads decided on thejr candidate; tost possible odlnimsUoi, tto 5 d T_/ 0, l_ ( ." Wn _ th T, > , (, l ilickln * was P^rjm^js, tpaiarpn . Hall. more agricultural seniors prisent among those 36 than any other group, and the sixth place man. with a 2.7727 gradt point ratio, was elected valedictorian. The Battalion believes that selection of a valedictorian is the duty of tjhe registrar. Figuring should be simple mathematics, ac complished by an adding machine and a prob lem of long division. Nevertheless, A. & M. chooses ita val edictorian by mean* of a "popularity con test.” No other college can make that state ment ! The Battalion a RjA ^ SS_ « |S . jf-’.sifTtSrSS 4 ’^ done liefore the meeting, ami everyone”knew . TjUjiV 1, ft) "TlfK PUBLIC who he would vote for before h»’ went Into 7k ..w 1 Tk *‘ r * R r,,y * danger th. AaaemUy Hall. Thar, h.^nxl t,. by y .S’L^ of the federal aervico. It will create °f constant sur veillance and suspicion. This dead ening atmosphere of repression will to increased by the creation inside the government of a large force of investigators whose duty it will be to ask endleak questions, sift ac cusations. trace rumors, sort out gossip, hunt iiou n suspicions, and »>nc* this is what they are paid to ?^“ PT ^ UOt “ •£ rm,th ' n * to show for ttoir efforts. The very existence of this undoubtedly large force of loyalty investigator* i* ominous An economy-minded Congress is romg to demand some return for tto attermoua sums (responsible estimate* run a* high as 550.000,- 000> these lavestigntion* will cost, and those who do tto investigating •re going to to under heavy pres- to . t 1 urB “P "ome victim*. A further blow to the morale of the government service is going to to tto sncouragssasnt and the oppor tunity lent by tto loyalty program to those who wish to “get even” "toL* Th° W W<>rk 7 ^ With ^ doss There are already reliable report* of tha growth of this sort of malicious "informing”. THREAT TO THE INDIVIDU AL: A second danger lies in th# procedure by which tto federal , °J r » lt yta t« be deter mined, Thar# ha# been an obvious •ffort t* make this procedure fair. But when “derogstorv information" Is tum#d m MRarding him. the lno#capahly assumes from ihat Mint on tto full burden a! i that he I. not dlsloval. In doing m. h# is not al- •owed 4# know and eonfrul th### who may hav* a##assd him or MiWV Th* moot •oriou# indima»#ai against th# lo- rally program Is based on th# va- ft****** of the standards art up for moasuring disloyalty. It |# maostving that th# Order requlrm that an employee may ho r#m#v#d oaty whan, span all the svidsaoo, pathetic ssaoclatfcm’’ with the Fake PresHiire Groups • . . .Phoney pressure groups, claiming to represent million# of ciusens, are flooding Congress with prop- 2T various kinds of legisiatidn Senator El tort I). Thomas (D., (Rah) discovered that one such organisation claiming a large membership had mere- of t ’ * 1 * * r group that the country ly copied tto names out of telephone books But his prise story concerns another had been selling memberships all mer to patriotic people on the claim that it was a guar dian of their constitutional rights. L Congressional committos, questioning the toad of this outfit, found that he tod never read the Conatit ition—and had no idea of Ha length. When Senator Thomas asked him to quote dd*- sentence from that revered docu aaaat. to said, "All men are created s ril." 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