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EDITORIAL
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Tu«*lay, Jur e 17, 1947
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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?
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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.
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Fond of th* Former
•oriatiea will be cl
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R. L McCARTY
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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." When ask
•d to name at least one outstanding defender of tto
.toJ p * prwd ,ro *! n l • Wt • ml flM »y
T7’. ak J^^vrsl Ben* tors who know
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