To the New Athletic Council. . .
Gentlemen, we congratulate you on your
selection to the Athletic Council.
We are coming onto the Council at a time
when A. & M. is beginning to rebuild and
balance its athletic program. We hope that
you will realize the close integration that ex
ists between athletics, intercollegiate and in
tramural, and the student’s daily life on the
campus. We hope that you too will continue
the fight for a balanced athletic program
and for expanded facilities.
We hope that you will do everything in
your power to obtain a scoreboard to replace
the one destroyed earlier this year and to
bring more football games to Kyle Field.
Realizing that contracts cannot be broken,
we still hope that you will look into the pos
sibility of playing night football at Kyle
Field, particularly in September and Octob
er. We are missing a bet by not instituting
night games as an attraction for Houston
and other nearby towns.
From time to time you will have occas
ion to approve the hiring of new coaches.
The Battalion does not pose as an authority
on hiring coaches, but we do have a few sug
gestions.
In the future when hiring a coach let’s
be sure that he is a man of high character
and ideals, first and a coach, second. If you
look hard enough, you can find that type of
man.
We also urge you to be sure that any
prospective candidate for a coaching job
here, is willing to put A. & M. College first
and his personal interests second.
Be certain that he is willing to go out
over the state and plead our cause with high
school athletes. In the past some of our
coaches seem to have been mainly interested
in securing their pay checks on the first of
each month.
We think that the Acting Athletic Direc
tor has done a grand job. In our opinion,
he will make an outstanding director for the
permanent position. When an athletic di
rector is selected, it is our hope that you will
support and encourage him to promote ath
letics at A. & M. in every known legitimate
way. It is our belief that A. & M. has yet
to scratch the surface in the field of ath
letics.
Now for a sorer spot. We are getting
sick and tired of listening to members of our
coaching staff moan and whine about non
cooperation. We have heard so many losses
blamed on failure of the “Ex-students” to
cooperate in getting material that at times
we often wonder why we can’t contract with
the “Ex-students” to coach our teams. They
get blamed for all our losses, maybe they
should get credited with our wins. (This is
true only in football.)
Instances in the past have happened in
which certain members of our coaching staff
have invited high school boys (athletes) to
visit the campus and talk over possibilities
of entering A. &, M. In too many cases that
we know of, the coach has forgotten his ap
pointment, left town, and of course you can
imagine the feeling of the high school ath
lete after being stood up by the A. & M. Col
lege. He will enter school in the fall—but
not at A. & M. This is not idle rumor; we
can name instances and call names. To us,
such occurrences are unforgivable.
Briefly this covers the situation. We
support athletics at A. & M. 100%, and it
is our feeling that continuance of certain
abuses mentioned above will greatly hamper
our athletic program.
We are looking to you to clean up a messy
situation.
Rehabilitation a la Marshall. . .
Latest plan for the rehabilitation of Eu
rope is that proposed by Secretary of State
George C. Marshall.
Since the end of the war in Europe, the
United States has advanced aid totalling
billions of dollars through the late U.N.R.
R.A., loans to individual nations, and various
humanitarian organizations. However, this
assistance has been like pouring water in a
barrel perforated with holes. We have nur-
■ed a sick patient without ever diagnosing
The disease.
Though the Marshall Plan has not been
completely unfolded to the public, pending
acceptance by the nations of Europe, enough
can be learned from Marshall’s address be
fore the graduates of Harvard to assume
that these are important points:
1. Change from the old idea of spas
modic relief to one permitting permanent
rehabilitation of Europe, which would re
quire an estimated 5 or 6 billion dollar cash
advance each year for the next 3 years.
2. These economic considerations to be
completely devoid of any political connec
tions and open not only to the countries of
western Europe, but also to Russia and the
communist-dominated nations of eastern Eu
rope providing they become a part of the
program.
3. The administration of the undertak
ing to be the responsibility of European lead
ers, with a minimum of American personal
assistance, and Europe to be directed as an
entirety.
How well this plan will work will depend
to a large extent on the American public.
As a large outlay of money is involved, and
few strings are attached, there will probably
be reluctance and doubt in the American
mind. This fear can be lessened by a broad
program of educating the public as to the
advantages of rebuilding Europe immediate
ly, instead of giving periodic “blood trans
fusions” which may be futile and wasteful
in the long run.
A great segment of The American public
will be upset over possible aid to Russia and
the other nations of eastern Europe. Some
will point to the supposed inconsistency of
the Marshall plan with the Truman Doctrine,
which granted economic and military aid to
Greece and Turkey to prevent the spreading
of communism in those countries. Actually
there exists no contradiction if the Truman
Doctrine is interpreted as a temporary and
localized expedient.
If the whole of Europe is to be recon-
struced, it can only be done with the co
operation of Russia, England, and France.
Any effort to alienate at the beginning
any one of these will upset the entire scope
of Marshall’s plan.
Without attempting to justify or criti
cize any past vacillation on the part of Rus
sia, we should look with some favor on her
willingness to send Molotov to meet with
Bevin of England and Bidault of France in
Paris. Remembering past meetings of the
Big Four, there is no reason to be overly op
timistic, but the fact they can still be brought
together gives one a feeling of hope.
Breaks Under Strain . . .
It is seldom that Senators and Congressmen lose
their tempers, but apparently the strain of running
for the Presidency while serving as Senator has
been telling on Senator Taft.
In the last two weeks^the Senator from Ohio has
cracked under the strain at least twice. On a re
cent radio broadcast with Senator Sparkman of Ala
bama, Taft was needled to anger by the able Ala
baman and then accused the station officials of
“ganging up” up on him.
Later when Edith Nourse Rogers, chairman of the
Veterans’ Affairs Committee, went over to him to
discuss veterans legislation, Taft again exploded,
saying Mrs. Rogers “had given the greatest disser
vice to her country of all members of Congress.”
KOZA’S KOZY PLACE, a restaurant in Met
huen, Massachusetts, ran a celebration ad on its
first anniversary in the Lawrence Evening Tribune:
“We’re proud to offer you anything we have to take
out—except our waitresses.”
In the development of modern science, the In
dustrial Revolution should logically have come in
the ancient world, after the rise of Alexandria. I
have often wondered why ancient science stopped
with Archimedes, and I’ve come to the conclusion
that it’s because people stopped asking foolish ques
tions. —Alfred Whitehill |
The Navy Way . , .
A friend of ours taxied up Fifth Avenue on a
clear evening recently. Sailing along overhead, like
a sight-seeing guide, was one of Douglas Leigh’s
fat and floating signboards, a wildly lit dirigible. It
was flashing FORD to the world in brilliantly light
ed letters at least fifteen feet high . . .also things
like SEE THE NEW V-8 and other stuff. Words
ran around the balloon like crazy and, as if this
were not attracting attention enough, the blimp
hummed steadily like a happy door-to-door sales
man.
Everybody gaped at it. Our friend and his cab
bie watched the spectacle for ten blocks. Then the
buildings closed in, obstructing the view, and the
cabbie turned around and remai'ked knowingly to
the back seat “Ya know, that ain’t nothin’ but a
big publicity stunt for Ford cars. That’s all it is,
believe me.” Our man started to speak but the
cabbie continued: “Them’s Navy balloons. The Navy
owes Henry Ford a lotta dough for war contracts
which it ain’t paid off—and they’re workin’ it out
,with them damn signs on dergibuls. It’s a helluva
thing for the U.S. Navy to be doin’!”
—Tide.
A man never becomes so lost to decency and
righteousness that he can’t see the other fellow’s
duty .... New York Telegram.
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: Letters to the Editor :
POPULARITY CONTEST
Dear Editor:
With reference to your fine ed
itorial, “Popularity Contest” ap
pearing in The Battalion of June
17, I would like to submit this ad
ditional information regarding the
subject.
I am taking this information
from the minutes of the Student
Council meeting of 14 May, 1947.
I attended this meeting as a rep
resentative of this department.
This meeting was the first meet
ing of the Student Council after
the selection of the Valedictorian
for the graduating senior class.
Cadet Ed Brandt gave a resume
of the reason for originating the
present system of selecting the
Valedictorian from the top ten men
in the class. Following this, Claude
Buntyn, Veteran representative on
the Student Council made the fol
lowing motion and recommended
that it be passed to the Student
Life Committee for consideration
and approval:
“That the man in the graduat
ing class having spent his last
four semesters at A.&M. College
and having the highest grade
point average be automatically
made Valedictorian of his grad
uating class.”
This motion was seconded by
Cadet Ed Brandt and when put to
a vote carried unanimously.
The Student Life Committee has
not been in session since the above
mentioned meeting, but the recom
mendation of the Council will be
submitted to that committee at its
next meeting.
Sincerely yours,
W. G. BREAZEALE
Asst. Dean of Men
(Acting)
★
LIVING IN THE PAST
Dear Editor:
Who wrote the editorial, “Are
We Living in the Past?” He used
no by-line, and I certainly see why.
Why should we risk sacrificing
the great—and I do mean great—
reputation A.&M. now has for
something which might not work?
If the author of the articles wants
a co-ed, non-military college, why
doesn’t he transfer to T.U.? It
is very disgusting to hear someone
run down the school, when the
trouble lies solely in the person
speaking. It is the privelege of
an Aggie to “grype”—but not
degrade the school. I, frankly, do
not see how this person calls him
self an Aggie. We all knew A.&M.
was non-co-ed and a military school
when we came here, so why change
it?
Why not give the corps equal
representation? Most of the “Spir
it of Aggieland” is maintained by
the corps and not us. Who can
help but feel proud when the corps
marches in at a football game ? It
makes us proud to be an Aggie.
C&heral WaiJfrigh*E s'aid' Aggies
are among t»e best officers in the
world—can the editor of this “Are
We Living in the Past” contradict
him ?
We have all heard—“When in
Rome, do as the Romans”. Well,
this is Aggieland—be an Aggie or
get out.
Will this letter be published? '
doubt it.
Proud to be an Aggie,
DON DURNEL, ’46
(Ed. Note: The question is
not “WHO wrote the editorial?”
For your information, men who
had been in the corps and men
who had never been in the corps
collaborated. It represents the
policy of the editorial staff of
The Battalion.
You speak of the military rep
utation which A.&M. has, but
you fail to say a word about
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“education.” Even though Gen
eral Wainwright said that Ag
gies are among the best officers
in the world (’tis a large world
with many officers), you do not
quote any statistics about the
“great engineers, agriculturists,
teachers, etc.,” which A.&M. has
produced. And further, do you
know less than 5% of A.&M.
graduates follow the army as a
career?
As for students jumping on
the bandwagon or heading for
another school, A.&M. is a state-
supported institution open to
ANY white male student of Tex
as, who can qualify entrance.)
★
Dear Editor:
Being a veteran and a member
of the Cadet Corps, I don’t believe
either group can accuse me of
prejudice. I am writing this letter
to try to show you what an AGGIE
thinks of the tripe you let loose in
your editorials, in general, and
“Living in the Past Is Not
Enough”, in particular.
I don’t know why you are trying
to bring about DISSENTION (sic)
between the vets and the Corps,
but you may as well give it up as
a lousy job. You said the vets were
unhappy because they received
fifty-fifty treatment with the
Corps, in turn, were crying that
military discipline couldn’t be main
tained with the vets around. I
believe such a situation exists in
one Place on this campus—in your
mind. The veterans and the Corps
are living in excellent harmony,
and, even if they were not, is it the
American way—or the Aggie way
—to rid yourself of a disgruntled
minority by liquidating it? Some
day, the veterans will be gone. Why
dash the hopes of -future A. & M.
men who, even now, are dreaming
of becoming members of the A. &
M. Cadet Corps ?
Your statement that the vets’
attitude toward the Corps is ap
proval, but “darned if we’ll go back
in it” is not a fair statement at
all. The reason most vets have
not gone back into the Corps is
that their classes and friends have
gone on and they feel they would
be misfits in the Corps. But all
veteran ex-Corpsmen still consider
the Corps as the symbol of Aggie
land and would fight as hard
against its obliteration as any man
calling himself an Aggie.
Your oft-repeated ARGUEMENT
(Sic) extolling the virtues of non
military, co-educational schools, as
LSU and Oklahoma A. & M., can
Technology Course
Requires 6 Months
In Process Course
Food Technology, the new
five-year course to be inaugu
rated next fall will require
six month experience in an
approved food processing plant.
The total credit hour requirement
is 180 hours, 36 of which are in
chemistry.
It is recommended that the 6
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All students in Food Technology
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be answered simply—if we liked
that type of school, we would be
there now, but we loved A. & M.
AS IT IS.
We thought our troubles were
settled at last. Everyone was
promising themselves how they
were going to work and cooperate
for a Greater A. & M. Why stir
up a stink again?
CHUCK MAISEL, ’48
The undersigned agree whole
heartedly to the text of this let
ter: 34 signatures.
(Ed. Note: You 35 individuals
also missed the boat and have
shown complete ignorance of the
meaning of an “education”. Just
WHY ARE you going to school
—is it to get a military back
ground or an “education”? Per
haps you don’t realize that A. &
M. is the Texas equivalent of
Oklahoma A. & M. and LSU. If
you drop around The Battalion
office (Room 5, Administration
Building), we will manage to
take a 10-minute break and ex
plain “Living in the Past” to
you.)
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