Battalion
I EDITORIALS
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1M7
‘Howdy’ Faces Extinction...
One of A. A M.'i oldoat and moot credit*
able cuxtome Ih rapidly Mnklng Into oblivion.
The cuNtom of craetlng everyone with a
friemljy "howdy" U one of the moat valuable
.AMeta of an Aggie, and yet the preeent «tu»
dent uody, vetarana and corna membeca alike
have gradually let the practice allp Into dla*
UN without a dingle note of dlaaenl.
Dyeddn-the^wood Aggie# howled long and ;
toud when ortUciam waa directed afalMK'
the "tradition" of painting the water tower,!
or diMnntinuIng a yell which brought much
tinfavorable connnert on the ecbool Violent
^ and united condemnation haa been ahowered
upon Bryan Field freshmen for not allow*
ing A. A M, traditions to a 'T\
But, at the time these complaints were
being voiced, corps members and older Ag
gie* on the campus w$re neglecting one of
the few original Aggie practices, and inci- ;
dentally one which they have never had
to defend, as they forgot completely the habi
tual, friendly greeting, i
’ The tradition of speaking has been hon
ored in press stories about us until it has
cutr
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IxK-ome an Aggie trademark. One of t
Batt's roving editors wound up on t
Virginia Polytechnic Institute this summer,
wandering abo«t« and was made to feel right
back at home by the cheering "howdy" given
by all VPI iudehta.
As "howdy" Is definitely not e Virginia
expreealon, ami quite as definitely belongs
to Texaa, It appeem that eometimr our greet*
» waa aarpied from here to VPI and cop*
t We can*t afford to looaen up on a tradi
tion that other schools copy from us.
To be aura, A. A M. students still speak,
but nowhere to be found la that friendly at
mosphere that once existed on the campus.
VeL-runs who still sport a cheery amile
and a greeting to all are few and far be
tween. Corps members given but little batter
impression as they listfcealy pass one an
other with a nod and a grunt or an occasional
“Whatchasayf’
What is the cause of this indifference?
Who is responsibly?
Why, WE are!
Organizational Set-Up of Student Life and Student Senate
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General Gripes at Gripers...
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Hive "GI Gripe * (driven off badly need
ed army service recruits, as charged by
tyaj. Gen. William J. Wallace in his Navy
Deo speech in Dallas this week? Wallace,
commander of Marine Corps Aviation, At
lantic Fleet, warned that the United States
must find men to man its fleets and garri-
sc no or one day “face another almost- lost I
Guadalcanal.” [ ^ ^
~ We appreciate Gen. Wallace's concern,
wonder if his attack on "gripes" shows
am appreciation of the cauae of those
jjrioes? >,
The enMsted man-officer feud referred
to by Gen. Wtllsc'*, is not new to the United
Str es. U showed \n during the Revolution-
an- War, when Independent colonial* refus
ed to consider th< mielvei "second class citi-
reps" somehow inferior to their officers,
t Only the leader»h|n of auch a level-headed
^ man sa Waahing'on kept the colonial army
r tegeliier.
* . Tom faint acrvi’d Ihrought the Revolu
tion m a private, dwiita offers of a com-
nil>Hl"n. h- paus* he fearait the rank-and*
*®li anight liwe theif m\m\ for hia ♦riling#
Jl he were an offwr,
•iIiimIH I be iMrn of a -we mihlsry
md sunrcet gripei isilitr than do anvlhing
al»mit (be whmi» »f lh«m. FtMtunalely, we
had a Ued. kiNhhewer at the top, to order
The Nation Today
‘Americanism’ Hard Word To
Define in Positive Terms
The Mtudent lift < 1**— u ^ 0 f«i
menibera, with Dona of Men W. L Penlsrlhy in ehniman. The Ntudent
divided Into Ml conynitteee: Indent CounMI, WileimAig, Mann, Election
Md Exchange Ntoee,
Chisos Mountains Vegetation
On Upgrade, Reports Taylor
raMftty'elalf
“eeiate la
NiMplUi
••••• #p#clM of ponaidvrahis
fttewot, inrludlng th« mwU (her
»f the flsU, the ft#rtall#d door
I th# Ckbmi MounUtnn, thv javo*
Im, th* araifd qunll, the mount. 1
tne dov«, fur sninuiU. heesets, and
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at least a temporary freedom for the Stars-
and-Btripes and its gripe column.
(Jen Wallace suggests that it is not nor
mal for so many gripes to be heard, and
ftutheg'tuggest* that some "isms” are re-
sponsible for the spread of complaints. If
griping makes one an “1st" of any faction,
a lot of us would have to be censured.
I. The Doolittle commission made some fine
suggestions, but few of them have yet been
-j put into practice.
There is probably less discrimination be
tween American enlisted men and officers
than in my other army. But American# are
not accustomed to any discrimination in
civil life, and inevitably resent if in military
eeHce. This is especially true when officers
take a patronizing attitude toward the men
under them, as some did, regretably, during
World War II.
On the other hand, first lieutenant# and
captain# have been forced to gripe about
the conduct of Rome colonel# and general#.
The entire Texaa division made an of
ficial grt|ie about the conducting of the
Rapido emaaing, The War Dupgrtment ha#
not yet forgiven Texi
Ing up.
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Texa* veler#lie for aiteak*
uripe# -*ont* good ntdured and #otne hit*
Mg AMthe Mtiural ratal! of war •ervlw
To a#k ex #oldler# or aalior# In "|ui#b bu#b"
wbal went on miring tne last whr would lie
a last straw, an far a# mant veteran# are
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By JERKY KORN
(For JAMES MARLOW)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S-(AV_
What ta “Americanism”?
You’ve seen that word — and
others, like “un-American,” “dis
loyal”, and “security risk”—more
and more in recent weeks.
Right now a committee of the
House of Representatives is in
vestigating Communism in Holly
wood. Its name is “The Committee
of un-American Activities.”
“Un-American”— What does it
mean?
Webster’s new international dic
tionary givas this definition: “not
characteristic of, or consistent with
American customs, principles, etc.”
And for “Americanism”, Web
ster’s says: “attachment or loyalty
to tha United States, its traditions,
interests or ideals.”
But the dictionary doesn't say
which customs, principles or ideals.
Back In 1139, the committae on
un-American aetivlUaa, reporting
on it# first year of eiiatence, de
fined Americanism in several hum
died wards.
Here are some of the thinga the
committee sal* then:
"In the first plm*, Americanism
ie rerognUiMH of the truth that
th« inherent and fundamental
rights of man%rv derived front
Uud and noi fiom guvei omenta,
By BAT D. BlRGMl’ND
\ Removal of 40,000 hand of livestock is resulting is the rmpn) re-
coVery of the vegetation of the Chieoe Mountains and their surnaind
mg foothllb and is proving beneficial evsa to the slow growii* vege
tation on the desert flats.
This is the report brought hack from tha Bis Bend National
by Dr. Walter P. Taylor, of the Texaa Cooperative Wildlife Unit
> A. 6 M. Department of wild- ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■
Letters
“IBON UL’RTAIN”
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Dear Editor,
Referring to your editorial, "Iron
Curtain in Washington?,” it ap
pears that the Washington Post
must have been pretty hard ap for
editorials when it made its charges
against Secretary Marshall. It
would seem to me that, foreign re
lations being what they are, an
“iron curtain” ia just what we need
in Washington for protection
against the leaking out of vital
•sc rets.
Robert M. Lana, Jr.
suspect
irnhsll
tkat Secretary Marshall get
raugkt ia creea-flre ever aa at
tempt by seme Waskiagtea <»f
flclala to set ap sack aa “irea
cartaia.” wkick has since hern
repudiated by Ike admlalatrs-
mSs
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fils hi tkt# wiMHtrv
Inti Ah* limy Mb A
mubiMUtov dldht
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'Where's Kyle Field. Bud?'...
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The A. A M. campus la jrroWlnf. Many
temporarir buildings Uvc been erected, and
other offieea have Moved to now locations.
When a member of a claaa from 25 year*
back return# to the campua, he ia often con
futed aa to the whereabouts of certain build-
ink# or departments. This is also the case of
weelc-cnd visitors, or even mid-week visitors,
who are forever coming onto the campus to
tisit students or just see the sights.
Ijast week-end waa a good example. Bay
lor fans crowded the campus, aa well aa Ag-
J £ies of bt-gone ye%rs. Many of them were
in a complete daze. If the sun had not been
high in t^ie heavens, they would not have
Tnown the North Gate from the West Gate.
The Battalion feels that maps should be
printed and kept on hand in the lobby of
the YMCA, in the Aggieland Inn, in the
dormitory lounges, and in other conspicous
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places. In this way visitors have the "lay of
the land" at their fiitgertipa. Of course Ag
gie# are only too proud to show guofta tni
sight!) of the campus, but a printed (labeled)
diagram of College Station would be a more
permanent direction method. How many GI*s
who served in England remember having
heard, "Go fifteen blocks south, ten blocks
north, one block east, turn up the alley, and
you CAWN’T miss it!” But then you*follow
ed the not-too-clear directions, and you DID
miss it.
The present map of the college used, in the
YMCA handbook would probably serve the
desired purpose for the next year or two.
But after that time a more up-to-date chart
would have to be made.
The Battalion feels that the great bene
fit rendered campus visitors would offset
the small cost of printing the maps.
MHUetiea, liteUtare, Xiii«« ur
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Tiwstoe rtae# h#tH>4 is tlslnl/ "*' 1
Amarirtib, ewb If He
i hi ini sbtl reiiglmni tokfiiM*
It la h< un-AmprlPSti In hat*
nm '« npifhbol- berau«p Hp ha« nv>re
nf the wnrld'a malerial vonda •»
it ia to hate him becauae he wal
bom into another race or worahipe 1
God according to a different faith."
Rcoantly, Both President Truman
aixi the State Department have ad
ded aome definitiona dealing with
the aame aubject. The President,
H U.ANCK III INtKT TO
miiOPB
WARHINUTON, Oet. M -U*
Ren Mary uf TreMuiy Nnydar aaid
t aaterday tha U*iiad Mtoto# ahmild
aep ita hudfal l»alMiv».d in yiw
vMlbtf any aid fur XMruM under
h#ll aalf h#!
Park
0# the A. ft M. Department
life management.
Dr. Taylor was one of a party
who on die invitation of M. R.
Tillotoon, Regional Director, Na
tional Park Service, recently tour
ed the Big Bend National Park to
inspect the area taken over by the
Department of Interior on June 12.
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Other memben of the party
i V. C. Marshall, Executive Di
rector, Texas State Conservation
Board; Paul H. Walaer, State Con
servationiat, U. S. Sofl Coinerva
tioo Service; Horace Leithead, Dis
trict Conservationist, Maria; Bar
aid M. Ratcliff, Regional Foraeter,
National Park Service, Sante Fe;
Paul Balch, Regional Soil Conaer-
vadonist; Rohh A. Maxwell, Sup
erintendent; and Georg*- Sholi,
Chief Ranger, Big Bend Nadooal
Park.
Dr. Omer E. Sperry, ef the De
partment of Range and Foreatry
and Professor K. R. Alexander,
head of the Department of Agri
cultural Education at A. ft M^
were to have been members of the
party, but were unable to make the
tHp. Dr. Sperry kaa carried for
ward botanical atudiee of the Big
Bend area ovar a period of aevenU
years and has preps rad a manu-
•mpl on lha kubieit
4 and 1941, Dr. T»y*
of • party for
the explore tioo of the
of the
Park, other fittphn t
Dr. W. B Davis, head of the
Department of Wildlife
at Texas A. ft M. College
and Dr. W. B. McDougall, natural-
tot and botantot ef the National
Park Service.
The Big Band National Park
AW ?0U PREPARE)
ia com of aa ov9o oeddagf?
Arc YOU pcaparad to meat p-
rage, doctor, hospital Mis, law-
vcr>’ fees, a auggenag liability
claim? Even when yon re not to
blame, are you prepared to stand
a coetiy laweuk to prove k? Be
prepared ask about that State
Farm Mutual auto pokey todapf
II. M. ALEXANDER, JR* '49
^>&f. Main Pk. 14419
Bryan, Texas
I Hi ring 1944 I
lur was is vhar
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ted by
a»lring Congreas for money to in- con*titution.
ite “di '
('■tHlitarian, faaetst, eommuntot or
aubvereive.”
Also members of groups which
favor taking away the rohntitution-
al righto of other* by force, or
which want to change the form
of the United States government
in some way not allowed by the
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After sum ving 89 colleges and univer-
litie* in the United Staten, the Rev. Charie*
McAllister is convinead they “are not
breeding places for Communism," according
to Associated Proas.
The Pr^idenf of the Aanociated Govern
ing Boa ids of State Universities and Allied
lR«titutioni said at a meeting last
In the RftMgh (N.C.) Hines recently:
“Corsages of gardenias marked the places
of Mrs. Cham^ilin and Mrs. Cherry, and nose
gays of panties were at the places of the
other guests."
■IlfcfE
that Ci.mnuinUn) “is not •van a aeriou#
threat" in collegf
VVn're ^lad to
Uii much-abu*c4 iubjuet.
0<l tU
oh N
hear some aerwe spoken on
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AP copy reaching the Marshfield (Wis.)
News-Herald read: “LANSING, MICH. -
With the deadline for filing nomination pe
titions, four candidates had ther hates in
the ring today.”
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an alley, Ua is on Foiaom'i Allay,
noted singer, "haa come a long.way ainoe he
waa born in a hay wagon In Poland while
but family waa fleeing from a frightful pro-
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