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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1947)
Bait o n EDITORIALS Pftfl I MONDAY, NOVKMHKK 10, 1MT MMWCANMP Rebuilding A Reputation... AiMt week A. A M. ntudent* and faculty rcnr^enutlve* met with reprenenUtlven of Klee Institute at Houston in an attempt to improve the present lamentable relations Ml existing between the two schools. This state of conditions has, we feel, re sulted from actions made both on the part of Rice students and Aggies. However, there \ is little doubt that A. A M. students havA' been responsible for the lion’s share of these misdemeanors. ‘ In years past, Aggies have journeyed to Houston and run rampant over the Rice cam pus and the city of Houston as a whole. They daubed with the same color, and "Unit hell out of the Aggies” painted on Kyle Field stadium, one might expect the “Fighting Aggies” to be quite a bit more determined and a little more eager to pluck the “Feath ered Flock”. Rice has enjoyed this advantage over A. A M. for the past several years, des pite the pleas of coaches and players alike. It is time that some Aggies awakened from the delusion that they are rendering the team a great service by “raising hell" with the Rice Institute before the game. Just what power of reasoning they call upon to figure that painting the tomb of the founder • have stolen the Rice Owl, they have daubed of an institution will aid its opponents on maroon phint on statues, buildings, arid even the tomb of W. M. Rice. They also have come home to Aggieland with their heads shaved. They have succeeded to a remarkable ex tent in degrading the reputation of A.AM. not only at Rice and in Houston, but also throughout the entire state of Texha.* they have worked a hardship on A. A M. ;athletic teams. Certainly, no coach could ask •for a better psychological advantage than the Rice Owls have held over the Aggies for the past several years. One can imagine to what extent this may influence a team by comparison. If, on the morning of the Rice game, Aggies awoke to find “Solly’s” statue painted a bright blue, Reveille's I Met A Man.,.' / met« mnti (iket who ^ 1 missed out on my college days. You see, I didn't enter into it quite all the way. t nover really got acquainted with a urofeaaur, Or oven a textbook, Not seriously, 1 never learn, ed the thrill of digging foeade on a mountain aide. Or working tli! dark over n teaMtdie. Or getting on the trail of something in the library and searrhlng ft down feverishly for htuin*. I told myself ytat Peopte who did that will of thing are queer, 1 complained atHUit the classes, I could learn more out of school, 1 said. 1 slid through some way without ever letting my mind grow curious. And, It's fun* ny, hut do you know 1 feel kind of regretful now whenever I talk to a scholar. Or go In a library. Or wander through a museum. 1 missed hut mi all that. Ann I find myself wishing 1 could go back to college to live those days over again. ’ / me< n nwn once irho sold: I missed hut on my college days. You see. I didn't enter into it quite all the way. Work ing my wayjhrough school took all my time, or I told myself it did. The fellows used to go bumming around at night and sometimes they’d ask me along, but I never went. I al ways told them I had to study. It seemed to me a lot of foolishness, the way they used to hang around the ccdiege drug store, or J .loiter on the library steps, or go to snake ‘dances or rallies. I even missed the foethalF' the footbaH field is l<eyond the grasp of The Battalion. Signs are evident that the 98% has begun to think in terms of positive action toward showing good sportsmanship. The Student Senate’s Welcome Committee has shown the way through the courteous service they have Letters to the Editor work! that Jcwb were the eeerce of this trouble. a, u«r^.v it NO PROBLEM IN PALESTINE? * extended campus visitors, especially for the 1 Editor, The Battalion: Baylor mASMU games. . ^ ‘ v „ A. A M. can make a big step toward re- ] I food to the Jewi during the building a good reputation in Houston and JUJ* / L^nted muci, incorm^t w,ur ’ Mr deecribed these throughout the statelfall goes well this com- I ,n<orreCt ; nation, a. weak, not We. un- ing week-end. So remember “Sully" and his ideals when we invade Houston next Saturday*- "Sol- dien, Statesmen, Knightly Gentlemen!” about i. of major importance. There i. often a mixunderatand ing between a national name and religiou. name. The word Arab. Eaat an able to live In paaoe re- gardteaa atf their rellglsua creed ee AIIMKD HKJHA Af Eiferimenl Kteiton Calre, Egyi-t . WHAT? TtAUliT Editor, The ttauattoni ! I do net knot* take to glee the rt edit for The beUetten radio pro gram hut ft certainty wit an Ik* reliant Idee. Mere important •ttli, tllB IiWm WMB bk'nf RimI OMt ninj reaulte la*t week were earellenl Whet with being an AH Amerb can paper, eponaorti* the Wear- terhark nub, and making dally new.ea.te, not to mention going daily, The Battalion haa had a buay and reaultful two month..* (ongratulation. on the fine Job you are doing. Cordially your., i C. G. “ftPlKE" WHITE Director, Student ActMtie. FRIENDS OR ENEMIES Editor, The Battalion: What a better achool thR would be if there were friendly, coopera tive relation, between profesaon and atudenta. Aa an Aggie wife, I've noticed a barrier between these two groups a great deal in the past year and a half, and it does »eem needless and shameful. In stead of instructor, being anxious to teach and instill knowledge in the boy.’ minds, there seem, to be sn antagonistic spirit between them which causes them to fight each other; the boys fighting to “pass", and the teachers fighting to “defeat”. Oh, not all.teachers are like this. No, indeed. There are many fine teacher. In.{Mu school that really make It seem a privilege to learn from them. But I * I me of the rightness mi InieOt* geeee ia this treatment. Concrete exemplee? I’d rather be vague than turn ea a that mlfbt Breve a baem "turn the JaW es Maw n nice studeals I knew, But knew, yee, edtuatty haew, that MEAllfll mullt lh**lf M) dtffleult aad pase w few studenta that bwa velunk with a faliura #r ai rlasse. under theta, Pa 1 eif knowledge, that can B ap w It ts student* ,P*rlor to that ordti It leuraea, and lie tt 4w hi Vm ^ aa.l M f ImwA Whe M la euggsat al we 1 | ramedyt I, eetlaljly, hat Hi I. jiuSSr with L renditions and Who wnse the n far a ra modeling af velattnUi. My purpoae In writing thU tetlrr but who aee the futility tat trying when that effort Is not recegMIM eas* — —— - 1 * ——-A UT vUilmltlUlVU* I hesiUte giving < Intangible M they may be I students know whet and whom 1 mean, the fecalty knowmlloo Ami what goodjw MBMUl plaints about one or two personal experieneea unless the whole situa tion is given intelligent, thorou understanding , gtttnuon ? Thera y, unfair ether example. Fir.t Mr Hnllman *»id * n<1 d * ,ert Coan ^ ri ••• When ' l ** n ®L the *f. .7 ,h ° ,n 1 thfrl ta. niSJem Tn Pat. 1 ™™ted him and when he knew K's the others, the one. . Y,**. 0 P roble,n * n that there was an Arabic man in w ho entagonixe, of whom I write, tine.” Perhaps to the this Kg™^^ Perhaps thew are in the minority, statement is true, but to the Arabs ^ ^ eepeetelty sfter an English hut even s few should not exist who have occupied Palestine for in Texas AAM. ; 1,000 years, the “problem" “ y h,m ,or •^ 0od and ding both studenta and fs have been many, C judgments made ra the pest by both aidee, but these could be wetl '* ■ - r forgotten if an made. armistice were one or two tongues stroetiveTy, that w< IcionLfor mora might anger hr fear, ell nation that removes from learning and places test importance of all on Iwdlibr-Mwi gumen. Froth, I c»lled It. Wanted time! 1 wan in uchool Vo atudy. And, K’u funny, but do the “Jews, Christians, Mos- you know I turn away now every time l see V’J ! a group of college men »thert<(l in a drug Arabla*4urinji the beginning atore or on a corner of the cammi* And ,{f i.i m 4 or from Egypt ("lima ul every time I nee two old college chums slap IsrsKl" who fid with Muses to each olher on the l»ack and aay, "Kememlmr "| the lime that we, , , ”t gulp a little because I missed out on all that, and I find myself wlahlnv 1 could go-track to college to live thnae days ovgf again. - time on trying to bUme the Arabs. I w Now 1 h * ve never Uught school, The Arabic srmies which sre nev V experienced the exas- well trained and armed have taken Potion that muat come to every position on the borders of Pales t ** cher »t some time or another une ready to fight against s par , , *^ L *r^S* nt ilM * tition. They will fight until the ‘‘P>‘" Tkm era iev win ngnt list drop of Arabic blued has van ished from the earth, I'tuple in ill- Arabk M 'i'll' The good teachers cannot off set the bed, is the majority a» they may be, for one instructor is capable, and sometimes does, make learning itself hell; and learning should be exciting, fascinating, en joyable. Moet students respond favorably to fair treatment and a cooperative spirit in their teach ers. Mott students balk and get hopping mad when not given a “square deal.” and the purpose of that particular course has been overshadowed In their miode by the determination to pass that course in spite of everything. The first students have clear, receptive minds that want to learn for learning’s sake. The latter studenta want to make that grade! Now isn’t it mostly up to the teacher to form these attitudes In their pupils ? Isn't it he, by his own love thousand explanations seemingly vnregaonabk ihnei probably a for this a< nes. and harshness towards stu- i MB brar*. Im«« fights student; stu dent fights teacher: la fta to . intelligent ? Logical? Modem' Progressive? I dent thirik so. Do You? Sincerely, ' (NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST) S-MIN U$B RUSH Editor, The Battalion: t The situation of getting! oat of claa* five minutes late aad then having to either go from the Aca demic Building to one of the “shacks” or some such distance, has now become acute. J In five miautes it’s almost im possible to get from one of the upper floors of the Academic Building to the second floor of 01.0 of the “shacks” near the highwdf. However, some of the profs ere intent on finishing thei^. lectures, no matter how leu we an to the next class or how hard we have to run to make it. • Arska, "Jews, siul MiwUms,” are Ike Ckrta* group / mrt n nwn nurr who nihil 1 mlM«l out on my enllpgr dnyn. You p why. 1 (of A part In (he real rulers of the country and * “ ra uf Its resources, fl- politics, and rommunlca- V - 1 didn't enter into It quit* all the way. I was "wnd'ui afraid, 1 guv**. 1 wanted to try for a part In | the rea I I the achool play once, but 1 didn’t. I intended , rontrollers af its resources, fl These liens, ttKAl. Arabs uhn do not aeeept 1 he pertlllon nf I'elestiae. their polMlrst end neliMwel eouatry uhere they Hie In euuehly end peeee, The Jew* In Pelestine are e ef people wneee lives de r m their eooperetlon with ru* Knat ere jieaceful and there is no dents, but e man would kevt to ihrent of n Kurdish revmlt in Iraq, “W dny end night to convinee to. 1 went up to the room the night they were reading the parts, but I didn’t go In. Then* '"/* Mr< Heilman attacks Eng were so many there who could do it better land, the first saviour of the Jews | ^ t ,^ u than I, and I turned away and went down -luring the warH the hall. 1 wanted to try for the football '■•‘ambers of Hitler and •Ur»ry of team. too. but 1 told myaelf I wa.« light and ’'i'L."' turwd away from the practice field. And. ’ it s funpy, but do you know I can t go to see Since he did not find any facta Thera haa been na timgile In Ub anou where Christian*, Jews, and Moslems live togeiher, In answer t« Mr Heilman'* etaiement (Hat Paleeiihe bebuigi In the Jews hitiorbally and reliu luueiy, Til answer him this way) I. The Home of ike Jew le where Maaee was hern (Ntypt.) I. The hame nf ( hrlstlanlty Is I'slesllne, where Jesus wsa horn I and rrueifled. I. The home af the Moslems Is la Baadl Arabia. Following his tin# of reasoning, M let each religious group id and Vavi Oirana DAY Vmi J* FOR THOM WHO DEMAND THE BERT , , , MliBi Mim Kapalr North data Sincerhly, • L A. riNWTON DR. N. B. McNUTT DENTIST arms© Thaaa MOT SrfM. TMU occupy their homeland and leave :T.u l !!!-.*Vr the rest of the world ranpty. 1 say “Wave I’slestine ta the I’slestinians or the Arabe of I'aleeUlie.” Ending my brief answer to Mr. because I see mysell the stage aa.l might have been if 1 hadn’t been afraid. And I find myself wishing I could go back to college to live those days over again. MIAMI HURRICANE a football game now, or hear one on the to support hi. flattery, he leaned su^. M w iu e eontinu th t^ rgdih. and I cap’, go to aed a dollcg, play Ma^T If out on the field or on SSZVS& t East cannot cooperaU because of th<? ln the Jewish characteristics. In a recent strike in Egypt some Jews burned a Christian church snd fled, but the Egyp tian police were very runseioas snd hasty shout showing the America and those in the Middle •Whal Next? • It is always amazing what the morning jnail brings. We got a chain letter last week |of an entirely different type. It readt r\ “This chain letter started in Reno, in •hoi>es of bringing relief and happineas to Aired business men. ; “Unlike* mort chain letters, this one does diet cost any money; simply send a copy to Jfive equally tired male friends; then bundle up your wife and send her to the fellow at Ihe top of the lia^ ; •'When your name comes to the top, you . feeble, an entei will receive 16,173 women. ! “Have faith! Do not break the chain. One n(ian broke It and got his own wife Irack.” The note was signed: “Tommy Mauvllle, ’Artie Rhaw, Krrol Flynn, and Charlie Chap- i pirn -RICE THRESHER The Centerville (Ala.) Pres* carried this “Notice” . . . “It has been rumored that I killed a ne gro man pear Marion Saturday. This is not I true. I did have some trouble with a negro man. but he was only slightly injured. Sign ed-Minor Seay Medders.” QUEEN TODAY TTEH. — WED. “Apartment wanted immediately by man expecting firat baby”, read an ad in the Montreal (Que.) Star. ! ^ . One night recently when headlines were roriamg hawker at Hollywood and Vine atarted a run on mid-night editions of the Loa Angeles paper by yelling. “Hey! , Wuxtry! Apartment for rent!” Headline In the New York Time*! “Fam ily of 13 Files Here from Holland to Oiier- iTb Dairy “ LAST DAY Dennis Morgan Jane Yyman In “Cheyenne 1:20 Features Start 3:&0 - 5:40 - 7:50 10:00 — Also — BUGS BUNNY CARTOON Starts Tomorrow Want ad in the Gadsden (Ala.) time* rend’: “OFFICK SPACK, throe moms in the canter of Hnrad Street. Low rent.” f ; Fined for Keeping Hmrae of III nime Three Others Tried I HuciTiia (O.) Telegraph- Forum. Attlee Asks War Powder* to Fight Off Bankruptcy Ravenna (O.) Courier Dairy Farm Aa U. H. ClUaena.” What a misplaced comma can do! Head line in th« Boston (Mam.I Kvenlng Amerl ram A NAM FAVORS CTO. BLASTS TAX CUT BILL An item in the I/hi Willie (Mias.) Wins ton County Journal: “Alex Jackaon. colored, was chasing a cow about two week* ago, and ran off into Tom Jackson'a well, also colored.” PUBLIC CEREMQNY FOR ROYAL WEDDING Phoenixvllle (Pa.) RepuMrmn PALACE Theatre LA NT DAY The Battalion The Battalion, official newsi>np«>r^ of th« Agricultural and Mechanical Colle(« of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is publii ' Qbqra cent during holi •sidy. Subscription rata $4 per school five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday and examination periods. During the summer The Battalion W pub- year. Advertising rates furnished on request. 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