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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
Lawrence SuEivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
A
A Letter to the Readers . .
In any newspaper, the “Letters to the
Editors” Column is one of the most popu
lar sections.
It gives readers of a paper a chance to
express their opinions on vital and contro
versial issues, to see how others feel about
things that concern them, and sometimes
to just plain get a load off their chests.
This is an altogether healthy and de
sirable condition, and we have always
hoped that out “Letters” column measured
up to these requirements.
But like all other good services the
“Letters” column can be abused. We feel
that our column Idas, been abused.
Since its inception, we have always
given contributors the priviledge of hav
ing their names withheld from publication
with the qualification that we know their
name for our own libel defense. We with
hold their names because in a college there
is .some possibility that a person’s opinion
can be used against him.
- In a majority of cases, however, this
possibility is greatly over-exaggerated in
our readers’ minds. The old complaint that
“I’ll be kicked out of school” isn’t too plau
sible. In the last three years there has
only been one isolated case brought to our
attention of a man’s name and opinions
being used against him, and it was prom
ptly corrected by a school official.
On the other hand, the withholding of
names from letters can be a definite han
dicap. Primarily, it discredits your opin
ions. in the minds of other readers when
they see no name signed to back up con
tentions. Very few people are as interest
ed in our problem as we are ourselves.
If a reader must wade through a six page
letter, full of harranguing, void of logic,
and with no signature at the bottom, his
natural reaction is “Sorehead!” and your
arguments are lost on him. If this condi
tion becomes the rule in our entire column
it loses its effect and its value.
In most cases, we do not believe that
people who ask to have their names with
held do it as a protection. Frankly, we
think most of them ask to remain anony
mous simply because they lack the nerve
to back their opinions with their names.
In a far worse category are those peo
ple who deliberately sign fictitious names.
The Battalion does not print letters until
the identity of the writer has been estab
lished. Those with assumed names are
thrown out.
The “Letters” column can be valuable
as well as entertaining. Realizing that it
is a good reflection of campus opinion, im
portant people read it and are affected by
its contents. In this way it can be a defi
nite force for improvement of the school.
For this reason, we do not wish to see
the column lose its effectiveness. If you
nullify it with groundless and thoughtless
complaints, you will be indirectly damag
ing your own cause.
Let’s not drown the “Letters to the
Editors” column in a sea of ungrounded,
unthinking, unsigned letters.
The Need for International Law . . .
The other day the Chinese Commun
ists announced a list of Nationalist lead
ers^ whom they (the Communists) would
bring to trial as war criminals.
From Chiang on down through the
government’s executives and the Army’s
generals the list read, like a “Who’s Who.”
Inevitably, unless the Nationalist dra
gon snaps from its death throes, these
“war criminals” will be brought before
courts and receive “victor’s trials.”
The victorious nations of World War
II did not intend their long and tedious
“war crimes” trials to establish a prece
dent whereby vanquished leaders may be
legally exterminated. But somewhere in
The Passing Parade . ..
Here is a recent illustration of the ef
fect weather can have on prices.
California’s freeze and winter’s grip
on the nation as a whole were reflected
today in upsurging prices on the San An
tonio produce market. Quotations in some
instances were as much as 50 per cent or
more higher.
California oranges jumped from $6.25
to $8.00 and Texas oranges rose from
This year’s peace prize should be
awarded to the country that had the least
fighting.
the legal basis upon which Nazi leaders
and Jap leaders were charged as crimi
nals against civilization, the structure is
weak and unconvincing. To jo claimed his
trial “a victor’s trial.” Perhaps it was,
we had no international legal precedent
to go by.
In the establishment of a legal prece
dent we have given the green light to “vic
tor’s trials.”
There should be some international
code of laws more complete and more gen
erally recognized than presently exists.
Such a project could not be sponsored
by a more representative organization
than the United Nations.
$2.75 to $3.50 a box.
On the grower’s market cucumbers
leaped from $3.50 to $8.00 a bushel; toma
toes from $4.00 to $5.00 a lug, and carrots
25 cents to 40 cents a dozen bunches.
As war-time sugar and tire buyers
can tell you, anytime anything is frozen,
your pocketbook is the next thing to feel
the bite.
RENTAL offered in the East St. Louis
(111.) Journal.
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IQENNETH BOND, TOM CARTER....
..Co-Editors
Louis Morgan - , Associate Editor
Harvey Cherry, John Singletary .—! Managing Editors
Clark Munroe — Feature Editor
Mrs. Nancy Lytle Women’s Page Editor
Bill Billingsley : Wire Editor
T. Nanney - Book Editor
Alfred Johnston Religious Editor
Andy Davis Movie Editor
Alan Curry Circulation Manager
Kenneth Marak, Sam Lanford, R. Morales,
Frank Welch, C. W. Jennings Staff Cartoonists
Chuck Cabahiss Charles Kirkham Editorial Assistants
Art Howard Sports Editor
Don Engelking Assistant Sports Editor
Bob “Sack” Spoede, Bill Potts, Leon Somer, Frank
Simmen, Andy Matula, Fred Sommers Sports Reporters
Joe Trevino, Hardy Ross Photo Engravers
Dave Coslett, Frank Cushing, Tex Fields, Otto Kunze,
Buddy Luce, Chuck Maisel, H. C. Michalak, Marvin
Rice, and Eddie Smith Feature Writers
Emil Bunjes, George Charlton, A. C. Gollob, Bruce
Hagee, R. C. Kolbye, Henry Lacour, Carley
Puckitt, Clayton Selph Staff Reporters
Sticking My Neck Out .
‘Alright, who is the wise guy?!”
Sneak Preview . . .
Guns Blaze and Men Bite The
Dust in Death Valley Opera
By ANDY DAVIS
Yellow Sky (20th Century)
starring Gregory Peck, Anne
Baxter, and Richard Widmark.
(Campus)
Filmed in the salt flats of Death
Valley, “Yellow Sky,” presents a
brilliant cast in an out of the
way horse opera.
After staging a bank robbery,
Peck and men are chased out on
to the salt dunes by state troop
ers. Seventy miles of barren waste
lands, under the torturing sun,
await their crossing. The men al
most perish under these hardships,
but luckily, a ghost town comes
in sight before they give way to
their feelings.
Two people survive in Yellow
Sky, Anne Baxter and her aging
Grampa, Peck takes to Miss
Baxter from the start, and she
returns his favors with a left to
Kyle Declines
Offer to Serve
On Prison Board
E. J. Kyle, former A&M dean of
agriculture, Saturday declined ap
pointment to the Texas Prison
Board.
He informed Gov. Beauford H.
Jester that he would be unable to
serve because his duties as direc
tor of the Farm Credit Board and
the Ruling Foundation make it im
possible.
★
Kyle, who also was ambassador
to Guatemala until three months
ago, will receive the highest award
of the Guatemalan government.
On his visit next month to the
Latin American country Dean Kyle
will be presented the Order of
Quetzal for his work in drawing
the U. S. and Guatemala closer
together.
A&M ’31 Graduate
Re-enters Service
Fred M. Burkey, ’31, Houston,
a major in the Veterinary Corps of
the Organized Reserves, has re
entered the Army for a tour of
extended active duty, Colonel Os
car B. Abbott, executive for the
Texas Military District, announced
today.
He is stationed at the Griffis
Air Force Base, Rome, New York.
the jaw, and a new crease in his
scalp, made by her six-shooter.
Widmark discovers that gramp
is hiding a supply of gold, so the
men decide to take some of the
burden. A gun battle insues and
Gramp gets shot in the leg. He and
Peck come to terms, and decide to
split fifty fifty. Widmark and the
men have other ideas, but by this
time Peck and Miss Baxter have
become better acquainted, and he
stands pat to his bargain. Every
body starts shooting at one an
other, and quite a few get spread
out on the ground. Peck finally
disposes of Widmark, and Miss
Baxter takes over from there.
Its slow crossing the Salt
flats, but after that there is
enough action for all.
Sljmfe of Cibis
“Search me, O God, and know
my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts.” Psalm 139:23.
David, in praying for his deliv
erance from his enemies, asked
the Lord to look into his own heart.
The implication is that when our
hearts are right we need fear no
enemies from without. This seems
to be something that nations as
well as individuals need to learn.
God has delivered his people from
their enemies in the past; however,
we find that he did so only after
they “got right” themselves. He
will do the same today, God does
not change, he is the “same yester
day, today, and forever.”
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Dead Week Not in Existence,
But Students Are Protected
By KENNETH BOND
“Sticking my neck out” could
represent the position of a turtle,
or it could represent the individual
who takes a contrary point of
view.
We are starting a column,
“Sticking My Neck Out,” begin
ning with this
article. Six of
The Battalion
writers will en
deavor to dis
cuss happenings
—past, present,
and future. I n
addition to pro
viding informa
tion this column
may stimulate
some thought on
the part of our
readers.
Dead Week
Final examinations are two
weeks away, and Dead Week, which
doesn’t exist, will again become a
matter of contention.
The idea of Dead Week was
brought up during the spring of
1947. At that time the Student
Life Committee formulated a reso
lution to the Executive Committee
asking for more consideration of
students prior to the final examina
tion period.
Their recommendations were ac
cepted by the Executive Commit
tee and referred to the Academic
Council for consideration. The
recommendations carried by a ma
jority vote and became one of the
rules to be followed by the faculty.
Two Rules a
The resolutions passed by the
Academic Council, a group com
posed of department heads and
deans of the various schools, is as
follows:
“No quizzes, other than daily
quizzes, shall be given on the day
immediately preceding final ex
amination work in any undergrad
uate work.”
“Exemptions from final exami
nations shall be announced not
later than 5 p. m. on the day im-
Geology Club To
Hear Bureau Head
Dr. John T. Lonsdale, Director
of the Bureau of Economic Geolo
gy in Austin, will speak to mem
bers of the Geology Club at their
meeting at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday in
the Petroleum Engineering Lec
ture Room, J. T. Goodwin, presi
dent of club, announced yesterday.
Lonsdale did his undergraduate
work at Iowa State College and
received his doctorate in Virginia
in 1924. Since then he has taught
geology at Iowa State, Virginia
University, Oklahoma University,
and A&M.
mediately preceding the beginning
of the examination period.”
All these groups, significantly,
did not vote to allow an entire
week for the students to prepare
and with good reason, too. They
knew if an entire week were al
lotted for preparation and study,
a certain percentage of the stu
dents would disregard study and
end up at .their homes or some
other campus.
However, since the students can
not do anything but abide by the
rules, I am giving this informa
tion for the benefit of members of
the faculty who become unruly
near final exam time.
Hands Off
According to the rules, no ex
amination, other than a daily ex
am, can be given on the last day
of recitation in that course before
final examinations. This means
that no instructor, regardless of
any explanation which he may of
fer, can give'anything but a daily
during those last two days. Jan
uary 21 and 22 is off-limits.
Enforcement of this ruling by
the deans should put the quietus to
those instructors who delight in
giving a comprehensive during
that off-limits period.
The Placement Office
The Placement Office announces
the following schedule of inter
views for seniors interested in em
ployment:
JANUARY 10 — The National
Supply Company will interview
mechanical and management en
gineers interested in sales engi
neering.
JANUARY 11 — Mid-Continent
Supply Company will interview
mechanical, civil, petroleum, chem
ical, and management engineers
interested in work with an oil well
supply company.
JANUARY 12—Jewel Tea Com
pany will interview business and
accounting, economics, and agricul
tural economics graduates interest
ed in sales work.
JANUARY 13 — Ralston Puri
na Company will interview animal
husbandry, dairy husbandry, poul
try husbandry, agronomy, agri
cultural education, agricultural
economics, agricultural engineer
ing, mechanical engineering, and
management engineering graduates
interested in sales and production
trainee positions.
Positions are open in the fol
lowing fields:
ENGINEERING: Geophysical
Associates, Houston, has openings
for electrical engineers or physi
cists qualified to serve as observ
ers on a seismograph party.
J. M. Huber Corporation has
openings for electrical and manage
ment engineers in their Purchas
ing Department. The mam duties
would be the purchasing of electri
cal supplies, and equipment.
The City of Lampasas is in need
of an instrument man. The work
will consist of doing preliminary
work and setting stakes for purb
and gutter work. It is not nec
essary that this man be a grad
uate. Work will probably last one
year.
Pollock Paper Corporation, Dal
las, has an opening for a mechan
ical or management engineer to
serve as assistant to their Design
Engineer.
Southland Paper Mills, Inc., Luf
kin, is interested in employing a
mechanical engineer to work as a
draftsman in connection with plant
maintenance and expansion.
LIBERAL ARTS: Pogson, Pelou-
bet & Company, El Paso, has an
opening for a junior accountant to
work as a traveling auditor cover
ing parts of Arizona, New Mexi
co, Northern Mexico and Califor
nia.
Procter & Gamble Distributing
Company, Dallas, is interested in
employing' a young man between
the ages of 24 and 27 for training
in general office administrative
work.
The City of Denver has a num
ber of positions open for men
trained in accounting, physical ed
ucation, Veterinary Medicine, Ar
chitecture, and civil engineering.
AGRICULTURE: There is an
opening in Rosenberg for a man
interested in and qualified for lock
er plant work. A new locker plant
has just been opened in this city.
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