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Battalion EDITORIALS Page 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions Does Viewpoint Make Right? . . . Eight rows of American soldiers, 20 men to a row, stood in a snow covered field near Malmedy, Belgium. For a mo ment all was quiet but for the distant rum ble of a Tiger tank or the drone of a solitary plane. Suddenly machine guns chattered, stopped, chattered three min utes more- Then single pistol shots thump ed the air that blew hard and cold. On the ground one hundred and sixty lifeless American bodies failed to cover puddles of blood that flowed warm and melted the snow it touched. This was the Malmedy Massacre. This was Germany’s last bid to win a war she was losing. It was a reckless, fantastic bid, and human life whether German or foe mattered nothing. After V-E Day, after the bid failed, the German commanders in charge of the Malmedy Massacre were found. Confes sions were obtained, trials held, and the commanders given death. It all was very legal. It was all very legal if the confessions had been obtained without any coercing or any third degree. But Defence attorney, Meade Everett Jr. submitted a report on the case that has caused quite a stir in legal circles and has given Americans something to think about. The report charges that U. S. prose cution teams “had kept the German de fendants in dark, solitary confinement at near starvation rations up to six months; had applied various forms of torture, in cluding the driving of burning matches under the prisoners’ finger nails: had ad ministered beatings which resulted in broken jaws and arms and permanently injured testicles.” False confessions were obtained Meade charges, in mock trials in which “the . . . plaintiff would see before him a long table • . . with candles burning at both ends . . . and a crucifix in the center . . . (The Ger mans) were informed or led to believe that they were being tried by Americans for violations of International law. At the other end of the table would be the prose cutor, who would read the charges, yell and scream at these 18- and 20-year-old plaintiffs and attempt to force confessions from them ...” Meade’s report was not issued in de fense of the Germans. Rather it was a commentary on the procedure that Ameri can military men used to gain confessions. It might be well for idealistic Ameri cans who do not think that we are capable of committing attrocities to ponder this instance of American brutality. During the war Allied prisoners were not the only ones shot down behind the front lines. It is a publicised fact that for a long while, Japanese prisoners were not taken. Few combat soldiers of the Euro pean war will deny first hand knowledge of German prisoners being shot. At the Litchfield, England a stockade was maintained to handle American sol diers who had broken some military rule. An investigation after the European vic tory disclosed that American internees were beaten by their American guards. Justice is a difficult word to define. It becomes more difficult when the mirage has been discovered that we, as self ac claimed protectors of justice, participate in acts that possess the stench of brutality and injustice. The American would do well to look within his own mind and survey the mon ster that lurks there- Then he can condemn more righteously the unjust acts of others. It Was A Majority Change Tuesday night marked the completion of the election to determine the name of the A&M yearbook. Victorious in the student balloting was Aggieland 1949. There have been many comments and protests from backers of the former title, The Longhorn. Although the election may not have been conducted in the manner some of them desired, it was an election which required a majority action for a final decision. At the time the Student Life Commit tee prepared the resolution under which the polling was conducted, it was felt that the plan adopted was the fairest method available for deciding the question about the annual name. Probably superceding the decision on the new name in importance was the con tinued student participation in the ex tended election. The Passing Parade . .. From Lubbock comes this squib. Texas Tech will be host to the Sixth Annual Band Clinic for area high school and college bands Friday and Saturday. D. 0. Wiley, Tech band director, said more than 600 individual reservations have been made. Participants are expec- Using an approximate figure of 8200 for the total enrollment at A&M, we find that 51 per cent of the student body parti cipated in the entire election. In the first balloting 52 per cent of the students made selections. The first run-off saw the percentage of participants fall to 50 per cent, but this was the result of no polling taking place in two dormitories. The second run-off resulted in 52 per cent of the students again casting their ballots. The consistency of the participating percentage would seem to mean that stu dents who had an active interest in the choosing of the name were conscientious in their ballot-casting. Congratulations are due for half of the students. We now hope that the other half of the student body will also take part in the next student election. ted from as far west as Cisco and west through eastern New Mexico, and north from Dalhart to Fort Stockton south. Said one irate member of the Cavalry troops, “You can bet that fightin’ Texas Aggie band ain’t agonna go. Any body that saw a football game this year knows they ain’t sick!” The Battalion The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. During the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished on request. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S70. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. KENNETH BOND, TOM CARTER. 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 Lunford, R. Morales. Frank Welch, C. W. Jennings Staff Cartoonists Chuck Cabaniss Charles Kirkham Editorial Assistants .Co-Editors 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 Buujes, George Charlton, A. C. Gollob, Bruce Hagcc, R. C. Kolbye, Henry Lacour, Carley Puckitt, Clayton Selph Staff Reporters NOW HE’S .JUST ANXIOUS, PERIOD. Sticking My Neck Out No Deans Serve On Panel; Mem bers NotPre-Informed Letters To The Editor WANTS YEARBOOK RUN-OFF Editors, The Battalion: Tuesday night the run-off elec tion on the annual name was held. There were only two names on the ballot: Aggieland 1949 and Final Review. When the first election was held, there was a great deal of talk about being sure that the final choice represented the choice of the student body. Yet in the first election, it was The Longhorn against the field. The choice, as it actually turn ed out, was whether the student wanted The Longhorn or any (repeat, any) other name. As a result, we are now stuck with Aggieland 1949, a prime bit of insipidity. The Longhorn received 233 vot es, write in, in the Tuesday night election: Since there was no or ganized write-in campaign, this many votes indicates something less than complete satisfaction with the choice offered. It seems to me that the Student Life Committee could serve the interest of fairness by arranging a run-off election between The Longhorn and Aggieland 1949. Harvey Cherry FLAG DETAIL LAST WEEK Editors, The Battalion: Yes, Bill Billingsley did “stick his neck but” when he wrote of a “rain soaked, moon drenched flag” in front of the Academic Building. I don’t know how long it took the unobservant Mr. Billingsley to write his unwarranted criticism, but ' it must have- taken him at least a weelc-because my sopho more buddies and I have been re sponsible for getting the flag up and down on time for the last seven days,' and we’were not late once! Just so no one will get the wrong idea about Mr. Billingsley’s com ment that ‘-‘we treat our flag like a neglected bed sheet on a laundry rack,” I suggest you let the read ers of The Battalion know that our nation’s flag is being treated with all due respect. J. D. Hinton Class of ’51 (Editor’s Note: Billingsley tells us that he was not using this past week as a basis for his article about the flag. We can assure you that the subjects were selected about two weeks ago, and Billingsley selected the subject, “Mistreatment of the Flag,” at that time. It is a confirmed fact that the flag has been left up the entire night several times this semes ter. Secondly, the flag has been left up many times until 8, 9, and 10 p. m.) Official Notices Agricultural School All agricultural students who had com- sted 64 hours or more of work at the ginning of the current semester must ,ve their degree plans completed before gistration. Assignment cards will not approved at registration unless accom- nied by the student’s copy of his degree an. Students who have not completed ese plans should contact the head of eir major department immediately. CHAS. N. SHEPARDSON Dean of Agriculture • WEARS OUT 2 RINGS Editors, The Battalion: After seven long, womenless years of blood, , sweat, and beer, old “Landmark” Sutherland is graduating. If you have a drinking tapeworm a normal amount of male hormones and an ever-dwindling grade point ratio—fear not, under-graduate, I weathered it! That should be in centive per se. But here’s hoping you better luck than I had—the only man in A&M history to wear out two Ag gie rings before he graduates. Jerry Sutherland Class of ’46 (Editors’ Note: We appreciate these words of wisdom from Jerry. Since the price of the Aggie rings is exorbitant, we are glad for Jerry that he is grad uating.) Industry Follows Cattle, Farming Moses Tells Class Cattle raising, farming and in dustry attack the frontiers in that order, Tad Moses of the Texas Experimeiit Station Publications, told students enrolled in,livestock marketing Tuesday. Moses told of trail herd days, and of Shanghi Pierce, Charles Goodnight, and many other color ful cattlemen in relating , the grow th of the cattle industry in Tpxas, According . to Moses, it take^. about $150,000 to buy a ranch and livestock. He said that cattle raising is a credit proposition. Many ranchers borrow each year to meet current expenses. Moses said the movement of livestock back into east Texas is an indication that Texas will con tinue to be a ranching state. A&M Veterinari.es Attend VMA Meet Seven members of the staff of the Department of Veterinary Med icine and Surgery are participating in the scientific part of the pro gram at the annual meeting of the State Veterinary Medical As sociation being held in Fort Worth. Attending are Dr. H. Schmidt, Dr. R. C. Dunn, Dr. R. D, Turk, Dr. V. B. Robinson, Dr. W. C. Banks, Dr. W. A. Boney and Dr. A. A. Lenert. of ®lus “Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house,” Luke 19:5b. Following the statement in this verse, Jesus went home as the guest of Zacchaeus. It was a ter ribly dangerous thing jdie host did that day—admitting Jesus to his home. In that moment he revolu tionized his home and his life. Be fore the steady gaze of Jesus he became unbearably conscious of his sins, confessed them, and set forth to right all the wrong he had done. No man dares accept Jesus as the Christ flippantly. It is far too dangerous. By TOM CARTER Last Friday’s issue of the Bat talion carried a letter from William M. Menger which stated, “Normal thinking leads me to believe that a dean in college is' supposed to be more or less a helper, advisor, and foster father to the students. Why are our deans the men on this Faculty Panel?” In order to clear up these points for Menger and inform the student body, an interview was held with Dean M. T. Harrington, acting dean of the College, and who is the person who draws names of faculty members and chooses the dean to sit at the head of the panel. Dean Harrington said that the deans of the college have not ser ved as members of a discipline panel since September, 1945. The panel consists of five faculty mem bers, whose names are drawn from a list of approximately 75 faculty members having academic rank not below that of an associate pro fessor. He continued by saying, that the members of the panel are not fa miliar with any details of the case until they are presented at the hearing. One of the deans presides and conducts the hearing. Until September, 1947, the Dean of the College presided in all cases, and since that date the ether deans of the college, with the exception of the Dean of Men, the Dean of the Gradu ate School and the PMS&T, have rotated in serving in this capa city. The dean who presides does not have a vote, and any assess ment must be approved by four of the five panel members. The panel decides if the student is guilty or not and also recom mends the type of sentence. Menger also stated, “The atti tude of students is that, right or wrong, they are sure of a stiff penalty anytime they go on the panel.” When queried about this, Dean Harrington said that the only cases ever sent to a Faculty Panel are those which, according to college regulations, are offenses for which a student may be dis missed from college. An average of less than one-third of the cases heard by a Faculty Panel have re sulted in the student being" dismis sed or suspended. The majority of US Loans Israeli $100 Million: Recognition Expected Soon By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 </P)_ Full American diplomatic recogni tion of Israel appears certain sometime next week as a follow up to a $100,000,000 loan to the new Jewish nation. The American government took a big step toward this objective yesterday by granting the loan to the provisional Israeli government —$35,000,000 immediately and $65,- 000,000 more during the year. President Truman last May 14— a few minutes after the new state was proclaimed—recognized it as a “de facto” government, mean ing that the United States regards it as in fact the ruling authority there. Last Oct. 24 he announced he had ordered quick handling of loan applications from Israel. Full recognition is called “de jure.” The loan approval makes American money available to de velop Israel’s agriculture and in dustry. Also, coming six days before elections are held in the Electronics Posts Jewish state, it reflects United States confidence in Israel’s fu ture. Government officials told a re porter that barring an election up set the state department will ex tend full diplomatic recognition to Israel shortly after the January 25 elections. Only a totally unexpected vic tory by the Communists or ex treme left’ wing socialists could cause the state department to stop or delay its plans to broaden the limited “de facto” recognition. The present conservative social ist party headed by David Ben Gurion is heavily favored to win a majority of the 120 seats in the Israeli parliament. The $35,000,000 is to be used immediately to buy tractors, plows and other euipment need ed to step up the output of Is raeli farms. This increased food yield is required to feed the growing number of immigrants. The remaining $65,000,000 will be given the Israelis after they submit specific projects calling for American financing. cases have resulted in the student being campused or placed on con duct probation or both. Violations of the college regu lations which do not call for dis missal or suspension from the college are handled by the office . of the Dean of Men, The Com- . mandant, and Senior Court. It is hoped that the above few facts clear up some hazy points! Just in case some of us are still ! in doubt about just what goes on' in Faculty Panel, an attempt will be made to depict a typical case from its beginning to its end. The first «tep is the reading of the charges by the dean in charge of the panel. After the reading, the accused .states if they are cor rect or not, and also explains any special circumstances which may pertain to them that a$e not known by members of the panel. The head of the panel then ques tions the accused regarding the “Action” with which he is charged. Members of the panel are also permitted to ask questions. After these questions have been answered, the accused may present any evidence he wishes or may have anyone testify in his behalf. A faculty advisor usually testifies as to his character. When this period of “Question and answer and testifying” is over, all persons leave the room except the members of the panel. < Panel members then talk over v the evidence presented and vote whether the accused is “guilty or not guilty.” If he is not guilty the case is dismissed, but if he , is guilty, they decide on a sen tence. After discussing what they think the sentence should be, some mem ber proposes one and the panel votes. If four of the five members concur, then the sentence is ap proved. However, four out of five must agree on the sentence or the ’ panel members must continue theit discussion until a suitable sentence s is found. Usually three or foul sentences are proposed before a suitable one is found. The finding of the panel is then sent to the Dean of the College who must approve it; In case the Deat • of the College, who at this time is also Dean of Arts and Sciences, is sitting at the head of the panel, • the case must be approved by the President of the College. The stu--; dent* is then notified and the dis-: i ciplinary measures are enforced. nsg( :>j ? Open at Air Base Positions at Griffis Air Force Base, Rome, New York, are now available to electronic and mechan ical engineers with a background in electronics, Paul H. Figg, re gional director, announced today. This comes as a result of the consolidation of the Air Material Command’s electronics and - re search development activities, Figg added. Salaries range from $2974 to $6235 a year. Those interested may secure ap plication Form 57 from any civil service office and send it to head quarters, Griffis Air Force Base, Rome, New York, Figg added. » CATHOLIC MASS Friday 6:45 a.m. ST. MARY’S CHAPEL 1600 Meter Relay (Harnden) is Not Shown For the first tinie—fe Color &,TECHNICOLORjj|p“t^ Narrafed by Bill TED S1ERN • HUM A J. Arthur RANK PRESENTATION AN EAGLE LION FILMS RELEASE THURS. AFT. & AT 9:00 P.M. FRIDAY AIT. & NIGHT THURS. - FRI. - SAT —Features Start— 1:45 - 3:50 - 5:54 - 7:55 - 10:00 Wallace Beery Warner Baxter Mickey Rooney —in— “Slave Ship” A Re-release Plus Showing of The A&M vs. Rice Football Game of 1940 CARTOON — NEWS M/l'f-W THEATRE. TODAY and FRIDAY Color by TEOMHICOLOR Sat. Only—Double Bill Roys Rogers 6 EYES OF TEXAS' and — also Brenda Joyce in “SHAGGY” SUNDAY—“NAKED CITY” I Loretta Robert YOUNG- HOLDEN' Hfielid and t/$ MitMj&w limit! 4 Bryan 2* THURS. FRI. — SAT. darting Lana TurneY Gene Kelly June Aliyson Van Heflin - Angela Lansbury £ Frai Morgan • Vincent Price • Keenan Wynn j Mn Sutton • Gig Young • .Ss/ Diiected.by SIDNEY Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN • A MET^-GorowyN-MAVE™picture" Friday Nite Preview I ' The wonderful pair of “Mother Wore Tights” in a story that goes from Burlesque to Broadway! lil mhj ■ v ' ^ ** Directed by Produced by WraiARG 1 GEORGE M Screen Play by IAMAR TROTTI Adoptation by Elizabeth Reinhardt From a Play by George Manlier Wattert and Arthur Hopkinj