■ K i i ^.. j,. • Battalion EditO J rials I l-K 1 Page 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1949 -'1' ' a ': More Humanities to Balance the Seale .-y Concern over A&M’s present narrow graduates. Smajl^r companies, however, the inadequacies of a curriculum, and hope for curricula was shown last Thursday eve- can only bemoa ning by the members of the Texas A&M technical college [ I ' Chapter of the American Association of the best. University Professors.' This group heard A partner of| • and approved after several amendments consulting firm a prominent engineering in Houston told several the report of a previously selected Currie- Aggies this weekend of his personal know- ■j'. cpt total inability of on to write technical re- the public effectively, >eyond cine syllable. A {a ulum Committee. ’ ledge of the aim - In substance the report, endorsed gineering graduu unanimously, recommended broadening ports, speak bef] "the curricula at this institution in order or spell words to better prepare students for balanced graduate of last January was heard at the and responsible participation in the pres- game to say, "ij like my job fine (safety ent-day world.” Both the report and its work with an irislurance firm) but I’m go- attendant recommendations will be sub- ing to night school—taking public speak- •mitted to the president of the College and ing.” ; : | v , other administrative officials of A&M. - Suggestions :>f employers, words of We welcome this action by the campus wisdom by recOnt graduates, resolutions chapter of 4he AAUP and regard their passed by our faculty—these all point in t, m I:" consideration of the curricula as an ob jective approach toward possible curric ula changes in the near future. These changes, we feel, would better acquaint and prepare graduates from this college for the community beyond graduation. That community beyond the college gate realizes Already the shortcomings in oUr curricula, (and the curricula of most technical colleges) and some larger .com panies include remedial training in their initial training programs for hew college Slow Quarters Will Roll A' While Loil , - 1 W * _ v,. Trans-ocean travel for the masses is a V; -.1 I: rjjis ■ . ' T % r The Book Worn one direction, toWard a change in the pres ent curricula tq include hiore courses in the humanities hind in greater mastery of the English language. Education nc longer is considered de sirable if it is sc narrow and so specialized that it makes a man proficient only in his field ahd lost i:i consideration or discus sion of all others. Given; a broad base of knowledge, our graduates can both be specialists in their fields and also enlight ened citizens of :heir communities. make foreign concept that is finally getting a foothold bolster the doll s in the minds of many executives in trans- eral European o portation. This concept is no|t new: bus The only loqi tjours would substantially r-short economics of sev- airntries. d objection to the low cost Imes in this country realized that there are transportation }dea is made by those who not i tha millions of people in this country who just predict vast ou I j* J r ifj: want to get from one place to another. These people don’t care fo|\ and many can’t afford, luxurious inodes of travel. They’d rather pay a reasonable fare, ride in comfortable but not elegant s^ats, and maybe take a little longer to reach their destinations. J Most recent indication thit the "fast dimes rather than slow quarters gcr ilays in new equipment to handle the terrific loads drastic reduction “no’s”, " idea is ne H c.s i ■ 1 ’ taking hold^ in the heretofore luxury and service-bound overseas air transportation companies was a meeting in Mexico City recently ath the world Air Rktes'Confer- A plan to make aid c bl(£between New York $225 Avas discussed. This, the plan’s proponents believe d make a European tour within the once avai a for wou range of-.pocketbooks that now must dump This simple by-tproduct is much„ like the thei r- IlH in fares would b; not flat while.” World airlin new equipme: handle the "sloi jectors to coac more to pay off coach travel w| . Whatever tfoe whether, now o every reason t< )ach seiwice ? air and ship tr and London the 1950’s are A by-produ transportation of the world’s! ; ;mg. Their objections are but rather "let’s wait a companies have too much that was designed to quarters” trade ,and ob- travel want a few years this new eqqipment which I make bbsolete. fate jof coach travel, in a feW yeard, we have expect low-cost overseas vel for t|he masses before recorded; in hisdory. • ; of low-cost international is greater understanding people one fort another. ir money in less expensive tourist plac- sulfa derivatives gained during refining es ir; this country. The added hundreds of petroleum. Though not the chief aim of thousands of tourists annually that would the process, the by-product is invaluable. JSe true to the best you know. This is your high ideal. If you do your best, cannot do more. Do your best every j 'and your life will gradually expand satisfying fullness. Cultivate the hab- doing orie thing at a tinjie with quiet deliberation. ."Always allov Headline mi Island Press: Shed Her Bathmg Suit and Start Acting.” Will Rogerfe hero, about the - yourself a know when to sutficient margin of time in | which to do your work well. Frequently examine your working methods to discover and elimi nate Unnecessary tension. Aim at poise, repose, and self control. The relaxed worker accomplishes most. , ' 1 —Horatio W. Dresser This !thing of being a main Ithing to do is to- d>e. i , •r • Headline in une: Arrange Headline ing Seen Nowadays. the Jamaica, N.Y., Long Esther Williams Wants to the La Crosse, Wis., Trfb- Clothes For Easy Pickup.” the Tonis River New Jer sey Courier: "(More Nylon Underwear Bc- -j The Battalion : • J .h . I . "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentl Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradition* better balanced curriculum (See lead Editorial) ; Letters To The Editor ; (All letters (o the editor which are signed by • atudent or employee ot the UDSI college and which do not contain obscene olr libelous idgterlal will be published. Per sons wishing to have their names withheld from publication may request such action and these names will not, without the consent of the writer, be divulged to any persons other than the editors.) i A CHALLENGE TO THE CLASS OF ’53 Editor. The Battalion: I saw something Saturday morn ing that at first maldc mo mad, but, as with many things that first make you mad, it has now turned into a deep hurt. My fiancee plays a large part in this story. Upop arriving at A&M from Dallas on Friday she com mented on the large number of freshmen she observed hitchhik ing North rather than South the day before the corps trip to Hous ton. Later thiat afternoon, she read to me the editorial from the Freshmen Page of The Batt con cerning the lack of attendance of freshmen at yell practice and, yes, even at games on Kyle Field. I couldn’t believe what she read— freshmen studying through a Texas Aggie football game. Still doubting whether condi tions in the Freshman Class were as bad as they appeared, I went down to the Fispi Regiment pn Sat urday moming before the corps parade. Practically every outfit was short 30 to 50 per cent,! and in some cases even more. Thatls when it hurt, i. | Men, the cldss of '50 has been here four long, bleak, victory- starved football seasons. We’re seniors, and we haven’t ceased to yell, stopped marching in parades, or lost the spirit. The Freshmen Class has always been spoken olj as the "backbone” Official Notice MHOOl, OF KXU.NKKKl.VU November 3, 19-19 NOTlbE—ID CARDS—Will all students in all schools having ID Cards numbered below please phone or call at the Dean of Engineering Office (phone 4!-5744. or 4-S344I at 210 Petroleum Building and give the name corresponding to their card number. A new list will be published each day. H. W. BARLOW, Dean ol Engineering ' Will the students with the following Identification Picture Numbers please con tact the office of the Dean of Engineer ing Office 4-4834 as soon as possible 26. 49, S6. 74.1 $5. 147. 167. i44, 263. 287. 367, 306. 420. 425, 434, 436, 437, 440. 447. 452. 456. 460, 464. 480, 486, 488, 491. 496, 503, 504, C(05, 607. 510, 529, 537, 53". 538 . 546. 5lS, 15(21!. 749, 769, 844, 866, 868, 2204 , 2257. 2438.| 2828. 3110, 31^6. 3177. 3760. 376k. .3178, 3322. 3337, 33)80. 3411. 5412, 3413. 3461,1 3468, 3511. 3S30, .1610, 3689. 3709, 5792, 3814.1 38(20. 3822, 3851. 3867. 3858. 3895, 3936, 3944. ::9(69, 4004, 4016, 4047, 4056, 4038, 40l59. 11157. 4190. 4196. DIXIE NOW SHOWING - *WK! I ' r U1IMCC EWTCIfttSES Fn rauixri THI STORY OF of the Sjiirit of Aggielnnd. When the backbone breaks, the Spirit breaks. This weekend will present a good opportunity Cor you to attempt to redeem yourselves in the eyes of the sophomores, juniors, and sen iors. The bonfire is essentially a freshmen project. How about every freshman at the annex pitching in and building the biggest pile of wood in history? Aggie Spirit isn’t something that's farced. It’s the roar of a wildcat, (he click of shiningAbooJf, the music of the Aggie Band, and the words to The Spirit of Aggie- land. Yo'u fish will be seniors in three al| too short years. How about making a fresh start—start doing things the Aggie way? I’d like to meet the person who made the statement, “I haven’t seen the Aggies play and don’t in tend to.!’ I don’t think you de serve to| wear boots, a ring, or claim to be a Texas Aggie to any one, anyplace, at anytime. J. Ben Templeton ’50 Dorm 12, Room 115 ■ 1 . ' ■ A LOW BLOW Editor, The Battalion: What this school nejeds is more Fort Worth Aggies at the Fort Worth A&M Club meeting Thurs- daj’j November 17 after yell prac tice in the Science Hall Lecture Room. Sincerely, Wallace Hooper ’51 (Editor’s Note—You have slabbed us in (he back on our letters policy, but. since you wdre original, we herewith print your epistle. Henceforth, you and the legion of imitators ypu may at- > tract must turn to other means to advertise your meetings. That’ what our column ‘‘What’s Cooking” is for. This is but a reward for valiant effort.) Osaka Dancehall Hires Male Partners Only Osaka, —This is now the open season for guessing why John L. Lewis called off the coal strike. If you want to get in on [the act, here hre some possible reasons! why Lewi^ told his miners to resume work- Start with some background, Lewis’ contract with thfe mine owners ended June 30. Under that contact they paid into the miner’s health and welfare fund 20 cents on every ton of coal mined. Lewis wanted a new and fetter contmct: more pay, shorter hours, and more money for the fund. The owners didn’t budge. In pre vious years, when his contract ended, Lewis pulled his miners out, saying “No contract, no work." Three Day Week J f » -i j He didn’t do that this year. Instead, when the contract ended June 30 and no new one was signed, he ordered them to work only three daysi a week. This went on for a while. Then some mine owners turned Lewis’ old argument against him and refused to contribute any more to the pension fund, saying in effect: “No contract, no contribu tion.” But after the fund suspended payments, Lewis called his miners out on strike. This was Sept. T9. On Oct. 1 the steelworkers went on strike because the steel com panies wouldn’t meet their' de mands. But when, the steelworkers struck, this shut down the mills. They did not need coal while their strike lasted. Effectiveness Wasted Sc a good bit of the effective ness of the coal strike—in so far as it touched the vital industry and therefore might bring pressure on the mine owners to settle with Lewis—was wasted. When the strike! started Sept. 19 there were widely published estimates that this country had [oi) hand a supply pf coal to keep its industries, such as . steel and rail roads, going 50 70 days. Ill„ ...v.. , iey had been on strike 52 days. So at the very moment the coal supplies were running down and the strike was putting on increas ing pressure, LevFis called jis men back to work., FoV Public Welfare He said he did this for the pub lic welfare. It’s also possible his miners, workless a,nd payless for Q2 days with a settlement appaienU ly no nearer than when the strike started, couldn’t stand it any long er. '' j Li If that is tree—and some mine owners said Some miners were be ginning to drift back to work— Lewis might have (oft his grip ton the union. | Hart, Rudolph Lloyd, Buster Chaney, to the Alkies in 1927' iThe Jazz Singer”, ils| who followed irs, Joan Har- !j etc. Taylor con- wifh “Mrs ■HPL - leased In hie introduction, Mr. Taylor lehvea this 'thought with those who are inclined to chastise the motion picture j industry for 1 its failure to produce more quality pictures: “The movie is an art’ that his the misfortune to be like wise an industry. It serves a public that is voracious and uncritical ...j Considering the assembly-line conditions under Which the aver age picture mpst the wonder is, Inot so few good pictures, there are any at all.” /j n i i.t be turned put,! that 'there are but that) When Lewis sent his men back to work yesterday, they uionlj H i! r i! If Tall, Do Not Try Crime—Here Is Why ; New York, >—If a man is un usually tall, he better not try a crime career. That’s t|ie advice Magistrate Eu gene R. Canudo gave yesterday to six-foot-eight-inches-tall Ber nard Dugan O’Keefe, 18, w(io was held in $2,500 bail on a charge of burglary charge. 'j “No wdnder you couldn’t get away with it,” said the magistrate. “You’re so tall you couldn’t get lost in a crowd.” ' — Tr- PALACE Bryan 2-$$79 SHOWING TODAY (wsmm- a!/ H FttDM*MUBtff‘MAIIf0l tflttM IDgtAMPOFlJ i-V IHHicOlOR It! f TODAY Features Start 1:30 - 8:10 'yZ. 6:30 ? RELEASED FROM PRISON 1 TO FIGHT RACKETEERS//! 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