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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949
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A Letter to Our Letter Writers
Our “Letters to the Editor” column is fidential the name of any letter writer who
the best read section of this newspaper, requests su :h action.
All the readers with whom we have talked But there are some people who take
have said that it is the first thing they advantage cf this policy,
read in each day ? s paper. More and more of the letters we re
ive c<
y This is a good sign. It means that ceive come
with
the statement,
people are interested in both sides of ev-. “Please withhold my name.” Except for
ery question, and that they expect to find the fact thi.t the majority of these writ-
both sides in this paper. When our edi- ers do not wish to Subject themselves to
,torial stand on any subject does not meet
with general approval, the people who dis
agree with us use the letters column to
express their opinions. We are glad they
if eel free to write us when they disagree,
for only in that way can we, and our other such reque
fcadenp, get all the many vlewpolnte on time we haVe continued our policy. How
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criticism orl to accept responsibility for
what they write, there is no earthly rea
son for them to request us to withhold
their names. I J ;M I y
We do not believe the majority of
jtts< are valid, but until this
every campus topic. .~
Wo have always respected a person's
right to say what he wished in our letters
column. When the letter writers reques
ted their names withheld, we have always quest to withhold a name, but we ask the
respected those requests. letter writers who request ^uch action to
But, while adhering to this policy, we personally contact either of the two co
also believe that a person should be re- editors. If, n our opinion, we concur With
sponsible for what he writes. We^who the writer’s statement that his future
work for The Battalion are personally re- would be unduly jeopardized by printing
sponsible for everything that is printed in his name dong with his letter, we will
the paper. When-we make imistakes, as withhold h s name and it will be made
all of us do, we expect to answer for them, known only to the two co-editors.
When we take a stand on any topic, we ex- Howeveif we believe the request to
pect and get criticism. withhold tljie writer’s name is not valid,
By the same token, we believe tha,t then we wi, L expect him to permit us to
persons who wish to comment in the let- publish his name,
ters column should expect to be responsi- We beh’ive this policy change to be a
ble for what they write just as we are. fair one. Any person who is eligible to
We realize that an occasion might arise
f when it would be expedient to withhold
a .letter writer’s name, and it is for that
reason that we have agreed to keep con- authpr.
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ever, the abuse of this right to request a
name Withheld has made it necessary for
us to revise our policy,
We will still honor any reasonable re
submit and does submit letters for publi
cation in this paper should be man enough
to admit to the public that he is their
Another ‘John Paul’ Makes His
Mark
In the rush surrounding the Thanks
giving holidays, an important change in
our school’s staff was overlooked by many,
including us. _
Dr. J. P. Abbott, former dean of the
Annex, has been appointed dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, replacing
Dr. M. T. Harrington, who will take over
the presidential rains in June.
In our opinion, a wiser and more pop
ular choice could not have been made.
The little silver-haired gentleman—-and a
true Southern gentleman ho is—was the
logical man for the position.
At the Annex for the past few years,
ho has handled well a job which definitely
demanded an outstanding man. As dean
there, he earned the friendship, admira
tion, and respect of the) students as fresh
men. Now in upper; classes, they still
hold him b the same high esteem.
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Dr. Abbott’s program at the Anpex
was one which had a simple, constructive
outline. The program, however, needed
a man of a very high calibre to lead it.
Mediocrity could not have done the job.
He brought to the student who lived
under otheiwise undesirable conditions an
academic program in which he could dig
in, and reao results. He brought the stu
dent-prof relationship there to probably
a higher level than it has attained else
where in ti e college.
With h s own friendly ways, his sin
cere and man-to-man speaking, he upheld
the dignity of his office without reverting
to any ret trained veneer of supremacy.
Whether it was in diagramming an Eng
lish sentence or changing your major, he
was helpful. v
A&M—and any college—can well bc
proud to have such a man in such a posi
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A little boy returned from an oculist Vulnerable. In Honolulu, Laura Mc-
and was proudly showing an admiring lit- Connell got her divorce after she testified
that her hqsband spent five nights a week
playing bringe, the rest of the time talking
tie sister his first eyeglasses.
“You know,” he said, “I don’t have to
wear them for always — just for close bridge. 1
work, the doctor/said.”
‘Wftiat is close work?” asked the little
S irL
“Well,” stammered the boy, “you know
—for eatin’ and such stuff as that.”
I like to consider myself a go-getter,
But allj of a sudden I’m sick ...
I’ve just rjead the list in the three-page
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My chijjdren have written St. Nick!
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Letters To The Editor
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(All lettere to the editor
college and which do not contain
which are
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withheld
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eon* wlehlns to have their name* withheld frum publiratiua may requrtt mteh ballon
and these name* will not, without the ooiMeot of the writer, be divulged To any persona
ether than the edltora.
edltonu
THANKM
(Ed Note—Thin letter was re
ceived yesterday by C. G. (Spike)
White.)
Dear Dean White:
I am in receipt of a copy of your
laylor Stadii
paign stating that you have pur-
letter to the Baylor Stadium Cam-
chased a One hundred ($100) sta
diura bond on behalf of the Student
Life; Committee at A&M College.
The Athletic Department of Bay- v
lor University is sincerely appre
ciative of this fine evidence of the t,
feeling on the part of the A&M
student body toward a Baylor
University venture. This is appre
ciated by the students of Baylor
University, faculty and administra
tion, |as well as by the Athletic
Department.
I hope that we here at Baylor
may have the opportunity at some
time in the future to reciprocate
and show our appreciation to you
and the A&M students in a ma
terial way.
With kindest personal regards,
I am
Most cordially yours.
RALPH R. WOLF
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
CULPRITS NAMES WANTED
Editor, The Battalion:
Referring to the article about
the ; Christmas Holidays which ap
peared in Friday’s Batt, what is
meant by a “good number” of
students requesting shortened holi
days ? We think that if a poll were
taken, tho result would be that
the “good number” favoring short
ened holidays actually would be a
small minority.
There are many reasons why
most of us would like long holi
days, the main one of which is
that some of us need to work and
the time wo now have is too short
to satisfy any employer because
the holiday rush begins quite a
few days before Christmas.
As to the complaints of forget
ting what one has learned, we
do not agree. We know that four
more days would not make too
great a difference. Anything can
be forgotten in two days as well
as two weeks.
Incidently, just who arc the
“good number” that made .up our
Official Notici
PHVSICS nWABTMKNT
. December 5. 1949
Several vacancies exist In the staff of
student assistants in .Physics Department
Daboratoric. Men who were proficient in
sophomore physics or who have some
knowledge of photography are needed at
various periods throughout the week. Com-
pnsation is $ 00 per hour for new students.
Applicants kindly come to the office of the
Physics Department.
J. G. POTTER.
Head. Physics Department
mindn for uk?
R. H. Falkc ’51
C. J. Junck 50
(Editor'd Not*—The article In
Friday'n Battalion wan based on
a Student Senate report. Sub
sequent investigations, aa report
ed in yesterday's paper, revealed
that student suggestions had very
little to do with the shortened
Christmas holidays.
(The reference to student re
quests for a shorter Christmas
vacation were not actually re
quests as first reported at the
senate meeting. Rather, some
students—we don’t .Iqtow who—
had blamed long holidays last
Christmas as the reason for poor
grades on final exams which
were given in January of this
year.
(For further information, we
refer you to the stories on the
front page of yesterday’s Batt
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SO NEAR, YET SO FAR
Dear Student “Without a Brain”
I cannot express the ecstacy
which flooded my soul while read
ing your letter. You see, I too
am going through A&M without
a brain. That is, almost without a
brain. I am handicapped to a cer
tain extent for I have thej mis
fortune to be afflicted with a; small
fraction of cerebral cortex. The
cell therein causes me no (ind of
trouble. Not in my studies for M
you say, the profs are no good and
grades mean nothing to a “Red
Blooded Aggie"; however,; this
brain fragment insists on evaluat
ing Campus issues and oftentimes
even comes up with an “un-Aggie”
sentiment.
This brings a deluge of glowering
8181*08 and more often than not t)he
title of two-nercentpr,
This ostracism forces me Into tho
ranks of the unregonerate, unfor
tunate IndivlduiU Who think!
Oh, how I long for your cyaniul
void I If I could but rid myMj«lf of
this neuroglia 1 could join you In
your happy state. Then tho more
mention of tho word "Tradition"
would send me intc^ that nArcotic
state where consideration bf an
issue is pointless.
Not wishing to he known us a
cerebrated oddity, I request that
my name be withheld.
Name withheld by Request
TOUCHE'
Editor, The Battalion:
I suggest that, tn the future,
readers limit their letters to the
editor to a few short paragraphs,
and the editors limit their ans
wers to a few crisp sentences.
Too much space in the Biatt is
being used for private bull ses
sions.
Concisely yours,
Bee Landrum '50
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BY HAL BOYLE
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<r_or jwas it moss? Why di^ anyone It’s better to be homely your
need! a mouth that big, unless he ■ realize it young, and go oh to ot
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New York—•A 1 *—The lirst day wanfeq to swallow* crapkerjack j things. But some day I hope
I went to junior high school— boxes? to meet that blonde I kn-..
just 25 years ago—there was a Far the next ten years: I hated * junior high. I’m going to look
pretty girl sitting in froht of me that i face that looked out at me her drab, towsled hair, her wri
in English class. fro mi the mirror. jled face, her crepe papier
She was blonde, in a shaggy But at 23 I made an astonishing and whisper:
ry—I Was still pretty ugly,
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there. I though to myse f, “Boy, In ! the years since the)? I have
learned the firte Consolation that
time] brings to the homely. There
is only one way for them to grow
way. and had cupid bow lips and di:
a little brown freckle here and but [I wasn’t getting
if junior high’s like thi? I cer
tainly wasted a lot of time getting
through grammar school.’].
My new dream girlj turned
around, grinned at me and whis
pered:
"Wonder what you looked like be
fore the mule kicked you 1"
I waited until the teacher looked
the other way, and then whisper
ed in her fair ear:
“I never was kicked by a mple.”
She turned around and gave me
that heartbreak smile again, and
whispered.
"Oh was it s horse then?"
For a moment I didn’t under
stand what she meant. And then
I blushed clear down to my new
$2.95 tennla shoos, What this dar
ling doll was trying to tell me. was
that my face looked Hkr it had
taken a hoof maaaage.
No one before had ever told me
I was homely. '
That blonde was right! No doubt
of it. No nose needed to spread
that wide just to fill one pair of
lungs with air. Were those really
ears or coat hangers? that hair
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Glass Hears Draper
George Draper, supejrvisor of
the National Turkey Improvement
Plan at College Station, spoke to
the Turkey Production classes
Tuesday and Thursday ait 10 a. m.
He discussed some of the recent
improvements in turkey breeding
and national plans to cut down un
scrupulous competition.
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Jor a iv<>ckcn4 is a hop, sip, and a chump.
Thinks colleges ate halls of yearning.
Usually dance$ to meet the band... but goes
wild about ''Manhattan's' 1 Wildlife tics.
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