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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1950)
1 ■ ' Battalion Editorials MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1950 The System’s Head in Good Hands L ' ' Nine men sat around an ovial shaped table on^the campus last Saturday morn ing to decide the affairs of the A&M Sys tem. The affairs of the System ranged from the acceptance of gifts to the various colleges in the System to decisions on basic curricula matters, from donations of trac tors, to the new Department of Ocean ography here at A&M. Members of the Roard of Directors are average looking men, executives, In oil, in business, in industry. Anothcjr mefriber is an engineer-contract or. A publisher and a merchant round out the Board. ' i I ’ We have been greatly impressed by the sound judgement manifested by the pre sent Board of Directors of the A&M Sys- j tem. They conscientiously serve the peo ple of Texas'and the several divisions of; the System, without compensation beyond travel expenses and personal satisfaction preaching middle age. Each man has been derived from membership to the Board. successful in his field and has been ap pointed by the governor, approved by the Texas Senate to manage the over-all pol icies of the System. Three of them de pend on the soil for their living, either ranching or farming. Three others are After attending' 1 Saturday’s Board meeting, we are still convinced that the administration of the A&M System is in capable hands acting in the best interests of the state, and students, present and future, bf colleges in the System. Brightening the Outlook for Freshmen Saturday’s decision of the Board of Directors to create a separate Basic Di vision designed for freshman should prove • a monumentous milestone in academic ad vancement here. / — Creation of this division should de finitely decrease the number of freshman . failures due to unwise choice of courses. A stern leadership and guidance^ program, yet one In which each individual can be aided,!»the major factor In the euooeea of this plan. / - Under the present set-up, if a fresh- man enters the School of Engineering or any of the other eehools, he. starts aiming Now an; entering freshman will be placed in the Basic Division. Here he will receive college work; yet he will be faced with no major decision as to his field of endeavors. Phe Basic Division also will, be required for transfer students with de ficient academic backgrounds in certain resjHjcts. J The Basic Division is but one of the two major decisions of the Board which will affect future A&M freshmen, The lease on Bryan Field wag ordered termin ated on or about June fl. President Bol ton Immediately-announced that ail class es will be held ami all students wilt be immediately towards a degree In his cho- housed on the main campus, beginning next sen field. - M X Fall. ' ' I . - K " The June Commencement Speaker: A Private’s General Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United : States military services Gen. Omar Nelson_Bradley will address men who have served under him in World War II and men entering officer reserve status at the June commencement ceremp- nies. Omar Nelson Bradley will alsci re ceive ^the Honorary Degree of Doctor of .Laws fropi Texas A&M College on this commencement occasion. Before him will !be assembled one of the largest graduating class in the history of Texas A&M College. The larger por tion, of this graduating class will be veter ans of the last waiv The presence-of Bradley is compatible with history. His generalship in the great war that postoned these veterans’ grad uation two, three, or four years meant . much in this nation’s achievement of vic tory in Euirbpe. His leadership in the post war defense establishment of the United States affects every American, whether he is a reserve officer, a man on active duty, or a taxpayer contributing over 25 cents of every tax dollar to military pre paredness. General Bradley is now concerned with unifying the jbranches of the Armed For ces to more efficient and less costly opera tion. He ip also concerned with keeping America’s military position strong and prominent among world powers. In this : period of shaky international peace, the words of Bradley could easily be addressed both to A&M graduates en tering their careers and to the people of this country. Whatever his views express ed at commencement, they are worthy of our consideration. Towers and Frustrated Bookmakers Men who have wagered on when the tower on the Petroleum Engineering Building will topple down will be disap pointed by the Bbard of Directors auth- orizntioli last Saturday of $20,000 for re pairs, jj . / The cracks in the tower have been , Wo nominate the area just sojuth-enst of the power plant around the thermom- —Titer to bo called "The Great Bog." Rainy day» lust week have made that area where hundreds of our students pass dully a growing 1 noticeably and several campus bookmakers have taken bets on the date of the tower’s collapse. These enterpris ing bet takers will be frustrated for a few days, but there are other buildings on the campus deserving of wagers on when parts of thorn will drop to the ground in com pliance with the laws of gravity, regular quagmire. ji . A few. wheel barrows full of gravel would remedy the situation fine, and our nominatloii would no longer be appropri ate. 11 4 ttoodwin Hall. 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Per sona wishing to have their names withheld from publication may request such action and thee# names wilt not. without tha eoosest of tha writer, ha divulged to any persona other than the editors.) r imper rimuril- of Ouion Hitll. I with Himweml by «n intiflii on COMMAND PERFORMANCE Editor, Tim Hnttsllon: On Tutmdsy, Jttn, 1<), open lettel' in your Ing the operation the front pnge by Mr, Fuibly (the nmimger) unil nn eilitoi'inl on the newnn pnge of the Weilnemlity te- sue, The first Ihlntr t wnnl to any iw thgt i bold the blglieat regnrd for Mr, Puddy. lie In it good thejatre manager and the college la lucky to have a man of thin calibre In auch a position. Secondly, 1 ilon't want to gel In to a running gun fight with the heads of the col lege an to their crude wpy of operating Gulon Hall, Third,; my intercut Mn the matter dealn Svith the admission price, a ten ceht ad- n^sslon at Ouion Hall would afford many of the students the oppor tunity to see motion pictures that are now not attending Guipn Hall or any theatre because of the high admission price. Motion pictures should be used by the college As a relaxation for the students instead of trying to show a big profit from its operations. I note with interest that Mr. Puddy states that the theatre showed a profit of $200.54 for a two-year operation. To a man in the theatre busipess, this is an unreasonable statement. liiidould say that the candy counter Would show that much or more profit in a two weeks’ operation and at the longest over a one-month period. I have seen the. records of film companies regarding the amount of gross that percentage pictures have made, and this information is what makes Mr. Puddy’s Statement so unreasonable. , Guion Hall is paying top film rental for its old pictures and the Official Notice ORDINANCE NO. 141 AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAW FUL TO ALLOW A DOG TO RUN AT LARGE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITX; PROVIDING THAT A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF A DO(i WHO ALLOWS THE SAME TO RUN AT LARGE SHALL BE Elhf AND SPECIFYING THAT EAfcH STANCE A VIOLATION , OF THIS DINANCK OCCURS SHALL HE CON- SIDEHEt) A SEPARATE OFFENSE. HE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS! Sm-tlim I. It iiIinH Im> uiiUwtui Hi allow n iliur tu run at largv within tha limit- of the City. S-rliiih g, Any iMirann r—iKin-lblv fnr thr vi,rv ttf n dog who allow- th- aamo In run nt largo within thr llntlta of tnn City -hall ha guilty.of g nil-domra nor and uttt.o eonvletlon ahall ltd flnvd out Inaa Ihuu Ion (llO.liOi riollaru nor mtinf; than flfly (IMMini dnliara, Hoi'llon H, Each Inatam'- that a vkila- lion of thia nrmtianr- iwirur- ahall la nttn- aldarnl a aatiaraln offanai*, Kattlluii 4. Thta ordlnahnn ahall to* off*,*. II vo from nnd aftor i>a-*ago and |>iiblloa- lion. Pa-aod nml n|i|>rovod tho »th day of January, IM0, APPROVEDI [ a /Ernyat Langford Mayor; ATTEST: a/N. M. Met, Inn la City Socretary - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CONFLICT EXAMINATION SCHEDULE All atudenta who have conflict* In their final examination -chedula should refer to the -chedule of conflict examination- which is posted on the bulletin board in the Aca demic Building. This -chedule will indicate the time that all conflict examinations are to be given. It la the responsibility of each student who lias a conflict to Check the schedule and take the examination at the time indicated oh the schedule. Students who have conflicts not Covered by this schedule should report to the Registrar’s Office immediately and have an examination schedule planned for the conflict. ^ hjEAtok, Registrar Amount of rental would be a sur prise to any interested party] if it were made publie. Of course the film company wants to see the college charge a high admlHsion, movie firm will reap Heri'ctdagH Wrong Dallas Graduate Record Examinations will given here February 8 and 4. Applicati. for permission to take the exa must be received at the Pr . . before January 21. Application blan be obtained directly from the E<’ Testing Service. P. O. Box SM. 1 N. J.. or from Dr. W. A. Varvd. ment of Education and Psychol Profeasor of- Walter A. Va hocauso tho more money from it* pt iilctut'ea, If Ouion Hall were to lower U* ailmieaion price to ten cents, the film company wmiltl tie forced to continue to serve the college with pictures ns It tloes now, There Is a federal law that lhe film comtmhy chnnot tell a theatre whitl ntlHilsslofi to charge. Mplke White ami Mr.i Puddy are both well aware of that, a As to Its cost of operation—Mr, Puddy Is the only mah on a full time salary (and ItV not high enough). The operators and the other student's and student wives . who work at the theatre receive a ; low hourly wage rate, and work only n certain numbers of hours per week. Mr. White, these figures should he made public* In a state ment of operation cost of Guion Hall, I am sure the Batt would like to print a true statement of “cost of operation”. jBe sure to mention what the operators, cash iers, doormen, and concessions handlers get for their work and the number of hours each work per week. Another reason that Guion Hal) is not making money is on account of its huge pass list. While you are going to make public some figures, let’s have a look at the names on the “tax only” pass list. “For the love of mike. Spike”, you couldn’t operate any kind of business if you give away your merchandise. I would like to make the col lege a deal—I will lease Guion Hall on a 12 montl) basis, not change any of the personnel, but raise their wage scale, lower the admission price to ten cents for students, give them a day a week for their Town Hall and other « student shows, etc., show better pictures quicker than is now be ing done, and give the theatre a better operation. For this lease, I will pay $10,000 per year with option of renewal at the same figure. Again I say that the theatre admission should be ten cents far students and their families only. Rid it of the commercial angle and It will show a huge profit and al low all students a chance to re lax and enjoy motion pictures. And PLBA8R don’t mislead the atudenta with tho fact that you can’t get good pictures nt thl* figure, be cause YOV CAN. And you tfan buy all your pictures on a flat rental basis for a figure under $26 If you really want to, nlpco tho theatre Is part of tho nhn- thrcutrlcHl operation and] for the. students of a state college. I hope you will give tho above operation a try for Ml) days, Yours truly. Jack A. Farr P. S. I might also add that you operated FRKK SHOWS at the Grove last summer for all who wished to attend. You had some big crowds that would number; In the thousands. Your concessions sales were big. If iyou can do this in the summer you should be able to charge a ten cent admis- > sion price throughput the regular school year and draw big crowds and increase your concessions bus iness in Guion Hall. (Editors’ Note—Since you are in no way connected with the college, we were under no obli gation to reprint yoar letter. We did so in order that you might have the opportunity to clarify your position in regard to your previous statements on Guion Hall’s operation. (Henceforth, your actions on this matter wrill, if they are newsworthy, be covered in our regular news columns. (In line with our policy of sub- ! mitting letters such as yours following article : is n eachers Tews Coin et Credit, nistSavs fitment . of rould insure criminality, portion of Lynn Landrum’s col umn “Thinking, Out Loud,” In the Jan, 12 issue of the Dallas Morning News.) Dr. Frederick Eby, profeeCsor of the history and philosophy pf edu cation at the University of Texas, thinks young Texas should go to school the year round. He is quoted as saying that public education is not really a function of the state— whatever he may" have meant by that, and that education is 100 years behind the times in meeting social needs. < i. *; Dr. Eby declared that “the pro fession” (the teaching profession) “is held in such disesteen that Its judgment is not considered of value.” Again: “A century ago the peo ple of this country were sole advised that the enlightm ’ the minds of children woul* against want, vice and crir and lead to a higher civilization. Want has decreased, but vice and criminality have not. Crime and delinquency are ; today at: an all- time high in this land of liberty and plenty.” \ Dr Eby thinks the remedy is more school. Error Both the church—the latterday church to a considerable extent— and the school have fallen into error on ono point. It is; a vital point. And that point is thM: Right eousness and character are riot taught. They are caught. There is nothing new about that. There is nothing hew in the phras- >.*iw ..■■j — : wjj"— t.. to affected parties for comment, we asked G, "Spike" Whlje, HNaialtant dean of sludenU for ncilvilin, for a alalement, H* said, "Mr, Furr *»d J are In* agreement on the nialter of not \wiiiting lo Indulge In a 'running glut right' on this or miy other mailer, I so. ("An It has l»en pointed mil before, Goloh Hair Theatre Ac count la audited regularly by the proper authorities, If Mr. Farr has any doubt as In the accuracy of statements made pre viously by Mr, IMnltly on tlhs matter, 1 suggest”, White c^m- eluded, “that he take his com plaints direct to my superiors in the A&M System or; to the State Auditor.” KARR’S WILLINGNESS " Editor, The Battalion*: One wonders to what extent Mr. Farr’s altruistic Help-the-Poor- Texas-Aggie campaign is inspired by his “willingness” to leabe Guion Hall for $10,000 a year .j . . jand to what extent a virtualistic mono poly. of second-run showk in the College Station area would affect play dates at the Skyway and at Guion Hall. Sincerely, Peggy C. Owens j (Eds. Note: Miss Owens read Farr’s letter, printed above, and which appeared first In a Bryan paper.) FULL COOPERATION IN GUION Editor, The Battalion: I have noticed with regret what appears to be an effort by certain commercial interests to ; discredit the present management ;of Guion Hall as campus entertainment cen- ter. -j Jj • U In building up the course* in LAST DAY imssn* COMING: TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY gnus i'*" laqU MS Mm »>»»*» But the cold nq essential ing of the idea, is that there is tionship between a Ph.D. and er righteousness or character. Any body can become ai Ph. D. But our school system is built on the proposition that better teach ing comes of higher degrees. It isn’t so.* Dr. Eby’s remarks show that isn’t so. A Ph. D. may be a saint or; he may’be; a sex pervert. The school system pf Texas, from the bottom on up to the University of Texas, has found that out from actual experience. Mistaken System j; • j The trouble is very simple to diagnose. It is hard to cure. The trouble is (hat when we hire a teacher, we - judge him by his pupils. Here is Adoniram G. Whiz- zlephat. He studied mathematics under Einstein, has a 3 Ph. D P from Harvard, can’t add up a laundry list, puts his. name down on Communist-ffont list that fered for signature, and is pretty shady in hirpatriotism, but has “published” ip a number of mathe matical journals. | **. Then, again, here is Adam HaT- digger, who has raised a family of fine lads, is a natural leader of young people,* is still in love with his wife after thirty years and has turned out of his classes a suc cession of fine citizens who went on to be engineers, astronomers, re searchists and business leaders of note. But Hardigger never got his Ph.D. According to the system, Hardig ger rates the little job at the low salary. But Whlszlephat is a great liberal educator with big pay."; j H Needs Uhanitni We need a new degree, Why not a Doctor of Education which will not he awarded until after ten years of actual teaching T By that time, yau know, a muIImIiIo survey »m«*R«w«aMiMeRgm«iima*4RiMgpMgMrtBmBpiiiMMBaBRa«aaUiaa»waemp)ijV "Great Issues" by bringing such men as Uamlnlph ('hurcnlji, Kctf- mtl HmtseveU, Walter TJuranty, and ntbecs In the canV|ius, it ha* been necessary on fk. number i(f nccasbrns In Urn sprlbg Of 1II4N and 11)41) in use Guinn Hall frail) Miami 7lH0|tb 0:110 pi trt.i thus |ird. venting It* use for rjtovle* at such time. 1 wish to say that tn every oije of these Instances the Great Is sues Committee has had the fullest, promptest, and most efficient co operation from Mr. Puddy, Quldn Hall’s present manager, not only on having the building "all sot” for such use, but also by install ing maps and other small items jof equipment which were needed. Iti short, his assistance to this com mittee’s work has left nothing ] to be desired, and has been given pleasantly and. cheerfully. Very truly yours, of the man and his wore will de termine* his character, ns influ ence upon the private lives of bis students—and his ab lity » “spark” his studonUx int» puttir g a little of their own «rive and steapi into the project of toughen ing their own brains, «wakening their own. intellects and dedicating their own talents. , But no Hardigger, however fine he is, can put charactt r into \ blackboard education or certify tp it on an examination grac e. He got to be so upright hinself others will take him for the noi of uprightness, so kirdly others will want to be like him, honest that his student i will ashamed to be dishonest with 01* Hardigger. ■ 'jj• J | None of this is new to Dr. Eby who undoubtedly is in favor ol teachers who. can teac i and ii favor of teachers who are wonder fpl examples in chara, jter. Ant yet the good doctor iq a il right at right can be’when he says Dial schools are failing v to turn.out th< sort: of citizens that most of ui seem to expect of the i chools. S. R. Gammon Chairman Issues Committee on i PA1ACE Bryan 2'8$79 SHOWING TODAY /Qi/JW. IfSWfMVWtMt- ...|| NEW KMD OF Ml! Mr. Hw4-T*-««t 6mt >» ■staid IfF* QUEEN TODAY thru TIIRSDAY na m Head of Tessie Ex Students to Speak Mrs- Vada Francis Hale of Dal las, president of the T3CW Ex Student Association, wil be gucs' speaker here for the Extensioi Service Club on Januar / 19 at n.jiw. Mrs, Hale will speak oi “Hobbles ami ('lafls," using hei collection of dolls as illustrutivi material. At 7 p, m. 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