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What IS a College Education? .{,
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We recently
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rd several discussions
value of a college edu
cation. Perhaps Approaching graduation
inspired these talks or maybe it was the
combination of a new semester and the
arrival of spring-like weather. But, what
ever the cause, the talks have been in
teresting to say the least.
Our curiosity was aroused as a result
of these discussions. So much so that we
decided to look for a good answer to the
question,
We think we’ve found it in a book by
Frank L. McVey, “A University is a Place
. . . A Spirit.” McVey was president of the
University of Kentucky from 1917 until
1940. His answer to the questioin, “What
IS a College Education?” is this:
“College education is a process of
growth, planning and preparation. It is
an opportunity to know what the great
of the world have said and done. It should
be a period during which the student
learns the accomplishments of govern
ments, the cause of disasters, the errors
men have made, and the victories which
wonf
have been
"This period of four years should bring
to the student a sense of human progress,
an understat ing of the methods of sci
ence, some appreciation of literature and
the other art*, and a reverence for God
and man. It it a time When he discovers
his associates* catches some idea of the
What IS . Con^ Education,'
During this time he ought to learn how
to approach a] problem, how to analyze it,
and how to i^st its truth.
“Four yeairs of college should give to
the student ai larger tolerance, an awak
ened “curiositjy,” a knowledge of how to
acceptance of integrity of
atest of human endow-
FEBRUARY 8, 1950
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picture industry which sets
and molds the opinion of
Peppy’s Worry Over Our Morals
Representative R. E. (Peppy, alias by the moliioi
“Voice of the People”) Blount, constant the standards
worrier over public morals, and candidate our populace.”
for state Commissioner of Agriculture The concern of these legislators over
fathered another bill in the state legisla- our moral welfare should be appreciated
ture Monday.. ! j r by the peopl^ of Texas. Why should we
The bill, actually a resolution, seeks to worry over) jmblic morals, or even our
ban Ingrad Bergman’s latest film own morals as long as these few legisla-
“Stromboli” from Texas movie theaters..
Blount, along with five other solid citizens
in the legislature, want the ban “not be
cause lof what will be shown in the picture,
but because of the immoral incident it at
tempts to glorify, condone and glamorize
at the expense of, detriment to, and de
generation of our younger impressionable
society.”
The resolution continues, "Hollywood,
due to said investment, attempts to sub
ject and expose to the youth and public
of our nation a degrading and disgraceful
incident seemingly justified and approved
tors are eager to do our thinking for us?
Should the resolution (now sidetrack
ed in a committee) pass, Texans would
be relieved of having to> make the choice
of whether oij not to see the picture which
may be just Another lousy movie.
Govemmejnt (this time state govern
ment, but sti I government) would be tak
ing another step! into our private lives,
and hasten i is further to the state con
ceived in the book Ninetcen-Eighty-Four.
A few more such resolutions, and all
we’d need would be the "Big Brother Is
Watching You” signs.
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Somebody’s Own Grandpaw, Jesse James - .
Folks in Union, Missouri have a lot to
talk about these days — seems Jesse les and Stel]
■James has come back to town and wants to tions in the
legally establish his name. The old man the present
go-
wh<f claims he is Jesse James is now
ing under the name of J. Frank Dalton,
i J. Frank (Jesse) claims he took that
name after the real J. Frank Dalton was
shot by a man thinking he was Jesse.
Jesse, seizing the opportunity to be dmd,
fixed up J. Frank so he’d pass for Jesse,
and folks in Jesse’s part of Missouri be
lieved he had been shot dead.
It’s all a mixed-up affair and it is fur-
Jesse’s son, Jesse E. James of Los Ange-
a F. James have filed peti-
Union courthouse to contest
Frank Dalton’s claims that
he is the rea Jesse James.
They don
’t think J. Frank should get
that the real
the name J€sse. This, because they feel
Jesse is dead.
ther complicated:
Jesse’s relatives.
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“As I would not be a slave; so I would
not be a master. This expresses my idea
of democracy. Whatever differs from
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Claims and counterclaims by inlaws
and outlaws have complicated this legal
entanglemen ;, and left us not sure wheth
er to believe the days of the old West are
still with us inlthe person of Jesse James,
or, if they pre long past, but imposters
remain.
this, to the Extent of the difference, is no
democracy.”
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Kiwanis Hears Leipper
College Station Kiwanians heard
Dr. Dale Leipper, head of the
new Department of Oceanography
at their weekly meeting Tuesday.
Telling of plans for a staff of
five professors for next year, the
oceanographer discussed the mil
itary and industrial aspects of the
field. Oceanography also plays an
important part in cultural and soc
ial life, he said.
D. C. Jones, Jr., Brazos District
Scout Commissioner, presented the
new charter to Boy Scout Troop
102 at the meeting. The charter
was presented ta A. C. Magee,
chairman of the troop committee.
Troop 102 is sponsored by the Ki
wanis Club.
Magee, in turn, presented the
charter to Scoutmaster Bill Man
ning, paying tribute to the lead
ership of the volunteer adult lead
ers in College Station scouting.
Scouts who were present for the
program were Eagle Scouts Jack
Burchard, Walter Parsons, John
Hildebrand, and Life Scout Day-
ton Moses, all members of Troop
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Burchard presented « fivc-min-
Of/icial Notice
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are now Avnllnble at the office of Hr,
Oeor*e W. Totter. Prertiedlenl-Tretlental
Advinor. Room 1.1, Hclonce Hall. All r»re-
medte‘il-pred#ot«»l nttidentH who expiM to
apply for admltalon to the profeMinnal
schools In 10M are required to take this
test of the follow-up teHt to be Riven No-
vmber 13, 1950. ApplIcntibnH for the May
13 test muat be in Princeton; New Jersey
before April 29.
O. E. POTTER
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOR
GRADUATE DEGREES IN JUNE. 1950
All candidates for graduate degrees in
June; 1960, must be registred In the G«td-
uate: School this sevnestr. It Is the stu
dent’s responsibility to both register and
check with ihe Graduate School to see
that his record is clear for 'graduation, both
scholastically and in every other way. This
includes filling out a request for admission
to candidacy for the degree in June.
The faculty Is requested to assist their
students in meeting all these requirements
promptly.
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‘Pinkie’ Solves Mystery
Of Missing Birthplace
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By C. C. MUNROE
Suppose somebody were to write
ii asking where on the A&M
pus they haif been bom?
ppose, also,
wrote the
birth]
ute resume of troop activities
during the past year.
Chairmen Named
An entire group of new commit
tees was announced by Joe R.
Mothcral, Kiwanis president.
Chairman of the committees are:
Bob Cherry, attendance; Charies
LaMotte, boys and girls; Charles
Hart, business and civic' develop
ment; J. G. Gay, church support;
Dan Russell, crippled children.
L. S. Richardson, education; W.
M. Potts, underprivileged child
ren; Dixie Southern, finance;
George Summey, Jr., house and re
ception; A. D. Henson, transpor
tation, Homer Adams, inter-club;
Wayne Stjark, program; Clyde
Rainwater, Kiwanis education; and
Dick Hervey, entertainment-re
creation, are other committee
heads.
Donald
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R. Stark, vo-
R. L. El
kins, membership, complete the
group of chairmen.
Local AAIIP Meet
Set for Thursday
The local chapter rtf the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors wil) inept Thursday
night, Feb, i), ih the Physics
Lecture Room, Otis Mlllhr, vice-
president, announced today.
Final action will be taken on
the report of the committee on
“Proposed Criteria for Granting
Promotions and Salary Increases
at Texas A&M College.” !
Faculty participation in the Col
lege Classroom Teachers Associa
tion, a division of the Texas State
Teachers Association] will also be
discussed.
Dr. Melvin Brooks; President of
the local AAUP chapter, is in St.
Louis attending a special school
for census workers.
, that the person
i letter knew that
iplace had been either
>r Gathright Hall?
to go even further, sup-
the writer was a woman?
ell, such a thing happened
last month. Tile writer was
. Cora Carieton Glassford, li-
ian for the Daughters of the
_ iiblic of Texas. The person who
received the letter was P. L.
“Pinkie” Downs Jr., assistant di
rector of information and publiea-
' tions for the college.
Mrs. Glassford is the daughter
of' a former A4M commandant,
Lt. Guy Carleson. She asked
“Pinkie” for two of the A4kM
Commeorative plates, one with a
picture of Foster Hall on it and
thej other with a pictu -e of Gath-
right.
Mrs. Glassford knew that one of
the buildings was her birthplace
but she wasn’t .sure which one.
“Pinkie” didn’t know either,
but he decided to find out since,
his reputation for knowing all
about A&M’s history was at
slake. He also had a personal
Hia uncle
riend
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and a copy]
request to F
interest in the mai
was a secretary
of President Ga
“Pinkie" aent a
of Mrs. Glassford
E. Gtesecke, _
Clast, of ’86 an<f
for many years,
close friend of Ltl
Gtesecke in reply informed
“Pinkie".that Lt. Carieton and his
family formerly liVed oh the sec-
ond or third floor of the four-
part of Gatjirigt
over thi
art of Gatiiright, directly
e officers mess. At that
Story
time, both the cadet and officers
mess were located in GathrightJ
Foster Hall, GieSecke said, was
hot built until after Lt. Carleson
completed his toiir of duty
compl
A&M.
Mrs. Glassford will get a lettei
from “Pinkie" thi* week enclosinj
a copy of this article. And, unde;
separate cover, she will receive i
complimentary addition to her
plate collection. The addition wilt
have on its surface a Wedgewood
reproduction of her birthplace,
Gathright Hall.
, Such is the service of “Pinkie"
Downs, the official greeter and
unofficial historian of A&M Col
lege. <
Electric Course
For Rural Co-ops
G. L. Williams, director of the 1
Industrial Extension Service, has
announced a series of training
courses to be conducted for super-
vistors of Texas Rural Electric
Cooperatives.
Williams said some 20 classes
were planned to instruct about
300 persons in supervisory posi
tions in the 79 cooperatives in the
state.
The three-day classes will be
held at locations convenient to each
of the cooperatives, and a suffi
cient number of classes will be
hel|d to enable each cooperative to
serid all its supervisory personnel
without interrupting, the work
schedule.
if any cooperative has eight or
mcirc person* in supervisory posi
tions, a special class may 1>« hold
on| its property, providing ar
rangements can be made for the
supervisory ijio r som |0 ' to attend
class four hours each day.
NOTICE VETERAN N
There will fac two representative*
frdm the Veteran's Administration
Rciblonal Office, Waco; Texas in
rohm 260, Blzzell Hall from 9:30
toi 1:30 Thitrsday, February 9,
19(50. Veterans with any V. A.
prbblcms arc encouraged to see
these representatives regardless of
any previous action taken on their
problems.
TAYLOR WILKINS,
Vet* Advisor
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