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^ ' Ba tta lion Editoria Is Page 2 THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950 Public Speaking in the Basic Division . . . The Battalion has, in the past, recom mended a slight change in the curriculum of all students which so far has been in vain. In hopes that perhaps our previous appeal went unnoticed, we’d like to go on record once again for requiring public speaking in the Freshman schedule in stead of the Senior. Public speaking is largely a matter of practice. The more opportunity a person has to speak, the better speaker he will become if given a start in the right direc tion. Here at A&M we wait until a man is read—or should be ready—to pick up his diploma before we expose him to a speech course. Undoubtedly he benefits from that course. But during the four years preceeding that course he has prob ably had many opportunities to speak in public which he either passed up or muff ed because he was unsure of himself. There is an attempt t o encourage greater student participation in represent ative campus government. Each year more and more men file as candidates for offices in the Student Senate. And each year, as elections are held, more men are placed in a position where they will be called upon to speak in public. Why don’t we teach the fundamentals of public speaking early? Why not give freshmen the right start in speaking, then allow them the opportunity to practice in their remaining years here what they have learned? It would fill them with more confidence and, if they are called upon to speak to a group of visitors, they will be able to better reflect their train ing here. Public speaking should be a course in the Basic Division, not the next thing to a post graduate study. Today’s Graduates and the Uncertain World . . . The words of thousands of Memorial Day speeches are still being repeated to day, two days since the actual observance of the day honoring America’s war dead. All of them stress two basic themes: (1) the desperate need for maintaining the peace for which so many men give their lives and (2) the necessity for preserving our military, economic and moral strength to withstand the batterings of commun ism. These two themes may appear to be contradictory but actually they are not. There can be no argument for the first. All people agree that peace should be the goal of all our negotiations. As Gen. George C. Marshall said Tuesday when he spoke at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, “Whoever wins another war, their generation will lose it — the victorious power will stand amidst its own ruins.” There has been some disagreement, on the second theme. Certainly our moral strength must be preserved. Our eco nomic strength has to be fortified too, for without that we will eventually lose bur power to combat communism. And our military strength must also be pre served and kept streamlined, for the time may come, despite our efforts to the con trary, when the issues between our na tion and Russia will have to be settled on the battleground regardless of the ulti mate end. This is an unpleasant fact, but as Gen. Marshall further pointed out, war “is better than appeasement” and “far better than submission to tyranny and op pression, because without freedom and respect for human dignity, life would not be worth living.” This Saturday more than 1,100 A&M men will be graduated. They stand as p a r t of other thousands of American youth who, in the face of continuing cri sis, have pursued successfully training de signed to fit them better for their places in the world. They all will be called upon to support and defend our struggle for peace and they are well equipped. Using knowledge gained here and at home and f for many of them, on the battlefields! they stand ready to assume their obliga tions. Today’s graduates are entering an un certain world. Let us hope that their knowledge and judgment may, in some measure, help to bring stability out of uncertainity. What Means ‘Economy’ . . . All this talk in Washington and over the nation about governmental economy doesn’t rest well with us. Not because ive want the taxpayer to spend more mon ey, but because if this economy business goes too far the taxpayer will realize that not a crying dime of his money is being spent where he can see it. National policies seem to have jelled such that a big bite of our budget must go for aid to countries overseas. This is well, good, noble, fine, etc. We agree that our foreign friends need our help, and dollars. While we give a sizeable chunk of our budget to places most of us will never see, we would also like to see some of our tax money spent here at home—so we can ob serve what it buys. We’d like to help ev erybody, and we’d like to help ourselves, too. Too frequently economy means strip ping vital domestic functions of govern ment in favor of maintaining a good front overseas. Domestic governmental func tions oftimes assume the proportions of pork barrel schemes—“I’ll vote for your post office if you’ll vote for my hospital” deals. Too rigid economy measures clear across the board while pursuing wasteful and inefficient practices elsewhere in gov ernment strip the people of one of the necessary ingredients of government — helpful and necessary domestic services. We’ll go along with the proponents of foreign aid. We’ll support some economy measures. But we want to be sure these economy measures won’t lessen domestic govern mental service. We’ve poured too much money down rat holes—China, for exam ple—to not assume the questioning atti tude on all governmental expenditures. The Battalion "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradition* 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 oriein publish ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. 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 during the regular school year. Dur- jrtg the summer, The Battalion is published four times a week and circulated every Tuesday through Friday afternoon. Subscription rates $2.00 per summer. Advertising rates furnished on re quest. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, lioodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Stuudent Activitie* Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. Entered ai *econd-elas* matter at Poet Office at College Station, Texaa, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of Represented nationally by National Ad- The Associated Prcu yertlaing Service In*., at New Vork City. Chicago, Loa Angeles, and San Francisco. DEAN REED, L. O. TIEDT Co-Editors Sid Abernathy Feature Editor Frank Manitzas Sports Editor RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET President Says Goodbye, Welcomes Successor To the class of 1950 go my best wishes for a successful business and profesionals life. As you as sume new responsibilities and take up new duties you will find need for the knowledge which you have acquired and the judgment you have developed in your college life. Whatever your sphere in life, you must work with other people. You need the friendship of your fellows—remember that to make friends one must be friendly and genuinely interested in others. For those whose college careers are not yet complete, I wish a pleasant vacation and a safe return to col lege in the fall, determined to pre pare yourselves fully to meet the responsibilities and take advantage of the opportunities that may come your way. After I confer the degrees to morrow night, I shall retire from the presidency of your college and place its guidance in the hands of my worthy successor. I bespeak for him your cooper ation and support. I shall continue to be connected with the college in a non-administrative way, and I hope to have opportunity to know you better and to render you any service I may. F. C. BOLTON President of the College Navy Plans Tests For New Weapon WASHINGTON—(A 5 )—The Navy is planning to turn its newest weapon — the guided missile — against one of its own vessels to find out whether the giant rockets can sink a warshin. Officials who refused use of their names disclosed this project, but they declined to say when or where the experiment will be staged. They indicated, however, that the test may alter naval tactics almost as radically as did the late Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell when he proved almost 30 years ago that a battle ship could be sunk by aerial bombs. NOW SHOWING SPECIAL PREVUE FRIDAY 11 P.M. PREVUE SAT. 11 P.M. TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Starts Today— 1:50 - 3:50 - 5:50 - 7:55 - 10:00 —Fiday Features Start— 1:30 - 3:30 - 5:25 - 7:20 - 9:15 SINGING GUNS CA-lloVUtU} BLA GAINES T72 ^ • A IE8UBUC PICTURE AVAILABLE THURSDAY MORNING 30# to 500 FIBER DRUMS For Storage and Shipping Purposes LAUNDROMAT ONE-HALF-HOUR LAUNDRY College Station bank holiday The banks of Bryan and College Station will be closed Saturday, June 3, 1950 in observance of Jefferson Davis birth day, a legal holiday. FIRST NATIONAL BANK CITY NATIONAL BANK FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST CO. 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