Battalion Editorials
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951
Skirt Tales
OLD RELIABLE COMES THROUGH
Seniors Guard Stunt Replica
If We Lead...
N EVER underestimate the international
power and prestige of the people of the
United States.
The first question we asked ourselves
when we learned that the United Nations
Political Committee had branded Commun
ist China an aggressor in Korea was “What
finally got the United Nation to acting in
stead of merely talking?”
There could be many answers. And prob
ably all of them are partly right.
It might have been the result of the work
of Warren Austin, United States Delegate to
the United Nations.
It could have been that the European
nations were strengthened in their resolu
tions by the assurance that Eisenhower was
organizing an European army.
But the most nearly correct answer would
be that the United States finally took its
proper place as the leader of the western
democracies. The action that proclaimed
such leadership came, not from the president,
but from Congress, which more nearly rep
resents all the American people.
Last week Congress, with a minimum of
talk, passed a resolution saying, “The Uni
ted Nations should immediately act and de
clare the Chinese Communist authorities an
aggressor in Korea.”
That resolution told the “undecided” na
tions of the world that the United States was
not undecided. It told them we are not so
afraid of Russia that we will sacrifice our
ideals to prevent war!
And so after weeks of wrangling, the
United Nations began action on Red China’s
aggression.
We should have learned our lesson. We
can’t talk or push the scared nations. But
if we take the lead, let them know just where
we stand, they will follow us.
Some Educational
‘Looking Ahead’
I T HAS not been long since General Eisen
hower, as president of Columbia Univer
sity,; was obliged to defend the school
against criticism for having established an
endowed chair of Polish studies. But Co
lumbia’s emphasis upon studies having to
do with countries behind the Iron Curtain
now is beginning to pay off handsomely in
terms of value to the nation.
Our relations with the Soviet world, our
attempts to understand the Soviet psychol
ogy and intentions, have been hampered se
verely by a lack of knowledge of Russian
background and language. Columbia Uni
versity’s Russian Institute has helped to
overcome that deficiency, although obvious
ly it can not do so entirely.
The institute has served as an important
training center for American specialists on
Russia, offering courses requiring familiar
ity with the Russian language and compris
ing such studies as international relations,
Russian history, economics, law, culture and
civilization. More than 100 graduates of the
institute now are employed in the service of
the United States, where their specialized
knowledge of Russia sorely is needed. For
ty-eight are officers on active duty with the
Army and Air Force and 16 are foreign serv
ice officers.
There is, of course, a need for many
more, and in case of war with Russia the
need would become even more acute. Co
lumbia’s output of such students, is not suf
ficient to meet this demand, but its fore
sightedness in anticipating the need and
moving vigorously to meet it, in the face of
criticism from the patrioteers who think
that anything Russian should be avoided
like a plague, is a service to the country for
which its administration is to be highly con
gratulated.—The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Air Support Gets
Some Perfecting
T ACTICAL air support is becoming quite
a science, and we are convinced that a
good slice of the proposed 100 group Air
Force will go in this direction. Korea has
provided the planners with reams of sug
gestions as to planes, armament, and meth
ods. Some of the general facts that have
been released are quite interesting.
Propeller driven planes can carry heavier
loads, turn faster, hang around longer, and
make closer passes with guns and rockets.
This is fine in the Korean hills, and with the
inability of the enemy to offer opposition.
The big question is whether or not they
could hold their own with enemy jet oppo
sition.
Jet planes can be deployed rapidly, but
time over the target is precious. This has
presented quite a control problem. Their
fuel consumption at low levels is really fierce,
and they have to fire from greater distances
to allow room to pull up at the terrific speed
at which they fly., This element of speed and
surprise, however, has had a definite demor
alizing effect on the enemy. The main ad
vantages are the. ability to fight enemy jets,
and withstand battle damage.
In regard to armament, jellied gasoline
seems to be the star of the show. The sear
ing blast of flame destroys and demoralizes.
Apparently nothing is immune to the persis
tent heat. Rockets are running a close sec
ond, and of course fragmentation bombs, de
molition bombs, and .50 caliber machine guns
are also doing their share of destruction.
Tactical support know-how involves get
ting a well trained pilot on the desired target
with utmost speed. Control has been more
important than quantity of aircraft. Rapid
camouflage techniques, and night movements
are two things that still reduce the effect
iveness of close support work.
Future requirements and training will
undoubtedly emphasize training of pilots for
alertness in identification, and accuracy in
firing guns and rockets; better and more
rapid communications from ground to air;
jet powered aircraft with high speed and
heavy armament loads; and techniques for
location of targets in bad weather or dark
ness.
Unlike releases now coming
from the United Nation’s pet
project in Korea, this story from
the nerve cejiter of Denton comes
to the Battalion completely un-
censored. In some ways, it is
like a battlefront release, just
before some big action. That’s
because it was written just pre
ceding the big FINAL push, and
we have not heard from our
sisters to the North since.
By JOAN (Stormy) CLOUD
Daily Lasso Friday Editor
TSCW, Denton, Jan. 24—Delayed
—Fate, that saucy minx, has de
creed that we shall have a few
more days in which to write our
memoirs. Wait a minute . . . why
is everybody so worried about fi
nals? . . . why do we all gripe as
the ill-fated days approach ? After
all, we’ve all studied hard all these
months and have nothing to worry
about. We don’t need anymore
grade points because of our “A”
average last semester . . . OK, now
back down to earth.
As the horrible moment ap
proaches, we find the lights on the
campus burning brightly. Even
the spotlights on the corners seem
to have an added glow because they
realize the time is approaching
when they will play the supporting-
role in a drama called “Will
Eager Seniors Get Tripped Up
On The Last Mile Walk?”
Speaking of exams—Aggies evi
dently have the same vacation.
Friday morning my roommate no
ticed two Aggie frosh staring sim
ply as the dignified seniors jumped
fences to run to breakfast so as to
make the 8 o’clocks. Don’t they
know that at 7 a.m. you can’t be
on time and a lady too ? And what
were they doing up at that hour
anyway?
At exam time one finds many
types of people. It’s always amaz
ed us, because if you search hard
enough you may even find the stu
dious type. We hear her say “One,
one and a half, two, two plus; oh,
pass, I refuse to bid on two honor
eounts.” This is the outside work
m the elementary course in bridge
offered only to seniors needing
gradepoints.
Lost and found department:
LOST: one “Salute to Tessie-
land” program. Zella Maxwell
reports that it didn’t make it
down yet, and would the finder
please notify her at WCST?
Also to occupy our minds are
Stunt preparations. Along with
those come reparations and foul
play. In Stoddard Hall, home of
the mighty seniors, hangs a huge
paper mache apple, replica of the
winning Stunt of last year. But it
almost doesn’t. For, several nights
ago, some juniors chose to make
off with the symbol. Pandemo
nium busted loose and enraged and
half-clothed seniors dashed out to
retrieve it. They were successful—
that time. But, not being sure of
the situation, several loyal ones
now rise at daybreak to protect the
prize during the hours around dawn
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AH letters to the editor must be signed by the writer and free from obscene and
libelous references. Letter writers wanting their name withheld must make a
personal request to the co-editors. No unsigned letters will be published.
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Editor, The Battalion:
In the Thursday, January 18, is
sue of the Batt, in the column
“From the Women’s Desk,” appear
ed ;the following statement: “Dol-
lyd, Bill and Melody Darby, who
leave a big vacant spot around the
C iarea of College View and a
mighty big one in Company C Vets
where Bill has been C.O. . . .”
If you’d examine my cranium,
you’d find grey infiltrating the
black. Part of the grey was put
there by the nefarious shenanigans
of the wild Irishmen of C Vets. At
the time, I was under the impres
sion that I was C.O. of 0 Vets.
that your girl has a G.I. haircut.
Even if you didn’t see fit to print
my name, I wish you and the other
members of the Batt continued suc
cess in publishing a fine paper in
the best traditions of A&M.
E. T. Darby ’50
Columbus Not
First to Land
In America
Some Egyptians crossed the At
lantic and landed on the American
continent at least 20,000 years be-
Nowj it stands to reason that your fore Columbus did, according to in-
woman Staff writer would know formation o-ivern The Battalion hw
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Women’s Editor
whereof she speaks, and far be it
from me to argue with a woman,
but don’t you think that it is rather
unfair for me to sport the grey
hair that rightfully belongs to
Bill ? To the best of my knowledge,
Bill- was not in the Cadet Corps.
Do you think I should refund the
munificent sum of money I re
ceived from the government, and
send it to Bill ? He must feel that
I’ve cheated him.
Don’t file this letter in your
waste basket, or I’ll tell everyone
4nti-Communist
Measure Goes
To Legislature
Austin, Feb. 1—(AP)— A
new anti-Communist bill was
ready yesterday for introduc
tion in the defense-minded
legislature.
By Rep. Bill Daniel of Liberty,
it would bar communists or per
sons with communist learnings
from practicing law in Texas. It
was endorsed by the State Bar
Association.
A communist-control bill by Rep.
Marshall Bell of San Antonio may
reach the House tomorrow. It has
unanimous committee approval.
This bill would require communists
to register with the state police.
Texas cities asked the legislature
to help ease their money pairis.
Under separate House and Senate
bills, most cash now collected by
the state from gasoline taxes on
city-owned vehicles, buses and
taxicabs would be refunded to the
cities.
These measures, by Senator
Searcy Bracewell and Rep. Charles
Murphy of Houston, are backed by
the League of Texas Municipalities.
Similar bills failed to pass the last
session. The cities say they must
have financial relief to maintain
normal services.
The session’s second bill to go
to the governor was passed by both
Houses. It changes court term dates
of the 63rd Judicial District and
was introduced by Rep. Dorothy
Gurley of Del Rio.
Short meetings of both Houses
produced final passage on separate
but similar bills to create a new
district court in Scurry and Borden
counties where the old boom has
crowded dockets. Quick adjustment
of differences and final passage
was expected.
formation given The Battalion, b
Aly M. Lasheen, graduate horticul
ture major from Cairo, Egypt.
Lasheen was quoting P. L. Collig*
non, Oxford University anthropol
ogist.
Lasheen said Collignon has pre
sented data suggesting Egyptian
voyages to the west began about
200 centuries before the birth of
Ctmst. His article appeared in the
Christian Science Monitor.
“It must not be forgotten,” he
said, “that the Atlantic Ocean in
remote times was not as it is now.
A voyage across the Atlantic may
have been much easier in those
days, when the whole of Atlantis
had not yet disappeared.
The anthropologist drew atten
tion to the physical resemblance
today between the Basques in
Southern Spain and many Indian
types in South America. The
Basques, he said, are of ancient
Egyptian origin.
Collignon also emphasized the
relationship between place names
in South America and Egypt.] He
said the name Tabasco, in Mexico,
northwest of Guatemala, is ancient
Egyptian and when translated
means “The Land of the Basques.”
He added “Guatemala means the
way of the setting sun.” Other evi
dence of Egyptian name origins
have been found in the Bay of
Camptche, north of Tabasco.
before the rest of the seniors are
up and about.
Officials have called a halt to
this sort of play until after fi
nals, but come sigh-of-relief time
again, and the guards will again
be posted. Meanwhile the jun
iors retaliate with an equally
huge apple core which dangles
from the roof of Brackenridge
Hall. I’m quite sure they, along
with sophs and frosh, are busy
plotting schemes with which to
dash away with the senior apple
along with the Stunt Cup this
year. We shall see, ere long,
who spends most time on that in
stead of cramming.
The thing about it is that one
must have a “C” average to par
ticipate in Stunts at all, so a book
or so will have to enter the picture.
We’ll call a “30” to this again
for this week. Until then we hate
you because you will be all finished
with your quizzes before we will.
Goodbye, now.
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