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    Battalion Editorials
Page 2
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1951
Negro Schools and TISA...
Thoughts and Afterthoughts
Tipping Topic Hot
For MSC Diners
By DAVE COSLETT
I
TREE STUDENT SENATE favors admitting
Negro colleges and universities of Texas
to the TISA.”
Let’s investigate this statement.
The Texas Intercollegiate Students As
sociation, of which A&M is a charter mem
ber, is a group of 28 Texas universities and
colleges begun two years ago to aid in pro
moting better student governments in mem
ber schools.
The TISA is not a social orrganization.
It is a medium through which students may
exchange ideas on all phases of college life.
The Association’s past two meetings have
well shown it to be a worthwhile group, and
this year’s annual convention—on the A&M
campus March 16-17—should be equally as
successful.
How will the TISA benefit Negro col
leges ? The number of Negro colleges in Tex
as is quite small. Students at these schools
have little or no opportunity to take advan
tage of student life experience on other
campuses. The TISA could serve Negro col
leges well.
Last spring a group of A&M’s student
leaders visited Prairie View A&M, one of
UN Army Should
Get UN Pay
N VIEW of the fact that American casual
ties give us a very substantial interest in
the United Nations, we believe that our sup
port should be on a more complete basis.
A UN army does exist in fact, and it is
now engaged in a “police action” that is ob
scurely defined somewhere between peace
and war. This implies that each man is
fighting for the collective security of all
nations.
The UN rules under which these men are
fighting impose restriction on air operations
that greatly increase the danger to ground
forces. The Manchurian sanctuary would not
exist in an all-out war, and this principle
works to the disadvantage of U. N. forces.
This alone is sufficient reason for extra pay
for the fighting men and their families.
This pay, in our opinion, should be dis
tributed by the U. N. as a supplement to the
pay that each man receives from his own
government. Such pay should carry no re
strictions with regard to rank or country. Ill
feeling might result if any other method is
employed.
In the United States Congress at present,
a proposed bill to pay U. S. forces serving
in Korea an extra $50 monthly for enlisted
men and $100 for officers is being kicked
about. The best play would be to kick it right
out of Congress and into the U. N. Along
with it should go a strong note from Con
gress backing the measure.
Money for this U. N. payroll could be
raised by a differential assessment of all
member nations in proportion to their respec
tive abilities to participate in this extra ob
ligation.
This assessment would, in turn, increase
the “equity” of each member in the estab
lishment of a workable mechanism to pre
vent rule by force.
the largest Negro colleges in the state and a
member of the A&M System. Students there
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Senate Action on Negro TISA Entrance Explained
Editor, The Battalion: to help themselves obtain better are voted on in the Senate than
A considerable number of crit- student government. It is not as the students they represent, and
icisms have hppn Hii-ppfpd at thp if segregation in Texas schools has in. my opinion, this was the case
EtSt Senate? and more parti- Um discarded. If the Neero col- in this controversy,
cularly at the senators themselves i e S e s can strengthen themselves I hope that this letter has dar
by students against the stand made th rou gh TISA then white colleges ified the Senate’s action and has
by the Senate on the question of w ’il one i ess benefit t° of- answered some of the questions
allowing Negro entrance to TISA. fei l the ^ egr °-, , , , , you may have had.
r P , 0 , , , , . , , Several people have asked why It there are any further com-
, le i ? ena j t e vo ^ e( i' 0 jnstruct our students were not informed ments or criticisms I will be glad
question was on the to discuss them with you and I am
Bill Parse ’51
President
Student Senate
P ARDON a poor co-editor while he takes a few spare mom
ents to let thoughts—important or not—fall where they delegation to vote yes if the ques- ^“the u—* ^
seemed very eager to learn of the means in may. Perhaps it’s just professional jealousy or maybe a sud- p n ° n n on WpkTnThaw a s enda > . so that the y could dis - siu ' e that y° ur representative will,
which A&M’s student government was den desire to exercise one of my prerogatives. Be that as it possibly stemmed from misconcep- j^^Js ^ot^o^the 86 ^^^^^^' ^ 0 °'
operated, how our student publications were ma y>J. ar y 1 writing this column with no further adieu. tions and I hoj)e that through this but wag broug . ht up in the tisa
,, , , , . First, a problem presented to me the other day over a letter I can give to you a cleai . comm jttee report, a report which
handled, and how our student body aided in CU p Seems the question of tipping in the Coffee P^ture of what was done and j s made at eacb meeting, and
solving various campus problems. Shop and Dining Room of the Center has reached discussion
By means of the few hours our students in a few circles,
spent at Prairie View, students there were •
able to learn much, which, we hope, has
j 4. ppssjbie “j mU st give a tip” atti-
ture as something that might chase
away customers.
And we mustn’t forget the wait-
why.
The Texas Intercollegiate Stu
dents Association is composed of
student government representatives
therefore, was not a separate topic.
The senators did not know it was
. ,, . From the customer stand-point
aided them in their program. many of the regular diners are de-
But if they were members Of the TISA, bating the advisability of drop
Negro students would have a vast store of and'^aSeVmmy oTXm a/statoT s^torrvite
information to tap—much more than they To some the question isn’t very are students or student-wives.
All letters to the editor must be signed
by the writer and free from obscene
j.t. n i. i' „ and libelous references. Letter writers
be discussed at that meeting, wan u n g their name withheld must make a
although everyone knew that it was personal request to the co-editors. No
from 28 Texas schools, and was to be discussed in the near future, unsigned letters win be published,
created to help member schools and therefore, had ample time to
solve student government prob- make up their minds on how to
lems. Various phases of student vote. xxr i j r»
government are discussed at the The men that you have elected Would Be Best
German Student
now have. This information, which in the se .P? us ’, sin , c - e they feel able and
’ willing to tip.
past has concerned student courts, traffic Others, however, find the prac-
problems, sportsmanship, book exchanges, blce a st 1 rai , n 011 the ^' budget. Yet
., i-j iit ji they feel the genei’cil atmosphere,
and many other subjects, would be greatly especially in the Dining Room, al-
appreciated by Prairie View student leaders most demands a tip
i .I 4.T. t . -lt j i The management,
and others throughout the state
each school will take from the dis- they see fit, but since they are Editor, The Battalion:
some new ideas on how as representative a group as pos- The Student Senate has decided
their government sible, they ordinarily will vote, to offer a scholarship in the name
with, rather than against, the ma- of the Student Body for some for-
jority. eign student to come to A&M dur-
In many cases, they are more ing the next school year. In the
familiar with the problems that next few days the Student Body
will be asked to vote upon the
cussions
to strengthen
systems.
For this reason the Senate felt
that TISA is a good medium
through which to help the Negroes
Let us repeat. The TISA was formed
primarily as an organization which allows
members to take advantage of progress made
by others. Its benefits would be useful to
ANY college or university.
Yes, A&M’s Student Senate favors ad
mitting Negro schools to the TISA. So do
namely J.
Wayne Stark, considers the mat
ter from another angle. He sees the
Their natural attitude favors the
tip, since it does increase their in
come.
Mr. Stark recently put an idea
before some of the Coffee Shop and
Dining Room employees. He sug
gested cards be put on tables with
words to the effect that “Tipping
Servke/ ecessary t01 " sur<! Good From Where I Stand
Employee reaction was not too
warm toward the idea. They
feared such cards would reduce
income to which they were en
titled.
Waiter Ray Long, a senior who
started a year or two ago in the
hard to say.
The final solution is going to
have to rest with the individual
diner. There is no reason for him
to feel compelled to tip if he finds
it necessary to eat a majority of
his meals at the Center. Even an
‘Eve’ Tempted Again;
Wants Part This Time
student governing groups of several other Aggieland Inn, explains that he occasional meal doesn’t demand a
major Texas colleges.
The Battalion commends the Senate on
what we believe is a wise action.
By GEORGE CHARLTON
country from which they desire the
student to come. The countries re
commended by the committee of
the Senate which thoroughly in
vestigated the matter are Germany,
Austria, or Norway.
I would like to urge students to
vote in favor of bringing a student
over from Germany in preference
to any other country I can think
of. Although we fought against
them in the last war, it is begin-
Although, to many, she has never ning to look like we will fight
doesn’t expect a tip from every tip if it would strain his budget,
one but believes there should be Those who can afford an oc-
no discouragement of tipping. , casional or a steady tip should, on
“I never expect a student to'the other hand, be encouraged. Stu-
tip,” he says, “nor do I expect any dent or student-wife employees get
other customers to tip unless they a salary which has not been re
feel they want to.” Ray under
stands why it would be virtually
impossible for an average college
employee to tip, at least as a
standard practice.
And, like the other employees,
he doesn’t gauge his service in
regard to an expected tip.
The problem, as I see it, requires
consideration to every view-point.
In Defense
Of Bachelor
I T IS.HIGH time that someone put in a
word for the lowly bachelor. Public opin
ion holds this exponent of “freedom” to be Whether or not the signs proposed and friendliness toward the waiters
duced in expectation of tipping.
But when they perform their job
good-humoredly and well before a
demanding eating public (and I use
that pharses from my own exper
ience behind a counter) they de
finitely deserve whatever extra
they can get.
Before leaving the topic I might
add that a little cooperation with
“All About Eve” with Bette
Davis, Anne Baxter, George
Saunders, Celeste Holm, Gary
Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma
Ritter. Palace theater, Monday
through Wednesday.
made more of an impression than with them in this one. Of the th
simply a slightly-stuffy New Eng- countries listed, Germany has by
lander with a flair for the down- far the most military potential,
and-outer, no one can deny that Also, Germany is probably less on
Miss Davis is an actress. Sad- the side of the democratic nations
died with uninspired parts these than the other two, and therefore
last few years, she has at last hit needs an ambassador to go back
upon one right up her alley. She’ll to the country and tell them what a
be an important contender for wonderful place the United States
Academy Award nominations in and A&M arc, more than the
March this year. other two need it.
9 The State Department is urging
Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, and s f ude nts to come over from the oc-
Hugh Marlowe are more theater cupied countries to leaxn the demo-
cases the middle aged housewife, folks. Merrill portrays an intense cr atic way of life. I think A&M
equipped to the gills with a crum- directorial genius; Marlowe, the could pest do it? part m the com-
pled kleencx in one hand and a most promising young playwright ! n ?
s
PECTACLES and their techni-
colored extravaganza counter
parts have many adherents. In
tense drama of the soap-box calibre
also keeps a tight rein over the
emotions of its disciple, in most
international holocaust
desirables with respect to military service.
Or maybe the theory is that those who
enjoy the most freedom should have the ma
jor part of defending it for everyone. Poli
tical repercussions would be reduced if
enemy bullets were aimed at a predominance
des, meats, in America. The captivating Miss bringing over a student from Ger-
r, ready to Holm makes herself even more many to help get them on our side,
her house- gratuitous in the role of a loving, 'l 00 udcr
, , , , . , , „„ by Stark would prove detrimental and waitresses will always be sacd< assorted vegetables
only one notch above society S conceded un- bo normally-expected tipping is worth more to them than a tip. and £ oodl cs m the other
get a gander at what other
111 Defense of Movie Exhibitors wives are doing these days-Har- lovely, lovable wife of playwright
net Craig, Mildred Pierce, that Marlowe.
You might call this next “the that industry as a whole. borsythe woman, and all the other Anne Baxter is the sweet little *(*(** 1 IV/*11 It
other side of the question depart- My opinion on the subject stems 8' uds - thing who worms her way into ev- | rii} if h 11 i
ment.” It concerns a column which from another previous occupation If you, as a partial habitue of eryone’s affections and then does
appeared recently on this page, that found me in close contact with our local movie palaces, happen to them dirt in such a sly, conniving
And I might explain, before I be- the motion picture industry and fall into either of these classifica- fashion that even Scarlett O’Har
gin, a persistent misunderstanding the magazine “Boxoffice.” I was tions, here’s ample warning that would take notice. She fools
of single men. There is also the reduced bur- on the part of our readers,
den on society with regard to care of depen
dents. y
Contrary to popular opinion there are
some very stable and intelligent bachelors
running around. They have shouldered a
great deal of business responsibility, and
Anything which appears in
The Battalion under a byline
(this column is an example) re
presents the opinion of the per
son who wrote it. It does not
necessarily constitute the opinion
of the paper itself.
dng V* O 1
Ia 3 Sigma Ai Speaker
and still am a fairly regular reader you probably won’t enjoy one of from the first, except one—George
of the publication. , the sprightliest yet most mature Saunders as a critic and slight cari- “The Utilization of Dietary Pro-
and subtle scripts ever to issue cature of George Jean Nathan, tein” will be discussed by Dr. It
The magazine’s subtitle, “Tlic forth from the land of moving Tossing epigrams right and left Griffith, in a public lecture spon-
Pulse of the Motion-Picture Indus- stars and cinema satellites. Con- ar >d immaculately outfitted with sored by Sigma Xi Club, Tuesday
try,” is a bit misleading. The in- trary to the suggestion of its title, spats and a cane, unscrupulous at 8 p. in. in the lecture room of
cfvH-imi of fhrt wrtvH “rtvhihif-nv” “An Ahnnf ifw i s n ot the story himself, Saunders sees Eve for the Biological Sciences Building
sertion of the word “exhibitor
would make it more appropriate.
“Boxoffice” is a trade-magazine
intended for the very restricted
readership much as is “Editor and
‘All About Eve’
of pithecanthropus ape woman and
her man.
what she is from the beginning.
Another film clement worth men-
Dr. Griffith is chairman of th?
Department of Biochemistry and
Nutrition of the University of
Combining all the elements of a tioning is the musical background. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
He recently reviewed “Boxoffice,” American movie-goer is not and
a publication of the motion-picture should not be interested in “Box-
industry. His opinion also covered office.”
field. The average drama that might appear on Broad- wood has come up with something tute of Nutrition and a Fellow of
Thus explained, I’ll proceed to
.. • . . . . .. . present (from my personal opinion)
tney also contnoute enougn to a Skeptical other side of a question raised Publisher,” a publication in the well written, grown up comedy- Occasionally in the past, Holly- President of the American Insti
society to more than justify their existence, by our columnist Herman Gollob. journalism ■' “
In fact, their very state of single blessedness
attests to their rational nature.
There is a town in the United States that
is composed of young, eager, virile, upstand-
musical that’s almost of a classical the American Public Health As-
tinge. In this respect, musical sociation.
far as Hollywood is concerned. No background is'excellent. A record He serves on the Food and Nu-
effort is made to popularize the called “All About Eve” has already trition Board of the National Re
way any season, “All About Eve”
is a good movie and a paradox as
A defense of the magazine, not as bad as it is often painted,
mg Single men who do not choose to marry, therefore, calls for a defense of the Being one of these people who
and have sought to escape society’s evil eye motion-picture exhibitor. The aver- seldom considers the price of
, i-ui-v.- . age exhibitor is probably neither ticket wasted, I wouldn’t make
by establishing a sanctuary.
better nor worse than the average very good critic. Perhaps I’m pre-
judicied, too.
Now, just for your information,
Jimmy Rose is cooking up some
thing that may be of interest—
In any case, deferment of married men is, shoe salesman -
in our opinion, at least slightly discrimina- He sell s wares. The wares in his
; , , . case ar e Hollywood s motion-pic-
tory to single men who resent being thought tures. He sells these wares for pro
of as the lowest form of animal life. ci& ; ely the sa ^ e r , eason the sh , oe
T i .c xi,! 1. salesman sells shoes—to make w.-ng, wen, ^ ^ ...wj-ooe—
.Lack Of an acceptable alternative to the money. Now the shoe salesman has league bowling in the MSC. Jim is
institution of marriage does not mean that an obligation to his customer. He the new manager of the MSC Bowl-
j, • -j. .i • 4. j. i •, should be sure that he sells the ing Alleys,
the rugged individualist must accept a Sit- customer something non-injurious Plans are to have all the neces-
uation that is not of his own choosing. In- to the foot. But he is not obliged sities of league bowling provided in show business or for that mat-
4 4 ,4 4- 4- „ « n ™,,vifv44i to question the tastes of that cus- at the alleys. Those interested ter, any business these days,
aeea, rne lounamg lamers OI our country tomer. On the contrary, he finds might check with him within the Miss Davis’ performance as the
came here originally to express this individ- it a poor; business policy to do so. next week or so. chain-smoking, wonderfully super-
In the case of the exhibitor, he - ATld ’ if you ’ re wonderi ^ what »!_ “great actress” with an age
dialogue down to a mediocrity level
No effort is made to popularize the
plot to the limits of good taste.
The result is truly gratifying.
Somehow a basically g»od idea
did not turn out in the end to
be a “could have been.”
With the scene set in the heart
of the New York theater, and with find a truly humorous movie in
the plot revolving about “thea-tuh” which slapstick, on the level of pie
people, it’s a wonder that the script throwing, is not an integral part
doesn’t get a bit more flamboyant
than it actually is.
The main character, Margo Chan-
ning, is a direct mimic of Tallulah
Bankhead, as unpredictable and col
orful a personality as you can find
been cut. search Council and as a consultant
If you care to hear some of the f° the U. S. Public Health Service
most superbly cutting remarks ever and to the Department of the
to come over a movie sound track, Army,
and if you want to see Hollywood
at its best, pay yourself a treat to
“All About Eve.”
For these days, where can you
AGGIES
Just Say -
Charge It!
ualistic fervor that was denied by the na
tionalized religion of England and France.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
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DAVE COSLETT. CLAYTON L. SELPH.
_ Co-Editora
John Whitmore
Bob Hughson
Joel Austin
Managing Editor
Campus Editor
City Editor
is working under a disadvantage.
His product or ware has little ne
cessity value'. His customer pro
ceeds on taste alone. The exhibit
or', too, has the obligation to his
customer to sell a non-injurious
product.
But who can accurately deter
mine how injurious the average
motion picture of today is ? Several
have tried. Few tangible results
are to be found. The exhibitor has
league bowling entails, just ask complex because she’s 40, is worth,
some of the members of the Mili- in itself, the admission price.- Al
tary Science Department. The lads ready the New York Film Critics
from Ross Hall are regular visi- have awarded Miss Davis the cov-
tors on the alleys and engage in eted “Best Actress of the Year”
spirited competition weekly. title for her performance.
Today's Issue
John Whitmore
Andy Anderson
Ralph Gorman
Joel Austin
Managing Editor
Campus News Editor
Sports News Editor
— City News Editor
..Editorialist!
T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips
Sid Abernathy— —— — Campus News Editor
Bob Hughson, Andy Anderson, George Charlton, Tom
Rountree, Allen Pengelley, Leon McClellan, Wayne
Davis, Bob Venable, Bill Streicb, Norman Blahuta,
John Hildebrand, Bryan Spencer, Ray Williams,
„ Edward Holder, Richard Ewing News and Feature Writers
Curtis Edwards Church Editor
Roger Cosleit... PipeSsaolsiag Contest Manager
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor
Ralph Gorman, Fred Walker, Chuck Neighbors,
Jimmy Ashlock, Ray Holbrook, Joe Blan
chette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy
Curtis, Dowell Peterson, and Joe Hollis. .Sports News Staff
Sam Molinary Chief Photographer
Autrey Frederick Advertising Manager
Russeil Hagens. Frank Thurmond Advertising Representatives
Herman C. Gollob .... , Am-,/a»nnar,^ Editor
He builds his programs on pic
tures that people will come to
see. Can he be blamed for that?
His only other alternative is to
offer a selected and “up-lifting”
fare to his customers. Such a
course is commendable but, in this
particularly competitive racket,
highly unprofitable.
Consequently, the exhibitor is
compelled to stock the wares his
customers will buy. He, too, often
shudders at the preference ■ ex
pressed.
‘‘Boxoffice,” then, is his monthly
notification of what merchandise is
j available and what the selling po-
/ tcntialities of that merchandise are.
His contributions to the magazine
are those of a business-man, not
an artist. He does not profess to be
the latter.
One more word about exhibitors
—they’re an interesting bunch of
people engaged in an equally in
teresting business. As people
they’re usually intense in their
work and well worth getting to
know.
As to the motion-picture industry
oq the whole, I’m of the opinion it’s
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