Battalion Editorials
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1951
The Old Army Gripe . . .
From the City Desk . ..
Service for Forty-one
Years: A Fine Record
. . . By Joel Austin
I ] ^ NEWS AND WORLD REPORT mag-
U«kJo az ine has summarized the ten major
gripes from reservists that have caused
Congress to consider changing the entire
program. These gripes are listed briefly as
follows:
Advance notice of recall is too short.
Authorities lose or ignore deferment
pleas until it is too late.
Promises about length of service and
point requirements are abandoned al
most as soon as they are announced.
Recently acquired skills are ignored,
and new jobs are assigned on the basis
of wartime records now obsolete.
Reservists are frequently turned
down after burning their civilian brid
ges behind them.
Personnel records are snarled up and
out of date.
Our Education
Can Go Far
T’HE STUDENT BODY selected a European
-*• country last night, 'from which a student
will be brought to A&M.
As yet, we don’t know which of the three
countries—Germany, Austria, or Norway—
was selected. We believe if we could educate
a man from any of these three key contin
ental nations that it would be well worth
the money spent for the scholarship.
The Student Senate hopes this year to
raise enough funds through the annual
Campus Chest Drive to finance two scholar
ships—the Twelfth Man and the new foreign
student scholarship.
When the Twelfth Man Scholarship was
created last year, the idea was well received
by the student body. Enough money was
gathered to finance the award.
Now the Senate has a more ambitious
program—two such scholarships. We feel
sure that, when the Chest drive begins ip the
Spring, the student body will back its repre
sentatives as it did la£t year, and that a for
eign student will enroll here next Fall.
This student should be able to study
Americanism, good and bad, here at A&M.
We hope he will appreciate the “good” por
tion, which should completely overbalance its
opposite traits.
Perhaps through the training of foreign
students, chances for a permanent peace may
be enhanced. Certainly an American educa
tion should give any foreign student a taste
of democracy. When he gets that taste, he
may want to make it a complete seven-course
dinner by returning to his native land ideas
of freedom, equality of men, and govern
ments designed to benefit the people.
Our scholarship will only be a small step
in that direction, but the step is a definite
and worthy one. The Student Senate has be
gun the action, the student body has select
ed the country to receive the scholarship,
and we will all aid in financing it.
With such things as this being a part of
Americanism, the other “isms” will have a
hard time disintegrating our way of life.
Volunteers are ignored while others
are called against their will. Individual
Commands hoard “availables” refusing
to let them participate in the world wide
needs of the particular branch of serv
ice.
Reservists get 80% of duty—20% of
promotions.
Unorganized (uncompensated) r e -
servists are being called ahead of those
who have been paid for weekly training.
Veterans are drawing hazardous as
signments again while non-veterans stay
at home.
Bulging mailbags will cause changes to
be made, but it is doubtful according to the
accompanying article if these changes will
improve the lot of any un-called reservists.
Time is of the essence, and 4-F’s, married
non-veterans, college students, non-veterans
under 30, and youthful veterans of brief war
service can expect more uncertainty of stat
us in the near future. Some of the old say
ings will be dusted off as the draft involves
more men.
“Things are rough all over” is a good be
ginning.
ICs Man vs. Man -
And We’re Better
IT HAS long been our opinion that war is
* a dynamic thing, and revisions of old tac
tics and development of new tactics go hand
in hand with development of new weapons.
A recent release from Korea seems to reflect
on the fundamental truth of this idea.
Air support, which is now causing more
casualties than the ground action, is being
put on a round the clock basis. According
to the 5th Air Force release, a new team has
entered the fight.
When a ground unit requests close sup
port at night, the liaison officer calls in a
flare carrying C-47 (similar to the commer
cial DC-3) to illuminate the desired area.
Two or three Douglas B-26’s which accom
pany the C-47, then make individual bomb
runs on the pin pointed areas of enemy ac
tivity.
The fact that the enemy has been forced
to resort to night attacks, and night-time
movements speaks well for the effectiveness
of the daylight air campaign. We have only
the fragmentary story, but it would seem
that American guts and ingenuity have done
the impossible in containing the Chinese
Communist attack. On paper, the unlimited
numbers of Chinese appeared able to over
run the entire peninsula.
Until something better comes along we
will put our “security money” on the kind
of teamwork, judgment, courage, vision, and
determination exhibited by the UN forces in
Korea.
Atomic weapons are a good supplement,
but they are not a substitute for this kind
of security. If the test comes in Europe,
we believe that this is where the difference
will lie—in the qualities of the individual
men.
The Battalion
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Andy Anderson, Bob Hughson Campus Editors
Ralph Gorman Sports Editor
Fred Walker t , Associate Sports Editor
„ Joel Austin , , City Editor
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John Whitmore ...
Bob Hughson
Ralph Gorman
Joel Austin
Managing Editor
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r City News Editor
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T HIS WEEK OUR congratulations go to the Boy Scouts
of the Brazos County area.
You seldom see such an earnest, enthusiastic, hard work
ing group of boys as the members of the local scout units.
Approximately half a dozen members of the College
Station troops have reached scouting’s highest rank—Eagle
Scout. Many others are not far from that rank which is
every scout’s goal from the time he becomes a Cub Scout
at the age of nine or a Boy Scout at 11 years.
Also in College Station is an Explorer Post for Senior
Scouts who qualify at the age of 15.
The most unique feat the boys have accomplished in
addition to their regular scout activities is their excellence
in participation in swimming meets in competition wth other
troops from towns larger than College Station. Seldom did
the local group fail to come through with a first place in
every event.
Forty-one Years of Service
Forty-one years of continuous service is a record any
organization may be proud of. But it is very seldom you find
any of the local boys boasting about their achievements.
Following their motto “Be Prepared” these boys are al
ways ready to do a good turn for any one in distress, or be
of service in time of emergency.
Congratulations on your birthday
—may many more follow.
Council To Be Busy
Monday night’s city council
meeting should keep members busy
for quite a while if all business
goes accoi’ding to schedule. Top
items on the agenda will include
the passing of an ordinance to is
sue the first of the bonds voted for
a $200,000 utility expansion in
the city eaxiy last month.
The amount will probably be in
the vicinity of $60,000 to be used
mainly for purchase of power
lines in College Hills.
Also on the agenda will be the
approval of an ordinance calling
for a municipal election the first
Tuesday in April.
City Election Coming
The municipal election will be
held to elect three city councilmen
to fill terms which expire this
Spring. Finishing their two year
terms are W. H. Badgett, W. D.
Fitch; and G. W. Black.
Plans for running again have
not been announced by any of the
councilmen, but filing dates have
not been made public by city of
ficials.
Mayor Ernest Langford said yes
terday anyone wishing to file for
the three ward council positions
should contact immediately the city
manager or some other official at
the City Hall to determine when
filing is in order.
News Novelties
Direct Phone
For Telegrams
In MSC Lobby
A self-service coin box tele
phone for sending telegrams
has just been installed in the
Memorial Student Center lob
by.
No longer will it be necessary for
frequenters of the MSC to go to
the telegraph office in order to
send a telegram.
The customer merely writes his
telegram, then lifts the hook on the
telephone and dictates his message
to the Western Union opei’ator and
deposits coins in payment.
The equipment consists of a
phone line dmectly connected with
the Western Union main office
over the Exchange Store and a
coin collecting device for paying
for the message.
Horn's of service are the same
as observed by the local main
Western Union office—7:30 a. m.
until 8:00 p. m. on week days,
with Sunday service limited to 9
to 11 in the morning and 4 to 6
in the afternoon.
After hour service is still avail
able at the College Housing Of
fice, Room 100 Goodwin Hall, but
the new direct self service equip
ment is only connected to the main
office.
Boy Scout Week Climaxes
With Church Day Services
Oklahoma
Legislator
Flails Texas
Based on AF Reports
OKLAHOMA’S House of Repre
sentatives took Texas over the
coals this week. It al started when
the Ford Times referred to Lake
Texoma as an “ocean in Texas.”
“Texas bi’ags about being under
six flags,” an Oklahoma legislat
or said. “She doesn’t mention the
regime when she was under a flour
sack.”
(Much applause.)
“Texas,” he added, “is the state
where men are men and the women
are governoi’S.”
(More applause and laughter.)
The Oklahoma House resolved
officially to censure the Fox’d Pub
lication. A copy of the resolution
will also be sent the Texas secre
tary of state.
•
BRITISH housewives, peeved
over the nation’s meat shortage,
have put their complaints into
poetry. When they petitioned their
Parliament member for “better
handling” of food problems, they
displayed a banner which read:
“Mai’y had a little lamb,
“Her sister came to grief—
“She lived in 1951
“And only got corned beef.”
•
NEW ZEALAND’S Ministry of
Justice intends to appoint a new
public hangman. The first appli
cant for the job: a woman.
•
LETTER to the Buffalo (N. Y.)
Courier-Express editor: “Please
stop mispelling names of horses in
the race entries . . . my husband
has the insane idea that every
horse with a mispelled name will
win. He is losing his wages every
week.”
Ag Experimenters
Receive $200 Gift
The Pittsburgh Agi’icultural
Chemical Company of New York,
has made available $200 to the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director,
said today.
The money will be used at Sub
station No. 15, Weslaco, “in re-
seai'ch with some of the newer or
ganic phosphates in determining
the insecticidal efficiency of such
xxew compounds as Metacide, Sys-
tox and Potasan,” Lewis says.
Boy Scout Week will be climaxed
Sunday by local observance of
Church Day. On that day, scouts
and scouters will attend church,
some for special sermons, in uni
form.
Dairy Conference
Slated Feb. 14-15
Problems confronting the man
ufacturer of dairy products will
be discussed by ranking authorities
in the industry at the dairy man
ufacturers’ conference Feb. 14 and
15.
At the opening sessioq Wednes
day, Feb. 11, discussions will cover
such problems as proposed changes
in testing milk, antibiotics and
milk fermentations, cottage cheese
stoi'age problems and product
quality for the restaui’ateur.
Thursday’s sessions will feature
talks on industrial safety, care of
plant equipment, making good nut
ice cream, use of whey solids in
sherbets, ice cream plant refrigera
tion, ice cream flavor concentrates
and high solids ice cream
Speakers of the conference will
be dairy manufacturers from all
over the nation. The conference is
sponsored by the Dairy Husbandry
Department.
The A&M Presbyterian Church
will have a special sermon by the
Reverend Norman Anderson for
Cub Pack 102, a group of 120
boys.
Bill Manning’s Troop 102 will
attend the South Oakwood Epis
copal Church, while Troop 411 will
attend the A&M Methodist Church.
Previous programs of these
local organisations included, dur- ’
ing National Scout Week, a skit
at the Kiwanis Club meeting lust
Tuesday. j
Representatives from the two
troops and the pack told of their
‘accomplishments in the past year
in the crusade to strengthen the»
arm of liberty.
Pack 102, in the latter part of
next week, will spread window dis
plays around College Station de- ^
picting Cub Skills. Further plans
include a demonstration of skills
Friday at Consolidated Grade
School.
The Memorial Student Center
will house Troop Ill’s display of
trophies and ribbons.
Saturday, bringing its scout
week activities to a close, Troop
102 will hold its traditional camp
at North Gate. Between 4 and 6 p.
m. beef stew will be served in its
tent headquarters. Sunday morn
ing, after breaking camp, they will
attend church in a body.
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