/ Pa; eig] a ci 7 nj by Pol edij and in 192 Rai inn mn ( » ..i ..j, c E Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1951 THE NEW DISC JOCKEY Dear Professor. this uttlb By m KPEMLIN RHVTHM WcALj /5 ^BMON'5 TOP SMASH HIT... YOU CAN'T ^ESMT TH/S LITTLE NUMBER __ - YOU'LL SHOUT.. YOU'LL CHEER, you'll <5WOON- --anp fall RIGHT INTO LINE f rpHIS LETTER is neither a sermon nor an accusation. It is an honest plea for your interest and a question of your intentions. Unless we’re badly mistaken, you don’t re member us. We’re just “seat 3, row 4.” And we had that designation in place of a name. Do you still have the same high aims and principles towards your students you had when you began teaching ? Or have you be come so discouraged by the denseness, stu pidity, and disinterest of those students that, for you, teaching now is just a “job?” Gilbert Highet, professor of Greek and Latin at Columbia University, had a story in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine which should become required reading for college teachers. “Perhaps we have all talked too much about the fate of the nation hanging on mil itary preparedness alone; perhaps the stu dents feel that this is a powerful imperative, too powerful to resist or reason out; and probably we should tell them—what is un doubtedly true—that the fate of the nation depends also upon the education and the wisdom of the young people who, after every war and every crisis, have to guide it and to rebuild it.” Just as we have a duty to educate them, so they have a duty, subordinate only to immediate military necessity, to be educated. “When we tell them that, we are telling them the truth. We are also training their will power. But it is not only their will pow er which is not fully trained. Their minds are not fully trained either. It is the teach er’s chief duty to train them. That is even more important than filling them with the right facts. What the young learn in high school and in college is not primarily sets of facts, or special skills, or theories, or ex planations. They learn how to think. “Every child, every boy, every youth, in his heart wants to learn and to grow in mind, to the fullest powers of which he feels himself capable. The best teacher in the world cannot force him to do so. All that he can ever do is to help and to encourage. “His best reward is to see, not a ’pro duct,’ but a free and independent human being who can think.” Have you as an individual, forgotten that ideal? Truman Being Heavil Guarded by SS Men TS7ASHINGT0N, March 2—(/P)— under President Lincoln) is now ience guarding presidents as ’’ Quick-muscled men who guard roped off for the entire block. The as secret service work in the field. President Truman bang away at business-like guard has been re- For security reasons, members of a bull’s eye within pistol range of inforced. the White House. There are some other evidences the detail cannot be individually identified. U. E. Baughman, chief of the Secret Service, told Congress that the Nov. 1 attack “made imperative a revised estimate of the guard necessary to stop similar fanati cal attacks, possibly in larger num- They are Secret Service agents of tighter securit around Wash _ tuning up their trigger fingers at ingto ® in these tense international a shooting gallery m the basement ti £ alth h nothing to com . of the Treasury Building, just east ’ with the days of World War of the Executive Mansion. ft. Y ou can come and go at will There are more of them since j t ts f the b Pentagon two men attempted to kill the g uilding f n the ,daytime, but a bers.” 53S2K? hTBw" ifoulTS 1 pa6S T • • Pennsylvania Avenue from the Agents m the White House de White House. Mr. Truman and his tail are picked men. Theyare spe j c . family are living at Blair House cially trained in Judo, a form of has caused the Secret Service con- while the White House is being re- self defense without weapons, and sidcrable concern. The increase in p a i red in the use of various kinds of fire- —^ — Extra funds voted by Congress arms. Frequent target practice is after the Blair House attack pro- a must for them and for the White ■ * m | ~ House police. An increase in the number of threatening letters sent to Pres ident Truman in the past year also Long-Time Guard Mayor Proclaims Red Cross Month vide for 27 additional Secret Serv ice agents for the White House de tail and additional uniformed White House policemen. Some of the new agents have been assigned to protect Vice Pres ident Barkley. Blair House itself is more tight ly shielded than ever. The side- , . B walk in front of the home (named agents on the detail is only 30 after the man who built it, Mont- Men who become supervisors of gomery Blair, postmaster general the detail must have had exper- fanatical mail has been ascribed in part to general war-scare ten sion among people in this country and abroad. Puerto Kico 4 gents up a per- One agent on the White House Three agents have detail has been a presidential guard manent Secret Service office for 15 years, and several others Puerto Rico. The two assassins helped protect the late Franklin who tried to storm Blair House D. Roosevelt as well as Mr. Tru- Nov. 1 were members of the Rev- man. However, the average age of olutionary National Party of Puer to Rico. Griselio Torresola was shot and and Whereas, our country is now in a state of emergency, Russia Portraying * Middle Man ? Role To Protect Ourselves rpHE 1951 RED CROSS drive has begun. Throughout the city volunteer workers will be seeking contributions for this cause during the month of March. This volunteer power—which internation ally numbers hundreds of thousands of men and women, dedicated to the idea of serving well as the handling of pistols and sub-machine guns. Must be Offered Other Medicines Whereas, the danger now facing us requires all-out mobilization of natural resources and manpower for ade quate defense, and Whereas, The American National Red Cross—under WASHINGTON, March 2-UP)— They must deal through Moscow’s its Congressional Charter—is serving the armed forces; is i,,, V p C .?!innt!, S t \,f m>hiv !ii m ^ le ' men ‘ mobilizing for defense for the protection of the family, the tic-and profitable-ro!e of middle-’ through monthTof h'checking^by that'given Secret Service agents, community, and the nation and is aiding the victims of nat- man among its satellites. American trade experts. Neither It includes disarming an opponent, Ural disaster; now Russia seems to have become Russia not its satellites puts out fhst aid, gas and fire drills Therefore, I Ernest Langford, Mayor of the City both the buying and selling agent annual trade reports, others—is the greatest single strength be- 0 f College Station, proclaim the month of March 1951, as f° r ke y commodities produced from F or the most part these facts hind the Red Cross symbol. Red Cross Month and do here and now urge all citizens of East Germany to s ang lau were gleaned from Communist Most of us have only a vague idea of the ‘his commu,^ to the ^ Many i„ „a- Red Cross, its purposes, and its operations I further ufge that all'men and women of good will ySf ?n ttfuTs'RfevS XcW CommeS DepT/t! Here are a few facts worth considering. If remember that in these critical times this great humanitarian though world traders know that ™ent and the Economic Coopera- you think the cause is worthwhile, and we organization must be maintained at full strength; that this Russia never did or could turn out bon Administration (EGA), feel sure you will, make it a point to con- symbol of man’s humanity remain bright as a guide to those these materials. Satellites are be- Moscow’s system is simple J F who turn to it in time of need. tn h,,v ,n the frfiP worlfl T10t Ernest Langford Mayor City of College Station Precaution for Trips |>ACK in the horse-and-buggy days, the ** country doctor represented both medicine and sociology to his community. Although he was bound by the Hippocratic oath to secrecy about the private affairs of his pa tients, he usually found some way to help them in other problems besides medicine. But as doctors, and the entire field of medicine, became engrossed in science and scientific methods of combatting disease, and as great medical clinics became the style, the doctor began to lose such close touch with his community. Last week in Dallas, Dr. Carl Moyer, dean of Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas, asked medical men to take a more active interest in sociological problems. Probably the most important point he brought up was the non-production fal lacy of our society brought about by medical research. Dr. Moyer said that in the last fifty years scientific advances have increased the life expectancy of a newborn child from forty to sixty-nine years. But at the same time society has progressively restricted the productivity of people by restricting the right to work under the age of eighteen or over the age of sixty. As a result, our society is becoming overloaded with nonproductive people. The medical world will do much to pre serve its liberty by accepting its responsi bilities to the people and understanding that it must offer them more than drugs and surgical techniques. tribute to the Red Cross this month. The National Blood Program—this por tion of the Red Cross has become more im portant than ever. Once more our nation has found itself engaged in battle. And bat tle means casualties, casualties mean medi cal care, and that care often requires blood transfusions. The Red Cross has been re quested by the Defense Department to ac cept the responsibility for planning and op erating a vast blood procurement program for the armed forces. Within five days after the first public announcement of the need for whole blood for our combat forces in Korea, the first forced to buy in the free world not only for their own needs but for Russia’s. Russia’s satellites may not even trade directly with each other. Foster Hall Pigeons Having Their School Troubles, Too When Poland wants Bulgarian tabacco and Bulgaria wants Polish coal the Soviets buy both and then re-sell. Poland and Bulgaria are not permitted to trade with each other. In the deal Moscow knocks off a middle man’s profit. France Buying Extraordinary precautions a r e taken when the President goes on a trip. When he visits another city hundreds of police guard the streets through which his auto passes. Detectives are scattered through the crowds. Police guard the entrance to him hotel, its elevators and fire es capes and the doors he passes. Other officers guard the fire es capes and rooftops of adjoining buildings. When the President eats a mea) in a hotel dining room there’s a Secret Service agent at the table France recently bought rose oil i' 1 front of him and other agents By B. F. ROLAND TV"OW THAT Foster Hall has been ’ ordered demolished, a very im portant question presents itself in full gravity. What will happen to the many v- j. i i v ri ji pigeons who have lived in Foster shipment had been flown across the Pacific. f 0 ® so many yeai . s ? Other shipments have been following regu- An impulsive reply to this ques- , , # tion would be that they must find lariy. * another homestead. But, upon Administrative costs of Red Cross opera- Doking a little deeper into the 1 problem, are such facilities avau- tions are, although some misinformed people able on the campus ? claim otherwise, quite low—less than five ?) ie ^ a11 pige 9 ns f re ^ a liberal-minded, easy-going lot. per cent of the funds for last year s service We feel that our staff knows, was spent for administrative overhead. Again, volunteer workers relieve the costs. the Foster pigeons better, per haps, than any students on tin# campus. The Red Cross is playing a huge role in have 0r bee,rktSng tl tLh''wings our civil defense. It has promised to train and frightening the wits from our + „ij np t photoencravers on the niirht shift. . . anotnei, ana They are a militaristic, almost bel ligerent group. Their pride is quite high, and one of their pet hates is that the Academic Build ing pigeons are really the big birds of the college. They realize this fact, but are still quite envious. Playing the most important factor in the life of the Ross Hall pigeons is their highly-re garded caste system. Each pig eon has a certain spot on the ladder and must listen attentive ly when any pigeon above him speaks. This distinction has both good and bad points. If the top pig eon wants to fortify Ross Hall, he only has to request his secretar ial pigeon — who are sometimes quite nice pigeons—to contact an other pigeon. for its perfume industry from Rus sia, although it was produced in Bulgaria. Indig bough,! from Russia text iles woven in Czechoslovakia. Italy bought Polish coal and Bul garian tobacco, again from Russia. But the greatest trade surprise Too many of the Ross Hall pig eons arc too haughty, however, and cannot achieve the needed results o fT950 has-been Russia’s appear- from the hundreds of minor pig- ance as seller of hog bristle and eons who live in the dormitory ar- tungsten, the two products by ea. For the most part, these pig- which China traditionally earned eons are a friendly group, but the large portion of its foreign a few should have their wings exchange. China has disappeared as clipped. the large trader in the two com- They are keeping the pigeons in modities. Ross from gaining the needed re- What the satellites, including spect of the dormitory pigeons. China, get in return for the pro- The Foster pigeons have been living in the hall since its con struction in 1891. In this 60 years they have adopted many of the attributes of former res idents of the old dorm—students. Now our feathered friends of Foster are caught between two ducts that Moscow sells is not known. But Communist propa ganda boasts loudly in middle Eu ropean papers whenever Russian machines arrive in satellite cities. They call it the “brotherly assist ance of the Soviet Union.” 20 million people in first aid, train thousands ZtoTSJSS abouf powerful groups, which are feud- The last-mentioned pigeon will ea ^?^ er '„ J he ^? a ? ei ? k "on ' How it Works down the BuMing pigeons are great be- in home nursing and as nurse’s aides, help ruined by a pigeon bathing in prepare for emergency feeding, clothing, and aclf! 111 om I