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Battalion Editorials
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TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1951
DOESN’T BELONG TO HIM, BUT-
] ‘The World Is Jungle StilT
UBLIC opinion is a fickle judge.
That which is exalted today can be cast
aside tomorrow and hardly a sigh of remorse
is to be heard. Men enjoy now the plaudits
from every side only to later feel unrelenting
scorn from the same voices.
Another Korea
Near the Baltic?
W/E MUST DECIDE now and make a decla-
: ” ration of the West’s intentions toward
Yugoslavia and not delay until we have an
other Korea on our hands, Georgia’s Sena
tor Russell told the Senate last Saturday.
If the Korean situation has taught us
anything, it should be evident that Russia
intends to move into any place which the
Western powers have not definitely claimed.
South Korea was not attacked until the
Reds were told that we had no interests
there. Any unprotected, or unspoken for,
area is an open invitation to aggression.
There are two main reasons for our help
ing Tito’s Communists:
Yugoslavia’s strategic position as an ally
gives us a valuable base both for European
defense and for spreading anti-Russian pro
paganda to the Red satellites.
Tito’s heresy is one of the most painful
thorns in the side of the Russian propagan
dists. Since Yugoslavia’s successful break
with Russia, nationalistic Communism has
been threatening Stalinist Communism all
over Europe.
By aiding Tito, we may prove to the rest
of the world that it is possible to break
the Moscow stranglehold and yet survive.
Fear, not love, keeps most of Russia’s satel
lites in line. v
Harry Stiteler has felt the two extremes.
Yet how different were the prices paid
for each!
The exaltation was brought at the cost
of hard work and persistent endeavor. Put
ting a football team on the road to a cham
pionship is no small task.
But the scorn—and it is just as loud as
the praise— came so much more easily. It
cost but one mistake—what we believe was
a very small and very human mistake.
It would be rather futile to argue the
justness of that scorn. The unwritten laws
of public acclaim dictate that those in the
public eye must free themselves of human
faults. Personal privacy seems to be a lux
ury reserved to those content to be lost in
obscurity.
Our only request is that A&M remember
Harry Stiteler for what we think he is—a
great coach, a fine man and a builder toward
future Aggieland greatness.
Nobody cares why you slipped and fell,
Falling behind the pace;
Nobody cares if you broke a leg
As long as you lost the race.
We came from the caves just a few
steps back
Where all they knew was the kill.
There’s a slight veneer which the first
tribes missed,
But the world is jungle still.
—Grantland Rice
UN Troops Within 17 Miles
Of 38th Parallel in Korea
Tokyo, March 20 — — Allied
troops today ranged ahead of a
strong line stretching across Korea
less than 17 miles from the Par
allel 38 border.
Their exact locations were cloak
ed in censorship.
The U. S. Eighth Army reported
only that “holding elements” were
in the line at ten scattered points
across the peninsula. It denied
published reports that U. S. troops
were within ten miles of the par
allel and that South Korean troops
were on the invisable boundary it
self.
There were no reports of heavy
fighting.
Field dispatches indicated the
allies were advancing against re
treating Communists all along the
front.
Censorship was lifted on the cap
ture of the Chungbyong Reservoir
and power station 15 miles north
east of Seoul. They were captured
intact three days ago. United Na
tions troops, the Eighth Army said,
have advanced beyond that point.
Moderate rear-guard action was
reported during the day. Chinese
and North Korean Communists
were reported at three widely-sep
arated points: east of Uijongbu,
which is 12 miles north of Seoul;
northeast of Hangye on the central
front, and north of allied-held
Kangnung on the east coast.
The Reds have thrown up road
blocks in some places to delay the
U. N. advance.
From the central front AP cor
respondent Tom Bradshaw report
ed evidence the Chinese were only’*
trying to slow down the U. N. ad
vance until they can complete their
withdrawal north of 38.
He said the main resistance was
met Monday on a road running
northeast of Hongchon.
Although withdrawing behind the
old boundary between North and
South Korea, the Communists hint
ed they plan to return some day.
The radio called on Korean youth ■
of both sexes to “rise against the
enemy” and “start people’s riots
everywhere.”
Ex-Student and Officer
Report on Engineers
Headline over story about speech
by Gen. George C. Marshall at the
Pennsylvania College for Women in
Pittsburgh, appearing in the Som
erset (Pa.) American: “Marshall
Spoke; Wife Got Degree.”
Religious Speaker Scheduled
For Arts and Science Week
By FRANK DAVIS
Guest speaker for the Religious
Education Day Program, April 1,
will be Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld,
‘ of New York. The program will be
, part of Arts and Sciences Week.
Rabbi Lelyveld will speak on
’ “The Place of Religion in a Civil
ised Society,” in the Ballroom of
the MSC. The speaker is the na
tional director of the B’nai B’rith
Hillcl Foundations, an organiza
tion fostering cultural and religi
ous activities on college campuses.
The founder of the National
Federation of Temple Youth, Rab
bi Lelyveld was at one time editor
of the “Youth Leader.” He was
graduated from Columbia Univer
sity, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1933.
While attending the Hebrew Un
ion College where he was ordained
Rabbi in 1939, Rabbi Lelyveld pur
sued graduate studies at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. He is the
author of several articles in the
Universal Jewish Encyclopedia and
in The American Journal of Educa
tion.
Arts and Sciences Week will open
March 30 and last until April 8.
It is sponsored by the School of
Arts and Sciences as part of the
75th anniversary year obseiwancc.
To signalize the work of each
of the departments is a primary
objective of Arts and Sciences
Week, according to Dr. T. F. Mayo.
Dr. Mayo is the chairman of the
Arts and Sciences Week committee.
To bring to the campus as many
visitors as possible and to bring
into the anniversaiy activities a
large number of students are other
objectives which Dr. Mayo named.
The School of Arts and Sciences
will open the week by presenting
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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John Whitmore, Dean Reed Managing Editors
Andy Anderson, Bob Hughson Campus Editors
Ralph Gorman Sports Editor
Fred Walker Associate Sports Editor
Joel Austin City Editor
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor
T. V. Smith, professor at Syracuse
University in a discussion entitled
“The Real Issue with Russia.”
“Our Current Defense Program”
will be discussed April 2 by Felix
E. Larkin, general counsel of the
Department of Defense. Larkin
will be presented by the Great Is
sues Course.
The school plant will bo discuss
ed in a joint program on April
3 by the Education and Psychology
Department and the Physical Edu
cation Department.
W. C. McCord, president of
Southland Life Insurance Company,
Dallas, will speak at a dinner
April 4 given by the Business Ad
ministration Department for its
faculty and students.
The Journalism Department will
hold a Church News Conference
April 5 as its contribution to the
week’s activities.
The Singing Cadets under the
direction of Bill Turner will pre
sent a concert April 8 for the stu
dent body and the people of Bryan-
College Station.
The regional meeting of the
Texas Academy of Science will be
held April 6 and 7 in the Biologi
cal Science Building. Dr. W. Arm
strong Price, professor of oceano
graphy, is in charge of ari'ange-
ments.
Concurrent meetings of the Tex
as Conference of College Teachers
of English and the Joint Committee
of Integration of English Teaching
in High School and College will
be held Mai’ch 30 and 31.
Smith will speak to the groups
on “Philosophy, Politics and Poet
ry.”
The various events, except the
Academy of Science meeting, will
be held in the MSC.
An exhibit of old and rare
books and pamphlets illustrating
the literature activity of Texas
and the Southwest will be on dis
play in the center during the week.
The display will he arranged by
Frank Pierce of the English De
partment.
Today’s Issue
Joel Austin.... Managing Editor
Bob Hughson Campus News Editor
Ralph Gorman....: Sports News Editor
Allen Pengelly .City News Editor
T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips —Editorialists
Allen Pengelly.._ ;... Assistant City Editor
Leon McClellan, Jack Fontaine, Ed Holder, Bryan Spencer, Bob Venable, Dale
Walston, Bee Landrum, Frank Davis, Phil Snyder, Art Giese, Cristy Orth,
James Fuller, Leo Wallace, W. H. Dickens, Fig Newton, Joe Price, Fete
Hermann. Wesley Mason, B. F. Roland, Ivan Yantis, fciid Ragsdale, Bill
Aaberg, Idc Trotter, John Hildebrand, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Sellcck, Rill
Streich, Curtis Edwards, Howard Heard Staff Writers
Jimmy Ashlock, Joe Blanchette, Ray Holbrook, Joe Hollis,
Pat LcBlane , ....: ....Sports Staff Writers
Sam Molinary, Bob Alderdicc i; Staff Photographers
Sid Abernathy Page Make-up
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Autrcy Frederick — Advertising Manager
Uuaaell Hageiii, Bob Hay rue Advartisiug Eepr-6seiiUU.es
Dick Belly - Club Publicity Co-ordinator
President Slates
Two Dallas Talks
Dr. M. T. Harrington, president
of the college, will address a joint
meeting of the Dallas A&M Club
and. the High Noon Club in Dallas
Thursday.
His subject will be, “Texas’
State Colleges Democracy in Ac
tion.” The address will be given
at the Adolphus Hotel.
Bible Verse
C PEAK NOT evil one of another,
^ Brethren. He that speaketh evil
of his brother, and judgeth his
brother, speaketh evil of the law,
and judgeth the law: but if thou
judge the law, thou are not a doer
of the law, but a judge-
—James 4:11
(Editor’s note: Below are ex
cerpts from two letters which
Col Walter H. Parsons has re
ceived from friends now in
Korea. Col. Parsons has relay
ed the letters to The Battalion,
and we believe parts of them
will be of general interest to
our readers.
(The first letter is from
Major V. C. Williams, assign
ed to the A&M Military De
partment last year and now
with the headquarters unit of
the 8224th Engineer Construc
tion Group.)
March 5, 1951—” ... I have
been with Group more than a
month and I like the work fine.
I think it is valuable experience
for me. There is quite a bit more
to the operations of Group than
in a battalion.
“At present we have two combat
battalions (185th and 73rd), a light
equipment company and an En
gineer dump truck company. In
a short time we expect to have two
additional combat battalions. There
is a possibility that Group will be
re-designated a combat group.
“I think it should be chang
ed as all of the units are combat
and not construction.
West Germans
Asked to Draw
Air, Sea Plans
Bonn, Germany, March 20
—UP) — The West German
government has been asked
by the Western Allies to draw
up plans for air and naval
forces that might be part of Gen
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower’s At
lantic Pact army, a government
spokesman said today.
The plans, ho added, would be
“purely hypothetical” as the Bonn
regime has not yet formally
pledged a militaiy contribution of
any kind to the Western defense
force.
The proposals are to be drawn up
by former German generals Hans
Speidel and Adolf Heusinger. They
are the West German government’s
representatives on the Allied-Ger
man military committee studying
technical aspects of possible Ger
man participation in the Atlantic
Pact army.
The committee met last Friday
and is scheduled to meet again
April 6, when German air and
naval plans will be discussed.
The committee of British,
French, American and German of
ficials and soldiers has been study
ing the whole question of possible
German participation since last
January.
LETTERS
Texas Statehood Was
Early Debate Topic
Editor, The Battalion:
Thank you for your excellent
story of Friday March 16 on the
debating activities of Texas A&M.
We are very proud of our debate
squad.
Let me add to two pieces of in
formation. Mr. Lee J. Martin is
one of the four debate coaches,
and the Mr. Allen mentioned in
the story is Mr. Milford F. Allen.
Also, it is probably not by any
means so that “prior to 1926,
there was virtually no debating ac
tivity of any kind at A&M;” it
would be more accurate to say that
very little is known about that ac
tivity.
Professor D. B. Coffer, Archivist
of the College, has some very in
teresting information about de
bates which took place here in the
eighties.and nineties, not long af
ter the College was founded. One
of the interesting questions debat
ed in those days was, “Resolved,
That Texas did not exercise good
judgment in joining the Union.”
Kar! E. Ehuquist
Assoc. Prof, of English
“Our major projects are over a
hundred miles of MSR, two air
fields, rehabilitation of Chechen
rail yards, and numerous other
small jobs-
“They all have almost impossible
obstacles to overcome. One of the
worst difficulties encountered is
weather and its effects, especially
in earthwork. The ground is still
frozen to a depth of from 12 to 14
inches. An unscheduled rain also
gave us plenty of trouble recent
ly-
“Drainage is one of our big
problems from here out. Most of
ficers and men don’t seem to
realize its importance. The lack
of proper drainage has put us in
the hole (mud hole) lately.
“We are making extensive use
of native labor. Their materials
are crude but with sheer numbers,
much can be accomplished. We are
employing more than a thousand
each day. Another thing that the
engineer troops are learning is that
all work is not done by equipment.
Hdnd tools, picks and shovels are
a must.
“There are many minor things
which I believe should be taught
or gotten to the Engineer ROTC
student as a result of the Korean
operations.
“Perhaps someone will make a
study of the operations here and
have it published. However, I
believe that the basic principle
taught the Engineers at A&M
are sound.
“There are pleasant rumors go
ing around concerning rotation of
officer personnel in Korea. One is
that those with combat experience
will be sent back to the U.S. to
teach or train new men.
“Another rumor is that a nor
mal tour will be from 12 to 18
months in Korea.”
(The second letter which
Col. Parsons has graciously
allowed us to publish was writ
ten by Lieut. Walter O. Bachus
of Tyler, a member of the
Class of 1950. LieUt. Bachus’
letter was dated Feb. 27.—The
Editor.)
“ We are still the only
American company of Engineers to
have reached the Yalu River, bor
der of Manchuria. From Hyesan-
jin we had to vrithdraw after we
found we were pretty well pilmed
in by the Chinese.
“So we back-tracked the long,
slow route to the Yalu, blowing
bridges that we had built, and
destroying the roads that we im
proved.
“In spite of these rather sad
episodes, we managed to get most
of the equipment to Hamhung for
a port of exit. While we were
there waiting for the units to as
semble (some coming from the Cho-
sin Reservoir trap), we laid sev
eral thousand yards of that fam
iliar and indispensable double-ap
ron fence with accompanying mine
fields.
“These entanglements really
kept the Chinese out until we
could clear the port.
“From Hamhung we went back
to Pusan and a couple of weeks
later we moved up to Chechon,
again with the 17th Regimental
Combat Team (7th Inf. Div-).
“There we constructed again sev
eral thousand yards of wire with
mines to hold back the apparent
Chinese thrust from Wonju, about
18 miles North. But they never
came . . .
“On about 1 Feb. we pushed off
toward Haengsong (scene of re
cent news). From there our mis
sion was to move the artillery (U.
S.) which was supporting R. O. K.
soldiers out in front.
“Some 12 miles Northeast of
Hoengsong on the night of the
11th we found we were cut off
by some three Chinese divisions
from Wonju—just when we were
apparently doing so well.
“So at 11:30 my C. O. told me
to take my platoon and the bull
dozer and try to pioneer a road
across rice paddies to connect with
a trail to the East some five miles
to get back to Hoensong.
“Finally by a lot of cussing,
blasting, and bulldozing, we made
the road and a ford which inter
linked with a fair road. We then
thought it would be easy going to
Wonju through Hoengsong, but
much to our surprise.
“After reaching Hoengsong,
we found it had fallen to the
Chinese at 1730. Now about 0200
the 12th, we manned all the guns
and tried to run the guantlet
through town.
“It took us two hours to get
through town, through the small
arm, machine gun, mortar fire
and close combat.
“Our losses were about 25 per
cent, bdt the Engineers took about
50 times that many and really
showed up well.
“We’re better than their profes
sional infantry comrades, I’d say.
“But we managed to get oiit a
battalion of 105 Howitzers and
155 plus prime movers—what a
job it is to move those babies!
“Now we have been relieved tc
get more men and equipment and
are finding working around the
Engineer Battalion a little duH,
but a lot safer. . t ”
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