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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951
"WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON HERE?”
Noose on Freedom’s Neck...
DECENT EVENTS have touched off a
series of comments containing the same
fundamental idea that a man’s private affairs
are and should be strictly private. There
are places where this ideal situation may
exist, but it does not hold true for anyone
connected with A&M College. Some gen
eralizations on this matter might be worth
while.
Every effort is made by the administra
tion to promote interest in the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas. The exist
ence and well being of the College depends
largely on this interest. As a “by product”
of this promoted interest, everyone connected
with the school is placed on a “moral tight
rope.” Personal behavior is just as subject
to inspection as a dormitory room, and any
discrepancy that does not reflect credit on
the institution will be dealt with in an appro
priate manner.
We submit this as a matter of fact, and
we assure everyone that the tightrope does
not end at the classroom door. The faculty
members and administrators are expected to
set a higher standard than students since
they are in charge of students during their
“formative” years.
The question has been raised as to wheth
er this is a College or a Church. From the
standpoint of censorship of personal life,
A&M, unfortunately, does not differ greatly
from a theological institution.
In spite of this apparent infringement of
personal rights, a man may still think as he
chooses. This will remain true as long as
their is no visible external manifestation
that the thought is unconventional.
Eventually, of course, psychologists will
reveal the secrets of the find. We will con
gratulate this achievement, but we will
mourn the passing of this last sanctuary of
absolute freedom.
Ain’t it Wonderful?.
npHE OTHER day there appeared in the
editorial columns of The Daily Record of
Stroudsburg, Pa., a letter from Irvin F.
Angle, of nearby Portland, Pa. We recom
mend it to all those interested in the subjects
of inflation and prosperity. Here it is:
Once there was a farmer who raised corn
and a man who raised hens, but no corn.
The hens said no corn, no eggs. So the man
agreed to work for the farmer one day a
week for $5 a day. And the farmer agreed to
sell corn to the man for $1 a bushel.
They paid each other off every time with
the long green. The farmer paid the man
$5 and the man paid the $5 back to the
farmer for the five bushels of corn which
he wheeled home in his wheel-barrow. After
a while, the man said to the farmer: “Every
thing’s gone up, and I regret intensely to
inform you that I can’t work for less than
$6 a day.
The farmer said, “I understand. But,
you must understand that everything’s go
ing up with me too, and I regret intensely
to inform you that I can’t sell you my corn
for less than $1.20 a bushel.” The man said
he understood. So, the man got $6 a day
and, at $1.20 a bushel, paid the farmer the
$6 for five bushels of corn. Both of them
said, “Happy days are here again.”
By and by the man said to the farmer,
“Things have gone up still more and I can’t
work for less than $7.50 a day.” The farmer
agreed that was fair, but«told the man that
things were going up still higher with him.
He would have to get $1.50 a bushel for the
corn. The man agreed that was fair and
both said, “Prosperity is here.”
After all, the man was getting $7.50 a
day. The farmer was getting $1.50 a bushel
for corn, and the hens were getting five
bushels as always. And so things went
until the man was getting $10 a day and the
farmer got $2 a bushel and the man gave the
farmer $10 for five bushels. And the hens
kept right on laying, even on Thursdays, and
the man told his wife, “Ain’t it wonderful
, . . $10 a day.”
And the farmer told his wife, “Ain’t it
wonderful ... $2 a bushel.” And the hens
kept clucking away on five bushels of corn.
And the statisticians down Washington
way said, “Ain’t it wonderful . . . national
income at record levels.” And the politicians
said, “Ain’t it wonderful” and bragged that
they had done it. And everybody felt so
good and prosperous that the man and the
farmer voted for the politicians and that is
how it was, “eggsactly.”
The man got three times as much for
the eggs, but paid three times as much for
his shoes, and the music went “round and
round.”—The Wall Street Journal
Probation Status
Biggest Concern In
Mid-Semester Poll
By WILLIAM DICKENS
Let’s Define It,
Or Quit It
IVTOW THAT THE fighting is close to the
^ ' 38th parallel, it looks like an' appropriate
time for things to grind to a halt. We have
no territorial ambitions North of the line,
and Mao Tse-tung should be willing to keep
his men out of the South zone. A good U. N.
ultimatum should get the job done.
We have long contended that the present
undefined police action is a pretty sorry
mess. It should now be possible to set up a
truce or an all-out war. No satisfactory
justification has yet appeared for the sacri
fice of American lives under such unfavor
able military and diplomatic circumstances.
One significant fact stands out very
sharply. From the very beginning, things
have not gone according to plan for anyone
concerned. At the present time both sides
would undoubtedly like to call an honorable
halt. Until this can be done, things will
degenerate to an even sorrier mess. Any
country owning atom bombs might do well
to remember the truth of Korea—nobody
wins, or “the best laid plans of mice and
men. ...”
AMONG the moans, groans, and
"^long faces, some sighs of relief
and cheerful smiles could be seen
oh the campus yesterday after
mid-term grades were filed with
the registrars office.
As the result of a student poll,
taken by this reporter on the ques
tion, “Are mid-term grade reports
necessary?” various answers were
received, showing a reasonable con
trast in opinions.
“If there has to be mid-semester
grade reports and people put on
probation at mid-semester, students
should also be taken off probation
at mid-semester,” said Guy King,
junior business major from Waco.
“They aren’t exactly a good
indication of what you are do
ing because most instructors give
you a higher grade than you de
serve, or a lower grade with the
intentions of making you work
more,” Walter Lang, a math
major in the class of ’46 said.
Bob Browne, sophomore math
major, said, “I think they are a
good idea because they let you
know just where you stand in
your class work.”
“I think they are perfectly use
less,” said Lawrence Ashburn, jun
ior dairy mfg. major from Dallas.
“You should have a deficiency re
port at the end of the semester,”
he advised.
“It’s a good thing in order to
let you, as well as your parents,
know how you are doing, but a
student shouldn’t be kicked out
of school on the strength of mid-
semester grades,” commented
Ben Thomas, a junior A. H. maj
or from Perryton.
Bob Philpott, journalism major
from Chicago, Ill., advised, “We
should have some sort of a re
port which, should not have any
bearing on students going on proba
tion until the end of the semester.”
“I don’t think you have covered
the course well enough or have had
enough tests by mid-semester to
base a grade on,” said Jimmie Mas
sey, Aero major from Waco.
Bill Walker, junior B A major
said, “They are helpful in making
you study but many instructors
misjudge students by not knowing
them well enough and by not know
ing their full capability in such a
short time.”
Marshall Says
World Crisis
Getting Worse
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
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Editor, The Battalion:
I was very much impressed at
viewing the authentic collection of
relics and documents on Texas his
tory on display at the MSC.
There is on display what I pre
sume to be an original “passenger
list”—written in Spanish—of those
early Canary Islanders who came
to settle in old San Antonio. Next
to the list is a binder supposedly
to contain the English translation
of this passenger list. A white card
says, “Original Mexican Documents
and the English translation regard
ing the Canary Islanders who set
tled San Antonio in 1730. It is to
be noted that amongst the supplies
given the ladies were two pairs
of silk stockings.”
The English translation goes on
to give a list of individual cloth
ing and equipment such as bedding,
and so on. But as I read the ori
ginal document on the left mothing
is said about clothing and equip
ment. From what I could interpret
was this:
“Four group—family of widow.”
“Maria Rodriquez Provayna—•
daughter of Manual and Laura Im-
piezzes, native of Lanzazote, twen
ty-six years of age, more or less,
of good slim stature, dark complex
ion, color white, thick eyes, sharp
nose, black hair and eye brows, the
amount of eighteen pesos for the
same reason.”
Perhaps someone translated the
writings wrong or placed the wrong
binder in the display. At any rate
it should be corrected for the
benefit of the visitors and student
body as well.
Ralph F. Gonzales ’53
H °w can General Marshall,
who has indicated he does
not expect an early war, say
that the general world situa
tion is more serious than it
was last November?
In November, Communist China
entered the Korean war and threw
the United Nations army back into
South Korea after it had appeared
a complete allied victory was at
hand.
A situation was created which
led to fear that either a general
war would start in the Far East,
or that Russia would take advan
tage of the situation for further
dangerous adventures.
Let-Down
Now, by the general’s testimony,
there has been a let-down. He
seems disturbed at hesitation over
universal military training and
over amendments to the bill which
he wrote.
Universal military training is not
only a system for providing, more
cheaply than any other way, a pool
of military strength from which to
meet an emergency, it is firm no
tice to Russia that the United
States is aware of, willing and cap
able of meeting, the long-range re
quirements of the power fight in
which the world has become in
volved.
This, rather than any fear of im
mediate war, would seem to be in
the general’s mind.
Sign of Weakness
Any let-down in America’s deter
mination to do the job which she
has undertaken will only be taken
by Russia as a sign of weakness
and an encouragement for adven
tures which could lead quickly to
war.
In no other perceptible way has
the world situation worsened since
November. The war in Korea has
been going very well. Russia is
negotiating in Paris instead of
marching on Berlin, Belgrade or
Tehran. Failure of the negotiations
could produce a crisis, as happened
in 1939 when Britain and France
failed to reach an agreement with
the Kremlin, and Russia allied her
self with Adolf' Hitler.
But reports from inside Europe
have it that Russia has not mobil
ized her forces there for war this
Spring, despite warlike activities
in her Balkan satellites.
Swanson, Ferrer Favored
Hollywood to Present
Annual Oscars Tonight
By BOB THOMAS
XJOLLYWOOD, March 29—<A>)—
Movietown’s “Run For The
Roses”—The annual Oscar Derby—
comes down the homestretch to
night and it’s still a wide-open race,
particularly among the Fillies.
The academy awards—the enter
tainment world’s Kentucky Derby—
will be dealt out amid glamorous
trappings at the Pantages Theater
on Hollywood Boulevard. The con
testants are the subjects of as
much touting as any prize crop of
three-year-old nags.
Everyone in Hollywood has his
own ideas about who will be
crowned the year’s movie champ
ions. Here is a consensus of the
current trends, as well as some
observations of my own:
Female star performance—ah,
here’s the toughie. Seldom has
there been a tighter race in this
division, and it’s continuing right
down to the wire. It’s largely a
three-filly straggle between Gloria
Swanson (Sunset Blvd.”), Bette
Davis (“All About Eve”) and Judy
Holliday (“Born Yesterday”).
Miss Swanson may very well nab
the honors. As the aging film
queen, she gave a striking, if styl
ized performance. Her comeback
is perhaps the greatest in film his
tory, and she will snag the senti
mental vote, which is considerable.
Many of the academy voters may
plunk down for Miss Davis because
of sentiment and because of her
sheer artistry. The two-time Oscar
winner came back brilliantly in her
role as another over-age actress.
The great popularity of “All About
Eve” might well make her the
first star to win three academy
awards.
Judy Holiday is pushing the
two older stars for contention.
Her dumb-blonde role made her
an immediate star, and her rise
has been called the swiftest since
Mae West. She could upset the
dopesters and walk home with
the statuette.
Anne Baxter (“All About Eve”)
and Eleanor Parker (“Caged”) are
strong entries, but probably will
be outdistanced. Miss Baxter could
be tabbed the dark horse, because
of her adept portrait of the stage
aspirant.
Selection: Gloria Swanson.
Male star performance—this one
is a little easier to chart, provided
the race runs to form. Jose Ferrer’s
Grandiose “Cyrano De Bergerac”
was one of the biggest chunks of
acting in years. He should, if you
will pardon the expression, win by
a nose.
That doesn’t mean that the field
will not press him. Louis Calhera
created a charming portrait of
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in
“The Magnificent Yankee.” But the
film itself does not seem strong
enough to bring him home a win
ner.
William Holden might qualify
as the dark horse. His able con
vincing work as the screen writ
er helped hold “Sunset Blvd.”
together but his role lacked Fer
rer’s fireworks.
James Stewart (“Harvey”) and
Spencer Tracy (“Father of the
Bride”) figure to be outrun. Both
are former Derby winners (Tracy
triumphed twice), but they have
been seen in solider stuff.
Selection: Jose Ferrer.
Best picture—this shapes up as
a runaway for “All About Eve.”
The intellectual appeal of the film
can’t be overlooked and it should be
victorious. It can mean another
double win for director-writer
Joseph Mankiewicz, who won two
Oscars last year for “A Letter To
Three Wives.”
“Sunset Blvd.” is the
est competition. It
cinating picture
town, but many
strong-
was a fas-
of the home
local viewers
found fault with its melodrama.
“Born Yesterday” is doubtful,
since its main attribute is a girl
named Judy Holliday.
Scratch “King Solomon’s Mines"
and “Father of the Bride.” Al
though popular favorites, they are
not the kind of stock that usually
win the big race.
Selection: “All About Eve.”
The supporting races usually
are not easy to predict. However,
Josephine Hull, the scatterbrained
sister in “Harvey,” appears destin
ed for the reward. George Sanders,
the acid-tongued critic of “All
About Eve,” appears to be a prime
favorite in the male support divi
sion.
As with all form charts, this
one could very easily be upset.
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(See OSCARS TONIGHT, Page 6)
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Bible Verse
WHATSOEVER thy hand findeth
” to do, do it with they might;
for there it no work, nor device,
nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the
grave, whither thou geest.
—Ecclesiastes 9:10.