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Battalion Editorials
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951
Invest in the Campus Chest
/HEN YOUR dorm senator or his assist-
-ants come to your room tonight, they’ll
be seeking money for the Campus Chest.
And when you give that money, it won’t
be a gift—it’ll be an investment. Your con
tribution will be an investment in A&M and
in its future students.
For the majority of this year’s Campus
Chest collection will go to two scholarships
—the Twelfth Man Scholarship, now in its
second year, and the new foreign student
award, which this year will go to a Norwe
gian student.
Still another part of the funds will go to
the College Station Community Chest, as a
token of appreciation for aid rendered by
this group to many students, faculty mem
bers, and their families.
The Twelfth Man Scholarship is admin
istered, like most other A&M awards,
through the Developmelit Association under
the able hand of E. E. MeQuillen. After
meeting last year’s winner—now a freshman
student here—we have more confidence than
ever in the abilities of that office to select
deserving men.
The award is given to a student who has
attained an outstanding record in high school
and who appears competent enough to carry
that record on into college. We don’t be
lieve a single Twelfth Man Award winner
will ever be anything but a credit to A&M.
World problems are many in these troub
led days, but somehow—somewhere—they
c anbe solved. They may be solved through
what appears now to be minor actions.
The Foreign Student Scholarship is a step
in that direction. If enough students from
Europe could be brought to the United States
to study, we feel sure that a mutual under
standing between those countries and our
nation could be achieved.
Students from other parts of the world
are not unusual at A&M. Each of these
men carry back to their homeland a more
definite idea of true democracy. And only
by knowledge abroad of these ideals can we
ever hope to obtain peace and understanding.
Students will be visiting you tonight. If
you plan to be out of your room or home,
leave a contribution with someone else, or
wait until they return Thursday night.
That contribution is for A&M’s Campus
Chest—a wise investment in A&M’s future.
Letters to the Editor
Campus Chest, The Batt, ‘Dirty Politics ’
Chest Money
Helps Students
Editor, The Battalion:
The annual Campus Chest drive
begins tonight. Each of us will
be asked to give as much as we
can. No other campus solicitations
have been allowed throughout the
year in the hope that this ONE
can be a huge success.
Our money will enable a Texas
boy to attend A&M who would not
have had the opportunity other
wise. A student from Norway will
have an opportunity to st,udy at
A&M and to observe democracy at
work in the United States. If he
is favorably impressed, he will
inform his countrymen, and conse
quently it would not be absurd to
believe that Communism or Fas
cism might once again be stemmed.
Before we turn our backs and
say, “No, I’m broke,” place your
self in the high school student’s
place who is relying upon us to
permit him to enter A&M.
If we think on this, I doubt that
any of us will or can say no.
The drive’s success or failure de
pends on us. Let’s give willingly
and heartfully.
Bill Parse
President
Student Senate
‘Nothing
But a Farce’
Editor, The Battalion:
After throwing that low blow to
the students of A&M College last
week over the student body presi
dent election, you have proven two
things I have always doubted since
I’ve been here.
The Battalion is nothing but a
farce down here to make A&M just
another college like the rest of
them. Also, that The Battalion is
nothing but a tool of the college
administration, (A simple one, at
that.)
I hope you publish this so you
and many of your readers can see
what some of us think of The Bat
talion. (I have already subscribed
to The Daily Texan. It as least
is a voice of the students!)
I hope you will keep your pro
mise and publish all letters to the
editor. Thank you.
Jim Travis ’52
Answers Elston,
Accuses Battalion
Editor, The Battalion:
I would like to use some of
your space to answer some of the
asinine charges and questions about
the disputed election of last Wed
nesday. As one of those snotty-
nosed kids of the Student Senate,
I would like to straighten one
David Elston out on a point or
two.
It is quite evident that Elston
has been misinformed, or rather
uninformed, as to the reasons be
hind the postponement of the elec
tion. One of the few reasons these
results were discarded is that a
representative vote of the student
body was not obtained. It may sur
prise him to know that most of
the students in some of the; dormi
tories did not have an opportunity
to vote, and in a few of the dorm
itories no ballots at all were pass
ed out.
This was not due to discrimina
tion of any kind, but due rather
The Battalion
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to a few simple incidents. One of
the members of the election com
mittee was sick and could not help
with the election. This left one man
to cover the entire campus.
This would be quite a job for
even our pompous and indignant
Mr. Elston. It is only natural that
some things would go wrong. I
think the election committee of the
Student Senate is to be compli
mented rather than criticized for
their excellent work this year.
Theirs is one of the hardest and
most thankless jobs in the Senate.
While some members of the Stu
dent Senate may not like the re
sults of the election, they stand
ready to except the decision of the
majority of the student body as
determined, by a fair election or
poll, as the case may be. However,
they cannot be held responsible
for the obvious blunders of The
Batt in reporting the story.
The Senate does not endorse all
the policies of The Batt. On the
contrary, some of the most inac
curate coverages to date have been
proceedings in the Senate meetings.
Certain members of The Batt
staff seem to think that they are
the voice of the Senate, which by
no means represents the true facts.
If Mr. Elston is really interest
ed in learning the real reasons
for this action, rather than just
wanting to bray like a jackass to
enjoy raising hell, I would sug
gest that he attend the next meet-
ing of the Student Senate, and they
will be glad to present the case to
him.
The subject will definitely be un
der discussion, and I’m sure he will
be convinced that the members of
the Senate who took this action
were acting in the best interests of
the students body.
A snotty-nosed kid,
Jimmy Onstott
Senator, Law Hall
‘Class Distinction
Most Democratic’
Editor, The Battalion:
This letter has as its purpose
the statement of certain considera
tions that should cause a group of
our “governing students” to sur
vey their attempts to change the
President of the Student Senate to’
the President of the Student Body.
1. This change would in effect
be reducing greatly in status the
office of Cadet Colonel of the
Coi’ps and the President of the
Senior Class.
2. This change would leave the
door open for complete revision
of our form of student control.
Probably in a few years our stu
dent control would resemble that
exercised by the upperclassmen at
T. U. over his underclassmen, in
other words no control at all.
3. If this change is adopted, it
would mean that one of the most
democratic system of student con
trol that has ever been conceived
would be scrapped in favor of a
system that allows only a few stu
dents to govern (here I use the
term govern loosely—very loosely.)
Every person who enters A&M
and becomes a sophomore, junior,
and senior has a VOICE in the con
trol of underclassmen by virtue of
his class. The tradition of “CLASS
DISTINCTION” (one of our most
democratic institutions here at
A&M) would be delivered a death
blow.
Under the President of the Stu
dent Body and his Senate only an
elected few would have this voice
and only they would have power
to delegate this authority.
In spite of these foregoing points
certain people whose sense of poli
tical gain is distorted continue to
“plug” vigorously for the power
change. A certain Student Senator
maintained that the change would
(See LETTERS, Page 4)
From the City Desk
W orkingT ogether
Produces Results
.. . By Joel Austin
C OLLEGE STATION—2 miles,” the sign reads as you
enter the city from Bryan on Highway 6.
For many years that sign has been correct and that
gap between the two cities has been a bridge crossed many
times by people of College Station and Bryan as well as
students of A&M.
Bryan has for many years been a mother city to this
community in which we live and still furnishes a large por
tion of the luxuries and necessities not available here.
The length of that two miles has been traveled by men
and women for the purpose of friendly trade with a larger
city offering better selections of merchandise for them to
buy. Since the college was first established, there has been
a growing need here for places of business such as are in
Bryan, but due to the lack of population and potential cus
tomers, the businesses were slow in coming.
The three shopping centers of College Station now
boasts many stores which conveniently serve residents of this
city and are realizing handsome profits from the increasing
population of the city and A&M College.
All the needs of the people of College Station cannot be
found here, however, and students and housewives, teachers
and businessmen all must continue to look to Bryan for
many of the necessities of life.
Two Miles Don’t Exist Now
The two-mile sign is no longer correct. That distance
doesn’t exist between the towns any longer. And in most
places College Station and Bryan are jam up together now,
with the city limit line of both running in the same spot.
The distance between the towns was eaten up for var
ious reasons. Both cities have said additional land was taken
to “straighten” boundry lines. Another reason was because
residents of the area either favored being in a municipality
when asked, or they themselves asked to be a part of the
city.
Whether the two places have been justified in their ef
forts to “out-grab” certain tracts of land is another ques
tion. For while neither Bryan nor College Station has shown
they were not trying to annex the new property before the
other could gain control of it, they have given evidence that
if one didn’t take it, the other would.
A complex situation exists now in the relations of the
two city governments, and unless this “if we don’t take it
now, they will tomorrow” idea is squelched, we are likely to
find ourselves in a not-too-pleasing state of being.
It is well for us to remember the City of College Sta
tion is not on even terms with Bryan to deal in matters of
this kind, for if such an “annexation battle” is to exist or be
carried any further, Bryan’s home rule charter provisions
could allow them to do practically anything they please in
the way of annexation.
Trying to Obtain New Charter
College Station civic leaders are now trying to obtain a
home rule charter—which this city is qualified for—
through the regular necessary legal channels.
The city is fortunate that College Station Council was
able to annex as much territory as it did in what proved to be
a last ditch fight to possess the property.
But we believe that even with this newly annexed land
and the rule charter, the bickering between the two muni
cipalities is not going to be conducive to bettering or even
maintaining the relations of people
living in both towns.
Due May 9
Scientific Research Boosted
With Sigma Xi Installation
Local scientific research activ
ities and accomplishments will be
given further recognition when the
A&M College of Texas Chapter of
the Society of the Sigma Xi is
formally installed on May 9.
Installation ceremonies will be
conducted by officers of the Na
tional Society, and will include the
organization of the Chapter, pre
sentation of the charter, a recep
tion, a dinner in honor of guests
and official delegates from other
Chapters, and an address by an
outstanding scientist.
The sole purpose of Sigma Xi
is the “encouragement of original
investigation in science, pure and
applied.” The Society was founded
at Cornell University in 1886 by
eight engineering students and an
instructor in engineering who, at
the time, was the youngest member
of the Cornell faculty.
Total membership now numbers
about 65,000, more than half of
whom are associated with active
units of the Society established
in 165 of the leading universities,
colleges, and technical institutions
in the United States and Canada.
Over 100 Members Here
The more than 100 local members
of Sigma Xi are distributed among
the instructional staffs of the sev
eral Schools of the College, and the
research staffs of the Agricultural
and Engineering Experiment Sta
tions. This group was organized as
a Club of the Society in 1945,
and has been in the process of
transferring to Chapter status for
nearly three years. Election to
membership in the Society is only
by action of duly established Chap
ters.
Permission to establish a chapter
at A&M was granted by the Soc
iety at its annual convention held
last December. Favorable action
was taken only, after the local
group had submitted preliminary
and formal petitions summarizing
the past and current scientific re
search activities on the campus
and listing the research accomp
lishments of the individual mem
bers of the petitioning group, and
after reports had been made by
representatives of the Society who
visited the campus for inspection
purposes.
Encourages Research
The objective of the Society, to
encourage pure’ and applied scien
tific research, is accomplished in
several way. Probably the most
important of these is through the
recognition given to qualified grad
uate and undergraduate students
by election to membership in the
Society.
As a result of the high standards
maintained throughout the years
by the many- chapters of the
Society, such election has come to
have a definite meaning in scienti
fic circles and gives to the young
scientist at an early stage of his
development a distinction attain
able in no other way.
Staff members and others quali
fied in research are also eligible
for membership. In the election of
mature scientists, the evidence of
research accomplishment must be
tangible, while in the case of stu
dents potential research capabil
ities are of greater importance.
Further encouragement to re
search activity is given through
series of scientific lectures spon
sored and arranged by each Chap
ter. Graduate and undergraduate
students, staff members, and the
interested public are encouraged to
attend these lectures. Speakers
are selected from off-campus and
local research groups and are cho
sen for their ability to give in
formative as well as understand
able presentations of material with
in their special fields of knowledge.
The Society selects annually sev
eral outstanding scientists as Sig
ma Xi National Lecturers. The visit
of a National Lecturer to a Chap
ter or Club is normally regarded
as one of the high lights of the '
year’s activities. Arrangements
usually made for visiting lecturers
to meet with small groups of grad-
uatc students and staff members
for the discussion of research prob
lems of mutual interest.
A number of grants-in-aid fy
the support of worthy research arc
made each year by the Society of
the Sigma Xi. Individual grants
usually range from $150 to $500
and are made to graduate studenfs
and staff members. Thirty-two such
grants totalling about $10,000 were
made for 1950.
An additional important activity
of Sigma Xi in keeping with its de
sire to encourage research is the
publication of authoritative articles
by leaders in a variety of speckfl-
ized fields. These appear in the
Society’s official quarterly publi
cation “American Scientist”, re
ceived by all members, and in vol
umes of collected papers under the
general title “Science in Progress.”
We would ask that since Bryan
and College Station are so near
each other and also since so many
people of Bryan are dependent
upon A&M and the people of Col
lege Station (whether they want
to admit it or not) while College
Station and A&M rely on Bryan
for many of the things it needs,
the two cities should direct their
efforts in providing the things they
have in a spirit of friendly co
operation.
Available Money
With the great amount of money
available to be spent by A&M stu
dents and College Station residents,
people of Bryan should be quick to
realize the necessity of negotiating
friendly terms in this city.
Obligated to Trade
As we mentioned sometime ago
in this space, students of A&M
as well as College Station residents,
are obliged to patronize business
places of Bryan because there is
no other place to go.
Why can’t this business be cul
tivated so the customers from Col-
leget Station will do their shop
ping for items not available here
with desire to trade with the
Bryan merchant, rather than do
business in an air of compulsion be
cause what they want is not avail
able elsewhere?
As College Station grows, the
mercantile facilities will also in
crease, but with its spread-out
shopping centers and inconven
iently located places of business,
College Station is going to have
to wait quite some time before
merchants can adequately serve the
needs of the community.
You help me—-I’ll help you.
That’s' the Attitude both cities must
take. And in so doing, they can
both work for a greater Bryan and
College Station.
Journalism Profs
Attend SDX Meet
Donald D. Burchard, Earl New
som, and Otis Miller of the Jour
nalism Department attended the
monthly meeting of the Gulf Coast
Professional Journalism Fraternity,
which met in Houston on April 16.
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