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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1951
Think and Mark
“jllORE STUDENTS on this campus know the dates various
^■"•buildings on the campus were built, than know how their
student government functions. And each and every one of
these same students will say with conviction that he is inter
ested in the welfare of his school.
“Student government can do only as much for the body
it governs as that body will make it do. And they can make
it do very little if they fail to understand its operation.”
These were the opening two paragraphs of an editorial
in The Battalion a year ago. The same thing is true now as
was true then. The students know more about buildings than
they know about their government.
Such a lack of interest is seen yearly during the elections
when students who vote do so without thinking.
Each time a mark is made on the ballot more thought
should be given than just thinking about how popular a man
is. The student elections for members of the A&M govern
ing bodies is not and never should be a popularity race.
In high school we were given a chance to elect the most
popular boy and girl in the school. This was fine there, but
can we afford to let ourselves fall into this kind of a mental
void—lets hope not.
We feel as if the governing bodies here are just as
important and powerful as the men we put in office. Every
time a selection is made THINK.
What has become of all the men
who, fifty years ago, thought they
might be President?
Ready for 4 All-Out’
Attack Says Ridgway
‘Heartbreak' Suicide
Shovels, Knives, Sweat
Fail in Ridge Battle
' ntx/zts.
U. S. Eighth Army Headquar
ters, Korea, Oct. 1 — (A*) — The
Eighth Army is “prepared to
strike, and strike hard” in Korea
if the Reds want all-out war in
stead of truce talks.
That warning was issued tonight
in Tokyo by Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway’s public information of
fice.
Bradley Toured Posts
It came as Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, America’s top military leader,
and Ridgway toured commend
posts on the Eastern front where
the United Nations’ autumn offen
sive got underway last Tuesday.
On the other side of the war-
torn peninsula, sunny skies brought
the air war back to Korea. Twen
ty-seven U. S. F-86 sabre jets
clashed with about 40 red-nosed
Communist MIG-15s in a series of
dogfights that swirled for 25 min
utes north of Sinanju.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
one of the Russian-made MIGs
was destroyed and three were dam
aged. No allied losses were re
ported.
Of truce negotiations, the Ridg
way headquarters statement said
“the whole issue of the resumption
of talks is one that cannot be
hedged much longer.
Autumn Offensive Started
“Meanwhile, indications are that
the Eighth Army is not planning
to sit idly by while the Commu
nists string out negotiations for
another long period. A few days
ago an autumn offensive was start
ed. The Eighth Army commander,
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, said,
‘whether this new' effort will be
limited, I am not at liberty to say.’
But the fact remains that the U. N.
command army is poised and pre
pared to strike, and strike hard,
should the Reds decide that they
have had enough of the armistice
talks and wish to get on with the
war on an all-out scale.”
The statement said Bradley’s vis
it “highlights the tension of the
entire Korean problem.
“The Communists must realize
that the time for bluffing is over.”
Bradley, chairman of the U. S.
Joint Chiefs of Staff, was accom
panied to Korea by Ridgway, Van
Fleet and Charles (Chip) Bohlen,
U. S. State Department expert on
Russia.
Talked with Commanders
At the air strip of an American
division on the Eastern front Brad
ley talked briefly with division
staff officers, commanding gener
als of three South Korean divi
sions, and commanders of French
and Dutch battalions.
Bradley was dressed in an olive
drab field uniform. A pistol and
a canteen swung from his belt.
The five-star general walked down
a line of high ranking officers and
shook hands with each.
The three generals flew to the
Eastern front in a convoy of light
planes. The weather was so windy
that other light aircraft pilots said
they would not fly unless ordered
to do so.
Bradley told importers he would
not make any statement except
that he would be in Korea “a short
time.”
Itinerary Not Disclosed
His itinerary was not disclosed.
Howeyfer, he is expected to confer
with all or most corps and division
commanders and inspect some of
the United Nations units near the
front.
It was not known whether he
vmuld visit the U. N. command ad
vance base near Munsan, head
quarters of the allied cease-fire ne
gotiators.
There w r as little action on the
Eastern front vdien Bradley visited
that area.
Fighting w r as slowed by over
night rains and wind that tore
down tents, flooded foxholes and
chilled infantrymen to their bones.
Exchange Desk
TU Has Issues,
Rice Has Honor
Going on the assumption that things also happen on the
campuses of other schools in this area, The Battalion decided
to start recaping some of the highlites of the week’s event
on some of the SWC schools and TSCW.
•
At T U
TU’s Great Issue course is getting under way and
officials say it will start Oct. 11. This course, unlike A&M’s
carries no credit, but this did not stop the 1,250 students
who took it last year.
The University’s program is self sufficient and last
year put away $1,500 for this season. Planners of the series
have lined up a list of outstanding speakers to talk on “US
Foreign Policy.”
Students registered for the course, if it operates this
year as it did last year, will pay $2 to help defray the cost
of the speakers.
(Editor’s Note: Out of every ,
war comes a great piece of writ
ing. This story by AP corres
pondent Stan Carter was consid
ered to be this great piece of
writing by the Dallas office of ,
the Associated Press. We add
our vote for this choice).
By STAN CARTER
Eastern Front, Korea, Sept. 29
(Delayed)—(A 1 )—Here are the he
roes of “Heartbreak Ridge”—the
men of the 23rd Regiment, U. S.
Second Division, who have fought
for more than two weeks in a thus-
far unsuccessful attempt to wrench
that height from the Reds:
They believed their mission was
suicide—and for many it was—
but they crawled again and again
through intense Communist fire up
the jagged slopes of Heartbreak
Ridge.
One man killed a North Korean
with a shovel. Two soldiers died
trying to hold off a Communist at
tack with their bare fists. A young
Negro lad hobbled off Heartbreak
Ridge with one foot gone. He re
fused to be carried down because
he said the litters were needed for
“serious” cases.
An Allied squad was cut off by
screaming Communists. It fought
out of the trap, then turned and
attacked the Reds.
Many are dead now. Many more
have been wounded. Those left
alive and in one piece walked down
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Tex?«, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year.
During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during
examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday
through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer
terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscrip
tion rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request.
Also on the “Forty-Acre” campus, they have set up
a service for students who are unable to attend the foot
ball games. A board is operated to flash lighs indicating
who is doing what on the playing field.
At Rice
In the Rice Thresher a letter was published explaining
the Honor System. In part it said:
“To All Rice Students:
A. Houston girl attending one of the State’s larger uni
versities was well pleased over the fact that her high grade
on a History final gave her a 93 average for the semester. A
week later she was disappointed to find that her 93 netted
her only a B—in the course. The simple answer that the
other students in the class, aided by cheat sheets and a policy
of “cooperate and graduate,” had set a class average of 95
on the test.
That doesn’t happen here . . .
Presupposing that Rice Students are honorable people
and have the character and self-respect to want honest con
duct of their examinations, we sincerely believe that our
Honor System is the logical method to conduct those exam
inations.
It assumes that each of us is an adult not a chald to be
watched over or threatened. It assumes that we are honest,
and not petty thieves who would deliberately take from a
neighbor the written results of his thought and study. It
hardly seems necessary to point out that this amounts to
theft of another’s property just as surely as does the theft
of money or goods. The moral issue is clear.
It assumes that we are proud to be the only school in
the state that so demonstrates in trust and confidence in its
students, and where students can feel that they are living in
an atmosphere of mutual respect for individual abilities and
accomplishments.
What about the “weak sisters,” the rare-but-occasionally
present fellow who will try to get by any way he can ? Can
we say, ‘Well, I won’t cheat but I won’t tell on the other fel
low who did”?
Emphatically, NO!
An Honor System is related to each student as a chain
is to each link. The person who expects you to tolerate his
cheating shows very small respect for you”.
Jr. AVMA
Smoker Held
In The Grove
Members of the Junior’ AVMA
held their annual Smoker Friday
in the Grove, President of the vet
erinary association J. C. Mullins,
said the purpose of the Smoker
was to get men in the School of
Veterinary Medicine together soc
ially.
Dr. I B. Boughton, dean of the
school, opened the meeting with
a welcome address to freshmen vet
erinary students. Dr. William Mon
lux, of the Veterinary Pathology
Department, discussed Phi Zeta,
the veterinary medicine honorary
fraternity. He explained how a per
centage of the students are chosen
for membership because of merit
and scholastic standing.
Jim Brown, senior vet. student,
explained the honor system used
in the school. Lee Holden, secre
tary of the A&M Junior chapter
of the American Veterinary Medi
cine Association, told the group
how funds for the organization
were spent.
Bill Ellsworth, editor of the
Southwestern Veterinarian, spoke
on the organization and purposes
of the magazine.
At the end of the meeting, the
instructors in the school were in
troduced to the men by the heads
of the departments.
Aikin
Entered as second-class
Hatter at Post Office at
College Staton, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
Member of
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Service Inc., at New York
City, Chicago, Los An
geles, and San Francisco,
At TSCW
According to the Lass-O, TSCW’s student newspaper, the girls
are getting ready to welcome the Aggie Selection committee when
they arrive in Denton, Friday. The girls, with the exception of the
freshmen girls, have been selected and will be presented to the judges
Friday and Saturday. There are four girls chosen by the members
of their classes to try for the Aggie Sweetheart award.
The gals are also taking advantage of a girl’s natural desire to
wear some other girls clothes. They are having a rummage sale to
raise money for the Student Finance Council. It is being held in the
Union Building. Here is a good chance to get that evening dress you
admired.
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JOHN WHITMORE Editor
Joel Austin Managing Editor
Bill Streich News Editor
Frank Davis City Editor
Allen Pengelly Assistant News Editor
Bob Selleck Sports News Editor
William Dickens...: Feature Editor
T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, Ai Bruton, Norman Campbell,
Mickey Cannon. Monte Curry, Dan Dawson. Bob Fagley,
Benny Holub, Howard Hough. Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer,
Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins,
Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizig, Raymond York News and Feature Writers
Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Cartoonists
Frank Scott Quarterback Club Director
Jim Jenson Photographer
Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillips, F. T. Scott, Chuck Neighbors,
Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette, Ed Holder Sports News Writers
Joha Lancaster. 1 Chief Pnoto Engraver
Russel Hagens Advertising Manager
Robert Haynie Advertising Representative
Candidates
Platforms
(Continued from Page 1)
meeting Oct. 9-13, in Texas and at
A&M.
“Texas will be honored by your
presence and I know you will en
joy your visit—and please remem
ber,” he has addressed the out of
state visitors, “while you are in
Texas that you are among friends.”
“I want to congratulte Chancel
lor Gibb Gilchrist and the board
of directors of the A&M College
System; Pres. M. T. Harrington
of the college and all others, in
making it possible for this out
standing group of educators and
governing board members to come
to Texas and be our guests. We
will benefit by their presence.
Unable To Attend
“I regret that previous engage
ments of long-standing will pre
vent my attending and greeting
you and being with you. I have
requested Sen. A. M. Aikin of
Paris to be my representative.
“He will be an able representa
tive at such a meeting since he is
co-author of the Gilmer-Aikin pub
lic school education bill and an
authority on educational legisla
tion, both public school and higher
education.”
“In the too-short time you will
be in Texas,” the governor points
in welcoming the delegates 'to the
October meeting, “this state will
be your home.”
off the ridge after two weeks of
combat for a day of rest and a hot
shower and clean clothes. New
men joined them to replace the
casualties. Then they returned to
Heartbreak Ridge to fight again.
Intense Mortar
French troops attached to the
23rd Regiment received intense
mortar fire on the first day they
climbed onto the ridge.
The tnree company commanders
of the regiment’s First Battalion—
Capt. William S. Jordan, Santa
Clara, Calif.; Capt. James Dick,
Elizabeth, N. J., and Lt. Linus M.
Juneau, New Orleans—were hit by
Communist fire at least twice each.
They refused to be evacuated.
The attack on Heartbreak Ridge
was preceded by an assault with
hand grenades and bayonets on a
tall hill just to the east. To reach
this hill the men waded through a
minefield without regard to casual
ties.
One private was killed going sin
gle handed after a Red bunker with
his bayonet.
Elements of the 23rd Regiment
took 600 yards at the southern end
of Heartbreak Ridge. On the
morning of Sept. 15, they were hit
by a Communist counter-attack and
part of Company “C” was overrun.
When last seen, two of the men of
that company were fist-fighting
the Reds.
This scene infuriated the other
members of Company “C.” They
retook the ground and recovered
the bodies af their two buddies.
Reds Swarm
Another company—“A”—was at
tacked by swarms of Reds. A
lieutenant was killed while holding
this position and the company be
came disorganized. Lt. Perry S.
Wagner, Green Bay, Wis., led a
platoon of Company “B” up the
ridge through intense mortar fire
and covered Company “A” while
it withdrew.
A seregant—no one knew his
name—returned to the ridge four-
times to rescue wounded men. Each
time he returned unhurt, carrying
a wounded man. Two days later,
Vet Students
To Meet Tuesday
A meeting for all veterinary
medicine students and faculty
1 members interested in writing for
The Southwestern.Veterinarian will
be held Tuesday at 7:30 p. m., sec
ond floor of Goodwin Hall.
This meeting will be the first of
a series of monthly meetings plan
ned for this year, said Bill Ells
worth, editor of the magazine.
Introduction of the current staff
members and job assignments for
the fall issue of the magazine, to
be off the press in, November, will
highlight this initial meeting. New
sections for the issue will he dis
cussed also.
Following the meeting, a tour for
the new staff members will he
conducted through the A&M Press,
illustrating the various steps in
volved in publishing the journal,
Ellsworth said.
he himself was wounded seriously.
Heartbreak Ridge bristled with
Reds in big log and dirt bunkers.
Behind the tallest peak in the
ridge, the Communists had a regu
lar “city.” There were dozens of
interconnected bunkers, with slots
in the walls for rifle, machine gun
and mortar positions.
“We were eyeball to eyeball,”
said Captain Jordan. “I’m a veter
an of Okinawa and this had that
beat.”
A forward artillery observer Lt.
Walter R. Rhodes of Malvern, Ark.,
made four trips up the tallest peak,
carrying ammunition up and
wounded men down. He was burn
ed by white phosphorus, but kept
right on going.
A sergeant and a corporal were
killed going into one Red bunker
with khives.
Bible and Bullets
Three Americans were huddled
in a foxhole reading a bible. A
Communist machine gun sprayed
across the foxhole, kicking up dust
on both sides. None of the three
was hit.
Pfc. C. W. Hart, Houston, was
wounded four times but refused
to leaye the battle.
Cpl. Harmen D. Hodge, of Mays-
ville, Ky., took over when his pla
toon leader and platoon sergeant
both were killed. Although only a
corporal, he reorganized the pla
toon and led it in holding a strong
point against three Red counterat
tacks.
American troops hold the same
ground today because of Hodge’s
action. He has been recommended
for a battlefield commission.
The 23rd Regiment’s machine
guns for seven days fired an aver
age of 2,500 rounds of ammunition
a day each.
One day M/Sgt. Wallace E.
Stump of Washington, D. C., led
four assaults on the tallest peak.
Each time his men were pushed
back. Stump was wounded twice,
but kept going.
One lieutenant was killed Sept.
23 by mortar fire while placing a
machine gun on the ridge in full
view of the Reds.
AF to Train *
Graduates In
Meteorology
Plans are being made by the
Air Force to train 1952 Air
Force ROTC graduates as
meteorologists in certain civ
ilian educational institutions.
The course will be one year in
duration and students will be se
lected from Air Force second lieu
tenants, both regular and reserve,
possessing a baccalaureate degree
with mathematics through integral
calculums, one year of college phy
sics, and twelve hours in physical
sciences.
Selected applicants will be sent
to graduate school at government
expense in the commissioned status
of second lieutenant with full pay
and allowances.
Those selected to receive the
training must agree to serve on
extended active duty for three
years following the completion of
the course.
A&M graduates from the class
of 1951 who are now obtaining
graduate work under the 1951
meteorological training program
and the school they are attending
are Victor C. Henkell, Florida
State University; Clifford Edgar,
Florida State University; Stephen
G. Dardaganian, Florida State Uni
versity; and Billy C. Adams,
UCLA.
27th Passenger
To Receive Watch
A wrist watch will be
presented by Zales Jewelry store
in Austin to the twenty-seventh
passenger taking advantage of
the new type service now offered
by Pioneer Airlines, said Harding
L. Lawrence, vice-president of the
traffic and sales department.
The wrist watch will be given
in observance of the twenty-sev
enth anniversary of the store’s ser
vice in the Southwest.
LAST TIMES TODAY
“The Great Caruso”
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
“Mr. Universe”
Fury at Death
“Every man in the battalion had
blood in his eye because of the
death of that officer,” said Jordan.
A Hodgepodge company, includ
ing elements of all three companies
of one battalion, reached the top
of the tallest peak the night of
Sept. 23. They held the peak for
nine and a half hours before they
Were repulsed by heavy Communist
counterattacks.
“One kid—we don’t know his
name—was shot five times in the
stomach but kept going until he
fell over,” Jordan said.
Only four men who got to the
top of the peak and saw the Com
munist defenses on the other side
are still alive.
“They had a grenade launcher
that threw grenades at us like a
machinegun from the other side of
the hill,” said Jordan.
The First Battalion ran out of
medical supplies twice because of
the large number of wounded.
There was not enough morphine
or plasma. All the individual first
aid kits of the men were gathered
into a stockpile and still there were
not enough. )
Medics tended the wounded in
the midst of small arms and' mor
tar fire.
A cook was killed because he
volunteered to man a foxhole to
help his buddies out. A machine-
gunner caught three Communist
grenades and threw them back at
the Reds. A fourth exploded in
his hand and he was killed.
“We got all of our wounded
out,” Jordan said. “Some of the
dead are still up there. We will
get them out some day.”
Chest Campaign
Head Chosen
By Langford
Mayor Ernest Langford and
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist an
nounced today the appoint
ment of the College Station
Community Chest Committee.
At the same time J. G. McGuire
was named chairman of thei 1951-
52 campaign.
The committee made tentative
arrangements to open the drive
Oct. 22. The drive will last until
Nov. 14.
At this first meeting of the
committee McGuire explained the
philosophy of the Community Chest
and explained some of the prob
lems which will come up during
the drive.
John Longley, secretary of the
group, gave a financial report of
the 1950-51 year and made explan
ations about expenditures and the
allocations of funds. 1 I
The next meeting of the com
mittee is called for Tuesday at 4
p. m. in the YMCA. At this meet
ing the committee will hear from
the various agencies which desire
to participate in the Chest and re
ceive funds from it.
Chairman McGuire also express
ed a desire to meet with the Bryan
Committee and discuss mutual
problems and to discuss dates for
the drives in the two communities.
Members of the College Station
Committee are McGuire, Longley,
L. J. Horn, G. W. Horn, H. E.
Hampton, V. E. Schember, Doj
Young, Lloyd Smith, E. E. Vezey,
Lt. Col. M. P. Bowden, P. YV,
Burns, and Bennie A. Zinn.
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To Each His Own
By Al Capp
As a candidate for Student Senator at Large, I would like to see
the Student Senate express the direct will of the student body. I
would also advocate that the student body be better informed of
the happenings in Senate Meetings. If elected, I promise to serve in
the best interest of the entire student body.
Vernon R. Berry ’52
If elected, I propose that: (1) Our mascot and/or the money be
located, (2) the matter of a Student Body President be closed, (3)
Prexy’s fountain be kept full and ready, (4) the seating arrangement
be enforced at the home games, (5) New student parking areas be
constructed or designated.
Jack “Spud” Mergele
- Candidate for Senator at Large