^Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1951 EATING HIM ALIVE Look to Traditions THE YEAR is still young and there is still time to take *- stock of things and decide plans and programs for the oming year. While in this reflective mood, let’s take a look ,t the A&M traditions. Tradition plays an extremely important part in the func- ioning of the student body of A&M and for this reason we should take a look at some of the customs and traditions and liscard those which are archaic and, for want of a better vord, those that the just plain bad. There are times when we have an alarming tendency to ■egard anything which has happened more than once as a • • tradition and regardless of its merits to consider it good. p°^ l Vhen discussing the relative merits of traditions and their p re jmtrinsic value, we must bear in mind that unwholesome repjfchings as well as those that are worthwhile can be perpetuat- ‘““‘“ed into traditions. Just because something has been going on for a number of years and has stood the so called test of time can mean 217absolutely nothing. If we allowed that type of reasoning to -govern our actions, then we would have to say that crime and jwar are good for they have been with us for a rather long time. A child could almost spot the fallacies in that type of reasoning yet we oftimes apply just such reasons as those mo justify a tradition. It is no longer acceptable for a reason- ling and intelligent individual to make the statement that “if it was good enough for my father, then it is good enough for me.” The next time an A&M tradition comes to mind, stop a minute and think. Is this tradition being carried on because it is worthwhile or only because someone told me that they had been doing it for the past 25 years. Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. —James F. Byrnes. Interpreting The News Argentine Press it ® ^ Leaves After Iranian Demonstration Request Vetoed Starts British Worries rfrow/£- Princess and Start Canada Quebec, Oct. 10—OP) — Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were guests at a glittering state dinner last night after a busy day of sight-seeing, receptions and public appearances. It was the first full-dress affair of the royal couple’s Canadian tour, which began officially today with a 21-gun salute after they left their 10-car special train at historic Wolfe’s Cove. They ar rived at Dorval Airport, Montreal, yesterday after a 3,400-mile flight from London. Even though the Princess and Duke had been in Canada only a little more than 24 hours, it al ready had become apparent that the tour would be a smashing suc cess as a goodwill mission. Almost everybody agreed that both Eliza beth and Philip were very charm ing and likeable. He Says ] Top Student Explains His Secrets of Grade Making (Editor’s Note—This article ap peared in The Dallas Morning 1 News Sept. 30. The date makes it a little too old to consider news, but it is a good article to consid er.) New York, Sept. 29—(A 5 )—Get ting good college marks isn’t dif ficult. Take it from Albert M. Wojnilower. Albert proved it by achieving a near straight A record and com ing out top man in Columbia Col lege’s class of 1951. In addition, he made Phi Beta Kappa, the Greek honorary scholastic society, and walked off with the Albert Ascher Green prize, Columbia’s highest scholastic honor. Albert, a scholarly-looking chap of 21 years, is not one of those geniuses who scoots through col lege without cracking a book. Neither is he a grind. He credits his good grades to his abality to read the pi’inted page and under stand what he reads. « “I’d sit down in a comfortable chair and read my class assign ment without interruption,” he said. “The trick is to read every thing twice. No matter how dif ficult or simple, I’d always get more out of a second reading. Since the readings were related to the lectures in class, I didn’t have to make many notes but could concentrate on what the instructor was saying. “If you’re up to date with your readings,” he continued, “this shouldn’t be too difficult.” Instead of cramming for exam inations and trying to decipher hastily jotted down class notes, he simply re-read the material to be covered by the examination. “If you read with comprehen sion,” says Albert, “you soon get to know the essential points in an assignment and latch on to them permanently.” Albert took great care in pre paring his examination answers He never answered a question with out first taking several minutes to make an outline into which he put every revalent point he could think of. “But knowing the points to be covered is only part of the job,” he says. “The next step is to put your answer into good prose. You need good writing style and clarity Of expression. I always avoided the choppy answer like the plague. Also, I made sure to include one or two detailed ex planations to show the instruct or I actually had read the course material.” If you’ve read your material conscientiously throughout the se mester, Albert says, “it’s not a good idea to study for an examina tion the day before you take it. Instead, study for some examina tion later in the week. “Take time out to rest during the examination—say about five or 10 minutes. Don’t leave early. Take it easy. And oh yes, if you are tak ing a true or false examination, don’t second-guess yourself. You either know the answer right off or you don’t. If you change it, the probabilities are you’ll be wrong.” Two factors helped him achieve top honors in class themes, he says. The first was a careful se lection of his theme. The second was the instructor’s deadline for submission. Don’t ever miss, a deadline,” he says. “While most instructors are pretty lenient about granting ex tensions of time, failure to get a theme in when due is habit form ing.” While a student at Columbia, he majored in economics and statistics. GOP Senators Sign Manifesto Drumming HST The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 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. 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A1 Bruton, Norman Campbell, Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob ’Fagtey, 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 John Lancaster Chief Photo -Engraver Russel Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Haynie Advertising Representative Tonight’s dinner was given by the Prime Minister of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, in the huge ballroom of the Chateau Fronten- ac, one of Canada’s finest hotels. For the occasion, the Princess chose to wear a grey silver lace and tulle evening gown with very full skirt, a tiara and diamond neck lace. After the winner the royal coup le expected to attend a concert given by the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and then board their train for Ottawa. They will spend two days in the Canadian capital. They were formally welcomed here by the Quebec Prime Minis ter and the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Caspard Fauteux. Af terwards they plunged into a round of visits that included a reception at the Provincial Parliament, a vis it a Laval University, a tour of the city luncheon with the Lieuten ant Governor, a visit to the Plains of Abraham, and a demonstration by 20,000 school children at the Municipal Colisseum. For these functions, the Princess wore a crepe tucked dress official ly described as olive green, with short sleeves and belt. Over this she wore a green velvet coat, with soft collar and shaped skirt, and her hat—a cloche—Was in match ing color. Her shoes, gloves and envelope purse were in brown suede. Philip had on a full-dress naval uniform, including medals and sword. At the points of interest they visited, they signed guest books and chatted with officials of all types, provincial cabinet ministers, church dignitaries, professors and mothers of dead war heroes. Senior Dairy Team Places 16th in Meet A&M’s Senior Dairy Cattle judg ing team returned this week from Waterloo, Iowa, where they placed 16th in a contest of 31 teams from leading colleges throughout the na tion. Bill Trimmer was the high point man for the Aggies. Other mem bers making the trip with coaern A. L. Darnell of the daily husban dry department were Louis Solo mon, Jim Ldhmann, and John Christner. Included on the two weeks trip were stops at the Oklahoma State Fair, the University of Missouri, Iowa State College, and various dairy farms in Iowa. Washington, Oct. 10 — GT) All but two of the Senate’s 46 Republican members sign ed a manifesto yesterday de nouncing President Truman’s new order tightening the handling of information by government agencies. Senator Bridges (R-NH) read the document to the Senate, and also alleged that “some persons and groups” in government are using “smear tactics and propa ganda techniques ... to silence any opposition.” A group of the GOP lawmakers had made the text public Sept. 30 after it had been signed by 26 of their number. As finally filed it bore signatures of all on the Sen ate’s GOP roster except Senators Millikin (R-Colo) and Tobey (R- NH). There was no explanation of the lack of Millikin’s signature. Tobey is ill. The document charged that the President’s order “tends military security regulations to all civilian agencies and establishes machinery for the censorship and control of the American television, radio, pe riodicals and press. It is a new and dangerous departure in Ameri can history.” The manifesto pledged the mem bers to “rally to the defense of any person against whom reprisals are directed as a result of the exercise of his constitutional right of freedom of speech.” Notes From Grad School Each year a series of eight to ten Graduate Lectures are held on the campus under the sponsorship of the Graduate School. This series of lecture is made possible by co operation between the Graduate School, the various departments and research organizations as well as the scientific and honor societies on the campus. This plans was in itiated in February of 1948 when the administration made a small fund available for assisting in bringing such lectures to the cam pus. When outstanding scientists and educators are known to be coming to the southwest for other purpos es, an effort is made to arrange for them to come here to stay over a day to give a lecture. All these lectures are designed to en courage a spirit of inquiry and to help staff and graduate students to become acquainted with workers in the various fields. Cooperation of the teachers and research workers on the campus has enabled a brilliant group of speakers to come to our campus. There are already ten or more sug gestions as to possible graduate lectures for the school year 1951- 52. Two have* already been present ed in early October. The plan is to strive to get per sons capable of presenting broad scientific and cultural messages of importance to a large number of our staff and graduate students. By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst It was inevitable that Iran’s demonstration of her ability to defy Britain Would bring to a head other troubles between British in terests and the rising nationalism of the puddle east. Egypt’s position as she creates American Tank Forces Rout Red Offensive U .S. Eighth Army Head quarters, Korea, Oct. 10—UP) A powerful tank-led American tank force slashed eight miles through green Chinese troops in a surprise attack on the Eastern front today. Chinese “fled in every direction,” a tank officer reported. Front line dispatches said the tanks clanked up a river bed trail prepared in advance by American engineers. On the way they shot up Red bunkers on hilltops near Heartbreak Ridge. A full regiment of infantrymen—about 3,750 men and officers at full strength—ad vanced on the flanks of the tanks. Other Americans were involved in heavy fighting elsewhere in the East. One U. S. Sebond Division unit was forced to withdraw from a ridge by a counterattack of 1,000 Reds. Other Second Division forces hacked out gains of a few hundred yards. In the West U. S. First Division cavalrymen beat back a 1,000-man Chinese counterattack in the early morning darkness, then drove ahead a short distance against deeply entrenched Chinese. B-29 Superforts blasted two air fields at Pyongyang, the Korean Red capital, with 130,000 pounds of high explosives in the contin uing campaign to keep Communists from basing their growing air force in Korea. Officers Wednesday picked out a new armistice meeting place in no-man’s-land. It is near Pan- munjom, Red check point six air miles from Kaesong where the Communists broke off cease-fire negotiations Aug. 23. Liaison offi cers scheduled another . meeting Thursday. No date for resuming truce talks was announced. But the U. N. negotiating team reassembled in Korea and service troops went to Kaesong to move allied communica tions equipment to the new loca tion. The smashing armored thrust near Heartbreak Ridge was the deepest penetration of Red lines made by the allies in the month long battle among the Eastern crags. Committee Named For Cotton Ball At the first meeting of the Ag ronomy Society this year, the com mittee for the Cotton Pageant and Ball and other committees for 1951-52 were chosen. The committee for the Cotton Ball is as follows: Don Hegi, Quinton Johnson, and Bill Lewis. Alton Enloe, P. J. Hendee, Bob by Henderson, Pat Hitt, and Charles Lyons are on the program committee. An initiation committee Avas also appointed. Alan Enloe, Dale Fischgrabe, and Kert Goode gave an illustrated re port on this summer’s meeting of the student section of the American Society of Agronomy, held in St. Louis. a new crisis is not an enviable one. Her premier has acted precipitant- ly in what seems to be an obvious effort to make it appear to his constituents that he is forcing something, whereas he knew the British were coming up right at the moment with concessions. His effort to abrogate a treaty unilaterally will not set well with the nations which are attempting to set up a solid front Of coopera tion against the threat of a new world war. Human’s Like Humans Yet it is not to be expected that human beings will not have human reactions. When Britain had the force she used it to make Egypt fit into all her own plans for de fense and control of the middle east and what used to be much more than at present, the lifeline to India. LETTERS Custom Questioned Editor, The Battalion: One of the many fine attributes that is always associated with the student body of A&M is loyalty to its school. This fine school spirit is nothing new for Aggies. It has been true of them for so long that it has become one of their cher ished traditions. It would be regretable if such a noble tradition should be comprised by an unworthy means of showing our loyalty, or by our allowing a custom that is unworthy and cheap to become an unprotested and ac cepted method of expressing it. Are we not abusing and debasing our school when, in expressing oUr loyalty to it we use profanity and use it to such an extent that the campus thoroughfares resound with “hell” as student passes student on the campus and anticipates the next football game? We have one of the finest foot ball teams in the nation and our loyalty to this team deserves worthy channels of expression. We have a college worthy of our love and honor which our team repre sents. Our loyalty to it is too fine a prize for us to allow it to be com promised by common and vulgar expressions. As college men, we should not be reduced to road-gang language as the customary way of expressing our loyalty to our team and our desire for it to win. If our loyal ty is as fine as our team deserves, and as our school deserves, it can not be expressed in cheap vulgar language. This custom year by year could grow to take its place in our tra ditions side by side with our Ag gie Friendliness, The Aggie T, Silver Taps—boys it just doesn’t belong. Let’s lift our sights and keep our campus atmosphere on a high plane. Norman Anderson Pastor, A&M Pres byterian Church (Editor’s note—The senior class is at this time working on a pro ject to study this “custom.”) King Farouk may not be an ad mirable figure. But when the Brit ish poked the gun of a tank almost into his freedom window during the war, forcing him into cabinet changes to their liking, they plant ed a crop which they could not avoid reaping. As soon as the war was over Egypt started demanding revision of the 1936 treaty which gives Britain the right to keep troops in the country. That thousands of British men died to protect Egypt from Rommel had little meaing for the Egyptians once the danger was over. The prime minister says the treaty was signed when Egypt needed help. Reorganize Defenses A singularly ungrateful remark, but one which stems back to a be lief that England was not altruis tic either, and that her economic and military position, not the Egyptians, were her real source of interest at all times. Britain is now trying to reorgan ize the defense system she once- headed in the middle east. Britain retired from that system under economic duress after the war, an action which produced the Truman doctrine of American entry into middle eastern affairs. Egypt must be a keystone if the new defense area is to operate. The Egyptians see in the situation an opportunity to win things they have wanted for years—complete control of the Sudan, now under joint BritiSh-Egyptian administra tion, and a final severance of the ties which, since Napoleon, have mgde Egypt a puppet rather than a {partner of Britain in the Mid dle East. Five Year Negotiation Britain’s attitude since negotia tions over the treaty began five years ago has been part and parcel of the rear guard action she has been fighting all over the world against the gradual but relentless disintegration of her empire. She has been slow to work out the amicable arrangements which might have been made. As a re sult, India was unhealthily divid ed, and the semi-colonial peoples are striking out to take advantage of the times, letting their ill-will before any sense of responsibility to the whole community of nations, and by their acts abetting the enemies of the democratic front. Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 10 — UP) — Argentine appli cants for membership in the Inter-American Press Asso ciation walked out yesterday when 33 of their 44 bids for mem bership were turned down by the convention. ♦ In the excitement, 76-year-old Tom Wallace, editor emeritus of the Louisville (Ky.) Times and president of the association, col lapsed and was rushed to a hospi tal. Physicians said they were not certain whether he was suffering from a heart condition, brain hem orrhage or extreme fatigue. He was reported improved tonight. A long-time campaigner for good will among the American Repub lics, Wallace had advocated admit ting the Argentines on the ground that they represented legitimate publications and the association already included members from countries where press freedom is restricted. Some members of the associa tion, organized in New YorkjList year to guard freedom of the throughout the Western h|^■ RIBS VOU CAVE HE IS MERELY LOOKING VERV GRAVE—