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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1951
EVEN AS YOU AND f
Well Done
IT’S HARD to be a good winner. By this we mean it is hard
to win and not rub it in on the loser.
The Aggies were good winners this past weekend. They
took their glory graciously without making a lot of enemies
in San Antonio.
It takes things like this to keep A&M in the limelight
it deserves. With a military college such as ours, people can
either get a good impression or a bad impression. It doesn’t
seem the viewing public can take the middle ground when ex
pressing their views on a group of men in uniform.
Taking this in mind, the people of San Antonio should
be very well impressed with the Aggies.
And at the same time the Aggies should feel very proud
of the way they conducted themselves.
But as Coach George said we have to play each game as
it comes up. The next time we have a chance to “show off
A&M” will be in Fort Worth during the Corps Trip. If in
the “Cowtown” we can follow the same code of conduct as we
have so far this year, A&M will be a cinch for the Sports
manship Trophy.
•
While there are occasions when an
honest man cannot meet his obliga
tions, most of the time failure to
'pay is due to something else.
A tvorld dictator might do some
good if he coidd gather the tight
wads of the world into one area
and let them work upon each other.
Gen. Eisenhower Will Run
Close Associates Think
(Editor’s note: Ever since Gen
eral Eisenhower arrived in Paris
on his NATO assignment last Jan
uary, Preston Grover, Associated
Press bureau chief there, has been
keeping an eye on the general’s
political position. He has talked
informally with a succession of
political leaders and others who
have conferred with the general).
Paris, Oct. 14—CP)—A large
number of people who see General
Eisenhower believe he will be
come a candidate for .the Repub
lican. presidential nomination and
will say so in the spring.
Their idea is that when he makes
the announcement he will get into
the battle in characteristic high
spirits to trample down the isola
tionism which they believe he feels
is sprouting again in America.
It should not be overlooked that
there are some who believe he
thoroughly dislikes the idea of
turning perhaps the last yeaxs of
his life over to hard duty in the
Latin ‘Dictators’ Fading
Away—Now Presidents
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Reader Complains
About Editorial
Dollar a Day
/YF COURSE there are probably good reasons for it, but it
does seem strange that the fiscal office charges a dollar
a day for late fee payments. At first this does not seem to be
too far off the beaten track, until they turn out late checks.
It would not be right for any group to suggest the
Fiscal Office add a dollar a day to all late student labor
checks, but it would be an idea.
The man loho makes it a habit to
read a book occasionally tvill learn
something but it ivon’t be much,
unless he knows how to think for
himself.
Take It or Leave It
(HIDE WE are in a questioning mood, we would like to
know why the pay for student labor on the campus is so
low. In inquiring around we find that there are very few
jobs on the campus that pay up to the minimum wage.
The Federal government has set up a minimum wage of
75 cents per hour for unskilled labor. In many of the depart
ments they are still paying below 50 cents an hour.
Reports come in saying the attitude of many of the em
ployers is “If you don’t like the pay, there is a fellow to take
your place.” If we were to set aside the excuse, considered
many as powerful as any elixir, that the department doesn’t
have enough money—there isn’t much room to stand on.
Student labor employers, it seems, fail, fail to realize
horn many of the students are.working their way through
school. A student has to work 100 hours before he can earn
$50 at the prevailing wage of 50 cents.
This hundred hours might be the difference between a
student making passing grades and top grades.
It is another thing to think about.
There is not much use to worry
about the people who try to get
something for nothing and wind up
with nothing for something.
The Battalion
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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, A1 Bruton, Norman Campbell,
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Editor, The Battalion:
The question in the minds of
many Aggies after reading an edi
torial entitled “Watch Him Well”
in yesterday’s Batt (Oct. 11) is
whether or not the author of this
article really knows what a two
percenter is. The author (whose
name has remained unknown)
seems to believe that a person
who goes to football games, yell
practices, and claims to be Ole
Army (luckily there are a few
left) is a two percenter.
At least this is the apparent
meaning of the article though it
is hard to tell from the confused
manner in which it was written.
For the information of the auth
or, there are very few Aggies who
think that 12th manism amounts to
painting up other schools and pick
ing fights. To many here, 12th
manism amounts to going to all
football games, yell practice, and
figuratitively “wrapping himself
in a Maroon and White flag” as
the author so cleverly put it.
Yes, this man is ole army, but
just what the hell is wrong with
Ole Army, Mr. Author of editorials
who doesn’t get the facts before
he picks up pen and paper? The
man is a two percenter vrfio would
actually have the nerve to write
something like that; he might be
lieve such things, but it does look
as if he would have the common
sense to keep them to himself.
To check back on a few facts
concerning the Sportsmanship Tro
phy. We won it in 1949 after los
ing all but one game. Most Aggies
would much rather have the South
west Conference Trophy this year
than the Sportsmanship Trophy. In
1950, SMU won the trophy. That
year several Aggies were pretty
badly beaten up on the SMU cam
pus. Just one more comment on
the trophy matter. The year that
we did win the trophy, everyone
was “religiously beating the hell
out of somebody up and down the
campus” which at that time caused
little or no concern; so why should
it now?
Immediately following this arti
cle there will most likely be an
editor’s note stating in effect that
we are just the men talked about
in yesterday’s editorial. If not this,
there will be some other clever
comment or equally clever title to
the letter. Any omission of the
above would be attributed entirely
to this paragraph.
BEAT THE HELL OUTA TCU.
Jim Hulse ’52
Buddy Freeman ’52
Bill Hollowell ’52
Eric Holland Jr. ’52
David D. Leahy ’52
Sid Kieth ’52
Bob Brown ’52
F. M. Queen Rozelle ’52
M. M. Mitchell ’52
Eugene C. Urban ’52
Joe P. Kemp ’52
•
(Editor’s Note—We are admit
tedly wrong. However, we think
the basic error in the editorial, en
titled “Watch Him Well,” was an
error of expression, rather than
an error of thinking.
(At times, the amount will vary,
we are inclined to write above the
heads of our readers . . . not
through a large vocabulary, but
rather by thinking out some points
in our minds instead of on paper.
(It is not a very good journal
istic practice to have to explain an
editorial, but we think that such an
explanation is in order.
(There is a very small percent
age of the student body who can
be classed as rable rousers—or hell
raisers. But because of the Aggie
definition, we called them two per
centers. We think, and statistics
will bear us out, this number is
far below the two per cent mark.
(However, we do class as “two
percenters” men who would tear
down the reputation of A&M. This
is done through such unsportsman
ship like actions as paintings up
other campuses, stealing mascots,
and a multitude of other things
generally classed as “good bull.’
(These things are the acts of
two percenters.
(Going further with our expla
nation, we say that these men, the
two percenters, attempt to gain
prominence for A&M through the
roles of infamy rather than fame.
(You will probably agree with
us there are men who have done
us a lot harm in years past, who
professed to do these things in the
name of a greater A&M. This we
consider wrapping in the Maroon
and White Flag.
(You hit the nail on the head
when you said there was a very
small percentage of the student
body that felt the 12th manism
amounted to painting up campuses
and picking fights—we figure a
fraction of one percent.
(You have another strong point
—we won the Sportsmanship Tro
phy in a year when we had a non
winning team. But what is to keep
us from winning the some trophy
when we have a winning team—it
would be like a cherry on the top
of a banana split.
(Another point you mentioned,
while we do not personally agree
with you, was the fact that beat
ing the hell out of the other team
was a major question. We do not
agree with you. This was a veiy
small point, and was used ONLY
to illustrate the fact that some of
the people who profess to be the
greatest Aggies are not working
for the benefit of the school.
(In your next to the last para
graph you mentioned the case of
some Aggies getting beat up in
Dallas. We cannot allow ourselves
to judge our conduct by the actions
of others.
(As for your last paragraph, we
have tried not to be caustic. We
have tried to explain some of the
details brought up in your letter.
If this is not a full explanation,
try again. It is through this col
umn that you publically express
your complaints or praises of
things going oh around here.)
Washington, Oct. 15—UP)—Latin
America’s swashbuckling dictators,
who clapped their enemies in jail,
slammed the doors of Congress and
ruled the country with an iron
hand a a decree are rapidly fading
away.
The current generation of
“strong men” — they abhor the
word “dictator”—run a streamlined
operation, rule the country with a
gloved hand and operate through
the machinery of a democracy with
all the legal trimmings.
This takes a much more astute
man, one who relies on wit as well
as strength.
Current examples deny with a
great deal of heat they are dic
tators. They point to the fact they
Notes From
Grad School
Whenever a student is permitted
to enter the Gradtfhte School pro
visionally because his undergrad
uate grade point ratio is below ac
cepted graduate standards it is a
positive indication to him that the
quality of his academic work needs
considerable improvement.
It is customary therefore to ad
vise such students to take a some
what lighter course load during
their first semester in order to
prove to themselves and to their
committee and their instructors
that they are fully capable of do
ing acceptable work in their grad
uate program.
No graduate program can be
completed and a degree granted
unless the average on all work
undertaken is 2.0 or a B average.
Obviously, therefore, it is exceed
ingly wise for a student to so ar
range his course program and hour
load as to permit securing some ex
tra grade points above a B aver
age during the first semester in
the Graduate School. Otherwise the
student is in a particularly danger
ous position and under increasing
pressure as he approaches the com
pletion of his proposed program.
Neither instructors, administra
tor's, or the student are at all
happy when it develops that a par
ticular student can not qualify for
his graduate degree at the last
minute because of a C grade in
the last semester which reduced
his average overall grade point
ratio below 2.0. Unfortunately such
situations have happened and have
been very embarrassing to every
one.
The best insurance against such
embarrassment is she adjustment
of load early in the student’s pro
gram and the attaining of extra
grade points at the beginning. This
insures that the student who ser
iously applies himself and has the
necessary undergraduate prepara
tion will not likely fall into diffi
culty at the conclusion of his pro
posed degree program.
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have been elected by the people,
have a constitution, congress, reg
ular court system and other insti
tutions which are normally asso
ciated with a democracy.
But there isn’t much doubt
among the constituents that “El
Presidente” is the boss and it is
rare indeed that Congress turns
down a presidential proposal or
quarrels over a presidential ap
pointment. The opposition too
senses how far it can go.
This development came about
primarily to stem attacks of “dic
tatorship” from home and abroad.
The word itself has come to have a
very unsavory meaning in Latin
America because of the extreme
ruthlessness of some past dicta
tors.
Enemies of President Juan Pe-
ron of Argentina have frequently
attacked him from abroad as be
ing a dictator. But Peron just as
quickly has come back with the
answer Argentina is a democracy,
that he was elected president and
the country has a constitution, a
congress and a system of courts.
The Argentine senate is made up
entirely of Peronista party mem
bers and only a small number of
radical party opponents are in the
chamber of deputies.
White House. In times past he has
expressed certain reservations
about army men going into public
life.
Sense of Duty
Nevertheless, those who want
him to run know that he has a
strong sense of duty and they con
vinced that he feels his capacity
for leadership is needed.
No one here talks much about
the domestic issues which he would
be asked to meet. They feel the
issue of foreign policy will be
enough to get him into the race.
Eisenhower is against isolation,
and is especially against any which
would turn America against Eu
rope. He made that clear long be
fore he came to Europe in January
to take command of the forces of
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
Yesterday was Eisenhower’s
birthday. He is 61 years old, vigor-
Metermen Attend
Electrician Meet
Top-ranking men in the field of
electrical metering will attend and
take part in the Electrical Meter-
men Short Course to be held here
Nov. 5-9. Norman F. Rode of the
electrical engineering department,
is director of the short course.
Among those who will take part
are Fred Holtz, chief engineer of
the Sangamo Sompany; Jack Heg-
gy, engineer of the Westinghouse
Corp.; Tom Wallace of the Gen
eral Electric Company; and E. C.
Wentz, transformer specialist of
the Westinghouse Corp.
Dr. D. B. Canfield, professor
of electrical engineering, Purdue
University will also take part in
the program.
Meter specialists from the Texas
area who will be here include W.
B. Deffendall, Duncan Electric
Company; W. C. Fowler, Sangamo
Company; C. J. Snyder, Westing
house Corp.; and R. H. Mighell,
General Electric Company.
‘Better Than
Comments on
“It’s far better than the Sham
rock”, are the type of remarks
Mrs. Mozelle Holland hears every
day from her guests.
Manager of the guest rooms in
the MSC since its opening, Mrs.
Holland has had quite a job on
her hands. In addition to the 66
rooms at the MSC, she also super
vises the Aggieland Inn’s 32 rooms.
From her carpeted office, locat
ed directly behind the main desk
in the center lobby of the MSC,
Mrs. Holland directs a crew of 18
personnel. Included in this group
are the employees who work on
the main desk.
The main desk of the Center
serves another purpose as it acts
as an information booth for visit
ors. The Telephone Center also
comes under Mrs. Holland’s super
vision.
At the Telephone Center, stu
dents can place calls with the
switchboard operator, who is on
duty from 3 p. m. until 11 p. m.
with faster results.
Mrs. Holland is practically a
native of College Station having
come here when she was very
young. She graduated from Con
solidated High School and later
attended a business school in
Bryan.
Later she met and married the
late Mr. Holland, who died in
1948. She has a son, E. A., Jr. who
is now five years old.
In September of 1948, Mrs. Hoi-
Shamrock’
MSC Rooms
land began working for the “pilot-
plant” of the MSC in its main of
fices at Bizzell Hall. She moved
to her present position with the
completion of the Center.
During this semester, Mrs. Hol
land expects the Center’s guest
rooms to be utilized to an even
greater extent than in the past.
All rooms have already been re
served for the big weekends. This
year, a drawing for the rooms was
required for the weekends be
cause of a heavy reservation or
der.
ous, in good health, and appears
physically and mentally capable
of enduring the hard work that
comes to presidents.
Only The “Toughies”
Here, too, he is overworked, as
is the President of the United
States. No easy problem ever
reaches him. Only the tough ones
come up to his level, and on these
he works endlessly.
In spite of these constant de
mands on his time and strength,
he finds time to see virtually
every politically minded editor or
political leader who comes to Eu
rope asking to see him. And among
his non-military associates, he
likes on occasion to talk politics.
Republicans who were convinced
before seeing him that he would
accept the nomination seem invar
iably to come out with their belief
unshaken, and sometimes fortified,
although this correspondent is con
vinced Eisenhower has never told
any one of them flatly that he
would become a candidate.
Think He Will Accept
Many who see him more or less
regularly, both on an official basis
and familiarly, are convinced that
he will accept the nomination.
Those who consider him a man
heavily devoted to duty, say that
he will accept because he feels he
must. Others simply say that the
chance to be President of the Uni
ted States is beyond the resistance
of almost any man.
Publicly, and privately within
the circles of his own command,
he refuses to talk of politics, and
turns the heat of his wrath on
those of his entourage who may
forget it even for the briefest min
ute.
He makes it plain to all that he
took this job of NATO command
er because he felt the high need of
building up western defense
against Russian communism. •
Wants Assurance
There are those who believe that
this is his one and only aim and
that he will refuse to be taken
away from it under any circum
stances, even to accept a sure-fire
nomination to the presidency.
But those in these parts who
hold that view seem to be in a
minority.
They why doesn’t Ensenhowei*
announce his readiness now to be
come a presidential candidate?
No answers on that score coma
from him. But the best guess of
those who see him is that it would
be politically wiser for him to re
main silent now, then to speak oul
in the spring.
For him to announce now that
he is not a candidate would prob
ably hurt his power in America.
So long as he remains a potential
candidate, he packs a wallop when
he speaks up for equipment, appro
priations, favorable administrative
decisions.
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