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» Pagi N do' to cis te< vii of A. M ai te sc A G oj tl Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1951 Wait a Minute Prof Aggi ie Traditions New or Old? Cheating Not Confined to Just the Other Fellow By PASCHAL PRICE wants to admit that he has cheat- heck of a time convincing himself However, we do want to mention rating, therefore, if he thought an in one of your classes that he’s al- ed on examinations at one time that it really w^s cheating. A t one more case. “exam” was going to be too tough, ready so set in his ways that noth- Pardon us professor, but before or another. Some of us in grade first, he reasoned that surely noth- Sir, we know that you were he skipped the class. With his ing you can do will help? you put the quiz questions on the school, others in high school, but ing was wrong in having a few shocked when all of us admitted honesty and sincereity so well es- board, this entire class would like many of us since we enrolled here notes written inside his dictionary, cheating on tests. Of course, you tablished, it was easy for him to to have just five minutes for ser- —and a few of us on the very last After all, he was able to use only must have known that some of us alibi the “cut.” ions thinking. You see, Sir, we quiz that you gave, have heard so much lately about You see Edwaz-d sitting there in lax morals that it makes us shud- the second chair on the first row? dez*. Political graft, corrupt poli- And Oscar in the third seat from tics, the basketball “fix,” and now the left in the back row? Each QUESTION is raised upon the reading of the report of i he West Point “incident ” all in- of them admits cheating orz the last ^ ° duce a shocking realization that test. Oh, it wasn t much and at the Senior Class Tradition Committee as to just what something is drastically wrong. the time it didn’t seem like cheat- their function is. The question seems to be—“is the Tra dition Committee supposed to investigate old traditions and pass on the interpretation of same, while at the same time de ciding whether the tradition is worthwhile, or is their func tion the coining of new Traditions?” Out of six recommendations passed on by the Committee, three of them were of no concern to the Traditions Commit tee, as such, or they were the recommendation that a new tradition be formed. First was the recommendation that seniors must have been residents of A&M for four or five semesters before they are eligible to wear senior boots. The opinion on the campus as to the senior boot tradition has seemed to be that the men qualified to wear senior boots were seniors and not just someone who has been here one, two, three, or any num ber of semesters. There is also a paragraph in a small dust covered pamphlet entitled “College Regulations—1951”, Sec tion III, Article 24, Paragraph ,a), which states, “Boots are optional with cadet commissioned officers and classified senior members of the Corps.” Another new tradition for Aggies is the recommenda tion that passes be issued to senior members of the Corps to a senior section or bloc for out of town games and the use of the eight RDO’s to enforce the “tradition”. All of the mem bers of the Corps will probably be glad to learn of this here tofore unheralded tradition. Members of the senior class and the inhabitants of Ross Hall will be glad to know that there is no longer a need for Senior Court as the Traditions Committee also recommend that one of their members talk to the CO of Sqd. 13 about some of his freshmen taking sophomore uniform privileges during the Ft. Worth Corps trip. First, each of us in this class ing at all. In fact, Ed has had a DISTURBING, ISN’T IT! one of them to any advantage. Oscar really had no intention of cheating but he couldn’t help seeing the paper in front of him. Would not he have been stupid —after seeing the answer—if he hadn’t put it down? And how about Joe? As far as “cribbing” goes, he’s no better nor worse than the rest of us. But he is better adapted to it. As you know, Joe’s actually brilliant. If he weren’t overloaded with the job he has to do to remain in school, he’d make straight A’s. But you just can’t work eight or ten hours a day at an outside job qnd still paps these courses. So Joe has developed an eye sight something like the gun that can sheet around corners. H e doesn’t even have to turn his head to see the paper six seats over. Now Don and Calvin are just a little different from the rest of us and a great deal different from each other in many I’especfs, but they both have the same attitude toward school in general and “copying” in particulaz*. Even though Don’s parents are “well to do” and Calvin’s mother has to take in washings to pay his tu ition, neither of them puts any value whatsoever on education. They are like the draftee in the army, they’re just looking for that had and that the rest of us would —if we had the chance. Still, it was hard to believe that a fellow like Tommy would do such a thing. It amazed us too; because, with the modern interpretation of the word honesty as it is, we all knew that Tommy was just as honest as they come. But, by his own admission, he has cheated. It was seldom neces- sarry for him to cheat and when he did—he did so in a dignified manner. This extra day gave him time to “cram” for the test. Then too, he got an idea what the test was about from the rest of the class. Give a guy like Tommy a couple of tips and an extra day and he’s bound to make A’s. Do you think that all the blame lies on the involved person, his parents, his earlier teachers, or circumstances in genearl? Have you ever given a lecture explaining the evil of cheating? Have you taken firm steps to stop it in your classes. Or do you, too, accept it as a foregone fact Isn’t it a possibility that when Many of us can’t see anything . , wrong in what Tommy did. Only y° u were in school, you did the a fellow with his fundamental val- same thing? And now you fail to ues of honesty would admit that im P ress honesty at all, or at the it was wrong. Tommy says he m ost, leave us unmolested to wal- realizes that even if his high hon- low in our own corruption, ors help him to get a better job, Ah, perhaps you do agree that Tommy plays it cool when it his real intelligence and “horse some °f the blame is yours. But, mes to getting around these sense” are the only things that ® a y s y? u > now that the blame has quizes. In fairness to him, we will help, him to keep it. want to say if you left him alone in the room with his book, he would never crack a page. You see, Tommy worked it from anoth er angle. His conscience would not let him copy. But he wanted to keep his excellent scholastic ress To uestion On Ambassador Tommy says you just can’t get real knowledge, or common sense either, by copying. And about the honors. Can honor be honor if it is obtained by dishonors? Now that we’ve admitted quiz cribbing, what can be done about it? Of coui’se, you can kick us out of class and the college can expell us; but, will that really solve anything? Wouldn’t we then go out into life with a chip on our shoulders and have two strikes against us? If it were totally our fault, this might be a just and wise thing to do—but we i*efuse to take all the blame. We’ll admit been fixed. SO WHAT? Why all the taboo about someone’s cheat ing on a quiz? What can such a tzdvial thing contain to cause suefi excitement? The answer might be simple—if it stopped at that. But would the first little peb ble of a great landslide cause any damage if it fell alone? Or doesn’t one little rock lead to another until everything in its path is completely destroyed or permanently disfigured? What difference does it make if you win a ball game by 12 points or 15? What’s wrong with a politician making a fast buck now and then ? Who cai’es if a even most of it. But not* all. it isn’t all our fault, who’s to blame for the rest of it? Let’s give this some thought. (< . , „ „ Washington, Oct. 24— UP) piece of paper. ' To them, copy- n ' m 4. i i ino' is the pasiesf- wav tn o-et it Congress will get a chance to ,, There’s Bill and Jack who went decide whether the U 11 i t e Cl ^ ay o b u e r S p™e n ts Ult Did t the b y spem! to high school together. Why States should have a full dip- enough time with us when we were they d help each other pass a stiff ] 0 matic representative at the in grammar school? Did they de- quiz if it were possible - and church . state of Roman mand higher grades from us than with them, it’s usually possible. The rest of us have similar con fessions to make, but time won’t let us talk about them individually. that some of it is our fault, maybe ca f d | ts a . r , e ki f, ked , out °! if Pnf rec oil re West Point? Why, they’re just little rocks. Nevertheless, there’s one thing certain — those little pebbles have formed into a mam moth landslide and we’re all in its path. Unless we want this landslide to mangle our integrity, we’d better do something. The question is, old WHAT? Some will say, crack down on the one’s caught cheat- Letters to The Editor Editor, The Battalion: In spite of an agi'eed plan of You can be sure that if you laugh at your troubles you’ll never run out of something to laugh at. —Gilcrafter. UN Club A Step Toward Understanding friends who have expressed their at the tragic murder of our Pre mier Liaquat Ali Khan. Such ex- auspices svmnathv in one wav or the other UN ’ a PP roved h y both Pities, “s Body has not been aMe to translate it into action. Ail efforts of discussion, conciliation and med- friendly relations and ! iation h ^ ve met with failure - how we feel for one another in The inability of UN to put to our misfortune and hours of trial, practice ,the Resolutions passed by Such an heinous act, in these daysyft in this connection coupled with of “power blocs”, is apt to be taken :t|nordinate delay has made Pakis- as an “outburst of Communism.” ;“lan disappointed. The massing of Indian forces on Pakistan bordei's I am sorry to note that an aver- as a prelude to calling a puppet age Ameiican is still hazy about Constituent Assembly in the dis- the noble aim in puisuance of puted Kashmir State in order to T ONIQHT the A&M United Nations Club will meet fqr which he gave his life and that is present the world with fait ac- tbo -firef firnn fbio vcov “Maintenance of World Peace”. I, compli has added fuel to the fire, me lirsE Lime mis year. therefore, feel essential to explain The Premier has fallen while ex- The Club is composed of foreign students on the campus the background of this sad hap- tinguishing this fire lest the world as well as the regular students who are interested in just pening - P eac(; mig ht ilare up - lam thankful to all those holding a fre e and im P artia l pleb- corps senior and date set cards, Vatican last Saturday) just before : iscite undez the auspices of the (zed) loz thzee non-cozps fzeshman (Vnrurvoao prllmivnoH until Jan s Catholicism in Italy. we were capable of making? The White House announced yes- they fail to stress the importance . , „ „ , ttlpm terday that President Truman is 0: f honesty and faizmess? Would . n8 ‘ Expell them, blacball them, not going to otter Gen. Mark Clark they h 816 cared much even if they ! ISfJS/thom “ llla " a recess appointment. Press See- had known we were cheating? amples out onhem. ^ Or, isn’t it a fact that they did not spend enough time with us, that they did expect too much, that most of them did not stress honesty and fairness, and that many of them didn’t give a i*etary Joseph * Short said “it is moz'e satisfactory to Clark” to await Congress’ action. Mr. Truman sent to the Senate a , , , ,, the nomination of Claz'k to be the Wanted: Will trade three non- -fq-gt American ambassador to the hoot even if we did cheat? Did- (red) foz'three non-coz'ps zresnman Congzess adjourned until Jan. 8. seats in the end zone for the Bay- Senate must appz*ove ambas- lor game. Fred Hays Joe McAdams Bob Wolslegel be British Election Campaign Ends; Vote Thursday London, Oct. 24-(zT > )—Brit- sadorial appointments, But the House would also involved in this case, have to vote on a waiver, for Clark, of the law forbidding mili tary, officers to accept civilian gov- conscience to point an accusing finger at the rest of us. Can (he pot call the kettle black? We must remember that loose ethics are not restricted to the campus but in the homes, and bus inesses. Wouldn’t it help if every one of us—student, parent, teach er, and citizen—examined himself thoroughly for flaws that lead to this universal corruptness. After we get the cinders from our own eyes, perhaps we can see how to n’t some reason that since most everyone else was cheating—why not their John? It looks as if many of them ac cuov uv ce pj- e( j cheating on quizes as a uni wou versal fact. But does the univer sal acceptance of an evil make it criticize and correct others, any less evil? Since evil has no quality—only iai;y uiiicezs zo accepu civilian gov- A nd now , sir, how much of the quantity and .good, in* its truest eznment posts. To accept-an «aP"" f&uit are you willing to shoulder? sense is quality, wbudn’t this set pointment while. Congzess is in re- Yes, how about you teachers? Be- off a chain reaction of goodness cause you are a college instructor, that would blockade this menacing do you believe when a student gets force of evil ? pdintment while, Congn cess, Clark would have to resign from the army. The nomination has z’aised a storm , of protest fi'om many Prot estant quarters, and praise from Catholic's. There was no sugges tion that the controversy influenc ed Mr. Truman’s decision not to give Claz ; k a recess appointment. Claz’k is a four-star genez’al, in indicated a military design. how the people Of the rest of the world live. * In Pakistan, a country of 80 mil- .n'lJNwSnloHlloCSiTf f in l s , e , le , ction 7W a jP e N S command of U S. field forces. a ■ , - , , P r. _ , ., TTXT , lion neon e a vast maioritv is thinkin £ Amezzcan to take stock of tonight focussed on two ent- Short said he has some work he A wonderful opportunity is offered by the UN Club to Moslem who believe in the Oneness s T » n - lhe remed X he n ical issues - the country’s ^ to finish before taking any men who are interested in acquiring first hand information of God, Equality of mankind, the S s t an ' a ^roubfe^snot Paki- P la ce in a world threatened le! ^ e ' ^ on strategic countries of the world and at the same time MTSSiol help them to get a glimpse of the hopes, dreams, and desires after death. As opposed to material brings mmery suffeidng and de- of those peoples, through the contact with the foreign stu- a’^ritu^Tre^cSnbhied 1 with r a struddon, but they are not prepared torate of 35,000,000 cast their bal dents . perfect code of life. *»*%.** Mm", far- lute Thursday. For the foreign students, the UN Club helps them to You cannot expect a man to ex _ The Pakistan Government is ful- Conservative 1 xmz'tv^cff'bv Winston see that all of our country men aren’t sitting over here with change a sweet smelling rose for U consc^ Pre- Churchill; and P socialists who an air of sanctimonious complacency and that we are and J^ UN feel her responsibility at came t° power in July, 19 45 . The really interested in their problems and solutions to the prob- anything which conflicts with his least now? Better late than never, between’tU5sTtwo g in a doctrii™ S ] ems religious _ outlook. Besides, com- The assassination has absolutely entered too few candida te S to’form munzsm is known to make an ap- no strings tied to communism as a p-ovemment Thev hone onlv to More and more we are realizing that the oceans that peal to people who are prey to some people might think. The mere constitute a balancing “third force” have separated us for SO many years are growing smaller econondc and political chaos and fact that the assassin was “torn to j n t b e next House of Commons . 1 ... a , general unrest. pieces” at the spot followed by and smaller and if communications and transpartotion con tinue to progress at the same rate that those oceans will, for practical purpose, ceases to exist. Egypt Played Into Hands of English By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. Associated Press Analyst to apply economic sanctions. As a member of the sterling bloc and with her economy closely tied to , Y . Y , j proposea appointment naa no "mu- Egypt has played into the hands that of the British Empire, Egypl , V y ers , itary significance.” The paper was 0 f the British by failure to pre- would be hamstrung. denying Communist assertions that serve order during this critical Thus there is a developing pic- selection of Clark for the post period. ture which observers have beei> pieces calm and sober attitudes of the Pakistan is a surplus country people is reminiscent of their devo- With a surplus budget and a fav- tion to the departed soul, and 01*- orable tz-ade balance. It has a derly instinct. However, it is true Both big contenders foi’ecast vic- toz-y. The genez’al belief, however, is that Churchill and the Conserva- Teacher Clinic Sponsored By A&M Baptists Where Iran was exceedingly thinking might become genei'al. It careful to give the British no ex- began with the Iranian thing and cuse for azuned intervention while the non-copperatipn of India in demanding evacuation of foi’eign the UN Korean pi'oject. It would employes of the Anglo-Iranian Oil mean the adoption of a policy that Company, and where Britain was non-cooperation constitutes oppo- restrained by the fear force on her sition. As Coi’dcll Hull put it to part would bring a counter-reac- Spain, Vichy Fi’ance and some oth- tion from Russia, Egypt has over- ers during the last waz*, “those played her hand. who are not with us are against She might have known that the us - factors protecting Iran in her ex- Allies Use horce. propriation would not apply to It was this picture which rp, . . q ji Q L 1 Y kab , wovdd kav . e ^mounted to prompted the question in this col If a person really cares to work for peace for themselves stabl r e government and a clear that Pakistan is a gateway to com- tives will come back to power by deDai ? tm( |f the First Ban- SKwintS^SosItion 0 ^ oZmRiV'b^forzSf tfusfthe , ,%• , . . , ■ „ . , cut foreign policy which in a nut- mumsm and a militarily strong more than 35 pai'liamentai’v seats ue P ai t rnen t aT; tne rllSi rzap \n,ai vozia sridiegic position, me eventually be iozeed to use the thpir rmlfirPTI ^nn linn mil. insr whv nnv TviAnna Q n H ~ K ~ n +1, ^ „ Hlld possibly by 60 or more Tio-f r\Y QfoTirvn OUGZ usnsl. " rtnn V9 ii n <r email and their children and find out just why our friends and shell consists of promoting the Pakistan can serve an effective relatives are dying in Korea, they can’t afford not to take cause of world P eace and filing wedge against communism. It has . . . or helping fight aggi'esszon on a potentially superior manpower, advantage of the opportunity to associate with these men land or human lights whenever it What it further needs is justice, occui’s. training and equipment. from the countries where destiny is being made. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texea, 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. degzx opinion, Entered as second-class 'natter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, Under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. There is genei’al discontentment in the country at present, but this is distinct from economic discon tent. This unrest is caused by the continuous delay in solution of the problems affecting the princely state of Kashmir concerning its accession to India or Pakistan. This question has been hanging first with UN for over four years. Social Club’s Luncheon Set For Friday fist Church of College Station Suez Canal. non-cooperating small nations will have an officer’s and addition, Egypt was offered within their sphei’e to meet the This belief is based to a large tparhorA clinic nt the church %vhat Iran was not off ered—a full strategic demands of the conflict gree on numerous polls of public A iT ' . ^ on partnership in a regional defense with Russia, without regard for which unanimously favor thls P' ednesda T at 5 -30 p.m. arrangement—and rejected it al- future friendships, the Conservatives. Newspapers ^ be Purpose of the clinic is to most without reading it. It is a sad situation—-will be a Mohammad Abdullah Khan support the Socialists have instruct the class officers in their Modern Line-Tin sadder one if democracies are ever Graduate Student conducted no surveys, or, if they duties and give them suggestions ^ ^ forced into such a position. But did, have not reported their find- for improving their duties. The Now France, the United States it is being brought on by short ing’s, teachers of the classes will receive and Turkey are all lined up with sighted and financ information on more effective Britain’s decision to defend the leaders in some countries. They In addition, most independent teaching methods. canal. Britain has used the excuse seek to take advantage of the observers expect a Conservative Instructors for the clinic are of violent disorders to reinforce cold war strain on the west to majority of the, 2,000,000 or more Mrs. R. O. Berry, teachers class; her troops beyond_the limits of the. feather their own nests without re- Liberal votes in most of the dis- Mrs. B. H. Nelson, social chair- treaty which Cairo has revoked gard for what will happen to them tricts where there is no Liberal man’s class; Mrs. Drcxel Toland, anyway, and if Egypt wants to from Russia if Western power is candidate to be cast for Churchill’s secretaries class; Frank E. McFar- try force the Allies are in a posi- sufficiently undermined. Graduate students who entered party. land, president’s class; and the tion to welcome such a direct Perhaps it would be a good for the first time in September of Apart from these political tech- Lev. W. L. McDaniel, enlistment method. thing in the long run if, when rea- this yeai should now have filed McMities and party maneuverings, vice-presidents class. Continued Egyptian violence, son fails, the democracies should with the graduate office their rec- two facts are om i nous iy evident. Supper will be served at 5:30 and especially any attempt to use give some demonstration that, ommendations as to the advisory They confront every voter plainly, and the classes will begin at G. her armed forces to enforce her when it actually begins to boil committee they preler to have regardless of his political sophis- After the classes, which end at 7, demands that the British leave, down to a metter of survival, they guide their programs. tication or his station in life. a prayer meeting will be held. will also put England in position must be ruthless top. A check list of forms to file and ? —— — — 1 — t Notes From Grad School Thursday, 1 p. m., is the dead- The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news . . , of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter line lor reserving plates tor tne herein are also reserved. Social Club luncheon in the MSC Ballroom Friday, according to Mrs, things to do has been prepared. This list appears on page 41 of the Graduate School bulletin. It lists eight points of importance to candidates for the Master’s degree. LI’L ABNER The Eyes Have It By Al Capp News contributions may be made by telephone (4-6444) or at the editorial office. T . . . ... * „ — Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-6324) or at Walter Delaplane, Who IS selling p ou) . add jtional Doints are listed the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hail. tickets for the affair. f or the attention of candidates for JOHN WHITMORE Editor Other club members in charge the Ph.D. degree. Joel Austin Managing Editor of ticket sales are Mrs. Edward The first two refer to filing of Bill Streich News Editor Sauer, Mrs. P. W. Burns, and application with transcripts, letters Frank Davis City Editor Mrs. M. P. Holleman. of recommendation and so forth in Allen Pengelly Assistant News Editor “The luncheon is being given in time to be cleared for registration, Bob ^Selleck Sports News Editor honor of the Newcomers Club, and consultation with graduate ad- t. h. Baker, k. k. Briggs,* Ai Bruton, Norman Campbeiij Worn n s Edit which is sponsored by the Social visor to develop a tentative course Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob Fagley, Club,” Said Mrs. P. W. Bums, of study. For students HOW in president of the hostess group. “Of school those have already passed. Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins, 1 n i P , ./j T7 , , i , i j 1 i u Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizig, Raymond York News and Feature Writers COUl’Se, all members OJ. both or- Each graduate Student Should Bob cuiien, jack Brandt .'.... ...Cartoonists ganizations are cordially invited make sure he is up to date on jim n jen S son Photographed to att end the luncheon.” these various steps. Pat L^ianc, Hugh Phillips, f t. s'cott, chuck Neighbors, Reservations may'be made at the Forms are available at the Grad- .At!•’.Ar?!!*/.*.V.V.V.V.'.V.V.V*iSwphSTiSS* front desk of the MSC ’ as we!! as uate Sch ° o1 offic e for suggesting '.‘.‘.'.Advertising Meager Aoin Social Club members selling the names of the advisory commit- Robert Haynie Advertising Representative tickets, tee. THEM ARE TH'EYES OF A GUY THAT'S • DYING OF STAROTONf/J