Battalion Editorials Page 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1951 DIFFERENT SCRIPT Two Hall Ends IT MIGHT be just idle thought, but it is a thought—have ■^you ever wondered why so many of the college’s service organizations are so surly. For example take the case of Joe Q. Student who goes up to find out something about his transcript. Joe is a lucky fellow indeed if he gets a look at this record. He is even luckier if he can get some one to go over it with him. But after all the people in this office are there not to serve him, but to keep track of the records. The only thing that seems out of place on this count is that the people behind the cages who are doing the favors forget that if Joe Q. were not go ing to school and doing something to put on a record they would not have anything to do. But who makes the record are not important, it is the record that IS important. Or if you have no complaints with this office, let’s just go down the hall of some building and see some organization about cashing a check or paying fees. Again we have a group of individuals that are put on this earth to pay homage to their records and set themselves up as Demigods. It is not their job to provide a service to the student. After all we know the student is an inferior being. He was placed on this earth only to be spoon fed by others. If it were not for the other person—say the people who cash checks or take fees—he, John Q., would be a babe in the woods. It is a shame the service organizations cannot remember who they are servicing. Legalized Separation? 1I10NDAY afternoon in Hot Springs Arkansas the annual convention of Southern Governors got underway. One of the first questions that arose in the convention was Negro segregation. Such arguments for segregation as “delicate affairs such as human relationships cannot be equalized and balanced by legislation without destroying human freedoms,” were advanced by some of the more rabid “States-Righters”. Of course there is a fallacy immediately evident in that argu ment, for what is segregation but a restriction and destruction of human freedoms? If the restriction of people from con gregation in certain public places simply because their skin happens to be another color is not a restraint or restriction of those peoples human freedoms, then what could it be called?! Even the people who advanced the opinion that “The high cost of segregation has held back the overall develop ment of our educational institutions” go on to say that “it is up to the south to find a way to preserve social segregation while extending the full benefits of civil liberties.” It is easy to accept the first statement which says that segregation has hampered the development of educational systems be cause of the high costs but one has to wonder if that is a reason that should be foremost in the granting of civil lib erties. Another objection to the argument that the South should find a way to preserve social segregation while granting full civil benefits is that it sounds as if we should obey the let ter of the law and violate the principle. When the superflous is stripped away, what are civil benefits but those same civil rights that we are all so proud .of and pay lip service to that are printed in the great docu ments of this country such as the Declaration of Indepen dence and the Constitution? Do not these papers say all mep are entitled to certain basic things and that these basic rights and freedoms are for all and not just the rich, poor, black, white, or yellow. You have to agree that segregation is something, since it is human relationships, that can not be legislated into the people. It is something that has to come with understanding, education, and something more than the idea that the Bill of Rights and the Amendments to the Constitution are fine for me but don’t apply to a minority group that I have an economic or any other kind of advantage over. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texes, 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. Johnson Slams Number y Of Washington Brass Red Railheads ^ U.S. Eighth Army Head- By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH Washington area as there were In his letter to Lovett, Johnson quarters, Korea, Nov. 14—CP) T'tfypr during World War II peak strength said he finds it difficult to be- Washington, Nov. 14—(SP)—The w hen the armed forces were three lieve that an administrative force Senate Preparedness Subcommit- an( j h a }f times their present size, as large as the present one is ne- tee complained that the Washing- , • r , pessary, even though “war has be- ton area is overloaded with “up- come more complex.” The senator per brass”—high-ranking military In an accompanying letter to added: officers—and armed forces civilian Secretary of Defense Lovett, chair- « In some respects, it is even employees. man Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) call- more startling to observe the large sa jd B - 2( > iight bombers destroyed “It is obvious that the defense ed the situation startling and ask- numbers of Army and Air Force eight locomotives in pre-dawn establishnients is tending toward ed for recommendations to remedy co i on els and Air Force captains raids. Ten others were reported administrative top-heaviness it. There was no immediate com- an( j 0 ther high-ranking officers in destroyed in the 24 hours ended at Allied warplanes today swept, North Korean skies without ' challenge and dealt new blows to the crippled Communist rail system. Far East Air Forces (FEAF) Washington who seem to have as midnight Tuesday, one of their principal assignments acting as ‘messenger boys.’ General Office Help An air force spokesman said he hesitated to claim a total of 18 since there might be some over lapping. But he said he felt cer- “At times the impression is ere- tain at least some of the eight Check? I Have INo Check Corps Trip Plans Foiled Or Best Laid Schemes Gang.. By J. Q. STUDENT Battalion Staff Writer The little dried up man, who ap- Planning a corps trip isn’t al- peared set in his ways, just looked ways as hard as some people make at roommate and said “ .” it. For instance take the case of Roommate was used to having my roommate. He never starts to to ask several people in the office worry about making the trip until for his check, the last minute. that is inefficient, wasteful. and ment from the Pentagon ..dangerous,” the armed services The committee’s study showed group said in a report. that last Sept. 30 there were 361 “Unless the trend is halted now general and flag officers and 91,- we could, - in the classic phrase, d 81 defense establishment civil- wind up with the fighting forces ians stationed in the Washington ___ ______ r _ composed of ‘all chiefs and no ^ rea - On April 30, 1945 just be- a te(j that a substantial portion of were in addition to the previous 10. Indians/ ” the end of th£ war in Eu- the high-ranking officers in the Allied fighter sweeps through The report said there now are 3 Q 9 J n f 1 ene !' a - 1 1 • and Pentagon have been brought to MIG Alley in northwest Korea be- almost as maif generals, admirals ;fIa T g bo hoped, the report An Eighth Army Wednesday . at least a few officers of general sai d, that time will not be wasted evening communique said there was or flag rank.” on excuses to justify the situation, T1{) other significant action along but that a real attempt to elimin- Top Brass ate wasteful and extravagant per- Flag rank in the Navy is any- sonnel will be made.’ thing above captain. General rank ' I never have seen him put out or disturbed about anything that goes on* in the frantic operation. But because he was different I ap pealed to his mob instinct and convinced him the thing to do is to make plans like any other student would. assorted money matters and asked head of the department of assort- a man at the cage for the check. ed subjects. Dr. K. Y. Slurmch was Sitting in his office, roomate sobbed to me. When “Old Lady” asked the department head about the pay roll for student labor, the grand old man of the department re plied “What Payroll?” the front, Allied troops Tuesday beat back two vicious Red atacks at oppo site ends of the line. Late Tuesday night the Reds used about 10 tanks in a moon- ■ light assault on U.N. forward posi tions west of Chorwon on the Western front. Red infantrymen followed under cover of mortar and tank fire. The Chinese Communists were . driven off after a 25-minute bat tle. At least two of their tanks were claimed destroyed by U.N. armor. ■ The Allied tanks were used pri marily as mobile artillery. “ 0n iul t tiDlv ba J'uj’-*I| 11 , 1 ? T IT <•«*» for Stale playoffs and midnight"^™ dawn h wSnesday Now it isn't often 1 can.w* an mined that ho was soing to. make glory. S genoraU and admfrals in Wash- the other two go through the tho Com m „„^ s h d withdraw^ argument with him or convince him his plans for the weekend in ad- He is not planning for a corps ington by three and a half? Would uistlict semi-tmal round this Eastern front •Ulird the majority is right—they all vance. He was going to make sure trip. He is taking the philosophy we have to staff the Pentagon with week-end in Texas schoolboy f rrmnt j (; ,q N , tb tx can’t be wrong. But anyway he de- he had his $2.38 check for the past that what will happen will happen. U256 ^general and flag officers? football. bodies on the battlefield afterhurl- cided to start planning. He wrote a letter to a girl he knew and asked for a date over the weekend. The same time he wrote for a room in the Lilly Hotel in Howstom. Another little man came up to the window and looked out. See ing roommate standing there Lit tle Man turned around and quick ly began counting the money in a box on the other side of the in other services is anything above colonel. Declaring the current figures give rise to some disturbing thoughts, the committee said: “The Armed forces of the Uni ted States that defeated the Axis powers were approximately three Roommate is a strong man. He and a half times the size of our is a patient man. He explained present combined Army, Navy, Air that the student , payroll had to be Eorce and ^f rin Y 9 or P s ’ ^ 18 ? n " turned in before the students i'rely possible that in a major could get a check. wa1 ’ we ' W0 P‘ C * return to that The payroll went in, roommate strength, said. This was 14 days ago and Roommate was bound and deter- still no checks. Roommate is in his to multiply Way Cleared For Playoffs In State By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Editor Two divisions clear the mont . h - ,,, , . u His last word before he went Would we have to jam 321,695 More than 30 districts in c i asse s i ng back a coordinated attack by, Being up on the methods used in back down to the. Office of All civilian employes into the Defense AA an( j A will decide champions, five Red battalions. The attack the Babylon of Money Changers Money Matters was, “What s the Department buildings in the cap- Thirty-three already have done so. began Monday night. Only one titiist is yet known in An Allied tank force pushed he ducked down beneath the win- use.” dow and set a trap for one of the employees. Roommate is an agile person and Then he went down to get his after t#o hours and 35 % minutes check from the Finance Office. You he caught a money changer and see he works as a part time helper got. him to look for his check, in the Department of Assorted “No check here, see the head of subjects. the department.” «said the caged From the story he told me while man. With this he pulled his leg we blew the foam off the;head of out of the trap and ran away, our Touchstone root beer it was Roommate was a determined pathetic. He went to the office of man and he went over, to see the THE WORLD TODAY Up and Down Of British Economy classes AAAA and AAA but all about 6,000 yards ahead of U.,N, except five of the 16 districts are hues above Kumhwa on the central expected to crown kings by the front. Four Allied tanks wen week-end. These two divisions damaged by Red fire, and onli have still another week to go. one was recovered. Ysleta has nailed down the title FrAI waiplaneS mounted 895. 3 Measures Pass, 2 Fail in Early Vote By JAMES MARLOW of District 2 in class AAAA and ajwaits its foe from District 1 where Lubbock’s Westerners, lead ing with an undefeated record, meet the last obstacle in their path to the title. sorties as skies cleared over Korea Tuesday. Primary targets were Red rail facilities. Locomotives An operational summary said the sighting of locomotives wfcrc It’s Lubbock vs Odessa at Odessa among the highest of the war. By The Associated Press Texas voters—the few who cared enough to ballot—apparently ve toed three proposed constitutional Yi'r/winn lld amendments yesterday. about 15() ’ 0()0 votes tr0 ™ the news the British are in a fi nancial jam again and expect to ask us for more help. Shattered by the war, they were in bad shape when the shooting was doubtful that late-reported stopped. The U. S. gave them a votes would overcome this lead. ) oan of $3,750,000,90U. That was Shortly after midnight, the Tex- 111 UU , ... . 1f ,. 0 ,i TT a as Election Bureau had counted -* 4nd ’ s ^ aiblll g m 1^ 8 > the U £ almost his first act w'as to tell the British people, who have been on „ ., , ., , Washington, Nov. 14—(/P)—The rationing since the war, that liv- hnday—-and that will tell the story “The Communists are striving chilling wind which blew across j n g y 0 uld have to become even 01 whether Lubbock, generally rat- g0 bat . d t be j r ra ji ii nes j n the Atlantic this past week was more austere. , , • 1 ju the state, moves into sbape they are using many locomo- His government announced a the championship fight or there s tives to haul flat cars loaded with cut in imports which will mean a three-way tie m District 1 with s ^ ee j ra ils to th areas affected,” less food and other things for his the committee having to name the ^ be aA . f orc e spokesman said, people. The reason: to cut down dis t ncts representative. p ilotg alg0 re ported direct hits on spending. More than 60 per _ this is one of three big games on tunnels, rail lines, fuel dumps cent of Britain’s food has to be in the upper brackets of schoolboy and bl i dg es. imported. football. Fully as important is And it will be Churchill, or some that matching Port Arthur with n- t d of his men, who’ll have to ask Baytown in District 8 of class FEAF said strafing fighters in- 200 casualties on Red troops, bsTthl —“ “E MP once more, AAAA. Here a re two of the state But as results continued to be county returns were coriiplete. state's 254 couaties. Pwenty-eight JlLTette BritislfbeSn"'^ “‘iTj. 0 JS tamte to- g “ LXe bo"X reported today, two proposals still The proposal to boost the welfare were in doubt—one a real nip-and- , to , * j au , ,, ■ -f-Po- fund had created the most noise, . but it appeared well beaten m Rejected apparently were pro- ea riy morning tabulations, posals to allow'' pension plans for Throughout the'night, the percent- county employes, an increase in a g e cban g e for and against varied ceilings of welfare payments and little, to allow establishments of dis tricts to provide protection against fires for rural areas. The one nearest the win Present Ceiling this help the British began to get country in January with his staff gether. to visit President Truman. The other top game is in District But it w r as neither the Socialists 5 of class AAA where undefeated, nor Churchill who put Britain into untied Palestine marches against the red again. It was the tide of mighty Temple. Temple, loser on- events, starting with the Korean ly to Baytown during the season, war in mid-1950 1 wiren Britain was has long been ranked No. 1 in just regaining its feet. class AAA. With the start of the Korean In class AA the headliner on their feet, By the beginning of 1951 they were in the black and so confi dent of clear sailing that they said they didn’t need any more Marshall plan aid. But by the fall of 1951 they were in trouble again Student Teachers Practice Starts Forty eight agricultural educa- In this country those who dis- war this country and its allies, in- matches LaMarque and La Porte . This, proposal would have in- liked the British Socialist govern- eluding Britain, began to re-arm. for the District 27 championship, rtipn students will begin w© weeks n-or-loso' cresisetl the present ceiling of $35 ment probably blamed it for the Britain plans to spend $13,000,000,- It also brings undefeated, untied °f practice teaching in 20 Texas b j linp W . IC . 4. b „ rirnnns'il to •it. trillion a y ea1 ' i n public welfare dowuiturn in Britain’s fortunes, 000 on her rearmament program in teams together and is one of three high schools early next month. The low Yho TTnivpvsitv of Tpya«? to P a y men ts—mostly old age pen- thinking that if only Winston three years. games in that category in the state, students will leave Dec. 3. invest its permanent fund in wavs s ' ons —^ $42 million. Those who Churchill were running the show This dislocated the British eco- In class A there are twm such W. W. McIIroy of the depart- which would increase its revenue f^red it said it would makfe each he would by some special magic nomy. It put the British in the pos- contests—Iraan and Wink clashing ment said this training would The law now allows"the fund to be P ens ^ oners check a little larger. • lift his country into propserity ition of spending more than they for the District 5 title and Eden prove invaluable to agricultural again. earn. In short, they are living be- and Eldorado battling for the education majors who plan to Churchill is in power now and yond their means. crown in District 6. teach following graduation. invested only in various types of Others pointed out that the pro- govemment securities. posal had removed the requirement When tabulators quit work early of citizenship. This, they claimed, this morning, 50.94 per cent of the "would have allowed Such an in voters had rejected this plan. How- crea se m the number of pension- ever, Bob Johnson, head of the Tex- ei "s that each elderly person ac- as Election Bureau, said there was tuall y would receive less money, a possibility the proposal might The veterans land fund plan in come out winner. volves allowing the state to issue Close Vote ^ million more in bonds with which to help veterans purchase Another close vote was on the f arms and ranches. The money only proposition which was ahead wou i d be repaid. The proposal in early morning tabulations—the took an early lead and kept it. plan to allow an increase in bonds with which to help veterans pur chase farms and ranches. PO GO •finalUj v)e Wei a cvifpttc bii tormen bu guilt- By Walt Kell} ‘SAULE,WAV£J?WS WINGS, A30V£ KAIN^ POUE, WHIL& HOPEFULLY 6INS6 LOVg OF SHOKN SHOPS. SHOPS SHOPN OF LOVS SINGS HOPEFULLY WHILE ROUP PAINS ABOVg, WINGS WAV^PING,SMILE, PontYthe \ Yep/ it ft h bac&tojU aevezpAZT. goesfkim “gnute, watering lOingg, ITS Gotta Pf&JVT J Abote rains POUT? THsee! ‘gE REAP ( 70 > ftopeMh/ Szrigs eAcmAPO\ IgfiT. ) ZoFecf stem eTioneA Shore ghorn oPioPe $fngr$ hope folly while I jpoun rams a$ope YOU KNOW. IF 1 DINT MW YOU REAP THAT, 2 WOULDN'T JKAJeS/j Entered as second-clasa natter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, onder the Act of Con gress of March S, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. 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Bob Fagley, Benny Holub, Howard Hough, Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer, Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins, Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizlg, 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 F.ussel Hags as Advertising Manager Robert Saynla Advertising Representative This measure was leading by a 53.7 percentage. Johnson said it Murdoch Invited to Netherlands School The Wagemngen Agricultural New Hog Killing Method Used Here A new method of butchering hogs was used recently by the ani mal husbandry department. One day last week a student m frnile. (MOW! LPL ABNER An American In Paris By Al Capp College, the Netherlands, has re- demonstrated an amazingly differ- quested Dr. Philip G. Murdoch, re- ent method of butchering hogs, search professor in the chemical The event occurred in the Animal engineering department, be ap- Husbandry 307 (meats) Lab. pointed as guest professor there for a year. The professorship would be a Fulbright Award administered The animal was knocked uncon scious and bled thoroughly. The hog was then hoisted into the scalding vat as usual. The sup- thrcHigh the Conference Board of ^ ^animat Associated Resea rch Councils. fi ndin ^ the boiling water too warm Murdoch would lecture on multi- for co ^ fort pr0 ceeded to climb out component distillation and the de- 0 £ £ be vat ’ sign of chemical reactors Murdoch has been active in re Seeing this, the amazed student search in these fields. He was promptly plunged the animal to awarded a plaque for a paper on the bottom of the vat only to have “Multicomponent Distillation” by it reappear. Three duckings was the South Texas Section of the all the weakened animal could American Institute of Chemical En- stand. It stayed submerged after gineerS. • the fourth plunge.