Battalion
Editorials
Page 2
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1951
IF IT DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING ELSE'
Nile Unites Egypt and Sudan
With Mediterranean Sea
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tyranny Essential
Reader Explains
Lax Discipline
Spoils Work Detail
A LONG STANDING objection to the Bull ring was over-
come Saturday when over 700 men went to “work” on
the Golf Course. The purpose of the detail was to pick up
rocks on the course.
During the first hour it worked fairly well. Rocks were
picked up, an observer reported. But after that the entire
work detail was a farce. The men lounged around, threw
rocks at each other, gat down, or in general just wanted one
whole afternoon.
Now, wasting an afternoon is not something new in pun
ishment. A Saturday afternoon on the bull ring is not con
structive. A man does not do anything for the school. . . but
if operated right, he is punished. And a man is put on the
bull ring for punishment.
Saturday the men were not punished. They had a field
day out on the campus under lax discipline.
But where is the credit or blame to go? The men were
supervised by the same men that put them on the bull ring T1 , Farm p , r ? duc ^ on . , ... ,, , , _ T ,_ .,
. , ' * Plan countries has increased 138 and officials to the college, and jtors of having the friendliest cam- tlon l these are various modes of the heart of Africa was explored per Nile, could dispose of Egypt
111 the Iirst place. 11 they (lid not leel that the men were p ei - cen t over 1945, according to sending specialists to European p US i n the world. Since when did transportation leaving Aggieland and Egyptian authority was ex- as he likes and even destroy her.”
there justly, why were the men placed 011 the bull ring in figures released by D. A. Adams, countries.” visitors start carrying ram pads? each and everyday. tended over the entire southern p ar f rom being a slogan for
the first place ''' radio editor lor the extension ser- I. A. Sargut, under secretary who makes the seniors go on corps R ^vould make 98 per cent of part of the Nile Valley. Recent propaganda purposes, the Unity
H or™*™ oo if u j. , rp, vic e at A&M. of agriculture for Turkey, recent- trips? who niakes seniors yell at the senior class very happy, I am archaeological discoveries confirm of the N il e is Nature’s own be
ll appeals as ll it were JUSt one afternoon wasted, the Regarding the program which ly visited A&M to study the or- yeli practice? sure, to purchase their'certificate that Egyptian civilization and cul- b es |.
men did not accomplish enough to warrant being assigned to is administered by EGA, Adams ganization and administration of ' . - _
the job. There was not enough punishment connected with said: the extension service which reach-
it to really consider the afternoon a period of punishment. “ European “ l,nWes haTe dcvel - « ' al ' me, ' s thK>ush u,e
EC A Ups Output
Radio Editor Says
Graduate Assistant
Authors Article
Jack Inglis, graduate assistant
in the A&M Wildlife Management
Department, is the author of an
article appearing in the December
issue of Texas Game and Fish (Editor’s Note—This is Part V one. Both exist on the bounty of a desert in the interests of both. A
magazine on the led-tailed hawk. ^ seven part series written by single life-giving blood-stream— perennial system of irrigation in
Inglis, who has written several an Egyptian graduate student at the Nile! Egypt intensifies the necessity for
articles on wildlife for the maga- A&M defending his country’s ac- The Nile compares with the construction propects to regulate
zine, points out in the most recent tion against the British.) Mississippi and the Amazon as one the flow of the Nile. Some such
story that the red-tailed hawk ^ of the great rivers of the world, projects exist today, others must
preys on rodents and is largely ALY LASHEEN Five-sxiths of the Nile are in the be envisaged for the future. The
beneficial to man. • Egyptian Graduate Student territory of Egypt and the Sudan. Merowe Dam at the fourth Cata-
Only rarely, he says, does the A cursory glance at the map will It flows over a distance of 4,100 ract outside the present boundar-
bird prey on chickens. show that EgjTit and the Sudan are miles. It runs for 1,000 miles be- ies of Egypt is now under con-
fore reaching the Sudan. Then struction by the Egyptian govern-
for 2,100 miles it traverses the Su- ment, and is expected to be fin-
dan. Finally, it crosses 940 miles ished next year, 1952. It will cost
of Egypt proper to find its haven Egypt $60,000,000. Both the Sudan
in the Mediterranean. and Egypt will benefit breatly by
The immense basin of the Nile R- ■^- n agreement concerning Owens
—the Sudan alone, with an area of Reservoir at Owens Rails in Ugan-
1,000,000 square miles, is larger da ' s already signed Uganda, the
than the whole of the United Sudan and Egypt will all benefit
States east of the Mississippi—is greatly by it, Uganda by generat-
but a single unit. Each of its two ed electricity and the Nile \ alley
great parts—Egypt and the Sudan th® wa ter- Nct dams and new
—is indissoluably bound with the reservoirs will be as beneficial
0 ^ er to the Sudan as to other parts of
Egypt cannot exist without the Rgypt- The salvage of Nile water
Editor, The Battalion: ago and others begun recently.
In your editorial entitled “Lead- Nevertheless there is a purpose
er and Tyrant,” you asked the behind each one no matter how Sudan. The Sudan cannot exist 18 the common interest ot all the
question “How many things can we large or small. There is a pur- without Egypt. ’ peoples in the Nile Va ey.
name that we do around here that pose. The ones that don’t seem to TTnitv More than this! Egypt lives at
we do without the threat of men- want to follow the leadership of- y sufferance on the Upper Nile. In
tal and physical punishment?” In fered them in regard to these prac- The monuments of Egypt have the words of Sir Scott Moncrieff,
answer to this question I would ti ces should be made to. It should resisted the ravages pf time for the British famous engineer, a
like to ask you some questions be enforced since this is still a more than 5,000 years to give hostile Power on the Upper Nile
instead and let you and the read- military institution. Some will see clear evidence of the close union could “at will either parch or in-
erg of the.Batt answer your ques- the light and come across. For the between Egypt and the Sudan in undate Egypt.” Writing on the
tions for you. We have the reputa- ones that still do not stand solid former times. same subject, Sir Reginald Portall
Marshall gram by bringing foreign students ti on with* outsiders and other vis- with the corps I have one sugges- • Even in days of the Pharaohs, said that “He who holds the Up-
Who makes the seniors go to
„ , „ , , . , oped closer ties of friendship, and agents. Sargut felt there was a whin out’ Who
One freshman summed it all up when he said, “We had by learning American methods are need for such a system in Turkey, makeg the sen i ors run their out-
a swell time out there. We loafed around a fire and threw becoming economically indepen- Adams said.
dent.
“A&M has shared in this pro
of conveyance to such far away ture and religion flourished in the
yell practice? Who makes the sen- pIa( * s as J U ’ SMU, Ba|or or Hap- southern part of the Sudan.
work on the bonfire? Who Py.P, a R Haven fov Dod S el ' s - Neither m the Ptolemaic nor in
rocks at each other.’
Other items which interested
Sargut were irrigated cotton pro
fits?
Speaker Reviews History
Anglo-Egyptian Struggle
Unity Challenged
Today this natural and histor-
All due respect to SMU and Bay- the Roman era was this unity in- ical unity of Egypt and the Su~
lor. terrupted. When the Arabs came dan is seriously challenged. The
This is not the only place in the to Egypt, a great migration into challenge comes from Britain. It
_ world from which one can obtain the Sudan followed, the Arabs in- is not only an attempt to break
Edltor ’ . these things aie a ( ^ e g re g < jf a g U y doesn’t want to termarrying with the indigenous the bonds which unites Egypt and
duction, and sheep, goat, and beef f° r ced on them in theii undeic ass- su kjg c t himself or place his well population. In the sixteenth cen- the Sudan. It is also a threat to
production. Dams are another thing man y^a 1 ' 3 and R these t mgs being, character, and philosophy or tury, the Turks took possession of the territorial integrity of the Su-
Turkey needs, and Sargut visited are 80 distasteful then why in he Is jj£ e ^ j eo p ar dy down here then he Egypt and the Sudan. dan itself.
Buchanan Dam in Texas and the beds do seniors participate can g0 somewhere else. 1 In the nineteenth centry, Mo- Soon after the occupation began,
Tennessee Valley Authority pro- ^’ aen they become tbe hl £ b class on Mr. Editor, the majority seem to hammed Aly founder of Egypt’s the British compelled the Egypt-
gram. R 0 ca ™P us when there is no one j ike if no t love it down here. The reigning dynasty, established order ians to withdraw their troops and
Twenty-eight Turkish students above the j 11 raet0 ? u ^ tae “umb- m j nor ity, can voice their views but throughout the Sudan, Until 1882, officials from the Sudan, and to
a Wro Hoqvi HiwnorVii- screw and the lack it tiey on . s j nce that is all they can do to- there was no dispute of the Khe- 'cease all opposition to the forces
I guess is must be Pinky and ward changing the situation I can’t dive’s authority. 0 f the Mahdi who had begun a
Egyptian Culture local rebellion. Then after a few
and officials have been brought
to the United States in trips rang-
desired by some. Some, many years Publish This.
ing from three weeks to five his bull whip that keeps the sen- see bow they could be very happy
"•(Editor’s Note—Admittedly we and ought to be, totally dissolved.” Now, in order to view the recent months - Eight of thc 28 havc como ioi ' s on the stlck - at Aggieland.
aie putting too much information Throughout our struggle, for the events in Egypt, in the right per- A&M. Tou, for once, aie right about
on Egypt on this page, however, last seventy years, to rid our coun- spective, allow me to take you Turkish Students some people having to be made to
...„ i.i. —l- A • • - - - ... x follow the ideals of Aggieland. Editor.
cotton breeder, and qi] iege j ( j ea i S) practices and tradi- Paul Lassen,’52
research agriculture tions were instituted by the major- Sqd. 1
the Engtoh CoansurfT!"™-" Pe ° pl ? ot& Araeiican Continents" had S.'" Brth'Uix. TpecXsts" from ^ wouW De don. awaylif not 1-. S.
Tim ^*B-1HahoV^wiVl' m nubl!sh < '' hit’ SUf 1 fl ’!’ C(I R' 0 ' 11 tbc same mahgnant trine,” their objection to any fu- The same program being car
in 'full nic.m 1 Ucf-Il’l kllowf form^of 1 Phlrrn 7 ture conization by European Pow- r ied on with Turkey is being car-
tued all known forms of Pharma- e rs, and disclaimed any intention ried on with other European coun-
copocia, had to revert to drastic to take part in their wars, thc tries, according to Adams,
surgery. combined British, French and Rus- Last week a team of eight Por-
Our struggle was not without sian Fleets, on the 20th of October, tuguese visited A&M. They were
ways existed between my country bloodshed and sufferings. It was 1827, surprised and sank the Egyp- interested in thc operation of tho
and yours. It has its roots in thc marked with British killings of'tian fleet in the Mediterranean, extension service,
history of the United States of Egyptian civilian population in- The treacherous plot, designed by
on L.gypi on tnis page, however, last seventy years, to rid our coun- spective, allow me to take you Turkish
i\e feel that the subject of this try of thc British occupation, thc back to thc eventful nineteenth i) r r Kiiwh i
talk made Friday night is such Egyptians have been aware of a century. u A Sirv'lh ro
‘hat nmre people should be aware feeling of distant comradeship t{- Poul . yea., after tho peoples engineer, splat .... ,
tp it , , cl 1 pcopic oi me united 0 f the American Continents had key. Both are specialists from
S t!; rP', pcople who had long declared, in their “Monroe Doc- A&M.
)US LC. u, suffeied liom thc same malignant trine.” their ehieetinn In nnv fn- on mo n i-r»rrvn m Iyomyo- n n
. . ,. From Egvpt, successive waves y ears the British moved to realize
If that is true then they should of mjgrants have penetrated the th eii' preconceived designs. In 1896,
voice their views and vamouse, Mr. reaches of the Sudan _ No color Kitchener led a large Egyptian
speech in full also.)
By COL. ABDEL GHALEB
Traditional friendship has al-
Resents Comparing
America With Egypt
bar has stood in the way of the al ' my ’ assisted by a small force of
integration of the two peoples. British occupation troops, to put
Not only has Egyptian culture down the Mardi revolt. When the
spread into the Sudan. Arabic is rebels were decisively defeated at
the common language of both Khartoum on September 2, 1898,
Egyptians and Sudanese. It is the Kitchener raised both the Egyptian
only language which can serve as aud British flags. At the same
the “lingua franca” of the Nile R me > be appealed to the Sudati-
Valley. ? se bo respect the authority of the
The economy of both Egypt and Kredive of Egypt as the legitimate
the Sudan is based largely on ag- Sovereign of thc Sudan,
riculture. The industrialization Then came the famous “Fashoda
which has come about in Egypt incident.” When a French flag was
Editor, The Battalion: British Empire
At the present time, we are read- It is merely another case of the finds no counterpart in the Su- hoisted at Fashoda, Kitchener pro-
ing in The Battalion a series of “have nots” cursing the “haves.” dan. On the whole, the economy of tested that the Sudan was Egypt*
articles upholding the so-called We also wish Lasheen would re- each region complements that of ian territory. The French com*
cause for Egyptian freedom. Al- frain from comparing Egypt’s in- the other. mander, Major Marchand, refuse^
though we can understand Mr. surrection with the American revo- Both parts of the Nile Valley to give in if the British flag wert
A grand array of Christmas dec- L as h een ’ s concern over his own lution. Thc United States was depend upon the planned use of flown, but he consented to with
MSC Decorates
For Christmas
America. Egypt — older than Old eluding women and children, and Britain, was aimed at wiping
Man History himself has through with thc deportation of Egyptian Egypt off thc map, as a Mediter-
the centuries, taken a special in- leaders to the British Siberia . . . cancan power,
tercst in thc nature of deeds, and an, English Island in the Indian The Turkish Emnire was at tho
ES idrSd"' pc<,l,les in ' 0cca ” m,n ’ od ‘ Sy ' hcllc ’
Indeed, the average Egyptian ev^rtanceriay "behlnd^the "akhin/k,' fate.’S.’to bZS foLhf MScNt'^me^tU^nd fiKiinf again* kWeVereready water during thejloodseaeon. The Has alone.arfronM by a rival
orations is g°m£ U P at the MSC. coun t rv * s -welfare, we cannot help fighting for progress; they are Nile waters, and on the store of draw when faced by the Egyptian
lay behind ....
does not know where the Rio friendlly feelings of the Egptians over the inescapable fate of an-
Grande flows, or who Sam Hous- towards the Americans. The United other cm pire.
ton was, but he surely knows many States had no part in the vicissi-
othcr things connected with the tudes that beset Egypt and our
struggle, and thc great achieve- par of the world. The United
inents of tho Republic of the States had emerged as a great ly engaging themselves with how
BLUEBONNET. He knows—much power; great but not imperialis- to Rrab what remained of the large
more still—about thc fight for in- tic; great but a nonparticipant in and rich estates of tbc slck mail >
dependence by the pcopic of the the greedy race for the swallow-
United States, and takes to heart ing up of our religion and the
the words of an American rcsolu- subjugation of its peoples under all
tion on June 7th, 1776, by an kinds of mendacious pretences.
Amercan, named Richard Lee that:
Turkey
The European Powers were lusti-
the name they had dubbed Turkey
Egypt, under Mohammed Aly,
the Great Grandfather of our be-
in making such derogatory state- for independence, while they are extension of arable areas requires European Power, Britain backed
employees for the purpose of deco- merd . g a i3 0U t America’s ally, The plagued with dissention and cor- the further reclamation of the the Nile Valley unity to the hilt.
ruption. ‘
My friend and I resent the im
plication that there is any simil
arity between the United States in
1776 and Egypt today.
Finally, we believe we speak for
most Americans when we say that
this is a time of crisis for demo-
ration work.
The decorating is being done by •
MSC employees in co-operating l
with the Floriculture Department. Balt Called Liberal
DALLAS
Editor, The Battalion:
To hear from the representative
voice (recognized as somewhat rad-
, , , ical) of A&M the liberal intei-preta- , , ■ , ,,
Old Man History must have been tion of leadcrship in “Leader and cracy. All free countnes should
signed the Treaty of London of
15 July 1840, by which Egypt was
dealth another blow.
loved King Farouk, had become a a busy bod y a t the time recording q'y rard ’> ( s quite shocking to the be united against communism.
. .... great Mediterranean land and na- the agreements and counter agree- ^ gg ; es> ^re they to assume that Egypt’s revolt is exactly what Rus-
Ih.s is why the Americans so val powcr in possession of the ments ^ youv interpretation is influenced sia wants. It should be crushed as
“These United Colonies are, and lai away > stood so close to our whole of the region now known as addin S fo °t notes about veerings ; feelings not akin t 0 the respect 800n a3 possible, or else we may
I right ought to be, free and in- hoaits, and that is why today Middle East, including parts of ^ rom one s \^ e ^ 0 ^her in ac- an( j importance given to tradition? someday find the Red Army in con-
ependent states; and that they " (> in Egypt, aie moie than dis- Qj-eece. in Eurone: the strategic oordance with individual designs g uck ^ liberal position is intol- R°i oi- ^nez Canal.
of
dependent states; ana tnat tney we in mgypi, are more man uis- Greecej in Europe; the strategic
are absolved from all allegiance to appointed at the attitudte of some j s j and of Crete in ’ the Mediterra- for tbR Balkans and the Eastern el . akl ' e "
the British Crown, and that all circles in the United States to- nean . the Egyptian Sudan in the Mediterranean basin,
political connections between them wards the events that have and are South; and Arabia, across the Red The wise old man did not > o:f
and the State of Great Britain is, now taking place in my country. s t ’ th E t in ’ Asia course, forget to jot down down
• In its Eastwarf colonization a b ttle footnote in his memoires
drive, England having grabbed Gi- that England after bav \ ng seal f d
bralter in 1704, and the halfway the Mediterranean bott e in thc
Mediterranean island of Malta in West with a time English cork at
1800, found Egvpt bv the second Gibralter, had succeeded in seal-
decade of the 19th Century the one thc other . b °R lc of , th0 R , cd
strong land and Naval Mediter- ^ ea wRb a s ' m ilar coik of thc
ranean Power barring it way fur- sarae nianufacture through her oe-
; ther east . . . and not for the cupation, in 1838, of Aden, the only
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Texea, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. ^ n • ‘ .1 1 , 7 *. f .only controlling both seas by COl'k-
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
''Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
By Walt Kelly
Entered as second-class
Watter at Post Office at
College Staton, Texas,
nnder the Act of Con*
gress of March 3, 1870.
Member of
The Associated Press
Arabia and looking over the Per-
London had now set as its pri- s ' aa ^ ldp -
- ...ary objective in thc cast, the li- Ry ^ be occupation ot Aden, the
5 quiditation . . . better still its oc- Gibralter ol the Red Sea, England
cupation. It was not strange, succeeded, further more, m forging LI’L ABNER
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Li’l Abner Presents Fearless Fosdick
By Al Capp
19th Century linked the name of the cross-roads ol the three con-
London to all our misfortunes. tihents of Asia, Europe and Africa.
In that area the English had been
Strip Egypt after a scheme—Vigorously oppos-
Between 1827 and 1830 the Brit- ed by Mohamed Aly the Great—
ish, French, and Russian Govern- to build a line of communications
ments set their hands together from the Syrian Coast, through
to strip Egypt of all power. This Iraq, to the Persian Gulf, thence
was concocted through different to India and thc far ea f st.
agreements termed either confer- In the same unfortunate area
eficcs, treaties, or protocols but— there was talk about the revival
of a scheme to connect the Medi
terranean and the Red Sea—some-
by some kind of a
enlist the help of two more accom- ditch following thc example of thc
John Lanwwtcr* 11 ^Lch^ef photo Engraver plices; the Governments oi Aus- ancient Egyptians, and later, the
Rusueii'Hagen..'.'.'.'L Advertising Manager tr ; a and p rU£iH j a . Again in the same Arab rulers of that country.
l> ‘ • ‘ City, the five European powers (To Be Continued)
JOHN WHITMORE Editor
Joel Austin Associate Editor
Bill Streich Managing Editor
Bob Sclleck Sports Editor
Frank Davis City Editor
Pat Morley ...Women’s Editor
T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, Benny Ilolub, Bryan Spencer, Xdc Trotter
Edgar Watkins, Carl Posey, Gene Steed, Jerry Bennett, , . . T .
Bert wetier staff Writers sure enough—all signed in London
Bob Cullen, Jack Brandt Staff Cartoonist .,,, d (Inlv boarintr its name,
Frank Scott quarterback Club Director ana uuly , ‘ B . . , ,, , .
staff photographer By 1840, the British managed to where in Egypt
Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Philippus, Gua Becker, Joe Blanchette
...Sports Staff Writers
..Chief Photo Engraver
,.. Advertising Manager
city, the live European powers
SURE VA WAS,
FOSDICK. I AM
LOADED WIT'
PLUTONIUM.? IF
THEV'D OF EVEN
JARRED ME1-
I'D OF GOME UP
LIKE A ATOM
BOMB, AN'DE
WHORE CITY
WIT'ME/: r
VES-BUT THEV
DIDN'T UNDER
STAND THAT —
NO ONE
UNDERSTANDS
IT-OH, WHAT
WILL THEV *
'THINK OF ME
ON THE FORCE?
\r
Meanwhile-at headquarters.
I NEVER GOT SORE
AT FOSDICK WHEN
HE ACCIDENTALLV
KILLED 8 OR IO
CIVILIANS A DAV
IN THE LINE OF"
DUTV-BUT NOW,
HE'S GOME TOO
FAR.V- HE'S RUINED
arv property.?'
YOU MEAN
THEM SIX
DEAD
COPS?
NO,YOU FOOL— l MEAN
THE RIOT CAR/T- GENTLEMEN.?’
FOSDICK MUST BE DISMISSED
FROM THE FORCE/T'-
r. fioj. V s r.-.L OP.—AJ! r