Thursday, December 13,1951
THE BATTALION
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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1 don’t see any reason why it should
be denied to Egyptians. With hos
tile desperate middle east united
in the oneness of purpose, as it
seems to be, I can not imagine
how the British can hold on in
the Suez Canal.
The best way should be to rec
ognize the turn of the tide and
win the friendship rather than
ill will of a vast majority of peo
ple whom they might crush but
never win.
M. A. Khan
Ignorance Displayed
Editor, The Battalion:
1 had never expected to write a
“letter to the editor,” but the one
by Joe Riddle and Bob Pankonien
in your Monday, December 10, is
sue forces me to. The ignorance
displayed in that letter was appal
ling, but, worse yet, the prejudiced
conceit and intolerance was dis
tressing. Apparently these two
members of the class of ’53 admire
and are proud of such outstanding
founders of our country as, for
example, Thomas Jefferson. Yet
the above-mentioned letter literally
oozes with sentiments and attitudes
which were abhorrent to Jefferson,
the democratic philosopher.
First, let me explain that I am
not an Anglophobe. I have been in
England and find much to admire
about England and the English.
Furthennore, f favor giving both
military and economic aid to Eng
land to strengthen the defense of
Western Europe. That does not,
however, prevent me from recog
nizing that the traditional im
perialistic, amoral British foreign
policy W'hich had much success for
centuries is now out-dated and, if
relentlessly pursued further, can
only end in gi ief to the British and
ourselves as well as to its imme
diate victims.
Although Mr. Lasheen made a
number of debatable “opinion”
statements, for the most part he
related facts which are verifiable
even though known by only few
Americans. He should be commend
ed for resisting a natural inclina
tion to employ insulting and slur
ring adjectives and epithets against
the British.
Mr. J. R. and Mi'. B. P., however,
open by referring to the “so-called”
cause for Egyptian freedom. Just
what is the basis for that insinuat
ing term? Incidentally, one can
search their letter only in vain
for one single, factual statement of
objective evidence against any of
Mr. Lasheen’s points.
If we practice the freedom, tol
erance and open-mindedness we
profess, w r e should welcome hear
ing any temperate remarks our
guests wish to make to us instead
of accusing Mr. Lasheen of “over
stepping himself in making such
derogatory statements (not speci
fied) about America’s ally, the
British Empire.” Incidentally,
were Mr. J. R. and Mr. B. P. equal
ly indignant when guests made de
rogatory statements about the
U.S.S.R. seven years ago when it
was our military ally?
“We also wish Lasheen would
refrain from comparing Egypt’s
insurrection with the American
revolution. The United States was
fighting for progress; they are
fighting against it. We were ready
for independence while they are
plagued with dissension and cor
ruption.” Mr. Lasheen would be
less than human if that didn’t make
his blood boil. Just why should
such a comparison be annoying?
By what magic does straggle for
independence suddenly become con
trary to progress when indulged
in by others? Since when has ex
ploitation through military force
become ( synonymous with prog
ress ?
Dissension and corruption have
hardly been absent from the Amer
ican scene any time in our history.
What percent of the colonists vol
unteered to fight the British ? Were
there not 13 separate colonies
which had great difficulty in unit
ing? How about our present cor
ruption among government offi
cials ?
My guess is that the Egyptians
could actually make a better case
for freedom from England than
could our colonial forefathers. For
one thing the latter were governed
by their mother country, not by
foreign conquerors.
It was with amazement that I
noticed that Mr. Joe Riddle is an
Aggie debater and a highly suc
cessful one at that. I thought
good debaters learned to gather
facts and look objectively at both
sides of issues.
Let us be more courteous to
our guests. Try, if possible, to
put ourselves in our imaginations
in their places at times. Even
from a selfish viewpoint, the
friendship of 20 million Egyptians
and tens of millions of other Near
Eastern Moslems as well as that
of 45 million British, is important
to our present and our future.
M. S. Brooks
Bankers
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Dean Shepardson pointed out
that in average capital investment
in industry there is $7,000 per
man. But the average capital in
vestment on Southern farms is ap
proximately $3,700 per man, about
one half that invested in other in
dustry.
Every lecture was another step
forward toward pointing out new
methods to assist the farmer and
at the same time build the financ
ing industry, said the dean.
No Help
One speaker said, “You can’t
collect money by collecting the col
lateral, therefore neither helping
the investor nor the farmer.” •
Dean Shepardson made the con
cluding speech challenging the
bankers of the Southwest to look
to opportunity for sound invest
ment and constructive agricultural
enterprises and riot fall into the
attitude in what so many people
are in today, in planning their first
concern in security rather than
opportunity.
As a banker, look more to oppor
tunity than security, he added.
make it a merry Christmas
Ij for the folks at home
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Baylor, Yale
Men Receive
Rhodes Award
Members of the Cadet Corps are getting in the spirit of Christmas
by decorating the hails of their dormitories. This decoration was
designed by cadets in B Coast Artillery.
Houston, Dec. 13 — UP) —
Students from Baylor a n cl
Yale had been selected today
a s Texas contestants for
Rhodes, scholarships.
The students arc Clyde M. Wil
liams, who will receive his medical
degree from Baylor University
College of Medicine in June, and
James Robert Copeland, a Yale
student from Corsicana. Williams
graduated from Rice before going
to the medical school.
They were chosen from 10 stu
dents and will go to the six-state
regional selection meeting in New
Orleans next month. Four will be
chosen at this meeting for the two-
year scholarships to Oxford Uni
versity in England.
Other candidates considered yes-
i terday were Marvin C. Atkins,
Texas A&M; Lee D. Cady Jr.,
1 Houston; Donald Everett Lewis,
Abilene Christian College; James
D. McKeithan, University of Tex
as; Edwin M. Smyrl, University of
! Texas; Roddy Burke Walton, A&M;
Richard Byrd Wilke, Southern
Methodist, and George Tractt
Foshee, Southern Methodist.
What’s Cooking
AMARILLO CLUB: Friday, 5:00
p. m., in front of YMCA. To get
club picture made,
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION
CLUB: Thursday, 5:00 p. m., As
sembly Hall. Special organizational
meeting.
DALLAS CLUB: Thursday, 7:15
p. m., YMCA Assembly Room.
Short meeting to discuss final
party plans.
DEL RIO CLUB: Thursday, 7:30
p. m., 2nd floor MSC. Club picture
to be made; all members will
wear No. 1 uniform or coat and tie.
EAST LAN D-STEPHEN
COUNTY CLUB: Thursday, 7:15
p. m., Room 307 Acad. Bldg. Emer
gency meeting.
FORT WORTH CLUB: Thurs
day, 7:30 p. m., Room 107 New Sci
ence Bldg. All Christmas dance
ticket salesmen are to be present.
GONZALES COUNTY CLUB;
Friday, 9:00 p. m., Hillcrest Club.
Big Christmas dance; semi-formal;
$3.60 per couple; Aggieland Or
chestra to furnish the music.
GUADALUPE - COMAL COUN
TY CLUB: Thursday, 7:15 p. m.,
Acad. Bldg. Plans for Christmas
banquet and party will be discuss
ed.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m., basement of
St. Mary’s Chapel.
LAREDO CLUB: Thursday, 7:30
p. m., Room 127 Acad. Bldg. Last
meetiing to settle dance plans.
LAVACA COUNTY CLUB: Sat
urday, 8:00 p. m., Halletsville, Tex
as. Annual Christmas Dance at the
Recreational Hall. $1.20 per per
son; music by Rhine Winkler.
-MARSHALL CLUB: Thursday,
7:15 p. m., YMCA Lobby. Final
plans for Christmas banquet, dance,
and picture show.
PANHANDLE CLUB: Thursday,
7:15 p. m., Acad. Bldg. Discuss
party and picture.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY CLUB:
Thursday, 7:15 p. m., Room 3-D
MSC. Christmas dance discussion.
RUSK COUNTY CLUB: Thurs
day, 7:15 p. m., Room 306 Good
win. Final plans for Christmas
dance.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS CLUB:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Room 2-C
MSC. Decide on which to deco
rate gym.
TRANS-PECOS CLUB: Thurs
day, 7:30 p. m., 3rd floor MSC. Dis
cuss Christmas party; rides home.
TYLER-SMITH COUNTY
CLUB: Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Room
3-B MSC. Final Christmas dance
plans will be announced.
WALTHER CLUB: Thursday,
7:30 p. m., MSC. Lutheran Aggies,
wives, friends are welcome.
WRESTLING CLUB: Thursday,
7:30 p. m., Little Gym.
Chest Drive
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$2,290.80; Girl Scouts of America,
$2,000; Brazos County Crippled
Children’s Association, $250; Salva
tion Army, $500 Brazos County
Hospitalization Fund, $400;
Bryan YMCA, $500; Needy Chil
dren’s Fund, $400; American Can
cer Society, $300; College Station
Recreational Council, $900; Local
Chest Charity Fund, $1,000; and
postage, supplies, and clerical
work, $100.
HOLD OH THERE!
Better gift-shop
before you go
home!
See our Arrow
Christmas Favorites
Do your Christmas shopping the
easy way this year! Stop in at
our store — today after classes.
Pick the gifts for the males on
your gift list from our swell
Arrow lineup. (You know your
self what grand gifts they
make!) Arrive home with half
your shopping done—and plenty
of time for a happy holiday!
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CLOTHIERS
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FOR ARROW UNIVERSITY STYLES
PM A Man Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
W. I. Chenault of the Pro
duction Marketing Adminis
tration Office of the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture on
the A&M campus was speaker
at the weekly meeting yesterday of
the Bryan-College Station Rotary
Club.
Chenault spoke on “Agriculture
and You.” He voiced the opinion
that as we strengthen our agricul
ture we strengthen our national
economy. He pointed out that
there is a grave danger of this
country being unable to produce
enough in the future to properly
feed this nation due to the great
increase of late years in the popu
lation rate unless we very care
fully conserve our soil and water
and natural resources.
Few business and professional
men realize the important effect
that agriculture has on their busi
ness, stated Chenault, but he ad
vised the business and professional
men to learn more about agricul
ture and its needs in relation to
their own business and to support
Alumnae of TSCW
To Hold Coffee
Alumnae of TSCW held a reor-
ganizational meeting recently,* and
elected officers. Plans for a cof
fee honoring mid-term local high
school graduates were also dis
cussed.
the work of the Production Mar
keting Administration.
The speaker cited great increases
in cotton and crop production and
soil conservation in Brazos County
and the nation which has resulted
to a large extent from the work
and help of the Production Market
ing Administration. He concluded
his talk with a review of the goals
for agriculture set for 1952.
25 Year A&M
Employees
To be Feted
Employees of the A&M System
will have their annual Christmas
Dinner, Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 7
p. m. in Sbisa Hall.
Twenty-eight employees are to
be honored for 25 years service
with the system. Service pens and
scrolls will be presented to the
employees by Gibb Gilchrist, A&M
System chancellor.
“The dinner is an old .custom on
the campus,” said Joe E. Sor
rels, master' of ceremonies for the
program.
Tickets for the dinner may be
obtained at the main desk in the
MSC. They are priced at $1.50 each
and will remain on sale until Dec.
15.
All employees and friends of the
College are urged to attend, said
Sorrels.
ENTRY BLANK
The Battalion
1951 Christmas Decoration Contest
Nam e
A d <] r e s s j
Check the division and section (s) you wish to enter:
Division I
For all residents other than students
Section I. II Ill IV
Division II
Section I ... II
Return this blank to The Battalion Office by 6 p. m. Tuesday,
Dec. 17, to be eligible for a prize.
College Student
Draft Exams
Held on Campus
Examinations for Selective
Service deferments got under-
wav at 12:30 today in the
MSC with Dr. W. H. Varvel
of the Education and Psychol
ogy Department in charge.
A&M was one of the many test
ing centers in the United States
today which examined 22,000 col
lege students to see if they are eli
gible for deferment from the draft.
The testing system was estab
lished to furnish draft boards with
information. Local boards do not
have to defer students who get sat- J
isfactory exam reports, but they ^
may do so. The student’s scholas
tic standing in his college class is
also taken into consideration.
A score of 70 is the present
yardstick for possible deferment,
plus class standing. To be defer
red, a student must be in the upper
half of the freshman class, upper
two thirds of the sophomore class,
or the upper three-fourths of the
junior class.
More (dubs
Make Holiday
Tarty Plans
Several more campus clubs have
announced plans for parties during
the . Christmas holidays. These
groups are:
Tyler-Smith County Club— r
Dance; Elk’s Club in Tyler, Satur
day, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.-l a.m. Band
will play. No admission.
Permian Basin Club —Dance; '
Lincoln Hotel Ballroom, Odessa,
Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 p.m.-l a.m.
Jimmy Fermen Orchestra. Ad
mission $3 per couple.
East Texas Club—Two dances; 1
both at Club Do-Si-Do between
Longview and Kilgore. Saturday,
Dec. 22, 8 p.m. Admission $1.50;
Monday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Admis
sion $2.
Brush Country Club—D a n c e ;
VFW Hall, Alice. Thursday, Dec.
27, 8 p.m. Admission $2.50.
Amarillo Club—D a n c e ; Club
Runnymead (The Nat). Friday,
Dec. 21, 9 p.m. Admission $2.40.
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2—NO. 2 CANS LUCKY LEAF
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2—NO. 2 CANS DOLE’S
Tid Bits Pineapple . . . 57c
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Sliced Peaches 34c
2—NO. 2 CANS BLUE PLATE
FRENCH STYLE
Green Beans ...... 45c
2—N0.2'/ 2 CANS HAPPY HOST
Elberta Peaches 61c
2—CANS LESUEUR
Small Peas 55c
2—QUART BOTTLES TEA GARDEN
Apple Juice 55c
2—303 CANS WHOLE PEELED
Apricots 55c
46-OZ. CAN TEXAS GOLD—PINK
Grapefruit Juice 22c
REGULAR SIZE BLUE LABEL
Star Kist Tuna 37c
2—15-OZ. PACKAGES—SUN MAID
Seedless Raisins 41c
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Sliced Bacon lb. 41c
1 LB. ROLL ARMOUR’S
Pure Pork Sausage . . 45c
Ham Hocks lb. 25c
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T-Bone Steak ... lb. 89c
Porter House Steak, lb. 79c
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Celery 2 stalks 25c
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Squash lb. 10c
1—POUND CAN FOLGER’S
Coffee 89c
HOME GROWN BUNCH
Turnips & Tops .... 15c
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