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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1951
FACING EAST ?
Who’s to Blame?
I EAVING the witness stand, former Assistant Attorney
General T. Lamar Caudle insisted that he “had done noth
ing 1 wrong,” though he “may have been guilty of some indis
cretion.”
The tongue lashing he has been given by Chairman Cecil
R. King (Dem) of California would indicate that, in the mind
of the investigating committee, the indiscretion has at least
been a grave one. But the remark by Caudle calls attention
to ’the very important fact that the moral standard of a
government administration can become a flexible thing in
the minds of members of the official family.
An interesting aspect of the present situation revealed
by a series of investigations is that the bad conditions turned
up have ranged from minor indiscretions to outright dis
honesty.
- The point is that the laxness of political administration
tends to encourage disregard of the law. It even confuses
some who would do the right thing, but who lack the good
sense to see the error, even honesty, of some kinds of official
conduct.
It can not be said that an administration cao not be
held responsible for the acts of a few members of its official
SWC Ruling, Poor Policing
Caused Kyle Field Troubles
co-eds, as does every other member of the Southwest Con
ference. The fact that A&M is in this position should warrant
some consideration on the part of the Southwest Conference
Athletic Council, however it seems to have no effect on the
money-minded members of this theoretically fair group,
which does not even want to consider the A&M case.
The fact is that this SWC Athletic Council does not
Wor.?/.
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
A Southwest Conference ruling and possibly poor polic
ing of the student section of Kyle Field were offered as ans-
were to The Battalion’s editorial entitled “Poor Aggies.”
The Editorial, carried in Wednesday’s issue of The Bat
talion, called upon the A&M Athletic Department to (1) re- ™ ^ m x in
duce the price of date tickets and (2) not oversell the student to even sell $1.20 tickets at all. Twenty cents ot this
sec £j on amount is tax, with the remaining one dollar being split two
“The question of reducing the price of the date tickets ™ys. Half of the share benefiting all the schools of the con-
is something which the Athletic Department can do nothing ieien T ce ' , ,. , ...
about,” says Howard Nelson, ticket manager. .. In th .« . case • 60 lcket ’ *».?«*• « oes f °i tllx
“The Southwest Conference has passed a rule which for- ‘ he rema ™"f thr “ do ia ™ ^ tw0 "’fn'e 1 3 “l
bids any member school reducing the price of tickets to out- 50 f 1 * 8 «“*•»•** that the “ uncl1 hat ? 8 to part
siders.” Section 4 Article XXI, Constitution and By-laws of r t \P, he A 7L h< ?° 1 ? are makmg money beCause of the condl -
the Southwest Athletic Conference, dated 1951, states, “Re- 1011 x. a ., ,, ls f ln ; ,,, ,, ^ ,
duced rates for student tickets for football games shall be Desplte the lact that the Athletlc D a P a rt“«'t has come
allowed only to students of the two competing schools.”
A&M is in a peculiar situation in that is does not have
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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a family.
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Reader Doesn ’t Agree With Philosophy
Exhibited in Battalion’s Editorial
Usually these acts come from the pervading official at
mosphere.
—The Dallas Morning News
The talk of a community is rarely
the truth of a community.
No product is a success until it is
sold. That’s where advertising
comes in.
Editor, The Battalion: part of discipline: a prerequisite
I am writing this letter sped- i' or leadership, not tyranny,
ficially to the author of the editor- How these means are accomp-
ial entitled “leader and Tyrant” ap- lished matter little; results are
pearing in the December 6, issue of what count. And what results!
the Batt. When you leave Texas A&M, you
I cannot agree with you that wiU see those results - Takin £ n W-
“our entire philosophy is built on se ^ ^ or an example: It. all began
the idea of doing something TO the 011 campus; now I find myself
other fellow.” Had you considered unconsciously greeting everyone
for a moment, I am convinced that . a howdy. I have become
you would have retracted those con scicious with My name is . . .
hasty words, and in all probability,
When you, Mr. Editor, leave Tex- A Rebllttul
as A&M, you will thank those who
did these things TO you, and those Editor, The Battalion:
who follow will thank YOU for do
ing these things TO them.
My purpose in writing tin's let- ' ,
ter was not to reprimand you, but eol ’,
Apparently, our letter which ap
peared in The Battalion last Mon
day has aroused an unexpected Athletic Department:
out with an answer which frees them from the blame, A&M
is still in a helpless position. This does not alter the fact that
just because A&M does not have co-eds it still has to pay the
regular price of admission price of $3.60 for their dates.
Still Say “Poor Aggies”
We can still say “Poor Aggies” until enough pressure isj
brought upon the SWC Athletic Council to draw up some fairnl
means of compromise for the benefit of the Aggies.
If the student section is crowded, then possibly the stu
dents are guilty of bringing dates and guests into the section
who have bought tickets for some other section of the stad
ium.
The “policing” of this section is done by the Student Sen
ate and not by the Athletic Department. Rather than over
selling, the section, the department has undersold the total
capacity allotted for the student section each game this year.
Ticket Statistics
The following statistics have been furnished by the
i. c. Professor
Oklahoma Game
my heart. Because many people,
other than Aggies read the Batt,
I became alarmed at the possibil-.
taken is most unfortunate, for
our original letter was written
merely as an expression of our
opinion on the Egyptian matter,
I don’t do these things because ity that they (non-Aggies) might and most of our pre j udicc conceit
not have written the editorial at I fear “repercussions.” I do them misinterpret your words and come intelli ; n or any other’personal
ir\ hohrvvn ihof Tnvuc A AtM mw- ° 7 * A
The nation will have statesmen in
Congress ivhen statesmanship gets
votes.
all.
I do agree that the measures tak
en to encourage speaking to others,
and introducing oneself to others
are too drastic. But young men
must be disciplined, and the encour
agement of courtesy is a necessary
because they are a part of me—
the part of me that was acquired
at Texas A&M. Because of this
rare trait, I have been spotted as
an Aggie, many, many, times. Is
that bad? Did somebody do some
thing TO me or FOR me ?
to believe that Texas A&M pro- da(dor ‘
motes tyrants rather than leaders. T ' , ... ,
It was not, admittedly, a critical
I have forgotten the things that analysis of the Middle Eastern sit-
A&M did TO me, but I shall nev- ua tion, presenting carefully weigh
er forget the things A&M did FOR cc i j; ac t s 0 n both sides of the prob
lem. A letter of this type would
Britain’s Views
Plan To Improve Economy
(Editor’s note: This is the
third in a series of articles which
include the statements made by
British Consul-General James T.
Henderson. He spoke last Wed
nesday in the MSC.)
to the British and to use British tion, the old idea of spheres of In--Camps in England without feeling
equipment. The only country with terest.
which we managed to carry out ' In the old days various Euro-
this plan was with Jordan and pean nations had colonies which
you have all seen the difference were jealously exclusive and they
between the Jordan army and arm- also created spheres of interest ov-
ies of Egypt and Syria, in their er countries nominally independent,
Sincerely yours,
Robert D. Huston
2302 8th Street
Wichita Falls, Texas
How About Flora?
Editor, The Battalion:
In one of your recent issues
of the Batt, you ran an article con
cerning “Flora”, the collie who
require more space and time than
either of us care to devote to this
matter. However, since Professor
Brooks feels that as debators we
should look objectively at the is
sues, lot us first determine the
real issues.
Actually, for us as Americans,
there is but one. The moral right-
arc all secondary to the well be
lt a national humiliation.
Will Continue Occupancy
If Egypt does not agree, Britain,
seems to have taken to Aggie life j n g 0 f these United States of Am
erica. Therefore let us ask oursel-
like a duck to water. It was also
mentioned that there was a very vcg ^jg question: “Which will aid
Rood possibility of acquiring the the coursc of the United States
insisting on her rights under the ^°R ac ^ as masc °f f° r the Ag- m0 re, Egyptian independence or
193G Treaty, will continue to oc- S^ es ‘ British control?”
I here was of course eventually conflict with Israel. Maybe it was but in fact not able to stand up to cu Py the Suez Canal Zone on her Flora seems to like life with Rather than answer all the in-
i military side to this plan. Ihe a good plan for Israel that the oth- the hurly-burly of world politics own . Either way, the defense of the
Students at game .
....5,263
Wives at game
834
Guest tickets sold ..
1,103
8944 alloted
Band tickets
450
7650 sold
7,650
1294 empty seats
Baylor Game
Students at game .
5,376
Wives at game
819
Guest tickets sold _
.....1,482
8944 alloted
Band ticketc
450
8127 sold
7,650
817 empty seats
SMU Game
Students at game _
4,853
Wives at game
716
Guest tickets sold .
716
8944 alloted
Band tickets
..... 450
8127 sold
6,031
817 empty seats
Texas Game
Students at game .
4,472
Wives at game
... 699
Guest tickets sold _
2,425
8293 alloted
Band tickets -
........ 450
8047 sold
8,047
246 empty seats
eventually necessary to be in
position to defend the area mean
time, while these conditions were wcre trained men from the various
Better Policing Methods
As for the crowded conditions, a better method of polic
ing the student section by the Student Senate could help
Cadet Corps, trotting along dividual digs that Professor Brooks golve the problem.
However, the fact that the Aggie still has to pay $3.60
for date tickets continues to exist and the only solution lies
armies which had been engaged in
the 2nd World War.
Not New Idea
improving. I worked together with
a man at the War Office and
sketched out a proposition which
was put up to higher authority and
subsequently improved upon.
It was that. there should be a j dea 0 £ E as t command
pj reserve of British troops some- j s rea jiy new . Th e 0J1 iy thing
to where cither a part of the area that is new about it is that it is
is ^ iU ' awuy from the main cities a j 0 j n £ e ff or t of Britain, Turkey,
(so that people should not be irri- p rance; anc i the United States, aim-
oj fated by the constant sight of for- £ 0 co-operate with the Middle
The A&M Athletic Department is powerless, but the
SWC Athletic Council can do something. Will They? The
majority wants to continue to benefit by the Aggies unusual
long term plan aimed at improv- er A ra b countries didn’t co-operate and thus the world was carved up Canal will be looked after', behind the Aggie Band, and all made, we choose instead to answer
ing economic conditions but it was so Israel did not really need between a number of co-called wc would of course prefer that the other things that we Aggies here this one vital question.
so much training because a very great partners. But now the ,idea rt were done in agreement with think are prerequisites to being a who can honestly deny that a ; n rap horirk nf thp Atblotie CVuimul
large number of her immigrants is partnership. Egypt, rather than othemse. My g 00 d mascot. strong Britain in Europe means n ^ 1 tn AthletlC council.
Britain’s policy towards the Mid- g uc ss is that after a suitable per- It geenja to mc t jjat Flora has a safer America here? Who can
die East, therefore, is not cxces- J0f 0 some at \ ea . 8 many points in her favor, she is honestly deny that the loss of
sively British but is a joint Allied 0 ^ a ^ el la <ouri 110H ' u necessarily a dog with a long Egypt would weaken both the eco-
policy in which we expect to share c0 ‘°P eta c - pedigree, she is just a dog that nomy and prestige of Britain, and position,
both the responsibilities and the Israel has suggested already that likes it here at A&M. She is not consequently the West? Certainly
You will see, therefore, that the benefits, if any. she should be asked to join as a a dog that we paid a high price we cannot. Finally, it is clearly
More Continuing Experience founding member and when the for and then brought her to the obvious that there is far less like-
objection was made that this would campus.
Britain has perhaps a slightly surely frighten off all the Arabs,
more continuing experience of that the Israelis said, rather typically, . ^ , , . . . ,.
part of the world than the United On the contrary, they would be for a mascot by looking for a pedi-
States but the other partners—the S o anxious to climb on the hand- R r , dog, then buying the dog
lihood of Communist infiltration
AUSTIN
The Aggies did not get Reveille in E{?J T tian R° ve ™mcnt with the
me Aggies am not got Kevemc Britigh holding thc reins>
eign uniforms, the people of the Eastern countries instead of Brit- Turks, and French, have both a his- wagon when they see us getting an d ca 3ing it a mascot. Reveille
Middle East are not so happy to
,see foreign uniforms as we are in
England) but that every year a
task force should be flown in by
air transports to cooperate with
the local army of that particular
country in full-scale maneuvers.
ain alone.
torical interest in the region as arms and ammunition, that it is was just a dog that the Aggies
well. As I said at the beginning, your sure way of securing their ad- c ” nsidcred oae ° f them because
This is not so much an abdication the Middle East is a crossroads. On herence. s “ e came 4:0 and took tl:ie
by Britain from her position as a one side of the cross-roads you Aggie way of life. Flora has done
financial and military necessity, have Turkey, France, Britain and
It is in keeping with the new idea the United States, but they would
of partnership which has super- not- bother to defend the cross- East Office will remain in opera- c °f-
Office Will Operate j us £ tpig; so jf a £ a ]l possible let’s
Meanwhile, the British Middle try to get Flora to act as our mas-
The local army would of course seeded, in thc North Atlantic roads if they did not have inter- tion, quietly in the background, as
have to wear some uniform similar Treaty and its Mediterranean sec-’ ests on the other side of it. long as it can. It is now supple-
— ~ They do*hot only have interests, mented N. Point 4 teams, U.
but partners, and" thc cross-road ET - specialized agents, U. N. re-
which runs to the South goes to ke f and work teams, world bank
South Africa. The cross-road which experts, export, import bank ad-
runs to thc East goes in India, visors and a host of independent
Australia and New Zealand. South specialists.
Africa has already promised that In fact, if anything, the Middle
if the Middle East Command should East is rather over-advised and
. require it, in case of war, she would the United States Government has
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of se nd air and military forces, as appointed Mr. Edwin A. Locke as
Texes, is published by students five times a week during the regular school year. , T . . ,
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Represented nationally likewise promised the same. India to play their time honoured game
by National Advertising has so far kept silent because 0 f playing off one foreigner
cl^rVhica’go! Y An* Egy P t and somo of thc Middle against another and reaping what
Bob Brown, ’52
So it all boils down to this. We
desire what is best for America.
If thc United States could gain
any tangible benefits from Egypt
ian independence, we would be all
for it, but so far, we have seen
none. As far as we are concerned,
this matter is closed.
Joe A. Riddle ’53
Bob Pankonien ’53
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(teles, and San Francisco. East nations arc trying to present benefit they can.
the desire of the Western Powers , ... .. . „
to consolidate the defense of the • Left ()ut Somc '
to pistuks yo’eo
5A12LY IN TUB APTei2NOON,BUr
THE SEASON OF VULE HAS 0NZE|
AljAlN V&CtWZV
Middle East as another attempt of I have, l am afraid, left out a
the white races to bully the brown, terrible lot. I have not mentioned
India is therefore in an awkward the Sudan, or North Africa, or Cy-
position, as is also Pakistan, and renaicu, or the interests of Ethio-
they have chosen the very sensible pia, and I have not mentioned oil.
course of keeping their mouths I have only touched lightly on
shut for the time being. ' the dispute between Israel and her
There will be no quick or easy Arab neighbors and have almost
solution to this problem but thc omitted Persian Nationalism, but
sponsors of Middle East defense most of these subjects fall into
in October informed the govern- place in the general pattern and
ments of Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia if one sees the picture, a few ex-
and Israel that they propose to tra pieces of the jig-saw puzzle
continue their plans with, or with- can be put in without difficulty,
out, Egypt. Very briefly, the picture is part-
If Egypt joins in, the Suez Canal nership in defense of the Middle
Zone will be occupied by interna- East and in creating, as a long-
tional forces, in agreement with term objective, conditions unsuit-
Egypt, just as we have American able for Communism.
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