Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1952)
Page 2 THE BATTALION Monday, March 10, 1952 Help Save Lives--Give Blood Tuesday Winning Allegiance of World’s Peasants Red’s Land Reform Promises List of 197 Blood' Donors (Continued from Page 1) T. J. Uptmore, J. Bonslar, Lary Kutchinski, W. J. Boldman, B. C. Jones, Chester L. Hicks, Morton Krumholz, Donald Deez. 12:15 p. m.—Mrs. E. E. Ames, Mrs. George Gray, Richard P. Cliffe, R. Hawes, H. Crabtree, J. Crawford, W. E. Bush, Sam Russo, Mickey Spuloda. 12:30 p. m.—Bullock Curtis, Richard L. Harris, Norman Hay, Ken Leivi, Jim Trotter, Allen Cooper, Walter Midgly, Charles Alsmeyer. 12:45 p. m.—Mrs. Evelyn Met- Queen Picked (Continued from Page 1) The Aggie delegation from the . Agronomy Society arrived in Den ton at 5 p.m. Saturday and met the candidates informally in Stod- ard Hall on the Tessie Campus. After dinner the two groups had a forrhal dance in the recreation room of Stodard. As is the custom at the Cotton Queen selection dance, the girls cut in on the boys. Several of the men were amazed at the seemingly unorthodox procedure. A semi-final selection was made by the men after the dance, but the final decision was made Sunday morning. Models From TSCW All candidates who were not named to the Royal court will serve as models at the fashion show held in conjunction with the pageant. Faculty sponsor for the cotton extravaganza this year is Dr. H. E. Hampton of the agronomy de partment. He and Mrs. Hampton accompanied the court to Denton. Also in the selection delegation was Mrs. Bill Turner, the director of the pageant. The pageant this year will be produced by Beverly Braley of Bryan. The Cotton Style Show will be held this year in DeWare Field House. A member of the agronomy department gave the reason as be ing: “When we had it in Kyle Field there was always that threat of rain. This way we are sure to stay dry.” gei% S. A. Thomas, F. B. Mason, Clayton C. Tatom, J. W. Coolidge, D. M. Jennison, V. E. Chandler, E. K. Gruere, V. R. Keenedy. 1 p. m.—Barney Welch, Mrs. Elmer Elkins, John D. Carter, C. M. Smith, K. E. Hill, T. A. Ritchey, Bill Curry, Konig Mort, Hirsch Felt. 1:15 p. m.—Gene Kilgore, David B. Wray, Melvin McCrary, Larry Dillon, R. L. O’Conner, Charles Neighbors, L. M. Jacobs, Joe W. Hipp, F. R. Pybus. 1:30 p. m.—Gilbert Stribling, Jerry F. Fontaine, Ross Lovell, R. L. Jones. 1:45 p. m.—J. E. Morgan, J. H. Sherrill, J. W. King, Don Jeffers. 2 p. m.—Mrs. M. B. Seale, Alva Ray Coveney, Paul Roper, F. A. Lindner. 2:15 p. m.—Ronald Hudson, Larry Hoffman, Robert C. King, L. L. McMordie. 2:30 p. m.—Bob Braslau, G. W. Daneson, E. W. Long, Leonard Smith, J. G. Minter, R. G. Osbum, K. M. Duke, Louis Jarreth, Wayne Darville. 2:45 p. m.—J. A. Harris, E. H. Harrell, D. P. Wolfe, L. E. Jobe, B. A. Underwood, R. G. Cire, James Collins, Jack Collins, W. M. Mc Millan. 3 p. m.—Buddy Denton, Mathews Norman, Earl Hansen, K. W. Dur ham, John Hunt, G. ,W. Marshall, Anselmo Gabello, Ed Stearn, Ralph Gay. ^ 3:15 p. m.—G. D. Zuber, P. F. Parrish, W. T. Williams, Glenn H. White, Leonard D. Eddy, Eric M. Jansoon, D. P. Reeves, Ernest Eu banks, Lane Hintz. 3:30 p. m. —Gus Oldhana, Louis Drives, Bobby Eerryman, Bill Brown, J. M. Ivy, Jack Japp, R. D. Caldwell, M. C. Fientg, D. B. Hoone. 3:45 p. m.—J. W. Laskoskie, Winston Kimsey, J. W. Patton, W. R. Casbeer, J. J. Sayers, B. L. Carbell, R. W. Sexton, J. M. Shaf- field, L. D. Smith. 4 p. in.—W. S. Thornton, Billy Joe Wallace, Mrs. Brankston, L. W. Jaynes, Jas Yarbrough, Billy Mob ley, Jimmy Pankhurst, J. D. Cow- sar, J. C. Nobles. 4:15 p. m.-j-E. C. Urban, G. D. Foxworth, Joe Wakefield, Sapp Giesecke, Hadley Foster, J. E. Hulse, P. M. ’Spears, W. M. Cope, W. E. Dark. 4:30 p. m.—M. N. Deans, Nor man Slina, Gerald Ray, Joe F. Brackette, Norman Hill, R. B. Campbell, Rice Lowie, James E. Bauman, Gene Protie. 4:45 p. m.—A. C. McAfee, Roy Shanklin, D. L. Anderson, H. R. Anderson, H. R. Gleyr, H. R. Green, Curtis Wilson, Tom Spen cer, Sam J. Ablon, Anthony Rokas. 5 p. m.—C. F. Tihhler, J. D. Al lison, C. G. Livesay, Mrs. Geraldine Bell, Norman Naugle, John Devine, J. M. Read, Jim Thompson, L. L. Zaeske. 5:15 p. m.—E. F. McFarland, Larry McClevey, W. Pat Kerr, L. M. Faubler, Jr., Walker Fosberg, G. E. Gowdan, M. E. McLeron, Teddy Hirsch, E. T. Cavitt. 5:30 p. m.—Leo O. Mueller, M. G. Samathers, T. L. Kelly, W. B. Vernard, Joe K. Ando, David Mak ar, G. E. Bailey, W. A. Streich, Billy Shannon. 5:45 p. m.—Billy V. Meacham, Jack Ehlers, Charles Gappert, P. J. Kallus, John Burk, Allen B. Cox, Jerry D. Mosely, J. G. Trimble, Jack E. Custer. ‘The statesmen of the free world have waked up to the fact that the Communists are using promises of land reform as the major point in their campaign to win the allegiance of the peasants of the world,” faculty and students of the school of agriculture, A&M College, were told this morning. The speaker was Dr. Kenneth H. Parsons, Department of Agricul tural Economics, University of Wisconsin. Dr. Parson’s visit to the campus was sponsored by the school of agriculture and the grad uate school. He will speak to the graduate school Monday night. Land Problem Authority “For centuries upon centuries,” Dr. Parsons, an international au thority on land problems, who spoke on “Land, Liberty and Com munism,” said, “the plight of hun dreds of millions of peasants has either grown worse or improved very little. “Suddenly the modern miracles of transportation and communica tions have brought to even the humblest villages in the most re mote places of the earth, a new sens of the possibilities for im proving man’s lot. “Whether the stirring be an ex pression of discontent or of hope, it is one of the great facts of our time. Consequently we now find our foreign diplomats worried about the everyday problems of farm production, the amenities of rural life and the justice of the land-use systems. Unparallel Opportunities “No one can see where this will end but it is a fair guess that there are going to be unparalleled opportunities in foreign service for students trained in agriculture who also understand something of the great social issues now before us. “For our purposes today the French Revolution may be taken as the representative and the sym bol of these great upheavals. The greatest lasting consequences of the French Revolution upon the life of France was undoubtedly the placing of the farm lands of France into the hands of owning peasants. In fact, the peasants of France so rejoiced in the ownership of their land, that it has been re marked that they have never be come much interested in anything else. I am sure that many of you have traveled in this country and have moved by the devoted care of the land which virtually makes all of France into a beautiful park. Others Resolve Problems “Other countries in western and northwestern Europe and the British Isles have each resolved their problems of land ownership in their own ways. Denmark is an extremely interesting example of a country that shifted over quite completely from a land of large fuedal estates to a nation of mod est sized farms operated by own ing families. “Now it is precisely at these points of unrest ■ and revolution that the issues today are being drawn between the philosophies of totalitarianism and freedom. And it is due to the very structure of these societies that the land tenure and land reform issues have taken on such great significance in the ideological struggles of our time. We shall therefore now turn to a more precise foimulation of the “land problem” as is relates to the issues of liberty and communism. “If we are to understand the great ideological conflict in which vm are engaged, we simply must set a few ideas off with sharp focus. The root idea of this whole business is property. How, prop erty is simply a way of defining one’s rights and duties with refer ence to things. Enjoy Your Property What if your property is yours to use and enjoy. Those are your rights; but you can enjoy these rights only if all other persons have duties to keep hands off. At least this is the nub of the idea. “Some of you may be wondering just hoM r property relations, the right duty relations fit into the argument. The essence of the idea is this: property has been built into our middle class society as the very basis of liberty. Tideland Proof Burchard’s Article Hits Local Offices There are certain government agencies at the local level which tend to determine how much of the public’s business the public should know, according.,to,an, artir cle in the Winter issue of the Journalism Quarterly by Donald D. Burchard, head of the journal ism department. He further brought out that the police department leads the list of these agencies denying public knowledge of news items. Second on the list, surprisingly, were city councils and school boards. Bascom Giles, left, of Austin, Texas State Band Commissioner and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas look over a copy of the 107- year-old act under which Texas joined the Union in 1845. Johnson contends the act gives the state control of the oil rich land beneath marginal sea. The Senate is debating whether the federal govern ment or the states should control the land. IVlovielimc The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradition* "Soldier. Statesman. Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 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 examination and vacation periods. Sub scription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second - class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Ser vices Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial offiae, rooms 201 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. 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 herein are also reserved. JOHN WHITMORE Editor Joel Austin Associate Editor Bill Streich Managing Editor Bob Selleck Sports Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s Editor T. H. Baker, Jim Ashlock, Jerry Bennett, Gardner Collins, Billy Cobble Don Copeland, J. A. Damon, Wayne Dean, Phil Gougler, Joe Hipp, Ben F. Holub, Ed. M. Holder, Charles Neighbors, Royce Price, Dave Roberts, Gene Steed, Ben M. Stevens, John Thomas, Ide Trotter, Edgar W'atkins, Bert Weller Staff Writers Mason L. Cashion, Roddy Peebles, H. A. Cole Staff Photographers Frank Manitzas Editorial Assistant Pat LeBlanc, Hugh Phillippus, Joe Blanchette Sports Writers Rudy Aguilar .’Chief" Photo-Engraver Russell Hagens Advertising Manager Robert Venable. ’. Advertising Representative Sam Beck Circulation Manager Holden, Well In By JERRY BENNETT Battalion News Writer (“Force of Arms” starring William Holden, Nancy Olson Frank Lovejoy—Warner Bros.— Guion Hall.) “Force of Arms” is another Warner contribution to the inva sion of war films that have been attacking theatres since MGM re vived the trend with the produc tion of “Battleground” three years ago. The majority of these films burst forth with a violent rehash of the same old Hollywood campaigns waged on motion picture screens during the early and middle forties and then retreat leaving the public with nothing but sore eardrums and a vague memory of stunt men getting a good M r ork out. Although not particularly out standing in itself, “Force of Arms” is spared this fate by the perform ers of its two stars, William Hol den and Nancy Olson. They overshadow the usual war story situations and almost make the film’s utopian love story be lievable with some excellent act ing seldom seen in a movie of this type. Holden’s clam delivery puts a quiet command in his role that is both compelling and. sincere. With out ever raising his voice, he is able to convey to his audience em otions that many actors find dif ficult to make convincing. Miss Olson, who has made most of her movies with Holden, is at her best when playing opposite him. Exciting without being in cendiary, she is able to react to that actor’s lines in a manner that shows a deep understanding of both their roles, her absorbing performance accenting Holden’s Olsen Perform '‘Force of Arms and at the same time demonstrat ing successful dramatic teamwork. Frank Lovejoy acts like Frank Lovejoy again, moving through scenes of tenderness and violence M r ith complete indifference to what is going on around him. For the background music, Max Steiner has composed a score that expertly follows the mood of the film. The music’s beautiful theme forcefully reflects the shows at- moshere of impending tragedy and varied emotions of the story’s characters. When all the film’s qualities ai - e reviewed, it is the sensitive and dignified acting, of William Holden that dominates the movie, enabling his performance to be remember ed after this type of movie finally runs out of ammunition. Williamson Dinner Set for Mareli 18 An appreciation dinner for H. H. Williamson, former assistant director of the Federal Extension Service, M T ill be held in the MSC Ballroom, March 18. “Williamson is an outstanding graduate of A&M and a nationally known agricultural leader, espec ially in the field of Extension Service,” said B. F. Vance, chair man of the local arrangements committee. Williamson retired a year ago and has been living in Bryan since then, operating his farming and ranching interests M r hich are locat ed around the area. The independent farmer is inde pendent because of the ownership of a farm, or of a very secure lease to a farm. The freedom, the inde pendence of the farm is really an aspect of his right to use his prop erty. “The central point I want to make is that M'e have accepted property as a great instrument of liberty and justice. This is a pro duct of the revolutions against fuedalism in the M r est, the Brit ish revolution of 1688, the French revolution, and even our own Am erican revolution. Communists’ View Differs The Communists see it very dif ferently indeed; in their view prop erty is the very rpot of injustice, exploitation and oppression. As one of the early socialist philosophers of Europe put it: Property is rob bery. Now this is some difference: It is the difference between night and day, as we say. We cannot really discuss it thoroughly here, but this property issue is one to take care ful note of, if you want to under stand the great struggles now go ing on. “Actually in our society we have worked out a functioning balance between different kinds of power. We balance economic power against economic power, in bar gaining between corporations and trade unions; we balance the resist ance of consumers against the price policies of selling concerns; M r e balance political power against economic power, through legisla tion, taxation. “All over the world, and espec ially in Europe, M'e find farm families who omui and operate rea sonably good sized farms, that are sufficiently productive to make their families a good living. Produce for Self, Others This is only another way of say ing that the families produce enough food and fiber for theii own needs and have substantial amounts to sell. Especially, as M'e turn to a consideration of sorm tenure situations in other parts o! the world, I would like to empha size that these farmers are poor largely due to circumstances and not because of poor management practices or their own neglect. “One of the great obstacles M'hich countless millions of farm ers face in farming is the frag mentation of their holdings. It is, for example, characteristic of al most one-half of European agri culture that the farms are cut up into scattered fragments or par cels. It it not at all uncommon to find farms of 10 acres which lay scattered about in 40 parcels—and many farms under 25 acres may have as man as 100 scattered pieces of land. “Now there arc good reasons for these fragmentations, chief among them has been an attempt on the part of parents to pr'ovide economic opportunities for all children, or at least their sons. “This then is the problem con fronting the free w'orld: Shall we sit idly by and watch the com munists capitalize upon rural por- erty and the age-old grievances of the peasants gradually absorbing a larger and larger share of the population of the earth into their totalitarian state, or does the free world have a real answer to the problems of rural poverty and injustice. The answer must be in the affirmative; and the lessons of our experiences assure us on this point.” P O G O By Walt Kelly LI’L ABNER Whose Life Doesn’t? By A1 Capp