Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION WEDNESDDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952
Military Panel Convened
For Disc ip lining Second Day
riTHREE MEMBERS of the cadet corps ap-
peared before a disciplinary panel yester
day—the first such case on record this year.
The second day of school and the mili
tary department has already been forced to
bring certain men in for disobeying college
regulations.
Students involved in the case were said
to have been “orienting” a freshman, and in
so doing caused him to leave this school. It
is indeed a bad start for the men involved
for after the panel was dismissed, recom
mendations were passed by the Dean of
Men that they be placed on military proba
tion for one semester, be given an official
reprimand, be given extra duty, and be re
stricted until Thanksgiving.
Every day look at a beautiful picture,
read a beautiful poem, listen a beautiful
music, and if possible, say some reasonable
thing.—Goethe
Spitting the Corps:
Will it Help or Hurl?
CJIGNS of the times: At the armory uni-
^ forms are now being issued in two differ
ent lines. One is for cadets taking ground
force military science and the other is for
air force cadets.
Slowly but surely A&M is being turned
into a two corps school. The first step was
the division of Ross Hall into two units, with
the PMS&T heading the Army and the
PAS&T heading^ the Air Force.
Next was the revising of the upperclass
man cadet corps area into two divisions, the
Ground Force Division and the Air^Force
Division.
The third and final step will be the
change of uniform by the Air Force from
Army khaki to Air Force blue.
Maybe this will be a boost to the corps,
with the resulting rivalry and building of
spirit within the branches serving to lift the
Cadet Corps to new time high military rat
ing.
Let’s hope so, because the blues aren’t
far away.
•
When ive do the best ive can, we never
know ivhat miracle is wroght in our own
life, or in the life of another—Helen Keller
What About
Safety on Campus?
U’VERY YEAR The Battalion publishes a
^ special edition at Christmas time to warn
students to be careful while driving home on
crowded highways.
It would -be well for someone to notice a
few safety hazards now on our campus in
stead of waiting until Christmas. Includ
ed is the need for stop signs at several key
corners. Also badly needed are improved
streets without unpaved parts remaining
weeks after a neW pipe line has i been laid.
There are more cars on the campus than
ever before. Football season is here and the
big crowds will be flocking to this acmpus
with thousands of cars. Let’s keep our cam
pus safety record clear by doing something
about the streets and dangerous corners as
soon as possible.
College regulations have been made avail
able to all students. Military unit command
ers have been required to read certain arti
cles of the cadet corps to their men, yet
some students persist in violating the writ
ten law.
Laws, rules, and regulations were not
made to be broken. They were placed in that
little blue book for a purpose and panels
such as the one which convened yesterday
will be necessary if students continue to vio
late these regulations.
Sophomores, it is wonderful to have this
new feeling of superiority, to not have a
“Fish handle” anymore, to not call an upper
classman “Mr.”, but at the same time you
still aren’t a senior. Your new privileges in
the corps of cadets doesn’t allow you to go
into rooms in the freshman areas—not even
to visit hometown friends. Meetings at drug
stores or in the MSC can be arranged for
visiting with them.
Let the officers and - non-commissioned
officers assigned to that area do their job in
the way they want it done. You are not
helping, but hurting the freshman’s chances
of learning.
I like to see a man proud of the place in
udiich he lives.
I like to see a man live so that his place
ivill be proud of him.—Lincoln.
Determination
Won for Davis
rfcEFINITION of “determination”—strong
” direction to a given point.
We don’t have to consult Webster to get
a clearer picture of what this word means if
we know the story of Walt (Buddy) Davis,
now one of A&M’s greatest athletes.
Students look back on the marvelous
record of John Kimbrough, Joe Routt, and
many others. People ask when A&M will
have another Kimbrough, and we wonder if
it could be possible.
If you will investigate the record of
Buddy Davis you will find no other athlete
has brought A&M as much international
fame as this long, lanky, fellow from Neder
land.
He had polio as a boy. At one time it
looked as though he might be crippled for
life, but he was determined to use his legs to
the fullest extent. It wasn’t easy using
them at first, but gradually after long, hard
work, Buddy developed his entire body into
outstanding physical shape.
This took determination, will power, and
much intestinal fortitude, but Buddy was
working toward something. What finer cli
max to an amateur athletic career than to
win the world’s Olympic championship in the
high jump and also set a new record.
Davis was moving toward a given point
and his direction was strong; so strong in
fact that he could not help but end up on
top.
It is only fitting that tomorrow night he
will be honored again by former students of
A&M at Beaumont. Many important digni
taries will be there, including the governor
of Texas. But the person receiving the most
spotlights will be a six foot, nine inch man
who proved determination could win any
goal, no matter how high.
NEW RULING
FHA Ruling
Is Suspended
On Loan Rates
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15
—(^P)—The following table
shows sample differences in
loan guarantees by FHA un
der Regulation X and after
suspension of Regulation X
at midnight.
The down payment is the dif
ference between the guaranteed
loan and the purchase price. A 5
per cent down payment is required
up to $7,000.
Price
Before
Now
$ 8,000
$ 7,050
$ 7,350
9,000
7,800
8,750
10,000
8,550
8,750
12,000
9,600
9,600
15,000
11,300
12,000
18,000
12,650
14,000
Z—Under Regulations X, the
loan was made on the basis of a
fixed percentage of the sale price;
under the new terms, it is based
on the FHA’s appraisal of the
value of the house.
Sample Down Payments
This table shows the differences
in sample down payments required
of veterans under Regulation X
and after suspensiion of Regula
tion X.
No down payment in either case
up to $7,000, and 4 per
cent in
either case
from $7,000 to
$8,400.
Price
Before
Now
$ 9,000
$ 480
450
10,000
580
500
12,000
900
600
15,000
2,550
750
18,000.
4,240
900
THE JUDGE ISN'T GOING TO BE RUSHED
Arts and Darts
‘Don’t Bother to Knock’
Fails, Even With Monroe
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion News Editor
(Don’t Bother to Knock”, star
ring Richard Widmark and- Mari
lyn Monroe—20th Century Fox—
Palace Theatre.)
“Don’t Bother to Knock”, Hol
lywood’s latest frustrated contri
bution for the betterment of Am
erican lunatics is a third rate mel
odrama about a psychopathic baby
sitter in a first class hotel.
Adapter from Charlotte Arm
strong’s “Mischief,” the film un
pins Marilyn Monroe from college
dormitory walls to dress her in
her first starring role. Miss Mon
roe attempts to portray a confus
ed young psycho who believes mur
der is the best method for pre
venting little children from inter
rupting her moments of romance.
With this novel attitude, she
accepts a job one night baby sit
ting in a hotel. After putting her
charge to bed, Marilyn starts mak
ing herself conspicuous (as only
Marilyn can) by waltzing around
the room in a negligee.
Richard Widmark, who is stay
ing in the same hotel, sees her
from his window while killing a
fifth of whiskey to forget his as
sociation with the film. By man
ipulating the Venetian blinds in
semaphore code, Marilyn invites
him over for a little shock treat
ment.
Since, from a distance, Marilyn
looks as good as her calendars, he
accepts the invitation. With Mon
roe and Widmark together in the
same room, any child is bound to
start crying. In the resulting con
fusion, Marilyn completely blows
her top, slugs the elevator opera
tor who comes to investigate, and
tries to knock off the kid after
Richard decides she is not his kind
of woman.
Producers are predicting big
things for Miss Monroe. So far
all her publicity has been based on
qualities other than her acting
ability. “Don’t ^Bother to Knock”
only demonstrates she can portray
idiocy as well as indecency.
Richard Widmark is bound with
a straight jacket of false dialogue,
an improbable plot, and a role
Gene Autry could handle just as
well. Although hindered by an
other routine movie, he manages
to break out of this padded cell
of improbabilities to turn in the
shows best performance.
Confusing sympathy with sex,
Marilyn Monroe destroys all possi
bilities the film might have had to
educate the public on the problem
of insanity.
What inmate wants to graduate
from an institution where Marilyn
is enrolled anyway?
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Miss Walton Weds
L. C. Overton
Miss Harline Walton became the
bride of Leslie Clyde Overton Fri
day evening at 7 p. m. in the
First Methodist Church in Bryan
with Dr. Harry V. Rankin, pastor,
officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Walton of
Bryan. The bridegroom’s parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Over-
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