Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1952
Seniors Politely Ask
Juniors to ‘Speak’
IV^EMBERS of the senior class feel they
are being punished unjustly by members
of the junior class. They voted a resolution
last night asking the juniors to start “speak
ing” to them.
Famous for our traditional “Howdy” on
the campus, A&M has been many times ridi
culed of this tradition because some people
feel underclassmen are forced to “speak” and
seniors do as they please.
Nevertheless the seniors decided to “en
courage” juniors to use the usual greeting.
They went so far as to adopt a resolution to
be passed on to the third year class.
Whether anyone can prove the juniors
are speaking any less now than the present
seniors did at this time last year, we don’t
know. But at least the seniors were some
what polite in their demands.
Associate with men of good quality, if
you esteem your oivn reputation; it is better
to be alone than in bad company.
—Washington
Education System
Faces Change Soon
OAR YARD UNIVERSITY’S President
■“James B. Conant explained that Ameri
cans face a series of important changes dur
ing the next five or ten years in their edu
cation system.
Because of the expected 50 per cent in
crease of school-age population. Dr. Conant
expects:
Rising expenses in operating expanding
secondary schools. This will mean increased
taxes in most communities.
Federal aid to states which cannot raise
the necessary funds should be re-examined
as a revenue source.
Remarking of the. curriculum and in
creasing successful “work experience pro
grams” used in many schools. At the same
time developing the principle of the compre
hensive high school with a common core of
studies and differentiated special programs.
Four year programs in colleges and uni
versities should not be expanded. “Too many
persons are prolonging their education,” Dr.
Conant says, “many because they can af
ford to do is in fashion.” The four year col
lege should become the foundation to uni
versity work for persons interested in enter
ing a profession.
Giving two year colleges the same pres
tige, allowing them to grant degrees, such as
a Bachelor of General Studies.
Need of good administrators and good
teachers who are leaving the scholastic pro
fession because of fantastically low salaries.”
The changes which Dr. Conant has pre
dicted undoubtedly are on their way. But
like he, we also wonder, “how will education
meet its new challenge?”
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‘Mid pleasures and palaces though we
may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no
place like home.—Richard Cecil
The resolution unanimously approved by
the class was as follows:
WHEREAS, we the members of the class
of ’53 can now see that speaking, like so
many other old traditions on this campus, is,
like an old soldier, fading away; and
WHEREAS, we are of the opinion that
speaking is one of our oldest and greatest
traditions and as such, is one of which we
would endeavor to keep alive; and
WHEREAS, we, as seniors, who have
come to love and honor traditions, realize
that in years past it has been a tradition to
let the Junior Class enforce policies set by
the senior class, and
WHEREAS, there is, at the present time,
considerable doubt in our minds concerning
this issue, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the class of ’53 for
mally and Officially urge the officers of the
class of ’54 to call a class meeting for the ex
press purpose of deciding whether or not
they desire to speak this year, and be it
further,
RESOLVED, that should this first pro
posal be met with a negative answer, we
inquire whether or not they will be so kind
as to answer us when we greet them with
the traditional “Howdy.”
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The happiest moments of my life have
been the fun which I have passed at home in
the bosom of my family.—Jefferson
House Masters
Neglect Duty?
A HEALTHY SITUATION was started yes-
terday by a letter from civilian students
concerning the conditions of their dormitor
ies.
What has been done ? The Dean of Men’s
office has explained its side of the story and
both sides are represented in today^s paper
for all to see.
Here’s what wo think.
For every dormitory there’s a house mas
ter. What does he do? Why should students
living in these civilian dormitories have to
ask the Dean of Men’s office for someone
to keep the latrines clean, replace mattresses
and other housing problems.
Aren’t the house masters informed? We
feel they are neglecting their duty when
desks are cracked and chairs falling apart.
All this could and should be reported to and
by him.
We feel that both sides are right: the
housing office and the students. But, house
masters can help in keeping the dormitories
in better condition with consistent checking.
Because of a heavy enrollment of civilian
students, three to a room living is necessary
in some housing units. But other conditions
are avoidable. Additional help should be
hired, if necessary, to keep the facilities in
better condition, for these students; who are
living in unusual quarters.
Everyone working together can provide
a continued healthy situation.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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THE LITTLE MAN WHO ISN'T THERE
FRANKLY SPEAKING
Students, Faculty,
Ignored on Tickets
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Co-Editor
Leadership. . ., T j , . .
It always has been an American trait. Leadership is con
nected with everything we do.
When we first started school, we were asked What
came first, the chicken or the egg?” This is a form of
leadership, to know what is first. Later, in high school, “Whalr
came first, the home or the church ?”
Beginning college, we pondered “What came first, learn
ing or the grade?” And now, “What came first the school or
thG students
The answer to all of the above questions is: Each needs
the other to exist.
Students, Faculty—Little Consideration
The State Federation of Mothers Clubs is attempting some
thing which has been tried unsuccessfully for many years: a pro
posed query into the price reduction of football date tickets.
It’s amazing the little consideration students and faculty
members have been given concerning athletic contests. Under if
present conditions, a football week end starts at five dollars for
an A&M student and skyrockets upward as the game progresses.
And the faculty is given priority No. 34,589. That’s the seat
nearly each teacher gets. Faculty members not only get end zone
seats but must pay $3.60 a game, Hence, the reason for many pro- ji
fessors holding little sympathy for athletics is understandable. ^
It isn’t the athletes fault, however.
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At other conference schools, favorable conditions prevail.
Faculty members at Rice receive two tickets for each home gAme «.
for the price of tax alone and can buy additional tickets at a
small charge for other members; of their immediate family.
Southern Methodist also treats its faculty in a decent man
ner as do the other conference schools. Even the University of
Texas allows its faculty to buy “blanket tax tickets.”
Preference Shown to Some
But A&M is democratic. It doesn’t show preference to
manages to break away from Lana its faculty and treats them as any other citizen of Texas.
“The Merry Widow”, a practical and other assorted starlets to sing There are exceptions to the legislature members (who get
demonstration by Lana Turner severa! tuneful solos. Near the free tickets) and football players (who get free tickets) and
and Fernando Lamas on the art fllm s conclusiol b Miss Turner dis- scou f s 0 f other schools (who get free tickets) and COntribl#-
of kissing is Hollywood’s latest wS ^"trsona herset Othe 11 . tors to athletics (who get the best seats),
film version of Frans Char’s What are W6 getting at ?
famous operetta. her time modeli expensive fur Who comes first, the student or the school? Without
Although the film puts mbre em- ieces eveni clothes and nine- the student, there would be no athletic contests. The sanff,
ph j S1 ^ on amoroas strangle holds teenth ’ century underware. reasoning applies to the school. Intercollegiate contests were
and Miss urner s legs than the MGM h as made better musicals started to further and better relations between colleges
go e od ar taste rn’ it^ HbeuTes whS but Merry Widow” still lives Now it’s big business
up to its adjective. What can be done:
ARTS AND DARTS
’Merry Widow’ Has
Kisses, Few Songs
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Amusement Editor
(“The Merry Widow” star
ling Lana Turner and Fernan
do Lamas—MGM—Palace The
atre.) «
story’s light theme from being
crushed between the stars’ fre
quent embraces.
Lamas Sings, Too
Fernando Lamas occasionally
the original operetta.
The production splashed with
music, dances, technicolor cos
tumes, and smeared lipstick, waltz
es to a rhythm that never lags in
entertainment.
Music Infrequent
Although the movie version ac
cents the operetta’s plot in favor
of its songs, musical numbers are
performed with enough enthusi
asm and color to make up for
their infrequency.
Interspersed between
Small Drop In Enrollment
Most British Students
Have Some Assistance
LETTERS
Civilian Students
Ask Improvements
From The Manchester Guardian Weekly:
The number of full-time stu
dents at British universities has
lavish become stable at about 85,000, ac-
scenes of song and dance" is just cording to figures given by the
enough nonsense to keep the University Grants Committee in
Editors, The Battalion:
We, the members of the non-
‘AH My Sons’
Tryouts Tonight
English Universities and univer
sity colleges 77.9 per cent.
The small drop in the total num
ber of student took place in spite corps element of Texas A&M, de-
of increased -number in England, sire to know fhe reasons for the
In Scottish universities there were inadequate living conditions in om
its anmfai report supplying to the 797 fewer men and 182 fewer dormitories and why a nationally
Treasury statistical returns from women. In England there wei*e recognized and government si^jp-
universities and university col- 776 more men and 247 more ported college of this size has not
leges in receipt of Treasury grants women, and in Wales 216 fewer taken steps to correct the abnor
men but 65 more women.
LETTERS
for the academic year 1950-51
During the year the recurrent
expenditure of the universities and
Cast tryouts for parts in the Ag- university colleges was 24,269,892
gie Players first production “All pounds, compared with 21,767,940
My Sons” will stai-t at 7:30 p. m. pounds in 1949-50.
today in the first floor of the Recent R t
Music Hall, C. K. Esten, faculty
advisor of the college theatre, said
last night. were 85,314 full-time students’
Election of officers for the Play- 107 fewer than the previous year,
ers was postponed until the next but 1,624 more than in 1948-49. ^ ^ ^ ^
meeting. Not enough persons were There were also 16,698 part-time distributed to the first sergeants f ew ^s one man
present last night, Esten said. students—962 fewer than the year last week, the first sergeants were
Plays which the group will pre- before,
sent during the ensuing year were
discussed. “All My Sons,” a dra- at Oxford and Cambridge, 18,000 the schedule was announced in the
ma will be presented Nov. 17-18. at London, and 30,000 at
‘Harvey,” a comedy recently mak- English universities and university
mal living conditions provided for
their students.
The following list of discrepan
cies are general throughout the
non-military dormitory area:
• Inadequate living s p a c e—•
three men to a room. It is felt
Editor, The Battalion:
..... There seems to either be a mix that the third man’s room rent is
The / ( d POrt state ® there U P or the freshmen care very little being used to repair and maintain
about having their picture in the military dormitories. In many in-
stances, rooms in the military dor-
h reshmen picture schedules were mitory area are occupied by a3
Fifteen thousand students were St iZTfSi rail: £ “dS
OvfmA anrl r^mhi-irlo^ 1.8,000 the schedule was announced in the ne ^ a 01 paint -
other mess hall. ® Mattresses are lumpy and
. . „ | _ . Up until this letter was written, aie * n nee 4 of renovation, if ample
ing a second tour as a movie, will colleges. There were 5,000 at the only thirteen freshmen had had f ur, 4s are not available for new
be the second production of the University of Wales and 16,000 in their picture made w-hen there ma ftresses.
players, Esten said.
During the short business meet-
Scotish universities.
In the whole of Great Britaia, dred.
should hav-e been around tw r o hun- • Latrines originally furnished
for eight (8) men are being used
ing, Esten explained that the Ag- 72.5 per cent of the students held Most likely there are a few by twelve (12) men. These latrines
gie Players was “strictly busi- scholarships, exhibitions, or other freshmen that do not knov r that ai *e cleaned only twice weekly,
ness.” Lack of a suitable stage will awards, either from public or pri- the Aggieland is our yearbook. In
bring the fii-st production to its vate funds. In Wales, 85.9 per cent the past it has been something to a
audience as a “Theatre in the of the students had some form of enjoy and be proud of. If w-e are available.
Round,” Esten added. assistance, and in Scotland 63.1 to keep it this way, we must have Poor conditions such as those
• No fire fighting equipment)/
centrally located alarm system i3
Persons interested in joining per cen L At Oxford, /5.7 per cent
the Players can contact me had some form of (assistance, at
pictures—lots of pictures. mentioned above produce a defin-
I am aware of the fact that ite psychological effect which low»-
through the English department or Cambridge 74.3 per cent, at Lon- freshmen have not been issued ers incentive of the student to
at my office Room 302 Academic don 65 - 9 P er cent > and at the other blouses, and this could, and most study in his room and w-hich ere-
Building, Esten said.
Clarks Visit Here
Cherry Returns From
Canada Tax Conference
likely is, the cause of the mix up. ates a low morale factor.
Maybe it has not been made clear The question repeatedly is ask-
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Clark, ’42, that the blouses will be furnished ed by veteran students, “Are we
at the Aggieland Studio. All the being taken advantage of because
freshmen need to bring is his out- we are used to living conditions in
fit brass and $2, which is the a combat zone?”
charge for having the picture E. J. McKinney ’53
made ' C. J. Shepler —r. ’54
. If everyone will cooperate on R. R. Bryan ’56
having their picture made, P pro- E. C. Richey ’55
raise a bigger and better “Aggie- L. L. Gay ’53
, P. Ji Duncan ’56
Guy Delaney A. G. Kinsey ’53
Co-editor, Aggieland ’53 T. R. Srort ’56
are visiting their uncle Dr. F. B.
Clark of 305 Dexter Drive.
W. K. Clai'k received his Ph. D.
Bob Cherry, assistant professor degree in zoology at the Univer-
of agriculture economics, has re- sit y of Texas, having taught bi-
cently returned from the National ology at the. University of Rich-
Tax Association conference in To- mond.
ronto, Ont., Canada. , Mrs. W. K. Clark’s brother,
Complete coverage of the con- Greg Hesterman, is a freshman land in ’53.
ference is given in the latest issue here enrolled in aeronautical en-
of “The Wall Street Journal.” gineering. • •
News contributions may be made by telephone ‘(4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202
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Room 209 Goodwin Hall.
FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors
Ed Holder Sports Editor
Harri Baker City Editor
Peggy Maddox - Women’s News Editor
Today’s Issue
Jerry Bennett News Editor
Joe Hipp Assistant News Editor
Ed Holder Sports News Editor
Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck
Neighbors, Bob Selleck News Editors
Gus Becker Associate Sports Editor
Jerry Wizig. Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus
Gerald Estes ..Sports News Writers
Bob Boriskie, Steve Lilly, John Moody, Bob
Palmer. Arnold Damon Staff News Writers
Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry Amusements
Joe B. Mattei Editorial Writer
John Winslow, Ed Fries... City News Writers
X. X. Davis Circulation Manager
Gene Ridell, Perry Shepard Advertising Representatives
Bob Godfrey Photo Engraving Shop Manager
Bob Selleck Photo Engraver
Roddy Peeples, Keith Nickle Staff Photographer
By A1 Capp
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