4 Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952 Mud-Slinging Enters Campaigns; Issues Lost F 1 P. WHIPPLE could have been talking of the present presidential race when he said: “The strife of politics tends to unset tle the calmest understanding, and ulcerate the most benevolent heart . . . There are no bigotries or absurdities too gross for parties to create or adopt under the stimulus of pol itical passions.” Translated to the politician’s common ver nacular, “He who slingeth mud on me, will get some in return.” Both Sen. Richard Nixon and Gov. Adlai / dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is no7ie.—Shakespeare Politics Take Backseat Soon AN $18,235 EXPENSE account, that mess in Washington, control of the tidelands, and the war in Korea are the news making the headlines today. But there is another item that now is at tracting as much reader interest as those front-page stories—the hot pennant races in the major leagues, and the coming world series. Americans should be thankful they have such a wonderful pastime to take their minds off the problems that are continually facing them in their everyday life. With both leagues taking until the final week of the race to come up with a champion, the majors have provided a campaign close enough to thrill any sports enthusiast. With the World Series coming up next week, even the torrid presidential race will have to step aside for a week while the Bums from Brooklyn battle either the Bronx Bombers or New York or the Tribe from Cleveland. No matter who the Dodgers play, the man on the street will be enjoying his first respite between the summer’s nominating conventions and November’s general elec tions. And he needs it. It is easy to tell when you’re on the wrong road. You hardly ever see any detour sings.—Anonymous Long Awaited Dream—Reality W7HO SAYS FIVE years at A&M was wast- W ed? For many of the architecture students or petroleum engineering majors or campus-life majors, a change worth waiting for is here. Even the seniors, juniors and sophomores’ dreams are coming true. This doesn’t affect freshmen. Long debated and longer awaited paving of Spence St. (the old hole-filled trail behind the New Area dormitories) is now under- vray. Life is worth living. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examina tion and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. 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MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors Ed Holder Sports Editor Harri Baker City Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Bob Hendry Jerry Bennett Gus Becker News Editor Assistant News Editor 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 Statf News Writers Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry Amusements Joe B. Mattel John Winslow, Ed Fries X. X. Davis Gene Ridell, Perry Shepard.. Bob Godfrey Bob Selleck Roddy Peeples, IveitU Nickle. Editorial Writer City News Writers Circulation Manager Advertising Representatives . Photo Engraving Shop Manager Photo Engraver Staff Photographer ••••• V-..• •. -v g§ —-f Stevenson are on the court now, each return ing mud balls — some in the forms of lobs other in smashes. Nixon used $75,000 of the GOP party’s funds to explain an $18,235 expense account he was given long ago. His radio and tele vision broadcasts were carried across the na tion. The public answered by phone calls and telegrams to Republican Party headquar ters everywhere. Last night, Nixon got together with his doubles partner, Gen. Eisenhower, and to gether they probably will formulate tactics which will leave Adlai hurting badly. Democratic Chairman Stephen Mitchell demanded Ike fire Nixon when the $18,235 question came before the public. Before the Republican’s top man had a chance to answer, GOP leaders delivered a serve of their own: “Stevenson had a fund from which state employes’ salaries were supplemented.” Nixon brought this out in his speech and also hit Sen. Sparkman, the Democratic vice presdential hopeful. The Californian said the Alabaman has kept his wife on govern ment payroll, and that was all right. But Sparkman should, Nixon continued, come be fore the American public and explain what outside sources of income he might have had. Issues have ceased to be the question in the voting public’s mind. The campaign has passed that stage. Voters will cast their ballots in a manner which William Bennett Munro described many years ago. He said: “People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against some thing.” Too bad . . . it’s true. An educated man is one who has finatlly discovered that there are some questions to ivhich nobody has the answers. —Boston Globe New Goal Set With Name Signs |V/|AROON and white signs have gone up on seventeen buildings throughout the cam pus, naming the course of study taught in these various halls of learning. Now, only one thing remains to be done. That is for the signs to stay up. Some stu dent may cogitate the brilliant idea that one of these signs would look better in his room than in its proper place on the side of the building. We hope he stops first to think that these name-signs were not put up for the benefit of freshmen trying to learn the names of the buildings on the campus, but instead for the enlightment of A&M visitors. If the signs that recently have been put up during this experimental stage stay where they are, then the Office of Physical Plants will tag all buildings, and will cease to be “nameless.” This is a goal for which to strive. lSi’ : ' M 's^U-.vV.- -ttozg/. .. Jj-i'N- any ARTS AND DARTS My Son 6 Red’ Has Communist Threat Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City. Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Amusements Editor (“My Son John” starring Rob ert Walker, Helen Hayes, and Dean dagger—Paramount—Pal ace Theatre.) “My Son John” places the late Robert Walker in the Communist Party, in a sincere cinema effort to show the dangers of Red in filtrations into our society. Walker portrays the black sheep of a red blooded family who would rather study than scrimmage with his two athletic minded brothers. Consequently, he becomes a Com munist and joins the energy spy ring. When he finally sees the er ror of his ways, he is in too deep to pull out. On this relatively simple theme, Paramount has constructed a mov ie whose unlimited possibilities for adult entertainment are lost in its final revision into second childhood. Sound Principles Although the films principles are sound and its theme above average, “My Son John” loses its intended punch by, too .much over acting, hackneyed misrepresenta tions on the character of Commun ists and patriots, and a standard sugar coated ending. Helen Hayes and Dene Jagger both turn in moving performances but often become carried away with their own enthusiasm caus ing several scenes to border on slapstick comedy. By cataloguing all Communists as intellectuals and all patriotic Americans as athletes or American Legionnaires, “My Son John” substitutes realism for ridiculous generalizations. For once Communists are por trayed as sincere believers in their work instead of merely a group of pinkish American gangsters trying to muscle into labor unions. Activity Accounts Total 800 for 51-52 Eight hundred club and conces sion accounts were supervised by the Student Activities office for the year 1951-52, accoi’ding to Pete Hardesty, business manager. These accounts included such items as unit soft drink machine funds’, expenditures and incomes for home town clubs, technical societies, departmental student or ganizations and religious societies. Incomes ammounted to $167,- 200.32 while expenditures totaled $147,100.41. Since regulations require all or ganization deposits be made with the Student Activities Office, this office performs wide ranges of banking services, Hardesty said. Last year 2,138 of these seiwices were supervised, in addition to the payroll, he added. Approximately 2000 deposits wei’e made in this banking service, Hardesty said. Although this point goes far in showing how dangerous Commun ists can be to a democratic society, Walker’s final act of reforming in favor of mother love and the stars and stripes seems rather unlikely. Robert Walker, as a sarcastic Red, turns in the show’s best per formance. Due to his untimely death before the movie was finish ed, several of “My Son John’s” final scenes had to be used from “Stranger on a Train” in which Walker also starred. Walker’s portrayal in these two films shows the untimely death robbed the screen of one of its greatest young actors. Cotton Advisory Group Plans Meet A&M will be host to the Nation al Cotton and Cottonseed Advisory Committee to the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture Sept. 25, 26, Acting Director R. E. Patterson has announced’. Some of thd best known Texas and out-of-state research leaders in the field of cotton and cotton seed will take part in the meeting, he said. The technical sub-committee, which advises the main committee, will also meet at College Station for the two-day period, Dr. Pat terson said. THE AGGIE-NIZER Spence St. Gets New Re-Topping By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Co-Editor OATS OFF! Sound the trumpets! Spence St. is being re- -H paved. Seems as though the wheels of progress were rolling long before we realized. In Tuesday’s paper we asked some thing be done about the terrible condition of Spence St. Work started Monday to completely repair the road. How’s that for results. We have word from Howard Badgett, manager of physi cal plants for A&M that a new hard top street will be fin ished in the next few weeks. How many years have we been waiting for repairs to this particular street which runs between the “new” cor$s dormitories and the golf course? Badgett says the long delay was due to much wrangling between the top wheels about another street which is to be built within the next year near Spence St. It will be a continuation of the concrete street which runs behind the System Administration Building. Money has al ready been appropriated, but decision of where it will be built is still pending. Cars, Drivers to Enjoy New Street With the new hard top on Spence St., students won’t be so ashamed to drive their cars down it as in the past when it was good for nothing more than a testing ground for people who want ed to find rattles in their cars. As one student commented before repair work began, “It has so, many patches you can’t find the original pavement.” The street will not have a topping of too permanent a nature, since it will be torn up as soon as the concrete street is com pleted in the next year or two. But Badgett assures us it will be more than adequate to safely handle traffic until the new* street is completed. We were .assured by Badgett that the pipe line being put underground fi’om the new athletic plant out to the northeast edge of the campus will not disrupt traffic during home football games. It was our prediction that the line would progress to the vicinity of Kyle Field about the time of the games. He says if the ditch digging does get that far before football season is over we can be sure that streets will be left open for traffic. • Seniors Should Watch ’Selves A&M students always stand out when they wear uni forms anywhere off the campus. They don’t stand out for reasons our friends at Forty Acres might think of, but with their distinctive uniforms, it is fairly easy to spot an Aggi