Battalion Editorials
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t6e BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1952
College Students Show
Sportsmanship In Thought
/COLLEGE STUDENTS projected yesterday
^ their views on sportsmanship, its causes
and cures, at the same time demonstrated
the spirit of their organization.
The Southwest Conference Sportsman
ship Committee began plans for a long-need
ed education program on sportsmanship for
all fans, including present and former stu
dents.
Meeting at Fort Worth, the 24 college
student leaders from the seven conference
schools expressed their opinions that former
students of the different colleges and other
colleges were many times at greater fault for
“poor sportsmanship” than the students
themselves.
This, many of us know is true. Former
students usually travel a long distance to see
a game. Disappointment in a final score eas
ily leads to poor sportsmanship.
Possible solutions offered by the com
mittee included sportsmanship education of
the public and fans through newspaper arti
cles.
We would like to add that former stu
dent associations also could help. Brief re
minders that the game is being played in
fun will help keep the sportsmanship high.,
A&M’s old tradition of carrying players
Future Water
Problem Cures
|~|NE OF Texas’ most scarce minerals is in
” the spotlight at A&M again. It’s water.
During the recent Board of Directors
meeting here, Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist ask
ed for the establishment of a state wide
water research and information center at
A&M. The center is designed to bring to
gether and organize the vast amount of
scattered information now existing on Texas
problems and to develop research programs
needed to answer many problems still un-
unsolved.
In doing this, we feel A&M is taking an
other step in establishing itself as a “ser
vice organization” for the people of the state
of Texas.
Today the multi-million dollar drought
gripping the state has no mechanical solu
tion. Yet in years to come such a drought
could be prevented. In this respect, research
and information released by the center will
play an important role.
Although West Texas has been stricken
hardest because of the laxity of water, cities
such as Dallas also are beginning to feel the
drought. Lake Dallas, the city’s only drink
ing water source, is now I8V2 feet below
capacity. Other cities, such as San Angelo,
are having to buy water from public wells or
other cities.
The establishment of the research and in
formation center here will be another great
public service by A&M in helping the state
regain a valuable natural resource.
off the field also was discussed. Final opin
ions showed that cooperation between schools
will help to eliminate causes for poor sports
manship. The committee suggested A&M
carry through with its plan of asking the in
dividual coaches as to whether or not their
players should be carried off the field.
This also shows what may be good
sportsmanship in some instances may prove
bad in others. Some coaches had expressed
their wishes the A&M students not carry
their players off the field. But the commit
tee lauded A&M’s traditions and plan as signs
of good sportsmanship.
We feel that the spirit shown by college
students in tackling problems over a confer
ence table instead of in a dark alley or under
a stadium sets an example which should be
followed by all: sportsmanship is merely the
cooperation of groups in achieving their pri
mary purpose in a manner, fair to all—be it
in life or in sports.
Free Press, Speech
Means Free People
I^ELEBRATION of Newspaper Week, Oct.
^ 1-8, brings to mind that our Constitu
tion gives to each of us the right of' free
speech.
With free speech, there is free thought.
Kill one, the other dies.
But with free speech and freedom of the
press comes responsibility. It is important
for the individual to qualify his statements
and not hurt someone because of using his
Constitutional rights.
Freedom of a college press also is im
portant.
A&M has been fortunate to be endowed
with intelligent administrators who would
rather take a few hard knocks, now and
then, from the press than to censor it. Con
tinuance of this practice will mean a better
written, edited and read newspaper.
On today’s editorial page is an article, the
second in a series, from Editor and Publish
er, a magazine for newspapers. It has many
important facts which concern a college
press. This means it concerns you.
To keep free speech and free thought, and
a free world, freedom of the press is a must.
. Russians Use
‘New’ Invention
AMONG THE many inventions yet un-
claimed by the Russians was used by them
yesterday.
In replacing their old Politburo with the
election of a new Presidium, the 19th Con
gress of the Soviet Communist Party used
the “whitewash.”
Patent pending in the United Nations.
Korean Vets
Get GI Bill
All veterans who have been on
active military duty since June 27,
1950 are entitled to benefits for
education under the Korean G. I.
Bill, said Bennie A. Zinn, vete
rans advisor.
Veterans who intend to take
training under the G. I. Bill and
who have not made application»ean
secure application forms and in
structions at 102 Goodwin Hall.
Those who have made applica
tion and who have received a Cer
tificate of Education should submit
it to the veterans advisor, 102
Goodwin Hall. No veteran may re
ceive subsistence until the form
is submitted and pi'oper certifica
tion made to the Veterans Admin
istration.
All veterans under the Korean
G. I. Bill are reminded that they
must report to 102 Goodwin Hall
on the first of each month and
execute a Certificate of Training.
Students who fail to comply with
this instruction will not be paid
by the Veterans Administration,
Zinn said.
‘Freedom For Student Newspaper
Majority College Journals
Organized As Free Press
Town Hall
(Continued from Page 1)
many highlights of the show. In
this number members of the An
thony group led people in the aud
ience through the aisles in a modi
fied conga line.
Later the entre orchestra except
the drummer and the man playing
the bass fiddle marched through
the aisles, out into the lobby, and
back again playing “When the
Saints Go Marching In.”
Back stage after the show, ac
tivity was as great as it had been
during the scheduled performance.
As the band packed its equipment
fans swarmed through the wings of
the stage collecting autographs,
complimenting Anthony, the vocal
ists, and members of the orches
tra on the performance they had
just given while flashbulbs popped
in the background.
After leaving Bryan today, the
band will travel to Victoria and
Waco before finishing its tour of
Texas.
Although it will probably be
some time before they return to
this vicinity, it is unlikely that
Town Hall patrons will soon forget
the trumpet and orchestra of Ray
Anthony.
From Editor & Publisher:
CTUDENT EDITORS should be given ‘all
^ possible freedom.”
On that point, 30 college and university
presidents pretty well agree in their replies
to an Editor & Publisher query on “How
much freedom for the student newspaper ?”
But “all possible freedom” is interpreted
as variously by presidents of universities as
by presidents of South American republics.
To some, it means a policy of letting the un
dergraduate paper alone, taking no respon
sibility for what it says, in the belief that
educational purposes are best served by “hav
ing a community of scholars have its own ex
perience with the raw materials of freedom,”
as President John S. Dickey of Dartmouth
puts it.
President George D. Stoddard of the Uni
versity of Illinois also adheres to this view
point, established at Illinois by his predeces
sor, President Harry W. Chase:
“Were the University of Illinois to as
sume any measure of responsibility for stu
dent opinion, two results would follow. First,
such a policy would drive student opinion
underground. Second, it would force the
university to assume responsibility for every
student utterance, since it assumes respon
sibility for some. Both of these results would
be unfortunate.”
Education Best Served
And President Robert Gordon Sproul of
the University of California, whose own stu
dent daily was in hot water with the univer
sity regents last year for printing allegedly
pro-communist contributions, supports the
contention that education is best served by
complete freedom of the student press.
“It is good for students,” he says, “to
carry full responsibility for the policies and
performance of a campus newspaper, and the
mistakes they make are not only effective
educationally, but are less important than
the administration and public think at the
time they occur.
“In spite of periodic exasperation, I be
lieve it is good for a college or university to
have a student body which is encouraged to
think for itself by the existence of oppor
tunity to make mistakes. After all, one of
the basic freedoms we are all trying to pro
tect is the freedom to criticize and complain
—the freedom to ‘gripe.’ ”
Fewest Restrictions Are Best
These interpretations of “all possible
freedom” for the undergraduate newspaper
would seem at variance with that expressed
by President John A. Hannah of Michigan
State College, who says:
“We believe here . . . that student edi
tors, like students in all other positions of
responsibility, should have as much freedom
as they can exercise with judgment, proprie
ty, and a sense of responsibility.
“. . . We believe that a publication sup
ported with college—meaning public-funds
has no right to embarrass the institution
and handicap it in carrying out its major
mission.”
Or by Dr. E. B. Lemon, dean of adminis
tration at Oregon State College: “We be-^'
lieve in imposing the fewest limitations, re
strictions and controls necessary to assume
publication of a good, representative student
newspaper. At the same time, the Presi
dent’s office has an obligation, as a last re
sort, in protecting the institution if it be
comes necessary against the effects of ir
responsible campus journalism.
“. . . Student editors who have the paper
handed to them for a year or less on a silver
tray and who seldom if ever are involved
in any of its financial and operational prob
lems or risks are hardly in the same position
as the regular newspaper editor. The stu
dent editor is here today and gone tomorrow,
but the institution and paper go on regardlesi
of any possible embarrassing damaging ac»
tion of the short-term student editor.”
Water Research Junior Election
The Battalion
Sportsmanship
(Continued from Page 1)
Dr. Hardt said such practices as
“pantie” raids, campus painting
sprees, and other mischievous ac
tivities carried on by college stu
dents are causing people to lose
their faith in the things colleges
should stand for.
“Students involved in these ac
tivities are usually branded by the
press as ‘lawless college students
displaying college spirit’ ” Dr.
Hardt said.
He commended the Southwest
Conference Sportsmanship Com
mittee on the work it has done in
creating better feelings among
conference schools.
“You have shown your worth;
your organization is being noticed
and you deserve a large amount
of credit for the fine feeling
among our schools,” the athletic
chairman said.
Dr. Hardt followed this commen
dation by saying, “Your organiza
tion is still young and the field is
as large as you want to make it.
I hope you can continue to make
students more conscious of good
sportsmanship practices, ' and at
the same time help to restore the
confidence of outsiders.”
Attending the meeting from
A&M were John Childs, senior yell
leader; Joel Austin, Frank Manitz-
as, Battalion co-editors; Gene
Steed, representing the Student
Senate; and Baker.
Set for A&M Soon
Establishment of a statewide
water research and information
center on the campus has been
authorized by the board of direct
ors of the A&M College System.
Funds have been appropriated
to begin the establishment.
The Center is designed to bring
together and organize information
now existing on Texas water prob
lems and to develop 'research pro
grams needed to answer many
problems still unsolved.
Continued from Page 1)
Juniors running for the Election
Commission are John Akard, Nick
Alexander, Richard B. Black, John
L. Clanton, Marvin H. Ford, Heri-
berto A. Garcia, Ferman O. Glei-
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Johnson, Harold L. Kupfcr, Jerry
L. Ledwig, Eugene T. Lewis,
Blake E. Lovelace, Raymond E.
McBride, James A. McDowell, Bill
C. Shepard, Norman E. Sliva, and
Prince Vickers.
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Co-Editors
City Editor
Women’s News Editor
Joe Hipp
Jerry Bennett
Gus Becker
Today’s Issue
News Editor
Assistant News Editor
Sports News Editor
Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck
Neighbors, Bob Selleck News Editors
Ous Becker..... Associate Sports Editor
Vernon Anderson, Bob Boriskie, William Buckley,
Arnold Damon, Robert Domey, Allen Hays.
Joe Hladek, Bill Foley, Ed Fries, Raymond
Gossett, Carl Hale, Jon Kihslow, H. M.
Krauretz, Jim Larkin, Steve Lilly. Kennetb
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Shepard, and Tommy Short Staff News Writers
Joe B. Mattel Editorial Writer
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Gerald Estes........... Sports News Writers
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