Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1952
ONE MAM'S MEAT —
Youth’s Turbulent Times
Have Relief In Education
npEACHERS AND parents are in the Model-
T stage of education, but have passed Buck
Rogers in war-making. Why?
Lack of world leadership for our youth.
This means parents and teachers themselves
are at fault.
A readable, practical and inspirational
book on the roll teachers must play in world
leadership recently was released. The author
of “World Horizons for Teachers” is Dr.
Leonard S. Kenworthy, of the Brooklyn
College and formerly of the UNESCO Paris
staff.
It was written as an aid, says Dr. Ken
worthy, to teach “world-mindness” to our
youth. .
“This is a revolutionary period in our
history,” writes Dr. Kenworthy, “and the
young men and women in our schools may
have their entire lives in turbulent times.
The task of the teacher is to help them to
live in the second half of the 20th century,
not in some bygone period. The times de-
He who does not think too much of him
self is much more esteemed than he im
agines.—Goethe
‘Wide Open’ Area
Now Here—Why?
A FAMOUS philosopher once said, “What
world consists almost exclusively of peo
ple who are one sort and who behave like an
other sort.”
We saw this yesterday. Not only in stu
dents, but youngsters from both College Sta
tion and Bryan. But who \vas at fault?
The parents and officials of both cities.
For a long time, the College Station and
Bryan district has been described “as a clos
ed area.”
A carnival, better described as a “girlie
show” is making' a lot of f©ol»-©a lot
of people. It is beneath contempt.
This area can proudly boast, “What we
do and what we say, varies constantly day
by day.”
A prayer in its simplest definition is
merely a ivish turned Godward.
—Phillips Brooks
United~ States Hits
Russia Hard Blow
rpHE UNITED STATES parroted President
Truman’s campaign line of “give ’em hell”
yesterday in denouncing the Russian govern
ment.
An Associated Press report from Wash
ington said, “The United States told Russia
today that ousted Ambassador George F.
Kennan was right in his criticism of restric
tions imposed on Americans in Moscow.”
That’s telling them. And wait till Wash
ington finds put about the Korean War.
mand teachers with world horizons, teach
ers willing and able to live in a revolutionary
world and to help their students to do the
same.”
This, we feel, throws a heavy burden not
only on teachers, but administrators of edu
cational institutions and parents, all who
must work together.
Dr. Kenworthy points out repeatedly that
although the world talks of peace, it’s pre
paring the huge sutns wasted in wars, is
many thousands times over the amount spent
on education or medical research.
Analyzing the teachers, Dr. Kenworthy
outlines characteristics of a world-minded
teacher. Summarized, the characteristics
show he must be: (1) an integrated individ
ual; (2) expert in democratic human rela
tions; (3) rooted in his own country and
culture; (4) appreciative of othei; countries
and culture; (4) appreciative of other coun
tries and culture; (5) an informed partici
pant to achieve world community and
strengthen the United Nations; (6) conver
sant with methods and materials for devel
oping world-minded youth; (7) supported by
a faith or philosophy of life.
Such a teacher could produce an educat
ed man as described by President Harring
ton : “The marks of an educated man in all
ages have been these: he can read, he can
write, he can talk, he can listen, and, most
important—he can think.”
When we are educated, perhaps Buck
Rogers’ rocket 'gun will be replaced with a
book of Hegel’s philosophy.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth, and
must undergo and 'withstand the shocks of
adversity before it is entitled to the appela-
tion.—IV as hmg to n
Kentucky, Lauds
Ags * Sportsmanship
OOW ARE THE Aggies doing in sports-
manship this year?
In answer, we feel the following from
the Lexington Herald, a Kentucky news
paper, gives a play-by-play description:
“Kentucky fans and players will long re
member the sportsmanlike action of the Ag
gies’ Cadet Corps in rushing onto the field
as the game came to a close and carrying the
victorious Kentucky squad, as well as mem
bers of the losing Aggies, off the field.
“I didn’t know what to think,” one of the
boys said in the dressing room. “At first I
thought the cadets were going to start a
free-for-all and I knew we would be hope
lessly outnumbered. It gave me a feeling I
can’t describe when they lifted me to their
shoulders and gave me a ride off the field.”
“Never before have I witnessed better
school spirit and better sportsmanship than
that displayed by the cadets. Their cheer
ing was terrific and continuous.”
Nuff’ said.
IFRANKLY SPEAKING
4 Great
If All
Issues’ Possible
Concerned Work
Manitzas
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
Battalion Co-Editor
‘A
response • in the days of more ma
ture students pi'oved fruitful at
first. But also in 1948 with the
THE WORLD TODAY
Ike, Adlai
Doing OK;
Pity Voters
By JAMES MARLOW *
W7ASHINGTON GP) — Ev-
H' erybody says “poor Gpn.
Eisenhower and Goy. Steven
son; they must be awfully
tired from this campaigning.”
It’s been tough on them, all right. \ .
But it’s . time somebody began
to sympathize with the voters.
It’s been pretty tough on them,
too, trying to keep up with the
campaigners.
After the Chicago conventions
last summer the unsuccessful can
didates, who had been campaign
ing around the country for the
nomination, scattered in all direc
tions for a rest.
But that was only the starting
point for Eisenhower and Steven
son. They spent the month of
August mostly getting their cam
paign organized, with only a few
days out for vacation.
Still One Month /
Their ordeal begaif'Wth the ar
rival of September. Now, after a
month of planes, trains, rear plat
form talks, major speeches, motor
cades, handshaking, and speech-
writing they must be completely
weary.
Yet, they still have a month to
go. But so do the voters who ser-
iuosly try to follow the whole cam
paign. Not only Eisenhower- and
Stevenson, but Sen. Sparkman mid
Sen. Nixon and President Truman,
too.
Just trying to keep tabs on wihat
they’re all saying would be a nion-
unmental task for any man ^who
attempted it in his living room
with the help of his newspapers,
radio and TV set.
Orderly File Needed
To do it in an orderly way he
would have to keep a file: not just
a day by day file but a topic by
minds to “help their world sur- topic file, broken down into what
vive. each one said on foreign affairs,
^. ... taxes, Korea and all the rest.
• Drop prerequisites, credits, n <
Judge a man by his ques- Great Issues course were freshmen Z 1° P P , 1 ’ That itself would only be a start-
,r Q+ w +UW1W S : ' . " subscriptions, classes. Plan infer- . . . ~ „ > rtllu
Let each individual
thinking.
s wer s. '—Voltaire! ^ ^
• Today, freshmen are 18 or 19,
Wondering about the lack because of the 12 year public school
of a Great Issues course at system which went into effect in
A&M, we asked a few ques- ^ early VdOs. This means stu-
fions. Answers we received dents si’aduat-mg m 1956 will be
more mature than the past grad
uates, if age is a sign of maturity.
Avould have to examine what eacli '
one said on each topic for contra-
® Start a long-range attraction dictions and for comparison with
program for students and speak- what the others said.
Start today for next year. Toff milch already has been said
settled many doubts, but ag
gravated others.
As to why the Great Issues
course was dropped at A&M,
we always felt that the stu
dents themselves killed it.
But we also theorized that a
The origimil Great Issues course
had too many - requirements.
It desired prerequisites, -credit,
class attendance, readings of as
signed periodicals, subscription to
- , . . . .a metropolitan daily newspaper,
leason foi students not want- direction from a committee made
No large budget would be heeded for any individual to keep it ah
to draw many fine speakers here, filed in his head, and it would be
To supplement the budget charge a rare voter who kept any other
a fee. We pay many other fees kind of file. Most voters probably
and get less. retain general impressions * and
© Attack controversial subjects P^ eccs "bats been said.
by getting all sides of the question
from different speakers. This
Avould create “in the student an
There’s An Easy Way
The present campaign is tlu* tra-
ing great issues here was the
nature of its context.
history behind
up of faculty members of the col-
lege.
Objective Slighted
Here it failed. Here it killed
student interest. Topics such as
“The Ground Water Problem of
the Southwest” and “The World’s
Over-all Oil Problem” hurt, al-
awareness of his present and pri- mldless’tdkmg
Tll 5 following though many fine topics were pre- other miI ] d - L T he only ' va 7 to m ^, aS : meet face to face in a radio-TV
Here’s some
Great Issues:
Started here in September, 1948,
it first attracted 84 seniors. No
other students were allowed to
take the course.
year, 104 registered. In 1950, the sented with “Europe Today,” “The .
course was opened to juniors but Need and Proposal for Changing mtelhgence.
only 56 persons signed and the Qur System of Electing Presi- glft -
next year only 36 students were dents.” —
interested. ' .
The budget for the course ran , j co ^; se s u . objectlv ® vvas
from $2,500 to $3,000 a year. Last slighted. The objective: ... is
year, two new courses were de- to create m the student an aware-
veloped and listed in the catalog ness of hls P^sent and primary
under Administration. These “In- duty as an educated man to help
troduction to philosophy and phil- wol 'ld survive,
osophies of Life were a replace- Possible Solution
To carry through the objective,
this could be a solution:
mary duty. . .”
But to do this, students and
teachers must work together. “The
basic aim remains the same — to
educate the human being. We
should ‘lead forth’ the student. . . .
The only Avay to teach a mind is
to bring it into contact with an-
and repetition and personal ap-
pearanccs have the magic for clec-
tiop.
It was suggested before the .cam
paign began that Eisenhower and
SteA r enson could help everyone to
a better understanding and . ap
praisal of both of them if they’d
ure one intelligence is by another
Wisdom is not a
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
ment for the Great Issues course.
About 35 signed for each last
year.
Where does the fault lie ? The
administration did its best in set
ting up a Great Issues course and
Publication Set
For Dubose’s Paper
A technical paper by Lawrence
A. DuBose, assistant professor in
the department of civil engineer
ing, has been accepted for publi
cation in the proceedings of the
debate.
Neither of them shoived much
enthusiasm for the idea. But it
Avould have made it easier for the
A’oters to reach an understanding
and appraisal of the tvC r o men ii
they had met.
Experiment Station
Receives $3,000
A $3,000 grant to the ’jPsxa^Ag-
• Let the students plan the
program, pick the topics. They
know Avhat must be erased in their
Third International Conference on ricultural Experiment Station has
soil mechanics and foundation en- been received. The grant is from
gineering to be held in Zurich, the American Dehydrators Asso-
Switzerland in 1953. ciation of Kansas City, Mo. i
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