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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1952 Senate Needs Student’s Help to Succeed "rkURING the last three years, and especial- ” ly last year, the SStuaent Senate has failed to function as it should. One reason was the lack of action from the students. The students were satisfied to let the sen ate roam and kick up its heels, although it never did anything. This year with participation in the sen ate from all classes we hope a change will occur. We hope all students will make a con scious effort to keep in touch with the sen ate and what it does. We feel that the many students who filed but were defeated in the first secret ballot election held here can still play a big part in the student government. They can still perform the duty they wanted—service to the school and the student body. This can be done by working with the senate. With the election of civilian Student Sen ators and members to the Student Life Com mittee, the annual fall elections took their final bow. Now, according to the Constitu tion of the Student Body, all elections will be held in the spring. This is a good change. Monday night, the Student Senate has its first organizational meeting. We hope the senators to the 1952-53 Student Senate at tend. A government not supported by the peo ple will die. The senate is our government. State Bar 4 Welcome 5 Welcome to the State Bar Association of Texas. A&M is honored and proud to know you have chosen our campus for a meeting which will prove of great importance to all people of Texas. Our campus is yours. It is one of the most beautiful and progressive in the South west. You helped make it so as a citizen of Texas. Shakespeare’s welcome helps express our feelings:” . . . Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast.” WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT THE NEWS Extracurricular Activities Add To Value Of College Degree From the Daily Athenaeum (West Virginia University): “J’M GOING to join every organization I can here at the University,” we overheard one freshman saying the other day. “That’s x’eally the only way you can get ^.head • Student’s Support Needed in Council From The SMU Campus: gTUDENT COUNCIL meetings are open to all students but few rarely attend. This is a deplorable situation for many reasons. The members of the students’ association have a right to know what it going on in their council meetings, but they seldom recognize that x*ight. The principle ill that arises from this situation, however, is the great lassitude with which the council meetings are conducted. With no outsiders present these all-important gatherings take on an air of friendliness and non chalance that should be noticeable by its absence. Foolish suggestions are offered, jokes are made on the many problems before the council, and other senseless high school activities are carried on. It is within reason to expect that the council would attempt to conduct its business on a some what higher plane if there were students present surveying their representatives. The discussions, minus the jokes, would be much shorter; the meetings would end sooner; and far more worthwhile business would probably be trans- • acted before a sizeable audience of students. The meetings, now held on Tuesday nights, cer tainly are at an unfavorable hour for attendance, but nevertheless some attempt should be made for students to take part in these meetings by at least attending. here,” he continued, “and, after all, I want to have fun while I’m in college. I’ll have to work later on.” “That’s all right for you,” replied his friend, “but I’m going to ‘live’ with my books . . . make a four point average . . . and not give a hoot whom I know or who knows me.” How do you feel ? Every student in the University is faced with this problem, although it is more acute for fresh men and transfers. Each must make his own decision. But first, he; considers the situation from many angles. Universities are set up as educational institu tions, therefore, one’s first duty to himself and the University is study. The wise student knows this and puts classwork first. On the other hand, college is the place where one learas to live in harmony with people. This is a necessary step to success in personal life as well as practically every vocation. This is a lesson that can only be learned by as sociating with others in school and religious groups, in dormitories or working together on vax’ious com mittees. The student who comes to the University mex'e- ly to be the “social butterfly” will shoi’tly find him-, self in despair when it comes to final examinations. Evex-yone must decide for himself how much he can do in either or both ax’eas. If he steers toward the middle road, placing academic values above social, but neglecting neither, he is likely to become the better-educated pex’son and the better citizen and neighbor. What will that college degree mean for you ? • A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.—Washington. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor- safety.—Franklin 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. Days of publication ax-e Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and va cation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Tex as under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein ai’e also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. • FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Ed Holder... Hand Baker Peggy Maddox. Co-Editors Spox’ts Editor City Editor Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Bob Selleck News Editor Joe Hipp Assistant News Editor Ed Holder Sports News Editor Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Selleck News . Associate Sports Gus Becker Associate Vernon Anderson, Bob Boriskie, William Buckle Arnold Damon. Robert Domey, Allen Hay: Joe Hladek, Bill Foley. Ed Fries, Gossett, Carl Hale, Jon Kinslow, iiy. ys. Raymond H. M. ini Clay McFarland, Dick Moore, Ro- Bob Palme Livingston. land Reynolds. John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard, and Tommy Short, ....Staff News Jpe B. Mattel Editorial Editors Editor Writers Writer Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus Gerald Estes Sports News Writers Jerry Bennett. Bob Hendry Amusements Jon Kinslow, Ed Fries City News Editors Willson Davis. Circulation Manager Gene Ridell, Perry Shepard. ...... .Advertising Representatives Bob Godfrey Photo Engraving Shop Manager Bob Selleck. Leon Boettcher Photo-Engravers Keith Nickle. Roddy Peeples Staff Photographers Garder Collins File Clerk Thelton McCorcle Staff Cartocdist INTERPRETING Everybody Talks About— By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst W/E Americans have—or at »» least, we should have by now—a pretty good idea of what the Soviet and world Communist leaders are plan ning to do next. Why, then shouldn’t we start doing some thing- about it? The logical thing for the sane and intelligent people of this country to do now would be to marshal their best brains and talents for a hud dle. It would make sense to dope out the defense and the countex-attack in an atmosphere for x-emoved from the px’evailing political winds. These things we can be pretty sure of: the Soviet Union, aided by henchmen in other Communist countxdes, is planning on a trade wax - . The Soviet Union is banking on economic crisis, fix-st in Eu ropean nations allied with the Uni ted States, and finally in the U. S. itself. The USSR boasts of the division of the eax*th into two sepax-ate world max’kets, to the detx'iments of capitalist nations. The Com munists say this eventually will cause the capitalist nations to fight among themselves. Stepped Up Activities We can be sure, too, of stepped up activities by the Communist-led Pax'tisans of Peace. Communists have been instructed to lead this as a “non-party peaceful demo cratic movement” which would pot appear as one “pursuing the aim of liquidating capitalism.” It px'obably eventually will have a title like “Anti-War Democx-atic Fx - ont.” It is the signal, also, for the formation 6f all kinds of sub sidiary front gx’oups and for the infiltration of existing gx-oups sin- cex-ely bent on averting wax*. We ax-e faiidy certain that Com munists have been oi’dered, in the fx-ee nations, to attempt organiza tion of workers, farmers, women, youth-all sorts of gx-oups-undexi camoflaged slogans and to achieve the domination of these gx*oups. No Answer Ready We know all this. What can we do about it? Thex-e is no x-eady answer at hand, but it seems like ly that if both the Democx-atic and Republican pax-ties assigned their best talents to a bi-pax-tisan effox-t to come up with an anti doge, something valuable could be achieved. Georgi Malenkov, the likely ar chitect of this Kx-emlin px-ogx-am, exhibited touching concern, in his speech to the Soviet Communist Congx-ess, that the capitalist na tions might find themselves at war with one another if things continue the way they ax-e going. He kindly offex-ed the good of fices of the Communists to help avert “any kind of wax-.” This was decent of him, but nobody but a .fool could swallow it. Stalin Feels War Stalin said, a few days before, that the danger of war between capitalist nations was more im minent than the danger of war between the capitalist and Com munist worlds. What we ate asked to believe now, apparently, is that the Krem lin is deeply concerned lest the capitalist countx-ies destroy capi talism. This is the sort of twaddle our people should be studying cax-e- fully to plan a counterattack—now before it gets too late. NEW COMPTROLLER—W. C. Freeman Jr. (right) will succeed W. H. Holzmann as comptroller of the A&M System on June 1, 1953 when Holzmann will go on modified ser vice. He has been here since 1922. Freeman has been assist ant comptroller since coming to A&M in 1948. Metzger Gun Collection Presentation Tomorrow The formal px-esentation of the Metzger Gun Collection will be held at 2 p. m. Satux-day in the MSC Ballroom. Robex-t S. Strauss, attorney rep resenting the Call Metzger estate, will make the presentation on be half of Mx-s. Lee Segall and Mrs. Hax-old G. Weil, daughters of Cax-1 Metzgex-, who reside in Dallas and ax-e expected to attend the cere monies. Strauss will make the px-esen- LETTERS Student Tells Ambulance Plan Editors, The Battalion: The intention of this letter is to offer a possible solution to the em- barassing ambulance situation which exists on oux- campus. One solution would be to dispense with our present ambulance, if I may call it that, and rely upon the anv bulance services fx-om Bx-yan. I feel that they could furnish a x-eliable, efficient, .and quick ser vice far superior to our present set-up. If this suggestion is fol lowed I would highly x-ecommend that by each phone of the campus thex-e be placed a metal ox- cax-.d- board sign bearing the phone num- bex’s of the following: ambulance, police, and fire dept. This would serve as a px-ompt reference in case of an emergency. The second px-oposal is for the college to make its own ambulance. I have noticed that the college has a number of sedan deliveries. Ope of these could be made into a nice ambulance and still x-etain its value as a utility car. I feel that I can speak with some authority on the subject as I have driven an ambulance for four years and dui’ing that time have built and equipped two emex-gency cars. A car can be x-eservitively equipped for ax-ound $300. I would be more than willing to volunteer my time and effox-t to do such a task if the college officials saw fit to bulid one. Pei-haps one bijg drawback to operating an ambulance is that of having attendants present at all times. The hospital has student labor hired during the daytime which could easily serve in the capacity of attendents when the occasion arises. I sincei-ely hope that this letter may in someway sex-ve to provide a means of secux-ing emex-gency sex*vice for the campus. Jim Braswell ’55 tation to Dean of the College David H. Mox-gan, who will turn the collection ovex- to the custody of Col. Cecil M. MacGx-egox-, chair man of the collection. The title to the Metzger Collec tion actually became the px-operty of A&M in 1949, but thex-e were no proper facilities for display of the collection until the Former Students Association in 1951 pre sented the showcases in which the collection is now displayed. The presentation will be pax-t of the meeting now being held by the Texas Gun Association in the MSC. Approximately 100 members ax-e expected to attend the two-day session which will consist of a short business meeting after which the gun owners will display, sell and swap guns. The association will highlight its meeting at the Metzgex- Col lection presentation. State Four-H Group Has Meeting Here The state 4-H x-ecox-d judging committee was in session at A&M recently. Floyd Lynch, state 4-H club leader for the Texas Agri cultural Extension Service sayS thex-e ax*e 171 record books from 4-H club members in the 12 dis tricts entered in the awards pro gram for state honors and attend ance at the National 4-H Congress to be held at Chicago in Novembex-. County and district judging of these x-ecords of achievements by 4-H club members in Texas has been done by county and district agents. Lynch says there are 75 award px-ogx-ams in the state with 4-H club x-ecox-ds available for each. The state committee consists of Ethel Hander, Limestone county home demonstration agent; Joe Singleton, Matagorda county agri cultural agent; Annie Lucy Lane, district agent with headquarters at Richmond; Jimmie Nell Harx-is, W. B. Coke, Extension specialises at College Station. Announcement of the state win- nex-s in the 4-H awards program will be made beginning -foe-xt week. Orr Elected Prexy Brazos Association C. E. Orr was elected px-esi- dent of the Bx-azos County Teach- ex-s Association at the organiza tion’s fix-st meeting of the year Tuesday. Mrs. C. K. Leighton is x-etiring px:esident. Two hundred teachlrs fx-om the College and Bryan area attended the meeting which was held in A&M Consolidated school’s cafetex-ia. Other officers elected wex-e J. D. Chaney, first vice px-esident and px-ogram chairman; Mrs. Aubx-eJ Vick, second vice president and social chairman; Mrs. Mary Buch anan, secx-etary treasurer. Lt. Clifford Taylor Gets < Bronze Star Medal Here Col Joe E. Davis, commandant, presented today a Bronze Star medal to Lt. Clifford Taylor Jr. of Fort Worth, now tak ing graduate work in accounting here. The presentation was made at the noon formation of the Corps of Cadets outside of Duncan Hall. “The medal was awarded to Lt. Taylor for bravery while under fire on the front in Korea,” Col. Davis added. Lt. Taylor .was graduated from A&M in June, 1950. He was a Distinguished Military Student, and a Distinguished Military Graduate. Maj. Hessy of the local ORC read the citation. It read: . . First Lt. Clifford A. Taylor Jr. distinguished huri' self by heroic achievement near Kumsong, Korea, April 13. upon being notified of an intense mortar barrage falling on his platoon, Lt. Taylor went immediately to the area. A mortar struck his shelter being used for storing grenades, wounding a man. Lt. Taylor unhesitatingly braced the mur derous fire to give aid. . . . The shelter was burning and the intense heat began exploding phosphorus and fragment gren ades. Lt. Taylor again braved the mortar barrage by carry ing the wounded comrade to safety. Lt. Taylor’s decisive and increped action and intense devotion to duty reflects great credit upon himself and the U. S. Army.” What’s Cooking Friday 2:30 p. m.—A&M Garden Club, Residence of Mx-s. D. W. Williams. 7:30 p. m.—Baptist Student Union Vespex-s, Baptist Student Union Saturday 7:30 p. m.—Baptist Student Union, Baptist Student Union, Humble Football “Highlights” film. 8 p. m.—MSC Max-x-ied Couples Committee, MSC Social Room, Dance. Monday 7:15 p. m.—Student Agricultux-al Council, Social Room, MSC, Elec tion of officex-s. 7:30 p. m.—Shrevepox-t Club T Room 106 Academic Bldg. VART, Sqd. 9807, MSCl Waco McLennan County Club, 305 Goodwin Hall. 8 p. m.—Senior Vet. Wives, South Solax-ium, YMCA. i P O G O IT'S MY OPINION THAT THIS p&tr/AL eAce eeiWeeN tvto majoe. CANPIPATSS IS TH£ OPPORTUNIty OF THE MASS*?. JVfl By Walt Kelly SK?Ui.l.PU6<S>£f?y/ WHAT'S POIN' IN TH&E&g ^ fAsysMsyf /VII6WT JUST ££ SEEAICINY IT IN R2I2 A FElErNP.