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* Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1952 Elected Leaders Not Necessarily Bosses ELECTIONS ARE completed for all major positions on the campus for this year. In choosing leaders, we hope the voters thought Committee- OK IT’S HARD to determine the batting average •■■of a baseball player after one time at the plate, but the MSC Dance Committee has set the pace for big things to come with one experience. They netted approximately $138 at their All-College Dance Saturday after the Ken tucky football game. Although matched with the $30 loss at Cafe Rue Pinalle, Friday night, they were still more than one hundred dollars in the black. With student participation at such a high level, they now will be able to bring more and better programs to the campus for weekend entertainment. Friday night. Rue Pinalle will feature for eign students in the International Night pro gram which commemorates United Nations Day a week early. These people are doing much to provide entertainment on the A&M campus for those “big” weekends when this small community offers little or nothing for the Aggie and his date. We sometimes forget what a blessing we have in the Memorial Student Center and its committees. Most students are already tak ing for granted these fine programs which didn’t exist on the A&.M campus three years ago. May the MSC never strike out. out their ballots before casting them. In the same voice, we hope the elected leaders feel their responsibility and the big difference between a boss and a leader. It would help these elected men to be come headers and not merely bosses if they would remember: The boss drives his men—the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority—the lead er depends on good will. The boss says “I”—the leader says “we.” The boss inspires fear—the leader in spires enthusiasm. The boss assigns the slavery—the lead er sets the pace. The boss says, “get here on time”—the leader beats them to it. The boss fixes the blame for breakdowns —the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss makes work a drudgery—the leader makes it interesting. The boss knows how to do it—the leader shows how. The boss says “go”—the leader says “let’s go.” A&M needs leaders—bosses are every where. • As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as spa?'- ingly as possible.Washington • He udio has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has an enemy, ivill meet him everyivhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson Libraries Must Remain Free If Liberty From The Christian Science Monitor: Libraries are usually quiet places but they con tain dynamite—the dynamite of ideas. Recently a public controversy has exploded over the propriety of the Boston Public Library’s carrying Marxist writings and current pro-Communist literature on its shelves. This is a controversy that would have been al most incomprehensible to the founders of the Amer- • Time "s Wasting From The Daily Athenaeum: Believe it or not, every hour you spend in class is woi-th $30 to you. This figure comes from a recent issue of the New York Times. It is based upon the extra income that is earned by those having a college education. It is estimated that the college graduate averages between $5,000 and $6,000 annually as opposed to approximately $3,000 earned by the non-college man or woman. Assuming that the average student spends about 2,500 hours in class during his four years in college, and assuming that he can look forward to 40 years of employment after his grad uation, one arrives at the worth of one hour spent in class—approximately $30. Next time you decide to sleep through that eight o’clock class, think it over carefully before reach ing for the alarm clock. Few of us can afford sleep at that price. Is Wanted ican Republic. They were riot afraid of ideas. They were not even, afraid of vicious falsehoods. They had an unshakeable faith in the individual’s right to examine all sides of every question, to know all the facts, to compare all the arguments. As Jefferson put it in a classic statement, error or opinion might be safely tolerated where reason was left free to combat it. But reason is not free where state censorship or popular emotion, however benevolent or well in- tentioned, seeks to dictate what people shall read. Nothing would be more fatal to American democracy than a failure of Americans to realize what com munism teaches, how it appeals,where it is wrong. Even the man in the street or the citizen in the library needs to be free to convince himself on this vital subject. It is this faith in the individual that chiefly differentiates democracy from totalitarian ism. If an occasional warped or maladjusted thinker is befuddled be reading Marx or the New World Review, this is a small price to pay in com parison with the universal atrophy of thinking that would take place if a rigid censorship were im posed. And censorship seldom stops where it starts. The trustees of the library are to be commend ed on their unequivocal stand for traditional Am erican freedom. There has been much fine support from the public and press, including such a well- informed anti-Communist fighter as Hei'bert Phil- brick. Totalitarian thinking can make small in roads on a people so alertly committed to the fund amentals of liberty. 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 are 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 are also reserved. News contributions jnay 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 Harri Baker Peggy Maddox ..Co-Editors Jerry Bennett Chuck Neighbors Today’s Issue News Editor Assistant News Editor Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors, Bob Selleck. News Editors Gus 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 Kiuslow, H. M. Krauretz. Jim Larkin, Steve Lilly. Kenneth Livingston. Clay McFarland, Dick Moore, Ro land Reynolds. John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard, and Tommy Short. .Staff News Writers Jo« B. Matter Editorial 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 Collihs... 1 '....' File Clerk Thelton McCorcle Staff Cartoonist LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UN, Charity, Disarmament Kentuckians Continue Praise of Ag Spirit Editors, The Battalion: the demonstration of your student I want to express to you the body after the game. The game feeling of our football team, coach es, the Kentucky Fans, and myself on the fine sportsmanship that was shown by your student body and the officials of your school when we played your football team in College Station. We were all impressed by the friendliness of your students on the campus when they greeted all visitors with a “Howdy”. I under stand that this is traditional and it certainly makes all outsiders feel -welcome. I have never seen anything like ‘Cat Calls At Town Hall’ Editors, The Battalion: I’m not writing this just to get it in The Battalion. I do hope that you will consider its material for an editorial or pass it on to the senior class president. Two friends, my wife and I, at tended the Town Hall concert. The program was very high in the en tertainment field. We enjoyed it all, except -we were rather em barrassed for the sake of the en tertainers, the respectable people in the audience, and' for each oth er because of the whistling, lewd remarks, and cat calls made by some of the audience. It was rather hard to see any' of ’the traditions passed down by Lawrence Sullivan Ross on dis play there. It was more like what one would find in a burlesque house. Outside the theatre, the students more than fulfill these traditions. I’m proud of the Aggies here and so is everyone else. Aggies are even proud of themselves, be cause of this. Some may say that this is a man’s school, and you should ex pect things like that. If that’s true, why don’t we make the lewd re marks, cat calls, etc., in the broad daylight ? It seems that it doesn’t take much of a man to make an obnoxious outcry in the secrecy of the dark. We owe it to our college to act like the knightly gentlemen we profess to be. Kelsie O’ Roach ’49 was hard-fought and clean and was a heart-breaking loss for everyone from Texas A&M. When your students carried both teams off the field it was a won derful display of good sportsman ship. One of our players remarked after the game that the Aggie students carrying' him seemed to be as proud of him as they were their own players. In Coach Bryant’s television program Sunday he said that he had never seen such a display of school spirit as your students showed during and after the game. All of us here at Kentucky mar veled at your school spirit and ap preciated your fine hospitality. Bernie A. Shively Director of Athletics University of Kentucky WhaFs Tuesday 7:30 p. m.—Ag Eco Club, Room 3C, MSC. Caldwell County Club, Room 2B, MSC. . Fish and Game Club, Ag. Engi neering Bldg. Architecture Society, New 4th Year Lab., Organizational Meet ing. Austin Chapter of Houston Club, 3rd. floor, Goodwin 7:45 p. m.—Pre-Law Society, As sembly Room, YMCA. 8 p. m.—IE Wives, Residence of Mrs. Chris Groneman. Married Couples Dance at Meeting Dancing was the highlight of the MSC Married Couples meeting held Saturday night in the MSC. Fifty members were present. A square dance to be held in the Assembly Room was planned for Satux-day, Nov. 22; said Ray Davenpox-t, advisor to the group. An instructor will be present at the dance, he said. During the business meeting, members decided to raise dues to $1 a semester for each couple to pay -for refreshments. ‘Prayer Necessary Item For World Peace’—Page The destiny of the United States depends on whether an agreement can be x-eached with Russia for both nations to dis- axm at the same rate and at the same time, said Di\ Kix-by Page, Christian youth leader, at the A&M Presbyterian Church Sunday. “The Atomic Energy Commission says we have all the atomic bombs we need, enough to destroy all the sources of production in Rus sia,” said Page. He pointed out that the centex-s of px-oduction also happen to be the centers of pop ulation and the next war will be a total wax', one that will include all the people in the nation. Page explained that with the methods of communications and our warning stations the war ac tion would be moi’e or less simul taneous axxd both nations would have their production centers de stroyed at appx’oximately the same time. Cooking Hill County A&M Club, YMCA Bldg. Camex’a Club, MSC Social x’oom. Wednesday 7 p. in.—Brazos County TSCW Exes, MSC. 7:15 p. m.—Hillel Cultural Meet ing, Room 2A, MSC, A late Israeli film will be shown. Institute of Aeronautical Sci ences, Room 3B, MSC, Movies 7:30 p. in.—Aggie Christian Fel lowship, YMCA Cabinet Room. “We need to pi’ay for our gov- eimment officials, our enemies, and pray that we might become clear thinkers. Praying,” said Page, “is one of the most powerful forms of peace making.” “We ought to live with a great, concern about all people. Before peace can be obtained we need to do away with starvation, malnu- txftion and feax\ The Point Four pxogx-am is a vexy good way of helping people to help themselves,” said Page. “We need to wox-k through world organizations such as the United Nations so we might learn how to substitute the confex’ence table for the battlefield.” Korean War Named Page px’esented the Korean War as an example of what happens when peace is attempted by ag gression. “We are not fighting war in Korea our government^ of ficials tell us but are acting as a police fox-ce. Call it whatever you wish, the x-esults ax-e th.e same. Trying to protect Kox-ea with police action has brought the total destruction of most of the laxge towns and has left many dead and the rest merely existing” said Page. “Prayer, a gi’eat concern for all people, woxid „ organizations and total disarmament of all nations ax-e the foux-. necessary items need ed for world peace. One is no more important than the othex-,” Page said. Legal Holiday * Columbus Day, October 12, 1952, falling on a Sunday, and undersigned will observe as a holiday and not be open for business — MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1952 . . . the same being a legal holiday. First National Bank City National Bank First State Bank & Trust Co. College Station State Bank Bryan Building and Loan Ass’n. P O G O By Walt Kelly 7uat*3 ryp/cALry^ ^1 (thatTa why^o it WHAT<3 New | NOTE Fi?oM If 1 THUNK IT WA^ a5out it? ^ryp/cAi? Am? POGO SAVIN' ;6AVIN V'A&vr HE IS l l£AY£ OFF. Jk. MOJ?£M/UC. P O G O By Walt Kelly LI’L ABNER The Treacherous Trunk By A1 Capp