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Page 2 THE BATTALION Tuesday, October 28, 1952 People of Texas On Top—Students Bring Up Rear A&M Has Definite Chain Of Command Plan Throughout the ages, man has found that survival is possible only tnrough cooperation of individuals and respect for constituted autnonty. wnetner this aumonty be a ciub, as in tne days of the stone ages, or our laws oi today, tne principle tnat one party is responsible to tbe otner still stands. , xuday many are wondering, “Who runs A&M College'/'’ To best answer this, a little history may prove neipiul. The Coliege was estaonsned by an Act ox tne legislature passed April 17, l»7l. Jbecause tne college was icunoed tnrougn an act of tne state legislature, tne owners and op erators of the college are tne people of Texas. Kealizmg tnat it would be impossible for them to operate the college, tne people of 'lexas nave allowed tne governor to nominate bienmnaiiy Va of tne nine memoers or tne ±>oard of Directors of tne A&lVi System. He also appoints by, and with tne advice and consent of the Senate, tnese memoers who serve terms of six years respectively. Tnese men run A&M College. , , The duties of the Board which are of interest now are shown in the following state statutes: “Art. 2613, Powers and duties. The Board of Directors is charged with the duties and empowered to do and penorm the acts hereinafter set forth as follows: “i. Tne .board snail, when necessary, appoint the president and professors of the college and such officers as, from time to time, they may think proper to keep the col lege in successful operation, and may from time to time, abolish any office that in their judgment is unnecessary. (Acts. 1875). “6. The Board shall also, from time to time, make such by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of said college as tney ueem necessary and proper tor tnat purpose and shall regulate the course of gtudy, the rates of tuition, th manner of performing labor, and tne kind of labor to be performed by the students of said college and shall also pre scribe the course of discipline necessary to enforce the faith ful discharge of the duties of the professors, officers, and students. (Acts 1875.)” Having appointed a President of A&.M, who was nom inated by the Chancellor of the A&M bystem, the Board charges him with carrying through their policies as he sees fit. The Board can do whatsoever they wish, and the presi dent must follow their wishes, because the Board represents the people of the state. The President then nominates professors and staff mem bers who are hired by the board of directors on his. recom mendation. He, however, is held responsible for the running of the college. The President has two persons who work closely with Art. 1152 (PC) “Hazing” defined. No student of the Uni versity of Texas of the A. and M. College of Texas, of any normal school of Texas, or of any other state educational in stitution of this state shall engage in what is commonly known and recognized as hazing, or encourage, aid or assist any other person thus offending. “Hazing is defined as follows: 1. Any wilful act by one student alone or acting with others, directed against any other student of such educational than ten days nor more than three months, or both. (Sec. 3, Id.) Art. 1155, (PC) Teacher, etc., punished. Any teacher, or instructor, or member of any faculty, or officer or director of any educational institution who shall commit the offense of hazing shall be fined not less than fifty or not more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in jail not less than thirty days or not more than six months, or both, and in addition thereto shall be immediately discharged and re institution, done for the purpose of submitting such student moved from his then position or office in sucn institution, 0 f fhe attack committed, to indignity ^ -- 1 1 -" ^ ^ ^ made the subject of the humiliation, witnout his consent. 2. Any wilful act of any one student alone, or acting with others, directed against any other student of such educa tional institution, done for the purpose of intimidating such student attacked by threatening such student with social or other astracism, or of submitting such student to ignominy, shame, or disgrace among his fellow students, and acts cal culated to produce such results. 3. Any wilful act of any one student alone, or acting with others, directed against any other student of such edu cational institution, done for the purpose of humbling, or that is reasonably calculated to humble the pride, stifle the ambition, or blight the courage of such student attacked, or such to discourage any such student from longer remaining in such educational institution or to reasonably cause him to leave such institution rather than submit to such acts. 4. Any wilful act by any one student alone, or acting with others, in striking, beating, bruising or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim, or to do or seriously offer, threaten, or at tempt to do physical violence to any such educational insti tution or any assault upon such students made for the pur pose of committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results to such students as defined in the preceding sub divisions of this article. (Sec. 1, Act April 3, 1913, Acts 1913, p. 239) Art. 1153 (PC) Teacher, etc., assisting in hazing. No teacher, instructor, member of any faculty, or any officer or director, or a member of any governing board of any of such educational institutions shall knowingly permit, encourage, aid or assist any student in committing the offense of haz ing, or wilfully asquiesce in the commission of such offense, or fail to promritly report his knowledge or any reasonable iformation within his knowledge of the presence and prac- ice of hazing in the institution in which he may be serving to the executive head or governing board of such institution. \ny act of omission or commission shall be deemed “hazing” Mer the provisions of this chapter. Sec. 2. Id.) Art. xx64 (PC) Student punished. Any student of any of and shall thereafter be ineligible to reinstatement or re-em- ployment at teacher, instructor, member of faculty, officer, or director in any such state educational institution for a period of three years. (Sec. 4, Id.) College students should remember that they do have the right to petition. Should they want the Board of Directors to hear their case, they can arrange it in an orderly manner. A committee seeking such an audience can gain it through the help of the President who will forward their request to the Board. The President and members of his faculty and staff were hired by the people of Texas to work for you. “Gov ernment is not mere advice; it is authority, with power to enforce its laws.” Groneman Asked . To Be Guest Editor Dr. C. H. Gi-oneman, head of the industrial education department, has been invited to serve as guest editor of the “School Shop Safety Newsletter,” a monthly publication released by the National Safety Council of Chicago, 111. Dr. Groneman will assume .this responsibility for the current school year. He is a regular con tributor to several professional magazines, and it was through this activity that he was invited to serve as guest editor. WHAT? An Engineer Major and You Don't Know? Read the Answers in Friday’s Paper him in the operation of the school. He nominates the Dean the said state educational institutions of this state who shall of* Men and the Dean of the College, both of whom must be hired by the Board. fue xxean ox une College is held responsible to the Pres ident for the scholastic work of the students and the college. The Dean of Men is held responsible to the President for the supervision of student life. All matters of student life, other than the academic, shall be through the Dean of Men to the President. j , | | i ; ;i i 1 i \ Umx^r the Dean of Men is the Commandant of Cadets. All military dormitory counselors will be responsible to the Dean of Men through the Commandant for the counseling of Cadets, supervision of the complete dormitory life and the enforcement of college regulations. The senior officer in each cadet dormitory shall be responsible for the proper con duct of the dormitory. All non-military dormitory counselors will be responsible to the Dean of Men for the counseling -of non-military students, supervision of the complete dormitory life and the enforcement of college regulations in the non military dormitories. Students have the right of petition and privilege of suggestion and objective criticism; however, this does not sanction rebellious protests against constituted authority in compatible with good order. This too is taken from college regulations, the governing principles used by the President to fulfill the wishes of the people of Texas. The Corps of Cadets is ruled with the use of the Arti- be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hun dred and fifty dollars or shall be confined in jail not less F amous Life Photos Displayed in MSC Memorable LIFE photographs are on display at the MSC. The ex hibition, sponsored by the Archi tecture department, will be shown until Nov. 2. The 187 photographs in the dis play have all been published on the pages of LIFE during the past 15 years. They reflect the history of the period from before the out break of World War II in Europe to the present day. While on view at the Museum of Modem Art in New York from Nov. 20 to Dec. 11, 1951, Memor able LIFE photographs attracted a great deal of favorable comment. Included in the Avork are photo graphs by some of America’s most talented photographers such as W. Eugene Smith, Fritz Goro, An dreas Feininger, and Dmitri Kes- sel. Commanders Meeting (Continued from Page 1) while our punishment in some in stances might be more than what would come from a civil court. “This is a military college and it expects students to respect as well as obey constituted authority,” Davis said. The commandant explained when physical inspections are held, col lege officials are not checking on commanders to see if they are do ing their job. Instead, the inspec tion is for protection of command ers and the college. Further explaining his feelings about the discipline problems in the corps of cadets, Col. Davis said, “There are always some people some cles of the Cadet Corps, which are included in the college many' oT you° men^bi ^ regulations. “The Cadet Corps is organized as a military unit panies who will do with corresponding command and leadership responsibilities and functions under the command of the Corps Commander . . . persons taking military or air science and tactics are sub ject to the Articles of the Cadet Corps, on and off the camp us, between the fall and spring semesters, holidays, and while in attendance at ROTC summer camp.” The cadet offi cers operate the corps under the direction of the comman dant. Under the Articles of the Cadet Corps, “hazing” may lead to the suspension or removal from the college. Here is the term “hazing” as defined by state statutes. sure your com- things behind your back, even though you have instructed them otherwise. I would like to point out it is easy to break a contract if a man refuses to obey orders.” Col. Davis, emphasized the point of leadership by saying, “We sometimes think only of authority and responsibility, omitting lead ership which will take care of authority and responsibility both.” Jack Mathews, first division sen- The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” ior asked what college officials would do if all sophomores in a company refused to submit to a physical inspection even though the regulations state the college has authority to require it. Col. Davis answered by re fusing to make a statement, but pi-omising that each case would be handled on its own merits. The commandant told command ers he feels there are many men in the A&M coi-ps of cadets that are not interested in the military. “I sometimes wonder why they came to A&M, knowing it was a military school, if they weren’t in terested in the military?” Col. Davis said. Uphold Rating “We have a rating established in Washington which we want to do everything to defend. If a man in your unit doesn’t wish to con- form to regulations and attempts to buck constituted authority, he doesn't want to be a part of our corps of cadets,” the commandant pointed out. Jerry Staffel, freshman band commander, argued Col. Davis had gone about certain things the wrong way, he should have gotten with the commanders and explained certain issues rather than issue an order that something will be thus and so. Col. Davis answered by say ing, “That's what we have tried to do through the officer’s orientation course, open forums, and other meetings. We also hope to elim inate physical inspections, but as long as there is evidence of a board being used the college is charged with the responsibility of doing away with it. I invite a better way to check on the board than a physical inspection; we know of no other way.” Discipline Fallen Off Bill Heggman, corps staff sen ior, asked how commanders can en force things in their units. “Dis cipline has fallen off and we can’t use leadership on some of our men who aren’t matured we need some effective way to enforce things.” “If you have a man who doesn’t comply with regulations you can put him on the bull ring, give him demerits, or get him out of your company if he still won’t obey or- (See CO’s, Page 4) IBM Leading manufacturer of Electronic Digital Computers, Electronic and Electric Business Machines, Time Indi cating, Recording and Signaling De vices, and Electric Typewriters OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Permanent positions ... merit advancement accelerated by outstanding training courses and continuous, ad vanced education programs . . . individualized career development. . . excellent working conditions, salaries and employee benefits. 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