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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1952
Controversial Issues
Should Be Studied
UNDERSTANDING of people can be ac-
complished through education more .easily
today than any method available to the
world citizen.
But to do this, a person should know each
and almost every point about subjects with
which he is dealing. Educators trying to
provide this knowledge, are dealing con
stantly with the problem of infringing on
the sacred rights claimed by controversial
issues.
The new president of the National Coun
cil for Social Studies, John H. Haefner, pro
fessor of education at University High
School at Iowa City, recently proposed his
stand. He said he will use his office to en
courage better methods of teaching, which
includes the study of controversial issues.
Haefner said, “I have no sympathy with
people who want to steer clear of controver
sial issues in schools. If it is an honest-to-God
issue, an important event in today’s world,
it is worth studying and knowing about.
“If we’re unwilling to let competent
teachers discuss controversial issues in class
rooms, we’re not interested in giving our
children the best of education . . .
“We need to consolidate the gains we
have been making in this field. We know bet
ter methods of teaching, but we haven’t
got it working in most schools,” the new
president said when speaking to a conven
tion of the National Council in Dallas.
He emphasized that teachers should use
more pamphlets, radio, television, magazine
articles to expand study. Haefner deplores
tne use of a single text book in study.
“But when you use magazine articles,
you run into the problem of teaching con
troversial subjects,” he said. “Because many
articles are controversial.”
Should Haefner accomplish his goal and
introduce into the public schools the study
of controversial issues, he also will help
many colleges.
Because of certain elements, perhaps
their previous study educators are pres
sured into eliminating such subjects from
lectures. One professor here said: “If you
should want to bring lecturers here, be sure
and keep off of two subjects—religion and
politics. They are controversial and will not
leave a definite answer with the listener.”
Only through attacking the controversial
issues, proposing solutions, stimulating
thought, will answers be derived. Detours do
not help. The downhill road will become a
hill some day. We feel college, where our
guides are more reliable, is the best place to
climb these hills.
When this is done, controversial issues
will be dissolved and included in the every
day life of every student to produce a well-
rounded graduate with a better understand
ing of people.
Tuesday
7p. m.—AIEE, Room 2C, MSC.
Texas Turf Association Banquet,
Assembly Room, MSC.
7:15 p. m. —Agronomy Society,
Social Room, MSC.
7:30 p. m.—ASAE, Ag. Eng. Bldg.,
Program is to be presented by the
International Harvester Company.
ASCE, Civil Engineering Assem
bly Room, Speaker and Refresh
ments.
Table Tennis Committee, Room
2A, MSC.
MSC Dance Classes, MSC Ball
room.
Agronomy Society, Social Room,
MSC.
Journalism Club, Room 2B, MSC.
Camera Club, Room 2D, MSC.
Model night. Bring cameras.
ASME, Rooms 3B & 3C, MSC.
Cafe Rue Pinalle
Signs Two Bands
Sig.
AIIE meeting, Room 207 En
gineering Bldg. Nomination of of
ficers.
Wednesday
8 to 12 noon—Texas Turf Associa
tion, MSC Ballroom.
12 noon—Lion's Club Board of Di
rector’s Luncheon, Room 2D, MSC.
1 p. m.—Group Boyer, Room 2B,
MSC.
2 p. m.—Newcomers Club, YMCA.
Mi's. Jacco Roberts will speak on
Christmas Decorations and Plant
ings. b ■»[
7 p. m. — Bowling Committee,
Room 2D, MSC.
7:15 p. m.—Hillel Foundation,
Room 2C, MSC.
Executive Committee, Senate
Room, MSC.
Aggie Christian Fellowship,
Cabinet Room, YMCA, Ross Jen
nings will speak.
7:30 p. m.—Air Force Reserve,
Rooms 2A & 2B MSC.
Christian Science Meeting, Room
3D, MSC.
Crime Film Rotates
Around Slow Plot
By JERRY BENNETT
Amusement Editor
‘THE TURNING POINT’ star
ring William Holden, Alexis
Smith, and Edmond O’Brien—
Paramount—Campus Theater.
“The Turning Point” spins slow
ly ai-ound the dizzy Hollywood plot
concerning a racket investigating
committee which only proves crime
pays at the box office.
In this latest whirl, Edmond olden)
O’Brien twirls his horn rimmed
spectacles with all the affected
Chest Drive
Short $2,149
Cafe Rue Pinalle, the French
Quarter of the MSC, will have two
bands to play for its’ guests Sat
urday night, Dec. 6.
Claude Harris’ band and the
Latin American Combo are the
bands that will play. Juke box
music will also be available.
The floorshow for the night will
include some previous Rue Pinalle
performers and a few new ones,
said Oscar Garcia, manager. Sche
duled to perform are Pete May-
eaux, vocalist, a trio of Latin
American musicians, and Louis
Wouglas, tap dancer. B. Q. “Buck”
Evans will emcee the show.
There will be a number of spec
ial guests from the Regional Stu
dent Union Conference being held
on the campus this weekend.
Engineers’ Library
Completes Moving
Admission will be 60 cents a
person and advance ticket sale and
reservations are being handled at
the desk of the MSC Bowling Al
ley.
Ike Finishes
Important Job
ASCE to Hear
Houston Engineer
All books, magazines, and equip
ment of the Texas Engineers’ Li
brary have been moved to the new
building, said Robert E. Betts li
brarian.
Organization has not been com
pleted, but the library will open
sometime after Dec. 15, he said.
The Engineering Extention Ser
vice will complete moving to the
System Administration Building
by the end of the week, barring in
terference from bad weather, said
W. H. Badgett, manager of physi
cal plants.
The moving is scheduled to start
today and should be completed in
three or four days if the weather
permits.
Work will be started on moving
the Experiment Station immediate
ly after the Extension Service
switch is completed, Badgett said.
Going into the last week of
their drive, the Community Chest
is still $2,149 short of their $11,019
goal. The deadline is Dec. 5.
Reports ax-e in from all the
solicited donoi-s except one depaid-
ment of the college. Bennie Zinn,
chairman of the Community Chest
committee, estimates that this de
partment will tui-n in about two'
hundred dollars.
“We expect donations to be com
ing in thx-ough January,” Zinn said.
“Several business have told me
they will contidbute after the fii’st
of the yeai\”
Enough contx’ibutions probably
would come in the last of Decem
ber to raise the total a good bit,
said John Longley, last year’s
drive treasurer.
The Chest committee will meet
Dec. 10 or 11 to make a count
of the total returns and to allot
the money.
“The money may or may not be
ulloted on a percentage basis,”
Zinn said. “It’s up to the commit
tee to decide how much money
each agency gets.”
finesse of a cinematic senate in
vestigator as his committee turns
local crime topsy-turvy. After
pouring over tons of documents, as
flimsy as the film’s plot, O’Brien
discovers his own father is one of
the hoods at which he has sworn to
shake his finger.
Celluloid Merry-Go-Round 1
To further complicate matters,!
girl (Alexis Smith) starts neck-i
ing with his best friend (William
dui'ing committee hear-*
ings. Holden is a smooth saroas-
tic reporter who is proficient in
just standing around and slugging
crooks full in the face with tables.
When Holden starts his own pri
vate investigation, he discovers he
needs more than his sarcasm and
typewriter to keep revolving in
this celluloid mei'ry-go-round.
Backstreet Bars
“The Turning Point” manages
to straighten itself at times
through the use of excellent loca
tion photography and the usual
quiet sensitive portrayal of actor
Holden. Moody scenes of back-
street bars, pool halls, and slum
districts are realistic and add sus
pense to the movie.
Although impressive, the pho
tography is not enough to unravel
the standard tangled situations of
“The Tuxming Point.”
Graduation Card
Deadline Set Dec. 9.
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Korean Peace
Seen On Horizon
(DIGHT OF peace in Korea may be near with
^the acceptance of the Indian compromise
proposal by the United Nations political Com
mittee yesterday.
India’s proposal to set up a four-nation
neutral commission to take over the problem
of Korean prisoners of war was accepted 53-
6. Forming the repatriation commission will
be Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden, Switzer
land, although the former two are expected
to refuse to serve because of the Commun
ist stand.
The indication that no progress was made
with the composing of this four-nation com
mittee is shattered with the addition of an
umpire who will serve with the commission
and vote in case of tie. This will prevent the
idleness and costly waste of time which the
United Nations has paid in its peace talks.
Russia’s amendment to the proposal call
ing for a “cease fire” was turned down. This
shows that the UN may be planning to go
ahead without the advice or consent of the
Soviet in climaxing the already costly war.
These steps should have been taken long
ago.
pRESIDENT-ELECT Dwight D. Eisenhow-
4 er may have been thinking of J. Stuart
Mill when naming his Cabinet members. It
was Mill who said: “ . . . The worth of a
state, in the long run, is the worth of the
individuals composing it.”
Whatever the o u t c o m e, Eisenhower
seems to have straddled an issue in naming
Democrat Martin P. Durkin of Chicago sec
retary of labor. The only Democrat on the
next President’s cabinet, Durkin fills a post
which will deal with groups which voted for
the Democratic Party in the recent election.
Ike may be looking for cooperation for
everyone in the future.
His cabinet appointments are:
Commerce—Sinclair Weeks of Boston;
State—John Foster Dulles of New York; De
fense—Charles E. Wilson of Detroit; Treas
ury—George M. Humphrey of Cleveland;
Agriculture—Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake
City; Interior—Gov. Douglas McKay of Ore
gon; Labor—Martin P. Durkin of Chicago;
Attorney General—Herbert Brownell of
New York; Postmaster-general—Arthur E.
Summerfield of Flint, Mich.
Abraham Lincoln, the first of the Repub
lican Presidents, exemplified the country’s
thoughts of the new Cabinet when he said:
“Honest statesmanship is the wise employ
ment of individual meannesses for the public
good.” We hope the Cabinet thinks of it too.
Robei’t J. Cummins; consulting
engineer fi'om Houston, will be
guest speaker at the J. T. L. Mc-
New student chapter of the ASCE
at 7:30 tonight in the assembly
I’oom of Nagle Hall.
He will speak on the construction
of the aqueduct supplying water
fi'om the Colorado River to Los
Angeles and 13 of its neighboring
cities. Slides of the $220,000,000
project will be shown.
Hike in Gas Rates Dance Class Ball
On Council Agenda Tonite in Ballroom
The Aggieland Combo will play
College Station and Bryan city for a formal dance of the MSC
councils will meet jointly Fi'iday,
Dec. 12, to vote on Lone Star Gas
Company’s request for axx increase
in rates.
The company is seeking x’ate re
visions thx-oughout its operating
territory in Texas and Oklahoma.
dance classes tonight at 8:30 in
the MSC Ballroom.
This dance is open to those stu
dents signed up for the fall se
mester of classes taught by Man
ning Smith, said Boyce Holmes,
chairman of the dance committee.
The deadline for purchasing
graduation announcements by sen
iors graduating in January is Dec.
9, the student activities office an
nounced.
Thi’ee conventional types will b«
available. These are the french
fold type, which will cost 13 cents
each or two for 25 cents, the card
board type, which will sell for 45
cents each and the leather type
which will cost 95 cents each.
The announcements will be de-
livei’ed in plenty of time for the
seniors to mail them, said Mrs.
Polly Patranclla of the student ac
tivities office.
Extra copies are not expected to
be available and all students are*
urged to get their orders in soon,
Mi's. Patranclla said. Orders may
be placed in the student activities;
office. „
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