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Battalion Editorials What’s Cooking Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952 Education Is Weapon To Oust Fear of Communism F'EAR IS AGAIN traveling with Americans * everywhere, but congressmen are trying to quiet the terror with their continuation of Communist investigations. Headlines again are carrying the intangi ble results of these inquiries with accusations being the net result. “Life is full of untapped sour ces of pleasure. Education shoidd train us to discover and exploit them.”—Norman Douglas. Dies Suggestions HCHTER once said: “Courage consists, not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it.” Although we will agree with newly elect ed Congressman Martin Dies that we would like to see American troops get out of Korea as soon as possible, we cannot imagine what could be accomplished by pulling out com pletely and replacing all the troops with South Koreans, Chinese nationalists, and Japanese, as he suggests. Dies said: “We ought to give Stalin a dose of his own medicine. It is silly to let him fight us with his stooges when we can do the same thing.” Dies probably does not lack courage, but he has failed to see the danger of the other forces which can be on either side of the fence—friend or foe. It may prove more costly in the end. Both in “face” and, something congressmen un derstand, “money.” “The imbecility of the average man and the lack of poioers of con centration in the average woman are the defects of inferior training and bad educational methods.”— Arthur Pendenys. The main reason for the fear, and prom ise of its continuation, is the lack of knowl edge by Americans of what we are trying to fight. Yet Americans everywhere keep burning, hiding, banning books explaining communism, preventing persons from finding out what causes this fear and unwanted fight. Dr. Buell Gallagher, new president of City College of New York, recently said: “Communism should be taught thoroughly in college classes so that everyone can know what it is. I am unalterably opposed to any form of tyranny over the human mind. “Communism is a doctrine concerned with distortions of the truth . . . lust for power, willingness to exploit the exploited and the use of innocents as fronts. “I would like to make it clear that there is a distinction between communism and teaching what communism is about. I would be against the first and for the second, pro viding that the teaching is objective. Teach ing what communism is about, ought to be part of the curriculum.” Samuel Johnson explained fear thusly: “Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it.—I should not be suffered to tyran nize in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror, or to beset life with supernumerary distresses.” Education of the American public as to what communism is would help lift the “su pernumerary distresses.” Wednesday 7 p. m.—Bowling Committee, Room 2D, MSC. 7:15 p. in.—Hillel Foundation, Room 2C, MSC. Executive Committee, Senate Room, MSC. A g g i e Christian Fellowship, Cabinet Room, YMCA, Ross Jen nings will speak. 7:30 p. in.—Air Foi’ce Reserve, Rooms 2A & 2B, MSC, Lt. Col. W. S. McCulley, commanding of ficer of the 9807 VART Squadron will be in charge of the squadron meeting. He will discuss “Training Methods and Instruction Tech niques.” Christian Science Meeting, Room 3D, MSC. Thursday 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Dairymen’s Short Course, Assembly Room, MSC. Christmas Movie Coming to MSC Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, the ghosts, and all the other charac ters from Charles Dickens’ beloved “Christmas Carol” will parade be fore the children of College Sta tion on film Dec. 13 and 14, Sat urday and Sunday. The MSC is sponsoring four showings of the hour and a half movie as a part of their Christmas celebrations. Saturday the film will be shown at 10 a. m. and 1 p. m. in the Ballroom. It will be shown at 3 p. m. Saturday and 1 p. m. Sunday in the Fountain Room. One toy will be charged as an admission price for the perform ances in the Ballroom. The other showings will be free. The toys will be distributed to the underprivileged children of the College Station area by the MSC Directorate. 12:45 p. m.—Officers Wives Club, The Oaks. 3 to 5 p. m.—Extension Service Club, Rooms 2C & 2D, MSC. 7 p. m.—Dairymen’s Short Course, Dinner, Ballroom, MSC. 7:15 p. m.—Port Arthur Club, Room 126, Academic Bldg., Plans for Christmas Dance will be made. Bosque County Club, Room 2B, MSC, plans for Christmas Dance will be made. . San Antonio Club, 301 Goodwin, emergency meeting concerning Christmas Party. Del Rio Club, YMCA, Reading Room, important meeting. 7:30 p. m.—Land of the Lakes Club, Room 3C, MSC. Student Senate, Senate Cham ber, MSC. French Club, Room 3D, MSC. Aggie Wives Bridge Club, Rooms 2C & 2D, MSC. Marshall Club, Room 2A, MSC. Trans-Pecos Club, Room 2B, MSC. Quarterback Club, Assembly Room, MSC. Dallas Club, Biology Lecture Room, all freshmen please be pre sent. 8 p. m.—MSC Bridge Committee, Social Room, MSC. Senior Pictures Still Being Taken All seniors whose surnames be gin with N through Q who have not had their pictures taken for the Aggieland ’53 should do so as soon as possible, said Guy De laney, co-editor of the yearbook. Pictures will be taken at the Aggieland Studios at the North Gate. Seniors should wear blouses and green ties, said Delaney. Seniors whose surnames begin with N-Q should have their pic tures taken Dec. 3-6; .R-S, Dec. 8-10; T-Y, Dec. 11-45; W-Z, Dec. 16-18. Make-up pictures will be taken Dec. 15-20, said Delaney. The above uniform should be worn for these, he said. “College does for girls lohat brandy does to hard sauce: it spoils the taste without adding a kick.” —Nina Wilcox Putman. “The more you know, the less sure you are.”—Voltaire. WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT THE NEWS Annual Bonfire Considered Waste By Some Students at Stanford From The Stanford Daily (Calif.): The Big Game bonfire is ridiculous. About six or even hundred people lose sleep and waste time piling up trash for the sake of a few “Oh’s” and “Ah’s” during the brief moments when the blaze soars highest. It is perhaps even a greater waste of time than the writing of this article. Can’t we be original? Everybody has bon fires. We build ’em to roast hot dogs or to keep warm. They have ’em at high school rallies. Hell, the cave men even had them. By now the bonfire should be commonplace. Why not have an explosion? Perhaps some powder company would be eager to donate six or seven hundred cases of ex plosives toward our cause. It is certain that the competition as to the size of the explos ives will be much keener than it was in the case of bonfires, since the dimensions of the initial mass gives no indication as to the size of the cataclysm that results. For this reason also more students would be interested. Each year the Lake would become deeper permitting a larger explosion the following year. Perhaps we could even have an H- bomb test in Lake Lag, thereby providing the government with a testing site and giving the Stanford students a “Command Perform ance” each November. Any other alternative are obviously out of the question. Earthquakes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, and the like could not be ar ranged unless we reach an understanding with the Gentleman Upstairs. For these, and the possibility of Lake Lag becoming an active volcano, we can only hope. For the die hards who still prefer the bon fire, a technicolor picture of this year’s bon fire could be taken, preserved, and could be shown at the Gaieties each year—no strain, no pain. Darnell Heads Course Committee AH Profs Return A - L -, DanK !' -‘/'"“I 1 ‘- From ASAP Meet program committee for the Dairy- ^^ man’s Shoi't Course to be held in Members of the Animal Hus- the MSC Dec. 4-5. Registration bandry staff who attended the an- will be from 8 to 9 a.m. Dec. 4. nual meetings of the American “The Dairyman’s Short Course,” Society of Animal Production in Darnell says, “is designed to serve Chicago on Nov. 28-29 include Dr. the dairymen, plant fieldmen and R. O. Berry, Dr. H. O. Kunkel, others who do not have time for Dr. W. M. Warren, and Dr. W. G. more extensive training in dairy- Kammlade. ing or refresher work in this field.” Dr. Sperry presented two pap- R. E. Burleson will preside at ers, “The Maturation Process of the Friday session and Darnell the Ovum of the Sow During Nox - - will preside at the Thursday ses- mal and Induced Ovulation” and sions. “A Pregnancy Test for Max-es Us- Di’. I. W. JEtupel will preside at—Lng...the 3Iale Toad (Biifo).” the banquet session with Dean C. Dr. Kunkel presented a paper N. Shepardson of the School of entitled “A Study of Protein Bound Agricultui'e giving a talk on “The Iodine in the Prediction of Growth Futux'e of the Dairy Business.” The Rate in Immature Beef Cattle,” banquet will commence at 7 p. m. and Dr. Warren’s paper was en- — titled “An Optimum Weighting of A&M Canterbury Club Components of Performance in To Hear Bice Speaker SeleetmE for Hctersols ln Sw "' c - Miss Betty Bess will speak on B rus i, Country Club the national Episcopal students ox'- ^ .* 4- . x> F ganization at a meeting of the * ianS UnriStHiaS x^arty Canterbury Club in the chapel of The annual Chx-istmas party of St. Thomas Episcopal Chui’ch. the Bx-ush Country Club was set An active member of the Rice for Dec. 29, at the Knight’s of Institute Canterbui'y Club, Miss Columbus Hall in Robstown, said Bess x'eccntly represented the Tex- Jack Thornton, px-csident. as Cantex’bury Clubs at a national The pai'ty will be open to all conference in Cambx-idge, Mass. Aggies and foi'mer students. The Battalion LOUANNS DALLAS MATINEE DANCE EVERY SUNDAY 2:00 P. M. to 6:00 P. M. Greenville Ave. & Lovers Lane POGO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR f Spend Time Studying Not Grieving, Says Ex Editors, The Battalion: I have been x-eceiving The Bat talion dui'ing the football season and have enjoyed reading it, but I must admit , space given to “Grievances by the Senior Class” is not good news, but I would say disheartening. I think I can speak fx’om some expei'ience, being of the Class of 1911, and post grad uate . work in 1925, as organizer and Captain of Company 1 when it was first inaugurated. As a former student, and I think I ex press the sentiment of many for mer students, I feel that the prob lems of the senior class are not sufficient to be called gx-ievances, but should be handled by having a discussion with the proper offi cials and then abiding by their de cision. From what I have x*ead in The Battalion about the senior class gx-ievances, it appears that the young men have forgotten that they are not boys any mox-e and that they were admitted to the A&M College for the pux-pose of obtaining an education and while there, complying with all rules and regulations. It is not a ques tion of whether the senior class should decide if they should use a “boax-d” or a “belt,” but one of tx-ying to get a better education without destx*oying the school. They must keep in mind that the people of the state and especially former students, feel as though they have some say in the opera tion of the school and that nothing should be done to hinder its pro gress. Recently, the senior class made the front-pages over the state un der the title of having gx-ievances against the college officials and this does not help the school. In reality, what the senior class has, in liexx of gx-ievances, is an oppox-- tunity to get an education and thereby better themselves for the \ji future and shoulld take advantage of same. I am wx-iting this pex-sonal note to you in hopes that you might ' convey the thought to the senior dass, as coming fx-onx a friend of theirs and the college, with a view that they not only table the mo tion to do away with the “board,” etc., but to forget it and be men and devote their time to their studies. I am sux-e that when they are older-, they will appreciate this piece of advice. E. V. Spence ’ll The Other Side Editors, The Battalion: Just a line fx-onx a couple of Ag gie Exes who are behind you all the way on the grievances which appeared in the Nov. 6 issue of The Battalion. We think the griev ances were well founded, especial ly those concerning senior com panies, mid-night yell practices, and the delegation of more auth ority to seniors for better discip line and control of their units. 1st. Lt. Kenneth S. Hartman ’51 » 1st. Lt. G. P. Riddel Jr. ’51 BATTALION CLASSIFIED BUY, SKIX, RENT OR TRADE. Rales . . . . 3c a word per, Insertion with a *Sc minimum. Space rate in rla.SHified section ... . 60c per column-inch. Send ait classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received in Student Activities office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. • FOR SALE • SMALL 5 room house. Furnished. 106 Coorrer St. GIVE A puppy for Christmas! Clean, com fortable boarding facilities (thermosta tically gas-heated quarters for house dogs). Trimming, bathing, nail clip ping, whelping, stud dogs. Dog food, supplies, crate rental. Open Sundays. Friendly economical. THE BAYARD KENNELS, On Highway 6 south of College. NORGE regrigerator in good condition. 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Dr. Oris Wells, ChlcC of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, USDA will speak on the Agricultural Out look and Opportunities in Agriculture. All students in the School of Agriculture and all freshman In the Basic Division who are taking an agricultural program wil be excused from classes at that hour an{ will be expected to attend. Chus. N. Shepardson Dean of Agriculture Dr. Carlton R. Le« OPTOMETRIST SOSA East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment ATTENTION: Military Graduates for January LEON B. WEISS BOYETT ST. College Station OFFERS: Complete Military Army & Air Force Uniform EASY PAYMENTS TernivS—4 Monthly Payments After Induction Lowest Prices . . . Finest Qualities . . . Finest Firring | by Walt Kelly > Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier. Statesman. 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