Battalion Editorials
Pag-e 2
THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1952
LSU Takes Lead
To Help, Encourage Profs
¥ OUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY has set
•^the pace with an idea for schools of the
nation to take into consideration. They have
established a way to:
• recognize outstanding professors of
their school
• give them pay raises
• encourage the best instructors in the
country to want employment there.
The Board of Supervisors set up a plan
called “distinguished professorships.” Any
one getting the award automatically will re
ceive a minimum pay hike of $1,000, and
their salary will not be less than $9,600 a
year. These professorships were set up in
honor of David and William Boyd, past uni
versity presidents, and will be called Boyd
Professorships.
President Troy H. Middleton of LSU ex
pressed a sound opinion which struck home
with a number of school boards and systems
around the nation. He said: “One way to rec
ognize these outstanding men is to pay them
enough and let the world know about it.”
How many colleges and universities in Am
erica today base their outlook on professors’
pay according to this idea ?
Names of outstanding professors will be
recommended by the deans and academic di
rectors to the dean of the university. They
must be full professors in their respective
colleges and schools who haye gained na
tional or regional distinction for out-stand
ing teaching, research, or other creative
achievement.
These names will be reviewed by boards
You Are Needed
To Fill Quota
THROUGHOUT Texas, people are saying:
“I would like to give blood today, but I’ve
got my Christmas shopping to do.”
The Texas blood bank and Red Cross of
ficials say they are not getting enough don
ations. Most places holding blood drives are
falling far below their quota.
Along with the “Christmas shopping” ex
cuse, many Texans are complaining because
“we’ve been hearing this story all year—
more blood.”
Texans, and other U. S. citizens, will con
tinue to hear this plea so long as war con
tinues in Korea. The blood which is donated
during these drives is flown directly to the
front.
A&M students and College residents who
have not given this year will have an oppor
tunity to contribute again Dec. 17.
The quota this time is 200 pints. Students
will have a chance to register by applying
with the dean of men’s office. College Sta
tion residents also can make appointments
by calling 4-5014.
Giving a pint of blood before Dec! 25
may make it a “Merry Christmas” for some
one in Korea who might need it.
higher up in the system, and they will make
the decision. The criteria recommended for
consideration in the selections include every
thing from listing in Who’s Who in America,
American Men of Science, and other sim
ilar compilations, down to production rec
ord, books, articles, and other evidences of
productive scholarship in the respective
fields.
LSU has started something with its dis
tinguished professorships which possibly
could be a permanent part of of every first-
rate college’s program. The Louisiana edu
cators seem to feel that through a satisfied
and well trained teaching staff, a better pro
duct and greater school will result.
A&M and other Texas colleges should
take notice.
Late, As Usual
THE FISCAL Office could play Santa
Claus to a lot of people if it would “get
on a stick” and produce the payroll and stu
dent checks of last month.
“Some must folloiv, and some
command, though all are made of
clay.”—Loyigfellmv.
Study of Sex
THIS WEEK in the MSG and the YMCA,
sex holds the spotlight. Monday in the
‘Y’ and tonight in the Center.
Lawrence Sullivan Ross and Gov. Rich
ard Coke would have been shocked out of
their boots and leggins had anyone suggest
ed to them the proposal of a course in sex
education, marriage and mental hygiene.
Many used to consider it private, and not
part of a liberal education. Today, this can
not and should not be thought of in the same
manner.
At Dartmouth, an all-male college, a re
quired course for freshmen discusses the
human body, reproduction, heredity and mar
riage.
A&M, like many schools, surveys the
field in a biology course and has an elective
course about the family. Yet, no mention of
the scientific nature of a family is included.
The methods of sex education now being
used here with extra and outside courses
helps considerably. They should be encour
aged, and more study be given to the prob
lem by the school. s
The smell, the smoke, but no fire,
How I hate this dadgum briar.
I only wish that I might have
A smooth tobacco, like a salve.
But this I know, and you’ll agree
About the pipe smoking contest in the
MSC.
It’s tomorrow night and quite an affair
You’ll see my signals in the air.
Pipe Smoking Contestants Practicing
What’s Cooking
Wednesday
2 p.m.—Group Morgan, Room 2B
MSC.
5-6 p.m.—MSC House Committee
Coffee, Assembly Room MSC.
5 p.m.—Ross Volunteers, Room 3B
and 3C MSC.
6 p.m.—Hillel Foundation, YMCA
Cabinet Room. Program is by
Cantor George Wagner of Temple
Beth Yeshurun of Houston.
7 p.m.—Marital Relations, Assem
bly Room MSC.
Bowling Committee, Room 3C
MSC.
7:15 p.m. — Aggie Christian Fel
lowship, Chapel of YMCA, Film
“God of the Atom” will be shown.
Lufkin Club, Fountain Room
MSC.
Bi’owsing Library Committee,
Room 3B MSC.
Executive Committee, Senate
Chamber, MSC.
Hillel Foundation, Room 2C
MSC.
7:30 p.m. — Air Force Reserve,
Rooms 2A and 2B MSC.
AVMA Auxiliary, Social Room
MSC.
Kiwanis Club Installation Ban
quet, Ballroom MSC.
7:45 p.m.—Dinner for Entertain
ers from Prairie View, Room 2D
MSC.
Thursday ,
8 a. m.-5 p. m. — Petroleum Re
search, Ballroom MSC.
1-10 p.m.—Pipe Smoking Contest,
Assembly Room MSC.
1:30 p.m.—Group Breazeale, Room
2A MSC.
CA Elects Strange
Planning Chairman
Don Ernest Strange, Junior
from Abilene, was elected chair
man of the planning commission
for the regional Canterbury Asso
ciation at the Episcopal Students
Convention lield in San Antonio
Dec. 5-7.
Strange was among 28 A&M
students from St. Thomas’ Chapel
who attended the meeting. The
principal speaker was the Rev.
John Paul Carter, Episcopal chap
lain at the University of Texas.
The regional Canterbury Asso
ciation ■will meet here Jan. 9-10.
John C. Akai'd, junior from Dal
las, is president of the associa
tion.
7 p.m.—Ross Volunteers Initiation
Banquet, Ballroom MSC.
7:15 p.m.—Brazoria County Club,
Room 2D MSC.
Corpus Christi Club, Room 2B
MSC. Final plans for Christmas
dance.
7:30 p.m.—Grayson County Club,
Senate Chamber MSC.
SAME, CE Lecture Room, Film
on flood control will be shown.
Aggie Wives Bridge Club,
Rooms 3B and 3C MSC.
Brush County Club, Room 2A
MSC.
Shower, Room 3D MSC.
8 p.m.—Cooke County Club, Room
2C MSC.
MSC Bridge Committee, Social
Room MSC.
Economy Is
Reason For
AF Change
Provisions of the new Air Force
reserve permanent commission will
be explained by Maj. Norris A.
Hiett, of the 917th VART Group,
at a meeting in the MSC of Air
Force reserve officers in this
area.
“This meeting has been called
to outline the advantages of the
new permanent type commissions
over the old system whereby the
individual reserve officer renewed
his commission every five years,”
sail Col. J. B. Williams, command
ing officer of the 917th Volunteer
Air Reserve Training Group.
Better economy is the principle
reason for the changeover in com
mission, he said. Because of the
administrative workload in re
newing reserve commissions every
five years, Headquarters USAF
has decided to grant a permanent-
type commission..
“The new Commission in no way
affects the reservist’s current
standing in the Air Force Re-
seiwe,” Col. Williams said. “Re-
sexwists still may resign their
commissions at any time under
current Air Foi'ce regulations,” he
said.
Annual Yule Party
In CHS Lunchroom
The annual College Station
Christmas party will be held
Christmas eve in Consolidated
High School lunchroom at 7:00
p. m., said Mrs. Carroll D. Lav-
erty, chairman of the committee
planning the party.
A similar party for the Negroes
of College Station will be held at
the Lincoln High School the after
noon of Dec. 19. Both parties are
sponsored by the College Station
Recreation Council.
“The party is for the people of
College Station and anyone else
who wants to come,” Mrs. Laverty
said.
No definite plans for the pro
grams have been set, except that
they will be short. Santa Claus
will visit both parties and bring
treats for the youngsters, Mrs.
Laverty said.
Lions Hear Aggie
Debaters Yesterday
Fair employment practice was
debated before the Lions Club
luncheon yesterday by the Aggie
debate team.
Students in the debate were
Bert Weller, senior from Harlin
gen; Joe Riddle, senior from Dal
las; John Samuels, junior from
Galveston and Kenneth Scott,
sophomore from Dallas.
Debate coaches Harrison E.
Heirth and John E. Ebbs, both
of the English department accom
panied the students.
The Battalion
Pasture Class Sets
South Texas Trip
The pasture management class
will leave Thursday at 7 a. m. on
a two day field trip to South Tex
as to study pasture improvement
programs and related research,
said Dr. Marvin H. Ferguson, turf
specialist and agronomy instract-
Foods Group Plans
Foreign Dish Menu
The Foods Group of the College
Women’s Social Club will meet at
1:15 p. m. Friday for a luncheon
in the A&M Christian Church,
said Mrs. Walt Matzen, reporter.
The menu for the luncheon will
consist of dishes from foreign
lands.
Mrs. John Denison will review
the book, “Cooking With A For
eign Flavor.”
Christinas Party
Planned by WSCS
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service of the A&M Metho
dist Church will hold their annual
Christmas party Monday, Dec. 15,
at 7:45 p.m. in the Wesley Eoun-
dation Building.
The Wesley Foundation drama
group, under the direction of Mrs.
Robert Sneed, will present a
Christmas play entitled “Good
Tidings of Great Joy.”
Members of the WSCS are ask
ed to bring gifts for the under
privileged children to the party.
Wives Club to Plan
Yule Party Wednesday
The I n d u s t r i a 1 Education
Wives Club Will meet at 7:45 p. m.
Wednesday in the South Solarium
of the YMCA for the monthly bus
iness meeting.
Plans will be made for a Christ
mas party, said Mrs. LaVerne
Blaylock, reporter.
FROM THE CITY DESK
New Schools
Require Only
People’s OK
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
The College Station school
board has a new school build
ing program all planned, in- *
eluding a bond issue and a tax
raise, but the go-ahead signal
will have to come from the
people. *
Nothing can be done until
the registered, property hold
ing voters decide in favor of
the bond issue at the election
Jan. 20.
At that time, they will be'
asked to approve a $650,000
bond issue to cover the cost
of the program, which includes
the building of a new high school
and an elementary school in Col
lege Hills.
If approved, the bonds will bo
sold to the lowest bidder, that is,
the bonding company that agrees
to accept the lowest rate of inter
est. School authorities would like
to get a three per cent interest
rate.
A bonding company will prob
ably buy the whole issue, then
sell the bonds to individuals. Col
lege Station people will be entitl
ed to first option on them. ^
Unless the school board has
enough revenue to assure interest
payments on the bonds, bonding
companies won’t consider buying.
This is why the school board will '
have to raise taxes. The proposed
$18,000 yearly increase in taxes
will give them a total yearly rev
enue of $105,000.
About half of this will be used
to pay. interest on the new bond
issue and past bonds, and the rest
will be used for maintanence and
operation of the school system.
Asks Evaluation Raise
At the City Council meetiipi
Monday night, the school board
asked if the city would considel
raising its evaluation to make it
the same as the school board’s in
crease. Since both taxes are assess
ed and collected by the city, hav
ing two different evaluation rates
would considerably complicate tax v
gathering.
This would not necessarily
mean an increase in city taxes,
according to city officials. The 4
city could cut back its tax rate
proportional to the evaluation in
crease, so the city taxes would
remain the same.
For instance, if the evaluation
were doubled, the tax rate would
be cut in half, cancelling the ef
fect of the evalluation raise as
far as city taxes are concerned.
The school board would also cut
back, its tax rate after the evalu
ation raise, but the rate cut would
be adjusted to give a school taj
increase.
Using the same example, if tin
evaluation rate were doubled, the >
school board might cut its rate by
one-fourth, giving an increase in
revenue without assessing the full
rate allowed by the new evalua
tion. *
Seeks Full Amount
The school board is now taxing
the full amount allowed under the
present evaluation. They hare the
power to raise the evaluation for
school tax purposes whenever they
feel the need, as long as the eval
uation does not go over the prop
erty’s actual worth.
The Texas Education Agency
and the state Attorney General’s
office check school boards on fin
ancial matters of this sort.
The exact amount of the tax in
crease will not be decided on until
the bonds are sold.
(See SCHOOLS NEED, Page 4)
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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