Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1952
What’s Cooking
Holiday Driving Brings
New Accident Threat
^HRISTMAS TIME is nearing and again
^thousands of Aggies, their friends and
their families will be traveling over crowded
highways, hurrying to and from just about
everywhere. ** ||
With modern super speedways and new
automobiles advertised with more than 200
horsepower, we can expect that little regula
tion called a speed limit to be badly overlook
ed by most drivers.
We are all guilty of speeding, but the
accident toll is growing to an all time high
as the year ends because of people who forget
where their speedometer needle should stop.
At this time last year the National Safe
ty Council warned the “millionth man” was
soon to die. The millionth traffic fatality
did come as predicted.
At Christmas time the roads are full of
traffic with the unusual number of people
on their way to visit relatives, or just taking
a vacation during the short break at the
year’s end.
Old man weather commonly brings havoc
during Christmas holidays by providing cold,
weet, slick highways to greet the motorist
who sets out on a Christmas trip.
Take care Aggie. Silver Taps is a wonder-
“Education is our only political
safety. Outside of this art all is
deluge”—H. Mann.
Big Baby Boom
Raises Toy Demand
nPHE POST-WAR boom in baby production
•*- is causing toy makers to dance with joy
these days. The Wall Street Journal reports
toy sales may be 25 percent higher than 1951.
Statistically we can see why there’s a
bigger demand for toys. Before the war 2.5
million youngsters were brought into the
world annually. Since 1946 that figure has
been in the neighborhood of 3.6 million.
With more than 15 million children be
tween the ages of five and nine years it
isn’t hard to understand why one of
the nation’s top doll makers has already sold
more than 20 million dollars worth of the
play things this year.
A doll furniture company has orders
which amount to practically 40 per cent
more than 1951 sales. The company presi
dent doesn’t believe he can fill all orders.
And here’s a note of interest: one com
pany which manufactures games credits tele
vision with helping their sales. Mommas
would rather have the children playing with
toys than watching television.
What a wonderful situation. Our popula
tion grows, the toy industry grows, and best
of all everyone seems to be much happier.
The happiest of all, however, will prob
ably be the little tots who don’t worry about
all these percentages or birth rate figures.
They will just take the toys and wait their
turn to worry about such things.
ful tribute to students who pass on during
the school year. But don’t make it necessary
for your friends and classmates to stand in
reverence before the Academic Building
while the notes of “Taps” echo over the cam
pus because you were careless.
Hold the speedometer down to the legal
limit. Be alert and cautious, and remember
the words of a sign that is commonly found
on Texas highways: “If you drink, don’t
drive; if you drive, don’t drink.”
Thursday
7 p. m.—Ross Volunteer’s Initia
tion Banquet, Ballroom MSC.
7:15 p. m.—Brazoria County Club,
Room 2D MSC.
Corpus Christi Club, Room 2B
MSC, Final plans for Christmas
Dance.
Baytown Club, Room 3D MSC.
Pasadena Hometown Club, 305
Goodwin Hall. Final plans for
New Year’s Party.
Lavaca County Club, Academic
Bldg.
English Club, Social Room MSC.
7:30 p. m.—Grayson County Club,
Senate Room, MSC.
Brush Country Club, Room 2A
MSC.
SAME, CE Lecture Room, Film
on flood control will be shown.
Aggie Wives Bridge Club,
Rooms 3B & 3C MSC.
Employes Night in Gift Shop,
Gift Shop MSC.
8 p. m.—Cooke County Club, Room
2C MSC.
Friday
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Petroleum Re
search, Ballroom MSC.
9 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Garden Club,
Social Room MSC.
1:15 p. m.—Foods Group of the
College Women’s Social Club,
A&M Christian Church, Menu of
foreign dishes.
7 p. m.—Petroleum Research Ban
quet, Ballroom MSC.
7:15 p. m.—Hillel Foundation,
YMCA.
7:30 p. m.—The Birthday of the
Prophet Mohammed, Assembly
Room MSC.
Czech Club, Room 2A, MSC.
Colloquim, Room 2B, MSC.
8:30 p. m.—Plant Science Collo
quim, Room 2D, MSC, Soil water-
plant growth relationships will be
discussed.
Dogs or Bears, Consolidated H a S
Mascots Multiply Large PE Program
|^OULD IT BE A&M has run into the same
^ problem which hit the Baylor University
campus several years ago?
Baylor’s mascot is a bear.
Someone decided the bear should have a
mate.
Now Baylor has lots of bears.
With our ten additional mascots, born to
Reveille II last week, it becomes questionable
as to how the little pups will be able to ac
company their charming mother when she
prances ahead of the Aggie Band on formal
occasions.
What a sight—ten little Indians—with
coats that don’t seem to match their moth
er’s. But papa was probably (?) black and
white.
And, alas, the fate of our ten little Ag
gies is still to be determined. Anyone have
any ideas?
“The secret of education lies in
respecting the pupil.”—Emerson.
New Ideas
For Teaching Skill
AT LAST college officials have set machin-
^ ery in operation to provide a means of
helping instructors and professors develop
better teaching skills.
Many professors teach the same course
over and over,' year after year. They soon get
in a rut and overlook new developments in
their field as well as new methods of teach
ing.
Two projects are planned for develop
ment of teacher skills. Present and future
publications will be made available to faculty
members by the college library. A study is
also being made on the feasibility of offer
ing a graduate course in philosophy and
methods of college teaching to be made avail
able to graduate students and interested fac
ulty members.
We hope the faculty will take advantage
of this service planned by the college. We
dare say many students will agree there are
faculty members who could stand develop
ment of their teaching skills.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN...- Co-Editors
Ed Holder Sports Editor
Harri Baker. City Editor
Peggy Maddox ^..Women’s News Editor
Today’s Issue
Bob Hendry. t , News Editor
Chuck Neighbors Assistant News Editor
Ed Holder Sports News Editor
J«rry Bennett, Bob Hendry, Joe Hlpp, 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 Kinslow, 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 Writer?
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Jerry Wiztg, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus
Gerald Estes Sports News Writers
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Jon Kinslow, Ed Fries .City News Editors
Willson Davis Circulation Manager
Gene Ridell, Perry Shepard Advertising Representatives
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Keith Nickle, Roddy Peeples........ Staff Photographers
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Thelton McCorcle Staff Cartoonist
A big program featuring physi
cal education at Consolidated
Public Schools will be held in the
•Consolidated gymnasium tomor
row night at 7:30. C. W. Landiss,
head of the PE department will
direct the program.
Highlighting the festivities will
be a group of seventh graders in
a square dance number. Also fea
tured will be girls’ basketball,
girls’ volleyball, tumbling and re
lays.
Helping Landiss will be Joe
Ecrette, Jerry Crossman, Richard
Bess, Russell Hudeck, Woody
Walker, Charles Russell, Rod
Purswell, and Charles Rollings,
A&M senior PE majors. They are
all student teachers at Consoli
dated.
“The program is open to the
public and no admission will be
charged,” said Landiss. Students
of the high school and junior high
will participate.
Party Set Dec. 23
For CHS Exes
An informal party for the for
mer students of A&M Consolidat
ed school will be held Dec. 23
at 7:39 in Consolidated’s cafeteria.
Invited will be all graduates, high
school seniors, dates, and faculty
members.
“It will be just a get-together
for all the CHS graduates who are
back home for the holidays,” said
Gordon Gay, who is working with
the planning committees for the
party.
Committees are program, Joyce
Patranella; refreshments, Mason
L. Cashion and Lou Burgess; dec
orations, Billy Blakely and Liz
Miller; clean-up, Jason McGee;
and publicity, Lamar McNew.
Moses Manages
Aggie Bowl Squad
Bill Moses, 20 year old senior
from Dallas, Texas, is the man
ager for the Army for the 12th
Man Bowl game.
An industrial technology major
and executive officer of Com
pany A Infantry, Moses is a three-
year member of the American
Foundry Society (AFS and the
1952-53 vice president.
He is a former member of the
fencing team and held the office
of class parliamentarian in 1949
and 1951. He was also a member
of the fish drill team.
When the gang gets together. ••
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