Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1952
FROM THE CITY DESK
Community vs Communism
AT THE HEART of all non-Communist
^ thinking in the West stands the free
individual. But the free individual is not
the isolated individual. Apart from an oc
casional Robinson Crusoe, men must find
freedom in the conditions of their association
with each other. Individual liberties are
best safeguarded in the community of free
men, particularly as found within the demo
cratic nation-state.
But no nation or state today can exist in
isolation, either. The rampant nationalisms
of this period, insofar as they have tended
to set free nation at odds with free nation,
have only contributed to that all-engulfing
collectivist threat which is international com
munism. No single nation-state would be
powerful enough to stand out against a world
gone Communist. Yet no totalitarian tyran
ny could overthrow a society of free, strong
nations in which the bonds of community
were forged by interest rather than by force.
There are Americans today who greatly
fear that “internationalism” is weakening
vital national interests. Not long ago one
of our readers wrote us to this effect:
Our present leaders are so internationally
minded that American lives are becoming
worthless. ... I would not sacrifice one single
American boy for all Europe and Asia put
together.
Europe and Asia are morally rotten.
They were wrapped up in peace treaties and
nonaggression pacts like cocoons. But all
treaties so far have proved useless. . . .
If we keep on sending our boys, and our
guns, and our billions to all corners of the
world, we will lose our heritage that was
won at such a high cost.
It might be pointed out that the most
precious heritage Americans have is their
faith in certain “self-evident” truths, “ . . .
that all men are created equal; that they are
endowed by their creator with certain un
alienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty, and pursuit of happiness.”
World’s
Bravest Man?
A GENTLEMAN from Paris—Dr. Joseph
Markey—should get an award of some
kind for being one of the bravest men in the
world.
Dr. Markey thinks women are inferior to
men, which isn’t too unusual, but he says so
right out loud. He does research on the po
tential of the female mind, and he told re
porters that the “accomplishment potential
of women is staggeringly low.”
They shouldn’t even be allowed to vote,
he plunged on, because “women can’t think
in sociological areas beyond the narrow hor
izons of their own small lives.”
“It’s a melancholy picture”, he said.
Yes, he’s married, and he says all this
in front of his wife. “She nods incuriously”,
Dr. Markey said, “but she is not offended.”
Isn’t their some noble trophy that can be
presented to this man?
Then it might be pointed out that these
truths did not spring into sudden being with
the Declaration of Independence. They have
deep roots iri the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman
past; they developed through long centuries
of common striving throughout western civ
ilization ; they leaped forward with the Prot
estant Reformation; they came to ripeness
in the English parliamentarianism and the
French doctrine of natural rights which
nourished the spirit of American indepen
dence ; and in the historic manifesto of 1776
they opened the way for Americas emergence
today as the great and powerful leader of the
free nations.
Yet it can occupy that position only as
long as it recognizes the common humanity,
the common ideals, which unite it with other
nations. Moral rottenness is to be found in
any country if one looks for it, and it ill be
hooves Americans to call names at this time.
But honest self-interest demands a common
front against a common foe, and that front
can best be maiiltained when each of the
partners recognizes the very real sacrifices
each of the others is making for a common
cause.
In an adjoining column will be fr'ind a
brief but eloquent statement of this truth
made almost 100 years ago by the Hungar
ian ‘patriot Louis Kossuth. The citizens of
Massachusetts greeted him at that time with
the fervent words: “There is a community
in mankind’s destiny.” Today, more than
ever, humanity is on the march. Commun
ism holds out its huge and glittering promis
es, fraught with tragic deception. No man,
no nation, can sulk Achilleslike in a corner
in the face of this vast challenge. Either, as
Franklin said at the signing of the Declara
tion of Independence, they must all hang to
gether or hang separately.
Assuredly there is a community ip man
kind’s destiny—and strength in a common
faith. —Christian Science Monitor.
Knowledge
And Wisdom
CPEAKING before a group of educators,
^ Dr. Harold W. Stoke, dean of the Uni
versity of Washington’s graduate school,
said, “For our generation, the man of dis
tinction will rarely be seen with a book in
his hand.”
Dr. Stoke believes that education for the
sake of learning is taking a back seat in to
day’s ruch for competence.
He declared, “We have created a society
that cannot be run by ignoramuses. We
shall see a continuation of appreciation of
education, but the type of education may
leave us, as educators, unhappy.”
Competence, not learning,” Dr. Stoke said,
“is becoming our accepted goal of education.”
Hasn’t competence always been the goal
of education? The man who has knowledge,
but does not have the ability to use it, is
incomplete. Someone once said, “Knowledge
is the gathering of facts; the ability to use
these facts well is wisdom.”
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Again, It’s Up
To The Voters
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
In a way, the future of College Station as a community
will be decided by the city’s voters Jan. 20. That day the
people will vote on the school bond issue, which if passed, will
provide for the issuing of bonds totaling $650,000, mainly
for the construction of a new high school.
Look at it this way: education is the foundation of any
community. Partly because of the high average intelligence
of its citizens, and partly because of the excellent grade and
high school facilities, College Station has always rated high
in youth education.
Without a new school, this high standard of education
will surely suffer. The schools here, as they are all over
the nation, are rapidly becoming over-crowded. If the school
facilities stay the same, the quality of the education will]. mjM.
naturally drop.
THE CASTING DIRECTOR
Charts Show Increase
The charts at the right show the
expected increase in school popula
tion. The top one shows the
curve for Texas. From about
1947 until now, the curve has risen
steadily. The expected cux-ve, bas
ed on reliable surweys, indicated
that the increase will not taper
of until 1960. The curve for the
nation as a whole over the same
period is almost exactly the same.
The second chart shows College
Station’s expected increase. It is
based on an architect’s survey.
The curve is again the same. With
861 children in all 12 grades now,
1473 are expected by 1960.
The Reason: War Babies
The reason for the increase is
the influx of World War II babies
that is being felt in the high
schools now, and the Korean War
babies that are expected to be in
the elementary school grades
within the next six years.
The school board here has de
cided that a new high school is
the best way of taking care of
the increase. The present facili
ties, which are inadequate for a
high school, will be turned over
to the lower grades, and a brand
new high school will'be built, with
al the facilities that the present
high school lacks.
Fifth Bond Issue
This is the fifth school bond
issue in the last 14 years, and the
third in the last five years. None
of the others, however, has
amounted to over $125,000. This
one is high, because there is a lot
of work to be done, and mainly
because the school board wants to
get all the money at once, rather
than having to ask several times.
One of the nation’s top school
architects, Bill Caudill, has been
chosen for the job. A specialist
in school buildings, he has gained
national recognition for his work
all over the country. Several
plans have already been drawn up
for the proposed buildings, which
would be the most modern pos
sible.
Weigh all the considerations
carefully before you go to vote,
and, above all, be sure to vote.
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