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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1953)
i mminiiujiiift M fol in PXi F.P3 no; pi l TTi| Scl 1 an' in? Inri Co Bo cos TJ. the (let lea TIil fin an( nbl the I Atl to)* un< sai I ■vvit BV Die trnt • ■I i»n Vtm lay TWi F. 1939 Cl Fh 1YF af lef REQ Ca FI. flc 6-: ONE w)j Ni TWO Hil Ea spaJ tact ICLi Page THE BATTALION Thursday, February 12, 1953 The AGGIE-Nizer ‘Shame’ Noted in American Colleges By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Co-Editor “Many of our college grad uates—perhaps a majority— cannot think at all: they can only emote. Some of them cannot speak | g r a m m a t- ic a 1 English and even more could n o t possibly write a full- page letter without half Austin a dozen mis spellings or grammatical mis takes.” These are a few of the char ges made by author Louis Brom- field in “The Shame of Our Col leges,” in March Esquire. Bromfield points to three “ugly seeds” which have given rise to this “tragic general ignorance”: our failure to discipline our chil dren, our tolerance of downright subversion in the schools, and our emphasis on the college degree rather than the college education. C. C. Newton Wins $25 Prize In Tile Contest C. Chartier Newton of Tyler won first prize in the archi tecture department’s first an nual contest sponsored by the Tile Council of America. The Tile Council, made up of the major tile companies of the United States, donates the $25 prize money. Honorable mention went to Robert L. Dabney and James A. Muncey of Dallas, Stephen O. Nall of Tyler, and C. Richard Watson of Bryan. “The Tile competition is to be a sophomore project, with a new program devised by the staff each year,” said Ernest Langford, head of the architecture department. The contest was established to exploi’e and promote the use of ceramic tile for floors and walls of vai’ious types of buildings. This year’s project* devised and directed by Richard Vrooman, as sistant professor, and James A. Davis, instructor, was to design a store or show room in which ceramic tile is sold. Eighty sophomores submitted drawings of their solutions to the jury of staff members. Winning drawings now arc on exhibit in the architecture depart ment, but soon will be loaned to the Tile Council of America. Dance Class Schedule Postponed by MSC The MSC dance classes schedul ed to begin Monday, Feb. 16, have been postponed until the follow ing week, said Miss Betty Boland- er, MSC program consultant. This change was made because of Religious Emphasis Week, she said. Pointing to a subject wide open for criticism, Bromfield elaborates on this plague of our present day society which makes it “the thing to do” to get a college degree. He says, “There are too many who don’t want to be there at all and make passing marks only be cause their teachers nag them or their parents scare them.” These statement we find very true from associating with other- students. How often do you hear a father comment, “I never had a chance at a college education and I’ll do everything possible to see that my son gets one.” The emphasis on degrees from college, this alarming factor in our higher education set up, is caused in part by adults of today who have forgotten the real mean ing of what college education ac tually constitutes. We are mass- producing graduates with fewer over-all qualifications than the man who finished college 30 years ago. Mass-Producing Graduates Why are we mass - producing these graduates? Because society demands that college training be obtained by young men, and even more recently young women, who hope to obtain a place in the bus iness and society world. In attempting to educate these students who are having it “forc ed” upon them, Bromfield says colleges are obliged to “drag down the standards of class, hold back brilliant students and those who are working their way through college because they really want an education, and in general de moralize their schools.” Yet industry laughs at the job applicant who has no college de- What's Cooking Thursday 6 p. in.—Brazos Valley District Dental Society Smorgasbord, As sembly Room, MSC. 7 p. m.—Collegiate 4-H Club, Room 3B, MSC. 7:30. p. m.—Knights of Columbus, Basement of St. Mary’s Chapel. A&M Film Society, Ballroom, MSC. Junto Club, Social Room, MSC. French Club, Room 2B, MSC. Aggie Wives Bridge Club, Rooms, Rooms 2C & 2D, MSC. PetE Club, Petroleum Lecture Room, Important Speaker. 8 p. m.—MSC Bridge Club,, Room 2A, MSC. Friday 8 a. m. to 11 p. m.—Executive Training SC Library, Room 3D, MSC. 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Garden Club, Assembly Room, MSC. 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Executive Training Short Course, Rooms 3B 6 3C, MSC. 7 p. m.—Junior AVMA Auxiliary, Social Room, MSC. 7:30 p. m.—Hillel Foundation, YMCA. Saturday 8 a. m. to 11 p. m.—Executive Training SC Library Room 3D, MSC. 9 a. m. to 5 p. m—Executive Training Short Course, Rooms 3B 6 3C, MSC. 7 p. in.—Delta Kappa Gamma, Social Room, MSC. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second - class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors Ed Holder, Jerry Bennett. Managing Editors Harri Baker City Editor Peggy Maddox ... ... Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Ed Holder Managing Editor Chuck Neighbors News Editor Bob Boriskie Sports News Editor Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors News Editor Gus Becker, Bob Boriskie, Jerry Estes Sports News Editors Vernon Anderson, Frank Hines, Bob Alderdice.Al Leroy Bruton, Guy Dawson, W. P. Franklin, R. D. Gossett, Carl Hale, Donald Kemp, Alfred McAfee, Bill Rogers, Ray Smith, Jerry Sonnier, Edward Stern, Roy Sullivan, Jon Kinslow, Dick Moore, Lionel Garcia, John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard Staff News Writers Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus, Bill Thomas Sports News Writers Jeery Bennett, Bob Hendry. Amusements John Kinslow, Dick Porter, Calvin Pigg. .City News Writers Wilson Davis Circulation Manager Conrad Strelau, Lawrence Casbeer, Robert Huey, Jewell Raymond, J. R. Shepard, Don Young, Fred Hernandez, Charles F. Chick * Circulation Staff Bob Godfrey. Davey Davidson, Roy Wells, Keith Nickle, Melvin Longhofer, Herman Meiners Photo Engravers Gene Rydeil, Perry Shepard, John Merrill Advertising Representatives Dean Kennedy File Clerk grec. Society says “thumbs down” to the girl| who leaves high school and goes to work. Is this mass-produced college graduate capable of thinking, spelling, or writing correct let ters? Chances are you would find the majority of students not able to fulfill all these/ requirements. One of the important factors in this situation is a constant demand from industry to give the student of technical subjects a moi’e spec ialized education. The engineer is a prime example. As technological improvements and innovations are evolved he must add more training to his curriculum—crowding out courses in English, foreign' lang uage, the arts, even economics and business which a prospective exe cutive should study. A Means To Live To quote Bromfield: “What is important is to provide children and young people with the means by which to live, both in a mater ialist and in a cultural sense, to create in them an interest in everything, to encourage and ‘spark’ their enthusiasm along the lines of their special inclina- ations. We have tried always in our household to make the world itself seem a,stimulating and fas cinating place and to scorn the “Hoodlum Empire” “Tough Girl” CIRCLE 4-1250 TONIGHT & FRIDAY Children Under 12 FREE When Accompanied by an Adult MltRO-GOlPWVN-MAYEft PICTUKt. ' 7£Cf/MCO(-OfZ^‘ ,,r ‘ Este WILLIAMS MATURE Walter PIDGE0N*“ BRIAN —Also "van HEFLIN PATRICIA NEAL PERREAU -■•sir. •OTthFatfier" THURSDAY thru SAT. “Indian Uprising” FRIDAY PREVIEW lechnicolor! SATURDAY PREVIEW QUEEN THURSDAY thru SAT. see” hitler sim 1 IN LOVE NESL mind which does not operate clear ly, logically and with force.” Addition of more specialized training to the technical curri cula, however, is not the only rea son graduates may be poorly qual ified. Industry and the world of busi ness demand a highly trained graduate, then usurp outstanding educators for their own employ ment. Colleges are therefore faced with the problem of training stu dents with a professorial staff in adequate to meet demands of bus iness. Colleges also offer unpleas ant conditions of employment to graduates who would remain in the field of education. The majority of large colleges and universities in the United States are tax supported. When we must rely on state and govern ment funds to compete with sal aries paid by industry, it is easy to see who will out do the other. Wrung Kind of Education Bromfield says we do not have too much education, despite all the colleges in the US; our problem constitutes too much education of the wrong kind. A few of these wrong kinds he TODAY & FRIDAY JOSEPH COTTEfi SHELLEY WINTERS SCOTT BRABY 4-J181 TODAY & FRIDAY •—Feature Starts— 1;52 - 3:54 - 5:56 - 7:58 - 10:00 They're livin' it Up Again! NEWS — CARTOON COMING mentions are: “the mediocrity and bleakness of too many American homos, the crowded schools, the poorly paid teachers, the vast numbers of young • people who should not be occupying space in a‘university or college, the mass neurotic emphasis on sports, and the pedagogic dry rot which has been eliminating the human and humanist element from our thought.” We agree with Bromfield’s conclusion,- “education at its pre sent stage in the US seems to be merely messy.” Like that author, we hesitate to suggest any solutions or re forms to the problem. The late John Dewey of Columbia Univer sity thought he had the answer in the early thirties with “progres sive education.” It swept the coun try and was a thorough flop. Leaders of tomorrow—a solution is needed! Vanity Fair Deadline Extended to Feb. 21 The deadline for turning in Van-1 ed from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21, said ity Fair pictures has been extend-! 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