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p Page 2 THE BATTALION Tuesday, February 24, 1953 Flight Ops for Groundhogs IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED Eagle Will, Shows III Judgement By ED HOLDER Battalion Managing Editor The great Eagle soared down from his lofty mountain perch not long ago and surveyed his new kingdom nestled in the peaceful Brazos Valley. He was sent there by the great white Eagle. It seems the eagles’ clan was about to enter into combat with a huge Bear who lived across the wide river. The visiting Eagle’s job was to recruit more eagles to fly into battle against the monstrous Bear. For at that very moment this Bear was making his way tediously up the side of the moun- tian, threatening violently with his huge weight and sharp claws. The Eagle lit on his new perch and gazed about. He began to talk to the inhabitants of the valley, but at once found it difficult to recruit enough fighters for his almighty patriotic cause. But he had a job to do, and being a highly determined eagle, he at last struck upon an idea which seemed a means to end all means. He would convert groundhogs to his cause. He would teach them how to fly. He would tell them of the honor and glory of flying like an eagle, and they would fall in step to the pound of his drumming 1 , perhaps receive the Eagle’s Cross Then he could fly back to his for service Above and Beyond the mountain with all the recruits, and call of duty. Groundhogs Did Not Want to Fly Holder Safeguard Academic Freedom Communism Search to Aid Colleges, Jenner Asserts LETTERS TO THE EDITOR U of T Prof’s Plans Cause Careful Reading Trouble at once invaded the peaceful valley. For some strange reason which he couldn’t compre hend, the groundhogs didn’t want to fly. Only a fourth of them fell to the tune of the drum beat. However, the strong headed Eag le relentlessly indoctrinated h i s groundhogs at assemblies he called together. He told them how stupid it was not to want to master the air, that if they didn’t join in the fight, the Bear would pounce on them after he conquered the mountain. The Eagle even gave each of his recruits a wing so the other Editors, The Battalion: An item you carried in the Feb. 20 issue was so amazing I had to read it a second time to catch the full significance of it. In the first publication, did it not occur to you that you were becoming party to a plan to damage our own depart ment? We have a German depart ment which offers four basic cour- WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — GP) — Chair man Jenner R-Ind. said today the Senate in ternal security subcommittee’s search for communism in the schools is designed “to protect and safeguard academic freedom,” not attack it. “There can be no academic freedom until this Soviet conspiracy hidden in our schools and colleges is exposed to the light and the rule of Moscow over its adherents in the ed ucation world is broken,” he said. Jenner’s statement was prepared for the subcommittee’s resumption of hearings today and obviously was intended as a reply to re cent criticisms of congressional investigators invading the educational field. Four Witnesses Called Four witnesses, not named in advance, were called to testify today. Three were de scribed as professors from the New York City area and the other as from Washington. Earlier, Jenner had called Sen. Taft of Ohio, the Senate Republican leader, “rather naive” for remarks he made in a speech in Chicago on Saturday. “The record of this committee, when we complete our hearings, will be a complete an swer to anything of that kind,” Jenner said of Taft’s speech. Taft had said congressional investigators have the right to expose Communist teach ers. But Taft, who is a member of the cor poration of Yale University, also said, “I would not favor firing anyone for being a Communist unless I was certain that he was teaching communism and having some ef fect on the development of the thought of the students.” Overwhelming Evidence Seen Jenner’s statement today said his sub committee has “overwhelming evidence . . . that there is a small but dangerous group of teachers in our public schools and colleges . . . This net work is operated from Moscow through the Soviet disciplinary organs in this country . . .” “The firnt line of deVense against this conspiracy,” Jenner continued, “lies in our private schools and colleges and in the local government officials responsible for tax-sup ported institutions.” But he said they are struggling against “a world-wide conspiratorial organization” and cannot meet the threat alone. The func tion of Congress, he said, is to help them by dealing with “the national and international aspects of this conspiracy.” Summey To Speak Student Activities Fee groundhogs would see how proud place, the headline, “UT Prof to ses and also makes available cour- and exclusive their brothers were. Still the stubborn groundhogs re fused to go away with the Eagle. They told him, “We don’t want to fly away with you. We’ll be gone Teach Graduate German Here,” is ses for “graduate students pre misleading, since there are no paring for the examination in for- -students here who are qualified to eign languages.” Furthermore, we At Hillel Meeting take German courses on the grad uate level. The body of the article four long years from our happy correctly states “courses to grad- home in the valley.” But the ever-wise Eagle replied, “Alright. You stay here and run and play. Feed on the bountiful grass and herbs in this peaceful valley and enjoy your ill-won life of ease. He left. Displeasure Turns to Forceful Anger Growing more displeased with each day’s failures, the Eagle came upon his last and most horrible means of accomplishing his mis sion. He would threaten the groundhogs. And naturally if he threatened them, he Avould be forced to back his word. For he was an Eagle First Class, and he had gained the title through compliance to orders and holding to his convictions. lie assembled the groundhogs and declared, “I have the power and authority to use any means available to persuade you ground hogs to fly. I haven’t resorted to this yet, but if you persist in being Irvin Will Speak To AAUP Tonight Barlow Irvin, athletic director, will speak to the American Asso ciation of University Professors at 7:30 tonight in the YMCA. Irvin will talk on “Major Prob lems in the Administration of Col lege Athletics.” C. W. Crawford, head of the mechanical engineer ing depai'tment, is program chair man. Local membership of the AAUP is 175 and the meetings are open to any interested persons. Daniel R. Davis, associate professor of rural sociology, is president; Dale F. Leipper, head of the department of oceanography, is vice-president and William F. Adams, associate professor of electrical engineering, is secretary-treasurer. uate students preparing for the examination in foreign languages.” So accepting the release for Roth Slated To A ddress A AC Today George A. Roth, personal air craft research center, will speak this afternoon to the Agriculture Aviation Conference in the MSC. He will speak on the “Preliminary Measurements , of Rice,, Seed and Fertilizer.” Nationally known aircraft . en-, gineer and designer, Fred Weick, is chairman of the conference. He was extremely confused, and Weick is supervisor of the A&M his threat was nothing. Absolute ly empty. If only he had possessed the foresight to look a little farth er up the valley, he v'ould have seen thousands of little sparrows obstinate, I’ll make you sorry you ever saw me.” The foolish unsuspecting ground hogs didn’t listen. They thought it was just another wind-blown ex- ageration. There were no new re cruits. In fact some of the groundhogs who had already signed up with him became afraid of the Eagle and withdrew.their names,from his, ranks. The Eagle was furious. Again he left. also give the examination! It is not my purpose here to discuss the merits of Prof. Pol lard’s teaching methods. On the other hand, I assure it to be the height of presumption and arro gance for a department head to travel all day long to pick up a little extra money at the expense of other people’s dignity and live lihood and to do so on the very campus where these other people teach! The least which some of us in the department expected from The Battalion upon receipt of the re lease was to contact us to ascer tain our feeling on the matter. Dr. Lester Beberfall Modern Languages Department (Continued from Page 1) The president showed how the medical fee (one-third of the $15 paid at A&M) is a necessity: “If a boy gets sick in the dormitory with a contagious disease, we would have to take him to the college hospital for protection of others—whether he had paid the fee or not.® In relation to actual cost to the student, he said, “on a voluntary basis, I think every boy would want at least two or three of the items and he would probably have to pay as much for those items as His fundamental theory was h e would for the entire program Dr. George Summey Jr. will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Hillel Foundation tomorrow night at 7:30 in Room 2-C of the MSC Dr. Summey will speak on the ethical teachings of Baruch Spinoza, a 17th Century philosopher. Spinoza, frequently called *“The God Intoxicated Man” was perse cuted during his life for his views on God, man and the universe. He is aclaimed today for being a great liberator of human thought. that God is not part of the uni verse but living and moving in man and the universe at one time. Dr. Summey will discuss Spinoza’s theory of an all-pervading God. Alvin Golman, student president of the Foundation, extends an in vitation to all who are interested. when all are participating. “It would be hard to deny a boy participation in intramural athle tics and recreational programs be cause he had not paid his activity fee, and yet those who did pay should not bear the cost for all.” know of a single student at A&M who had to drop out because of the required activity fee in the* last five years. “Only 20 hours of student labo. 1 are necessary to earn a boj enough money to pay the fee, n President Harrington told thi committee. “We have people beg ging for student laborers but \v{ cannot get boys who need tht money badly enough to take the jobs. “I do not think a required stu dent activity fee will keep any boy from getting his college educa tion,” the President concluded. Money collected from the activi ty fee at A&M goes to the college hospital, athletic department, MSC, The Battalion, The Aggieland, In tramural athletics and the college swimming pool. A similar bill expired in October P O G O wind tunnel at Easterwood Airport. The Ag-1, latest airplane for agriculture use, is being display ed at Easterwood Field in connec tion with this conference. Weick just begging to join in the fight Avas designer, builder and tester and take to the air. But the Eagle, of the plane. ycxftfe Tfvrt, AC through the orders of the great white Eagle, had declared that a certain amount of these sparrows must stay on the ground. The Eagle who needed recruits so desperately would not t u r n around and accept the many re quests from the tiny but powerful sparrows. It was too simple. But these small birds grow in size as their numbers increase, and a few vyill soon make the many, and this many will eventually comprise the power which he so blindly demands. Various firms have displays per taining to the conference on the second floor of the MSC. Shell Chemical Corporation has a dis play on their contribution to cot ton insect control. Dupont and Am erican Chemical Paint Co. are ad vertising their efforts towards “brush killers,” while Southwest ern Supplies Division and Mitch ell Industries Inc. show advance ment in aviation accessories. YOU CANT VO WITHOUT IT-VOU NSrSPlTAiOTJ 6CAP AST WAT6F? vote AWi good. cm A FREE P6&MON NATION ifyee? 1 weu~~w Abtdulgly? ladr •2-23 Pi±~ r - povr-HAut- The President said he did not after a five-year term. By Walt Kelly it— on you IT 1 LOOKS GOOD. MIGHT START A ■ to. 1953 WAL^r P O G O By Walt Kelly SHSTC Honor Roll Names Two CS Student Mrs. Segred Belcher and Juan ita Murray, both of College Sta tion, were among the 140 students named to the honor roll by Sam Houston State Teachers College for the fall semester. Meriwether, ’23, Named Plant Superintendent H. Ross Meriwether, ’23 who re ceived his degree in civil’ engin eering, has been named general superintendent of glass making de partments at Li bbey-0 wen's-Ford Glass Company in Shreveport, John Goodwillie, factory manager announced. JUST A MINUTE, FRlfNP. HWfiYod TOPl/r yGUf? PRODUCT ov tm an'rsa real sport? The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” I l£ OP5N£PUPA APW0FTI5IN' BUREAU AN’ ie mLBP UP WITH DRAWER MAT&RlAL'l HOW THIG ^Va BIG OOOPIOOKIN' Y PUT^VlTGOT A P^RTY T&BVy CHAPGMlLgS OITEN (| WILL THIS , FINE 1Z&COKP IN WORK? TH& ZCZetH AN 7 6AV5\ GELL NEIGHEOK-.Vc“PIRT Vx IN THAT UN&, Ffl&NPj LPL ABNER Death Valley Daze By A1 Capp The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examina tion and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. 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Gossett, Carl Hale, Donald Kemp, Alfred McAfee, Bill Rogers, Ray Smith, Jerry Sonnier, Edwin Stern, Roy Sullivan, Jon Kihslow, Dick Moore, Lionel Garcia, John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard Staff News Writers Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Pijiiippus, Bill Thomas Sports News Writers Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry Amusements Jon Kinslow, Dick Porter, Calvin Pigg .City News Writers Wilson Davis Crculation Manager Conrad Strelau, Lawrence Casbeer, Robert Huey, Jewell Raymond, J. R. Shepard, Don Young, Fx-ed Hernandez, Charles F. Chick Circulation Staff Bob Godfrey, Davey Davidson, Roy Wells, ' Keith Nickle, Melvin Longhofer, Herman Meiners. .Phot Engravers Gene Rydell, Perry Shpard, John Merill Advertising Representatives Dean Kennedy cierJt AH lS rr dvin.T VES, VOKUM - !S A-DVIN'- TH' MOST I OF ALL FEMALE DISEASES — COORIOSITY# E&OEMftfffTHlS IS MAH LUCKY f|r»* i ”** DAY//' NOW AH KIN LOOK AT D VOKUM'S PITCHER, IN PERFECT SAFETY- r l( 1 ON ACCOUNT, AH IS A -CHUCKLE.'-] GONE GOOSE, AN Y WAY// PANSY//-Gir BACK IN BED AN' DIE LIKE A RESPECTABLE WMmm & y -"T"" '■ At- that moment AH CAIN'T BEAR IT ONE minute longerrr- ah jp GOTTA LOOK AT THET PITCHER O' D. VOKUM/. r NO MATTER WWUT IT DOES TO r ME// LCf,,.. Yv ^ ■(£!