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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.
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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.
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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,
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