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YARBROUGH SAYS
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"HE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1953
British Opinions Differ
On College Before Draft
111 Relations
Festered Over
Oil Land Issue
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 —
LETTERS TO THE
No Constructive
EDITORS
Criticism
Offered for A&M’s Situation
F’DUCATORS of Great Britain have mixed
■^opinions about drafting students for two
years before allowing a college education. An
article in US News and World Report shows,
however, the majority of British college ad
ministrators and industrial personnel experts
prefer two years of military service before
college.
An Oxford professor recently polled per
sonnel experts in business and industry and
concluded that men are preferred who come
directly from college with their military ser
vice completed before entering college.
In contrast the article says a Cambridge
University professor has changed his mind
after originally concurring with the Oxford
professor. His conclusion was military ser
vice does more harm than good to untrained
minds and advises completing college first.
In the US educators have frowned on any
action to take prospective students into the
armed forces immediately after high school
graduation. Two alarming results are feared
by Defense officials, college authorities and
industry if students are drafted without the
opportunity for college training:
1) A draft of all potentially new students
in 1953 would mean no engineers or atomic
scientists graduating from American col
leges in 1957 and 1958.
2) Schools would be left without any en
tering students, except women and 4-Fs, for
two years.
Still the British educators argue, “Two
years is too long an interruption for a youth
ful student. Especially for students preparing
for the professions. It’s difficult after a two-
“Those who can command them
selves, command others”—Hazlitt.
Pay Raise Proposed
For State Officials
A BILL to raise pay of the governor and
other state officials and also to extend
their terms to four years was approved yes
terday by a Senate committee.
As a proposed constitution amendment,
the measure would need a majority vote of
the people if approved by two-thirds of the
legislature.
The amendment would boost the gover
nor’s salary from $12,000 to $25,000; attor
ney general, $10,000 to $15,000; and comp
troller, treasurer and secretary of state, each
from $6,000 to $12,000.
We look upon this bill as long overdue.
It is indeed a shame when members of the
movie, TV, radio, and theatre profession earn
salaries in the six figure bracket and we qui-
ble over giving raises to these men who run
our great state government.
“Who to himself is law, no laiv
doth need”—Chapman.
long
year interruption to buckle down to a
grind and hard examinations.
The usual conclusion, the magazine says,
Editors, The Battalion:
On reading your lengthy editor-
(7P)—Ralph Yarbrough, Aus- ial in the Wednesday Batt con-
tin lawyer, said today the con- cerning A&M’s so-called decline
and lack in military proficiency,
I was never quite sure which side
you were taking. Although you
stated many true facts concerning
the US’s increase in ROTC pro
grams, I couldn’t find any con
troversy over submerged oil
lands is a “festering sore”
that is “slowly poisoning the blood
stream of federal-state relations.”
He testified at a Senate Interior
Affairs Committee'hearing in sup- , . o
for the majority of educators in Great Brit- port of legislation under which the structive criticism as far as A&M
ain, is to judge each case on its own merits, federal government would give concLine •
“The decision—military service first, or j^ 1 states clear title to the
college first—may depend on the student’s ‘ A f' orme r assistant attorney gen-
personality and the college course he’s to eral of Texas, Yarbrough was
take. For some, military service first may be beaten last year ^ or g ovei ' no1 ’-
wisest; for others, college.” “ The pe0I,le of Texas >” Yar -
in the quantity of students should- has thought or will think they had
n’t lead us to believing that the it a lot rougher than those coip-
quality has dropped also. Further- ing after them. To me this is
more it’s always been a wonder to only natural, and not a sign for
me how so many students can dissolving the corps of cadets, etc.
know what kind of a school this I think if we would only realize
was back in the good “ole Army’ how lucky we are in getting to
Really—IPs Easy
Editing a Paper
merged lands over which the Su
preme Court has ruled the federal
government has paramount inter
est.
brough declared, “are stirred by
this tidelands issue as they have
been by no other issue of federal-
state relations since federal occu
pation troops were withdrawn from
the county seats of Texas at the
close of reconstruction.”
Before 1937, he said, the federal
government had not questioned
Texas’ right to submerged lands
I T’S EASY to put cut a newspaper. extending to her historical boun-
The reporters, young and inexperienced daries 10 ^ m i les out in the s ul1 -
as they are, rarely get the facts wrong. Peo- . Virbiough added equity, jus-
J & tice and just common horse sense—
pie are always identified correctly m stories demand the confirmation of the
and pictures. Nobody is ever misquoted. title of the states” to the sub-
If there’s eVer an error in fact, the people
involved send in letters or call up or come
in and say:
“We understand perfectly. It’s really
okey. An occasional error can’t be helped.
Don’t worry about it.”
And another wonderful thing is that no
body ever questions your right to opinions.
They always say:
“Well, we disagree with you, but you have
a right to say what you want.”
And even when you criticize anybody in
the administration or some other bigwig, he
still acts just as friendly as ever to you, and
smiles.
“We’re still friends. I understand you’re
just doing a job. You don’t have to tell me
you don’t make the news. You just report
it. Forget it.”
Your staff never forgets to get the im-
What struck me was the man
ner in which you degraded A&M
as the real military school, only
to state later in the editorial that
people shouldn’t confuse A&M as
being a soldier’s school, but one
principally for educational pur
poses.
I think that if this latter point
was stressed more, there would be
a lot less debate as to whether
A&M had lost its military stand
ards, etc.
Naturally the Military Depart
ment is a very important one, es
pecially in times like these; but
as the objectives of this college
state, only to be reaffirmed in
your editorial: “A&M is primarily
based on a sound occupational
education of the individual, and
additional training in military sci
ences in case emergencies should
arise. A&M—school of the civil
ian soldier.”
I can’t see that A&M is parti
cularly going to the dogs. A drop
days.
Of course we’ve dropped many
traditions, some good, some bad;
but then they change the models
of cars every year and gilds are
always getting new hairdos.
I suppose every Freshman class
Showed Root
Of All Problems
Editors, The Battalion:
Although this letter is pri
marily to you I am in hopes that
many other people will read it in
The Battalion. I want to compli
ment you on your excellent editor
ial “Loss of Greatest Distinction
go to a school that the rest of
the Southwest respects, we’d be a
lot better off.
Jim O’Keefe ’55
Editors’ note: If you could not
find constructive criticism in the
column, we feel you overlooked
a few dozen paragraphs. We agree
that changes should be made from
year to year, but apparently you
are satisfied with the situation as
it now stands.
Need More Class
Distinction
Editors, The Battalion:
To say that we must choc
be-
Faced.” I think you have present- tween coeducation, mediocrity, and
ed the root of ALL the problems militarism is absurd. I have yet to
that have faced A&M College this be convinced that any one of these
year and will surely face it again courses is the proper one for A&M
next year. I sincerely hope it will to follow.
stimulate some serious thinking, First of all, we must decide
not only on the part of students, what we want. Do we want A&M
but also on the part of the admin- to become another Citadel or VMI ?
’University Lands
Qu a rter-Million
In Taxes Owed
istration, the military department,
and the people of Texas.
It is said that you can always
look back and realize your mis
takes. I think one of the years’
biggest mistakes was the
I think not. Our military discipline
is much the same today as it was
three, four, or five years ago.
It is not military discipline that
has declined recently, but class
ebuild
it is
to be
disci*
fact distinction. If we are to i
the corps from this angle,
class distinction that needs
strengthened, not military
pline.
But the crux of your editorial
was concerned with the coeduca
tion issue, not the military one.
Now don’t misunderstand me,
there are many good things to be
said for coeducational schools, but
would going coed help A&M?
Once again I think not. If the
presence of women were the only
one
that the Grievance Committee
made the requests that we did.
If we had requested only that,
“A&M College become the military
college that it is supposed to be
or begin preparations to become
co-educational,” we would not have
failed. 1 think I am qualified to
„ , . -. .. . , • m • ji say as chairman of the committee
One of the biggest delinquent taxpayers in Texas is the that wc DID fail.
University of Texas, which owes a quarter-million dollars j D0 N0T think we f a ji e( i be-
in back taxes to 19 West Texas counties, charges a San An- cause a u 0 f our requests were not
gelo Standard-Times reporter, Edward H. Harte. granted; for we accomplished more
The reporter says the legislature, prodded by complaints than has come to light as yet, but criteria in selecting ones colleg'
of these counties, must figure out some way to pay the de- because we only scratched the sur- then how could we compete with
linquent county taxes on lands held by the University and f ac c of the problem and did hot Texas University, even if we were
another $80,000 to pay estimated taxes for 1953 and set to the root of the trouble. “coeducationalizcd.” Obviously we
2954. I am not pi’oposing a solution to must compete along other lines.
The A&M System shares one-third of the proceeds from this problem,* for 1 do not know l cannot agree that a school needs
portant news in the next day’s paper, and it these holdings. the solution - Even though I like o e coc o av
always gets in all those short little items to Tbe back taxes are owed on 3,810 sections of University lands in
, . , . West Texas, some of it with oil production. Prior to the constitutional
keep the various campus gioups happy and a i-nendment of 1930, no taxes were paid on University lands. From 1930
to 1949, they were paid regularly from the state’s general fund.
In 1949, however, the Legislature refused to appropriate any money
for the taxes, hoping to get* the University to pay out of its funds.
The University has not paid, and is delinquent in its 1950, 1951, and
1952 taxes .
Some counties have had to borrow money to operate on as a
result of the revenue stoppage.
No bills have yet been introduced to deal with this situation,
but Sen. Dorsey Hardeman is expected to present some sort of legis
lation this session.
The University’s delinquent taxes, by counties, is as follows:
off your neck.
And the advertising staff always says.
“Sure, we understand you need the space.
We’ll only run 30 per cent advertising today.”
And if there’s ever a mistake in an ad,
the advertiser calls up and says:
“Don’t worry about it. We’ll pay just the
same. It’s understandable. By the way, how
would you like some extra advertising?”
So you see, it’s really a joy to edit a col
lege newspaper.
though
military life very much I don’t
know that a strict military col
lege is the solution, but I do
know that this “middle of the
road policy” is not the solution.
All of us can only hope that the
powers that be will soon decide
which side of the road to drive
on, and that when they do they
will put this great machine that is
A&M College into high gear and
start down the long road to a
greater A&M College.
Joe C. Wallace ’53
Solonly Bows
^solony bow to members of the fairer sex
soon when they let the ladies of the house
(their own) sit beside them for a day.
The resolution to invite wives of the sen
ators to the March 5 session took a cue from
the Scriptures—“We know too well that the
Creator said after he found man, Tt is not
good that the man should be alone,’ and so
he made woman.”
County
Sections
1950
1951
1952
Andrews . . ,
443
$28,429.84
$30,181.19
$24,919.81
Crane .
. 94
16,127.05
22,693.38
24,580.15
Crockett
519
5,809.35
5,169.62
5,523.52
Culberson
72
371.47
352.90
Dawson .
1
4.55
4.55
Ector .
7
2,715.16
2,717.12
El Paso . ...
25
157.92
148.90
144.38
Gaines .
1
42.10
40.00
40.00
Hudspeth .
708
3,438.18
4,067.11
4,067.11
Irion .
24
842.98
832.07
Loving .
35
386.56
722.70
Martin . .
18
772.11
772.11
Pecos .
. 324
•
3,222.08
3,198.44
Reagan .
322
5,298.89
14,966.95
13,914.04
Scheicher .
84
2,644.47
3,479.56
3,479.57
Terrell . .
96
796.29
796.29
Upton .
114
1,494.78
1,519.14
1,600.34
Ward
121
1,621.08
1,391.08
Winkler . .
67
355.47
306.44
367.73
Total . . . .
. $63,798.05
$93,304.57
$89,434.91
Th e Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Total unpaid; 1950, 1951 and 1952 $246,537.53
Estimated Needfor 1953 taxes . . ... 91,000.00
Estimated Need for 1954 taxes 93,000.00
Grand total $430,537.53
P O G O
Use of Ag Aircraft
Increases in US
“The number of aircraft used
for agricultural purposes in this
country has increased from about
500 ten years ago to approximate
ly 6,950 last year,” said Fred E.
Weick during the Monday even
ing dinner session of the second
annual Agricultural Aviation Con
ference and Short Coui’se on Pest
Control.
His subject was, “Some General
Facts Regarding Agricultural
Aviation.”
Weick is director of the pei'sonal
aircraft research center, Texas
Engineering Experiment Station,
and chairman for the conference.
The conference is sponsored by
the A&M System, the Texas Aero
nautics Commission and the Texas
Flying Farmers Association.
a large enroll
ment or good facilities. Two very
good friends of mine, both Phi )
Beta Kappa, who are seniors at
Yale, would laugh in your face
if you told them that.
In closing let me say that I
sincerely feel sorry for you, it?
that you are attending a school
which you obviously consider tu
be mediocre. It seems to me that
you and Manitzas and your fel
low travelers who find A&M so
distasteful would have been fur
happier somewhere else.
Joe A. Kiddle ’53
Editors’ Note: Wc are not con
vinced that any one extreme is
the answer to A&M’s problem—at .
least not in the near future. Per
haps striving to near one or the
other would help at the present.
As we said in the article, wc do
not think discipline is the same *
today as several years ago.
If advocation of class distinction
is the answer to such a problem,
who is to say what the seniors
do ? They are still part of the
corps and should set an example
for underclassmen—not do every
thing possible they can get away
with.
Figures recently released show
practically every state coeduca
tional school has increased its en
rollment in the last ten years while
A&M and TSCW are decreasing.
We reitterate enrollment is nec
essary for higher legislative ap
propriations. Yale is a privately
endowed school.
hy Walt Kelly
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