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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1953 College Instructors Letters to The Editors Opinion Poll on Spring Bt Could Ease Coed Control ie Need More Money Now IV/IORE PROFESSORS were smiling yester- day as the .Senate finance committee considered recommendations calling for an increase of $300 per salary in colleges and universities. We hope it does not pass. Reason: The income of college and uni versity instructors is one of the lowest in the state and more than $300 increase is needed to place professors in a bracket equal to their qualifications. A College Classroom Teachers’ Associa tion representative when speaking before the Senate committee stressed that although Texas colleges have done a good job in bringing higher education within reach of most young men and women, the professors are concerned that the quality of the educa tion be good. He explained that most colleges expect instructors to do more than conduct classes. Research work and professional meetings require time and money. He further pointed out that college sal aries in Texas have failed to increase in rela tion with incomes in other groups. Incomes of all persons in Texas have risen 242 per cent since 1939; doctors’ incomes are up 202 (Letters to the Editors will be accepted through the mail or can be delivered to The Battalion offices, second floor of Goodwin Hall. The Battalion reserves the right to print excerpts unless request to the contrary be made by the writer. Author’s name must be signed. The shorter the letter the better its chance of publication. The Battalion has the right to withhold .. TT .. _ from publication all letters of a libelous per cent; all United btates persons up 175 nature.) per cent; and Texas college instructors have risen 77 per cent. At A&M, salaries in all instruction classes range from $200 to $600 below that of simi lar positions at the University of Texas. Real income for people in Texas has risen 85 per cent since 1939, and all US persons have had a real income rise of 45 per cent while Texas college instructors have had a decrease of eight per cent. The appropriation method for college in structors’ salaries is: First, the enrollment of a college is divid ed by 18. The result is multiplied by salaries than I care to mention, more inter- thp UcirUlahirp wishes to nav est in high societ y and frats than tne legislature Wisnes to pay. in one’s education and desire to Secondly, this lump sum is given the col- improve oneself. How then, could lege administration for distribution. coeducation improve A&M’s al- m . i i m ready favorable position in regard To improve the atmosphere of the Texas to t ^ ese points ? colleges, to add a living wage incentive to the instructors’ pay check, to advance the quality of the Texas colleges’ product, we urge full support to the CCTA in their fight for a right to eat. Editors, The Battalion: Below you will find a few com ments on vai'ious letters to the edi tors that have been published dur ing the last few days. (1) John M. Knox, M.D. ’46 “A&M appeals to those who have a regard for their fellow man, a desire to improve oneself, and with very little interest in high society and frats.” Yet Dr. Knox advocates coedu cation as the solution to A&M’s problems. I have attended coedu cational colleges before I came to A&M and have' seen more disre gard there for one’s fellow man (2) Wallace Fielding Mixes Spelling and Love Howard, Koenig, and Felix “Half of the student body, the intelligent, modern unbiased half, are very much in favor of female Aggies; the stupid, backward, prej udiced, other half should drop dead!” That other “half” is as much en titled to its opinion as are the so A grade of 60 would soon have to be made passing, as in other state schools. Otherwise too many students would flunk out, and the appropriations would be cut. We couldn’t have that happen. I don’t have to elaborate on de tails. Just examine the facts. Non- coeducational schools have, on the average, a higher academic stand ing than coeducational schools. Ex ample: Yale, Harvard, West Point, VMI, Tulane, Loyola, Texas A&M, Newcomb, TSCW, etc. Another point brought up in this letter is that Texas girls should not be denied the educational facili ties that A&M provides, as some courses offered here are offered at no other Texas school. With the exception of veterinary medi cine to what courses do they re fer ? Is not A&M open to women in the summer? Couldn’t the very few women who want veterinary medicine take it out of state with the state of Texas paying the out-of-state tui tion fee? And about the oral and secret class poll, the first being against and the later for coeducation in the same class, I don’t deny that such a poll was taken but let’s have more evidence! What class? What professor? And if such a poll was taken is it a true repre sentation of the whole student body ? I happen to be the Student Sen ator from Bizzell Hall and I re cently took a poll of my own among vote go in a general student elec tion? Why not find out, for the unofficial record and satisfaction of knowing, by putting it to a vote on the general ballot in the com ing election? Then we would real ly know which side had the true majority. (5) Watts, Rowe, Waguespack, Walther, and Spruill. “The recent controversial issue concerning coeds at Texas A&M is but another example of your adult, clear thinking, journalistic abilities.” While I have read many good editorials in the Batt, I have read some that 1 could not agree with, which is only natural. Since it is in the bests of the student body to have co-editors who think as the majority of the student body thinks on controversial issues, 1 suggest that cr editors conduct! al interview of the co-editors; ing elections, t be published. Then if the “Old Army”ee whom they des to the regular tions the car must have sen- the Batt for or ent Batt staff same opinions, in this matter. It is only ns: men who wrote} praise for the. education, as.^^ ever member ^ of Cadets, alls l h roe of which BACKWARD GLANCES the HTHE IRISH yesterday celebrated St. Pat- rick’s Day, but the following letter is not written in the Irish brogue. It is, however, what many educators be lieve a suitable facsimile to the spelling of college students today. Written by Henry Fielding, it is a love letter from the book “Jonothan Wild,” writ ten in the early 1700 period. ‘Most deivine and adwhorable creeture, T doubt not but those IIs, briter than the son, which ‘have kindled such a flam in my hart, have likewise ‘the faculty of seeing it. It would be the hiest pre- ‘assumption to imagin you eggnorant of my loav. No, ‘Madam, I sollemly purtest, that of all the butys in the ‘unaversal glob, there is none kapable of hateracting ‘my IIs like you. Corts and pallaces would be to me ‘deserts without your kumpany, and with it a wilder- ‘ness would have more charms than haven itself. For T hop you will believe me when I sware every place ‘in the universe is a haven with you. I am konvinced called intelligent, modern, unbias- the students who were present in ed half, and are just as much en titled to express it. Their refer ence to the “other” half lacks tact, and is just plain ungentlemanly. (3) John L. Parks ’53 “Concerning the recent coed is sue, I dare say practically every one has received clippings from his hometown newspaper saying in ef- you must besinsibel of my violent passion f ect that the A&M s student s .. viewpoint can best be summarized tor you, ‘which, if I endevored to hid it, would be as impossible ‘as for you, or the son, to hid your buty’s. I assure ‘you I have not slept a wink since I had the happiness ‘of seeing you last; therefore hop you will, out of Kum- ‘passion, let me have the honour of seeing you this ‘afternune; for I am with the greatest adwhoration, ‘Most deivine creeture. Tour most passionate amirer, ‘Adwhorer and slave, ‘JONATHAN WYLD. Joel Flanagan’s* Best 4-H Club Leaders Meet Ends in MSC (Continued from Page 1) ity poll in the country, and record ed a long list of best selling rec ords. “Music’s For Sissies” Flanagan was born in Lorain, Ohio, on April 7, 1919. His moth er an organist, tried to get him to take piano lessons, but he said, “Music is for sissies.” At 17, after taking part in high school plays and operettas, he fin ally took to the piano with a gusto that surprised his mother. He started working with small bands and combos around Lorain. Not satisfied with stock arrange ments, he began making his own. Soon he was devoting all his time to arranging. A 4-H Club Leaders Dinner was held last night at the MSC for district personnel of the Exten sion Service. His first “big break” was an of fer to work with the Sammy Kaye orchestra as pianist-arranger. This started him on the road that has led to “America’s Number One Band.” The main topic of discussion was the new national 4-H Club Recog nition Program which is sponsored by the Matheison Chemical Co. G. A. Kelts, district sales man ager of the Houston division of the Company, said the purpose of the new program was to provide rec ognition for 4-H Club alumni who perform outstanding work. The Battalion by an editorial written by Austin, Batalion Co-editor.’ ” While Mr. Park agreed in his letter that it is an editor’s prerog ative to write what he pleases, he expressed the thought that the public be informed that your com ments are your own, and not nec essarily those of the student body. In your editor’s note, you made a dramatic statement that “The Battalion will continue to strive in the interest of a greater A&M College,” but you cleverly evaded the main issue. Nowhere did you agree to let the public know that you voiced your own opinions, and not necessarily those of the student body, on such controversial issues. Nor do I think it proper for an editor’ of a newspaper when the accusations of his readers cannot be answered intelligently to read between the lines and make “cute’ comments just to be able to say that he has had the last word. Your editor’s note following the letter of Mitchell, Gruene, Kenne dy, Leavitt, and Theriot was, in this respect, uncalled for, in re gard to the “75 odd years.” (4) Howard, Koenig, Wallace, Felix, Banta, McMurry This, letter was more intelligent and considerate than was the pre vious one, No. 2 above. Judging from this letter, they think pretty higlhy of A&M’s academic stand ing and degree. They agree that coeducation will not lower this academic standing. Here I dis agree, not because I think boys ai’e more intelligent than ai’e girls, but because of a greater interest in social activity that would result, at the expense of grade points. the dorm between 8 and 10 p.m. on March 7. My interest here was in finding out how the majority of the students in my dorm felt about the issue, so that I could efficiently represent them, and not myself, at the student Senate meet ing had the issue come up. The poll turned out 35 for and 15 against coeducation just a little better than 2 to 1 in , a dorm that is composed chiefly of transfer, graduate and foreign students, most of whom had never been in the corps. How, then would the One Year Ago Today An All-Faith Chapel for campus will be built with money from the 1952 Development Fund. The Executive Council of the For mer Students Association set aside $27,000 for the Chapel. Five Years Ago Today The A&M Board of Directors meets tomorrow. On the agenda is a request for the college to pro ceed with plans to build a golf course. Ten Years Ago Today Activation orders for 270 En listed Reserve Corps contract ROTC students were received by the commandant. Orders for the rest of the corps will be issued at the x’ate of 270 per day. Fifteen Years Ago Today College owned livestock won 22 fii’sts in the Houston Fat Stock Show. Among the awards were two grand championships. degrees, all tra: HI to the school i cine and three d R state students. ;asoir elude that allHerr=: share their op:*e i’^= am non-reg, tnsche** of state stude; lies. These five; plac^- thr .suggestio: s. Jr. ’47 that Sepach elected, and < xis s as an “examp xably— ed, childhood rk o Actually, J! oe “grand, and gi-t 6 Army ’47 sir pect^^ Sen. Moore s f for the best ; ard > in his opinion. the trouble te c l ea — again, he wop L^= that Jones’ r mer > well thought i — Also in thq '\c— fivcmcn.thc^b* to the letterc bers lessons, li logical idea in 5 wil ed by you—". Dell they can neith ,lce Just becau; not agree with retu letter to which A w (Sec ‘LETh Pkiy cor INTERCOUNCIL ANSWERS QUESTIONS Proposed Honor Code Use of Old Quizzes, E| Use of old quizzes is not cheating and is good x’eview, the Intercouncil Committee said recently in discussing questions about the newly proposed schol astic Honor Code. The committee attempted to answer many ques tions put forth by both students and faculty mem bers. The Intei’council Committee represents all of the technical societies and clubs. It is composed of stu dents and faculty membei’s who are the pi’oposcrs of the Honor Code. The fundamentals of the code are that a student will not lie, cheat, nor steal, nor condone these prac tices, and will not take advantage of his fellow stu dents or instivctoi’s. SI)^ Dai 1 view procedure. One depart® Me files of quizzes and examinati'irazt be kept in the reserve shelves of: Copies Obtained Unlavdi However, the use of aclvawj or examinations unlawfully obtain Plan Is Voluntary Each student also is pledged under the code to i*eport the violation not the violator. The plan is voluntary and adaptable by individual class sections. It can be revoked for cause at any time by vote of the class. Unanimous approval is needed to put the code in operation. The questions and answers given by the com mittee ai’e: Q. Will the use of dormitory files on quizzes and examinations be considered cheating? A. The use of old quizzes and examinations is not cheating but should be encouraged as good re- any student learning of the ava: LU tcrial is honor bound to report it, should verify the facts. Q. Will collaboration on ho: 1 tory reports be considered cheat A. Each instructor of a cla ) A or Code must establish the localg section. It seems impractical) contend thaxt students who helf homework are cheating. Destroys Helpfulp^ It destroys a certain spirit helpfulness that is good. TeaC say, “Coping of the homework or is cheating. Do your own work,! your fellow students just as yfj and information from the instrej In some cases teachers mai? work be individual and without,' P O G O Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” 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. 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