Battalion Editorials
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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
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right to print excerpts unless request to the
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letter the better its chance of publication.
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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.
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elected, and < xis s
as an “examp xably—
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Army ’47 sir pect^^
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for the best ; ard >
in his opinion.
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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”
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