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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1953 A RAY OF SPRING SUNSHINE FRANKLY SPEAKING Ross Hall “Flood'’ Hurts College and Students rpHE MINORITY is at it again — hurting * A&M. This weekend, a small troublesome group helped spread unwelcome news about Aggies throughout the state with two uncalled-for incidents, one of which is proving costly both to the school and the state. Leading off the events of childish stunts, which supposedly went out with painted knees, was the effigy hanging of a college official. Secondly, and more important because of the serious damage caused, was the float-out of Ross Hall, the old military headquarters. The method was not new: it was the simple removal of the flush valves from commodes which allowed water to run throughout the building. Included in the damage were many awards which were to be presented at the Mothers’ Day review. Records, decals, filing cabinets and new desks also were included in the damage which swept through the building in its hours of unnatural dampness. It is important that the citizens of the state know the individuals responsible for this are not representing the true feeling of th students. Needless to state, there has been some unrest between the Corps of Cadets and the Commandant’s Office through this year, as in years past, but no incident could justify such destructive action.' Consequently, relations between the mil itary department and the corps were not strengthened by the action. One lieutenant colonel said Sunday while dropping a stack of ruined records: I think I can speak for many of the officers when I say, thank God I’m leaving this place soon.” We feel that whatever “good bull” was felt in the planning and carrying out of the action has now degenrated into the staleness where it belongs. Again, we reiterate. This minority group has hurt the name of the college and A&M students everywhere. The state will be watching A&M to right itself. ‘Right to K|J Requires At, Student Intei ril 14 s set y< th tlii'G By FRANK N. MANITZAS ie Sout Battalion Co-Editor firmed “The right to know” the facts about merit has been the inspiring phrase whit Mustat to fight, and for others to relinquish thistiter, th, the democratic way of life. bird ^ No one can deny that break pie to know” about theiro; , been obstructed here, ah' a ^ ‘ era) levels. But democra LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A&M Needs Better Entrance Exams know how their governme |-vl P progress, or retrogradua;/”-*- facts, and not merely the. -- nouncements. Vi Here at A&M, “the?.. f impaired recently by a det^ • tion Commission. We belir | ment of the C^mmissiont Commission voted to with Da\ tabulated results of the pit ie like to quote from the L thi 1747 which simply and without flourishe^tol t a democratic people should take. The jour: Mili “Every subject not only has the right,bint S: Manitzas We would (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 NEWS BRIEFS FFA Group letter the better its chance of publication. The Battalion has the right to withhold from publication all letters of a libelous and malicious nature.) ionship for many years. Evidently to enquire into the publiek measures pu: 271 f there is a weak link in the foot- such enquiry he may discover that someob- Twc ball chain somewhere. sures tend towards over-turning the liberi Wtlln Now, A&M has secured many and by his making such a discovery in tin 1 ,. ^ “top students” in the recent past ously, according to his station, against: p , oin s c* nw IA rvvt Vvxr Orvrxrivf ii n i + IT • i j i • /»/* i LGcllTl evidenced by the Opportunity a p p oi n t their effort A&S Picks Top Profs *\prU THE STUDENT Arts and Sci ences Council selected last night three instructors to receive Stu dent Appreciation Awards. Named to receive the awards are Dr. John Hugh Hill, associate professor in the history depart ment; Dr. T. F. Mayo, professor in the English department; Jack chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, in the Cotton Pageant and Ball, April 24. Miss Bates was graduated from Consolidated High School in 1951 and is attending Sam Houston State Teachers College in Hunt- paftment. sville. She was selected the DAR The teams will compete for Good Citizen in 1951. She will be honors in livestock, dairy cattle, About 650 Texas Future Farm ers of America will be here Satur day, for their annual Area III contest, said Henry Ross, professor in the agriculture education de- Editors, The Battalion: I have read with interest “The Aggie-nizer” of April 8, and I am in agreement with a large portion of your editorial. Truly A&M Col lege needs “top students” and “top athletes” and the former students should endeavor to secure both. “By their fruits ye shall know them” reminds us that our foot ball teams have not won a champ- Award boys who are selected by competitive examination, but, I wish to call to your attention a re- 6 to v “This enquiry ought always to be raa: n t ma MUM! inference to our Wes cent survey made by an outstand- ' v ifk freedom ami even with jealousy. vspoit S. An Valuable Citizenship Train::}. Th We feel that at A&M, valuable ”” ^ ing, retired Air Force general. This survey was the result of a study of the West Point graduates The Elect who commanded Armies in World training toward making better eit- But urned ET C of C D. Steele, instructor in the busi- escorted by Raymond Galvin, sen- meats, dairy products, poultry and (Continued from Page 1) ness department. Awards will be presented May 11 at the Arts and Sciences Convocation. ior petroleum dent. engineering stu- NO OFFICIAL announcement con- egg classes. Senior and junior Ag Ed majors will tabulate the results of the contest, said Ross. Approximately 87 high schools “UNSOLVED PROBLEMS of the Sun’s Atmosphere” will be dis cerning the location of AFROTC cussed here April 21, by Dr. Wal- will be represented at the contest, summer camps has been released, ter Orr Roberts, of the High Alti- Saturday night, the FFA Chap- said Capt. Jack N. Hoffman, air tude Observatory of Harvard Uni- ter presidents and their chapter force adjutant. Site for the camp versity and the University of Col- sweethearts will be guests of the will probably be announced some- orado. _A&M Collegiate FFA Chapter^ at He is a Sigma Xi national lec- the second annual FFA western turer and will speak to the chap- dance in Sbisa Hall, ter here. time this week, he said. DAVID MITCHELL, senior ar chitecture major from Albuquer que, New Mexico, has been given a fair chance to live, by doctors in JACK CHANEY, A&M Consolidat ed School teacher, was elected the Albuquerque, N. M. VA Hos- president of the Brazos County Jimmy Eller and His Bronc Busters will furnish the music. Dancing will be from 8-12 p. m. Tickets are $2, with or without a date. pital. Mitchell, suffering from a rup tured lung, is showing some im provement over his initial condi tion, reported the doctors. Unit of the Texas State Teachers Association last week. Other of ficers are Mrs. R. L. Nolen, Crockett School, vice-president; and Mrs. L. P. Dulaney, A&M Con solidated, secretary-treasurer. Weekend ‘Flood’ (Continued from Page 1) MRS. DA LEE GREEN was honored Thursday with a surprise shower by Mrs. Alice Watson and Mrs. Lee Michelitch. After several games were play- H. D. BEARDEN, assistant to the vice - director of the Texas Engineering Extension Service, has been elected vice-president-at ed, Mrs. Green was presented with large of the Texas Vocational As- baby gifts from about 18 members sociation. of the Vet Wives ’56. M I S S DOROTHY BATES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bates of 1010 Milner, has been selected to represent the La Vallita ners were damaged in the com mandant’s offices, Davis said. Also soaked were citation cords to be presented on Mother’s Day by the Houston Military Affairs Commit tee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, the commandant add ed. Davis said everything not He will serve on the Executive completely ruined would be sal- Council, governing body of the as- vaged. sociation. The council will meet in Myers said none of the damaged Houston, May 9, to set up plans Army ROTC records were beyond for the various activities to be car ried on during the coming year. Fho Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” salvage. These include some cadet physical examinations and records of training for ROTC summer camp. Three or four days will be needed before the extent of dam age to Army furniture and records is known, Myers said. The administration and logistics office was the only Air Force of fice to suffer damage from the on “The Texas Research League.” Yesterday, the group focused at tention on the growing problems of highway improvement and water conservation. In its opening of the 27th annual meeting, the regional group also reaffirmed its traditional policy. It calls for efficiency in govern ment, the elimination of nones- sential federal spending, full de velopment of the state’s natural resources and the expansion of business under private enterprise. Speaking on state highway needs, State Highway Engineer D. C. Greer of Austin told the con vention that more than one and a half billion dollars would be needed to renovate completely the highway system. Series of Resolutions Greer said in 1952, a total of $776,844,000 was spent on all types of recreational travel in Texas, or about three times the total income from the cattle industry. In a series of resolutions, the regional chamber (1) commended the program of the Highway De partment, (2) called for the crea tion of a state-wide toll authority, (3) favored discontinuance of the federal gasoline tax, allowing the tax only to the states. The water resources committee emphasized the need for state, county and municipal control of water resoui-ces. War II. Of the 13 highest ranking Army commanders only two finished in the top quarter of their class. Such a man as Gen. Patton was a turn back, and finally finished 46 from the top of the class. The general who made the survey stated, “in my class we had six generals from the first third of the class and 11 from the bottom third. Of the 13 commanders mentioned above, only five are from the top half of the class. izens is consistently underfoot. However, this training is impaired if not carried out in the demo cratic fashion which our govern ment tends to imitate and relig iously attempts to follow. Time 97 97 97 96 90 Our college governments, both the student and administrative, are of a similar nature. Everyone has “a right to know” what, where and how a story might concern him. Needless to say, many students At West Point when a cadet were disappointed because the eloc- cannot keep up with his class he is either dismissed or turned back to join the next lowest class. These rejected men prove to be just as good as the star students.” •One of our distinguished, Mili tary Day guests arid a West Point er, had something to say about academic standards here at A&M. (He said:) “Now if A&M could just begin pioneering in taking a student from the educational level on which he entered and graduating him on tion results were not printed. We were disappointed too. For we felt that A&M was making tre mendous strides, past the dark ages of manipulated elections which had occurred long ago, and that finally, everything would be open and above board for every one to see and know. Embarrassing to The major reason given by the Commission for not releasing votes a higher level the graduates of the ' vas that many poisons received no votes; hence, it would prove embari’assing to them if the tabu- school would really stand out. “A&M along with almost all col leges does not give an entrance examination to find out how much a candidate knows but how little he knows. If he knows a base mini mum he fills the necessary require ments and they let him in. “On that same exam they should 110 h It is childish to have tested his knowledge and “feelings will be hurt.” lations were released.” We feel that here at A&M, in dividuals placing their name in contest with others certainly want to win, but will not necessarily be have as children because they do say that young, uui rp i»/\i self before 4 invade it and: pose. This*:: A t the pis dominate fas sion’s action elections we:- • Comp!-: open to ever yV&M might know Time vote played. • No pern presented for. in the electi® counted for tit dividual basis. • Candidal plote dark as with their off A lack of fa Commission job was to tak the results regulate policyjJJ^j Release Vc WI provision, by Iff by a climate s » 5S f rJMw< almost uniygsjgffeifl that people fc-; ® * ' ie r ' 6 about govern: includes getfc 3 Class of ’23 to Hold Reunion Saturday The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Meehan- ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during wa t er > Way said, the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination Crude Expression and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week Days of Looking at the damaged build publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, . . v A, A owm coiri ‘‘mv.io 1= - and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods - r .. ’ ", A and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per sorr y thing for college people to The class of 1923 will have a reunion here this weekend, said J. B. Hervey, head of the Formei’ Students Association. found it to be on the sophomore or junior or even senior level and with that date they could have planned his course of study so he would progress forward during his stay at A&M.” This man further stated that top ranking academic students are better fitted for dealing with scientific research than for deal ing with men. Therefore, if follows, that the former students need not place too much emphassis on the “top stu dents.” A. F. Mitchell ’09 (President, ( Former Students Association) Only after generations of strug gle did democratic peoples suc ceed in gaining, by constitutional MSC to Broadcast New Dance Show Manning Smith, MSC dancing in structor, will call for the MSC Square Dance radio program at 5 p. m. Monday over WTAW. said Miss Betty Bolander, MSC pro gram consultant. The program will be held every Monday until May 25. It is inform al and anyone may dance or watch. month. Advertising rates furnished on request. P O G O student goverr; • Theri g k:„, without prior: ANKE ** ship. • The rigki; without feart reprisal. • The riglii facilities forc ( facts. • The right gq 1 facts to others. Under our p3H.c tion, we knowC allowed in theij W They have exist- years and thei that a changei The students ! up their goref plane also. Tt’^H c ratio elections' lished more sb. ^ y" T 1 •erf 1 "1 It is crude Entered as second - class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., York City, Chicago, Angeles, and San F: cisco. New Los 'ran- do, if they did it. way of expressing themselves.” “This act gives the Corps of Ca dets a reputation they don’t de serve,” was the opinion of Davis. Myei's refused to comment. The damage was discovered shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday by WITH 4L.l-.TWfs AT TW£ STATION WlTW MOtEjTpONT P4y /vie to Tsy to AP- OAi IT PONT PAy TO&&A &i&P NOW THAT MQ££ 1^ WATCH IN'EM MY TO \ The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in . the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights John Scroggm, sophomore wild- of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. life management major from He- lotes. Scroggins immediately noti r/YAT CZiTTUZ. 16 TO fill HIM FULL A GUttF&WPgK, SlVgHiM A^££-6Ae AR'- An'- News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or fi4d the office of Campus Security b^SephSn^r JIsTo T aTt^Student' ^ 209. Goodwin Hall. FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors Ed Holder, Jerry Bennett Managing Editors Harri Baker.... City Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Jerry Bennett Chuck Neighbors Gus Becker .Managing Editor News Editor .Sports News Editor Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors /..News Editors Gus Becker, Bob Boriskie, Jerry Estes Sports News Editors Vernon Anderson, Frank Hines, Bob Alderdice,Al Leroy Bruton, Guy Dawson, W. P. Franklin. R. D. Gossett, Carl Hale, Donald Kemp, Alfred McAfee, Bill Rogers, Ray Smith,' Jerry Sonnier, Edward Stern, Roy Sullivan, Jon Kinslow, Dick Moore, Lionel Garcia, John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard Staff News Writers Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus, Bill Thomas Sports News Writers Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendry Amusements John Kinslow, Dick Porter, Calvin Pigg City News Writers Conrad Stralu Circulation Manager Lawrence Casheer, Jewell Raymond, J. R. Shepard, Fred Her nandez, Charles F. Chick Circulation Staff Bob Godfrey, Davey Davidson, Roy Wells, Keith Nickle, Melvin Longhofer. Herman Meiners Photo Engravers Gene Rydell, Perry Shepard, John Merrill Advertising Representatives Dean Kennedy. File Clerlg Investigating officials believe the person or persons causing the flooding may have entered the building’s back door which was found unlocked. The Ross Hall flood is the latest incident in a week of campus un rest beginning with the expulsion for hazing of Marvin Seth, com mander of the ASA company. Seth received his final dismissal last Wednesday. The following Fri day, Robei-t S. (Bob) Travis, presi dent of the Student Senate and first lieutenant in the cadet corps, was demoted to private and re moved to a civilian dormitory for saying he was “not proud to be an officer in the cadet corps.” That night a dummy supposedly representing Davis was hanged with a knife in its heart in front of Duncan Dining Hall. The Ross Hall flood followed Sunday. 1 CANT JESJ GEE, / PLOW HIM UPL-.WITH AUL 'V: 1| NlCF:# LI’L ABNER here,n Be Some ' Changes Made ■ I |5 I lowerVloBBOVIAN gorlVnE*OCTU1' I g§ *+ HOURS - SIGNED I Ilf! JOHN FOSTER DUU-NlK SECRETARY |pi| OF STATE. 1 Balt. 'w.Ala'S*•graf ^