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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS Corps Blimi lo Own Frol' Scene 1: Prisoner Return; Scene 2: Truce Signed? (Lcttex's to the Editors will be accepted th through the mail or can be delivered to The Battalion offices, second floor of :es, Goodwin Hall. The Battalion reserves the right to print excerpts unless I'equest 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 from publication all letters of a libelous and malicious nature.) A MERICANS WERE stirred a few weeks ■t*- ago at the possibility of peace on the Korean scene. Talks of prisoner exchange gave hints a cease-fire might be just around the corner. Since that time talk of peace has been overshadowed with news of United Nations prisoners being returned by Communists in exchange for their troops held by our forces. The prisoner return will soon be over and once more people wijl. turn with hopeful Pledges for AF Active Duty W/HEN AGGIES discuss ROTC activities ^ with students at other colleges they sometimes are startled at the apparent lack of knowledge these people have about college military life — something most A&M men learn quickly after admission. Reflecting this attitude recently was the caption below a picture in the Stanford Daily showing Air Force ROTC cadets on parade. Discussing the California university’s 700- man Air ROTC unit, the cutline further sta ted: “All members of the unit have PLEDG ED to serve in the Air Force following* grad uation.” Have you signed your pledge yet ? hearts to the question: Can a truce be drawn up for the cold war? In the summer of 1951, one year after the war began, our hopes ran high as UN ne gotiators met with the Communists to draw up terms for a cease-fire. The talks continued until October, 1952, with agree ments on about 60 points that must pre cede any truce at all. But one point caused enough disagreement to halt the negotia tions The Communists asked that all Red prisoners be returned, even though many de sired to remain in UN territory. The US claims 50,000 of 132,000 Communist prison ers do not wish to return to Communist con trol. If a resumption of true talks is announced in the near future it would be well for all people to remember the “immediate” peace we expected in 1951 which never came. Many citizens, especially mothers and wives, build their hopes too highly on these indications which have brought disappoint ment later. Although the Communists indi cate their desire to talk peace again, we must remember they are not to be relied on when final decisions are ready to be drawn up. Like everyone else we look upon the pros pects for settlement with enthusiasm, yet leary of intentions displayed by the Com munists. Don’t build your hopes too high— you could be disappointed again. Editors, The Battalion Everyone seems to have a theory on what is wrong with A&M. Well, here is an angle that seems to have been overlooked somehow. When I was a freshman and sophomore in ’48, ’49, and ’50, the seniors were constantly telling us that the administration was our greatest enemy and that Ross Hall had no sense whatever. The board was held up as the great martyr and everyone seemed to think it was the only thing that represented the truly Aggie Spirit. I accepted the idea blindly like everyone else seemed to do and would have argued with anyone that the corps was being persecut ed by the “evil” administration and the “nuts” in Ross Hall. I have changed my mind about a lot of things in the past couple of for himself that he is blind to anyone’s problems but his own. Time, the administration has its faults, things aren’t all roses in the military department, and many profs should be chopping cotton, but what about the corps. It’s sen iors have come to condone van dalism, punishment without cause, cheating, and disrespect for authority. These are glaring examples of each of these charges and the sen iors have displayed their unwill ingness to take corrective mea sures on every hand. And still they And fiittj plaining ak' is being to ' , ped as it sity paganda. >vill I fully ejads in a tri It isn’t a hopeless situation, as it may seem, but somewhere a foundation must be laid. First—the board is as outdated as the iron maiden. Second—in order to use authori ty properly, the seniors will have bally fortf Kyle Fieb to respect authority. being agai> ; . The fieb Third—cheating, whether it be but my 1^2:30 y>. m. copying old reports or reading the ' S0m ® 0 , ne F at ; ^ P' n , other fellow’s quiz paper, must not \ ari ^ a * lsni l arsit y wi be condoned. disrespectf t teamltitle, t— ,, , *.U U ' less physic ' have seve Fourth—vandalism, as the Ross andthat ; furnish th drownout, breaking up jn evemh \ e s benches, painting things up un- distast ; ful ’ aiui ^k-e 1 necessarily, and attacks on rival ^ and the leadership cipline anther Absent n the Hall UJ1 uvex.y Jicxnu. -TVXJU omi mejr iicvxcoocix i i y, tixixx <xx,i.txx rxn xxxi x x v exx j • . Vl . Ig aild the will tell anyone the coips should campuses, must be stopped by the ir ,i : rnr■ r'■*' ge “given back to the seniors”. seniors in authority. Cadets Should Learn To Think and Act as Men mee A&M’s Editors, The Battalion: Yes, “Old Army” is dead. You have heard it here and many of you will hear it for the next sad day for Uncle Sam when they are called to active service. Why should anyone expect Ag gies to be known as the best of- years. Actually, the corps has be- two years, regardless of where you ficers in the Army when the up- come as a person who is so sorry No Lights Out! For Silver Taps What’s Cooking Wednesday 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.—US Air Force Air Crew Recruiting Team, Post office Area, MSC. 8 a. m.—Oil Recovery Conf. Re gistration, MSC Main Lounge. 9:30 to 12 a. m.—Oil Recovery Conference, MSC Ballroom. 2 to 4 p. m.—Oil Recovery Con ference, MSC Ballroom. 5 to 6 p. m.—MSC House Com mittee coffee, MSC Assembly Room. 7:30 p. m.—FHA-A-M Consoli dated Chapter, Assembly Room, MSC. Architectural Wives Society, YMCA, Miss Doxis Coulter will speak. Thursday Journalism Group Sell Nine Articles 7 p. m.—Oil Recovery Confer ence Banquet, MSC Ballroom. Lutheran Walther Club, Room 2D, MSC. 7:15 p. in.—Hillel Club, Room 2C, MSC. Newman Club, St. Mary’s Chapel. Executive Committee, Senate Room, MSC. Gilchrist Speaks To Kiwanis Club Chanceloi’ Gibb Gilchx-ist spoke to the College Station Kiwanis Club yesterday on the develop ment and ox-ganxzation of the A&M System. Gilchi'ist’s illusti’ated talk was the same one he recently gave ovex* television station WFAA-TV in Dallas a few weeks ago. 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.—US Air Foxce Air Recruiting Team, Post Office Area. 9 a. m. to 12 a. m.—Oil Recovery Confex’ence, Ballx-oom, MSC. 12:15 p. m.—Development Fund Luncheon, Room 2D, MSC. 1 to 4 p. m.—Development Fund Boax’d Meeting, Senate Room, MSC. 2 to 5 p. m.—Oil Recovei'y Coxx- ference, Ballroom, MSC. 4 p. in.—Genetics Seminar, Lec- tux-e Room, New Science Flail, Prof. T. H. Dobzhansky will speak on “Hybrid Vigor.” 5:30 p. m.—House Committee, Room 3B, MSC. 7:30 p. m.—A&M Film society- “Thc Long Voyage Home”, Ball- rooin, MSC. Piano Recital, Assembly Room, MSC. Nine featui’e articles were sold by students of agx’iculture joux’nal- ism 415 and feature writing 304 during the fall semestex-, said H. O. Millex’, associate px-ofessor of jouxTxalism. Students selling art icles and the publication to which they wei’e sold ax-e as follows: Frank Maixitzas, Associated Px-ess; Hugh Philippus, “The Houston Chx-onicle;” Jerry Bennett, “Texas Bankei's Magazine;” Norwin Lin- nartz, “Sheep and Goat Raisers Magazine;” Richard Phelps, “Beau- xxxont Joux’nal;” James Ellex', “The Px’ogressive Farmer;” Ray Mesch- kat, “State Game Comxxxission Magazine” and James People, “The Piegressive Farmer”. Hugh Philippus received $50 for his featuxe stox - y on the Aggie Bonfire, which appealed in “Par ade”, the “Houston Chx-onicle’s Sunday magazine. This is the high est payment received fox' a story submitted this yeax-, Miller said. Students usually receive from $15 to $50 for their stoi’ies. Editors, The Battalion: It has always been my undei’- standing that duxlng Silver Taps all lights on the campus axe to be out and that all cars axe to come to a halt and turn their lights out. I understand that this has been an age-old tradition here at A&M. This ti-adition was not carried out tonight (April 20) during the play ing of Silver Taps for Richard S. Walker. In fact there were as many lights on as there were lights out. Also theie were sevei'al cai-s being dx’iven duxlng the tri bute to it deceased Aggie. ^ I px’opose that some plan be worked out with the" college power plant whereas a master switch be thrown that would cut off all the lights on the campus as it should be. John N. Dorchester ’53 are stationed. Uncle Sam’s Army has changed therefoi'e A&M’s Army will have to change if it is going to continue to produce the best officers for Uncle Sam. I am in doubt as to the txue meaning of the tex’m “Old Army” when referring to A&M but I have heard it so much that 1 presume it means the use of a “board” by upperclassmen. If the futux’e officers that are being trained here can’t control the men serving under them with out using brute force, it will be a perclassmen don’t have enough pride to maintain a neat appeax’- ance and obsexwe uniform regula tions ? From the attitude shown toward the corps by many of the cadet officers I think many others should be added to the list com posed of Seth, Travis and possibly Chaxlie Whiteside. Yes, “Ross Hall” has dominated the corps and they should hold that domination until the boys who try to xun the corps learn to think and act like men. O. R. Whiteside ’5(> r>er, 'who .will 1 FOR m\l r that afte ?s have a g SOLID-TOr GoJde, a u Rex Du i boast the Lenfroy 1 of the A provide t ng two-m f Rice is allace KF ave to re: W-atST^PICTURi!, LOWN ■ O. A.’ Engineers Slate Drawing Contest The annual engineering drawing contest will be held hex-e Saturday, accoxding to the engineering draw ing department. Students may compete in one of four divisions: instrumental work ing drawing contest, freehand pictorial drawing contest, freehand lettei’ing contest or a contest in solving a desci’iptive geometry pi’oblem. All students who ai’e now taking dx-awing and have a grade of B or bettei', and students who completed their drawing dui’ing the fall se mester 1952, are eligible to parti cipate. Amateur Radio Club, Room 2A, MSC. Aggie Wives Bi-idge Club,-Be- ginnei’S, Room 2B, MSC. Aggie Wives Bridge Club, Rooms 2C & 2D, MSC. 8 p. m. —MSC Bridge Club, Room 3D, MSC. Elementary School Plans Music Meet Price Addresses AVMA Chapter The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions ‘‘Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, and Tuesday and Thursday during examination and vacation periods and the summer terms. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered aa 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, Los Angeles, and San cisco. ;o, Fr 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 of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. The area 14 elementary school music meet will be held from 9 a. m. until 12 noon Saturday at Consolidated High School. The meet, which includes schools fi’om Bi'emond, College Station, Bi’yan, Navasota, La Gi’ange, and other’s in this area, will present all types of school music. This in cludes bands, ox’chestras, choirs and ensembles. “The gx'oups will not be rated against each other’, but accoi’ding to intei’scholastic league stand ards,” said J. J. Ski’ivanek, CHS principal and dii'ector of the meet. Judges will be from Bi’yan Air Foi’ce Base. Mrs. S. H. Ci'eswell is oi’ganizing chairman for the contest, and W. T. Riedel, junior high school principal, is assisting in the or ganization. News contributions maybe made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. Senior Class Play Scheduled at CHS FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN ......Co-Editors Ed Holder, Jerry Bennett Managing Editors Harri Baker ...........City Editor Peggy Maddox Women’s News Editor “Couldn’t I Kiss You Goodnight”, Consolidated High School’s senior' class play, will be presented at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the CHS gym nasium. Today’s Issue Ed Holder Managing Editor Bob Hendi-y News Editor Bob Boriskie ...: Sports News Editor Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Cl>uck Neiglibors ......./. .News Editors Dri! Gus Becker, Bob Boriskie, Jerry Estes Vernon Anderson, Frank Hines, Bob Alderdice.AX Leroy Bruton, Sports News Editors non Anderson, Frank Hines, Bob Aldermce,ai 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 ftoy Sullivan, Jon Kinslow, Garcia, John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard Staff News Writers Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Philippus, Bill Thomas Sports News Writers Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighl Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendr .Amusements dry John Kinslow, Dick Porter, Calvin Pigg City News Writers Conrad Stralu Circulation Manager Jewell Raymond, J. R. Shepard, Fred Her- Lawrence Casheer, nandez, Charles F. Chick Circulation Staff Bob Godfrey, Davey Davidson, Roy Wells, Keith Nickle, Melvin Longhof er, Herman Meiners Photo Engravers Cene Rydell, Perry Shepard, Jolm Merrill Advertising Representatives pean Kennedy .File Clerlg Following the pi’esentation of the play, a light drama “Fuedin’ Mountain Boys”, will also be given by the seniors. The fix’st play is under the direction of J. S. Foi’syth and Mrs. Mildred Byx’d is direct ing the second play. Included in the cast of “Couldn’t I Kiss You Goodnight” are Joe Mothex-al, Shix-ley Moffett, Don Burchard, Martha Ergle, and Pat Ross. In the second play are Paul Harris, Mai’garet Ann Arnold, An*n Morgan, Homer Franks, Barbai’a Robertson, Barbara Gi’eei*, Noel Stanley, and David Carroll. A matinee Tuesday afternoon after classes will be given to the students of the elementary school. Di’. Alvin Pi’ice, pi’ofessoi' in the School of Vetei’inary Medicine, spoke to the local chapter* of the Student AVMA Auxiliary Thurs day night on “The Ethics of the Vetei’inai'y Pi’ofession.” The auxiliai'y made plans for an infox-mal dance May 2 in Shiloh Hall in an effoi't to raise funds to send a delegate to the national convention in Canada. Wives of veterinary students are selling the dance tickets. The sophomoi-e class wives wei'e hostesses for the evening. Every House Needs MOORE Paint BENJAMIN MOORE Paint for over seventy years the nation’s leading house paint. 19 beautiful shades. See us for convenient terms. Chapman’s Paint & Wallpaper Co. “Next to Post Office” BRYAN PHONE 2-131! When in Dallas why spend a dull Sunday afternoon? Lest You forget, you have a date with Louanns . . . where beauti ful college girls congregate! SEE YOU EVERY SUNDAY Free Matinee 2 - 7 pan. 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