Battalion Editorials
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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