Battalion Editorials
Page 2 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1953
Specific Skills No t Necessary;
Liberal Arts Training A Must
A CCORDING to a challenging editorial in a
recent issue of Fortune entitled “Should
a Businessman Be Educated?” business and
industry place a high premium on technical
training for the beginner and then bemoan
his lack of broad education when they are
looking for executive material.
Educators make a definite distinction be
tween “education” and “training.” Positive
as is the distinction, the terms themselves
are relative.
For instance, say the educators, a plumber
and a carpenter, a machinist and a machinic,
are trained; an architect and an engineer are
educated. An architect or an engineer, how
ever, if all he knows is architecture and engi
neering, is only trained in comparison to one
of his own profession whose sweep of know
ledge and comprehension is cosiderably wid
er.
The voices raised in support of the need
for “the educated man” are impressive in
deed. Fortune quotes Irving Olds, retired
board chairman of United States Steel:
“The most difficult problems ’ American en
terprise faces today are neither scientific nor
technical but lie chiefly in the realm of what
is embraced in a liberal arts education.”
And Sidney Swensrud, president of Gulf
Oil Corporation:
“The men who come into management
must understand the whole sweep of modern
political, economic and social life.”
Du Point’s president, Crawford H. Green-
wait, has just told the Chicago Executives’
Club:
“Today, specific skill in any given field be
comes less and less important as the exe
cutive advances through successive levels of
responsibility.”
And, not long ago, Louis B. Lundborg,
vice president of the Bank of America, said
before the Portland (Ore.) Chamber of Com
merce. “I’m talking about the creative, pro
ductive group of people out of whom business
must find its future executive . . . talent . . .
We are talking about an educated man . . .
Some one must provide for the roundedness
and the wholeness of a liberal education.”
What does all this mean? That technically
trained men soon must limit their job ex
pectations to plant manager, chief engineer,
or comptroller, and that the presidencies will
be filled from those who have majored in
history or literature? Hardly. Both the tech
nical and “liberal” are needed.
It likely means that business and industry,
like many of the professions, will put a
premium on technical plus liberal education,
and that fewer who graduate in “the arts”
fill be wondering what they’re good for.
—The Christian Science Monitor.
NEWS BRIEFS
CCTA iblects Brooks Proxy
NEW OFFICERS were elected
by A&M’s chapter of the College
Classroom Teachers Association at
their last meeting.
The new men who will govern
the organization for next year are
M. S. Brooks, president; C. W.
Landis, vice - president; and A.
Morgner, secretary-treasurer.
* !>S *
NEW OFFICERS will be elected
for the student chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers at their annual barbeque.
The outing will be held at 5 p. m.
today at the Bryan Country Club
Park.
“Very important business will be
discussed and all members are
urged to attend” stated Danny
Howell, the clubs president.
sit =1= *
THE REMODELED Church of
Christ opened Sunday morning
with a new seating capacity of 400.
The $52,000 addition includes a
large vestry, two restrooms and a
stairway to the balcony. Repaii's
also were made in the foundation,
said James F. Fowler, minister of
the church.
* Sts *
A DIPLOMA for completing the
Squadron Officer Correspondence
Course was recently issued to
Capt. J. D. Muelheisen, USAFR, by
the Air Force Extension Course
Institute located at Gunter Air
Force Base, Ala.
Capt. Muelheisen is attached to
the Air Science and Tactics de
partment at A&M.
* *
SIX BOY SCOUTS from this
area attended the tenth Eagle
Scout recognition ceremony Sun
day at Camp Strake.
The scouts were Albert Stevens,
Tom Barlow, Robert D. Cleland,
Don Burchard, Bob Barlow, and
John Henry Pelt.
The ceremony started the camp
open house.
Neckerchiefs with the Eagle
Scout emblem were presented to
all attending.
-J- Sj! ijc
THE FRENCH SHORT Course
to prepare graduate students for
the reading knowledge examination
will be privately offered during
the first few weeks of the summer
session. Approximately twenty
hours of instruction will be avail
able, including individual criticsm
in specific fields. Other graduate
students interested may still enroll
by contacting Dr. Edward Stack,
101 Academic Building.
* * *
THE SOCIOLOGY CLUB elect
ed recently its officers for the
1953-54 school year.
They are Bill Young, president;
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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Bob Stevenson, vice - president;
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* * *
LEONARD STASNEY, junior
agriculture major from Temple,
was elected president of the Agro
nomy Society Tuesday.
Other officers elected are Jack
Murphy, vice - president; Leon
Howard, secretary; Tom Criswell,
treasurer; Bill Gregory, reporter;
Jay Youngs, parliamentarian; An
dy Cuellar, representative to the
Agriculture Council; Kert Goode,
social secretary; and Dr. Henry
Foth, faculty advisor.
* =i= *
WILLIAM W. YOUNG was
elected president of the Pre-Law
Society Tuesday.
Other officers elected were Rich
ard Ewing, vice-president; Alan E.
Soefje, secretary-treasurer; Mar
vin Katz, social secretary; Kit
Cotnoir, reporter; and Chuck New
man, junior representative to the
Arts and Sciences Council.
THE AGRONOMY SOCIETY’S
annual barbeque and outing will be
held May 14 in Hensel Park. An
attendence contest is being con
ducted by the society, with the los
ing side having to arrange the
outing.
* * Hi
FRANK ROGERS, junior geo
logy major from Lolita, has been
elected president of the Geology
Club for the 1953-54 school year.
Other members elected by the
club were Marvin Ford, vice-presi
dent; William Dark, program chair
man; and Glenn Spect, secretary-
treasurer. Ti-avis J. Parker, geo
logy department, will be the new
faculty sponsorer.
* * *
THE COLLEGE STATION Edu
cational Commission will meet at
7 tonight in the A&M Consolidated
School cafeteria to hear Dr. Wal
lace Strevell of the University of
Houston speak on “What a Com
munity Can Expect from Public
Education.” Election of officers is
also on the program. A supper will
preceded the talk.
* * *
A EIGHT POUND SEVEN
OUNCE boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Gene Foster at 4:35
p. m. Friday. Don Jr. and mother
are doing fine.
* * *
AN INFORMAL RECEPTION
was given Wednesday night in the
MSC social Room by Dr. and Mrs.
J. C. Miller for' animal husbandry
graduating seniors, professors and
their wives. Coffee and cake were
served and dominoes were played
by those attending.
* * *
THE COLLEGE WATER well
was completed with a test giving
568 gallons per minute at a 200
foot pumping level.
“This is less than we expected
but none the less is a good well,”
said B. L.. Brison. The rig is to be
moved off the location and stacked
until further orders are received,
he sa'id.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
‘Senior Court Not At l"''
Editors, The Battalion:
The Battalion editors ran an edi
torial in last Thursday’s paper ex
claiming: “Senior Perpetrates
Kangaroo Action on Juniors.”
To my opinion, this article was
the climax to previous similar ones
which force the Batt’s over-criti
cal, damaging and possibly un-
Aggie policy on the students.
I say force, because the students
help pay for this paper and like
to feel that it belongs to them, and
that it is something to be proud
of. There is much more to it even
than the money spent. With the
power that paper wields, I am sure
that every Aggie would like the
Batt to be, always, a strong, posi
tive influence toward bettering and
strengthening Aggie Student Life.
This editorial took the stand to
claim injustice. Since the editors
ax - e free to express their own ideas
in this colum, there is nothing
wrong about this. But then the edi
tors lambast and defile the Senior
Court, claiming that it had “broken
a regulation” in deciding the case.
The Senior Court acted in its
designated authority throughout
the case. From the Senior Court
Manual, each Court member takes
an oath that “. . . if any doubt
should arise, not explained by said
Articles — of the Cadet Corps—
then—you shall judge—according
to your conscience, the best of youi'
Senate Holds
Banquet In
MSC Tonight
undei’standing and the Customs of
the Cadets corps in like cases . . .”
The Batt is right that no specific
statement appears in the Articles
concerning the charge. There is not
long enumeration of each specific
custom under Article 35. This is
through no failing of the Senior
Court. This case was decided with
the above quoted excerpt as the
authority.
Now, arguing the technical
points of this case leads nowhere
except to loud words and red faces.
And that argument has already
taken place.
Both sides to the question have
foundations that are too vague.
And that vagueness is the trouble.
The Senior Court is not at fault,
it merely follows the bylaws set
before it and does a good job of
that. I sincerely doubt if anyone
else—including the editors—could
administer the Court any better.
The trouble lies in that the
“Customs of the Cadet Corps” are
not concrete enough.
But why did not the Batt place
their blame on the right party?
And the right party in this case
is the student body, which sets the
customs. And why did the Batt
jump on the Senior Court?
Not since the editors did not
understand the situtation because
they told me the trouble during
our conversation. Why then does
the Batt sometimes runoff on
damaging tangents in their edi
torial policy ?
I do not know why but wish the
editors would try breeding unity,
cooperation, and understanding—
possibly through constructive criti
cism.
tried for some definite crime and-
not for violating someone’s con
science.
Mr. Wolfskill goes on to say The
Battalion should have criticized the
student body instead of the Senior
Court for not making the Articles
of the Cadet Corps more definite.
To what group does the court be
long if not to the student body?
It is true that the Articles are in
poor shape and could stand a con
siderable amount of rewriting. It
is also true that very few of the
so-called A&M traditions, customs
or courtesies are 'written on paper.
Consequently one who has never
heard of them would never know
they exist.
By supporting these faulty and
indefinite regulations, the court
did perpetrate an injustice, not on
ly against the 10 juniors but
against the idea of fair trial itself.
It is true that students help pay
for The Battalion with their stu
dent activity fee. But over half
of the paper’s revenue is made
through its advertising. Any stu
dent may control The Battalion’s
editorial policy if it wishes to join
the staff and work into xm editor’s |
position. This privilege is open to
everyone.
Both sides of any story are print-
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The Student Senate will hold its
annual banquet at 6:30 p. m. today
in the MSC, said Bennie Zinn, as
sistant Dean of Men.
All the members of this year’s
Senate and Election Commission
are invited. Honored guests invit
ed are Dr. M. T. Harrington, presi
dent, Dr. D. H. Morgan, Dean of
the college.
Pete Hardesty and Spike White,
Student Activities; J. B. Hervey,
Former Student Association; Joe
Sorrels, Student Life Committee;
Mrs. Marie Francklow, secretary to
the assistant Dean of Men; and
Trend Krokann, foreign student
sponsored by the Senate.
Presentation of Student Senate
and Election Commission keys will
be made during the program.
I believe the Bxitt owes the Sen
ior Court xv courteous apology for
digging its spurs in the wrong
place.
Lyle Wolfskill ’53
tors xvlone. Anyone who doubts
this might check the policy of his
home town paper.
As fxir xvs owing the Senior
Court xvn apology is concerned, The
Battalion would like to refer the
court to todxvy’s front pxvge.
Editor’s Note: Although th*'
Senior Court may have xveted with
in its rights, The Battalion ques
tions that authority. It would
seem that under xv democracy, even
the Aggie version, a man should be
New/ 5 PA
Betancourt In j ured
In Auto Accident
Frank Betancourt, senior Busi
ness major from San Benito, suf
fered a broken leg when the car he
was driving hit a telephone pole
and turned over on the old Hous
ton highway.
Betancourt was driving back
from the clay pits with William
Todd and Don Bull at 11:55 p. m.
Saturday when the accident oc-
cured. Bull and Todd were not
seriously injured, however. Bull
suffered a minor cut on his leg,
said Glen \yhite, friend of the
three men.
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