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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1953
Newspapers Must
Remain Courageous
Forty Six Students to Get
Master Degrees This Month
Lack of Humanities Courses
Hurts College Programs
OE CALLS us boys, not men.
** He is Maynard K. Boring, who summar
ized the goods, bads, and prospects of current
college and high school graduates pretty
neatly in the last U.S. News and World Re
port.
Boring, manager of General Electric’s
technical personnel divisions, was interview
ed concerning technical men chiefly, but
much of what he has said has more general
application.
Ike Sticks
With Plans
DRESIDENT Eisenhower’s refusal of Prime
4 Minister Churchill’s proposal shows that
the US’s top government official plans to do
as he says.
Last month, Eisenhower told the world
that Russia could bring about a meeting- be
tween the main powers if the Soviet would
show more action and less words.
This statement said agreement on a Ko
rean truce and on an Austrian treaty would
demonstrate Soviet sincerety and “help to
pave the way toward a high level confer
ence.”
Churchill has proposed an early confer
ence without any great delay, to be held
with maximum privacy arid to be free of any
detailed program.
The United States has recognized that
the world is growing smaller. It seems that
Churchill should too. Regardless of how se
cret a meeting might seem today, news will
not remain hidden.
More important is the fact that rumors
which originate from such meetings often
cause more trouble than any report of the
conference. Lack of a detailed program
would encourage this.
We feel, as does the President, that until
Russia reveals a cooperative trend, confer
ence talks cannot begin. TJie United States,
however, can improve the present situation
with a more friendly attitude and remain
more informed as to what its allies are think
ing and doing.
In this manner, Eisenhower can lead the
United States and the world toward peace.
First off, how do our elders view our tools
for a career after college ? Boring says that
“basically they (youngsters of today) are
better” than those a decade or two ago.
He states that he is “all for the jmung
fellow of today,” as being “two-fisted, willing
to fight for his rights.”
We apparently lack certain of the rudi
mentary principles of living, for Boring
states “most of the things they have trouble
with are the things they should have learned
at their mothers’ knees when they were 5 or
6 years old.”
Boring becomes another of the growing
chorus to criticize the failing of the univer
sities to include enough humanities courses
in technical programs, when he declares that
failures among the 12,000 men he has
brought into the scientific field since lj922
have all been in human relations problems,
in one form or another.
Other cogent points that he makes are as
follows:
1. Starting salaries in technical fields
have apparently stabilized at the highest
rates they have ever reached.
2. The future of technical men seems well
established, because even though greater
numbers of college freshmen are embarking
on technical courses, the percentage of attri
tion is growing because of lack of background
and preparation.
3. Since there is a very pressing need for
the services of technical men on the home
front at the present, graduates may very
well be better off to go to work for six
months or a year before being drafted.
4. General Electric, and presumably oth
er big companies, since they are “all in the
same boat,” pays more to a returning veteran
than a man fresh out of college, even though
neither of them have had any actual experi
ence.
5. Companies are having a tough time
locating returning veterans, since they “bolt
to their homes,” once they' are' separated
from the “mess.”
6. Boys graduating from high school
would be better off going directly into the
service instead of trying to get a year or two
of college before being drafted. These boys
would be more mature college students after
their service.
—The Michigan State News.
American newspapers must keep
their integrity, resposibility and
forthrightness to remain a ser
vant for the public’s good, em
phasized the managing editor of a
metropolitan Texas daily news
paper here last night.
“To accomplish this, a newspaper
must remember it has a soul,” said
Felix R. McKnight, managing edi
tor of The Dallas Morning News
to the Journalism Club.
“A newspaper must be coura
geous and right” the former A&M
student said.
McKnight emphasized f o u r
points which a newspaper must
have to serve the public.
“A newspaper must:
• “Have eyes that shine. It
must be easy to read and exist for
the reader, attractive and tailor
ed especially for his eye.
Fists That Strike
® “Have fists that strike. Fence-
straddling is no longer acceptable
on any good American newspaper.
It must aggressively function as a
citizen. It must have fists of iron
that strike for good.
“Only a newspaper which is
courageous and right can and
should survive. It must remember
its integrity, responsibility and
forthrigtness to the citizen.
• “Have arms that comfort.'
Human drama passes through a
newspaper office everyday and the
newspaper must strive to be the
friend and protector of the public.
“It is hard to deny some ap
peals but a newspaper must aim
for the right decisions. It can be
one of the greatest weapons of a
newspaper.
Voice to be Heard
• “Have a voice that can be
heard. A newspaper has two souls.
One is in the news columns where
it must give fair and objective re
porting and the other is in its edi
torial columns—the voice of a
newspaper.”
McKnight lauded The Battalion
as one of the “best newspapers in
American colleges.”
He said that the editorial page
in Ameidcan newspapers lacked
courage, but he did not feel this
was the case with The Battalion.
“It seems you have a great deal
of freedom here. You should be
allowed to keep it. I think you
have done a good job,” McKnight
said.
Many editorial pages of Ameri
can newspapers, the managing edi
tor said, sin in saying the obvious.
These newspapers should dig for
facts.
Editorial Page—Courageous
“Editorial pages should be coura
geous and they should be fair. An
editorial page can be fair by not
hitting belovr the belt. The Dallas
News allows the other side of the
story with its letters to the editors
space. We try to print all the let
ters we recive, but it is difficult
to do.”
Interpretive reporting is com
ing more into (he modern news
paper picture, he said.
“A good honest editorial page
should lead the people and let them
know what’s going on.”
McKnight told the group how
The Dallas New's first heard about
the recent tornado.
The News’ Waco correspondent
was out of his office a few minutes
on a call to get a feature story
about a duck. While he was gone,
the tornado struck, caving in the
Avail of his office. “He did not be-
lieA r e the news when he first heard
about the tornado,” said McKnight.
Speakers Named
For Police School
Jack Heard, investigator and
police inspector of the Houston
Police Department, and Carl Hans-
son, chief of the Dallas Police De
partment, will be two of the princi
pal speakers at the police school
starting here June 1, said Wallace
D. Beasley, chief instructor and
head of the school.
Heard will speak on “How to
Patrol an Area”, and Hansson will
speak on “Public Relations”
The school, sponsored by the
Engineering Extention Service, will
last for four weeks and the at
tending officers will receive a total
of 120 hours of instruction, Beasley
said.
Twenty four police officers from
Texas towns and cities are ex
pected to be present, Beasley add
ed.
Felix J. Burton, entomology
major, is the only student receiv
ing a Masters of Agriculture this
year on a list issued by Dr. Ide P.
Trotter, dean of the Graduate
School.
The Hst included 45 students re
ceiving Masters in science, engi
neering, and education.
Masters of Sciense Avill go to
William Gray Adkins, Alan B.
Alter, George B. Austin, Hennen
F. Beckman, Murray A. Brown,
Victor M. Duvall, Phil R. Cobb,
Huseyin S. Ener, Glenn C. Harrell,
Charles R. Holbx-ook, Robert C.
Jaska, Paul T. Koshi, Rexford D.
Lord, M. J. Lukefahr and William
V. Dumb.
Masters of Science degrees will
also be granted to James L. Ma
han, S. K. Morion, R. W. Mitchell,
William G. Modrow, S. 0. Navarro,
E. C. Nord, F. R. Oradat, Robert
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P. Parke, F. R. Quazi, Warren
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Stewart, John F. Woodham and
Donnell Ballard.
Receiving masters degrees in
Education are Warren B. Davis,
Henry N. Fears, Augusta M. Fox,
Gerald R. McMillan, R. G. Phil
lips, John R. Shepherd, Harold Q.
Taylor and Freddie A. Walters.
Masters of Engineering will go
to Louis DeVries, Collin M. Carter,
Harold E. Curry, Delbert M. Fow
ler, Teddy J. Hirsch, W. Henry
Norris, Gordon H. Shumard and
Branton B. Blount.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Blood Drives Get 1,016 Pints
BLOOD DRIVE contributions
from College Station this year
totaled 1,016 pints, said Lee Phil
lips, chairman. Tuesday’s donations
reached 275 pints, and 287 pints
Avere given Wednesday. The quota
Avas 250 pints each day.
* * *
THE RIFLE RANGE located
under Kyle Field is being cleaned
and repainted, said Harry Gayden
of the rifle team. Work is being
done by rifle team members and
by students Avho wish to work off
extra duty tour hours, Gayden said.
* * *
EDWIN J. AKLINE, ’25, is
president of a newly former A&M
club for the state of Montana. Jon
N. DeHaas Jr., class ’48, is exe
cutive secretary, the ten members
of the club celebrated Muster with
a dinner.
* * *
BOBBY RANKIN will be presi
dent of the. Rodeo Club for next
year. A senior from Wills Point,
Rankin is in second place in the
National Intercollegiate Rodeo As
sociation steer wrestling. Other
neAv officers are R. S. Higgins,
A r ice-president; Bolly Steele, secre-
tary-treasurer; and E. D. Fincher,
reporter-parliamentarian.
N= * *
JOE HERSHEY is the new
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FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN... Co-Editors
Ed Holder, Jerry Bennett Managing Editors
Harri Baker .;. City Editor
Peggy Maddox. Women’s News Editor
president of the Panhandle Club.
Other officers are Berk Sorelle,
vice-president; Jim Wilson, secre
tary; Ralph Benton, treasurer;
Frank Ford, reporter; Jack Fowler,
social secretary; and Jim Horton,
sergeant-at-arms.
* * *
DR. J. H. QUISENBERRY, head
of the poultry husbandry depart
ment, is on a week’s leave of ab
sence A’isiting Mexico City, as the
guest of W. O. Jenkins, a leading
poultry and agricultural man in
Mexico. Mrs. Quisenberry accom
panied the professor.
While in Mexico, Dr. Quisen
berry will assist producers Avith
poultry production problems, and
also will discuss co-operative ar
rangements to export Texas poul
try and poultry products to Mexico.
* * *
E. L. WILLIAMS, vice-director
of the Texas Engineering Exten
sion Service, is on a two week lea\'e
of absence, serving as consultant
for the U. S. Bureau of Mines. The
bureau is organizing a school in
Pittsburgh, Penn, for 60 new in
spectors and engineers.
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FOUR A&M FORMER students
haA r e graduated with the rank of
Ensign from the Navy’s officer
candidate school at Newport, R. I.
They are James F. Slowery ’51,
Bryan; Paul B. Wells ’49, Houston;
Robert K. Hedrick ’51, Dallas; and
N. J. Bent ’51, Lufkin.
Today’s Issue
Jerry Bennett Managing Editor
Harri Baker •. Nbaa-s Editor
Bob Boriskie : ....Sports News Editor
What’s Cooking
Thursday
7:30 p. m.—Building Products
Marketing Club, Room 151, BA
Bldg., shoi't, important meeting
for everyone going on field trip.
Brazos Aviation association, VAR
TU Bldg, next to Triangle Dri\ T e-
in, CAA man from Aviation Safety
Division, also a film.
Friday
1:15 p.m.—Foods Group of the
College W'omen’s Social Club, A&
M Christian Church.
Broke!
Aint no reason to be‘
Bring us your old
texts and Ave’ll buy
em. Look over your
bookshelves and pick
out the books you don’t
need, bring ’em to
us and we do the
rest. We pay the
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