Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1953 Colleges Hurt Progress By Not Producing Citizen W/HEN WILL C. Crawford said, “people are ™ more prone to criticize what ap pears to be wrong- than to praise that which is good,” he was looking deep within the ele ment we «call “human nature.” He also said about public educations “The current criticisms center largely on individ ual mistakes and shortcomings which, while regrettable and subject to improvement, are bound to occur in any large program in volving so much of the human element.” “Too little tribute is paid to the magnifi cent contribution which public education has made to the development of our Ameri can way of life and the highest standard of living in history.” Yet, today, it is common knowledge that although our public education has done a tremendous duty in bettering our living standard, public education is falling. ! The National Manpower Council recently informed President Eisenhower that pro gress is retarded and even national security is weakened by failure to provide proper edu cation and training for a “vast reservoir of highly intelligent young people.” The council disclosed that less than half of those capable of acquiring a college de gree enter college and “two-fifths of those who start college — many with superior ability—do not graduate.” A criticism of colleges which they have strived to correct is the unbalanced student life on American campuses. Examples^ of pantie-raids, water fights and needless de struction seems to warrant the question: “Well, General, we have not had many dead cavalrymen lying about lately.”—Joseph Hooker. Final Quizzes And YOUR Prof “Are colleges and universities fulfilling their place in building good citizens while attempt ing to produce scholars?” Citizenship preparedness is lacking with the evidence shown that many college stu dents fail to take position seriously. And then, perhaps the colleges are not providing the necessary element which will allow the students to acquire their knowledge of hu man behaviour and citizenship. Scholasitically, the colleges are failing to produce the necessary manpower for profes sional and scientific areas. “For every high-school graduate who eventually earns a doctoral degree, there are 25 others who have the intellectual ability to achieve that degree but do not,” the coun cil declared. And the greatest lack of professionals is becoming apparent in the teaching field. Through the years, the dollar sign has drawn away the professors and instructors. Today with the “guilt by association” tag and treading Congressional investigations in higher education, more of the younger pro fessional instructors are fading into indus- • try.. Because it is an apparent impossibility to stockpile such personnel, the education field will be one of the hardest hit with the increasing number of entering college stu dents and the depleting number of instruc tors. The solution, the council points out, is to initiate “a purposeful and sustained ef fort” which can insure the United States that it will have adequate resources of scientific and professional manpower to meet its needs. To do this, the council stresses the need to find an effective utilization of manpower, once the shortages have been found out in their entirety. The main way to provide these needs is with a continuous flow of s t u d e nt s through colleges and universities and ex panding the opportunities for capable young- Fellowship Offer To Grad Students Search is undei*way for an out standing graduate student who would be eligible for a Rotary In tel-national Fellowship, said Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the biology department and chairman of the local International Service Com mittee. “We found two students who were eligible, but both were al ready launched on graduate pro grams under other auspices,” said Doak. ♦ Efforts to find a Rotary fellow to send to a foreign country will extend into the next year, he add ed. The student chosen for this honor, Doak continued, must be from College Station, Bryan or surrounding area. Fellowships range from $1,800 to $3,400. YEAH, ’DEAD’ WEEK—The classically misnamed Dead Week starts Monday. It’s supposed to be a week of rest and review before Examination Week, but most of the pro fessors use it to give all the major quizzes they forgot to give during the semester. BA Prof Attends Armor School R. L. Elkins, associate professor of business administration, left Tuesday for Fort Knox, Ky. to attend a fifteen week advanced associated armor school for of ficers. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Blood Drive Success; Chairman Thanks Ags Editors, The Battalion: At the completion of the blood- donor drive yesterday (May 13), the general feeling of the Blood- mobile Unit personnel was best expressed by one nurse who com mented that it was always a plea sure to come to A&M because they knew they would fill their quota. They also took notice of the friend ly spirit and the good manners ex hibited by the Aggies. Since this brings our blood- donor drive to a close for the se cond year perhaps everyone would be interested to know that 214 pints were collected on the first trip, 240. pints on the second trip, 276 pints the first day of the 3rd trip, 240 pints on the second trip, of the- trip. That makes a grand total of 1016 pints and breaks our record -for one year. riNAL MAJOR quizzes and the final ex- '' aminations are rapidly approaching. With this thought in mind, we would like to pass on a poem entitled “If.” Included with this poem are our apoligies to Kipling. If you can fool your prof without his knowing *>' That you are shooting him a line of bull. And, while this bull from you is freely- flowing, By degrees you get with him a pull; - * If you can force yourself by mighty effort To laugh when he dispenses his stale jokes And, when all your fellow students mifes a^ question. You read the answer calmly from your notes; If you can fill the unforgiving hour With sixty minutes worth of spoofing done. Yours is the couse, and three hours credit with it, And, what is more, you’ll make an A, my son. sters to secure higher education. ^ a o • To do this, however, colleges and univer- 1. 6X3S StcltlOfl prepare, not only in acquiring sities must the best professional help for their academ ics, but preparing a suitable student life pro gram which will enable the youth of the nation to develop into better citizens. President M. T. Harrington expressed it effectively in his inaugural address three years ago. He said: “From the beginning of time, the one un pardonable sin in nature has been to stand still. When a nation or an institution or an organization, or an individual becomes too complacent, the end is not far off; in fact, the seeds of decay are already active. “When an organization takes more pride in its past when what it is doing today, you may write ‘Finis’ across its history. “Let us go forward, then, bearing in mind that no matter what success may crown our efforts we must never be satisfied. The things that are attained as yet are the things most worth attaining. There is only one royal road to success. It is the road ahead.” Th e Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. During the summer terms, and examina tion and vacation periods. The Battalion is published twice a week. 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Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. JERRY BENNETT, I?D HOLDER ' Hand Baker Peggy Maddox CO-EDITORS City Editor Women’s News Editor Ed Holder Today's Issue Managing Editor News Editor — Sports News Editors Frank N. Manitzas Bob Boriskie - - Gets $3,500 in Aid Two major grants have been received by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. A grant of $3,000 has been made available to it by the veterinary research department of Merck and Co., Rahway, N. J. It will be used in support of studies of the development of chick growth promoting cultures of bac teria isolated from chickens feces. These studies are being conduct ed by Dr. J. R. Couch of the de partment of biochemistry, nutri tion and poultry husbandry. A $500 grant-in-aid has been made available by the Colloidal Products Corp., San Francisco, Calif. It will be used in support of research in cotton defoliation. These studies are being conduct ed by Dr. Wayne C. Hall of the depai-tment of plant physiology and pathology. The people to thank for such record is, of course each individual who took one hour of his time to give one pint of his blood. Surely the men in Korea and their folks are truly greatful to each of you. And also deserving thanks are two men who had the tremendous job of collecting all the names of prospective donors, scheduling them, and seeing that they were notified—Mr. Harry Boyer and Mr. Allan Madeley. Without these men our goal could never have been obtained. Working with them were their office staff who haKy...X BBTTee e-ricxTo bb-in’a oi/r-c/*- MP/PATWA/f AN A6»K‘S/V\ pOZ A JOB AVg - -THE FUN NY [sic] paPEi? AU.U6 HANPLE6. IT THAT WAV. n TM$ POO SONS thing Call eo | "POGGO is JES’ABOUT /HCO/,iP2£S ■ HSHStSULB. T ODCPLUCK U5TL COMB A- y RUNNIN'WHEN YOU \G NBEOY.' SIMPLE J., YfeXlK. Y' M5THOP5 ARE ToO CRUPE — YOU ‘SHOULD HAVE O/S/V/rX AND on your eipe. 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