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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1953 Good Sportsmanship Depends on Individual Good sportsmanship is made up of such things as politely directing a campus visitor to a building, speaking to visiting students from other schools, not booing a referee’s de cision, and many other little things. All over the Southwest conference this week, schools are emphasizing good sports manship by special assemblies and programs. The student leaders who originated and are carrying out this plan should be congrat ulated because this special week will help point up sportsmanship throughout the year. But these leaders can do little if they do not have the support of the students. Every person on every campus is an ambassador for that college. Each student reflects his school’s attitude. This is especially true of A&M, where the uniform makes students distinctive. Every one recognizes an Aggie, and outsiders judge A&M by the Aggies they see. Because of this, A&M students must make a special effort to show courtesy at all times. If one man steps out of line, it reflects on all the others, and the school. News Flashes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY—The confessed kidnaper-killers of Bob by Greenlease today were returned under heavy guard to Kansas City, where the abduction of the 6-year-old boy took place just 15 days ago. Drug addict Carl Austin Hall and his woman friend, Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady, were brought here from St. Louis. ★ ★ ★ MANILA—Constabulary and customs officers reported three Japanese stragglers of World War II entered a village of Lubang Island just outside Manila Bay over the weekend, shot and killed one resident, wounded another and walked off with all the food they could carry. ★ ★ ★ NEW YORK—A diminutive Chinese cook has admitted slaying street walker Kay Gibbons in a fit of jealousy and then carving her body to pieces with a steak knife. The cook James Lew, 34, was scheduled for arraignment today on a charge of homicide. ★ ★ ★ PANMUNJOM—The Korean repatriation commission to day asked the U.N. Command and the Communists to start Thursday in their attempts to persuade war prisoners to re turn home. ★ ★ ★ VIENNA—A military court in Communist Roumania has sentenced 13 persons to death on spying and sabotage char ges. Three other persons, including one woman, received prison terms ranging from 3 to 25 years. ^ ^ GEORGETOWN, British Guiana—A creeping “general” strike appeared likely today to halt at least 50 per cept of Guiana’s major sugar industry in protest against Britain’s crack-down on her South American colony’s leftist leaders. Senate, SLC Evaluation (Continued from Page 1) forming group” over the senior class. He said his reasons for this were he believes a lot of the troubles which arise are in the minds of the student rather than in the organizational set-up. Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of men, said he thought cadet officers should be supreme in military mat ters, and the classes should take, care of class functions. Painter Speaks To Garden Club Dr. T. S. Painter, distinguished professor and former president of the University of Texas, was the featured speaker at the meeting of the A&M Garden club Friday afternoon. Dr. Painter’s discussion on his gardening experiences around the year was taken from his personal experience as a gardener. Mrs. Marion Pugh, president, presided over the business meeting. Mrs. L. S. O’Bannon, treasurer, in troduced the new members. Zinn, who is student senate ad visor, said seniors in the senate used to be afraid to “buck” their class in senate meetings by de fending underclassmen. He said there has been improve ment because recently the seniors will express their viewpoints and not worry about it as they did in the past. Trotter asked about the possi bility of having the president of the senate sit in as an ex-officio mem ber of the SLC in addition to the four regular members which the senate sends. Penberthy said in his opinion that if this were done the presi dent of the senate should be one of the four regular members. Joe Sorrels, faculty member of the SLC who represented the com mittee at the meeting, said he will work with the sophomore, junior and senior classes in their re-eval uation. Referring to the question of the classes, Penberthy told The Bat talion the classes are hanging with out any definite lines of authority. “They probably want to know where they stand in the overall picture,” said Penberthy. 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 as 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., at New Tork City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. 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. News contributions may be 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. JERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER Qhuck Neighbors Harri Baker Bob Boriskie Jon Kinslow JeiTy Estes Bob Hendry... Barbara Rubin Bill Turner Co-Editors Managing Editor Campus Editor Sports Editor City Editor .Basic Division Editor Feature Editor Society Editor .Advertising Manager Letters To the Editors Editors, The Battalion: To, The Student Body: For the last few weeks there have been a few letters pertaining to “Aggie Spirit” sent into and published by this paper. Well, now is the time for us to show a few people it can’t be beat. There’s an Aggie lying in a hospital in Waco who needs some help pretty badly. You all know who I am talking about. He is Charles Arnold, a junior from Sherman who was hurt in the wreck a week ago last Saturday going to the Georgia game in Dal las. Charles’ pelvis is broken in five places and his doctors say if he is able to walk on crutches within a year’s time he will be lucky. That comes as a pretty rough blow to a guy who like a lot of us worked in the summer so he could come back to school next year. I know that money is a pretty touchy subject with all of us, but it wouldn’t hurt a bit for each one of us to miss one, movie in order to give that 50 cents or a dollar or whatever we would spend, to an Aggie who needs and would ap preciate it. Starting Wednesday, from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., there will be a jar on a table between Sully’s statue and the Academic building for money to help a fellow Aggie. I will give my dollar, will you? Dudley Thomas ’57 Fire Destroys (Continued from Page 1) College Station First Baptist church. A distinguished military student, member of the Ross Volunteers, and distinguished stu dent, Draper works as a salesman in the afternoons. After the fire, the Draper’s spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. James Bowen, neighbors across the street. They are now staying in a furnish ed apartment that “is a little too steep for our budget,” according to Draper. He is looking for a cheaper apartment. Lost in the fire were most of his winter clothing, his senior boots, a radio and record player, all of his RV uniform, and some bedding. Draper doesn’t know yet the full extent of his losses. 22nd ANNUAL PRISON R 0 SPECIALTY ACTS D E and FEATURE ATTRACTIONS', D RESERVEDd*/l , TAX SEATS SEND CHECK '©flf/.’-MbHEY . 'OrtpER To prison Rodeo Ticket office 4-11^18-25 PRISON STADIUM HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS Dragnet Theme’s Sudden Popularity Rise Unexplained By DON THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (A>) _ Dumm da dum dummm. The opening theme of “Dragnet,” the cops-and-hoodlums TV show on NBC, has become the most famous four notes in America to day. They have eclipsed “da da da dumm”—the start of Beethov en’s Fifth Symphony that was the vicitory symbol in World War II. Reports Variety: “No show biz phenomenon has captured public interest as much as the musical theme of ‘Dragnet’ since the pion eer radio catchphrase days of ‘Voss you dere, Sharlie?’ ” ‘Wanna buy a duck?’ ...” Blares From Juke Boxes Everywhere you go, it’s “dumm da dum dummm.” It blares from juke boxes and radios. TV comics use it as a punch line. My 5-year- old even brought it home from kindergarten the other day. The craze was set off by Ray Anthony’s hard-rocking disc of the “Di’agnet” theme. Now it is reach-' ing a frenzied climax with a run away record seller called “Sti. George and the Dragnet.” Heaven knows where it will all end. I sat down with bandleader An thony to find out how it all hap pened. The suave musician, who looks like a trumpet-playing Cary Grant, said it started over a year ago. “My manager, Fred Benson, thought it would be a good idea to get out a record on the “Dragnet’ theme,” he explained. Asked Arrangers “We asked one of my arrangers to whip up a treatment. Every month or so, I would ask him how he was coming. He’d say, ‘Man, I can’t get with it.’ “So we let it slide. There was some doubt whether Jack Webb would release the rights to the music for records. “When we were in New York last summer, we heard that Buddy Morrow’s band was coming out with a ‘Dragnet’ side on Victor. So I ordered a couple of arrange ments in a hurry—one playing it straight and the other in boogie. “We sat down to the recording date and played both versions. Neither of them sounded right. So we combined them and added some new touches. Four hours later, we came off with the finished pro duct.” Beat Victor Capitol records put a hurry order on the disc and beat Victor to the market. Anthony’s version began selling like hot dogs at a World Series. It was by far the biggest seller his band ever had. Then came “St. George and the Dragonet.” A hilarious satire of Webb’s underplaying, repetitive style, it was whipped up by two “Time for Beany” creators, Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, plus Walter Schumann, who composed the original “Dragnet” music. The record is one of the fastest sellers in history, reaching 900,000 and still climbing. It has naturally cut into Anthony’s sales. Why would his own company bring out a competing record ? Slightly Indignant “That’s what I’d like to know,” replies Anthony, who is slightly in dignant about it. But he added that his sales are beginning to buildup steam again.. The latest figure is 700,000. Many people have wondered how Webb feels about the jazzing up and lampooning of the TV show. He appears to favor the Anthony version and tolerate “St. George.” But he has frowned on Spike Jones’ record and some others. “It’s the small, commercial out fits, which never bother to se cure clearance, that we’re out to stop,” he said. Sponsored by Rival The big question about “Drag net” is whether the show’s theme will make the Hit Parade, which is sponsored by a rival cigaret firm. So far it hasn’t made the grade among the top seven tunes. Yet it appeal's in the top three of most record sales, radio and juke box lists. How now, Hit Parade? Marine Reserve Plans Unit Here A platoon of United States marine corps reservists will be activated here Thursday. A detached unit of the Sixth Marine infantry division which has headquarters in Houston, the unit will be a rifle platoon consisting of one officer and 44 enlisted men. Dr. William Warren, animal hus bandry department, is a Marine Corps reserve captain and will command the platoon. 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