Battalion Editorials
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
A representative of the Houston
unit will be at the local army re
serve armory Thursday night at
7:30. A meeting of all interested
students not in the ROTC program
will be held at that time.
Any person who is not a mem
ber of any other reserve program
or in the cadet corps is urged to
attend.
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