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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1953 A Decision: Forced Loyalty Or Voluntary Spirit? A freshman recently expressed an opin ion which student committees should consid er when evaluating student life at A&M. In a written Basic Division survey to find out freshmen problems here, one student re marked : “When A&M begins to stress school spir- • Crowded Highway Endangers Cadets Once again the A&M student body will be involved in the nation’s worst death trap— the highways. Experts have warned that many of our roads have been outmoded by an increase in the nation’s traffic. Two lane highways are no longer safe because of the many cars which use them. This weekend they will be more crowded than usual. The Aggies are going to Fort Worth for .the first corps trip of the year. People from all over the state will be driving to and from the Dallas fair. Students should remember these dangers when driving to Fort Worth. A reckless move at the steering wheel could cause their parents to attend an unexpected funeral. it instead of forced loyalty, there will be more cooperation, a friendlier campus and a more wonderful school to be proud of.” This freshmen has hit the nail on the head. Much of A&M’s so-called spirit is nothing but enforced enthusiasm. People are impressed when they see freshmen yelling throughout a football game. But how many know that upperclassmen are making the freshmen yell? Although many students are sincere in supporting their school and teams, many others go through A&M cheering only out of habit. During thei.r underclassmen years, they were forced to cheer. They never had a chance to develop true school spirit. Enthusiasm or love for anything can not be forced. A person has to develop these attitudes himself in order for them to be sin cere. Much of the student body’s discontent might be eliminated if students were not forced to “love” the school. If they were allowed to develop their own affection for A&M, they might be more willing to cooper ate with each other in solving the school’s problems. The evaluating committees should decide whether they want a better school through true school spirit or just a demonstration of loud yelling. News Flashes What’s Cooking THURSDAY By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK—Testimony on the reported removal of top-secret radar defense documents from the Ft. Monmouth, N.J., Signal Corps center has dovetailed with a charge that vital defense data from the base has been channeled to Rus sia for some time. Testimony in the case was disclosed by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.) after a closed hearing yesterday of his Senate permanent investigations subcommittee. ★ ★ ★ , PANMUNJOM—Balking Chinese war prisoners today re jected overwhelmingly the first Communist attempts to coax them home. Of 500 Chinese who met Red interviewers in an opening session, only seven requested repatriation to Red China, said the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission UNRC. ★ ★ ★ SYDNEY, Australia—U. S. Vice President Richard Nix on flew here today from Auckland, New Zealand, for a six- day Australian visit on his Far Eastern fact-finding tour. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Dr. Samuel W. Brownwell, 53, brother of Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownwell, has been appointed federal com missioner of education. ★ ★ ★ EAST ALTON, Ill.—An explosion at the isolated smoke less powder processing plant of Olin Industries killed two workmen and injured a third here last night. The blast was felt more than five miles away. 'g 'g SANTA MONICA, Calif.—The sister of Iran’s Shah gave birth to a 6 '/z-pound daughter last night, her second child. She is Mrs. Vincent Hillyer, 4, wife of an importer. Her doctor said she and the baby are doing well. ★ ★ ★ LIMA, Ohio—A 14-year-old Lima boy fired a .22-caliber rifle from his bedroom window yesterday and killed his 9- year-old next door neighbor. Police Chief Kermit A. Westbay said Peter Ledwedge told him he didn’t know the rifle was loaded when he shot Roman Schaefer. He was not held. ★ ★ ★ BALDWIN PARK, Calif.—The Navy veteran who two years ago was brought back to life after being “temporarily dead” for 15 minutes is now in fair health, his mother says. He is Melvin Eugene Hewitt, 29, who was revived by heart massage at El Monte Medical Center. Hewitt remained in a coma for a month thereafter, and doctors agreed that his brain was damaged by being deprived of oxygen for the rel atively long period of 15 minutes. 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. EnterJ^ as second-class matter at Post Office at CoUegc 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 York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, amd 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 Co-Editors Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor Harri Baker Campus Editor Bob Boriskie Sports Editor Jon Kinslow City Editor Jerry Estes Basic Division Editor Bob Hendrv Feature Editor Barbara Rubin : Society Editor Bill Turner Advertising Manager 5 p. m.—1952-53 squadron “23” meeting, YMCA chapel. Plan re union social. 6 p. m. — Entomology club meet ing, cabin at Hensel park. Club party, refreshments and games. 7:30 p. m.—Rusk County club meeting, room 307, Goodwin hall. Fayette - Colorado A&M club meeting, room 2C, MSC. Plan party. Bee County club meeting, room 203, Academic building. Waco - McLennan county club meeting, room 306, Goodwin hall. Dance plans to be discussed. Houston hometown club meeting, room 301, Goodwin hall. Dance plans to be discussed. Bell county club meeting, room 123, Academic building. Beaumont hometown club meet ing, room 104, Academic building. Important. Texarkana, Four States club meeting, room 224, Academic build ing. Orange hometown club meeting, room 305, Goodwin hall. Dance of officers, refreshments. Camera club meeting, Assembly room, MSC. Talk on portraiture lighting. Laredo A&M club meeting, room 2C, MSC. Plans for party. San Angelo club meeting, Ag. building, Plans for fall function. Pan American club meeting, M SC, room indicated on board. Slides from Japan and Mexico will be shown. Coffee and cookies. Robertson county club meet ing, room 303. Goodwin hall. El Paso hometown club, Acade mic building. Hidalgo-Starr County club meet ing, YMCA bowling alley. Organi zational meeting and election of officers. The planet Jupiter is much more sharply flattened at the poles than is the earth, one diameter of the big planet being one fifteenth less than the other. AGGIELAND PHARMACY —Free Delivery— North Gate Phone 4-4344 Youths By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, — Asst. Secre tary of Defense John A. Han nah has said every American youth faces an 8-year military ob ligation, whether he is drafted or enlists. News Briefs Free Dance Planned For Corps Trip A FREE DANCE for A&M stu dents will be given at the Pioneer Palace in Fort Worth by the Fort Worth A&M club. The TSCW Ser- enaders will play for the dance, which will be from 9 to 12 Satur day night. * * * THE JULIA BALL LEE Fellow ships in Biology, worth more than $4,000, are now behig offered to any undergraduate student in biology with a high academic re cord and a sustained interest in biological sciences. * * * THE SOUTHERN REBIONAL technical committee on vegetable marketing is meeting here now. H. B. Sorensen, Agricultural Experi ment station, is secretary of the committee and in charge of the meeting. * * * THE TEXAS NUTRITION con ference will be held today and to morrow in the Memorial Student Center. Outstanding authorities in the field of nutrition will speak at the meetings. 'k ifc W. J. LEE, manager of the J. C. Penney store in Bryan, spoke to the meeting of the Marketing so ciety Tuesday night. His topic was “Opportunities with J. C. Penney Co. and the retailing field in general.” * * * A DEPARTMENT coffee and social to better acquaint students and faculty members of the pet roleum and geology departments will be held from 5 to 6 p. m. to day in the Memorial Student Cen ter. Foundry Group Plan Field Trip The student chapter of the American Foundrymen’s Society is planning an inspection trip Nov. 16 to the Lone Star Steel foun dries in Dangerfield. During the inspection trip the AFS members will be guests of the Texas chapter, which is holding its annual convention there. The Tex as chapter will furnish a bus for the AFS if enough men will go. The club will not make final plans until they get 25 men who want to go. Geologists to Hear Lecture on Diamonds Mrs. Gladys Babson Hennaford, noted lecturer on diamonds, will speak to the Geology club Tues day, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p. m. in the lectui’e room of the Geology build ing. Mrs. Hannaford has presented her lectures on diamonds to some of the largest club groups in the nation. She has also spoken at many leading colleges and uni versities in the past few years. Face Eight Year Obligation- - Hanali Hannah also declared that the accumulated supply of eligible mil itary manpower has been “pretty much depleted” since the outbreak of the Korean War in mid-1950. He said it will be 1960 before there will be more than a million eligible youths available for serv ice—either through the draft or en listments—to fill out the nation’s annual requirements. Maintain Forces “As far as we can see, it is going to be necessary to maintain armed forces at approximately the present size for an indefinite period.” Hannah said. “The decision has been made that there shall be no reduction in combat effectiveness in any of the services for an indefinite period. “And we are going to move in the direction of increasing the combat effectiveness of the air force.” Hannah, who is on leave from his post as president of Michigan State college, disclosed these phases of long - range Pentagon planning in a copyrighted inter view in U. S. News & World Re port, independent weekly news magazine published here. Faces Youth Speaking of military manpower, Hannah said most people in this country apparently are unaware of the 8 - year service obligation facing the nation’s youth under a law which became effective only a few months ago. Asked if there was any evidence of relief from that responsibility, Hannah replied flattly: “None whatsoever.” The law, he said, provides that if a youth enlists for a 4-year term he still has a 4-year obligation in the reserves. And a draftee who serves two years still must serve an additional six years in the re serves. Hannah explained that if the na tion is to continue to keep as many as three million men in uniform, it requires more than a million men a year. Draft Boards Are Calling He noted that most draft boards are now calling 19-year-olds, after calling older men first, and that fatherhood is no longer a substi tute for service. “It is possible that when we get closer to the bottom of the man power barrel, the administration will have to take another look at deferments for apprentices, stu dents, agriculture workers and so forth,” he said. JUST WAITING—Zopilotes, or Mexican buzzards, rest on a hotel billboard on the out skirts of Acapulco, the Pacific coast tourist resort. The buzzards usually wait in the hills, but they now come almost to the downtown area because there are so few people in the town. A slump in the tourist traffic has emptied the town. Quarter Million Beers To Be Dumped in Gulf Aggie Players Pick ‘Mr. Roberts’ Cast The cast has been chosen for the Aggie Players’ production of “Mr. Roberts” to be presented Nov. 9 and 10. Ricky Black plays the title role of Roberts, the executive afficer of a navy transport ship. In order of appearance, the rest of the cast is Harold Craig, Cart- hell Perdue, B. B. Smith, Harry Gooding, Raoul Roth, John Sara- vanja, Alan Soefje, I?at Crosland and Dennis Bishop. Ted Castle, Tommy Devenport, Harry Espey, Dorothy Bell, Gayle Klipple and Jerry Neighbors.' Rudy Stanislav will be stage manager; Mrs. D. D. Buchard, pro- pei-ty manager, and Mary Mackin, assistant director. C. K. Esten, English department, is faculty sponsor and director of the group. “There is still one vacancy in the cast.” Esten said. Any cracks or loose-fitting doors and windows in your house ? Then do some filling or tightening and you’ll save yourself work by pre venting dirt streaks on curtains, walls and windows. TAMPA, Fla.—6P)—A quarter million cans of beer will be umped in the Gulf of Mexico because they are not stamped in conformance with Florida regulations. An official of the Sunny South Distributing Co. in Orlando, said because of a machinery breakdown some of the cans had not been stamped with the word “Florida.” “It would be more trouble than it is worth to separate all stamped cans from the unstamped cans,” he said. “It’s easier to dump them Art Gallery Exhibits 21 Pictures in Bryan An exhibit of 21 paintings and sketches done by members of the Memorial Student Center art gal lery committee is being held at the First National Bank of Bryan. The exhibit was opened Tuesday and will probably be continued until Monday, said Mrs. Emalita Newton Terry, advisor to the com mittee. Many of the paintings and sketches were done by students. The rest were done by associate members of the committee. than go through all 11,000 cases/ The beer was brought here from Orlando in four freight cars and was loaded on barges yesterday. The barges will go 20 miles o-uf in the gulf today and dump th( beer. Czech Club Elects Nedbalek Veep Eddie Nedbalek of Bay City has been elected vice-president of the A&M Czech Club. Other new officers are Willy Kopecky, secretary; Charles Hlav- inka, treasurer; Johnny Bravenec, reporter; Josef Janecka, social chairman; Calvin Janak, sergeant- at-arms; and Johnny Better, song- leader. Mel Holubec was elected presi dent last spring. A committee was elected to nominate a sweetheart for the club. The sweetheart election is part of the club’s membership drive. Anyone interested in Czecho slovakian culture or language is invited to join the club, said Dr. J. M. Skrivanek, sponsor. 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