Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953 A&3'Ps Closed- Doors Hurt College Progress COME ORGANIZATIONS here on the cam- ^ pus maintain a “closed-door” policy.' This ; policy hurts the student. It hurts the school. It hurts A&M’s progress. ;;;• Two of the principle organizations which maintain this policy are the Academic coun cil and the Athletic council. As a reason for the closed doors, these two councils offer the same miserable ex cuses. They say there is too much rambling in the meetings which shouldn’t appear in the paper, and that members of the council might not feel free to say what they think if a representative of the press were present. If the men of these councils are afraid to • Will College Station Meet Campus Goal? IVTOVEMBER 2 begins.the annual drive for the A&M College-College Station Com munity Chest - Red Cross. Then the people of the city will have the opportunity to make one bulk contribution to support all the charity organizations which operate in the community. It is also an opportunity for the people to show their interest in these organizations by going over the Chest goal, and not falling $2,000 short as last year. College Station can, and has, gone over the top in its contributions, but each year’s drive presents a new challenge. Will College Station fall short of this challenge as it did last year, or will the city meet the challenge with the civic pride of which College Station is capable? stand behind what they say, just how did they maintain the position of honor which they now hold in the first place. You’ve heard the statement, “An inform ed people are a free people.” Members of these two councils seemingly haven’t heard it. Or if they have, they are closing the doors for some reason other than what they offer. Could it be these people are afraid? Are they afraid that if the truth were known of what goes on behind these doors they might be criticized ? Perhaps a little criticism would hurt them. If this is true, they shouldn’t be in their positions. These two organizations are serving the students. One would never know this by the way they hide things from the students. Another excuse these councils offer is, “Advanced publicity might defeat our pur pose.” It would be hard to imagine a more juve nile outlook. This is a democracy. The peo ple have a right to know what is going on. If the so-called “purpose” would be defeated by letting the people know, then the “pur pose” needs a negative vote: The responsibility of this newspaper is to report the news to you, the reader. How can we give you an accurate report of what hap pens at these meetings if we are not permit ted to enter, but are forced to take the “hand picked” information and pass it on to you ? If enough students want this reform in our system, we can get it. But if the stu dents stand by and do not demand that the truth be known, then the student body is falling far, far below its ultimate purpose of training to live in a democracy. News Briefs Local Pels To Show Oil On CHS Football Field THE ANNUAL A&M Consolida ted school dog and pet show will be held at 7 p. m. Monday on the CHS football field. Admission to the show is 25 cents. * * * DIARRHEA stills leads the Col lege-Station - Bryan health report for this week. Twenty six cases were reported, nine in College Sta tion and 17 in Bryan. Next on the list is strept throat, with 17 cases in the county. * * * THE LEGION OF MERIT has been given to Lt. Col. John H. Cates, A&M former student from San Antonio, for “exceptional meritorous service” as chief of the Korean communications zone re placement and rotation division. * * * BOYD L. HAMILTON, son of Mrs. Mavette Hamilton of Wichita Falls, was graduated recently from the navy’s pre-flight school. He attended A&M. * * * ABOUT 50 persons heard Mrs. Gladys Babson Hannaford, noted diamond lecturer, at the Geology club meeting yesterday. Mrs. Han naford gave a two hour lecture de scribing her 10 years of exper ience in the diamond business. ® * * * HARRY V. •‘RANKIN, pastor of the First Methodist church of Bry an, will be the guest speaker for the meeting of the Methodist Men at 6:30 tonight at the A&M Metho dist church. Rankin will speak on the new organizatian in the Meth odist church. * * * APPLICATIONS for selective service tests must be made before Nov. 2. The test will be Nov. 19 in the ballroom of the MSC. Test ing will begin at 8 a.m. and last until noon. * * * W. G. BLANTON, personnel manager of Foley’s department stoi'e in Houston, spoke to the Business society last night in rooms 2C and 2D of the MSC. The meeting was open to the public. * * * THE BUSINESS administration 423 class will attend the 15th an nual personnel conference Oct. 22- 23 at the University of Texas- R. L. Elkins, instructor of the .class, said he expected about 19 students to make the trip. * * * BREWERS YEAST COUNCIL Inc., of Chicago, has made avail able to the Agricultural Experi ment Station a grant-in-aid of $2,000, to be used for studies on the value of dried brewers yeast as a source of unidentified growth factors for young turkeys. * Jk 5k ABOUT 75 BEEKEEPERS from all parts of the state will meet here Oct. 26 and 27 for a short course sponsored by the Texas Beekeepers association and the A&M entomology department. ak sk sk JOHN E. MAY ’52, who is now a second lieutenant with the 24th infantry division, is now undergo ing post-truce training in Korea. The son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. May of Rule, he is assistant execu tive officer with the 63rd field ar tillery battalion battery A. sk 5k sk FORTY farmers, ranchers and professional agriculture workers attended a meeting here today and yesterday to develop a research and education progi’am in Texas agriculture. The 40 persons at tended at the invitation of Chancel lor M. T. Harrington. Kyle Field Gets Initiated in Oil Oil has been poui’ed on Kyle Field to form the letters “TU”. The letters, which were barely visible Monday morning when they were discovered, are facing the horseshoe end of the stadium. W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, has reported the incident to the dean of students office at the Uni versity of Texas. The words “Gig ’em, Aggies” were painted on a private dormi tory at the University of Texas on Sunday, Oct. 11. 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. 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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, 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 Hendry Feature Editor Barbara Rubin Society Editor BUI 'Turner Advertising Manager Radar Modified Here For Torando Warning Navy surplus radar equipment is being rewired and modified by the A&M Research foundation. The equipment will be used by the United States Weather Bureau in Texas to predict tornadoes. Ed Andrews and Walt Matzen, of the electrical engineering de partment, are in charge of the work. At Other Colleges From Knighthood To Night hood^ Women Change By ED HOLDER Battalion Co-Editor An English teacher at North Texas was checking over a theme which she received from a student on the era of Roman knights, armor, and the changing opinion of women in those days. One of the students was having a little trouble with his spelling. He wrote: “During nighthood the opinion of wo men changed radically.” A testimonial display in the office of the dean of men at the University of Detroit listed a few points for professors to observe. It looks like great advice. 1. A student is the most important person in our busi ness. 2. A student is not dependent upon us—we are de pendent upon him. 3. A student is not an interruption of our business—he is the purpose of it. 4. A student does us a favor when he calls—we are not doing him a favor by serving him. 5. A student is part of our business—not an outsider. 6. A student is one who brings up his wants—it is our job to fill these wants. 7. A student is deserving of the most courteous and at tentive treatment we can give him. 8. A student is the life blood of this and every other school. The SMU Campus won its fight to report the news. The injunction which the student council filed against the paper was denied by the student court. The decision was unanimous. The free press has won another battle. Another interesting item from SMU is the Campus’ report on student opinion concerning the price of football programs. The general opinion, about six out of seven is that the price is too high. Six out of eight girls interviewed say they would not buy -pro grams if they did not have dates. This leads us to a letter to the editor which appeared in the Baylor Lariat. The letter was address ed to a Miss Charla, who wrote a letter to the editor in a previous issue. 1 '"*"' ■’v-- The young lady was complaining she couldn’t get a date, and a young man named Arnold answered here. ‘. . . But you women never stop to consider anything except why you don’t get all the cake and eat it too. Why it would cost us boys a small fortune to date you women— expecially since you have gotten so accustomed to this mechanical age and you couldn’t think of dating unless .there is a car. “Then there are the other expenses—movies, dinners, cokes, pop corn, etc., which would tear a five dollar bill up and maybe more. And some of us don’t have a tree that bears that type of fruit. “Now don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t mind spending the money—that is if I had it. It’s just that women are tooooooo ex pensive. Think it over and maybe ‘daddy’s defenseless daughter’ won’t blame it all on the boys.” A student at Oregon State college doesn’t seem too satis fied with the food. The Daily Barometer ran this student’s letter to the editor: “Since we have been on campus we have been wonder ing where they get all of the cut-rate food served in the Me morial Union cafeteria. Someone must have contracts with a local potato grower. “At home on the farm the slop served to the pigs is much more appetizing than the so-called food served here.” The student signed his name and added “SPUD club.” Translation followed: Society for Prevention of Undecent Diets. The Aggies seem to be worrying plenty of people. The football team started off as that insignificant cellar team which no one paid any attention to. But take for instance what Coach George Saber of the Baylor Bears recently said: “Never a dull moment. Now the Aggies look about as tough as anybody we’ll play all season.” Then Monday night an Associated Press story said the Bear scout who looked at the Aggies at TCU came back with a warning: The Cadets can beat a team a dozen different ways. This scout said the Farmers have a strong aerial attack, a hard driving ground game and a quarterback who is always a threat on any play. With this kind of talk the Baylor camp should be well “up” for the game Saturday. WE'RE WAVING K ,7 , c zi ✓ a Kin I VE, A PROP S DREAM Bryan Parade To Start Ag Rodeo Festivities A parade featuring the Bryan Saddle club, local dealers’ display units and cowboys and cowgirls on horseback will be held in Bryan, at 4:30 p. m. Friday. The parade is in connection with the All Aggie rodeo which will hold Non-Regs Can Let Deferment 3 Ways Non-corps students have three means of securing deferment from the draft. The fh’st method is to submit a form 109 to local draft board. The board will review the student’s case and may grant a deferment on the basis of scholastic progress the preceding year. Second way is to take the col lege qualification test and pass with a score of 70 or better. If the student passes the test, he must then send a student deferment form to his draft board before he receives a 2-S status. If a student is ordered for in duction during the school year, he may write a letter to his draft board and will receive a statutory deferment until June of 1954. In June, the student is elegible to apply for deferment on form 109 or may take the College qualifi cation test. Draft boards are under no obli gation to defer a student. performances at 8 p. m. Friday and Saturday nights. “All students high school age and under that take part in the grand entry of either peiTormance of the rodeo will be given a free pass,” said Lowie Rice, assistant rodeo chairman. This rodeo will be the first All Aggie rodeo in recent years in which girl contestants have been allowed to enter. Girls representa tive of this area have already en tered the ladies’ barrel race. “This rodeo will serve as a good measurement of the boy’s ability and will be of great assistance in picking this year’s Aggie rodeo team”, said Bobby Rankin, rodeo club president. “In national competition last year A&M placed sixth and we certainly want to do better than that this year,” Rankin said. Prizes for the winners in each event are on display in the Me' morial Student Center. 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