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— — « Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953 Inconsiderate Police Created Ill-Feelings The rude and inconsiderate action of the police at Saturday’s game in Little Rock caused embarrassment for a lot of innocent people. Many A&M students returned to the cam pus with ill-feelings for the Arkansas stu dent body. The student body of the Univer sity of Arkansas had nothing to do with Sat urday night’s incident in the stadium. This was shown very clearly by the at titude taken by some of the school’s leaders when they visited the A^M group and ap ologized for the occurences. It was shown again by many of Arkansas’ students when they approached Aggies after the game and once more apologized. Part of the fault lies with the planning of the seating arrangement itself. Pat Dial, A&M’s business manager of the athletic department, received the seating block from Arkansas last summer. He looked it over and telephoned Arkansas’ business manager. He explained to the Arkansas man about the tradition which the A&M student body observes during each game by standing up. Dial was not notified of any change. This set the stage for the Little Rock in cident which has stirred up ill-feeling among A&M students and former students. It also probably stirred up some bad feelings among Arkansas students and fans. The fans who were sitting behind the Ag gies at the game had a perfectly good com plaint. The way they voiced it may have been rather rude, but since they didn’t under stand A & M’s tradition, they probably thought the Aggies were being rude. However, had the police present at the game acted as men in the responsible posi tions they hold should act, there would have been no rough and noisy disturbance. If there was a “mob” present at Satur day night’s game, it was the mob of police who forced the Aggie delegation to move. Newsweek College Survey Shows Dangerous Attitude Newsweek Magazine’s survey of the char acter and beliefs of the present day college students shows that their principal desire is to conform and to have security. This study, which appears in the Oct. 28 issue, states their wish to conform has af fected their attitudes economically, political ly, emotionally, socially and philosophically. Today’s students are more mature. They work harder, study harder. They usually want to think things through before making a decision. Newsweek explains the draft, influence of World War II veterans, and the Korean War are primary reasons for this cautious atti tude. No longer do students want to ’’set the world on fire” as did past generations of col legians. Above all, they want the security of belonging to a group. And they don’t want to deviate from its standards. As one Northwestern university coed put it: “You want to be popular, so naturally you don’t express any screwy ideas. To be popular, you have to conform.” If Newsweek is right, this attitude could have later tragic consequences even though it seems to have developed better students. Harvard President Dr. Nathan M. Pusey told freshmen this year, “You are perhaps too wise, too close to those recently burned, to give yourself quickly to easy enthusiasms. And yet it will be a tragic lack, and a very unwise kind of wisdom, if your generation feels no compelling urge to make the world over after its own heart’s desire”. Dr. Pusey’s statement is indeed a wise one. It does not advocate any unrealistic idealism or rebellion against established so ciety. It only asks that students think for them selves, that they not bury their individuality. No advancement is ever made by blindly accepting standard procedure and custom. Progress is made by experiment, new ideas that deviate from established practices. These ideas don’t come from the group. They are introduced by those who differ from the standard. They are the leaders. Their individuality is what influences others and leads to progress. Some so-called “screwy ideas” have de veloped into the world’s great inventions. Their creators are now famous and respected. The present day student’s desire to con form for security’s sake could become dan gerous if it tends to snuff out individual thought and expression. Today’s students don’t need “to set the world on fire.” But they should continue to kindle the spark that keeps it alive. Police Action (Continued from Page 1) that when he received the block of tickets for the game, he tele phoned the business manager of the University of Arkansas and ex plained to him the Aggie tradition of standing at football games. Dial was informed that no change of seating would be made. A Little Rock policeman told Sparks that Harper, the student who was led from the stadium, used obscene language. Harper told The Battalion, “I did not fight back or use profanity to the officers. Nor was I given a reason for being thrown out.” t Montgomery said he will write the A&M Athletic Council “to get this on record, so it will not be for gotten.” Montgomery said, “It is hard to put on paper the attitude and uncourteous acts of he people.” Paul Hufford, senior from Ar lington, said several Arkansas stu dents and former students apolo gized to him after the game. F. R. Lewis and Mac Bush, both A&M former students gave Trant their phone numbers and said should any Aggie get into trouble with the police they would supply necessary money or support. Fred Olds, senior from Abilene was told, “Get away from here you G D punk” when he ap proached one Little Rock police man. Prevent Reoccui'ance “The constructive thing to do is to see the thing doesn’t happen again, so we can avoid the accusa tions that we are disturbing the peace and subjected to abuse and rudeness which was heaped upon us,” said Dean of the College John P. Abbott. The people as a whole “treated us nicely, it was the two per-cent- ers” who caused the trouble. “You find them anywhere” said Abbott. W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, said, “the important thing is to see it doesn’t happen again.” Deer Hunters Duck Hunters New and used rifles and shotguns. Telescopes and sights on your favorite rifles zeroed in on our own range. A COMPLETE LINE OF Shooters Supplies Smith Gun Works Your Recommended Factory Gun Smith One Mile South of College on Hwy. 6 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 Shuck 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 Jerry ^izig Associate Sports Editor Bill Turner Advertising Manager News Briefs CAPT. EDWARD W. RODGERS arrived Monday to take over the duties of Capt. Ben E. Paschal of the air science department. Capt. Rodgers has been assigned here from air force finance headquar ters in Denver. Capt. Paschal has been assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. * * * AIR FORCE ROTC subsistence checks have been delayed. Tracers have been sent out by the air sci ence department here on the where abouts of thg checks. # * sfc THE EPSILON SIGMA PHI dinner will be held at 7 p.m. in the ballroom of the Memorial Student Center. * * * PRESIDENT DAVID H. MOR GAN and Dean W. W. Armistead of the veterinary medicine school are attending the convention of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers as sociation in San Antonio. They will return Wednesday. * * * THE FIRST FALL meeting of the A&M Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi will be held tonight at 7:30 in room 113 of the Biological Sciences building. Dr. D. F. Weeks of the physics department will talk on the Oak Ridge plant of the atomic energy commission. * * * FRED BENSON, chairman of the A&M College—College Station Community Chest—Red Cross drive, outlined the goa^s and pur poses of the Community Chest at the weekly meeting of the College Station Lions club in the MSC yes terday. * * * PHI KAPPA PHI honor society will meet at 4 p.m. today in room 108, Academic building to discuss constitution revision, the commit tee on activities and the national meeting. ♦ # THREE A&M former students of the class of ’52 are now serving in Korea. Second Lt. Ralph W. Burgess, Houston, and 2nd Lt. Don Hegi, Petersburg, are with the 21st transportation medium port com pany. First Lt. Charles Dunn, Waco, is a battery commander with the 158th field artillery bat tery. WhaCs Cooking TUESDAY 7:30 p.m.—Czech Club meeting, MSC, room 2D. Pre-Law society meeting, as sembly room, YMCA. Featured speaker. Kream & Kow Klub meeting, room 3C, MSC. Awarding of Keep Dairy scholarships. M. E. societies, lecture room, Biological Science building. R. W. Snyder of the Animal Husbandry department will speak on “Air Con ditioning and Refrigeration in the Meat Industry.” Floriculture and Landscape Art meeting, room 2C, MSC. Saddle and Sirloin club meeting, A. I. lecture room. ASME, SAE, AFS, ASHVE meeting, Biology lecture room. Other engineering societies invited. Members Freshman Troop “3”, Class of ’54, meeting, lounge, Dorm 5. Discussion of reunion. 7:45 p.m.—Petroleum Engineer ing club meeting, Petroleum Engi neering building. J. B. Jones from Halliburton is the speaker. 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