Battalion Editorials
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THE BATTALION
THUURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1953
Seating Committee Sets
Example of Prompt Action
The student senate Seating committee has
set an example which other student organi
zations might do well to follow.
In the recent non-military seating con-
troversary, the committee did not hesitate
in trying to solve the problem.
The committee’s original seating plan
separated non-military students in Kyle field
by academic classification. Some students
favored the plan. They felt the best seats
should go to students who had been at A&M
the longest.
Others objected. They believed their seat
ing section should be opened on a first-come
first served basis.
The committee conducted a poll whereby
both sides could vote on their choice of a seat
ing plan. The action was fair, but what’s even
more important, it was prompt.
Student governing bodies sometimes tend
to delay responsibility by assigning commit
tees to study situations which could be de
cided immediately.
If campus organizations would follow the
seating committee’s example more often,
many of their objectives might become reali
ties instead of only wishful thinking.
Two A&M Students Honor
School with Their Bravery
Every year the Carnegie Hero Fund com
mission awards medals to people who have
risked death to save the lives of others.
Recently the commission recognized 35
of these civilian heroes. Two of those cited
are A&M students.
Jerome Stein, graduate student in ocean
ography, received the award for rescuing a
man from drowning. Stein dived from a boat
into the Gulf of Mexico to save a man who
had fallen overboard.
The Carnegie commission also cited James
W. Gary, freshman from San Marcos, for
heroism. Gary entered a burning house to
rescue his aunt who was trapped inside.
A&M should be proud to have these men
as part of its student body. Their deeds are
everlasting examples of bravery and un
selfishness.
They make one feel humble.
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Letters to the Editors
Editors, The Battalion:
A gentleman is considerate of the
rights and wishes of others and
there is a rule of etiquette that be
gins “When in Rome. . . ”
There were some misunderstand
ings and unfortunate consequences
at the game in Little Rock, but
perhaps the Aggies also owe some
apologies.
C. M. Proctor, graduate student
Editors, The Battalion:
After reading the letter to the
editor in yesterday’s Battalion,
concerning the recent election on
non-reg seating in Kyle Field
Stadium,'! must say that the three
signers of the letter, Dick Adams,
Jack Robards and Reed Rankin,
must have been asleep for the last
ten days if they knew nothing of
the election.
News of the forthcoming election
had been spread all over the front
page of the Batt for a solid week
prior to the poll, having been the
front page lead article on Tuesday,
October 27.
Complete instructions were given
as to the voting deadline, with in
structions to contact the dorm
senator or housemaster if he had
not contacted you by the deadline.
Those who were really interest
ed voted, but there are always a
few people who tend to ride along
with a don’t give-a-darn attitude
until it is too late for action, and
they are the first ones to gripe
when things don’t go their way.
In dorm 5, where Adams and
Robards live, only 18 people voted
in an election yesterday to choose
a student senator. There are 101
non-regs in that dorm.
That is typical of the turn out
in an average non - reg election
and the fact that only 568 votes
were cast by the 1,975 qualified
non-reg voters in the seating elec
tion is typical, and is not the fault
of the seating committee.
If Adams and Robards want a
more democratic form of student
government, as they request in the
letter, then why don’t they read
the Batt and get their friends out
to vote. Both of the elections men
tioned were announced several
times in the Batt.
In Mitchell Hall, a ballot box was
put on a table in the hall by the
dorm senator, with a large sign
over it, “VOTE ON NON - REG
SEATING.”
A filled-in sample ballot was
provided so that everyone would
know just what was the issue in
question.
Reed Rankin, one of the signers
of yesterday’s letter, lives in the
room next to the dorm senator, and
not be neglected where non-regs
are concerned, an open section re-
had to pass this ballot box as he
went to and from his room, yet
he maintains that he knew nothing
of the procedure to follow in order
to vote.
What more could the dorm sen
ator have done ?
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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While I do agree with these men
that the traditions of A&M should
suited from the election, and since
everyone had the opportunity to
vote, there is nothing more the
seating committee can do.
Another election is out of the
question, as it is not customary
to call a new election every time
someone is not satisfied, regardless
of how many took advantage of the
opportunity to vote.
If it were the custom, we would
have a new President of the United
States every three months.
Besides, there is not time for
another election to be held, and we
are now too busy with the recruit
ing and training of ushers to even
bother with another election.
No more redividing of the stu
dent section will be considered. It
will stand as published in yester
day’s Batt.
The only job left for the seating
committee is the selection of us
hers and enforcement of the plan.
S. J. Smith Jr.
Chairman, Student Senate
seating committee
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industrial, mechanical, chemical
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In The Hospital
(Visiting hours 5 p.m. to 7 p.m)
Charles B. Burnell, Port Isabel,
non-military, junior.
William S. Talbutt, Abilene, I
Quartermaster, freshman.
Charles C. Martin, Dallas, Bat
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Robert F. Rouse, Houston, Sqd.
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James A. Crews, Colmesneil, Sqd.
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