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4 .• " Battalion EditoriaIs Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thought Can Keep You That List of Statistics There are many stories in this edition on facts and figures from accident reports. Stories such as these seldom hold the glamour and feeling of some of their bigger brothers with fancy headlines describing the gory details of deaths and near-deaths. But these facts tell a story in them selves. Read some of them. Maybe you knew one of the figures on these lists. Maybe you lost someone quite close to you in an accident which was tabulated in these figures. ■Or maybe you will lose someone in the near future who will be added to a list call ed “Holiday Deaths.” Or perhaps you yourself will be one of the numbers on that list of statistics. That brings us to the purpose of our Safety Edition. We have boiled down the statistics to an easy-to-read form. We have placed pictures on the pages to add realism to cold figures. And we have given you some cartoons to stimulate thinking. Because THOUGHT is the big enemy of death statistics. Thinking tears down that impulse to speed around the car in front of you on a curve—it keeps you from racing with your friend down a narrow road—it keeps you from becoming just a statistic on a list of “Holiday Deaths.” Read over the figures. Look at the pic tures. You aren’t isolated when you step in your car. Don’t think you can cruise down the road by yourself. Some of those people you meet on the highway will be on that list. The people in that next car might even be entered on the list along with your name. Traffic accidents are real. There’s no way you can get around it. So meet this thing with the biggest enemy to accidents— THOUGHT. Hickman Could Be Right; One Aggie May Soon Die Campus Security Chief Fred Hickman has said that A&M will be lucky if some of its students are not killed on the highways during the Christmas vacation. He believes the odds indicate that at least one student here will die violently in an auto accident. There is a good chance that Hickman will be right. The state department of public safe ty estimates that 190 persons in Texas will die in traffic accidents during the holidays. This year approximately: 2,400 automo biles will leave the campus carrying students home for Christmas. This figure represents only A&M. Hundreds of cars from other schools will also be on the highways. Stu dent autos represent just a fraction of Texas holiday traffic. Many students here will be in a hurry to get home. Some will want to take chances in order to get there faster. Probably all believe that they are good drivers. They should remember though, that Hickman has had years of experience in highway safety work and that the number of traffic deaths sometimes jumps the state predictions. Editors, The Battalion Colonel Fred Mitchell Newspapers of the nation today seldom present the true opinions of the editors or represent the facts from the viewpoint of the good of the people. Politics and business dictate the policy of news papers on matters that concern anything of importance. College newspapers are among the few publications. that are not | AF, Army Teams (Continued from Page 5) Defense-Guards, J. M. Williams, dorm 4, 195; and Roy Walker, com pany A, 189; Tackles, W. K. Bauman, company H, 205; and Ted Ritchey, B armor, 195.. Some of the linemen will be used both on offense and defense, said Scott. The army defensive backfiekl will be-linebackers, Clinton Bip- pert, dorm 2, 180; and Pat Craw ford, B composite, 185; Halfbacks, Jerry Griffith, A engineers, 170; and Dale Topperwein, A QMC, 180; Safety, R. D. Harper, company H, 160. Air force head coach John Salyer will start the following in his Y- formation backfiekl - Quarterback, Dale West, squadron 17, 150; Half backs, Fred Wilms, White Band, 175, and James Denard, squadron 13, 170; Fullback, David Rochelle, squadron 25, 155. The defensive backs will be- Safety, Ralph Pettit, squadron 14, 147; Halfbacks, Robert Smith, squadron 21, 186; and Adrien Helms, squadron 20, 175; Line backers, Ross George, College View, 175; and Jerry Keith, squad ron 4, 185. Line coach Louis Capt said, “If they show the hustle and fight in prac- a good the air Job Interviews Q There is an opening with the Willacy county Chamber of Com merce for a man to serve as man ager. B u s i n e s s administration, economics, agricultural' econofnics, agricultural education and horti culture majors may qualify. © The AC Spark Plug division of General Motors corporation has vacancies for mechanical and elec trical engineers, physicists and mathematicians to serve as field service engineers and also do de sign and development work. © The Box Planning Mill and Store Fixture company at San Angelo is interested in employing a drafts man for general millwork and store and bank fixture detailing. They perfer a person who has had some experience in this type of work; however, they are interested in talking to several January grad uates who think they might like to make this type of work their career. Architecture and industrial education majors may qualify. @ The St. Louis-—San Fmhcisco Railway company has two perman ent vacancies in their engineering department, for civil engineering graduates, Both positions 'carry the job title of junior engineer, grade B. One is in the office of their’ division engineer at Springfield, Mo. and the other- is in the office of their division engineer at Fort Scott, Kansas. The work consists j of engineering investigations in the | field and working up the plans, j estimates, and reports in the office. 9 The Clay Products association of Southwest is looking for two archi- j tects, preferably with training in design. The work will involve con- I tacting architects, engineers and builders in the southwest area, j There is a seven-week training | period at their 1 institute in Wash- I ington, D. C. ® The T exas Prison system has an opening for a man trained in the j field of horticulture to serve as truck farm supervisor. They prefer j a married man for this position. © There is a position of range con trol aide open with the Consoli- | dated Ute agency, Office of Indian Affairs, under U. S. Department of i Inter ior. Location would be at the 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 $9.00 per year or $ .75 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Ute Mountain Indian reservation which is near Cortez, Col. Range and forestry, agronomy and animal husbandry majors may qualify. © Eli Lilly and company in India napolis has two positions available for students who have completed their junior year in college. They would be employed as junior Train ees and assignment includes a scheduled training program pro viding experience in various areas of the business. Business admini stration, chemistry, chemical and industrial engineering majors may qualify. S Civil engineering majors who have completed three years college work may qualify for openings with the Bureau of Public Roads. These openings are at the GS-4 level. The examination will be given early in March and applica tions for the test will be received until Feb. 9. @ The National Advisory Commit tee for Aeronautics is interested in employing junior s, pr eferably aeronautical, mechanical and elec trical engineering majors, to work as engineering aide or lab assistant with their operations at Langley AFB, Va. • There are openings again this summer - for college students to work as bellhops, camp guides, bus- boys, shop men, gar-age mainten ance assistants, grounds men, etc., with the Estes Park Conference camp in Colorado. In 1947 the birth rate of the | United States was 25\8 per i thousand. they’ve been putting out Ipce, I think we’ve got chance to win.” The starting line for force will be: Offense-Center, Frank Urbanic, squadron 13, 168; Guards, Charles Anderson, squadron 23, 180; and James McNeely, squadron 21, 175; Tackles, Louis DeHaes, dorm 5, 190; and David Verble, squadron 8, 187; Ends, G. T. Pruitt, dorm 4, 185; and Muid Bishop, squadron 15, 185. Defense-Warren Grant, squadron 2, 190; Jerry Pyle, squadron 7, 160; Carl McGee, squadron 22, 160; G. M. Keller, P. G. hall, 205. Pruitt and Bishop will play of fense and defense. drastically affected by the motives of business and politics, even though they are not always en tirely unaffected. In many cases, if an editor of a larger newspaper does not fol low the thoughts that best bene fit the interest of a certain busi ness or political group that control that paper, he usually doesn’t last very long. Fortunately our - paper, The Bat talion, is not under the influence of any special group who wish to slant the news and editorial material to suit their purposes. The Editors of the Battalion re present the people as a whole. Their policy is to print the facts, then comment according to what they think is right and benefits the greatest number of people. ■ As for hurting the College, I think The Battalion has had quite the opposite effect, except for one or two minor mistakes, such as the Houstorr case—“It seems as if Houston is trying to. . . ” This was simply an overlooked error, that might have happened to any news paper, especially with students who lack professional experience. No one seemed to criticize The Battalion and its editors before the Clark incident. But even if the Batt had wanted to, what other stand could they have taken ? As it was, no one outside of the stu dents at A&M paid much attention to the Battalion’s opinions; how ever, if they had taken the opposite side, you can well imagine the criticism that would have fallen on the school. It is well known that certain “student leaders” and “organizat ions” did not agree with the Bat talion’s stand on the Clark case. Could it be that these students and organizations would like to have control of the Battalion, or at least someone who agreed with them ? Then they could play “Old Army,” run off people who said things they didn’t like, and in general do what ever they pleased without fear of the school newspaper bringing the unfairness of such matters to light. If The Battalion has printed any thing that has hurt A&M, the news story was true, and the fault lies with the individuals who created the story, by committing some act that was degrading to the school. ' , | Terry Michael 56 1 Beekeeping Course May Be Offered - Introductory beekeeping may be offered by the entomology de partment the spring semester. The course, entomology 307, will be offered if 12 or more students are interested, according to Dr. F. L. Thomas of the entomology de partment. Students can leave their name in room 202 in the Biological Sciences building, Students taking any course of study may apply. At present one student has ap plied for Ihe course, a foreign stu dent who came to this country especially to take beekeeping. Included in the four-hour course is the life history of the honey bee, swarm control, division of colonies, feeding, wintering and general apiary management. AMARILLO A&M' CLUB Presents Its 6th Annual CHRISTMAS DANCE Wednesday, Dec. 23rd At The ‘NAT’ in Amarillo Sta S or Drag ]>. m. till? ADVANCE TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED FROM MEMBERS OF THE CLUB V Rntercd as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con- treas of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New Vork City, Chicago, i.0* Angeles, and 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 nt 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. Chuck Neighbors Managing Editor Harri Baker ...........Campus Editor Bob Boriskie Sports Editor ?on Kinslow City Editor Jerry Estes Basic Division Editor Bob Hendry Feature Editor Barbara Rubin Society Editor Jerry Wizig Associate Sports Editor Bill Turner Advertising Manager Frank Hines. Jerry Neighbors, Bob Domcy. Jim Collins. Kay Wall, A1 Kisenberg, Arnold GoldKlcln, Bill Parsons, Bill Warren, Jack Farley. John Linton. King McGowan. Jay Ireland, Charles Kingsbury, George klanitzas, 17 B. McGowan. . . . Gardner Collins Bob Palmer, Tom Skrubanek Janic.-i Baric. ... Seymour Smith, Will Holladay. John Mcacher Holiday Di n tier Cancelled at In n The yearly Christmas Eve dinner for foreign students held by the Twelfth Man Inn will not be held this year, said Mrs. Kate Ar- hopulos, owner of the resturant, Mrs. Arhopulos said that she had planned to hold it this year but most of the students had made other plans. Only two students said they planned to be on the campus Christ mas Eve and Christmas day. These two students will be guests in the Arhopulos home Christmas day. • ••And if does mean you Highway signs are meant to be taken personally. They arc for your persona/ protec tion. Wc like to call them “signs of life” ~ , - because lives (including yours) are what they’re meant to save! Observe them, drive accord- ingly, and . , , B© Careful — the life you save may be your own! Gilkey Sinclair Tire Service 29th and College Bryan TWO - MAN BOTTLE GREAT FALLS, Mont. GP>—A bottle of champagne, now aging in the vault of a Great Falls bank, will be drunk by the last two sur vivors of Company A, First Mon tana Volunteer Infantry. Originally the wine was to go to the last survivor. But members of the “Last Man’s Club” of the Spanish-American War Veterans in their last annual convention pas sed a resolution to change the ori ginal terms. The thoughts of several were expressed by one veteran who said: “In my imagination I see myself with that bottle but I know I couldn’t drink it; 1 wouldn’t want to drink it.” The Kev To Safely.. Careful Driving' • Drive Slowly ® Don’t Take Glances CULPE i ’PER UN S E RAIN CE Phone 4-1236 College Station LUL ABNER Indian Giver By AI Cupp