Battalion Editorials
Page 2
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1954
People Should Follow
Example Set by Council
Planning for the future is something
that takes much consideration before any
thing definite can be done. College Station
is considering what its needs are now and
what they will be in the coming years.
However, before embarking on a sewage
system development plan, the city council
has studied the plan thoroughly and found
out the city’s needs and the solutions to these
needs. The planning is now in the hands of
the citizens advisory board, appointed to se
lect a cure for an inadequate sewage system.
After this group thinks the problems
through, they will recommend to the coun
cil what action they deem necessary. The
council, with whom the final decision on the
proposals rests, will, in all probability, pro
pose a bond election based on the findings of
the advisory boards.
After this, the voters will be the ulti
mate judge as to how wisely the council and
the advisory board have handled the prob
lem.
The council, with the help of the city
engineer, has spent 18 months trying to
solve a problem of the city. After such an
intensive study by the council, each voter
should in turn take it upon himself to know
what the issues are and what will be the
long range effect on the community. Only
then can anyone vote as a thinking individ
ual.
Letters to the Editors
Editors, The Battalion:
The plight of your newspaper—
and unhappily not one confined ex
clusively to the A&M campus—has
come to my attention in several
ways during recent weeks.
ft first came to my attention
through discussion by members of
the sportsmanship group (compos
ed of campus presidents, editors,
cheerleaders and athletes), and lab
el- in the copy of your paper now
before me with the banner read
ing, “SLC Group to Discuss Stu
dent Publications.”
The discussion I speak of—and
this happily—by student leaders
indicated strong sentiment against
interference from outside sources
with editors of the publications for
which they are responsible. Con
cern was registered due to increas
ing tendencies toward such inter
vention with campus newspapers,
especially.
Such movements may or may not
be products of our times—period
pieces aggravated by investiga
tions, censorship, conformity, pres
sure, supervision, restrictions and
controls now becoming common
place, both on our campuses and
in our country.
But we cannot be content to sim
ply ascribe these attacks to such
an atmosphere and rest on the mer
its of individuality and freedom of
the press. There ai'e many battle
fields—and the fight must be made
on each of them. l am pleased and
proud that The Battalion is fight
ing, and fighting well, on its edi
torial pages. I am no less proud
that The Battalion is fighting only
through the editorial pages of the
great weapon at its command, and
that its news coverage of the situ
ation is clear, concise, and objec
tive.
There are those from whom the
last statement — that your- news
coverage of the situation is objec
tive—will evoke catcalls, cries of
anguish, heated denials and open
disgust. This is ever the situation
when there are those who do not
recognize objectivity staring them
in the face—when there exists (as
certainly there always shall) —
completely biased, mightily indig
nant and highly vocal partisans
who interpret, oft times honestly
to their own way of thinking, such
objectivity as biased. And the key
here, of course, is as always—it is
biased—against their bias, as ob
jectivity always is.
Such complaints against press
liberty always find those ready to
rally round the banner of civic
pride and rosy contemplation of
unfound Utopias. There are those
who, for specific reasons usually
not hard to trace, play the role of
rouser in these frays; those who
join of general motivation from
having been disappointed through
existing circumstances, turn of
events, unforeseen displeasures and
the firm belief that “all’s right
that’s reported right,” and those
who bear personal grudges against
individuals involved in the contro
versy and choose to plight their
disfavor through the veiled dag
ger of honest disagreement.
Fortunately, for our predeces
sors, ourselves and our posterity,
there are those whose equally firm
belief in the principles at stake
and whose unswerving convictions
of basic liberties bring them to the
defense of the freedom of the press
per se. It is these, along with
those of aforementioned general
motivation who eventually recog
nize, even in their vague reason
ings,; that cures carefully studied
sometimes are worse than ills they
are designed to ease, that have, and
shall continue to save the day for
this, one of our most cherished of
constitutional 'guarantees.
It is our sincere hope that these
fox-ces—recognizing censox-ship for
the injustice axxd inequities it im
poses, though the woi'd be unheard
and the purpose cloaked—will rise
up on the campus of the fine Texas
A&M College as they have else-
whei'e axid defeat the ever-chamg-
ing but always-px-esent opponents
on the field of pidnciple.
I have x’ead the stoxies coixcexm-
ing the departux-e of an Aggie fol
lowing a widely-known incident on
your campus. Let me congx-atulate
your paper on 75 years of exist
ence so inspected and so stable as
to allow your unhampered x-eport-
ing of such incidents. Wo hex-e at
Ai'kansas ax-e also foi'tunate in that
we have a paper of such sovereign
statux-c. All too few schools today
have campus newspapers with li
cense to i-eport the news as they
see it—as do all of the papers mak
ing up our great Axnei’ican press
axxd as must any paper retaining
mutual respect and self integi'ity.
The Chamber of Commerce ap
proach used publicly by your an
tagonists is one being seen mox-e
and mox-e often. A reminder that
some of the best “Chambers of
Commerce,” some of the most en
viable publicity, some of the most
widespread public agreement on
questions of importance, axxd some
of the xxiost complete public ignoi’-
ance of facts and events which
would add conti-oversy to that do
mesticated world of smug serenity
exist in our year 1954, might be in
order.
To those who would harass The
Battalion, freedom of comment,
freedom of speech and freedom to
disagree is yours, but never is a
freedom so misused as when it is
exploited in an effox-t to deny an-
qther. Your “hex-oic” effox-ts to
abolish what seems to you unfa-
vorable comment in your daily
press may be looked upon with fa
vor by some, but cei’tainly cannot
by those such as myself who,
though respectful of A&M and
bearers of highest esteem and i*e-
gax-d for its traditions and pxinci-
ples, must look only with contempt
upon the rah-rah school newspaper
philosophy advocated by the sum
mer soldier and the sxinshine stu
dent.
Again, we hex-e ax-e confident
that Americans, Texans, and surely
Aggies will not fail to recognize
that which by any other name still
bears its brand—censorship. . . .
. . . the Eyes of Arkansas ax-e
upon you ... «
Graham Sudbury,
Managing Editor,
Arkansas Daily Traveler,
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Ai'kansas
SIndents to Hear
Flora I Designer
Mx-s. John E. Demmei', floxal de-
signex*, commentator and owner of
a Houstoix flox-ist shop, will speak
to the Floriculture and Landscape
Ai'chitectui’e club at 7:30 p.m. Jan.
12 in the assembly room of the
Memox-ial Studeixt Centex-.
Mrs. Demmer will bx-ixxg hex-
staff fi-onx Houston with hex*, ixx-
cluding two models.
The Bx-yan axxd College Station
gai’den clubs have been invited, and
the meeting is open to the public.
CHS Band Mothers
Meet Tonight At 7:30
The A&M .Consolidated high
school Band Mothex-s’ club will
meet at 7:30 tonight at the high
school library for a business meet
ing.
Mi-s. Walter Vaxwel, club px-esi-
dent, emphasized that this would
be a vex-y important meeting and
urged all band mothers to attend.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultux-al 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 bn request.
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College Station, Texas
iinder the Act of Con-
cress of March 3, 1870.
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209 Goodwin Hall.
fERRY BENNETT, ED HOLDER-
Chuck Neighbors
Karri Baker
.Co-Editors
Managing Editoi
Campus Editox
Bob Boriskie Sports Editox
ion Kinslow City Editox
ferry Estes Basic Division Editor
Bob Hendry Feature Editor
Barbara Rubin. Society Editor
Jerry Wizig ....... Associate Sports Editor
Prank Hines, Jerry Neighbors, Bob Domey, Jim Coillns, Ray WaJl,
A1 Etsenberg. Arnold Goldstein, Bill. Parsons, Bill Warren,
Jack Farley, John Linton. King McGowan, Jay Ireland,
Charles Kingsbury, George Mah'tzas. E. B. McGowan ...Staff w:r!ters
Gardner ColUns
Bob Palmer, Tom Skrabanek
James .Earle. ........... - - IV
Seymour Smith, Will Holladay, John Maacher
Larry Lightfoot 1 ^
Roland Baird, Jewel i-aymaai, Monrcei Cdc-_, 1 Syler,- Swidy \v —,
Russell Reed Circulation Staff
.Exchange, Editor
.. . .Advertising Staff
Staff Cartoonist
..Staff Photographers
Circulation Manager
City Builds
Bridge For
Kids, Bikes
A footbi-idge fox- pedestx-ians
and bicycles is being construct
ed on Jersey street west of
highway six.
The bridge, which will be
four and a half feet wide, is
being built next to a stx-eet
bi'idge. It will px-obably be
ready by the end of the week,
said Ran Boswell, city man
ager.
“Wc ax-e building it for the
children who walk and ride bi
cycles to school,” he said.
Cadet Slouch
. by Earle
Student Life
(Continued from Page 1)
its Student Aid committee on how
much money would be loaned to
students for medical treatment.
Loan limits were upped fx-oixi
$100 to $300 for students. Mem
bers of a student’s family may re
ceive $200 instead of the pi-esent
$100. Loans, up to $50 may be
made for smaller medical needs
such as glasses and dental bills.
Students xxxay box-row up to $300
for emex-gencies bi'ought about by
fires and auto wx-ecks.
The Student Aid committee will
pay for flowers sent to families of
students who die while eni-olled at
A&M. Flowex-s also will be sent
to families of deceased faculty
membex-s and staff members deal
ing with students.
Exchange Store
A motion to use $907 from Ex
change Store funds for buying ath
letic equipment for doimitoi'ies and
intramux-als was appx-oved. The
equipment includes 24 dozen soft
balls, 15 dozen soft ball bats and
15 dozen footballs.
’ Student Life members passed a
motion to sponsox- “Apple Polish
ing- Night” when facxxlty nxeixxbers
will invite students to their homes
to visit. But some ixieixibers did
not like the title “Apple Polishing
Night.” A motion was passed to
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committee; which plaxxned the event
to reconsider the title. Student
Life will approve whatever name
the committee recommends, includ
ing the continuation of “Apple
Polishing Nig-ht.”
Foods Group Sets
Annual Supper
The foods group of the College
Women’s Social club will hpld the
axxnual Men’s Night supper at 7
p.m. Friday at the A&M Presby
terian church.
The husbands of the irxeinbers
will be special guests for a United
Nations buffet supper. Frank
Coxjltcr will be guest speaker.
Hostess will be Mx-s. Ralph Ter-
x-y and seiwing as co-chairmen will
be Mrs. R. M. Stevenson and Mrs.
John A. Way.
Reservations must be tui’ned in
by noon Wednesday.
IN on-Regs To Keep
Same Housing Plan
No new housing aiT-angements
ax-e planned for non-militax-y stu
dents next semester, said Hax-ry
Boyer, of the housing office.
There are 1,026 nonl-military
students living iix 518 x-ooms, he
said. Thei'e axe 1,036 beds iix the
non-military dormitox-ies.
“It is anticipated that thei'e will
be enough non-military students
graduating to px-ovide vacancies for
new non-military students,” Boyer
said.
The populatioxx of Koi'ea is just
under 30 million, oC which two
thirds is in the South Korea.
Air Force Flights
Begin Again Feb. o
Air Force orientation flights
will be started again Feb. 8, said
Maj. Luther J. Westbrook.
Rides will be given to about fifty
juniors, then sophoixiox-es. Accord
ing to Major Westbrook it should
take about four weeks to finish
junior flights and they should start
sophomox-e flights.
There ax-e approximately 450
sophomores in Air ROTC and
about 350 of these will get ox-ien-
tation flights. Students in the
flight category will be taken first.
They ax*e taken up at the rate
of eight an afternoon, four aftei'-
days when good weather is px-e-
valent, he said.
WhaFs Cooking
TUESDAY
7:15 p.m.—Range and Forestry
club meeting, 3rd floor, Agriculture
Engineei’ing building. Speaker on
Africa, meeting will be disxxxissed
in time for basketball game.
7:30 p.xxx. — Accouxxting society
meeting, chapel room, YMCA. R.
H. Irving, partner of Price Water-
house and Company of Houston,
will be the speaker. Coffee will be
served.
Rodeo club meeting, A&I build
ing.
Agronomy society,
AgJ-pno ijo^-T4mi,ldjLp g.
officers for next semester
F. F. A. meeting,
Goodwin hall. Election of spring
semester officers. Election of out
standing senior and junior in agri
culture education.
Fish and Game club meeting, 3rd
floor, Agriculture Engineering.
Gxrest speakers.
Petroleum Engineering and Geol
ogy club meeting, Petroleum Engi
neering building.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m.—Knights of Columbus,
basement of St. Mary’s chapel.
room 107, Although soxxxe brilliant men,
Election ..of-^havK---tHnali bratns,- kxdieatiSns are
hat large brains and high intelli-
301, gence often go together.
ACCREDITED BIBLE COURSES
lor UlC
, SPRING SEMESTER
(The College allows six hours of credit in Bible toward a degree. See SCHEDULE OF CLASSES)
Course
Number
Name of Course
Credit
Time
Location of
Classroom
Teacher
30G
New Testament
Character Studies
1
T10
Church of Christ
Library
Fowler
oil
The Synoptic Gospels
2
kwio
Church of Christ
Library
Fowler
312
Gospel of John
1
Th8
Baptist Student Center
Smith
313
Survey of New Testament
2
WF8
Baptist Student Center
Smith
313
Survey of New Testament
2
TThll
Baptist Student Center
Smith
314
Survey of Old Testament
3
MWF10
Baptist Student Center
Smith
317
The Minor Prophets
2
WF9
YMCA
Anderson
318
The Book of Acts
1
T9
Church of Christ
Library
Fowler
320
The Book of Revelation
1
T8
Baptist Student Center
Smith
321
The General Epistles
1
M10
321
The General Epistles
1
T9
323
The life of Jesus
Q
O
MWF11
Baptist Student Center
Smith
ooo
oZo
The Life of Jesus
O
O
MWF8
Wesley Foundation
Sneed
324
The Major Prophets
3
MWF ,
YMCA
Swygert
327
Introduction to the Bible
2
TTh9
YMCA
Darwall
329
Proverbs
1
Til
YMCA Taubenhaus
330
Ecclesiastes and the
Song of Solomon
1
Thl 1
YMCA . Tc
iiibenhaus
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