Battalion Editorials
Cadet Slouch
. . . by James Earle
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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954
Student Government Suffers
From Lack of Interest
Yesterday’s general election once again
showed that A&M students don’t really care
who runs their student government.
About 1,300 students voted for student
senators, non-military yell leader, Student
Life committee representatives, and Battal
ion co-editors.
A&M has about 5,400 students. Sub
tracting graduating seniors, who were not
eligible, there were 4,600 students who
could vote. Around 28 per cent of the stu
dents eligible to vote decided yesterday who
will run student government.
In the national election that made Eisen
hower president, 51 per cent of America’s
eligible voters went to the polls.
Why don’t A&M students vote?
One reason for the lack of interest in
elections is that there is nothing done to
stimulate interest in them. The student
senate and the Student Life committee de
liberately try to minimize publicity for elec
tions and candidates by requesting and rec
ommending that there be no campaigning ex
cept “verbal contact.”
They give as reasons that “all A&M
students should know each other” and “it
clutters up the campus.”
In a community with more than 5,000
persons, it is virtually impossible for a per
son to “know everybody”. It is difficult to
know even the members of your class, es
pecially for the larger and newer freshman
and sophomore classes.
As for “cluttering” the campus, rules
governing the placing of posters and the
amount of money spent would keep signs in
their places, and candidates could be respon
sible for removing signs soon after the elec
tion. These rules are already in College Reg
ulations. And if cluttering the campus is a
reason, why are election signs prohibited
from dormitory bulletin boards ?
These “elections in the dark” are a bad
training ground for life after college, where
elections are always publicized and some
times rough-and-tumble.
A&M student government will remain a
figurehead until students become interested
in it, and the place to start raising interest
is in the elections.
,y
FSA To Honor
Seniors May 5
At Barbecue
The Former Students as
sociation will give a barbecue
supper May 5 on the lawn of
the system administration
building for graduating sen
iors and other students who wish
to be recognized with , the class of
1954.
The barbecue will be informal
and it is requested that all students
come stag, said J. B. (Dick)
Hervey, secretary of the as
sociation.
“The supper is to be an unoffical
farewell from the campus and at
the same time a welcome into the
Former Students association,” he
said.
Principal speakers at the supper
will be J. Harold Dunn ’25, presi
dent of the FSA, and John Kim
brough ’41, former A&M All-
America football player.
All students planning to attend
the supper should contact their re
presentative to the class committee
before May 1, Hervey said.
At Kiwanis Club
Chevalier Speaks
On World Crisis
★ Job Calls ★
, Wh at’s Cooking
WEDNESDAY
5:15 p. m.—Sheveport club meet
ing, new Administration building.
Picture for the Aggieland, wear
class A uniform.
7:15 p. m. Canterbury Club at
St. Thomas Chapel. Election of
officers.
7:45 p. m. — International Re
lations Group of the AAUW, will
sponsor films about Egypt by Mr.
M. F. Ebrashy, Egyptian students.
The meeting will be in the YMCA
chapel.
THURSDAY
5:30 p. m. — Collegiate 4-H club
meeting, Hensel Park. Rides will
leave Ag building parking lot at
5:15 p. m.
G p. m. —South Louisiana club
meeting, Mussel Shoals on the
Brazos. Bar-b-q.
7 p. m.—Houstop hometown club
meeting, Brazos county A&M club
house. Bar-b-q and beer bust. Foot
ball movies to be shown.
By GEORGE MANITZAS
Battalion City Editor
Col. Willard Chevalier, executive
vice president of the McGraw-
Hill Publishing company of New
York, spoke to the Kiwanis club
on foreign relations yesterday.
Chevalier referred to a book by
Theodore H. White, “Fire in the
Ashes,” a story told to White by
an ambassador of minor power.
It seems this ambassador studied
negotiations of six weeks preced
ing World War I, said Chevalier.
“Even with a generation of hind
sight, the ambassador could not
pick out a man or decision or any
precise moment-of-no-return when
war might have been heeded off.
“But, he did find that not a
single European diplomat had men
tioned the United States or
speculated of its strength, or
wondered about its attitude.
“Neither did any publicaton re
cord the intervention, or intitiation
of any American emissary in the
six great capitalist to assert will
of America.
“This happened 40 years ago.”
Our policy in Europe involves
two problems, said Chevalier.
First, the economic stagnation
of Europe which is vulnerable to
the Russian propoganda, said
Chevalier.
Next, the German problem deal
ing with what to do with Eastern
Germany.
Now is the current problem of
Indo-China and Korea and what
we should do there, said Chevalier.
“With about two billion people,
in the world, half of them are liv
ing a substandard life,” he said.
“Russia holds hope of taking
those who are in the substandard
life and cutting them in on a
higher standard of living.
“I find it hard to adapt our
selves to the reality of this pic
ture,” said Chevalier. “This cannot
be dealt with on an emergency
basis but the threat will be with us
for a long time.
“We must learn to balance im
mediate needs with long term
values.”
“We see a central despotic power
against widespread independent
free nations—each with special in
terests and national jealousies,” he
said.
Either we unite the free nations
with us or they will go to the other
side; they cannot be neutral, he
said.
“What we need is the vision,
upderstapding, courage, patience,
and above all, self discipline, the
willingness to see the general wel
fare above personal or group in
terests.
“Individual character is still the
determining factor,” Chevalier said.
“There will be no big final settle
ment at once. Many small settle
ments over a long period of time
will be necessary.
“In other words, it is a gamble
of war versus the burdens of
uncertain peace,” he added.
(Editor’s note: This is the sec
ond in a series of summer job calls
the placement office has received.
The list will be run as space per
mits each day.)
® Architecture: Magnolia Pet
roleum company, Otis Elevator
company, Texas Construction Ma
terial company.
• Biochemistry & Nutrition:
General Mills, Inc.
® Botany: Health Survey Con
sultants, Inc.
• Business Administration: Al
uminum Company of America,
Fidelity Union Life Insurance
company, Firestone Tire & Rubber
company, General Mills, Inc., Hum
ble Oil & Refiping company,
Joske’s of Texas, Eli Lilly and
company, Monsanto Chemical com
pany, The Stewart company, Texas
Electric Service company, Texas
Eastern Transmission corporation.
United Air Lines, Western Auto
Supply company, Westinghouse
Electric company.
• Chemical Engineering: Car
bide & Carbon Chemical company,
Continental Can company, Inc.,
Continental Pipe Line company.
Crown Zellcbach corporation, John
Deere Waterloo Tractor Works,
Diamond Alkali company, E. I. Du
Pont de Nemours and company,
Esso Standard Oil company, Baton
Rouge Refinery, Geological Survey,
U. S. D. I., Houston Oxygen com
pany, Eli Lilly and company, Mag
nolia Petroleum company, Bureau
of Mines, U. S. D. I., Monsanto
Chemical company, Oklahoma Na
tural Gas company, Ordnance
Corps, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Pan American Refining corporation,
Pan-Am Southern corporation, Pan
handle Eastern Pipe Line company,
The Texas company, United Gas
corporation.
& Chemistry: Diamond Alkali
company, Dow Coi'ning corporation,
E. I. duPont de Nemours and com
pany, Esso Standard Oil company,
Baton Rouge Refinery, Eli Lilly
and company, Los Alamos Scien
tific Laboratory, Magnolia Pet
roleum company, Tlpe Texas com
pany, .
• Civil Engineering: Carbide &
Carbon Chemicals company, Con
tinental Pipe Line company, John
Deer Waterloo Tractor Works, Es
so Standard Oil company, Baton
Rouge Refinery, Magnolia Pet
roleum company, Bureau of Mines,
U. S. D. I., Oklahoma Natural Gas
company, Panhandle Eastern Pipe
Line company. Bureau of Public
Roads, Dept, of Commerce, Ten
nessee Valley Authority, Texas
Construction Material company,
United Fruit company, United Gas
Corporation.
TRAIN CONNECTION BAD
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. <A>)—
Milton Davidson missed the 8 a. m.
commuter train — but he’s glad
he did. Davidson’s car stalled on a
crossing. He froze behind the steer
ing wheel as the 8 a. m. sheared
off the car’s front up to the wind
shield.
He decided against reporting for
work. The remaining two-thirds of
his car was towed away.
How to Hit ’em
Election Results
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The following list is the complete re
sults of yesterday’s general election. Names
in boldface are the winners of the posi
tions.
Student Senate
Class of ’55
Robert Alcock, 152
John W. llenefield, 19U
Hollis H. Bowling, 90
Bobby Carpenter, 167
James Childress, 99
Jack Couch. 52
Tommy Durdin, 46
Edwin Forshage, 96
J. F. Goode, 103
Buck O. Isbell, 177
Holman King, 118
L. B. Easkoskie, 204
Jim McDowell, 69
C. D. (Chuck) Newman, 118
Neil Price, 115
E. W. Riveirc, 62
Tommy Schmidt, 75
Gordon Tate, 78
Sonny Tutt, 279
James Allums, 73
Edwin Bennett, 100
Martin Burkhead, 106
Deland Castle. 63
Fair Colvin, 131
John Dewald, 150
Wallace Eversberg, 263
Harold Fox, 123
Clifford D. Hobbs, 64
James Johnson, 64
Joe Ed King,89
J. B. Lilley, 98
Joe Mejia, 109
Chartier C. Newton, 73
Lolan Pullen, 112
Bob Rowland, 164
C. W. (Bill) Soltis. 101
Roberto Tijerina, 129
Joe Bob Walker, 131
R. L. Williams, 72
Bill Bass, 132
Charels E. Bowers, 58
W. R. (Dusty) Cannon, 166
John Chapman, 55
A1 Cook, 97
J. W. Dewbre, 86
Dale Fisher, 129
J. F. Franz, 27
Richard Hull. 81
Thurman Johnson, 88
Doug Krueger, 89
Theo Lindig, 116
Bill Utsman, 230
Frank Nicholson, 83
Jerry Ramsey, 314
T. J. Sammons, 87
Tony Spccia, 159
Floyd Trim, 78
Pat Wheat, 187
Class of '56
Billy Berryhill, 130
Jan Broderick, 123
Clifford L. Condit, 127
Ronald Gardner, 85
Lloyd Jary, 128
George A. LaHood. 96
Ronald Miller, 171
David Parnell, 158
Jack Quinn. 93
Ernest Biehunke, 137
Stew Coffman. 161
Bob Francis, 139
Carl Hill. 155
Jerry Johnson, 159
Clay McFarland, 176
Jerry Neighbors, 110
Johnnie Petter, 178
Bill Ruez, 102
William D. Willis, 132
James Braeutigam, 105
Jim Collins, 106
Ed Fries, 156
Paul Holladay, 258
Larry Kennedy, 157
Gus Mijalis, 179
B. A. (Scotty) Parham, 183
Sidney PilJow. 148
William Stubblefield, 185
Class of ’57
Glynn Chandler, 54
William McCarty, 28
James T. Patterson, 65
Jim Rowland, 69
Carl E. Wagner’, 63
Jon Cobb, 68
Robert McCleskey, 43
Erwin Pavlik, 43
Stephen Scott, 59
Ed Hanson, 46
Bob Marshall, 31
Lee Fopejoy, 31
James Starr, 51
Jack Weatherford, 42
College View
George Allen, 30
Wallace Larson, 26
Mitchell Hall
Carl Livcsay, 56
Jerry Schnepp, 63
Day Students
Dave Lane, 13
Buddy Vance, 16
Student Life
Wallace Birkcs, 120
Buddy Foxworth, 61
Dale Southern, 136
Charles Cocanougher,
Hugh Lanktrec, 210
Leonard Stoltz, 39
William Willis, 16
James Cook, 92
Jerry Schnepp, 114
Joe West, 209
Yell Leader
Frank A. Davis, 311
Roy Santerre, 65
Battalion Co-Editor
Bob Boriskie, 242
Jon Kinslow, 123
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