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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1954
Something for the Teacher
Somebody has at last done something for
the poor old teachers.
The Former Students association council,
meeting here over the weekend, voted to give
five faculty appreciation awards for distin
guished achievement in the fields of teach
ing, individual student relations, and re
search.
The amount of the awards—$500 each—
is not much. It should be much more, but
it shows that the teachers’ worth to a col
lege is recognized.
Many people have come to look on a col
lege as a home for a football team. And since
this attitude is prevalent among former stu
dents, it is gratifying that they should give
the appreciation awards.
Some of the former students did not do
themselves quite so proud during the larger
part of their meeting Saturday night.
Naturally, the military-optional plan was
discussed thoroughly. Opinion was about
divided on the plan. As the discussion wore
on into the night, it became obvious that
those who opposed the plan had no alterna
tive plan to offer. They seemed to want a
return to “like it was when I was here.”
This unrealistic attitude was opposed by
those who thought that the plan would give
the corps of cadets, and the civilian students,
a chance for a better student life here.
Perhaps the best view was the middle
group, who said, “Let’s wait and see what
happens.”
Good Start
The administration has started off the
year as if they really mean to stop hazing
here.
A sophomore has been denied enrollment
here for hazing freshmen. The seriousness
of the college’s attack on hazing is indicated
by the fact that this boy was dismissed for
mental hazing, not physical hazing.
In many cases mental hazing is rougher
on the student than physical hazing. There
should be no difference in punishment for
the two.
The sophomore will appeal his case before
the executive committee tomorrow. He will
ask for readmission as a civilian student.
We don’t see why a student who is not
fit to be a military student should be allowed
to be a civilian student.
It is an auspicious beginning for the new
year, and we say “Keep up the good work.”
Grass Roots Voice
Demo Convention Hears
Lecture on Principle
By WILBUR MARTIN
MINERAL WELLS, Sept. 14—
(A 5 )—The “voice of the grass roots”
was heard in protest today.
It came clearly and eloquently
from Mrs. Paul Zedler of Luling,
a school teacher who made a plea
for principle and lectured the old
pros of Texas Democratic politics
on fair play for the little people.
“I ask you do not seat any dele
gation from Caldwell County,” she
said to the Credentials Committee
hearing delegate contests for the
state Democratic Convention.
“We don’t deserve it.”
Mrs. Zedler, a professor of
speech at Southwest Texas State
college in San Marcos, said she
did not base this request “on poli
tics.”
“Politics have no bearing on it.
It’s a question of whether you are
going to follow the law.”
She said the delegation from
Caldwell County did not follow the
law because it did not file two
copies of record of the convention
that named it with the county cletk.
And then she brought a respect
ful hush to the carnival atmos
phere of the meeting.
“I was a novice,” she said.
“This was the first time I ever
attended a precinct convention. 1
went in the interest of good gov
ernment because everybody ought
to take part.
“There were 17 of them there.
We were to be allowed 14 dele
gates. We didn’t ask anybody who
he was going to vote for. That
didn’t matter, we just asked who
could attend the county convention.
We thought it would be nice if
everybody who could go was al
lowed to do so.”
Slje said when she was elected
secretary of the precinct conven
tion, the temporary chairman and
secretary got mad and threw all
the records on the floor.
“I got a copy of the Texas
election laws to find out what a
precinct chairman and secretary
was supposed to do and we did it,”
she said.
“I was a newly elected delegate
to that convention but I didn’t get
to cast my vote. And that makes
me mad.”
Mrs. Zedler would not say what
candidate for governor she sup
ported. She wouldn’t say which
faction was in control of the coun
ty convention.
“That part of politics has no
bearing on this. This is a prin
ciple.”
She was the only delegate ap
pearing or attending the credentials
committee meeting who did not
loudly line up behind Gov. Shivers
or Ralph Yarborough.
Cries of “Shivercrats” and “Yar
borough rats” resounded through
the jammed hall as the committee
debated which contesting factions
would be seated.
No opposition showed up to ar
gue with Mrs. Zedler and a few
other counties that were down for
protests had only one side repre
sented.
But both sides turned up at most
contests and the oratory was
flowery, funny and biting.
- -The audience was good natured
and loud, called “time” when it
thought a speaker spoke too long;
cheered and jeered.
The conservative democrats —
Shivers backers—we’re in the ma
jority. They knew they had con
trol of the convention and they let
the other side—the liberals—know
it.
Mofet speakers had trouble with
the microphone. A thin, wailing
shiek from the loud speaker often
drowned them out.
One speaker brushed the micro
phone aside.
Snorted R. W. Pittman of Sem
inole: “I don’t need this. I’ve
called hogs in Georgia.”
He didn’t need it, either.
First, Oil Boom;
Now, Nickel Boom
MT. PLEASANT, Mich., Sept. 13
GP)—Not since oil was struck here
in the midst of the depression has
there been such excitement in this
Michigan city of 11,398. And an
other bonanza is the cause.
This time it is a deluge of nick
els. Before it was Michigan’s first
gushing oil field.
Postmaster Raymond Hooker es-
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BOB BORISKIE, HARR1 BAKER - Co-Editors
Jon Kinslow Managing Editor
Jerry Wizig Sports Editor
Ralph Cole, Don Shepard News Editors
Nora Burge Womans’ Editor
Kerstin Ekfelt Assistant Womans’ Editor
Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager
timated 32,000 letters came in to
day’s mail for young Mrs. Mar
garet Deibel and her red-haired,
appliance salesman husband,
Charles. And Hooker predicted
tomorrow’s mail likely would bring
50,000 to add to the total of 75,000
already on hand.
Walt Deibel, Charlie’s brother,
reported the first few score en
velopes opened usually had two or
more nickels in them. Some had
a dollar.
It all started last Friday when
Charlie and Walt and their wives
went to the televised Gary Moore
show CBS in New York. They
were vacationing in the East.
In what the Deibels swear was
an unrehearsed interjection into
the show, Moore called 26-year-old
Margaret from the audience, after
she’d asked a question about
whether summer replacements on
his show did it for free or got paid.
Moore said he liked her face.
Asked how she’d like to be rich.
Margaret said she wouldn’t ob
ject to being rich but she and
Chai’lie were satisfied with their
modest way of life with their two
children, one three years and the
other five months old.
Moore thought that was nice, but
suggested his viewer audience
make her rich anyway by sending
her a nickel apiece. That was Fri
day. Some 43,000 letters beat the
vacationing Diebels home Sunday
night.
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Still Ahead
For ‘Fish ?
Freshmen will have their hands
full for the rest of the week as
well as the rest of the school year.
The schedule for freshman week
is as follows:
Tuesday: Students will assemble
in Guion hall from 8 a.m. to 9:30
a.m. A m^vie, “We Are the Ag
gies,” will be shown at 7 p.m.
Wednesday: Students will meet
with faculty members for general
information and personal confer
ences.
Thursday: Group meetings and
individual conferences will be held
throughout the day. A movie will
be held in the Grove.
Friday: New students will reg
ister.
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Typhoon Batters
Southern Japan
TOKYO, Tuesday, Sept. 14—(TP)
One of the worst typhoons in Jap
an’s history struck the southern
mainland yesterday, forcing evac
uation of three cities and leaving
24 dead and thousands homeless.
The storm bore on northward
with weakening intensity toward
the populous main island of Hon
shu, leaving behind untold havoc
on the southern island of Kyushu.
Communications were out with the
stricken area.
Kyodo News Service and nation
al rural police figures listed 24
dead, 68 injured, 11 missing and
IT,ODD homeless in the trail of de
struction and terror on Kyushu.
Three small ships were reported
sunk, 31 bridges washed out and
15j000 acres of farmlands washed
out.
Winds of 110 miles an hour
along a storm front 300 miles wide
hit Kyushu, bringing cloudbursts
and tidal waves. Winds fell to 90
miles an hour as the storm moved
inland.
Kyodo said authorities ordered
all citizens to flee three southern
cities with a combined population
of nearly 300,000. All three were
threatened with destruction from
pounding seas or floods or both.
They were Niyazaki, on Kyu
shu’s exposed eastern coast, and
Kiyakonojo, 75,000, several miles
inland.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 13—(TP) — A
polio death and two new polio ca
ses were reported today. Kathy
Marston, 6, daughter of Mi’, and
Mrs. Tovcll Marston, died of bulbar
polio and spinal polio.
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