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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1954)
Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1954 A Lack of Interest A student senator last night had the nerve to tell the Student Senate something that has long needed to be said around here. He told them that the students aren’t interested in the extracurricular activities here, or seemingly in anything else. He’s right, and there are literally hun dreds of cases to back him up. Granted, the primary and all-important purpose for any student here is to get an education. This comes first, but a student’s education can’t all come from books and lec tures. It has to be augmented with participa tion in activities that will make the student more rounded, activities similar to those he will have to be in when he is out of school. There is no interest in these activities here, and the blame for this lies both with the students who should be participating and the people who sponsor or run the activities. To attract students, the activities have to be good, and to be good the activities have to have students in them—both of these fac tors must come together. All of the groups that could do good for A&M—the classes, the Student Senate, the Civilian Student Council, technical clubs, ev en such august bodies as the MSC council and the Student Life committee, become, for the most part, places for people to air pet peeves or long-cherished, usually wild, ideas. They do some good, but they often gen erate into debating societies that lose sight of their purpose and accomplish nothing. In some ways, you can’t blame students for losing interest in them, but no group is any better than the people in it. The situation calls for these groups as a whole, and the people who are or should be in them, to sit back and look to see where they are going. In many cases the result would be a change in direction. Foreign Students To Be Entertained Two A&M foreign students will be entertained in Houston through the auspices of the Institute of International Education over the Thanksgiving 1 Holidays, Bennie Zinn, head of Student Affairs, an nounced this week. The two students making thq trip are Ketoet Soebagio, graduate student from Indonesia and Fathi Salama, graduate student from Egypt. These visits are rpade several times during the year. In Febru ary, between 50 and 60 students are invited by various clubs and organizations to Houston. During their stay in Houston, visitors are treated as average American boys and no fancy food or lavish entertainment is on the agenda, Zinn said. The Kiwanis, Lions and other civic organizations entertain the boys and arrange sightseeing tours throughout the city and surround ing areas, he added. Board Will Meet The board of directors of the A&M College system will hold their regular meeting Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Driskill hotel in Austin. Last Day—Mickey Spillane “RING OF FEAR” — Color Plus — Alan Ladd in “IRON MISTRESS” — Saturday Only — “CAVE OF OUTLAWS” — “REMAINS TO BE SEEN 5 and —TRY OUR THEATRE CAFE- Midway Heiglits Barber Shop T. C. TAYLOR Barber 3208 Cavitt Free Parking Whiting Returns From Engagement Robert L. Whiting, head of the petroleum engineering department, recently returned from a teaching engagement at the Odessa junior college School of, Drilling Technol ogy. The ' school, sponsored by the American Association of Oil Well Drilling contractors, was set up on a trial basis this fall. Classes are held six days a week, six hours per day for six weeks. A similar school has been planned for this spring and next fall. Enrollment in the course was limited to men with experience in the petroleum industry. Whiting and John R. Pedigo, as sociate professor of petroleum en gineering were the only profes sional teachers there. Outdoor Club Formed On Campus A new club dedicated to a bet ter life in a healthier body has been formed under the auspices of Professor White, affection ately known to his students as “Fuzzy.” “We believe in cold showers, invigorating tramps through the woods, roaring fires and life under the stars,” commented White. 'She official insignia of the club is a bottle of Dr. Pepper in' a field of stars. Take a tip from Professor White. You, too, can feel invig orated at the same time you get your Lift for Life. Whether Cadet Slouch by James Earle you’re the real outdoor type or an indoor sport — you’ll find Dr. Pepper the ideal companion. DRINK DrPepper Rational Guard Doing Recruiting The Texas National Guard in College Station is holding a recruit ing campaign, said Capt. Barney Welch, commanding officer. The local appeal is coordinated with similar drives being conducted throughout the U.S., he said. Age limits for the guard are 17 to 35 and written consent of par ents is necessary, for enlistment of young men who have not yet reach ed 18. Men can enlist at thg, ar mory every day, except Sunday, Welch said. spe- The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan ical Collegs 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 $ .76 pei month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under ttie Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los 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 alj other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Publication Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BOB BORISKIE, HARRI BAKER Co-Editors Jon Kinslow .Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Don Shepard, Bill Fullertom ... News Editors Ralph Cole City Editor Jim Neighbors, Welton Jones, Paul Savage — Reporters Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher Women’s Editor Miss Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent Larry Lightfoot Circulation Manager Tom Syler, Russell Reed, Ken Livingston, Gus Baker, A1 Eisenbcrg, Tony Goodwin Circulation Staff Who’s Who (Continued from Page 1) or societies, scholarships, and cial awards received. The Who’s Who committee of the SLC adds to the list of names sub mitted in the nominating box, and then presents the entire list of names, along with each student’s qualifications, to the Student Ljfe committee. After discussion, the members vote on the names. Wh at’s Cooking FRIDAY 7:30—United Nations club, as sembly room YMCA, P. J. Gazder will speak on “History and Festi- •vals of India.” SATURDAY 7:30—Newman club, Catholic student center, dance and weiner roast. MONDAY 7:30—Soil Conservation society, room 105 Agronomy building, Er nest Shillenbtirg, assistant person nel director of SCS, speaker. Beef Meeting Set Consumer preference for beef will be studied when representa tives from five states come to the campus Tuesday and Wednesday. John G. McNeely and John Kin- cannon of the agricultural econom ics and sociology department and O. D. Butler of the animal husban dry department will represent A&M. Dennis Addresses Alpha Zeta Meeting Some of the outstanding college students are those majoring in ag riculture in our land grsftit col leges, L. H. Dennis told members and prospective members of Alpha Zeta at a meeting this week. Dennis is general secretary and high treasurer of the national of fice at Washington D.C. He is also a member of Harold Stassen’s staff on foreign operations. Alpha Zeta, national honor fra ternity for agriculture majors, con tains many outstanding leaders in agriculture, Dennis said. He stress ed the importance of all members participating in the fraternity. From the City Desk Gazder To Speak P. J. Gazder, student from In dia, will speak to the United Na tions club in the YMCA assembly room at 7:30 p.m. tonight. He will speak and show two films about India. Mahbub Ali from Pakistan is president of the club. Community Fails To Show Interest By RALPH COLE Battalion City Editor The city council of College Station is trying to build a better city for the citizens, but it cannot do so without the help of the people of the community. Last night, a town hall meeting was slated for 7 at the A&M Consolidated high school cafeteria. There were only 20 persons present at this meeting, including the city council and the members of the citizens committee that recommend ed the proposed sewerage system. If the people of College Station are no more interested in the system than this, then there is no use in even holding an election. To be successful, the people of the community are going to have to find out about the bond issue and decide that it is going to be good for them as well as for the city. Sewerage Plan In short, this is the plan for the low the present location from Col- sewerage volve two ning east and running system. It would in outfall lines, one begin- of Consolidated school east and southeast along the creek through the Do- brovolny property and continue down the creek to the disposal plant. The other line would fol- lege Park southeast to the ceme tery and then eastward to the oth er outfall at the plant site. The sewer line is designed to serve all of the presently devel oped areas of the city and future development for the next 25 to 50 years along any of the watersheds south of the city. The system will involve no pumping and will place the plant outside of the city limits. Even though this will cost more, the initial cost of pumping stations will be saved. The West Park and Negro area will be served by gravity with a line following the creek through that area until it intersects the creek through the Clark property. Estimated Cost The estimated cost of the sewer lines is $165,000 and the treatment plant is estimated at $150,000. The total cost of this plan including engineering and contingencies cost, is $365,000. The following is a breakdown! of cost estimates: Sewage treating plant, $138,000; north trunk sew^er, $62,900; south trunk sewer, $41,000; Dobrovolny Creek, $14,700; south colored area outfall, $27,200; south colored area, $22,900; rebuilding of the south side outfall, $20,100; highway 6 relief line, $9,900; north colored area, $14,100. The plant site would cost $2,500, the right of way, $1,500 and the miscellaneous future sew^er extensions is estimated at $10,200. This makes up the total of $365,000. Polio Cases Several cases of polio have been going on at a time when polio is found in the College Station area being found in the community. To this year. This could be caused- clean up what may be the cause from the lack of properly dispos ing- of the sewage in this area. The only persons eligible to vote in the election Dec. 1 are tax pay ers of the , City of College Station, and every Ane of these should turn out and vote one way or the other. This seweragb project is one of the best things the city could have of this terrible disease, the sewer age system should go over in a successful way. The only way to make this elec tion successful, is for the people of College Station to make their own decision .and then get out-and fight for the way they want it to go. Christmas Seals The 1954 Christmas seal sale will start Monday and run until Christmas day. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Na tional Tuberculosis association which coordinates the efforts of more than 3,000 voluntary tuberculosis associations and aids them in expanding their programs for better service. Tuberculosis is a totally unnecessary disease, according to the national association. They estimate the total TB bill in the United States at $600,000,000 a year. This includes the cost of case finding, care of patients, public health nursing, health education, re habilitation, medical research, pensions to veterans and pub lic assistance to patients families. Joe H. Sorrels is president of the Letters containing Christmas board of directors of the Brazos seals will either be mailed or giv- County Tuberculosis association and Miss Malcolm Mclnnis is this year’s chairman. The local association sponsors the annual X-ray survey and pays all of the local expenses as well as planning and publicizing the survey. en to local persons. Each of these letters will contain two sheets of seals priced at $1 per sheet. Mon ey for the association can be mail ed to The Masonic Building in Bryan, Tex. Each person receiving the seals should send to the association as much as his pocket book will allow. Community Chest More than 45 per cent of the Community Chest’s $14,707 budget will go to youth organizations this year. The chest has collected $3,891 so far in their campaign which has been set to end Nov. 22, but will probably have to be extended. r reach ers 1 lear Math Consultant Miss Ida May Bernhard, math- matics consultant, discussed •’the math program with the administra tion and teachers of the A&M Con solidated school Wednesday. Visual aids, which are useful in teaching at various grade levels, were discussed. Books and pamph lets, which are useful for class room teachers were displayed also, said Mrs. H. S. Creswell, principal of the elementary school. 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