Battalion Editorials
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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
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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.
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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.
Miss Bernhard is serving her
third year as a member of the
board of the National Council of
Teachers of Mathmatics.
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