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Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1955 Education, Not Subjection Disagreeing basically with a statement about discipline, and the enforcement of it, the time has come to sound off on this matter. Discipline is not enforcement per se; it is education, plain and simple. The primary purpose of A&M is academic, and the primary purpose within one of the school’s major branches—the Corps of Cadets—is leadership training. A&M is a civilized institution; if not, let’s give it to the animals. If so, let’s concentrate on educating ourselves— both in knowledge and ability toward leadership. The administration has, let us hope, made it impossible to force,„as the letter implies although it does not say, any sort of discipline; it has, instead, made it possible for us to educate in our discipline. And education, gentlemen, is a subjective matter; it requires more than just a personal interpretation of experience. On Campus uith MaxShuJman (Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.) STRIKE UP THE BAND! Learning the words of all the latest popular songs—as anyone must who wants to amount to anything on campus —becomes more and more difficult. Take last night. I had the radio on for no more than five minutes, and in that time heard two brand spanking new songs—a jump tune called Rock With Me, Hymie and a hillbilly ballad called They’re Hanging Ralph T. Sigafoos at Cock-crow. And that’s the way it goes. New tunes are absolutely flooding the market. No wonder you’re having trouble memorizing all the lyrics. But you don’t have to be dull about it. I mean, when a song is playing and you don’t know the lyrics, don’t just stand there singing dum, dum, de, dum or la, la, la or voom voom. That is very dull. Pick more interesting syllables—like slimy gans or kretch dinkle or mlath roke. Take, for instance, That Old Black Magic. Let’s say you forgot some of the lyrics. Try singing this: That old kretch dinkle Has me in its mlath, That old kretch dinkle, That I slimy so gans. Those icy dinkles Running down my slimy. That old kretch dinkle When your roke meets mine . . . etc. See? Interesting? What did I tell you? But knowing the lyrics—or interesting substitutes—is not nearly enough. To really rate on campus, you must also be acquainted with odd and interesting facts about the composers. For example: 1. Irving Berlin’s name spelled backwards is Gnivri Nilreb. 2. Rodgers and Hammerstein can only write music while whitewashing a fence. 3. Ludwig von Beethoven’s hobby was collecting cold sores. 4. One of our greatest songs was written because the wife of an impecunious composer came home one afternoon with a canteloupe and a dog named Lassie. “Why did you bring home a canteloupe and a dog named Lassie?” said the composer to his wife, “For the baby,” she replied. The composer grew angry. “Here we are flat broke,” he cried, “and you come home with a melon for the baby, a collie for the baby!” Suddenly, struck by an inspiration, he rushed to the piano and wrote Melancholy Baby. 5. Cole Porter writes all his songs with a popsicle stick on the side of a horse. 6. Hoagy Carmichael’s hobby is spelling Irving Berlin’s name backwards. And what does the true music lover smoke? Why, Philip Morris, of corris! Why? Because Philip Morris is a song of a cigarette— a veritable symphony, a melody serene, a tone poem, a cantata, a lied, a chansonette, a fugue of one gentle puff upon another, allegro yet dolce, lively, mild, harmonious. That’s why. ©Max Shulman, 1955 To old Max’s statements, the makers of Philip Morris, sponsors of this column, add this second chorus: Try today’s gentle Philip Morris in the bright new red, white and gold pack. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by stu dents four times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms The Battalion is published once a week, and during examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Thursday during the summer terms, and Thursday during examination and va cation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday im mediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered aa second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. 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BILL FULLERTON Editor Ralph Cole Managing Editor Ronnie Greathouse 1 Sports Editor Don Shepard, Jim Bower News Editor Welton Jones City Editor Barbara Paiere Woman’s Editor Jim Neighbors, David McReynolds, Gene Davis Staff Writers Barry Hart Sports Staff New Ag Flying School Now Open At A&M A&M took another first in the nation yesterday as class es began in a newly created school for training agricultur al pilots. Sponsored by the Texas Engi neering Experiment Station, the school is headed by Fred E. Weick, head of the Personal Aircraft Re search Center. Hs is assisted by George A. Roth. Registration for the school is limited to 10 pilots but 15 or more students may enroll for the non flying courses which will be taught by personnel from the faculty here. “Pilot registration is limited in order that we may give exact at tention to every detail of every man’s flying,” said Weick. The students will fly various types of aircraft suitable for agri cultural work under all kinds of flying conditions. Planes to be used at the school have been provided by companies interested in the project. They are available for immediate use. The curriculum will include stud ies in insect control, aircraft care and service, calibration and distri bution patterns, herbicides (mixed brush and weed defoliation and des- sication), customer relations, plant disease control, seeding and fertil izing, laws and regulations, pre flight aerodynamics and flight instruction. Gard ner EIected SAC Chairman Ronald Gardener has been elec ted chairman of the Student Agri cultural Council. Other officers are Robert Buts- chek, vice-chairman; Ed Goddard, secretary; David Fawcett, treas urer and Holman Griffin, report er. The Student Agricultural Council serves as a sponsoring group for activities to the entire school of agriculture. It also serves as an advisory group for the various de partmental clubs in the school of Agriculture. The council is composed of elec ted representatives from the above clubs, the chancellor of Alpha Zeta fraternity and the editor of the Agriculturist. Calhoun To Speak Freshmen interested in the pe troleum industry are invited to hefir Dr. John C. Calhoun, dean of the School of Engineering, pre sent an introduction to the field at 7:45 tonight in the main lee ture room of the Chemistry Build ing. THRU WEDNESDAY Randolph SCOTT TODAY & WEDNESDAY FROM THE GREAT NOVEL! WarnerColor VIRGINIA MAYO • PIER ANGELI and introducing JACK PALANCE • PAUL NEWMAN Letters to the Editor Health Leaders Featured During Extension Meeting Eidtor, Battalion: After listening to Dr. Morgan’s talk at the cadet officers’ commis sioning, I began to wonder, who’s kidding who ? If our president was telling the truth, then he believes that students have formerly, as well as now, gotten some benefit from the Corps. I believe this too, being thoroughly indoctrinated my self. However, I also believe Dr. Morgan, along with the rest of this school’s administration, is con sidering the Corps in a superficial manner. To paraphrase a modern hero, “Let’s get the facts, sir.” Whence cometh this benefit.. Well, it isn’t magical. You don’t draw “spirit” along with your uni form. It comes with a military school, and however as much as most of us dislike some parts of military life, that’s where we get that something which sets an Ag gie apart as a college graduate. The mainstay of any military institution is discipline. I think the facts bear me out when I say that the amount of discipline, up to a point, is in direct proportion to the esprit of a military group. The Marine Corps, the U. S. Military Academy, the Air Force cadet pro gram, etc. I have proved this over and over again. At the pres ent time, however, the administra tion of this school has made it virtually impossible to enforce any sort of discipline whatsoever. Dis cipline is enforcement per se. Sure, there’s always a ram pad; but at present, in some units, rams don’t go through, period. The demerit system is a blind alley, anyway, since rigid adher ence to the rules would result fin ally in cadet court for virtually everyone. I have only my own ex perience to back this statement up, but I feel that I am qualified in experience enough to say this. Call it hazing, call it the board, call it what you will; you’ve got to en force the rules and mores to make them effective. The gist of the matter is this, Dr. Morgan, gentlemen, whoever is behind the present policy; you can’t have your cake and eat it too. (See LETTERS, Page 4) National and State health lead ers are being featured on a special program for county home demon stration agents and staff members at their annual Extension Service conference now being held in the MSC. Highlighting both mental and physical health factors, speakers will relate health to areas of foods and nutrition, family life, cloth ing, housing and homestead im provement, consumer education and public relations, said Miss Maurine Hearn, state home dem4|- stration leader. | a Featured speakers include GA G. Gibson, extension director; Aubrey D. Gates, field director for the Rural Health Council; John H. Lane, executive director for the Texas Society for Mental Health Association; Dr. James E. Peavy, State Health Department and G. M. Ehlers, director of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 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