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.
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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
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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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TO INTERVIEW
ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AERONAUTICAL
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Remember these facts about Convair: Convair was awarded the
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Now you are invited to get full information about your career at
Convair. Talk it over with our Convair Engineers on your campus soon.
GRADUATING CIVIL ENGINEERS interested in the field of aircraft
structure are also invited to apply.
Graduate degree candidates in Engineering, Mathematics or Physics are invited
to discuss Convair opportunities in the general field of advanced engineering
analysis and design.
CONVAIR ENGINEERS WILL INTERVIEW ON YOUR CAMPUS
Nov. 3rd and Nov. 4th
CONVAIR
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