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Censorship at Texas
The Daily Texan, newspaper of the University of Texas,
is having trouble with a board of regents that says Texan
comment on controversial state and national issues is illegal.
The claim, part of a move to censor one of the best stu
dent newspapers in the country, is based on an obscure sec
tion of the Texas appropriations bill that prevents state
funds, “whatever their source, from being used for influenc
ing the outcome of any election, or the passage or defeat of
any legislative measure.”
The regents claim the matter is an issue of law, not free
dom of the press. The Texan defends itself upon the facts
that Texas Student Publications is an independent corpora
tion receiving no state or University money, that the move
involves direct censorship and containment of the press’ le
gitimate rights to take stands on all issues, and that academic
freedom itself has been threatened—for if a rider in the
state appropriations bill can be used to kill a student news
paper it could also be used to silence any student or any fac
ulty member.
The Texan yelled—and loud. And we don’t blame them
and offer them our encouragement to continue the fight.
The issue arose because the board of regents there fear
that the University may be denied money in the next appro
priations bill. If so, our state Legislature will have sunk
pretty low.
Money is important, especially in our state schools which
cannot get anywhere near the amount they need to provide
the kind of education needed.
But someone, somewhere, lias to draw the line and get up
off their knees. The Legislature hasn’t paid the attention it
should to the needs of our schools. The people of the state
need to learn, something about these needs.
Anyone following the reasoning of the “big-city” papers
will realize that the people of our state are not being told.
Which leaves it up to papers which have the nerve to
comment on matters “not so popular” with some of our cit
izens. And, apparently, the only newspapers, with a few ex
ceptions, are those of our college press. Papers, like The
Texan for instance.
The Daily Texan is a very excellent newspaper. And,
although we have never met him but have followed him
through his writings, the editor seems like a very honest
and thoughtful journalist. A very good editor, we’d say.
But it looks like both he and The Texan are being damned for
being “too good.”
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ENROLL NOW
Spring Term Opens Monday, March 5th
HAY and NIGHT SCHOOL
HY-SPEED LONGHAND will be offered for the
first time in a special ten-week course ad night. This
is an ideal system for taking notes in college and for
taking light office dictation. Typing will be given
with this special course.
Phone TA 3-6655 for information or call at 702 South
Washington Avenue, JBryan, Texas
McKenzie-Bald win Business College
Th e Battalion
The Editorial Policy of The Battalion
Represents the Views of the Student Editors
The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of Student
Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications
is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College
of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmciuist,
Chairman; Donald D. Burchard, Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members
are Derrell U. Guiles. Paul Holladay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are
Charles Roeber. and Ross Strader. Secretary. The Battalion is published four times
a. week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation
and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the
regular school year dnd on Thursday during the summer terms and during examination
and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately
preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are S3.50 per semester. $6.00
per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished
on request.
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matter at Post Office at
College Station, Texas,
under the Act of Con
gress of March 3, 1870.
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York City, Chicago, Los
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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 republieation of all other matter herein are also reserved.
News contributions may he made by telephone (VT 6-6618 or VI
6-4910) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified
ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publica
tion Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall.
BILL FULLERTON — - Editor
Ralph Cole — - - Managing Editor
Lon Shepard, Jim Bower, Dave McReynolds ... News Editors |
Ronnie Greathouse - Sports Editor
Welton Jones City Editor
Barbara Paige Woman’s Editor!
Mrs. Irene Claghorn
Aggies nicknamed her ‘Mom’
4 Mom’ Started Career
In Army Nurse Corps
By ERNEST F. BIEHUNKO
Battalion Staff Writer
One of Texas. A&M’s most be
loved employees, Mrs. Irene Clag
horn, known to Aggies as “Morn
Claghorn,” College Hospital Super
intendent, first came to A&M Col
lege as an army nurse in 1918.
Mrs. Claghorn well remembers
the night she arrived on the cam
pus — there were four pneumonia
patients waiting for her’. She said
all four of the students were dying
and she became very disheartened
at the whole affair.
“I wrote my mother that night,”
she said, “and told her I wished
they had given me someone that I
would have had a chance to save.”
But, nevertheless, 38 years later,
Mrs. Claghorn says she thinks this
is a wonderful place and “you
couldn’t run me off.”
Mrs. Claghorn was born in Cal-
umbiana, Ala., and moved to Groes-
beck at the age of three. She later
moved to Mexia where she was
graduated from Mexia High School
and married to Johnny Claghorn,
who died in 1917.
She entered the Army Nurse
Corps upon the death of her hus
band, being stationed at Love Field,
Dallas and Camp Bowie, Fort
Worth. She reached the rank of
captain before retiring to accept
the college position as head of the
College Hospital.
“The kids have always been won
derful to me,” she said, “I think its
wonderful. I -wouldn't stay here
if I didn’t like it—I would retire.”
Johnston Elected
The Saddle and Sirloin Club
elected Bob Johnston president
Tuesday night for the spring and
| fall semesters of ’56. Mel Lebo
was elected vice president; Cecil
Skaggs, secretary; Pat Garner,
treasurer and Jim Renick, report
er.
Mrs. Claghorn could sit and tell
stoi'ies about former A&M students
for hours at a time. One incident
she remembers quite well involved
a man now in the House of Repre
sentatives—Olin Teague.
“When Olin Teague, better
known as ‘Tiger Teague’ in those
days, was here,” Mrs. Claghorn
said, “I once caught him in the
quarantined mumps ward.”
Upon investigating, Mrs. Clag
horn found that Teague had climb
ed the wall and entered the hospital
through a window to talk with
some of his buddies in bed with
the mumps.
“I told him it would take ten
days for the mumps to break out,
and another 21 for him to get
well,” she said. “About 30 minutes
later, I told him he could leave if
he would promise to never come
back and break in that way again.
“Needless to say, he left and
said, T’ll never be. back’!”
Besides catering to Aggie sick
ness, Mrs. Claghorn travels
throughout the state talking to
A&M Mother’s Clubs, telling them
just what their son receives in an
education at A&M College. Her
hobbies include crocheting and
swimming.
And, the big-gest job of all—a
mother to 6,000 i-estless Aggies!
MSC Dance Class
Registers Monday
Registration of the >spring se
mester Memorial Student Center
Dance Classes will be held Mon
day in the Center.
These classes are open to any
student who wishes to attend and
pay a registration fee which is be
ing lowered this semester.
Registration will be held in the
ballroom from 7:30-8:30 Monday
and Tuesday night.
THURS. & FRI.
Advance R0TC
Contract Exam
Scheduled
The RQ3 examinations for ad
vance ROTC contracts will be giv
en on March 1 and 8, said Col. D.
P. Anderson, PMS&T.
“All Army cadets who are now
in their fourth semester of mili
tary science or who have complet
ed the fourth semester are eligible
to take the examination,-” he said.
Veterans with one or more years
of active military duty also are
eligible to take the examination.
The March 1 test will be given
in the Electrical Engineering lec
ture room, Physics lecture room
and the Animal Husbandry Build
ing lecture room at 4 p.m.
All eligible civilian and Air Force
students may take the qualifying
examination in the Physics lecture
room at 4 p.m. March 8, said Col.
Anderson. Students in this cate
gory must be either in their fourth
semester of air science, or have
completed four semesters of either
Army or Air Force ROTC.
Specific instructions to eligible
personnel will be given at a later
date through The Battalion, and
by classroom orientation.
Students Have
Winning Papers
Two A&M students placed among
those presenting winning papers
at the annual meeting of the Col
legiate Academy of the Texas
Academy of Science held in Waco
last Dec. 9 and 10.
Hinton D. Hoese, senior wildlife
management major from San An
tonio, won third place in the Bio
logical Sciences Section with his
paper, “Summer Distribution An
alysis of the Southern Bay An-
chory in East Bay, Texas.”
Ray E. Stratton, senior oceano
graphy major from Houston, won
third place in the Physical Sci
ences Section with his paper,
“FJuid Motion Study of Hurri
canes as Shown by Radar Echoes.”
Both will receive citations of
merit from the Texas Academy of
Science.
Film To Be Shown
The Film Society presents “The
Moon is Down”, starring Sir Fred
erick Hardwick in the ballroom of
the MSC at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Ad
mission is by season pass or 25
cents per person.
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of
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UNIFORMS
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Friday, Feh. 17 — Room 3C
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