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r*. rs Page 2 THE BATTALION Friday, March 23, 1956 Letters To The Editor Editor, Battalion: In your editorial March 21, you stated that there is a group of men on our caqipus that probably ack nowledged the equality of mankind but did not believe that it should be lived. I don’t think that it ever can or will. Obviously it never has before. If in speaking of equality you mean that men are equally born, you are right, but in no other way. Meta's birth, heritage, virtue and providence have always made them different. Men are by nature un equal, it is therefore foolish to attempt to treat them as such. You speak an undoubted truth by saying that men are equal if you mean that all have equal rights BARBECUE... Served with your Favorite Beverage Old Hrdlika Place FRITZ & JOE S CAFE On Claypit Hoad to liberty, their property, and to the protection of the law. How ever, you are mistaken if you think men should be equal in sta tion and employment since their talents do not make them so. I have refrained from speaking of the Negro since I do not believe in color or racial superiority. I am speaking of all men in general. The Negro just happens to be the center of attraction today in a push for equality that is not there for the whole race. The sooner people realize that it is an attempt at the vain, for the whole race, the better off we will be. The Negroes of superior stock in our society have never failed to gain their recognition. And we ii A LOW OVERHEAD 1 OFFICE OPERATION 1 SaueA. you. 'Up. Tal 40 On Engagement Sets and Fine Diamond Jewelry DIAMONI DIAMOND CUTTING CO. 3rd Floor Banker's Mortgage Building “Next to the Gulf Building" 708 Main Street Houston CASH FOR YOUR BOOKS Repurchase After Easter LOUPOT’S NOW! Faster, Better, Easier Typing THE NEW Remington QcuefAtf&t ONLY $1.00 PER WEEK After small down payment We change keys for any wanted symbols CALL OR MAIL COUPON Otis McDonald Business Machines 1903 College Ave., Bryan, Tex. Name Address if rural route inclose directions My representative at College Station is: LOUPOT’S TRADING POST otis McDonald BUSINESS MACHINES 1903 Collette, Bryan — Phone TA 3-4200 The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors vspj Station, is published by students in the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of Colleg< fit 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. Elmqulst, Chairman; Donald D. Burchard, Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members are Derrell H. Guiles. Paul Holladay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are Charles Rocber. 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 and on Thursday during the summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately periods. The Battalion is not pub! ling 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. precedir Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by Nation a’l Advertising "— es, ' Cil Services. Inc., a t York City. Chicago, New HMI 9|C| Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. have had, and have, many outstand ing Negroes in our country. The real principle for all men is jus tice, which we have strived to at tain in our nation and the world. Separation is not injustice, and jus tice for the feeble and underprivi leged is kindness and protection. It has been our very nature to practice this. The Constitution guarantees a man to equal rights, not the equal ity of man. Whether or not these rights are granted separately or not is immaterial. It has been established that some must follow, and some command, though we are all made of clay. Richard A. Tindall, ’56 Editor, The Battalion: The problem of the concatenation and intercalation of an Honor Sys tem into the daily lives of the stu dents of Texas A&M was discussed pro and con in the recent issud of the Engineer. Our aspiration to higher educa tion is the basic reason for our attendance at Texas A&M. Through this education we hope to build a sound character that will be a credit to us when we leave here. It is easy to see that this strong character would be hard to build in an atmosphere of corruption and low morals. As long as there are those among us who lie, cheat and steal and indulge in other abhor rent practices then we cannot real ize the full benefits of this insti tution. Also, since these practices easily become habits they will carry on with these people after they grad uate. Needless to say this would attach a stigma to the students of A&M and impair the reputations of those graduating from here. On the other hand, a working Honor System would be recognized by businessmen and add to the pres tige of our graduates. I believe that persons who will not raise their standards to con form with those of the majority should be excluded. I am certain that Aggies do not condone these low standards. However, they are allowed to survive because no one will take reprobative action. The Honor System presents an excellent opportunity to do this in an unob- noxious way. It seems that the main argument against the Honor System is that some of these cheaters are well liked by their fellow students. I believe that if those who hold this opinion would stop and think about it, they would conclude that, in a society such as we live in, there are many morally upstanding men who would make better friends than those whose morals are low and coarse. There are many borderline cases in which a student cheats because he believes that such action has become accepted. The idea that a basically honest person will not cheat and a basically dishonest per- Agrononiy Society Plans Field Trip More than 45 members of the Agronomy Society will leave Mon day for a tour through Harris, Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties. Jimmy Stansel, chairman of the Study Tour Committee, said the group will see things of interest to agronomy students—Mathieson Chemical Co., rice dryers and mills, the Angletort Experiment Station and Dow Chemical Co. Agricultural Experiment Station. The group will be entertained with a barbeque, fish fry and a deep sea fishing trip. Profits from the 1955 Cotton Ball and Pageant will be used for the trip. son will, does not hold true in all cases. I have more faith in Aggies than to believe that every one that cheats is basically dishonest. These are the ones that an Honor System would help. But, why should we accept a dishonest person into our midst and call him an Aggie. Under the Honor System it would not be necessary to spend your time in the classroom during a quiz acting as a policeman. It merely means that if you did see someone cheating you would be on your honor to report the violation. The statement that the responsi bility for preventing students from cheating lies with the faculty is contradictory to the democratic way the students handle their own affairs. Since we would be on our honor to report violators, I believe that there are enough honorable Aggies to make the Code work. Honor, besides being a personal thing, is also associated with groups. It would be to the advantage of all Aggies to keep up the high opinion that outsiders have of them. This could be well facilitated by an Honor System. John C. Herren, Jr. ’58 Film Tonight “Song of Bernadette” will be presented in the Assembly Room of the MSC tonight at 7:30 p.m. by the MSC Film Society. An inspir ational story of a peasant girl who was visited by an apparition of Mary, the film stars Jennifer Jones. What’s Cooking The schedule for Friday and Monday is as follows: Friday Everyone is invited to attend the showing of a film, “Letter From Indonesia,” which will be shown by Lukman Hakim, an Indonesian student, in the YMCA at 7:30 p.m. COMING TO HOUSTON!!! to. , G PAUL DESMOND vc4 en- Den, OPEN FOR ALL BANQUETS, DINNERS RECEPTIONS, WEDDINGS AND LUNCHEONS MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL TA 2-5089 “The Oaks” — TA 3-4375 BRYAN He will discuss the film and a- swer' any questions concerning th film. Monday Alpha Zeta will meet at 10 p,m, in the Agricultural Building for an important called meeting. Check with us for better ear care • Expert Service • Washing • Greasing AGGIES! Make Hall’s your Humble Headquarters. HALLS Nobody “spared the horses in the 56 Chevrolet! It’s the new “Two-Ten” 4-Door Sedan, one of 20 frisky new Chevrolefs. This beauty’s got power that’s panther-quick and silk-smooth. Power that puts new kick in your driving and makes passing far safer. A flick of your toe is all it takes to unleash a hoodful of Chevrolet power! Power that makes passing far safer by saving seconds when they really count! Power that’s smooth as silk—and as full of action as a string of firecrackers! Big, deep-breathing power that now ranges clear up to 225 h.p.! But power’s just one of the things that make for safer, hap pier driving in a Chevy. For instance, there’s the solid con struction of Body by Fisher— and Chevrolet’s nailed-down sta bility. Come in and give it a try. 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