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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1956)
The PA( c So: nighl Ru 7 fo presi man. direc S H< brea moi- will Far Cl 7:30 D mee Ou L will reh< Thu Ma ves be “M da^; S nig trie Co I 7:3 1 ( 7:1 6 Or 1? tii Pi P< V The Battalion Pa^e 2 THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1956 Preached But Not Practiced Ayrg-ies don’t lie, cheat or steal. Not one of these qualities is 100 per cent true at A&M. Yet you hear the phrase echoed and boasted to every fresh man and visitor who steps on this campus. The investigation being made by the Air Science De partment proves that our “proverb” of integrity has become just so many words, sounding great, but falling pitifully short in practice. First, the fact that quizzes were stolen brought about the investigation. Second, the stolen quizzes were used to cheat in the course. And third, students have lied to either protect themselves or someon%else. By no twist of the imagination can such action be justi fied. The purpose of college is education, which is more, much more, than just getting a degree. This problem, not unique to A&M, has gained such momentum as to be almost recognized as being accepted practice. Supporters of this belief say that it is a contest between student and professor as to who wins—and everything is fair in deciding the victor. It is hard to believe that any courses are set up in con test fashion. Professors are here to teach and you are here to learn. In stopping to think, most students realize that we have a problem in such an attitude on the part of those who want to just slide under the academic wire. Yet many of these same students refuse to help in eliminating the cheating be cause they “can’t squeal on an Aggie buddy.” A true buddy—or Aggie—will never be in danger of be ing squealed upon. No one enjoys revealing the dishonest side of another person. But then, who wants to be dragged further down by protecting a practice that not only is hurting you but is destroying every principle this school was built upon. All boils down to whether you consider the feelings of one individual more important than his actions which influ ence the growth and development of the entire school—both academically and in prestige. Shivers, Johnson Clash In Bare-Fisted Round Be Safe ? PET SHOP ■ 3 £ FT High Schoolers Will Compete For Awards More than 500 high school boys from all over Texas will compete in College Station this weekend for 70 Oppor tunity Award Scholarships to A&M College, valued at from $800 to $1,600. Examinations will be given on the two Saturdays to allow all ap plicants a chance to take advan tage of one of the dates. A total of 509 applications were reported up to April 16 at the office of R. G. Perryman, assistant registrar of the college, who will be in charge of giving the examinations. Winners of the scholarships are selected by the A&M Faculty Com mittee on Scholarships, after coo- sideration of each candidate’s scholastic record, character, evi dence of leadership in high school, financial circumstances and grade on the annual competitive examin ation. The scholarships carry from $200 to $400 in aid each year for four yeais, plus part-time employment at the college if needed. They are renewed each year as long as the holder’s academic and conduct rec ord is satisfactory. The program started here in 1946. Since that time 712 Oppor tunity Awards have been made— 305 students at the college are cur rently enrolled on these scholar ships. NEW SENATE PRESIDENT OFFICE—Byron A. (Scot ty) Parham is apparently taking it easy in the new office of the Student Senate president now located on the second floor of the YMCA. The office opens into the main lobby of the Office of Student Activities and is on the left as you enter the door. ‘If we get out of this alive. Stupid I Believe . Uy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Both sides tossed bare-knuckle blows yestei'day in the Texas Dem ocratic Party leadership fight be tween Gov. Allan Shivers and Sen. Lyndon Johnson. Shivers told his precinct work ers at Baytown Johnson is getting so politically thin-skinned, “he doesn’t even want to be questioned” about things like the Southern Manifesto, federal aid to educa tion and “whether the Texas dele gation should represent Texas thinking or Washington thinking.” Johnson said Shivers is “ranting about states rights without saying anything about states wrongs. The Senator again challenged Shivers to “call a special session to inves tigate insurance and land scandals and to take action on interposi tion.” The first big test of strength on whether Johnson or Shivers will head the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention comes Saturday at precinct conven tions. This will be followed by county conventions Tuesday, with final decision May 22 at the State Convention in Dallas. At a rally of about 200 support ers in Waco, Johnson said if Shiv ers “would spend as much time talking about states wrongs as he does about states rights, he would run the crooks from the temple at Austin.” Johnson accused Shivers of con niving in a plot to destroy the Democratic Party by turning over to “hotheads and Republi cans.” it He called for selection of a Tex as delegation composed of “mod erates who can pick the best Dem ocrat in the nation for the nomina tion.” OPEN FOR ALL BANQUETS, DINNERS RECEPTIONS, WEDDINGS AND LUNCHEONS MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL TA 2-5089 “The Oaks” — TA 3-4375 BRYAN BRAZOS MOTOR COMPANY Stuclebaker — Packard wishes to invite you OUR A&M COLLEGE GRADUATES to visit our show room and see the 1956 models before you decide to buy — SEE . . . 1211 Texas Ave. H. L. WHITLEY, SR. Bryan The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors Tne Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, ia published by students in the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications » 5 oss s,rader - T,ie governing body of all student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmquist, Chairman; Donald D. Burchard, Tom Celand and Bennie Zinn. Student members 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 and on Thursday during tl *• summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rales are $3.50 per semester $6.00 per school year, $6.o0 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished I believe in regular church at tendance because one of the fund amental and universal needs of the human race is the need to lean on a power greater than we are. No matter how great our stature in the office, shop, business, or classroom, there are times when we are faced with problems that are beyond human resources — problems that make us feel our in significance. Religion provides us with the power that makes us cap able of achieving that which we cannot achieve alone. There is within us an inherent need to be dependent on a stronger being. In some situations we want to dominate, in others we are ready to lean. A belief in a Supreme Being satisfies that desire for sub mission since it gives recognition to a force stronger than ours which is ready to protect us. The abil ity through faith to lean on God releases tensions. The cathardic value of worship with the spirit of confident fellow ship, including prayer, should not be minimized as it is good for us under normal conditions as well as when we are in trouble. It helps to clear mental conflicts. There is a strong therapeutic influence in church attendance since basic- illy, in spite of the rational foun dations and intellectual content of religion, religous response i s strongly emotional. I believe in regular church at tendance because the individual re ceives positive assets that can de velop a personality capable of with standing tensions 4 and of absorb- ng shock arising from modern liv- ng. The individual gains a bet ter perspective of his problems and >f himself. 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