The Battalion
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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1956
The Death of The Texan
Fifty-five years of free expression has come to an end
at the University of Texas.
The Daily Texan, student body voice and campus news
paper, now has an associate professor of journalism who will
stay in The Texan office from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. each day.
Willie Morris, Texan Editor, said “this was the resull
paid for editorial treatment of certain dangerous state is
sues.” Since February, The Texan has been in a struggle
with the Board of Regents, UT government body, because
Morris dared to print editorials against the Fullbright-
Harris natural gas bill.
THE REGENTS FEEL that students in a state support
ed school should not take sides on state issues which might
involve the school.
For some reason they can’t see where college-age stu
dents are in definite need of information and expression.
After all, we are on the treshold of active citizenry. Soon
we will be the voters deciding the issues.
Our generation has been condemned as the silent gen
eration, yet any action contrary to this charge is promptly
and firmly stifled. We are classified as adult or mature
only when our thoughts and actions strictly conform to
those held by our elders.
THE LAST ISSUE of The Daily Texan illustrates how
censorship has resulted in a press unfavorable to UT. In
that issue, Morris fired a parting shot at the university
that, through its validity, proved how undesirable censor
ship can be. Censorship does more destruction than free
expression.
In this same editorial, Morris predicted that within the
next 10 years, a small, student operated, independent news
paper would be published off-campus. “No administration
would dare attempt suppression; defeat in the courts would
be quite inevitable,” wrote Morris.
Carol Sutherland, editorial writer on The Texan, wrote
that she hoped “some day the university (UT) would be
free of economic and political shackles” and “the student
will not be second class.”
“THE PARADOX of this state university is that it’s
7iot an institution of higher learning,” added Miss Suther
land.
Fortunately, we here at A&M are not faced with exactly
this type problem. No faculty or staff member dictates
what goes into the news columns of The Battalion.
As stated in the by-laws of the Student Publications
Board, the Director of Student Publications “is not expected
or pei’mitted to practice editorial-policy censorship in any
form, but only to counsel and advise in matters of editorial
policy.”
THE BY-LAWS add that “if the Director were required
to read all or any part of the copy prior to publication this
would necessarily make him responsible for evei^ything that
was printed in the publications, and he would therefore be
come de facto editor.”
Naturally such freedom entails a heavy responsibility,
but the only rule required of student editors is that they
follow the ethics of good journalism. This in itself is enough
to insui’e responsible handling of publications.
ALSO, the position of the student editor is not as stable
as is commonly thought. Any of them can easily and quickly
be removed from their position upon recommendation by the
Director. However, the editor is given the privilege of pre
senting his case before the publications board before action
is taken on the Director’s recommendation.
All newspapers have two formidable checkmates that
automatically keep them in line. These are the readers and
the stringent state and national laws that govern publica
tions.
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
DR. E. LUEDEMANN
DR. G. A. SMITH
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Texas and the City of College Station, ia published by students In the Office of Student I
Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications I
Is Ross Strader. The governing body of ail 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 Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members
are Derrell H. Guiles. Paul Holladay, and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are
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News contributions may be made bv telephone (VI 6-6G18 or VI-
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JIM BOWER
Dave McReynolds
Barry Hart
Jim Neighbors, Joe" Tindel
Bill Fullerton, Ralph Cole, Ronnie Greathouse
W elton Jones
Barbara Paige
John West, Leland. Boyd, Ed Rivers, A1 Channel
Maurice Ohan --- -
Graduates Continued
The following names will com
plete the list that ran in yester
day’s Battalion of graduating sen
iors.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
(Continued)
Civil Engineering-
Chailes R. Barron, John Everett
3ryant, Jr., Kerry E. Burleson,
Jimmie L. Cavitt, Leonard Chai-
.•es, William C. Cole, Joe L. Coop-
?r, Frank J. Durda, III, Harvey E.
3mig, Dalton M. Estein, Van E.
Sstes, Jr., Charles A. Ford, Wil
iam J. Graham, John William
Grant, Alvin L. Groves, Joe L.
Haney, Orris F. Haynie, Frederick
VV. Heldenfels, III, Alfred O. Hil
lers, David Marion Isiminger,
Lloyd L. James, John W. Jenkins,
foe C. Jennings, William H. Jones,
fr.
Roy L. Kackley, Jr., Vance W.
King, Jr., Leon J. Kyburz, William
3. Ledbetter, Carl Allen Lee, John
L. Lillibridge, James M. LoCaste,
Herchel E. Lynch, James G. Mc
Kenzie, Ernest H. Martin, Gus S.
Mijalis, William M. Moore, George
A. Owens, Walter H. Parsons, III,
George L. Pitre, Jr., Robert H.
Rea, John H. Richardson, Charles
A. Roden, Warren P. Schilling,
Robert W. Sears, Karl F. Star,
Donald D. Swofford, Charles D.
Thomas, Phillip Darden Weinert,
Walter Thomas Williams, Jr., and
Jose Uvaldo E. Zamora.
Electrical Engineering-
Candidates are Arthur Wesley
Adams, Alan A. Anderson, Mai'-
liss O. Bird, Wayne P. Brock, Rob
ert R. Coffman, Fred B. Cox, Jr.,
John Dave Cunningham, Jr., Don
O. Daniel, Lawrence R. Dausin,
Robert R. Dean, Clifford W. Doug
lass, Harold L. Edge, Dale R.
Flournoy, Robert E. Gibson, Rob
ert L. Gilliland, John R. Harris,
Jr., Donald E. Hightower, Harold
J. Hunter, Charlie F. Jack, Curtis
D. Kornegay, Don S. McAlexander,
Donald K. McConnell, William J.
Bryan Oldham, Jr., Albert G. Sch-
lichter, Jr., Charles D. Stringer,
Kenneth R. Thompson, John E.
Vick, Jay W. Weinstein, Clyde J.
Wharton, Journal E. Wilson, and
Robert W. Young.
Geological Engineering
Howard R. Andrew, Eldon C.
Aydelotte, Lester H. Callaway, II,
Federico Chow, Wayne D. Dirks,
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John B. Dorsey, Kenneth A. Har
lan, Claiborne S. Hightower, Char
les C. Horgan, Walter R. Lump
kin, Gerald B. Mor ris, Douglas D.
Mounce, Stephen R. Rokke, Rob
ert M. Scarborough, Jr., John Sch
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Joseph A. Stovall, James M. Trot
ter, John W. Vineyard, William
W. Welch, Jr., Richard Alley Willi
ford, Thomas Hugh Yates, Jr., and
Burton L. Young.
Geology
Candidates are Edward J. Bunn,
Jimmie R. Davis, Harry E. Dieck-
man, Roscoe T. Foust, Jr., Robert
L. Fuller, George W. Hillyer, IIIj
Bobby C. Holt, Warren P. Kirk-
sey, Ernest P. McCall, Odes O.
Mattiza, Jr., James E. Monical,
Joseph K. Morris, Ronald E. O’
Neal, Billy Bob Pierson, Hugh E.
Scott, Jerry Macon Sides, Franklin
E. Tipton, Thomas P. Toudouze,
and Franklin D. Westmoreland.
Industrial Education
Candidates are Thomas Gary Ar
nold, Glenn E. Baker, Ernest F.
Biehiinko, Gerard S. Brink, Jr.,
Richard M. Brown, John D. Ches
ser, Dennis M. Heitkamp, Samuel
W. Johnson, Michael D. Keen, Sam
uel W. Kiker, Leon M. Lurie, Way
ne P. McKellar, Ernest G. Pittman,
Joseph Satel, James A. Schubert,
Colin A. Smith, Alvon G. Step
hens, William R. Swan, Don M.
Viguet, and Hugh O. West.
Industrial Engineering
Candidates are John R. Bud-
wine, James C. Cloninger, Harold
L. Edge, Donald G. Foster, Craig
T. Gaines, Juan Garza, Leslie G.
McNair, James L. Milstead, Rich
ard W. Pitts, Robert A. Rand, Rol-
an< J R. Raven, Benjamin F. Rent-
zel, Jr.
Richard C. Reynolds, Jr., Joe B.
Roberson, Albert G. Schlichter, Jr.,
aunders A. Schreiber, Romain A.
Slabbaert, Charles L. Smith, and
Frank E. Walker, Jr.
Mechanical Engineering
William R. Acres, Eugene M.
Adney, Kenneth M. Alder, David
N. Bailey, Donald H. Banker, Tho
mas W. Barrett, David S. Billings-
Charlie J. Bond, Jack Haynes
Biady, Joseph G. Broesche, Carrel
R. Bryant, Jose Ramon Castillo-
Nunez, Roger S. Clark, Thomas W.
Cooper, Jr., Jack H. Edwards, Wil
liam T. Estes, Melton L. Fly, Rich-
and O. Guthrie, Thomas L. Ham
mer, Thomas A. Harris, Jr.
John L. Irwin, Royce Johnston,
Harry B. Kalina, Herman H. Kel
ler, Samuel C. Laden, Jr., Raymond
E. Latham, John A. Liddy, Robert
E. Lutz, Rankin N. McBryde, Jorg-e
Marentes-Manzanilla, Weldon W.
Morris, Thomas R. Olsen, Gilbert
Petty, Jr., James R. Plumlee, Henry
O. Pohl, Donald F. Roth, Harold
E. Schildknecht, John S. Sheffield,
Jr., Bennie C. Sinclair, Wayne Mc-
Callie Snoots, Charles R. Steele,
Billie M. Storey, Hugh C. Sutton,
Ira Joe Taylor, Joe R. Tucker, Da
vid E. L. Verble, Leo Bernard
Weiss, Dennis A. Wilkie, Carl R.
Williams, and James R. Womack.
Petroleum Engineering
Candidates are Howard R. An
drew, Harold L. Bethencourt, Char-
(See GRADUATES, Page 3)
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W/E, THE OFFICERS and members of the Col-
” lege Station-Bi-yan Bowling Association (A.-
B.C.) and the Bryan-College Station Bowling As
sociation (W.I.B.C.), join together in expressing
our sincere gratitude for your generous contribu
tions in helping us tq stimulate interest and parti
cipation in what we consider the finest and most
wholesome form of recrea'tion available.
Three years ago, we organized the first na
tionally affiliated bowling league in this area.
This initial organizaton had 40 members. Today,
we have five leagues and 200 members. We expect
to have seven leagues and about 300 members this
fall.
You have helped your community to keep in
step with the rest of the nation in recognizing
the great social and recreational advantages en
joyed by the 20,000,000 bowlers of the U.S.A.
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THANK YOU!
Good Bowlers Patronize Their Sponsors.
Marvin H. Butler, President
City Association (A.B.C.)
Dorothy Moore, President
City Association (W.I.B.C.)
LI’L ABNER
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