The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Wednesday, January 16, 1957
Rumors Running Wild
Dead week got a shot in the arm yesterday when the cam
pus became alive with rumors concerning members of C In
fantry versus Military Panel.
Very few people seem to know the full story and those
who do aren’t talking, but this fact hasn’t at all put a damper
on the rumors.
One thing for sure—the problem must be pretty big
since the Military Science building was ablaze with lights late
last night as Panel members were still deliberating on the
case (or cases) presented yesterday afternoon.
Hearings began at 1:15 yesterday afternoon and Col. Joe
E. Davis, commandant, said last night no decisions would be
released until today.
Back to the rumors. Most juicy and fast moving goes to
the one saying 21 members of C Infantry appeared before the
Panel in connection with hazing with the “board.” Half of
this number supposedly were sophomores who used the board
and the other half freshmen who submitted to it.
Naturally since this offense carries the biggest penalty,
its prominence as a rumor knows no bounds.
The story coming from the most direct source, however,
paints a different picture.
According to this story there was a mass parade of C
Infantry members before the Panel, but the charges were
multiple and not restricted to the “board.” In fact the
“board” wasn’t even mentioned in this report. The story goes!
something like this:
One of the freshmen in C Infantry has been keeping a
day-by-day account of everything that might be considered
not “by the book” including dates, times, places, alleged
offense involved and the persons participating.
This record even is supposed to have such a tabulation on
every freshman in the company plus the upperclassmen who
“violated the rules.”
Accompanying these rumors is the one short but terrible
saying C Infantry will be disbanded.
Of them all this is the most dangerous. Rumors such
as these are some of the causes motivating cadet company
commanders to the “what’s the use attitude.”
Naturally those persons guilty should be punished but
nothing is ever accomplished by mass punishment such as
disbanding an entire company.
The guilt in this uproar is due to lack of training, and
-education is not put forth through punishment on a masS
scale.
Since the full story plus the decisions aren’t known we
can only guess as to the outcome. But if it is anywhere near
as dreadful as has been implied, heads will likely roll.
This brings up the primary question concerning pun
ishment. Do you create goodness with badness ?
Regardless of the outcome we cannot afford to become
discouraged and give up.
True leaders have the ability and spirit to pick up the
pieces of a broken goal and continue the struggle to the ideal.
Ike Outlines Program
(Continued from Page 1)
Public Has A Right
To Examine Records
Civil Engineering
Has Plenty Room
appropriated for agricultural con
servation. Eisenhower said that
would enable the Agriculture De
partment to make payments to
farmers and ranchers to carry
out wind-erosion and other emer
gency conservation measures.
• 3. An additional appropriation
of 26 million dollars under the
Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act to
provide primarily for refinancing
farm indebtedness by direct loans.
This three-point emergency pro
gram appeared to be essentially
in line with a good many of the
demands Eisenhower heard
throughout the Southwest. Several
delegations urged more liberal
loan and credit policies.
Departing from his text at to
day’s conference, the President said
he agrees there is “need for good
credit, cheap credit.” And in his
text he said:
“Private, cooperative and govern
ment lending agencies have been,
and are, providing very helpful
credit assistance throughout the
drought area.
“I have asked the government
lending agencies to carefully re
appraise their lending policies
and adequacy of loanable funds.
“I would suggest that other
lending institutions likewise care
fully reappraise their facilities
and resources. I want to see pri
vate lending institutions continue
to be the principal source of
credit, with the federal programs
merely supplementing as needed.”
Along that same line, Eisenhow
er called the drought a “very
great problem” which “cannot be
solved alone by either federal or
state governments.”
The President said the federal
government stands ready to help
in such emergencies, but he also
declared:
“I am convinced that the state
and local governments should as
sume greater responsibility in
helping solve the recurring prob
lems of agriculture, including dis
tress. I think this would aid ma
terially in a more effective ad
ministration of these programs
and in better adapting them to
local conditions and actual re
quirements.”
(Ed. Note—This is the fourth
of a series of articles dealing
with a number of bills which
members of the Texas Press As
sociation have drawn up for
presentation to this session of
the State Legislature.
The proposed bills deal with
Insurance Laws, Freedom of the
Press, election codes and other
problems which face the people
of our state today.)
This article will cover Bill No.
4 and 5. Bill 4 is one which the
officials of College Station have
recognized and already practice.
That is, the complete publication of
Ordiances. When passed, this bill
would require all new ordinances
of incorporated cities and towns
which are alreadys required to be
published in any form to be pub
lished in their entirety.
Bill No. 5 provides that any
State, county or other official who
refuses to permit the public exami
nation of records, except those de
signated by law as not open to
public examination, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.
The passage of this law would
make all public records available
to the public at any time.
The most flagrant example of
refusal by public officials to al
low this examination has been the
Duval County Scandals.
In this instance, reporters have
been literally thrown out of the
offices in Duval County.
Hawkins Writes Article
Dr. Leslie V. Hawkins, associate
professor in the Industrial Edu
cation Department, is author of an
article, “‘Sagged’ Bottles”, publish
ed in the January issue of School
Shop. The story deals with reform
ing old bottles into interesting
shapes.
Any person found guilty of this
law shall be fined not less than
$100 nor more than $500 and will
be deemed guilty of official mis
conduct for which he can be re
moved from office.
State agencies, as well as local
enforcement agencies, get hundreds
of complaints about public officials
denying them their right to exa
mine public records.
It goes, without saying, that as
a Democracy the people of this
State and citizens of the United
States at large, should have the
God-given privilege to examine
the records and files of the govern
ment which is elected by the people.
Without this right we have no
Democracy.
(Ed. Note—write your repre
sentative and urge his support of
these bills which are designed
for a better form of government
for an informed public.)
Talks On Slate
For Symposium
“The Engineer as a Business
Man” and “Instrumentation, a
Way to Progress,” will be discuss
ed at the 12th annual symposium
on Instrumentation for the Pro
cess Industries, which will be held
here Jan. 23-24. These two sub
jects are among - a number of scien
tific talks to be delivered.
S. B. Schapiro of the American
Oil Company, N. Y., will deliver
the talk on instrumentation and
the engineer will be discussed by
C. B. Moore of the Moore Products
Company of Philadelphia. The
talks will be delivered at the open
ing session of the symposium in
the Memorial Student Center.
C. D. Holland of the Department
of Chemical Engineering, which
will conduct the symposium, is di
rector.
The Right whale lives on almost
microscopic life which it strains out
of sea water.
By H. T. MATTOX
Civil Engineering Department
people say that for the first time
in their department’s history they
have suitable facilities for both
classrooms and laboratories.
The department has recently
moved from Nagle Hall into four
scattered buildings remodeled from
the old veterinary center.
B. M. Gallaway, in charge of
laboratories, remarked that there
is now much more room for the
labs. He said that some labs in
Nagle Hall had to be scheduled
together due to lack of rooms.
“For instance, the asphalt test
ing lab and the concrete testing lab
were in the same room, making it
much harder to teach both classes
adequately,” Gallaway said.
“Now students may experiment
without interruption because all
labs have separate rooms,” he said.
“There still isn’t as much room as
they will need ia the future,
though.”
R. M. Holcomb, who once taught
in the old Veterinary Hospital
building, said all buildings they
moved into were repaired and re
painted.
“The atmosphere, lighting, class
room space and shop space is.
much better,” he said.
Hurley Chosen Critic
For Poetry Contest
Charles Lee Hurley of the Eng
lish Department has been chosen to
be critic-judge of the poetry con
test being sponsored by the Poetry
Society of Texas. In addition to
receiving cash awards, the best
verse will be published in the So
ciety’s yearbook.
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“With the convenience of having
a telephone in every professor’s
office and a central switchboard,
we can have an eight-party con
ference,” Holcomb remarked.
“Connection with another office
can be made by dialing only two
numbers,” he said.
The department now has a li
brary, a conference room and
“worlds” of closet space. It is
presently building a student lounge.
Each professor may have a private
office if he wants one.
“In Nagle Hall the profs were
‘bunched up’ in just a few small
offices,” Holcomb said.
One shortcoming of the px - eseht
buildings that adequate parking is
not available.
“This will be corrected shortly,”
Holcomb commented.
Several horses’ heads and stuffed
animals are still scattered around
the building to haunt the place,”
he said.
Gallaway said they still have
some headaches left over from
moving.
Moving started last August and
was scheduled so that no classes
or labs were missed.
Future plans call for additional
equipment and buildings within
the next five years, Gallaway add
ed. He said that some new lab
equipment should be in by next
summer.
“We just love our new head
quarters,” Mrs. Louise Ellison said
proudly. She is department secre
tary and wife of Edward Ellison,
senior veterinary student.
“It is so much more cheerful
and there is much more room,” she
added.
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