The Battalion
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College Station (Brazos County)] Texas
Tuesday, January 14, 1958
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
Man to Man
By JOE TINDEL
Batt-burning, Bab-o bombing, coach searching and
numerous other things can be quite time-consuming this
kite in the semester. Especially with some grades as
low as they are.
The abolishing of dead week this, year has raised quite
a bit of controversy especially among graduating seniors
who can see little difference. They still must attend classes.
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In an ad running in The Battalion classifieds, a local
woman is advertising for a nursery class. She ends the
ad by saying, “We’re co-ed.”
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The other day on WTAW, Toby Hughes got off a good
joke on The Battalion. He mentioned all the controversial
material within and then said he would read some of the
very interesting material. He started out, “In Peanuts to
day. . .
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This is the last “Man to Man” column before the end
of the semester. It presents a good opportunity to wish
every Aggie luck on his finals. You’ll need it!
AUSTIN, Tex.—Education has
been a prime concern of Texas
government for more than a cen
tury and a quarter. But seldom, if
ever, has the subject loomed so
large in public discussion as now
in the satellite age.
In the past few months, since
Sputnik, statesmen have taken up
this theme in different words,
but with greater - than - ever
urgency. They’re saying, in ef
fect, that unless the tempo of
training can be stepped up im
mediately to train more people
better, democracy is doomed.
In Austin this challenge has set
off lively debates and given heavy
new significance to the planning
conferences of those who set edu
cational policy. Current examples
in the news:
SCIENCE AND MATH study
in Texas public schools will get a
critical examination by a group of
school principals with advice from
business and industry leaders.
State Board of Education set
up the study group which is to
complete its project by end of
1959. Goal is to find means to
enrich the schools’ curriculum in
Uern SirtvforaL
some areas, set standards in
others.
Board has previously raised
graduation standards in Texas
high schools, taking away from
the students the chance to pass up
math and science in favor of
“snap” courses. This action, taken
before the current science em
phasis, was “somewhat pro
phetic,” commented one board
member.
POOR PAY FOR PROFS was
hit even harder by a University of
Texas faculty member in an
Austin talk. He cited salary in
centives as crucial in comparing
Russian and U. S. school systems.
According to Dr. B. H. Arm
stead, an American college pro
fessor can expect to double his
salary in a lifetime; his Russian
counterpart can achieve 15 times
his beginning wage. American
teachers make 10 percent less
than factory workers, said Dr.
Armstead, Russian teachers 2%'
times more.
Proposed federal scholarships
will be useless, he opined, unless
there’s also more money to attract
people to run schools.
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American college students
generally tend to favor the idea
of having the United States share
scientific information with friend
ly countries.
Nearly half of the students
interviewed by the Associated
Collegiate Press Poll of Student
Opinion favored such a plan. ACP
asked the following question of a
cross-section of college students
in the nation:
“Since Russia launched its first
Sputnik, there has been talk of
giving top secret United States
scientific information to our allies
for the purpose of speeding up
work on missiles and satellites.
Do you think this is a good idea
or a bad idea? Why?”
Over half of the men interview-
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THE BATTALION
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ed thought it would be a good
idea, while just slightly more than
forty percent of the coeds agreed.
Coeds split just about even on
the question. Forty-two percent
in favor, and forty-three percent
against. But the majority of men
interviewed supported the sharing
of scientific information.
Fifty-one. percent of the' men
thought the idea was good and
thirty-six percent thought it a
bad idea.
Editor:
The Battalion
It seems that again the idea
of coeducation at A&M has
erupted into headlines. I lived
around A&M and its traditions for
too many years, and my family
and I have felt its spirit for too
long to believe this would ever
happen, either as a revolution, or
in an evolutionary manner, but I
would still like to express some
reasons I have for my opinions.
Some of the reasons given for
such a change this time are for
increased trade for merchants in
the area, easier recruiting of
coaches and athletes, and to en
able A&M to fulfill its duty for
the State more completely. I feel
that most of the many Bryan and
College Station businessmen that
I know personally would not be
able to visualize A&M as a co-ed
school, either. A&M is most
certainly “doing its duty” to’the
State of Texas on its all-male
basis. Its academic reputation
speaks for that as does the mean
ing of a degree from A&M. (This
was first demonstrated to me by
my brother’s experience as an
E. E. major, in the class of ’52.)
There is a wonderful school, at
which I am a student, called T^x-
as Woman’s University, to fulfill
these needs for the women of
Texas. (This fine university
would also lose the long time
tradition of being A&M’s sister
by such a move.)
I know little of the difficulties
in obtaining "coaches, or the dif
ference that co-education would
make in this matter, but it seems
that the Spirit and the greatness
of A&M could comince (as it
did past and present Aggies)
most athletes worth having;
others probably should cookie-
push elsewhere anyway.
Aside from the fact that neither
the man building unit, the Corps,
or the Civilian students would be
stronger units due to the addition
of ladies to the curriculum, there
are far too many traditions at
A&M that would have to be dis
continued.
The factors which moved me
most to write this letter of com
ments were mental pictures of the
possibility of jumpy little gills
“majoretting” with the Aggie
Band, and jumpy little girls lead
ing the Corps in a new set of
cheers which would replace some
P. S.
ment
times,
of the Aggie yells. These
thoughts were just too much. I
guess I’m Corps-happy.
Sincerely,
Box 2962
University Hill Station
Denton, Texas
I would like to com pi i-
you on your daring, at
to express your opinions
in the Batt. I think yon aroused
enough comment to prove to
everyone that this kind of
journalistic expression increases
circulation and importance of
your paper at A&M. I think you
have good coverage of the entire
college which keeps even us read
ers that ai’e many miles away
informed. I enjoyed the apparel
description of Jon Hagler’s wed
ding in the Tuesday, January 7,
issue especially.
Editor:
The Battalion
The rather pointed remarks of
an individual whose opinion I
more than respect and whom I
think a great deal of personally
set me to thinking during the
Christmas holidays about the con
tinual controversy which has
raged over some of the editorials
in The Battalion. Some say,
‘‘Why does the editor always pre
sent one side? Why doesn’t he
give our side—the Corps side—
for a change?”
Well, for those of you who
don’t know me, I’m in the Corps
and I like it, and maybe I, too,
haven’t always liked the edito-
ri a is. But I’ll he the first to tell
the members of the Corps who
have complained the loudest, that
I would not give two cents for
any editor of any publication,
college or otherwise, who would
write “one side” and then the
other. And neither would any I
other person who really paused to
consider the matter.
An editor’s function is to make
people think, and whether one
likes or dislikes the editor or
what he says makes no differ
ence. The only thing anyone has
a right to demand and fully ex
pect to receive is consistency and
good journalism, and I believe
that is what Aggies, military and
Civilian alike, have been getting.
This letter is not primarily in
tended to be a vote of confidence
and I do not wish it to be re
garded as such. I simply feel
+ haii if Aggies and everyone in
the United States would start
thinking, we would all be better
off and our problems would be
.•loser to being solved.
Don R. Fisher ’58
And the topic is still girls.
And the possibility of NROTC.
But the number one song on
the Aggielnnd top 2,000 is “Don’t
Bug Me, Baby—Like Don’t Even
Come Near Me.” Or something.
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Seems like there’s a faction on
the campus that would like very
much to sing this song to the
fairer sex:
“Don’t Come to See Us . . ,
We’ll Come to See You.”
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Parking facilities still seem to
be crowded. Last week a late
model Ford was found parked on
the band’s drill field.
It’s driver was pretty shaken
up over the whole matter ... he
still maintains he left it in the
parking lot
Cramming makes the mind play
tricks, eh ?
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