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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 Thursday, January 16, 1958 Aii Editorial Why ‘Flunk’? When Board Chairman W. T. Doherty dissolved the athletic subcommittee yesterday, he in part answered the cries of angered exes. But indications are that more and more exes are ask ing “what’s wrong with A&M ?” Many are disturbed by not only the athletic picture but also the educational picture. They want to know: Why are our sons “flunking out” of A&M? They say, “When we were at A&M, the Corps was a lot rougher than it is now, but we made sure our freshmen kept their grades up.” These same exes will tell how they assigned certain upperclassmen to take responsibility for a faltering fresh man’s grades. That upperclassman was then held responsible if the freshman made low grades. “We were proud of our freshmen and wanted to keep them instead of letting them ‘root hog or die,’ ” they’ll say. “We had fun, we got hazed, but made our grades, too,” they say. “Why don’t our sons make their grades?” These are all good questions and worthy of answers. And here are some possible answers which might provide food for thought: J. Inadequate high school preparation. 2. Not enough time to study, sleep and do other activities. .‘h Insufficient study assistance. 4. Bad study habits. 5. Excessive absences from class. (>. De-emphasis on academic merit. Do any of these answers apply to those “flunking out?” Ike Doing *Good% Students Say Over half of American college students still think President Ei senhower is doing at least a “good” job leading the nation. An Associated Collegiate Press poll discovered 42 per cent of col lege students interviewed felt the president capable to some extent. However, a sizeable number—30 per cent—felt he was doing only a fair job. The students were asked the following question: “On the whole, how would you rate the job being done by Presi dent Eisenhower? Would you rate it excellent, good, only fair or rather poor ? Why ? ” Only 13 per cent interviewed felt Ike was doing an excellent job and the same per cent felt he was doing poorly. Equal numbers of men and women felt he was doing good, but more women than men thought his job poorly done. A Wayne State University, De troit, sophomore rated the presi dent “excellent” because of his “attempts to improve the position of the businessman and because of the civil rights bill.” At the same school a sopho more coed says his job has been “good” because the “country has prospered” and he is “a good leader.” A University of Vermont sen ior rated him “fair” because “his poor health is a handicap..” Reasons for “poor” rating, al though in the minority, were that the president “has made the U.S. integration problem too big” as a Tyler Junior College freshmen observes or that he “delegates too much authority,” a reason given by a Bradley University, Peoria, 111., sophomore coed. Army, Do You Need A Slide Rule? POST VEKSALOG K&E PICKETT And Many Good USED RULES At LOU POT F Trade And Save With Lou THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. 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JOE TINDEL Editor Jim Neighbors Managing Editor Gary Rollins Sports Joy Roper Society Editor Gayle McNutt, Val Polk City Editors Joe Baser, Fred Meurer News Editors Jim Carrell ..Assistant Sports Editor Robert Weekley, David Stoker, Johnny Johnson, John Warner, Ronald Easley, Lewis Reddell Reporters Raoul Roth — ^ .News Rhotogi^apher Francis Nivers Snort Photographer Johnny Barger '. CHS Correspondent George Wise — Circulation Manager WHAT MAKES YOQ TMIUK, THEY UOU T MUZE ME ? M0B0DY ELS* Y/AUT<> T»-f ’ JO&? “ LAND LEASING SET—School Land Board has set March 4 for sale of oil and gas leases on pub lic lands. Some 34,000 acres of tidelands plus several hundred tracts on state prison farms will be offered for leasing. It will be the first time tide- lands leases have been offered since the federal government filed suit contesting Texas’ claim to land more than three miles from shore. State officials were un sure how attractive the land would be under the circumstances. OPTOMETRISTS AT ODDS— Rival groups of Texas optome trists are apparently on their way to the Texas Supreme Court to settle differences over what prac tices are legal for that profession. Disagreement centers on two issues: (1) whether optometrists may advertise, and if so, who and (2) whether they may have of fices in part of the space of a store. Atty. Gen. Will Wilson ruled unconstitutional the portion of the Ophthalmic Dispensers law passed last spring that pertained to advertising. Reason, a famil iar one: the topic was not men tioned in the bill’s caption. Members of the Texas Opto- metric Association disagreed with the opinion. They brought suit asking that the State Board of Examiners in Optometry be en joined to enforce a no-advertising rule. Since the case involves con stitutionality of a law, it can be appealed to the Supreme Court. Another suit was brought by a group of optometrists protesting a state board ruling that an op tometrist’s office cannot share space in a store. Letters To The Editor Editor: The Battalion What we need and unfortunate ly do not have is a pro-A&M editor who would support the Corps of Cadets, which is now and has been since 1876, the backbone of the college. If you know so much about making men out of boys instead of separating men from boys, why didn’t you stay in the Corps and do your part? (It is doubtful that you have accomplished much along these lines since leaving the Corps.) Now that you have lost your battle to keep the Corps non- compulsory and to elevate the quantity of the non regs, you now have aspirations of instituting co-education. What’s next—fra ternities and sororities? We get the impression that you advocate these radical changes just to start a commotion or to make some sort of name for yourself. Farmers Must Fay Self-Employment Self - employed ranchers and farmers in this area are now cov ered by the Federal Social Secur ity and must pay a self-employ ment tax, says Clarence E. Carl son, local Internal Revenue agent. Social security taxes are paid by farm employees and their em ployers and a tax known as the self-employment tax must be paid by self-employed farmers, under Federal Social Security Law. February 17 is the deadline for farmers and ranchers to file their income and self-employment tax returns in the event they did not file an estimated form Jan. 15. When you say you want to see a better Texas A&M you haven’t accomplished one thing. Why don’t you specifically state what you mean by the term better? Are you inferring that more Ag gies would start shining halos in stead of brass, or do you have some other vague picture of a bet ter A&M? Mr. Editor why don’t you get off our backs ? Why do you per sist in advocating a change? We believe that A&M has a very commendable record as it is and can do nothing but progress with compulsory corps. Highway 6 is still open and runs both ways for those whose ideas would be more readily ac cepted at T. U. Ed Pigott ’58 Rusty Davidson ’58 John Foster ’58 Editor: The Battalion After reading the Wednesday edition of the Battalion I decided to voice one female opinion on the issue of co-education. No doubt co-education would increase Bryan and College Sta tion business, increase enrollment and make it easier to recruit athletes. If this will make a bet ter Texas A&M, then co-education will have accomplished something. BUT—you know as well as I that the “proud heritage” and traditions that set A&M apart, and keep it from being just an other school could not be main tained in a co-ed college. There is not one Aggie song that would be proper for a co-ed school—not even The Spirit. I suppose some one could write a new alma mater, something like “Dear Old A&M We Love Thee” and set it to funeral march music like that of all the other co-ed colleges. Very few of the traditional Aggie yells' could exist. I can just see the girls doing “Lizzy” or “Old Army.” With co-education the very meaning of the word “Aggie” would be completely lost. But then a name could be found, something commonplace like all the other co-ed schools, say “Wildcats” or “Panthers”. The great thing for A&M, how ever, would be a woman’s college here. It would be a boon to busi ness and allow Aggies to “em brace the young women of Texas” in a much more pleasant way and still keep the great traditions and life at A&M. Seriously, how can one make the statement that A&M is neglecting its duty to the state of Texas? As I see it, A&M is one place that should never go co-ed, not any more than West Point, Annapolis or the A. F. Academy. Sure, they produce “regular officers”, but A&M pro duces the finest reserve officers in the world and ready reservists are the backbone of our military strength. Mrs. Frank W. Jordan “An Aggie Wife” AUciifion (iratfiialiiij* Seniors! Big Graduation Sale On Now! 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