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.
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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”
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