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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County)] Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, April 11, 1958
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
An Editorial
Ouster ‘Sneaky’
Once again in the same fashion that Dr. David H.
Morgan was eliminated, Ross Strader, director of Stu
dent Publications, has been removed from his position.
Whether it was meant to be that way or not, his ouster
was made in a “sneaky” manner.
The Battalion would not come out for two days
when the firing took place so there would be no chance
to break the news to the public through that medium.
Without a doubt, this will go down in A&M history
as one of the most unfair decisions ever rendered by
college administration. If they were acting in the best
interests of A&M, one wonders what in the world they
think is best for the college. From their decision it
seems they think injustice is.
The new director of student publications is a good
man, but he will find it hard to fill the shoes of the
man who brought Student Publications from a shaky
financial situation into one of the most respected pro
grams in the United States.
Naturally, every man on every staff of Student
Publications wishes him luck in his new position and
The Battalion wants him to know we will cooperate
with him as much as possible.
But if, at any time, either he or the administration
tries to lift a finger to keep the truth from being given
to the public, The Battalion will treat it as “censorship”
and so it will be.
The Battalion will be governed by ordinary libel
laws and the conscience of the editor until such time
as the administration tries to keep the news from the
readers.
The Battalion wants the administration to know
that we respect its authority but we do not in the least
respect their judgement—especially in the case of firing
Ross Strader.
Good luck to you, Mr. Strader. The Battalion hopes
that you have not been injured too much by the treat
ment you have received from the A&M administration.
A Guest Editorial
4 Out for Blood’
(Ed. note—this editorial is taken from the April
1 edition of the Daily Texan at the University of
Texas . . . )
Disgusting.
Petty and political.
Those are the only words which can describe circum
stances underlying an announcement by A&M President
M. T. Harrington that Ross Strader . . . would not “be
recommended for employment next year.”
Why ? Because Ross Strader is a man who believes
in complete freedom and responsibility of the student
press and doesn’t mind saying so or putting it into
practice—even when it goes across the grain of the
college administration.
Each time such administrative and student protests
have been taken to the publications board . . . they have
upheld Tindel.
Actually under the publications by-laws, Strader
had no authority to tell editors what to or not to print.
Final decisions are left with the student editors and
there is no pre-publication scrutiny of copy . . .
A&M now has a student publications set-up of which
the school—and the entire nation—can be proud, especi
ally in the amount of freedom that is extended to the
student editors and the responsibility it is able to com
mand from this grant.
But now it appears that this freedom has become
too uncomfortable for both faculty and students. “Off-
with-his-head” moves against the student editor were
unsuccessful.
Now they’re after the college staff members in
charge, and unless reversed by an appeal to the Board
of Directors, it appears as if they will be successful.
We have seen examples of this type of bigotry,
this thin-skinnedness, this resistance to criticism before.
And it has never failed to nauseate us thoroughly ...
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By WELTON JONES
With a notable slacking of local events on the entertain
ment Scene, and a dismaying amount of space to fill, this
column will now break a rule of long standing and concern
itself with events in another city.
But first, some words on the Oberammergau Passion
Play, which finished a three day run in Guion Hall Thursday
night.
The Passion Play, as presented by Val Balfour (as Jesus
Christ) and his company is not a religious service. It is a
play based on religious subjects, acted by professional actors.
Many of the actors are quite professional also. Paul
Holden as Judas, Robert Andrews as Pontius Pilate, Walter
Flannagan (of Houston) as . . , „ .
~ J - / . Shakespeare perennial. Prominent
in the cast are Ernest Graves as
Brutus, Joseph Ruskin as Cassius
and Jonathan Main as Mark An-
Caiaphas the high priest,
Maxim Taguer as a drunken
King Herod and Jack Hamil
ton as Joseph of Arimathea ,, „ * , , .
,, , j • u thony, all of whom appeared in an
all turned in above average per- „
j, , ,, . * 4.1. 4- off-Broadway production with
formances, and the rest ox the cast , ,
the New York Shakespearewrights
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backed them adequately.
Balfour’s Christ seemed a bit pe
dantic some of the time and quite
world-weary most of the time, but
it was authoritative and well de
signed.
The verdict: A job well-done
' theatrically and probably appeal
ingly to practically all Christians.
VISIT—While brousing through
the pages of Houston newspapers,
one is struck with the abundance a j ;i , e Incorporated,
of really good entertainment avail
able there these days.
last season.
Friday night one of the better
young sopranos to be found in the
United States, Inge Borkh, will es
say the principal role in Richard
Strauss’ monumental opera “Elek-
tra.”
The next two nights could pos
sibly be filled with a visit to each
of Houston’s other two professional
theatres, The Playhouse and The-
Herbert Kramer, the self-styled
‘Noel Coward of Venice” is star-
THE BATTALION
Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu
dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported,
non-profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and
operated by students as a community newspaper and is gov
erned by the student-faculty Student Publications Board at
Texas A. & M. College.
The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is
i, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, ;
ber through May, and once a week during summer school.
tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and
published in College
holiday periods, Sej
Sta-
Septem-
Faculty members of the Student Publications Board are: Ur. Carroll D. Lavcrty,
Chairman ; Prof. Donald D. Burchard ; Prof. Robert M. Stevenson ; and Mr. Bennie
Zinn. Student members are W. T. Williams, John Avant, and Billy W. Libby, Ex-
officio members are Mr. Charles A. Roeber; and Ross Strader, Secretary and Director
Zinn.
of Student Publications.
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Purely out of curiosity and not ring . himself in his Playhouse’s pro-
through any previous arrangement duction of “Teahouse of the Au-
with the Houston Chamber of g. us ^ Moon”, which, according to
Commerce, this column would like ^he Kramer formula, will probably
to list and comment on some of it. he a hit in spite of lukewarm press
This evening at 8:30 p.m., Luis notices.
Vice President Earl Rudder has
proclaimed April 12-19 Pan Ameri
can Week on the A&M campus, in
accordance with Pan American
Day, April 14 and the Memorial
Student Center’s third annual Pan
American . Week.
Whereas, April 14 is annually
celebrated as Pan American Day,
the anniversary of the creation of
the organization of 21 American
States; and,
Whereas, The Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas now
has enrolled as students eighty-
three young men from our sister
Central and South American Re
publics; and.
Whereas, the State of Texas has
always opened wide the doors of
her institutions of higher learning
to the youth of our neighboring sis
ter Republics; and,
Whereas, the Memorial Student
Center Directorate and Council is
planning its third annual Pan
American Week for April 12 to 19:
Now, Therefore, I, Earl Rudder,
Vice President of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas,
hereby pi’oclaim the week of April
12 to 19, 1958, as Pan American
Week for the purpose of giving our
own students, staff and faculty
members, and guests a better idea
and appreciation of the culture,
customs, and traditions of our Pan
American Neighbors; and,
I hereby further proclaim that
during these days every effort be
made by our students, staff and
faculty members, and guests to fur
ther cement the goodwill and un
derstanding now existing between
the peoples of our sister Republics.
Herrera de la Fuente will conduct
the 102-member National Sym
phony Orchesti’a of Mexico in a
program which will include the
fifth symphony of the modern Rus
sian composer, Dmitri Shostako
vich.
“Inherit the Wind”, another
tense, courtroom drama, this one
dealing with William Jennings
Bryan versus Clarence Darrow on
the subject of Darwin’s evolution
theories, opened this week at The
atre Inc. after three months of re-
After attending the symphony h earsa l.
tonight, one might wish to st^y
Aggies In Armed Forces
JOE TINDEL Editor
Army 2nd Lt. Karl P. Kuehn,
’57, of Electra, recently completed
the field artillery officer basic
course at The Artillery and Mis
sile School, Fort Sill, Okla.
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Army 2nd Lt. James E. Breuer,
’57, of San Antonio, recently was
graduated from the field artillery
officer basic course at The Ar
tillery and Missile School, Fort
Sill, Okla.
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Army 2nd Lt. Wynne M.
Snoots, ’56, of Dallas, recently
completed the field artillery offi
cer basic course at The Artillery
and Missile School, Fort Sill,
Okla.
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Army 2nd Lt. Leon B. Withers
Jr., ’57, of Dallas, recently com
pleted the field artillery officer
basic course at The Artillery and
Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla.
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Army 2nd Lt. Jerry L. Neal,
’57, of Victoi’ia, recently was
graduated from the field artillery
officer basic course at The Artil
lery and Missile School, Fort
Sill, Okla.
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uated from the field artillery of
ficer basic course at The Artillery
and Missile School, Fort Sill,
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Pvt. Thomas L. Burke, ’57, of
Buffalo, recently was assigned
to the 93rd Signal Battalion’s
Company A at Fort Huachuca,
Ariz.
over and see one of the last per
formances of “Three Love Affairs”
at the Alley Theatre. The three
one act plays that make up the
bill were written by Sean O’Casey,
Christopher Fry and Noel Coward.
The whole offering, as conceived
by the Alley’s Nina Vance, was
good enough to rate a spot on a
recent national television show sur
veying American drama outside of
New York.
Monday, the Western hemisphere
premiere of another symphony by
the busy Mr. Shostakovich, (his
eleventh) will be pi’esented by the
Houston Symphony Orchestra, un
der the able and revered direction
of the fabulous Leopold Stokowski.
Then Tuesday night, a roadshow
company will bring to Houston’s
Coliseum the simmering Tennessee
Williams work, “Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof.” Victor Jory is the “name”
in the cast, playing the part creat
ed on Broadway by Burl Ives.
It would hardly seem necessary
to come home Wednesday for
Thursday night marks the open
ing date of the Alley Theatre’s
newest effort, “Julius Caesar”, the
Then, to round off the month of
April (unless more is announced)
the national company of the super
lative stage musical hit of two
seasons ago, “Damn Yankees”, will
be on the stage of the Houston
Music Hall for four evening per-
foi’mances beginning April 23.
And all this is only 90 miles
away.
Despite many suggestions I’ve
had for my column, I’ve decided
to continue writing it. . .
4< 4< 4t
Seems the Molemen have a re-
vivial publication—or at least, a
rival printing concern. This one
draws evil pictures and distrib
utes them.
All over the campus.
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The Trigon had a bit of tinsel
and paper decorations up over the
weekend in anticipation for an
early Christmas.
Or something.
Some have conjectured it was
done by former basketball play
ers, considering how high some
of the tinsel was strung.
* * *
Speaking of funny things, one
Garald D. Rollins, prospective
driver of tanks, sure had a good
one yesterday.
Laugh, that is.
He was told his orders were
changed from six-glorious months
to two years—and his date of de
parture changed from August to
June.
This senior-type cadet almost
flipped right out from under his
crossed stretcher-brass, when he
heard the news and dashed out
of class, looking like his orders
had been changed from six glor
ious months to two years.
Just as he was breaking his
stagger-stick over his knobby
knee, one of his buddies, A. L.
Simmons, came with glad tidings.
It was all a big joke.
Cadet Rollins is doing fine—
and should be up and around in
a few weeks, hospital authorities
report.
The stagger-stick wound only
hurts him when he laughs.
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