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The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Friday, April 18, 1958
An Editorial
Freedom’s Threat
One of the greatest threats to freedom in America to
day is disinterest and inaction among its citizens.
In a republic such as ours, each citizen must take a per
sonal interest in government and the welfare of others in the
nation.
This interest can be fostered mainly at the grass roots
level—in cities like College Station.
No time is more appropriate for John Q. Citizen to show
his concern for the welfare of his fellow man and the main
tenance of good government than an election year. Yet, this
year, probably less than half the qualified voters will travel
to the voting stations.
Of those who do vote, many will not study the issues
so they can vote intelligently. The propaganda tricks of
demagogues will rule their judgment.
What will the American system evolve into if the people
are ruled by the “sweet talk” of those seeking special privi
lege rather than the welfare of all Americans.
When each College Station citizen goes to the polls in
the Democratic primary elections this summer and the gen
eral election in November, he must be interested in good
government and the welfare of all the people and be ready
to act to stamp out with a vote those seeking other paths.
In his interest and action he must answer the following
questions in the interests of good government and the wel
fare of his fellow Americans:
Should U. S. citizens in minority groups be discriminated
against ?
Should rich corporations in the state carry an increased
tax burden or should the average citizen struggling to make
ends meet be taxed more to provide needed improvements
in the state and nation?
Should management-instigated “right to fire” laws—
called right to work laws—be upheld or should every Texas
laborer be protected by collective bargaining and from firing
for reasons other than inefficiency ?
Should state and national politics be dominated by sel
fish “big interests” seeking private gain or by the laboring
man and the farmer who constitute the less powerful ma
jority?
These are only a few questions which need to be
answered by intelligent voters in choosing a candidate.
They can be answered and in the best interests of good
government and the welfare of all citizens, if qualified Col
lege Station voters approach their responsibility intelligently.
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Students Optimistic
On Danger of War
American college students seem
decidedly optimistic on the ques
tion of whether there’s any dan
ger of a war with Russia in the
near future. Over three-fourths
of the people interviewed by As
sociated Collegiate Press Na
tional Poll of Student Opinion
felt there was no danger right
now.
To obtain this information,
AGP asked the following question
of a cross-section of students in
American colleges and universi
ties:
“Do you feel there is any
immediate danger that Russia
will start a war with the free
world? Why?”
There was more optimism
among the me* interviewed than,
among the coeds. Over eighty
per-cent of the men felt there
was no immediate danger, as op
posed to seventy three per cent
of the coeds. Similarly, only
twelve per cent of the men
thought a danger present, while
sixteen per cent of the coeds
thought so. But there was also
more indecision among the coeds.
At Bradley University, (Peocria,
111.) a sophomore advanced his
opinion that there was no im
mediate danger since “I don’t be
lieve Russia wants to start a war
any more than we, because of the
destruction it would cause.” A
Chatham College (Pittsburgh,
Pa.) freshman coed shares this
same view. She also feels that
Russia is not likely to start a war
in the near future because of the
possible “resulting world-wide
destruction.”
A slightly different view is ad
vanced by a Wayne State Univer
sity (Detroit, Mich.) sophomore.
He supports his feeling that there
is no immediate danger of a war
by saying, “They (the Russians)
proved already they aren’t stupid.
They can advance their doctrine
better with cold-war tactics,” and
a senior at Juniata College
(Huntingdon, Pa.) commented on
his “no” answer, “Because we
would be able to retaliate quickly
enough to possibly cause the de
struction of the world, and Rus
sia realizes this.” This notion of
Russia’s fear of U. S. retaliation
was advanced by a number of
others answering they felt there
was no immediate danger.
Another often repeated reason
is summarized by a sophomore
coed at Huron College (Huron, S.
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ger of war with Russia in the
near future because “They do
not have enough support yet to
try overcoming the larger
powers.”
“Russia is at least equal in
strength to the United States
now. Her power and therefore her
inclination to war has increased
greatly in the last decade.” This
is the reason given by a Univer
sity of Vermont (Burlington, Vt.)
junior coed for feeling that there
is danger of Russia starting a
war. Another junior coed, from
Wayne State University (Detroit,
Mich.), also believes there is im
mediate danger of a war because
“Russia has shown through his
tory that, you can’t trust her. We
should be conscious of immediate
danger in order to safeguard
democracy.”
By WELTON JONES
The big news this week all seems to center around one
name; that of William Shakespeare, truly a name to contend
with.
In an outburst probably unparalleled in the history of
Texas, there will be, and have been, no less than seven live
productions of the English language’s supreme dramatist
since February 1.
Six of these are amateur
shows. Four of them are
utilizing the play “Macbeth”.
One of them opens tonight.
The Aggie Players started the
rush to Shakespeare this spring,
with their own version of “Mac
beth” which ran for five nights in
early February and was judged a
success by most spectators.
Then tiny Howard Payne Col
lege attracted national attention
with its production of “Midsum
mer’s Night Dream”, in which
the costumes and stage decor
were built around a “wild west”
setting.
Now, tonight, we find the open
ing of another “Macbeth”, this
one the interpretation of South
western University at George
town, well known throughout the
state for their liberal arts de
partment.
The Southwestem University
“Macbeth” will run for two
nights: tonight and Saturday. The
curtain is at 8 p. m.
Another “Macbeth” has been
prepared by v the Rice Institute
department of drama. That
school’s saga of the Scottish
king’s ambition will be unfolded
on the evenings of the fourth and
fifth of May.
Then, still another “Macbeth”,
the fourth, has been ready for the
boards of Texas Tech in Lubbock
for over a week, but has been
temporarily postponed due to
sickness in the cast.
With the siege laid upon “Mac
beth” it is refreshing to see that
one department of drama in the
state is branching out a bit.
August Texas Univei-sity will
stage another of the four great
tragedies, “King Lear” in two
performances April 25 and 26.
And, in the amateur field, a
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great voice still not heard from,
at least by this column, is Baylor.
Paul Baker, a controversial
gentleman to say the least, is not
the type to let a school year go
by without a shot at the Bard.
The only professional Shake
speare which would seem to be
available this spring is the Alley
Theatre’s “Julius Caesar” which
opened in Houston last week and
should enjoy an extended run.
Three of the leading roles have
been filled by actoi-s who did the
parts in a recent New York pro
duction and the director of the
same New York show did this
one.
But the Aggie Players’ five
night run of their “Macbeth”
seems to have been first with the
most.
MOTION PICTURES — Even
the movies are giving us Shake
speare these days, and the Cam
pus Theatre, when they can focus
their lenses and keep their
camera still, are showing “Henry
the Fifth” for the last time to
night.
This is the wartime English
production by Sir Laurence
Olivier, who, of course, stars.
Others in the cast are Leslie
Banks, Robert Newton, Leo Genn
and Renee Asberson.
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Latest entry in the Justice in
Large Quartities Dept, is the case
of the freshman who picked up a
quick two for not having his
tennis shoes shined.
Seems this member of the
short-haired set switched sacks
with his roommate and forgot to
move his shoes to the foot of his
new bed.
Anyway, in the routine of
morning quarters search, the pair
of un-shined shoes was noticed
under the bed. Thinking they be
longed to the man whose name
appeared on the bed at which
they were at the foot of, the
searcher wrote out a pair for the
fish. ,
The freshman in question dis
covered the tender note when he
returned from class and was
rather shook up. The only shoes
he had under the bed were tennis
shoes.
In the end, however, the mis
take was corrected. He got two
for having his shoes in the wrong
place.
Some mornings, it just doesn’t
pay to put one’s shoes under the
bed.
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you know, it’s not Thursday—
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