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V The Battalion College station (Brazos County) t Texas r* • l tt • PAGE 2 Wednesday, February 4, 1959 President Hamilgton S(iyS Interpreting Berlin Settlement Rests with Russia By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst As one prerequisite to any pos sible settlement of the German problem, the Western Allies, are studying - whether the Soviet Un ion can be assured against any future German attack without surrendering vital NATO inter ests. Western diplomats recognize that, aside from her expansionist interest, the U.S.S.R. has a cer tain fear of a rejuvenated Ger many, just as does France. At the five-power conference in Berlin in 1954, the Soviet Un ion insisted that any German and Austrian settlements would have to include complete neutraliza tion. There is little or no analagy, however, between the Austrian settlement which was made later, including neutralization, and the thistles which surround the Ger man problem. In 1955, the Soviet Union was trying to make peace with the Tito regime in Yugoslavia, and needed to establish a position of good faith toward European prob lems. She was starting her campaign of sweetness and light designed to produce the summit confer ence in Geneva, and to convince the world that there was no need for NATO. . She was willing to give up a position in Austria, which brought her little except embarrassment, toi further these other ends. At the same time, she was able to whittle down the Allied stance in a part of Eu rope. Now she is able, barring war, to hold on to East. Germany for an indeterminate period, and so maintain her own stance in a truly vital part of Europe. She does not need to get out unless the Allies do. Therefore she shows no interest in Allied talk of rigid guarantees against German aggression if she will permit a unified Germany to make its own decision about NATO membership. There are two points on which she insists: 1. Federation of a style which will preserve the Communist in stitutions of East Germany and leave hope of eventual Commun ist infiltration and control of the whole. 2. Complete neutralization, in cluding Allied military with drawal which would, because of geography, represent a major weakening of the Western stra tegic position. Who’s Here Blaschke Guiding Sqdn. 17 To Two Intramural Flags By JACK TEAGUE Squadron 17 is threatening to win two Corps athletic flags this year, and barring any major up sets, seems to be sitting pretty “high on the hog.” The “17” fish are only a few points out of first place while the upper classmen are at the top of the list. And the man pulling the trigger of this two-barrel win ning combination is Ewald J. (E.J.) Blaschke, athletic officer of the outfit. E.J., a 21-year-old senior civil engineering major from Schulen- burg, was quite a sports star him self while in high school. At Schulenburg, E. J. played foot ball and basketball four years and ran the hurdles in track. He was elected to the All-District football team and was chosen as outstanding senior player i n Schulenburg by the local Lion’s Club. Besides playing sports, E.J. served on the staffs of the school newspaper and the school annual. A former member of Squadron 20, E.J. said he couldn’t think of any particular reason for coming to A&M. He was unaware of Corps life, his brother had grad- pm LAST DAY VI NICE UJUE BANK THAT SHOULD BE ROBBED' uated from the University of Tex as, and he was planning to join the Army after graduation from high school. “I decided to give college a try before I joined up,” E.J. said, “but I still don’t know why I chose A&M.” One thing is certain, though— A&M hasn’t done E.J. any harm. As a fish be was a member of the 12th Man Bowl and is now president of the Fayette-Colorado Counties Hometown Club. He is a member of the American So ciety of Civil Engineers and As sociation of General Contractors. In addition, he has a dormitory candy concession to keep him busy. After graduation, E.J. plans to go into the Air Force for three years but is still undecided about the future after that. “That’s a long way off,” he said, “and I’m still foot-loose and fancy free— and plan to be for quite a while.” E.J. said he had an urge to go overseas and hoped that the Air Force would supply the means of transportation. As mentioned before, E.J. is a sports enthusiast and would glad-: ly pass up any hunting or fishing to enjoy a good volleyball game. “Besides going out with girls, thei’e’s nothing like game com petition,” he said. Vwva):";" 4 * • c n WEDNESDAY “IN LOVE AND WAR” — plus Eva Marie Saint in “A HATFUL OF RAIN” 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 op erated by students as a community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student PuK.ications, chairman ; J. W. Amyx, School of Engineering; Harry Lee Kidd, School of Arts and Sciences; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M., is published in College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office College Station, Texas, the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. in G under MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n. 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JOE BUSER EDITOR Fred Meurer Managing Editor Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors Bill Hicklin Sports Writer Rapid Education Plunge Due To State’s Low Faculty Pay (Ed. Note: The following is an address by President M. T. Har rington concerning the competi tive position of the 18 state-sup ported colleges and universities —and what it means to A&M and to you. . . .) “Most parents today plan to give their children some form of college training that they may have a fuller life and be better equipped for the tasks ahead. “The 18 state-supported col leges and universities now are re sponsible for the education of 48 per cent of the students enrolled in Texas institutions of higher learning. Enrollment .which were 78,000 in 1957, are due to rise to 86,000 in 1959. Current high school enrollment makes this increase practically a cer tainty. “Whatever happens to the 18 state colleges and universities, then, will affect the future of at least half of the college boys and girls in Texas. The influence of the quality or lack of it in our state institutions of higher edu cation does not end there. “More than 66 per cent of all the teachers in our Texas high schools and elementary schools are trained by our 18 state col leges and universities. If the quality of instruction in these in stitutions is lacking, our entire state public education system suf fers. Face The Facts “If we are to attain the goal of first-rate educational oppor tunity for your sons and daugh ters, your state colleges and uni versities must be in a position to do the training. And it is time for all of us to face the facts. “Texas colleges and universi ties have not been in a position to compete with similar colleges and universities in other states, with industry or with business for an adequate supply of top teaching talent. “During the past two years our 18 state colleges and universities lost 306 faculty members by res ignation. Of these 203 are known to have left for higher salaries, ranging from $600 to more than $7,000 a year above what we were able to pay them. “Seven faculty members left teaching for industry at salary increases ranging from $7,000 a year up. If they were worth that much more to industry, you may well imagine what these seven were worth to education in Tex as. Our greatest loss, however, was to out-of-state colleges and universities, which took 131 of State Farm Saved Texans Money We aim to insure careful drivers only. Savings here have allowed us to pay divi dends to Texas policyholders year after year. Call me. U. M. Alexander, Jr., ’40 215 S. Main Phone TA 3-3616 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Home Office—Bloomington, Illinois LAST DAY.. . “A Four Star Performance” AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MOTION PICTURE... g;i mm j Starring CURT JURGENS in the daring role that Swon Best Actor of the Year Award - Venice Film I Festival and MARIANNE COOK COMING THURS. AND FRI. In CinemaScope and Color . . . “TEN THOUSAND BEDROOMS” Dean Martin — Eva Bartok Anna Maria Albertgetti r our staff members at salaries ranging from $600 to $6,000 more a year than we could pay. The majority of these received $2,000 to $4,000 more per year than we were paying them. “In addition to the important factor of salary, other induce ments included additional re search opportunities, better li braries and laboratories. You can easily understand why we be lieve your state colleges and uni versities must have enough money to compete for qualified personnel and to provide research and other facilities to attract competent teaching talent. As costly as inflation and the pace of the technological revolution has made some of the modern equipment, it is necessary if our graduates are to.be equipped for the tasks of today. Future Impact “I need not tell you the need for more and better-trained tech nical manpower for the future business and industry in our com munities and in our state. The greatest single factor in the qual ity and quantity of this supply now is the condition of our state colleges and universities. “According to the Texas Em ployment Commission, 45 per cent of the technical manpower in Texas industry conjes from the 18 state colleges and universities and 30 per cent from out-of-state schools. A closer look, however, is more revealing. A study of 13 large industrial concerns, employ ing a total of 61,000 people in Texas, shows that of their em ployees earning more than $10,- 000 a year, only 40 per cent are graduates of Texas institutions and 60 per cent are graduates of out-of-state schools. We are sup plying the bulk of the $10,000- and-under men, while the top po sitions are going to outsiders. Is this the way we want to build our industrial empire in Texas? “We have had other unpleasant LETTERS Editor, The Battalion: It is our opinion that the Bay lor representatives that were here Jan. 16 got their informa tion from a misinformed source. In the first place there were not 150 Aggies present as they stated; we did not outnumber the Baylor students three to one; and all the people begging the Ag gies to leave were Aggies them selves. It seems that Baylor athletes yelling “poor Aggies” . . . isn’t much of an invitation to leave. It is the fault of the Aggies that there is always trouble on the Baylor campus, but never any trouble here? Was their Student Union Building painted as was our MSG this year? We admit -that the yell prac tice on the Baylor campus was uncalled for but this could have been prevented if at least one of our yell leaders had enough in terest to attend the game and provide the leadership that was so lacking. . . . We are not taking the blame from the Baylor students for what happened at Waco and put ting it on our yell leaders but they sure are not practicing what they preached at such length at prior yell practices. Richard M. Mayfield ’60 W. L. McCarty ’60 Richard S. Watts Jr. ’60 Robert E. Trees ’60 J. E. VanCleave ’60 Social Whirl 7:30 Aggie Wives Bridge Club will hold its first meeting of the spring semester Thursday even ing in the Memorial Student Cen ter. reminders of the inadequacy of our Texas educational system. More than one Texas business man, engaged in the encourage ment of piajor industry to come into our state, has come up against this question. “When are you going to bring your colleges and universities up to par? We must have a steady supply of highly skilled men close at hand for the future de velopment of our company. We need an environment suited to the best work of our top technical people. Where in Texas will they find libraries and research facil ities of the type they are accus tomed to having elsewhere? “Frankly, it is up to the people of Texas to supply the answers to such questions as posed here. It is up to the taxpayer, through his elected spokesmen in the Leg islature, to determine whether the 18 colleges and universities are to have adequate financial support. Te be specific, $13 mil lion more from the state’s general revenue fund is needed next year for your 18 state colleges and universities to hold their own, at least with a majority of the ed ucational institutions of the na tion. “We believe the people of Tex as are entitled to know the facts. And we are convinced that Tex ans are ready to pay a fair price for a first-rate educational op portunity in their home state for their sons and daughters, who are the future strength of our families, our communities, our state and our nation.” A bounty of $3 is paid for a fox killed in New Jersey. SERVING BRYAN and COLLEGE STATION ^ SAM HOUSTON ZEPHYR Lv. N. Zulch 10:08 a.m. Ar. Dallas . . 12:47 p.m. Lv. N. Zulch . 7:28 p.m. Ar. Houston .9:15 p.m. FORT WORTH and DENVER RAILWAY N. L. CRYAR, Agent Phone 15 • NORTH ZULCH SALE 20% off on Engineering & Drafting Supplies (Except Franchised Items) Special—All Brands Slide Rules $19.50 Leather Case With Belt Loop Special—All Mechanical Lead Holders .. 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Knowing how vital the telephone is in modern American life, Gen Tel “invests ahead” in new plant and equipment to make sure that our telephone system will be equal to whatever task it is called upon to perform. PEANUTS By Charles M. Schulz NOUi, THERE..THERE'S A FACE UilTH CHARACTER! ^FIAT'S NOT CHARACTER^ THAT'S JUST HAIR.'