The Battalion College Station (Bra»o» County), Texan
PAGE 2 Tuesday, April 7, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
Tongue- Wagging Must Slop
There has never been a time when A&M men faced a
more serious challenge. Today the college is in grave danger
of destruction at the hands of the gossip-mongers of the
state. The idle tongues of a thousand people are already wag
ging in an attempt to turn the coed ruling passed down yes
terday into more Aggie scandal.
And without a doubt, a number of people on the campus
can be counted on to do their share of tongue-wagging before
the sun goes down today.
It sounds hackneyed, but it will solve our problems: we
need some men unafraid to stand up and be counted for Tex
as A&M. If there be any on the campus they are certainly re
maining silent in the face of the wholesale smear campaign
being conducted across Texas.
A&M is not looking for braggarts only willing to spout
off about’the college. It needs sincere support—not bull.
And it needs it now, as one look at the Legislative Bud
get Board’s recommended $1,000,000 cutback in requested
appropriations for the college will indicate.
A&M needs the wholesale support of the homefolks
and it can’t survive much longer without their support.
Another year of gossip and half-truths started and
spread, by the men of Aggieland will about put an end to
the college’s 83-year history.
For the men who are truly interested in putting a stop
to the tongue-wagging, here’s the way to start:
• 1. Think BEFORE you critize the college in front
of parents, friends or even other students. Although your
criticism may be meant in jest, they may not fully be aware
of this. They respect your opinion and if you as a student
aren’t sold on the college—who is?
• 2. Make a point of telling the TRUE story of A&M
all the time. There is no need to cover up the bad points
about the college—if some of the good were told as well as
all of the bad a resonable man could easily see that in the
final analysis A&M is a sound institution.
• 3. Remember that in uniform or out, most of the
people that see you think of you as an Aggie—they base a
great deal of their opinion about the school on what they
see in you.
• 4. Closely examine policy and tradition of the col
lege before you knock it. Quick judgement often is poor
judgement. If the issue isn’t clear-cut, ask for advice be
fore joining the ranks of the critical.
• 5. Last of all, but not least by any means, don’t
be afraid to stand up and be counted for A&M—no matter
what the odds. Take the trouble to find out what the TRUE
story of A&M really is so that when you aye faced with a
tongue-wagging opponent of the college you can meet him
face to face with solid, demonstrable facts—not bull.
Go home this summer—stand up and be counted—and
bring a new Ag back with you in the fall. As we say, there’s
always room here for one more good Aggie . . .
Letters To The Editor
The Battalion welcomes letters to the editor hut reserves the right to edit letters
for brevity, clearness and accuracy. Short letters stand a better chance for
publication since space is at a premium. Unsigned letters will not be published...
Editor,
The Battalion:
This letter comes in reference
to your editorial Friday. I agree
that every “professor, student and
staff member has undersold this
school a little,” but may I ask
what have we to base our remarks
on ? Are we not greatly influenced
by the “Batt” and more especially
by your editorials in our school
paper ?
It seems to me that if you
could publish an editorial occa
sionally that would bring out
some of the school’s better points
instead of consistently emphasiz
ing the detrimental characteris
tics, we would all feel a little
more proud and less willing to
undersell our school.
I am not saying this is the
whole solution to our present
problem. But I know that others
agree that this would be a help.
Wayne Paul Schneider ’60
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Cadet Slouch Interpreting
17. S, ? Japan Could
Have Averted War
“Okay, we’ve gotten more
Aggies in a phone booth than
anyone’ but it’s geeting late
—how’re we gin’na get out?”
What’s Cooking
The following organization ^dll
meet tonight:
7 p.m.
Phi Eta Sigma will meet in room
107, Basic Division Bldg. Officers
for next year will be elected and
several important business mat
ters will be discussed.
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Could the leaders of the Uni
ted States and Japan have avoid
ed war in 1941 if they had under
stood fundamental pressures in
the lives of the two nations as
well as they do today?
President Eisenhower made an
appeal Saturday for tthe develop
ment of men with such under
standing generally. As an ex
ample of the type of understand
ing needed, he cited the economic
relationship between Japan and.
Southeast Asia.
First, he described the need of
South Viet Nam for economic de
velopment. He said such develop
ment, enabling the new country
to stabilize the lives of its own
people as well as its defense
against the Communists to the
north, as important to the na
tional security of the United
States.
Then he said that a healthy
Japan also is vital from this
standpoint and cited Viet Nam’s
possession of raw materials
which could be used in promoting
Japan’s need for sale of manufac
tured goods.
He tied it all to the general
welfare of the free world.
Twenty years ago Japan had
the same idea when it sought to
establish what it called a South
east Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
The trouble was that Japan’s
leaders of the time, militarists,
saw only one way of accomplish
ment.
The United States and other
Dag Hammarskold, secretary
general of the United Nations,
has received 13 academic degrees
from universities throughout the
world.
There is a difference in work
ing hours between U.S. Congress
and the Canadian House of Com
mons in Ottawa. Congress meets
at'noon. In Canada the Commons
take a longer lunch, usually meets
in mid-afternoon—but, it does not
stop work until about midnight.
countries with vested interests in
the area, such as Britian and
France, instead of suggesting an
endless chain of economic ar
rangements, saw only one way of
preventing Japanese military ex
pansion. They applied economic
boycott instead of economic co
operation.
Japan, having acquired Man
churia, Korea and other Far
Eastern possessions over previous
years when the United States was
unable to awaken the European
powers to the need of resistance,
moved into what was then French
Indochina.
When Tokyo showed signs of
extending this movement into all
Southeast Asia, the Western
countries, led by the United
States, got their back up. Japan,
hoping Germany and Italy would
keep the world preoccupied in Eu
rope, joined the Axis.
War came between nations
which had formerly cooperated.
The Japanese jingolists had
taken advantage of a fundamental
economic situation, just as Adolf
Hitler had taken advantage of a
(Germany bereft of its economic
place in the sun by the Treaty
of Versailles.
Now the wheel has made full
turn, and the United States is
advocating the Southeast Asia be
made, with economic help from
the West, a good customer for
Japan as well as the rest of the
world.
In Europe, in America, in the
Commonwealth which used to be
called British, the idea of estab
lishing mutual economic coopera
tion instead of promoting as many
economic monopolies as possible
has been spreading.
And there is considerable think
ing that, in the end, it may be
the one road down which the
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the community of nations.
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THE CARE AND FEEDING OF ROOM-MATES
Room-mates are not only heaps of fun, but they are also very
educational, for the proper study of mankind is man, and there
is no better way to learn the dreams and drives of another man
than to share a room with him.
This being the case, it is wise not to keep the same room
mate too long, because the more room-mates you have, the
more you will know about the dreams and drives of your
fellow man. So try to change room-mates as often as you can.
A recent study made by Sigafoos of Princeton shows that the
best interval for changing room-mates is every four hours.
How do you choose a room-mate? Most counselors agree
.that the most important thing to look for in room-mates is that
they be people of regular habits. This, I say, is arrant nonsense.
What if one of their regular habits happens to be beating a
Chinese gong from midnight to dawn? Or growing cultures in
your tooth glass? Or reciting the Articles of War?
Regular habits, my foot! The most important quality in a
room-mate is that he should be exactly your size. Otherwise
you will have to have his clothes altered to fit you, which can
be a considerable nuisance. In fact, it is sometimes flatly im
possible. I recollect one time I roomed with a man named
Osage Tremblatt who was just under seven feet tall and weighed
nearly four hundred pounds. There wasn’t a blessed thing I
could use in his entire wardrobe—until one night when I was
invited to a masquerade party. I cut one leg off a pair of Trem-
blatt’s trousers, jumped into it, sewed up both ends, and went
to the party as a bolster. I took second prize. First prize-went
to a girl named Antenna Radnitz who poured molasses over
her head and went as a candied apple.
But I digress. Let us turn back to the qualities that make
desirable room-mates. Not the least of these is the cigarettes
they smoke. When we bum cigarettes, do we want them to be
shoddy and nondescript? Certainly not! We want them to be
distinguished, gently reared, zestful and zingy. And what ciga
rette is distinguished, gently reared, zestful and zingy? Why,
Philip Morris, of corris! Any further questions?
To go on. In selecting a room-mate, find someone who will
wear well, whom you’d like to keep as a permanent friend.
Many of history’s great friendships first started in college. Are
you aware, for example, of the remarkable fact that Johnson
and Boswell were room-mates at Oxford in 1712? What makes
this fact so remarkable is that in 1712 Johnson was only three
years old and Boswell had not yet been born. But, of course,
children matured earlier in those days. Take Mozart, who
wrote his first symphony at four. Or Titian, who painted his
first masterpiece at five. Or Hanso Felbgung, who was in many
ways the most remarkable of all; he was appointed chief of the
Copenhagen police department at the age of six!
It must be admitted, however, that he did badly. Criminals
roamed the city, robbing and looting at will. They knew little
Hanso would never pursue them—he was not allowed to cross
the street.
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Fred Meurer Managing Editor
Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor
Bob Weekley..... Sports Editor
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