The Battalion College Station (Braxos County), Texet Interpreting
PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 8, 1959
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
Foreign Oil Interests
Haze Picture of Doubt
Uniqueness. Color Social Whirl
m ' Architecture Wives Society will
Ma ke ‘Abner’a Hit
Missed Chance
America is based on a democratic system with one of
the fundamentals of democracy being the right of the people
to have a voice in their government through election of their
representatives.
Yet College Station voters shunned this basic privilege
yesterday as they neglected to turn out to the polls to elect
their voice in the city government—the city councilmen.
Only 224 voters cast ballots out of a potential 1,100.
Yet only two months ago 937 citizens crowded the polls to
vote on the street bond election.
There should have been two or three candidates for
each of three vacancies, but there weren’t. Only one of the
three candidates was publicly opposed. One of the other
candidates did, however, meet stiff opposition against a
write-in candidate.
The big question behind all this is “why?”.
College Station citizens have demonstrated their com
munity spirit through projects such as the clean-up cam
paign and other civic endeavors. But they fell badly yester
day when they failed to fully express themselves through
the election.
People have died the world over for the right to have
free elections and the power to choose between candidates.
Yet apparently, when we have it laid in our laps, we don’t
exercise the right.
If College Station citizens face a futuro situation when
they aren’t satisfied with the actions of the council, they
have no one to blame but themselves. And they faced this
situation during the recent street construction program not
too long ago.
The best way to keep a hard-earned privilege is to
exercise it. We don’t want a free election system as the
one in Russia—one set of candidates that you must vote
for. To avoid this, we must show our interest in govern
ment.
So think about it, College Station residents and future
voters who are now in college, and exercise your right the
next time.
Then you’ll be able to keep it.
Bill Attempting to Revamp
Check and Balance System
AUSTIN (A 1 ) — A new system
of checks and balances for near
ly one billion dollars in state
funds was 1 proposed in the Sen
ate yesterday as an outgrowth
of dissatisfaction with opera
tions of the teacher retirement
fund.
It would affect investment pro
cedures of the state employees’
retirement system, the state per
manent school fund and the
teacher retirement system. The
money would be invested by a
central agency i n preferred
stocks, common stocks, corpor
ations bonds and all other ac
ceptable securities.
Sen. Hubert Hudson of Browns
ville introduced the bill (SB423)
which has been under study for
several months by financial ex
perts. Hudson said the manage
ment of the permanent school
fund by the University of Texas
was excellently handled but he
said the “investment practices
of the teacher retirement fund
is unsatisfactory” and both the
employees and teachers fund
“are without correct safeguards
and procedures.”
. By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Coincidental reports of renewed
fighting in Iraq and the dispatch
of Kurdish guerrilla fighters
from the Soviet Union heighten
the question of what is going to
happen to foreign oil interests,
primarily British, in Iraq.
American, French and Dutch
companies also are interested to
a lesser degree.
The British have been hopeful
that the new government at
Baghdad would not want to take
chances with is 200-million-dol-
lar share of the oil profits dur
ing a time of instability.
They recognize, however, that
Communist influence in the gov
ernment of Iraq Premier Abdel
Karim Kassem is on the rise and
that a foreign oil company can-
Electronics Help
Students Learn
Function of Cells
One of the latest developments
in electi’onics is being applied to
instructional processes at A&M
and is given students a far better
knowledge of the function of the
cells, tissues and other organs of
the body.
This new device is the physio-
graph, an intricate instrument de
veloped by scientists at the Baylor
Medical School in Houston for
demonstration of physiological pro
cesses.
Two of the instruments have
been installed at A&M, one in the
Department of Biology and the
other in the Department of Veter
inary Physiology and Pharmacol
ogy.
Consisting primarily of ampli
fiers and stimulators and writing
pens that record tracings on mov
ing paper, the physiograph records
phenomena such as muscle twitch
es, blood pressures, pressures in
different body chambers and heart
not long escape attack.
The situation arises at a time
when the United States is cut
ting back on oil imports, while
Venezuela and the Middle East
are producing at a greater rate
than the world market demands.
This creates instability within
the industry itself.
The British have heard that,
among Soviet technicians eff vari
ous kinds, oil experts have been
sent to Iraq so that production
could be continued if the govern
ment decided to nationalize the
wells.
There was more hope for the
oil business before the Kassem
government insisted that the Brit"
ish close down their one remain
ing air base in Iraq. Withdrawal
of these British forces is now un
der way.
Although there has been some
informal discussion between oil
company and government offi
cials, the foreign interests are
more or less standing by to see
which way the cat will jump.
For the moment, Iraq oil in it
self is not so important to the
Western powers as it has been in
the past. Its control by Moscow,
however, would be seiuous. The
Soviet Union already is throwing
oil, tin, aluminum and other prod
ucts into world markets to aggra
vate any disturbed situation
which arises.
That is a part of the economic
warfare by which Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev says
she will win the world.
Town Hall guests last night
saw probably the most unique
and certainly the most colorful
show ever staged at Aggieland
in the history of Town Hall as
the Broadway production “Li’l
Abner” unfolded before their
eyes.
It was unique because for one
of the first times, the vastness
of G. Rollie White Coliseum did
not completely defeat the audio
portion of the show. In fact,
music, singing and recitations
were quite audible throughout
the large building.
Uniqueness was added by the
large cast of characters and by
the stage which for the first time
extended over almost the entire
width of the floor.
“Colorful” has many defini
tions, and last night’s show ful
filled them all. Lighting effects,
costumes, characterization, act
ing, audience acceptance and any
thing else which might be used
in defining the word were noth
ing short of outstanding.
With that build-up, readers
may wonder if there was a bad
aspect displayed in “Li’l Abner”
at all. Possibly there was, but
if so, it was lost amid the splen
dor of everything which combin
ed to make the show a success.
Seldom does a resident of this
area have the chance to see a
production similar to “Li’l Ab
ner,” and perhaps this fact stim
ulated more interest and added a
golden hue to the show. But all
in all, it was a winner.
Many members of the audience
have never been near a Broad
way production, and probably
many felt at times as if they
were sitting in a theatre watch
ing a motion picture. So fully
was the professional touch added
to last night’s show.
Nothing was lacking from the
performance, and it still seems
a wonder that all that was seen
last night could be fitted into a
2%-hour period. Dogpatch came
to life in a magnificent display,
and A1 Capp’s characters be
came imbedded in the minds of
viewers.
The show had everyone, from
Abner to Mammy and Pappy Yo-
kum to Moonbeam McSwine to
General Bullmoose. Each was
delightful in his own sense, and
it was hard to choose a favorite.
While the music and singing
were delightfully fulfilling that
aspect of the program, comedy
was prevalent throughout to
round out the show. The aud
ience especially showed accept
ance of Pappy Yokum, General
Bullmoose and Evil Eye Fle-
agle. Probably the most humor
ous scene in the show was the
original Sadie Hawkins Day race.
Rambling on and on could
hardly cover all the highlights
of “Li’l Abner.”
It was just great.
meet tonight at 7:30 in Room
2Q2, YMCA. Mrs. Dorothy Tho
mas and Dolores Goulas of Hous
ton will be guests. Mrs. Jack
Mitchell will show slides of
Europe.
Chemical Engineering Wives
Club will meet at 7:30 in the
South Solarium, YMCA. Peter
Doot from Holland will show
slides and speak on the customs,
of that country.
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Baytown Hometown Club will
meet at 5 this afternoon in front
of the Memorial Student Center
to have the Aggieland picture
taken. Class A winter uniform
for Corps students and suits for
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When Martha Washington visited
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