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by Jim Earle
BATTALION EDITORIALS
. . . Our Liberty Depends on the Freedom of the
Press, And It Cannot Be Limited Without Being
Lost . . . Thomas Jefferson
Look for Forests, Not Trees
There has never been a time when there was such ^n
acute shortage of men willing to stand up and be counted
for Texas A&M. Never has it been more important that
A&M demonstrate beyond a shadow of a doubt how well it
is accepting the responsibilities that go along with the year
ly $5,000,000 in tax monies.
Yet on the campus and off, students, faculty and staff
are still selling the college short. They make wide, general
statements that “A&M has gone to hell” or “it wasn’t like
this when I was a freshman” without thinking why A&M
has changed—or if i^has really changed a great deal.
On every street corner yesterday people were blaming
everyone from the Board of Directors to The Battalion for
the present “poverty” in College Station. From the Senate
floor in Austin to the shops in Bryan new names were add
ed to the “critical” list.
Not all the criticizers have an axe to grind—many just
don’t know enough about the college to see it in its true
light. (If you are on the verge of saying “I already know
TOO much about A&M” — this applies to you.)
For the truth of the matter is, everyone is guilty of
focusing too much attention on the mistakes and shortcom
ings of the institution, no matter how trival,, and too little
attention to the really outstanding achievements it has
made and is still making.
An example: During the running battle over so-called
tension in the messhall, not one voice was heard over the
disgruntled masses pointing up the Military College rating
received this year. The messhall problem is but a small
part of the Corps’ activities and its condition was not so
important as to affect the rating seriously. Yet students
and administration alike attached a great deal of import
ance to it—and the battle raged for weeks.
This is not to defend the current training attitude dur
ing meals. But maybe it sheds some light on the reason
why a number criticize. On occasion it would seem they
can’t see the forest for the trees.
There’re lots of things to be proud of at Texas A&M—
if one only takes a moment to look for the forest in the maze
of trees.
★ ★ ★
Another example of how hesitant Aggies seem to be
to stand up and be counted is the case of William T. Moore
vs. A&M College of Texas. The State senator from Bryan,
Texas, Class of ’40, is currently waging one of a series of
campaigns to discredit the college and everything it stands
for. And his name is not new on the critical list. One
wonders w’here the rest of the men of Aggieland in the
Senate are when the Bryan, Texas Aggie-ex stands up and
twists the facts as he did April 6 when he said there were
“1,500 empty beds and many empty classrooms.” (An
actual count showed a little more than half that number
of vacant rooms, no empty classrooms at all.) His attempts
to “counsel” the Board of Directors and the administration
on co-education and compulsory military training have the
familiar ring of- a group of local businesses that need not
be named to be identified.
One wonders if there is a real need for a dissenting
opinion in the Senate from Bryan, Texas, city with a future-
bound to the future of Texas A&M. . . .
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Highlights
Hefty Tax Increase
Expected for ’60 - ’61
MEXICO CITY COLLEGE
Summer Quarter
. June 22 to August 28
Special Summer Session
June 22 to July 31
Latin American Workshop
June 22 to July 31
Approved for Veterans
Information: Dean of Admissions
Mexico City College
Mexico 10, D. F.
By VERN SANFORD
AUSTIN, Tex.—Whichever
way the ball bounces, Texans can
look forward to a hefty increase
in state taxes for 1960-61.
House of Representatives pass
ed a general appropriations bill
calling for spending of $332,000,-
000 from general revenue. Sen
ators took a more economical ap
proach, began their work with a
bill calling for $30,000,000 less
than the House measure.
Even so, the Senate proposal
would put spending some $21,000,-
000 above the present level and
require an estimated $117,000,000
in new tax money.
House bill includes longevity
pay for long-time state employees
and increases in welfare checks
to the aged, blind and dependent,
all added during floor debate.
House also accepted committee
recommendations for boosts in
the appropriations for higher ed
ucation, state hospitals and spe
cial schools and the prison sys
tem.
No Aggie Women
IT. S. Supreme Court has up
held state court rulings that wo
men are not entitled by law to
enter Texas A&M College.
A&M officials were pleased,
hut Bryan-Brazos County citi
zens, for the most part, took a
dim view of the enrollment re-
CIRCLE
TONIGHT
“THE KEY”
William Holden
Also
“THE MAN INSIDE”
Anita Ekberg
TODAY THRU SATURDAY
“SOUND AND
THE FURY”
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Rank 0*mni2ation putstuts a MICHAEL POWELL
and EMERIC PRESSBURGER PWDueno*
striction.
Their feelings were reflected in
Bryan Sen. William T. Moore’s
prediction> that “if the A&M
Board continues its present pol
icies, the time will come when
A&M will have a classroom for
each student enrolled there.”
There is fear that when Arling
ton College, an A&M branch
which admits women, advances
to senior college status, it may
eclipse the parent institution.
Gasoline Tax Viewed
Gov. Price Daniel say he’s ready
to support a 1-cent hike in the
state gasoline tax if it will be
used to improve public schools,
raise teacher salaries.
Neither the House nor Senate
appropriatione bill included public
school teacher raises. Lawmak
ers seemed to think this, if it
were to be done, should be hand
led in a separate bill.
Texas still would have a lower
gasoline tax than other states,
said Daniel, even after the 1-cent
raise. He said he felt sure serv
ice station operators would “go
along” with it if it were for the
purpose of better schools.
Opponents say that, with prac
tically everyone having to use a
car these days, the gasoline levy
is about “as general as a sales
tax can get.”
FLEXIBLE RATING OFF
State regulation of Texas auto
insurance rates apparently will
continue for at least another two
years.
Senate Insurance Committee
refused to approve the flexible
fating plan, sent it to the sub
committee “graveyard.”
Backers of the bill, mostly
large out-of-state companies,
claimed it would save Texas auto
owners millions. Careful drivers
would be rewarded with lower in
surance, they said.
Opponents, including most Tex
as companies, fought the bill,
said it would “take the lid off”
rates. They said a merit rating
plan, being considered by the
State Board of Insurance, would
take care of rewarding safe driv
ers.
Bill Filibustered
Senate disagreement over how
to improve loan shark regulation
brought on the first filibuster of
the session.
Sen. Abraham Kazen of Laredo
sponsored the House-passed mea
sure which would, if approved by
a vote of the people, amend the
constitution. It would allow the
Legislature to license lenders and
set maximum interest rates.
Present 10 per cent ceiling, wide
ly ignored, would be abolished.
In haste or leisure . . .
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Plus
Bing Crosby in
“MAN ON FIRE”
Be well groomed
for success
That “like new” look we give
your clothes is sure to make the
right impressions whether
you’re on the job or on the
town.
CAMPUS
CLEANERS
High School Science Teachers
To Receive Short Course Grants
Thirty-two junior and senior
high school science teachers from
Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and
Oklahoma have been named recip
ients of grants for a Short Course
in Oceanography and Meteorol
ogy at the Galveston Marine Lab
oratories of A&M June 8-26.
The short course will be con
ducted by staff members of the
Department of Oceanography and
Meteorology and will be financed
with a grant from the National
Science Foundation.
Purpose of the three-week
course is to provide school teach
ers with the necessary back
ground and information for class
room talks on the sciences of the
atmosphere and the sea and the
way in which the two are inter
related.
The subject matter will cover
the studies of the atmosphere
with emphasis on weather fac
tors; of physical, chemical and
geological oceanography; and of
marine biology with special ref
erence to inshore animals which
are more easily available for sub
sequent classroom demonstra
tions.
The course will not carry any
formal credit hours toward a de
gree program.
The first raildoad in the U. S.
is believed to have been a short
track of wooden rails built in 1795
on Beacon Hill in Boston, Mass.
Wagons drawn by horses supplied
the transportation.
SUMMER
WORK
FOR A&M STUDENTS
A national organization has
several openings for qualified
men. Must be willing to travel
for complete summer. We have
men on your campus who have
saved over $1,000 in a ten week
period with us. Excellent op
portunity for a select group that
qualify. Expenses paid and
transportation furnished. Fresh
men and Sophomores preferred.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE
HELD FROM 7-9 P. M.
WED., APRIL 15 IN
THE LOUNGE OF
DORM 10.
Computer programmers &
applied mathematicians
High speed digital computers and expanding
computing systems require individuals
with more than the usual amount of
interest and ability in the fields of Applied
Mathematics and related computer
programming.
Our Computation and Data Reduction
Center in Southern California is one of the
largest and most advanced facilities in
the nation. Three of the largest and most
modern high-speed digital computers
(IBM 709, 704, and UNIVAC 1103A) are
utilized in the support of Systems Engineering
for the Air Force Ballistic Missile Program
and space flight studies.
Contact your placement office for an
application, or send any inquiries to Space
Technology Laboratories, Inc. to
the attention of Mr. Gerald Backer.
Space Technology
Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 95004, Los Angeles 45, California
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Schulz
MOO), I REALIZE THAT IN TIMES
PAST DOE HAVE MAO OUR LITTLE
PROBLEMS, BUT THIS YEAR WE
SHOULD HAVE A LOINNINS TEAM,.
I HAD HOPED THAT MORE OF
YOU D30UL0 TORN OUT FOR THIS,
OUR FIRST PRACTICE,BUT IKN0U)
HOW BUSY EVERYONE IS...
YES',SIR.J VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT NOTHING BUT BASEBALL
FOR WEEKS NOW...YES, SIR.
DO YOU THINK MINNEAPOLIS WILL
TAKE THE YANKEES THIS YEAR ?
t:
'SOMc MANAGER.' HE
ISN'T EVEN INTERESTED
IN BASEBALL TALK!