The Battalion College Motion (Braxoe County), Texat A rkip'p QT CkTTf'Tf PAGE 2 Tuesday, April 14, 1959 1 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. . . . JOIN Jlotmoil Silver $ Club YOU CAN NOW WIN . . . $17.50 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. 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JOE BUSER i EDITOR Fred Meurer Managing Editor Gayle McNutt Executive News Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Reed, Johnny Johnson, David Stoker, Lewis Reddell....News Editors “We’ve eased th’ tension in th’ chow hall and dorm, but nothin’s been done about class room tension.” • 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 . . . HOTARD’S Cafeteria 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.—5 p. m. - 8:30 p.m. . N MM