THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 3, 1961
1 BATTALION EDITORIALS
Most Deserving,
For every Texas A&M student who completes four years
of college, there is at least one professor who will greatly
influence his later thoughts and actions.
To recognize these dedicated men, the Association of
Former Students began the faculty distinguished achieve
ment award program six years ago. Each year several $1,000
awards are given to staff members outstanding in teaching,
individual student relationships, research and extension.
This year seven awards will be presented. Four will go
to professors who have demonstrated the highest success in
teaching and inspiring their students—not only in classroom
subject matter, but in their general attitudes and thinking.
One award will go to the staff member voted most out
standing in his relations with students. This award is open
to both professional counselors and to those who have done
counseling work on their own without pay.
Another award will recognize the staff member whose
research efforts are particularly successful and outstanding.
The seventh (and latest) award will go to the person
who has brought credit to Texas A&M through work in a
particular field of extension.
While the nominations will be submitted to the selection
committee through several nominating sources, anyone—
faculty or students—can submit names to be considered for
nomination.
Every A&M student knows of at least one faculty mem
ber who should be honored. Relying on a particular nominat
ing group to do all the nominating may mean that the most
deserving man will be left out.
Any nominating committee can only act on the recom
mendations of the people who have been closest to the nomi
nees.
The groups that will submit names to the central nomi
nating committee are listed in the story on page one of this
issue.
Every Texas A&M student and staff member should
avail himself of this unique opportunty to recognize the fac
ulty member he feels has done the most for him.
Cuba’s Socialism
Is Long Way Off
(Editor’s note: Prime Minister
Fidel Castro has declared Cuba
to be a “SociaP’ state. From
his background knowledge of
Soviet affairs, William L. Ryan,
Associated Press foreign news
analyst, tells what it means).
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
The Associated Press
Fidel Castro is violating Mos
cow doctrine in proclaiming Cuba
a “Socialist” state in the Soviet
sense of the word.
Castro has jumped the gun by
years. By Soviet doctrine he has
a long way to go before reaching
what the Soviet Communists call
socialism.
By Communist reasoning, it
goes this way:
A state first must go through
a “national liberation movement”
or a proletarian uprising to cut
its ties with “imperialism” and
reach the stage of ‘dictatorship
of the proletariat.”
The state then must go through
the process of “building social
ism.” It took almost 40 years be
fore the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics claimed to have “built
socialism.”
Only the U.S.S.R. and Czecho
slovakia, of all nations ruled by
communism, can claim to have
achieved socialism by Communist
party standards.
By Red doctrine, Cuba would
have a long road to travel, both
economically and socially, before
being able to claim to have reach
ed the same stage of development
as the Soviet Union.
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
Wo Riots 9 Splash Day- ’62
GALVESTON (A 1 ) — Galveston
Convention and Tourist Bureau
directors voted Tuesday to work
with college educators and fra
ternities over the Southwest to
ward averting further riots such
as the Splash Day week-end ruc
kus here.
The directors said:
“There' is no reason why this
incident should be duplicated if
the schools of the Southwest
through their faculties aided by
their fraternity councils and stu
dent leaders, will work with the
civic leaders of Galveston in put
ting on a bigger and better
Splash Day this coming year.”
A statement by the directors
reviewing trouble last week-end
said they “found in essence a
small group of unruly . students
were primarily responsible for
the series of disturbances that
were exaggerated far beyond
what actually occurred.”.
It added that the riots “appar
ently were motivated by a small
group of students through inter
fraternity connections, attempt
ing to reproduce a Southwest
version of the Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., incident.”
The riots started Friday night
and lasted until Monday. Police
booked about 1,000 persons,
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Washington Names Cuba
Communist Block Member;
WASHINGTON (A>)—The Uni
ted States Tuesday labeled Cuba
a member of the Communist bloc
and said Prime Minister Fidel
Castro is more “Communist” than
most Iron Curtain rulers.
The U. S. view was outlined
by State Department press offi
cer Lincoln White in comment on
Castro’s May Day speech pro
claiming Cuba a Socialist state
and ruling out elections.
White said Cuba “has certain-
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ly become a member of the Com
munist bloc.”
The U. S. spokesman gave
these two examples in saying
Castro has gone further down
the Communist road since he
came to power on Jan. 1, 1959
than most Red rulers:
1. Elections—The Soviet Union
and most other Red regimes at
least hold elections even though
the voters don’t get a choice of
candidates.
Under Castro, the U. S. state
ment said, “the Cuban has but
one choice, namely to say ’si.’ ”
2. The Socialist state. So far
only the Soviet Union and Cze
choslovakia have gone so far as
to call themselves Socialist re
publics while other Communist-
bloc nations including Red China
still term themselves people’s re
publics, the U. S. statement said.
“It would therefore appear that
Castro considers Cuba further
along the Communist road than
some other countries in the bloc,”
White said.
“The average Cuban is in trou
ble if he so much as shrugs his
shoulders. And the tragic part
of this is he is in real trouble,
to be thrown in jail or even put
to death, if he says no,” he add
ed.
OLD GRADS NEVER DIE
In Just a matter of weeks many of you will be graduating-
especially seniors.
You are of course eager to go out in the great world where
opportunities are limitless and deans nonexistent. At the same
time your hearts are heavy at the thought of losing touch with
so many classmates you have come to know and love.
It is my pleasant task todfcy to assure you that graduation
need not mean losing touch with classmates; all you have to do
is join the Alumni Association and every year you will receive
a bright, newsy, chatty bulletin, chock full of information about
all your old buddies.
Sen. William A. Blakely has an
nounced that he is accepting re
quests for nomination to the United
States Military Academy, the Air
Force Academy, the Naval Acad
emy and the Merchant Marine
Academy for appointment and en
trance next year.
Qualifications for candidates are
that they must be from 17 to 21
years of age and be citizens of the
United States. Other requirements
are that they must be high school
graduates and be able to pass phys
ical tests of the academy for which
they apply.
On July 10, preliminary Civil
Service competitive examinations
will be given applicants to the
four service academies. Times and
places of examinations are to be
announced at a later date.
All qualified young men who are
interested in making application
may obtain further details by
writing to Blakely at the United
States Senate, Room 142, Wash
ington 25, D. C.
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Oh, what a red-letter day it is at my house, the day the
Alumni Bulletin arrives! I cancel all my engagements, take the
phone off the hook, dismiss my chiropractor, put the ocelot
outside, and settle down for an evening of pure pleasure with
the Bulletin and (need I add?) a good supply of Marlboro
Cigarettes.
Whenever I am having fun, a Marlboro makes the fun even
more fun. That filter, that flavor, that pack or box never fails
to heighten my pleasure whether I am watching the television
or playing buck euchre or knitting an afghan or reading Mad
or enjoying any other fun-filled pursuit you might name—ex
cept, of course, spearfishing. But then, how much spearfishing
does one do in Clovis, New Mexico, where I live?
But I digress. Let us return to my Alumni Bulletin and let
me quote for you the interesting tidings about all my old friends
and classmates:
Well, fellow alums, it certainly has been a wing-dinger of a
year for all us old grads! Remember Mildred Cheddar and
Harry Camembert, those crazy kids who always held hands in
Econ II? Well, they’re married now and living in Clovis, New
Mexico, where Harry rents spearfishing equipment and Mildred
has just given birth to a lovely 28-pound daughter, her second
in four months. Nice going, Mildred and Harry!
Remember Jethro Brie, the man we voted most likely to suc
ceed? Well, old Jethro is still gathering laurels! Last week he
was voted “Motorman of the Year” by his fellow workers in
the Duluth streetcar system. “I owe it all to my brakeman,”
said Jethro in a characteristically modest acceptance speech.
Same old Jethro!
Probably the most glamorous time of all us alums was had by
Francis Macomber last year. He went on a big game hunting
safari all the way to Africa! We received many interesting post
cards from Francis until he was, alas, accidently shot and killed
by his wife and white hunter. Tough luck, Francis!
Wilma “Deadeye” Macomber, widow of the late beloved
Francis Macomber, was married yesterday to Fred “Sureshot”
Quimby, white hunter, in a simple double-ring ceremony in
Nairobi. Good luck, Wilma and Fred!
Well, alums, that just about wraps it up for this year. Keep
. em flying! g, ig61
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Old grads, new grads, undergrads, all agree: The best new
nonfilter cigarette in many a long year is the king-size
Philip Morris Commander. Welcome aboardl
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