THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 17, 1961
BATTALION EDITORIALS
A. Good Jo
Student government at Texas A&M has been called in
effective, un-operative, un-democrafic and un-interesting.
The Student Senate and the Civilian Council have been
the butt of tirades of criticism. Little, however, has been
said in praise of the fine work both Senate and Council have
done in the past year.
The Student Senate, under the able leadership of Presi
dent Roland Dommert, has been the guiding factor in the
success of such projects as the selection of the Aggie Sweet
heart, Aggie Mother of the Year and Muster Speaker; the
Campus Chest and Blood Drives; coordination with other
schools for better relations between student bodies at foot
ball games, both on Kyle Field and away; the Twelfth Man
Bowl, and work with other student and staff organizations
for the betterment of Texas A&M.
The Civilian Student Council has done much this year
to better the relationship between the Corps of Cadets and
the civilian student body.
Work done by the Council and President Mike Carlo in
clude the drafting of a Magna Charta of Corps-civilian rela
tionship, a get-out-the-vote campaign, work leading to more
efficient seating in Kyle Field for home football games and
better civilian dress, and the Civilian Weekend.
Without the efforts of these two student groups life at
Texas A&M would be dull indeed!
Gleam Of Hope
Shines In Congo
Editor’s Note: Are things ever
going to get better in the Congo?
Here is the situation brought up
to date by a correspondent whose
1960 reporting from Africa has
brought him the Pulitzer Prize
for international reporting.
By LYNN HEINZERLING
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo—
OP) — A tiny gleam of hope is
shining through the political jun
gle of the Congo. But it is still
very dim.
The old Belgian colony which
never really achieved nationhood
despite 11 months of freedom
still teeters on the edge of an
archy. The tribe is still more im
portant than the nation.
But there appears to be a grow
ing revulsion against the record
of political double-crossing, vio
lence, assassination and back
wardness.
Huge billboard signs all over
Leopoldville erected by the Leo-
poldvlle provincial government,
say: “If the politicians agree, if
national unity is realized, if tri
bal fighting is stopped, there will
be an end of unemployment.”
The Congo is still divided, on
the brink of bankruptcy and al
most leaderless. Yet there is an
air of expectancy here. Diplo
mats who have watched the whole
incredible performance since last
June 30 are beginning to express
a faint optimism..
They point to a slow improve
ment of relations between Presi
dent Joseph Kasavubu’s govern
ment and the United Nations.
Another sign is the frank admis
sion by some Congolese politic
ians that the Congo cannot af
ford to be regarded as the world’s
backward child much longer.
Perhaps the most important
sign is the emergence of Foreign
Minister Justin Bomboko as a
force in shaping policy.
Bomboko is only 33, but,he is
one of the most sophisticated of
Congolese. He was foreign min
ister in Patrice Lumumba’s gov
ernment. He served in the same
capacity under the interim gov
ernment apparatus established
by Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu last
September. He has remained close
to Kasavubu throughout.
Bomboko works very closely
with Mobutu, whose methods
have been questioned, but whose
idealism and patriotism are not
generally doubted.
Together they brought about
the arrest of Katanga leader,
Moise Tshombe, at Coquilhatville.
Tshombe had chosen to issue an
ultimatum to President Kasavubu
about his cooperation with the
United Nations rather than co
operate in the work of the Coq
uilhatville conference.
Kasabubu has ordered Tshom
be detained indefinitely while a
commission decides whether he
should be tried for treason. Tsh
ombe also is threatened with
prosecution for the murder of
Lumumba, who was killed soon
after he was delivered to Katanga
authorities by the central govern
ment.
Bomboko is a pleasant, gregar
ious person, one of the few Con
golese who was allowed to study
in Belgium before independence.
He studied political science at a
Brussels University and became
a follower of the Liberal party
there.
He has no important political
following but, working through
Kasavubu, he could exert a pow
erful influence on future policy.
Kasavubu’s closer relations
with the United Nations and his
decision to summon Parliament
after the Coquilhatville confer
ence undoubtedly were pushed by
Bomboko and Mobutu.
Bulletin Board
SERVICE GROUPS
Applications are now being ac
cepted for membership on the
Memorial Student Center Great
Issues Committee. All those in
terested in world events who want
to join should apply at the Direc
torate Office before May 25.
The Election Commission steak
fry will be held Thursday at Hen-
sel Park.
The Student Chamber of Com
merce will meet Thursday at 5:15
p.m. in Room 202 of the YMCA
building. Bob Hunt, head of the
A&M Century Study Committee
will explain the CSC program.
Pro-tem officers for next year
will also be selected.
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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle
“ . . . and next week we’re gonna show th’ exact minutes
left in th’ semester!”
Sound Off
Editor,
The Battalion:
During the past several months
an incident happening here on the
campus has been noticed by me,
and noted with a great deal of
pride.
Bill Curry has been pushed
from classroom to classroom by
his wife a person to whom I
take my hat off. She will b«
properly rewarded in the here
after.
The first thing that I observe
is Mrs. Curry as she diligently
and smilingly pushes the wheel
chair about the campus. The sec
ond thing I note is the thought
fulness of the students, both ca
det and civilian, sometimes both
together, that see her coming and
wait to assist in putting him
above the approaching steps.
is to be congratulated, and be
lieve me, here is one old man who
does congratulate you.
Sam Fort,
Fiscal Office
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Editor,
The Battalion:
Due to the gradually increasing
wave of patriotism, anti-Com-
munism and conservatism, I
would like to suggest that The
Battalion make a complete re
printing of the Constitution of
the United States and also re
print a series of the Federalist
Papers.
This would serve to prevent us
from straying too far from the
very principles for which we are
fighting to preserve.
Everett Lindstrom, ’63
Clubs Elect New Officers
(Editor’s note: Following is a
list of some of the newly elected
club officers for the 1961-62
school year. The Battalion re
quests that campus and city clubs
and organizations bring a list of
their newly elected officers to
The Battalion, Student Publica
tions Office, besement of the
YMCA building.)
Sigma Delta Chi, Professional
Journalistic Society: president,
Sam Spence; vice president, Tom
my Holbein; secretary, Bob
Sloan; treasurer, Robbie Godwin;
counselor, D. D. Burchard.
Civil Engineering Honor So
ciety; President, Rudy Krisch;
vice president, Roy Wilshire; sec
retary, Tom Airhart; treasurer,
Tommy Ralph.
A&M Debate Club: President,
Dennis Shepps; vice president,
Robert Denney; secretary-treas
urer, Dick Stengel.
Society of A&M Journalists:
President, Colyar Mcllheran; vice
president, Bob Sloan; secretary,
Charles Mauldin; treasurer, Sam
Spence.
Sociology Club: President, Don
Henderson; vice president, Bob
Carter; Agricultural Council rep
resentatives, Selwyn Hollings
worth and Henry Ickles; treas
urer, Don M. Henderson; secre
tary, Gene Jameson; reporter,
Robert Bier.
Society of Automotive Engi
neers: President, Homer Schulz;
vice president, Buck Casiola; sec
retary, William Brooks Jr.; treas
urer, Wayne Wendt; historian,
Lester Clary.
Electrical Engineers Wives
Club: President, Jean Walling
ford; 1st vice president, Jo Anne
Collins; 2nd vice president, Chris
Frey; recording secretary, Ellie
Thrush; corresponding secretary,
Ann Petrucha;treasurer, Louetta
Calnest; reporter, Barbara Haw
thorne; council representative,
Kay Dierlam.
University Dames Club: Presi
dent, Glenda Sides; vice presi
dent, Doris Evans; corresponding porter, Janet Brooks; social chair
secretary, Sammy Kates; record- man, Peggy Gibbs; council ret
ing secretary, Evelyn Lowery; resentative, Carolyn Carter; par-
treasurer, Camelle Plumber; re- limentarian, Francis Cassens,
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