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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 1, 1961 CADET SLOUCH * BATTALION EDITORIALS IffW-pg|t^p€j ^ 4/ ^rr Peace Corps Tale Job JL The followintr firms will h Simple Economics nH T “Economics, An Introductory Analysis,” a textbook by Professor Paul A. Samuelson, was the subject of a news release issued recently by the United States Chamber of Commerce. Now in its fifth edition, Professor Samuelson’s book is the text used at A&M in two introductory economics courses. The release quotes several extracts from the book’s successive editions: “First and second editions, 1948 and 1951: Tf price in creases could be held down to, say, less than five per cent per year, such a mild steady inflation need now not cause too great concern . . .’ “Third edition, 1955: Tf price increases could be held down to, say, less than three per cent per year, such a mild steady inflation need not cause too great concern . . .’ “Fourth edition, 1958: Tf price increases could be held down to, say, two per cent per year, such a mild steady in flation need not cause too great concern . . .’ “Fifth edition, 1961: ‘Price increases that could be held down below two per cent per year are one thing. But . . .’ “And on the TV program ‘Meet the Press,’ in March: ‘ ... if we can hold things down so that the official index of prices goes up by more than 1.5 or two per cent, I shall be very content.’ “Some people hope the professor will keep on talking and that his book will go through many more editions.” ★ ★ ★ And other people, especially those students forced to pay upwards from $8 to $9 each time the good professor changes a sentence or two, hope the present edition may be around for some time to come. Or expense of the course could be solved another way Paperback textbooks. Already used successfully in many areas of instruction, paperback ^textbooks have proven to be durable as well as inexpensive. In certain English courses, where readings from several books are required, the cheap paperback texts are indespensible. Why not, of all places, adapt these paperbacks to courses where the textbook goes out of date so fast ? lit:®! .... • H SM Safety Attitude How many persons driving during a time of crowded traffic, be it just before or after a football game, or during the 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. rush to and from the college, are fully concerned with safety? Reports from residential areas in the College Station area surrounding the college show a marked disregard for safe driving, and pronounced carelessness instead. Some may criticize parents of small children in these areas for not “keeping the kids out of the streets.” A more wholesome attitude toward the situation would be to antici pate the presence of these children, whether you can see them or not, and to drive as though one might any minute loom ahead in front of your automobile. If parents and drivers work together on the problem of safety on the streets of College Station, perhaps tragedy can continue to be avoided. 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News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910 or at the editorial office. Room 4, YMCA Building. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6416. BOB SLOAN EDITOR Tommy Holbein Managing- Editor Larry Smith Sports Editor Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman News Editors Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor Bob Roberts Assistant Sports Editor Gerry Brown, Johnny Baughman Staff Writers Johnny Herrin Photographer “Who’s ide^ was it to ask the Aggies to send us date applications? At this rate we’ll be dated up through 1962!” (Editor’s note: Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology Daniel Russell will speak to A&M stu dents interested in the Peace Corps tomorrow. (See story on Page 1.) His talk here will be similar to discussions he has con ducted throughout the South western states. Last Wednes day Russell spoke at Texas Wo men’s University at Denton. Fol lowing is an account of his talk there, taken from the Daily Lass-O.) “We need the Peace Corps more than ever since the incident regarding the misplaced post card in Nigeria,” Daniel Russell, professor of Sociology at A&M and representative of the Peace Corps in the southwestern states, said Wednesday. Last week a postcard, written by Peace Corps volunteer Mar gery Michelmore in Nigeria, be came the basis for a rally of Ni gerian students denouncing the Corps and its representatives. Miss Michelmore’s comments in cluded description of the “primi tive living conditions” of the people. Russell spoke to students in the Placement Office and to Miss Dorothy Porter’s class on social Sound Off- Editor, The Battalion: At a time such as this words cannot expi'ess ope’s feelings. We can only endeavor to show our sincere appreciation for your comforting expressions of sym pathy and kindness. We are happy that our son had the opportunity to spend four years of his life at A&M. We like to think of A&M as a place where our son grew into manhood. We feel that through the association with the fine young men of the college, and through the help of the faculty, he grew to be a part of the “Spirit of Aggieland.” We are indeed grateful to the following for their expressions of sympathy and floral tributes: President Earl Rudder; the fac ulty; Texas A&M student body; Hart Hall; Squadron 10; Fred Benson, Dean of Engineering; G. D. Hallmark, Head of the De partment of Electrical Engineer ing; the Department of Elec trical Engineering; P. L. Downs Jr.; all of those who made the Silver Taps Ceremony possible, and finally to the boys who were the Bearers, we can only say thank you for remembering. To you Bennie Zinn and to Dr. Lyons, thank you for being with Herbert when he passed away. Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Rogers Sr. Hebbronville, Texas ★ ★ ★ Editor, The Battalion: I have some words about traf fic going through the graduate student housing project located south of Kyle Field. A sign has been set up stating “No Through Traffic,” and an older one states a speed of 20 miles per hour. These signs, how ever, do hot seem to apply to visitors for football games, Town Hall, etc. I am not referring to visitors in the Project but to those peo ple who find it a convenient by pass to get off the campus. Why should these events and people be made exceptions when they are certainly breaking the law ? Nothing is done about it. On the Saturday of the Aggie-Bay- lor massacre an army bus—of all things — came thundering down the street with two men in it. Other miscellaneous traf fic has been through the area practicing for the Indianapolis speedway. The Project is populated with many small children—some who are not old enough to know to stay out of the street. They must be subjected to this kind of danger because the signs are not enforced. Awhile back a neighbor child was standing near the street when a car full of uniformed Aggies came through; the car came to a screeching halt in fear the little girl would step out; the driver gave an exas perated look and drove on. The car was not speeding, but the occupants had no business being in this restricted area. They had visited no one that I could see. Last fall a student’s car was hit while parked in front of his project house and the student was without transportation for a month. This was the result of after-game traffic. Several vehicles speeding through this area have been reported to the police, but I know of none that have been caught. Thank you for listening. 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He said that through the Peace Corps in which young people serve as representatives to other countries more can be accomp lished to demonstrate the mean ing of peace than all the oratory in the world. “Young people ai’e able to win friends easier than older people,” he said. The aim of the Peace Corps is to train young men and women to assist nations needing and desiring aid to develop their country. These volunteers will live with the natives, working side by side with them. Repre sentatives help build roads schools, health facilities, develop crops and other unexploited op portunities offered by the coun try, stated Russell. “The Peace Corps opex-ates on a $30,000,000 budget appropriat ed by Congx-ess. This is two- thix-ds the cost of an Atlas mis sile and much less the overall cost of sending tx-ained techni cians overseas who do not as sociate closely with the natives. The cost of sendi»g a technician after having recruited, oriented and trained him is $14,000,” he said. Anyone over 18 is eligible to join the Peace Corps. Applicants must first be interviewed, take written tests and physical exam inations before being selected. They must agree to live where- ever they ai*e sent under the existing conditions. They will receive a $75 allowance in addi tion to a living allowance. Train ing will last for from three to six months which will be fol lowed by two years of duty. The highest compliment paid to the Peace Corps is that “the Communists are fighting it tooth and toenail. They are afraid it will make many friends for Americans,” Russell stated. 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Bell Laboratories, Hell Tele phone System; Sandia Corp, Bell Telephone System, and De partment of the Navy Admin istrative Office will continue in- terviews begun W e d n e sday, Qualifications were in Tuesday’s Battalion. Thursday and Friday Columbia - Southern Chemical Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. — Chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering and chemistry (B.S., M.S.) Dow Chemical Co.—Chemical and mechanical engineering and chemistry (B.S., M.S., PhD.), E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc.—Chemical, elec trical and mechanical engineer ing and chemistry (B.S., M.S.), Western Electric Co., Bell Telephone System—Electrical Telephone S y s t e m—Electrical and mechanical engineering (B.S.), accounting and business administx-ation (B.B.A.) STILL ONLY 40c FRIDAY goes 0WAHAN Di Bipi A P anel d benefit ,d staff f:30 P-m- i {the Memoi Louis H. (jsor of eCl member lociation < s and the lege Teacl assion for tl Com ‘ will b session. 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