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Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 27, 1962 BATTALION EDITORIALS CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle ] 0 K Calls k ^ Federal Help The House of Representatives again is making it very- clear that it does not like the idea of federal scholarships. In February the House rebuffed President Kennedy by passing a college aid bill containing federal aid for construc tion of academic buildings, but no scholarships. The Senate on the other hand approved scholarships as well as construc tion aid. The bill now is awaiting a House-Senate conference. The President’s request for medical and dental school scholarships as a means of rectifying the shortage of these practitioners induced in considerable degree by high cost courses was turned down by the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee, which on March 8 approved instead a bill containing a student loan fuijd as well as grants for con struction of medical school facilities. The House position shows that there has been little change since 1958, when President Eisenhower’s proposal for federal scholarships in the National Defense Education Act was rejected and a student loan fund was approved instead. There appear to be two basic causes for these rejections by the House. The colleges themselves, the most likely sources of support, are deeply divided on the issue, partly because of many colleges improved buildings and better paid teachers have higher priority. Without meeting these prob lems first, they say, there is little point in trying to attract more students. A deeper reason l^>r the failure of college groups to pro vide strong support for federal scholarships is the rivalry between colleges for top students, apparent in a division of opinion over how the President’s college scholarship program should be administered. The large public colleges wanted the program to be ad ministered through the colleges, along the lines of the NDEA loan funds plan, with each school permitted to award a num ber of scholarships to its applicants. Behind the large schools’ opposition was the fear that it would concentrate the winners in the “prestige” schools. Many in Congress and elsewhere feel that a federal scholarship weakens an individual’s character, denying him the right to fight his way up the educational ladder. But the same thing could be said of scholarships from non-federal sources, of which there are thousands. The views of many in Congress appear to be affected by the fact that they worked their way through college and believe today’s stu dents should do the same, but the two situations are hardly comparable with today’s very much higher costs. The U. S. Office of Education estimates that the current average cost of a four-year college education is $7,000, nearly doubled since 1950. 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All subscriptions subject to Address: The Battalion, Room 2% sales tax. Advertising rate furnished on request. >m 4, YMCA Building. Collei 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 Snorts Editor Alan Payne, Ronnie Bookman, Robbie D. Godwin News Editors Ronnie Fann, Gerry Brown, T. S. Harrover Staff Writers Sylvia Ann Bookman Society Editor Van Conner Assistant Sports Editor Johnny Herrin Chief Photographer Ben Wolfe, Bill Stripling Photographers mm CIVIUAW STUDENTS PRESEAIT Y<X>5r STOOBt-lT ACTlytTy CAR-OS -rcrvOOR ■ CiVlUAl'J ■lC<Jki5>£LOR 'ZrBT T-mmio m-*-Q 2 TiCKETb TO C/l/. FREE 1 ACT "wot ~JW later THAU 2£ T “ P fo mm ejects? The following firms will inter view graduating seniors in the Placement Office of the YMCA Building: Victor Hugo was rejected four Red and yellow hunting cl times by the French Academy be- are among the least visible of a* fore he was finally admitted, wearing dpparel, according to tea Emile Zola was nominated 19 times run by the Massachusetts Depatt. and w r as never admitted. .ment of Natural Resources. Wednesday Tennessee Gas and Transmis sion Co.—Accounting and busi ness administration (B. B.A., M.B.A.). National Lead Company, Bar- oid Division—Chemical and pe troleum engineering, geology and chemistry (B.S.). National Starch and Chemical Co.—Chemical engineering (B.S., M.S.), and chemistry (all degree levels). Philco Corp.—Electrical and mechanical engineering and phys ics (all degree levels). Shell Oil Co.—Accounting Southland Paper Mills Inc.— Chemical, civil and mechanical engineering. U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service—Aeronautical, electrical, mechanical and nuclear engineer ing, business administration, ed ucation and psychology, and physics (all degree levels). Summer Jobs Tennessee Gas and Transmis sion Co. will interview juniors in accounting for summer jobs. Bulletin Board The President’s plan, supported by many private schools and by most scholarship backers in Congress, was for the scholarships to be awarded on the basis of state-wide con tests, with the winners permitted to go to any college which accepted them. The Senate approved the President’s, proposal. “ . . . I wonder if it’s possible to resign from th’ Corps for a weekend!” Professional Societies Dr. Lloyd C. Taylor will speak to “Ye OJde Noble Society of English Majors (116th Regi ment.)” Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3-C, Memorial Student Sound Off Center. English Prof Dislikes “Cowtrails” Editor, The Battalion: I think it’s about time some one called attention to what’s happening to the grass in the area west of the Academic Build ing. In spite of a complex network of broad sidew r alks, many stu dents are regularly tramping across the grass, apparently to save a few steps. A number of quite noticeable cowtrails are forming, which, as spring ad vances, w T ill become, real blem ishes on the beauty of this cen tral part of the campus. One such trail actually parallels the main concourse from Military Walk to the Sul Ross statue. There seems no justification for this, even in Euclidean geometry. We all take a justified pride in the work that has been done in recent years to beautify the campus, for the pleasure of vis itors as well as of those of us who are here right along. It’s difficult to understand why stu dents who take such pride in other aspects of their college should be so thoughtless, or lazy, or both, as to mar one of the principal beauty spots of the campus. The “grass-walkers” seem more numerous this year than ever before, and I’ve been particularly distress to see Corps members among them, unlike previous years. I am informed that it is a senior “privilege” to w r alk on the grass. In my opinion, this is one privilege that w^ould be “more honored in the breach than in the performance.” E. E. Stokes Associate Professor Department of English honorificabilitudinity and spizer- inctum, though not always free from the inebriation of the ex- huberance of your verbocity, we are delighted to elucidate that “in short”—Splash Days will be on April 27, 28, 29. If you ever become discomboo- berated again, pleas let us know. Thomas W. Purdy Jr. Assistant Manager, Galveston Chamber of Commerce Farmers in Kashmir tend float ing gardens anchored on lakes. Kashmiris harvest from boats, picking tomatoes and pumpkins that grow on a solid but buoyant bass of topsoil, grass and weeds. ★ ★ ★ PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 LAST DAY Tina Louise In “SIEGE AT SYRICUSE” STARTS TOMORROW tils is an Parents should exercise discretion in permitting the immature to see it WALK iss fMD ■SIDE No Children Tickets Will Be Sold QUEEN LAST DAY “3 STOOGES MEET HERCULES” & “UNDER WATER CITY” Galveston’s Ready (Editor’s note: This letter was addressed to Leo W. New- land, Y-l-E Hensel Apartments. Newland had written the Galves ton Chamber of Commerce re questing information concerning Splash Days (Apr. 27-28). New land admits he was rather pro lix.) Dear Mr. Newland: We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of you indefatigable Ag gies. Knowing that you all possess Jim PiersalTs wife asks: “Why do they call my husband crazy?” To the fans Jim Piersall is a hot- tempered screwball. But to his wife, he’s “calm and sensible, an understanding husband.” In this week’s Post, Mary Piersall tells how the fans made Jim “a marked man.” Says how close he came to a breakdown in 1960. And why she's confident about this season. The Saturday Evening TUESDAY “ERRAND BOY” with Jerry Lewis Plus “DARK AT THE TOP OF STAIRS” with Robert Preston Also Cartoon — “Contary Condor” LAST DAY “HELLIONS” & “BELLE SOMMERS” STARTS WEDNESDAY Maria Schell & Stuart Whitman (Nominated Best Actor) In “THE MARK” 1*0»T ISSUE/NOW ON SALE CIRCLE “MIDNIGHT LACE” & “RAINS OF RANCHIPUR” Read " " (lassilirt A Memc fium... Mr.4 A “Life Insurance Is largely a matter of dollars and sense.” Albert W. Seiter Jr. 2601 Texas Ave. Bryan, Texas TA 2-0018 Represontlng Jefferson StanM "Jj UM INUIKANCI COMFANT J 0#<* 6m*t On Campus with Maxfihulmaji (Author of "/ Was a Teen-age Dwarf”, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, etc.) EDUCATIONAL TV: ITS CAUSE AND CURE A groat deal of nonsense has been written about educational television. Following is my contribution: It has been said that television allots no desirable viewing hours to educational and intellectual programs. This is simply not so. For instance, you can see “The Kant and Hegel Hour” every day at 4 a.m. This excellent show is followed at 5 a.m. by “Kierkegaard Can Be Fun.” For such lazy scamps as lie abed beyond that hour, there is a splendid program on Sunday mornings at 7:15 called “Birds of Minnesota, Except Duluth.” So much for the myth that TV gives no prime time to educa tional programs. Now let us deflate another canard: that TV is not eager to inject intellectual content in all its programs. If you have sat, as I have sat, with a television planning board, you would know that the opposite is true. I was priv ileged recently to witness a meeting of two of TV’s topmost program developers—both named Binkie Tnttcrsall. “Binkie,” said Binkie to Binkie, “if there is one thing I am bound and determined, it’s that we’re going to have intel lectual content in next season’s programs.” “Right!” replied Binkie. “So let us put on our thinking caps and go to work.” “I forgot my thinking cap in Westport,” said Binkie, “but I have a better notion: let us light a Marlboro.” “But of course!” cried Binkie. “Because the best way to think is to settle back and get comfortable, and what is the , cigarette that lets you settle back and get comfortable?” “I said Marlboro,” answered Binkie. “Weren’t you listening?’} “A full-flavored smoke is Marlboro,” declared Binkie. “Rich tobacco, pure white filter, a choice of pack or box. What is better than a Marlboro?” “A Marlboro and a match,” replied Binkie. “Got one?” Binkie had, and so they lit their good Marlboros and settled back and got comfortable and proceeded to cerebrate. “First of all,” said Binkie, “we are going to avoid all the old cliches. Wc will have no domestic comedies, no westerns, no private eyes, no deep sea divers, no doctors, and no lawyers.^ \ “Right!” said Binkie. “Something offbeat.” “That’s the word—offbeat,” said Binkie. They smoked and cerebrated. “You know,” said Binkie, “there has never been a series about the Coast and Geodetic Survey.” “Or about glass blowers,” said Binkie. They fell into a long, torpid silence. “You know,” said Binkie, “there’s really nothing wrong with a clichd situation—provided, of course, it’s offbeat.” “Right!” said Binkie. “So let’s say we do a series about a guy who’s a family man with a whole bunch of lovable kids who play merry pranks on him.” “Yeah, and he’s also a cowboy” said Binkie. ‘‘And a deep sea diver,” said Binkie. “With a law degree,” said Binkie. “Plus an M.D.,” said Binkie. “And he runs a detective agency,” said Binkie. “Binkie,” said Binkie to Ilinkie, “we’ve done it again!” They shook hands silently, not trusting themselves to speak,] and lit Marlboros and settled back to relax, for Marlboro is a cigarette not only for cerebration, but for settling back with— j in fact, for all occasions and conditions, all times and climes, all seasons and reasons, all men and women. © 1962 Max Sliulmao This column is sponsored—sometimes nervously—by the makers of Marlboro, who invite you to try their Tine filter cigarettes, available in king-size pack or flip-top box at tobacco counters in all 50 states. 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