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• * Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 2, 1962 THF BATTALION i,ADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle - . . HOWDY from PARIS, FRANCE JJI.JvJ “I have the feeling we’re being watched!” Communist Youth of Today Are Bored With Their Credo PRAGUE (JP) — Communist East Europe’s “numbed genera tion” of youth is bored, bored, bored. Most of them are just apa thetic and nihilistic. But some are searching for ways to ex press themselves. And frequent ly their search leads them to Western ideas and culture. Not surprisingly — for often the sons and daughters of the powerful are restless — it is the children of the Communist lead ers themselves who are the most discontented. “It is this monotonous empha sis on Communism which cre ates the problem,” said a West ern educator touring behind the Iron Curtain. “Life is so unexciting, I just can’t stand it,” says a 20-year- old Czech student. What is the problem ? Both Western observers and Commu nist writers feel that youth finds Communism dull and without any challenges. Politically, the revolution is over and there’s no kick in join ing the party. Other radical ac tivities are banned. They are discouraged from studying obscure religions and becoming Zen Buddhists like California’s Dharma Bums. They can’t become beatniks or exist- tentialists. All they hear about is Communism. “The boys and girls have no outlet for their natural youthful rebellion against authority.” The Communists themselves admit it. “Communism has lost its mag ic for our youth,” the Hungarian periodical Kortars noted recent ly. “If I were to suggest they go out and sing revolutionary songs they would think I was off my rocker,” admitted a writer in the Hungarian newspaper Ifja Kom- munista. “We are worried about the poor a-political consciousness on the part of our youth,” said the first secretary of a North Bo hemian party committee. “We take good care of our children, we spoil them, in fact,” said a schoolteacher encountered in a Budapest park. “We teach them our Marxist ideas and then what happens? When they grow up to be teen-agers, they are out of control.” Most teen-agers have been hearing about Marxism since they were infants and Commu nism keeps them busy with its cult. They have to attend meet ings and discussions in school, in their neighborhoods, in the fac tories and workshops. They take part in party-stimulated sport, and are persuaded to attend of ficial films and entertainment. This doesn’t mean they become juvenile delinquents, although the Communist press complains periodically of gangs of hooli gans. It appears rather that they are “out of control” of Communism because of their passive attitude toward the ideology. How do they demonstrate dis satisfaction ? A very small number become FOR ON THE PERSON THE GO- CALL TA 2-3784 ALL AIRLINES - STEAMSHIPS - HOTELS TOURS - RENT CARS Reservations and Tickets For You Business and Pleasure Trips Robert Halsell Travel Service 1411 Texas Avenue THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The BattaJ/um is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a college and community neivspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas AnM College. of the Student Publications Board are Allen Schrader. School of Arts and Engineering; Dr. Murray Br< School of Veterinary Medicine. Members of the S Sciences; J. A. Orr, School of culture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, Ingineering; Dr. Murray Brown, School of Agri- The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published In College Sta tion, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, Septem ber through May, and once a week during summer school. »P In are also reserved. for republication of all news paper and local news of ion of all other matter hara- the itioi Second-class postage paid at College Station, Texas. MEMBER: The Assoeiated Pres* Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by National Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptioi All subscription Address: The 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. ROBBIE D. GODWIN ...EDITOR “angry young men”. They seek out works by modern Western authors or of controversial Pol ish and Russian writers, like the Soviet Union’s Evgeny Evtu shenko, and try to emulate them. Young artists toe the party line to make a living painting pictures acceptable to the re gime. But there reportedly is a great deal of abstract art being created in back studios. You see evidence of interest in such art, even though it is not on display (except in Yugosla via). A Budapest museum, for instance, was crowded with teen agers during a recent exhibition of works which almost ap proached Western non-represen- tational art. For the majority of youth, however, the way to independent self-expression appears mostly in copying Western fads and fashions, or putting on pressure for more American jazz. In the big East European cit ies, you see girls with Jackie Kennedy hairdos, or with pony tails, flat-heeled shoes and Paris or Italian styles. You see boys in slim, tight, West European pants with Roman haircuts or beards. always identifying yourself. STUDENTS ARE CLANNISH Students are clannish in Paris. They cluster around the section of the Left Bank called the Latin Quarter. This name comes from the Medieval university, the Sor- bonne, in which the students spoke only Latin until 1789. That’s when they used to spend hours debating about how many angels could sit on the head of a pin. They used to have these logic discussions in Latin at the local cafes and taverns around this area, so the people refer to it until this day as the Latin Quarter. The teachers here don’t earn much, but their profession is one of the most honored by all in France, as well as the other Hood Payrolt Carries Area Here and there a pair of origi nal blue jeans and Texas boots (smuggled in by friends?), and in Slovakia, a black-jacketed boy with “I like Elvis” on his sleeve. “Don’t your friends in the par ty tease you,” he was asked. “Why, no,” he replied. “We all like Presley.” FT. HOOD, Tex,, Aug. 2 bP>— This military post in Central Texas is an $84.5 million annual industry for the area. That amount will be the pay roll for 1962 for the civilians and military personnel, Ft. Hood au thorities estimate. They estimate this is about $25 Million above last year. Civilian pay will amount to $12.5 million in 1962 and mili tary pay equals $72 million. Military personnel is approxi mately 40,000 and their depend ents are 25,000. Civilian workers total more than 2,000. A messaec from the Treasury of a free veoole Howto put your name on a Freedom Document The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence didn’t have an exclusive on endorsing freedom. Youcan still put your name on a freedom document by buying U.S. Savings Bonds. The money you put into Savings Bonds helps Uncle Sam defend freedom today so you and your family will be able to enjoy your savings tomorrow. Millions of Americans use U.S. Savings Bonds as the way to save for the future that helps their country now. How about signing in yourself? Keep freedom In your future with U.S. SHIMS BONDS iWjnmcrU Iocs not pay for this aiterlUing^Thc Treasury Department * i0til ' s “ 1,pon ‘ 00C The 77..?. Government does not thanks the If you put your ear to the floor, I’m sure ^ou could hear Marie Curie’s footsteps, quickly followed by Pierre and many other notables who have attend ed here. The classrooms ph it heaters and they I ** little as you walk iif" I prefer to think the voices of past si' professors praising k; , , , By JOHN DELIZ To the student in Paris, every day means having to show your identity card ten to twelve times and using a flurry of little tick ets and coupons. Of course, the identity card is a card of honor, for the students are greatly admired and respect ed in France. This country has made it a point of pride to be regarded as the world’s focal point for literature and art. Many people from foreign countries the world over come to France to study, and the govern ment is very proud of it. That is why they subsidize their schools and scholars heavily. The coupons and the tickets I mentioned are used to travel on all the buses and subways, to get your meals, and to obtain a re bate on many items from eye glasses to movie and theater tickets. When you use one of these lit tle tickets, which you buy at school for these services, you show your identity card which proves that you are entitled to use them. That is why you’re countries on the continent. They are criticized very little by the students and parents, since everyone knows that their devotion to teaching has forced them to renounce certain ma terial gains that they will never obtain. In turn they teach with a great deal of verve and each seems to have . a definite per sonality and style in "his classes. Since I’ve been here, I’ve never looked at my watch in class once, for the time seems light and airy. They really make you think, and they make you work hard doing much research and writing several papers. But you do it willingly. CLASSES IN OLD BUILDINGS This summer session at the Sorbonne has many students from the states. Columbia, Har vard, Princeton, and Wellesley are a few of the schools repre- rep- sented. (Of course, A&M is resented, too.) 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