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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, February 7, 1963
BATTALION EDITORIALS
Sex On The Campus:
Who Has The Burden?
As if colleges and universities don’t have enough to do,
one scholarly journal has suggested that the burden of sex
education be shouldered by higher education.
Citing an increase in premarital sexual experience among
college students, the National Association of Women Deans
and Counselors devoted an entire issue of its monthly journal
to the sex education problem. The women editors offered
this solution:
“It is the counselor, not the clergyman, who must
develop youth’s conscience; it is the educator who is called
upon to take the leading ethical role.”
Strangely enough, the association placed blame for the
increase of sexual activity on “adults.” Adults, the editors
wrote, set moral standards for youth which they do not
themselves follow, and are evasive and dishonest when
issues involving sex arise. Another important factor, the
magazine noted, is that college youth are very much on
their own, because at the late adolescent level adult control
has practically disappeared.
We would be the last to claim that there is not a real
problem involved. But does education hold the answer,
especially at the higher levels? We believe not. By the
time a student reaches college, his moral standards are well
enough established that educators might find themselves
banging their heads against a wall.
It is quite clear that there is no really clear answer.
But if the National Association of Women Deans and Coun
selors is going to place the blame on adults, why shouldn’t
adults be called upon to right their own wrongs? Surely
the first step toward an answer should begin in the home.
More Still To Come
First Test Was Success
Aggie-University of Texas basketball games usually put
the two student bodies to the year’s severest sportsmanship
test, and Tuesday night’s encounter in G. Rollie White
Coliseum was no exception. As is not always the case,
students from both schools appear today to have passed this
year’s first test with flying colors.
Extracurricular activity both on the court and in the
stands was practically non-existent Tuesday. There were no
disagreements at all on the playing court, and only the
most minor of misunderstandings in the stands.
And except for one incident, the playing court was kept
void of foreign objects, namely pennies and paper “air
planes.” Only once did we see an object—a paper airplane—
land on the coliseum floor.
Credit for Tuesday’s good display of sportsmanship
should go to many persons—more than we could ever list.
These people know who they are, however, and certainly
have every right to consider their task well done.
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Kent Johnston, Glenn Dromgoole Staff Writers
“ . . . Speaking of computations—could you give me some
help with Calculus 209?”
BY BOOKMAN
Solons’ Question
Causes No Sweat
State legislators facing the problem of appropriating
funds for Texas’ higher education are placing emphasis on
improvement of current programs, and rightly so. But will
Texas, A&M and our other colleges and universities be pre
pared for the huge influx of new students due in the next
two or three years.
Already enrollments throughout the state are crowding
present facilities, but according to statistics from the Depart
ment of Health, Education and Welfare, we haven’t seen
anything yet. High school graduates in the U. S. are ex
pected to increase by 4.9 per cent this spring, by an additional
17 per cent in 1964 and by 8.6 per cent more in 1965. A
projection of these figures shows that college enrollment
could double by 1975.
Meanwhile back in Austin, college and university offi
cials are seeing their requests for more funds cut back to
what one official called, “only an acceptable minimum.”
College requests for an additional $98 million have been
reduced to $80.4 million by the Commission on Higher Edu
cation, to $68 million by former Gov. Price Daniel and to
$47 million by the legislative board. Gov. John Connally’s
proposals are still to come.
Even now most legislators seem to admit that there
is no way to avoid considerably more spending. The up
coming boom in enrollment certainly offers no immediate
relief for the weary taxpayer.
Bill Barnhart, head Aggie
bandsman, shrugged off a ques
tion the state legislature joking
ly asked — could the A&M band
play “The Eyes of Texas” if
it were made the official state
song. ?
“Oh yeah, we could play it.
But we haven’t had an occasion
to play the other state song’ yet,”
he said.
The capitol crowd is currently
tossing around a proposal to
change the state’s official song
from “Texas Our Texas” to “The
Eyes of Texas,” which is the
Austin school’s trademark.
Rep. Bill Walker of Cleveland
made the suggestion saying that
people don’t know and don’t re
cognize “Texas Our Texas.”
In a committee session ponder
ing the change, Rep. Sam Collins
of Newton asked Walker whether
the A&M band could ever learn to
play “The Eyes of Texas.” Other
points the legislators raised in
cluded the fact that people would
think “The Eyes” was “I’ve Been
Working’ On The Railroad.”
Aggie Barnhart, stalwart that
he is, commented that the legis
lature may as well change the
name of the state song to “The
War Hymn,” if they wanted a
school song.
It is evident that what the
legislature needs to do here is
to compromise. Perhaps fit words
from “The Eyes” to “The War
Hymn’s” music. Or vice versa.
Or better yet, chunk out both
UT’s and A&M’s songs and make
“Texas Our Texas” the school
songs as well as the state song.
That would solve the problem
of no one knowing the words, and
in addition, provide a little fri
endly rivalry on the gridiron or
court by promoting a contest to
see who Our refers to in “Texas
Our Texas.”
There fs still another way
to solve the problem of the ig
nored state song. Walker could
sponsor a bill to provide that
every state school’s band should
possess sheet music for “Texas
Our Texas” and play the Lone
Star song at regular intervals.
They could make it a felony not
to comply.
Or, in place of a loyalty oath at
registration, they could make stu
dents read and swear that they
will learn the words to “Texas
Our Texas.”
Wives Clubs
Chemical Engineering club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in the South
Solarium of the YMCA Build
ing. A talk will be given on com
munism.
Architecture club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the Gay Room of
the YMCA Building.
Hometown Clubs
Abilene club will meet at 7:45
p.m. in the MSC lobby. Pictures
will be made.
Waco-McLennan County club
will meet at 7:15 p.m. in front
of the MSC. Pictures will be
made.
Cherokee County club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in the Cabinet Room
of the YMCA Building.
Hill County club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the Reading Room of
the YMCA Building. Club sweet
heart will be chosen.
Guadalupe Valley club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in the main lobby
of the MSC. Pictures vill be
made.
Port Arthur club will meet at
7:30 p.m. in the lounge of the
YMCA Building.
Amarillo club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the YMCA Building.
Cen-Tex club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the lobby of the MSC.
Deep East Texas club will m«
at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Roomc
the MSC.
Bell County club will meet ail
8:45 p.m. on the second floor ol|
MSC. Pictures will be made.
Mum’s The Word . . .
WASHINGTON UP) — Official
Washington adopted a policy of
discreet silence Wednesday on the
fall of John G. Diefenbaker as
prime minister of Canada. There
were no cries of approval but
neither were there any loud la
ments.
The fact is that relations be
tween Canada and the United
States have been tense much of
the time since Diefenbaker be
came prime minister. U.S. leaders
obviously were not upset by his
political misfortune.
What does seem to have dis
tressed President Kennedy and
Secretary of State Dean Ruski
that the United States play
such a role in bringing ah
collapse of Diefenbaker’s 0
servative party regime on a nol
confidence vote in Parliarattl
Tuesday night.
Administration authorities henl
insist the U. S. action was not del
signed as a political bombshell-l
at least that much of a boml|
shell.
Twenty two different groupsl
were on the campus for the monflij
of January representing
visitors.
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