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Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 11,-1983 THE BATTALION Editor, *The Battalion: Sound Off On July 4, 1963, I had an un fortunate heavy fall on my cycle on College Main. This occurred while trying’ to avoid an unlit construction barrier while ap proaching the college. The road is extremely hazardous, and with no signs, even more so. In the whole stretch, most of the flares were out. If this is the work of pranksters, it is unpardonable. In the . aim of traffic safety, more pointing opt such traffic hazards where they exist and of making such knowledge publically avail able. It was only by extreme good luck that I was not more seriously hurt or killed. I would like to express my ap preciation to the two Aggies who gave me assistance at that cru cial time, and would like them to drop me a line. A bouquet is also due our Aggie Hospital,-the nurse and two doctors who stitched me up promptly, and to the many others who contacted my wife and brought her to the hospital. I am proud to be an Aggie. It has always been my experience that when a fellow Aggie needs assistance, other Aggies put aside their personal duties to concen trate on the job at hand. Fel lows, keep up our fine tradition. H. A. Kendall ’56 Y-2-D Hensel Apts College Station Editor, The Battalion: I have always had faith in America’s greatness, for she is among the greatest of nations if not the greatest. Never in his tory has a country existed which has done more for the world than America. America has been the bulwark of freedom, the prince of peace, the Democratic stronghold of the world. But America today is on the threshold of two paths, one leading forward and progres sively upward, and the other down, down and away from God. What is wrong with America? Since the advent of the Atomic Bomb after World War II and the developing “cold” war ten sion between the two powers of Russia and America, the people of America seem to be gripped by fear. We seem to be afraid of losing our security, our produc tiveness, our democratic way of life. This fear seems to dominate our thoughts. Let’s take a lesson from the Bible. It was Job who said “The thing I fear has come upon me”. Fear is only a habit of expecting the worst, and what we expect we usually get. We can easily see that Job’s faith was nullified by fear and that he got exactly what he expected. What can we do about fear? America and its Democratic way of life was founded upon the Pioneer Spirit. Let’s return to the Pio neer Spirit, that spirit of our founders that faced fear with courage, grit and determination —a determination to win against all odds. What is it? To me, it is a way of living, an attitude to ward life, it is a deep .personal feeling of self reliance, belief in oneself and in his*God. It means to stand for something, to face life with vigor and determina tion, to be a man. One has to fight for what he believes in, re gardless. Only then can one have self respect and the respect of others. To face fear any other way one loses his own self re spect and the respect of others. This then is what America needs as a nation among nations. Let’s wake up our Pioneer Spirit! We the people are dilly-dally ing around hunting for security. Or if we think we have it, we are too busy protecting- it while the world passes us up. When we think too much of our own inter ests and how to protect them, we neg’lect those very things which give us our democratic way of life. This right now is affecting our government, our economy, our foreign relations, and under mining our democratic system of government. Faith without works is dead. We have faith in Democracy so let us be tr-ue to this faith. As citizens of a Democracy we must face responsibilities as no one else in the world. Simply living a Christian life can help the world tremendously. We can set examples of fair play, honesty and helpfulness. Let’s face our daily work with new determina tion and zeal. If we put the pio neer spirit in our daily lives it will spread to larger and larger spheres of influence. It has to start with the individual. You and I must put the pioneer spirit back into the heart of America. If our forefathers had wanted security, they would never have come to this country- They could have idly sat by and waited for better times. But they knew if they wanted freedom and the ideals they yearned for, they could never have them till they did something about it them selves. Their belief in the rights of the individual is the very foun dation of our government. In our democratic system, recognition of the individual and his rights are basic doctrine. This is as it should be so each man can fill his proper place in society. Each man’s desire determines his sta tion in life. He is free to go as hig’h as he can. Or if he sinks down, the democratic system makes it possible for him to be helped so he can help himself. The individual is never forgotten in a Democracy. Security is stagnation. It is also a false “peace of mind”. Our Democracy should go onward and upward. If it stops or hovers at a certain level, it stagnates and begins to weaken and fall. We do not want security. We want progress! Through the years the greatest men have been spoken of as “He gave this to the world.” Why? FISHING for the first time C RANCH LAKES Caldwell Hwy. 21-4 Miles West - Right on FM 908 - 1 Mile.. MINNOWS — CABINS — BOATS Rates upon request THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. 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Tijerina Photographer Man’s deepest longing is for cre ative self expression and when he gives himself whole-heartedly to helping his fellow man through this creative self expression he is fulfilling God’s purpose for him. Our forefathers realized their responsibilities. They created a vision of a Democracy and they worked for it. They gave them selves fully to their ideals. They gave their lives so that future generations could live and work in a Democracy. They had the Pioneer Spirit! This pioneer spirit which made America can preserve her. The pioneer spirit k n e w fear, but fought for what was right. It had moments of weakness but never lost hope. When problems arose, it met them. It had its eyes on a clear definite goal of a govemment “of the people, by the people ,and for the people.” It gave no excuse for failures, but rose up and overcame them. This is the Pioneer Spirit so woke up America. Wake up your Pioneer Spirit! Robert D. Fitzgerald Education Student CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle wm Announcement s Monday Dance Plannm Ted Gentry, new publicity man for the Memorial Stuq) Center Summer Directorate, said Wednesday that anoi dance is planned Monday night. Pat Garrett, WTAW disk jockey, will officiate at? record hop similar to one held two weeks ago. Gentry no dance was held Monday because of the presentation] “South Pacific” in Guion Hall. A $5.00 door prize has been donated by Loupot’s Trad Post. Admission for the MSC Ballroom affair is 75 cd stag and one dollar for couples. The dance lasts fromStof Gentry said the last record hop was a “big success." Senior Vet Wives Meetm The Senior Veterinary Wives Club will meet tonights] 7:30 p. m. The meeting at the A&M Veterinary Hospital will feat® Dr, C. K. Jones, who will speak on the “Business Aspect;! Practice.” TSPEPlans Family Meetin “Why would they leave last semester’s grades up this long except for intimidation!” The Brazos Chapter of the Texas Society for Professi® Engineers will have a family meeting Thursday, July 18,!! Hensel Park Area No. 3. At 5:30 p. m. there will be a softball game for the enti group, children included. The game is to be umpired byl Rudy Jimenez. Cold watermelons and cantaloupes will be served at 6:1 The meeting is expected to end by 7:00. Texans Know Little About Their Past, Says Historian GALVESTON GP) — For people becomes an important stabilizing who are so proud of their state, Texans know very little about how the whole thing began, says R. Henderson Shuffler, advisor to the chancellor of Texas Collections for the University of Texas. Henderson said, in a recent in terview here while collecting infor mation, that the Texas Declaration of Independence was not signed on March 2,_ 1836, as many suppose. “There is so much misinforma tion in Texas history,” Shuffler la mented. “The Texas Declaration of Independence was not signed on March 2, for a very accurate diary reports that the signatures were not affixed until March 3.” “WE KNOW SO little about what actually went on there,” he added. In an effort to understand more clearly the events of early Texas history, Shuffler has examined aerial photographs taken in the early morning when the dew re flection betrays the position of the old streets of Washington-on-the- Bi-azos where the document was signed. A check with deed records may repeal the actual location of the various buildings. “It’s ridiculous that we don’t know what happened there in 1836, for our hfstory began there,” the Texana director said. Shuffler expressed concern that the average citizen has little or no interest in history. Many priceless documents are destroyed or lost each year because their owners don’t realize their value. “There is a gap between the his- influence. “Our gangling Texas culture, groping toward maturity, feels the need to understand more clearly its origins and the struggles by which it was brought to its present place in time and civilization,” he said. SHUFFLER DESCRIBED revo lutionary Texas as a far different place from the one pictured on television or in frontier lore. Tex as was cosmopolitan from the be ginning, particularly Galveston. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COURSES to be offered summer (second term) Course 313 Daily 11-12 Course 318 MWF9 2 Survey of the New Testament Baptist Student Center Bible Chair Building 1 The Book of Acts Course 323 Daily 9-10:30 3 Life of Jesus Baptist Student Center Course 325 Daily 7-8 2 Book of Job Bible Chair Building iTiW^iTSY; torian and the public,” Shuffler said. “They simply don’t under stand the work the historian is at tempting to accomplish.” ALL IS NOT hopeless, however, in the world of the historian, he hastened to point out. Only recent ly the Texana collection acquired the rarest Texas book published by the Galveston News in 1865, “Ad ventures of a Prisoner of War.” There are only two known copies. It is the overall picture of the Texana program which intrigues Shuffler as well as the specifics. He hopes to instill in Texas citi zens a knowledge of Texas history which will fulfill the basic need of the individual for roots in soil and heritage. 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