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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, August 13, 1964
BATTALION EDITORIALS
What's Your Opinion?
As college students, most of us like to think that we
are capable of listening to the opinions of others with a cer
tain degree of equanimity. However, if actions be qualified
criteria for deciding whether or not our estimates of our
selves are justifiable, many of us will find that we are in
drastic need of self-improvement. We believe that we can
be open-minded about most things, but, at the same time,
we avoid situations which might expose our bigotry. If you
think this statement is absurd, simply look around. What
do you see? Sure, there are small groups of people talking
together, laughing together, etc. But look more closely!
There are three engineering students. A little farther away
under the tree are some students majoring in English. So
what?
How many of us ever consider the reason behind our
gathering in small little cliques? Of course, in all probabil
ity, the students in any single group have similar interests.
This fact alone seems to justify their being together. Yet,
“outsider” enters our discussions? As a matter of fact, why
do we feel resentful the very minute this person offers us
his opinion about our topic of discussion" (He sounds a
little stupid, doesn’t he?) If we really examine this sort of
occurrence, we unfortunately may find that our hostile feel
ings spring from our failure to understand or appreciate
the “outsider’s” opinions. It is because of this failure to
understand others that we often choose to remain in our
closed little groups. Now, exactly how open-minded are we?
In the near future, we are to have a new Department of
Philosophy and Humanities here at A&M University. As
students and as social beings, we owe it to ourselves to reap
as many benefits as possible from the courses to be offered
by this new department. By diligently applying ourselves
to the study of ideas, we can attain a better understanding
of our fellow students’ ideas and actions. Also, we can dis
cover that many of the greatest thinkers in history were
both scientists and philosophers. (For example, have you
heard of Rene Descartes?) However, most important of all,
we can gain a receptive attitude toward other and their
ideas. Once this is accomplished, we can be genuinely proud
of our open-mindedness.
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was zeroed in! I’m rather curious to know how I would
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Grazing Land Infested
By VERN SANFORD
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ pro
gress in the field of race re
lations was commended by visit
ing federal officials here to dis
cuss aspects of the new Civil
Rights Law.
Gov. John Connally met brief
ly with Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges; former Florida
Gov. LeRoy Collins, director of
the new Community Relations
Service; and former Gov. Bu
ford Ellington of Tennessee.
Session was one of a series to
be conducted with governors in all
states at the request of President
Johnson to discuss the Commun
ity Relations Service operation.
Agency will provide conciliation
service at the state and local
level to resolve discrimination
disputes.
Governor Connally predicted
Texas will continue to move for
ward without outside help.
Meanwhile, Texas School
Board Association warned that
action on the part of segregated
schools between now and Labor
Day may determine their con
tinued eligibility for federal
funds.
tative procedures for enforcement
of Title VI (of the Civil Rights
Law) will require assurance from
local school boards of compliance
or intention to comply before
federal funds will be awarded.”
APPOINTMENTS announced —
Governor Connally selected Pat
Taggart of Waco, president of
Newspaper, Inc., as a member
of Texas State Historical Survey
Committee to succeed Sam Pri-
vitt of Childress for an unexpired
term extending until January 1.
New members of the State
Board of Vocational Nurse Ex
aminers are Miss Hedwig Puste-
jovsky of Houston, Mrs. Jimmie
L. Morrison of Hico and Mrs.
Naomi Younger of Levelland.
Their terms extend until Septem
ber 7, 1969.
Dr. J. A. Barrington of Wichita
Falls and Dr. Claude Willey of
El Paso were named to six-year
terms on the State Board of
Veterinary Medicial Examiners.
They succeed Dr. John McCoy
of Paris and Dr. Edmund Dwclle
of Alice.
ner, San Angelo, will take over
Seanght’s duties with the
dustrial Commission on August
15.
TEMPLE, Tex. <A>) — Over
four-fifths — 88.5 million acres
— of Texas grazing land is now
infested with various kinds of un
desirable or low-value shrubs or
trees, the U. S. Soil Conservation
Service reports.
State Conservationist H. N.
Smith says on half of the in
fested area — 54 million acres —
the better forage plants on which
the livestock industry relies are
unable to make satisfactory
yields.
On 24 million acres there is so
much brush of medium density —
with 10 to 20 per cent of the
range shaded by the brush can
opy — it soon will crowd out the
better grasses and forage plants,
Smith said the survey showed.
Soil Conservation Service tech-
Sound Off
Dear Sir:
In the fourth section of the
Aug. 6 issue (Freshrtian Edition)
of The Battalion, it was errone
ously reported that “The Spirit
of Aggieland” was written in
1941 by Mrs. Ford Munnerlynn.
“The Spirit of Aggieland” was
written in 1925 by Richard J.
Dunn, director of the Aggie
Band from 1924 until he retired
in 1946, and M. H. Mimms, a
1929 Aggie graduate.
Mrs. Ford Munnerlyhn wrote
the Aggie fight song, “The
Twelfth Man” in 1941.
Sincerely,
Josephine Dunn Johnson
(Mrs. J. N. Johnson)
Ed.—You are indeed quite cor
rect Mrs. Johnson, The Battalion
apologizes for such a gross error.
Bulletin Board
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year period since an earlier sur
vey, brush has moved onto nearly
5 million acres not previously in
fested. Existing stands have
grown thicker in that time. This
is in spite of the efforts of many
ranch operators to control the
brush, Smith said.
The survey showed an increase
in mesquite to a new total of 56
million acres of this doggedly
stubborn plant. Rangelands oc
cupied by cedar now total 21 mil
lion acres, an increase of 3.5 mil
lion acres since the 1947 survey.
According to Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
officials on the Civil Rights Law,
all the answers won’t be known
until new regulations are drawn
late this month.
But the law has been inter
preted as banning federal aid to
segregated facilities.
Texas schools now get about
$30,000,000 a year in federal
money for such programs as the
national defense education act,
vocational education, school lunch
and milk program and aid to dis
tricts where federal installations
bring in a large number of pupils.
HEW personnel indicate “ten-
Kirby Hillin of Dallas and Vir
gil A. Walston of Houston suc
ceed W. J. Burkhart of Dallas and
Kenneth Nelson of Diboll to six-
year terms on the State Board of
Registration for Public Survey
ors.
Allen Searight, community co
ordinator for Texas Industrial
Commission, has accepted a job
as executive director of Texas
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