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CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle Dave Mayes The Ugly Queen Searches For An Honest Mirror ‘No, it’s not really hot unless you wear clothes underneath!” Guest Editorial “Magic mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” “Yonder maid who tends the well; she’s the fairest in the dell.” “And with that, the wicked queen cursed the mirror might ily and stormed out of the chamber.” The latest version of this scene from the Snow White fairy tale concerns another mirror, the press, being “cursed might ily” by those whom it reflects, the American news audience. According to George Gallup, never before in polling history have the news media been held in such low esteem across the nation. Typical of criticism be ing leveled at the press is a letter from a “high-ranking U. S. Army officer” printed as an editorial in a February issue of U. S. News & World Report. THE OFFICER congratulated the magazine for printing an article on the “good things about the United States” saying that he had found “new strength amidst the spate of lurid publi cations and sensational media of Lower Voting Age Board With the Texas Legislature’s perennial conservatism, it seems rather surprising to note that a bill moving the voting age to 19 years is showing favorable reception in Austin. And rightly so, for some of the state’s and nation’s most informed and governmentally interested minds are found below the 21-year age bracket. Today’s 19-year-old is better educated in the lessons and mechanics of contemporary government than his father was at that age, and in many cases, as he is now. By the time he is 19, an individual has had to take at least one year of American history, a year of world history, some kind of civics course, and some Texas history. If he continues his education in college, he will have had two semesters of American government in which the Constitution and the many facets of local, state and national government are studied. Along with his education, the 19-year-old of today is also much better-informed and more news-conscious than his parents, due to better means of mass communication. He is more involved in the news itself in the present society, and thus is more apt to pay attention to the affairs affecting him. We hope Texas will take the needed step and be one of the forerunners in lowering the voting age. From the looks of things, the country and this state in this day and time could use the active minds of 19- and 20-year-olds. Bulletin TONIGHT Gavel Club will meet at 7 p.m. in room 4 of the YMCA. Discus sion topic will be “International Awareness.” Computer Science Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Robert A. Scar borough, 1106 Marstellar. Of ficers will be elected and a White Elephant sale will be held. Any one needing transportation may call Mrs. Gene Fried at 846-2350. Chemistry Wives Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the party room of the Monaco II Apartments, 316 Redmond Drive, for a pro gram on wigs. Houston Hometown Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 321 of the Physics Building. End-of- school party will be discussed. -The College Star, Southwest Texas State College Tonight On KBTX The Queen and I That Girl Bewitched Thursday Night Movie — “The Chapman Report” News, Weather and Sports A View from Space Alfred Hitchcock 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 10:00 10:30 11:30 THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the student writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax- supported, non-profit, self-supporting educational enter prise edited and operated by students as a university and community newspaper. LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should be typed, double-spaced, and must be no more than 300 words in length. They must be signed, although the writer’s name will be with held by arrangement with the editor. Address corre spondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Sendees Building, College Station, Texas 77843. MEMBER The Associated Press, Texas Press Association Mail subscriptions are $3.50 pi year; $6.50 per full sales tax. Advertisi ■riptions er full The Battalion, Room Texas 7784 an, 3. ng ral i 217, 3.50 per semester; $6 pe: All subscriptions subject furnished on request, i Services Building, eques Coll er school to 4% Address: ege Station. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the republication of all new dispatches credited to it otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spor he use for not erwise cred origin published herei matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station, Texas. paper and local news of spontaneou sin. Rights of republication of all othe ers Lindsey, chairman ; Dr. David Bowers, wer Arts ; F. S. White, College of Engineering; Di Clark, College of Veterinary Medicine ; and Hal lege of Agriculture. s Boar Colleg< are: J im of Liberal . Donald R. Taylor, Col- The Battalion, published in College Station, Texas daily Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. student newspaper at Texas A&M Station, Texas daily holiday except Saturday Represented nationally by National Educational Advertising ices, Inc., New York City Servii Francisco. City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San EDITOR JOHN W. FULLER Managing Editor Dave Mayes Sports Editor John Platzer News Editor Bob Palmer Staff Columnists John McCarroll, Mike Plake, Monty Stanley, Jan Moulden Staff Writers Tom Curl, Janie Wallace, Tony Huddleston, David Middlebrooka Assistant Sports Editor Richard Campbell Photographer W. R. Wright BOB EVANS '56 Vice - President ifniut’rsiL f NATIONAL BANK On Behalf of the Director’s, Officers and Staff Extends Best Wishes to the FISH DRILL TEAM in the National ROTC Drill Championships at Washington D. C. Is ^ NATIONAL f E BANK COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS all kinds in which we too fre quently find ourselves.” He charged that “unfortunate reporting” has let the country down in a serious way” in the battle against Communist prop aganda. “. . . Communists quote the U. S. press abundantly as their authority. They throw the words of our own media back at us, sometimes without the nec essity of further editing.” CERTAINLY, “good” news does have a place in the news media, but the officer seems to have confused the role of a re porter with that of a propagand ist, to indoctrinate. A reporter seeks to inform; a propagandist, to indoctrinate. The reporter, responsible for forwarding and protecting the public interest, gathers both forms of informa tion — the “good” news, that which upholds, and the “bad” news, that which deplores. The propagandist, responsible only for forwarding his own view point, selects only that informa tion that will support that pur pose. Should the press, then, take on a propagandist tint and re flect American society as it would like to be seen, to combat Communist indoctrination? De cidedly not, for even if such a 1984ish discoloring were to take place, it would accomplish little. Taking only “good” news out of context, the Communists could make it appear “bad.” The same has been done to the Bible for centuries. COMBAT COMMUNIST propaganda with its own weap ons — government publications and broadcasting. But don’t make the the press an arm of the government to do it. This, and other criticisms of the mirror will continue to grow as the queen becomes angrier with her own ugliness. Wes Gal lagher, general manager of the Associated Press, warns that “The news media are going to be criticized and distrusted as long as readers and listeners differ in viewpoint, and this will be forever. Its intensity will rise and fall in proportion to the frustrations felt by the pub lic in trying to cope with its problems.” And “bad” news must con tinue to be reported as long as these problems go unsolved. Page 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, April 10, 19 PIZZA INN FREE DORM DELIVERY Open 11a. m, to 12 p. m. Mon. Thru Thurs. 11 a. m. - 2 p. m. Fri. & Sat. 1 p. m. - 12 p. m. Sun. Call 846-6164 or 846-9984 For Orders To Go Or Eat In 413 Hwy. 6, So. Across from the Ramada Inn THE “Live a Little!” How? Cash-value life insurance lets you do your own thing. Ready cash when you need it. Protection when you need it. Special policies for seniors and graduate students. We'll take the risk. You have the fun. Live a Little! Our College Representative can show you how. 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