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I r u ♦ •i b: 1 - ! Page 2 > 1751' i'i f'V ; >•' Itlii •t 1 ;•] M ? Battalion w / 1 ITORIALS j TL’tSDAY. MARCH 16.1948 i ~j—1 i . i l-H "Sol for, Statesman, Knightly Gentlemen" I toss, Founder of Aggl 1 Wf I1 J The I estion h^s often or. hot Ai&M would piipfi t^* Gc trance reOuJremefnts. ilGeKa 11 her of students dome he re |i j j qualified |or jjust not colie; ; to fall out] within a few ijno Butlai rei M , l^ised whether these mature GI dudents, who.lackeil the ac cepted! educatiopal background for college MaiJejs the Best Student? stride!, en- "a great hum a.-recent ex pi riinertt vefsity shows how car ;fu‘ setting rtiihimum sti n< f good in theory, fin | prai ticie ; jnjta; I some gbdd material (wljilepeeping the; bad, 4 according to resiiilt^ lit tro'N\ti, firowp pondered ihe question of giving a chance af college to ve era^r whoi had been disqualified theOrdtjicall r' by Mw high school grades oil lack oif cjrtdi s ^rim admission to other schools, -i ]][ J! So'thfy set Up a ipi cialijirojwet for such veterans lin their alt|k--or ah experimjental | basis arid, som^whd; bessij^istiAlly—j-with ’ the expectation of shift ng a: select Tew after two year! toithd^’^alishejlllipllege. Actually h'1 if > r P ur f" entrance, have demonstrated such remark- able capacity thlat one-third of them have natenal, only already been tran sferred, Fifty percent stand Brownj Uni- must^ be in A minimum, lay strain out two year! to thei ^a ihfehep College. Actually not enough. United slalte$i of Europe... The ^‘United'State:, oi , just,.aroiind thejeofitier Thi of good fiev?s tbati 4 as com tinent since V-E da f. ; - Unfortunately, much ofj ijhe credit im go to the hapless Uqecps. Tb hr, fall to Ci fall consiiderabljy shjflrt of li filijropean federal state which the! nahj} irnpjiiiijii but it probably . will be bf action s(jon, ; . At fijrst|it prolaibb wijll|lile a loose pmanU zatjoh includink Cfiivtt Bei|ilin, France^ Bel gium, TheiNether a ids nhcliEuxemliourg d(‘- sigped as a worki to be atrengthen vTpi'.jj.c: l f * | i if m ’T e ' iu li ■Up r~ fib ir: m WELL, WHAT D*YA KNOW f ‘ w f Ir qns already been transfer ted. Fifty percent stand as high in scholarship:, or higher, tnan 75 percent oi the “highly qualified” regulaif col lege students. ! i' ; With so many colleges arbitrarily rais ing their admiss ion “standards,” these 1 re sults are important. They throw doubt on the whole philosophji behind college admissions and indicate ihalt a large proportion of the nation’s; bpst talent is ! b e i n ^ lost and many capable and Reserving veterans^ are being Unjustly shut out of tnekolleges. It would be a good thing if A&M had bet ter standards Wr entrance, but the Brown experiment shows clearly that a mechanical reliance on high schpol or other grades is not enough. Tay-Asj|fou-Go’ (all Needs of V. Mess Hall Needs of Vete ' rTk:- 4k. il. Im.. !_,i ,... j rtipe” m;iy be s the one piece from that; con- al en ust om- most of Western Eu^o^ie as an antidote for Communism. Such a union has been the dream of some statesmen for 30 years or more. Failure now of the big powers to iCo-operate in peace, the raunist domination Ilian nwf11,osiers seb the West s fear oi ( ommiinism and the increased need for union] It i; <] piltjffhidisuch fcteps need for joint aiction^ to keep ^people eating couldn’t i have been t ubi months ago. and working in war-battehfd natiohs are The jnew ubiion||miy i^ler cbnside|rab|y; spurring 1 on the plapikrs. less tinttil all of; Wlejite m Fftpiope and it| miiy niodyl|jif a union meant ajnd icMended to all or success of the veterans at A&M may soon be po|lcd for their opinion on a pos sible state bonus drive. This inven tory will probably lead to many ariunients for and against such a ’drive. Jumping the guh, may these few words be thrown (in the sinall fiit some “children” have started. 1) The poll takSn a[t T 1 . U. re sulted in something like 24 per cent against and 66 percent for, I think. Hats off to the 24%. To j>ofesibly half of the 66%, I give cr|dit for having no back bone, one way or the other. 2) If the main reason fpr de- mlnding a bonus is betabse other states have given their veterans a reward, then hand us a T. S. card. | They received a bonus simply be- . . , ^,i l i . , . cause their states had surplus funds fuel Wire the eventual size j inSthe treasury ami soihe thoughtful and authority of the Westerp Kuropean un ion will be clear European RwoVe Blueprints ofj thermion’s foundation are the drawing br LA * i *- i - i - * ” — of diplomats fro) on the drawing tyaYdjs at a Brussels meeting opn the five pal ions and di- AGIN THE BO^US I j ally and falsely believed, intellig- Editor, The Battalion: V nct> do / s « ot feme With a few According to The Battalion the plomatic sources before the U. S. financed rry Program ends in 1951. Keep your fingers crosaed and pray for Spread Opt the Dances... u M S.K. Iluljge ip bojtjiVir uinEjtl) follow the Iva ijstem of eiri >v ding j fhe entire Spci i untio one ahor se|nje»ter? | fond farewell'to colkge c Local $oard No. .3 h| s lost aspect jand we' are ^ onll tc the sodial whirl jmprp fifliy Thi Sprihgk.^aJ... tfian a|five ojclofck Ilryati b for inkajme,: an Min! antry Li toj thq iHillel Clupl -five mijior balls to ! VE arid Vll Days hri their alcoholics i\'av s ant •ignited Statesjhave rrtufi malcy. 3uit is A&ll titill of the f i i born k. Season jinpo Thi.f may ihaye bleen .to the; Bocm-toi-berd raftec mosjt eat ip v^icome and gone e people, jot} the 1 to pseudompr- fji|hting the Battle ,var- Spcial he aver ( a|ge Aggie’s wallet just proper answer jaydet’s desire to g. ( tfipking,.and bbing cram; the meny I nth the britjf ^erjodlhefore he waved ?. Now. however, its; Frankenstein relax and eh joy is more packed )us. Tf one were/ •junior belonging tHeref vcpuld be a total of atjteiujl Ml six weeks. Need less to say can’t take In days gone!by, When the Social Season ' was spread over itwo; semesters, regimental balls were held dij Friday nights before Sat urday home (football games. This gave the little woman jthe thartce to attend two balls, • partake of a midnight yell practice, and see the game—a rather ;fulJ week-end. By the time the typical cjndeft’s financial status had improved, Spuing hkd come *and he could afford bringing tihe ond-and^only to his class ball. I : j 1 Already this semester one regimental ball has had to be canceled because , it fell be tween two class balls. As the situation now stands, the gay blade minus the cash neces sary to being gay; must pick the one event he can attend and.spend the rest of the year hitch-hiking it to ;the side of his beloved. Gad! How arrogant that can make a female! . ' - i ■ 1. V : , n : ■ times w The si A techno ,4^ ' ran|s would be ni yviijig i|ne suit to its oWrier ; Unfortunate];), / the only oiks \vh)o being} poor, j Tie BaUpliOn, of CO lege Station, afterrioon, except ijlu semi-' BigMi: Yoii knovv h(j>w ijiubljidify men are—they like tb| get theiit :tiff rf ahe, papers. Well, the flacks of the iAmericfijiiBroadcasting Go. were out in fprek during tlje Gold Rush Cep- tenniai (|e|ebjratiion in Gpljomli (.Calif.) arid so were loisjof birr ina^iq!. .from ABC arid elseWljere.dAt ope foinriil the proceedings, a couple oi alert (ipirativris for the network noticed that! sone newspaper cameramen were working ajvy iy at Clalifornia Governor EarV Warren airg d ih assortment of movie stars, so the|y lbs; 10 tihile in hustling Don Searle,*jABG| .vJce-pr&idlejit, right into the scene. Sjeark got his 4ifctjurei taken severak wajs th e Avrioje jjdea, but one of the pqcraMejito Union has lots O-Ooops! I pfllrnon suggoHteil that thu - vets Should receive the (lough, In a vc- ettat report from the* Capitol it seems the State of, Texas has & K»»" rr r m r win he in the red four months he-. Ry l , ‘' rlor k-uder .loer fiire the year i$ uj). Where will the inpney for the bonus 1 Wipe fiipm * I Right initiftf our owb!pocketl, of course. You don’t thUik you will gH money that th<i slaty does not; h|vo, do ytiu ? It caln I|«J had, if you insist. ’3) The drive is actually nothing njlorc than a bread! line filled with pin-handlers who jure saying in a round about way that they are: j ja) too lazy to work for a living;] b) ungrateful for bping in school (|hanks to a- generous govern-; njlent) and V ' c) selfish, egotistical, forgetful characters who art] Sjd short minded that they are not thankful for even being alive. \ What about the poor devils who sfleep the only sleep.of true peace ip some jungle covered or stinking muck hole of a grave. Ivor shame! : 4) Lastly, considijir the source from whence the drive commenced, bn the campus of dear ole T. U. See pven the vets there haw? been: wa fer-logged by the la^y, feminine Ways of a co-ed institution. Haven’t We of late had enough dictation is- isued from that campus'! Besides the sound reasoning that the already over taxed state just does not have the money, do the Such a statement, at tipnes, may be laid aside as a personalized as pect on ethics, relie.on, economics, and other institutions bounding evolution. Your paroxysm of hate under the title, “Ole Mac for Pres ident,” (March 12) cannot stand oil any institutional basis; it] is strict ly a slander to a man’s character-— wp all have that sinful habit, but fortunately we all cannot show it fin print. Less Prejudice Evidently, you have not read the less prejudiced newspapers which echoed the praise for a military leader second-to-none when he was directing ah extensive battle foi the cause (1) of his country. That praise for Mac Arthur wajs directed also toward his tactical strategist, Walter Knieger, and toward] his sttpf y line protector, Chester Nim- i( without them he would have hikd innumerable set-backs, pc doubt. l realize it is hard fo!r some of I ybu laymen to ubderstadd that a not happen overyduy and when one does come along his (HiraotiH I'ccouUicities are ridiculed—-you have seen MacAr- thur’s com cob pipe, hiqi flop hn/b, and his swagger (tick; likewise, you have heard of his strict ad herence tb discipline and precision (these are the two mos( neghtted traits overlooked by most Ameri cans today in their personality de velopment, incidentally); Just Alliteration - I Such things as “Dug-iAit 'Drug gie.” although begun remotely and without reason other than for al literation, may swell into facts that actually are believed by some peo ple. Of course, some of us fighting soldiers thought it was funny that Pug-out rhymed with Doug. We thought it was funny because We had seen MacArfKur ii) the front lines (Infantry) when wc were overseas, (I would like to say here that on the occasion of Mac Ar thur’s visit to op'' front-line pla toons even our battalion comman der came along, fur the first time; it was so far UP front) No, I Will not; vote for MacAr- thur for -president. You know how Americans are—• we are plighted With" tradltionsj and it js tradition al for a politician, not a soldier/ to (This is the seventh in a series of nine articles concerning the mass hall situation on the A&M campus. The eighth article, en titled “No Fee Increase” will ap pear in Wednesday’s Battalion.) By LARRY GOODWYN If the current study of the A&M Mess Hall situation has produced one sure-fire fact, it is that (1) veterans are getting enough “pass ably good” food, but it costs too much and (2) cadets are getting enough food at a reasonable price, but it is anything but “passably good.” To sum up the situation, veter ans want lower costs, for the pres ent food, cadets want better food for the present costs. And J. G. Peniston, chief of subsistence, would like to see a uniform system of feeding, rather than the present plan of cafeteria and family style both. j. Apparently, then, the whole question probably could be cleared up and everybody made happy if some system could be intrbduced that is (1) uniform as far as Mr. Peniston is concerned, (2) cheaper as far as the vets are concerned, an(| (3) capable of producing better food as far as the cadets are con cerned. How about a pay^as-you-go fajn{ ily style method? It could work; something like this. {Serve the en tire student body family style five days a week, with the students paying on a monthly basis as at present. Then, on weekends, dis. continue the family style method and serve the food on a profit basis, just as a \ commercial res taurant would do. ts r This plan would have the ing advantages: t jL ize the method olj in turn, should _ cient basis for i economically; .. who forfeit the) id for when they end; enable ve i Siam ing, whicli a more qua ity. f<j those already on a we get mor aalne p the;cafe S,uch a n more than the 40 cents ged cadets under the , ily-style system. But th Id be offset to a-large if i)ot completely, by the lo sustained wheli students weekends. For the veten plan offers more food tha presently getting in the ca] (bticausei he “can come more” udder family style) le Answer s Alike? ‘‘ 1 : 4 I wholesome food a they are paying] 1 pria system. Ian would, of b: u uts ja ir «rae, meal shquld bq about the same <4h ., p " ’ c w' [’he only question would' ’ ’L * " food. Penisi of thi; food couldn’t be t a corresponding in jit would’be left rim whether he would to sacrifice some degree in order | to get more rtiajmity of vqtcrans favor , ‘ n over the present cafe- system, the plan should bit* to (the student body Samples of opinion in- Cadet Corps is favorable • a five-day-a-wcok plan, prily group that stands to a change would be those who prefer] quality to and can afford Jto eat |y cafeteria style and those who religiously eat in the Aall, weekdays and weekends. l»! : students, (who actually are cerits a meal, would b for 40 K mehl as jean be obtained' style. lit quality bf the pointed put that food sery teiiia style is better than tljib focid served family style. At any rate, if it develo t—f-N 1 ■ that the proposed plan, be getting mejfood at an increased cost. 1, how aboat it, Aggies', vet- k inpiand cadets alike, are ydu for irtjsjgBiiut universal family style, ive days a week? If you are op- ! johtkj the whole thing can be for- If yiou’fe fpr it, maybe 4oinl»|hirig call be done to bring lf|th|a dijangc about ,r owe the American public, Inof to mention the young Aggies who ace molding their opinions with the re flections we “ledrnad” veterans portray, a statement oif apology for placing General MacArthur alongside the names of B- Meyers, E. Roosevelt, and J. Killian. Real he-men never like to retire, from active life, and a soldier's last resort to potency is to be of some use to society; Personal in hibitions direct that in being of use whether we should serve as national leader or eourrty clerk. T grant that the ability to ruii our country is not one of MacArthurV inhibitions un/l that only on the; basis of being of service to society is he a candidate* for the presi dency. Sincerely, JAY RUSSELL Vet Trannfereew Notify Waco VA Student Veterans planning trans fers to other schools are advised by the Veterans Administration W give at least 30 dtiys notice of theiij plans, if they wish to avoid pos-ij sible delay.Jn payment of subsist,, tence. To enroll at a hew school, thei veteran will need a supplemental certificate of eligibility from the VA regional office. This requires both a notice to the VA and a statement from the present school showing satisfactory progress in studies. . .. nc , Early last *»(» John R, S*eb„n Co., the j „ £1” hat people, ran an; ad showing Bing Crosby 'T. U. zoot - sootVrs? Isn’t being! could be a better president than dressed two diffeh^nt ways, for traveling ! back home, being alive, and getting' and for dinner . The idea behind the whole a fret ‘ education enough? If not, ra»<q(R o? faces red] It is o'vs jaqaWe %4th two other men nrih th^ c4p ic n rpads-: ‘‘Left to right, Goveflndr Warreh, Alad tuple arltl an uniden tified radio annioli nfer.’i r 1 L —Tide e r of the first order iiie of a blue serge s hoes. 1--Arams Gazette thing was simply] that beirig well dressed means \vearing the Tight clothes at the right time, including hdtsl And to hammer home t,he idea a. little fiifiher the ad stated baldly: u Bing Crosby is one of Hollywood’s best- dressed men.” . ji j| Among those who know Bing Crosby best that would be good frir a laugh anytime. But | that, isn’t the worst thing. While the maga zines carrying thMj Stetson ad were still cir culating, Crosby closed his Wednesday night radio show with a phrase approximately to this effect: ‘T will now put on my snapbrim Cavahagh and leave.”] ! i '! —TIDE . : ■ i ; 1 H f ■ 4; The ideal of tjhe ftee enterprise system, we are told, is a pot-roast to fit any pocket- book. These days most of them do—spatially. ' ' j 1 1 —rAvkttnxas Gazette. Vote suckers. JERKY P. BREEN, JR. PAROXYSM OF HATE Editor, The Battalion: Many an indignant statement comes from the uncontrollable peil of art unintelligent editor (tragic- ,-5 - i-rcveis ■ cot I] win I tall. natlec Iress t othir vise f :itial nrtwspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College; pf Texas and the City i xas, ; %s' jubiished five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday ing |ltp|days; and examination periods. 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