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ITORIALS
j TL’tSDAY. MARCH 16.1948
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"Sol for, Statesman, Knightly Gentlemen" I
toss, Founder of Aggl
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The
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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!
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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?
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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
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[’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.
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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
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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
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