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\ «• n ■ n H il-i' <!: >1 i:- ill'! Is® r : frith tics a*d politicians!? It’s t veyou omi ,rade .1 , i ■ * '■ ■ ' 4^ B a tta lion ITORI 3 ; \b ■ A LS I • V , ■» i * ' -j t WEpNESDAY, JUJLY 21,1948 . "SoMttr t Statesman, Knightly Gentleman?’ \ 'i ■ - Lawrence Hurts Even Us er wondered why editorials quality and tamper of the American mind concerned with poli- secnst. In tellinsr you I eared ' vrith printers ink but! it’js also a T f and ticker faWe. (But ijeformers are in urad lo such {petty disp a^s of^anger.) \ i write jiitpolit] lazy, ’oliticss and political shennanigans standards and adequate training f^om all ^ s are| the lazy loan’s; mertal food. Anyone public jServanits—all public servants but and si nevier Pert on it # ^ middle of a three day drunk by tGod! ’ Evei ybody is ah authority on politics. Nobeqy needs to study about that. It ;is a strange, cor;jmentary on the tics.—Guest editorial. 11 • II ^ i ■ / ,. 56, 1 Coke Bottles Come to A&M .. , j j I' * , . Sullivan Ross; Founder of Aggie Traditions fr f i / vi- T ^ • r, •’ I.) 1 that this conception should exist. As a na- a simple answer tion ye demand the service of specialists. Doctors are rarely just doctors any more] That ;isn’t impressive enough— they are orthodontists or peditricians or epidermitologists. " , " We demand exacting professional cs because we are ... Trampling Out the Vintage . 1 - ' Juveniles Invade No Privacy for By FRANK CUSHING A rude shock awaits all the men who Have only recently become accustomed sjeeing the weaker sex in bars. A Chi< paper contained a story that indicates tnai i| t le elbow-benders club may have to shove jmior aside to place; their feet upon the filmed rail. 'f| The item told of dozen children, each trailing a balloon, skipping merrily into a saloon led by h mother; It seems that the Woman had planned a party for the children complete with a television program. Non plussed by the lack ojf a set in her home, she arrangements with the tavern’s nro- iffOgo Bari Benders nee bent 1 anish^ t< nlen ’ cart ytnture 'ojpinions on politics without makinl? a serious search forj truth. Any one (jj.n tell you exactly-.:.ghat’s wrong with this country and seven good ways to fix it Up. You {may challenge his opinions What does he promise? the most impiortant ones, the politicians. Everybody an authority on politics. There is no test for that. If he’s white and ain’t been to] jail lately he’ll be 0. K. iout. thfl lutyqu] t he mi, issue it. Not even lif it’k about something ppenedj last night and he’s in the J; hel’s a bloody fool, but Editorial winters see the possibilities of ]hea4 in a bucket and whis- this mental attitude. When they are too ht not be qualified to judge lazy to intelligently search out the truth t strike because he hasn’t of a problem,;whether it concern the pub lic water supply or the latest Russian in sult, they just tack on a big lusty label and call it “politics.” That solves the daily editorial problem and the people who read politics is polities arid jf the editor is free, white,^ard twenty one he’s qualified tlje column saiy, “That guy is a realist. He kpows where] the trouble is.” Yeah, he pows. Everybody is an authority on poli- peopb realize that more than Coca-Colas are consumed on this every week. TT is doesn't include itairi Cokes either, but only those lei jof ithd numbep empties ! woijld 36,(j)00 h. the showers, [wastebaskets, and probably every now and then in mailboxes. Each bottle represents not only 2 cents to the ^ various dormitory funds, but a waste to bottles sold tlirougjh?! the nickel-fetching everyone if they are not returned to the redjjqiachines that are ir practically every company. | [ \ bU i?T^' j. . i i . • At least five are broken between every jWqether tpis is a gopd thing or not is c i^ gg period a t the (jJheraistry Building qualified to say, a i 0 ne, rolling down the steps, breaking a row and then how little at every bounce. If someone doesn’t step;omit on, tjhe way down only two cents are lost, but tpe cost could be much higher. A little thoughtfulness could go a long way in removing the obvious hazard. We don’t advocate chaining Coke bot tles to their niachines, but we do advocate consideration! of others by those who drink Cokes, pry to remember to set the bottle where it can be found and pot by your roqmmaie as he ridtes it out the door. sonietjiing we don’t] fee! bu£ ; w4 do won ler every so tna ny emp y Coke pottles manage lie Urcjund the A-Coke bolitle is canj find them from to fie stairway t- fMf [• ' I.-' I and crasny a)t A Republican Sid jnf Trulnjian I is call f > Howeve :j the OOP lawmakers may put Tpuman .ph an even worse spot by lands aloi yid: the Twith the ; oil i i\ other. Ypu canlirid them on every und« ■ i \>m j Th; bill tb r eve one campus. Ijf we! weren’t sure each week we feel suije that thjere were at least empties running regUlaf’ pickup are loose after the made. a fjimiliar thing. You end of. the world milding, in every &M. They are in a Issue And Truman eadeirs readily admit that big voting states and must be considered them on a spot al session of Con* by the Democrats who have put into their platform a p give rich tiitelands has already passed :ssue into his lap bi ii wou i d niyaI1 mut: h to Texas. It would i' # q| her controvewial add over jg ^billion acres to the state, en larging many of the coastal counties andf making Jefferson the state’s largest. The potential income from the tidelands has the states full title to 4 the ,ho ise and 1 - is listed «i& desirable by the b een estimated in the billions, with Govep- Sengte GOP po icy committee. The chances nor Jester piutting the income from oil alone at over 1 billion dollars. of t|rei>e states moi s^id that pMy of tjo ! want teten th - ... — connect on with trol of the tidelands. Favorable ank advocating federal con- congressional action in the ., , j D — from oil are gojod that lit will be brought up for consideration sometime during the forth coming congressional mission. • Intjresst in the tide lands bill is high m the coastal latates for. they have spent / marly millions of do«ara investigating the veto * and Icjse many coastal state votes, ' potentialities cjf; the! seacoast areas, Two or he will h'4ve to sign it and repudiate Texas qnd CajUfornia, are his party’s platform before election. ■ If Congreiss passes the hot tidelands bill and sends) it on to Truman he will defi nitely be in ai spot. He will either have to the no one tyutn 5 \ Good Offk R credi od hi \ EuWwd Y; to 08 bccond OfQc« »t College U» CongreM r-T' bomb From her convention speech, we take up l ean have a it Clare Booth Luce is fed up on Demo* me groups don’t crats, and would enjoy seeing some gravy share. on the Republican menu. Ml —„»,■ , mi i fr. wmm -m-im > ' he Battalion KHH Wednesday a»d Frii inical College of Teixao and the culated every Monday iione (4-5444) by telephone ( r— y through ng the summer The Bat- ption rate $4.30 ptr school -rr-r Witter lot Post ,;-«wdcr I. 18<y. of all the editorial office, Room 201, or at the Student Activities of all news dispatches *’ • origin publish- 1 ; V; ! : I If — • -. ! . . 1 - • 1 Ml 1 ■ v - ' A^' f . 'iji ■ f, ' ' H j A : Letters t< i—| t-t-— o the Editor : NO SERVANTS, NO SYMPHONY Editors, The Battalion: It seemed to me that this “Sym phony on Wax” programs describ ed in the Battalicjn of July 14 might be enjoyed by the families of A^M students, but I Wondered /who chose the hour for .the don- certs. Without a staff of servants, I could^avt be anywhere at 6 p. m. Maybe? our daily living habits are unique; but in cas.e they are not and only a small audienqe' at tends the concerts, may I suggest that they take place an hour or so later. ' MRS. W. B. ANTHONY A Student’s Wife \ ★ THANKjS TO i CAMPUS SECURITY Editors, The Battalion: ; ; ] I am planning on leaving this wonderful campus for ah eight weeks’ vacation, but before I go flush of horror that crossed his flice but soon dismissed the mat ter as being none of my business. We drove up to the dorm; and car ried my baggage and put it in the trunk. The driver closed the trupk and we got in the car and left. : On our way to the station wc chanced to see ar campus police man standing in ,the shade of the newsstand next to Milner Hull. He ha a pre-occupied look on his face, ahd I was thrilled by the thought that maybe I was witnessing a policeman on the verge of solving some great case. Let us get along from my oughts though and go on with story. As we drove past, the dyiver made the remark that he was; glad the , U K. K.” hadn’t seen Us, because if he had seen us, he probably would have stopped us aind inspected my baggage to. see how much it weighed. I wondered what he meant and viu:auun, uui utMUiv i t i wuuut'iuu \wiul meam I want to extend my deepest thanks apked him about it. He said that to the office of Campus Security for their profound understanding of a student’s problems. I have just returned from a trek over to the railroad station, where I attempted and failed to obtain permission to use one of their four-wheeled flat wagons. ; I have two foot lockers and about three boxes which J intended to ship, and as the weather is inten sely hot, I was looking for some way to move my luggage without having to make two or three tijips wrestling some pretty heavy stuff all the way. k 1 When I was refused permission to borrow one of the wagons, I (my temperature lalong with the weather was approaching the boil ing point) proceeded to tell the station master whpt he could do with his precious wagons. He told me to hold on, and then explained in a very nice tone, that he wojuld be happy to let me 'borrow one of the said wagon)s, but that the campus police haft been around and told him not to let any of the boys take wagons anymorp. They didn’t want them on the campus. I started to tell him that you probably couldn’t dynamite one of our protectors of i life, limb and happiness out from under tbq shade of one of the many trees long enough to say anything to me for anything so slight as a railroad wagon, but I abstained, feeli(ng that any remark like that on my part might be mistaken as evidence of feelings of distinci unlike for one of our most respected offices. I left) mumbling to myself, alnd I have just retumed from the sta id I'm writiiig this while at- 1 to cool off. tion and tempting I know this letter is Abft long- winded, but I wished to thank tjhe office of Campus Security before I left, for their far-sightedness in, this matter Of railroad wagons. I see now’ that it is impossible ahd very inconvenient to allow’ traffic such as this on the campus—Con gratulations! L. j I must go and phone a taxi ;tp help me with my proving. I hopp I get one for $1.50. 1L L. McBROOM (Editors’ Note: F-red Hickman, head of Campus Security, sail “We have no objection to at dents using these baggage w ons to haul their baggage long as the wagons are pulli by hand. We would consider a safety hazard if the wagoi were hooked behind a car or wagons were left on the Camp streets after night.” R. Carpenter, Missouri Pac fic station master said, "I havi an order from Campus Police, which is about three year* old, forbidding students to use .the baggage wagons on the Campus. As far as I know, the rule Still in effect." F. H. Black, Southern manager, said, “1 have from my company forbidding thi use of the wagons on the r » m pub.-The order was issued a wagon Was demolished car on the Campus. I no orders from concerning the w While he had been helping, some other people with their baggage, he had been stopped and the baggage inspected for w'eight. He asked What w'a» the matter, and was in- fprmed that they were cracking dlown, and that no more taxis would be allowed on the campus to help ihove baggage unless the stuff was t6o heavy for the student to carry'. ! I was annoyed at this, and I would like to know ju«t what is going on around here. If a person wanted to have a taxi come bn the campus and have a marble moved oyer to the station, I think that it Would certainly be his business, and not that of the Campus Se curity. Any rhyme or reason for this nbw law completely eludes me, and 11 cannot understand-why it was ppt into effect. Any enlightenment would be extremely gratifying. Again, R. L. McBROOM P. S. As long as the new names chancellor and vice-chancellor have been instituted, I suggest that we rename our Campus Security Fprce. Gestapo or SS Troops would b<j ; morc in keeping with the times. : (Editors’ Note: Fred Hickman sjaid there are three main pick up points on the Campus for Taxis—Aggieland Inn, YMCA,\ and Campus Confer. *‘If stu dents have heavy baggage and foot lockers, then the raxi may get as close as possible to the dorms as long as it stays in the sitrect. If necessary, a member of the Campus Security will remove the chain so the taxis may enter the restricted area.”) ★ IDEA GOES SOUR ” Editor, The Batt: Ever have a good idea go bust in your face? One has just busted in mine, and Pm pretty upset about it.],; This year at commencement time there was sonje talk about the ad visability of wearing sonic form of hood or goWn or scarf to show academic distinction, and made our echunencement parade more than just a line of shuffling people in sayk suits. Gowns, of course, arc much too hot for our climate, and we would do well to stay away from them. But then I got an idea. Why not have every member of faculty and every graduating lent in the academic procession simply a six-inch ribbon around his neck, indicating him type of degree? It wouldn’t be 1w~ it wouldn’t be expensive, and it would certainly help dress up the occasion. So I looked up the significance corin'”'* 5 — ■ ktid ietor to allow tjneV nry in for a glimpse. i" $ • , ; A poorly informed cat was picked up in )e English Channel the other day as she ram merrily along. (The rescue boat crew jud that the cat was definitely using the le stroke and not the dog paddle.) Evident ly the feline Ester William’s mother had feglected to inform her that cats did not like water. , f | i’’ ; / ■ 'k A bigger and better Christmas for Junior arid his Father is promised for this year. No lopger will Mother have to worry whether her pride and joy’s chemistry set will blow up his room or not. Now she may expect the whole house to disappear if things go wroing. j A Hagerstown, Maryland, manufacturer has started production on a tiny tot atomic eriergy s£t complete with samples of uranium ore and explicit instructions on what to do with it. No one has mentioned just how the product will be sold, but it would seem like ly that an FBI man will have to check the past history of all prospective buyers. Without some discrimination in the sell ing the younger generation Wouldn’t even be able to get close to the toy counter for the Russian agents. (I stand on my reputa tion as a man of letters not to say that the agents were rushing to buy.) ★ j The Vice-President of production for Schenley' Distillers Corporation furthered the belief that it’s a hard, cruel world by an ; ’ 1 / ■ ' . . i i i . The Stars And Bars Forever . m :h year tq load a freigl is long. He elaborated o a ai is t “i itfcl! nd, T! ei hey q e; ki ei id ar nsni t! mfen er tiiei w jirds! V<(i WiJ 1 ntreti Hi m idj ruls te n enough aged J ahd aging ‘ ‘ fht on explaining that the prec- leaks, evaporation, and in which it is being beat a path to the^door in conceive some method |e here-to-fore considered At rent that even the Fresh- iperior to people not fortu- |nd this institution. A two could concoct; a better lan apprehended wHi|q carry- inq gun by Siamesd police, tianu fl bought it for sixteen y for my children. You mean it h gun?”’ ; II people have to spend hours ogist delve into their inner know their true selvqs. The be speeded up with a etup. At least that would sis since the announcement ilia associations after a na- hat the color chosen by the idling there is a color choice, S character. They find that people prefer blue; athletes, Ytri, yellow and extroverts orange.” #n’t reached a conclusion as yet anoit the niud spattered gray and dust cov- * J blla<!k_ that are so much in evidence T'S' ; 1 - i; tent far shorter commence- lineSi has started in Chicago. The iuating ora lory consisted of the s cream And cake will now be ser- gymiiasium.” Many graduates ig- ‘r kindergarten diplomas in the Theile is much to be said for ex- rjg tiis type rtf ceremony to A&M; cer- rthei e would be a much more enthqsias- Ytitich to ik' than the usual long-winded Ole Miss Students Sna Invades Dixiecrat Birming , k I, I. - ■ ii •> * i* e significant of [colors of ribbons in connection with commencements. Aiid that’s whierii the rub conies. By IVAN YAN^IS Birmingham, Alabama. (By pa,cket over the Brazos Intercoast al Waterway)! I am just about wprn but hopping from one con- ■ vention to another. In fact, in iy52 I will suggest that all the pairtiesi meet at some central loca tion, spy Brazos County, and hash out their differences all at once. How much simpler that will be. Because of the Southern States revolt I had to leave my Ben Franklin Hotcd room before my five day period was up, They made, mq pay for ipy accomodations in advance and then refused to give me back my money, even when I showed them my courtesy card froim the Millican International* Hotel Association. Snatching my luggage from the bell hop I had to dash to the depot to catch the Jeffersonian. I discovered that it didn’t go to Birmingham^ however, so I ex changed my reservations for a ticket on the SMRTLAD, the Southern Mississippi River Tide- lands and Delta, a really fine old route. ‘ After a peaceful journey along the road’s scenic “General Sherman Overland Route” I arrived in Bir- muigham and toqk up headquar ters in the lobby of the Tutwiler Hotel. There, beside a stand sell ing brass CSA belt buckles, I non chalantly settled myself in a sofa and sat back to soak up some com vention atmosphere. , Over in the corner by the cigar stand were some students from the; University of Mississippi doing a snake dance. _I questioned them what the purpose of their activity could be and one freshtpan stop ped long enough to leer at me and. say> “I don’t know bud, but it’s the biggest thing to hit Qle Miss in many a year.” Over by the desk was “Alfalfa Bill 1 ”; Murray, who was governor of Oklahoma 15 years ago. He was trying to organize a parade of • 1 • | * ip r •[ !•;■•?r Civil War Veterans 1 uM too much luck up unwl) I tk volunteerejl my aervi :ei leader, but he said hi? cq that job for Dims If. All sorts of aeitiv fobby until late in Finally the place! was di cept for a little old I id wandering around 1 “Colonel” O’Daniel,,1 h a misplaced glass rdf) the old school, A Seeing that no |n< break , until the’ followed a/bdl boy Wh tying a smoke pot 1) rooms upstairs. Insi ie I immediately went was lulled to sleep l§r of Dixie, doming thri tilator from the rooi i The sun came up Saturday morniag, the Birmingham 4hi Commerce. I was u > qa a hearty breakfast if fish and corn pone, i nd way to convention (fall my real work. Sneak of the au tonhole every deleir find. I plied each witl concerning the prob of the revolt, but the pi would-venture arty <fo: Brigadier General He ridge. Hq said, **I ur. president.j I approached «on\rt; man Gessrter T. McCc rvi plan to change tlhe t h convention from *‘Db i< Down Upqn the Braws I had no luck. Seekinjc my proposal I talkei delegates from uppe “Bud,” one barefoot k>; fen yawl want yawl 1 * song yawl can orgji own convention.” The e to raalize the huge t I contrbL | , I saw Governor •f r- y ai wora. ting through ihc auditorium l j eg to cduld qUesitons <jute me n rtho i iuie id giees, acc< oemousnea oy ii Member of The Associated Press r f pmentod •in« Service Iw.. Augslex. by National Ad- New York CUy, San FranciKo. 31 ,.Co-Editors •i. ■ihwttite Writere ■ mm Alan Curry )lbey. Loon Sonim. L Spo^ Ydhor OR IS IT THE GESTAPO? Deal' Editorj You have received ope lette - from mo today, but since I jm A Mt something elsej has which I would about. When I last was on my way . m pick up to the sta is come to tell you leave of you;! get a t^xi to to the railn A f i. V A l was slightly puzzled by ' ' The color for arts & science de grees, according to Columbia Uni- ity, is white; architecture, medicine, green; engineer- ge! You see what I mean, j graduates are in engi neering. Just another good idea gone sour. Wick van Koeuenhoven ★ oJ Editors, The Battalion, I have a talc of woe about peo ple ri’ho are fortunate enough to cars. y say walking is one of the of the exercises. I suppose They tell rao It will sjough off! pounds if you're fat, add pounds if you’re the lithe and lean type, put roses in your cheeks, sparkle iu your eyes and add ten d years to your life. I will sacri- i fide the roses, the sparkle, and be t willing to die young if only J dia.* f 4 a n’t have to welk to work. It As only a from my abode to j the office whera I work, on the ” (See LETTERS. Page 3) Air Force Cadets Cop at . r' [' By J.X MILLER At long last we have reached Hie end of the tether! Saturday lessed the end of the longest reek period many of us can- mber. Thursday we started processing out) Friday night 54 cadets (including 28 from Texas A&M) received commissions desig nating them second lieutenant, -US Squadrop 11, the only all-Aggie unit at camp, was designated announcement, for to have award ed the distinction to any other unit would have been a enme. juat that avery detail d ip «mp headqi ly fell on its things got so bad ance As Yantis m Convention had ! Mt las I approached him xomc- ,i. I 'body yelled, “cheese it” rind be- •adc frire I could get to the Governor raijerv- ’ he dixappeared into the crowd. ’ No doubt he didn’t want to,be H'lmt! on the spot. 1 I talked again to General ej. He Said he tried to sp cpnverition and as he niade! his __ Ito the platform he wa«. swept in his feet. The only trouble wa» fh# w hen he was put down hs Waii outside the auditorium. He wat ^’)u)d meat disappointed; T jl As the day wore on, I knew thai jag- if j;r was to stop the Thurmond^ the Wright boom, I must act fast. 1 ir mm grabbed a huge portrait of Gen. aijid er# Robert E. Lee and pushed my Some i was f)o r a demonstration and n the Stylth before I could halt him, tho crowd coprjUsy of woint wild, nominated Thurmond lb#! |# and Wright and recessed the con vention. I still have the portrait, bult I never quite made it 1 to the Writferm. I understand, however, that [ Wright says he will step down if a more suitable candidate puts ill ag ippearanee at tko October 1 convention. I am laying my plans now for my “coup de etat” jt #n picture it now. Wright on toe platform; cboora"' echoing through the rafters, “huxray you rid eral ip jstjiiins way towards the , 1toe| yen- Alabama native to ou lfht i ml,]. #11] hurray you all”. The) tumult Will be deafeping. Wright will oWkir j Two familiar , fnent of Media were 9 an were Seen Oim Jor get* eral ti inqunlt the platform and (fuiot the mqb with his uplifted arm. - My eagdidutes will be introduced and nominatod unamiously.; My dream lot* Brazos Bottom rights will be adloptcd as the party platform’s train plauk. Truman will rail Con gress! into session again. Tho world will gaze in awe as the true people’s candidate »‘"nominated? ]- • A, ' '. i ^ Citizens Plan To CoQke Club i i'i ; U I dub rit by i» 1 -MS When a de- V " 11 “ • \ '■ A’. 1 Uk . 1 \ i I ■ 5 MS&T last week. zu zh is club itutic iooa r the organUation of u t College station were “ ou ?a;« music. cars were elec- »rganie apleted: Towers; B. B, , Trent; _ lirman, Mn». Mau- Social Chairman, Mrs. ness beaston, the first Usical time. ito No, 3 in 0 minoi mSr at Whic group toogld, contact any of tempo poraryc 1 V