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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1948)
9 1 ■ it s' 1 • I- 1 ■/ : >r iiT- •: \ ' _ ' i I M • . 1 r J| Hi \ • ** /’y / I Battalion ■ i i 1 T OR IA ^ . ,.T . ! .■ ■ ■ 'O:: FRIDAY i/- 1 - • I X; LS •. y • / , JULY ‘A, 1948 / specia session:! o^\ Moijday and the Presi- Soldtet., Statesman, Kntvhtly Gentleman” ■ •< I , Q Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradlt t cation ng, provide ada plate housing, and of liv autho rize a; federal grjant for aid to edu- ! w ie ^onin jlitii e isi ij:0 denying ieetic |raah to fcdiorn i4 Faces Congress.»I election yeaf 1 the President &nd the nd the Presi- tunity to prove tlheir j iF v HOT IT OiT f Trampling Out the Vintage it j ■j 1 1 j. • ['' . r - • • V Congress an oppor- esil worth. If both sides make every effort to • ■, •i Pipe fm Every ■ . /*■ ‘ ' P ' ! |4 ■ ’ -x* . ' _ P ; I , j In Milady’s Fapih* • ^ l <\ J;; /C0NSUMEf>:. m dent v dll be| there to! atldresi its members. v , , r, ** , ft., , ,, i ;... ' ,, „ , avoid a knockrdown, ;< rag-out, mud-slmg- That address *1 prdbabiy eiall for, among ^ ^ other things, bills t6 halt tjhe rising cost, ^ hpttpr } Dedn accused of to- sipecial session He may have, but that in the >efore the Re publican convention (Congress sidetrack ed iniihy vital issues, fiorgot others and at best liast\ly patched ajnd pushed through the most nepfssary cjnes. j Much of the legislation thajt was Ipdssed was originally designed tojserve gobdjpurposes, but when ; it carjie thrpugh the jamj thjat charactelriz- r r ed ths final days of tjie- 80th Congress it example to the world bf the ability of the " v "~ ^ i American people to w^>rk together in time of world strife and! national political battling and the world will be better off.n One thing is certa n. Something must be done at this session about the rising cost of living and tho housing shortage. Members of bdth part es are agreed upon this. There are other vital issues .that could be considered, but they can wait un til after election day.' Housing and price legislation Cannot Wait. If Congress and the President pan forget, or at least ignore, political differ ences for this session and work together for suitable bills to settle these two issues then the nation will benefit. The action of Cong ess and the Presi dent in the coming weeks must serve as an was barelyf retogmzafifie. sifecfal sessijon, • •' . * ' ’ ji • / Tliis sifec^al sessipn, Whether called for piditical nfotives or not, will give both !_ li nl ' fiHji • ■ ■ - •. The Dcjbj We Owe to Democracy .,. r dernodratie government owes us a great ; Opr deiiiociratie government owes us a has no such document. Its rights are j ^yer-allow ourselves to shadowy and vague, rarely seen and rare- forgeti thispFbr '272.jjears we; have clam- , rtepeettd.^ But the(v ar« the source of ; ,pred-for pjrat|orS whq jremind us of our, inaliepable|rights. Wef hav^ idolized those i could ton^ure ip new r ined. When the " “ * " Tuesday they announced that they were prepared to ts: of okr Bill of Rights are s ^ ron ^ ei: ! than the people who serve it. We supply food to all of the Berlin inhabitant^, including those in a politician we who ccjuld ' simple ter stated in flowfery tern s ehout, “L0.U .itat^ 1 —^ the pi rsuijt qf ha II- i pie ey u-ytlling ?) Asiwe ia\ie claihotted ar ■ By FRANK CUSHING i Men who have gaped at the retrogression of the female species to long skins and bust les are about to be shocked even further. That is if the “Pipelore” publication is a reasonable gqide to trends in fashions. A recent advertisement gives the illuminating information that the chic, smart, young lad ies are now reviving the fashionable art of pipesmoking. It proceeds in glowing words to tell how the women may once more enjoy the pleasure |hat their brothers and hus bands have relished for years. Doubtless no female wardrobe will be complete frorri now on without a brier-color ed to match every hat, The enticing colors offered to date are Chinese Red, Jade Green, Tortise Shell, and the too divine Daffodil Yellow. Certainly that should be a sufficient selection to satisfy any women of taste and discrimination. This news should gladden the hearts of our backwoodfs women who have nearly dis- paired at ever catching up with the styles. |-j I • ★ :M The Security Office should take notice of the enterprising city of New Castle, Indiana. To facilitate driving, the city is placing on sale ten dollar books of tickets which entitle the holder to twenty parking violations a year. They would certainly be a handy thing upon our campus. Students would merely have to tuck the coupon in' the customary place mider the windshield and then proceed to a restful classroom sleep unmarred with parking vio lation worried Perhaps, too, the VJ A. cquld be persuaded to finance the blessed bbtfks. Most people bemoan their fate for lack- of the^ensron* h'aR forcTd^the ekisiirTof some l OOO of Berlin’s ing ^ iU in certain tasks ' The 0 PP° site P° int ot the tension, has lorced the closure ot some l,UW oi Berlin s of ■ ig held by a young resident of Living- \ , I i ' -I. sergei court iua were liev racticed by deaf o thisi wciiH be our temp sr ar he proce< uije Random TTionghts Russia Offers to Furnish Food for Germans In Berlin -A j ! ' By Can»lTrail -jlfi . As the situation grows from bad to Worse in Berlin, all the World watches breathlessly for the spark that might touch off another war. \ a . [ iti '■ + . In the midst of charges and counter-charges, strained tempers, and high nervoiis tension, a small incident could pro voke a physical conflict for which neither side is ready. The Russian blockade, which has fostered the major part The li st W01 jhown by i pan) ing a rece it stalled a s >oth equi pried lils to fafcil ta supervisoif. t i hizes just h >w Wi bitizing p di es tc -' ‘ 1 <: • ). Mon aria. i|ig a movfr ?t ri^e 1 e got a in the rop i. f he sem tp bo flhat i ire unfortunate lect a (pros le r at 1 AGhicigl ie solved ti e ip serges|nt|s Q ^>“1. f itiong ^ , mself If theile ts dop the athlet c )6we simply ijcj qve# Dorm 14. male con*e: do with t|ie acti ' I rare treat nonchalanjtljj fro^i py their loep \yhl passing ciovrds bje ». vj democracy’s vigor. We owe it something too. It hasjnever been and never will be owe it therefore trained, competent office-. industrial plants. It has cut off the Western Allies’ ground supply lines and forced the present air shuttle service. This unique method of getting around the Soviet blockade has turned out so successfully that the Russians have launched a new propoganda campaign. * I j ! F ' J ‘ . j 5 Tuesday they announced that they were prepared ces reportf i povas ”wi stairs ent vera inju y tob Cadet Nickname for Army Birass With Capt. ‘Bull’ Sargent, ’ ability at lasso- sudden twenty leasing his hold [ ^ of that incident would » st rope cars, and be an expert, se- a'A'-H related recently; how service problem of till, remained free from 'fyfhbni his inner-feelings suppression he merely ough tjhe sign language ' tes. T ie only drawback dangejr of really losing Haking an arm or two in Mr i . .. - - W ’ in thoughtfulness was Orhahk, Nebraska. Dur ing of the Building it in- itwalk and observation leather upholstered arm job of being a sidewalk h time someone recog- [ring thie fine art of ka- m one’s mind as to Aggies then he should / vjietw the residents of Psrhapi the recent influx of fe- eiltionljejs has had something to ies there. It Is indeed a t<| Witpjess the occuparits hanging the third floor windows lie; they conversle with the low. Usually rieliable sour- <ases of prospective Casa- rield limbs who found the tew ■ ’ .A" ' ' l the western sectors. The food, they said would amount to.. !’ Life, liberty and holders. We owe it a jconscientious voting some 100,000 tons of grain from the reserve supply of the pijnbss are no longer public. ■ j Soviet Union. r 1 I ■> enouglj (dqesffl’t a derjiacracy owe its peo- The democratic primary tomorrow of- The purpose of this announcement was two-fold. First, 1 ' ' f fars us an opportuni|> r to p^ty our debts, the Kremlin was bidding for support frorfi all Germans”th its d shouted, our Democracy will get efficient servants only attempt to oust the western Allies from Berlin. Russia wants By FRAkK WELCH ’ When the rcjll is called in the grreat beyond, 1 members of the class of ’06 exjpect to line up to the commands pf Captain Herbert H. “Bull” Sargent. If you don’t believe it just ask one of the rtiem- bers of that class. ‘ To them, Sar gent -was tops. A than who combined scholarly habits with his army career, “Bull” Sargent served as commandant here from 1903 to 1907. 'During that time he acquired not only the respect duo a military man of his stature, but also the admira- ? tion of the entire corps. This is verified by the ribbings that Sar gent took in the Long Horns of that period. In the humorous section of ’06 Long Horn, there is a cartoon of ^argent with the following cap tion: “30 years a war criticAa soldier and critic — author, lie shows Napoleon how to do it. Eureka, he is still a CAPTAIN.” It was no joke that Sargent was a military strategist and author of renown. When he arrived at A&Jil, he had two books about Ns-,, poleon to his credit, “Napoleon Bonaparte's First Campaign” and “The Campaign of Morengo*” In a critical review of the latter the London Ariny # .Navy Gaaette wrote, “We do not know where to find a finer picture of the Italian campaign than in Col. Sargent’s volume. A volume that is well worthy to be ranked with Lord Yalseley’s ‘Decline and Fall of Napoleon.’” jA" After graduating from West Point, Sargent first saw duty on the American frontier fighting the Indians and later was engaged in the Spanish American War, about which he wrote “The Campaigh of 'Santiago de Cuba,” the only authentic account of that camr domoeratid ’system nc uvishied thq strong- when we choose to fuinish them. This will the Gerjnan to think of St ns hia provide^ and protectorer. If the Soviets can get this isort of (fconomic hold on Berlin, half II- est, most yirjle eeonpmy the world has knownOifr society has lllourishOd too; and occasionally it has risen above man’s inhumknity to man by deal for others or byi with The less jblessed; We are a most for tunate people;—and all jof the time we go yappity, yippity, yap the this, the stlatei owes, us that cratic government owes u The ci iz'ejns of tins s democracy have a Bill I of Rigits, but the democracy itself require that We study; candidates more for their ability to serve; than by what they promise, more for thejir character than for demanding a square the character 6f theiir political ^)arty. We ^tarjing its bounty owe democracy* mor$ than party alleg iance, more than taxjes., We owe it lives ' devoted to its principles, intelligence de voted to its improvement! Given this de votion from day to !day our democracy . will not require the last full measure every 20 years. W r e have the choice. It can be expressed by votes. liet us not be silent. world, owes us and the demo- everything. No^es (Oh tlufi Youth Conference .. i theiXbattle is won. Probably, however, very little-grain will appeai\on the market. I j | Secondly, the Russian announcement is. an attempt to discredit the western Deutschemjark. For in its proclamation, the Soviet agency said that only the Russian-sponsored cur rency would be taken in payment. Thus, the western currency would be rendered useless as a food-getting medium. Even though the situation in Berlin is bad now, it will get worse. Relations will become more strained, and by fall the crisis will come. Then the Russians will make their last bid for complete control of Berlin, for they will figure that the United States Will be tied up with internal affairs in the form of; the presidential election. I pa|t Af’eek has!been jthe mostpjleas- this is the last year tfje conference is sche- BetWCCIl tllC Rookcilids for one rea- duled to meet at A&M. However, we wish ant week bf 'summer school fo: son4-4he presence of pome 500 young peo- next year’s conference success when the pie attending the Methodist YbOth Con- new meetipg center fc inauguratd at Lon ferpnee. j | •' j .•IJa f < Morris Junior Collegq. Their presence On [the ckmpua has been Many of the; yminfc people have become enjoyable, ncit only iof us, but, we hope, well acquainted withj A&M during their for them. were glad to see that des- stay here, and we hope that before the hours ttye young people spent conference is over a ill of them will have. joitiihg in discue- We are sure of one thing, however, all the porttiftities to take conferees are in agreement with the fact ..v.vantage! of! the ii#, fiaities offered th , at a ful1 moon have P icked a •- *• 44 41#!*-* ^;* np*** 1 ^ tol&iVtoA j t 0O) and j n addition, jbins the student body an invitation to all ‘Vinegar Joe’s Selflessness Revealed in Stilwell Papers j pite the long hours t attending lectures add siohs, they! halve had change to seije tfcm ipus. 1' c u in extending an One thing for Avniifcli We are sorry--- j people to come back soon, and often. ’ •• ’ IF-; 1; : M . i|F ■ -1 . ■ A . ' !.-{ •* young i j V ★ Gl . Ch—j hours, he, too, had pr< talion 7ear. V Young of the oad favors less id no idea that ntions. : VACATiNG-ASacrifice blond, also maple bedroom suite, Bendjx combination radio, misc. household. ~~ lNe.iv Rochelle SUnt dard-SUir. By T. G. NANNEY THE STILWELL PAPERS, by Joseph Stilwell, William Sloen' As sociates, New York, $4. It is impossible to believe that the Stilwell papers could have been published without strong opposi tion from the guy with the horns. These papers are too powerful, too obviMlly allied with truth to be allowed a peaceful presentation to the world. These papers are hot merely a challenge. They are an active assult The?'are a hell-raising, maraud ing attack. They castigate and destroy those perverse habits of man which man uses to destroy and castigate, himself. We identify these habits by such names as hy- procrisy, slander,,fear. In the Stil- Itiea inost unknown. That, needs Cor- rection foj-i StilwelPs story belongs jbo the world. , . The main outlines of his defeat in Bunna land his subsequent vic- jtory were-well publicized, but the inertia, th0 stupidity, the double- crosses that he had to fight and defeat wefe not publicized. They iare of more importance. The politicians of Chungking feared, despised and hated him. Chiang Kai-shek blocked his ef forts with senseless vacillation and contemptious disregard. The Brit ish reneged: oh their promise and F,D.R. talked double talk. ; The Stiltvell papers are the story of his response to this mess. He called it ! his “manure pile.” In that manure pile he fermented a Hero’s Welt On Return Hall which for all purposes s the same functiop. Boihe wks Bohemian ^an'Ce Hall Where befer was served and all nignt tk nc t>S were held. Needless to say t ie cadets found this! forerunm r Shiloh a favorite spot for re axjja^, tion. The “Bull” decid&D that Ihcw fr«|uent excursions Wor4c'li| b id influence on the boys and enl 1st >d the aid of a math prof n .m .*d uu i Smith to do a little" under o\ rr (to iljB ., work in behalf of military | ro F jwns'jatmeptlwhen tiency. One night Smith rep»rt:d IpdL ;fher«: in thr to Sargent^ that a large co iiti M • >1(1 gent of the civvy-clad cadets wps wib r reyeiUe. thp ; ;adveiiiturc('us group had start- ie across whdt field. When, , Hcii|id| tlje call for assornbly, j tore put fh- a dash, must have been disconcerting rgent to find that not a man; the roll was cpll-j e darkness of thdi ei-y panting cadet By IVAN YANTIS I arrived at College Statioi morning and was! met by “wlicels” of the ciiy. Ernest 1 <& ford, mayor, and Pinky Downs bassador, headed the welc<jmi| ^committee. Although the band was not called out f<|r official welcome, 1 was told; that Chancellor- Gilchrist hit a fjbw phords on hia guitar. M ip After I ai-rived, I started 11 ahll a taxi to carry rhy trunk 11 t he ‘ IkF e Battalion cent HaU.; Office i[| Um Act IB'' h mijttur PU1 CbyWu. wifllMa Scary Agricultwal arid i five times a week Axamihation, and It is of historic importance that jof purpose, and selflessness thiit a man should have the character ard a ‘ to assult wo formidable a horde of Men errors. That he did so is part of easie our heritage. That he did ao is al- ’ 1 the the Should easier humble, ,, ■ 1 -Mi ti $ across the to be wise. the use for and locgl .... Ml Taa Member of are ——- o i The Associated Press national]; by lee Inc., at-Ne dispatches origin publish- 1 biz* great city < vuwnrwvj take s* onc*2 ot Utica. T , L ' >. ft- Editoiial ■B: ■7 / -V;. I i H aBooK Editor National Ad- ifatfevr Yorlc* City, cb ^ « d ««* ended a letter'to! f*t«- Editorial Page headline * the NVanton Russian ties.” iSStiSVS’r* a “fR would depend noon with and also whether ^ town.—Detroit News. _ 1, for liwtance, in g place the Kis^ iipaign cVer written. With the rank! qf Colonel in the Volunteers, he fought in the Phillipiqe Moro wars where he was commended by high rank ing officers for “the skill and bravery he displayed in the diffi cult San Matec affair.” The “Bull,” with whom that well known title foij fermy officers orig*-- inated, was a strict believer in dis had acquired 1 his nickname And cvetything Svas on an even keel case, fwitgent oweyful personality that he becamje a favorite subject for jokes. ' Thcj '06 Lopg Horn had il Miee at t^ie One( was a sect “Twenty ‘ “eom- i j ' hotel, when I noticed Fred IfiJki man peering i at me suspic iu ly from behind a baggage ex ir »t l truck. Since l could actual! ift 0 f the trunk by means of a bide ; sind -4 tackle, I decided that porh; ps I up. had better carry it to the ho el Son go* foot. A* _f' B wr The hotels were crowded, I decided to try to get a on the campus in one of dorms. I called the Housinfi O !• flee, and although I was! to d ii J there were plenty of, e^ip y rooms, my request couldn' fea . filled stpee Harry Boyer w|» out and couldk'tiOK it, 1 I must say that the cajmpi s changed. The women here f< r summer and the visitors att< id nk-' tlje Methodist Youth Assfmp! etally make fbr an unhealU y , as long, as I mi —**• wamha ir faa Cairrol Kill a: Ondy Griffin name im i- (&**.) Post: a subscriber Ivery fane lorn man d 9. He i pro: jEom chew the abundance, lot I, the chew and do helii teeth wn to i—I am the -- ^ name of the ‘BuH lijay m l ,0« ¥ uation. Y< any way he become un' some If Ball othet das wwt to. BeW ^ 1 w 11 hot ft * '-| hew tieiicieroop. 'Te.-tineham Jt Billinmlw. T. Noteaf Bob (Sack) 6ti ioud, P , A]»n "Curry ._ -Staff B«porUrii Maurlo* Hrtwrll vwters' ; PbOto". Pbotograpkar C.-Caraway, Mack ..Roving Oorraapmrfenti .Circulation Manaear Aciv^ni»in* Manaovr A library in . . •! . . •,. i ini het 'with the aftefsetfs’s SsostiIitfe$ *bh entertained... ” •.ta.; sere is a how he •fV.‘>iv i V-o . there v I'iur{fk elert for these mocracy and move. J strolled around the Hits morning for a wh ;, ‘ hick. Librarian- Paul aeiwbawijterta/ aborts .a*i :« this, too,' if you wo: aSpSly U «Mt« r! In .eeriy days thero yiJL left . him i» i a pool >r Youngbloods but and ambled over to tbv . place called Bohe Office at Goodwin Hall. & 1 • v J ! J. ■y r J- whooping It up. cotjurtabdant, determined to thjem a lesson, called the and had him sound f !an assembly call sl ip the meantime, j. ick te the campus >w the new drill (Mil field-ever; j accomnted for. ' Iciveii Yantis • From Travels results,-I was told that T e aWb to sleep on a park but 5t wasn’t official— and couldn’t OK I decided to Inn. Hearing there was an English girt : the desk, I decided to put on best Limey-talk for her. fheetiloi and pip-pip,” I said, essiitg her. Whutj cha want, Mac?" -she *2j» <Jl<j filing, could f pos- ^ e| a room and all that sort ih’t got no room. All filled shd answered, popping h*r hat’i bloody beastly of I said. “Cawn’t & 1 III?:; qfijied. 1* «« old thi ibl; little hat’s find me just one om?’ matter, Mac, Got lYffil £%£$ ■ feeing J las fighting a Idsitig litUe. l left and decided to mosy id the c. / ^lild find anyone who could put op for the "•* campus and sw* if I me wb night is leaving th to Mic tny o f the Inn I ju: y old crony, .*« wat just goL isa, and he iriVited y 'him. I asked hiii n the nienu. “Roast bebf meat loaf,” he said. I t'n wlmt we had when II in ’32,” I answered. antin,”he«dd. “'fhis than you or I. a and meat loaf m fe&SJ for almost an hour liceman made me off, still looking my wcury heod. \X*b a. ‘btcwiaKd 0 r 1 V,:, ,tbi^ aboot Sargent ttempted to thwart ^jlhities bf i^y daye.tiuero Wr 166* the de- went w 'when they Vent to ? te qnsttem a «*t- iitobk otto look 4t HU etarted talking. ' r' "-" T ' ,:>i.. •