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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1949)
\ f P'ff.ffv . n •'••• 1 i i ’.H' / Z 1 Ia ij .*• i ■ Pago 2 I 1 * 1 world will obsei ter. \ I ! At this one? tii come as near realizing what have..' J' : We custor Spirit" as a as a joking exi football games: our feeling forjot times. ion Editorials J THURSDAY. APRIL 21.1946 ft ' \|! I )NHO GETS HURT ? HMlalHMli \ >/! \ V Ml I Be Held Tonight .. . mts d!in< a) f! iry of Texas stu^eits minimize snobbery and accent all over the friendliness. Because they live and study l Aggie Mus- in concentrated groups, they are more i j aware of, and sympathetic toward, each year Aggies other’s problems. Because of the relatively ver comp to specialized fields of study here, this feel ing of interest and aid holds when they go into business. ‘ t” they may f term “Aggie tion either <)jr[l4 gay mood at t to describe more serious ini I * Actually thhrd is great deal more to it than that. KfcM meri'have traditionally had just a bit bidre l|ejin t for their par ent institution! and tlieir fellow students than the average college graduate. A&M ex-student organization^ are a little more prevalent and strongkr* anjd Aggie exes re gard each oth^r fvitlMa; liftle more mutual _ c : respect than year-reunion Wfe believe things. Becau they come fre m which they dre " ' ■' ' 1 Some members sentatives in Aiistin hard variety ydste .llional every-ten- t^e, attitude. to a number of onomie groups Whatever the reasons, both during and after their college careers, Aggies have a unified, spirit that is both valuable and gratifying. The annual muster ceremonies is the one time when Aggies meet to ac knowledge and affirm this bond. Although we all use it a great deal as the butt of slightly perverted jokes, the name “Aggie" means a great deal to all of us. As one ex phrased it, “We have to think a lot of the school and its members to put up with its inconveniences.” The inconveniences are temporary and receive their due share of note. Our feel ings for A&M are longer lasting and should receive more attention than we give them* I ' J * I Today is the day to share that feeling with all other Aggies. Attend thye muster jspmmon goal for ceremonies and find out what the real together, A&M “Aggie Spirit" is. the Gilmer-Aikin bills' came u{ to a N- When th<y isatfi 1 to go- again: it the if, peared and quo uoruth g ... . Thing Without A Program . . . * ^ House of Repre- three assistantis out to beat the bushes to >||d to be the die- “arrest ’em, handcuff ’em—anything to 'hen the first of «get ’em ip.” : | f ' re-organization have in the I legislh a lion tamer’s chu wrapped in - me—; until the lio i fin ' can do without sition finds out. The afcjMfita up missing when things were apt Finally the necessary 100 members arrived, the vote was taken and the first Gilmer-Aikin bill received the official nod. simply disap- The hill’s main bone of contention is Ihuse without a that it aibolishes the elective office of the state superintendant and unifies the direc- ghjfcy handy thing to tion of schools- Such a plan, being differ- usiness. It’s like ent, is naturally frowned on by certain of rj, vVhip and pistol all the legislators. felt enough of the law-makers have (I P n# VP, ^ v j s j on to see how the antiquated school rtim until the oppo- and there Was ordered the fee i r^Aikin forces turn-ed. first vote was taken otum. So the House system can be improved. ‘ i The legislature still resembles the lion cage, however. And at times it is difficult to decide who is the lion and who the ^rade . Here is some jjpsisifeily significant news from Washingtdi .J| quote) t-at-Arms and his tamer. ! i r : • i 1 I .-ij ' i i. $702,930,769 in cash and $387,189,628 in contract authority./, The president wanted adminiatratioji [highlighted a $7,j- contract authority. A half billion [dipllar cut in veterans’ $740,000,000 cash and $427,000,000 IL hi. proved today (by Committee, The hi)) c;u • your beginning cy money bill ap- -use Appropriations 7 f pids for the fiscal i|y 1 for 28 so-called in- (Icpondont agjMicl^jiiidmling $6,146,431, 940; for the VoU tujtM' administration and $1,090,12P,8 ( J7 f-)Hho atomic energy eom- mission. , ll ' m!m " The atomic < of the bill is $4 m n III Here’s a jtric the Dalton i “A- slig ( into a train. A c held her iceiibl! a bouqueti." , 1 |4 i ihl Bat City of Coll« Friday aft talion is pt year. Ady ilior credit ed h orrice ai the Aet 4—t .News Goodwin Office, . t - s * About one-third of the commission’s program for next year involves weapons and reactor development which the com mittee tfaid should not be cut because they deal with “oUr first line of defense.” (end quote) | ;. / • I j , ' I / Hm|n, cutting the VA and building up the AKiO? We are reminded of u first of January expression. Out with the old (war y commission’s share Q,397, consisting of that is)^ and in with the new. hrpjw description from ' en: 3 the skirt extended of lilies of the valley and she carried t ; 1 ii CARTER. Thd ijtaxpayers might do well to pay their legislators and state department of ficials ion the percentage basis. A per centage of what they can save the state by trimming appropriations down to ac tual needs. e Battalion j; "Soldier, Statesman,.Knightly Gentleman" ence Sullivan Ross, founder of Aggie Traditions newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through j -..--.I -—i 0( } s . During the summer The Bat- Subscription rate $4.30 per school (j£ entitled exclusively to the (use for republication of all news dispatches kwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish- ublication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Hi i J)W at Pet r«3CM, under T ' I 1 : . Member of The Associated Press Represented' nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago. Lot Angeles, and San Francisco. ~ . . i may be mqde by telephone (4 ed ads may: be placed by telef Hafl. ^ 1) or at the editorial office, Room 201, (4-6324) or at the Student Activities Co-Editors ■oh Editorial Auiatonta Leot, Charlton, 1 Michalak. Feature Writer* W tseiyrtiessMiihetMtssH C. Kollrya, trvls Drown, J - |5E»Ss'Bii Vrn VZZt-Z ** mmi > 8o*»«r, Frank Simmon, Andy MatuU. Swlnney, Travl* Brock. Ben In, rnuik Maoitaw — ^.SpnrU Reporter* i fw.l.^,ll,.^,owiw.w»t..^y..**«..T4..*.. , ——Movta nlitpr a 5 1 —— W-— \ Job INTtptVIBWS ripsSP SS Industries, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1 f ,1 v Arkansas Polvtschnlc RussslMlls, ArkahMSn. macnin tsrview « instructor t teach machint add Woodworking. Mgitor's Kerr-McGee Oil Oklahoma, to i*»- , ! CIVIL SERVICE engineers for drilHn^and^pirodl^ , UKTh? V/ S. Depr^ tion. ' the Interior has annoc agerial staff. ' <1 W>«‘, Nebraska, and ivansai (4) April 26-27—Texas Employ wrvey parUes are m the ers Insurance Company to inter- fbout six months of the yet view mechanicsl, electrical, civil, kp the office the remaining 1 . ——r (2 ) The Corp8 of Engihee r a -/ $ management, and chemical engi- neers for safety engineering. .15) April 27— North America ^Companies to interview men intdr- ested in a career in insurance. ENGINEERING announced openings for* eng for careers in all phases ofi (1) The Cooke County Electric tion ’ Cooperative Association, Muenster, '* ictures, flood Between the Bookends •/ '/ ■!' l Texas, has an opening for an elk- VETERiNA»V ^ trical engineer on construction and ting peat tion and maintenance of two-way ested, in locating a veterinarian maintenance work, soliciting new <l) The Chamber of Co members and right of way; opefa-r 6f Watonga, Oklahoma, is “A Solo in Tom-ToIIIs ,, fe Gene Fowler Autobiography By HERMAN C. GOLLOB fY G^k 46. $3. radio equipment, etc. SALES (l)i The Modern Optics Incor porated, Houston, Texas, is inter ested in employing men to be train ed for technical sales work. Prefer men six feet or taller, who are free to travel. This company man- cateuiin 4uv»ung a rum* [w establish practice in that coipnAifli- WC i . 1 lit The Burnet County Ifrojljc-j ssociation has an ope i man to work as manai duties would consist ef..i>uj selling of grain, wool* SUMMER EMPLQYM I •I’f •It i 10:00 SUrt-i t.Wi'W (CAME PACK? 1 it * -Vi. 1 ufactures partially-processed bifo- | If ir ~'F : " cal and trifocal lenses. (1) The Coopcr-Besse (2) The Murphy Chgir Company, poration has openings foil jn Owensboro, Kentucky, has an open- students for summer work in’ Mt- A Solo In Tom-Toms by Gene Fowler (Viking Press, 1946, $3.) Herewith Gene Fowler adds one more figure—himself—to the list of notaWes whose lives he has re created so vividly in such biogra phies as “Timber Line” and “Good Night, Sweet Prince.” Fowler has not been as kind to himself in “A Solo. . .1” as he was to John Barrymore in “GNSP.” After lavishing hearty paens uppn the late Mr. B., Fowler succeeded : in thoroughly whitewashing the character of the “bad boy” of the stage. In his autobiography, how ever, Fowler speaks almost |dis- paragingly of himself, concentrat ing instead on the Jives and chajra'c- ters with whom he came into con tact while a youth and whilp in the early stages of manhood. Among those who appear are Buf falo Bill; Ivy Baldwin, the daring aerialist, Jack Dempspy, and Paul Whiteman. •. i j “A Solo” takes up Fowler’s quest for his father after he fan away to the mountains as a re sult of a disagreement with Gene’s strong, stubborn, stern Granny over «a cup of coffee. Granny, incidentally* is one of the book's stronger characters, pictured by Fowler as sturdy and independent, a typical pioneer woman. j ' Only after thirty years, during which time. Gene had seen much of life as a taxidermist’s helper; de livery boy for a grocery store which kept Denver’s more preten tious houses of ill repute supplied with groceries, a printer’s devil, and reporter for such hardhitting and colorful papers as the Denver Post and Denver Republican, does he finally meet his father, a mild, friendly introvert. Fowler's account of his days as a novice in the newspaper game is invaluable to the college student who iilans a journulUtie career. Editors, reporterijj and newspaper i if i all no mo sharply Into f -us under Fowjer's pen. Official Notice Hlmli'iiti* who will: Ih< ulttnnifii'il Junior* o' ithovv nt ltut eMif of ihi> rurroiit m” nimlrr ami who axi'WI to ri'slRtpr In thn Behool of KiiKlni'orine for the BUMMF.lt or KA1.L urmititer will lie rehulftil to have In their |MMie«Miiim at reKl-tratlon their dcitrec ^ilan card. Thl* dearee plan OHrdj ih'uat be Inltinlrd by the department hi>4d or mime repre* Hentative of the department. No aiuoKn- ment card will be *pproved without this deKreir plan. , It i* neci'isary that thin information reach all iiecond term sophomore*. | t . , «. W. Barlow Dean of Engineering “A Solo” will come as pleasant music to the ears of those among the reading public who value warmth, integrity, and whole some humor in a book.‘It is pro foundly moving because it is written with tenderness at its very core. For those who have lived through the times so illurainatingly depicted by Fowler, “A S<dp. . . ” will touch off a wave of nostalgia. For t&ose who are the hopped-up products of today’s fast moving, turbulent atomic world, it will cre ate a longing for the days! when Buffalo Bill and Jack Dempsey, not Joe Stalin and Andrei Gromy ko, were first in the minds of the public. AMBITIOUS THIEF PARIS, —UP>— Paris police at tempted to track down today a cagy thi^f who may have bitten off more than he can chew. Officers said someone broke into a local circus this morning and stole a lion. cMoto/uid CAFETfH! i ing for a man to start as assist- Vernon, <j)hio. S(udentii ant sales manager, handling office willing to go to ML Vi sales routine and supervising the their own expense for pe inside sales department employees, terviews. Preter man with sales experience. ! (2) Xhe Boy Scouts bf TEACHING have announced opportunities summer work as camp staff. * (1) There is an opening fot a (3) Tho U. S. DeparijnejJt vocational electricity instructor for the Interior has. openings for «*m* the Waukegan Township Secondary mef work for civil engineers it Schools, Waukegan, Illinois, for Montana, Wyoiping, North A j^n< next year. The teacher must quali- South Dakota, Nebraska and , fy for a Smith-Hughes Vocational sas. Work will involve rfprvi Certificate in Electricity and E)ec- land boundaries. Ironies. Prefer someone with teach ing experience. (2) There is an opening as head coach at Vivian High School in The Caddo Parish in Louisiana. Applicants must be well acquaint ed with football and know sopie- thing about other sports as well. CATHOLIC MASS [ { ^ Friday 6:46 a.m. ST. MARY’S CHAPEL THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Once again we go to the Gulf for one of our seafood Hpeclul* —“FBIKI) TROUT, TARTAR MAUrK”, and to the Atkintle for “RHOII.KD MACKKRKI., LEMON HUTTKH”. Ill menu we offer: "HARHK- UUjil II ELF DRINK ET’, “imOILED LAMB CHOPS”, and of con roe our “CHICKEN A LA MARENGO" Im the wing ed offering. For the trlak, we again offer “BOILED COllNKD BIUNKET OF BEEF AND CABBAGE.” TONITE AND FRIDAY HIM MAIM* I XWNNUlIMt mmtuinim nmJj .jL- I Dfltll* 4 ‘ ; 'f • r. N 4 NEWS only Fri. one time y/: ' 1 M Thursday & m. %8g» mil' n n^uuMMind!!! PALACE Bryan TODAY thru SATURDAY DOUG’S CAFE College and 27th Specializing In ■ , MEXICAN DISHES | : ■ ■ CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNERS ; AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME L See Us For . . . GARDENIAS ORCHIDS \l' \ . . V CAMELLIAS . 1 1 r 1 ^ 1 ■ 7 vj • . . AND ALL YOUR FLOWER NEEDS J. COULTER SMITH FLORIST 1800 8. 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