The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 06, 1938, Image 2

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THM,B ATT ALIGN
TOP EDUCATOR
WHAT NEXT?
OUR UNION jar
An A. A M. nan stepped into one of the big- . With work octosilj unde* wnjr*nport the now
foci Jobs that can ha given to a teacher last week, dormitories, the thoughts of friends and authorities
This big job is president of the Texas State Teach- ol the Colege turn to the next step* in the develop-
on Association and will t be fiHed MB' year by ment of the physical plant of the itmtitution. With-
Ooorge B. Wilcox of the A. A M. faculty, who was out question additional classro<0a facilities must be
elected at A convention at Dallas attend' d by ap- next provided. Close upon the heels *f that need is
proximate!? 10,000 teachers from all over the state, th need of a student union building, or some center
Mr. Jftac >x is an outstanding Texas educator around which the social life if Me college com-
mi Ms advice la sought by many superintendsats munity c * n r * volvt ' Perh *P* » fi ^ t c, *“ ^
“T- ‘ " . „ JL" .7TTT“ *«»M »1w talk m. c«ur K ..d M well w
ff Texas ••Ml figure j or i0C j l :
^'« »»« tMlUrt r~r Mrv. ^ u lmporUl>t „ ^
m 1“ vie, pn.id. nt- ADoth«r member ol ihc mwt , >r , th, irMd for uldiuoiul Ubnry Ucilitlc,
A. * N. Wty. W. I* Ba(k«, «*.d M PTUm^, in the field of hooka, and reference
president of the saeocistion several rears ago. worka. Additional scientific equipment is badly need-
X hi.«, u,^ hi,r«h«. - ^ -> ‘rrrt “3“ ^
rolUir . riirMir .. . , r . r in ln« forC9 * M the present hnge enrollment
aad eeMCtj W|| OMnar as a school teacher bega needed, of course, are additional funds to pty
MU after atundmg Sam Houston State Teacher* ushers, in order that th* college mar hold its
('college and he later served as superintendent of bast men and hire othsr outstanding men to teach
two different high schools. In 1917 be Joined the the sons of Texas.
jJ—Tht Texas Aggie
WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS
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*H FIDO!
HVCM SPOUT*.
HV I H\RI IS r. mWAKT
Central Prase CeMmaltt
WASHINGTON, D. C
Harry T Byrd of
has mentioned that he
reopen the subject of
tion Of the executive
government st the next
Congress. Senator Byrd
dent feorgsmuuonint
kind of reorganisation
1
antagonistic
by
Senator Byrd,
already ^ committee'i
u ality. The coi
natad by Louis jBrow^vt, no !
of the latoT at all, h^t a
sb or- ^b* District of
pal govern ing I ody.
adva- Th* Broendo# coimmssion, back-
Ji&Ui
lerican f 011x4 and for two year* served ii Nh§
sy during the wwld war, afterwards coming to
d| M.. He attended schopj for four aad th. n
ST Dr. T. F. Mayo’s Column
summers, during which he worked on master of :J \ I ’ ' 1,1 f
acts degree at Columbia Univaraity. Though there probably eyght^ to be a law
.. Mr. Wixcox will have a big Job. Th# Texas questions like tMs, they nover-
school problem* ate so many: i B number aad large their uses if you jC t%ni of yourself
in soooe that msnv of us would run from such a occasionally. This column would like to suggest a
». Therejis nedfor reorganixKion of the whole boy to on. a*wct of the answer^ this on.
Taxas school system in the interest of effective- Our key Is this: Do you find yourself becom
to the meeting of the supervisors of Ing, with each year at A. A M., intelligently inter-
held hem last summer. Also <at ested in more and more things T If your answer
k was said that 97 states spend more la “yes,” then I should say that you are “getting
cates is quite different frvTh Presi- ad by the predidesg, snehpd meat
dent Koosevekflm idea of ifhat ro- of th* wind o«| from behind ttw
orgsniiation ought to be A Colt- Byrd committid^a amd got
gressional r.'o-gmniiAtion rommit- the commisaiotl , » pbn . into th*
too, of which the Virgin^n was form of proposed legislation,
chairman, was functioning; at the which was fon f|r M Congress
time a presidential reorgspixation notably by I Ohator James
commission was crested]] jback In Byrnes of Sou i Camliaa. Vac
tbs early days of the last session while the eoinmiaaion’s
on Capitol Hill. I surmise That the looked like being adopted, took
presidential coramisaion was put though finally H
into action because the admin is tra- ed faa the Housi of i
tion didn’t like th* dmectirn that mainly by Chairman John O'Coa-
the Byrd committee seemed to be nor of the rule* committee, sines
taking. Aprway, the two outfits purged out of.A Democrats ro-
wore entirely distinct from one an- 'nomination in the 19th Near York
Other. They also were mutually Congressional district’’
PREVIEWS
and REVIEWS
COLLEGIATE REVIEW
money par child than Texas doe*. At least on educated”—on th* right road, ssyhov
tort Of educational expenditures, Texas still P0« mast say “no,” I'm afraid that
of the relatively backward states in skillful you are becoming in
ktkm. Those and other problems will have nique, you are not moving
with to improve our educational system education.
t c w® probably be the busiest of all Taxas The human mind seems
•fcneaters. We hope he has a good year and w* be- round nouse, with dozens of
Ufve he win. ; I, .1 ’ | Unfortunately, these window^ are,
'1 1 » { l 1 .^ ,l, 1 1 opaque, requiring a lot of
honesty
liter how
1 table tech- Mi
satisfactory Warner
John
In a sort of kkoff*.
on ovary aide. 1 Th* cast itself is quite enough
B¥ J. A. 8TANSE1 I
A University of
voy indicates that coll
Brother Rat” At th* Palace. STOCKHOLM. SWEDEN. IS
een play by
Richard Macaalay on* of the few cHise In th* world
from the play by of the wealthy class exceed Mat of
And Prod P. Pink- the poof.
CosEd Protective ,
k formed by the
Oklahoma women
from being
stood np on a] date.
The
League has
University
to insure mefcbors
_ . j.,.
eight years after
Seniors can begin to
to graduation now
CON. ^ W.PA. or the
way.
, . ,1 ^ a ^ z . THE UNITED STATES
begin with. r »‘ , * on ^ pictar*. It is rom€r ^ , 9 60 720,397 J9 out of
. _ P to enable the *" * r ™ y of youn * Ul#nt th * t hU pocket in precasting taxas on
r*rnr*~in . jn,Lrnn \lTS\r>C> v mind to out oi *•«. Th# courses,that you taka. "O-W h,ird to beat The pranks agricultural products, including
FIRECRACKER- WOES N ^ b00k * *** artid< * that you read, Ms paoplo ® f Wa y ne Morr i* Ml Eddie Albert wh^t, corn, rye, rice, hogs, i^gar, ^ Dn^srsity of S
• , , Mtat you meet, ought each to ieontribut* a certain lhrtn the picture conxidrrably, at pe^ut,, tobacco and cotton for the fornia ^
Rick is the dear old days when the present stu- amount of window-cleaning, ho that one window enough to keep the picture period beginning jjnly, 1 Qty W ta*ch women Meir
dnta of A. A M. Were in grammar school and rode after another may be changed ffom a blank segment wo^ng. Thor* are no slow spots through th* complete calendar year under **»• Uw * of <
Mhydes and had nihber-gun battles it was * natural 0 f wall te'the view of an inttipsting and stimulat- * I,d thls ** something. Priscilla 1Me| Myi ^ feder4] g0VtTnra ^ L
Exactly 3.269 organised M
ere held in the Univaraity
Wisconsin M<
ing last yaar
of
Uaioa build
Cali-
NeW Records
tenden y
for the
T "t>>
keeps up th* feminine load
good stylo. Her acting Is
shoot firecrackers at Christmas Urns ing scene outside
jrvrat .1 h.,in, P~.l~.il . loud «■ A, . nutUr of I«t. thm 'U . »M. world to "f •
plooion. Bi* M tte pl.pm.Uo of tho oppooiU oo. ^ , iew- f , om Mch , lndow j tafrovtog with rod. picture end
boon be wer thdr drooon below their knee, .nd , UMrfwl ,i cour „ ln ,„ ton ,„|„ Ks . ln[0 whk , , before loo, oh. will bo tk.jm.ot
to ~o • litU. llpoUdr the pleaoureo of . m.)ortt, of lUlnbM ta „ y h , pl „ Mrd un d.rrr^o.u dtp. (It , * mou, of “• th~o U~ •liter,
“ bvlt*" hr t»ko on . more d,reified .tmo.phere „ ppowd w , crip tour.e. « . miner of ^ U l*id op tk. TiU.
ud our mdivity .ion, the tinenekor line wu .„ d whl( . h h,, ra , [ar g,, ^ 0< my ampu.. Oat i. wh«n tk. UU. to
e*moull«K«d by toriruetin, tbo little tot. on th. u(< „ oUct wjth cur , 0 , ltv , nd Be . dented Contr.ry to opinio, th.t V.OO
propw moRtodo of pneoduro. , m a,,, we „ to n<r , ly t|l , w u ^ thto to .
What’s Showing
4 new kind bf nut cracker is
ths Istest research development of r]T****
* University of California
j PALACE — Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. “Brother Rat" with
Morr
list It explodes th* shell from Me .
inside ' J * nove
’MINUET IN JAlT hnd 'WAK
DANCE POE WOODEN IND
IAN* by Richard Him her snd Ms
Rhythmic Pyramid* Orchestra am
in dance music,
orchestra li-nds a
to both of
new
Richard Hunt
ir
of procedure. . .. : ; fore that, they afere to „ „
era era a great many youag men her# slapped or squashed My biological window is atfll. of
engaged in th# process of obtaining I am sorry to stiy, pretty thickly intrusted wiM **• *>*PP«Mn9« to three collet*
ition, still get the “IRtl# boy” thrill ignorance and indifference. But even> at Mat it af- boys *** »*ny acenes that and Wednesday.
Of produeiig a loud explosion. As Me diversions fords me enough glimpses of ite ptefticulsr world: ** r * ry interesting to Ms ca- “ C! — v *“ a;
around A. A M. nre so few, we certainly do not (1) to give me some notion of tihat the life proce** dt ‘ u ' of A A M. due to Me tact
object to boys hairing fun. But for the benefit of is all about; (2) to keep off s good; deal of boro-
those whosp conduct has Improved along wiM Meir dom; (9) to iwMe me respect biolegista. I may
education W* woald like to ask the firecracker add, by the way, Mat if I had, during my college
shooters to confine Meir activity to daylight hours days, seen Thomason’s “Outline ofj| Igtenee” I
and to diatharge Meir miaaOes outside the dormi* would have lapped it up and would no doubt haw
tones today a much clearer biological outlook
But firecracker-shooting has possibilities. Be- Since MU communication has already become
cause of the large number of participants s club personal, I may as well record th, beginning of the
could be organized wiM ease and perhaps some intense interest with which fair twenty-odd yesrs
time could be set aside before th* holidays when I have followed . con.imic, politickl. and social trends,
all practitionei s of MU art could gather on th* la 1917, I b< heve it was, I v« ad a small book by
drill field for contents of some aort The contests Bertrand Ruasell,; called “Political Meals,” whieh
are unlimited in number; there could be accurate immediately dearOd a pane of Aiy sociological win-
throwing contests, tin-can blowing contests, and dow. and at least showed me enough of that world
contests. But until thst time, let to keep me scrubbing sway at it for dear life ever
us urge thfc fan lover* to confine their plsy to the since. M*ny of my best friends insist, somewhat
open aad faring daylight. rudely, that my viow of this particular window (Lm,
' ' - my economic, aodal, and political opiniona) U ho pe
rt i rpp s I |/\\T | tody dim *1 d distorted. But I must say first, that
BA 1 1 ALIUIN H 1 <k>nt #d,nit thi8, ftnd •• cood - ^ in “y
way I enjoy ray view, right or wrong.
as aasoad class matter at Me pool office I’ve noted that a good many Aggies have found
Taxas, under Me Act ti Coagrea* Stuart Chase a useful window-serdbber on this
i social side of their minds and l> C. Coyle, and
iptioa rates, 99A9 per yaar \ \ Walter Lippman (I abhor hi^ views, but that’a
ra>» upon requeat- neither here nor Mere), and Hi G.| Moulton s “In
Office in Room 122. Adminiatratkm’^Building come and Economic Progress.”
Tbtaphon* Colle* 9. Office open from 11 A* ta Vm tti „ TOnfeMingi j ^ mit
4 9 L national adTarttetow ha Ne- 0 " ^ me€htnictl * ^emkal, and ! technical sides
' uonel Advert ism# Servica InC. 410 lUdwo^AvT r#aer,<ll3r * " y mind U ,hut iB d * rken ^ »>y *hat
mtmm, ^ Madiao Ava, ^ apparently an impenetrable blank wall. So much
” l *l• V'. ! I 1 ^ •’Of** “y education. But history has cleared
R. L | -i-j- EDITOR IN (THEf “P ^ windows, and aom# raadihg about music
H. 8M
Bill Payee,
these tune
,1 ‘FROM
Wr OUT OF
* excellent sami
140 swing and
tunes were
for Mo new<
Sing You Sinners” wiM Bing Storage ahd warehousing is a Me” which Is
Crosby, Prod McMwrray, Donald new course being offered “hi the in New York
orris, Johnny “Scat" Texas Christian Univei
gangster picture, because H*™. Ml Priscilla Lane. Feature tistteians have figured out
title, the picture deals wiM ^ffins at 1:90. Horned Frogs’ game a
ppenings to thra* j college ASSEMBLY HAU — Tuesday P**y» ^
.1,
Mat V. M. I. is also a military O’Conner and Risen Drew. Fas tare University of Texas school Af boat- and Charlie
#<ho01 , I f begins at 9:45 p. m. neas administration. touch.
Ojf and ‘GIT
sre two mors
i of Sammy Kayo’s
iy fythm. Thao*
by Cole Fortar
’ PLfcy* It 1b
a groat bit
Tommy Ryan
give Me vocal
at Callage
ew March
1879
EDITOR-IN (TilBF U P » Iew wmaowi, ana some reaaing SDout music
ADVKRnsiNO MANAGER ^ • #m * emrefuI Btienlwg to it hay* disclosed a
AOrld which * hatH to: miss. And Men
Maaagiag Editors
George Faltoa. E C. Kaotaar
Aetiataat Advertising Manager*
H..0 Oliver, Wayne Htasgi
.
EC
Jtaff
Den ■fUManey
Orrelalion
C F. PeYfMti !
, t J.C Dtets
Circa la tion Manager
H G. Reward
TV ESIIAT STAFF
JnM
A. J. CnrraR, N. A. M<
H. 0. Thibet. W. J. Baadi
iCbgrallller, W. T. Gay, Cserge Nao-
jMMAh Carter Beam. J. A. BtanaaR
R. R. tagMWM. C A. Rbada, A. K. Adams. Faster
Wlea, Rill Whall M. H. ReMnaan. R. E Sparks.
A P. Davaapwrt, J. W. Jenkian, L, J. Webrla
FRIDAY BTAJFF
there is psychology, s window, only very partially
ttwnspnrant, which opens on a tangled and terrify
ing bat highly impressive jungle—human nature.
James Truslow Adams’ Mstoncn! books, if you are
interested, wtt open you up to history, Sigmund
Spaeth’s to music, and H. A. Ovirytreet's and Al
fred Adler’s to psychology.
Obviously, according to Mil conception the per
fectly educated mind would be intelligently r t. r. t
ed in Just about everyMing. Whatever may be said
ef a man with sueh a mind, you moki admit that he
iL|k would 004 •m! » dpll life. Furthermore, t Mink, he
eould be trusted to plan his li^ bhtter than most
’ people, and to be more tolerant and understanding
dataat It might be an interettinR flpeertise for my Ag-
INjMlj p* readme (If any) to do a little figuring ou Just
Rdlter how many Mings Mey hrs Intelligently interested
■•Mr in. If, as I hope, you find that the nambmr and Me
M. G. intensity of your interests are incr
J. A
giving you your
Mat you are in truth “getting
NOTICE
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Ladies
Clean & Press
Press
Dresses
(Absolutely plain) 60l 30?
Dresses (Others) 80? Up 40? Up
SMrtp L.t 30? Up 15? Up
Waists 30? Up 15? Up
Liffht Coats ..I -..SO? Up 15? Up
Heavy ( oats ...60? Up 30? Up
Gloves ( leaned & Dressed 25? to 50?
Bpits—Cleaned & Blocked 50? 1
Fur Coats—Cleaned and Glazed $2*50
to $5.00 ;
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y i
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Ladies ’
Clean & Press ,
• Dresses ......i . 60^ Up
Skirts | i 30? Up
Waists 1.|.u.4«;...30? Up
L Coats 1 30? Up
H. Coats 30? Up
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wiM each
ro increasing
year at A. A M., you may conclude, I think. Mat
Me college is giving you your & worth, and
a. J. F. He
laasu Jaaai
H. W.
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Well, at least Mat’s not at b«d v this one, over
heard at Gustavus Adolphus Collegd: “Is It hard
io sip soup with your new mustache?" “Yea. it is
rather a strain."
A Wheaton collegian wanted t* check out Mo
ton-niiKd dictionary overnight, but^tH* librarian said,
wo don’t lot magaxines go ant overnight"
"But," ponistod Me student "thU is Just a pamph
let" W# don't know wheMer he won Me argu
ment so well leave you until next:week wiM MU
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How maay bricks 2" by 9* by 9~ needed to make
ona wall F by S' by 90’7
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Suits 60? 30?
Pants 30? ( W
Overcoats 60? 30?
( loth Jackets 30?” 15?
Leather Jackets—Cleaned and
Dressed $1.00
All other prices reduced accordingly.
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Overcoats „..j - 50?
Men
Clean A Prcua
50?
...r 25?
C. Jackets
Leather Jack<
Dressed
All other pi
25?
reduced accoi
finishing and
dy checking
We will maintain our same high quality of cleaning
service. The prices are made possible only by
and cutting our profits.
May we take this opportunity to thank our customer* and friends f
patronage and many favors. We hope to see them more in the future,
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