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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1938)
I THE BATTALION LET’S PROGRESS A REAL NEED ■DOWN" PAYMINTI <sura iuhave T06IUE uPTHEIOfA OFtVERBlMGABU TO RAt HOST- m, Bo term would b« m th« wed located, it wind* on the At the wholesale wight become they can of the terw. Thel it to p sent the many fine new educational pic tures available. Mnnk ■fancies ere now distribut ing these films, which corer every field of human interest and endeavor—athletics, biology, music, travel, and nearly everything else one can think of. It would be a fine thing indeed if all the clubs . , j ,. , . . bad sotnething like this to u.se. Only two or three of r* ^ »t dub. no. h... irojMM. f«ml. ly small and not readily available for use by the other organisations. At the University of Texas irts Todaf The I Battalion wakes Ha Ml app4a\ for Dead Week before the Christmas holiday b.- l ( ! A fseiiity grsatly aeedsd by Wany organisations fin. * I ' || [ on tbs A. A M. campus is e trt>od 16-miliaster ' VM-Preskient Bolton has baid that the que* !M)Und rnovln g pMirs pmjeet*, of the latest wake tkw of Dead Wfeek wiU in all probabiiity be settled “4 of^high qusUty, with all the accessory appara- «t a ■faculty wasting to be held Mm-liately after ndeeeary. so that the various elube may use the holidays srp over. In making the faculty to consider re-instituting Daad Week, we have asked for no more than a period during which efforts to get a dearer grasp of courses of study can be wade. j. ] i Dead Week! as we believe it should be tastitrited here would be and no other similar institution* by the instructors. It would bo HmI wd Wn, , aimbtr , i|M .r, •toto'X* «• ,,, ^ t|m , <or the ^ ICS as wholes. Uinment purposes of nil groups. This is one thing time, we are not promoting a w# ^ ^ lacking in. I Z jx'nod. Reviews, of course, ~ if ^ ^ on the campus would only lend but of instructors wri o so, ^ BUfipoP t to the move the the week the most importer one Qab jg now fostering, 1 to secure a food machine for all dube, we certainly should be able purpose of Dead Week, as we see ^ g e t this rouet. needed facility very soon, it. Is to place the proper perstpective on couWe*. i T j _g k lM the students see the course as a whole and let , , . . . hlw aee it in eannoction with other similar courses. XT A* 1 A • Thia purpose w undoubtedly of groat importance. {JH IN £11101131 AllcUrS . Whether or not students will take advantage of the period hj the major stumbling block. But may we point out Uwt more than 1,000 students said they weuld take advantage of the period ia a survey conducted recently by The Battalion. This point ^ _ . I Should not ho overlooked. T 1»8 wiU mm Utd. pwjce and ._I«. addiUon to this, there ia no reason why com ^ gjng forfr^a'Ted a ML ffttn f!!a ld a n0t teiir*will d ms U k r s amd Japan ha5 lH ' t ' n nfhti#f • Woodlr war <or to* BY BILL MURRAY "• conquest of China for a year. No end of either was Some day in your COLLEGIATE REVIEW Throughout the PEACE AND GOOD WILL Merry Christmas! “On earth peace, good will world,®. te%r v f*i S. col- the future -she should know how if she’s without KNOW YOUR COLLEGE Deed Week nn. r.te a,_i Z* tv. con( l xm * ot Lhm * Ior • 3 rwr No end of tithsr was Some day in your leisuM ? drnt Imdv ernTth^f^ISr* 11 h *• ta ,ifht * Aia>n|r th * • eT,,n ***** P®**” ° f th « wh 7 don’t you go through world, three are ruled by some form of Fascism, year-old College Msseum? Again wi urge the faculty to pass regulations * D d e fourth is in th* grip of a dictatorship devoted, chick-full of interest*!* «xl to the ones we to dsy- brtaging about conditions similar to the ones wt to he sure, to different ends ♦h-r the Fascist ones, have advocated during its meeting after the hell- hot a dictatorship, nevertheless; fully as oppressive and as brutal as theirs, A fifth among the seven great powers, France, (if she still can he counted among the great powers) is split by serious In tar sal disputes, and may well add herself to the list of Fascist powers before long. EDUCATION For many years th* political plan in th* United State* has Ix-ea for the voters to elect the man whe gave the heat show;'Modern education is bringing words on the mummy’s coffin—in- your leisure time, eluding the sacred Ankh Cross of our the Egyptians—are also interest- It’s to see. interesting exhibits. As you look about now you see But for the present, let’s Just take the immense skull of mastodons a mental tour of It ud mammoths (ancestors of the As you enter the museum, you modern elephant that make him trpearan( . fl one 0 f see first of all a profit* of “Pro- seem puny by comparison); hug* i eader , reCe j v <»d this synthetoenra* Frnndsi Frick” ten-foot-long tusks of these ani- ^ undersigned being . B _ ■!„ of queer creatures legtans are famed for ^ fun and took If football. Even though w* refuse to ,ma ^ #0 ® a ^ Ul ** Join the rnakb of those wfco believe if ^1._ colbfee a*M the talk^s pktme ^ ^**1* them, we Jest can’t re*ut pass- rafred a gift] if MO ing on to you some of |he good- hooka from the Prs timing stories we've Ward during e»«nt the past wsdk: .1 | ! Up in the hill and am* country k « .f N„ SCsk 4. Dwt. mouth College rule* the.roost, 1,- eaublish.-d at 200-odd students drew $31,000 from Southern College, savings arcounts in one bank so ,1 they could truck on down to the n. „ ^ ^ t r* ^. d., 4«. of all football w.vkends, but the . I' 1 * to^cr^J ala of thirty-thousand. | 4 M book, durin his Tied up With all of t$is spend- yeart 0 f atQ d y and-dance program is tlw problem , .. thing from the Earlhafc College campus. The student Newspaper there recently asked the stuoenu for their opinions on a dew share- the-bills program whiclk- pi that on the third Friday ia each month the women make and stake the dates and that everykhird date with the flam* man $hould’< be . “Dutch t ’■eat.” Bounds more like California than Indian*, doesn’t T<;|| But the payoff in dale-making Many of the Queues a nd streets of tbs New Yerk W 1989 have beat nuned.it |s . eed by Grover A d<nt o( ^ ' runs between and the one apparel, long the Home Streets of Aviation Build.*, and “ Che Street of Wheels” to the rmfroad and comet from MicUfttl ,8tete Col* motor section# Whalhn, PreaL Petikpat Lang” Textili 1 Building of the Buildings. The to the r/ lege. Some time ago th* Collegiate Digest featured group of State’s days after th* section appearance a pietpr* of a beauties Some lection made its n skull, the only on* of its kind ever reals; and thousands of bones of KTtduttei found anywhere, of a peculiar Ice- all kins of queer creatures that d bJtsn. as all males do lived thousands or million, of year. j^Jc ability^-—’ At home, peace and good will are not the most age antelope with four horns. prominent characteristics «( society. We an In Next as you look about yon see •g»-d!noeaurs the site of a house; p^chritude, Steve Brodis" is to*Jump not once but six times everjl day from ropresenUtiofl of the Brooklyn Bridge—from which the reel C.BPU. .g^. ^ ^ ^ _ J ._ endea ago—in Oeorge Jsasel’s “(Hd New York” <M the Amaaemeat Area of the New Yot^ World's Fair 1999; [ ‘ had our the face So, Just th* girl «bo.t « *mt. tor toe Utter m toi. .„tem. to. “J leokto, dew. « Jou to. .dn.r. ”»",tor. of to, mulen. ho™. to.« f .„ fy ^ •tood o( people rwtainc tor effiee with peraonalitiee h “ " ‘ li ' cl '" m * *"' 1 ebly-Kulpturetl butt of * tmm- — *1" *0^ SfoU * y UM •• toe Min iMuee. .uthorlUe. to e.nou. ftel.l. .re “1*. ^ of to. .orlA'#LMt jhtok- «'*• “I*" f.r the bock of it. .ho' —rto, politioe. Htto to . good sign tor toe totont «• ‘° d ™“* 1 ">«•• But to »*« >«" <-t. *«1 -W other j™- tlreUd to of to. American HUM UStatKto. Coe,,,,,,.,., j "h. i.« to n °T5f ? IT" ■Wktof contr..t with toM to to, Imumc Croat.™. Serm* to. M m ^ ^ M will profit m a result. ; ' , . JT) *^ ^','1 tlStfSZS r ™“ rk * bl ' di *P 1 *P »»“ - U,m ** , ”* k '^ r™ to. Uo- „ ^ Mmberf ^ ^ A Uh 1 Men who bare had lone re.™ # oubl c «rvie. " “ ““ " UW,i > B*™*- next room yott tottto-a cnylete lot now nutead of to . day whoa ^ and understand people wh? elected them can ITJISLTT con * ctlon V lif * lik# cMta of >ou mi * h ‘ into • d'nosaur or ^ y g . - Atoerican stW | enU M serve bmt an^a^ m^whTTnTr ^ ^ * 2% °I ^ *"4 «Wdnab in onc for tribe, of all the prim- a cave Imw or a ^re-toothed Inuch ^ me{aaM M the ST^bllc^S 8 .?^‘“ T# / nnUal ,nC ° m " ttnd * r |76 °’ itive. ignorant, savage tribe, of tigvr Jaat ^ywlmre you can solve those problems mure uickly and wMmen- * Ta * i UlHI ' and 65,94 under U.500. This is Xustralasla. Hers you see staring And lastly there are fine dls- eflA^tho^probU^ ^uickly^teith^re world, wlmre comps- at you, as if m reJ life, the^ pby. ef the mounted bodte. of understands economics history and neonle them- <nt * i nts 1 ink e * ch coul<1 have ^ tooom * tenances of Malayan men that present-day birds and animals of Mltoo would utokt . touch bettor officThtoder to., r« t'e’* i ^ ‘1 ^ of ,M * rcid WD "* n ^ mo ” to »* u * 1 lurtatieo. Mid . tout eeeryone who cut *ftord . . pecn who hto .tudied pol,t„w Prodecde. toMtoM m™ ^w^toly ntfltotol. Ftot, ^ look n<) „ Ilk. men. to*! of pr.ct,™lly complete collection of colic wtuctolon ,h.p d yet oue. TbXoun,. to li JT £ Tt ?”“i Jl! ^ «» *~> New to. pm-nM., pitot Me of Texto „d to . cult hto 'totered' IU . T. 1 ". * y ere man, the heir of mature, is Guinea that don't look much like as well as plant collections from scholarship to enter col- mere like gorillas elsewhere. lege." So states Dr. Spaulding of ineidsntally, were — Harvard University bvliwing we made from real life, and show Science has coma to the aid of should ‘’Ppieli the dignity of lab- vividly the personalities and ex- fashion-conscious Students and or* to thoae* unfitted for college. those who art not flo clothes-mmd- f •d, too. '-J ! Miami University medical an- At least H has at Skidmore Col- theritke report a decrease of more lege slier* home economics stu- than GO par cent in the dumber, y USKp CAM HEADCRJARTI ■i Sen The BRYAN MOTOti CO. 1 getting votes. The former ttu«r to offtod. to. Utter ouly hi. embltlon. fee pop”,'.- A btoie, not to to, eitoj, problem to oem; . iUl „ bllt hitltor tod more itoporttot P>«crnm.,,t po.ilion. „ .fc.,, h,,, to knp th ,, , *«*"• bu There are many requiramentfl for a person to good deal ef good will to solve jt. b..etodld,U for to offlto. totototomt. b.™ • The™ ere wm. topp, , m . to Amerle.. A, ^ pec.,,^ , 1 h ^ IpMlgjjaufjiraMy •* opposition party exists, and even shows prospects pressions of their owners ea# M them. The merit system would fit in perfectly of flourishing. The President ten appoint his de- « vou , find . . eaucaaos com* improve poiitica. Hr 1 Th * ureyor of the largest city on the country can waapoiUi an< j ^ on much more serious than his Eng lish stadsata.’' ;* ' |1 ^totoi^to | I “Our educational syftem baa been functioning on the THE BATTALION would benefit from the efficiency of n government obey, humanitarian impulses toward the oppressed *1 pottonr varies . n n s-...u u „« yj.-a w ,... byppllticton, who btow toeto b-to-.^ WtoU todto, eto^toy tod toe b,™^, to oto^T eee- bto'tilS^p^ ° f _ D4IDI _ ^ ° { con,e ‘ <nce endu 7 8 * »nd m does free- Colombia even before the time of vie* trill advise its elieste on tex- of the ideal co-ed. Their r^l.c- E PRAIRIE ® ex P r *“‘ on Lconomy d, ‘ mix ' r ‘“'y has not been ^ Idcm • tiles, styles and the proper accee- tioa says she should poss£ good crsqZ’ ^ ^ ^ 1 * d m ° NeXt r ° U #nt * r ‘ ‘“B* h<Ll1 m ' 10 mak * * COmpl,t * «*“““• eenvwaational \ ability, ' lltrry Christmas! rtL:. ■ " , M of the most . , , . . th# South Entered as sscoad class matter at the post office , Ut * i ‘ r * t “ rn * ,n . d j? t t 89 , Crei * hUm lions of years old found in Texas Aargsd for alterations and repair*, prevseatioii." She drinks mdderato- sfl OsUags Stadon, Texas, sndsr ths Act ef ( ongroe* h . aV * •°4»™P h « 1 ^ «>n Tom ^ olher This la the w*Q- 'J. ltk “ “4 •*>«*’ “4 sa March t, 1879 H ( phy * i ^ ,umJ . le * • ‘; l ^ ri,j J ora * w ® ^, out known collection of Dr. 0. M. Ball, Smart though todays wise-crack- knows effectively the “art ef rank- Subscription rates, $LM pet yssr ! obsensuon* that he s pretty well plat- wkM) tJMKj i,, h* tha hand of the M collegian may be, he’s not as inf-tip" Bhe should noter h* flip- ss cases displaying onc which will express th* personality and tactfulness Shrng is Jrat on# 1 complete collections In of the weaiar. Style advice Is given of her common h.iUt^ .y she of foseil plants mil- f^*#» but standardised rates are nmy resect to it ca "Sufficient Advertising rates epos request Office in Room 122, Administration Building Office open from 11 aj at tered” Disregarding a survey report at Harvard that Nepfce* Coleg* t. Office epea frees 11 ai at rev , e * 1 * thr ** memb « r » of ^ frwhisan class are s^fl 4 p at daily. Dud ‘* u “‘4 ‘hat on* professes “anachronism" as his man itt dmi. Mptototod tor totitotol Urnmt, by Mw- ! Ut, | " *'** P *> , 1 ' h, ! 0 «“ l -»* «>• who hto been mainly InUrtoUd hi Biology Department and is now inventive as he thinks be is if you curator of th* Museum. The Mu- believe th* researches of Univer- seum is largely the result of 30 ^7 of Buffalo librarians, years’ work by two msn,—Dr. Ball, Among the modem wise cracks that are Mt SO modern, according a “Tins riingsr ” As for imi.ivb aVSSRaVVKLY I jR u Dedil6th T-Curds Goed 4;.. i r: nr u..i Advertising Turk CHy. R. L. DOBB j W. Ml Bsrviss, Inc, 420 Madison Avs^ An J #r,r * n hom, ” ^ ust B llttle democracy . . , Yaa, ^ fi ^ w ^ botany, and th# late *> their diacoveries, are the foflow- and lA'Kwn tobnlKcr wlwwb. V— tV. wi 1W ‘ UWV ~W» . ADVKRTI81NG MANA(,KR p.m. Faya*, lamee Grits Minaging Editors Fallen, R. C Knetaar Advertiaiag Maaagars OUver, Ways* Htarfc | . Aaaedate Bdltera R C (Ja*p> Qatsa and when mother starts for the medicine cabinet, ^ Wil lte knows Just what’s coming another purge. KDfTOR-tN <HIRF When the house mother irstely asked at 11:18 Do you think you can spind the night here?" the collitch boy doubtfully replied, “I dunno now. Guess I’d better call my room aiate first, huh?” The referee called a penalty on Furman U.’l gridders and started pacing it off. “What’s he do ing now," growled a Furman rooter, “penalising as fdr telling a dirty joke m the huddle?" _ A Den cr. d#7 Tam ©arrow. BU Marrayto. A. G. Warroi R F. Reg Seatt, Lewie aaeer, R. A. R. R. lagUfirid. C A. Wise, BIB ' " • B. F. Da HUff J. C DieU Orsalatiea Ms as. McCheaaey. H. G. QhnglMln record correspondcnw enrollment of 676 is Texai Dr. Mark Francis, (until his death • a few years ago head of the School of Veterinary Medicine), who was mainly interested in ani mal life. And now you enter th* big halls devoted to animal life of the past and present, where you see Dr. Francis’ remarkable collection. Ftrtt of all, of course, yoo will want to teko a fow minutes to in spect the Egyptian mummy in its opened coffin inside a glass cast. TUESDAY STAFF H ; A. I. Carroll, N. A. 0. Talbot, W. J. W. T. Guy, Georg* Gorier Beam. J. . Khode, A. 1. A all M. H. RoWa i port, I. W. Jenkins. L Advertising Aaateteat FRIDAY STAFF reported by the University of Dodge Frank Harris Hiscock of Syracuse, N. Y ha# resigned as chairman of Cornell University’s »ummy, comparatively w*U- boanl of trustees after 22 yearl - preserved, eras found in 1891 in Tomptete consolidation under one roof of all ^ tomb of tho ancient plant and animal xriencoalkxcept dairy husbandry Egyptian king of Karnak. Dr. at the University of New Hampshire will ha possible in’.lhne with completion of tio Nosmith hail. A volume of rural Michigan songs and ballads ing : TU tell the werid” was first used by Shakespeare $18 years ago. "Not so hot” is from the same author’s Winter’! Tale." \ "Beauty but skin deep” was PM- lip James Bailey* description of a woman ia 1861. “I'm no anger was coined by Thackeray about 1848. So, before you cliche inventors lay claim to a new word combina tion, you’d better check th* class ice first i LUNCH0ON AND ■ 4 COFFEE CLUBS 9 Ai l 4- TEAROOM Highway I «t WjM »Or«» SIND mu VACATION lAOCAOt HOMO* ' RAHWAY EXPRESS **' baa been completed by Waynfl's Prof. Eraelyn E. •• Gardner and Alumna Geraldmd J. Chkkering. Grinnoll College has opened g dating bureau. Francis and Dr. Ball acquired it, 90-foot wings to •moat oth ' r things, from a “Cha- Uukua” traveling show that “want broke”, >I>out UHX). The picture— J. F. A. Schell Mason Joaaa, G. W. DeArmepd Jr, A. Newamp. R. W. Barchfield. J.rk to.u R. W. GarHch. W. C. Regan. R. L. yUMte Caaa School of Applied Science has a new 160 000-volt radiographic machine for the detection of flaws in metals. More than 60,000 students in 88 U. S. colleges "" universities r~ ^— 1 * ** * * - - • Men's association. More than 1,700 trees on tfie Connecticut State College campus were dcstroyedl in the recent east coast hurricane. For the first six months at 1988, gifts to edu- ostioi.al institutions dwlinod $58,568,188 from the total of a similar period of last year. DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HKDH INK ! Durham, N. C. Fear terma ef stores weeks are givaa each year. Theiw may tw tek- lively (graduation In a bowl’s a meal Advecttoiag tod uniTwiittos „ »™to OT |M to. IrKtoptodto, ^ thru# terma may be taken each year (graduation ia fear yean). Th* entrance requirements are te- tr Hi fence, character and three years sf college werk, indudinu the aahjecte specified far Ckas A la. Catatogaea sad ap- The Student Workers Federation has been re- Chili co! Carnc tridi the^ikt Mexieaa flavor I ft « "Senedtl ABTh***" LIPSCOMB PHARMACY Nortli Gate That ! th* way to vacation —with nothing to do but lock up your trunk sad phone Railway Express. Nc charge —no dickering ot dpubts Oa* easy move You see yopr baggage go. and can take yoaq train with a sigh of relief. • Convenient? lOOU-and economical, tool Oar rwas are low, sad you can scad “ioHect,” if you wish, same as wkh our "tnran aad-bnek laundry servica." tk baa yon phone, sell as the tmse to coma - SOI THKRN PACIHC DEPOT j ’Phone 9 j College Station, Text* JJ RailhaAexpress AGENCY INC. hatiom-wioi aaiL-aia oaovif