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Kumorn art* upreading; ami rainiag credence, to
the effect that the powen-that-be (or that are to
bo) ar« pkming o' etep disaatrious to the cautc
of youth education In Texas—namely, the redOctioa
of appropriations by the state legislature for the
maintenance of state collegiate imtltilti—J and
the corresponding increase in tuition chargee upon
the atudents.
Various reports of statements mad< by Mr,
0‘Daniel (soon to he inaugurated Governor of
Texas) at teachers' meetings and on other occas
ions, seem to indicate that he favors such a move.'
And a number of our state legislators likewiCe ap
pear to bt it fa«ar of it The Battalion
state these to be absolute facts; but are can urge
that our new Governor and our legislators ignore
the privately maintained colleges and the lobbyists,
who are clamoring vociferously for the reduction of
state appropriations for state schools, aad the cor
responding increase of the tuition rates of these
schools. • I #
This it
pear
tually is of pressing import to every student, not
only of A. A M. but also of the several other
stale supi>ort«rl colleges and univenrftiea. An ia-
program. We list ia,
organised forces which has
ing and stimu
stimulating what ia
ideal n and sincerity in
however, as one of the
felt the need of promoting
called Americanism.
have been proposed which would insure
in the schools wpuld propound Amer-
that young citisens might come to have a
d for American institutions. Efforts have
to curb the study in classrooms of eer-
i of government believed to involve un-
tkat
lie (YULE) TIDE GOES OUT)
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lately, a committee of Congress has been
iting what are caDed un-American activi-
plicat
This is y»ruble m which, though it may not ap-
to be or immediate concern to us Aggies, at-
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this country. The
on whether the comm
but that is a
that we do not
we do propose
open season on “i
attempt be made to
ia “un-American."
this, and the
of words, have
by such glittering
between
is certainly hard febjdraw,
with himself, and
of the nation are
ia performing any
with many tin-
to discuss here,
t, while this par-
influences” is
what is “American"
Dies committee has
people, living in a
to find out what is
The line of
and “un-American"
if one ia to be
of the
KNOW YOUR COLLEGE
BT BILL MURRAY horses and
Perhaps one of the feast ex- fint floor ip
plored buildings oa thi 4mpua is . „
Ik. VrUrlMr, -th.. H '"
Ion*, low. not building dlnrtl,
northwest of the Administration ter death) on
Bailitng. But it should fe>t be so ceased homra,
little known, for it really is an yo U 'may
But the
VT*!
plgee the
(exami ations af-
of de-
interesting place,
inside is far
mules,
see maife Med and
might
the formation of a
of $50 or $75 in the small tuition fees each natl)1|ll j
on. of u> hu to pay for «ch wmwiUr JTBo-Sfitt “A^in
Onm*. ,1 Tdnn.
educstion wotld prevent many
youths from going to college and getting the edu
cation and training they deserve. Psrticulariy would
this affect Texas A A M., whose low fees have
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serving, to get a college education. r T'Wi T. F. Mayo’s Column
College, witii its well-rounded program of know- j
ledge, practical technical and vocational training. I* • lei*ur«ly converaaticpi over Casey’s coffee
discipline and guidance, citizenship-training aad last .Sunday morning, a very intelligent and well-
charactar-building, athletics, culture, and recreation, informed Aggie (believe it or not!) made a rather
is one of the greatest institutions in aua’s satire tlarming remark to me. We had been talk my about
eivitisatson. Not only does it educate the youth* of Hitler, and from that gentleman the session had
the country and prepare them to fill high positions broadened into a comparison' of varibus forms of
requiring intelligence and of incalculable service government. •
to humanity, but also it builds citisttu for the "There's no doubt about ij," said the i. and w. i.
state. That anyone could seriously think of en- Aggie, “that a dictatorship —«««>'• fK “ t—»
PREVIEW^ and REVIEWS
ordinary happenings
pas just outside. And that “atmos
phere" fa certainly far d * -
If the visitor is lucky; he may ^,T‘" "
b« allowed to go through the
wards in which are kept, the sick ,
dogs and other small animals, in **£\°
all sort** of physical condition and
manifesting all types of behavior. ’ ai
Their various symptoms and ways °
of acting are interesting for the ,
casual visitor to witn«a$. :•
.is y°v
Then one may also tea the big co unld ept,
halt in which are usually i number in g a
of sick horses or n)ui«a or cows. ^ the th
It is also interesting to watch the lhfl actual
•ta||; and treatment of these ail- there in
ing animalt' by the stddenta of war j c
veterinary medicine. Anf by the -
way, A. A M. boasts of p.^sess»n/
almost the biggest veterinary
school in the country; our vet
students number only slightly
fewer than those of low* A. A M.
The hall where the sick horses
are treated usually gives off quite
stench. But if you really wan;
with the hide stripped J>ft expos
internal
ing to view t$e vmriois
parts of thi animal fo study. In
barrels and tro kgh fill* i with evil-
m rtares
Si
re-
and leg# and other
natomy of various
of i| it is moot
ttsne when
time, you
profitably by mak-
Vot
that arC^
a vet i Meat does
or bit life
lospital, to
i there and
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"Artiste and Models Abroad." that money will make a difference. .. - , . ^
Produced by Arthur Homblow. Manuring her will mean a life of
Directed by Mitchell Leisen, idle laxury. But, he adds, be thinks
Screenplay by Howard Lindsay, he’ll b» able to get used to it
form of government if we
getting a good dictator."
icd with the gentlemanly equivalent of
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•lOh
yes, the Aggie
is so much more efficient
Kow, I hope Dr. Luilum will tolerate for
once my tresspassing on t$e territory of public
affairs which he covers so adequately in the Friday
Battglion. For I really mus4 take time out to ex
press my disagreement with 'this Aggie who thinks
that!a dictatorship, even uafer a good dictator, ia
en
dangering tt is unthinkable. Yet the {Ann describ
ed above that we have heard advanced would be
a catastrophe for A. A M., for education, for tha
state, and for the youth and the citisens ad the
■Uto. ! I ’
We earnestly hope and urge that our lofisfcb*
tore will not entertain any such proi*oi»l. But jest
in case it should, here is one way we can help to
check it; by writing our relatives and friends all c>nce
over the state, getting them all to appeal to their
respective representatives in thp legislature to de
feat when it should come up for eonmderation by
the legislature any such measure that would s.*«-k
to reduce the appropriations from the state revenue ,
for the support of the ttate schools, and or incrca.M- , f ‘ de,lt
our tuition rates accordingly. By so doing we can U seems to me that
reach every legislator ia the state, and might well "goad" government with
be able to defeat any such proposal in its Infancy. What he meant
—j-— — was roughly the ability
would be the best
could only be sure of
insisted, “a dictatorship
than a democracy."
Russel Crouse and Ken England.
Art directors, Hans Dreier and
Ernest Fegte. Released by Adolphe
Zukor.
Buck Boswell.. |... Jack B.-nn\
Patricia Harper ...iLJoaa Bennett
Mrs. Isabel ("banning Mary Boland
James Harper. Charles Grapewin
Dubois ; Frit* Feld
Jan. 12.18, 14 the Palace theatre
will feature, “You Can't Take It
With Yen." Make plana now to
attend this highly acclaimed pic
ture.
What’s Showing
The Yacht Club Boys.
PALACE. Tuesday and Wednes-
Buck Boswell and hia “Artists f*2 ri ** Madness" with Mau-
and Models Ahmad", an American O’Bwhran, Lew Ayres, Ruth
in
the best form of government* because it is the most
aty friend has confused
th “efficient" government
by “rffii
ficiency,” I gathered,
tq make trains run on
theatrical troupe, are stranded
nm i
The hotel keeper takes advantage
ef a rehearsal period and locks
them but of their rooms still in
their costumes. •.
Buck passes a sidewalk cafe in
time to reacu* Patricia Harper
time and to carry out pens) sentences promptly. 1 f, om a waiu . r who U badgering her
take it for .granted also that his “good dictator
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knowing she is the daughter of
James Harper, Texas ofl tycoon. *
Joining the troupe as a lark,
Pat ia found by her fsrther, whom
Buck also takes for his show,
the Harpers then share a series of
mad escapades tt^t keep the aud-
well within the spirit of the
UN AMERICAN? « lor.gramea aiso wai ms gooa ractawr for not ^ yinrMr biU . Buek in .
i j Would ***> raan *^ naUonal! finances m an orderly viU}g her to ^ h j B ^
Periodicxlly some element in the Vnited Sutes fssKon, prevent graft, slackness, and waste in know j ng lbe u tb e daughter
finds occasion to complain that some of us are ndt government operations, and berhaps even (if he was Texas ofl
sufficiently American. An early organization that P^tty smart) see that everybody got food, clothes,
advanced the feeling of “America for Ameriaim^ ehelfer, and free Sunday afferrioon movie*,
was the Know-Nothing Party, whose members had Now these would all be: excellent things, and I
grown anxious over the rise of immigrant* to posi- wis$ we had every one of 'them—especially if we
tions of power in American government and busines .. could choose the movies. But! I don't believe they are
The name of the party came not, however,, from the worth the price of dictatorship. They would eonsti-
iliability of the party to define its “Americans,” as tutn the marks of an “effUient" governmer^ per-
we might think today, but ns a result of Ha refusal hap*, but not necessarily of h “good" one. And, per- Before he leavl the show to go
to enter the slavery controversj. sonSlly, I want a “good" government. t,, tb e hotel to put through a
Later on other parties professed to be for “Amer- To me it seems that a “^ood" government in not big deal whh a Dutch ofl syndi-
ica for the Americans," and factum* of one sort or only one which not only gets things done with a cate, Harper “borrows" from the
another, mdny of then making real and valuable reasonable degree of sniqrtficss, but' also calls Exposition, Emp(rsnal Josephine’s
contributions to the welfare of the natiem, were form- out]in its people an active jam! creative interest in diamond necklace which he wants
ed on this premise. The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's and* a free discussion of jts actions, its policies,
wap an expression partly of this feeling. ; k am) its future; which msMes its people feel that
The American Legion ia constantly giving at ten- collectively they are the misters and the moulders
tion to the (cultivation of more Americanism among of (heir .own wny of life.
No dictatorship, no msttci how good the dicta-
forl may be. can give it* citisens this feeling of
Combined freedom and responsibility, A dictator,
evt*t a good one, must (by'definition) insist on ab-
Ann Morriss, Burgess
and Joyce Compton.
EMBLY HALL, Tuesday
and Wednesday, “Stablematas,’
with Mickey Rooney, Wallace
Beery and Margaret Hamilton.
PALACE, Thursday, Friday and
"Artiste and Models
Jack Benny and
Joaij Bennett. (Reviewed to-day*.
The lowly flea, long a trouble-
causer to man and beast, it going
take a look around inside the small
post-mortem buiKimir jubt back of
the main hospital. Tbs sights and
smells there are pretty sickening,
to one not use to sush things.
However, they become just ordi
nary routine to those who study
the subject, just as a'Sflfrgcon be
comes inured to rutting up" a
sick person. And really both sur
geon i an4 pilBniwM lo a great
service to humanity epith their
work. Their long hard preparation
for a career we should appreciate
more than we do.
On the second floor of the post
mortem building the vet students
study the skeletons and^skttlls of
Satirday,
Abroad,” with
Americana, gind we cannot complain oi the Legion’s
f
BATTALION
to duplicate as a present for Pat
Buck finds the jewels in the old
man’s room and when the head of
the oil syndicate arrives he con
vinces him that old man Harpe.-
is a fake and pi om-ds to tear up
a very nice contract.
From this point the show be
ta live the life of a king at the
University of California.
Ret hia new-found kingly exis-
ntenor will be a life with a pur
pose, for his life in a new air-con
ditioned home will be subject U
the whims of scientists who seek to
determine his habits and activities.
The new flea laboratory, believ
ed ta be the first of its kind in
the world, will be used to study
the causes and cures of aylvatic
plague, « disease prevalent on the
west coeat and known to be trans
mitted to man by fleas.
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muni silerice all criticism. Now it may be that you ground with every movement. After
an<| I have no very useful political criticism to offer the mad house settles down, Buck
anyhow, hut it is neverthdets worth s great deal explains to Pat that her having ajl
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ed,; it is true, to speak yah humorous contempt
of political arguments. Blit as a means of educa
tion, of mental stimulation, and of broadening and
strengthening our sense of responsibility for the
fa)e of society and of humanity, these same political
ments are not to be despised. And it is of
only under democracy that political discussion
cam flourish.
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So, my Aggie friends I must differ with you
abput .the “goodness" of a dictatorship, even under
a good dictator. As I se« it, a dictatorship is not
even partially justifiable except as an emergency
msaaure and a very temporary measure at that Such
reliefs and advantages as ft may bring, even under a
Sports Editor dictator, coat entirely too much. They would
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bdt also our underlying sense of freedom to partict-
P«te in shaping oar owa collective destiny. This
sounds *1 bit high-fhiutin and far-fetched, I
admit, but it actually Means a lot Where it ia
reader a$sent, morale is in grave danger.
It ia not thSt I object to a large measure
of government control It seems to me, on the
e4ntrary, that since our national life has become
complex and vast, a good many ef our affairs,
ially of our ecoooafe affairs, need more at
tention from the central government than they
hbd in a simpler sge. But I waat it to be s demo
cratic government which manages those of our af
fairs which have grown too big and too compli
cated to be entrusted sag longer to profit-seeking
individuals or corporations. I want a government
. Junior Editor which we can promptly vote out of existence U
junior Editor ** don’t like its policies; and which we can critt-
. r |..Junior Editor 'i*« «nd argue about, as much and as openly as are
>r Editor Such a government fliay possibly talk too much
Clarkaon, and act too slackly once in a while. It may be lees
J r ^ "»fflcle«t" than a good aictator, 'but I believe that
it U “better."
And speaking of ‘ k >Q(F .Mctators, please show
a few
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