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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1939)
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEB. £8. 1989 WHgrS HAPPENED TO DEAD WEEK? Wm>: A WILIAM TBl CONGRESS' A Uttit eonu-mi-ormry executir* committee has rot M been able to omb- No*. The Bottoltaa, n a front pofe editorial, pi etc Ha study of it (Dead Week).* | !t«p«v*»ed the that Dead should be ro- Jtll . 20-A front page story: “TW pHndples of instituted h.-re. L , % |. Dead Week were approved by the Student Welfare Doc. tr-ln another front page editorial,'^ Bat- Cow^ttee tut night in its monthly meeting in the taiioa defined Deed Week u a week during which BMa were forbidd.-n <t) qunsee or written reeiew 1 L eoeeriag more thu eas day's assignment, (2) make- nf . w up guinea, except, those given to individual study, ' 1 *”**T ***'?, 0 ^ u " * ' <S) parts of fiaal sxaminsUons and (4) tsrm papers m * de th< fir,t t * >n1 ' 1 nle!,, ' Weak is acted of project*. It alee *nnoun«<i that a survey of to- “P™ ^ the near futum, to- dent opinion wu b.conducted on the isLe. •^«^rs wiU be hand>c* P ped in the doetng week- i Dec. 6—It wu announced that the largest num- of the term, ber of A. A M. stodasto ever polled, 1,068 out of .We offer the column of The Battalion to the had ■nswnrwi "I favor the re-instituting of committee from the executive committee which Is Wash at A- A M. and I would take advantage studying Dead Week. We feel certain student* would week u aa opportunity for etady." Uke to know it* status. aa editorial The Battalion again ! | j. |■■■■■■ ■ , !■ , i,,. ■ Kask, la-defi/i.ng it aad explaining to Btud “' CORRESPONDENCE Dec. 1^- L)«an itoltua said he feK sur^ a do- TO THE BATTALION: AMbiMfMdlpff Dead Week could be eapected Pleaae allow me to express ray appreciation at the first meeting of the faculty after the to ^ Btluljon for pubjjiKing i n the Student Christmu holidays. He saiA the subetitut* plan Forum M opeB letter by Mr Pato ^ i Bppw . proposed could be put into effect “ * * “* ciate this all the more because Mr. Fry’s letter wu to the numbei of da ye “ < * 00 voluntary, and we of the Dining Hall knew nothing v Dec, 16—In aa editorial T>* Battalion Summed - .. . ap the Dead Week campaign. The editorial Was op* .. timlatic about the adoption of Dead Week here. Th * r * ^ • nor “**• wg^ding the Z.TZ front pagestery ^uted, "The faU Jl Dead Week will be known within the next few daya, ^ ^ charge pu meal i. t2 9H 4 Umteml of H WU learned today with the announccmeit from ^ » F»1 gave it. I ‘ l 1 —I Dean Bolton that a faculty meeting will be held I believe that if more student* were to visit <u soou u U it pouibie te get the enUm group our establishment, see our organisation at work, nn™.w^nyc, J 17171171170 together.' ” ' »ore closely the quality and grade of PREVIEWS aiMl REVIEWS Jan. 10-A froat page story. There is slight foodstuffs which are purchased, see the manner in —— that Dead Weak wfllbe adopted here this which they are prepared, even give us tuggestkms semester, Deea Bolton tuud today. Dean Bolton or idau which might lead to improvement in our stated that 'many filnoeaea and ibsiwii of memixT*’ menus, that there would be oonalderably leu an- have prev.nted a m ating of the faculty thh week, tagoniam and open dUparaging criticism made of .. J , He aaid, *1 b-Jievf that for the s«-cond semeater the Diniag Hall. we can work out a aatiafanory solution to the pre- Assuring you that wa welcome all students, t exam week problem.' " He pointed out that “the permits, and othera at all tiaea, I am ! ■ Youra aiaeoraly, J. C. HOTARD Supervisor, Dining Hail CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS BY BILL MURRAY The Saddle ead Birloin Hub One of the oldest aad stroageet organizations on the A. A M. cam- pu is the well-known Saddle and bars of tha Saddle aad 74 Sirloin wly bH _ Oak. of whom were atwl] last week. To bee mmabtr one hu to hp either msjonng or miaertag in the field of Aalmel Huabeadry. Nearly BY RkY TRRADWEL1 The acting is all that can be ax- -ut Fraedom Ring. U U-G-M P-Wd [,om neb . roup with . J" IT”. "“T “ ““ prodoetion. dbecled bp Jbek Cob- 50 '- di«:ount he tbe eltfet Cbined “ ' ^ U"* A »- «, fro? en or,,, J! «orp nd kf tbo . to rp. TT tb« t*o A. ^ S. SALES TAX t VACANCY The levying of a tax may have affects that are toe easily foreseen by the tax makers, and a tax may legally, u wall $» practically, accomplish ends other than, or in addition to, the raising of Revenue. At the debate institute here Saturday, Dr. George ~ President Roosevelt has i-Mwivnd the nnnnrtn " m '" u *»™iwon . Heater, economics prof^sor at Southwestern Uni- ‘T > ’ , Roomr ^ t t '"**** •• OfportU- ^ MackerB] . way from an original story and thl ‘ play by Ben Hecht with ________________ Harry Rape in charge of product- ^ I ~ 7” ion and Douglu Shearer u record- What 8 ohOWlIlff ing director. , , ... Tht caat: itissday and Wednesday at the will be some time this May. At that - P»Uco-- Anzons Wildcat" star- time medals for the Chicago and Adams Virginia Bruce Withers. ( Forth Worth judging team mem- Sirloin Club Founded many yean ttadeat at A. A M. la ago, H has grown and continued Ha m^ber work with MW b Wit ^ « tb. Tbe primary purpose of the Club, this year an Herbert u its name appttee, la te atimu- Sam Harris aad A M Pru- 1W tn r r..,^aS«b. phMM* ^ ^ CM- U ™ to< Tf * ortL J B c * rr f t * 004 ter, aecreUry-tn s.urer: Mari Wee. purpou tbe Club promotes such terman, publicity manager- and aetivitim u the Aggie Rodee, aad Charles Jennings, social aecntaty. ‘ sophomore and freshman livestock judging conteata. The Chib helps — ' ■ ' present the Cattlemen's Bell each XT ___ T> year—this yeer it will be May »- ^ ©W ReCOrdS . and H puts on two annual barbs- —— c***- \l (j “Ould Be”, the Johnny Mercer j. The Rodeo held at A. A M. eech Walter Donaldson composition, you is staged primarily to send I* with “Penny Serenade", the senior livestock judging teem HaBlfax aad Melle Ween* te the Chicago International Live- *» the new Victor recording stock Show and Judging Contest. mad * by Sammy Kaye. The three In put yean A. A M. teams have B * ro *» f“niish the vocals of “Could won high honors in this contest. B**": Jimmy Brown, hacked by The teem members that took pert ^ d** Ctab, is heard in “Fanny in tbe Chicago meet last fall Serenade", were the same that u junior*, com- ' peted and Ux.k first place at the Larry Qiatoa aad his orrheetn - Fort Worth Fat Slock Show. with Bee Wain doing all £ vocals. The Cattlemen’s Ball is an a*- hu teamed “I Get Along Without noal affair, pet on jointly by the You Very Well” with TV Maa- Saddle aad Sirloin Club aad the querade Is Over" to a very • Kream and Kow Klub The Un|- impressive recording, versity of Texas Glee Gab girts • ■ have been invited to this year's wJ,, . .. . . Two ballads of the day* of our g'andparente, “Old Dog Tray" and ^'ing Nellie Home", share Die _ . ' . ^ 1 • . recent Victor record made by Uo , The irst held in the Brown and his orchestra. Miriam fall, is a send-off for the boys of Shew sings the lyric* to both of the judging team going to Chicago, thee* old songs. Tim second one, held in the spring, i J \ * iiTbll'fS * 1 For the fourth time during the tenure of of- w>itr bbd a. M-mfebt or thu iMUtotio., pomt- o'” 111 "■ «. ou« . n,a 1W rfflub Flbnlots. r .T . effort et economic ret»va*y. Using statistics gathered by the federal govern meat. Dr. Heater reported ihat one third of tbe na- occurrad with the resignation of Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis this week. \ Brandeis, 82, exercised his prerogative under Vernon Geysr has proved the __ Hammond Electric OffgV to be aa Chria Mulligan _. Victor McUgNfe Ansembly Hall—“Angels With benTitm be awarded" and tV an- in * tniment 01 •**»! *»7 raeording Thomu Ugan _ UondBarryworo Dirty Vacx +« ^th James Cagney, nual baseball game between the h “ toUrpreUttoae of “Lullaby in Pat O’Briee aad the “Deed End Animal Husbandry Department In- Rhythm "' *•* Wmpo, lidk". .tructors and the Saddle and &r- ^ d . D t 0 ™ k ' , "Huaoreeqo# Thursday, Friday and Saturday loin Club seniors will take place. * J Mm the Palace—fLet Freedom At ^ pretent time the Gub is reuhing • bed Ring" .tarring Nelson Eddy, Vir- work j n(r ^ ^ Bruim, Lionel Barrymore, f or the second floor of the Animal Jib Knox David Bronson Edward Arnold Gey Kibbee —„ Charles Butterworth Hollywood la state of affairs when they tarn to ginh two-bit Western story dramu to Guy Kibbe* Victor McLaglen, Ed* industries Building, in which cam '‘“T"" the court act of 1987 to retire after 10 yean of ,tar mo ? out * t * n ^^W Cf)T '- Arnold and Charles Butter- will be exhibited all cups and other tie. an barely making ends meet for a subeistence fk> . nrt and operatic star and then ex- worth. trophies won by Livestock judging poet something to come of it be teaii of A A M side, a »%hteare and a bemiube. Rhodt> uland Hail of Brown A t the Gub held^very Nelson Eddy, the so-called goWan Unhrenity wu oae of the flnt other Monday night in the Animal ainger of “Maytiaae” is starred oc college buOdings fa the country indurtries lecture room, the mem- ben and guests Var well-known ad in fast fox trot tempo play- Wvei. Considering euh family u . couumu unit, high tribunal and after attaining Dr. Hester draw the conclusion that hen are two- Jf" '** had ^ ® member of the thirds of all the consumer uaita in the landf unable, ^ “ ***”' beyond a negligent dogm. to use what the nation UnHk * tw » proviooa occuiona, the appointment is able to and must produce. While he doee hot ven- f* * successor to Brandeis will not disrupt the . . , ^ . . , , . C»re-. U ,0. «b- d, Id .od.™ Am<ri * “rTi 6 '» 5* « tT XX. ° r ca’s buaineu aad econo taka, Dr. Hestar does assert dei8 WM on# of t, * e original justice* who sew fit to 0 # *»*« “ol* west" — - - that moot economist, agree that one part of the "PPort the New Deal in a majority of Instances. who rriuluallon fro|n or ene step in the direction of remedy— Regardleu of affUiation, however, then can ^ amM buck to the lawless and of these “ ASSKAVULY jj 1 1 HALL is the bolstering of the b lying power I , . n«*r- b* n * u » ht but regret at the naignation of the bloody frontier and tells the tough, impotent consumer units, these families that con- veteran jurist. He hu proved himself a man worthy wildcat town just how and what to stitote two-thirds of nil the familiee in the country of hi* position May the Supreme Court of the United ^ ^ ^ta awny with it in a big Getting back to the ealet tax. Dr. Heeler finds States be blessed with many more men of his calibre, way. That, in abort, is the melo- that this tax certainly does not add to the purchasing —THE TOREADOR dramatics dime-story plot.—Of power of this two-thirds; indeed, he concludes, the — — course he hu ale# learned at col- sales fax actually takes away n portion of the buy ■ _ lege how to make • quick-action in#powar of two-thirdaef our familiee. beemue they PRESlDEftTlAL TIMBER <*»w with * eix-gun, and to do ee- pey a ules tax not out of any surplus income Til loon fighting. (because they have none) but pay tbe fax with Speculation on the Democratic nominee for tbe *♦ one h-, tht mot i on nietarB i money that othanviae would flow into tbe khanaela »e*t ptesidential ballot is rapidly becoming the gtudioe used to nnde themselves on of business. Net enough of this money is thus ‘‘flow- favorita session-subject. Talk usually { eentere bu. realism or at leut the realistic tag.* u it ia. Dr. Heater finds. Surely, he contends, “thW farm," Garner, Farley, Hopkins, Hull, that they out in their pic- it would be an fll-advised tax that would c: !pi le wxi Murphy. |7 p but now y t J ey to the flow all the more. According to precedent, at least one stigma pains to have their movies tech- Dr. Hester's analysis is erected upon the pro- can be attached to each of them. Garner is “too eon- nkally correct and then run them peeition that taxes should generally be levied on the •ervathre,” Farley “too much the politician." Hop- on a story that even a five year old basis of ability to pay aad that ability to pay may k *n* »» cursed with the WPA investigation, Hull kid would *M«.t j s absurd, be determined to a degree by tbe extent to which too old aad too straight laced” and Murphy singing in the picture Is the tax may ho paid out of booms above that re- bean the called strike of being a Catholic. Othere ^ when Irish quired by tha individual for the necessities of life, not infrequently mentioned aa possible nominees ^ gmUing” -Home Sweet , This is a now approach to the evils of the sales »*• Tom Corconn and Robert H. Jackson. Home”, “My Country Tis of Thee" tax to some who alrmdy ware opposed to the levy Next summer s national no«L£« convention and “Uvea Serenade” darn sun on other ground*.. That crippling of tbe already of tbe Democratic party will p ob&bly be more don’t belong in a ihow that limited buy.ng powto of two-thirds of the nation's heated and more exciting than the election itself. even before H fa released. isTasdt M'e'n ^kosTthat D^Heste^has^infad^U out Int * Pt#tin » 10 not * »*• itudwit opinion* shown Tbe cast fa an all-star on* with U It i. another — —' in rKent ^ 0B P^'^tial candidates Nelson Eddy as the bona hare, iniouitous tax ^ At ^ of Taxaa, Garner's homa stats, Virginia Bruce as tbe heroine, Ed- ■ oswotre nuA* ** ““ p,u vo " d U ° *** cmi ,or Ganier * *** Arnold, as the third act vil- —CAMPUS CHAT p* cant for a “liberal New Dealer," aad the re- lain, and Victor McLaglan, aa bis maindsr voiced no opinion. The Butler Uaiversity helper who dees all the evil work. Collegian says: “W# believe Mr. Hull fa the one man Democratic party today who could unit* conservative and liberal elements. He has sup ported the radical New Deal measures only mildly, Entered as second class matter at the pOetoffiee wid •!»« bas backed the conservative actions of the at College Station. Texas, under the Act of Cob- administration." ■"a*’ 1 *" „ , ; ' 'J • ’ • A «h. Coll,,, of tb. City rf N» York. Mbb.ro AdTortisia, lbU« upon roquotL ' n “I* 00 ! 11 ' busme*. volod Prooidont Roo.ev,H Officoi in Room 122 Administration building, tb* “most outstanding man alhe," while University Telephone College A Night phone College 0*. . of Minnesota studenU votod 8 to 1 agafalk a third ''R. ppfaented for aational advertialng by Nation- f or P rt . 11( i 1 . nt Roo^velt. '! ;w ' 1 Blfdv,ruling Service, Inc.. 420 Madison AV*.. New f ° r hoowftlL YoHtGty. ' 1 * T j « Unleas nat.ona! opinion crystallizes in a partieu- A L DOS , | gnrmp.ud.rHigw direction before the conveotion, America wfll W. H. SMITH . i — AhvvKTi.mvr. MANAGER speculate, and with facreasing interest James Cnfa, BUI Murray Managing Editor. * *• ™ bye-New Mexico Lobo. Georgs Fulton, B. C. Knetsar Aset Adv. Mgrs. E. a (Jeep) Oates -Bporfa Editor _ ^ ^ Tom Darrow Assistant Bpnrfa Editor Lev* always finds a way" or “Courtship sa- Bob Oliver, Wayn- StatkX— Aaaoeiate Kditors Phillip Golman Staff “ J. C. Diets Roas Howard, H. G- How* en speak on livestock subjects. The University of Denver baa Speakers'have included men from acquired a book on accounting the Extension Service and Experi- : .eld'd in 1494. | ment Sution, end repreeentatives ■■■ Of nationally known meat-packing Southern Dlinofa Normal Uni- firme, livestock feed and shipping b ‘K versity studenU spend 850,000 a concerns, and atockyard*. year to see moving picture, j At present 164 Aggies are mem- STOP WITH US, AGGIES When In Hearoe ECONOMY CAFE J HKAKUBs TfDLfi .ytrvM Only the Beat it jthe Lowest Prken" THIS PIPE NEVER BITES MY TONGUE’ MEDICO FIITIRId'smOKING 66 Baffle interior~S3 , U frcatcM sciesw tide It treos nlconne, jakea aad B aad breaks up itot smoke stream, resulting in cool, “brokea - la M Filtered Smoking $ lL The Battalion*-^ i. • iNgint muit ni aisuo mu ,t ■ wa Cl Its TUE8. AND WED. Feh. 28 tad March I 6:30 tad 8:30 P. M C. F. DeVilbis* Bob Nisb t. A. J. Robinson, J. S. D. G Buit. J. A. Stansell. Foster Wise, M ard. B. G. Brady. Rkhard Litaey, W. N. preme difficulties." That ought to be the title for rire.i»£ h ° t 1r* phtr ^ Ul# about * c * rUiB Ho ‘y Cn ** CoUsg* student Howard Gri^lationAtotsUml who ^ ,tn,ck ^ ^ of a oo-ed pic- Kditonal Aaatotaat tunA Collegiate Digest It was love at flret _ tT _ or .. _ picture, as it Were. TUESDAY STAFF A r , J ,, . Ray Treadwell j •- Junior Ikiitor ^ “• co '‘‘ d WM 001 M«>tifled in tha caption L E. Tt*mpami~7 ^. ^1—to kjEj.mr deacrihing the photo, this inventive lover just dip- Brady, Georg* Fuermanfa T. N. Studer, Lewis ffeUDAlr STAFF C. M. Wilkinson . Frank Phelan, 0. A. Lopes. J. P Clarkson, L A. Fischer, James Eppler, M. L. Howard. ped the picture, pasted it on an envelope and wrote the name and location of the college beneath the clipping. Inside, of course, was a request for an answer, etc. Yea, believe it or not, Lucille Trudeau, a etu- EJfav dent fa Mundelein College's skyscraper en the McGarr Jack Hwukreen BiBy • horM •* Lake Michigan fa Chicago, received the Newman, Jr, Max PerkfaT Alfred •PWtfa promptly. Bppler, D. K. Hill, W. W. Sullivan, Aad now there's quits a steady flew of Utters between the W indy City and Worcester, Maas. Courteous And Friendly Service Shirts DEPENDABILITY QUALITY Books; Toilet Articles School Supplies Military Supplies h THE exchange; store An Aggie Institution”