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' I PAGE 2 THE BATTALION EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939 The Battalion A 1 T ':? Rme SCH00LS STUDENT SEMI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE The-mi CAMPUS ROUNDUP » Entered as second eUu *t CoUem Station, Texes, frees of March I, 187f. | Subscription rates, t2 a year. Advertising rates upon request. Office ia Room 12S Administration building. Telephone College 8. Night phone College • M,. Represented for national advertising by Nation- el Advertising Service, lac, 420 Madison Ava, New York City. R L. DOM. * rnsitler at the post-fficc , wider the' Act of Coo- Goings On THE CADET CORRAL] dubs 'n Things EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W. H. SMITH „. 1 —ADVERTISING MANAGER lames Critx, Bill Murray .. Managing Editors E C. (Jeep) Oates — — Sports Editor Gaorge Fulton, B. CL Knetear—Aaat Adr. Mgrs. Bob Oliver, Wayne Stark.., Aseonsta Editors. Philip Golman jfarf.Photographer | I. C» Diets ...I .. Circulation Mana^ r Ross Howard, H. G. Howard ... Cimilation Assistants C. F. DeVilbiss —..r.^T.—Editorial Assistant ’ TUESDAt STAFF Ray Treadwell L E Thompson Bob Nisbet, A J There will be some skepticism over the pro posal to establish “crime clinics’’ in the Texas public schools under the terms of (be bill already passed by the Texas Senate and now before the house. But there must he of necessity doubt any approach to the crime problem is the right This idea worked out fn the State Department cation and effected by the bill written by Dailey, a veteran practicing attorney of Delias, is an experiment. But it may prove one well worth while. The House may do well to add its eadnreesssnt to that of the SaaaliUi uJi' All recent crime surveys have shown an in- U * T ^ & ‘ to “ oU >C7 a « b Bene* both on hnd off the enmpas, under end is the singing of the Uni crossing proportion of young offenders. Various ** Sh >* Assembly Hall. 7 p. m, one head andinoneooffi of Tenaa dgjf Glee Club reasons are ascribed: the general level of poor SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ■ May 6 A.S.A.R Dance —Ag. Eng. Bldg.-*:00 P.M. May 10—T.C.U. vs. A. A Baseball, Kyle Field BY RAY TRRADffnA i ‘ Engineering Building. (This column makes its d» but to will be appropriate, and the student body as an effort to “hiU-binies H should realy M, “round up" events of interest to town” at this affair.X Aggies the way of activities Another high-light of the Junior Editor Junior Editor _ Robinson, J. 8. O’Connor, D- CL Bark, J. A. Stensell, Foster Wipo, M. Is How ard. B. G. Grady, Richard Uteey, W. N. Tomlinson. Geprge Fuermann, T. N. jSteder, Lewis Cbevaillier. Hub Johnson Sports Assistant ' FRIDAY STAFF C. M. Wilkinson r v- , Junior Editor Frank Phelan, & a Tolbot, E. MMfc, (k A. Lopex, J. P. McGarr, Jack Henderson. Billy Qnrkson, L. A. Newman, Jr., Max Perkins, Alfred Fischer, James Eppler, D. K. Hill, W. Wf.jiriHw, M. L. Howard, Max MoCtdlar, Tommy MoOord ADVERTISING SOLICITORS T Tuesday Stofft - Friday Staff: Adams, R. L. Burk, D. G. Davenport, S. P. Jenkins, J. W. Hanby. J. L. j | • ! Wetyla, L 4 ,• ^ , THE STUDENT FORUM TO THE BATTALION: f ’ During the past three months several articles have appeared in our paper concerning final exams, exemptions from taking them, “dead week," etc. Once again the students are about to face their "Waterloo" if they fail to fulfill satisfactorily, in ths opinion of their prof, the tests set before them wkRh contain such technical questions concerning the course as the professor sees fit to ask. Moat profwh { son are prejudiced concerning their respediM- courses, which is as the case sheuld be, but the fact remains that the student has other courses with profs who are just as demanding. What the student may or may not know about the quit within a “three-hour"' time limit will detAxsine .one-third of his final grade. • “ In dnswering our emphatic request far “dead week" we were told that the students placed too much emphasis on the final exams, hut may I ask why they should not desire every possible chance t«> do well on the quisxea, wbep they may destroy all that they have worked for during the .preceding ioar months? This certainly vis npt desirable totthe stls i dent; therefore, it must undoubtedly be samewhaKg in the upper realm that the emphasis is placed pa final exams. * I do not advocate a radical change in the prevail ing system but why can lot the final exam be averaged on an equal basis with the other major quisxes? This would let the instructors gain a knowledge of the results of their term * work and would not be quite so detrimental to the sQsdmit. Our Math teacher (or U he?) failed 69%.of ooe of his classes in Calculus 204, seconding to his own statement Do you gentlemen think this an at tainment of which one should boast? As for my-df, I think it is 4reflection on the ability of that in structor. Incidentally, 1 was neither one of the 69% nor one of the 31%). financial conditions, difficulties of school or having completed it to find employ ment, the high coet of present-day living at the so-called American standard, restless for quest for geaerally oostly amusement, and so on. What ever the cause, it is obvious that the country is failing to strengthen the moral fiber of its young sters to steel them against the temptation of The fault may lie in misund if this is a correct analysis, education to the re sponsibilities of citixenship and to the inevitable coats of criminality may save many thousands of , young Texans to more useful careers than can be Started from the reformatory and the jail. bring a OF THE PRK was held jester- Asbury Room at the I'M p. m. Next year's lectcd club picnic _ lunch and toeet in of the X. M. C. A. 4t «:M p. m. A M Medical to day IA Library officers tor the tha also dis May IS—Senior Ring Dance, Because two club dances are be- Assembly Hall tonight at 7'J0,>fol. vounesten to MeM H * U » • P- I »• m. tag h«l4 Ml home this week-end, lowing the picture show. The Club THE A A M DA|| May 13- dorps Dance, Mees (be chief center of attraction for has bean well received in the past, SDOn * )nn - a 0^.1,. ^1.- Hall, 9 p, m. to midnight (be Corps Will probably be the and this year promisee to he nq geoatoe t*11 mjirn i •*2.^* •««ptfcn, Willi «0 cMd,hm,(am- d , nU >n d ^ ta *ud versity, Baseball, Kyle Held tan, Saturday night Earl “Father” bering among them the Swm May 16—A. A M. vs. Tsxas Uni- Hines—whose playing was very of the University and quite versity, Baseball, Kyle Field. popular here last year when he Bluebonnet Bells, not to May 19—Biology Club Educa- “wrung out” for the Cavalry BaU, an attractive trio, and the “ "r,” 7— «„«! plcn» Au^mbl, H.11 ■—c.«.rt, .ml on tbc fint jwg. crime. The fault may he in misunderstanding and # ^ ^ Corps OmHiwIoBpirtag night- paper. May 21-Reserve Officers’ As- wi ! 1 the orchestra for the The girls are visiting A. sooation Senior Luncheon, 12 noon occ,is * on - He has been featured s at the invitstibn of the two Mess Hall. lot on (he air this past year, and that are staging the annual , his orchestra has* been improved, tienintfl’ WM IpiMgpl <1)1 MISCHA ELMAN, WORLD 0t b* r event * ^ add to the pro- and Kow Klub and the Under the pending bill, district courts would ftinou< Tloliniftj wU1 in , grsm st C. I. A.-land, which should Sirloin Club. The girls be enlisted in the study by reason of being placed ^ n for relief of p^. prove very popular with the Aggies guests of honor at the ball under compulsion to furnish case histones of am- ^ JewiBh Tk . this ^ k-cndTT TT The end of thir week victions. It is hoped to assemble facts or cpntri- tim# ^ Nwi on The only costume ball open to calendar with only four more fecks * I —— buting factors ia crime in which scientific fight , . h M 6 ^ Houston the eT)iil * "tudent body during this unUl the Junior Prom and final DAN BUSSELL’S BIBLE City Auditorium.’ wil1 ^ ^ thi * ** ^ ^ the ferial djU8 ^ ^ Fini Baptist Chunh plan will work, no one Mischa Elman is touring the ^tardsy night when the Agricul- calendar, so far as dances ma or- i„ Bryfcn will hava its class plc- can possibly know. Tbe problem loams Urge. It ifnit^i .nd r^nsda for 1 t"™ 1 ^ftaeering Society presents ganixation balls are concerned, un- tore taken Sunday. All memb«w the IOU8TON A. A M. CLU) t Monday, May &, at 1 the Y Chapel to WILL BE A WAL1 , and her LeUgoe meeting in the be Chapel Sunday at 4 p. m. Rev. at W. Luekens will conduct servit the at 5 o’clock. Everyone U invite) against it can be based. Whether the school _ , . , _ _____ m __ l»ossibly know. The problem looms Urge. It United States and for 8 ^ftaoering Society presents ganixation balls are must he attacked and this method merits thorough monte, appearing on the concert ,U aIUI *** ®* ni al *o til then. This season has hefe by arc to be pi trial. If the pton is attempted in perfunctory fash- stage in 25 cities. Proceeds of °®* y th * «tire year, far the biggest and most elaberau- ion, it will not succeed. But if it develops a thorough these concerts will temperstual enlistment in besting down the most equally among the dangerous condition existing today in our body organizations mentioned - politic, progress will have hem made. There is s heartening plctuqe in the conception of the Texas THERE WILL BE A SHORT educational system accepting with understanding business meeting of the A. A M. the malleable mass of young Americans in Hs Chapter of the American Assoda- the malleable mass of young American in its tion of University Professors, 6 p. charge.—-The Dallas Morning News. m . Tutodny, May 9, In room 803 jglFJtffflK ^ j' '' J i j I • of the Academic Building, for the The M world’! funniest man” has been npurned by purpose of electing officers, the “trorld’s funniest men,” and he’s decidedly un happy about the whole thing. ■iTke man is George C. Miller, president of the The Battalion American Association at College Comics and boss of the Ohio State University humor magasine. The S /i Ij U T E S men are the members of the organisation he heads Here’s why George is unhappy. Since last year, when he was elected president PREVIEWS and REVIEWS BY BOB inspired by his sweetheart’s “THE STORY OF ALEXAND- neM * prolri(k tha world ER GRAHAM BELL”—A Darryl , „ p * l. . .. . . . better system at common F. Zsmiik pn>duction taken from an original story by Ray Harris. u,u *l difflcultie*. finabe Shows today and tomorrow at the otherwise, arise to dog kis s :. steps. Then drsmaticany The Cast: Alexander Graham Bell Lorefe has become the dng, and everybody lives happily ever after. Here is • show that you can see wuh. nt the after effects of a bad brown taste in your mouth. Ev+n though it is just another in the so-called “motion gallery of the great”, it stands | a long way from the worst of . J Don Ameche n»*n to »natch sway the g THE SENIOR RING COMMIT- Mrs. Bell (Mabel Hubbard of the funmen, George’s fraternity brothers have TEE for choosing a manufacturer . . _ Loretta Young b< «n greeting his entrance into a room with, “Here f®*’ (be rings on quality of product, Thomas Watson Henry Fonda comes the world’s funniest man." George would rather than location. Gardiner Hubbard, Charles Coburn how in response • ANDY ROLUNS, as valedkrtor- Thomas Sanders __ Gene Lockhart Last week he called a convention of his comic “n of this year’s graduating class, Mr * Hubbard Spring Byington cohorts so they could elect new officers—but not (*» almost-perfect grade point Gertrude Hubbard Sally Blane average of 2.986. The enthustosm with which ike MAYO THOMPSON, who in public greeted the current tread spite of being a sophomore has toward classics and character study proved the outstanding man on the has brought about Zanuek’s latest debate team. attempt. Bell's life furnishes a THE COMPOSITE REGIMENT, background for another of Holly- which though the smallest outfit wood's ‘real-life romancee". Lo on the campus, had possibly the rette Young gets the chance to At the University of Mlnnt^nta. students have best orchestra and decorations, and prove she still has what it takes, lot. “Hie Story of Alexander G k®t- ham Bell” is no Academy A dis- winner, but seeing it will covers the secret and hit dtfems money well spent] ‘My advice are realised,when op p< t a k»<gey “see it if you can, but don’t .At if you miss K." one delegate showed up! So now George is wondering whether or not they’ll ever have another national convention—and he's worried about the prospect of going through up to his t(tle of “world's funniest formed two dubs for the promotion of Americanism. The Constitution Club and the American Gub both will campaign for democracy and the freedom and rights guaranteed in the U. S. constitution. On National Affairs BY DR. R. P. LI DM M One point in connection with the recent war scares has interested me particularly. That point is Warfare platoon. . , , . , . • the discrepancy between what people think the s..» i'h .■ wm, .r. th, prof.—. dents and their grades recorded permanently as the students’ grades are? I am sure the results would indisputably one of the best dances, and her performance is not dit- of them all. couraging; Ameche’s acting is sv- THE MOTHERS’ DAY COM- erage. A rather different role bt- M ITT EE, for its plans for a pkr- falls Henry Fonda, that of show- entd’ program which will provide ing the world he is versatile enough more entertainment and enable to get out of his yut in playing in them to see more dearly a cadet’s gangster pictures. Playing “sec- life. ond fiddle” is a somewhat unfa- W. C, STURDIVANT, for win- miliar part for Fonda, but he comes ning the Baker Trophy as the com- through ip fine style. I The Perfeci Ankle-Break Boot mender of the best-drilled Chem In s nutshell, the plot involves Don Ameche as a young scientist surprise the officials of our institution. Would ttfej not be • fair procedure in our democrat^ tion? However, we students are failing in only one phase when we fail a course, whereas the profcaaore are failing to perform their mission'in life. This should cause a little more effort on the part of the professors, which is most featoable They have presented the same material so many times th«y seem to have forgotten their objective, if many of them have one other than earning a living They sheuld desire to present the matter in such a way «s to make H peasible for the students to gain a better knowledge of their course, and not punish us for not coming up to certain specified standards Out of thirty boys to a class, at.hmst 60% should get enough out of a course (If it is fairly presented) to keep his efforts from gaining him nil This may not be a fair percentage but the ratio is undoubtefjj not so abmjrd as the flunking of 69' « of • class. > * —D. H. BRATCHER, ’41 COLLEGIATE REVIEW TMninc of U. 8. collere anil univ«r»ity itu- dents for married life is grow Dig by leaps and ft was disclosed st s spmrial University of Nerth Carolina marriage institute. Since last year more than 90 rollegfe have bean added to the list of 214 who early established instruction in marital relations. ; s 4 Speaking In favor of continued expansion ta this form at education, Dr. Ernest R. Grovekof the North Carolina Univeraity, said: “It is 6 disgrace to allow young paopla to go out into the world so unprepared and unequipped to dad with the elemen tary problems of human existence” Dr. Groves founded the first credit course on marriage ta the United States. /} A committee of the conference sat up the fol lowing qualifications in the selection of marriage “Honesty of purpose, ability to handle day-by day problems with balance and perspective, in other trords, common sensat’had a depth and breadth of onderstanding that inspires confidence ’’ do, and what they think it — will do. There is a large body of opinion in this country which reasons, so far is I can follow it, somewhat like this: The last orar was a profitless venture in which, as we can see at this distance, the United States was fll-advised to participate. There is no reason to think the next occasion will be different in any important way. Hence, we should not par ticipate in unother European wnr. But when anoth- ’ er war comes, the pressure and the excitement will be >0 great that people will be unable to resist it; so that we will enter the next war. Thus, although probably a majority considers oar entry into the I next war to be undesirable, R is certain to take place. This type of thought K too pessimistic and too fateliatjc for my taste. It sssunwa too aaaily that individaals are intelligent, but that groupe of indi viduals are slot. It considers it fetile to hold one’s own convictions, upon the assumption that they are certain to be overcome in the end anyway. I dis like to adaait that a majority must yield its position, even before it is naked to yield it. because each mem ber of the majority feels the other members of the majority will give way. I prefer to believe, with Mr. Roosevelt, that we are not mere creatures of Fate- but that we are, instead, the masters of our own destiny. “All ear dignity,’’ said Pascal, “consists in thought Endeavor then to think well: that is the essence of morality.” And ns someone else has writ ten, in fenment upon that statement: “It was by taking thought that man first differentiated him self from the beasts; by taking more thought that he achieved whatever men have, by taking thought, ju lk'rd worthy. What more he may achieve an be achieved, sad whether it ia worthy an he determin ed, only by taking still mote thought. Since men most in say case think, and do what they think of doing, it seems axiomatic to ay that they should be free to think and to express their thoughts as well as they can.” Haring thought their way through to a con elusion, are men then to decide, even ta advance of the necessity, that this conclusion is sure to be over whelmed fay another and that other quite likely held by fewer perrons ? The idea seems to me to be more than pessimistic. It seems to be the negation of all rationality YOUR PORTRAIT TO MOTHER ON MOTHER’S DAY 1 . ' ’. , . ’ j ONE 8 x 10 PICTURE WORTH $2^0 For $1.50 AGGIELAND STUDIO North Gate This is a Lurches* boot, de veloped over a period of years Jh meet the demand by Ajofie-men for a boot of j this type. The process by which (this perfect ankle- break k achieved was de- j - . veloped by the 1 Locchese Boot Company. Lucchese Boot Co., Inc. nil ’ I M 1. r 1 101 W. Travis Street San Antonio, Texas ***** AiA ATTENTION FRIDAY WILL BE YOUR LAST DAY To! 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