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4 Ur I « PAGE 2 THE BATTALION EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY. SPORTS LETTERS I • In rcadihf over the Hit if lettermen in we find tint the Athletic Council drew v>me mighty «»• linei in dotcrmininit who lettered and whoi didn't. Not on the list were Hal Welsh, junior. wh.» won a ffahe afainst S. M U., Tony Polanovkh, who pitched tfo<><i (tall the firat of the nea^n, Harry Cohn, who pitched good ball the first of the ^ason. •N Johnny Rice, who bunted in the winning run in the first Baylor fane. . T I ..y On the list, however, was at least one player who had not done aa much as these four .man When the Athletic Council does that, does it expect to retain the respect the support of the studtnt body? Many times this year we have disagreed with actions taken by the Council, but heretofore we have not openly (Unagreed with it In this instance, hnwevir, we think some disagreement is in order. *• In criticising the action taken by the we do not wish to be misunderstood; w* “attack" on any member of that body. Indi the members ^re doing all they can to help athletically. In this case, however, we do they went into the matter of awards and as a result came ourwith their list of lettermen. i We do not wish to appear the ultimate on'lettering athletea, but we do believe not “attitude" alone, and justness should c^ter into grihng Ts The Council's policy in regard to baaelNil letters MAY 26, 1939 New York World's Fair Offers Many Attractions In 4 The School of Tomorrow” at More than 11,000 individual the New York World’s Fgir of 1989, photographs portraying progress ef MAGAZINE STAFF FOR NEXT TERM IS ANNOUNCED Americans and they may even be sincere in their efforts to save the system of government they haw known and lived under. But they will be intolerant, they will breed hate and fear, and, to protect America from the evils inherent in Fascism, they will employ methods and propaganda of the enemy. Their story will be eohviweing and our fear will vilitort ^ * M* to watch the “"*«ttion and important events Announcement of selection „ be great-w. will accept their offer to save u. and actttal ful> etH>mn* of pre-school •* th « N «* YoA Worl d " for |rrlri1inw on W Battalion then wb wUl be a Fascist nation and probably wont and ,1.^- nilsri^ hmn made byits camera stMtC 1 on Th “ tU1 even know until many months have passed glsss screens making it possible for ^ And the whole thing will be handed to us with ^ chikhtfl to be observed with- so many pretty ribbons, colored red, white snd blue, knowing it. and with so many luscious quotations from the | Goings On SCHEDULE OF EVENTS May 26, I. E. Qnb Benefit show, Assembly Hall. 6:46 p. m. HaU, Bible. Washington, Jefferson. Linoola, Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt that we will welcome our dictator w-ith open arms at first—and after that, it will be lata.' ^ It’s probably too late already started and on {earth can happen to prevent the outcome. The sign* are too clear to be mistaken—every one ia simply too stinking proud of being aa American, Congress is entirely too anxious to in vestigate Communism and Fascism and the air Waves bring us too many A diamond cutting laboratory, in which skilled lapidaries will put glittering facet* on genu, will be June 1, Junior Prom, 9 p. m. to I a. m. June 2, Final Ball, Mess Hall, This staff has also turned out ^ »"»>"€ }<>"* 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. l.-.'X'O photographic friato'for term has just Wn made by editor- • distribution to publnution through. el«et Bill Munny and managing ed- Drexel Institute officials have out the world. | !• itor Paul Ketel«K.n A considemhle started to nationalise fraternities increase in the site ef next year's institution. A aeries of elevated ramps mere u ^ , i-|t I . ' > than half a mile in full extent, „ „ More Harvard Cnlversity seniors George Foermann will serve as . m . . D ... lt ... called “The Road of Tomorrow," ««»... ttqw; the chain of events wn J" B '' lK,,an “''' 1 ' 0n - lt characterises a larger part of one * ,n,or ***** and «*kan*« skm than any it is doubtful if anything end of the Ford Motor Company of the magarine. Harry Trimble vor. Fair[ Ford ears sad Cecil Hood will be humor edv- selected business aa their proles other line of endra- the diamond industry. Diamonds „ . .. .orth aowrol million, bf bollor. are to be exhibited. will be kept running,like rabbits ^ ^ UVere Brooks, Sid Lord. °** r X I i • I | and Pete Tomlinson as his art a»- aiattute. V- The 46 stiles of sidewalks and A caril J n of 3( bronw . the The budget for Columbia Uni- rsity fqr the fiscal year begin- ng July 1 will be $UMMi.o21. of fear and hate. IT miles of roadways in the New i mr(tMt weighing 1..JOO pounds, S ' ^ G° lm »n W ‘U MTsin be the Now Hollywood hss gone in for saper-Ameri- York World’s Fair of 1989 requir can 1 am And aa Hollywood goes, so gees the nation, ed the Uae pf 207,000 toss of pav- Of course there will be other gee-raws of (pro- in * material, paganda ushering in the new regime. Sun cures for : «——— - unemployment, decent wagaa ht\ fWkyOiie, low Landscaping of the grounds of taxes for business, and old age pensions galore the New York World’s Fair of 1989 1 will be offered aa side dishes, but tha man course is racord-mhking In extensiveness will be a heavy roast of fear covered with the and variety. Us broad acres arc ed to form a colorful, harmonious T e of hate. embellished with 10^)00 shade trees whole, covering five acres, coa- t ~ ' '' ' smallest 16 pounds, I in Touraai, in 160-foot tower of the Belgian Ex hibit Building. They are being played dally duripg the Exposition. Fifty separate gardens, arrang- |This editorial will do net good; ten thousand of 60 separate species, 250,000 stitute “Gardens on ia in direct opposition to the attitude It tool in foot* < editorials will do not good. What ia coming must evergreen apd deciduous shrubs of non-profit exhibit st the Fair, ball. Thirty-one football letters were gtv m; only fpome. but we surely tfon't be moch worse off if 500 kinds, 1,000,000 perennial and , f »—U ] Council i agy wit 1 into be letters 15 men lettered in baseball. If the generous in one sport, why be stingy in anotJber? We regret very much that the CoMcil took the action it did, for we do not believ«| sportsmanlike thing to do. PROPAGANDA tfon 1 We realise what is happening and why. f! We wouldn’t think of advising anyone to miss and 1,000,000 flowering bulbs, the current propaganda films such as “Confessions ef a Naxi Spy.** In fact, we can guarantee to see them ourselves. They will be good shows to see -and good ones to see with your tongue in your cheek. ‘ _ -{"T ^ -S*T*M1«WS annual planta of 400 different sorts, Cotton flooring, at welcome to and 1,000,000 flowering bulbs. tired fret aa thick regs and much PREVIEWS and REVIEWS ' ' been cast ,u<lf Photographer, with Alvin De- for the ^ “ hi “ ***istaat. E- C. “Jaep' Oates will be tporta editor, and Bob Nisbet movie editor. All those interested in writing for the magazine are being in vited to joint the staff of this publication. ' "*Tf ’ i ""’r— more peartical, ia to be one example of several new uses for cotton ex hibited in the North Carolina sec tion of the Court of State* at the Fair. in a S A X E T “GOOD” ICE CREAM Bryan Dairy Store IN & 24th Bryan PALACE MASSACHUSETTS' GOVERNOR HAS KN Getting used to Cagney as a ’OKLAHOMA KID"—A War- ri>wboy of the wild sad 'Woolly ner Brothers picture directed by We *t takes but a short time, snd town mdtorists and others in the Thousands of diraetional mark ers of ptandafd site, displaying the Pensphero and Trylon. theme structure of the New York World’s Fair, hate been erected throughout PREVIEW • 11 P. M. SAT. New Yprk City to guide out-of- | h 'ffaprn g un . . Mon. * LAST DAY - SAT. ’Hardys Ride High" Kf* show- seen it Mon paganda tor-rid- “The Confessions of a Naxi Spy” is ing in Bryan. Many of you have alrea4y and many more will see it Likely it is good, thrilling entertain likely H ia the first of a series films that may make America another den country such as Italy or Germany, j Hollywood has others of the same in riety up ita sleeve, including, *lrhe Dictator," Hhe Mad Dog of Europe,” “It ain't Happen H*h” “HeU America.” All of them are calculated to ( 1 take the "red blood of every true American boil wUh anger at the horrors of Fascism and to send a tingle of fear up every spine—fear that America too may . go the way of Germany and Italy. That ia their purpose, for these f 1ms sn ■uppoHod to preserve Americanism. Blunt y, these pictures will be designed to br«<d fear 1 nd hate. They will succeed snd we will be mu :h closer to losing our status as a democracy be muse of them. Here’s how the thing will work: When FasriMA comes to America, it will be kr. wn as A me ricanism. Eventually, fear of Fascism will deso nd upon America in great waves of emotion snd we will guard against it with all our weapons. . / 1' The battle to defend opr civil liberty will in crease in intensity and we will atari an effective censorship of speech, newspapers, book* aid public meetings. f > /' Children will ruceive even stlffer 1 loeee of “Americanism” in fheir class rooms. Teae lers will have to sign even more lyrid pledges of t leir con fidence in “The American Way of Doing Things” and of their allegiance to that holy document, the Constitution. Newspapers will view the w< rid with even greater alarm and our statesmen sill warn us that we most arm to preserve peace. Workman will be denied the right to strike and hold meeting* lest they retard production or breed discontent The radio will hak dors. d a move to close four of that state's nine snd token from • once you do he fito the story per- most direct routes to the entrances teachers colleges. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (STU- screen play by Warren Duff, Rob- Portly. However, the person that to the Bkposition. ert Buckner, and Edward E. Para- ^ the hardest time getting used dent union hss opened s new music recording lend ing librury. t Parade of Opinion more. Showing Saturday night at to Cagney as a cowboy was Cagney visible work has been completed at the Assembly Hall. himself. By his own confession, he the Flaly. This underground ex- The cast: 1 bad to start from scratch in learn- penae has provided SO miles of Jim Kincaid, The Oklahoma Kid... toff the art of outlawry, for the sewers, 15 miles each of electrical j 4- J*"»us Cagney technique of modem gangsters had duets snd water maina, and 53 miles Whip McCord Humphrey Bogart changed somewhat since 189S. As of gas pipee: Jane Hardwiyk ._ .. Rosemary Lane »«»*1 to a Cagney ahow, Cagney io Judge Hardvrick Donald Crisp the whole show. However Rosemary The rush for free land in Okla- Lane makes mighty good loving. “New York, the CRy of Light,” a diorama nearlj* a eKy block in length and taller than a three story building, io one of the dramatic Collegians in growing numbers are advocating strict neutrality as the only position for the govern- homa after H was opened by the Still a good villain, Humphrey Bo- men t to assume in the present world situation. But government in 1393 is the back- ff» rt inspires more than his usual they would temper neutrality with tha application ffNund for this story of Land-hun- amouat of hate and despising. Don’t exhibit*. It preset** the entire Chy of economic Ntaliation against the aggressor and ff>7 pioneer*. Before the date set *11 your “Y” card to this show; of New York both above and be- totalitarian nations. However, there ia as yet no for rtuking claims, a gang of t»ke time off and see it yourself— low ground. The model of the Em- rpeetiag of the minds on this point, and only th* “Sooner*" headed by Whip Me- theN are no exama Sunduy. Really piN State Building Is shown 22 developments of the next few weeks will bcLrui Cor ^ ffrebbed off the land chosen »nd truly it’s « good show. by the Oklahoma Kid’s father. In order to get }us land, Kincaid con cedes the gambling and vice con NEW DIXIE SUN: - MON. - TUBS. F «s8sr unity of purpose and action to the nation’s campuses The degree of unity will depend on the degree of danger in the recurring crises. ' 1 TlR'itw solution, according to the editorial' «-*ons to Mc< ord. A settlement up like a toadstool over- * it bout the benefits of law opinion of collegians, ts th» development of a mats .ffund which will view with objectivity the many feet high. stories that will be printed about the new develop ments in world politics. They ask that we watch ckrefully for propaganda that will be designed to create a war minded public. Hbn’s bow the Dartmouth College Dartmouth aUted its views on this point: “The headlines scream st campuses just at they do at taxi-drivers, snd the least we cah expect from campuses is that they and that they think calmly, and sanely, not react Mindly, easily, catastrophically. Let’s decide on a program for thinking. Let’s think calmly, without hysteria, without popping our eyes out every time hear a loud voice shouting that war is inevitable. springs night s and order. Dm Oklahoma Kid is called to the Scene when bis father lyhat’s Showing commentators thanking God they are A and not nasty old foreigaars. and the fla| waved, figuratively apd literally, on every occasion. P/ *. ! , A strong man wiH arise at the head ql group of determined patriots snd voluntem as from Fascism. ! v j This group of super-Americans will bf of Faaeists, oven though they will be of arms « m#t' nerican* will be possible ATfnp ASSEMBLY HALL Thursday and Friday—‘Topper is framed on t false murder charge Take* a Trip", with Roland Young, by the ruthless Whip McCord. Constance Bennett snd Billie When he arrives, he falM in love Burke. with Jane Hardwick, and confess- Saturday night — "Oklahoma ea that he M Kincaid’s son, the KM", with James Cagney, Hum- black sheep of the fsmily. The* P^ rf V. Bogart, Rosemary Lane, sad realiM thev am h.in» with w.r c,d * r tnrn * d °wn the Kid’s Donald Criap W, _* W,r . Pr0P * ,r * nda ' offer of aid when he calb at the AT THE PALACE jail. Immediately thereafter Me- Thursday, Friday, and Caturday Cord and tus gang storm the jail —“The Hardy’s .Ure High” with and lynch the old man. The Kkl Lewis Stone and Mickey Roooney. swears revenge and in a moment 'in. . t- * Li , ot to« h t' "'"'" rn«*s McCord in . .!?!?. ? '" t “"** *• *• • >1 ti» v *3TTt o«t to college for." Sunday and Monday—“Ita a Wonderful World”, with Claudette Colbert and James Stewart. The editors of the Sewanee Purple of the University oi the South hage a new aolattoa: They t k ‘ r for the ioundtag of an Anti-Sur- P 1 ** n’s what they think Uieir now or- ffunii A do: % | Vi till re this League prepares to extermi nate sang sixes and flavors, but his es- s group' ***** Dte same. He was born with khown a entail to save The Battalion STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE Entered as second class mstter at the p^stofflee st College Station, Texas, under the Act of Gon- gress of March 3, 1879. ‘ ] Sabacription rates, $2 a year. Advertising rate* upon request Office in Room 122 Adaimittration building. Telephone College 8. 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L Junk* Editor ' Shields. » bai a, and has been looking every since ft* 1 t to make everyone else as uncom- forts The age at which he becomes a j cpnfi 1 us* may be early or late, depending | upon irly or late he discovered the world’s ohtu appreciation for hi* talent*. Even mon is his lack of a sense of humor, the i motto of the dub is a bit ungram ti none the less; ’I don’t hgta aotiody.' j The uniats, snti-Faacist*. snti-New Deal- era, lists, and anti-Los Churchmen will demi attention, if w« are to coax them buck n and sanity. The speaking or read ing ** of a person with a CAUSE hate ioiu: I-less martyrs. puss abroad with bis Ugly. bniUl. eorr »ut him is renptmbiMf for the world crisi r will show the European clubs some- met ie on their Hitlers Show them how orei ent our anger, ‘Qe to War' and still dsn 1 Mirpusses.” y've got something theNl • * • • Leresting sn the results of various wHjl I on college and university campuses. The to gaiij further insight into the waj of collegiate opinion is blowing srill eexa interest the results presented bars: ' the City of New York, school of bus iident Roosevelt was selected la a ■cn the “most outstanding man alive,” and it voted they would not fight iu a wai ’ of Mlaneeota: “Students voted 3 Complete Line Of « i ; EASTMAN KODAKS I And Supplien At The aggielanD studio s j Abo Yotr Company Picture** And Your Own Picture Made for The IxHtffcnim II ± rf ■ DON’T LEAVg COLLEGE WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR MEASUREMENTS ^ With ROSS TAILORS. I . - • The Finest in UniformH The lowest Prices Possible Ross Tailors Main Street — Opposite Woobworth’s — Bryan WsM% L to third term for Preaklent Rose«rsit” ord College: 60 percent of the student bod he National Labor Relations Board, am t opposed going to war te maintain the r" to China. r College: A majority of the students Fa* non with other nations as the beet Bring Us Your Used Books f\l| \ | * { ' ^ •' f ! : I uj/| •. 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