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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.
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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
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» 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
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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
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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
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