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i m PAGE 2 THE BATTALION EDITORIAL PAGE CONGRESS - EUROPE FOR DEMOCRACY F*w con|T«MM tq hutorjr hart produo.-<i at Mult h m lone » tla* m Um currant on* Of the dMMR* of major bills introduced, to mj nothinjc of tho thounanda of aiinor bill., of which • Coni.dar ablo fH-r* ent*f* falls into the crackpot cau-trory, Um thu half a dosan have boon definitely acted up*j But that dooant mean that Confress is lacy incompetent or is more fbkn ordinarily by buck paasora. It doss mean that one issue, ol moot immense airnificanee, has been and so far no ooo has offered a solution mot with really widespread approval That iaat^a ia the role of the United States in today’s contpl - eatad world affair* As Newsweek puts it, “The Seventy-sixth On r freas offers no more striking contrast than the cslpi unanimity with which it votes hundreds of millions for defense, compared with the hectic uncertainty with wjdch it parries and postpones decisions dn foreign policies. Senators and representatives who can agree on the number of ships, planes, and gUM,, medial cannot agree on what they are needed for" The conflict between the isolationists and do nationalist* has been going on for a long time. Tb* , day ft is more bitter than ever—and seems destined to become constantly more so in the future. It is a known fact that this administration definitely (alia into the internationalist'elassificstion the ino-<t potent Presidential advisgrs, such as Ambamador- Bullitt and Kennedy, seem convinced that w* mast eventually throw in our lot with France and Kng- land, and the sooner we do that the better off we shall be. Ilia Republicans in Congress, led by sterh isolationists Borah, Johnson, and Nyt, are convinced that this count is suicidal, spells the participation of the United States in • possible war which is not our concern. •Republican apposition is not particular ly important to the White House—in spite of Q. 0. P. gains last November, the Democrats still have a handsome majority. But this issue has rphk 1 party lines to soma extent Effective democrat* such as Clark of Missouri are as strongly isola tionist in feeling as is Borah. And many lesser lights in Congress, whose views have not yet b«wn put on record, will vote for isolation when the time comes- ] V- ; Still move important judging by all the avail able indicators, the American people are tenBfcc | isolationist ia view. A recent Gallup (Institute of Public Optnieo) Poll showed overwhelming disap proval of United States involvement in Europe - troubles. The Gallup poll'* have accurately indicated the drift of public feeling iu the past, and many a Congressman whose prime interest is in pi.a*mc his constituents, irrespective of what he personally thinks, is certain to east hie vote according to their Summing up, the advocates of the strictest kind of United States neutrality have the edge dt present Whether or not they will hold that edge depends upon many potentialities, tangible and in tangible. But the force they exert teday ia fadirect^ ly indicated by the Administration’s recent hands- off policy in the matter of neutrality legislation. Mr/ Roosevelt is not giving orders now—Washing ton observers say be apparently feels that Con- greas is in no mo9d far dictation In the meat ime, practically everyone seems agreed that we must build up our national defense to the limit And Congress has voted military ap-l ' propriat ums-with a lavish hand. So far n.o e than |1 AOO.Ooq.INK) has been appropriated at this session for national defense purposes. A recent bill (passed by the House, and apparently sure of Senate ap proval) shows the kind of fighting tools wtj are making. It provides for two 46,000-ton battleships —largo* than anything we now have afloat—two big cruisers^ a number of submarines and destroy ers, hundreds of naval planes, etc. If the Navy gets its way, the shipyards will be kept even busier. In addition to the two 4. r >.tHi<i a. ., « hool PREVIEWS and REVIEWS By BOB -DO) n were recently urged to tar* thsir exercises into a demonstration for democracy, call was made by seven outstanding Protestant “It Is important now more than *W," cal statpd, “for the schools and colleges of oar on to stand forth as bold champions of tbs dem- by ocratie way of lift based on the concept of mss do- by ri ed from the Bible." **’ . Palace. According to Dr. Henry Smith Leipor, spokes- ^ eMt . m^n for the group, the cue for the appeal was w , Hatton »n from a recent editorial b The Now York ms entitled “Class of 1999.“ The call proposed Rub * » way of implementing the editorial that the Sorrett Manifesto on Freedom of Science and the Manifesto ( -j n|t oC Educators, issued, by the American Committee Kusty Hart fir Democracy and Intellectual Freedom, be read y h j t 5h()W a I every commencement exercise and in every pul Pt- H- ingsOn Wade Hatted, rail boa for bomr SCHEDULE Of!MYW OTT'-A Warner seeker, ia the West, brings a wag- June 1, Junior Prom, ■ioMO directed by Mk- on train into, Dodge City. As * 9 m. to 1 a. m. fr om at original aerssa trouble-hunter the first thing bs Bo. kner, with musk doos after hi* arrival is to have a Steiaor. Showing Tburs- run-in with Jeff Surret, the local y. and Saturday at tbs “Ug shot". At the roqqsst of some 0# the more peace loving citixens, particularly Abtie Irving, Hatton Errol Flynn takes over the duties of sheriff and Olivia De Havilland sets out to 4ean up the own. Dur- ! Ann Sheridan ing the can p gn the editor of the Bruce Cabot local paper if killed, sad in s series Hatton pins the raur- His reward is mar- whom he takes with TUESDAY, HAY 8#, 1BS9 Courne ill Be Offered Summer Hall, will be offered by t Ffnnl Ball. Ms» U “ 9 p. m. to 1 a. «. fa cmrry foQr credit and will involve a Frank McHugh of gun ha 1 Alan Hale der on been praised to riage to A the sides all over the country so him further! west, in the face of such prevailing E GROUND The sodded fore-court in front oi V. f,\ Government Building ai FOB I«.t9d total of nine clock boon of theory and six of practice. The course will const! ate a sor New York World’s Fair fermi *«* °* *• F* 1 *" 1 ,0 ‘4?’ li ln ®f ad parade ground so large that * ln f Ui ^ ea " ^ folk,win * be posscblo to review the.* ^ mo00 time. M ay P—.H JSLJTr 1 planets, comets and meteors; stars, Including a number of members of the staff opinion who Would I be to say o:’ tee University, the two Manifestos. Dr. Lei per is no good? pointed out, have been endorsed by over 4,000 Errol Flyna plays the part American scientist* and educators, including such np-snorting bockaru,, who cleans j outstanding figures as Frank Ayddotte, Franx up the most lawless town in the At the Assembly Ball: E ana, Karl T. Compton, William David CooUdge, wild West, Dodge City. His sweet Tuesday and Wednesday—‘The Cuy Stanton Ford, Alonso G. Grace, Robert M. and delicate womnn on whom he Cowboy and the Lady", with Gary I utchins, Robert A. Millikan, William Allan Ueil- showers bis attentions is Olivia de Cooper and Merle Oberon. a >n, Harlow Shapley, Wilter Dill Scott, and Harold Havilknd. At times she seems al — C. Urey. most to., delicate for the environ- with Nelson Eddy In the copper and brass exhibit c]astcn ^ , nd the de ft the New York\ World's )Fntr, term i Mtkm 0 f their ^mperatures primitive man, with his fhmlly, h a nd composition, theh distance* 0 ,, What’s Showing ta topper, that of fashioning heads for use in combat and h big. will be lectures and lal oratory ex ercises, assigned readings and dis cussion. Occasional < ing periods wil be dev rted to eon- ■tellstion study and tie telescopic examination of object* of special been placed more and more oa the defensive by “hkes a good villmn. Ann She- Tuesday and Wednesday—“Tell to sit back to back along two cos t h,T information concerning it are aggressor nations which *cotf at peace, justice. rid “' ^ rs^mired “oomph” girl No Tales”, with Melvyn Douglass, tinuous seats running the fiil invited to get in touch srith Dr. **’ ~ ‘ D. #. Woeys of the Rhyaks De- fMtMMhlV i , . 4 ’During the post twelve months democracy has ment whtaljjha lives. Bruce Ca> At the Palate- In the one hundred Thursday^Let Freedom Ring”, intramural bus*e* to be ia operg- Interest tion within the grounds of tea Nekr ' ytodents w ho contemplate tak York World’s Fair, the patrons a^s ing this course or who desire fur telcraace, and human liberty. We have witnessed ,rom DalU *' g«te by the Thursday, Friday and Saturday length of the buses. Each of t leee aggressors in the act of swallowing u r weak- offioe ^ tertrayal —"iK-dge aty", with Errol Flynn, two lines of passengers w|U e • nations bv force and instituting among them the • f * c * bar * t f*rl in a western dance Olivia De Havilland, and Ann She- face high, wide windows affi , riaciples of mUllsrism, racial3 r^ou. hatrmi ^ P0»‘- ^ ff unobstructed view of the ^ene. totalitarian dictatorships,” the call stated ^ -— . j through which they pass. “We are still a free people But our freedom p^w w otlpf A TwrTKTWWgaMf \ \ ia based largely on what is taught It is precisely LULLUAlIA 1 Ei IVHi V l£jW ' Flushing, the seaU-tonlteMW ti e kind of freedom which has made it possible —— nity adjoining the site of the New *■'<><.. tecker, u triumph um i,ror.nc. pr.ju- Mon ^ , 0 ^ MumchuKtU lutitut. «f T«h. T,>riI Wo^W '• Culr 00 th, C-M, 2” * nd k ‘~ l T ch '“ r »>»>..hutril >« » up-ciul Hm- uolocr ttrum. -tudenta -r, m.k,n, ,0"” " ,,d,r *’ Columbia University- has fcrond- ened its program of training for public service in law. ‘I • a movie called “The Dictator. 1 bktiles must still be fought If that freedom is lost, University fund, ofr schools and aniveraitiss will go down with , , lt tjomof Germany mid Itely, mjd with our school, A total of IB.6 per emit of Rut- ^ democracy as a way of lifa. The moral it worth University students use the NpW diving home to the class of 19»” the New York ^ KeCOrOS T m srrote. Over twelve hundred seniors in the University the Capital of the United States. Ramon VaW. « - n t Wa F^ King goes . out m. ntal w^l receivs their diplomas shortly. For most of these ,, , . . B P, . bk recording of “My Man” —L— r>— ri— —j *v_;- „i Ireland, has been awarded an hon- aiM j » A . rrmncwme l* Vida”. “My Man,” the well knows French Apeche love-eong, ia coupled with tion More a Spanish tango. The first selec- h * Ve ^ transUted Commencement Day arill end their col and scholastic careers. Most of them will their life’s work for whkh they have been themselves during their scholastic careers, them will think of the fall or preservation an hon orary degree by Catholic Univer- aky. J. C. Susuki, of Tokyo, Japan. was among a group of visitors be ing shown through Baylor Univei- aity’s famous collection «f Brosm- ingania. “And here,” laid, guide John Reeaing, “is the Japanese collse* of Browning’, poems into this Olympics. ( (Those graduates who choose to ilteUbte at the University for further study srill have a greater opportunity to consider th^ trends of internationa. affairs—the trends of democracy and the teteli teria., ether the graduate continues to be a student er whether he begins work in other fiekk, every W * c ^kn. stndent receiving a diploma this spring should con sider the plea of the call made by these religiou* A drive has been started to raise tion is to be featured in the Twen- 1100,000 in U. S. colleges to send tieth Century-Fox film, “Rote of the American team to the 1940 Washington Square.’’ Roth record ing* *re styled in the smoothly Alpha Phi Omega, national scout ing fraternity, has donated a stone to the University of ■mart Wayne King fashion. ’Beer Barrel Polka” has taken anguage than any other, and thia is the largest collection known of those translations.” The group moved oa, but Su- suki remained to look. After a few minutes the foreign er laughed loudly. He then point- leaders. They should consider the call for the preaer- *bull has be4n given to Oregon vation of democracy and hope that their education State College,. will in s^me way, some day, aid in this preserve —-* tien. j * Enrollment in the Indiana Uni- —The Daily Texan veraity R. O. T. C. has grown S89 th. r- /. ed out to the guide that most of the country by storm. Gray Gor- . don has waxed it in an out of the th 600 Tt P lac “ ■ ordinary m.nn,r. Cl,ft Gras, i. ** ”! . ^ “ d A twenty-teuiion year old turtle vocalist for this selection as well ,Uo that v “ n<)U * numbered vd- DR. JOHN A. NIETZ, UNIVERSITY OF per cent since 1917. as for “But It Didn’t Mean a ume8 out of p,tce ’ Thing,” a medium slow Mack David But th • nk, ' 10 the ri,itor ’ and Jerry Livingstone bsdlad. Gor- Stag’s straight imw. dsa 1 * j eipiktlrated rhythms are pleasantly suited to this type of popular musk. t i\ SPECIALIZIN(i IN V\\ t 1 ' \ > GIFTS GROUP GIFTS AWARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Wliether it is large or snail, contact us and we will cheerfully try to help yo«. j SANKEY PARK Diamonds • Watches Silver Pittsburg! eduestion professor, possssses the largest The Amerkhn College Publicity private collection of textbooks in the United States. Association was founded in 1917 It contain* 2,000 volumes. in Chicago. Parade of Opinion Each Spring there pours into the ears of col- Ion monster*, the ndmlral. hnye nakml for ri> 31000- *T “fP* “ * U »' <h ' ^ ton tMttleihipa, eighteen henvy errimr., t.mtty. ^ of ade.ee and eondolmtee, ot pmi« ami in- three light cruisers, 160 destroyers, fifty-six sub marines, and eight aircraft carriers, plus 11,000 planes. • [ ',! And the army is not being neglected. Its force is to by fcttnnswLto 400,000 men (this figure in cludes the National Guard), it is to be given more planes, and tremendous quantities of weapons, in cluding the new Garrand semi-automatic rifles of which amaflng reports are heard. . So—while Congress fights to keep us out of Europe, the lawmakers are doing everything possi ble to make sure that Europe keep, away from us. —Exchange “nrf-Tr - j • [• j . ■ - ‘ ] H *i The Battalion Kate Smith sings a new pair of popular ballads in her usual en thusiastic fashion: “Don’t Worry 1 ’ ’' f ’Bout Me" is taken St a rather slow ity of Alabama R. tempo while “And The Angels O. T. 0. unit.has earned an excel- Sing” ib pkked up 1 bit and given lent rating ll years in succession. • more rhythmic flift.” In both —^ — selections the rich tprhestral back- Pennsylvanja State College scien- ground adds greatlk to the whole lists have (Uncovered a new way effect. | s pi ration as they “commence” their life-tonf journey of growing teuterootns. j- along the pathways bf the world. Because it is ■ 4— “The Little Fishes” and “Wish- lacking iq sentimentality, because it is realistic, Twenty-fiv^ per celt of the Holy in” make an exceptionally valuable because it is down-to-earth, sre believe this editorial Cross College student body is coupling. Marion Hbtton, Tex Ben- word of parting, from the Oniversity of Iowa Daily studying Crate in the original. eke, and he orcheJtra join forces lowab is worth passing on: • | "a i.— ["*" ' “ r * , *ting this neWest fish story. Noje that the school year is coming to a dose The Univ«r*>ty jof Virginia’s Glenn Miller’s arngigeroent of the ~ AGGIES Thanking You for Your Business The Past School Year and Wi Of I/uek the Comir You Lots Summer and the seniors are dusting off their caps and first currici gowns, we might say a word or two shout what col- Thomas Jefl loge has done for us. Not the usual generalities — . w about thb higher plane of living whkh has been laid There are ttMMXUMxi bound Vl- tjf u i coupling is was written by tune is unique; it i4 taken at s me- *• dium fast tempo aid ia, of course, distinctly in swing te> le. The beau- .. ^en at a slower before ua Such talk is for commencement speakers umes in the libraries of the U. 8. tempo with Ray Eberle vocalising, and others equally far away. There are other things institutions 4f higher learning. Her* the brillian *4x section again which v^e can talk abost j: —N” 4, — scores a hit This 1 feature of the “Yte can, for example, list the reaHy meaning- The l nivrtsity California at Glenn Miller orchestra is largely f*l |>eo| la with whom you've associated quritg the Angeles baa beer given 11,350 responsible for the sensationtl sne- STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE Entered al second class matter at the posLrffica at College Station, Texas, under th* Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates, $2 a year. Advertising rates upon reqtMSt. Office in Room 122 Administration building. Telephone College 8. Night phftne College 899. F .Represented for national advertising by Nation al Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Avt^ New York City. R. L. DOSS -.-i EDITOR IN-CHIEF W. H. SMITH ADVERTISING MANAGER . James CriU. Bill Murray Managing Editors E. C. (Jeep) Oates Spogts Editor Gemrg* Fulton, B. C. Knetsar Asst Adv. Mgra. 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There have always been those professors and friends Who meant more to you than just the class room. “Some of us, you know, cam* from families which sheltered us by the conventionalities bf life. | (We mi y have begun life as lordly plutocrats, musty bourgeoisie or cocky radicals. BM somehow college injects you with the idea that it isn't where ybu stalled but where you're going teat’s important “If your college training has taught you what it means to live with people, tS make the best of what cpmes your way, than it has succeeded in giving the term liberal education some meaning. There Gfi , after all, modem problems which can't be solv'd within the binding of a university text book. Sometimes, psychologists Call those problems self ad, ustment.” In a worthy, but not often enough expressed cvaluaton of a college education, w4 believe that this patkular writer has something. •da • Thoroughly in accord with th£ current drive to cleat up the government of Kansas City and oust th mm who corrupt it, collegians are applauding the mo •» to make government more efficient. They are ur| ing other cities to follow the lead of Kansas City n formers. Mmty believe, with the University of Minnesota Doily, that “those persons who are inclined to be shocked at the vice and corruption often need took no fur her than their own city to see the same conditi< n exist Machines sad corruption exist only becaus* the pubik is apatbatk, and Kansas City, with Hi Pendergast la not much worn* off than many ether dties that have escaped having their rocords scrutinised.” , * by s film cbmpany for using its C es» of this new Bluebird suing campus as a iet for a movie. SCHOOL RLY OUT!! \j ! 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