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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1944
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Teas and the City of College Station is published three times weekly, and issued
Tuesday,, Thursday and Saturday mornings except during the summer semester when
it is published two times weekly and issued on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and
is the official publication of the students of the A. & M. College of Texas and serves
unofficially in the interest of the enlisted personnel of the United States Army and
Navy stationed on the campus.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas,
jnder the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advertising rates upon request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City,
'hicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Office, Room 8, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444.
Member
Plssociated Collegiate Press
Calvin Brumley? Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
S. L. Inzer Sports Editor
J. W. Bell Sports Writer
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
Robert Gold Reporter
Eli Barker Reporter
D. V. Hudson Reporter
B. J. Blankenship Reporter
Dick Osterhcdm Reporter
Jimmie Demopulos Cartoonist
Law or Personality ... ?
From the very beginning the United States has based
its legislative authority on the principle that a sovreignty
should be a government of . laws and not a government of
personalities. This concept is guaranteed by the Constitu
tion and each of the state constitutions embodies the same
doctrine.
The founders and leaders of government since have re
alized that even the power granted a benevolent despot might
be abused especially if that grant was hereditary. In ac
cordance with this they provided for an executive whose
tenure in office is limited to four years at which time the
people again express their choice for an administrative auth
ority. Fearing even such a limited delegation af authority it
was further provided that there would be three independent
branches of government. These three branches, executive,
legislative, and judicial, still function to carry out the prin
ciple of government by law.
Institutions other than those governmental can surely
profit from the lesson to be drawn from the administration
of the United States. Any institution employing a diversifi
cation of authority and dealing with large masses of people
should consider carefully the method by which its laws of
procedure are fixed and carried out, especially if that insti
tution survives for more than one generation. With changes
in directorship occurring every few years it is entirely pos
sible and altogether plausible that the original purpose of
the institution may be buried beneath the personalities of
succeeding administrations. This will not always happen but
it is certainly something that should be considered.
Administrations governed by laws which are supreme
seldom make irrepairable mistakes. Without doubt the
supreme law should have provisions for amendment but the
law nevertheless should be the guide by which an adminis
tration functions.
A Victorious Season . . . ?
Monday evening after mess the corps participated in
the first yell practice of the summer. Monday afternoon the
dressing rooms on Kyle Field were crowded with 150 foot
ball hopefuls. Which group had more spirit? The number
of men reporting for football alone answers that question.
The torch was lighted and the first stick of welding
rod was used last night in the beginning of that process
which welds the corps into the “Twelfth Man.” That intangi
ble thing which makes A. & M. stand apart began to take
shape last night.
Before it is complete the corps will have to spend many
hours in yell practice, watching the team work out, and pre
paring itself for those Saturday afternoons of standing dur
ing the game.
Now is the time to nourish the smoudering flame into
a consuming conflagration that will sweep the corps and
the team through football season to^another Southwest Con
ference Championship. Eleven men on the field may be able
to do it alone but the corps must never let the opportunity
to support the team pass. The manifest support of every man
enrolled at A. & M. is needed.
OPEN
FORUM
Editor The Battalion:
The letter in the Open Forum
about the trophy case is true. All
Aggies should consider that as a
part of their responsibility. Why
couldn’t the different companies
assign a detail to clean and polish
the trophies?
As it now stands, those trophies
look neglected. It surely does seem
that the Aggies do not care what
happens to the things that have
been won for the school.
Robert Lutz, ’47.
Home Town
Club News
San Antonio Club To
Meet Wed. Night
There will be a meeting of the
San Antonio Club in room 212 of
the Academic Building at 7:15
Wednesday night.
The purpose of this meeting is
to complete arrangements and
select committees for the club
dance to be held September 30,
after the Aggie-Texas Tech foot
ball game, said R. W. Smith, club
president.
Houston Aggies Meet
In Academic Bldg.
The members of the Houston A.
& M. club will meet in room 110
of the Academic building at 7:15
Wednesday evening.
Plans for a dance to be given
during the holidays at the end of
the semester will be discussed, said
Tommy Penn, club president.
In order to make the dance a
success, all Aggies from Houston
are urged to be present and get
in on the fun, said Penn.
Outstanding Speaker
Engaged for Local
AIEE Chapter Meet
Francis Calvert, cable specialist
for General Electric, will speak to
the student branch of the AIEE
Wednesday night at 7:15 in Room
102 Electrical Engineering build
ing on cables and their applica
tions.
Calvert spoke to the Houston
chapter of the AIEE Monday
night. According to A. E. Salis,
EE professor' at A. & M. who at
tended the meeting in Houston,
Calvert is one of the outstanding
cable specialists in the nation with
extensive world travels adding to
his experience.
The meeting was originally
scheduled for Thursday but be
cause of the itinerary of Calvert
the meeting was moved up to Wed
nesday. Paul Olschner, chairman
of the local student AIEE, said
that A. & M. was fortunate to ob
tain an outstanding speaker in the
person of Calvert.
Last year 4-H Club members
bought and sold $30,000,000 worth
of War Bonds and Stamps.
By Renyard
W. Canis
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
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TvON CHERRY, Field Artillery
1/ bandsman ’45, writes from Ft.
Belvoir Va. that he is engaged in
a process commonly known as of
ficers candidate school. It is rather
odd that an old artilleryman should
wind up in the engineers but that
is war.
Don’s real reason for writing was
to inquire about the miniature ring
that is available to qualified per
sons for use as an engagement
ring. Just another example of a
poor Aggie succumbing to the
lures (artificial bait of a Tessie.)
Fortuitous thought
HOME PEOPLE get engaged
0 and some get engaged to
marry. That is a peculiar state
ment but it is thought provoking
especially when the frivolous fem
mes are considered in the picture.
Take the case of the fraternity pen
or he stuck his pin on her sweater
as she stuck him in the pocket.
News Can Be Spread
Thoughtful information is often
times read and then cast aside and
forgotten with never a thought of
passing it along to some other
person that might be interested in
the same thing. If a person gleans
a bit of information or knowledge
along the way he should pass it
along to his parents, friends, and
associates. They may be interested.
It is not a mistake to clip things
that express a thought clearly and
send them to someone else. Many
times desirable results culminate
such a practice and other times
support is gained for a cause or
purpose.
Weekend Rambling
OUNDAY NIGHT the gravel
0 along the paths crunched out
a tale of blissful weekend as wan
dering Aggies sleepily sought the
hay. The pebbles spealed all night
and into the morning as thumb-
tired cadets dragged their soles
(This kind of soul too.) along the
paths to the dormitories.
It was quite a weekend. Dallas
got its usual share as did Houston,
Ft. Worth, Waco, San Antonio,
Austin, and other little places from
which Agiges come and go back to
see the attractions left behind.
Dan McGurk and Johnny Dibrell
coasted in from the Alamo City
and reported that things were live
ly but not nearly so lively as they
will be on Sept. 30 when the Aggies
take time to howl after beating
Texas Tech.
“Bill’ Bilderback insists that he
spent the weekend in Fort Worth
for recreation rather than “wreck-
reation”. There is a difference.
Someone, a very bashful person,'
reports that the Ubangi Club in
Houston is under new management
and what a management. This fel
low sends his daughters to TSCW
(See BACKWASH, Page 3)
:: As The World Turns ::
By Dr. A1 B. Nelson
Rent profiteers are still “makf
ing hay” on uncontrolled commer
cial rents which have, in some
cases, risen as high as 149% in
some cities while owners of resi
dential property are forced by the
government to rent at an actual
loss in a great many instances.
There is no present probability of
commercial rent control.
Donald Nelson
is being sent to
China for several
months in order
to get him out of
the way while
big business in-
t e r e s t s try to
gain control of
1^!! l!l : reconversion and
d i s t r ibution of
surplus goods.
He has been
fighting for the
interests of the little business and
the general public.
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference
on post-war cooperation got under
way yesterday with the United
States, England and Russia rep
resented. Russia wants the three
big nations, with the possible aid
of China, to run the world after
the war and the President of the
U. S. has already declared a co
operative world police force with
the small nations taking part and
wants the big three to retain the
military power and to keep it un
der their individual control. Gov
ernor Dewey has denounced the
practical exclusion of the small
nations from a voice in the future.
Nelson
Admiral Kimmel, former com
mander of the navy, charges that
Senator Truman, the Democratic
vice-presidential candidate, lied in
his magazine article which laid
the blame for the Pearl Harbor
disaster on the shoulders of Kim
mel and General Short. Kimmel
and Short have never been per
mitted to tell their side of the
story to a court-martial.
The Texas political situation is
fast showing similarities to the
1928 pre-election campaign which
resulted in Texans deserting the
Democratic party for the first
time since the War Between the
States. Once more the Democrats
are split wide open over the ques
tion as to whether or not they
shall support the national ticket.
Sjx A. F. of L. and C. I. O. rep-
resentafives are touring the battle-
fronts in France. The army hopes
they will come back and help dis
courage strikes in the essential
industry. In the meantime several
questions have been asked as to
who authorized their tour, how
they got priority over essential
men and material, and who is pay
ing for their little vacation.
Meanwhile, Organized Labor in
Italy, after working for the Ger
mans for very low wages, is now
demanding higher wages for work
done for the freedom of their na
tion.
Most South American Nations
are now reported to be supporting
the recent “stern attitude” of the
United States toward Argentina.
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