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The Battalion
Monday Afternoon, February 25, 1946
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-64444
Texas A. & M. College
The Battalion, official newspaper c?f the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
and the City of College Station is published three times weekly, and circulated on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
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MARION PUGH
WENDELL McCLURE
RICHARD W. DENNEY
JOHN R. HARRIS
#. Editor
Sports Editor
Advertising and Cirulation
Reporter
Reporter
Please Sign Your Letters . . .
Dear Readers:
When you have anything that might be of general in
terest to the Cadet Corps, or to the veterans and their wives,
or to the faculty and staff of the college, the BATTALION
is only o happy to print it for you. But there is a string at
tached—you must sign your name, if you want your liter
ary genius set in lead, bathed in printer's ink, and placed
in other five thousand papers that go all over the state.
This is necessary for a quite obvious reason: Newspap
ers have been known to get in very expensive lawsuits,
merely for printing opinionated stories that had no author
ity quoted. This' paper is no exception, as we, too, can be
sued for libel, or misrepresentation of the facts, or any one
of a number of things equally as unpleasant.
The office has received a good many unsigned letters
that would be of general interest to the readers, and that
we would like to have printed—but, we are in no position
to undergo a lawsuit.
In closing, we assure you that all letters, notes, edi
torials, and stories addressed to this office have a good
chance of being printed, either with or without the writer's
name, but the original copy must be signed.
Sincerely,
The Editors.
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By I. Sherwood
“Is it permissible when all ta
bles in a crowded restaurant are
in use to ask strangers if any may
sit with them?”
ANS: Yes, no person or even
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“May one change one’s table
Twenty-Seven Tennis
Hopefuls Report for
Organized Practice
Twenty-seven prospective mem
bers of the 1946 Aggie tennis team
have begun organized practice un
der Coach Manning Smith. Elim
ination tournaments will begin
Monday, February 25. Bill Gilbert,
“Memo” Elizondo, and Bob Hous
ton, are back from last year's
team, and L. A. Durst, who lettered
in ’41 and '42, are among those re
porting for practice. Most of the
newcomers are also experienced,
and have held their own in some
rough competition.
from that indicated by the head
waiter?”
ANS: Yes, if it is done quietly.
“Who orders the meal, the man
or the woman?”
ANS: Usually the man orders
but consults the woman as to her
preferences.
“Does a gentleman seat a lady,
TUBS. - WED. - THURS.
- - UflNl ROBERT
BARRYMORE-WALKER
Several Southwest Conference
teams have been weakened notice
ably by the disbanding of naval
training units and scholastic in
eligibility.
Other old lettermen back this
semester are requested to get in
touch with Coach Smith or “Memo”
Elizondo, room 30, Milner Hall.
“SinceYou
WentAway
or does he allow the waiter to do
so?”
ANS: The waiter seats the lady
if he is well trained; otherwise, the
gentleman does.
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