The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 03, 1946, Image 2

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The Battalion
Friday Afternoon, May 1, 1946
Wanted: A Pre-War Batt...
Since the Battalion went to tabloid size, in order to
resume tri-weekly publication, it has been on the receiving
end of much criticism, friendly but astringent. Readers
have remarked on the small amount of space in the four
tiny pages, and the proportion taken up by advertising.
No one is more conscious than the editors of the short
coming of the present Battalion. Our private bull-sessions
are filled with moaning. The amount of interesting material
that we can’t find room to print fills many waste baskets
each week.
But, frankly, we’re caught over a barrel. Not only is
newsprint scare, but printing facilities are jammed with
other work. We’d like to put out a full-sized, pre-war Batt,
but until many problems are settled we won’t able to do it.
In a letter printed on this page, friendly readers Bolin
and Forgerson chide us for selling 39% of our limited space
for advertising. Believe it or not, we do ration our adver-
tisments. Enough is offered us each week to fill more than
100% of our present space. It is general newspaper practice
to hold advertising between 50% and 40% a page, which is
about what we have been doing. In an eight-or-twelve page
paper, that percentage would seem normal. In the BatFs
four little pages, it does look rather overwhelming.
It has been suggested that the Batt eliminate adver
tising altogether. Unfortunately, that would also eliminate
the Batt. And in the days to come, those same adver
tisers will help us give you a big new Batt, with more news,
features and information in a single issue that we print
now in a month.
All we can ask is: Sweat it out with us until we can
get back to King-size format. (Hasten the day!) Then we’ll
be able to give you the newspaper you’re asking for.
Letters to the Editor
BATT IS WILLING BUT
PAPER IN SCARCE
Editor of the Battalion:
It has been our experience the
Battalion has been an excellent
newspaper, keeping Aggies up to
date on the latest happenings
around the campus. However, we
feel that there are certain defic
iencies existing in the paper which
shoiild be brought to your atten
tion.
We consider the most important
fault to be the large proportion of
space devoted to advertising. For
example, in this afternoon’s edition
approximately 39% of the total
space was given to this subject.
We propose that some of this
advertising be eliminated and that
in place of it be substituted a ser
ies of articles dealing with job
opportunities, research, and gen
eral information concerning each
of the fields for which students at
A. & M. are preparing themselves.
This information could be obtained
from the various departments and
could also be gleaned from period
icals and other publications in
the particular fields.
We believe that most students
would be interested in and bene
fit from such a series of articles.
. Richard L. Bolin
Carl D. Forgerson
College Station
(See Editorial, this issue.—Ed).
Gat-Walking Painter
Gets Sets Ready for
“Junior Miss” Play
Things are buzzing around the
old Assembly Hall these days.
Johnnie Helm and his crew of
some nine handy men are putting
up the set for u Junior Miss”, the
second major production of the
Aggie Players. The flats are up—
after some precarious 2x4 cat
walking by Johnnie—and the prim
er coat has been applied.
The final coat of paint and all
trim should be completed by Mon
day night for the first dress re
hearsal. _
Production nights are May 14
and 15, with tickets going on sale
Friday, May 3. Reserved seats are
50 cents, general admission 85
cents. Tickets may be obtained at
the English Department and from
any member of the Aggie Players.
DALLAS BANKER VISITS
ECONOMICS DEPT.
A. C. Michaelis, assistant cash
ier of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas, visited the campus this
week to interview economics maj
ors interested in seeking summer
employment and possibly future
permanent employment with the
Federal Reserve Bank.
Mr. Michaelis was guest at a
luncheon at the Aggieland Inn,
with F. B. Clark and others of the
economics department as his guest.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
R. L. BROWN, Pastor
College Station, Texas
SUNDAY SERVICES
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School
10:50 a.m.-—Morning Worship
6:15 p.m.—Training Union
7:15 p.m.—Evening Worship
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL
Building or buying a house rep
resents one of the largest finan
cial transactions in a lifetime for
the average family, and is usually
the happy conclusion of many years
of planning and conscientious sav
ing.
The number of books that have
been published on small homes
building indicates the popularity of
the subject, because there has been
published within the past two years
more than a score of books on this
ever popular subject.
B. Kenneth Johnstone and others
have written a book entitled
BUILDING OR BUYING A
HOUSE. This volume does not con
tain any house plans or drawings,
but it is primarily concerned with
those things that are so important
when one either plans to buy or
build. Some of the things to be con
sidered in selecting a home site are:
type of community, the stores, the
schools, the safety of the communi
ty, transportation facilities, and
also the recreational facilities. The
actual planning of the home is
discussed in much detail. There
are many other subjects covered,
such as contracts, construction and
construction hazards, and the parts
that the architect and contractor
play in the building of a house.
George Nelson and Henry
Wright, on the staff of the Archi
tectural Forum, have written a
book entitled TOMORROW’S
HOUSE, HOW TO PLAN YOUR
POST WAR HOME NOW. The the
ory advanced in this volume is
that our way of life is undergoing
great changes and that many of
our changes are already here. The
authors state that the greatest vir
tue of tomorrow’s house is pic
tured in this volume, in that it
frees the plan—and therefore the
family—from the arbitrary con
cepts which have gotten in the way
of gracious living these many
years. The authors do not call
their designs modern, but merely
provide more livable homes, with
more livable space, without the
old-fashioned doodads and gadgets.
In his volume entitled THE
SMALL HOME TOMORROW,
Paul R. Williams mentions some
of the things that may be expected
in the home of tomorrow; such
things as an electronic oven which
will cook a roast in less than five
minutes. There will be lamps which
will kill $11 bacteria and those
which will collect all of the pollen
in the room. Heaters no longer
than a lunch box will heat large
rooms. These are just a few of the
things to be expected for the home
of tomorrow. The author gives
some thirty-two house plans and
each is accompanied with an ex
terior sketch.
ATLANTIC REFINING CO.
TO INTERVIEW SENIORS
Representatives of the Atlantic
Refining Co. will be on the cam
pus to interview graduating sen
iors Monday and Tuesday 6 and 7.
They wish to meet all seniors in
terested in their company in the
Mechanical Engineering Lecture
room at 7:15 Monday. Personal in
terviews will be arranged after
the evening meeting for Tuesday.
GIVE YOUR CAR A
See what we mean—
CAR-VACATION
SPECIAL
1. Grind valve*
2. Clean and adjust carburetor
3. Test compression
4. Tighten cylinder heads and manifolds
5. Install new engine gaskets where needed
6. Adjust or replace distributor points
7. Adjust fan belt .
8. Inspect water pump
9. Clean fuel pump
10. Clean spark plugs and adjust gaps
1 1. Test ignition, coil and wiring
1 2. Clean air cleaner element
13. Replace oil filter cartridge
14. Clean batteryterminals—test battery capacity
1 5. Check electrical gauges
16. Inspect and re-pack front wheel bearings
17. Change axle and transmission lubricant
1 8. Lubricate chassis fittings
1 9. Oil generator and distributor
20. Fill steering gear with correct oil
2 f . Adjust brakes
22. Check hydraulic brake fluid level
23. Check water thermostat
24. clean car interior
25. Wash car
26. Give estimate on any necessary body work
27. Give estimate on new piston rings if needed
28. Rush and re-fill radiator
29. Fill and adjust shock absorbers
30. Road-test the car
all ran only
$29 98
It’s done a grand job all
year... give it two weeks
for needed repairs in our
service shop
T7ACATION TIME is here again ... if you’re taking
^ a vacation this year. But the member of your family
needing a vacation most is your automobile. Dependable
and serviceable in its 3rd war year your faithful car is
doing a grand job and really rates a “rest bonus” for
needed repairs.
Why not give your car a vacation? Let us rejuvenate
your car from bumper to bumper during the two weeks
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dition. Two weeks time will give you the benefit of
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If You Must Use Your Car
on Your Vacation ...
Don’t even think about starting out in your car
for a vacation trip, without first having us check
it thoroughly. Perhaps a few adjustments or minor
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415 North Main Bryan Phone 2-1333