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The Battalion
Monday Afternoon, May 27, 1946
Get Out and Vote ...
BURKHALTER SEEKS
REELECTION
Tommorow is Election Day!
The whole student body is represented by the various
candidates for the various offices. The task at hand is to
decide who will be more representative for each office, so
that all will reap the benefits. It will not be an easy deci
sion to make in several of the races, such as the ones for
Junior yell leader, Veterans yell leader, and the Longhorn
co-editor from the Corps.
Voting, anywhere, anytime, is a privilege, and like any
other privilege, should not be abused. Voting is also a duty,
and like any other duty, should not be avoided. To get the
best possible men to fill some of the higher offices on the
campus is the purpose of this student election. It will re
quire the cooperation of all concerned to do the job.
Go to yell practice tonight and hear the speeches; talk
to the men themselves; and talk to people who know them
—then, tomorrow, get out and vote.
Stream-Lined Registration . . .
Congratulations to Registrar H. L. Heaton for the
stream-lined registration procedure which put thousands
of veterans through the works in a short time Saturday
afternoon. And congratulations to Exchange Store Manager
“Doc” Birdwell for the way in which the store either sup
plied us with books in a hurry, or else turned us loose with
requisitions on other stores in College Station.
The improvement over registration-time this spring
was amazing. Putting everything together in Sbisa’s huge
halls certainly saved a lot of trotting back and forth across
the campus—no running from Ad building to Academic and
back to the Ad building. Who says a college can't do things
efficiently ?
GOLD DUST TWINS PLACE
BIG BLEED WHILE DODGING
The Battalion:
It comes to our painful attention
all too often here of late that cer
tain inhabitants of Dorms 15 and
16 just don’t quite seem to be able
to keep from making like a meat-
ball. They prefer to, and practical
ly insist on sailing beer and liquor
bottles down the hall at odd hours
of the night just to hear ’em bust.
Likewise, they are prone to commit
mayhem on the innocent little
trash cans placed in the hall—and
then set fire to them, whang hell
out of light bulbs in the hallway,
bash shampoo bottles against the
shower walls, or pour water from
an upper window on everybody
that walks out the dorm entrance
in hopes that they’ll “playfully”
Bprinkle one of their “buddies”.
Last night, though, some jerk de
livered the crowning blow: With
cold-blooded deliberation and ma
lice aforethought he delicately
smashed to smithereens both of the
lower glass panels in the dorm’s
tntrance, scattering glass for sev
eral yards up the hall.
Gleeful as all get-out, ain’t it?
The painful part, though, is that by
far the largest majority of stu
dents in these two dorms are vete
rans—guys which, so the propa
ganda goes, are men! Most of the
aforesaid atrocities are committed
just after the committors have re
turned from some beer jernt.
These guys are absolutely certain
it’s their born right to get swack-
ed in the glassy-eyed manner and
run amock like a pack of fiends.
Psychologists, we are told, clas
sify these neurotic personalities as
High School Harrys.
It ain’t the drinking, however,
that’s causing all the trouble. It
would be very simple to tell these
jerks to take their litle activities
out in the bushes somewhere, but
then everybody knows that busting
bottles, etc., is no fun at all un
less you’re dead certain it’s an
noying somebody. See what I
Watch Repairs
One Day Service
Stems — Crowns and
Main Springs
One Week Service
Cleaning — Staffs
T. C. HINMAN
Lauterstein Bldg. - N. Gate
mean ?
Eventually ,though, there’ll come
a day when it will be necessary to
put restrictions on all us vets so
that these two-percenters will stay
in line. The Student Affairs com
mittee is already discussing the
situation. What we’ve got to say
to these Hubba-Hubba Huberts is
simply this: There’s a sharp line
of demarcation between friendly
horseplay and vandalism. No M.
P.’s or Gestapo or restrictions or
disciplinary action is ever needed
when a man is willing to act like
a man instead of a High School
Harry!
Joel H. Smith, ’42
Dick Hearne, ’43
“TO PLEASE RETURN”
IRKS ENGLISH STUDENT
The Battalion:
Perhaps you will recall a direc
tive issued early in the semester
to the effect that instructors would
report students showing defective
English to the department heads
for further training. This rankled
in the minds of the average stu
dents, whose English is at least
as good as that of their profes
sors. Any student can catch any
of his teachers making occasional
mistakes in grammar and pronoun-
ciation and feels that the teacher
should be reported for further
training.
Now one of the staff, the Act
ing Librarian, has split an infini
tive in print (Monday’s Batt).
While this is not the worst error
possible, it is certainly one of the
most glaring. So how about sending
some of our profs to school along
side the the poor stops they have
reported.
M. L. Reddeck
As County Commissioner of
Precinct No. 1
A native of his precinct and a
resident of College Station for the
past 24 years, Mr. Burkhalter has
taken a live interest in the affairs
of the community in which he re
sides with his wife and four child
ren.
In making his announcement, he
said:
“In my campaign four years ago
I made only two promises. One was
that I would devote all my time
and energy to the office, and the
other was that I would give an
economical and efficient adminis
tration of the county affairs, which
have been most faithfully adhered
to.
I have also managed to be with
in my budget at the end of the
year. Although prices, material,
equipment and labor have inflated
to almost 34 per cent higher than
when I went in office, the budget
has been the same since 1940, and
despite the inflation, I have man
aged to make almost 60 miles of
rural road possible in all weather.
In this 60 miles are five school bus
routes, and I am proud to say the
school bus routes have been grav
eled and maintained so that now
the children do not have to miss
EXPLANATION OF VETERANS
ABSENCE AT SILVER TAPf>
The Battalion:
Regarding your editorial about
Silver Taps, 98 per cent of the
veterans, and especially the old
Aggies, would have been glad to-
cooperate if we had known about
it. It is questionable how many vet
erans even know that Silver Taps
was blown until we read about it
in the Battalion.
The college authorities have
placed us on the opposite side of
the campus from the Cadets. This
may explain why we know very
little about what goes on in the
Corps. Maybe there would be more
unity in the Texas A. & M. student
body if an effort were made to
include veterans in the activities
here. Information might be the
first step toward this ideal.
Sincerely yours,
Herman L. Peace
(The flag was at half-mast, the
Silver Taps notice was up, and
the Batt had an obituary, which
are the regular notices for Silver
Taps. Veterans are being included
in activities here; see the stories
on the election.—Ed. Note.)
QUALITY - COURTEOUS
DRY CLEANING SERVICE
Owned and Operated by the
Former Students Association
Campus Cleaners
Over the Exchange — Substation Near George’s
school on account of bad roads.
I supervise all of the road and
bridge work in my precinct with
out an assistant, which has been
customary, but during my adminis
tration we have had to cut down on
lots of unnecessary items. Most of
that credit is due the swell bunch
of men I have working with me
out on the roads, who are all co
operative, capable and deserving
men.
I am very proud of the progress
which has been made in the admin
istration of county affairs during
the time I have served as your
County Commissioner. We are oper
ating on a cash basis and the in
debtedness is being systematically
reduced. The tax rate has been re
duced and business principles and
strict economies have resulted in
substantial benefits which have
been passed on to the taxpayer.
We have employed a county en
gineer especially for these two
reasons: First of all is the fact
that nine out of ten commissioners
elected are not capable or qualified
to plan for future traffic (and I
am no exception). Most are elect
ed because they are popular or can
make the most promises or because
they are good fellows and need
the job—that is all very good, but
doesn’t always get the job done.
The primary reason, however,
for the employment of technical en
gineering service is that common
sense and scientific calculations
should be included in all road and
bridge construction and mainten
ance. Incidentally there is a strong
tendency on the part of the state
and federal governments to allot
additional funds for farm-to-mar-
ket road construction only to those
counties which are in position to
expand it under engineering super
vision. In view of these enormous
benefits and requirements, it is
nothing but good business and
sound practice for the county to
have the services of a competent
engineer for road and bridge ad
ministration.
You elected and trusted me to
do the best that can be done to
ward getting us out of the ruts
and out of debt. Well,—that is one
of the wisest moves the Court has
made to do that very thing.
We spend our entire time study
ing these things, investigating in
other counties and states—some of
the trips made at our own ex-
dense,—trying to make better coun
ty officials.
Some may say this will take
part of the work off of the Com
missioner, but that is a mistake
for I have just as much work and
responsibility as before.
If I am honored by reelection,
I can definitely assure our citizens
“Everyone in the country should
investigate the educational benefits
of the G. I. Bill of Rights,” said
married Army Veteran Douglas
Strickland whose parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Strickland reside at 119
Appian Way, Dallas. His wife is
the former Frances Dietsch of
Dallas.
He is entitled to four years of
College under the G. I. Bill of
Rights and is majoring in Mar
keting Finance at Texas A. & M.
College.
Mr .Strickland was discharged in
October, 1945 with 86 points after
service overseas with the 461 Bomb
Group, earning such decorations as*
the Air Medal with Four Clusters,
Distinguished Flying Cross, Presi
dential Citation and the European
Theater Ribbon with Four Battle
Stars.
His wife resides with him at
Walton Hall, Texas A. & M.
EX-SERVICEMENS WIVES
CLUB ELECT OFFICERS
There will be an election to fill
the offices of president and vice-
president of the Ex-Servicemens
Wives Club Wednesday night at
7:30 p.m., in Sbisa Hall. All
members are requested to attend
and to bring a pencil with them.
There will be bridge after the bal
loting. i
the continuation of these policies.
Thanking you very sincerely for
your confidence and support in the
past, and pledging my earnest ana’’'
continued efforts to serve the peo-
pel of Brazos County, I am,
Very respectfuly,
Norton R. Burkhalter.
(Paid Political Advertisement)
The Bryan Banks will be closed Thurs
day, May 30th in observance of Memor
ial Day, a legal holiday.
First National Bank
City National Bank
First State Bank and Trust Co.
DON’T FORGET
Call for Your
SMOKES—DRINKS
SANDWICHES
While On the Campus
at
GEORGE’S
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