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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1946
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I Is A. & M. Too Big?.
Is A. & M. growing too big for its own good? Will the
college this fall be so huge that the Aggie spirit will be
lost, perhaps forever?
These are gloomy suggestions, and the Battalion does
not believe that things are quite so bad. But it is true that
the constant increase in the size of this college—not just
the increase due to veterans enrollment, but the normal
increase of boys who want to attend A. & M.—has brought
the school to a point where many policies and traditions need
to be re-examined in the light of the huge institution we
are becoming.
Recently an Aggie veteran student was discussing
college prospects with his uncle, an Ex from ’23. After hear
ing how the “Bull” had turned over many functions to the
Dean of Men; how the administrative branch of the school
had grown to be itself as large as many small colleges;
how thousands were expected to be in the freshman class
next fall, the Ex just sighed and exclaimed, “A. & M. has
grown too big.” It semed to him that the “personal touch”
of years ago was gone forever.
When a corporation grows beyond the size envisioned
by its planners, it usually reorganizes, decentralizes, and
tries to break itself into units that can function in them
selves, as well as in regard to the whole. (As in General
Motors, for instance.)
Perhaps A. & M. needs to be reorganized, not piecemeal
as has been done, but scientifically and completely.
The Batt, (knowing that no one will take us seriously
and that no state legislature would follow our advice) pre
sents its own plan for reorganization of A. & M.
FIRST there would be created a top-policy group to be
known as The Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of the
State of Texas. (Note the S on that Colleges.) This would
correspond to a holding company in a corporation. The pres
ident of the colleges would head this body, and it would be
understood that his duties would be administrative rather
than educational. (Most university presidents in the United
States today find that financial and political demands on
their time leave them little chance to work as educators.)
SECONDLY there would be created the office of Pro
vost of the Schools at College Station, who would be rated
higher than any present dean and who would be chief edu
cational officer of the colleges here. Other schools such as
John Tarleton and NTAC would have similar provosts, and
report to the “holding company”.
(If you are puzzled by the word “provost”, you will
find it in Webster’s dictionary defined as covering precisely
the post suggested here.)
THIRDLY there would be established a Ross College
on the campus, here, which would cover somewhat more ter
ritory than the present School of Arts & Sciences. All fresh
men, regardless of their eventual courses, would spend their
first year in Ross College, taking general work, including
fundamental sciences and mathematics. The success of stu
dents during their first year, plus aptitude tests taken dur
ing that time, would be considered when they came to
apply to the technical schools at the end of that year.
The nature of Ross College, operating directly under
the Provost, would be such that far more personal assistance
and advice would be available to the new students. During
that first year, all cadets would be attached to Infantry di
visions, and would move, if they so desired, to other outfits
at the beginning of their sophomore years, when they en
tered engineering or agricultural schools.
If A. & M. finds it necessary to extend its technical
courses to the five-year-plan, as it is reported other leading
colleges are considering doing, then Ross College would
handlG students for the first two years, and the special
schools for the remaining three. Such a step might end the
“lopsideness” of technical training.
The deans of the departmental schools, still “kings”
in their respective “castles,” would be broadly under the
jurisdiction of the Provost.
“Silly Plan!” do you say? Well, there is no doubt about
it differing from what we have. But A. & M. is a big boy
now, and our present framework was designed for about as
many hundreds as there are thousands expected next fall.
Is It Necessary?
The press and the press associations have taken to iden
tifying all veterans in crime stories as ex-GIs. To illustrate,
the recent affair near Terre Haute in which two brothers
dueled with shotguns was reported in some newspapers as
involving a wearer of the Purple Heart. Also, in Wisconsin
a murder was reported as a battle between an ex-tank corps
man and an infantryman.
Newspapers don’t identify other persons as former truck
drivers, or former factory workers. The present occupation
of the person involved in a crime is considered sufficient, if
it is used. So, why should former GIs be identified?
The Cincinnati Enquirer, after receiving a letter from
a Cincinnati schoolteacher, has adopted the policy of not
mentioning that a man is a veteran in crime stories.
It would be more in keeping with good reporting if all
the newspapers and all the press associations would follow
a like course—Indiana Daily Student.
SENATOR'S . . .
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gled their way into Congress who do nor have the slightest
sense of obligation they owe to the people. . .
“Investigate the candidate who ask your suffrage. Find
out if they have been trailing with the wrong people, for,
after all, there is no better way to judge a man than by the
company he keeps . . . The candidate should have had exper
ience in business operation and management and should have
a real appreciation of the value of a dollar. Next to integrity,
business training is important.”
For further emphasis we have bold faced certain points.
The senator is more than right in what he has written
in his column. If it can only be put to practice throughout
Texas, the state will advance industrially, agriculturally,
educationally and politically.
JBe Battalion
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Ernie Pyle’s Last Book Brings
Record of Bravery up to Date
By Wilnora Barton, Reader’s
Advisor
The book which Ernie Pyle was
writing when he was killed on
Okinawa has been appropriately
called “Last Chapter”. The pub
lishers say it is essentially a
“Brief, brave little book to com
plete the record.”
Ernie Pyle was America’s most
beloved war correspondent, in
spite of the fact that he lacked
the flash of the British reporters
and the flare for the dramatic
which the Russian correspondents
exhibited. The reason for his pop
ularity is obvious enough. He was
an everyday American interpret
ing the war fought by ordinary
Americans for those other every
day Americans at home. The Eynie
Pyle books which brought the
human, bleeding, sweating, side
of war to all of us are something
of a war phenomenon, and rank
in importance about on par with
the invention of radar.
“Here is Your War” has sold
well over 1,000,000 copies, and
“Brave Men” which followed was
equaly as successful. Ernie did
two things to conventional war
reporting. He made the war real
to the people at home who found
that the news dispatches concern
ing strategy and troop movements
were too far removed from the
realm of their experiences; and
he wrote about the enlisted men
and junior officers rather than
the generals and the admirals. War
was an intimate thing to the men,
those in the companies and the
platoons, and “Ernie was the first
to discover the kind of war that
the average soldier was fighting.”
He could tell the people at home
how the GI’s themselves felt about
war because he went right along
with them, slept, ate, sloshed in
the mud, and slapped mosqiutos
with them.
“Last Chapter” is the account
of that part of the war in the
Pacific which he saw. He arrived
late on the scene there and miss
ed the bloody days of Guadalcanal,
New Guinea and Bougainville.
Pyle was concerned with the in
dividual rather than with the war
itself. His books will always be
important because he captured the
feel of fear, the very heart and
soul of war.
College Library Witnesses Three
Fold Visitors Over Last September
by DAVID L. WILSON
The use of the library has in
creased approximately three fold
since last September according to
Paul S. Ballance of the college li
brary. As an example, during last
September, 2,304 books were
called for by slip and used either
in the library or for outside read
ing. In April, the number called
for was 9,896 but this use de
creased to 6,800 in June. For Ju
ly, the number will be in excess of
the June figure. This decrease
from April is due to fewer stu
dents being enrolled now than
during the spring.
During these summer months,
the library is open 82 hours per
week. On Monday through Friday
the hours are 8 a. m. to 10 p. m.,
on Saturday, 8 to 4 p. m. are the
hours, while on Sunday the time
is 6 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Students and their wives as
STUDENT UNDER BOND
Garland E. Tilley, student, is
under bond to appear before the
Brazos County grand jury in Aug
ust to answer to charges of burg
lary. Tilley is accused of steal
ing two radios from the Aggieland
Pharmacy and a typewriter from
one of the project houses.
E. L. CRAIG TO PREACH
Earl L. Craig, visiting minister
from Ft. Worth, will preach at
the A. & M. Church of Christ on
Sunday, July 28. Morning services
will begin at 10:45 and the evening
services at 7:15.
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Any student who normally expects to
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Registrar’s Office NOW and make form
al application for a degree.
H. L. Heaton, Registrar
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complete all the requirements for
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should call
gree by the
Session of
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1946 Summer
by the
Will all seniors who plan to graduate
this summer please file registration records
with the Placement Office immediately.
L. R. Hickman,
Acting Director.
well as the faculty and their fami
lies are eligible to use the library.
A member of the faculty has one
automatic renewal for books af
ter the first two weeks have
elapsed. All pay a five cent fine
for each day the book is kept over
time.
As a person enters the main door
of the library he will notice a
number of bulletin boards ar
ranged around the walls. The
book covers fastened there are
from books newly acquired by the
library. Five boards are thus
filled. On the front display board
the display is entitled “The Shape
of Planes To Come” and deals
with aviation. Five books are
listed here; two examples are “To
morrow We Fly” by William B.
Stout and “The Air Future” by
Burnet Harshey. These books
should be interesting to any who
have done any flying.
The left front display deals
with this subject—“Men Who
Made Music.” Two books listed
here are “Claude Debrussy” by
Manice Dumesnil and Chopin by
Basil Maine.
“America-A Nation Of People
From Many Countries” is the title
of the front right display. “I am
An American” by famous natural
ized Americans, and “America”
by Allan Nevens and Henry
Commager are examples of books
in this section.
The second right display deals
with “Photography” “Kodachrome
and Kodacolor” by Fred Bond and
“History of Photography” by Jo
seph Marid Eder are two books
among the ones shown on this
board.
On the third right board is a
display of books on this subject—
“Religion in Our Times.” “What I
Believe” by Sholem Asch and “I
Still Believe In God” by Jacob A.
Dell are among the publications
listed on this bulletin board.
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Dear Sirs:
I thought this article might be
interesting to some of the Camp
us wives.
A SOLUTION TO THE DIAPER
PROBLEM ?
Yes mothers, the diaper prob
lem was solved many years ago
by our most ancient civilization,
the Chinese. During the war many
American soldiers in China lost
their mental picture of diapers
hanging on the family line in the
back yard because all Chinese
children, from families both rich
and poor, are not bound with a
piece of linen cloth woven in geo
metric patterns known as a dia
per.
The mothers of China do away
with back breaking washing of
soiled diapers by simply making
childrens’ clothes with out a seat.
You may wonder about the infants,
well, they merely wear a jacket
similar to your bed jacket. Until
the boys get their first complete
pair of pants and the girls their
first dress, they both wear long
seatless pants. As the children
grow older the gap in their wear
ing apparel is gradually made
smaller until it becomes an over
lapping split.
I firmly believe that these
windowed garments satisfactorily
meet the approval of the children.
They are nationally worn in China
and are still handed down from
one generation to another. Their
popularity has not spread over the
“Hump” or across the Pacific
Ocean, but nevertheless they of
fer many possible advantages. No
more diapers to wash, no talcum to
buy, no empty laundry pantries
and no discomfort to the many
American Babies.
Sincerely yours,
Max B. Rotholz
Box 415
College Station, Texas
Newman Club to
Dance in Bryan
The A&M Newman Club is hold
ing a dance at the K. C. Hall in
Bryan on Saturday, July 27, at
8:00 P.M. Admission will be 30<£
couple or stag. There will be music
by “juke box”; punch and cookies
will be served.
The dance wil be open to all
Catholics and the married ones are
invited to bring their wives. The
regular meeting of the Newman
Club, Friday, July 26, at 6:30 p.m.
in the new area “Y”, will ar
range final details.
All students who are interested in tak
ing flight training during the fall semes
ter, under the controlled course as is now
being offered, should make application at
the Dean of Engineering office at once.
H. W. Barlow,
Dean of Engineering.
VETERANS CHANGING COURSES—
Veterans desiring to change courses must
contact the Veterans Advisor, Administra-
tiqn Building, at least four (4) weeks prior
to the effective date of the change. Vete
rans change of courses.
Bennie A. Zinn,
Veterans Advisor.
Those students who have completed the
requirements for admission to the School
of Veterinary Medicine should apply for
admission to the School of Veterinary
Medicine on forms to be obtained in the
Registrar’s Office.
H. L. HEATON, Registrar.
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WANTED—Salesman desiring stationery
concession on the campus. Write J. R.
Buie, Box 5087, College. State dorm and
room number.
FOR SALE—i acre lot, 2 blocks from
campus, all utilities, forms built for con
crete foundation. Clayton E. Johnson, No.
C-2 Trailer Camp.
FOR SALE—1941, 18 foot, steel-bodied.
Vagabond House Trailer. Call 4-5691, or
at 227 Foster, College Hills.
LOST—Slide rule in 129 Academic
Building. Bob MacCallum, Dorm 9-328.
Box 4147.
FOR SALE—3 Watterson radios $31.10
and 3 record players $29.35. Jack Mc
Kenzie, F-2 Walton.
Interested in Hunter Century Floor Fan.
Will the department that has it notify the
Aeronautical Department.
THE SCRIBE SHOP. Typing, mimeo
graphing, drawing. Phone 2-6706, 1007 E.
23rd, Bryan.
FOR SALE—Lot 22 in Block 3 in Col
lege Hills for sale. Close to East Gate
and Highway 6. Abstract goes with lot
also house plan designed for lot if desired.
Size of lot is 60 ft. x 132 ft. Facing south.
Box 2338, College Station.
Notice Ex-Servicemen—-Yearly subscrip
tions to LIFE and TIME are still $3.50,
READER’S DIGEST $1.50. Johnson’s Mag
azine Agency at College Book Store, Phone
4-8814.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—1942 Dodge,
Tudor Sedan, good condition, good tires.
Call 2-7273. See at 300 South Houston,
Bryan.
Notice to Teachers: LIFE and TIME
renewals will increase July 26. See John
son’s Magazine Agency at College Book
Store, North Gate. Phone 4-8814 for re
newals.
ENGINEERS get your math chart at
the Exchange Store. Notebook size 35tf.
Concession owned by W. O. Reese, ’46.
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Wm. Alan
MUDGETT
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Five years service, U. S.
Navy, fighter pilot, Law
School, University of Tex.
Practicing Attorney, with
y|| offices and home in Bryan
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Candidate for
REPRESENTATIVE
to the
Texas State Legislature
26th District
QUALIFIED IN THE FIELD OF LAW & SERVICE
Hi
a COUNTY ATTORNEY
should be a MAN
Who has had actual experience in the practice of law.
Who will have courage and ability to prosecute fear
lessly when the -need arises.
Who will deal fairly and justly with all classes.
Who will save the county money by thorough prelim
inary investigations.
Who will consider the office a trust and himself a
servant of the people.
Who fills these requirements?
J. G. MMERT
RE-ELECT HIM TO A SECOND TERM
(Political Advertisement Paid for by an Ex-Aggie Veteran)
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
It has often been said that a
pretty good test of a person is
how that person bears reverses
and sorrow. During the past war
those of us on the home front had
a chance to wit
ness the effect of
sorrow on people,
because we had ;
friends who had ?
to bear the sor- i
row of losing a i:
son, very often an
only son. I have
talked with many
parents who had
this misfortune, /
and marveled at
their grand cour
age and fine out
look.
The loss of a
loved one is very Penny
hard to bear, but it has been my
observation that the ones who do
the best are those who have a
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deep and abiding faith in God.
These folks seem to get comfort
.through their faith that friends
and loved ones, regardless of how
hard they try, cannot give. I
talked with a fine lady who had
recently suffered a great loss in
death of her husband. She re
marked to me that she didn’t
know what she would have done
without her faith.
I have heard a lot of fine things
said from the pulpit, but one
thing that will always stick is
that “Life is not worth living for
the little things.” Life is pretty
difficult at times, and if we are
not living for the bigger things,
it just isn’t worth the effort.
Surely one of the bigger things
is an abiding faith that inspires
us to do worthwhile things that
are of service to our fellow man,
and at the same time is a source
of great comfort when we are in
sorrow.
On Other Campuses . . .
Even Co-ed Schools Are
Short of Girls These Days
By Paul Martin
Has anyone seen any co-eds re
cently? Some of the co-education-
al institutions that were so pre
dominantly female during the war
are now enjoying (?) an acute
shortage of the fairer sex for the
present, according to the latest
tabulations.
TEXAS U.
Texas U. reports that men out
number women by a ratio of 5
to 1 and Southwestern University
at Georgetown reports a ratio of
4.33 to 1.
The student assembly at Texas
U., increasingly mindful of the
rapidly spiraling prices of neces
sary commodities and the effect
of these increases on their allot
ments, has appointed an investi
gating committee* the Committee
on Prices, to look into price in
creases and make recommenda
tions for combating them. Their
current efforts are being directed
against the proposed increase in
the cost of haircuts added onto the
already substantial increase since
the death of the OPA.
LSU
L.S.U. announces the inaugura
tion of a flight training curricu
la plan to be put into effect in
the near future, when and if the
program should be approved.
On July 16, L.S.U.’s official
Air-Conditioned
Opens 1:00 p.m.—4-1181
THURSDAY
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Warner’s “Quent’n Quail”
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY
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newspaper, The Reville, published
the results in the Reville Opinion
Poll as to the opinion of the stu
dents on the opinion poll itself.
The concensus of opinion was;
two in favor of continuing it as
a feature, one against it, one un
decided and one who did lots of
talking but apparently reached no
conclusion.
BAYLOR
Baylor U. heard an oration by
J. Frank Dobie, whose address at
Texas A. & M. on July 5 raised
considerable comment because of
political affiliations. Dobie’s ap
pearance was sponsored by the
Baylor Rainey-for-Governer club.
GUION
HALL THEATER
Box Office
Open 1p.m.; Close 8:30 p.m.
Phone 4-1168
THURSDAY ONLY
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“MEN In HER
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starring
Peggy Ryan
Jon Hall
Louise Allbritton
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SUNDAY and MONDAY
ERNIE PYLE’S
“STORY OF
G. I. JOE”
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
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