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PAGE 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1946 PAGE 4 Luse ] Resea w. P. has been Texas A. Foundatic Beaumonl las, and ] tonio wei The fo five grou public, in ricultural represent tive serv the fou Mr. Lus< public j group ha but the ganized 1 DR. JEN BY CHE; On Me Chapter < Society h gieland J. D. K speaker, talked or ciety. Tb event hoi sen for the past Society a N0\ I Evei Livi Bal Alur l Bi SMI Hardv M c »v Committee Reconversion . . . Is now the time to reconvert our committees and coun cils? In the seventy years gone by there have been some strange organizations and committees formed. Some func tioned as originally planned. Others played out. Take a sur vey of the various committees and councils we have now. Many could be worked over a bit. A few could be reorganized and become valuable assets to the school and the student body. Here are the standing councils and committees the Battalion recommends be formed. Student Life Committee Student Council Cadet Council Veteran Council Disiplinary Courts Cadet Veteran Exchange Council This recommendation is based on opinions of cadets, veterans and faculty members, all realizing that student government and representation are essential to train men to be leaders. Many suggestions were made by veterans polled in the Battalion Poll a fortnight ago. The functions of the various recommended councils and committees should be as follows: Student Life Committee—to hear recommendations from all clubs, organizations and classes of the college and to make recommendations to the president and board of directors. This committee should be composed of two stu dents from each class and the veterans group, one represen tative from all organized clubs and organizations recognized by the Student Activities Office, and a small, well qualified, number of faculty members. The Student Council—to hear and act on suggestions and complaints of the Cadet Council and the Veterans Coun cil when such recommendations and complaints affect the entire school. The council should be composed of nine mem bers, five from the Cadet Council and four from the Vete ran Council. The Cadet Council and the Veteran Council—to hear and act if possible on suggestions and complaints from stu dents of their respective group when such recommendations and complaints affect only that group. All other matters would be referred to the Student Council. Five members of the Cadet Council and four members of the Veteran Coun cil would compose the Student Council. Each of the group councils, that is, the Cadet Council and the Veteran Coun cil, would be of Strength in number essential to satisfactory meet the requirements of the council. Members should be appointed by virtue of their position in the corps of veterans organization and others elected by vote of the organizations represented. The Cadet Court and the Veteran Court—to hear dis ciplinary cases of the group represented. These courts would serve as the senior courts formerly functioned. Each court should be composed of at least five members with three constituting a quorom. All disciplinary cases are reviewed by the Dean of Men. The Exchange Council—to take recommendations re garding the betterment and operating policy of the Ex change Store. This council should be composed of four fac ulty members and five students, one representing each class and the veterans group. This council was originally request ed by the manager of the Exchange Store. The above student groups should satisfy the require ments and demand for student representation and govern ment. Special committees would be appointed from time to time to act on certain definite moves such as the student union, welfare programs. Parrish to Rainey’s Staff . . . The news of Raymond Parrish’s resignation from col lege to join Dr. Homer P. Rainey’s staff in Austin came early this week. The decision of Parrish to take such action was certainly a great one to make on his part for after completing half of a summer term, it would be difficult to throw away seven or eight hours of work required towards a degree. On the other hand, as far as we are concerned, speak ing of and to vets, it was an important decision. Many stu dents have felt that the Ex-servicemen’s Club has become too much a political organization. Many have sensed this and few can deny that, quite often, issues closely approach ed the political class. Parrish realized this himself and sur rendered the lead of the Rainey for Governor Club in an effort to keep the organizations separated. His withdrawal from school until September, at which time he plans to return and resume his duties as president of the campus’ largest organized club, certainly further separates the vet eran activities from those of the political fields. Hurry back Parrish! You’re Through, You’re Out!... To those graduating seniors who are presently living in college operated apartments and one room married accom odations and who have no doubt received the same letter received by those seniors who completed their work at mid summer term, we can say you’re going to really have to have some pep the last day, Saturday, August 24. These students have been instructed to move from their accomodations before August 25 in order to make room for those who will commence classes on or after September 9. That’s really a close call! Just two weeks of grace! After having paid a month’s rent a reimbursement is in order and will be paid if the student will first contact the housing office for a “slip” and then the Fiscal Office, or if the student leaving will ask that the reimbursement be forwarded to his home. Of course if the senior leaving has a final that morning, it will only mean a good three hours of cogitating, a quick race to the two offices before the cashier closes the window and then load the trailer or old Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-5444, Texas A. & M. College. The Battalion, official newspaper of 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, except during the months of June, July and August, when it is published weekly and circulated on Thursday. Member Ftssoaded GpUe&iate Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $3.00 per school year. Advertising rates on request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. H. O. “Hub” JOHNSON, BINDLEY JR. VICK U. V. WENDELL PAUL MARTIN, WALLACE H. BENNETT, FERD ENGLISH, KATHY WILSON, L. R. SCHALIT •ALLEN SELF •On summer 'leave. .Co-Editor ..Managing Editor JOHNSTON Sports Editor McCLURE^ Advertising Manager Reporters Co-Editor Oneida Community Story Told In Unusual Novel by Wilnora Barton Readers Advisor, College Library Little is known, actually, about the life and customs of the sev eral religious communes which were established in America in the middle 1800’s. Documentary material has been available, but historians, economists, and, for some reason, even the novelists have neglected to make known to the average reading public the results of these experiments in communism. The novel, “The Wives Of High Pasture” by Worth Tuttle Hedden is based on the development of one of the branches of the Oneida Commune in New York where work, profit, and spouses were shared by all. Aside from its points as an extremely interest ing story, the book has value as a social document. The story of Pilgrim, a young girl of nineteen, and her first love is woven against a background of communal life. Pilgrim had been reared in the community from the age of ten. Under a carefully charted scheme for the perform ance of duties she had never had time to doubt the doctrines and the practices of Christian com- unism. In spite of the fact that she had no access to romantic novels, her dreams were much like those of any young girl’s. With no idea what was happening to her, she fell in love with a young English gentleman who had been driven by a snow storm to the House of High Pasture. At first the young man was merely curious about the life of the community. His stay lengthened out into months un der the pretense that he wished to remain in the commune to meet its founder who was away on tour. He admitted to himself, however, that he was really inter ested in the unusual girl, Pilgrim. Pilgrim’s love for this man of the world resulted in pain and confusion as her young heart re belled against the Perfection pre cepts under which she lived. Hav ing fallen in love, once, she knew that she could never consent to become a wife of the community with nothing to look forward to but a succession of middle aged husbands. Defying authority, she fled on the night she was to be initiated into full status as a “wife.” Further complicating the scene is the arrival of the young heir apparent to the community with his startling philosophy through which Pilgrim found new freedom and a new life. The author has only slight suc cess in making the personalities of his characters convincing, but this defect is off-set by the suc cessful portrayal of the spirit and pervaded the community. An un selfconscious style and realistic dialogue combine to make the book unusually interesting reading. Letters FOUR VETERANS GET BITTER RECEPTION HERE Monday morning four former stu dent veterans were here to visit their beloved alma mater. They had all recently returned from the Pacific and two of them had not even been home before their visit here. They all had their A. & M. rings, which they were wearing very proudly when they first ar rived on the campus. One of the rings had the numeral ’44 and the other three had the numerals ’45. These veterans were all very happy to see all their old buddies and the campus that had meant so much to them when they took off the AMC and donned the US. But the main reason for the visit here was not to see their old buddies again, nor was it to see the cam pus, their object was to register so that they may again pick up the books that they had dropped when our country called. But Monday afternoon found them with downcast looks and a grievience against the A. & M. they had bragged about so often to their buddies in the Army. “I can’t understand it,” said the one in the class of ’44, “we all wrote to the registrar of the col lege this summer while we were overseas. We asked to have rooms reserved for when we returned for this fall semester, and we all re ceived a very nice reply saying that we could not register while overseas but that we would have no trouble when we returned be cause, after all, we are Former Students. And now that we have returned and tried to register the answer is ‘NO ROOM’.” Welcome back veteran! Name withheld at writer’s re quest. “FEMALE TIGERS” SHOT AT BY DEPARTING AGGIE Editor, The Battalion: This letter is being written aft er the writer has spent the last two months on the campus of what was once known, as “dear- old-Aggieland.” It has been a pleasant period here for an ex student, and generally speaking, the college has gone all the way to do everything possible in making my stay profitable from an aca demic standpoint and enjoyable in the manner in which people should deal with all of us who have re turned. It is about time that I finish up, however, and as I go, I feel that I should voice an opinion and get it printed in time to give those who will probably be offend ed an opportunity to “strike back.” Why does the College adminis tration allow a small percentage of their female employees who serve as secretaries, clerks, reception girls, and other odd jobs about the campus to give all the rest of the fine young women working here a bad name by being so unmannerly and downright discourteous to the various students and visitors that must through absolute necessity call upon them for permission to see their bosses or to transact business ? In my job in one of the college departments, it has been my good fortune to run into some really swell girls working for the college —girls like Mary Anne Cure and Catherine Foster, for example— but every once in awhile, the male members of our office and some of my student friends are subjected to the most insulting actions by some of these “so-called ladies” when we attempt to get informa tion or must see them in order to see their bosses. This makes us Fish Questions Are Revised Henry (Mac) McElroy ’38, of the Department of Information has answered the Battalion’s re quest for comment on the “Ques tion List for New Fish” which was prepared by the class of “48, and published in last week’s issue. Several questions were challenged and after they were checked Mac was found to be correct. The questions with their corrected an swers are as follows. 14. What college has the larg est natatorium in the Southwest? Baylor has the largest. 17. How many Aggies served in World War II? 20,000 including 14,000 officers, more than any other school including West Point. 18. What is the only State owned and operated hotel ? (L. S. U. and the University of North Carolina also own and op erate hotels, similar to Aggieland Inn.) 19. What are the main branches of A. & M. College? Besides the school itself, there are: the Ex tension Service, The Agricultural Experiment Station, John Tarle- ton Agricultural College, Prairie View University, the Texas For est Service and North Texas Ag ricultural. 22. What class designed the Senior Ring? The class of 1894. Latest changes were made by the class of 1940. 30. What is the size of A. & M. campus proper? 8,391 acres. 31. How many generals did A. & M. have in World War II? 29. 36. What is the seating capa city of Kyle Field, and when was it built? It was built in 1927. It has a seating capacity of 32,- 306, but with the addition of tem porary seats it will seat 42,000. 39. What Aggies were named all-American two years in succes sion? Joe Routt, John Kim brough, and Pete Watkins. Couple’s Bridge Party All ex-servicemen and their wives who play bridge are invited to participate in the Bridge Club for Couples that will hold its first meeting on Saturday night, August 10 at 8:00 in the Ex-Service men’s Lounge at Sbisa hall. Admission will be 50d per couple. In order to ascertain the exact number to be present at the first meeting so as to plan refresh ments accordingly, all those who plan to be present are requested to contact Nell Creel by phoning 4-4504 before Friday night. long for the good old days when the only people that insulted the students around here was the O. D. or Ed Hrdlicka when he closed his doors for the night. Incidentally, there are some of the gals who think they are being “made a pass at” everytime a man enters—Well, I’ll have to ad mit to a few passes, just as most of the other fellows will, but they should remember that no man makes a pass at a girl unless she has shown him that it has reason able chances for at least mild suc cess. If the girls who read this feel ofended—then they definitely know that they are the guilty ones. There should be a sign just out side of the registrar’s office for all visiting students, fireman, and other delegations to toss in their hat first and if a “female tiger” doesn’t chew it up, to come on in and wait six or seven hours to see the man you want to see. Loving yours, Jack C. Hollimon. jalopy. The quick move is required to allow those students who have just returned from overseas and have yet not estab lished a home to do so here as soon as possible, according to the housing office. Of course, if you’ve been studying hard as all students have from the appearance of the grades re corded, you probably don’t have a place to go to when you leave. Consideration will be given to those students requesting an extension of time in order to complete moving arrange ments ; however, they should call by the housing office now in order to satisfy the requirements. Are Aggies Longhairs? Record Room Statistics Seem To Prove So Classical music seems to top the list of favorite music at the Music Room of the Cushing Memorial Library where more than a dozen students a day find some time to relax. Chopin’s “Nocturne in E- Flat,” Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” Tchaikowsky’s “Nutcrack er Suite,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in “Blue” and Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess are the favorites. When the Classical Music collec tion began in 1936, the $25 worth of foreign recordings were worn out so fast by enthusiastic listen ers that Dr. T. F. Mayo, the li brarian at that time, requested a music grant from the Carnegie corporation. The 1,200 individual records and 300 books on music subjects along with the record player and amplifier were moved from Asbury Browsing Room to their own space. The books can be checked out for two-week periods and are accessible to students, their wives, members and families of the faculty at any time. Trip to the Moon Given by Dr. Vezey And His Telescope Would you like to go within 2000 miles of the moon? It is possible, and there are only five flights of stairs to get there. Prof. E. E. Vezey, professor of Physics, mounted his 12-inch re flecting telescope Tuesday night and surrounded by five star-gaz ing Aggies, combed the skies from dark until about 10:30. Dr. Vezey’s telescope is a huge, black cylinder over six feet long and one foot in diameter. Dr. Vezey ground the 12-inch mirror him self, doing the exacting grinding and polishing in around 125 hours. Formerly used in an accredited Physics course. Prof. Vezey now mounts the mirror only when re quested by his students. Classified THE SCRIBE SHOP. Typing, graphing, drawing. Phone 2-6705, 23rd, Bryan. mimeo- 1007 E. ENGINEERS get your math chart at the Exchange Store. Notebook size 36tf. Concession owned by W. O. Reese. '46. FOR SALE—Paramount air conditioner. Factory made, $59.95. Contact Angus Dickson, Box 4882, House 7, student owned houses. ;e, $450.00. Keen, Dorm 12, Room 304. WANTED—Riders to and from St. Louis, Mo. between terms. See Finck, Wal ton B-6 or write Box 2366. Driving to Washington, D. C. August 24. Return for fall semester. Take one passenger who will share expense and driving. Must be good driver with li cense. Richard Sparkman, Project House 13D. Last cha Reader’s for Ex-Servicemen to get hangi Digest for % price,' get your new or renewal before September 1st. Johnson’s phone 4-881 .gen Thorough courses in shorthand, book keeping, typewriting and all commercial subjects available for fall term beginning Sept. 16. Enrollment will be limited. Phone 2-6655 or call at McKinsey-Baldwin Business College, 702 S. Washington, Bryan. USED CARS WANTED Cash or trade on New Ford Cars, Pick-ups and Trucks Bryan Motor Co. N. Main - Phone 2-1333 Student Union Plans Are Now Taking Definite Form In future years, when you re turn to A. & M., you will find ac commodations for visitors quite different to those at present.^ You will find that student life will be what was just a dream to you. Following the visit of Dr. Porter Butts, director of the Student Un ion at the University of Wisconsin, study of the Union Building for A. & M. received renewed interest throughout the campus, according to Carleton W. Adams, college sys tem architect. While Dr. Butts was on the campus, he outlined his conception of what the A. & M. Student Un ion should be, in light of .his many years of experience in this field. The censensus following the sev eral conferences in which Dr. Butts participated may be summarized, according to Mr. Adams, as fol lows: The Union should not be consid ered as a single building, but rath er should be visualized as a stu dent and college center. It should encompass all of the usual activ ities that are not directly connected with academic work or student housing. This would mean that the site should be sufficiently large to include Union facilities for the students, hotel-life facilities for former students and visiting guests, a picture show, music hall, possibly a chapel, and other facilities that may be desired as time goes on. In this project it is wise to be forward looking and to lay the foundation for a center that even tually will include opportunities for all of the recreational and extra curricular activities that may grow out of an active Student Union Program. The basic facilities that appear to come within the need of A. & M. may be grouped roughly as follows: A Memorial Hall to serve as a fitting monument to those who gave their lives in the service of their country, lounges to serve as meeting points for students, fac ulty and visitors, dining and foun tain rooms with specific accent on the informal grill and snack bar, an dstores and sales areas that are to include a book shop, gift shop, etc. Ballroom and other dancing and music facilities, guest rooms, game and recreation rooms, includ ing a bowling alley and billiard tables, craftwork rooms and a craft shop. This is not a complete outline, but gives one an idea of the scope of the proposed project and active program that can be developed when such facilities are available. Water Plant Collection Is Shown By College Museum H. B. Parks, Curator of the Col lege Museum, announces the prep aration of eight cases of water plants which have been placed on exhibit to illustrate some of the plants important to waterfowl and muskrats on the southeastern Gulf Coast of Texas. This exhibit has been made pos sible by John Robert Singleton of Beaumont, Texas, a graduate in the Department of Fish and Game who is working in cooperation with the Texas Cooperative Wild life Research Unit on an investi gation of the quantitative produc tion of wildlife food in the coastal marshes of the southeastern part of the State. Mr. Parks, who is the dean of naturalists in the State of Texas, points out that conspicuous among the many opportunities for in creased income in Texas is the use of the low wet soils along the Texas Gulf Coast and sometimes for long distances inland border ing the larger rivers. 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Then, too, there are colonies of other water loving species of wildlife, such as fur animals, bull frogs, and turtles. Under man’s intelligent super vision, Mr. Parks points out, the. production of food and money in come of Texas may be substan tially increased. Air-Conditioned Opens 1:00 p.m.—4-1181 THURSDAY — LAST DAY — also — Daffy Duck Cartoon FRIDAY and SATURDAY 2 Big Features No. 1 A 20th CENTURY-FOX PICTURE No. 2 Produced by NAT HOLT • Directed by LESLIE CO Screen Play by .CHARLES ROBERTS — also — Merrie Melodies Cart< SUNDAY and MONDAY- (•Xi-x-;:. ^ •.■<y.>v v ... * ... .. \ Paramount presents ^ ouvia r j VoeUavillarrcf / kay Mi I land / j SONNYluftsin nj l 1 GH0Q\fi:o ! BRIDE hr ’ ' plus Merrie Melodies Cartoon TUES. - WED. - THURS. CLAUDETTE JOHM COLBERT • WAYNE in MERVYN LeROY'S production of^ (AJitfa&ust 'DON DeFORE • Piouucea n, JESSE L.LASKY — and! Woody Woodpecker Cartoon i > Tj r V A ♦ 4 ► .1 i > *' A A