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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1946
To 1946 ...
You’re just about gone, old man! Not long from now,
a young 1947 will be born bursting with happiness, health,
and hopes for a brilliant career.
You were ushered into the swirl of life with the same
ideals, old man. The results of your life’s work cannot be
too severely criticized, even if it hasn’t measured up to
scratch. You’ve been caught in the midst of a postwar re
action—every one has started sitting back in their chairs
and enjoying life once more, without worrying about whether
a loved one will return from the far corners of the earth.
Some of the things you hoped for haven’t gone so well,
old man. Peace hasn’t been the rosy Elysian paradise we
had once imagined. With all the nation’s productive power,
strikes and shortages still persist. But these are just minor
irritations, and wholehearted cooperation will ease 1947’s
burden. They aren’t so hard to take.
You have left a great inheritance to your young suc
cessor, old man, with assets greatly outweighing the liabil
ities. But there are strings attached to this legacy. The
heir, 1947, must promise to do his best toward bringing a
lasting peace on earth and good will to all men. The United
Nations organization is a step in the direction of world peace
—it must be made to function properly. Closer to us, A. &
M. must grow and improve in stature and in spirit if it is
to retain its high position in Texas affairs.
This is no reflection on you, 1946, for failing to do
everything you set out to accomplish. It’s our fault for
not helping you any more than we did. We’re rather sorry
to see you leave, but we wouldn’t want you back. We won’t
forget your failures or your successes. We hope 1947 will
profit by both.
Plant Now for Posterity . . .
A recent letter to the editor from C. C. Doak of the
biology department suggests that the college plant a plot
of ground near the campus with trees to be grown for the
annual bonfire. This was to keep the erstwhile gatherers
of wood for the conflagration out of other peoples’ back
yard and to insure a supply of combustible material close at
hand.
An offer has been received from Bob Cherry, scout
master of the local troop of Boy Scouts to plant seedlings
on any area designated, if the trees were supplied. This of
fer of help together with Doak’s suggestion sets the stage
for the beginning of this venture.
Somewhere on the 8,000 acres owned by the college there
should be a small plot that could be used for this project.
The trees can probably be obtained from the Texas Forest
Service for a small amount to begin planting for future de
mands of classes that will follow.
A Needed Improvement. . .
*
Prices of construction may be too high right now to
allow any large scale building, but the small bits of needed
expansion like the new slab at the Grove, fulfil a pressing
need. Spring is not far away—in fact, anyone would be
lieve it is springtime at the moment, since it’s warm enough
to go around in a T-shirt after nine o’clock in the morning.
With spring, will come the gaudiest social season at
A. & M. in history. Class dances, regimental balls, all-col
lege dances, the Cotton Pageant, and the Senior Ring dance
should satisfy the desires of the most earnest of the week
end playboys. Name bands will be booked for several of
the occasions, if large enough gates are anticipated.
We feel that crowds large enough to meet the cost of
big-name bands can be accommodated, either in Sbisa Hall,
or in the newly-enlarged Grove. Outdoor dances, when the
weather is clear, usually have a more romantic and country
club-ish atmosphere.
The enlargement of the Grove dancing space is a step
forward in providing adequate entertainment facilities for
students. If proper attractions—stellar dance orchestras—
are offered, this expansion will not have been wasted. But
if merely the size, and not the quality of entertainment fea
tures is enlarged, the social calendar for the spring is doom
ed to only half-hearted support.
Christmas Star ^
“Peace,” says the star in its quiet way,
“Peace to men of good will.”
It blesses the decks, phosphorescent with spray,
And the crosses spread on the hill.
“Peace, in this horrible world?” we cry.
“In this world of war and sin ?”
“Peace,” is still the star’s reply.
“The peace that is found within.
“Perhaps we never will find the day
When man knows only love.
When all of evil is passed away,
Empty the iron glove.
“Yet year by year from the secret places
Where we hide our souls apart
A living flood of love erases
The hurts of the sick-at-heart.
“Each Christmas day we nearer move
By an imperceptible mil
To the ever-ultimate day of love
When the world will be sweet and still.”
The star smiles down through the frosty cloud.
Our hearts know a great release.
Who could be angry, fearful, proud,
When the Christmas Star whispers, “Peace”?
—VICK BINDLEY
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VETERAN’S OPINION;
Proposal to Athletic Council
Names Rice’s Coach Stiteler
This article isn’t a personal rub against any person or
group of persons connected with our Athletic Department,
but is written in consideration of the fact that should we lose
Coach Norton, the problem of filling his shoes with a better
man is going to be a big one. The Student Body should have
their say in this matter, but to do so we’ll have to stick to
gether as a unit, and use more diplomacy in forwarding our
ideas to the right people. After all, we’ll never have the
last word, and if we intend to get cooperation from those
who will, they’re going to have to have confidence in our
ability to do and say things in an intelligent manner.
Coach Stiteler is one of the outstanding coaches in Tex
as, and within the next few years he’ll be among the very
top in the nation—why not let him gain that reputation
right here at A.&M. ? There are two main hitches in Stite-
ler’s coming down here. First, the college has to get on his
trail, and second, do it before someone else grabs him. There
is at least one school—Baylor—after him now, and there
are probably others.
Stiteler began his football career here at A. & M. as an
outstanding back in the Southwest Conference under the
guiding hand of Dana X. Bible; he showed his coaching
ability right here on the campus when he coached a badly
outweighed Cavalry Intramural Team to the championship
over much-favored teams of the Field Artillery and Infantry.
After graduating he took over the coaching job at Smith-
ville, Texas, and for three consecutive years won that re
gional championship with an undefeated team. He went
from there to Corpus Christi, and his first year in Class AA
football was rewarded by a state championship. After sev
eral very successful years at Corpus, Waco got him, and
last year his Tigers tied a powerful Highland Park Eleven
for the State Crown. This year he went to Rice as a back-
field coach, and anyone who saw their backfield in operation
needs no further information.
Stiteler plays this game to win, and he knows nothing
but to win. He is a coach who believes in deception and
polish and we’ve got the material to give him plenty of both.
Every man who has ever played under him speaks of him as
a coach among coaches. He has turned out such players as:
Pat Hall and Jack Hennant of LSU; Emory Nix of TCU;
Dickey Haas, Norman Brown, and Cotton Lindloff of Texas
A. & M.; Ken Matthews, Zuhel Connally, and Joe Mitchell of
Texas; and Froggy Williams of Rice.
I wrote this article because, aside from being a Stitler
backer myself, I have heard much comment about him all
over the campus, and from many Exes. Many offered their
signatures in the form of a petition in order to get this
printed, but I didn’t feel that it was necessary.
Let’s get behind Coach Stiteler, and if we are to have a
new coach, let the Athletic Council know that we want him.
Kleber Trigg
Unbiased Southern Viewpoint
In ’’Experiment in Rebellion”
By J. M. Nelson
Clifford Dowdy has done an ex
cellent job in writing “Experi
ment In Rebellion”, an “unbiased”
history of the civil war “from the
Southern point of view”. Written
too much from the Southern point
of view to please the orthodox
historians, it is also far too unbi
ased to please the ardent supporter
of the “old South”. The author
begins his independent approach
by calling the Southern effort “a
rebellion”. That of course is the
official title given by the Supreme
Court of the United States, but
it is not what good Southern sup
porters call it. Mr. Dowdy gives
a very clear picture of the Pres
ident of the Confederacy and his
cabinet.
Jefferson Davis appeared to be
Letters
TWO QUESTIONS?
Friday 13th
Dear Editor:
The following questions have
been puzzling us for some time.
Of course they are doubtless eas
ily explained by the proper auth
orities (as is everything in this
institution), but, nevertheless, here
they are:
(1) Last year the Exchange
Store announced that they would
pay dividends on the purchases
made by the students if any prof
its were made. Maybe the store
has been losing money, eh ? ? Per
haps if the store waits a little
longer all present stub-holders
will graduate or die off.
(2) Why was a student severely
punished for “making derogatory
remarks about the Administra
tion”? We have always felt free
to criticize the national govern
ment, why not that of the college ?
Democracy, you know—
Yours Sincerely,
B. Summers ’48
B. Wallace ’46
H. Burkhalter
R. G. Wheeler
AGGIELAND FOREVER
Dear Editor:
Upon reading the Batt of Fri
day, 13 December, we noticed with
interest your editorial on “Aggie-
land Forever”. (Three CHEERS
for your idea.
We, the men of barracks 229 at
Lower “Slobbovia” (the Annex),
think that if this matter were
properly presented before the city
council, it would see the desira
bility of the move and make the
arrangements for a special city
election to vote upon a name which
all of us would be proud of. If
the city council would not call an
election because of the cost, we
are sure that the Aggies would
be more than happy to contribute
toward the cost.
We are behind you 100% in your
suggestion and am sure the 98%
are, also. Now is the time for
action—Aggies, let’s go!!!
Sincerely,
Dan Parrish and
5 others.
an arrogant man who would take
no disagreement either in the form
of criticism or advice, so as a re
sult the executive branch of the
Confederacy was very tveak. Mr.
Dowdy a’lso goes into detail con
cerning tihe conditions at home in
the South, the actual fighting of
the war,' including the brutality
of Sheridan and ill-treatment re
ceived by Southern prisoners, and
the actual fighting of the war. All
this is well told, but the real sig
nificance of the book lies in the
fact that the author understands
the two points of view taken in
regard to the civil war. In pres
ent an “unbiased” story from the
Southern point of view Clifford
Dowdey has rendered a real ser
vice.
“The Navy’s Air War”, packed
with information and history rang
ing from the manufacture of plans
to combat flying, sails along with
out a dull page. The bulk of the
book naturally deals with com
bat, sometimes with individual ex
ploits, but mostly with group ef
forts from forces of a dozen or so
to huge armadas of hundreds of
ships and thousands of aircraft.
The most extensive and decisive
naval actions were in the Pacific,
and foremost of these were the
famous “turkey shoot”, between
Guam and the Phillipines, and the
battles, both surface and air, for
Leyete Gulf in October, 1944. They
are carefully described by words
and maps so as to give a clear
account.
There is sufficient attention giv
en to other theaters, and to what
might be called sideshows, support
at numerous landings, and defense
of Australia, most of which are
too little known. Altogether cov
ering a period from 1938 to 1945,
it is a splendid record, well told.
SAN ANTONIO ENGINEER
ADDRESSES STUDENT
CHAPTER OF A.S.C.E.
Hans Holland, prominent San
Antonio consulting engineer, and
past president of the Texas Sec
tion, American Society of Civil
Engineers, spoke to the student
chapter of the A.S.C.E. at a ban
quet held in Sbisa Hall Tuesday
night.
The question of unionizing pro
fessional engineers is now under
study by the larger groups, Hol
land declared, and their findings
will be handed down to the local
chapters who will make the final
decision on this problem. He called
for more participation by the
young engineers in the profession
al societies, and cited the many
opportunities afforded the young
engineers to consult with their
older colleagues on the problems
confronting them.
Helland, after graduation from
the University of Texas, did en
gineering work in Europe. Dur
ing the recent war years he was
engineer in charge of construction
on several Army bases in this area.
Other guests at the banquet in
cluded L. D. Snow, engineer for the
Gulf Oil Corp and president of the
Houston Chapter A.S.C.E., and R.
R. Stricket, class of ’26, head
draftsman for the Gulf Oil Corp.
What’s Cooking
THURSDAY, December 19
7:00 p. m. Houston County A&M
Vlub, Room 305, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Johnson County A&M
Club, Room 303, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Kaufman County A&M
Club, Room 205, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Eastland and Steph
ens County students invited to
organizational meeting of club.
Christmas plans.
7:00 p. m. Young A&M Club,
Room 125, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Galveston A&M Club,
Room 32, Science Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Land of the Lakes
Club, Room 324, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Victoria County A&M
Club, Room 107, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Bell County A&M
Club, Room 103, Acad. Bldg.
6:30 p. m. ASHVE Christmas
Party and supper, Bryan Country
Club.
7:30 p. m. Ellis Cunoty A&M
Club, Room 225, Acad. Bldg. .
FRIDAY, December 27
8:30 p. m. Brazos County A&M
Mothers’ Club dance for Aggies
and their friends, Bryan Country
Club.
MONDAY, December 30
8:00 p. m. Houston A&M Club
& TSCW dance, 506 Club, Hous
ton.
Agronomy Society
Hears Chandler
Dr. R. F. Chandler, Jr., profes
sor of forest soils, now on leave
from Cornell, spoke to the Agron
omy Society meeting Tues., Dec.
10 on Agronomic problems in Mex
ico. Dr. Chandler used koda-
chrome pictures to illustrate his
speech.
Dr. Chandler was a distinguish
ed professor at Texas A & M in
1941. At present he is with the
Rockefeller Foundation studying
agronomy problems in Mexico and
working out of Mexico City. Af
ter a year’s leave, Dr. Chandler
will return to Cornell University
as professor of forest soils.
BRYAN, TEXAS
THURS., FRL, and SAT.
“NO LEAVE
NO LOVE”
_ With —
Van Johnson
SUN., MON., and TUES.
“CAPTAIN
KIDD”
_ with —
Randolph Scott
REWARD
For the return of 1 triangular,
white edged architect’s scale
and 1 pair of 4" triangles which
disappeared from my desk in
Rm. F, Anchor Hall between
noon Thursday, Dec. 12 and Dec.
13. Scale so old it has the num
bers which read from the left
in the groove. The name Brown
lettered in the groove with black
ink. The 30-60 triangle has the
name Maxine S. stamped into it
with purple stain.
MRS. W. B. LOWE
It's through THE STATE
Farm bank Plan
First—secure a loan through your
cooperating banker. Second—pay
cash for your car. Third—be sure
to get State Farm’s low-cost, broad-
coverage policy. You save money
through lower financing charges.
Cash usually commands a better
deal. You save money on the cost
of insurance. Keep your money
working where you earn it. Hold
onto your War Bonds!
Before You Buy . . . See
Me FIRST!
U. M. Alexander, Jr.,
’40
Rm. 5 Casey-Sparks Bldg.
North Gate Phone 4-7269
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PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Our Christmas holidays start
Saturday, and, before we return
to resume the semester’s work, two
very important holidays will have
passed. With the start of a New
Year our thoughts usually turn
to an analysis of the past year,
and most of us decide we should
make a few changes, so we make
some resolutions which we may
or may not keep. To those who
have no particular resolution you
would care to make, I would like
to take the liberty to suggest the
carrying out of the Christmas mes
sage of “Peace on Earth, Good
Will Toward Men” throughout each
and every day of 1947.
All of us have our own idea of
what constitutes real joy, but to
me there is no joy as sweet, sat
isfying, and everlasting as the
joy we experience from our asso
ciations with our fellow man. Most
of us are prone
to take things
pretty much for
granted, and so
take our fellow
man for grant
ed with out stop
ping to think of
how dreary and
u n i n t e resting
life would be
without the
pleasant associa
tion with him.
I can think of
nothing worse
than to be placed
in such a position that for a per
iod of time I would have no asso
ciation with other human beings.
I believe any who have had this
experience would not want to re
peat the performance.
It has been my observation that
the really happy people in life are
not those with the worldly goods,
but those who have a deep-seated
love for and faith in people.
It is nice to have things, but
they can’t begin to give the real
joy one derives from friends are
made so easy—it just takes the
spirit behind the Christmas mes
sage.
INFORMAL DANCE FOR
SAN ANTONIO AGGIES
All students from San Antonio
and Bexar County, are invited by
Mrs. J. Barto Arnold to dance to
music of George Abrams and his
orchestra on December 23 as
guests of the San Antonio A&M
M o t h e r s’ club. The informal
dance will be held at Bolivar Hall
(La Villita) from 8 ’til 12.
Mrs. Arnold, who is entertain
ment chairman of the club, has
sent invitations to the homes of
all the students, and stressed that
the invitations must be presented
at the door to prevent the atten
dance of outsiders.
HILL COUNTY CONDUCTS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Hill County Club held a
meeting last Tuesday night and
put out a call for members from
Kindall, Kerr, Gillespie, Bandera,
and Blanco counties. The club de
cided to hold a Christmas party
at the Sunny Side Tavern in Fred
ericksburg on December 27
Opens 1:00p.m. — 4-1181
WATCH REPAIRS
SMALL
WATCHES
REPAIRED
They don’t come
too small, delicate
or costly for our
exact, dependable
watch repair ser
vice. It’s done
RIGHT here.
4 DAY CLEANING
1 DAY CROWNAND
CRYSTAL SERVICE
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
“THE KID FROM
BROOKLYN”
_ With —
Danny Kaye
In Technicolor
SEND A BEAUTIFUL
HOLIDAY WRAPPED
Gift Box
CUSTOM PACKED
CITRUS FRUIT
Texas Special
PINK GRAPEFRUIT
ORANGES
(Straight or Mixed)
Colorful
Healthful
Fully Matured
Natural Sweetness
Prices F.O.E.
Marsh Seedless Grapefruit
Texas Red Grapefruit
Oranges
Standard Box — Bushel
$4.75 $3.60
6.50 4.60
6.25 4.10
Mixed White Grapefruit and Oranges 3.85
Mixed Red Grapefruit and Oranges 4.35
SHULL-EDWARDS
P. O. Box 53 . -Edcouch, Texas.
CORDELL EDWARDS, ’45