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THE BATTALION Page 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1947 Pa] Mo Bit Hu be tur arj noi gei A. au£ col Oil the wo COl Or Gr or) Gr nil fol T. Sc me ua an tei I i Honest Abe . . . February 12 marks the birth of Abra ham Lincoln. I n death as in life, Lin coln is the center of much controversy. A man who never compromised with his convictions, Lin coln rose from the^ depths of poverty to ; the heights of the? presidency. His homespun phil-. osophy and his in- 5 tense feeling for the' welfare of the work ing man will live long after the “Lin coln Memorial” be comes a mass of ruins. His Gettysburg ad dress stands as one of the finest utterances in the English Language. Lincoln's true worth was probably never accurately gauged before his death. His earnest fight for the right was taken for granted so long as he lived. It was only upon his death, when men felt the absence of his guiding hand, that mankind became aware of the sev erity of their bereavement. ‘The Right to Know’ . . . Tests conducted at the University of Texas reveal that the use of film strips and visual aids in freshman English classes has resulted in 78% of the students passing their courses, while only 69% of the students passed in those class es in which visual aids were not used. We believe, and scientists have proven, that the short est route to the cerebrum is over the optic nerve. All of which leads to the embarrassing question, “Where does A. & M. stand on the matter of using visual aids and film strips in the educational processes?” A. & M.’s position in this “adventure of learning” might be termed pre-World War I. In an automotive age our use of advanced teaching methods might be compared to the model T which we saw in the ditch along the high way. The axle was broken, the streering gear was bent, and the driver was out hunting for barbed wire to tie the loose pieces together. Some departments have advanced past the days of the Neanderthal man and now own motion picture projectors, although the dust of many years has accumulated on the lenses of countless machines. Other departments and fac ulty members are sold on visual education and are ready to shed their fifteenth century ways if they can secure necessary equipment and film. We need a first-class visual aids division, embodying a complete film library, an adequate number of projectors, and a central photographic laboratory to make pictures and to prepare film strips and training aids. . Such an establishment would cost money. It would re quire capable personnel, of which there are plenty on this campus. No expenditure in time, money, and personnel would be too great if the teaming process could be made easier and if a greater number of students could pass their work. We hate to see our faculty members and students out- thought or outdone. The time has come for improved methods of instruction, or we must take down our sign and stop impeding the progress of others by the use of our first- class front and third-rate instruction. Only one division in the college could be said to be doing anything near a creditable job in the matter of preparing and using visual aids. That division is the Texas Forest Service. The Forest Service has done an excellent job in the prepar ation and dissemination of film and other training aids. Silent Silver Taps ... Cop Forsythe, who died last week while addressing the Houston A. & M. Club, was an Aggie through and through. The recent controversy here upset him, as it dis turbed most Aggie-exes. While pouring out his feelings to his fellow exes, he suffered a heart attack and died. As Dick Freeman remarked in the Houston Chronicle: “Cop would have preferred to go as he did, defending A. & M., than any other way that could be thought of.” To Cop Forsythe from all Aggies: a silent Silver Taps. Resolution . . . WHEREAS, The Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Band and other Agricultural and Mechanical College students participating in the inaugural ceremonies of the Honorable Beauford Jester, Governor of Texas, and the Honorable Allan Shivers, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, on January 21, 1947, performed in a manner befitting the highest tradition of Texans, and that great institution the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; and WHEREAS, The participation of the Texas Agricultur al and Mechanical College Band, and other cadets was en joyed by all present for such inauguration; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, That the Texas Agricultural and Mechani cal College Band and other Aggie cadets participating in the recent inauguration be commended for their excellent show ing at such ceremonies. (Signed) W. 0. REED, January 27, 1947 Speaker of the House The Battalion The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published semi-weekly and circulated on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Member Pbsoaoted CpUe6icrte Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, (Aggieland), Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $4.00 per school year. Advertising rates on request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Allen Self Corps Editor Vick Lindley Veteran Editor Charles E. Murray Tuesday Associate Editor David M. Seligman Friday Associate Editor Paul Martin Sports Editor Larry Goodwyn Assistant Sports Editor Wendell McClure, Peyton McKnight .... ... Advertising Managers Gerald Monson Circulation Manager Ferd B. English, Authur Matula, J. K. B. Nelson, Franklin Cleland, James Shaffer, Warren Phillips, William Miller, Doyle Duncan, Glenn Ramey, Ben Schrader Reporters What’s Cooking Scout Executive Stresses Need TUESDAY, February 11 7:00 p.m.—SAE meets in 113 Pe troleum Bldg. Dean Barlow will speak. 7:15 p.m.—Student Branch In stitute of Aeronautical Sciences meets in C. E. Lecture Room. L. P. Thompson of the ME Dept, will speak. 7:30 p.m.—Biology Club meets in Chemistry Lecture Room. Mov ie: “Alaska: A Perfect Paradise for Hunters". 7:30 p.m.—SAM meets in M E Lecture Room. C. H. Elliott, Reed Roller Bit Co. of Houston will speak. 7:30 p.m.—Business Society meets in Petroleum Lecture Room. F. J. Florian of Houston will speak. 8 a.m - 5 p.m.—Veterans Elec tion, Rotunda Academic Building. WEDNESDAY, February 12 8:00 - 5:00 p.m.—Veterans Elec tion, Rotunda Academic Building. 8:00 p.m.—^American Chemical Society meets in Petroleum Engi neering Lecture room. A. H. Em ery, national secretary and busi ness manager of the society will speak. 7:30 p.m.—Agricultural Council will meet in Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Room. Important that all council members be present. THURSDAY, February 13 7:00 p.m.—Laredo A.&M. Club meets in Room 224, Academic Bldg. 7:00—San Angelo A.&M. Club meets in Rm. 203 Agriculture Bldg. Officers to be elected. 7:00 p.m.—Denton County Club will meet in Rm. 206. Academic Bldg. 7:00 p.m.—Abilene Club meets in Y.M.C.A. All Abilene Aggies urged to attend. 7:00 p.m.—Land o# the Lakes Club will meet in Room 324, Aca demic Building. 2:30 p.m.—I. E. Junior League meets in home of Mrs. Welcome E. Wright. All I. E. Students wives invited. 7:30 p.m.—Entomology Club meets in Room 5, Science Hall. Dr. J. C. Gaines will speak. 7:00 p.m.—Grayson County Club meets in Room 306 Academic Bldg. Officers to be elected. FRIDAY, February 14 8:30 p.m.—ASABAB, Architect Society Annual Beaux Arts Ball. Sbisa Hall. “Frustrated Ambitions” will be the subject. SATURDAY, February 15 9:00 p.m.—Annex Valentine Dance, Student Center. Annex Orchestra will play. Melody Maids from Beaumont will sing. 9:00 p.m.—All College Dance, Sbisa Hall, Aggieland Orchestra will play. College View Apartment Laundry Schedule The laundry station for the College View Apartments is temporarily set up in building C-12, and will be open Monday through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Those using this station are urged to use white laundry slips and to place their soiled laundry bundles on the counter before 9 a.m. The schedule is as follows: A through L, Friday; M through Z, Tuesday. IE Junior League to Meet The IE Junior League will meet Thursday afternoon, February 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Welcome E. Wright. All IE stu dents’ wives are invited to attend. San Angelo Club to Elect Officers Thursday at 7. p.m. The San Angelo A. & M. Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday night, February 13, Room 203 of the Ag riculture Building. All boys from the West Texas area within a 150 mile radius of San Angelo, includ ing Big Springs, which formerly had its own club, are urged to be present at this meeting. Second semester officers will be elected, and plans for this semester will be discussed. For Adults in Boys’ Training There is more adult talent aid ing Scouting in the Bryan-College Station area than in any other dis trict of the Sam Houston Area Council, according to Minor Huff man, scout executive for the coun cil. This talent, however, will avail little, he told the Scouter Supper Thursday evening, unless it is used to its fullest extent for the benefit of all the boys of this district. Around 75 scouters and scouts, representing all the units of the local district, attended the supper which was held at the Girl Scouts’ Little House. The meeting was arranged by a committee headed by Guy Deaton, with W. L. Pen- berthy in charge of the program. Following the speaking program, a business meeting was held by the district committee with Chairman A. T. Dyal presiding. Mr. Huffman traced the histori cal development of the Boy Scout movement, with particular empha sis on the 37 years since Boy Scouts of America were given a charter by the Federal Congress. Of some 4,000,000 Boy Scouts in 77 countries today, around 2,000,000 are in the United States, he said. Stuart Painter, local scout exe cutive, called attention to the opening of Boy Scout Week, which continues through Thursday. Members of Troop 411 of Col lege Station put on a 15-minute skit under the supervision of Scoutmaster Gene Brock. This skit was also delivered over WTAW Saturday morning. In appreciation for his serv ices as chairman of the local district committee during the past two years, E. R. Bryant was presented a gold and silver spur- clip. W. L. Penberthy, chairman of the camping and activities com mittee, was authorized by the dis trict committee to close a deal with REA authorizing to bring a power line to Camp Arrowooh, Boy Scout camp site between Br^ar and Hearne. Next meeting of the district committee will be held at College Station March 2. Tales From Tessieland New Semester at TSCW Begins After Rough Exams By Jo Ann Rummel Lass-0 Correspondent Hello again! At last we have been given a new lease on life; a new semester has begun. I didn’t think that I’d make it, and seeing countless Aggies strolling over the campus while I took exams proved to be a bit distracting, to say the least. Why can’t we take exams^ at the same time ? Registration took place last Mon day and Tuesday, and Wednesday “it started all over again”—classes, that is. I suppose that everyone has made that Resolution—“I shall not get behind in my work”. I did, but then I always do. Here’s hoping that you have better luck in keeping your resolution than I usually do in keeping mine. Last week was quite full as far as Concert and Drama Series’ con certs go. Wednesday night Char les Weidman and his group of mod ern dancers presented a recital in the Main Auditorium, and the Met ropolitan Opera Ensemble appear ed here Friday night. Both were very good. This week is Religious Emphasis Week at TSCW. F our guest speak ers, Col. Oro Jason Cohee, Rev. Roger Wilson Blanchard, Rev. Granville, and Adelle Ringstrum are conducting assemblies, semi nars, panel discussions, and in formal meetings. If you haven’t heard “Open the Door Richard”, then you can’t wait any longer. That is practi cally the only song ( ?) which can be heard around here now. It is almost as bad as “Jole Blon” !!!! (which I hear has been quite pop ular in Aggieland. ’Nuff said for now. I’ll be back next week to shoot the breeze with you. Agricultural Council To Meet in YMCA Wednesday A new chairman wil be elect ed and plans will be initiated for Agriculture Day when the Agri cultural Council meets Wednes day, February 12, at 7:30 p.m., LeRoy Hendrick, secretary of the council, stated Monday. The meeting will be held in the Cab inet Room of the YMCA. All members are urged to be presnt. Entomologists Meet Thursday Dr. J. C. Gaines will speak on the work of the Experiment Sta tion in connection with entomology Thursday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m. The Entomology Club will meet in Room 5, Science Hall. Agreement Pools Summer Students In Ind. Education A three-way agreement has been made by the state office of indus trial education and the corres ponding departments at A.&M. and Texas U. to pool their resources for summer training purposes. The paper, subject to formal signing, provides for summer sessions to alternate locations each year be tween the two schools. The first joint course to train Texas’ industrial arts teachers will be held here shortly after next June, it, was announced by E. L. Williams of the Industrial Edu cation Dept. In addition to Wil liams, J. R. D. Eddy of the Uni versity of Texas and W. R. Cate, state director of industrial educa tion drew up the agreement. Landscape Seniors Design Exhibit for Flower Show Seniors in landscape art are de signing the exhibit of Louis Hahn & Son, nurserymen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be used in the Cleveland Flower Show March 8- 16, according to F. W. Hensel, head of the A. & M. landscape art de partment. Hahn & Son each year place ex hibits in different shows over the United States. This year the se niors at A. & M. will submit their plans to Hahn & Son to be dis played at the Chicago show. The exhibit will consist of trees, shrub bery, flowers, and a water project. Prizes will be $30 for first place; $20 for second place; and $10 for third. Hahn & Son will be the final judges. To Address SAM Tonight C. H. Elliot, Chief industrial en gineer of Reed Roller Bit Com pany, Houston, will speak on “Methods Improvement, a Branch of Time and Motion Study” this evening at 7:30 p.m. The Society for the Advancement of Manage ment will meet in the ME lecture room. USED CARS ’42 Chevrolet 4-Door with Radio, New paint. ’41 Ford Coupe with Radio and Heater. Exceptionally Clean. ’41 Mercury Tudor—Radior and Heater. ’40 Ford Tudor, Clean Model. ’32 Ford ‘B’ Model Tudor. ’40 GMC 2-ton Truck. Long Wheel Base. All for Sale at Your Friendly Ford Dealer BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY HEAR Rev. Joe Boyd Former A. & M Athlete All American Tackle ’39 Outstanding Young Evangelist Each Evening 7:30 p.m. Thru’ Sunday, Feb. 16 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH College Station BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS . . . Tall Tales That Grandpa Told Now on Current Shelf RING-TAILED ROARERS, tall tales of the American Frontier 1830- 60. Y. L. O. Chittick, Editor. Caxton, 1946. These are the tall tales which were told to our grandfathers as they sat around their campfires on a wild frontier. Story-telling today is almost a lost art, but grandpa counted it one of his chief amusements. Popular accounts of Davy Crock ett, Mike Fink, and Simon Suggs; of shooting-match experts, horse traders, and horse racers, and boiler-bursting river boat Captains; of all-night dances, and backwoods courtships; camp meetings, and courtrooms—all are here in the form in which they entertained a past generation. The selections are sufficiently “ring-tailed” to satis fy your taste for rough neck hu mor. The fellows who invented these salty and sometimes ribald yarns were always on hand, whatever the gathering, log-roPmg, election, barbecue or a “frolic”. His wit always added to the merriment, and he soon became nationally known as a “ring-tailed roarer”. This roistering braggart type of man was an integral part of the American Frontier scene. In RING TAILED ROARERS he has come down to us in all his legendary distinction. JONATHAN DRAWS THE LONG BOW. By Richard M. Doran. Har vard University Press. This is a collection of tales and legends similar to the Ring-Tailed Roarer reviewed above, except these tales lack some of the West ern Frontier flavor. “Jonathan Draws The Long Bow” is concern ed with the New England region, a country rich in local history and legend. Wide rural areas and var ied geography favored the abund ant growth of folk traditions. Until Mr. Doran’s survey, how ever, the New England area had remained surprisingly barren ground for folklore studies. Per haps the neglect of folklore may be blamed upon the fact that New England has been so articulate and prolific—so far as literature is concerned. Mr. Doran has assembled from forgotten weeklies, newspapers, Hort Society Plans Semester Events Future activities for this se mester were discussed by members of the Horticulture Society Tues day night, February 4, in a meet ing held in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion. John Terry, vice-president of the club urges all Horticulture majors to be present at the next meeting on February 18. An election will be held at that time to fill offices left vacant by seniors who grad uated last semester. B & A Societies to Hear Houston Purchasing Agent Purchasing agent for a Hous ton concern, F. J. Florian will ad dress the Business Society tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Petroleum lec ture room. He has been affiliated with the National Association of Purchasing Agents in Houston for eight years. The Accounting Society will hold its regular meeting jointly, with the Business Society in charge of the program. DR. N. B. McNUTT DENTIST Office in Parker Building Over Canady’s Pharmacy Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas Open 1:00 P.M. - - 4-1181 TUESDAY—ONE DAY “HOME IN INDIANA” In Technicolor Starring Jeanne Crain Walter Brennan June Haver — Also — Musical Short WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY “STAGE COACH” — With — John Wayne Claire Trevor — And — Donald Duck—Short DALACE P HOME 2 - £ 679 BRYAN, TEXAS WED., THURS., FRL, and SATURDAY Claudette Colbert — In — “SECRET HEART” scrap-books, town histories, al manacs, and other little known sources, a compendium of the rich- test of New England legend. Jonathan Draws the Long Bow contains native Yankee humor at its best. Folklore enthusiasts and all who are interested in American literature and culture will welcome this comprehensive study.—W. B. NEW SHAVER GIVES “SIMPLEST SHAVES OF YOUR LIFE!” Special Offer Introduces New Enders Speed Shaver Now at Your Campus Store SAFER... SMOOTHER ...SWIFTER Mystic, Conn. It’s here at last! 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LAST TIME TODAY Jane Russell Louis Hayword — In — “YOUNG WIDOW” THURSDAY ONLY BARGAIN DAY / Veronica Lake i MARRIED A WITCH” FRIDAY - SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE BENEDICT BOGEAUS PRESENTS GMMFT SM S1DM Stanley Ridges • Sarah Haden • Jerome Cowan Sid Silvers • Alan Edwards and ROMAN 60HNEN also The Flennoy Trio and Joyce Bryant RELEASED THRU UNITED ARTISTS — And — William Boyd “BAB 20” i * » Nr *