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THE BATTALION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1947
Not Marble..
Such reverance has followed
George Washington since his death
that we have almost forgotten the
man, while worshipping the mar
ble. Yet Washington was very-
much a human being, not a sta
tute. His reputation comes from
the fact that his calm, cool mind
made it possible for him to resist
even the greatest temptation that
came his way: the offer of a king’s
crown.
We all pay lip service to our
first president: it would be intelli-
i gent of us to learn as much as we can about him. Recently
1 Howard Fast’s novel “The Unconquered” presented a new
[ and human portrait of the general. Claude Bower’s “Jeffer
son and Hamilton” first published some years ago, gives a
picture of the first president from Jefferson’s point of view.
This book presents Washington as a man who could be fooled
by the Hamiltonians, only so long as they kept him in the
dark about their intentions. Washington’s honest wrath when
he discovered the truth destroyed the Federalist party, and
made Washington bitter in his later years, but proved once
again the absolute incorruptibility of “The Father of His
Country.”
A Year at West Point? ...
The long-standing differences between West Point and
the National Guard resulted in the National Guard Associa
tion adopting a resolution at its last convention in Buffalo,
N. Y., which said in part:
“The members of this Association feel that, with a few
noted exceptions, the leadership of West Point graduates in
World War II proves conclusively that four years at that
institution does not build the best democratic leadership. . .
a four year course of training is wrong in principle and will
contribute materially to the caste system so firmly establish
ed in the Army today, and so firmly controlled by West
Point graduates.”
Under the NGA plan, a one year course at West Point
would be offered to college graduates, the theory being that
college boys will be more mature and less likely to be taken
in by West Point indoctrination, and will go out less “caste”
conscious than the four year West Pointer allegedly is.
Of course, there is a lot of bitterness and suffering from
emotional wounds behind such proposals, but the NGA’S
proposal provides food for thought. While it may safely be
admitted that West Point trains some valuable Army lead
ers, it cannot be denied that officers trained in military col
leges such as A. & M. and through the National Guard are
in much closer contact with the civilian point of view and
with democracy at work.
The NGA’S proposal in its war against West Point has
little chance of being put into effect as long as the Academy
continues to turn out such men as Eisenhower, MacArthur,
and Bradley, and incidentally, winning football teams that
consistently beat Navy. But the fact that such a thought is
even entertained is indicative of an unhealthy condition.
Perhaps someday Aggieland-trained officers will provide
the criteria for the “perfect officer” rather than the West
Pointers.
Brotherhood Week...
Today we come to the end of Brotherhood Week, which
celebrates the successes of the American Melting Pot. In'
Texas we can look with pride at the way certain groups have
been absorbed into full citizenship; we have to look also at
two huge groups that have not been assimilated at all.
This part of Texas was originally settled by Anglo-
Celtic groups who swarmed into the territory from the Am
erican South in the days before the revolution. Now, thor
oughly integrated with that group, we have large numbers
of Germans, Czechs and Poles. The derrogatory words
“kraut-head,” “bohunk,” and “polack” are unknown here.
All are Texans and Americans.
Of the two unassimilated groups, we have one, the Ne
groes, who do not seek assimilatian but rather a just and
equitable parallelism. That is a goal for which we should
all work, white or black.
Of the Hispano-Americans in Texas, some have been
assimilated, but some most definitely have not. One hears
much of the problems of the Negroes; little of the problems
faced by “Mexicans” who may never have been in Mexico.
Some families have been in Texas ever since this was Mexi
can territory!
No one has done more to improve Mexican-Texan re
lations than Cesar (Dutch) Hohn of this college, whose work
with migratory laborers has attracted national attention.
More power to Hohn and those like him!
Jefferson Winners ...
Two Southerners were named this week as winners of
Thomas Jefferson prizes for the advancement of democracy
during 1946. But were those professional Southerners, the
Senator Claghorns, happy about the awards? Never! For
the winners, ex-Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia and Dr.
Homer P. Rainey of Texas, represent the new south rather
than the “Old South.”
Thomas Jefferson was a southerner, a Virginian, and
a true democrat. In recent years the south has consistently
supported Democrats with a capital letter, but has been du
bious about democrats with small letters—those to whom
democracy is not a political party, but a way of life, as it was
to Jefferson.
Arnall and Rainey are examples of the new, potent
south which competes on even terms with the rest of the
country, and refuses to continue sorrowing over a war lost
two generations ago.
It is not necessary to have voted for Rainey in the Texas
election last year in order to appreciate the man. No poli
tician, he violated all the “professional” rules on how to get
elected, and still got into the run-off. That takes something.
Now he is back at work in his own field of education, as
president of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. He
stands high among educators nationally, and will probably
be appreciated in his native Texas 10 or 12 years from now,
when time has dissipated the bitterness of the Texas Uni
versity fight.
The Brazos Bottoms’ Bugle . . .
Things are back to normal at Texas U. The Ranger has been
censored. February copy was held up by college officials, and unless
the rag comes out with many blank pages, it probably won’t come out.
President Painter is reported to have become annoyed at the Rang
er when Life Magazine reprinted its January “cheating” article. That
article, it was feared, made the nation think all ’Sips were exam cheat
ers. But the February deletions are said to be political in nature.
Every time Texas U. gets a splurge in Life, troubles follow. Re
member when their football wonder-team got their faces on the front
page of Life on Thursday, only to get their faces under TCU’s paws on
Saturday ?
Heard on WTAW
TIME SUNDAY—February 23
A.M.—
7 :30—Sign On
7 :30—Coffee Concerts
8 :00—Sermons in Song
8:15—Shiloh Gospel Singers
8:30—Coast to Coast On a Bus
9 :00—The Lutheran Hour
9 :30—Familiar Melodies
9:45—This Week
10 :00—Music By Master Composers
11:00-—College Avenue Baptist Church
12 :00—Warriors of Peace
PM—
12 :30—Hillcrest Music Market
1:00—Old Fashioned Revival Hour
2:00—Steve and His Musical Silver
2 :30—-You G Were There
2:45—America’s Future
3 :00—Are These Our Children
3 :30—The Green Hornet
4 :00—Darts for Dough
4 :30—Counterspy
5:00—Drew Pearson
5 :15—Monday Morning Headlines
5:30—The Greatest Story Ever Told
6 :00—Musical Memoirs
6:15—Sign Off
TIME
AM—
6:00—Sign On
6 :00—Texas Farm and Home Program
6:15—Coffee Club
7 :00—Martin Agronsky
7 :15—Veterinary Program
7:30—Tik Tok Time
7 :55—Gems for Thought
8 :00—Breakfast Club
9:00—My True Story
9:25—Hymns of All Churches
9:45—South of the Border
10:00—Breakfast in Hollywood
10:30—Galen Drake
10 :45—Ted Malone
11:00—Kenny Baker Show
11:30—It’s Pleasing to the Air
12:00—Baukhage Talking
PM—
12:15—Gladiola News
12 :30—Across the Footlights
12 :45—Price Tune Up Time
1:00—Walter Kiernan
1 :15—Ethel and Albert
1:30—Bride and Groom
MONDAY, February 24
2 :00—Ladies, Be Seated
2:30—Edwin C. Hill
2 :45—Voice of the Army
3 :00—Tommy Bartlett Show
3 :30—Parade of Melody Merchants
4:15-—Brazos Valley Farm and Home
Program
4:30—What’s New with “Toni Fer
guson”
4 :45—Dick Tracy
5:00—Terry and the Pirates
5:15—The College Speaks
5 :30—Little Show
5:45—The Sportsman
6 :00—Headline Edition
6:15—Sign Off
TIME
TUESDAY, February 25
A.M.—
6 :00—Sign On
6:00—Texas Farm and Home Program
6 :15—Coffee Club
7 :00—Martin Agronsky
7 :15—Cowboy Melodies
7:30—Tik Tok Time
7 :55—Gems for Thought
8 :00—Breakfast Club
9:00—My True Story
9 :25—Hymns of All Churrhes
9 :45—The Listening Post
10 :00—Breakfast in Hollywood
10:30^—Galen Drake
10:45—The Woman’s World
11:00—Kenney Baker Show
11:30—It’s Pleasing to the Ear
12:00—Baukhage Talking
P.M.—
12 :15—Varner News
12:30—Your Exchange
12 :45—Three Quarter Time
1:00—Walter Kiernan
1:15—Ethel and Albert
1:30—Bride and Groom
2 :00—Ladies, Be Seated
2:30—Edwin C. Hill
2:45—Proudly We Hail
3:00—Tommy Bartlett Show
3 :30—Parade of Melody Merchants
4:15—Childrens Story Hour
4 :30—Keys of Faith
4:45—Dick Tracy
5 :00—Terry and the Pirates
5:15—The College Speaks
5:30—Little Show
5 :45—The Sportsman
6 :00—Headline Edition
6:15—Sign Off
Whatta Beef Stew This Would Make
OKLAHOMA A. & M.’s “King
Sirloin ’47”, pictured above, will
be on exhibit in the Animal Hus
bandry Pavilion February 23-25.
What’s Cooking
SATURDAY, February 22
9:00-12:00 p.m.—George Wash
ington Birthday Ball, Sbisa Hall,
featuring the music of Frankie
Masters and Orchestra.
MONDAY, February 24
7:30 p.m.—A.V.C. Meeting, As
sembly Room, Y.M.C.A.
7:15 p.m. — Collegiate Chapter
FFA meets in Ag. Engineering
Lecture Room.
7:00—Class of ’46 meets in As
sembly Hall, Discussion of Duch
ess for Catton Ball.
TUESDAY, February 25
7:30 p.m. — Accounting Society
will meet in Ag Engineering Lec
ture Room. Dr. F. F. Tannery
will speak.
7:30 p.m.—Business Society
meets in R. 128 Academic Building,
to select Duchess for Cotton Ball.
Horticulturists Elect
Terry Society President
J. D. Terry was elected presi
dent of the Horitculture Society
in a meeting held last Tuesday
night. Other officers elected weVe:
G. R. Williams, vice-president; H.
E. Epps, secretary; R. H. White,
treasurer. E. N. Holmgreen, busi
ness manager of A & M, addressed
the society at the meeting.
Extension Service Asst.
To Attend Training School
J. L. Matthews, assistant in ag
ricultural planning for the A. &
M. College Extension Service, will
spend February 24 - March 7 in
Washington, D. C., at the evalua
tion training school.
Matthews is in charge of the
training and evaluation project for
the Texas Extension Service.
Champion Steer To
Be Here Feb. 23-25
Royal Jupiter, the International
Grand Champion Steer, will be
shown at a free exhibition in the
Animal Husbandry Pavillion, Feb
ruary 23-25.
The $14,490.00 Shorthorn, is be
ing sent on a 22,000 mile education'
tour by his purchasers, The Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company.
To keep the Grand Champion in
the same peak condition which won
for him first place over every
other steer, shown at the Inter
national Livestock Exposition in
Chicago, Firestone has provided
him with an actual “Palace on
Wheels”. The “palace” is a huge
truck and his every convenience any
steer born to the purple cow could
demand.
Large plexi-glass windows along
the truck’s sides cut down any sun
glare and also allow the Grand
Champion to look out on the cun-
tryside as he travels form one
area to another. Also the “palace”
is air conditioned and contains its
own heating plant.
His own special diet and the
water to which he is accustomed is
stored in the truck. Firestone has
covered the floor with Foamex rub
ber to cushion His Highness against
the jars and jolts of the road.
If the Grand Champion should
want music, a record player built
into the truck can be tuned im
mediately to the Blue Danube
Waltz. Reports from Oklahoma A
& M indicate that Royal Jupiter
prefers light classical music rath
er than swing or boogie-woogie.
He has difinite aversion to road
side hamburger and barbecue
stands.
Nationwide Protest Mounts On
Michigan College f Probation’
Students, professors, civic and labor leaders, churchmen, and
veterans joined the growing nation-wide movement protesting action
by the administration of Michigan State College placing all members
of American Youth for Democracy on “permanent disciplinary pro
bation” for distributing a leaflets
on campus supporting a Michigan
FEPC.
Heading the list of prominent
national leaders speaking in de
fense of student rights, R. J. Tho
mas, vice-president of the United
Auto Workers (CIO), declared that
no one should “be fooled by this
red-baiting as just an attack on the
the American Youth for Democ
racy or the Communist Party. This
(Governor) Sigler is aiming at the
labor movement and uses as his
opening barrage the old red-bait
ing softening-up process to divide
our ranks.”
Other prominent leaders who
have expressed support for the
students of Michigan State includ
ed William Jay Schieffelin.
Rev. Jack McMichael of the Me
thodist Federation of Social Ser
vices, Dr. Gene Weltfish of Co
lumbia University, Mary Lou Wil
liams, pianist, Rose Russell, Pres
ident of the Teachers’ Union (CIO)
George Pirinsky of the American
Slav Congress, Gaherine Eamshaw
of the New York City CIO Council,
Hazel Scott, and Henrietta Buck-
master.
Locally in Michigan, a campus
wide faculty-student Committee
jtor Academic Freedom has been-
formed at the University of Mich
igan by one hundred professors
and virtually all student leaders.
The Michigan Student Veterans
Association, representing 43,000
student veterans, meeting in con
vention at Ann Arbor, stated “we
deplore hysterical attempts to
abridge or suppress freedom of
speech or assembly and strongly
urge the government of the State
to devote its entire energy to the
solution of the pressing problem
of housing, resrictive radical quo
tas, and inadequate allotments for
public education.”
Wayne U. Joins Fight
An Academic Freedom Commit
tee has been formed at Wayne
University in Detroit. The Wayne
students passed a resolution de
claring that the students “com
mend the principles of Wayne Uni
versity which, in accordance with
the best traditions of American
democracy, permits freedom of ex
pression and the opportunity for
an objective exploration of diver
sified points of view.”
Geoffrey White, Student Affairs
chairman of the Harvard Liberal
Union, telegraphed the intention
of his group to act in behalf of the
Michigan State Students. Twenty-
five student leaders from .colleges
in New York, including Brooklyn,
City, arid Columbia Colleges, also
protested the action of the college
administration. Alice Horton of
the United States Student Assem
bly, and Miriam Haskell of Smith
College, Massachusetts Regional
Chairman of the National Students
Organization, added their voices to
the growing protests.
Hospitalized Vets
Reach New York
The number of veterans hospital
ized by the Veterans Administra
tion reached a new all-time high
near the end of January, VA re
ported.
The report disclosed that a to
tal of 119,845 veterans were re
ceiving treatment at VA hospitals
and homes and in non-VA hospitals
under contract to VA.
Veterans with service-connected
ailments are given top priority for
VA hospitalization, but veterans
with non service-connected disor
ders are hospitalized only when
beds are available and if they say
they cannot afford treatment in
other institutions.
Lost Bicycles at
Security Office
Twelve bicycles, each with no
apparent owner, have been
found “roaming” the campus.
These bicycles were picked up
by the Campus Security cops
and are being held by them
until their rightful owners make
claim. If your bicycle has stray
ed, check with the Campus Sec
urity in Goodwin Hall.
Letters
WANT’A SAY A FEW WORDS
Dear Editor:
This is a letter to the person or
persons (unknown) who visited my
room during the wee hours of the
morning February 18. I wish to
thank you for the 36tf you so
thoughtfully left behind after your
visit. I assure you that I am eager
ly awaiting a second call and will
do all in my power to make this
visit more interesting than the
last.
Louis Morgan
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
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