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THE BATTALION, College Station (Aggieland), Texas, Saturday, May 24, 1947:
Ave Atque Vale ...
With this issue of The Battalion, our duties as editor
cease. And like all those on their way out, we are inclined
to reflect nostalgically over the happenings of the past year.
Of course, the big news of the whole year has been the
fight between the students and the administration. It would
have been a whole lot easier for us if the semester had quietly
coasted along. We could have written editorials condemning
sin and Texas University, and begging the mess hall to cut
food prices. We might have been able to recognize outstand
ing achievements here at A. & M.
We found ourselves right in the middle of the fight,
however. We attempted to be impartial, to criticize either
group if that criticism was justified. We refused to be
a mouthpiece. The censor’s blue pencil was never wielded
against us. We tried to base our news stories and editorial
opinions upon substantial facts, adequate proof.
The opinions we have expressed in our editorial columns
have undoubtedly made many people unhappy: too many
human beings are averse to criticism and deride differences
of opinion, despite pious utterances to the contrary.
All our efforts have been toward making A. & M. a bet
ter educational institution, a better military school, with a
fuller program of mental and physical improvement.
We are looking forward to the growth of Aggieland.
We are optimistic about its future, but see ahead obstacles to
greatness which probably will not be removed for many
years.
The editors of The Batttalion sign (30) with sadness.
We will miss writing for The Battalion. We hope that The
Battalion will not miss us, however, but continue to support
vigorously the things it has stood for this year.
—ALLEN SELF
It’s been quite a semester.
From the midnight march, on the first day of this spring
term, up to the campus hearings by the investigating com
mittee, we ha^e been in constant ’turmoil. Although A. & M.
has been periodically agitated for' seventy years, this semes
ter has undoubtedly seen the biggest fuss since President
Gathright and all the faculty were fired in ’79.*
Yet through it all the scholastic work of the college has
proceeded on a “business as usual” basis.
The Battalion has tried to avoid taking sides in this
semester’s quarrels. We believe we have succeeded, and
thank those who have told us so. Of course, as is always the
case when hot emotions are aroused, we have been accused
of being partial to both sides—the same article often being
cited as proof both ways!
The veteran editor’s thanks go to all those who have as
sisted in putting out the Battalion. Our best wishes—and a
bottle of aspirin—are passed on to the new editors.
As for those with whom we have sometimes taken issue
this semester—well, we still respect each other’s integrity
and can meet as friends. That’s the civilized way.
This is our last expression of editorial opinion. As radio
scripts say, “Theme under, then up for 15.” As scholars say,
“Ave Atque Vale,” translatable roughly as “Howdy! and so
long!” As newspaper men say, “—30—.”
VICK LINDLEY
♦Except one professor who went fishing.
Yeah Snack Bar ...
During the last few weeks, a snack bar has been opera
ting in Sbisa mess hall, for the use of those students who
want only a sandwich and glass of milk, or similar light
snack. There has long been a need for such a milk-bar, and
we hope the present one is not only retained but expanded.
During'the evening hours the Aggie who has missed
chow, or for any other reason gets that empty feeling, would
like to be able to drop into Sbisa for a bite of cake, or what
have you. When the Student Center Building is constructed,
it will have an Aggie snack bar, according to present plans.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to practice on that now, in Sbisa?
Poison Ivy, Chiggers,
Snakes—That’s Summer!
By the Roving Correspondent
The last quiz is over. The last prof is silently cursed for his un
kindness. The bags are packed. The semester is done, and all that
lies ahead is vacation. Now, how to spend it?
Geographically, the pickings are not too good. Seashores, moun
tains, and relatively flat lands just
about cover that subject. So name
your poison.
Financially, the range of choice is
unlimited. Getting by on nothing is
difficult, but in the other direction
you can go a long way before anyone
says stop. Why, some places in
Florida never say stop. But let us
assume we haven’t got much to spend.
_ That complicates matters no end.
.We might try a camping trip into the
majestic forests. It’s inexpensive.
Think of lying down to an untroubled
sleep on the bank of a babbling brook, cooking our vituals over a
pleasant little fire of dry twigs, fishing for the elusive trout in clear,
cold water, hiking through the trackless woods. Then on the other
hand, think of the pesky snakes that always get in sleeping bags;
think of the blinding, stifling smoke of green wood burning; think of
the near zero water in which people are always catching pneumonia,
and those damned woods are full of bear.
The seashore might be fun. The sounding surf, moonlight sailing,
digging for clams, getting sun-tanned. Ah, that’s the life. However,
what about hurricanes, drowning, back strain, and blistering? No, the
seashore won’t do it.
Life on a ranch is a healthy sort of existence. Out in the open,
riding horses all day long, plenty of exercise, and we would be aiding
in food production. Ah yes, out in hail storms and flash floods, riding
horses till your bones come unjointed, working yourself to an early
grave, and, besides, we are getting enough to eat.
So we see that any way we turn only disaster and catastrophe
await us. This vacation nonsense is nonsense. Where does one sign
up for summer school?
'Hie Battalion
The Battalion,, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the City of College Station, is published tri-weekly and circulated on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons.
‘Dead Week’ a Joke...
“Dead” week has turned out to be a joke. No doubt
the recommendation by the Student Life committee came too
late to be thoroughly chewed over by the faculty and incor
porated into examination policy. But the toothless decision
—that heads of departments might, if they so wished, order
that no letter quizzes be given during the week before
finals—has proved more confusing than helpful.
Departments that normally shy away from letter quiz
zes just before finals have continued to follow that policy,
and most departments that believe in “letter quiz today,
final tomorrow,” have still followed that line.
Is it good teaching practice to expect a student to pass
three or four letter quizzes on Friday, then try to pass two
finals on Saturday?
Perhaps next year it will be possible to work out an
examination plan that is more a test of knowledge, and less
a test of sheer physical endurance on the part of students
and instructors alike.
Sul Ross Lodge Established by Masons
In College Station; Gilchrist Master
Deputy Grand Master HORACE K. JACKSON of the Grand
Lodge of Texas, A. F. and A. M., presents the gavel to GIBB
GILCHRIST as first Worshipful Master of the newly organized
Sul Ross Lodge of College Station.
Master Masons from 38 Masonic
lodges headed by Horace K. Jack-
son, of Gatesville, Deputy Grand
Master; George H. Below of Waco,
Grand Secretary and J. J. Gallaher
of Waco, Grand Treasurer, gath
ered at College Station Wednesday
night, May 14 to set a new lodge
to work, the Sul Ross Masonic
Lodge of College Station.
Deputy Grand Master Jackson
presided at the meeting and order
ed the warrant of Grand Master R.
Bruce Brannon of Commerce auth
orizing the organization of a Mas
onic Lodge at College Station read
to the assembly by Grand Secretary
Belew.
Jackson also announced the first
officers of the new lodge as ap
pointed by the Grand Master to be
first Worshipful Master, Gibb Gil-
christ; Senior Warden, Joe J.
Woolket; Junior Warden, Harry
Boyer; Treasurer, I. G. Adams and
Secretary, W. H. Badgett.
After accepting the gavel as
Worshipful Master, Mr. Gilchrist
announced the following addition
al officers; Senior Deacon, W. La
mar Fly; Junior Deacon, S. R.
Wright; Tiler, W. G. Rowland;
Stewards, Joe Sorrells and Ralph
W. Steen.
The new Masonic lodge at Col
lege Station will meet regularly at
7:30 p.m. the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month in the
lodge room on the top floor of the
old American Legion Project House
on the Texas A.&M. campus. All
Master Masons are invited to at
tend.
The College Station lodge was
named for Former Governor Law
rence Sullivan Ross of Texas, a
Mason, who was also a general of
the Confederate Army and at one
time president of the A.&M. Col
lege of Texas.
This new lodge is the third such
body organized on the campuses of
Texas universities or colleges: the
other two are located at Baylor
University and the University of
Texas.
Hand-Painted Drawings
On Display in Museum
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Charles E. Murray
J. K. B. Nelson
David M. Seligman
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William Miller, Ben Schrader, Wm. K. Colville, Walter Lowe, Jr.,
Lester B. Gray, Jr., Carl C. Krueger, Jr., Mack T. Nolen,
Robert P. Ingram, Claude Buntyn, Bruce Hartel, Richard
Altennan Reporters
An exhibit of hand-painted-f
drawings is on display in the ves-
tible of the A. & M. museum.
This array of drawings done by
Hugo Krenek, of Bryan, consists of
sixty-nine varieties of flowers
growing on the campus today No
pencil marks showing the outlines
of leaves and other portions of
flowers were used.
Krenek, a landscape art student
in the Class of ’43, did these draw
ings while a sophomore, without
previous art training. H. B. Parks,
curator of the museum, said that
Krenek is “a born artist and his
drawings are the finest I have seen,
considering the training and ex
perience he has had.” He added
that “if they were reproduced for
use in flower catalogs, they would
compare with the best”.
Krenek is now an army captain
with the occupation forces in Ger
many.
Parks stated that the exhibit will
remain on display through com
mencement week. The public is
invited to see these drawings any
time between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
weekdays and until noon on Sat
urdays.
Agronomy Courses
Offered Announced
Students who desire to enter
summer school in cotton classing
beginning June 2nd, may take Ag
ronomy 205, Agronomy 206 and
Agricultural Economics 200, ac
cording to an announcement by Dr.
J. E. Adams, head of the A.&M.
agronomy department.
In case any of these courses
have been taken already, a stu
dent may take advanced courses
in cotton classing totaling 6 hours
credit, Dr. Adams said. The other
courses offered in summer school
and cotton classing are Agronomy
325, 324, Agronomy 431, 432, ad
vanced cotton classing.
BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS
‘Destiny,’ China s Most Read
Book, Makes American Debut
By Wilnora Barton
Readers’ Adviser
CHINA’S DESTINY by Chiang
Kai-Shek, with notes and com
mentary by Philip Jaffe. Roy
Publishers, New York, 1947.
The momentous events that are
shaking China to her very founda
tions are closely related to a care
fully worked out blueprint, drafted
four years ago by Generalissimo
Kai-Shek. That blueprint consti
tutes the text of his now world-
famous book, entitled China’s Des
tiny, but better known as the Mein
Kampf of China. It is by far the
most widely circulated book in Chi
na. Long shrouded in secrecy and
mystery in the rest of the world, it
is now presented for the first time
in English to the American reading
public.
China’s Destiny is a political
testament of the most profound im
plications in international relations.
In it we find Chiang Kai-Shek’s
PENNY’S
SERENADE
W. L. Penberthy
Commencement time is just a-
round the corner. Between seven
and eight hundred men will receive
their degrees from this institution.
To a man they
will go out with
the purpose of
making what they
consider to be a
success in their
respective fields.
This is a very
worthy aim, but
to be completely
'successful o ji e
must also succeed
in the art of liv
ing. I am pass
ing along a for
mula for each,
which might give
us something to
consider.
version of the “leader” principle
and the theory of “racial” suprem
acy. Here we learn of his deep
conviction of the superiority of all
things Chinese; his scorn of West
ern political concepts; his plan for
maintaining the Kuomintang dic
tatorship even at the cost of civil
war; and his views concerning Chi
na’s future foreign relations. Chi
na’s Destiny is required reading in
Chinese schools and colleges; for
civil servants, army officers, and
members of the Kuomintang Youth
Corps; and for all students at the
Kuomintang’s Central Political
Training Institute.
The importance of a book that
has been so intensively used for
the indoctrination of the future
leaders of China can hardly be ov
eremphasized. No book currently
in circulation exercises a more di
rect influence on Far Eastern and
even world politics.
LATIN AMERICANS IN TEXAS
by Pauline R. Kibbe. Univer
sity of New Mexico Press, Al
buquerque, New Mexico.
How do Texas’ more than a mil
lion inhabitants of Mexican descent
make their living ? Why don’t
they get an even break in educa
tion ? What are they up against in
their everyday sanitation, housing,
and health problems ? What of the
matter of “discrimination”?
These and scores of other highly
controversial subjects are discussed
by Pauline R. Kibbe, executive sec
retary of Texas’ Good Neighbor
Commission, in this brilliant, chal
lenging expose of the Latin Amer
ican’s inequitable position in Texas.
No civic minded American, and
certainly no Texan, can afford to
miss this penetratii
McMahan Wins
Geology Award
Walter W. McMahan, a ge
ology major from San Anton
io, recently won the annual
award of the Houston Geolog
ical Society with a paper on “Cy
cles of Sedimentation”, S. A. Ly
nch, head of the department of
geology at A. & M. has announced.
The award is a two-year sponsored
associate membership in the Amer
ican Association of Petroleum Ge
ologists.
From the papers presented by the
geology seniors, Dr. J. J. Gra
ham, associate professor of geology,
selected seven to be judged by the
geology club and staff members.
Two of these, one by McMahan and
a second by William J. Gill* Hous
ton, were forwarded to the Houston
society for the final selection.
McMahan, the final winner, was
presented the award at the annual
dinner of the society in Houston.
The award was in the form of a
certificate signed by the four of
ficers of the group.
hearted story.
ting and warm-
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STAND
7. Do more than think—PONDER
8. Do more than talk—SAY SOME
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“Geographical Distribution of
Some Basic Texas Industries” is
the newest bulletin published by
the Engineering Experiment Sta
tion, it was announced today.
Professor J. G. McGuire is com
piler of the information and maps
contained in the bulletin, which
was designed to be of use in Texas’
rapidly-expanding economy.
Industries tabulated and located
geographically include Texas’ re
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cement plants, carbon black plants,
point manufacturers, soap manu
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plants, industrial research labra-
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Texas’ chief forest regions.
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