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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1947)
Battalion ■ DITORIALS P*ire2 FRIDAY, Local Bank Makes Good... thought the city huatocae district, that waa required (or a It is not often that an for itaeif a name such aa State Bank has the when ao man v new through their first year, hoping to a reputation eventually. 6n« nrxxta only to visit the area of the bank around the flret of the month to appre ciate the eervioe it's performing. A line of veterans cashing their government checks, local businessmen making deposits, and wives putting away precious savings attest to the need ppMNHi b fulfilling. When the college bank was organised a year ago, many thought the possibility of success was alight. They !>ointed to the many vetprana who*) only incomes were the checks they received under the a I. Bill - insufflc- first anniversary and t lent to supply the needed capital for such a will also bring honors. DPs Look to United States... However, during the the bank has made flrma, professors, college dents have combined " monetary and mental - Although the bank too impressive, the ‘ on inside more than of bounty on the prompt eervioe impress JULY 18. 1847 i % a bai with to give the snort to ‘ ik. They a smal twelve months na. Local and stu- - both itosucM looks none work that goes up for any lack Courteous ani who do buHlnrnii rof Etaoin Shrdlu Relates Typical Office Scene at End of Each Semester It was toward hard at *°rk la my Skrdla old “Affla Spint" and flvtag a 'M ha wrUkinc and twiatias, I vomit'd la nf waatokesket and tka daaa of tka ■waattar, and I waa aa aaaal offlea. I waa aittlag ralaxad In but awival ckalr wttfc my faat propp^l firmly OS SST / r daak, raodtog a oomM) book X bad takoa from aa ontarkflo atadont Juat aa Huk> Kunny waa aaylng. • What a ud. Doer* aomaona knock- ad at ray door. * • Oomo lar Tka atudant oama In. Xt waa a hup whom X call -Olmlot" bocauaa >r txrrra ma Without aaylng a word, ha bagan to waava and away ma. flalMag tka air with hit X theegfei it flrat that ha UM last atagoa of dallrtum r, whan ka bagan to dttng with tka algna) Whan N-for* waa in froth at tka mouth. I rmilatd tkst ’wildest" so a pitoJLj^drank aoaaa wood ale "What about tka other tiaras?” "Wad. X bad to go to tka of town foot ha# garaaa, aa took off a httla aarly far koUdaya, sad tkss I got hsi llttla Uto, but you wara tka kraUeotor wko aouatod ara •anti all tka root cx<-um«1 ara ( pariad! Now, my offlcr; gat out of i "But, Dr. but, . , butT And that'! asactly wkara I kkk- /A Ths Battglion coqgiui and hoi ^^Bee you on your opda the coming year One of the most pressing problems In the world today is that of Europe 1 a thousands of displaced persona. In a recent speech to Congreas President Truman declared: “We are dealing with human problem, a world tragedy... Let us join in eivmg(the D. P.'s) a chance at decent and self-supporting Uvea.” Thus he threw the full power and dignity of his office to the support of those who lost all of their worldly .f>oiwes.sions and even their nationalities to the speedy god 0 f war. Last week the Senate took up the chall grants. They would be divided into four^pri- man best Men, women, and children, de nied even the barest necessities of life, Uve ualor that would nauseate any self in s squalor it respecting A a repatriablea, living, but existing, d “Displaced Perse American. 160,000 of n<A called of these camps are fc were gutted auring the now converted to ekl, "Wall. Qlmlat, what tka k- • • cough); what So you want now?" (whiito): w IVa got a la to tkasra, Dr. Ilkimi I iuat want'd to dvo It to yes." (I think ko wsa ra- fairing to tka thamo.) "W k y Is It latof" (Inlvol)t "My are sso.ooo un rhom are children, these heU-hoiee Camps”. Some ‘ Ghettos, which years, but are imodate” these up by our own ority groups which would rank (1) War orphans under twenty-one. (2) Relatives of American citizens. - (3) Persona who fought in the Armed Forces of the United States. (4> Those who have special trades, skills, or profesaiona, or show an aptitude to learn a trade which would be beneficial to the welfare of our country. A similar bill will soon be debated on the floor of the House of Representative*. The chief difference between this (Stratton) bill and the one proposed in the Senate is the limit the House has placed on the number of perms to be allowed Immigration permits. House members favor not more than 400.000 of the newcomers during s four-year period, while the upper house has placed no restric tion whatsoever on numbers Also the rep resentatives wish to first call foward those . who ordinarily would wait several years for quota numbers. Every man and woman In the United States should aee the documentary film “Paaaport to Nowhere”. This film oepicta the D. P. camps, which exist all over Ger many and Austria, in their filthy and inhu- ahouki share ow men at least has so gracious- homeless people: others are former concen tration c&mpe and prison*; still others are make-shift camps thrown army. Food is scarce and uawholesome. Even the most God-fearing would almost commit murder for a crust of brvad for his family. Clothing is next to impossible to obtain. Many wrap burlap bags around their feet for want of shoes. Disease runs rampant It is only proper that wej the best fed and best clothed nation on with our less fortunate a portion of that which ly given us. It is true that some of these people have been denied re-entrance i$to their homelands because of their unsa majority, however, are icaf or religious reasons, for America to come to prove to the world where the four (Teed* our forefathers for these same reasons, same opportunities to of oppression and the land, France, and Belgium have given limited aid. . \. . Now it is up to us Ko demonstrate the meaning of “a great nation" by assuming the r«**i*onmbilines and obligations which are to dc expected of a greet nation. We ~ must act immediately and amend the title of the documentary film to "Passage Out of Nowhere." These people must live again! ry pasts, forbidden The vast for polit- Here Is the chance foreground and it is truly a land reign Many ‘ to this country us not deny the present victims of war. Eng- thslr Whs laaaaaaS as4 lot down tkla krslal law? Wkoao waa tka kaa4 that ilaatof took thk hfwwf Mt tka light Self Satisfaction—Not Enough... A renowned sciential in quoted an naying that, "The moment you are natinfied wtth what you are doing, the concrete ha* begun to set in your head.” How very right he is. You may juntly feel that yoii are making every effort to do the beat ponnible job, but once you arrive at a point where you feel that there is no further room for improve ment, you are beginning to “gluff off”— whatever may be your forte. Then it is time to ask yournelf if you can afford self-satis faction and complacency in this age of intense competition-competition energized by am bition, ability and unceasing effort on the part of the other fellow. This same scientist goes on to say that, "All research is 99.9% failure, but if you succeed once, you’re in. The price of all progress is trouble—and success depends on how you handle trouble." This creed, as much as anything could, tells the stkry of this scientist's rise to the top of his profession. Adversity and recurring problems can be the spark-plugs which set one’s thinking pro cesses in motion. To overcome them brings the elation of victory and the rewards of suc cess. That is real progress and progress is simply the measure of improvement, whether it la expressed in better mousetraps or suc cessful atom smashing. A continual striving for the best requires courage, faith and hard work, and these, not com vita! lacency and self i«ti*faction. are the ingredient* of *uc?e** and well being. —The Magazine of Wall Street Assignment for Dick wifo had a baby last wook, ib, and tblo is th* flrat ebaneo aha’* had to writ* It ba- twoan changing tha baby’s dtap- ora and naraing it" (Aa nica a bit of faulty ra- feranco and as beautiful a mia- placed modifier aa I have hsard.) “O. K., Gimlet juat drop it in my wastebasket on your way out" I tunrad back to my desk and started to reread my comic book I had by this time forgotten what had occurred. Just aa Bugs Bunny was saying, “What’a u Doc?" I beard what is common! referred to as a discreet cough. Looking up, I was again confront 'd with tha mournful presence of my ersats student Gimlet After giving a slight shudder of dis taste, I said, quote: “WoU?* un- quote. Gimlet uncrossed his eyas, cross ed them, and said rather hesitantly "Dr. Shrdlu, caa I ask a qusatlon ? ’’ "You may," I replied, hut I could •oe that my sarcasm was wasted on tha stwpM lout. Ho uncrossed his eytt again, and then reerossed them. "Dr. Shrdlu, how’m I doin’, huh?“ "1 don’t even know what you’re doing, tot alone bow you’re doing It What gro you talking about V’ "In ray w "I didn’t grade book. “You’re not! You’re making solid r." “But I got one C. Didn’t that bring my grade up?" "wot from where I’m •ittlng," ’’Well, uh. couldn’t you move over a bit?" Gimlet picked himself up off the floor, and 1 put my feet back on the deek. “Dr. Skrdla 1" “Migawd! What now?" “Coqld I maybe see my grades? Huh? Maybe?” ’Wbnt nave you done with your papers?" Well, it’s a long story; you see—there’s been a war on, and there’s been a paper shortage, and Scott’s tissue has been kinda to gH, Wkoao tooatk arltkta tkto krala? My thoughts wen by. . . anssassk now mum worn loft la the course?" "You have two mors themes a final exam which counts ohe-t of your grada." mraaod. You know, Mr. He knitted his brow in an at- wish to thank you. During at conoantration. It was a time that you have spent i do wa have -third "I aaa understand why. Tall ara, Mr. Oiaetot *' tordr? Do yoq ’’No, my »ther class to in tka same building” "Than why. why In tka l all that’* holy, why ara wayalato?" I ,r Oh, I step and talk to sty nath in»truru>p| you knew* math U aa Imaartaat aotiraa," All i i'«uld 4a waa sputur, "I don’t think 'that la* was fair. I of them qw In a leas." (BereasUeally) t "Could H bo, Mr. Gimlet, that you wara sMfcw absent, tardy, or asleep during tka questions wars AlmanacH At Activities sf tka INS Tessa Al- M* Iasi fsaatvad al leal Aetlvttlea Offtoe. i may aktala eas el that of flea pay * sf the see s. a. see, asp, have to gat out my your ’All right, all right!" ’And-- V "That’s all I care to hear!" I got out my grada book and showed him his Sevan F’s one C, When Gravel Gertie and B. O. Plenty, a couple of characters in the Dick Tracy comic strip, had a baby the other day, Macy’s el- bowed into the act with a tie-in ad alongside * n jl • 0 the atrip, offering one layette free to any 1 * “ mother giving birth to ^wins. We wonder now if they weren’t a little impulsive because a few days later the New York Daily News published this letter in the "Voice of the People” column: "Unless my memory is wrong, Gravel Gertie and B. O. Plenty cut their welding cake just about ‘f** *■ f »« t - •even months ago. I think Dick Tracy ought I ■ *■ *••* *• «stara sad to do some investigating here." —TIDE there stupidly the tlx fingers of each hand iato a beautiful and Intricate pattern. I had never realised that ha had such an artistic soul. Yea, oven in this savage beast there bums a spark. I looked at him, and -the lines of Edwin Markham’s "Tha Man with the Hoa’’ came to mind: tempt ra try, but ho dropped a stitch. “Wall, uh, what would I havto ska on thooe there two the mao to average a C in the course?" I uttered a scream which my office-mate, a former big game hunter and explorer, said waa la resonance, tone, and volume quite similar to tha scream of a female elephant in tha throes of labor. After picking up tha patches of my hair from tha floor and depos iting them in the wastebasket (I’m inclined to neatness). I eat down and dabbed at the Mood oozing from my forehead. Slowly, slowly, my blood pressure return ed to normal; this was due mainly to toes of blood "If you made A’s you couldn’t even pass the course, lot alone average a C." I was outshouting tha instructor, teaching his daaa down the hall. "But, Dr. Shrdlu, I just gotta aka a C in English; I gotta, or won’t make my 12-lt probation." "No doubt, tf you don’t feat a C, you will be kicked out of college; parents will commit suidde ra of tha disgrace; you’ll bo unfit for any job but that of a college English instructor, and you’d sooner see your baby starve sad your wtfa become a -vagrant than stoop to that" "Huh?’ r Ha slobbered stupidly. “On tha other hand, if I gave you an A, Harry Truman would no doubt resign ao that you could bocoma President of tha United •tolas." Ha sat with hia mouth open, closing it mechanically and swal lowing every time a fly waa lured 1 in. Fmally. . . “Couldn’t you maybe stretch point and give me s C?“ “I’d have to stretch more than s point; I’d have to stretch my imagination: and if 1 gave you s C, it would definitely be a gift "But, Dr. Shrdlu, I’ve worked awfully hard in this course. I don’t think you realise how hard I've worked. Everyone says you expect too much of' your students. Why, 1 know throe other stu dents who are making F’s, and they all say you sxpoct too much. Now, Pvs I worked hard, and . . “You’ve what? You didn’t hand half of your themes in on time, and thooe that you did were the wrong assignment and had been written by some other moron. Re- aidea that you’ve been tote to class weaving every time but Sevan. . . thooe days you didn’t come at all." in elaaa, you h«vr ..over once dis turbs! ths class by inorinjr, an<l with your mouth open, toe. 1 have to the Physios Depart ment that they make t study of the phenomenon. I envy you and your ability to sleep sitting up I wish that I could sleep na •anadly; neither rain, nor mow, nor hail Columbia from me has ever disturbed your slumber. I wish that my mind was as untroubled by thoughts as yours; then may be I, too, could sleep in ctosa. Yes, Mr. Gimlet, perhaps you w sleeping the stoop of the innocent and damned, and, therefore, pat| don’t remember." “I don’t thing as." "Yon don’t think so. . . you don’t thiak, period; you don’t have anything to thiak with, you’d be JUST i ONE STOP THE Fabric Shoppe Your Exclusive Fabric Center Across from P.O.—Bryan /Fork and Play with ths Blackboard-Chair Combination Joyce’s Toy House 808 S. College Ph. 2-2884 / J GUION HALL THEATER a hard FRIDAY and SATURDAY For the latest variation on the “switched to Calvert” campaign, we give you a recent ad from Coe: “Joe Wilson, formerly chief bartender Longchamp*^49th St, has switch ed to Susan Palmer, 4 Weat 49th Street.’’ • j —TIDE CAPTION on an A^ Wirephoto out of Cleveland: “BLIZZARD BABY" — Thrl- Ann, Cleveland’s blizzard baby, shown above with her mother, Mrs. H. Zellman, will be two year* old Sunday. The child waa bom In the •now In a hospital parking lot unnoticed by her father and mother, Who collapeed aa aha stepped from an automobile* d(-«pair. A thiag that grieves aot sad that aever hopes. Stolid sad ■tunned, a brother to the oi' AIR CONDITIONED Opana 1:00 p.si. Ph. 4-1181 FRIDAY SATURDAY The Battalion Tka BatUltott, official newspaper of the Agricultural aad published trf College Station, Texas. U published tri-weekly aad cfccalatod on Tin jay, Tkurwky, and'satardey^Stor^ News contributions may be made by telephone ( 4-5444) or al the editorial office. Root a b * -.. uaras AM e# Oeeow etf Ma**b ». !•*. bssockfed Gbfetiiofe tan Big Double Feature ELLA HAINES and WILUAM BENDIX — In — “WHITE TIE AND TAILS” , 2ND FEATURE ROY ROGERS — In — “SONG OF ARIZONA” SUNDAY and MONDAY BING C ROSBY one of thooe was an ex-; in the hoe- pAL/VCt BRYAN, TEXAS Preview Saturday Night Sunday, Monday and Tueaoay j JOHNNIE WFJSMl IXER Si V “TARZAN AND THE HUNTRESS” c” 0~m7 *T (T:" Wedneaday, Thuraday, Friday and Saturday LORETTA YOUNG In “THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER” QUEEN SUNDAY and MONDAY A glAMPtoC OFSCROH EKClItolMrr 1 il ■ P 'J- /, ' ft'A v // r Sunday, Monday and Tuesday ANN SOTHERN In “UNDERCOVER MAISIE” Wedneadftjr ud Thuraday L Attorma*. FairW Bio, A. D. Brace, Jr, Howerd Bow J. T. MUWr. Uek Mercaa. if £ - D. W. — In — “IF I HAD MY WAY” SIDNEY GREENSTREET In ' i “THE VERDICT’ Coming—Turaday, Wednesday and Thursday “THE LOCKET” j . Loralne Day Robert 1