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EDITORIALS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1947
‘Good Deal’ Offered to A&M...
An opportunity to mine our state coUogei
rankinK
thoir well doeerved, top-filthi
ena of Tex
\
to
will be granted the citixeni of ^Texu when
the College Building Amendment goes before
the public for vote on Auguet 23.
The amendment provide* for a 30-year
160,000,000 development program for 16
•Ute college* and univeraitlea. Thla if the
moat Important development In higher edu
cation in Texaa during the peat 26 year*. It
will give Texaa one of the nneat ayiteraa of
atate operated milage* In theTiation.
The beauty of the whole propoeition la
that It oan be done without Increaalng tax-
aa. In othar word* it la a "free ride" for aome
16 atate
e Made
.Force
By H. W.
ymn age, the
Yantis to Return to A&M in Fall
Force. The i
coll, n...
From a aelflah view It la to the ad van-
Ladies an' Gennulmen...
tage of every aupporter of A. A M. College
to aupport the amendment. Thia amendment
permiU A. A M. College to laaue 66,000,000 in
bonds, payable out of the income from the
invested portion of the Permineot Univer-
aity Fund which income A. A M. aharea with
the University of Texaa. A. A M. will obtain
Ita needed funda from this aourca leaving the
total of the Income from the 6>eent readjust
ed tax for the other atate-eupported college*.
With college* and univaraltiaa over
crowded by thousand* of veteran* and an
Increaalng number of Texaa high achool
graduate*, it la important that thla amend-
meat goes over.
Bo let's get out the vote on Auguet 28.
ter* of
• •‘•pa
S. Air
e of th«
•orvieM has
madr MitehoU’l
dream a reality.
Now the Air
'Xtt-
equal to that of
the Amy and
Navy. Only ie-
cently the Navy
was the first
Hm of national
defaea* today,
the Air Farei
role. Qd* lone
mM* • |irena*
haa Um e ft*
hanre.l l,y thr
awtent praa-
Wo can't all ba perfect, w can't all ho pewteal aed true to o«r words, ao don't lot yov
e yoe aay nasty things shoot thia poor sinner who hasn’t had his artkioa 1ft m tiaae al
I ••• K, if ovary ono did as ho pmmiood there would bo only good in tha
world, hot if au was good there would bo no bad by which to judge tha
good, therefore no good, I maintain the balnees, for which you should be
grateful though aMipamtod, (My wue hrethar wants you to write an
explanation for that paragraph).
To bo truthful, I have boon slothful o
should hava boon picking out things on
wna instead running away to Colorado, the
dings, baptism*, buh ■aeoinna, and othnr et
juat ain’t no dnemod good Howevor, I wffl tag4 n bei ft better boy in
future.
Yantis Speaking af tha future: thia unworthy ono will b« returning to A A M-
am-der-Braaoa for tha fall (and meyba tho viator). Prepare to
the ‘‘roving" part to •enroving.'* I will nood a detk. so hoop on tha look out for another
Say, what department is thla Prof. Experience bi? The radio hasps toll lag am ho is
might want to taka a count under hiiH
? The worth Of home-cooked food dopaftda * let
ehof la leuayt
ad you guessed? While I
rial gatharinga. I guess I
orangt a
tha best
Why do people get ao hysterical over
’on
ttiel ena*
A power-
__ to block
^ Ruaaia. TWU.
la fariewoved from the
Several yean ago a young Texan with an
elementary education was looking for a new
job. Ha waa considered the intellectual light
of tha community; therefore, he waa above
doing any menial task about town ao he went
out into the world to aeek his fortune. After
ituccpeding miserably aa a musician and then
aa a flour salesman. he decided there waa
on* golden opportunity ... polities.
Our hero did not know much about poli
tic*, but he did know that to be a success
ful politician he first had to find something
to be "agin". In his search to find something
to be "apm" he arrived hi Austin. After
learning that the University of Texas was
a state-supported institution and was located
in that fair city, he began a comprehensive
investigation. It was not long before he knew
that he had discovered hia "scourge of the
paapla", something he could be "agin".
Upon returning home, he called a politi
cal rally, and from a flag-bedecked platform
he cleared his throat and began this fiery
oratory.
"Ladies an' gennulmen,* as you all know
I hava juat concluded an invest unit ion of our
State thrivaraity down in Austin. 1 want)
you to know thet I found this to be the moet
corrupt Institution in thla fine state of ours.
and I shall go on record now aa bain' solidly
ftflfc A* \
"I pledge to you all that when I am elect
ed I will not vote one dime to support thia
den of Iniquity. I will do my utmost to see
that thia vile condition is cleared up or the
University will be abandoned.
“An' furthermore, ladies an' genulmen,
do you know that in the course of my Investi
gation of the state institution I found that
our childrun practice co-education under the
very eyes of the faculty?
"An that ain't all. Do you know the first
thing our gala, our clean innocent lil dotters,
are forced to do? They are forced to matri
culate. Furthermore, both boya and gals
have had to use the same curriculum for the
past twenty yars. Ain’t thet shameful ? What
haa become of the money we have been givin*
them for all thia time? It seems thet they
should surely have enough to at least build
separate curriculums.
"I swear by God above that when I am
duly elected. I will change this sorry state
of affairs and do away with all such immoral
practices.”
Needless to say, our budding politician
to
•vant ef a
would sorely
sat
aft* a la
heart of Reasts and greatly set-
. k_ _ A M fa
nuTiiix*rw<i dy rtoviiM ffiiin powi*r *
is tha Air Porto that aan b« uatd
hack la the
attesk which
■a by sir,
*
Civilian Jmmm Forrwtal is tha
Sacratary of National Dsftnas. Un
dor hia ruldanaa military plannlni
will, of course, include all branchac
It la expected, however, that in
this reapeot the aviation branch
will play a predominate role.
Under tha now Raasarch and De
velopment Board, the airmen an
to ba even more favored Tha Ar
my and Navy ordnance branches
will continue their projects through
the Board, but the development
upersonic planes and guided
ilea an both laigoly under
control of tha Air Force.
TTie first “Secretary of the Air
Forc^” will probably be W. Stuart
Symington, the present Assistant
War for
budget for hit station is expected
to ha shout M M billion, mote than
cither tha Army or Navy. Strength
of the new, separata Air Psessl
will ha 400,000 man, 11,000 plaeaeJ
■onto af tha mare ehvlmia rhang-
■will ba In tha unifanna andl
[ranks for airman aa they amarga
lln their now status. Uniforms wU
bt new Mid different, perhaps light
was elected as the champion
man end sent on his way up
ladder.
idmg i
of the
the
common
political
ear cooking I
tha ehef, and my
on tna cnee, and my eftal to i.mayi
Brother Alaxi deeded io.iay tha»4
r ial aa a steady mat loaves much
ba desired. OaesaquenUy, ha de
clared that ha would whip
Secretary of
Air. The
blue In wlor. Air Fora* jargon
to I noted* tech tarmi aa **lr tosh-
nlrlan," "flight officer,” and “alf
marahallis lieu af aurrant army
draigoationi
Tho Air Porw debouchment ef
Army authority will incur IS per
cent loss in appropriations and 40
par cant lose in men power to tha
Army. like tho Navy, the Army
loose Cabinet rank for Ita top offi
cial. It retain* about 000,(
half of them Involved In occupa
tion duties. Tha Navy retains tha
Marina Corps end ita naval avia
tion and keeps soma 471,000 man in
uniform.
These are tha outward changes
emanating from tha recent merger,
change* which raise the position
of the airman considerably in tha
future defense perspective. Othar
xhangeo will co-ordinate military
planning with foreign policy, and
will make permanent the present
joint boards for research, muni
tions, procurement, and intelli
gence.
meal to bring a benign smile te tha
far* of Duncan Hinas,
whtta I weaad my mustache ha
•adaved shout So kitchen tike
tha proverbial mala saw In tha
<!iBury Thr cHocAlAtf*
isd*. altar much arduous
Eia joy to beheld, bet
1M muriuvp vmiuv «»x
a
h*
kfi
contained
wax awles. I aarieualy
hss discovered a woo<l
that aan ho poured like
Being Incllnad by nature a kind
ly aert, I mad* aavaml valiant
attempts to aat the pta thet Akxai
bad coneoeted to hnghun our dull
menu. I nudged It gautly with my
folk, than brought tho kalis: Into
play, than tha meat eleaver. Noth
ing availed, not oven tho aaw, To
after I have had my fill-
nI, I am going to put
in the/atons wall we
id HI wager thet
*U tha graaftftala
the well lea fallen in dual the
enduring crust will remain to
fla arahaeUfiata.
Alanai u a aaek would make a
go...! h.M carrier, and that to rre
aiaely whet I will have him A-iha,
liW-lMpA'a WMIIaat dlaplay of
salinary proficiency, I may net
be an aiaallont seek.
personally
but I wfald e
and hr re that's
what emmu.
About ft* per wnt of the veteran*
who hava entered education or
training have terminated tbsir
courses, the Veterans Administra
tion has reported
A Short Story
Friday
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Saturday
■A)
The A-Bomb—Two Years After...
Two yuan ago this week the terrible fur- *
ry of the atomic bomb descended upon the
world. In two yean the blast of tha first
atomic bomb on Hlroahlma, Japan, haa help
ed split In two the ideal of on* world. The
repercuastona of the bomb's creation and
the resultant scientific, politicals and diplo-
malic problama hava affseted every city and
village on tha globe, v ..
The two coalitions are pouring hitUone of
dollars Into atomic research with the "Bomb"
aa the chief objective. In August, 1646, it
waa predicted that the minimum period of
time for anothtr country to tfiamver the sec
ret of the atom waa two years. Aa yet thia
deadly secret remains In the hands of the
United State*, but there la growing convic
tion that one or two more years will be suffi
cient time for another country. Russia per
haps. to achieva Ita goal.
The single chan**? toward a better world
la in the use of newly made radioactive pow
er has undoubtedly been retarded by the
international political situation.
Atomic power win not arrive until it can
compete with coal, since nuclear power is in
the form of heat. The United States, with
52 per cent of the world’s known coal re
serves, has cheaper coal than anyone else.
France, short on coal reserves, is frankly
striving for atomic power, and England also
hopes to relieve Britain's coal shortagaa with
uranium and plutonium. Russia's great spac
es are ideal markets for nuclear power.
The exiatlng aituation. suspicion of ev-
tryone throughout tha world, naa curtailed
even the progress of American sciential*. The
exchange of ideas haa not only been stopped,
hut also two of the great democracies, the
United States and Great Britain, have an
acted penalties for aoientlata or anyone tlaa
who gfvea nuclear power Ideas to unauthoris
ed receivers. In America the penalties in
clude death.
The atom may he harneaaed and can easi
ly become man's servant. Juat aa easily it
can become his mortal enemy. To prevent
the latter Bernard Baruch submitted hia
plan for each nation to give up some eover
eignty to make possible e small measure of
control over atomic weapons. This plan
the first step toward an international state
Russia blocked the movement.
Will the world reap the unlimited benefits
of nuclear power? Or will the world become
its slave? Will Hiroshima become only
horrible memory, or will it again become
flaming reality?
A Lab Neurotic-U2MAyBl
By Laftia Morgan
With the audacity of a Judas Goat, the instructor led us into the
chemically laden atmosphere of the laboratory. His fiendish laughter |
(in recitation I had thought it a nervoes giggle) echoed from atom
to atom throughout the vast atillneas.
“Now you know what to do," he apoke with an assurance I didn’t 1 ,
feel as he assign*-,! my desk. Then he retired to a dark corner to sip
nitric acid through a length of glass tubing leaving me alone with an
array of bottlaa whose contents were carefully disguised behind
a perplexing variety of chemical'
formulas.
Uncork tag my teat tube contato-
ing a small amount of innoaeat-ag-
tearing liquid I began my quest
'or tha unknown Thy manual said
add hydrogen aulfida and I did
A somewhat suggestive ■
tho Immadint* result* It waa than
that I first noticed the big hlondel
■walking opposite ms. Her
star* was uprassshtl. Resenting
the Inalnsstian hut navarthalass
foaling that soma explanation waa
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Out of the Deep . • .
♦ Norman Rosa, the Chicago radio announ
cer, disk jockey, music store proprietor and
ex-long distance Olympic swimmer whom we
reported on June 20, seems to be a man who
likes his little joke. One day he was swim
ming way out in the middle of Lake Michi
gan taking a constitutional. Eventually he
started back to shore and when he got fair
ly close, noticed that a big crowd had gath
ered and was watching him from the beach.
This sort of thing had happened before so
Ross knew what was coming: when he got
to the beach he’d be surrounded and bomb
arded with "Ohs" and “Ahs” and a lot of
silly questions. '
So okay. Roes swam into the shallow wat-
. er, stood up, shook himself and asked: "What
city Is this?" Everybody hollered: "It’a Chi-
lagor Roes said: "Oh, hell. I wanted Mil
waukee," dived back into the lake and swam
afiRy.
f —TIDE
One Hour Flat
A certain Ed TrenL. new staff announcer
>eth Ui
on WNCW. Elizabeth Lity (N. C.), threw a
personal stint—a casual mention that he
needed an apartment for himself and fami
ly. One hour later he had the apartment—
and a bill from the station manager for the
cost of one* spot announcement
—TIDE
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BRYAN
FRIDAY AND SATTRDAY
Newell-Emmett. which handles the Ches
terfield account, keeps a girl to see all movies
in order to look for scenes in which Chester
fields are used. So her latest assignment
list included Laurence Oliver’s production
of Shakespeare’s Henry V. —TIDE
Clark (table in
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TODAY A SATURDAY
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AP COPY reaching the ManKfitld, Wi»-
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With the deadline for filing nomination peti
tions, four candidates had their JUUm in the
ring today.**
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A«tv*rtteing
rnntrlb*
Coll*** of Taxes and the City af
muraday, end letarday after,
■vets $4 par ashoel year.
Yvonne DeCarlo In
“The Song of
Scheherazade"
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SUNDAY 6 MONDAY
“Miracle on
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Ith—
O'Hara
John Payna
Tom 'a Jerry Cartoon
(Whew aaoiy tom's draan aanas tosal)
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