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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1947)
. *«■ 1 7T^ ri % •• Jk Hon editorials ‘They Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait’ ^ , (A Fable) rulJifili A T*** ! yin * ^ bed. reading the lyiaaaified Ad section of my favorite Sunday morning paper, in search of a possible means to supplement my meager $65 allowance. My *85 check was long overdue; and I needed a few sheckles. — fejffoy .I Mt upright in bed. Staring me right in the face was my life-saver—the opportunity of a lifetime — my chance to nuae a little money. ft more carefully, because it was too good to be true. Sure enough, I met the qualifications. It said: “MILITARY TACTICAL OFFICERS 1 r ^ V l* e > , c *d« t8 * nd operation of A. A M. College corps of cadets R t ■orvc officers with combat experience, be twjen ages of 25 and 45. Include in first „ eo " , **® i€ sUtement of service and avaUaMUt-Write COMMANDANT. A. Texaa.^ 011 * 1 * ^ TeX **’ Colkf * SUtion, i* 0 \ <wit of bed, put on my dirt- est pair of fatigues (because I wanted to ^•Jbft-fatigued) affixed by Good Con- duct R. d)° n over mv right pocket, and head ^ f ^ * was eager to apply, I waa only 22, but I hadn't shaved for a week •o I figured I'd look old enough. ’ A»^? ut ’ •*“» 1 WM ^ the first in line, for there wtis four others ahead of me waiting .MklnU^Tu, 10 ,Win * 0P, •" ,nd tion, in front of me, waiting impatiently. In a brief 1,000-word oration, he allowed how he met all the requirementa. , J n front of McGargoyle stood an eager- looking North Gate entrepreneur. During the next 16 minutes he related his combat experience. Why, four times, he said, he had to combat his way off the KP roster at fort Sam reception center. And every time he won, too. Jones. When Rastus saw how I was through listening to the other folks, he greeted me right friendly-like. “Ah sho’ was supprized to see that ther ad this mawin. An heer Ah been workin 25 hours a day a-c teen in dawm- lUwy leven for fo’-bits a day. Ah don’t know nuthin ’bout that ther ‘preserved offi- stuff, but Ah sho’ has had mah share o' oonjbattin mah wife. An* all de time Ah didn t know thet the A. A M. College threw away so much money on thet ther ‘discip- ****** d reckon they’d spend more money on mops and Sani-Flush." Well I could hardly wait to get rid of Kastua, because I saw a demure, young WAC lieutenant in full dress standing at the head of the line. She was eager, too. When in $•(-) ?#” are they gonna open that Q(!$##/ doorr she queried c^fy Her sophisticated language implied that she had bnd the best of everything. Lt. Smith . her ^ hAt for Purpooes of iden tification) spat violently on the ground, with drew a bottle of Four Roses from her hip pocket, and took a slug. “What I wouldn’t have given for some of this when I was in one of those foxholes." Lt Smith asserted, wnacking her lips and hiccough in*. Just then an effeminate private first riass unbolted the door. “Now before we get down to ‘brass’ tacks," he said, “all ap- Conduct BUT b "" th * ^ The four other applicants, failing to n^tlhis^ ipmUflcutlS turned sadly and 1 J*** tbe sole possessor of a Good Conduct Ribbon. “Wait," I called to the retreating applicants. “Be not discour- ag«d. You ve got another poaaibllity." I unfolded the Houston Chronicle and ‘"I""'" 1 .* 0 » "wnnud"' .d Wow th, on, which they had answered. They read ear nestly: MESSENGER BOYS. Three young boye ... high school graduates Fomilier Nandi Th* third person in front of me wn, a boer(ted‘thrSn*,^ P«*>n» veteran named Rartu. Oeor»e W»hln^on «d^y l!^d b °“ nd for “" u “ lon Delaying Scientific Research over after. By withholding approval of the national J science foundation bill and preventing it from becoming law, President Truman has postponed full-scale government support of basic scientific research for st least six months, probably for two years and perhaps imqgt'. I j i - The bill, given pocket veto after passage by both houses, was the result of two years of hearings, debate and compromises in con- grem For a year earlier at the request of \ resident Roosevelt, a committee headed by Dr Yannevar Bush, director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Develop ment. worked on a plan for peacetime gov ernment support of science and brought forth recommendations that did not differ marked- * ly from the provisions of the bill finally pass ed. The Bush plan of power vested in part- MM scientific board won out over the aimrie .responsible administrator type of organisa tion vigorously favored by President Tru- ma", the then Secretary of Commerce Wal- lare and the burget bureau. Both the House and Senate voted down the in-line customary type of organisation, preferring to make a group of scientists responsible. *u W r 0 iy ^P^ntative scientists showed that they favored heavily at the opening of the 80th Congress the tingle ad- miniatrator with advisory committees. But * e,d#d u P° n » foundation T-nTri,!* P .w°« f 24 ”r} n * P* rt * tim ®- ronfl- . th,,, »<ln™inlatrative plan would to the National Advisory Committee for * Aeronautic* as a good example of a part- time committoe that has admlnUteredre- wSrtd ftttC«ftwly for the government since fltWa di *ftPPointed that the national foundation bill did not be come law. Some of them point out that con- trol ,°wi r t* 6 V C i' ( un ^ ftVft^ftble for granU are left by default, largely In the hands of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Thev ad mit that military funds have kept in (Opera tion research project* of importance gen erally, not alone to defense. But they want to see research predominantly in civilian hands and the military research bureaus have agreed with them. Scholarships for young research scien- * ti *V!.,? rere * uthor «® d in the bill as an aid to filling the depleted ranks of scientific in- -sugatore This i. considered o£rf £ most important functions of the foundation now delayed. Both political parties are in favor of sci ence, you may be sure, and the few mem bers of congress who opposed the unsigned biU were careful to go on record for science r ®ft*ft rc j* While the unsigned bill. S.526 was a Republican majority measure, it had strong Democratic support and was based •obdly on previous bills of the 79th con- grcss. jWkether Congress will reconsider the matter of a national science foundation in its pre-election session in January and enact a bill more to his liking, as President Tru man hopes, is problematical. Real hopes • 0, L?J“, tiona, . acienc * foundation may be un justified Scientists confronted by some of the world s greatest and moat urgent prob lems will have to do the job with what they now have. The government reinforcements aren t coming. Wrong Tie-in T- a< ) eS i' ft™ pretty red around the Toledo Rlods it seems that a correapon- dent sent in a picture of Mr. A Mra. Sam ?v U fc U ^ tW dtizen of Coun- L rJ^n to “*iT p * ny • fttory on their golden wedding anniversary. But as the photg went through the art department thlt Z vT, r t toucW,lf V th * noticed wiVh ^ ciTw "'dX In .t' tlT °"“ i0n ,>ro - Well, the story ran and a few days later KESv t?*! ^ P ,1# from Fulton It seems that Stuckey has been s P^J*r Amish church for over 60 years ». l rnUh < r*J d " a* a 1 other personal adornments to be vent ions of the devil. —TIDE thing^r"*nothing!^it^^intime^to ^e'ZTr New Schedule Vet Benefits Br K. D. Brace, Jr. and the White Houee put heeds together, kicked around a few ideas, and earns out with the following timo- laMs for voteram' be-nsflts. Some new privileges and a time limit on most rights give. . different ple ura of what ax-aervicemen may K t and for how long. •ftivo right away In the new umetable are these rights: TERMINAL LEAVE PAY for forator enlisted men may bo spent •J **?'*?' b * t *• *M7, when ika will be permitted to eaah ti-rmirml leave )>omie SIR VICK INSURANCE may bo reinstated without a physical ox- •tohmtlon at any time until next January (The deadline of August was extended). ON-THE-PAKM TRAINING U BOW provided for fannora-vatorana. with class room inetraWion . n d actual farm work. Also included is r the V. A. -revolr Mg nad for email loans to needy ▼eteran trainees. ★ Beginning ia mid-1 JUS. the new UaMUhie sets up a series of dead- knes for other GI privileges UNEMPLOYMENT PAY of $20 weekly is to be stopped, in most by July 26, 1949 For 52 •tij in the eerviee. this benefit aiU be extended to two years after but not beyond mid-1962 Until then. 62 weeks of such compensation is the maxi- ^nm. EDUCATION AND TRAINING eoursea under the GI BiU now must he suited by July 1M1 After thet dste^ or after four years pest their discharge dates in eases of vet- erans stiU ia service, no more such sehod.ng may be begun. IndMd- aeb who sun their training before thcee desdlmee, however, me, eon- ?— Mka Ooureee for up to fow years at the expense of Unc- KRKF HOSPITAL CARE for J^Mtana in all amargancy cases b^to be assured by about 1M1. Such tranlMat, for disabilities suffered in civilian Ufa, as well as wnrioe-ronnected injuries, is auth- now where beds are avail- The T s‘siZ Q ir News eantrlhnMsna tion Building. Oaaaifie Room S, Adsainietratioe Office, PALACE BRTAN WEDNESDAY•THURSDAY FRIDAY nad SATURDAY WILLIAM HOLDEN A JOAN CAULFIELD In “Dear Ruth" •hie in veterans’ hospitals. How- in practice, the scarcity of VA hospital space is likely to con- tinuo for about four more years, ^ hospitals are built throughout the country. WJAMD VETERAN S’ TRAINING and education courses oader Public Law IS, meanwhile, must bo started by 1962 if the In dividual expects to take a full four- yaar program at Oovernment ex- PT"** ooursos must be com- July. 1W«. but may be Jtartod at any time up to that LOAN GUARANTEES ror new houses, farms or businesses, fin- f ' y 4 *7 7 ‘T *nld- 1 Up U that ths VA wUl guarantee half of the vet- up to a maximum of •4,000 on real estate, and up to $2,ooo on other deals. Loans mad# before that date will continue in force, but no more may be made. uZHStfS?* “* fc eT— y** r ^111 eost the taxpayers big money. Action on m*ny major privileges asked by veterans groups was postponed till "*n T**r. Congress iust couldn’t jwem to find time to finish its do- Another poesibie explanation for the lack of action Is the coming elections; they have a powerful in fluence over congressmen. Assurances to veterans call for °L G< " r * rna, * Bt d® 11 *™ ui their direction over the coming 10 years, in accordance with the time table of righto and deadlines. After tltot, payments to veterans promise to decrease slowly until 1967, when most of the GI bill is to die. Thirty-nine states will grant di vorees baaed on proof of drunken Tko AVALON CLUB 19 ML W. Bryan m»| 91 BoBrito your patronage We serve the boot of food— 5*^. rOOPg m ft*A*ON K. C. 8TIAKB SOUTH CRN FRICD CHXCKBV Air Conditioned — Beautiful D * n <» Floor. »y»r Reeer - SMITH ANN SHERIDAN la “Unfaithful” QUEEN TUESDAY The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” AIR CONDITIONED /■ I’fjf */. BOOKENDfs Main Street, Vermont Is Setting for ‘The Quarry* xSH TIS UMBRELLA THORN. By s^sswr- 5 IVtor do Polaay ’ “■eeHag figure on oar literary aoona. ha. brought ua ia hia Utoet "T* A. ■■lllak My individual in the fact that he is tempenunant- aUy as weU as by b.rth a eonti- aontal, yet he writes ia supple English stories thet have thsTfu! i* TW UMBRELLA THORN i. Mt in Kenya, and the climate, the lee. lation of up country estatee, end 7*. —7 strangeneas of th* landscape play a large part in the characters, however, are tricky. For instance, ia the open- lag aesne we And Miles Wece mak- m« a delightful idiot of hhaootf in the role of a now-made father. Apparently Miles is all set to b« tot hero of Mr. Do Polney’s story, tot quite unexpectedly Miles quit* the scene (I went say how), end his place ia taken by David Me- !*’ • Jft^ keresT^Ior" Mite’s wtfQa ajwissa mhrtare not as waU drawn as David’s. Anait Bam its amrits as aa »b •orMag tab with unusual .tmos- Pk«u. this is on* of the heat time. - ui Kiiianan ip in have come across in some TOE QUABBT. By Mildred W»R«r. New Tech. 1 Harceart, Brace. 1947. r ^ “Love desires that which is ah- •ent and beyond his reach." Young Lyman Convene, readme Plato fa his rooms at BrowB,\hov*d the book^aahiu. saying. "Plato’s erasy as a loon " But Lymaa had no way of then knowing how closely his own emotional life would follow A GOOD PLACE TO EAT New York Cafe 118 S. Main Bryan ibis definition of love. In teBing the story of L Convene, Mildred Walker has Lyman writ- A1RPLANR SI PPLIFN Opona 1:00 p.B». 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