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T Battalion EDITORIALS T Page 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1947 Wives Show Real Independence... \ Women, who may be calm about the fin ancial crisis in England or guerilla warfare in Greece, can get thoroughly aroused over the “Battle of the Hem-line”, as the Battal ion fougjl out last week. Pew articles have received more comment this summer than the front-page story a week ago. telling how GI Wivew and other young women here are general, and Texas women in particular, still have a tradition of independence which might ■hairy ua men. Hushing in to the light, the Battalion goes on rect>rd as encouraging the independent stand of thr«e women. For year our women have bi<cn creating what is often called ‘The American Look." It atr—is freahneaa and naturalness, and we men like it The new Parisian styles are distortions of nature, a backward stap, destroying everything that American designers have built up over the past t| years. WhaTt mere aad them Is where wo men atmireta are vitally affwt^i h<>» aaa wo married 01 slodsnti afford to boy II Hm wpdpshs MS MV fripMi SWI V wo y^tho aew^styUT Thais lit ftO-a- We Missed the Boat- * 1 A One-hundred end forty-three collrgrn and univefslties have been deemed qualified to offer professional training to chemists by the American Chemical Society. Forty-nine of these institutions were approved for train ing chemical engineers. This information was gathered from the August 18 issue of the * “Chemical And Engineering News.’ The most outstanding omission was again Texas A. A M. College. Although the Amerir- can Chemical Society saw fit to approve such small colleges as Juniata College, Hunting don, Pennsylvania, and Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Texas A. A M. just didn’t make the grade ' There is an explanation, of course. In fact, there are several. Last spring the head of the chemistry department listed four lessons for our being omitted from an earlier list. They were: > 1. A shortage of men holding Ph. D.’s f exists in the departments of chemistry and chemical engineering. Several have been hir- ' ed with that degree since the end of the war, but there are still too few ia the department At the Universityy of California, Berk- ety, students wives have taken the same step as at A. A M„ and have banded together to fight new styles. If enough young women stick together on this matter, those who wear the long dresses will look as ridiculous to themselves as they do to us right now. The Dallas Homing News has found it self in s predicament over the organised re volt of Dallas women In the ‘‘Little Below the Knee Chib”, which has been copied in many other communitiea. To uphold Dallas’ reputation as a style center (a reputation won during the “A mar ican Look” period) stores there went all-out to make Dallas the first city in Amsrica to adopt long skirts. The high-pressure back fired. Dallas has become, instead, the can ter of organized revolt by American women against the Parkian edicts. Press turn wirts carried the “revolution” story to all perta of the nation last week. A CB8 coast-to-ooeet broadcast featured Mrs. War ren Woodard, leader of the revolt. Caught between two firm, the Newt fi nally took an editorial stand thin week Braved long dresses, not on j | styts. but because they are M economic welfare of the cotton granade of ‘ for the ” We good fo MMr. ■Again... Germans Planned Rocket With 3,000 Mile Range acnDKx anviOB Tha German* planned a bomb to cross tha IgaeHf and M Hew York, tt was a rocket to be sUjim m Its long Journey by other rocket which detached Itself when Its Job wae done Gen. WUlkun ] by Brtf. if of the AJLF Guided Weeks and Air The QWwans, he said destloped sever* es. Tha V-t, used against London, v raa the only ona of this aeries to he r. tt la not hard to via* rockets known aa the “A” and although what might have bean ta atone for the Alllee gad the Germans been given Riffle lent time to Ootnplete developments. ' Bach of the “A” series was de veloped primarily fbr research with the esception of A-4. later known as the V-l The A-10 wma the end result toward which thia whole program waa directed Thia la the weapon which the Germans «- to use In bombing Hew Every Dog Has His Day—In Colorado! tin u h.KIS THE BOOKKNDS. A ‘First’ in Illustrated Writing Is ‘Story of FBI’ ■Y Mra WUsars Bartoa kaaiara* Adviaar Tha A-u) was d*acribed by him aa a booster rocket placed behind the A-B giving it two-etop cooper ation to aacure ranges of 3 000 milea. The A-S was much Uke the A-4. more familiarly called tha V-l. with wings added to give creased range and using acid aa an oxidiier ia its foal. Tha A-10 was never actually con structed. However, all 4 las and computations completed, and it appears that it could have been its I had developmen The total weight of Ms A-10 was to have boon ISO,000 p of which 140,000 llfsHki^ 2. A. A M.’s salary scale Is much too low. In tho opinion of tho American Chemical Society, to support Its Instructors of chemis try and chemical engineering. This draw back has been lessened since then, however 8. Laboratory and classroom space at a premium in both departments. The pas sage of the coll«‘ir** building amendment on August 23 might eventually alleviate that condition. 4. Perhaps 4he most outstanding criti cism of our two departments is the most valid: research is neither desired nor en couraged on this esmpus. Although sny one of those reasons is sufficient to remove s school from the AGS list, it is unususl that all four of them apply to A. A M. Surely, dreumstanceH alone are not to blame. Let’s pull the “nigger” out of the woodpile!” With such a distinguished man as Dr. F, W. Jensen heading the department, perhaps the chemistry department will eventually re gain the good graces of the American Chem ical Society ... a powerful organisation. It’s Been a Quiet Summer... It’a been a quiet, but hot summer term. Very little has been accomplished and a few changes in administrative positions have been made But as a whole, everyone has been going to school. To name a few—‘‘minor" changes—Dean of the Graduate School and Arts aad Sci ences T. D. Brooks was placed on modified aervios; Dr. M. T. to euecssd him. Dr. F. R Clark was dis missed as head Of the Economics Deiiart moot, replaced by Dr. G W. Randle. W. L. I'enberthy was named Dean of Men to re- place J, W. Rollins, who resignM to aooept a similar position at East Texas State Teach-" fU|0|gBr V 0. ”8i.»kc" White, director of Intra- murii AthleUrs, was apnointsd director of Student Activities, replacing Joe Sktlea, who IfHpi MMM fiappS’MMacer at Nortl.TBi State College Luther A*’ "Luke” Harrieon, of the Physical Education Department will be Deaa of Men at the Bry an Army Air Field Annex next month. Cl. Byron Winstead resigned aa director of col lege Information and Publications, replaced by MjMAdcreon Shuffler of the Ivvi i .) merit Fund l The Athletic Depuitmmt wee strength ened by the addition of Harry Stiteler. And LU Dim mitt resigned as assistant football coach. In addition, the Routhwe«t’s first alter- nating-current network calculator Waa to st allAci to the Electrical Engineering Build- ing. C. W. Jackson resigned as radio editor of the Extension Service, replaced by Andy Ad ams. . . J The “blue star” was regained bv the Cadet Corps after a one-year loss. .1. . . Thk Aggie Players and Singing Cadets pre sented toe Gilbert A Sullivan ‘The Mikado”. . -,- -T W. R. ‘TBill” Carmichael was named Director of Athletics, first full-time employee to that position. . . . E. N. Holm green, form erly business manager of the college, was panted a year’s leave of absence to serve ee had of an agricultural mission to Greece. .. The Veteran Students Association sponsorec a key design contest and an All-College Dance with Johnny Sullivan’s Orchestra. Dr. John P. Abbott of the Department of En glish, was named assistant to the dean of the college at Bryan Field Annex. Classroom buildings were moved from Camp Wallace to accommodate the influx of students and faculty additions Dr, G. 8. Frape, a member of toe Chemistry div laion of the Agricultural Experiment Station, retired after 44 years’ service. .... Six older dorms on the campus were rejuvenated and lounges have been started in Dorms ' aad 10. Dr, F. W. Jensen waa appointed new head of the Department of Chemistry to replace Dr. C. CHedgeu, And, we mustn't forget that A. A M. was granted $6,000,000 under the College Build ing Amendment. Yes, it’s been a quiet summer term One World . . • a That new magaxtne. Unit'd Nation* World, will eschew all such expressions as "foreign” or “foreigners” (foreign to or from what? it asks), as well as all talk about “distant places” (distant from where?) or “strange cultures’’ (strange to whom?). We consider this a damn good policy which more of us should adopt. But we think the United Nation* World might go a st^) further and change its masthead so it won’t read the way it has up to now: “Subscriptions: $4.00 one year. . . Foreign postage, $1.00.” 1 —TONI A RECENT bride, in filling out her wed ding data blank for the Waterbary Connec ticut Americas wrote under “decorations for reception—Four Rotes and Throe Feathers. TMl 8T01Y OP TUB PM. •? Dm Milan ol LOOK, with as laaretfMtlea by J. Mgar Maa- far. 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New topics include: how the war affected Am erican minorities; the treatment of the Japanese in the United States during the war; intercuitaral edu cation; the passage of laws for bidding race discrimination; Am erican Indian poliev; the results m; toe of anti-Semitism; fate of die- The Battalion the Battalion, official aswspapw of tho Agrk Station, Taxaa, Is publi.hcd tri-weekly and ixeept daring the saauaar whoa H ia puhtti CoOega sf Taxaa and the Oty sf JT, aad Batatday after rots $4 per school y Boom it ■my bo mods by taftsahsos 14-B444) er at the iMtirial efthsL laoas », Admi ^ r larr<1: ** tdri’bon# (4404) or at the Stodeat Activities Office, at tame * w> C £ZZ: Ha. TaaUi AS* MODEL AIRPLANE MPPIJE8 ^JotMaS porting Goods pv t-tsn aiv pruU.ie.l in Hi tmpm AIR CONDITIONBD op«m iioo e-a. /Pi<. 4-1 my - 2 DAYS - Tuesday • WedneNda> The AVALON CLUB IS ML W. 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He ie offering the following courses:: 318 (14)) 1 The Acts of Apostles S9 319 (2-0) 2 Pauline Epistles TTh 9 321 (1-0) 1 The General EpisUes _FU - ABBOTT and 00NTELL0 —1*«» ••Buck Privatcu Cornel I ome M mmmmafAmmmdgmmmrnm —ALNO— fl/W/l U1 under heading ‘ Religious College Catalogue ua Education”) Tuesday Wednesday’ Thursday Friday and Saturday ^Unexpected Guest” — with— BOX BOYD There will be NO Pre- vue Saturday Night — After the last showing Saturday evening, the Campus will be cloned/ far repairs and re mod eling. ... ipsa SEPT. 14th