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Battalion editorials Page 2 it WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER IT. 1»47 ‘Constitution Week’ ; .. ^ WHKHKAS, on September 17, 1787, by it* formal ratification, the Constitution of the United States of America became a reality and during the coming week will have gached its 160th Anniversary; and WHEREAS, our Constitution has been recognized throughout the world as the great est man-mim document in all history ami is today proclaimed as the bulwark of human Uberties anil rights and the inspiration of people of all races who love and strive for needom an{l its attendant privileges; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate for all citizens to develop an intelligent familiarity with our Constitution and thereby become more and more deserving of the heritage handed down by successive generations of its makers: NOW THEREFORE BE IT KNOWN, that we. Roy Vick as Mayor of the City of Bry an; Ernest Langford as Mayor of the City of College Station; and A. S. Ware as County Judge of Brazos County, Texas, do hereby officially proclaim thfe seven days from Septem ber 17 through September 24, 1947, as “Constitution Week,’* and respectfully call upon our citizens one and all to reflect upon and become more familiar with this great charter of human liberties and rights in Order that we may be privileged to help preserve our country and-other liberty-loving nations and races, and in order that, in tne words of the immortal Lincoln, " , ... . government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earch.” WITNESS <h1k HANDS IhU Ifilh day of 8*|itMiiber, A. D. 1047. ROY M. VICK,. Mayor «f the City of Bryan, i A* Bi WAUr 1*' < 'minty Judge of tyraxoa Cdunty, Texas. The Battalion can't deny that the almvr lUHa’Imnatlon Isn't both fitting and sincere. HuVfcVer, We can't see why «»t»e week out of the A2 should lie set aside as “Constitution Wiaik". Why couldn't every week lie honored so. Not so much by looking at the Constitution with reverent awe, but by practicing some of Its principles. Too often in the past nur only Contact with this document has l>een in the breach rather than In the observance { • B E[ p V y Recent events tend to bear out many in- j Mlktttie* where the Constitution ha* laim [ shown little respect. Here in Tcxn* many j-f Latin-American*, qiuny of them citizen*, were denied the right Jor Several days.to * travel to other states to seek higher pay mid 1 better working conditions. ERNEST LANUFORD, Mayor of the City of College Station. Letters II fkrru.v nn: hookiivm ... School foi As Mackenzie Sees It.... to the Bryan Fi and many theon aa to why wa n totiA jruarri* at Tha majority Future of Italy ‘Hangs In Balance’ After Peace Treaty it? iMvtrr w* kr.Nxir aV r»Nta» XM.iw amOM When the Constitution baeame a reality in 17H7, It was a compromise between small and large states. Many thought it Impracti cal. Yet the men who wrote It were very far- sighted. They made provUkms whereby It could lie amended to meet any situation. They reallxed that In a dynamic society this was necessaryi Since then some 21 amend ments have been made, Including the Hill of Rights. Under the CoiMtltutlon our nation has survived many trials. Even a bloody civil war failed to disrupt Its Intents and demo cratic motives. With an excellent record behind us, this i* no time to becoflw complacent, It’s about time we start practicing what the Consti tution ha* been "preaching” for the la.*t 160 years. A« ths «lgn» n>a«l Iht bulUs I* j Cummuiili*. srv siloptilia tlrsallr alMtut l« t»c juinatl belwsDii Iks iiu.N.ur«. KuiMlsy, un tk«' svs of SMlera Mar (kssitiM liy HurrIs) 1 sml lk» wssism M<m i)»4 hy Amst • irs) to dstonalas wketkor Italy skslt W«tns an otksr wlttotlts Bhlns or wkrtk- •r «ko «hstV k* so lni|rt»n4M ta>m«Hrsey. It's an ireolr Ism |M*or* tesaty, PalmtNi To Bringing Home the Bacon... Life gets down to pretty bare essential* sometimes, and when it does, complex prob lems are forgotten in the wake of big ones. Right now, in the United States of America, the problem -of “bringing home the bacon" becomes so critical that we hardly have enough nervous energy to think about such What do the |>oliticians say about it? Asserting that the size of American |H>rts is much too great. Senator Robert Taft (R-Ohiol suggested that high food prices could be remedied if people would “eat less extravagantly.” He added that exports can’t go on at the “rate of $15 billion dollars long-range matters as the rehabilitation of a year without having an effect on prices. Euro|>e or prevention of another war. Our biggest worry is how to pay our bills. Es pecially food bills. One member of the Battalion staff com- E leted a four-thousand mile trip through the I. S. between semesters. When he left, he thought Texas food prices were high. He found Louisiana a little worse, and Virginia higher yet. When he got to New York, he found prices fantastic. Now he is bark in Texas, and though he recognizes how much better off Texans are than Other |*eople, he ke tnat ~ !rh< (hut thin ffesk trIbulfttlnn •houM »lr»csnil on Ik* Ih'sIcm ■ml itiRtmuirkt 0»WSi WoWrsSs j ttomnns Just sn Iks Ricninf of ths psMs trttty by ths AllisR farmnlly otfOnlirtM ths end of World W«r II fof Italy. Stripped of much money and ter ritory and, what hurt* worst, of her poaition a« a great power, her .government now ia facing § fight for ita life with a powerful Com munist party. The Alltea signed treat tea with •tgllatll, Huaalan Italian (nminufUt leader, mads a bitter apeeck III which he i iM. "ilUuT •’karnsrl Amerlsa with “working •* iwvw* pagsrly pi prepare a hew war. Me al*D (•rltlrlled I'realilsnt Tru man and Pope Ptua, A m of "dealh td Truman" n ironic WM voiced by |iethapa n dnRen of r I re u ntalance ^'e Ikrtmg listening to Togllattl. While tbl» Riwei'k waf being de Hvered the country waRibeing tom by tahor trouble, whl^b Premlhr Abide de (JaRperi'*] Christian Democratic Party ihargpR were In- Rplred by leftiRta Italian harve.i. were thivatene*! by a strike of 1.000,000 farm laborer*. I,eadcr» of *50,(MM) metal worker* announce«l that they would begin a 4* hour strike Usky. It Is worthy of noth that the United States arvl Britain must liras AGGIIUND Dear Kdltnr: We read with great Intsreat am disguat your recent article on Uu naming of tha farmer Bryan Ah Field (Little Aggieland). We re gret that we were not on hand It time to enter the contest. However we would like to make a belate< and, we think, appropriate ang B tion: Mr. GilchriM'a B YS. Thank you, 8 Signatures Names withheld by quest ★ ARMED GUARD In a recent hull session the top ic of the armed guard at the gaU to the Bryan Field Annex aroae theonaa were advanced need to have gun thia institution, majority beltevad that this gunman was employed to protact our freshman clnna from the bru tal, maniacal, and aadiaticnl tor tures which, according to the Dal las Morning News, the Board of Directors, the Administrmtkn. and many other graduates of Texas University, have degraded and en dangered the morale and physical existence of past freshman cf ea. But a minority held that this wasnH it at all. The guard waan't to keep I least la I upperclassmen OUT, hut rather ha Is to keep the fn<*hm*n IN. They contend that if the fish were allowed out, they may discover that It's not true that freshmen In nil college* IIn- In tar-paper shacks sans plumbing, hut In soma schools freshmen arh t mated just Itks people anil are allowed to live in doimllories equipped with real honest lo-UaWd Induin' toilets. And If Ihs fish were alloweik to hroome thus Informed, they may paek their hags and go clacwhere, One evOt suggested that In view of the fact that freshmen no longer wear fish stripes, (hey mlghl have PW written on their backs In large white letters In or- ler that they may feel more In Thi» Changing World And YOU—Science Digest’ , By Mr*. Wllnora Arnold Bender's Adviser FHE SCIENCE DIGEST READ ER Windsor Press, 1*47. Are you merely an Idle hystand- ir in the great drama of science remaking oor world! Obviously yoti can't read all the thousands of volumes of scholarly beaks and magaxine articles pouring from wlentlfie pans, but here is a hook >n science that brings you into the thick Of the plot. This little hook tells what this changing wot Id means TO YOU, The editors of Science Digest, upon the occasion of the tenth birthday of that distinguished pub- >Ught er from the initial shock of defeat and turn against the A. J. Liehling, the reporter whose unrl mmm France helped to t his Paris Utter one of the mit- !>landing features of the The NEW YORKER, selected and edited thia mate rial, whieh ia drawn from tha entire field af Resist* nee liter*- uire His commentar alone makes the publication of The REPUBLIC OF SILENCE a noteworthy event. Some of the stories, at least, are deserving of a lasting place in the history of patriotic literature. lioation, have broil together, the cream of the articles publish <*d during* those eventful years. The result, you will find, is one of the moat abeorbing and inform- ativ,. books to be published in years. You will find the latest word from outstanding authorities in every field of scientific endeav or, coveting such diverse * objects as medicine, the weather, animals, speech, crime, astronomy, and dot- ens of others. . A THE REPUBLIC OF SILENCE. Liehling, A. J., editor). Harcourt, New York, IW7. What makes one man submit to oppression, nnd another relad! At wh*t point does the quiet, law •hiding rRisen get up and lake law Into his own hands! How ex treme mttat the pmvoealbm he br fore men begin to whisper ivvolt * This li the ilay by day story of the French HustsUnee movement It Is the raw stuff of history fglt i*l fmm the underground press wbnb, undri the oeeupatbm, iwr* IHdually waged a war of ideas ngninst the conqueror. Written by mm in cMtstanl ilen- ger of arrest and tortufti at the hnnds of the Urstapu, these selm Ilona eronte an nnforgvUahle pie turn of France doriog the war yenm Xono' of ihe wliters reprv aetded heir L>i»ls Arayoo nod Fram nis Maorino, for Instance - were woH known la-fote Ml.llt; oth. ers, -nch as Verrors ami Vladimir Posner, cstahlished their reputa tions during the wimpatbin*, msny wen- anonytnoos patriots who re fuse! to be stiflrtl nod spt»ke not,' “kMimr." iTnX^M S • k,lr >• "«*• style while being herded about h? iheir pistol-parkin' guanls. The one thing that every bne did agree on Is that "our" admin istration will go to any length- to destroy the Aggie way of life, the hood and bad of whieh they sum up in the one ugly way of And if employment of gunmen falls to' halt nil that which we of this nnd past classes have gained by being Aggies, then What’s Cooking WEDNESDAY 8 p.m.—Senior Ctaaa Meeting, Assembly Hall. 7:15 p.m.—Hillel Club Meeting, YMCA. THURSDAY/ 4:30 p.m. — Commentator staff meeting, Room 208, Goodwin Hall. 6 p.m.--Athletic offieera, veter an team managers, Room 801, Goodwin Hall. 7 p m.—College Night i 7:30 p.m. Veteran wives moet- *g, YMCA chapel, j it$0 p,m. — Agriculturist staff PwDAV RlK>m ^ Goodwin Hall. 7 n,m.- Battalion staff meeting. R tOl, loin Hail. URDAY F(M)thall game, ABM versus Mouthwestern UMveralty, tt l* - All-College Dane* at 'I he Grove, . / 7. J b4i» RATU TR# AVAIjON am I# Ml W. Bcyau Hwy ll Mklta ymir patronage Wa serve the beat of food REA FOODS IN SEASON K. C STEAKS •OUnOMUf FRIED CHICKEN Air Conditioned — Beautiful Dane# Floor. For fteoer. « MStFIl withdraw their occupation troops maybe next year cell blocks will from Italy within ninety days of be tried. the signing of the pence treaty, thus leaving the govtmment to look after itself. Moreover Moscow Rep. Sabath (D-IU) countered that only the poor people, who are unable to pay high food pricee, must cut their eating ator Taft “and his wealthy friends." In> stead. Sabath proposed government anti trust investigations be broadened to include five groujis which he charged are “responsi ble for the ever-increaaing high coat of liv ing." In a letter to Attorney General Clark, the 31-year-old dean of the houae Hated the five as meat packing. Blirv, produce exchanges, "fertilizer trust." and "the few men manipulate the board of trade four other nations besides Italy— Finland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. All except Italy already j has let it In- known thpt there is are within the Russian zone of in- a Molotov rehabilitation plan ready fluence. That circumstance isn’t * for the relief of those who desire happy omen for Italy. It means it. This is hoisted by the announce that the forthcoming fight be- ment of a bumper Russian grain tween Communism and the anti- harvest the Soviet Union being Red forces is going to bo a tough < virtually the only area’ in all Eu- one. rope where crops hafen't failed _ With the hope of forcing the is- or been had. So the word has gone not Sen- I sue in Italy before the Marshall out that Russia will he able to plan can la-come effective, the provide bread for the needy. Bigger Year for Clubs Seen; Elms Announces Meeting Dates By Duke llohlm C who Club activities will increase on the campus in 1947-48, even moreso than during the boom year completed in. June atill wotulern how to make tpat $90 stretch. Whn ilia-an’t wonder’ The ainrle vet- W dowxuw u-»<ie. I even moreso than during enn itudmit ftces the aunt jiroMemfst wc- * u W >M t“ 108 ^ lub - . . <mU land, for r,*t«ur.nt» *i,.l mow. hall* To avoid conhict betwwn h,mo town dub. and l«hmcal tav. to j** ate,,, the high cp of food. WO ZI L ^ "h,nkmg he l! re o? the w 1 |d nP <,, th ' 8tudra ‘ aoesn t iMt long. stylet for women. Aa Sabath made public of club met-ting date*. Also, Elm* An Aasofiated Priw* survey of the re- nis letter in Washington, a joint congreaa- 0U M* n » H i rules ami regulations re tail prto# of eight staple fiaxls in 13 key ,,^1 aubcommittee was pr*|>aring to open * lirrfl " ir clul ' or »faniRatli>n. cities In all aectiona of the nation showed %n investigation of food prices In the first K<lch rlu *; u r ^ u,ml th, following ovorjf. oh.ne. .1*1 nr leva ,, , wnn , of vMU> ho»ri»|. at Provldenc. from thdM for the same foods m the same R . L . ,1 i , th#r wtth ^ ^ cities a Inonth earlier: j Where It will all end, we don’t know. We addresses «f all club officers. Ac- Bacon, up four cents a |*ound lo H4 cent*; ireamwi laat night that we ate a anack <’•"'#•">•‘1* this infonMtlon pork choim up three centa to HO cents; round lunch at the North Gate, inying 50 cent* for ' ,hou , w , ,hr h, ’ u, • ' ln,l steak, up three cent* to Hfl cent#; bread un- a hamburger and a quarter for a coke. *nd h n changed; butter up 12 cents a i»ound to 90 topped It off with doughnuta, two for a L ra »etinv plats or bav, f^S w» cents; eggs up 14 cents a d(»aen to HO cents; quarter Not so fantastic at that, after some set th« date for their proposed of the prices our correspondent ran into on meetings should contact Elms at hiS Vacation trip. > Student Activities Offlc Sincerely, H. CHELF, ’46 * Team Managers Athletic Officens To Meet Tomorrow All athletic officers and vet team managers from military units, vet eran!*’ dormitories, trailer camps, project house*, vet village, and Collage View Apartments will meet in Room 301, Goodwin Hall Thurs day at 5 p. m. to get started on this year’s intramural program. According to Director of Student Activities, C. G. “Spike” White, big plans are in store this year for intramural activiUea. Fewer sports will be played this semester with the idea in mind of added concentration on the various sports, such as flag football, team tennis, and basketball, which will be play ed. CAMPUS WED. 4 TOURS. Ray Milland Loretta Young “The Doctor * Takes a Wife* FRI. - SAT. “Good Girls Go to Paris*’ —wit*— Joan Blondell v l*miHfg IK MR.* n„k SmMI. »m! Sirloin Club Jr rr\ RrrhMorlurs H-w-lotg r - I'Wfntouw' Knginrrnng etui) Pr* Mwl Unriolg Tl SMMY l to* *M MSi Aimnom, S-.t-l, M.io«, (Xub I nllwl Nr inn,. nub vm.ru .n rhnmiMrg Ni* i.lr A V M A Jr <’h«m.r Arrouatiaa Sorlrl, IMualrtal Mur*I MM Club UMNofr Club MkliaitaUAI Hrligimw Oeaupt Junior Y M C A ro***ril Hwow Y. M O. A. Council TNI MnUAT All I lam*-Town (Tubs l«lln Am*rir*n Hub KNIIIAY Nrh4»i.r.i,i|i Honor BocMt* MUM (llub milk U|i <>nc cent a quad to 20 cents; toma toes. m>. 2 can, two cents to 16 cents. The Nstlonal Institute of Diaper Ser« vices : ha* started a club for ex|>ectant fath ers, with diaper pin badge* free to all mem ber*. They think it unfair that the mothers get all the attention because ,ftc fathers have a tough time, too. ') > f -TIDE It HOT WEATHER in the Muncir, Indiana Morning Stars “Mr. and Mr*, (’harles H. Y Blackburn of Decatur. III. are visiting fiend* In Muncic this week." • ' the Student I Room 20N. (itMulwin Hall im. P 5 vxiic .. v , . c, A club aid program will be op The brand new Dixie ( ream Do-Nut Shop ,,^ t0 „rgH„i„Uona in (Kansas City, Kansas) ran a local newspaper certain features of aetivitiea. Club* ad last week which wa* headlined “Open To- may request funds to nnd rtpre- morrow." Then, unable to put off getting raataUvaa to national convanUnn*. started, the advertiser used this punch-line: * 1 ’ r ^ t !^n Take home a dozen tonight. TIDE I with each application for such funds, a budget of proposed expen ditures and income for the entire THE HOBOKEN (New Jersey) Obser- school year mast be aubnuti .i vor quoted a local minister a* saying in his Forms for this applieaUon maqr be uormiin * "Man uhniilfl have faith in obu,Md at th * "Ualent ActiYlties bister sermon. Man should nave laiin >n 0nly {iu9§ . fm y inf me b Utm HlUDONUlty. I arc eligible for this enihumement The Battalion llglhif AH club funds must be daposttMi wtth the Student Activities Of fice, and each organisation will be suppliad with a monthly financial statement of its account. The schedule of meeting days Is The Battalion, official Of College motion, Texas, ta afternoon, except during holiday* raekl! newspaper of tha Agricultural and Machanioal College of Taxaa and th# City I gjvfn below; however, Blm| point- s published flv* tham a Utah and otraolatad every Monday through FjiiUy ^ out that thoae clubs which have lolidaya and axaminaUosi ^rtods Durtag the aummar Tha BatUUonta pub- bMn meeting dates un | iption rata |4 par achool year Advertiaipg rataa furnished oa request. j factory to them may have the Nawi contrtbuUons may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at ths odltortal offica. Room ML Good U* 1 * changeii by^addreasing^ such Hail OlMaSed 13* may bo placed by tsWphoM (4-MI4) or at the Student Activities Offlco. Roam • re'"’* 1 Studt ’ nt AtUvities .rail. 2nt» Goodwin HaH for Tha Associated Preaa is iMfttod exclualvaly to W rraditad to It or not otherwlaa credited in tha papar and lot *1 nows of api in Rights of r* publication of all other raattar here In are atao raasrrsd. of all news dispatches origin published hare- SrSHS-- cjiAKUK MURRAY, JOOlAkjGc I Jrullrav . . • • 1 a *-• s • a s • • • 1.S • • • •’F * * * ' *^ * ' ’ # ^^^ ;:;j cs:.««*-»'• * »** .....j? (teeCMaf CMh Pm ££%£ J Oo-Editors pavts siiigmsa..., Ua*k , MsMt ...... rarsss. RswM" ^ itJ Urn OaeSwjra. .PSatur* WrSsn t’lriuUUM Msbm*' Office. MO^UAY Y M C A CahlMM K»-aanrKMw*«'a CluS Kr—aam-a flub n.t aaS Ml —lamlaei «'luh itM aa* 41*) Tl Rail AI i Ia4 aai Ml ARC A. a. a. c g a. a. m. a. . ^ a i. m a. a. t. w I. A. I. CMC laMitui* •! A—nesiawai N«i*«r* maaMI Braarh AmKmimmiv. 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