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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-
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WED. - TOURS. - FRI. - SAT.
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