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•/ Battalion I E DITORI ALS W * i y > Rage 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1947 fNjLwV New Student Government... • With the approval of a new form of atu- dent government by the Dean of the College. . A&M has emerged from a mire of confusion and bewilderment in the realm of student af fairs. Drifting along not knowing exactly who was responsible for what, students have had little sense of self-government. Things apparently “just happened,” with ho obvious motivation or guidance. . Now, however, with the new student rep resentative type of government, school pd- : itics should be more directly ih the hands of the student body. This plan differs from previous forms of student government employed at A4M in. that it will work on three different levels, and will be built around a group of 34 student representatives elected from campus dormi tories and student housing centers. Five standard committees and one guid-. ing or senior committee to be known as the Student Council, will be selected from and by tlje 34 student representatives at their first meeting. Basic problems will be handled by these standard committees, but those items lying beyond their scope will be referred to the Student Council. Matters pertaining to policies of the college and finance, will be referred through the Student Council to the Student Ufe Committee. This committee will be made up of the cadet colonel, the corps executive officer, senior and junior class presidents, the Bat- ‘talion co-editors, ten faculty members and fohr members elected from the student body in; a general election. • With these three main branches function- in|; in harmony, there should be no need of overloading any one person; one of the worst faults of previous student governments. ; Through the five standard committees, . which will work constantly, the mess hall, hospital, and Exchange Store will be checked from day to day for Irregularities which would infringe upon student rights. In ad dition, a reception committee will operate for the purpose of greeting viaitine delega tions to the campus, and ah election com mittee will be set up to supervise campus elections. One difficulty in the set-up has alfeady been pointed out, but it is ft difficulty that can be corrected. Committee members will be chosen from s small group, which may not include those beet suited for the particular task. Again if there are two men, capable, willing to wo#k, but both living in the same dormitory or area, only one can be elected a student representative, and the college cannot make use of the talent of the other. So we suggest, that each standing com mittee, be allowed to choose from the school at large one other student who will also be come a full-fledged committee member. This would certainly help in making sure that manpower was not wasted, and that the committees really function. Students will have the right through their student representative to subtnit their own ideas on campus affairs to the standard committees, Student Council, or Student Life Committee for proper action. This is a con dition that has never before existed on the A&M campus, and which will tend to place all students on a more equal footing, insuring a fair representation to many gtoups, who prior to this time have had no voice in the student body, On paper, this student government looks superior to any we have had previously. Boon we will be called upon to select the men who wiQ make It work. If good men file for office; if the beet of the candidates are chos en; if the representatives when elected take their responsibilities seriously, we should have at A. A If. a student government of the highest calibre. •Up Borrowed Time Can Prove To Be Profitable Flotsam a Jetsam "St/tci debris for ell to By Dave Btuci and Mack Noun —* Th* tsU Mr. Wsbster of diction- 1 As MacKenzie Sees It. *. • Bow to Verdict or Stand Alone Is Russia’s Poser By Dr WITT MarKENZIC AP P»r«*ia Attain Analyti One tumultuou* w«ek has pou-4 •d since the western democracies, paced by America, opened their offensive in the United Na- major Too Much Ragweed in Austin... the University transmitted to me through the the ; With regret, the Battalion rea4a the dis- nutchcs from Austin telling of the Dobie • Not too many years ago, the University gested that 1 try some of the "new c of. Texas had a substantial aoadMftlfttrepu- vi>tn|*d for the tresUnent of bay fe tation and wah climbing fast into the "gold- 'h hsd asid that I have tried, en*. dosen” of the top U. S. achools. Two mqn contributed more than any others to-this reputation; J. Frank Dobie. teach erof English, founder of the “South- •»WM ■upport foeut world attention on the threat to pence produced by Rumia'i tac tics for Afire* •it*, expansion of Crxnmuniun — and already global opinion a ■ represented in the U. N. ha* rendered a veh ement verdict condemning Rod method*, ■arrinff the her satellite*, the Ho- which Russia claims is designed to rive America control of western Europe, was being earnestly stud ied in both Washington and Paris without regard to Soviet oppoei- tion. The program developed by the 16 nation! in the French capital it divided into two parts. One is a long term proposition under which America would provide fit,- :n(i.ooo,(»oo through the years 1948-61 for general rehabilitation. The other is an emergency call for food and some other pressing necessities. west School” in literature and Pulitier Prize historian, was one of them. The other was Dp. T. S. Painter, now president, bio-genetic ist who hid carried further the work of his fofmer colleague Muller, who last year re ceived the Nobel Prize in genetics. • 'This past week, Dobie and Painter have stqed on either side of a line drawn in sand, defying each other to “draw me over." This should have been a battle of titans. But what happened? Read these statements to the press: Dobie . *1 told President Painter that I did not want to resign from the University and did not want to be fired, also that I was not going to teach this fall. ' “I told him that only once during the last 10 years or so have I taught in the Uni versity during the fall; that 1 never expected to stay in Austin again during the hay fever season and that I would not consider it fair to either my colleagues or students to start in teaching and then pull out for the last six weeks of the fall term. “Under date of June 26, the president of vl»t Union >Un<D virtually alone In this great Issut among nations who would llks to ba Its friends Of enura* the ultimate objective of th« westam offensive Is to form Russia through public opinion abandon th« methods ah* has been pursuing, but It remains to be demonstrated whether she will bow to the vvrtlct There are doubts on that score Yesterday BriUin, the last of the Big Five to mount the sssem bly rostrum, declared her poeition through Minister of State Hector McNeil and ranged herself solidly with the United States, who pre ▼iously hsd been joined ly France budget Council, a letter disapproving the ap plication. In this letter the preeident sug- drugs de- fever.' 1 said that I have tried, without avail, all sorts of serums and nostrums.” i ... A? Painter: 1 “I am informed officially that Mr. J. Frank Dobie, professor of English, has refuted to report for duty this current semester. By .this action, his connection with the University of Texas has terminated as of September 15, 1M7, and I am accordingly, notifying the auditor to drop his name from the payroll of this institution.” Dobie. who hat been with the University off and on since 1914, has been on leave the past four years. If he had retained his stat us one more year with the University, the «£ « » protege of Brit.sh for DD-year-oM professor would have been en- Sign minister Bevin, lined up his titled to modified service, permitting him to c ® u ntry with America in * drsms- teach one semester and to lay off one semes ter. [ With the firing of Dobie, the University severed connections with the second out spoken campus critic of its administration. Dobie had frequently sniped at Painter and regenta in the adminudration of University attitude affairs ever since the Firing of Dr. Homer P. problems. Rainey from the institution's presidency in i Meantime the Marshall plan, 1944. T ' • | ★ Seems a pity there is so much ragweed in Auatin! < Italy, Athens, Palestine- All Are in Texas By JACK RlTt.KtMlft riiUS f*r«M By HOWABD a 1BYN (For BA TVmiai) HOLLYWOOD. 9*1 14 (API- Some of the fcromtsHkg young play tfl around Hollywood Ire begin ning to wondOT if biographical films aro the klaa of death. Mors than on* potential star introduced to fame by the life -lory modiuSl has gone into at Moat partial eclipse thereafter. Larry Parks and Robert Alda were heralded with much drum- beating is “The JOlson Story” and ' Rhapsody is Bloe ” At the moment Parks is chew ing his fiet and glowering at Co lumbia's Harry Cbhn. He weot from $7B to 1750 a week, but now he ia singing the ud<kst song Hollywood ear! can hear: he wahta more money. _ Aida’s dehut, as Oerihwtn, was delayed almost two yean. After fmwhinK "Rhapsody in Blue” he went into "f inderella Jones,” which was held up until after “Rhapsody” was released. And thereafter he got a series at sup porting roles, in “Cloak and Dag ger," ‘The Man I Love" and “Nora Prentias,” until finally his Warner Bros, contract was terminated by mutual consent. I asked Alda what he thought of such situations as his and Parin’. “There are many reasons, of course, why things work out the way they do," he said. T can un derstand why they held 'Rhapsody in Blue.’ They wanted an unknown in the role of Gershwin. But I think it would have been smarter, in developing a star, to follow up ‘Rhapsody* quickly with a really outstanding picture to support the S nality they had introduced So /. “Parks' ease was a little differ ent His role as Jolson, after all, was impersonation—even to Black- face. We didn’t see Parks. Mine as Gershwin, I think, was consid- •rably mere In the nature of ehar- scteriiatlon. Look how much bettor Cornel Wild* fared. He had a bio graphical role In 'Song to Remem her—Chopin. But he waa on* of those boys whose services shared by two or thro* producers. Each tried to outdo the other. That sustained hie preotige. “However, I waa on* of the luek lest guys in the worid, and don't think I don't know it What hap pened to me haJBpeni to one actor in a thousand, rd never boen In a picture before I played Gershwin ary, Btme intimates that FttBfttlt and Jetsam is the debti* rati up an the sho.e* of the ocean, la aai among all this trash can sometimes bo found srtiotba of value and In toraat In our daihr life at AftM utWhoting and worthwhile article* are often eaet ip, bit go unnoticed The two boachcomben ' this column will attorn worthier trho writ* . _ IttompTU glean the Worthier material from the beach for your edification. * The LBTK Club- seem to hate loot their fight from the looks of the skirts the data* wore this WOklt-UM.' According to D. Fields meet of y mt dreoso* looked like a potatoes with a. drawstring around the middle. Roy Lewis's version it that most of them lock *d like a little girl's dress that had dropped six inches and seeded hitching up. Warning note: girls, if you hope to get anything better than a goal line seat in the anti cipated rush for the T. U. game yon had bettor get some kind of drasa in’which you can step out and not be restricted to little mliwing step* of eight or nine indies. * okesman of Ac Fourth Estate at TU assailed the A4M directive forbidding the “rebellious pro tests” which it claims ia a "basis perhgative." It would seem that in the citadel of our traditional rival that there it compassion for us. whether Justified or not Word cornea from Harry Boy er’s Housing Office that incoming night communications from any quarter will hereafter be handled directly through his office. Only 80 more shopping days till Christmas. w Wonder if someone is going to offar any prises to the men of LMI* Aggie land for the beat Mot- nftft you eoR't mtaa if you pur- ehae* • Tewn-Hall ticket for M. After whipping out our ■lt»-*(irk« and hurting them op for 1.4 e#e- onds, wo find that t were two- bits par program enable* tot to slip by Boyd Rogers end ni« eo- Mote—The Twelfth Mon" M it the school tong. What Is the why and whdrefore dofflhfl bt headgear? for muco Now that fashions are predomi nant ia the news and women are again wearing suits, a recent in cident comes to mind that should bo told. It concerns o To co-ed who entered on# of Austin's fash ionable etothing store* to buy A suit The clerk asked what atjrk the up-to-date young co-ed want ed. Blushingtp the answered "Double-breasted, of course." AIR CONDITIONED Opens 1:00 p.m. Ph. 4-1181 It waa probably juat an un canny accident, but pionoen .ho named TWu. towna for Kreattl, KoW Elect* and Eastern cities have them placed on the map just about like they are originally. For instance, says the Tyler tel Officers for Year ■r ■ . _ and China. So the Big Five lineup egraph: Athens, Tex., is south of on this issue is America, Britain, Parie. Tex, Palestine. Tex. ia France and China versus Russi*. southeast of Athens, and Italy, The other nations — barring the; tex. is west of Athens. That’s the Soviet dominated countries— also j way they are abroad, have been flocking about the ban- N(Wir Y ork, Tex. is southwest of ner of Democracy. ( 4 <-tUni T*x, and Washington, Tex McNeil, 37 year old Scotsman tic address which was directed mainly to Russia. This quick mind ed, tough talking young statesman — whoae two-fisted methods are rather reminiscent of Bavin’s — first hammered the Muscovites c ar tha|re Snd then appealed to them to drop 0 r « ou tK, what he described as their un- i Tk .. t v • toward world T.he mail continues to bring in explanations of how Texas towns h south of New York. And across !n imaginary Atlantic (on the Texas map I London (new or old) r east of New York. The telegraph admits that it’s a little hard to explain what Canton it doing betweeei Athens and Paris or how Pittsburgh landed between Boston snd New York, or why Carthage is east of Athens instead Letters Only 2 More Davs A First-Run Feature BUGCBOTIONH Dear Editor: The following are a ftw sugges tion* that Wo bolieve would be hefoful at the football games. Piret, there would be much toe* broken glee* in the stands if «ve. ryon* would pas* empty bottles down to the front to b* thrown out of the stonde. - Next, to avoid eftor*gumo rush ami congoatlos, why couldn’t the gote on the east side of th* stands be oponed? Ldbt, If everyone would refrain from standing on the seats, more People could watch the game and the yell leaden. BILL LONDON, ’49 LAURENCE SEXTON. ’49 OverHea* AftHignment • • • lirhard King, first male society editor of Jniversity of Oklahoma Daily, will not Pigeon English the University o get to cover Princess Elisabeth’s wedding. '"“ten her Royal Highness walks down UteUisle, King may be trudging over the campus here, lookup for a new job. It all atarted when Sports Editor Leon Beit aaked the student Senate to finance hia coverage of the Hoontra* game against the University of Detroit—In Detroit next Fri day. King, a student senator aa well aa society editor, said if Bert got a free trip to Urtroit. he should go to England to report the royal 'nuptlajr . The senate turned them both down and This sound* suspiciously like a number of variations on the 'Same theme that we’ve 1 heard before but, for what it’s worth, Am- wrtean Airlines received this pidgin English messagu from an irate Oriental: "Mr. Bag gage Man, American Airline, United States of Loe Angelee Gentleman dear sir; 1 damn seldon where my suitcase are. She no fly. You no more fit to baggage master than for cripeaakea that's all I hope. Whets the mat- tlftr you?" Ouenton Peters, general editor of the dally, fired King allegedly for Inefftolency. The faculty ia considering the matter, Cowboy Song America’sOnly Genuine Music II The Battalion The Mttalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Me • [Station. Texas, la published five times a week and dr •f College iBtetion, Texas, la ouwlahed glgntsoft, except during holidays and examination periods, shed semi-weekly. Hubscription rato >4 per school year, j News contributions may be made win Hall- Claselfiad ads Stay be placed iln H* ar College of Texas and th* City led every Monday through Friday th* summer The Battalion ia pub- by tolepho i by toieph ne ( 4-8444) or at the editorial office. Room !0l, Good- (4404) or it the Student Activities Offic.. Room 100, Goodwin Ball. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for re peblkatien of all tad to B or riot otherwise credited in the paper sod local news at spontaneous * Rights of rejmbilcatkm of all other matter herein art a)*o marvad. i Mofeatchee eredi published herein . Knurr! as s*eo*4-etaw Ratter at fjst Otfm at Cottas* Station. Tstas. unSw i? 4* d Ceeer— * Msrrk ». HT*. Member Associated (ollegt. Press CHARUE MURRAY, JIMMIE NELSON T lav, DbVM rirgOwe* - Mark T. Notan , Louta Mores*. Xasnath bo^4 A D. Bruo*. J» . Honor! -WW* MM* Feature Uttar Faature Writer* ' iT •apewanto aattanslhr to Nottanal A! irilfiNi fcwtoa. las. at Ns* fsti C*W. ; kka#u Um hseolw. an! Sea Fra nr taro (V Editor* • wriw . Ban LaaforS. W o. w. K Cotritta. U Omjr. .... L.itom wmmn • - -CtVtOCMBtBU AtoarttaR# Mnnaerr EDGARTOWN, Max*., Sept. 24 (AP)—The cowboy song is the only genuinely Americas music at the present time, says Bernard Wagenaar, New York comgetor. Tile Dutch-born musician, how ever, say* that th* outlook la promialng for the creation of m- rious music “essentially American." Whan an authentic American style comes, he aays, it will not ba based on folk music, at ia the na tional music In Europe. “Aside from th* cowboy songs," he claims, “there Is no genuine folk music In this country. Although he describes cowboy music a» “ottroettvr and Interest ing," Wagenaar adds. "It t* hard ly th* background for serious mu- sic in th* larger fonsa." “Negro music is not Americdn folk music,' 1 he explains, “It Is Afrisan In origin. Our Indian mu sic M Indian rather than Ameri can. Kentucky ballads are an Inher (tone* from England. Crvolo song* are French, “Out of such Ingredient* you can't make a genu toe American salad—-something must be added.” Wagenaar bcUeves that such music will arise from “th* fueing of nationalities in Otis country, udding, “It la not something that chn be attained by ^reperataly striving for it “That soirit which will be call ed typically American will moat likely be marked by two very strong American characteristics— a healthy exuberance and a c! ing sentimentality." Wagenaar, who Kao lived In th* United Staten for 27 years, working on bis fourth symphony. were named end why C. P. Melton of Mercedes says Arp, Tex., was named for e news- C iper editor—Bill Arp of the At- nta Constitution. He's one of the few newsmen honored in Texsf by having a town named for him. Mel ton said Arp was both established and named by his father after s previous name—Strawberry — had b,-« n turned down by the postof- fiee department because there were so many others named Straw berry. Iraan was named for Ira G. Yates snd hia wife Ann, on whose land the town la built save Mrs. Mae Sammons of Midland. (Inci dentally, there ia a town named for Mre. Semnion-' husband — Sammons, Tex., near Mission.) n (pronounced Pay' Coes, as very good Taxan knows) waa nsm- rd for s Spanish explorer. Post, Tax., waa named for C. W. Post, noted cereal manufactur er, Han Perlite was named for the wife of on* of I hr founder* of Willacy county. Her name waa Peerl, Another valley town named uftor a woman ia KMa. Another Is Donna, writ** Mr*, ft. C. ftodri- guet of MeAlten. Robert B. Price Was elected president of the Kream and Kow Klub for the Fall semester at special meeting of the club Mon day night. Other officers elected at last night’s meeting are: E. V. Nietney cr, vice president, D. C. Kolberg, secretary-treasurer, snd F. W Moore Jr., Ag. Council represents live snd eulb reporter. D. C. Marsh instructor of dairy production, was elected as the new club sponsor. He succeeds Prof. A. V. Moore who has been sponsor for the past 6 yean. After the election of officers and chib sponsor, the new pnxy ap pointed a program committee and a social committee, coos is ting of 3 men each. Before adjournment. Prof. A. L. Darnell summarised the history of A&M dairy cattle judging teams snd explained the National Dairy Show to be held at Watorloo, Iowa next week. DeLUXE CAFE — Bryan — Where all Aggies meet “We Sam the Beet" Tlan LADD DOIOTMY UMOUt sown HUSTON UOVO NOUN . ; , • —Alaq NEWS — M-G-M C ARTOON GUI ON HALII WEDNESDAY — THIRHDAY M-O-NTt HCHNICOLOt PtIZI PICTUMI LACK’S Auto Stores JOE FAULK, '32 Southside 217 8. Main College Bryan ft-ll# i: MM Ponitiotift Open In Civil Service C ommiMion Mis for “the Th* Civil Bei ennounces examinations po.itions of Vocational Instructor (Agriculture) | and Instriictnn. (Culinary), (Dairying), (Truck Gardening), (Carpentry), (Elec trical), (Painting and Decorating 1 (Plumbing), (Machine Shop), and (Power Plant). Entrance salaries range from 12495.60 to 23,021.00 per year. Employmaat will ba with the Federal Correctional Institutions at La Tuna, Seagoville, and Tax arkana, Texas. Application forms and further information may be obtained from H. N. Yardiey at the poet office. AOOODFtSO. New York Cafe III i. Main Bryan m ATTENTION Bryan Field Agglcit! Leave your ihoea to be repaired at An nex Exchange Store. Prices seme aa at Campus Store HOUCK’S Boot Shop N. Gate — College TtCHNKOtOR Fill theYearlin WAL eftKOOftY JAM PICK ; WYMAN am rictuti r CONING: FRIDAY A SATURDAY “Brute Man* ft % U i 1 * ^ “Getting Gertie’a Garter" COMING: h—And etopriu sum « me net • Nttodu m m