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TtTRRDAY, BEPTKMBKR 30. 1M7
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‘Penny’ Praises Aggies...
To be a real Aggie is something to wh ich every ntudent of our institution should
aspire. A reel Aggie is one who conducts himself as a gentleman under all conditions
and In all places. The people of the State of Texas expect more of Aggies than of
the students of other institutions of the State.
The studenU who attended the game in San Antonio conducted themselves as
Would be expected of students wearing the A. k M. uniform. The people of San An
tonio and the officials of our ichool were mighty proud of you. Keep up the good
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W. L. PENBERTHY,
Dean of Men .
Progress in ‘Great Issues’... I ^
On July 11, “The Battalion” previewed
the proposed Great Issues course to be of
fered at Dartmouth College this fall. For
the benefit of thoee not in school at the
time, here is a brief summary of that plan:
Great Issues Is a three-hour course which
is simply an analysis of contemporary na
tional and international problem*. The first
- hour is devoted to briefing the class in the
problem of the week by a faculty member.
A prominent guest of the college will lecture
on that subject the next hour. Finally, the
president of the college will lead the students
in a “SOcratic dialogue" the last hour. Each
student will have an opportunity to debate,
■diacuaa, and digest the thoughts presented in
the preceding Jwo houre during the final
MML
IVxtbooks are to be copies of the New
« ork "Herald Tribune" and “The New York
Irm*”. Supplementary reading will be ob
tained through the use of "Harper s ’, "The
Atlantic Monthjv”, ^Foreign Affairs", and
"Thd Aeturday Review of Literatim."
Dr. John Mlnan Dickey, president of
Dirtmouth College, feels that three objec
tives will be fulfilled in a study of this ty|ie.
Helf-lesrnlng is evident us s primary aim;
lublic-mindedncaa. which ties in with the
former, Is presented aa a second objective.
The last serves to the students of Dartmouth
College the curricula of departments other
than their own- -to allow a liberal arts stu
dent an inaight on the engineering student,
• And vice-versa. ^
One of the outstanding points in favot of
the course Ik its. place on the curricula of
Bergman Fears
Joan of Arc
May Be Jinx
MOt
R» MON THOM AN
J.YWriOD,
The Nation Today
_ A®
Buses Take Over Streets
Sert
tnarkl Bergman. »
trhlevlni her life'*
As MacKenzie Sees It....
each student. The course "Great Issues” is
to be required of ALL Dartmouth senior stu
dents. Thus knowledge will at least be pre
sented. If not absorbed, by all students at the
college.
At the time of writing, The BatUlion ad
vocated that such a course be offered at A.
& M College to all seniors, regardless of
what their courses of study might be. It
took the position that the days of the hermit
have passed . a citizen of the United
States is today a citizen of the world. There
is no excuse for ignorance of national or in
ternational affairs.
No letters were received concerning the
editorial . There was no audible discussion
of the Great Issues course outside the Batt
office. . Evidently a little learning can be a
dangerous thing.
tHowaver, members of The Battalion staff
were encouraged this weekend by the action
of one of the members of the board of
directors, John W. Newton of Beaumont.
During the |M»rtion of the board meeting
devoted to genera) business, Mr. Newton in
quired about our equivalent of the Great la-
Nile* i-mtrse. When it was discovered that no
aludy waa devoted to those important aub-
jeon, he requested Dean of the College K, C,
Holton to Investigate the |MHMlbillty of add
ing auch a course to the curricula.
Thun, wc can exjiect to see some action
concerning a matter which Is of vital Interest
to $11 of us, whsther we be engineers, agri
culture students, or liberal arts students.
The Initial step has been taken; it is our
sincere hope that '‘Oreat.lBaueN" will become
, a reality at A.&M.
s Wedding Proves
Royalty ‘Solid’ in Britain
m i api—
!• now
I aer nr»’« ambition by
nan af Are. la wondering
If Joan will bocomt nor "Franktn-
•toin’a Monttee."
Two fronrh artmm mad* film
vonlona of th« Mint. Noithor
mad* another film (Inc that ono.
Bergman. like moat aetroatM, it a
little •uporatitioua. But har worflea
about the future are baaed mainly
on whether ahe will have enthua-
lam for future atorita.
“It’a like building a houae," ahe
Mid. “While you are building it
you can’t think or plan anything
and when the houae ia com
pletad what can you do?”
Bergman has been living the role
of Joan for almoat a year. She ia
probably one of the beat inform
ed people on the French Saint,
baiting a few Ph.D.’a.
Thing* tnjoyed recently: .. . tho
muaic depreciation review of Spike
Jonea, who ha* parlayde a aet of
cow bella into one of the too acta
of ahow buaineaa the loose-limbed
jollity of Dan Dailey Jr., in “Moth
Wore Tighta," which ia fine en-
By DeWlTT MacKF.NZIE
Af F'or.iffi Aff.ir. AMijrrt
The eagerness and affection
with which England ia preparing
for the forthcoming royal wed
ding, despite the worries of a de
pression which
ia rocking the
very founda
tions of the
country's econ-
omy, speak* in
no u n c a r t ain
terms o f the
country's loyal-
ty to the throne.
It also seema
to give an an-,
awer In the neg
ative to the
much riebatsd
of whether Britain ia
ny ham.
(Fur James Marlow)
WasmlNOTOM, Bom. M lAF)
Stmt cam art at HI dWrosegif in
number. a« they have few 10
But the atruH aar isn't ready to
Ml fMi the American arete.
Hundred* of sow sms — fist,
liffbtwolfht, atfcamiined. ueaHy
noiaelea* have boon delivered thl*
year. Mun.irvda more am on <>rdsr.
Alao, attest cart are still yield
Ing ground to buaee. Every weok
of ao, some city replace* the Street
cars on curtain mutedjwtth motor
bu*e« or trolloy coache* (*ome
times called trackles* trolley*).
In the iaat 20 years, street cur
timeks have shrunk from 40,570
mil.'!, to ir. t.*0 mile*
bote to those
la its eurvlval
i rtlle
peak in
rest
*ho
Htlonod.
ley* bav*
to the pro
ear, and •••
have a stake
1MI, whan Cay
_ n far ILMM00,-
They sank to LMtJDOl,-
by l»4ti
During the war they cam# back
“■carrying »,615,000
DMAft^nfcm s in 1914 But tht*u
led back down. The figure for
Iwsa y.027,ooo.ooo
By eootraat, buaee have incraaa-
od their traffic from Ml,000^)00
Thousands of big Uw moto, in im
baaoa have boon delivered thi* lHHl • J. ...
year. Ifeef are more comforubl'
than the old
Some art die
•eWSt
qinatlnn
each; many and wonderful wedding
prooenta, and the whole country
will be en fete
However, in these hard times the
wedding will lack the pomp and
splendor of bygone day*. Coat*
will be kept as low aa possible.
The Princeaa will forego a trous-
aeau, and we even find the au
gust Lord Chamberlain announc
ing that gentlemen attending the
wedding may waar ordinary lounge
suit* instead of the cuatomary
morning dree* of long tails and
*trijped trouser*.
Tnus due deference will be paid
to slim pocketbooks. Still, the peo
pie on tho whole didn't want an
“austerity" wedding for thair be
loved princes*. Awl the reason for
this attitude la that the king and
queen and their children art laaufd
A&M Retains
Second Place
In Enrollment
ling surh a* Mlta the girl who u|mn as a part of the English r '
unacted on*- day la sit upon fsmlly as a whole, romprlalng all 1,1
throne, Kite und Id Philip classe*. In war and In peace, royal, j ,, 1
Texas A*M is still the second
largest college in the Southwest
Conference, according to a survey
by the Associated sPryaar
Every college except one in the
Southwest Conference reported
all-time records for 1S47. The lone
exception was Texas AAM, which
reported 500 less than iaat year’s
all-time record high.
Sharpest Increase in actual
numbers was reported hy Baylor
University of Waco. Baylor’s in
crease over last year wa* W4 stu
dent*, for a record 4,406 this year
tartainment until it bogs daw* in
•MMfaMKH.. Art l-inkletter's Rol
licking Memoin, “People Are Fun
ny'* ...
The voluptuous Rita Hayworth
in “Down to Earth"; she’s this most
exciting thing on celluMd . I. the
KJaf Mbaid’; party for their I
latatt bicture, ‘‘The [ Qamdltr*."
which (ttda’t turn out to be aa good
aa the party . . . from the record
rack Tommy Dorsey’s Trom
honology,’*. Cordon McCrea’I "A
Fellow Needa a Girl.” Pied Ripen’
T Have But One Heart," Mafgaret
Withing’s “So Far’". . .
Things I haven't enjoyed . . j .
rudie Comica’ Joke* at>->ut high
prices. Tain’t fuMVj
swinging toward Communism.
Princes* Kliaabeth wtJI have a
wedding surh a* befit* the
II ex
the t MmSm M
Moualkstten. handaoma Ftinaa of »y In modern timei ha* marvhwi; ^ ... t . ,
the (ireek Koyal Heuac, will be wltk the “JlaRk awl File.’’ It be '7' 1 " f ’,6«l studenla. Ill* mor*
marrisd In anrlattt Weo|mlna»ar lanf* among rkerished tradition* lw^ a* Urge a* aeSand brgs
Ir- Wirthermor, no ..olmrsl li„. r.o ast AAM with M^14l student* to
AIR COXiotTIOKUD
1'1-mIiiH *■■: Pk. Allii
-s'.Iays-
tckn. — mto, - Mbaa
b) far the largeat I* The
University of Texa*, with a tec-
7,1
A Call to Armi,
* Well, they’ve done it the Navy
Depxrtnjent hus announced that scientists
.have deveoiied Radac (rapid digital auto-
natic computation) to disixyse of the "ulti-
fnate bottleneck" inherent in warfare, the
*human mind. H is an electronic brain that
Tsnap out answers far faster than a man
ban” in a tight situation,
i Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air
John N. Brown recently declared that the
speed and complexity of warplanes are in
creasing at such a rate that the human mind
cannot possibly meet the standards required
for aviation fire control and slotting.
The new instrument can conceivably be
applied to transform information on altitude,
terrain, direction, and approaching aircraft
into the desired simple form for use by Navy
and Army pilots in their battle against som-
«nemy (enemy not being s|>ecified at this
Un)e ... a military secret, it is understood).
In reading this, one is struck by a stag-
thought... the phrase ."ultimate bot-
AMwy, Hurrnundnl by th* hair-1 ftrihrrmorv no imlltiral Hnv ran 9 *\ ‘
loom* of England 1 * giratm-**. hr drawn about prvarnt day Brltl*h ,,,lU ’
Thrrr will be a mngitftrant pro* Royalty. It rx4rcl*c« no influnrer
w-Mlon through uriftin: a grrat on thr political thought* of the
reception; eight wedding cakes people. It ia htad of the social
weighing .TOO pound* nr mor* structure but know* ml clasa.
Wig-Warn With ‘Battleax’
Better Than Air Castles
has usun>ed the position of that honored dig
nitary? He grinds out an order iin less than
ten seconds, of course) for you to report I . r v hal boy it.
to the Old Man. ' >, |
Navigating towards the forward part of , —NalW YORK*—(AP).—Sayeth the poor
the ship, you stop before the captain's hatch. man B philosopher: When I w’as a bachelor and the world
You knoclc .... a whirring noise bids you was 0 " ce a c °Mph
Veteran* are playing a promi
nent part, as they did Iaat year.
There wa* an inervaa* in Gle at
Baylor, texas, and T(T. a drop at
ABM. and virtually unchanged to
tal at Southern Methodist Univer
sity at Dallaa.
This is 'the “breakdown by col-
legvs:
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to "lay down to the quarterdeck on the doub
le!” With a rush and a pant you screech
to a halt before the skipper's sacred strong
hold.
What naturally meets your eyes? An
»Mid-looking contraption, similar in shape to
an automatic dishwasher is assembled before
you in all its glory .... wearing on its lid
the four gold stripes of a Navy captain! Ar
rayed on either side of it are three similar
machines (the thynmings are brass, rather
than gold) sporting the chevrons of Yeoman.
First Class!
Behind these automata appears that re
known |>hraae, "Officer’s Country”, gracing
a sign above a small conqiartment. To the
left of the group is seen what must be the
Captain's Mt'asenger .... a Radac machine
best year of married life?"
the husband promptly,
said his wife. The husband looked dis-
What's the toi
“The first," sa
"The first six.
concerted.
"How long have you been married?" I asked.
"Three years." said th^ wife sweetly.
Traveling around I meet a lot of young people going to
the altar, and sometimes it seema
GUIOIN HALL
— LAST TIME TODAY! —
that the;
ilWiecr esn lead to only one conclusion:
robots will eventually take over ouc ships 1 io- < i!r** en,fer ' V aR f d *f®
sea bag and bagcHif.-’ Disiruutb.o la« ( ^ a 6879 P* ) <m * remote-controlled motor
way to view ttye apparition. those infefnal machines, this one extra lai
^ to all the ijormer Navy men ^ thi> cam-
C , the call to arms bus been sounded! Don't
Hate , . . wire your rongrpaman collect
ImiRedlately! A little rcfln Hon along the'
aitnir trend i*f thought will clarify v<Hir pern-
(tlOB.
j.bonaldea an old Navy custom: how you
fael If yuu reiMirtixl to the Offkcr of the
Deck aouard the deatroyrr' Flgnewton ex-
iwciing tq be reeelvml with n|«eii arms, only
to disc
just use the church as a
bus stop on the
way to the di
vorce court.
Getting a di
vorce in too
many cases is
like lopping off
a foot to cure
a bunion. You
may lose con-
siderubly more
than you can
sptr*. 1
Letters
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady's Pharmacy
Phone 2-1467 Bryan, Texas
number of
IfB
and wearing eighteen hash-mark*. It could
be nothing more than a Chief Roatswain’a
Mats.
RUt, you wonder, what am 1 doing here
nmidut all these machines t Hurely there la
no bur for me har*. Your ravaris ia inter-
ni|Hed; "Dot you will be aaalgned to the day whack apart Uwlr matiul Mas
Mitm
eomiMjnled by the meahlng of gears, by the
WELCOME TO OKLAHOMA
Editor, The Battalion
Less than a week remains until
the Aggies meet the Sooner* herv
in Norman. I would like to extend
a word of welcome to the student
know body on behalf of the University,
this is true lie order to keep the good relation*
catiae of the W( ’ * UkV * been enjoying the past
divorced people who fpw year*.
dlW'Vfir that Radar machine No 2.1MA4
r
A couple of radio writer*, Irndnicteri to
fill out » altuntion where the ahow’* comic
wrote N love *unr. gave It nil they had and
tame up with the t’ornic*t, triteat Imllnnl
they could conceive. HuUwhen the agency
account man heard It, he mu): ‘The aitna-
Hull De)»artment”. That waa produced, ae
eahlng of geai
Old Man hlniaelf. "You aee", he aquawked,
"we Radacera cin’4 chip paint!”
Oh. the irony of It nut
l Mi la
they're
swell. Hut the lyric* need rewriting;
not corny enough.”
A cultured man ia on* who has a lot of Informs
tlaa that lan't worth anything to him . . . Indtanap
oils Htar.
Plata* make it dear to the alu-
denU that thay must purrhaae
wigwam again with the “battleax"! their N f h#ti prior to romlng to
»i “obi blawhart” they she,I in a Namaa aa thora arv no tlckaU loft
pcrioil of pique or fmatration. ‘'i N»rmar. Alao, Utav would have
\i..... .,1 ,» u Ka it tod HiMt, lait to lo W lh '’ ,u,, PW^hnst- priee If
Maey of tha harrivd marrlad to- Wfrt avallabU. Then-
wa* a little mlaunderstaadtn* la»l
year In rtaard to this matter, and
rl*l kiml ,f IMim iiMrt.r. Ik., ■™’ *' ""
f i iriaaati I kml SastWaafeitu aaMal I Km Lisiim ’ 1
tall me they'd give up their naw
raatloa In Spain anytime to share a
n
■impb barauae the corporation
ibasn't have enough Income nr the
t *7^ BE
BRYAN
Wednesday — Thuruday
Friday and Katurday
CARY GRANT
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of all other matter herein qte also reserved.
forget that poverty and the hous
Ing shortage are ae old as true
love and began with the tale af
mankind, Adam and Eve aet up
housekeeping In a roofless garden
without ateam heat named "Man.''
bul which they probably privately
i ailed "Windy Acrer or "Em
Hollow,"
We will pass over the fact that
at least young Adam and Eve
didn't have to face the *'m law”
problem. 1 can't answer that one.
Loye does need its groceries, hut
that doetn't mean young people
have to start the tandem life with
high-paying job, a house and
motor car—things R took their
parents half a lifetime at the tread
mill to acquire. 4
Through the ages the ability to
laugh together has kept more peo
ple happily married — and filled
mare baby cribe—than all the gold
that used to be in the hank of Eng
land.
(Tomorrow: How to stay mar
ried on a small budget) .
pxn turttytyjsl
Gm Act of CoagiUM of Mare* ». IBIS.
Member
Associated CollegePress
FBA&L1E MUBRAjY, JIMMIE NELSON.
tvnuine 8*rrtr* lac., at Hew Tort CU»,
CUcago. lm AMeotc*. mi Baa Piaadaoo
Co-Editors
Poke IrtL. J. T. MUkr,
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Lout MMWH> , \oaaotk SaMfl
"■-w. *nco. Jr. HowkM •j*-’
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— Feature Editor
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Aa a former atudent nf Texas
A B M , I hnpg that we will mn
tlnue to enkiy the fellowship lm
tween student bodies and the
spoiumanshlp bttween team* as
ha* hee* evidenced In the post
Please announce to the Cadet
Corps that we will have a ahnwer
room in the Fleldhouae (gym) open
where the imdeta will be allot
to wash un 4nd change clothes
fore or after the game. We plan
to keep this room open from 12
o'rlork noon until SiW P M. There
are several former students on the
staff here at the university, and
we are always looking forward to
this first home gunu- when
play our old Alma Mater,
With beat wishes for u good year
and a good football team, I remi
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT H. RUCKER
Class of 88
Norman, Oklahoma
For Your Visual Problems
Consult
DR. Carlton R. Lee
OrTOMETRlBT
tu H. Mata — Bryan
Pfcwor MM2
The Department of Commerce
estimates there will be 38 million
cars on the road by 1962.
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