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1-i* ..... 1 V k,-. iiMyiiv HP* *«•*«••* -tMiplll*vmw m "^yTisr .-aar. I > >1! ^ V Battalion EDITORIALS Page 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1047 Are College Students Pagan?... Tli-IJnivmity of Texas has been called many things in the past few years, but a new epithet has been added. Dr. E. Fay Campbell of Philadelphia, secretary of! the division of Higher education of the Presh>terian Board ofAiTiristian Education, told the Presbyterian Synod of Texas that the slate university at Austin is a “pagan Institution." The f|nt tisidn that flashed into our mind, an we thought over Dr Campbell’s statement, was more picturesque than a movie. We had visions of Druids dressed in 1 prangs, incrtMur a freshmab co-ed with the Uttleflwhl fountain, the waters of which ran red with Wfunl, serving n« an altar > l, fhat‘s the sort of thing thal we think of lit toninh lion with the wonl ’ pagan. Hut It aeama we mlsunderattxal Dr, Camp- l**IP» mnantng Th* furtmtr egcreUiv of the Yale l'hiver«itv ChrUHan AMulallon and I grailuatn i»f Yale DmnHyjMhopl, (Wlartd. with atnwlfte referemHi to TU, Yale aial llah vartli ' *i m y ; ^Ut ts high time for the Proteat ant 1 ehurehes to regain the leadership of rn|tfg«*a and uulverilties from Intellec tual (Wgana. Everytasly kis>ws that the most jwgan areas of our country in the universities and colleges.” are How much trut^ is there in these charges? We believe Dr. Campbell has mis taken a healthy youthful skepticism for moral disintegration. Like A. & M., TU is ringed about with denominational churches. We know the churches exercise considerable influence at College Station, and we have reason to be- Uevg that the same is true at Austin. Nat urally, church activities do not play the same part they do at denominational schools, hut we have never been able to ileted any greater "whohwomenes*" at the jhuroh arhodl*, We fltgl neither more nor less Christian idealism at those school* than on our own campus, One hundred and fifty years ago, Thom as .1 efferent) was looked ti|Nin as a iwgan and an atheist, Today we regard him a« a finer Christian than moat of the clerg his ^rUal It mav Im I hat a century . now historians will conclude that our "pa gan" state achiails have done more than any other Institutions to keep fresh the Chris tian lradiUotta.H POLAND HONORS iHnUCAN WAR DEAD iW, Oet SO -<AP)- offic^ni and paid tribute American war dead Saturday t a >Mcia1 mass pmading thr t fthipnoent oflbodte* from Po- tand to the United Mates, by way of Antwerp. The bodies,* recovered by the grave* nitration minion, alt are of American airmen ahot down over Poland during the war. Dahlbcrt to Judge Swine At Lmdatauw Mate Fair P. I, Dahlborg, profesoor of ant-. mal huabandry, Will Judge the ■wins diviaion at the Louisiane' State Pair at Shreveport, La., Oc tober 20-21. Profeaaor Dahlntg has recently returned from (he State Fair at Dallas when* he judged the swine ahasi. FL. l. ! OPENS ItM P. M. 4-1111 •»« n 1/ of M TROY C. IMITH, Junior (mm Mansfield, la sha«n here recstv- lag as sll'eapoaao rbeek far the Natl«aal ( esveStioa sf Putnre Farmers «f \SterWs »l Ksaaaa (ity. Ocloher N-2t. The tkork, wkiek eovora rsilrnod fare, hotel bill., and mask anted to IMITH Wads a ads y sftersoos by KNTIN C. was ffoosat WHIPPI.K, •irtrsHsrsi ssonl for the Hssts F« Rail DRW (A M n UK CiAlUi • atahoa WMIPPLN make the prewmlsttos ARIWON President Truman on the Spot... President Harry Truman’s popularity, suffering from if the controls came off Im which goes up and down as often as a foot- mediately .b&U coach's, \A skidding again. Badly. The “war against hunger” by its very nature was certain lo cause resentment .against the. administration. Although we Americans like to-pride ourselves on our altru&m, we hate to sacrifice ourselves and Won’t do it unless we have been built up to « point of emotional excitement. We aren’t ' fM* 0 ** 1 About saving the people of Europe. We’tc tired of sacrifices. And it is hard for ' many of r us to admit that a sacrifice pow might mean avoiding greater sacrifices in the future. ' . The food conservation program has hit many roiigh Iwmpg, for several reasons. For one, the whole program sounded as though it had be**» improvised overnight, when ij Asked if exports of food and other com modities contribute to high pricea, Mr. Tru man said this was a piece of misinformation. He said that exports pushed prices only slightly higher, adding that the nation al ways export alwut one third of its grain crop in normal times. Mr. Truman said an extra session of Congress to provide emergency assistance for Europe is still a possibility, but he is still trying to find funds from existing Wources to provide stop-gap aid. ' f ' ★ Can President Truman get sufficient co operation to make his food plan work? Is the plan workable even with cooperation? There are indications that it may not be, and Showing Movie in Lighted Room Perfected by 3 Engineer Profs Ry TRUMAN (1, MARTIN D.W. Flvmlnf, R. M Wlnsrvn. amt V. M. Fain*, itmfvMmra la th*« mrekanteal vnsinavriti* and manafvmrnl ctepertiwnt. rombl their effort* to build and perfeet an Improv'd method of movie n JvcUon which allow* the film to be ahowa in a room which la h lighted. ^Trojoctlon take* place In a room*- - — In front of the audience. The Dim | . ... . . . la projected onto a mirror and. f ,* hlc M** in turn, rtftocted onto the back Jjj u of a finely-ground glaa* acreen. h h l Wingren and F.irot firvt con- TJA * ^ ceived the idea *nd drew the plan* 11 „ , in 1929. A model wa* made in the JJ** mechanical engineering ahop* by , K " , h , f T v August Bilger and Sterling Flor. ^ enUn, mechanical eng.ne.ring .tu- £> dent* who worked at student labor '... J!!' fnp n W PUmiM prove the etr.cienc) of visual edu- f F , _ cation. Fleming say. that he can "hdel wa* uaed by teach the boy* more In ten min the meAswieal engineering,^de- U te* wMh the projector *nd film, partment lor aeverai yean to ahow | Ui.n he could teach in one hour of I TKmrra ARE NOW - ON HALE rUE THE . . . BRYAN ARTtBTS’ SERIES W«* «n* m .IMP SaWgaN Am Namva la Ite lte»« A**Wm»ai». ana* Ttclteta for Students or Studsnt Wive* , „, lAflU im am •• •**«*ni Teas 11*11 m»i orrkhino i t*h a»Mk nw HIT, § 9RH4 A HiftM ^iwsiiRf lA Hnkli Nffrii w MriJokp Mg* s (UfNMNMMMMMi I 9 1 AkMI* B E Bph i I* - VifSHua ■awate at / Fraaented In auditorium of NTRPI1RN P. AUSTIN IIIGU fKTIOOI. at 8:00 o’clock TLIE8. WED. — Till R8. FRL — SAT. Ti L A ST D A Y Merrie Wriodira Cartoon 1 Panunoust New* 1:10 Features Start t|)0 • 5:10 • 7:40 9:30 TOMORROW Abo—Wed. — Thura. QUEEN MOM. - tncs. - WED. ■ mtuaiimmiaamOm became apparent that we would have to do" willing or otherwise, the president will something, Therefore, it wasn’t thought' ^ for » restoration of rationing rm controls. through carefully. , Ror another, many Amerieaws are bitter •gainst all Kdnropeats. blaming them indis* crkninately for the tWo world wars, and ask- ./ Ing feeding Europg now isn’t just a matter i‘ of Uui'-ding up u n*‘W generptiob of soldiers - ttr»lnst whom we Will fight in the future. Tltat is not an attractive picture, ami there unjust enough truth in it to keep many . jpirfeans from whole-hearted cooperation In the Truman (pod program. _1 r ♦ , li ■' PresUlent Trdman told a ngwe conference there Is a trememlous^nuiunt of gamMlnv 'I” ,UI ■ , a film and silent movie*. Tne (geture w*. portable and could be shop safety, manufacturing jmo- moved from one room to another an d a ho*t of other *ub- rather easily. Wt* are taught by use of this Fleming set to work in 1945 to nrw me thod of film projection, improve the projection set-up. Hi first made it on a larger scale and 1NO CONSIDKRINfi set it up permanently in the pat- MARSHALL FLAN tom shop. He also added a speak-, LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 20 (AP) tog system which allows the in-The United Natiou* Aaa^blv's structor to use sound film on re- political committee Saturday toas- ed Secretary of State Manhsil's 1 This much is true: people who are now trying to cooperate with the voluntary plan would not object to new rationing. The peo- cords with strip film, pie who are refusing to cooperate would These latter improvements were fight bitterly against a revival of rationing freely baaed upon the system of the Assembly to a subcommittee or control, ami hop., to end what little politi- u *^ 1 . b X JJ' *™«' ‘ ol *>». cal control the DemucraUc a.lmini.tration ' 0 ''” *° r “ W,r 11 still has. plan for a ycar-around sitting of mittee The )us nresuten* should be willing to risk loss of office for himself and the whole |>hrty, in the name of honest action. armed force* used this system of it would boycott the whole posal. pro- Ob fomfnndUy marknt* thsl has pushed up prk'ca.of. wheat and «uhi Attorney Oueral Clark is making an litv.eMDKstlon of the trad ing in both grain and JlU rs, Mr, Truman ralti that his ritlsemr* foot! rommlttre will cfmidder dny ntressary alter- ations In the voluntary fM saving program to raiw* 100,000,IKK) bushel* of grain fur Kuroi*'i hungry, But he rrtH«la plain; however, that he does not want tofeturn (e the rottsumer ration- ing and price control that hp jutM-wa* neccs- flary in wartime. * Such methods, he said In restsmse to questions, are the methods of a police state. Lh response to another quiary, he enlarged (his definition to include any control enforced by’ the state. 1. y Does that mean rent control, too? A 3 porter asked. ; Yes, Air. Truman said, it maant rent con- Qld. . - + , f. * t Mr. Truman, who hiis been accused by ■Senator Taft (K-Ohfc>) qf lifting regaining, j,* price controls “too nooV after Congress ex- ' tended limited OPA powers, reminded his news conference there had been congress- lonal statement that prices would not go up If controls came off. He was told very vociferously, the Presi- '•dent aaid, that thib was a free country and we woukin't suffer from the things we are I,OS ANOBUCB, —(API—!.t, (Jen. Ira Rakar. who says Russia might fool strong enoui h to attack the United States In t0 year* has this recipe for peace! . * Ktcp Uw Atomic llomh Carrier, the Air " Korfe, iutart and up to strength. Produce enough atomic bomb* to destroy the 50 or on vital targets of e country which would attack us. Invest enough funds In scientific research, obtalk the Iwst woaiKtns 10 years hence, prolmhly including guided missiles carrying atonic warheads with range of 3,000 to 10.0o4 miles. Teach a solid brand of patriotism. Gen. Eakitr, retiring Deputy Chief of the Army Air Forces, said that Russia Is the only potential enemy in the world today powerful enough to “caiise us trouble.” GUION HALL ; j ' TODAY AND TOMORROW The Martins Ferry (O.) Time* Leader re ceived thia letter recently: ^ “Gentlemen: Have been working your crossword puzzles (or the last 10 years and have yet to consult a dictionary. 1 like them, but can find only 10 or 12 minutes relaxa tion in their solution. Is it possible for you to consolidate with a syndicate that offers a little mbre strenuous mental exercise? (Signed! 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