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•greatest aclj iejvempi|tvs
ling its colorh
calling the Heats
A trophj ‘ "
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Statesman, Knightly
ivan Ross, Founder of Aggie
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Y, DECEMBER 11, 1947
raditions
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rjopmlcfri
; features mehtipnej
- central poinit bn th(j c
; highlight thje colorful
•; Many, worm; aceonpU,
i Jege- itself, rof ethdij vVith sj|fi Ifjcant campus
;7incidehts omi ^gone jdi |ys an jikssiiig into ja
•state of obliviont’Pjes; Haili^Bijngs,' recalled
to present-day men|<)r i r ,-po^l |erve Avell a,s
ntage.,
• I'M’ r i ‘ 1 ? ! !,p * |! : :|[ J .3 , i ( 1
, r ^..jount o! Winner i, Generals, heroes, would rest well
possess^ it i^ on the jyalls of an Ai & M. “Hall pt Fame’*,
pus of A. & An example of another little known, but
highly iinterestihg, Aggie feat is the Jap
anese slurrendiei* document of thje Phillipine
Islandsi signed for the Allied Nations by an
its ,| .|J 'j ex-Aggie. A copy of this document; person-
| three of the ally sigjned b\j the! Aggii general would make
’located at a a very; interesting display. . [
h iTbf fame” re-
a source off! ijnsj
..'ouldh greatly
his ter; ■ k)f Aggielaild.
is' mle hit of the col-
>Aggies newjik the wavsjof Akineland,
The achijetemed s
of agricultiire krei amonif tjif works of wor
thy account! that; ire
shrouds of johscuril y
ing efforts of! thei 7 . ili
periment Sfjaiipn arid "
Service; th
along with
n iadd
f.
If
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etting display.
Thtilugh the ;! Military Department has
nUmejij|[us militory awards won Iby A. & M.
rifle,
other
at valibus ItOTC summer trailing camps,
lack of spaed has kept many of the trophies,
liktol, ■ and drill teams, together with
ipnorfi irfdividual awards won
enthusiasm to
in the field
ably clouded and: d f1 icitdt
Piet u ret
ii'
‘Kissing J:
The ret ait nuiio i
of 4j ?i
ft
| io laliy
Jamjeg folkoih
ill s
ilile.
IT
;i y
The redehit
of Govern or
cents a dill: ious It
the Mason+Dikon
Although; f Kiis
cent and hiqst hil
not the on, yj ktatjej
- shown morf talent itn
than ip- gli t ing
iana alsjo >]>ojrts
legally traised gt i
po|)ulai4ty*in the
. And though ivjei
off to (Vliil'fl Hil
that the series c
cess stories $[tarie
junior Senittor.
Having ajsinki
directly da
system, bu|t
can hardly
clom of igr e
ntiagm i
ig dovprnor jmay not be
tti ;i| slatfs tnanagemelnt
Pols^tn':; lote t^bjoiid write ups
rfietl af-liel jful. The wis-
tej cor S
ii ng i
tioh, but ta;their
and giving tile s ;t t's hirhqst
man who \ ajs lifee i : niii yd
does seem LUiestiui|il|ileX' 1
It is al x getht i
cians might beconE
objection vs hot
dangerousrrtlo ignoi
‘Capital!:;
George jRook^l
tail butche|r wh
prices, plus a 51
service fee] had k
It is-provinfe ikipf a
hoped for 3(fO yui
had 560. kifd w’alj
75 j cents.! } The
l 1
ii Cei ig rekfional Medal
presently cloaked m
T4rc u gljuthe pioneer-
1 gijicultural Ex-
h< A. & ;M..Extension.
hyo(}U( thfit, ; /<I lljekas farms,
Hving (Un:l tibns of Texas
for E:
farmers, hdvfe! lunilargbn m a st {improvement
since the da|% pall of| tvi> Century. Yet,
most of the plecple If Feka: ,jw|}b are paying
Tor these iligCuciebla ul® A^giejs themselvep, Spngs
„ am) medals from being exhibited,
bo; should be exhibited in:the Trophy
n i !*[■ ! :• r
section of'the Trophy Room could be
jle to recapture the accomplishments
I Aggie (athletes. All-Americans, eon-
ferehej? iehampionship teams, medals and
cups; 1 the evidences of the past glory that
has c< me to A. & M. ora the athletic field
could Je set aside here for the enlightment
of new Aggies and as topics of reminiscence
plaquefl,
They]
Room
4
set kf
of pas
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nUg| tHeir functioijs
nte way connected
v
le in the two
know little more jc(finder
.than that thCy aref in
with agricultural w|)rt, 1
- Thy recoridi A. 4 ^-j Nllna
world wars ais a ipiittrn s i bo is limited in
the minds nf njiost |tvtduit; bo (the idea that
“Aggies, ipi kp jgobd *
pertaining t(j> the vn;
feats and acdompliih^ie its
fought in j;hje fiifs
are either Ciitirely
A Chom in
ing Ming plained vat present would be an
[fiier s. * Material'facjts, ideal k cation for this “Trophy Room,” but
mjinf Ifiirhli’ interesting temporarily a new and larger trppHy case in
Of ] Aggies who . the riojt rndja of the Academic Building would
ajnd{ si ic wup eWorld wars serve t te purpose,
la ckjng b 1, consider- P!l4*o sa
i$l fhe more rje-
plmtoghiphed. he is
extent ve who has
Eos.
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Here would be the ideal place:to trace the
development of “The Spirit of: Agjgieland"
and yells, Reville’s blankets,
pictujrb 5, graduation ceremon.v pictures, final
review.', these are the connecting links to the
past, the kev&| to the true traditions of Ag-
gielanpf / f i : fl
the new Student 1 Union Build-
Bogart, Bacall, and Bullets,
All in a‘Dark Passage’??
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Out the
OfAmeriea.
Alcohol is the evil in the United States most
destructive 1 to morals and good chara :ter, results
of a poll of ; students of North Georgia College show
ed recently.; .
Taken iih conjunction with Religions Emphasis
Week on the campus, the poll was <onducted by
Db Wright C. Henry Jr., Executive secretary of
the Methodist Conference Board of Education.
! i Five-hundred and thiily^ix replies were given
to the two (questions of the poll: “Wkqt three evils
in the United States are most; destructive to morals
and good, character, and what three institutions,
<thg> We
orgia Colleg
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Bj DAVE SEUGMAN
recount.
and Others
Pl^:o stiid. “Hereditary honors are a noble
splendid treasure to descendants.” Is
our htH’itaige'being forgotten?
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and
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[iibiljcized antics
of) Alabama ac-
ate jliplitics below
entire
.!
vififl steel guitar
aits oflstate. Louis-
chie
pl i
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go
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[11 bi
e ceitl
T pxl.n.j sfu)
g iu liar
with
tai
.•eimjrrwho.
hit pS
hlgdlly
though
e through
rade.
him packing
l|d not forget
l<) governor suc-
oujfj own present
L
obtain
handei
info jo
two o
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issue
advant
issues
DARK PASSAGE (Palace,
WThFS). Brittle, bullet-paced, and
starring Humphrey Boga:rt and
Lauren Bacall, this! mystery has
all the assets audierjees have come
iv.ui.u . Jo demand for fast, hardboiled en-
bonfire pertainment. | •
Some tricky photography under
the direction of Dehner Daves in-
triguingly shows tlje first scenes
of the ' movie as would be seen
through Bogart’s O'irn eyes.
The plot concerns:itself with the
story behind a man convicted of
of practice) iajre host capably of correcting these
Of the 536 responses, 493 listed alcoholic bever
ages as (chief evil, 303 nami d irregular sex rela
tions, and 166 considered bad: home conditions a de
structive eVjlJ' ! ; y: .j: i '!
To correct the evils, 4-11 placed'churches as
the most promising, 243 halt led better home life,*
while 273 named schools, or education.
A sidelight study is afforded in answers given
the questionnaire in 520 replies given as to 14 vidimus 1
evils. The 14 evils, and the number designating their
rank: Alcoholic beverages, 3i|9; immoral sex rela
tions, 54; lick of home discipline, 37j lack of re
ligion, 21; compulsory church attendance, 9; ppor
marriages, 8; greedy for mphijy, 6; military schools,
5; poverty, ;4j;: roadhouses, 4j crime, 4; 1 gambling, 3;
movifes, 3; and lack of self kespect, 3.,
As to the cures suggested by the student for
the hvils, 272 named 12 cures, rated as follojws:
Schools, 79; better home life, ( 0; churches .43; Chris
tian organizations, 30; love, 14; proper recreation,
7; good literature, 6; laws, 6; personil thoughtful
ness; 6; Bible reading, 5; and prohibition, 3.
IT’S FREE-HONEST!
The owner of a Hollywood restaurant celebrated
I slaying his wife. He! escapes fhom Thanksgiving by throwing open the door of his
prison to become a ifWitlve from establishment to all corners for free meals. Sam
1 . r : f-Zeb) Kaufman, the restaiiranteur, said there was
no catch. j ;) '! j • j
He told reporters he jsltnply wanted to provide
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Essay Contest On
’World Peace Now’
the police and undergoes phytic
surgery to -hango h}s appearajncc.
With the 4 help of Miss Bacall| he
eventually establishes his inno
cence.
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In O T O.R 10US GENTLEMAN
(Guion.FS). Rex Hlurispn teams
up with Lilli! Balmcr tp! make a
good comedy-drama. As usual' his
w:jt and acting, ability make up for
' J ^ " .and
htly
some of the pictures’ faults
this one can I
al)ove average.
,ji
college
Social and Economic Institute for
the best 5000 to 1)000 word essay
on “Ah American ! Pr ogram for
World Peace in the present Crisis”
submitted to its seebnd animal con
test. (Hosing date of’ the contest is
April 2% 1048. , j. j ' i . ••
The contest is open to all under-
, Up
m ba
Hg.e ov
■viTbed candidate,
position to a
fiddle player,
IHrsdilri? rtiany mulsi-
M >al lie ekeiutiv&i. The
tlx’' r dtthijni ig the posi-
«ukt^ i f 4tiaiinment;. It is
ipswes'while an
earhpdllgn 7$ devoted to personalities
and eoiijce Is Hy string bands. \l \. •
No! one of the series of musical governors
:id his (office by coercion or under-
mletjhilds) To a man they were voted
fke. in the most democratic fashion,
them with impressive majorities.
fafiimk to' c-ommit.hlinself on any i A constant may hubmit but one
lid leader gains a. tremendous essay.
er the candidate Vfho ; discusses No manuscript Will be accented"
. franklt, and gains enemies in the unless it is typed, (ftoublespaced on
l |r0 ^f 0n m he «’*/«'.»' this handi- j
cap, In considering7)ohtical mehts alone.
It is easy to "seratch” a capable jierson
who, 1 j is rankled yoti on a minor issue. It is
equally eajsy to cast a tote for q)no)i-commit-
tal era didate. The.simplicity abd lack of
thoUg rj3Cji|ireds i|iaj be one reason tor the dres&ed 1 envelope, in submitting the
tremlJ Me do not necessarily need voter edu- manuscript, the author should type!
catiovj. Voter thinking would bfe more valu-! full name, college 1 ami home! ad-
ablc. • i j ' I r : ;
Admittedly the position of state Chief
exejcuijye (has Ipst much of the importance it
once tommaiiJdtfd. Competent q^sistants and
good ,urty machinery can nullify the effect
of a Uundqnng governor. However it might
be iw ie drpfitable in state accomplishment*
and pies.tige to eliminate the: pluuderinjj:
earlier by) looking at our elections as some
thing more than a popularity Contest. y
The contest is open to all under-! S V ,vv : 1 ^ , ,,
graduate college students in recog- u Heinig shiill little giowls of M-lf-
nized coligges of tty United States.- *£ te * nl «^ shc^cloes-vor,rather un- j but my personal opiniojn.
, ith Ai Clea\
11 [-•.. n r . 1
o vl,] tl|e Philadelphia re- l
£felffi. ftiehti ait wholesale’, ‘ not
2 5*iferleii-totoer-per-week ' plan,.
i|(jiRid| icjetji at the start but
r f '
(jm
p arjnii g toi c
works, | • • . I-
Manuscripts -sho|dd be sent to
Tamjmont Institute Contest, 7 Hast!
15th Street, New York 3, N. Y. No
manuscript will be : returned Un-;
less accompanied tty stamped, ad-l
dressesj telephone! number, am|
name oj college on ja separate sheet
of papjr .clipped Ip essay. |
According to Louis Waldman,
Chaii mun of the jnstitutej's Essaj,'
Committee, the purpose of the
award is “to .stimulate college stu
dents (o constructive' thought on
matters of (social and economic in -
portance. : i
' objections could be raised,
kifids
da jha 3 fetloflfeed j interest
qat l mprcjhant|s, including
among-dtlhet
three opersjtjors vfhd hhvd ajmouheed similar
experimentis: in Sj ;i i uOfiis'. j :
■ Obvioijiily, th 1 plgn 3enyes jthe custeim-
er’^s Ijriterest. Rc ik st^ol claims jit saves the
customer 1215 perc vnl.., jBu. ilis equally sound
for the de|lier, b i 1 : luvje Brings Rooksfool
all the trtyle he ppnripn|le| Hb prefers, as'
archant should,
rge turnover at
to wait for
a genuinellyt enV 1 [risfim
to gain his incon i T
a low unit prof t
customertl iat a Hi
Firs^,
of stores could use such a
A piano dealer obviously could not,
lers in many steadily bought items,
•a<ttjcej Rookstoof especjilly foods, could do it. Second, part
it) lajst report he of Rdqkstool’s advantage comes from taking
t the fee to trade!away from higher-price butchers. Bijt
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DR. R. B. (McNUTT
I DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Tdxas
-nt
if rrloj
eompi
Ameri
fnOre
iway from
y ehterprising capitalists forced their
itojrs to bring down prices, t h e jn
ans would eat more meat and enjoy
iof other good things as well.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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The Bgitaliort,
of College $
afternoon,
tished semi
ition,
ijeept
reekly.
News ephtribu
win Hall.
209, Goodvjiinj Hall
< f: icij)il r ew|p»pei) of the Agricultural a
All-American
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The Associated s|
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Rights- of republic:
St'
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CHARLIE jyURR.
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David Setyman
Hack T. Nolep ..—
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Tom Carter. Tm
ch if a l o(tper matter hemn are also ijc
Mdirriage announcement from the New
Beni jjN.C.) Sun-Journal:
MARRIAGE LICENSE
lumneth Le Landeckjof Washington, D.
C., to [Ada Naomi Whitford. of Vanceboro,
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b ■ '•, !; • --Starring-^
Merle Oberon
GeDrg# Brent
Features Start
1:20 - - 5:40 - 7:50 - 9:30
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MUSICAL SHORT
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Starts Friday
PLAYS Z DAYS
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RAY SCOT A WAY
WITH WOMEN...
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NATIONAL REI’ERTORY
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Editor, The! Battalion:
The reedht productions by the
National Repertory Theatre on our
campus weije, in my opinion, huge
successes. They were admirably a ; lot of people eithdr tyve fo
don<^ and had audience appeal. I tfn or never had tl»e s rojei sp
understand: i that the Student Ac-1 DICK DENNEY,
TROUBLE W 1 T H WOMEN
(GampuSfFS). That's the topi: of
interest with unflattering Ray Mil-
land under the guise of a psythiol-
j ogy professor'. Star reporter Tere-
! I; | j Wright is assignjed to do a ri-
A first prize of 81,0(i)0, with j on jthe professor,
thirteen additional awards amount- , E . n, ' 0 .Hed as a student, she hounds
ing to $2,000, will be distributed to ^1™, coiftmuously am proceeds to more-of this tvniB entertain-
ilege students by the Tamment { '*'™ « * S here^ |e nea|
In the course of time, psychol
ogist and newspaperwoman fall in
Iqve. There is a Side dishq <m
Adam’s apple complete with be
spectacled adolescent who also goes
fqr Miss Wright. Beat thing ir -the
show: Iris Adrian asja $trip-teuser)
duty, in 1945 three ‘Sips Wtb
cijught coming into thaj same gat;
loladed with gasoline, thei mite a i i
pjiint. Thanks to the guards,
accomplished nothing.[(‘Kiti S;;
pkys off soriietime. ! i v ; [
Remember, it’s awful.easy td jgei
the spirit when you’re winning j gp
wei haven’t won for ypars, sjj
sa^ the spirit is better) now. I
a) lot of your class ntoj:above m|
l(jave the TU game early. 1 guifS
■ui:;i
tivities Office is responsibly for
brinjging the troupe to Gqion HalJ,
and they are to be coinmended
highly for:this. j | i T
I trust thkt it will be possible to
,.„ve more; of
ment here in the ncaii future.
Sincerely yours, ! j j
CLARENCE R. ESTEN
English Department
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TALE OF A SHIRT
Editor, The Battalion:
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“Tal^ of a
Shirt”’ (last
REPLIES TO SEAL!
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Dear Kay Seal:
This letter is not a “float
Leave U8’’not complain-aboultji
I tjaife (holes in shirts). You! I
| yours BACK, didn’t y(m?
I ! I bought four brand nejlii jFn ij
' duff style $4 shirts anfd (jeht w
out”
U lived af College Station ill 1937
; SUSPENSE (Que<jn,ThFS). fhiij fthe classes of ’41 an(l( ’40,
ij another of those,' p$ycholo rical
dramas of which we are geltiiig
too many. Cast in the leads are spirit ami basic traditions ajife the
Belita, Barfy Sullivqn, pud Bonita same at A- & M.
Granville. j || 'Regarding the North Gate
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8 •and 1 ’’38 and I’ve got btids in
t ‘“ jo I’ve
had a prejtty good lobk iat • A&M
since 1937.! In my opiriioi): the
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TODAY THRU SATURDAY
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AGAIN !jf!t
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DOUBLE FEATURE
HORROR
SHOW
FRIDAY NIGHT, Dec. 12,10:30 n.m.
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program
two chiller-dillers on the same
“THE HOUSE OF
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John Carradine
Loi
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with i
Kent Taylor i;
Virginia Grey
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Tickets bought after
8:30 Friday night good
for this late show! j
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:aus(f liijt yesf r on Than tsgiving,
1 home and IphesiomC. j
jf the dgy, Kaufman sab
cats. J
us|ness Buretyi called to
wafis,, he said| “and that: was the
erypijie tt>ok--they wanted-to know
as I pegftle wpuld see the “free"
ea with lone eye on the alert.’’
iej ej pected the house to fall in op
■tjonjer fwas sio overcome he lift a $10
■fr-qi "• '..'••i: r'T
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.o : Ije liundry. to shrinft
L
he had
find; out
I
ll opened Thy “neat
e’' |i|nd gtysa what?
the co
Only tWo
am.
La
aur) d
jhiitiji cLnc tyck, and they carije-’ |
in (he “ilijoned IbaCkward and crush
ed’’ cjoriciuon Which you mentioned.
frothing at the mouth, I dashed
over! to!the laundry whire I was 4
toll ■ Hiiif the shirts ha
ctycked] ill Ini the first
that I lad pfobably “w
extra tww.on tjhe slip AFtER send-1
fug tjo the laundry.”
Don’t lanyunie tell me to put inj
i a fiaimi or see the. dean, or see!
the police. I have already done all
|of those,; and : auess’what happen-i
;! cd ? ] if
But liibet something will after
this llettM is Ipublished, and gtiesa
IBo toJ ME!-
(NAME WITMELp)
In’t been
tlace and
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JL
is reitd at'least five tintes
model
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as! much as ttyir grandfa hers did
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