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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1947)
i i t i I- V- =>r. I raj • .1 i Page 2 r; ! v tet the La r • ' Break Star Flag t the r- Collier’s AIE-Am ftom the, Southern of S encesoh its Iw elO\ in erner of any visory Board diescrij hbadec -r- ttalio I TO R Lk i"’' I ? '*,i Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" ivan Ross, Founder o II :' 17 ! [r$ am’ jB^ra, the Lone as Col|iera Iji band 10 ji)la>’ “Dixie”, pqnished. Ff’om San Angelo has conie a letteV Sdntp ffhas ha^ it” to Governor! Beanford Jester suggesting that the magazinje be !barined in Texas for leaving 5c)an Fbotjbail team,—j Lay he and ^Talker off the team.' -I tkb -a 1 jingle player. This seejns to represent the general trend 3[H)jthve!jteirn Confer-j of feeling inj the South^against this: National i!a<id! )n {y one South-j Propaganda!;Shjeet, which probablylhas cpm- ) y |Pi< k<d ly ap| Ad- munistic leading anyway. In fart, no instru- y 'Grajltli nd Rice, the: nient of the |o!urnali.sni profession could pos- dollier’s team is a cojj ti pp iiti jn jof the origi- sibly coming such a gross slander of the nal All-Americhn selji cied' by Walter Camp athletic prowess of the gridiron spins of the and, as such, rinks s« jclnd oply to the Asso-r South unless its staff was overloaded with elated Press team in nfesitgi- ; fellow4rave hrs and other welheStablished j! But the, <:drren|;ijte(|it)|on| os flower of Southern mar.hpqdj ccj: Southe it: Heavin' Han Hjnkirji’ Ch}jriley arry j jilmsr >1 or eyj - \ Pbole of Mississippi), Justice of North Carbl na Texas and lioak Wlilleii them following in ©ixie.. ,:i ^ fl , i '• c V’ *. »' i IDAY, . r ? 1 mi n,, u ■ Traditions ”” ■■s ; ; ■■•fJvhgZHs- • » 1k •' . •»? ^ :/<>#/_• t r‘ f ►» ‘A » > V ^1! ^ ft l> t- li fts boldly exhibited cannot go un- ~ * *' letter Southern football grctits, jare h liOr’s team. | ? j! f ■ f 1 li : l : ! £ '! I" • | r r ; I Only Bobby; Davis|i220{poim<jl Georgia Tech Who wi& sot g(iod N'T be left off ithe teif Not known- for tl sufch a series ofiinjust Southerners have rai ; in- patriotic protest sehtation of the factjlhy yahkees.” Some definite acti is perfectly obvious t Sufch callbusnpss in sl|g « T •/' •' rt| I I ! tackle from he COULD- id on the!first team ‘ ilBnj ness to take ii|g (piyvm, valiant ejSbirk and Bars is {base misrepre- utljhi of “Dam- , j. ft T ius b( s taken; that y tfufc Southerner.} htijng Texas' athletes ■ Michigan fflans Prof IRatihg i ..In. ill' r'l!- i; it .. .. ■! M ^ (Post-Scrip {Just as we thoug discussion of: i'ShaU sofcs” we ; carpe acrqi University of! MichiU “Student ratings I a r^pbjrtt frortr the 1 wh r ...... . .. 0 their ihstjructors and courses will be;a partfoi) ai ne w ind inclusive plan for, evaluation |ir facu ty services re cently adopted! by the faleullty jaf the Uni- vepsity of Michigan Sciience and Afts. ‘.‘Expected to go perimental basijs duri ic year, the plan al of faculty seryicesj from each teachingjdfphrhndnt,! Results of such evaluations of tjjeachiind, i Csearch, ad ministration and pulflij: ^ervicp; are to be available to the facul and! also to universit -i; Successful teac a. primary factor in lemj”. a ; report by the| Problems points ouit. besi Barney ^ ec ^ 0,l * n f will come—on January First Charlev to be eXac ^ , 1 obby Layne of 0| ’ » Pt; g* u meet p 4n Slate an r of »Heged Ea^erh Power in the Cotton Bowl. hoc EMU—alii of Iraditionsl of t OFF Col- tjo-W, Series) ‘-6 ?r$or islto matching (s— t o c?yc • ^ « is & 0 .V & i > , At s to the Editor Of course, tils little fracas will prOba^ly be so one-sided th^t it iwill have to take a back; seqt to the $|igar Bowl where two 'SOUTH ERN teams, Texas and Alabama, will battle hr what will |be one of the two feature games of the day. The will be Jth tian will mept Mississippi, another gun .vo fine elevens from below Vhe our bit in unc Colliers’ BEWARE OF AUTO RAClvET , othtjr hijihways Icajibg jto the Editor, The Battalion: ! OT|ER LOWER INSTmllTJONS Here is a new thought on the of this state. “well-planned” automobile racket. Hi you think there; is hothing This auto racket is) caused by good about A&M, g|t to hell out: supposedly reputable dealers who of here! Go somewhtre else to collect a hundred dollars from per- college. Compare it w th A. & M.,| sops that have applied for new See how wonderful and perfect cars. For this hundred!dollars you | these great univ?rsi<i|ds are—HA! ! get the privilege of waiting on a No, 1 ddn’t like “Gibb.” But list that is usually re-arranged at did any other tollegp, president j the discretion of the (dealer, and ghje his student body an extra ; for.his benefit. ' da^ during Thanksgiving. Now here is the catch—Say a N bi I don’t like Nphon, either, dealer has a hundred Haines on his R iders. But how many of you list (which is not uncommon) and talk — — foot , my .. . ... ,1. |l ' .I t t;.- i . , miration of people on both tides-)- should have except guys like you. Anfd did you tee the parade in Fort Worth this year? I thought it whs great, and there is; not a bettejr/corps iin the nation. Whait did you gripers have to say about it ; i : Tt ■ ' 1 could go on for hours listing good things about this institu tion-hundreds of them. Sure, 1.-7- gripers, there are some things — /that I don’t like about A&M—. particularly you guys. But hundreds of advantages greatly out number a FEW MINOR dis advantages. I If. you call lypurselves “Aggies,[’ then act like Aggies. Spirt admir ing and 'complimenting the good of this school instead of “makimt a mountain out of a mole hill. Otherwise, get the hell out of her THE ROADS ARE NUMERO AND WIDE OPEN!!! BliAKE ALLISON, ’4? HTOHi ! ★ AGGIE SPIRIT Editor, The Battalion: It seems tt) me that all of the recent letters! to the editor conl- ceming the spirit of years pasjt are rkther odt pf place.’ One man jumps up and : yells, “The Spirit in ’45 was better than the spirit in ’46T” And thep another man jumpb j up and yells, “The spirit in ‘44 wab better than the spirit of ‘45 or ’46!f’ Then some, small boy (who ib afraid someone will get ahead of him) jumps up and yells, “My dad dan',whip youir dad!” Aggies haye never had to go bitek into the; past for their, spirit before, and l don’t see why we GUION FRIDAY NIGHT* f: ' ■'■If!; 1 ! two chiller-dillers djn “THE HOUSE OF DRACULA” I: idbing this" tjlumlef by Colliers’ The Bat talion .gpesoAjrecord as extending best wish- it + es to SOUTHERN Methodist in its game with the Yankees on New Year’s Day. Suh, we. have spoken. r :• • • this racket! Save dollars j awl use it we hlad finished the ’ R ’l^e the Profes- tion of an educational institution bo provide good teaching; and enqpurage proper advis ory rela!|tionsinips between a teacher and his i students.” ! > 1 . , 1 ;■ .■. l j j ! ; .!! ■ , ■ J “In addition to the student ratings of instruction and 1 ! fcourse content, the evalua- the number may even irim as high as three hundred. From each of These he receives a hundred dollar deposit, making a total of ten thousand dollars, Of which the deal er either deposits and draws/inter est at\ six percent or returns it to the business In the form of used car dahlk etc. Don’t. fh|! for your hundred yourself. \ A. R. NUGENT, 1!45 (Ed. Note: xfhe Galt thanks Nugent for his warning against automobile racketeer^.) •wVlTHHELD” iskj'f GOOD Editor, The Battalion: W’e are regular readers of your ‘‘Letters to tjny Editor” Column. We do no the section, /and especially nd think carp for! besi that it as .allege o’ Literature, inactivities ntto effect on an ; ex- the curffcnt academ- ,calls folr judgement ' facu .ty , committees meml \erti ithemsfclves per$on|ne|; officers. tion of a faulty member’s teaching effec tiveness will include information concerning! getting stahi bull to .4ee so many,; a enrollment and grades in his classes, teach- “names withheld by request." if bntAidn tdip rlassmoml and re- I people/whib request; their names oe withMela are af^aiii to I sign I I heir mimes for fear; of bejpg drowiuyi out, getting paddled, or fear o/ losing! a friend, why'write in th^- first place? : j / ! ' This possibly will not be publish-; ed,/t>ut in regard to y()u’r own edi torials, endeavor to write on cam pus affairs iitistjead of ! profesors. They and thelir policies :(re here /arid there’s net a dainim thing we can do about it. up A. & M. to the; high school (ball stats of yofjr hometown when you are home on the week end !j We haVe plenty of gdbd players now, but if y^pii guys keep it, tip, our future will look bad. We (the guys who think A&M is the ! best) can work together for LOTS of future Cotton; Bowl teams if you would get out i(ml leave us alone. )Vnd speaking of the other good aspects of this school, have yojl compared The 1047 Long horn with the innua|s of other ‘gfeat universities" 1 of this stage? Oh yes, gripers, hpw, many col- bands can you'name that nev- •njake a mistake ; Hui'ing half- time activities of a football game lies the Aggjie Blind? When ever and wherevjer it! parados on football field,' it Stlirs the a<l- THE AVALON CLUB 10 Mi. W. Bryan—Hwy, 21 Leonard Boswell, Proprietor The Best Of sdA FOODS IN SEASON ,'ii K. (f. STEAKS SOUTHERN FTtlED CHICKEN Air Conditioned Beautiful Dance Floor 8-532F21 for Reservations ; with John Carradinc Lon Chaney Tickets 8:30 for t Frida} lis late REMEMBER THE TIME outside the classroom, and re ports of! collletigues and counselors* the re port notes. “Studentff will be asked to ‘grade’ their instructors ajccording to a printed form dis tributed in the classroom at the end of the semester. .These ratings ask the student to checkx the quality of instruction under such headings as qlarity of assignments, presenta tion of subject matter, success in keeping gj is;to bej regarded as students alert in class, availability for con- new svjilluation sys- sultation with students. Each student will 1 ' on College also be asked to rate the course, regardless irst obliga- of the quahty of instruction.” j/~ / Commit. Utils I a t ’ ' ! lilii ; j : •|.| r- . Diamonds Have Two Sides.. J , • [ I If 11 Ip / ! ' . • i *i< 11:'' btudents need noUlejavp tJ|is!collegej pol-’ id to high lUstrfc cfli pile- ^jidfe and a dia- gion, nor wquld it he entirely practical for ished to high lUstrfc c|ii pde-^jidh and a dia- students to work in industry or business for monid in,the rough pnihe dth4r.t i ^ several yearb before entering A«StM. How- This is a technical.school !bi,fits original ever, those students who ^re a few years purposes, as legally sjpt foKn, kud through older undoubtedly get no re put of their col- traditional practices, ^ l lit thlerje are other lege work tljan their younger classmates, sided of the studert |v iiic|h imjit receive This college ;is able to do its,part in jire- • trailing! Students may nijvijr Wif a job in paring the stiuddint. Hisltory, English, and the the technical field tha|they tV{(in for because other humanities may he studied\fi>r reals- \ / of overcrowded fields, am student to train himiellf which he is also talented: . _ .yiooves the pt^cr fields in t.; , pen- yeti ons other than,, three hours Credit. Tf Shake speare and. Shelley are distasteful, Courses may he takejn j|n economics or political science. A .student should he made to realize that all answers cannot lie found with a slide rule. Also, the field oif foreign languages, Students are exact in getting every ny’s’worth when the: buy an wticie; how they ^ive r so .mufcl| molitj} and val-i literature, drama, speech and journalism are liable time to acolleg. CQq)’se| ahdthen take ma( j e t 0 ord^r for students who like creative only half, ut what is the.r; dleR TOpugh at thi#ki as ^|,. s i. A stud ,. bf )hese thinking as Well as aivalysis. A study of these subjects will lead to a better citizenship and an enriched personal life. ried and unmar Worley experier ... .fc ness to the! coHogfei. woul^r suggest tjhet a spend five/yi least; 40. percent of .tleiir timifc is [Spent in a study or subject.4 in t id School of Arts and Sciences, much ]o£ Itliq inforFhaition given thefn there is immediately sbe l {like water from! a diick’^ back, f U , . h How many of/thesl *t(ic ei tt liecome ma- j tureef so they will uifidfcrstand the need, of ia broad education? R?|u!rningf v.stdrans, mar ried, Are brir (ing maturity, ce, Ti|d an ii Ymse serious- cranium haijj bdein dpened, and “thinking for *‘uit, oh, ic U$ly, ho one the sake of jjiinlfing” has been stimulated, non-ydtdran students No,! stuaehts; need not leave this school The Sehobi pi Arts and Sciences has many courses aval able other than those listed “re- after a student satisfies the re in [the hunianities courses, he quired”. If, quiremepts signs up fof additional courses, the faculty knows that aijiqther door of the student’s jl five/yearjf ipj tlfe jJFre^jh Foreign Le- polished qp |mejside and dull on the other. c Battalion The Battalion, officii 1 n< of College Station, Texas! is pu afternoon, except during; holida lished semi-weekly. Sublcriptio: (r^ o^f the^ Agricultural and .Medkahical ^ollcge^ of^Texas andrthe City ind examination peiiodsi Durijig the summer The^Battalion is pulh '14 per school year. AdvertiSing rates furnished on request . Room ; 201, Good- t. Activities Office, Room oy****-TT S|/vayi|i| f yv* qviswa » . .fXjUT va y telephone (4-5324) THE WINNER Content ciosps, DECEMBER 15th Mail Your Entry ' to | ‘n T !.jl] JACK A FARR I) A N C E The Plantation In Houston fealuring Th«> Aggleland Orrheslra Sat. — 8:30 Till 1:00 QUEEN SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY SHIRlFTEMpTr^t FRANCHOT TONE • GUY MADISON !lfo«»ci)«* oon \ * WILIIAU KEIGHIEK Pl£Il)Rf UHA »Of AT • OfN| lOCiHAlt /», Y COHHHA MUtA . G«ANI MlICHtU Oh well, we are truly disgusted. CHARLES B. DRAKE, '49 GERALD R. MacMANUjS, ’49 JAMES >\. ROBINSON. ’49 . : -jk | : • GRIl'ES, AWAY! Editor, The Battalion: If you don’t mind, 1 would like to make a suggestion to some pf the guys who have written you letters this! year. And here it is—“Why;in the hell don’t you gripers go to another : school?” If you think everything! is sorry at A. & M. there is a pub- ! lie highway (No. 6) going south! from here which leads| tb. Rice In-i stitute. Yog are an American citi- i zen and have the privilege of traveling over it without anyone ! stopping you. Also, Highway fl 1 leads north to Beylor IJ.<—and just j a little farther to SMC and TCU. Pro(bably most! of yoi) know the* public road on xriiich yriu can travel j down to TU or to “Tech High” at Lulibock. And there aire numerous | pALAC —Preview Saturday Night— SUNDAY — MONDAp there aite numerous L— /--t- WANTED . ‘4 A NAME FOR new DRIVE-IN THEATRE! Liu Now under construction between Bryan and Col lege Station. ONE YEAJ?S ■ PASS TO THE PERSON ! Suggesting the Name I U • Sekwt Should dublicate submitted the ont the earliest post n be chosen as mes be bearing iark will by CHARLES DICKONS A CINEGUILD PRODllCTl^N Opens 1:00 p.m. 4-1181 ' . k —iv I i TODAY AND SATURDAY Color Cartoon — News SAT. RREVUE r SUN, — MON. UWIEl Mltwri iHMill CARY COOPER "Jldrartures 'Marcorolo •ilk BASIL RATH BONE SI0RID CURIE TODAY and SATURDAY M GUI the same program “THE HOUSE! OF HORRORS” | ilLJ \^th TRyk Virginia Grey 11 Kent Taylor niH Gi ight aftei i ight, good btow! ; 10:3|0 F ! V- riday night ji FR1D DOU /is .... f palong Cassitk Productions . i/D| LL |a|a BOYD ■ms ' HGPAi.ONb OASSiDY” „i ''IfDie Devil'f Play^mind Ctlecned -hro UNlTtO ,A*riSV5 . ^ ’ LILLI rALMLK COOFWyUAfif-G^RIMlONq .. MARGARET XHWSlpd W G'/y jlem Kei* s’ | An INOlVIOUAt PioAoclion • ^ UNIVtRSAliRiltASIHO; ’ Sunday & h |h‘'i t :