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Paradoxical C
Christfriajs tim& tiat s;asin
al merriment and ]
ing and ail A. & r
the United State
torial 1
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as el S' iw
people a
mood. Edit
been able to^prpe
Christmas”,
est of rat io
coming of a
the earth.
Though Christinas i$ t loug
the childrm’s )jiij§i-<jif yejar, t
O'f Greece will n
iproach-
oiighout
ih al festive
iters! liave ilm times past
irp Pi iforlt ivide “Merry
not even the gay-
ha)s heralded the
but tlis 1 y^pr
comr|er]ti2(ls
“sea
xd. good
c|heer’f for HU
iIm
of as being
.. little ones
l he gpily ajiiticipating a
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What a
The c<mijng o|
the passage of
single year in A.
the nine school me
sarily havie to coj
from the perious
scholastic^ extna-c
ministrationi-stude
1947 saw the
inder the shadow cast by a mor-
wHo:trie( to replace Christ |n Christmas
tjoh honors, and failed; horribly,
jity aind starvation hov^r throughout
the wprld. Yet we at Aggieland, who long
ago became deafened^md insensitive to the
wo^s of an ajiling J civilization, give but little
thought; andjless thahks, for the prosperity
and wjell beii|g that surrounds iis.
jChrisjtmps decorations are ;going up in
itories, and in
visit from St. Nicholas pn| Ghri^tma^ Eve of cleaply
1947. The^ will qje Ivopdpirlg^ijf papa will
return fnm the
wonderingi iif tlhe
i s aive.! they will be
wealthy Ji4 generous”
people of ithe Unifced States, Willi send more
wheat for the wiint er. breadlines.: They will he
wondering if little “IDicjhd” with bulky head
d warped limbs cun ^urviye; the ravages
malnutrition. ^ 11
i What <f the m|rriy tiotk' in the rest of the
world ? In German r wherei the; f jble of “Kris-
Kringle”' hnd the is<i -ojf the jC iristmas tree
were born, “die kiider”:aite cbj^and |iungty
itions
catnpus homes, includ
ing; the pr^-lfabsj Freshmen are singing
car<j>ls. Tie outward signs of Christmas are
* ' | i8iWe - il; ( if i f
it of the inward signs
izi what a grim Chri
Was This..
uhijislmapljj 11947, marks
;rha.d s F
M.}hi
most eventful
itohi: A review of
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ill ward signs'? Sow many of
a grim Christmas this is in
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the VU.tax. ■
Feline lii
le; Fondly Freqin
as thought that cats could do little
Was
rr, meow, and Ifcad nine lives. But pow
be gettin* nm+ilt. | . r j .. A
Tapper for instance.!
jer is the mascot pnd liftj-time pal of the
firemen m! one of Boston’s suburban fire Stations.
Not content with the “usual firehouse mascot’ chores
of lying under the pinochle table or riding on top
of the hook and ladder, Tapper has invented a new
twist. i'j. .
When the fire bell rings and her friends starts
the pole, Tapper is not to be out-
done. She climbs down the pole too.
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BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS .. i
She shops on, wraps all; fdur paws around jthe
brass pole and sets sail. She can go to blades with
thS best of them.
DEER, AND COSTLY, ;
ij ! .When a 200-pound deer rah into his automolbile
and was killed in Rowley, Maes., Norman (3. Flitz-
patrick, pf Augusta, Me., was-, pleased although a
gafageman said it would cost $00! to repair; his-icar. iiluxil
“Baclt in Maine,” he explained, “when this THRjEE EOR ONE
happens, you keep the venison arid the staite must- 1 ' J ~
pay for the damages to youf car.” He was reminded
he was in Massachusetts, however, where the deer
gops to a state institution,'and you pay ydpr own,
rjepjair bills.
Mr. Fitzpatrick’s smile fadfed.
* , t
» hand may
y lie worth t'
but J. !B. Isenhart
three with ope | shot
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of the world/and want to do
bout jit? (Such as was done by
here in the clothing drive last
us realize
many paint
something
the istiidfn
weeje.)!
There ajre probably more Aggies with
broad milnds and generous hearts than cynjcs
would haye !us believe. Perhaps this paradox
ical Christmas will open the eyes of others
to o|ir responsibilities, as well as our joys, in
these weeks of holiday celebration.
‘Years of Locust’ Gives; One
Feeling of Home and Kinship
tps iof( 1943‘Would meces-
lyriadi of subjects, ers fit Tdxas Christian]
tidiciilous, fjthletic, L
myicula’
ir relations , t
.gties lally stb edgO, Texas
l|947 pas also seen a football season which
.Hculffr add fina ly, ad- although admittedly mot • a raving success,
W
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for the .Scjuthwiestf Confeifendd track
' 1 M.
ijink tStlfe. The year watch-
il
mate cuhttimtjoni o
grown to-f tafe-lwi|e
disputes; (if an a
football cciach Ho
once again blazin
the past gridiron
During! the ; y
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“Bli
laupchi
othi
well with everyone except: some two-percent-
upst
c Crown
| & M. for the
and Texaij, in tu
conference switn
ed an indljgnartt Caded Cprptej stage la mid
night march in;preiest tjo the Adlministration,
the subsequent entrance c f tl|e 'Veteran Stu
dent Association iMd* the frav 'and the ulti-
mimtml ofSh ' ‘' ''
. f ff i«7 row* Which had w ««
proportions, in aj senate lion’s junp from a tri-weekly to a daily pa
, \ : f: f i I j L Le „^ee
was ncjt without its brighter “moments—a
thrilling 21-21 tieliri the rain with Arkansas;
a revengeful 24-0 drubbing of previously
unbeaten Baylor abd a valiant but losing
battle agjainst one of the finest ,$MU's teams
in the lattdCs, history. a
1 Ip fiyidp other than athletic in nature
1947 has produced other advances, the birth
of tpe Ub ra fnentatoiy bi-monthly publication
of land Sciences students; the Batta
iurhp fro
By| MBS. WILNORA ARNOLD
Reiader4’ Adviser •
THE YEARS (jF THE LOCUST
by b ou, a Grace , Erdman. Dood,
Mead & Company. 1947.
Da<le Keazie was a big man,
wise and prosperous, so sure of
himself he was almost arrogant,
yet as simple as earth.
This is the story of Old Dade,
and of the men and women of the
neighboring farms and villages
whose lives were changed because
they had known hitp. Their story,
set against a background of the
rich bottomlands and rolling hills
of Missouri, mbkes a “^arm and
understanding novel.
THE YEARS QE THE LOCUST
is a simple sto^y|; but as it un- |
THE SURE HAND OF GOD is
one of Caldwell’s best, recallinf
the tragi-comeidy ;of God’s Ljtt
Acre, Tobacco Bbad, Trggic Grdum
and the best of his short stories.
In Molly Bowser, Caldwell has
creiated one of his strongest and
most unforgettable people, trium-
phintly alive, ‘and extraordinarily
human, and ypt amusing figuije. ;
THERESE by; Francois MauriaCi
(Translated by Gerad Hopkins,)
Holt, 1947. . ;f:
For more than ten years Fran
cois Mauriac .concerned himself
with the creation of a charactety-
Therese •- Desqueyroux, a woman
who, in his wtjirds,
power,
iLY ARE “FIGHTING IRISH”.
The ^‘Fighting Irish” of Notre Dame are really
mole Irish than any other patipndlity, the Lujacks,
Zontini’s and Bertelli’s notwithstanding. ' Of the
sixty-seven men oh the 1947 varsity squad, ]twenty-
one of them o^ 31% are of Irish descent. Closest to and jiqontini cd
the Irish groi^p are the polish boys. The! varsity
numbers fourteen lads of Polish descent in i|s ranks.
HENPECKED OR STUDIOUS
Dean Arthur H. Hughes, of Trinity Chllegie in
Hartford, Conn., said that students whose report
cards are mailed to their wive* Wet. higher grades
than those whose cards are sent to their fathers.
Married -veterans averaged 78.8 percent in fheir
1946-47 grades, Dean Hughes said; single veterans
76.3 and; non-veterans, none of them married,'74.1
percent. ; . T ;; | , 1 1
re ported to Stait
rnils hunting ne
ei bird jandl khoti
f
!
n the bush
veif man--
whjlb Ipheasant
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orted tb Stajtc Garni anil Fish Of-
ar For; Cfjllins, Col<j>.,;
it. His dog, going to
surprisad a Isecohd bird find cadght
jjtirtlediby the proceedings, flew up
k e ills ,heck against & farm building-
liikiHed a new shell, pocketed the loot,
“ -pejratidnrsi • ; A ■■ i j’ . i
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Aj stri
ojfer it -d bj
rejeei it y a|
it ! iir ger.
] lie ordtfrjt
(lidercd
f.lipm In
AT
On The Screen
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tVpifies “that
granted to all human be-
fop ” 1
igter, re
Was
folds through the richness and ’di-1 ings, no matter how much they
"'Ll ||
wilked into/a Newark, N. J. tavern
Anna Vikizdcite at 26 Ferry Street
aHl her if she would bandage his
k£ IIF P i '
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dr'.
investigation!. ; ‘f H j j|.; j 4 ' t j| I and ja Rshuffling ,hf administrative off
And thp grand fold weajr hiikjseen Interrtal that seji; W. L. “Penny” Penberthy to
.u- -J ~*LiLi-*L t at ^ directed at Deal) of Jjlejh’S post and Ithe taking ovef of
htit
rtKo! j .
trflr Isiri nijering during
le® ..Norton!, flame that is
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Twas Ihe nig
all througli the hois &
Not a .dreaUirq v
louse: il-
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For th i | Chaiilm
gathering jlata
On anarchists,
thata;
,When Aut oif t
belly-acheijs.:
The National
Makers.
They ajecosted
complaint:
“. . . This fjor-jj
eign intruder,
this Nid|o|as
Saint!
Come to
rescue, ou
dustry f a
He cuts down
puf" profit
reducing
sales!” .
The W h
of Comm|ltitee.
proceeded
churn:
“Where
he get all
money to
Illegal
gremlin!”
“I knohi
from the
) tl. /regained the
the jreihi) of Student.,Activities^ bv
“Spi
per
ice^
the
vprsiiy of its chajnjicters, it increas
es irt complexity, like life itself.
may seem to be slaves of a hjos-
tile fate, of saying 'NO’ to (the
In its pagejs one feels the pulsing | law \yhich beat^ themi down.” Fp»r
rhythm of the sdakons and of man, , aspects of this remarikable woipan
of lives intprwoVem and dependent} are now brought J together to form
on each other, unaffected by the a rounded portrait in THERESE,
hysteria of bur teeming cities! Best j superbly illuminated by Mauriac’s
of all, perhaps, is (he feeling of [ precise insight .and magnificent
‘Life With Father’in’80s
Was Stuffy. Formal Fwin)
By DAVE SELIGMAN , tral American neighbor
LIFE WITH FATHER (QuCen, | ture has bundled in;it a
WTh). Father ( William Fowell) is|bf entertaiijment: singi
the archetype of the absolute fam-! Hayings, dancing by
ily rponarch of the ’80s—a man not; bashing Cesar Robiero,
inclilhed to take any liji from the. Celeste Holjm. ."j
Whi9kytajnd-bejcr. She pijovijded that,
r quarts j df beer to go i
^ijcj finjHhH jby giving
i a,if i urt
1
411!, uv ^m^v
me’ White. ! P'' i -I
.11 iii all it’s been quite a year.
Beyer see the like of it again.
C G.
A- & M.
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If
(iuiiied, up CoiigressmeH; all raised
'll ' '■ " Li i
crimson-cloaked demon! He must
1,1
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(ham,
bers of Congress they sat
trrival cf Nick
on his journey - ill-
conienipt charge was Hung by the
with CaireLj ' |] \ ;r § : 1 ,,
theh, in the wink of an “aye”, he
4
bewildered, Saint! Nick
?d i
home and kinship land the nepd of
security lying (leop in each heart
that the author ’ has expressed
through the atmosphere of a slmall
community, knit together by their
regard for a man they all respect
and love.
★
ALBERT SEARS by Millen Brand.
Simon Shuster, 1917.
Millen Brand, as he demonstrat
ed in “The Dutward Room”, is a
novelist who rteafies characters so
oyerwheldiihgly human that they
seem almost larger than life size—
like a giaiit closeUp on the screen,
viewed fiiom a first row seat.
Such u character is Albert Sears.
He is r hard and uncompromising
man, qnwiping, in fact unable, to
adapt himself to L-jrcUmstances. He
is a frontiersman by birth and in
spirit, loathing the crowded,'- re
stricted li(e of the eastern city in
which he ii forced to live. He is a
stern, old-fashioged moralist, yet
finds hiipself in love With a woman
who is not his wife. He is a fight
ing spirit, [but he; finds no target
for his anger against thej world
in which hje seems tb; be an ana
chronism;, i i! !;
imagination.
The first brings into perspective
her early life, drehialjically climax
ed by her trial fbr (he murder of
her husband.- Then follow two
shorter episodes of her subsequent
days in Paris, and thp last, entitled
“The End of the Night,” tells of
Almighty Himself. But there’s an
innocence about his tyraiiny which!
exct(ses the kind way feverybodyi
feels toward him.
Mother (Irene Dunn) i|s a gehtM
and guileful soul with grekt skill
at winning victories by passive re-'!
sistance. There are foumsohs each;
with a differeht shade o(f T(*<1 hair.
Great care was taken by fhe pro-
i|br fidelity
The-story 'as in tnost
not much but there’s a^jnei
mefit i in watchii(g H
American vjisitor, ,woo
the daughter of a nat
American-born wife.
■! i i 're
JUNGLE PRINjCESftl
(jiutlund shf
■ „ him $18.80
l| si i4(> bill,'and
wh* led at; tjie $20 under a light.
jodljWrfeit.. j - , !• I '/• T'lj
TTTjTf!—rH
tlTs isjhlfi teyvest film. For areonlt /'
it ml adnos; here Marline; Dietrich;
(if his rfpmme fatale.” . j
At times jthg story looks as if it
(nit toward;
renatic and
, , th I’ough the
War yea re ithe theme ; is the pre-i
conflfct plotting apd biruialities of
Itihe Nkizif and attempts ol'^he Bril*i
ofh to ! snatch the GernuiiV poison ),
ijjas fermjula
z
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Ml
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her last days ahd nights. With the 1 , care was umen ny me pro-
penetration into the human heart ( ' llc * rs to Kivq Technicolor Ddehty
for which he is famous, Mauriac I u ' t f le 0 ^ m 4 Da >\ Hls
lavs bare the soul off a “bad” wo- I especially h^ red hair
man, who yet has |
Mr. Gay’s widow.
TW). Ray Millandj is gt
for the mbiiey lately in
(Gan
:
and courage that redeem her hu
manity.
The presentaftion
ter of Therese ip done so effortless
ly that the readier is
tl^at he is reading
present as. he- sees
of the charac-
through Therese eyies.
Scarcely aware
novel. He is
the world
“Father” W«i) put on the screen;
whep the play was already a suc
cess, I.t was filpied like a success:,
it hes the glitter, the good hunjor
of this area, but lere
first picture^. Playing
Dorothy Lamoup (back
new look left the strong
dry) Millanid stars ip ! u
Edgar Rice Buijrougl s’
er junglewfitert’, fans' y ill gif
kick out of this-j-the i’est of yoja jj
cap try sonfething else)
G>ng aj
le njii' (ie ?
one h: ’ ,J
. JiPp
tefort
highf
igle
an<f
hi i
ilsitia
tratei
j>
And theh;
incident:
comes tjhe Manh irst
urplrisecl am
the; chair,
rv^lsewHere,to go!” they heard him
defewrej Ij, . J L ii. ,,, , A .real e^ate wUr brings a Negro
ElFxugh |.of lip! M e 11 pot tolerate family, the Manhursts, to live .in
: i". i '. T\
And j\ye,’ir judge!' on you fairly . . e.
a white ntighbprhood, and
uhist rat.
then
if ipob
a be-
you
What’s yoiir REAL name? Aren’t
Kit by| birth?
Why the red Karments? And what are
. worth?”
Three hours of this and the witness
broke down;
The;Y/hairman then shouted,:
withj /th'e clown!
T
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‘To
jail
over - sized
h^lhairrtan. •ii s sold
fhev dragKcd Santa off; now the question
hatijuajen:.: 1 -! i !j : :||[ ; ' j; ■ jj
Whiu 11 givd.the; presents? Kris Kringle’s
in pri(;pii.
A# .there he will 'rot, found guilty of
treaFoii!,!
lid; there he will die, and this is the
il I l» '.J : .
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- And thjh, with d shout, hrewas off on his
way
him say.
Our’n iiioi) is
|hregtejned!
le six heard
dur| Constitution, he wasn’t inten-
hrotighout all the clauses
o Santa.was menitioned.
M l ii ' —^Tulane Hullabaloo
H- 'fl
The Ba,
of College
afternoon,
lished semi
!!
.talion,
Station,
Except (
eekly.
:ialn :wsp
fts.lis pu,
rg iho iday.
ibfurijitiop
f News
j win Hall..
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intributio i
Classified a
m.
ader of the Agricultural
ilpjed five timqs a week
jj, and cxahiina.tiorrr peri
(ate $4 per school year,
made • by telephone (4-54-
pliaced by telephone (4-61:2
echanical College of Texas and the City
lircujlatqd every‘Monday through Friday
idds.l Purihg! the gummer The Battalion is pub-
Advjei:tikir|g rates fuP ‘
makes thcpi thb; victims nt nic
terror. Albert Fears iis not! a hi
, liever in Negro equality. Neverthe
less, he finds hilnsolf dnjwn to
Tom Manburst by (he stjubbpm
honesty add har$h backgrounds
they have [ip conjmon. And on be-'
half of Tom Mgiihurst he does
battle-ragifinst greater odds than
he ever .encountered ip his frontier
past. Rough hewn, unbending, and
with little [ grace, Albert Sears is
an oddly [reassuring [ figure in a
world of scjft comprorhise; and slick
surface, i
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