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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1947)
—-1"^ B a ttali Wfi* Statesman, Knightly G iflivan Ross, Founder of .0 In its f ■<et Us .1 jeen accompli The situations jsolve the pipblems Here afe the ling the yeaf: Publish of 194 M i F The Battalion publ shed a teh-poiiit platform, “In 1947, the year, we find that 0ight of the ten goals have ’47 platform, with ft aiimm. M AFthe beginiiing i|of |19 pn^ aji dream jiup to the T}re-wai| thrfte- i-w^ek, schedule. things )egai|-t|i biteak. The A 'cation was Then Batt office jgot rejhdy tip-|oll(|w. A fast automatic ed in the Kasemc it of Goodivip. Truckloads of precious roll-paper began to arrive. I Associated Press ieasdd-v[ire’teletype was installed ‘ ’ Jl ’’ As Atgjgies s . a daily Bat# i monthly, j-ija Develd) jp To create an i al, two 'new The 1 -MJ li tenia t onal Rdations. Club had its beg Jnrjing last spring when H. H, Caldwell of the geography |leparjtn ent and Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the! historj’ department; com bined theii effor s to form this group. Since then hais considered and discussed many the VitUi work prolblerhs confronting our nation and worjd today. pr, . lag an feditoriftl ir last summer’s Battajiop, in which a “Great Issues’’ course | Follow sim rlar to to iiistitutfe pre ?ent iafif tic:;, and In adil Vioiisly. •-Co grou] s were course iii tHie curricula.; A two-h(fu*rj (jolurse will start ne^t semester, and jhts ica 1 fir several oiutstanding men jn the field of journalism, poli os to.le ’tu 'e on the campus, l 1 T . ; ; ' :i V: M ; | ij- \ \ * j'., itiori, cimpub dubs and societies have obtained nore outside speakers than prft- diti jm l|i4 se Buildings Only ftnd the If and 1948. when Aild Stoderjts ho R I 1 At tlfd Marc l>eii of st| [.was writ the niimbfet to t\\|o. Two i ?nior ? tudemits / A st “en last > • Brazos Resiij s ^dent government T~ fnonthly : 1 Aii c .;pntil sani ..Enlar brary. nsa ilf Battalion . . . 147, The Batt was comii^ out .twice a Week, and dlailyi pu.bli- Buring the spring semester, publication was finally stepped, 1 . . •s WORK IS NEVER DONE h 1 <u ji f • ♦>, * v 4 " ^ 0 r ’ mmr ■ * v •K,: Mr b Isn’t Hard to Hold Your FoUow These Simple Vle J' ■ |] I ',' r: / former court bcautifi- voices rtarila says the Aiweri-’ tw vc husbands would tarn jyfiy w j' : AL YORK, ueen Marie of >r Ql divorce* rate would fall i; citedit for putting thift prpgrftm through. We can only call people, who may get “steamed up’’ and do something to our thanks go to th|)se whp have done so much in 11947. ary of what has been done dur- mirror. formula to learn fe7’ said bus! fily count p*. his glamor the Wife will no W freedom to be sloppy, and prrn*- • *1. ^ WK , " ■ ' .... ■ ^ ^ * y>. ^ f'S ^ Cv “You husbani thjrik she has the both like each other better.’’ 1 ; ' 'F'I • i 1 Edrinond, who operates a plitter belt, “hoi beauty’’ only a ten-karat stone’s throw froi avenue, believes the iverase America^ husl about as glamorous as a sheep dog with ijally .it is him thai is the whole contihu ' ' L ”“' wour d the Egyptian-Wirn beautician. ‘"I: et a hold of tilmsAf an® become a c- -X r, ^Vn O & M. PiJie^s mojved fo Goodwin Halk apd The was ’ ts found, purchased, and install- ajnd began clacking. ruggjec bapk to. the campus aft^r; the! Babor-Day vacation, they found n thftir haljj boxes. After fifty-foiij year? The Batt, which began as a finely achieved daily statilsL ' . i I j ; _Jf ' 1 I ■ ' Y. j ■ J I '4 :J Stfiden Discussion Groups • . . < i"i . ‘ U I T ij I i- I 1 I jj[ j ;i J jl; f • •'j,'' intepesi hi social and economic problems, both international apd nation- formed to fill the “cultural lag” at A.&M. Letters WE& to the Editor 1 - 1 Air-c|)|ditiontng Guij)ii |lall and Cushing Memorial Library is Resolution No acqomplis i|d. I ] | : I _±, j an-exce lent jol| of jpigeon-holing the request 1 rary cpoler pficesi in which to see a movie the req as held up action on making Guion md study. 1 7 me dent n embers n into the 1M esty comes out of hiding, we loqk forward to a cooler summer! Athletic Council J “NO GIREENER PASTURES’’ . i I { I {T r ’ j I s f' Dear Edjtoi*: A thgasaiid orchids to Blake Air lison for 1 telling the chronic grip-i ers ftt A&M to “hit the road.’’ And, brothdif, take it from me, an Aggie who did hit the road, the grass is not so green on the other side. I wont to A&M for two years, ai'ul theri this fall I transferred because theicourses I wanted were! not offered at A&M. (I’m sorry now that I didn’t change my major and just sUy in Aggieland),' I am goihg to a state universi ty now (not) T. u., thank you), and, all you gripers, I want you to know th^t ther|e ip nothing liko, it. There aav nearly 4000 co-eds here all ru iriing Ibose. Sounds good, doesn’t it’ But ithat’s not all—not by a loi g shot}. Jp this same little (less than 2p,(K)lj)j) town, 'only a fpw bheks frioni the University, there are two (4) ALL-GIRL colleges! W ly, main,! the place is lousy; with wt men. j The c)oip.ses offered here lire a lead-pjipie; cinch.; .Nothing hard like the; ojnjes where you are. Of course, one doesn’t learn mu a this school, but who cares jhst s<> long ak you get tha* old sheepskin. Quite a L’ioiutj. don’tybu think? So, atl ntoU gripej's^/fome on up.. The schofcl puts no/fimit oh out- of-state stuijentsF so yon won’t have any trouble- enrolling. The maximum jnujpber of hours you qan over boy, thd marriage it would; last longer. The glkmor, U must begin ^before This means, he' indicated, that the hufibai d should ouit lotting his wife see him when pel first turns off the alarm clock, yawning and scratching hlmselfj Instead he should go to the bathroom, {(Have, comb hjs hair and come back in a fancy dressing gfjiwn before arousing the sleeping beauty he is wedded to. ,J hr m'' ’ Trampling Out the Vintage Plight of Agricultural Wo Little, Even With Modern ie<4{nif of -'the board *of directors-a heiv policy lfegardj|g the num-; can . y up i6; you ain’t jfg on i the Athletic Council |yas adopted^ Before thjs new rule ! work. ks Only one student was oji toiincil pbsts. ( ne rfepr eftetits 4he corps of cadets, the other the veterans Close imty I si of it iitar|r Eating Places i ; . r i i ! ! i sjpectjic fes ain f drug ary ttu asures are theyfcouncil. now electeld each year (by the senior class for the Athletic The adopwon changed ! Oh yes, there me. one or, two, little thijti^sjl forgot to mehtioni towahi cleaning j ju.p eating establishmeiiU r- whftn the Veteilan Student Association A ealth Bnit Sin monthly inspectionB. < le surveys Shave been run in The ;Ba undervp ns. ! .‘tores failing to score 70 jpoi iVeiaken. e Li bran Is Fiction Section To n| ejt; the need hint mok 1 fiction and non-tecHnical the College Station area was tak- k Committee joined wjit h the Since the systenj of stu 7 ya itfave ueen run in me lOoLM^uun. ojm.e me eypieu^ ui mu 7 mt k change, the* Student ;Seiiate Mes^ .Committee continues the : Ji . .[ ' ■ ’ ts on the inspections are closed ,000. b" thifii Hast gear’s Exchange Stoni pijofits 'he spent ’|n. buyi ig imoifej books. 1 "Life Co ’■This con AlsOil a! conjianittee' 0 -students SHom Cushing Alemoilial li- werfe allotted to the library to yap appointed by. the; Studen purchase of these new books. , ( .. stijdents and faculty 'members ilttee no assiist sand; advise in the selectioii alnd it tee fvill beg|n wjork following the 1 Chpistpiaft holidays. : Organize a DeEatiiifg Society . . . f ‘In feasors, atl E. Elmqiiist, N. A. Huggett. and Erhil IJubka^ was formed to promote in "terest inHforensip work n i -At ijjiesent the Disllt sjsicjn and Debate Club divides (its;! work into three phftses: in- tercollegil to, iiitfamuraj, aiiia cjub operations. The fofmeir requires; funds’ for sending iqtl, l i r l o tourjiamehts throughout the southwest; for that r;> jjer 2 u Vuion ; Nunf -shown at “ Sutdi manager 'Metro-GOTdwyij Fiiil- three English pro- ^independiont age icy, |0|»(rated somewhat like the Singing * o^el“ the! fisndtioils of i r ercpllegiate debating. jlntiji iiRral c ebat^r.* ;ire looking forward to an eliminat Spring, v irle tin national interest reason, it is hoped that an Cadets, will eventually take • T * ! j tournament early -next clubj ilsdf |vill feature panel discussions of’quest ions of local, state, and | J [ji aO aCcbfnplfchn Tom Piddy, Wh Theatre - to show Pud Hepburn.)The si Stesiffujl Impi hie P <>rth No * an ugly ..‘pecially jjt that gat « Tod ^trance w ^ manentl Mdng spacif. 'TJ Who * r Gates, v V. hedges . .Bala lie tbmits le mov ayei’ bid t'kir e first.! as r iade a )lso a group at Bryan Field. J r » in ies at Guion resolution was that bv the end (of 1947; first run movies Would be T |T 11 f if if , : I enhhas not been brought; about, but through no fault Of theatre r ..4J_ _• s j| s ^ em i )ee ,<, established with [Under! this system each individual ne 'hadinjg the highest bid i.i allowed W says that a competitiveibu all their first-run movies, ead j of the movies and the c 1 I'bu jjorfpeii should know.; • Hang onijto four hats. ! Th.is ■se[ug)| has as much i spirit as a tlccawd tooth. There are seniors (on the campus who actually doii’t know even the NAME of their own school song.. So when you hit the road, all you gripers, you might as well leave all those butterflies at College Sta tion. Duf! ng (football season not a. small numbeif of students here de liberately! mifes seeing a ganie on the honHj 1 fiekl, because they “have- other thihgs i to do.” It makes nfe sick. Ever hear of an Aggie miss- sing a ganie on Kyle Field? And when [you Cotne uji here, all you grij)j;rs,|you will just have to get used|to.the fact that the only boy you Nvillj meet for the first 'six months Will He your roommate; And you mpsltn’t speak to anyone on! j campus, jljlli ho, that just isn’t done, Another tfiing. I have been go^ ing/to this; state university for three months now, and I have not seen one single senior who, was wearing la ring. I will go even one step further! than. that.‘I have not seen one single senior who even knows \yhatj the school ring looks like. It’s disgusting. Ever-seej an Aggie senior who wasn’t! wearing a ring? By tWe Way, I forgot to mention that along with those 4000 co-cds are enrolled more than f0000 boys, and; alsjo, the majority of the girls at the other two colleges are cither damn Yankees who thhlk that the North won .the Civil War or else they a(e Southern belles whose “blue-blood” runs icy in the presj ence of the ’“ordinary college peas ant.’’ So, you see, the picture is beginning to lose its rosy glow. You think “Gibb” is bad. Listen, the student body’ up here has been drawing up petitions (every year in an effort fo boot out the presi dent; so far, he! hasn’t budged an inch. This has been going on for the last ten years. Hell, “Gibb” hi j o il “Song of Love” co-sfarlring Paill Heinred and Katherine >id(ler for this area will lie notified b„vj [next week. il- ite Entrance . H : ! I I! ! ; I ! i I.i .- ir Id suspect that a year ago ups were common, es- (an(^ Ejlp. m^ when it was almost impossible foT bars to get in oif out by w-. ij I ” ::: ’ |';; ! y'ltrafib mofes s hobthly, even after fojotball gamesi (The new dividedflane en- ls gomi letec: iiji in|e To lie opened briefly [at iall hojiie gftmes, and was opened per- oii Tujkey My. Pbsi Office traffic has its own road, and there is plenty of park- |v!Jj : • . '.in • r|;|' \ ijM| J. nJ * t is. mole, the heiv North Gate looks good. Though less dramatic than Eftvst or West the low We / ■ gram in . nate am Thi “ held the | 'j j !(Ad( ! / L -^jadj track te m tat dlef le. A Ifu repre dtl^iof tip ilal r\||isethe nts an itjhlejtiqjdl lohrfh was still digging tudnels jin the sand when this guy took aver. Wlhen Ull you gripers (lit the road, I would suggest that if you have an olfl surplus army tent, you bring it along. Finding a place to live might bem slight problem! The college has ojne (1) permanent boys’ dormitoey. You see, not all schools furnish a fellow a room like a certain college do<($ not a million miles from here. | Jersey Department of Agriculture Said recently, but If you’re a good cook, you had ! the farmer's work is never dbiiej. Despite ftdyanies better dust off that old mess kit. j iji the efficiency of term machinery, thej djep4rt- Cuts down on iexpOnsejs, you know, ment’s report said, the average Work week ,for a Ami if you’re lucky, you can find fjirm operator in Septepiber was 69 hojuija, a regular eating place that serves clusivci of Sunday’s and holidays, dompa boardinghouse, style, j Meals this i hburs (for the average factory worker. Tb way cost only 75c (that’s not “per j nient jis makmg time-and-motion studies bf ’fami Ag students please note. The industrial worker, organized in labor unions» may be working increasingly short hours, the Njew Jersey Department of Agriculture said recently the farmer’s work is never done. Despite gdva the) efficiency of term machinery, thej work day” either, Mr. Discontented) Incidentally^ how much is board costing at ;A&M thjs year? With a few Exceptions, of course, the boys up, here ahe a mile a Way frohi the regular’fellows that you meet xft A&.M. Most of them are of the “rah-rah” type who would npT fgel out of place in a racoon anti and black derby hat. They like suits witih stripes, bow -tjies with dots, and letter^ with check. Work fo reduce the time ^pent on various Chores. SOMETHING NEW ^j'l | [ j r A person without a cgn opener has proved that lick ojf such equipment edn cause no end of titottble. Leo Hill, Cleveland, phio, was arrested as he entered the basement door of a Kansas City apart ment house. He was held for questioning. Pjolice said Hill was’ carrying a can bf beans in hi^ hands and told authorities he was drjVdn to desperation in a search for a can opener hr! some thing with which to open (the container. Yow know what I mean. The kind ! iv[rs. Hilda Garold, a 46-year old Chicago widow whjo join a fraternity so they won’t said phe was determined to get. “the man I, IpveK haS'e to buy tiieir own clothes. | no matter how long she had to picket him tc ;d|p it. So, all you ’gripers, get a ciga- , “iHe’s Jack Glotzer, He’s about two yearn ()lder rette holder ajid a pair of sandals ( than jne and lives ip that building,” she said, pointing’ and come.on tip. Like I said, there ! to the apartment house phe was picketing, tearing is frothing like itj : an oijl doth sign which announced her int^nllop to Ciive tne a school 'where people marry Glotzer aid people, Give ifre a people shake hsimjs a where Silver Taps is a buddy dies-! Give j me a school school where nd say howdy, played -when She said she met Glbtzer four years age when he wias teaching folk dancing at the Chelsea folk d&nce group, and that They became engaged by whtore spirit jafrd :trailition are em bedded in tlje- sqUj every stu-: and the exes to round! up some debt. Give nje Tegm A. & M Name Withheld by Request ■ 'jW ( I . POLITICAL PpKER GAME Ediitor, The Battalion: In praise of yotjr “Political Pok- er(Game” editorial in the Monday Battalion, 1 say run more like it. It!j ledves only one thing to be de- sitjed—that it’s no, the outlook of! 45,000,000 other Americans who cap; do something about putting ’ •! situation right. Your last) jpafragraph there is gejtting a Htjtlie closer to the thing need, «s! agnatic n, although it Linds a little flippant and doesn’t far enough. The rest of, yopr editorial is like thjej spirit of our ti is I recognized but ekcellent material for the future seasons. All of us are going home fbr two weeks and all of us know many boys on our home town team WhoKvould help A. & M. come out of ain eight game losing streak— to TL T of course. Hbw' about all of yog—I am— talking up A&M to the (best pros pects you know—it can’t hurt any thing, and who knows we may round up a championship team! -Come On, let’s work together— just! for A&M. I Sincerely, TOM W ESTBROOK III TALE OF A SHIR Edi:or, The Battalion: mes^-tbe need the [corrective adtjon is lacking. It reminds me of , v, r e fully agree with tlje story the Hfrgijsh jirof made ! tjioij Set forth in the ' mute ordering j. gf j, Shirt—IV”. lashes because ! |! \v ei too, are among ( the many 4 frll read—King C the’ ocean given 300 the cjondi- ,ter, ‘fTale didn't obey his ciommand whb would like to reteive ALL Kjiijg Canute, we can throw our: theiir laundry back and jin as good voices at.W ashingtofr bpt Washing-; [(joiiditioiv as it was sent. It has ton, like the sea, gods its own ways reajehed the point where a laundry obeying thy laws of politics. ; package i^arely ever returns unless Why Wait.(until ]the_ November j thtj contents are datinaged in some ejections? There’s Referendum in this ( country of ours apd 10 years (from u.w is no timel^U js th(j blem of j to istop and wish wed used it in" 1 lt*47. . . if wh Itavej a voice aiuf a New York; and T( xarkina is Also, besides damaged laundry, 4° Milwaukee by airlh e than |lL|j J misplaced El fasd, j'(Try this on- your Jlla Nallyi The Lfnitec States!^ vjote theh. j Sincerely, W ALTER B. STONE Aggieland J lir talk it Editor, The Battalion: Right here; ati Christmas time, j tilpf ex-Aggiq? have given Homer Norton a nice present of $20,000— gncl told him- to in itself is gtood no fake moire than a but out a winning >49 or '50—it will rood football playef-s lighj Schools.(i N6w it is ill)) to t 1.^ : ii ! (Editor’s Noto ibws; butj jbecanse a :1V ftyb« it's humorc plating and your re-reading, oh some Yankee friend!); , i. | j ] Texas j oecupice all of the small paH set asice foi jthe Ilf owns thq north half ofj:the R1 bank anyone dry, Toxas is bounded < n the all of the oceans e ccept the Paf and S|)utb America; and on I t|ie Pacif c Oc :an and rest of thtl world. Underneath' have at tiis vfrlting down, ofitj ifr Uplor 12,500 f(gf qr so lor oi eitas Ms 500 feet tes ea$t Texas in Brow the highest hill in at'! Guads above! sea df the Rockieti. so bjK iiSville cal the pie YaHkfees, and the El PaSo speak of the Texarkana as “e fete It is farther! from arkana than it is elejthing. On inquiring, we find the laundry is not responsible, for losses. All we, desire, is for the laundry to clean our clothes and return thmi in good -condition without damage and minus lossbs. Sincerely, 4 Signatures! (NAMES WITHHELD) get out”—That ws. But it will new coach to team in '48 or take players— from Texas le student body >OKS - BIBLES - NOVELTIES elcome! Gifts for all people and asons where customers share profit. $1.00 free book with $5.00 catalog. TABEFENACLE BAP TIST BOOK STORE, (608 So. 15th ) Waco,' Texas. The Battali e Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the jCity of College Station, Texas, is published five times a wi fHternoqp, except during holidays and examination periods. During the summer The Battaljion is pub lished semi-weekly. Subscription rpte $4 per school y ear. Advertising rates furnished on n ‘(jews contributions may be made by telephone {'G 5 444) or at the (editorial office, Room!201, Good- iall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (j4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 3oodwin Hall. th i their lojii? |pf)rbaches, it makes an iiiviting picture, especially with iflt[plai|t04 onijtl e West side. We are proild to drive friends through- it. t ilejic Program j iJ./i j .* • j — j ■ jif ij j j| *, ; | i Ij ; .! }- stepsl have been taken to lasiure a more balanced al Ltime athletic director has [been hired whose dutv it ‘ 4 1 5 II' '!r'1 | ' 1 ; {I a i'hletic programs, improvement over the old iseibu ,or, • \ : . 1 1 ve been provided m seems to he beftring y IT; Ighter iof sphPfcft other than football. is to coordi- 'u.lii'• ’ 'I I • ? 1 • which thej football cohch also sketball, basehall, ! ii: *' f ji; :tlj- Till imerican e Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the in the paper [and lo red to; it or not otherwise credited Rights of republication of all other! itter herein are * II r . , Entered a* -second-class matter at Post Office jat College Station, Texas, under ke Act Of Congress of March 3, 1870. CHARLIE MURRAY, JIMMIE NE Vl«k Louis Morsan, Kenneth Bond Dal'id Scllgman . Mack T. Nolen —44^ —4f Parris block, Duke Hobbs. J. T. Miller, | V. D Bruce, Jr.. Howard Spencer....... Tom Carter, Ted Copejand, Truman IO. Martin ssociated Cql Wire Editor ^feature Writers 1 y ....Oolun H rfH ! If if j j -if j-iii.i ! and circulated every Monday throiigh Friday Member of the Associat use for republica sal n“ws of spor also tcserVed. (ion of-all news dispatche taneous origin published egiate Press er Represented nationally by yjartlaing Service, Inc., at iK C hicago, Los Angeles, 1 Paul Martin .j Don Kngelking, Arthu r Howard. Matula. Zero Hamnond, Hi Sam Lanford, W. K. (Colville. Maurice Ho|well J.> D. 8am]tt, Preston J./D. Barrett, Presto Wilson H^BearthileY. ;hes credi- herein. National Ad- ers hell Shelby ..I$porU Writers L. Gray — Ca .Co-Editors Sparu Editor Goodwjm, Andy Bporta ..(Jartwinists McNajlyi Texas 1 left three-legged Bost m tk trier. The cliaef occupation pie of Ttjgas is to making all tbe mdney At thai, ! tluj wet 1th of creased! 539(1 bet wet ft 1927. jh the Liwer that the p|i' Dallas jjr Htize (bide Eftste: El Ifaso.to 10! tifrent ojf 1 ."States, ij* Ipaftde, wii th “wetfr b|y 25 Oi' on.the KOI OTHhfl! try tb keep] i'dfri r the ‘ ■" Texi 190(>J iRio Gr c which fob rth A mo rich except a da, and Meftico. Toxtts Used to Lave one wet . I .1 J 50 statea; O 1 the jth by the G df of Valley> Texans have ( (jer. • Tho Wealth tl 2,000% .from 1939 to 1945. one even bet- tlje re ifrcroastG /olHM 1039 t tinjb TGcashvas »o wild that not even tjho la'w of grivitation waaj^ft pbeyed, and the eftipf pursuit of |he Toixiins was Ind uns, but now it is crop records a id production, ftatural, gas, ) citrur frtiits, undl j ustrirts. It a »o healthful .i that out n Eastland- a) 1 ; r : rog lived f< r years once healedjjin a comerktone .without food, dji, or watcjl'. [ ■ , \,j Texans are sO iroud of the Lone -Star State H at they can not hIMp at night Without dream- ;; ing abdut their State. If 1 Tex an’s head should he OpeuH, thi map 0 Texas would be fount ; engrftv id on his br tin. i The word “Texasb is of Indian prigin nid means ‘Ffiend» "J and the Tox is jH-opJe are that v ukr yet( iunleiis|i"rbu take a slum at {their If your front gate t leabt 18 miles f om your frorjt (Joor, )'tju do not b<long to society ew coi istitubed in T xas. ' ' I' i " — ....AdvertUi Z Ltn!or