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another evel* since
AY; JANUARY 14, 1948
The Tod Tte Narrow Path..
n iriti ijiteid one way pr
n i!oll< ke was establish
ed. Sbmetirrfes thle h isn [cjothes from out
side,. sometijnesj froln i nsi( Much of such
comment is heatd‘top ^ fofrotten tomorrow
But onei criticis n . iticjip [We can’t get
awky from lit, Jt isj tje^rdlprom inside anji
outside. That i:;,crti:$m
course of injstrtcjtio 1
•. caT courses.' As 90' i
in the past ten } ea s
in technical! com s«,
all .of us' arc affbct* d
Students;who ap] il
ly tp a four fear Ong n
few hours in theiir 5i
study of liberal isu >,
they have |o orbaden
extra-curritiilar wcfti
is held in cfiecH by
quijred to kepp up w
nical course!' ! |
.Thispsitnatiph qbiitlled
•i student lifeifoynd at Aj. .& : jp
proiduce'n rlt.hejrTRalrntv at
judges
. * i
fc M-’s graduates
irepeived degrees
[jieajns just about
by t b cj-iticism. ..
theif pelves strenuous-
?erinj|noiiirse find very
n-icifh devoted to the
ts. !j|Vhiitever desirp
th«r selves through
anqjjl )Utside reading
iiinf of study ret-
t!h Itneiilf prescribed tech-
stre^ses of buildings of rations for
J' 1
t'ruje, do the majority of A. &
caitfle.
f lihijs ii
Ml igraduates | h^ve a clear claim to being
considered pdiicafed, men? Not according to
President TjrUman’s commispipn on higher
education. Tpik report condemns most Amer-
j the narrow icip colleges! ap too narrow. Where does, that
here in techni- „
M.’
pdtUis, in a Lschool more narrow than most?
Thp larger part of'the blame for the ex
istence of t|ii! condition lies not with the
administration, not with the: department
heads, Uut wjith thle students themselves, who
refuse to reco|niae the 1 glaring deficiency in
i
ithj the type of
has tended to
somewhat'limi
ted individufel lipdn fciaduapm. , ( j
• As empl]asi :e(| l|y this If ne of world po-
' litipal stresi tt e giiitpst M *ia natiofi can
possess is ji vridje-iv r^ke ;j(|;tizinry oUpable
of thinking jihrPugh tne vafl amount of pro
paganda thfustj upof 1 tjhemfj indf arriving at
current happen-
a reasonablil true
“ings. Otherjvis
—• populace' serve
1. world’s play, fp
- direction
_ mehts of mass
One is led ai tifn
gii-eatj-jmajority ,of the
tlhd
mertly'as [pawns in the
r lao'vhi, sum-edi first in one
hep o
psjlcl C
itothejit
'w-ifi!
by! tbe instru-
i
deciding what courses
offer in the cur
ricula for; a certain degree has haunted the
dreams' of many department heads who re
cognize the 'inadequacy of a degree backed
sojelv by purtjly technical courses. The only
anlsv’er to the fenigma Cntails the substitution
of five yearItdchnlcal courses in place of the
qldei standard four yeai\ courses. Though
this has beejn I triedf m sevml- departments,
studi'ntjs haVefshunned the piap in favor of
the <ilder and .“quicker’f four year system.
il sublj a time as students become
of the: value of a liberaheducation
with the technical training they re-
ow', it seems that A[ & M. must con-
to produce graduates who can claim
proweM as f hinkers other thaiKthe
to wiUld.a slide rule or perhaps judge
. nil ; 4 Iri
Where dogs such narrow education leadj?
Ifntj
avfaie
coup e
ceive n
tiijiue
little
abilit)y
prize c|
jo wtjiKieij if the aver- The Port Worth Star Telegram remarks, ih
age Aggie uixnj gila#jiatioji|j^ capable to kny aii editorial j j ' t
tjainly not t
extent of lijtqril fh|i ighftjrertjainly not to
the degree jot reas|i:ii|ngips Way through
- most of rher compll>;, proli ems of today s
!" “one world.'t ' 1
(Upon w|at does'
- liefs, his ppBtioal ai
mu^t fall h|i|h. upon
he A
( socijc
4p-jb
•1J
judice, for? be
- M.Jthat wjoi|ldf help
of mankind| .ii| the
Should We,
■From ttje Qk4l|)ijia Jb
an_intriguij|g plat
Commentinif on th*
students ret|irjning
r ^ays only t(i h
nations, th«i pklah
gests a renjcdly. Hal
week precefd ng It
gie jbase his be-
convidions? Hie
gnuints ajnd pre-
hasj I > urnecjhio ficts at-A. &
him |ej<alug(te problems
sttien^jj'ic Way that he
whe
a pi
y.-lricl'; i
on fusi|
tom ih
r
uly News comes
s most girnely.
n resulting frorji
Christmas holj-
conllf’onted Evith final examj-
ma [yilege paper sug-
re .tbie;final! during the
hoiMays with enrol
ment To 1 ' the iecoinci serneHler beginning im
mediately if ter the|hoIi(ja|-s'. |* f- [
The pop|ilile imi|rovein|nt in-gradejs and
petice of miaiq shojuli makiJ the {plan worthy
of chnsidermipn bvlfoth vf|ulents and facul
ty. avoiding jnp 'tw^flvhekl Christmas
break in th« s^me^t|r. the iitiateilial, would be
fresh in tiib ;studjei|t’s m:j.d for the exam.
With his esfnjns finished’ tjie weary student
would'havelid tertnSpapqrh to write over his
yule holidays; no jbuning lj>r Cxaqis by the
e : time Finals?.
,
‘Irbroughj the elifnination of genOrgl or
liberal education under the regime of Hitler,
a generation qf Germans was reduced to the
stgtusjof roljibp, skilled in their pursuits but
inLt
Trampling Out the Vintage
Will tWomen on t
I# Victory less
They’ve hauled out the crying towel ijn maiss on.
the Pacific Coast and,! between sobs, a few mumbled
sentences about F.B.M. can be beard flowing; across
the nation with California datelines. !
F.BjM. is, of course, “Football Before Michigan,*’
and has reference to Michigan’s 49-0 humiliation of
Southern California ip tlje Rose Bowl. The loss to
Michigan, third in a row by heavy scores in Rose
Bowl games, has just] about sealed the doom of the
West cbaa|. football supremacy, t" J
Reqce the crying towels, a (g-’veiopment which'
is not particularly surprising to the followers of the
Southwost Conference); who can remember quite a
string oif victories by SWC teams over the Pacific
CpuC . ! I ; ! h t . j j j ' i
It looks like the Californians are gojng to have ‘
to either (1) Hire neu - and bettor press agents (2)
Employ Hollywood Female Stars, to sit 01} the bench
and district players from Texas Colleges, trhbialways
hove hail an eye (it say^ here) for the fi)rer sex or
(and this is the most doubtful) (3) produce better
football • teams, ' ! .>
\ Ah Weil, California still claims Texas bred Mary
Martin, Ann Sheridan and Linda Darnell-fthey can’t
have everything.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
The age of science has apparently put to the
lit the old proverb about “youth having- i|is way.”
The burglar alarm at an East Baltiiporp Candy
Factory; rgng one night recently. Four policemen
surrounded the building, then entered-ci utlously.
They found a 12-year old boy, his moath stuffed
with caddy bars. Usihg the ring around his mouth
as “pnma facie evidence”, they bookei him for
juvenile authorities.
EXIT, FREE SPEECH
I?16vator operators in the Los Angel
have been ordered to adhere strictly to
calling floors by their numbers only.
Building superintendent Ralph Hoffman said
the instiuttions were issued after he r-reived re
ports that some operators were, with so lie pessim
ism, cajling out “war department" for' t|ie floor
where dlivbrce courts are located, “flat ’oot alley”
of the statesmen, lies Cermany. do- inc 7"V 'nlKw•TccounrofThc* I f ° r , t ^ > >olic ? ^‘luartc., floor, “moi-giic’j for the
feated but still the key to peace in ^SmS'of S^Jt^ar Easte rn ' ^ Nt f f floor . an f . Bal1 and Cha M for lhe
Eun,.,o. To ovory • Uy *««»•
tlie statesmen, Germany is a chal- with emphasis op Russian relations
mge and a series ]of troubling with Japap ynd China. The mater-. ^
(luestions; Nowhere . have those j a | | s drawn largely from Russian ! *hc newly organized United bteei
•questions beejn answered more di- • sources; Irttje of it has appeared Company fox hunting club turned its
reetiV than in this book by Russell •„ Knjri’jsh ijefon-. ‘ .j Thursday from hunting foxes to hunting
Hill, outstanding eoirpdpqndeiit .of >Hss Mooi'e’s purpose lias ln-en ' The. tit) members bought two hounds
In the ‘Struggle for Germany’
Lies Key to Peace in Europe
By MRS- WTLNORA BARTON
Readers’ Advisor
] vivid picture! pi. hoW the Germans
arc living and thinking.
STRUGGLE FOR GERMANY by SOVIET FOR EASTERN POLICY
Russell Hill. Harper,. 1947. j 1931-19Ui. By Harriet L. Moore.
Behind the confusing headlines, Princeton University Press,
behind the laborioust negotiations j lm is a '..sfcoyt but remarkable
City Hall
polipy of
^ilijnis, youVe got your worn
why we’rei losing by four
touchcl
HUNTERS HUNT HOUNDS
The
Okajy, you
now toll
ijl! ! •
+ f *
CLEAN Sf|
When Fiji nk F. Ciollims lifted the tticeiver cf his
telepHjone jheft ■juierith', \\ cost),51,200, 1
slixn-wliwil 1 ^ c . ojtbdv end j of the wire told j
The NeV York Herald Tribune. 11 0 the Atneriean reader a
At theputset, STRUtiGLE FOR turc of bpw tlA war in lhe P;
been
pic-
icific
GERMANY, highlights Hie basic looked to'the; Soviet people. To that
i conflict between Russia and the end she has included in an (ixten-
in !€ l|)U-t by he banrls (it then lestroyer.. 'western poweiN whiehl threatens to sive appe-hdix tbe full text of key.
•jia today its another striking instance, turn Germany iYno a battleground, diplomatic documents and Soviet
lere thiejdpSjiaj of intellectual freedom and The differing pomdus and purposes j statements lit critical moments in
$200
and noted for their fox-hunting ability
Tuesday they went a hunting, for the first time.
They; sighted a fox and the baying hounds took off
| “Rke thjejt were jet-propelled," accorditjg ]to club
■ president Oliver Purlin.
The: dogv haven’t beep seen since, h jeitber has
the fox-
ijoad edutiijjioh lowers the productive effij-
cien’cv of the people;! Specialization, thus, can
undo its owiji purpo$e,’’
light of q '(rhlristmas tree, and none of the
worry which! oncoming exams can brin
to; m|ar hi j;] qestjivities. The semester coplc]
as easily stjarti the first of September, making
up for the time cut off from what is now
the post-.Cli|ri|itmas period.
he OkljdHoma bditpr concludes, that the
would Irtve some merit for the profs
plan
aS wSll as
no ir
4 44V/J1 ^ I l \ 7 f It i l l V - ^*7 l-k.» •
Annual legislature Needed
souse
\Thil<?
rush,
to| re
mas
tars.
tkej students since there would be
ad assembling and preparation of the
material for finals.
of Russia, Britain,\t’ranee and the . recent far Eastern history.
United States are shown in action This is aHdiluablo addition ti^the
as they have deve bpeil since the litevatun-of Soviet Russia and the
fall of Berlin. The ihysrery of Ger- Far East. Those who want a brief,
many today is attailiked with a rich sujniVniry and tho.se' who. Want
arsenal of anecdotes ; ann\on-the-! source matenal will find this book
spot information which bushes a useful 111 further studies.
On The Screen
Hurry, Step Right Up to See
‘Nightmare Aliev-Gam pus
<
and Wire-
attention
hounds,
valued at
Spmeonelj
that k forge
.gainst] him q|
of the] Ande
toward '■ the
j. • There, n
- or suejh a ch
be foiijnd fhe
at {lipOO, ani.
By DAVE SELIGMAN
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Campus
h'S). Attention ail Aggigs over 21!
This picture is recommended for
adult entertainment. Starring Joan
T|he plajj kot onljv makes a great deal of
in’lije |mi([st O^'^heoncmhdng wpekf Blotideji and Tyrone, NA portrays and kept tluiirefqme Oil the''radio • Southwesteni Exposition^iml L.u-
p'ot and is better than qyerage en
tertain nu nt.
★
PARTNERS IN -TIME (Guion,
FS). Lnm and Aluier vi-ho gained
20 Students Visit
Ranch Sunday
Twenty A. & M. students ac-
complinied by Bill Wfirren of the
animal husbandry department made
a trip to Magnolia .Sunday to visit
the ranch of Lester Goodsoh, quar
ter hor$e breeder.
Four classes of quarter! horses
were jiidged and discussed by the
■students at tbe ranch, Wajren re-
jioi ted. I -
Fifteen of the 20 students niak- 1
ing the] trip are iprospective mem-j
hers of; the junior livestock judg
ing team. The team will compete
in the 'collegiate division of the
livestock judging contest at the
Bpn Cadt
a company if.) i
a la rmk Tht
off his own
Bbn iii d!
him
bis attedjpting to cash a chcijk a-
;iip appliance stoire. Co|lins, mar lager
■: 1 RiJey Beltatc Office, hi
1 I {■ ■' . . ,
)p(‘kjlejlv_(if such a call,; such a fop'ger,
to the c|
j iVhieij Chilling, Returned
t dobil open. Gqno were bonds, valued
l:oo iu cash, i
INVUATI^ . ; | ■ || ' t
ni Of IMiiloidelphia is part owiuji
t inuiiufactureii autofuobilc bu -|
j Hr dap, |Bit- 11 t-°pk the burglar ajlarnr
tjo leiid ii; to alfiiend and—
taxifabsi temporarily.
I-ij)OD GROUP TO IMEEtJI
The (j'ollegc Station ;j Worn)
iioup will meet Friday aftM
it 2:3(1 at tlije honjije of] N j
Lewis, 410 Thvockijiorton. j
Food
noon
R. D.
'all
1
•pauseiftjr a moment from your attempt
t-all evib.ri'thing you forgot over Christ-
iind think about relocating the .semes-
A minol wrangH whibK has been ste\i-
ing-betweel. [Goveir tor Jeiier ajnd the sup
porters of 4'Vera! i] jw appropriation bills is
pointing upilajquesti m whkh has been ignof
, ed for gome!'ipie. A) e Tox;*),’ legislative prob
lem^ suffideiitly m merqljl; andj complex to
_ merit an aifnjual aelaion <jl cjnir state’s law=-
makers; raijjjer thin theii r present overy-
other-year ii leetingil? . . ^
The spolsprs offljills ipcolving establish
ment of a tijtdte Upii versitjf Medjical Branch,
a Cancer-iPieilegra: ! eseart;?! hospital, a soil
conservation jprOgnm, aid several other
.projects arffilpbbyiii) r consi: ten-tly for a spec
ial session iff'the $(lfth .Leg| slature.' The gov
ernor is dpjjjmsing; speyihl session with
equal vigqr| J - J | . jjj
There Ls|^m to ue sievjoral reasons why
we should Najvie a lit'gular j mnijial legislative
session. Qui- good argunj ml was brought
out in the jiews cjo iimnk recently when the
state penitqmiary'3'sten)i f'an nut of money'
1 ^rights in tlhe middle-pf
gislat jye chambeiH were
if
id
the life surrounding] cheap side- go out of their medium jin attempt-
shows. ing’to maki' film historyi It’s good
Contrasting with the idealist- for a few laughs and has special
hero | role in “Tbe Uazcjr’s ] Edge,” appegl for tht- -‘homey” folks.
Power’s part in this picture is the THE DEVIjL ON WHEELS,
unprincipled carnival barker. The (Guion, F$), double feature. Hot-
gist of the plot is his causing the rod drivers, young-kidg who race
death of a drunken mieutalist after around in jalopies fake a lambast-
Power has learned] his ti'icks. When i ing in this picture,; bu|t: it doesn’t
1 1 -a j j* , ,.i he marries a sideshow - performer,, make much of la rtgiviei. Trying to
S: -t Ug solmd funds from an auto license the'team rises to fame UF night- put .forth a moral, (he • producers
appi’oprmtiohj into thjjt; prison larder kitty, club headliners. But he in turn neglect the picture and,consequcnt-
Althnugh ihiq move staved off starvation - 'is tricked by a beHU(ifdl psycholo- ly a sail hudodratna with all injec-
tir the mojneht the inrpates and quite a few 'Fist. In the supporting roles are lion of romance evolves.
tf i-? arc jKyinninlt to u-ondcr- if auch sko ! KO> RAW' WQUecn.ThFS),
nanjj.ans njtakict lot efficient government. j— —f— — ; Mood, mystery, and melodrama are
mr m • j the supporting eleinctHk of this
j\avy 1 laifUC to Story of the cops-and-robbers type.
]1 j It's the one aibotitv-a hard-boiled
CoI]rt <r <‘ know-it-all adverttu/ei: -this time
! : i? J in Panama — whose services are
available to anyone for a (irice.
The go.Ver lor brought out another inter
esting poiint n his own argument against
the packers .<|f an old age pension amend
ment;. At ithe present time it is illegal to
amend the- constitution in a special session,
and it is ejveif impossible to vote on certain
bills 'during "
vv^vc uu VCA (fc?' m & t hv I ^ O’Bridn play, a not loo con-
t he called periods If an emerge *'1' v* t!' ° f % '' 0 vincing role, surrendering acting
ineyauea periods, n an emergf N;ivy Department for .ts *er-\ hntlor t0 : Arin( . j t ,(fries and the
supporting cist
Starting! sfovi - because ; of trying
to build u|i mood, the film gathers
momentum-airt dnds as priihe ac
tion stuff.] Fans, tipn’t expect too.
much and iyou will enjoy this.
,X',.-LL kl j l :
al Establish-
F. E. -Bolton,
ejicy j req^ibjibir! qn amendment were to arise -’. ices --.-rideied in training officers
just after (the regular session, it would be
technically impossible to put the amendment,
through, even though a special Session were
cjtlled.
These arejpnly-specific instances from a
largt group o| ! such legal bottlenecks. Texas
for food ptjdebases
I'd period whiui the 1|
j empty. Justj is the jeon-vic s were begimiiijig
to tighten wiieir hejlls- and look hungrily at
.each other lspnieo,i)|. conjC - ivetjf the idea pf
/
•ii
has expamjled greatly in population and husij-
ness volume d\[ev the past few years. Our
present house find I legislature can not keep
pace with thej new Splenjands forced on them
by this expansion. The legislators no longer
ajrrix'e in Austin tty - Wells Fargo Stage.
Should they lyork 'on an equally outmoded
biennial schedule? I . j . ■ d ' R : 1
: 1
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CHARLIE MURRAY,
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Farris Block, Doke Hobbs,
David Seligma?\
Entered as sedond-clasis ifatter
Office at Colioi dl Stati(>n iTexas,
.he Act of Congress of Ma
t
Mack T. Nolen
Louis Morgan, U jjnneth , It
(L. D. Bnice. Jp. i How ird
Tom Carter. Tori Corelskd
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and tm-n for the Navi:
nu-nt during the war,
Dean-of the ('oliege, i hnotiriccd to
day. • ‘ ■
Ceremonies will be Held ib the
president's office, ati 11:30 m.
Thursday, and the pflaque will 'be
presented hv Captain Henry Y.
McCown, USN.
Ball Will Present
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The Second Annual Battalion
Awards will be announced during
the first week of next : seinestci,
Roland Bing, manager Of student
publications, announced .yejjferday.
Last year awards whrd'presented
to eight college faculty jand str.ff
members, whom The Buiitalion staff
considered “most outsUimlmg” dur
ing tlie past year. ; • ;
Today Thur Saturday
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also featurette, “WHITTLE IN THE NIGHT”
stock Sjiow at Fort Worth January
3°. ! I i-^
Twertty] six nu-n tried* out for |
the teahi December 7, and the field i
was thjimted to 15 following the j
holidayk, Warren said. Final selec
tion will be made by Warren, team j
coach, and assistant A. C. Sears,
veterinary medicine student.
Wairen reported that other trips
are phi lined to give the students
an opportunity to see more stock
of all classes and breeds in pre
paration for the Fort Worth con
test.
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