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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1948)
• \ ‘5; . [ Though r; . Jphyaieal and they neve ^registeri their , pre- • lines; ha"‘ nooii '&■ M.’s ipethod Of regijs aniietion common to pes. Rather than reward the seniort for successfully struggl- ejnaih onjthe (jjampus <||iing the weekends ing through seven jetnesters of registration ' l.ryan-College Sta- horrors, i / I, i pnefer to roam But wh .' leaving the cruhibjs; olf art to; their less fortunh .. is onlyJhe ibegiii ling , - jThe^anchor hian of ••f' struggling 1 through the Sbisa Hall;, flitis froin department heap, whtcHji is the js^ud^nt ui o keejit on Week-endsi- hi is the with ! Open arms by Bryit tion merchants every Bjf’ if'ain or ^hiie, thji )ughou ; Not only rni st istpi later than n,heir more ; and take ndvanitage § .... .:tion -nightfilife, |A&M - - • : about, thp great! South any clashes scheduled a|ef than;Friday boon or evenirig| •' What is the result? taring' earner thjan me Monday, • Wednesday, Ffijlay ,(class periods, “He lives forjlndia, will die forilindijil ” . ^j . j i # ^ 1 These Words were . 1 j " j ^ . K. Gandhi several vyeek.i lu'rse bruises, it registration e ,4ystei ing, and Satu gfe faults witlji A. r ng. flor classes. ■j •I Ba 11 al i ■l'!! 'ISoUfci) StatestHciii, Knightly Ge\itlt, ' s. I ' . • ! • ' : Suillivah Ross, Founder of Agi Tl ; I: i IDA y •s •» ')' I Y 3, 1948 1 traditions 1! both pletel# ignore cou "Aes required for advance- day, ment, graduation, qt merely as prerequisites ’s system of to harder eoursei' They must [choose off- hools retain brand electives o|*; untimely requisites. In of endless this category,; of churse, the hardest hit is rday the graduating senior. Just one nnoie: semester to go, and no section open! A cojjhniion complaint, and one irv i ' 51 mi St sft, unhampered by systent of regisl ra proposals for pa of Saturday dassejf, and other headaches? continue the present Why not forget about gistration, avoidance fay (from the s tandpoint which has been tried and has ail would ipse students regis- There is a simp $r (JniicWiy corner the of the Student, u 1 y class periods, at othpr colleges' abd' bniversities, a schedule-maker’s proved Successful. Rtegfstration by n Wetlfiern. But that solve most scheduling problems. Under tjhis systejm « student submits two ’ hn registration line, trial schedules to thb registrar of the college, closing doors of The latteir. then draws up a permanent, sche- epartpient he^d to dule from the two,.integrating if necessary v g hfs ideal MWF parts from each of those trial schedules. The Jine-up bLthose} jver\[ re:eiaary classes melt final schedule is then mailed' bacg to the befpre pis eyes!; The fo kiwind semester he student; he is! ready {o begin classwork le mess halls open pronto! joqe who is greeted Whp weiu jr and College Sta- mail? Why, Iqrday and Sunday, scheduled to he sjerhester. of the tiyo-day scrambl.! for classes. But the who register majority would bepefi; from feuch an ar- t. Why doesn’t A&M tijy it once . . fortunate classmates rangemept. \\ ! later man ^nent none i ircuiia forget; aboillj a g pd, tin ee-day-a-week sche- if it is impractical,f Angies cad always go I dale, but they mk It alsii, iif many cases, com- 1 V;',‘ 1 ; back to the‘ same; old re !!>. No mam cm talk ‘ lii". flMa« d. Gandhi’s pla'fe in the Mahatma I hearts of the Ini three Indian rtudents attending A. & M. All thk*ee ; .t one tim • or "pith Hi d ]; m n-vii riots and thei forced to fie live tier and are principles. of 'IM *ve ions in jlles have been a for safety. K. L. Gurna- n|, ffom Pakis- [tan, believes ^hat Gandhi’s | a s s a s s i n a- S »n will result i n c re a s - mob violence. I Gurnani, whose I home : was de-’ rtroyed in the ; I}'.': V -4-1 J J •• rom registration by thelteg^trdr and those students register during the efrly- part ; hat?clh; Siricq 19512, and ' when he stpned his ;‘ < no ful jreVolutibn?' fjandh Gand.hi,l 78-yipar oi l born’orf a high jaste ;nt has always advocated oy(|l systejni. ; r . Hej receded — practiced law in d Wh in he flies, he self and present, his; cat sen witH ea$e in the " ‘ 1 counciUrdom. ' | ]|l | • | ; j-.J 't j- , His ability to get a ong wi(h people as tounded marty. He was at ease w hen talk ing to kihg or peasant. Hi^ greatest IrdamJ a. free llndjia, came^ true before; his'death, b u ! unrest still pre id abdut Mohandas I before his assassi- \ i ’ 1 ’ rhapf! even before, 'Cqeperatiye peace- as lived for India. 3 I - ’ , I , . j indu leader, was Ibdii in 1869, but 1 hjrowing the caste schf l||g Soutl return; to. hfs natiiye land he began has -tong series paigns against Ejritish i Hb: was ia ma n of t h ' was'devotedl to the poo life iij a humble |vay. He oppose violence £.nd pBy Gaiiidhi pas aSso a pi the trrdks of tjhe ifrade a wiles and skills <jif the a could imeet [British rep i been sent td Stav< -off i :i4 ' or better J;e|ms|aIra coi 1< m TheBi leiitt* jiii Throat }e Sdcile Amur 2my| of Vcxfa iwe [suppose me }3ersor|’s ly Americart !indi\|duajls, they ■ kt, mev an For oui| mojney, ' ;He J American vliices kre ti(|)sk ment speal^r, a. mel op By FRANK KNBUFFER Groundhog Wasn’t down with double pneumonia yes- that winter (inion suit—you won’t' need it. Not even wood chuck dould h$ve seen his shadow all day long. „ of the Groundhog has a strange and deyious past cause the governor'o(f the state and a Houston philanthropist to labeljt variously “un:Texan” and “un-Ameri can.” Tie governor would object .because the Groundhog offers a six-week “bonus” of good weather for not having seen his shadow, and the state’s chief executive considi “un-fexun.” The philanthropist wouL r - the grounds that the legend was “spawned in Europe.’ ; How ever, Groundhogs arc notorious for their deafness and illiteracy. They can neither, hear deiogatory remarks nor read them in the paper. They just go ahead in their own little orbits seeing or not seeing shadows according to the weather of the day. { ■ ? 1 L ! r- j The original Groundhog s ory (discovered in an Italian monastery during the war—the philanthropist was right) concerned flying' squir rels and not the ‘weather .at a 1 but grape crops. The story changed when it made the; ocean trip—salt air, no doubt. .11,1 Though everything else ih this changing world changes, Grodnd- j*:.. hogs are constant and dependab.e. Thanksgiving vacillates from Thurs- il diay to Thursday:‘and National Do-nut Week falls according to Pi dential whim, bjut Groundhog ( ay is always February 2. That is cause the Groundhog is an Aniriial of the World and pays no attphtion to proclamations.; / Consider the plight of tiie poor Europeans who are without a w:eathei* prophet All the Grounihogs in Europe have long Since found their way into steamboat hash; consequently spring yml not know when to start. n| '"'7" j . if' * T As The Battalion went lo press high goverpriient circles were buzzing with a new plan to soften winter’s blow in Europe, and Mar shall Plan adherents were cor sidering the plight of Groundhogless Europe, Senator Taft was on record in favtjy of sending Groundhogs to Europe in lieu‘of American dollars. / m, uvope. Senator latt was on r< ) puropfe in lieti‘of American il What’s Cooking? JH j 1 ;D I KREAM ANlijKOW K L ; quet ’ Sbisa Hal1 ' 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, CreameryXfec- PRE-MED, PRE- ture Room. i: / I I ETY, 7 p.m., Tuej turd Room. is- IS \ . BbAZOS VALLEY KENNEL Lecture Hoorn. CLUB, Obedience’ Training Claps, ! 2 p. jfisjtratioh dejy grind*! P . of "all fhfm? ' to liwlid'i ! GURNANI 1 blem of simplic- l! k . .§\ \ WK : “Nothing n)ore terrible could Happen to Indja;'’! was Sucha Singh’s first thought on receiving njews of Gandhi’s death. ‘ Singh, fitom the Lahhrei district pf Pak istan, has seeii Galtdhi only once, at a prayer (neeting ip Delhi in April, 19f 6. Singh, who al so lost hit homq and possessions, \ ! believes Gand- : ! Ga hi’s death w i 1 T;(^ have little ai- P' feet on indi( ti. politics becau te i so many follo\'- ers have been left behind to carry d n h lSI policies. Sin^ h says that Gand hi represented SINGH the ppirit of the Indian people and through his j Wednesday, x YMt’A. teachings has instilled confidence,; ty. For^reservaiions call Mrs fearlessness, apd; qlferall selN re- e, ij^^hton, 4-4$24, or Mrs. J spect in the masses. P. S. Paxidya, from Surat, hear Bombay, heard) Gandhi speak many. j tihres during- the first Ga hi movement in 1918. He/thinks India / may be ; disturbed for 1 sdptr time duo Gandhi's death, Howev-, or, the; princf- j pies of truth and I non - vio- : lence w h i c hi [ Gandhi repre Rented will live dn. Pandva cultural Engineering Lecture fom. » j AIChE, 6 p.m., Saturday. Ban- r We i- PRE-DENT SOCI- Tuesday, Biology -r NORTH MOVING •:] Mrs. m GATjH RTO Ln hlofff dents. It both in th< North Gi z / . li future IE ITEMS $ to lAYLOl i We featilre ministration Bu evlery Supdaypfront of Ad- QW ERS, 8 Y t ’ HS, Bridge pkrj The increase in Ijl-S. population | rap Rek« nm ! in thc 19:i0s was ,css than half ; ] weSI- YKcl p ' 1 ««** 89 *W d “-l NEWCONtERS CLUB, 2 p.rn., ; adC ‘ jol(p^ori! 1-5309. OLLEGE ' WOMANS SOClKli L^ B, 3 p.m., Friday.. YMCA ASAE, 7:15 p.px., Tuesday, AgrU 4 TODAY & WEDNESDAY , s , .. ,_\DYA put unrest $till pre-1 / I \ vails on the jlndiafe pfieniinsula. Ghndhi had al-/“ ays ij Alth ^h !1° on ^; can take , i ■- I r \f i ,1 sv'. Gandhi s. placet PAndyk' believes ways ;|n atW^teiof uion-^ioleiK-e axd Jawabarl^ Nehru, whom u. " L jt J uc '' Gandhi,once pajmed;his beir. is the ndn-Violence England and 4 'nca, but did not 915. In 1922 4'Nationalist cant- #. his Convictions jeAd} hiijn * through jo fasts. He had, ju4 pompletedl his fifteenth* w’hen he .was 'assalsijnkfced.j. 1 GAndhi’sidlBath cknle as a shpfk to India h and the wor they.are tbdky miin to contihue th movement in tn<iUh. the tion as it ch most! of an With Ihe problenfe of India as ; people are wondering if Gan dhi in death; eKin exeiH-’isk Jhe same influence over the qoujdry as he did in life. The hatred! betw^efi Moslem.4 and Hindus eoplje because he has been .sijdei-tracked momentarily by the dnd lived his own, split in the Hihdju[pajrt'y. Gandhi|Mas perhaps ijeged his-people to the only man pvipg Who could have brought qal stjrife. the Hindus; togethdr Sand only his memory He knew all remains,to iactopipliyh'this taslf. ; jehuk practice the Even ithoji^H iGafulhi did not live to see ks few could. He India free frlam jijipjienpe and bloodshed, he |>tati 4s, who had did much to fjurther fhis cause. His name will lilendciice, on equal Ihng be rdme^ibeiml as a martyr in the fight hlway;; handle him-- for world freedom. nr ' r •' ^" 11;: 11 n ll; .lii i I; i—_ ‘ill' cl! I i !• Towin’’ item in the Bartles- said: “The many rs.; E. L. Rugh, a longtime r ileksed tb heat of her fi le] ' A wiell-to-do niece re- . 4 i ! (KILlEilAIT) Honey...to lure;a killer who Jovqd beautiful girls... to death! J’- We haVe a complete linh of Ft RMTI HE [ j - \ HARDWARE DESK LAMPS I jGIIT BULBS in fact, everything for room & home; HENRY A MILLER CO. HARDWARE &\ FURNITURE N. paG . --- .4-11C5 / r .An : “Around ville (Ok a.) I Entjenirise local frier ds of IV! resident, ! will! he nancial gcod HINT STROHBERG preinn GEORGE SANDERS LUCILLE BALL CHARLES COBURN sons I £> ' n U(I VC producer HtlNT SlRl)MBfcRC rrle$$fj ikr« Opens 1:00 p.m. ! 4-1181 LAST DAY “Pacific Adventure” The true and thrilling story of the Trail Blaz er of the Pacific Air ways ... Chas. Kings- ford-Smith. 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