Wide
Supreme Cot ri
Withit
in the Lois
of .southern
wide grad
the future jiatteifn of Sou
taking shape., j . f,
i ?S illivan ^oss, Founder of
Educational System
’s}latest decision Under this system, certain universities
ipuei Fisheir ckj.'jie.jand the action may be dcsighated f4r specialization in indi-
Tovejiiors ip a|ppruving the south vidual courstei ^ fetudents jfrbra all over
te sphool idepj, i may W that the South' may attend that institution with
leifn education is no partiality shoWrj lljhe students of the home
state, .p' : [if f
For instance, i^ Georgia Ti
designated the engineering
Yestcrdaiy tljie Unitec [.
Court ruled that! the quiesfityn of segregation
had not, been ijjjyolvjed! iii JtHe Fisher case.
Mrs. Fisheri a Negro woijnjjjiii had previous-
p ly been Jfranted m ordhr |r|eqi iring that Ok
lahoma provide ■' egal edut:ajti( n for her, im-
iy, cjomphrable Itofihajt available^ fol
ates Supreme
h should be
scfioal of the
South, the ^vhole region j will finance the
growth of that branch of the sdhool and an
, cjomphrable to tfi;
white residents jpf thejstiit^ (The Oklahoma
mediatel,
white re
Cegents |[uiekly [ ssta^lilkhi <jil a
connection -With j the Negr y fo jr-year college
supported b|y the state, bjtj I tips. Fisher re-
' fused to en:
to declare the
admitting her ti
itself. THisHthe
a'7-2 vote‘s 1
Presijleii|t H
anirounced that
legislature iyill
law school in state seekih
Alabaman Or Louisianian would have the
right to attend on the same basiH as a native
of Georgia, j J
In the case pf;a Negro from any soutbe
e seeking a medical degree, he would i
to such a school as Meharry Medical College
in Tennessee, which has been offered to the
11 aftd a^ked ;$e iuj)reme| Court southern states for ijqint-suppott. (It i» at
■gents in (jo: tempt tor not present j a private Negro medical college.),
he Uhiv sjrHii y*)f Oklahoma Meharry would be the stjate medical sichool
:qurt has ret used to do, by for Negroes from jahy cooperating
■ i’ ill J LI ■. The Sopth-wide cooperative plan may not
old W. pjol :e of LSU has bti of impdrtajnce toi white Te>(as stud^
tpc new Louisiana as there are Efe'v courses, evi
,— ir e askied l4o make possible specialized natpte,: Which are j not offered
the partijjipitiorjjof that si ate in the proposed either, at the University or at A&M. How-
Southern|: highed)educat|ioif ()l4n. • ; ever, it may be Uhat .Texas will |wip|h to join
ml
■ it-
uni
in
j j i.
by Southern governors jn their meeting at
Wakulla {Spring?, Fla,, urijll make possible
•“ ^-nanciag of ed-
The ^eg|onaji|plah, |te)itjat^vely approved
the
regional : deyeloibjnent and iff
ucatic|nal tfajcilitjij?s that jiiii rht otherwise be
impossible for Hjtjy one stifU.
■gain,.
Ghosts
)ojnen
>ile: -o
n
the “confederation” |o far as Negro schools
are concerned. i|h j U i / j I ■ ;!/\
The pktnjj? certainly the most forward-
Ipoking step taken,by Southeastern statejs in
many years, psb far as higher education is
concerned. ' rli’l'f : ‘ p
I til • r-
p-!:5r !
Oppojnenjts dfj nq,W id^up
stock pil
f a rgu mentis,
oposmg
federal
aid [to #c
is
i6ir jehojicest
plan. The tune
same, aad the words arte
when hewspapm
with th
hardy
ed minds who fear any chabye from the pre
sent as a threat to their; iec-urity; and the
old timefwotn cjr;es are iaHa|n being raised.
These cpiesj! wtere uttered also in 1830
when thx-stippOited public education came
up for adoption. The syimf yrfies heard today
4
always have il
land when the
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Of 1W Joseph K^nagh
• I ■ I V r -BysNAL soyLe g j h • ■
| NEW YORK —(^l—Dead at 25, Thomas Joseph Kiivat
nagh began pis brief publiq career with a toy pistol and he
ended it with another toy pistol clenched in his dying hand.
Both times he was trying to bluff fortune in small-scale
lone-wolf robberies. But bdtween the two episodes he won
six decorations as a valdnius4 1 — *
doughboy overseas. | j
The short unhappy Irfe of jhjs
hero-criminal U a masterpiece
in human irony—a jitrange jig-
edticatioii” is yet telndther plainU practically .- • , ■, * L L kuimeu
the same that opuphents of any sort of free | w * tehtmn w,t j «mchi
not killed, But % did get a Purpje
Heart .for wounds in action, Among
his o;her decorktions were fhr^e
that ire given only for persotml]
bravery above (he call of duty
Cals Born 300 Years I,
Onee Dangerous. Costly
By LAKRY OOOI
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19-18 is a leap year, a fact which may not make
much of an impression on ‘most modernsii—but take-
it from tis, pal, the custom of worpen proposing
to then hasn’t hlways been as lightly pigarded as ', ;
is the casp today. j ] : H .
Time was when the mart-chasing traditions of (
if Hap year were strictly obseryicd, according to Philip
Jerome of New York who submits some rather in
teresting, if not eye-opening, information about pro
posals, medieval style. ;f,J
According to Mr. Jeromei riot only were leap
year proposals by the “fairer half of creation” com
mon, the male in question whs bound by law to one
Of two courses: either lie could accept and take the
fatal step or refuse—arid piy .a fine. A volumne ,
published in 160d entitjled “Love, Courtship and
Matrimony” declares: . . , “as every leap year doth
return, the ladyes have the sple privilege during
the time it continueth of making love! leither by
wdrdes or lookes; . . . and, moreover, no man will be
entitled to benefit of clergy who doth in any wise
treat her proposal with slight pr contumely.” (The
'volumne doesn’t go on to explain what is meant by-
“making love by . . , lookes”kMnybc nth Century
English “laydes" had mastcred'the art of the stra-
getic “come hither” look.) [V
In Scotland, a law was inscribed on the statute
books providing for a fine of one pound or more
for any gentlemen rejecting a proposal of marriage.
Obviously, the Communists wiih their ’‘free Ipve”
ideas - would have gone fa? ip Scotland during this
period when one pound was n<> small figur(: to a die
hard Scot. ?
★ | ^ ★
Speaking of mafria&e auiif eligible bachelorB,
we notice ini the JjJryan New* that Dr. T.|F. Mayo,
head of the English Department, was among the
nominations for Bryap’s “Most Eligible Bachelor"
contest. We guess the! venerable Doctor has made
good use of his one pound; notes-down (hrough the
years. :' } • J.,’ ' . ' i i •,
The contest was won by J,oe White, i an A&M
graduate of the class of ’37.
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Still oh the subjeejt of Women, we gleaned the ;
following from T. U.’p Dpily Texan \yh|ch seems
to imiicate (he “fair ones”; op tjhe Forty Acres pre
going tp takje Leap Year matters in theiri own hands.
A notice appeared’" in Wednesday’s; issue, stating:
“Boxing Training begins, Wmnon’s Intramural Of-
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ierious
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' Z'i
thpui
glovcji
a stci
ml hu
aren't;
“No”
fice.;! ijeed wp
V
\
ulf talim
ee led at
sikyeral ! veil (aimed kicks will suf-
Ok la
Assii
carriqil
in this colutpl
Conte, gals, things couldn’t be tlM bad. If
lile
m
nates
saw puzzle with the key ftag-
ment missing.' ji |
At the age of 16 Thomas J($sej)h j H' 1 ', L'JJ; ou “ j the field of worthwhile and wjlling piates at dear
Kavanagh, a Biookiyii boy of good ; . u fJ., tr h» <,lc T - U - • i t ? that lean, perhaps we might make a
family, tried to'hold up a Manhat-L f ""i ln k s n h '.,^Lt f fu-1!. 1 suggestion Concerning where spine thoroughly un-
— - A.U-....AJ1L ! the Hermans with - piStol title, uso(| n(| uitc wil | ing Ui lont . .ay be.found. Seven
ne gun or mpltar —buit fie ■ T - T
layer
a oih
soldi
howi
ton,
his l|
other
issae(ojOidjJrucials(i|e|cur«ntl.v Fed- ' ! •'-W.p. .f hi. tif S
I I.U aid to 0(>» Alto’nr"! of PUWic 8d,ucatjifi|joiic|t|iea;rit^s quit their
criticizing ami bpgith pitching in.
Other fears irlqluded the destruction of
initiative jiand ambition, destruction of pri
vate entei
Some of t
^ If.-.— j-nr
vate enterprise. k
ti
ly born hi.
was charged oijly with .petty; lar
cepy. He plqadjed guilty and re
ceived an
he opportunity
to redeem hiipself and he made
7T , the rise of bureaucracy.
Of thought; pot necessari-
!to schdoip irang out then hiimanitk4 inherent desire for s
foujrhfjplipic education itv ,‘- ,L UXdid,
ai|)etetjves as a Ufool- LwTisL’IiwD A
npiv -As tlen is
(jn|\ slightly ch
k the
ang-
quantity,
is the star I
used then as now, reflect
security, ;hu-
is a known
uinanity’^ fear Jof change which
unkhowri,
;
ed. , j j i ■ , , ,
; “It’s un-jAnje’ican” isitbi first and most
shameful ekeuke ad\4rtteet| against federal
aid. Hoivever, jtl ere/is liljtle? in America to-
day that cat) bq tjerriied !co|frji|le|tely American
heir blood di-
tqan” blood and
. this, “un-
of the
nail on |no other grounds than general prittci- t0 killed." j
pies—man ;s cot sifiteHcv Whether right or Thomas 3ose i )h f^ vanafe, h] w ? s
wrong. . j ; .1 ;!-d
There i,s federal ’aid to; counltiies for road-
buildingE federal aid for housing, federal aid
for prev^ption 1of; disease, federal aid to
farmers and fedterai>id for many other pur
poses. It has not Clamped shacjkles on any-
-even the llndiiajns have
luted with tlhati ‘ awful Eiit
are no - longer! 100 pe|-c|^t
T i, , n , y -liI | viiu iiifLai muh
Even a change for the obviois promotion George Patton b
he “general welfare” is fought tooth and group: “Gentleii
... LJl i.ki ia!..a..-.i ,, ' i • • ,v... uai„,i •» I
indeterminate, sentetHic-
War gave him tl
redeem himsi
good in full measure.
He served iiji Africa’ and Italy.
In that long “forgotten wad’ up
the Apennines lie was a fionf-lirie
platoon commander for the veteran
168th Infantry (Regiment,
Of all combat nun platoon lead
ers have the highest mortality in
battle. They take the lead \yhefe
the metal flips thickets. Geh.
Patton pnee bluntly U>ld a.
. ‘Gentlemen, your duty js|
! t„ V.,. Ifillnrl ” 1
well.
Weap*
And he Ifarned how to( utKl
■ns that were loaded.
W|hen he came home he left
the irmy with an honorable dis
charge and a Good Conduct
Ribbon.
Last Thursday evening Thpmas
Josep i Kavapagh walked into the
Trans-Canada Air Lines office just
oktaE ftfy..Avenue. His haiwl was in
a fero vh paper grocery bug arid he
pointed it at thje clerk:
“l ere I am again,” he said.
‘Thi(s is a stickup.
ngw
a mq
A *
to war
use c:
a fewj
man
T/4
lM-‘r out I
poppin
mile
kssortt
l e post
rivgtcf
ith’s •
lie c
undei
it 1551
fact. And the boxing
(he rush ia too great,
•y out of Fort 8(11,
the yarn appearing
)vepk laboutJthc/Solldier who par-
Presl sU r
ifolst-script t<
i
s jdnp » ine:hamcal instinct into .
iti On i the stoidj old army post. The
HiglU S. Williams took u self-propelled
or) a jmlanLght bumble through Law-
ohmittedly Mong the course of
ti hit teiesjfireplug*, people and
uriers. ; j ' • . V'
|)it is irather bad: T/4 Williams is
jllignte; minus $180 pay and plus
»bqr.: .f s ' .- ,•!
tjpic tl |plf tire-Army’s' inclination
ajtelrrients, was simply: “unauthorized
telf-| ropgllea howitzer.”
American!” excluse was against
Dlicedficj
I
i ‘ i
13
In we iiqW have.
tie system bf i)u
inid today (t'h^ ::ame; air^u^ents <arte being
brought' into ijltiy agaijjti.
“^t’s Socialism” the- <
tain in- [thefte'.ojwji minds
i cialis'm’f tacjked m a prU
right thinking^ Americml
plague. [In I83j) ‘Agraria
‘ place pi' “SDcijalism.” I|
rneans pf the }ri( h to the
poorer jclasbes,*’
1183(1. I'> i
Federal aid
Frofn JtieivsdinviHe (
Views: ’ “A;biftLday' paijtylWas given at the
home of Mrs, Weston-1V
Mrs. Wlillis
<*?rr ' '
-'I'T •
"i Persona
pnov
jd a mip^t charming ghost-
s.
truly af
will lowier
oMirents wail, cer-
1 t^v term “So :
eat will cause any
t(ifshun it .like the
served in thp
(vis “ai^plying the
(.reel uses of the
srrible thing in
;
—
Ni
the standards of
one’s ankles. QnitheContrary fejderal aid has
in many cases rtertipved the shackles,!paving
the way for many pew opportunities. Ex
tending federal aid to our schjools will im
prove the physical jiiants, raise the level of
the teaching staffs,:’ and furxjish facilities
heretofore unheard;o^. h j | ■ T. 1
Federal aid is now held up by the baseless
fears of alarmists. When they tease scream
ing their .meaningless phrases and get to
Work for the commop good, th^n we can see ‘"And another tjhing — what-iboqt)
our school system arise from mjediocrity and the way; Aggie* are ; speaktni? it
Letters
i
Bolhvorm Control
Meeting Feb. 20
COLLEGE STATION —
meeting at Commanche, Texas, on
February 20 will discuss control of
the pink bolllworm, which this! year
is an unwelcome visitor to central
Tertis* 1 ! j I ! J |j Ji
The A&M College Extension Ser
vice said that Eastland, Kralih,
Commanche, Mills, Hamiltdn, Cqr-
Th(| clerk imjm'cdiatclv recognlz-' hampasas. and Burnefc Coujn
od Kqvanagh air the man who;held
:>hth
ties, would be under pink bollwoifm
quarantine iin 1948 for tlje! fii^t
time;! .
■- ii-! ■ ■ -ibi ... 1 '"*•
REN I CONTROLS TO GET
TEMPORARY EXTENSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 —
I >
.
LIBRARY MANNERS?
Editor, The BaUalion:
How would you feel if you .weift told
to the periodical room of the li- responsible
begin to-turn out. gdbd citjzms.i
— Ip.-Uf-f ' 1
C-) News ahd
for three other Ion?
brary and got your favorite njagl- robbehes of t?e Colonial Airlines
zine only to find a large section office. The gray-hairted father! held
torn out? Or worse still, maybe out his son’s honorable army! flis-
you have research to do in cut- charge and shopk his head in wot'd-
rent technical magazines and find less grief. He said Kavanagh only
it made impossible by the butchefr recenjly had enrolled in a unjiver
ing of some selfish person. I don't j sity under the G? Bill of Rights,
feel that, I am alone in this com- j What is tbeL thing we don’t
plaint. | < I il know ? What! cgn make a mun
bravely risk his( life time after
time for his country—and then tdss
him dp last mobth and took;nearly
$1,00(1. Two detectives-were in a
back room waiting for just sijch a
return call.
They 'stepped out of separate
doors and as Kayanagh raised »his ■
arm menacingly they began firing. 1 Extension of rent controls beyond
He fell dead. When they pull
ed hjis hand from the paper ba|G
they saw clutched in the ex-war
heroi's fist—a toy pistol.
Later Kavanagh’s father was
brought to identify the body. Police
lim they; also held his son
Court was handing dofv
sioii upholding such
thofity).
:
a
itrol s(u-
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L AC
j*] TODAY AND ALL
TIOS WEEK
:1-vj
seems that some of the gqys who it away in a futile bluff with a
! have been a round a long time thiitk toy weapon ?
. i
is last Tuesday.
j most of us speak to them bo^au$e V\'|hat gave Thomas Joseph |Kav-
Headline in the Sacram ?Iltq (Calif.) Ufl- we have to. .Maybe -there are 8ome anugh the courage to be a standout
Ion: transportation Methpq Sojjght to Para- things we have to do, but spe^kirig hero in war yiet left him without
‘ ‘ 1 ' npnrhv town J “ftnv i g certainly not one of them; We; the. Ijong- anoiiytnouR valor with
i., ’ ,, ^’ i should consider) it a cotirtesjf aiid j whiqh millions Of other veterans
nde. writes the con- ; }l nrivilee’e to sneak, even if \ve are wio
disc.” (Note; it’s; a
w'ould I appreciate’4
tributqr. I
the Ijong anoriymouR valor
rider it a ooprtesjj! arid |
! a privilege to speak, even if _ we are working oujt the problems peace
L.
r; : nl -
i.j__ - .e
Speaking of the; houseWivesf .share in the
food conservation program, (the Amarillo
item in the C imbridge (Wis.^)
News wfhich etilled for a!do rection later:
“Mr| anil Mr>. Edwajrjd Jensen, Mr. and
‘Mrs. D^vidi E lai ichard ! iretlirned hotne ; Fri-
day from a llwd week's Urip through the of the^ationfs women.
IM. ■ . .. - t ' T. j - Tslj
TT ih 1! -^tH 1 ; - - ' :t! !
receive no response. How abopt it, brought them?.
Aggies?
JOHN SHOEM AKER, 19
ii.'. I
Death holds! his ajnswer!
(Tex.) Times repbftied: “But! these words
haven’t exactly been taken to tne hearts and
,-ionfioc! Af S-Vio MtteiA-nfe u/n*ruin V
... I ij . , ,
“Satjura,|” (the -youn^ W©m.an involved in
the Mee murder ease., ^jfpeared in court
,! 1 the
1
a'(Cut a)
rr
L
[porter, worikmg
th
' f |; ! !
Bettly Donovan; Ciruriiiinti (0.) Post re-
f Alr HumrlrKno' rm si urnBii clnrv rlinlpfl
on a muu tier story, j dialed
ie deperal Hos^ ta l ahjd tpard a voice say:
“Cincimati Butchers.” N ( r ^ n ^ er ^ad slip-
Tpe ticipital’s numljx te is 3100, Cincin-
Bujtchejrtj Supply CbJ 4P
;i' ' ! 1 "
wearmg tevfei-e bu» “ISitHng btack one put. 4i> ]by J j|E l |krcb Brotber, Colonial
t0 “Drive Safdv^Arf Safe A LifL"
Drive Safely—And Save A Life.
NOT “NOT COMMON
Editor, The. Battalion:
What do you, meah starting of:
; yesterday’s editorial “The man wljo
j puts up a fight for his education
, . is not common jat A&M?” Tfia^s ;
year s niojsl unusual, if j directly contrary to what eifery-1
body knows, and seems to contra
dict the whole ipoipt of your!: edi
torial.
W KK VAN KOIENHO.VEN
Our vbte fo * the ,ye£
not most effective,, ifoster panel goes to the
When a sports (vriter for! the Detroit
(Mich.) News camp up with t|vo byline sto
ries on the same page, the composing room
took siiecial note oif jfr. One sjtory was “By
Sam Greene.” The; other w|is “By Same
Greene." Jif '' '
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Battalion
The 'Battajidn, official I m
-of College Stjaliion, Texas, Js
afternooji, c^ctept {during fift
liHhcd schii-wjerkly Subscfii
f—y
■i ii -1
;4pa,per of (the Agricultural and Mtehapiqal : (Joilegje pf Tcjxas and the City
ibluoied five times a week and circulated every Monday! through Friday )
hys and Examination periods. During th|- summer The BaUalion is pub-;
i n rate $1.30 per school year. Advertising rates fur lislica on resuest.
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made by telephone (4-5444) or at thv editorial office,; Room 201, Good
ie placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activi ies Office, Room ]
Isnifbe Aat ociated Press
News coi
win Halt
ions mijiy ^
i id ads tea;
.1 ■tentertd las
Qtifce at Colle.
the Act bT-Cyn.
• not otbierwise dre
repi4blic4tion of '
il uss mattiif a
J,iT. MUleij
Tew;*,
March ; 3
RAY, JIMM4I
titled exclusively to the use for republijcatjhu Of all news
tjed in the paper and local news of spontaneous or gin
dther matter .herein are also reserved. J;. i)) ’ ? ' ~
4—4— ,
Associated Collegiate Press
i i | Member j j
lispatches credit-
published
(Ed. NOTE—What a difMertec
two little letter^ make! The pfoojf-
readcr is redrfaced fronfhaving let
such a slip pass* while the ediun - tel
writer has ha|d his knuckles rappad
for writing such awkward andjeasi-
ly-twisted circumlocutions as “ript
uncommon” whqn all he meant was
“common”)
i rtHK -f
Bottling Course
To Start March lj J
The fourth annual short course
under, the auspices bf Ametic4(!p
Bottlers of Carbonated fleverjftgeB,
Washington, D. G.,|Will be hold at
A&M March 1-13.
Truman M/Gill of BueviHeij na
tional vice-president of the Ameri
can Bottlers of Carbonated Bevete-
ages, will head the t^sociation cote
nrittec sponsoring
the past the cou
50 or more bo
lives and
February 2|) bocame almost cer
tain yesterday
The HouSe Banking Committee
voted 18 to 5 in favor of continu
ing them for another month.
Chairman Wolcott (R-Michl kaid
this was only a stopgap movd'jj ad
ding it was “apparent” that I the
controls would be extended j “at
least for a year iin some forte."
(As Wolcott spoke, the Supricipe
Opens 1:00 ftem. 4.118
lAtST DAY.
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Dr John S. Caldwell
6ptometrist
Caldwell’s Jewelry Store
Bryan, Texas
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