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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1948)
i JL I' .f-'i mi: . n a Pdge 2 ■ * ■ t !.• ix - i •- : . ; " wrer Add to the gou», cuts reported [this jvetk tfie vey^conducted by tl e Norths estdrn Life Ihsurahcb Coi pdration .That orgajiizati )p i *. F ice 3|f giheral price day could be n L <4 Ui'MJ 1 ijolled jor colleges dud un vd.rsitw4.the jast.mohth,* | asking e|ach y, hat • he ! ior students tjt slip ini ; uation. the answersrope l^d, while pot s startling,. contradii t < previous Sj 1 >*yeyk seek* | ing the same type o ? informc.tioni ? . Dividing tie co lege grai!uati|ig class in to two divisieias^ te|hhicali ahd non-lechnical, X'dhe insurance company’s. iKirnilj • .Econohiic^ ] Bureau found that Ipngineersi ch ;mists, phyf : f sicists, and similaijj highly specialized fields could expect a mojhthly pan chic ick ifangju I 1 from $240 to $275(1, comiftuckl to a pre-wa .average of from $])|35j to .flip a inonth. j w I - '■•1 Italian ITORI Y - i i' 8 1 1 i JP '' ■ rj. " . . H ; • i^T. • ~ ? Now, Upon Grladuation... — . : 'll . ^ • j f—'YJ • i.ra WEDNESD v. 1 THE 6IANT > ■I 1 r a 1 ■it ‘Ji ^ g. •jl -T •BMOpUC f' Out the Vinfage 'fa ,1 SiaieSt iJm, Knightly Gentleman” Ros% Founder, of Aggie r' ft |r ions j y i esults of a sur- National LssuBd recently. thiijty*four nia- 1 m, i casonably certa ih of obtaining some type of job. Aside from engine creiase in derhan jobs after leaving their alpia mater. Now, though, almost all? seniors can texpect to find ?! '|,| j | fjng gn.dujatps, an in- njiand for sidles personnel and ac- coijntants continues as the nation’s economy rides on the crest of the post-war boom per iod. The heaviest cfeinaiad for those graduates is from corporations, the insurance company says, adding that; “tprporatiojns will be alii but waiting outside ttW graduation ceremony halls, offers in hand, this June When students, file out with their 1 degrees.’ Such new? is ;pf course; wjelcome to col lege students. But how long will the bubble remain inflated'^When will industry reach a saturation point? Will the Unii ed States face jfT" Business ndmiifisllratib^ (and other non- another period of prolonged! te | technical students rein hbi: rig it into jobs; unemployment? Isj it true tihajt the next de- ’ *’ * X.' i t —-.a;— w jjj; ma g e the last lone look like mm another period of prolonged! technological i _ ^ ^ unehjiploj f that pay salaries ringing frUm ^S00 to pression ■ ■fMheUcis'.jidgo*,”! ‘miW'f Australi Puts Ovi m Vll ►list Beat!; 300 Radio Listeneil i, ■■ i i 1 ' 'I ’i 4, t i 9x I,Aiacv (,(M I)\\ i We nole tliat Australia has fi- : mtlJy Rotten around to producinig M 1 sleep inducer; that ns, a have dosed the eye? of some 00 patrons at ond of his shows : recession ? i the upper thiijd of graduatii g desses of that fiascoes? Heading Ofi A, Big ‘Bust’ | X H the _j as soon as they shtju, iiicuj <i»iu — —,, ; the bureau reij))orts. The lowerifig Ires for .this Not until we havi the answers to ..group.’evidently rfeflwt ih^i ag ;-old, “iitart above perennial economic teisers will we i from the bottojn” philosophy iWev ilent among lean back in| our monetary et^y chairs and American business firms, i I ' •) start vacatiqning i^'Miami Btach each win- ' Referring hack! tol theklepreision of the ter. Who’ll Volunteer Ho relieve our minds early‘thirties^; NorfhWestcm )noMd that only of the memories l|iat inflptioh-deflation The “little craJh” 1 of I’dfej hat? come and I ■ ■ i i . i _ T tt . BETWEjEN THE BOOK ENDS Wilder Steps Back Into rages Of History in ‘Ides of March’ 4/ MHS. wMnORA ARNOLD i Reutlctts’ Advisor TtyR MRS OF MAllCH. M Thor,Ron Wilder. Jh48. By stepping back into the Rome of Julius (4e$M', Thorn ton Wilder brings to surging life a dramatic period and one nHthe magnificent personalities Cajesar of history becomes I L’a( that:neverthelpss‘fan ifektrenuly Serious sit- gone, with grjain ind sedulity jharkejts api uatibn call develpp;” H(e addec parentlyibackj to somjethiqg riesembling nor- ‘jEvenl itho 1 _ !'' , , . . mal.- But tMshiversj that i nn lip the bjick ed reaches only Six or (fight rijilliqii, roughly of the Amerijcan t>eC[ple |a it! waek ai quite forgotten, sion like that which followed 1921) is still hanging over us. Maiiy.ol trii‘ v iteraais ifow in’school gre’v up iri depr.isfeioi days, and k-now that thqre oi icqj was a| tamj >; when $800 a month jobs weren’t autjoimtU ally Ihanded out to college grad rates, j } ! i j j j { Chester,Bowles, formejr f)PA administra tor and before that a ■i .■ “Even ithough theijnumbeii of unemploy- sacheS only six orjeight m illion, roughly the American jietjple tnud wejekjjire hot half.lhe numbei! of 193^, the effects through- te forgotten. Tie fear df an.oher deples- out the world would he drastic.X 1-1 ’ ‘ To cushion another deprjessibn Bowles proposed the following, nine-point program “based on our experience in the past?: 1, “Tax cuts all along the line . ' ,j . the time to cut takes is when purchasing power is beginning to dry liijh” f ^ “An iUl-out J) rogfeafn of ?lum clearance and housing,” biii diiijg 1,|0(!,006 homes a r***:- • I [ 1 i h ■ 3. Continue rfcnt controls) “lor at least ie|r i leading* jadvertising executive,, has sou|id(fd a vvafni jg and sug- include self - eniploydd dorrlestic help and farm workers.-. | *; 1 New York, Bbwles an extensive Fede 'al prognn ‘^an modify, to a major ektent the n l ic(s.4io;i which Our z . . a Li, past mistakes[hav4 made L vita |e. We have * 5 ' Enact a nafionajhealth insurance plan. " ' • ’ few i\v«qks, “Oiice a recession bpgins,; we (should j the ijecdud move'ahead pronjpfly with our plans for tljtt* economic development of the (Missouri Valiev alithori- 1ml r >[)ped; sharp- all witnessed, during thj; ilaht what may be the beginhii g’ ol gycle of the old d smal eye e| boomand bust.” • ; YThe prices Of grafihs Have tl ly, and so have the prices blfjmar y securities. It fs possible’*! of course, tlhiijt jth commodity markets wiU fecov u* an(Lp<[tjco ifideiicu will be temjporariljy restored.?I i*| \ But, Bowips added: . 1 ;.,LKt r ’. “There is lone fact thht’iwh must all face squarely: Wej couUl not jijoskiblv ekpept .that ■)ur economy could bt su'bfeateSd ' o the-wholly annecessary jriflat ion of ltlieih st year and ...H 'I ' (.I'H ]p" ! > f y gotten around to p: „ leep inducer; th^t is, a joker| | U r •• 1 • An 1% ai*t4 4in<r t k« pie tiork I recently. We fail, however, to see how this feat is newsworthyjjA&M has several quite prominent men who make their living putting; people to sleep. The ! nandw-minded read ers, if anly, of this coluipn) among you doubtless' think we’fe referring to certain profs who atje rapidly becoming woirld renown for their ability'to render senseless entire classes of students.' I However, we make no refareute Jf that sort. Leave us not deal in perstonalitkjjs. As the sign sa|ys, “We Lovif Our Profs, Please Drive Slow.’' (Jetting back to the Australian, the hyppotist| in question, one William J. Ousley, ;dkl perform a lather mean feat. He faced a radio audience of over 300 wide-eyed; people, and only two saw (the finish of his progrann 'Tjhe rckt wore asleep. In addition, telephony calls to the broadcasting Station indicated (Ousley put some radio.listeners to pldep. One (listener phoned in to* say his wife \|ms standing at the window,, laughing and throwing (all Iter hats out. , This racket may haye something to it after all. Think of all the joy that would be brought into (he hearts of millions of husbands if their wives .suddenly saw the lighl and began tossing all the. cerebral paraphernalia that! is currently pass ing for acceptable headgear out the wjindow.l i Another listener, likewise hypnotized; thought he was Charlies Boyer. Thj.* developments,'sijfys {the report, .were interesting jn view( of the fact a Women’s boarding house was right across the street alul the man was clotjufl only iri pajamas, at .jthe; time. [ . I ll I ' J . | : | . I ( -I I " j Most hypnotized lisU|ners, howiCvw, were pwlak- eiied when Ousley told them at the em| of jthe broadcast ( to laugh at the mental picture of an amusing hat, which, doubtless, wasn’t hard to |do. The experiinent, Ousley told a repoiier, was to encourage people to realize they can hypnotize state to Rome; he, (jacfihr, who rev- tbeinflWe*. Auto-hypnostt, he said, enables people to relax ( Lis tei going to H'lcp, that they were relaxing and would iii probably Worth Skunks as 'their Theigrounc ■ca * ” 1 skunk forecaster,, say now th f four times, fall earned is actually hi*re. The idea w ASTKBS astly ovt prated as a weather nrtan Jo>4ph A. Beaver. Tho to iweatHur, % >, Be igipundhii,” s on the wuiitry weather J’l. PERFECT Mrsi jWilfrj and twoijeompai were tool kuijpri liad 13. imades, Llppincpjti 13 tl ’Hiani'ki "III oaids,! (there (wililj be a break nibad -to 1. “Pay “if Ijrust when it comes np attention to the ‘e skunks are .tsa tlrew; perffl re out) in tlitj bridge hands, bpt of all tirae. In tiiik aesar the human! bjefng as he novel the hml Tore aijipeared to himself, his family, his leg*kins, has jiome, his Enipire in the mopthsl immediately* ——7——— Through imaginary letters | ered'Ctitunus’ the 'bKd'thougir’he ' 10 'completely in refleshirig sleep, documents, which pie cunningly re- w ‘ 0 ' , ()f t- Listeners to his broadcast>ve|% told they were yciiling and Toflpw a naifat|\|; going to selep, that thjey iyere relaxing and would bittern, all Robe comes crowdbg | In the meantime; tni fatal ides j S(M)n fe c l Relieved, of all iheir worries. He alternated through these pages. Romans (of ! UJV drawing near bid Y.aesar sees | bs instruction.^ vj ith a sljoW count, md- slums, Romans of the palacjt'8,;''^dh approachingwi de around Ousley probably doesn’t realize it, but he may Romans in the AlbaK villas, prawl- j '"b the patterns ot b e are cop- j, ave pc„v|de<l the world; With the answer to altibly irig youth in their athletic cIum, sbhtly 8hiitingi; Then* is The night perplexing! problem: w hat; to ;do when the blind rioMe ladies serving the gods j b ) when ( leopatradights up the skbs ; date you’ve got turns qUtj tu be f so bad you actually thdir temples^ dissolut^ wor^ 1 ,#Am “ ! ‘ T plojtting assigda^ions, spiek arid . . savins stalkirig the Dictator iib i thony realize that • their day has his) very, ehumber-f-all hailingx (,l|i|-; ended, sail or nating drimi l The carl ami cut wg just day. “Fi thing m SLOW It ib.s horses— |) a divorci ed that husbant race Irfli-’k in $10,000 coiirt a; 6 she, her husband bridge hands, bjit d|tojplay them), j Woods, the dcakp'. , iri). VVoods 13 hearts, Mrs. Edward impmlhj and Hai(l?n Abbott 13 dubs. I in previous hands, shuffled' “Wo; werg so dumb-founded A BIIRNINU A a palm in cljent. Ho i Fla | As’ ing puc His blorir Thfli ed on or later. -•hlus ea|intt« . . _ t gaclj other/’ ^s. Woods said to- jw |own ny cajfds and said ‘some- SFEED DIVORCE icuke of idoj hiany hordes—-slow rs. Rbfct>ijrai|/ Lgvine .ftmtifiod in obtaining frbm f lniip]|)(luCer NaJtjLevinc. She declgr. fun thair lnoijiiyinoon |ak September, her >pent |iill {hisishare tinlc at Golden G^te it n Fraijiciscoi “Be would lose up to day llietjtinrj tljie horsts,” she said. The {a property settlement. QtlESTION vye'r s nap he l heal* J ji- assail 1 #n‘s am j u* 1 Hi igh above theni Caesar, refle on i, his mastery of the world nuin’s relation sp<j>nsibility, to to libei ty,. to t|- i goipti flic passions, ' So j mfso a Thornton Wildcri I) With great wisjdom rind He has;prerteii(te<l iiuthg, vjivkl, invar is j wi itteii icfntration. ptiyu rec.riitjion pf a hisjtory: he, Caesar, who wrote a|n j reflected—every aspect edict abolishing the state religfcjp mari spirit revealed w amp promptly destroyed it: he C|g- ami wit. You will , re) Sail, who succumbed as he had a|\> authorxfor his outstand ng work of u half without evontjualKi lialir if it has not ajreadi startbU development of t^e.Missouri valley ty, 8t. Lawrence Valley authority, and for similar developments)!.on the other major: rivers;” 1 ifYi : j 7. “An aii-out: program fojr the bUilding | ft H^pcat? Are Seeing Red ■. \ gleat map- D^LACC ut great world.' lleie is all life ojF the hu- th| subtlety, lerirber tt(e jested a program |fo|' hekdirig ijjff the next depression beffore it evef ifsJ JAddressing. Another vear or tWHjj , , . , , . , . . , , the United Spates Cqnfe^ of; Mayors! in ! ‘ 4 Broacleh sfealfecurity payments to! 1 T ‘l ° f ( stod ijhtt in his opinion }nc1 | d , Wlf - eXdov^l dornestie hkln-and •! ™T I'ffl - jl,, .L-'^ TODAY AND ALL THIS WEEK \ V Composers of Swing Slreet Are Strictly if Long Hairy’ Jl - , . , (/Pl-XIfhte Russian critic wh'» (enotilived dead liiifjj degenerate music hat to come over here and spend!a J ig at the g the : piper. ' without crippling-imendmentk as rapidly as i the Soviet rujers arc worrfiejl thin and the poverty of U; TmM fmlitro • .tMwoihlo’’’ II | if’ : I | , ovtr the type of tunes the Russjuri | Here is Swing Strcei’ /^Sometime''in ^he riotr^ 'diitahtjfutiure, possible.' , ;i Ml . t ; j | . | i ^sses like. .Apparently no w has come along able to srit |h| kind will s<>oner |b|r later be iinevitable, and,; “doinmum.st manifesto’’ to-imwii wki rib find bur-’ He emphasized thaf. “ a reitesskm of sonic 1 hat ♦ ! That was one reaction .today along Swing & 4 Increase minimum wagjes from 40 to | j^,, XAnujricL ‘at least” 75 cents a?!hour, j . ' : ibj hepcats gathqr.to soak lip the baMioili but hypnotizes 9. “Pass.the (.Ejurofaean recovery program j iakest jive. thg dead cold mechanics sjome J selves'moving info a dejpb^ OR — .sort.”' t [ ; 11! 1 i'l I I, when it comes, corigijelis and t|he qdmiiiiistra- Stating that there now nr; many con- tion must make 4f 0 ug leadeijship if we are.i trTshostakovtch'a 1 trols. ( which hiakd an exact IdupHcatioii of to keep it from (ieter^rating! into a serious V i<U composers <lf the 1929 depresd|oiii unljik'iljf, Bowleb said economic collapse,!’ X ’ Swing Skrecanswer n0 .f!f | Lionel Hampton, (bant come along able to sot |l h !t‘! a Hop exponent of “n latest torrid developmert of jazz; Crime and Punishment... Y Appearing (in today’s! issie!off the Batt is a trite story wh !ch theiaiitljior fondly calls a “mystery.” lit illustrate^ a pbint. AU. too often fwhen 4 bifflfi la turns up ! ‘i not reportjed in mo^t. (ja»es, and. consequently the campus police; eoitld nptphedk them. It didn’t havje to be that way. , 4 The ndxt time sqpjeonei goes |outlj with missing, the iformyr owiipr rife ely squawks your favorite walkjt, (loin shriig off the KK’s loudly, explains -with jpantor lime Ito ihjs as,nit-wits. They are paid to in.vestigate and friends how “] ju|<t left ff‘Or-1 ip bedj while remedy just such a iharrowing situation as ” yftur’s. And they canHlo some gobd for you If our lopal cri he; Wave h^d Iteen report ed ih its earl)y stagles, iijt might never haVe got -J went -to the sho,toer,” amwi ,1!draws into a shell w'ith only aidark look; f Jr Humjaftity. ' Fpr two vtholejyears a jso'r !et of roHiberies were committed oin the campu! M . i . •((-b —/J i 4— They \yere out of the early ages. a Worried expression, Behjalmin Weinstein appeared' before Judge Garrett. | Tiskiiwa—iGem of tie Valley )) “Printed Where tjne RainW iW’s Lnd Tickles the Waving Grassls knd iho Titne-Wof-n Pot •of Gold Bulges YVith Uqto^Treasures for All Those of Diligence and Vlsi on.” -4-Mosf- , fipml ; I , ! Ij | How’s the sew|tge dis^o^al? i ' ference state emhloytes are entitled to a ] H| p \-iNeiv iforker "step-in salar^the‘" i 'me as evferytlody else.’ ” burg, Pa.: “Goverfn t—-—-—•———f- 1 —-——y—-—t—- Wearing. 4 yeflbw sleeveless sweater and . i ':ij "1" I , , Excer|)t from AP story put,of Harris- tpld a newa con Tlie Battalion, ‘ erf College Staliic afternoon; except . lished semi-weekly. ffirial -±t" l." ■( •Hrft' |p Battalion itowSpapfsr of tlie Agricultural and Mechanical itollSge o Jl j - News; contfibutWJis may b win Hall. Clasaifie 209, Goodw/n Hall. tion/ lisicd five; times a week and circulated Ij, ya jiipd examination periods. During, tfhd ! To $1.30 per school year, Advertisifigi „ f Th&a knd the City [ , Mohday through Friday I mrfier The!Battalion is pulh Ij tc.v furnished on resueSt The Associated press is] ed to it or not otherwise cr Rights of, repupl leal on of —A*—: — M-i— Khterod as Mjomd-clabf m owr Oftlco at College Stall n i. Texas, the Act ot .CongrctL of Marcfc 3, ' ■ L-'1 J ' Keimfi ,Mack T. Nolen R. L. Billingsley, Tom Carter, C. C. » Otto B. i ca Bi. ' lopeld toms ■ ' tyj telephone (4-5444) or at (he (cdl(driail office. /Roorfi 201, Good* by telephone (4-5324) or at tije Student Activ ties Office, Room exclusively to the use for republi it the paper and local news of of matter herein are alap reaeryed. Associated Collegiate Press Mrinber j, .Manusfig Kdlldra • • ^ • e a*aaa*’i|*ia re Edit >r Maurice Howell a trn, *» Writers h! SStafe-j; Art Howard .. . SS-S J - Y- di’ t«d Press I sprit cites qredit- uhlished herein. iy Nailodal Ad New Yoijk CH; ( San Erji Advfrttota*' M I-* Thoi yi'Cl Sports; Editor PlfMINCE «IUI«MPEim fi! i-Features Start - 4:05 - 6:45 - : L2Q • 1:05 Cartoon PRICES included)- includedj j H htj central commitliee of fchC “Man,: that Mr. G< Cqnmihnist Party bawlgll out Dhig has really Hipped litj, nd six other pri: ought to come over composers o)f advanced-dMr spend a gig al the li)ack. He’s smal music (for their “Boui gqoLs KIK) r e( | hut plenty whek he says hriolojgy.” j, . ! ! !;)(• our music is; dead.” I his didn t worry the denizens (K(js Note: Onri of our office of Sw ing Strecjt as all sjeven-( |,oys who plays a sIxopHpne tranri- rnmposers are {“strictly frcjllf Iates this as f 0 |l 0 ^ : “the gentlp- Iring hair.’’ The man who started 52nd Stri Cit blowing fresh “riffs’’ ami “ijidi |i(|cs” in rebutt jib was V. Goi oijiij-i fkjy, a Soviet imisje critic who caftipj thitwn with lx th heels on jifzk, |v|ich he feels corrupts iiiriochip Boiviet youth. j.; . ( I jii luting a Russian Educator coiinplairied that modern jazz was ■‘grinding our will into hamburger?' Gorodinsky wrote jin a Soviet jmhrii Mne: !' ! i!‘Moriern Bourgeois music does jmjt awaken strong joyous fe^ingi) jOij the contrary, it uxtingriisrnik and suppresses them. It does Nt cafry one away with impetuf/Us ' ——Hr-