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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1948
U . ' ! tl*i LF.W/' » Oft
,f soldier, Statesman, ! Knightly \ Gentlemttn?
c i iSuUiva i Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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all-out in
, stitjution. tTht
We niyer
we experiencfe
‘’.^After several
the Brazes
ralise
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raised that news-
|s attacking spine-
t something. We
iblr a day and go
4h well-knowii in-
pteces. Rumor saiysl'that automobiles have
been known to park in parking lots this week,
without sinking hub-deep.
A check with the Physics department re
veals that thift strange yellow object in the
Tnr „ , ( sky is a body known as the Sun, which had
afpiireciatd g »od weather until appeared over A&XI previously some time
week after jiveek of the bad. during the last semester. Older members of
miserable wkfeks during which the faculty confirmed the report that the
Sun had been seen, at A&M previously
Veteran stiiderits, whose assignments
r .„„. r — , overseas did not include England, report
d Hdg Hollow became— that-the Sun Ss knbftvn in other parts of the
'Upon
The
ms ci|m|el to ^ resemble the
great Dismal Sjwamp, i: which Military
.Walk became as flipper^ ajt{ the Olympic bob
sled 'rurtvay,! _
W’ell—Hog Hollojv in triti as well as name, world, and that somewhere in distant lands
; we certa nly ajppreciatt Ijhe strange hot a musician once wrote a piece called‘‘Hymn
•sphere that has been sefn in the heavens for to the Sun”J:jThit’js what we are singing
several d4yS-14 s If 1 resul; cl this phenomenon right now—a hymn to the long-lost Texas
a crust jjas tormed Over [our muddle flats Sun.
- thick dhough; ito i suppo t a man in many P.S.—Where did that Sim go to ?
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wor 4| is going 14 pot in more ways who is to bring liiome to otir business ex-
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time|w)l
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tneaht sc
as good lis a l|)pnd. Whe 1; tblam had the guts
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] “Theiie w^is s .time--ijnj the dim pre-war
past—W’rien'one jould u'o|r| with a mdn and
be award of >jome sdm fliulce of moral
gatiodSn his ipake-iip
“In'-tnose da|/s, the
. observe.ihe djeceint am?niit|es of daily busi
ness intercourse; was judtjas rare and just
as much jin oiiitca)st as t leiaoor who acted the
cad in.hiis social'Circle. I |
“But lin tliiese days oljj j ast-world-war-Ii,
conditions an Icoinplete y jrt ijersed.
“Whait m:jnvi of utf hebd in this laika*
of Peisonal Hi
divinity
-church tetnpilB piihht .
trend of tfarelessYiessi and; ii
ord of Honor 4
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With this !distressed |tatement, Harry
• Simmoiisopenis in editorial in Printer’s'Ink
magazine Hej writes fu •ttoifr:
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;n a man’s wprd
jan’s promise w r as
ecutives, to our men in high places of whom
great performanceis .properly expected?
“Truly, each: of; us needs a Director of
Personal Relationsifttd stir the “still small
voice” within; us!’? >•
Which brings t§ mind a verse stirred to
gether recently by a member of the Battalion
staff, on somfejvHat'.the same thought:
j[ce of morajl obli-
m who failed to
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WORD OF HONOR
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“Upopimy wbrd of:honor!’- In the time
Ofaurgi’eat-grandfjires (what a golden age!)
Honor was more thin breath; ia word sublime
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Glittering gem-likej on the printed page.
Sounding* solemnly! upon the tongue.
Honor was more than, bond; one might engage
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daisical peacd-fikhting vlodd is a Director Fortune or li|fe|pnlComrades honor hung
HelAions, ioml Ii holier-than-thou Without assurance of a contract writ,
a inilli -high ivoi y tower, jwho can ^ u t the knell of honor has l>een n
lift us bajek Ojii t|ie road4o. personal dignity, "I .. , ' j i'i, : f.
Stelf-resp&t, ijmd. davftc-cfaj human relations “Honor s a word on which the cynics spit:
with ourj broibeci s-in-grifev incg. Mark of a gull,; a fool, for who would lend
“Prefibherji of| the gosjxj in ahy cathedral Safely, unless He sc^eks receipt for it?
AWARD PROPOSAL:
Editor, The Battalion: i
Your editorial of February 16
coneeming the various awards for
the most deserving students was
very enlightening. j i
Why should a veteran student be
eligible for such an a\Vardi?' I am
sure that, the donors were thinking
only of the student who had no
outside assistance w h aitsoevei
when these awards were originated.
There is a great difference between
having your tuition books, ^student
activities fe«, and a worthy month
ly allowance paid by a generous?
U NtlLE and that student who must
education, ‘free’ (compulsory)' med
ical care, and security against my
own and others mistakes from the
time of my birth till the day I
die.” in one instance your editor
ial writer berated who (he says)
fear for their security; In the-next
moment he urged a doctrine which
promotes 'individual worship of
security. Obviously, ^our writer is
not troubled by that consistency
which he condemns.
Clamped Shackles
The'statemerit that federal aid
“has not clamped shackles oh any-
I one’s ankles” is not quite! true.
I Farinefrs are told what and how
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book or second and third-hand
books so that he can pass his,
courses creditably.
I do not begrudge anyone an
award to which he is entitled, but
I do not believe any veteran fits
iiito the group for which these
type of federal loan or indorsement
is aware of. the numerous restric
tions,
Hitler Tinnly believed that repe
tition of a statement would con
vince a people of its truth, what
ever the facts. The Battalion's
Power Dives Thrill Sh
65 People Overload 25-
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bHANGHAl -The average Chinese bus driver
in Shanghai must be'a frustrated arplaue pilot.
ii most lands a bus is a mean: of transporta
tion, (mt not .here. r !; I;..■ [I ! 1 ([■j ■
A; Shanghai ous is more like a roller coaster.
Chinese ride them for thrills. Celling where you,
have to go is somewhat incidental.
T^e bus is ouilt to carry 2S .passengers, but no
Shanghai bus driver is hi^ppy until he has at least
b5 customers aboard. He needs the extra weight
for momentum going down bills-'
Once underway, a Chirtese bus driver recog
nizes ho obstacle. He once ignored red lights, too,
but the power of the police has at just prevailed.
Ai corner presents a challenge, bus drivers
firmly 1 believe corners are built - to take oh, two
wheels.
It} is always easy to tell Ayhenj the pus conies
to a traffic Islandj which in theory is put there 1
for ttie safety of pedestrians. When your head
bangs the ceiling you Know the driver lias run Over
the island, as usua). ' I
Every bus ride seems to. last 30 minutes, even
though your destination mayirec(uire only 10. This
is bechuse it takes 20 mintues to fight your way but
of a bus. ! j
A UST KIDDING : ; j .
Movie comic Alleit Jenkins denied he was in
toxicated the mght he was arrested arid charged
with drunken driving: he was just "kidding” when
he said his cat was driving the car. ij
Jenkins,. 47, testified that he ;had taken “just
four bourbons in a period of several hours" and Was
“sobei- enough to drive.” M !
Police officer Lester Jones told a Municipal
Court Jury that at f jJie time Jenkins whs booked
last Jan. 26, the actor insisted that hi» pet Cajt,
Smiley, be fingerprinted (irst. ;
"I did it to humor him,” Jonej) testified. After
Jenkins’ arrest, police said the,actor told them the
cat was driving the car. Aenkjnjs said the "part
about): Smiley was juit a gag. H«i is a remarkable
cat. He goes everywhere with nie.’’ ! I ■ i i ’•
The jury Will probably get the case sometime
this Week. f , 4
CARS, CRIME AND CONFUSION
The two Washington jiolrdh officers got their
men, but it took them a while to jfind out how.
They were all set to chase a speedihg motor*
cycle in their scout car when their path was blocked* fell]ixhaudtjeli; b
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wajs wlantied for speeding.
1 He iid :i iet tile selcoifd nlan;after the chase
andljliad agie ‘d Do reiuni to (tke serine “to see What
w 4l.|poink] P 1 !• L
Officer^ paused, thought the
he t\no
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nwards \\cii iiiteuded. : j “meaningless phrases” and glitter-
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S Strife Til's ^ t^PciPi theJedeil^vern^
Brigade! Arcl shade* cf Sully Ross! l J >» had not.iltj Wpuld have been proper for
Th6 Atlan » Coniti I’liciwi says that Dixie nimjto r c j M®||j'.j^ • j. I |
Democrats m ty nemafid tiat a SQutherner When a'rha'n ip named to'the cabinet ot
replace tom (flahjt as if. Attorney General, the United States,' he ceases to be a repre-
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. Veil discuss this
difference in our
, ... j. ^ f l ip -i l- i I "unosts Again' j i feel, constrained
We trust not shopoif, even in a friepd. to write my first letter in reply t<
Onlv-fin “word of Saw” dare we depend. ' ‘••ditonal. Others of those in
r s , i The Battalion hjave merited strong
criticism—which all too often the
common acceptance of poor edi
torial policy hap not produced.
making these selections keep the
| original purpose; in mind ami help
those studenjts Who have jno out
side aid and who must earn while
they learn* : ! ’ •
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FHEDEKK K HA l', M9
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DISSENTING OIMNION
Editor, The Battalion:
After reading the editorial,
“Ghosts Again”, I feel constrained
daily lives. Tjhey miignt teiteath, regret and
deplore to th?ir. week y |c< ngregations. But
! Tom Clark ‘Un-Southern?’.
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Latent eveint |ijn__ti$e Dfxijg Rebellion of ’48 ty to the Unitcjdi Btates verstijs his loyalty to
Texas Interests, i Clark has acted in accord
jap}r.,M
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regarded; as “h real Squtlhernbr since he has
•“ intervened in)racial di
The Constitution; a srt said that a South
erner may beja.4ed iasf IJJenbcrat vice presi
dent nominee Ito;couijitefr 1?rpsident Truman’s
d tlfat Clark is not
'am.
The papeif ^pg^esjfcep Sent Walter F.
^ nominee. It also
tentative of any :particular sjtate dr section
We have the offices of United States Senator
and Representative to take care of state rep
resentation in Washington. That is the key
stone of our federal structure. What is pro-
per for a Senator might be highly improper
for a cabinet memlher. I [] .
0f course, thjfi, whole matter of “loyal
ties” is confusing;. Orville Bullington, ex-
of South
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; day to discus^ the President’s Civil Rights
program;wrtl| : I)(emocrat|party leaders.
Tom IClarl hi s, Ito He dure, been put in
’ several posit iff) ns who 'djt ^rdoyalties have
i been st£ained|Th'i tide k|id4 issue has actual
ly put aimucll nibre] >i$v|erej squeeze on him, l exaps and Americans simuit
for there it has baeiS a question of his loyal- have ito restore the Republic!
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A poll of
-jority of houlsew ves ; ii
' meatless: Tuesday. Kllap
from
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Bk'n of Virginia and regent of the University of Texas who gain
dt^lToTvioo r ed much’ndtiite a-H’ear ago by brandishing
copies of “U. S. Ay! at'political rallies, cried
George- ©f Gfliorg^ as
mentiomid Sen. F^fy
Former Sec reltad- of Sjtdte Janies F. Byrnes ,ed much "notice kjiyear ago by brandishing
jliiTija
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terj citiejs|sh<jiws that the ma-
fhilfng to observe
families follow the
old custom of;ab:taifijig from meat only on
r the days. they, can t afford to have any in
{ the hou^e
The Pennsylvania G[p. [virej reporting a
rift between (Collt
Southern Gover- out at the Tex#- Republicah meeting this
week, ?T am d Sjahtherner before I am an
American, and a Texan before d am a South-
; erner. M Yet Mr, iBullington, who proclaims
himself an American only at third-hand, was
one of the loiidekC in protesting that other
people were un-American! If we can’t be
Texahs and Americans simultaneously, we’ll
squeeze on him,
Hie following appeared in the Birming
ham, (Ala.) Post story on a professor’s old
house: “. . * LovCrs of fine old furniture,
quaint heirlooms, beautiful glassware and
china and rare tapestries and linens would
have a fielej day eatmining his trousers.” ..,
It should have read “treasures.”
ge a ic
church authorities
joll^ge ihas been the moden h|is(iQt|y|
object o|f the most ilmtlivioud snf bivioud flew constitution
lavje ever knjown.” unconstitutional
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on student drii|nking. qtnfted the'college jires-
ident as saying: “The
dhidprting calinpaiigm
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The I?a(tal ©n, official
\ of College Stat ini, Texas,
afternoon, excejipt d
fished semi-wemly.
Itily is receiving congratulations upon
becom ng r a repub||ic for the first time in
delightful feature of her
that it makes Mussolinis
The Battalion' has an announced
policy of publishing no andhypious
j letters. Why shpuld it publish un-
I signed editorial? which prevent its
readers from lekrtHitg thefihdivid-1
! ual source—-dcfijiitely and cptn-
i plejoly—of some of the nonsense
published in the editorial column ?
The writer of “Ghosts Again”
utilize? one of the Oldest propa-
gaijdn devices, name-calling, Those
i who, do not fay or federal aid to
schools are dispiiffsed as '“fright
ened minds vyhh fear any change
frojn the present as a threat to
their security.”
Un-American
Whether or not federal aid is
Un-American is still a question. It
is a certain historical fact, however
(halt the framers of American gov
ernment so_feared a strong control
by central government that theit
first experimen|t, The Articles of
Confederation; leaned tort far in
the other way. The early Ameri
cans also took cognizancdi of the
fact! that The j authorization for
monetary expenditures Was in fact
control. Any federal ai<K td schools
must result in increasing: govein-
menitiil voice in their affaifs as the
sehr oils become imore and piore de
pendent upon the federal assist
ance.!} : } 1 J’ , , !'
T(ie writer of this editorial fail
ed tjo realize ihlit any economic or
imlinCal doctrine which shifts re
sponsibility from the ihdividua| to
a governmental unit (or ;from 'a
small unit of directly responsible
govefhment to a larger, more Cen
tral, less easily answerable knit
of government) approachep social-
ism. j jj - - 11 I J if
Such a transfer of responsibility
advances the fallacy inherent in
the idea that "the world (govern
ment) owes me a living, g college
mg gener
lieve that it accepts this belief.
WILLIAM S. BOULDIN
(Ed. Note: There may be sound
grounds for opposing federal aid
to schools, hiit the Bait is not
impressed by arguments so far
offered in opposition, which haye
previously been used against all
public school education, against
federal highways, and oven
against the (j; S. Army! State's-
fighters protested that a federal
army would give too strong a
power to the central government.
Washington answered that state
militia were not enough. That
was a long time ago. ^ A
(As for tHe "anonymity” of
the Batt’s editorials, they are not
signed because* they represent
group opinion qffid the names of
those involved are op the mast
head. Not all of those so named
necessarily a^ree wijth anji par
ticular editorials, but there is a
general agreement. In this re
spect, the Batt follows the stan
dard practicejiof American news
paper's, large and sinqll. Dissent
ing cpinions, such as that of
reader Bouldin, are always wel
come in the fprm of letters',)
by ap automobile listed as stolen. So they chased
the kuiomdbile. And when tWq men leaped out
and rap, they chased the two men. They caught
one; ;thi? other got (way. ! ;
Then, while they were waiting for the patrol
wagdn to show up back came the motorcycle.
On the rear seat was the second occupant of
the stolen caf. The motorcycle driver pffered This
explanation: j
1. He knew the two other [men. They were
He
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hr twq daiyik Ibulll he)didn't have The neirve
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Methodists Give
All-Church Supper
k ned
t !v fth a
sjipdon
(hiaiKpa is!”
.’he rep y[ ;ai claffsid. Said; the little lady;
Ad all-chuvcH supper was givep
at the A&M Methodiat. ,
Chui|c*h in (lonrjectipn with Religi- , Leonard
last i night
Lamar Fly is Chairman aril'
Men’s Fellowship Groitp rtf 41
Brisqn is chairman, i .
About 200 people [a teikle l|
suppin' which was part of [ the [
ular meeting of th(i Folio4
Group.
Music tor the program .(wai
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! ous (Emphasis Week, Fred iBrispn, 9uddy fiqid
chairman of the Men’s Fellowship I hollowing the supp
1 Gtopp, saiil today.
Tl)(e supper \yas sponsored joint- , - . . . : ■ j;
j ly tjjy the Wmpun’-s Society <r ^
| Christian Service ,of which Mr;
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Uestiioh iteid he tlajant '
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a ii(tk| dog wittt a huge bone.
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