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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1948)
I i •J •' i- R i r •: rj RossIVolun 5 - y ■ \ ■ >]• ■ r\:i Battalion 4 I f : I' v ’ ; p ° R a ■j Statesman, knightly Gentleman’* Ul^van Ross, Founder of Aggie ! Tr actions r.| ■j.uiL 1 ...fe 1 rs Again jvji-r -ij/:; I 3 if' r r; ; : BRUAR! i’ | | : I : tion, th^ grou{) Lastjinight the famed Rj organic » under a ^/icon the war that body of men pc .standin, !* group of cadets < be eledpd to the Rbiss V< dream (| every fijeshinan. j V Primarily a so< ial )rgai it heverth iess acted as fepresliitiitives of the college aind the people of itrae :ftate in offi cial functions. Th|iy § rieetedJfjjii|ious jperson- ages to it he cam|us; the:f|03! Volunteers acted ai la guardjtff lipnor || {tpe inajuguri^-^ tipn ; of |iany. a, Tje-xa ^ got e oise mo ^menis on the drill to behc Id—perfeptioi i was every cm :eaision. ./f; Retirements for Men hadlto beihcqiept ' li . 1 j ! I p) \ I : II j -J ' . j • -I ' jl !. ! j‘ , " •' | U - It jV qlunteers re- j group on the campus; indeed, there is a need tion. Prior to i for such a body of mbn. But there are pit* used the oiati {falls which must tye iiyoided if the Ross < campus. To Volunteers is to bq Acceptable to the stu- eml ejjjsjhjjp werfe stiff. | of this type. Many good men will not mbet epthile bolh] Scholastically the entrance requirements, due either to aca-1 and mi i^irily. T|fey J wedted by! their 1 ' M ‘ ^ ” .yrganiz ♦ V^***|'v*^. a v « -r rA • - - (fecfers was the dent body as a whol 2. First, the matt^.bf dues must not de prive any man of h: s right -to participate in the activities of thi Ross Volunteers;. Any amount which does, that is too high, even if it is only, a small sufn in the eyes of the majority. The white uniforms, are striking, but should any nominee feel that he is fin ancially unable to shoulder thatmurden, it is too high a price td sacrifice quality of e[ keynote dn character for quality: of. material. j Snobbery has no.place in an organization Their pre- |were a sight classma :|s for th{ ho. Kpr, j nil ,|ip groulpl ever demanded any mi)i'e a\aeii!|gj standards of .•’(Its nominees-thart did the no, They W ite “men” in tjhe eyMoj The Ross VolUhteers..d)mU Volunteers, meiji. ; iiied I the best — i: f;. Ml m f I ZLU : : . -— —u- M ' • I : ' ! ir y Tramplinc Oat the Vintace yj.n T I pi —- , ! around giving If rodent event* and t offi ill J 1 • I (i : t | , '.Jl We’rt* not ini the hahit of goini advice to military authorities, but in distant areas arc any indicatidnj bf vyhat might happen to military equipment around College Sta tion-well, perhaps a double guard might be in order. It was only two weeks ago that ja certain -frus trated young V'Sgt. (now Private) Williams de cided to relieve the Army of one of Its self-pro pelled IBS mm. Howitzers and led; sojme anxious'M. ■ . P.’s on a merry 12 mile chase through the,heart 1700 Mile 'Unauthorized! ‘ w n-FIying’ Sergeants in “ "r deht. bit doubling imti of LawtOn, Oklahoma. . Now comes a story from Balboa ip the Canal Zone which may well cause some hpire revisions in guard schedules in the army. What was “’borrowed” this time? A B-17!! ■■ V^../ feature:!; of twp'jnatlionalj. military frater- demici.or military ivork. Perhaps, in some cases, those not making the grade would otherwise Have mad; bietter Ross Volunteers. Who knows? It is pot for that group to de cide. . . pa^t errors; have shown the fallacy of such thinking. In addition to their official, ceremonial, naties-.-i scabbard and :Bladiqja|i(8;the Pershing and sociaf obligations*- the newly-formed Rifles, rile formjr wds •lydjnjixily aj social group will have a mprO serious responsibility lizjiiioh, wh|e tjhC ||le: devoted a i —that of upholding the ideals of their name- to excelling sake. Ah(ove. all, some Concrete program for the betterment of! the; school should be es tablished in the naipe-of Lawrence Sullivan Ross—“Soldier, Statesman, and Knightly .p 1 i r greater in drill, The Ipus a group wi cal antecedents, V portion off ith V Battalion fyelcom^ hn f dents. < Stu( ’ such illU 'here' Ml Just; SuppOS Southern Democratic Revolt Spreading Throughout Dixie kiCHMOND, VA., Feb. 27 —(^)—Coveniof William M. Tuck alsked the Virginia General Assembly yesterday to enact legislation which would bar President Truman’s name from the next Presidential election ballot. The proposal, was the governor’s' answer to the president's civil rights program. Tuck invited simi lar action by the re.st\)f the South. ; kto the cam- tfious histori- lace for the Gentleman!” Supptjjde at Ad was pul bf cdjmm bombed A few yj Suppose 'the onhj! and Dunym dini)j|rg could b< ; shipped wild go:its!that c plains. Suppose empty olt books, ihushiiitg' rppbed ')i volumes “ttixts” tvere no tbdajjf s.dbn be^f ars ago|(|i. fo|od a\|i|a hjflls 1 |'c |Au4il)tlih, plus ^ few I would bj| a eiits in m Tf " - S Mae <: Sen nett said a mtjuthful tle xtter that movies ardni finny “I seejall thp pj|:ture$ tlj, of them I I U I: M :! power plant it hiid been |ng the war. ile for Sbisa 1 living- under just jduch conditions why World Studer While we are educ helji; students the \vi whateVSb^ cation, under almos Thiit is Service Fund exists, atijlig ourselves, we can )rl<tl over eke out an edu- hopidess ci rcumstances. Little Rock—Southern deposition to President Truman aini hV Civil Rights proposals has a new re cruit yesterday. •. I jf 1 . The Arkansas Frpe Enterprise Association— An organization, of cotton planters, business alnil |pro- fcssional men—annbuneed it would campaign to eject unpledged Demo cratic presidential electors jn Ark ansas this year, , 'J L ji J | Aica Executive Director John' E. Daggett, Marianna,:said the organ ization's goal, is tb enable Arkan sas’ vote “to be eaatifof the presi- bp foi Hxcliu an en 2 •by enbixiiksi hard psirf ire tern} ider in t films. ol.l-iinu le; that we lied on tH^ is beconi;ng a fotjj aj't. WlhK is‘no tiAihing styhotl for | commertM on sofjte of lhe | Red Skelltyn. isj ‘1M: Kaye “ni|msm^.”jpfl Bob H $0 man/ |Puns -atj jypi 1, jyc||ii 1 kome ofit|iem.” j Charlie ChapJjiiji, jwho - ed, is “tie greatj|st| cam' But he didn’t iiklp^vty film. ‘In ' Tf t. Ml “I tW ChariijM 'The' actors can d([ that A<|i as you, tilt no oh? Hri| mt) - Why waste your.Mirtie Sent left said lie York and is rejssu “Think televisii The ?” keeps ,, , 1 <d! ithe i^ssjlbijitij he sij , j In 1 l(|Uston,.}(] qiiez he p»d' blond ffowawi.t, enter minting pin the pise .* n the Brazos Store jwere .jffry had been and the dnb’ Drevions stu- 1 wouldn’t it? he wofld lire I I Members of the A&iM Student Senate will dential candidate who rccognUjca be.going through the doifmitories next week, i # 8tat0s r ^ hte a,ul °!f ,r thiditioni” asking contribution^ to the WSSjF. Not big ....... * .. , ,. T f , ; .T : » , Washington—Soujthmili cqngnws- contribution. Justallltfle one, unless you feel nu n managed to hold up anti-lynch- like spreading yrjuj’sejf. But think of how ijlg legislation temporarily yestvr- judge charged yesteildaV that Piesi- dcpi Truman is “wUl'iik to destroy southern civilization!’ in -order to get the Northern Negro vote. Judge Miles W. Lewis made the statement from the bejich to some jurymen who weity being dismissed. The judge’s blast at the president’s Civil Rights-prograpi Was consider ed unusual <inder the eirqumstanc- •f,es. •/. .. j ■ -j The venue gpplapded when Judge Lewis said he dill not intend to vote for Trumijn. Re asked the jurymen to do likewise.: “It is perfectly apparent to me,” the judge said, “that Truman and his supporters are.willing to des troy Southern civilizallion in order to get the negro vote in the north. Since he takes that attitude, he is no longer worthy of <j>ur vote and Support.” According to an Associated Press dispatch, ti^o American Sergeants took an “unauthorized joyride” I, 700 miles across some of the roughest terrain in the world—and neither had ever been at the controls before! jj • -H / | M/Sgt. Glen D. Woods <>f Mumic, Ind., and S/Sgt. Theodore S. Havens, Jr., of Washington, I|L J. , a r rived at U|. S. Carribbean Air Command Head quarters Wednesday night from Caracas in Vene zuela, where military authorities said they landed the B-17 after a flight across the Andos from Gala pagos., j-j _ . I | ; .‘ j'..: , . Both said they had observed pilpts in flight and it “looked pretty easy.” So,; instead of servicing Galapagos” one plane for a possible mercy flight at daybreak Monday, tlje (wo Sergeants said they set off for greener pas tures. Woods said he handled the controls the whole way—just did everything he had Seen pilots do. Up to 15,000 and 20,(MM) feet they took the bomber, 'headed for Waller Field bn the island of Trinidad, Woods said he had planned to set down the plane and isay: “Well, here \Ve krc.f';It didn’t quite work out that way. With only 500 gallons (if gasoline left, Woods sat down at Oaracaa. Officers of the Carribbean Command said they were astounded that two untrained men could fly the four-engined plane over the Andes, but it <|idn?t Seem hard to Woods and Haven, Wo(|(ds said he even made most of the flight jon instruments be cause of thick weather. Woods said, he bad a little trophic getting the big plane to land properly. He had toitrji four tiimjs before he got the a iris peed down t<[ a safe margid. Then he made a good landing. j M 1-' I fib Ml one! CllA {:!• isday, ' k up r*si icratek ertee you; know reason Force ik hidi case of were talc phonic legger. : . i- Ok a loma rum-rui refs i deliverj Th a house bo chc up sikUrl was; in,son Stark Leaves On Tour of College Union Buildings of pope :i custom* uiiepile 0ljfjedrs'W. M.itiollr and Ir ^ {off boo ||nf||lfad bpjen frained to jot dow.n^ isn’t h( fhi war at a cost of $2:500,(jo* After spending 10 days son, Wisconsin, Stark plap Purdue, the .University ! b |gan, and the University o sola ; to inspect their upic mgs. He will return about Nl In ihis absence Bill Hill manager of The; CaveJ a$ geperaj manager of campus confCctiomqies. you would feel, if sities of Greece o iM were like the univer- iTKIiui. Morje BAllylifighs Needed.. | i ,'ie-producer, length collection of! sojme W. (! ;Fields and e cotyiplaiias Bing Crosby: shorts; and otjfiers. re. Sennett .attribu^; thd eclipse of his ie out. Many comedies not to thq advent of sound, but to much mur- double feature. The culprit, He declared, v'-heit aH feif belly laughs was a theatre owner of Providence, R. I., i rns bt i .. . j whose custpfners campilained they had noth- jing to do after the show was Out at nine [o’clock. So; he gave them another picture to keep them happy. The double feature idea He a Life {jf Rile ultan sfed MattHikl lit thif o<j)u the Fedeifhl Counl that “Rodriquez; »a:d belt gUrl vvii s i aboard ; (the slfi Tliscove 'dd by a«hip’»! confine 1 Hio a linen ?lo$; and vvatdr by.the! cnptaijrj Win t^ome pj;(ijple Wqi| lit leen? Comedy because there ics.” £ e;nnett ,\1?r fcomedianfe. |d|?rful,” Dandy iq: “He throws \}e to laugh 'at ! nfri/tt discover 'd!, of all timeJ’^ Haplin’s latest i • r ' r irf hu idreds of '.i| stu.’f as well jyour comedy. i s r r ■, ’ i bffice in New [old comedies, jliii 16 mm and ilfns. a feature- TT Jacksonville- ispread and finally kjiljed the two-reel comedy, Ulx lj lll today, ending a happy j arid cotorflil qrA of movie [history. ■ ' . |' '.Hi M • Though Sen nett‘saijd nothing about them, j ithe cartoon comerijes have taken the place bf the older custard-pie epics. We’re just as happy about that. The only people who really enjoy revivals of thje early pictures are those Who can remembeii when these films were kew, and are Liked back to childhood for fifteen minutes timie. But they <li*l so ojji a tvchijicality j which probably won't .Stop it t<»- | ‘morrow. i | j j; 1 The bill which would make lynch - i ing a federal offense and establish | heavy penalties, was approved yes- • terday by a House judiciary sgb- | committee. The embattled lawmakers from | Dixie found themselves facing a three-front fight against President Truman’s Civil Rights program. In addition to the anti-lynching bill before the House committee, a Senate judiciary subcommittee is expected to have a similar measure prepared by next Week. And the Senate rules committee was report ed ready to take up an jujlti-poll j Little Rock — A)'k<iima$’ Gover nor [Laney yesterday accused Dem ocratic National Chaiiiman J. How ard McGrath of givijig» the press an/odited” copy of rtmarks made at a Civil Rights (Conference in Washington this Weejj. Ldmey refei red he amdifour other $mithorn Gover- u, J. Wayne Stjuk, director of the Student Memorial Center, left thin morning by train to the University of Wisconsin and other northern colleges to observp operation of their student union buildings. CONDEMN CZECH Stark said thiit the University of i Wisconsin was selected as a moilbl because it is considered to haVe I one of the m)ost up-to-date and successfully operated union build- auc lomm two jau' flrti 11 the r bran rji add "Yi't see,’ n* ' muc) officer t wiamt “ J — 11 }’llr 1L] odnHs 1 IumIJ Hjaiveij arrijved in Balboa house while A*'my tie whole inci- 1 vm . I !■ "f {! m ! • V ih tl {njtiLha i o nebqd 1 > 'eyed th i:n( . ie guaijdhi tads oyer li v ., J y: say soiiyething; about V j f ■j] \ to! the Co . |Ahu> of twcuAi' E-ity eclated oh: late Wljdntsday fCtart offich hi Merldl had e(i shed inj ). “It porte *. instrurh •“Whj? the liflbSS *1Y li ft wli? o| “DSid' you s j • lill fa 17j” ” j, -•YM could 11 keb very Irtiutli.” “Dk apyp)a|ljy bail lit! iccknc Htutbo||lit of airplanes, we ram that occurred ft flight coi tiuniu rr of a group West' coast, calmly dames (crashed in flames : phone in the sheriff’s a.nl. and confirmed it I! : lltkf) plpi.,” he told a re- re! flying at libOOO feet on hlfavy ri|n and fog." •nmg?” he wak asked, r;.’ out?!” H ieii mvewied later th^t Col- l!f|biiiiled! onu oj.the plane. lOTLFXiCxIKlis jl ' .* toi I in i > [ i* i 1 * j i j ■ i ( iLy polu elThUrsijay wore hot on the if mg j gijrlk -iriinei and eleven—who siooges T(j(r aft Oklahoma City boot-, 11 1 ' ! 1 dili: has pnihibilion nhd the local ft* |llh<|(i(es to taki- onlclrs for borne I Ilf ! if >1 • i T i Hd ihuij! ylmuti jit Ihen police went to i Id cMinphiinLsI thgt the jgirls’ gniwn- ok cJigbl r)tttR']off bqotlegg juices I ■^stis. dxiplai: d Madt- , m visttjll Michi Minnty nr build- lid thjcTeliter sister, "Mother ai ch 20. present jh' ill act jtlie two . S., BRITAIN, FRA NOE RKDij WASHINGTON, Feb.]2l The UniU <1 States, Bpiti Fiancn yesterday jointly d circuit Jl* noty held with McGrath. The guber natorial group opposes President Truman’s Civil Rights proposal. At a news confci'Unce here, upqn his return from Washington, Laney said the discussion with McGrath was transcribed. “I have a copy of the discussion,” Laney said, “but not iall of it is in the transcript” madl' public by McGfath. The Arkansas Gojvernor added I that “where we matlj* our mistake | j was not taking along our own cofirt f stenographer.” i 1 ■ —rf :—* eq as ja “disgtiised djetato: . >1 ings in the country. Th<j Wisconsin ! Comnnnrists the new gjo South waa before the sat up in Czechoslovakia] III' : j , ! "" I '' 1! j ' ■ J !" ! i ? H , T anu rhdem s lijr” .•rnmenlt ‘ r j* White Resigns as Director f f’ J j ;•. Of Texas Forestry Service i i Jl ■ M Resignation of W. E. White as director of the Texas But as for Senrjettfs'remark tjhat movies ; Forest Service, effective March 31, 1948, has been accepted, aren’t funny any rhori*—he’s gotj something' President" Gibb Qilchrist announced today. In his letter of tihere. We wish Bing Crosby and Bob Hope resignation, Director White stated that illness of his mother would take to making shorts that could be ; necessitated his spending the next year in Florida, and that ■ l 1 : ' •••'« • « l 1“*^ .ho planned tty do consultingr—“ — dropped casually injto any and all Guion Hall Mrestr 6 work programs, as cartotynsiare now. ' orestry wor mi i * Des rrlbing tH| €larkst a|e (Miw “Proba 3l^' one tyf new car is that iit except ,ltyr one $tbt 1 • I i loon lisljcd S' win 200, Neva ?orttrib Hal Go* ditin Hall AH-Aiierican i" THc J : Smtefted OtUce at the Act o E 'is* '• I Wn t. :io: Bin . - i ; - -f new it mi ie be|t| drdlly on ty A society sectiojn bertner line referring to i separate eve: ' Rodrt-fe 1 ? tyes® (Ca 1 ^ two separate events iread as follows in the Sunday Union: “Nancy Illegally. Coim- Is come before ifn Pont related hot know the ntil she wijs r and he was diet of bread five days,” to los,e weight! in Texas or some other ^Southern state, j “We regret very much the qir- eumztances which compel Mr. WTiite to take this action,” Pres ident Gilctyrist said in accepting (he resignation. White became the third state forester to direct the A &M. Gol- nt&TS'' rs: A{ -,, . _ v .. w Blessed ire the peacemakers on earth forj tober, 1942. During his six years visor for the U, S. Forest Service in Arkansas . before joining the staff of the Texas Forest Service as a Division Patrolman at Luf kin in 1927. Jj ' TEA DA IN UK IT f mm f; atFINFKATIIER it i! mOet [-*—r f I I Cover Charge price SATURDAY & SUNDAY, TKB. 28 & 29—2 TO 5 f .M. they shall tiejver be out Qf a job. ♦—(Arkansas Gazette) PALACF , TODAY SAT. LU (• (/ ipson car, the Tess reported: |c|ints- about the rubied a Hudson ejigrUl . J! Business is biipming at a Washington cafe whicji has ac opted a pay-if-you-like-it plan. Business would be booming everywhere if the customers <joujd have a little of the pay-what-you-can-^fford-it plan. T“ The bride-elect attended Ward Belmont Junior College, Nashville, two years, where she received her he rsebat'k rjiding certificate. —Arkansas Gazette, j • The Bqittalionj ityflhiai nr llcgc Statiorq Te:cas. ia,| except cjiir ng ihcfliii (•weekly, (j S|ubsqrt| t Classifieil ids ijniaj —if-/-—-H—( H as siqoml^ Ini i matter SUtii Ckngi'oaa' «t tL E — fenncthjB, G • • 4. ngi #)f, Larh' lom Cartyr, ‘ 'ed Cop la umtye, C. (. i mm 'H gu lm, 4, i >. • • ;■ ms nmy Lou "'1-1 Jcftn e Battalion Of the Agricultural and, Mechanical College of Texas.and the City I five time# a week and circulated e /sry Monday through Friday d examination periods. During the summer The Battalion is pub- ler and examination periods. During the Summer The" Battalion is pub- jatc $130 per ftchool year, j Advertising rjatesf furniahed on resuest. ide by telephone (4r5444) or at the laced by telephone 1(1-5321) or at t3ic as director, the Folyst Service has expanded its Indian, Mound tree nursery at Alto from a yearly crop of one million seedlings in 1912’ to 18 million this past season. An other 100 acres have begn leaped as an addition to State Forest No. 1 at Kirbyville, and many advance ments have been made, in forest fire fighting methods, ihcluding an aerial patrol system, which tyas served as a model for other stajj^i. A native of Illinois, White Irev ceived his Bachelor of Science tie- gree from the A.AM; College * of Michigan (now Michigan State). He served as a Forest Assistant for the U. S. Forest service' in Oregon, saw service in France dur ing World War I as a private and 2nd lieutenant with ttye 10th En gineers, and was a deputy sliper- ■ j . i . i } •. ■ 1 ! t: i ...» ■), SUNDAY — MONDAY 11 SAT. NIGHT SHcpardson Heads editorial office, Rootn 201, Good*, f 1 ol'f d Student Activities Office, Room tidlllt IlCbtdl til Mcmlier i lid exclusively to< the Use for republieation of d-U news dispatches credit- i|in the pjiper and lofcal news of spontaneous wrigiippubfishcd herein, aittcr herein are also reserved. Associated Collegiate Pijcss Member ........ 1!! ........ Wire Bdlt< r ... Manacuit; K<iito rs Feature Fdili r ’ .Feature Wrlteii IsoA, lie 'regrtited verlli Ink ijervlico. LUc ChlcJ sq. fcos launce Uowei: Knidy (jriffin 'am Unlonl. K. J. UanjL Lanr Gray luulLiMV' XiaV iiifai.' JWJSr.:::::- toe Trevluo, Harry E. B .! t :• of'the Associiited Press r nationally by National Ad Anuclea, and r ’I ‘ New York CUy. San Francisco. 044 TT *«.*•?• *• I*} " 7 p / *'•(*! •••»>• i i a • aid. Eero Hammond, ■i — Charles N. Shepardson, Dean of Agriculture, has been appointed chairman of the Jersey (a(tie Breeding Research Commit Ice; of the American Jcrsfty (Club. Dban Shepardson also s«rves as piljsi- dent of the club. • i ...XIo-Editors Ur...... ..........iXJ^tojrrapber tend rectors plans for tbe organization :of a formal research program will * be discussed. T ( . Dean Shepardson' attributes his Thou. Ensravers receiving the chairpianshii being a member of the . directors of the club whilfi as head of the Dairy Dei (his of ■fi W { i ILilt FRIDAY hiR) SATU1UMY February 27-28 T ' . 1 ■ • j ' IT DARES TO STRIP RARE A «l WOMAN’S ^ MIND! Wmk. h. ^ i ' T * di . c! nratantb pen 1 00 \).m. [ 4-1181 j )DAY -4 SATURDAY 4 Ti" 1 ■■■ r- ’■’-J. j \ Cantoster _ De Carlo J HUMI ■ Cronyn / IUA Raines CHMLli Ri<k ford »»n Blylh »»» Le vonc »Nit» Colby Friday'^ Henturcs Begin l.|0 - 3:2(Oi - r 7:50 - 10:00 ■■ »r—''r ■ ■ -^nWgiirFei I® - 3(30 4:te - eatures r ' 7:10 - 0:12 CART! ( liNDAY VHKt' TCtiiOAV Kpiuiw* >i i • r' pvt Aiwm lovtn tou \ AlAH U )D in "SAIGON 4- • -V- '!J :