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tieiman^ Knightly Gentkmari’] j |
Reiss, Founder of Aggie Traditu
. iw
iTn the ; huifd]|e, .wer^ discard'
tivitifs more in kee )ing wit:
of A.&M. were ad
j rfhe Student Senate
Were particularly
A serious blov.
| tatiion Fr(d4y nigh|
Rest
s' WelcoS
atifyingl
Nasi deal
by the.
grout
sluddnt lead-
J enior Class,
s ;andards of
t with suc-
t iment. So-
g at football
l layers wei^e
>a id other ac-
ef, 2 percent just can’t
iy past the type of ri
valry in vogue with jthe pinner circte ft at
apparent, but the
seem to find their
valry in vogi
dunk High.”
Exactly what
juvenile delinquents
faces the 98 perc
that the solution
i 1 , :
do (with this group of
s thle problem that now
Jt. ^ The Battalion feels
o this problem should
j gained the distinctielhfSxfl
of mentally weak
f this year with tlj
= hibitionism.’" The-jcloWns
: referring probably .bought
ing a migjhty walloii
; when they tosseq;
: dressing room w
i team.. Uhdoubtei
ip for the
buckets
3Ws of a
; brand of reasomn
: in the past plotte
\ morale oil opposin
| irtg their campusi
r played A.j&Id.
To *98
i they
mployi
ihgeniou
football |t
ithe w
come from the I studphts, body. More speci-
true spirit ! ficially, we suggest; that the Student Senate
[achieved by formulate a code of sportsmanship outlining
Committee the ideals and behavior expected of all Ag-
&M.’s reput S The Battalion further suggests that the
dired actions Student Idfe Committee
I erSons, who powers to try such offenders and to' assess
p first group punishment for infractions bf this sports-
n the open” manship code. j i
schoor ex- Penalties might range from suspension of ■
oni we are coupon books for iminor offenders to dis-
Were strik- missal from the college for habitual trouble
e of A.&M. makers, j j .J
ud in thb As we have already stated, the majority
ing athletic of A.&M. students (have outdone themselves
!the same
t others, who
No Longer Just,52 ; Weeks tn
Already Had Twdve; Plans
By LAKEY OOODWYN
event, a
be ci
ft|oauctb
Ue, Nat|«
il V < H
the j Cl
saving;
appro] i
,tiom Ca weeK;
Olhier !
makca it
hated inlciude ApJ)!
era, H’iShpriuenV
ter Writ
ball, Wiijj
The hojney piA)
their pr()d|jct.. Qk
beginn
tional
I.
i this year in attempting to live up to the ideals
of “Sully”, found at the top of this editorial
column* I \ i 1
It is to the small m&hority that we direct
this discussion. This whole idea is projected
j|| ; J . j' as a means nf preventing the minority from
percent MPjthle stilt lefts at A.&M., destroying the worji of the student body as
to.lowerthe
is by paJint-
[![before they
the fallaoy in thisHtjype of i
Who Are W.
. ; ^ JTT'l,1-1
Since [ Presideiit
1 Since 1 Presideiitl ‘Truma
I Civil Rights Prqt|r4rn, nul
i have raised their voices in
« ished ])ri)tei8t. fHsfr forem
such legislation htj[ been itf
supremacy. But, tpjiently a
absurd reason foi[ defeating
Bill was proposed
Houston J M
In a statemeiii:
Febniajr
ping is puite a whole.
Ridding?...
Poet Laureate Honors ‘Rattler’
lohes With Heart-Rending Ditty
After hearinK .two playings-of “Old Rattler” and eating a l)«iled-
lobster (tinner, Rudyard Couplet, poet laureate of Club Leggett, fell
into a fitful sleep.
After three houra Of cjreajpless and sleepless slumber, Rudyard
jumped up with a start, pen in. hand, and jotted down the words re
printed below. ; .j I I 'I
By way of introduction, Rudyard is a native of Mog Mog in the
province of Ulithi and is a regjjlar contributor to the “New Jcrsian”
and the “Calvert Tribute.” He; is a personal friend of Ivan Yantis
and an accomplished five-string;, banjo pljiyer.
Couplet’s immortall lines follow:
By id Dn\Rl) COUPLET
The
Day, an
gotten,
lional B<
begins J
Day on
mi jMarcb p
H rtey Wk e c
: lr
i Thursda;
j - Negroes
| that the;
f publican
hy Hug T
]•
I
to an ailing child vhy it must take castor-
oil, Cullen lectured
tp the I. |c
y 26, Cul
ttiemselfh sj (!) t<
“want” bioth De:
to “put ';
,resebted’ his
I Southerners oil, Cullen lectured) biji;'“The greatest gift
iiims os angu- ever received by the ^egro race was t.he,free-
oJt)jeciio|i to dom given them byi thb Republican party on
ijeat to white December 18, 1866. j At that time they be-
and utterly came full-fledged American citizens and re-
Civil Rights - ceived all of the rights of thei Constitution
pv Cullen of of the United States,! including the Bill of
ml _ Rights” (!) - H t
•Cullen closed hlsjsftatement to the press
. I
with, “I think I can]sincerely Say that the
publicans to “put ji jstdp ta|GHls pohtibal dd-
magoguejry perpeti^ted up(fiM|iem so mani'
times'inj the pastj;’i He fuj™!* urged that
“they (tjhe! Negijbfisj) khou|||iell jthfeI politi
cians they d.on’t|jv)a|nt to v|)|| !fof any mah
-who frie^ to Win votes by a^^ting them. . .
and jlq jaw can : bli! pajssed jstop! the bad
ones'!members ^iCjbieth-rac ;i|| from hurting
each othjer.” Cul}e: i icontimieM]by urging the
Negroes; to fighif Upinst lanti-lynching
law on the ground!that th
a Jaw agpirist pepW e killing'
“it’s absurd to pa.fvRiiiothe 1
ton Post last
“advised” the r
lake i|t clear Negroes have no h c td r friend in the State
j-ats and Rp- of Texas than I, add I (want them to continue
s political de- to have theft freed oni] along with the White
.. ■ si- ■ t :
Now Rattler wasjia good old dog,
In the Words of iGrandpaV band,
But hear Ing about it day and night,
Was mbre* than Dcould stand.
Morn apd night It seven,;
And thon again |t noon,
I heard the hackfieyed story
Of how Rattler Chased a coon.
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When I, tuned in;chamher niusie,
fiy the calendar, 1948 is just about! eight weeks
Old—but it already has had twelve weeks, and by
Dpcember 31 it will have passed one hundred, in
stead of the calendar allotted fifty-twe.
Likewise, 1948 will ha,ve far more than, its .allotp
ed twelve months and 366 days, for *‘:oldly factual
government report shows there are loo lew days,
weeks and months to go around amoiig the various
causes, worthy and otherwise, in Am irica.
Thus far this year, for example, th ire! have been
a Week of Prayer, Civil Service Wtieks, Printing
Week, JaycCe Week, Idaho Potato and Obion Week,
Large Size Week, boy Scout Week, N itional Heart
Week, and the current period, ending today is Amer
icanism Week, National Security’Wee i. Crime Pre
vention Week and National Cherry Week. Next
week is American Brotherhood Week. |
You may not have known it, but February was
Linen Month. March is going to be a bi^ mon,th
for weeks, too, with period^ devotee tp National
4-H Clubs, Save Your Vision, Doughnuts, Table Ten
nis, and Honey for Breakfast.
The week beginning, appropriately enough, on
April Fool’s Day wi|l be National Lau jh/Week, but,
more somberly, April will be Natipna. Ganger Con
trol Month by Presidential prpclamati(| n. April also
will be Perfect Shipping Month, devoted tb stress
ing better care of goods in transit; i j;
National Laugh Week is sponsorei by the Na
tional Laugh Week Foundation, 104 Eapt Fortieth
Street, New York, and by the Humor Business Pub-
li$hing) Company of the same address Its purpose
is "to spotlight the activities of laugh jnakers; to
pay tribute to laugh makers in all fields of the AmdHrom,
seven laughing arts; and to help pi t & smile on iterate me fact
^he map of America.” 1 , ;■ i.. j I- I'M ’
All this and more information is yours for t^n
cents in a publication entitled "Specia Days, Weeks .1 u”;u --.
and Months in 1948,” put out by the inquiry refer- objg: .on
ence service of the Department of Cortimerce, whose cl . •r 0 ( s how
Miss Marjorie V. Davis compiled thi list for the Thejobjpct
purpose of assisting business men ir coordinating out to) hi a “Hv
advertising and promotional plans wit h such events. Col<j
Similar compilations were made ] eriodically up said the!
to. 1943, when they were discontinued because of in. mijl-iilr aft
the war. Cautiously, the Commerci Department rifle. r '
notes that it has followed as closely i s possible the q^ v j
"sponsor’s wording*’ instating the purpose of each ^ w (||
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-r."!l- r r“TUT-
;
PM ACC
It was t
hrottled
llo down
jiy the sounds
:
race.
i
apa
| one kindpf killiRg|M
h ■tpejlujir
of a
We know conditions in the South are not
so bad as Northern politicians like to paint
them. Neither,aro the| so rosy as Mr; Cullen
would have us believe;^
We have an ehoriRwus problem to solve
in the South—nothing* less than replacing
our centuries-old‘feudal system with some
anti-Iyhching more modern scheme pi life. We don’t help
jilreadyi exists ourselves by exaggerating either the good or
pr people, and the bad of our presenjt podes. We must look
nje designating at ourselves, squarely ^s in a mirror, and
admit what we see thfcrb. Otherwise,! we are
ent explaining “kidding nobody huUouijselves.” ]
l he Soil...
; ,
publicity last
has comman-
affairs since
A&M—or any! othtei
that matter-r-ca'
furthering the c;
mr\
A&M. would take n coop
I I servaticn authqri|ijis in t
to bring to Texas some ur.
in a lonjg hverkihljjed field.
school iii Texas for
0 too much toward
soil conservation. It
widespread areas if
its standing in the
Then,) with
Conserving
A&M Teceivpq|! jstate-w
week for work m a field w
tied a vita)l;1posftip in puK>|L { «**».!*
the days of Thboitlore Roc^lfelt—Boil Con- is urgently need
Bervation. ; ! j||j | J - i this state is; to MfolA
The meetingt o|i:the camfe of the Texas field of agricbltui
State Soil Consjeryatiqn >Btal|(f and the sub- The part A&$I w|ll play will, of course,
sequent statemeiiit by PrijJdent Gibb Gil- he primarily educational in nature. “We shall
Christ did muchi tij further tip cause of both expect our represeritmlveato work with dis-
A&M and 1 consjerjvktion irf pie eyes of the trict supervisors|(if:tH(j soil Conservation dis
people of Texasi j;| ~~ ^ | \ , . tricts in an educfitlpnkl w r ay to further the
President Qilolhirist empJnajsiV.ed the lead whole program,”.Gwdnmt sjaid.
ing 1 with con- To the adminjiktira||ion for its Willingness
ferall program in assuming reliability in the field of
y needed work soil conservation;, W0 [give a pat on the back
- and a wish to “
Of a ratllp down lhe h<jll
Which (•rtntaincd |a pack of hounds.
Then alohir abouf study finic ;•
When I thought gthey had. called a truce,
1 would hear the-'boys with the banjot), j,
Scit’amjhjg “Turn'; them ( piips a-loose!”
Even nijt sleep \|as affeeited
And fillod with parking Sounds;
Instead ; bf counting sheep to sleep,
1 counted "Blue Tick” hounds.
i : ; l r
It's not that I’n# temperamental,
Nor possessed of] bitter ways,
But that discourse on Rattler’s troubles
Has shortened my life by 611 days.
The arresting officer was most decent
Arid hoped iliy sentence wasn’t Jong.
My lawyers were 'quite effective,
Since they too hpd heard, the song.
:i | I ■ !
The defk sergeant was sympathetic
And wUS smiling; as he \trote,
“Unprovoked attack on a gentleman.
Who wiis wearing a coon-skin coat!”
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-/
t4t
m
iArgtj Size VfWk! wae no
a week, d 5 ^otqd tfq
ofS?F ™
Likra
with Nai
collector
Christmi
Sept. 19,
‘prdus on '
ii rdoifsemtilit b;
uly
and
me H,
Cct. l()i
Better, Pjatenthajjx
n6w
iterutd
all. |
Eigj
objd
class 'to
ani event should 11
tile departmeki’
i|ou might susiject, j
-sized people,
ittyrij
no connecjlion
he one is for, coin
otb thrift through
g I Week, beg 1 lining
isj^widely separated
icrce Dc]
to have thfi
lovier, Peanut, .
t.j Hojbiby, posture,
f, Sweater,
t4o shots at promuiting
foil Breakiast Week,
ndjis just plain iNa-
0<)t. 24,
y and Fqtliier’s
n arc notifor-
Aprll 24, as does Na-
F atlier and Son \yeek
w« now ;have 6 Crandmother's
ItioWali Family Week add a
.' i • 1 ;
s, Mol
itfei, bait the
begins
Week
ant, Okli
.Hat ntiyb
ll'iflTi
I( Judy Hfyant fiound a funnj
coined this one it^ ro-
tjne 'far isn’t over after
He! Ell 1:.
HB
Judy Bryant round a funny )ook-
fftreit and decided to take lit to
friends! Tj j ]; ' i
1 ised k lot of excitemen
' Japanese thnei bomb.
8i Richie, National Guard Officer,
i hell na 1 ibbsibletje and' yas set-to explode
hiring fired from a smooth!bore
U'
ijrship
cjxpl)
the khell i i, pol InoW. Richie
if fnilthrj oountfy.
said
i j- . j J I!
Letters
Under “Persons Is”
umns of the Clerks
“HOWARD;
ft contact
Shobe Nil)!
coming
Homer
item ih
'i LAS'!
a, Washington,; D.
Negro Who had itt on at
Then followed: ‘luther rti
tries or PRge SB.f’
nil 1 mi
Healdline on Paige Onq’i
soil conservation;, iwe j,
‘keep ™ the good work.”
classified eol-
j’a.) Telegram: / asked by the Assoeiatj
led, caused by illustrating the weathj
VE WIB’E but 0, the pajier replied ; .;
spital bill.” pictures up here uRtil
When the Butfe (J^ont.) Daily Post was
ed Press for a picture
at at 23 degrees .below
We don’t usually take
jit gets cold, but we'll
Hr Hi |
COMPARISON '
Editor, The Battalion;:
Now that the Freshmen . Segre
gation Plan has been tried for pne
Semester,! would like to see a re
port of the results.
Has the number of ^flunks” ften
materially reduced by this systcihi?
Have the average grades improv
ed? ]••! fj' *. i
Sincerely youra,
FRED W RISEN HU ST
(Ed. Note: Results of a "fresh
man tabulation” will be released
wiftin the next week or two.J
' A —i".; • ——
The average American spent 130
percent more for recreation^ in
1947 than he did before World War
11. 'j;;'. I 1
Movies on India
To Be Shown in 6 Y’
Three movies depicting Indian
architecture, music), and dances will
be shown In the. RMCA chapel at
7:30 p. m. Monday; The movies will
be shown by Indian students at
tending A&M. They invite-all those
interested in oriental art io attend.
4-. iUJ.l—-t.. j
Before the war A meric and’
spent about $400i million a year
for foreign travel]
In 1947, the average American
ate 17 percent more food than be
fore World War ft j
ws" column in
;iper told of a
vy commission,
results, and en-
Ws story in To-
Trumpet Play-
reath.” At end
ISen Sen is de-
explore possibilities.’’
' T iii
Fstshiohcd Mlast-lron Pot-Bellied
Stove: The Friendfy Find, that you can spit
on and listen to them po “pssssas!” Williams
Heating, 456 Main street, NEw Rochelle
2-8440.—Adv. ik, the fflonlcers Herald States
man.
Never mind theiMvid writing; just tell
us what y<?U have to s ill. , -
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