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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1948)
L! 1 / o Page 2 £T - ■ ; ni War j • . 7 Apropds TO RIA i MOND - ' r, Statesman, - Knightly Genttman '* Ivan Ross, Fq^ffder of Aggie Traditions ] ' Mi' ■’’I- of the Battle tidbit Line | Wlhat more can be s« id? GLORIA GT pMT'f Raising Difive is thi^ Daily Tex^n Firing Texas' Fund med from the tter column). •••' Dear Editor,! cans HOME and { of the capitol. i > 1'' 8, IMS ' ing in a nearby army i surplus supply dump. Should these cans, in the last war be Emphatically no, no, ndl Let Us ■ have served nobly id |or allowed to rust? iu, jiiut ucl uo bring these lace them on the rotunda An, organizational meeting I will be gratefu ■ •li ji* ^ /> /» lish this p ea for fuijids in|th The garbage carts Infantry division aj’e sta<| id High Scl the GI Cans Comrdittee ykril) 1 lyou will pub- afternoon at Schdlz Be^r Gart^' fr&y I up and rust-1 . |j- &lLL ^UGHqS of the Save eld Saturday n j i 'ournament A Success... J Mil Adventure to AS8! I;' i By LARRY The old gags, about absent-minded profe$sors apparently contained more truth t‘ UP story from Charlottesville. Indi; cation of how some educators conduct during off hours; 'Ictlon s any themselves *. ■ ■I ! 11 I- .. -.o. If a /t cah pa ln<!i * GOING The latest goes something lilce Will be a long time before haven't been kind." K Det court former Harvard professor reported - to {police I that Mrs ' he had suffered a lapse of,memory and had! left his wife by the roadside. ; | •, W. j. Cunningham, 72, of Cambri|dge, Mass., "while Mli 1 Lapt week A&.M took a; be a boon to athletics, ini schools as well as a| tram own athletic recover^. I The fii*st ahnuaf Invjt e Bask stball To|rnami e Brazos! County A&M y night with Lartjar Co lumameht champion am ite ■ With the overall results. —- — ... * L A — — A 1_ ul— - - - :tien Bringihg together six oVer the state, the! toui?i!jeyj 1 team and -method ^ompafisc have otherwise beenfimpc df goodwijll was g( change eKperimen ib which should minor state on to aid our Junior. Col- sponsored by ended Thurs- crowned the jj i'j j | j ( m" j •= 11 ..r , ference schools j today, i The Texas Relays, sponsored by the University of Texas, has been a contributiijig factor to the perennial power of our leading; rival in conference track competitionl Ojir own Texas High School Swimming;Meet,; held annually in the P. L. Downs Natjatoriidm to determine the state ‘ ‘Editor For A Day* Contest ;; What If ould You Do If You Edited The Batt? schoolboy swimming championship, has ryone pleased done much to place A&1VI among the national v powers in aquatic) sports, earns from all The Junior College Basketball Tourna- ade possible ment is a good beginning toward better days is that would in our future hajjdwodd^ campaigns. An an- A great deal nual repeat of the! tourney could improve the |1 around, rule state's, as well asj our )dwn, national basket- .. __. en thorough ball rating. r | ' testings, And A&M received statewide publi- To the people; respjonsible for the origi- dity of the type that bring! i||ize high school nation go^s a ."Well dbne” and a wish for more of the same, Suclji a mutually beneficial :md junior college aljhletes Results that sulch duced are in eviden the numbers, have pro- outhwest Con- |gif#ns ( , , |>out' The Real Saboteur. program should find an annual spot on our athletic calendar.! • 11 ■ i , , : ; 1 1Til l K The House Gortimittei} oil Un-American Activities has made thV hljaclJines again with the Conqon case, chargirtg t|hat a scientist heading fhe Bureau of ^mn|ards should be dismissed because he orjfe “knowingly or unknowiitgly’-’ chati;ed sojidlj yv with a Rus sian spy. "This demand' f|rl Or. Edward U. Coiidon’s dismissal) was tniade despite the fact that the FBI and the’fOrfipierce Depart- meiit haVe thoroughly checked. Dr. ; Condon’s Uoyklty-and pronouniced hi|i sibund. This rtommittee 1 ^ .4 ! to of grcssional investigation to “put an end public smears op scientists in and out government.” 1| Condon made) his request; in a letter Senator Hickenlooper (§t-Ipwa), chairman of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Commit tee. . / j- i! ]' “ ( * ' I '1 I ! I H I . j' jj! ; ' j ■ 1 . i If you have [been gnashing, your teeth and muttering what you would flo if you Were a newspaper editor, here's your chance. The Battalioi is sponsoring an “Editor for k Day Con | test” for the next two weekp with .$20 in prizes to be given to to winners. Condon wrote Hickeplooper: “I would hopje that'an investigation by Any reader is cl^ible to enter All you have to d» to enter tiheA contest is to take up your pen aind explairi in 400 wore s pi- less how you would run “Thtj Battalion"!if you werd editor. the contest. Winners will be select ed at the end of epch Week aind his Committeeilis siipioKed to prevent or trace down sabotai ably done much J than it hjas ever preventet i! to A •today harm is being don*! to A 7 !lehcan’s scientific on the surfacd, He said there is difficulty in L ~- ^ iLi. in.¥_ j -•i.i.— getting able scientists j to Woark for the gov- m research ; program and its iijresponsibb mem Dr. Condon, ye sterda •I [n| ^act it has probi- idtage on- its own oi^exposed. Great your committee would result in restoring con- aS»4«SSSKi3« “U'.'vwja not be constantly harassed and harfied by | Duplicate prizes wi 1 be awarded irresponsible attacks oh ^heir character.” toi the winners of the second week’s He said the fesuie ik larger than appears co ^ >y Ithis committee a^ked for a con- ernment. He sjaiq that! “the whole scientific life of the natipn is involved.’’ Otters to the Editor the mess Hall ‘Editor, Tile Battalion; 3, We ‘havje just read the arti --f-today’s Bhtt about tlfie messjfi and we xjan’t say that We with the. Mr. Peni • f l Vlr. Penisjton had | rat b ‘afeteria system for thoughts ex piles sea. on. It’At'fjis to us lira; ler lieavj tht [his owns donf- »enience-4no|t the cpijps. , , t Have ypu ever had the cha;j; sit at a tjabJte in Duncan Hal) ml n^rts-hall check to kindit help out Watch ai B^yan Field flreshinan eitf ; expenses as they go to school, j We have ^nd its JitifMLl Tlios. ish ; Th o s e art all good bpys and wed | e^t in a j cafeteria abt) there !rn they’re! limi!te4 to pne tolat • '!0 food. We’ve Had seveial twl m thal they hafl! rather eat j family j^ yl ill where atjleast they;could e^t »l|l they wanted to than! to oat ie ier 7 '1 j. food fdr the same price a hit. hiav 1 to leavcl t|»e iimess 'hall hungry Mr. Pcjnisto'n mayf say th t i i case you are still! huiigrylaftc!* th ; (.first plate; you cah alwaJjvj gh f through again. Trueji but in jM’ease it v all so hits.yoir pheke 1. no a little harder and if Mou femi n this schojol was jonci lrTilh,, " T place wherei a poor, an edueatjion at a rather seasdhk ‘ r 1 price. W had father enough staple foods ; appetites than eat . j ( food and j have to lea 1 cause maybe it Was l month and we cou} ! buy the extra food. ! : This niorning one •j helpings ;of eggs, a CALVIN REESE, ’IV ■hr ★ •! ’il’ sv i j “ROTTEN APPLES” 'Editor, The Battalion ok t ; i. - ' '! . j 1 hej, Iji regard to your editorials on krtpwn ak -Ji “H*jd Apples.” L ■ • | : boy 'couljjb iHft . I think you’re' advocating a com-1 „ ith g, . i i ible : jrton but mistaken way of poking : h ; the! rest of the barrel. L I cafeteria prices, he jute jabot t i- Blattahon, official worth of food. If he had stij] been hungry alKhe would have had to "do would be to . yell. > ‘shoot the* ir -i- ■r-t _ Ml C T cackle”' or “deal pne; please.” We didn’t have to rush to the mess hall and stand'in line, either. Aikl another thing—if they!set up .the chfeteria plan they would cut down the number of men they •Would need' to run the system. There are quite a few Aggies down herp who are depending on/that : to kin — test [There are no ru es governing what you write. Tie editors a*k that you refrain f -orti using Ob scene passages as many of the k-’t* I terf will be reprinted, Letters may be reprinted with the name of the writer withheld provided such a re- quest accompanies your entry. Entries for the first week’s con test close Sunday, March 14 at 2 p.m. Entries received after March 14 will be entered in the* contest closing Sunday,, March 21. Writers are requested to be str&ightforward in making their criticisms and suggestions. Address your entries to “Ediitor For A Day,” c/.o The Battalion, and drop them in the Faculty Ex change, Academic Building. was returning with his wife from a 0^uo mut va cation trip to the West Coast. At Greenville, jlnd., be stopped to look at a rpad map. His wife got out to mail a postcard. ! ' ) -- -1 -- Cunningham said that about 45 minutes (later Detective, he was driving along US 40 wheb,he! noticejl his in £ to3 ” wife„wasn’t' in the car. He had driven about 30 miles without her.! Ira. stole ! silt ”,Mri Bladj detective |kjureat|i out of 11 r He turned back and at Knightatoufn, Indi, en-. listed the aid of a state policeman. Meanwhile, Sher iff Jack Rawbush had stopped a well-dfessed wom an walking along’tjie highway with a) crowbar in her .hand. “Arb you in trouble?”, he asked. “Noj” she replied, "but }’H tell you a funny *toey_about an absent-minded professpr.” The' sheriff drove h^r to Charlottesville, Where rofetaor. Mrs. Cunningham gave Aba- crowbar tp the SEerfff. ' b- .i:\ I • I Simon testified in {police ectives had arrested mty-four, three days c» Jones, charged that Mrs. items from Mrs. Japes'! home ter. “But that's , nbt all MvitiM Judge John H. piMona, •e was .being questioned iin the M ^picked up a pair of [gloves and she picked the pocket pf lib am Marter.” ? “That’s gjo- e'{agreed. ‘ k Ten bays ir| jail.” ' ' i of several days j up attorney, of 42 Papk Av id i to police' yesterday that apartment after an absence 'f ’M V • \ “I guess I won't need it,” she saiji. She and her husband resume^ the r trip, added that she wasn’t! going to leave the mail any more postcards. ■ J ] j HORSES VS. TAXES The fates of the ti|rf haven’t been kind tio him lately, a| man iwho identjifipd himself as a horte-raci better by profession informed the Massachusetts state income tax collector by mail last, week. The man concerned sent his tax return to the Pffice of Tax Commissioner Henry F. 1-ong. [In an accompanying letter, he explained briefly why he wasn't inclosing a check., “Henry,” le saic| ‘Tm Highway Engineer Ask New Contract Letting Procedure percenters who laugh at the re ports and recounts of, the 2 per Can Farmer Make Good Living In US, Latin America, Europe? . Popular attitudes toward tlje chances of the farmer to centers jaml itjherwisd encourage make a comfortable living!; in the US, Latin America, and tljem; tlje 98 percenters don’t <to j Europe are among the factors tb be determined in an un- djety ? buT^lot.' C I of" thejn^f enough | precedented international sUivey of public opinion, sponsored ajiywky)! don't exert the pressure | by Time magazine. [ of the eight kind of public opin- The polling. Which has just been completed, was con- ; icjn tb step “bted throwing.” ; ducU*d by Elmo Rcii^r in the US 4— :— t —— hate to have to, helfj sing, fAuld Lang Syijie” for some of them who had; to leave on that account. ! • j Sincerely yours, FRANK J, DYER. ’4^ I H. V. SHELBY, ’47 A change in the procedure of the State Highway Department in let ting contracts was urged yesterday before the meeting of the Highway Engineers here by W. M. Jagoe of Denton. Jagoe said, “If the department cquld by November knpw the hot mix adphalt jobs to be done the next year and start letting these jobs by November and continue through December and Januarjl, the contractors would know what to plan for and could be ready tb go to work by March first and have the best part of the yeajr ahead, the time of tlfe year of lowest cost.” He said that each job should ndt have a limit as to the number df working days, instead require that it be “completed by December first or in the case of the extreme nor thern patr of the state by October first or fifteenth.!’! The 371 delegates to the short course which lasts through Thurs- day, vj’ere weilcomed to A&M bjy President Gibb GilchHst Wednes day. Delegates were told in the opening session that the ?700 miles of completed farm to market roads in Texas represented one-fourth pf all completed farm to market roads in thp United States by A. C. Leonard of the public roads Ad ministration in Washington. Closer cooperation by and be tween the state and county was urged by Leonard to make ijetter the chances of securing federal aid for such roads. apparentfj United S|t i tea dent revt ver, Ble&kley jiiiid, and cofftn pot eggs, brind anc in the sfr t for ACTION AT >J She oar to The jiWrip-tei theater wire d6i and the $ jpge di! mind a burglar had entered, waiter, and had stolep some blond coupons and jin an- ffejmlte heirloom. Furthefr, Mr. ' Lidjf had got Ou^ a fryipg pan lajdf {himself a repast pf fried id left the dirty! dishbs ley to wash. iklRLESQUEl •! ' ^4 i li I /I il ■f r „-, ,, “Yoij aren’t)! rii plained.) “We| know is hitting and Poljri were 4” 'they t!lu t a Los Angeles bujrlesquc fyery, very strange steps, ai< calling them to task. With the music|” he cotp- ttnswered, “but sortiethitjg I I 4 1 23, sittinis in fhi filled am i feund'William 0. Kiete,, said he ivias peptoer ng steel staptes. jai idly riw with a slingshot. They igsl the dancers witn hjalf-inch m I rJ Kiel with a.j dancing. t!U afges of suspicion ojf attack end the itlancefa went pn .1 ■ I HAY — SATURDAY l* TODAY THRU WED : Features Begin-4 1:20 - ?:05 - 4:50 - 6:30 {- 8:15 10:00 HER LOVE WAS AN EXOTIC m TRAP! BOB MOORE, 43 jicrsonally snubbed and looked down on by every individual with Contempt and branded with poor |iportsniansh|p. do you think jherre’d be as' much, of that child- jshnessias tHeje is? Noj, l(?t’s 1 .-ave the control by ico, and Canada. [Tabulation sitrvey questions, which answers is now underway and re- T nL ’ ern differences existing suits of the survey (will be publish- Other concern |QUEEN pplice otganitations and pressure which civil rights exist today! in big sticks lartd force out of our | their oWn and othejr nations. Sputh ed in the April 12j issue of Time, Janies A. Linen, publisher of [the magazine said today. Farmers in all te i countries were asked to evaluate the degree^ to gjovernmjent if jve can as much as) American respondents were speej- fble land di f|to sktisf hi little tttd re liungiy 0(T-1 We don’t need more: police power he last i f tHe--in. [this institution or this nation nit affqrit-te i for that matter, nor do wd need [mote intensive and extensive u!se of its at • rtvdo of power control by the police 1 or- n - j; i>c> F iuk9 lyx « . iowi of r< -rail,; gaiiizations iVe already have, | r J 14 drank twjtj bottleis.of! milk,'at i.kjej We need what you might call a IJ. I several dllchs of brpad and] jpil^. j cjontmunally expteflsejd, individual Figuring 1 this all Up ac^orfli'ar jo | Tense of morality^and “right do ve: possible and (nbourage the individ- ujil qtorrtlc °f censorship. .I’m prob- lyispeiking of a Utopia. It seems mb thpugbj i' ibilip; pjcrspnally, tHa; make, up this or- gjanitetipn. Ij don’t mean by force es and bloody noses by fear artd fit only •ignorant who re- ughi that these things are aj respodsibilitj of the individuals, ing},” It is phe majority of the fically asked the nations’ fears of R ism and United Sta The survey wil the misconceptions anti genuineklif- sphere, were presented to farmers, businessmen and others in. all walks of life. Farmers who favor the they believed the Plan would pro mote American prosperity. Euro- pjean farrpCrs wpre asked, among other questions, whether they be lieved America teould use the Mar- TODAY & TUESDAY “The Exile” extent of their sl J a11 P1 . an ft f of getting rid Douglas Fairbanks assian ComiUun- tes Imperialism, seek “to define of goods that {result from over production at hbme. Results of theisurvey will be dis- risspd in New Orleans on April 14- body thinks he krows what other people think. The problems (and _ attitudes of many occupational at I think jve could handle it al- groups, such as farmers, have Corn- right, but as [a last resort. At least mon denominator in all nations, let the' mentetrs of a' democracy But actually then) has been little jjovCim themhelves the right way j exploration of this! kind on an iriter ferenees of opinion which tend to ’j" a t the New Orleans-Time For- retard better undeistanding anjorig Utn. Speakers known all over the free peoples,” Linen said. “Every-1 teorld will be assembled for the dis- - • - - • r " " Mission. snoct nothing j-lse. If it comes to, | tha J govern thempe ives the right way j exploration ot sjnd kave-vthjs ‘creation of policing national scale, organization4 Ijor control to others who have to j have them. . i ■ j j ij.,■ • j j Sincerely yours, WALT STQNE I PALACE World-known speakers f ij!o m Europe and the A j lericas will meet j in New Orleans in April to distuss the survey findings in an effort of College Station, aftemoo i, lished sdmi4we( •n, Tex t dUri exas, AS ;ly. Subscr he Battalion ws contributio ill. {Classified all. j! na ma; ads The Associated j ed to it or not othe Rights* qf republican Entered as! seco OKlc* at UM Aflt \ X College : Stall O Congresa of CHARLIE MURRAj^, vspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City published five tftnes a week and circulated every Monday through Friday 1 days and exairiifiation periods. During fhe summer!The Battalion is pub- tah rate; $4.30 per school year. Advertisipg rates furnished oh resuest. Chicago Engineer To Address SAM Dr John S. Caldwell Y | : ► ’ Optometrist Caldwell’s- Jewelry Store Je made by telephone\(4-5444) or at the editorial ofjfiqe, Room 201, Good- : Actlivities Office, Room be placed by telephone {4-5324) or at the Student IT- - ! 1 •. ’ r;. • i JT IF I 11 entitled exclusively to the use for re; dtted in the paper and local news other matter herein are also Vick Lind ley 3. T.'Miller. Kenneth ninB. Lou in] I Mack T. ' Jolen R. L. Billingsley, Hlirvey Tom; Carti r, Ted Cc I ' J C.j C. T -ail, Janns E. John Si ouiclary, Bob polar Member of The Associated Press ••antThlidalHnn n* djspgtCheS CTCdlt- published herein. f Associated Collegiate Press Member 4 o 1. Trum Nelson, (Mo Woypand NELSON.. ...Wire Editor a-pun...... Managing Editors Feature Editor j Goodwyn .Feature Writer* G Martin, G. C. Munroe, n R. Kume, J. C. Fail., tion ot all tieyte di ntaneous ofi| m r ? J, I C. Chronistcr, [ industrial engi neer of the Mohanan Consulting Company of Chickgo, will address the Society for Jhe Advancefnent of Management Tuesday at 7:15 in the YMCA Lecture Room, accord ing to Alien G. fike, SAM ihibli- city chairman. At present Ch.onister is com- •pleting a wage su! -vey for the .Tex as Electric Steel pasting Company by National Ad- at New York City, and San Francisco. of Houston. His fegbject will . deal with the findings,jof this survey. Maurice Howell Grady Griffin . ....Reporter* Ji Sam Lanford, K. J. Art Howard: James DeAnda, And} Hertehel Shelby Kennelley Bkh:: ACmiciMry 4- Trevino, Hardy E. Rou 1 V. * i x • 1 [■ j •. ’ A t -j 1 . , 4 / ■ t ; j' '-I'-r—lp i Matuln, Zero i il Advertising Manager 4 i^te-Photograifher ;..._X..Cartooni*t» ^-ipnrt. Editor Hatomond, n Sport* i .Co-Editors i' Pike said that jCjhrpnister’s f talk should be of great interest tp all) society members, as management students plan to yikit the Houston plant later in thg semester. : All wives Of namigement Engi neering students tend a “gptj acqn ife (invited! ainted” m« at the home of Pjjoitessor and jjl ..Circulation -Photo 1 Walter Torgensc i, College Park, a| night, Pike cone 4/ ■r J: 1 ! t P I It • T:. «4 ! NATIONAL PICTURES MERLI i\. t v - 'TOr/J . 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