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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1948)
/Jv.'; '7T;. r i L I i ‘Page 2 * ASiWk ject, whic ^vhat >va^ bet it'up the beaut ! 'ts view t ssearch; recently —r L^wrenc ' ■m I .., ^ ^ • ■ I' I " 1 ■’I . ■ I:. / ±4, — h—1-4— r- H3JI11 tORIALS 4 B attalion — >! •; r-1. TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1948 Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” leu i aims uhdoubt Iasi a per I ; the mqmey vo pent on i orhe suchlhving A T. U. 4nderiti| burlesqu^jl the iy asking that old !({U garb|ge cahs be placed iin a spot of honor iiin the T irotunda. But made by ; .Th tih< le jpaper most j beriops pijis, e editor^tn ah o|| ivan Ross, Founder of Aggie -- J144 -44- Plf II ^ . Traditions •ii,. ]f h - | ' Vj-J I I V' ! V 1.' . r :J 1 '1 j L; . ., || ' . , I On Trxas college campuse}, there seems "“'permanent aiichorage in Galveston bay. It :0 be little Ipve fOrltHe Battles lip Texas pro- would be hard to find one which didn’t have ndOw tW rustyi hulk of a Texan on board. fine, ship, and Then, too, although we don-t wisn to re- . ebdre; in front Off peat the mistjakes of Gov. Jester* we seriously ifUl San JiMintp 1 lor ument. doubt if anything hear a majority of Texans The battalion has fre iue itfy explained veterans favor the proposed move. Most vet- .l__ A.i.TtJi jje jjjjugjj better erans can think of better uses for our inflat- rial as cancer ed dollars. ■ i M 4 iJ t# pady Texan "Ship project L have the ;ial, “A ginkhig jpalrt: T i I j! It is 4rue, perhaps,, t jhaibit of hiving al "and keeping themUn the b<i I neighborj? to see, pint we cate that] as a state policy People have been building monuments to war all through the history of man, and all through the history of man wb have been ;a i State-Capital plagued by wars. Why erect , or maintain monuments to something which we all pro fess to hate? If we mbst build monuments, Why not erect monuments to men like Mo- hatmas Gandhi* whb Treed 400 million In- firirlg^ i shot, preaching the hate? Or better monument by clean ing up social cajncers ^ch as West Dallas. ~ We offer these suggestions i Sink the Battleship Texas iin the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico, or sell it for • i : ■ ■■■■ »^ m i IK !: j \ 1i ii : TKiflr s=4i "$£i. test has been, tudent news letter request 3mory,|^ which reads in few Texans th|ir old tin cans [Yard for all the ll hardly advo- Dll tin cahs are r.. ?. 1 > ! i ' f*—f-l* ; . ti • ■ .j ij ,| iname of our pro(ii(il istalte |ihd should not be abandoned to th, i plain thi|t many! | hnd that >ve shoqli jboat as a.lmonui , l fought a ididied I to follow this line Not ^crap. . j a j ; If w^e must jnake the old tub into a monu ment, then let Us bring it to the most visitecT portion of our Texas cqast. Sink it stern first into the ocean bottomJwith the bow remain ing out Qfjthe watcrl Thus arranged, the Battleship Texas \Voul|l be a real monument. It would remind us in amore realistic fashion of the men who fought and died in the United States Navy. It would remind us of what wars mean to the men: who fight in them. Perhaps It would starve to kill the roman tic notions concerning war and its “glory” the reclitt 'jvar: If We are which have alWays.'seemed to live longer than of reaslhiirg, let us bring the memory of the hofror and futility of it i expensive Jo hagej arounll f id: the navy’s slowest t attl.ewaiop is no Ixc! ption. j y Supporters of! the “$a\ft t] e Texas” cam paign point out Jpat the|ir|cas bears the altc scraphjip.! They also ex- Ijegans .4rvfed aboard her, keep tie efyergrown row- jrit to itioik Texans who all the ships'pf lih$ United Stjutes Navy into ■= Survey Will Measure Influence Of Schools on Public Opinion The influence of education bn political attitudes and pre dictions is primary among the factors to be measured in an unprecedented international survey of public Opinion, spon sored by Time magazine. The polling, which has just been completed, was con ducted by Elmo Roper in the IIS* “World-known Speakers from Eu rope and the Americas will meet ih New Orleans ip April,” Linen Tired of Texas’... i ■ T7-j Till; . ■ .. : Have! you evjer) suffer i who trajihed nij Tbxa$ i theme “^Vhat I jlon’t like ^fhile a veteran jejdW forth on the k Texas?” We association’s annual |;have, and are greatly ple|i»e 1 at the action j of our iieijghbors <wer ir I The Maifisionville BideWa \ sociatiot, for' 6 splitting a. j- the Tex^s hamei of loprob mi | by Yankees apiu Hood aild Camp Swift others -j Texas. ^ . j ' Aftet ; writing hitjiiton^s lille “Recpgniz/h, ii. j i ■ m, i cun t let n ArmTjknd Na hej wars went aw; ftpently -and bitie cfiiiig what it cajh f live campaign.’' So fays j| sonville.; , | . j | f trained f during j state, i is launc To tie offspring of-state »veiterai!i who writes on “Why My Dadcfy the Cattlemen’s! Aks3ciati|ii 4"r»in ftrill£4 Orn/Kl d of honor guest at barbecue, May 27. “just sft down and; write us a letter, ex plaining why you knoyj your daddy is wrong about Texas,” the association says. “Get the letter to us by May l. The writer of the best letter will receive a found-trip plane ticket and the cattlemen will do the rest when the winner lands. < “No strings are'attached. You don’t have to send us any bottle! tops, old horseshoes, belt buckles, saddle blankets or your father’s service patch—anq wle certainly wouldn’t want any facsimiles.” ; —u A . , j'* / • <! i) ■ ; enouncing the*^ Fox said officials qf,the Sidewalk Cattle- fhe. association men feel that “the 1 opinion of out-of-state 4 iational correc- veterans is a warbonti neurosis that would |l. Fox of Madi- have developed equally against Rhode Island, I [ j j. West; Virginia or NeL' York, had a soldier ‘ ------ j trained there. The contention that Texas is norther-bitten, eand- fttife next bounty, (’kttlemen’s As- ;anipaign to clear 'iin i thrbwn on it wh i think Cahip •e ikll there is to le run around Tijh .'llbcd bf Texas.” t Vut|df|!tate men who y |hmps in Texas $ ti Sweden, Switzerland, Germarty, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. Tabu lation of answers is now Underway and results will be published in the April 12 issue of Tiine, James A. Linen, publisher of the mpgazihe, said today. Results of the survey will pro vide the basis for speeches by world leaders at an! international forum, “The Future of Freedoip,” to be co-sponsored by municipal, civic and commercipi groups , in New Orleans and by Time, April 14 through 17. Survey questions concern the dif ferences existing among nations outside the Russian sphere. Inter viewers sought answers! fVom peo ple of all educational and econortiic levels in the ll countries/Attitudes toward the Marshall Plan and in dividual reasons for favoring ioi | gardens she, has visited, including opposing it were polled, with a pictures of Bellin 'rath Gardens In notation of the formal schooling ( Mobile, Alabama, i This garden is of each person ’interviewed. Re- ] known throughout!the world as the spondehts were aske|l to estimate j “Charm Spot of the Deep South.” the chances of the United Nations Schedules for this year’s Flowei to maintain peace, and Were called j Show which will be in April vvjll upon to evaluate (foricepts of a be handed out by Mrs. Sam Hopper, added, and will discuss the survey findings in an effort to reduce misunderstandings which bar full cboperation and progress.” . f G&rtfefi Club Meeting Is Friday The regular March meeting of the A&M Garden Club will be hejd at 3 p. m. Friday March 12, in the YMCA. * Mrs. Norman Dansby, president of the Bryan Garden Club, will show colored slides of southern | j 11 . kK pfj Food Prices Doubled Since 1941 I • - \ '■ 17 • v _T ttle Against l j - Ja ... I I . (This is the thirti in a series ♦ of nine articles op the, current lOOj/c lijicreasl mess hall sitii situation at A&M. The fourth article, entitled “Family \btyle and Iradition.” will appear W Wednesday's battalion.! f by L.AKK1 GOODWIN The AWA1 subsistence depart ment^ like everyone else, has had its troubles with rising prices. Since the outbreak ol the war in 11141, A&M’s thgss liulls have beei) Waging a steady but losing batiie against rising pricey. Today, prices tor food in the college s mess hails Jire almost doume What they were in iy41. And the food is not as gcod. \ Commenting on the changing condiuonir; J. G. Pen'Ston, ch'etsOi A&M subsistence, said, “The catb her oi the loou nas decreased; there’s no^qoubt of that. The break fast menu is the one that has suf fered in that bacon and other pork products are no'longer ser ed as irequently as before.’’ Vyhile; seeking the whys and Wherelores behind the “mesj bail gripes” that are nrevalent on the Campus today, it was learned that the ' subsistence department has been knee-deep in dilficulties since the day the li-cent loaf of bread and lU-cent quart Qf milk laded from the American grocery scene. Figures released by the subsis tence department show that food costs have risen well over lOOVe and labor costs are right at the Roller Skating Begins Thursday At The Grove A skating rink will be opened Thursday afternoon at 3 at The Grove, C. G. “Spike” White, direc tor of student activities, announced today. The rink, Bill Hart in charge, will be the first of its kind ever attempted at A&M and will tenta tively open between 3 and 8 p.m. daily, seven days a week. However, skating parties - can be arranged for other hours by contacting ’the Student Activities Office, White added. i i ' \ ' The skating is free apd the rink has about two dozen pairs of skates to rent at IOC per hour. MuSic ovbr a public address system and a stu dent concession, selling ice cream and sodawater, will be other fea tures of the skating rink. “Depending on the use, the hpqrs may be lengthened or shortened as necessary and suggestions as to activities or facilities will be ap preciated,” White concluded. 3G i.i anr Chuck beef that cost 20 cents a pound Febru ary 1, 1942, btv.j ght kents a pound February 1, 1948. t 'PMc sky rocketed from ,19 ‘rents to llH rent 1 during! (he same period, white milk climbed. 140% during, the siix years It all adds u,p to rpisery for sub sistence departtwint, budgdt-ibalan cers, poorer food in the mefcs hall and general unsatisfactibn 'from al quarters. |- ' j In defense of the subsistence de- partment, Peniston pointed jout tfta' “the price of food*'in thejnleSs hal rvertheless- a bettfee! grade ieat is beihg served than be fore the war,’ n teSas nistpn: pointed o' more faftp into n| pointed out that 11s jaat year operated of meat is beihg served fore the war.” . • j I j ‘ Peniston went on to sajy, “An other fact which people seiem t< ft: get h ipeopli ijjmt th< realizu is that qvery cent from the students. A (pt are inclined believe Prom Tickefla Go Off Sale Mbnilay Ticket sales for the Prom end Banquet will continued Monday, Mar according to J. W, Rob chairman of the arrangements comiiiiittee. Tickets may be procurejj from the following dorm reprltsenta li'ves: Dorm 2, Lawrence $e»cton; Dorm 4, Jim Burroughs;! 6, Ffcd Haiiobright; pi Wal ace Coxjlj Dorm 9 () I “ Denpy; Dorm 10, Tonulij gertpr; Dorim 11, Gebri id; pi Jorm lorm l- 1 - A wardS; and Salmon. Anyone who desires b4e of ! the jfew available pi'olgrahis should see Robertson Inj■ Room 120, Dorm 10. : • I if -ll/ “United States of EiirOpe” and a “United States of The World.” People in the 10 cduhtries under Flower Show chairman. Arrange ments of new divisions listed will be made and discussed by dub of a {frijis-trained, out- ithie best letter is Wjjotirj About Texas,” a dull, flat, \vii|d-swep corroded, sua- ■Hll irive a free designed to train „ j* .; . blistered, insect-ridden place— nain merj so battle areas loom trip to jUadisQfiyijle, andjj 4 peek’s visit on attractive in cqmparisbn—is ap unfortunate a nearby rjattchi djinlaxjedjb|' |he designation aftermath Of vj'jorld conflict. Gossett’s Amendment Good - An impjrovejmeht in ttjje Hjectoral College 25 percent of t system has beein JjuggqstidfJSiy- Rep. Gossett of Texas, hnd ive hpp4 i| : through. As the judiciary s.abcoramitt|e!Ojj£ ihe House has already Tap)pro\1ed,i there |.s Jlme hope. GosS'Mt] suggests I a co|stij|utional amend ment which wciuld .yplit Jett^ral vote of the states apioing the jvgri.clti.'||qk|jdidates in pro portion each .rec A Charter, to! the? pejrcentai V iij’ed. , A copsplutlonal kmeifim )th hr; ratified bj-j at leasl[ / 16 sta proved fjy! both biJnchtjN 1° y[ effective $o GossdtCs prtjjpdf the staTtirjg liijie. Iial]^ ‘ startiijg liijie. ; [ \ IJ If fmlhfc.written into Jhje nation’s basic _i. ii. .1 jij ll .i:Lu liiJ! j. it wpiild abolish 1 25 percent of the popular vote would get the other 3 electoral Votes. The effect of the proposal, members of the subcommittee explained, would be to nul lify the “balance of power" now held by third parties Or organize minorities in close states an,d to give some representation in the electoral college to the supporters of candi- popular vote dates who didn’t have a plurality in a given 1 ' state. I • survey were asked which side they | members, believed was gaining ground ih the | Mrs. Hrtpper will also show col- present conflict between Russia and I slides of the blue ribbon win- America, ahd to predict which side ners of last year s show, they would he on 2Q jyears from iye now. Survey!results will also chart individual estimated of the exis tence and relative i^portante of political, economic and civil rights in the various nations. The survey seeks to| define spe cific areas of disagreement among the western nations. “The arbitra- business and accounting depart- tors of international disagreements m ent, has been elected a member must deal with millions of mdi- 0 f the American Bar Association, vidual attitudes — some based on; according to T. W. Leland, head misconceptions and qther on gen- u f the department ; - i uine differences of opinion,” Linen A former attorney for Brazos said. i i j: ] County, Hoyle, has practiced in Bry- ‘Results of the poll,! which an for the last tweifty years. He Bar Association Admits B&A Prof S. C. Hoyle, Jr., instructor in the offered to grade school graduates and Ph.D.’s ailke, will help to dis tinguish between misunderstand ings and faetually-rbasdii attitudes, thereby clarifying those areas of disagreement which might be «li- graduated from the University of Tqxas with a bachelor of laws de gree. Hoyle joined the department as law- instructor in February, 1947, after serving in the army in World War II. SUBPOENA BOARD MEN IN CONDON AFFAIR WASHINGTON, Mar. 9 The House Committed on Un-Amer ican Activities today subpoenaed two members of the American De partment Loyalty Board in its in vestigation of Dr. Edward U. Con don. SPECIAL NOTICE When checking your mail at the main P.O^. don’t forget to give— JOHNNIE .... a ring on his cash register I QUEEN Holcomb to R Engineering, t A paper, “Classical Mel I Structure Analysis,” will j sented by Bob Holcomb chemical engineering depad the Structures and Maternj nar to be heliUThursday a| at 4 in thd Petroleum j Room. This paper should be i interest to all concernefl julth mil- chine or structural anajyj •comb said. A!ll! interested members and graduate sim invited to attend- of approximately $1*. ney was spent in y i(t! *»anner: SO'A for for l*l>or, 10% (of such 11 exiienso.s as cleaning ry, mjlk bottle loss (to I lit a future article), in- nd garbage colleetions, other 20%, $34,300. no rq in itself, wa^ spent for L power, fuel, ar(d gas. e are the facts; I have-fig. coVer every phase of , ration,-’ Peniston said, indicating with a sweep Of. his [hand ah.intjiie foom full of filejs. , jW iat intercatp the averagp stu- jdeint s ,of course, not figures, but Mttor fjxxi In regard to this Pen- istop said: “We realize everyone • is jig t happy, but we are d<)i«g the host we can under constantly _■ cbiad^ng prices.” ;“\vi>!y, just since wc slartod haegng $1.20 cents a day last ctnber, iheajt kosta have risen« i ;Tllrpe A&M students left today rojr Denton to take paj*t in a two r hjyjFfamily! Relations Forum s|»on. segfd jby the department of socio- oky av TSCW. j ■ ■ ,i- v (Kenresenting ;A&M at the panel likcuskions are Bill Edwards, Wil- ian| Weatherford, iind Bob Wey- land.i All tlhreet are presently en- Jh Pipfesjor Daniel Rufes^ll’s tnjilii relation’s cohrse. ^U»: • T int jias to be aj)- Congress and ief«re becoming 1 is just beyond “The proposed amendment,” Gossett said Eb of block votingj by! sltatesfiri lege. For?example, in electoni Votes! the? cane largest populat vote getjlaf the Goske t pfoposiil, ill onil ceived 715 rjeycefnt of the Motp only 75| ppreent-i-or ni votes. Theican<lid4t<!-rec 7 The jBattalifin, ofn of College iteatipn, Te afternoon, except djur lished seini-jwee' J- ’ 4 209, ontrlbut; Dlasdifie Hall. le ed to it Rights ojf Aspoc Ente. ,* Office at the Act of CHARLI E repul Vick Lindlty J. T. mile . V. Mack T. h olen K. L. Blllirsel.y, Tom Cartel. Tfl . C. C- Tr^ii. jj, Joho ' lea* ed not othe cat in a statement!, “would? remove the overpow ering incentive in the present system to cod dle and corrupt organized minority groups ih the pivotal states, (Campaigns no longer would become? sectional and the general wel fare would become ji party’s paramount interest.” , i | | ^ Gossett said that under the* present sys tem many vqteris do not actually have a chance to influence th4 electoral college vote for the man of j their choice. Fbr example, in the South, allI the electoral votes usually go to the DemoCfatic candidate, although the Republican ticket maf be supported by a the remaining considerable liumber of individual voters. i [ j present system ic electoral col- r now having 12 receiving the 3 votes. Under candidate re- e would receive f the electoral II.* U- he Battalion 'if -M • I' p ? j 8- Ijldal i:(!vr®aper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City cas, I< ptiflishecTfive times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday ng Mtihdi'jjys and examination periods. During the summer The [Battalion is pub- Sjubsc^Uop rate $4.30 per school yeah Advertising rates?furnished on resueSt I? THE PERFECT GIFT fOr THE ONE AND ONLY See our wide selection of Earrings Compacts Costume Jewelry Cigarette Lighters R. 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Andy Mai Herscbel Bob Kenne .Joe Trevino, She (by PT Immk; ■H ...... ’ ( Hammind, Advertising Manager ...J...Photographer Cartoonists Sports Editor **—*- Writer* u&XZ ic | BRYAN LIONS CLUB MINSTRELS • I AND MARCH 11, 12, AND 13 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AUDITORIUM 41 Fast and Funny from 8 p.m. Adults $1.00 H dhildren 50c (tax included) Don’t Miss the Minstrels! pro- jbf thb ment ih ,i| Semi tiernooc tectuilo (i ’ilth [AJ ttjuicl (ionippaed of Agfrios and 'SCW studenits will discuss with’ Rcubeiri Rill, Sociologist and of 4 When You Get Marri-’ e fijictoiis irtfluehcing suc- marriagje. t ■ 1 r? \1 SSFHas 8750 (As More Given } <'tintribiutiolis tb the World .jSl ideht Service Fund, reached $7 iflj.94 Monday aflernoott, N. R. “JiiR" Leather wbixl, Student $>bn^te presidient, announced. I j "you CVMT lliislj III LENORE ULRIC LUDWIG STOSSEL ARNOLD MOSS fn r jritc three student senators Old the annex delivered! $9».37 feliip LlvinKHt senator firom Dorm 9, turn ivered $9 on, student in i« 11:00 jp.ni. ;4-lI81 ODAY ANl) WEDNESDAY Features Begin-i :2t) - 3M5 - 4:50 - 6:30' - 8:15 ■ 10:00, ' j f* 'I l.i Oirnlft kj IIVINC PICHIL rrMicM b EDKAKMim k, MBirr TH0LIEV .AN fMFRMTlO.VAL PI. ■ r TECBWlCOtWl r>inB_:_ - 4PhUN- NEWS i GARlOO.V ktCII FOR THESE BIG ONES i 'itfblVs .-J v.‘ l-i't-r- .ii is ■ . . |MJr wiMw “Gone wi Hr THE BISHOP'S WI If Winter Comes !;1 THE WIND’’ '/f. (. : {i p