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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
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Traditions
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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
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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.. ?.
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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’...
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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.” ;
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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
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Food Prices Doubled Since 1941
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ttle Against
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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
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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.
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“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-
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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
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MINSTRELS
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MARCH 11, 12, AND 13
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN AUDITORIUM
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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
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