I / r- • ^ -l. n ■ s Page 2 L Now are we : We -is, but them a -i; 1 'v!; bl. R ;*< !'; >■1 i 1 'l! :<■ •• !>• B a ttalio n A . . . 1 :■ ■i ; it !• f • •Jt r! I ■ > J )AY, ! .X '^pdier, Statesman, Knightly Gentle 10,1948 • | i . r i IrR Ivan Ross, Pounder c|f Aggie Jl|raditions ' :< I l* p I i * l If.; ! ff ‘ ! SPWN® 1 I', 1 Ui sdw-ri -iri-r—r r‘ |T fX whiiimiui Mmw* tiww""*** TT t ! 1j:h Loss of it (This is |the fourth in a series •f nine articles on the current • 1 iC4 Battalion.); h By L.\RRY GOODWYN Tfc« Hidden ursday’s We Halve Mesons T" hailed is the bigkeit advan|e'in atorAic phy sics since uranium; fissioiii was perfected That miadle the alioi^-bomli! possible. Remem bering what fears'the ato to, we don’t kncjw what l}' among scientist!); h Amfl if e have man-mac gcjing to to with tic ’t qui e-Jtnderst do understand ;he Univeri the bigkei'l Ohfit i |]; | e achievennent lityofl Mesons; What ? ... id . what a Meson t production of llifornia has been ' TT m ? : I I 1, bomb has led think about the a notable race ca, Europe and perhapj} elsewhene. -■ Production, p:[ Jvlesonsj |i the laboratory for thp first tirfe |v by Dr. Ernest 0. ;.Lawrfi|ce^ famed atom- xfx smasheir, and Japjes B. F tor of the Atomic! Energy! Thd potent particles,! i'hich eyentually may p )int the Kyay to it )mic energy far greatey than that jprpducel >y the atom bomb were produced ipi he Unt\|ersity of Califor nia’s 4 00,0 ton ctac dttron. ate practical application, he added. Despite the atom bomb, little is!known About the in sides of atoms. , 1 Dr. luawrence tbrmed the accomplishment “one of the great milestones of all time in fundamental atomic research.” Mesins are important because they are the most powerful particles known to science and because they have something to do with nuclei vfhich researchers must learn about before they can solve any remaining atomic mysteries. ! p i In nature they: come from the upper air. Presumably they are born ..when the nucleus ofaspi i ;• y hf I ' •« research direc- sommission. Industrial Research Program Of Texas Businesses Begins la many ’controversies, the real issues that decide public opinion are] often hidden from view. Such is the case, in part at: least, to the Cafeteria vs. Family style is sue currently being discussed on r the; campus. Family style feeding, despite many “unfortunate” Aspects w have long been a source of bi on the part of the Cadet Corps is still favored/by a majority o cadets. To people not familiar with cadet life, tW reasons why most cadets will/stick by family style serving regardless of its handi caps, may hot appear too d But, it can all be summed in one word—tradition. Tradition has been a powei influence on the A&M cam ever since the day Sully got first tmth.Jts presence has shaped in a score v of different forms, the standards of cadet life for years. Aggies have come to live by these standards and they like it. They i 'I 3i j cepted and come to traditions as a matter #>f the fact that by chariginjf the tern he can save five or tpt or ev twenty-five cents a day beooa comparatively tosignifican t, Foir a while It may ptoire economical to eat cafetorja at such a program would, ^ its nature, cause the abolishment I virtually every traditional i>h in a cadet mess hafl I ing to mess would pa^s by boards because the widt in serving hours would forming of outfits impodsitble. n, it woi Id not | seat cadets to outfits ajul this would end to meal service, thei ored duty of freshmen. i if' i .• who earn their the cadet corps also suffer cafeteria style, jit toidoubtedly J t« employ some in a cafeteria it is doubtful if ' df waiters could entirety. Many jobs. i rea&on ’tradi tion— uVed to be one of otors in forming t|on df the mess - v more ; of cadei m of »• detai e It says the oMer stands for development AibXwo civS the highest standards of ;Citizenship; Tucumcari, Las Vegas and i^nta by A& lap the general welfare of the present and future. The objectives ate: to assist Tex as companies in deciding on new products they might m^kc; to sug gest new investments in manufac- tri ing enterprise for Texas capital; to suggest now investments in Tex as for outside capital! to reduce transportation costs and speed de liveries to consumers if] new plants are operated in Texas and, to pro vide information that will aid the industrial and agricultural develop ment of Texas. “We produce the raw products, We shpuld process them, too,” don’t want to see it chang And thus does family style' serving tie in with tradition. Eat ing “in outfits,” marching (o mess, student waiters, meal ser vice—all are irrevocably tied in with tradition. Together, they form a feature that distinguishes A&M from otWr colleges. To the A&M cadet who has ae- Three Additions Made to Business, Accounting Staff Three additions have been made to the department of business and accounting teaching staff, T. W Leland, head of the department, has announced. W. R. Allen, formerly assistant attorney general of Texas and atj torney for Brazos County, is a law instructor, Leland said, lie attend ed Vanderbilt University -and the University of Texas. Eugene Rush, a graduate j of George Washington University %yith a bachelor of laws degree has also joined the department as a law instructor. He is also a grad uate of the University of Tiixas where he received a bachelor of arts degree in economics. Joe Vincent, a graduate of the University of Missouri, joined the department as an instructor in gen- The United Stat any time soon, H. R. the Great Issues ~ with Walter Durant^ Asked the queatijbn “Ail or wait 20 years?” MrJ fKnick hocker replied, “We’ll ll wait years. I do not think warjwith Rjj sia is inevitable.; But cyan if knew positively tljiat we wc uld to fight Russia in 20 velars, A] that by that tiijne Rusiiii w0l have the same advantage over that we now have over ijJ em, jflj couldn’t; get Congress gjo to W with Russia Lion class of ker told a c uestion class Li in his final Appearance Sussia now, 1 j; [ T •qjlng to fight Russia 'TuTo i rr > i war.f’ f .Knickerbocker and D| rantj newspaper correspondentjs: and thors, during the morhipt sessb answered questions about the 1’ bate* they staged Monday night' Guion Hall. • j! ii There is no chance iff a ih Russian revolution in : He f sceable fulure Knickerbif ker sal in ansa er to another i (j best in Russian control of poljf ! pow is too great. “Hitler lejai ned 1 i secret police technique jfir itm St lin,” Knickerbocker ri* i)ott * “The Gestapo, bad as iti jv as, w i never so bad as the|; jRussiijq Checka or NKVD Asked abqut Americt for Franco Spain, Kn t cji nkl said, “We in America ratoe a pcijig [supplied by other Bai kpn statics-" supf erbocl j’hiladelphi bid diltig (he lid i c -/pm 16, other ’to. Dde Rig At; thtotitehoutl t^e tr4-i-4 —- T'tx. 0 ice bad a law for- of coal in the city 1 SoBton Tea Party , t was followed by tea-qunklhg incidents colonies. I Downward points out. “Therefore, eral insurance. He has spent nin we propose to assemble factual , years as special and recordin data along these lines jwhich I be-! agCnt j in the general insurance —«• j, . ^ U v U ...v«.., lieve will go a long Way toward ] field. ‘Rightful’’ Uise of the ballot, enforcement of Fa, New Mexico, which wore grant- awakening the business and agri- Ja/ftpa law by regularly) constituted authorities and edl teaching citizenvS|l“fhat their first allegiance When the, ruling on the nev| ap is to the-Uniiecl States.” .T I ?!i c „ a fc w £fe 18 not P efi ' cultural interests, of the state to Tests the situatroH,” he says bs were burned on On racial ideajs, it states founders of ,the the courthouse lawns aftM from 200 to 800 republic “peVer intended that it should fall H ! ■ r- it t hooded and robejd klansnidn paraded around the square. Leacjers said |.|e KKK had gath^ ered tb rededicajte itselfpo maintenance of Southern traditions, in