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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1948)
w'- '!• -'j' l H i ■' ereititi which wojuld exaa neh(J| 4 P r e|#ehtial primary law, , f , the io^iiiuiry citizen aome voice in the c|u|ce of fj|i|sijd^nt of the United States.! ^ “Whai?”fUu ~ now?” f'- r We cqrtainjy '» ; tion, whep pi • Democraltici ! voice is hare le Dejmojcratjic ihy TeXans a itiican anjrajs t : -waht, the creal i don’t dt rT exai eiy is all too. c) iolent.'! i. 1 Fortupat^j -.agreed tq consult ■ Executive G( rr mijttee. . session (k J\ e legisl^l - deiitial prefeifenc.e pr He told; j,l iel j^ati] a! j ^ presehtec siop April 5 .wiw the party leader^:, * r ! I ' !> I !* The tielegpt on 10 hough tioh signed bj j Don’t PI . Amid threa solid sopth sippi sta^e le||i; incncatio i, of i sencj ■ might betterb ; termep||a the; part of tik lei;-' -^"fo play ‘ 1 -1 trer- Batt . •• [r alt /'Spldier, Statesman, Knightly It ^ : \!1 1 h X[jl ii Sullivan: Ross, Foundejr of Aggi ii ' ' ' '' f |i 1 ! 1 i SDAY, MARCH 30,1948 ■entfeman” Primary Nee ; ■ say: !|Dp4’t we have that i TI - t of Lch lavf was ntcessary in the “abundant evidehce’f that right on . r , noticed ac face left wing elements) ate plotting to Stake over the May State Presidential i Convention of the Democratic party “to thwart the popular will qf the peoplej’ i i j; |j In' an ordinary elec- . Under th^ present system; Texans actual- ara sure to. vote the . ^ their only direct ^ay on thfe question ia ouic tv/, vvtc tii^ * i, fT * y Zl—^ lak of apy such k wl|> 0 theirli^vo^dlcan^iidate for President But this year, with is . preqinctj; conventions. Presidential pi tty dUlB several ways, and electors and delegates to-national nominat- ppiirentll wishing to vote Re- cbnyehtiops are named in state conven- " ,Xl - ft getja Democrat they ^ ons t T ^e makeup of these. conventions is jouirielection Plachin- lb r £ e determined pt thp precinct conven- thsy miss is&. o 3 Gpv.'B|(j^uf(|rd H. Jester, has with ition~& he. wqlild go into a huddle ■ ;s qf a t s at c ime i; lat ire 1 State I ICgislithire’ ? ipbMr^ersial calendar soiiri?” Wlidt wodld the Mis’souriahs do with «.ul.u •»/riJJLLs^: * the eijtral be^t itha} is usuaiy'given|to ‘sippi f . ■ f when thelfelchfr "fsh all J-d of not leHs thiudSl 0,0( against “Xho Missouri Waltz.” |Is thiis aW fihdilcatibft tHat the Soulh is Tlielegisllators)from Mississinnilmay have H-iwIr ' D1 r '- : 1 4 ^ -■^ ' * starting ithe fong a Bilbo’s ^stamping Whistles 'Georgia tjkh. t lat .where side rules i about thfe whistles Maybe 4 r e sraould According to Ji que,” thq wnisi le shrieks witfh la, wild ra moans. *Iin ? fact, there ip ' as^the whistlei on o get up. courage—oh stej nounce that t ijs no(w ef noon, orifivea < 1 Thhi jis jvvjhat-Ti<*hh Tech whistle 1 A Wiild rauuous reja rounding atTpojq’hejro; inn sen stumble uneChainica fy oftt li t lions! Factiojhs thk gain control i| the pre- cinctfe usually have the filial word. |H State Democratic „ { jlKPife O ? S ^ * im liftsnronosedl sneeial ? t rfP^Nplng the Depiocratic processes Idre lo enact * ?resi- ¥ W lng the P eo 4 le theihselves djecide who ryHaw 1 ^ theirj party ahcftildj support* for priiderit and o| legislators who e rs. ng for a special ses- ithe back- H|e- said tie signers would all join in work ing for a prefereintial primary law if the governor called the special session.! The peti- pre^tefl him with a peti-j tion jasked fhat rhe session be limited to s C m you'imagine whaf “Old M. would! sound like! if the ... .Til _. I. * i zjrrJ i jet me e disintegration—-on le^lthat is. j J* *! t Ther^ is h,|bill pei^lpglon the Magnolia ranged tb rebel, “lie ?” \Vhat Woqld which capls fjjjr all MlMsisilfpi radio stations ^ 1 ‘ ejgilining and end of each'dayfs'p|(i)drarh. I. j A proposed anem ij unt would bar the Perhaps playing.cf ’tk Mi isduri Wj Itz.” The penalty thing new in Iradip. Maybei in the n|ot too dis- . waSfset sit not les? tha| i$L000 and a five- tant ftture the first 15 minutes of every days '.yeah prison trum ‘ext-dpl! fn such cases of broat casting schedule wilil be given over to ;violation whOTe the pin - - - - . - - i.f the instrument, the ilational punishable by a fine anil imprisonment.” South If U meiiibers, saying en- sever days durations. The Missouri Waltz!.. ak|in the heretofore unde:- the threat iof Trumante Citil Rights cfiOn by the Missis- Bill? Will jVpssnuri retaliate by barring the alt plight be the first playiig 1 of any song referring to the Missis- split— perhaps it sippj River? v 1 Mhn River” words were re-ar- o down t|o the Mis- ■/ MM '[■ ; 5 m. : I P SEPARATE WAYS n : Cl -1 1 I P ■ ■ 1 1 .t! I ''"'M A*. 11 f I ' 1 y \ #11 ~T Letters BORED OF -DIRECTORS" Editor, The Battalion: The Board of “Directors” put it to os again! ; j;. I am Of coarse referring to the continuation of “Little Ageielttnd" better knorwn as “Gibb’s School for Boys.” I wonder if this so-called “Board of Directors’ has counted the num ber of boys who would have made good Aggiea but who have Rusted out” or simply quit because of the conditions at the annex. This Board requested “an esti mate of the needed repairs for one year’s occupancy only”. . . a whole new dorm area could be built at the cost of making those barns merely bearable! M .' According to The Batt, 1,400 Students Wanted For Summer Work Li‘1 Abner and Blondie Would You Like Comic Strip in The Battalion? ally you’ve’ never beep in house during the cafeteria style enough of get here; education trination wi And the reason poor fish Ihe in so that 3 or 4 w in a room. I^Jow ing? Since when t» a room worse ( one of those bai ns! Ftah used :j— h j' j IH *f.'. have '1 that 1 iving 'h? Jii They could look Uv , 1S&! «d . i and da le are tL~w~ they have thei u drs reason I eld Is ish burs i NAME S—At le rtd Aggie e of a ‘ . r! way, will soul of it my ,, I would! ‘ ic* tion. ring win and not in sd t il ;, , E. ■ Would you like to see iLi’l Abnei; or DagAvood & Blondie in the Batt? | ' l! | Pi | • lit'I .T '< l jl : l > It can be done, if you want them. There isn’t much space for these summer jobs shodl The Texas Highway Department will employ college students this sununer to assist in the operation of information bureaus located at the various ports of entry to Texas. According to W. R. Horsley, di rector of the Placement Office, ap plicants should be at least ID years old. Selections will be based op know ledge of Texas, ability to meet 'the public, physical stature, and depen dability. Salaries will range from $175 per month for attendants ^nd up ward for managers of these bu reaus, Horsley said. Employees will work 8 hours a day, 6 days a week. Students interested in applying ' d reg- f! COLORFUL COSTUMt r •A SUPREME ACHI weetast Story Gfor Told It •H S.F. March Auspices Whal will ether southern slktes ido if the bill is passed in the Missfssipni legislature? T "' this is the beginning of some- radii}. rendition 1 qf are reported to be the two most popular in the country.) Many situdefits undoubtedly get to see their favorites, and ither strips, in the state newspapers. But if there are enough who do not read state papers—or read them only when they get over to the Library qr, the YMCA lounge—we will make arrangements to print the strips. A number of other college dailies are; printing Li’l Abner. Onei paper is printing Barna- J.v, 1 '"'ll 'll li il m ill ; lit Ifill\put the blank below and mail it to The Battalion, Room 201V,Goodwin Hall. If envelopes kre dropped into the Facility Exchange C&mpuis slot, they will require no postage. aiithpm. the state song, a. fast “Dixife” and a! five-minute tirade i Wal wai;(|l revolt? Is the late started something, although whatever it is grcuful becoming shaky will doubtless have little valuej ' 1 B ' 1 ! : . 1 • i i \ _'41' n le. is not happy indifferent, driving, an<il merceniary. The vhi<-l|reflates life there. f ee jj n g- that the rhen are ; just like.parts to a SglMdan'iiT’-Techni- mach !” e '. 4 breathing .fedling indi- U ^Atlanta school viduals, but so m^hy pistons and valves that p|misj*roar. Ours just are necessary to keep the plant running. No ? jppttling so mournful* wondqr the men ^fince at t’h| shrjill shriek. No w< ahi-j-enoughi to an- caustilc ^ ’ |t cfclock, or twelve discussed hi the! still, stark! hours of the night Ipe rsays about the ' Ih the nqrtbetli'i section: of Atlanta, there is a s|t*hool-i-a. schqol with a whistle. A per These firm, stro ng, tear on your irjattress 4 to Its lifm The; almost any |c ' originally inter • officers.^—Adv. wen ii n; nditi )h<i, And you kt ow i /lokej.boysJ Caption ih j informed reajjlc ; suffering from Eh.H \is (III.}Journal rs thiat ja L’1-year-old girl was pnefinijatlc ^ver. f * i of Gbllege Stali afternoon, exempt lished aerrii-wei 1 ''' The Battal oi, officia i| ews | ,a P er of the Agricultural and Mdctianical College of Texas a id the City lor, Tes Now®! contfi! Win Hall. Cl 209. Goodwin Ha; . ! The Associpid Prissy ed to it or not ot nerw. Rights of; republij:atio- Bntertd as second- :lasa Office *t College; the ici of Congress <f I ||l ‘ I' .. I jll CHARLiEj MURBAY, • Vick;Lin<l)oy J. T. Milltr, MacW T. No cn -Vick Lindley* . i.L. i H. L, Billinas ley, J Tom Cartdr, a C. C. Wall, -tu John Sipgfcu>r>, Maurice Howjeli .1 ':p|. ded in t ie 4- as, durihg tion. U&rtb -1 Bond; at Shriek O § i ■ TTi f' ■ : ii olher Southerp school upa fn I oLuiiiL/Lc uipuiiajuv.aii,y UUL ndckjbuildings,.curse.i pass the walk to the next stop on the as- Whistle lisicold, (hard, ini- to eat their none-niadb Sltlndhes. personal. an\l antjigonistic. The nien think After an !hp|iir. the |w|jiKt|e shrieks again, the w listle’k scream represenjts the attitude shatters the sur- d the mill hands o|Mh e dirty red brick buildin| s. Tht sc*4imihg whistle slow- of dirfjy red ly subsides, i/hile the n|e,h liuickly disoerse whistle, and themselvies oyeif the snijaf grass-covered area sembly line. ilndl Jm , .. The. meil winye at t ie. B(|indj then file robot- of th^ higheivuij$ k the Attitude that men like back to thd'r \rort.|. As leach one smarts are jist so piany i robots ivaiting fior knowl- throughithe jJoot,. he glfncef, at the whistle edge tjo be stamped in. The attitude; that men with bitt|e,r hi tied. Not hbtrejl for the whistle aren’t thinking, feeling, learning individuals, but hatred for what it i.eiijesfntik Long hours but ra|W products!that must be processed and of drudgery; of jnin if hopelessness; of- turned dut In a mold. No wonder the whistle .course they'gbt paid fo* it,; bat cold thankless is curbed foit itja strident scream. No wonder pay. The kind of pay onelgfives an automobile the mfen dream.of bther schools where classes by putting giisoline in ii. The whistle is the changje to the);friendly ting tang tong of a pemmifidatiqn of tfie jfeplling of fhe higher- bell, i i f, 11 ' j j fo* tioni niaj led a 11, C iclf? U. Nelsw. Ot u K. io) Wey lanll, ,orn •M*. Moan. Editors, The Battalion: I ‘ | i j||< , ! •. f . | , it i I j 1 ' j y ;N : * I would like to see Li’l Abner and Dagwood &, Blondie in The Battalion regularly. I (do) (do not) see them regularly in any .other newspaper. M 1; I)! ' ' " ' " h • ; | i'.| If' iji hi I ■ h ■ / ill it . \ Name ..i.. Address ■ • • : r theimeii. Gold, impassive, impersonal, _L -4- DALACE * P H O M C ? • rl H 7 0 TODAY— l ; >1 4 W T" sonifind whistle jhat shrinks at the begin ning pid end of i Bach hour lest ijt lose its meaniftg. And mej) stumble mechanically out ■ civerfe save wear and Cojlumnht Drew Peai*son says there are i nd pdd extra years some who consider Eisenhower still avail- a< et<| stanrt up under able for the draft. There are also some wjho because they were consider Jehse Jitines still alive. —Arkansas ise.fby UJ S. Naval Gazette. ' i ]T|- mel I !■• m liliUli—I ■ ,11 - The Battalia newsfcaper of the Agricultural and Mdcnaniok n isi published fivie times & week and circulated ievery Moi day through Friday Holidays and examination periods. During tl^e Rummer TThe Batta ion is pub Sijbshr'ptioij rate $4.30 per school year Adve: i— _4__|4_4—- ring the summer srtising rates furnished on resuest _ _ r ___ ^ ^ la ekiitorial oft, b mt y b4 placed ^ telephone (4-3324) or ^jt! the Student Aqtivitiee Office. Rooi be Umade, by .'telephone (4-5444) or at oil intifled exclusively to the use for Member of The Associated Press repubjjic^tibn of all news dispatches credit* se erj dit^j in the paper; arid! local new$ of Spontaneous origin published herein of) a|l otjier matter herein are also reserved. I | Associated Collegiate Pt Member ,UKM :e SON.. ,— -Wire Editor Bob Kennelley lore n.; Manaitirift Editors -Bob Konnolley T ±=f«ps it" ..F«mi*o Writers J, ± 1 ipd, f: uni Hi. i. M irtiit, C. C. Mhnroe, PPI .... ... Don VHRWMi Kurtic. J. C. , Fails. Hewchcl 8helb»i Ooodwyn Rfnortort Crady Griffin .-..j .Advertisinit M* naif or Sam Lanfbrd, K Jf. ni ii -Hi- tifli 4. ''Bin"’ ..i...... Irak - .V ce, Room 201, Good* [ 4 s Rapreaentad o*tioi«Uy tty Ni vertwimj Sarvica. tno.. at N*w j jChicuKO boa Angela* anti San ’ ! "jT*” ••••- National Ad- Tork etty, Francisco - Cfrculaltion Manager Co-Editors 41 THROUGH THURSDAY .© * il ii plicants. Adults $1 What’s Cooking?. PRE-MED PRE-DENT Society meets Tuesday 7 p.m. Biology^lec ture room. SHOSTAKOVICH RESIGNS FROM MOSCOW SCHOOL MOSCOW, March 30 —The composer Dmitri Shostakovich ap parently has resigned as professor at the Moscow Conservatory, but is still writing music. Shostakovich was one of seven composers censured by thq Com munist party's Central Committee in February. "Si* • ELABORATE SE Faction dTAINMENT if! 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