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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1948)
s i :■ ■ 1. r\ Page 2 il M > 1 :er --U v 1 ■■ wneilce j Si I rf- i i , oi, FRIDAY, APRIL J^, 1948 "Soldier, Statesman, Kmghtly Get ie Sullivan Ross, 'Founder of j ' Is iijtrile |tha dissatisfied teacRi many Dr. and S( refern sity, dean of the tere, effdns hate this classificatio of Teaching. . I Aggie Tradition r. f I,!| Hi nnn r * ■TT: * ••r — "T l i >i PAGE MR. HOUOINI Observes Army Show ■ir it nianKr veteran students are initiation of some siich program of lecture , w hh aijitijuated methods of improvement. This Urogram, if effeQtively ichmg such asj are. note fli^ently used in carried 'through, would be of immense'-value my if our, cqljegest ! . i . to the teacherand the student?^ " Any teacher who hai a sincere desire to impart knowledge to his sti thC 1 * CtUre STSdSW Mac c- 'Mmi. There wouMI be an, opportunity for ences faciiltv < iSJOTSSf'&f taP*« knowledge to his students in the best ipraiMp the ltcture ,ki»g be>)W> Arte th ? ^ b his pSyeSenlR &>li&^chi},g,'' Dr. Haskw «™£ e r ^ iewed by other members of his de - petii cients’ at (1 * Ih TT*i«a»._ P dns ' rvard Univer- t made to im prove the lecturq tfechmi|uesyf professors by transcribiiiig or recording regular classroom lectures and play: ng these recordings back to the professors, thus] giving them an op portunity Ito hear haw;the? sound to their sar y students. By thiis method it was possible to although it correct any deflcienaiea 1 which might. have 31:na “» portable wr developed in a professors method of holding class sessions. * h "T'Ji" a jLi.rjL-jn.. ji a$ room f or such improvement! here! as at other schools. There ha vie beer) eomipliintjs among students here that some professirs >re sadly lacking in an effective or integesti ng lecture tech nique,! although A&M pjrobajbly has no more 'ban its share [or this ty|e of professor, nevertheless, : the fact that- there are some members of the teaphijig staff who fall in sificatior Words frpnii ^h' to sum up popuilafr 'opinion | ^ Such a program of self-help could do no; ha mi whatsoever] and there is the possibili ty that it might dp much good. The school; has the •equipment, or most of it, required Jfor such a program. It would nbt be neces- r to use the expensive recording equip- ‘ is available, but rather. Reds, Stay Way F By Conrad V. Twiggins April 9, 1948—Dear Diary: As a candi- an ^ date for chairman of the Lower Brazos County Thougnt Control Commission, I think it fitting to know about our armed forces. I have been looking around. “Them Russians better not come a-nosin’ round nere,” an unidemified army officer our told me yesterday as the local military put eral on a snow of strength to celebrate Army nay. “Yessir, them) [Reds’ll steer clear if they know wont’s good ter ’em/’ he said as he gazed prouoiy at tn,e sijnonize job on a two anu one-naif ton truck. Three artillery pieces, a 105 mm. howit zer, a too Mil howitzer, and a 7omm, Anti aircraft gun occupied tne nortneaat corner of toe main drill fieid, glittering dangerous ly in tne warm April sumigut. t’ne officer' expanded ms chest its fun *8 inches as he spokjei knowingly of azimutns ajid quadrants wnne pointing first to one J gun men the otner. T recorders could be used, any special preparation It wopld not enjtai on the pert of the ; instructor, other than the usual lecture preparation. In fact, if special preparation was done* it would negate the purpose of the program. Such a sampling of lecture techniques would go faif as a “follow up” to the survey of student opinion conducted toward the end of last semester. It would be another step to provide better teaching where it is d be the basis for commenda- necessary an is basisenough for the , tion where it is warranted »m Collapses. warrant as the wind es- ed as a surprise to most observers. The Oma- ir boom.” Those ha World jHerald commented, “No longer will institution seem p a t r0 nizirjg opponents refer to him (Stas- sen) as a] boy trying to get a man’s job.” Congress Accents: Aii) Force Drive, Delays UMT Action WASHINGTON, April 9 Uf) -r Congress put added power behind the bigger-and-better Air Force drive yester day temporarily shunting aside plans for Universal. Military Training 'jM. [•jl The aerial euxpansion program moved forward in both house i and senate as lawmakers♦-'■'irt:': .‘H , ' J "Them pieces is sure death to anything within several mites," lie boasted as I re called tne smoking ruins of Service Club, No. 4 at Fort Ira T. Wyche after a battery had been iQid 320(f/mus off. sought to balance manpower and money demands and yet provide the • Reediest and most effective national defense,! 4 k i]: April 9—-UP) WASHINGTON, President Truman ; asked Con gress yesterday for an immedi-. ate appropriation of $725,000,000. for expansion^ of the Air Forces. Tfiese were the developments: The House Appropriations Com mittee hauled a $776,000,000 Air Force bill onto the legislative run way with assurance from Chair- sSafafsisi! t$mm ment from Japjan, thel w . conceded .that he [Had “lost face. country gr speak theii individual serve ouna. Editorial com- results as “final and conclusive,” adding general S. back .yard, ^at “Wisconsin has never been a particul arly reliable forecaster of final results.” How© v.e r, the general concensus seemed to be ; that the Stasseri triumph able dark-horse berg: ; if h ■ Stassen’s triumph choic^ of! Senator Vanden m, ■ China’, of overk govenirtie about] it. AH in all, old Dougi didjliqt do so well in his initial skirmi jh in the] j residential race. ‘One of itbe tjiings 'Thic^ have mad© our cobntry great- is that jmerfj "nay thus freely pheii] mindii and jfeari* ssly record their viewpoints j Loi us always pre- jit "that way.” st what t contender for the nomination. DeWy’s poor showing—he failed to take one precinct*—wag. generally viewed as a severe jolt to his chapqes. This was especial ly true because he won 'a substantial' vie- * Kat what Se' MalcAAnjur 8 etbacl(, and i*®ry in the same election four years ago. the Stassen triiiimph, inean to the presiden- Certainly the Dewey defeat has done noth- tial race is something that (has the .politicai' mg to interfere with the chances of Sena- sages buzzing.] S oraa.bictui e it as a death tors Taft and Yandenberg, since he was their blow to fhfe' gem ral’s hopes for the Repub- chief opponent^ More can be guessed after lican picture just whqre itswas a year ago, with a Dewy-Tiift iriipaise and the prob- Dewey meets Taft, Yandenberg, and War- ren for the first time in the coming Nebras ka primary. > Jncideptally, MacArthur will also run in When ia UN‘ comtoitte© decided on an investigation ©f - the coca-leaf chewing habit in South America and an American jokingly Hs generally l-eceiv- | ^he Cornhusker election. U. S. Senator Ow r en Brewster of Main^ was the; subjedf of a story in the Ithaca (N Y.)Cornell Daily Sup- which related: “After suggested an investigation bf the American | being admitted to a Maine bar in 1913, Brew- gum-chewjng habit, a Ru$sihn expressed in terested, although it was noi proposed to in vestigate the Russianihabit lof gununihg the: wqrks. ; j f ster served the Portland school system.’ '•K' When the Nankinfe parliament approved ba’s 96 trillion buidgejt for the first-half Heading op n display d#sified ad in th^ Bethlehem (Pa) Globe-Times: BRASSIERE OPERATORS WANTED— DUE TO EX PANSION. for the first-half it “sternly demanded” abolition of! g goveninjient, bureaus, but the if •i Charles F. Lenhart, who runs a small ad in the Springfield (O.) News which reads iphy now sternly do nothing ‘Tor Money Quick, See the Springfield Loan ! Co.,” jpeceivied ia letter from a prospective client in Greece asking for a quick loan. His home wag destroyed in the war, the writer explained* : ; rV'I ’ • j ■' '|T.‘ ; !1 1 L-mL l ' : ■ e,Dayton, (O). jjoujmal reix»rted: “The preanjnent physician,j in ia brief moment of consciousness,! admitted fatally attacking his) wilinl. i ’! '•; j ' . ■ j J-; j • Lin f I i-r—■—j ' ■"■■S'. j; Thejnext door neighbor, Who still; hag ouil lawnmctwer bjoi rowed last ]summer, com-* plains continna lly about! Russia’s failure tc return the ships we Ijent Leri during the w ar. In listing of 9:30 p. m. Radio Highlights in the Bronx (N. Y.) Home News: j I..-J I .. |•— * 1 '..■'.■Jn !■ V'jvirrt." Naky Secretary Sullivan’s statement that submarines sighted ]off' our shores did not belqrig to Any intion Hv esit of ;the iron curtail leaves fery lijbt: e poi'er bf deduction neede for identification. hfr. Tinman cpnfidently predicted a Democratic presidential victory’ in November but be didnft say fpr whom. i. I : ;']• 'jlj I-"-- 1 .r+rr-“i— The approaching presidential campaign has bothf^acArthur and Eisenhower run ning—but in opposite directions. ji 1 ^ [ “For Sale” jad in; the Racine (Wis.) Jour nal^ Times .offjBred: “LARGE SOFA, double doors, fireproof and wejl built.” HP* asked by President Truman to augment the $11,000,000,000 al ready budgeted for defense. The xtra Air Force funds are for air craft, purchases, research and de velopment. i : [ ; ' ^ f ; Rep. Clason (R-Mass) announp- d his armed services subcommit- ee would begin hearings on legig- 'ation to expiand the Air Force rom 55 to 70 combat groups. The Senate Armed Services Corti- littee weighed a “formal request” y secretary for air Symington for . 70-group Air Force;. ■ Members cif the Senate Com mittee confided after the closed door session yesterday that they ire considering linking the Air Force expansion with a tempor ary draft. They indicated UMT action would be delayed for the time being. ! If] k' j : : I Senator Matybank (D-SC) to^id i reporter, “I think wc can work ut a plan fhr th© 70-group Air ombat plan | without its costing .oh much.” I . ; And' Senator Byrd (D-Va) sgid ie will support such an increase; if m exU'a $1,800,000,000 will coVer he cost. j; { . j ] Chairman Gurney (R-SD) said the Senate group now plans 'to hear Navy officials, possibly Ffi- ’ajr. Ho originally had hoped ibo wind up work on a draft-UMT hjs week. But now, (Gurney ‘T wouldn’t even guess we would e through next week." In another preparedness devel opment, Senator Russell (D-^a) called for a “Draft-Industry” pro vision m; the preparedness pro gram- He Said that if the Senate Armed Services Committee did not include it he would bring up the matter pn the Senate floor, Russell said the government should be given power “to take over and operate any factory if it! rdf Graduate Student Housing Planned A limited number of apartments for June graduates who wish to take additional undergraduate work will be available June 1, Harry Boyer, chiel of housing, announced today. Boyer emphasized that the apartments w.ll not be given tp students who fail to grauuate on schedule, hut to students who can GENERALISSIMO^ TALK FOR NQISE NANKING, April Chiang Kai-Shek’s add* dused to produce goods at a rhrThkradditmnar undergr^d- fair price needed to 'equip our armed forces for defense.” 5 Civil Service Positions Open ■) j j P- ! j ' j j z 1 The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion has announced examinations for filling the position^ of sci^nti- fip aid, field representative, rural electrification engineer, home eco nomist (electrical), aim inspector (poles)/: | ; I n Entrance salaries for the Scien tific Aid position range. from $1822 $2644.80 and for all others; from >97 to $4902. Further information and appli cation forms for examinations may be obtained from Roger W. Jack- son at the College Station, Post j. ” r M • Tit |TT! H ^ g I. ■ ' to $ $3oi For Your Visual Problems Consult Dr. Carlton Lee OPTOMETRIST 208 S. Main — Bryan Phone 2-160 j J r 4; \ For . . MODEL AIRPLANE SUPPLIES Jones Sporting Goods 80S S. Main Rryan Ph. 2-2882 uate study Will benefit them in their major field. Each application will he Consid ered separately, and decided on its own merits, Boyer stated. Further information may be ob tained, at the housing office in Goodwin Hsll.] ; . • Ur Jolin 8. Caldwell Optometrist Caldwell’s Jewelry Store Bryan, Texas S P E C I A l|; Aggie Dinner jl HOURS: 11:30-1:30 SOUP . . . MEAT . 3 VEGETABLES Youngblood’s 11 Cafe Menu changed each day Midway between Bryan and College Station mud ipced with the churning tread , e, I saw the tefible In got when son e of cut across the gen- brt Ira T- Wych^. ” he saij as if I was td never 'seen a news- obligingly looked awe- ified officer didn't ed that the show was in their absence. officer tnfprmed me me $o see it. It would 4re to see the marching i stirring (music and see the ojf our nation’s might that Ipnger would probably have /oke an “ineijent.” So I de- i ■ | jj . "• ■ kjlow. Them Russians better nuliotial assembly wgs postponed ynatcirday because of a noisy (jem- ( aJ oitistration (fcrilsing from efforts tq “ i] ” Mat Independent Party delegates. T -n ’v “O KSc There ajr^ nr,...4 FRIENDS! I Don’t pavs by . L . 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