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FRIDAY, APRIL J^, 1948
"Soldier, Statesman, Kmghtly Get
ie Sullivan Ross, 'Founder of j
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dissatisfied
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Dr.
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dean of the
tere, effdns hate
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Observes Army Show
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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.’
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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
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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.‘
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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
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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.
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The approaching presidential campaign
has bothf^acArthur and Eisenhower run
ning—but in opposite directions.
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“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
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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
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Tit |TT! H ^ g I. ■ '
to $
$3oi
For Your Visual Problems
Consult
Dr. Carlton Lee
OPTOMETRIST
208 S. Main — Bryan
Phone 2-160 j
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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
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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-
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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.
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we hope all that will pbe needed will be “Stop!
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