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Who's the Pitcher?...
Everyone likes a basiibkll game. Those
games played op Kyle Field baseball diam
ond draw the b|tggje^t crofwds jof any of the
)riin
it there is
that could
* • games from
>r — making
spring sporting events,
one thing that las b< en
be done to ihiprOve the
the standpoint of tiieis;
available a public adiressi sys
- As things are how the spectator has to
rely on his neighbor Or pot luck learn the
names of the visiting team. Even the catch
er’s and pitcher’s najmes im y ;not be learned
AH this could
department! woiil
the use of a public address system during the
baseball season. Either installing such a
system temporarily,! or renting a sound
uitpa utay |nuL ue xeariieu “ owH*»vi
until the game has progre^sdd well beyond truck for the home games vfould serve the
, the initial inning. For visjto -sto the campus, 1 purpose; ) r| |;
' 5 this holds tipuiejor the Aggi^ team' is well Such aj plan would do much to make the
as their opponents.' : \\ .\ ball games on Kyle Field more interesting
If a pinch hitter, enters tjh$ batting order and enjoyjable for the many people who at-
there Is no way for) the m4nrin the stands tend them regularly.
Battle of Barbecues.
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Determined not
states hog all the publidit;
man-anti-Truman light,;
becue cost $5 '* plat
thar. Southern
dt the Tru-
H Democrats
;he> barbecues” that
1. Whether ah uninsiru
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l
icted delegation
shall be sent to tM national convention.
2. Whether the Committee opposes the
inclusion of President Truman’s civil rights
program jn the national democratic plat-
a’re staging ja “batt
may—but probably [won’t — decide whether
or not Texajs will go for 'ri , i)man this year.
The regplar Deinoprt.tic iftpeting will be
a barbecue jat Fort Worth April 20. Though vort of Democratic Party nonihees, whoever
it is hailed by iinanjf as rn ai ti-Truman pic- they may be.j , j i
I'hought Control Gaining
Twiggins Finds Senior Class
Meeting Echoing His Opinions
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By CONRAD TWIGGINK
April 14, 1948—Dear Diary : I fotjnc several prospec
tive members for my thought control cdmiinission last night
iat a meeting of "The Fifty-five.” They need no training—
etters
DORM 14, THAT IS!
Editor, The Battalion; [;i| j
I weald like to correct a state-*
ent made in The Battalion.
I am not. I never have been, and
fj never Win be in C Composite. 1
took it that an error caused the
author of the article on the intra
mural boxing getting things
switched at first but when it hap
pened again I formed the conclu
sion that he really thought I was
in C Comnosite. i jJfc
semester but didn’t live irt that
outfit. Not that I have anything
against C Composite or the author
of the article, 1 just wanted to get
it straight. .
s I was boxing for Dorm 14!
i!' b T M&beb*y
(Ed. Note: U just goes to show
you—don’t place too much faith
in the Btudent Directory.)
Student Ships To
Make Summer Run
United
ritime
nic, its badkers^say otherwise. (This bar- - ^Woodville Rogers,^ forme|r state senator tin Dies would have been proud of
* 0 ™: Whether the committee favors sup- thou f ht co,;iro1 k their a5m
last night
below. J. Parnell Thomas and Mar-
.
and state chairman of the Truman support
ers in the Democratic Party has com<
with the new-old word “Republicrats.”
His definition; I i
Anotheit group of Democrats will barbe
cue their own steer.at Wa<[o, raise voices .
in praise ofi Presklent Tifuma^ti, and welcome Has deimitio^., L , »
a,. —Ulfs fre.) J J, run
- We donjt qmte thdsiKnif K ance of ketj but he expects to get campaign cmitri-
it all, Bui g .fhaeting of. the State Executive butions from wealthy Republicans in Texas,
.Committee ;has been called m Fort Worth ^ he seek3 t0 kpeh his clte|lfe sati3ficd by
jt r° r the dawafter the barbeche to thresh out making continual warjon h 3 own party.”
questions that have ijpht the;party in Texas. At the same ^ said he
R, W. Calvert, (|ommitte9 chairman, said ted a crowd of 2500 at Wacq April 20 where
the committee is being called together for the barbecue is free but the supporters of
the “sole purpose” of learning its'attitude on the President will be asked for carppaign
three questions. They are: F {.- ‘ contributions. I I
opened the door to the balcony ab<j>ve the Y Chapel
ght to head what went on 4 1 k ! ’ ' ''
Seniors! Invited
Here for A-E Day
Easy Road to Success?
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At M a downrto-earth guide to busi
ness sudce4s has behn out liied; by meh who .
should kndlw. . .^tlid personiiiiel managers of about the value of IjCnglish chur^es.)
twepty companies throughout ihe nation. In 6. Ability to keep abreast! nf the latest fic-
a recent i|sue the !Kept Stater quoted ten tion and non-fictioi9 t by reading at least one
the scene I saw.
One man, whom I would want
to be my vice-chairman of the
commission, advocated chang
ing the rings for veterans (stu
dents of A&M) aind corps ment-
M?rs (Aggies.) He recommended
{that military decorations of re
moved from the side pf veterans’
rings. Of course this doesn’t go
far enough; I advocated merely
a belt buckle for non-corps
members, but his heart was in
the right pl a e e -
After all, It’s just as he said—,
veterans are hot Aggies, they are
only students of A&M.
And while we we at it, I think
we should look into this matter of
Commission has made available to
students wishing to travel in Eu
rope this summer two ships which
will make four round trips each
from East coast ports to Engltsh
and French ports. The ships, the
Marine Jumper and the [Marine
Tiger, will also make two sailings
to Scandinavian ports,
Passage rates will vary, depend
ing on the class of the accommo-
dation and the destination, fre
$140 to $200 one-way.
Inquiries for information should
be aduressed to the Institute], of
International Education, 2 West
45 Street, New York 19, N. Y.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
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The Sturleht Councils
Schools of
of the
riculture, Engineer-
and Sciences have
invited hikh school senior boys
throughout the. state to be guests !
of A&M on Agriculture and En
gineering ’Day May 8.
More than 1,000 boys are expec
ted to attend, Bennie A. [Zinn, as-
iean: of
Sistant d€
wen, announced.
,Agf
tnake above a [t'C” atid remain an
giades. I say ho Aggie can ever
gent business lettei?. (That statement Should
clarify any doubts; students might have
attributes
the United
as necesst
man or wc
ed by Future,like magazine of
States Chambe
y to future! su
i
Aggie. There’s something com
munistic about people who make;
good grades while corps members
don’t. I’ll bet those red scoundrels!
study!. i j ; ; \
“The FiftyfFive” asked why
the Batt doesn’t present the edi
torial opinion of the senior claXs
^ 14, vj. ■
views. ((This is a flood way jto establish a
common ground between yourself and your
employer.) .. : ■ .■ ! j |
7. Good manners. (An interesting note on
Stater pointed out that mosfc personnel man- this point—-the magazine | suggests that
agers coull recall instances iwithin their own young men should wear formal evening doth-
pf Commerce;
less of a young
ft:!,-
Abi|ty jto, shoot golf tinder 90. The
experiences where an ° Imfiortant deal was
/ conAudSd during a “friendly foursome.” (It
appears tfeat the [Bryan Qpuntry Club has
received ifs share of Aggies interested in
' eagles, biddies, anjd the like . . . evidently
these meil are getting 1 -the jump on lazier
. students.)!
2. Abifity to operate a typewriter. (A&M
ing as often as possible to Avoid that "stuf
fed shirt” look at critical times.) iy
8, Ability to dajnce well. (tVhere Tessies
can help.)
9. Experience ajs WORKERS on commit
tees. (From watching the number of clubs
on the campus whijih bog down and die from
lack of a cohesive organization one might
conclude that Aggies havg quite a way to
lere
good book a month! or by lending book re- exclusively, jand (hat’s some-^
• >rwL»- •!*- tU zLiL- - thing I {want jto know too. After}
all, wtyat ot|ier K r WP of any
value is there a|t A&M?
The Bait’s '‘cultuial editorials’'
got lambasted! laist night. Well,
all that will be behind us wherj
I am thought cpntrol chairman.
There will be' noine of jt then, f
assure you. Who; cares anything
about culture anyway? Just tho.se
same communists w H o make
grades. | ! : |} |[ ,
On this same count, I must!
express my opposition to the !
student senate — , it provokes j
thought and cannot be control-!
led. The Fifty-Bive are on my:
side when they fight this instru
ment of the devil.
My platform is anti-culture[
anti-student senate. A vote for
Conrad Twiggins) is a vote
Rare Plants Found
In Braaios County
,Species of plants little known to
botanists were found last week in
the northern'part of Brazos Coun
ty by V. L. Gory, acting director
of the herbarium ;• of Southern
Methodist; Iniversity, and H. B.
Parks,; botartist in charge of the
Tracy Herbarium at A&M.
pr. L. Clonstance of Harvard
University’s Gray Herbarium,
Along with Cory and Parks, also
examined specimens of plant life
collected recently by the Tracy
iHuMrimlii] . ' lj'.
CoTy and Constance are at pres
ent on \g tour of the southwest.
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iP^J 101 ^ io preside over a io. A hobbv or talent. Anv tvoe of «voc-
mcoting. (With all the clubs on the campus a tion or special gift put to good use will aid
an effort^houW fee made acquaint one’s in clearing the .mind of niggin
self with ihe elementary rAles of parhamen- ^e end of a hard day
tary procedure.) !;[ [ I ■
4. Ability to play the!card game most
popular ifi his business set. (Here Aggies
have matle a strong foothold on future busi-
thte game should be poker.
ov-
good old-fashionad medieval govj-
. i, , .i ,, . ■ ernment. My pollitical appointees
ggang details at W ill echo these views.
i jisb4|m&: I.
However^ we need more fexperlence in the
itltlicacie
i’, 5.Kt
of brid
iwledge
+■
, dergast tb priaqn
new :booklf that tt
is reaching for
der countenance
United States.”
i about? I J
; cuu ui rt uaiu ud^. .
Now—how many of the! above attributes
do you possess at; the present time? How
many can you develop in the future? Some
of the desifeable i talentk ior qualifications
V seem irrelevant to ybu, but after all,
se twenty 1 personnel nten probably know
their business. They're the) onps you may be
he end
of hoiy tp write an intelli- applying to at the end of y6ur [college careen;
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Maurice _...., r ... .
nine yej&rs ago, says’ in a stay in their Ber
io sent Tom Pen-
Uncle! Sam ;and John Bull are going td
and Russia can’t
the old Democratic machine give ttyem the ozone,
power again—this time “un- " ; —4—
" “from aj president of the We can afford to lose the huge amount
in zone
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