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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1948)
* ,: r -■•it- Page 2 ' !• j ! i; *. liiliS ' ; MONDAY, APRIL j rl •- , ■■4-4,14^ h, „ ■■[^Soldier,. States* an, Knightly Gentlemah" Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions iil* !! ; I ■; ' j . j;;! ! SAME OLD CATCH - ! rj i'J '• MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948 Soldier,*States*an, Knightly Gentlema Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Preventable But Upprevente S Is ^ipton Churchill correct ip writing™ -' 2. The dissol that no war would have been easier to pre- garian Empire an^l vent than the recent conflict which qes- much pf Europe? It is a bitter r et few know better than Churc- the truti may b trbyed si thought. hiJU what Chur memoirs, published! last the New fork Chwc lill bibs of th 5 Alliei iT ■U ill makbs the asfeertion in his \^ar the first instiallment of which Was eek in; Life Magazine 8|nd iwes. .ji weaknesses ;in the ppli- Powers between 1918 a|nd 1^36 led to the resurgence of Germany and World Wir EL 1 ' ' - .... After France, the United States 4 n d EHtain v bn Victoy in the'First World war, tre three ( Allies. Churchit says, thereamer made, a fateful series I of blunders. Ambng them, he* i&id, Were the^e:^., h ■ 1. Th . fixing of huger German repara tions payments in the peace, treaties, and the subsequent landing df. large sums! of mpney t4 Germany by; the United States. tjion of the Austro-Hun- the resultant Balkaniza tion of Southeast Europe. 3. Imposition of a republican constitu tion on Germany before that country was ready for it, and jhe ensuing chaos which paved the way fo ’ Hitler’s rise. 4. Refusal of the United States to join the League! of N itions, and this country’s complete detachinontfrom European affairs. 5. Failure of i.he Allies to enforce with utmost strictness the total disarmament of Germany. 114 The latter mistake, Churchill writes, was the final folly whi ih led directly to the future crimes of the one i-beaten Germans. He saysi that Britain in the 30’s made a further sejries off. mistakes, including its failure to keep pafce with German air power development, its compromise with Italy on the partition of E to help Frbnc6 b]5pose Germany with force | During theJSUniori Glass meeting when the Nazis reoccupied the Rhipeland LJ' Al o : V V Letters to the Editor BONUS? Editor, ThefBattalif i 1 I realJzetfhM thjq I makft -afi late I s BETTER BATTA ibpia.and its decision not Editor, The Battajl Is there a lesson in these words ? the war,' ''discovered to my djs- .appointm ent that our loud and “JfeiJo” had shrunk to pHpt: more news and editorials about A&M and education and ie to be lof abyi irfi ishall pitsent t|le the hope tlat they rr . value. -i , j It is Opiiiioljii as; importaht as a ■yeterans slould b enough in |dvance supjeet to | epable j inteteajbed per sons to dis|uss and investigate!'the matter. 1 toubt teat nios|tj of ; the Aggie votjirs | hmd | givepi nf uc ^ thought tql the-.pfrtjiculans off the that ,(an iisue tate. bonusj for . [presented ] far of a poll on ; the fewer articles that pertain to culture; I can read about culture ^ ^ limited to The Batt and should of the fellow man relationsHip of b l, Texas - its. traditions U The majonty of the Senior Class wouldn’t change “Hello?” anyway in Class, now! that you have begun t ay bfej of spme reconstrucpion of the foundatjon it be a good idles to. j®’l h i Ba [ t states against the the “Howdy”, b4 <o W‘“"l -rr - rn 3£.” ,h So“ ed veiy exas and westein, i^n ^ maih student government was the it a little too rurahstie and ‘Nq;- s en j or class and we<* believe that sounding o be commensurate With that type of 8tudent government bonus nroiosal'"prior to the ap- th< L pre ?V ge connect<? ^ is the best for a military school. Xnerr tbe P 3icl? ife ‘A ^n^lutbin^agaSlo 0 £ T - hc Studcnt ^ i B fi " e /f ^ ‘ vniO fn* $> vnto uongrai uiations again to you, since a majority of the students seniors. We A? gie ve ^ erans W' 0 arernon-fifiilitary but in a few yeals behind yoji all the way m your at- ^ g^oo] will agdin be entirely glV i B ,n U1 8ch j 00 J|military.iThe Senior Class objects a badly needed shot in gatti policy'of continuously ich calk ir». ir M ---.for, a tote within 24 |ioun>. I feel that who- blamp for Hhe “short nobceness^ of ihi^ i|oll was either loafing on jthe job or using, a “Vi|gh presune 1 ; strategy”; towards a certain efd'.T can only uirge tjhat, if! either if \ these jcondiliions'did exist, sucwcomitjpns be; qlimifiat- ed I before inptherlTmpbrtant issue is [presentid. r-Ipr J;. ' j '1 il’he staWmeint made ini the article \ha| at ; thh »2 .fcontipental ♦tempt to tradition? the arm. ' f U.|S.) andl$i <ov)eiseas) ■ per iday, article ‘ bjbnus bijll whuld meeting i»f the Senior Class and figures, cost the i mhtely th HAROLD D. FARRIS, ’45 ★ A Senior replies Editor, The Battalion: I would this atdfofll |r r-r:-r— U- • - e hunldrid million idol- Conrad Twiggins (what would hap- ring (poiservativelk, I pen to this letter if I signed that feragp(veteran name). The Batt stated that a senior lafs.” Fi . believe). tiat the||average! wpuld “ 1‘eieive tjvc-thirdjs of i his bonus at I tne $2 Irate arttl bne- thfird at tlfe $3 rate this jfieanK he would reciive iabbut $430 for 191 ddys servfce. ] | | [i. : jj! i: ! PersonlUy, I believe that 4he le^vice Iri iOd veterans would be closer to rao days^(2 yearsl) than to WL like to try to clarify the <oncerning the April 14 nf the Senior Class, and exas appxioxi- the nasty little column Written by praising and promoting the Stu ( dent Senate and at the same time suppressing and misrepresenting the faetd of the Senior Class. We asked The Batt by publish- \ ing the; policies of the Senior i > Class to help us try to bring back tome of the old A&M as much a? we can. Most of the policies of the editors disagree with those of the Senior Class *- one editor wants A&M co-educational. All the Se nior Claps asks is that The Batt print its! policies as well as those Of other groups. This the editors favored Changing the ring, so that ! ™ fui * ^ or they misrep- verage |ervice ifojr Texas’ 7#0,- a -and the fust of thie bonnp would jjie corralpondirigljy higher <at d rates, figured on 2, -vice, pvisr OiNjE KIL- LLARlS). ig I sihoiuld like trf re- thinkl tl at tlip; pueitioh bonus land thb statistics r sjourets) .cjonceiriing al shoikld have been UcizecJ i n advance pf a taken! i i» fhe quo pears s Lj-ION 1 In clos ^gat that of a stat (iwith th tee prop widely p pjol 1 bein H^Vours the veterans have one type and the corps ha: another. This was NOT- the case. He stated that he was againat non-military student? transferr ng from other schools to A&M to fain the last part of theif work toward a degree and : then getting in Aggie ring. Th|ose Utu- elfuse t6 do e facts and ridicule the Senior Class. Disgustedly yours, | W. K. STENZEL,’49 ★ NO PLACE FOR CULTURE dentsjnply or may not be veterans Editor, The Battalion: ’ so canmt be classified as such, j j ; The Bat. wishes to give the im- . Much; to my regret I nave preseion that the senior class is at accused of reading The Bat- the throats of the non-military teliop. I never read the filthy This is not true. The se- sheet. It mifst take a guy with < 3.0 gradepoint average to jeven mderstand half of the words I that the editor writes in his column. Why don’t you get away from last WeHmrPday night, there were many absurd comparisons mace. In my estimation Mr. Twiggirjs’ article i? the most absurd com parison ^et. ' I think that it was Mr. J. T. Miiier that brought up the issue about gxiides and With the end >f Mr.' Miljerfs oration, the subject was dropped. I don’t think anyoi ic else in the meeting said anything about this, but this seems to )e one of the main issues of Mr. Twigging “DIARY.” Since the issue of Communism ! has been in the “limelight” every one who.likes to further his argu ment thfows the word “Commu nist” into hjs article or state ment. (A little childish but very effective; to a teb-normal mind.) Really now, “5lr. Twiggins,” or to whom it may concern, don t you thitik you could throw slui|.s at the t‘55” without the use cf the wopd Commumsjt in your ar ticles, or is your mental ability handicapped to the point that it was the best word you cou d find? J ; j || 'r ,| By the way, what;a coincidence that the "55 /as Mr. Twiggins jre- fers to them, had many ideas I in common. Maybe “55” letters Were sent out telling only a certain clique of 55 members of the Se+ nior Clais to come to the . meeting, but that: is as absurd as Mr. Tw>g- gins’ article, ‘i I think that a pocket size diary can be acquired at the closes! 5 and 10 ijent store and for my pirt Mr. Twiggins, your next art cle ought to be put in this diary and not in » newspaper that membjers of the Senior Class are forced! to buy - I - Your ideas and mihd of a great er A&M might differ a LITTLE, but since that is a long-range pol icy, “““IN THE EYES OF THE, BATTALION”!’ ”!!! why not stkrt out with not a greater but jusjt a better Battalion??? To begip with, the changing the senior ring was suggested pect fo accomplish by p|ublishuq the Thursday issue of “Conrac Twiggins’r asinine diary? \ | " ' ' ;of by one nian, and after a very short discutei° a the whole idea was completely discarded. Your illua- tr.ous! composer 6f tripe left the impression that the entire Sepioil Class | was in favor of tie pfopo- sal. | S'. Fools like “Twiggins’] are the cause? of whatever dissension there is among corps members and Veterans. In the masthead of The ( Bat talion ; are the following Words: “publifehed daily in the interest of a grjeater A&M.” Surely you are not so imbecilic as to belie ve this type of pseudojournalishi is helping matters in the least, k EDDIE MOORE, ’49 PALACE bryan 2'fif79 Red Offer to H Drive Vetoed b Incomplete Poll Shows Over Of Aggie Vets Favor Payment f J j 4 * f* i '*,• t!'t ** ! • p\ ’. •j 1 ’ r^|- ’'rh'** Representatives frqin twenty-six Texas universities criticized Governor Beauford Je a veterans bonus at a met ’ * ' also vetoed a proposal by of the Texas Connnuhist P: that party. ; Meet ng in the Hbuse of sentatiyea, delegates reportocTthkt ninety percent or more vet erans enrolled in institutions of higher learning injfie state want ed a bonus. They also believe that a tax pn natural resources, parti- exported to other should be used to acquire seary funds. I [ rd point agreed upon was 8 playful poke at Jester’s state ment made a few months ago— none of the delegates ‘ consider it to be “un-Texan” to receive a bonus. ! Bob Poison, delegate from Texas A&M, quashed an attempt by the Commuqfist Party to spearhead the drive for the bonus. “I feel thpt if Addington’s re marks are carried in the press without any repudiation on our part, lit will alienate some good strong support for our side;” Poi son said. cularly statei “I i make a motion that we do not want and do not encourage Communist support,” he added. That motion was carried unani mously. Conjipiittees to work out details of when a bonus should be paid, how hfiuch the bonus should be, and what the source of revenue for bonuses should be were ap pointed. They met yesterday. Committee chairmen are Fred Reed of West Texas State Teach ers College, Canyon; Zack Mason of Texas Christian University and John Qweh, Hardin-Simmons, Abi lene; and Tom Whiteside, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, and Poison. ★ According to incomplete nSstilts tabulated by Taylor Wilkins Fri- and 35 against. • j / i . ^ Of the men for the 1 thought that it sh< from natural gM|<Nir<; two were for the sale one was of no that he was not will sed on the subjf One student who vc money should come resources tax also ballot that both shloulc necessary. . The poll was take request by the Chairi Veterans Affairs University of Texas.] that the local Vetee Association send to the first state : % "'•t! . TR 1 FT ins iah boijq s, e bojriis *hv Is designed to Texas .vet- lor each dgy ital limits of 13 for each Fisher rep- TU bonus 1 Theatre of Advantages 1 — SKrumf EMmmia T :15 and 9:00, Ginger 80G1RS • Cornel WHO! massa, - THEATRE B R Y A N NOW SHOWING THRU THURSDAY Sincefely yours, veterans, nior cla >s is ward thit future and is trying to prevent A&M from turning [into simply looking to- trying Jn , a civiliah college. It is definitely headed hat way now*. ; j!' The Bitt stated that the Steiq* Class jvants only their policies printed in The Batt. Again this have ROBERT W. COLGLAZIER,!’49 TWIGGINS STINKS Editor, The Battalion: Just [exactly what did you PLUS! POPEYE CARTOON — NEWS i “ HEI Editor, “ Conj Class bn Revive made oi civer. ^ I Thou; bfr-the ftaeiidabl ihake th On deaf W|hen sed in know Other ori (t Was is nothing but a lie. J. ft-' B. Nel son was asked to include in The! Batt tlte policies of the Class together with the Senior jpoucifjif of othef groups. To this Nelson ’ te ewi CHUCK CABANAS ' JU ; • j ” NOT “HOWDY” Battalion; . j, , uiations to ithe Senior, their cu Tent efforts to e.-toadit ons | teat -have re pij ed tpm editor and I write oh school known tee world on jy ’ m j policies. If you cin per* , ‘ . -H - . 1 , suade ne that your policy is tbe those orts '(ih thef part same a j mine, then I’ll print iL” mors aji'e hliyjlriy jcOm- Si nce n ;lson and the other editors I have ja sugigestmn to ev identl r do not believe; in tee I hope (will hjflt teH up- policies 'of the Senior Class, [ thdn ter j : ! it is imjpossible for those policies i&t hera before thej war,’ to be ir i n ted. The, Senior Class ing ‘ Howdy’’ wa4 not believes in the publication of the outfty and as far as polices D f major groups arid not nqt.jaHowjad ini any ju B t thise of the editors and the amaatiod on tjile cajnpus. co i um nf|,ts. bdito* not IWAVI“He!io'’ C lf<tare “'""‘“f'* y thatllduring those: proud days Concerning the type Oi if A&M| history: should a Iresh- rials, the Senior Class nan reiprt tc IoWdy|t he v flay—coifetted- auperiora , T When I ret h|s irjned r-souliding “anti-dulture.” Since Nelson has shall we repeatedly stated that the edi* iniip^diate tors Were open to criticism an comments, it was sugested that a|l of that tripe about culture and education ahd start telling the en all about the way old A&M as, back in the days when men ere men arijd A’s were frowned pon? Them was the good old ys. I remember how we used to ke off on Wednesday afternoon nd come back with a stiffle hang- ihg over our heads on Monday and then start right in again th Silking ftbout taking off again the next Wednesday. I am beginning to think that you must be more worried about ifiades than enjoying life so that makes you jpst the kind of editor ’vej don’t want. We want an editor vljo will fill the editorial colpmns vite all of the news about 'girls; md also lists of the newest »vail- ible comic books and tee Corps progress. When men graduate rom A&M,; I want to see them r-earing an Aggie ring on their inger that they can be proijul of nd not a brbwn ring around their eck which they are ashamed of. Sincerely yours, FRED B. WILSON,’49 NOW SHOWING THRU WED. : -Features Begin— 1:30 - 4:15 - 7:00 - 9:45 LOVE and LAUGHTER fof everybodyl j ' IRENE DUNNE In • 1 Remember Mama" " . m • il 71 QUEEN THEATRE 'im THE WINNER of the BEST ACTOR AWARD! 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