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APRIL 21,1948
4,- : Statesman, Knightly Gentleman* • .1
Tradition
LaWrence Si llivan Ross, Pounder of Aggie
nfcrs oi Texafi, the Uiited bta
siderable 1 portion jof the
Muster Pay peremoni
Muster Thoughts---1970..
Aggies will be gathering tdday in all cor- | then, that wh
~ ™ r kl "! lj] uted bf ‘ ‘
WOB
of 'the “liiinety’s”
'eds! Will rem-
ege dayjs wjHep pathright Hall
lent Ian imairk ii| this sector of
ttom. So will later graduates
I Days, the rokrihg twenty’s,
and a con- working for?
to observe twisted this
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worth
Iprpbabiy
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Aggie
“Old. |xe$'
and the* earfy: ninet^en-
inisce of col
was a-pranruiii
the Brazos Bo
of Wqrjd Wi ,r
and the depifession r dden thte’s look back
on their exp^rieijces at Aggieland.
With'the 'passage of ye x ars| the views they
held on their student pitdbkjms .have prob-
. ably altered ^consider ably.
. Looking to future Aggief Musters when
today’s students will be meetiing together as
“old exes”, one might wonder if perhaps we
would not tpink dufereritly jthen, in reg
to the student problems we c oiifront today
We might, regtet the lack of resourceful
ness and injjtiativeiiCorpsi me nbers have dis
played this [year toward solving their prob
lems. Therwushj might con erthat we had
opened our] mines md dan d to view our
selves critidally, determined fco discard those
r orth
seem that we
> read, “Wflat
iping about”
1 that wekn
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uncover the following
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traits whic|i“heldius dlown’ and to empha
size those which “b - lilt us u )”L Perhaps we
will regret that ve saw fit 01 ly to litter com
plaint after chronic complair t as we frownedj
indignantly on a hitter world, r We might
wonder if It were 1 a laick 0 : interest or an
absence of courage that kept usun our backs,
refusing tq face reality;
Will wd wcinqer if wje didj not realize even
^tajeme:
worth wanting is worth gripmg
We might even question that we knew ex
actly what we ws
it. We might also
practices in the Cadet Corps] whiejh wej would
not support in ohr personal lives.
The biggest puzzler of them all however,
would involve the! “Freshjnan Situiat
Doubtless we would 1
inconsistency ini our reasoning con
this “hot ijssuefyi i if !j F ‘ t
We argued that ;the J Freshmen niust be
allowed to remaiji * ^ *
we could
refused
,, ku ** r* j whatsoever for their w*
Uy then, m'regard fr e S hman leaving for hot
ly as “another guy who couldn’t make tjhe
grade”, and bften the only counseling he was
given from his superiors, the supposedly
wiser upperclassmen, Was to be . . .( . sure
he checked with the First Sergeant: before
he left the campus so that the outfit records
could be k< pt straight. Little if any thought
was given to the fact that a boy was makmg
a big failure in ,lijfA that a great amount of
money and work bad been wasted, utterly
On Leave Fro
Teaches King to Like
NEW YORK, —CP)—King Ibn Saud of Arabia
come an American watermelon fan.
“He really goes for them,” said Texas-bbm Ken
Edwards, director of the Saudi Arabian agrit
gram and presently on leave from Texas A&M.
“All he ever had before were native watermelons,
more like gourds than water-*'
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Now they alt want to
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and completely. 1
The memory 0!
sibly cause sonje
morse.
Indeed, the
nate many pe:
ohm V'as closed tp ed with, studenfs cjhanging classes,
studfenta' anc. instructors are
Last Thursday, Bopinto
all cars, an
now parking theii cakjs irf the -areas prof-
Since this driVeway is composed of loose
vided for ihait purpose.
Students jm'ay .valk; do vn the street of
Boomtowif ajlld crpss the street from one hour causes dufet Ijo Iremain for several min
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ihis situation might pos-
f ills a few pangs of re-
Officials of Texas junior colleges will hold their annual
meeting here April 23-24.
This conference will deal with somewhat more detailed
curricular problems than the earlier ohds, and presumably
will be of concern to a wider range of junior college person-:
rtf- i—r—fiiel ?
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Letters
NOT ASHAMED OF “A S”
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Walking studeits may not object to this
gravel, a car goi
building 1|o anothe r w|tho|it| feair of being utes after its past
run dowr| The ibiimpdr-to|bumper parking We think tha
is now elrfiiiaateci ly the added parking lots, across this' drive
ge of years may illumi- Editor’, The Battalion:
g problems. ! 1 'j.
I-'—'-- v.rT, , T J ;,: / . — ana prove mat suen clays ever ex-
as mucn 'as they < isllke the dust that rises, “isted? Mr. Wilson is not only in
In regards to Fred B. Wilson’s!
letter tb the editor, “No Cultur
Here,” we wish to say ; that w
found it I very irritating. So he re 7
members the good old days when
men were men and A’s were
frowned on. Hoyr can he recall
and prove that such days ever ex-.
ing.
posts should be placed
fom the Water Tower to
go ahead hud Jcoihpletej the|r job.
; Some f>f the students faculty mem
bers use the driveway betw 2en the Academic
Parking Area aiidl tlje Ac: idemic Extension
Area as ^ thorouighfare. This saves them
they should manner that the
has been blocked
possible to remo
should arise, cjr
little tim| and djitanicjerlut they create a cable stretched at
hazard tq the walking ]stu|ents.
The cjjfrs. going; through; this drive create
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len this driveway is fill-
Help Wanted...
$, safety '! azard
between classes
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A motion bv Bob Polsdn, Aggie delegate
tb the “E&)nus[Gbpgre3s” assembled in Aus
tin has mjade njews. . .i indlrightfully so. For
his states ieht hsk .ng thatithe veterans rep
resenting] twenty-five colleges and univer-,
sjties fro a all pyer Texas Repudiate, any aid
proffered by the I secret ary of the Communist
Party of Texas thwarted !i attempt by that
group to*; spearhe* d thje dilve.
I Eviddiitl|y ; Bpfc has reid of previous at
tempts by Communis:s-ta lend active sup
port to pjolitieal candjildatejs, bills introduced
Ijefpre lesgislative bodies, Jand certain fund-
raising groups. History Igs shown that very
Often a (|edaratiio(n by the Communist Party
of the bonfusion
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this point during
8 a. m.
To 1
thgi Landscape Art De- the Cotton Processing Building in the same
itreet entering Boomtown
off. This would (make it
a minority group iri his beliefs
hg only fifteen miles an but he js more than likely one of
r ^ 1 the students who does not possess
an “A” on his record.
We also wish to say that his
statements about what should hi
placed I in the editorial sect.on 0:
The Batt aCe strictly asinine, an
we suggest that Mr. Wilson shoul
stop wasting his parent’s and gov-
ernmerit’s money and take up lodgr
ing at? the local drugstore of hi$
hometdWn where he can gather all
the news poss.bla on his desirec|
subjects. Just who in the hell has
ever heard of an Aggie graduate
being ashamed of himself for inakT
ing good grades? Has it ever oc
curred to Mr. Wilson that sonv
1. * i» i . students possess sufficient men
change of classed and at ta ijty make good grades?
noon, ftncj 5 p. m, ! We 'rather think that: it is meri
of Mr. Wilson's calibre that art
degrading the wearing Of the Agj-
gie ring instead of the men whp
r e - the block if the need
lihe guilty people could be
broken of their hi .bit.
Half a dozbn posts set in concrete and a
rbfss could eliminate some
and dust that rises from
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\ n favor f f any cause,
t.
Jr., font
mistake
Of
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las suff|oed to Id^feat thq move. The adjec-
Leroji A. Wi son
president of AT^T,
his hew jo|b to: chanjj
As the French plight
fed; only ja bigger! inepi
iri' nf-i;
Listen as i-ecjeivi
meht of income; tlaxefaf is Henry Morgent
er secre
tive “communistic” is a stigma to be avoid
ed. 4 » T f.jl
. On-a matter of such importance] as’this,
the group of bollege veterans are Staking a: Work’’
wise step in fefi sing Communist aid. The
strive to get an pducatjon and
attain? culture. , j '-ji S
L Forf ourselves ana the man,
other men who came to A&M
get ah education, we ■say “Go
for the men striving
give Us a higher education an
culture.
to
d
Yours for more culture,
10 n after how worthy,
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people would object to teing notified pf a
^give
Convent
like that.
A pall* shows t
D /wey i
eld as t
We ; t
ie Engiii h oi
101, buf some thf
first real step fo; waijd. Too, it appears that
the daily presjs i i this state is coo! toward
any movement designed to- tax our natural
resourcesrTf jWejndel! Addington’s offer to
secure the support? of the Communist Party
were accepted, one may be sure that Uncle
Joe was meifely hapding the delegates a
shovel. . . anjd the possibility of getting q
bonus through the legislature wojuld have
been buried fbrever.
WARREN A. GILBERT JR., ’ 6
GEORGE “PRIMO” KADERA, ’^0
(Ed. Note: We thought Mr
Wilson wrote his letter with
tongue in cheek.)
Tty
.Scientists sen
Committee o:
Atomic
Emet-gency
nt several letters to Russian sci-
wh j has been mac
iays he doesn’t expect
e his life very much, entists but received only one reply—from a
ay: Nothing is. chfeng- Soviet savant wht) said “Comrade Gromyko
me j;ax to pay.
$5,880 for oveniay
ary of t he Treasury.
0 sat. _ r .
has expressed our views.” In Russia some^
body; else expresses your views fob you.i
iau.
Few
ey the ed,
on may |givpibim
I louse Republicans
mt the Republican
the ragged one.
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The meeting, held here
fourth consecutive year, is being
sponsored by the department of
education and psychology in coop
eration with the other departments
of the ! college. i ; r
Friday afternoon there will be
panel ditjeussions “on agriculture
and engineering followed by a din
ner in SbJsa Hall Friday night.
Saturday morning the officials
will irisptet the agricultural and
engineering laboratories. Follow
ing the inspection tour they will
meet in the YMCA Assembly
Room for the; final meeting.
Rooriis for men in attendance
will hip provided for the night of
April' 23 in Walton Hall at a
charge ol $1. The college will fur
nish jinens. A room key deposit
will be charged, but refunds will
be available at the Aggieland Inn.
Rooms must be vacated by 9 a. m.
Saturday, but free check rooms for
baggage will be provided.
Reservations for ladies will be
madplon request at the Aggieland
Inn. Rates are $2 or $2.50 for
single rooms and $3 or $3.50 for
gottbn' floinf. 1 | y: ]
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RUSSIANS JAMMING
“VOICE OF AMERICA”
MANILA, April 21 —iff)—Radio
jamming of “Voice of America”
broadcasts to the Far East comes
from the high power Russian sta
tion at Khabarovsk, 400 miles
north of Vladivostok, U. S, ships
f .'-j
look mo
“^“Now he’s anxious to get some
big American chickens aNB|l*||
eggs, too.” I i™
Chances are he’ll get
Edwards has just recruited i
as farm experts to organise
term program to develop
agricultural resources.
The program, financed by royal
ties from the Arabian American
Oil Company, was decided upon by
the king after Edwards >
other Texas farm men su<
ly developed a 3,000-acre ;
at El Kharj, where Ibn Sai
a summer palace.
“We introduced American var
ieties of watermelon, tomatoes,
eggplant, carrots, onions, pump
kins, and squash,” Edward said.
“They’d never seen anything like
them over , there.”
Edwards hopes that eventfially
Arabia, which now has to import
75 percent of its food, will become
almost entirely self-sustaining.
“It’s a big country, four times
bigger than Texas itself,” he
•aid with a note of awe {that
anything could be that large.
“But only about five percent of
its 1,200,000 square miles k
“These people have had a long
contest with nature even to exist”
the Middle East than; “
functions.”
! “You got to really b
rather than just give th
he said.
The 58-year-old king,
American watermelons
mg forward to Texaa-siie
“My people take to
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