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Today ani
military-scho
en l insjpediioii wijl be)
da^ period. J (!orps nilsmWrs
frdm classes ;oday to particip
ded. drills belpre !the.
Fobr
For • 25 off the) -last 26 yea
achieved “extjelleiit” ratings or
inspections, for.-which eorpsme
privileged to Iweat the “blpe s
right sleeve.
j This year^ at
has been introduced
hat of “su-
ihjjl will be
10 pferemt pf the
y onj the basis of
_ ■ u»c; xcueian in^edtjong. As
there- are apb| , oxirnaiely i30 slhobls under
Fourth Army ^jurisdiction), on|y three will
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"•M, a,.
esman, Knightly Gentlemai
Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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annual) fed-
ng ithe' two-
erei-excused
e in exten-
tdbm from
star” standards, A&M had a lower point
total than two!primarily civilian colleges in
this jarea—LjSljj and Oklahoma University.
j ;}he “superior” standing this
jiiilre the effort and cooperation
(ten
a hew rankjing,
the'new dis
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.. -Ul| advocating thd fedjtihhBluneii if si^h or- under the Dean of l%meermg. Phi feta | -“sZ.grf” iK |
gapizattons ofirthe campusf, an^ tliere is no Sigma, the treshman jsociety, accepts all through August, 1945. AW&t one-
dohot that ni£ ny other students h tve similar, fresnmen who quamy scnoiasticauy
quesCiohs in ri ilhdi j | * ‘ ) ' l ^ certyiniy more than “thirty or forty.”
constitutions
maxe sure of
inite answers
^.elusive [group
policy?!
S To men
year will re(
of every sti
‘superior’
X,
iiitj now on thi
ting offers
A&M has we can’t afford riqt to at
e annual it means alertness, and sincere effort. To
Pave been veterans it means willing cooperation in the
on their °he >vay they chp help in a federal inspection
^ —by refraining from wearing parts of mil-
/ itary uniform:! which may give inspecting
officers the erroneous impression that they
(yeterans) are part of the corps.
It’s a big order, witnstanding the eyes
of a dozen army officers whose one aim is
to find mistakes/; {But, ft’s not too big an
otdi. ~ T IF J ..
The corps, ivhicb haS made rapid strides
I All of wh dh puts a fair hekvifer burden
on ; the' student si of A&M—c orpsifne i and vet
erans alike—than has beei thd c ise in the helping hand wnqn need
although ach|e\ing “blue We have what it takes. LET’S DO IT!
Are Honor Students ‘Exclusive?’...
* ;In today’s! Letters |to t ie Edit )r, Fjrank- membership. (Tau Bteta Pi, engineer’s hon
linj H. Mikell raises some questjors concern- orary society proposed for the campus, will
ing national scholastic himofi|rd societies, admit up to ope-eigliUi; of the jmnor class
Migell disagrc es with th^ Eatta|jlt(|n's ejditor- and one-fifth Of tfte semor class of students
in military proficiency in the last two years,
has jthe abHity to earn the nqw superior rat
ing. Veterans can do their part by lending a
ded.
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Meat Packing Head
Speaks to Seminar
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Vie.organization of the Houston
Packing Company was W. W.
Bailey’s subject in a speech which
he made here list Monday to the
Animal Husbandry Seminar.
, .Bailey, class W *36, said that the
plant had been in operation for 51
years. He discussed four different
job opportunities for college men
interested in the packing industry.
M Bailey is the general superin
tendent of the packing company.
BETWEEN THE BOOK ENDS.
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Old Farmer Bromfield Lures
City Dwellers to the ^arra
ihM
By LOUIS MORGAN
MjALABAR FARM by Louis Bromfield. Published by Harper and
Brother^ New York. Price $3.75. Publication date Ajpril 28, 1948.
“Malabar Farm” carries forward the story of Ljouis Bromfield's
life on an Ohio Farm which has been reclaimed and| made to bloom
through new farnqng methods and soil conservation, if is,
ntir
ind bydawE
oui stater
ents,
in many ways,; a continuation of4—
his earlier book, “Pleasant Valley” , ^ dw| , cr ^ d L CUS8e3 th * !pcr .
Beginning with a letter to u ils of famine threatening great
Sergeant on Okinawa, the book areas of the;Vorl|l, even touching
df .th^ syciet.es, to
W !r find def-
rnswers to the mpsi imi oi tarit ques- . personal reasons .'”’ One society (rm Lta
tioqi^ Would honorary pocietie^ f )rtn an ex- ^i^ma) accepts member^ automatically; Tau
not in jceepiug^ vfiti.A. &
i i
ountless articles
.t. —..-t i, u on politics, agriculture and soil
j third of the 405|page book] is mafj e , conservation, plus books on eco-
of (extracts from Brumfield s nomics, government, and natural
knes the reS ources, Bromfibld nresenfs his
member of tne select* group can -biacK-| privau “ M m * to, “ to: “ !
ball” any prospective imembers purely for, another person.
Alter .deicing: tihro^. *44 reports, “Vvhy ‘hasn't it bejn stated'that any K^SJ^inffc qf 32?' KniJnS.
j ijr
. i i “Why hasn't il' \fc4nj bfrpughti to ;the at
tention of thi student body . .L that mem
bership • is nof only jimitecji to Bcjioiastically
qualified- studjents blit ojily to | small quota.
-4
of [these?” Uiked .asks.
order oTthirty ar'fcrty
of the class i
- Ite aildi
'The report jojf the
]>eta Pi requires a majority vote ot ail active
members; Phi Kappa Phi will elect members
by a three-fourths vote of the active mem
bers; prospects for Sigma Xi are eiected to
membership lj>y a vote’of three-fourths of
the active members present. Only Alpha
Zeta requires a unanimous vote of all active
TSondetj-nng in the, members for admitting candidates.
>f jthe fo$ two-fifths However, a member of Alpha Zeta now
wed to jiutt ” he adds, teaching at A&M; told The Battalion that
_ ) r x ; ) Siudeiit Engineers’ “the way it works bqt practically, it’s a pret-
Cobncil^Tecommended that fibe stnoiastic ty democratic manner of selecting members.
1 ^ " lL ,J “ He added that only in extreme cases Were
prospective me(mbers '[blackballed”; petty
hopor societies be estaUiihCd/oh the cam-
-ipif 'T F.OU:.- \ r i- •
The societies proposed for Ai & M, are
—LJ.
thq Phi Eta Sigma, for llreshinp
Pi : for engineers, Phi ■ 1:
and sciences,
Sigma Xi for
tore.
• According
agjpa [Phi for. arts
Alpha Zetja tor Agriculturists,
graduate ^tujdentA 4 nd instruc-
grievances held by a mjember were aired in
meetings of th|e society, thus giving other
to jBairdf
cap College I'ratfraittesj, only
irequii’emeptsLof tAlpha Zita, ithjje honorary
agricultural society propo
prpach the cinditions mei
letter. Up to 40%
students rfiajpring in, agricultu
erj percentage of '
honorary
members a chance to sjieak for the man up
for membership. Only men recognized as
unfit for such honors were barred, he con-
cltuted. \
of Ameri- Frankly, we doii’t really know if national
eligibility honor societies will raise scholastic standards
at A&M. But the recognition afforded mem-
sed i|of A&M, ap- bers, the personal satisfaction derived from
sntio
of the sanio]
juftfors
'’•;f
s m Mikell’s
or class of
ind a small-
figible for
membership, and the higher academic stand
ing of A&M in the eyes of employers . . . .
all have convinced us that our school needs
national scl lolastic honor societies.
, - ‘v ■ ''T ~ i
^raternitiHs?
‘Editor, THe Bi {talion:
■To :: the best of my knowledge i,
•Texas A&M lias neve/ beejn-; a ’
jsehcol that at vocated <xr peijm’lt-
|K rsonal reasons ? These and v ot ier
ut desirable traits haven’t bijen
stited ds yet in your H editoria ls.
.J am highly in favorj of any to-j
ti( nal organization that inclu Jes
M to exist faclh S ivriprealia.l lU . A £ g V« wh0 ™ ! l»T 0 l M V c H
tions sauctionoii
tmjtes on its y
(Coucerning
..
npus.
he editorials lately
appearing in ‘p OUR” paper,
. hiisn’t it been brought to tlu
tension of th ■ student bodj
teriiis as fail ty written as
#ltnying : report s I have been lead
ing ! of late tl iiit the by-laws of
thMe “honorai
th s campus. Aggielandj has always
■ fvatertiities spe-
yili^Jly ftipulftc that ntembcilship I)sflce 1876 without benefit of the
is inbt only lim
lified studi
^1, .quota oj these f ^pmetfiing.
on the order c f thirty
the itop two-fii tihs of the
be! Allowed to-j iin. Why < Iso hasn’t,
it teen stated that" to 1 join a man
~ hajs to be selected by tht
|. -l ] j a ml' unanimous Ey elected
Jjjeeri stated lhat any
tht ! selected - g; i
an
y prospectivi j member
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ted to schblastitally
nts bu|
only
fo e he can jo n? Why idso hasn’t
pup can
ipeniber of
black jail’,'
pUvel; r for
«■ .
£ ' : '
jof College St:
•afternoon, exi
lied semi-wde;
The; BatU lion, officijil m wspi pei' of thje Agricultural I and Mi
lion, Tt:
ept dur
kly. Sub
News cor
Hall.
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<|s, is published five times a . week land circulated eVei-y Monday through Friday
injg holuhtyi at d exOraination periods. Dilring thejsunimer The Battalion is pub-
scripiion fate $4.30 per school year. Adfer|5iing rates furnlgheq/on request.
Cl
'20)3j, Goodwin
as 8«ci hdlcla?» ms t
XJfHce at' Collee : Station. Vexi
tlu)! Act dif Congr tea' of Jiure! i “
CHARUE MI [RRAY,
oien
BillinggleyAHarrey Ch<jl
: T. V
Bill!
ohj- R. CarUr.
, JuUon, Otto It
T -Jb WVyxmnd,
Tiqe Howell,.
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men: bersi
by al be
ers to the Editor :
bepn a campus where » man was
jylged on his own record and ,he
m ide that record jn, the time he
sp nit here. His past jand-outride
jn luences could do little to lujj
[h^ i record. I for one would like to
'.sc >7it remain that way. We have
ftuhned out some pretty-good iheli
Bromfield discusses his own
beliefs on the right and wrong
ways to farm. Included also are
his tastes, his reading habits,
his family, and his neighbors.
Along with a« account of farm
ing methods used at Malabar and
the results obtained, BromfHd
presents and makes interesting;
the terrifying fertility of his
dogs, and the consternation of
the herd bull removed from his
harem. He makes drama of the
seeding of a field, the blooming
of a once barren hillside, or the
creating of a farm pond.
Bromfield recommends farming
as a wholesome Way of life for the
language.
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Editor, The Battalion: . | '4
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ng Aggie veterans at “Operation
Sonus . There are two things I’d
ike for Halff to understand. First,
f he wouldn’t have wanted affir
mative representation at Opera
tion Bonus, he should have utilized
the j ballot ' n the Batt two days be
fore the delegates left. He should
have voted “No,” as I did for var
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Second, I want him to under
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is passed, that Vmly those who did
nothing will get “something for
hothing,” .as he puts it. Those of
us ,\vho have been “kissed” here
anq tfcere in the various campaigns
wontt feel “that it’s something for
not! ing.”
A ways remember, Halff, “noth
ing is tpo good for the boys who
were at the front.” And that’s just
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wus too good for us!
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