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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1948)
I in 'I'-l! *■ !' 1 it- :r J i .;! | : u ; : = '! \ m ”8811 B a tt a li o n 1MT0RIA1.S MONDAY, MAY 3, 1948 Don’t Stop Now "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman I • 1 j { I I mce iBullivan Ross, Founded of Aggie Traditions • • • m I If' J: V 1 j ir i With tl]e cpmip^tioii ofithe three ver>- Tjhere is no dtjubt that the lounges have njuch talked about and arijciously awaited beenj appreciated, One need only to drop by lounges in Dormitories 9. arid 40 and 1 in Hart any evening to ft id that the maximum use Hall, a new era of'campus lifting has opened, i^ bejing made of the facilities furnished. A 'Wearied of •mejiliin^ in; qrowddd class* - sharp-observer would also notice that there rooms apd living: ijji the satnie “cubbyhole” Were) no scratches on the furniture, that dhy after day, Aggies greej^ the proposed sljioes were on tl:e floor, and cigarettes in Idunge coni tructipi;! prograni -enthusiastical* ash trays. To the surprise of erstwhile skep tics, "the house has been kept straight.” The Battalion feels that sufficient proof has been furnish id that the lounges were wlortih tlje money, and that immediate action nad never existed be taken to begin the construction, m^us. iNeftlier had and i furnishing cf similar lounges in the ‘!fu! S! .u °ther dormitories on the campus l)efore next September. there tire several additions that could be fnade to each lounge before it can be ter lined complete For one thing, a small piaim, a spinnet perhaps, mould add tre- ■ inepdously to the potential value of the lounge.]So ncOuk' fihrow rugs and maga- thtys. 1 j ’ i | T fV I4i the dormito "ids housing military units of the Cadet Corf s, the lounges could serve well ^is an orderly room. Tne dormitory tel ly when it was iapiijounced last surjimer. A place to relaxi when tlie day’s! troubles weighed heavily rini peirhans read!a maga zine, play u friend! v gamejif dominoes, or listen to a record! player hHd never existed heretofore >n tine jAfcM ca suitable arrangements level furnish a n.eetrng p ace for Lfiggies irid visit- iifig girl friends an4 familit|> One is ed to yast speed afions jwhen at tempting an estimate of"th| riumbdr of new spring wafd^obefi that! hjik-e been ruined while the-worpejn: folk Waital ioutsijde in the Brazos But :om dew for son .|)Knny to change hji^j uniform,tinj mess -hill- doork to open, . and for all the otihiir \\ ; eek-«|nd waiting per- .ioifa to pass. ' [ .j- j ... !. |1 } Thus, residentsjjdf Dornhitories l) and 10 and Hart Hall 'aivi^itedl eagerly t^e formal Opening of] the loiimgesias Urmstriiction set- 'batks and funii.-i ling tie-i ps delayed the opening dale seivenii month.]. I The if rival; of ieaclji whether ccjuch or flootsiool || I If i K tif welcome developed tailed to ‘febmfortiS • T Wha ! f r r’ 1 LOOK WHO’S ON SECOND t Precinct Favors Two-Thirds Rule Of National Meet College Stationi residents attend ing tne freanct Convention Satur day voted in lavor of a two-tmrus rule in the National Democratic Convention. 'they auopted an(d approved the State Democratic tixeciiiive Com mittee platform w|ith one excep tion. The group recommended that the presidential elejetors and dele gates select tne loyal and outstand ing- Democrats wno| will taithiully carry out the mandates ot tne party as voiced in [ tne convention assembled and will uccord. xuU. sup port to every nominee of the party. H. i£. burgess was precinct 3 Chairman. Ueorge McLudougfl was j elected secretary. Delegates cnosen for the Coun- | ty Convention werejH. E. -Bvirgcss, II I! .'if!. U W - YANTIS ^Continued from chief in Tokyo. Because ( recei editorials m tne Batt, helRis bai ned it." Ati the end of the thirty notch on me tree (we ot time tms wiy, the" having read tvouiaso when a boy), we saw the distant noruonl rapuuol A short time later, ]li«; dro^peu anenor ana a s|y| U. boji camtt ashore. I - 1 v*nen me man who wi the party stepped iro to the snore, ne came si me and said, “Mr. /fan sume?" “Yes,!’ “tor. Yantis, I have structed to give you tnn i tooa mb note “Your tees are aue at oftice. unless you amount syeemed, yu dropped irom the rohtii coltege.” i was flabbergasted. • ^|j. • 1 i t v \ewmans to Hold brum Tonight Otis Miller, Koiamd Bing, b. E. at the man and said, brown, bob Cherry, C. N. Thepi hepard- son and George MCCulloukh. Alternates selected were 1R. D. Wh.te, Lnarlie Murray, ahet Mack Nolen. 4- f Texas Contractors Form A&M Engineer, Architect Council Veterans’ Notice ! Veterans’ Adyisor jTaylor Wilkins urges that all veteran students whose j subsistence .necks were not Correct to re . urt to Room 10-1, Goodwin Ha, s soon as possible in ordc ,at the discrepancy might L -rrected. W fjirnishing. created a scene Ania|rftost pate liial interest was or tthese individi|a|l articles; des- , . , , , ,j i i toiji, wa$ elected chairman of th«-f phone would be heated here along yifh a : addsoift group at the I organic ciimplete file of students'living in the dormi- ■ • toiryl. 1 •' ' ; ' Tihe Battalion ieels that this construction A committee from the Texas Chapters of the Associated | General Contractors of America! Inc., has organized ai. advisory committee to work with the college in developing a : priograjn in construction engineering and architecture. t j t , f o e E. B. Cape, president of Gulf Bitulithic Company, Hous- ^«f*eiS tO lieriorill the fellow that found nca?” ,, “Yes. M “Didn’t I jiay you th^ fectly good African ci “Wen, that's just it, it wasn't perlectly goo currency. Just belore you the Aincan government its money. As « resultjfMiu owe twelve cents," it] “Egad!" For Your Visual Pr© Consult Dr. Carlton R. Ol'TOMETKIS't] 203 ts. Main — Phone 2-1662 Dr. E. M. Hildebrand will corn- hibt an open forum on the world illtiatiort at the Newman Club neeting tonight at 7:15 in the *«*man Club Hall of St. Mary’i Dr. Hildebrand, professor of Bi- ulogy, haa been faculty sponsor of he Newman Club for the past hneev years. In connection with ;he open forum, Dr. Hildebrand irgjed Newman Club members to (think of' questions concerning world affairs before coming to the meeting and to foel frye to add to the discussion. TWoi important amendments con- xertiing an increase in dues and a new time of electing officers will >e ".voted on, stated Bill Miller, *4 reporter. prog v am .should dot be delayed an instant h ‘some of the the B.&C.U. and longdr than necessary for the Board of Di rectors to approvii‘appropriations and for the housirig departments p rovide | ^ggies w of hjoijijj.” i toi; plan their activities. ’slIii Alifeed Name?.... tna i] tihat title, (Barmans il- Riassiai s' in' BdHin ,wai j ;to ]|aime of the Copiirijlinistj PaKty to kst People' ? Party.: Whet’s a Way? The larty whild |be j[|st as anc| it w t :i disjcqvi'r tlfat t pie’s Party wasj 4^ unsijtisf iHorv admittedly Conimiuilist proi J). It will :ake impie th m a tjo [make tlie Obniini tnist tjhpse \vho are Uitf? vor; Russian .aptivitiics j Coni munis', paijljj :|n the L'.lS.. British and French zones be yenajhieri •‘A People’s Pi rty. , A Commutijitipirt) ^tatfcMdnt said: •pra ba) ar it. To qhange the he Social- i-jame, any- red under iuldjrt lj<fke lolng for the Sobialist Peo- as the old ijn|diately behiridithe iron alntlaii . i Taegiic le Rjurjifichati, tlif'otT cial Soviet Newspaper • annohijeeri i Iasi {Weejt that. the Jiange of name Paiix, acceptable, to bly; Imprtsed by the hosH (feuntries im- o Socialist liolniri meeting held here i’lans jure to coordinutfe the con struction engineering and archi tecture with the curriculum of the Drama School! f HOI .IV WOOD BOWL Arademv Theater 4rta Summer Clasoes'' Start lun- 23 • Superb Faculty • ^luee Rehearsals • l*la> Technique For full particulars, write HUuu Y VVTXJM BOWL THLA TtR ASSN. -Producrr* ol ibf PlUrimagc ;j . rikaj io8(j \ Hintiland. Avc. Hollywood Calii- ^ . tbe firms, giving them the actual experience. It Will also place pro fessors in the field with the work ers, thus bringing together the At Annex Tuesday co lege and \ ! place students The Singing Cadets will give repeat performance of their Town i uie 11 i j i'ii piOfeiani, l uetuay ai i ;hu p. 55 ! »• “ Student Center. "Hi x - ! fi w [would be done in the summertime. 1 I ax Kate Increase' Admission will be free. v making an unwarranted yhen they say they rep ps of the entire German toi them they are arid deceitful claim resent the ipteres people. “Apparently thl*y are trying to hide un der a lother cloak because Communism under its right naMe ha; not been able to make any progress in Western Gennany. Why sltioul I' we now let them get rid of a name they' a he ashamed of?” '•i The United States and Britain, have prieviDusly protestejl that ih the Soviet Zone f the R ussians are pjemitting the Nazi party to relorni under anidher name—tile National . ^ Democratifce party. This group has been licen- 1 sed to ojoerate in the Soviet Zone, an Amen- ! can official said, bat has not been licensed by the four power; in Berlin. . . I Bond Issue Win in School Vote I i \ Unofijjial returns from Satur day’s school election in j the A&M Consolidated! Schojol District gave th.' propjosed lax rate increase and the Bond idsue an oveywheiming volte of approval. [The proposal to increase the tax .•a|ie u> .Uf.oe per 4>i.oo, va,nation received 279 votes while 97 were cast in opposition. The $li5,0IX) bond i&sue for school btiildings was approved by a vote of 270, to 105. Official election result,, will be nounejd: after'the A&M Consol- idjited kehpol Board meets and m asses ’ tne votes. ‘The liji this country toda / lead^tie f^-ditliuM, onB ioi the ActiMities Commit! ie might study this little the' Germjan at koi s.. put foi nrimquver. The The mas Committee has ,been interests of ijhjk intern ts of tljut G^rml t, people.” An Amirjca|ri militahy.g'|).enipieut ppliti official took! issike with trie* stjutement and H’eelSftfcHl he dccrilmtiqn ayihorfties would panjgd ifS n^melip thf* American Zoaui, .a paHy musl] recfe\yetKMt'j authoriza- 'ij ■ 1 ■ I 1 < r 'iff; I When the Coniimniists! lion. "i. '[ a J } • _£utht sanct ‘WANT 1 the House Unamerican iaddle-Sirloiners io Hear Stockman "The immediate plan of the or*! .1 ganization is to place students who j j CclJjillCt I O are majoring in construction engb 1 ^ nhering and architecture in sum- Tiier einph'yment with the contrac- tdrs. Officers of the committee are: Cape, chairman; aind R. L. Peuri- foy, professor of civil engineering, secretary-1 reasu ref. The following sub-committees were named bv Cape: CURRICULUM: Ed Baugh. San Antonio, chairman; W. H. Smith of Waco, K. S. Oldt of Dallas, and R. B! Butler of Bryan, members. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT FOR STUDENTS: I). H. Cox. Houston, chairman; Jack Grant of Corpus ( hristi and O. \V. Collins of Port j ^ Arthur, members. EDUCATIONAL AIDS: Floyd j A. Buckner. Dallafs. chairman; R. I B. Dunbar of Fort Worth and Ed I Johnson of Waco, members. RESEARCH: Neill Singleton, I Amarillo, chairman; Leo Norton of j Dallas, R. H.| Folmer of Austin, members. Dr.- A. A. Jakkula of the A&M Research Foundation will work with this committee. Hear A-M Chaplain Rev. Sam Hill, dollege chaplaiV, 1 will address the YMCA Cabinet to-1 night at 7:|15. FOR THOSE WHO DEMAND THE BEST . . College Shoe Repair North Gate 1st Show — 7:20 2n(J Show — 9:lSy Boris Karloff PALACE Bryan 2- Walter Mittv*’ T 11 Is I) li-' ! ■?] », -jfl-No iP’^ature' If ■. I x O N la y CARNIVAL 8 Color Feature! A on, ! hie jsaidi 1-.- ED — !j Wilj leaf-i to us for shapl’ point out I or 5 room ' urging Congress t< outlaw the Communist Party. That would be only an invitation for a new American. Socialist People’s Party to be formed here, just as nro-Russian as ever, w ith [a perfectly legal constitution and plat- farml Cjhanging name^ and barring names does- good. Only changes in ue. n’t (i ideas . . nj leal*! 4 jioiise.; Prikier ;pjaife tyith l^(|n| ’'for cow. kVTBte : 426, the fit. Jo, ■j-~i One o f yolir best o anyone any are of any va A| riien’s fashiojn designer told a styk con ft rence that npei going without hats can cause a general hr lakdown in the “appear aticeiof the American male.” We are not the djtM'nstairs ffoionis would be worried so much a wilt the increasing num- ' ' -her c f men with inthing on their heads as we are the increasing number with nothing in. them. [John Hendrix of Fort Worth, ncted stockman and writer for the Cattleman magazine, will address the Saddle jand Sirloin Club. Tues day nigbt. The Reefing will be held at 7 p. in. in [the AI Lecture Room. Final business preparations will made add extra hejp assigned the Little Southwestern Live- tbek Show May 8. NOW SHOWING “T-Men“ For MODEL AIRPLANE SUPPLIES Jones Sporting Goods 80S S. Main Brvan Ph. 2-2832 I T^ewsrffresft——Adv. in epji tj/ij,) (\azr\L I I fob CREAM «S NUTR.T.ON Jr THE TIP OF TOUR TONGUE jet. p .1.1 4 i | Blondie, and fhje allifsta]'least of charac- jtets in PUCK. THE CfMWlfEKLY are |more than! a sdurcie of fentcitaintnent. They [are the m<fst iijcni'd^ful sbei ij fdiice at work injthis CQuhtry^ (iFponi du cm in Advertising ■ A Q ( ) . I } : \i -li ; if- j ■ 1 I QUEEN ; | ' ‘ I NOW SHOWING 46 Druins Along the Mohawk” yvip /. r -ja m mi [I0NAI t T ! ijnywky the day will ; Well, ii) when the Eonj through the stifeotij of Veitibe.' Rjadio executive says one day, with r pockft set,’you will be able to tell the family that Vou’ll be late fir dinneij. And hear, wha ‘ the “jfartrily” has gijit to say by way of replj and comment. Conimuriists ii^ifch I * President Trumjan is wifliiig fn meet Joe Sthlin in Washlnitfbn and hil wouid probably eapie, too, if ijeifttjitted to ||rihg along the Soviet army. ! S' J $ ■ .. . . > V jl T ■ ‘ f ' I •- * The price 0^ Bifries -has tk)lie |ip, too, but tiien most homes} alre alrebt r equipped with a praetitally urirised copy. Tie law gives tie pedestriap the right of 1 | j— • 1.1 ; j . j way. This.is much the same sort of protection What n one politiuian’.s iioi’k js another’s .Uncle Sam gave f inland when she was in- grrivy. jvv. lished semi- 4 N^VS C3 win Hall. ClassifidB 209, Goodwin Halil. ; never come in triumph H heari off f trade-in value. ollywooder who testified at a divorc ng that her tutor husband traded he ir a car can pti least be proud of hei ! / ! ! ! -H- Thtf Ba talioii, pf icial new^'iiper of I College Station, [Tixas, is pujj|i*hed yaded by Russia,. r five times! a week a Jnd circulated afternoon, dscopti dulling holkliH'srianH examination'periods During tlit weekly. ; qubscri-ption ntributioi is may be! made ids may be The As -oemted [Pi efs iis entit letl4>iclusively to th „• use f Entered as end-itaja Office at Co! cue I® ' u " the Act of Ci i CHARLIE .Vick Lindley. ‘J.. T. Millar, - ‘I t. No] K< nneth Bond, No ten. Mack x. j It. L. BUHneslry, Uafvc lojo R. Guru -. C. C. R. Kqt‘4' I- C.il'aiis, tJ WtyiUiE i. L&rtS tColKlwyn II ' WriaoV Otto - Bub W Maurice Hoyf ' b -U- e Battalion 5 ' :1 v $4130 per sphool year r-r by telephope (4-6444) or at the edii pfecid by telephone (4-53 I 1 ! w Art Ope-ns 1:00 P.M. 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