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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1948
Don’t Stop Now
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman
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Traditions
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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
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developed
tailed to
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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,
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- 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.
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\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.
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Texas Contractors Form A&M
Engineer, Architect Council
Veterans’ Notice
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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- ■ •
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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
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tihat title,
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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:
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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!
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BOWL Arademv
Theater 4rta
Summer Clasoes''
Start lun- 23
• Superb Faculty
• ^luee Rehearsals
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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_£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*’
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Feature!
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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.
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ideas
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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.
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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
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President Trumjan is wifliiig fn meet Joe
Sthlin in Washlnitfbn and hil wouid probably
eapie, too, if ijeifttjitted to ||rihg along the
Soviet army.
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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.
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ollywooder who testified at a divorc
ng that her tutor husband traded he
ir a car can pti least be proud of hei
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Thtf Ba talioii, pf icial new^'iiper
of I College Station, [Tixas, is pujj|i*hed
yaded by Russia,.
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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
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Oiir favorite combination of the affir
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exemptions to increase the amount of taxe.
we don’t have to fay.
Bat it often
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