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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1948)
I; i . •J Page 2 ■ s Battalion /! SPREADING wm ■ - V v **■*" »- -— j!! ! Y 1 . ’V'‘' [ • ...■L— | w i i If OR I A,L S I i | ' i:.' TUESDAY, MAY ,f SolMfer, Statesman, knightly Gentleman’ iwrencp SblMvan Ross, Founder i|>f Sun-tans MAY 4, 194$ Aggie Traditions 44- ' Al^out a j ear ago cussion amon? Aggie ave Real Virtues sjeri aldvi there v , , as to ti of having a spechil jA&M u than a'cceptirg US Army prafc djedl The sug gestion met withiljitte apprpl a| ^How wise jrious dis- Ivisability ifjbifm, rather shown,- that rejection was isl ial from the ^lems|n Tiger: t One year Uproar. “The y this editor i' i II [was in an itsmem- ago the | cadet c em^rjgejncy is'o; b<?rs complai led, “so; why.' shijild we go on wearing) arm f 'unif(Dr|ns ? Thej! Ip ok bad and they doi’t fit. In shi|)rt,’iheynmlt for us.” r Pre-wai grajs werie proposed r most circles the.ideal solution ijo a bad fe tiu^tion. ? A few niinor-lpropliqts pit forward a thepry that, after ^11, the jgra, § yjould usher _ in problems jof their own. F ist, there was exiigpse: the;armyi luniform vfe being furn ished for a fl it rental of five c lllaj’s, pliifrthe lost articles. R.d|laqements or were being furMSihed free of the ■ qUartermas|i|r[ ^provided es whosfe prices would prohibit 1 i•■ ■ i|r i ^ t ■ i i y- their being bought jliy the students them selves. Included among these were summer unifornis. ; True,; the suntans j wepe not pretty ; but they wferej comfortatle, and they did not cause so much prespintion during the warm er months of the year is to melt their creases. Tho$e prophets wore not heeded, at least in theij own country! Today the corps is garbed lin gray. Complaints are just about a^ much rampant as t ley were last year. The appearance of the corps has chanced, yes. Nowadays only an (Xpert could tell some cadets from a pehitertiary road worker, and his decision would no be based upon appear ance of) clothing. | f ■•-A*. m*|r WF? AAUW Chapter To Organize Plans for organizing a College Station-Bryan branch of the Amer ican Association of University Wo men were made at a general busi ness meeting of local women Sat urday afternoon. Mrs. M. W. Wilcoxen of Galves ton, State; AAUW membership chairman, was the featured speak er at the meeting^held in the Col lege YMCA, She -gave the group information on the background and aims of the organization and in a general discussion period, cleared up questions concerning member ship in and organization of a new branch of the association. Following the business meeting punch and cookies were served to approximately 100 women who at tended. i The organizational meeting for the new local branch wilt be held May 22 at 8j p. m. in the YMCA Assembly Room. At that time a constitution will be presented for adoption and officers Will be elec ted. ' Galveston Cl To Make Piet : | j The Galveston A&M Clti have its picture for the horn made Wednesday | noon May 5, at 5:30 in of the Ag Building, acd to J. W. Moore, preside the club. All members of the clfi urged to be present, said, j i MOTHERS • $5.00 for $2.46 1 AGGI j " ' ■I / ONE 8x10 BEAT “ALL PORTRAITS Proofs to Select Fro; < j ■; Not “Sei [!•! : t "!* ; odist onor Se : dinner will be given at 7 p. Vednesday at the College Sta- B^etihodist Church honoring all fstudeilta of the church, dinner will be sponsored by Men’a Fellowship Group, the islejr Foundation and the Wo- m’s Society of Ohristian Serviced . Guy Wilson of the Methodist lurch of Bryan will bo the prin- "al speaker. fe F E j •' Agg.a cost of any worn items charge. And several artic Hot weather and make a good combir forms ;lre too expens; cadets’ wardrobes. The proved by tegular pressing and cleaning. The cadet ctrp's has mad Repeat me McHhers: -■ i ' We hear that! tlje FaigliT i department would! like to present the Aefj ie ; Players in a repeat periormanct: of “OuHTbwn” as its Mothers’ Ujiy display, i * J Considering that] the; Plupr^ shot for the .stlirs and adtu$;llV hit the; form-ahee, wj thiijk it wbuld 1; idea. It . • . j j The recently imaged ( Tlj rntjon Wilder : ’ ' ,JI the minds of hear sal would bop form. appearance cf the grays can be im- hfOBi this per- 6: an excellent litary service the, original l The Senate Bill doe: ;ing for 18-year old draft House wool trousers do not at ion, and cotton uni- ve for ad,dition to most, Southern Delegates State Views on NSA Constitution ? its bed; now it must ;not only lie in it, but try to get a little sleep as well. Election Year Arid UMT . ‘A Scratch Universajl Military Training off wour f it-ure books. Bo|h houses of Congress have now pas ised m carry O • $5.0€forS2.45 SPECIAL OFFER • ijif STUDIO , Texas R S VERTONE PORTRAIT ^ A KTCS FOLDER" Satisfaction Guaranteed ^ opywork. r 28 Years" ' v By J. % MILLER (Second in a Series) hough drafting the constitu- jf the National Student Aa- drama^ is still fresh pnough id the actors that oitly a brief i|J he required to whip It back; ii|L , ■ “Olir To’ ( vh’*4\toijld handllimCly -provide an English clepdrjliindnt d^spli|4 the same category as the iphysical dewitjneht's, the AH deuartment’s anil thq aei]| (Wpartments. We think the visiting mojtheif|^'<t)uld appre ciate Seeing spring can- they’rife of a Mom wi I’own-!’ lias tfui their off- anymore if an fextaijuple; of make dike Jlohiu-j mind 1 1io.| ; | . | sfefe only the 11 Mklsh side of af-ts, neither of which MT idea into practice, provide re-^rve triin- only, together with a for regular dptv 1 0 f older mmi. The Bill provides 4 draft for services only. Stebretary Forrestal still believes that Universal Military Training is needed. He may he right. It was a dirty trick of the Russians, kicking up crisis after crisis in an electiop ye^r. j . j Defaulting Ddmocracy Alt tion sociationj was the important object of tie Madison convention, the state nerijt of the southern dele- j Hate* concerning educational dis- j crimination in the South was means by which that mission was accom plishpd. ■! • ! munists delegates! ha Delegates of Communist groups temporary set-back. had instlited on complete and im mediate elimination of segregation and attei Aggidand $.aturflayj« afftenu its: lights oljf. " Hi {■ ; - I if “Our i: U mimis and around more 'erne Court de- dlisfributing the bles- Morc First-Riiiji Pi at ; • k : ! -FrEst-nm pidturfes a Union Hall haVej ijein c( i often of latei. The litest feision agaiiijst "“inioiiopolislic companies n^iy jmaiie“q) .Tm ^sing. ;J . fl-. j j lowed indepen (lent exhibitors:,to iet ill tlj# Adding ring fdpng with the big c lain boy|| This later, de- 1 .{yit^m'may put all Itiiidersj on jireyen footing. ' 1 jvyith a Pbi'a- hitHhis profits nl by the film injeferentially lidj So far he or jlost preSits lari suit on the and w after A1 small e are talking he horse has Precinct conventions h av ^ come and gone about locking the gate been stolen. But there ifc a question of the dfemocratic-ness of our precinpt convention.'. •over the state last Saturday tragically froups of men and'women gathered to choose delegates to - the county conventions. They The court sqnaiblpe start( 'lielphia exlribitol vjho jhou i wfere being unduly Iheldj dx) 1 ! ' Ucimpanies’ policies ?f sfellin j ; "to!.; chains. He piled ’em- he I h4is been awarded! Si-175.f)00 I and still has an 8 ntillioin dr j lire. :| ,' | ;| |.| j i ! j ” . Here at home, bur lirecii: ; nre dlmost certain to eqnl'inuf ity of those: we getjmiglit j; by diiit of a new distributo Maybe we msiidreed i decision or the NR A or port] the Supreme Coijirt jias i’ede on moving pictiutes. Hot l|og i eninaj li : 1 “ ’ i And Now tniilcrc: Is ivere a pitifully small segment of the qualified voters eligible to attend. But the others! simply werednot interested. This was true in College Station, as well as in the rest of Texas. j Thje precinct coilvention selects delegates to the county convention; the county conven tion names delegateoto the state convention; and state picks natimal. • Those who didn’t attend the precinct con vent-kin will have had nothing to say about c.nominees for national choosing Democrat has been set parties dillcriminutioii. Southerners (ling the convention realized thatlsuch a step would be impos sible! at this time. They knew that practices regarding Negro educa tion icoiijld not be abolished over night. | Legislation, * particularly that! adapted by college students, simply cbuld not erase customs and traditions inherent in the South for many decades. | To side-track Communist ob jections, black and white south erners di t ided to state their case on ! this touchy subject. j "'We, the delegates from the southeni legions of the 1 USNSA, including Tennessee, Arkansas, Geo gia, Texas, Mississippi, Flor ida, [Virginia, West Virginia, North South Carolina,' Kentuc- Loaisiana, present the fol lowing statement: 1 d A j jiMeise let it be understood: ]‘l. That we favor equal edu cation 'ior all American citizens, regardless of race, color, politi cal belief, or economic circum- stinceji j‘2. That we have been work ing in this direction within our own regions since the Chicago St jdenj Conference, although we wdre bound in no way as schools to take any action.” out on either path suggested by the Communists would be fatal to their cause. Acceptance of present day standards would leag them nowhere; to follow the path of greater resistance would surely prove disastrous in the long run. In dealing with Nqgroes, Corn- suffered a But. NSA’s tie-up witjh the International Un ion of Students proved u boon for Marx-minded studjents. It would be wise to investigate charges and counter - charges (thrown about by Communists and non-Communists on the subject of the NSA and the ius: (Tomorrow the infiltration of Communists into the National Student Association will be dis cussed.) i i! a'/f/jr/ OTW^.W.Y.Tv. *, UP'ms l\00 P.M. 4-1181 II I ' NOW SHOWING thru WEDNESDAY —Features Begin— 1:40 - 4:25 * 7:10 - 10:00 FIRST RUN FEATURE M-G-M’S THRILL,! WITH A NEW Klrj OF KILLER I Carolina ky, l|and in the fall, the bk 1)0 on! he The nakedly! j. idiH first,tIiuis A;id the qual- spibly improve- icy. Dred Scott -portal, but itself with Amur Kar- I 1 cracy dates. The report continues) pointing out the (numerous interracial meet- , ingji, held against stiff opposition : officef They morel} endorse the ticket that in .certain areas, which hud dis up fo • them by the interested cusued the discrimination problem; the regljon which had elected Negro offjeersi to student organizations; the gradual acceptance: by South ern srs of Negro athletes compet- ingVigainst whites; and*the efforts male ti) book colored shows for campuses as cultural media. 11 (ionclusion, the delegates I clarified the whole point of their my officials 1 ear that the recent slump statement, when twy said: PALACE Bryan Z’$S79 NOW SHOWING “T-Meti” QUEEN NOW SHOWING “Drums Along the Mohawk** m i\- im PEDRO ARMENDARII WARD BOND GEORG! O'BRIEN im no.toto nctux • Nljlw'S — SHORT DONALD DUCK CARTOON i JAMES TOM TULIY • SI f CTMn n«y ky n*d«rid> M«tl|l Mary «ml Sawn Ftay kyj>*4 ami G*srg* Op| DlrtcM ky ROY ROW1AND • Pn A I MV Nina* V is W. t. P# WJr' THURS. - FRI. - SAT. Wallace Beery (Mm 0 GenMmum V And so it goes. If,some, people disagree with ! he selection they read on their ballots “The Miracle of the Bells” “To the Ends of the Earth” “Seudda Honl Scudda Hay” “Setting Pretty" -1 Friday Saturday me is their own. Demo- i just voting for candi- is more tha It is also chdosing candidates. Ai in recruiting majj face n wqrld a f 17 stand to lo^e'in w<| one we wish our officials would worry about least. use America to “lose irs.” Of all things we rid affairs, “face” is the Li jht seIf-co|isciiji| .is Tight globes ceilings of the irilaings are no V !\ ! /! The Battklion! (of College Station !n£tert0on, exlcEpt JisheA semi-weekl; Off cial jnewsj Texas, ife pu during Holidd Sabscr .11 ie ]i that bhee lurked layout! the Academic ajkl Agridultuiral 1 more.; I'M [ r .*« i In their! place there! ftai Iikomed forth .an array of fIoU|*e^cfent Ijig-htf withojit gla re, tDiat fnakfe bla visible without dye fjtraih. ;D of the classrooms, due to -p<|) been remed ed. ( ; Gone fo i* good qre the g formerly used fbr i) lump nation, we say g0o(jl riddanye T ^ Former Governpr Ellis Arnall of Georgia has a We di but new book. “What the People Want.” )n’t know wh^tt the book is going to say he people want there will ps to promise it. r —Arkansas Gazette whatever it is be plenty! candidat The groom \va: decorated in pink, blue, and vyhite streamqrs with a large umbrella (A- .-1 We would like to make it clear that we intend to con tinue work in this direction with in! ourjown regions in the manner host suited and most opportune in; eatjh region. We feverently hqpe lhat you will realize that cojnditjons vary in different parts of] the ; South as they do in dif- fcjrent parts of the North, and thjat the program cannot be the sujme in all southern regions.” Comriiunists had presented Ne gro delegates with a ailejmma: eitiier (demand non-discrimination <1 nd am ai’ihg eye-sores And to this t- VET tihut illuminate , . , ... ... kbeard writing v : SU8 P<f [1( l«j (: ‘ lrom « ceiling.—Ai/tf/sfou abness in many ; ^-) fyuityf heunayi. )ir lighting, has Tljiis headline,j ton Host Thursda) sn-segre^atijoifi immediately as la prerequisite to adopting the coijstitijdion, or els6 E R A N S p pea red in the Washing- , April 1: CATHOLIC PLAN COMMUNISM continue as you ai:fe—second-rate citizens, re ceiving!‘second-rate education. The colored delegates grabbed tl e dilemma by the horns—be cause they knew that to strike BREAKFAST. fiie Battalion ahctl of the Agricultural a id Mechanical ollege of Texas and the City i ishea five times a week amd circulated - e very Monday through Friday s and' examination periods. During the hummer The Battalion is pub- rptei S4A0 per school yeaV.j Advertising fates furnished on request. J. + News-cojitvibtttiqo$ majy bentaada by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Qood- ‘vin HttllMCmssined akis niay.-bn placed by telephone (4-5324) or ait the Sfudent Activities Office, Room !20£), Goodwin[lbif ' ~ ' MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS OF JEWELRY "• : “ i- : ' : ! I: - : L. • Y ON GIFTS THAT LAST See our nice selection of MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS ; ! ■ CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE The Assc cd to it or n .Rights! of re]lubliaatioi X l. date pt- ott •' Entered as setond-cLs Office at Colic re Stltii the Act of Coni resa CHARLIE 1URI XT. MiSlTkei^thl Mack T. Nolen.; 1 R. L. 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