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,f SolMfer, Statesman, knightly Gentleman’
iwrencp SblMvan Ross, Founder i|>f
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MAY 4, 194$
Aggie Traditions
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' 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:
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One year
Uproar. “The
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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
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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. |
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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.
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To Make Piet
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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 $2.46
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“ALL PORTRAITS
Proofs to Select Fro;
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dinner will be given at 7 p.
Vednesday at the College Sta-
B^etihodist Church honoring all
fstudeilta of the church,
dinner will be sponsored by
Men’a Fellowship Group, the
islejr Foundation and the Wo-
m’s Society of Ohristian Serviced
. Guy Wilson of the Methodist
lurch of Bryan will bo the prin-
"al speaker.
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cost of any
worn items
charge. And
several artic
Hot weather and
make a good combir
forms ;lre too expens;
cadets’ wardrobes.
The
proved by tegular pressing and cleaning. The
cadet ctrp's has mad
Repeat me McHhers:
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We hear that! tlje FaigliT i department
would! like to present the Aefj ie ; Players in
a repeat periormanct: of “OuHTbwn” as its
Mothers’ Ujiy display, i * J
Considering that] the; Plupr^ shot for
the .stlirs and adtu$;llV hit the;
form-ahee, wj thiijk it wbuld 1;
idea. It . • . j j
The recently imaged ( Tlj rntjon Wilder
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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 .
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wour f it-ure books.
Bo|h houses of Congress have now pas
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(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.
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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.
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around more
'erne Court de-
dlisfributing
the bles-
Morc First-Riiiji Pi at
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: ! -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
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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.
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"'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
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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.)
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M-G-M’S THRILL,!
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ky, l|and
in the fall, the bk
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The nakedly!
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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:
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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"
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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
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(of College Station
!n£tert0on, exlcEpt
JisheA semi-weekl;
Off cial jnewsj
Texas, ife pu
during Holidd
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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
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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
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