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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1948)
iu Page 2 ppm RIALS i FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948 AV my •an ■mind aboi&jTexay. • Soldier, States man, jtawrenc^ Sullivan Rdss, li'ouijider of Aggie Traditions Anti-TexMi Changes Mind m> • j Kmghtly Gentleman" dllorari fis rapidly changing his In cas| you haven’t hftar/l. Mister Hallp- [* ran is the* jwinineiiof the Madisonville Side- | walk Cattjd|\iah’S; Association contest to; fiiid i the veteraq withfthe wprst opinion about ijji] ! 1 Jh, , I T Hallorih, a,rt\sident of Cincinnati, train ed ai j’i tind jwroti the state to|tht iladisonfiUe ; civic group, ng,othldr thihj :s, Mr.|Halloran said thit hpspi ajit^ lji«^ received in a Japanese prison ca; ti] ^ extended hi and! Hond)., , v The j6idhw|lkjCattlemen are trying to brighten thi^-mnfview of .our native Maie, andjals© little piblicity on the side. So fjar thejy seem tt be sudceeding admimbly. Amq the round Halloran was heard t6 say that “Texas isi getting better all thedime.' The entire stunt was dreamed up by the ): novel and energetic Madisonville Cattleman’s group which recognizes good news cu^y v.uen it; appears. They have broken into print be fore with such town-boosting antics as giv ing a little girl in Boston a pair of cowboy yarilue Texk> aii; fields during theCwar ^^ their tongue-in-cheek rules on /rotef the-molt vituperative letter dbout b^w to weat cowboy boots, . tatelo! the A'J adispnlille icivic gfoup. It all adds up to good publicity for Madi- up ;-yfa$ Lslightlj- superior- to that iieu irySan Anthuio, Wichita Falls >.TV f ■; \ - 1 ' When |M|'. ll a lip ran stepped off the plane in lioustcfi he fell into Uje arms of a group of beautiful moccjjls fronj a local modbling School. After this {contact) Halloran ruejfully admjitted lhat things had,changed somewhat. The Ohiolan w|s then|laUnched on a long schedule bf barlkjcues, ifodeo’s, back pinjds am| hjind shakings' thatAvill las the hext f2 (lays! (Midway through* the i It ■ l ! ii Maybe if wjhe ha 4-1 justias sb|»n The tiiminj pills ciin sustain life but, tj? livfe on a diet of them we had hev! didn’t. ' jJ-I— ;aij d? threje oumjes, pounds, of w Tam says a hei on nt, dlii ment, “Z( ro louli: '' : K {Marc crash, mi (Calif.) Eedident Wo de jf a dap- for first sdnville, a good time for Mr. Halloran, and a good object lesson for us veterans who pass ed through other states during the big war. Most of us were guilty of saying quite a few unkind things about our surroundings simply because they were: unfamiliar. Lme Halloran, if we went back-for a slower look and got to know 7 the people we would prob ably feel rather foolish for talking when we should have been thinking. Under the circumstances however, it is hard to criticize Hallaron, particularly when you consider the beauteous models. There is always a possibility. that this business might work in reverse. Remind us t(j) get a letter in the midnight mail to the) I I •X Carry 40 cattle year-round on i is practically no loss 60 acres of tl)e Blacklands—at the when clovers and smaf rate of a head per acre and a half planted. —put on a gdin of as much as 430 As recently as 19S,7| c pounds per apimal in a year with- up about two-thirds of out buying tjxtra feed, and build ; vated area of the Blalckl up Uie wftiie you were uo,ng it. Out In September Preview of 1948 Longhorn Shows Improved Appearance » ; iij ighprn, 528 pages without iadvertisej- flrst of September. H. 0. H,ill, formerly superintend ent of Substation No. 5 near Tem ple and now Superintendent of the Bluebonnet station, and J. R. John ston, soil scientist who succeeded ■(Hill at Tempjle, believes it might be done. Hill and Johnston have reported to R. D. Lewis, director-of the Ag ricultural Experiment Station, that a three-year experiment with a le gume-small grain-livestock combi nation carried on with the USlJA Soil Conservation Service shows propuse in thp. Blacklands. Dr. Lewis iaid the experiments were “an approach to year-round grazing in the Texas Blacklands” which, when further developed, “may offer (i means of stabiliz ing the agrjculture of a large area. The Blacklands are included in a number of!central Texas coun- vt.es. Soils of the Blacklands are among both jhe most productive and the most erosive in the Uni ted States. Year after year row crop cultivation on a 1 percent slope will result in the loss of the entire 10 inches of top soil within wds the Bounce of a: cent of the caah ino Purpose of the experiment was “to the economic value of srsting and soil imprU'ii on various types of soils as measured ii beef production.” jAs a result of th| scientists have workel different crop combinati which provide year-roum These combinations an; ded especially for the c< southern Blacklands, Johnston said. The combinations a order of their soil cash return lability, a is a 3-year rotation ! sweetclover, oats and T I Ti fi '• sioi i Qd 1 drop* S gn zi i -. on m4f- tr re liuiill f • isti . ing nd !|the fi h|ib|: swijfet tat grass. In the tests this| ro carried a head per l.i a^Ves vided year-round graz ngj|anc| !r< a-°i ifricc s 60 years, soil The big 1948 Lon ments, will be out the f}rM of September. Improved layout apd the avoidance of the formal, rec- X ^ c '; £ , 1 ‘ C F{'‘, UI V IC I1J T U !‘T 1U uia11 . LU ]r ulc 1 tangular format characteristic of school yearbooks have been the object of special effort by the staff. Pictures of vary scientists say; there resents a cash return 68 per acre at currenjt beef. The second continuous; was built around winier||oati bermuda or buffalo gr winter legume pasture of two acres of ats and! L5 cattle arc on rch jl to Novel j I . L The oatfl ber 16 to March for gi ie pasture; J y^ber J6. The third combination was a 2- ye ir rotation of pats interplanted wi ;h madijd sweejtclover one year followed bw corn |the second yr^* 7 i ii; oa-s-maur.d was grazed at ra e of an animal to two acres yejtr-n>un<|. ! I I imajl husbandmein be lieve that supplementary feeding wi 1 beineqessary for all three com- biiiations In yeiarp of Sevesc win- tei s or extreme | droughts. They think, tool that (he grazing plan mty be more profitable when oprn or othjer grain I isj raised to finish ou; and firm up the grass fed beef. Other grazing! testa have been rim oh a number of crops, some o [ them including the use of ci imnjt|erciial fertilizers, Jill and Johnston found that there was pracjtiqally no soil loss in the first combination, the 3- ye ir rotation plqt, and that the oa s - bubam - siidlin provided an abmdaince of hurhus for soil con- di< ionihg. In uddjition.i the clover ad led nitrogen, Which is the most United essential plant food in ;B1 ickland soils, i (esults of the 3j-year experiment an pflesehted in detail in Texas Africu|ltural Experiment Station’s Pragrcps Report (11 1, p : them about tour unpleasant Chestnut Street. • memories ■ ! la dino.jaur -weighed w]h|h| man’.s'jbraiiT weighs thrjee lichj He often) uses three duijices. poijtifait night, announced the T’/iijen, is limited by the rule: g er Infonial Dulfoil ((la.) “Sn|apshots rjiusi be of -aj-person not la thap 8xlQjLi|ch'“- 7 -'’* nesL only America has as fine a collection of high- ranking brass as money can buy. All the country neejls now to!be prepared is an army, navy imd air. corps. ! Senator Byrd (Deni. Va.) registered a beef about the government payrolls being increased in March by 17,093 persons. Didn’t the senator realize thib is election year? ■ Hbrse^ :e in article bek'ind, i|ididentaJlyj. with the state- ew 1 'drl far ns. j may bf “ahead for horses Lnd Revealed in Nojt£,” he Nr York Mirror. The If citizens are ever reduced to peddling apples on the street again, the army would find it much easier to gather in a few more dorps. ■. i , ing size and imaginative makeups give the Longhorn a sleek, modern look. Snapshots of student life en liven. the class sections, anid car toons add interest to the club section. The Aggieland section, flowing the activities of students, has been enlarged, and the machinations of the BMOC have bee'll He-emphasiz- ed. The same faces do not appear in all the snapshots; the ordinary student’s activities are stressed. The Vanity Fair section bps been enlarged from 6 to 8 pagis. Tex Beneke selected 8 occupants for this section whose pictures alone are worth the price of admission. Coverage of all the spring sports events are included in the sports section. The sports format shows careful design and considerable improvement. One page is devoted to the typical Aggie, another to the typical Tessie. ‘ j Seniors graduating before Sep tember should leave their home ad dresses and 25 cents with Student Activities in order that their Long horns can be mailed to them. ;stj .purvivoj!’), of an airlirter hej ;l{ eadliiu|s in the Birrbmik, •ir with this 1 “Marc Worst rlcH' lialt 10 Years.”-! That John L. Lewis wants his miners to be strictly on the up-and-up iis proven by the fact that he frequently plops them from do ing anything underground. : Roommate To Offset Day Proposal Made National Dog Week 1 r Hofywood! star was charged man. Wife* with hit and) rim drivink. The usual nejws i Scientists found in Afjrica a turtle be- ifjri from Hoi ywijod ii udout; his and run mar- tieved to be more than 25.600,000 years old nage. 4- ilt was quite dead. By!HARVEY CHELF Special days have been set aside to commemorate and honor great individual! in this, our native land. Robert E. Try as thjey might. Southern governors have beei) unable to make Dixie citizens realize ho^ mad they are at President Tnl*“Lee, Sam Houston, Jefferson Davis, and even ’such little knowns as Abe Lincoln!and George Washington are honored oy bankclosing, speechhiaking, and general merry-making. Mother, and Father each have a+ • .yrj ! (St[v(!n|'h' of ai Series) Bill of Right’s Acceptance ■ The US NS A strongly ufges the acceptance of the Bi t gf : Rigiits. A ’pTivateMnstitutiuin establishtil not ion y for ]|mrposes of provid ing, liberal ediiciition, InitUilSo for specific il ly avowee nized right to! set up clearly defined stand- ne wit’ A ards in Ii L ■£- and the$e stitutioe which are university in a punpbses, may elTercise its mieg- iy lei set t ith Ihosc ijurposes. However, .the studekit must be fully acuuaintod with such stun lards upon applying for admissioin, stan lares mustlnot exempt the iii- fron; | pe fformiilg those functions the ' Asp Visibility of any college Or (kmocratid society. No educk- (jah abrogate this obligation (he iple of citizen galuxations whether religious, political, i or social, provided that these organiza tions are not illegal under the civil; statutes, without being discriminated against through economic, social, or po litical pressures because of such activi- ty- 1. When the teacher speaks or writes as a citizen outside the campus he should be free from institutional censorship or discipline. , j 5. The basis for employment of faculty shall be only their ability to fulfill the requirements of the position. day, the Unknown Soldier is yearly remembered, anj police lecently discovered a benevolent soul so liciting funds to care for llho Un known Soldier’s widow. The family pooch fares even better, ftr he is remembeijed not one, but seven whole days a year during National Dog Week. The Boy Scouts, Santa Claus, (every body gets remembered at) some time during the year . . , every one, that is, except the good ole j long-suffering roommate, ' • • f This great injustice, ptjrpetua-, ! ted against untold generations of ; ; roommates, must stop! One-day of the year should be set cside to honor roommates, in colleges i throughout the country, ray, the| 1 world! It could be called, simply, i ; “Roommate Day;” Roommate Day! | what a simple, but manly senti*! ; ment to a partner’in crime], er . . ,! ' college,; tioinal sytjteim to prepan students for ship/ ^ H . i | ■ ijj The UT NS A] is n accora with the prineji- ples'of aciidemfc.freedom Its expressed hv the American Asstli’ial ion of JUnhiersity Profeii- sprs, in V >1. 32; No 4 A ATP Bid. Concerning, academic Yeedom ve beHdve that: , .1. The teacher is'entitjled to freedom uf reset rch, itnd in thet publication of thje results;is sub ,. imposed by tlie perfurmance of his otl) er academic duties; but research lor peemiary jlreturn should be based upojn an u idfcrslanding with the institution] 2. The teacher |is entitjled tu freedom Limitation ol academic freedom because Just from thinking of my room- conquests, because he expects yon . of the .avowed purposes of the institution mate my eyes become moist. (Eye* to believe his. should be elearlv stated in writing at the! strain suffered from fishing cigar- Last, he is an unknown source of limp of the nnnbintmeht Sim-o the teneher eWos out t,u ' ou S h t,ie keyhole in ; tooth paste, shaving cream, razor unit Ot tlit appointment. Mnce the teaefter his desk drawer causes my eyes to blades, pencils, and clean handker. is a man of learning and an educational ofh- 1 water.) . My ROD M il A T E, chiefs. cer, his profession and institution may be MY roommate—that sweet, love-| A man who can do all this on hie a^le ole drunkard! He wear* my! mcome deserves more than just » socks, steals my ties, bonows my money, uses mji clothes, and dates my girl . . . but what a pinochle partner! Why should a rdomdog have the dubious glory of a d“y ae* aside just for him? The reasons judged by his utterances. At all times ho should be accurate, exercise appropriate re straint, and make every effort to indicate that he is not an institutional spokesman. In case of violation of thei bill of rights or ect only to the limitations academic freedom, a preliminary Staff Com- the classroom in Snjjom in discussing Ids subject, but ie! should not introduce into his teaching qoiitjroversuil matter which has so ret it it n to hi* subject. j . teach i.'r las thi right to join oji 7 - 3. The of College afternoon, Ixshed semi-Ivcieklj News c ontributio is may pe made by telephone (4-6444) dr at the editorial office, Room 201, Good win Hall. Claissif 209, Goodwin Hal) The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all newts dispatches credit- lo it or not oj^en rise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of rtffublic|atidn of all.other matter herein arc also reserved. ed to it or ion ill' ■i : Entoeed ns ccond-<jl Office ut Col epq Stjat the Act uf Co icreba o ' : . j. ’ .j ) CHARLIE ilHRHAY Vick Undley.H.™.^ - J. T. Miller, K B Mack T. Nolen _i.L....4 r R. L. Billincbl ;y, lHarvy; 'i'om R. Cnrte ■, <T. <5. Nelson, Ottof R.[ Kun Bob Weynan J, Larry ,, Ma.>rlr. ^nw.y I i 1 • \ ■t mjittee investigation can be initiated at the request oif the college administration, stu dent government, or a student petition. At the discretion of the Staff Committee a full investigation may be conducted with the report to be submitted to the NEC and the institution concerned. Further action may be taken by the NEC with regard to the pub lication of thb report if deemed necessary bv are without end, but some of tha more important ones are; He listens to tales of woe on topics ranging from why you made the dean’s team to Why your girl gave you the “Dear John” treat ment. ■ > ■ |' He is a willing, though inaccur ate speher and phrasing expert during your theme writing seigeb, and occastonly even bwns one you j can borrow. He feigns interest in your! grouching about the food and laun dry. He feigns horror when you bust a course, indignation when you fail a, quiz, joy when you make an A. He forces himself to laugh at your lousy jokes, beams happily when he meets your dad, and tells your mother Hies about how you go to church together every Sunday. i . j He tries to believe your storiea concerning liquor, and amorous J. F. CASEY RV’s couldn’t lick him, sD i hey The Honorary Ross Volunteer 4- day, he deserves a monument. In honor of roommates the world over and down through the ages let iu erect a supplement to Sully’s sta tue—that of HIS roommate, R A. “Pinhead" Hayes, inscribed simply, “To My Roommate—The Rat!” that body. 1 The Battalion I ; \ j * i • _ I . ’ » ^ The Bait trillion; of f icial newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of T lollege $ta(tim|, Ti;xas, is published five lime$ a week and circulated every Mondla; %■» ,4 * ta «J4 exas and the City ondlay through Friday afternoon, _Yxijent'j du *ing holidays and examination periods. Ddrjiig the summer The Battalion is pub- Uubscrjpt|on rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished on request. ads-may! be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room T . T" r ’ mattor at | Post Texas, mder MSrch 3. l^jO. Louis Multan.. Njeinber of The Associated Press JIMMI S NELSON. H* 75 Represented nationally by National Ad- vertisintr Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Loa Antilles, and Sun Iraucisco, ..Wire md,; iy' Mt area, C. G. T-ail, James E. tor ’' .Managing'Editors i.Feature E liter 'eaturc Wmtera ..... ..-^ I ■ ■ .{■■ ! ' Bob Kennellgyl Joe TrtVino, 'Hardy E. Roe: Art Howard, !. C. Failal Johu Singletary, kiwyn 1 « Ri l K Hv,.—tiafnp !epdrtcr* ...Clrfulation; Manager ........Photo Engravers ... %orta Editor James DcAnda. Andy Matula. gjero Hammoml. Don Eugelking, Bob Spoede. Bill Evans Sports Writer Grady Griffin..... ! Photographer If Km Co-Editors rmrtnnni*. entered BOND THANKS THI^ 779 Editor, The Battalion I want to use your column to thank the 779 students vrho saw fit to vote for me; as veteran co- editor. It is my hope that those 779 will not be sorry. Yours for a Better Battalion. KENNETH BOND Iwj ELECTION Editor, The Battalion: I would like to take th s public method of making three state-! ments regarding yesterday’s race for Editor of the Batt. First I want to congratulate the winner. I can think bf no oho I would havo rather lost to than Kenny Bond. He is personally a swell guy and I think he will put out a good paper. Secondly I feel I owe tho people who supported the an exp uiiaticm. I made' ho high pressure Eacd for the office since I. fe t that betiause of the controvertial naturje of the job, I only wanted it by an; uh- qualified vote, if at all. Twb three other personal reasms .also push a poster-and-persuasion catlr- paign. ‘ | Finally I would like to say this to the men who voted for me. The fact that; I lost the race doesn't mean a devil of a lot to me. Your confidence does. No one could fail to be pleased and gratified that in million, mien. BILL BILLINGSLEY, ’46 not to' Batt Takes Rest May 27 - June 9 Hall. & The Battalion will close out the semester with its next Thursday ^ ^ < Thill ; day, Jane a c. May 27. beginning on VVednes- ,. . me $, The Batt will be Friday Stodenta bers like | this call The 4-5144, as Wednesday) T j. * 3 end o requested Id Office,' phono as possible. J Casey Thinks Ab Finds The Schoo ■ • -- '■if!' —s By HA$Vt Thirty-four years ago a young k in a small cafe- man came to; wor confectionery in College Station. Today this mar is a successful wealjthy in mem association with Y CHERRY not quite young, merchant, and, is wies of intimate Aggies through i quets, as the fi some of A&M’s brightest and dark-! theirs. Most of those “They all tried to tak at the seniors that ni; was their big moment about the only time would talk to a fish had something for the fi “I attondijd many o " ah cl; t|hosc pal est hours. : j | rough, hut we enjoyed]th J, F. Casey came to Aggieland j “The acniorH could go in’ September, lj)14, to work for W. A. Leigh and Company, which operated in a two-story frame building where the Aggie- two nights a week, th could go on<> night ft wjco | freshmen and sophoilno land Inn is now Although he classes at A&M, sented this, and poraries hint of a never attended j fCasey made all; the corps trips and school dances, j Soon after arriving, he turned up at a Reiss Vclunteer dance in) a borrowed uniform .The RV’s re- go into town Saturda; r i fte n< but had to be back by si k. 1 Ivi one had to sign in and cut ff guard book, “The only way to go a < rajc t, is iij hat wia si nio less jh h to esi <? n ies Wse, tm ill] j to tryai; j in oj ai d t ■os tc Casey’s contcm- tremendous tear. However, the fctV’s found they couldn’t l)ek him, so they joined | him. Casey was made an honorary member! “I remember,” Casey, said, “that on one occasion there wa$ a spec ial train being run to Austin for a basketball game. You had to have a uniform to ride the train, so tho boys fixed me up with a uniform and I went along, “During those days they wore uniforms with high collars and gray caps for dress uniforms. The boys tailed] themselves bell hops. | i '' : ’ . “There wasn’t anything in C.ol- legc Station in the early days ex cept the school, hut I had so much fun that I didn’t go into Bryan but twice my first year. “The senior :lass presented a play every year, and the boys gave minstrel shows. Dances were held, and movies) were thbwn on Satur day nights, but the fttm always broke several tikes. “Each company was entertained once a year by the fish- Some sen iors of the company would have to go tp Bryan and bring back the sandvufho^ fruity cokew or wh^t- evi ’ ’ ‘ rri \vh brought iicn wasnT much. the chosen night, the fish the tables out of their roonlc and set them in the hall for food, ahd appointed a fish toast master. I 3» ■ Poultry Inspdct* Positions Off By Civil Service Tho United States (piy|l Sbi-Ji Commission has annoiunted tn applications arc being aclept k! ifj the positions of poult ytcoo xlip| tor and veterinary codnlinatrir cated in Bcltavillc, Miir)|ana. Salaries range froiui; $19()2 ■ i '• Tjf r No wrjttcn test is rrijuir^d application, but t6 qualif; ttj' coordinator an applik have completed a fourjyeb cjoll&fo] course with a major in bandry or animal bus’ ted a iltit h ry h Jackson at post office, ■S Coilcgd, foil! down the grade iterif.; The trolley would back bull if the trailer were loaded trolley couldnh start it, so all iphjomorcs and freshmen ..YIS their tobacco ere top, if thjey used it, but any ijitudcnt caught smoking a cigarette was kicked out of ihooL” io yjears jw'ith W. A. Comipa ny, jCasey opened donfeclticnery in the YM- fitocking Home of the items students formerly went to Brimn for. i mother innovr tion by Casey wu j the cAsning < f student checks. Until (his time ntudents received their nioney by postal money order, cashing, them qt tile post office located on the; feftc now occupied by the cvGamery- l,L^ x L . IJ -brcraion tho Ex-1 Lod was naving money to lend stUdenjls trying 4o get througli sci ool,; so Cosleyig Confectionery' ojtrf, h s at ual Slid ■ 'lit >bU ill r\ tfutti u; i TfL i ie a member l A joti f dll pennies taken -In. illy amounted to $250, pf the Ex- and has eficiary of a f 1,000 diby. Mradj.toMd, m irimCe policy, his Aqie many students mbftfy it hiost. Nearly deprosBion era Uol how Casey tho cx himself,! \ ■i • i v ** * V • still a Presby- active in clvi< slowed Caiay , to tell .7c m to h y denies go back to the iiti nohtalgicallj ■ ‘most every ler’a name, j'any wish to good old days. Old Days, s Changed I. ‘ra’i-K. i ; , it by a j trolley jwi|h a trailer,or, * A l^t cjf times ithv trailer would loose land follj down the grade sell lull rqU W , wbuld have to gclj out and push. “Tljie boys had to purchase all ties* fruit,Ijcajndr, and toilet ar- 'pleg on Uujir.tr p tb town, since ese things wcijen’t sold on the ’if ■