Italian. ' S
0 RI A L S
( ‘ ' i. J
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948
Knightly Gentleman”.
■ | i|| |
Founder of Aggie
roiress at the T..!
■!
! F •:
ted ‘Superior’ By 3 n f™
» -TTTirinmr 1
Federal) Inspecting Party
‘Oldest’ Tit
145 ROTC Commissions Presented
Cadets by Fourth Army Commander
j The Cadet Corps ha
the army, can award an
nounced Thursday night
mander of the Fourth Army. | .1 ;
. Gen. Handy and Brig, Gon. Harry Johnson, commander
of the 10th Air Force, presented! .r-.M" 1 - ^ f
the
t rating that
r, it was an*
Handy, com-
ian .Asfeocia-
That maken 'the
t-CA movement 104
old
Superfioiilly,
seem that th^t
should kejp si
lent ’ aboi^t its, birtl days,
a s i accm|nulafed y ^ a r s
hold littlje ih the wjay of
. ' ' ), ' Think
ing perspnsi w 1 11 njah^e,
however, ,’that it is quite
possible ^or-an orgjiniza-
tion to qhdure for
' ir
many
years sand still keep
young—tjarticularl r 'one
in which youth is “jof the
essencebtf L
J '
Y a d t changei have
taken place since 1844,
but through peacfe and
t 'war, prosperity aid de
pression, the 1 n^ !ed^)f
youth for encouragement
That is why the YUCA
Out o|t its cea: icless
many important social
ganized whrk for city yoju|;l
and for students 1 olj univi '
It ha^ ^ven qs the
punched lather-and-son
ive list
Solidl|y rooted in thi lire
young by n contimjious iijiJliix
Statement
— , presented! . . . .
145 commissions as second lieu-! s - Meloy Jr., and A&M President
tenants to cadets completing Gibb Gilchrist. He praised Me-
their ROTC work. About weiuj j loy’a ‘‘outstanding abilities and
of the commissions were in die Aim leadership,' and said tuichnst 'nas
Force spared no effort to make the mil-
What sleeve emblem! U be •*- mi ^
worn to indicate "superior!’ rank •‘The nat
has not yet been announced- The
rating ig new and one step j higher
than the former top, "excellent,”)
which was shown by a blue star on;
the sleeVe. M |
Gen. Handy congratulated-»-the the
seds you as much
today j as it did in time of war
help guide its leader
staining peace in the
Handy told the
Gen.
'‘Your training and fitness are
basis for success hi either mil-
corps, • its commandant, Col. Guy ; itary of civilian life. But no mat-
: t«r|! which career you choose—
military or civilian /- this coun
try’s task of maintaining the peace
wilf be shared equauy among you.
'*!$€ a leader—not a driver," he
advised. "Surveys of soldier opin
ion show ttyey rate as the two
prilne requisites of a good officer:
gt—ability or competence: Sec-
-interest in the welfare of his
_gresaive and determined
iership is the priceless factor
inspires a command sad
n which aU success depends,
n battles are won, ieader-
p has triumphed. When re-
are suffered command has
» ,
ig. Gen. Johnson pointed out
that the Air Force cadets were the-,
first to receive commissions as a
result of training in the Air Force
ROTC. “It is to you younger men
that all of us now in the Air Force
look forward," he remarked.
tjargesl^Class In History Of
A&M Graduate on Kyle Field
nd wholesome activities has remained constant,
spread to 74 countries and continued to grow-;
diving into the needs of youth over the years have come
Ijn elopments. In America the YMCA has pioneered in or
ator young men in the armed services, for railroad men,
:ies and high schools.
of bp^'^all and volleyball, pioneered in boy^' camps,
ijaigm;.. Still more items ccjuld be added to this impres-
cfc thousands of communities around-the world and kept
of new generations, the YMCA wears its burden lightly
and promises to ad|d many pore decades,;of increasingly fruitful service.
Whi|e
1947-1948 school yeai- clpajf
debris
stors
the
off
the retiring
L l
their debris from the
as the hew editorijal stal|f,|en
surae our posts.
We found that Ithe fb
lef| us with a souiid fouijid
to |ase ! our policies. •
" ? past theije haM
betfaeei} The Batta fon ai
will j endjeavor to correct! (thpsej dif: erences
iivi
fpr the
last of
ice, we,
terec to as-
Itib
ei) dif.
ts
E
Id
m th fujture with mr obj
A&M—in view at oil times
1 Ve Invite all oi r readierl
with oiir policies to n|k
criticisn|i for our benefit
There ajre three w ays to
your opinion through the
Editor co umn, coibing by
talkibg'With any olf the sit
A&M
Mjenr
de|rs,
Rates niiTf^r
Mrs of the Cad
and college ipfficj
oiliest dream
ahke, c^n
plishmeilt
Gleabfd froiuj
the Brjlah-Colleji
factory
printing:
- “FAiCTtf.
Station
and CO!
(Anld
CommefciJ
. Al but B: >
. Home q Ithe AG
DEGE ofji'exa$.
it was v *rt of
ad,; tool)
realized
Har
the “
leadej
Co:
' night] When Gendral T
nounCeci that A&M had
ROTC Unit rating}.Thi
rating th|e Army can
unit. ^ ]
Tpe Bkttalion Extends congratulations
to tM en:ire Cadit Conis} on a ibb well
dftnS AU
orps
Aggie^, cfictei:
be justly proud
he insid
Station
this lit le quip
1.
We want all widows
veteran? and those whjo-
widovvSjSodh, to ki ow thi.t
ply of foims 584 cn hafujl-
Moutgo m cry Herald.
... :
The Bt ttalion, oflfTcial
n, Tek-
i ept'diii
ii-weekb
City of College Static
Friday ^ftomoon, (ho
talion isi published t
oir request.
-Nevvje < ontributio i
Goodwin] H
Office, |too
ill. Classlf
19,209, G
■t-'j
\ V
-< *
. The
credited
•ed berei
i- Untofcd
PfflM
thfe’Aol
r KENNETH
r ' •
r-
A«t «jf Couarcbi of
' Vi' C ‘ C ‘
isr 'i ;
A/pciated'
it oi; not
Rigl
au
Muttror.
or not
rhtb of
bccunfl-cJa,.*:,
Co Statioi
1
ONE,
' -J ’ r * •'! ■
11-ess fc
otheryis
' repulil(c.
*4
luattcr';
Much ;
,ouis
bin Bfctury,
who disagree
onstmctive
and g lidance.
voicing
to the
offices and
f men
in ami
s had
which
rences
readjers. We
rences
better
bers, or
r
(|^or]is, their,
heird,the
Thursday
dy an-
iluperior
highest
ROTC
and v
this
sterans
accom-
biick coyer of
tolepht
worthy
coming by the offices to take a position on
the staff and improve the paper by work
ing on it. .
We will not curry favor. We will en
deavor to represent fairly all those whom
our paper serves. This policy will be ap
plied to editorials as well as coverage of
news. ~ | ' ; j l
We members of the editorial board,
will determine' and assume full responsi
bility for the editorial policy. .
We reabze the responsibility of our
task and will do our best to fullfill that re
sponsibility. 1. • r
Signed: Louis Morgan
Kenneth Bond
C. C. Muntoe “
Harvev Cherry
/ • . | John Singletary
C. C. Trail
Dr. Gamble thinks that perhaps col
lege presidents should issue citations to
graduates who produce tWo or more chib,
dren. Better sHU, he would like to see the
graduates themselves get together in a
college yell : “Our Aim Is a Greater Quan
tity of Children of Quality.”
—Boston! Sunday Herald.
V y
FROM the agony column of the Cobloskill
(N. Y.) .Index:
“NOTICE—.Would certain people on
the upper end of Quarry and North Sts.,
please keep their nose out of my business.
-I-am capable of running my own. Signed,
Robert C. Bell. - ” , i
|tl CULTURAL
Chamber of
’oil lege
World
lan to
\ b fiave
Troy <
War 1
become
a sup-,
N. C.)
THE FAME of the Fighting Irish
reaches into, fdjreign chambers of the
state. The Decatur (111.) Revicic received
this on the AP’wire: “A leading Italian
politico-ecoppmist, Gonstituenjt Assembly
Deputy Ivatm Lombardo, had this to say:
First Army 0, Notre panic 13.” i]
. ? —— i. •
She had resided for seventy-five years
on Joy Street jiieir the State House on
Beacon Hill. Fjor years Mrs. F had
cooked doughnuts and sent them to the
Joy Street police station. There are no
known survivors.—The Times. y
Eight hundred and seventy-one:
graduates received diplomas Fri
day night at A&M’s 72nd annual
commencement on Kyle Freld. /
Two generals and two civilians
received honorary doctorate^ from
the hands of President Gibb Gil-i
CHRIST and Dean of the College
F. C. BOLTON.
Generals AUBREY LEE MOORK
and WILLIAM DONALD OLD,
both former A&M students and
native T exans , received doctor of
, laws degrees. A. B. CONNER,
A&lVI graduate of 1904 and former
director of the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, was j made <i
doctor Of agriculture, while E. W.
BOEHNE, Class of 1926(, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Techt-
nology was named a doctor of enr
gineering.
UK. W. R. WHITE, new presif
dent of Baylor |University, was
principal commencement speaker.
He urged the June graduates not
to let undue ‘‘practicality’’ kill
their idbalisra. 1 f .
Dr. White deplored the fact
that idealism is being rejected by
the world because it isn’t: “prac
tical.’’!
“There is something viry prac
tical a^out idealism.” \yhite l n f
sisted. “Idealism takes drudgery
out of duty and puts lifg into it.
Lack (jif . idealism produces com
ditidns | out of which wa^r cornea
It did hot take idealism to mak^
the atomic bomb, but it Will surel^
take idealism to make the bomb
safe for the world"
NELSON M. DULLER JR. of
Houatop, army veteran and phy
sics graduate, gave the valedictory
for the largest class evpr to re
ceive diplomas from A&M.
Dinlomas were presented by Gc
R. WHITE of Brady, president of
the A&M Board of Directors. He
wa« assisted by the deaps of the
respective schools of the college, j
SAM B. HILL, A&M ; College
chaulain. delivered the invocation,
and O. G. HELVEY, vicar of St.
Thomas Episcopal Chape), College
Station] presented the benediction.
W. K. STREET, head Of the en
gineering drawing department, wa}
chairman of the commencemen
«tl
speakers.
The Ageie Band, under His direc
tion of LT. COL. E. V. ADAMS,
played the processional and re
cessional for the program. Befon
the nrincipal address, the banc
presented a medley of Cole Porter
seiectiona. j
At baccalaureate exarHses Fri
day morning, DR. GEORGE S,
BENSON, president of Hardh
College, Searcy, Arkansas, tolc
graduates that “lack of religious
training in America is causing Our
high divorce rate, our crime wave
out* race problem, and pur indus
trial sfrife,
“Whjen America was founded, it
was by religious men ana on a ret
liglous basis. Schools and college:
were originally establish h! by
ligious denominations. Mow hal
ceiveB no religious training what
ever in school."
President Gilchrist, introduced
JUDGE AND MRS. JOHN W.
GOOPWIN of Lubbock. Judge
Goodwin was one of the three sur-
^viving members of A&M’s first
class'to enter in 1876. Invitations
w-ere! extended the other two class
mates of ’76 but they were unable
to attend. They are WILLIAM
MALONE of Houston and LOUIS
.A. CERF SR. of New York City.
A. E. “RED’’ IIINMAN, imme
diate past president of the Former
Students Association, presented a
Development Fund Gift to Presi
dent; Gilchrist on behalf of the en
tire association.
outstanding graduates of the
Schools of Arts and Sciences, Em
ginefring, and Agriculture were
presented faculty awards by their
respective deans.
REV. JAMES F. JACKSON of
the College Station First Methodist
Chufch gave the invocation, and
CLIFF HARRIS, cadet corps chap
lain. delivered the benediction.
LEONARD PERKINS on the or
gan | played the, processional and
recessional. BUDDY BOYD was
featured Soloist in the selection,
“Morning.’’
a' ® : *
Commencement activities began
Thursday evening with the com
missioning exercises in Guion Hall.
- At that time 145 reserve com
missions in the ‘ Army and Air
Force were presented by GEN.
THOMAS HANDY, commanding
general of Fourth Armv and
BRIG. GEN. HARRY JOHNSON,
commanding general of the Tenth
Air Force, Gen. Handy announced
that the cadet corps had received
a “superior" rating for the 1947-
48 school year.
Friday afternoon a reception for
graduates, their guests, and fac-
thc population of
Welcome Again, to
Aggieland—
HOUCK’S BOOT SHOP
North Gate
WELCOME
Students of
TEXAS A.&M.
! COLLEGE
ulty members was held in the pres
ident’s home. The reception was
followed by final review, in which
tHe entire corps participated.
; ■ *
Body of Bryan Ex
Arrives Tomorrow
The body of 2nd Lt. Aubrey L.
Tobias, Route 3, Bryan, who was
killed in Australia on May 25, 1942,
Will arrive in Bryan tomorrow at
1?:45 p.m. on the Missouri Pacific
line.
Lt. Tobias./a 1941 graduate of
A,&M, was born in Brazos County
oh June 25, 1918. Ho went into
the service following his gradua- •
tion from A&M and was sent over
seas on November 21, 1941.
l| Lt. Tobias is survived by his
father, Aubrey Tobias, and three
sisters, Catherine Sue and Topsy
Tobias of Bryan, add Mary Fran
ces Bullock of Washington, D. C.
Funeral arrangements are being
undertaken by the Bruce Funeral
Home :
The Collegiate
Shoppe
WELCOME
BACK
AGGIES
Anwrica
paper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College] of Texas and the
s published five times a week and circulated every Monday through
lidays arid examination periods. Duriitg the summer The Bat-
Sujbscriptjion rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished
itlc
ere
ior
title by telephone (4-5444) ol’ at [the editorial office, Room 201,
j| be placed-by telephone (4-5324) dr at the Student Activities
cd exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches
dited in j the pa per and loCal news of spontaneous origin publish-
of all dther matter herein are afsOj xegerved. k ;
"i ' ' ■ ' / '1 " :l lS . !—‘
Battalion
I l-li - - •: ^ 'l N- -
' ' ' ■" -
I;
1
,
. ■
.
v m
. j
; T
Member of
Thle Associated Press
3AN
^ damaging
extiauig
v
tyu>rei>auM;uaUonUl7 by Natiowj A4-
v.ortisltig bervico lot., at Ifew Y#rk City,
Chictso, Ldo An«ok>, and krancitco.
6 Editor
Editoti
Witters
Zero Ratnuoad'
Dob “
-
.Co-Editorb
(tor
J."
• v
/—i.Cireulation
summer]
school
res
i.
1
I i
For Complete . . .
HOUSEHOLD
FURNISHINGS
■ • j
See—
McCulloch -
Dansby
Bryan, Texas
PALACE
■ I' M O N » H M 7
WEDNESDAY
Thru
Complete Line
, of
SHOES
and
WEARING
APPAREL
OL
?
SA'
.TCEDAY
I
LAST DAY
—Featufea Begin—
1:10 - 3:00 - 4:50 - 6:40 - 8:35
10:25
"Yob havi to see it twite!”
ftyi WAITH WINOKU
“The
ROOSEVELT
&) Story”
fc.. . 7 tutAitpTmujjwno Ajmsn
i. ■ dmti*' 1 *
—Plus— .
EWS — CARTOONS SHORT
i
:
QUEEN
Tiwre. r W 4-SRt
•IT 1 ''I
ENE DUNNE;
! i l j
i—^r
TfllBS. - liU. - SAX,
—Features Begin—
1:30 - H:20 - 5:05 - 6:55 •, gbs
, 40:30
CINECOL QlR|l
TWJ
hi
• -
'
•3f.
Three living members
first class at A&M now
the distinction of “oldest
uate” of the college.
They are Judge Jot
win of Austin, Will:
of Houston, and Louis V
Sr. of New York City,
tered A&M in 1876 and
ed ip 1879. J
Oldest graduate in the
College Station area is
ling City,
as the oldest graduate
college, died May 30. Bla
almost ten years older tha
of his classmates, having
the
WE WANT TO . .
Welcome
Vm
AGGIES
A&M
Photo Shob
North Gate
FOLLOW T HIE €
i j : ' , I
i Ai id
i . Rc
■ I
. I V.-
■ . -
f |-1
:M in 1877 after severs ,
ra of business experience an:
age study. < V
T T •—- .
percent of iron made n
ted States is from ores i
i in the iron ranges of M a-
•w
Jl
Military 8uppliee>
e ‘
: - C, S
\
j
f
• ■]
I
: I
KELLEY’S
COFFEE
SHOP
"•‘I
“Just Good
FOOD
Ralph Stacy, Owner t
-—:
3 h
>WD j . .
Fun!
>
iting
- !■
t I 1
bj of Bryan
■ j
. ?
Alterations
North Gate
Notice:
THE A&M LI
CORD^
TO THE|
AT THE NEW
Wednesday, June 9,
Friday, June 11, 7:3Q
Saturday, June 12, T
Sunday, June 13, 7# i
r in
th
j
Plwne 4-MH
j J
idents!
ENT SERVICE
YOU !
,NG MEETINGS
l|N STUDENT CENTER
■v •>
11."
a.m.—4
10:45 a.ra.—A ^
(Married
and
Hymnsplration Socis
f. ^Refreshments
!’• 1
Topic Discussion,
duped Social,
al Evening Sen’icc.
!A CltAFEL
■ I rNR 13—
Social” and
'■>r
(The New Lutheran
at Main & Cross _. r
to the A&M campm 4
of; idp\ and Biblo Class ,
ce.
to; bring their wives
and Sunday’s wrvlcea)
ttgriter ia located at the comer
J two tllw ka north of the North Gate
iv t •
“coffe and—”
at noon too.
i served in a
top-quality
1 u*
. A. '
ril|C WHERE
CROWD?
i!
’t bland the press
your meal stop
this your meal stop
away from the mass,
and prepared from
J \'
m
( . . .
• \Tl i : l if ^ 1Y 1 ■, .
-IAS ^
r -!
l:!,/
[Ilf 1
It: