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L Vi "Soldie^f Staiesfnan, Knightly Gentleman’' I ■ ■ r i •. | Sullivan loss, Founder of Aggie Tradition ‘nee Delay in x’lie poor , n i inaugurate its first Diepartmept ?cjf Jour- diinents of advertising from the practical SB Jfe “SV engineers! shouid be able to pr r on the campus- • Tj I P are C0 Py for newspapers; agncultunsts •V' ]: Formerly our graduates J lia\|e gone and county agents should be able to trans- fotT'b into.. jobs possessing tfiei t:chnical mit their findings and information to the | knowledge fto perform that jo|. jBi t, when public in such a >vay that those findings | Xf u l’ on ‘° their or their d that information ^ read . j aipdings tot the public through tjratle jour- , ., , - - , - . 1 |: ’iaala or thje newspephii's, thw I wfere pot ^°P e students preparing r fequip{>eel tC do so. ^ ‘Tj themselves for other fields will see the ad- ' 4 Np job|is so isolated thattaj: cne time ‘vantages of journalistic trainingi and, if • jVr another the man h that job coes nqtT possible, add the journalism courses which have to pfepare reports for!; butjlic con- will most benefit them in their line of The Bjpown Homier Steps Down .. . !* Fndayiiigbt was he eriti of an era in less admiration fo sporting history—tjhe hra of Jibe Louis. Af ter Louis floored Je Jeitsey J the eleventh round, hje annoincej his in- 1 tgntion to quit the rin ^ His fa^s are gl&d lie dejcldcd^ to hang up pis gloves while he was -in the books, for sooner or l;i work, to their curriculum. Walcott in ;op man someone Ipse .after he had feta eked 11 years. [ ■ ! h [ j Many- men thought they iff' 25 crown quites mentioning at .A&M College. Howevier, complaints hav£ -beep ' becoming iax in cohsijiergtiou for er person about the hitch-hiking Some reports say thit studhuts ' the lawnsi mill about the ho monopolize lawn eh^ifs on land private individukl’s pbteh. Those practices arc not inikeer ! .; ■ r ■ ; » r I [flJ| < ■i nyer read ijpiirceful vith a he He sent a om cbiiM fake the i Ljotiis, but they of the rjiijig, op|? way or an other, wis|cr men. The one 1 , tfiiig these defeated njen had ih c )mmon jwas |i bound less admiration for Joe Louis, not only as a fighter, but as a sportsman. Louis proved time and time again that he was one of th& ^leanest and fairest men in sports. 1 1 j • Louis has announced his intention to go into politics noiy that he hak quit the ring. Although he has not yet said which party he will work for, if he goes about in the same manner in would have, come, ajotig and Seplaoed him. ^ Avr. w y l . n It wouldn’t have tdioked right foi^hira to his polrtictoig i ilv.. • wh’ch he has gone abput his fighting, his influence can do much good in that field. Wins in Many people; negro and white, have de voted their time 1 and efforts to contribute to a better understanding between the people of the two races. In his own way, Joe Louis is, and can continue to be, one of the greatest" of these. voiced Jack IEai$qi\ ddv etlisinrf manager of die San Leandyo (jCi Uf.) phnl-cf Cater- jillar Tractor Co] (and eMprjior e who’s •ting stands, dim one’s })erspebtive of common cour- walk-on tesy. s, and even People value their privacy very highly, off the Don’t be caught looking down the back of someone’s collar on his property; he ing with won’t like it. jjamd the Stith'i)U>\st tractor j pecjple vv gimmick , tached To; a card 4 nickel tq. Iphoite u|, 'happen to hear of ; ; for reasonable rent ' Berkeley.” Very soul he knew se n th it saidl Iv*Here’s a of ^local college teacher who drank poison i* A dirt- rTllbOiO if ,.n,, l^rt., A 11 r, . f ^ V,« trt |-*vi nr,|. , Vrt ^ : The Blttalion, offic al r of‘College Station, t ( iCityof^Co Friday afternoon,, exceji talion is ptjiblibhed tri-' On request Texas, ; jdurini Mjeekly. New^ Contributions niay |b( [Goodwin I^pil. Classified ads Office, Rooin 209, Gqoc win H The Apoeiated Prejs • .credited to it or not o ed herein. Jx ! li Entered as Office at Ccllctrc Station,. the Actr of qouifTcss of KKXSETI Clark Munroe into kunzer pohn Sin^ltturj K , C. C. T sill....;— Chuck MniseJi *' ‘ and Fraf' . Llico, uni B. B. ■I Murvin Rice, und Kn*ok Welch; l... .-Dudley S. _ iFrohtv, Hendr x Did; Adams.. • f n - how re name up a house, ickel at* FROM the term paper of a journalism student, Temple University, assigned the task of analyzing the St. Lotus (Mo.) Poxt- Dk patch: I “One,,story which I thought bordered oil the sensational appeared in the Apri" 1 edition of the paper. It told of the suicide ASh; $)018 tiwo-MdrooM house of le£|i:|e |ln if you or near because of‘ her ‘disappointment in love.’ The story also said she was pregmmt, al though unmarried, but attributed this fact to the police.” jy, < e Battalion -H- jlidift's ibsa-fpt is) is tterwise lade inly be %|_ t A qreflitei I Rights of rijpUblieaMi tm of x jy telephony (4-5‘144) or at. the editorial office, placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student 1 Tr ■ ■ Tv, ■IT.' Out the Vintage Wqnta Become a maim iK / i is higher than anticipated repair will necessarily be limited tojjhose gravel base streets that are in the worst condition. That isihe'street improvement picture as it now stands. We feel that a clear pre sentation of the facts in a case such as this is far better than allowing the situa- Be Considerate of [Others Privacy ... > Courtesy is a subjjct which seldom re- the majority of students’ opinions nor Li. ^ iiJii-L- . their actions. I This sweltering heat does cause people , .... j! . ,, j i.i -.12 t i.. io hunt cooler locales, and students are by people jecently eE ts are Il0 exce ptions. That desire to find a cool The oth- place while waiting for a car should not new^apbr >f the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the published five times a week and circulated every Monday thi-ough ' is "and examination periods. During/the summer The Bat- tion rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished loom '201, Activities ‘ \ - 3 . T' I' illusively to the use for republieation of all news dispatches “jin the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish* ill other matter herein are also reserved. Member of 18' Q. The Associated Press • ,\ i jWiri Editor png Editor! lure Wrltcra ..-Reporter* Llifeiouu |iditor Zm Hammond - Don Engelking. Art 1 Howdnl. Bill Thornton, ' Charles R. Lundeliub, Leonard F. Somcr, \ Billy D. Mgye, James K. Stuart Joe Trevino, Hardy E. Ross j. Grady Griffin ; J •Texingham J.” Billingsley, V. C. Caraway, T. Nolen. Bob (Stokl Spoede Roving Alan Curry C Maurice Howell _j_ Sports Editor orU Wrl o Engra i’hotograpl :■ v - : rsf. m Hollywood’s Pf v | Tp Ij . | By CHUCK MAISEL Two Hollywood drug stores have insti tuted an ^matlur Night. On Thursday nights youngsters and adults alike line up by scores and file slowly behind the counter where they are allowed to manipulate ice cream scoops and syru^) pumps to their hearts content. When they have finished building their dream spndaes a cashier figures up their bills. One youth happily created-—and con sumed—a super nightmare including four bananas, 10 scoops of assorted ice cream, and 10 sundry flavors. ce company ha! tablets has ‘‘Naw, don’t bother about me; let’s get this guy out of the car beneath mine,” P . Hp "T'll ul !' ! City of Brotherly Love Jails Ivan; Hotel Bill Goes Unpaid Profits are forgotten in exchange for word-of-mouth advertising. Bars in the film city gave the idea some thought but dropped r feaSr cusb id adyertisii irass rail. city gave the idea some thought but dropped it for fear customers wouldn’t be able to spread advertising if given free-rein behind the brass rail. By IVAN YANTIS PHILADELPHIA, PA. (By Carrier Pigeon)—Philadelphia is com paratively quiet today. The delegates have gone home. The cigar butts haVe been swept off the street. But youi- correspondent is btill on the job. I wanted to come home, but the hqtel manager insisted that my bill must be paid. I demanded my rights sis a Republican, bait to no avail. My bail has been sfet at the impossible sum of 25 dollars. I am not in the habit of soliciting financial aid from my friends, my roommate will tell you, but these are rather unusual circumstances. Just mail your contributions to: City Jail, Philadelphia, Pa., ip care of Ivan Yantis. I am still receiving telegrams from Governor Dewey expressing his gratitude for what I, did for him. It is generally conceded, in the higher Republican circles, that my r i 1 ■ 1 i '! decision to switch to Dewey on the second ballot was the turning point in the convention. However, I refuse to take dredit for merely doipg my; duty. • ^ There is some rumor going around that the deed I received to the King Ranch influenced my d"M'-’'nn b’lt whenever people con gregate ugly rumors like this usu ally circulate. 1 ‘‘For ndy outstanding work in reporting the' events that took place at (he conjveution” I am to receive the honorary degree Doctor of Journalism at New York Uni versity. No doubt people will make something! oiit of this too. ! j , • I can imagine the disappointed faces that were seen around Col lege Station Friday when my col umn failed to appear in that issue. It was alii due to my incarceration. I tried to smuggle my typewriter intp the 1 cell under my coat, but an Observant tumgev detected it while S D ar)1 ceivfng the hottest poop on the s iop e to carry off all drainaf e spread of fertilizer from his son, (Obviously the printers mist iB( he got the why and wherefore of and should read “there is SUFf Caeser’s crowing of the Rubicon. (TENT DRAINAGE to carry fo: I(i tha official Catalogue of the a ii g i 0 pe ”) schbol published in 188? a brief , iThc 8oi , is 8Bndy a d mud hist°rt\pj these yearei of d.scon- water d i 8appear w^in a : ek tent is given. A&M was under ftrt hours after a ‘ rain (That p rir t aware of the fact that they wpi proud of the school as far back 188(5. Or maybe they .were try n to inakb the best of a bad sit i : Random Thoughts GOP Repudiates McCormick By CARROLL TRAIL Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago higher until the Board of ^Directors ^ a conatant breeze—usually >4i: Renrcscntcd nationally by National Ad-; vertllsltig Sendee Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sun Francisco. Tribune, is a man without a party, for last week his presi dential ticket was rejected and his foreigh policy repudiated by his Republican colleagues. : I , A staunch isolationist. McCormick hjas more than once suffered defeat of his political views,. As a matter of fact, politicians around Chicago feel it a gt>Od omen if McCormick comes out editotially against thetm In T936 when the Republicans nominated Alf Landon to run against Roosevelt for the presidency, McCormick supported Arthur Vandenberg for the vic ' ; ! ■ '' ' • 1. )j;| J ||' Cotton Tour Group Visits In Washington; Still Traveling The group was shown the work-' ings of the Loan and Purchase Di vision, Program Analysis and! Market Reports Division and the Standards and Futures Division.) In thi^ last division they saw 4 standard grades of cotton being assembled for use in the various cottdnj markets. hey visited the Bureuv ndtwtry and (Soils, an( netnng were established in 1882. wa ter used by students is obtai t Although: the new curriculum in from cistern8> SU pp lied from mechanics was especially success- cl roo{8 » (B City Cou r ful most of the students just ^ note of m ingcnioua metl w^ren t; having ,any ot the agncul- of acquiring that scait c com rv ture course. The reasons for this dity!) •f t ’ : i “(There is in the vicinity of til The faculty went off the deep ^College apparently nothing to j rii end when they included manual duce malarial sickness, and a . Iqbor in the new curriculum. What matter of fact there is vepy li;! vyould you think if you found that jt here.” ' ji ! instead of studying the technical “The food served in the n<$ aspects of farming, you were herd- hall is admitted by all (chefl' j cd out into the fields and given u t o bo abundant, palatable lab in cotton-picking? Yes, Cotton- wholesome. It is therefore Picking 101 was only part of the desirable that parents should j re drudgery that early ag students f ra j n f ro m sending boxes of M underwent. According to the cata- cac ics to their sons. The pracifol logue they also got thuir share of 0 f eating from these is undoi ‘ ‘ ediy very injuHous to the be|l tmm ! ■ J’.; 1 Jerk? i- .■( 1 Mi fc Bowery in it against the devil i a^re fine of Satan’s most tolevjlsian gets in bars. the tavern^ r^ma^fo to tipple. Fight- firej, [ the Salvatior iils all television iy ll irobably be «ep the unsaved out of tsla id Railroad hasn’t its sharO of mud- has now been told pmi more ibedate. The (hainber of Commerce ;ly in a letter to the shorten and 1 the start of eltop. The Chambei Whistling is unjm e ir-foracking to cor al ke. The railroad— criticism—can’t see ilproar. Why, what’s a f ys are proud of the George Bernard firfet time in the writ- mfent In a travel folder ?ay|ng he was “lost in cannot work in a li infinite peace.” -folder, the airline aid asked if he ob* ; h; most certainly did uojecl. He insisted hi ent saying more, in “the Irish climate anti slowest mind ilex- 0^8 I! t-att if-ftict I go Sti lone J )lU|l thglj had an ? < T he nejqaji iaHy [ nalvf. S< 1 prb i rv deft 1 five mi] i cy also got their share of 0 f eating from these is toad-Aenaing. ; Tho college officials were also •bavinjg trouble hanging onto a president for the institution. No one seemed to like the job. In 1883 ihc office was abolished and a member of th% faculty was ap pointed to fulfill the necessary du^ tjes. One is led to believe that the ! college offiicals attached great impoitunce to the benefits of get- ! ting out and using a little elbow grease. Maybe in the early days of the young men, (Floating oj Mom!!) and the surgeon hits-1 t ed more sickness and coniseqiej R0TC Stud* Of Training u| •el pos E i tim y to this one cause thiifi othpr.” logue statbs in a inajt- manner that “This lis tiion not Biyan.” By the ono is led to believe eud between the cities ally origin. ' [ , sitpation of the College Is (delete the -ly and you me King) favorable for the' ilti'cjn ojf the morals Of stu- foeircst town is distant and it is almost impojs< ... , i ij? student to go to Bry* Oveln for a short time, without ibs mcc becoming known to th< rrities AH the temptation* bepet young men in cities are t- h1 ! I By JIMMIE O’CONNELL Five hundred and fourtddh Mi Engrave^ 2 By- ARNOLD NOWOTNY The A&M (jotton Study TOur Group has been visiting the var* ions agencies in Washington, D.C. and th(i surrounding areas the past week. | The (party, consisting of ; L. Et] Ci uric, Wallace Hackler, Virgil Carawhy, and Arnold Nowotny, all agronomy seniors, and D. Li. G. Jones,! director, visited Dr, John W. Wright, chief of the Research a n d Testing Division, Cotton party was shown the different lab- laboratories under the guidance oratory machines which were used Dr. H. W. Bane, head of Divis in the research of that division. of Cotton and other fiber Thursday. The party was the different laboratory machines During their stay in Washing: which were used in the research 1 they [met and talked with Dr. of that division. / ! (See COTTON TOUR, Page 4 it was thy only way to keefo things running. Found scattered through the 18815 Catalogue are such ROTC students, representing' phrases as, “—continual applica- leges and universities from tion of principles—in shops, fields, states, will start their six wee gardens, vineyard, or hard, pas- training today at Fort Belvoir, V Unm—“By relying upon text-, ginia. books as little as possib e and lead- The A&M- students arrived . ujrle ing students to seek nfbrmation 19 and were assigned to Comjajhr dircjbtly from observatipn—“By A, 1st Platoon under the cpmnafc 1 • inculcating the dignity of intelli- of Captain R. C. Howard fren geni lab|or—”; and “By inducing Georgia Tech. . During the nit in (he mind of the student an eri- week the group was proeeisK , thufiastic love, of nature—”. With given physical exanfinationfe, aSrjjd such principles uppermost in mind, issued clothing and rifles, is ,-j t no wonder that the school Assigned to the same platojc i evolved into one of the better were 15 ROTC students from salt-mines??? University of Texas, 6 stuf he prevailing attitude at that from the University of 111 ^ . i ll —..j. — i — and t wo jtijdents versity of Vermont, previous traditi perk” and thc ‘h 4d (n a solid fto: crs. Befc J a I- irf summed up ini a sentence er Methods and Scope of] lit* ction, “The cdtusation here en to: young men is not intended f make mere laborers of them the ordinary sense of the word, tudent who graduates here Way lift as a field Hand; biit it ■expected that by v rtue of his “ tenor, training, ne s mil be able - lily to find promotion and ea- camp, addressed tho sf fUl^e highest position of ing the early part oi trtrintag, Uicy'wm be° 'Aggie War of-gtatc weeks-1 ing! the Major General Weart,' deputy co t) •'! unifs dit i s. rcil on acipline jme in- Ij absent ^ere. (Borne things K stem, to change!) No stu- ,.- n , r it ever permitted to visit Bityjin lat night.” (The poor kids.) ftM was considered siich a of moral culture that the- t)ok steps to preserve net ption, “The reputation college for good dm isel parents in sp to ripply for admission for int had proved unmanage- od thoroughly vicious at institutions. It is desired such applications be not in future presented.” (None (of rcugl stuff please.) ' quotation from Rules rihd ;irtr s is submitted as an ex- of the: stagnation of Prog* A j tudent who shall drink, g, or cause to be bitougbt the Cadet’s limits, or have room, or* otherwise in his ifossjjon any fermented or intox- it^n ng liquor, or fruits or viands |(Fif you:: information, Webster t iis -imians ‘dressed hicat’) iX^feryed in intoxicating liquor be dismissed or otherwise shjdi.’j -j ■' • j r’ epin Course 1 Belvoir I El ii time d. D. Bridges from MIT h ii charge of the ROTC *V gav c • ri short welcome rid- He told them that he bad Bel- | Was the largest ROTC catrip he coi mtry. : • ; M, ie cod will be good, and wi 1 be plenty of R" he pd the students. In the n < i most of the boys, he igl t- j X T . ios the 33 carets from Co orel T. A. Adcock and Virgil Williams 1 from the y Science Department are tunning| here. Colonel Ad- > siiiving as camp executive , and Major Williams k ape :iul service officer. Wib m m M lajor . inwii o dunce for the student* eiji’week’s training will in- i40 hours offormal training. uch immaterial hyriical ti-aiuom, ceremonies; ItO o •mechanical equipment, booby IrapSt £■ training, cud in vrcapoBti.