on Tuesday fvill n<
Y(i( Held In Your Hands
farewell to you, but to
too.
fiv
Thousands bjf peo;
Highlys this Fourth
sh like you will be
Fathers i re
driveihome so tley ca
mes.j Parents and chil
long looked-for
todavi but non’t worry, lives,
>w, ajid the next
a ichance. Sil-
t only be a
and pitful human suffer-
'
he otl er hundreds
tyge-j
here
•‘A,-
i
Ijhese is killed t
■\L >
itudent G
A report on
ing and guidaneje at
issue of The Bajttali
?ared by R. H.
Veterans Appra
^11 A&M studenjts w
isj l Ce
lonthfc
sport
a realistic atl emp*
T
?hich he
be wi
en ai
vacaitihn. If
ill be
be on the
y week-end.
ne from c61-
stalrting to
their fam-
only one
of
intold grief,
brihgji
sac
fectivi
m a
: > Thid
is,* dij
dee, i
1
Regardless of what you do, some of
that's jtrue, but what you do will decide,
perhaps, if yW'will do some of the kill
ing, or if you; will be killed yourself.
We hear the words “Safety First” and
“Be Careful” everyday. Too often per- 1
haps, but nevertheless, think them, over
for whjat they | really mean. i
.It i^n't much to ask, but as you start' ! 1 . 1 •
tor home today or tomorrow be careful | ^ „ pB0VE A ' FARCEf
Your life is m your hands, and m youri
hands?orOu also hold the life of someone.^
else., fhlink it over.
Trampling Out the Vintage
MNNHB K IHMHiMmMII
]
J
Fledgling Pilot Did
Tower W*orning;
!"■ .|i | " ■ ■ . I I ('ll Cj '
;r
cract
warning
head off
M
.! I
A Challenge )\
Yugoslavia Incident Believed
Di . j |j ' 1 B• ii • j.. jI
Communist Plan, Not Setback
less|of test-
jears in this
report, pre-
ctor of the
i a study of
received guidance
nteij dut bg a period
1
ght a field
netj ected here.
idantje procedure
o' acquaint the stfi--
ent jwdth his cj.pabililies an| limitations,
esutta of the prograjm have been such
hat; 98% of tl e stiuients i ;sted recom-
leniied' that giidanc^ senj ce be made-
ivailable to all s udepti : durin j their fresh
j.
man year in college. Eighty-two percent
said they were more satisfied with their
course of study after receiving testing and
guidance. j : - .
• I j ...... 1
The success of the Appraisal Service,
operating' with limited facilities, and the
interest evinced by students who have
availed themselves of the service, is an
indication of what might be done with a
greatly expanded program as a perman-
By ART HOWARD
It is too early to herald the re
cent incident in Yugoslavia as a
setback for communism in Europe.
The Kremlin is playing its cards
too close for that.
It is hard to believe that Mos
cow would publicly denounce one
of its group without a good reason.
If communism were not going ac
cording to Marx in Bulgaria, Hun
gary ori Czechoslovakia, Moscow
would simply direct that, a new
leader be appointed. Why the gen
tle treatment in Yugoslavia?
This direct slap at Marshall
Tito will cost Russia and its com-
ent part of the college.
— ]i : . , U ., i, . .i < ' Tito will cost Russia and its com-
Testing and guidance may well be able munistk policy much p rcs tige i n
to accomplish what the Dean's Team, pro- Europe and abroad, so there may
batieni jlists, and similar methods of deal- than
ing with academic deficiency have been
11 . i , 5
unabla.’to acomplish.
aging Rcjberj Baes, Class of ’47 ...
' 1 alion
iditoi
;lse, jexpress th<f thoughts of^ our readers.
il(|ne
If we fail to gife f
subjactT then our siib
The editors I of THe Battalion accept by one Robert Bates, Class of '47. This
the L^tterw io the {Editors with letter criticizes and praises the paper.
1 I l * I * Neither the Former Student's Office,
lose letter >j moije th|n , anything The Etegistra-r, nor the Graduate School
have such a person listed in their files, i
ews Coverage to a , If this student will come by The Batt
ribers let us know office and prove to either of the editors
about it; when we do| a goqd or 'bad job that he does exist, his letter will be pub-
of reporting dr iditOri|ilizing, our readers lishediin the next issue of The Battalion,
tell us-about it.j ji' i/.j j. ’ Two choices are always open to the
., e mairttaii a mkyiiliat any letter writeii: He mafy sign his name, and we will
written to The fattili|n which has a.legi- publish it along with the letter, or he may
l bmaje sigiiaitur| aiid address will be pub- request that his name be withheld. If
lisheil in full as long a| it is pot obscene or such a request is made, that person’s
editors, are
There is no doubt but that com- .
munization • is proceeding slowly >
in* Yugoslavia. The economy there,
is stuij largely agrarian, and large,
amounts of machinery and tools
are needed for its farms and fac
tories. Russia cannot supply its
own demand for those items, much
less furnish them to Yugoslavia.
Thei U. S. embargo on satellite
countries has shut off the only
either major source of these sup
plies. - i r
ji (8
i; |g j. i ■ | . ( j , ■ • I; j
Stattn may have figuied that
the! United States would be willing
to helb Yugoslavia if it were
“outside” the iron curtain. And
in order to accomplish this he may
be staging a mock fight with that
country.
Yesterday the Yugoslav com
munist shouted their freedom from
Moscow - and their willingness to
deal With the United States. Less
than a week ago Congress appro
priated f° ur billion for the Euro
pean Recovery Program—to go
only to countries outside of Rus
sians influence.
Communists, whatever their de
gree of “redness,” are still in con
trol of Yugoslavia’s government
and atre not likely to relinquish
their grip or change their spots.
Marshall Tito was given his po
sition jby Moscow when the Red
Armyoverran the Balkans. He
probably holds no love for the
United; States, which supported
Mihaloyitch as the rightful leader.
What this might indicate is the
start of the expected retirement by
Moscow of direct- control, of the
satellite nations, but only after its
Quislings and Lavals ante firmly
imbedded in their governments.
Mae
I
the
, . ,fj. , i f - • . j t i
e ITtey Words or Promises? . i,
Xlf' U' ■: • ! ’ . ' •
TVo passageb fromiThomias E. Dewey’s ing t6 us
Stance ispcefch
ited and reread
, two paragraph!) icomFiare
.best co;
ing power of tljat
■? 1
We just It
takir
name
will not be divulged.
in full as Jong a
libelcjus. Since, j we,
lesponsible for hiateri^l published in The Wfe repeat, Jwe do not mind criticism
jBatt,I no othfer r^cours| is op m - to us. as lopg as the person criticizing us will
We receijved a lettei* Wednesday signed stand! behind ’what he says. j j
. . . Yhat
is what we are called
hiladpl
any limes. These k “Our peiople ... yearn to move to high]-
favorably with er ground, to find a common purpose in
contdnjpor; iry po^tical lwritlng. the finer things that unite us. We must
, }“tJnited we can nlatch jiis challenge be the instrument of that aspiration. We
lof the times) fvith d|pth c f understand- must be the means by which America’s
ing and largeness bf apiritj with a unity full powers are released and this uncertain
which is above recnnjinatiojn, above par- future filled again with opportunity . .
tisarsship^ above self-ijiterest. These are Such words belong in the platform of
tisans
articles of fjaith
of America jhas
pie are eager t)> knoMf again the up^urg-
frohv which ,the greatness both major political parties and must be . hel PfJ’ “ Yo . u «
beep fkshioi ed. Our peo- placed into operation jf America is to tter llme
* j
!’
A ,
ajwaitrj^ss may walk
Sb tha/s where she
Ur ordeij?
"w
afte
tclion is publ a
on rejjuest
[
•s
v The Asso
credit|ed to it
. t ed htt-ein.
j' . News con
Goodwin Hall,
Offic*, Room
offiyii
ition,
texce] >t
tri-^eefely.
t lions
if:
Goojdw;
tej(l Prbus
or riot othej
of repi
of Couip-cjs
Ai
nd-cl ua a
:e Station,
and D
BeaxiUey.
/■
Hendris
A lama.
achieve its goal of a “hai
They are turn- world at peace.”
)y, prosperous
V u; 1 . j
Houston College Life . . .
•* — ; ——j—■—h-—‘——
I i 1 |l • j :
(Editor’s Note: One of i>tir foreign correspondents, Texingham J.
Billingsley, is covering newts, as he sees It, along the tiuh coast. -
After checking the entire “s|\stem” T. J. ftads ll 131 University of
Houston students have been exposed to Sttidy.) i "
’!, : Mij-k I • 'll-
My .eyebrows went up to full
mast. Sensing my compassion, the
student warmed to his subject.
“Militarism! they were even try
ing ;td: militarize this place. It’s
just luck that the war department
doesn’t approve of yellow sport
coat*, as uniform of the day for
ROfC|units!”
“Well, I must be going on” my
companion said (Shouldering his
golf bag with the same determina
tion And resignation that Atlas
moved; the world onto his back “1
have a rough E. E. lab tomorrow
0 night ^Studying the lights in the
Town Lounge can really be rugged.
Ah well,” he continued with a
martyred look, and a shudder, “I
oould 1 have been in that section
1 that^ hj»s to go to the Chinese
He moved off down the pathway
like a-reincarnation of the “End
of the Trail”
By TEXINGHAM J. BILLIN^SLY
For quite some time now, I have
been intending to visit the Univer
sity of Hbuston.
as one of Houston’s two contri
butions. to highet - education the
university seemed worthy of per
usal. Then too, I have been hear
ing some interesting reports on
campus life there.
Last Wednesday : I decided to
tour the city a 1 bit “Where” I in
quired of a likely looking lad who
was propping up , a street amp,
“can I catch a bus to the Houston
Country Club?”
“Whatcha wanna go there for?
rejoined the light company’s little
can have a helluva
out at the Uhivoi-
■r*.
It was then that I decided ty look
into the U of H.
The city bus deposited mo teouth
of town oh a plain that was dqver-
■ — - nda 15 ^-
od with well cut grass and a $hady
smattering of pines and backed by
.x,, two or three low,i*;neat,.insignifi-
jrigflt caht-looking buildings. It could
for*the young man who realizes he must hav . e easil y been, a school, a city
work hard. What’s bright about that? ■
capitalist says the future is bi
e Battalion
ulturajihg
mes alWeek
the Agricultural id Mechunical College of Texas and the
? Zt''
s and examination periods. During the summer The oat
tion rate school year. Advertising rates furriisl
L.-iv ; 'r •- I
rk or one of Jesse Jones’ sum
jer places. I was loathe t> as
sume that this was the university.
Approaching me Was a nattily at
tired 'youth, resplendent in bow
tie, summer two-tones, a sport
shirt .that looked like: a hangover
in technicolor, and encumbered by
a’set of golf filubs that gave him
iawMi
1
off to Pete’s Pilsner
ly convinced that higher
was a fleeting thing.
fairness I mast admit that
the University of
big exaggerated. Ac
tually most of the students labor
oyer the books just as seriously
as their counterparts in other col-
Lirrait ( T
leg.,.
Thdmniversity is small now, and
lort <jf an athletic plant and other
facilities. But with some
335
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I.. ,... -Id
. ■■■
) or at
(4f6324) or
- • . r.
t the editorial office,
at the Student
exclusively to the
ted in the paper a
On of all other matter
local nqws of spontaneous origin publish-
i-l
•ader
JV
ORGAN
—
a tion of all news
spontanei
» reserved.
Member of
The Associated IVess
■Wire Kditor
»turo Writer* Joe
~r-
zrrrr-
nted nationally by National Ad*
Service Inc., at New York City,
Los Angeles, and Saa bYanduca
there, but they’re pretty busy
^
-Kevorter*
ML, I
JUliaiouti Editor
K-i
Jume* F.
E. Bom _
t r 4^1 I him" for ,f
I got an afternoon class on ^
' my in
both starcied
ot an t
ys be?
Grady Grimti _ ^ „ __™_.
“Textarham J.“ Billingaley. Vj C. Caraway. Hack
T-jKoleu, Bob (back) Speed*. Roving Correbpondents
Alan Curry
•{ ;! j
Ml
reoeivi d a
i, that M’ '
j±r«
dation
■rtWng Mnnairrr
4ipp!tig
Frankie Carle now.”
r-K
a definite ‘starboArd list.
Deciding to establish my pad-
tion, I Challenged % blunting
sportsman. “Could youlcll me how
to find the gkdministratiqn build
* n ^‘ i, |
Carefully selecting a number,
two iron, sporjtclad pointed on t
of the : buildings. “Thassit ove
they’re
f!i!
from Houston’s oil-
by their own boot-
the school is ar-
athletically and scho-
I dW meet one man however who
fied to give the lowdownion
U U” and the College 'on
izos.
now. class
Bill Lewis, a Houston native and
assified a junior in Biology at
Summer school you know.” A&M,f is, working here for the
; ‘‘Oh/’ I rejoined with prqperly
upraised eyebrows, “things r
more in the heat of the year
“Do^ they?!” my info
mtttM
Si!”
. By CHUCK MA1SEL
The industrial age isn't all its
up to be. Planes nowdays’ have a
horn that practically knocks your
if you try to land with your wheels up. The
Waco Times-Herald tells a story of a rookie
who ignored the crackling warnings coming
from the radio tower telling hinT he was
about to (land without wheels. Sure enough
he came to earth in jan bid fashioned belly
landing. “Why did you ignore our repeated
warnings?” the tower personnel cried after
wards. The fledgling replied, “couldn’t hear
a word you were saying, a horn wa^ blowing
the whole time.”
★
The faces of the fire department in Den
ton were red. They were engaged |n an im
portant game of dominoes strickly at peace
with the world when suddenly a woriian came
running in crying that there w'as smpke pour
ing out the rear of a building. What build
ing? The fire house. It seems ais though
several mops had caught on fire ini the rear
of the station. One mop was a total loss.
One of the newest polls taken this elec
tion year was the one taken by the Tyler
Courier Times which gleaned statistics from
traffic cops on the most frequent excuses
most frequently given for parking overtime.
The excuses which ran first, second, and
third respective!^:
1. I’ve just been overtime a minute or
two. J ■
2. I’ve been to the doctor’s hffice and
couldn’t leave.
3. I didn’t have any change, and FVe
just come from that.store where I,got some
nickles.
The Pampa News takes stock of the ec
centricities of lightning. The other night a
bolt struck the refrigerator of a Pkmpa res
ident, .scorched the box, and burned out the
electric motor. But the little light inside
burned brightly as ever the next day. That
doul
upon
j:.
pro\ e
20 ji
fish
only
long
heat
Iree
dowh
wall
his *
las.
out
tail,
son |w
host i
dow i
the If
he sa
that
my
f'! 5; " ••
1 M
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ll : . - •
V. - J,
.j-
.:«y,
.
-
j {
(| i T'-;
■ ' • . (V ,
*•'. kj*. . , i
•
- *
’li Receive
d Horn
t
tionjf
er oi
ban<,
but
over
1 }t\
recer
who
Mur |(
SOUJ
gift! L
narrijs
Igon ahjd wall
'bill
som
had ia different criterion. He tuma
ty check to her, she says.
subject of fathers, on the
tijfe pa
turr edj to he;
| each ilnan
ing f<
some
time.
.'i
n-
>or ppen. What happens when
still a mystery... 1 1
TLi ★ ' ~ ' : t -, . J . •
thte most essential qualffica-
fatther. So says 1948’s FatH-
, George Biggar, a 36 year old
tjhe (Ford plant in Edgewater,
s conceded that her hus-
of f«
the
ur, is dir exceptional man
thejr honor one hundred meh
‘d u\i for the noon meal at the
Igipg House —a city-owned
NYC received unexpected
who refused to give her
a chauffeured station wa-
ed d|own the line handing a
t
with the words: “A little
ther’s Day.” Then she re-
and was driven away. No
had been nice to her once
.1 wb
Bten fii
Sergeant of the Guai
Edgewood Arsenal Co
Army Reserve Training
J fr.• > • J., .•■O'*.' ! - g
“obthusiastjic”
quarters.
The officers
fay. Rut
•oat fcffc
[had an X-ray picture to
tbry today. Yesterday the
njer from Douglas, Ga., was
JoHnsor
is fiih st
old ! armt
in hii usujal manner—with his hands
He grji ,bbed a perch about four inches
As wjs his custom, he put the fish's
etwedi his teeth leaving his hands
catclji more. The fish flounced, slid
ohnsins throat and stuck. ^Johnson
a mijp anil a half to his home where
aftjher riMhed! him to a hospital in Ddig-
he doi tor there tried to pull the fish
t on! f succeeded in yanking off its
n am ulance was chartered and John-
s hurried off 200 miles to an Atlanta
<re dloctors'pushed the fip.h on
11
By T. G. SMITH
The sole interit of this article is
to completely expose the United
Spates’. Reserve Army Training
Prograni. It is all an insidious plot
to undermine the feeling of securi
ty of America’s young men. Our
group of Texas A&M officer candi
dates now have the feeling that
somewhere along the line we were
sold out: to the salt mines. We now
understand why officers take
things so easy. If they took train
ing such as we are, they are still
resting up. i
When we first arrived, at Edge-
wood Arsenal they kept Up the pre
tense for awhile. A car, with driv
er, was summoned to take us from
the gate to the camp area. We
were treated courteously and civily
and then—then it started, Monday
morning. We were assigned tents
in the midst of a dismal swamp
area, ladened with blankets and
mosquito netting and acquainted
with our immediajje surroundings.
The aforementioned tents, our
“home away from home” are uni
que, to say the least. They are hot
in the daytime, cold at night, wet
when it reins, dusty when it does
n’t Dick De Shazo, of Mulesboe,
Texas had a great deal to say
about them, which I fortunately
didn’t record. It would suffice to
say that he preferred brick build-
rhgs. The mosquitoes, against
which the mosquito netting offers
“complete protection” also drew
several guarded comments from
Donald Barrett of Mdntgomery.
The camp in general has aroused
4
commen s
•3^
•ii iii ii
ffilers said the, r
inc to duplicate “field
anil take my word for il
more than succeeded.
ut aside from the n^e
beauties of our camp
moment, let us see how
hare) fared ini Urn ci
men are jnen (and n>
apparently^. Gne of oh?
Elb Willman, of S^irn r,
inted Camp Company
er! for the first cailnp ] e
[t Has been rumoro 1
liing|all my,life and alway$ pqt
;h hetjjil between my teeth like that,”
toda “Most times T clamp two fish
fi.lt j
ort,
never had one jump down
I il
h
L
! wi II have to do for the present lie
thht he bribed the mlktSU
Si:!.. hv ri ^d.,rf»friS t£ K ? c.evplaint, that bein e he ie of Del-
sfe vWsgns & ft ■“ “ d ‘""" ,a "*•
noj faith in this rutnor at he dr
thi first official KP i i fe team
which micfht be colMtr as vu
unitary’ (I was asked
, and 1
KP first), and hake
ined nothing but th<
supply sergeaht i n
s, Lucian Morgan
Wlorth, was appointed
er and Morgan Locke o
was appointed Platoo i
was appointed, at the s:
to the positidn of latr a
As I write this now, tie
iod is ovep,and all A& d
mentioned, with the c k
yours truly, are back in
No, you’re wrong. I
afYremcntioned, posltio a-
onje day. Lam now Ser|[(
Gtlard, a mast dubiois
sa)' this because while I
the post, just ifilthy tv
an|d rank, all the othei
' f
Bear Foot Frank’s Place N
Kelly Field Attracts
By J. T. MILLER
This week started out at Kelly
Field with a bang. Today cadets
of Squadron 11, (an all-Aggie
group), had a lesson in chemical
warfare. . ,,,i. Air Force version.
isite, and chlorpicrin. Ostensibly
the was made to familiarize
us with poisonous gases.
However, in the process a few
of the f
arily,
sobs of agon
dets as-Johnny Hammo:
ite m
sritatui
for the
D. Reitiz suffered ur
cernable misery in the p;
the life of a Chemical Corps
officer! (How’s the odor at Edge-
wood Arsenal, by the way
The
place this Friday and’Saturday.
All of the men here are preparing
dir
r*v up i’
eh?” [;
n|t' op-
H’s
on the same job with me.
miner he attended the U of
IpT., TVri
Ope^ day last week I .cornered
im i fii)r a quiz session. “Bill” I
this dafn P. ' W d ° eg lt feel 10 be
"*'1®
; l '
IH
i process
blinded i
mmonds and J.
intold but dis-
he process. Oh,
Chemical
odor |at !
ursenal, by the way?)
)ig event of camp will
his Friday and j Sato
me men here are prep
for the little jaunt to Camp Bullis.
as
nd not in Dallas. (A most gc-n-
complaint if you were to in-
'rM u, 8 fc ° m f wn8 01 thc TT'-
ext time I’ll try to mention
f>f 1
iad
.Del Rg)
ide.
rJli
first pdf-
idd
for Am
it of U|e
honor
M» 0 ’
ys wqi t
i.
wore in cqmp by
Jchn Orr and
Kiown as Bear Foot
dijpenSes the only 10<!
al le withiji a few miU I.
tho essence of hops 1
cons!
nt thing ettn beat thosi
ses of goldon liquid.
Since our [barrack
ka*«*i here. The r
sound m;
1 take
it the
after chasing grade
" of H?”
me T. *r.” he shot bock,
ever been lighting a wild-
teTO! ^ th * m “ h6t
with (the customs and
the Anhy. . . and
how Infantry
end df a hard
noon the cadet
shape, no doubt.
Saturday
sad
ien have someone take it
and slip you a pen knife ? 1”
officers -feel lit
wlS'wiflKi
Eight} outside the gate of Kelly good to theih
lies a marvelous establishraenti It - draft will tel«
was discovered the first night we thnsiasm put W
d r
shell;.
Iea4t^
d land
ht of
bol
is no reciprocating „
or our eardrums. ] ;
This week Ad
sics wind up the:
sound manugemenw
wi :ek the 200 or so enri
division will bo
la icops items of
eciure. And (the
that Will be the
Wo will leave camp!
tbs cadetT
fiiwr’a du1
w thount 1 , ..
dags: -Those gjold
now.
some
them!
1*
AlthoO
watejijjfd
tongMis tl
nt ‘Exposes’
in Maryland
i J
Baltimore and Washington tb
qy the week-end. |)on Barrett',
tine other hand, hhs just been ap*
tloni, ’ po nted First Sergeant of the - Com-
y.ha>e pany fpr the next camp period.
The entire A&M group have, of
1 senic c0 ‘ JrH? > been given thowc “form
for 1 a Ht|tteg” army issue uniforms. They
M miei Present a most inspiring sight
where when resplendent in full uniform,
soldier i, The field packs also add a. colorful
numbiii ■, no ^ no ^ te be neglected,
was jJ|* the time grows short, and
th s major grows nearer, aO' tipis
wi
A&M baseball team that has
i challenging all yankees. Bill
loeler of Victoria is the
T. G. Smith, Sergeant iof
the Guard. Acting Com
mander of the Guard, Ac
ting Officer of thc Da;
(sounds good, doesn’t t
esults From 17
Years of Study
momic Man,” the first al
to synthesize economics
the findings of biolpgieal
tei
^ ^ ^ ,
ecittijee, will be published tafldte
July, the Columbia University
PrfeBS, has announced. '
- fhe author, C. Reinold Noyes,
scow », is i chairman of the National Hu-
!eas f r. reaulof Economic Research. He is
it an economist who has spent 17
yefra studying biology, phy
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tivation which
the majdr viey
n behavior 1 on which tti
economic theories
economic ■tlteories rest Tho
stated.
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IN BATTLE
•» Hard titties hi vc
the kiss unfashionable in
iy. according to tho German
“The sentimental kisa, ho
ificant family kiss are but
’’ thc newspaper “Napht
found. “Hard timte us-
tentimental expressions
olute minimum.” Thc
r said it found Hissing
also bod “grown more
the housewife, has boon
the seclusion df thc
participates in-all dally
„ J, thc attitude qf the
toward otic another hite bc-
moie open-and unaffected,
ttyp Ettei young people T in love no
lotjger feel, it a» ueqedeurv to makfi
the world a witness of their love.”
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