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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1948)
' 1 r * ■ t' THE BATTAUOH ■ ^ r. / i WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 ,1948 ilforiaatM report on ihe va- : rograma set up in other' t States’ Veteran s Inspected by Hall set 'or the sistance of veter- ‘been pared by William Hall is < andidate fo • state tative flom the 26ih’idis- omposeil ,i)f Brazos -and r : j y t 18 either nou sti an c. m rep: trictt to ..... , Orirnesl Counties r tree states urvi [ h^d n6^ bejqefit . rograia pre- r ha>te‘ jrejected th^ > ones pon. Ten bther state) have sdd -]j>rogra ns ■which a rill be n iii tH4 next ,election or oe oi tneip iegisia t^i Dakota .Oreganj \yiscon- [ississippi^. and Califor via all ate finap ed 1 jbinge fridpi $ ed loan projgrams vs of- l an] of theiif legislative bodies. ^ egonii " Califo loan pi ige tnotm $.‘{00 loa fereii Ay North Dakota tjo the $13,|00t offered by Californ a for purcfiiaies| r of fprm proper y. In the Calftvmia li^in set-up, the life of tjve {veteran is insured for the amount! of "the loan. In thin, way the |oa|i is paid off and. the home left ;fr<le of del t in'ease (f the <jf the veteran, ssachusetl:, Michigan, New , ^nd Rhod ? Island all have y'grfnts w vich about match thfifm^.steringhc ut pay of vietet- ansj More ca^f . is allowed for overseas men tHan for statej-side veterans. InpNhw Mexico apdl-Wyimii vete4ah| are & tions? or Rhode $1,0C|) Orfegcjn and jMississlippi efi " wed t&x exe property,up to $2,000. sland property valiwd up is left frqe of taxation. • s)ipm both have! educational ^ . - FRIET IDS— / pon’t pass J0ITWMEVS 1 i : idl 1 "M vid programs set 4- |to P 4 r Buy Main P< IGAR $TA> It Office up! for their veterans in school. Oregon allows each of her students $35 a month to help make ejvds meet. In Mississippi single vetier- arts get monthly checks of $65 while married men draw $90. j Nebraska has some $200,00C| a year income from an eight Tril lion dollar trust fund which j is available to needy veterans, iln Maryland $75,000 is appropriated each year for funeral expenses and various other costs. Pennsylvania spends one and a half million dol lars yearly for her needy veter ans. The general rule for money bonus payments in most states is $10 per month for service within the United States, arid $15 per month for service over seas, with a maximum in sonjie cases stated in the law. Hall stressed the fact that ihe loan programs will have more last ing benefit, especially since the Republican'Congressl has perniit- ted the real estate lobby to sabo tage federal housing 'legislation. If $ veteran can, as under Ct li- fornia law, borrow' (money for a home at 3% interest and hdve the debt cancelled through the n- surance program in case of bis death,^he c^n save each year ;as much as most of the bonus pro grams have allowed. . Hall stated also that the Novtth Dakota and Wisconsin programs have some advantage over the bo- p • Wf' nus ‘plan. These states pfoyide loans at only 2% and have Hot proven to be objectionable to any one. “I have been assured by mem bers of the last legislature and others, who are supposed to know; that a veteran’s program will be introduced ; at the 1949 session.” Hall spid, “It would be to the in terest of everyone tp study the programs of the other states as outlined here so that we may know what to plan for. u The exf)erience of other states indicated that 7% of the veterans will not ask for a bonus, 93% will. Hall pointed out that a state program would be by constitu tional antandment, which of course, will mean a delay of two years unless special sessions and elections are called. There are 750,000 veterans in Texas. The largest number of voters we have'ever had was 1,120,000, Hall stated. -.. Hall said that if anyont* wants further information he would be glad to discuss the matter in de- tail. - . ’ j Hall, who has spent several years teaching here at A&M, has spent 5 years ip the Navy and 3 years in ;Veterans’ hospital. .He saw service aboard Merchant Ma- found that 68 Dercent rine Tankers in the Atlantic, Pa cific, Mediterranean, Ipdian Ocean, and Persian iJulf.. ■ "ak; : FRED HARRIS, w nners of the FFA Public Speaking Contest last Thursday, is being i ongratulated by C. N.i SHEPARDSON, Dean cf the School of Agriculture. Harris will represent Louisiana! Texas, and Oklahoma in the Southern Regional Contest. Poll Shows Majority of A&M Students Opposed to Finals FT Gregory Selected Outstanding Cadet of Week at Fort Meade By PURVIS THRASH | *- Jim Gregory was/selected as tjhe 1 Dr John S. Caldvvtll Optoi^etrislt diweU’s Jewelry Store Bryan*; Texas > first Outstanding Week from the AjS rylf Cadet of ijh® !A company jat Fort Meade' Maryland fcfr having fired 180 out of a possible 200 bn the' rifle range, [ i • .Gregofy- qualified as an expert and won the traditional p'dt piut up by the members of the : outfit firing on the range. i One-of/the many highlights of the day \\%s Leslie Polk’s sad m s- fortune of /having that red flig waved before his taijget so ofttn. Polk fired 179 and niissed the ex pert rating only by’ bne poipt. “SaUing dark when it comes to Varsity’s Horns Off." The week-ends have been spent mostly in Washington, Baltimore, causes physical and mental fatigue 1 By D. R. BURRIS The majority of A&M’s students are opposed to final examinations. \ In a poll conducted by, the Batt Friday afternoon it was of all students interviewed were oppos ed to final examinations for various reasons. Of the students questioned, 24 percen, were in favor of them and 8 percent were indifferent. ■ . ♦ Over 50 percent of the students expressed the opinion that the fi nals and the consequent i ramming caused them to lower the r grades, and only the 24 percent i4 favxJr of finals claimed they alwfeys held their pre-final grades hr raised them. C. L. Novosad, a pre-gned stu dent from Bryan, said, /‘Most of the time I am apposed to finals, it depends on the course. The loss of sleep in preparation for them It wasn’t missing being expert that hurt' Polk sft much, but thi* fact that he had already spepl the $5 of prize money? L. While on the range;/Bob Woo{l- liff of Waco fired on target 168 and Dak Proctor of God knot's where fired on target 169. To the great ^stonishinent of tl^e pit detail and the cadre* Proctor fired an amazing 37 out of a pos sible 40 in the prone position, i When an account was made, il was discovered that out of a pos. sible eight rounds, Proctor hat put 12'holes into his target whilr Woodliff had put only four in-U target 168. Proctor is still try^ ing, to figure out where the four extra rounds came fltom. The second week of training was spent in the' code room where the whole company has completed ti e first 20 of 40 hours in code woif i. Gene Boyington, Doug Pitco<|!c, Bob Mayfield, Les Polk, and Ha^k Johnsdp haye been outstanding i m this work. Also included in the schedule has been drill and wpijk with SCR-291 __radio intercept equipment. < . 1 , and New-York. Reports circulated by Elmer Watson from Corsicana and Bob Scoggins from Rio Hondo indicate that New York was not large enough to accommodate all Aggies during the July 4, week end. t Rooms Should Be Reserved Early For Next Session Students planning to attend the second s'uinmer term of school may p4y their fees and register for their rooms. Veteran students can secure fee waiver slips from Veteran’s Ad visor, Room 104, Goodwin Hall. Non-veteran’s may pay. their .fees to fiscal office representatives who vrfll be m Goodwin Hall until 5 p. m. today. After today fees must be paid at thje Administra tion Building. !. Students may, register for rooms at the Housing Office, Room 100, Goodwin Hall. To reserve any par ticular room they should be signed for prior to 5 p. m., Friday. Students who wish to change rooms for the second term may sign up for a new room by pre senting a room changebslip signed by the housemaster of the dormi tory to which-they intend fo move. Day students are,urged to pay their fees early and to get their also too much importance is at tached to the numerical grade made on a final.” W. G. McCarpant, a sdnior aero student, expressed this cprfiion of finals: “I am not plea|sed ; with them the way they are gjven here. Most of them afe not giv m to find out how much a man knews in re gards to the eburse, bu to give him a numerical grade or place him in a category with his class, whereby a difference of »ne point in a numerical grade ma 7 make a big difference ip his recqrd.” W. L. Browni, who stated that he was not opposed to fin il exams, qualified his statement br saying: „“If one knows the material to be ■covered on the exam and? has got ten the most-but of the course, there is really bo need toj fear the outcome.” F. J. Moward; B&A major, said “I don’t let them get mle down, but 1 wouldn’t object if We didn’t have them.” C. L. Thorns*, ajunipr architec- finals because, “They all come at the same time, and that does not make it possible for one to do his best work.” E. C. Hodge, a junior in indus trial education, is opposed to finals and believes that if students were given, “a three day rest period be- twOep the regular routine of school work and finals, and the finals were not bunched up so close to gether, the work would be much easier on the students.” J. C. Chaney, a sophomore in Agricultural Education, was one of the students in favor of final exiams, he stated: “I feel that this is where I acquire.most of my in formation, that is where I get the most good out of a course.” Whether the students dread or Jook forward to their quizzes com ing up on Friday and Saturday they are, nevertheless, coming up. This sort of hopeless futility can be best expressed in R. N. Butts’ statement: “One must take final* anyway so what’s the use in wor rying about it?” Seven new epnVerts have been; receipts stamped at the Housing added to that long list of those wlo Office. have fallen into the swing of the j ' r ' wonderful Spirit of Aggieland. Tile ! PROGRESS EVIDENT boys from Yankeeland iq the out- IN SYNTHETIC OILS fit have, picked up that ole Agg e j ur . rT T^ XT T . slang and no longer are in the HOLSTON, July 14 The man- . .1 ufacture of synthetic petroleum —— —; r ' products will be “going strong” within ten years, according to Dr. Paul D. Foote, executive vice presi dent of Gulf Research & Develop- ] ment Company. ture student, stated that posed to finals because; believp they accomplish Te"fs op- “I don’t the pur- - KELLY FIELD - '■i' ,| j . jT ' (Continued from Page 2) Keefer explained how Russia was Undertaking the task of con quering the world, and how she could very 1 possibly succeed. He has one bit of heartening news, however, and ttait was the:U. S. could defeat Ruskia in 18 days by merely boipbinV; key points 'in Moscow; —‘ r "'"T4:— The majority of the cadets spend their morning hours catching up pose they are intended tt> accom- on sleep and reading the latest plish. They consist of learning ex- j dime novels. Of course, they are actly what the instructor wants j supposed to be listening to lec- one to know the night bifore ex-1 tures, but most of them have ams and not really what the course heard the lectures at least twice can offer over a whole semester.” before, so they feel that it would R. S. Winter, a senior B & A be a waste of time to listen again, student, slated that he (disliked Some have had a little trouble, v -4- PALACE ® Pm o es F n’ - H '' ?*»> IMMIE’S GIFT AND TOT SHOP I j , 1 i ’■ 10011 $outh College Avenue * Phone 2-1618 . i TT' : • < i I • Remember Our .j . . Vz f RICE SALE ' i Hours-^8:3Q A.M. to 6 P.M. CORKY’S Tailor Made Clothes THE BEST ABETH do R K Y * S J Jl ! i CLEANING - PRESSING ALTERATIONS ■. . rn j ..|. fi t • n at Their best — at I !:*:•' [ CAMPUS CLEANERS ; . T T r : : I d . . • Over The Exchange Store ■i 7 Classified Ads ■ri 1 I A BATTALION (ttAMw WITH AD. Rates with • 25f minimam. Space in ClauifM Section ... GO? p.t Send ell classifieds with te the Student Activities Of- ads should be turned in by 10:00 a^n. of the day before publication. —"CUT I turday ai 1. S. ROSES, dozen, and Sunday at The College Road. £ FOR SALE — Friday, Sati Roue Stand, FOR SALE—Royal portable typewriters from your authorised Royal dealer, L. H. Adams, Br/an Business Machine Co., Dial 2-1828, 107 W. 22nd, Bryan, Texas. FOR SALE—1047 Hudson, 4 door sedan. Radio, Plastic seat covers. Low mile age. Will accept older car as: trade-in. Apt. A-7-D, College View. Evenings. though, because it seems that the chairs g«t hard and are not the best things to sleep on. A&M men have always been noted for their ability to find new pleasures in life. The ones here are no exception. Many new saloons and bars havt been located and the places are doing a booming business from the Ag gies. The men were perfectly satisfied with Bear Foot Frank’s Place until it was suspected that he was putting water in his beer. It was then that the search for greener pastures began. Last week was elimination week here. In an effort to clean but the undesirables, demerits were hand ed out like water, causing much unrest among the troops. Tom Crouch and Don Hooten were al most eliminated when they failed to make bed check one night. How ever, a demerit-reducing detail the next night saved them. By this time next week it will all be over except the scars and the unpleasant rilemones. Many of the cadets will probably leave with a guilty conscience thinking of their Comrades in arms at other camps who will still have, about three more weeks to go, but that’s life. A&M Poultrymen Will Attend Meet W. J. Moore, assistant extension poultry specialist, and E. D. Par nell and D. H. Reid, of the Poultry Department, will leave Sunday for St. Louis, Missouri, where they will attend the International Baby Chick Convention. These poultrymen will have an opportunity to see the latest de velopments in poultry breeding and equipment, and will discuss problems with industry leaders at the convention. They will return to College Sta tion July 18. Library Closed During Weekend Cushing Memorial Library will be closed ’ from July 16 through July 19. A new charging method is being instituted in the library according to Paul Ballance, li brarian, and this task cannot be performed while the library is open, since it involves the addi tion of a book card to each book. We huremTTThetuemuli ^ A of your coune* kitUiikui it . »nd packed into a nutthtil, ^ * for quick thorough review! * Aik, to ut the ftmom iitiin iaiiiiK slim ACCOUNT!**. (IwnuUnt . 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