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a.- •i # ■m r I' Cai ■ i 1 -i. •,i 1 ■ j Battalion ITORIALS ; ' v : *vVir ; ‘: • •+d,-i¥’ f !7> s' j 'll. ii >.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28,1048 Soldier, Statesman, knighil) Gentleman 1 Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie t for! Renewed Assurance • • T church] membership coipitjry 1947. Fiffy-jthree percent; long il , a reliable and ^LS percent over 1)946, increasing its,mem- blication, reported bership to 25,286^178, churches, divided if Traditions into 1 W 7 \ L. The Protestant major denomi- M K' : Trampling Out the Vintage ■ Individualism Q V "fMj • * « * 1 Is Ij \ .vak).' >, % As Telephones populatit^i n This pen en 386.T88 t prsons. ©dj otity: !2 per cnurcnj n emoers iild the J< 4 and Raman Catjioli<i Churches evidenced take heart in the fact that in these days of that moije and m^re people in our country national danger, threats of war, and in- [- of the nation’s to some church. --.. to il ... cent bringing its total membership to 33,- 3,713,006 in the year nations, showed an increme of 2.6 per- . .. 587,573J The largest of | the Prqtestant denomin- leaents a total of 77,- ations—Methodist, Southern Baptist, Na- n 18|t0, the Hearld stat- tional Baptist Cqnventioh, U. S. A., Na- t of the population were tional Baptist Convention of America, and ( the Presbyterian Church in the U. S^A.—i /ish congregations had all showed significant increases as well as not yej; s applied jheir figures for,the year many of the smaller dendminations. 194?-,• ithe gains Imaidei in the Protestant A ” 1 ^ L ” ’ - L ' By FRANK CUSHING Periodically a story appears in the news of some rugged individual who breaks the chains of social conventions. In our inhibi tion-fettered country it’s refreshing to read wat of these too few incidents. ‘f- All people of iall denominations should are.tiiynflng to thi Church in these times of ternal political squabbling, the people are siJ. « i : . i • «U * .i A •!_ - ^ _ ..1 I . _ A J-V- t ^ A. t. intematfcnak strffe.; turning in greater numbers to the church » ’ 1 ’ ^ ' ‘ ' md’, ’resumably college ifop jdg^ be f ■ x •' j , ! \j|- V i ■ Amplification Department By CARROLL TRAIL CAthblic qhuirch showed a gain of^for guidance and'assurance. ate-Taki Yesterday in my 606 Math claps, we had a problem that caused or 28/9 eggs in seven da fore, six hens could lay §6/3 eggs irs. The i g And Studying, Section One . 4 : good notes and are able to take full ad vantage of them. and helped alo hand in.tb ore he - he does ; W made nf if. whpt how to ufee/thejn "the yeryone who comes t( paqk awa^some know! fs AUd his sheepskin WhUe some students probably will nev- , the road of life with a er raast<!r note-taking and studying, we iajke and, some oratory. However, believe il . woul i be 10 the ^vantage of rush to 7 |et the newly arrived stu- both the student.and the college if ail en- into class,! the problem of how to terin <t . £re8hmen ! a " d otbers who d f lred - were given an opportunity to attend a se ries of classes devofed,entirely to the two subjects. •' •H The series qhjould be designed to equip of subjects,: sqme he enjoys, some to get the most out of every not. Th^ problem of getting some- course. It should be short, concise, and practical. Obviously a cojurse in shorthand would be a waste of time to most students, but a fejW shortcuts iin note-taking could be passed on ip an hour or so. Along-the ■ same line, a course in the psychology of studying, while it might be dent make th e best lise of the material to be presented in thq class is often neglected. Once in college the student is taught variety useful oui; of each subjeqt could be ore enjoyable; or less distasteful, take good * he peered collecre, he werertaught dass notes and how to ayeragq college student makes a f h^fehei c| !' -maf Ofj rEed attempt at note-taking that helpful, should bpme later in the college much discussion. As a matter ’of fact, the professor in charge be came so entangled that he had to dismiss class. Even today, there was much tension and little was accomplished in class. The prbblem, simple in appear ance, is quite tricky and calls for astute thinking. This is jit: If a hen and a haJf can lay an egg and a half in a ^lay and a half, how many eggs can six hens lay in seven days? Your esteemed opinion would help to clarify the situation and to put the classroom work back to normal. Yours sincerely, M. T. Answer: Well, M. T., your problem is a stickler. No ordinary- mathemati cian could work. it, and we had tb call in our board of experts. According to the way they fig ure, if a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, then a hen and a half cojuld lay two-thirds of an egg in jme day. Taking two-thirds of this, to find how much one hen can ijay, the i experts got four-ninths of an egg. In other words, according to our learned mathematicians, onb hen can lay 4/9 of an egg a diay, in seven days. Our mathematicians hasten to advise you thaK they used their slide rules and the\re- sult is only an approximatiop. In the B^yan Daily Eagle, July 14 in the section under legal no- ticeifl'headed by “Notice of Sale of School Property” was this an nouncement: “One African ! croco dile is sajd to have killed and eaten between 40 and 50 people be- forelit was shot.” It’s about time they sold it. ★ Deafi Sir: I have a problem that has both ered! me for quite sometime. I have turned to everyone I know excejpt you, and no one can give me a satisfactory answer. It’s just this: Is there a dormi tory 13? I have consulted the Gen eral Information bulletin and the blue book, and I have watched in tramural news in the Battalion. Never have I heard mention of such a dormitory Sincerely, J. B. Answer: Because of lack of space, J. B., I’m afraid that I will have to an swer your request next time. In the meantime I shall check with the college architect, and the chief of Housing. The small village of Ripley, Maine, wit nessed one of these events recently. A ro mantic-bitten, but obviously bitter, telephone operator tneic * cornea ner position with a den touch. Just before she left the town to be mar ried she cut all the switchboard wires be cause she was tired of “this ‘Humber please’ Duoiiicaa. ' !. There really ought to be a reward offered for those socially rebellious cnaracters tnat can come out frankly and state “to .... with it»” . \ nil ;■ 1 A hoist artist in New Jersey showed real consideration lor nis victims, in view of tne weainer conditions around here lately ii would be a down rignt pleasure to be neld up uy a person of his type. The tnougntful individual placed employ* ees ana cusiumers of a restaurant in a nuge refrigerator wmie ne awaited tne manager wno nad tne safe comomation. Alter me manager had arrived, opened tne sale, and joined me otners in me cooier, the bandit de- -laned somewnat ricner. ^ f \Tne gunman exnibited sufficient thought fortiie cumiort of nis prey by selecting tne freezer lor storing mem. nowever uiai was not aiiAi’o appease any less nardy souis wnq migh,! have suffered from the exposure, the /•: O'hjnn.. bat i ol liers tne p ii) ntiof ceivefl i 1 immediately '•a dollai s actio; i, Tv by tqe seem victeti tor 4 4o jhis Mm’i led out whiskey to keepAhem to the off told tales of com- g their “Greetings” is manj in Philadelphia. He re- rom the city that if he did not it his overdue taxes of five • i I i. j r * >. il d thi rty-five cents, he faced court ? i \ Oklahoma woul 11 e muc retui n lone of beat. After wrects iri le$ that tte qffici inclupej dfiviii b. awaiting the -11 ★ Tj- ' ) • >7*- 1 Dity decided \recentlyj that it ^ simpler all the way abound to their patrolmen to walking a had had four \squad car than) A year, it was believed ,! r’s talents definite!^ did not ill man af Yorl, found frier dir >vith out of a dru counted a T£i<i crow wan in g to h ‘He o|’ Th i his wife in Babylon, New .t ft doesn’t pay to be too tramgers. The couple ambled „..tore Saturday night and en- riendly crow. Ji! said “Hello.” •7 The man not mistaken for a snob said furthe attaifhld car chat, to h lisjtal to lure the bird closer for ej ;istrat: < ho rude entire sdt an ht ven’t u still And rhen There’s Pigalle ‘Schoolii Student Si By MACK T. NOLEN (Battalion foreign correspondient' Mack T. Nolen is attending school in Paris this summer. The follow ing letter iif the first report of his activities on the Continent) No, the ship didn’t sink; I’ve crowd told us France : i<n ’ ijas it republic. Oh: ;| gi neld, Fourth etired. The afternoon of Ba.4tilji Ijay v walked all over Parif, s whieh was done only in history, apd then ir just been awfully biisy filling my the city >vus| considers ll eyes'witt Pjaris. And it’s; like part- Never again; But it’s t ru the lusband dangled a chain car keys, driver’s license, and n in front of the crow’s beak, conversationalist grabbed the flew off. The duped couple overed their papers? and keys. I 1. i, :* I l • may.nAt produce the desired re- .. produce t ts inlthe ijotcjboojk. iSome never get any- . thing more net >ful than the prof’s room numbeij record! d, while a very few take career, but some tips on how to study and how to use the notes taken in class would be of immeasurable value. Such a series deserves consideration. i . 7 l h : tv -vlj. Ml AmeHc^Advertisers Go Wild, Again Between the Bookends . ‘All Things Considered’ Best Of H. V. O’Brien’s Columns aj stun j.nfe befoij' fiSTI whi lallf Uruly ilwqii; ing with the Aga Khan’s birthday derful place. The stre;t.«f ate ajiii present to lay the proper amount tique-looking but clear, lined wit t»f Irancs on the line for air-rtiad tall Rcnaisaance builditigi qf ca j stamps.. Even the money cqrre- ved ^tone, and statue; nji'e j omnii spending to. our pennies is paper' present The plan of t lejeitjy w money here, and each five franc obviously drawn up bj an jdio note is likje five dollars till you the streets dash off (very {while of o^ir rjeaders are looking for of people of every age who tire of the •\ h i I I v. L i. ^ ( _L i i m 1 _ ( ,i. .. ' sanion refree moments ordinary and always seek the uncommon.’ or h dhrvst, fun-ld ving dream,” one that will^ What is this extravajganza of life, love ■■plitj “lajughter n your heart and a song and the pursuit)of happiness? Have the op your lips,” it is now yours for the doors of Hollywood opened to disgorge asking,[ but foi may have to wait a,while thousands of beautiful women to help the 7 1 iT I I ,7 ’ C lonely man get {“more put of living?” 7 This companion is one to make “your No,, this necessity foir full happiness is its 4 •2 run higp.” With it^ypu can “seek one that comes’aind goes ;at your command; and strange scenes” one that never, loses its temper; never leaves home without your consent and re- column of “All Things Considered''' appeared m the Chicago Djaily unspoiled you ca e, for THI ordinary Ipnd of dream either, but turers claim, for this is no fickle thing “ready to ! thrill those Special’ kinds like woman; this is the Jeepster. attle bade > . . with a ” T This dream isn’t turns at your bidding or so the manufac- B> T. NANNEY All Jhings Considered by How ard Vincent O’Brien, The Boqbs- Merrill Company Publishers, Copy right 1948. Chicago is sometimes more than supermarket, transportation cen ter and hog butcherer of the world. It cart lay aside its meat cleiver and butchers’ apron, put on a smoking jacket and light a pipe, it can curl up in an easy chair and read with pleasure the palaver of its literary sons. In 1932 the first jous but never with himself.. The story of his hundred-dollari pana ma hat is a saga of exposed human frailty.(i It’s as funny r as Benchley and much more civilized, ( would/ like to say that O’ Brien was cos mopolitan and urban but western people think that cosmopolitans are stuffed shirts—and O’Brien was not a stuffed shirt. Chicago could not have loved a stuffed shirt, A1 Capone wanted O’Brien to write his “official" bio- graphy and had his record studied to See if he was safe. gqt used toi it. We had what might be termed an uneventjful voyage—only one man sea-sicKaud he didn’t touch food,for ten days. He was not of our party, however. About four days out of Le Havre the weather turned off cold and for ten days we saw the sun only spasmodically. I’m told it's typical French weather. We hit Lc Havre on the 13th of July, the eve of their Independence Day, and joined fight in with the merry-making throng, shouting “Vive le Third Republique” at the top of our voices until one of the way, come injto pictures q or just stop; dead—bu; method in hi,s madness is extremely pleasing. !)UaV( a lefe vVsi Jhe 10(74 ri l the “bain!’ and coipe Out staelling of Camay. This was the bight,and The pedestrians and llri^cijs ha^l a tacit agreement her* conciernir the right of way—if y< n Laij mala it, good for you; if y >u imisicahr _ late, you’re a lousy bur 1 fir foulidl f feel justly exhuberai t. up the ordef of the «: steml Hojdf • r • • ever, I saw somethin : fhej oth day that dqmb-foundi d jmo, Prfc - paring to cross the 5ti|i‘etl fro the Louvre to the foot bifidge ovi the Seine, Wc saw a s|tjg;i| aqo < ‘ >/3 thutid Qt. ■M • 1 • • | riend wno iq going to spend a couple In Alaska, the price; of a haircut ia $2. of jweika fa Citnada “roughing it” thinks That explaina why sourdoughs in the cans withotf hunting really isn’t r! -j News. That was the beginning of a memorable series. Chicago had produced another great son. From then until his death in 1947 Chicago laughed and howled or bowed its head as How ard Vincent O’Brien commanded it. His rare gifts commanded instant writ- The biography was aevef ten but if you are interested in the Capone era, O’Brien’s memoirs can iMef appreciation from both the public and hie professional colleagues. His greatest gift was for the Yhe absurd incongruities of radio in carap. ■ i.i ii ’ IL. amous siwftauitfn- says, big game daftgeroua. Of course rth after you find it. / •“ ' • Tjho danger sta roljnan raoimtejd on heroes shinnied up ree occasionally to look for smoke and ,1 r >• —- I —■ m movies always wear long hair. comic. our existence he kidded and prod ded derisively; hut the incongrui ties in his own life he also reveal ed to the world. He was often ser- give you some valuable sidelights and amusing revelations about un derworld characters. All Things Considered is a collec tion of the best of O’Brien’s col umns. The editors havb dope an excellent job. The book has unity, vigor and universality that belie its olectic nature. This is the greatest tribute that can be paid a journal ist: I wouldn’t dare wrap fish with ,V 1 1 f Transportation Corps Cad iqm Learning Latest Techniques By J, M. RUSSELL ' that tho Cadets have hud thus 1 Twenty-six Aggies of the Tran-, besides the weiek-end di tei, dai spox-tation Corpl are eagerly ab- es, and parties, was; ihe two d® sorbing the latest techniques of spent at Fort Story jdt iving A transportation by truck, rail, and phihiau Trucks, DUKfWjp. IDri water at Fort Eustis, Va. into the O'Brien, but O'Brien would have ill lil W.’ E. Whife of tho Fqreit Serv lc*, recalled its/ 8 art in 1916 when four We like this commercial from Art Baker’s Notebook, KFt (Los Angeles): “If a bee gets Iin your car these spring driving days, don’t kill him—shoo him out gently and; bid him Godspeed. He might be on his j way to make that wonder ful Miller’s h6*ey. ,? 7 ; dared. You will like his book. Sneak Previews «.. , I m s )upded s wi mtig,±-Dallaij Morning Afil nice a beginning j as any Service could Ihave. L taJijm s r A« yta\ Tie . j Actually, we suppose Columbus was ctqa the origiinal tourist who started out to sec America first. “Dream” Becomes “Nightmare” In Current Betty Hutton Movie . • • ' . /I .-I In order to get into the real workings of convoys, the first thing in order was a truck cortvoy trip to New-- York to irtspect the port and its harbor facilitiea. After giving the poiit and its fifeilities the once over, the CJadcts went oack to Fort Eufltis tb ac tually perform no me ot the feats such as stevedoring and hlarbor craft handling, which they had ob served. Railroading has come in for a study by the Cadets, also. Besides a study of th« railroads of foreign jour of t ho over the sand course an 1‘ the hi surface course was mi Id exci ment ; compared to th j i ide in surging surf on the V rgfniji bea the V It seemed is thqiigh thi lf>U K would be swamped ui ry toi- g rates —- — By ANDY DAVlS and BILLY SHIPP Hutton fans will be disappointed rinc Miss The Battalion rt T On rate §4.30 per school muy be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, is may be made by telephone .(4-5444) or at the edtl (ied ads^ mayo bo placed by telephone (4-5324) j or at :sa is entitled exclusively to the use for 1 — - •T’ —' Member ot 7 The Assodateil Press mm Dream Girl (Paramount), star ring Betty Huttoa, Macdonald Catey and Patric Knowles, j Dream Girl muy have been a successful Broadway stage * play, c «Jn e S;» Betty Hutton plays the daughter of a wealthy family, who in simple terms, “doesn’t get around.” Her life is completely resolved around her dreams, and no| matter what situation arises, her; dreams take command with resulting consequ ences. ! . •. ] Miss Hutton is in u daze 85 minutes of the time, the moviie only lasting 85 minutes. Macdonald Ca rey finally brings Miss Hutton down to earth, but not without with this film, and I imagine Hutton feels the sama- way about the picture. • ★ $7 “the Man From (E«g ,c - Liop), starring James Craig, Lynn ly o countries, a conducted tour C & O Railroad yards of Newport News, Virginia, was mads, this port has a huge device capable of bodily picking up an entire coal car and dumping its contents into a waiting ship. The most exciting experience the huge waves, but wer" Mooting these DLjK ch^ _■ -- - .(• i Most of the time du is s|>ent in learning 4»i trsnsportution. However, tho cadetit to go through tho * s IMfU 1 m « -c W ha.-ve o thought that tho w< e n)d off a dance, party, or some historic land vicinity. This week-end an hv to the Amiupoli# N xvi scheduled-rarmyi m«fx stronghold! Bari and Johjtnje Johnston- Queen Tl«a “ ' the Student Activities ieater in Bryan. lueen latest fan Fr6m Texas”. Billed as a stirring saga of the old West,; it fell far short ofj the mark. Eagle-Lion could have saved themselves quite a sum of ‘Not Me, Sarge’ Is New Of Eager Young Lieute io e {of th nute II t'ith (might i il Basi in ■ : . > I ’ . 1 , • , Former A&M fetti Anywhere button, saying “Push the button before crossing." Having nothing to lo^c, we tried it. It was truly remarkable to wc traffic grind to a hall for blocks along the street, but we didn’t know the reason. Finilly it daw ned. The cars stopped for us V The button turned on the stop light and gave us the right-tof-way. Wo air.biled across and the autos re sumed their deadly race. J Night ★ July 224-This iqeniorable niglit for/Jus; wc just finished-bathing! ThM might .sound rathicr odd to ybur well-washed American eai’s but over-here it’s nio joke. Hot waterf e) ista only in story hooks and in es ablishments'/. spcqjally devoted to s dling baths. ■ - Eve|iy so often, whcii w'e get to sinelling worse than the cheeses they serve hate, we hike down to The palaces and pla:es wc want bo sec all have a strange habit of closing their gates the moment wc arrive tp gape. Last Sunday we went out,to Versaillejj, ‘the palace wart closed. Wc went to Lcs In- ivniu vailues rtnd it shut up that instant. It’s a plot, I tell you! But the Louvre people wo caught unawares and they didn’t have ijimu to close bi-forc wo were inside. They have huge collections of Egyptian, Ro- Renaissanice, and other there. We satisfied our- T - 4 seeing tho fiiat three collections when we went, because to see shy more would hqvo been .wasted. tr ! ii 11 ik, “Got apy !- thevng to sell.?” Ifj you' htfve-— “ * th The Fh j they will ghc « pn S But the most magm y is gasoline. ^ Two v of all news dispatches spontaneous origin publilh- nfoney by never having produced this melodrama. /’ • / reserved. rhe plot deals with the criminal T? i ■ y*»■ wey, wr4 »x» *< rna -Wire Witor Xditrtte m - r r‘ w 1 Alen Curry 3Wlf Btaertew WMirir* >. ! I > Tamp Camp Hood, Texas, arc beginni riy-eyed freshness dut ^ k —* derails le rough t fay National Ad- tnc- at Kwr York City, Anodes, OOd 9s» I'nuwbeo. ]q4ve his naughty life, settle down tb being an honest man, live with ce beginning , . »d freshness efuty that cftarac- tbeir first two weeks m camp. At ffwt the cadets went, out of first pai R. L. ; College, day with total of 2 roui idi range of the v ..Co-Wi — juji, ata..: u j.I - tors Somcr ~W~— SpMfai Editor i Field are competent in pporting rofea, but Carnal) fhaih, the broken down offer* the most . fc* bm rote,. „ pea the b^tf sAaj can with the part given her. Betty mm* % ^. - e her from (See DREAM, »g».4) eidiecaU:’ are. dopir pex-fectipn qt of s served rbo 97th ■ ■ i • i- Us expect to^raduatei -1 epectxve lent swindle French giegerrtmont allows eafn American douplons for 200 litere (500 with car) whirth cou- pofia go like hot cahos fOr about ( lOjqOO frann, or roughly $35. It amounts to tho .goroiiimcnt sub- Hidlzmg you if you put a fow doi- lure in cireulation. • ■ j ★ Our school is only has one tl toi get over, In that would curl only foe tills aurnme^ vuv ip regular course to in class almdst is no time. We gq freiij 9-12, 2:30-6. a n((^y The course to in the morning de- veiled to French grammar, vocubq- laty, phonetics, the ufteifoon give* with French history, litofature. atid “jW b dmp ww hwfc tut ‘ *“ ® f than a ;/ rnn tin Wand lets Isn’t lucre do have water at I —• I’m describing conditon* d Ut| ai Light bulbs run up is turned off at night, so of toilets tsij't-done. (May- me ^ ’I have lived far the ^tho rough them.) . I 1 ffef .Crsfci; 1 j J a fi -r- lunch ;.v I. i > I J !‘ •