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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28,1048
Soldier, Statesman, knighil) Gentleman 1
Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie
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for! Renewed Assurance
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church] membership
coipitjry
1947.
Fiffy-jthree percent;
long
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, a reliable and ^LS percent over 1)946, increasing its,mem-
blication, reported bership to 25,286^178,
churches, divided
if
Traditions
into 1
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The Protestant
major denomi-
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Trampling Out the Vintage
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As Telephones
populatit^i n
This pen en
386.T88 t prsons.
©dj otity: !2 per
cnurcnj n emoers
iild the J<
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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-
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of the nation’s
to some church.
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cent bringing its total membership to 33,-
3,713,006 in the year nations, showed an increme of 2.6 per-
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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.
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All people of iall denominations should
are.tiiynflng to thi Church in these times of ternal political squabbling, the people are siJ.
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intematfcnak strffe.; turning in greater numbers to the church
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’resumably
college ifop
jdg^ be
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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
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good notes and are able to take full ad
vantage of them.
and helped alo
hand
in.tb
ore he
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he does
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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
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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.
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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»”
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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
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bat i ol liers
tne p ii) ntiof
ceivefl i 1
immediately
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dollai s
actio; i,
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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
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woul 11 e muc
retui n lone of
beat. After
wrects iri le$
that tte qffici
inclupej dfiviii
b.
awaiting the
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?”
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This companion is one to make “your No,, this necessity foir full happiness is
its
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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amous siwftauitfn- says, big game
daftgeroua. Of course
rth after you find it.
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Tjho danger sta
roljnan raoimtejd on heroes shinnied up
ree occasionally to look for smoke and
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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 «..
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m s )upded s wi mtig,±-Dallaij Morning
Afil nice a beginning j as any Service
could Ihave.
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Actually, we suppose Columbus was
ctqa
the origiinal tourist who started out to sec
America first.
“Dream” Becomes “Nightmare”
In Current Betty Hutton Movie
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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
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By ANDY DAVlS
and BILLY SHIPP
Hutton fans will be disappointed
rinc Miss
The Battalion
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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
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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. •
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“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
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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
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t'ith
(might
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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
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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.
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!- thevng to sell.?” Ifj you' htfve-—
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The
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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
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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
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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*
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(See DREAM,
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eidiecaU:’
are. dopir
pex-fectipn
qt of s
served
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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.
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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
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than a ;/
rnn tin
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