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1 ‘ ^ - finish on your ed a research ehen^i^t who recommended
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on your
that the tower be! completely drained
every six months and fresh water be put
in. This cannot be done without shutting
down the Power P alnt, the manager stat-
ed. ' / . : i '. ■
To alleviate thi condition, the man
ager of the plant drains the water from
the tower to[ the lowest possible level and
et intb the cn cks in the paint, and replaces it with fresh water every 30 days,
lly rial awa^ the metal under- There is a complete turn-over of water by
you pirk your
tlie evajporation
P ant i4 Boomtown, you are
" ” 1 vishes of a strong
to the Power
subjecting lit t( the
chloride and al sali spray,
' ’ spkar lah d sSohfL
corrode and |ru|st the exposed metal suf-
m
7j'w
wax coat,
faces,'
I event
neath., ~ * i~ I . i ■ ^
B A L FrildlayHfhe Battalion obtained a sam
pie of the wfcr used in the evaporation
tower and had it analyzed by’ a reliable
nns I!
ths
pus.
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ilkalis, ithe
showed that th^ wat^r conjj&ined a strong 4 the Power Plant every
ring a
pH of }9.67 7.p0 is hormal. There
fl-
spluiioin, the
to a 1 exposeiimet
as buniper a id grill work,
’ in the ,ps int, it wouli
surfaces such
nd if it enters
cracks in the ,ps int, ii would rust the body.
The solution would lissolve a coating of
commercial 1 m c.
The man iger of );he Power Plant con
' firmed these! fiQdingis.
au an e^coit to
effect of the water, the
ho-
counteract
manag
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he plan ; had already consult- within walking distance of the classrooms.
It ; " 'f ' . J’ 1 ' j: . ' ' F
Deserve A Secret Ballot. . .
It is aipclit;
as fer
be v;
cast
about
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The analysis
evaporation every week, hut this strength
ens the solution rather than weakens it;
There is no othCr foreseeable means to
correct the condit H
Since it is not practical fc> shut down
tical
month to clean the
showing a evaporation tower and since no means has
iaiL- -There been found to cornect the ,
^ was also a fbr mg cpneientiration of chlo* cars parked in
d soine sulf* tes. 1 : 7 7 will be in consl
’ ‘ ^ chemist reported, is the 1 harmful spra;
— the condition, the
vicinity of the tower
will be in constanjt danger of exposure to
; official of the College
dd knowingly submit
le damaging effect of
find gome means to
a vote!is in direct proportion to the free- voter to whor^ it has been given. This
dom with w lieh it is past. No Texas po- makes it possible fot our “honest” offi-
litician will dare to dispute this .. .^as a 7ials to determine hot oijily for whom a
theory, Bht seme do have the effrojitry vote was caHt but ialso by whom it was
to perpetuatje an outmoded! system of vot- cast. We trust confidently that our public
ing which rob:; oifr votes of the full se- servants do not habitually avail themselves
crecjj Which tle^ di serve. 7 of this opportunitj|. Political favors are
a secret ballot. ■ often passed out
leens descirve!
• Any forni bullotir g which falls short of petty things as votes.
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cal a^iom that the value of bered and tto^t a record be kept of the
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pn th$ basis of such
oniphtely secret is; a partial nega- This temptatioh shoulld be removed,
thje ' ; ot. ng.p ’inciple. The vote can Votes must not be;open to censorous ac-
o democracies only when.it is tion nor the hint of censorous action. We
eh tree from, considerations can' provide machinefy foir a secret ballot.
ho\t cjth^rs wijll reaijt to the.-vote. It
external com-
Others have pioneered iji this field and
have developed motjlprn voting devices and
techniques which Insure voting secrecy.
s pesiri s—nc
procedure for Texas voting, We must provide^ for po man is freer
.ijjes that each ballot be nunif- 1
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than the secrecy of pis vote.
happer
conscious: New England. From the Woon
"Alt*
held one
cle:
neCte(|
since 1016.’
A
bower
was ashajnfd
a Democrat
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Wu were surprised to learn a poll tax The pay of lieutenants and a captains
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is req
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Upderd
men can’t
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didn t run f<
wired in
that sc
think thatlsG)rt(f
north of thja ^laso:
he S
only in genealogy-
,.) Call, June. 21, 1948: j
Ithpu rh only 53 years of age, he
pfn this longest tenures as a court
sichusjtts having been con-
Over Classificatipn in (the Havana (Cu
ba) Poaf:! ,7 s ' |f'7 | ...i"
Furnished Apajrtmqpt for rent to quiet
couple, no children, no pets, no furniture
carving friends, no lost weekend drinking
acquaintances, prompt payers, considerate
econd District Court ] tenants. We lend you phone. . .
to ac
or a Re
knbvr claims that Eisen-
ojr president because he
lit thpt he was either
jiblie^n. .
Typhoid fever has been a 30-day dis
ease, but a new djrug is said to cure it in
three days. There is stiH, however, no
such quick and easy cure for a 30-day
note. IrM
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New i Hampshire. W# didn’t in the army is said to be below competing
was tolerated wages in business and industry. But, like
•ixon lihe. columnists, they jshould look at the pres-.
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former pavic* .
. bools under the Americans
.inote, those who With clothes at
tyr liddli. , have to wear
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Amplification Department
We feel that
and nd student
his automobile to
the chemical sp;
The Battalion [urges those people who
have charge of parking areas on the Cam
pus to immediatelf 'close parking lots ad
jacent to the Power Plant and to provide
parking space out df the danger area but
By CARROLL TRAIL
Dear Sir: ’ 1
In ^Vednesday’s Batt there wa$
an article on pajjre 2 about , the
cadets at Camp Hood. Refering
to two of the recruits, it saidjr
“Both expect to graduate from
their respective schools in June
of 1948.”
My question is, isn’t this Juty
of 19-18, or did they both fail to
graduate seven weeks ago?
Love and Kisses,
A. H.
Answer:
A. H., your question is certainly
challenging one. I have done
everything in my power to arrive
at h satisfatcory answer.
I first tried to contact the authoir
Williafn Adair, but he was on J5.
P.,and Could not answer my Jong-
distant call. To Check for 'typo
graphical m-oiV I looked for tin?
original story, but it had been de
stroyed. \
Next I callen\on my old buddy
J. T. Kent, matlvsmiatics professojr
and amateur astronomer. Consult
ing his handy pocket-sized alma
nac, he assured mo\hat this fe
July 1948.
I then checked these V.en’s re
corcW^tnd found that thcV are tp
graduate June 1949. Thus, as fan
tastic as it may seem, theNBait
By FRANK CUSHING ’
The offices of the organized reserve
corps in Denison and Dallas ought to have
more consideration for vets. There are some
things (i.e. nerves, heart) to be placed above
mere money.
The government agency has been mail
ing out form letters concerning routine mat
ters. However many Aggies havetfl even
taken time to read the material before bolt
ing for the Brazos Bottoms. ! 7'*
It seems that an economy drive has
called into use surplus envelopes with the
chilling words “Selective Service” printed on
them. Through the conditioned response
with their “Greetings” notes from the presi
dent, recipients have reacted violently.
For the benefit of those who might en
counter thesje envelopes, take heart arid open
are of no importance or mean-
not this month. ’ r
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Not only is this a small world but its a
pretty mixed up one. During the recent
Democratic convention in Philadelphia a
restaurant owner desired a ten-gallon hat
exactly likd the one worn by one of the
rouat have made a typographical ^' exa jL delegation. „ I ,
error. ■ The hat wearer promised to send the
★ wishful one a genuine cow-puncher lid of
"wJS* great fwifim chirf. Sit- ^ ^ ** found P>. I**
infa
nc
office
them. They j
ing—at least
A
learned
/too soon
that
aided
tence
JEveh
boaster j*i
unowned
under trije
ed five
world-
: The
thrifty
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7-7'7 .1
ir won a Democratic
>ma county for the
enough, sheriff. The
statement issued by
mils was, “He ain’t’per-
St.” 17 i :
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I’k'i
_ „ Saylor has
a little too much anq
ied fame recently in
he could live, un
government subsis-
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pired to make the
A friendly but
bly jlfemaie, crawled
s jtfont steps and usner-
,es from heaven into the
Fi
le bio
wher
responsibilities a
new borta.J jNouj
choice of ’
dogs aU i
ting Bull,;ever captured?
In nfy
The hat
band proud y proclaims the name of a Phila-
delpftia hat maker.
restaurant proprietor received the
istory emss yesterday, I promised article postmarked from Texas,
asked my instructor, Dr. A. B. However h£ is now scratching his head in-
Nelson, if we would study Sitting stea( j 0 f C0 7ering it with the gift. The (
Bull s life. To which he replied, . .wtraB-T
“Bull has no place in my course.”
Sh U yosU can answef this ques
tion lor me, I won’t mind if the WT <.
histpry-course doesn’t cover it. There is something very catching and
in genuine admiration, appealing About the campaign slogan of the
Answer:! • late “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s brotner. The
Yes, S. ll., Sitting Bull was cap
tured. After three decades of out-
maneuvering the best that the U.
S. Army Could send into the field,
the great' Indian chief was- cap
tured. His captors treated him-with
the greatest respect, and one ask
ed if he had any special grievances
to air. Sitting Bull nodded gravely,
and protected, “One white man has
printed terrible lies about me for
all world to read.” “What did he
say?” asked the reported. The
chief gave vent to an impressive
collection of cuss-words and con
cluded, “If Indian ever find him,
he sure Jscalp no-good so-and-so
who siy Sitting Bull graduated at
West Roitit.”
bound o r
otner pip;
by a £>]
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mon heM
the clasi
presents 1
toad.
’ Nodr i
capable of
If the
what p:
teacners
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but
)£m>ye
Prole
e to the soft-hearted,
mother ignored her
k a ppwder on the
Baylor boy has the
of! dogf thfee times a day or no
“ F
r^ous for refusing to be
(ons. An example of an-
tajken was demonstrated
h 2061 class.
tne repercussions
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think
cate,
nts
desks.
Origmated in Washington’s Time
American Susceptible to
And Flowery Phrases, Especi
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Dictionary Introduction Work
Of 7 Devils, Reviewer Finds
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By T. NANNEY
If you have a dictionary donft
read the introduction. It is the
work of seven devils. Seal those
front naees up . . . and tear theirn
out if there are small children
in the home. That introduction [is
poison. Once a man has read tho7
pages he’ll never go to the diction
ary again without quaking heart
and knocking knees.
The dictionary is potentially
the! greatest tool of the Ameri
can public. Bound up in the ety
mological history of language '
romance, history, adventure,
have you ever heard about
Nope? It’s all the fault' of thait
darned introduction. - f
Most bool^p possess attractive
alluring introductions that stimu
late the interest and compel one
to dig into and devour the con
tents. Alas, the dictionary has no
such attraction to stimulate its
potential users. It has instead long
dull pompous lists of charts, ‘keys,’
and tabulations. The accumulated
force of this dry pedantic intro
duction is terrific. It destroys in-
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Some Don’t Read
tellectuaJteuriosity and offers noth
ing in! reram.
I prrpoite a “Society For The
Abolishment\of Pompous Intro
ductions:” It would bp called
“Socfortaopi” for short. The first
goal of this society would be to
eliminate that cankerous growth
that prefaces Our dictionary.
The second goal would be to sub
stitute ah introduction that would
caress the sensibilities, Xtimulate
the soul, and' lure the public into
searching out the beauties of the
dictionary. It would hint of the
romance buried in the etymology
of our language. It would reveal
small delightful portions of the
adventure and daring buried in the
history of our native tongue.
The third goal would be to or
ganize a bo^k club that dealt ex
clusively ]with the dictionary. The
“Dici-ionafry of tbr Month Club”
would send out dictionaries qvery
month, and every one would have
a npw more enticing intro^nAHon
than the one before. Each preface
would become more appealing,
more seductive than the last. Nice
to conteBiplate isn’t it?
Michalak’s Report- Students
Read Plays, Poems, Superman
By HARRY GOODING
When one picks up his news
paper and reads where one candi-
r. date calls himself a “deltnder of
i liberty,” where one perfume com
pany calls its latest creation “ir-
resistable,” of where some public
offic.ai has bfccn accused ol bung
a “Communis);,” he is apt to ac
cept the terms at face value.
We ’Americans are too prone to
let ourselves be taken in by flow-
cry expressions of meaningless
words. We dp not delve into the
actual meanings of the terms and
examine theip significance.
For instance, take the term
Communism. To most of us, this
term denotes; something bad. And
if someone ^ays Joe Smith is a
Communist wc are apt to say that
Joe Smith is bad too.
Politicians like to use “Commu
nist” and “Fascist” when refer
ring to their opponents. Them
selves, they call “defender of lib
erty” and “! a true liberal.” But
what is an ;untrue liberal? Until
we know whjat kind of liberty the
candidate would defend, to what
type of liberalism he is true, this
man remain^ a mystery. But peo
ple like to listen to the eloquent
speeches. They arc more interest
ed in keeping a bad man out of
office rathef than getting a good
one in.
A ca
primarily k^iow a good number of
words to Call his opponent. The
best of these words in George
Washingtonfs time weyc “Toly and
Rebel,** in! Lincoln’s, th4y were
“Rebel** and “Yankee,’* and now
it’s “Communist” and “Fascist.” •
A new device has been invented
that may quiet a great many of
the words now making the rounds.
This device, known as hill-billy
hoe-downs, is sometimes referred
to rather i slurringly, as music.
During the last few years it has
token the place of many speeches,
but it will never; totally 'snfffj
the stumping.
Quite often onp runs up ig
very similar words that havj
different meanings. These
are a hazard to pur every cjayflife
and they can ge), one into
of trouble.
“A woman mty be econ^m|
but not cheap,
She may he a kitten but
cat.
Call her a chick but n^t
hen;
V; Anyone who 'calls her
Won’t call her again.”
And speaking of the faiiktej
several words and phrase pave
become associatpd with htjr
probably aren’t itruo.
She is famouslor her crafci
for her talking too much,
mismanagement of money,
her dpsire for donation. J
society admits that womar
dictatorship. Lqbk at the
of leading perfumes—Cobn, |Sutr-
rendeij, Dangerj Irresistibl s.
followers of the com
ill flesiring grade points,
traditional apple and
Alien ivioore with a
ide rful thing to see people
lor tnemselves but still
Idle gift are unlimited,
hold tnere’s no telling
find tneir way to tne
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ligate what wc read and hcaf
tljipse who arc writers, for
this world of'’words, have
to make and make it.
who are readers, be alert
critical. Don't let this writer
any< up elsp put anything over
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the makers of Chanel No.
sell their product when
brands promise' domination
everyone will always be a n y
Far too many of us In e
world of words. We are tio
to come down to reality uu
A candidate, therefore, must
spew
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By H. ,C. MICHALAK
An exhaustive survey made dur-
more iswelry. ^
int prices they students include fiction, romance,
don’t they? Superman, poetry, plays,; and wps-
v l w terns. However, some students
said they did not even read their
texts, much less .a novel just for
the joy of reading. h
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B. c. Brooks, •
his favorite of all favorite books
oly Bible” because it is
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major
of Texas and the
/ Monday through
summer The Bat-
.$4,80 per school
of,all books.
C. Fairbaim, Accounting
. Port Arthur, reveals that
hi tlpttfcht “Raintree County” by
Ross Lpckridge Jr. was the best
book he. has read in quite awhilp.
The moving character .if
is a school teacher, John
sy. It seems that the old teacher
went to a parade on the 4th 'of
July and as the parade with its
band, floats, candidates for elec
tion, and the (JAR passed his
i of vintage Jowl’s, mind
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when asked what book he liked
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ing a moving, emotional story of
human reactions to everyday life
mmss
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to become soldiers, drunkards,
bums, doctors! politicians, and
what have you. T
The mbst outspoken student en
countered during the survey was
He related that he.knew that bboks
were hottnd voluartiw^ with, covets
whose colors could .vary .from a
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