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Volume 48
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Thekstati Joyernmenk qoifttly
iforr onl a brlt for the next
liter Okla-
Bgation
Wro stu-
rhat they 1
If pa«W, the bUl will r '
White schools to N<
state Negro tnive;
4 ton does no)t iffer j
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LEOT CANl
STON, August
TEXAS PROHIBIT^)
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open
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jiat Langs-
llar work.
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State Chairman!' Gerald.
Houston, said Tuesday.j
Overholt said candid
\ ^ ably will be.'sejleicted at
.jitate j cpnveiitifnj which |open$
next "Monday.
The conventjkm also jwill select
I. 23 Tpxas ?lec;bjrs for the party’a
' ticket^ on the NoV'ember General
Election ballot | | W J j.
Claude A, Watson, Los Angeles,
g/ is the party’s nominee | for phesi-
i dent,! with ;Usle H. Leiarn, jPfenn-
sylvania, for vice-president.
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ARMY PAYS TRIBE
I y- MEDAL OF I ONOR MOLD!
WASHINGTON, Augl .4:
The army is lenaming four of its
Ships in tfibul e to medal of honor
men jwho lost their lives in World
Wan 1 II. Ohe.jwas a! Tjexan, ;
Majj. Geri. Frank A.j Heileman,
chieff of tranrportationl said yes
terday the ceitemoniel will be held
at hbme ports Of the ships, which
areTised for supplying troops and
residents of oicupied zojnes abroad.
^ Lieutenant James! EJ Robinson’s
ntfrofl will be given to the Czech-
»ry. He vitas killed in
â– many rein April 6,
1945. His wicow-'ls.Mirs. Vina E.
Robinson, Waco, Texas.: Home port
| , of th!e shipj is New Yo
oslovakia victo.,. .^. |1 .
action in Ge: 'many r
c. • MEXICO! CJTY
- ■ /^Mexico’s.first homenii
./gasoline goes I on sale
j. •.?"i. Soper-Mfxclina, a
^ >-^ 'fi.rodijct ofipejraex, the
IRKETSI flRST
NE GASOLINE
:|TY, Aug. 4 -<A>)-
i
f'V*
e high test
Ay.; ;
80 octane
overnment
ill be) dis-
petroleum (monopoly,!
tribuied by c ipital filling stations
at. 3a cehtevas a liteav| about 21 &
cents 1 a galloi iat the iOlirrent'peso-
dollali , rati : IT . v ^|
Previously pemex prtodueeq! only
M^xolina, a TO l octiile gasoline,
and ^gasolinia,” | a much lower
quality full. Pemex fifst announ
ced the., latte:' no longer would be
â– old, [but aft if pro
arly from truck and
era,'it changed its
» Mexolina sells fotAl
a gallon and gasolina
Anti-Truman
Forces Win
Local Party '
Anti-Truman forces trium
phed at the Brazos County
Democratic Convention Mon
day afterndon after a bitter
fight which started when the
:ommittee op resolutions pre
sented two reports.
The majority rteport was pre
sented by R. V. Armstrong, C. M.
Bethany and Al B. Nelson. They
requested that a referendum be
called to let the qualified voters
pass on presidential preference.
The minority report against the
referendum was presented by F.
L. Henderson, chairman of the
resolutii
was report-
_ . or not the
delegates !to the State Democratic
Convention in Fort Worth on Sep
tember H shall be instructed to
support the national nominees for
president and Vice-president or
otherwise go instructed,” -- i
A substitute resolution that dele
gates go uninstnjeted was adopted
by the convention upon presenta
tion by W. R. Allen. A tptal of
25 "otes were cast in favor of the
substitute' motion, with 16 votes
against.
â–  W. S. Barron was selected as
chairman~bf the county convention,
and Brownrigg H. Dewey, Jr. was
seerjetary.
W. R. Allen was chairman of
the committee on delegates and
meipbers of the committee includ
ed J. H. Stockton, D, L. Wilson, V.
J. Boriskie and George E. Adams.
The convention voted to follow i
the [uni: rule at the State Demo
cratic Convention.
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PVBUSBED IPi THE IfiTEREST OF A GREATtR A COLUEOg
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To Organize D
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Donald D. Burchard,
newly appointed head of this
ti<)n from
Soutl,
family have just arrived at College Station from
Burchard is now in the process of setting up a
on ihe third flbor of Goodwin Hall. Otis Milled assists:
and Agricultural Economics Department, has just becjii
department. , ' ' f j .
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during the fall semester, Beginning News Reporting 201
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Bryan City-Wide Youth Reviv
Planned (or August 9 Thru
The Youth Union of Bryan and College Station is ij
soring a city-wide youth revival featuring the preaching nd
singing of two boys from Wharton, Texas. j •
The revival will begin August 9 and continue thi
August 14. [I
Rev. Jess Moody, a Baptist evangelist from
and Rev. Bill Betts,
minister from Vei
\a!
the j filing,' of a: civil
U-;--
particul-
or own-
ni 17 cents-
or 13 cents.
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U. 8. FIL
SUIT AG
WASHJNGfT
Attorney Geie
annoiinced, t ie iningij
antr-tirust action against both
Amet|ican ani British makers of
Decca phoinoi :raph reioprds.
Thl action whs filedj in the Fed
eral District .Cjmrt; iqj ; New York
Citj[ (this miming. Iti isr directed
against Ddcci, Records,iliic. (Amer
ican [Decda) and Decca Records
Co., |itd. (Blritish Dwca).
The attorrjey general said the
action charge The twp companies
“withj engaging in 4 conspiracy 5 ’
and cartel agreements restraining
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the sale and’ distribution of com
mercial phonograph! .records in
liolatiion of the anti-tirust laws.”
REG I STRATTON POINTS
bEFT JO DRAFT BOARDS
AUSTIN-,
Tex., Aug.; 4
Apnat^.W) to
Aug.
Local] draft Jbokrds may set
many registration polnts~*asf they
think necieslary for the initial
registration from
Sept. 18. r :] :
Those instruction!
membjers of the stai
board! Monday by ll
-Vice State iDirecto
- -The procedure
1940 registration j
cess was glared to
ere sent te
’s 137 draft
lective Ser-
!.: L. Berry,
rs from the
n the prb-
r -rr rmr-r T eliertior
system and was completed in one
day. This t|me, registration! will
be doh
“W1
locati
"a num
in oth
board
dictk>4
in 15f working days. : 0
q local, board will" be
there are
( ] sizable communitief
er counties within the local
area, it is within the juris-
of local board members tc
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VALLEY jCtTRUS
EXTENDRl indi
- McALLjEI^.T'ex.,
d.
locate! registration places in, eact
and eyepr iommunitg to which
prospective registrants normall;
vote v or gh school,’* Berry sat
so:
Mm
.. A year-rpurid citrus season ! looms
â–  for thp Riol Grsmde
ThekU. g. and il
mentsiof Akricultut
tended md ilniteiy
grapeflrqit gaoreatinl
It was estimated
cars of ijrgpefruit
picked, The extensior
because growers hav«
to get icraws becauste
t vest- demanjls, the
; said.
Oran:
harve
RANCH
RESEA1
r ] las c
tab—fcii
force
k a ste
*. resei
only
Raiichera
000-acre '
a lam
state in
»X.rt.
Monday dk-
the valley
seasoi
t 25 to 30
main-to be
was ordered
been
unable
cotton bar
the
dealt
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men |i
have
departments
year-round
te
nbina
can
bpibing ^
bAwhich
X” Th _
Indus!
» blow!
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Rabt
Aug.
the
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of
xico
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for
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Fussell Opens
New Grocery
At East Gate
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SHEEP NEN—Attending Ihe Short Course for Wool and Sheep Production Problems at A&M,
arei left to right, back row. Hefijten E. Jenkins, Coleman; H. E. Smith, Marfa; H. W. Monzingo, Del
Rioi; T. B. ificks, Robert Lee, Jdnes A. Gray, associate professor, | Animal Husbandry Department,
Front row, left to right, £. E. Shaver, Sonora; C. B. Gaston, Leakey; h. M., Fitzhugh, Garden
; W. H. Lehmberg, Menard and C. M. Huckabee, Abilene. They are all county agricultural agepts.
Colonel Meloy Leaves A&M
or National War College
; By C. J. WOODWARD
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j A new stare, third of Fussell’s
Food - Stores, located across from
East Gate, will beopened for busi
ness Thursday.
The new store, to be operated on
a cash and carry basis, has been
remodeled from wall to wall, in
cluding new fixtures throughout
It will carry a complete line of
groceries and the market will offer
both locally-killed meats, veal ana
beef, and choice,, top grades of
packing, house meats. Spring lambs
will be featured and all kinds of
seafoods wilti» available. ■ ■ ’ .
Approximately 70 feet of re
frigerated display cases are in
cluded in the store’s equipment to
insure freshness of foods. ~
Fancy foods will be carried in
Stock, and all types of cheeses are
to be found at the fancy cheese
.bar. A line of household drugs and
toilet articles will be carried, also,
i “This is the third of Fussell’s
Food Stores to be located in the
Bryan-College Station area,” said
Mr. Fussell. “With our mass buy
ing power and economical distribu
tion system we will be able to of
fer low prices on foods to College
Station residents.”
Any prices listed by FusseH’s
Food Stores will be good at any
of the three stores, whichever is
most convenient. The other .stores
are located at 214 North Bryan
and 720H College Road.
. UBy H. C. MICHALAK
fCollonei Guy S. Meloy, West
Pointj graduate of the class of
1927,[who hajs been at A&M since
July, rl946, bided his tour of duty
as Ge fnmandant of the A&M Cadet
Qbrps ! yesterai
He is veryj
and tnl recoi
them! elves
years k ‘The
A&M now
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will be off for points unknown. ! lof duty for me,” the Colonel said.
. During!the* war; Colonel Meiijyj Colonel Hayden L. Boather, suc-
serVed overseas as chief of staff j cessor to Colonel Meloy as Com-
of the 103rd Division with Gqn. 1 mandant, is a 1924 graduate of
ay.
proud of the Cadets
I they have made for
uring the past two
peripr rating, which
, is the . highest rat
ing alttainable,” the Colonel said.
’The jCadets have one of the best
ROTCf unita! anywhere. Give the
same' support to the incoming
commandant,'fbr many ROTC: units
will bje jayinfr to beat your record.
think qf you men often, and
I wist'you the best of everything.”
Colpnel Meloy is going to be a
stpdent at the National War Col
lege iin Washington, D. C. [After
completion jof the course there, he
' Ag Degree Plan
Correction!
The article in Monday’s Bat-
taiijon about the planning of
cov4sesi currently being insti
tuted in the School of Agricul
ture included a statement with
reference to transfer' “D’s”
which was in error. In some
casjes, a sjtudent may be per
mitted to substitute another
course for a required one in
which he jus a grade of “D”
except in accordance with ex
isting faculty regulations.
Jokh R.; Bertrand,
Assistant to Dean of
] Agriculture,
.
A. C. McAuliffe, whose fam
saying pertaining to the Germans
was “NUTS.” j l .
In the fall of ’45, upon returning
to the U. S.,. Colonel Meloy again
served as chief of staff under Gin.
McAuliffe, and later served [as
chief of Airborne & Liasion Air
craft Test Section,- Army Fteld
Forces at*Fort Bragg.' From fflat
station, he came to A&M.
Colonel Meloy is looking forward
to. being a student again, but :he
veryvpuch to leave A&M.
has been a very happy tour
West Point, and comes from a long
line of army men. He commanded
fighting troops in the tough North
Burma fighting.
Colonel Boatner, whose home is
in Neat Orleans, enlisted in the
Marine Corps during World War
I, and Saw action with the marines
' T^e^new Commandant comes to
A&M from the G-l section, 4th.
Army, r where he has been since
.July 1946. Colonel Boatner comes
here with intimate knowledge of
the Cadet’s problems.
4 Methodist
enqs, Texas, will
conduct the revival. The two youths
are familiar to the people of this
area, having conducted a similiar
revival here two years ago.
Betts and Moody will alter
nate the preaching and singing
duties. Betts will conduct the
first service Monday night, and
Moody will conduct the closing
service Saturday. .
Both pasters grew dip in Whar
ton, Texas, and have worked to
gether for several years.
Betts, an evangelist and pastor
of the Methodist Church at Venus,
is a student at Texas Wesleyan
College.' . i ' ,
The meetings will be held on
the corner of Houston and'24th
Street A large choir is being
assembled to support thi evange
list •
The revival is interdenomination
al, and the Youth Union extends
ivitation te all the youth of
vicinity to attend.
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Dr. Randle Resigns Position As
Economics Department Head
The resignation of Dr. C. Wilson Randle, former head
of the Economics Department, "was accepted by F. C. Bolton,
Dean of the College, yesterday. The resignation is effective
August 31. 1 I fi , .P| j j
Dr. Randle submitted his resignation on July 29,/but
Dean Bolton was not present until r—'«
rCd y ie^ Church Club Holds
R. C. FUSSELL makes « final check on
the grand openim
Gate.
the Hast
ig, tomorrow. The
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new
Mi
store in preparation
store is located across
the position as Dean of the School
of Business at Cleveland College.
This college is a branch of West
ern Reserve University at Cleive-
l&nd, Ohio.
Western Reserve University had
an enrollment of 16,800 students
making it. one of^the largest mid-
western universities Of this en
rollment, 12,000 students are en
rolled in the School of Business.
Before coming to A&M, Dr.
Randle was vice chairman of the
National War Stabilization
Board at Kansas City. He pre
viously served as wage stabili
zation director of the National
: War Labor Board. Before that
time, he was professor of Labor
Economics -rat Texas A&I Col
lege at Kingsville.
Dr. Randle received his bach
elor’s and master’s degree in eco-
[nomics from Duke University. In
1942, he received his Ph.D. from
the University of Kentucky.
Coming te A&M in September,
1946, Dr. Randle was named a
professor in thi Economics De
partment. He was named acting
head of the department, and in
July, 1947, Dr. Randle was named
head of the Economics Depart
ment.
“We certainly hate to lose Dr.
Randle,” M. T. Harrington, dean
of the School of Arts and Sciences,
said. “But we realize that this is
a good opportunity for him, We
wish him success in his new job.”
Newman Club Will
Hold Dance Tonite
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The Newman Club will hold an
inform?! dance in the basement of
St. Mary’s Chapel this evening at
7:30, Oscar Garcia, club secretary,
has announced.
Father Tipi Valenta will give an
announcement concerning the Na
tional Newman Club Convention tq
be held at the University of Minne
sota in Minneapolis September 2-5.
tember 2-5.
The St Anthony and St Joseph
Catholic girls’ clubs will furnish
refreshments at the dance, Garcia
added, and large fans will be! used
to combat the heat. >' - j
All Catholics are invited to at
tend. ^
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Business Meeting
The Co-Wed class of the First
Baptist, Church of Bryan held
their .monthly business meeting
Saturday night
After the .business meeting
about 40 members of the class at
tended a farewell party in honor
of W. T. Temple, former class
teacher. Temple is leaving for
Louisiana. L .
Th* party was given at the home
of Tommy Evans in Lakeview
Acre*.
Business conducted at the meet
ing included appointment of a com-
mittee .to nominate new class offi
cer?.
Page and LeRoy
loin Chemistry
Teaching Staff
Dr. John O. Page and Dr.
Royce H. LeRoy will join the
teaching staff, of the Chemis-
frpm the University of Rochester,
New York, and a Ph.D. in the same
subject from the University of Il
linois. He has Held Various cheih-
isteanatyat pests; And has taught
analytical chemistry at lo*.^Uni
versity of Illinois and the Univer
sity of Idaho;
t Dr. LeRoy, who has been , named
professor of -chemistry here, re
ceived his degree from the Uni
versities of M> s80ur i and Nebras
ka. He has taught at the Univer
sity of Missouri, the University of
Nebraska, Boone College, and tee
University of Kansas. He was
chairman of the Chemistry De
partment at the University of
Kansas for eight years.
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Downbeats Will
Play At Grove
The Modern Downbeats will
play for the regular Saturday
night dance at The Grove, C.
G. White, director of Student
Activities, has announced.
The dance will begin at 8 p.m.
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MOjOD r
on
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ment
Department, and hit
e College. V
face and class roops
isoi in Rural Sociology
tc the newly organized
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Jquirnalisra Department
Sociology 415 - 416. The
sr bf sections in each course
i yet undetermined, he .said.
Btiirchani stated that he would
ca|h one course in Beginning
'let fs Reporting and one cour|
lui il Sociology 415. Miller
«afh te|e! other sections.
I huvie one interest in com-
In to A&M; making thi* new
Jo [ima ism Department ope of
th i outstanding in the itate,”
Biirchalrd said. “With the own
ai 1 « uipment which we have
he -e, I ile no reason why thi*
‘ done.” t
catnot be done.” Ti- ' • I.
I olding a master’s degree from
,hej Un varsity of Missouri, Bur-
thi rd lai had approximately 16.
rei ra e:rp*rieni?e inthen*wspape:
ie I e: was city editor of
editor of th
“News-Index”
fouV ; years. After serving as
licity director for one year, he
imej associate editor of the
dio IDigest” magazine.
bile working for the Chicagt
Aid and Examiner,” Burchan
ed M the North Shore edito
’oij| tw< yeart, and general new
-ker it downtown Chicago foi
i yet rs. later became owner
iHsh^r: of a Weekly newspape
thr^e years iti Oak Grove, Mo.
He began to teach during the
ig tertns and work for news-
pert during the summers. Dur-
r this; time he worked for the
Iwajukee “Journal” and the lit-' \
napoBs “gi
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art mrd [taught for four yean
it But]er University and for three
re irs at Oklahoma A&M. He wai
processor and head of the De-
jaltmenti of Printing *pd , Rural
blirna isim at South Dakota State
< liege for thfu*' years prior, tc
a ning here. r * /
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I4r. and Mr*. Burchard VitW
hjtee (children-fJack-, 15, vtee jk
ipHomore; Doh, IS, who is iir
eiltoth grade; and Betsy, ll,
isTiii the sixth grade in school,
e BurChards are looking , fur [l
>l|cf fo [live at the present time.
Bachelor of
Vi.
Miller holdall
Master of Journalism, atid
Ityach^lojr of Law from the Uni-
ersitjy of Texas. Upon finish-
e taught
niveraity . and 7 organized
t|ie courses which were taught
fr\-j
teaching at the University
onsin for two years, Miller
th* “Jones County Ohser-
ity
He aerved
. ..WmwjW
also, worked foV tee
Anson, Texas.
t-publisW for i
r seven years. •!
‘Herald”
sman.”
e El
Austin
A BATTALION tjoRUM
of The Battalion, Kenneth Bon);
announced. 1/
“This column will lye opet,
personnel,” Bond said^ ‘ Any a
under consideration will be! wel-V-
corned.” /
The move is in answer
quests that the readers hive a
pm . , _ . , i*
place to express their op niens in
other than tee Letters, to
tors Column. The first controver-
II All Began in ’42
ten Edi-
jin in the Friday issue
creditor of The Batt, has .
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opinions on the subject
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Colorful Grove History Dotes
Back to Spring Six Years Ago
By BUDDY LUCE. A second delay ip the opening many to be made of pur > gold.
The Grove, Ai cM’s outdoor sum
mertime enterti inment spot, has
proven that it doesn’t take long
to compile a hist jry among Aggies.
A great numl er of present day
Aggies do not n member the origin
of the Grove. The plot was
hatched by Stuient Activities in
the spring of 1142. This was the
year when A&M had its first reg
ular summer semester and fresh
men were still wearing Fish strip-
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( Since this nev scheme was given
birth to in th i early days of
WoHd War II, c instruction was de
layed because if scarcity of ma-
and labir. The new slab
compli ted by tee begin-
the summer semester as
but finally the grand
ng was set for August 1st
July 23, 1942, issue of the
Battalion asserted that shipment of
construction materials for the
Grove “was about as fast as a
herd of turtles,”
â– â–  ing
of the new slab was encountered
when the maroon pigment for the
Mane* floor was delayed enroute
from Chicago and the opening had
to be postponed until August 7.
The Aggieland orchestra, was
slated to open the slab on Friday
night and the queen of name bands,
Ina Ray Hutton, was booked to
play for a corps dance the follow
ing Saturday night.
Up to this time, the hew slab
did not c have a name. It obtained
its present title only after a con
test was held on the campus the
week preceding the opening. “The
Grove”- Was the name entered in
the contest by'John Sparger and
E. W. Smith.
Grove
roller
es,
In a
The blonde' bombshell led her all
male orchestra to a victory over
[J
â– -w- ,*J
the Aggi** in the Grove that Sat
urday night 4s the students turn-
by the thousands to dance ready siatea lor pres
ten a female bandleader in during the rest of
tut gown Which seemed to I and the early fall.
ed out b;
and wa
a low-cut
Since its gala Opening, t
has echoed with the noise
skates, juke box proms
balladeers, and name baA
few years it has become a j rman
ent part of summer activi t; an thi
AAM campus. In the w n rtime,
however, tee East Texai
makes the Grove a subjec t
lect since neither man npr nouse
could dance or skate in
County “blue whistler.”
The sad part of thi:
that the Grove missed
chance for greatness wh
rains cheated it out of
pa. Jones show this su
pa performed before a
crowd in the Assembly
the cedars around the G
to an empty
However, the Grove
making history
beic‘silmdha*
ready slkted for
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bject to be discussed is .. .
yitee Dixiiecrats Should or 'I
oufj Not Bolt the Democratic
rtyj” This subject was arbitra-.
y selected pending requests from
« readers for specific subjects. »
editorial opinion Or Com- .
wilLl* interjected by the
Editors onelth*r side of the is-
tue. Tie pro opinion will run
n ope column, ana the con side
kill be placed beside ^L The
writer’s name will be withheld
f he requests.
rs may use first, second,
third person in theif discus-
Ujpns. The discussions will be de-
i pted to tee subject rather than
I ersonail criticisms of the. opposing
gnteraj^ from read-
I.' “Examinations,” “Cheating,”
^hy I Vote Republican or Dem-
ranp,}’ | and tni| /Progressive
will be future subjects,
mse to thi* first subject
[terinink / the scope of th»
Bond! eShasited. “Wi
like to receive enough com-
from our reader* to run th
daily.” . ^ x
ents may toe dropped ii
'acuity Exchange addresset
i (Battalion Jorum, in cate oi
. No postage stami
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