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Improving! Southwest Conference Football . . .
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Southwest, Conference tiffi^ials could b^ll into play. ’ This latter time is now
well t£ke soipe tips from the National down to an average of 22.5 seconds as a
League whfehiit comes tp improving foot- direct result of Ray’s worjk. The result of
reducing this time increased the number
of touchdowns per gape in the League
from 3.4 iri 1936 to 5;93 t in 1947.
Ray figured that for every second over
the average of 2?.5 seconds enough time
was lost jn each‘game to run 3.^"plays.
Concentrating on this alonjj, the average
mlmber of plays run in th|e League was
increased from 145.5 per game in 1936
to 166.5 in 1947. ! , !
If “slide-rule” football tactics could
improve the b,rand of| football played in
the Southwest Conference as much as it
has improved that played in the National
League, then the expense and effort neces
sary for its adoption would be I more than
justified. The Battalion urges Southwest.
hall An article in the Au
Collier’s by Bill!Fay tells .
adopteid vfhat! it callsj“slide-rule!’ football
for improving team pflay. J: l.
x “Slide-rule” football is mole than just
^ a compilation:of/teim averages fbr the
number of yards lost or gained. It is a*
careful collection of data con terming the
exact jimoiuif of time spent in every phase
of each game. It was originat id by Hugh
Ray, one time official , of the Western
Conference and a retired mechanical
drawing processor. If is Ray’s job to com-,'
pile th^se. time statistics ft^r each team in
the National Leagufe and! a
statistics for the ptirposi
the’ League’* brand of bail
» Ray has ugures showing ,[imong other
things, the eixsict amount
lalyze those'
improving:
Of
flings.
ign official bjfithe League
onds spent iby each team in
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af t:me spent by Conference officials to investigate thp ad-i
in nahdlihg the vanta 8® s °f H 1686 football time studies for
bad. He kndws the exact! number of sec-
v If; i I .1 • I, j k .. ,y > •' . « • j i .
the purpose of speeding up and improving
putting the Conference football.
Should! I8-Year-01ds Vote?
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The question of whether 18-year-old y When Ellis G 1 Aniall, who is recognized a$
.youths should be given thjaj-jght to vote is one of the greatesti fighters for Southern
being hear! from apsides. In several economic, political and social freedom, vv^$
states theni are movements underway to running for the office of governor against
demagogical Eugene Talmadge it was the
non-voting youth of Georgia who cam
paigned for Arnall. After being elected,
Arnall acknowledged that it was the sup
port of these young people that put him
in office. That their choice of a candidate
was a wise one is (evidenced by Arnall Is
program, of reform for Georgia which has
push legislajtiop allowing these young men
and women to cast; ballots. [The Burleson
County Democratic coinvemtipn on July 31
endorsed a plan allowing 18-year-olds to
vote', and. instructeid its delegates to the
Stare Convention tb'nomiiu.te h 19-year-
old University of Texas student as tem
porary chairman of that ^convention-.
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To some people the grealtCst objection- established it as one of the most progre$-
to allowing young people to vote is that sive states of tjhe Southwest,
a^beliei.theltuths could tested ^ ^ ^ being cal i ed on
by tlifc .eract.onal ajppeaM pohtical pro- the M , burden o{ . c i tjM nship. Next
pawndH 11tem people main tarn that an , month y of them wil| ^ drafted
18 year: die, .ghnot make up !te mind, that the armed {orces Th pa ^ „„ their
he .4 not :n, eia^ecd enough to select good ^ thc aame a3 their bld< . ra I( th J
men |for p^hc ot$cp. . are t0 be 1 . equircd to Carr} . out the ^
of citizenship then they should have a
The Ba ;t&li&m dues not agree with these
people whir woqld If all victim to false a]i-
peallj; blit :he proiiortio.ii of these, we are
B\irei woull hot hi greater than that of
their elder'.
voice in the affairs of the government.
If ’ i . i . n
The RatUlioh urges its readers toicojn-
sider the proposal of the Burleson County
Iterhajklthe litianijWeh to pop- ^ Democratic coiivenUou-the propoagthjat
pie yho bi lievo yclung l4opfle are not ma- would give Texas young i)oople the dppbr-
turc | etmudhi to miip<« wilie KelecftoWi is to tunity to share In the government by being
cite the cakfil of '|.hc youtih pr 'Geofgia. allowed to vote.
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-the diLft; is worrying u lot of people, ciency to l,300,0(f0 barrels and made avail-
but young men between 1.8 and 25 are able another 500,000 barrels. The three
z* not the only ones. Last week the oil indus- companies that provided this relief were
try let, tie country know by its actions Standard Oil of California, Standard-
that it 'top is concerned with its future Vacuum Oil Company and thc Union Oil
• sixths under the new selective service law. Company.
* j Recently the idiirddjor of the armed
/ services petroleum agency, Rear Admiral
■; E. D. Foster, told the hatioual petrhleum
council that unlejfis the oil industry ^pro-
-videjl 1,700,000 barrels of gasoline and
met other petroleum friends, the armed
forces w-jmld recammejitd mandatory ac
tion. Thb action^ whicih tvould authorize
the government to seize petroleum sup-
’ ^^ 1 procedures
a provision in the
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This sudden -change of hearty on the
part 6f the oil industry' is heartening to
see. It is hoped that it will be more willing
to provide for the armed forces’ heeds in
the future without the government having
to resort to threats.
plies and direct imanufa'
now possible under
drait law. ,•
ppa rentlj ; disturb xi by Admiral Fos-
•nrng, the -/o
ter
tbr|
chough gasoline j to
waffling,
gh-
with flying
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City of Caitege Station,
Friday afternoon, exoepl
tialipn is published tri-we
year. Ad vei-tiaing rates
Npws cotitribu iops wajy
Coqdwtn. Hall,
ice. Room 209,
If the government ever were compel
led to take over thb oil industry it would
be a regretable action, for not only would
it represent an invasion on the right of
free enterprise, but it would be an indi
cation that hi a time of international cri
sis one phase of American industry failed
and provided to perform 1 what.it should consider not
ts privilege.
oil ; industry came
e the fuel defi- only its duty, but its
he Battalioh
Classified adsi maye
Goodam Hall.
B^eed R’ wcond-cta* matter 4. part
W70.
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the AfTficultural
ed five times a '
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during holidays and examinatii
y pn Monday, Wednesday and
iahed\pn request.
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__nical College of Texas, and the
circulated every Monday through
i. During the summer The Bat-
Subscription rate $4.30 per school
telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room-j’201,
placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities
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Tlae j Associated Press is Entitled
T _ lited to it or ifh otherwi te V
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Trampling Out the Vintage .
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Professor) Might
But He’s Hep on
By JOE BOLUS j . V '
A Caltech mathematics professor could
n’t quite see the humor behind an advertise-
' tnent recently. The prof read the advertise
ment which had a catch line that offered one
thousand dollars to anyone who could square
/ft circle, and went to work.
The company running the advertisement
received the unexpected but probably inevit
able—the solution. Accompanying the un-
'! wanted answer was the address where the
one thousand dollars could, and should be
sent. The responsible people wrote the man
that the whole thing was just meant for a
joke ha, ha. The humorless professor now
has a suit in to recover the money he claims
is technically his.
Personally I have no idea of the legality
of the demand but it would seem to me they
ought to pay. In the first place the guy earn
ed it; second, they quite obviously ought to
give the old square some money so he can
get around. 1
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This Column is often to all Battalion readers
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Francisco paper recently
answer
Should the Dixiecrats Bolt?
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to
“Should the Dixiecrats Bolt the
Democratic Party,” Tom Holcomb
says the Dixiecrats are justified.
Civil Rights is another attempt to
pass a social law, he contends.
By Tom Holcomb I ' j
In the coming November Presi
dential election, the people will
have a new party to vote for, the
Dixiecrats. This is the Southern
part of the old Democratic Party
and is the only hope for the nation
in this election. /
This party is a primarily against
the so called Civil Rightf of Presi
dent Truman, and for states rights.
As for the civil rights, they would
give the Negro a right to life with
out prejudice, but the constitutioin
does that. ! .
What will hurt the people of
the South is that the National
Government is again trying to
pass a social law. This ^as pro
ved inefficient with the [prohibi
tion ]aws. This is another atj-
tempt of the government to take
away the few remaining states
rights that we have lefi.
I believe that the Negro has a
right to the priviledges granted to
him under the constitution, but
there are other people in the South
that do not feel as I do. The thing
that, must happen is to have these
people won' over to the! fact that
the Negro is a person, wtith a soul
and with a God as everyone eljse
has. He is a human peing and
should: be treated so.
However, this is not the sort
of thing that can be legislated
from any White House «>r Capi
tol, It must come about of its
own accord. I believe that the
Negro needa JIIHTICK not laws.
The. Civil Rights ore; not what
the country needs; Stataa- Rights
ore. That is what the Dixie-Crat*
are fighting for and that is why
they snouUf revolt.
' A San Francisco paper recently ran ft
perfume advertisement printed in ft special
ink which contained a touch of perfume. The
resulting paper had a different and appeal
ing air to it. The management checked care
fully the public’s reactions to the innovation
for future reference.
The tabulated results showed that the
perfume which was being pushed had tife-
laneous
other
“Wi
buy a
eludes
tqb, tax,
answer
have the
Any Agjgi,
the qtteslJioHs
chest, w
flowers,
offspring
search te i
four psy:
many m<
lems by
and me
psychoL_._
his officej, riointtf g
couch to hijm./and
just ansvejr theke
you like inils?”)
So fa nine on y
them W sejmewha
ning to gdt alo
Tneytel 4 s that
ateij with the
STOM ; mendoua wmfc.of.the Mpy-
are making a mistake. They also
say the South should remain “un
predictable.” '
By Paul E. Parker
and Louis B. Cole
The question of Civil Rights is
one with which we all are of the
opinion that we understand.
The tiputh is that when Civil
Rights ist mentioned, we immediate«-
ly jump to the conclusion that
someone is trying to force the
issue of racial equality down our
throats.
cussions were quite unexpected. For instan
an asthma! sufferer griped that it bro:
rra
it.
de his
on another attack. A lady called to in
the publishers that it ruined: [her pot
A small laji reported that the odor
cat sick, j
The management is not discouraged, how-
1 ever. They realize that such is the penalty of
' being progressive. Besides no bne wrote in
that the whole idea smelled. /
racial equality down our j! . , J* . / ,. ^ ,
The so-called intelligent We seem to be running through miscel-
aution
thirsty dr
, the Only thi i
lough,
6D ne
;wot
deliv<
Sqmre
malics
today
It
here is an-
red in an
•-
of hearing family
njachine. The price in-
with
ery. F, S. If I don’t
let it ring. Y may
up and canT hear.”
1.
I
been
wny goj
ling
liohs has
iwim, shot
with
beat thrtr j-
prefer red
to teach their
Id join a re-
ronx Zoo. The
to solve these and
ght-provokihg prob-
e animal’s behavior,
you see one of tne
us^ejring an orangutang into
outfthe traditional leather
then [saying “Relax p now;
questions truthfittly. Do
information turned up Iby
pit
wo
ah ape takes a mou|tniul
hellpful to anyone plan*
wjth the animal world.
intention of spitting it on
to do is spit at him first,
ake sure he isn’t just
:|acnps for a glass of water.'
r ‘
an in California ought to
be a pusjnqjver fo|r a stomach pump, salesman.
It wouii
The teer
;ertai
ajger
ing to abp ear H
liquid.dieis ifai
A m or th a
tion thinking s
YestertUy she WJs
quench her thin t
syrup t linking
JOE ABBOT feel* that the Ddx-
ii-crata were fatheml by a fev
fanatics.
By Joe 0. Abbot
Thq recent bolting from the
Democratic Patty by u group of
so called “Dixiocrats” has brought
many arguments pro and con thc
movement. It ia my belief that
this newly formed group acted
very unwisely. .
That the decision to form a new-
party was of an emotional nature
Is obvious. The southern dissenters
acted rashly and with out consider
ation of the consequences. It stands
to reason that they not only weak-
(Sce ABBOT o« Page 4)
people who think they know what]
is best for the “south” would be
much better off if they would let
each section of this country settle
the problems that are particular
to that locale and let us all con-!
centrate upon the issues of utmost
importance to the peace and wel
fare of the country as |a whole in
relation to our role in a World of
Peace. $
The problems of racial equality
are vital; they must be settled,
and we believe that they will be
such problems that are not
settled by the passage of laws.
These • problems are settled by.
the education, not only of the
negro, but of society as a whole, s
A third party will not accom*
plish the settlement of platform,
disputes and will .not allay the
fears of the people that unfavor-
,able laws will be passed by the
Republican Party. It will, however,
speed the victory of the Republi
can > Party and sound tb« death
knoll of the chances fop a Domoi-
irafcic victory, slim though they
may be already, in the forth-com
ing! election. / |
The altitude of the Dixiecrats
prolaces u quicker and easier
victory for the/Republican Party.
Tim Dixiecrats are not helping
the cause of the Dombcrntle Party
nor their bwn by throwing the
spotlight bn the post mistakes and
faults of the Democratic Party.
As fyt th# Civil Rights Program,
the ls*uo will not be settled by the
iirdsloh in the' 1 Novcml>(’r election
of which party is to be In office.
Thil) issue will %tT settled by Cong
ress which is already elected and
regardless of whether Dewey Or
Trtjman is in the office, both nave
declared in favor of the program,
We do not need a third party In
the South.
We do, however, need and wp
must have two nearly equally
strong parties in thc South if we
ate to have anv bargaining pow-
(See MISTAKE on Page 4)
Thought Controller Rebuffed
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Wellborn Waterboy Refused
’48 Football Tilts; Plans Lat
pjave her hospital bills,
slightly plump and desir-
venus nas been following
ully.i . j\ v j
sne drank bleaching solu-
wus'partaking ? of water,
s ai it again. Tnis time to j
she downed a glass of ant'
was! ap^ jiii^e.' ;rf|
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CfilbiRAD TWIGGINS
.S^mctancs I think that I have
performed j my numerous and fur
reaching ^f-orks in vain, Now, as
you frienda. of mine well know,
I’m not the type who wants to
take advajitage of my political
poWcr. I j haven’t gom; high hat
since iny climb to the dizzy heights
of fame. S'act is, I’m more than
ready to help out a voter in any
way I can. However, I feel that
I should have some small recqg-’
nitiion for my services.
1 have been insulted ip the
worst way by pomo of the minor
schools of Texju: mainly TU,
SMU, and llaylor. I.asl week I
wrote these srhools and asked
them to kindly send me some
passes to their football games
with AAM. • . ■ !■
t wasn’t choosey In my request*.
All l asked for was oix or seven
statt* nlong the fifty yard line,
Nuiumlly I told them who I was
and told them if by chanci tigy
hadn’t hoard of me, (That’* Just
my naturul modesty popping out
Now then, the letters Ij got
back were astounding. I am
starting an immediate nvjestli-
gation as to why* our poa al [sys
tem allows letters contaii
words which they used
through. I’m sure that
a law on the books son
that prohibits use of
and obscene words in le
again) to check
County Curb and Soapbox Speak-
‘ ‘ il bar—
ors Union of which
president.
xppon to be
Baylor told me that t
only hadn’t heardPdf ntp
; didn’t care if they never
me again. That to the li
was Chairman of the Bras
ty Thought Control Comm
three successive terms.
' htfoid that so much, but w
; offered mo a position ait
/ boy if I’d come right
start training, that was
HMU wrote that they [wi
glvu passes to Harry 8. T;
I reaent the Implication b<
remark. EvcryoiKK should
that I'm hot a follower of T
1’vo just purchased a bit,
pair of trackshoes and h i*
limbering up in the hum rw
dash for the State D
convention. Brother, w n
tie
j:
here
fane
s.
not
tlioy
rd of
vfho
3oun-
e for
lldn’t
they
'fttlor.
fend
t »o jmneh.
’t
ihnn.
that
know
than,
pow
been
Nr;
lUlt, j|ou can be sure (bat your
eervar t Twiggina will be
the pack.
woi-st letter of all came fropi
Hnivereity. They nsed Ronic
that cyen an Aggie would
|t arid that’ll saying plenty. They
u||»y l >c tea-nippers but they arc
j something in their tea be--
sugar fend lemon; They said,
parts: that can be quoted,
they Wouldn’t give me-La
game but the
to the game but they wished
cojme over anyhow. They waht
occupy thc truditHmal strut--
uiig fiiom the iwle.
merely | wrote you this tp
Amplification Department
Bathing Suits, Durante, M
Color, Make Lively New Mi
nine
(fat | wttnoi
lies” to spi
Don't frqt
|mwn hy thj
rttms thoi
mlf g, Whi
k'
the foptball boys
have to do their
my “Otg 'em Ag*
them on thla yepr.
about the disrespect
m overgrown klhdii-
My revenge Is ,
don’t know Ik ,
t thpy
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« By CABROLL TRAIL
Dear Sir:
Have there been any modifica-
tiona in tlie dxive-in thenti-e indus-
tiy? It looks to me that since
establishment, these movie houses
have made no progress.
Sincerely,
T. C. | '
Answer:
T. C., you are wrong. The drive-
in industry hartaken great strides
to iinprove itself and provide grea
ter,, comfort for its patrons.
For instance, a theatre in As-
bury Park, New Jersey, has a fly-
in service for the helicopter en
thusiasts. And Maple Cove, Mass.,
is planning a canoe-in, with the
movie screen located on a river
bank.
I understand that the manager
of the Skyway near Bryan is con-
tentplatink building a new theatre.
Calling it the All-in, be says that
it is ‘ designed with beds for: the
students of C. E. 300s who are too
tired to sit through one of the
other movies.
this narrative will be prosecuted;
persons attempting to find a moral
in jit jwill be banished; persons at
tempting to find a plot in it will be
Shot* /
Such a picture was “The Time
of Your Life.” '
By ANDY DAVIS
ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU (M
G>1), starring Ester Williams,
Peter Lawford. Cyd Charissc, Jim
my Durante, Ricardo Montalhan,
Xavier Cugat and his orchestra.
Filmed in rich Technicolor, “On
Tpju" presents a
sic and
Dear Sir:
jiPkasc s
Dear Sir:
I have been hearinga lot
about the movie ‘The T
Your
Member of
The Associated [Press
Represented nationally hr National JU-
i
otAalk
Time of
’lease send me a few copies of
th* paper wnth the obituary of
my aunt. Also publish enclosed
clipping of the marriage of my
niece who lives in Oregon. And I
wish you would mention in the
local column, if it does not cost
anything, that I have two nice
puppies for sale. As my subscrip
tion, is out please stop the paper
as we have to cut down whenever
possible these days.
Thank you,
t uT. *
Answer:
Anything to oblige, H. R.?The
policy of the Battalion is Service
with a'smile. If we can be. of any
future assistance, please don't hes
itate to lot us know. ;
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an Island with Y
mixture of romance,
comedy.
It may be true that Ester Will
iams hasn’t won ain Academy A-
ward for her acting ability, but
after looking at her in a bathing
suit and watching her swim, the
dramatic angle is soon forgotten.
Miss Williams is more'beautiful
than ever, and is {riven every op
portunity to display her “talents”,
(aquatic).' T\
The story as it goes . . . Eater
-Williams and Ricardo Montalhan
solace with Cyd Charri :sei (One
of tbeir dance sequent esj is: an
outstanding feature of tlic pic
ture.) .
With Xavier Cugat ai d |his or
chestra supplying the i luiic, thc
one and only. Jimmy' Durante
around, and the eye ap ict 1 men
tioned above, it all addi .1 p r to a
good movie that thc wh >lc. family
should enjoy.
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are film stars, shoot ing-epenes fpr i
jSSf Du
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siting epi
land. Jim
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Life” at a Bryan theatre ru-
rj.. .Lx .» V— v«.k ritv cently. I wai busy all that time
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Letters
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION I
Ik) The Corps of Cadets: j
a picture on an isl
rante ia assistant
Peter Lawford, a
uut, is acting as
ait. ' • •
It seems
ipated, frith
Me had
itliesc islands
thing | for the
fell niadly ifl
When Lawford
ho files her off tditWis
they; originally
shamble* *
hut, romance
Lawford looks intio-bar aye*
asks her (this trill kill 7 ou)
dance. This could! only happen tn
On An IshVnt J
WAYm j
QUEEN
in. iirvd of winning the
K-tlbn of CoBiUblfl for Urn Bov-
nth Pftclnot on tha Dixl«crat Uek*
In Movenibor, • ’
Those of you who arc cxpoctang j
win had Iwtter get
ot a ‘ *
kiiig into hie war record. Civil
, _ * aeknc •
Ighty reveitling thiufe. I’m pot.
oini; to tell! all yet but 1 can
e’a not the hero he’s bpon telling
I. 1 1X ' . r ii ..
New when I gbt elected, thbwi
oopfo who- have been talking *<■
maijt had Ibcttcr watch out. ItU
on’t be safe for them to conic )
hrough precinct number seven.-No f if
I’U geti them foe^wometlung/
have to make up a law ior -
to bn|ak. Ill have the butt
law or my numc ain’t Con-
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