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2* I "• K •V. ' •; . • ' ; ' •v 1'-“ . « .'T r" • ♦ f ■ ! B a 11 a l ton V • ‘ I Page 2 •r-'-' ■' EDirrORlALS f FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948 j. "So/Jr Lawrence S r , Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” : ■: . m i The Dead A!at( J .j ivkn Ross, Founder s of Agfrie Traditions ot A Chance. ^ . 'i . •: > j J 'l I • ! ; / ,s . UNHOLY MACKEREL f . \ tf'VA , people are always-in a ! furry. We all ulcerated stomachs. In our hurry to have intages. The a good time we killed over, five hundred men, women and children on our last cele- es. We like bration of Independence, i We’^e in such a hurry to settle tomor rows problems that we haven’t time to settle yesterdays. YJ Day was three years Iqiow that speed has its ad\l American people in parti<fular admire speedy, energetic personali for the word to get around!that we are dynamic,vforceful,.last. T “gets places fasterJ” The da ' the worm and the slow man bird. This is fme. , ‘ Speed helped^ us win eleA field titles in the current 01 v Speed helped us wih the last war..Speed gives ns iglV itn ‘News \yhile it’s busy man *ly bird gets :ets only the n track and rmpic games. ago this Saturday and we haven’t offi cially ended the / war yet. We not only we •I.'.,". / i- ;r w u raffia™ Trampling Out the Vintage . T J Thrills, pa/ore as i '■ I'' j i '■ 1 | V j Action Duplicates - ■ ; ( * . news.” You haven’t signed the peace treaties, haven’t even written them. <» That isn’t the worst. We haven’t fin ished with the debts and issues of the ow the old saying about disaster being a War of 1812, or Jhe Civil War, or the Mexican War, the Spanish American War “Speed, is a disaster in disdjuise.” Unfor- or the First World War. They still aren’t innately, the old platitudes ve rely on so payed for; they still aren’t justified, much are reyersibk ~ We drop a potato as soon as it gets , Consider the proof. In c jr diurry and copl enough to eat and reach into the fire I speed to solve economic prol lems we have and pull out another hot one. We’re (Slopes, used hasteiis a substitute fcl* intelligencer 4 We’re §o\busy with our business that In our efforts to speed tip p roduction and we don’t even give the dead a decent bur- reconversion vve have actually slowed ial. We’re already-working on World War I , ‘dovyu our production per i lan-hour. We Thrle and haven’t stopped to consider || [: / hurry and hustle lilke bees, 1 ut bees know . why men died in the first. When its a choice between the quick and the dead, ueer, E. S. Eepecially a civil en- make honey, the dead ain’t got a chance. People are ^ ne8r ’ y w c e COM MU Hit T ^ry mHti Amplification Department . what they’re looking for £hd we don’t. .‘The bees gather pollen a^ We gather rubbish Imd rul (les and make always in a* hurry. i. * * i I • • ffl Who Should Be ■j c.r •• - When a person loses his self-respect By CARROLL TRAIL Dear Sir: AVhen will Pfeuffer fall? The cracks in the wall, the fal len plaster, and the loose bricks make it unsafe in which to hold classes. It is my opinion that it should be condemned and tom down. , Sincerely, E. S. Answer: \ Apparently you aren’t an cngi- Y Blamed for Cheating? ... > i [ /-O strength of materials course which that department offers, you would find that concrete gets stronger as it gets older. In other words, Pfeuffer is stronger today than in 1837 when it was erected. The only real dah- publish the tests in the Battalion the day before each quiz? This would keep skies from be ing blown open, locks forced, and windows from being smashed. Be sides making honest men out of many dishonest ones, it would cut down on/'eollege repair bills. Sincerely, Answer: J. V., you have a noble idea, but it is not original In 1888 when the college was Iquite young, the exams Were stolen much as they arc now. In an effort to stamp out the. practice, the authorities started publishing the quizzes in the Battalion, then a monthly mag azine. , ' However, this policy didn’t work- too well. No longer able to brag By JOE HOLLIS Hollywood should have taken notice of the twenty mile chase scene enacted in Cali fornia yesterday. The pursu ve rob bers by a deputy sheriff was probably a touch more heroic than the celluloid’s tradi tional version. > j . Five yeggs, after committing a robbery of j some slight worth, decided to make a dos, /lacking a car, and desirous of leaving thi place, caught a conveniently passing freight and prepared to settle down to a oeaceful but pleasant trip. However they had toned without the resourcefulness and agility of our star, the sheriff. He too had mide the train. i .] The action: increased in tempo as the ins, (hiss), learning of their danger, ibed on top of the box cars and started moving forward, followed by the deputy. (Whistles and loud cheers.) The drama was completed when three of the robbers ran out of freight cars and were captured in the coal tender by the pursuing sheriff. Two of them had leaped from the moving train to escape. The three who had disliked dirtying their: clothes were lodged in jail (Slow fade out The end.) j : ■ | ■:. \ ■■■ wn]T;IT j i ; The International Exhibition of the South Shields Photographic Society has about come to the conclusion that light-fing ered art lover’s have one track minds. The society’s sole nude study was stolen from the exhibition last week. Five/years ago the 1 1 in \ time co clety is against • V Pi1» : i < w The to put that of ous of bat secilrifty pu with ct this wa is Ihuvood 't could e|s|y pro enemy. Hov find son a nude study too.. The so- moring for police action handed, naked theft. , * T. . king a sure fire method t toll the mule’s sole privilege, griping. The medical corps is desir-j ping fhe i nimal's bray for com- ises. The noise is credited maskable distances and of value to any listening vering |er, thel / |h€ er’s vocalipowe gory yi.rns aboi life. Ju it tion ye tr jackass :s Poli ;e tion y ss from nii^h ing fr<m prowl (ai siren sqrefecliing, Thei nation, and da|h A wan show had the only other ;l i. have left? ' on was given nees, or some her than fair of examina- /■ students in the seats and/ passing out dif ferent sets of exam papei$, is he a cheat er? }•: ■ v;' When the department' head sends two or three extra men to aid the regular in structor in giving an (examination to pre- is the ger comes from falling plaster, of thetr exploits of breaking into But if you will carry an unbrella l • and integrity, what does he Since the first jexamina in the dark ages, the exam of them, hkve resorted to means to- get by the drde; tions. This precedent has Itaited a long vent “the students from cheating, ch^in of cheating whichJlo[Irishes today, department head a cheater?, • ^ The stikhht takes crib :|otes to class ^ When an instructor dar^s not leave the he causally writes} notes o|i his desk, in. room, watches each student closely, paces the palm oi fds 1 h4nd, on h p; cuff, on his. back and forth, and gives various and arm, and, no doubt, in oth hr unheard of sundry warnings about students looking places. Is that person chea ing? v only at their tp^t papers,,is'he a cheater? ■ ^The student gjoes to g reat .pairfa to The list could go on and on—Who is get 4ii exapiinatich. He hui jts up a buddy a cheater and who is a good instructor or that knows a person that ! had* a fellow Student. steiftl ah examination from ja department Frankly, we do pot have, the answer, office, ds that student cheating? Orie thing is certain—the students do not The^tadent.waits until [the instructor trust the instructor;^the instructor re- has his back turnjed, and then he checks fuses to trust the students, his paper with his buddy’s? Better still, We feel that when a person loses his they whisper to each othpr out of the self respect, he has nothing Vbut a shell corner of their moiuths; are /these students tto live with. We feel that a cheater has cheating? 1 ! ' 1 . i v Tost that self-respect. , One student leans bad in his chair; How will a person know when he is .another student at jie test paper/ just a “shell?” If a cheater is just a hu- over his shoulder,. Which: sof the two man shell, then what is a cheater? cheating, or are they both guilty? whenever* you enter the building, you should be free from accident The umbrella technique must be effective, for most of the profs who have offices in the building use it. i 1 ★ ■{ Dear Sir: I noticed the article in Wednes day’s Batt concerning student cheating on examinations. I think I have a solution to the problem. Since most of the quizzes are stolen or smuggled out to students before examination day, why not Sneak Preview offices and swiping exams, the ruffians became impatient with the new eet up and one time broke into the print shop and stole the proofs to the next copy of the magazine. As a result the Battalion was not able to come out on schedule. Many advertisers became angry and withdrew their business, caps: ing a seVeral thousand dollar loss to student publications. Therefbto, the authorities have agreed that it is cheaper to fix a safe, replace a lock, and buy a new window. 1 ^ heft. The loot that 1Bcreai The ' floor. ■ j & TODAY & SATURDAY FIRST RUN BRYAN - COLLEGE —Friday Features Begin— 1:20 - 3:30 - 5:40 - 7:50 - 10:00 ! I r it/ 7 ijfive other students use the (exam to study with. Can! the wok’d, “chea «r,” be placed on the one or upam the si: ? ' Let’s turn the situatu n around and look at the instructor’s ang e. ^ j When I the'instructor i insists : on stu dent's knowing in^igni^icar t dates, tables, and figures in order to hive a cqrve of gfedes, isi he a cheaper? ; When the instructor “Aggie Honor Syistem” ofj -x Glamor in the North Woods - Jh t* New DeCarlo ‘Smellerdrama’ —Saturday Features Begin ~ 1:38 - 3:30 - 5:25 - 7:20 5 $:ir> ; T ( T I Dennis MORGAN Jock CARSON medics are attempting to rarj muffler. Presumably d return the retired troop- so that he could spin some t hijs service days tq the stay at homes in the cbrral. - v It \ oilld! be 4 groat step in progress if this tec mpque is jberf }<ited. Possibly the true worth if (the treltmejnlt would be .in civiliah think could could ficers, htrled tl dowi the doer i>f,ithe apartment. lm and peaceful elec- all the speech loving Tl in Oklahoma City reared into ac- rday Iwhoii they Received calls ibors froujcd by screams emerge -ag< d giri’A apartment. A as iiimeq ately dispatched with ■ V upo i! reaching their desti- emselves into the building the hall with guns drawn. ut triiimplant girl, met them at _ PAINT :|6r all uurp outside wi r 4-I10LK El SAND P HEM r* i- V • • purposes L AND DECK BUSIES m: K North Gate By BILLY SHIPP “RIVER LADY” (U-I), starring Yvonne DeCarlo, Dan Duryeg, Rod Cameron, and Helena Carter. Pal ace Theater in Bryan. The roaring days of lumberjacks and dogging camps once : again come to life for a few hammy and unentertaining minutes on the screen of the Palace Theater. This is any other way-are more pro- i gressive in a number of ways, i Confusing? Not at all. I refer in particular to the var ious courses in Photography. Ohio University can give a B.A, in Pho tography! the University of Hous ton can give a MASTERS in Pho- tography* The list could fun into pages. 1 What tan A&M offer? One 2- 1 M i\ —Plus— CARTOON — NEWS SAT. PREVUE — 11:00 P.M \ SUN. thru TUBS. FIRST 1:20 UN BRYAN - COLLEGE 30 - 5:40 - 7:50 - 10:00 The dictionary gives this as one of Technicolor production is enacted j, our poUfse in elementary photo- , ... , .. ’ I by the usual run ot second-rato ffran h v . SHAME ... A “Hobby ,. i oy tne usual run oi secona-rat* jrranhv SHAME One student steals an examination, and the definitions of cheating: “The action or players and consists, of the usual Course''? Rot \ •esdrts tc to the an act of cheating or deceiving; deception or fraud, or a means of fraud or decep tion; a trick; imposition, imposture.” What is the answer to the cheating problem? We could hardly expect all the students and instructors to get together and sing, “For we’re jpll|y good fellows/ However, we do believe common ground can be found. Possibly, an honor system, adhered to conscientiously by faculty and flywood plot for such cinematic atrocities of this type. Here’s the story. Tne local gamb ling queen (Yvonne DeCarlo) is in staggering the students, is the answer. i 7 u • -7 AWARDED to amatelr colorists, ac- ; A hick town now is a place with oqly cording to the Seattle (Wafh) Home News one airport. -“twenty other prizes, two!tickets each to the picture, which opened fTuesday at the 1 ’ i • 1 ^ ■ . . •' - v:'—.. - There seems to be a world wide epi- male and wants to make something out her logcutter. In order to gain her ends she forms a syndicate and buys out the local sawmills. In her business deals, she is aid ed and abetted by Dan Duryea, who loves her. She sets up Rod as the head: of one of 'her mills Where he meets beautiful Helena Carter, who goes in hot pursuit of hin^r One night in a drunken orgy, Rod marries Helena, who Js only too willing. Yvonne, incensed at 'the events, attempts to min Rod and run kim off the river. The psual fight at the climax takes nlace and naturally Rod and jus tice tnumphs. A vqnne leaves town vilY PPmV. ajtt^ Roil declares^hi s ,y. - - - - ' " • •" Dear readers, if enough pVessure is brought to bear where/ it will do the most good, possibly we too brought Of to togr^phy. %£ i'vonTKf WWT %££%££ courses to give a MINOR in Phq- —Plus— \ CARTOON — NEWS mvu*/, an mad passion ipr Helena, they all lived happjly ever after.’’ Orpheum and Joel McGffa and Frances demic of the; disease that the sick man of Dee were mailed :o the fbjjowiiig....” Europe had. ROBERT E. MAYES, ’49 .WHO’S FOREIGN? Dear Editor, Monday’s Batt, listing degree- gainers from foreign countries, in cludes Jack Royce Woolf from Trinidad. Now Mr. Woolf, to the best of my knewiedge, is from Trinidad, TEXAS, which ain’t po foreign Country! Would you count students from Paris, China, (that’s on the road to Beaumont) or Italy (near Pallas) as foreign students? Yours Confusedly, WICK van KOUENHOVEN JL ■ (Ed. Note: Umnh.) •. li T' l " ' " r •: i .-r i . -. 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