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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1948)
’■w ■f : -i r f B >■: V" - :«• rV < ■- ■ /• ; %, • 1* -•[ f >!p\. Page 2 ; rf-- ; )v t tali on 0 RIAL S THURSDAY, 23, 1948 f I Watc " — : T7' • v . •—•' '• f "Sower, Statesman, Knigbtly Gentleman”* l .8 « i .• li 1 ’ ' i ••-.•iigj. •r-. .F-i' * 1 / ** Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions -V‘-“ ;4 ^ •' ' test plight -v Trampling Out The Vintage . . . ‘V,’ T- 45^ m Sportsmen Shudde Huntress’ Radical N 1' % i • ■ 1 r i ■ V H' !• fi r: f \ ■f ves As Well As the Game 7 By FRANK CUSHING .. • * A- r Septem A&M stude “t) M for d weekend will - student body of urea of Sail An portant gridiron sera . The demomtratio ill b j tD f ’ day for the ed in the Battalion editorial! on last March \ or the lack of it, pro mean a great deal to tljijs School, oursdves, and the alumnfir! | \, It will be,entirely oi r responsibility to prove to the people of sjin Antonio and Texas Tech that there 141 no linger a 2 percent who foi*get theniselves at game time and-leave an unpleasant impression. Kof only 98 percent kyhj conduct them- ^ selves with reispdnsibmtyi t Only by being “10(1 pe^centejfs” ca prevent sum inSdentli! ai the 1: “A serious blow was dealt A&M’s r^p- since. this utation Friday night by the inspired ac- e segment of the . jtion of some person, or group of persons, pying the pleas- The clowns to whom we are referring in duding the im- probably thought they were striking a jlth Texas Tech, 1 mighty wallop for the Cause of A&M when sportsmanship, jthey tossed buckets of mud in the dressing by Aggies will room windows of a visiting athletic team.” Let's win back the annual Batt sports manship award in a walk-away. Remember the basis for the ayrard: recognition will be given to the conference school whose student body and athletic teams display the best sportsmanship jh connection with intercollegiate athletic contests and their associated activities.’ ‘ The award in itself is .unimportant,^ ^v' A *$L ■Vp-c WJ*;- he was abqu; The better game clubs will no doubt se- that^ 6 ^ verly criticise the hunting technique demon- started by an 18 year old girl in California recently. AU those who enjoy the excite ment of the hunt will probably deploy the methods she used in bagging a deer. Never theless, when all is said and done, she did cause the unfortunate^nimarsdeath, and so may be credited with a kilL ’ The young huntress sighted the deer and took careful aim and fired. The bullet merely dirty rear in that city. The quick could * ket if minutes, there I » F ditiisns v The '/'A, wounded the deer in the leg. To this point smashed od f / A. Senate Constitution Ratified, Placed in Full Force This Fall can we no cover- , .• r J but the recognition ik\prlceles4. An Exeel}|iitf destifre By the Corps ■ • Lust night t|u! cut )•'bggM Uw ^jly Without it tho oomiilys tmTlmnimn would custom of Ktaiuling am hwirlug the soon tear Itself to pieces. L jCbftplaln offerAbanks before thflr evening Another recorntnomlntion for the ges* ' ideal. | titro la public rolatlona value. All of . Inuofui* 88 we kquw;'this.has never' u " remember from our early corps day? been done In the echeoln: immediate past. , the horrified expressions of visitors, pur- We-believc: it will hel« vjfise pfecedent. Ueularly feminine, as we stormed into While most of us sine pn theicampus we f ? 0W .“ ‘"^ Im tend to be a li*l?&ieittul if our reli- ^ utl " g . S , hoqt ,[ frying. Al- gious fences. A,vay-fro* the familiarity • tho , UKh ™ .haven t eaten in Duncan in of our home churches aid with so many 9^0 some time we imagm. local distraction^ this neglect comes easily, before quite some time we imagine things are still informal and that a little order , , „ before the meahyould be an improvement, rW Q could l # aiv-kcdssidnil reminder . \y e hope this will be another step to- iimicH fhnTV-.rfnr it a that there is something | bigger than our ward justifying the description of Aggies own small plans and^rotiblep. Religion is offered, by‘a lady from Houston. “They ati\\ the B.aianee wheili of our (civilization. ' • ; ; f il ■ (Jl I ' .1 v are always masculine, but never crude. Hoi ne\ \ This Tiflib Ijiciard Goes Down ... ‘ Everything that| gojes up. lias gotta^ to the surface. If all goes well Picaird will cqjne down. In the casej of, Auguste Pic- then make his first descent, fie has picked card this rule reaches, 1 if^ ultipate end. 0 degree Longitude - West and 0 degree i ' " Sixteen 5’eajrs agd lhc soared, ten miles Latitude North as the point of descent, into t)p stnitojjphercLi in a balloon. Now’ Once down Piccard 'and his companion he has compibfebd plaip fo^ pli|iiging downi, Cosyns will be able to observe the iast into tfie ocean.deptlp. He Is again using geographical frontier of man. a balloon but r its smicfure ife somewhat Their findings will be recorded on altered. The new mlteriials are .steel and films; pictures and a dictaphone. They lyscaphe, With will particularly observe the fish and anF- 3l Piccard hopes mal life, the plant life and the ocean bed. plastic. It is called a this new undeipwatec y to dive as far! las 18 Thq Constitution for the Student Semite' has been formally paused by the Student Senate, Student Lifp Committee,. and Academic Council. The constitution was writ ten by Neal Calloway, N, It, heath- onVciod, Tom I.aroi, and Luthoc Terry with Charles Kirkhum aerv- ing artM’hairman, , Til view of the coinlnjt Senate election, the entire constitution, an approved hy the three irrouim inak- Inr: up the SenateV chain of com- maiul, la itlven, below for Informu- lion. AK'IICLK ()NK. ritKAMHLK We, the atiidente of the AgHeul* . tural and MeehuHlen) Collc'nd of Texas; in order to form an effec tive government, for determininx ' "and conducting matters of general student concern, eatablish the fol lowing constijut/on: ARTICLE TWO. OBJECT 1. The .object) of the student government wiTT be to act in an executive capacity lor the student body. i ■ . 2. To. represent the student body both on andjlff the campus of tile college. ' 3. To serve as a liaison organi zation between the faculty, th»b stu dent body and other '"colleges in matters relating to student activi ties. ARTICLE THREE. STUDENT LIFE COMMITTEE The Student Life Committee ,13 a committee of the Academic Coufti- N cil am} is responsible for consid ering policies and procedures af fecting student life. This committee makes its recommendations to the Academic Council. It shall conceni itself particularly with such mat tery relating to the operation of certain phases of the student activi- tips program and to student life as are not assigned to some other committee or agency. It shall con sist of 9 members of the faculty T l, the hunt had progressed in the accustomed manner. Here entered the unusual. '^The injured deer took a hurried if wound ed departure down a steep embankment lead ing to a creek. Hot upon the trail, the girl plunged after the animal in the true sense-qf the word plunged, she slipped. Her fall brought her to an overhanging ledge in close proximity to both the deer and the stream. The deer, who (harbored no strpng affec tion for the young miss, turned and charged her. Undauted, thq huntress proceeded to mot) happily drT e bn his way. If^one were form oif h|u|nqlr f that a lam vine homeic is Tiot, no 4u yi e \v;j 1 out by the the car’s of the law . driver asked if he thje forthcoming tie- in two ^ cod, evidentally assented to t£e con- o" IJ . indl termt in Po jj»ed[up a crank handle ^towards the low funs, he mi* m: The aiofc-ej from then yaca a fair imi was explaji; Seedless (2) tp Report minutes of regu lar OrtR*crbir» of their committees tu tho Secretary of the Student Senate. (II) • to inform members ami call moeUngs of their committees. 2. Elvetlon of Officers, The Student Senate- ahull elect its of. floors from its mom her ship. 4 It. Standing Committee. There ' shall 1)6 the following standing committees! s. Executive Committee. It rhull consist of seven (7) mem bers elected by the Student Senate from its own membership, It nhull Consider all mutters of business brought before the student gov ernment ami shall refer them' to the appropriate agencies. It shall prepare agenda of business for the meetings of the Student Senate. It shall concern itself with ail mat ters of .student life which do not of its tendtrifs jthhosu, ther Cham strike the animal smartly, breaking her (i) to j preside over meeting^ rifle barrel with the blow. The stunned and of their respective committees discouraged deer fell into thq water and suffered the final indignity. He drowned. ' J: ' * ! - J The type of ingenuity that made this country what it Is'today was demonstrated in Kunsns City Jutoly. A patrolman, rubbing of the chajujiH his hands in anticipation of tho nice fat fine lures. [ r . »e might say ille, Calif., had a btljii. Sincqi this writer jtateinent will be made, menti tea family returned tjiun t||> find tneir living room j ungleJ The spectacle / ploring Thompson had sneaked one craqlc; Tne wea- by the California y! ✓ titipn of i by a i vfne v||hic Hy lijicky. If thejr they might have wujidojr in artd put 4 in these atruc- feet Or abofit six ent One qf Piccards specialties is cosmic times as deepjifs thesPjfdsent necord 4et by .- rays. Cosmic • rays were the phenomena William Bequei in 19ia4. ^ that bared him to the stratosphere and The bathyscaphe is composed to two their study* will be an, important part of major sections. Thq “ijiasketi section” is his undersea work. } a steel sphere six fqet ind fcjur Fuiehes in This expedition is the retfuljt of trc- diameter. It! if attadhjedl to a float of steel inendous. scientific' achievement ami per- which corresponds ifp jthe^gas bag on a sonal courage. The dangers of the descent baloon. Instead of Mciliqm the supporting are belittled by -Piccard but we shudder asubstanixi is jjrftsoUniN 1 the bathyscaphe is when we consider that the pressure on truly u submarine bullloon; the .principle the small spherq will be over six thousands ^dilforehcii beltig wii|ght rat|er( than det . pounds-pdr square inch v r mIctm Pu'iHit'il alVliklllilii'l Kiiv.iiA.i.t .’’Fn trvn ..Ltntru /if (Vv. > Hign. Piccard shouldn’l. huveHui) trouble sinking; comjiJotoli’ einhgwd the f'Mia- llooti;’ weighs nearlji fo *ty to|s. , F Tho ftftt dOtfconi of the bsliomt will be unmanned. After a drop of about 1,2,000 feet an auioinatic ircUasc bring it ■ ~T j-^jT ■ j . . ' ' •!> ■- “non * j . i ; One of tbie fowiiV|eadiitg osteopaths discovered thiijin oqe»f his medical refer ence books, and 1 equldjn’t help passing it on to the men. Wo/henidislociatc their jaw •’he markings of lh«ts}>herC arc ^H”. Thci" arc a tribute to ..the Bel- gium National Scientific Kt.’seurch Fund which furnished capital for the expedition. It seems that Uncle Sam isn’t ahead on everything. -U ; v X~. I A 8 joint four timjes mare often than men. de The Bat! City of College Friday afternoon., tauon toliin, official! -ge Station, Te ledric Adams —t FASHION notes in t])c iW«»/< (Fla.) Or/% Xi ng included this: ■ ’ V “Nobody paid much attention to tlie dress until the facetious model daintily lifted her skirt to reveal a new topic of table talk under the hemline.” in r/ie Battalidn yc«. is Advertisi news .J Texks,|_ except jdurhig nubliishld Ui-tve'el Jy on lioiiclay, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $4.30 per school ft'- ' g rates 1 urnishc & on request. - Tbe^Associated Prejss jis entitled/exclusively,.to tbfe use for republication of all news dispatches ’* Jj to it dr not otherwise c-edited in the paper arul local news of spontaneous origin publilh- T “- ' "" ■■ Risblts of •" ■ iqJT.! 1 . IP! i blicatidu of all other matter(beVem aie also, reserved. IBkWr^d 'JM 6ecca4-cl»»t »n«Udr «t Pojjt OfBcu at Iculk'Ee gtationi! Tt-j aa, undittr thalAct of > ConrrtiJi of M4rt|h! i 1870. [of M^rtlhi ! News con Idwin Hall ce, Room Gone 0££i injuy be iuade by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office. Room 201, ada mijy be p! awt HaU. ;art£ •••" Cherry ."'Jq I ArTTHowanL r. WatiLty JUau Cuirr- l" -1 , Vr <r", >1 Tn»j PI-.,:, 7.. « ft* 1 "!?- I' 1 tper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the published five times a week and circulated every Moijtday through halfdays and examination periods. During the summer The Bat- appointod by the President of thu? College, and 11 students, namel^v Carlet Colonel of the Corps, Presi dent of the Senior Class, Presi dent of the .Junior Class, one Bat talion Editor, 4 representatives from the Student Senate, and 3 non-military students elected at large. s 1 ■ ARTICLE FOUR. THE STU DENT SENATE Section I. The representative body of the student government shall he the Student Senate. Section II. Representation. 1. Each dpimitory shall elect oihi Student Senator us prescribed in Section IV, Article Four. 2. Each college housing urcu shall elect one Student Senator. 3. There shall he elected two Student Suitors from the day F.N. € student's, 4. The virc-pfcosidents of the clunses shall he memberx of the Student Senate. fv, Then' shifll be a number of student semi lot’s tH'|<'t4'd at large to bring the membenltlp to n U>(dl of foriy.threo -(43) niemhV'ta. Section III. Urgunixatiom , 1. The Student Sennfo'! shall have the following officers: '^' a. President, whoso duty it, In (1) to eull meeting* of the Stu dent Senate, (2) to duly inform all member* of the Student Senate of the meet ings and the agenda to he followed, (8) to supervise and coordinate all activities of the Student Sen ate, - ' '[ y\ (-$)• to serve,m any teiuporary- tfypacity as is delegated to him by the Senate, (5) to preside over all'mcetings of the Student Senate. b. Secretary, whose duty it is (1) to handle all correspon dence of the Student Senate, f \ X (2) to keep an accurate record of all regular Student Senate meet ings, regular committee meetings and sub-committefi: meetings. eh Sena (3) To send to each Senator a copy of the minutes jof the previous . meeting within ten days after the meeting. {} . Member oi\. *■* - " .> The Associated Press BcprctenUnl 1 nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, ami San Francisco. jy* telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities ing Editors ire Editors eate k* -Wlra Editor .. t.J.-^.Sjtorts Editor .. jiJOkiqk Editor .Circuktiun Manager Curtli^ EmU.. r)!'.. ..... .Co-Editors 44 “V- Adve-tising Manager .Toe Trevino, Hardy Hosa.; If— •' Photo Engravers l>on Engclking.'Lurry Goodwj u Assistant Sports Editors Uub. "Suck" Spoede, Hill Pott*, Bill Evans, Bill Thornton, Cbgrles Cabanks, Leon Sdmar, and H«rsohal Shslhy — —Sport* BeporUra xtJ- i 1:1- . . V. i ;eting. (4) to maintain permanent files iii the Student! Activities Of- fice. | c- Parliamentarian, whose duty it is ’' ' 1 • (1) to enforce the use of par liamentary procedure as stated in • Roberts’ Rules of Order. (2) to decide points of parlia mentary procedure. (3) to instruct the Senators in the rales of parliamentary proce dure. d. Chairmen of standing com mittees. They Shall be elected by’ the committees themselves. It shall be their duty to iV f U. . _ ■ ■ Letters , TO ITkRfi.T. IF 1 nhnuld like to liikc thin ( >|i* porluttlty to siteak in .defense of some of the polieieit of the library; ami of Home of the practice* which Mr. Trail condemned ho vchemmit- iy-j - ; The present library building was completed and occupied in 1930, only 1ft years ago, but even so, many of the modern library feature^,, were not included in this ^structure. For instance, ade quate bffifvs ami work rooms were not provided. It is now im possible to provide adequate work rooms and offt]KM for the staff without taking pubic read ing room space. j Mr. Trail may be interested in luiowing that there are no “back rooms" where the reference li brarians may go to do their typ ing. Furthermore, if the reference; librarian is in some other place typing she will not be able to as sist the patrons, namely students and faculty. Both of the, reference librarians are needed at j-he refer ence desk to assist students ami faculty in finding the things they came to the library seeking) It is necessary that the reference li brarians keep a number of files for the purpose of helping patrons find information. The most practi cal way to keep a record of the de sired information is on 3x5 cards* and for permanency this informa tion is typed rather thap written. Many of the modern and up-to- date libraries provide glass enclose ed work rooms or offices near at hand so the assistants will be avail able at, all times, but on the other hand tne enclosed space conceals some of tho-noise. This library was hot planned originally for work . rooms or' off ices, as I have men tioned, and they cannot be provid ed now. > Mr. Trail would ask our librar ian* to work a forty-five or forty- six hour week by remuinmg until 10:20 or 10;30, in order to com pletely close the building after 10 o'clock. Our librurluns already work a longer work week ,than any of the other librarians In Texas libraries. All librarians work on a I’lNhottr week at the University of Texas. We have found from exoer- irnco Umt if »io signal is given until the exact hour of closing 1 that student* will renuost arm loads oi books and periodical* at five min ute* to the hour, and the librarian* would be charging thl* material 'to them after the closing hour only to have the periodical* and book* re turned hot u»od. ., 4 Furthermore, several of the ladies who work at night Kvc in Bryan and they rely upon the bus for transportation; - if they arc delayed more than a few minute* after 10, they arc com- pr.v-a tri wait a full hour for another bus. If the complainant had ever tried to close the windows in the library he would understand that the type metal windows there cannot be closed noiselessly. It actually takes a student assistant 20 to 25 min utes to close all of the ^windows. The window closing should be per formed by janitors and not by li brarians, but the janitorial force arrives at 9 a,, m. and leave* at 5:45 p. m,. therefore the Window closing task becomes the duty of the library assistants. The library Is only another ser vice organization on this campus trying to do a satisfactory ‘job. The library can do a better job by having cooperation from its pa trons, namely students and faculty. Tiie librarian welcomes " sugges-/ .taildutTrf'tS eommii! & v forit1dS“but £&& Z. ^ ' SeC " te " »«/»» *««• / i. Representatives to the Stu- ^ er y truly yours, dent .Life Committee. There shall , PAUL S. B ALLAN CE (See CONSTITUTION, Page 4) Librarian y come under the jurisdiction of some other committee, or agency. h. Welcoming Committee. Thci Welcoming Committee shall con sist of five (5) students elected from' the Student Senate from its members. The Committee shall be . responsible for bringing, about co- , operative relations with other stu- - dent bodies and outside groups; The director "of Student Activities shall be a member of the Welcom- 1 ing Committee. ' c. Election Committee. The Election Committee Shall consist of five (5) members elected by the Student Senate from its mem bership, and one, staff member ap- , pointed by the Dean of Men. It shall operate 1 the machinery for all studeht elections on the cam pus. It shall engineer all publicity pertinent to the actual elections, plan for the receiving of nomina tions, and the distributing and col lecting of the ballots, and announce the results in writing to the Dean of Men. (k 1 The Exchange Store Com mittee. The Exchange Store Com mittee shall consist qf six ((!) col lege staff members and six. (6) Student Senators elected by. the Student Senate from its member ship. It shall study the operations of the Exchange Store and make recommendations for improvement of its .service. It shall recommend u djvrhim) of the profits of. the store each year. It shall concern itself with equipment and supplies, Service, prices and schedules. o. The Hospital Committee. The ' Hospital Committee shall consist of five (5). college stuff members and five (5) jtudont Senator* elec ted by (V Student Sonata from its ntombttwilf. It will study the uoedU for improving and maintaining proper! medical service to all stu- ildnlM, EL shall acquaint itself with t he plan of opera Hon of the hosq pita), the duties of the staff, the available equipment; and methods of ox* mi nation ami "Iraatment. It - shall publish from time to time report* covering tlm 'complete op- eraiion of the hospital, In order io , kcifp all students informed a* to the!, nature and quality of service* . provided. f. Mess Committre. Th<f Mess Commjttoo shall eohsist of four (4) members of the' Student Senate elected bv the Student Senate from it* membership. Tho Director of Subsistence and the Director of the Memorial Student Center shall be members of the Mesa Commit tee. It “shall keep itself informed of all mcas problems with a view to maintaining or improving the service, the quality, and the quan tity of food, and the regulation qf price*. ..if g. Publicity Committee. The Publicity Committee shall consist of t\v<? (2) members elected by tho Student Senate from its meinber- Ship, Tire Manager of Student PuBlicatiohs (Shall be a member of the Publiprty Committee. It shall bo ‘the diSiy of This Committee to 5 the student body the ac- reporjrtq'’ tions’•taken by the student Senate relativg. to Student government. h. The Social Conimittee. The Social Committee shall consist of five (5) members elected by the, Student Senate from its member ship. The Assistant-nDircctor of Student Activities shall be a mem ber of the Social Committee. It