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one of “the most 1 course, will result in lower grades, or at
te In a student's best having to pay a professional typist
j / : | •!! | to prepare the student’s work.
not offer a typ- The dther alternative, taking a tj^ping
~ 0 ^... T —^_llege credits can course elsewhere, will involve paying for
be earned. In i act, ho ty(ping course, ac- an outside typing course without receiving
credited or otherwise, is offered at our any credit for it towards his credit hours
school.. !'■ -j-: ; iljv’fh | . ' at tfhts.dpllege. ^
_ absence of a typing : 'Is this fair to the student?
iBP^ nUe ’ ^ s * u< * ents f Surely it would be possible for A&M
cou|se elsewhere can not authorities to institute a typing course
Not onl
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taking such
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Oklahoma Aggies are hai
juble with their di
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tablishraenta are just too high for the stu
dents to accept cheerfully^
One gruop of Okie Aggies! has declared
war upon the businesses. A j carefully woro4,
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ran a slight
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ho was
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In
trouble with their dry cleaning. It appears „ 0 * p Hp ^ rivpr
that the prices asked by the Stillwater «^ rnier ^ gg...
,earsj old whu.- r
encloSe picture of tractor,”• >
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" u ‘"' r < A Negro tavern
soIrtiWry to'epHi upon
the se
on the part of the student body'is sought, j ‘ Ji^SJb^hs little doubt In anyone 1 #
The rallying call is terse but apt. . . 77 that whiskey had been figured upon
Aggie Baggie Days. Mainly wash pants are btfc&farw i it the man’s club. Never-the
to be worn by loyal followers! of the fight the. jury felt Sympathetic after listenm_
and if, by an absolute necessity, wool pants his defense. . fi [ }. ; :7 7
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appearing.
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urse here. here on the campus for students. If ac-
yanced course ademic barriers stand in the way of giving
M departments, credit foh a typing course, perhaps it f n .
-ted with state- could be offered without credits being in- f After 28 yi*!?at A&M College,
. til have to have volved. If this were the case, the course your today’s (Thursday) headline,
• tyjjed.’ And better grades should be given at a time when it would FrogC^^me? th? fi’nSTex-
Letters To The Editor
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daily assign- not disrupt the regular academic schedule P pression of dur College.
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instead of written of persons needing to take the extra typ
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ing instruction.
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a di- Typing has become a necessity. Why
As a freshman at Missouri Uni r
versity in 1011, I was amazed at
the ugljy cartjoons and signs all over
the campus and town preceding
thd Kansas U:-Missouri U. game.
Classification. Aggie trad.tun bias
been established through the:;
but this shows that it can bp
down overnight by an unsc ru.
ous few.
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Had a notification been pdbl
ed to the etlect that *‘f»ve
ttudenjL islconffo
lemma which certainly m not the result pf cafn’t we regard it in this light and pro- Hate had been inspired at pep
any action of ms ofyh. 1 ceed to correct the unfortunate situation wis^SdV 11 6 ?*** j • ?
One alternttiv^ not? taking a taping ^hich now exists? At Kansds U. the next year,
Statements, Then and Now . ..
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• Politicians tre ^ettlnir soft. TheyVe al* The outbursts of John L. Lewis seem
;.mo8t go|it1emei ndwl-r*but in the good bid . j tame in comparison with those of the good
Mays they wbrs ripesnortin, war-whOoping' bid days. President Adams was represent-
hell-raising rabcul
r, thick-skiimec
ce ytf l|h vehemlnence
5 ed in this subtle manner; he is “refined in
j |u jj. all the stratagems of sehsuality, (,he priv
ileged libertiine at whose approach innO-
; They were hatk’
vddUaUsM ; whv•"«Hb|k«i,, rr ^ rr | , tl , . . ,, ,. , ,
and no|lscret on. ^heyflei their epithets
i ! |y at will and dthw opfonbnts .. . jam! if ‘‘
their language cduld have killedjblood
would have flow
y When Go\ erni;
grows pale . . . the deceitful diplomat, the
fawning sybophant, the superannuated
beggar.t*J v jj ; i v ji jjl [ • . • : . V
Tuve.n Washington waa not exempt from
. „ . , t u u, . i. such raillery; He;was compared with “an
frii omnip«t«ot of a aora^lio,” and
^■oaknoss and j in;foreiim affairs aC( . used of ^
he waa,;speaking with the kindness of a ^
Luren voun g democracy, was also maligned in a
in the streets.
vDOtvey accused the
^brother* The drities; of Martin Van
They declared
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tairally with tile degraded and vile,” and vvould have this result; “murder,
that he and h
the most despera
cipled demogegu
annals Of despoti
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a traitor twice. Jeffer
son, second great leader of our tender
v. jl TL ' , ... . r 'o«“g ueinuciavy, vva
were more efeborate m their, ent.mm. manner.
only one sign was displayed. It
$Hid, “Welcome, Missouri,’’ and we
were really entertained! 1
Robert R. Lancaster
j Agronomy Department
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Editor Tho Battalion:
Tonight is the night for one of
the biggest soelal events <m the
A&M Campus during the foot bail
season, the Artillery Regimental
Ball, Of course, though, there are
a few “t'ftcho*” to who may at
tend. '' ' : :
Wednesday night of this week, T
heard by gossip between men in
my outlit, “B” Co. Seniors, that
there would be no “five yeajtf” men
attending the Bail—or with
out date»; There was no publication
or write-up in the Batt or else
where to this effect so by talking
to a fen 1 •'button men" in the corps
the rumor was found to be: trUq.
This ruling came about by the
convening of a steal! group of Sen-
uat be rumpied ' f. The fopeiuan of the jury interrupted
I deliberaticoij to aak the judge whether
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At least The Battalion can take some Negro mdst
msbn.
gfo mast ^g;mi
lyrwww v m consolation by musing that dther papers J. lie ' ¥$*. a. short
THANKS! I : i is given not onlv for|Scnioj-8 kut tov» War CriUs. loos. »* . -gHa^.
1 j for all Artillerymen—regardless of Wayne University s daily P^per the “D4trpi- ■ ; ^ : ^i
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- guilt could be punished With a' fine, une
judge infcAiied Mm that if found guilty, the
ess of Wayne University’s daily p4p«i| the “Ddtrpi- , r . ^
“ ter” received a letter from a dissatisfied k ! iA uniqu i
classified ** HarviiFd Campus,
The lettebsaid—“To the
page today stinks so badly that I
Uldp’t keep it in, the house. "
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editor: Your
ier which couldn’t exactly
iblish- editori,
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“b$II # *®. J ’ 0tt . ! t0 paste in youf scripebooks. j|,
saved considerable exjiense.
guilty. “
[ue political
—, party’s pi
i .paaiy map i Q j y side „of-the-road
t'm retunung ca „, e " leep .' ““
that he “consorts most na- One paper said that his presidency tij
ioi* in the Corps. Upon question- 7.;
ing a number of Seniors in the Ar- B ‘;
tilTery outfits, it was found that, . I * s i
As my own persttnal e:iperl-
ence, my date bought a new tiveii- _
ing gown especially for tie oc
casion and is planning on a big
weekend at the Ball tonight and
the game tomorrow, But nof,
when she arrives thig afternoon,
It will be quite a let-down qn her
part and needless to say embar
rassing to me.
I’m not the only orje in this fix
though—about luteeji or Itwettty
of my buddies arc in;the same po
sition.
After talking to t| few Corps
Seniors, who knew of |the s<i>*c’H|h'd
reptisentat.ve meeting and were
there, here are a few tteasonk given
for the decision tnpjp, reached:
(quote) “Vou nil may take over
the whole Bull," or “(illoty has al
ready iiecn yours lasl year. Now
it’s our turn." or “Vou may de
tract attention away from its” (in
so many words), (urilquote).
If you notice, none jtf these rea
sons are worth a iqamn! ICp a
wonder that “five yehr” men are
allowed to see the football gateos.
1 hope that the othijr Re rimentk
on the A&M Campus don’t tse this
weekend as an example when they
give their respective I Regimental
organization,
.. . walking into ita second term yeg-
T . u , ,, t*rday. Boasting no booslirfH spHcitprs, or
Just keep on as you are a«d there wonft Iape i s natel|er8, the Apathy League no.ds \ '
be a singJe student ;m the Upiversity who together M 8,000 odd members by sheer
would be caught dead reading this Tag. i
You breast-beating, blatherskites make
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me sick.”
Between the Bookends
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he Student Apathy
politii
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irvard Crimson
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Sports Sketches! Oddities
Latest by Harold Ratliff
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By J. K. It, NKLHON
: J^pst of Hntliff’s aUempta
*1 Shook (he Hand i. . ’ h> liunter fall to dra# |)V«h a am
need mi. 1
at
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club meeting.
Other oftn
Yeary, vice
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new. preaident
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elected were Bol>
sident; Harry Joo
iry trvasurar; Tom
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a, reporter.
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rape,
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aspiring and unprin-..' taught and practiced, the streets will be
that over graced the rent with cries of distress, the soil will be
i— soaked with blood and the nation black
William H^nryj Harrison Was represen
ted as a betra ) r er pf innocent young
anhood—and m particular thlt he w
father iof thrk Mdreii by an Indian > wagglinga at Messrs, Taft. Lewis, Truman,
squaw. This vfas Atipl
tic comments
as “imbqcile” ~
iable dofard.”
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about one out of 15 seniors even sible for this dwisionjhave a won-
knew about the decision. Needless derful time at the Ball tenightjrnd
to say, the Junior and Sophomore feel, that by excluding tl|e ‘five
Classes weren’t even considered— year" men, they have
it’s their Ball, too! ; ; \ ed a great act.
In my opinion, the Artillery Ball, BOB CHILDERS,
5 «Ucm|
* even a
. Iflllidllis a
Cigar-smoking Harold V. Rat- overdrawn, HIb fActe arc gdod;
liff has been writing sports foi 1 though, and his anocdotds St tl^oS
tho last 25, years, and undoubtedly, pungent. 1 . 7’! . g
has shaken plenty of hands In that Buyjce House is listefl as the in-
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quarter century, (vleaning the spiration for this botati and the or
from his experiences, he has cten- ganizatiow df “I Shook the HafidV-
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piled a scries of personality sketch- resembles that of the tall tales by
es and oddities about athletes and that Texas humorist, u! ':,T '
sports in the United States, but ij McClanahalt »f the Dallaa
especially in Texas. : News does the cartoons and art
Such sports immortals-as Dizzy work in his familiar manner.
Dead, Satchel Paige, I). X. Bible, ; 0 . . ^ 1 ■ .
Byren Nelson, and Babe Didrikson ^
receiVe Ratliffs treatment along J ^ J 7K at
with III othdr sportsmen. His study Exchange Store, for $2.75.
is not confined to athletes for Mor- it, I guess.
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with crimes.” Jefferson’s reply is not
worn- known, ji 1 p j|
t he was the We apologize f6i* our recent finger
Laundry Frobleiii8, .Also
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ris prank, jovial columnist, on, thb: !.•; (. . “77 TfTTr
Houston Post, and Jinx Tucket, «y i f | |
Weatherford Unb
The “Twelfth Man" tradition r»|i . $ >1 - ' j
of A&M is the subject of a three iLlpptc KrAm/Jp||f:
page chapter explaining the ori-
gin of that sports tr*drfon w». rh Floy Blackbonir?»terinary m ...
heeps .Aggies standing through- jcin e r sophomore frote Spring)olwn,
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iveil» Aggies Manning wfivng..- <., ne ^ophomore frote Spntigtown
out all games, offering themsel- waf , elected president of the Wea
iom
as Supplemented with eaus- Wallace, and Dewey. Gentlemen, you are , #
nnoble intelligence such- ^Howing ambitiously in the footsteps of I nan r rPfU>h I «P III A
mdfSuperannuated and'pit- your predecessors, but you still have a lot -1 IlOll & I VlXVlI UOv 111 JI i^lllUfll
'.I •* .ifT 1 . T
®ljmk of tLhie
itherford A&M Club' at the
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to learn.
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Emn at the Palestine meeting of the Store after mei” Jester said. “Its not the walk-
ToX and Wol Htintfers. j ! t>r8 > Julys or Trigs which are after me,
“Gotarnoi! Hdauford (fester, Jwiting but its the .crossbi-eeds, those Dixiecrats.
Camp kenleylneti here during the bench And, of Mujrse. every two or three years
shots ajnd fle d f afek the Texas State y«u have those house dogs, the Republi-
Fox arid Wolf lUintem jAssociatioh, suit < »us, Iwrkiug at you.
gested his wm thl role of “The Fox among May
some Texas
tHjtieal Hofundal'
Webst#
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we remind you, governor, that
define’s a fox its a “sly, cunning
In In itddM before the immutl asso- fellow.* ’.\ncl for that matter, most Texas
ciltlonj bunch «h|)iv, the (»overnof said foxes are Red
lioy 12!years
cd hint if he
tld ’Somly Hletch
had any tldigs, “
etcher, hid ask
1 Friday
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That sort of thing could send him to
any ddigs, “l told! him I the dogs faster than he anticipates.
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t dtirihg holldaya and examination porioda. During the Mummer’The Hat-
iokly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $4.30 per achool
i furhtehod on requoaij- . T MjT ; ' i!|j ,X
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By MACK NOLEN j
(Batt: Correspondent in France)
Montey is a problem in France
just as it is in America. The root
of; thti problem is that only the
rich Rave enough of it. For an
Americbn student on the Cl Bill,
the exchange ratio and the living
standard meet satisfactorily, but
the French student is not so fortu-
httte. J
The Veterans Administration
pays ip dollars over here aii it does
at hoteo. The dollars are converted
in orcumstances that are not quite
but almost shady! at the ratio of
>100 fi-awcs to the dollar, a $75
chock hiinging thirty thousand
frnni'H. It l<M>kH good until tho dis-
appoairing act bcgimi, Meanwhile
the French student might he get
ting |5,()()0 francs If he is lu<tky.
Rdom and hoard hate
eosting me about 2'2 tho
per tnonth. Hbwavdr, I am
to move (they won't let me keep
hcea) and the new place ttiil run
over 1ft thousand.
Laundry, cigarettes, nhd JiuH-
dantgls claim something in thdi
neighborhood Of eight thousand a
tpontp. The laundry Is alow and
teepetedve, hut clei
ho. Ajnd tho French
! roenti with new chemicals in their
pi ices are rather high for the
average French billfold. Butter,
still scarce, can be Had l or gen
erally the same price that it would
cost in the US, but when you con
sider that $100 a monti is an
unusual salary for a family man,
you can see why mpst families
don’t eat a lot of butter.
Bread is still rationed in France
hut the manner is hecoiping lax
as wheat becomes more p entjful.
The loaves are longj, thin sticks
of bread, mostly crust, Pnd the
flour Is a deep tan. hut once
you get used to it, jjrs not too
had ‘ i 717 j.y .j
The French houseWifc rent I mi os
to tote a shenf of rnt)i«n papers in
spite of a goheiHl hettrrinit of coh-
iluiteiM. She hits stamps fw coffw
(gets ver\’ littlo, hits the tHste for
u lot of It), cinned foodp (Mich
7‘ jr
eVon grind
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Ask yourself this question: “How
tall am I?" Think for a moment.
Now ask yourself another quesr
tion, “How ’tall am I in thp effikt
of God?” When we think ,on tnUi
question, we began to see how
small we really are before God. We
sec that wc have not given Hjnii |
a chance with our lives. Remember
man looks on the outer ap
but God looks on the insi
Luke i8:!M4)
* . . . I pray thee have me eX-
tr cuited.” Luke 14:20.
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tho French uro not find of4-tho;
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we
( tho French pj oduco Aomi of; thia,
prefer everything free \,
their own coffee!), bn
,
brea t, cheese
lining |s morel
i love to export-
but export, you know. The murkot
i« said to be glutted in Knglund
with It), cho«*olate, und n llk (only
for people under 21 /'an of ng«).
.. .... -Tr-— But hope springs Ptemal, they
cleaning. The reftiit ia that you it must be true bpcauKc
like a jWtborfttory or have - %
ia[ entitled exoluaivcly to the uaiNtor rcpublication of all hews dispatches
_ imo credited In the paper and local'fiews of spontaneous origin publiMi-
tepubRcation of al|l othet ,m itter herein are also reserved.
be mode
uus may be
win Hall.
bee
aioiji of com-
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or bcith. j J rod tape of rationing, the French
Thb Black Market, tho infamous generally grinlpobcrl)! ard remark
Noir, is diaappearinjg. that things will bo ibottcr
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