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• • • Battalion EDITORIALS Page 2 . FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949 "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions No Pumpkins, Please The Student Senate special investigat ing committee appointed at Wednesday evening’s meeting to investigate the cause for many recent complaints against the Campus Securtiy Office has possibilities —possibilities to be a service or to be a flop. The committee has the opportunity to do constructive good or either inadvertant or purposeful harm. The good would be their getting nearer the truth than has yet been achieved. The harm would be their entering into an in vestigation unfairly prejudiced and allow ing the evidence to merely substantiate pre conceived notions. Undoubtedly there are strong and valid claims for any side of the affair one may choose to take. And Truth can be found in any argument. However, Truth hovers in greater a- bundance near one pole and that is what Democracy In Berlin . . . t This United Press story from Berlin does an excellent job of speaking for it self. (quote) BERLIN, Jan. 5 —(UP) Har- nack House, a fashionable American offi cers’ and civilians’ club in Berlin, Wed nesday barred enlisted men as guests. German girls are still accepted. The decision came after a heated meet ing Tuesday night in which an officer-led faction out-voted the civilian group, 135 to 106. One lieutenant colonel said he was ■perfectly willing to accept 90 per cent of 'The enlisted men — it was that other 10 per cent. “There are 10 per cent of the enlisted men,” he said, “who do not know how to behave—we don’t want these enlisted bar barians with officers and ladies.” He said he would resign if enlisted guests were admitted. Civilian spokesmen urged that enlisted men be admitted because it would be diffi- The Passing Parade . .. The following is a wire service descrip tion of the surroundings during the presi dent’s entry for his State of the Union speech. (quote) Mr. Truman, wearing an ox ford gray suit and striped tie, was greet ed by a standing ovation when he entered. There was applause from time to time throughout the speech. But Southern Democrats— some of whom had opposed his election—sat silent- ★ ★ This little inflation note comes from the Prague. (quote) Czechoslovakia opened a high priced free market today to operate along side its strictly rationed market. Typical prices in the free market: Men’s ties at the committee is seeking to find. Certainly many people will participate in the hearings, if they are to be fair and representative. Certainly the information will be compiled and made public. To many of our students, this is not just another committee. They will feel justifiable resentment if the committee fails to preform and produce some results. This does not come in the form of a challenge or threat to the committeemen, but merely as a reminder: A&M will be watching your actions. A&M expects action. And A&M will be severly critical if the elected Senators on the commit tee fail to preform the task they have voluntarily assumed. This is no Senate Un-Aggie Affairs Committee. We do not want it to lay a pumpkin. cult to teach Germans democracy if social prejudices were prominently displayed at the club. . After the vote, one civilian said he as sumed Cl’s would still be allowed to attend Catholic mass on Sundays and movies four times a week in the club auditorium. An irate officer replied, however, that the vote definitely banned soldiers from step ping inside the club, (end quote) Locally, we’d like to say that A&M has it’s two percent, but scarcely ever does our “barbarian class” (as differentiated from the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes) reach the ten percent mark. There are reams and reams of paper we’d like to write on this little gem, but we think the best thing we can offer the Army, and particularly that nice Lieuten ant Colonel, is five minutes of our most eloquent silence. Just don’t come too close, Colonel, this silence cloud is radioactive. ly as others applauded the president’s de mand for passage of civil rights legisla tion. There was a notable absence of the us ual Southern Rebel yells. (end quote) We hope that the absence of Rebel Yells will continue throughout this session of congress. Maybe if our Rebels will quit yelling and start thinking, they will even tually have less to yell about. ★ $12, children’s overcoats at $58, women’s underpants at $20 and a skirt at $78. At first glance this sort of thing looks pretty rugged, but have you ever been in to some of the better Central Texas Men’s Furnishing’s Stores? 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News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. KENNETH BOND, TOM CARTER Co-Editors Louis Morgan Associate Editor Harvey Cherry, John Singletary Managing Editors Clark Munroe Feature Editor Mrs. Nancy Lytle Women’s Page Editor Bill Billingsley Wire Editor T. Nanney 1 Book Editor Alfred Johnston Religious Editor Andy Davis .... ... Movie Editor Alan Curry Circulation Manager Kenneth Marak, Sam Lanford, R. Morales, Frank Welch, C. W. Jennings Staff Cartoonists Chuck Cabaniss Charles Kirkham Editorial Assistants Art Howard Sports Editor Don Engelking Assistant Sports Editor Bob “Sack” Spoede, Bill Potts, Leon Somer, Frank Simmen, Andy Matula, Fred Sommers Sports Reporters Joe Trevino, Hardy Ross Photo Engravers Dave Coslett, Frank Cushing, Tex Fields, Otto Kunze, Buddy Luce, Chuck Maisel, H. C. Michalak, Marvin Rice, and Eddie Smith Feature Writers Emil Bunjes, George Charlton, A. C. Gollob, Bruce Hagee, R. C. Kolbye, Henry Lacour, Carley Puckitt, Clayton Selph Staff Reporters COAL CASH Westinghouse Claims Coast To Coast Telecasting Is Possible By RENE J. CAPPON BALTIMORE, Jan. 7 —<£>)— Coast to Coast television using- high flying airplanes now is pos sible. Westinghouse Electric Corpora tion announced today it has solved major technical problems linking airplanes and television for great er broadcasting range. And, said Westinghouse, the air borne method of telecasting is “ready for commercial develop ment.” It issued a preliminary report on the engineering phases of strat- ovision, as the system is called, des cribing it as a “practical and use ful method of expanding television and other high frequency communi cation” such as static-free FM broadcasting. There are no longer, Westing house announced, any “technical restrictions whch will prevent the use of stratovision broadcasting” to provide: 1. A coast to coast television and frequency modulation net work. 2. Expanded TV coverage for the “millions of rural listeners who will be unable to receive television programs for years, if ever, with conventional tele vision methods.” 3. A military communications system independent of ground conditions. 4. A network system for trans mitting TV programs simultane ously to audiences assembled in theatres or other public places throughout the country. The Westinghouse report was Equipment Arrives To Expand College Phone Exchange Five hundred lines of dial equip ment have been received for in stallation in the College Station telephone exchange, according to M. C. Atkins, division manager of the Southwestern States Telephone Company. This equipment along with 700 lines recently received for the Bry an exchange will be installed with in three or four months after Au tomatic Electric Company install ers arrive in Bryan, Atkins said. Cable and other materials need ed for outside expansion are ex pected early in 1949. When this material arrives the telephone com pany will be able to catch up on the large number of backed-up or ders for telephone service in Bryan and College Station, Atkins said. based on three years of test flights aimed at overcoming the" natural limitation of television waves by the earth’s curvature to about 30 miles on the ground. Cooperating in the experiments were Westinghouse and the Glenn L. Martin Airplane Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse vice president Walter Evans said a converted B-29 Superfortress used to relay tele casts from a ground studio “show ed successful reception reports from televiewers in an area of about 250 miles about the plane circling at 25,000 feet.” He said commercial development of stratovision now awaits only the “crystallization of public de mand for the expanded service, the application by the radio industry to meet this demand, and the clari fication of channel facilities avail able to make possible this applica tion.” (Ebmk o “God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble” Psalm 46:1. There is trouble on every hand for everybody everywhere: trouble of all sorts, touching the lives of every person that you know and meet. Here in the Words of G'od, we find the path of escape from these troubles that face each of us. God will be our strength as he was the strength to David, to Peter, to Paul. To receive the strength of God in our lives, we must do only one thing, and that is “call on His name.” mane NOW LAST DAY SATURDAY ONLY v —Double Bill— ABBOTT AND COSTELLO —in— “Pardon My Sarong” v —Plus 2nd Show— “Sin Town” This space was occupied by a Letter to the Editor signed with a fictitious name.. This blank space contributes more than this letter would have. The Battalion Editors DOUG’S CAFE College and 27th Specializing In MEXICAN DISHES CHICKEN FRIED STEAK DINNERS AGGIES ALWAYS WELCOME Trampling Out The Vintage Solution to Women Drivers, Decorate Cars Distinctivly By FRANK CUSHING If a female instructor in New York University has her way the menace of the woman driver will be a thing of the past. Obviously after a period of heavy thought, the lady conceived the idea of hav ing “dainty colored” autos for all females. That way, she figures, women will receive a little more common courtesy from male driv ers. As she sums up the situation, “A man will tip his hat, offer a woman a seat and other such courtesies, but once on the high way he becomes a prejudiced and malicious steering tyrant.” Once her scheme is placed into oper ation, she believes things would be much different. All but color blind men ought to Moise of Purina To Interview Grads A. W. Moise, representative of Ralston Purina Company, will be on the campus Wednesday and Thursday to interview students graduating in January. He is par ticularly interested in agriculture graduates for sales work and en gineers for production trainee jobs. There will be a general meeting Wednesday at 4 p. m. in the YMCA chapel. Interviews will be held Thursday and appointments for personal interviews may be made at the Placement Office. Students majoring in the follow ing fields are qualified: Agricul tural Economics, Poultry Husban dry, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Agricultural Educa tion, Agronomy, Mechanical Engi neering, Management Engineering, and Agriculture Engineering. INDONESIAN PRESIDENT BEING HELD BATAVIA, Java, Jan. 7 —(£>)— A Batavia newspaper quoted offi cial sources today as saying presi dent Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic is being held by the Dutch government at Balikpapan, Dutch Borneo, more than 700 miles from his Java Capital of Jogjakar ta. second that motion in quick order. After all, it would give the male sex a fighting chance to get out of the path of the distinctly painted vehicles. ★ An Arizona State College stu dent decided to get some facts on people’s reactions. Being a psy chology major, he is interested in getting facts concerning human behavior in given situations. For those reasons he spent his Christ mas vacation hitchhiking from Phoenix, Arizona to Seattle, Wash ington and back. The costumes he chose for his trek differed somewhat from the usual. On his way to Seattle he wore a complete Santa Claus outfit. On his return journey he was clothed only in a diaper, over sized, and a silk top hat. He informed people that he repre sented “Baby 1949.” His case record upon each ride- giver should be interesting, to say the least. One of the better and printable comments was given by a woman. The hardened one de clared, “I’m not surprised by any thing. My husband took a bubble bath last night.” A disillusioning event indeed. ★ Once again demonstrating how to keep your family happy, a police man in Belvidere, Illinois, arrested his prospective brother-in-law. The cop explained that “He had it coming.” It seemed that after the wedding rehearsal, the almost- groom jumped in his car and drove away from the rectory at “a high rate of speed.” The badge-wearer has seen his duty all too often in his family’s opinion. At various times he has arrested his wife, his brother, and an alderman, not to mention the recently pinched brother-in- law. The judge had a more under standing heart. He let off the of fended one as a wedding present. The police chief in Franklin, In diana shares his garage with a neighbor. The garage-splitter was held under a charge of stealing $500 in quarters from a local bank. That wasn’t the only surprise the chief received from his neigh bor’s action. The fellow not only confessed to the robbery but took the law officers to the place where he hid the loot. The officers found half of the money in the chief’s section of the garage where the neighbor had hidden, it. ★ A gent in Patterson, New Jersey told arresting police that he had tried to go straight, but circum stances were against him. The not too honest individual claimed that after serving his sentence for com mitting 30 burglaries, he had re solved to abide by the law. Once outside the prison, he found life dull. There was nothing to do, he had no friends, the fellow re lated. In desperation from his bor ing existence he shined up his trusty tools and returned to his old safe-cracking trade. TODAY & SAT. FIRST RUN BRYAN-COLLEGE —Features Start— 1:30 - 3:25 - 5:25 - 7:20 - 9:15 LAST DAY FRL - SAT. F ,- hmnii ^GtAs 9j I PEMW-EMMIII I A METRO-GOIDWYN-MAYER picture Sat. Nite Preview Flaming love amid the gigantic spectacle of a city destroyed! M-G-M re-presents CLARK CARLE JEANETTE MacDONAU! SPENCER TRACY ^ with JACK HOLT • JESSIE RALPH • TEO HEALY A W.S.VAN DYKE PRODUCTION Producsd by JOHN EMERSON and BERNARD H. HYMAN A METRO-G0LDWYN-MAYER MASTERPIECE REPRINT Plus CARTOON and “Pigskin Highlights” Every Southwest Conference Team in Action —Plus — THE COTTON BOWL GAME SPECIAL PKEVUE TONIGHT 11:00 P.M. —Also Showing— SUN. thru WED. FIRST RUN BRYAN - COLLEGE —Features Start— 1:50 - 3:50 - 5:50 - 7:55 - 10:00 WE STARS...AND WEN LOOK. out/ I c /* : & UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL rilk presents UNE TOUCH- u VENUS" \ s , f 4i BROADWAY'S NUSIIUW ON IKE SCREEN ^ROBERT WALKER AVAGARDNER-DICK HANKS SATURDAY ONLY Closed From 1:00 to 4:00 p.m, J. ARTHUR RANK presents JOHN MILLS VALERIE HOBSON GREGORY PECK Anne BAXTER fa Jnttailnis by CHARLES DICKENS A CINEGUILD PRODUCTION A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL RELEASE PREVUE SATURDAY SUN. & MON, WARNER BROS! New Thril! In The aferfainmfint Sky! ETO Sun. - Mon. - Tues. - Wed. with RICHARD WIDMARK a jo* CENtujtv.ro* pic PLUS CARTOON Sat. Prevue 11:00 P.M. 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