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EDITORIALS
Page 2 ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Let’s Kill Thursday and Friday . . .
Dead Week, like the repair of Pfeuffer
Hall, has long been a campus joke.
As the end of each semester approach
es, students speak wryly of their plans for
the “Dead Week Vacation”, knowing full
well that some of their profs are making,
plans to have a smooth bridge of quizzes
leading into their finals. The profs, just
as smilingly, speak of the rest everyone
will get these last five days as they heap
the quizzes on.
Our question is, “What is so funny
about the whole thing?” Few students like
to combine so much studying and quiz
zing. We haven’t heard of a prof who en
joys grading the mountain of papers that
result from dovetailing quizzes and finals.
Still it goes on.
This semester, why don’t we knock off
this old foolishiness? The consensus of
opinion seems to be that two days free of
quizzes prior to exams would be sufficient
breathing space. Any more than that
would lead to thoughts of travel; any less
would render the mind incapable of
thought.
To the profs we urge that you consider
your students physiques and grades as
well as your own arm and pencil supply.
Education is sufficiently rugged without
this post-semester obstacle course.
To the students we say, “Have words
with your profs.” Most of them are logi
cal men, or they wouldn’t be teaching. If
they realize the true situation, few of
them will bend your back with extra work.
If there are those who persist in “dou
bling-up” and laughing it off, we invite
you to submit their names for publication.
Lets all agree on and observe a “Dead
Two Days.” To prof and student it will be
mutually beneficial.
The Evolution of the Swinging Door . . .
Everyone knows what a pub is.
Its an English institution, a meeting
place for the neighborhood to sit around
tables in a little beer shop and talk over
the days events.
Outside of London and outside several
industrial centers in the British Isles the
government is constructing large satel
lite cities. These cities will be twentieth
century suburban cities with around a
million population. And certainly included
in the planning of the cities are pubs.
These will be large, well lighted, chro
mium-plated pubs serving beer produced
by government breweries and operating
under government licenses.
Britishers as well as others who re
member the quaint, dark, stuffy old pubs
are reluctant to having their government
streamline the traditional pubs.
. Ah, what is more British, more enjoy
able than to enter a stuffy, smoke-filled
pub and order a warm glass of bitters!
“They can nationalize everything but
the pub” is the attitude some have ex
claimed. Britishers who have voiced ob
jection to the government pub claim that
they do not want the chromium of twen
tieth century streamlinization brought in
to their sanctified pubs. “Leave it like it
is, like it has been for generations, old and
homey,” they cry.
Also complaints have been made about
the government beer. Its weak, its clear,
its no good. But a.government official has-
assured austerity saturated Britishers
that the government beer is “almost as
good” as private enterprise beer. There
is only a slight difference in their specific
gravities.
We take sides with the British people.
There is just something that an old, dirty,
smokey beer hall has that these new fang-
led modern ones don’t have. Maybe its
rats.
The Passing Parade . . .
The recent flurry between the Mayors
of Houston and New Orleans, now laugh
ed off by the latter official, gave us a
chuckle. It read in part:
A “real bet” on whether Houston or
New Orleans will have the biggest popu
lation in the 1950 census was offered by
Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe today to Mayor
Delesseps S. Morrison of New Orleans,
who recently kidded Mayor Holcombe in
a telegram belittling Houston’s growth
through annexation.
★
“If Houston doesn’t have a larger pop
ulation than New Orleans in the 1950
census, I’ll retire from public life, provid
ed Mayor Morrison promises to retire
from public life, if Houston has the larger
population,” Mayor Holcombe said- “I
stand ready to make that bet.”
, We understand that some opponents
of Holcombe were chagrined when the bet
failed to materialize. It was, after 8 terms
for the popular official, the only glimmer
1 of hope they had in taking his sign off
the mayors desk.
★ ★
This one is a “local boy makes good”
story from the first meeting of the state
legislature:
The junior senator from Texas, Lyn
don B. Johnson, had his hour in Capitol
Hill’s spotlight yesterday.
He presided over the Senate for an
hour in the absence of President Pro Tern
McKeller (D-Tenn). Debate on the anti-
fillibuster bill was underway while he
held the gavel.
One of our frustrated feature writers
suggests that one of Mr. Stevenson’s men
was probably hidden in the gallery and
had his eye on that gavel all the time.
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TSCW Dateline
“Do you reckon the critter is really dead?”
Letters To The Editor •
MEN OF THE SAME NATION
Editor, The Battalion:
A few nights ago my wife, baby
and I went to a picture show. After
the show I had to run by a dormi
tory and get some material to
study by from another student.
Just as I reached the east gate en
trance after leaving the dormitory
parking lot, one of the local Cam
pus Security patrolmen stopped
me. His question were as follows:
“What were you doing with her
in the parking lot?” “I guess you
know you aren’t supposed to have
women on the campus!”
Well, I was amazed that a per
son cannot have the freedom (this
is a free country, I hope) to drive
with his wife on the campus and
attend to his business without be
ing stopped and questioned so
abruptly about it. Other than re
ferring to my wife (this way was
very obvious as the baby was in
her arms) as her, the patrolman
was not particularily discourteous
and I also know they do not make
the rules they are required to
enforce.
As these patrolmen have to
Official Notices-1
Agricultural School
AGRICULTURAL SENIORS
There will be an important meeting of
all agricultural seniors who expect to
graduate this semester in the Agricultural
Engineering Lecture Room at 4 p.m. Tues
day, January 18, 1949. ■
This meeting was previously scheduled
for Monday January 17.
Professor V. M. Faires, in charge of
the post graduation studies, will discuss
the opportunities of this program with
graduating seniors. Other matters of in
terest to this group will also be discuss
ed.
CHAS. N. SHEPARDSON
Dean of Agriculture
enforce this petty, childish rule,
why not publicize these rules
and regulations of the school on
a big sign board at the entrance
to the college? If this institution
must be made a concentration
camp, let’s don’t do it half way.
I have been to two other colleges
and this situation is worse here
than I have ever encountered or
heard of.
Why can’t something be done to
improve these kind of incidents
which are nothing but a thorn in
the side to everyone. It is my opin
ion that some of our college offi
cials have forgotten, that we are
all men of the same nation and
walk of life, and we should be
treated as such.
W. M. Soyars, ’47
of Tins
“I know thy works,” Rev. 3:15
It is very true that “You can
fool some of the people all of the
time.” However, when a man is
dealing with God, he finds a dif
ferent situation entirely, for you
can not fool God any of the time.
Many of the things that we think
are hidden from the eyes of men
but God has said that he knows
even the- secret desires of men.
Let’s play fair with God and be in
the position to claim his promise
to play fair with us.
CATHOLIC MASS
Friday
6:45 a.m.
ST. MARY’S CHAPEL
DANCE
SNOOK HALL
Friday, Jan. 14
Music By-
Steve & His Musical Silver Jackets
Heard Sundays Over WTAW From 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Be with the gang for a good time
EVERYBODY INVITED
JANUARY CLEARANCE
of Fall & Winter Merchandise
Everything Goes! Our Loss
Is Your Gain.
Vj to Vi off
and less on all merchandise!
SHOP EARLY!
JOYCE’S TOGS’N TOYS
“Bryan’s Most Complete Children’s Store”
608 So. College Ave. Phone 2-2864
Holidays Bring Upswing In
Engagements At Tessieland
By JEANINE BROWN
We are trying to think of a
holiday that the President could
declare for about two weeks from
now—maybe the school would for
get all about
exams. And ev
eryone still has
the holiday spir
it. We can’t get
used to going to
class even if it
is just to take
tests and turn
in final reports.
Quite a num-
b e r of girls
don’t know
what they are
doing any way
though—they came back, flashing
a wonderful Christmas present, an
engagement ring. I’ve never seen
so many engaged people! Those
girls are happy, though one won
ders what those looks from the
career-hopeful girls mean. Oh, well
engagement rings don’t give one
Texas Agricultural
Workers Will Hold
Meet In Ft. Worth
The Texas Agricultural Work
ers Association will hold its twen
ty-second annual meeting in Fort
Worth next Friday and Saturday.
The chief purpose of the associa
tion is to spread accurate news
and information to the state’s ag
ricultural interests.
Members of the association in
clude writers, radio commentators,
professors, crop and livestock ex
perts, county and home demonstra
tion agents, industrial and commer
cial interests and others.
Members from College Station
include: E. R. Alexander, head of
the Agricultural Education Depart
ment; Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of
the Texas Agriculture Experiment
Station; Tyrus R. Timm, Agricul
tural Economics and Sociology De
partment ;Louis Franke, of the
Extension Service; Maurine Hearne
state home demonstration agent;
and P. T. Montfort, of the Agri
cultural Engineering Department.
a new way to hide notes or pass
an exam so wq are all the same in
that respect.
If this weather keeps up, there
isn’t much one can do except to
stay inside and—perhaps study.
I was trying to find a fourth for
an after-dinner game of bridge
last night, but everyone had the
same idea. There were games in
every room in two wings of the
dorm—well, maybe we’ll get
around to studying. Anyway we
aren’t running and playing out
side.
A couple of thousand braved the
storm last week, however, to see
the movie “Henry V.” It was at
our main auditorium, which made
it nice. Some went to see it for the
second time—which is a clue that
it was a wonderful show. And now
the Shakespeare class won’t have
to read that play. The love scene
was awfully cute—one spoke only
French and the other one spoke
English, and she thought he was
presumptuous by kissing her hand.
Well, it was a long time ago, so
what if it does seem only a fantasy
now!
TSCW is going hack a little, too,
when we present our Vaudeville
Show this Thursday night. W.R.A.
(Women’s Recreation Association,
of which everyone up here is a
member) is sponsoring the show
and anything goes! Since there are
n’t enough clever dogs around for
one of the dog acts—humans are
taking the place of the dogs. A
DALLAS CLUBS REPORTED
CUTTING LIQUOR SALES
DALLAS, Jan. 13 —hP>— Pri
vate clubs in Dallas are complying
with a Texas Liquor Control Board
ultimatum to cease selling mixed
alcoholic drinks, the Dallas Times
Herald said Wednesday.
dormitory gets a certain number -
of points for each person from that -. •;■
dormitory who enters, and the first
place winner will bring more points
to the dorm she is from.
Points are also given for all
the ether sports the dorms com- ;.w;|
pete in during the year, and at
the end of the year these points *
are added up, and the dorm with
the most points wins a gold lov- U
ing cup. There is stiff competi
tion between dorms at these
shows and are always lots of fun.
-You never know what to expect! ’
There’s something which every
one up here expects though— to '
feel slightly nerve-racked over ex-
ams three weeks from now. If you *
can think of anything to cheer us '
up—do let us know. Oh, yes, all
schools have them—even A&M
isn’t immune. Happy learning!
Book Published By
Dr. Geo. Summey
“American Punctuation,” a new
book by Dr. George Summey Jr.,
of the English Department has
been published by the Ronald Press :
of New York.
Punctuation today in America ■"
does not follow all the old strict
rules of Victorian English, accord- -
ing to Dr. Summey. In fact, he
lists some “bad rules to be forgot- ,
ten.”
The book is dedicated to “the
lynx-eyed fraternity of copy edi
tors and proofreaders” and is in- . |
tended both for teachers and jour- .
nalists. '
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