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Page 2 MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Mr. Evans Come Up With One . . .
The following four paragraphs appear
ed on the AP wire two days ago:
A tax on natural gas transported out
Texas was proposed by Roger Q- Evans
as a method of providing funds for a
veterans’ bonus.
The former state legislator from Deni
son made the suggestion last night at a
meeting of Fort Worth Veterans. After
the meeting, attended by around 200 per
sons, about 100 veterans signified their
intention to form a Texas Veterans Bonus
Club chapter here.
Evans termed his suggested payment
an “appreciation bonus,” and also urged
adoption of legislation for a state veter
ans’ relief or disaster fund, based on $50
a month, with a maximum o-i* $600 an
nually.
His suggested bonus calls for $10
monthly for domestic service, $25 month
ly for overseas service, with a maximum
of $600, with the exception of a $1,200
maximum for next of kin of those killed
in service. He also advocated more than
$600 annually for those partially disabled
in service.
To aid Mr. Evans in his campaign, we
offer him the results of a survey taken by
The Battalion last year. In this survey, of
the large percentage of veteran students
favoring a state bonus, almost 90 percent
of them suggested raising the necessary
funds by taxation of the natural resources
leaving the state.
We aren’t, by any means, panning Mr.
Evans for being a year late with his sug
gestion. There have been so few good
ideas for utilizing the excess profits from
natural resources leaving our state daily,
that when one does appear, we say, “Bet
ter late than never.”
But with this one as an example of
what our campus spawns, we invite Mr.
Evans and any of his colleagues to our
campus to talk with our students.
It is surprising what good ideas they
have sometimes.
Not in Keeping With His Policy . . .
“I favor the constitutional provisions
for electors to continue as they have for
the last 160 years,” the Dallas Morning
News reports President Truman as say
ing Wednesday night at the dinner of the
electoral college.
Although no other details were given
about the President’s statement or his
reason for making it, the one sentence
which the News’ reporter, Walter C. Hor-
naday, gave would seem to offer a defi
nite contrast to many of Truman’s liberal
views-
For a man who supports federal hous
ing aid, compulsory enforcement of cer
tain policies aimed at racial discrimina
tion, and other similar programs, this
statement seems quite strange.
We believe that the electoral college as
it is now organized needs to be overhauled
The change advocated in bills introduced
by Representative Ed Gossett, Democrat
from Wichita Falls, and Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Republican from Massachu
setts, should improve the situation greatly.
This non-partisan bill would propose a
constitutional amendment that would di
vide the electoral votes of the states pro
portionately among the presidential can
didates. At present a candidate who re
ceives a‘plurality of the popular vote re
ceives the entire electoral vote.
One of the main advantages of the
The Passing Parade . . .
Here is some information from the
March of Dimes Headquarters in New
York.
Pretty Linda Iris Brown of San An
tonio, who will be four years old Jan. 13,
has been named poster child for the 1949
March of Dimes campaign.
Her birthday will be the day before
proposed system is the lessening of the in
fluence of so-called “pivotal” states. To
day such statfes as New York, Pennsyl
vania, and Calif, receive an undue amount
of attention from the courting politicos.
These erstwhile officials realize that in
such a state they can gain an enormous
bloc of votes by swinging the “fluid min
ority”—that group which will go to the
candidate whom it feels offers it the best
opportunities for favorable policies.
Too often the candidate must sacrifice
a policy which would benefit the large
group of people who are fairly sure to
support him in order to keep from alien
ating the minority. Sometimes this may
result in an unforeseen good, but all too
often it can be injurious to the large group
of dependable voters.
Under the proposed system a candidate
could concentrate on policies which would
be supported by a majority of the people.
Unless he could offer such a program he
could not expect to win his election. Thus
the will of the majority would be observed
much better than it is now.
Unless the President attached some
meaning to his statement other than the
one which the reader will readily see, or
unless he has some other definite and good
reason for opposing a change, we feel that
his position on the electoral college is a
definite weakness in his program for the
country.
the campaign starts. The National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis announced
the selection yesterday. It said Linda was
a victim of infantile paralysis in 1946.
Spend some money on this cover girl
men, you’ll probably get more satisfaction
from that dime than any money you’ve
spent on women in a heck of a long time.
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Louis Morgan Associate Editor
Harvey Cherry, John Singletary Managing Editors
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Mrs. Nancy Lytle Women’s Page Editob
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THE RED TIDE
A&M Pistol Team
Defeats USCGA
The A&M Pistol Team won its
firing match last week against the
United States Coast Guard Aca
demy, according to Lt. Col. Frank
Swoger, officer in charge of the
team.
The A&M team scored 1363
points against 1340 for the Coast
Guard.
This match brings the team’s
total to 14 wins, 2 losses, and one
tie.
Members firing in the competi
tion were John B. Alto, C. P. Su-
derman, D. T. Gentry, P. G. Silber
and E. F. Smith.
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“Be ye therefore perfect, even
as your Father which is in heav
en is perfect.” Matthew 5:48
Under the shadowing of ap
proaching final examinations it is
difficult to believe in perfection.
Humanly speaking, perfection is
impossible. Yet God did not make
the promise in today’s Scripture
verse lightly. He really meant for
his people to attain the perfection
of which he spoke. Is it not
possible, to have a perfect faith
in God ? and a perfect love and re
spect for our fellow man? With
God, it is possible for man to
achieve perfection.
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Official Notices
School of Arts and Sciences
Wives of Veteran students who wish
to take college extension courses next
semester are invited to meet January 25
at 7:30 p. m. in the solarium of the
YMCA. At this meeting it will be de
cided which extension courses will be
offered.
SEARCH FOR AIR
CRAFT ABANDONED
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 24 —(A 5 )—
Search for a missing British South
American Airways plane with 20
persons aboard ended Saturday
night, coast guard air-sea rescue
headquarters announced yesterday.
The Coast Guard said no trace
of the tudor-type plane, which dis
appeared Monday on a flight from
Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica,
was found.
T. F. MAYO
English Department
NOTICE TO DEFICIENT STUDENTS
All students who are on probation for
the fall semester 1948 and all students
passing' less than ten hours or making
less than ten grade points at the end of
the semester must secure the approval of
their respective deans to register for the
spring semester 1949. The deans will re
quire a copy of the grades before passing
on the eligibility of a deficient or proba
tion student to register. It is the student’s
responsibility to provide the dean with
his grades. This may be done by obtaining
a special grade report form at the Reg
istrar’s Office on which the student re
cords his posted grades. Grades will be
posted on departmental bulletin boards
not later than, 8:00 a.m. Monday, Jan
uary 31. Deans or their representatives
will be in their offices ready for an in
terview as soon as a complete report
of grades can be obtained. Permits to reg
ister will be issued from the deans’ offices
only.
H. L. HEATON
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