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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1949)
Ba ttdlion EDITORIALS Page 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1949 "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions Good Lick, Traffic Committee . . . Enlightening and encouraging to the students of A&M is the report of the Stu dent Senate Campus Security Committee which was presented at the Wednesday meeting of the Senate. Campus feeling seems to be that the committee has conducted a thorough in vestigation and is in agreement with the findings and recommendations of the group. We feel that the recommendation for student representation on the Traffic Committee would result in improved con ditions if it were adopted. Since the stu dents themselves are confronted with every imaginable traffic problem which occurs on the campus they certainly should be in a good position to present all the circumstances surrounding such prob lems. The fact that students are members of the committee which sets up the rules should improve the general student atti tude towards observance of those rules and in general improve the students as citizens. The findings of the committee investi gation and numerous statements by stu dents in the past are proof that the second recommendation to haVe this new Traffic Committee study and revise all existing traffic rules and regulations should be followed. Monthly meetings of the group would prevent the reoccurrence of mis understandings such as now exist and make it convenient to maintain an up to date set of rules. Adoption of a regular system of pub lication for the rules and regulations would prevent much of the hard feeling which can be found among student offen ders today. It should keep the students from breaking the rules in the first place -since most of the present violations seem to be the result of ignorance of the rules. Such publication would eliminate com plaints like, “But how was I to know? I never read anything about that regula tion.” Of the three specific proposals includ ed in the fifth recommendation we agree completely with the suggestions for set ting up 15 minute parking spaces at stra tegic areas and using easily-read and well placed signs to mark all special zones, parking areas, and danger points. However, we feel that it is not neces sary to ruin some of the small amount of landscaping and scenery the campus row has by using the area to the west of Guion Hall for a parking lot. Rather we would suggest that nearby streets, such as Lamar Street, be used for parking those cars which could not be accommodated in the street parking areas about Goodwin and Bizzell Halls if some of the present space were used for 15 minute parking. Walking a few feet might be more health ful than inconvenient for those who had to park at least a half block away from their offices in that area. A definite plan for the probation per iod for parking regulation offenders is a good idea. The acceptance of the other recommendations probably would have the effect of reducing the need for such pun ishments. The mature view point taken by the Senate committee in considering the in formation it gathered, and based its re commendations on, is evident in the final proposal which calls for strict compliance from both students and officials with the new rules and regulations to be written by a revitalized Traffic Committee. Our hats are off to the committee and the Senate—and we hope that their recom mendations receive the approval of the college administration. Noble Bank of College Station . . . Every time we pass that naked con crete vault at the North Gate our* heart sort of leaps up. The fact that no habi table building encompasses its nudity is, we realize, a temporary arrangement. Formerly the College Station State Bank sheltered that formidable structure from the sting of winter wind and de predation of nocturnal villain. Now the bank has fallen beneath the hammer’s blow and crowbar’s twisting, and we a- wait the phoenix-bank’s arising from the ashes of its old self. A handsome bank makes a community rich. Although our funds on deposit are no more than cigarette money, we feel ourselves peers of Morgan and Ford when we walk into a bright and solid hall where wired windows, polished marbles of rich est hue, broad expanses of sparkling space and visible efficiency meet our glance. It is Our Bank! We say it over and over to ourselves until we almost begin to believe it. Our Bank! A lump rises in our throat and we swallow it away while brushing a sleeve across our eyes. In wartime we could not have the bank of our dreams. The marble was needed to build landing fields. The wire of the cages had to enclose PWs. The war and Navy Departments monopolized ef ficiency. And our “long green” went to war too. It’s over now. The bankers have be gun to construct our dream. We offer them our gratitude for the service they will render us and the beautifying they will do to the North Gate, which also con cerns us. At last the sun has come from behind the clouds. The phoenix is rising. A new bank is a-building. America looks forward to the future with dewey-eyed confidence. But, darn it, we still have only cigar ette money on deposit. ★ ★ ★ Rep. Boykin is quoted by the Mont- “We are in complete accord on this (joinery (Ala.) Advertiser as having said bribe. He’s going to take care of the states the following regarding a project propos- part and I’ll handle the federal angles ed by Governor Folsom of Alabama: . pTa7r The Battalion The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. During the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished on request. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. 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 Louis Morgan Associate Editor Bill Billingsley Wire Editor Harvey Cherry, Art Howard, Otto Kunze, John Singletary Managing Editors Chuck Cabaniss, Charles Kirkham, Mack Nolen Editorial Assistants Emil Bunjes, A. C. Gollob, R. d. Kolbye, Henry Lacour, Carley Puckitt, Clayton Selph, Marvin Brown Staff Reporters Joe Trevino, Hardy Ross - — Photo Engraver* .Co-Editors Clark Munroe Feature Editor Dave Coslett, Frank Cushing, George Charlton, Buddy Luce, Chuck Maisel, H. C. Michalak, Marvin Rice, Carroll Trail Feature Writers Bob “Sack” Spoede, Bill Potts Sports Editors Leon Somer, Frank Simmen, Andy Matula Sports Writers Mrs. Nancy Lytle Women’s Page Editor Alfred Johnston Religious Editor Andy Davis ,... Movie Editor Kenneth Marak, Sam Lauford, R. Morales, Frank Welch, C. W. Jennings Staff Cartoonist* CAMPUS Last Day 50c FOR ADULTS (Tax Included) 12c FOR CHILDREN (Tax Included) STARTS: 1:10 - 3:27 5:15 - 7:10 9:25 FIRST RUN “MY OWN 1 TRUE LOVE’ STARRING MELVYN DOUGLAS • PHYLLIS CALVERT,,,,. si • ~* ON THE STAGE IN PERSON APPEARING FOR THE LAST TIME AT 8:30 “KIRMA” SEE HIS AMAZING DEMONSTRATION OF MENTAL TELEPATHY •—PLUS A&M - FORDHAM FOOTBALL GAME OF 1941— PREVUE TONIGHT — 11:00 P.M. ALL SEATS 60c (Tax Included) \ On the Screen “VOODOO MAN” Starring— BELA LUGOSI — JOHN CARRADINE PLUS CARTOON SAT. - SUN. - MON. - TUES. - WED. —FIRST RUN BRYAN-COLLEGE —Starts: 1:00 - 3:05 - 5:05 - 7:05 - 9:00— JOHNSON’S UPHOLSTERY SHOP SEAT COVERS Plastic — Straw Convertible Tops Back of Eagle Office BRYAN Madeley’s Pharmacy for Valentine candies See South Gate Two things every college man should know! | , 0 This is a father. Thinks crib note is payment due on baby's bed. Sleeps Hide—from after the bawl until son rises. Should be graduated tal-cum laude. He looks smooth as a you-knmv-what in a "Manhattan" shirt. m This is a "Manhattan" Hurt. Also a howling success. Popular button-down collar. Always fits right—looks neat. Size-Fixt (fabric residual shrinkage 1% or less). In white and solid-colored oxfords. CAMPUS FAVORITE THE MANHATTAN SHIRT COMPAHY Copr. 1949, Th« Manhattan Shirt Co. 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