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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
17, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Need for Manners Emphasized . . .
Next Monday night senior members of
the Cadet Corps will again resume their
series of lectures on Aggie Social Cus
toms and Courtesies. After a weekend like
that of the Military Ball, it is evident to
some of us that manners are needed, and
are used.
Yet, there are some of us who, per
haps, still do not realize the full impor
tance of courtesies and their far-reaching
effects. Those students chosen as escorts
for the distinguished visitors now realize
how important it is to act natural and still
be mannerly.
Of course, it is possible to get a book
of Emily Post and learn all the rules, but
still that does not take the place of ac
tually putting the rules into effect. It is
easy to quote what some authority says
but it is hard to put into practice what
this same authority says to do.
As time goes on and modes of travel
become improved, it will be possible for
more and more dignitaries to come to
A&M. It will be at these times when we
will want to avoid “forced manners.” They
are always noticeable. It is the ease with
which we conduct ourselves around guests
that makes a good impression. Last week
end, ease in being gentlemanly would have
come in handy.
Then too, the impression that we make
on people outside of school will do much
to further the name of A&M. As much as
we hate to admit it, our school is not as
nationally known as it should be consider
ing its stage of development. Several of
last week’s visitors and some of the visit
ing ministers were surprised at the size
of the school. They did not see how it was
possible for a school of this size to go so
unrecognized.
The good impressions we make here
will be carried to all parts of the nation.
So, let’s get behind this manners course
and do our part in giving A&M the name
it should have.
The Senator and the Hero . . .
Perhaps we’re just Audie Murphy
conscious after the young man’s visit here
but we would like to take exception with
the attitude displayed by Senator Jim
Taylor of Kerens during Murphy’s visit
to the State Senate.
Murphy appeared before the senate to
make an address during debate over the
Public School Re-organization Bill, which
Taylor supports. While we, too, support
the majority of the bill, we dot not sup
port Mr. Taylor’s remarks.
Objecting to the delays in debate cau
sed by the address Taylor said, “I’ve seen
men buried who deserve more medals than
Audie Murphy ever got.”
That statement might conceivably be
true, senator. There is even the possibili
ty that some of the men we have seen
buried were also more deserving of medals,
but at the time Aye weren’t particularly
concerned with medals as such. And even
if it were all true, did you have to be so
blunt and thoughtless in your remarks?
From our brief glimpses of Murphy
here he seemed like a nice kid with an
easy grin and unruly hair who had pulled
himself up by his bootstraps from an Or
phans home and taken part in a real
shooting war. Once a man reaches the
shell-dodging stage Senator, the dividing
line between medal-winning heroes and
just plain combat men is very thin in-
The Passing Parade . . .
The following kind words were spoken
recently in Austin:
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told Tex
as legislators today the “Armed Forces
would not have been what they were had
it not been for sons of Texas.”
Addressing a joint session of the house
and senate, the national director of se-
deed. Most of the men we have classified
in the “hero” bracket didn’t make any
fuss over the medals they received, didn’t
receive, or least of all, that someone else
received.
We can see how, in the heat of sena
torial debate, you might make an overt
statement you would regret later. We only
hope you do regret the statement.
As you found after Murphy began
speaking, he did not come to the seuate
to sell you a ticket to his latest movie. He
spoke on things that could be done to cor
rect juvenile deliquency and to aid home
less boys.
While you might be duly suspicious of
some of Murphy’s publicity-conscious em
ployers, we don’t feel that Murphy per
sonally has sold himself to the deliberate
huckstering of his movie under the guise
of charity. Anyone who has had as rough
sledding in life as Murphy could hardly
help bui? feel sympathetic toward under
privileged children.
If your motives were honorable, you
wanted to help the children of Texas by
improving their education. If Murphy’s
were honorable, he wanted to aid them as
well, but in another way.
In the future why not think before you
speak, and when you speak, learn to recog
nize your friends.
lective service drew applause when he
spoke of Texas state pride and said “we
have demonstrated that the American
people have the capacity to do the hardest
jobs at community and state levels.”
And like the wag who wasn’t afraid
of work, we can sit and look at jobs for
hours on end.
The Battalion
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Thoughts for Religious Week
1. What kind of life should we endeavor to live?
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal. 6:25.
“This I say then, walk in the Spirit that ye shall not ful
fil the lusts of the flesh . . . But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meek
ness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal. 5:16,22.
2. How do we obtain help, strength, and guidance from God?
“And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you; seek
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
Luke 11:9.
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask
anything in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my com
mandments.” John 14:13-15.
“Be careful (anxious) for nothing; but in everything by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which pass-
eth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:6-7.
3. What is our Christian job here on earth?
“Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we
might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto
them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom
he has sent.” John 6:28-29.
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matt. $8:18-20.
Official Notices
SUMMER SESSION
Beginning with the fall semester of
1949 the College will, in general, resume
its normal procedure of regularly sche
duling for the fall semester those courses
which normally fall in the first semester
programs and of scheduling for the spring
semester 1950 .those courses which nor
mally fall in the second semester pro
grams.
Exceptions to this general policy may
be made to enable some seniors to grad
uate in January, 1950. Since a number
of students are irregular in their pro
grams, they should make every effort
in the time remaining before September
to complete whatever work will be pre
requisite to those courses offered in the
fall. For that reason the summer school
offerings will be made with that idea
primarily in mind.
Students are asked to check their pro
grams carefully and to indicate on the
form provided below their needs for the
summer session of 1949. In so far as is
possible, those courses will be offered,
though the College reserves the right to
withdraw any course in which the num
ber of registrations is too small to justify
the offering of the course.
The normal amount of work a student
may carry in a six-weeks term is six
semester hours (or seven, if one hour is
practice), except that with the approval
of the dean concerned, seven semester
hours (or eight, if one hour is practice)
may be taken by a student who has
earned at least 27, grade points in the
preceding semester.
Please indicate on the form on the last
page of today’s paper, -your choice of
work for the summer session of 1949 and
return it to the Registrar’s Office by
5 p. m., February 18, 1949.
M. T. HARRINGTON
Acting Dean of the College
College Station
Gets Grade of 94
A grade of 94 has been given
College Station following a sani
tary inspection for the month of
January, Col. H. L. Boatner, com
mandant and professor of military
science and tactics, has announced.
Several months ago a grade of
90.6 was given by the State Health
Board. The January inspection was
made by L. E. Winder of the Mu
nicipal Engineering Department,
in- conjunction with the health
board.
Bowden Describes
Army Intelligence
The Infantry Training Battalion
of the 479th Composite Group was
given a picture of the army in
telligence organization by Colonel
Parks Bowden at their meeting
last Thursday.
A moving picture of the Battle
of St. Pietro, Italy, was shown.
According to Capt. Albert W.
Stockell, local instructor, the 479th
Composite Group is being reor
ganized into more specific groups
for the purpose of making train
ing more effective.
Boyle’s Column . . .
The Song of a Fat Man,
Or Nobody Loves Us Now
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK —(£>)— The other
day I puffed up to a door about
the same time as two young ladies
did.
Instead of waiting for me to open
the door, they giggled and held
the door open for me.
My gallantry gone, I followed
my stomach in with a sigh. And
the next time I saw some scales I
put in a penny and watched the
pointed swing around, way around.
It quivered to a halt at the 197-
pound mark. No wonder those two
girls had giggled.
So now it begins all over again
—the dreary business of dieting,
the leading American pastime.
And what good does it do? In
the last 30 months I have been
on at least eight separate diets.
My weight has varied in that
time from a peak of 202 to a low
of 178.'
Every time my weight fell I had
to go to the tailor and have my
suits taken in. Everytime I gained
the weight back I had to return
to the tailor and have the suits let
out again.
It is wives who cause husbands
to go on diets.
“Nobody loves a fat man,” they
say.
Letters To The Editor
QUOTES “BASIC POLICY”
Editor, The Battalion:
We would like to submit this
letter for publication in your col
umn “Letters to the Editor.”
The latest publication from the
office of the Dean of Men dated
October 18, 1948, which supersedes
all previous publications concern
ing motor vehicles on the A&M
College campus except the college
catalogue and the college regula
tions booklet is quoted:
“All vehicles must be registered
within 48 hours of entrance to the
campus. Campus permits and in
formation regarding motor vehi
cles on the campus may be secured
at the Campus Security Office,
Room 108, Goodwin Hall. Students
will not be permitted to drive a
motor vehicle on the campus to
attend classes or other campus ac
tivities between the hours of 6:45
a. m. and 6 p. m., Monday through
Friday, and between 6:45 a. m.
and 12 noon Saturday.”
The fourth and fifth para
graphs of the BASIC POLICY
of this college are also quoted
from the Undergraduate Cata
logue, page 56, for your infor
mation:
“Every student has rights which
are to be respected. They include
the right of respect for personal
feelings, the right of freedom from
indignity of any type, the right
of freedom from control by any
person except as may be in ac
cord with published rules and reg
ulations of the college, and the
right to make the best use of his
time and his talents toward the
objective which brought him to
this institution. No officer or stu
dent, regardless of position or
rank, shall violate those rights.
No custom or regulation in con
flict will be allowed to prevail.”
“It shall be the duty of every
person employed by this institu
tion to conform to this policy;
to cooperate with all agencies of
the college and with the Student
Body, individually and collective
ly, in carrying out its provisions.
Personal responsibility in this re
spect will be primary.”
In addition to those rules and
regulations just quoted, there was
no notice, official or otherwise,
published in the Battalion of Feb
ruary 15, 1949 regarding the park
ing of motor vehicles on the cam
pus.
A friend of ours had parked his
car in the Walton Hall parking lot
at approximately 7:15 p. m. on
the evening of February 15, 1949
in order that he could get some
books from a fellow student living
in one of the dorms adjacent to the
Walton Hall parking lot.
Returning from supper, we met
two of Fred Hickman’s “Ticket
Stickers,” one of whom was stick
ing a ticket on our friend’s car.
Shortly thereafter (approximately
7:45) our friend returned to his
car to leave. When he noticed the
“ticket,” he asked one of the “Tic
ket Stickers” what it was for. He
was informed that a new rule has
been made that afternoon prohib
iting anyone not residing in Wal
ton Hall from parking in that
parking lot. Our friend inquired as
to How he was to have been in
formed of such a • rule made that
afternoon. This last question was
ignored by the “Ticket Sticker,”
Surely we, as students, have
the right to know the rules and
regulations to which we are to
conform. And if these new rules
are not published, how are we to
know the limits of our rights.
This situation, like many others
which have been called to the
attention of the Student Body, is
in direct opposition to the prin
ciples of the Basic Policy of the
College.
Now is the time for each stu
dent to call on his respective Stu
dent Senator and urge immediate
Senate action to eliminate this
lack of conformity by the Campus
Security personnel to the Basic
Policy of the college.
Max A. Konz Jr. ’48
Jack J. Elwell ’51
But is that really true? Henry
VIII had more wives than he could :
shake a guillotine at. Napoleon
didn’t lose at Waterloo just be
cause he was plump. Julius Cae- j
sar never wanted folks with a lean,
and hungry look around him. How
about Grover Cleveland and Will
iam Howard Taft? They won in
a fair vote—and they both were;
fat.
Who was America’s most fam-
out beauty? Lillian Russell. And
she had an appetite to match her
curves. The Turks, noted connois
seurs of feminine charm, always
liked their ladies rounded. In most
lands today the well-upholstered;
woman still has an edge over the
one who tries to go through life
looking like a pogo stick.
But here in the land of plenty
the ideal isn’t so much the new
look as it is “the starved look.”
I suppose if we get hard times
back it then will be fashionable
to try to look fat.
Why don’t we normally plump
people have the courage to grow
into the shape nature intended us
—and enjoy it? A fat man can go
as far in life as a skinny man.
Which can you throw farther—a
basketball or a toothpick? Yes,
and which has more bounce.
AAUW Discusses
Gilmer-Aiken Bill
Proposed changes in the state
school system, included in the Gil-
mer-Aikin Bill, were discussed at
a meeting of the American Asso
ciation of University Women in
the YMCA Monday night.
Changes considered were th4
minimum foundation program, pro
posed changes at the state level,
local organizations, and financial
plans, Miscellaneous other needed
changes such as census, compulsory
law, transportation, and teachei'
certification were discussed.
Speakers on the program werf
Mrs. Carl W. Landis, AAUW Edu>.
cation Committee Chairman; Dr.
Ralph Steen, A&M History Pro
fessor; Mrs. O. K. Smith, repre-v
sentative of the A&M Consolidated
Mother’s and Dad’s Club; Profes
sor George Wilcox, Head of Edu
cation Dept., A&M College; Mr.:
W. D. Wilkerson, Supt. of Bryan
Schools; and Mr. W. D. Bunting,
Brazos County Supt.
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