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I Battalion EDITORIALS Page 2 THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions Student Life Needs a Constitution . . . The Monday and Tuesday meetings of the Student Life Committee prove that the committee is not functioning properly in spite of every member’s good inten tions .These people are handicapped be cause they lack concrete facts concerning their duties. The Student Life Committee has the avowed objectives of handling all matters concerning student life. This group is ac tually the go-between for the Student Body and the administration. A position on this committee is one of the most im portant ones on the campus. Several of the nine faculty members are new to the job each school year; they, like everyone else, do not know what is expected of them, what the rules of the committee are, or what their limitations, if any, are. The same situation is true of the 11 students on the committee. Nearly all are now to the job; only one or two are privi leged to have served on the committee previously. They have had little oppor tunity to learn the procedures and func tions of the committee. The committee suffers as a result of this ignorance. There is no competition for positions as officers of the committee nor posts on the sub-committees. No choice of commit tees is requested since the newly installed Student Life Members do not know such Our Senatorial Democracy Moss backed Southern Democratic Senators, oftimes so conservative that they make Republicans look “pink”, are up to their old tricks again and in the mid dle of an attempt to out filibuster an ^anti-filibuster resolution. The backward gentlemen from the retrogressive South stand up and wave Old Glory and denounce the Administra tions efforts to put a gag on their rights to indulge in limitless chatter on the Sen ate’s floor whenever they feel the urge. To make their arguments sound more ri diculous, they charge that the administra tion is trying to gag them and shove past an unconstitutional series of laws which redefine civil rights in this country. They parade their devoted ideals of democracy before bored Senators who have already made up their minds one way or the other. They rant and rave about undemocratic gagging of the minority while they (but a handful) block the leg islative efforts of the whole Congress. The Passing Parade . .. This testimonial to the complexities of television appeared in Tide: The National Biscuit Co., manufactur ers of Milk Bone dog biscuits is not alto gether sure now that it was a good idea to buy time on the telecasts of the Westmin ster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden last week. It seems that at least one of the commercials went a trifle sour. Just after the winning dachshund was committees exist. The committee does not have a parlia mentarian. Whether he be a student or faculty member, a parliamentarian would be an asset to this organization as well as to any similar body. Robert’s “Rules of Order” would also speed up and expedite the meetings of this committee. The Student Senate, a younger student government, wrote its constitution last year and had it ratified by all groups through the Academic Council. A section of this constitution is reserved for the rules and by-laws of the Student Life Committee. As yet no rules have been pre pared by the Student Life Committee for this constitution. At this time our Student Life Commit tee is floundering without any compact group of rules to guide its present course. The group’s position would be comparable to our own national Congress if it com pletely cleaned house and reorganized each year. The Student Life Committee wastes a good part of the school year getting or ganized only to find graduation time upon it, and the inefficient cycle must begin again. Our national organization has been wisely provided with rules and by-laws to guide each convening body of legislators. Can’t we give our own Student Life Com mittee a road map and some sign posts? • • • Tom Connally, Texas’ senior Senator, has put in his two cents worth and told the Senate that the people of Texas want the filibuster to protect their rights. We don’t know if he is right or not. We can’t recall his ever making that issue a plank in his campaign platform. The filibuster in our Senate has the same value as the veto power in the Uni ted Nations Security Council. This value is to the advantage of a clear-cut minority who can block the passage of measures sought by the majority. The present anti-filibuster resolution would close debate on an issue upon the vote of two-thirds of the Senate. ' But obviously the Southerners don’t want to trust the intelligence of two-third of their fellow Senators. They (the Sou thern Senators) want to make this deci sion. They seem to feel that “everybody is out of step except us Senators from the enlightened South.” chosen, adorned with a ribbon and so on, the announcer, following directions in the script, held out a Milk Bone to him and said something about how much dogs loved the things. But the haughty, dough ty little dachshund sniffed once, turned his tail on the product and trotted briskly out of the camera's reach. Ah well, one dog’s biscuit is another dog’s dry crackers. 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 $4.30 per school year. Advertising rates furnished on request. 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KENNETH BOND, TOM CARTER Co-Editors Louis Morgan i Associate Editor Bill Billingsley Wire Editor Harvey Cherry, Art Howard, Otto Kunze, John Singletary Managing Editors Chuck Cabaniss, Charles Kirkham, Mack Nolen Editorial Assistants Emil Bunjes, H. C. Gollob, R. C. Kolbye, Henry Li^cour, Carley Puckitt. Clayton Selph, Marvin Brown Staff Reporters Joe Trevino, Hardy Ross Photo Engravers Clark Munroe Feature Editor Carl Thrift Circulation Manager Dave Coslett, Frank Cushing, George Charlton, Buddy Luce, Chuck Maisel, H. C. Michalak, Marvin Rice, Carroll Trail Feature Writers Bob “Sack” Spoede, Bill Potts Sports Editors Leon Somer, Frank Simmen, Andy Matula, Scotty Swinney, Travis Brock, Ben Lampkin, Frank Manitzas Sports Reporters Mrs. Nancy Lytle Women's Page Editor Alfred Johnston : Religious Editor Andy Davis ;.... Movie Editor Kenneth Marak, Sam Lanfoid, R. Morales, Frank Welch, C. W. Jennings Staff Cartoonists RADIOACTIVE DUD Job Calls INTERVIEWS i ted Bakeries, Inc., Dallas, Texas has openings for accountants and auditors to- handle work in some of the 48' plants operated by this company. They also have.openings for business graduates to. work in to their purchasing departments. (2) Geo. H. -McFadden & Bro., Houston, Texas, has openings for several young men trained in cot ton classing and business adminis- tration. (3) March 10-ll—General Motor" /ON A D , i. Corporation will intorview meal, civil, architectural, electrical ($,! exas > , s , chemical and management engi- P 10 / 1 ^' aa ' mal husbandry grad- neers, and business and account- '” u .f£. to W01 , k as ing and economics majors. General ° f hls neai ' Madisonville. A meeting at 9 a. m., March 10 in - house wlU be Provided, the Y Chapel. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERING Letters To The Editor Editor, The Battalion: The letter from “Spike” a few days ago was really ap preciated by a lot of us who have gotten tired of reading gripes and more gripes but seldom any praises in this column. We tried poking a little fun at our woes to the rythm of “Life Gets Tejus, Don’t It.” We got a lot of fun out of writing it and we hope it will at least make you smile. Thanks to Mr. White for starting us on a little positive thinking. Shut off the durn buzzin’ alarm In the process I busted my arm Why in the world did I leave the farm? Don’t this schoolin’ get te’jus? Wash my face an’ stagger to chow Come on back an’ I’m tuckered by now I’m earnin’ this learnin’ by the sweat o’ my brow Life gets te’jus don’t it. (1) Container Corporation of, America, Fort Worth, Texas, are contemplating several openings in their Production Planning Depart ment and Estimating department. These positions will require a de gree in mechanical engineering with possibly a minor in business administration. (2) The Texas Eastern Trans mission Corporation, Shreveport, Louisiana, has openings for men to start in drafting work. This company operates the Big Inch and the Little Big Inch. (3) The City of Waco has a vacancy in the Engineering De partment for an Assistant City Engineer. This man should be cap able of taking over the general supervision of the Engineering De partment as well as the building, plumbing and electrical depart ments. (4) There is an opening in the Industrial Engineering Depart ment of Armour & Company for a management engineer. This, man will start as a “checker”, who checks the operators at work, and checks the volumes produced a- gainst the hours worked and make the necessary records for cost pur poses. The next step from this class of work is time-study work. (5) Southwestern Gas and Elec tric Company is interested in em ploying several electrical engineers to work on design and operation, transmission and substation equip ment. - (1) Diamond Alkali Company, Pasadena, Texas, may have open ings for engineering students for .The summer months. (2) The J. B. Beaird Company, Inc., Shreveport, La;, may be able to use a mechanical engineering student interested in the design and drafting phase of pressure vessels, gas compressing equip ment or gas dehydrating equip ment. (3) The El Paso National Bank will have openings for two busi ness and accounting undergradu ates. Prefer boys whose homes are in El Paso. (4) Central Power and Light Company, San Benito, Texas, may have openings for ten. or twelve undergraduates in their various Grub in the chow house is gettin’ me down But it costs twice as much to eat in town Hafta eat that slop not fit for a houn’ Reckon I’ll make it somehow. BUSINESS & AGRICULTURE (1) Campbell-Taggart Assotia- Teeth in my head crumbling away Ulcers in my stomach seem here to stay Just barely existing from day to day One blamed thing after another. Go to the postoffice ag’in and ag’in Ain’t had a letter in goodness knows when Maybe they’d write if’n I’d send ’em my pen There ain’t no one that likes me. Pugh Buys Burgess Share of Burgess, Pugh Partnership Planned to take a shower this week Water’s shut off, pipes sprung a leak Hafta wait ’til spring and bathe in the creek Ain’t necessary nohow, is it? Eyes gone bad, need glasses to see Stay up every night ’til 2 or 3 No tellin’ what I’ll turn out to be Never did like workin’. Me an’ my prof ’re in a constant row It seems that we don’t agree somehow He claims I never oughta left my plow Reckon I am a little stupid. Just took a quiz, I flunked it I know My one-track mind just functions too slow Prof made me sit on the foremost row Just can’t get by with nuthin’. Grade point ratio gettin’ lower ’n lower Can’t make nuthin’ over D’s no more Ain’t gonna strain my mind, I swore ’Cuz too much studyin’ll weaken ya. Marion Pugh, Aggie-ex and na- tional champion quarterback of ’39 ‘Mgj purchased the Burgess 'and Pugh Warehouse and lumber con cerns. The establishments Will now be known as the Marion Pugh Ware house and the Marion Pugh Lum ber Company. The businesses are located between the Missouri Pa cific and the Southern Pacific rail roads in South College Station. Pugh graduated from North Side High School in Fort Worth in the spring of ’37 where he had been named the all state fullback. He entered A&M in the fall of ’37 and was quarterback for the Aggies during ’39 and ’40. In ’41 he was captain of the A&M baseball team. He served with the rank of cap tain in the Tank Destroyers in the European Theater of Operations during the last war. After being discharge from the service, he played pro football with the New York Giants for two years and with the Miami Sea Hawks for Been try in’ and tryin’ to get that ring That durn committee is agin such a thing Can’t possibly get it ’til way next spring Gettin’ to where you can’t get nuthin’. one year. He entered the warehouse and lumber business with H. E. Bur gess in March of 1947. He is married to Helen Brasel- ton of Fort Worth and has one son, Marion Condy Pugh, who is five years old. But sooner or later the profs’ll give in An’ I’ll walk off with my ole sheepskin Go back to the farm and start workin’ agin Life gets te’jus, don’t it? Think Of This Jim Sullivan Dick Wornat Official Notice SENIORS IES Training New Hotel’s Employees Seniors graduating in June, July, or August, 1949, who plan to order a set of personnel leaflets must order these leaflets not later than March 10. Orders for leaflets will not be taken after March 10th, until, September, 1949. Cost of Leaflets—S5 plus glossy applica tion size photograph. Where to Order—Placement Office, Room 230, Administration Building. WENDELL R. HORSLEY, Director, Placement Office. Supervisory personnel of Glenn McCarthy’s new Shamrock Hotel, Houston, are being trained by A &M’s Industrial Extension Service, E. L. Williams, director of the Service, announced. “ . . . lo, I am with you al ways, even unto the end of the earth.” Matt. 28:20. David Livingstone kept a diary in which he once mentioned an encounter with a group of very fierce savages. His first words tell of his fear. He then writes “I read that Jesus said ‘I am with you always.’ ” After these words came to his mind, he wrote that his fear was gone. This man’s experience can be repeated many times by you and I as we face dangers. All fears will die and fade away when one remembers that Jesus is with him at all times. PALACE WATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE TODAY and FRIDAY FS® J. ARTHUR RANK presents S| JOHN GAIL WAYNE* RUSSELL FROM GARLAND ROARK'S BOOK THAT SOLD A rf MILLION COPIBS! A REPUBLIC PICTURE TODAY and FRIDAY “RED RIVER ACTION SUNDAY see- — Added Attraction — ‘FOOTBALL HEADLINES OF 1948” ill! i§! ^with J. Carrol Naish • Alan Curtis CATHOLIC MASS Friday 6:45 a.m. ST. MARY’S CHAPEL TODAY thru SAT. “EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED” FRIDAY PREVUE SAT. PREVUE ONLY ONE COULD BE MASTER! A never-ending battle be' tween the Sea’s Toughest Captain and the Indies’ Shrewdest Trader! JOHN WITHE Ctll RUSSELL FROM GARLAND ROARK’S BOOK THAT SOLD A MILLION COPIOS A REPUBLIC PICTURE line construction activities. (5) The Hawk and Buck Com pany, Inc. Waco, Texas, will have “openings in labor jobs where a young man could work during the summertime, earn something for his work, and gain considerable information on factory operation,” (G) Chase Bag Company is in terested in giving employment to a young man to work during the summer months. He would help out in the office during vacations and get a little background training in the bag business with the thought of developing into a regular em ployee when he leaves school. (7) Climax Engineering Com pany, Tulsa, Okla., may be able to use one or two men for detail draf ting, and for operating blueprint machines, preparing specifications, and . minor detail work. (8) Beaumont Iron Works Co., Beaumont, Texas, may have open ings for undergraduates for sum mer work. (9) William Orrison Engineers and Associates, San Antonio, Tex as, is interested in employing un dergraduates for summer work. TODAY & FRIDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts— 1:20 - 3:05 - 4:50 - 6:35 - 8:20 10:00 —Friday Feature Starts— 1:45 - 3:35 - 5:30 - 7:30 - 9:20 i POWER • TIERNEY 1 CtftGe'r « REGINALD ARLEEN GARDINER « WHELAN j Friday Prevue 11:00 p.m. SAT. thru WED. FIRST RtlN The management of the Campus" Theatre urges you to see ‘COM MAND DECISION.” This is the second time in the history of the Campus Theatre that the man agement personally recommends a motion picture. The first pic- t u r e we recommended was “Johnny Belinda” which is at this time nominated for 12 Acad emy Awards. gnaJuayi Smash Stage fty is now on the Screen. *- CLARK GABLE WALTER P1DGE0N VAN JOHNSON BRIAN DONLEVY CHARLES BICKFORD JOHN HODIAK EDWARD ARNOLD A SAM WOOD PRODUCTION Produced by In Association with GOTTFRIED REINHARDT PLUS CARTOON Sat. Prevue 11:00 p.m. ROARING DRAMA OF AIRMEiJ ...AND THEIR A COLUMBIA RE-RELEASE Produced by B P SCHUIBERG Stmi pley by Mirtsel Blankfort . Direcled by SIDNEY SAIKOPF PLUS CARTOON