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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.
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John Singletary Managing Editors
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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
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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.
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CLARK GABLE
WALTER P1DGE0N
VAN JOHNSON
BRIAN DONLEVY
CHARLES BICKFORD
JOHN HODIAK
EDWARD ARNOLD
A SAM WOOD PRODUCTION
Produced by
In Association with
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PLUS CARTOON
Sat. Prevue 11:00 p.m.
ROARING DRAMA OF AIRMEiJ
...AND THEIR
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