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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Unification for Cellar Abdication . . .
Tomorrow is our annual Sports Day.
On both Kyle Fields, football and base
ball, A&M’s hopes for a distinguished ath
letic year will display their talents to a
stadium full of people who are vitally in
terested in what the athletes can do.
This is not an ordinary year. This is
the year in which A&M, with a completely
revamped athletic set up, must either pull
itself out of the conference cellar by its
boot straps or bog down completely in a
mire of already formed discontent and
bickering.
As we have said time and again, if we
are to begin the long climb back up the
conference football ladder this year, it
must be with a concerted effort. It is not
a coach’s job or an athlete’s job or a stu
dent’s job. It is a task for all of us.
We have a great amount of confidence
in our coaching staff. We have unlimited
confidence in our athletes. They are young
and they are green, but they have the
stuff. Anyone who has seen them knock
ing the daylights out of each other all
afternoon for the past three weeks must
realize that.
The questionable element, then, is the
student body. We don’t lack enthusiasm;
Aggies never have. We do frequently lack
patience and thought.
Our climb will have to be slow. A team
rarely jumps from the lowest bracket to
the crown in one season. But as long as
the engine is running, let’s not choke it to
death.
When you go to Kyle Field Saturday
afternoon, take it easy on the athletes. It
takes a lot of personal drive to get your
ribs jarred loose every afternoon for the
small compensations our school can offer.
When we come back to Kyle Field next
fall, let’s come back with the same feeling
of understanding and cooperation.
We have a long way to go to the top
of the heap. Together, we can make the
trip.
Why Not Make It Everybody’s Bowl? . . .
Next year’s Cotton Bowl game may be
witnessed by five percent of the student
bodies of the Southwest Conference school
in addition to the winner’s student body
and the usual thousands of paying guests.
This is the plan being discussed in
Southwest Conference student circles. The
plan follows a recommendation to the
Southwest Conference Association by the
A&M Student Senate proposing that sale
of student tickets to the Cotton Bowl game
be extended to include a number of stu
dents from each member school of the
conference.
I Copies of the recommendation were
sent to student governments and campus
newspapers of conference schools after
the. January senate meeting. Upon the
general recommendation of the Senate
that a number of tickets for the Cotton
Bowl game be sold to member schools at
student rates, and that the apportionment
to be made to the various schools on the
basis of enrollment, the constructive sug
gestions have been based.
Bob Brinkerhoff, student legislature-
member at the University, has suggested
that a member from each conference
school’s student government meet with the
Cotton Bowl Association in April when
the matter comes to its attention.
The presence of students before the
conference committee would provide com
mittee members with a personal source of
student opinion on this important and sig
nificant proposal. Also the case of the
student bodies could be carried directly to
policy making officials of the conference.
In an editorial endorsement of the
Senate’s recommendations, The Daily
Texan said, “Another point in favor of
this proposal is it will be a help in decreas
ing the frequent unsportsman-like con
duct between student bodies of conference
schools.”
The end result of the new ticket sell
ing proposal could be a new sportsman
like attitude where keen but friendly riv
alry would animate conference contests.
The Cotton Bowl ticket proposal is
gaining momentum and support through
out the conference. But only by confer
ence-wide support can those favoring the
ticket change ever hope to see this move
ment develop into policy.
No one team can conceivably win the
conference championship every year. If a
strong feeling of unity and support for
conference teams is to be developed, this
recommended change would go a long
way toward achieving that end.
Car Repairmen Find A Home
I am a car parts dealer. I think the A
&M roads are just about the best I have
ever seen. From my economic point of
view, that is.
I drove down by the Petroleum Build
ing on that road leading up to the circle
with a friend the other day. It was won
derful. I later sold my friend a whole
new set of springs.
Never, never would I consider driving
my own car on the campus streets, but I
think it’s lovely for others to drive on
them.
The biggest break I have had recent
ly was the biggest freeze this part of the
state has had in years. Chug-holes ap
peared in the streets like blisters on a
painted surface that’s held near a fire.
The gods were really smiling on me when
the mercury dropped.
Every day my shop overflows with
people from the college. They have jarred
fenders off, lost hub-caps, broken springs
and exploded tires.
Some factions at the school have been
advocating repair or replacement of the
chug-hole byways. They must be Com
munists. This is a free enterprise system
and I’m enterprising under it.
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KENNETH BOND, TOM CARTER Co-Editors
Louis Morgan Associate Editor
Bill Billingsley Wire Editor
Harvey Cherry, Art Howard, Otto Kunze,
John Singletary Managing Editors
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TCU Has Parking Troubles
Similar To Those At A&M
By CHARLES KIRKHAM
The problems in several other
Conference schools sound very
much like those we have here at
home.
TCU is having parking trouble.
TCU has announced the organiz
ation of a Campus Security Office.
Duty (what inspires our KK’s)
will force these officers to put
parking notices on misparked cars.
Their arrangement will be similar
to the one practiced at A&M, only
TCU is more subtle-
A red “Warning^’ ticket will
be put on cars for their first
parking offense. The warning
will, in effect, say, “Free this
time, but next time you pay $2
or you don’t get credit for the
courses you are now taking.”
ORC Schedule
Is Announced
By Instructor
Consistent with the color of
money, the second ticket will be
green and carry the terse words,
“This notice carries a fine of $2.
You must report to the Business
Office and pay this fine within
three days, (etc).”
Enforcement of university park
ing rules (and appearance of the
colored tickets) is pending de
livery of the tickets from the prin
ter.
Also at TCU plans are being
made for the largest graduation
class, 400, in the school’s history.
Don Pierson, senior class president,
announced that the graduation
ceremonies will probably be at the
stadium.
Rice Institute started a drive
yesterday to collect funds to aid
the war devastated University
of Caen in Caen, France. The
purposes of the drive are the
same as those A&M had in its
WSSF drive. Rice wants to help
students who are not in a posi
tion to help themselves.
After a furor between SMU
Campus editor, Joe Arnett, and
Student Council President Joe Pat
terson, things seem to have died
down. The Council called the edi
tor in to explain the complaints
recently hurled at him. It seems
Joe Arnett in a by-lined column
said he thought religion at SMU
was being over-emphasized.
Letters of protest poured in con
demning the SMU Campus and all
associated with it. Joe Patterson
came up the classic statement, “We
must have freedom of the press,
but we can’t have opinions like
this in our student newspaper.”
From the council meeting Joe
Arnett walked an exonerated man.
The council voted “no criticism” of
either the SMU Campus or Joe
Arnett.
With the budding of spring at
Texas University there comes
also the budding of politicians.
Forces are being mustered, lines
being drawn, and compromises
being forced —all are forerun
ners to the bog dogfight between
the Fraternity Clique and the
Independents for campus poli
tical seats.
For student president, the Clique
(24 fraternities) is supporting
Sterling Steves, a DKE. Indepen
dents, as the name implies, are so
disorganized that several candi
dates for president are splitting
the larger bloc of Independent
votes.
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Laughs in “If You Knew Susie”
By ANDY DAVIS
If You Knew Susie (RKO)
starring Joan Davis, and Eddie
Cantor. (Guion).
When two top comedians as
Joan Davis and Eddie Cantor team
up you can expect some riotous
entertainment, and that’s just what
you get when you see, “If You
Knew Susie.”
After quitting Broadway for
the quiet life of the country, Sam
and Susie find themselves black
balled by the community, because
Sam’s ancestrial background isn’t
up to par. It seems Sam’s great,
great, great, grandfather Parker,
was a draft dodger during the
American Revolution.
A letter is found written by
George Washington to Grandfather
Parker, honoring his heroic deeds,
so Sam and Susie journey to Wash
ington, to have it verified. Not
only do they find the Parker’s in
the archives of this country, but
also learn that the government
owes them several billion dollars,
the interest rate being high.
Washington is thrown at Sam
and Susie’s feet, plus a lot of oth
er things. They get themselves
kidnapped, shot at, thrown
through glass walls, nearly .poi
soned, and enough nonsense takes
place to keep you laughing
throughout the film.
EE Department to Be Hosts
To Annual Relay Conference
Engineers from major electrical
manufacturing companies, power
companies, and educational insti
tutions will take part in the second
annual protective relay conference
at A&M March 14 through 16.
Names of the speakers have been
announced by L. M. Haupt of A
&M, chairman of the conference.
The Electrical Engineering Depart
ment is sponsor of the meeting.
M. C. Hughes, head of the Elec
trical Engineering Department,
will be chairman of the first ses
sion. President F. C. Bolton will
welcome those attending. J. S.
Waters of Rice Institute will pre
side at the first afternoon session,
Haupt said.
Speakers for the first day in
clude R. E. Hanson of Leeds &
Northrup; R. A. Larner, Texas
Electric Service Co.; V. B. Wilfley,
Westinghouse Electric; and L. F.
Kennedy, General Electric.
N. F. Rode of A&M and F. W.
Tatum of Southern Methodist Uni
versity will be chairmen the sec
ond day. Speakers that day will
include W. E. Douglass, Central
Power & Light; J. P. Barron, Dal
las Power & Light; W. D. Jordan
Texas Electric Service Co.; F. von
Voigtlander, Commonwealth and
Southern Corp.; and H. P. Peters
Georgia Institute of Technology. A
paper by the late. Peter White of
Ebasco Services will be read by
one of his associates, Haupt an
nounced.
H. C. Dillingham of the A&M
Electrical Engineering D e part-
ment will be toastmaster at a din
ner in Sbisa Hall Tuesday night,
Think Of This
“I am come that you might
have life, and have it more
abundantly.” John 10:10
There are many people today
who seem to look upon Christiani
ty merely as something which pre
pares the holder for The act of
dieing. That kind of an outlook on
Christianity is not according to the
teachings of the Lord. Christ came
to the earth, not to prepare people
to die, but to introduce them to a
richer and happier life. He taught
Christianity to be a way of life
and not merely an insurance a-
gainst the pangs of Hell.
March 15. J. J. Woolket, head of
the Modern Language Department
at A&M, will give a “Look at
Mexico.” Dr. Woolket visited that
country for several weeks last
summer.
Wednesday sessions will have as
presiding officers B. N. Gafford,
University of Texas, and R. D.
Chenoweth of A&M. Speakers will
include R. E. Cordray, General
Electric; W. K. Sonneman and S.
C. Leyland, Westinghouse Electric;
and Charles L. Willie, Jr., Texas
Power & Light.
WTAW Quiz Man
Now on Iowa Radio
Johnny Holmes, former WTAW
quiz master of the Campus Quiz
Program, is employed as assistant
farm service director at Station
WMT, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, accord
ing to Frank Sosolik, WTAW pro
gram director.
Holmes starts his program with
the Sunrise Hour from 5 until
6:45 a. m. He has two farm pro
grams of two to fifteen minute
intervals during the day.
k Holmes was a January graduate
with a major in agricultural edu
cation.
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Units meetings of the ORC will
be held according to the follow
ing schedule, Capt. Albert W.
Stocked, instructor, announced.
The 352nd Armored Field Ar
tillery Battalion will meet at 6:30
p. m. Wednesdays at Bryan Field
and 7:30 on Thursday nights in
the PMA Building. On the second
and fourth Tuesday of the month
at 7:30 p. m. in the PMA Build
ing, the 407th Infantry Training
Battalion will hold its meeting,
Stocked said.
The first and third Thursday of
each month at 7:30 p. m. will be
the regular meeting time for the
4200th Engineer Construction
Training Battalion which will meet
in the Civil Engineering Building.
The 339th Army Postal Unit
will meet every Thursday in the
College Station Post Office at
7:30 p. m.
The 420th Malaria Survey De-
\ tachment and the 859th Ordinance
Bomb Squad will hold their meet
ings on the campus at 7:30 p. m.
each Thursday, Stocked said.
Each Thursday at 7:30 p. m. the
406th Vet Food inspectors Detach
ment will meet in the Vet Hospital.
The 400th Research and Devel
opment Training Sub Group will
meet only at the cad of the com
manding officer.
Assigned members of units must
attend the meeting of their re
spective units. Ad assigned and
unassigned officers of the 479th
Composite Group will be given
credit for attendance at any of
the regular meetings, Stocked
said.
GILES EYEING
GOVERNORSHIP
FORT WORTH, March 11 —(TP)
Bascom Giles, state land commis
sioner, is thinking about running
for governor.
“It is too early to announce for
office, but I am thinking it over,”
the 48-year old commissioner said.
He was here Wednesday to ad
dress the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas.
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