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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1949)
' iff *•*•2 Law A&M lost a friend Fritz W. Hensel, confident* and an plants, died in a Tc A&M College was Mr. Hensel’s life. He a student, fluring his he worked as a rei editor of The Batt a master’s degree',at ! here to instruct in partipent. He clhnaxc college by holding ’ the Landscape Art tta lioit <• / \ / WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16,1949 Statesman, Knightly Gentleman ,> Su 1 van Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions' U «r, : "W" -«i4« riend • • morning. 1 student’s growing mt Sanatorium, until his death. These were the formal accomplish- ments of Fritz Hensel. There were many others less apparent, but equally as im portant. He originated and carried out the Ml through planting of the memorial oaks around the here ns old drill field. He worked tirelessly at te work landscaping and maintanence of the flor- managing al areas around the campus. He always completing had a sympathetic ear for students, j I returned A&M has indeed lost a kind and un- re De- derstanding friend in Fritz Hensel. But to the the growing things which he loved and of head of ; cared for so well will live on as his memor- t from 1928 ial. ; . ; ' | (BIM ^ : U Useless As;Ai Communist Oath . 7 The current rage sembljes is to imp bluer American they they hate Communis' Throughout the of Congress to the patriotic American nounced the Red' ways to separate lb the typ# “we d< A aho uiuleslri^bl emu oath ofj loynity i constitution* Asia parson j must also any possible Comm theory v b«hind this taking is based u when askedi a men w, not to. swear aljegl still hold Communi, Current among the vile antfi-Arae' .ing considered ih v require every man spearing waste courthouses—to ij -i , ! The jRist j “Never’*! shout sen of Illinois from when a proposal price of tfie p.e: double the cost o. penny post card cent cigar.” 1 v But xomancq or \\o cigars or no five-oer t fice Department is not • • legislative as- is really a temporary measure, however, le how true Another bill would correct defects in Tex- how much as political ideologies among the younger , from the floor of Austin, tors have de- gnd advocated Asfterlcana from ** ■ I 1 Way to screen take a sol- f(ng and to the the oath the generation! 1 Should this bill pass our legislature, a new required course would be taught in Texas public schools—a course in Ameri can citizenship. The content of the course am) the slant it would give to various con- tsdvetsiaJ subjects has not been clearly defined. < Until such measures no longer gain w: kuii untn mo labile favor, legislative halls are destined his disbelief in to hear them. The popular or mass mind ilk'I doctrine*. The fails to consider principals coldly and It lei jwheme of oath cater* to eloquent emotional appeal* to premiae that its patriotism. An oath or an allegiance uthful enough though it may contain beautiful and flow- America and cry expressions we all believe, does not separate people into political gradations as some legislators seem to believe. Communists are not so dumb as to re fuse to take an oath denouncing Commun ism when by taking it their cause could be pgr around county advanced. oath. This , Then what good is the oath? sfs. e to weed out Ja measure be- in. This bill would ee—even the On • • >resentative Jen- loor of Congress ip to double the Jt card. “It will post cards a day. n This number doesn’t seem large until the time-profit element comes into the picture. All that work by all those men up with its monopoly The Postmaster' annual deficit which $57 l" post-cards. That f thoughts about t A lot of taxes are partment The College ports that n tarrying the mail. ce, f ive-cent the Post Qf- exactly cleaning it d|si > Fortunatsly have to give ii thU umi In th« e and put the for only $2.30! with the five- The penny post card has been the un changing thing on the American scene (along with the price of a Coke), but times have changed and (he Post Office must stay abreast. Concerning Rep. Jensen’s remark a- eral tu^ns in an bolit doubling the cost of romance; it’s $550 million, of doubtful that post cards exert such am in- traceable to penny fluence oil the nation’s love-making. Most gig not conducive to romance is secretive beyond the post card e of the cards, stage; letters sure more in use. Love is not to pay the de- so blind that it doesn’t care' for a little bit of privacy. Post Office re- Okay, bring on the two-cent creations about' 230 penny and let’s start getting used to them! W The City of Col Friday aft talion is pi year. 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Jennings Staff Cartoonists / ♦ TU4 Li tkl UOOT> (ptWTkIUl i y • y xi--. . . i .,\. ,{ / Boyle’s Column f: • h i • ♦ f ■'/I ■ By HAL BOYLE | , NB|W YORK -M- Planning to help thi litUc woman with her spring housecleaning chores! Weil, if you decide to save monev by doing the .painting yourself, better think twice. That is the ad vice of Fuzzy MncAskill who had the same idea, too. | |V Fuzzy is a good friend of mine, „ Q t * kind, generous man with a heart teat goW-and fIV* bl^ on each hand. other day he had a . Week’s coming. He decided b “ if oua Aggie Singers Get Stalled By Spring leers, Teachers Needed In Civil Service Civil Service examinations are jj- now open for the positions of radio j n w j l just; finish! repainting his home.! brush and can he attacked. Itchen and turned it;* vlo-, lent yellow. "g/lff.. Somehow , the paint seamed ■. to yellower near the bottom of this can. Ris wife took a look In thh mornibg and said: \ hi A “I don’t feel well, dear. J thing I’ll g« over to daughter's and with her for the. rest of thi| w Fuzzy, so paint-spotted ed like a patch . of d. thought, that would be would leave him free the living room, bath porcl;. Tte rest of the hoi n’t inj need of fresh paint point Fuzzy i with his work, finished daubing t! Ji i n f t I ut tt sayaf front porch. 1 ’’ room when a neigl — “Yffljr dog. Skippy. just iranj ui the i street." Fiiszy caught the |d two-block run. When he By GEORGE CHARLTON The Singing Cadets versus a broken rear spring in their bus. This should have been the suit filed last weekend between the traveling Aggie serenaders and a mechanical mishap. In Wichita Falls last weekend a bus carrying the Singing Ca dets was making its way to the high school where the Cadets were to give a performance. The bus hit a dip in the street and the right rear spring was dis lodged. From that time till almost 24 hours later a normally pleasant ride was made uncomfortable by a scraping noise from the pructic. ally departed spring; however, the mechanism stood up during the rest of the night’s travel, } The next morning Dick Nash, the driver, tried to repair the spring Mini had temporHiy aueces*. After eating lunch at tite First Methodist Church, the gmip set out for Aggieiaml with wauin* hopes that the meclmuioui surgery would suffice, The bus sirupxi from WhihltH Falls to Fori Worth, In Fori Worth member* of the US Civil Service Jobs Announced Applications are being received by the US Civil Service Commi#- sion for Investig*tor-Auditof and Museum Art .Specialist eXamin*- tionsi No written tests are requir ed for either of these examinations. Applications for engineer posi tions at Wright Field, Day ton, Ohio, will be accepted until March 31, according to a US Civil Ser vice Commission bulletin. The po sitions pay $2,974 with a maximum age limit of 35. Interested persons may obtain additional information and appli cation forms for the engineer job from post offices, from Civil Ser vice regional offices; from the U S Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. or from the Board of Examiners at Wright Field. The Investigator-Auditor posi tions are located in the Farmers Home Administration of the De partment of Agriculture. Salary is $3,727 a year. Age limits are fiom 18 to 55, but are waived for pei sons with veterans preference. Tile Museum Art Specialist posi tions are mainly in the National Gallery of Art and National Col lection of Fine Arts in Washington D. C. Salary range is from $2,974 to $8,509 a,year .The age limit for the $2,974 position is 35, but is 62 for the other position. Further information arid appli cation forms may be secured tr<?m the College Station Poat Office, from civil service regional offices, or from the US Civil Service Com mission, Washington 25, D. C. Red CrotfK Ankn For Contribiitioiiij* Ktmidont* of College Mtutlcm may contribute to the AiiiviiIcmii Beil ( 'conn through Hie BcMldn County Chuptar, according to A, B. Hyp-, ink, head uf the fund drive for the eounty, A letter Hmn been tent to all college perNotmel and other resi dent* explaining how conlributljbhN inay he sent by mall by the exifcu- live hoard of (lie Brano* County Chapter of the Bed Cro**, Think Of Mis “Thdse have turned the wottyi j upside down!” Acts 1?:* The above statement Wat made concerning Paul and the men with him during his missionary trip. The cry of the world today is Vast ly different from this. Someone has recently said "this modern type of Christianity will never win the world to Christ.” I wonder what change has occurred during the years that might make it pos sible for both Of these statements to be true. It has not been a change in Christ for he said that his pow er would remain predominant for ever. Therefore, the change must be in the lives of the people'that present the Word. Let us 'leer' strive to attain the power, tl the Son of God, that we turn the world “upside down him. M . /" group made phone calls to differ ent garages and bus companies in search of a mechanic. No mecha nic could be found. They even phoned as far as Dallas for aid. But no garages or bus companies were open in “Big ‘D’.” Finally in Fort Worth aj bus company was contacted to fix the crippled bus. , i j While waiting for the bus to be repaired, a group of the boys decided to go around the corner to get a hamburger. And around the corner lay a night club of first caliber com plete with candle light and French street scenes. In the boys went with food on their j. www. / r j’ ■ The piano player began playing the “Aggie War Hymn” and from there on to thirty minutes later, the boyn entertained themselves, The ruNtomeiN loved it und No did the manager, The hoys combined volpM to Niiiig “The WWffenponf Bong," °The Hattie of jeyhieuA jmd "The Twelfth Man," AIno one (my gave three imRatlona of Al JtilNon. The manager liked it *o well that he asked the group to rome hark any Hmn, \ When the btftN returned to their : hua and the rest of the iSingihg ’ Cadet*, they found the bu« com* plate with repaired spring. The trip, back was comparative-' ly smooth. They arrived in Collage Station at 12 Sunday night with quizzes the next day, sore throats, and sleep on their minds. . , M ; %, Fowl IJxperinients Coiidii:ctcd to Find Data On Nutrients , Dr. J. R. Couch, Biochemistry Department, is doing original ex periment work on nutrient require ments of poultry and turkeys. Individual birds are placed in cages with raised wire floors to control the dietary intake of the birds, Dr. Crouch said. Now in its second week of opera tion, the experiment is being fin anced by the Lederle Laboratories and appropriations made by the | College. H. L. German, instructor in the Poultry Husbandry Department, supervises the project. “The ultimate goal of this ex- I periment,” said Dr. Couch, “is to establish reliable data bn vitamin, mineral, 1 and other requirements of poultry and turkeys. After three weeks we hope to tabulate our re sults and publish them for persons interested in this subject." engineer, teacher elementary, sec ondary .vocational, and teacher-ad visor, according to & recent Civil Service announcemeitt. \ j ! ' For the radio engineer positions salaries are $2,974 and $3,727 a year. To qualify, applicants must j ^ bou he tried ^ pass a written test, and in addition u L;ij r sSL ■ mast have M appropriate college ga He ricoche atudy or tech),,cat eapenence. SwWlSltoi itetog Starting salaries for teacher po- 8e veral times, sitions are $2,498 and $3,35) a bathroom came ne' year; and for teacher-advisor po- W as. tiring. He took napsiietwi sitions, $2,724 and $2,974 a year, times as he painted the wall* an< ^ of ceili: “ !rrr ^ upstairs. Skippy thought e.»H No written test is require*] competitors in this examination. To qualify, they must have had appropriate college education or education and teaching experience. Applications for the teacher and teacher - advisor examination will be accepted until further notice by the Comniiskion. Persons applying for the radio engineer examination must have their applications on file with the U. SJ Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. not later than April 13. Further information and applica tion form* may bo secure*! from R, W. Jackson at the Main Post. Office, College Station, i A ' / J : I * i,f V \ vk ! '•'*] ; A\ ' . J 1 y-t I ; Engineer Library Get* New Books TluVlVxa* Kiiglncerttig Library h«N rceolvml ttbwit H.liou voIuiiivn uf ('lujlni^iiiig honk* valued at up* proxlnmtelV $7,000, lita Fonn, sen ior ftNNiHt«uu\of the Library, an nounced toda) Many of the bbqk* have botin cat alogued and are iWdy for immed* l lake use. These books cover every ’ conceivable field ofXengineoring, she said. \ • Although the Engineering Li brary is primarily for the^regia- terai engineers of Texas, are, also available to all studbots and faculty members. —*r— ta -V— -4-f- — ■ V-—- 111 - T 1 |>4L.fVCE Special Friday Preview The result: three^tones oj 'nal color. . I- t-mindedly Fuzzyfiat’do**! toilet seat whichpj" Died in black enamel R OS ARY —-r^ JENEDICT St. Mary’s Gi TONIGHT _ WEDNIgtitytY march i6th-^7;«o; F.H. 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