The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 16, 1949, Image 2

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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
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16,1949
Statesman, Knightly Gentleman ,>
Su 1 van Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions' U
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riend
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morning.
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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. ; .
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Useless As;Ai Communist Oath .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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>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!
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The
City of Col
Friday aft
talion is pi
year. Adv
c rod i tod to
ed herein
ine writer* do not
affiliatioh, or
at (Pa.) Doily
American might be suspect:
“President In Fog
Land* in Washington."
Agru
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or at the Student Activities
...Co-Editors
Aasociate Editor,
Wire Editor j
Managing Editors^
Editorial Aaebtnnta
Kolbye, Henry
Selph, Marvin
Staff Reporter*
Somcr,
Photo Engraven
Feature Editor
Dave Coelett, Frank Cushing. George Charlton.
Buddy Luce, Chuck MaUel, H. C. Michalak.
Marvin Rice. Carroll Trail Feature Writen
Bob "Seek” Spoede. Bill Potts Sports Editor*
r, Frank Shnmen. Andy Matula. -
Swinney, Travis Brock, Ben
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Alfred Johnston , Religious Editor
Andy Davif .... Movie Editor
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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
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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
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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,
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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.
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Special Friday Preview
The result: three^tones oj
'nal color. . I-
t-mindedly Fuzzyfiat’do**!
toilet seat whichpj"
Died in black enamel
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