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From history we should have learned
won’t find the lessons of people who have lost their
an anywhere in freedom because they could not criticize
our news columns today, the thought is t^eir government and their friends,
woven all through ea^h and every story, of the others who have prospered l
4lCor this is our annual April Fool’s edition
in which we try to provide both ourselves
and our readers wit| a nttle humor by
poking fun at some of tW things we may
begin to take too serious y day by day.
;In today’s papeij nof all the stories . .
are farcial. The Frcant Page, Freshman us of oppression and injustice can flour-
Page are free of imaginative news. But
on the Elditorial Page, Pajge 3, and Sports
Page, just read the stories, take them for
what they are worth, and the devil take
the hindmost. T j
Aside from the humorous angle, we we faintly remember and whose author
think good natured Cribbing can accom- we don’t recall, we leave this as the theme
plish many other,;kood ends. People who of today’s Battalion,
can laugh at themselves ijieVer grow rigid Laugh, and the world laughs with you,
with self centeredness but keep the heal- -cry, and you cry alone,
thy flexibility of being able to correct / The world has its share of sorrow;
their own weaknesses as they see them. but never enough happiness of its own.
and
prospered by a
cheerful and occasionally jesting attitude
toward their problems of social contact
and self control.
We believe ihis principle can be nar
rowed down to our own localities and our
own personalities. Very little of the fung
us of oppression and injustice can flour-^
ish under the white light of scorn and jest.
To these principles of freedom of action
and freedom from worry we devote this
issue. \j'
At the risk of badly misquoting a verse
Michigan Grades Its Profs...
“Michigan was witr^ui”—shouldn’t A
&M be ^worried, i too??
Last^ December Michigan decided to
ere Hally good
:8l A&M conduc-
find out if its teachbri
teachers. In January,
fairness in grading, and (4) J general ef
fectiveness.
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The average score of the 410 Michigan
faculty members graded was 3.1 out of
a possible 4.0. At the end of the year the
ted a survey to discover jib 3 same thing— individual professors will be allowed to
if our teachers are feally good teachers, 3ee their “report cards.”
Since the first local |!h^k Was-made, fur- Dean Lloyd S. Woodburne of the Mich-
ther surveys hav^I|ee|i:jrelegated to the igun "College of Literature, Science and
indefinite abyss cjf in the fu- ^ said, "if u man is a brilliant
scholar, he,must be a passable teacher. If
a brilliant teacher, he must be a passable
scholar.” According to the article, if he is
all of one and none of the other, Michigan
will want hlni no longer. -
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Apparently such |& Ifatiied educational
institution as Michigan hAs decided that
the student* arc In k position to observe
and judge many adtioiiff pf the teacher
which
ago/many autipiisi p
the departmcjht! heac
have the opportupit|: tSd
d might never
rT .,cover. !
TIME magazihe, |w|k h reports the go
ings-on at venerableUVJ
student ratings f'would 1
in deciding faculty pro
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teaching. The questipr
Ann Arbor students lif i
narking the professor 5
(1) clarity, (2) intpll^
ly thought, comes 3th
land of leisure-
v , —qr|~ ;f|ew easy going
twist on taxation. (AF quote)
This is the i season for daffy income
lax returns and intqrna! revenue collector
Harry Westover enfereq thi
Written on thk
Diego,” it reat
gan, states the
a major factor
Jtions.” The ar.ti-
Although A&M was among the first
educational institutions in this region to
begin student ratings, we seem to be fall
ing to maintain the advantage which we
gained in initiating the system. Are we
ele adds that “ aibad^iMear after year now »»'“» to fail to hold » 8ecol,d 8u,Te >’'
might Weil lead to dislt
Michigan felt tha^t f ;|i^i|giht have placed
too much emphasis on
faculty members) ;tir
Cholarship (in its
'Apt enough, on
ibe which 7,500
dlput called for
such points as
ujal honesty, (3)
If one Can judge the advisability of reg
ular surveys from the actions of a first
class university such as Michigan, the
administration should make plans to con
duct a survey about once in every 12
month period and at a “surprise” time so
that there will be no “framing” on the
part of the participants.
“My total earnings last year were
$620. Withholding tax was $1.10. where
do we stand ?
“If I owe you anything, holler—if you
owe me anything, forget it.” (end quote)
1 this one today.
>&ck ! of a cocktail
ounge napkin And; signed “Goldie, San the script for the last
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'Just Whistle”
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Senator Abington said the taxation of
liquor has reached the point of saturation,
a point that is likewise reached by some
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of (’oilegc HUtloi}.
i )\ty of Ooilcgc
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hUoii U oubllidii
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The AeMOcUt
lied to it or
Right
credited to it or
c<i herein.
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Wire Editor Data Coalett, Frank Cuihlnt. Oorjrc Charlton,
Buddy Luce, Churk Mabel. H. C. Mkhalak.
Mirvln Rlec, Carroll Trail.....— .Feature Writer*
Bob “Sack" Spoade. Bill Pott* Sport* Editor*
Leon Somer, Frank Simmon. Andy Matula.
Saotty Swinney, Travb Brock, Ben
Lumpkin, Frank Manitaaa .....Sports Reporter*
Andy Davb Movie Editor
Carl Thrift 4. i.^.—-—Circulation Manager
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General MacArthur Named!
Replace Commandant At A
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reported
wio/ wvrv iwvii uohik ! pivniwven, dergtl^d apmc HI WH’
by exchunging pUces, Colontl word* ho Un«* Kbd that
Boutner being named Supremo I bo JfPAaM** ,
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i The War Department announced low Mint Men over I
today that General Douglaa Mac- Other aourcea reveal
Arthur would goon replace Col- reanon Boutner waa fa
onel H: L. Boatner aa commandant in Japan waa because
at AAM, gnt command of the 1
The communique aaid that to get guagti. Several Cadets
rid of them in true army atyle reported that they coul
they were both being: promoted, deraUnd aome of the
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Allied Commander of the Oemvm*’i : 'The annownceaeai
tion Forces in Japan. Mh ock to moal of the
U waa reported that General^ th# C6/fMI however
MacArthur had gewral pinna in! ( t h_ (or
mind for the Cadet Coppa. First of
thepe plana include the abolish
ment of the Rosa Volunteem be/ tku t*
cause their uniform might lie con- „! '*
fused with that of a mesa hall tet A * M *
waiter. Their chrome-plated riflea ■ v i
will be used by 1 ' 1 - J —
squad which will
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Cadet Admitted White, Penberthy
Violently Oppose
New Golf Course
Into Hospital
For Face Burn
Ted Copeland, fire-eating
Air Force Group commander,
was admitted to the College
Hospital last night, suffering
from severe facial burns.
“Mom” Foghorn,: the; hospitals
head nurse, said that Copeland's
burns would probably pot disfig
ure him, but they were ^rious. He
was feo badly burped, she said, that
all (he nurses were calling him
“Hot Lips” Copeland, j
Copeland’s room-mate^ Dick Jo
seph, revealed the, circumstances
leading up to the bumpj.
“Ted has been (aob)j trying to
cut down on his smoking lately.
Ho bought a pack of Chesterfields
the other night and cut each of
them in half. Tliat way ihe reduced
his smoking by 50^i. But then the
doggone things wen* so:short that
he couldn't light ’em; without (sob)
cooking his physiognomy. Never
theless, he continued to i smoke the
short little things. The purses have
the right name for him.'j
Copeland was coatucjed at the
hospital Where he lay On his bed,
smelling of unguertfimv
“I was about to giyr up Ihe
short cigarette* anyway,” he said,
“1 saw my girl friend bud weekend,
and she wouldn’t ImVe Anything to
do with them. She saij that if I
couldn't afford full-sixcd; cigarettes,
I also probably couldn't afford to
take her out, Gee, J’d :gladly get
smoker’s hayk for Her! j \
“But I alfcady had the things,”
he continued. “1 couldn't see
throwing away perfectly good
tobacco. I tried to smoke ’em up
and be done with it. Hat my fare
gave out before the Icigarettes
did."
The hospital authorities have
given Copeland a pipe.! He is ex
pected ;to recover swiftly.
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Other plana include changing
the title of the Colonel of the
Corn* to “Supreme Commander
pf the Corpa of Chdeta.” Thi* i
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C. G. “Spike” White, director of
Student Activities, and W. L. Pen
berthy, dean of men, went on rec
ord today as violently opposing
the proposed Golf Course, Bishop
Clements, “grand old man” of the
Information Office, has announced
“We’ve been opposed to such a
waste of money since the
matter was discussed by; the Board
of Directors in San Antonio, last
fall,” Dean Penberthy said. “At
that time Spike and I went before
the Board and said the Bryan Golf
Course was close enough and pro
vided adequate facilities for the
few local golfers.”
“I personally had Copies pf an
old Batt editorial, which wds a-
gainst the golf course, printed and
sent to the Board meeting,” White
chimed in.
“We need this $76,000 too badly
for other purposes,” they continu
ed. "The fund could be well used
to buy more Aggie Activity Ap
preciation Tickets. More of our
boys should see our good second-
run movies, free."
I > 4>hI (srad Program
IjhIk New Studies
Broad new courses were added
to the Post Graduation Studies De
partment yesterday, announced
V. M,. Fairs*, department head.
“Fascinating now studies never y
before taught by this or any other/
college or university,” bubbled
Faires. ■ k : /
These n e w studies include
courses in mixing drinks for cock
tail parties, stag party etiquette, *
love letter writing, and weight
liftingAStudenta who are interest
ed may contact Faires.
of course would entail the add!
of six ■
shoulder.
MacArthur has been successful
in quelling several uprisings in
Japan, and it was thought that
perhaps he could be effectively
used in solving some of the major
problems of the Oadet Corps, such
as the stealing of the OD’s saber
and removing of some of the yel-
Boom Lowered On
Culture Courses
Sweeping changes in the ■ policy
of the Veterans Administration
are due to effect many local stu
dents, Taylor Wilkins,-government
representative, announced today.
All non-technical courses are to
be removed from the approved list
at once. English, history, economic
phychology, and all language sec
tions will henceforth be forbidden
to veterans going to school on the
GI Bill, he said.
This change of policy follows on
a request by the college authori
ties asking that the useless “cul
ture 1 courses” be rendered unau
thorized.
“Those (ugh!) courses don't
learn no one to make a dollar!
Why make the kids take ’em?”
u^pd Dr. T. F. Mayo of the AH
Department.
Wilkins said that the VA could
not answer the question, so the
courses are no longer open to vet
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