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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1949)
If. \i Page 2 — ion Editorials ' ' TUK8D4y, ABRIL 18,1848 V Man Cannot ' -; • fi R. G. LeToui fofe several re weekend, has bull 1 mpve mountains wbi sc f an industrial ;er American industrialis si eak; on his faith; in tl at both businessmen serve Gold. [ ! Such words do not concept of an indust To hear these jwo ea )rtrayed an ■ l Ik M / f ■*1 »\ ? r". i v w P oiy man in igar lit by a; dpi mental picture 6f t J au just doesn’t '*■" too human, tc luy Us Spi Come Wednesday iriil t y coast whl be > qlces of happy ^hrt liar Up”, and the;shc bj Engineering Alone . .. r • I | , • 4 [* . ■ * poke here be- average American^ ips this past These comic industrialists don’t even i:ies that can whisper religion, much less admit any be-' bml ling for l^im- lief or reliance on it. J$e is a |freat LeTourneau could well be an old Ag- Tf.f-. ? gie that ni'ade millions on ideals that some fr .T 1 . departments on the campus would disown 0311 him for were he a student. We like to think , -.. . , any of us could be a LeTourneau in an- 01 m our otber thirty r rs - ijom him blasts It is inspiring to hear a man in his industrialist, positiontadmit devotion to a faith in some- have so often thing greater than himself. When we be- s a big, paun- come masters of machines and masters of est and puffing men, we often assume that we are masters i)l, that we have of our own destiny. But LeTpur- Men like LeTourneau are needed to call t picture. He our attention away from that manner of ored, and too thinking. | 1 Canute and Crackerjack . . . , 7 WALL tltO CMiCHfU \\ i T — : /air <t / I in :-x m 1* Letters To* The {Editor rafh.TjKf. ffiS- *1 i han than ■ 1 hortly thereu ftcjr f ‘'Oh you" blind! rot I htille-repdpr back For Wednesiy v W- W/X: warded the Sportatnaftnhlp Trophy. JjJjr May we lav, lt« a good thing th<? hoapltalleM I that the people who voted for ua We Would like to tee were not present at the baseball fens come out of a game between the Houston Buffi recover from an oi and the Texas Aggies yesterday, catch ball in such a We are sure that 98 per cent of T r ■I the people there feel as we do, that the action of the fans towards one of our ball players was highly odorous. y f ' the game, these f In the seventh inning the Ag- itteries were chan was 3 to 0. The pre Aggie pitcher, as |Jy over t^eivictory out to Franklins Those of us wh saw this same II ovi,-! the diamond, workiiuft gie jbatteries were changed. Toe ing to get into Better conditio; scorj was 3 to 0. The pnmnmg !■ to kaow (tti. habit of being beaten by college^. due ^ / A ! ] i ■ 1 I -I I i [ ; I air from coast cripge. When an umpire calls a close cor- ijtn the babbling ner we vent our wrath upon him by ques- he cry of “Bat- tiqning his menial level, casting aspersions *'Steer ike One.” on his personality us well as his ability- up the screams To be sure, we exhibit these same char- land "Send that acteristics outside the ball park, but be- r ... buih.leagues!” cause of the joss of inhibitions at the . ,, i|ka|jthe opening of feme, they are far more apparent! than lie Amqrieun ijrofiBfaiilJ l^seball sea- our diplomutically-cloaked thruats in every on and the boj jnf 1of that period of day life. * pi^ed opinion, and We think it.does a lot of good to bring t is sure to ac- these traits, l^oth desirable and undesir- j . -I able, out in the open so we can see them and either be revolted into quelling them e orm o it may or to strengthening them, de- njl t a , nc , 1 ls now pending on how we judge their value. ' l Li j " J in.ii im-iBm k ft A S f ^ ayS But whatever the psychological rami- t ®S! ldere l rTWr , an fications of baseball are, the one thing Ssport This may NIf# because of;the certain is ] that it £i Ves us a gre at deal of y P leasure ‘ And anything that gives a per- xhibitep m pajl fl®. j son g- enu i ne pleasure can’t have too much Because th6 baseball players can do wrong with it. us as an teams (they beat Texas). However, gjjLhe^too ^ast^n^order^t<> our catcher was having trouble ^ with his pegs back to the mound, yS... J|| and that two per cent of the Ag-. ltle ? r<at majority <JI wb^ld gies took great delight in scream- J 18 ® su< ^ a *} °P eratl0n ^ rf® ing their unhappiness to the world. t0 if 00 * for several years. These same two per cent were very It was pretty obvio happy when the catcher was re- rest of the team was The great majority m ■yr X PAI./ICE Bryan 2 ••'TFT LAST DAY .! - “The Boy With Green 4X m! I || I 1 x hidn'l been so 1r jdliplHUurt ■m two tl * have pNNlly Blown tost s hard fmiitM awarded tH« tro- 1#, aports. gins at hottlo, Wl- wish mshtb. ami te most things, i; j } WEDNESDAY Uirough SATURDAY ■: V/ll HHVl l»Iiv; :MV| #a*a a.f nass interest, liud | ipectator pleasure It ompany the sepsoi / Baseball, althoui;! nave originated el, played throughout 'I J •' i • ; _ “I Wondvml why that Kaater bunny hadn't come around thiH yeart" MiUlary Engineers Hog-Roping Dare Will Resume Rifle Thrown lo Deans Tk;« Fall Ih-nn C’hnrloH N. ShoiiardNQn of lTl|tU^|IX39 Allan I all t} u , tchooi of Knflrtsorlng bnH L*.. ^ wm chnllcngcii nny (lean of A&M tl u Tlu>_Ameri c nn Society of Mili- p[ K contest during the [ 'mi vnuut MM-IIIT M WHIM OMU ITIfl Wry Engineers will | resume | the gal lory rifle competition uniong teams of Engineer ROTC Units during the 1949-1050 school year, something the avef imerican can not, So hang the work at the qffice, and we reward our lon.dMljhitters with plau- where is that peanut boy? Come on home dits and dollar Ibillk'ipC jike^ of which our team, show these amatuers how to tear school teachers, legators and other pub- the cover off that horse hide. ‘ X lie servants neyer see in a life time. Both !A strike? Oh you lame brain, go get the placers ahd It loved American fre degree that woiild T mre: j ;• „ . J. T. Brown, police chief, plea The Passing Parade . .. erjcise the well- your bifocals adjusted! Where is his see- Jjojii of speech to a ing eye dog? £ make i the Kremlin Throw the bum outa th’ park! II i Here is thie U tiest typo - from the AP to a charge of murder in the pistol slaying M,;™. ! 1 T I: ; ! - Don’t be years }hese \yil your children j ■ - j of his son-in-law. 63, <j»ne-time Weedville Killed him with flowers iHid kindness, led! innocent here today, eh? 1 1 . . H- ■ ■ \ I I i • ! j'. 'Ar\ night of the Lit|tlc Southwestern Livestock Show. Other denim ure being contacted Lt. Col. Walter HL Parsons ot] the to find out if any of them care to ‘ Military Science Department, an- tl,y ^®‘ r ^ unt ^ ut th® Potk- nounced‘today.s 1 A 1] . Tl ; Prior to World War II, the meet was held annually with Engineer * _ . _ , ROTC units competing. Sharp- Think f)f ThlS shooters from A&M have twice / ' ? won the trophy, first in 1931 and . , , ... . again the following year. / know whom I have believed, The award-is held for a period of an , am Persuaded that he is able onje year by each winning team and *° k®®P that which I have com- when it has been won three times S* 1 * „ •> T^ t0 ! 1 ."Su agains ^ t ia ^ by the same unit, it becomes the “ a y» 2 Tiro. 1:12b. permanent property of that unit. Paul is talking here about three The trophy which A&M is hoping very wonderful facts. First of theSp to win next year is composed of is the Lord Jesus Christ, who 1 is' three stacked rifles in sterling sil- known to Paul as his personal Sa- vei- surmounting an ebony base. v|ior. The last fact is “that which The top of the base is covered! with hte has committed.” In other words silver and has the name of the it is the soul, the life of this man match inscribed on it, Col. | Par- Paul. These two points he ties to- sons said. ! ! 4 j • gjether with his amazing state- The members of the student post ment of faith, that he believes of the Society of American * Mili- Christ able to save for all eternity tary Engineers approved of enter- tpis soul which has been entrusted ing a local team in l the competi- to his care. tion, Jack Hedge, president of the 4—r—* i— student organization ‘here, announ- i| r 1 1 ced. m AMMMmMMU mmmrnmmmm FRIDAY PREVIEW 11 P.M. Li: I ilikeouraged. In a few .. bdfrftme good old days” will tjijlk about. female lead dqegi’t ja> a word m 1 Wo’vo bedn *1 |Nf were told nobody Md; to pay for beneflU given u8 by ji y 11 1 i! Headline fn zvttoi ]X j ; u; . ! "Ant qi X ' • ! 1; ii The Ba City of Friday talion is year.. Novelty id alk^i* refre^.^,. , of the beat rjiov the past year the to d ( yeate ^ ay jfreshing. In one A LINE dropped out of an account in the Toledo (0.) Blade resulted in this version: ! , "Surgeons are sometimes tempted to let a patient die, a medical conference was SKVO/MY WDMVE ~/N r/fERTRE TODAY and WED. lH 0 LAST DAY FIRST RI N 1 —Features St|art-— 1:40 - 4:25 - 7:15 * 10:00 PERSONALLY ENTHlRSEI) BY THE MANAGEMENT ! All the time we This thought arises particularly when the patient is Barney Brooks, professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University.” Attend tonight and sign absented honk for WeditoMday Lucky License fnment. ii Jyi -■ ' Pittsburgh Pbst j Ga- Ad In the Forf Worth Ctux.)Star-TiL egrami "WANTED colored maid for general house work, lice on place, week-ends off.” S375 iLpmm Thx> wer According to scientists, the earth looks blue from Mars. From here, too. ii" Entered u Office at the Act of . |1j *1 - t; . • , ; j . • ’| . j 44 I i— 5 -j I— A The Battalion "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” JY-j iWrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions The Assoc credited to it or 119 cd herein. 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