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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1949)
■ i ■ ■rr Bated :, U I M' ilt (! Indication eq a nation tane<fu8 and sympathpl fate jof a little child, recently Hhown for * thro|Khout the vyOrW Hincurity Amerlcii is fare of the peopl# »!• ^ V f I • . i- . (.(Y, 1.1 •if.-.j 1 V"'’ \ : ; - yj •j; *- v,i / m v\. / -iv s ion Editorials ■/ •Vli WEDI >AY, APRIL 13,1949 f W /f f! /■ p i/f / j. i'/t ■ ir ‘ ;/ .•. v. ■ m i r.y- I '/'V- Pv. ’■ [f f i • . • ■ • • j \ ational Sentiment . . 9 1\ 35 it m -A ]/ : / •/** **, •/) (ompetition am forct many Bhowdo^lji) busiiieHH but in the tion«; ‘and huma America is good such spon- moat universal concern and sorrow the cern for the front pages would not have carried so iti country has many pictures and stories of rescue ac- Fiscus, people tivities. Newspaper offices, radio stations hot doubt the and news bureau offices were swamped g for the wel- with telephone calls from interested poo- nations. pie inquiring “is the little girl still alive? 1 ' Big, rich, brazen America loves little' children. Perhaps Jt is because we often act like little children. Whatever the rea son, this love is something grand gnd noble —something our twentieth century life “x /• ■ to \ 1 Ir- / i :w Annex is a coi all the ills of A not pass judgem Colonel Boatner*s actions, m I ; Letters To The Editor trucks, and no firemen «t nifht ing at the Now as # spur of the moment excuse for suggestion, why not train students I will n to man tb« trucks at toght and Colonel B< quarter them either in the second will say that he has work* floor of the Fire Department or in er to maintain the Aggit the basement oTIiilner Hall. These to raise its military standa students Wold be organised and any of these “free t n charge of each group Corps, te training and a voice And, lastly, when ; ig until after Vet fhetherit wa8 deserved View, or some sun- there is anyone at. d! alism may field of )f human emo- n the hi and loving course the ne\'s story of this three year pld girl, whd ha(i fallen into an ope and abandoned wat}0 strong human injte just the sort of sjiory to gejt. But had the Pi has not changed in us. j As long as this quality exists our coun try will continue to be brave and generous. ‘ jll tunnel, had\ And the worjd will know that If America jpeal. This wap \s ever given the opportunity to say “yes" iwspapers like Arid Finally IVtembers of bi^r seas during the-1" 1 ' this notice from mixed em^tioi | “no" to a Belsen or a Buchenwald, ot met with al- American’s answer will be “no." Ill i if I with tht me i CotCai tt • • • he U. S. Ai irst Lt.iJa: i:. Texa|?, had been fou court martial of se etteslto a British sil H 10 were over- One of^our staffmen opined that if IH conflict read the Army was really intending to clamp )d,; j .England down on dark market sales and this was quote) the first move in a series to stop it, every- loujnced thing was okay. 1^, however, they only se ller of^.El Paso, M ,. U |.Jy in a general i American cigar- ii monfis and given ^tj|i the i.ir Force s|iid. He for I Deserve ] ;l 'I' r [unkind is add .... he remembraity In \|ay there a to mothers, in Jbne, a day of their year days dawn for servjfinee. l|i May we smd and Iciss her sweety lect i|)f the rest ()f ti e We don^t r(men haviijig ironed qur impcjrtant date br ^q|if | flueice to get pwr lected a scapegoat At random and made a token example of him^ the staffer was of fended about it all. I A copyreader came ^through with an encouraging thought. If the latter is the e was fined $100 £ ftioijth for six case, the offended lieutenant can make it dfflciial reprimand, all back some night by doubling up on his quote). Bit More nicotine sales in Picadilly Circus. in Passing . . . - Y 4) dajts set aside and feed the multitude and make the blipd certain things, see again. He ironed the shirts of human- dayf given over ity. But more than that, he showed by his W» are fetedi with ow-n example how we should live. He lid all ijhrough the taught us tolerance, gentleness, under- Boftie other annual ob- standing, and humanity. | | j i , Now we are preparing to go home for iber a bjox of candy the Easter holidays. There.will be picnics, s tone for the neg- barbecues, dances, and festivities to greet our home-coming. On Sunday morning we Mother fori her s hall go to church for a quick hymn, when we had an f One day a year we set aside for hymn ajvilig used her in- sl 'nging and professing a consecration that o .. Us the;u&; of the car. We our conduct the remainder of the year remember her jrim j} [teijifiings and good doesn’t always bear out. advii fitr ie| sihirit ke. She taught bis «ho)w to live. I That one day is a sham unless the (jhrist did the (Anju! shing. He perfor- other three-hundred and sixty-four are medi miracles to !ri I -i! the dead Lazarus consecrated also. tinder , the jeditb , i, ^ Courtesy Pays|’ the to slay about ijhis Awaird winner,x Ad MThe preseiita Conference Short Tex^s A&M Cojleg aided event anfids t\ Tex^s Relays Only those who kn the .award were a stovfed upon " head “Constant that in ^the eyes of the other conference CjlD: Skiff had, this schools the Farmers are the best in dis- Sportsmanship playing true sportsmanship. ■ j : 1 • i ; ' .'I 1 “This decision was not made by a few*. ’resence i >ne dressed solution look 1 ’he Battalion, oft It represents the opinions of students, school and conference officials and team members. The fact that TCU was rated next to A&M is an honor in itself.” f ■ the Southwest W ihjp Trophy to [$8! almost an unher- festivities of the ^ekend at Austin. he real meaning, of Wh appreciate this attitude of TCU. of the tonor be- Students bodies, like people, appreciate reading nice things about them written ;ri>bhy at a&M means by their friends. iff j. '. i; : • | ' j S that all those “best Hatred is when you dislike someone |jwtally uncomfortable, even on a sunny spring d(ay. r City of College Static#, Fridky aftern n/ '»‘ ! talion is publi: year Advenia^ {’he AssoCiai credited to it or ed herein. Rig - i; li 9# Ml 1 Enu red m Mcond-cleee Office >t CoWare the A tt of ConsnM lews contri H#U. Room itioU cLrja'xbk e Battalion "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" eflce Sullivtni Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions ,d [1 J 1 1 newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the is publiued five times a week ahd circulated every Monday through g holidays and examination periods.. During the summer The Bat in Monday, Wednesday and Friday- Subscription rate $4.30 pet school shed on /equest. A Entitled exclusively to the use for credited in the paper and local tion of all other matter herein a (T republieation of all news dispatches news of spontaneous origin publish- are also reserved. »« Post j ! i Member of 87 o n *f f j The Associated Press be made W r1 Represented nstionslly by National Ad* vertiainc Service Inc., at New York City. Chicago. Los Angelas, and San Francisco. telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, ced by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities ;TER.. •If Mrs. Iifuicy 'Lytle . Alfred Johnston .... Emil $anjes, H. C. Ldcour, Clayton $elph Lane, Bob Ltadix llil f ; ¥ V " *-■ f 1 Wire Editor — -ri* .Co-Editors •/ £ ■ l these things out in advance in- up enou fr¥ d o£ ^ 1 ?» ltin f J untU after Vet whether K was deserved or;*iot Village, College View, or some «im- there is anyone hers who r liar area is completely burned cut. |ugJragt that he run horne t rF °^ the ** *°S U thSJhfhe hlST - windy night at two a. m. in the he came t o College. ^ morning, with no firemen answer- r 7” . , ing the call. It is my firm belief ^ *°f » 10 ” , that if more authority and moon- •Ibility was placed in the hands of the capable atudentsfthat A*M as rtLS 1 * ,,l,ol “ ““U ^ I tiof! .v.ni, | luckyM W. B. Dslby 4H;/ get a contract, »o.I have ^ to grind.” I just believe l|>| .i|| M/ !■ credit Mt*r, . You 4 hold Fort Wj visof and ;l V i; t B. Dalby ’48 EL BOATNKK / Picture of activity on the campus today. ■44 Letters because nobody was giving him any instructions, and he had no way of knowing what was going on. May be he should be commended, be cause after all he only backed onto the hose once. Fortunately the hose was not heeded. A / ' A I SUPPOSE WE REALLY HAD A FIRE? Editor, The Battalioa: Last night* we had what was ap- The point I wish to make is that parently a small fire in Guion Hall, something was lacking in organija- So far as I can! determine nobody tion. The spectators cheered wildly was hurt except my roommate; he at the fumbling ineptitude of our was run over by two bruising tack- famous fire fighters. Now A&M les from Hart Hall while trying to College has the technical know-how beat the fire trucks to the fire, to fighjt fires, because it is famous Incidentally he won that race by for its fireman’s short courses, approximately four minutes. But Since this is a voluntary fire de- the fire trucks came and jockeyed partment, the firemen must Come into position, the hose was yanked a long way to the station, and I off in several knots, and then the suppose it is difficult to have an fire truck \ proceeded to back over efficient organization at night. But it making it impossible to carry the ipathetic situation still remains the hose to the fire. that College Station is a thriving I am not condemning the driver,! metropolis of 1,500, three fire Friday From 10 a.nu to 4 p.m. i ' There will be a SPECIAL PRICE SALE On Underwear at The BETSY ROSS DRESS SHOP UPHOLDS COLON Editor, The Battalion; I have followed, with a great deal of disguat, the letters oon- cerning the action of Colonel Bout- ner. 1 am not very proud of these supposedly 100 per cbnt Aggies who wroto them. Everyone, these gentlemen in cluded, agree that A&M is in a hell of a shape, but no one does anything about it. If action speaks louder than words, then most of us Aggies sound like Jane Wyman, in “Johnny Belinda,” WO bemoan the fact that .the Fish are out at the Annex, and we brag about the great Aggie spirit “that we used to have.” But, mean while, what do we do to keep t|ris spirit alive? Practically nothing. The whole story is: We have fallen, down on our job, and the Fish be- mtnii a gift tie’ll treasure Affc* fop itui acqual In mtenat ! gift case. $23.! 1/ 1 J I rf r ROSARY AND BENEDICTION t St Mary’s Chapel TONIGHT — WEDNESDAY APRIL 18TH — 7:80 P.M. C. E. GREI / Electric i/ FRIGID AIRE s. " SERVICE j Since 1925 Jath '4) I. ■ PALACE Brecon 2'8$79 TODAY thru SAT. T I/2d ■ BRYAN 212 N. Bryan Phpne 2-142S COIXEGl SOuth^ PhortO f \ j i * i , ^ L \ / ■ ■. | — h- MuaCiU Editor. Editorial AaiUanU Feature Editor Dave Coalett. Frank Ciuhins. Geonre Charlton, Buddy Luce. Chuck MaiMl. H. C. Michalak. U Trail- Bob i" Spoede, Bill Putta—-4 SporU Editor. Feature Writer. Simmen. Andy Matola. 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