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a brunette from plain about this South Texas desert where
t e sure did wish All of us do that type of complaining
i! jy to A&M for occasionally. Some of it is justified; most
use of all the of it is not. Actually f&w weeks go by
lifer here. without some good entertainment coming
g me back to the to the campus. Some of the shows are put
Mil in my face, I on by our local talent, which, like the pro-
t jink about what phet ip h|s Own country, is applauded else-
ai.| this highly social where arid cold-shouldered here. All of the
Country Club want-
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The longer I bondeited it, however, the
more plausible it
weeks at A&M dre
ment that any colle^
^pnight the 1h| dlji
entertained audiences
will be on Kyle Fie<
Senior Ring D^cd,
big social furict
year doubled ih
following weekend
Pageant, which ' ■
atate fame; wll
Sbiaa. All of wlilch
dir of partying |n|
you are going U, |
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tpijfnt envy.
low, which has
will he plenty nil pp<f|ji
won't go to nity til
Yet theie «Hme| p
shows are sufficiently entertaining and en
lightening to be worth attending.
Of all the programs and dances we
have made a special effort to attend this
| The next two year, we have never considered any of
the time ill spent. On the contrary, we
only regretted having missed the others.
It is easy, and possibly gratifying in
ll'jover the world, some way, to sit in your room and grumble
This weekend the about the entertainment that doesn’t come
n sally one of the to the campus. It isn’t too much more trou-
t ie year and this ble however, to put on your four-in-hand
ill be in Sbisa. The and go out and see what dops come here.
Cotton Ball and ket us assure you that the latter course
Idly getting up in is £ lot more gratifying,
ill Kyle Field and The next two weeks, particularly, will
kilta up to a large or- be chock full of good social activity. Ctet
tier whose college on out ami get in the swim. It makes col
lege life what it should be now, and it will
leir. We’ll bet there pu.v off later on by rounding off the social
o i the campus who wlges.
f Ibe three events, * Yiiufll be surprised how alive this
Week later, will "dead" icoliege can bo.
lottqrM should dons
booklet,'"It's ffin
lished by ;a
ing company.:
* the booklet, 8,
coupon contain ;d i|
boxes of static ie
licafly approved
scholar of Eng ish
letter writing reco;
is that of the cafi
tional vane dm tea l
stilted method rf 13)
We are cbirg ;
sacrificing ou: n d
writing.
the booklet) of
ability to write
letter writing. With reason, they conclude
that paper upon which a letter is written
either compliments the writer’s hand writ-
interesting, p^rsobal ; letters because we ing, or gives the reader an adverse im-
are endeavorii g to ! b<j>lo to all the “do’s” pression of the person who has written
and “don’ts” pf the ^iif lish textbook. Lib- the letter.
eral sprinklings
marks, personal by
words give pcrsonjal
| l dividuality that lev.
l.s truly as he doi
all, the booklet ass
are merely writ;
commonplace things!
me Will Just Answer Them . . .
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ffllculty In writing the correitpondentM.
ui interesting little Under the heading "letters that must
/tile letters," pub- bo written" they list a regular lesson In
p ijery manufactUr* social etiquette. "Thank you for the gift,
\ Thank you for the weekend, thank-you
d by sending in a for the favor, Mr. and Mrs. accept with
ie of the company’s thanks, bon voyage and best wishes, con-
iild hardly be pub- gratulatlons, and my deep-felt sympathy”
y self respecting these are cases when only a letter is con-
mmar. The style of sidered good manners,
ided by the booklet Toward the end of this clever rule book
<i, light, conversa- is the company’s commercial which stres-
dif $ stylized, formal, ses the importance of good stationery for
The. Rus4Une
their>-i%ux Plas
frequently trip pvbi
from Berlin, 1 (Ap
Berlin niiti-C
day over ari an
Hian-contr(illiul p
1st youth wuijild
rado tonight
city. i
The Passing! I'arade .
4shes, exclamation
ences, and coined
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.11 lone’s personality
Conversation. After
i ;s, personal letters
conversation about
When we write our 1 old pal, Joe, or our
girl friend, Flossie, we like to let our
hair down and throw grammer rules to
the wind. In fact that is what we have
been doing.
The little booklet is welcomed for it re
lieves our cbnscience of the guilt of the
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Uridering around in
trying to save face,
unee
their own releases a favorite Nazi spectacle. And it is sche-
cto). duled on ^he eve of —guess whose birthr
mists chuckled to-
This will be the first torchlight parade
seen here since the Nazi era when it was
ndement* in the Kus-
nting that commun-
a big torchlight pa-
fcoviot suctur of the
day? Adolf Hitler’s, (end quote),
We wonder if anyone has thought to
make any other comparisons between the
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By C. C. MCNBOK
A United Nation’fc conference IXCrjik'^
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augurate a ..cw u« i WeJ1( natyre d;
P a » >er - over the holidays,
Cigar smoke mingled with a junior EE
“salty” atmosphere as the self- was honored
styled Vfljoumal- was on his bank in dorm
qttc crusaders that the biassed event
gathered tn the . Bill reports that .both
“back” office to nine children are doing
talk the situa- ; As soon as Ba
tion over. After grajpher ''Still-Life”
much discussion b^ located, the paper
everyone agrs&l ^et a picture of the new
that a column T T • • ^
by various xwji/b , Reporter* Needed |
hers of the i Leaving the births an<£ : d
would boyworth for a moment, I’ll take
while and might I the column to pass
even Xe read by that should ^ b**e
a few readers with nothing better ^t by’yS? ^ay, SiTit
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The question of a name for the published an Edition
forthcoming Battalion baby was mer school. Last am
brought up. Long names were dis- had the only paper in
carded because of lack of space, ence that was pub)
The good xmes were tossed out as times a week. This was
being unfit for print. Finally, a several reasons. One
brighter member of the crew with those of us who put in
’ m of liberalism in his eye in the ButtV Goodwin ’
suggested ‘‘Sticking My Nock drew down some extra
ft." other was Die distributic
The theory was that each writer ®*P* r t0 fh* Various ROT
could use the column to tear into: Correspondents in eacl
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holds would he barred. Everyone t |,e whool where It was
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uhlished. That enhl:
f 0 by the summer %tt e
published, That enabled
^ , fipners at suMjmevi
the upper l ight hatid corner of the Kelly Field, pnd tl
was satisfied and sat buck
await resulta. No doubt, we all
thought, history will be made ini
edltorigi page.
ef other summer resorts
. . . . , foqeh with ihlngs Dick 1
A hm w *»« 01 m tht| w , #i |to
"Mey I cut Inf"
Hal McIntyre T&
Play Ring Dances
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Friday and ijaturday nights will be
a record number of Weari-rs of the
senior Ring^ j
Sbisa Hall will be the scene of
the ring turning fracas and music
for the occasion . Will; be furnished
by Hal McIntyre and his orches
tra. Hal’s numical: contributions
will be the musical mode for both
night’s dancing.
In the focus Saturday evening
at 6 p. m. is the Senior Ring
Dance banquet which is also be
ing' held in' Sbisa Hall. Princi
pal speaker for the $1.25 per
plate feed will be Boyce House,
noted Texas author and lecturer.
House is the author of nine
books such as “I Give You
Texas.”
Organization commanders will
be awarded keys at the banquet by
Lt. Col. Joe Davis, assistant com
mandant. Who’s Who medals will
be awarded at the banquet by C.
G. White, director of student ac
tivities. Jim Stephens will be mas
ter ot ceremonies and Bob Blakeney
■will read the class hjst,ory.
Two big rings will be situated
Future Farmers
To Give Barbecue
A stag barbecue will be held by
the Collegiate Future Farmer*
Chapter at 7:30 p. m. April 25 at
Henzul Park, John Bradford, club
president announced today.
In tho Sbisa unnox for the tradi
tional ring turning and lipstick
snapping. The two ring* will han
dle the large number of couplet
while the dance is in progress. 1
Seniors and dates will go
through the rings according to
a definite schedule listed below.
The two rings are designated as
“A" and “B”. Seniors must bring
their cards to the dance along
with the ticket in order to go
through the ring on schedule and
without last year’s confusion.
The schedule as announced by
J. B. Rochelle, chairman;'of the
ring ceremony committee, is as
follows:
Friday Night
9:15- 9:45 1- 60
9:45fl0:15 61-120
10:15 10:45 121-180
10:45 11:15 181-240
11:15-11:45' 241-300
Saturday Night I
8:15- 8:45 I- 60
8:45- 9-15 61-120
9:15- 9:45 1 121-180
9:45-10:15 181-240
10:1,5-10:45 241-300
10:45-11:15 30i-360
This schedule will allow each
couple 30 seconds to go through
the ring, Rochelle said. First ser
geants of the different outfits will
be on hand to carry out the cere
mony on schedule and in due pro
cess of law.
Sbisa will be decorated as stur
dily as the class of 1949 can man
age so that the decorations will
last for tws nights, Emphasis,
spotlight, and password importance
will be put on the "4fi” theme.
them ware history making.
Days lengthened Into weeks and
In Just a short while the baby!
which had shown so much promlsi
when It was bbhi In the conflnei
of the editorial writer’s Inner sane
turn, died a slow and unnotic
death. “Sticking My Neck Out,’!
from all angles, appears to be a
dead na my checkbook after thi
month’s fees were paid at the fis
cal .office. [;
Nevertheless, it did have posal*
bilities so pause for a moment to
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its due reward?
Blessed Event!
Now that the proper respect has
been paid to the dead here is i
note about a campus character
that definitely is living, and from
all appearances haS “lived” in byr
gone days. ‘ -
In case you didn’t already kno\y
it, the brown dog which was the
subject of much speculation be
fore the holidays finally gave
birth to nine bouncing pups. Those
unfamiliar with the mother should
know that for the past several
weeks she has been seen regularly
around Duncan Hall at meal format
tion.
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St. Mary’s Chapel
TONIGHT — WEDNESDAY
APRIL 20TH — 7:80 P.M.
Committers are: at work plan
ning the program, and barbecue,
potato salad, baked beau*, onions,
pickles, soft drlnka will be served.
Tlans include bridging freshmen
from the annex who are majoring
In agriculture, Bradford added.
Erma Kennedy Is
NTACs Duchess
Miss Erma Lev Kennedy, daugh
ter of Mrs. Clara Kennedy of Pnm|
pa, has been selected by tho NITAC
Club to represent it at the Cotton
Ball and Pageant. She is a former
student at T8CW.
Gene Barber, sophomore CE ma-
major from Pampa, will be her
escort for the Cotton Ball and Pa-
{£CAnt«
Dick Scott, president of the NT-
AC Club, announced the club will
present a program next Wednes
day night at 7:30 ;p. m. in the CE
Lecture Room.
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