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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1949)
% v I Page ] wfi Yfung | Thus far the turbed by any si Of course it’sisti 1 pol tics, but the Next Wodriesday lim i for filing fo * ui cos At pjresent ou hayo signified that lists. Most I lion Editorif, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1949 ,'i;' ■ await the rps editor of the Aggie- representative to the art un il opponents will >e Most of the Opp^i im too. Th«ar w 11 dvities office ut<s till five add wlo live to reach ^ .. v to Politics ... \ as not been dis- maticaily be elected, oif coup d’etating. . Some jim-dandy offices barly for serioua lucky ones. Noi»-corps lirhost upon us. land 1960, non-corps, April 27, is the’dead- athletic council, Town Hail manager, and t the campus offi- editorships on the Kngineer7 v Commenta- zen applicants tQr and Southwestern Veterinarian are gyp going to enter all begging to be filltxl. pectlvo pioliticos In all there are sixteen positionslopcn. gey and waiting That moans there will be sixteen different file so that their wars raging in Aggicland throughout the off guard.- | next two weeks (in addition to all the pri- seem to be wait* vale, non-political squabble^), t in the Student Many people will be voting at election lay at five min- time just to g^t the campaign over and It out. The ones stop all that confounded back-slapping unter will auto- and mud slinging. Looming oyer wicked mushr sU nds the loc^l pr jsence procl4im^ ftjb in r cfver this hill t th rough Aggieland. ed Was My Tower ... Campus like the the same time. : hn atomic bomb But according to “the word” as it came k^rj tower. Its gaudy down from on high, the tower was te have H pilgrims trudg- had its face lifted during^ the Easter holi- y are journeying days. All necessary elements for repaint-. . I j !'' ■ i : ihg were to have labored together then to But the tower ilpesj in such a sloppy make the tower as near a thing of beauty manner that many pilgrims leave here as a tower can be. tiki j ing A&M m ir’s College. thinkir Minorfi _ _ “Some ciyic-spb n( unced several ored "There Shall Be Laughter’ A' AN C. GOLLOB Be Laughter by (William Good- of lIDei God would forgive.'’ Pros and, Cons .|| All for labor and thosit make up the unio; ' t effect a bon of the men Bord. spleen for then nder t TSBL leaves thf reade taste in hi| me . .^l/ipigwL . , WM who were forced 16 realisation, if ; he doesn’t iy. that the crobe thrives in jijooiiomicalty sick mmur ne bod ||.ntry with the fever of unem; the headache of low wagen tougl little nov^ concerning the' of our last depression upon fiv^e / of America’s youth; five Sic ler aimlessly across the seeking jobs that didn’t finding instead hunger, and misery. ™ Staccato Prose „ Bordages' prose is simple—io L(J1 ' H umptlo|i of a htagnau Himplein parts that U sssma if> Ww P* living. Ill most primeit-lik staccato (|i way at ths Jab to ths fi live power lends ' rough realism, and enables him 4o turn up an arresting assortment df characters. He has dramatically It - terwoven the lives of Whltey U - HbuIo Trulket, S - On Other Ca A ! Adolescents and / repainting t si vdr and inscri different unit^ tc proclaim proud No one -raise^'f an|—who woiild 0| 'ihe constant <lfl the tower werp attri o ’ getting thd rp ing and paint Itoge Which of ti wf ! j Mother’s Day fast approacheth. Soon , the campus will be a swarm with doting orps mem ers an- p^ ren ^g come to inspect the clean, health- ■er°tower aTri^t st ^ mu ^ at * n ^ environment of their pro- u • r fu geny. If they are first exposed to the j,, ^ ° j 6 sight of that mottled eyesore which con- t this i^AggielancL ^ C t ol ^“s water they might ■' . . , pe so stunned that they would not be able voice against tne to notice another thing a5out the y oppose progress? i T u . . Or is that perhaps the ulterior purpose of sumsi' j he water tower “»»»» stands? jpainters, scaffold- We can all be prouder of; our campus the samfc spot at when the thing gets painted. rchitcctiJjral|, tjiurifco Europb thin ic rkiins of ma; ic (Wilt thud >f Bcreajmed wit i «ck-ucic shellH a So many that, they bibciomf Cb I« .1 ] j | ;.jj . . -.I orlds Is Unique? ... of Europe oy \merica? The followinjrfl printed in^the iture headedj “I No, th< iin. The onlir bji in the Western der whether tip just how un qut ies are- stanc ing dent of history saw the de war instead pf £,i d^r whether |th special meaning jijijqfehts going on the they are uble^tp see the world whole and mer will look upon understand what has happened to the that echoed with larger city of man in our timn, or whether during the war and they are accepting their good fortunes as sirens and spat up having no particular significance or con- y raiders, sequence. 4H(5enes of destruction You wondeif, too, as you Walk through tnonplaco, and even Berlin, what it will feel like to walk again he American yijsi^rj ittsks himself which vorld is rbijl * Ubble strewn cities ly lighted cities of part of an editorial ei because of the acci- e twist of fate that d at the end of the [beginning. You won- H^iqueness holds any mericanp, whether through the streets of New York or Phila delphia or Chicago. Will the cities at home seem like temporary outposts, like the stage setting for an illusion? Will they show outwardly how weak are the founda- ay Review of Liter- tions on which they and our times are built? Or will you get over the feeling of a false reality and merge yourself with it, allowing what you had seen in Europe to slip away from you? Will you become walled ip by the general feeling of ade- g unique about Ber- ess- in the world is here; and you won- erican people know are—that their (jit- quacy, self-satisfaction, and security? As I say, you wonder about all this and Are almost Afraid to return home and X MW«I learn the answers. We would like to know the impressions of those who make this interesting and enlightening toUr. : ■ A * JL !■ _ l;he St. Petersburg ?j Interesting bit from Salt Luke City udent: (Utah) Tcleg ram: that the dead man Overcome by gas while taking a bath, spirits all during the the young lady owed her life to the watch- r.ilnAaa A-f 4- Vi a Lnnif/... * * ^ fulness of the janitor. A ?■ :• he Battalion "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" rencc Sullivgn Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions EiV per school is entitled exclusively to tlie use for republication of all news dispatches ’Wise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish- iblication of all other matter herein are also reserved. j at Post :fni»t i] 1870 : : ' Member of The Associated Press lu-un's.-rikd nstlonsUjr by National Ad- vtrtltjns Semico Inc., at Now York City, CblcaitufLuo Anycloo, and San Franciaoo. ay be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activitiea i Hall. 1 ; I ?, F. ITER.. Wire Editor Daro Collett. Frank Buddy Loco. Choc Mauci, H. •X_ Managing Editor. ^Can^HTraL u “ s ip*i Kolby^ Brown. ro, Henry ....Co-Editorg a.Y'S StSiai: Feature Writer, SporU Editor* Editor Editor J ■ .Staff H«rcrtc?J Andy Davia Carl Kem jnrt^ldarakT Sam Hanford, R. MoralS^fftartSaiK »so Trevino, Hardy Boss, Brad Holmao——Pkoto Lnsravoro Take B By C. C. MUN Politics, the food of breed-of college students into the local spotlight And, tt won. if all goes according to lorm, this year’s verbal battling stould pro vide some interesting cc nversation material. A&M, however, isn’t the only school that suffers front, the poli tical scourge. The collegiate back- al big isp’t even confined to the United States. slapping and name-cal / At least that is the com Lusion that has to be drawn from An article we spotted in the Georg i ; Washing ton University newspaper, The Hatcher. The Washingtonians iivtrue jour nalistic style, had lifted a quote from the student newspaper of the University of Sydney ir Australia. It seems that the penile from “down under’’ have trouble with their campus politicians too. „ The U. of Sydney’s pjaper’s back page carried this comment in an article on their stud<»t govern ment: “Student self-goverm^eut during the past year hud readied an «11- time Iqw for corruption, machine organization, and complete disre gard for the fundamental rights of the self-gQwrned.” As if this blast wasn t enough to rock the Australian cc liege politi cians back on their heels, the paper went on to present sonic brief sketches of tne local mnipus poli ticos. About one of t^m it said, “He started the year as u student dabbling in political i|{fairs--now he’s a politician dabbling in sfudent affairs.” About another studtont govern ment climber, so the j Washington paper quotes the Aussips a* saying, "adheres to archaio principals of honesty, even in stujdent affairs, but is a ‘fairly goodj bloke, even though he owes us a whiskey.’ ” One thing that Aj&M student politicians have never ed of is adhering to been accps- principals of honesty, archaic or otherwise. SMU Angles College politics are also the su|b- j.wt of much talk in our own state. Southern Methodist University, wnich at last report was still hold ing classes in Dallak comes out into the open now and then with a political squabble that is worthy of notice. A few weeks ago The Campus, SMU’s Student newspaper, editor ialized on a dispute which had de veloped between the j Student Gov ernment and one ojf the “cheer leaders.” The case itself was not significant, The Campius said, but the fact that it brought one of the “less-known departments of stu dent government” to life was con sidered important. The paper was referring to SMU’s which was charged student Court, With the re ef the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the _ „ lilhed five times a week and circulated every Monday through during holidays and examination periods. During the jummer The Bat- ly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.. Subscription rate 14.30 ilshed on request. sponsibility for settling the gov- , Job Calls Positions are opep for staff po sitions in various Bi>y. Scout camps all over America. Experience In camping as a Scoutior Scout Lead er, is preferred. Special training hi administra tive, accounting, aquatics, and med ical work, or somej program spec- ializntton may qual f.v a man with out Scouting or . [cuimping back ground for a specinjized position. Period of cmployn|jimt in Scopt camps varies betwefn four! and nine weeks, inclu' training period. 1 filled by end of M Interested applii tact the Placemen a pre-camp ons will be r ,4i ly-fj ants should con- Office. Official Notice Ktudenta who will k.- plauiticd junior, or above at the cloat of the current »e- mestvr and who expe< t to re»l»ter in the School of Engineerinjt for the SUMMER or FALL aemeKter Ufill he reoulnd to have in their poasea lion at regiitratiou their degree nfan card. Thia degree plaa je4rd •»'«t be initialed by the department head or aome Wcf aenUtive of the department. No .Mign- ment card will be approved without this degree plan. It is neoetaarr reach all second ter at th information aJ- L / • t,. Barlow [Of Engineering KJ ii olitieians rom Papers crnment-cheerleadcr dispute. Apparently the Student Court had not been of much use prior to the dispute. The outcome is unimportant at this late date, but it is of interest to note that other schools beside A&M have confusing systems of student government. Even with our many governing, voting, and judging bodies— the Student Senate, Student Life, Fac ulty Panel, Senior Court, Senior Class, and the uncountable commit tees of each, to name just a few— we are not alone. The Rice Field Moving down South a bit to Rice Institute, it is evident that it too hai its local troubles. Both the school and the city of Houston were thrown into a turmoil recently over a series of letters published in the school paper The Thresher. The letters concerned the ques tion of education for Negroes, and the fur flew in ten different di rections before the affair died down. But now something new has ap peared on the Institute's horizon. At a forum made up of students and faulty members a question was discussed that might well be considered at other schools. The topic, “Are Profs Doing Their Jobs?", was the outgrowth of a series of articles published in The Thresher and the Rice Institute Magazine. Not u lot was decided at the student-prof forum other than gen eral agreement that something was wrong with the profs, the system, and the student-faculty relation ships. But out of t thfi discussion came the interesting question, as posed by The Thresher, “Who should take the initiative” in bet tering relationships between profs and students ? I Maybe such a forum could well be held at A&M too. There is al ways room for improvement in any line, and student-prof relations might be a good place to start. Letters k V.. ; .n/,: ~. m ■ AA’> A i armtlng . Ho has di the livtk < John Smith, »u meon Traub, and the girl, Blackit, into a powerful novel which rate the government for its bungling inefficiency before and during the dlproMlor}. / For instance, Whitey it turne(d into a hardened cop-hating killer after his father is killed by the police during a. strike. He ie fine ly caught and sent to the dectr c chair, a proceeding which elicitf* this comment from Sulo: “They wouldn’t give Whitey’s pop a d i- cent living for his work, but thqy gave the boy a priest to tell hifn Star Explodes Like Billion Atom Bombs i r- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22— t& > >—The explosion of a star with the force of a billion Hirosfiimp- type atom bombs was reported last night by an internationally-known harvard scientist. Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of Harvard College Observatory, ssjid the explosion must have occurred six years ago. The flareup, how ler, was recorded on earth for only 20 minutes last Dec. 7.'' The discovery was made by pr. Willem Luyten of the University of Minnesota. irr LAST 1 m -1 L i 4 , ! : •( 4 ":4 4 IjfJIIMi Y ) I < M { y/h. * ampu\ a .t features Stajl- 40 - 5:21 - 7 10 - 9: . i I 1 •M ri IONITE SATURDAY ONLY DOUBLE BILL OmtOMElES WUIAMIUMTI’JONNCMMU] (ATMMM MtUOO and WRKECKHSS Mm ETTHE ♦ Bartera BMTfiWi SUNDAY John Woyne ^ GOOD TO BE AGGIES To the Student Body: I have always said that it is a good thing to be an Aggie. And the longer I am one, the more things I see to prove it During the Easter holidays, the track boys were at work on the Teasippers in Corpus Christi. It was a nice holiday (we wOn), but it wasn’t like being at home. How ever, a group of ex-Aggies there in Corpus took the time and trou ble to take us out to the Country €lub after the meet and sit us down to a feast that only a starv ing man could do justice to. And this was not the first time. They did the same thing last year. Also, last year, when the confer ence meet in Houston was over, the Exes took us out to a tremen dous sea food dinner at one of Houston’s finest places. These are just a couple of ex periences that I have had, I know that there are many other guys that have had similar ones. And yet, after more than three years of athletics, I have never seen the Exes of any other schopl sponsor this sort of thing for the boys from their school. ' It seems that the word* “Texas Aggie” mean just u little bit more —that the spirit is a little more lasting—that being an Aggie is a lot better thaipj being from some other school, when it comes to things like school spirit and lend ing a helping hand. It is just a, thought, Ole Army- something to think about when It^ looks like A&M is going to pieces —or when it seems that being an Aggie isn’t so much after all There are still an awful lot of fine Ag gies perpetuating the Aggie Spirit all over the country. 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