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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1949)
V I '■ . doije throuj HefVic Bi ;'/ ‘I -V {/■ .'1)14; = i! ■■ . v • V. , v.l V . ; ■; -yj --s / - -•£?■ | I or <j)uprht boiog by coojcs ■ J\ a ne\ rir T . to A : Fl fill IT com hydr ded foot .ft!] tei .1 t: attalion Editori i: ' : ' 'll FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1940 —rr : r V ■ -*• J# -i • 11 ■V T /. •>/ t’s a Grand Old Name . In. • 1 I ’■ s <\. ter w f! , jU by tl who Moth over plan prov|de all wW p man] don’i 8ervfc.« Agg the co 1 no op <* n ‘Mother” infpircs* in moat of womanhood For in-their mother they ndereat und moat Hublime see all the l<We and affection and sacrifice n bo aroused. Our mem- . that has been shown them, and they ap- I |dff things that Mother has preciate her. j has helped us do. We go In q/sense we are still kids, we like to ypar accepting many of,her show thingli to Mother. We like fpr her acrifices as things t that to c(?tne here and see where we go to class )» ' and introdtfee her to our friends. We are o|hers Day we take account, ppoud of opr mother. “p account of the things dur- / ‘j . g , , year that Mother has done « 1 t, g , y ‘ * u.- u * Inemories reach back everil 0Ur hye8 and We ^ established homes R, f. ... ... / and families, the aging Mother of ours! . 111 ° be Grandmother to our children. And Twhand a^ 5 u« Grandmother wfl. be aa biind.y .oved aa : | prewired. Mil hobody Mothcr wa ? when ^ **“ children ' 1 r than Mother. However, the present is upon us and ay is not an occasion for Mother’s Day 1949 is near. Wherever •ather a d^y of sober evalua- Mother may be on this Sunday, our love >\je we hold for her and con- will go to her and our resolutions will be ms made in our lives. Few made to live our lives in a way that Mother did their mother as an ideal would be proud. If; pLyK IjiL i# ri y of Two New S^prces of Gas . . • i ' /i’ If/ ! I 1 •*' : ' ' • !' [ f j' • * ? g’s wire brings us news of v the opportunity is fully understood and ndustry which may be the grasped and utilized,” said Thompson. e| problem of wasteful burn- In the Brownsville hydrocol plant, that has plagued our state oxygen and preheated natural gas will be irst discovered. reacted at 250 pounds of pressure in a icang built at Brownsville, to generator to produce the carbon monoxide e from natural gas, will use and hydrogen mixture known as hydrocol Which may add 25 per cent gas. A similar process can make use of notor fuel supply. i low grade coal or shale. ' . jifil compressor is the heart Perhaps now the flares all over Texas !<}ol process which can pro- will go out and the automobiles will go ijfrom coal, shale, or gas. farther. . Thompson, Texas railroad What we wander now is if this process “^ember, fold newsm'en “the can be applied another way. During the ms can easily mean an ad- next political campaign, we’d like to see ejit to the motor fuel supply some of the units set up around the popu- I lus areas of the state where the candidates otnpressors and more like WfpofWl , ‘ II be fuming billions of cubic We might now be neglecting a groat, Frustrated Poets Offered Chance To Prove A bilities Does your soul cry out in couplets when your laundry comeijback torn? Do you wish to make like Browning when your love life you do mourn? Just for practice try these poems that are easy/' 1 to complete. ; \ Make them witty, make them rhyme, perhaps « prize rill pe your treat. sharp will find out whether or not it is true, or all a fantastic dream. f\ / ■ / M wFTt ese: Mrs. Randolph Lae Clark, Sr., field of tM’«, Mother of the Year, will be the/honor of the atudent A&M’b Mother of the be the ho l>ody fiumlay morning lehen she la presented at a apecial parent'* duy ceremony in Guion UULY The ceremony will he part of ordained waa one of i villa Jur waa tian ■■ Reverend a full dny of uctivitiea dedicated to the atate a the parent* of the mrn of AAM. for Texaa. It will follow the pinoiM of flow* / Mr*. Clarl cadet* l>y the Mothera of nhyaiciana ii ationa and a oorp* review, ing the race In these short couplets, with all but the last line or the last ityo ines done, you wouldrbe poets have but to finish out the verse, in rhyme and in the same meter, f compl Comi era on organisation* I Mr*. Clark 8UI«. a i Mjpr from heme town, aa animal h Wichita Pal John Stilea, gi and la now living in Mrs. Clark poem will be run each day along with a cartoon to jar your poetic instincts. The entire set of-11- verses must he Shcs'^o mu»tc p5r active dub A graduate ojf Baylor Women and Texas veraity, Mrs. Clark time Che roommate of daughter of the former of A&M, Lawrejnce Sulli mother of nine i ore I lira, fford AO#* an Randolj named the Gradual be built at Center. At tj director and Anderson Hi One of Mi tera, Mrs. tor of thc| .however, before you can qualify for any prizes, the verses and send them in at tjhe end of each week, irst, second, and third prizes will be given for the best completed sets of poems with the awards to be announ- three po ced at a later date. So dfop your Eversharp, Longfellow, Malm your brain cells exercise. Let your talents overflow, Could be you’ll win a worthwhile prize. h-/ LiV/v i .■ Her hi| Clark, Sr. vi ran. 1 1 rector ox i mpliahed Falls, and t icnt time she waa thi he ia an Woman’s Squadron. 1 for Mrs. Clar n Uni* the Federa at one paat preaid e Ross, den Club, cf ident tera of the Ross. A membe ( ffff' Christ, she in the worker. X r aboiititl got k.' ‘ brought of Ll some an com^. ■16 Dm o ll "r 77 Goodwnj om< c e gas daily into gasoline, if untapped reserve of fuel . iild Extends the Welcome Hand . . . bur campus will be graced pie expect it of us. An Aggie that didn’t ue of our parents and guests brag about A&M, well, it just isn’t done. Mll&li to visit with us over this Also this weekend we can let the people y weekend and also to look w r ho are strangers on this campus know e rp. All the departments have that they are welcome. Helpful informa- al once-a-year features to tion, smiles, and "Howdy’s” will do much b tion and entertainment to to show our guests that we feel honored to it ijsir displays. - have them down, i hate to admit it, there are A&M will be scrutinized this weekend r icnts on the campus that we b y people who have put a priceless trust nr uch about. Open House Day in the college and its education. These ijkiddntal purpose of providing people are our parents; the trust is their opportunity to see much pf faith in A&M to educate their sons, ift they would otherwise have We want you, our visitor, to feel that earn about. * A&M is as much yours as it is ours—and nd we can legitimately brag ^ ee l as proud of it as we do. Iceland. First, because we’ve To us, it’s the greatest educational im hi to brag about. Second, peo- stitution in the world. X Letter* To The A B WELCOME Editor, The In a recent sized the need young men their high seb students. Open Houaje be an ideal time to have ne to haye them d but we have a better ppportunity interest in come student Why coul< # * vities or sot tor boys from . e *. of help promot . H . cl y would d0Wn FOOD (| s from all oyer Editor, The n the campus for We , ive ir lection of antique ia one of the fintjit the Parent’* Day cere >4* yiU lx»j pmaanUd 1 irtton, aanior buflnen* r in (Ikineaville, who will ic> of ccramoniea. , I i 0 Over 600 Texas will the atate FFA Judging contelt w^me ““V } 4 - The 3e boys art tops in reduci u| their fields and many of them are needs them casting their eyes about for a, w ld d DC school to enter. Nj|tn* BUT the majority of the boys will be housed at the Annex, ^ll boys like to rough it once in a while, but probaply most come with the idea of seeing something ;to > talk about and |tq remember. Cfn tiifpCfl you think of anything that would A S i>leth«» ‘m d. TTr disillusion one biymore than to be • An nnpn confronted yvith a row of dingy ^ liarracks when you had expected to Church Sun Chi this be you with no|e so red nd hardly able to get (Hit of bed? case like this must mean the flu, ards to Units and Cadets Will Be Presented at Review i _ fi ” stay at the foremost igricultural accord college in the atate? About 18« of the boy* will be houacd in Walton and n .PG, Halls but even at that they . "If ,?, wilt be shut off from moat acti. (, u ■'vitfoa to be seen on the tiamptt». building*, In the apace iaaigrted to my out* , L ^baijw_ h fit alone tnere are IS empty room*. *”e welcoml If hometown bby* here In achool ^e g could contact theae atudenta many t; "" could be houaod in the dorms In the new area and would have guld- ‘ ea to ahow them the opportunity we have here, to ahow thane atu- denta around when they get here would do much |o inercaac their At the; review Sunday the most covetei given, dividual Colon of the Reserve in ■ \ ; ! ■! • '• (n employment last year has FOR A FEW months after the war* i a record-breaking amount this would not have looked like an error, tax refunds. We now expect It’d a classified from the Miami (Fla) lawmaker to coriie up with Herald : to cover such unnatural in- “For Sale, six-room house.’ One million d awards of the year will be they will include both in- and company honors, isl J. W. Mayo, president Texas - Department of the Officers Association, will make .1)10 annual ROA saber award Sunday at the corps review. The.piber is awarded each year by the Texas Department of the ROA in appreciation of the efforts of the members of the corps of cadets in preparing themselves td. become officers in the rserve. The siber award is only part of the ceremony scheduled for the corps review on Parent’s Day. Captiip Sam Houston, a direct descendant of the Texas hero, will the William Randolph >aque and medals won by M rifle team. The team present Hearst the A 4 took se ^pnd place in the Fourth Army arta. Captain Houston is attached to the provost marshall's office a:! Fort Sam Houston. Duri ig the presentation, a message to the winning rifle j teams from William Randolph ** ' will be read over the pub- ress system. Military Affairs Committee _ r loustpn Chamber of Com merce 1 rjll also be present in the rcviewii f stand. The Committee is sponsor of the Houston Chamber of Co»|iherce Citation Awards. Rrigadi ir General Gainer Jones, member of the committee, will join illtteemen in presenting d* i; r ; ■! dollars cash only. Box T-128 Herald.’ tV: The Battalion I .,T P w It/T/ * • ' ■ "Soldi#, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Lawrence Sullivan Ro^s, Founder ot Aggie Traditions 14 comi ii tation aivurd* and co unit* arid cadets. to winning Individual association award* to membeiis of the cadet corps will be present^ by the senior branch in* structors of the military depart* : ' hts of republication Of al other matter us« for republication of all new* dispatches 1 id local new* of sp< other matter heroin are also reser Hiper and local news of spontaneous origin publisb- ■i— Imw matter at Post Station, Tax as, under Ot March I. 1ST0. > j Member of The Associated Press A' ■ Rep resented nat'onally hr National Ad- rertisln* Service Inc„ at New York Cltr, U. «- S.. ment, John Her, wl phy. Tl outs tan The lution Charles libutions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial offi Classified ads may ‘ 09, Goodwin Hall. ND, TOM CARTER.. de by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities .Co-Editors paries Klrkham, — !rS' ^ Managing Zditors _ Feature Writer* -L GoTiob,' R, a soph, Mi i Lindbeira... -Staff Kenneth Marak, Sam Lanford, R. Moralea—Staff 1:j Trtvino, Hardy Bom, Brad Holmes——Photo Engrav 5 • , /■ i ■ ■M l v eloy Caldwell, local jew* preaent the Caldwell tro- trouhy in * watch to the ag Junior of the corps. no of the American Revo- wards, represented by . Lane, from Houston will ja medal to the outstand- jr in the Air Force and nch of the ground force*, ate Regent of the Daugh* the American Revolution pre|ent |200 to the outstand* Coke M. Tillgy, president i chapter of the iters of the Con federacy, wifi present a saber to th# outstanding senior in the regiment. This award ro tates every year. Grady Elms, assistant director preaent ing sen each br The $ ters of will ing Mrs. ..f u» United of Student Activities and presi dent of the Brazos County ROA, will presqnt a saber in behalf of his organization to the outstanding junior. V- Major Virgil C. Williams will award the Troland Trophy to the outstanding engineer company. The U. S .Daughters of 1812 will present the Lulie Hughey Lane Scholarship Award to a member of the sophojnore class. Major Norman W. Pearsons will present the Wolters Trophy to the best drilled Cavalry Troop. President F. C. Bolton will present (he General Moore Tro phy to the most outstanding unit of the year. The General Moore Trophy is a plaque. The Federated A&M Mothers’ Clubs of Texas will present a bronze tivea of tjhe various clubs. Lt: Col, Frank R. Swoger will make the awards\to the members of the pistol team.\ PALACE Bryan TQDAl thru SAT. WNin SU4 Ml >«H* 'WP't (KKPKimi FBI. 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