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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1949)
■■ LUt ri ; U tud ‘‘You student \ old gentleman wepj |ie other day. ou jcome good tecpni( i,” he added/ His quaint m ^outh whose s 3eei :ent. He grad Jatpdi is home countr f y jre 190Q. Annul lly )te its changei . hir . ■v. ! 5.. / u. on Editorials MONDAY, JUNE 13,1949 iw fifty years pom Houston rain required Halll^i] (I This old fellow j 4d Jducation, "Evoryff |»uHt- two foreign 'hey didtilino dth A&M's |k> lej Inoers to study |f their eurrleu ^'Anybody ca Bgc. Your Htatidi Ihargcd*. The o Uatidn of the : 'he Swan » th< i m JC foruljtil I Preston Tucker [lutionary autonoplllt [gain Tinancinj: \d pi his rope A Federal (train lr and seven iunt charge o seeijirities arid ilations and c( This wasn’t Irouble. market a rad Ml ired automobi > J Finances ha 1 iMb hi ^he automobile bt sjijiesf!. -j could no lo urti n rtiol' wnl rHthf e Atom? ,. v , if- • educating the mahy. ■ ' r •: w m ; X; / N ^ 1 I PREVIEW OP SUMMER g !iX(l ns )ii All through '' M ngji ian with a onje ijool Ihoe string by Ford pioneered lion was a m thd backers wire ind an unproven Automotive big lei together slo Finances WerK* "ucker found the ibnormal time that coUld not lupplieH of Hted, thouMund-und-cim ihlny new uuDmi) )( u few powf rftfl aren't too ku ’nckvr imil h|s rotting into the Tuckor, ut ea indlng hie moi packers and with >4 i± nd -rir iiiijfi Hi ift>d eai wH a{nd rl^i f, upKep into by a d financial niiinhtltfin which Henry ’ar produc Mkr business ijiew concern ig into the Was scrap- ly. y problem. P 1 •“iud wiia an reilf \i|ert (some things dt 11 FROM n E WS — jpeech depart; [just how efisy fic “blindfold convertible for jsihg afternoor His eyes w ire Iwas noticeably Itrians will ev drivers. i!' •' The Battalion, City of College Friday aftemooh, ] talion is publishM I year. Adi Ldvertisi rigli A Associi te<[ F to it or nb n. , Rigl its o The Assoc I credited I ed herein. Rigfta mm I (|ii i i Though thought iprovoking, we cannot agree with all the old man maintains; True, our system could stand some broad ening, but to broaden at the expense of making this college for a select few in tellectuals causes us to disagree loudly* Mass production education has its place in our country, and though our products are not the finely tuned specialists that more technical, schools graduate, A&M graduates are men who can take their place in the world with other men. Admittedly, Greek and other scholarly mn oh Rre difficult and/do make schol- , < v .j urn of their pupils, but we are trying to nw sa <, eg ^j m ^ e the advantages of being a schol- eer in e M 4M to first y ride id 4he I J jwh on dieagreod ulrjlng on- tes as part i : m \ / ar in today's mad race to exploit, the atom, and everything else oxploltablo. A peculiar aspect of our training here is that wo learn to take our place us aver age men, not scholars who shun the un cultured masses and condemn them for Col- ho kvojred ed- .... ginemll/ th<,ir * j he Welder Car . ^•v|th the rev- agajn, on- lly hit the st Friday, cted Tuck- at|s on a 31 Violation of lission reg- reseryes of his fellow pioneer Henry Kai ser, he went to his potential dealers and customers. He spld dealer franchises and even accessories for his unmanufactured cars.' •; ' A tor; jtouch with Wt d Ikt if i\ ' r \i I a ff# l(ll 'he ajinfu si on Stati Entered u Mcon | Of fic# «t Colics* th* Act of Congrwi o 1 New* eontajlbijit < Goodwin Hull, 11 Offioci, Room 260, B1UL BlLLlNC MAiwiN into (ihurll* KiiHUam lleiU'i Utuiwv W, K. (VNillf, Da til l AKllllf JiltHnli, I'lt «H Wlllli4» I : i t HI V y ^Ahl p^i automobile i g fyo up easily. frtr>m’ his lOi kjiy. and steel STATE rey, of the question of rive in traf- a hew j 1949 rough Lan- mishap. said that it that pedes- t of “blind” n mt e ri atl e Battalion r, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Hivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions per pu X holidays and. examination periods, londay. Wednesday and Friday.. Subscription rate $4.30 per school! on request. ■A Tucker found he couldn’t get raw ma terials from his customers. The trickle of production was cut off entirely. Then the grand jury stepped in. Tucker and each of his executives now face possible penalties of 155 year im- y attempt ^ r j sctt11nen j, anc j ^go.OOO in fines. The in- i 1 1 m an ^ ? n ^ n ^ dictment charges the Tucker Corporation ^ r i c fi , ° n ‘ with taking advantage of the unusual post iggest problem, war consumer demand for cars and chtr discover- spreading “false and fradulent statements and representations relating to a pro posed completely new automobile. . . , which was represented to possess and com bine features of advanced construction and design not heretofore contained' in any mass produced automobile.” People all over the country read of Tucker’s indictment with mixed emotions. They wondered if the colorful creator of the wonder car was really guilty of the lengthy charges] Of one thing they were sure-—with Tucker and his company firm- dth money. Jy, immeshed fh a legal entanglement, the ue, and the wonder ear wopld be a long time in ap- liients of a pea ring, if it evejr did, the hands They decided to wait Tor a court’s in- n, Tliestji groupk vestigatlon and decision Into Tucker’s 1 w wis<i to have methods before forming their opinions. But they wished, h little’ wistfully, per haps that Tucker could have somehow gotten his wonder car on the market and himself In the niildst of the extremely ex clusive automotive fraternity. FROM THE SILVER AND GOLD — Q With at>rand new degree founded to hon or her, the better half of the married graduate will finally gain her recognition. The little woman who kept the home fires burning while her husband slaved over books will be awjarded the degree of Ph. T. (Putting Husband Through) at a special mock graduation to be held at the Univer sity of Colorado. Boyle’s Column . IV Executive , v,: q-H Horses, Ar V 9 </r y A I I ^ * ■1 By HAL BOYLE, K mints some $3,000,000 phon sensitive-featued man of convinced there is no formu a $35,000 in it for you. Sacks, the man behind many a disc ^jte a sure hit is as crazy < jockey. 1 / . ^uy who says he knows he Manie knows better than to try. hprse race is going: to turn i The odds are too high. / / Besides reviewing the grist ‘ As head of artists and reper- mitu>d by professional song! selects the songs for a firm which look over 100 to 150 songs by / 1 Giles Explains Operation oi New Veterans’ Land Program Field Trip Is Now in Canyon Wild life mnimgcment studuntft from A&M spent two days study. Iiy; ing Palo Pun* Creek In Palo Pun* .)in Canyon State Park this week In CiAUcn connection with u fishery survey field trip, survey are: Harold Lossch, Ogles. 7 In rhmy Nipper P. Lewis, Wlchltit Fnllsj igt Clifton; Itex Ma <f the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the; od five times a week and circulated every Monday through During the summer The Bat- led exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatchoa ‘edited in the paper and local news; of spontaneous origin publish- : n of all other matter herein are also reserved. , The group Ip checking fish spec ies and migration in an attempt to Correlate species to stream ve locity of the headwaters of the Red Rivrir. The group will collect spcc- imehts as fur as the Arkansas boundary. The survey is being made in connection with a wild life man agement course under the direc tion of Professor Frank T. Knapp who i« also conducting a course in Liminological Technique at Lake Texhoma, Dennison, Texas. Students making the fishery Industry Using Extension Aids One company in Texas is taking advantage of the Conference Cour ses for Supervisors, and another will begin today. The program is sponsored by the Industrial Ex tension Service of A&M. E. B. Holier of the Extension Service is conducting a course in “Accident Prevention,” known as Unit 4, for the Mission Manufact uring Company of Houston. The course includes a survey of haz ards, accident analysis and devel opment or preventative measures. R. A. Downward will begin “Analyzing the Supervisor’s Job” today for the T. P. Railway in Texarkana. Previously this course has been offered in Dallas, Ft.j Worth, and Marshall. D. L. Belcher has beeri-working with the Texas Hotel Association^ He aided in the training of thet hotel staff for the Shamrock Hotel which opened recently in Houston. Other agencies which have ta ken advantage of the supervisors toursKS include the State Dry Cleaners Association, Southwest Utility Contractors, Pallas Police Force, Associated Plumbing Con tractors in Pallas, and the Ham mond Laundry Machine Company of Waco, Five short unit confeiwvcc cour ses me offerod, They are "Analys ing the Supervisor's Jobj", "H«ud|. ihg People;') "Work Improve, metdi" "Accident. Preventionand " Leadership,'f Genetics Prof Oh Leave for Ph.D. . 'i- ' -ir 1 Mr, Henry H. Hadley, Assistant Professor of Genetics, has been granted a 12 months leave of ab- scnce to continue graduate studies toward the Ph. D. degree in Plant Breeding at thri University of Ill inois. Hadley is studying sorghum and Johnson grass hybrids and related plants This work is under the su pervision of Dr. C. M. Woodworth. Hadley will also work'with Dr. M. M. Rhoades, who is an authori ty on corn cytogenetics. Hadley received his B. S. degree in Agronomy from the University of Illinois in 1940 and his Master’s degree in Genetics from A&M in 1942. After Serving in the yL^ued Forces, Hadley joined the staff of the Genetics Department in 1946. He will begin his graduate study Wednesday and return to A&M in September. ✓ i ; Official Notice Opportunities for Univera|itjr Teaching and Advanced/Research in Norway and the Netherlands for 1949-50 are avail, able. Applications must tie in by- June 30, 1949, Details may be secured from R. 1*. Klkins, 204 Academic liuilding. Kilgore; Doyle ...X Mftce, Soguln; utul Bobby J. Ilomlemm, Ptrln, Toxmn. 4 I ,/ High School Contest Ended the fimt annual High School Drawing. Competition, 8|)(*n«oroti by | the Engineering Drawing De- pavtmenl. of Texas A&M College has bt'en completed. Entries were submitted to the contest 'from 56 higp schools throughout the state ami a total of 974 drawings were mailed in for judging. . ? 'Uhe i problems were ‘foC two groups of students, these fCho are taking their first year of mech anical drawing and another group for Ithose taking second ffcar work, and- wefe so designated as to ap ply xhose major principles in these coupes.! / Ehtries Were judged by a com- mittjee of ten and drawings were classified and placed in /Class I, Clasfr; II or Class HI if they met certain basic requirements. Stud- entsl whose drawings were placed in oijo of these classifications were awarded a certificate, signed by - Dr., H. W. Barlow, dean of the school of Engineering, and Dr. W. E. Street, head of the Department of Engineering Drawing. There were 46 awards given in Class,!, 196 in Cl$s II, and 288 in Class III. v Flaps are now being made to conduct a second contest next yeat.| News Stand Under New Management A new team has taken over! the oporittion of the* little b^iek news stand next to NMnar Hall. They are Mr. and Mrs, James F. Greg- “*7, ; Gregory, a veteran taking Ag, Eitgineevlngi runs the stand when lie In not in Ills Hasses; Pat, his wife,stakes over during Hass hour*, Newspaper*, niagamiues, puHeet hnnltH, post cards, efg)»retie*,i/loe creaib, candy nnd sodas are/ Hold, Honrs are from seven to six dally nfvi from seven to twelve boo it on Hnturdays, according to Gregory. The concession stand, which was set up by the Student Activities Office, began operations under the \ new Mnunugcmcnt Tuesday. Alderman Resigns To Stay on Board EWihg E. Brown, College Sta tion alderman, announced last wepk that he submitted his resig nation from the College Station city council to Mayor:Ernest Lang ford; Brown was Vlected to the counjcil at the lasb\ election on April 5. Bifown has been a member of the j A&M Consolidated School board for the last nine years and still; is secretary. However^ the Texas constitution forbids one person to hold two public offices at cjne time. J Bfowp said that he felt it his duty to remain on the school board as ic has a $125^)00 building pro- gram in progress at present. Ttj. now appears that another By HAHCOM GILES CommUmionar of th# Ganortl Lind Off let Tho Votonna l»nd program la "WSS^bornl^h-rt. of tho votorona thamielVM whlla thay war* ovaraaaa and thinking about horn*. Thair Rltara to my offlca asking how thay might ob tain o farm or ranrh homo if and whan thay raturnod, inuplrad ma to put tht machinary of thia program In motion. Laat woak Governor Jaatcr’a ai|- natura mada the Vetaran’a Land bill into formal law. The bill wai sponsored in the upper House by Senator John Bell of Cuero and in the lower Houee by Representative Rauban Senterfitt of San Saba. The legislation grow out of| I Constitutional Amendment adopted by the Citizens of Texas in a spe cial election in November of 1946, At the following seaalon of th« Legislature the necessary enabling leglalatlon fatted to receive final consideration imthe Senate. The 51st Legislature, promptly and without a single negative vote in either House carried out! the mandate of the people, making it possible for Texaa veterans of World War II to own a farm or ranch home of their own choosin; Hofly are ■oma of IK provlilona of the Hera outaUndi Iaw: Th« Boird may liaua up to I million In bondal to flnanca t ’limi'mny ba purchased frou indlvhluaL from the State, or! vqfll poration*for re-ssla to veterans it cost. (Thli provision will be mt i {fcam'w **""'*■ Veteran may aelert land wb' ‘m pay in(mat bonds and to purchase ndditio shall be used by making a small down paymen 1 with the balance finaaced by the State at a low interest rate, j The Legislature has placed the administration of tills program in tne hands of the Governor, Attor ney General and the Commissioner of the General Land Office. land for re-sale to Veteroml purchaser shall not transfer or lands purchased for a peririd; o ” years from the date of pure] 5 The veteran will not be pe: to make more than one put The veteran is not required side upon the property. All applications should dressed to 8as< sioner < Austin, Texas. * Bascom Giles, Co. T sioner of the General Land Of! he desires to purchase subjoc! the approval of the Hoard. The maximum purchase by < veteran shall not exceed $7,r>i be financed by the State. Veterans disabled by. cotM f j service connected disability have | ( days preference right to purcha Lands may be' purchased fori minimum of 5% down payifnfri with 40 years to pay the bar at 3% interest. (This indsbti may be mired sooner if tb eran wishes.) All money ngeeived during six remaining years of opera a to The second article explains how a veteran should proceed in selectl a tract of privately owned land for his future home. Engikh Prof Wins Marshall’s I Prizes at Meeting TT j Janies F. Pierce of the English E^l*lc|.WS H department received two prizes given by the Southwest Writers WASHINGTON, June IjUj Conference held at Corpus Christi a 4heck Saturday showed on June 5-7. Pierce won a first than a dozen applicants f< prize for his plap of a novel titled job of U. S. 'Marshall for To All Men, and an honorable Texas. f°r " tor y„ title<1 There were indications Sleeping and the Dead. pointhient is likely soon. Bri The Conference was attended by Tl . uma n will make it even several hundred Southern and probably will iappointjw Southwestern writers including T( , XH8 Connally aqd Harnett Kane, David Westheimer, lHOn rejp0ITlmendi Jewel Gibson, Fred Gibson, and John Watson. Watson was former ly a member of the A&M English <iepartn)bnt. /\ ' 1 ! I w ■t [>■: | -t MW di-a ;&■ [ - ! <141; so) i (laiuerii Oub SetH Fonnative Meet ! Frank Hammond, Souths marshall for many years;]/ | Mat! m. . Names submited to the as applicants iiiHude.Sheiiff I.aim, Wharton County; Itr Foti'iti, Me A Urn; Oltm I Hai( Bmito; J, I), Oakes^Iia A merting of all|p#r«on« Intpr- esled in joining the A&M Cainma Cluli for the HtihujMtfr will be held at 7:,'U) p, m„ Tuesday, In the Cahihet Room of the YMCA, In CMlluig the jntKstlng, Hub UM\didn't jneeluiie poi iiimI Roy FL Floyd, Hum „ .: « Angus Morirlkon, Neul Folk, Dubois, Neal Arnold. W, P, Frank Paul, W. L, Fulloii, i H, Ashfonl, Mil of HonMop Of l(ol;h senators said the mtut's name didn't Mpprur ng me meoting, eiuu Uat* didn't preelude poXsillil president It. U. Mayes said thet his nppolntment, IWTJfJS r m •Hkbl pi4»* ‘ li, M he :: J -k- If yew by un ^out to be ■said. do is “Riderg by a western popularized by singer. : J \ to make $30,- Manic. “Any- ng tor fires.*? oted a distinct bit » music tastes away from ha said. isn’t i< chance. It’s a land it, and I who can ox.- iena«.** mi I ' !i I nmrkat la in a slump M’f btcoming n,»or« H * r 1 M-iiii raw ust want a record iBil*- frfnngd, "They on. Along with the is, hey wunt sing- I i rrmip- r «t least ml k. >- v'f. ■ J Id that solUMo ns is highly sue- five nr six rwHirds a he H Ml hit alias— more, And thef'lNst nix nunths at the tup. tho industry k> many song writ- v oui tunvs like Utvy r clgarets on a blisis, said Sacks. V] nnyotiQ who owned! a e.amera or Th^jK made that eoinmriy WMS interested in • photography asked‘about Clifton Ck Would find a chance to exercise his m V hm, fHend and suppui hobby with the club. election will have to be called to replace Brown. Date and time of votiijg will probably be decided at a specal meeting of the council tonight HOTARD’S ■ 1 I \ / ■. 'i The meat is good-— » The vegetables fine The deserts delicious So try us sometime! t — PALACE Bryan 2'8$79 STARTS TODAY CALAMITY JANE and • / | SAM BASS’ 7 1 , - ... T ..., , Johnson, who has been Infm maUy for the job. me) H '• 'i ?V tol- Mm frit tjasty varied menus minute price. Served lb! a"d Efficiently in bright Groundings. Come In tomorrow — lunch, ric to enjoy t Cafeteria .[•; I . f*-' , I. 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Daily Through m. . i y & Wednesday courageously prmnts one of the most provoc ative thomM tho screen Iws ever knowal v; EDA" »vhi4 fio»» Ainml JOHNJ ROBSON UEVEN, ZETTERUNQ^
