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Wo had iilmoat fi
had juat about
Hilda and hot weai|i
uully rructionary hIui
oto ))iiMMtvity, but fit
to comtlderutioii obo
'ttturo wrltora and a
inorlty on tho ca
Yea, after three-
mer Bait receiveq a
tter to the Editor"
was aimed at "long
inga,” we weren’t
e retaliatory bit oj
y’s "Letters" coi
On any college q^ir
mn is, and should
iscussion of topi
is the one ideal f
)n to be voiced. B[iit
le past, students hi
When campus
fact j ahodld be voiced
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JUNE 27, 1949
through the lettew
ThcHe two letters have
ontroversial or nc
Last Friday Pr
uggestion which,
hould put more effic
!.■
| hope. 4n
that aui
ad reduced; oipK Thcae two letters have started things
t body tojjem- off. Through tho rest of the summer vis
faded to take hope to print student op nion on any add
or most prolific all issues. The topics for letters to the
influehtial editor arc unlimited, On page ohe today,
or coeds. there is a story on ID cards for next year
of waiting, the and one on changes to be made in the
r . printed its first Grove program. .Both of these deserve
art. Friday. Since and demand student comment.
S ! m ° r ; ’ j Out at psfc, "The Daily Californian"
^r s o re , eive rung f rom fi ve to eight letters every day.
running i o- Writing a letter to the editor out there is
the letter col-
open forum for
an established tradition.! At A&M, we’ve
always been known for
tions, but this time they’ve got us
badly on one. 1
!, a i open forum for
of student interest
[or student opin
o many times in We think a "Letters to the Editor Tra
vel been slow to speak dition”-would be a good one to add to the
s$u ?s arise, whether list at A&M. If you agree, we’ll be ex-
student opinion pecting to heir from you soon.
our many tradi-
beat
Friulian Spoili |he Spoil System ...
iderit Truman made,a , any ability other than political,
f enacted into law, TJie new system offers njo absolute as-
Lcy and less poli- surance that the Postmaster General, who
ics info our national government. is usually a political aide of the President,
In a special message to Congress, the will not continue to appoint member^ of
^resident urged vpAactment of a law to the party in power. But by removing the
luthorize the Postma ster General to ap- power of recommendation from members
joint all postmasters, siibject only toj pro- of the legislature, it should weaken the
Li_i— *- ! - M ^-^ jce and classifies- spoils system considerably.
po^iv*
In tl
dsions of the civil
ion acts.
In the past, the
jointed the 21,000 firBtfthree-grade post
Pasters and the Re
;hem.
serv
chief executive has ap 1
Male
* ^Although tlu
jants took a civil H^r\|ie
ators usually pIckM f h
t
jasslug ilm cgwm a
leveral yimrs, liml
'irmathm. i
Beegusr of tfia I duties of a post
wastei', the positlffl 111 L ~'“ ““ i '
imes as a political p
workers, with very; 111 l ie consklcratlou of ter for It.
has confirmed
pstmaster appli*
exam, the legis-
pf the first thrpe
e Senate has, for
'inal say on eon.
been used many
A College by Any Other Name . . .
This is at Jeast a step toward the day
Wjpll just have to stop calling North
Texasi Agriculturu) C’( il|gc N-tac. What’s
more wc can’t even call it North Texas
Agricultural College pji|ymore.
By legislative decree the branch col
lege to A&M has jg i ain 1 e^ a more sophisti
cated handle—Arlington State College.
1 Passing
For those; with Ap! English sense of
humor this little AP dory:
, LONDON, Juht
» *
of a joke giv6s a
! laugh?
This one mad^
eacher a real
(JP).—What kind
belly
the Archbishop pf Canl|erbury, guffaw for
three full, minutes tciddy after it was told
to the annual Chufeh, pf England assem
bly of clergymen Ajn''
A woman bough'
her dog. The clerk a
hymen:
drinking bowl for
iked if she wanted
"Up in front, and don’t call me ‘Cap’
W. Boyd Gateuvii
pie go to a doctor w
They go to a theatr
was the driver’s stern reply.
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NEW YORK - <*l C»pt,
Andariwn iwv't worrlrU
own taam.
Bvit h* la worried about thi <wl-
ibpr of tho inimy bill Uun that
will trot In th« Polo (IroumU
nxMlmt hd outfit thi night pf Ju*
ly Mth, And, of nourw, h»'»ifivt*
ting alrnady about th* att^ndanoc,
"t,H«t yiar w« draw only about
11,000," hr Maid Indignantly. "Wjhat
do you think w« play in wh|i«b
ohalra? Thta y«Sr wr'rr hoping
for 30,000." *•
The game la one of the mokt un*
Uaual iporta event* In New Yprk,
It’ll be the l?th annua}
contest between amputee war Vet
eran*. , I; .
"We’re trying to raise $100^000
for an amputee -Hiformatldn and
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center here." said
t the main thlp_ „
public out ao we Aim iliow
i amimtee t an <H, kiMh itg
ein."
>0, Ion hi* lof
artillery eliell
top and <<apl
ahtpulee team,
made up i)f k*g
the player* on Mi h
from the secot d
•aid. "The fir A |jW
are getting pau tu-hy
p. we want to k
le aat. And these |ei
really fait,’ too.
r pitcher, Bert She
run a hundred yard*
ia;*ec< nds."
Nlupard,
a former big
jii now player - nmnager
Letters To The Editor A&M Men LargCS
rrui? r>nrvT«'xr v- t ... i. , ' ! -
FROM THE BROWN FAMILY
To the Student Body!
.The expression of your kindness
and sympathy will always be re
membered with deep gratitude.
You helped so mucp and ive do
appreciate more than words can
expre^
The Brown Family j
Editor’s Note: Ma v rcuii R.
rown died in the College j Hos
pital May 23, 1949, from injuries
^ received in a motorcycle acci
dent.)
ANSWER TO THE AN S’
L
WER
Actually, Truman’s .motives may not
be altogether altruistic; In the new sys
tem he may see a means of retaining some
of his old appointment A if he bows out in
the next election, On the other hand, he
may see in4he Htjover recommendation a
genuine means pf bettering the post office
department. . '.
Whutevep the President's motives, we
support the idea, the spoils system has
loiijf dxHjrt a drawbafdi to better govern"
mailt, both slate and national, Any time
to reward party it is minimised our country will lie ihe beP
when Arlington State College will grow
up and become a senior college as it de
serves to be. The name is still a bit new
to us and Arlington State College sounds
'a little strange. But it’s a good name.
And if former N-tacers like it, it suits us
fine.
Editor, The Battalion:
In response to a letter written
by one of our beloved (?) Aggie
coeds for the summer that was
printed in Friday’s Battalion.
It seems to me as though our
coeds think very little of us hard
working Aggies. She wahts us
to shave and be congenial when
there is no reason to be eonjgenial.
And it makes my heart bleed when
I think of the many unspoken
thoughts that she a?d the rfst like,
her nave about us,
She paints us up Into barbaric
monsters,(which spine of pa are)
Wist care little for the falijer *ex.
Not true far he It from j me to
vouch fur the wther thnusiinds of
Apies when I say we Ibve em all,
I foal the rest of you mlghi stand
back of me ip that staleme)»t, For
myself 1 am mi. womaiMiater.
hut when, lost having bejm told
off by one of Hie oipjiosite hes hc»
ratine Pm away allebdiig tbla
XMHoiis insIHutmti, I heaifioHe of
our fellow (how do you say it
when it cnhcerus a fehiale) Ag
gies run us down for not sihnving,
hot being on intlniale lernhs with
them and,not wanting exlrn cur
ricular activities. All of Ithal I,
too, want very much. But when
we try to be nice and friendly, ami
iiM
the word “dog" painted on it.
"No thanks," said the woman. "My
husband doesn’t drink water and the dog
can’t read."
Another English-type story is the one
jj^rgymen, including about the man who pulled into a filling
station. .1 I < ’
"Where’s your radiator cap?” the sta
tion attendant asked.
the "Aggettes" noses icllmb ipto
the wild blue yonder-*1 gctuklly
wonder what they really vyant,.
Now who this coed is ji don’t
know, but Judging from tlie tone
and content of her letter - she is
about in her third year it dear
ol’ Tessieland. I’ll not commit my
self on that for ft’s a :wil(jl guess
at best. ,
Right now, I have no reason to
shave daily—mainly because our
"Aggettes” don’t seem to want to
have anything to do with me. Not
that I blame them for I’m no Clark
Gable, nor am I Boris Karloff’s
twin brother. When one Of them
asks me to shave I will gladly
comply—otherwise I’ll wait until I
get good and ready.
As our “Friendly Coed” did not
give her name I cannot Ipok her
up. Instead I’ll give her niy name
and my address (I have np phone
number, wife, fiancee, etje.) and
I’ll also tell her where I gm most
of the day. Bright and iarly at
seven o’clock I hit the Mlp Build-
mt iti
Very few peo-
t'ti they have a cold,
ijs^ead.
ing on the run so as hot jto miss
out on an interesting and much
needed course. I’m usually there
for either one or two hohrs -de
pending on the day ojf th|e week.
John Mooney: There’s nothing wrong
with being a self-made man if you don’t
consider the job finished too soon.
Then at nine o’clock sharp I enter
rooih 108 in the Academk
ing for two hours
(such a course). At eleve:
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The Battalion
"Solditr, Stuns man, Knightly Gtnthman"
Lii /rente Sul liven Knm, rounder of Aggie Tredirione
qemip B
o<\ anal
-level) o’c
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Gourmets Guide
Lists Fin Feather
Thr Assoriit
credited to It or
ed heroin. Bights
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KnteM u iwtnd-fl**! m»
Offle* st (Julies* BUlliita,
Um Aol of CuhRtrm idi ll i
Ik eutUlcd exclusively to Uie use for republlcitlOh of ill nows dispnlche*
„.,rW|se rrndltcd In !the papor and local news of DidnUiteoue origin publish*
c|iub icitlon of *11 ojher nutUu- herein ire also merged.
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News’ contribution:
Goodwin Hall, desk
Office, Room 209,'
BILL BILLINGSLKlY
MARVIN BROWN,
r-tiiirlle* Kirkham ,.)
W. K. ’Colville, David Jlkim)* ,
fnlslicd on retiuesL
This year's edition ojf thli "Oour*
tmds Guldr" will add tol its list
of fine rating places thr Fin
KektheM’luh of Hiynn, [swid M,
W. (Pole) flUufhtel 1 ,! owiner and
ntNUHfei'i , p
Itmtithitlnn is based oh (hire
main Utliigi, sanilatlon, jwheUmr
or- not (hr menu is wtdl fNlanerd,
and tho albimiimtant prifr range,
In order to be miftsidired, an
Member of
The Associated Press
aepraMStad astlnnsUr by Nstlonil A4*
vtrUiln* tkrvlc* In*., s( N»w Y*rk City,
Gblcavo, 14 Ascatas, sad Isa Franctono.
eatkbltshment mtisi helfwimmend
rd by several readers, Upon rec-
ommentyttlon a lepresenl
sent- around, without the k
of the owner, to chiick
bo made by telephone (4-5444) or at the cd
s may be placed by telephone (4-6324) or ijt
h Hall.
.’l.i-viH Hurtnn, Faya* Ha
IU>1),h My erf Bn’f'
Wiilinma
Andy Davis.
id«y.
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•Wire Editor
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... Stafjf Reporter*
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Travi. Brock. Bill Pott*..
Bin Haile. Bill Thornton...
F. L. Helvey. ,U.
Brad Holme*. Hardy Ross,
Kenneth liarak.. .
Ben Brittain,
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three requirements. If* thbre ha
pens tb be Nomethlng wrong wl
torlal office, Room 201,
the Student Activities
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...Executive Editor
... Cb-Editors
ice •rr*vino.: .Photo
Staff
Sport* CoBdHora
Si>orU Wrlt«ra
Phototjrapher
utrey Fredrick i. ..Advertising Representative*
rant does not appeat-
"Guide". ■ [
The “Gourmet’s Guide
a location map for each
place find the liquor laws
state, j ; '
Once an establishment
on the list it does not automatical-
Encravera
Cartoonist
ly appear the next ye*:
sentative is constantl.. ,
around to see that standards are
being met, Slaughter
A repre-
coming
I return to my .sack.
Judging from other schedules
and long drawn-out faces on tho
rest of the Aggies I‘figure that
this routine is a common business
for them, too. .j
They (Aggettes) say they’re
faced with being old maids—I won
der if that’s the reason they at
tend A&M to study during the
summer.
My soft bed palls me so I real
ly must say "good night, and sweet
dreams" to our 1 beautiful (I’ve not
seen any) coeds. W ;
Chuck Laakso, '51
68 Legett Hail
Hood Cadet Gro
Loan Fund Hits
All Time High
The Stud^jt Loan Fund has
reached an-alGtirae high in
the amount of money avail
able, announced G. A, Long,
director of student loans.
The loan money is made avail*
able through donations to three
loan funds, Lqng explained' The
total of these'three funds is how
I3.lftl.77,
The pavjx "Mtmk" Loan i« the
oldest: It was established In HHtl
bv William K, Davis, class of ’Ml
Davis stalled the fund with a dm
nation of rive dollars and it has
grown to a to|tal of 1450 through
other donallnuM
The largrat fund Is the Mroestlne
(laher Loan Fund which was es-*
tahllshed by the H’oai H t-ltli MU*
lei Foundation through Mrs. Ester
THiihenhaua in 1944. Blnce thsl
time the fund has been sponsored
mainly by Mrs. Leo daber of Hous
ton. It has grown to a total of
$2,107.04.
A&M's newest fund Is the Breas-
eale Loan Fund which was origina
ted in 1948 by "Breezy” Breazeale,
class of '35, in memory pf his
mother, Lucy Jane Brekzeale.
Sipce that time the fund has
grown to $94.73. A
A&M is represented by the jarg-
est single group of cadets at the
1949 ROTC camp, which opened at
Camp Hood last week. Nipne hun
dred cadets, from 26 colleges |n 13
states, arrived there fori a j six-)
weeks training course in Infantry,
Armored Calvary, and Military
Police instruction, according jto a
release from 2nd Armored Division
Headquarters. J J
Brig. Gen. .Rupert E. Starr,'jcqW-
nianding general of Combat Com
mand B, greeted and welcomed the
students to; Camp Hood in ah acj-
dress delivered to the entiye group.
Brig. Gen. John H. Collier, cam-
manding general of the 2nd Armor
ed at Camp; Hood, is camp korii-
mander and Col. Rqbert W. Strong
is deputy, camp commander of
ROTC. Col. H. Keltner, PMS&T
at Arlington State College |s ex
ecutive offlcpr. [' K
Southwest Ciilleg^s ’
The Southwest has the lijigest
representation at the lumijnor Icajnp.
Officers at Mead
Plan ROTCPjuto
m ffii'mii 1 stuilent*,'nffimj*
Memli*, Maryland, atv pl*h>
gaDIdgnlher with <lu<T t ggins
Nine
a! Ft,
iiing s goMognlher with Urn Agulaa
who are snivlhg in Ourtipw K,
IIUTO Suimm'i Training Cmuji,
Mojm Uun II, Mul'd, hih h< III 2
fiiitiiMlIuii OfOm, is alsu Hi c hi pi .
ing tu hi »niigo a junkiit of ittintwHi#
icprastmtlh* the Texas Htail* )4(k i -
lety anil the Capitol City [Taxa*
A&M Club tu come m|t |o Ft
MphiIc to observe the BOTCiU-hIii-
ees in action,
The nine officer* servlhg at
Second Army Headquarters] are
Colonel Frank Millani, AG; Cplonel
Barlow Winston QM; Major [Durst,
Major R. W. Carpenter, ,G-i(; Cap
tain Jpseph A. Ford ; AC|-Mi»e;
Captain C. R. Lewis, Secjond Aemy
Mdllical
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Jobs for Summer
Students Scarce
Lab; Captain Vicjtdr B.
Penuel Jr., Signal Corps; I Lieut
enant F. L. Bowers, Oi;dan<jt*, and
Major James E. Bre^steiii 3rd
Armored, Cavalry Regimenjt.
Timers
Several
njljpro pi*)
t)$*r ampul
_ry it wf
less job dll*
men who hay*
war <tr Indug*
H 1)
In addition to the A&M co
future officers are there
len Military Academy, Te
Prairie] View A&M, T^:
versity. New Mexico MU
stitute, and New Mexico|C|
A&MA, the release sai(i
There, are also stude;
Henderpon State College
ita College, and the Univi
Arkansas, all in Arkaijs
Louisiana, Loyola of N(>w
and LSU have sent studen
resentipg Oklahoma i
from Oklahoma A&M, a
homa .Military Academ
more, Okla, v-r
Southern colleges aren’
hihd the Southwest. Marii
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, .r. . . . i
Imall retail rgg
hough to buy *
tour irm-k*,
a f lil.ooo g
t iiiifMjU’s a dlsad*
n arm," he said.
Saet. It teaehw
ir ihcad Instead, of
<1 I don’t regret
mt jin the army. It
ij f fast." i '
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Or learn
a. Rep
cadeu
mi
Clare|
far b<J
«on
i&L
K Association
t ! v ly briri
#m|ssion
provide
>o M utili
niig jto
Alabama:
tute, J^Iar
Institute,
ivyrsity of Florida;
Tu skegee, A lab
y
State College, Florence;,
|
sju-
aj I
lqren<
(lalpam
all have students present. .
Western Collegcji
Cadets are also atteiuliig fro
the University of ArUenu; Sufi
Jose State, San Joae, j Californiu
University of. California Uhivejiv
sity of Uenveri State 11 allege
Wgahlhglon; Oregon jH gt# T
nd UnIveriTlyfiof V/ai|ilji
j\'t IJ liji fiW
About 4ii pereent of Ihu sUKleijl'i*
alhoiiling this yeaila earn i ai’a vyjk
eirtns of Woiid War ll v Mp v
suit!, Many of the rgiDU w
reive Iheir (Mimiillasiouf fir Mu
ef'Uiui eamp,
; Aicaiigeniviils have hhen
fnif m'realUiMal acllvlliks
wlj,li Ihe IIO'IC tiainli g
ottjUtsjtlofi*! the relea* 1
Texas and CalliT
Beoit BuHineM
Dallas, June 27 -lA* 1
of! thy world's largest ifdal
t ie War Manpower
bst*!- up to date and
i mans of assuring
tit n of professional
rained Sanitary and
lie healthji en rineeiA should an-
r nation*,! anergetwy arise,
is.rihutlon of qUeslionaires to
uwd in gatlering information
the roster liras begun July
sanitary and
ehglneer citizens
i jeing prepared
merican Public
ooation in con-
ith the Natiortal
nfrees BoaiKl, ac--
t ews release by
hig) 1 .Ihe || ne
s alio Id
up Meetipn.
dwi iteallh
(iksion, list* of .engineers from
Surgeon I ifliineral of the US
iyj, mumhrrHliip;lists ^of several
i ojml eng nor ring societies, and
I ViduaJ iipor nation are being
ini us * liajHis for a mailing list
in ! seadi)lg Out tjie queslioimires.
Hm Vtjver, it i a r»cognl*ed that ma>
hi eilgjminr* am not registered in
t!| line! j plaeW
il/iity ungloieer who dne* not ra-
r$|ye a copy of the questionaira
,«A|
rlituilbd iiili
ia Iwayffl
I m nan In!
, ti|*
titld.
.’-ri-tklli)««
dn aval a
board said today Texas ami Ca _(jf
orjii* are, now the njatlin'k bBjit
business amots. / . ; J ■
Philip M. Rea, preside it nfj-i-He
1,500-jnember Los Angejfus Rc
Boanl, is visiting here.
He said there is n<p r jason
[ depression, although busir
it Iwiv in thru*
nidify dim Lngiu*
I'roieid, American
AmueiAliuH, 17911
York, so that M*
an jpied In Urn maslar
vgVtmgii'M Mini (u hljfn,
nanm can Iim III*.
e iiisiei',
*lc Ihformaiinti will he
In MngliieaHhg no*
i ll and urgiitiUatloh* cou|ii>i-«L
men are concerned ahoijltKtfX*
Jobs for students ar.e more scarce
this summer than they have been
for several semesters, according to
G. A. Long, director of student
labor.!. L ^ ’ v i
"A student must show that h*
must have wprk in order to stay in
school before he can secure work
through this office,” said Long.
Peak employment numbered 915
students last year but the average
for most months is about 850. j
There are 250 students permanent
ly employed -this summer. Average
wage, received is sixty cents, al
though some skilled labor receives
one- dollar an hour.
Jobs are scarce because of their
seasonal nature, Long stated.
Foreign Ministers
Conference Hailed
add government inter
I private -enterprise.
LONDON, June 24, (A?Lf-The
big' four foreign ministers Paris
conference was hailed from! both
sides of the Iron Curtain today as
a. step toward better j East-West
relations. J.
Moscow’s Communist pajrty or
gan, Pravda, carried a long review
of the talks. The Soviet paper
worked in a few jabs ja’t ‘f Ameri
can businessmen" and other pet
targets, but generally concluded
that the conference had ajided in
"easing” the international j atmos
phere. z
PALACE
Brtjon Z'SS79
Home “Scotch” Fin
Third Preview To
Feature IE Films;
«|
on industrial education
will be /cattured at th*
Film*
subjects
third weekly film preview, accord-!
ing to Walter Bw/ivs of the A&M
Washington, June 27—(iT 1 —An
erican distillers can’t make Scotch
whiskey any more.
The Internal Revenue .Bureau
ruled Friday thht they nialy make
"Scotch Type" whiskey, *nd use
typically Scotch names *uch as
"Highlands,*’ "Kilts," "Seo(*> etc.,
but only Scotland may make plain
"Scotch,"
Photographic wild Visual Ald*:UlH
oratftry, Tha show will he . held In
the PmUoImuim Kiiglneerlng lecture
room at Ditto Wednesday aflernnnn/
Among iha film* to be shown are,
"The ft'Ntynm'' a vn
guldamie filmi "rurnltutT Crafun
also a vocational
"runtlval
alive Is
uowledge
on the
film i
man," which Is
guidance film; "Kurnival ami
Sons," which Is a llrltlsh film about
ao Engllsb family of makers of
fine eutleryi and ".Flat Halting,"
which Is an amusing animated
cartoon on safety, Harne* Mated.
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Local FFA Group
To Meet Tonight
The A&M collegiate chapter of
The Future Farmers of America
will hold their second meeting of
this semester • tonight, Charles
Walker, acting 'president an
nounced today.*
wfill be held in the
Engineering Build-
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