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far the Memorial Center jhas . ipto the dining room to play duijneir music.
been a sort of ^reakfast-in-bed afjfair with / Another example is dimming
most all t]»e work, planning, and financing that would give an atmosphere
coming irom sources other than otir in the ball room and lounge tY
student body. For that reason—because lights or improvised half-light
there has tween no sacrifice, no effort on ably fails to produce.
devices
to dances
daring
miser-
| the part of our students—the Memorial
Centeh/ is just another building being
[erected on the campus. We look upon it
US' dispassionately as We would a newL_
I cattle bam.
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Few 'Mudents have
I realization that this wil
There are several needed facilities that
fern
These are only three examples of fac-'
ilities that we should have, but appropria
tions are not enough to give us. / !
j Next fall, When we all get bjack on the
; " campus and settle down for tjie regular
• L, . f.. A, semesters, an effort should be started by
mj* 1 6 students to put some student iriterest and
be OUR building. dol)ars into ^ Memoria] Centcr .
Vim m Vib ih /fW-r Classes could designate their funds for
snpuia nave,; ut tne e q U ip ment use f u i an( j permanent for
ire .fep/TSS the MeB,orial Center - contribu -
the Memdrialj Center shpuld
I money aj propriated
jto provide. If we are to eh joy a fuller
measure of service from the Memorial
Cerite^, we students will haye to helpcpay
for th^m. An example of an added facility scnt of ^ ;
that woul^' give ua mueh pl^aure and|se ^ ^ g epteml)ef i 950) . But 4„ ether we
as students,.will see it finished!or not, as
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Boyte’s
fGeneral Has
J'AlreJfiy In H
V ; New Y«
soldier, n
three Int
fepends his
campaigns
away fron
The old boy knows his trade well
and loves to Work out small prob
lems like the jprobable daily! aver
age hay intake of Hanibal’s ele
phants in crossing the Alps.
I called on lim the other day and
found him fuhiing—as usual—over
three big mays hung on his library
tjlons, however,, are the best, most personal
way to show our interest in the Memorial
Center, which a few of us will get to
Sneak Preview
is. a conimunication system throughout
the building that would-pipe music to » • . ,, . ^
rloms.! 'speech to an-
several
,v . J^sib^ a bpeecii an- aT1( j 0 f others who will succeed us.
I other room, and mayb^ a rad.o program ^ ^ to the ^ when our sons come
another, t . . • - -vI' Jll ' T “. \ 1° [
' Or aj jportable organ could, be moved To make the! Memorial Cehter live and
into the [fountain room to play jump breathe A&M and the spirit of Aggie and,
music for |atf afternoon dance, then mbved we must help bring it to life by opr efforts.
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) Radio, the middle child in the three by the'iiemandK of its readers.
I member communication family, last month Our'* radio industryJ»as never enjoyed
‘ took another step toward eiqual rights t^is complete freedom. Admittedly it dif-
with its big journalistic brother the news- fers greatly from the newspaper; business,
paper, land the setting of a pace fbr the and Some of its controls may be necessary,
rer television industry. We cannot help but believe that the brand
of radio programs would pull itself above
the soap opera apd quiz .prograijn level if
it were 1 given more latitude tq conduct
its own affairs. As any Inewspaper editor
will tel you,\one (outraged reader or ad
vertiser wH] do more to improve a news
paper’s output than any mapner of control
boards. 1 k N: sTj’ \ • . i
(|, In the past, newspapers apd radio
hitve. Worked' hand in hand, With each
industry complementhig the other. It has
been a (.mutually beneficial arrangement
prtd we‘ like tbi pee tjhe radio; industry j
grow. Anything which helps yadio will
help us and, in the end, raiste the level of
The Stratton Story Rates
High in Any Man’s Language
younger television, industry.
, The fiition came-as a relaxation of
Federal Cdmmunication Commission Rules
giving ^dib, stations the right to express
their ijhtiivjshual thoughts oh public affairs
—in short, to editorialize oyer the air.
Formerly 'such a privilege whs confined
by law to p*adlo commentators. -
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Most o f the stations in Texas greeted
the move..: Stith pleasure and a! number of
them have already started plahs for reg
ular statioh editorial programs. > !
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From OUr viewpoint, we definitely fav-
,or this mcfve toward more complete free
dom of speech for our fellow news dispen
sers. We pAlieve the newspaper industry knowledge of the (general public,
is a great ijhd beneficial industry ^or our We Congratulate the radio industry on
nation bejcause if hasi been allowed to thei
grow uncpnfined. It makes, and profits keep the four freedoms (strong is to exer-
by its o\vi| mistakes and is regulated only rise tbenrvegulariy and 1 , extensively,
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.Carrying a Miami, Florida, dateline,
K^brnittle] story about the horse whose:
L drinking^habits would not be considered
li linusuaHh College Station these hot sum*
lays! . ... f
le hijmidity was high and the weatp-
’"Was hqt so a police department horse
i just couldn’t say n Neigh” to ia couple of
I beers.
By ANDY DAVIS J 1
The Stratton Story (MGM)
starring: James Stewart, Jupe
Ailyson, Frank Morgan, and
Agnes Moorehead. (Palace) :
This is the heart warming sthry
of‘Texas’ own Monty Stratton,
who reached the top in the base
ball world, as pitcher for the Chi
cago White Sox, only to have jhis
world crumbled beneath him^: by
losing a leg from the result of a
hunting accident.
Discovered pitching in the
small town Of Wagner, Texas,
Monty is coached by a washed
out ball player, Frank Morgan.
When Monty is ready for bigger
game, the . two strike out for
California,'' and Monty does the
rest himself. Signed to a contract
by the White Sox, he docs u
thorough job of wgrming the
bench. He; does worse on a blind
date with June Ailyson, and even
though he appears to be u
“creep," he makes it to first
>,base. Later he scores a home
j run, and the two are ^-married.
Making jthe most ; of a second
chance, Monty rises to fame in
the A,meritan League, as a star
pitcher. All this is interrupted
when he ajccidentally shoots him
self, tvhile hunting on his farm.
To safe his life they have to am-
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Campus Security]
Says No Dogs Shot
“No dog has been shot by the
Campus Policed’ said Fred C.
. j, |, | ,, i | Hicknutn, chief of C^ampus Sjecur-
eir new found voice. The only way to l ity, in answer to charges made by
Robert B. Mayes, ’49, and Henry
A. Knight, ’50. These charges
were made) through the Letters to
the Editorj Column in the Battal-
lion. . |
Acording to Mayes, a harmless
dog, which needed to be removed
for the protection of the children,
was shot by the Campus Police in
the front yard of 3-C, College
View, w i|i h numerous children
watching, j
Knight's letter stated that the
N Campus Police shot ai a dog at
10:30 at night. This letter, pub
lished July 1, brought out the dan
ger of ricocheting bullets hitting
the inhabitants of College View.
“We would ahoot a dog under
extreme Circumstances, even at
night,” sara Hickman, “but only if
it was absolutely necessary.”
- His rider, patrolman Dave Lewis, ex
plained yesterday that “Biflster really likes
beer in this/kind of weather.
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“Buster drinks like a gentleman, “Lew
is continued, “bit I don’t let him have
than a couple of beers. When he gets
many he thinks the, pedestrains are
Ihdians and he’s General Custer!”
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\ He was a peculiarly unpleasant person nothing about pigs, you don’t. Why, my
aqd when, visiting Jthe local cattle show father raised the biggest pig ever raised
he, BWdr claims to] superior knowledge; , ^ these ’ere party.”
He was especially insulting to old Sam J T ' i
Potts. i ; i ; “Aye,” retorted old Sam quietly, “and
•“Pah,”|h(;/said sneerii^ly,“you know ! the noisiest
The Battalion
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I Lawrence Sullivan Ros$, Founder of Aggie Trfditioiqs
ittalion, official tt
allege Statii
College of 1
,ted every Mo
Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. During the su
Ulion is published tri-,weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.. Subscription,rate 1
Ivertising rates furnished ori request.
lively to the
is and the
ly through
»er The Bat-
per school
Thti Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republicitioii of all hews dispatches
to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish-
ed| herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. 1< [/
putate his leg, and with 'his leg,
goes his life.
Its a hard fight back (or both
Monty and his wife, but once
there is a will, there is a way.
With his wife catching, and him
pitching, that new leg of his
i hasn’t a chance. Time arid cour
age overcome all his handicaps.
When the All Stars play in
Houston, Monty appears to the
amazement of all, as pitcher in
the line up. With his heart in
the game he conquers every foe.
On his first hit, he falls before
making first, but the second time
he succeeds. When his opponents
start bunting the ball, Monty is
too slow in picking it up, but
with every hit he gains new mo
mentum. It only takes three to
strike a man out, and Monty
lives up to his past perform
ances.
The game is won; but to Monty
Strnitton, it is more than just win
ning a game. Jimmy Stewart and
June .Ailyson have never been bet
ter, and to sum it all up in a few
words, its sotne picture. ' \
Extension Men*
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Attend Meet
! Louis F. Franke, extension
editor; Jack T. Sloan, exten
sion 'visual aids specialist;
and Thomas W. Bishop, ex
tension illustrator, of A&M;
are in Ithaca, New York, at
tending the annual conference
of the American Association
of Agricultural College Edi
tors, Recording to G. G. Gib
son, director of the Texas
Extension Service.
The conference meets this year
on the campus of Cornell Univer
sity July 6-9. This is the outstand
ing function of the editorial year
and the program will cover such
items as new developments in
press, radio, television, publications
and visual aids, Gibson said.
Sloart and Bishop will also attend
the first national visual aids work
shop , which follows the editors
meeting, July 11-15. Both will par
ticipate in the mediri discussion
groups and the workshop. They
will rejoin Franke in Washington,
D. C., where he will go following
the Editors meeting at Ithaca.
In Washington, Franke will par-
jticipate in a tour of the Beltscille
Research' Center and will confer
with officials rn the USDA Office
of Information and extension ser
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The group will return to College
SUition on July 18, Gibson said. ^
GA Bill Estimate
To Be Made Soon
his MS degjree in plant taxonomy AUSTIN, Tex., July T 1 —(Ah—The
here. Both j Reynolds and Rowell first estimate of the cost x)f the
are expert* 1 in plant taxonomy Gflmer-Aikin Education Program
and well known as field botanists, based on actual applications of
Doak said; 1 . ■ public schools for state aid will be
- The course being taught by Rey-\ made about July 20.
nolds i Will include a trip to the And an estimate of how much
state of Morelos- in Mexico. This the state should take out of its
state is south of Mexico JCity and clearance fund to place in the
is just beyond the- Mexican Plat- minimum school foundation fund
eau ! . > for use the next two years will be |
The country. is partially mount- made tomorrow by the state comp-
ainous and abounds iri tropical and troller and state auditor.
IE Grads Teach
Summer Work
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“A&M believes in using its
experienced graduates to
strengthen the summer class
es,” E. L. Williams, director
of the Industrial Extension
Service, said today.
f Several A&M graduates who
have had aerial teaching e^cp^ri-
ence have returned to the campus
to act £js instructors of IE for the
summer, according to Williams.
He slated that Dr. Sam R. Mc-
Gluney s industrial education grad
uate of 1932 and now assistant
director of Industrial Education
for the Houston Public Schools,
taught a graduate course ih Or-
ganizatioh of an Industrial Arts
Department the first two weeks
of the term. i „
Raymond Arnold,' IE graduate
of 1926 who received a master’s
degree in 1932 and is now assis
tant principal of the Brackehridge
, Senior High School in San Antonio
is teaching in tlie Department of
Education. Also teaching in ; .the
Department of Education, is Wj, l|.
Meyers, who received a degree in
JE in 1927, a master’s degree in
1936, and w^s recently elected
dean of the new Alvin Junior Col-
leige. ! \ _ '
J. R. I). Eddy, who received a
master’s degree from A&M in
electrical engineering and , physics
and is now director of the Bureau
of Business and Industrial Ex
tension Training of the University
v ! of Texas, and Charles Cyrus, IE
1 graduate of 1930 who is oit the
staff of the Bureau, are teaching
courses for vocational industries
teachers.
.Geoiige H. Fern, of the Scholastic
Magazines of New York, whCiiif-
ctiived his IE degree in 1929,
served as special lecturer iri IE
for one week.
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now. Colonel?”
.“Planning a mo-
Island?”
gave me h|is cus
tomary glare.
“In the first map I have Correct-
the errors made by Giant at
Siege of Vicksburg,”; hi! snap-
jrifhe second map shews my
ig New York) City.’’
mhp,” he wunt on,
how we could stop the
ans at the Rhine by using the
atoiri bomb.”
“But the atom bomb is a stra
tegic weapon, not a tactics 1 one,”
t prot
T protested. "It’s for knoick ng out
citiesi—notf. enemy I a|rmie8.”
Colonel gave me a scornful
nny,” he said pityingly, “the
way to win a war with a^ new
Weapon is to use that new Weapon
in every wdy you can.
“Suppose 'the Soviet armlies at
tach. Evchyohe figures they’d over
run Europe while our fly bojfs were
wipirig out Russian cities With at
om bomba; j •. /]; r
“But how long would it t|ake us
then I to get the Russian (armies
out of the rest of Europe? Five
year*? Ten years? But why con
cede ;in advance they can overrun
Westiem Europe? ! i ' !■
“Before they: can hit fpii the
English Channel, Sop, they have to
I cross a big wide rivCr called
Rhine. To cross thajt river tl
army has to; mass
mass
lit’em hjard with atopi
icthflr you/
drop the bomb on'elm or, shpot it
over with a big gup.
' “Either way you’ll
about five square miles of >n jar-
toy. And I can’t think.of! aj
way to invest an ftom bo
wartime.” !'.
It made sense to me.
“Colonel,” I said,; "J thin£
been underestimating your
hairs.” ; '' T •' j
“What losea w^nk son,”
plied, "is a head with a onjfj-ttack
mind, whether it’s on old or
shoulders.” i / j
Street Installe<
ffiotary "f
WJE. Street, hfead of the Engin
eering Drawing Department, was
inducted as president of the Bry-
an-College Station Rotary] club
this Week. He served as vic« -pres
ident the past year and subceeds
the Rev. A. T. Dyal of Bryan as
1 president. ( . >
Deain j a . D. ttrooxs, form* r Ro
tary district governor and veter
an memjbcr of the local clubj, con
ducted the! induction ceremony.
Dr.j E. P. Humbert, Genetics
Department, was re-installefl! sec
retary-treasurer.
Dean Brooks outlined tlie duties
,of the oflcers and board of dtrc<!:*
.tors and reminded the Rotary
membership of its responsibility t,o
the Club, the community, th* lr"y6-
cations, and to the world.
Geology Field Trip
Almost Completed
Porty-one geology studerijts,
headed by Dr. G. R. Blank, T!'( J.
Packer, and C. L. Steward of the
Reynolds Teaches
Taxonomy Course
H*. C. ..Reynolds^ formerly in the
Department of Biology, will return
to A&M-tp conduct a course in
field ^taxonomy, according to C. C.'
Doak, head of the department.
Reynolds] has been attending Col
umbia University, doing work to
ward his Pn.D. degree. He will be
assisted in the work in field botany
by C. M. Rowell Jr., who received
>gjre
Geology Department have coruplet-
ed five weeks of a six weeks field
couifse at Brady, Texas, Si. A.
Lyiijch, head of the Geology! De-
pertinent, said today.
The. geologists are camped at
, Curtis Field three -miles north of
Brady. Most all of the work is
done!; in the field, using plane
tabled and aerial photographs to
plot (possible formations on | con
tour maps. Besides the field work,
early imorning hours are speint in
. writinjp daily reports, Lynch | said.
Twd trips have been scheduled
away from the Brady area, pne to
Fort (Worth an d another to the
Big Bejnd country, south of Alpine,
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Besides the forty-one Aggies at
Curtis (Field there are sixty-one
students from Texas University.
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sub-tropical vegetation, £)oak said.
Plant specimens collected on this
trip will be deposited in the S. M.
Tracy Harbarium at A&M, and at
other leading Herbarium in the
United States, according to Doak.
Official Notice
The State Department has an
nounced additional awards for
1949-1950 for advanced research
in the United Kingdoms. Ap
plications must be in by July 10,
Details may be secured in
Room 204 Academic Building.
R. L. Elkins,
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L. P. Sturgeon, director of the
Foundation School Program Div
ision, told the Legislative audit
committee today that the overall'
estimate should be available this
month. 'Ji . jj\
“The deadline for schools to
make their preliminary applica
tions (for state aid) is July 2p,
at which time we should be able
to make a pretty accurate esti
mate of the program,” he told
the committee.
State Auditor Cl H. Cavness,
temporary administrator 'of the
Gilmer-Alkin Program, said
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S. Calvert will make tomorrow 'on
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d Comptroller Robert
Assistant to the the amount to be put in the mta-
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