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Tin* Library Needs Afr Cm|||
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■piThere should;'be ope place on the cam*
pMs,where students could go and find an
air conditioned study room. I Dormitory
rooms are stifling on thes&'wairm summer
evehings, entirely too unpleasant to study
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have Stated that they
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ing better grades from their students
of summei school be-
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The library would .seem to be; the.
logical place 1 for air conditioning and stu-
V ‘-dy. There. in the midst ; of ample facilities
to accomodate ,bbok-bent : \ students, stu
dents could study in comfort. |j \
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that students^ use pir conditioned! study
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vi|M|:, we have; four d the libra rjf entity
too hot,to even read for pleasure, much-
less sit in and stud; v
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i True, the expense would be great for
f nd added
this improvement, tyut goodwil
r; •»,*•« , grade boints wquld amply compKnsate for
yore the air conditioning tinhipmi‘lit Was the money (oyer $100,000)' spent for the
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Governor ShiVersJia^ announced that
i ..„;hq thipks Texas’ natural resouit js could
stand a little more taxation. He fCels that
time is near whep our natural resour
ces willVbe “fully exploited/’ Al ter our
resources have been cxhaustec, other
... " sources of revenue will have to bp found*
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her, natural
On these points We whole-heartedly
aJgltee with the governor.
Texas has been privileged t
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possess
tj h e greatest concentration of | natural
; Wealth of any like area" in the 'world. But
Texas has, and id squandering muelr of
the money which this state could collect
through taxes upon its natural resource
financing the
improved state
into law. HoW<
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A special session of the sta ;e legisla
tion will have toibe called to find ways of
:on|mendable pngrartt of
jervices which they passed
Yet, without mcney these
Services apear Anly on paper. I
! These state; services to be provided
with additional tax money will be better
elepmoshary and educational buildings
and more efficieit eleemosnary opera-
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Old Man Texaj had the prescriptions
to moke him a healthier man nnd better
citizen. It is now up to the leg slature to
, . . provide the neceSiiarj’ money ior his re-
Around eighty percent of our natural re- covery. We hope t iey will folio 1 v the gov-
[sources are consumed outside the state,! ernor’s; suggestion, and tax natural re-
i^nd an increased natural resource tax sources rather tha i increasing tjhe already
would bring to Texas a greater share of|p too severe property taxes.
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“Wc f er«itfang«r^ Doesn't
Rate With Other Hnsto» Work
By HERMAN C. GOLLOB
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slurred “R’s” and blurred nasal
phrasings, and Mr. Garfield is
as hopelessly lost as Hansel and
Gretel.
Jennifer Jones does no better.
Perhaps failing to realize that it
is not necessary for an actress to
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JjVfte Mot Alone in Protesting Re^festifs
j Those of us who are protesting! under keeps producing pew stuff so
“We Were Strangers” Colum
bia) starring John Garfield, Jen
nifer Jones, Pedro. Armendariz
(Palace).
I shoulda stayed in bed. j
Those five imdrtal * wolds, ae- be an Oscar winner in every per-
credited to the late Joe Jacobs, forma nee, she tries to do too much
expressed my sentiments perfect* with too little. I found her con-
ly as, somewhat the disgruntled sistent pursing up of the lips and
moviegoer, I strode, angrily out of i hoisting of the eyebrows partic-
thg.Palaijeh, where Columbia’s “\Ve ularly annoying.
Were Strangers” i s currently But “We Were Strangers” has
showing.! -. . i its moments—chiefly when Pedro
I expected a great’ deal more Armendariz and Gilbert Roland
from writer-director John! Huston, are in focus,
whose “.Treasure of Sierra Madre” i Armendariz .is gifted with ex-
gave indications that any! product tracrdinary acting intelligence. His
of his would bear the same stamp fierce good-looks, attributed to a
of imagination and vigoV.I; . flashing pair ; of fanatical dark
Unfortunately, “We Were eyes', a set [ of glistening white
Strangers" is hardly moire than teeth, and a JuH black mustache;
a stifling melodramatic concoc- his sonorous, dr
on a quit shw,” agbeed Mark
Goodson and Bill Todman. "We
aren’t looking for screwballs.’'
These two young men—both
under 40—are authorities on how
to be chosen to appear on the
radio giveaways. Tneiy’w picked
thousands of cdhtestanojl for the
five CBS network quiz shows they
produce—Stop the Music,* Winner
Take .AU, Hit the Jatkpbt, Beat
the.Clock, and 1 Spin to
What do they look
“We’re not looking for the great
est brains in the studio,” said
Todman. “We’re looking; for the
niwf peo]
‘We want
i: off bal
ance." ;
Thd. art <>f I getting fjelpcted as
a contestant lies in attracting th
announcer’s eye without scaring
hhn away by being too brash or
anxious.
Women wearing white gloves
and a large hat are likely to be
chosen merely because they stand
out to the announcer ni he passes
through the audience. But a woman
earing flashy jewelry is auto-
ttically rejected.’ j
^‘People don't like to; see any
one win money who already looks
as if he had more than he needed,”
explained Goodson. j
Over the years the producers
have found that housewives often
make better contestants than col
lege teachers.
“The housewife doesn’t feci she
has to prove she’s iimart, so she
is ipore relaxed,” said Todman.
They also have learned , that men
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The Film Division of the Arts, Scienc
es antMPi’ofessiqns Council has opened
up! ah attack on the- film companies rcl
issuing old pictures,
And it is through the old familial
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care what
medium of appealing to the public for paign indicates
wants. They’re making good n oney from
re-issues arid they are putting them out,
goodToi? bw.
Film contpanib have Alreiitiy done so,
and the Arts Council's propaganda cam-
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that a lot
ting their
(her do the
he public
hat thpy are arc ready
and willing to takje advantage cf the movie
going public too.
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In the past few months; our local
theatres have carried quite a number of
re-issues, but all of them ha :e not been;
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^hal ; we neid is a compromise ben
fen the standi taken by the two insti-j
tutions. With a little effort, the film com
panies could determine which of the better
old (pictures the public would like to sec*
I' f Mr, the bet [er pfctuM
All ’filtn workers. They have nothi rg what- Hollywood would have somet ring to sup-
. • „ever to say about those re-releases which plement its ’current productions and the
, ar*e / exceHerit movie fare^^and which a lot volume released would not be so great as
.M of people had missed.-OtrViously, ithei ^PUh* to hurt eiqplojtr,ent in the fi 1th industry.
4 cil does not care Avhether the public Wants If the battle contiriues/wa, the movie
to see some of thej better re-rple^ses or going public, jaife going to spffer for iti,
pot. THeir only cone
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-prptests. . ;. ,
Propaganda prepared by the Councrlj,
sal’s to movie-goers, “don’t be a sucker
jto * this rehash of old fare."
’i Those; are pretty strong words con
sidering how much Americans hpte to be
called suckers. We’-re inclined t> believe
that all re-issues aren’t sucker- rait, and
that the Arts Council is showing very
little concern for the movie-goer
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The Council say.^ that every re-issue
‘.represents a severe loss of employment for
tion which rises lo Hutson
heights only occasionally.
Concerned with the efforts .of
a group of Cuban revolutionists
(Jennifer Jones, Gilbert Roland,
Ramon Norarro, Wally Cassel) led
by an lAmerican (John Garfield)
to assiiiate the despotic Cuban
president and his cabinet and thus
destroy, the regime of. tyranny
which has been stifling liberty in
Cuba, the plot, logy with clinches,
seldom leaves low gear, never
reaches high, and too often slips
into nctura). [. I .■
In the leading roles of Tony
Fennerj and China Valdes, John
Garfield and Jennifer Jones leave
much to be desired. No matter
what part he is handed* Garfield
will always be Garfield.
When given a roll attuned to
the Garfield personality, he is -
satisfying enough. [ But provide.
. him willi a part that requires
him to be anyone but his toiigh
and cocky self, edmtilete With
dramatic, lucid ar-
ticulatibn, spiced with a Spanish
accent; and the complete ease with
which he i handles his sturdy frame
assure him of a brilliant screen
career as a character actor of
some means.
In the role of Arriete, the tru
culent, semi-barbaric police chief,
■ he doea a masterful job. His
scene with Miss Jones in which
' he. reveals his brutal character
completely, while ravenously de
vouring crabs and partaking
freely of Cuban rum, is his best,
Aa-Guillermo, a praw/iy dock-
hand who is poetic and clever in
his own right.; Gilbert Roland is
. a natural. W.hjether it is strum
ming a calypso melody on a guitar,
contriouting a Isharp comment or
retort, or philosophizing in his
brilliantly simple way, Roland acts
-as a bpuyant force on a desperate
ly sinking script.
I can recommend “We Were
Strangers” only as an ersatz “For
Whom The Bell Tolls.”
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Of Siodtnafe s Directing Work
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A Hollywood producer receivied a story simpler. We’re intelligent and know what
entitled, ‘The Optimist." He called his an optimist is, but how mi ny of those
stiff together and said: “Genttemen, tliis morons who’ll see the pictui(e will know
jbe changed to poihething he’s ah eye dioc ;or?”
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The Battalion
"Soldier, StatesniM, Knightly Gentleman"
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
Battali
City of College
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Entered at .Keond-clus* matter at Post-
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the Act of CoDema .uf Mnrch 8. 1874.
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Bj m. k BROWN
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Dear!Dr. Brown: I r • 1
Aft ;r reading your two brilliant
and quite unprecedented discus
sions ! of the abstract questions
"Why?" and “When?'’j I haVpi de
cided that you might be of assis
tance! to: me lit my research on the
question “How?"
Would you mind disclosing your
views?
Sincerely,
Miss Ann Thrope ,
Dear Miss Thrope: j j rj .
If «you read my column of last
Wednesday you know that jU ad
vised G.L.B. on the same question.
Ordinarily I would not discuss the
but due
By HERMAN C. GOLLOB
"Criss Cross” (U n iv e r s a 1 -
International) starring Burt
Lancaster and Yvonne DeCarlo
(Gufon).
With “Criss Cross” director Rob-'
ert Siodmak gives further proof
thsjt he is a jiast master of the
art of creating in a melodramatic
screen production a tense, gripping
atmosphere, charged with emotion-
Mjons^ jLt •,
In this instance, Siodmak takes a
conventional gangster opus and
spices it with such clever bits as
Mrs. Roosevelt
Will Return To
United Nations
Aug. 5 —GT)— President
Trtiman said yesterday that
he had rejected art offer by
Mrs. (Franklin D. Roosevelt
to resign from Ktejlf. United
Nations post. He said she will
retuni to the next general as
sembly as a delegate.
The president said that no ref-
crcncc tb Mrs. Roosevelt’s contro
versy With Francis Cardinal Spell
man oyer federal benefits to Paro
chial schools was contained in her
letter/ 4, ; |jj . ■;']/
i He described it as the routirie
formal offer tb realign that Vir
tually all holders of diploipatic
posts send in regularly.! /
A reporter brought |jp the sub.
i ject at Mr. Truman’s weekly news
conference. The newsman said he
had been told that th<y widow of
the late president ha(f offered to
resign' her post with: the United
Nations (jshe is a member of the
Humah Rights Commission) be.
cause of her controversy with the
Catholic Prelate in New York.
Mr. Truman replied promptly
that Mrs. Roosevqjt offers her refer
ignation every year, i In the last
case, he'said she expressed ho
reason. Asked if he will accept thp
resignation, Mr. Truman replied
she’s going back to the United
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ioi; women from the South or South-
tst part, of America make the
st contestants on a geographic
are ahy mart
informed,^ re*
“They are simply
, —d homey-talking.’!’
Who makes the ideal contestant t
Tt isn’t
“Oh. Pd say
man from Fort,
to be a doctor
was
would be a young
Worth, studying
and married to a
Battalion CrmsuiOrd
i was working to help him
degree,’! said Goodson. .
ould help if the wife had
y,” laughed To<l-
cnce loves young
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girl who
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man. "The nud
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The second pinnual conference! of
technicians ay the Artificial Brcjcd-
■ers Association and the; Dairy Hlerd
Ipiprovomont Association will be
held i here/September 6 and fi, ;ac-
/(o Dr. I. W. Rupd, head
Dairy Husbandry Depart
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Tms is the first time the two
associations will meet iointly. R.
E/ Burleson, extension dairy soc
ialist, is in charge of developing
/the program. Loading the program
will be Dr. Rupel and the staff of
the Dairy Department.
A . R. Starbuck, extension dai
ry specialist from Columbus, Opio,
will be the main speaker: »t the
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The purpose of the conferenqo is
to discuss the problems « '
individual dairyman and
clear up their different probl
Their will discuss operations 4nd
machinery that arc new in jfhc
dairjy industry.
British Que^n Hono
London, Aug 5-jJiT)—U
States Navy ships in iritnsh ]
fired 21-gua salutes at noon jyps
terday -in honor of Queen Eliza
beth’s 4.9th birtiiday.
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thb cutting down of herb Burt TODAY & SAtOT^AY
Lancaster’s broken arm by a seem- -
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L ly devoted husband who is in;
lity a tjool of mobster Ban
t-uryeai a bar with a mousy, high-
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Represented nattonall r br National Ad-
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ilication of all hews ,,,
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Holding my nose, Twill dive selfishness and desire fbr < good
right into the middle of the discus- .fimc.'
sion: Fir's^, relax and kCep .calm. Although both turn in capable
Don’t get too dxcIM.rpr exam- ^performances, they find tough
pie. it’s bad if you | get excited ednipefition in the steller support-
whllo trying to charip snakqs. fg cast headed by weak-faced Dan '
Secondly, use 4 jffiMrJe blc hd of Dui-yca as the clcm. sarcastic
imagination, technique, and in- tpughic; Stephen McNally «s a
stinct. Of course, if-you don’t conscientious cop; and Alan Nai-
know "How”, then yop probably pier as an elderiy, erudite tippler
have/no technique anyway, sb you who Contrives the armored car
had best concentrate top imagina- hold-un
tion and instinct. You can'wajrr . j! . J i . . .
dm’clop a technique later. . Cnss. Cross ^ohers an hour and
Thirdly, always be prepared. You forty-odd minutes of sordid, fast-
never know when you will be dolled paced entertainment, the ending
upon to perform. (I discussed furnishing moviegoers the .eqmva-
“When?” in a previous cohmm.) ; I;!-* 1 * 1 o{ a 8to P in thc facc -
hi believe my - advice vyill help ;j.. a ;
you in almost any. situation, and
I hope I have cleared up any con-
fusion about the subject that you
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mebt rdee above i l,0$0,0d0 in July
for the first time' since January,
1912,'the census bureau reported
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