I . i- 1 ' • — I.-' •• ;• V _ .mi ..'.'v' J t ; ■ l i Battalion Ed P^ge‘2 : . ■ J ' ! * *• i i ■ | The Student Center Needs Studeht Supporter m . ■ k u ; r- ■ i-1 r T * ^ * T i.!. jg , AUG. 12, 1949 people of with a •' Memorial f ’S - ^ !: 1 m ; \i- t,-: m j ’ | ^ | ||; The stiujent body'should start polish- that they could hfti ing its* silver platter now, because in the j development of the Center, but spontan- fall of 1950 the Formed Students and the eous Texas are going to present it v and iwo-mil 1 ion-cfol 1 ar-plus Student thesej students ip letters to the Editor will Center. i ll ^e jujst the shot in the arm that the student opnieni ioi une vemer, out gropp action has been stow to develop perhaps me Suggestions of ideas from neea re We gioing to miss the only oppor- to piece forever the stamp of the : h . Except; for a few cases, the student, body needs to' start some real body has suffered no piUn in the plan- A ning, construction or financing of the tun ‘ t Memorial Center. The Senior Class of ’49 has presented the union with a set of clock chimes and several mothers clubs hav^pfomised gifts of silver service, but as vet the student body has shown little or planning. no interest. ,This school will have the jbest Student Nniss o Center, for the money spent, that Can be had; before it will be our institution detx ’though, we n^iist do something to make it to s ours. Something that will make each and as i hould be? ■ eydry Student feel that he had a parf in rthe actual building or decorating ;of the 11 budding. , , ^ ! No doubtrseveral students Have wished m " ; . - Ti i ||[h: • • -j . student body; that was here at the time of constructiori, 1 on the Memorial Center so that all can see in years to come? The Center does not have money al located tjo plan the in:erior decoration; shall we allow this job to be done hit or should the student body raise the and hire tjhe bist student center tor that can be found and tell him is ahd then decorate our building Pappy, Flour, Dough, Politics..j Boyles Column . f ±1 m '4,— tver New War Books Brass and GI’s Revealing ,, |iy HAL BOTLE NEWfVORK, —The a bore. A third World War MIRK i few even wlah to >Ut. Second still of s public intetttt. j Politically, that war is still con tinuing, but its combat phase has been ov<>r for four years, the period of actual fighi What 6 JttSriSluy really happened at pli .Tuna. Salerno, YeaJt |y yemr, as | jl&r at places Anzio, Basi Is flltefing U « kind of ou cant put it together and it all at one* becatise the pieces come to you slowly. The general pattern of the war can beat be found in the memoirs of people who usually write mem- oirs-^geperala and statesmen. TO get the real feel iof battle and the hurtij it gave, you have to turn to books written by then who fought the war and best knew its boredom and danger—the junior officers and enlisted men.* Two of the latest are "A Tent on Coracia,” by Martin Qu ex-sergeant in the 12th and '‘Day Without End, (CQ)i I*ragg, a former infantry platoon leader. , •• , •' : i.'. Both explore new territory. V$n Praag tells a one-day talc of the life and death of a doughboy pla toon in the heart-breaking hedge rows of Normandy. It is rough and uigley, an i Airforce, by Van any si (Thi.4 Rattalior fgoodUrdect?; Do you have stfons? What do you think? itorjal Wai submitted to the a 3tu<’ i .. •• | 1 t j B \* • I I j j i j j ■ j v "p Pappy O’JDaniel is beating the timber He went in as a Democrat and wound patches of Eas^t Tepcas looking for fiddle I a Dixiegop. Pappy found his Republican !' players. I ' l , j\ friends a better bunch\of fellows than his This rather subt|e/way of announcing own party members. And sometimes, Pap- I that he mj/y be ,ih politics again,lame py became so conservatiye that most of last week when Pappy attended thej Wood his Republican friends loolted "pink” be- ; County Old Settlers Reu^ibn. He’s a! smart side him. i politician, Pappy is. Maybe he fought the i “professional politicians” while he was j 1 . j seeking office, but his ten years in poli- chances, i If he did decide to runXfor gov- tics has made an old smoothie of him. He e *nj* Allan Shivers and A paMt didn’t say, “No,” to those urging him to 4 Wf 10 , Slt ^ GoV *!? or 8 run on the Republican ticket for hi S jun- N r ple ' l y . cars : Pilpp >' *}* ^ appraise Pappy’s • ., - . . . I/* .. .. , , ( ior Senator’s position until the last min ute. Now he’s not shying, “Yes,” until he is assured a great enough backing tempt a gubernatorial campaign wpn’t flop. • . j| ; ’ ‘ : > Old age pensidl forces are looki ng for a candidate, and Flippy may be their man. I Twice / before Pappy has successfully j campaigned, waving the old age pension j plank in his;platform. We remember Pappy when doubtedly command a large number of votes in whatever election he chooses to participate| as, a candidate. Whether this number will be large enough to swing the election in his favor depends on his ca|m-.; paign and the faith people have in his promises. : |j ■ l I :■ j ,. (1 !; •. \ | k \ While Pappy still has time, we suggjest that he hire a fiddle band and try to sell flour instead of a platform. He’ll get a lot more dough from his flour than from his to Washington around eight years ago. politics. 1"K > '^ 1 i ]_ ■ b !. Army Jumps Gun, But We Agree ■i -v.;. ' . ■ , I;-, . ( .. The Army admits that ijt would like for enlistments now amply meet j draft law to be extended past next vice requirements and ojir i June when the present dra|ft' law Will ex- 'ivell up to fpll strength. With pire. The Air Force and the Navy haven’t economy predicted fto continue Lome Ends By M. N. BROWN A. A. A. Dcnr Mr. Brown: 1 am a new student here on the campus and so far have enjoyed my stay very much. However, I am still confused about the meaning of an expression I have heard. Perhaps you can help. What is the meaning of "Gig 'em?" I hope that you can alle viate my mental turbidity. Sincerely, ■ !I; ; Joe B. Dear Joe: You Must be la new studeht, if you arc still enjoying your stay. I will admit that this place grows on you, but lik;e a fungus. Now for your question. According to Webster’s Diction ary, gig means "Anything that whirls or is Whirled; a fish spear; or a light two-wheeled, one-horse carriage.” Does that help? I have frequently heard the ex pression at sporting contests, but where a one-horse carriage would fit into the. situation. Perhaps the "Spear, ’em” but that is silly too, because none of the contestants carry spears and there aren’t any fish to be seen. Perhaps "fish’* j refefs to the Freshmen, but I would think the Freshmen would object to being speared, wouldn’t you? ' t| : j No, the meaning must lie in the first j definition. Upon second thought • "whirl" would be the best definition. It must be a command, or invitation, to grab your opponent, of partner, and whirl him, or her. somewhat in : the Ttlannor of a square dance dosey-do. It sounds like fun, but it would depend upon your partner and the situation, of course, I hope this lias cleared .up your turbidity, but it leaVOs me (father confused. All I can say isl “Gig ’em!": .. Yours truly. • M, N. B. ■ j News Survey Underway Here A survey of 94 Texas atg-i, ricultural weekly newspapers is being made by the A&M Journalisrh Department i n order to determine how Texas weekly newspapers are hand ling agricultural news, Pro fessor D. D. Burchard, head of the journalism department, said today. Burchard said that the actual measuring of the news print is done by students taking journalism courses and the statistical com putations are made by him and his staff. J He added that since the 94 newspapers being surveyed are about 10 percent oil all weekly newspapers in Texas!, the results will give a fair indication of how all Texas weeklies are handling agricultural news. The. primary purpose of the sur vey is to give journalism students training in newspaper evaluation, while the secondary purpose is to help Texas newspaper publishers improve their jiapers, said Burch ard. We of the journalism department try to work with Texas publishers as much as possible in order to help them put out better news papers in their communities. In formation obtained from the sur vey will be made available to all cooperating publishers and editors, Burchard coticluded. Battalion Crossword ■ li! I’ I’ !f\' ■..J t y' J ACftOSl 3k. Lack \ taC kSrf ufWopnicnt u. Wile* 9. lUaltlt Mart 43. Front* 12. Insact 14. JutlR* -13. Wojjni** part 48. Grown pci^on Moham- 47. Old form pf An houi* U thraa 42. V*ntur|f» So. FrlffhUntd: r arobaic S3. Double mo!d- - • boaril plow si. study I 1 57. Wroth I 59. Southern at&U: abbr. CO. Tint 6L IMvltl coroU. Cl. Part o( a wheel C3. Make a mlstaka 64, Pltchera 65. Rebound OUR] nQDLI CDBRl mu UWQ CiUCiL! □□□□DDQO tlUUB □n C0BQUQ DBB UUOLi LiUki □HUUU BUUCJUR1U 14. Kutadar 15. Fentl^ina l*. Po: 17. m IS. in 1 :oi Dl*< 23. 24k Ven j 1# 33. Pert 34. BibO iern it«: abbr. iloirt of a rolA . , Gam cduu dpjog ciu nuoRdD pn5 DoaiHaBn uuuou □□Ci DOUG nix: mnncu aa D5EOU □UUDHkiOIJ nei J uuuu nm yaoG acau nsa Solution of Yesterday'* Puzxla C Divisions of • Xvtqoi i I / ■ ' foprof gt story yet thb In the plctdrfal ambitious presefnla ond World War is the series of television films prepared by M« of Time and based on Oen. Eli liower'a book. "Cnisade in Euro) k ,, , . 'book-j: deals with the adventures. som«- ous, sometime® ’ fatal, of B-36 bomber gunners they had one chance In' of getting home. It is the best yet on the boys who rode turn bhmbcrs. plctorfftl fiekt, the most bilious presejntatlon of the see ls the series of 26 Arch i Iseh- Cruafide In Europe." This serlea (.howa the impact off war—lt» brutality and dc- v a s t a 11 o n—morq, graphically tlmn any novel, merely because it la so terribly factuaL {I Went) to a , preview of one of the fllmil with two soldiers had fought over the area sh •THat’a the why it was," said Corp. Seals W. Knight, 29. a bronze star winner. "I don’t want anymore of thingiil like that. It was rough there." j; "The p ibllo ought to kndw more about wiat war is like," said the other sokller, Corp. Oliver G. Snow, 42. "But pictures smell. | "If yo)u wouldn't DOWN 1. Star In Draco 2. Aecompll8b«4 3. Sketched Lett V rki 1 3 4 5 r" 7 6 1 1 /O 1 ft rli Lij TT L W-: — IS \T\ W 1 r • - ■— >8 £ T 5T 3P g 1 5T J I "ST Mffl 29 fit" T m i w . L n 30 1 ■ 4» m — jr 1 i M sr * i _ ■ sH tt lb 8 xT 37 m W/.'. id g 31 fr m 40 I 4i” 1 3T 43 r 44 tfi j't it i __ K fm • \ ■fj n r. ; V • I r. s jT -•••* St sx P ST IX ST 53' 55T > , I w 3 23 11 I 1 5T iL % cr ! ST 5T ■ lL 1 5T . r 5T 5. Ftories 9. So^ American 7. Mufllna 8. Feeling* . 9. mu r\ 10. Mexican laborer \ 1L InduMrioua X x Injects 19. Mountain' nymph 21. Clumsy vehlclo 23. Perfumed •35. Willow 2ii. Gluttonize 2». Seaweed* . 39. Drive away > SO. Leaven S3. Cow house 36. Variety 0 f onion • . (j. 37. Opposing factions 40. More'fre- J| qubntly 43. DUh of ergs and milk 45. Age 46. Arabian <9. PiETT worship 50. Pain, , 51. • Polo team Rafe" • j i B. .jsfcr”-! passagewa* 58. Godqeaa of !;! inaliefons mischief ran’t put It SJ can’t put In J could do that, there be any j more wars." Dr. Potter Will Visit Kansas This August Dr. Geo. E. PpjUor, professor of Zoology, at tjhc for the While in plans to summer ,rt of Ks 4nd of|the central psrt dl Kansas. Kansas he pliius to sp id family] in Dr. Pqttcr will return to time fof the f4U serpester. ill 4' somic tiknc with his Osbprtie. A&M in Qa/npu TODAY FIRST KU & SATURDAY UN / l.*00-2:4p-4:20 K) - 7:40 - 9:2r* armed ser- scmces are a tightening Dear Editor: 1 have a problem. Knotvinjg that our own Butt has one of the inost proficient staffs in this plart of the world, I would like to ask n| question of the wise and le .... v . . . .. famed heads. What in the (CENS0HED) made up 1 their minds yet. The subject of draft extension will be i taken up soon by the Joint Chiefs of Staff], arid, their decision will bo what the na tional military establishment ' will go on I* record as supporting. In this case j the Army has jumped the gun, forgetting uni fication and all that which; is supposed to make us feel that the national military working together for collective, hot indi- Vichaal, good. . . . | Though we; feel that the Army acted prematurely in announcing their aenti- ] , ments before the Chteifs of Stalff consider the hiatter, We confess that the Army has a valid reason for waiting an extension of equntry fo^ Several years, men who find jot| opportunities less and less favorabfe will take the last'resort—going back into the sendee. | ,'4j j j[i I j | I j; In view of the touchy international sit uation, a standing draft law would hasten by months this country’s re-arming should a national emergency suddenly be thrust upon usi learned from the last war that every] day saved in preparation of an armed striking force is a corresponding saving in huhnjan lives. thst a draft extension act will her paper law ijiever used, but ^between war. and peace is so unstable ajad Our sthkes in a future war so high that (continuation of a national draft At present the draft law is merely a paper law, an ace-in-fhe-hole. Voluntary law seCras 1 imperative. - .[ ■ : iv ■■ ^TheBattalion b "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleindn }i Law; cnee Sullivan |toss. Founder pf Aggie Traditjom ,„ irtnUcketf " Between beers nml “muckot’f salesmen we haven’t been Uble to i study In Walton. 1 would appreciate any poop you could pass on to the. troops about "nibckets.” Arc they, mammal, ft>'.vl, reptile, or commodity? Please • find oi.t as. soon as you]can; my ' •salcA resistance can’t hold out much longer. You know these busi- n|?ss majors. Your friend and mine, Ossie Frccburgher, '47 \ ' licar Ossie: As far as Webster’s dictionary is doncemed a "mueket” is as non existent as your name. retail display sjlndougs featuring the slogan, For Family Washing, There’s No Xlacc fLike Hojne,” were shown during ; National Home Laundry PALACE Bryan will 1 | mmi Jobs Now Open In Gvil Service T . : The Civil Service Commission lations for amincr and ubjects. r J^? iebs Com has announced examinations for the positions of loan exar ’ instructor, academic sd . Entrance salaries for tion of Lofin Examiner ran you finally let your curiosity get $3750 to $5210 per annum, ajnivgk.yi4 Amly Davk.,— P, L. Holvcjji.. ISELPH.. ...i.,.k...Wtr« uattor .V .Mumuttus fiaitori. ulwf Joutv, Uruc NiA'.tvu. t ■ I K*>avrtcr# ..^...^.|\uturu Movie Uavkwcx yPhOtogRiphor of all news dispatches ntaneous origin puWish-' ted natluoally bj National Ad- Sen Mo Inc., at Now York Cltr. CUasao, Lo* Angele*. sad Saa Hr Saa Iran cl* co. Room 20J, ,t Aetivitieb Co-IM mn um llruvl llol JvcuuBtb Uuu brittaln s Wrf Ollwr Ch*rl*e Flfalf ‘ ‘ iu"*.: -4S«rg&. .,...baori^ Wruan TlwU. iWavtsro Staff OurWonUt lUvnoloutai ilulion :Mun ition Asa lit drcrlioiug T Clrcula ...Circulation ■Uvua Muuacor Isaiatunts a thick layer of muck around, and keep the little fellow Warm and cojiuortable. I’ll drop around and see fjtt sometime. j Ossie, go ahead and buy! one or moitj. Maybe you can get "mUck- cts” cheaper by the dozen. Handle them carefully, they might bite. SemnuckfuBy, yours, M. N. B. ■! r i j; Dr. Hampton Keturns From) Valley TVIp r 4 Dr., H. E. Hampton, professor of agronomy, returned this week from a vacation trip. While on his trip, Dr. Hampton toured the Yal ley observing some soil work that is going on down theye. lined to ip. Whil toured i 0 soil w t theyc. Official Notice Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and El Paso, Texas. Vacancies in the position of in structor, academic subjects, will be’filled at an entrance salary of $3727.20 per annum, atid employ ment will be with various Fed' agencies in the state of Texas. .Application forms and additio; information may be obtained tr the post office or from the Region al Director, Fourteenth U. .8, Civil ] Service Region, 210 South Har wood Street, Dallas 1, Tcxai Poultry Man To Tour North Central States • ‘ lt.\ * Boss M. Sherwood, professor of poultry husbandry, will lottve Col- lego Station August 18 for a com KLECTBiCAn KMUXEERING STCDBNTg buiation vacation and business trip. -TIT • , , In revealing his plans, Sherwood ^ ^ said that ho plans, to mak? a tour of poultry facilities in the North Central States. His Inst stop ’bc- s tUikoU rccl*tcrlnc fur flr.-.t »tnu»i*.T jbumorc v orlc In Klvctrlckl Knclnctrlnc vUl iuaL' tiHitr uluUy pli»n« iu accurJumo vlth th* rurrlruU In tha niraber 78 cutu- luitis. AvkUmiU Mbv have u«Ivil«evil bvyoml fir't Maxiiitcr t'oyh.irtiuru work will follow the curricula In *V number 73 catolusur. ?• J 1 j . '• I] ; fore returning to the campus will be at the University of-Iowa at