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The Student Center Needs Studeht Supporter
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, AUG. 12, 1949
people of
with a •'
Memorial
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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
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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
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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
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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<’
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"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
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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.
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Army Jumps Gun, But We Agree
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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
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12. Insact 14. JutlR*
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Moham- 47. Old form pf
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42. V*ntur|f»
So. FrlffhUntd:
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59. Southern
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Solution of Yesterday'* Puzxla
C Divisions of
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. <A check
with the Student Directory reveals
no Ossie F. regfyta’d in A&M. If
you are going tcSvhool here, you
had better let the high brass know
about H. i*. j
Anyhow it is a jfood question,
and T will kick it around a-little
bit, that is if the “mueket" won’t
piind.
; Perhaps a "mueket’’ is a cross
between muck and bucket, hence
a bucket of muck. But I can’t
imagine anyone selling the stuff,,
much less anyone buying it. iT
Op the other hand, perhaps it is
a fare mammal, fowl, reptile, or
commodity which lives in muck. If
LET’S DO SOMETHING All
LOYALTY OATH
Editor, The Battalion
l suppose that I and everyone
else in Texas is responsible for this
new Loyalty Oath <Bill to which wc
students have been exposed; for
wc, the people, arc the govern
ment. [ • j- •
How could a democratic legis
lature such as wc have here :m
Texas, ever conceive such a meas
ure? It is a direct infringement
upon our rights as private citizens.
The very nature of our democracy
demands that we safeguard our
personal rights by voicing our
opinions., That is what I, as a
student, ask of everyone of you
concerned—write your representa
tive pnd state your objections to
the bill.
Just think, fallow students, if
you and I do not sign this bill, or
oath, wc will not be permitted to
enroll in Texas A&M for the fall
semester.
A line must be drawn some
where, Draw lit here.
Harold W. Sandberg
Store Wins
ay Content
The, Aggie Radio and Appliance
Company has been announced win
ner of a ?;*60 first prize in the
national window display contest
conducted by the American Home
Laundry Manufacturers’ Associa
tion. j
Judging was bn the basis of ge-
rraphfeal zones and by) the types
of retail establishments.!
ore jthan 5,WH> retail display
sjlndougs featuring the slogan,
For Family Washing, There’s No
Xlacc fLike Hojne,” were shown
during ; National Home Laundry
PALACE
Bryan
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Jobs Now Open
In Gvil Service
T . :
The Civil Service Commission
lations for
amincr and
ubjects.
r J^?
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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 $5210 per annum, ajn<r\cm-
the best of you, be sure to clear ployment will be with the Bee
out a comer of your room, spread struction Finance Corporation
Advertising fetes ^urnishod oiy request,
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credited to it or
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KnUred *■ icrund-cluu mol
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MARVIN BROWN,
»y be made by
udh UMli be pi
! Member of n
The Associated Pres$
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gc of Texas and the
Subscription rate $4.S0 per school
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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. ■!
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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
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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