Frustratioi
and Contradictlo
BY JAMES Dj WHITE
' Foreign KevVs Analyst
Some of the giddier ideas abroad
1/ .’.i nboilt Americla are;being hopped
, "up by Communist prbpagandists.
1 ,'t Sajnples: A' rtecent Moscow car
toon shows an American football
J game so violent that!the referee
operates in an armored car among
i | players and fans armed with guns
and clubs. A recent article in
-“Rude Pravo," the-official Com
munist newspaper! in. Prague,
! Czechosolvakia, depicts America as
-4 a place where sitting on flagpoles
> is common. ' : rry
According to AP’.S Prague cor
respondent, Richard Kaslftchke,
Rude Pravo’s argument runs like
this:. America Is sd full of con
tradictions and frustrations that
one out of every ttiirty Ameri
cans blows his top and climbs
a flagpole or doe* something
equally odd to get away from It
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“Apparently,” says Rude Pravo,
“It is really hard for an average
. American today ’po keep his men-
/ tal balance, some of them—They
are called pole-sitters —sit bn high
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ppl<s and try
' joni
keep the;
possible.
le of them, and ne
jnt page stori
re as long
s made;
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frbih this country abroad v
you, The great demand is
freakish in American life,
Stubtion is better than it
be, since fco, much newb
importance to the rest of thbjworld
originates here. But the Igoofy
story - from this chromium*plated
wiii
erness is the
booking
EARCH CLU1
WhaVs G
SUL ROSS RESEARCH CLUB.
7 p.m., Friday, August 19, YfllCA
Chapel. General rbeetingf. Fall
plans to be discussed, including
raising of dues. j
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Boy Born to Lester
Sullivans on August 11
Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Sullivan
are parents of a bajby boy, born
d on August ll. The baby weighed
5 lbs, 13 ounces. ‘ j f^ H j
Sullivan, a mechanical engineer
ing major,iwill graduate in Aug
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wOWs the foreign reader. |,||j ||
know one editor who
tory In the wastebasket
ther day. It was about a movie
ress who lost her bathing suit
in a big wave. He thought It wia*
a press-agent’* stunt. The sapib
If B^ls
T aesday 4>2
~ Law Hall won over Walton Hall
in a night gamd Tuesday 4-2. The
game featured aXnitching duel be
tween Jim Tittle \of Waltojj and
Hank Varnkalf of Lgw.
Tittle allowed five, hits for four
ruiia while Vanikalf gave up six
scafttered hits for two runs. ! „
Manjoet and pailcy od
with singles, Taylor came to bat
in the third and knocked a single,
driving in both men. Law went
ahead on his hit. :
In; thej fourth, .with Dube Jand
Schema,fck on base, Fern drove
-both men in with a single to cehtjeF-
Manjoet of Law and Fern i Of
alton shared hitting honors, both
getting two for three at the plate.
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was a big hit in Latin-
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was another editor who
a dews service to Britain
out a story about one
more extreme religious
:e thought it couldn’t pos-
hterest the staid British.
Another editor who had worked in
Britain snatched the story up and
sennit; to England in fitll;
“They love that stuff over
there,” he said severe!
In short, the world outside tends
to think of America ab the home
of the abnormal, and therefore is
4ot much interested! m what is
normal.
This is what the Communists are
wording on.
MX ABNER Wrong Again!
Stick Out That Thumb!...
The School of Engineering
will have an exhibit at the
Houston Construction Indus
tries Exposition September
25 to October 2.
R. L. Peurifoy, of the Civil En
gineering Department, chairman
the committee working bn the
hibit, says more than 500,000
e expected to attend the exposi
tion this year. j .
The; exposition is sponsored by
the Houston Chapter of the As
sociated General Contractors of
Amerfpa. o
Member^ of Chairman Peuri-
foy’s committee are L. G. Berry
man, Mechanical Engineering De
partment; L. M- Haupt, Electrical
Engineering; j Sam Cleland, En
gineering Drawing; Hal Mosley,
Architectural Engineering; and A.
R. Burgess, Management Engine-
ering Department.
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' By L. T. SMITH
Want to meet a gorgeous
blonde? Like to ride in Cadillac
camvertibles ? Enjoy the company
of unattached females? It’s easy,
and there are no box tops to save.
Get into your best "Aggie attire,
pack the suitcase that has the big
gest Aggie sticker, and hit the
roajd, man, with right thumb eix-
tenjdfd. .
Successful hitch-hiking is not
altogether a hit-and-miss affair.
It requires technique, skill!, luck,
and training. To draw the best
cars with the loveliest creatures
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behind the wheel depends upon
numerous abilities, assets/and at
tributes. 1
Look your best, with whiskers
shared, buttons glittering, shoes
shined, teeth • glistening, and
mouth gargled. Stand erect and
appear hopefully optimistic.
“Everything Comes to him who
waits.” . ,
After your stay in line has put
you eligible fqr, the next car, doui!
ble all previous precautions. Look
alive, if you can. Appear intelli
gent, if possible. Maybe you’ll be
spotted half a mile away as,-the
“cute type.” :
Once inside the car, don’t talk
too much, but don’t seem sullen.
Introduce yourself and act pleas
ant. Answer all questions, no mat
ter how pointless or nosey, with
grace and decorum, if you have,
any bn you. ; ;
Don’t smoke oif chew; don’t ask
to drive; don’t criticize the driver,
no matter hew frightening; and,
by all means, don’t-, pass around
the bottle you got qcross the river
last night. • 1 [ 1 • , ^ "
Tha]t’s so neighborly it’s ridic
ulous in Dorm 15, but in some
radical's car, it" might leave you
stranded five miles out of
Hearne.
emember your childhood man
ned when the ride is over. Ex
pressions of thanks, enjoyment,
and ahy other charming thoughts*
that you’ve been practicing on;
leave-takmg are appropriate.
However^if the car- the guy be
hind or before you got was full of
beautiful wonten and you got a
truck full of pigs or a grandmothr
cr going to visicxher sick (with
many symptoms) a\nt, we are not
I'espPnSible.
r Oiir tips werq theHinest,' but
. your luck wasn't. Don’t fight
,it, son. Fate is against you.
On the otller hand, if ybur car
was a mere Lincoln convertible
driven by the pulchritudinous
daughter of an oil barttn and ybji
didn’t date her for the entire wee
end, we give up.
Move to T. U., boy; there’s no
•place for you here. |
Lovers Win Over
Puryear 8-7 t
The Dorm 14 Lovers teamed" up
on Puryear Hall Monday afternoon
and squeezed out an 8-7 victoryj
Hoot Gibson was the winninj
pitcher, allowing bbt six scattere<
hits throughout the game. Ray
Carrol, the loser, allowed seven,
j Victor Levy got the Lovers roll
ing in tbfe first when he smashed
a circuit clout that sent Berkhold-
er, Catawach, and McManan across
the plate befofe him. ‘
John Hill,; the' Puryear catcher,
also emptied the loaded bases in
the first, doing it with a double.
Ray Carrol of Puryear was the
leading hitter of the game, gete
ting two doubles in three times at
the plate. He had one RBI to his
credit.
Score by innings:
H R E
Puryear .......|.302 001 1—6 7 5
Dorm 14 ......600 Oil 0—7 8 0
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Belcher Lectures
At Short Course
D. L. Belcher of the Industrial
Extension Service, was the key
note lecturer at the University of
Houston Hotel Training Short
Course this summer.
His lecturers were on “Peopl^
Are i Different/’ “Have You Got
A Problem?’’, “Problems, Prob
lems,” “Orders That Deserve
4 Obedience,” “Let’s Not Have That
if Accident.”
Personnel representing every
phase of hotel administration in
Texas attended.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
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WEDNESDAY, Al)G. 17,1949
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wltti a 23c j minimum. Space rates In
Classified Section . . . 60c per column
ineh. Send jail classifieds with remilt-
tahce. to the Student Activitlei) Office.
Ah ads should be turned In by 10:00
a.jta. of the day before publication.
FO^^AL^^^^^^riKid^rer^^^MlvJng
robm suite (sofa-bed. platform ; rockier,
chair, end table, coffee table), A-lt-Z,
Callcko View, after 5:60 P.M.
FOHj SALE—One wheel trailer with extra
tite and tube. $50.00. Two burner hot
plate $10.00. See at 60G-AA E. 33rd St
Bryan or call 2-2910 after 5:00 p.m.
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J one, or probably two t pebslf, 1 <
to Boston, or vieintty.l Write Box 348,
Room for
to
Collette, for information
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Would like to interview boy» interested
carrying papers n4xt Fall.; Call at
Room No. 209 ..Goodwih.‘ between
o’clock, AuRuet 16-Auj{. 20, i
FOR! SALE—Student house Nu
between Tennis Courts and-
! Hftkesi . ...
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reject
ENROLL NOW FOR new classes starting
'September 12 in shorthand, bookkoep.
inn, and associated subjects. Registration
limited. MeKenrie-BaldWin Business Col.
lege. Dial 2-6655. U ' ' ' i 1
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FOR (SALE—7.5 Ft. Refrigcratprl 1948
Ward Supreme. ^College View, Apt.
C-C-W.
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FOR SALE — Small Refrigerator '$65.00.
20: inch exhaust fan $25.00. C-19-Y
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Fort SALK—Three room house j at 402
Cdoner Street, College Station; nice lawn
add walks, fenced In back yard,
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FOR SALE—tVeterans-save on rent!
FOR RENT—Unfurnished apartment-com
bination living room, bed room, kkatiefi,
breakfast room, wulks-in closetf'i bath,
rei. Collie.
private entrance. .306 Park Ave
FOUND •
FOliND — Ladies iWrist Watch, Bryan
Ffield.; May be bad by paying for n(l.
Rypma. Biology Dlept., or call C-19-2,
Bfi-an Field VillBgje.
SUL ROSS LODGE NO. 1300 A.F.&A.M.
Called meeting Thursday.
August 17th. at 7:00 P.M.
Work in ;FV iC. degree. For
examinations call A1 B. Nel
son at
HARRY BOYER. W. M
N. M. McGlNNIS, Sec.
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Your Friendly Ford Dealor
BRYAN MOTOR OO.
N. Main St.
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LAUNDER IN LEISURE
Laundromat Equipped . . ,
| i One Half Hour Laundi^i
D^Iy 7:80 a m.
Last Wash Received Monday
7:00 p^m. r- Sat. 3:30 p.nl
Other Days 5:$0 p.m. '
Starching & Drying Facllltlea
.si Available.
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SHAFFER’S BOOK STdHB
North Gate Phone 4-8814
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Looks nvighty: empty doesn’t it? Oria
left center* iniramiirai grounds keeper,| ii
ing up at‘ The Grovel on “the mortiir
Seven hundred fifty of the 1100 seats at the
Grove were bought for use by the student body
from hjicchange Store profits.
Weddell Girl Now
Out of Hospital
Sheryl Weddell, three year-old
polio victim,, has been released
from the City-County Hospital in
Fort-Worth, according to her, par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bj Weddell,
| B-12-D College View.
Sheryl was ^stricken with polio
hfcre j last May. Her right leg ■ was
completely paralyzed, Wit doctors
believe that in tijme she. will re
cover completely, fWeddelf said..
She was takeri to the Harris
Memorial Hospital in F(|rt Worth,
and later to the City-County Hos-
pital: ’ - .'
Weddell is an electrical engine
ering major and manager of the
College View apartments.
... “Sanitone”
Now in College Station
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Yes, the revolutionary new
cleaning process—Sanitone
—is here.
r Sanitone Cleans
X No Shrinkage
2. Cleans Without Washing
3. Sanitone Chemicals put
new life in old clothes
2-day Service on all work
All work Guaranteed
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Sub-Station
Alteration
North Gate
E. A. Mullins
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Pabst Proposes Ten Ways To
Beat the Heat and $tay Cool
NEiv YORK —f/P>—Shed that
goidH Coitle, and keep cool the
Way tjhey do in Brooklyn.!
Fori the 37th straight yelar, Dr
Charles IF. Pabst, specipKjst ^ at
Greenipo nt hospital, issues hist 10
ways to beat the heat. ;, [
He was inspired, he said, by yes
terday’s 98.7 temperature;
are Dr. Pabst’s
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exertion^ind st^eAujou^ ex
loose clot
‘‘Girdles
inatibjh .in hot weathi
prevent large portions of the
skin from their function of cool
ing tjhe body.'
Drink eight Or morej glajsses of
watejr artd put a pinchj of salt in
three of them. Tom Co lins? We’ll
get to them later. : f j
Get eight hours of steep night
Avoid"worry and fexcitemei
Don’t argue with youjr hush;
ladies. j, .
Keep nir circulating in your
room and , office. An, dectric fan
Mm;, the 'skin shed hp even if
West’s Saga
Gets Crowd
it dbesh't lower room temperature.
ol—not cold—baths of
ten. Borrow an old Chinese trick
cold water drip onto your
Very cooling, .Dr # Pabst
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More Suggestions
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Avoid direct rays of the! sun,
especially if you are a heliophobe,
a person whose skin reddens and
burnis but never tans. Dr. Pabst
says he’s one too. 1 *
Reduce calories in your diet; Cut
down on fats and leave that candy
alone. Try fruits and vegetables
instead.
Now about that Tom Collins.
Dr. Pabst says:'“Remember, al
cohol makes you more sensitive
to sunstroke. If you drink, do it
in the shade."
tikeK girls, grab a glass and
let’s relax under that tree that
grows in Brooklyn.
Central City, Colo.—UP)—Brook
lyn born Map West, who sqys she
brought sex out of the back room,
is wowing ’em in this state—called
“Culture Cra?y Colorado” by a
New York critic.
The musty old Central City Op
era House, dark 10 months out of j reached first base,
the year, is crowded nightly for I Milner climaxed the attack in
Mae’s saga of sin titled “Diamond j the second with a six hit attack
Lil.” She introduced the play 20 which netted five runs. Don Josep^i,
years ago in New York when she With two on, slammed his first Q
Margaret Mitchell, Author Of
‘Gone With the Wind,’ Dies i
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ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 17 (^—Margaret Mitchell, au
thor of "Gone With The Wind,”idied yesterday as doctors
prepared for an emergency operation to try to save her life.
Miss Mitchell, 43, was struck.idown by a speeding auto
mobile on [Peachtree Street last Tphursday night. She
— '~4herJhUs|)and, John R. Marsh,
Milner Wins Over
Hart Tuesday 13-0
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Milner Hall &ave little rest t}o
Hart when it pounded out ten hitjs
for 13 runs in four ipnings of pli
Tuesday.
Little George Barclay of Milnqr
pitched hitless ball for\the foqr
innings of play and only\wo teem
Place your ads before more
people for the same amount of
advertising, 'ex pense. The Battalion
as the largest circulation iu a
5 mile radius.
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We maintain wholesale and retail lists the
year ‘round.
GFT Oi ls’ I'lUK I S HI I tmi; SFI.IJNt;
THi: KXCIIANGK STORK
“Serving Texas Aggies’*
\yas ih her middle 30’s.
• Her scheduled three week run,
which opened July 30, has just
been extended another week to
meet the demand.
‘T’ve got the feel for this one,”
she told an interviewer. “This
mining town would have been home
grounds for that gal (Diamond
Lil). She would have slept while
the miners dug the gold out of
the hills. Then at night she would
have dug the gold out of the min
ers.” j
Central City is just over a few
14,000 foot peaks from; Aspen,
Colo., site of last month’s inter
national celebration honoring Joh
ann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Ger
man philosopher. It attracted
world renowned intellectuals and
was one of the summertime events
that inspired John Chapman, New
York Daily News critic, to dub
the state “Culture Crazy I Colora-
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The 49th national amateur golf
championship will be held over the
Oak Hill Country Club. Pittsford,
N.Y., Aug;. 29 to Sept. 3.
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two homers, the second coming in
the fourth with two on base.
Joseph also doubled in the first
inning with the bases full to send
across three runs and make a total
of seven RBI’s. Harry Miller was
the losing pitcher.
Score by innings:
H R E
Milner i,..;...4.550 3—10 13 0
Hart 000 0— 0 012
A&M Consolidated
Gets Face Lifting
A&M Consolidated High School
is undergoing a face lifting jpb
in the form of ground landscaping,
according to L. S; Richardson, sup
erintendent.
i The improvements are under the
Contract of Teas Brothers of Hous
ton and include all the grounds
surrounding the new school build
ing.
Other new additions to the
school include more sidewalks
around and in front of the building
and a parking strip for cars 'be
longing to faculty members.
crowing the-street to go to a
ie ifeab their home.
Miss Mitchell never fully recov
ered consciousness. Doctors said
she |had a fractured skull, frac
tures Of the pelvis, and othqr in-
Sf was taken to thb operating
roonij at Henry Grady Mer^orial
Hospital this morning. She died at
10:59 a.m. (CST), before the op
eration was performed.
Marsh, a semi-invalid as the
result of a heart attack several
yearii. ago, was not at the hospital
wheit his wife died. Her brother,
Stepaens Mitchejl, left to inform
Marsh.
Mfs. Stephens Mitchell was the
tedySmember of the, family in tihe
operating rooiiiP •vfhen Miss> Mitch
ell d|ed. . j '
Fimeral arrangements wer^inot
announced immediately.
’ MiSs Mitchell and her husband
were crossing a walkway when a
car speeding\dow;n the street, went
over the center line and smashed
into her. She was dragged 15 feet.
Marsh held his wife in his arms
until police and ate ambulance ar-
rived, ; * \:4|fe
Police charged the driver of the
car, Hugh\ D. Gavvitt\ 28, wjth
suspicion^ of teanslaughter.ft, A
taxi driver, he was off duty aFthe
time and in his private car. Police
records show he had 23 previous
traffic violations against him;
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Surprise, Surprise!; (
HAGERSTON. Md., UPi-Sompofte
stole a package from~John M.
Perechuk’s car today. 1 Ml
It should have been marked
“Handle With Care.” 4. T’if
It contained two very-much alive
copperhead snakes. Perechuk, is a
snaW collector. [ - ,, ,■• [
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