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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1949)
i ; - p [' yy c ,, |jr IT •I * v. .1' ' |i, j: { ;• r Battalion-Editorials MONOAjt, AUGUST On America, Ever On I !E I v Danish radio technician, seeKing a pefjii^jcpVerj, benefit of Ahe day ever come when we cap not say with pride that mtes below the ground, whereas the the map (who has been buried alive ionger 22, 1949 our lateat possess job with a circus, has challenged without scientific achievement and tejchnological success the; recent American record for know-how. length of burial alive. ^His go at it under- Shop went fiasco after only 80 hours and 30 mini Ann . . American ;genius M American endujrance, the ancholy Dane » h.6 telophon^uippWi; competitjve 9 p irit an(l ithe mc to excel , which fired like ambition among other than anybody, we shall have [the deeper satisfaction of knowing it wi basket. The United Stages already holds more than it* share of record flagpole r ‘ record.fla sittings, marathon dances, goldfish svlral lowings, cataract ^barrelings and other such demonstrations of human excellenlce. : : • ' - I - It could be that the Dane lacked the most modern equipment in His caslfet. It would be within the spirit of Amer ican fair play and good sportsmanship to make available, in this phase of Euiro- 'f peopk^. , | There is also the faint lawn of a suspicion that the other denikens of the burial ground may consider the whole procedure premature and highly academic and in no sense indicative of subterra- peanj'pwmina.' ;| (Reprinted from the Fort Worth Star T^legrp^)[ % f | |l _ Lj ' ' ' ttji jr 'v- ■ j | . M ./ j j . . i | i r l ft’s Time to ‘Stop the Music’ for Good ... •" 1 | f,. ' j .. ’ j Usually we take a dim view of govern- gifts. Tjtese gifts) attractive as they may meiit interference iu private business. But sound over the air, have proved to be we are ready to do an about face in our nothing but' ap expensive headache for people unfortunate enough to receive J OMlK ![• ‘ ■ This was brought to light after a re- all "give-away’I programs off the air by cent; poll conducted among winners of attitude after . jconsidering the Federal Communications Commission’s decree of ; Friday ordering radio networks to take ridio contests. Ofj more than i dozen Mn- njsrs questioned, jlonly one said that he Would go through the; procedure again ■ aiul theh he would do it Only with reser- raftioKisi ;! j • , - 1 ; I • •)•) But we haye other reasonls for dislik ing the; quiz shows. They haye grown to such proportions that they now saturate the ether with their squabbling. Every jan antenna seems to the bug, and every ■October 1. ■, f .. ■ , , ■ . We realize that adding our small voice to that of FCC will probably do little to cause the tide, of sentiment to shift one way or another. But this controverjsy is one to which everyone will eventually add Ijis two-lbits worth, so we would like to get our plug in at the beginning] P The fate of “Stop the Music” and its, me eme* vim men thinly disguised counterparts probably j radio station with ja will not be settled for a long time. The have been bittern bj- the bug, networks will fight the FCC/s ruling in ilay mope and more shows of this type are court, and, until the resulting legali bat- being h^ard. j ties are concluded, court orders Will be I Even the National Broadcasting Gom- IKiny, Which for a long time refused to air such sliows.:: despite the alluring income they command, has fallen victim to ‘fgive- a way His”. It now ' pnpduchs a slushy question and answer show eni itled “Holly wood Calling.” ||'| || 1 ; ‘; So, with the infection of NBC, we would like to raise our voice Sin protect to the “give-away”.' We would like to join with tljie rest of the people Who are sick and tired of this radio tripe ffljnd ask that it'iie discontinued. used to keep the shows on the air. We are prepared to accept thi£ punish ment if our hoped-for goal—silencing the ^give-away” shows—is eventually real ized. - ~ We have several reasons for favoring the FCC’s stand. First, we don’t believe that any of the “give-away” shows are. entertainment worthy of the name. Tney do not command an audience because they are;(entertaining;/they buy an audience by offering stupidly large numbers of ; I ! i - - ■ - { —! ' • ' ! \ In Passing ■-T Memories of Europe revisited, June, 1919 The most successful denazification program in Europe can be found just outside of the village of La Cambe id Normandy.. : L ' ‘I, I ft is a German military cemetery, an epitaph to the reich Hitler meant to hist 1,000 years, P j - in row after ^ordered row they dweH- under black .metal crosses of the father- 1 land—der Feuhrer’s panzer grenadiers, his dark clad paratrooper^, his prize storm troopers, with their loyalty locked in ‘their irozeif threats. The cemetery was left under French “For six Weeks you were shipwrecked on a desert island with a beautiful girl? What did you do for food?’ “Darned if I rememberj. And the French, with a stern but honest hospitality, have passed on this responsibility'to| nature. They didn’t in vite the Gepiahs in—and they-see no rJasrm for honoring those v.'ho staybd. Weeds, thistles, nettle*; daisies spring from the grass and nken graves and Wave above the crosses. Here and : there a poppy blows in sc| to either of ibyh T & I - It Is a quiet -and peacejl nobody shouts, “sieg heil!” ^yonder what the alliedIsoldiers in the ajjUjied j cemeteries would say them?- . | ■/.! 1 h From AjP. by Hal ./]![ ★ “Your daughter, shrduW consented to marry me.’ “Good. . Tty^t makes yju the second happiest man in the world)' rlet surprise, ill place. And r Thle Battalion "Soli/ier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder qf Aggie Traditions 1 * J pd The Assjociated Press is en credited to it or not otherwise vd herein. Itights of republican 1 j • i' rl ' - KuUrcd m *ccoiul-cla«i matter »t Poat OCfics at College. BUiUon, Tiaui, under the Act. of Congraii of Uarch 3, 1870 i " “ lews contributions may bb' made by telephone Goodwin Hall. Ciasaifieif ads may be placed ’ ‘ 1 j' Office, Room 209, Qoddwia Hap. Wweek and I The battalion, omclal newspaper of the A; 1 (Hity of College Station, Texan, is published fivi Friday afteniobn, except durin' holidays and jeJuuniiiation perio talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday., year. Advertising rates fumisied on request.il Member o The Associated MARVIN BROWN, Charles KirkUam. feuia Horton, Otto Ktigac. IL Gopillt, I^uko Juute, m DrKdak-. Ufoce Newton UoL'crt W illw.... AJhly Duvb — r. l. iivi'-py CjbAf for [focal Lilted exclusively to t^e use 3 credited in the paper and lo ion of all other uiattl r herein ’Mt Member of . publication iws of sponl also reserve Press Represented nation illy TcrtUins Sen ice lnc«, a1 Chicago, Loa Angolas, mi SELPH.. v 01 by tcMone r- 1 . '-H ■' H —■ at the ) o» at i li lib ii i m iri 1 .'rwm Boyle’* Column * '*»■ i* ■ i jrbb (>hi ! ! , : f j ' ! ' : 1 .f V 1 ; J ‘ ' 1’ Writer Bemoaning Lack Of Dog Stories h ike News il n ~r Letters To The Editor |j ; B¥ ED CKEAOII (fur Hal Boyle) ^ New York,—(AV-These may dog days but the dogs are it. \ r . •? There hadn’t been a All-dolled-up-wtth story in -the pliers since was & pup. i j .And thia {(you should paroon the expression) is * doggone shame. When I was breaking into the newspaper business, shortly after -the battle of Chirkamauga, a w^e if watery-eyed old city editor to d me: “Bub, If you want people what you w«rite, reme ‘One weather story eqi society divorces, and one good story will beat any weather that ever cgme down the This worthy man later died b£ a pickled liver, but his advice still seems soundi to me. - onlV ?tro areiV the dogs of same but for the record a similarly- worded statement has been a part all contracts signed by these ie persons for years. This single statement is intended to jguarantde thM impressionable students will npt be influenced by 'i their teachers to consider any methods except; those legally avail able—the ballot, the petition, even Why the lobby—as corrective “tools” in . . . * instituting changes in government, editorial questioning But the oathf as it now* stands, naih - land the^ 5 -**^’ ' - l persons! Editor, The Battalion, ij>j •' 1 s / L ■ “Accept free education from the state and still speer at the legis lature, belittle the constitution, and make those who try to teach us principles of democracy look ridiculoujg ... ' This is the charge leveled at the editorial staff of The Battalion as the result of “Legislators, Wh Can’t We All Go On Record?”, ‘ August 10 editorial questio the value of the new loyalty oath August he vali Unfortunately,, the writer did not sign his name, despite his call for open declarations from all men as to w’bat they stand for. In case the writer had stopped to consider the matter, college students; can not be accused with out qujalif ications of accepting ■•free” education. It is a fact thrtt no student, not oven one paying his own fees and living costs* ait college, is even beginning to pay I for the cpst of hip education. Tax majney makes up • the difference between costs and each (individual student’s payments* * Of course, this tax money comes from the people,; but it is our graduated tax schedule that cp- aides u$ to raise sufficient funds bjr taxation for such costly bene)- fitjs as public education. Graduated taxes - mean that per- sons iq the higher income brackets nak' moire iti taxes than do those in the lower brackets. limitajtiojj of it to (those now* subject to the politic al whims of [‘Savage Sam” and legislators who feared being label ed “Red” if they did not vote for the requirement of the oath, is certainly nothing to be proud of. Incidentally, I’m not a red, no;t even a pink, in fact, I even vot $ Hid the writer ever stop to think who is | in the higher brackets'? WOli, quite naturally, the higher brackets arc becoming -more and mpre studded with former college students, persons who can earn a 'little more because of their bet- te*-. educational background. country as a whole Republican in the last national elections. Because I am making this last statement, and yet even tually hope to entdr politics, 1 feel that the only way to preserve my embryonic political aspirations is to request that my name be i withheldi ! M Name Withheld t By Request y\ j. • • h ... ■ (Editor's note. Although it is against the policy of The ; Bat talion to print unsigned letters to the Editor^ we feel that our readers will enjoy this one as much as we did. J h (Why we co-editors escaped the attention of our excited let ter writer we don’t know. lYe (“re-payment” of the ie cost of his edti- are responsible for all editorials appearing in The Battalion, and we will continue to give our con fidence and barking to our writers. .(We think our readers will recognize and applaud the great courage the writer displayed in writing this letter without sign ing his name.) * Mr. Charlei Eirkham Mr. Lewis Burton Mh Otto Kunze Dear Sirs: Your editorial, “The Loyalty | Oath, A Point Of Principle,” could not have beep better - written had it l been dictated in Moscow. You Went right to the point and used (free education, free speech, and jfroe press to give democratic prop- - iuganda a kick in the teeth. ! There are some who will say it’s Itte.* same old technique usejd over iand over and which is rather trite. fBut it still works oni the'dumb and luhsuspecting! Some college is going to lead out and say that the time has come for- all men to stand up and say Thus the i eCeives the individual for 1 cation. The limiting of the requiremept of a loyalty oath to employees and students of state-supported schools seems to be the actual ‘^kick in the teeth” rather thaln any stand ;by The Battalion or any group o|f persons affected by the requirement. : ' If' The emphasis is on {he idea Of “state-suppoped” facilities in all defenses of {the oath Requirement, ‘so let us consider this Angle. “Savage Sain” Hanna, author of the pledge, has]said that students ajid faculty.jmembers arc receiving public tax money, and therefore, as such recipients, they should be required to (sign the pledge. State legislators, and administra tive officiate, every person in a state-supported eleemosynary ins titution, evdjry person accepting an old-age pension, every person us- with dignity pnd pride what they stand for; they’ll even say that the College irf Texas and the ted every Monday through the qummer The Bat- ’ [ptibn ipg a public highway, every person depending on, qrablic health :in- spectops t<) guarantee bis food and Water meet sanitary and health requirements, ,in fact,] everybody,* receives the benefits of state-sup ported facilities and sejvices. But has any politician or un thinking individual demanded that tfvervbody sign a loyalty oath be fore using any of these facilities or receiving any of these services ? No. The American , public would n<>t perfif such a situation; they' wouldy raise the hue and cry for (lie repeal of any Such law aqd rightly so. :' ( L-. Certainly no one objects to the ■equirement that sliate-employcd 'acuity and administrative oftic- als,' at schools sign the statement* that “I . . . will hot jh any manner lid or assist in any effort or moYeqVent to subvert or destroy ho government of the 1’nited State* or any! State or of any subdivision j there|ofi by politteul. force, violence, or lawful means.'' rate (4.30 per school j Fll SfS atches publish- Official ELECTBICAL ENULNXKR1NG STUDENTS hr National Ad- at New York City, •ad Ban FraacUco. Studjcntd roaistprln Soelu-morc work (lii L v-ill njjako their Hjludy with the curricula in kiKQu.] All ntudonb heyond tint follow the curricula -— Editorial" Director ' Editof*; .gdlph Gomau, PiU Bailc,; Harry Smith. ..FcaUiira Wriur* isna llubon, .Stuff Reporters Udu ‘ " ’ ’ fa* Room 201, Activities Co-Editors 1 any other um S' 1 ■ ■■ il ; ■ Notice right sort of man will welcome an opportunity to declare himself. Such a .college could make a fellow traveler or comrade feel mighty uncomfortable! Apparently you’re stepping right out against such open declarations. And that point you made about the legislature pointing an ac- cusing finger at the young people of Texas—Boy! What a perfect blow below the belt! That’s the spirit. Don’t ever let the young people get tho idea that they’re loved or respected or given op portunities and privileges. Keep them disgruntled and belly-aching. They’re more fertile soil that Way. . * i*' * : •! You really' have a gold minej^— tho largest military school in the nation. It’s a strategic place to accept free' education from the state and still spoor at the legis lature, belittle the constitution, and moke those who try to teach uf principles of I democracy look ridiculous. ! I Many eyes will be watching to sec what portuniticsl' sec what you do With your’ op- (No fiWt temeiter , cUlcul Emfine- tlnc -(uns In uqcorduhcR number 78 catu- bavu - udyaneed pbomure Work will the number Ti pj ’ '•! f • i -Syorta Editor liuilc, PiP Thwruion ^.SyurU Writers JUAii — Prittniu, Avmty l'rtikrick„..Adverjiding “’Oltvcr llU 1 (Mrs ■ , 1 A Liurti?; 'Ct'L' phfpL«. j ■■■■ ..Circulat Circulfttira Aasistaats «,■ ■' 1 - i|ie w >inii i in,: i j. - ',i STILES FLOWER SHOP 1003 S. College rjti^Ph. 2-6188 IY and OMPT SERVICE J. S. Stitea’48 i'lrl'l (tiled Allbr tton '111 E •RECORDS Signatutro) ABADIOS ii ’" n S'! SehooIA Office 6oppU«B ; : ALL YOUR NEEDS mm i! * I m t Into the news. So dp sad monkeys. “ their Popo, the wirc-ha turned as cameta- svie blonde with two elephants fW. arc s tho hesdl But dogs Except f terrier shy as a black eye. You remember Popo. He showee up only last Sunday, swimm(nj] Urat-ely In [the general direct of Ireland. He was nine mtici>! the Maine coast when a tuna* ing boat hauled him aboard, pi well pooped! Popo’s story was that he had fallen off al yacht, but nobody be lieved him, Obviously, he Wahl pul for glory as a transatlantic swim mer. And it was good to know that one pup, in these dacadent -f —•—y—i—Tt~H HU jviirii inj'-teEiJi days ^still had some git-up-and-go, had but: ope hangovt ’cits, now—TTiey^ro perform-; -Tee ,all Ah< beasts Ing all over the place. Flrkt there was that mouser aboard Urn British Warship, Arne- the thyst. He gfot a real, honeat-tep gttorgo mditarj- decoration for holding the rata at hay while: the Amethyst was bottled up by the Chinese Reds. Then there was Kikl. He went the Amethyst cat one bet getting bottled up himself, In on the liner Atlantic strong drink, walking with un steady dignity, hiccoughing as he purred. “Kiki just loves cocktails,’’ Con fided his proprietor, Mrs. Winifred Hunter of the U. S. Em’ Madrid “He’ll go for a martini, anything, llke a gentleman, 1 too He’s never r‘ ;—"p : ; -r. ^tuU'l fes all o the: i There’s getting cw York dWiee ; the eveg nSr„ ml. Mickey also window nod giVea “ * dusi like *- j * there was Grady, , eloLf’courw/Uwrelwas Gi [the cow that got caught in the y and Booger, the I that hangs, arou: Bar in Miami, nv lte«i J I'AWd there was that fish up at Hyilabargh, Alaska, that ups found:to have a bottle of sherry -4' unopened — ih its ^lom’aeh. stories? Not nie—.'rm a doff-freo' man, myself. Can I help it |f the dogs have all abdicated?.: M A ittalion Crossword ACROSS -I. FUp . 4. French dty 5. Autumn note 19. EngKnh '■( river .11. Tbouvht 15. Behave l^O^baMinl If! Deewter If. Hnug home ?0. Other 21. Tart 23. URexp-cted results 23. Lowest deck II. tlo furtively “•“sai-?.' i Kisr** * 5I - s >». DimeaKl j -l. jiiociu vim. «: Blit’ & &&&$* ncleni* COD dm otr , ■ iir ancient of a warship If. FrlhUng 1 T 17. Form into a preparation fabric 11, Affectloin “SS e □□□ Q BEE 21. Unrer 29. IndUfo plant SI, Aftectloin ! it Solution of YtstSrday’s Puzzle !■ Y ”•«£««"> tone acter aerks f ‘"te 1 In Civil Service A new' Clerk examination to be conducted by the U. S. Civil Service Cpmmis.sioji toy filling positions at $2,284 gnd $2,498 8 year (grades CAF-2 and 3) in various Federal agencies Washington,! D. C. and ywinity was announc ed today by R. W. Jackson, the Commission's local secre tary’. 'I Among the types of clerk pos itions to b«b filled from this j ex amination lire appointment, cor- respondenef, docket, accounting, time, leave, pay-roll, statistical, coning, mail, file, information,: in- / T TT 4~ J- r- W 1 n -L r* ,0 jn IP 7T T 'I; l /i z i nr vM' t \\ TT m| W •i j ’ ■ ■* II ■ ' IT u w ■ l w 1 . I « i JT WP'. H —-r pl U'-A W i - J. jr 5T T i i TI 1 1 : nr 'il' t . ; m 38 fj? : m mm * ] i At r Ii ; '] 4k 4T ■/'. ij i it r rn U. i i m .|J 4jr if i i lp‘1; _ 17~ ■ , ,\ p u li 'sF w -i | Jy ■it d Jr /'I ? JT tu ~~ 3ST J- w t V W P Af NswiUotvrti, dftxing, purchasing, ation rate. traffic,, and St.ifned 59. Juice of a! wood' plant DQWN - 1. Lachrymos* ■ dmn ;j;- /• ■ 2. Oaniis of tba T auk \ < ■ 3. Military uplt 4. HorbT- 5. AVntUitcd • C. Periods 7. Formed by ths sfenoy of water ] t. Beflf 9. Fcmlnlhe nanis 10. Mtnftnuni IL City In Puerto 22, Tsfaft bed 21. Tiresome . pyrsoii , & fcattr 50.: Extended n rll- tiMibzposIr t lions 31. Perdolve 32. nine* 14. Father |$.: Wrahn .1 3!'. Snakt’j 40. L>0«|>d|Bt# Hi. flaw J 43. Sunboontlncr 43. Glaclsli snow 44. Fiber 11 47. fonfe; 4». Now si (0. Hilltop inT lv« by ••.I. triuMgMrMj No previous training or experi ence in clerical work is required To qualify! applicants will be; rp*’ written test whifb f of questions designed aptitude for learping arid adjusting to the duties of the positions, jg - . t;/ .••• ]• ( The ager limit, 18 to 62 yeatf?,. will be waived for‘persons cn- tijlCd to Veteran preference apdj udder cerijain conditions, for ! war sonice cn^rloyees. Further information and apjdi- cation fopens may be obtained at the College Station Post Office, Jackson said, or from Civil Se * Brassiere Maker Explains Belay Ml. : . v DETROIT, tA?—Note from En gineer - tumed-brassiere-designer ackson sipd, or from Civil Service t|gional offices, or from the Com mission’s iWashington office. | : Applications must be received by the U. S.| Civil Service; Commis sion, Washington 25 D., Cw not later tbani>September 6, 1049 to be eligible for consideration, Jnckson concluded.^ ■VMl Charlos Langs to the ladies who have complaints about his new product, “The posies:” If you’ve had to wait; a long time, it’s because there arc 36,000 unfilled orders ahead of yours and Langs doesn't know much about the bipsamre. husinesif. ; | . If your letters about the delay weren’t answered! ditto. If you got pne pink ijo«y land one greed one, that’s due to the rush.. hM! Posies, explained dcsigi^r Ldpka who would much rather stick t^ his engineering business, are) thepan- swer to his wife’s plea for a strap less means of getting a good pun- tan. : \ •• . l&tiew Editor, Tpe Battalion: '| \ 1 ‘‘ t r | ! J I ' As thc-tiegislators of this state seem to doubt .our loyalty and are requiring:us to rign affidavits it has occurM to me that these, same legislator should also be -rc-quiircd to sign an affidavit. This Affidavit should contain among idlher things a clause to the offcci that a legislator wilPpo allow hiipsclf to be influenced bj pressure-groups and lobbies; under pe-naltj* jof expulsion. ’ j !j The npgislator should aiso be requiml ]to be presept at all times while she legislature is in session. Although this seems far fetched, it is no less more hair-brained tiian ivhat tpey ask ua to do. How many legislators, would hesitate to Mgn such a paper if they could jiiot be elected: otherwise ? M. G. Rekiiff,’50 r They consist of two (taps Igw, adhesive around the eds girls just have to stick the Jf emi on. Langs esepected “a fey- dozen? orders when he launched his prod uct. But within weeks he was get ting 500,009 a week, he estimated. {jampu Today thru Wednesday i riRST RUN • M '•*. •' ■ )"il. ute • ■ 8|Leave8 To tend; Workshop Ifl. :C. s Jnyncsj, extension orgm iy.aiioii and cooperative markotir specialist Of A&M left Saturdi for ( Madison, Vyiseonsih, [to attem) Qjji Aiughst 21, Jaynes will par ticipate in a panel discussion, ‘‘The Job of (po Land-Grant Colleges in Cooperative Education.” He will diseusaM’What Should be the Job of the j Land-Grant Colleges in Re lation to Cooperative Education. Tu O'publications that were pre pared py Jaynek, “A Handbook for Eaftnc (s’^ Cooitaratives” and “A Handbook for the Directors’ of FattUdwl Cooperatives” - will be - it) workshop. I r . ■ * i |-::A MtSKAI TW N» iy and ! . ' j —with— .k Orson ' tei Wefls i RGE RAFT 0R6E BRENT scon iaaai J4i minn i JDMI BLUNutLL imREiB-imm ‘ -Hi HMtOK •1 J »j 4. J ft : if-1• j :: -ti | ■ ' ;*• -! Wetlm“»tluy ■il CARTOON—N LTVfS — \i •' h y\ 'liL/ite, i A .