' vi /i i : iv •i-’ • i • -I-.. r iifp^ !age 2 Battalion Editormli / ; _ M Wia)NES0AY, AUGUST 1M9 Swan Song, for Summer^ End , “'leir terms expire, it ia the to The When tih^ir ifeenns expire, it ia the g Battalion .editors', p> The, two ijiggi ’ -i ' I ' : isifi H Battalidn-^the c * '“ L1U stories custom ofjreti»«.i5 vm.wio ^ rr ~. .yw wsrito their swan bongs. They usually com* were about theHdeath of H rossword puzzle. ! : ! ^INCH nr ; i ■ 47* I-'* The Battalion and that they wish the Iiifew editors; the best of luck. 1 I will wish the'new editors for the orient that they have enjoyed being editor of f ifew. i ■ ■ 1949-50 term therbest of luck, bull won’t say that I have enjoyed' every minute of niy own editorship. We have had fun, but we have had our moments of hard \jjork too. h 1 . I Some of : our staff niembet’s have been on vacation and others have been in camp. Some days there has been little news, and some days there has been more ; njews than our reporters could handle. | We have had a few newcomers to the [newspaper Bait staff and they have done well.- In * we can do that of this summer Governor Beau- H. iJester ajnd the story on the loyalty IIH I ! The latter stpry caused more cpmment, pro and con, than afiy we have run for quite a while, ijiome people approved our tand on the loyalty oath, and .one: [reader ecided that The Battalion was an offic-. tel Communist mouthpiece, It just goes show that you cannot please alliof the people all of th We do hope , however, that we have pleased the majority of our readers,/ if not all of them! The primary aim of a fjicf, without their help The Battalion vfould have been almost non-existent. Thi& summer we added a new’ feature py at the same done a good job time. . .n ttoyie's Column " ;:.v ! ■A ./ r ■ 8 Yl; m* Actress, ‘Pretty A A Peach’Stumps Experts li I*.? ort the news, and if . Happy Birthday! keep our readers hap- time we feel that we have || 'Marvtiij N. Brown I Pojwi# Hall Next Year, Half Dozen the Best . . I The Town Hall planning committee c ecided la^ year that six top-rate grams in a year are better enjoyed appreciated than a dozen mediocre ijramg- pro- ■r, blended male ainfl female voices, is rated as one of the fi^e beM choral groups in this country. JShaw was choral director for Fred Waring for many years. Jacques iram, pianist], and Joseph Szigeti, vijo- l Under that policy, the Town Hall ser- M»» l »st, are nationally j known concert art- jjes of last year was imjpninently. successful ™ are wf^cly acclaimed in classical bringing to the campus such outstand-! circles in this country. The Hous ing, entertainers as Alec Templeton, the t011 Symphony Orchestra enjoys a very respected position among American, sym- Don Cossack ChurpT the San j Antorjio Symphonic Orehestte^and Phil Spitalny’s ,jill-girl orchestra. . ' I j ]. I*] ' The Town ''HhtTSeries for this coming ■ear promises to be just as star-stijdded tiid top-quality as was the series last y$ay. The reputation of abilities of Buifl fves,> king of American folk balladeers, tnd Frankie. Carle’s orchestra are, well mown to most everyone. I The Robert Shaw Chorale, a choir of Li’l Abner’s 1 Year OW , I li . ! • > • • f By M. N. BROWN :Je . : 1 phony orchestras. Students of ii A&M and citizens in this aiea are fortunate that such entertain ment of this year's Town Hall series will bq available to them. j.]" r ]■ I-- i Hall Series makes a valu- On September 2, 1948, there up- jpeired on the internojtional ecetic one of the inost beneficial djscov- erics since some dirty person n- vented the bathtub. For on that day in the y/leepy town of Dogpatch, Li’l Abner found a shmoo waddling around' laying quarts of milk. The public immediately welcom ed the shmoo with open arms and watery mouths. Some, schemers ev^h dreamed of putting the A^P grocery chain out of business. But A1 Capp, the inventor of the shmoo, would not let the little animal be used for ne- ’ furious purposes. ’ x jj j • Berlin clamored for an “Opera tion Shmoo.’’ So did Lower ! Slob- ' hmoo Is eptember 2 tq : go around, in spite of their prolific rabbit-like efforts. The A&M Animal Husbandry Department received one shmoo from Cupp for research and ob servation. Named Lou, 1 the shmoo quickly became the Aft* Kte mascot. ’rofessor Angus S. Teer- pub lished a book entitled “The Care and Feeding of Shmoos.” Sbisa Hi.n Bj£ED CBEAGli (For Hal Boyle) New York—UPl—Jt sounds like a terrible thipK to ssy ^ sboqt a Texas girl—especially when »he's an actress and as pretty as a tree-riperiod peach. But those rumors you’re been hearing arc true, and truth will This Faye Emerson Roosevelt is brighter than a shiny new dime, and a Roosevelt dime at that fiilfour appearances on a tedio- U levision quiz show, the late Pres ident’s daughter-in-law has done more than stump the experts.!She has , bowled them over. She has left them groggy. “it is not fair that she should have so much beauty and so many brains, too,” growled Gregory’ Rut* off, the movie director, in a Rus sian accent as thick as the sour cream on a cheese blintz. Some of those present got the impression Ratoff wasn’t entirely kidding. In;'her gentle, unbump- tious way Miss Emerson had just fielded a question which the man from Hollywood had booted all over the studio, r Shelias aihabit of doihg that. In otbeili appearances on the show—called “Who Said That?’’ —she out-^perted H. V. Kalten- bora. left Quinton Reynolds ;at the post, j iad built up a three- t#*one margin over one Elliott Roosevelt—(Jier husband. fMcn,” s%ys quizmaster Robert Trout, “respect Miss Emerson and it’s not because she- dresses ilp a television screen;' 1 “Besides, there’s a joke being ! concocted in ithe vicinity she Wants to be in on &. And I’m well ia 1 that she’d lolve to turn [nil threw away ^heir supply of hprse meat. Pandemonium really rakedi b®? i 1 . ^ But Lou the Shmoo knew that ‘ and ask meja question th|s world was Tiot his home. One | answer,” dreary day Lou’s body was found lying at the base of the water tower. More pandemonium. Fred Hickman investigated and returned a verdict of shmooicide. Sbisa Hall had to find some mom v» v** • 1 P As for Miss Emerson herself, the brown-eyed blonde from Beau mont, Texasj looks on* the whole ' thing as just good fun. “I love working in television,” just rend the seven or I road every day. “Fan mail? Yes, i j1# H : j. « *) 'f ]! • ''Ml, . , | “No, I dou\ do any special ate- know* person quoted, dying before 4 Who Said That?’ I Sec- how you’d make kt «««-" a- eight papers ,. . 1 ;; «■, there’s i been quite p lot. It’s surprising how many letters begin ‘1 am a Rcpub- llacn but—.’ I . [Ij: “There was one priccleAlf letter from n woman who misunderstood something I’d said about Thomas E*. Dewey. Hhe wrote in io plain that I’d called him a;‘f -aach session of “Who ■That?'” Trout reads quotations from the week’s Mews and la paa- |4lt -.of j experts or would-be ex- ! pudk tro-H the name the'.wpB* ,* ill J .( „„ M-y- oat with: TtHie. borad in HollywMd- S—^Nearly all tho songs | hear these, days arc the lousiestJjdle of trish I have ever listened to:” 1 3—“I won’t rctf™ until limy brains, wear dut. M !jT \ {TjlOj Gudst expert Ehicfaon \teHlPd thorn ; off in order; l- Grofory Ha toff. jZ—Frank Sinsti-a. Br-Con- thc recognise: the Ratoff. quoto was ’i the experts who didn’t Ratoff. He had a right to complain. ; A -t- Battalion Crossword aCRpSt H. 8*nds out 1. Posy 57. 8t. Andrew if cjt. Armadillo? P. Tiling: law ia. Fourth calif . . .. 1.;. Younfast son -9. bound of dUr It. High mountain approval !'•. Autfler *0. Strong alka'i. K. Toubs tree 41. Bxlst ^Yrog 42. Ktnall house l?. iModing (ahxic 44. Father v ?o. Kind of doth 45. Hindu queen .fc. Myself 'iti. I'rrtslnmg t JaSi Astronomical Rmna- "■ ^njrllsh letter . • parents ntered 4>. Mle ! . vh) the 51. That |s to i»e of .'I. June hue tn vessel li. Compound to «y mum I i II !■ et:»»r Ic! UltoKscball-SO. Flowed without f>7. Cliqney.hoa i 34. Tasks 5S. Atmospheric L Fteat disturbance t- |AOJfc •ill \\\ - .'I*. Half dozen ■ I"i irnh’s psoudo Controversial Top card ♦ 'f? The Tqwn bovia. So did families in CjollUge Horse meat. Profs forgot to give ' ‘Sf’’ i J j 1 j . . j ! pop quizes. Sadness, sadness every- Thore were not enough shmoos ; w lie.ro, > But elsewhere things were bright. In Despatch shmoos i j I overran the place. People gave Letters aide contribution to the college and com munity cultu^l life by presenting really fi ie entertainrpti n l reasonable prices. ling the Red for Fire-water ] In Philadelphia this week, the presi dent of the Women’s Christian Temper- H unfit for since Uniop urged that blood banks stop white abstainers is a question being arg- ■ r Just whether the blood from a souse he blood systems of lily- authorities. WCTU thinks accepting “obviously unfit” blood from ued bvmedical kionors seeking money to Huy liquor^ that drunkar<| blood is unfit. “ ! een ^, t . hat |)rl> f c : ; 11 We'rSaiizej that thp girls in the wom- , blood ‘0 obtain drinking funds ^ christian Temperance Union are, l.come prevattot among vagrants who tenh ,\A dcfinition ] of tlleir organizRt;ion , at. peddhng the red. ^ i^h : *lterably opposed to alcoholic Indulgence blood for sale,are often lochl drunks who jn am , . form _Pjy e a „ n , anH uUriiUd /are quite willing to swap a pint'of blood J (?25 to $50) for several gallons of ^hooch.’’ ’ • - j- j ' { ' i The WCTU wants this intempeVate outrage to stop. If hospitals and clinic.s don't cooperate with the WCTU’s efforts confirmed abp to keep the drunkard’s bloot) out of public iiji if, after a *" l')dit«ir. The Battalion j \ ! i : i. • \ J I. In reply |to the tong letter to the Editoi', 1 wish to cay that 1 uphold the staff’s opinioiiH cqn- cclrningj the loyalty oath.;' 1 ag ue with the policy of the Htaff in refusing to print all but exceptionnIly interexting , letters which are unsigned. I am glad, the Battalion printed this certain let ter because it] gives me a chance to lainbaat the writer, knowing he will not expose himself. After all the politically exped ient opinions he professed, the writer went on to say that he would enter politics in the future, l am not in favor of u person like him entering .polities and gainint; aii important position in the! gov ernment. ;! ithc says,.:; program w with such especially on a no authorities for corrective action. \ in any form. 1 We applaud their stand gainst profepsiional blood peddlers selling blood to buy,whiskey, beer, gin, and the Hemon Rum. Think of the ghastly consequences H tainer might fihd himself levere illness, he discovered hway th^ir cowa Haying “There ip no moo whh a Shmoo” And 4» the ahmoOH prospered. Friday, September 2, will be thc r ihufooR’ birthday. They will be one y I severe] blood bank4, the WCTU will press health hjis veins were filled with blood long ac istomed to dilution with fire [water! The. prisoner was a very! toughlooking customer. He was asked whether he could t on for speeding, when asked his name [Vead or write. '| I' ; iU ,\ “I ran vyrite but I oannyt read,”' vy^s the reply. I He was then asked to write his name [ and after* He had scrawled I huge letters over the page was asked .what it meant. ”1 dunnoi,” said the man,| “ I told you 1 can’t read.j” replied that it was Smith i .- ; r A strangi ★ Vi r brought to the police sta- If ’■Give me ordered. r' r f'i • H | j f ,t. your real name,” he was ’put me If he preserves his embryonic >science nnd agriculture stu i»oliticai aspirations by stcrecy, dehts will be offered this Fall what other precautions will he by the English Department, take to protect the .further de- according to Dr. T. F. Mayo,; Of the department. such characters today. Otherwise, • 'he name of the-t coun such a measure as thy loyalty oath would have | been debated [ more carefully, and: possibly never haVe been made law. Harold >V. Sandberg New Civil Service Jobs Open With VA Examinations for fillinw vac ancies in positions . of Cdilcat|on therapy instructor at/entrance Sal aries ranging from $2,974|.8b }toj $5,2<52 per. year have been a ed by the Civil Service siop. » Examinations vvete als. course is; |- Selected Riding, and the number: it English S20. Dr. Mayo pointed out that the Icibject of the coprso is to broaden tlhe reading and 'thinking powers of technical students who, because [|f thiir full curricula, get little j chance to do some fine read-i - i 1'- • v i ; Ip following a policy of general “ !i. shew of my tor, and not fjust about recipes and faxhions . . j. . . rj j ;! Xing ’s English To iBe-Obsolete SYDNEY]-(^P) The King's JCng- lish, nayaiSidney J. Baker, if all wished up. The language, he faya, will one day be replaced by Apicr- ican-Engllsh. Baker Is an Austra lian lecturer and journalist who has made a study of Australian spteoh.' ; ] • This is fn example he gave. “Shove this: spin down south, [ and mptfi down to the rubbity ffr a fiddley’s worth of bombo. My sort rat-bag cobbers are turning on a slrfvoo aarvO Dice your jacker and get your chop of the plonk, iwhy don’t you? With all the galahs and dills thnfll drag on this yike, it’d be ridge tej; have someone Who’s a i wake-up to yabber with.’’ This, Bakfer said, is a free trans lation “Take this five pounds and hurry dowrj} to the hotel Cor one pound Worth of wine. My girl friend’s eccentric acquaint a n c e s are having | party this afternoon. pie who Will be there, I would like toil have some one . intelligent to talk to.” ; | , ' r iiF ; h It / 2 T i m 4 5 n 7 T ; n IO 1 n 73~ J M 7 J" * I I sr . • j* j; r s 3o f» g 3T m ?r 34. r 1 w n tli Tv —4 2k a 7 p w p 1 p 30 ■ ; 1 r 3t\ M rr 1 ; 33 -■ TT L L y fi sr n \ f !i J r: ’ Win M tik 3T ■ W2- - W TH 8 I tr I IT T ! i'I 1 1 ' P ili 44 45 1 > it” 1 ' i 1 : ; fop, & 4i 47 |' - ’ ft. • p JT- JT i m ST R" Q; __ *r Lj W S rN 44 ’Ml 11 • u : i Urotrai | m Hriitian an IppiO Irish oola , Fwaic Ic , man’s nuuu .Gauls <•'1*3* y DriM( *i of a , cjsrliain tori Ons' ef an fliPfPlIt v%c« r»n»u3 ukar, KiHk b football I’lirlloJ,) Kiel It B’OoO ‘ animat'' l|lli«IIUK'> 1 ■•fUli-li tiurlmMK 1 and |23i}. for local m are Press BurUui, Otto Kuiw*. 444) me (4 ..... Director 11111 Po ...v .......;i Manasrinj: Editors Ualpb ili tV. K. Colville, iVutrc Joilob. iBurrv biklith...I'«*tu»o Writers Ptad ijli *•■*■■■ **■ " • i • „ L \ •lobn 4>rii>dak—iHrtice Newton .JtobOrt WUlifttae Andy Davis.. T F. L. Helvcy.......... -i I ........Staff .. :ir tOL-raui'-r U-f li otru IL1< nnan o liucr, m. um 1 . HfW* farzir, leb ical College of Texas and the culatod every Monday through is. During the eummer The Bat- Sutecriptiori rate $4.30 per school ication of all news of spontaneous origin reserved. | win rrmbl,;. tranufvr duiiUbu wttli ks*i tlmn ID‘eritdlbi In to hiuke'u|j tll<| r Phyeke 243 und ;»>4. i PlD- 'iTbe “ ‘ ‘ t; tv nice 22.’> will I be ofterid in t,fi» fSi arioee ler, und v 220 lit the HprlitK rttanter. ikach l/i n' crdlt roune. A* ueiml a adfUijii of VhVelc.a 223 (4-0>, entifvaJent to Phrskut be offered in the Fall. ' I*r. J. u. ratter llrM | li 1 1 » J — r IJI-I) ■ | ■ , 4| fflWjKWl nounced for manual arts instructor The four books will be divided . I Denlmt therapist at entrance salaries into a great 1 novel: selection Hf . ! wM|NW|- . , ceivc bis M.A. degree in physical education this teughstl 1 / 225 and 32t>, will ’ : Ti f ELECTRICAL ENGpiEERlXG STUPE M S | Students rcvL tori lie for fiftt eemester Soohcmnro work in Elortrleal laifineerint: will make tlioir study plans iq accordance with tho currtculu in thu numbor 78 cata- Jogac.! All fetudontu who haw ndvuneod ■cmoBtot Sophomore work will urriculo in' thu 72 I .’■l- !' 4« ■ t i Batlonally by Nation^ Ad- icc Inc., «t N'ew York City, j short pieces dealing with modern pro'blcms, philosophy, politics and scientific thinking; and a book of plays, both old and new.* Dr. Mayo emphasizes the fact that there will be a maximum of reading and a minimum of writing. English 320 will be a one hour course and It is to be offered in founded ions; Tuesday at 2, Wed nesday at 8, Thursday at 11, and Friduy at. 10. « .• All four suctions will be taught by Dr. Mayo. , ' t - K fm * WL ] " . f i Woman Has Four Kids in Less Than Year Jhaper, Tcnn.,——Mrs. Ray- mond Hix of Whltewell, Tenn., has gtvtn birth to her fourth child in lean than a year. Tho stork made pnly two trip*— twins each time. A boy and a girl, both reported doing fine, were bom Sunday. The first Uet, also a boy and a girt, was born Sept. 10, 1918. ’tjuidaftce Servi* Appoints Dent< Alleq E.] Den ton is now’ assist ant director of, the A&M Vocation al Guidance .Service, according to It. H. Hughes, Vocational Service fV ' - • ■ •' li L. s • jkvas graduated /from In 1^48, and expects to rp «* * ' Ians to remain at his after receiving his master’sfdcgree. 1 ^ Denton plai present | p^st i- F! PAL4CJE brujf! 2'8b?*) WED. thro SAT Rfadolph Scott T fBon Defore “TOO LATE TOR TEARS” Hariy G. Morgan, ’49, is the new assistant football and basketball conch at Pasadena, Texas. 1 Morgan, a June graduate with a major In physical oducsiiiort, was n distinguished student 1 «t A&M for four consecutive semes- .tprs; and. a member of the Aggie softball team. i ' I ' FOR SALK ’I SULKS 1CLOWKR SHOP ■Kates 19(13: S. I’ltOM . College Rd Ph. IT hfcvBRY « II 1 1 1 ' wmv US' Y and WIRE SERVIC 8 J. S. Stiles ':! Reed Allbrittoii '61 l- , /Side Car for, Cushman: Scootjei: Sec T. O. Williams i| ' - i A&M PRESS i i I Qarn/M : i q '• 'iLai^r’ir r ; 1 LAST DAY : , ‘.j [’ “YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING” i' • —Featiires Start— 1:40'- 3:45 - 5:60 THURS. thru SAT. “THE WIZARD OF OZ” [REPRINT idniTi IM-O-M - Features SUjjt 1:40 - 3:45 - 5:50 * 7:65 «| 10:00 M iti-iJ- ; ,.il -J i .1 F'-.i idhi T” I i M''’ . ^ | ' j 2' Phone i-*m in i -} MLbiiLli • li H l"! j SAIL : 1 n *; k L - * : (T . I •-j ilWnHM4