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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1949)
■- To you newly-arrived sopliomores, we line, and off^r i. “welcome” handshake this time I Vou h’ave been “stashed” .•( /-'AV.- elcome, And a Challenge to Sophomo Tilfe fiiat up to face. But, year and may find it hard at first fitting ' difficulties should be ironed out ;>i r- When that hap( more time for' 1 ing a movie, rel in the way of life herfeion th pus. Because, as you most surety nave noticed by this time, things are done on the main campus on a much larger) scale . 7 than at the annex. There are countless many more daily jobejmd responsibilities be careful. You that the sophomore wflf encounter com4’ the wind, let tho H^4ared to those of the annex f:*eshmart. Ini notice your watjc it. - ipiany outfits without freshmen the soph- - One of your worst obstacles, this sem- -£21 omore is lbw: man on the, totem pole. 1 ester, will be time—time enough to get j As thousands of other upper-classmen your work done and still be able to in-: before you have rushed and worried ttyeir dulge in some ki tic [of recreation. A logi ;i. first week away as sophomores, you are cal way of comb ailing this is to schedule probably worrying and rushing now under ■ the tfoings that have to be donp each'day •what seems to be a never end ng strain— with the available time. /iratir m,f fw ‘.mil kany gradtija):es agree that their hard- /■ When you can draw out that, issued uni form, how you’ll ever remember all those you'll have much g a few letters, see- or. taking one of those jaunts to The Ice Burgh. But for ’your routine toj !>e:tle down, you have to can't throw caution to time fly by, and never H-’; 4 i Ici est semestepla' new. names, how you’ll ever make it iiji ter of their; ten minutes from a classrdom in the —‘ ‘ shacks to the gym, how many more times fight time and ge you’ll have to wait in that Exchange Store hardest h Lnder-Crowded ■ *ri' i~ ! . ■ . iways -and-tear on the brain cellk would &M was the first omore year. If jemes- this is true, it is a ChaUenge to you as Aggies to and gelt over this second and iUrdl^i ,, Fields, Opportunity . .. There are supposed to be Jibout 20,000 to earn a living. A ot of wear be time in the last al- We aren't 11 ij : | !i I ' the! competition ptfetty keen for the jobs, which will be ^career than at any other l|en years. m ^ J -saved however,.if most people would real- We areplt: | advocating an immediate ize this fact. College undergraduates keep change of majors, but rather preparation consistently falling into overcrowded to steer for the work where there is the fields. Engineering, The largest of the most demand. Some jobs are undersup- . technical fields by far, now has; almost plied. Even if they don’t suit your long- one quarter of a. million students enrolled standing ambitions, they may offer more J :i: Tn its coutsesr ~r Chemists, architects, lawyers, person nel workefsThusiness administrators—all . . .Will be graduating into overcrowded fields. .There are a few fields, however, which "are literally crying to be entered. Teach- ; ing is reaching a new low in the number of students enrolled in educational cour ses; salesmen are in great demand. ■ • u .4<4 A Job Title by Any Other Name chances of gettin around them is t igin6 ma; ahead—for the crowd inner. ; ;; The Kiplinger CHAN' gazine, has jUsjt published an excellent article along these lines, “Where to Aim for the Best jfOMk” They recommend a report from the Department of Labor, Occupational Or tlook Handbook. It’s better t6 be getting paid for work- , There will always be . room for a good ing at a less glamorous job than just to man in any field, of course. Yet the ay- be looking for the glamorous kind—and erage college graduate is going -to fiiid not eating regularly 1 • L t -Ponderously long ( two volumes) and \ | very rhetorically written, the new ; Dic- ; : tionary .of Occupational Titjles goes to WfC,., i economy. The two volume dictionary con tains 22,000 definitions of occupations and 40,000 titles by which these occupa- 1 •1’ »I Pulpit Man. , I . i ; il f . . j V Not a preacher he works in a rolling mill,; The enclosure he works in is known as a pulpit. ' iKiss-Machine Operator. Is exactly that, according to th^ dictionary. The job call iinachine which wraps — I i V ted tions are known : The Dictionary’s publisher,; the Uhi- States Employment Service of the ts Federal Security Agency, admits thit nomy. But among those uncovered, jthqre der( , ( j ab()Ut are several queer-sounding jcb title; End Man. He has nothing to d II •Jj ; ; . F I lexicographer^ have covered bnly a meas- ley 85^ of the.jpba qoiranoi| to ouif e(jo- veterans Adinilhistration alone have or- for feeding a candy kisses. This useful dictionary is used by in dustrial firms;, government agencies oth- .er than the; public employment service, including theharmed forces, labor organ izations, counseling agencies, schools and individuals. The I military services and the copies die- football oi; the sho(W x business. He usiry. in the iron und s Horser*up. This hides over sawhorses. He: “I in Omaha husband.” 27,000; tionary for tHopr m . Along with jtho ei ius of the Americe possess a great! aptitude for creating new inventive gen* oiiks ms ot tne American, it seems also to teel industry. I job; calls for hanging occupations aji<l givfng them LA ' ! j v I see by the paper ttiat a worn Ijust cremated w fn,., I !•■. f; tr W" • ; 1 . /• ••■ 'J ! ■ away for a within a few weeks most of your present j . Letters To The Editor (All letttra to the editor * hlch are signed by a itudent or employee of the collogc and which do n6t contain obscene or IIMlous material will be published Per- withhsid from publication may request such action ne consent of the writer, be divulged to any persons sons wishing to have their names and these names will not, Without t other than the editors.) Editor, .The Battalion: I am endoatrig my check for S3 dollars for a subscription to The Battalion for football season. Gives me great satisfaction to see The Battalidn has grown from a weekly publication to one giving daily ajervice to off campus fans, i It whs sports editor of The Bail- talion in 1923-24, and consequent ly have more than a passing interest in the'growth and maturity that have ensued s|nce those day*. If you do not carry spojrts news of other Southwest Conference schools, may I suggest; a daily feature summarizing notes from our competitors? Very Truly yours, j A. C. Taylor,’24 Alexandria, Virginia. D ! A ! : Club Scouts Meet Thursday in Gym The College Station Cub Scout pack will meet Thursday, J. G. McGuire, scoutmaster announced today. The group will meet in the gymnasium of the A&M Consol idated high school for the regular monthly meeting. Graduation exercises will be con ducted for those cubs who have reached the age of eleven years. AH cub scouts and their paren' are requested to attend, McGui said. i 4 Any boy desiring to join the pack, and who is between the ages of eight and eleven years, is in vited to attend the meeting Mc Guire said. All cub scouts who can appear in their uniforms are requested to do so, McGuire concluded. College Baptists Begin 3,0th Year 1 The Firs^ Baptist Church of Col lege Station .celebrated the begin- ing of its thirtieth year Sun day by adding forty-two new mem bers to its rolls and, enjoying large attendances at its services, Reverend R. L. Brown said. Official Notice Ulmr«(my iwImhiiIa And grader* *rf nvwled imm*dl«t«ly In Ui« phinilrit depart* m»nt M«h who hav« idmplstnd nophotnoc* 1 pliymci* coumm with jitiporlor rtcordii Art wiiiUMt ni ojinIhi with InutiucUon, Krndlng nnd th» HitmlllnR jof npfiuraiui In thr iAb- orWHlit, 'Thu no*I* if companmuien; I* .fld p«r hour tor n*w AMUtantu and jLTO par hour for axiwrlancdd aaafatanta. A* - ilalNiit(i «ra naadnri practlaNlly nil hmir* af thaljonllaRC waak. flia opportiinlty Ifor eaparlaMda an wa|| aa «arnln»ii ahouk conalddtad. Applicant* arajlnvltad to raalatar at tha. office of tha dapnrtment at their anrtlaal fconvenience. J. O, POTtKR Head, l»apt. of Phyalca constnjctionj of the clubho not yet been received. yilf :'.j i West Texas Paper Covers All Fronts 1 I . ■ . f / t ■ ! STAMFORD, Tex., Sept. 19— (JP)—A newly-born baby girl wrap ped in a newspaper and left at a back doorstep was getting a lot of attention here today. Esther May, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. May of Stamford, foiind the 7W pound mite yesterday when she went ! to investigate a pitiful squeal. j | The tot’s only wardrobe was a Sept. 4 issue of the Abilene Report- The doten nurses curing for the baby at A Stamford Hospital named her Raron Elaine. •‘Fifty people here In Stamford want to adopt her,” said Stam ford’s loading Jewelers. In ad dition, Abilene and Wichita Falls turning^, Khooid each reported half a dozen offers. The Reporter-News gave* the baby a complete layette—-in ex change for; the Sept. 4 Repgrtcr- N^ws In which she was found, ! Friday afternoon, except during holidays anid examin talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Adverti. o; **» -f****»> MGeallfma^ , Foundec of Aggi^Tradi^ioas ising rates furniahe l on reqttedt.' The Associated Press is entitled. Credited to it or not otherwise credit. ;«jh herein. Rights of republicatio: i of *i«nd 1 liege of Texas and the every Monday through x/prings the summer The Bat- isciription rate |4.30 per school : . i' il7T' : " !i' i T | ■:. T! STATE FAK OP TEXAS Tht Biggest State fair in tha World lusiViely to the use for re in the paper rn Entered u *ecOnd-cl«M paper ana mcai m matter hferein are eiil local news of spontaneous origih publish- Mication of all news dispatches itan. ed. rWfice St College 8U the Act of Oosrrew of matter at Foat Texas, under 3, 1870. 1 ; News Goodwin Hi Office, BILL may be ^nadc jby U (4- iBiH ' Duttons sified ads may rin Hall. Clayton Selph, Lewis OttO' Kun*« .. ,T, J pave Coelett. i. W. K, Colville, Chuck Cahania*. ' ' Manltxae, T gennMIi Warski . I ■■ Martin HOward, Frank Haljey..j T C, C. MUNROE Law OUvar, ^, ! S I " w J»w- -M kdfflt ass«T • • • • i'* • i' • • • < A Chariton j Clayton Selph, i i Herman QoJIob.. . A : ’ST**' TONITE and WED. .1 it' — 7:15 - 9:05 Rj^treeeated nationally by National Ad- i|»R Service Inc., at New York City, Angelee, and San Francisco. Room 201, ent Activities Co-Editor® •mnm wpedV eSted. AmA i virilinB ill Editorial Board Chairman ■AlI le HU iTH .l.j'r..... 11, .Editorial Board .Amusements Bdltor lllle Davia, Zane Neuvar. Bob Thompson; AlfV«l Uaiia|er taaSSoM,; T) smith. John Drunuie, Absentee Book For MTE L'i. 11 ii 'S.' I 1 s m Frpy Where I Sit t 'i # * m frustrated Ilea ashion Best Co I f j !i; If >1 T tr : W v , '' l' 1 ' 1 • Ml i j ! ; m \ t HERMAN C. QOIAAM* ig full well that the «i- of The Commentator is treacherous, and ren- crew of frustrated Batt- head*#riters who deserted the fal lowed Confines of that venerable the! sole purpose of ob- a by-line, the omniscient and vttdictive editors of the Batt have peremptorily requested that we paipse forthcoming Commenta tire f 1 egade; v Editor, The Battalion: Enclosed you will find my check foi: $3 dollars to cover the sub scription rate for The Battalion. May I add that I think this is orte oif the many “good ideas”, of “The Batt.” When you live way up here in the sticks, first hand in formation from the old school is really; welcome. ! Yours very truly, J. M. Telford, Jr., ’48 Ft. Washakie, Wyoming P. 8. Beat the Hell outta Texas. Brazos A&M Men Display Clubhouse !’ ! J Ifj J i! : j 1; !■ ■’ I’: A skefch of the intended club house to be built for the Brazos County A&M Club [is now on dis play at'W. S. D. Clothiers in Bry- Juu , j.. J , The final sketch was unanimous ly accepted at a recent meeting of the building committee with Brooks Martin, architect for the project, and plans are now being made to begin construction at an early date. According to the Build ing Qbmmittqe, the clubhopse should be completed by the end of the year. Oscar Crain, president of the Club, revealed that he and the other members of the building com mittee are still accepting contri butions, as all the fupds for the use have ! ’ Dji'f I 1 ^ J H - V: AM Consolidated Gets Cash Boost 1 Sevpp hundred dollars was voted by the; College Station Develop ment Association and Chamber of Commerce, Tor the city-school library! M A&M Consolidated High School.! r,;;H Of]that amount, $300 will be used t(f purchase new books and $400 will pay part-salary for the librarian. Consolidated trustees al ready have accepted and approved the $70{) and Supt. L. S. Richard son saws the library will be open from tytio to 4 p. m. daily for adults Of College Station. MraJiQ. K. Smith, chairman of the I^evelopment Association's education committee, was asked to work with the Kiwanians, Daughters of the American Rev olution,' American Association of University Women, and Other civic clubs $0 plan a coordinated book drive..'>’ j ■ i ' ; Cify Manager Raymond Rog ers tpId the group that within ti' weeli the College Station police car 4irould be equipped with ra dio [Equipment to work [with the BryMi police. DirOctors also were told of a rpad-;t)eing r byilt from old High way to new Highway 6. It rung fron^ JCnoll to Clark’s Subdivision and intersects on new Highway C near ’the Stasny home. The road is partially open ;now to the Holnick property. L L ; | I 1 Official “Greeter" New citizens moving into Qol- lege: Station Will be contacted by official "greeters,” who will give them'baskets Of merchandise from local^merchants and information about;;: the city, Th$ board recommended that center parking in the business districts be limited to brief stops for Small deliveries. This action came up as a result of complaints from business men whose stores ,i:Me.':'l;blocked' jail .day "by large . -troem. i ' / \ \ \ ‘ „ i r tor, issues with jaundiced ^ So naturally it la with of apprehension and a s idation of the proach our gold-k studded); noiseless, i writer to hunt and pack I berant ode to the Septgmt of the Commentator; an discussed only in super; Co-Editors “ ‘ Frank Welch, Fea K. Colville (along brotherai, and Lewis have fashioned consider the most aH Commentator mendable contrast and abortive triva which has pile- (turai flair jfor |he sea vioiisly been compiled and printed crack and destructive j under the same name:!' [ ■ l : M hi His ("Freshmah Tra beep such aa make this Commentator visuall; ; title] ' r7 ‘ J Lay-qut hs lake this pleasing; articles ape pertinent pleasing; and editing has bee n stand-out throughout. • Although the general; tone of this issue is humorous, tpe edi in : keplng with the football sear son, have included a pigskin prophecy from the clairvoyant, pen of seer Harold Ratliff who pre sumptuously pigeonholes the Ag- It- M^Quillen Elected By Aluimii Council fh E. McQuillen was elected di rector for funds of the American Alumni Council when the Council met al Williamsburg, Va., this summer. ,j I McQuillen is executive director of the A&M Development Fund. Chesley W. Worthington of Brown University is president of the Alumni • Council. Membership is composed of alumni workers of universities and colleges of the United States. Uted se thinjng Along Razorbacks Turn Out For Elephant Party LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Sept. 19— i/Tt-rAn elephant and an estimated 12,000 persons ate cake \ together yesterday. ; The throng showed up at the Little ROOk zoo to give Ruth, the elephant, a [birthday party. 8TI1.ES FLOWER 81101* 1003 S. College Rd-Ph. 2-6188 PROMPT DELIVERY and ; i WIRE SERVICE J. 8. Stiles '4H I ; ii; RccU Allbritton <51 • M . r Welcome Aggies FOR THAT Delicious Home Cooked Food - , 1 ■ ; • MTry— ! !. CADET Cafeteria t North Gate 1 j; Opens Dally 1:00 P. M. Tuesday & Wednesday Shepardson Names Agricultural Aides : ! ! ’■ iff ji'.' three members of the School ;of Agriculture, have been appointed by Charles Nr Shepardaon, dean,|to aid in counseling and guidance of agriculture students! Appointment of these three aides is in line with dean’s aim of g v- ing more complete counseling and ^ guidance service [to agriculture jjkh'Ben h students, R. L. Shepardson Said. of j r ,. s h R. L, Hunt, professor of agricpl- ”- u ' -- turai economics, is continuing this year at studhnt counselor to stud ents in the three | upper classes .^ Uln on the Campus. He will do this in : trlbutc addition to his teaching dutiep. Oath John R. Bertrand, assistant to Dean Shepardson, ; has | rdturned from a year’s leave of Absence ;at Cornell University; and he \jill ai(i with the counselling pro Bertrand will be [ in char; freshmen testing, orientatid: placement on the main camp at 1 the Bryan Field; Annexe raij the School of Agriculture. In addition to (jiscussing!; agri culture with three . sections of frCshmen at the Annex and .<fne section on the maih campus, Ber trand will assist with the [ stud ent degree plan program for the School of Agriculture. He will con tinue sopie research on fOc 1 "*- that may be of value in pla and guidance of freshman.' gSn this study at Cornell J. K. Shrum, instructor of ani mal husbandry at the Annex, Will serve as advisor for the agricul-: ! ture students at the Annex iiji aqdi-| j tion to teaching. gies in the mthwest with su er which is cellar ce, an builde blaster in optimism. jij liEFfct* in the process upwardl tmi;. a di ned “Gig km.” t* football sdhsoi mmjenb of the an in- Harry ll study 1i this semi-surreal la- a pugnacious of being defiant and the war call* tator’a forte IS Ip the two : contributions ylUO, jit' lad j who| Comnpeptator’s foi jjidr, a sly and.subtle brand geit- ted chiefly bji: “Iron Map” Coj- A sharp-honed wit and a ijdbust imagination are reflected a na- searing wise- >»tr pvel Guide’V carries the reader on a mirthful tour of'“darkest! Brazos. County)', japd “The Fly-Weight Incident” is ;a compassionate!; tale concerning :the rigors endured by a dew-drop [in defense of his-G-T-H cap. Jalnle Lewis, lm-w . assteted by Virgil ;Partch, Peter Alpo, and William- ;Steig, a^promisipg group of tyros, bids adieu to $pe Commentator] |#ith several satirical Impresalons* ;« life on the gridiron. - We hate •! to see him-go. } “Belah To The Enterihg Stu-| Idisht,” an advisory vSrse to the man by Allgh Ben Billlngs- wastrel brother of Opr Owp - _1U and ohllef of; the Commenta- ; tor Is Far pastern Bureau, emer ges as a Classic hnd should be rc- ttSfiMSSaM I .j CSartoonist measurably classi printed in every [September r« ;ihe Commentator hcncofortb ( ;perhaps even print »d as an entity and issued to thtl ’reshmen aloiu With the Cadence-;. i Writing and rhinning in a light, jhumnrous vein, the mysterious Al- I Jocosity, edltorii ' 1 la ‘ captu 'ed I he essence life ajidbas contrlb- eteipiil verities p<>r- • nd ns n whole, h th^lr sound job of Ifen mid Weldh each con- fjeaturi; Nolen’s “The. acount of the ylc Field ghost; j und"'ls a limp j Ically nude of chores no doubt of Welch’s ere- cartoon is hard- roundirtg'jth gtive knack!, ly better. f h< donS! Regan unfounded yet defep-roOted Ity toward [you, ]tve Staff of the dbmmentator, well dleds of our editor’d It: / ooted animos- hirawith praf 11. sent you with fihe Order of the Golden Space Ba|, ( a prized symbol ,1) " ‘ achievement. Hickmaif, j; d, Hbmor EdRor, be overbiirdened with big chores, we woulq welcome an ap prenticeship under him. AR or a R> Writing these hedds get* monoton- eods as pell. 1 ■ l 1 ! • j;; ti"-*"* 1 1" ■ I ■ I* |; i' Irtvhli ■r o mi/Mi LAST FIRST m Ji Mi ii “BU E LAC00V 1 . :■ I ! I iJ WED. tMrn SAT: FIRHT RUN - Featurus Start— | 1:25 - 3:10 - 4:M - 6180 I 8=20 •! A0:pp . ji •. ..1- ii- . . ’ A * ; J“ "I ill U:|' M . \i PLUS: C-AllXOOfl . . , ! ; H PALACE Bryan 2’$$79 Welcome Sttidenh TODAY OiruWED. '"S A.000D< ■ ,T ■i* -K-t- QUEEN I 1' TODAY Ihi 'UA ■ I i AUNIVMSAL-IN .ncTw* ati. j; ■ I'j , • • i I COMING!! 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