The 1949-BO Student Senate h(^ no
b|en officially organized, and; is ! 6n- i
vmy to what we hope will be a year full jority.
d harmony, cooperation, and results'. The of little; or
S mate roster shows the mames yf out- that the, S
d anding men on the campus in every field mistakes ojf| its b
- military, atldetic, academic, extm-cur-
MH
and iim t
r|cular activities, and the rest. | r There
Wo would likd to take this opportunity lems fact:
td say “Welcome ! M to the new Senate, The might dilvi
ingress was
elected, with the Democrats getting a ma-
Tljis majbrity, however, has been
no benefit to them. We hope
ident feenate will profit by the
mistakes oi its big brother in Washington
<- v s noke has settled aftyr a hot campaign,
aid now it is,time to also settle al| hot!
f elings find differences and to dig in orj
t ie problem^ facing you. iJ
The Student Senate is the official and
^ h ghost governing body of students, for
a id by the same students.
one thing—harmony.
(i, be a few, If any, major prob-
the iSenate this year, which
our jgoverning body down the
middle,. injtb cor is and non-corps voting
parties. .And th» results of any of these
so-called ']not M issues will be of sutli little
consequence that! 1 they will be soon for-
ICOttOl^ f j! ; j ' , ' i f : .
There aife. however, many big things
14ms are manyTold; their job is one rOf
qjiliring diligence and much thought.
We want to say that all groups a
\4ell represented on the Senate, bqt we
rot like to think of the students of A&
ap being divided into these groups. We
all Texas Aggies. We all give
allegiance to the same alma mater.
Their proljjf which Will topfiont the Senate, and the
outcome ojfj these issues will n °t be for
gotten so easily; 1
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Letters Ti
these outcomes will af
fect several! thousand men directly. In
hese instances vfe cannot afford to think
bf our ow
think of out
j Senator
tend to you
(Ail lelt*rj to th« odltor
eoliltfo mill tvlilfh 40 not eonlalit
non* WUMng to have thfir name*
ronii
clique or group. We must
a Unit.
with our right hand we ex
handclasp of greeting
anil thota hamw will pot, ultbout
other thanj the editors, i
LEFS ROLL AROUND ‘HEBlBEN’
ALL DAY
cnly groups we should have are caused —an Ajggfejlandjphake. . With our left, we
c nly by geographical locations of the va- slap you
make it
of the
i
thjei shoulder, saying,
ood year. Vqte for the good
all love so well.”
I
a
rfous areas.
Remember the big national! electkins
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lire Watch Dog That Becomes jWiistcr .
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If you had been in Czechoslovakia last Your thoughts would have been simi-
I ^ eek with your radio tuned to the Secur- lar to those of men in Germany during the
i y Police broadcasts, you ( would have fjate thirtie j , wh|in night squads would
leard, “Everybody Who approves of the make Isudqhn raids, and victims were
Exploitation of the working classes in the shuttled off to eternity.
\rest, who approves of the colonial wars
and sympathizes with Tito's treason is
qommitting a crime and the hani hand of
jjhe working class must fall upon him.
j ,f Not only support and propagation of
1 fascism," your loud] speaker would have Qm- craririg for: peace moves us only to
Emitted, “must be punished tin , Czecho-u denbunce ferbaliy, but not with action.
Slovakia), but everything that smells of the injustk
^ bourgeois©, nationalism, and chauvinism
nust be destroyed by the roots.” , : ■ -i
I While you. heard this broadcast, police ! similar p th© one we are told that ex-
■ iquads were roaming through tho streets i T ^ c cl °^ * s coursc anf]
- md everyone was ta king of thje week-long ^ c ]'' ,or H n ^ c ^ sses fabric. Every
icries of police raids in which thousands deed, ever faction of the state is done on.
behalf of the wdrking class..
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• But administfering this justice for the
proletariate are Stem party leaders whose
gluttonous desire for power has turned
them into rabid prosecutors of all who are
tk bitis
Editor, The Battalion: y
I rather doubt that the postal
guide or even your own vast store
of ; knowledge will help Jhej this
tiirje. However, I have exhausted
all other possible sources of the
praticulur infomution I need, so
will try you.
11 my life I have rea^ airticle.s
abdut fellows, who, tliroug'b sin-
gltj-minded application, were tccog-
nijjed authorities and experts on
various things. This might come as
4 sjhock to you, byt there airtj auth-
'he Editor
slcr«d hj- ft student or emi'loi'rr of tlin
Or llbrlou.i material will l»r publ.l>ili«(l. Vrr-
from Mibllbattoo may r*qu«.it OupO action
Ht of Uii, Writer, be divulged to any; perrone
expensive trawl when apparently
all he did for a living was to ob
serve whooping cranes?
•i I am very anxious to learn
how this is accomplished as there
arc any number of thirigs I would
like to observe up to tnp point of
becoming middling fair export on
and a conceded authority of. These
experts freely give of the know
ledge they gather on their own
particular interest but jealously
guard the secret of how they live
while gathering it.
I*
I would like to see sopC sort of
regulation pa^ed that i would re
nt mere art) autii|- j| quire them to irppart that informa-
ortties on practically everjything tion before becoming eligible for
Our cojhpassion for our fellow man
drives us tjo condemn these violations of
democratic justice. Our sense of other
men's fears cause us to protest against
these evil practitjes of a totalitarian state.
to our fellow man.
brn in Czechoslovakia is being
vere arrested and -sent
. “Away” could halve been jiil. “Away’’
pould have been the toal mines, or the ura
nium mines, or forced labor camps.
Perhaps a friend or a relative had been
included amopg those arrested, and you tl)c slight^t bitjsuspected. They have be-
Iwondered if you wej-e marked for a future come the Working man’s watch dog, and
, j I | the workteg mail’s master. j
arrest.
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U. S. ticonomy: Still A Healljiy Gentleman . . .
week, the governmental agency reported.
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. For ; those who listen regularly to
Gabriel Heater’s “good news tonight” pro- Despite a few ills, the United States
grams the followiiig figures released by economy j;; still a very healthy old gentle-
thc Federal Bureau of Empljoyment Se- man who just refuses to stay down when
curity are no surprise. But for those who he gets |t[Q feeling bad with the depression
listen to less optimistic commentators, blues. 11 ! | -
these figures should bring ; ijayjjj of sun- Of late the respectable gentleman has
shine over clouded , brows. been tr6 it led with a rash of labor strikes.
■ The number of unemployment insur- By changing his diet to include a few more
ance claims for the week ending October pensions!' nnd insurance plans, the rash
1 was the lowest since last winter: 1306,- can be expected to go away—until his
That was a
drop of 96,505 for the system
ed-up over something else.
The Battalion
u Soldier, Statesman,'knightly fjentleiurf’
Lawrence Sullivan Ross,
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cuitfioj K: ridifiA. . I ,.
Uoorr« t’Ji|riy)n, ptafi IMWi;
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ranging from two headed cajves to
wljodping cranes.
The experts who really go all-i
out to get to be experts: ijisually
pick rather unuspal subject*. One
fellow was nut* about driftwood
add collected it like road. Be tra- i
veled all over the world just col
lecting driftwood which hq never 1
pt^t to any utilitarian purpose such ■
as bmning or caning ffom it;
cunning figurines.
He just collected and studied it.
In due course of time he came to]
bo generally conceded an author
ity on driftwood and possessed what^
was probably the finest collection of
driftwood in the world. ;
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(Apropos of nothing, ta|‘ was
quite miffed with the Smuhsonian
jlqr its shockingly slight (interest
in the acquisition of his ri>T
collection). Hi
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Another fellow moved around
for a time, observing some) (sort of
little fur-bearing bcastie tijf which
there only about H left in the
cjitire World. As it did not have
very good fur and seemed inclined
to extinctioii, I say why bother?
However, that isn't (he [point of
t jiis .letter. ; ‘ ~
What I want to know is how do
those characters make a living
while srtiqmingly devoting all then
waking houijs to the study of what-
cjvcr they have decided to becoint
ifn expert on? That, the articles
never tell.
Now about thif whooping crano
fellow; Jie bus observed thb whoop )
ihg crane so closely and; in such ,
detail that it is reported that hn •
tjan imitatie its mating ddnee- to a
t|ec. (In a careful study of that arti
cle I can’t see in what elsb he ben
efited!!
As the (whoomng crane (and
then am only about 36 of them i i
the world) .serve no perceptibl ,•
useful purpose I can’t help: but wor
der at the lengths this pbservin J
fellow went to. It is recorded thi t
he spent many weary .hours in,
blinds, just watching the .whooping
cranes and making notes abort
them.
And, as whooping cranes movcj
qbout over the globe more thin:
qamewliat, he was put (jo consid
erable (rouble and expense follov-i
ing them about. .This trdvcling dni
his part, seems to have been done!
by commercial airline with an or-
easionaj chartered plaiB Used n
an emergency. There you have t.
How could be affort) all this
Official Notice
. All ktudeuti inajuriqs
* re. required Id teglfUr with the tecr
of the Horticulture rvyurtnar' 1
807, Aericulture llulldhie not
0 , p. m., Ortol*er 14.
Guy W. Adriaijce.
Hutd. Uorlicuhuru Dcpurtuficul
KepjxttuLdd d*tiuq*llj> by b>Uou»l Ad-
*?ew \ork City.
tbkyeo. -|4
Vcvclet. dud ban l'r*oci»i;o.
or 11 tlic editorial tjffiee. Room 201.
(4-53 !4) or ut the Stuudent Activifiea
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MONPAV
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Ne»t Attrectioa—
“BoJSyGU
LAST DAY
TOMORROW
DOUGMS,
lewwwiiw
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HAL BOVLp
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YORK, UP>—Do American
avenxn ci
ent hand^
housewives want go'
Outs? -I m;
Well—yes and no. Tht girls are
hs divided on this quest on as on
any other.
A few days ago I wn
pointing ouq that logisla 1
sadly overlooked the most impor-
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"tant figure in our civilization—thi
about 0,0,„
the businessman, set limi
stint of the laboring man, *rtd votfc
cash on thq barrel head to protect
the farmer against rainy pay t
But for the woman with the moji
they have voted no 40-hour weel,
no cash subsidies, lio benefit pay-,
rnonts, no “bonuses for raising lu
nation's chief crop—childre^. /
Well, should Congress
President Truman set up it
cabinet post-■ secrqUr^qf th
"! \W
status as qn expert.
E. F. Oslxime Jr. '
P. S! What is the pay scale for
observing lunar eclipses!.
! EFO
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(Editor’s Note:—Indeed, you
have posed u problem that almost
stumped us. However, omv editor
in charge of whooping cranes,
driftwood, and lunar eclipse obser
vations has solved this dilemma.
(These “experts”, our editor tells
us, make their living; in a very
simple way. They submit reports
of their activities to the editor's
of this nation’s newspapers and,
rather than print them), (he afore
mentioned editors forK over with
hush money to keep the (whole sit
uation quiet. , ;
Since we do not have funds for
this propose we had but one. alter
native, to print your letter. And,
to prevent further outbreaks,
would yqu like'a job? We can’t pay
you much, but arc willing to dis
cuss whatever tcrnisl you , have
to offer.) J • . [■
Gallery Committee
Will Meet Tonight
The Gallery Committee of the
Memorial Student Center, a re
cently organized art club, will meet
tonight to elect officers,! announced
Mrs. . Ralph A. Terry, chairman
of the committee.
The meeting will be held in
Room 157, west wing, Bizzel Hall,
starting at 5:15 p. m., Mrs. Ter
ry said. Future meetings for the
committee will also be scheduled.
Students, student wives, and
faculty members interested in
learning all mediums of sketching
and painting arc invited to join
this organization. Th&se interest
ed in learning art appreciation are
also Invited, said Mrs. Terry.
Kn Aggi^-ex became 4 hero
ceptly.
His name is Dr. Donald Lumpncjn
Williams, qlasit of '45 ami El Paso
veterinarian with the Mcixlco-U.
Commission for the Kru< ication
Fpot j and Mouth Ditoai
Dr. Williams, while dressing in
his home early in the morning
hoard a loud cxplosiot. He rpi
outside and saw a girl who h|
been lighting water hoatera
nearby cabins, become i mass/fof
flkme.
: He quickly grablied bljink
sniothei-ed; the flames
rushed horj to the hospital for mqd-
ical - attention.
Although the girl diei
burns the following da
was highly appreciate
family and friends of
tunate girt.
Dr. Williams graduated frjoni
Austin High School in El Paso
and entered John Tarteton State
College i t Stephcnvillc in U!30,
where he took Ills pre-veterinary
work. Ht enterel A&M in Stjpt-
embor of 1941. Serving in the aijtny
from May of 191: until January of
1944, he •etumed to A&M to grad
uate in 1915.
r | 1 j • rix
After his col ege career, Dr.
Williams! served is a Poultry In
spector (or the I ’. S, Department
of Agriculture i i Chicago. He
joined., tee cumpa ign against Foot
hnd Mouth Disease in Mexicq on
April 2d, 1948.
. |
Scores of ladies/jicopped the
dust cloths, sat down and wrq
mo how they fcH. And wlr ai
•wer as to whether the govornme
owed them phything boiled do
to Ithitl i,,iy
“YeHL of COUTHO."
“No, nnturany.”
One. mother wrote
tho / prevailing nenSo
which excludes from economic
;
? I !•
ng f U>
%
sideration the work of the htjWci
womap.” Her idea wfta that moth-!
era mold the character ! o| fu^uijo:
from the
y, the (ict
by (he
the iinfor-
Ro enue Fund Hits
Skids Last Month
i)
:i Austin, Tex.,
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Aate’s general Revenue fundi hit
ihe akiqs in Se]
September, the first
Tponth ctf the mV fiscal year) de-
rirpasing) more I than &Yt million
tLllars. ;
The general fulhd may tjc used^ub
tfe' the end of I960 if the 51«t
liegislatjUrc does not provide new
sources of revet no.
I State Comptro Jer Robert S. Cal-
virt reported thFi general revenue
flind was cut fiom .$85,085,033 to
S?6.666j436. '
"(The $8,518,59! reduction j was
iVgerly the remit of increased
appropriations vthiCh went into e(-
fegt. fop all brat ches of state gqv-
eBimcrjt on Sejit. 1.
;iThc post of n lining the stute in
September was $47,841,238 coirt-
pifed 'with $41,485,761 for. the
stijme month last year.
|('ash receipts for September tot
aled $i’.3,317,99*. compared with
$.T",i44,924 in September a year
a|o.
JStetc rcvcnuD from crude oili
tijjxcs last month was $6,139,902,
considerably unller the September,
1948, figure of WJJ73, 045.
Plants Ready
For Demration
Twelve kentia palms and six jpap-
danus have l>een made i uvaifahle
for the use of student, pigapiRa
tions by the deiiartmqnt; of
and maintenance of giounds,
dy Elms of the student iictiyitijes
office announced totlay. f]
Elms, explained that orga
tions holding events, in Sbisa
coqld obtain these pi an V for
orations. He added that the ] al4is
were appi-oximately four ‘foet hi *
and the pandanus vverc iaboi t
inches high.
A. l'\ DeWcrth, head of the wnjd-
scapb art department, stirt-ed In: a
letter to Elms that existing faHli-
ties and budget had made it itpe-
cssary to diminish the number ! of
plants available and to establish
some; regulations regarding the u^e
of the plants; ij j)
Each organization desiring; t
iusc tjhc plants must apply for then
two weeks before they are needed
DoWcrth sgid. He added that forms
for the requests can be obtained
in the care and inaintcpnnce! 1 of
grounds office in the college gr^eite
houses opposite ; the Kxcllange
Store. • , ■ |; / ' M. i 1 ] •:)
The plants nilf bc jirovidcil <)n Jj,j
first come, first served bjasis, |apq
no other flowers hr plants will be'
available for deoorativq (tu^ppsefi
this year, DeWeriih concHutjtkf.M
uld bq paid I in sonic
fqr this impor-
uthpr hand, Mrsj Irene
bf Chicago Heights, 111..
m .
e'd be sure to lose not only
mdence to clean house
when we please, what
coo*, when to spank, what to
j to the better half, but we’d
y somo jerk 5 per cent
us off.
woman, who' has children
a hpnte never mopes or Is frus-,
tetd. Wc'rc too t>(i*y. Wo don’t 1
nt any special recognition. We ,
j odr rewards ns wc go along.
. .('(q roti'am!!!! Who brought the
Isubject tip anyway ti.
Barbecue Pianned
By PusinesH Club
jlho j IjMaijkctlng v and Fhmiu’t
Cbh IStll have a barbecuo Tucit-.
day night, accoidlng, to Jo|), Mc-
COnnbll president.
Meeting at tlui Agriculture
Building at C p. m.i members and
their; gaests will.be nroVidod tmns-
}v)rtntlqn to and from the bflrjx'-
Cl ;Otut Mollar plr| person will be
charged for tho meal.
IPemOna desiring to aUcnd may
niike payment of their (foliar with.
K. Uackel, U»-410; M. D. Hum-
irey. ‘10-429; Tt. E. Mllliken, 11-
5; BlIK. Frierson, 2I-MUner; ;B.
. .Clayton, 7-D, Waltqn, or B. B.
cCTuag, 2rL, Piirycur.
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Bryan Z'$S79
SHOWING
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