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MONDAY; OCTOBER 17, 1949
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No Education Squandered by marriage ||
TSCW’s Daily
teristing-survey of
has made an in-
oui vcjr ui v»hy girls presently
[ enrolled there chose TSCW to spend their
college career. The results of this survey
are significant, and an! indication of what
is going on in the minds of a sampling of
eralizations, but they
are significantly valid. We expect college
students to desire the above incentives of
e training; ;i^e would be surprised
ppointed if they didn’t $eek them.
More significance however, can be at
. Texas college girls. tached to the piiJe? of importance in
The chief reason given for attending girls listcd their reasons - Num ’
college is general and TSCW in particular 3er Dne ’ P re paratio i for marriage and
wax “preparation for jmarriage and fam- f am dy life indicates that their choice is
(ayllife/' I home and marriage rather than careers.
’ • M. / !‘j^ college educatim is not squandered
Following in the drder of importance the gjrl who marlea and sett]es d(>wn
/ th t Tessies S ave Intelligence ^ hte as d hous e«Jif e . Rather, college
and wisdom necessary to live a full life; has her t0 ^ a better wife and
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The author of that very fine
novel David
and Alexan
planatlon
tragic death
ented actress.
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’s best friepd. As
story begins, Sophie is deep
the suddsn and
the young land tal-
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enjy the mi
jrai^.: Her
l itpnsity and
itrpeted; it is
historical
has done
Gladys Schmitt,
country’s finer
first won acclaim
of Aulis, followed
the King, and now
practiced creative
andra, the story
tional and im
re83 who, InM*
or, was “cursed
id the King
mother than she possibly would have been
il career if they are
wife, or husband, or
traiflihg for a particular occupation or
-profession ; sharper, better trained minds withj)ut ^ Hdw empty m m re .
. in dealing with all sorts of problems; and ward6 of a guccessf
learning to get along with every type of not : ahared with tfie
' J’l 1 chikjren we love.
Others given much importance are: a VVe are encouraged that the TSCW
better appreciation of cultural entertain- surVey indicates family is the preference
ment such as literature, art, and music; of students in that girls school. The
development of good moral character; bet- American family as i potent institution in
ter chance to get ahead in the world; de- pur lives shedding influence and guidance
sire and ability to be more useful citi* to growing generatbns is not on the de-
zens; and broader knowledge of the world cline so long as i(nt< illigent women prefer
and world problems. 1 - 1 ■ ! I the home to a caret r. f !
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the editor which are signed by a atudent or employee of th<
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Charlerie Custom Takes Cake As Oddity
(AH letters
college and which do not contain obscene _or libelous material will be published.; Per,
sons wishing [ to hats their names withheld from publication may request such actio i
and these names will not, without the consnnt of the writer, be divulged to any personi|
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Foreigners for many decades have ob-
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served American ^uptoms and in some
cases have been highly amused. They
get a chuckle out of our rodeos, our turtle
derbys, our corn husking races, our frog
jumping contests of the past as immortal
ized by Mark Twain, and a thousand other
institutions peculiar to various sections of
our country.
prel igame kibitzing imong birds.
Then the official in charge lists the
owners and their loosters, and bets are
matje. I ‘ • M i
| Owners and friends get together in
huddles and discuss their bird’s form. Af
terwards they mak j the biggest decision
of all, the number of times their bird will
erbw in a half houri trial.
But according to the Associated Press, For day$ the tvion yodelers have been
we shouldn’t feel any! regret for eccentric under constant obsepvation by owners tak-
American customs, providing we ever did. ing notes on theiif average number of
The AP wire told us a few days ago about crows per half hour. i
one of the strangest pastimes yet — i n Winner pf the contest is the bird who
Charlerie, Belgium. < crows nearest his owners estimate. Chan-
This pastime, Belgium’s oldest sport, ticleers who fail to fpllow past performance
id a cock crowing competition. will be ushered back to the barnyard and
Before dawn eaph Sunday morning, thence to thp dinnejr table,
miners of the area flock to the town meet- This sport is ip^etty close to the limit,
iiig place wiith their favorite bird tucked
PAGING THB-ASSISTANT
Tt) THE ASSISTANT TO THE
DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR
PHOTOGRAPHY, FIRST
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Editor, The Huttalion:
Undoubtedly the editors of the
Agifieiftiid are again having troub
le this year getting the students
to have their pictures made for
the yearbook as they have had, to
my knowledge, for the past several
years. In the past this has throf
the editors
turcs to the
he past this has thrown
late in getting the pic-
he printers and, hence,
But thank goodheps we Americans are
mufeh too practical ifor that bort of thing.
Once inside the meeting house, roost- We’H stick to our turtle derbvs, midget
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under their arm.
are placed in cages “where they can
not .see each other,” so as to prevent any
auto races,’rand cow milking contests, we
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other than the editor
COMPLAINT
Editor, The Itatialion:
I, a married Vctenpi, have just
read the studeht Kyle Field seat
ing assignment plan and am not
pleased with what I read. I’m an
ex-Aggie, an ardent football fan
‘and relish not the idea of doing
all my Kyle Fjield football watch
ing this season from an assigned
seat behind thtj; end zone.
Why couldn’t; the married stud
ents have the first eight rows east
of the band from the 50 to the
30 yard lines? If someone might,
with justification, claim that mar
ried students wpuldn’t pass up the j (after initial cost; and overheard)
yells, why not brush up the cadets late in getting the yearbook (jut
on their hand signals? ea vh
i Many, many students do. not hsjye
their pictures in the Aggieland and,
human nature being what it is, it
loses much of its value to thcjrp.
I feet that the basic cause Of
this apparent lack of interest in
get|.irig the pictures made is that
everyone feels that the two d,oj-
e . „ . ! lars Charged by the AggielOnd
(ini an intjnate of a girl s ppoto Shop is exorbitant for a
boarding school and I am a so a pi( . tur0 which is roughly on c inch
consistent reader of the *featt,|. I * c> It - S just too V ch . 0 n top
don t mind bejng 650 miles from of what we already , )ay for the
College Station and 710 miles • yearb<)ok ^
from home but there’s one thing that a large majority Of
wrong--! will always wonder what the stu(lcnt lKK|y would be ver y
is punted in the FRIDAY Batt. ni u C h interested in seeing Student
I have never e^n seen a FRIDAY j . Activitie8 get up a 8tudio of its
, • ‘ j : • ] ,. ! L. , , own to take care of these pictures
I even enjoy reading Monday s i at a reasonable price. This studio
news on Wednesday, Tuesdays couId alfio process 0 thcr pictures
new on Thui^day and (etc.; hut i of school activities for the yeal ._
by the time Mondays issue gets book and other ca publica .
way over here I have forgotten, | tion8 Even if a reasonable profit
what happened to Little Abner were made we would at least know
on Thursday apd the episode I miss j that benefits from thcse fits
leaves a visionary, immaterial, [ wou , d eventua „ y CO me hack to
spectral, ethereal, imponderable, , tbe students in one form ok- anoth-
tenupus, eviscerated, ihane Void in er r
my mind and soul— ' * ! Sincerely ‘ ' I
And why—Because I never get a .. .. ,,
FRIDAY ‘’Batt.'T . David M. LUton
R. % Clepper
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VOICE OUT OF THE DISTANCE
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Editor, The Battalion:
I am an inmate of a girl’s
ie of this
writers,
th The Gates
t with David
as applied her
tyle to Alex-
a highly emo-
ionaple act-
of the at th-
or, was curseu with too m jch
faith, too much desire for perfec
tion, too much devotion to the
truths, too much love." __ j
If the possession of such ster
ling qualities as these render
one out harmony with the tlmps.
It follows that the times need *1
helluva drastic change. Tikis
is the implication which we te-
lieve Miss Schmitt has subtly
lain behind the whole story,*
poignant modern tragedy >f
life. Or I should say a life of i o-
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“Alexandra’’ is told in the fifat
person of Sophie Littman, warm-
hearted, practical Jewish housvdfe
MAKE PARTY
PLANS NOW
To Attend The
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FRIDAY - 10:30 P. M.
OCTOBER U
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As a shy young girl in the fifth
grade, Alexandra is taken in by
classmate Sophie, who becomes her
first real friend. Alexandra’s na
tural acting talents were, evident
even then, when she “played ddad’’
so convincingly that she frightened
Sophie almost out of her Wits.
In high school Alexndra stars
as Juliet in Shakespeare’s tragedy,
and wins admiration of neurotic
wealthy Kenneth Ellery, a mas
terful actor whose career was cut
off at its height of glory, by par
alysis, and who teaches Alexandra
all he knows jn hopes that through j
her success he can once more at
tain glory, if only vicariouWy.:
Alexandra does reach fame as
a Broadway actress, hut she
finds that there is a dark side to
fame and glory.
Miss Schmitt's all-round exc<
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characters wjv
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|c esertptive talent with its sensui
tant
Appeal! which It
4 true 1 Writer.|
’ We Unhesitatingly
mend Alexandra as |
finest modern ; novel
upon in i
our extensi
library,
(adv.ibookti may be
yearly tel
slay open
For those
i ime for pleasui
Ucjularly suggesi
i ixfmdra. It’s only tl
iinjtl fifteen pagfes loi
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ites us
t words
aglow wit
., ‘ tely
ttyl peopled wit
clearly defir
ughput; and
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c c o m-
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wjith qnly meagtr
me reading, we p*r-
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1 Chaps irt several of Dartmouth, Eng-
limd’H pubs bliukotl their eyes and rapped
their headsijtfhen they looked out into the
street the other flay and saw fish swim
ming, in the gutters. “Blimey, gov’nor,”
one must have cbmmented, “I thought I
saw everything when the Yanks was here,
b^it fish in |he streets?” b
i A nearb^ cloudburst had backed up
Tommy: “What’s the matter, has your the River Dart through the town’s sewer
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Two ladies who had not seen each
other for a long time, met on the street.
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“Oh! Mary,” Blanch excitedly ex
claimed, “I've had a lot happen to me
since I saw you last. I had my teeth
out and an electric Stove and a refriger
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Would write every day.”
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piece of mince pie to last month?”
“No mupa. lijip not; and wot’s more,
the doctor says I never will be.”
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I "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentlem*? ,
Lawrence Sullivab Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
The Battalion, official newspaper
;y of College Station, iTexas, is publ
afternoon, except during holi'
the Agricu
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is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesda
Advertising rates! furnished
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credited to it or not otherwise ere
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UMPHi .Hi d excluoi ..
to it or not otherwise credited i in the pa
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the pap4
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Yand Mechanical College of Texas and the
,week and circulated every Monday through
Can something be done about it?
FrsnccN Morgen
A Texan in a foreign Do
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Whitfvorib College
Brookhaveit, MImn.
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Club President
Franklin Thomas Was named
president of the Weatherford Club
at Its initial meeting of the year.
Other officlcrs elected were Bill
StcWart. vl(|c-prCHident; William
Strain, Hccrrtary-trcasurer; Jack
Grimes, program chairman; and
John D. Shoemaker, reporter.
Plans were made to incorporate
Palb Pinto and Hood counties into
ntembership (with Parker County.
The meeting'night was tentatively
changed from thb first and third
Thursday nikhts of each month to
the first JOnq third Monday nights.
All studeints from Palo Pinto, Par
ker and Hood counties are invited
to the meetings.
Parker Pencil Found
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on periods. Durings the
Friday. Subscription rat
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A Parker 51 pencil was left at
the registration desk of the Dean
of Engineering (during the regis
tration on August 27,
Anyone who lost such a pencil
during reglstratSon is requested
to report to Dean Barlow’s office.
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Office at College Station, Texas, under
Act of Congress of March; *• 1870. .
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. Any student who lack*; not more ithan!
eight hours of having completed the num
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