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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1949)
> ■ V i_ ’■ Iji Battalion i.‘* 11 4 ! ■ ■ i-r 'ditorials WEDNESD. "" — j|The Band: Tooting Our | | 11 j}f No matter how hard We may try, w< ’ I just can’t seen? to curb bur fanaticism ah Tquit: writing at least two or three editorials la v^r about that wonderful institijtipn— Ithe f Aggie band. . | l . ' 1 Cause for this current outburst of em Ithusiasm is the .particularly fine perform- jance the band made at last weekend’s foot ball game.--' •; 11 .’■} 1 ’ ?r | j: t 1 As usual when they miirched upon the of stirring marc To Colonel 8. Y, OCTOBER 19 j -. ; • J 1949 ies. ' ■f i- Vj. Adam$ goes much of edit for his original formations and mt direction.!f 1 r the; cm efficient direction. jSome schools follow the practice of rrn field during haljftime, We Sensed a strong band together and explaining the mimeographing ber of a band to eX] what he has to do. Th grams for eac xplain tp him exactly is process tatyes some , two weeks. Adams accomplishes tjie same thing in^about 15 minutes by getting the forma- feel ng of pride! One of our most widely j acclaimed living traditions was showing .off, and we were hroud. I , hj - But it only took a few minutes to rea+j lize that the band was marching and play ing at its best. It’s seldom that a football audience gets a chance to see such a snappy, closely-knit organization jmarch out on the field; spell out several intricate initials, and play to perfection a selection ti mem- tions in detail. iBut to the Cadet members of tjhe band should go a majority of the praise. For after all, they are the ones who can make or break an;hour i l the organization. Beside drilling each day, band members practice Yes, lieve it’s dium. [• [ in concert three times a week. we’re proud of our band. We be- the best band in anybody’s sta- ■ ■■ | ■ r;- r - . I. ^ r In Small Towns, Saturday Is Cust If: om ■I _ iLast - week’s magazine supplement Pa4 6n Saturday afternoon Olney, and rade for many metropolitian Sunday news- thousands of American small towns like papers carried an article about American 0|ney, people stand on street corners and small towns on Saturday. The small town talk overjthe weather, crops, local politics used as typical in the United States was and the high School football teaip. Every- Olriey, Texas. Olney, population 5,500, 40 miles from Wichita Falls, is a slow moving little town that thrives on agriculture and some oik During the week Olney shuffles through long, lazy days in slow routine regularity; nothing much happening, hot many peo ple in the stores. But on Saturday people from all around come into town. They shop; they talk with friends; they take in the local movie. Farmers have a 1 sort of circuit they make around town; first, to the bank; next, to a farm implement store; and later, to a cup of coffee in one of the cafes., The wo- ' { ■ J ! W | ! menfolk are busy buying groceries and body knows everyone else in the commun ity, and no one’s business is hig own. '• j. • j i ! The cares and worries and interests of, se people in America’s small towns are erally limited to the locality in which they Jive. Their perspective of world af fairs or national affairs usually never goes beyond 50 miles. They are little peo ple, concerned with little cares, enjoying little things. [ r j it it' i h B ] ,;. f | Olney, or any other small town in this country is <j>nly as important as are the people, who ihhabit that cpmmuhity. Each per-son is, to the others in that community, important, And the limited sights of these Jk looking for bargains in clothing for the mrt tfnify this importancej family. The children-lose little time ip In small towns we find the nfu)tH of de- tajnking-up at the drug store with milk rpocracy are ;firmjy imbedded ijii the soil shakes, a hamburger,; amj then off to the pncl in the spirits of the people who till that soil. : ■; ing’s Dead; Long Live Gravediggers . Remember when, about ten yeari ago, The ancient homes of ghoujs, ^ghosts, ypu would pass the town cemetery ijite at and goblins cannot be destroyed, so they night; frightened, whistling to maintain Will merely drop into oblivion. This will your fortitude? You would walk by at a be a time-consuming process, double-time count, become a little more the embryonic sops of/Poe. scared, and then strike out running for / 'j. ■ *•! j v | This is but another of the tricks and traditions of America which is about to go to its own death. The old-fashioned. uckily for Another feature of the graveyard gent lemen’s meeting was a discussion on what Was described as the world’s first success ful -grave digging machine. This, un- , doubtedly, will be a booh to ihe eternal run down deserted cemetery wiHjs^h be think of the coun tiess a ° At. 6 8 n ■ il Idozens of gravediggers Who will become When the Texas Cemetenes Assoc.a- unempIoyed ^ wil] be ^ ^ I for aid. : mi ; , "I tion met, early this- week, the president of the group announced that a trend to ward making cemeteries into beautiful parks for the living—as well as resting places for the dead—is now taking place. Thus an old favorite of hdrror story and mystery writers is leaving the scene, song ■Not Perhaps they all will write books. “How to Dig a prikve” or “j’m a Very Grave ! Fellbw” should be best-sellers. fe do, though, wonder what the theme- pf the Association is? If they are How4yer,Tor!those blossoming youths; with without an almji mater, they should cer- a yenThr inspirational ghost stories, there tainlly find onel May we suggest “Red is still hope. i i-LLJL Roses for a Blue Lady?” The Battalion n j ■ f .hi,- • "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" - .. • ... • i , ; ! J j ; T Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions I *TKe Associated Press is entitled "exclusively to the use for credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper: and local ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein 1 . Entered u Mceitd^lua matter at Poet Office at CoUemj fiution. Text*, under .|ithe Actfef CongSe*;of March S, U70. lical College of Texas and the ulated every Monday through Jurihgs the summer The Bat- Subscription rate $4.30 per school blication of all news dispatches ws of spontaneous origin publish- «l«o reserved, ted netionel)/ hr National Ad- „ lervice Inc., et New York City, Chicago,! toe Angelee. and Ban Franciaco. Nbws contributions may be made by telephone Goodwin Hall. -Classified ads may be placed bjj te Office; Room 209, Goodwin Hall. BILLINGSLEY, t. C. MUNROE..,. I jWph, BurM»« i Kunw eel* t 2 • Ve e • • * • a n; e e a a-a • 1*1 e a e e je e a e a^a'e a • a'e e< a a • e h e • a • e i Cubanisi* j Bill /-Potts •##•##*# *911 ,tn riQ'lQ • Oollob « , e a e • « a e a « Je a e » e e 'e e Kcnitath~Marak, Emmett Trant, Jack Brandt .. waftin' Howard . • \ * . , . . . ■• -.j. PI gTadi Holmea, BUI Hitef. Hardy Row. Joe^ Editor* Co-cdltor* Editor Ptaotogr*ph« • j.-a • • • g • e e e l Ben Blittaln. • • eje e e • « • • 4 e; e»e e e e . . . . X* W. Fredrick, ^ • • • • • • • • • # • Ad 1 XdtJtf Oliver * e e e e e-o e e e a| gj ♦•••••• w 1 » ah! i '•r (4-6444) orjaththe editorial office, Room 20l, ephone (4-8824) or at the Stuudent Activities ■ iij ; f - . ..I.]..Edltoruj' - , Jr*.« Fells. iMd ram. Bob Lli Reed. L Eob , Hero d Co-Editors Board cnalraas Krtd, I • Li ;..Bdltortol Board loeer Ccelett. GL F. Newton. John Tapley. on, John Whitmore . . . Feature Writer* •Wt.ft.VSiimm WM , -• * PHI v r v,S :h i/VJ; , I- I CURI-AU \E m M' ^ es m Rank’s Red Shoe •' Ih Ufaslerful Screen BY HERMAN C. GOLLOB . a: ■ it : ;i' i • Letters To The Editor (All letters to the editor which are signed by a student or employee of the college and which 'do not contain obscene or libelous material will be published. Per- sons wishing to have their names withheld from publication may request such action and these names wlU not, without the consent of the writer, be divulged to any persons other than the editor*.) THAT THEIR LIGHT SO SHINE . . . MAY Editor, The Battalion: We’ve kept tihis “gripe” sup pressed so long 'that it had seven pups last night, j Howsoever; w^’re mighty proijd of our reading iroom here on the third stoop, ramp 5, Law Hall, but its mighty exasperating when you have to strain your 1 eyes in the semi-darkness io see even the prominent features in the new French magazihe “NUS” (Sun spelled backwards), because of the lighting situatiop. | , Now its not the one-fourth watt bulb that bothers us. It’s just thd fact that it buhned out the first week of school, and no new bulb yet. Also, our libraty subscription to the “Texas j Ranger” has run out, but luckily the Fall issue of the Sears and Roebuck Catalogue came through ojn tiitae. We hope thdt this is a high priority giripe, because it affects everyone Who rends. Think ybu cap help us? Dick Mu kith '49 Rd Maiikor ’4H BobbV Coon ’ 49 - Bill Bishop T.O | Blue Tale '48 J. Npvlkoff ’49 I ' J 1 ‘ WRITflKN TO CLARIFY i Editor, The Hattalidn: I have! read; soifcrnl criticisms of the heW seating lu rangcment of the studept seqtipn of Kyle Field, This letter 'is ! written to clarify, I hope, sdme o|f the gripes. To begin witjh, the students get 10,000 seats, jroughly extending from the 50 yard line to the mid dle of the section directly behind the goal posti. There are 4,500 corps students,! 3,000 veteran stud ents and 1,250. students wives to share these seats with an estimated 1,250 dates. * j The cotps sits in the front sec tions for several reasons. (1) The corps marches J to the games. If they sat in brick they would-, be running over the veteran students sitting in front. (2) The corps must sit together to be most ef fective in supporting the team. (3) Occasionally the corps forms the T and ipust empty and re-enter •a Official Notice Those students who want their ring for Christmas must get their order in to the Registrar's Of flee j before November first. Any student Who lacks not more than eight hours of having completed the num ber of hours required through ttie Junior year of his curriculum and who.has earned an equal number of grade poriits may purchase the A. and M. ring. All rings must ibe paid for In full when placing the ordeC [ • I ■ The ring window i» open only ftora H a.m. to 12:00 noOn, daily except on-Sun day*. H. L. Heaton. -Rafiatrar; ' the stands. For the past few years the 50 yard line seats were a first-come first-served proposition with the corps Seniors infiltrating as much as possible after marching onto the field. This year, since the corps is the majority of the student body, we feel that the corp should get some of the good seats at the foot ball games. Due to the corps policy that the seniors have the higher seats and due to the fact that there was a preponderance of veteran students, the seniors this year have never had an opportunity to get those seats until this year.; The Veteran students will have the top rows all the way toi the 50. Besides this, the vets get ap proximately 1,250 seats behind the goal post where they and fheir wives imaly sit and watch the game, if] they so desire. There a,ren’t hrilf chough seats in this section to adcomndate all of the veteran!) and their iwivcB. This section was only included because a large number of requests for such an area were received. There is no reason why married vets can’t stand lHihind< the corps. Now hack to the 50 yard line seats. There are 24 rows ill the top half of the stadium. The corps got 1;H and the veterans the top eight down to the 2ft yard line. From there on the veterans get the tap 1;(> and the corjis the bottom eight. This was the compromise decision of the Student Senate, where) vets and corps are both re presented. , Everybody can’t sit on the fifty- yard line. However, the why! it is' proportioned everybody has a chanCe to sit there. If there were no corps sections, the veterans would fill it all because they can come to the games any time they desire. Jack Happy ’50. (Editor's Note—Happy is |a stu dent representative on the Athletic Council.) The Red Sljoea (J. Arthur Rank) starring Anton Walbrook and Moira Shearer (Queeh). j \ j Once more J. Arthur Rank has given us the inapproachable motion picture that is British film making at’ its bejst.1 ' I . We refer to “The Red Shoes,” his latest cinematic triumph now at the Queen in its second day of a scheduled three-day road show run. Since its release last spring it has been eliciting only the loft iest and most ecstatic praise from critics and audience, praise which can be either too loud, long, nor fervent ! For “Red Shoes” is an alto gether captivating and facile en- tertainment, stimulating and ab sorbing as few screen offerings have been 'of. late. Concerned with' the rise of a beauteous and elegant English society debutante to fame' as a ballerina, the successful ascent of a young music student to promi nence as a conductor-composer for the ballet, their crossing of paths at the heights of i their careers, apd their tragic outcome, the story is at once beautiful and compelling- ly, free from entangled plot com plexities and possessed of genuine sentiment. The essential air of fantasy which shrouds all ballet is not alone confined to the film’s fifteen minute ballet sequence. Superior acting, shining direction, intelligent photography,. and an eloquently unobtrusive b«t thor oughly fitting musical score conducted by Sir Thomas Beech- am and played by the London Philharmonic--all combine to pro duce a magical aura of U! whiqh settles over the; to matic appeal ne to pro duce a magical aura of upreality *!; entlR film and prbvMes an enchant ing and unique fairy-tale whimsy, accompany the intrinsic A ’~ : ‘ ‘ “ e story i We fear ith s dream-like quality oft* s drrii would have been, conve. _ T . r - somewhat of a nightmare: had Hoi lywood laid its highly specialized hands on thej production; In both the Hollywood and British m<jvic there is of coiirsc an abundance of technical skill and finish, which, is vital to the Success of a picture. Yet in our acquisition of high gjloss and near-perl tain glow of work of art ection we Irifie a cer- enthusiasm and ^be lief without which a film, or rihy for that matter, Will only be shallow and superficial. At their heist, however, the Eng lish offer a perfect balance ] be tween technical virtuosity and warmth and true sentiment. They have learned the secret of Ire straint. which offeiji derful concentration of. sheer bril-t : 8 liance and grace, radiant rhythm and beauty, avoids a tawdry] as pect through a restrained use of the technicolor camera. Hojlly wood would 1 have imparted to i. a plushy elegence which would have uric of the relegated the ballet to the can- line. This all restraint is Truman Nominates wa* * I J ‘J • Woman Envoy Washington, Lflh—Mrs. Eugenie Anderson of Red Wing, Minn., has been nominated to represent the United States in Denmark as this country’s first woman ambassador. President Truman sent the name of the 40-year-old Democratic Na tional Committeewdnian to the senate Wednesday to succeed Jos- iah Marvel, who vacated the Cop enhagen post some months ago. At the 500-acrc Minnesota farm where she hand her artist-hus band live, Mrs. Anderson said she is an ;“anjent supporter” -of Tru- m«n’» i frtroign policy and added that she was “especially happy to be nominated as ambassador to Denmark." There haVo been women ministers representing the United States abroad—-Mrs. Per lie Mrista at Lux embourg is one; Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, was nnothpj4~but no woman ever before has hold! the full am bassadorial rank, j Visual magic , of the griudiness "of kn crinl •'I 111") mportant quality pf manifest (po in per formance and direction. Several scenes offer heavy traffic in the emotions, and as the result of a firm directorial rein on the cast fail to trip over the hairline se parating the dramatic and the melodramatic. We were most impressed with thic characterization ■ of Lermontov, the haughty] cold ballet: impressario created by Anton Walbrook. Wal brook, exhibited extraordinary act- T Vims Mririus Gt cosdtictor cc side mm RiMjehnan rite rill we Wriuld ask in other priri- ci:»aj roles. " • .'..ii!. j, ; Hlkrid-up road show .prices (Maf- inie-$L20, *1.69,$ 1.80;- Evening' ll ;29,'{ $1.8(), $2.40) prevail gt rill p< Hormancps, However, studerit ti'jkety go for $1 at all, performari- «*•: • V . j If whnt wri haVe boen seeing on tie screen recently is worth in the* _ .. , ,. H ;n(Sghborho0d T pf fifty cents, this • Fpr examp e, the ballet sequence, oijic dollar tjarrif attached to “The ihe screen a cjuite won- Rgd Shoes';’; is J | and injected the role of Len to him the film’s ter • i |S r, an exquisite, su ed j young actress who be the British counterpart 91 4 Gris Iml It ing as Craster, the iposer, Leonide 1 ja, the fiery, tern pen master, and Albe the elderly desii ! /| *1. by comparison JamfM I UArit DAY FfRST RUN \ - -Features Start— 1 : yP * 4:3 P - Di5 i 10:00 ’jfhe Gr&it Sinners’ 1 ' • > I' IPlUB l 1 LAST DAY J. ARTHUR RANK araaMi i | ,, , ■ STEWART GRANGER Editorial Heeded, Reporter Departs SAN ANGELO, Tex., Oct; 14-*-; UPI—Bill Probandt, \ybunge8t re porter on the San Angelo Standard Times, reads his paper’s editorial*.! Yesterday the newspaper sug-; gested that city folks help cottdn producers beat the picker shortage; by working in the fields. Today on Editor Dean Chieno- weth's desg, pinned to of the editorial, wari ri the reportw: ; “Mr. Ghenoweth; I bavin takhn! your adviicri and hied to the cottyn fields." tq a clipping] note fr SMU - RICE Football Game — NEWS* fromjt •J i PRE - GAj FRIDAY ONE SHOW if ONLY' 200 DOUBLE LA.W THOSE WITHOir rnmmm WOSMIND RUSSELL MOURNING BHCOMFS ELECTRA MKHMl RIIHiRAVI RAYMOND MASSlYj SAT, . ' ' » 30 P.M. s/fr&mr 5 r Extension Men Go kathleen ryan ' “jAll student* who have not. had IdenU- ation photographs made report to the ~ ' Visual Aids Laboratory. fic Photographic Room 27. Administration Building between the hour* of 4:00 p. m and 5:30 p. m.. Oetober tT. 18, 19. ^ The Laboratory will not be open for! identification photographs at any other tiriie." BiNNIE A. ZtNN. Assistant Dean of Students ' for Student Affair* i, l ; To Safety Meet E. C. Mjartin, assistant state agent, and W. S. Allen, -extension agricultural engineer, of the Tex as Agricultural Extension Service will attend the National Safety Congress rind Exposition in Chi cago, October 24-28. According to Allen, the congress concerns itself with almost every phaife of safety. Some of the sub- jeetj to be discussed include fire prevention; job safety Analysis, labor-management and safety, acci dent prevention, safety training programs, and safety engineering. Martin rind Allen will attend the farm safety sessions, emphasizing methods of teaching farm safety. The exposition to be held in con junction With the Congress will demonstate the latest in safety equipment, from fire fighting equipment! equipment for com- CAPTAIN BOYCOTT At exciting blazing in i a torch- in the night! m ursday & Friday dig) r JUCK BENNY in _ bat! against H- 1 '• i radio activity, Allen QUEEN Today thru Thurs. ' * jw*. l ,kw " m I j • ONE ROW AT ; i * u WNwrRMkPrMCntati*, EVENINOS IW AT $180 (UX t*el.) ONE ROW AT $2.40 (i Student* j«Jl performances $1.00 (Tax TacL) ITS AT $1.20 ROW AT $1.80 (tax inch) ITS AT $1.20 ROW AT *2.40 (tax ind.) PALACE Bryan 2'8$79 TODAY thin SAT. atimii t, m-up- M ■in .! I I ! / 1 ! i' . ' . tl l BLO .cl-) . « 10: ' ,k. A; J ' : 1