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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1949)
■BHHH Virility and Education A^omp^d by Ex Figures released by the National Ad- ertisingj Service based upon data gained )cally indicate that an estimated $8,50(li,- 00 is si>ent annually by Texas Aggies in nd around College. This would average in he neighborhood of $1,000 a student. All but abbut $2,750,000 is spent on oom, board, tuition, and text books. This emaining $2,725,000 goes for clothing, en- ertainnjent, and other incidentals. Virile Texas Aggies the survey figures Ihow, ate quite concerned over their per- .8. smattering of on A&M stu- habits. At best ions, but off , , , can conclude |onal. appearance, $122,000’s worth. Ip- boys who want collegesj ^ke A&l avcjrage, iA&M ii I A. ! 1 ’ buying and spent igures are appro? they seem typical rom 111 this data w^ that A&M is no lodger (if ij. ever has been) a school Where a student could come here broke andj after four yearly go away with a degree and several hundred dollars ir kbe do is, but the odd* uraging, In factjmanj o coihe i to inexpensive ! (despite the $1,1( relatively inexpensive| **“ ate greateJ the banjt. lit still are seriously dis lead of being rugged “he men’’, and Idl ing their appearance go, figures betrly hat ou; Aggies spend $12,000 a year On having lotions and talcum powder. Aid ust abc lit that much more on hair oil. I Entertainment hungry Aggies average ibout $15 each spent at local cinemas. The il% who smoke spend right at $54 during its; share |of the rise. As he ninb months indulging in this habit rise, education itself inc irhich may, or may not be entertainment, value to the individual. ox On Those Who Deplore Texas t . | | find thati basic expenditu than thieyi could a[fford. , : With the Wholef try! we ca| From W1 • • ; P I, ' . ■1 I ff- Tr . ■ • living throug ire or our cou ition to esca result of th ;ases in doll Letters To The Editor (All letters ito the editor which college and which do not fcontaih ohdeene or.llbelo sons wishing to have their names withheld from - and these names will not, Without the consent of other than the editors.) arc signed by • student or employee of the ne or, libelous material will be published. Per. sons~wlshlng to have thelii names w|thbsld from publication may request such action ^ * the writer, be divulged to any persons ;i In the .outside world (t,he world out- I the world, and ijt’s treason to say othef- lide of Texas, of course) there is being wise, (end quotes) :irculated a venomous article deploring ‘ Were it not for a mangy editorial wri he “myth of Texanisni.” i The author of er for the Rocky Mountain News ( his literary endeavor is a Stephens Col- Colorado) we would probably hai ege professor who, because of his great read these infamous disparities Editor, The Battalion: r other qualifications must be mejt i . iJ,! - . beforej it is permissable to draijv You will perhaps recall[my hav- fron> it. First; the top card of thte feels that he has found the key ourjgifeat state. The Golorad Denver, e never toward oajn in an Texas iil wisdom |o Undocking the truth about Texans. editorijal; deplores the iptflux of Dr. Burkhart, for that is the villain’s men who are ijivading his homjeland tame, cbntends that: The myth that Tex- qpest for black told, ins/arp mighty people is being used to ThesV Texaps have rknkled his heaK teep them ever from being able to cope with thefr tales about th| Lone Star State vith life in the atomic age. and Texas’ advantages oyer Colorado. He That there’s a “Texas way of doing even expresses the hop^ things’’ and a “Texas way of thinking’’ adoans, Igiven a few years, can civilize uid thjttt’s why they get such political them (the Texans).’’ eldership. • J Obvlydsly neither Dy Burkhart or the j That Texas had more men rejected for ; editorial: man have been acquainted with Military service because ef illiteracy than beautiful Texas. If thly were, how could my other major state in the nation, but they Write such blasphemies? Arguing still they believe nobody can fight the way with jtheim would be futile, for ho^v can we Texans} can. 4 r ll a man abou rr^ e ^ 0rioU8 won * Tbftt Texas graf)efruit, Texas womert, der of tjhe sunlight if has nejver been iipd Texas sunshine are the greatest ih out olf! jhe darkness? iexan On Toasties for Grade Points . . . Ever since we got our grades from last to a; bulletin we reladllj jmd believing that spring quarter we’ve been wondering wha’ ii oune -Ham ibpperi. Today we found out. The |an- 1 lor highest efficiency, 1 *wer came in the mail in the form of a bul{ bulletin! somewhepe) it iletin from the state department of health, possible to get u^ amount |6f s cep was necessary (we read it in a las i>r&ctically im- tlme for breakfast. Going without breakfast, the bulletin i | The beat we could do was arcup of Union says, is a bad start for the day. It’s been coffee jhfown down botjween classes, found that workers who skip breakfast j We) laid the blame for Our grades on [get less done in . the first working hour cuttihg class, sleeping in than those who eat a good breakfast. Fur- ji n g such little indidei Ithermbre, it says, as the morning pro- gresseS, those who didn’t eat breakfast [grow less efficient. This casts an entirely new light bn tl regrettable subject of our grades. Bein( best eb tl Wej laid the blame! class, not stuy- ientals. But now we Havre seen the light] We are resolving, at the ^tart of a new quarter, never to mi^s breakfast, even if it m^ans missing every one of iour morning classes. We are look ing forward to a grejit improvement ii the grpde point ndiiv Tovon ing written you recently in what turned out to be a vain! attempt to obtain some information. (The information was pretty pear use less. However, I have doi)e consider able research on & new parlor game of which you have heard and which is becoming rather more than some what popular. This game is "Canasta,” which, as you may also have heard, is a Spanish word meaning basket. (My research has not' yeti uncov ered the connection betweeii basket and said parlor game. This is pro bably a very subtle corineciion and might have reference to an old Spanish custom of shuffling cards in a basket. As two decks of cards are used, a basket comes in handy). Canasta is a very simple game but is governed by certain rules, the interpretation of which brings out highly individual and often conflicting opinions. I have now a severe bruise on my left knee suffered in a milt) discussion as to whether red treys should be put down immediately or can be put down during any one of the owner's plays in the deal <>b- Uin«d. [i?- , J This is still a moot point and it is suggested that red treys be de leted from the two decks used to regard. j . ; Deuces 'and aces have a point of 120 each but don't let that mis- iloud you, as the deuci's are wild . ., land consequently! avidly sought for. J , , Canasta is an aboriginal rummy ** on, y <ln r k of enrda Is game and, as previously mention- ^ from which have bean re- • • * ' rr J moved all red trays, all black treys, all t)ei)ces of both colors, all jokers. The game is in the same manner long form Canasta. The omission of cards mention ed makes for a friction-free game but Is rather dull. It is frankly suggbsted that the deck so obtained be used instead for pitch, which is more, interesting. E. F. Osborne, Jr. P. S. My wife wants to know if she should take A&M and 176 points Sat- uraav. ’ . ]! \ (Editor’s Note—Dear Mr. Os- dfeck must immediately (this is very important in both sets of rules) be formed into a meld and played with at least two natural similar cards from the players hand. The second qualification is that dlong with this meld other melds must also be played to make up a iotal of 60 points. (Th s last unless a player has amassed a total of 1500 points, in which case he must play 90 points dowrf)l From that point on the player endeavors to form Canas ta, which are melds of 7 or more of a denomination and the very devil to get. By the way, one important point that I was about to overlook is the fact that a black trey discarded on top of the deck also freezes the dejek. Ybu can readily see that all t(eys are very troublesome and do much to retard the game. I hive not yet learned who in vented this game but have already concluded that he must have been of a misanthropic turn to have introduced so many troublesome features into what should be ^ di- Wjdop. In an effort to correct this condition, I have given up my final original aim of becoming an ex pert on and a conceded auth ority of, Cantata and am dedi cating myaelf to the development of an abridged version of what I call worry free Canasta. This game I simply pall "Canasta IBs- - 1 ■' i j* Judge: Could the m the late-sleeper type (type B, accor - iP I. ■' ' ★ ./r-.. Visitor: “Hosy did your horse happe to win the race ?” ^ - Jockey,: “Well, I just kept whispering i his ear, ‘Roses are red; violets are blue — horses that lose are made into Wife; ind he picked on me.” otorist have missed Main: “He certainly could, your honor. He ha| d the choice of hitting me or my -The Daily Texan. ill ' The Battalion "Soldier,^Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder Friday afternoon, except daring hojidaya > and exatnlnati tnllon is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and year. Advertising rates furnished on request, . ; ol Aggie; Traditions and Mechanical C( liege o and the The Battalion, official newspaper, of the Agricultural and Mechanical Cr liege of Texas City of College Station, Texas, is published five times « hreck and circulate I every Monday through - ■ * 1 luring hojldaysytthd exatninatibh periods. iDurinKii the summer The Bat- ‘ Friday. Subscription rate $4,30 per school ublicatior of all pews dispatches (s of spontaneous origin publish- .Iso reserved. Sntcmd •* SwondHjlM* matUr at Poet Office - at College Station, Tcxa», under the Act of Congrcae of March S. 1870. Member ql, ; 11 The Associated Press Repnecntejl vrrtlalag Sci Chirnm. Lo4 i ■ h I News contributions may be made by telephone (4;$444) or at the editorial office,(Room 201, iwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Stuuden|t Activities Goodwin Hall. Classified ada may Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall.. BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE-, Clayton fielph. Lewla Burton, Otto Kunza Dave Coalett».l., u , , , , _ Chuck dabanUa. Bill Fotte - AmuMmcnoTEditor ssi“ • ilU ' Trevino J. * * * i*.* B««r A., w. marich.».». iv; V * • • • • Larzlr Oliver... 1 ^ Chariaa ‘Klrkham... . .Managing Editor* oean3]«arUon, Dean lUad, ....Feature EUttor I, ^ayton 8«lph..|. ;. W. , Circulation .tionally by National Ad- Inc., at New York City, lea, and San Franciaco. ed, governed by certain rules of which there an* at least two offi cial versions. I personally favor that sot en dorsed by the National Association o«f Playing Card Manufacturers, who should know. My wife, how ever, is a stroing suppbrter of the set included ob .the batik of a .Can asta score pad. Her reasoning is based on the fact that my rules are given out [free am) eomiilimen- tary while hers cost 25<‘ with the score pad thrown ini That does seem to weigh in her favor. In thejCveiit a certain number of cards are dealt to each play er after careful shuffling. (The exact number of cards dealt to each player varies according to j which set of rules you are going [ by and also by number of play ers engaged; also varying inver sely as the square of the hypo tenuse), The remaining cards are called the stock, the top one of which is turned over.; If this turned card is a deuce, joker or a red trey (you should have taken them out like I told you) the deck is froizen and cards may only be drawn from the stock • until another card is discarded cov- * elring up the offending freezer card. As in ordinary or garden variety rumijny the principal ob ject of the game is to form- melds consisting of a ■ minimum of three raids of thc( same |denomination. (Sequences don’t count so don’t waste time trying to: collect them.) After the deck is defrosted (and may be drawn from) still Official Notice Thoa* rtuOtnli who *»nt thtlr ring for Chrlstmaa nuiai got Iheir order in to th* Regietrsr * Office hef»ri November flr*». Aag stadtmt wh* l*ek» not tn«r* ««»/ tight hour* of (hiving, eimpirted the mint/ ber of hour* inquired through th* Junior year of hie euiffUmlum and who has ear»*d an equal nurtiber of grade point* may purchae* tha A. ,ai;d; M. ring. All ring* mUai be paid for in full when placing tha order. r ! ( The ring wuidow la open only from 8 a.m to 11:00 [noon, dal|y except on Bunr day*. aces and til then playod as 1050, di', borne, we wish to recommend to kour consideratk me | fort t Canas E to det Kd BV HERMAN C. 001 The initial excitement of what; Uinment season this school has known begins Thursday night when Burl Ives, America’s foremost in terpreter of folk-songs and ballads, appear in concert at Guion Hall is Launches eason LLOB of w Burl eventually foui New York where he; ing. Meeting numerous discoun ments, he finally started down! ! • . I : • - i iii' £j ■ ' •inches Tow* ThiMmm fouhd his way to and Derca. s he studied sing- Thank i to our capable 1 I i'TvI Mi ~rS| under the auspices of Towi i Hall. Ives, who made the "B ue-Tall Fly” a household pet, enioyi i ah en viable reputation as both 4 singer and an actor in every possit le med ium of entertainment -• stage; screen, radio, and. racordifgs. To our. aiMae- ertts editor, Herman Gollob. litor Gollob will be happy to oin forces with you in any ef fort to develop a' short form of Canasta.; May we also suggest with advertising at 6$, a column inch, you attempt^ ~ develop a “short” form of let ter to the editor if this business jis to continue. You may tell your wife that if jshe plays her cards close (red trey omited) she may feel safe with A&M and 76 points.) itbr. The Battalion: j 11 - , ■ ; ■ Mdst all letters published by you isually contain a criticism of some hast* of college life. I’d like to add bit of: constructive criticism t<* Butt, itself. Don’t misunder- I, I have no fault with any hrtidlc appearing In The Butt, but father with what does not ap pear, im-r Quite a number of the students, myself included, rely on The Batt viable reputation r in every possi mtortainment - “i igs. say nothing of his successful so* jurn Into the litdrary flc d with his best-selling auto.biography, "The Wayfaring Strangerv’ Born in Southern Illihois of sturdy, independent tenant-farmer people, Ives first desire was to enter the clergy. A spell at col lege squelched this ambition and transformed it into a craving of adventure, which resulted in his quitting his books and taking to the open road. equipped with fifteen cent*, a banjo, and a repotoire of song* learned from his mother and grandmother, he roamed from town to town, singing for his meab, picking up new songs, meeting a. Wide variety of peo ple, learning about the little peo ple who make America tick. ■ ;.i.,■ ■ i i .\i - ■ Lui for all their news—local, national, and international. Due to space limitations, I realize that news other than that dealing ikith Ag- gieland must be held to a minimum. But, please, Can’t you include more forthright articles and editorials on what r s going on in our Na tion’s capital? Congress has again adjourned after another “do-noth ing” session: except to go hqg wild in spending more money. It’s time that everyone—stud ents not excepted—take more than a passing interest in national af fairs. One way to do this is through the medium of the newspaper. To continue ,in the same direction which the President and the pre sent Congress are leading Us is to invite national suicide, Sure the farmer needs aid, hut is there ho limit to such aid? The same question is to be asked of foreign spending. Our concern should not be just confined to the money angle, but also to recent appointees to high government positions by Mr. Truman. (I refer you to the editorial in The Satur day Evening Post for October 22). I could continue on indefinitely, hut I’m hoping you wi|l take it from here. IPcrhaps you can mkkc the studenta conscious of the ppll- cal moss we are in. If so, at the next Congressional election they will have the desire to express themselves at the polls to the end that those elected will begin to untie the knots of our present pre dicament, and also tie a few knots in the taxpayer’s pursestrings. Sincerely John W. Hnlzer '46 (Editor'a Note—We appreciate your constructive criticism. Let ters to the editor, such as yours, are the hioat reliable indication we have for knowing when we are "slipping up" in 6t)r job of providing well balanced news cov erage for our particular situa tion. I j v! j • ' ^ Your suggestldns are well taken, and will be carefully con sidered in our selection of future editorial subjects.) PALACE Bruon 2'$879 Showing Today JOHNjUNO t OIANATOIN alow road I A fame aii djtional American aoi Greenwich Village night-club. He then took to the airways with hla j ballads, [and-, became known as (‘The Wayfaring Strang er.*? Then (followed p^rts in shows. Before he entered the army in 1941, he Had appealed in several smash Broadway hit Medically discharged from the Army in 1942, Ivea returned to his CBS program. Soon after, Holly wood gobbled his Up and he paared as a singer-actor in “Smo ky,” “Green Graas lof Wyoming,” "Station Weat.” and “So Dear To My Heart.” Likewise recording companies lost little time in adding Burl to their rosters. Recording nOw ex clusively for Columbia, hie fpr* merly sold his serVleat to Aagh * ■ ' ' “j -j Casting Shadows 1 , if i I j October 25—Ticket (sale for Victor- id< liscourage- staff, we iare now b< [ down! the the opportunity to sii ig his trt- among Halladeprs aln| in a small which sit( to much a| I heritage, r e arc lnfoi'med assistant dean; of st • ui hvmuvuih, iui tivities, that there | still re s Hall si( ketn at $7.6( tpc few studi r i • ii i » ' forty nbn-student reserved Town frijetn at IT very fejw student^gjmeral sion tlclieta at:$3.50, tajeh i qffers the_ holder ^ a|ir 11 Tom| ywir. 1 petfirr and a admls- courae sion to III “Bottler Incident;" showing, at the Gampua, MOM Release conccriiln- forts cjf the (US gover modem jrrently i a pew the ef- nant to ; up a modefip slafa' trade gang a haggling Me dean! laborers across the border Into California to wor) -on crop farn a; A m xlest little lovfr odrams,; Border Inci lest offers several Borge show tjegins; Student Activity offi( $.70 General Activity office; $1.20 reserved; dmission (Not a Town Hall performance). October 27—Burl Ives in concert at Guion Hail; & p. m. (Town Hall). October—28-29—Aggie Rodeo; An imal Husbandry pavilion. Kream-Kow Hears Houston Official The Kream and Kow Club had its regular meeting: Tuesday night in Robinf 203, Academic Building, with W. E. Thorns s of Sunup Ice Creaip Company (rf Houston the principal speaker. The sale of chpcolate' milk at football games was discussed and agreed upon. Everyone having any time off ijra* requested to .help in the sale qf the milk- Awards [were made to the Dairy Products Judg ng team to aid them on tbeir trip to Los Apgeles, California to the National Dairy Products Judging Contest. The team; consislts of ’Jim P^riL William Coker, W. C. Jdnes, and B. J. Johnson. President Hogg stressed the nqed for selling subscriptions to the Ag riculturist. The club selling the most subscriptions will receive a barbecue as a result of their ef- forts. j Two Speakers At Geology Club Meet M. M. Reiley, j>f the Lone Star Gan Company and W. W. jilcMa- ban, Magnolia Peiroleum Company, will speak to thej Geology Club on Tuesday, October 25, W. 0. Har rington, president of the club, said today. They will spekk on the condi tions which they have met since they started wolrking,| Prevl^’ musical dl atlons with genul >«at dlispenae. Headed by genis phy and suave, hank Montalhap, the mu than able cast coni sharply etched I the bdrc^of (the lot treacherous cutthroats, ably pis if: radio , f hissworthy VOlaiit* of "The e of smellinlg, unkempt vil la m clever m« mbeti o /n\ y (UU tvc-M m Several vac* staff at [.itaM Co-Editors ..Editorial, Board Chairman L.. Editorial Board Colville, Ro*w Coelett Qi F. Newton, John TapWy. II Thom peon, John Whitmore j , j. Feature Wri Ur* tha FtqtalQ* completed sophomore ■uperior rec Instruction. apparatus In (the label of corapeniatlta I* $4.6b par hour for now Mslaunt* and W.T0 p*r hour for exper ienced na»l»t*it*. A**l*tant are needed *t varlnus period* distributed throughout th* the , assistants of . Men who hav#, lysica course* wish nted to assist wllh and Ute handling of iorjtorl*s. The wugt last day -The FcMlnlaiIlhead ,, . i; —with— GARY COOPER PATRICIA NEAL Harold t, Frank Simme i j. New* Writers 1 Appli th* office of liest convenience J. G. are Invited to regUter at at their ear- the department of Physics Tuesday & Wednesday ROBERT RYAN AtDREY TROTTER j -in- “The Set-Up’' % isSSaasas COMING: Thursday t y thru Sat r
