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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1949)
ri'- > 0 r' r % .-k ■ • ,• '• ' r -•4 Page 2 J r Battalion Editorials )NESDAY], OCTOBER 26, - :! ' !■ * Vt . • , , , . j ' Just a Case of Exaggeration v- . '■^sr* rm T M r f ' The enrollment drop at A&M is not as alarming as some people would fike to think. True, our number of students has dropped from last year’s post-war peak. True, other colleges in Texas are wallow ing in the riches caused by record enroll ments. _ ; j People are: predicting such a rapid de crease in our enrollment, for various rea sons, that they expect a 5,000 to 6,000 student body ^within a very few years. * Other sources—some we believe to be , .'ja ■ WEDI 1949 }~ all indication^, is definitely this year. Complaints concerning the Annex are plentiful!, but hero is one we considferei than-the-Ordinary: “Yoi * a man or a fool to livje and I’m not yet one year, ! if! slightly bette: either had tij> jthere for ri i ! ri | Another possibility, or perhaps prol»- ability, is the definite trend toward juniqr college transfer students entering ou school. The: junior college is becoming recognized as a serious rival of all large more reliable — estimate our enrollment colleges. A large number of these tram ii ' ri 7 '7 will drop just a lew hundred more, and then level off around 7,000. This would be a rather ideal number for an A&M stu dent body, to our way hf thinking. • Here is another way that these people like to figure, our coimt.. “Take 1,400— the average freshman enrollment for the 1 past three years--multiply by four and see how many students we would have. Sure, only 5,600/’ they tell you. “And just how many of the original. 1,400 do you think will graduate ?'1 These afe all very good points, fiow- fer students would have to be counted bo- fore any fairly accurate estimate of our future enrollment could be made. correct, there in free-spend- M would pro > Communist Trials; Powerful Precedent May Be Set • • » (•lu If otfr economists are will be some sort of a drop ing soon. In that event, A& ably be the least lively of the state’s la > ger 'colleges to lose enrollment. Primarily, we are a “poor boy’s school,” a fact vre are proud of, ] \ . •- I f i , •; It 11' Arguing that we are doomed to be come either a small school with our present ever, we hope we have fliund a loophole. : standards, or a larger school with a direct We believe the freshman enrollment will change of policies, this group must remem- increase noticeably when the entire col- her that A&M has come through ulmoit lege is once again physically united—when 175 years of such problems. We have al- the Annex does its last harm, which by ways licked them. "j. '' ■ IT i . . . 1! -0 f n ■ i s-. nollnfn And non* wtah' And oth*r Uutn As we all know, eleven top members H. R. Medina, the jurors, and the whole of the Communist'Party in this country American syster^i. They openly charged stand convicted. The charge against them: the court with being a “capitalistic tool).” that they did, knowingly and willingly, ad vocate and teach the duty and necessity of it a; overthrowing the Government of the Uni- eleV ted States by force and violence. The well known axiom, “time 'will tell,” may be applied to the significance of this, the longest federal criminal cas^ in U. S. ;istence?” history. Resists of nine months’ badger ing, mostly from defense lawyers, are a .Jive milIion-#ord trial text, a one million jurors’ verdicj; Was the decision that t ie it, and a slump- Communist mbVemeiit in this country will The decision for the jury to make, ks it appeared on the surfacq, was whethjr eleven men were, conspirators. But be neath- this outer layer lay the living- breathing question of “what are the mea is by jwhich a democracy can protect its ex- r( An answer was found in the convictio is of the eleven. The precedent set by the dollar cost to the government, ing-from-exhaustion jury. Directly involved was an all important issue of U. S. jurisprudence and political philosophy. The defense argued that —books, the Communist Party, and free speech were on trial. The government ans wered that only eleven individuals were involved, for fomenting a conspiracy, not openly, but in secret against the United States. Defense attorneys went far beyond their duties in representing their clients’ rights. They actually became the prose- no longer be considered a party—it w)ill be considered;a conspiracy. The vital question of whether this de cision endangered civil liberties will have to wait until the Supreme Court acts upon the! Communifits’ appeal. ! If the decision of the court is not |e- versed, then vj/e wopld have a potent Anti communist Wjefiipon. We could finally pick up our new and shiny judicial precedent and swipg it!before us as a legal shield icret movement j cuting attorneys, trying presiding Judge munisK.PartT in this country. against any secret movement of the Co munisb Party in th ,[M \. j ij •' ★ ! . K I ★ " j - j-F - ■ •Jj* *j 1 ; ; 1 liMv * 1 A very old judgO known for the speed Old Gentleman: “You’re an honest with whph hc disposed at cases, was 7 bqly, hut it Was a $10, bill, not 10 ones asked by a friend th explain. _ that 1 lo8t.’ < r “I always listen to plaintiff, and then Small Boy: “I know, mister, it wan a J” I make my decision: “You never lintin to the defendant?” $10 bill I picked up. But the last time I ifoui id one, the man who owned “Well, I did at first but 1 found that 1 didn’t have any change.” 4 me.” I I. . < 1 i !. ! ' • « it confused me. -41* • ' "So it worries you. when your husband talks in his sleep.” f ' “Yes, doctor—he’s so indistinct." j 'K ADVERTISEMENT in the Yakima (VVasq.) Morning Herald: “New Hospital it Plan Sweeps Yakima—^Entire Family Pto tected from Sickness, Accidents & Child Birth." I j :; it n . The Battalion 1 * ri 'i M '[Soldier, Statesman, Knightly GentlemarT iwrdncc Sullivan Ross, Founder or Aggie Traditions The Battalion, otflcial news; City of College Station, Texas, Friday afternoon, except during 300 . ■ w . talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday Advertising rates furnished on request . I| Durings the d Friday! Subscription rate 1)4.30 per school year. ~~~ The Associated Press is entitle^ exclusively tjo the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and loca pews of spontaneous origin publish- ‘ s of republicatidn of all other matter herein are also reserved. ed herein. Rights of d Entered u necond-claas fetter at Poet Office at College St*Uon. Teiaa. under the Act of Contrresa of March 8, 1870. i — 1- News contributions may be made by telephone <4-5444) Goodwin Hall. Classified ads maji be placed Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. BILL BILLINGSLEY, Clayton Seiph. Lewi* Burton, Otto Kunze Dave Coslett. Chuck : Cnbanlu. Bill T Herman ‘ Qollob Kenneth Marak. Emmctr Martin Howard '. . I Brad golmc*. Bill Hite*. S^n. f ..v. a. w. rmuiok........ Larry Ollvw...••••.••• I Member of The Associated Press c. c. nan. iTmunrc FROM THE SWEETHEART Editor. The Battalion: I just j iWant to suy how much I npproeiute your write up of mo und to thank you and nil the rest . of the school for the honor you have given me. This weekend, needless to say was simjpiy perfect. Thanks to you , and all the (other boys who gave me such a wonderful honor. It is one I will nev^r forget. 1 was ju^t wondering if it wquld be possible for me to get a Battal- Mullins Named Head Sf Club Joe Miillins, senior in A. Co. A. S. A. waq elected presi dent of the Southwest TeXas A&M Cltlb Wednesday night, October 19, at the first regu lar meeting of the clubi Mullins ik a physics major from Carrizo Springs and a battalion,' commander in the corps. Other officers elected were James C^Fliannagan, geology maj or from , (jrystal City, vice-presi dent; Jaspcjr Trees, business major from Uvklde, secretary; Joe Brad- | en, an anjimal husbandry major from Hondjo, treasurer; and Wal lace Ball, an 'industrial education major frpnj Uvalde, reporter. The annual Christmas dance for the club was decided to he held at the Junior College in Uvalde, said MulMniR. At the next meeting there will be a discussion of the date and pjehestra for the dance, Lutheran Students To Hold Banquet Miss Alice Otterness, counselor to Lutheran Students at Texas University, iwill be the guest speak er at the A&ty Lutheran Stud- eni Association’s Annual Reform ation Bammcst this evening at the Lutheran Student Center, accord ing to Ben Borhnrdt, president. The banquet will lw> at (U.’IO p. m, Tickets are being sold by Bern hardt ifi|>r one dollar each. Miss Otterness, a Brookings, South Dakota resident, received her B. fjfom South Dakota Suite College. S(h* has dene graduate study Ujwntd her Masters Degree at the University qf Nebraska, and the Liitherkft Scminairy, May- wood, Illinois. Hill Will Attend Safety Congress r . 1 1*^1 ■ ; . ' ; John- W. Hill, director of work men’s i; compensation insurance, A&M System, is attending the Na tional Safety Congress meeting in Chicago Oct. 24-28. f, |{ , M Official Notice Those studerits who want their ring for Christmas muyt get their order in to th* Registrar's Office before November flr«. Any student \ who lack* . not more thaa tight hoars of having completed th* num ber of hours required through the Junior year of his curriculum and who ha* earned an equal number of gr;ade points may purchase the Ai and M. ring. Ap ring* must be paid for in full when placing the ordtr. the ring window is open only from 8 a.m. to tfrT- £ V*‘ ■ •^"®“‘**** t* ...... . .Sports Cc Amusements rant. Jack Brandt ..Car Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service Inc, at New York 'ity. Chicago, Lo* Angeles, and San Francisco. jl j ■ ■ ■ n I :00 noon, dally except on Sun- H. L. Heaton. ■“HTr ihone <4-5444) or at the editorial office. Room 201, *? u ? r by 1 telephone (4-5324) or at the Stuudent Activities ^““morne awards th Co-Editors Any hairy tliel Senior, who ha* a gi better s^uld report to Husbandry office not 38. in order o be consid awards this year. i A. L. Tv ‘ student in re classes o of 3.S or at the Dairy than October for scholarship • • : Hi aging Editor* Feature Editor I : II BUI Cartoonist* Weldon ■ lEtr ...Editorial Board CMjijman Kirkhajn.j...! ....j.-. .Editorial Board Colville, jiR ige#' Coslett, G. F. Newton. John Tapiay. Mih. John Whitmore . J. Feature Writer* s Ash burn. Jr.. Emil , J.dr lUW. • • )•»• * • • news yy j ncxv 3airy Hu Department Any two or rtcultur nore > Gormfn, * _ • ' ♦ ¥ • • ''ll Frank , Sport* WiKan student who compli in Dairy Husl 1.1 MW. and who lor on that date, ha* a grade point ratio of'2.75' or should report to We at the Dairy Hi ry office not later than October order to be considered for any schol award* we offe prior to' gejpteml classified as a senior ill: : - Department ry Husbandry ■ ; ; i WEDNESDAY LUCKY LICENSE | NITE $400 Two L censes Selected !• \ for ? $200 EACH i “The Set-Up” T*rni ROBERT RY. AUDREY ). IS r RYAN TROTTER d!) / / I M /pow It’s Dope , h hWl »■ Ii ai, TT lain s *! L. '-jit' j: . ■ Trip Su • ; -'v K - \ ! s 11 ■I ■- JJ To The Editor editor ivhlch or* signed by a student or employee of the ifhleh do not contain oh.icen* or libelous material will be published. Ber io have their nsiroes| withheld from publication may request such action e* will not, without the consent of the writer, be dlvulgwl to any persona editors.) ion regularly. I would like to keep up Vith all of my “sweetheart*” is possible. Ix-t me know if I could do that. Thanks again for everything, j Sincerely, Jcanine Holland (Eds. Note: This delicately-scent ed note from the Aggie Sweetheart arrived in the officii October 19, Hut it has taken this long to wrest it away from the staff and get our circulation wheels into action. Be ginning this week, Aggie Sweet heart Jeanine, will be sent, gratis and with regards, one subscription to The Battalion as a present from the school she so beautifully and ably represents.) Extension Agents At National Meet E. C. Martin, assistant state agent, and W. S. Allen, extension agricultural i engineer - buildings, Texas Extension Service, left Sat urday, Oct. 22, for Chicago to at tend the thirty-seventh National Farm Safety Congress, G. G. Gib son, Extension Service Director announced. Martin has served as chairman of the State Farm Safety Com mittee in Texas for the past three years and has been asked to con tinue in that capacity for another year. He is scheduled to participate in the national meeting and appear on the program. While in Chicago, he has the opportunity to visit and confer with other state committee chairmen. Agronomy Student Represents A&M Jack Runkles, senior agronomy student, was elected to represent the A&M ‘ student section of Ag ronomy at the national meeting to be held in Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, Qct. 25jt28. Runkles will attend a series of programs where scientific papers will bo presented by inembers of the senior Section. Those papers will include such topics are grassland agriculture in the United Status, factors affecting nutrients in props, factor* affect ing seed production, and nuch tech nical subjects as mineral compos ition of the clay; fraction, Iron chlorini* in Horghums as related to exchangeable *oil iron and mag- noBium, and apatoiny of gene cen ter*. I * I ' • ’ • j ‘ . Diato Donor of Funds To Turf Association A contribution of $25 has bean received from Chryokp Diato of Ysleta, Texas, toward the Turf Re search Fund sponsored by the Tex as Turf Association. This contribution has been acknowledged by R. C. P<^ts, of the Agronomy Department, who is in charge of the Research fund, Dr. R. D. Lewiis, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station director an nounced. The success of weekend before last’s Fort Worth Corps Trip is still a pleasant memory in our minds. Here’s how the Tessie editors ex plain it. * (Editorial—The Daily Lasso—Thurslay, Oct. 20) “TSCW and A&M have just completed a Corps Trip together which has been rated by many as just about the best ever. .Everyone concerned — participants and school authorities ' alike—was happy about the success of the trip • and look* forward to more and better holidays carried on in the sam* spirit “What was it that made this trip so differ ent? i No single factor could have made the en tire difference, juat as no one person could have lyed the general feeling.of several thousand students. “But one biggest differences in this Drps Trip and those last year and years before that there was less drinking done by the group as a whole. “The causes for this decrease in drinking and for the whole improved aspect of the Corps Trip are pretty important. We might list a few of these factors for consideration and think about them just a minute—because they really need to •tick in our mind* so we can repeat (and even improve on) this success.' f “About the first and most essential factor > was the concern of the two student bodies for the trip. The thought that the holiday—which had become ao traditional and so anticipated— . might be denied, if this year’s plan failed, led to some real consideration *of values and resulted in some sensible action*. The responsibility of ' '■ I' ess X squarely up to the students, 1th considerable (: maturity. the 1 concern ofilthe adminis- >f TSCW and ola. ;The ing darly l 'in Balias, its came out a systei yet elimin 1. E: iiing b; , and © students T; I the choice was and they reacted , “Next would trations of both A&M began conf< ter the Corps Tri very bad and ters—to try to the fun of the record for the throughout thi focus at both col its importance to their rjiinds. | “A third (fact >r was that the ally worked | m vas one whikij really enjoy witho it) having to stimulus or unwholesome entei “So we hppe ee have found dance here at TSC W was one of cesses of several years—everyone derful time, and ir any who did not to attend it regre tqd their deeisio “Next year tie'plans can year’s success. T1 e dance here better, |f the ptpdc nts wjip were it this year cpntiruc to spread one wiljj)»n afraid to support town plan, becaute (the! system hasjj already j been ■ y^pr—right af- conduct was many quar- would save damaging cooperation problet remir kept 3gram actu- pone could to any false / 3 answer. Hie biggest sue- j: I >rted a won- ay in Denton on this bigger and sstic about t! », the 1 Outstanding Newsmen Speakers At Texas Newspaper Clinic | “Agricultural Promotion That Pays”, one of the prpgrkm divisions of the Texas Newspaper Clinic to be held here Sat urday, Oct. 29. will have three of the outstanding weekly newspaper men of Texas as members of this panel discus- sion. yimr wu* jqst an experiment. Next time, the happiest ovonts of the tri^l trip will be buiit up and maj h*v<i new plans :-;for Bpt anyway the itypa'Trlp swims :, T stay, and the harpy ending t*hwi I b, K lo *“ 1 .‘l ! . .. J IjJ j I I ’iff ; I * I j ‘ : - U "I j" ■"‘T* it r company, be here to ft our mindi. The men are Franz Zeizke of the*" Bellville Times, Ea Luker of the Grapeland Messenger, and J. H. Manthey Jr., of the Cleveland Ad vocate. Zeiske has just returned from Germany Where he spent several months in government service working with the small publishers of the Western Zone of Germany. His assignment was to show small publications editors of Germany how a free democratic press oper ates. Manthey publishes three .East Texas weekly newspapers which have been the recipients of numer ous stati and national rewards for community service. The three week ly newspapers are the Cleveland Advocate, the Liberty Vindicator, and the Anahuac Progress. Luker’s paper, the Grapeland Messenger, has consistently won press- association awards for gen eral excellence, qnd this past June was awarded first place for agri cultural promotion in the Texas Press Association contest. Owner ship and operation of the Messen ger has been ih his family for over 50 years. The Texias .Newspaper Clinic is the initial effort of the Depart ment of Journalism to render prac tical service to the small daily and country weekly newspapers of Tex- lurch the A&M Journalism Department, 7T PALACE Bryan Z‘SS79 LAST DAY li as. Donald D. Burchard, head of the A&M Journalism Departm will direct the psiiel discussions. Other discussion panels a are: “Does yoiir Job department cost “if " y(>u money”; "H6w to promote worthwhile Hpecih) event”; ’'Spllii illing Advertising that sells"; and u mechanical conference and demon stration using the facilities of the A&M College Ere** Methodists Observe Prayer, Self-Denial The A&M Methodist Chutch will observe a week of, prayer and self-denial beginning Thursday, ac cording to the Rev. James F. Jack- son, pastor. The program will begin at 10 a. m., and will conclude with a cov. ered-dish luncheon Jackson said. TF j iSfali-iii MPI N0! Ml WHS Thursday & FiUsy p “Comedy | Carnival” ProdUMdhy hSRoach JOHNiUND * OiANAUNN (Wilt yflLSONr-DON O^RE! 'Tlf 1 j j TODAY [ONLY rpouW® Start— :30 - 1Q:30 tUN it! I; 1 iLi v ! j-* THURS. thru, SATURDAY iiwyiii l, HT 10 t:30 11 ;• j! •' ]' ; I ■ Hi! I j ; , tUB TR Fr • ; .. : A rTechiji Plus: i CART Mam RICE Fbott eature— - 8:50 URRAY NDA I OF THE B PINE" or ClaHuic N - NEWS vr' l”* 1 THURS. thru'SATURDAY - |T0|WN Season Tickets Still Available ' l! ■ •! 'ii 1 ' ■ ; ' : J-1 Mi i | 'I ■! >$3,501 pach t «6.50 **rh 7.50 <$5.50 each each ! i student General: Adnjiss 'Ton-3tudent Genera Adiniasion Non-Student Reserved Shats..!;.; r ' : ‘.j ; ''"i ■.i ! !' . J f: CONCERTS Season are food for the following concerts: j , T j BURLE IVES (Thursday night of this Week) • FRANKIE OAR, J 1- L carle j j t. ' > . | ' * f ' I 1 i r , ABRAM L j ■ ' a Azigeti i -i •T SHAW lUSTON SYMPHONY ORCHES; TU 1 ill Hi ' Tickete on Sale in Goodwin y. vu'.'. ir : ■A j ‘‘J AcMvUid Office JlM>i IT '!• : ITT III * tr : h M itj f: