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Battalion Editorial
WEDNESDAY,
OVEMBER 2, 1949
Interest Is Your Admission Ticket;. . .
Both the junior and the sophomore We are not defending the classes for
classes have, during the past week, voted the action ttfey took. Perhaps they did
against electing a non-corps vice-president, show prejudice. Instead, we are advoca-
There has been considerable comment, ting to the non-corps sophomores and jun-
both pro and con, on this matter. ; | iors, whatever their number be, that they
sVinnlH nrtt 1 nnlv turn out. fnr t.hftSft r.lass
Perhaps the classes voted against this
proposal because they felt the non-corps
needed no official representation because
of their minority. Perhaps they voted
down the proposal because they felt that,
i* if a non-corps vice-president were elected,
He would receive a seat in the Student
Senate. .. . r:
should not only turn out for these class
meeting^, but support all functions of their
classes, To date, the only activities well-
attended by this gro rp have been the class
social events. 1
The non-corps is: composed chiefly of
veterans and of former corps students
The latter is in a minority in the case of
We are not trymg to guess why the the sophomore class, since most non-vet
classes voted against the proposal, for, erans are members of the corps. But in
although there-waSi probably some prin- the junior class, there are many men who
cipal reason, there may have been many do not live in the corps—either vets or
and varied onea. We do, however, feel former corpsmen — who must feel they
that if the non-corps sincerely wishes to are not wanjted at these class meetings,
be a functional part of the class, they must The ohly solution to the problem, if
show an interest. there reetyy is one,j would be to perhaps
The interest shown last week was nil create a class office, called the “non-corps
-in one case, almost as bad in the other, representative to the class” or some other
I^ot a non-corps man was present at the appropriate term. But in order to be de
sophomore class meeting. There was a serving of this, the non-corps men will
better proportion at the junior meeting, have to show an appreciable increase of
• Six attended.
their 5 interests in class affairs.
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At 100, and (lowtown Still Grows . .
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: ijssue was 230,000.
the largest circula-
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Fort Worth Texas’s fourth largest a 4,500 circulation in 1921, when the Star
city, celebrated its 100th birthday annT and the Telegram merged, the press run
versary Sunday. Commemorating this of the commemorative
event was the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, While this is far from
itself 41 years ok}, with'a 480 page edition, tion figure in the state, they nevertheless
l The Star-Telegram and Fort Worth have gained the confidence of their read-
are symbolic of the growth of Texas, the ers as one of the many big city dailies in
growth of the west, the growth of our Texas.
nation within the past century. They If only each of us could stop, look
have grown together, from a small newsr back, and reflect on our achievements for
paper and a small city into a large metro- the past years, perhaps we could all see
politan daily and a thriving metropolis, the cooperation needed to gain any great
the center of. the South’s cattle market. amount of success. Without a high degree
While it may seem that we are on the of this cooperation, Fort Worth would
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce pay
roll, actually we are - simply quite im
pressed by the facts. The city has a fine
location; a good climate; crack bus, rail-
have never realized such a fine history as
they can now take pride in.
The growth of the Star-Telegram and
of Fort Worth is only one factor among
road, airline systems.; iThese, combined many which has made our country grow
withlan exeeHent-schobl system, clturches, Tb 'ttfe teffdiftg role it novir hoKfirin world
hospitals, and hotels, are major advan- affairs. Every city and every newspaper,
tages of a city; destined to become one of be it lar'ge or small, is an integral part of
the outstanding municipalities of tihe Uni- cjur national system. They are the initial
ted States. _ j ’ , • | ) stores of a great building.
As for the Star-Telegram, the news- ! Look to the north. There we have a
paper has many facts in which they can great city, a great newspaper growing to-
take pride and gratitude. Growing from gether for the benefit of all.
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Head-in-the-Sand! Ostriches, and Us ...
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In Gilmer, Texas'this week citizens are Were we not sb disposed to indulge
celebrating “Do Nothing Week”, j After a ■ fond dreams of a few days in which we
round of celebrations during its Yambor- could just do nothing, our remarks might
ee, Gilmer people are tired and the mayor amount to denunciation of such a head-
is passing th£ word for the good citizens in-the-sand attitude. “Onward, onward,”
to “relax.” j j ' ! wc would say.
No committee work either for the cel-
bration of “Do Nothing Week.” “We’re
too tired to get up a committee on arrange
ments,” said Mayor Bob Bates.
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“Hard work 'never kit ed anybody,’'
said the father..
“That’s just the trouble, Dad,” re
turned the son, just out of college, “I
want to engage iij something that has
the spice of danger.”
But we’re tired, too. And, like Gil
mer’s citizens, we want to just “do noth
in’” for a while.
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*While we bar our front against Com
munism
totalitarian
thinking to infiltrate through our back
door simply because it carries an anti-
corn nunist slogan.”—Christian Science
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"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman"
rence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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Pros and Cons of Texas’ New
State Constitution Amendments
BY JOE FULLER
1 Student Senate Parliamentarian
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By far the mpst controversial proposed amendment to our Texas
constitution is the one which will hold second place on your ballot next
Nov. 8, the one ordering pay raises and yearly sessions for our
Texas legislators.
Seems as how the legislators, who are nobody's fools, have group
ed the twol items together so that John Q. Public has to raise his leg
islator’s pay ai^d direct the legislature to meet once a year, or else
leave his pay just where it is and continue holding regular biennial
sessions. | | ; M i
Proponents of the amendment point out many advantages that
it will have:
(1) Biennial meetings are as outdated as covered wagons in our
modern, constantly fluctuating society—we need annual meetings, with
annual budgets, in order to adapt laws, taxes, and expenditures to the
changing economic and political situation. ' •
(2) Higher salaries will attract more capable men into the legis
lature. men who should govern us more efficiently and more economi
cally. Senators and represehtatives now receive $10 daily for the first
lio days they are in session, and $5 for each day thereafter The
amendment would pay them a flat $3,600 annually.
(3) ' Higher-paid legislators would be less likely to be influenced
by a free-spending lobbyist. ’ f
While these will probably be reasons enough to convince many a
College Station voter, there are an equal nuipber of arguments against
the proposition:
(1) It’s just toamuch of a pay increase—about 300% (based on
a 120 day session.) $30 more or less is a lot of money to pay a legis
lator for avery day he is in session.
i(2) Yearly sessions will cost Texas taxpayers more money—a
governing fcody that meets twice as often can think up just twice as
many ways 1 to spend money, in addition to the extra cost of an addi-’
tional session. •• ^ Tj ' -j •" ' ' ' '
(3) Legislators who accept gifts from lobbyists would do it any
way, regardless of the size of their salary.
Therefore you have the pros and cons of the argument, enough
t^ help you decide whether to vote yea or nay to the question, "Should
the legislators hold annual session instead of biennial, and should
their pay be boosted to $3,600 annually?”
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ANSWEjR TO THE ANSWER
Editor, the; Battalion:
Itt reference to your answer to
reader Onstott’s letter: What’s the
matter? Jealous because you can’t
hold yourj liquor.
And as to your uncouth state-
litent about tearing him limb from
limb: shajne on you? You should
have your Sunday School medals
taken. Besides, we don't think you
can do it.; However, it might make
a good half-time activity in Hous
ton. )
John M. Hill, ’50
L. E. Horstmann, 50
H. L. Thompson, ’49
Dick Bowman, '48
Novy. J. V., ’51
Gee, John D., '49
Eds. Note—About the liquor
holding, ! never worried (ibout it.
Qn the second, didn’t say we would
tear, said we’d try to tear. Would
trade those medals (Boy Scout ones
tool for,a win over SMU, Rice, or
both. Probably couldn’t) Don’t
think tnat as a half-time enter
tainment we’d replace the Aggie
band. . , I
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Jim Qnstott and I have settled
our differences (see today’s front
page). Ijf you’ll come see me, or
I can gpt to see you, we’ll try to
settle ours as well. Beat SMU).
Official Notice
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1 Each candidate who expects to complete
the requirements for the Master's Degree
at the end of the current semester should
file application for the degree with the
!I>ean of, the Graduate School and with
the Registrar not later than December 1.
J ' Dr. Ide P. Trotter
Dean. Gradifate School
Phi Eta Sigma To
Meet Wednesday
The A&M Chapter of the Phi
Eta Sigma, National Scholastic
Honor Society, will meet Wednes
day to elect officers and plan this
year’s activities at 7 p. m. in Room
307, Academic Building.
Nomination of officers was
made by a joint committee of stud
ents and faculty advisors in a
meeting held Oct. 25.
Nominees for president and vice
president were Voris Burch, Mel-
ven Burton, Lowell Holmes, Paul
Leming.
Nominees for secretajry wesre
James Anderson, Ernest Elmon-
dorf, and Roger Jenswold.
^ For treasurer, Marvin Atkins,
James Enlqe, and Kenneth Wig
gins, were nominated.
Vernon Berry, Dan Davis, and
William Mixon were nominated for
historian.
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Additional nominations may be
made from the floor.
Specialist Leaves
For Sooner Meet
F. Z. Beanhlossom, extension
poultry marketing specialist of
A&M will leave today for Oklahoma
City to attend a regional meeting
dealing . with the Chicken-of-To-
morrow Contest,
The announcement was made by
G. G. Gibson, director of the Texas
Extension Service. Beanhlossom
selected by the state committee
handling the contest will be their
representative at the regional
meeting. He is chairman of Ithfe
Texas committee.
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Gann, Ralph Gorman. Frank
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I Possibly tying in with an editor
ial we printed a few weeks -
after the TCU-Arkansas
over roughness, would be
lowing comment from the Daily
Kansan, newspaper of the Univer
sity of Kamns:
“One of the hardest things to
do in football is to remen\ber that
it is play. On a college level, it
is rarely play any more. It is big
business and in some instances it
is mayhem. ij. i
“Sports pages are sprinkled with
stories about shattered teeth,
broken Ipgs and dislocated verte
brae. Trainers who can heal
strained tendons are as essential
now as experts on the forward
pass. Additional padding and pro
tective garments have not reduced
the injury lists. The team which
uses elbows, fists, and roll-tack
ling as a deliberate pollcyjrf play
can alwayn inflict damage upon the
other team. Planned rough stuff
in football should not be tolerated.
Gang-up tactics after the referee's
whistle has blown, or any other
attempts on the part of teams to
cripple the opponents’ best play
ers should not be permitted either
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ces. |;)j ' WU
fans knofj that
has always persf '
extent, but there
a simple femedy.
Dana X. Bible, Alonzo Stagg,
Zuppke had the solution.
When anyone on their, tear
bered it. Chances aw, he remem
bered it later in life and
better man for the penalty,
ees could stop this rough
they would call heavy, p
against all violators) of the
"A coach or a rqferee who per
mits this gridiron rough stuff to
continue has no business in ;a sport
which, more than any other,: de
mands high-level sportsmanship
to prevent permanent injury”:
Here is Home food for thought
from an editorial in the LSU paper,
The Dally Reveille: 1 ill'
•iTllegitlmacy and the humanities
have somdthlng in common. Both
are spoken of in Whispers, anil
both words aw being toon loss and
less frequently these days—-the
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Single-Finger Surgery latest
Technique in Heart Operations
By FRANK CAREY
CHICAGO, Nov. 1—(AV-Single
fingered surgery within the human
heart—with the surgeon using a
knife secured to his index finger
and working by touch alon^-»was
described recently. 1
The American College of Surg
eons was told the new technique
still is on trial but so far is en
couraging in the fight on a fre
quent disorder of the heart.
It is designed to combat a kind
of log-jamming process involving
the heart valve most .vulnerable to
the after-effects of rheumatic fe-
ver. • v.
In the operation, the surgeon’s
finger explores and guides! the
knife through a single quadrant
of the heart—an organ whose to'
tal size is about that of your
doubled-up fist.
And the surgery itself is limited
to the close quarters of the 1 val
vular gateway—the funnel-shaped
“mitral valve" — linking the two
chambers of the heart on the left
side.
The operator Inserts his knife
bearing finger through an incision
in the wall of the heart—an open
ing only large enough to admit the
finger. The opening is pre-equip-
ped with a “purse string" stitch—
ready for quick closure when the
surgeon withdraws his finger from
the heart. ~
The surgeon wears two rubber
gloves on his operating hand. Art
opening is made in the outer gloye
at the base of the index finger on
the palm side of .the hand; anoth
er opening is made at the tip.
Then the knife blade is inserted
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between the gloves so that irt ef
fect, it is lashed .to the index' fin
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When the surgeon gets his firtr
ger inside the heart, he explores tb
determine diseased structures of thq
involved valve that need cutting)
Then, by a turn tjf his hand, he
makes the necessary cuts.
Prof Appointed To
Hiway Committee
B. K. F. Mulline, associate pro
fessor of engineering drawing atid
researcher in channelization of
traffic for the Engineering Experi4
ment Station,' has been appointed
to serve on a national committee
in the highway fibld. 1
He is one of 18 members chosfrf
from various sections of the couii-}
try to serve on; Project Committee
No. 12 of jthe Traffic and Opieij
qf the word ‘illegiti
is strong, thejchse for the
of the-hunianities is
itantly weak.
Last week a local business ma
his way back to the campu
enough .to tell engineerini
its what was wrong witl
. Their thinking is narrow, h>
and promptly proscribed at
ddse of the humanities.
p testified that a natural re-
of ignoring the human!terf
lomics, history, government^
and philosophy—is over
ication. And over-spec-i
ition results in stagnation, of
jative, .interest, and eventually;
rress,
Engineers, it should |)o immed-
ly pointed out, aw not the
. ones guilty of this ' suicidal
-Hpcciallzation. Almost all the
ges tend to require students
to drink heavily of the intoxicating;
beViiragc of their "majors", with)
a sip of the refreshing hu-
ties course." | ,
Estonians Meet
Iwin Hall
the Corns Trip
Daticd at the Shamrock’s Emerald
and Grecian Rooms will be madq
at ia Jpeeting of the Houston Cluli
tonight at 7, according to G. Pi.
Monk,! acting president of the clubii
The meeting will be held in Rooni
301 Gpodwin Hall. “This meeting
,thc entire club, and for the
of the dance we must hart
Representation,," Monk^
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Tickets for the' dance will cost
$3.00, and no corsages
ill be at- i/
Monks aclded. Dates are ri*
questet not to wear evening gowni
s/fnmr
WM/M’W THERTRE
WEDNESDAY
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tions Department ] 'Highway Re
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Casting Shadows
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November 2-Victor Borge, Piano
Humorist; Tickets on sale In Stu
dent Activities office; $1.26 reserv
ed, $.70 general admission; Guion
Hall (Not a Town Hall perform
ance),
November 3—Ticket sale begins
fqr Frankie Carle concert; $1 re
served, $.70 general admission.
November 4 — Frankie Carle;
Town Hall concert; ABC Ball with
Curly Broyle’s band. j.
November 5—Frankie Carle con
cert; not a Town Hall presentation;
All-College Dante with Frankie
Carle and orchestra. j I
search Board, Washington, D,
Mullins has been engaged on a
research project for the Engineer
ing Experiment Station, resulting
in the preparation of an notated
bibliography on channelizatiw ; of
highway traffic. Object of the Re
search was to analyze the develop
ment and current trends in’high-j
way curbs and traffic separatprs
and to determine, if possible, jm-
provementa in their construction
and use. 1
Mullins was named to the cqm-:
mittee by its chairman, Eugene
Maier, assistant director of the
Traffic aijd Transportation De
partment, city of Houston. i; : ?
Local (Children To
See Shrine Circus ;
Eighty children! from College
Station, Bryan, and Navasota jvill
attend the Shrine Circus in Htjus-
Npv. 3j according to ^)r.
G\ W. Schlesselman, head of :the
Geography Department.
Six Shriners will meet Che
children in. Houston and take tljem
to the circus, Schlesselman skid.
Upon their return to Colljege;
Station at 7:30 p. m. local Shrin-:
ers will take the children to their|
homes. i "
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