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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1949)
J . p? • ■ ; /• Officials: Matty Throws in A Wrench . . . Coach Matty Bell recently threw a wrench into outspoken criticism of fans, sports writers, and coaches against South west Conference football officials. Irritated by statements that officiating made it difficult to beat SMU in the Cot ton Bowl, .Bell declared that if "their un justified criticism of officials” didn’t stop the time will soon come when "capable men will pot be willing to work our games.” This is only too true. *>’ • . 1 I, . 'i—' i _ -"I • 1 ' Officials, just like everyone else, are human and prone to make mistakes once in a while. Unfortunately, in football only one team can win; the one that loses may tend to magnify mistakes in officiating. Coaches, fans; and verbally patronizing close study of moving pictures of South ern Methoc ist’s football games with Texas, Kentucky, land Rice fail to show officiating had affected the outcome of the games. But otl ers do not agree. Jinx Tucker, Waco sports writer, said, “this year and last year, earns playing Southern Metho dist University in the Cotton Bowl have been victims of terrible officiating.” And officials were criticized at other confer- jj v : >• *; • l ence schools. Johnny Vaught, coach of Mississippi, criticized officiating in his gapae with Texas Christian at Fort Worth when Mississippi lost 33 toj 3? These oritics should realize that foot ball rulinjs naturally are varying degrees in different observed to cities, states, It may be that official of the Southwest Conferenc} tend to be more strict in their rulings ani dishing out of penalties than, say, officials in some of our Eastern con ferences. Fans, sports writers, coaches for a teanji playing in another conference not its own should realize Ithis. The officials can make mistakes, but if they were not tops in their field, others wiould most definitely be taking their plac- PRONUNCIATION! rhe Battalion: Battalion columnist, Mr. Letters To games due to what they loudly and many times erroneously consider faulty rulings should try to remember the many times they have kept their mouths and type writers silent when their proteges Ayon diite to uncalled infractions. •. j ; _ j ‘ll have been coaching college football since 1920, ancj I think the officiating this year is just as ‘fair and efficient as ever in the past,” BelT added. He said that a One of Every Twenty Will Be The Newsmen from many of the state pap- ing the rr entally ill, average only one to every 740 (All letters to the editor which are signed by a student or employee ot the college and which do not contain obscene or libeloua material will be published. Per sons wishing to have their names withheld from publication may request such action and these names will not, without the consent ot the writer, be divulged to any persons other than the editors.) 'he Editor patients. ers are now in the midst of a state-con ducted tour of Texas’institutions for the We coluld rant on for pages on the mentally ill. These newsmen are now send- shortcomings of the state eleemosynary ing their initial dispatches to their home institutior s. Why should these men and offices on the conditions of state hospitals, women have to look forward to another They seem to have discovered why the winter of sleeping in the cold, of meals last legislature was asked to,spend almost without having room to eat properly? three million dollars at the San Antonio They wofk in buildings which either State Hospital alone. This institution, only, should be -one lof the many under-staffed, under equipped hospitals, is seriously overcrow ded. - wind up They saw in the hospital hundreds of tion some day. One of every twenty Tex- mental patients with nothing to do all day ans, stati sties say, will be there with us. or have been condemned, sickness knows no class, no no religion. You or I could easily here or in some similar institu- but sit or stand, or perhaps wander aim lessly around their limited confines. They saw the 1600 patients massed and eating, in one undersized dining hall. They saw bed^ lining the hallways, having long since pv^rflowed from the rooms and wards. '■ r. Attendants told the& of the cold, zero Or perhaps you know some unfortunate person wio must live in these surround- though he should be receiving af carb, or at least satisfactory mgs now the best l;., The state legislature will receive an other reqjuest for the needed sum to im prove thdse.and other facilities in Texas Editor, The Your Herman C. <j»ollob, needa a lewnon in pronunciation, 1 would like to impress upotji him, the other mem- bertt ot your staff, and any other person reading this that the prop er name for the fair city situated 170 miles Smith of College Sta tion is SAN ANTONIO. No other name, no juhhrcviation is appli cable, desirable, nor even pleasant to the ear. Even thoiigjh we who live there deplore its politics, crooked streets, and slums, wo still take pride in its beauty and I its history. More than that, we like to hear our city called by its correct name just as you and your friends liked to be called by your correct nhmes. I reiterate. The name is NOT “santone” rtor “sanantone”. Please, please call it SAN ANTONIO. After all, there is only one extra syllable, j Sincerely, Marvin G. Rice ’46 (Editor’s Note—One half of the editors hails from your fair city. We have taken Mr. Gollob in hand, beaten him severely around the head and shoulders with a long bull whip and have received from him a promise to mend his ways. As a further punishment, we have taken to referring to his home town as Husten, a suburb of Galveston.) RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT * • _ \ Editor, The Battalion: hear from my Aggie “brothers,” I’m h^ppjy to be able to say that ;bej n g a very interested “sister.” right now 1 on our campus a de- • • * gram is. Later I would like to compile the information sent me und get it published in The Batt along with interesting notes of progress, j I May I also announce that any- one interested in getting with one 'of these groups, or in forming a new one, may feel welcome to visit the group that 1 represent. Wo meet every night at 10 p. in. in Room 211 of Dormitory 12. Thunk you sincerely for your Old. ! Robert T. Terrell Box 5266 j (Editor’s Note—The Battal ion policy is to print all letters written by student or employees of the college. Wc also try to give relatively equal publicity to any campus organization and will be glad to consider any articles concerning your movement Space limitations and relative news value must, necessarily, govern our final treatment of any infor mation. SIS HAS HER SAY nights of last winter when many of the when they meet in specialitession in Jan patients slept on screened porches. AJ1 they could do was to “pile on the cover” —a noble gesture, but hardly effective. ^ The hospital in San Antonio is design ed only to accomodate 1000 men and wo men, a^cordii^g to‘i the latest standards, shivering through two months of winter Trained psychiatrists, a necessity in treat- weather. I j Chcrchez la Femme With No Clothes On.... ; " ' , j ■ j| j '• row hav) not been too conducive to a 4*1 11.1 : i m ; uary. We join with all straight-thinking Texans in hoping that the necessary action to improve these conditions will be taken then. In the meantime, these people will be The average British layman may be en joying it, but the Public Mortality Council of the island country is against the vogue for naked women, Britain’s top-censor, the Lord Cham berlain, has been requested to do some thing about it b^ the council. The Lord Chamberlain, perhaps a fun-loving man himself, has taken no action thus far. “We are npt morbid folk. We aren’t giving to carping for its own sake,” says a spokesman for the council. They claim to like good entertainment, but insist that sdnic of the latest happenings on theater "healthy Only berated mind,’ a short while ago, the council some transient American strip tease artists and passed a ruling against rustling would stand stock-still, however, the epun- The Battal "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly G .r j 4 | "V Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of a muscle. entertainers call it "art.” This! ruling was ac- good grace by the Lord Cham- cil would cepted it beriain. We heartily agree with the Lord Cham berlain’s definition, though we may pro voke criuicism from the Pqblic Morality Council, ion entleman" <t 'j Aggie Traditions finite religious movement is get ting undenvay. Of course, we hope that it will soon be in full sway, and I wonuer if it would be possible to use The Battalian to aid in this movement? At present there are several separate groups meeting daily that are working, intimately, toward a sweeping ibovement that will final ly engulf the whole student body. These aroj not fanatic groups of students who would simply like to see God have the full position of power here; students who would like to seb the happiness that that power will bring to the hearts of all involved. If each of these groups can be given information as to what the | others arc doing, it will help immensely in getting a un ion of purpose and program. Now, here’s the part I'd like The Bait to play. If you will publish this Icttef, it will serve as a notice to each small group on the cam pus that is holding meetings now. I would like a short note from each group tejling me whbn and where it meets and what its present pro- i' Official Notice I h ' . St'HDOI. OF rX.I.VKKKI.NO November 5. 1*4# NOTiCK U) CARDS-Win nil students In all ticljiool? having ID Cards numbered below please phohe or call at the Dean of Engirteerlng Office (phone 4-5744 or 1-8344) at 210 Petroleum Building and give the ;namc corresponding to their card number, i A new list will be published each day. H. W. BARLOW. Dean of Engineering 1 1 ' r 1 11 • ' 't ■ 1 — , • ■ 1—.. . — The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. Durings the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate <4.30 per school year. 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Trill be an assembly of all stu- the School of Agriculture at 11 Co-Editors Cl.iytcn Selph, Lewla Burton, - Otto Kunze Eultori Di va Coslett Fagtura Editor Cluck Cabauiss, Bill Potta .Sporta Co-editora H.nnun Oollpb. .AmuaemanU Editor K< ninth Marak, Emmett Trant. Jack Brandt .. CartooniaU M .rtin : Howard . . . « Photograpbar Biad Holmes, Bill Hites. Hardy Rosa, Joe Tiewno • & Photo Engraven Ben Brittain. Advertising Manager A. W. Fradrlek..... Advert lain* Representative ljuty Oliver,.Clrnulgtlon Manager ,.| r ,■...)[ i,..^.Editorial Board Chairman Iton, Bean Reed, SelplLTr. j\L...Editorial Board Charles Klrthami.....!, George Charal Clayton W. K. Colvl Bill Thum Weldon Akfridge, Bunjea Kails. David rum. Bob Lii Dean Reed, I.J Bob Allen. laroU tiann. Ralph Manttaai, Frank ®*pu • d> • p u • • e'e « • e # e e e je\ i. Roger <Mett. a F. N ipson, John Whitmore . ige, Lawrence Ashburn John Tapky, Feature Writers le. Curtis WwanM, J. C. / . Boh Lena, Bee Land- '.(■ ffewa Writer# oporta wrtton. STIDENTS Thet dents a. m. I Thursday. November .10 in uuion Hall. ! . Agricultural students will be excused from Class at that hour for the purpose of attending this assembly. CHARLES N- SHEPARDSON Dean of Agriculture ■ M Two representatives of the Veterans Administration Regional Office. Waco, will be In Room 260 BUxeii Hall between the hours of 9:30 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. Thursday. Nov. 10, for the purpose of ‘ h * lr v * teran AdmitijMration proDlonid. Any veteran wlUi VA problems la urged . *8 I thi!)k that the series of stor ies on why women go to college would be enlightening as per sonally don’t know any one reason why I came, except that I know TSCW jyas' quite friendly with A&M. I guess that about closes this little epistle for now. I am looking forward to more articles from Aggieland. Very sincerely, Joan Davis, ’52 (Editor’s Note—The reference in the letter is to a newly inaugurated’ weekly Aggie news column in the Daily Lass-O, the TSCW student newspaper. The series to which Miss Dhvis refers is now running daily in The Battalion.) REPENT YE, OH REPENT Editor, The Battalion: In sorting over some old clip pings, I came across this. Possi bly thei pipe smokers among the Aggies may be interested in it. Way back in those forgotten days When time for man got ripe A taillcjss ape sat on a tree And smoked a penny pipe. And as he smoked, Jo thought began He know that he enjoyed Be not surprised at this, you sec, That! ape was anthropoid. Thus thought began and thought is all That makes a man a man So, be it known that thus in smoke The human race began. But mark how in a circle move All sublunary things And as the monkey’s pipe made thought And thought created man The cigarette shall take him back To just where* he began. From Mark Sullivan’s note book when he was in Normal School in West Chester, Penn., when he was fourteen years old. Charles Ross Taggart j 'll Editor’s Note—We prefer ci gars.) I Pilots Collide; Live! To Tell of Incideat j Manila, Nov. 8 hP>—Two U. S. 13th AirForce fighter pilots to day coBided in the air over Luzon and lived to tell about it. The two F-51 Fighters suffered major damage when the brushed each other doing a routine train ing flight. Both pilots stuck with their planes and landed them at Clark Field Base. The pilots were Lt. Harry E. Du gan ot Norwalk, Calif-, and, Lt Charles E. Schreffler of Anderson, . Editor, The Battalion: I have just finished reading Dave CosJett’s article in the Lass-O. He said he would like to know how we liked the idea of “news from the natives in this far-off land” —A&M. So here is my two-cents wort.h. I think it is a very good idea, and I’m wondering why it wasn’t started before. As I hardly ever see a Battalion, I would like to' Boyle’s Column . . . , M | t America ’sMost Glam Girl Celebrates orous BY HAL BOYLE .‘ New York, lA* 1 —Happy birthday today to America’s most glamorous girl! She’s \ 63 years old, but | isn’t looking forward _ to her old qge pension. She still carries a torch for cvepy man in the land, and she is true to each one that has stayed true! to her. A chubby lass who always wears the same old-fashioned dress, she has welcomed more people to New j Ag. Eng. Freshmen To Get Barbecue All agricultural engineering freshmen are to: be treated to ajbarbccue next Tuesday even ing, Nov. 8, Charlie Modisett, pres ident! of the student society of Ag ricultural Engineers on the campus, announced today, The barbecue will be held on the third floor of the Agricul tural Engineering Building and the entire agricultural engineering freshman class is invited as guests. All they need to bring is their appetite, Charles ftepper, chairman of the program commit tee, said. Tickes are on cultural engineering students who have passed their freshman marks, Repper continued. The tickets are being sold at 80 cents each and York than Glover Whalei). never lifted her skirts for a Ch cake photo, bdt she has po3tt(l for more snapshots than Greta: Garbo ever hoped to avoid. This national sweetheart—-the number one .11. S. pinup RlrMipi Miss Liberty, the statue tbjat, stands gazing seaward i from from Bedloe Island, a 15-acre welcome mat outside the golden door. Perhaps sho had an even'HaWer time getting set up here than) tihe average immigrant. The idea of the Statue ;of Lib erty was conceived by a ; French historian in 1876 on thd llwth anniversary of American indepcp- dence. She was modeled by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, a young Alsa- tion sculptor. ] She was a pullion-dollar babh-: t f htrr New Discoveries Made i In Atom Characteristic Moscow, (/Py-A top “Russian scientist today: said Hoviqtjscien tists in the pfcst year hayc dis covered hitherto unknowpi;; char acteristics of radiation ifrom atoniic nuclei. ' T 1 .J njl| This was only one of a tfumber of scientific discoveries ctainfdd sale for those aim- for Ru8 * i,in physiciais and l(«tron- saie loi those agn- onM £ by Sergei' Vavilov, president of the academy pf sciences qf the U. S. S. R., in an article ip I z Vest la, the government qewapaper, : The article was titled “Sjovhit science on the t hirty-secortd an niversary of the October revolu —: :i v{. r/l I ; 1 Class of ’52 Meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. The; Sophomore Class meets Wednesday night at 7 p. m. in the Assembly Hall to select a repre sentative to work with the Diamond Jubilee Committee, according to Richard Ingels, class president.' Dr. J. J. Woolket will speak on the planned program for next year’s celebration and the part which the Class of '52 \Vill play in the activity. Ingles urged all sophomores to be on time so as to get the meeting oyer in time for Town Hall at 8. sjmmr JESDAY i. WEDNESDAY Dorothy h Do-lovly at Amorka’i matt fomaut Cover Giff.,. with tk. modd.il MU* of WED “Kiss in the Dark” —with — David Niven Jane Wyman ^' i ■ ■ ; :■ f four r pop ular subscripkion to build her. But it wat| (nine years before the American people got'around to taking her as a gift and raised $300,000 for a pedestal to put her on her feet. The cam paign was put ifver the top by ■ Joseph Pulitzer’s New York ^!»fld. j I ;• . The first rivet was put jin place on July 12] 1886, and President Cleyeland formally welcomed Miss Liberty to titizenship on j-Qct. 28 of that year. She immediately took tlu* coun try by etorjn and oyer, tne years has) become h great nation i! shrine. A|n odd f]ict:1In all these years licidc ’ by lis might — wanted to desperate Mjiss liberty, pr it could be because nobody but a midget could crawl through the windows -r; (unpus LAST DAY Features Start - - 5:55 - 8:p0 - 10:00 EXAS SHOWING iimfORCSf , TUuf JlC S 1 i I* - ts. Rice Game n — Newt* . ihW SATUR ii: : .