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NOVEMBER 16, 1949
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More Humanities to Balance the Seale
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Concern over A&M’s present narrow graduates. Smajl^r companies, however,
the inadequacies of a
curriculum, and hope for
curricula was shown last Thursday eve- can only bemoa
ning by the members of the Texas A&M technical college
[ I ' Chapter of the American Association of the best.
University Professors.' This group heard A partner of|
• and approved after several amendments consulting firm
a prominent engineering
in Houston told several
the report of a previously selected Currie- Aggies this weekend of his personal know-
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cpt total inability of on
to write technical re-
the public effectively,
>eyond cine syllable. A
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ulum Committee. ’ ledge of the aim
- In substance the report, endorsed gineering graduu
unanimously, recommended broadening ports, speak bef]
"the curricula at this institution in order or spell words
to better prepare students for balanced graduate of last January was heard at the
and responsible participation in the pres- game to say, "ij like my job fine (safety
ent-day world.” Both the report and its work with an irislurance firm) but I’m go-
attendant recommendations will be sub- ing to night school—taking public speak-
•mitted to the president of the College and ing.” ; : | v ,
other administrative officials of A&M. - Suggestions :>f employers, words of
We welcome this action by the campus wisdom by recOnt graduates, resolutions
chapter of 4he AAUP and regard their passed by our faculty—these all point in
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consideration of the curricula as an ob
jective approach toward possible curric
ula changes in the near future. These
changes, we feel, would better acquaint
and prepare graduates from this college
for the community beyond graduation.
That community beyond the college
gate realizes Already the shortcomings in
oUr curricula, (and the curricula of most
technical colleges) and some larger .com
panies include remedial training in their
initial training programs for hew college
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Trans-ocean travel for the masses is a
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one direction, toWard a change in the pres
ent curricula tq include hiore courses in
the humanities hind in greater mastery of
the English language.
Education nc longer is considered de
sirable if it is sc narrow and so specialized
that it makes a man proficient only in his
field ahd lost i:i consideration or discus
sion of all others. Given; a broad base of
knowledge, our graduates can both be
specialists in their fields and also enlight
ened citizens of :heir communities.
make foreign
concept that is finally getting a foothold bolster the doll s
in the minds of many executives in trans- eral European o
portation. This concept is no|t new: bus The only loqi
tjours would substantially
r-short economics of sev-
airntries.
d objection to the low cost
Imes in this country realized that there are transportation }dea is made by those who
not
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want to get from one place to another.
These people don’t care fo|\ and many
can’t afford, luxurious inodes of travel.
They’d rather pay a reasonable fare, ride
in comfortable but not elegant s^ats, and
maybe take a little longer to reach their
destinations. J
Most recent indication thit the "fast
dimes rather than slow quarters
gcr
ilays in new equipment to
handle the terrific loads drastic reduction
“no’s”,
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service-bound overseas air transportation
companies was a meeting in Mexico City
recently ath the world Air Rktes'Confer-
A plan to make aid c
bl(£between New York
$225 Avas discussed.
This, the plan’s proponents believe
d make a European tour within the
once
avai a
for
wou
range of-.pocketbooks that now must dump This simple by-tproduct is much„ like the
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in fares would b;
not flat
while.”
World airlin
new equipme:
handle the "sloi
jectors to coac
more to pay off
coach travel w|
. Whatever tfoe
whether, now o
every reason t<
)ach seiwice ? air and ship tr
and London the 1950’s are
A by-produ
transportation
of the world’s!
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;mg. Their objections are
but rather "let’s wait a
companies have too much
that was designed to
quarters” trade ,and ob-
travel want a few years
this new eqqipment which
I make bbsolete.
fate jof coach travel,
in a feW yeard, we have
expect low-cost overseas
vel for t|he masses before
recorded; in hisdory. •
; of low-cost international
is greater understanding
people one fort another.
ir money in less expensive tourist plac- sulfa derivatives gained during refining
es ir; this country. The added hundreds of petroleum. Though not the chief aim of
thousands of tourists annually that would the process, the by-product is invaluable.
JSe true to the best you know. This
is your high ideal. If you do your best,
cannot do more. Do your best every
j 'and your life will gradually expand
satisfying fullness. Cultivate the hab-
doing orie thing at a tinjie with quiet
deliberation. ."Always allov
Headline mi
Island Press:
Shed Her Bathmg Suit and Start Acting.”
Will Rogerfe
hero, about the
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yourself a know when to
sutficient margin of time in | which to do
your work well. Frequently examine your
working methods to discover and elimi
nate Unnecessary tension. Aim at poise,
repose, and self control. The relaxed
worker accomplishes most.
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This !thing of being a
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Headline
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the Jamaica, N.Y., Long
Esther Williams Wants to
the La Crosse, Wis., Trfb-
Clothes For Easy Pickup.”
the Tonis River New Jer
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"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentl
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Tradition*
better balanced curriculum
(See lead Editorial) ;
Letters To The Editor
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(All letters (o the editor which are signed by • atudent or employee ot the
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college and which do not contain obscene olr libelous idgterlal 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 of the writer, be divulged to any persons
other than the editors.) i
A CHALLENGE TO THE
CLASS OF ’53
Editor. The Battalion:
I saw something Saturday morn
ing that at first maldc mo mad,
but, as with many things that first
make you mad, it has now turned
into a deep hurt.
My fiancee plays a large part in
this story. Upop arriving at A&M
from Dallas on Friday she com
mented on the large number of
freshmen she observed hitchhik
ing North rather than South the
day before the corps trip to Hous
ton. Later thiat afternoon, she
read to me the editorial from the
Freshmen Page of The Batt con
cerning the lack of attendance of
freshmen at yell practice and,
yes, even at games on Kyle Field.
I couldn’t believe what she read—
freshmen studying through a Texas
Aggie football game.
Still doubting whether condi
tions in the Freshman Class were
as bad as they appeared, I went
down to the Fispi Regiment pn Sat
urday moming before the corps
parade. Practically every outfit
was short 30 to 50 per cent,! and in
some cases even more. Thatls when
it hurt, i. |
Men, the cldss of '50 has been
here four long, bleak, victory-
starved football seasons. We’re
seniors, and we haven’t ceased to
yell, stopped marching in parades,
or lost the spirit.
The Freshmen Class has always
been spoken olj as the "backbone”
Official Notice
MHOOl, OF KXU.NKKKl.VU
November 3, 19-19
NOTlbE—ID CARDS—Will all students
in all schools having ID Cards numbered
below please phone or call at the Dean
of Engineering Office (phone 4!-5744. or
4-S344I at 210 Petroleum Building and
give the name corresponding to their card
number. A new list will be published each
day.
H. W. BARLOW,
Dean ol Engineering '
Will the students with the following
Identification Picture Numbers please con
tact the office of the Dean of Engineer
ing Office 4-4834 as soon as possible
26. 49, S6. 74.1 $5. 147. 167. i44, 263.
287. 367, 306. 420. 425, 434, 436, 437, 440.
447. 452. 456. 460, 464. 480, 486, 488, 491.
496, 503, 504, C(05, 607. 510, 529, 537, 53".
538 . 546. 5lS, 15(21!. 749, 769, 844, 866, 868,
2204 , 2257. 2438.| 2828. 3110, 31^6. 3177.
3760. 376k. .3178, 3322. 3337, 33)80. 3411.
5412, 3413. 3461,1 3468, 3511. 3S30, .1610,
3689. 3709, 5792, 3814.1 38(20. 3822, 3851.
3867. 3858. 3895, 3936, 3944. ::9(69, 4004,
4016, 4047, 4056, 4038, 40l59. 11157. 4190.
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THI STORY OF
of the Sjiirit of Aggielnnd. When
the backbone breaks, the Spirit
breaks.
This weekend will present a good
opportunity Cor you to attempt to
redeem yourselves in the eyes of
the sophomores, juniors, and sen
iors. The bonfire is essentially a
freshmen project. How about every
freshman at the annex pitching in
and building the biggest pile of
wood in history?
Aggie Spirit isn’t something
that's farced. It’s the roar of a
wildcat, (he click of shiningAbooJf,
the music of the Aggie Band, and
the words to The Spirit of Aggie-
land. Yo'u fish will be seniors in
three al| too short years. How
about making a fresh start—start
doing things the Aggie way?
I’d like to meet the person who
made the statement, “I haven’t
seen the Aggies play and don’t in
tend to.!’ I don’t think you de
serve to| wear boots, a ring, or
claim to be a Texas Aggie to any
one, anyplace, at anytime.
J. Ben Templeton ’50
Dorm 12, Room 115
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A LOW BLOW
Editor, The Battalion:
What this school nejeds is more
Fort Worth Aggies at the Fort
Worth A&M Club meeting Thurs-
daj’j November 17 after yell prac
tice in the Science Hall Lecture
Room.
Sincerely,
Wallace Hooper ’51
(Editor’s Note—You have
slabbed us in (he back on our
letters policy, but. since you wdre
original, we herewith print your
epistle. Henceforth, you and the
legion of imitators ypu may at- >
tract must turn to other means
to advertise your meetings.
That’ what our column ‘‘What’s
Cooking” is for. This is but a
reward for valiant effort.)
Osaka Dancehall Hires
Male Partners Only
Osaka, <VP»—A novcjl dance hall
will open here next Monday.
It will employ only male taxi-
dancers,
The operators said the hall was
designed to meet the demands of
women j“who j are dance maniacs or
otherwise dance
who lack proper
enthusiasts but
partners.”
BOB and
SALLY;
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History «
Taylor,
Brysnt Hale .
Shuster; $3.95)
This exhaustive and panora
accmint in pictures and words of
film industry from its early
ctographs beginnings in the
up to its development as an
the l940’s is the work of
Taylor, noted music crittk.
tureif, and composer, who was as
sisted in the combination of
seven hundred-odd pictures
make up the text by Marcetene
Peterson and Bryant Hale.
Taylor first takes the reader
back to 1S35, when attempts to
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began. Spectators would make
ed still-life pictures move by
raising
and lowering a lever at when
One saw th
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this eyepiece. I
old Kinetpecope are fopad
in penny arcades, where one can
see the “world’, moat daring pi*
lure” for the
pensive sum of Mtf cent
Edwin (l. Porter’s “The Gre*t
Train Robbery," in 1903, establish
ed a land mark in the industry. It
— first picture to tell a
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animated caitoon of
1909
was the
story.
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McCay, cartoonist
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slides
weekly basis.'
And son on,
of the
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Valen
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introduction of
with A1 Jolson’s
and the* immor
afterward: Will
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BY JAMES MARLOW
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Washington <dP>—This is now the
open season for guessing why John
L. Lewis called off the coal strike.
If you want to get in on [the act,
here hre some possible reasons! why
Lewi^ told his miners to resume
work- Start with some background,
Lewis’ contract with thfe mine
owners ended June 30. Under that
contact they paid into the miner’s
health and welfare fund 20 cents
on every ton of coal mined.
Lewis wanted a new and fetter
contmct: more pay, shorter hours,
and more money for the fund.
The owners didn’t budge. In pre
vious years, when his contract
ended, Lewis pulled his miners
out, saying “No contract, no work."
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He didn’t do that this year.
Instead, when the contract ended
June 30 and no new one was
signed, he ordered them to work
only three daysi a week. This went
on for a while.
Then some mine owners turned
Lewis’ old argument against him
and refused to contribute any more
to the pension fund, saying in
effect: “No contract, no contribu
tion.”
But after the fund suspended
payments, Lewis called his miners
out on strike. This was Sept. T9.
On Oct. 1 the steelworkers went
on strike because the steel com
panies wouldn’t meet their' de
mands.
But when, the steelworkers
struck, this shut down the mills.
They did not need coal while their
strike lasted.
Effectiveness Wasted
Sc a good bit of the effective
ness of the coal strike—in so far
as it touched the vital industry and
therefore might bring pressure on
the mine owners to settle with
Lewis—was wasted.
When the strike! started Sept.
19 there were widely published
estimates that this country had [oi)
hand a supply pf coal to keep its
industries, such as . steel and rail
roads, going 50 70 days.
Ill„ ...v.. ,
iey had been on
strike 52 days.
So at the very moment the coal
supplies were running down and
the strike was putting on increas
ing pressure, LevFis called jis
men back to work.,
FoV Public Welfare
He said he did this for the pub
lic welfare. It’s also possible his
miners, workless a,nd payless for
Q2 days with a settlement appaienU
ly no nearer than when the strike
started, couldn’t stand it any long
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If that is tree—and some mine
owners said Some miners were be
ginning to drift back to work—
Lewis might have (oft his grip ton
the union.
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Lloyd, Buster
Chaney, to the
Alkies in 1927'
iThe Jazz Singer”,
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etc. Taylor con-
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In hie introduction, Mr. Taylor
lehvea this 'thought with those
who are inclined to chastise the
motion picture j industry for 1 its
failure to produce more quality
pictures: “The movie is an art’
that his the misfortune to be like
wise an industry. It serves a public
that is voracious and uncritical ...j
Considering the assembly-line
conditions under Which the aver
age picture mpst
the wonder is, Inot
so few good pictures,
there are any at all.”
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be turned put,!
that 'there are
but that)
When Lewis sent his men back to
work yesterday, they
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If Tall, Do Not Try
Crime—Here Is Why ;
New York, <A > >—If a man is un
usually tall, he better not try a
crime career.
That’s t|ie advice Magistrate Eu
gene R. Canudo gave yesterday
to six-foot-eight-inches-tall Ber
nard Dugan O’Keefe, 18, w(io was
held in $2,500 bail on a charge of
burglary charge. 'j
“No wdnder you couldn’t get
away with it,” said the magistrate.
“You’re so tall you couldn’t get
lost in a crowd.”
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