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Battalion Editorials
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AY, NOVEMB ER IB, 1949
IS
Upon Last Evening’s Yell Practice . ..
Last evening’s yell practice could have have been appropriate, a
was told
rery crude one
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a
on a personal
been the most inspiring we have ever at
tended. It was—until a totally inappro- Our objection to last evening’s joke is
priate joke destroyed the spirit of the yell also an objection to other jokes told at
practice, so capably and so effectively in- yell practice-rjokes that went beyond the
spired by the head yell leader and the bounds of propriety,
band. j ■ | Tastes for jokes vary
We regret that this unfortunate inci- basis the same as tastes va •y for different
dent occured. We regret something com- foods. But we feel that d (rty jokes at a
ing so nearly perfect be suddenly de- public gathering are. gener illy distasteful
stroyed. ,j j . Yell practices are attended by our
The yell practice was opened by the waves, tnotheils, and girl fi lends. The yell
head yell leader giving a few announce- practice is something we cm be proud of,
ments and remarks about the bonfilre. but what Aggie can retail. this pride af-
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Then he spoke of this being his last yell ter bringing his mother, or
practice on the steps of Goodwin Hall, to a yell practice where em
And the band softly played “The Spirit are told ?
of Aggieland” while he recited the words.
Everyone joined in to sing after he’d fin
ished.
The first part of 1
practice was what a yell
be. Had we given “fifteei
And there was not a single man present
who was not moved by the emotion the
occasion, had stirred in his herat.
Then, at a time when no joke would to judge futu
we igiven
farmers fig it” immediatiely after sing-
wife, or fiancee
jarrasing jokes
evening’s yell
>ractice should
for team, and
mg "The Spirit of Aggieland”, we would
have had the highest standard by which
re yell practijces.
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Not Wanted: Bookworms Minus Extracurricular . . .
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‘vr Employers have been scrutinizing Col- The employer interviewing a graduate
loge^aduates more closely recently, m(ia- unfailingly auks him conci rning organiza-
surihg them in old pre-war terms: aica?. tions oir activities in which he participated
demic record, extracurricular activities, at college.
and ability to get along with people, ac- , a “yes, I did this, and f also did that ”
cording to W. R. Hdrsely^ director of the jg always an kssuring sign to the employer
A&M Placement Qfflce. || ; who cntcrtai|nH any latent doubts about
The bookworm, if he's just a book- the, ingenuity, interests, abilities to get
worm, won’t be able to pick and choose along with people, specie talents, work-
the cream of his professional crop. Km- ing ability, und ambitions of that partic*
ployers are searching for the “well round- ular student,
ed college graduate.” ' ^Idst companies
want students with a "B” 1 average or bet
ter, but they will take applicants who have
made up the difference in outside activi
ties, leadership, and personality.
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There are somq persons, found few
and far between, who can steadily hold
4heir grades to an “A” average and effi
ciently handle several extracurricular jobs.
A better precedent for the average, aspir- On the other hand, £ college record
ing student is participation in both fields, showing no extracurricular participation
studies and student activijties, without go- and yet high grades lea\ es too much to
" ing to the extreme in either and, at the the employer’s imagination. He wants to
same time, letting the other die a slow be sure he’s| jhired a “w^ll-rounded indi
death. i dual.”
(
intramural manager, club of-
ntr, „ .
iper, pulfcat ons staffer, or
sports team is definite prpof
Being an
ficer or meipl
member! of a
in black and white on yjmr record that
something ir college beside
you did a little more work
than was required of yop»to finish this
school.
you did do
study—that
in the Air, or Down on the Ground?
tions that perhaps that |0ity will build a
new municipal airport, which would not
; only move the traffic frdm Ellington, the
local military field, but would also provide
that city with a larger ci ty airport, which
has been needed for several years.
possibilities lie solely behind these facts.
Many of the municipal airports — in
fact, most of them-^-are handling traffic
which is more than they are equipped tc
do. Not only has air traffic increased on
the city airports, but mi itary planes are
During the past months, air traffic landing and departing rpore often, with
over the United States and particularly new and old fields being opened or reacti-
around large cities has had a quite high vated just as often,
fatality rate. Latest of these calamities We sincerely hope thit Texas and pur
Vas the regrettable crash last month near large cities will not wait for a tragic ac-
/ashington, D. C:
cident to occur before thny act to prevent
Since then, combat-type planes have them. The facts face
been banned from the national airport lize their meaning and capitalize on ttt6m.
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The Battalion
' "Soldier, Slate man, Knightly Gentleman"
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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Personal Incomes
\fHgherfrhan Ever
Our nation’^ capitol has taken steps there, and sl|eps toward c ©sing two other
to prevent military and municipal air- military airfields located i)earby will prob-
ports from operating too near each other, ably be taken. - [■
We only hope that this iyill start some- Texasi and its large pities have been
thing of a chain reaction Whereby every extremely lijcky, thus fa^, that no disas-
large city that faces the danger of air trous air crash has occur-ed. It has only
collisions will follow suit, r !l : been luck, qowever, for we have all the
City officials of Houston, theMargest potentialities in several of our large cities
City in Texas, have made several indica- of horrible crashes. Rejasons for these
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New York, 15*1—Things are get
ting so complicated -that it’s al
most necessary to have a statisti
cian figure out how much money
you really make in a week.
For instance, the average fac
tory worker is making more money
! than he (did even during the war-
! time boom—but his real earnings
lire loss. That is, hif Peek’s work
buys lesH goods. “
Total perHmml.ineortic ho fur this
year tops all previous years ex
cept the average for 1948, which
was the all-time peak. But. even in
that year nearly ono-thlnl jof the
nation’s individuals and fnmiliim
made less than $2,000 a year In
cash.
— Letters
(All letters to the editor Which nre alsned
by a student or employee of thij college
and which do not contain obejeene or
libelous material will be publjshM. Per
sons wishlny 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 ady
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BOOTS GONE |
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Editor. The Battalion:
After reaiiing a letter to you
in The Battalion on Novj 16 from
' Ben Templeton on the need of
some spirit in the Fish, I am re
minded that someone else should
get the spirit again—if they ever
had it
I am referring to the certain
party, whoever, he, or they may be,
that stoic a pair of senior boots
from an Ajtgie buddy of mine
named James Crescy. It happened
'this way: Sometime shortly be
fore James was going to leave on
the Ft. Worth corps trip, someone
came to his door and told him
(without opening it) that he had
a phone call. When James left the
I loom and returned, his boots were
gone! ! ! i j
Seniors! What db your boots
mean to you? They will mean a
hell of a lot to me if I ever wear
them and I am only a sophomore
now r . I know they mean a lot to
James. How would feel if your
boots were stolen?
I didn’t know that we had any
one who would do a thing like that
here at Aggieland, did .you? , ,
To the guilty party: If I were
you, I would see (one way or other)
that James gets his boots back.
Thank you.
Name withheld upon request.
Official Notice
KcWl. OF ENGINEER!J(G
N'memkcr S, Hid
NOTICE—ID CARD8—-WIII all studsnts
In all McltoolH having ID Canto numbsN*
below pltuHc phone or call at ths Dean
of Engineering Office (phono l-STti | or
4-H344) at 210 Petroleum BUIMln* »nd
give the name corresponding to their card
numtier. A new list will be published c»eli
day. /
11. W. BARLOW, I ; * N t •
Dean of Engineering
Will the studsnts With the following
Identification Picture Numbers please, con
tact the office of the Dean of Engineer
ing Office 4-4834 as soon as possible.
28. 49, M, 74, 96. 147. 187, 2.44. 283.
287, 387. 398, 420, 426, 434. 430. 437. (40.
447. 432. 466. 480. 484. 48(|, 488. 'IH8, «t,
498. 603 . 604 , 605. 607. 610, 629. 637. 688.
639. 848. 618, 621. 749. 789. 844 . 886. 868.
2204 , 2257, 2438. 2828, 3U0. 3136, 3177,
3760, 3788. 3178, 3322. 3337, 3360. 3411.
3412. 3443. 3481, 3468. 3511, 3530, 3610,
3889. 3709. 3792, 3814, 3820. 3822, 3851,
3867, 3868, 3896. 3838. 3944 . 3960, 4004,
4016, 4047. 4086, 4038, 4059. j
4196.
And the whole picture is being
complicated further for the aver
age by hidden wages in the form of
pensions and insurance paid for by
the employer. He will never see
this money until he is 65 years old,
or until he breaks a leg and gets
laid up. Death benefits, of course,
help the family.
Earnings Higher
The National Industrial Confcit-
Blice board, a non-profit research
organization, finds that the nvci:-
age weekly earnings of produe-
tlon workers in manufacturing
amounted to IM.tib in August, the
most recent figure.
That is 129 per cent higher than
the average 10 years ago, Even the
peak war year of 1944 when every
one was working overtime and get
ting premium pay, the average was
only 93 per cent above 1939. Top
pay, incidentally, was earned last
December—an average of $56.14 a
week. All of 1948 averaged $54.14
a week .
The question is: “How much of
that income! is spendable, and how
• much wdll it buy?” In other words
when you bring home your pay
envelope minus income tax and Soc
ial Security payments, what can
you and your wifh buy with it?
Can Buy More
The conference board says you
can buy 33l5 per cent more as hf
last ( August than you could 10
years ago, even though your grass
pay is 129 per cent higher today
than it was then.
Back in 1944 during the war
when there was price fixing and
rationing, your pay got you 48
per cent more goods than in 1939,
even thougl) you were grossing only
93. per cent!more then than you did
in 1939. j
Thai sh«j»ws higher prices cut
hack the enlarged earnings since
j- the war.
But it also shows that the aver
age factory worker is well ahead
of the gamb so far as the compar
ison with pre-war years is con
cerned.
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Poetry Society To
Organize Sunday
Oi’ganiKa|tion of a local branch
of the Pojetry Society of Texas
will take place Sunday, November
20, according to Dr. T. F, Mayo,
who is serving as temporary chair
man. ‘ • , ■
The meeting, which will be hild
in the Cabinet Room of the YMCA,
will begin at 3 p. m.
All people who are interested in
writing vcff.3 are invited to attend,
said Dr. Mayo. j i
FOR MUSIC THAT
CAN’T BE BEAT . . .
Buy that
“AGGIE WAR HYMN”
It’s really a treat!
Wc all know that It’s the
best in the land ...
So buy ’em now while
Lou has them on hand
loupots
fdth Lou -f~
le’s right with you’’
XASS ’32
Inc., at New York CR?>
Stuudent Activities
Co-Editors
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(Editor’s Note: This is tltoj
first of a weekly series of news
reports from the campuses of
the Southwest Conference. It
is prepared by the editors of the
seven school newspapers.)
Why sportsmanship in the South-
west Conference?
That is the question student lead
ers at the Southwest’s leading
schools have asked.
The answer: This year South
ern Methodist University will play
before approximately 475,000 fans.
Baylor University is building «
40,000 seat stadium; Rice Institute
has announced plans to build a. sta
dium seating 60,000. Southwest
athletics is bigger business than
ever. And as stockholders,' students
have a bigger stake in these ath
letics.
To keep pace with the growth of
athletics, student representatives
met in Houston this month to work
out Die growing pains the South
west Conference sportsmanship
program has endured. As a subsi
diary part of that meeting South
west editors endorsed this news
service. Its purpose is to inform on
the growth of campus activities, as
well as sportsmanship throughout
the conference.
Season Closing
As the Southwest Conference
football season draws to a close,
all eyes turn bowl-wards.
At Baylor, students ^polled be
fore the Wyoming game were sure
Bears would get a spot in the
Cotton Bowl. Seven out of 10 stu
dents had visions of a New Year’s
Day in Dallas.
As a clue to the way Baylor
might get there, the Baylor Lariat
discovered that twenty Baylor
football playora belonged to Air
Force ROTC unita.
But first place Rice keeps on go
ing. Last week the Owls defeated
AAM, In score at least, The Batt
alion called the Aggies weekend
eorp trip to Houston tho “most suc
cessful" in years, The usual Ag
gie yell practice was canceled in
Houston because of a fear of dis
turbance and damage. ?
! It was A&M Which institu
Sportsmanship trophy.
appeared last iweek
Poultry Judges To
Practice in Waco
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The Senior Poultry Judging team
will practice their judging in Waco
Saturday, November 19,- E. D, iPar-
; neli, Professor of Poultry ' Hus
bandry and team coach, said to
day.
The team will judge dressed mar
ket roasters at Swift’s Packing
Plant Saturday morning and in the
afternoon wil go to Antone Maza-
nec’s farm to judge heavy-breed
production.
The men are working in prepara
tion for the National Intercollegiate
Poultry Judging Contest in Chi
cago on November 29, Parnell said.
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A picture
of >the trophy appeared last Iweek
in the TCU £kiff, which hopes tb
encourage sljudenU to follow the
code throughout the year, on past
football season.
“Rather apathetic" wan the way
TCU editor Larry Denton describ
ed the response to date. The gene
ral feeling seems to be that it is
a “pretty good thing” add should
be continued^ ‘ i! -
*• Food Problems.; - I
But between weekends, the South
west found times to be concerned
about the basic of life: :food. i
On the SMU campus, 1 the first
of three inspections of ehting. pla
ces was opened by “Trade Track"
inspectors. “Trade Track” Is an
award made; by the student iaSso-
ciation to those cafes which observe
health standards. Establishments
that pass inspections wilLbe award
ed a placard, which also! serves to
guide students to those cafes
which have passed.
The idea was first used in the
Southwest at the University of Tex
as. “Steer Here" was the name
given the Texas plan. jLast week
“Steer Hetfe” was out brawling
again. When city health , offi
cials fined a local cafe owner for
failing to sterilize glassware, the
Texan bannered the action. The
cafe was one of two. which had
not received "Steer Hero" approval.
Fifty-three hive. The.' plan; was
also used to lower the cost of; hair
cuts from $1 to 86 cenits,
If Texas schools wdre holding
the economic line, Arkansaij stu
dents were not faring sd well.;
The Arkansas Traveler reported
that coffee at campus rhauntu had
jumped to 10 cents, i !
Calmly the TruveleP explained
tho cause: "huckpasslng." Th* rise
in coffee qould be traclul frejm re
tailer, to (Wholesaler, to importer,
to exporter, to coffee plantei', ami
finally to I the native wprKer who
can mnk« more money Juinplrtg
uftor quarters tossed In the ocean
by tourlite.
At the same time the first is
sue of this Traveler Off the now
University Press was being Idistrir
buted. The lissue climaxed ! a 15
year fight! by studentsi and faculty
to have a school printing pliint.
Ford Elected Prexy
Of Williamson Club
W. G. Ford, from Taylor, was
elected president of the Williamson
County A&M Club Tuesday night,
November 15. *• 'i!
Other officers elected in the or
ganizational meeting were James
Cavanaugh from Granger, vice-
president; Sam Brady of George
town, !secretary-treasurer; and M,
W. McNeeSe of
jorter.i
Round rock; re-
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Rice was also pushing] campus
developments. A $1,160,000 gyftH
nasium got the approval of
Board of Trustees. It will coni
a! swimming pool, four) handl
and two squash courts, recreation,
boxing, fencing, modem dance,
locker rooms.
' Academically Arkansas aetaf I
iors took a new step. Meeting with
ttje university president, the sen
iors proposed: that a senior dhy
be instituted, and that the givijig
of final examination^ to graduit-
seniors be left up to the dis-
etibn of instructors;
dfs-
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But the man-woman ratio
still news. One' female student jat
raised this (quo$tion-Mn
FIVE MEN TO A GAL
The odds at Rice are hard to
This five to one is just my
I’ve no complaint—but man alive.
Do I draw my own or do they
■Hitt" ‘ • Ml
deal me five?
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