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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1949)
i. ' Mil ■■■■ iii8i!i A Gesture of Sympathy and Good Will. I; | I > •I" ’I Tragic newt Saturday afterr clicked across the wires Allsup, president of the Student Senate, sent the following telegrant addressed to A report from Norman, Oklahoma, told the presiding official of the Oklahoma of an early morning fire which brought verslty student senate,' death and terror throughout a two*story "Wo here at A4tM wish to expresf men's dormitory housing 349 University deepest regrets for your tragic fire of Oklahoma students. the death of three; of your itudents Three bodies had been recovered from there is any way In which we can the still smouldering ruins, hours after you, please feel free to call on us.” the frame building burned to the ground Gestures such as this telegram aro ob with a swiftness that gave occupants lit- viously the foundations upon which tie time to save anything but their lives, firmest relations between schools arj* es- ' ts „ , tablished. Better relations between scliools More than a score of the suravors involve an idea5> policies and were injured and burned, many of them prob , ems whicllr in tunii prov ide for each Hurt as they leaped out of windows. Most 3choo , involved a broader outlook ot its of those who escaped were still in pa jam- own prablnna ^ wi . n as a broader k 10w . as and shorts. | , ledge of how to cope with them. If ever in the future some such i;rag- edy should befall A&M, an offer oi aid from any school, would be infinitelj the The dorm, housing only unmarried men, had no chance against the fire. It sprang up suddenly and consumed every thing in its way within 30 to 40 minutes, predated and possibly would lift a It’s speed was so great that firemen gave weight of sorrow off Our shoulders, it up as hopeless and concentrated on We are sure Allsup’s extension of sym- keeping the blaze* fron^ spreading. pafchy was equally well recieived anc ifa laze After learning ofthe tragedy, Keith preciated by the University of Oklahoma. ap- ittle ap- Eight Years Ago, Tiny Dots in the Shy . L . Tiny dots ih the sky over the moun tains west of Pearl Harbor were hardly siir fire gutted warships and burning stores. \ noticed on a Sunday morning eight years Like a man clubbed on the head \jyhile ago today. The dots were undoubtedly asleep, American forces rofce from fheir aircraft, 50 to 150 of them. But Hawaii’s skies had been! bespeckled ? by many air craft in late 19j41. ; # The dots drew closer, an outpost 're ported, “Numerous aircraft approaching.” No one was concerned;St was all routine. From the air, Honolulu sprawled to the" right front. Ahead was the mouth to Pearl Harbor. Hickam Field’s runways and barracks and gangers were between the harbor and Honolulu. Beyond were beds stunned and terrified — Confusion and disorder, bombs and strafing, poise and dead and wounded. And in America citizens were fighting mad. They cursed the Japanese nation, and vowed, “Well whip her in three weeks.” < . ! But three weeks turned into almost four years before Japan capitulated counted American dead and woundeji nearly every island ini the Pacific the oil tanks for the sleeping American blocked thr^e and four years out of Pacific Fleet anchored in the harbor. We on We mil lions of men's lives. And we harnessed ■ All was perfect for the approaching future generations to a war debt aircraft—fightdrs,; light bombers, torpedo bought this nation Victory. | bombers. 'T’heir red Rising Sun’s glittered This date on their wing tips. special significance. There An order was barked over the planes’ parades, no bunds playing, mdiop, the tight formation loosened, then speeches. ! There are ho str exploded with each diving below for a sentiments atLiched to it. oil that l on our calendars claims no arc no great no eloquent ong patriotic December 7 is just anot ler day now, -4 . * / pre-planned target. In a moment the attack was on, and a day of petty reraembnancesi to many peo- the United States was fighting World pie. War II. Pear! Harbor was ablaze with , Have you forgotten so soon ? In Passing . i 1 Any' Questions? In Manhattan, the party where issing games) are played, ’s Life listed some rules be sure to gargle frequently magazine Woman for kissing: 1) “do it on the quiet and do not _tempt others,” 2) “plenty of fresh air . % . is a prime necessity,” 3), “at a I feel ‘all in* after kissing or take a hot mustard foot bath ” 4) “if you being kissed . . .’’—Time. / I Building contractors have their troub- allowed a claim of $176 for medical ex- les, not the least of which is the poor penses .to Actor Mell Turner, who said quality of lumber frequently offered to that duf-ing a love scene he misjudged the them. A despairing contractor recently distanced broke his noise on the leading dispatched this telegrarh to the mill that lady’s forehead—Time, j had sent him a carload of lumber: “Knot ^ r holes received, please send the knots.” . : i i i • ' ' w. Occupational Hazard. In Richmond the Virginia State Industrial Commission Love is lik^ an onion You taste it with delight, And when it's gone you wonder Whatever made you bite. The Battalion j, - .1 i ■ ^ | ^ I • I . I > "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman" Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions News contributions may be made by telephone (4-6444) oi* at the editorial office, Room 201, Goodwill Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4>5324 v J ' * ' ‘ Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Me City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination period; talion js published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. S yoar. mmm ' The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for eccdited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are or at the Stuudent Activities apical College of drculated eVery M TTurinfr?: tJws aim Texas and the irery Monday through Durings the summer The Bat- liption rate $4.30 per school — Entwed u »econd-cl*i» m«tUr at Port Office at College Station,, Texaa, under the Act of Congrcaa of March 8, 1870. BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE. Member of The Associated Press jication of all news dispatches of spontaneous origin publish- reserved, Qtad nattonallr by National Ad- atng Service Inc., at Naw York City, Loa Angelea, and Ban Franciaco. Clayton Selph. Lewla Burton, Otto Kunxe i a a • ‘.’v ...........Managing Editon . Feature Editor Klrkhaxn' Iharlton. Co-Editors Coslett v • • a a aja aaaa-aaaa. aaaaeaeaaaa ai, c si-:. “. . r ““ .7.: : ,i2B!W8r«S Ctnneth Marak. Emmett Trent, Jack-Brandt .. Cartoon lata Martin Howard Photographer Brad Holroea, Bill Hites. Hardy Robs, Joe U^“7.7v.v.v.v.7.v“^air=: Charles Oeorge Charitoi Clayton Set: W. K. Colville. Bill Weldon Thompson, Aldridge. \ Manltsaa. hank J, 4: . Editorial Board ChaUmaa L...V. Editorial Board Coelett, a P. Newton, John Tapley, ohn Whitmore ... Feature Writers ibura, Jr., Emil Writers >4.............. News Writ* 9 Ralph Gorman. Frank Sports ' • i- • ; ' I 77 .•r 1 ' ’ Ode ToLaurenyHubby, Or Intimations of Senility m asuissm^ Letters To The Editor (AU letters to the editor which are algned by a student or employee of the —■*- —* —*-■- ~t libelous materiel wl college and which do not; contain obscene or libelous materiel 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.) not ooi their n not, will » FROM T U dlvulged^to Editor, The Battalion: Your open letter to (the TU foot ball squad was without a doubt well taken; however it seems to me that it served no purpose than to serve as a threat to oar team and to develop Aggie spirit. If this is the means you must use to develop spirit in your school, 1 think that you would be much better off with out it. I cannot understand how you in tend to control this spirit during the game. If ypur team, or any one’s team, goes into the game with this “spirit”, it is inevitable, that as some excitable point of the game it will break loose from them and cause an incident similar to that which took place on the field this year. Spirit is a fine thing, and I have always admired A&M’s spirit greatly; however, I j think that spirit such as this cab lead only to one end, namely the dis continuance of the UT-A&M foot ball encounters. If this • happens, (one of the teams would have to be dropped from the Southwest Conference. Which one? No one knows, and I am sure that no one wants this to happen. It is for this reason that I sincerely hope that any person in our university or yours who share this "spirit" Official Notice niVHU'N DKI’AHTMKNT Pm'liilM'r A, 11)0) Scvcrnt viirnncicH «xl*t in the slnff of HHnicnt nMlrtnnU in Phyiicn OniHrtmoni l.ahnnitorlM. M»n who wvru prorloitnt In nnphoniorn phyiHm or whn hav« iom« knowlwlgc of iihaingntphy nr» nmdvd «l vnrtnun pvriodH OiroUKhoui thr week. Oom- iH-wwiion In l.tin |«er hour for now Nludniit*. Applh'iintN kindly oomo to the office of the I’hymcH ncjiartmrnt. J. a. roTTBR. Hend, Phy»lcH Deimftment kKCOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS m'HOOl, OP VETERINARY MEDICINE All ticcoliJ and third yenr otudenti In the School of Veterinary Medicine arc required |tq attend the meeting on "The Bureau of {Animal Industry Trainee Program" from IS A. M. to 9 A. M. on Tuesday. December jllth, In the amphitheatre of the Veterinary {Hospital. Scheduled classes for these students will foe dismissed for this hour. 7 { (Signed i I.-B. HOUGHTON. Dean School of Veterinary Medicine retaliate their thqyghts before game time next year. Sincere^ yours, Robert A Gude .Sophomore, University of Texas FOR MORE HOLIDAYS Editor, The Battalion: I was very surprised when I read the article about our short Christmas holidays which appear ed in Friday’s Batt. Everyone that I have asked about this says that they definitely do not agree to have such a short holiday period. I’m quite sure that if all or almost all the students here; at A&M were asked, the great major ity would ask for a longer holiday than we are getting. Some of us live rather far from College Station, and we do not get home very often. F. M. Carpenter’50 FROM THE ANNEX Editor, The Battalion: Friday’s 1 issue of the Battalion brought qut the^ fact that our Christnias 1 holidays were originally to extend frony December IT; to January 3. It also said that reason the holidays were shor 1 iroqd of students requested it, Bt PERCY BYSSHE GOI O Bogart, Humphrey, face ie wrinkled, Uty Jexlon wan. Ineoyea encircled with ringe Thy vote# reminiscent of itko- ,lae hath. AIm! Old Aga hath thee over taken,. Bo . why portray "the loverj" 'iia an action mistaken. Kafr Humphrey,' heneefortli Kefard pereen romineing ,a cardinal sin, Leave such doings to suave Errol Flynn. Several years back, Warner Brothers parlayed a sentimental storyiand Schmalry long entitled "As Time Goee By” Into a box- office gold mine which went by the name of "Casablanca.” ^ A mtural as far as public Ap peal goes, that tautly penned, cli- macUcally paced film left not an emotion unused as it jerked tears, provoked laughter, and generated suspense. And Director Raoul Walsh did exceptionally well in . exploiting the talents of his star-studded cast which included Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Group Says War Ovdr Washington—UP)— The District of Columbia Zoning . Commission has decided the was is ovex*. It. has rescinded a wartime order permit ting homeowners outside designat ed rooming house areas to take in more than two roomers to help Re lieve the housing pinch. Qampu TODAY thru SAT. FIRST RUN —Features Start— 1:40 - 3:45 - 5:50 - 7:55 - 10:00 BOGART AT HIS DEADLIEST! Peter Lorre, end the lat«t Conrad* vf *To jr onee-ln-a-Hfetlme role of “Rlek" -CroM sentimentalist *lth a iSsS-SS clastic, made by Columbia: stanlng none other than Hairbreadth Hum phrey himself, and now showing at the Campue. Columbia icriptera hive been scrupulously careful to leave the original —** 11 ‘ making o — have ously careful to leave * Casablanca” plot Intact, ne only « few changes here and there for comic effect. Bo gart, in a subtle imitation of his Casablanca “Rick", again wears his familiar trench coat and slouch hat. Again he is the owner of a night-club. Again his only love is married to another man, a respectable, refined chap. : Again a sentimental tune—this tim*» "These Foolish Things” which he asso ciates with his One And Only Florence Marly brings tears to his eyes, and provides the film’s back ground music. Compliments should be extend ed to thC entire cast for their ability to keep a straight face reciting the hilarious lints from this pungent comedy. Especially should the angular Miss Marly be congratulated. She reflected noUytbe slightest smile when ’ Grandfather Humphrey held Her f-7 1 ! -W in h|a doddering 1 arms and tered through 1 bayed i "Baby, I love ya! H Bogart la a knock-out ii hla first chance 3 comic talents. Rhys rome Courtland, and Seaaue I aysk- swa art also around to add to the jrtnsral mirth, i f | J Thursday and Friday evtnlngs' Gtrion Hall audlrt ed to the Aggie faring of the yeai If the gallons and ookes expended by George Plllavou and his ch»t ih any way - , y it the production, "R. U, R. J ’ sho|dd Im au< (nock-out in thiii day evt _ hmtes will be treat- < Players’ flist of« mr, ’^R. U. t.” bf blood, Jsweat, n(led by director [ and ■ i hnd h their preparation la In indicative of the quality .AST DAY “THE. LIFE O) RILEY” !— Starring — William Rendix T O N I T E — Lucky License ood it, an't forget all they had learn ed wan because a sliudc wouldn't ed. Wio In this barracks feel it is a very amall minority who made the ijeOueat. Wo know the Student Senate is doing all that is possible, hut there arc a few thinga for the Academic Council to consider: . (1) A large number of students have Ao travel a groat distance to get l)ome. This really knocks off the vacation time. (2) Some students could well use thSei monoy they could earrt by working during the holidays. (3) Nearly all other schools are getting out the seventeenth. We tjhink we speak for the ma jority of the students in asking (S(ee LETTERS, Page 4) ; -t' , & diki /*. x i- • Y-, . _ “j r SbafifUHfy 5ba.yA ■ 0 till Qk/Lidi+HGA Shop today in the ADVERTISING COLUMNS of / ii, The Battalion “Your Guide to Better Values” A Merry Xmas With PORTRAITS HEY YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO GET THAT PICTURE MADE FOR CHRISTMAS.; Don’t wait too late ... do it now! She’ll jbe pleased with a picture from— A&M PHOTO SHOP North Gate GOLDEN ROYAL TYPEWRITER | IN OUR WINDOW — 209 MAIN ST. 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