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“ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8,1M9
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More Unraveling for Our Traffic Tangli
From all indications, A&M is destined could pull into one
to have a traffic problem on its hands for park long enough
several years at least. The number of cars provided jit didn’t
on the campus, instead of decreasing as
the veteran enrollment dropped off, has
increased. However, there are still suffi
cient parking lots to handle the cars now
registered with-the Campus Security Of
fice even if some of the lots are pretty
crowded.
The traffic flow has been vastly inl
and then! vacate the
another ‘ in and ou
The problem of enforcing the short
time parking limit
of two wlays. A pa*
nated to check
meters could be installed.
could be solved ei
rolman could be d'
parking, or parking
We prefer the
proved with the designation of Military involve far less burden on the local police
Walk and Trail Street as one-way thor- force to make occieional checks on seve-
oughfares. Moving the new bus stop from ral parking meters
George’s was another step forward in bet- sign a patrolman
ter and safer traffic control^ as was the areas,
installation of diagonal parking on Trail The problem
Street. . meters is one we
All these moves have helped, but an
other problem faces us that bears look
ing into—the need for “short time’’ park
ing zones near Goodwin Hall, The Ex
change Store and the Administration
Building.
come by earmar
the meters to pa;
All of these buildings are centers for
campus visitors. Students, too, often have
occasion to drive to one or all of th^rrj to
transact business requiring just a few’niin- ji We Relieve th^ suggestion for special
utes. However, at none of these buildings
are there facilities for this “in and out”,,
type of parking. -
Would it not be advisable to designate
areas close to these buildings as special
15 minute parking areas? Car owners
t
of these special areas,
o transact his biitfeiness
exceed the time limit,
ice, leavjpg it for
iver.
atter Imethod. It would
than it would be to as-
to supervise unmetered
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f cash outlay for the
believe could be oyer-
the revenue from
their installation
in addition to their upkeep.
Desif [nation of special 15 minute park
ing areas was discussed last year by the
Student {Senate, and a recommendation for
their adoption wajs made to the Traffic
Committjee. However, nb action developed
as a result of this particular recommenda
tion.
be one vjlay to hel^
New Story; Old Commentator
15 minute parking areas again deserves
consideration by jthe Traffic Committee,
for our | traffic problem is still with us
and thefre is ever^r. indication that it will
be with ! us for tyany years. This would
tostatic copies of
them a piece had
and the bottom
them—and on each of
been cut out of the top
of the page, where the
stamp secret or confidential had been
placed.” I i :
also! found a letter on
ouse stat^nary “which impressed
the name Harry Hop-
e upper left hand cor-
Jordan said he
White Ho
me because it ha<}l
kins prihted in tip
ner.”
Part
“had a
hell of a
of the message, he said, went:
from Gfoves.”
Lewis, canrtily
me getting theSe away
A former Army officer told a new
story Friday night of communist under
cover operations complemented by a pinch
of political intrigue and a dash of treason.
During an interview on radio commen
tator Fulton Lewis’s 6 p.m. program, ; one-
time officer G. Racey Jordan, said that
wholesale lots of secret U. S. documents
and materials by Soviet officers called
uranium “bomb powder” were flown to
Russia under wartime pressure from the
" late Harry Hopkins. *
He said Hopkins, a close friend and,
advisor to‘the late President Roosevelt,
was “the button the Russians touched
every time they heeded emergney help.”
It all happened, Jordan told Lewis,
while he was stationed at Great Falls,
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Montana, where lend-lease planes took off
for Fairbanks, Alaska, for delivery to Rus
sian pilots.
Jordan said he becaihe suspicious of
the Russians because of the “ever in
creasing amount of baggage” they car- a presidential advisor actually serving in
ried,", no official capac|i;yl cbuld open channels
Finally, he began checking the large through which Rhsiiikn subversives, spies,
shipments of rope bound suitcases, he and esp||onage age its could leave the coun
said. r. try with top secret documents at any time.
In them he found “a tremendous quan- It cbuld have iiappbned. Only a thor-
tity of federal documents—carbon or pho- ough investigation can tell us for sure.
ted the
ral Leslie Groves j
exposing again, sugges-
reference bight have been to Gen-
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But [the question, "why is this news
makes us a little
skeptic concerning the complete implica
tions of} Friday nj^ht’s interview. |. \
intervieWerl however, makes us
whether our present system is so
The
wonder
powerfully throwri together that possibly
Ice Man, Stay’Way From My Door . . ,
Southwestern ice manufacturers were
told by their association president, Tom
Rqgers, that the ice man is here to stay.
Rogers cited that in 1940 ice production
totaled 2& million tons. Last year com
mercial ice production soared to 52 mil
lion tons.
Apparently the mechanical refrigera
tor has not made
ice industry, and
our back door a
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Instead of dri
American scene, 1
ers figures, the itjf
trenched at our
too deep inroads on the
Jiat man still comes to
kskb, “Ice today?”;
yjing the ice man from the
we fare to believe Rog-
man is more firmly en-
hack door than ever. I
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FACULTY PAjjEL COMMENTS
Editor, The Battalion: v |
This letter is not a ; condemna
tion of the Editors. Instead it ife a
subject of more Vital importance.
This letter is directed to the Fac
ulty Panel and a case Concerning a
good friend of mi[ie who at one time
persuaded me to|:stay at A&M. In
fact he has done this in many
ijiore cases.
This boy was recently booted out
of A&M for the remainder of the
semester. This (tadet l|ad a car at
A&M, He had, after a time, col
lected enough of Hickman’s call
ing cards to the point where he
had to redeem them or else lose his
campus license. Instead of paying
the fine (since he was taking his
(jar home at Thanksgiving) he had
Another boy ko| up before Hick
man and re-register his car un
der another namie. Before the week
>has out, the boy was caught and
deferred to Facultj^Panel.
; He had no defense. He knew this:
he tried to obtain another liceinse.
The only defenjse that he might
have had was that he was due for
h leg operation ^nd that the doctor
had told him to keej) off of his
llsg as much as possible. The Cadet’s
C. O. and an Arpiy Officer pleaded
for leniency. 5
j The Faculty ^anel took every
thing into consideration and gave
ihe verdict of guilty: He (the
Cadet) was dismissed from school
(A&M) until thp beginning of the
hext semester, [and was to be on
(•onduct probation on his return to
:r did) and that he
flowed to drive a
tar here at anyj time hereafter.
It was glad to[ see that the Facul
ty Panel was lejiient. If that’s len
iency, I’m glad | he pleaded for it
Official Notice
\ Will the studentji having the following
1. D. numbers plealse come by Dean Bar
low's Office, Rm. 210 Petroleum Building,
jfirst vacant period or call 4-5744.
I 49, 74 Brumsonj 95 Barta. 2*7, Wood,
til* Walker, 425 l)lortcn, ‘36 Lancaster,
il40 McDaniel. 455j 464 Nelron, 4S0 Mc-
(Murry, 466 Thomas. 504 Nelson. 505 Mas-
pay,, 5-S3 Oradat, 607 Yater, 617 McElroy,
622 Lynch, 624 Morris, 686 Simpson, 637
Hendricks, 639 Mi(se8ka, 649, Walsh, 658
Mikeska. 655, 688 [Morrow,
702 Lawson, 712 Clontnger, 713 Marble,
715 Schmidt, 722 McDaniel, 757 Fluker.
>764 Sewell. 766, 789 Anderson, B. J., 775
Jones. R.. E.. 1746 Smith. 1863 Miller,
;Roy (Annex). 2828 Garcia. Gelso, 3177.
bl7s. 3266 Lewies, W. M., 3322 Goodyear.
If. M.. 3403, 3412 fall. 3442 Price. <?■ F„
13443, 35)1 Ramsey, 3810 Robbins. 3709
iZabick, Wm. L. [3851, Johnson. Jl E.,
B895, 3914 Green, jC. V.
j 39969, 4016 Joi(es, Edwin. 4038,. 4157
iMillcr, J. B., 4190 Smith, C. R.; 4196
Liohnson, R. B 4264 Ramsey, Elwood,
i4305 Jones, R. O. 1382 Miller. Wallace.
■1479 Anderson, Wjllard. 4485, 4581, 4673
joray, J. D , 4899.1(880, 4795. 5079 Jones,
5211. 5216. 5295 Price, Bill, 5141 Smith,
jChas. R., 5543 Thompson, 5549 Cox, W.
1L, 5571. 5722 Plfice. C. F., 5810, 5921
W’rlght. Bobby, 630:1, 6316 , 6373, toll
IJones, R E., 7051 Wilson, Wm.. 7325
Lewi*. W. M 747)6 Davis, R. 8
I AI»o, will the following stutttnls who
liuve I. D. numbenl between the*< numbers
j report to Dean Barlows Office:;
i 518 through 565;
777 thru 1631 , [
jsKOOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS
[SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
All secor.l and third year atudents tn the
School of Veterinary Medicine are required
to attend the meeting on "The Bureau of
Animal Industry trainee iprograito" from
!h a. M. to ft A. M on Tuesday, December
13th, in the amphitheatre of the Veterinary
IHospital.
Scheduled classeji for these students will
!be dismissed for this hour.
(Signed) I. B. BOUOHtON. Dean ,
School [ of Veterinary Medicine
a student or employee of the
signed hY
■ libelous Tnatertal will be published. Per-
their names withheld from publication may request such action
writor.
A&M (if he eve
would not be
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be divulged to any persons
because under other circumstances
it would have probably been the
firing squad. There is very little
that the faculty panel can do now,
but if in any way possible the
Faculty Panel could give this boy
another chance, if only to finish
this semester, I think that it should
- be done. And I cot^d get the sig
natures of hundreds Of students and
quite a few profs that would feel
the same way.
I’ll be the first to ad^nit that the
Cadet in question did do wrong, but
the punishment inflicted is too
harsh and is contrary to my belief
of justice at A&M.
Name withheld by request
j WHAT’S THE SCORE?
Editor, The Battalion:
' What’s the matter with the
“News of Aggieland” program on
W T A W I? Don’t they consider
A&M’s game with St. Louis im
portant enough to mention on their
Wednesday morning broadcast?
It seems like the score could
have been announced Without much
ejffort, or aren’t they interested ?
Tom Current i’50.
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Dinner Scheduled
The Collegiate Chapter of the
F. F. A. will hold a student-pro
fessor banquet oh December 10 at
7:30 p. ni, J. D. Hampton, presi
dent, announced.
This is a revival of au old cus
tom Hampton said. It will be the
first of these banquets to lie held
in several semesters. The banquet
will be held at the Maggie Parker
dining room in Bryah.
Each F. F. A. member may in
vite one professor to be his guest
for the evening. The professor
need not be. in the school of ag
riculture to be eligible, Hampton
concluded.
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BY HAL BOYLE
New York—bPi—Squire
feller hgs our town in a
It’s about that Christ
he put up between his ice
the RCA building.
The Squire is a right neighborly
fellow. Every year about this time
hn hired hands whack down * tall
tree somewheres, and )uuil S it
into town and put it up—for the
community to look at fret.
It’s got so that the Christmas
season isn’t official in these parts
until the Rockefeller tree is in,
Well, all last week our town
was as excited as Dan'l Boone
at a turkey shoot. Word hid got
Mi~Calh
Interviews
1.) December 8—Foley Brothers
will be on the campus to inter
view men interested in retail mer
chandising.
(2.) December 9—Magnolia Pe
troleum Company will interview
men for positions as Junior Geo
physical Engineer.
{ AgricnKwe, - U J
(1.) General Mills, Inc., will have
two openings for trainee^ in sales
in the near future. Interested ap
plicants should contact the place
ment office by December 9 And ar
range to send application or per
sonnel leaflet to company for con
sideration.
(2.) The Arp Nursery Company
in Tyler, Texas, is interested in
one or two men to work with their
company. They will consider rhen
who are unable to complete their
work, as well as graduates. They
prefer married men.
Engineering
(1.) The City Public Service
Boanl of San Antonio, teias, has
a cadet course for training young
engineers, both electrical and mech
anical, for positions in the various
departments of the organization.
After training the engineer) is then
placed in the type of wprk for
which he feels he is most adaptable,
(2.) The Ground Water Branch
of the U. S. Geological Survey has
positions open for two men as
Engineer, Hydraulic, GS--5, for
work on ground-water investiga
tions in Oklahoma.
(3.) The Gulf Research and De
velopment Company has a number
of positions open in research and
development work on pfetroleum
products. They are particularly in
terested in chemists (B. S. degree),
Chemical Engineers (M. JS. or; B.
S. degree), mechanical engineers
or physics majors.
Liberal Arts: I 1 ’ f
(1). Connecticut General JLife
Insurance Company is interested in
receiving applications from Janu
ary and June graduates Who would
like to be considered for their
training program. Application
forms available at placement [ of
fice.
■round, sowehow, that this year
the pqiilre had really outdone
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in‘•omne|i'to web
corner. le
seemed like everyone Was there for
the big hoedown ’cepling Grover
Whalen, who was busyiih his per
fume shopr-a customer had just
walked In.
Well, sir, our folks took one
look at Squire RpckeftlleFij 1949
Christmas tree—and all hullaballo
broke loose. The tree wajpen’t
over.
“The dang thing musta fainted!”
said a visitor from Brooklyn;
New Grand Knight
Elected by K of C
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Sam Liberto Jr., past deputy
grand knight, was elected Grand
Knight of the College Station
Knights of Columbus, Council 3205,
at a regular meeting held last
Thursday evening.
Liberto, a chemical engineering
senior, is from San Antonio. While
in the navy, he served aboard two
destroyer escorts in the Atlantic
and the Pacific. Sam’s father, a
past Grand Knight of Council 780
and past district deputy,: i s the
state activity chairmarf. ;
Robert C. Jacks, faculty member
of the Agricultural Engineering
Department, was elected deputy
grand knight. Jaska had the rank
of captain when he was with the
Air Force during the wari He is
from Ross, Texas.
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James H. Middleton Jr.'sopho
more student majoring in I. E.
was elected Warden of the coun
cil. [ ,
Plans wfere made for a : social
meeting to be held at the: Bryan
K of C Hall, Thursday, December
16 at 7 p. m., Liberto said)
“No, w« done It deliberate,
said a hired hand, importantly.
“The sqaire didn't want to eatd
the town on fire by no accident
So we sprayed the tree with 20(
gallons of white camofiage pain
—it’s fire-retardin’. Ain’t she n
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Well, yesi And, well,
The town has beed a-argu n’
about that, ’air tree for day*.
Some folits come right opt flit
and say: T
“Wc got to grow up with tie
times. .Nobody in Boston would
think’ve settin’ up a white Chrii t-
broke loose. The tree wayent green mas tree. The squire has kep’ is
at all. Twar white—yep, white all ahead agin.”
‘ m r But other folks are just as «ot
t’other way.
“He oughta tear it down aid
start all over,” they opine. ’ * It
ain’t. a Christmas tree to begin
with. It’s all painted.”
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