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111 Favor of Numerous Aggiette Croups
In Temple a group of young ladies have A This jap^ntaneous action by the girls
dehionstrated their loyalty to the Maroon / forming thej Aggiettes Is a wholesome
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and White and their preference for the
men from A&M by the formation of the
Texas Aggiettes.
) : Thirteen fair damsels have banded to
gether as charter members in this organ
ization whose purpose is to “show a de
finite interest in Texas A&M College.”
This group, sanctioned by the Temple
A&M Mothers’ Club, wants Aggies inter
ested in Temple. To further this interest
the Aggiettes offer to provide “cute and
nice dates” for Aggies visiting Temple.
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and gain
charming
a relationship that bids
it everyone who participates.
the thirteen girls have done in
Temple, cauld ibe done in a multitude of
Texas towns and cities. By both the girls
and Aggies participating in the Aggiettes’
endeavor iri the spirit in which it is of
fered, mo’ei Aggies can see life in sections
te they are now unfamiliar with,
this while in the company of a
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Never Say ‘No’ to Uncle Sam’s Dollars . . .
r Addressing Dallas’ Knife and Fork lead us to a planned economy in whicjh the
Clubbers in Dallas earlier this week, Re- individual vyould be subservient to an all
publican Senator Karl Mundt suggested powerful state,” Mundt said,
that Texas, “as the most progressive
southern state”, should take the lead to
ward realignment of political parties in
this country. ’ > ^
? This realignment would follow along
r the lines of what people believed, not the
hodge-podge of mixed political views we
have now in both major political parties.
Mundt cited himself as an example of a
man in one political party quite often em-
barassing the views of another.
These views of Mundt are what we feel
the greater percent of our people believe,
Americans all. Yet, Texas can not assume
the leadei-ship in this drive toward truer
alignmeni; of voters by ideals than parties
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, ernment j most of the prerogatives that
“Time and time again I have walked state governments formerly held,
down the aisle with Democrats to fight While denouncing further federal con
fer free enterprise, human freedom and trols, our hands are extended for more
human rights against those who would of the national government’s services.
On Hellraising Visiting Congressmen r . . j
“Characters, characters, never people.” about the {countries he visits, and 3) emits
This might well have been the comment of a regular flow iof outrageous quotes timed
at the vcteii back home.”
until Texans find themselves politically.
Traditionally "we have been of a state’s
rights disposition, but the hand-outs from
Washington are too good for our state to
refuse. We, along with the rest of the na
tion, hav j defaulted to the national gov-
most Europeans after recent visits in
their various countries by Congressmen
dropping in to see how our money is be
ing spent.
Senator Elmer Thomas seems to have
been the prize/character of them all. In
Sweden (he didn’t remember if Sweden
had a king or not) the Senator felt he was
not shown the hospitality that a visiting
United States Senator should receive. He
'told the press about it. i
Jn France his committee toured Paris’
night clubs and reported them fav
orably. Also a “tall, slim fellow” (Defense
Minister Rene Pleven) showed our good
Senator from Oklahoma Napoleoiji’s moth
er’s room. But Thomas couldn’t remember
his distinguished guide’s name.
In Spain, Franco’s hospitality was so
With dl but a few of the Congressmen
home for Christmas fence building, they
have left the characters among them, a
rather uncomplimentary ! record behind
them. Two Congressmen had to be carried
off ships in a state of intoxication, one
threw all his luggage out : a train window,
and two lost their pants (in ^ Spanish
train), and complained about it publically.
well meaning, serious Congress-
d made sincere effbrts toward find-
bseful information in Europe that
would held them as American legislators
didn’t mjake headlines and didn’t make
dements for the press.
Europeans, who are human enough to
. prefer to laugh at the bad in us than cre
dit us fob our good, had much to laugh at
in the recent Congressional visits. Instead
The
men wh
ing out
asinine st
graciously bestowed that Senator ^Jhomas of being
recommended a loan to Spain. K
Time magazine, commenting;Ion Tjao-
mas and other Congressmen who toured
Europe recently (at governmental ex
pense)" said: “All in all, Europeans were
given ample evidence! that the U. S. Con-
nations,
represen
ed more
:he great benefactor of European
unbehaving Congressmen have
;ed us as being ia people impres-
by night clubs and fine whiskies
than reconstruction and post war devel
opment.
Unfortunately, Senator Thomas is not
gressman is a man who“l) smokes cigars alone in pleasuring the worth or culture of
and seems to be searching subconsciously
—for a/cuspidor, 2) is a ferociously accurate
judge of whisky,, but is incredibly naive
a nation
directly proportional to the hos
pitality g pd luxurious display each country’
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interrupted by a passerby as he stabbed a board of trade explained why the city was
woman in the back, Bertram Bishop short or publicity during fire-prevention
quickly explained; “It’s all right, it’s only week: all the literature had been destroyed
my wife.”
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(AH letters to the editor which
college and which do not e<
sons wishing. to have their
and these names will not,
other than the editors.)
OKLAHOMA EDITORIA!
Editor, The Battalion:
The telegram sent to G: U. by
the president of the Student Sen
ate stating our regrets of their
misfortune and asking if there
was anything we could do to help
was a very good gesture on our
part. However, I’ni sure that it
was not meant merely as a ges
ture to better relations between the
two schools, but a sincere desire to
help. This desire i to help should
never be degraded or marred
by implying It as such. Since when
do Aggies have to pat themselves
oq the back so vigorously for a
good deed ?
Congratulations to Keith for ex-
prossipg the feelings of all of us.
Uuuy Roots ’50
A (TIKKRY CHRINTMAS
THOUGHT
Editor, The Battalion:
Wc fed that we exp^ss the
opinion of all out-of-state j students
and of the larger percentage of
students from this state when wc
say that we have been done a
great injustice. You’ve guessed it—
we’re,referring to the short Christ
mas holidays.
Wc take our hats oflf to bur
competent planners—a t!vko year
old child couldn’t have fouled
things up anymore. Just why
wasn’t some thought given to the
Students for a change instead of
the planning board’s own personal
Official Notice
signed by a student or employee of the
or libelous material will be published. Per-
from publication may request such action
‘ of the writer, be divulged to any persona
desires?
So the Southern Regional Cre
diting Association requires that
we attend school eighteen weeks
each semester? Other schools are
getting longer holidays, why can’t
we? Oh! That’s right, we just
remembered that we had two holi
days (Corps Trips) this semes
ter. Actually, there two holidays
were Saturday, total time one day,
«or eight hoqrs of classes.
Although these two days were
considered as holidays, we were
under College jurisdiction the en
tire time. One of the main sources
of trouble with this fair institu
tion is that the officials feel that
they're giving us the state of Tex
as when they grant us one small
favor . . .
Of course, we realite the short
holidays are of no Inconvenience,
that Is, If you live in College Sta-*
lion, But, there are many of us,
who have to travel over 1,000 miles
to get home, Don't think we're
complaining—we don't mind get
ting home on Christmas day. That
gives us plenty of time to do otir
Christmas shopping, pack, and
come back. We really don't mind
this at all—after all, this is the
only time that wo will be able to
go home all year.
In short, maybe wc should bo
thankful for having any time off at
ail, but somehow wc don’t feel
happy about spending just one
week out of nine months at home.
E. L- Meek 51
Jacksonville, Fla.
J. H. Modlin ’51
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Will the students having the following
I. D. numbers please come by Dean Bar-
low's Office, Rm. 210 Petroleum Building,
first vacant period or call 4-57)4.
49, 74 Brumson, 95 Barta. 4«7 Wood,
31S Walker, 423 Morten, 436 Lancaster,
440 McDaniel, 455, 461 Nelson, 480 Mc-
Murry, 486 Thomas, 504 Nelson, 505 Mas
sey,, 583 Oradat, 607 Yater, 617 McElroy,
622 Lynch, 624 Morris, 636 Simpson, 637
Hendricks. 639 Mikeska. 649, Walsh, 658
Mlkeska, 655, 688 Morrow,
702 Lawson, 712 Cloninger, 713 Marble,
715 Schmidt 722 McDaniel, 757. Fluker,
764 Sewell, 766, 769 Anderson,. B. J., 775
Jones, R. E.. 1766 Smith, 1^63 Miller,
Roy (Annex!, 2828 Garcia, Gelso, 3177,
3178, 3266 Lewiss, W. M.. 3322 Goodyear,
J. M., 3403, 3412 Latt. 3412 Price, C. F.,
3443, 3511 Ramsey, 3610 Rotybtns, 3709
Zabick. Wm. L. 3851, Johnson, J. JS.,
3895. 3944 Green, C. V.
39969. 4016 Jones, Edwin, i 4038, 4157
Miller, J. B.. 4190 Smith. ():(. R , 4196
Johnson, R. B. 4264 Ramsey, Elwood.
4305 Jones, R. G., 4382 Miller. Wallace.
4479 Anderson, Willard, 4485, 4561, 4873
Gray, J. D.. 4899. 4850, 4795. 15079 Jones,
5214. 521$. 5295 Price, Bill. 5441 Smith.
Chas. R., 5543 Thompson. 5549 Cox, W.
H.. 5574, 5722 Pr|ice, C. F„ 5810, 5921
Wright. Bobby, 6303, 6316, [6373, 6941
Jones, R. E.. 7061 Wilson, Wm., 7325
Lewis. W. M., 7476 Davis, R. B.
Also, will the following students who
have I. D. numbers between these numbers
report to Dean Barlow's Of fid):
648 through 565
777 thru 1631
SECOND AND THIRD YEAR (sTCDENTS
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
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iVi seconl and tl||rd year *ti[jlents In the
School of Veterinary Medicine are required
to attend the meeting on "Thf Bureau of
Animal Industry Trainee Proirtm" from
8 A. M, to 9 A M, on Tuendif, DooombOr
13th. in the amphithaatre of thf Veterinary
llnspltij,
Hrlmduted cUsers for these student! will
be dismissed for this hour.
(Signed) I. B. UOUOHTON. ilHta l
school of Vft»rU>ory Madlctea
WE AREN’T WELCOME
‘DOWN THERE’ EITHER
Editor, The Battalion: ;
I have not delayed writing this
because it is my belief that after
a “cooling off.” period of an^ length
your ridiculous Open Letter to the
TU Football Squad would lose none
of its childish absurdity.
I am quite aware that activities
at A&M are not of the most excit
ing and varied nature; therefore
subject matter for editorials is
undoubtedly hard to find. However,
it is somewhat surprising to note
that the editor of the student
newspaper is reduced to filling
his editorial columns with the
petty, rabble rousing assertions
which comprise your long winded
letter.
Although the text of. the letter
does not refleqt any large amount
of mature thinking, perhaps the
most amusing feature of the edi
torial obviously false. This pattern
is developed in three parts. First
you compliment the Texas team’s
“terrific play,” a fact which was
clearly apparent to any spectator
and hardly worthy of mention
again.
Then you progress into a long
tirade denouncing the Texas team,
in which you exhaust several par
agraphs explaining that virtue ia
its own reward. Here is should he
considered that there seems to be
iwme question regarding the “vir
tue” of the Aggie team insofar as
the Aggie pride in its team, a
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coring tools, but not
few weeks baa there
effort to combine
•f these two Indus-
a more rco-
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Icatting.
At this time it is thought that
nuch equipment can-be produced
for approxijmately one-third the
most of the present day rig.”
Edward If. Kelly of Houston
said that "the success of sand con
solidation depends to a very
exten upon proper preparation
the subject well as, for exampl
by pulling old screens or “
squeezing for xone isolation, etc.
Bam| Consolidation |
"Sand consolida
using "Use of Ss
Plastic," as hi* subject, "is not
cheap senree, itself and
not be attempted unless the
tor is willing to go to the
expense of properly a
the well, thereby giving
assurance o|f the success , of
job.” , ;i !
Thomas S|. West of San
W. D. Owl hey of Duncan,
Bruce Barkis of Houston,
Bush of Odessa, and H. T.
nedy of A&fd also delivered talk*.;
A paper on "Important Factors
Contributing to Corrosion Fatigue
of Drill Pipe,” by Riley V. Carl
ton, senior petroleum enj
student at Texas Tech, w
place in the student pap
test. Papen were entered
dents from the University of Tex
as A&M and the Tech winner.
(LETTERS, CONTINUED)
feature generally prevalent at
any school, you enter the last
phase of ypur letter in which you
pledge veng enance next year,
indeed hope that you will
ing to win in 1950.
Your fin*l paragraph, consist
ing of two words, is intendedj I
presume, to provide a dramatic and
forceful impact to the close of the
letter. \ r<
It doesn’t,
It is my! opinion that the [of
ficials are quite able to officiate
at football games without the as
sistance off your editorial writer,
who possibly has room for improve
ment in the field of journalism.
Respectively youfe,
Sloan Blair, Jr.
UniverNity of Texas
(Editors! Note—We are stir
red by Blelr’s confidence In the
officials shd his modrstly-stet-
ed pride ii) the University team.
Will all men who offered us
tickets to Austin please exchange
them for Another city?)
A WO^tl) OK THANKS! ;
Editor, The Battalion:
In this day of many gripes about
the college and its ways of doing
things, 1 would like to change the
tempo * b)t and pass on to the
student body a complimentary bote
on one of tlfe
had lots
with.
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Congratulations
is A&M for the
Texas
lems of
sequenofri
to the Corps of Cadets and all others at
M MJf* AKTaiilJUai tv
from the fact! that storag
j not entirely adequate re
ntenance, there were no At
idea of any con 7
Texas A&M ia ;a name which I have heard praised
throughout the Army of the United States, both It homb
overseas, especially ih those places where the going was
toughest It is a
and overseas, especially in those places whejre the going
1 a name of which every Texan can be justly
proud. Thre is a spirit of manliness and fortitude it Texas
AAM which can be Wt as soon a. anyone atepa on the cam-
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de corps are extremely high. Diacij
from without, but which spr
cadet, is both spontaneous and 1
and dvilian courtesy are observed ^
-respect together with fidelity to
A&M stands.
MSorale and espi
hne, which is not *
within
from within the
perb. Military
a manner Which
the ideals for which
Tift manner in Which the cadets of Texas A&M are aJ-
quiring in their character the elements of mental and. moral
fitness, the trait of helpfulness and inspiration to their fel-
lowmen, indicate that they will be leaders of any future emer
gency as
they were in our last mobilization.
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doubt whether the hospitals at
their own schools would; have done
as good a job.
We hope next year when We hold
Our rodeo that we will pave a less
cramped and dangcrou? arena. If
we do, maybe we won’t have as
many injuries as We hid this last
time. |[ ;
Thanks Again.
Charlie Rankin,
Texa* Aggie Rodeo
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bf criticism to contend
I am speaking of the College
Hospital and all its staff.
At the recent Aggie Intercol
legiate Rodeo, several of the men
were hurt, two of them pretty
badly. The college ambulance,
which was it all three performan
ces, took these injured men to
the hospital where they were
quickly giVen the best of treat
ment. j J /,
Dr. Mari^h did an excellent job
of surgery on one man who almost
lost an ear.! The man’s parents Were
very pleased with the treatment
given thei(- son. Another man
whose ami was dislocated had it
cared for, too.
The Texas Aggie Rodeo Asso
ciation wishes to Express its Sin
cere thanks to ev^ry member of
the hospital staff for their help.
Fifteen colleges were represented
at the rodeo and all the nien
who participated commented fav
orably on the cooperation of the
college hospital. They expressed
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