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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16* 1949
agedy ...
In less than a week, students here Will
their trips homeward. For some
will be long treks; for others, only
aj fe# hours Will elapse before they arrive.
But for all, the way will M>e dan
gerous. Every tiihe you drive along a
highway, the element of chance enters.
With- only a minimum of effort and
thought, however, this element may be
equally minimized.
Throughout today’s special safety edi-:
tion, we are warned of the many traffic
hazards andrbther accident fates which
may await us. Many of these stories con
tain statistics, and behind each digit in
true. Facts have proven these figures from
year to year, With few exceptions.
Each year. after A&M students return
to College Station, there is al too gften a
few who do n6t return. The solemn notes
of Silver Taps ring out through the cold
night air of January, in ironic answer to
bells which had only a few rights before
rung out in celebration of the New Year.
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By observing and sincere y practicing
only a few rpldsof safety, the ghastly total
of holiday dieaiths in Texas and across the
nation could Ipse a few digits. Here, as in
perhaps few other colleges* we feel heav-
these statistics lies many unrevealed tales, ily the weight of an empty chair in the
tales of tragedy, of thoughtlessness, mess-hall, an fempty bunk in the dormitor-
You, too, can become a statistic. Esti- ies.
mates of the number of Texans who will This year* will that empty chair or
never see another Christmas are high but bed belong to you ?
For a Bigger Baylor stadium and Corps Trip ...
Baylor’s Daily Lariat led with
lowing editorial titled “Brother A&M” in
its December 7 paper:
“The Aggies lead the way ag^in
the fol-
what they prpach. [ . 1
With a sthool like this less. than a
hundred miles from our campus extending
the warm handshake of courtesy and
On the eve of the Baylor stadium cam- sportsmanship, it should make us stop and
think. Have we treated them with the
same type of courtesy? Probably not. It’s
still not too fate to start.
Although jit is not New Years yet, we
can put one resolution down in our little
black books. That resolution should be to
;4ent Life Committee, representing the stu- extend more friendliness and sportsman-
Jlent body at Texas A&M College, ah ac- ship to our fellow Southwest Conference
pompanying letter from C. G. White, as- schools.”
- sistant dean of students for activities at We praise the Student Life Commit-
A&M said that the bond buying had been tee’s wise and sportsmanlike! investment—
)aign dinners, (which were held in about
Seven states, including the Distript of Cob
umbia) it was announced that Te^as A&M
had purchased a, $100 Baylor Stadium
Bond. ^ .
The bond was purchased by the Stu-
fipproved unanimously by the student sen-
jato. White gave the reason for the pur-
lehano of the bond “as a purpose of promot
ing continued good relations between the
♦Undents of Texas A&M College and Bay
lor University,"
wise because the bond will yield a 3'; in
terest return and a mountain of goodwill,
Nportsmifnlikb because it gives our stamp
of approval on Baylor’s construction of a
larger and better stadium]
In Waco, Baylor-A&M games are us-
Once again the Aggies from Aggieiand ually Hell-outs. The target stadium will
lead the way in sportsmanship. They were profit bntk schools in gate receipts. And
|the. originators of the Sportsmanship a new stadlgm fa a good thing for any
Award and It seems they are practicing school to ImVe.
Texas Good Neighbors Being Neighborly .
Discrimination in Texas against per
sons of Mexican ancestry no longer poses
a big problem but still continues to be an
annoying one. !■ *
| - Major opponent a*nd current arch ene
my of this discrimination is a home state
organization known as the Texas Good
Neighbor Commission. And true to their
name, members of the commission are do
ing their utmost to create better relations
between Texans.
Thomas C. Sutherland, executive sec
retary, in speaking to an executive session
of the commission recently, remar
this form of prejudice against persons of
Mexican ancestry appears most frequently
in the form of refusal of service in public
places. ! ..
Various plans adopted at the meeting
to improve relations and elihnnate dis
criminations include letter writing to La-
tin-Americari organizatioifa in Texas, for
eign relations committees]of chambers of
commercd;. and other groups to explain
the commission^ objectives. A resolution
was also adopted seeking Governor Allan
Shivers’ kid in keeping alive, the “border
project,” a plan originated between El
Paso and its Mexican municipal neighbor,
Juarez, to work together in the sociologi
cal field.
munities
was accei
resolution
Texas com-
to (promote teaching of Spanish
rked that Although the results of these resolu
tions will not be tangible enough to mea
sure witliin any near time in the future,
the merj fact tjhat such organizations
exist and ate operating is consolation
that soifieday “good neighbor,”
ore; than just a noun and its mod-
enough
will be m
ifier.
Forty Acres Department: Gleaned former Deah W. F. Gidley, to whom the
from the Daily Texan are these words of DT attributes the remark, our award-of-
alleged wisdom—"Only God can make a the-weeh—One slightly used Joe Miller’s
tree, but A&M can make a sap.V And to Joke Bojik for would-be jokesters.
The Batta
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"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly gentleman"
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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college and which do not {contain obscene or libelous material WU1 be published. Per
sons wishing to have their names withheld from publication may request such action
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GOOD ADVICE
Editor, The Battalion:
The true flower of Texas woman
hood came into it’s own last week.
It is not as it seerris: that Bell
L'rt such action
fact faought about a club tailed
the “AgpjietteR” which is formed
of Kiils (as described in the Batt)
that prcfdr to go with Aggies. We
hope that] any Aggie who goes to
pie spoking n date I willi not
County 1 Aggies aren’t red blooded bring anj^ discredit on the school
enough to take care of the cream and (•onscqucntly cause the dis-
of feminine pulchritude but that solution of this club. It is for the
there are so many beautiful girls furthering of Aggie: ^ “interests”
in Temple, Belton ana vicinity that
we arc able to. accomodate pnly a
small portion of these girfa.VThis
T-'Tr—1”
any abuse rould easily ruin the
purpose and fix it where an Ag-
(See LETTERS, Page 4, Sec. 1)
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Christmas
Dances
E COUNTY
dinner-
BASTROP
A&M CLUB,
dance, Friday, Dec.
MoeV Restaurant, Gi
per couple.
DEL RIO A&M CLUB, Thura-
day, December 29, 9 to 1, Fire
man’s Hell,. Buddy Hancock’s or
chestra, $8.00 stag or drag.
ENLISTED MEN’S WIVES
CLUB, Christmas social, Ray
(’handler Home, 1009 E. 29th; St.,
Thursday, Dec. 16, 7:30 p. tn.
FALLS COUNTY A&M CLUB,
Christmas dance, Dec. 80, 9 'p. m.,
Falls Hotel, Marlin, Aggieiand
Orchestra.
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Fin Feather Club. 7 p. m<
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Scenic Wondefjand Nightclub,
?mland Orchestra, floor aliowj
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PORT ARTHUR
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Legion Hall. All
friends are Invited.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB,
, December 30, 7:30 r. m.
Room. Business Meet-;
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