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And, he gives us ii method by which
that balances “sue-
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done only through
I believe It can
a reorientation of pur Standards,” he said,
. We recently read a report of one of tragedy,
* the rare public speeches given by Charles war which he voluntarily faced many
A. Lindbergh. Speaking at a dinner of times, flying dozens of combat missions as
the Aero Club of Washington at which he a civilian fighter pilot. As a result of his
received the Wright Brothers Memorial observations, he says it is time for us to
Trophy for high public service to aviation, revaluate and readjust our lives,
the “Lone Eagle” spoke” out against what
. he termed our separation from “the bal
anced quality of life.” h . i
He referred to our tendency to let
“science hypnotize us- into believing that
simply by sitting in front of deskq and
drawing boards and instruments alf day,
we are contributing to the character of
man.” He maintained that modern man
• has neglected the “other qualities of life,
qualities of .body and spirit as well as
those of mind—qualities he can not de
velop when he lets mechanics and luxury
insulate him too greatly from the earth
to which he was born.” He said we should
balance these other qualities with science
if we are to survive.
Lindbergh has had the type of back-
ground which should cause us to give
much weight to his statements. Within
little more than two decades he has had
“only by placing
above the
character of man
lue eff hjis products. If we
are to be finally successful, we must mea
sure scientific accomplishments by their
effect onmaii himself.”
Lindbergh, again, has struck out alone.
The first time he did it the people of
the world applauded and took his exam
ple not as a goal in itself, but as a starting
place for'progress in 1;he field of aviation.
This time we hope the people of the
world again will look cjn and applaud. And
we hope they will take his words and use
them as they did his first deed—as a
the opportunity to judge the ways of man starting place for progress. This time,
while he, himself, endured in quick sue- however, tnej progress will be in a greater
cession international fame, deep personal field—the field of the human spirit.
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What A Little Gumption Can Do . . .
The people of Jefferson County have mosquitoes, and suffering from bites as
already made one New Year’s resolution— numerous as measle specks, the people of
to wage total war on all Dipteras. Fur- Jefferson County began a campaign to
thermore, the Jeffersonians have given soothe the situation. They got their state
fair warning to the Dipteras that their do- legislators to introduce a bill allowing
mains will be invaded January 1, 1950.
Death to the Dipteras until only a few
billion are left is the battlecry down on
the bayous. * i-
In case you’re not from Jefferson
County, Dipteras are small mosquitoes
that have been plagueing that section of
the country for years.
Leading the county’s invasion against just the sah^e as it had for many years in
the dive bombing pests will be a mosquito- the past, decided,' with the aid of a
counties along the Gulf Coast to set up
mosquito control districts. The bill pass
ed and. allowed them to levy a small tax
to raise funds for the battle.
Their insignificant campaign at one
time was
one tired,
sufferer’s imagination. But realizing that
the annoying predicament would continue
same
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is most likely only the figipent of
d, harried, scratched-out mosquito
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fighting specialist from New Jersey. He’ll little gumptipn, to do|something about it.
throw everything into the fray from fiv^ He did, and the results after January 1
<pst gratifying to the residents
of Jefferson County.
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Simple as it sounds, he realized that
miracles jbst donjt happen.
Too man^ people don’t.
| mobile units for inspection, spraying, and may be m
dusting to airplanes laying down hot fpg
for areas otherwise unaccessible. And he
has a war budget of $91,794.14.
■ Tired of srpelling dtronella, slapping
just Make Mine Union Music
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There will bje no music unless it’s union games and) ctlier sport activities will be
music in Madison Square Garden, if Janjes endangered if such a ban is enacted..
C. “Little Caesar’’ Petrillo has his wiy. Meanwhile, the Garden officials are
The strong-willed, frustrated trumpet- staying asl neutral as possible. Petrillo
er has again come out in defense of his realizes that; (they are over the well-known
music-makers, straining all resources to barrel, sinpe he could keep all musicians
keep his men in valve oil. This time he from playing for any other activity in
has tpssed a ban on college musical organ- Gotham’s aifgest show place,
izations playing in the Garden. ; ~ If the, musician’s union continues ex-
. Actually, Petrillo stands on firm ploiting every possibility for employment,
ground in the edict, since the GayderHs the situation may someday involve our lo-
a private enterprise. His action is legal- cal communjty. We fear that such a
ly justified, officials of the Garden being strong union might so invade the music
in business for more than observing bas- world that; the~Brazos Chapter, Amalga-
ketball games.
~ New York colleges are planning to
fight the order, afraid that their football
mated Association of Fox Hunters, must
hire a union
the hunt.”
man to sound their “call to
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Editor, he Battalion:
This is a letter to- tell the boys,
who ever they may. be, who have
been singing Christmas carols in
College View the last few nights
how much we have enjoyed them.
It has given us quite a bit of that
good ole spirit which ive were a lit
tle slow in getting this year.
Among many other wonderful
things which we . will remember
about A&M this will lie one of the
most pleasant ones you may be
sure.
Beth and Joe. Denman C-9-X
Bettye and AI ^Veiling C-9-D
Editor, The Battalion:
In regards to the letter written
by one of the local belles—all I
can say is, if thete are any that
are as luscious as the beauties
from Temple (unattached that is),
I haven’t run across therti. If any
local “pretty and nice” girls think
they can meet the standards and
qualifications of the Temple tan-
talizers, please have them contact
Joe Straus, Box 1882, College Sta
tion.
Sincerely,
Joe Straus
Scientists Answer
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New Atom Problem
BY ELTON C. FAY
Washington, Dec. 20 —United
States scientists are finding ans
wers to one of the most difficult
and terrifying problems of atomic
warfare.
For three years they have sought
a safeguard against ;the lingering
and lethal radioactive poison cre
ated in some types of A-bomb ex
plosions. The search has gone on
since the underwater explosion of
an atomic bomb in the Bikini
tytst* of 1946.
The results of tho*e tests start
ed military and atomic energy com
mission (A EC) scientists looking
for ways to prevent contamination
of people and objects or to cleanse
areas and objects of the poison.
A new publication of the AEC
on “handling radioactive wastes”
and a summary of studies written
by an Army engineer show the
problem is not quite as hopeless
as was once believed.
The AEC report mentions that
its Oak Ridge, Tcnri., laboratories
have been seeking better methods
for decontaminating buildings,
equipment and general areas. Then
it comments:
“This work will be useful not
only in the atomijc energy program
hut also to the arMed forces in
developing means of decontamin
ating equipment jn combat zones.
“Progress is reported on the
development of strippable films
which can be used to cover con
taminated apparatus and, if ne-
cessory, placed by remote control.’
At Bikini; various experimental
efforts were made to cleanse ships
of the radioactive Contamination.
Lt. Col. Richard D. Wolfe, army
engineer, in an article appearing in
the current editions ofe two un
official magazines, the Antiaircraft
Journal and MJilitAry Engineer,
describes three general methods
tried.
“The first,” he writes, “con
sists of surface removal methods.
Official Notice
An open house jfor members of the
College Station comrmlrtlty will be held in
the City Hall, Thurtdiy. beginning at
10 a. ra. and ending at 8 a. m.
Wives of city officials will be hostesses.
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Animal Husbandry Majors are requested
Sin. Animal Industries
MAKES YOUR
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Building before Christmas
work out degree plans.
B. R. Dana
Animal Hdi'
Holidays to
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THANKS FOR THE SPIRIT ABOUT TEMPLE TANTAL1ZERS
Baylor’s
urged recently at the
sion of the Texas Editorial Asso
ciation’s annual meeting.
Lon Boynton of the Laimar Coun
ty Echo at Paris said the editorial
page is the means by which a news
paper can gain distinction over a year—too good
competitor.
“The editorial is stilli the news
paper—too many are
that field,” added John A. Pride “of
Littlefield, the Association’s pres-
kfcpt.
Lynn A. Landrum, D kllas News
columnist, made his talk a ^‘per
sonal declaration of independence
from the unworthy leadership in
Washington.” j
Making clear that he spoke for
himself, not his newspaper, Land
rum said “from now on t am voting
for my country” and ' “my hand
henceforth is against Harry Tru
man.”
The girl is
name is Nina,
her is wholly Wo
I can brag about her with a
clear conscience becai le she isn’t
mine, except to hoi ow on an
hour’s lend-lease arrar moment with
her parents twd or t rfee times a
week. That is mjy priv ege as god
father.
When first I saw ir she was
Just a moist,
of protoplasm
miHc and made smal
a puppy. Now she .. . ...
haired, sturdy-legged child
a mind and Vocabulary of
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All this year as Nina has grown
older I have been growing younger.
And it has befen a happy, happy
‘ to go on, I guess.
two, her
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In crudest form they include paint
removal by caustic solutions and
such brute-force methods as sand
blasting and scraping to remove
paint and part of the surface of
the material.
“The second approach is that of
decontamination without affecting
character or quality of the surface;
this method includes the use of
chemical solutions to dissolve the
contaminants and carry] them
away.
“The third method involves the
means of preventing contamina
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interposition of a water film on the
surface which mechanically im
pedes the attachment of contamin
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I took her on a farewell visit
the Central Park Zoo. She |
goodbye to monkeys, wanted
climb in and pet the tigersi
red at the “lazy seal” that
wouldn’t go into the vriiter. But
most of all she loved the pigeons
because they came and pecked
pSanuts from her hand.
Then we bought a balloon and
hailed a cab home.' On the Way she
torMdto me with a luminous smile
and said:
“Hal, I sleepy.” !,'
And she stretched opt comfort
ably on the seat, put her feef
j in my lap, and dozed off. All
\ the rest of the way I kept think
ing, “Lord, Lord, can’t you let
i|t stay thissway for a long time?”
j Three days Vter Christmas
she’ll be gone, leaving me a go<
father in Absentia* When I see h<
in she’ll be almost six am
„ et me with a polite “Bnor.
G)ornof in stead of “Hi, Hal!’’
How can I behove in Santa
laus—this year? y
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