! -J- I „Vi- Page 2 ;r , ; • I " ' Battalion Editorials f ^ / FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950 > Student Aid Fund: A Friend in i;. A little known loan fund existing on the campus and available to students is the Student Loan Fund administered by Dan Russell, head of the Rural Sociology department.^ This fund is one of several funds that students may draw on in times of hard- ships.^The Student Aid Fund is peculiar in that it serves students who need money to pay for medical or dental aid above that covered by their hospital fees. •i The unique feature of the Student Aid Fund is that students borrowing money .sot the times they will make payments. No interest is charged on the loans. but he said he On the exact later, Dir. Rust nil received taining the m money borrowed (ouldn’t pay f >r five years, djate of Ms loi n five years i letter con- check—for the dental and a few lollars extra. To raise mo several tqiorts dents. A frcshnii ney initially reah omore football eventu were s aged by stu- an football f ame, a soph- between classes contributions h ive brought $1,400. ! Dr. Russell cited an example of one of the loans made several years ago. A stu dent borrowed around $50 for dental work, Such funds by the majorltj for ting to nave the holer If we is available to Case History of the Political Pastor Politics can extend to: many fields, es pecially in Oklahoma. In that statt|, interest is mounting in the coming race for U. S. Senate, now held by one Elmer Thomas. One of the most popular men in Oklahoma since Will Rogers hals tossed his hat into the ring— The Reverend Bill Alexander is running. \ Alexander has approached religion with a much more broad frame of mind than has been seen in many years. He has advocated arid installed for the younger generation pool tables, bowling alleys, and other forms of entertainment usually frowned upon from the pulpit. Speaking five or six times a week throughout the state and often in Texas, Alexander has developed a following equalled by few in the state of Oklahoma. Whether this following will follow him in his deput into the field of politics re- 1 t game, and o ■S : WELL- ONE FELLOW DID IT k*4 'or the fund, ther contests and groups, t nd individual is this, thou* of our ktude They m o mi need their hcl he fund to h never used I'jntM, are com- rt of mcgm in >, we know it Thomas has jlicity during fice, yet prob ibly still con- mains to be sem. Opponent gained much unfavorable pu|t his tenure of off trols enough votes in Oklahoma to make the race a hard one for thu victor, who ever he may be As yet, w enough material to formulatje opinions on e have no1 H Alexander as a pie, but we ha^ the incumbent, brought, while unfavorable c< representatn Thomas, he was in mment fron tarits of that continent, obta a more polished and more c presentative wbuld not have Wp are looking forward with much more than mild interest tp t le outcome of the senatorial iface of the st; ,te just to the North. From Large Estates, Little Holdings Crow i i ^ i V 1 T "iV -V it •i y Munching of Chips May Be ^Prevented New how to lustily ? By HAL BOYLE y ; ork——Do you know eat potato chips nolsc- ! ' ' I "i A technique for munching them Mit nound effects is being dub- id by the National Potato Chip lute as a public service for 1060 without licized b Institute sound i y the h si as a "There have been complaints that potato chips are too noisy to be served In theaters and at high society events—but that is wrong,” said Fred Meyers of Madison, Wls.j institute president. J 'oiseless method is to the chip into two ha[ tly and your J ^ , I quieter than chewing celery.' ys that potato c once a poor man's delicacy, irhbi the halves to melt in mouth. H’« a great deal r than chewing celery.’j Meyers says that potato chips, have gone highbrow, "They're now 1 welcomed In ,the best eating places as well aa the laUea they share with rare Igh society, appetiser and oavlar. Letters To The Editor (All Ictt'is to th« «iltor which nr* •l(n*d by » atudtnt or •ihblnyM or Um collns* Slid which do hot contain obnern* or litMluu* Inattrlal will ba publlahad. Par- anna wlahlng to hava Uialr namaa wlthhald from pubUaatioa may raquaat auch action and thaaa namca will not, without tba oonaant of U,a wrttar, ba dlvulsad to any paraona other than the aditora.) That’s really getting up Ihe lal ladder.” encountered e of the peo- e read rind h sard much of Thomas has Ipurope, much the inhabi- ned by moves msiderate re made. In England 24,000 acres is quite a plot of land. And for one man to own it is holding equivalent to many sections of Tcxah ranchland. ,\ , .The Earl of Harewood, nephew to King George, e is the landholder of such vast acreage in England, but not for long. i Tho Earl has announced that he will be forced to sell his estate because of high income taxes. Thus, another great estate in England will be broken up into small holdings in aoeialiiit Britain. After hundreds of years of great dis- jmrlty between rich and poor, Britain has decided at the polls to level-off wealth and redistribut© it. Injmenkely high taxation on incomes has forced many such sales as the Earl olf Harewood. Whether this taxa tion wtll destroy initiative among the able in Britain is a condition not yet manifested in. Britain. Whatever the outcome, Britain has em barked on an experiment in government that has met with notable failures in other countries. Perhaps the British feel that they can profit by the mistakes of other countries who have adopted the socialistic patff'of national existent and failed. May be the British feel that they won’t make the same mistakes. . • ' • - ' ■ i g< . ~ i . . , In this country we must adopt a wait- and-see attitude. Some Americans have jumped to the conclusion that British soc ialism is a bust, and these Arriericans cry out that this nation is pursuing a political and economic bourse too cl to the British. Other Americans apjiear ialism, even a^e hastening way. We need td always keep what Britain d >es is her owr may observe her decisions, but they do not necessarily have American Britiahera vho espouse )sely paraded ready for soc- it along the in mind that business. We An Open Letter to Norton Mc Duffie, ’53. Dear Mister McDuffie: So you’re discontented with A&M and don’t like thifc setup here? Well, we are certainly glad that you have decided what is wrong and have so capably suggested the remedy. It’s marvelous that you have become so well versed in the functioning of this college, its faults, and the solution^ to these faults in the four months that you have been J here. However, we think that anybody that has been here considerably longer would not suggest such a radical change as is involved in your suggestion. We realize that A&M has been here only a short time (since 1876, incidentally), but it has ex panded and become renown Simply because it is a strictly masculine, strictly military school. And much to your disappointment, it is go ing to stay that way. You didn’t come to an unknown place when you came here. Evop so, it is not difficult to conform. There’s many other colleges with Petroleum departments and they all have girls; in fact, they’re lousy with them. And we’re sure that you could find one that could “resurrect your fallen spirit” and give you that “necessary, day by day, slow' growing, everlasting friendship, which is the only type which makes for a happy married life." You won’t find her hero! Although it may not have been your object to. disagree with the present system, but only to sug gest a change, in doing so, you have belittled a thing Aggies hold you would discover that Aggies are the best friends you have. Yes, your assumption is correct; a greater majority of Aggies than even you can assume will someday marry and, with all probability, en joy a well rojinded, happy family life just as the thousands of exes before them. And amazing as it may seem there will be no crip pling complexes to alter their civic and social life. They'll be good citizens, not oqe-sided and i biased as you so boldly put it. And. | more than likely, their sons will; I be Aggies. You damn right, A&M is a great educational system.. You think its facilities should not be denied pie girls of the state and that they j should have excess to our school, our traditions and the atmosphere j that has surrounded them so lohg. j We don’t think that way. Neither j do the thousands of high school | and grammar school ' boys who dream of coming to A&M someday. It would be more than a tragwly j to take that dream away from them and the one afterward. With co-education, A&M would die. \ In closing, we ^can reasonably assume that it is the corps and the spirit and not the feminine element itself that is most discomforting j to you. Evidently you don’t have much regard for the Aggie uniform —or much desire. FOR A CAREER ABROAD... TM American InitifMta f«r F»r«i#n Trad* •tf*r« intentiv* pr*f*»«l*nftt education ter International butineti • # Principle* and Practice* of Fpreifn Trade Export-import procedures, finance, accounting, marketing, ad vertising. international economics, industrial relation*. [T • [ * Area Studies Latin America and the Far last J it Modern Languages Spanish, Portuguese, French Applications now being accepted lot February 1950 semester j! AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN TRAPE William L Schurz, Acting President Thur.derbird Field. Phoenix. Arizona Potato chip* have gone up the financial ladder, too. In 1936 the industry sold only .16, pounds. In 1948 it marker 000,006 pounds for about $kou,wv,- ooo. jTv be hay elthdr. The “rhippers" (bold I heir an nual ,convention *4n Qnrinawiti neat week, and I'm sorry 1 can’t be there. They are goiag to pick a queen who will wear a crown made with l,0»0 potato chips and a train of over 5,000 chips. Her throne will be completely covered with- potato chips. And I'd like to m her sit down, If she can do that without go- Ing^ "crrrrrrrrar-r-runch'' well, there'll be no stopping the potato chip in I960. HILARIOUS! ThohappiaM Hope picture In yeortf HOPE mwke Great it'. ■n ; hi j Honeymoon Mixup Hanover— )— After 24 years , of marriage, a man living in "H.mov he Presse" LAST DAY SATURDAY ONLY *HILLS OF .MOm-MIW IMDIUHIIKUIKI , LASSIE coto« •» n—rrir a Mltro 6010WYS MA«S fWIMSt PRKVtJE SATURDAY — also — SUNDAY and MONDAY cocos st TICHWI DANNY KAYE MAYO [Mt»r CHNICOiOR j /f Disgustedly, m ’51 application, socialism for almost incon- that economic attained with- sible. We will still find 'it cievable for believe and political ec uality can be out suppressio a ol| mariy » dividual free doms. If the Britiph find t lat they have enslaved their selves to a stifles any personal incenth we can only turning into a envision their government political diets .torship. Should this develop, thje British will undoubtedly sti be an England, The Battalion ' ; .. .i ' "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” •.. r J -Y. • : ; ’ f ). Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions of national iir perspective greatest uxium—U'ut an Aggie is | your buddy. PorHdps you shouW i got ucqunintsd arid loam thut. wo haven’t quite reached the depths of moral perpetration that you are too sure of. And upon further as sociation, it is quite possible that their country riaim that they are striving for the same political [and e< onomic: equal ity that democracy in its lit mises. They ars seeking to do this without sacrificing personal freedoms or inalien able rights of uhe individual Attainment of this stale development seems, from o of severril thousand miles overseas, impos-. TODAY and SATURDAY PALACE Brcjan 2'8$79 tax load that e whatsoever, ill claim “Th( ce Will 1 always but we don’t see how. 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