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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950
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Europe — Just a Semester Away
Somebne will receive around $400 as
a result of the Student Life Committee
meeting fearly this week. ^
That is the approximate amount a se
lected student will receive to enable him
to tour Europe this coming summer. Pos
sibly more money will come from other
sources in order to defray traveling ex-
- penses, which would probably amount to
a few hundred dollars.
Requirements for application as a
candidate for this award are few but es
sential. The person who receives the
award must write at least one article a
week for The Battalion during his tour,
and alsi > one article a mohtlv for the school
year following his trip.
The winner must have enough grades
to enable him to pass his next year’s work,
meanwhile fulfilling a light speaking-tour
of campus clubs and organizations. A
little journalistic talent is the last stipula
tion, aiding him to write an effective ac
count of his trip.
Europe has always been the center-
point of world affairs. There the wars
start, the peace ends. There lies history
in the making, alongside history itself.
Rome, with its Colosseum and the Vati
can State ; London and its House of Par-
liament, guiding the destiny of millions;
Paris, its side-walk cafes, wonderful at
mosphere; the Arch de Triumphe and the
Eiffel Tower; the low countries, the high
countries—all form what is probably the
most fascinating continent of them all.
Only a meager few? out of last year’s
student body took advantage of this op
portunity to apply for the trip. Rumors
had the trip canceled, but they proved
false, an<J once more A&M students get
an almost-free trip to Europe.
Since the college hajs gone to such ex
pense to finance this project, it would jus
tify its faith to select a man deserving
of su^h a trip. And the best man may be
omitted, from the consideration, unless he
signifies his desire to see Europe.
We would like to see a large number
of candidates apply for this award (and
honor), fbr only in that manner may the
best possible representative from A&M go
as an ambassador to Europe, and return
as an European ambassador to A&M.
To Gamble Or Not to Gamble? (Legally)
' There is dissension in the most popu
lous state of them all. New York, between
two men who are probably the most pow
erful i^ the state.
In one corner stands Republican Gov
ernor Thomas E. Dewey, perennial presi
dential \candidate. j Opposite him is New
York City’s Irish mayor, William O’Dwyer.
Subject of discussion: the woes and
sins of gambling (Dewey), versus the le
galizing of gambling (O’Dwyer).
Not only does Dewey dislike the idea,
he calls the mayor’s proposal that the
state legalize gambling on public sports
events “shocking, immoral, and indecent.”
Unalterably opposed to any measure
of this type, Dewey proceeds: “The en
tire history of legalized gambling in this
'country and abroad shows that it has
brought nothing but poverty, crime and
^corruption .... and ultimately a lower liv
ing standard and' misery for all the peo
ple.”
O’Dwyer, claims Dewey, writes that
the New York City police were unable to
“eliminate scandals involving [the partici
pants in professional and amateur sports.”
With next fall bringing a state elec
tion, the Republicans are doing all they
can to keep the gambling issue alive and
in the minds of the voters. O’Dwyer has
been mentioned as a leading possibility for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
next Noy. 7 Dewey would probably like
to retain the position or at least seat an
other Republican, since he has given up
all presidential aspirations—he says.
Although the GOP seems to be using
the issue as strictly aj political move, they
are quite correct in theic beliefs that legal
ized gambling lowers ethical standards.
If O’Dwyer cannot cope with the gam
blers, he should seek new methods and
new men—not new laws.
Greenstuff for the Shamrock's Sire
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Glenn McCarthy, supposedly wealthy friends will smirk? a little wfhen they read
oilman, hotel oWner, and general big shot,
may not be as wealthy as many people
think.
The RFC (Reconstruction Finance
Corporation) in Washington has an appli
cation from the great Irishman, made in
December, for a loan of $70 million.
Although McCarthy’s office refuses to
discuss the requested loan, it was learned
that the application was filed on behalf of
three McCarthy enterprises, including the
Shamrock, his oil and gas corporation,
and the chemical company.
No doubt some of McCarthy’s rivals;
and probably some of his fair-weather
Our nomination for a spot in the Des
pised Dozen: the prof who told his stu
dents that, to him, Dead Week was just
one Dead Day—this coming Friday. Bless
his li’l ole heart: ; * i
the news item of the loan, recalling the
grandiose opening of -the Shamrock and
other greenback projects.
The operation of his interests, how
ever, must involve a huge amount of dol
lars—apparently more than he has on
hand. McCarthy has done more than
many wealthy Texans toward creating an
interest in our state. His request should
and probably will be dealt with just as
fairly as requests from less colorful men
of the" nation.
Perhaps our enthusiasm for the Hoij
Ionian stems from his being a former Stu
dent of the college and his recent interest
in several A&M affairs.
NIGHT CLUB
Where tjhe waiters are Cool,
The music is hot,
The table’s reserved,
•And the guests are not.
The Battalion
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman’'
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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By HERMAN C. OOLLOB
Sixteen Fain one American
Plays (Modem Library, *2) and
Six Plays by Kanfman A Hart
(Modern Library, «1.M)
The Modem Library—that boon
book lovers on a tight budget—
time offers the ardent but fln-
tlly embarrassed devourer of
literature two anthologies of
worthy American stage plays
df the twentieth century, one a
pourri of the sixteen best com-
tragedies, and romances on
way between 1924-1939, the
Other a’ collection of five comedies
and one serious attempt by the
Creatcst duo of wits on the Great
white Way—Kaufman and Hart.
We consider “The Front
Page,” ••The Green Pastures,’’
“The Petrified Forest,” “Our
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Letters To The Editor
(Ail tatters to tbs editor which an slsoad by a student or employe* ef the
eoUef* and which do not contain obaeana or Itbetous material will ha published. Per
sons wlahlnc to have their names withheld from publication may request such action
and these names will not, without the consent of tb* writer, be divulged to any persons
other than the editors.)
EXEMPTION TROUBLES
Editor, Thd Battalion:
Genilemen:
Now > that the time Of finals
comes ground, as it does every
semester about this time, there
comes the sweating and waiting
for your name to be called on the
exemption list, if you are one of
the lucky ones to deserve an ex
emption. I have a couple of pet
•gripes to put in front of : you and
the whole student body plus the
heads of the departments: Subject-
exemptions.
If a fellow has an “A” average
in a course at the end of the se
mester, no matter how many “A’s”
there are in all his sections, I
think he should exempt the course.
I may be wrong in mjy belief,
but it seems to me that if a guy
worked that hard all year and
got his r 'A” l , he should deserve to
get out of the final. The way it
runs now, they could push the
exemption minimum to a,99.8 and
exempt perhaps a certain | quota of .,
the class, but a poor divil with
a 98.5 would have to take the final.
I ask you, IS THAT RIGHT?
It also seems to run t^ue
course here that a number of
uates, seniors, etc. wait till their
last year to take some of r^ie
rougher sophomore and junic
courses because they are automa-\
tie-ally exempt from the finals.^
They may ndt know it, but they
knock some soph or junior out of
a well deserved exemption. I can
well see their point—“Get out of
all the work you can while you
can”—but I ask you IS THAT
RIGHT ? ? If they are exempt from
finals, they should not be in the
quota for exemptions for the ones
who are required to take finals.
Since I still hope to get a de
gree from here, I request that my
l\name be withheld.
Name Withheld by Request
Official Notice
Journalism 202. Beginning News Report
ing. will be scheduled at 9 Tuesday and
Thursday, with practice from 1 to 3 on
Friday, rather than the hour shown In the
printed schedule of classes.
D. D. Bure hard
Head of Department
ORDINANCE NO. ill
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAW
FUL TO ALLOW A DOG TO RUN AT
LARGE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE
CITY; PROVIDING THAT A PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF A
DOG WHO ALLOWS THE SAME TO
RUN AT LARGE SHALL Be FINED;
AND SPECIFYING THAT EACH IN
STANCE A VIOLATION OF THIS OR
DINANCE OCCURS SHALL BE CON
SIDERED A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION. TEXAS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful to allow
a dog to run at large within the limits of
the City.
Section 2. Any person responsible for
the care of a dog who allows the same
to run at large within the limits of the
City shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
mpbn conviction shall be flried not less
than ten (fio.oo) dollars nor more than
fifty ($60.00) dollars.
Section 8. Each instance that a viola
tion of this ordinance occurs shall be con
sidered a separate offense
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effec
tive from and after passage and publica
tion. : °
Passed and approved the 9th day of
January. IMS’.
APPROVED:
, * /Ernest Langford
j . Mayor
ATTEarr:
a /N. M. McGinnis
City Secretary
Graduate Record Kxmnti.
must be received *t the P
before January II. Applica^'
be obtained directly from _
Testing Service, P. O. Box
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MOVIE MANAGEMENT
Editor, The Battalion:
If superior movies are available
at low prices,?.why doesn’t the per
son so concerned With the opera
tion of our Guion Hall Theatre,
avail himself of the opportunity
and present decent program at his
own theatre. If he would do this
it would be unnecessary for him
to present low' grade, cheap, vul
gar sex movies to the impression
able young audience that is in this
area, and still envy the business
of Guion Hall.
Concerning his intentions as a
benefactor of the A&M students,
it would be ihterestirig to know
just what he pays his student
labor per hour. |
The policy of trying to divide,
confuse, and conquer 1 our enter
tainment program wiH work in
other places but ndt at A&M, be
cause we are loyal to pur own ac
tivities first, last and always, or
hasn’t he heard df a student theatre
boycott. He should ask someone
who can tell him about how ef
fective they can be.
I aln not quite’* sure of his in
tentions in this matter, but it is
my assumption that business isn’t
so good at his theatre, or he would
n’t be looking around for more pat
rons in such a dovious j fashion."
For pete sake, he should give
. the student body credit for hav-
ng more sense than to fall for
such a line of underhanded in-
ndo.
Student’s Wife’s Name Wlth-
heM\by Request. ,
Knipling Talks
To Ento Majors
Dr. E. F. Knipling, chief of
the Division of Insects Affect-
ing Man and Animals, Bureau
of Entomology and Plant
Quarantine, stationed a t
Washington, D. C., spoke to the
entomology society, January 10,
at 8 p. m.
Dr. Knipling is a native Texan
and. a graduate of Texas A&M in
the class of .’30. Me received his
B. S. degree in the field of entom
ology. Knipling later attended
Iowa State College from which he
received his Ph. D. in 1935.
After receiving his Ph. D., Dr.
Knipling joined the division of in
sects affecting man and animals
and was stationed at Menard, Tex
as, for several years.
In May, 1916, Knipling was
awarded a medal by the United
States Typhus Commission for
work done as a senior entomologist
at Orlando, Florida. While there
he helped to develop methods for
the control of insects affecting the
health of man. Knipling and his
associates developed or adapted
practically all of the insecticides
and repellents used by the armed
forces during World War II. DDT,
benzylbenioate, and “6-2-2” Were
among the materials developed.
Dr. Knipling wgs made chief of
the Division of Insects Affecting
Man and Animals in 1947, having
hl« office in the United States De
partment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C. ,
All members of the staff, grad
uate students, members of the en-
sgwsara-Jat
Critical Drought
Plaguing Plains ,
Austin, Tex. —<^>— Northwest
Texas and the high plains are still
“critically dry.” the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture said to-
■ day.
Field work was restricted and
feeding of livestock increased dur
ing the week ending Jan. 9 be
cause of cold weather. Rain and
sleet improved the moisture situa
tion oyer much of the state but
rain is needed in the northwest.
Wheat was frozen to the ground
in the high plains where the cold
was most intense, the USDA said,
but it does not appear to have
been seriously damaged. Winter
grains and cover crops in northern
and central areas were not hurt by
the freeze.
Work in commercial, vegetable
areas was resumed about the mid
dle of the week after the misty
spell. The south Texas onion crop
continued to he in good condition.
Grapefruit continued tp move ac-
i tively.
Livestock were showing some
shrinkage but remained in “fair to
good” condition. Green . winter
feed was responding to the added
moisture.
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best of the lot
first compendium.
In their bustling
edy-drama of the
ineas, “Tlie Front Paga,” Ban
Hecht and Charles MacArthur er
ected one of the greatest monu
ments to journalism. At no other
time has the audacious exuberance
of this noble profession been
caught with such aur
wit. Unfortunately, a
take-off on the play has
from its glowing jrepu
Marc Connely’a
tures,” adapted from
Roark Bradford’s Nt B , v «•*•!»,
showed Heaven as seen through
the eyes of a Negro Sunday School
teacher. Amusing without being
irreverent, It ran for a year and a
half on Broadway.
It was in Robert E. Sherwood's
“The Petrified Forest" thaii Hum
phrey Bogart flrat gained the rec
ognition that led to his subsequence
success in Hollywood. As Duke
Mantee, the vicious gangster, Bo
gart held his own with the late
Leslie Howard, a polished ’and im
peccable performer who made me
morable the role of Alari Squier,
the educated and philosophical ho-
bo. AS far as we’re concerned, Bo-
gart is still at his best as
he looks the part,
can act.
Frank Craven’s
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Man Loses Rock,
Finds In Store
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Newport Beach, Calijf. r j Jan. 18
LAb—This story is mildly; reminis
cent of the. mail who cut open
the fish and found the' diamond
ring he had dropped overboard the
year before.
Twelve years ago, Fred L. Ken
nedy was .standing bn r Iwtyarf on
Petosky Bay, Mich., whlen he spied
a large and colorful agate, lying
on the bottom. Into seven feet of
water he dove, came up vrtth >*•
But a few weeks late)-, a burglar
stole the polished stone from his
Petosky home.
The other day, visiting a gem
shop near here, he spotted it again.
This time he had to buy It.
the Stage Manager \
highlight of “Our Town.'
ton Wilder's tender and
Ing study of life In a small,
tally American town.
Town” was played without
cry. and Craven stood
footlights, explaining
happening on the stage,
tonally taking n [dramatic j part
himself. 1 ■
The highly emotional William
Saryoyan turned hlmeelf)coniplete-
ly loose in "The Time of Your
Lite," through which rims one of
the oddest assortment'll i*divirt
ual* ever seen on a stage. Laid
entirety in the salon of Nifck the
Greek, "The Time of/Youri Life"
was directed by Eddie Dowling,
who also i starred in the role bf Joe,
a permanent fixture at Nice’s.
Our favorite la "The Little Fox-
os," Lillian Heilman's ijnclsive
study of greedy brothers jand a
greedy sister who stop at nothing
in their quest for the niaterlal
things of life. Tallulah Bahkhead
brought the role of the avaricious
and scheming Regina Oiddens to
the stage with terrifying coldness.
Bette Davis fared Just as Well in
the screen version.
The most accomplished Broad
way masters of the destructive
wisecrack and tart verbal retort
are George 8. Kaufman and Moss
Hart, six of whose plays have
been gathered together Into
Is probably the funniest and
‘ ttest six hundred pages t
found on the market today,
written.' by American p
wrights.
From the^sextet we have tihosen
“The Man ;wlho Came tb Di
as oUr all-time all-timer.
"man"—Sheridan Whiteside
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characters. In American comddy.
Each of the editions is frbnted
with an introduction b^ Brooks
Atkinson, drama critic of t
York Times.
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