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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950
The Former Students and Opportunity A wan
During the recent final exam period
we had the opportunity to attend a meet
ing 6n the campus of the officers of more
than lOO^A&M clubs from throughout
Texas and the neighboring states. We
listened to their discussions, heard their
speakers, and were able to see the goals
which they are setting for themselves.
Much of the conversation centered
. around sports and how the Former Stu
dents Association could help keep' A&M
athleticaxm the comeback trail.
- ‘ Ranking equally with athletics as a
conversation topic was the program of
Opportunity Awards. This program was
begun in 1946 with ten scholarships. It
has grown amazingly. Last year almost
11,000 contributions swelled the scholar
ship furid by more than $94,000 making
;1949 a record year. This year, accord
ing to E. E. McQuillen who administers
the program for the exes, ain even higher
number of contributions is {anticipated.
In June, the first U
Awards winners will be gr^
class of 1960. They will
guard of hundreds of Tej
will attend A&M because of
the sacrifice Of the Aggie
friends. Perhaps the time Cull come when
any well qualified arid deserving high
school graduate who has
sire to attend A&M will be
because of their efforts.
We can think of no
which could better illustratje the collective
ambition of A&M men tharj a program de
signed to give to the boyjs of Texas an
opportunity to come to A&M. To us, if we
can ever give a concrete example of it,
Opportunity
iduated in the
the advance
cas boys who
the work and
exes and their 1
an earnest de-
able to do so
other activity
this program
of Aggieland.
represents the true Spirit
The Fire Cracker With a Half-mile Radius
In the same light that only a Paris
could produce an Eiffel Tower, only the
{United States could manufacture a hydro
gen bomb. Isn’t the H-bomb the biggest
/ and best bomb ever developed, and isn’t
Jt only in America where the biggest and
best are the rule rather than the excep
tion?
{ Four yeals ago the world was agog ov-
;er the now-fire-cracker sized, already out-
^ moded, atomic bomb which exploded over
Hiroshima. Even in America there was a
:brief ripple of ’ consternation. The rest of
the, world thought the atom bomb was
fearful, dreadful, inhumane; Americans
only regarded it as another example of
American scientific and technical genius.
Such ideas as “an atom bomb will de
stroy all buildings in a half-mile radius”
were quickly absorbed into American
thought processes, and some of our people
even measured the size of cities by the
number of atom bombs that would be re
quired for their destruction. Now, long
seasoned to thinking in terms of square
miles of destruction by a single explosion,
the announcement of the theoretical pos-
silibities of the destructability of the hy
drogen bomb (1,000 times that of the atom
bomb) has been taken ini stride by the
American pubhc.
“Shucks, they use atom bombs to set
off thehi hydrogen bombsj” a farmer was
heard to remark. The hydrogen bomb has
made the atom bomb as antique in propor
tion as the 1950 model automobiles have
made the Model “T”. i .
Still, behind this flippant talk of the
super-bomb’s strength, there lies the
prickly thought qf what destruction could
be wrought pn the United States by an
other country if the dueling weapons were
H-bombs and they chose to shoot first.
To regard the potentialities of the hy
drogen bomb lightly would be like laugh
ing out in^fchurch. Yet, >ve cannot wrap
ourselves in the mourning clothes of fear
and gloom while anticipating the worst.
War or peacri, with or without the H-
bomb, or A-'tyomib, or guided missile is no
more close or Remote than before their
development. If'war is to erupt again, it
will do so—comp high water or the hydro-
t gen bomb.
Missouri, Mud, Eggs, and Boards
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“Heaven has no rage like love to hat
red turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman
' scorned,” or, we might add, like the De
partment of the Navy during the .time its
45,000 ton battleship Missouri was strand
ed on a mud bank.
The “Mighty Mo”, as the battlewagon
has been nicknamed by the public, came
to rest on the equally mighty mudbank
. Jan. 12. From that time until yesterday
she successfully resisted every effort to
pull her out into the channel. And, to
make matters worse, divers reported that
the ship on which the Japs signed the
surrender pact had developed several holes
in her outer hull.
The captain, W. D. Brown, was taking
; the battleship down Chesapeake Bay to
the sea when she went aground. It was
I fell in love with a girl named Kay;
Then Edith came in view.
his first triri op the monster as skipper.
Why she Wont'aground he wouldn’t say
other than i : was a series of “unusual and
unfortunate ’ circumstances. The weather
was good, tne pea was moderate, the vis-
ability fine. I B|Ut aground she went and
astray she stayed for more than two
weeks.
wp always
eventually get
dy resting L ’-
time the s;
But even
figured the navy would
the Missouri off her mud-
laCe and we imagine that-in
wrill be made as good as new.
6 outcome of the mishap
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will turn out to be bright, we wouldn’t
rifeh
want to trade jplaces with Captain Brown
for all the scrambled eggs on his cap visor.
You see, evm with the Mo out of the mud,
he’s due for a session with a board—a
board of h quiry, that is.
★
I found,
Have
though, that ‘You cannot
your Kay apd Edith, too.’
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Russia Demands Hirohito Trial
For War Crimes in Note to U.S.
Washington, Feb. 2 •j’P)—Russia
demanded today that Emperor
Hirohito of Japan be tried as a war
criminal on charges involving bac
teriological warfare.
The demand was made in a note
delivered to Secretary of State
Acheson by Soviet Ambassador
Alexander S. Panyushkin. It was
understood the Soviets were also
distributing the note to the other
members of the 13 nation far east
ern commission. That is the top
policy making body for the Japan
ese occupation.
The note, which has yet to be
made public, reportedly asks for
war crimes trials of four other
Japanese in addition to Hirohito.
Their names were not immeditely
made known.
While the precise nature of the
Soviet charges against Hirohito
and the four other Japanese for
^the alleged crimes of which the
Japanese officers were convicted at
Khabarovsk.
Diplomatic authorities speculat
ed that the Soviet move was de
signed to serve two Communist
propaganda purposes:
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PRAISE FOR EVERYBODY
Student Publications Manager
And Editors The Battalion:
Thank you for your promptness
in sending The Battalion which
came today. I think the editorial
staff and ' reporters do a splendid
job in covering the activities at
A&M.
It was my pleasure recently to
see the Aggie cagers defeat Ark
ansas in the DeWare Field House.
Almost as gratifying as the vic-
tqj-y itself was the sportsmanlike
conduct of both teams and the stu
dent body. It was delightful to
watch an exciting, close game
wherein there was no arguing with
the referees, heckling the oppon
ents while making free throws,
etc.
These discourtesies are preva
lent in most college games now
adays and ruin the contests for
fans like myself, who deplore such
breeches in decorum.
Mrs. Sarah DeWitt
Waco, Texas
1. To j distract attention in Japan
from repeated insistent demands
made by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur,
as allied occupation chief, and by
the American government for re
turn to Japan of . several hundred
thousand Japanese war prisoners
believed to have been taken by
the Russians.
2. To try to put the United
States in the position of keeping
the emperor from being tried as
a war criminal and use. that man
euver as anti-American; propagan
da in Communist China and else-
in Aqia
The United States has followed
the policy of making a distinction
between Japan’s military leaders
and the emperor insofar as crimin
al responsibility for Japan's part
in the war is concerned.
County Bond Sales
On Decrease in ’49
The people of Brazos County in
vested $705,918,75 in UL S. Savings
Bonds during 1949, according to the
annual sales report received to
day by Judge A. S. Ware, county
Sayings Bonds chairman, from
Nathan Adams of state
chairman. This comparts with sales
of $750,080.00 for 1948.
Of the 1949 total. Series E, the
so-called “people's bond” account
ed for $507,618.75, as compared
with $527,765.50 E bond sales in
1948. Series F and G sales were
$198,300.00 as compared with
$222,324,50 in 1948.
Total sales for the {entire state
were $191,499,089, as compared
with $196,448,280 in 1948, Mr.
Adams declared that sales last
year were highly satisfactory in
view of economic trends and be
cause of a 3.9 per cent increase in
the sale of E bonds, from $139,691,-
216 irt 1948 to $145,114,738 in 1949.
Series F and G bonds account
ed for $46,384,351 of the state’s
sales total last year.
Pearson Gets Post
With AEG Branch
Dr. Paul B. Pearson, former
dean of the A&M Graduate School,
has been named chief of the bio
logy branch of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Pearson, now a native of Oakley,
Utah, will do work in the AEC’s
division of biology and medicine.
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By HERMAN C. GOLLOB
Jolson Singe Again (Columbia)
atarring Larry Parka, Barbara
Hale, and Ludwig Donath (Queen)
In 1947 the bobbyaoxcra of
America, thoae nauaeous biota up
on the entire female aex, crowned
a new alnging idol with wreath*
of impaiaioned screams, amorous
gurgle*, and chauvinUtlc fan cluha
which deluged radio atationa with
requests for his and only hia re
cords.
Strangely enough, the object of
their affection was A1 Jolson,
singing rage of the 20’a and early
thirties, and it was Columbia’s
technicolored “The Jolson Story”
which not only introduced him to
the present generation but gave
the old timers a chance to see the
man they claimed as “The world's
greatest entertainer.” Old and
young joined in a mass exodus to
the nation’s box offices sending
gate receipts soaring.
‘The Jolson Story”, while not
a model of factual biography
had a script that waa cogent
and highly creditable melodrama.
Show business, with its fairy
tale, Cinderella core, offers
fruitful material io the capable
scripter, and Sidney Buchman
was quick to exploit it in the
first Jolson saga.
But not so in its sequel, “Jol
son Sings Again,” which has been
playing to overflow crowds since
its arrival at the Queen earlier
this week. Buchman’s story is un
even for the most part, too arti
ficial and soap-operaish. Only -in
the first few reels does the folloy/-
up match its predecessor.
Jolson fans, however, will not
be overly concerned with plot dis
crepancies. They go to hear Al
sing and sing he does in his throaty
and passionate sob, making mem
orable “Toot Toot Tootsie,” Chi
natown,” “Sonny Boy,” etc., his
infectious delivery inciting audi
ence emulation as it always has,
The story itself takes up where
“The Jolson Story” left off, with
Al singing in a night club a{rtd
Julie walking out’because she real
izes he can love nothing but show
business.
Al goes back to Broadway,
driving himself beyond endurance
in an effort to forget Julie.
When this doesn’t work, he goes
on on epicurean binge as a med
ium of forgetting the past- It
taken his mother’s death and the
war to set Al on the right track
again; he agrees to entertain
American troops abroad, la
stricken with a fever overseas,
and is sent to convalesce in the
U. 8.
Here he meets army nurse Bar
bara Hale, a practical and phle
gmatic miss who nurses him
through a recurrence of the fever
which costs Him a lung, marines
him, and in her efficient, easy
going way, engineers his coitie-
back. \' j ij
Seen again as Jolson, Larry
Parks is equally aa good this
time as the last. His performance
super-confidence and exuberant
extroversion that ts so much the
Jolson personality.
In supporting roles, Barbara
Hale exudes a freshness and rad
iance which should chivvy her up
the pin-up ladder, William Dema-
rest is his same brash self, and
Ludwig Donatth absconds ’with a
generous helping of scenes as Can
to Yoelson.
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Of interest to us also was that
portion of the film which explain
ed the technical methods emplo;
in the making of “The Jolson
Story,” And wo enjoyed [the song
excerpts from the parent film!
far, as we’re concerned, nothli
Jolson sings can surpass “Mamm
or “April Showers” or “Swanet,
musical
Far above the
[or
average
biography, "Jolson Sings Again")
will disappoint none qf the mins
man’s coterie, and may add soi
new sheep to the fold.
Prince of Foxes (20 Century Fox)
e tar ring Orson Welles, Tyrone
Power, and Wanda Hendrix (Pal-
lace) r ij iTmffl
What should havq been a melo
drama bristling with the intrigjuel
adventure, and romance that wag;
so much a part of the Borgia era
it depicts turns out to be a torpid,
routine costume picture weighted
down with anti-climaxes and per
formances which reveal more cari
cature than character.
Even the spec
all too familiar storming
number—the
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castle walls—makes it appear as
if the director had seen too man;
Cecil B. DeMille pictures, es]
ially 1 “The Crusades,” and
to duplicate them.
He didn’t.
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