I 1 ( ■ ' i ' : | ! -V ~-i> '■i ■/'•V...v'. Battalion v*g*2. j. ;/ Edito MONDAY rials i 1 FEBRUARY 13, 1950 ; ' k ' ’i ■ ■ A Theater-Ownfer Accuses ' ■ - " The Battalion watt accused last week el refusing tb accept advertlaing fyom a local drivo-in theater. The accusation was true. What is more, we will continue to refuse to accept advertising from this theater aa long as it is written in the same tone ac the one given us last week. We are within our right to do this for the_ Supreme Court The Rattal • . ' V-' m l Second, we bt intention is not picture service fc campus competit business. Third, we inf that, with public editor on Jan. 1! on . . . . ■ | ! • ; ' Ueve the theater owner’s to secure better motion r Aggies, but to eliminate on for his own place of ' 1 ! trmed this theater owner ition of his letter to the , we were not interested ■i, > has ruled that a newstpaper does not have to accept any advertising which it does not wish to publish. ; The readers are familiar-with the pub lic statements of this particular theater owner, f, The ’ Battalion has previously published one of his .Guion Hall “advertise- > ments” and a letter he wrote to the editors. Basically, the ad w^ refused to publish last week contained the same statements, with some new “suggestions” to students*, which his other ads contained. He has since urged students to write to The Bat talion asking why his advertisement con cerning Guion Hall was being refused. For the benefit of this theater owner as well as for our readers, here are the main reasons we have refused his ad. First, accusations aud Implications con tained in his ad in our opinion should be made to the college administration or the state auditor and NOT through The Bat* talkh. Characters at Wheels of Automobiles I : Some wit once wrote, “I always judge a man by the way ho drives an automo bile." And the statement Is a pretty good criterion. j ' i. Ever stand on a street corner and swatch the characters pass by in their 'cars, displaying every breach of traffic etiquette imaginable? Some of these drivers are in a hurry and don't care, how offensive they and their automobile become. They drive in to an intersection without the slightest re gard of who should have the right-of-way. They speed around cars in heavy trafficj, and take crazy risks just to pass one car. Then there’s the man-driver who de lights in expressing his superiority over women drivers. He beats them to inter- ^seetiotts, bumps their cars while waiting for traffic lights to change, and upon the light change immediately blows his horn. These actions are certainly not held 1 by our society as being the things to idd. Rather they are I * \ \4 “There’s a rumor there’s enough coal left in the ground to furnish John L. Lewis with strikes for the next 200 years,” quipped Arthur-Godfrey-and picked up by Columnist Earl Wilson. “As labor is the common burden of x... our race, so the effort of some to shift HT theii/ share of the burden on to the shoul- , .ders of others is the great durable curse Em ^f the race.” -■ J j /. j Great Issues Milton §>. Eisei Kansas! State the ILthl presi< College by Pern His protherj qf Columbia Un|versity. I 'U. — Abraham Lincoln .4 The Battalion ~C. "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentlendftrt' Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions . . : . " ■ - . • ^ - . 1 The Associated Prcsa ia entitled exclusively to the uae for repu -t credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and locul news ed heroin. Rights of republieation of alUother matter herein are als^ reserved. plication of all news dispatches of spontaneous origin publiah- Entm-od u neond-elaM natter at Peat Dffla* at ColUc* Station. T«*a», under the Aet of Consreu of llarlh S. 1370. Member of The Associated Press Represented natlonallr tor National Ad* tV Be erica Inc., at New York CKr. >. Lao Anyniat, and! Ban Eraneiaao* BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE ... Clayton L. Selph j. j....— —4 Dave Coslett - —..4^ Chuck Cabaniss... John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt, Dean Reed. Otto Kunze ..... i 'll. ■ , .. 4f-- 1 - ' Otto/Kunze la O. Tiedt ....... Frank N. Manitzas ,.L.. Today’s Issue t**—* ........ - George Charlton... Herman Oollob. . ... Assistant Feature Editor .Amusements Editor Charles Kirkham... Frank E. Simmrn. Jr Sid Abernathy. Emil Bunjes. Jr.. Bob Lane. Ches ter Crttchfleld, Marvin Matusek, B. F. Roland, John Tapley, Bill Thompnoh, “Rip" Torn, John Whitmore, Raiy Williams, Bob Young. Jerry 2ubcr....... I New * and. Feature Larry Oliver .Circulation 1 ' ' ■ .' ; : ■ '‘J •’ Wrllere Roger Coelett. Curtis Ralph Gorman * .life ' Jack Sdda r Hardy Boss. John Fontaine. Bob AND HIS i is writings. With iccepted that let- tten the under- wish to remem- t—' News Editor ...LiAetinff Copy Edlto# Sports News Editor Bdwerds. Houser. Brandt. Jack Simsbury. fenibiNima*.’'• . Hancock, Bill “J . L : Hi . n i • Chief Editorialist ....... Sporta Feature Editor . Harold aann. feJS-f, TTa-. Ale* Munrue.. . .Cartoonists 1 . Photographer ’" hSR- ... Photo Engravers in printing any more of that understanding, we ter. Either he l|as foi standing or he does nol ber it. The accusation made by the owner of . the drive-in theater was repeated in a Bryan newspape •. In the story there were veiled hints that The Battalion was being “told” not ta p iblish this particular ad. We would like t > clear this up, too. This paper i; edited entirely by stu dents. In several years of working for The Battalion, neither of the present editors has ever been told to publish or to with hold or “play dqwn” any story. The same is true for advertisements. They alone made the decision not to publish it. And, so long as they ire editors of The Battal ion, they, alone,] will make any future de cisions on this ojr any other matter which involves what w|ll or will not be published in The BattalioA. contrary to what we con sider good manners. Why do some people (not a majority, but an irritating minority) indulge in such reckless and abandoned driving behavior? Can it bo frustration with the world? All through their Ilives, when standing on their feet, they [are subjected to rules of etiquette. Whoh, during those brief per iods under the wheel, they have the oppbr- tunity to do the opposite of what their con* sciences tell them, they seize the chance und make the most of it. Maybe a hidden element of tyranny enters into the pelligetant driver’s think ing. He i$ suppressed all his life, except when he bcomej|B a driver. There he can exert his Will ovbr others, or have a wreck in the attempt. > The nbxt tine yoju’re standing on a street corner, watch, some of the charac ters thabdrive automobiles, and ask your self, “Wiy are | some of them so unman nerly at the wfieel?” • f speaker of last spring Dr. Ihower, then president of liege, recently was named t of Pennsylvania State State’s Board of Trustees, ight (“Ike”) is president Charles W. Lawrence: The bars may have to be let down on atomic information. The authorities^ are running out of people to keep it fromJ j ho editorial office, Room 201, or at the Btuudent Activities | Nows contribution* may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at joodwin Hall. ClaaRlfiod ad* may be placed by telephone (4f5324 Office, Room 209, Gcjodyda Hall, 'j v.. j I The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mecha deal College of Texas and the City of CollaRe Station, Texas, in published five times a week and cl culated every Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. Durings the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednaaday and Friday, Sul scription rata 14.30 per achool ynar. Advertising rates-furnlshed on request. 1,1, . ■ Co-Editors Managing Editor Feature Editor ...4 Sports Editor ; News Editors •'i ■> s* ^>3 ^V, * It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence In great emergenciei.- . e ** ••* * ) « <4 ■ ■ . House Survey I Made for Next _ All College Day He 9 s Casey Jones Of The Toy Stokers By GEORGE CHARLT0N Tliiere were no toy electric eahp - ” “Only motives ?aul J. eer. of |nt Sta. the lar- electric jnly spring wound loco and such as that,” says A. Zeller, sanitary engin the Engineering Experime tion. Zeller has one of gestf collections of toy trains ip the Country. So when the new mechanically operated locomotives came out as a wonderful boon to the children's toy industry, he wanted one. But he Couldn’t do something i>bout it Until four years ago when he be gan the hobby that would tjomeday be a source of never-ending fascin ation to little boys and girljs. Hp had his attic conversed into a large room where he cou Id prac tice his hobby. Now half the floor space of that room is taken up by electric trains and the- equipment that goes with them. The other half contains n wnrkbem|h and lathe with which he mukas parts for the trains. And periodically,[ the little man with the moustache! und a friendly smile holds open house (for the youngsters—boys and girls who, like himself, for one reason or an other* could not have an ■ electric train. He turns thei contml board over to his young visiters and lets them manipulate his 2U pieces of i”rolling stock” f over |the 200 feet of track; “They get a big kick nut 'V/ he says. “And besides, such us thii " is good for kids. It givCs them coordination of hand and eye.” It’s no easy trick to mnjt the Official Nest ice I. NOT .ificatio sinister the of OFFICIAL. NOTICE Student Identification Cards made for this semester npw may be picked up at the office! of As sistant Dean of/Students,j Bennie Zinn, in Good\yfn Hall. OFFICIAL NOTICE In order to ^ferrftit students anjid faculty to attend services in Gupon Hall 3ind in the Ann^x Chapel during the annual! Religious Emphasis .week. Classes will be [suspended servicei apei du yweek. jthe fhain campus according ^ Kr»hf*cl 1 ilo • following schedule: Mbtuta: day & Tuesday, Feb. 13 & 14 — , 1/ 10 to 11 a. m. Wednesday & Thursday. Feb. 15 & 16— 11 16^12 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17—9 to 10 a.mi Classes will be dismissed at the annex accohiing td the following schedule: Monday. Feb. 13. 9 tb 10 a.mi Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb. :14 & 15, 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday A Friday, Feb. 16 & 17. 11 to 12 a.m M. T. HARRINGTON Dean of the College NOTICE RRKMKIW Af. - PREDENT A Ik HTI DENTS The Bulletins of! Information hnd appli cation forms for the Medical College Ad mission Test to be given May j 13, 1950, are now available aj the office of Dr. George E. Potter, Premedical-Predental Advisor. Room 13, Science Hall ! All pre- medleil-predontal students who I expect to apply for udfnlMHlon to the pi*ofeKNlonal achojols in 1951 are required to, take this test or the follow-up test to tie igiveu No- vmbltr 13, 1950, A ppl lent inns fojr the May 13 t*at must be in riinceton, New Jersey before April .0. V O K POTTER ; v NOTICE TO pXm>IDAtRM FOR OBADUATK DEQREEH IN JUNE. 1950 . All candidAle* for graduate jtegrerN In June, 1050. must be regtstred in|the Grad uate Be bool this eemeetr It I* the atu- dente responalblllty to both register and cheek with the Graduate School to nee that his record la clear for gradujitton. both acholBfittcally and in every other way Thla inHude* filling out a tequeat for admiaaion to candidacy for tho degree in 4une. This applies to cannlnil Th« faeuity i* rsfeuMUS to iiifirXU M r'mttstpr i) fiegret' as Well promSiV“ m **" ng 411 ,h *" M ? ulr * m,nu oMstcs for the bachelor's IDE P. TROTTEg 30 turnouts, or switches, on the control board and avoid trouble on the traqks. But despite the skill and coordination it requires, Zellar says, casualties atnong his equipment are relatively few. “Some times the youngsters for get to throw a switch and cause a train to ijerail,” he says, “but it’s seldom anything serious.” The 12 by 16 ft layout for the trains does not include the usual scale houses, trees, hills,; or land scape in general “I’m in i the min ority on that” he sayd. train enthusiasts spend much time perfecting thei cry as perfecting their engin Included other than his Num erous box «|ars, tankers, lumber ears, milk fears, and cattle cars are also !) engines. Th& engines are bought by Zeller. Ijm perfects them himself. y j “If I don’t like tJie- way they work, 1 just change/(hem,!' he says. Willman Named President Of Aggie Players Newly elected officers of the Aggie Players who will assume their duties for the Spring Semester include George C. William, President; Charles Benshelter, vice-president; and Polly Marsters, secretary. Two members have been added to the Aggie Players. They are Mary Eleanor Vaden and Phyllis Arhos. Both are recent graduates of TSCW and now reside in Col lege Station. Try-outs for three one act plays to be sponsored by Student Activ ities will be held in the Music Hall on Monday, Febi-uafey 13, be tween 4:30 ar)d 6:30 p. m. George J. Dillavou, dirfector, also announced that the plays will be presented in; the Grecian Style. All Aggies, faculty members and their families, and women from College Station and Bryan are, invited to try out. Anyone un able to attend the try-out at the scheduled time riiay arrange for a try-out by contacting Dillavou through the English Office. Plans are being made fop a ban quet at which those Aggie Play ers eligible will be presented keys for their past work with the or ganization. Degree Applicants Request ed to File^ Applications for degrees to be awarded at the end of the spring semester arc now being aceented in the registrar’s office, according to H. L. Hoatan, registrar. All studeijits who cxpeict to com plete the requirements for a de gree during the current semester should call by the registrar’s of fice ut their earliest convenience and file formal application for the degree. This applies to candidates for J—*—• *■ —" as can- degree, Heaton said. Approximately aix hundred and ninety-five beds will be available to houne prospective students and other male vial- tom on the A&M campus dur ing the All-Collogc-Mother's Day week-end, David Rives, housing chairman, told the All College Day Committee at a meeting last Wod- nesduy evening. Approximately ninety-four beds will l>« Hvitiluhla for dutes and oth er female via I torn, Rives contin ued. The women will Ik- housed in Walton Hall. All male viaitora should be requested to bring their own linens and toilet articles since there will be no charge for their rooms. The rooms for the female visitors will be furnished, and con sequently there will be a slight charge, Rives concluded. Charlie Modisett, chairman of the All College Day Commit! appointed a committee which w/ be in charge of the “Aggie Foil] /production this year. The commit tee consists of Karl Wyler, Frank Cleland, David Rives, and James Hoban. Wyler was appointed as chairman of this commj, The All College Day Committee decided that programs for the' week-end should bje' sold for a dime a piece in order to coyer printing costs. /Frank Cleland, chairman of the'program and sch eduling comrryrtee, reported that the prograny would probably con sist of twelve pages including the two covers: The .committee decided that 7,0p0 or more copies should bti printed, j j J l i The/deadline for turning in a comjwete outline of [the events and exhibits planned by each depart ment is March 15, Cleland stressed, hese program outlines should be /turned in to the respective Dean’s offices as soon as possible. Chairman Modisett asked that all ,sub-committees for All-Col lege Day begin wferking immedi ate. The next mcefeing of the All College Day Committee will b« held Tuesday evening at 5 in the conference room of the Dean of Engineering. it] Examinations For Jobs Announced Joseph L. Phillips, executive sec retary of the Civil Service Com mission, announced examination^ for positions of Soil Conservation ist and Engineer trainees. , • Entrance snlerles range from $2,■150.00 to S2.876.0Q. Employ!, mont will be With tlw Field Head quarters of the Soil Conservation Service in the states of Texas) Oklahoma, anld Louisiana. Application forms may lie ob tained from the post office; Exe cutive Secretary, Hoard of U. Si Civil Service Examiners, IJ. Si Department of Agriculture, 4fl4 Commerce St., Dallas 2, Texas; or from the Regional Director, Ninth U. S. Civil Service Region) New Federal Building, St. Louis 1, Missouri. dgingTeam Places Second AtStockShoi * The A&M Meat Ju Team placed second wi total of Judging conteat with the redent forth ; Five teams meet, representing v* leges and universities/througl the nation. The Aggie team w defeated by the Oklahoma A* team with a total jU 2,906 poini The msn representing AAM woi uglas Wythe, Glenn Kolhmumi, ohn Sugarek, and Humbei yea, alternate and O. D, ■, assistant professor of Animal usbandry, team coach. Other members of the team who Went to/thc meet for practice blit did MJt actually participate in the Reyes; Ed Latheih, Weyerts, and Joe Bonnot.! ohn Brannon of Oklahoma &M was the highest individual icorer of the contest with iwl ut of a possible 1,040 points, ythe was high point man on the ggie team and fourth in. the eet with a total score of 879 ints. Kothmann placed sixth with 72 points and Sugarek tenth with 44 points. In judging and grading of dif ferent classes A&M won first In llamb judging, second; inpork judg ing and beef grading, third in iamb grading, and fifth in beef udging. After the contest, the teams and heir coaches were honored with banquet sponsored by Swift and Company. At the banquet, high anking teams and individuals re re presented with ^ awards. Staff Members Leave on Tour M. K. Thornton, extension/agfei- feultural chemist and Dr. L; jC. Kapp, associate professor, depart ment of agronomy, ^vill leave ^o- day on a tour that ^ill take them lo Land-Grant Colleges in MisidilK- (ppi, Ohio, Illlnais, Ipwa and Miss ouri. i i; ! Director G. G. Gibson of the (Texas Extension SeiVico made the jinnouncemont and says tho pOr- boae of the tour is [ to gather in formation on soil testing programs being conducted in tho a hove named States. j Rome changes nrej being *p1anno .1 j ■!« I February 28. ■/ La Fiesta Dine in Atmosphere of Old Mexico Delicious . . . ENCHILADAS — TACOS CHALUPAS - TOSTADOS MEXICAN RICE TORTILLAS Many Other Famous Mexican Dishes <3 Bryan’s Original * Restaurant BANK HOLIDAY The banks of Bryan and College Station will be closed Monday, February 13, 1950 in obaervance of Lincoln’s birth day, a legal hohday. First National Bank City Natjional Bank First St^te Bank & Trust Co. College Station State Bank •u . , i'.' • Qampu TODAY thru WEDNESDAY FIRST RUN -Features Start— 1:15 • 2:66 - 4:40 -.8:20 8:10 - 10:00 ir TEXAS A&M irOR VALIMlilNI’S OA77 COMfACTS, SCATTE* SIMS. lOCXlTS AND ISACELETS J- ALL WITH VOltS COLLEGE EMSLEM COME IS) AND SEE THEM TODAY Exchange Store 1 1 » Steak- PALACE Brcjan 2 f S$79 TODAY & TUESDAY QUEEN TODAY & TUESDAY ir M ’ ■ ''-‘n r *! ■ 11 w >r ItkeiaAfttW S ' knows Mr r * app»«! •■■■< £ Jm L For a piece of Pie like mother makoa . .; Try Our Deliciou« M , i HOMK-ltAKKD PASTRIES i Open J1 a.m. to 7 p.m. WILSON’S Cafeteria ' 1 ' | North Gate; College Station 1 • r /Li LAST DAY ■t SENiaa sSkb JENNIFER JONES GREGORY FECK JOSEPH GOTTEN with 0 Gut Of Directed by KING VIDOR TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY dflBH j - j’t /Eli* --Ap . r