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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1950
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Memo to Our Visiting Clergymen .
Once each year the spotlight of activ
ity at A&M is turned on religion. Extra
curricular doings are held to a minimum
and classes are turned out- an horn: a day
go students and staff members alike may
attend services in Guion Hall. Discussion
groups under the leadership of clergymen
of every faith meet during the afternoons
and evenings. Some of the talks in the
dorms continue until late at night, for en
thusiasm is always high.
..r- The atmosphere all over the campus
changes during this one week of the year.
Especially is this true’in Guion Hall 'dur
ing the morning services. There, students,
teachers, college employees, and profes
sional military men lose their separate
identities and become one
quiet reverence, listening
God.
Perhaps the clergym
Week are aware of the
spiritual satisfaction whit
us all during their time
already been told,
their ministering hnd coi
ciated. Nevertheless, we
column and use it once
our deepest thanks! for th^
encouragement for spirit
which you, the clergym
have given the on
College.
A Palace for the Serfs of Brazoria . .
Three members of The Battalion edi
torial staff took a tour of a dream Sunday
afternoon. ' I
It’s made of steel, masonry and plaster,
and it’s only partially complete, but it’s
still a large-sized, pastel colored dream.
The idyll, of course, is the looming, mil-
lion-and-a-half dollar, Memorial Student
Center that each day moves closer to com
pletion. For an hour AVe walked, looked and
were impressed. We saw three floors of
hotel rooms that should end that frantic
scramble for a place to put your date on a
big weekend. ; We saw the floor space that
will hold an increasing number of smaller
dances to make the phrase “A&M social
life” a lot less of a joke.
We saw contoured ind paneled meeting
rooms where campus' clubs can meet in
surroundings as luxurious as those on any
Southern campus, without having to. jim
my an Academic building door for admis
sion.
tire po
Spaces for a post ol'fice, bowling al
leys, snack bar, gift shop, dark rooms, au
ditoriums, a projection booth, and a score
of other things we probably missed were
layed out, and many of "
temally. Everything
body, sitting in
to the word of
en with us this
enjoyment and
they bring to
They have
sure, how much
dnseling is appre-
wish to take this
again to express
opportunity and
tjual re-evaluation
on our campus,
oulation of A&M
;
highest, and care; for it
our ability.
It’s a great building,
itertai
incjivi
ad
ripe
put a little more interest into its operation.
long-suffering individual,
A&M student. And the
dents can get mope out pf our palace is to
In Ruanda-Urundi^ the Cow Has a Name
In Ruanda-Urundi, Belgian Congo, the
common .cow is causing the United Na
tions considerable worry. Our AP wirp
tells us that Leon Petillon, governor for
Belgmn of the Trust territory in Africa re
ported to the U. N. Trusteeship Council:
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• “The cow is considered a symbol of
wealth, and social position is judged by
the number of cows a j>erson owns.”
For a population of 3,800,000 there
are about 1,000,000 cows, which is better
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In accordance with custom, an engineer
student at the University of Michigan in
serted a self-addressed postcard in a final-
exam bluebbok, so the professor could mail
him his grade. As an added touch, he
hopefully scotch-taped a candy lifesaver
at the hottom of the card. Several days
later he received the card, with an exceed
ingly low grade—and with the lifesaver
replaced by an aspirin.
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“Labor is prior to,
capital. Capital
and could never
not first existed,
of capital, and d<
consideration.”
is onl;
have e
Labor
eserve;
— Abraham Lincoln
Margaret Lindsley : The best camou
flage for a woman’s bowlegs is a low neck
line.
they do.
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go ovejr and take a spin
relaxation palace that is
omplejtion to amaze you
When it opens.
was sumptuous, and wi
We wish every pers
the college would
through the A&M
now near enough coi
with what it will be like
We want every student to become MSC
conscious, so that when it does open we
can use it to the utmost^ revel in it to the
to the utmost of
and it will be of
tremendous entertainment value to that
the every-day
only way we stu-
than one cow for every four persons.
That wouldn’t be so bad except for
this: The cow is so prized that each has
jits own name. Milk,'
life work—are just
tions, and she is much
' slaughtered for meat.
Said a U. N. mission, reporting on a
recent survey of the Belgia Congo terri
tory: “The pre-eminenca of man over the
Cow (in Ruanda-Urund ) is far from be
ing established.”
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FARR AND HIS HANDBILLS FIRST RATE FRIENDLINESS
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and independent of,
yl the fruit of labor,
listed if labor had
is the superior
much the higher
Charles W. Lfawrenfce: Social hygien
ists recommended that we talk with our
children about sjex without being embar
rassed. We should put on a bold front
and pretend we know ate much about it as
kl office. Room 201,
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Managing Editor
Feature Editor
An Open Letter to Jack A. Farr:
After reading Monday night’s
Battalion, we are wondering why
you are still continuing your char
ges against Guion Hall Theater j
by distributing handbills at the
North Gate.
Personally, neither we nor the
students with whom ive have talked
can make sense out of your accu
sations. >
We can not find the facts upon
which you base your charges. The
profits from Guion Hall Theater
are barely enough to cover the
cost of operation, which includes
FREE use of Guion Hall for Town
Hall programs. The Battalion has
published such facts in previous
issues, and we have a firm belief
in the honesty and integrity of our
Battalion editors.
! The free movies during the sum-i
mer, wh.jh you are so concerned
with, are paid for by the Activity
Fee which each student pays at the
beginning of the semester.
Frankly, Farr, we are perfectly
satisfied with the operation of
Guion Hall and think that your}
charges are immaterial and irre
levant. v
If you are SO concerned with
the welfare of the students here at
A&M, WHY DON’T YOU OFFER
A SPECIAL STUDENT RATE OF
UTEN CENTS FOR YOUR MOV-
1 IES ?
Sincerely,
Marvin G. Rice MB
Roger B. Goforth ’50
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East Texas’ Steel
Untouched by Strike
Daingarfield, Tex., Feh. 15 —
So far the coal strike hasn't af-
; fected production at Lone Star
Steel's DaingcrfioUl blast furnace.
‘‘We're operating at pretty close
to full capacity," operating Mann-
i ger W. R. Bond said today. ‘‘We
have about 15 days supply of coal
i on hand, and we’ro getting more
coal regularly.”
Bond said Lone Star is getting
coal in both Oklahoma and Ar-
kunsas.
Official Notice
In order to permit students and faculty
: to attend services in Guion Hall and in the
Annex Chapel during the annual Religious
Emphasis week. Classes will he suspended
on the main campus according to the
following schedule: /
Monday & Tuesday', Feb. 13 A 14—
10 to 11 a.m.
'' Wednesday & Thursday. Feb. 15 & 16—
11 to 12 a.m.
Friday, Feb.. 17—9 to 10 a.m.
Classes will be dismissed at the annex
according to the following schedule:
Monday, Feb. 13. 9 to 10 a.m,
Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb. 14 & 15,
10 to 11 a.m.
Thursday it Friday. Feb. 16 & 17, 11
to 12 a.m
M. T. HARRINGTON
Dean of the College
NOTICE ‘
PREMEDIC AI, - PR ED ENT AT.
STUDENTS
The Bulletins of Information and appli
cation forms for the Medical College Ad
mission Test to be' > given May 13. 1950,
are now available at the office of Dr.
George E. Potter. Premedical-Predental
Advisor. Room 13, Science Hall. All pre
medical-predental students who expect to
apply for admission to the professional
schools in 1951 are required to take this
test or the follow-up test to be given No-,
vmber 13. 1930. Applications for the Olay
13 test must be in Princeton. New Jersey
before April -9
G. E. POTTER
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOR
GRADUATE DEGREES IN JUNE. 1930
All candidates for graduate degrees In
Juns, 1930. must be regtstred In the Grad
uate School this aemestr. It Is the stu
dent's rssponsibtltty to both register and
cheek with the Graduate School to see
that hi* record la clear for graduation, both
acholaatloally and In every other way. This
Includes filling out a request for admission
to candidacy for the degree In June.
Tha faculty la requested to aaalst their
atudent* In nwellng all these requirement*
promptly. ■
IDE P. TROTTER
Editor, The Battalion:
After two astounding houijs on
registration day this out-of-state
transfer student was thorot ghly
convinced that strangers do not
exist on this campus. No wonder
Texas A&M College comnahds
top-billing in courtesy and friend
liness from coast to coast.
Students, faculty, and gove rninjg
members, I commend you fjor a
job well done.
Very Sincerely,
Arne J. Nyberg
Dorm 17
Philosophy Course
Scheduled in Fall
A three-hour course in philoso
phy will probably be offered next
fall, Dr. Joseph Stadleman, asso
ciate professor of modern l angu
ages, announced today.
Dr. Stadleman is now present
ing a lecture each Friday at 5 p.
m. in room 125 of. the Academic
building.
“These lectures are principally
an introduction to philosophy and
I show the relation of philosophy
to other sciences. Philosopiy is
a study of knowledge, skills, pow
ers, and elements. With such a
broad .scope, any student cth re
late the course to his major read
ily”, Dr. Stadelman said.
There are no scholastic require
ments for the course and fill in
terested persons are invited to at
tend.
Local SAMK Hear*
Houston Engineer
Frank H. Newman, Jr., of
woodf and Andrews Engine
Hoiniton was guest speaker
S. A. M. E. moating held re|
Professor Buchanan of the
Engineering department
duced the speaker who talked
problems facing engineers
China, Burma, and India 1
Stove Dunkelberg said tl.
Houston chapter of the S. A
is gaving $40 in prizes to
winners of the essay contei
The society’s rifle team will
have a chance to win the S. A.
M. E. trophy, Phil Parke !- said.
Five men from Co. “A” and five
from Cb. “B” will fire by F|eb. 20.
BUI McMillian, presidentjof the
chapter, read the San Antonio
chapter's offer of $20 for |a rifle
marksmanship plaque to bq given
each year to the Engineer Com
pany showing the best marksman
ship.
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Civil
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A shining example of Holly
wood standardization is to be
found today at Guion Hall, where
Warners’ technicolored musical
“Look For The Silver Lining” is
closing out a two-day run.
The stereotyped produci in this
case is of course the Hollywood
musical, which offers the reviewer
his least taxing critical assign
ment. Since musicals are so alike
—flimsy plot, lovely songs, spec
tacular dances, ornate sets, lavish
costumes, romantic love, etc.—the
review entails little more than
the generalization, “If you’ve seen
one, you’ve seen- ’eri |alf.”
Which is not to say that the sim
ilarity between musicals detracts
from their entertainment value.
The chocolate soda formula, but
for the external addition of a twist
of cream and a maraschino cher
ry, has remained the Sam* for a
good many years;: yclj the tasty
beverage still seems to enjoy no
Pike Head Of
Atomic Group
Washington, Feb. 15 (AP-
President Truman chose Sum
ner T. Pike, a Republican, as
acting chairman of the Atom
ic Energy Commission to di
rect the development of the hy
drogen bomb. j
Th<^ White House said Pike will
begin! serving Thursday as acting
head of the mpHi-billion-dollar
atomic project, pending the ap
pointment of a succgSkpr to David
E. Lilienthal.
Lilienthal, who leaves office to
morrow, has been chairman since a
five-man civilian board took over
control of atomic Cner^y from the
army in 1946.
The White House (iid not in
dicate when a permanent chairman
will be named.
A native of Maine, the 58-year-
old Pike is a onetime Boston pub
lic utilities clerk j who made for
tunes in oil and ini Wall Street. He
has described himself as being
“Leftish, as Republicans gcf.”
Pike entered government service
in 1939 as a $lfa-yeiar business
adviser to the late Harry Hop
kins, the secretary of commerce,
and shbsequently became a mem
ber «f the Federal Sc6uritieS~ail3’
Exchange Commission. , (
The president’s designation of
Pike' put an end, at IVasf tempor
arily, to a boom atnong some mem
bers of congress for the job to go
to Gordon Dean, ; 44-y£ar-old Cali
fornia lawyer and fotmar college
professor. He is an AECTnimber.
Bible Verse
Wednesday, Feb. 15:
For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son,
tha: whosoever pelieveth in him
should not perish, but have ever
lasting life.
end of popularity.
So the musical ‘‘soda,” remai
basically the same through
year* and altered only slightly by
a new twist to the old plot for
mula, is still tickling the palates
of moviegoers who seek diversion
from the stress and' strain of
everyday living.
He who seeks more from
100 girl technicolor e x t r afv A^
ganza than an interrupted session
of song and dance couched in an
atmosphere of plushy elegance and
high gloss is one who attends Tar-
zan pictures for a factual insight
on domestic life amid the flora and
fauna of fetid African jungles, j
Enough digression. I return to
my views on “Look For The Silt
ver Lining,” Warners version of
the life of the late Marilyn Miller
Broadway musical comedy star
shortly before and during the tipsy
twenties.
Not having seen Miss Miller, 1
cannot compare her attributes hf
a songstress and dance specialist
with those of Miss Haver. I cap
only say that in her song and
dance routines, the latter acquits
herself in a most charming and
graceful fashion. She displays n
pleasing voice, considerable danc
ing proficiency, and an altogether
fetching and winsome stage petj-
PALACE
Bryan ZSS79
STARTS TODAY
U4
Welfare Plans
Now Opened
Service opportunities in various
types of welfare work are being
offered to college students by the
American Friends Service Commit
tee, it was announced by Clar :
ence E. Pickett, Executive' Secre
tary of the Quaker organization.
Projects are now being carried
on in various parts of North Amer
ica and Europe. Special summer
units will also be sponsored by
the Committee.
Students interested in any of
these projects can obtain further
information by writing to Ameri
can Ffiends Service Committee,
University YMCA, Austin, Texas.
House New Prexy
Of Tarleton Club
Jim Tom House was elected pres
ident of the Tarleton Club for the
spring semester in a meeting
Thursday night. q
Other officers elected tp serve
during tTlO'remainder of tha school
year-wfcre' Joe J. McEntire, vice
president; Wilfred Eckerman, sec
retary and treasurer; Thomas L.
Peacock, reporter; and Gerald Da
vis, social chairman.
Martin Schrang, Bobby Berry,
and Ira S. Godwin were selocted to
servo as members of the social
committee, headed by Davis. Ac-
cordnig to tho committee members,
there will be plenty of social !ac-
tlvities for tho club during the :*<>•>
mester.
Club meetings will be held; on
the second ami fourth Thursdays
of each month nt 7:15 p. r«j l«
room 306 Of Goodwin Hall.
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lity. As an actress,, she .Is
ore convincing as the adolescent
pigtails who joins her family’s
'eville act than as the toast of
away.
: By far the film’s major asset
|>wever is Ray Bolger, whose
ifing capers m the role-of Jack
nohue invite not only laughter
bat genuine wonderment as well at
the keen technical skill with which
the long-legged dance stylist seems
so generously endowed.
Bolger’s is a pseudo-awkward
style: loose-jointed land seeming-S,
ly without effort, he slip* tend
trips, shuffles and mugs through
several quite wonderful eoft shoe
and 'tap routines.
• Gordon McRae does very well by
his role of Frank Carter. He lends
hia full baritone—one of the best
in modern song business, by the
way, to “Kiss In- the Dark,” “Look
For The Silver Lining,” and “Time
On My Hands.” No great shakas
as an actor, McRae nonetheless
has a boyish, “typical young Amer
ican” face and personality which
rateke him pleasing enough.
Rosemary De Camp and the
Wilde sisters fill supporting-roles
adequately, but Charlie Ru'ggles
is intolerable as Marilyn’s vain
and blustering father. His double-
takes reached the nauseous state
eisrly in the film.
Although it smacks of the same
melodramatic and routine flavor
qf previous Hollywood musical
biographies, ‘Silver Lining” suc
cessfully recaptiucs the sentimen
tal essence of |Broadway's glamor
ous past. j >
Snyder Boom Town
Reports ‘No Jobs’
Snyder, Tex., Feb. 16 iA 1 )—JoK,
seekers flocking to this oil boom
town are not finding jobs.
The labor supply still exceeds
the demand, said William J.
Schiebel, manager of the Chamber'
of Commerce. “The town is swamp
ed with men—60 to 100 a- day— ;
who arrive here broke, can’t fin! - ;
Work and have to leave,” Schiebel
continued. • »
Many of the ^le'w businei^es
here, such as oil well drilling out*
fits, bring their ovtn crews. :•!
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