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r j M: MS Page 2 H. — Battalion Editorials . / ^ WEDNESDAY!, [FEBRUARY 22, 1960 This On-the-Campus, Off-the-Campus Ne wspaper j. . if, The "official newspaper of the City of College Station” announced yesterday that it intends to better serve the community whose official distinction it 5 ; change of policy is involved, bears. No rather it is a more responsible approach to what has been the standing policy of this newspap er—to serve both on-the-campus and off- the-campus readers. Not only will there be an improved system of gathering news of the College Station area, but also there will be carrier boy circuits in College Station to bring the paper to the'door steps of every house. From this improvement everybody stands to gain. Residents of College Station gain by havinpr# newspaper brought to their door step^ which gives top local coverage of news ajid sports as well as late national and international news. This newspaper gains through ha.ving a larger circulation (already the largest by far in Brazos . M' County) and contequently, being a more inviting placd fo* advertisers to spend their money. ' The savings brought about by mass producing this newspaper can be passed onto our readers by lower subscription rates. The Battalion has always been a "stu dent newspaper^” By fthis we mean that students manage :he policies of the paper with respect to ne ws, pictures, and editor ials. Giving broader coverage to the Col lege Station community than has been given in the past does not reduce the amount of campus or student news. There is enough room in the paper to give both the campus and the community thorough coverage. A newspaper’s responsibility is to the people who are its readers. The Battalion covering a greater cross-section of read ers recognizes this responsibility, and its staff will seek to give coverage to all. ■ • ' 1 v - j • ■ Yi 1 • " L f ' L G-Men, Local and State Police Move Together FATHER KNEW 9ES\ .bv* ^;n.f jiff . .'’-Vi'-" ’•4 -'ft Fro) What’s Cooking G-men, local and state police officers are about to join hands to clean* up some of the illicit gambling that has been go ing on at ever increasing rates in many parts of this country, A conference in Washington last week met to discuss or ganized crime. ‘ ' i According to the officials present at the conference, gambling is the most ser- fous underworld activity. The conference spent much of its time deciding on what federal legislation it wanted so that the national government may step in along side local police and help crack down on interstate crimestors. ;One suggested law was that Incomes derived from "illegal sources" be taxed "extremely high". Incomes from gambling jin many sta^aa are not .considered legally gained, The purpose of (his legislation would be to take ‘the profit out of gamb- i l c 7 In Parsing . . * - -' i While more and more, political fire- ’^jvorks exploded around the Brannan Farm f Plan, Pollster George Gallop decided to go out and ask voters what they thought of the farm subsidy plan pro or con. The poll’s results t are surprising; no body seems interested enough one way or the other to form an opinion. His poll found 73% of the people questioned with out interest in the Brannan plan. ling”. A second bit df federal legislation that the conference thought would be helpful to state police is a proposal that federal laws be passed lo prohibit the shipment of gambling devi Jes into or out of states which prohibit their use. The attitude manifested at the confer ence was encouraiging to laymen in Amer ica. Local and stfte prejudices concerning federal assistance in tracking down inter state crimes wer; not brought to light at all. Instead both 1’ederal and state officials met together t<|| l ace up to the (ffepleasant but neceaaary ia tk of combating crime In this .country. Mora effective crime bust ing means feweir cltixenH will be vietlm- ix«d. Of the 27% who felt Informed enough to voice an opinion a majority was op posed to^ the dan (15',' of the whole) while 8%, favorel the plan. apathy on an important iust cause politicians from fence some concern. Their question: how to make a campaign issue over something nobody seems to know or care to know about? AGRONOMY SOCIETY, picture change from Tuesday,. Feb. 21 to Wednesday, Feb. 22, 5:15 p.m., West side of Ag Building. AMARILLO A&M CLUB; Thursday, 7:15 p, m., Room 203, Academic Building. Club picture will be shown, Cotton Ball duch- :ess will be elected. AMERICAN FOUNDRYMAN'S JSOCIETY, Feb. 23, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Room 303, M.E. Building. ^Business meeting, film to, be pboiWta. H j BASTROP - LEE COUNTY HOME TOWN CLUB, Thursday, iFeb. 16, 7:30 p. m. Room 224 Aca- idemic Building. BEAUMONT A &M CLUB, Feb. 23, Thursday, 7:3|0 p.m., 108 Aca- demic Bldg. Plans for Aggieland ’50 picture to be discussed. BUSINESS SOjciETY, Feb. 22, Wednesday, 5 p.m., front of Ag- iricultufe Building- Picture for Aggieland '50 to jbe made. COLLEGE WOMEN’S CLUB, Feb. ?4, Friday, 3 p.m., Sbisa Hall, COTTON BALL AND PAG- ITTl Such publi<!f domestic issue m both sides of th,e If \ V FROM THE NEW 1 YORKER FEB 18,1950 L . The speaker pointed to the time when the fish, the toads, reptiles, plant and seed appeared. He traced the meteors, the stars and the formation of the earth. Formation was three hundred million years ago. There are eleven million million million stars, he said. The milky Way is a haze caused by many stars which cannot be seen but w’hichj force light just enough to make the thing was pointed out. The earth akin to a bubble he said. EANT COMMITTEES, Wednes- i day, 7 j>. m., Room 200, Ag Experi ment Station Building. DALLAS A&M CLUB. Feb, 23. Thuraday, 5:15 p.m. west aide of | Agricultural Building, Picturea for Aggieland '50 to be made. Stroud-IVeely Married Feb. 4 Charlea i>. SOktud, Jr., Cla** of '47, waa marriml to Miaa Gloria ! Neeley of College Station on Feb. j 4 at the First Methndiat Church ! in Lafayette, La. Stroud received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engin- j ceiling here and! is now employed j wit|h the Texas Pipe Line Company j of iHouslon. Mrs. Stroud is a graduate of TSCW and has been a member of | the teaching staff of the Gonsol- I idated School System for the past I five years. Bible Verse If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us ou r ' called the milky way, it I sin*. »nd to cleanse us from all 1 unrighteousness. —John 1: 9 DISCUSSION AND DEBASE SOCIETY, Wednesday, 7:30 p, m., Room 325 Academic Building. EL PASO A&M CLUB, Feb. 22, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. lounge of Dorm 2. Picture for Aggieland *50 to be made. ; ' FAYETTE COUNTY: A&M CLUB, Feb. 23, Thursday, 7:15 p.m. Room ,129, Academic. FIVE O CLUB. Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Bryan Country Club. Cov ered dish supper. HENDERSON COUNTY A&M CLUB, Feb. 23, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Room 323, Academic. JOHNSON COUNTY V* M CLUB, Feb. 23, Thursday, 8:15 p. ro.,, YMCA lounge. Picture for Aggieland ’50 to be made. MAN.E WIVES’ CLUB, Feb. 23, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. South Solar ium, YMCA. NEWCOMERS CLUB, Wednes day, 7:30 p. m„ YMCA, Washing ton Birthday party. NEWMAN CLUB. Wednesday, Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m., west side of Agriculture Bldg. Picture for Ag gieland '50 to be made. SENIOR CLASS. Wednesday, 7'30 p, m„ YMGA Chapel. SUL ROBS LODGE NO. 1300 Feb, >3, Thursday, 7 p.m. Called meeting for work in Master Mason degree. HUL ROSS RESEARCH CLUB, Wednesday, 7:80 p, m., CK Lec ture Room, Uuest speaker. TAB LET ON CLUH meeting Thursday, February 33, Goodwill Hall. Room H<m, 7:16 p.m. LutlieraiiH Will Observe Leni Regular Wednesday evening services in observance of Lent will begin tonight at 7:30 in the Luth eran Student Center at the North 1 Gate. Reverend Fred Mgebroff. pastor of the Lutheran Church, said yesterday. The usual meetings of the Luth eran Student Association ard to be postponed till Easter unless special reasons call for meetings after the church services, Reve rend Mgebroff said. - Candlelight services will be held tonight and Holy Commun ion will be celebrated. Ralph Stee: in dues arrea: en, •raj enclosed in something It is finite but bounded, president, (urged members :o pay up immediately. —Bryan (Texas)) Daily Eagle. That’s the least they can do. 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Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-8SS4)! (mice, -Room 209, Goodwin Hall, EnUrtd s* Mcoad.«la«a msltst at PdM Dffk* at Colins* BUUon. T*xm. und«r th« Act of Consms of March I, 1910. Member of The Associated Press BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE..... Giftyton L. Sclph. Dave Coslett— Chuck Cabaniss - —-j— ........... John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt, Dean Reed, Otto Kunze. ........... Dban Reed L! O. Tlodt Frank N. M&nitzas Today’s Issue R«or(e CliarUoa... Assistant Feature Editor .Herman dollob L........ AmueemenU Editor ' Bid Abernathy. Emil Burtjea, Jr.. Bob Lane. Ches ter Critchfteld, Marvin Matuaek. B. F. Roland, John Tapley. BUI Thompson, “Rip” Torn. John Whitmore, Ray WUllame. Bob Young. Jerry Zuber.. . New# #o4 geature Wrttey| Larry OUver ,. .Circuiatlou Mahafar Charlea Klrkham Frank E. aimi Rofier Coelett. Ralph Oorman. « Itxae. Dean lb Jack Brandt. Jack Bam Meltnary Marty Rom. / y johp : •.m ' • hr MsUsmI se at New York OMr. aa< Son Franetmo. Co-Editors .... Managing Editor “ turn Editor Editor Editors 4rry Houser. oainsaiwrt. : ikneock. bui \ •J j ! . ■ ..News Editor Editor Editor >,SWB- Jr g porte Witt ere Tcartoonleu Itotegssjtor Freribnieii: Make her the i ! ; •• • , • • Belle of the Ball... <$• j ■ ■ » ' Let us help combine the flowers most flattering to her personality. - r m Student Floral (Concession m: j "See Your Dormitory Representative” r. i . — - ;■ — '.-l: 1 ", - .• ! f , . < j K L ^ 1 ' ■ 1 ' ’ 1j | ... ■ V .. .. [. .. . ... K , i:. ■CS >m Where I Sit y HERMAN C. GOLLOB In* pec tor General (War- aUrriHg Dasny Kaye, Blexak, Elaa lAncaater, Barbara Bates (Guion). .. I The K-bomb Jiaa exploded in Guion Hell, and it currently col lecting ita toll of ruptured aides and fractured funny bonon. If you care to chance these con sequences, amble over to the Col lege Station Panthenon and watch the funniest guy in show busi ness, Danny Kaye, do everything any twenty of the best combined comedians do, and do it a helluva lot better, plus a lot more they’ve never heard of, in his latest pic ture ‘The Inspector General”. The Inspector General has lit tle to offer other than Danny 7 ! JCAye, when but what elae is needed the rowdy red - head is around? % j Equally adapt in acting, aing- ing, dancing, pitnlomine, and mimicking, Kaye la.a one-man show, aa full of kinetic energy aa an eight year old playing cowboy and Indians. When he’s op screen, all else is unnecessary. Kaye this time plays a good- hearted simpleton who, Wanders into a corrupt village in # coun try which is a cross between France and Bulgaria and is mis taken by the crooked officials for the inspector general, >vho’s been traveling incognito thitough the land, exposing foul govern ment practices. YsV .V . In the course of the hour-and- a-half which it takes for the story Letters To The Editor (All IMtcn' to tb* editor which are signed br a student or employee of tile eoileae and which do not contain obecene or libelous material will be published. Per- eons wtshlnc to have their names withheld from publication may sequent such action aad those names will not, without the oosissnt of the writer, be divulged to any persons otbsr than the editors.) SILVER TAPS Editor, The Battalion: The' “Silvertaps” ceremonies for “Tidy” Roberts on February 14 were both sad and impressive, as are all such occasions, except for the numerous lights that remain ed burning during the ceremony. This is something that has been sticking in our craw since the be ginning of the year. "Silver Tans” we : believe, is the finest of the regaining traditions at A&M. It should be respected by everyone including the faculty and employ ees of the college. There were .numerous lights burning in the Electrical Engin eering building and even in the Academic building. There is no ex cuse for this. Is anything so im portant that it cannpt wait five minutes while a finhl tribute is paid to a person? If the lights Rev. Brown Says Service Successful iHhe Sunday dedication service at the First Baptist Church of College Station was a great suc cess, according to Rev, R, L. Brawn. Hu inlay School and morning and evening worship service* were urn usiially well attended. Open House during (he after- noon brought hundreds of friends and ex-students to Visit the new building. Guests wore directed through the many rooms ami were served refreshments Ip the hoe- la) room. The Hinging Cadets furnished several numbers for the evening service. ,. 1 ere due to maids cleaning up, len someone should poop them m tb up on the proper procedure. Someone should-be responsible for these lights being put out. Maybe the Campus Security office could see that they are out. If ! not we will see that they are. This should never be permitted to happen again. Jack Brandt ’52 Bill Blevins '52 Bob Kirk ’82 \ Chris Brandt ’52 - Cummings to Talk At Wive’s Meeting , Professor John Cummings \ of the Chemistry Department will ad dress the Architecture Wives Soc iety tonight at 7:30 in the South Solarium of the YMCA, Mrs. W. R. Matthews, reporter, said today. Cummings will speak to the group on the' Subject “How to Re finish and ! Build Furniture.” His hobby is the restoration and pro- •ervation of items of American •rt. ' ( ' : All member* of the society ami ijiny architecture student's wife ivho has not yet Joined the society (ire Invited by Mrs. Matthews to htteijd. ■1' -1 "u! p! 5! One-Man 9 Corned^ to unreel, Kaye deUvrif the best and most imaginative numbers of his screen career. Our favorites were “Be Arrogant, Elegant, and Smart” in which there appear four Kayes (montague, of courae) and a parody on Gypsy air. Guion’s screen gives way in im portance to the stag© on Saturday apd Monday nighta. 1 Dr William Jones brings tho 1CW modern choir here Sutur- r night for a concert scheduled start at 7:30 p. m. Admission II be 30 cents. individual development has ton stressed by Dr. Jones in his work with the choir. And the sing ers present the greater part of their program without a director. Among the selections which the group has chosen for Satur day's concert are “Thine Alone,” “Italian Street Song,'’ “Gypsy Love Song”, and “Kerry Dance”. Monday night at 8 the Maddox Brother* and Rose, popular Cali fornia hill-billy band, which prides itself on being the best dressed • of hillbilly musicians in the |ry, will appear in Guion in gram of western folk songs. Recent recordings of the groun are "Tram on the S t r e e t”, “Flowers for the Master’s Bou quet’. “Whoa Sailor”, and “Phil adelphia Uawyer”.-. A question to John Roscnfield, amusements editor .of the Dallas Morning News and one of the fin est judges of drama ami music ijn the South: what fit of mental ab- beration caused you to labrl “Battleground” as "dull and bandl" while referring to "Safids of Iwo Jimti” “frequently thrilling”? If we had our way, we’d re verse the wording. Outside of John Wayne’s performance anil some actual battle shots, ’'Bands of Iwo Jima” possessed nothing hut a threadbare script which the director constantly tried to enliven by the playing of the “Marine’s Hymn” In the back- i ground. And its characters were of the artificial variety^ppaak- ing solely in clichen. - ' . “Battleground," on tho othin hand, saw new life and vigor bo- ingj injected into tho war picture. Not only was it filled with crejd- iblj. people, hut. for once In tho movie,a the talk exchanged between 1 • r Rooftop Racoon Caught Wichita Falls, T^x.—The nktter of little feet on the roof kept occupants of t)p apartment house here awake until a steel trap solved the myatery.i C. L. Reed, ohe of the tenants, set the trap ami caught a raoeoon. . TODAY thru SATURDAY FIRST RUN —Feature Starts— 1:25 - 3:35 - 5:40 - 7:50 - 10:00 MocMURRAY»TREVOR MM PLUS: CARTOON—NEWS SATURDAY PRKVUK 11 P. M. —Feature IliSO P.M— ,\ One of thr Fimt Toxom Hhowlngtt PLUM: cartoon—NEWS LAST DAY DANNY KAYE tfejgar -•-^LYtciofMoiOB THURSDAY & FRIDAY »«» NOT IN WARNRR NIT genuine. PALACE Bry.in 2-tffW LAST DAY “PINKY" I / . TIIURH. thru SAT7 I0WAKO L AlPERSON w. fMMMNNOMCTKM SPECIAL. WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY PRKVUE Wednesday 11 p.m. Washington . . .. the man whe never told a lie. Peggy Cummins —in— “The Deadly Female” The Girl Who Nevtir Told the Truth QUEEN NTARTM TODAY WhftMsa Maw itaaqiiUM awaaaf. 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