'■ [fill . [.' '■ \ ■ [ ! l V" -V'r! . j j: !% f | ' , P ■ \' J : ' t ' r 2 r- '!/ 1 1 ' t" - . L I ' ■ y Battalion Editor Page 2 THURSDA ia l s Y, MARCH 9, -Sri— •• 1950 —L. i •• ..%vtL ■% i Somewhere in the planning, some where in the preaeritation, somewhere in the minds of A&M students that indefin able something that would have made the Campus Chest drive successful was miss- j Jpst where the shortcoming was, no one chn presume to say. i j 'Outwardly, the whole drive appeared to have everything that would make it successful. . * • Dollars and cents-wise, the drive is only 30%' successful. A. little "more than $1,400 has been collected while the quota was set at $4,000. Collections were continued last even ing, and some dormitories will be raising i | money for the rest of this week. The re- L4.urns from the Annex are only fragmen tary for their drive' started a day later than ours. U ‘ When all the money is counted, and the I960 Campus Chest drive is declared closed, around $2,500 should be raised. This will be enough to start sortie kind of a Twelfth Man Scholarship for next fall, ft won’t be the $500 a semester that Was planned, but about the same amount the GI Bill now provides, p | %_ A quarter io£ the Chest treasury can be sent to the World Student Service Fund to help overseas students who can’t help themselves. L % | ' ■[ And the remainder can be held ih a reserve account for emergency charitable expenditures that the |> student body is called on to make. On the whole, participation and inter est in the Campus Chest has been gratify ing. Those who, were interested, were in terested 100%. Those who were cold to the idea, were freezing cold. There were few students luke warm to this year’s Cam pus Chest. Our ever optimistic spirit here at A&M goads us to swallow this year’s quota- short Campus Chest driye and hope for “Next year, 01’ Army.’’ Bull Has No Respect for Invincibility i Legends of the invincibility of Ameri cans Went away in a cloud of dust last week in Mexico City. Here four Ameri cans discovered that they just thought tftfey wanted to be bull fighters. This decision came upon being con fronted with a live bull (ojnly 500 pounds, or half the regulation size) whose horns had been blunted ta-preyent any serious injuries to the novice bull fighters. An AP report_Says that “None (of the Americans) showed any of the style, knowledge or love of the sport which are dis- was In Passing necessary to the amateur or professional bullfighter.” \ I The occasion for the Americans’ ^lay of lack of valor before the bull a charity benefit for the Altrusa Women’s Club. Our American failures were attend- 1 ing bullfighting school under the GI Bill. We don’t know what temperament a good bullfighter must have. We aren’t fa miliar with the techniques employed in killing the bull by stabbing him. But most ^11 of us know how to shoot the bull. t" ' j. J ' | . - . : r The AP’s editor, David J. Wilkie, sends this tidbit from Detroit: ' (Quote) L - i The sale of new automobiles on. used car lots is coming in for increasing com plaint by ffanchised dealers. They call the practice “bootlegging.” A lot of this was done in the early post war days and brought relatively little com plaint. At that time, however, the new units brought premium prices on the used car lots. Now, it appears, they are being offered, at discounts. The factories, of course, are not ship ping new cars to used car dealers. They are shipping them only to their fran chised retailers. SO the new cars offered in unauthorized places apparently are com ing from licensed new car retailers and presumably at discounts. r ~ . .This suggests some licensed new car merchants-are getting more vehicles from thfl factories than they want or can quickly sell in their own areas. The man- Last year Dallasites paid to the city over $1,000,000 in traffic fines. In order to raise the million bucks, nearly one in every three persons in that city paid some ufacturers won’t adimit this. Nevertheless, the National Automobile Dealers’ Association regarded the situa tion serious enough to justify resolutions recently asking the manufacturers to re store territorialii&ecurity clauses in all agreements with dealers. The Association also has started a campaign through local and state dealer organizations aimed at dissuading buyers from getting new cars from an^‘ but authorized dealers. . ! | j - (Unquote) Now that the shpe is on the Other foot, or the price tag is oh the other side of list, a howl is being set up. Used car deal ers, philanthropic souls all, sold cars for above list prices during the War. Price tags now below list on cars in their lots indicate the cortipetitive situation has changed. There’s nothing wrong with this coun try l^hat enough good Used car dealers can’t cure. . ;J I; i- j 1 | sort of a traffic fine. Here is an example that breaking the law pays: it pa^s for the city. It’s the driver whoi pays. The Battalion l t ’Soldtei. Statesman. Knightly Gentleman?’ Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Founder of Aggie Traditions The Associated Press.is entitled exclusively to the use for republicatii credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of sp< ed herein. Riffhts of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. d of all m >ntaneous iews dispatches origin publish- The Battalion, official newspaper City of College Station, Texas, Is pub Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. Durini talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, We&iesday and Friday. Subscripti vi-iar. Advertising rates furnished on request. I ; rate $6.00 Jews contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) Joodwin Hall. Classified ads may ba placed by telephone Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. . Entered ea eecond-eleee matter at P Office at College Station. Texas, nn< the Act Vf Concrete of March S, 1370. BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROB {JJayton L. Selph. Dave Coslett Chuck Cabaniss— ■— — ....... John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt, Dean Reed, Otto Kunee Member of The Associated Press Dave Coslett-- Sid Abernathy . Chuck Cabaniss Today’s Issue >». Aee*«»e« u’ Edward* City Editor ^’ , ^r K " n .^ rnhard, _,..Ac,m« copy Ed„or. "heeler Hlok*. Marvjn Mat**. O«orie ; ! McBee, B. F Roland. Whlrtr .TanamopW, John Tapley, BUI Thompion, "Rip" Torn. fuy William* ....News hnrt FeiiUir* Write™ I Bnnjte. Jr FuWW School Sorremondeat C. C«rter Circulation Mana»«r :[:::: :::: &“E a °s U ^en. Sun Mollnary Hardy Roe*. John Ito Fontaine, Bob Hi Jack Brandt, Jack sta MBjU ' Alas Munroe.. ' * V ' . ri$. mi NERVE WRACKING, ISN'T IT f I Where I Sit Bait Reviewer Picks Fill avorites For the peaso* r- *■ Si. oearr apAUtrif FRENCH OOVT HERMAN C. GOLLOB e now for us to fall in line Iie nationwide “Oscar” prog- cation and add our two cents rth as to whom we believe is the most deserving of Hollywood’s most treasured pnre. The field of candidates for Best Actor of the Year has been nar rowed down to three: Gregory Pec c (“Twelve O’clock High”), Broderick Crawford (“All The Kings Men”), and Kirk Douglas (“Champion”). Always looking for an tasy way out, we would give a triple award, so thin is the line that distinguished one of the above characterizations as the best of the trio. Bat Lack Magasine has given its awsrd to Broderick Crawford, and since we ate by nature a contentious soul, well pick Kirk Douglas just to be different. Seriously, we believe Douglas’ Midge Kelly in “Champion” was the moot absorbing character to be projected on a screen this year. With a fierce vitality that has become his trademark, Douglas literally hammered away at audi ences for an hour and a half, made his greatest bid for the Oscar in his last scene, which pictures Kelly crazed by a terrific ring beating. : There seems to be no one chal lenging Oliva de Haviland as ~ Actress of the Year after erformance in “The le shy, awkward ugl; hose life ia ruined bj derslanding father, casion to see this film and must agree that tl Award belongs to,no oi For Best Supportin; ie Year there stand Dean Jagger (‘ Red Cross Drive Is March 13-14-15 By CHARLES KIRKHAM The time of year has come around when the Red Cross holds out its hands to receive the contributions of all those who wish to contribute, the local Red Cross committee an nounced. Contributions may be given to first sergeants in mili tary dprmitories, or to housemasters in civilian dormitories, the committee said. These contributions will be received next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday March 13, 14, and 15. Contributors who give $1 or more will receive membership cards to the Red Cross, it added. “We all know what the Red Cross is, and what it does,” a committee spokesman said. “Who ever feels like contributing to it, whatever amount he gives will go to help finance the services of the Red Cross.” The committee explained that the national charter of the Red Cross does not permit the Red Cross to receive funds from Community or Campus Chest organizations. Rather, the Red Cross prefers to carry on its own fund raising opera tions. j ; | i • _ Red Cross files indicate that at least 50 A&M students were helped by the Red Cross iji 1949. Local applications of Red Cross help fall into the following four categories: finan cial assistance pending receipt of subsistence allowance checks, assistance in filing claims for benefits from the Veterans Administration, consultation and guidance in fam ily problems, and aiding in communications. The local Red Cross committee announced that “The Red Cross is willing and able to give to veterans and their families any emergency financial assistance, or assistance and guidance with any problem they may have.” Last year the 251 Red Cross chapters in Texas contri buted $1,400,000 to the Red Cross. Flood stricken families in the Fort Worth flood last year received Red Cross aid and services amounting to $1,858,803. During 1949 the Red Cross spent a grand total of $3,146,844 in Texas. Col. Abbott To Attend Military Ball Next Week By JOHN WHITMORE ) j Colonel Oscar B. Abbott, Chief of the Texas Military District will be among the honored guests at the second annual Military Ball, Col H. L. Boatner, commandant iind PMS&T, announced today. Col. Abbott has Men in the army since 1016. At this time he enlisted in the Texas National Guard. For a while he wae sta. Moped qn the Mexican Border—then {* the War broke out in Europe. p 1 He was given a commission in the Cavalry in 1917* hut he ! later changed to the Infantry. - While he was on the Mexican border in 1916 he was a member of the famous 2nd Texas Foot-; ball Team. When this outfit was called into the war it also uchieved fame rg