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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1950)
1 ■. Page.2 Battalion Editori Hymn I The ' written inyited still hours FRIDAY, o The Sun :erings of this column were lursday. The welcome to our itary and civilian guests was way. The same held true for !«IS . jMARCH 17, the corps i review. arrangements for the second and what we hope will be ; A&M’s greatest; Military Ball were not yet complete. . | The cerjtral headquarters for this com- ;iri£ weekejnd’s activities on Thursday night resembled a bride’s home before a wedding. There was one main differ ence, howe the case on the eve |of her wedding, she, her moth- friends always hope against hope that hothing happens to the groom between the rehearsal and the ceremony. But, until ^he time she steps to the alter, her well-wishers just Have s’ on Texanitis The‘I to wait and hope for the best. We here at A&M\certainly weren’t waiting for a groom Thursday evening. Individually, perhaps, we may have been on the lookout fpr a brjde, but collective ly we were “sweating out’’ the appear ance of one thing just- as much as the bride “sweats out” the appearance of the groom. The object of lour concern was the sun. This column doeanft claim great accomplishments. There undoubtedly have been times when it has done more harm than good. But if thefe is any glimmer of persuasion in this dying gasp before the weekend, may we plead with all the powers that be to give ui lots of sun un accompanied by rain for our corps review and Military Ball. Legislative, Budget Director Vernon A. McGee wonders "if any real plan exists for Texas-Colleges.” President D. M. Wig gins of tljie College Presidents Council asks: “Hokv many more institutions of higher learning can this state stand?” As* a result of a consultation in Austin, it is agreed to go ahead with a survey of the whole situation relative to state-supported higher education in Texas. Trouble with Texas development of higher education, principally, is that the faculties ojf these colleges, and the civic leaders in | the towns in which they are located, al| have typical Texanitis. They have got to be bigger and better. McDougalville gets a bill through the Legislature establishing a junior college. College Surveys Then comes the battle to make it a senior college. Then the fight for establishment df special Schools which will put the insti- - rr r - Money for Both Armies: The New and the Old i tution in position to blossom out even tually as a university. There are several variations of this development.! All this is highly commendable. Tex anitis is highly commendable. And we need more and more, both of junior colleges and senior colleges as the state grows and a greater and greater percentage of ate youth reach the level of higher education. But the competition does create a sitr nation that justifies Dr. Wiggins in won dering “just how many more institutions of higher learning this state can stand.” Or, as a celluloid collared legislator with a waggish tongue once | shouted in the midst of debate on founding a new insti tution: “Gen Jemen, do you know that there are whole counties in Texas that do not have a single state teachers college.” Let the survey of Colleges go forward. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Behind the Barricades... In Defei Names, - of ‘Fools fools Faces’ By CLAYTON L. SELPH we didn’t believe in pred . Our life was obviously pla tion in every controversy we ct with. jdtaliou Amusement Editor’s “Fool's Names, Fool’s! Fi fl (All letter* to th« editor which signed by a student or employee of college and which do not icontain scene or libelous material will be ; lished. Persons wishing toj have ; names withheld from publf request such action and these ni will not, without the com blication these n wi»i iivl, vviiiiivui imw vwBqent of writer, be divulged to any persons than the editors.) V Last nionth the Army research chief told a House; appropriations committee .r about plains for American soldiers in the ^future. No longer will heavy, pregnant turtle like steely [helmets give our troops head aches as shrapnel >b buzzing around. Plas tic helmet®, of pressed nylon fibers no less, have been| developed that are as hard as steel, and much lighter in weight. !' To the! economy minded appropriations committee, the research chief hinted that the new Helmets would be cheaper than present stfeel models. He;also said that the Army is develop ing “body tarmor items that have increased ballistic protection and comfort, and yet are light in weight.” This combination of desirable features seems a marked depart- Anny’s way of doing things. e, Gl’s have complained that ■ >' * .'A their equipment gave them little ballistic protection^ was uncomfortable and weigh ed only a few pounds short of a ton. Other projects being pursued by the Army were hinted at by the chief. One of these projects is the experimentation be ing carried pn with dyes which would make clothing! invisible to sensitive infra red instruments that enable snipers to pick, off ben in tho dark. This inter/iew with Congressmen was not entirely about the “new Army”; the “old Army” w as included also. He indicat ed that the Ai-my would like to have mon ey enough to buy 800 homing pigeons, 97 Always be 1 r People tort of a: night chib friends. i" V ■/ A ..r The A; "•credited to ed herein. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republics tion of all news dispatches it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local neufe of spontaneous origin publish- s of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. 1 Rights of republication of all other The Ba talion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Meclianical City of Colllegre Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated Friday sftarnoon.' excant during holidava and enmination nerioda. 1 Durinsrs talion is y-iar, ay afternoon,, except during holidays and examination periods. 1 During* m is published'tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday .and Friday. Subscription ■. Aavejrtising rates furnished on request. Entered a* 1 Dean Reed 81,1 BOJ fore, mules, and 23-dogs. The Colleg e Station pound could easily spare that many of its Residents who have been caught! vagrant oh the streets with out identification tags. THE LINE Editor, The Battalion: i ; I believe 1 that one of your Jad- vertiser.s is guilty of withholding ! the truth by not completing [ his j advertisement. “Plione rates are the samej as ! they were in 1921” bpt judging by the instruments that don’t wjork at times, the rain-shortejd-out lines, and tbe-wrong numbers! I get \i-ith correct dialing, 1 the | additional statemgnt might clear tip the sit uation; “You get yodf money’s worth because we still have the , same cable, instruments, and (I ! presume) staff to man rthe service and repair .departments;” R. H. Fletcher ME Department Newman Chib Selects Cotton Ball Duchess Miss Martha Jahej Koneciiy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve j jJ. Konecny of Bryan wifi represent the Newman Club as thieir duchess to the Cotton Pageant and Ball on April 28. Her escort will be • Charles F. Drapela Jr.,(senior Vet ! Medicine student and pjresident of the Newman Club. | ' » U • V I r i t Official Notice All Physical Education Mdjiorn Including Freshmen are requested to check with the department secretary be foie Saturday. March lh. C. W. Landlsa Physical Kducntlod Department NOTICE TO AOim rlirl RAL I'RKNIIMK.N ! Any ngrlrulttirtl freshman ; student .pun ning to major In Dairy UuMlUndry (has an opportunity for a $250 nmulal training scholarship of«ered by the American Quern sey Cattle Club. Any ntiidcnt Interested shiiuld call Prof. . A. It* Darnell. Office Phone jt-0024 or res* idence phono In evenings) 4j-4364 for “P* polntmerit and uddlticfnal Informallbn. The third installment of fiea df S46 are now payiable at the Fiscal Department. These fees must be ptiid before March 20- to avoid penalty. ' W. H. Holzmann. Ir Comptroller said a friend, of your brother are still chuckling over the re- “For heaven’s sake,I’ local wolf who was seen in a ' s ^ e is the v rife of one lodge members!” | with the wife of pne of his best ^ know,” repUed the playboy, “but he isn’t injgood Standing.” ^' The Battali '\oldiei. Statesman Knightly Gentler/ onl 'Soldier, Statesman Knightly Gentleman' r | | Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Founder of Aggie Traditions LAST DAY --.i’- ' . .IZAHKTU ^COTT [)().\ I )i: i !)!;K: DAN Dt'KYhA TOO LATE of Texas end the Monday through rammer The Bet- $6.00 per school , SOJl = TEARS^ , *UM tecum RteRM News contribution* msy be mede by telephone (4-6444) or et the doodwln Hi ll. Cleseified eds mey bw pieced by telephone (4-63214) or et Office. Room 209. Qoodwln Hell. •t Pom Offic, t* CoUse* Butlon. T«sw, eed Um Act of Ow mw «1 March «. 1*70. office. Room 201, Stuudent Activitio* ■ it Member of The Associated Press aanitej) Cfaluco. Lo* ■Or hy NatloBal A4- lM.. ■* M«w Tort CHr. i. and 8u macton. ft ) 1 SATURDAY ONLY © bill billjngsley, c. c. munrob flSSSopi ataal*! _ I ^ Jdhn Whitmore, L. O. Tiodt, Doan Hoed, Otto Kunee ..........................I.ill.1.■■■... 1.....^,............................M.| ...H.a............... .................. -Editor Editor orta Editor Bdtton Whitmore Today's Issue SST Ab. K r^«!5'kte• SltejsSSh - J * rrlr wililMi Adkli* Bob Boyd. Cbaatir Marvin Mai|ui r. Roland, WalUr Tanamachi, .. Uitl rrHcmivarttr "lUth" Trim. Ohaatar John*Tapi*y.' BUlThompaon. K,y Wim on. *m‘iSb2;; 0o,r Crltchfleld, aijuaak. cur Editor Charlaa Klrkhatn.. . Oeort*j Rip" Tom. News and raatura Wrlttra ..Staff Piloto*rapher Public aaboM cenaapoBdaot .Circulation Uanacw Ni Oaorm CharitOU., . Rarraan Ooltob..,, rVanki K. Blmman. T . Roger Coalett, Curt a Ralph Gorman. Itixae, Dean “ Hardy Itoaa. Jol Vont am*. Bob A. W Fraderlcka. Don Barrett Jack Brandt, Jack .........j. ....... .JVews Editor Sports News Editor ON THE STAGE -In F,.mon- Duke Elliiigton i SO P.M. nAmmm JBDAY BdltorlalUt ■dltor One Show — PREVVB SATIJli 1 iH 10:80 P.Mi —also— Sunday A Mot i » Vll AmT * lr?*'tepo*te Writer* • Photo Knsravata •tlaio* Rapreaantauvaa .Cartoon Itea Vets Advised In Course Change Taylor Wilkins, veterans advis or, has received information con-i celning Changes of courses from the Veterans Administration in Waco. . • -1 A veteran who has not previous ly changed his course may recom mend a change of course within the institution he is attending for the following reasons: 1. The veteran is not making satisfactory progress in his pre sent course and the failure is not due to his own misconduct, his own neglect or -hi^ own lack of application. 2. The course to which the stu dent desires to change is more in keeping with hjs aptitude, pre vious education training or other such pertinent facts. This change will be accented provided the veteran and the in stitution properly complete and forward to the Regional Office, Veterans Administration Form 7- 1901>e, prior to the date of com mencement of the new course. Not more than one change of course may be made by any vete ran. In case of; a Veteran’s re quest gfor an additional change, his request should be sent to the Regional Office for consideration in accordance with Instruction 1-b. : r i .. Bible Verse . As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of Cod. —1 Peter 4: 10 HKVWAV NHOWH AT HUB - WilD There was a time tion, but all that has long ago to include comdpossibly come in This time, it’s The BAttalion Amusement Editor’s latest brainchild, ;‘‘Fool’s Names, Fool’s! Faces,” that has; fanned the smoldering emb^r of criticism into flame. But this time we have it a little! easier than usual. We don’t' have to argue,: because the final decision will be up to you. We want to tell you why The Battalion ever started “Fool's frames . . .” Same Complaint For a Long Time j : Ever since the day we banged our first typewriter for The, Batt, we have heard the same 1 complaint. Though phrased in a' thousand different ways, and from as many people, it has always been the same. “The Batt just doesn’t say enough about the troops." And since that same day, we have‘been turning that problem over in our minds. We’ve asked our*) selves, how can the Batt continue giving a wide variety of n<ws cov erage nnd yet report those everyday happenings in the daily livwi'bf tlie student body? Somewhere in a journalism class once, we learned that thire were only three kinds of stories that people really liked to read, thoiie about dogs, about the weather, and dv(m better, those about themseiv m. T|hat was it; the solution tp our problem. We needed something in t)|e patter devoted to telling those things that happen to students during tlieir - ryduy routine of going to (classes, marching to mess, and oven go- home on: the weekends. ! A A • ! N r 'yler’s Wild till on Ram Tyler, Tex., March wild oil well near Ne tamed and conti dl and gas for the ay today. However; troubli icy had a way map oiling it. They intend to put with three outlets ,or one outlet to be vert horizontal. The vertii mied eshocters to bleed off tie be used L the valves a flow line gas a distance of 60 side. , Crews put two caps yesterday only to valves conldn’t stand thought ped tor cop valve the W ctl and valve Once a falling piece struck a spark. Tn< fir eve: ing I, Gollob Comes Up With Answer We decided that what we needed was a names column. But it wasn’t until Gollob came up with ( Jjiis ‘‘Fool’s Names” that we thought we had a satisfactory way to han dle it. Our first question was, “How are you going to get information on such a large number of stu dents ? How are you going to fipd out what the guys you don’t know are doing?” He had that one solved. He was going to develop ■a “staff of informers” who would keep an eye Out for anything go ing on. There was one more limiita(Jan. Everybody doesn’t muko the rounds ir goal was the holun)n r. W» on the weekend, and our, gi to get everybody into C at sometime or another. Wys sug gested that he enlarge his f'beat” to include anything that happened to anybody, anytime. He agreed, but that was too late to • change his first one, which included only stuff that he had picked up^ about weekending trooper*. r‘ We didn’t have a change to g'et out a second column befdrd One of our readers countered with the (See DEFENSE, Page 6) DRIVEiHfaW Tonin'—Lniit Xlt«i Itohrrt, Tnylor In: "Ambufth" m WINIMV — "BAGDAD* T —- DINE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF OLD MEXICO i f:. s;„, _ ftp £,quistic £,oiu m Itxtcan xyuisile -Ahc/ jbislcs CHAPELTEPEC 1313 COLLEGE ROAD We invite Special Parties 'I M j \ Aibl. Lt I met flash of fire that di quickly as it came, hurt. Officers continued all rooids in the area a tators out of a mile around the-well. Well page i! 17_UPV—A refused to * KK '! • : e gas. jwill tak feet to the ■I 11 on the well iscover tpe I he pressure, of equipment was a sudden ppeared as No one Whs I I 1 Iff to blockade i rjd keep spoc- square at-Mv . ampu TT TODAY —SA RDAYj —Features { t— ROGERS. 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