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MONDAY,
‘I Never Thought of This Campus Being Pretty; .
if
campus, and
buildings are bea
this weekend, we
of pride for this
F*
20, 1050
r,
ALL IT TAl
By noticing the natural beauty of our
r thai
It is a pleasi
campus when we
tractions Of the
them out—and
g that; many of our
ul, like |the Aggie did
rience a new sense
land.
bring guests to the
sensitive to the at-
pus, and can point
our visitors remark,
Overheard from one of our campus Vis
itors this past weekepd, “What ta beauti-
ful campus you have.” Her next remark
nras just as complimentary, "Our campus
fe'not pear as beautiful as A&M’s.”'
date, upon hearing this burst of
and praise for our campus,
looke^i out over the green stretch of grass,
trees and buildings near the Administra
tion Building and observed, “Yeh, I guess
it is. I just never thougbtjj&f this campus
being pretty.” ' ii '
"of us have about the same atti
tude jab this Aggie—we take the campus
for granted and never really notice its
beauty until someone not associated with
the college points it out to us.
>w that spring is bursting forth to
give leaves to trees that stood bare and
deftolate-looklng through the winter
montjhs, patches of grass to bald, oftimes in preserving things placed here,
muddy spots In campus yards, and flowers The college B&CU Department is re-
tp beds whore no beauty, but the beauty sponsible forj kebping the can
of broken dirt, has dwelled sinee late sum- .. „
mor last year. i help keep it beaut^" 1
“What a beautiful campus yau have.
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Compatible wit’
sire to preserve
natural and material beaUty of the cam
pus. Scratched marks on clean walls, bro
ken or scuffed and scratched furniture in
well equipped rdoms, defacements on
buildings bestowed by unthinking students
—these are unsightly consequences of lack
of pride and of unwillingness to cooperate
i this pride is the de-
the highest form, the
* ‘"samy ' ^
iciea,
tched
defac
campus and
Copies Now, The Greater Houston Social Register...
the community over a
,j- Houston-and-environs’ counterpart to
A&M’s “Who’s Who” the great Houston
Social Register, was shipped to this post
6ffic|e last weekend by its publishers,
j - Brazos County placed 294 out of 5,000
names in the Register. /
j That’s pretty good considering Brazos
Comity is 90 miles from Houston. And it’s-
a great distinction, too. Commented the
‘Bryun News in a front page sub-head:
“Th s area has most names' outside Harris
^(County).” '
4 Conspicuous in the Register are names
of' ]Brazos County people included, and
there omitted. Many expected to make it,
did ;j many surprise names were there, too.
Aiic} just lots of names generally consid
ered Social Register: material got lost
somewhere in the shuffle.
Bases for selection tq the ranks of the
elite were carefully described in the Regis
ter’s'prefare: “Selections were generally
based on the followings:”
“Families with K>:
social records.
contributions to
period of time.
* “Families whose bac%iround and his
tory are closely interwoven with our soc
ial structure.
“Those individuals whose talents have
made noteworthy Contributions to our cul
ture and manner of living.”
Who buy’s Social Registers? The peo
ple who are in them, for one—excellent
decorations for end tables. Door to door
salesmen also buy: them to learn of pros
perous potential customers. And news
papers purchase them, tod.
The newspaper by checking people’s
names against the Social Register will
know how to play a story on somebody.
If the person is “in the book” then it’s
headlines and pictures—catering always
to the elite, you knbw. If his name is not
among THEM, his
would depend on
than who he is.
hg and distinguished Like flying saucers, 23finch little men,
and rocket ships to the moon, social reg-
[“Families who have used their prop
erties or positions to enrich the arts, sci
ences and culture of the community.
“Families who have made outstanding
isters are not to be
At $10 bucks a
I
newsworthiness then
what he DID rather
taken j seriously,
throw, the publishers
of such a collectiori of naUies will drag in
$50,000 from social registerites alone.
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For New Zealand’s Leopard, the ‘Grand Manner’
New Zealand’^ leopard gained a more leopard ingloriousiy escaped tl
Now Zealand’s leopard gained
-heroic death than Oklahoma City’s stupid
beast that fell for a mickey flnn, was
dtagged humiliatingly to his zoo pit, and
dtod a lingering death at a day or more. >
^ Army Captain H. B. Conway killed the
N« v Zealand leopard at the range of sl^
feet. He emptied a magazine full of ten'
guhi
Death
slugs into the spotted cat. As a result
she died in nrt tlme at all—or perhaps even
soc ner.. - _ - ' “ ^ ' - ’ | -
Not blessed by making a bazzare es-
leopard ingloriousiy escaped through a
hole in the fence, j -j j ij
Where thousands of Okies fearlessly
beat bushes and stalked shadows for sev
eral days, only 40 New Zealanders—sold
iers, police, zoo fittendanty, and civilians—
were in on the two daylhynt
Our observation: NeW Zealand being
a rather small island is not as large as
the state of Oklahoma. Consequently, hot
as many people are needed to hunt leo-
cape as did the Oklahoma, New Zealand’s pards there as in Oklahoirija
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INFORMATION REQUESTED
Ediloir, The Battalion i
After reading the letter! which
appedivd in the Bntfulion of Miiirh
in, certain questldtiH arise In uur
minds. We feel that wit it re not
in a position to offer any definite
comment on the mutters which are
currently being ulscUsscd .ny the
board of directors for the, reason
that no report has been made on
thsir: meetings.
Wo fool that wo arc ont tied to
■qi!nei‘ Information other tl an the
nhnors which circulated in the
corps area, so wo propose ho fol
lowing questions to the ed tors of
The Battalion. v
1. Is there at the present time
any plan under discussion to
make any change whatever in
the status of the Corps pf Ca
dets’
2. If so, is the Cade! Corps to
be given any opportunity to ex
press their Views or opinions on
the subject, or is it to be presen
ted as an accomplished fact fol
lowing a closed session of the
board of directors?
3. If such a plan is under dis
cussion, on what grounds is a
change justified? As we are di
rectly concerned, we are fjirtitled
* to an opportunity to answer any
charges made.
We realize that the answers to
ithese questions ; may not he avail
able: to our college newspaper. If
Such is the casei. We want to know
why they are not. If however a
plan is unddr discussion, we do
not want evasion or lies. We ask
a definite statement, yes or no.
If we are? to have to fight to
preserve the corps, lets start now.
Give us the reasons for a! change
and a chance tio present pur side
of the case.
Robert A. White T.O
| K. C. Smullen ’. r »<l
A. C. Jordan ’501
Phil Parker ’50
C. McMillin ’?0
(Editors’ Note—W’e hi
at,-concrete informal
subject, j At least jwe
(question .ono-e.The
Board of plreciors
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__ _ ... .Jsve no
recent,-concrete information on
this subject. At I
guessing, but here are oiur per
sonal answers to your questions.
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...j only
. which Cduld answer this
question, and its members would
hMye to answer It as a group,
nm as Individuals, It: Is our
opinion that next Fall (hit Fresh
men will he separated Into their
own units. We believe this will
hp the only major change whleh
will he made In the stintim of
the Corps of Cadets.
: (question two —The Student
Life Committee of the Board of
Directors has met twice on the
cAmpus within the past month.
This committee has questioned
—to obtain the Cadet viewpoint
—the following atudents and for
mer students: cadet colonels of
45-46, 46-47, and 49-50 j Senior
Class presidents of 46-47, 48-49,
and 49-50; the presidents of the
Classes of 51 and 52; two pres
ent company commander**: the
head yeti leader of 49-50; and the
president and vice president of
Bib le Verte
God is my strength arid power'
and he maketh my way perfect.
—II Samubl 22: 33.
the U
dents. j
(At every Board of Directora
meeting Ihei'e la a “closed” or
executive session as well aa an
"open" or nubile session. Moat
major AAM System business is
hniidled during the "dosed"
session.
(Any Announced decision hy
the Board of Directora la "final'’
or, as you nut it, "an accomp
lished fact,’’ short of counter
manding legislative action.
(question three — Again we
say the Board of Directors is the
only body which could say
whether any chatjge is under
discussion and, if so,, upon what
grounds a change might be jus
tified.
(Judging from caRversations
we have had with many of the
students and former students
who were interviewed by the
Board’s Student Life Committee
we believe the student viewpoint
is definitely being considered.
(We would like to make this
comment on your statement as
to the unavailability of an
swers to The Battalion. No per
son on this campus is empower
ed to speak for the Board of
Directors. Neither is any in
dividual member of the Board
empowered to speak for the
Board as a Whole. Therefore,
official answers to your ques
tions are not available to any
one at this time.
(The next Board of Directors
meeting will be this coming Fri
day and Saturday in Dallas.
Both co-editors will be present
at the “open" session and The
Battalion will carry a full re
part of all board action.
MODEL PLANE PROBLEMS
Editor. The Battalion:
As occupants of the A rdW of
College View, We have a complaint
to make.
Every clear afternoon we Imlpt
either leave College View or be
run stark-raving mad by the peo
ple who fly tholr model airplanes
behind our apartments, Our bab
ies can’t sleep through all ithls
noise and as far a* studying goes,
we must never make plana for
that on a clear afternoon.
.Tlmre must be Home other place
the guys can go to fly their planes,
but If there Is npj other place We
wish they would stop flying them
completely.
’It’* awful tb have to listen to
that noise , a 11 afternoon. We would
sure appreciate it if the people
who arts Dying these plands would
stop.
Signed:
Donald Ray Beasley *48
H. F. Weaver *50
L. T. Smith ’81
C. L. Lelnwebcr ’51
R. R. Allen ’44
M. H. Browne ’43
T. M. Robinson ’52
Official Notice
NOTICE TO AGRICCLTI RAI.
FRESHMEN
Any agricultural freshman student plan
ning ta major In Dairy Husbandry haa an
opportunity for a *250 annual training
scholarship offered by the American QUern-
sey Cattle Club.
Any atudent Interested should call 'Prof.
A. L. Darnell. Office phone (-5824 or ree-
Idence phone (in evenings' 4-43«4 for ap
pointment and additional Information.
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SKYWAY SHOWS
Tonite — !.ast Nit*
Manrren O'Hara and
Paul Christian In
"BAGDAD"
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From Where I Sit
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New MGM Musical Doffs
Reality, Dons Exuberance
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By HERMAN C. GOLLOB
Ann MiUer (Palace)
. i>ne who has ever expressed
the desire for a screen mttsical
comedy which like those of the
stage, drops all pretense of reality,
Ag Engine
Field Trip Will
Tour Valley
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Fifty - seven agricultural
engineering seniors are plan
ning to make a field trip to
quite taking. itself seriously, and
carries ita audience into the bright
and wistful nether-nether-world of
melodious fantasy would profit by
a visit to the Palace, Where MGM’s
brassy and exuberant “On the
Town" a film adaption of the
Broadway hit, is enjoying a three-
day run.
7 For the first time in Oscar only
i*KnoW0, plot becomes merrily in
consequential in a musical and
serves ony to tie the muAic to
gether heatly and orderly.
I . With the carefree, boisterous ! I
energy of a gang of eight year
playing cops and robbers.
lower Rio Grande Valley
Ing the week prior to the
Easter Holidays, Roy G. Garrett,
professor of Agricultural Engin
eering. said this morning.
Student headquarters in the
Valley will be at the Weslaco Ex
periment Station. Men making the
trip will be quartered In bar
racks at the Experiment Station
and In the Cortes Hetel in Wei*
faculty members planning to
make the trip are Fred R. Jones,
head of the Agricultural Engin
eering Department, and Professor
Garrett 1
Tours Scheduled
The field trip will include tour*
of the Weslaco Experiment Sta
tion, the Irrigated farms In the
Eljm and Edrough areas, the Holt
Experiment Company at Weslaco,
the TJiiitod Irrigation Company
head at Mission, the Frank Reis-
ing Company at Edinburg, some of
the irrigated farms which have
been planned by the Soil Sonser-
vation Service, the Cameron and
Hidalgo County Water District
Number 9, and the Central PoWer
and Light Company at San Bert-!
ito.
Students planning to make the 1
ur are W. F. Allison, J. W. Bak-
S. H. Barnes, W. D. Bellah, B.
Bickham, L. W. Boern, B. E.
g to ma
fes. T-
M. Hu
Booth, A. G. Brahm, E. C. Brown
1. R. Burch, C. M. Bussey, R. E.
CAllender, W. R. Clay, S. D. Ed-
•wprds, D. W. Elliott, J. Franklin,
M. L. Fulbright, O. Gonzales, M.
W. Gordon, and B. R. GreenwQod,..
; 4 ; Other Students 'll ■ 4
; Other students planning to
toe
Hodges, n. nunman, a. m. nura
B. M. Killihgsworth, O. R. Kunze
J. Longserre, Y
McGregor, G'. H
Mobley, C. B. Mod
iSett, W. B. Newsom, and H. P,
O’Neal.
A final group of students who
Will make the trip are C. RathmelK
F. C. Repper, G. C. Schrank, B. L.
Shaw,' L. W. Shillcr, J. R. Skeen,
B. W. Smith, H. R. Smith, T. E.
Smith, J. E, Stockton, C StUbblcf
I field. W. C. Tito, N. C. TreUdc. R.
I W. Walsh, I. C. Ware, B. J. Wcleli
and M. M. Williams.
i LI L. Lomax, D.
E. McAdams, M.
Miller, M. K. Mo
helluvg good time as it
whimsical
the cast lets down its hair and
haa a helluva good .time
.prance* through such whi
and delightful nonseride As burst
ing into a dance AH Times
Square, in the Museum of Fine«
Art, atop the Empire StAte I
Building, and in the middle of
seemingly orthodox conservation. <
This zany and unorthodox script,
brimming with slapstick shenani
gans and ribald romance, has a fa
miliar thenhe and familiar rou
tine* which have been given a
robust and envigorntlng treatment
by co-director Gene Kelly.
Three sailor*
Muiishin) have
NeW York City,
paint the town red.
» (Kelly,
a 24-houi
f, and. *t
Sirtutr*.
our leave f ln
Set out \to
In the coui
A&M Papers
Second, Third
In Competition
Papers by A&M students
were rated second and third
among 40 presented at this
annual meeting of Collegiate
Academy in Houston in Dej-
cembdr, Charles LaMotte, Idol
professor at A&M College ai
counsellor for the academy a:
nounced 1 today.
Second place honors went
Charles L. Novosad, Jr., pre-mi
cal student from Bryan, and Doji-
ald Ogden, graduate student from
Nacagdoches for their paper on
"The Histological Effects of Test-
erone and Gonadogen Upon the
Reproductive Organs of Young Fe
male Rats.’" . t i
William B. Jackson, Senior Brj-
tomology student from Btaumdht,
won. third place with his paper, -on
“DDT Contamination of Dairy
Products."
Frank Wood, Jr., of Texas Wes
leyan College, Fort Worth, (Won
first place with a paper entitled
“A Foui? Beam System of Cqjor
Television Transmission and Re
ception.” .. j- . i |
The Collegiate is a statewide or
ganisation of undergraduate soil
ence students sponsored by the
Texas Academy of Science.
i. iu.oo , u .„ 0 v..v-. (Vera-
■ Ellen). 11 ' ;l
! He finds her, she reciprocates
hi* feeling of love at flnit| sight,
they overcome the usual! hmrd-
that greet young lovers.
It endshapoily. jj
has i
wy „
ships that greet young
and all end* hapuilv.
Kelly Has injected his sprightly
and dramatic imagination into the
routines which are executed
corresponding verve b£ he;
Killer, Vera-EUen, Munshin,
Sinatra.
particularly vivid (pardon the
y viv
iiche, but itA getting
“m;«i Turnstdes”
lertce
late) were the “Miss Turn*ti
routine and Kelly's ballet sequ
witji Vera-EUen.
If you plan to ace
Town, arrange nothing i
afterwards. It’ll wear you out,
but pleasantly so.
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