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TUEjSDAY,
We Knocked Their Eyes Out’ . . .
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It’s too bad A&ifc jsn't a corporation, best'we’ve ever aeen at A&M. Dinner in
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If it were it would probably have stock
bin the market and after this past weekend
A&M common and A&M preferred un
doubtedly would be selling at record highs.
From the arrival of the first guests on
ay evening to the departure of the last
g dignitary Sunday, A&M and par-
icularly the Corps of Cadets -put oh a
ow that few other schools and school
T ganisations are capable of doing. Every
thing went right.. The weather, which
last year plagued the Military Ball week
end, could hardly have been better. AH
the detailed arrangements necessary to
receive, accommodate, and entertain the
xhany visitors on the campus went off
vfithout a hitch.
The review Saturday Was one of the
ARCH 21, 1950
at The coneetC
4 the Military Ball
Duncan Hall Was ei
was very enjoyable, ant
was as impressive as itj was entertaining.
We couldn’t begin th thank all those
persons whose effortsAhelped make Mili
tary Day a si ccess. Their thanks must
Come in the form of satisfaction of a job
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Unification Advances as Another Navy Head Rolls
The armed forces have a neat way of and obedience to superiors is just one of
getting rid of people in their employ that the rules of the Navy game. Policies con-
they don’t like; they simply retire them, ceived and dir<*ctechby top-brass are pass-
This way, service branches are nolerng- M Hnum fnr ^
er pothered by objectionable persons, the
objectionable person (usually an officer
.of high rank) continues to receive a sub
stantial income, and taxpayers, told that
huge military expenditures are needed for
this country’s security, don’t seem to mind
being soaked by financing this removal
With, their money. ^
Latest to join the ranks of the inactive
is Navy Captain John G. Crommelin, ar
dent critic of both his superiors in the
• Navy and unification of the armed forces.
Old sea dog Crommelin was handed inde
finite furlough papers the other day and
also a notice that duece would be run
through his payroll before making out
bl9‘ check. i
Crommelin joins Lewis Denfeld in the
status of being “set aside.” The non- dem-
:J , ocratic navy won’t tolerate free speech,
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a result of their efforts, the
j Corps Of Cadets now eh-
iter reputation for hoa-
Jness, ahd military profi-
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well done.' As
college and th(e
joy an even
pitality, fr
ciehcy.
Military Day more than measured up
to the high standards which are expected
of A&M’s othe r "meet ihe public” events.
It was truly a, show that
eyes out.”
.
“knocked their
ed down for inlactment and cooperation by
all subordinate! personnel. “Theirs is not
to reason why; theirs is to do or die”
spoke the poem about the gallant 600 and
all professional serviefemen. s
These two men whom the Navy has re
tired ajpe not the only impediments to a
clear rbad for armed iforces unification,
they are perhaps the j most outspoken.
Others more subtle will stay on in their
service capacities and balk and draw back
to the maximum of theW rank.
le armedi forces don’t just
whdrefuse to follow or-
ve. J]
On second!thought,maybe the taxpay
er is getting more defense out of his tax
g for thO removal of draw-
they were permitted to
e service and work their
ver and whenever possible.
Too bad
outright fire
ders from a
dollar by paj
backs, than
hang on m
damage wher
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Stones Hundreds of Years in The Wall Noi^ Houses...
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The broadcast was indistinct. Choppy
Chinese dialect is difficult to filter out of
static, but radio monitors in San Francis
co the other night could hardly believe
' their ears. • '
They heard a Chinese radio broadcast
from communist-held Peiping. The news
commentator for the Communist New
China "democracy” announced that the
Great Wull of China was being tpm down.
Rocks from the Wall are being carted into
nearby cities to aid in the communist's
ambitious building programs. “First loads
have begun to arrive in Peiping and Tient-
the Chinese commentator said.
According to the Associated Press the
\Great Wall Will provide a source for build
ing stones indefinitely. Quother the AP:
“Started in 214 B. C. by the Emperor
Shih Huang of the Chin Dynasty and ex
tended and enlarged for hundreds of years,
the wall is more than. 1,500 miles long.
yin,
A tremendous structure, as much as
50 feet high in plactoi wide enough for
a road on tbp, and complete with gates
and forts, it strides across the ridges in
a general east-west direction.
“Its location maketi much of it diffi
cult to get alt, but dt one point it is as
near as 30 miles to Peiping and is in such
a state of deciay thatj removing materials
Bhpuld bo cuBy# / |
f “Intendedl originally to keep out the
savage northern invaders, it has been
abandoned for centuries but still is enough
of< an obstacle to have influenced man
euWs in the recent y
tells us.
nding Wonder of the ancient
orld hi
reductive
war/’ the AI
this out
and modern
and proverb
-phrasing an
A stone in
| wall (Great
found new utility,
Chinese are para-
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The Battatioh
ears of the civil
Id American saying to read:
house is worth two in the
r aH, that i j).
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentl
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Ai
Tradition*
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Editor, The Battalion:
“Enclosed you will find a copy
of the letter that 1 mi lled to the
Bryan and College Station ^City
you think
Councils. If yo
serve a useful
my permission
City Councils
and Bryan,
Gentlemen:
It has been
note the agita
purpose
to pub
of Coll#;
that it will
you have'
ish it.”
ge Station
interestip
tion on
g to me to
die part of
— — part __
the Southwestern Statep Telephone
increased
service ren
te see them
larger conn-
in increase
Company recently for
rates. In view of the
dered, I was surprised
follow the steijs of the
panics in requesting
in rates.
It seems tej me, judging from
their advertisements, (hat one of
their chief complaints is that
their business has doubled in ten
years. That is the fJrst time I
have ever heard a ccjncem com
plain of a,.hundred Jpercent in
crease in business. Most of us
would be delighted with such an
increase.
The compankr seems jto feel that
all rates should c j3e increased. In
stead of $4.77, which j they would
Have us believe is the cost of a
business phonje, mine averaged
$13.32 per month foij 1949. This
did not include $3.50 for directory
advertising in) the netv directory.
This, I believe, would) not be far
from an average bill for a small
business. . Mi • '
The telephone company has been
comparing thelir rates to increases
in the cost of dry goods and foods.
It seems to n(e that a) fairer com-
Russians Say Acheson
Peace Plan is No Good
Moscow, Match' 21 U. S.
Secretary of State Dean Ache-
aon’H seven-point plan 1 for better
Russo-American relations shows
“intensification of thf aggressive
party organ Pravda.
“All Mr. Acheson’s utterances,”
wrote Soviet OommenIRtor Y. Vlk-
torow, “prove one ar d the same
thing: that he has ho concrete
proposals whatsoever ) which arc
aimed at supporting the consolidat
ing of peace.’’
Acheson’s “total
Viktorov continued,
lomacy relying on
and resorting to metH
sure and intimidatidi
ferent from “atomic
Acheson outlined
point “peace” pro
he said he did not bo ieve Russia
diplomacy,”
s “a dip
eer force
s of pres-
i,” no dif-
llplomacy.”
his seven-
posal—which
Bible Ve
For the prophecy
did time by. the will
holy men of God spa
were moved by the H
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Lutheran Se
For Lenten
Fred (Mgebroff, pa
A&M Lutheran Churc
that his sermon topic'll
nesday night Lenten
be “I am the Vine.”
Only two more se|
in the series, he sai
rse
ame not in
df man: but
ke as they
dy Ghost.
Peter 2: 21.
aces
eason
itor of the
, announced
>r the Wed-
service will
ices remain
Beginning
DRIVE IN
Ton, to- — A Mm tow Mto-
"THAT MIITMOHT KISS*
With Kathryn (imjrsna
March 1 and continuing through ' Tiu r k.~- Klt). - — ■•rkif
March 29, services
each Wednesday night)
dent Center Chapel of
Church at 7:80.
The general theme
ies is “The Great ‘
Life of Christ.”
On March 29 the
will be “I Am The Wa
And The Life" M
nounced.
Palestine Club
Duchess for Co
The Palectine C!«
tonight at 7:30 in
Puryear Hall to :
ash to repreevut the
Cotton Salt.
Tht* wtU be the
determine the ducheit;
being held
in the Stu-
>Lutheran
| of the ser-
im’a’ In the
srmon topic
The Truth,
iebroff an-
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Lane Govefnoi
While Shivers
is On Leave
, Austin, Tex., March 21-4-
(AF)—T(*xas has another
new temporary governor to
day. :
Senator Wardlow Lane
Center, president pro tempore
the Senate and acting
Governor, became
nor when Gov. Allan ,
ed the state line last night tr
a business-vacation trip to Chicago
and New York.
â– Lane is the fourth to sit in thi
governor’s chair since the d<
last summer of the late Gov ]
ford H. Jester. Senators G. C.
, ris of Greenville and G:
wood of Amarillo have
during Shivets’ out-of-
Shivers crossed the state 1 nb
about midnight by train at Texar
kana.
Rearm
Ques
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By j. m.
i* Foreign
The question o:
"many has been
both sides of th
Winston Church
for it, saying Wesi
not l be
the
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rearming Ger-
ised again on
Atlantic.
1. has come' out
Europe can-
defended without it. He
dismantling of po-
warplants, which he once
SSr
tion.
any sort of military reviv-
Germany: without trepida-
Typical Problem
Utm position in which he
' Mb typical of or
problems involved ; in
, must
one; of
Senator George, a member of
the. Senate Relations Committee,
takes a similar line. He says that
without a rearmed Germany it is
just a waste to send military ma
terial to Western 'Europe. He says
none of- the North Atlantic pact
nations could resist a Soviet at
tack, ant) that under present cir-
beini
cumstances -the arms
ng ship-
7 . r jaem
ped would just be taken over by
the Russians in base of war.
Rot
to anjr fwsoas
pnrison would be with public util
ities since 192.1- The Lone Star
Gas Company, which instituted ser
vice here in the late twenties, has
not increased their rates, but de
creased their domestic rates ten
cent per 1,000 cubic feet in 1941.
In dollars and cents that probably
means between 50f and $1.00 sav
ing per month per customer.
Let the telephone company com
pare the cost of water in 1921
with the cost in 1950. The bill for
6,0Q0 gallons of water in 1921
would have run $2.65 compared to
$2.30 in 1950,1 excluding Sewer,
etc. Compare, the cost of electricity
in 1921 with 1950. A fifty kilowatt
consumption in! 1921 would have
cost $7.60 compared to $3.10 to
day.
I would like to point out that
material and labor cost have , in
creased the same for other public
utilities that they have for the
telephone companies. Why can’t the
telephone company give a decrease
in rates like the other utilities?
That seems like a fairer compar-
isoii. I 4) 4
In closing, I would like to say
that it would be unfair to expect
any business to operate at a loss
for our benefit. Therefore, I wotild
like to suggest that the telephonb
company give us the facts by pub
lishing in the papers, a certified
profit and loss statement for a
three year period including 1921,
1922, and 1928 for. comparison
with a similar statement for 1947,
1048: 1949.
J-.arl , C. t uTvmngiiam, ’40
Laundromat Half-Hour
Laundry.
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Members
Officers
igo Station Ho-
itoni far
arch JSC,
lu'otlng.
itora *111
General
DeGau!
He Quiet
Charles DoGaulle did
not mention the rearmament angle
in his suggestion for an economic
and poliucal union of Franca and
Germany. Aa a soldier, however,
it is eaaumed he Would not wish to
be joined to a-country which was
in no poaition to!contribute to the
common dtfense, ini which it is
generally recogpiaed that tho
French Army must bo the key.
As a Frechman, however, Do
Gaulle could hardly be expected
Relay Engineers
tint
Elect ivew
W Bryan-College
tary Club .will elect directors for
1950-51 on Wedneaday, March
at their weekly luncheon mectl
. A 10-man board of dlreetor*
be chosen from the 23 names )s#-
16cted, 12 of Which ate from Bryan
and 11' from College Station. ;W.
E. Street, the outgoing president,
will automatically become a mem
ber of the new board.
The names from College Sta
tion are: J. A. Adams, H. W. Bar-
lew, Charles W. Crawford, Dutch
Dillingham, S. A. Lynch, Tad
Moses, Dr. George Potter, Marion
Pugh, Dr. G. W. Schlesselman,
Charles N. Shepardson, and A.
Cecil Wamble.
Truman Commends
Secretary Acheson
Key West, Fla., March 21—«P>—
President Truman demonstrated
his all-out support of Secretary
of ,State Acheson yesterday with
the declaration he is running the
State Department “admirably" and
will stay on the job there.
A top White House source dis
closed the president is considering
giving' Senate Communist spy In
vestigators limited access to loyal
ty files to help clear accused mem
bers of the State Department.
AcheSon has been under fire
from Senator McCarthy (R-Wjs)
whose complaints of Communist
links in the Slate Department pre
cipitated an investigation by ’ a
senate subcommittee, j
find himself is typical
tab tough
both the economic and military
revival of Western Europe. In
th fields, German competition is
feared by the other countries who
must cooperate if she is actually!,to
integrated into the type l-of
trope which the United States
dttirea and is spending so milch
money to foster. j-
The rearmahient question is not
likely to come to a head during a
period when no war seems -immin
ent. If, as Russia increases her in
dustrial ability to challenge the
west and relatione remain strained,
the need for Gtrman strength—
and the patent impossibility : of
LABT-DAV)
first RUN
Meeting
Inderway
would HC('enb--ln a speech at Ber
keley, Calif., Thufuday.
His suggestions Included Soviet
cooperation In writing pehee treat
ies with Japan, Austria and Oer-
many, more Soviet cooperation In
the United Nations, removal of
Russian troops from the cast Eu
ropean satellite states, an end to
international Communism and ef
fective international control of
atomic energy.
Poland Orders US
Embassy Staff Cut
Warsaw, Poland, March 21—
(AO—Poland’s Communist-led 1 gov-
â– -ernment has told the U. S. Embassy
here to cut it military attache’s
staff in half.
Under the demand, which was
forwarded to Washington for re
ply, 10 officers and men on the
staffs of the Army, Navy and air
attaches' would be withdrawn.
U. S. Ambassador Waldemar E.
Gallman declined to comment. The
request apparently follows a trend
established i in other eastern Eu
ropean countries to curb the dip
lomatic and military staffs of
western embassies.
SKYWAY SHOW'S AT «:4t
Coiling Made Head
Amarillo A-M Club
Dale Collins, senior business ma
jor from Amarillo, wa* elected
president of the Amarillo Club
for the spring semester at a recent
meeting. ,
Other officers elected were Rob
Amason, vice-presidentj Ford Mid-
Ison, secretary^ Dick
porter; James Carter, »
man and Bill Zelsman,
Official Noli
NOTH'* TO VKTKHlNAKY MKOirtli
scmooi. Arri.icANTN
All currently enrolled We-veteriljery
medicine eludenle who expent to qutllry
»» nppllcente (nr edmieelnn Inin the Sr
of Veterinary Medicine In September, 1
â– hnuld (lie their application "
lutrat's order not later th
Forms to M uerd In mtkUii
(or admleelon to the School <
Medicine ere available at the! Infon
deck In the Regletrar'e Office
H. L. HEATO
Registrar
MOTIO. T^XOgUgPMWMAl.
Any agricultural freshman student plan
ning to major In Dairy Husbandry haa an
opportunity (or a *250 annual tralDIn*
scholarship offered by the American Ouerh-
aey Cattle Club.
Any student Intereeted should call Prof.
Ai T-. Darnell. Office Phone 4-5524 or res-
Idenpe phone (In evenings) 4-4364 for
polntment and additional Information.
TUESDAY * WEDNESDAY
| HEDY ROBERT 1
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LET’S LIVE A LITTLE
E Ati Eaga lioo Filme feelsats ft
The third Annual Conference
for Protective Relay engineers,
sponsored by the Electrical En
gineering Department, got under
way here with registration be
ginning at 10:3(j a. m. in Bolton
Hall.
Purpose of the conferenct is to
discuss joint problems in the de-1
sign, application, and operation
of protective relay equipment as
applied to electrical transmission
lines and electrical machinery.
M. C. Hughe*, head Electrical
Engineering Department, was
chairman for Monday’s session.
Approximately 100 men are regis
tered for the conference, which' will
last three days/
A banquet for 1 the g-oup will be
held, in Sbisa Hall tonight at
7:30 p. m.
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MB
Highway Engineer
Course Scheduled
Texas Highway Engineers will
meet here for a District Engin
eers Conference Wednesday and
Highway Engineering , Short
Cour*e Thursday and Friday, Fret
J. Benson of the CE Department
chairman of the events, announced
District engineers will meet in
the CE Lecture room and
meet
ings for the short , course will
held in the banquet room of SblsS
Hall.
Rooms will be available in
Ramps I, J, and K of Walton Hall,
and PG Hall.
PALACE
Brci.-in 2 0 $$19
TODAY TOMORROW
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