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TUESDAY, APRIL 5,1960
All Rewards Are Not Physical
Today’s front page is covered with a _year’s time.
ith a_y
' ‘.Story about. The Battalion receiving a firsthand shoi
-place award and a respectable amount of
/-Jt'ash for publishing the best Christmas
„ Safety section among the daily papers of
j American colleges.
We are extremely proud, and we be
lieve justifiably so, of this honor. We are
extremely appreciative to the Lumber
-man’^ Mutual Casulty Insurance Company,
’sponsors of the contest, for the award.
-m'" We,"the editors, can not give enough
,, credit to our staff for this and their other
achievements. We have come to expect
•prize-winning work of them. The safety
award, along with the National Advertis
ing Service’s award, makes the second na-
thmal first prize they have captured in a
is only a nationally
the .type work we
sistentlyj, every
Qn our tight
talion staffers are
paid well enough.
Workipg always long hours
hoft handed, 1 hey have carved but
for themselves local respects and off-the-
campus prestige.
The prize-winning Christmas section
recognized sample of
now them to do con-
incial schedule, Bat-
paid at all, never
/e hope that the sat
isfaction of this recognition is some small
repayment fpr their labors.
We are sure that to them, as it is to
us, the knowledge that through that work
they may have savi
gie, is all the reward
amount of exfra efforts
Peacetime Military Preparedness and
life of one Ag-
required for any
' When this nation’s acknowledged ex-
perts disagree over vital phases of our de
fense picture, the man-in-the-street be-
cpmes more confused than ever.
• Most current manifestation of top-rung
. disagreement is that expressed by various
^ettperts on this nation’s military strength.
~Spcretary of Defense Lewis Johnson and
f a
5Jhers of his opinion have assured Con
gress and the American people that all is
/ weH, defense-wisd. Our fighting strength
is greater now than ever before in our
- peace-time history.
f” Countering this optimistic report are
, the gloomy statements of several military
leaders. These men claim that this na-
‘tion is woefully impotent in its military
preparedness. We need more new planes
. (the Air Force says), more ships and car
riers (the Navy says), and more ground
troops (the Army sajys).
A government spokesman came out the
other day with the startling claim that
• $o6b billion would bp needed to buy com
plete security.
- ; The diametrical opposition of these
'.Jivo poles of opinion catcher us layman
How to Outsmart a Tornado
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iddje. And we don’t
g, and who is speak-
somewhere in the
know who is politic
ing the truth.
Certainly the “411 isjwell-ers” want up
to believe that the present administration
of government is doing a good job in
handling this nation’s defense. And we
suspect the genert ls aind admirals with
wanting more machinery, men and power.
This nation has never sought to keep
itself armed i^> the teeth to insure peace.
We have, rather, fcept ourself reasonably
well armed, stronf enough to resist the
first blows of war, re-group our forces,
start pur factories rolling, and then come
back to knock out nations who called the
fight. •; 1
Already the national budget’s largest
item of expense is for military prepared
ness. Still our military experts want
more-
Perhaps our skepticism of the argu
ments of the militarists pinge from our
long standing suspicion of nations who
maintain tremendous standing amies and
naval fleets who have nothing to do but
plot
make work and p
.Unde Sam’s weather eye, the United
States Weather Bureau, has been on the
lookout for salong that it can tell you most
everything about the weather.; Latest par
cel oi information issued by the Weather
Bureau is directed to Texans, and it tells
'them hpw to outsmart tornadoes. .
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If you find a tornado headed your way,
suggests the Weather Bureau: If the fun
nel is icoming straight toward you—ap
pearing to get bigger and bigger—rtm to
the -right. (Run to the right, if you are
facing the oncoming funnel.) If you are
somewhat to the left of it, lose no time
in getting much farther to the left.
A gutter or depression is better than
nothing, if you find yourself caught. Jf
you are in a cellar, an excavation or any
such size pit, get to the southwest corner.
That holds true wherever you may be in
the country; the wind in the funnel isj
moving from southwest to northeast. * I
future wars.
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Over the past 60 years, April is champ
ion hurricane month in Texas. The 60-year
Average of tornadoes in Texas gives the
following totals by mojnths: January, 15;
February, 11s; March, 84; April, 77; May,
74; June, 35j Jul^, 24J; August, 17; Sep-
temlser, 4; October, 12; November, 14;
December, l^.
The Weather Bureau in their report
for Texans hints there is a chance for
everyone caught in a hurricane to be a
here and also make a great contribution
to science. Only two people have lived to
see up inside of a tornado funnel. One of
these was ah Oklahoma farmer who look
ed up into the funnel while standing ih his
storm cellar doorway.* However, the far
mer was so scared that he couldn’t tell
the (Weather Bureau what he saw.
If our ambitions dp not jell, we can al
ways aspire to be the third man who ever
l looked up into a tornado funnel, and liv-
led to describe it.
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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SEEM BRIGHTER ANYWAY!
‘Saucers? Why
No, 9 Say* Navy
Washington, Anril 4 —UP)—
The Navy said last night the near
est thing to a flying saucer it
ever developed has not flown since
1947.
The Navy made the, statement
in commenting on 'an article in U.
S. News and World Report. The
magazine said engineers have con
cluded the reported saucers are
jet-powered planes of revolution
ary design developed by the Navy.
Its experiments along those lines
don’t account for the recently
revived reports of saucers, the
Navy replied.
It said one 3,000-pound model
of a pancake-shaped plane de
signed for it by Charles H. Zim
merman of the Chance-Vought
Aircraft Corp., was flown several
times.
But it has not flown since 1947,
the Navy said.
A full scale experimental model
never got off the ground and was
scrapped in January, 1919, the
Navy added.
It added that a one-third scale
model was also built and is now be
ing usgd in wind tunnel tests.at
Langely, Va., by the National Ad
visory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA).
CE Students Visit
Houston Projects
Seventy-one senior, civil engin
eering students will go tb Hous
ton April 5 and C on the spring
inspection trip. The group will
visit engineering projects under
construction and now in operation
in the Houston area.
George H. Lacy, chief civil en
gineer of the Gulf Oil Corporation
is in charge of ail arrangements
for the student’s tour.
The group will visit the Wash-
bum Tunnel, Sheffield Steel Com-
pany, the Gulf Freeway, and seve
ral other important engineering
projects now under way in and
around Houston.
Professors Fred J. Benson and
James R. Baty of the Department
of Civil Engineering will accom
pany students on this tour.
Official Notice
Thursday. April 20. is the dc;
payment of the final tnstaUmeni
for the Spring semester. The fir
ment including room- rent
laundry Is *72.25.
W. H. Holzm
Comptroller
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LAST DAY
“Mark of ike
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Kings Ranch Site
Of AteField Trip
Sixty AH 413: students visited;
the King Ranch Saturday on ,-a
Field trip under the supervision
of William Warren, of the Animal
Husbandry Department.
Saturday morning the students
were shown the ranch’s racing
stock, quarter horses, and Santa
Gertrudjs cattle while the head
veterinarian explained how the
stock Were cared! for.
Dr. Monte Moncrief, assistant
veterinarian on the ranch, todk the
group Saturday afternoon ~ and
showed them breeding facilities
used on the ranch.
Later they were shown the dairy
barn and the methods used by the
ranch in combating and eradica
ting mesquite trees.
The i students | rtfturned to col
lege Sunday.
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Ag Engineer Seniors
On South Texas Study
Sixtjf Agricultural Engineering
Seniors left Sunday April 2, on a
five day inspection trip through
South Texas and the Rio Grande
Valley. R. C. Garrett and F. R.
Jones, of the Agricultural Engin
eering Department, are in charge
of the party. /’
Bible Verse
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He that believetb on the Son;
hath everlasting life: and he that
beiieveth not the Son shall not
see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
—John 3; 36.
TODAY ONLY
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OLIVIER
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WEDNESDAY — APRIL 5
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ROLE OF A GREAT DRAMA!
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FRANK MORGAN
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THE 6RENT SINKER
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Movie Society Poll Taken
By GEORGE CHARLTON
We received response to our
A&M Film Society Poll last week.
For it was last Tuesday that
The Battalion carried a story con
cerning the possibilities of estab
lishing an A&M Film Society on
the campus either during the lat
ter part of this Spring or the be
ginning of next Fall. Purpose of
organization would be to bring
back Hollywood revivals, including
the best and most famous reissues.
Readers of Tuesday’s story
were asked, if interested in the
project, to fill out a blank in
cluded on the page and to write
in suggestions. The response, if
not overwhelming, was definite
ly pertinent.
One person suggested that “Anna
Karina,” “Becky Sharp,” “Juar
ez,” “Madam Bovary,” “The In
former, and “Ecstacy’ be brought
back.
Another reader of Tuesday’s
story from Bryan suggested that
foreign films be shown too. The
prospects of showing any type of
film other than American products
depends entirely upon the demand.
So far, only two blanks have
been submitted in favor of foreign
movies.
A member of the White Band
says he prefers such shows as
“Birth of a Nation.” He goes on to
explain, “I would like to see Will
Rogers and Charlie Chaplain at
their best.”
“Let’s Bee
Marx Brothers nuuutjjm
and some of the comedies of the
W. C. Fields, the
Rudolphi Valentino,
’30’s, such as
‘Three Men On A
Horse,” is another Aggie’s com
ment: ■
A fish out at the Annex puts
his two cenM worth in with a
suggestion for the showing of
“Two Black Crows” and “Ben
in pay
Hur.” i
Another reader suggi
a complete showing of
Never Been Licked” be
minus the recent dele;
also mentions “The LI
Failedand “The Reins
“All Qui*t on tn*
Front” is a corps com]
mander’s special choice
Some of these and
be included in the pi
would be incorporated
of a club or society,
would pay a low fee for
ticket” to
would be
charges for showing
organization would be 0]
a non profit basis.
A possible program would fye ja
semester-long history of the — J -
tion picture industry,
early products up to
ics would be included
on the average of once
weeks. Among these mo'
terest is shown in that
would be “The Great
bery,” “The New York
tolerance,” “Male and
“Sunrise,” “All Quite
Western Front,”
“Trouble In Farad
On The Bounty,'
Earth.”
On the other hand, a series
suggested by a film company for
new movie societies V| features
memorable American films. Such
a program includes “The Cohered
Wagon,” “Wild Bill Hickock”
“Destry Rides Again,” “The Cat
and the Canary,” “David Ha
‘■Ruggles of Red Gap,” “Livi
a Bengal Lancer,” ‘tCai
“Captains Courageous, 1 ’ La n d
Bombshell.” The last production
is one of Jean Harlow’s more out
standing pictures. , ] \
Battalion Movie Poll
I iun interested in an A&M Film Society.
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discuss films in the theatre be
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If you want i
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program is
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terested in joiii
would like : to
Cut out (he
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sky so. j We need,
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followed, the
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and what they
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below this
story, fill it oqt, and turn it in
to ;The
floor, Goods
If enough
lall.
interest is
pffice, second
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will probably j be possible to
lect and announce next year’s
gram this sprijng.
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