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Battalion Editorial
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WBDNEStJAY,
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The Battalion Awards . .
. We on The Battalion staff look for
ward to four eyents during each year on
student publications. TWy are the Press
Glub banquet, April Fqbl’s Day* our last
edition 1 , and The Battalion Awards.
; At the first event we pat- ourselves
on ; the back and have a bang-up time. At
the second we “float-out” everyone we
can in the space available. At the third
wg wipe our brows, calculate innumerable
grade points lost, and realize the inesti-
iftaltie value of a year spent chained to
ohr typewriters. -At the last event we
“take a deep pleasure in honoring members
of the college staff who, in our opinion—
and we believe the opinion of a vast ma
jority of the students—have served A&M
and its student body outstanding!^.
We try to keep the number of Batt
1950
HELLOI
pie we would like jto thus honor blit ob
viously the numbef each year is limited.
We try our best tb choose the top men.
This year We again believe we have suc
ceeded.
The captions on the certificates we
present to each wihner tell why we have
given them their Batt Awarcf These cap
tions are included^in today's front page
lead story. We hbpe everyone will read
them and agree with our selections.
It is a 1 distinct ; honor to have the ^op
portunity atod the means to present these
awards. That, alone, is payment in more
than full measure !for the gallons of mid
night oil burned each year in Goodwin
Hall.
To this year’s
Supre
Race
Court Argues
tion
racial Mgraara-
out be-
fought out
Court TuoKiay
wyer* and white
and Oklahoma,
intents for the two
: Washington,
Wholes question
tion in achools
fore the Supi
by four Negro
attorneys for T<
The basic
sides:
The Negroes-j—the only purpose
of any kind of segregation is to
symbolize the “alleged inferiority”
of the Negro, and it is banned by
the 14th amendment to the con
stitution which forbids any state
person the equal
laws.”
hern stal
stem from pi
aimed to keep the
nixing too closely,
lawyers said both
wish to avoid,
onflict which might
tates—sef-
from pre
winners We have’ only
Awards given each year at a minimum, this additional weird to say, “Congratu-
Ifc is difficult to do. There are many peo- latiops and many, many thinks.’
Make Mine Musical Psychology ...
. Z- Sociologists whose profession it is to
ffiidy the pitures, - likes, dislikes, and VJ
thought processes of men as a group are
timbering the Current trend in American
fiSpular music. \ " y i ' ..
^ The sociologist likes to think in trends
* gnd generalities. That august group is
p*4vHeged in being able to tell society
wfmt is wrong with it and get paid for its
opinion*. IW that group nro several who
rm upon current popular musi$ as an
intfex to American thinking.
Such songs as “Ifag Mop”, “Music, Mu
sic, Music”, “If I Knew You Were Cornin’
Tcl’ve Baked A Cake", and "All Becaiise
Y6u Kissed Me Goodnight” are examples,
jthiey claim, of the nursery school simplic
ity possessed by a huge segment of our
population. i ' p
- These song favorites as well as fads in
daffy ditties,reflect the need for recogni-
tion and prestigeand escape from an inse-
Tciire world,,a Greensboro, North Carolina
p- vfeinale sociologist recently stated. *
. The trend was set back in the days of
“A Tisket, A Taskejt” and “Music Goes
Round and Round” era. Since then it
has. continued and increased “because of
lu Passing . .. .
T in the c&rrent, Time magazine this in-
tcj-esting reply to a letter to the editor:
- r Utter: “ . v /. . How about giving us
the results ill average miles per gallon for
e^ch car? 7 . -
Answer: Willys Jeepster 26.10; Chev
rolet Fleetline 21.07, Plymouth P-18 21.25,
Ford DeLuxe “6]"23-33; Istudebaker
Champion 26.55;-Nash Statesman 25.52,
Dodge Goronet 21.39, Kaiser Special 23.95;
StUdebaker Commander 23.79. Mercury
2^52, Hudson Pacemaker 22.60, Nash
Ambassador 26.42, De Soto Custom 18.78,
the greater feeling of insecurity and in
creased competition in the wbrld,” Greens
boro the sociologiajt contends.
These little nursery songs take us back
to our irresponsible and care-free days of
childhoody The ahngs are an escape, she
says.
Judging from jthe tons qf comic books
shippeef overseas to our seifvico men dur
ing the war, the billy songb popular over
the radio, and thc[ noticeable reading hab
its of adults hcroj at home |who scan fun
ny papers first, the lady may not be far
from a correct analysis.
What’s so wrong with being a kid
again? Nothings Just so long as we
don’t become a n ition of kids.
It’s risky bus ness to give a 10-year-
oid possession of a high powered auto
matic rifle. It’s; reckless to trust a 12-
year-old driving ip heavy traffic. It’s ri-
diculous to^trust the decision of kids when
people’s fortunes? and fates must be de- jl
cided. * , I | *
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It’s dangerous to give a kid control of
an atom bomb; it’s impossible to expect
responsible leadership of the world from
a natio nof kids.
Oldsmobile “88” 20.19; Packard “8” 18.92.
Chrysler Windsor 19,85, Oldsmobile “98”
19.43, Studebaker iknd Cruiser 24.89;
Lincoln 18.15, Frazer Manhattan 23.91,
Chrysler New Yorker 17.l|l, Packard Su
per 16.00, Hudson Commodore 21.39; Kai
ser Virginian 23.97, Cadillac “61” 22.97;
Cadillac “62” 22.153, Lincoln Cosmopolitan
17.56; Cadillac f60” Special 22.08; Cad-
illac “75” 17.24.1 j ! 1
Obviously these mileages were ob
tained under ideal conditions. Our ex
perience with various makes of automo
biles has not been so satisfactory.
Lookin’ Back
From the Battalion Files
of 15 Years Ago
A March 1935 Battalion editor
began a page two article with
these statements—“Editorial com
ment has been made before on the
infractions of, college regulations
concerning Saturday night priv
ileges for Freshmen and Sopho
mores. Regulations of this nature
are beyond the scope of college •
authorities as far as enforcement
is concern#d-r-«uch fall entirely in
the haftds of the Senior Class . , .
“In past years, a Senior Class
has been jealous of its prlvilogbs
and its duty to see that certain
college regulations are upheld and
enforced . . .
“And hh long as It is the duty
of Heniorm of this institution to
enforce college rules, these Sen
iors should do that very thing, re
gardless of their persona] feeling
on the matter." 1-
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White gabardine suits with two
pairs of pants were selling for
$12.50 in 1936. Arrow shirts went
for $2, Interwoven socks for 35
cents.- Sei'gc uniform pants sold
for $6.25' and one Bryan store'
sewed patches on ail uniforms
without charge.
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Two popular campus expres
sions in 193.5 were “Oh Yeah?” and
“He can take it,'”
Official Notice
Thurtdajr. April 20. is the deadline for
payment of the final installment of fees
for the Spring semester. The final install
ment including room rent, board and
laundry is $72.25.
W. H. Holzihann,
Comptroller j j' A
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RASH
PRICE INttUDES
UNIT AND CASE
Ra sen
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A&M PHOI
MJk shop : l
North Gate College Sta.
to “deny to an;
protection of
The two
regation does
judicc but is
races from
which the whi
whites and Ni
and to prevent
result.
The highest tribunal took school
cases from Texas and Oklahoma
under advisement late in the day,
along with another case argued
Chest X-ray Made
Available at Annex
The portable X-ray unit for the
Brazos county mass chest X-ray
purvey arrived Monday and has
been set up in the south winif of
the administration building at” the
A&M Annjex.
Freshman students at the Annex
were X-rayed Tuesday after nhy-
sical education classes. The unit
will remain at the Annex until
Thursday when it will he moved
into Bryan.
The survey by the portable unit
is free and all Brazos County
residents have been urged by the
Brazos County Tuberculosis [ AzK
social inn to be x-rayed at; their
convenience. No appointments arc
necessary. .
The association, sponsors of the
survey, announced that residents
of the Hryati-Hmctuna area! and
those living on the Brazos River
side and the west side of the min
ty should repoH for X-rays Whll^
the uiilt is at the Annex. wIor|B
X-rays will be made later this
month in Bryan and in the Odllegio
YMCA.
Bible Verse
Hitherto have ye asked nothfok
in my name: ‘ask, and ye shall re
ceive, that your joy may be full]
-—John in' d,
AGGIE!
How About That
Treat At •..
Nita’s Newsstand
& Confectionery
Owned & Operated
By a Student
""•JEROME C. KEARBY
Nqrth Qate ;
Monday in which
stion on
Aegregat
railroad dining cars In the siiuth
was at Issus.
In all three actions a principal
question is whether to overrule
a 54-year-old doctrine thht sep
arate but equal facilities for the
races satisfy the constitution.
Clafrk Disouiilificd 1
Justice Clark disqualified him
self in the railroad case but a full
bench of nine justices heard the
school segregation arguments.
“It’s reality that we nave to face
—eome J>eople have the feeling
that conflict results when the races
get too close,” Trice Daniel, atf
torney general of Texas! told
couriSUB
It’s just beyond reasojn,” fi:
back Thurgood Marshall Net
lawyer of New'YoriC, “that is oni
Negro is admitted to the la
school of the University of Teg
(See COURT, Page 4)
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