= u coming nearly, rjed on .-V-' 7 1 - Battalion Editorials • | • ! *» Progress in the College Comm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1960 ege Station, cities, pc like other up and es an energetic Chamber of Commence. Meeting last mght to make appropriations for the fis cal year 1950, the Chamber appropriated $3,000 for various activities car- by it. Most important appropriation/! of the evening was $500 tagged for the College Recreal ion Committee. Citizens of this city are familiar with the great and in clusive recreational program for local youth hat is directed by the Recreation Committee. A Significant $300 was set aside for the construction of a concrete slab for the recreation of the city’s children. The be built by Lincoln High School. ;ely the Chamber hopes that the be used as a floor for a new gym- planned in the future, ey for band uniforms was appro- for the A&M Consolidated School wi 1 ,§lab w Ultima slab nasium ‘Morn priated Band. ese ’ Th import^] Chambei y"-' the City Hall meeting, allotted to the print- phi ;t which would advertise advantages of College Sta- urmg y wa£ expanding community and become shows recc of the the individ vide educ caliber, to oper WILL MIRACLES NEVER CEASE f College campus Station, almost of Texas A&M m evening Mon ing of a the busin< tion. w The surroun College hisj its fates and fortunes tied to those of the College. Without an ever improving college the sprawled about it cannot grow prosperous The civic leadership of College Station ipn of the responsibilities to the individual and ual to |the community. They pro facilities of the highest the finest civic recrea tion program that will be found any where, toi be ever on the alert to better serve and improve the community—these are virtues of tire College Station Cham- ber of Commerce and the College Station appropriations as well as others nt to the function of an aggressive r of Commerce were made last City Council. If you want democracj country, t lege Station. Ducks Begin Bowing Out Student Life Committee,/for all practical purposes, tyonday elected two new cc-editors for The Battalion. It did this by approving a Student Senate rec ommendation which allows both co-edi- ,tora tA come from either the corps or non-mijutary student group if either of the grpup* fuila to produce a qualified .candidate, / Since only two qualified candidatcM, both from the corps, have filed for elec tion, the Life Committee'll action assured their election. ' Both thb men are three year veterans Certainly their compensate for to see as high degree of as oberates anywhere in this le a ook about you — in Col- grade point ratios didn’t t. on the ■8 x 1 vancec •and m Thuir material in ballot are a: Too held the Di and Vi Wi tween Whose those There the, s ment stick its lib^; Re pi ; positi< i] around views paper. Starting on the first, fresh- ( "i i ii Bait in 1946, Which was then an 1 mimeographed sheet, they ad- to their present jobs as feature anaging editors, _ Rewards hyffsjfixn few, but }>erhaps the satisfaction received from ^obs well done plus some local rec- ..ognitidri made up for/the la|:k of cash. Democrat, It’s All In A Mississippi names appearing in the column of the Democratic Party ssured election. long have the people of that state faith in Democratic candidates and emocratic if arty to ever cross over ote Republican. It judt, isn’t done, ithin the state there’s a scrap be- groups in the Democratic party ideas are further separated than between Republican arid Democrat, the Dixiecrats who persist in ’ rights philosophy of govern ed there are the Fair Dealers who ay the national party and support ral measures. ublicans in Mississippi offer no op- n, so the political struggle centers issuea' presented by conflicting within the party—-The Democratic Their job ii ahead. Unlike we, the retiring oditors they can’t look forward to relief from i he midnight oil, clanging typewriters ami teletype*, copy-starved linotype nu n, and deadly {news deadlines. But they) tan look forward to an oppor tunity to write and publish without cen sor-ship «r any Hnd the news and oidntons that they belit ve are honest and Just. That freedom of action is an education in itself, ’ulmoni than makes up for tho lowt-r gruel aid lost sleep. We sincerely ^believe there Is no other Job on the cam pus, with but one exception, where a stu- dnt can tejarn i o much fbout the college and, more important, about people. We, 1h|e lan e-duck editors, wish them all the luck in the world. They’ve got a big job, but wo know them well and are confiden t they :an handle it. Name ister r with the only one party Party. A new Mississippi statute requires ev ery political party within the state to reg- Secretary of State, and can claim one name. On a first cqriiej first served basis, the Dixie crats grabbed 1 he Democratic title by reg istering before the Fair Dealers. Had Old G uard Republicans strolled -into the Secretary of State’s office first, they could have snatched the magic title “Democ rat.” In fact, Communists or Fas cists, or any other group calling them selves Democrats could have gained the title that the Dixiecrats got first. Mississippi’s aim, and it has turned out that way, was to give the Dixiecrats the Democratic title. What would have been isijill had some un-American WO Hie resv register first as Democrats? group T iTie Battmion The AiKOcluted Pro*# la antltlod excluaivalj to tha uao trodiU'd to it or not otharwiaa crediuxi in tha papar and lo «d he tain. Kighta of ro publication of all othar mattar htraty lieation of all i of apohUnooua t reaarvad. •• Tha Battalion, official newapaper of tha Agricultural City ofTCollege Station, Toxaa, la publiahed five timea| a Friday afternoon, except during holidaya and axatniiiatt ~ ** — *” day and republlcation iawe i »re aleo newa diapatchaa and walk tallon ia riar, « pi Am ubllahcd trl-weokly on Monday, Wedneaday ■Ir ‘ ‘ vertislng j-atea furnished /on request olid I or Bqtsrea M seMnd^SM matter at Vest Offlaa at Collt«a Button, Tasas, aadaf Iba Act of Consraaa of Marok S, late. Member of The Auocuted Pr & BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE Clayton L. Solph. aaoe«»yio»o»a«»aaoooooooaa»ooaaooo»oooioa—ooaaaeaoeaooaaoaa Dave Coslett.,..^....^ • j /Chuck Cabantea John Whitmore, L. O. Tledt, Dean Read, Otto Kunze . -r Dean Reed Chuck Cabanlss.. Ken Bernhardt . Today's Issue ■\ City Editor Chmriaa Curtis Edwardi.... b.,, Sid Abarnathy. Ken Bernhardt, Jarry Zuber Acting Copy Editors Bill Barker. Bob Boyd. Chester Hicks. Bob Hugtuon. Marvin Matufek. George McBoo, ^ Tom Rountree. Raymond Itaabtog. Walter . Tanamacbl. John Tapfey, "Rip" Torn. ; Kenneth Wlqglna ••••••, .Wem^ Staff Jeff Cheek. Chester Crltchfleld. Wayne Davla, ’ Bill Thompeon, Kay Williams.. ...Feature Staff Dudley Hughea. BUI Uebane. Charles Srbaata... .City Emil Bunje*. Jr v .VubUo Behool Corr—~ X. Carter CtrcolaUaa 'A' '.ir sl Collage Inted ever Mechanical and clmr 'riods. During* »y. Subscription of Taxaa and the r Monday through summor Tho Bat- rate $0.00 per school tjho I ! mmfttlalmw wmaiaMlWS GhlOAfOi Loe . — f- , Jr... WqgemM,- Sr W Nntkmal A4- Ml New Torfc ONv, Co-Editors Editor ore Editor ..Sports Editor /jnsrs, Editors dltor ..Copy Editor .7;.., sporte staff .staff Photographer mi .^-r.-wv-.-ar -atOjZZ./. Letters To The Editor (All letters to tho editor which are ilgned by a student or employes of tha i obecene or Ubeloua material wUl be publiahed. Per- eollege and which do not contain , none wishing to have their name# Withheld from publication may request such action and these names will not, without the conaan othar than tha editors.) > consent of tbs writer, be divulged to any versiies into the TISA during the senate meeting did so partly be cause they were prejudiced. How ever, the logical opposition,—“state laws prohibiting negroes being housed at white institutions,” may offer sound reason for the nega- •’ tive vote. Should the TiSA conven tion be held at A.fcM next year, we would have no facilities to of fer negroes even if there were no such state law. In spite of this sdund opposition, I voted affirmative, perhaps blind ly’ hoping that thh problem will . i ■ t FACILITIES FOR NEGROES Editor, The Battalion: “I’m not prejudiced, but—/” is a well worn phrase. I imagine: that most of us have used it at oneitime or another. That we know wg are prejudiced and make no effort to correct our prejudice is the i fact that is discouraging. True,, some that voted against admitting negro colleges and; uhi- Deadline Set For mnCl? A 1* g* • H °l ve iMelf when the time come/i. Hi 1 oFj AppllCatlOUH But it is u problem, among many * * ; others, and Is hot (o ho taken too Applications for tho Education al Testing Servico- Examination must bo received in the Princeton, New Jersey, office by April ill. Recording to Pr, W. A, Vnisfcl of the Educntlnn «nd I'syehnlnuy Po- iltti'tment from whom live wpldtoR- tiims mnv lie nlitiiineil In] rooin in- of the Aeodemic Ruililiiig. ! The ftmdunte Heuont I Exatnlmi- tlon will l)e given liei-le Miiy fi and (I. Hcnres On the exainlnnlltinjt are used by »eim> of the laifger griul- uatv and professienal sehetHH to help In evaluating Ihe fltupRs of randltkites for graduate study. Scores arc reported directly to the enndidate and to the onej two, or three graduate schools lllsted on his application for the test. At present, A&M does.,not. re quire this test for entrance to its own graduate school. lightly. Can the editor— that matter—offer tion? I'm! sure the tors would he glut Cordially, William H Go ioi Chicago R. C. Lyon and R. Q. Blake- ney will leave Thursday, April 20, by way of air for Chicago to participate in the National Intercollegiate Bridge finals, according to Prof. A. M. Platt of the CHE department and Bridge Tournament chairman. Lyon and Blakeney rated 5th in the national ranking as a re sult of the regional tournament held in February. Another team of Dunkelburg and White of A&M ranked 6th in regional finals. Rice placed a team in 8th place, but all other Southwest Conference teams were not ranked. After an introduction dinner Fri day evening in the Blackstone Ho tel, the play for the finals will begin. The final playing will be concluded Saturday evening. The team will return to A&M Sunday. The Memorial Student Center sponsors the A&M bridge club and made alb arrangements for the re gional tournament plag.' Blakeney is a senior Manage ment Engineering major from Ok lahoma City. Lyon is a senior Ag ricultural Education major from College Station. Bible Verse | Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works, show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. James 2: 18 Past Presidents A luncheon was held Mi y noon by the Past Presidents ,b of the Brazos County A&M era Club at the Oaks in Bryan. ALL OF THIS, and Good Food T< DELICIOUS FOOD PREPARED ESPECIaIiY FOR YOU No Parking Proble) WE CARRY YOUR :j '• j V ; Plenty of Hi-Chairs for the Little Ones. fV j • ■! . HOTARD’S - j ! • || . Cafeteria Ntumlor, hum IR (Edliurs’ Mule no )r anyone fgr a sound solo- student seng- to hogr itl | Hmlth lln Ihe avtmi min 41 led |» Ihlf roes itt’o A «nd (he nimiumI eiHivonlinil nl A&M noki ogi TlS slum Id bo hold your, sogrognlod Iholr Imnrd itnd Inluliig cpuld he provided. V Vory probnhly rumps In Wslton fitrllltles for «fio of) Ihe iwbttld ibi rtf served for any vlglting negroes and special umpigemonls fm eating would be provided by college. : * (At I’rairle View Ihe coll officials maintain separate ■litics reserved foi White visitor to the campus.) 1 Official Notice n Thursday, 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 tmd laundry is $72.25. , W. H. 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