=
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. Holzmanu,
comptroller
A BETTlE
BUSINESS
IMPHE
N
Well groomed clothes count
--
in the business world
vhem in top shape with
ular cleaning service.
eep
reg-
CAMPUS CLEANERS
"Over tho Exchange Store"
The preliminary grades for the! spring
semester 1950 will ife considered ;hs the
final grade in detern>tning a studeht’s el
igibility to order the 1 A. and M. I^ing for
the Glass of 1951.
Orders will not he taken until after
May 1, 1950. Delivery of these rifcgs will
be made August 15tb or anytime) there
after.
H. L. Heaton,
Registrar
SKYWAY
Shows - 7
- # ::t
DRSVE IKWv
Ih-nnis O'Keefe - Gj Storm
“ABANDONED**
(^amp
IAST DAY I
FIRST RUN
—EaaturcH Stmt-
1:30 j- 3:40 - 6^6 - 7:50 - 40:00
“HASTY HEART”
PI^lfH CARTOON —• NEWS
AAASON
MoMaT “
OcutD
PLUS: CARTOON—NEWS
PALACE
Bryan 2" $879
STARTS TODAY
“Mother Didn’t.
SPECIAL P
FRIDAY 1
REVUE
1P.M. ;
3
t-
QUEEN
TODAY — THURSDAY
j UJfft
POMM
U’L ABN ICR
■A
3=
erma
THOROUGHBRED
T-shirts
[erma
ORIGIN AlS
$1.95
BERMA MANSOME JACQUARDS of wash
fine cotton yam knittod tAto sparkling pa 1
with colors taken from tho
forth in all its oxcltomont.
those gracious jacquards, for tholr appeal is, as
always, to Youl
WASHABLE
lo
ms
now season breaking
You'll onjoy wearing
"V
New? Officers for Year
Mr*, Kmcst
F. L. Thomas
man and repo:
smesa scdBion
ijsic
mi
urns
3 •'
Mozart
gforc
re el
resperiti
and
efcted chjiir-
ively <j ur-
Held at j .he
39%
loven
Bizet
1 •• i ;S S-V,-' !
Brahms
t : I j |
Chopin
DeBussy
iDovrak
l
;Greig
Handel
Wagner |
Tchaikovsky
! Strauss
I
Rachmaninoff
THESE AND
OTHER CLASS]
at
Better / Hi
314 N. Main
r 1
omes
Brjan
The Exchange
Welcome, Traveler
'Serving Texto Aggie*”
\
CTt
you asl *tw wj
fATC
•re
IA8T
DAY
•TOTmTOnr
BT |2 WA RT GRANG
VAUiRIU IIOBiO
t
' ir
one for
love.
KASRV M POPKIU !
BRJAH . OUA
MKAINESi
MBIAN
CWnsNMk■ MtasiMlpt imhn, imUMMlklMl
r •
By A1 Oapb