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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1950)
! v ■ Editorials Page 2 MONDAY, MAY 8f 1950 Wcfll Buy the Convocation . . . As a result of dealing with it every day, we are mora pointedly aware 6f pub licity than the average man street. For that reason we mentally applauded upon hearing of the Awards and Merits Convocation to be held in Guion Hall next f Sunday afternoon. i ’ J, P° r those unacquainted with the cere mony, this is the picture as we understand it. That'afternoon a presentation will be made, or some recognition given, of all major scholastic awards won by students during the school year. Since this is the first time the program has been tried, many of the awards will be re-issu^d to students who have already received them in the past. Henceforth, however, the col lege fathers intend to make the affair an annual event, and will withhold awards to present at that time rather. than hand Many More Years Than^ Five Have Passed . . . ti ■ It seems many more ycfirs than five have passed sir^e the day victory in Eur ope was achieved ending World War II in that theater <?f operations. \ On that date, May 8, 1945, General Eisenhower, acting as supreme command er of Allied forces in Europe issued this „ announcement: "The Allied forces whiictf invaded Europe on June 6, 1944,-with our great ally, Soviet Russia, have utterly de feated the German forces on land, sea, and in the air.” •= In London Kifig George VII proclaimed this date as occasion for "thanksgiving”; the victory, “a great deliverance.” Less-than-a-month President Harry Truman called this day “a glorious hour.”' He "wished that Franklin D. Roosevelt were still alive.” He gave “thanks to Providence” for seeing the Allies “through the dark days of adversity.” On this day five years ago children in a West Coast school sang the anthem to the Soviet national song. ^ But Moscow v^as quiet. There were no .great parades in Red Square. No joyous announcements from the Kremlin. Victory in Europe meant that the full mcSjilization and production of Allied na tions could be turned against Nippon. Scientists at Los Alamos were preparing tindetonate their first atomic bomb. \ y . Five years ago peoples of the Allied nations offered prayers and thanksgiving. Bars in Paris were opened giving free drinks to soldiers. Some GI’s knew they would soon return home; their part of the war had been fought. Other GI’s knew their rifles would be needed in the Pacific; they knew they would bo with their rifles on Pacific battlefields. '★ ★ With swift, decided strokes the artist painted in the colored clouds of the lovely sunset. Presently he noticed an old man gazing somberly at the results of his labors. "A e painterf-v’perhaps you, too, love the sky pictures, my friend? Perhaps you have seen the lambent flame of dawn leaping across the livid East, the red-stained sulphurous islets, floating in a lake,of fire?” “No,” replied the old man, "I haven’t— not since I laid off the stuff!” .. ■s The Battalion "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman?’ Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republjcation of all news dispatchea credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin publish ed herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. The Battalion.,official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, Texas, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through Friday afternoon, except during holidays and examination periods. Durings the summer The Bat talion is published tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscription rate $&00 per school ynar. Advertising rates furnished on request. \ NewBjcontributiona may be made by telephone (4-5444) pr at the editorial office. Room 201. tloodwin Rail. Classified ads 'may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Stuudent Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. ; 3 | ■ntarad u Mcond-eUM matter at Post Offlea at Colics* Station. Taaaa, sate tha Ant of Coasmaa of March I, XSTO. Member of The Associated Press Kapraaratad nationally br National A4- rartUInn Sorrlea lna. ( St Nov York cite, CblcaSQ. Loa Antclaa, and Baa BILL BILLINGSLEY, C./C. MUNROE. Clayton LKSelply. Dave C^oslettr^^Lj^...................,, Chuck Cabanisw?.— John Whitmore, L. O. T Dean Reed, Otto Kunze.... — Co-Editora Managing Editor ....Feature Editor ......Sports (Editor News Editors L. O. Tledt Chuck Cabanlss.. Otto Kunze >aaanaaaa«a»aaaaanaa*aaaa«'** Today’s Issue ■•a a*aa* • tanaoa a»^*a*oo .ooooaomaaaaOaaa* I................. ................M»M -r- News Editor ....Sports News Editor ... Acting Copy Editor Curtin BdwardaCity Bdltor Sid Abernathy, Kan Bernhardt, Jarrr Zuber . .-r.Aatlns Copy Bdltor* mu Barber, Bob Boyd, Cheater Hloji*, Bob Hugheon, Marvin Matuaek, Octet* M"B*a. , Tftn Rountree. Raymond Kuching. Walter Tanamaohl.; John, Tapley. “IMP" Tom. ; 4.. Kenneth W^glna... Nates:BUM Jeff Cheek, Cheater Crllchfleld. Wayne Davla, Bill Thompaon. Ray william#.. roatnra staff Dudley Rughei. Bill Mebaae, Charles Bebeala.. . .City Weak Bmll Bunjaa, Jr .....Public School Correspondent It, X. Csrtef. Circulation Mandate ''■ .' i ^ - V MASS PRODUCTION^ ^ ■ j . J ■ . 7° . i-i t \. ■ • 'fl- . ' Job Calls •'M • • them out sparodically during The year. The new plan has several merits. First, it will enable recipients of 'The awards to have their families down for the presen tations; something that was often impos sible in the past when the awards were given privately and on quick notice. Also the publicity we spoke of earlier Will be better concentrated and less apt to be inadequate or inconsistent. Generally, we believe, the concentra tion of the awards into one day of issu ance will make th£m more valuable to both the college and the student recipients. The establishment of the Awards and Merits (-Convocation is another forward step by the college. Maybe they should g(\t an award on the 14th for developing the Idea. Letters To The Editor (All lallera lo (ha -dllor Which are elsned by t aiudanl or employee of (ha llbeloua material will be publurt eollogo and which do mu -iiutaln oba-eu* nr llbeloua malarial will be publiahM, Per- amia wlahlna In have (heir namea withheld from publlCallon may raquecl auoh aotlna and thee* name* will not, without tha ooneenl of the writer, ha divulged ta i other than lha adltora.) any peraou* Americans flocked to national monu ments and churches. The carolons at Val ley Forge rang out "My Country Tis of Thee.” Germans waited for occupation forces to move in and occupation armies to crowd their streets, and reconstruction to begin. Germany’s bid for world domination failed and she lay prostrate, totally destroyed economically, politically, and spiritually. A reporter told the American people, "The initial shock of peace was too much for most of them men to understand. The Gi’s just sat around their tanks and trucks, and talked to German kids. Other Gi’s gathered in little groups talking about their list action, and their friends— some of them dead. They acted like men in a dream. All of us wanted to lie down and sleep for a long time.” Reviewing the past five years we can track the disintegration of friendly rela tions between the western allies and Rus sia. Comrades in arms now stand enemies in peace. Thought is focusing itself more and more sharply on the date—regarded by alarming numbers as inevitable — when American Gi’s will again take their jeeps and funny books and M-t rifles and con- nons to European soil; when again cros ses will nmr v k foreign acres with names; of American dead. Wreckage, both human and material, will be strewn on n>reign battlefields and American men not old enough to vote will bo called, upon to die. V-E Day in Europe, was gained May 8, 1945. It seems many more years ago than five. sa* IIKNNY STK(>N<5 > Ktlilor, Thr llnlliilion: -i After remliiiK the "HuU' we hnve (toelded to write and protest the selection of Horiny Strong plnyttiK for our KIiik llnnce. It seems'that we have been wnijintf four years to have a good "DANCE”'prehes- tia for our most importantdunce. Although we do not know the list of Orchestras from.-which this GREAT aggregation was selected we-not only Teel but we know that any other choice than this fugitive- from j-the .’20's would have been more satisfactory (including Bruce Thompson and his oboe, no reflec tion on Bruce’s playing.) > It doesn't seem to us. that a maximum effort was ntnde at^an earl y_ date to,. Seen re an orchestra that plays,, dinceable music. We know ourselves that there,. are a number of band&. in Texds which would have been much more suftT able and also less 0-xpensive, For instance: Curley 1 ) Broyles. The NTSC Aces, Stephen FV Austin’s great Buddy"- Ryland and Orches tra, and we all way Id prefer our own Aggieland to tnis monstrosity that has been selected. : d It is a known fact that all Sen iors will ifd to the dance regardless of the band chosen and the price charged. The price being paid to N the band, the admission price to the r(ance for this caliber of or chestra is ridiculous. Is it too late to remedy this error in judgment? If it is, this will, undoubtedly he the poorest excuse for/no SeVior Ring Dance Band in tj<e iwfoi-y of A&M, rffdd.v pTutly Du Doi ron Ace Jordan Herb Krede George Dieck • Tnlmudge lliirris Archl ItlnneH Mule Clark Jack England ’it) ('lay Scoit Byron Dooley Jack WilliainNor Sian White I, lunar Walker John Itnrrnn Sherrill Wylie J. II. Miller Official Notice -KRCJINTHAR’S OKFICfB Some 1 of our studentA arc making j>lnna to attend the 1950 Summer SeH.sion In Nome other college or unlveralty. Huct^ studentH Hhould check wltti the Registrar's Offic to make sure that work completed elsewhere Is acceptable In transfer., to . A A NT. ^ Courses will not be accepted in transfer for degree- credit unless they are (a) sub- sfantially equivalent in character and ex tent. <b> normally offered at the same level, and (c) with essentially the sarpe 'prerequisites as similar courses offered <4 this college. Students who fail a course in any sub ject and subsequently take such course or subsequent courses in the same subjects at another college may be required to pass validating examinations in such course or courses before they will be accepted for transfer toward degree requirements. If. L. Heaton, Registrar _ i ' MISSING SERGE Edilur, fht> liHlhtlloitt About 11;HO 11,01. on Humlny, iVliiy 7, In Houston, I loft it huiii- inoi-- : ,Hdi'gt>,'blouiiH~jmd pants to mHtch ut thr corner of Bhcppurd and WiiHhington (Aggio Line) in front offWcintjci’fts Food Market. The clothes were.in^ti tr|tRsp«rent cover'’ ittid wyre bunging on the front of a marboti, 1930 model Chevrolet coupe parked at the line. The clothes disappeared some time sopfixafter ll:30 a.m. 1 would appreciate it very much if anyone who saw the clothes af ter that time, or knows any inform ation which mi(^ht lead to their whereabouts, would contact me im mediately. . Doyle R. Griffin ’51 \ Dorm 8, Room 112 Blair Donates $1,200 To Experiment Station An additional contribution of $1,200 by George B. Blair for the Texas Federatjon Cooperatives on April 24, :19507 nas been received by the . Agricultural Experiment Station. Blair, executive secretary and treasurer of the Federation of Dal las, contributed $2,()()() asjif Jan uary 17, 1950 and February 10, 1950. The funds are for the pur pose of making an organizational and economic analysis of agricul tural marketing cooperatives of Texas. SALES POSmONS: 1. Ware Laboratories, Inc., man ufacturers of aluminum windows, are interested in men to train for sales engineering work. . After training! they will be attached to either t|he home j office in Miami or .one of the branch offices in New York, Chicago or Houston. 2. Mack - International Motor Truck Corporation is again inter ested- in employing men for sales work, future advancement will lead to junior executive positions. a: The First Life Insurance Com pany of Fort Worth, Texas, is ex panding at the present time and is interested in securing additional salesmen. 4. Dujnbar Kapple, Inc., manufac turers of farm implements, in Gen eva, Illinois,:;- have ’opportunities open for sales work in the State of TextjiH. Considerable travel will be invojlved. T ! 6. There are openings for men interested in sales of oil field sup plies and equipment with Bethle hem Supply Company. GENERAL ENGINEERING bV- PORTUNITIES: 1, Vein Frollick, Inc., construe* tton engineers, are interested In two or throe architectural grad uates. • • , 2. The Draper Construction Com pany in Houston Is interested in employing nn aichitectural engl- neetvfoi' cntiHtruction work. This Extetinkm Service Given Scholarship* Two undergraduate research as- sisumtiiihipH have boon made avail able to the Experiment Station at A&M. \ ( Frank • Goldthwaito of the Gohtthwuitc's Texas Toro Corn-' pany in Fort Worth is making available to the TABS $540 for a nine-month period, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director of the station, announced today. J These shall be known as .turf assistant-ships and shall be admin istered by the Forage and Pasture Section of the Department of Ag ronomy, Lewis said. The Agricultural Experiment Station has received the initial payment for- the period-of time covering the remainder of the 1950 spring semester, April 1, 1950 through May 31, 1950. Thereafter payments shall be made on Sept ember' 1, he concluded. SUNDAY, MAY 14 V \ Charlt* Kfrkham Chief BSIterlallM Bates# Charlton ASBMUht Feature Bdltor Herman Oollob .Raueementa Bdltor -JTranh B. Stamen, Jr Sport* Feature Bdltor Rogrr Coolett, Jimmy Curtla, Harold a«un. Ralph Herman. Ray Holbrook, Jerry Hot:*- Tut. Frank MjMUte**. Dean Reed, Ucorge Rosen,, Frahk Hlmmen, Jr 1.... .Sparta Staff Sam Motinary. ...Staff Photesrapbar Hardy Row, John ItnllHiashead. Tommy Fontaine. Bob Haornck. Bill Hum. .. .Phot* Bogroeors A. W. Frodeneke, Ruatell Hagen*. Dnn Oarrott Advertlelng Repreeeotattrea Jack Brandt, Jack BUbabury, Alex Munroo CartoootaU o Hallmark Card •ays you eared enough ♦o tend the very best \ ten* In wen and tee our eompitte x MlliNHpi / . * ~ ■ J TAYtOR’S CainpuH VariH.y Store North Git* The Battalion Telephone 4-5324 —College Station Representative— LOUPOT’S TRADING POST ipany is just starting a 35 unit iject at the present time. 3, The Perforating Guns Atlas Corporation will soon be needing engineers for oil field service work. 4. Swift and Company Oil Mills are interested in employing one or two young men who would like to learn the oil mill operations. BUSINESS. OPPORTUNITIES: . 1.' The Alice Bank A Trust Com pany has an opening for a young man to start out as a bookkeeper and he will be advanced as fast as his ability will permit; TEACHING: 1. Grand Saline Public Schools has-an opening for a teacher of vocational agriculture. SUMMER JOB: 1. The U. S. Naval Air Station at Corpus Christ! will be able to use one aeronautical engineer, two industrial engineers, and ASnd statistician during the summer months. J GOVERNMENT JOBS: 1. The Civil Aeronautics Admin istration in Austin, Texas, hits ait opening for an airport engineer (civil). This position involves .40% travel in Kaat Texas. 2. The Department of the' Air Poreo has several opeiilngs for sanitary engineers to serve as technical ntlWaors ami consultants at the various Air Force Com mands, units nnd stations. INTKRVIEWMi 1. Temple'Gas Equipment Com pany will Interview on May H for men Jnjt£r«*ted In retail sitW »n>| store qianagemvatr . v ‘ f 2. A representative or U, H, Gypsum Company will Interview on May H. He Is Interested int meeh unirnl or enemlenl engineers for ■production work in the plant. 43. The Luldlow Manufacturing r Sales Company will interview bps- iness, economics, agricultural eco nomics, industrial education and agronomy majors who are inter ested in sales work on Monday, May 8. - 4. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company will be interested in in terviewing men for sales, mer chandising and business manage ment positions on May 9. --5. A reprfesentative of ^he Pro fessional Guidance Bureau will be on the campus M ay 10' to inter-.- view: men _ interested in teaching positions in Texas. LAST DAY •Hid RAYMOND I HRBHi- •UMQVOM’rNt PVM| *1' •••stfos* ••« a»*M'«>s reK»a.i TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Magazine Publishes Instructor’s Article Dallbs L. Bekhcr, instructorrin industrial supervision for the In dustrial Extension Service, is the author of on article appearing in a recent.- issue tif the Personnel Journal. The article, entitled “Supervis ory Acceptance of job’-Evaluation," deals with the need of selling supervisors on job evaluation prac tices. 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