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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!”
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The Battalion
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman?’
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
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News Editors
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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
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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
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♦o tend the very best
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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
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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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