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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1950)
F«fe2 Battalion Editorials t.' ! WSHNESDAT. MAT 10. 1MI) t Facts on the Annex Story . . . J | and C< t** tb. Ywterday tfltmoon a Houaton newa- paper carted Uk teadliat, * A&M Boys Hanif Dean-In Kfftgv Datetined Station, the Vad •bxy proceeded to tell about an incident at the Anne* last Saturday afternoon where at udenAa-found a llfe-aized fifiire of William 0. (Breezyl Breaaeale aasiatant daan of at A&M and dean of stu- deota at |f»e Annex hanging on a lightpale .The ‘'haftg^g ’ was the lateet m a ae- rtea of tnekient* which began last month when a veAei^a student at the Annex wrote a letter t<> Thw Battalion whrh said he had encountered 'at least fifty fresh men out here St the Annex and not one of them could quote me the words to the frst line (of the Aggie War Hymni." The night hi* letter was published. April 17, the students at the Annex marched in reasonably orderly fash- iog to the author‘ft barracks where veter- a«* and rorpsmen sang him the War Hymn He ai>peared before the group and feebly attempted to sing the War Hymn back to them During this demonstration, signs of disorder developed and the tactical officer qn duty ordered the bend to return to the cadet area Nearly ail of the freshmen followed the band, but several students grabbed the author and. in the ensuring scuffle, he was rolled in a near-by muddy ditch Wet and cold, the freshman veteran who wrote the letter was brought to the college hospital whore he apoat the night. He is a United Stated Navy veteran at tending school under Fart VII of the GI HiH Among hts barrackdmatm there were two men who were partly raaixmaible for much permaal humiliation over a period of several days. Theae two men were giv en dUK ip|marY 11 ballon for their irre sponsible conduct and failure to r«i|wvt the rights of a fellow student. They have been required to move from college hous ing i That ii the story we have gathered from eonvrrsaUon* with freebmen i sdets and veterans hvtng at the Annex That W the story we have gamed from checking With college officials k Joumalidm, when it seeks to viciously distort facta until they apfiear entirely out of pefepactive. dips below the ethics of Rs profession and assumes the grotes que garmdnta of outright lien. What wr have reported ge know to be true Wc have M<»ught the fa< ts fr<»m many soufees They have beer confirmwi as facts W’e w<*ider if the writer of the Houston newspaper * story did the same ’ In the Dark. Kl(‘|4ianl nr Donkrv ? . . . KeeentIv elected Senator. < Jeorge Smathers of Florida has flung a stmging * rebuke at the OOP The CiOP claimed hia f victory over Fair Dealing Senator Claude ‘ Pepper “a tireod toward Republican lam." Telegramed Smathers to Republican Natiuiial Chairman Guy Gabneiaon ‘‘Neither candidate w thia primary cam psugned in favor of the obetructiomsm or t^e sniping at the hipartisaa foreign pol icy which aptwrently compnaes the pre sent program of the Republican Natiooal C'wlauittee. “My o|»ponent and ! differed as to our mtertiretqtion of certain basic and fun- damentaf pnm iplet uf the l>enuxTatic Party The people of Farida ai this elec tion f*rov«d they were unwilling to de part from the well eatablwhed and basic principle* of the Democratic Party. i “They do not wish to venture off down the side roads of extremism or dangerous expenmeitation, nor are they interested in turning the ckick bwck to isolationism and the do-nothmg attitude of th» Repub Iicsn Party." App<*neatly the COP was talking from the dark. They felt the breath of au api* mal. prrrluinrd him an elephant When the light whs turned on he was the l**ni- acratic dgnAiey. \ccp hisMn« Inrier SupmisiiKi In thus era when traditions — local, state, national are falling by the way side. we read of another crowning blow struck at another great Amemuir tradi tion. Heretofore the vice oremdent of the United Stwtes has been a sort of official cowgratulator and queen-ktnner Veep Barkley served weH in that caj>- acUy until hw marriage last year Since then hi* kissing ha* been supervised by •Mr* Veep ” Commented our vice president on qurcn-kiMKing: “It seems to bi 1 an un broken rule that any man who crowns a queen is ewpected to kiss her It is, of course not a rule that any real heroic or romantic man would seek to avoid, and I have complied with that rule in every ca#e without pretest on my part "Since 1 have been married my charm ing grac»ou» ami liberal-minded wiie has n’t complained either- but she ha* been on hand when it hi|>pened to wk that it dtdn t go too far,” It makes you won ler about things times ymiVe ha<l to justifv a nmilc to when you stop to think of how many yourself gad to other people The Battalion "SoUm, Stsiesmm, Kmfkdj Cruitmm’' Lawrence Sullivan Rosa, founder of Akg»e Tradiuom Tbs Aatoeiatsd fnwa Is catklsd wadi tad So tt or s«t •Uwnriao eivditsd la ■i berota. RahU of rssubtMatWa «f aB e W tbs ass far ropubiirotion of all now* dispoirbos id local sews of spontan^ua onaio Mbiub- Th# R*t’*Jion. official of tbs rtcaltural sag Msrbsnical Coflair* of Taxaa sod tbo tbaos a weal aM armlatod cvrnr Honda? thooucb OK? of CoUaga Station, Texas, is pubiithod five Unooo a weal aa4 cu «• Fnda? aftarnoan, axeapt dortiif balMafs and axamiP»f r r*-n *14 Duiingt the lahon la rub! lobad tri-wookl? o* Mandsy. VaAsa^a? and Fngay. fluboengtios rat dvertmof rates furaisbed oa rauaasi summer The Bat rata M-Ol per school IMM nar. A News eontribouono Stay be mads bp tolo>bss» (4 >440 at a* the yditnriil office. Room 'Joodwin Ball Claaotfiad ada ooay b« piacwl hp ulophono <4ilS4) at at the SUiudaat A.u> Office. Boom 104. Geodwia Hall •« rmS «m am w •r Uoma a wn Member of The Amociaied Hr* mo* saMiaSo W s«amii lolm tarn, m S«v TmS ( BILL BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE 'Jlaytna L. IsHb ,, 1 Wmm . ■ * PaMfe flajawkb-.n .. Jobs Wbltmor*. L. O. Tmdt. Dana RaaA Otto Kanao Snorts News 1 L 0. TWt Prwsk X. Mt Jo>fT) ZaUrv Today’s ’"V •*"**• Kama Mitat MpoHa Naosa MMer ArUag Copy tUitor OaRw. H«n>M Omm. t amsrwm. tarry mam- H. OtM ams rrn mwtW'Uh:.. 'sr“ amamisam 1 rr *; T F T1 THIM'S a IOHO Letters To The Editor taa MAMM u> tto amtar •**!» am mmtat so a ama ' m ami *ma* 0* aaa aamms main a* tbmaua a^mmi •WiMs to lw«* that/ namaa amaMM Iram sufeHmflm I UMM aaaaaa «1N Ml. a*MM taa MBMM at taa wntW, ka UORK tvri STIIOV. Miu»r I Kr Kailali.is Wr havr wailrti « fra (lays n<?w hoointf U» «uol off a ijUlt* aflrr lhr nn twniiHrmrnl <>f tni* osrhrstrs fur the Senior Rm»r Ihuuv; hoa- rver, it like thu> 1* »«>»»«*- IhHi* 1»h> im|*<<rliint («' cool off w (|un-kly Vtc havr all lo»At*d forward with ant tot (Kit 1 on for four »oa r« f<« thp hiKircol itsncr of out colira* c»- iv«-r t.ai Ii year an- have hoani iht a* tor 'tor>. to »avr our mfvnrjr for tl* Kitty llamr so *• eoald h«vr u St ME !>«rui K«< h time at h»\r Iirri' imtiafirtl a tth a Ainallrr anil la*- attractive baiid th»n ar hart- dr«irtd. buiUlmy our ho|»r^ for onr bit dance No* thr let-tdoan Ka* conir H- nny Stroinf i> known in hi* *<hrrtun-ment ajt Thr M tn Whtt Scig.* the. Old ? ok*, und hi* or- chettrai " (.ranted, wr like to ht-or the <1»tl -ooa* *ut H 0* ‘'Uary lyou.” and ' h rve K «»! Two. Eve* ->f Blue'' orvee to a a hilt. (ail ar don't particularly cart ti> go throutrh the roig- to iht mtj*ue that our mother* ami d** i* dHnteti to, Xpo we don't !*-el that ht* !at- r»t r.dea-a- "lion* the S|H*ermiot U>*r It- Flavor ue th< (l«'.ii>t«ti Ovtrniirht atli-ad<l h* the imprea* •ive cetvpony of tunttng t»ul nnif*. Soaie proph have hrehf tyym* to tell u* that he <W* "raet a jfteel t1»nrt tuintl. (>Ut iao it.tjTt of hi- iatcit ■*T»H«ii (Slt«|i Tt-H*in*r Met'' ..ml ‘'l^t*t Sight on the Rot k I’on'h (Ino't !*eem to tfi'ti- t «t,- thi* from thetr till*« Thi* irit-itlrn 1 tht tnnumerahi on vthii h the ' have atiil have ^ ure wt pn kt m< - t aith tht t •i t n - to lima\ -tTo** of fVttnth lor < te- • -honltl t turn foii-ulted j rommittee to tudoflt ittlMlM"* trs to find 11* a yiHwt ttand. I«it ae e*|>erted to te- infoimed 14 \ itt tout iStervaU almut the |howi- hihtie* MOtf prog i n** being niifle Not one tia t- a a* the S. en»r CtaiM rtinaultod Hl*iut an) olea* or v tea» they hat! on tht* e* t remel) ini(wotA?it *ub'ett We have i-’innHl thni when the tinw- eame to pick tht orche-tia, the only name plated Inforti them to cWooer front aim tha* "iw »»«( only Benny St tong, of ail poopta V* ate all a If remember, the Senior < la** ii 'lmt ted tht com mittee by »‘»W- at the fir*t of the year t*> obtain » name Imntii, and it 1* hr) 1 pwI u* how any broad mind ed prr*on et»uj<| con*itlitr fhl* trrimp * name t«aini PALACE Bryan \A<\ DAI m *k(Mi Till KS. — 1 K1 — SAT NAMtr M rOHlU r*»**n VMM AM* ' Co-Editora U Maneftnc Editor , Faaturs Editor QUEEN German Orphan Children Met by Texan "Parents* | Dallas, Bay 10* Three Carman children got <>ff • plane in Dallas yesterday tad just stood theta oa the runway silently They couldn't speak EngtVah. so the? couldn't say a word to their new parrn’a, Mr and Mrs V. V. Weaver, s farm couple in the little rammunily of Durango, in Falla Camnty, Tekaa, who came to Dallas to WMAJftSWL “niirtoen yvar-okl Erma kept looking * her new mother. Twelve- year-old Elsie acted as if she wanted to cry, and 9 year old Horest Jisst grinned and mwed for photographers. Tbeir iaMWr, Van Kunkei, was considered a wealthy fanner m tbs I’olmh Comdat of Europe until tbs Russian* came through during (be war and put Sim in a work ramp, wharu he died. Mrs. Kunkei and her three hlldrua were sent to a conrentmUsm ramp In Mairh, 1947, Mrs. Kunkei wrote her last letter fnpm Russian oeruptod derobmp. “Help my children,'' she wrote to relatives m the American tone of t.ermany. M lRdp them to he freed from this land." A week Ihter she died %e might still be glive exdrpt that she gave her food^ ration each day to her starving children. Her rouafi, Paula Gottel of Wemboden, -ouldn't help herause she didn't havo'shough food and 1 »thmg for herself, but ah«’ wrote her won rouatn m.Amenea—Mrs. W.*ov«r. And the Weavers muM help- -and did. Collegiate FFA PreM^nU Anarifc Five students ot,j*uadfcSf in uMtp phase of departmdftt »»rk m^be Collegiate F. F A Chapter received a gold colored tie clasp and chain with an F. F. A em blem on the chain at tbs club’* regular matting Monday lltghl The award* were presented to Hugh Wood. Earl Ctlmoiu J C. Relia.ro James W orshum, ami C. M. Ussier. I —-»— 1 —— '"■y—'■ — r IV SMV 14 aur rasaasi sa srouam is it ts dUo very ikM that ovsr a period |of about *even mmiths that oa* available to try and lo- • aie an sghrAtro that wmihi pieaae at ioaat the majority, thi* v*oa the *oh* aiugliaiit Hud the Senior ( la** tsmi informed, like they * Would hdk* been, of the poor pro- Ki >*** begiir made, we're *ure *..m« meidwr or atambers <d the rla»*. whp knew xomething about mu*w and 'h. ty|a' of mu*ie need ed to pidbae *u< h a crowd, couki have stair *om« helpful »UKifi'* tom* to the committee to refer (mck U. tb< retponaihle party Rut no, not 4 word »a* mentioned to anyone n»d thi* regrettable dect- Aton waa made with hard!) any tune left to do anything abi ut it If no Akarge 1* mad« regarding the Ivandf we only hope that »om< of the rXS»(*oiMble persona enjoy the damM. Ixtcauae none of the 1 la** that «< ha*< talked to »e«nt to think *1 will ’«■ nearly the da me t hit »e have all l<w>k»Hl for ward to now for the la*t four year* IVd I'User lad her R Doiron K. H Dunkellterg (brrell Blair (V J Dudenhoeffer lilmaa Riewe Roland Hu**ell Me* ( Fewarell (te«K|s K Harn* Hha C. l.'*e fSck ln*k Ti.m |l. Remold* John I Harl Ulro I aodr v Bid MrMilbn Uph Hall ibarhe Tarver Jam** H iUwrrn Jr. A. H Harrm Raiidi Hahn I eld F. I* Simoom* Jr levia R Harrh M C. Uurbam H»»i.»! r M KnderW K 1 While M W MrSeene !«. S hem H h Bane Jr lb see rhompeoe tk H Harne* taene R Wiggio* R L. < ouek H. F Schrader lb*h Syksw <#ene DuHone g Hollmork Coid toyt you corgd tootigh to j#od tha vgry be*# TAYLOR’S ( aotpun \ artelt SU*r* North (*aU* } Fm ^wMtt totaftvftr get* *»•#••« y«u wont o« <»gw*ptt. tOghfgftt P»«A , Aw4f iwt4t Cwdktrgl Igg vgtp<m# vn«9e vAMfurH M«M it eg# he : TwtoS or 1.«M teekeeto, »•*•»« ww*»-ae<* , AIMICO V * •• to. 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