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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1950)
. *■ hr* t % 7. It60 The cry “we*rt buildinf ” ht« cmte to w«nify •omething mort than a riHwrh’t t^ta phra» •» the AAM oan^a Wt : are huiMNnf more materially. We art aanatructing. Whea c(mutruction began Wednaadh) on the new plant for the < arwpn* Claarv • r *- topped a few minute* to tike a mental raconaiaaance oaer the college area. Them are only a few former atudent* who can now viait the college without re marking aomething to the effect that “the old place jest doesn't look the name. Oh, it may look the satne in spots to el>«tu> dents, hut the “new” is ovemhadewing the "qW." The Memorial Student (’enter is sche duled to open this fall A sneak preview of ita interior has shown us that AAM has one of the more modem and eone^ment— if net the most — uhldent center in the Ignited States ♦ But the interior alone can’t tell the story of the Center The psychrioghal effect of a recreational Unkiing of 4ts beaut y and expanse alone wil he • irimt stimulant to a luxury- starved student body The new Bioio(ical Sciences Building is rapidly taking shape, along with the addition to Francis Hall and improvo- raents in the School of Agriculture s “new ■wa.” Other announcements for a new coli seum and physical education plant have been made and were welcome news. It all adds up to just one thing: AAM is definitely keeping up with the world in the constructional aspect t7 IffW-— Summer (amp - A ( apsule Kducation One thing among many that can be said of ROTC summer camp is that it gives nrilage students from sH part- of the nation an opportunity to kirn* one another And. to judge from the perhaps slightly prejudiced reports from our sum mer camp correspondents, the Aggies are not letting the opportunity go to waste We imagine a lot of bifh powered hand shaking marked the first few dais <4 each camp's operation For many of the cadets, ih* oalf from AAM but from every BOTT 'oftegw, sum mer vamp presents an unuetal oppor tunity. With the pieeptkm of Wie “h»cte'*' one* who go to camps in Texaat the )o«r- ney to the six-weeks training arm may .be their first trip out of the Mate. For some, it is a trip involving ttany hee- .dreds of miles. The mere iut* »rf travel ing is educational. And when, during the six w eeks period, cadeta are given an op portunity to me other cities and moot mss people, the event is even more valuable For the big majority of the men the ROTC camp is their first * xiagianae with army life aside fW*m what ihfy b*w*w irf it from their school activities Living as soldiers with occasional KP and related tnmiags. ROTC cadets cannot help hut gain a greater appreciation of what is in volved in amty life. Should the time come that they^are called to active duty, their training and clone association with camp life will stand them in gisal stead It can- hot help but make them better officers and man Bat the value of ROTC camp is not ooiiBwad la travel, introductions to oew people, and toilHamatton with srm> life and methpdi. It is also present in the un paralleled opportunity it affords to initi ate cadets lain the business of learning to •at along with others in a new environ ment. We’d like to meet the man who doeant profit in experience as a result of hw tour at satap It is unfortunate a sim ilar opportunity is not open to sli for when the blisters are gone, the sunburn sooth- ad. and the sore bac ks and sleeps eyes are forgotten, a let of good stories of camp hfe will remain to be retold during the coming maaths And s lot of hard learn ed lessens wfl! be remembered Americans Deny Using Potato Bug in Cold War Indnstn Faces MobiH/ation .1 i i Since the beginning of t e Korean War. the main subject of campus con versation h*s been speculation <*n the bat tle's outcome. More sperificgBjr. almost aU student* are wondering what effect the rnnfliri will have on their person*) lives. Most agree, and rightly so, that K the situation continues from bad to worse, the .days are numbered before they will trade their civies for khakis or the blue of the Navy or Air Force v But armdbt this guessing game is a new aentimeit bom of farmlienti with war Summed up in one sentence, It might read like this—"l hope that, if war does come, they 11 draft indu«tf> just like they 11 draft me “ Another addtd thought indicate* that potential fighters don't want to look back at thy Ututed States from oversew* a n d see more fort mate laborpr* working for sky-high salaries, while the men in uniform sweat out the war for relatively small wages According to word from Washington, workers in home front industry probably will he little better off fmancialh than the men they support on the battle (rent Drafting will not he confined to service men Civilians are in for a taste of or ders too Wage*, pnees and jobs are due foi freezing if war <H»me* Rationing will be more extemuve in coverage, stricter In appliratam. F.veu utilities wilt l»e reg ulated The transportation system will come under full government control. Ci vilian production will be held to an abso lute minimum Taxes will shoot pven higher This il ail as it should be. Ordinarily we betnoas the increasing trend toward govornmet* control In a peacetime econ omy we believe it should lie held to a min imum But in war time, especially in a way whioh can onh be all-out” if it cotinni. the industry of the nation must be enrolled and ordered just as are men in uniform. Profit* must be held to reason able figures Strikes or threats of strikes must be outlawed. Workers must tie kept on the job, all thy time. The most effi cient use of all materials, men. and ma chines must be assured. We advocate and support such regi mentation not in a sense of "W hat's good for the goose is good for the gander”, but because a full-scale Industrial effort with an eye more toward production and less on profits wdl be needed as much as full- scale attack* by our armed forces. WasMagton. July ? — 1 fc e 1 nrted teaten denied UMtey that It ha» ngnsd up Um petutn tag aa a* ally hi tte raid «ar against RuWia and her fftmmiidbt rahorta TV deviiM i narg• that U. 8. planes Had i«eppeiv<l the potatn fM’l<la of Kaateni (lermany with the hungry little varmints was de nounced hry th* State Department a* a fantaoti*' fabrication," whfUy al*«urd and nduuloui' The hoiw foreign office a» - tually had lodged a formal not* of protest in th«- matter The charge that Western wai monger* kad lo-.-ed *ix-lagged wrecker* and «>n- fu*ioni*ta in tha Marxian iM>|ato patches ha^ le«i competing fro <«pare ta the Kusman presa dith Premier Statin'* pronouncement* on philektgy The t^tste IVpgrtment didn't dig nif) th* Russian note with * difect reply Instead it i*au<*«l a diplomatic precis which cori*lad *d that tt igust he (oanrmmist coieoptei a. not Americas hugs, which are sinking their farwo into the Soviet or M 1 ellite -pud- There have t«*en |>"lato hogs in Ka»tern Germany lot h long tjm* the department wiid. and he Ada* no AnMrican plan*- hav, kee* flown over that ■ r ’*» dunng th* [»nnd the RuaSltn* ihaiged our -r - PALACE Bryan 2*W7^ NOW thru MAT1 RDAV potato tag battalion* / j Xenatoi glander* **Ud ingenuity ta •raPM»"A» He oan roeertHnent <h*u ly offer the Kaat lG af free I»DT" to get r af pests FUKW i: HAT.—11 P M The Battalion r "Soldi*, Uttamm, Kmfkdy GmtUmm" Lawrence Sullivafi Born, Founder of Aggie Traditions official newspaper pf the AgDniltwrsl aad Mechamepl Callage of Text* and th* * ve times s week (hiring the ragwlar srhoal year Dwr- ur times • wagk and nmikted ovary Titomby through Friday afWrnnon. -BuhacHptiog ratal Q.0b per summer. 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Room Ml. taWtej* i CKfw. a* Oat ‘ Ik. 4« af Oa noa *aM» h tm tin sod. u o. itSDf , IM AftHiaateL *— 4—» r rank — lar . *1 Hao Ta«t Cte. » p Vj : r Sport* Editor ~ CMy Editor ' t -J ' >" TODAY A HATI BDAY -Feature Stirt* 1 4« »:»5 5r*lf:»-9;IA JWW iur fWMWSIWtote IM I 8 : ( ART|m4- n ► ^ s rnT\ vi e ret* U:WI VM H.HT Froiure II :M P M— HI NDAV tlirti tl lXDAV FIRST RFh IMoa 'Tom S Aerfy" ( arinoo "8.4FETY HteiiNir vkbT , . . ■■*■4 ■ - ■ HATlRDAt fRKYrE 11 :lte PIN. — Feature l|:M P.H.— FIRST R| A , iePr Total Five, Analyst Claims 7 %/ By J. M KOBF.RTS JR. AP Fomga Affsin Aaalyat The I nitod State* i* tablng car*, sten of Formoao hod not to offar aay ta* itemewt on this: moBM-aturn that their ahondamwent score. That was why Chtang Kai weald represent S *ari*ib* pollth al Shell waa aahed to atop hi* atr m wall aa anhtary problem, and raid* on the mainland when th* that they might try it gvtp in th* Seventh Fleet was ordered to rte- face of American Natal oppw#^ fend Formosa. And why hia of- it ion f#r of tiwape for South Roraa ha* . . . ^. not heea accepted, ate probably The Conwngmat Wo« might 1 will not be alter ted at ail on keen safe in making a paae at log**' Will they send reinforcement* t||f , >ipjnf mov , in , nyw , y . « while lT\ attenttoa ce.Aer* to North Korea ? . in the far Pacific, but they can Will Russia sponsor a Rulganan M *" B K "* 1 ***•''• hardly tape to get away with any- maneuver in Greek and Yugoslav He port* from Hong Kong bar* thing i» Gre*re after the d«* term in Macedonia which might produce a at lengthened the fear, taweve* atmn already displayte there by Balkan *ar* i that Peiping’* plan* for an inva- the allte# __ Will the Communist* make an . The western allies hav* fiv* major preocrupatinn* at tte mom meat in the addition to the actual fighting in Korea Will Chinese (•mmunigt fore** go ahead with their plana for the invasion of Formoao ’ ,\L all-ont effort in Indo-Chtna before American arm* aid can make it-1 self feK? Nat Too Stable Will Russia use the oread on for further activitiv* in Iran, where things are not too «taklc. *nd where it I* not po**iblc that a swift switch of government might give the Kremlin a peace ful conquest ? Of these questions, probably the moat urgent now is whether Chin* eae Communist trn«*|M, mav lie thrown into th*- Korean fighting TALK OF THE TOWN s J VUhtp Everyont* MptIn To Enjoy (tiwal FnuA a! F»f>ular Pricaa Air (oiMliti<»n«*d L. July Clearance Sale WQi MK • W Pi* M M ■OUMIS SZZZ ( ARTOOi4hEW* IXiring this hig store-w ide event, you’ll find Waldrop’s just loaded with savings for you. Price reductions on such items as: SHIRTS SPORT SHIRTS KNIT SHIRTS SLACKS BELTS STRAW HATS SWIM TRUNKS UNDERWEAR PAJAMAS & Co. HtNE CUOTHINE SINCE l§H« I *1 S H O P S 1 Pneen reduced on entire stock o£ Nunn-Bunh xnd EdgertoB Sboep. 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