Our Luck Is Bound to Run Out.
WHAT MAKES HARRY RUN ?
Mrf, In view of recent comment on the traffic
' hazards in the veteran housing area, we feel
r psomething should also be said about the pe
destrian-auto relationship,
Lt. Co It is agreed that traffic conditions on
Hpnlfnl cam P us this year are more crowded now
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been 1 a, than ever before.
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when, and how successful the solution will
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and trial.
Until now, no one has been seriously in
jured in a traffic accident on this campus.
Considering the large student body, and the
congested traffic areas used by both pedes
trians and automobiles in the mornings, at
noon, and in the evenings, our record is some
what unusual.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to foresee
just when or where an accident will occur.
Were this possible, necessary action could be
taken to prevent it. But the many intersec
tions used by students, either walking or in
cars, prevents stationing a campus security
officer at each of these points to direct traf
fic. This, however, would prove to be a
No product is a success until it is
sold. That’s where advertising
comes in.
great safety factor particularly in front of
the Aggieland Inn and the intersection South
of the Aeronautical Engineering Building.
There should be someone directing traffic
before and after meals at Sbisa Hall. Every
student living in the Basic Division area
must cross the street to return to his dor
mitory. At dusk, the crossing is especially
hazardous. Driver visibility is cut down, and
the ever present factor of some student jok
ingly shoving or jostling a classmate, pos
sibly into the path of an oncoming automo
bile, must be seriously considered.
Whether student pedestrians, in a hurry
to get back to their areas before meals, or
day students, veterans, and college employees
rushing to their homes in cars have the right-
of-way is a debatable question. Not to be
overlooked is that several thousand pounds
of steel is hardly comparable to a hundred
or more pounds of human flesh when the
two collide.
We urge not only the drivers of automo
biles and other vehicles to take care, but
urge pedestrians themselves to take it
upon themselves to act in a manner con
ducive to saving lives.
The safety adage “The Life You Save
May Be Your Own” seems particularly ap
propriate at this time.
Mid-November The NigiuOM^
Congress Recall Berlin’s Song Best
Hinted by HST Tribute to Al Jolson
Washington, Oct. 26—UP)
President Truman was known
to have under serious study
today a special call to Con
gress
on Nov. 15—just eight days after
the elections.
... By Herman C. Gollob
Two different sources in a posi-
Newsoapers this week have contained a good man} odes
wLLgt™ to the late Ai Jo,son, the world's greatest entertainer, who
Washington ^ unexpected|y Monday night of coronary occulsion.
Donning their best elegiac prose, columnists have re-
minded us of the jazz singer's stage immortality, of the in-
tion to know about White House delible imprint he has left on show business dm mg the last
moves told a reporter last night half-century, of the fantastic popularity he enjoyed for over
that Mr. Truman was considering apXation and a half because of an infectious tremolo and
issuance of the call before the Nov. * , , , ,•
7 election. impassioned delivery.
They tell us that living to Jolson was being able to get
before an audience and pour his gritty, vibrant tones into a
song. Al got a bang out of life because he was doing what
he loved best of all—singing, they say. Thus came his vital
stipulated and exciting style, which incited imitation from all who
saw him.
They did not know whether he
would be ready with an announce
ment at his weekly news confer
ence.
Letters To The Editor
The Battalion, Spreader of Scandals
These sources who
that they not be named, said a
tightening and extension of federal
rent controls was the main item on
an emergency program of legisla
tion the President is working on.
The President was understood
to be planning talks with demo
cratic congressional leaders before
making such a move in the middle
of a political campaign in which
Putting Crime
In A Squeeze . . .
The Kefauver Committee was first men
tioned in this column several weeks ago, and
we are very glad to report that a great deal
of progress has been made since then. The
Internal Revenue Bureau has its agents hot
on the trail of approximately $1,000,000 in
delinquent taxes as a result of the work of
this Senate Crime Committee.
The second major milestone is the evi
dence that has been compiled in an effort to
persuade Congress in 1951 to put the
“bookies” out of business. The main prob
lem is to shed light on the obscure connection
between racketeers and “legitimate” news
dealers.
The third point of progress is the effect
of the Committee on local law enforcement.
If investigation shows laxity of enforcement,
local politicians, gamblers, and hoodlums will
have to answer some embarrassing questions.
Fear of these “spot checks” has a very sober
ing influence.
As the work progresses we can expect re
visions of the Securities and Exchange Com
mission regulations, and Immigration laws.
Gangster ownership of legitimate businesses
i& the main target for the investigations of
IFe can remember, not too long ago,
when nearly everybody ivas looking
for ivork.
Truman Strategy
Aimed at Russia
In addition to rent control, the
President was reportedly consid
ering asking Congress for new tax
es
excess profits tax late this year
Editor, The Battalion: spread about the state) and Wed-
We have noticed that the Battal- nesday’s incident made the letter
ion serves as a most efficient me- °f apology timely once more. These most Congress members are batt-
dium for spreading all types and two later . developments, incidental- ling for re-election
manner of Aggie misdemeanors, U* were in no way connected with
acts of violence, and scandals (true fi rs t matter,
or otherwise) to hometown news- (Now, as to the Batt’s still being
papers, and the public in general, the Aggie’s newspaper, let us put
But, when are you going to head- y°nr mind to rest on that. When
line the numerous misdeeds suf- the Aggies have been done an in- _ . 1QC1 ; , .
fered by our own students at the justice, we’ll do our best to bring IL, posslbly , for
hands of various other SWC col- it to light. When we’re in the milltary manpower leg-
leges? wrong, we’ll admit that, too. •
For instance, the only mention (A little more cooperation from Observers here recalled the
of the recent Baylor mistreatment our readers will do more than any- dramatic surprise of Truman dur-
of three visiting Aggms was in a thing to insure that. If you bring j„g the 1948 campaign. In his
published letter from the Baylor your troubles to us, we’ll try to speech accepting the democratic
b udent Council apologizing for the help solve them. If you don’t, we Presidential election, he announced
m, , . _ . , ^ _ , incident. Thank goodness that the will both have to be satisfied with he would recall the Republican-
ine one part Of 1 resident Trumans B.s.c. wrote, for we might never what our already overworked staff controlled 80th Congress into spe
speech to the United Nations last Tuesday ha X.e heard of the incident. _ happens to run across.)
.... . , „ . . 17 Here’s hoping the Batt is still
which departed from previous American the Aggie’s newspaper.
plans was his proposal to unite the United J,,hn P- Mugg ’52
Nations Atomic Energy Commission with W.T Hayes n ’52° M 52
the United Nations Commission for Con- Hobart Fatheree ’52
ventional Armaments, Among much specu- Ssf A^mendorf ’52
lation as to the reason for the proposal, fear (Ed _ No t e _Allow us to enumer-
ot what Russia has in the way of atomic ate our defense.
power has been one of the reasons suggested, j,- ^1' ^ the charge in your
first paragraph as just a little un-
At the insistence of Russia, the conven- founded. We have “spread” only
tional armament commission was established memory Toe us. 01 ’And that consider it a great privilege and a pleasant duty to bring to
in 1947. At that time, the Russians attempt- was the Associated Press story the attention of the student body the objectives of the award.
ed to give atomic warfare control to that f a r r i ? d ■ Wednesday. As for The Henry Cohen Fellowship,
■ ■ ^ spreading ’ that, we can t take the National Hillel Foundations is nnrt !
commission. But the United States, believ- credit. The story was spread by Interfaitlv tmderstandine- and Lnd
But the greatest tribute that has ever been paid to Al Jolson came
while he was living. Not a paeon lavishing praise, it s a song called
“Let Me Sing and I’m Happy,” written by Irving Berlin especially for Al.
Argue if you will that the two Columbia technicolored films- pur
porting to be Jolson’s biography are his most lasting monuments.
True, they were enjoyable, if not always factual, accounts of a dynamic
singer and entertainer. But in the long run they were too slick with
Hollywood gloss, even with the prodigious singing by Al himself, and
like present newspaper accounts, were too eulogistic in tone.
j , , Berlin’s song is an example of the power of simplicity. To a
it was pledged enactment of an me i 0( jy that is simultaneously poignant and lighthearted, Berlin has
ss Drollts tax lato this vear fitted unpretentious lyrics that are an eloquent summary of the Jolson
personality, an appropriate statement of the Jolson creed:
cial session.
Cohen Fellowship
Particulars Given
As a holder of the Henry Cohen Interfaith Fellowship I
Let me sing a funny song,
With crazy words that don’t belong
And if I make you laugh,
Then I’m happy.
Let me sing a sad refrain,
Of broken hearts that love in vain,
And if I make you cry,
Then I’m happy.
Let me sing of Dixie’s charms,
Of cotton fields and Mammy’s arms,
And if I make you homesick,
I’m happy.
Houston
Zephyr Club—.3008 Blodgett. A familiar sight in the Riverside
neighborhood, the Zephyr is being reopened by Howard Russell, who
also owns the Algerian it} Big H.
Dallas
Studio Lounge. Negro pianist Gene Rodgers is currently holding
sored by the B’nai B’rith* noc ^ urna ' imbibers spellbound with his fancy manipulation of the key-
program intended to promote A Versatile lad, he can handle anything from boogiewpogie to
will among College students of~ the'•dassicsv"" '<•
posal for the merging of the two control we,1 l go into a little more discus- and a man whose life work and teachings have always stood for the
cnrYirmttooo pon-ioo s i° n - We b 011 ^ cla i m to be infal- finest spirit of brotherhood,
committees carries the stipulation that the lible in tracking down news. ( Our
United States first wants a “fool proof” reportorial staff and our time are
system of inspection which no nation could TT?' Untl1 we
One on the Aisle .
.. get a few more “volunteers,” we’ll
evade. P’erhaps then, Truman’s backing of have a hard time licking that.
Hut, to be more specific—the and YMCA officials.
Houston: Opening November 1—“Joshua Beene and God”—Alley
Theatre—709 Berry Ave.—Curtain 8:15. All seats reserved—$1.80.
November 4—Wagner Opera Co. in “La Boheme.” Music Hall. Seats
disarmament program is a “get the cards on
The award is made annually by a faculty committee, appointed
by the president of the college, to a student who it is hoped will be
able to help with the implementation of a fine Interfaith program bn
the campus. Recommendations for the award are sent in to the com- on sale at Levy’s—$1.95, 2.60, 2.99, 3.25, 3.90. November 8—“Red,
nnttee^by -thejninjsters of various denominations, faculty members, White and Blue”—Music Hall. Evenings—$4.80, 4.20, 3.60, 2.40. Mat
inees—3.60, 3.00, 2.40, 1.20. November 1-14—Shrine Circus—Houston
t 7”, ° ~ the table” nlan e-ivino- ur> snum r>f rmr so f irst word we received of the Bay- Suggestions by student organizations are equally welcome. No
the Committee, and it Will take more power ^ P ‘ n Fivmg up some 01 our se- lor mistreatment of visiting Aggies student applies for the Fellowship Award. It generally
3Jld money than the underworld can muster
to “call off” the Senate Committee.
The center of this investigation is New
York, and it is being directed by Boris Kos-
telanetz, the famous “gang buster.” Senator
Kefauver has promised to show that gang
sters have substantial interests in banks,
steel companies, utility companies, and other
enterprises.
The average student takes too long
to learn too little.
crets to find out how atomically advanced was als 0 through that letter. We student as*a pleasant surprise^and" of ton ’ Laves"' him*' as^TmyTase 6 ,
Russia is. bacb Publication of the letter with an humble feeling of how little he has done to merit it.
* , .. . -I i , ,-i i i-i two major reasons. To initiate an active Interfaith program into busy college calen-
Anotner explanation might be that the (Not having heard of the inci- dar is not an easy task but we are fortunate enough on this campus to
speech was a test of the sinceritv of recent dent before ’ , we couldn ’t find a find the machinery already set up for us in the fine program of the
p • A- n r> j-i i • i source I 01 information on it. We Religious Emphasis Week sponsored by the YMCA and the Interfaith
nussian peace talks. Recently, Vishmsky therefore assumed (and later de- Council, and in our calendar of intramural and social activities. But a
and his cohorts have attempted to convince velo P men ts upheld these assump- good deal more can be done by active student cooperation to bring the
iv tt *4- j a.* A.1 1. T-, • n tions) that the Aggies involved Interfaith program on a par with our academic efforts.
the < United Nations that Russia earnestly took the matter as an isolated in- We need small study groups, round table discussions, symposia
desires peace. Truman’s speech gives an ®p ance and wei ; e satisfied that suf- in which students of various denominations can get together in an
imnlied warninv the TTnifpd ^tnfps kmc tnV ilcient reparations would be made, effort to learn more about each other’s beliefs and convictions and
v_, . . ’ aS pa (They apparently saw nothing thereby obtain better understanding of the fundamental tenets of all
en the first positive step toward world peace; to be gained by publicizing the in- religious beliefs.
if Russia will not follow the example, Ameri- Ubent. We concurred with them in Those few suggestions are listed with the hope that some students
Pun rpnrmumcmt onrl rlc-fVi-nc^ tv, ui tbat r 1 es P ect - Past experience has may be interested in them and will come forth with suggestions that
can rearmament and defense measures Will proved that some people take all will help foster a fine Interfaith program on a truly College level.
-Adults 1.20, Children .60. Reserved
Coliseum. General Admission-
seats—2.40, 1.50, 1.00.
Dallas: November 16-17—“Red, White and Blue”—State Fair
Auditorium. Prices same as in Houston. November 25, 26, 27—Sadler’s
Wells Ballet—State Fair Auditorium. Prices—$4.80, 4.20, 3.90, 2.70,
2.10, 1.20.
be increased.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
’’Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Page 2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950
such events as something needing
personal vengeance. Our failure
to publish the letter or to publicize
the incident, we felt, would prevent
this.
(Developments concerning the
cub (which you’ll notice we didn’t
It May Hurt Us
Editor, The Battalion:
It seems that this clipping might
have a great deal of truth in it.
I am the mother of an Aggie who
Holders of the Interfaith award to date have been as follows:
R. N. Leatherwood, 1947-48; Donald Jarvis, 1948-49; Jarvis Miller,
1949-50 and Norman Braslau, 1950-51.
The Chairman of the Committee is Dr. Thomas F. Mayo and
the Secretary is J. Gordon Gay.
Norman Braslau,
Holder of 1950-51 Fellowship
Loupot’s Trading Post—Agents
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Sweet Li’l Buttercup
By Al Capp
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DAVE COSLETT, CLAYTON L. SELPH Co-Editors
John Whitmore, L. O. Tiedt Managing Editors
Sid Abernathy, Jerry Zuber Campus News Editors
Frank N. Mamtzas ....Sports Editor
Jpel Austin City News Editor
L. O. Tiedt
Jerry Zuber
Frank N. Manitzas
Tom Rountree
Today's Issue
Managing Editor
Campus News Editor
. Sports News Editor
..... City News Editor
T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists
Bob Hughson, George Charlton, Tom Rountree, Leon
McClellan. Raymond Rushing. Wayne Davis, Robert
Venable, Herb O’Connell, Norman Blahuta, John
Hildebrand, Jerry Fontaine, Jack Fontaine
News 4nd Feature Writers
Emmett Trent, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry Cartoonists
Ray Williams, Roger Coslett Special Assignments
Sam Molinary Chief Photographer
Herman C. Gollob Amusements Editor
Ralph Gorman, Ray Holbrook, Harold Gann. Joe
Blanchette, Pat LeBlanc, Dale Dowell, Jimmy Curtis,
Chuck Neighbors. Fred Walker Sports Writers
Bob Hancock, John HolUngshead,
Tommy Fontaine, James Lancaster Photo Engravers
help the team to victory and the
college to success.
By Jinx
Baylor goes back to work this
afternoon, and will start getting
ready for the homecoming game
Saturday.
The Aggie cadets are doing
everything possible to get the
Bears ready for the game men
tally, by stealing the two cub
bears, and by sowing or attempt
ing to sow wild oats at the new
Baylor stadium. They hoped it
would sprout up and form the
letters “A. and M.” The Aggie
cadets do not know it, but they
handicap their coaches and team
more than any other student
body in the United States. Down
through the years A. and M.
would have won far more football
games if it had not been for the
pranks of the student body. Bill
James, old Aggie line coach, and
a good one, used to tell me that if
the opposing team did not happen
to be ready for a game with
A. and M., the Aggie student
body would do something to git
thetn ready. However, this week
(See LETTERS, Page 6)