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Beer Drinking Can Get Expensive A From the Woman’s Point of View N UNFORTUNATE habit that many col lege students have acquired is “laughing off” serious offenses with the sole alibi of “good bull.” Probably the most obvious ex ample of such thinking is the widespread practice of minors’ buying beer. If you are one of the people who indulge in this illegal buying, you may be due for a The individual, or nation, unwilling to fight for its rights is not entitled to any. Jobless Reservists Get A Break May E VER SINCE the beginning of the Korean war, American reservists have com plained that they could not get jobs, promo tions, or positions of responsibility because of their uncertain military status. Some time ago, The Battalion recognized the sit uation and commented on it. At that time, while we urged industry to take the risk of working reservists as a nec essary sacrifice, we also recognized the di- lenima of the employers. Last week, the Armed Forces, under the orders of Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, outlined plans which would help to alleviate the un comfortable situation. The memorandum issued by Marshall contained four major provisions. The armed forces were ordered to: • Release reservists recalled to active duty involuntarily as soon as they are thor oughly trained and enough draftees or vol unteers are on hand to replace them. • Determine their manpower needs six months in advance in order to alert reserv ists at least four months in advance of their recall to active duty. • Provide a uniform thirty days delay for reservists between the time they receive their orders and the date they must report for active duty. © Clean out the deadwood in the reserves —those who for physical or other reasons such as critical occupations, are not available for extended active duty. . - . / '% " . This plan when put into effect will do much to aid both the reservist and the em ployer. The four month alert is perhaps the most immediately useful of the provisions. Many reservists have families that must be provided for while he is in service. The four month alert will allow him to make arrange ments for the housing and care of his family while he is away. rude awakening by the State Liquor Control Agency. Although the bulk of punishment is aimed at the business which sells alcoholic beverages to minors, there is a part of the state law which provides for punishment of the minor who buys beer. If convicted of either buying or drinking beer in an estab lishment, the minor is subject to a fine of from one to one hundred dollars. Added to the minor’s fine are the court costs. Usually the minor who buys beer has some form of faked identification to prove he is of legal age. Since everyone over the age of eighteen is required to carry his draft registration card, this form of identification is usually accepted by most business houses. The minor is tempted then to change the in dicated date of birth. That is where real trouble starts, for such an act is prohibited by federal law. The next time you crave a cold beer, give a thought to what the cost might amount to. Architect’s Wives Plan Style Show By Vivian Castleberry College Boys Are Lucky • • • Need For ‘Educated’ Is Student Blessing Tuesday night small spooks were plentiful around Col lege apartments as the small fry took advantage of their night to “Trick or Treat.” Witches and goblins and devils, all junior size, soon exhausted supplies of sweets and fruits. First little caller at our house was pint-sized blonde Cydnie Drake who was just old enough to want to play, but not By JAMES MARLOW the nation needs brains, no matter contributions to the successful pro«- Wasbington, Nov. 2-</B-The Wh 4 ° h , a f s , them ' ... , ecution of the last war and will nation faces the followintr problem An 1 d theSe c ° mn ? 1 . tt ! e s don’t draw continue to be vital to the national as it draftc irm, s v ., any lines on the kind of education defense as to the national welfare armed forces- f ° r ^ 0116 of these deferred youths could If we are to maintain our civiliaa- There’s a mnt,j j, take - R makes no difference tion, we cannot permit any one of meres a continuing need for whether he wants to study bioIogV) these areas 0 f knowledge to be s2 -• ■ ’ -----1- ” o ----- „ , iiiciea ct tuui/uiumg iiccu wnerner ne wttiu<D w . . , , quite big enough yet to have learned how. She caught on scientists, doctors, lawyers, edu- physics, chemistry, medicine, law, nously crippiea quickly, though, and was heard to remark to mom and dad, cators, scholars, and other college Betty and Paschel as she set out for other treats, “I like this trained, professional people, game!” There s a double need for them: fatin, egyptology, or anything else. Why not? , Because, the committees say sim- I he nation is still growing and they p i y) no one can predict for sure must be available to replace older what kind of educated men the na- men who die or retire. b j on w jji need most in the years If those now of draft age have ahead. The committees said: to spend two or three years in the ..m, • , recomii- sazy College oTprofe^iotd train' tion than fomerly ° f the wide ing either. The waiting period will help to solve one of the employer’s toughest problems—train ing a replacement. The reservist will have four months in which he can personally teach his successor the requirements and opera tions of the job. Until now, the replacement problem was the chief reason advanced by employers for their failure to hire reserv ists. Discrimination is the rare element of 'personality that is Utcking in your acquaintances. Snappy remarks are often senseless utterances. ‘Bought’ Legislation Threatens Freedom G OVERNMENT for the people and by the people seems to be a very unstable con dition. Millions of people are devoting every effort to destroy this system of government, and the enemies within are just as dangerous as the troops fighting under the Red star. The tragic part of the situation is that many conscientious Americans are actually help ing in this attempt to undermine the govern ment by participating in “high pressure” tactics to influence legislation. A Congressional Committee is now con ducting an investigation, and preliminary estimates indicate that “lobbying” is now big business. The price of “influence” has gone up along with everything else with the annual “take” in the neighborhood of a bil lion dollars. These estimates were revealed in a 67 page report submitted by the Com mittee. The big problem is to eliminate purchased legislation, and at the same time retain the right of Congressional petition. If lobbying continues to expand, the Committee fears that it may “challenge the existence of rep resentative government as we know it.” Two solutions have been suggested that are really worth while—stronger political parties and party discipline, and more in formation on lobbying and lobbyists. Reg istration accounts for 2000 lobbyists, and an expenditure of $75,000,000 in the last three and one half years. To accept this picture, according to the Committee, is analogous to the acceptance of the fact that no money is spent on horse races other than that which passes through the parimutuel windows in the 27 states where this gambling is legal. In any case, it is obvious that the Ameri can people and Congress in particular do not Charlotte Powell is engineering a big style show that will go before the public next Wednesday night in the Memorial Student Center Assembly Hall. Beverly Braley’s will provide the eye-catchers in apparel. The show is being sponsored by the Architect’s Wives of A&M. Time is 8 p.m. The hall will seat around 300. And it’s all free! • What’s the answer? Take them Sometimes I get to wondering about a youngster I met in the early ^e Army anyway and let the days of my A&M tenure. He was about IT; he was dressed in a! pair futm-e worry about young, train- of clean khakis and a blue work shirt. He stopped me eai’ly one summer e d scientists and other pi-ofessional morning back in ’48 as I started to work and asked to be directed; to men? the Registrar’s office. It was eai’ly and I had time for a chat. “I Oi’, perhaps, should all college hitch-hiked to A&M,” he said, gazing across the campus, “to see if there students be draft-proof? If that s wouldn’t be some way I could find to work my way through college, the answer, then - I stai’ted out yesterday at noon—and I do hope I can find something Many youths with high intelh- to do so that I can enroll here in September.” He paused, took stock gence, lacking the money for col- of me and added wistfully, “Isn’t this the greatest place in the world?” lege, will have to serve in the Army I get to wondei’ing about him still, and often wish I had taken his while others, with money but poor- name. But I have an idea he is around here now, in the ranks of the er mm ds, will be deferz-ed from mn- The draft law says any college student can get his draft postponed till the end of his college year, if he asks for it. The draft board has no choice when he makes such a request but must give him post ponement. In August, 1950 General Hershey told the boards, and this still nun Liictn .1 wj mciaj' vsjl - vaz-iety of fields of higher learning stands, they can defer to the end —i-:.u imrm in Wnrld of his college course (which might mean four years) a student who is in the upper half of his class. But in this case the boai’ds don’t have War II. “The engineering sciences, the humanities, and the healing arts all made significant and essential to do so. They can suit themselves. itary service. That would mean penalizing youths because they were pool-. What then is the solution if the Armed Forces ai’e to get the young men they need while the nation continues to get a flow of college- trained men? To help find the answer, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective seiwice, in the fall of 1948 called on scientists, educators w . and scholars. Where are You? Among the college student wives who are presi- There’s no indication when he will dents of their clubs arc Dorothy Thomas, Architect Wives; Gwen ac t or whether he’ll accept or z-e- Weddell, Man E. Wives; Louise Gregory, Bridge Club; Doris Marcotte, j e ct the recommendations or revise Industrial Ed Wives; Katie Williams, Veterinary Auxiliary; Gloria them. Briefly these ai’e the rec- Doran, Senior Vet Wives; Johnny Ross, Junior Vet Wives; Jerry Bell, ommendations: Sophomore Vet Wives, and Mrs. R. P. Cress, Freshmen Vet Wives. A ,, „, ,, There are other clubs, and other presidents. Why not drop your club en f ^ ^ or more on t he d rmy .g general Corps. That kid was a born Aggie. • The Kiddy-Kar set of society has taken the stage front and center with birthdays to remember in years to come. In Vet Village Mike Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Campbell, shared second birthday honors with year-old Bill Heath, young cutic of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heath. The two mothers entertained twelve young playmates with a party. . . . College View’s David Vandever, two-year-old prince of Mildred and Van, celebrated his birthday with a party for the neighborhood tots. president’s name our way? Industrial Education Wives were sitting in the middle of Doris Mims’ floor Monday night playing with dolls. The group consisted of Betty Vernon, Pat Sterling, Doris Mar cotte, Freida McKell and Doris Blissard. Twelve large rag dolls in various stages of completion lay around on the floor. The girls say this is their Christmas project for charity. It is a lovely gesture and looked like more fun than most of us have had since we were 10. classification test—an in telligence test — get deferred so long as they continue in school, provided— They’re in the upper half of the freshman class, the upper two-- thirds of sophomore year, the top thre-fourths of junior, and—if they want to go on to graduate school-- the upper-half of senior year. , ,,,, , lT1 . * • A poor boy who shows supc- Tcxas Aggies All! When it comes to Texas Aggies, Myrtle Schick r i or intelligence in a test should be has more of them than most any woman—six to be exact. Her husband, senb t; 0 college on a scholarship Bill,-; is a senior industrial education major. Brothers are Bill, Jack, pajj f or by ^ bc government because Dick and Bob Strain, all presently enrolled here. Bill is a senior and jj-pj! the other three boys (Dick and Bob are twins) are juniors. The sixth j members of this' merry set is first-cousin J. B. Parks. The sextet all reached Aggieland via Millsap, Texas. Myrtle, who is a cute little red-head and who admits that she is a “pretty good Froggie—since I gzaduated from TCU only last year,” is bragging that she had more baby-sitters for month-old Sandra Kay than anybody else in college can claim. Her friends, who envy her the baby-sitters, wonder just how she manages when all six hungry Aggies turn up for Sunday dinner? • SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SAT. A Complete Line of Ladies’ Wear, Shoes, Millinery, Skirts, Blouses BLOUSES ^n/ll 1 ' IT W) colors SPECIAL.. ALL WOOL Sweaters 2.98 Values $$ See These ^ SPECIAL.. ^ DRESSES 7.95 to 9.85 Values tPrkOtl 9 to 17 aI SPECIAL.. WASH 9 DRESSES ^ Fast Colors 2.98 Values nr'AA SPECIAL.. MAURICE SHOP 314 N. MAIN ST. BRYAN, TEXAS Words never are big enough when sorrow comes, but college friends extend a helping hand to Gordon James and Margaret Etie on the death of their baby son; to Dorothy and Tom Smith on the loss of their infant son and to Ida and Roy Munson on the death of his young brother. Atomic Bombs Good Even If Never Dropped y PifliR Sketch of The Week Washington, Nov. 2—(TP)— Chairman Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission said today America’s highly T „ , „ , „ TT ., , . . expensive atom bombs may be If you haven t met Sara Kilmer, you ve missed some- usc f u i even thov arc never ev. thing. Sara is the wife of Architect major Jim Kilmer and pioded. the mother of two thoroughly boyish boys, seven-year-old Dean said the atomic metal— Skipper and two-year-old Cris. Hardly tipping the scales ui ^i um ai l d pl uton i um —can be at a hundred pounds “with my heavy winter coat on,” Sara veifedsupply p'owe^'bnuch more J t has more energy and more enthusiasm than many girls with valuable than the gold at Fort have all the facts remiircd 1 tn PvnlimtT nnd the tasks she is called upon to perform. Her neighbors Knox.” l ! out on Waverly Drive, between Bryan and College Station, Fort Knox in Kentucky is the ic zu y .ei ^ f ^ gerous tendency. say g ^ e j s particularly welcome when some member of the civies ieposltory of u - b - g° ld re - If the flame ot Democracy is extinguished, family is ill. Sara is the old-fashioned kind of neighbor Dean explained that the uranium it is quite probable that persons now living with the new-fashioned way of getting things done—whether and plutonium used in a-bombs will never see the light of freedom again. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” Page 2 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950 The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published five times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms, The Battalion is published four times a week, and during examination and vacation periods, twice a week. Days of publication are Monday through Friday for the regular school year, Tuesday through Friday during the summer terms, and Tuesday and Thursday during vacation and examination periods. Subscription rates $6.00 per year or $.50 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. 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Manitzas Tom Rountree Today’s Issue Managing Editor Campus News Editor Sports News Editor City News Editor it’s cooking a meal for somebody, washing the baby diapers “don’t deteriorate,” and he declar er caring for a baby while it’s mother goes on some errand. ed ;,rp, , ,,. n T • i i i . .i . , Ihe only thine: wasted would be On Sunday mornings she turns her neat-as-a-pin house into the work the people who had a nursery for babies of St. Paul Methodist Church goers been engaged in the fabrication of with the comment, “Why shouldn’t I? Our house is so con- exterior parts of the bombs.” venient.” Sara and Jim are from Greenville and will prob- , The ex Pl°sive materials them- aby go back there when they finish school next year. Until produce ptwer tor" pice! then, she is a definite asset to her adopted home. time purposes. \ ,s. Tms&r In- Ov Thanks Joe! FREE GIFT WRAPPING Wide Variety of Gifts Greeting Cards The Exchange Store “Serving Texas Aggies” BEAT ARKANSAS T. M. Fontaine, Carter Phillips Editorialists Bob Hughson, George Charlton, Tom Rountree, Leon McClellan, Raymond Rushing, Wayne Davis, Robert Venable, Herb O'Connell, Norman Blabuta. John Hildebrand, Jerry Fontaine, Jack Fontaine ! News and Feature Writers Emmett Trant, Jerry Clement, Bob Hendry Cartoonists Ray Williams, Roger Coslett Special Assignments Sam Molinary cmei Puuiugtawuci Herman C. Gollob... .Amusements Edltoi Ralph Gorman, Ray Holbrook, Harold Gann, Joe Blanchette, Pat LeBlanc, Dal? Dowell, Jimmy Curtis, Chuck Neighbors. Fred Walker i. Sports Writers Bob Hancock, John HolIingShead. Tommy ~ Fontaine, James Lancaster Photo Engravers Letters Aggie Gesture Brings Praise (Editor’s Note: The follow ing appeared in the Dallas Morn ing News this week. We thought it worth passing on to you.) To the News: At the close of the A&M-TCU game the cadets not only carried their own team off the field, but also the Frogs. Where else in all the world would a thing like that happen? What a difference from North Korean atheism. When their foe is defeated their hands ai’e tied behind their backs and they are shot in the back, bludgeoned, or buried alive. After gestures like this it is not hard to understand the world-wide respect and admiration the Aggies have made for themselves as offi cers and citizens. I didn’t have the pleasure of go ing to A&M but they have made me an Aggie rooter and I am nomi nating them for the Sportsman-of- the-Year awaz’d. It’s easy to un derstand why a team will give a little bit more than its best when it has that kind of support. Go, Aggies. Avis Headricks Corsicana, Texas TO FREEZE OR NOT TO FREEZE THAT IS THE question Soon, that cold, cold weather is going to DROP on you. And will you be ready for it?? SURE, if you stop by today and get one of these swell heaters. North Gate Dearborn & Tlzenuoray HEATERS $27.00 up HENRY a. MILLER Phone 4-1145 LI’L ABNER She Aims To Please LE'S NOT DISCUSS YORE. 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