They Call it Superiority .
9 9
P ARDON US while we dig among some
embers—dying embers of the fiery Tur
key Day classic in Austin.
! Fully realizing that we face a definite
disadvantage—that of having lost a foot
ball game and the opportunity to comment
during the days immediately following the
game—we want to list ours among the apol
ogies gracing this page today.
Our initial apology should rightfully be
for the artistic escapades of a few of our
students during the week preceding the
game. Their colorful contribution to the
TU campus was damaging both to our rep
utation and to the buildings and sidewalks
they painted. They are paying heavily for
their actions. We can make no excuse for
them other than the fact that they were
freshmen. Perhaps they didn’t know better.
But we have other apologies, too. One
should go to our own student body. It
seems that in our pre-game editions we fail
ed to warn them sufficiently about the per
ils of the Capital city. We had considered a
warning based on reported incidents sur
rounding the TU-SMU game. But we fol
lowed the doctrine of believing the defendent
innocent until proven otherwise.
The proof we got was otherwise.
We grant that some of the unpleasant
incidents of the Austin Corps Trip were
caused by over-zealous Austin high school
students. We also grant that not all TU
students participated in or even condoned
a few of the pranks.
The fact remains, though, that some Tex
as lads pulled some pretty dirty dealings
ovef the two-day period. From the reports
we would judge the TU rowdies were either
awfully fast-moving or very numerous.
We have no official count of the missing
senior boots after the week-end. Some,
though, were taken. So were several gar
rison caps and a uniform or two.
Keev your mind on your business
'when your business is driving.
Death and Taxes: What
Does Future Hold?
T HOMAS PAINE was the first man to ap
ply the priority question of the chicken
and the egg to war and taxes. In his opin
ion, “wars are raised to maintain taxes” in
stead of the present day trend. The old
trend of foreign affairs in the last five years
causes the taxpayer to give more credence
to Paine’s view.
Vast sums of money and thousands of
men have been expended in this period with
no apparent net gain worthy of the expense.
Some ironical facts that history will record
in this period will be based on the “reversals
of status” of Japan, China, Germany, Rus
sia,, and Yugoslavia. Added to these is the
fact that Britain has recognized Red China,
yet British troops are fighting with U.N.
forces against Chinese Communists.
The big question now is—what does the
future hold? All countries outside the iron
curtain are alarmed over the increased ex
pense of preparedness for a war that seems
almost inevitable. If this happens, everyone
concedes that it will be hell on earth, and in
all probability there will still be no worth
while gain. Death and taxes still remain as
sure fire “inevitables,” but we can still ask
—how much ?
This proof recalls to mind a recent edi
torial comment in the Daily Texan concern
ing how seldom Texas students get i n
trouble defacing property. It seems that
they like to believe, and we quote, “that
there is some sort of superiority of our stu
dents over those of other Southwest Con
ference schools.”
Our evidence fails to bring out any super
iority other than in enrollment.
That brings us to our last apology—this
one to the Daily Texan which had a com
plaint about our “wailing” for proper con
duct in Austin on these editorial pages pre
ceding the TU game. We see now that our
words would have fallen on more needy ears
on the Texan editorial pages.
Those are our apologies. Add to them
congratulations to the Texas football team
on a fine season. We hold no grudge on that
score. All WE lost was a football game.
Careless drivers sometimes get
there; care fid drivers always do.
They’re Different
T WO NEWS stories appearing in the state
papers Monday morning served to reem
phasize the difference in the Communist and
American fighting man. The stories orig
inated half a world apart but they should be
printed side by side and circulated through
the world as American truth propaganda.
The first story came from the northeast
ern Korean front. Wounded American sol
diers, just rescued from the Changjin Res
ervoir sector, revealed that Chinese soldiers
Letters
$1V2 Million Given
Research Effort
Since Late 1944
Research grants totalling $1,651,- the Foundation or through
948 have been received by the of its specialized equipment,
were being inspired to fight by drugs. Texas A&M Research Foundation ,
“That’s why they come after you so reck- th? System, 11 the F^undatiorhas
lessly—they keep hopped up on that dope Foundation director’ renorted to made available at College Station
and they don’t know what they’re doing,” his board of trusted at its No- a mass spectromer laboratory, A-C
TU Students
Wish Aggie Success
To the A&M Student Body:
As far as we are concerned, the
two best teams in the nation were
playing against each other in
Memorial Stadium this past Thurs
day, and either team would have
a heck of a time defeating the
other. Now that the “big” game is
over we want you to know that
we are behind you all the way,
and are hoping that you will beat
the out of Maryland.
(Georgia is the school we play)
Gig ’em Aggies—bring home
that cup.
Bob Glide, Richard Hatch, Jack
Prindible, Buddy Baker Jr., Tho
mas Oakes, Jimmy Boyles, Bob
Trochta, Harry McGee, Robert
Theall, Ted Primeaux.
University Student
On Sportsmanship
To (he A&M Student Body:
On behalf of the good sports
as this University I would like
to apologize for the few vandals
and thieves, who, unfortunately,
attend this university also.
As guests of this school it is a '
shame that you couldn’t be wel
comed as such. The acts of theft
and cowardice, and the jibes di
rected toward the Aggies reflect
on both the faculty and students
of this school. I am sorry that
a lone cadet couldn’t walk the
streets of Austin without listen
ing to the vulgar comments toss
ed at him. I am sorry also that
this cadet had to walk about with
his cap in his pocket because of
the thieves who roamed our cam
pus and streets.
The valuable garrison caps that
I saw taken were not taken by
souvenir hunters. They were stolen
by thieves and cowards because
they had a majority of a crowd
behind them who condoned this
act. Shame. I remain, in the in-
usc terest of good sportsmanship, sin
cerely yours,
Jack Young
Increased Darkness
Bodes Ill to Drivers
vemW mi'n'Wlv mootw Wp Network Calculator laboratory and
said one of the Americans. Every one of the Gl . ants came fr0 j 11 f edera i agen . heat pump laboratory and a Grand
wounded soldiers said they had seen Chinese cies and private industry to fi- I sle j Louisiana, a Marine labora-
with individual cans of dope ,iance stu(lies undertaken by the t01 ‘y- The Texas Safety Association
, „ ,, * • Foundation, which uses staff mem- W _ B _ Clayton of Dallas is reports that increased hours of
The story of the American fighting man bers and facilities of the Texas p res i den t of the Foundation’s darkness mean increased automo-
came from Hensley Field in Dallas, Texas. A&M System us wel1 as its 0W11- board of trustees and F. C. Bol- bile deaths.
A Dflllaq Air National Guardsman ^avo lik Total income of the Founda- ton of College Station is vice pres- Shadows, reflection and glare
A uaiias All INationai Oruarasman gave ms tion for the past year was $356,- ident. Other trustees present for restrict the distance that an object
life Sunday rather than crash his flaming 270, he reported, the funds be- the November meeting included W. can be seen by the human eye.
ing used to finance 21 separate
research projects now under
way.
jet plane amidst sight-seers in automobiles
blocking an approach to the runways.
First Lt. James A. Bradley, flying an
WE KNOW WHICH PIECE WEIL GET
B. Cook of Houston, C. M. Gaines Remember your Uniform Traffic
of San Antonio, Gibb Gilchrist of Code and dim your lights when
College Station, D. B. Harris of approaching within 500 feet of
„ Houston, Raleight Hortenstine of fin oncoming car.
. , jies under way a c this lime D a ji as C. M. Malone of Houston Safety is cheap—it costs only a
F-84 Thunderjet, dived to his death m a include the operation of an A-C and j. D p v0gers of Navasota. thought!
s "fpw irnnutp^ sf’tpu Lip Rnrl uctwoik cAlculdtor IciborEitoiy loi — —. \ .l**— y
pasture a rew minutes alter ne naa taken the solution of p roblcms in utility
off. An internal explosion set the plane operations. The network calculator,
afire on the takeoff. Officers watching said originally sponsored by a group of
T, ,, n 1. 1 4 1 A, 1 public utility companies, is the
Bradley could have stopped his take-off and only one of its type in the South
escaped. But about 100 automobiles, filled ami is now available for use of
• ., . . i i i £ companies or individuals who con-
with spectators, were parked at the end. of h , ac £ for its service . A mass spec .
the runways. trometer laboratory, established by
So Bradley elected to fly the plane over ^J^is^it^operaUmi 0 ^v^study °of
the cars rather than risk plowing through the significance of magnesium in
the wire fence and into them. He radioed diet of , herbivorous animals is
., , , i -j . being made for Dow Chemical
the tower he would stay with the ship until company.
he could land it where it would do no harm.
The largest project in marine
He gunned the plane for more altitude. The biology ever undertaken, a study
nnwpr failed c;till with wonderful qkill he of the causes of oyster mortality
power railed, btin, wim wonaerrui skin, ne in the Gulf of Mexic0; is stilI in
kept the craft aloft until he had cleared six progress, under the sponsorship
houses two miles from the field.. Then nev- a £T 0U J1 of m a.i° r oil companies,
er getting more than two hundred feet off heating, using the earth tempera-
the ground, Bradley crashed into the pas- tui ' c to hc at and cool buildings, is
i -iu a j? being made for Texas Electric
ture With terrific force. Service company. The toxicity of
It is very obvious that Bradley did some sulphur and relation of sulphur
real thinking before his plane crashed. His “oflixas r Calf
act of courageous heroism required cool Sulphur Company.
thinking,? bravery, and most of all, a love of
his fellow Americans. The Chinese Corn-
Maintaining and operating a
marine laboratory on the Gulf
. , , . ., . i , , . Coast, the foundation is conduct-
mumsts, chewing their dope and making ing ^search in chemical oceano
their wild animalistic charges, don’t com
pare.
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The Battalion
'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1950
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
''Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
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
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graphy, procuring oceanographic
data, marine pipeline problems,
and water migration for sponsors
including Dow American Employ
ers’ Insurance company.
In the field of aeronautics, a
study of the ‘unstalled angle of
attack margin is being made for
the national advisory committee
for aeronautics
Using the facilities of the de
partment of Biochemistry at A&M
College, studies are being made of
the metabolism of fatty acids and
of polyunsaturated fatty acids of
the heart and other organs for
Dow Chemical company, the office
of Naval Research and the Ameri-
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BEIN'A LAZY
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Run, Fool, Run
Taking the Broad
World Viewpoint
By CARL VICTOR LITTLE
Houston Press Chief Editorialist
United Nations, I cheer today,
I sing of the Tower of Babel;
The Windbags talk dear lives away,
They don’t know Cain from Abel;
Yakity-lak, the statesmen cry,
They pound their gums all night;
For theirs is not to do or die,
Their words set all things right.
Oh, Mr. Chairman, yak, yak, yak,
I cite the rigid rules—
(The G.I.s fall, stabbed in the back,
While statesmen talk like fools.)
The by-laws say, the by-laws say,
Sure, scan the ifs and buts—
While in Korea far aw r ay
Are str§wn our soldiers’ guts.
Ahem, ahem, the cons and pros,
They argue nicely by the book;
A well-turned phrase gets ahs and ohs,
(Smile, gents, and in the Graflex look!)
Today, dear friends, we’re televised,
The stupid people see our show;
We’re neatly dressed and civilized,
Aloof—as bloody rivers flow.
Tis on the shores of Lake Success,
(Why not the shores of Gitche Goomee?)
Decorum rules; with great finesse
A statesman coos, Oh listen to me:
Let’s do away with fahrenheit,
And put the world on centigrade;
Let’s pick another factory site
And make the Greeks some marmalade!
Oh, don’t forget the Hottentots,
They need our sympathetic votes,
They need some shiny pans and pots—
Let’s send their women redingotes!
But worry not of G. I. Joe,
On foreign soil his brains are splattered;
Greet, gents, the bloody Kremlin foe,
Excuse it, please, it hasn’t mattered!
What are a thousand sacred lives,
What are a thousand times that number? .
And what if none this war survives,
As long as statesmen gab and slumber?
Debate, debate, amid the slaughter!
Oh, peace on earth, good will to all;
We’ll stem the blood that flows like water—
Another UN roll we’ll call!
United Nations, I cheer today,
I sing of the Tower of Babel;
The jyindbags talk dear lives away,
They don’t know Cain from Abel; ,v '
Yakity-yak. the statesmen cry,
They pound their gums all night;
For theirs is not to do or die,
Their words set all things right.
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