Battalion Editorials
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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951
ISo Rain Needed for Cotton
For Open House
ORE fingers are probably crossed on the
campus today than any other time this
year. Once again the colorful Cotton Pageant
and Ball is ready to be staged, and once again
the weather threatens.
Mother Nature is one-up on the Agrono
my Society, since last year’s Pageant was
slightly dampened and the Ball had to be
moved inside.
No other Spring social event draws more
interest, more fervor, nor more hard work
than the Cotton Pageant and Ball. Dozens
of duchesses, attractive models, elaborate
decorations, and the presentation of the Cot
ton Court produce a magic formula for a
successful weekend.
The social aspect of the occasion tends to
make us forget what it is honoring—King
Cotton, that product for which the South is
famed. The product and its producers should
feel quite honored, however, that such an
elaborate display is given.
For just one campus organization to be
able to produce such a show is a tribute to
the hard work and endeavor of the Agrono
my Society. Through the years, its annual
Cotton Pageant and Ball has been a highlight
of the social season.
With the cooperation of the unpredictable
weather, this 1951 Cotton Pageant and Ball
should be one of the society’s most success
ful. Keep the fingers crossed.
Is Belief in ‘Blind Faith ’ Wisest? .
SENATOR Capehart (R-Ind) has offered
^ a resolution which is designed to put our
Korean policy on an “all or nothing basis.”
This resolution would give President
Truman the power to withdraw all American
forces from Korea within 30 days unless the
other U. N. members supplied reinforce
ments.
In his speech to the Senate, he said that
he was convinced that India, Britain, France
and other U. N. allies have “no stomach” for
victory in Korea, and that they brought the
pressure to bear that caused MacArthur’s
dismissal.
This type of thinking can easilly result
from the facts that are now available. The
Truman administration still has not explain
ed clearly any justifiable reason for the
Korean situation as it now stands. It is logi
cal to say that we should either fight a war
or get out.
Time, however, may show that our stand
in Korea is just a sideshow to cancel Rus
sian plans somewhere else. In the present
confusion, however, it is difficult to have
blind faith that someone knows what the real
score is, and that our present course of ac
tion is the best possible solution.
Any Russian action means a two-front
war that they had not originally planned.
While they consider the implications, we can
build up for a major contest that appears to
wbe inevitable. This, if correct, might justify
'the present state of affairs.
‘Old Soldier’ Fighting
Hardest Against Senate
Washington, May 4—t®—0 1 d
Soldier Douglas MacArthur fought
doggedly yesterday for a decisive
move to end the Korean war he
said is costing a million casualties
a year.
Arrayed against the five-star
General of the Army W‘ IS a coterie
of Democratic senators battling
just as vigorously for President
Truman’s contention that a new
world war may be averted by lim
iting the fighting in Korea.
Truman Confident
Mr. Truman himself professed
confidence in the outcome of the
inquiry. When all the facts are in,
he told a news conference yester
day, they will show that he was
right in firing MacArthur.
With 55,000 words of questions
and answers behind him, MacAr
thur returns today to a closed meet
ing of the Senate Armed Services
and Foreign Relations Committees
(10:30 a.m. CST).
He was ready to parry or meet
bluntly again probing inquiries into
the policy differences which led
President Truman to relieve him
as Pacific commander.
As a dramatic parting shot, Mac
Arthur left with senators to mull
over night an assertion that the
United States would be inviting—
rather than avoiding — a third
world war if it lets the fighting
go on indefinitely in Korea.
Earlier in his day-long testimony
MacArthur had made these major
points:
® There are three possible,
courses to follow in Korea: “Either
to pursue it to victory; to surren
der to the enemy and end it on his
terms; or, what I think is the worst
of all choices—to go on infinitely
and indefinitely, neither to win or
lose, in that stalemate.”
• If the other United Nations
are unwilling to go along in direct
attacks at Red China, “then we
had better go it alone.”
• Mr. Truman “jeopardized” the
nation’s security in his summary
dismissal of the General. MacAr
thur said, however, there was no
question that the President had
the right to fire him.
• The Joint Chiefs of Staff pre
pared a study last January contain
ing the same Korean war plans
which he advocated, and which led
to his dismissal. The General said
he “assumes” Mr. Truman or Sec
retary of Defense Marshall vetoed
them.
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• Far from abandoning Europe,
“I advocate that we defend every
place, and I say that we have the
capacity to do it.”
® “The greatest political mis
take” this country made in 100
years in the Pacific Was “allowing
the Communists to grow in power
in China.”
Urging some more positive
course in the Korean war, which
he said already has destroyed a
nation of 20 million people, Mac
Arthur declared:
“If you go on indefinitely, you
are perpetuating a slaughter such
as I have never heard of in the
history of mankind.”
Senator McMahon (D-Conn) was
ready to bore in again with the
contention that MacArthur could
see only as far as the Asian theater
and was ignoring the atomic threat
of Russia to Europe and to the
United States itself.
Wants More Aggression
MacArthur, whose testimony
drew most of the Senate to closed
door sessions in the ornate Senate
caucus room, stuck to his conten
tion that the Joint Chiefs of Staff
support his views for a more ag
gressive war against Red China.
Briefly, these include tightening
of the economic blockade against
China, blockading of its coasts, air
operations over Manchuria and use
of Chinese Nationalists troops from
Formosa.
The five-star General insisted
such a program could bring Red
China to its knees and need “not
necessarily” provoke Russia into
the fight. He said there was a
risk of Russia’s entry no matter
what was done.
Joint Chiefs Plan
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) an
nounced the committees had been
furnished with a copy of a Jan. 12
recommendation of the Joint Chiefs
—heads of the Army, Navy and
Air Force and their chairman, Gen.
Omar Bradley—to Secretary Mar
shall.
If, as MacArthur thought, Mr.
Truman or Marshall vetoed this
war plan, Democratic senators in
sisted it was done for overriding
world policy reasons.
There was still an argument
pending in the Senate, fanned by
Republicans, over opening the hear
ings to the public.
Democrats staved off a decision
until after the General begins his
testimony today apd the proce
dure of handing out copies of the
testimony — censored for security
by State and Defense Department
representatives—seemed likely to
continue for a while at least.
Even with the safeguards which
had been set up, Russell said Brad
ley had expressed concern that
some material involving secret U.S.
codes had gotten into the record.
MacArthur delivered what some
senators called his most telling
blows against the Truman program
of limiting the Korean war by de-,
manding to know how the fighting
there ever would be ended.
He waved aside as speculation
theories of what an expansion of
the fighting might bring in world
reaction, asserting that what’s go
ing on in Korea is happening
“right now.”
From the City Desk
School Bond Vote
Slated Tomorrow
. • . By Joel Austin
T HERE’S ANOTHER bond election coming up for College
Station people, this time in the form of $150,000 for
school improvements.
* The school board has been waiting to see just how much
of the surrounding area would be included in the A&M Con
solidated School District due to recent annexation by Bryan
and College Station.
Some territory taken by Bryan cut away from the for
mer school district area, which caused a loss in taxes for
every acre annexed to Bryan. With all questions as to who
will own what land apparently settled, the board is going
ahead with its building program.
Superintendent Les Richardson told us yesterday the
board is planning only A-l construction for the new buildings,
which should last for many years to come. Several of the
present buildings composing the facilities of A&M Consoli
dated Schools are only temporary structures and will have to
be replaced before very many semesters are completed.
With enrollment increases anticipated and depreciation
of present facilities insured, the school is planning this build
ing program to compensate for the depreciation and to meet
the demands of a growing list of scholastics.
Big List of Improvements
(Included in the proposed construction is a cafeteria,
classrooms, and a girls’ dressing room for A&M Consolidated
Elementary School and a science room and shop for Lincoln
High School. '
Richardson says there will not be any increase in taxes
if the bond issue is approved by local voters at the Saturday an d 66 undergraduates initi.
election. Present tax schedules should finance the bonds, he a tes will be taken into Phi
said. ‘ Eta Sigma, freshman honor-
The superintendent bases this statement on the fact ai T fraternity, Monday night
that new buildings in the school district have increased in ln the M - Sc -
valuation since 1948 and sufficient tax funds will be avail- , Imtiation of the honorary mem-
able next year and thereafter to pay off the proposed bond mandant,' d^lb. Bought on, dean
issue. of the School of Veterinary Medi-
The vote will be held in the A&M Consolidated High cine, and Walter L. Penbferthy,
School Music Room from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m. Saturday. J. E. dean of men, and the other 66 new
Mosley has been designated as election judge for the ballot- th^MSC Birch Room at ° P ‘ m ‘ in
' in ^‘ T j. -r*- -m* r™ -.r j Phi Eta Sigma membership is
Let S Have More Than 28 Votes based on grades attained as a
freshman. A 2.5 grade point ratio
Why not stop by the school and help the total votes to at the end of either semester of
better the very weak tabulation of 28 ballots cast in a recent thc Freshman year automatically
school board election‘s makes a person ell ^ ble -
As Richardson said, in explanation of the school board be^raternfty^officera Lyll 0 wS
election, “either people don’t care much about the success skill, president; Joe B. Mattel, vice-
of their schools, or they are so satisfied they don’t care to go president; John C. Ciebel, treasur-
to the trouble of voting.” el " Ji mm y E. Curtis, historian and
,/l?.° U , ha T t0 J° iS an ? Wer yeS ° r 110 t0 the iss ? ance 0f and 1 Willie CmbTrcrassisUuhtsh-
$150,000 m bonds. Then mark a yes or no answer to the ques- er .
tion, “Should the district assume all bonds which have pre- Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the
viously been issued.” And lastly, signify whether or not you School of Arts and Sciences and
are in favor of revoting the present $1.50 per $1,000 value of f acu hy advisor, will also assist in
property, taxable for the schools.
Don’t forget, Music Room of A&M Consolidated High
School, Saturday from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m.
A&M Been Mere 75 Years,
So What—Follies Planners
By GEORGE CHARLTON
This has been a year of histories.
At any college function this year
where speech making has been
done, the inevitable “seventy-five
years” has been mentioned, not in
passing hut habitually in glowing
and flamboyant phrases.
Next Friday and Saturday night
in Guion Hall will be something
of a turn-about when the Aggie
Follies of 1951 presents “Seventy-
Five Years, So What!”
Consisting of three acts last
ing about an hour and a half,
the Follies begins at 7 p. m.
The show gets underway early
so audience members may get
a chance to attend the 9 p. m.
All College Dance.
The “seventy-five years” theme
has been upheld throughout. Act
I, under the specific direction of
Phi Eta Sigma
Sets Initiation
Monday in MSC
Three honorary members
David Haines, contains three
scenes, the first of which is a skit
of the famous poker game in the
1'870’s that decided the college
location. Scene II will be familiar
to many—A&M’s opening day, a
flopola when six faculty members
were faced with the tasks of teach
ing a tremendous student body of
six “green” farm boys.
In Scene III, a typical faculty
orchestra of the time around
the turn of the century is meet
ing and ultimately is dismissed
by the Board of Directors for
playing “off-key.”
Act II is under the direction
of Allen Waldie. An early San
Jacinto Day when the cadet corps
partook in an unauthorized swim
is depicted in Scene I. And in
Scene II, the football game with
Center College and origin of the
Twelfth Man takes place. Scene
III is devoted to the period when
Should College Station and Bryan be Merged?
Why does College Station offer
such a limited number of openings
for new business concerns? What
are future annexation plans of the
two cities? Could Bryan and Col
lege Station effectively operate un
der one governing body and thus
save unnecessary costs duplicated
by a government in both towns?
How would a merger of the two
cities affect tax rates, insurance
rates, fire protection?
Could the people of both cities
be brought together as one city
and live happily? What would a
combined municipality of Bryan
and College Station be called?
Would the Bryanites approve the
name College Station or the peo
ple from this city accept the name
of Bryan?
Yes, these are just a few of the
questions you would want answer
ed before considering a merger of
the two cities. We have heard sev
eral people talk about the possib
ilities of such a union, but we must
admit the strongest support to
this idea has come from Bryan
residents.
Your Contributions—Ideas Needed
We are now gathering informa
tion for a series of articles on pos
sibilities of combining the two cit
ies. If you have some ideas con
cerning any of the above questions
or possibly another controversial
point that would help, why not
send them to us ?
Address your letters to us in care
of the City Desk, The Battalion,
and drop them in the campus mail
at the Academic Building—postage
free.
We want to hear from you be
fore work on these articles begins.
We will not have an opportunity
to talk to everyone who has some
ideas concerning a merger of Col
lege Station and Bryan.
the initiation.
A banquet will be held in the
Ballroom of the MSC at 7 p. m.
Col. Boatner will give the mam
address of the evening and Dr.
Abbott will make the closing re
marks.
M. Y. Swatzell Wins
Veterinary Award
Monty Y. Swatzell, Senior Vet
Med student has been named win
ner of the Woman’s Auxiliary to
the American Veterinary Medical
Association prize.
The prize, $25, goes to the grad
uating senior who has done the
most good for the School of Veter
inary Medicine, on the campus at
large.
Swatzell, who has a grade point
ratio of 2.26, is a member of the
tumbling team, and was selected
for Who’s Who. He is from Cle
burne and will graduate in June.
The prizes will be given to the
winner at the Awards and Merits
Day ceremonies May 13.
Bible Verse
ipVEN A FOOL, when he holdeth
^ his peace, is counted wise: and
he that shijtteth his lips is esteem
ed a man of understanding.
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A&M students had to live in tents
because of crowded housing condi
tions.
Douglass Hearne is in charge
of Act 111. His first scene is
one of the college socials in the
“roaring twenties,” the days of
hip flasks, flappers, the Charles
ton, and all the other tripe peo
ple keep digging up these days.
Scene 11 takes place on or near
the gridiron of one of tin 1 1939
championship team football
games.
What’s to be included in the
finale has not yet been disclosed..
Hearne confidentially says “mum’s
the word.”
Beautiful imported dancing
“girls,” members of the Tumbling
Team, the Brazos Bottom Boogie
Busters, and numerous other var
iety entertainers will be sandwich
ed into the general scheme of
things.
Spring Time Is T Time
The time when all
smart men turn to
Puritan “T” fashions
in sportswear. In
warmer weather
when you want to
look your casual •
best, you’ll find that
Puritan sportswear
will help you cut a
trimmer, taller, more
tapered figure — a
Mr. “T” figure—
approved by leading
fashion experts.
And Puritan gives
you a lot more than
a dashing figure.
In sports shirts,
T-shirts, sweaters
or beachwear, every
Puritan item is made
for really relaxable
comfort and it’s
expertly constructed
of light weight
material of the
finest quality.
Yessir, get Puriian
sportswear — the
choice of all
Americans—at your
Exchange Store and
you get leisure wear
designed for ease
and good looks at
very attractive
prices.
Choose from our
wide variety of
exciting colors and
handsome patterns.
Remember, it’s
Puritan “T” styles
at your Exchange
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The Exchange Store
“Serving Texas Aggies”
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HIM,I BUY ITON
SPECULATION AND
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IT'S PERFECTLY
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YOU KNOW.
THASS AWRlGHTf/
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IT DON'T MATTER
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here are the tickets to hydunderabad
HASSAN,,THE UNSPOILED, WILL BE WAITING
FOR YOU THERE. BUT—A MAHARAJAH'S
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WONDER IF I CAN PICK UP A HANDMAIDEN,
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