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Page 6 Battalion Editorials Page 2 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1951 “The sion is i sition tc to help lege liil dean o Chicken in the Pot riUrn)bn THE VACATION is over, and it is time for recentlj ■*- work to start again. This morning an ap proximate 6,300 students started off on the first day of the 1951-52 school year. But in spite of the regularity of the regis tration lines Friday and Saturday, we are J ) sis n/ »uv, s Well Done Exes 15c mil tectlim til cias ♦FFHI! lent A< lay bet THE Association of Former Students, fam- ous for many programs it has participated SENIOI hooka Volur condi* South SING] ball to J ■ M-:ti FOR to TWO bat ferl FUR1 4-9 St 8: WIIj th tid FI\ C f 2 in for the betterment of A&M College and thie students that go here, launched a new campaign Saturday night. This new program which they began with an initial investment of $27,000, should rank right beside other programs they have spon sored such as the Memorial Student Center building, Opportunity Award Scholarships, and others. •' That money appropriated from their 1952 Development Fund will be placed in a Chapel Building fund which will eventually finance an inter-denominational Chapel to be con structed in the heart of the A&M Campus. ; It was a noble gesture for the Associa tion to sponsor and one that students in the future will greatly benefit by. ! Too many times students find them selves overburdened with troubles and prob lems. We believe a Chapel whose doors are always open would be the ideal answer for a quiet, peaceable place to think, as well as to afford a sanctuary for communing with God. The Brazos County Ministerial Alliance is in favor of the program and when it is completed—whether it be next year or five years from now—A&M will have a place students can be proud of and a place they chn respect and use frequently. ’ With a recommendation from Student Senate and certain administrators on the campus, the Executive Council of the Asso ciation has agreed to allocate the money. Let’s keep the ball rolling and get a building we can be truly and reverently proud to use. not going to school during regular times. Now, A&M is on, the brink of having one of the finest years in its 76 year history. As we start this year’s studies it is well to look back and view a few of the advan tages here. The leaders, from the corps commander to the president of the sophomore class, are all capable men. All seem to have the better ment of A&M as their secondary goal during their stay here. We say secondary goal rath er than primary, because we assume a per son’s object in going to any institution of higher learning is to get an education. We have met with wonderful success in the Basic Division. Men who were in the Basic Division last year have gone back to their homes and told their friends about it . . . the result is one of the largest freshmen classes we have had in many years. A&M is one of the few schools in the na tion that is not experiencing a tremendous First of Five Exhibitions Dallas Artists Display Twenty Paintings in MSC By FRANK DAVIS Battalion News Staff Draft Officials Suggest Larger Service Calls Twenty paintings by three top flight Dallas artists are now on display in the promenade cases of the MSC. This is the first of five major exhibitions planned by the MSC Art Gallery Committee for the 1951-52 school year. This exhibit differs in two ways from two previous art exhibitions sponsored by the MSC Art Gallery Committee. During the Summer exhibition, composed of some 65 paintings by pupils of Mrs. Ralph Terry, instructor for the Art Gal lery Committee, no portraits were present. On another occasion, the four paintings by the cowboy painter H. O. Kelly were displayed in the promenade. These painings were given to A&M by Ford Motor Com pany, and have been permanently hung in the lounge on the second floor. Washington, Sept. 17—(A 5 )—A the depression, only about 1,000,000 decrease in enrollment. The national average Selective Service official said last men annually—or 80,000 a month- is 11 per cent. Ours is well below this figure. ? lght lai 'g® r draft . calls and are becoming of draft age, a rate ^ ° towov n or own on r a cjvo moxnramo hlrolir rn nnnrmno tot* ahnnf III The paintings by the 67-year- old Kelly are termed primative American. Unlike the paintings now displayed, they are execut ed on small canvasses, and the figures, although done in detail, are often distorted. an internationally known Texas artist, has captured such a like ness. Mrs. Terry says he looks al most ready to speak. Another por trait is of Haltom W. Sumners, who for 34 years was a member of the House of Representatives and presently heads the SMU Law School. For pure beauty, Froman’s por trait entitled “Sally” should fill the bill for any Aggie, although the girl portrayed might affect most as a sister, not a sweetheart. Adele Brunet’s “Portrait of an Old Man” is the type of paint ing which causes people to stop and look twice. Of the paintings for sale, it is the most valued ($1500). With the bottle in the rear, the glassy eyes, the filthy clothes, it might insult some peo ple’s ancestry. A perfect descrip tive noun for the old man is “grandfather.” Brunet’s portrait work differs from Froman’s in the sense that the latter’s is good from'the view of the person as an individual, while Brunet’s is good not from the individual standpoint as much as from what the individual typifies. In the painting entitled “Indian Woman”, to some people it ex presses love, or to others mourn ing. Two of the still life paintings exhibited are by Brunet. The artist makes clever use of Chinese figures in her composition “Green and Gold,” and the figures of cats in “Turquoise Cats.” In conventional and decorative florals, comment was exchanged on two paintings by Inez Stauh Elder which were placed in the same case. As in many things, conventional and decorative paintings are a matter of de gree. “Persimmons” by Elder leans more toward the conventional than the decorative in that the aitist has not deliberately cut out the background to the extent of “Calla Lillies.” Although a poll was not taken, it seemed that more people were attracted by the persimmons than by the lillies. However, the reason may be as one person put it, “Look the persimmon picture costs more ($165) than the lillies ($100).” ’’ fewer deferments are inevitable. The Aggies also have a blessing that has The official, General Counsel so completely filled the needs of student life P aniel Omer, said this is_ true 1 ^ because military manpower is the that at times we can not remember what scarcest wartime commodity in life was like without it. This is of course the America.” . Speaking on a ‘Liberty’ broad- Memonal Student Center. Housed m this cast, Omer said the pool of avail- one building is a service to the students, abIe military manpower, inade- staft, and guests that is far better than any- duced each month because of: thing else any other Southwestern school • A shortage of 18%-year-olds , _ , entering the manpower pool. Be- Ccin DOciSt Of a less tangible nature, we can boast about going to a school that is made up of one of the greatest fraternities in the na tion—The Texas Aggies. cause of low birth-rate-years The greatest service of advertising is to make known a good product to the largest number of prospects at the loivest possible cost. —H. B. Le Quatie. Garden Club Of A&M Has First Social likely to continue for about 10 years longer until the years of higher birth rates have their im pact. • A “very high” rejection rate, currently about 60 per cent. • A relatively large draft call— for October, more than 46,000 men. “We cannot plan on reduced calls over the next two years,” Omer said. “On the other hand, if we are to maintain a 3,500,000 armed force, of we must expect larger calls. — No Men—No Deferments “When we run out of men, the inevitable result is a curtailment of deferments.” Raymond B. Howes, staff asso ciate for the American Council on Education, said on the same pro gram that the council is sending to all college presidents the recent assurance of Anna Rosenberg, as- Seven portraits by Ramon Fro- man, who gained a place in the field of painting by his success with portraits of prominent Texas people, are among the paintings now exhibited. The portrait of Frank Kelpper, Graduate Items To Be Printed In view of the increasing interest and enrollment in graduate studies at A&M The Battalion will make space available for some regular news items and notes of interest to Graduate Faculty, staff members sistant secretary of defense, that and g raduate students, rp, , , • n » n nr the deferment of college students The office of the Graduate T ^ e . f ^i me A t l ng . 0f . th . e . A , & ^ M Will be continued. School will cooperate in furnishing Her testimony to the effect that material believed to be of interest the defense department will have and value from day to day. By to ask Selective Service “to set keeping such Graduate School aside the student deferment next news and notes in approximately year, because we will not have the same place in the Battalion Garden Club of the year was in the form of a tea in the assembly room of the MSC from 3 until 5 p.m. Friday. About 100 members and prospective members called, and What too many are after is a job, with good pay, and not much work. So far, science has developed no process to make pupils like to study. the Bryan Garden Club members men” was released Sept, they may be easily found and may LAST TIMES TODAY “Bedtime for Bonzo” Tuesday and Wednesday the tarth has ever seen! were honored guests. Mrs. A1 B. Nelson, general chair 11 by the Senate Appropriations become of considerable interest to Bryan 2‘81119 LAST DAY “The Prowler” TUES. thru SAT. SKY-SHATTERiNG STORY OF MARINE AIR-DEVILS! Committee. The next day she is- Greece, Headed Turkey Aid for Showdown man of the function, met guests at KUe( j a statement saying the col- the door, and the receiving line was j e g e deferments will be continued composed of the club officers: Mes- during the next academic year but dames R. E. Snuggs, president; W. ma y j iave t 0 be “tightened up” the W; Armistead, Marion Pugh and fo i Iowin g year . Gibb Gilchrist, vice-presidents; • ,• r i. j. Betty Jane Shaw, recording secre- Th £ e ls , no bu t that tary; R. E. Schiller, Jr., corres- M F S ' Rosenberg s testimony was ponding secretary; C. C. Doak, misunderstood, Omer said, treasurer; Fred E. Weick, reporter; Omer said there is no plan to and John Hill, historian. abolish college deferments “unless Coffee and cake were served there is a substantial change in from a table decorated with & flor- the size of the armed forces.” al arrangement in red, which was the large number of staff and. stir- dents now involved in graduate study. • Ottawa, Sept. 17—hP)—The dis- capacity, virtually on a pool basis, puted American proposal to ex- to get the most out of the money tend the Atlantic alliance to Greece they spend for arms. and Turkey headed for a showdown today in the North Atlantic Treaty Cpuncil meeting here. Top United States officials pri vately expressed confidence that it would eventually be approved. But opposition by any one of the 12 nations in the Council could block the plan and Denmark and Nor way were reported still cold to it. 'U. S. Secretary of State Dean Apheson conferred yesterday with foreign ministers Salvard Lange of Norway and Ole Bjorn Kraft of Denmark in a last minute effort to win them over. Meanwhile, as the Council came up to the fourth session of its Ot tawa meeting, which opened Sat urday and is scheduled to end Thursday, there were these other developments: Military Aid at Peak • The United States was report ed telling its European allies here that American economic and mili- ® Secretary Acheson, British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morri son and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman conferred with foreign policy chiefs of Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg yester fastest possible schedule. Author ities said this probably would go before the Council today. # The United States threw its flanked by a silver candelabra holding five red tapers, and a sil ver coffee service. Mrs. C. B. Campbell, Mrs. M. T. Harrington, and Bryan Garden Club president, Mrs. Allister Waldrop alternated pouring. Guests were registered It will be the purpose of this “Graduate School Corner” to ex plain and interpret Graduate School rules and regulations, with special emphasis on the new rules and the changes decently made in old rules. It is hoped that this will enable everyone to handle their graduate activities more rapidly and with less confusion and diffi culty. Dr. Timm Attends Economist Meeting full weight behind suggestions, by Mrs. George Potter. long advanced by Canada and some Mrs. T. W. Martin was in charge Western European countries, that of distributing yearbooks, which the Atlantic alliance should deal outline the club theme for the with non-military political and ec- year, “Texas Roundup.” Two Dr. Hyrus R. Timm of the agri cultural economics and sociology department, attended a meeting of extension economists in Monticello, From time to time strictly news items i-egarding the activities of this Graduate School or other good Graduate Schools will be re ported where they appear to be of interest to significant groups. The office of the Graduate School solicits the cooperation par- wilh DON TAYLOR JANIS CARTER JAY C. FLIPPEN william harrigan ■ EDMUND GRAINGER^**/ QUEEN NOW SHOWING Ill., Sept. 8. He presented a chart ticularly of the members of the brochure on “Economic Progress Graduate Faculty in suggesting Which Has Accounted for the items which would be worth men- day on plans now Mng pushed ^ic^m^tba 8 develop flower shows will be held this yea^ Crowing Interdependence of Agri- tion in future through to give Western Germany maximum independence, short of a peace treaty, and to get German military forces into General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s European Defense Command as soon as pos sible. over the years into some sort of one in the Fall, and one in the “Atlantic Community.” Spring. Schedules for the Fall The Ottawa conference is expec- show were distributed at the tea ted to make a declaration to this b y M rs - L. B. Middleton and Mrs. effect, after creating a committee H. L. Gravett. Mrs. Armistead is issues of “The culture and Business.” Graduate School Coraer.” • Acheson told the Council Sat urday that the Atlantic Treaty na tions must press their defense to work out practical ways of clos er cooperation on non - military problems. Holds Center of Attention The Greek-Turkish issue held buildup urgently. Morrison and the center of attention for three program chairman for the year. The club is interested in increas ing its membership, and anyone interested in gardening is invited to call one of the officers for the date of the next meeting. Schuman were reported to have reasons: First, the United States » -j taken a similar line in their speech- j s pressing for a decision on it /\ 111 Ofl HI I'll I es. while also stressing the eco- -i-Vn'c. umoV- c. Q /.r,r.ri u es, while also stressing the eco nomic burdens being borne by the European countries in arms pro duction. this week; second, it is controver sial; third, it is the one specific problem which the Council may re solve in its Ottawa meeting. All (Continued from Page 1) asked the policy-making group to Master Plan Submitted other matters under consideration pass on information concerning this here appear certain to go over to bill to their clubs. u „ aah QTir i • General Eisenhower was re- a meeting of the Council in Rome The council unanimously endors- tary aid has reached its peak and p ort ed to have submitted to the i a te next month. ed the proposed state constitutional ffo'^tW^sMe of°thTTuantic IS S CCn f tra ] Str - ategy T ? 0ard Vl ’ The problem is difficult because amendment which will be voted on e *f tWr rearmament and French militaiy chiefs a re- SJ ?hc Seandihay£,-havc X Former Student Association ; Instead they are being told all the vised master plan for the defense iected to s t re tching the Atlantic President George Morgan also call- Ajdantic powers must make more of Western Europe, calling for Treatv bloc into the Eastern Med- ed on A&M President M. T. Har- efficient use of their production more men and more guns on the iterranean. They have contended rington for a report on plans for the new school year. The Battalion this would destroy the basic con cept of a security arrangement be tween North America and Western Europe, and probably complicate the problem of organizing Western activities of last year and told the Reviewed Activities Dr. Harrington briefly reviewed Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions (( Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” European defenses. The United States and more re- councilmen of his expectations for president said 6,300 students had already registered and approxi ■ The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texrs, is published by students 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. Subscrip tion rates $6.00 per year or $.60 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. cently Britain, France and Canada ma t; e iy 300 m&re are expected to have supported the idea, some of em , oll by the deadline Sept. 29. Entered as second-class (natter at Post Office at College Staton, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by National Advertising Service Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los An geles, and San Francisco. them reluctantly, because Turkey has been pressing for an American guarantee of its security for more than a year. American officials believe extension of the Atlantic Treaty to include both Greece and Turkey is the best way to meet the demand. „ The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all nqws dispatches credited 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. Coffin’s C of C Quiz Published in East Texas ‘The enrollment figures indi cate that A&M will have almost as many students as last year, compared with a more than 11 per cent decrease in most other U. S. colleges,” the president said. Athletic Director Barlow “Bones” Irvin and Head Football Coach Ray George also spoke at the breakfast held in the MSC Ballroom. WELCOME . .. To the Freshman Class and Warm Greetings to Returning Old Friends \ Let us take care of your . . . 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Rev. Orin G. Helvey, Vicar Rev. Lawrence L. Brown, Director, Canterbury Bible Chair, Chaplain to Students. LI’L ABNER The Ham What Am By Al Capp News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at the editorial office Room 201, Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-6324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. JOHN WHITMORE .....Editor Joel Austin .....; ; ...Managing Editor Bill Styeich ....J - News Editor Frank Davis a. City Editor industrial survey project. A quiz for chamber of commerce managers was carried in the Aug ust issue of East Texas, official organ of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It was prepared by John W. Coffin, associate research engineer in charge of the Texas Engineering Evperimer.t Station’s Frank Lovejdy “i Was a cosimums FOR FBI” IT SWANG SMACK AGIM HIS MAID, AT TH' CPtOOSHUL MOMENT. IT'S TH' YOKUM FAMBLV HAM, AM'AH LOVES IT LIKE A BROTHER.