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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1951
Seniors
Ba'
Mrs.
Frank
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It’s Ironical
T AST NIGHT, something strange happened at A&M. A
^ senior class met and got something done—and they
worked as a body and not as a group of individuals. From
these indications, the Class of 1952 will go down in the his
tory of A&M as one of the greatest classes.
This is, to our knowledge, the first class in a number
of years the school authorities have felt capable of handling
the discipline of the Corps.
The question of whether or not the seniors are mature
enough to handle management of the corps is one that will
be answered when the history of the class is written at the
end of the year.
From what The Battalion has been able to learn, the men
in the class went about handling a very delicate problem
in a sensible manner. This is an ironic move from a body of
students which is known more for its mob violence than
mass thinking.
At this meeting last night there was only one thing that
came up on the agenda that we feel was a throw back to the
olden days of the traditional class meeting.
We hope the senior class will live- up to the trust given
it by the authorities. If it doesn’t—Well it might be a long
time before another class is given this same opportunity.
Being optimistic by nature, we take a football saying
•—“We’re Built.”
For Whom the Bells Toll
IE RECEIVED a letter to the editor in the office Sunday,
but it had no name on it, so in keeping with our policy,
we can not run it. But no where in our policy does it prohibit
us from discussing the same thing the letter did.
Many of the people on the campus wonder just how and
what the chimes in the MSC ring for. They start ringing at
eight o’clock in the morning and ring until 11 at night.
On the even hours a person can just count the long
steady and find out what time it is, this is of course assum
ing that the average person on the campus can count up to
12.
The other chimes indicate the quarter hour. This means,
for those who need a complete explanation, every 15 min
utes during the hour.
At the hour mark the chimes will play a chord through
four times. Two times up the scale and two times down
again. At the one quarter mark it rings one chord up the
scale. At the half mark—up one chord and down another.
The three quarter mark is more difficult, it goes up once,
down once and back up. And again at the hour mark it goes
up the scale once, down the scale once and then repeats the
process.
In addition to this it also has a key board for “chimist”
to play tunes. In our recollection this has happened only
once and the chimes seemed to us to be off key.
Any further discussion about the chimes should be
directed to the agent of the class that donated them.
Kid’s Curiosity Helped
A MONG THE attitudes people of the United States display
-^••is one which may cause the ruin of this nation. That at
titude is indifference.
Indifference stems from laziness which is caused by
ignorance. Ignorance is characterized by a lack of curiosity.
Curiosity, fortunately, is a trait which can be acquired.
The only condition is knowledge which prompts men to tackle
problems and enables them to solve those-problems.
The fight against a particular kind of indifference in
this country was aided this week by a group of businessmen
belonging to an organizatiion called Kiwanis International.
In sporsoring a National Kids Day, designed to give
high school students insight into the functioning of govern
ment, these men laid a cornerstone for future participation
in government.
Yesterday’s program at City Halls throughout the nation
will do much to bring a renewed interest in governmental
activities. An interest that has steadily declined as the years
have passed.
In the last Presidential election, less than 52 percent of
the qualified voters in the United States went to the polls.
If this trend continues, the people of the United States face
the possibility of being governed by representatives of a
minority group.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
(Continued from Page 1)
Historical committee. Harold
Chandler will be chairman of the
Film committee while Ted Steph
ens heads the Gift committee.
Bonfire Discussion
Each committee will be respon
sible to Dunn, who in turn is re
sponsible to the president, Dalston.
The president then reports to the
class as a whole any action taken
by the committees.
A controversial issue came be
fore the class next and a long,
heated discussion was held on de
termining which Cadet organiza
tion would have the right to fly
the flag on top of the bonfire,
Dick Ingles argued that Armor
units have always had the job of
oiling the bonfire and therefore
always flew their flag from 'its
top.
Most of the class approved
Ingles point, but a few disagreed.
Finally it was decided, by vote, to
table the motion and have the Tra
ditions committee investigate the
case. The committee will report
its findings at the next meeting
and a vote of the class will be taken
at that time.
After this discussion, the meet
ing adjourned.
HARDLY TIME TO BAIT HIS HOOK
Boyle Investigation I Notes From
Termed "Scratch’ Grad School
Students may enter the Graduate
Washington, Sept. 25—hT)—Two while on the federal payroll as a School under four different types
Republican senators said today the tax collector. 0 f admission. These need to be
RFC influence investigation has The hearings were started to clearly understood by both students
only scratched the surface of what look into charges that Boyle used and faculty, Dean Ide P. Trotter
they called corruption in govern- political influence to help American ga i(J.
ment. Lithofold, a St. Louis printing firm, • Tentative admission. Such an
Semtnv? Nixon IR-Califi and get ? 565 >? 00 in loans from the Re- admission is granted merely to
McCarthv CR Wist said the inouirv construction Finance Corporation ma ke it possible to start taking
McCaithy ( t W s) said the mq i y jj e h e ^id no t— wor j c a t the graduate level before
alrealf taTubZ >* «* the studanfs record., are complete
leads already uncovered rn puDlrc f th j j work- Boyle is d , f fi j consi d e ration
hearings on the relatrons between ril ,„
graduate who is taking a grad-
American Lithofold Carp, and
Democratic National Chairman
William M. Boyle, Jr.
Nixon also said, without men-
ifoez/z.
due to testify Thursday.
Subcommittee Inquiry
The subcommittee has also an
nounced plans to inquire into the
tioning name, that he has evidence relations with RFC of Boyle’s Re-
some “prominent administration publican counterpart, Guy G Ga- ua^ “schoof a "tranTcri pt" showhig
supporters” have recerved large brrelson. Gabrrelson has said he , successfully
fees in connection with cases pend- has been negotratrng wrth the big ed hig Bachelor > s degree The more
ing before the alien property cus- ending agency tor revision of the is the student who
t0dian - £df r? has not applied for admission to
Nixon and McCarthy gave their brielson heatedly denied ’ a n y the Graduate School in time to
views to reporters before the Sen- ^otglin^tfLmt GOP sen? have his ^ cleared and is
In ' 7estl S a ti o ns Subcommittee tors have said he should resign or
called James B, E. Olson back (9 fj re d as national chairman,
a.m. ESP) for more questioning
mony showing Olson and other
government tax officials worked
uate course under “double regis
tration” during his last semester.
He is granted tentative admis
sion until he submits to the Grad-
about the $750-a-month services he
performed for American Lithofold
granted tentative admission for
registration purposes until all his
+1,0+ records are cleared and other terms
McCai u th fo. C : ,nt ^? ded ^ of admission are established.
• Provisional admission. When
A&M’s First Friend
Gov. Coke Took Office in Storm
for Lithofold and other companies ari applicant’s records are cleared
“on the side” has become “as im- hut he does not have a 2.0 grade
portant, if not more important, PohR average (or a B average) he
than the Boyle case.” ls onl y granted provisional admis-
“Thm nractice is of tremendous slon - This means that he 18 on
trial and the character of his work
here in the Graduate School will be
watched more closely to make sure
(Governor Coke did not take
over the governor’s mansion with
ease. At the time of his elec
tion there was a doubt in the
State Supreme Court’s mind
whether or not the election was
conducted as fairly as it should.
Never-the-less the people of Tex
as rallied behind the “quiet fire
eating” governor and he was
put into office. The people of
the state lost patience with the
court over the judicial bodies
insistance in declaring a default
importance and must be run down,
the Wisconsin senator said. “It is
highly improper for someone to it ia of graduate quality,
reecive money from a corporation TTri b i j \ J
over whose tax returns he has ju
risdiction.”
“Pilot Case”
When the student has completed
the first 16 hours of his graduate
program together with any prere
quisite work required of him with
Nixon called the American Lith- an average grade of B or above and
System.—The Editor)
When the Legislature met on quickly*
to the old Senate Chamber and tokl which were in a~ simBar’desperate tryT traversed Vel ° Pin8 ^ C ° Un "
governor \>v The p'ewle of Texat and disarranged state ’ “When the veto was read to the
and bv the eternal gods I intend to Taking over at a time when Tex- Legislature and the news got to
beconm governor fn obedience to as ’ fortunes were at their lowest the people,” writes a man who was
the voice^of the people, no matter ^ b ’ k romin , eat in state affairs at that
until he is carried out feet fore- Max Siskind, Boyle’s former law No complete program is wotked
partner, tomorrow.
Investigate Tax
With that, Dick Coke put on his Nixon said efforts will be made
overcoat and his broad-brimmed to examine the income tax returns
most on a stretcher.”
Take a Walk
LIlC lit/ IIICII/UCX c«carl Kir 1 l, UVcILUdL dllU Illb DI UdU“L>I HinilUU RO cXdlTlinG LilG UlCOlTlC LdX leRUllIS
what it may cost me or anybody ^ . Mexican sorties u™ 6 ’ tber . e , . was ’ . lf , sucb a phase f e lt hat, took his walking stick and of both Boyle and Siskind to de-
olse” That brought an end to in- be stalked out - goiag d ^ctly to the termine whether Boyle actually
don. On the 17th returns of , ? Jf*L , Richard h 6 ™ 8 intended ’ he to nearest point on Congress Avenue sold his interest in their law firm
election were taken from the r , ^ , / t , f t pa -f m . , o and turning south. In a few min- to Siskind for a reported $150,000
^4? 04-^4-^ J ^w^.^»4-^c4- vAJJVG U1U UI1G II1G IllUoL bldlGb- ‘‘T’rm nnrvrU n or Ancfin fi n r\ San x — U ~ ^ ~ v • tv ... j* at. j •
else,
decision
the
out.
Any graduate credit for the work
he takes here will be for transfer
to some institution where he may
later ask to be a candidate for a
graduate degree.
Secretary of State, under protest, j, * qu -Tf , “ Tho P eople °.f, Au . s V n and S a n u tes he came upon a crowd of ex- upon becoming Democratic Nation-
imM Kofnvo +n» T.oo-Nl.jrnvo qtiH mdmiKe joos mac nas ever oeen Antonio were wild with rage, this /.Horl -inVin worn rliscnc«ino'him
laid before the Legislature and V uulu f c J ” ua CVK1 Antonio were wild with rage,” this cited men who were discussing him a l Chairman.
counted. governor? ofTexafhafbeen c ° ntinue . s > “ and exhausted in rough and thoroughly uncompli- The Californian said he hopes
Richard Coke was declared elec- fS^th ^ which 0 'Dict'coke S^Tut’ as ^ 1+ aad Siskind w ° uld tf™ to
te d T Governor and R. B.^Hubbard the ti t le , but Coke was unquestion- „iu ch attention as he did to the The street llghts were dm1 ’ and let the subcomm . lttee see their tax
ably a statesman to be respected breezes which caressed the roses in
as Lieutenant Governor. Both were
forthwith sworn in, and notice was in any fand” or time
served on ex-Governor
vacate his offices.
Davis to
Two Governors
the yard of the Capitol.”
“High Spirits”
Former Governor Fletcher S.
Stockdale, who was in Austin
the towering figure of the Govern- returns with the understanding
or loomed up in the middle of the that the information would not be
crowd before his maligners recog- made public,
nized him. Shaking his heavy Chairman Hoey (D-NC) and oth-
stick over his head, he roared: “I er committee members expressed
hear my name being very freely doubt that the group can force
threats were being made so freely y‘ u « ni IU ,T' + 7. xr s .
against the Governor that he and subjected to rough treatment. Now, A • J
a half dozen other personal friends 1 bav « c T e ° ut to ascertain /\ggie {jYtMl allied
nr r.nl™ wpnt nvpv fo tlm msosinn whether the time has come in Tex- OD
To Assist Indians
“Coke towers as one of the lofty
peaks in the gubernatorial range,”
wrote DeShields, “and has been
, , , . , characterized as one of the most wno wus m ^xusuin ^ ~ t .
Davis m the meantime, had not heroic figures wh o has ever ap- when the veto was announced, later used, and from the way it is used, Boyle ai^^^^
been idle. He played his one last p ear ed upon the stage of political said that feeling ran so high and j* seems J 1 have f iven gr f ab . of - tax returns against their wilL
card when he wired President U ac t ion in Texas.” threats were being made so freely fea8e and am m danger of being
S. Grant and requested federal ((
troops to assist him in holding the “Great Intellect . . . ’
office. Texas, at this point, had Judge Kittrell, a contemporary of Coke went over to the mansion , , ,
two full sets of Governors and describes him as “a great intellect to call on him and stay with him. , a ? wb ® n . a . Governor cannot under
Lieutenant _ Governors, one head- ... the peer intellectually of any He received them with cordiality, hl ? °ath exercise the con-
quartermg in the old Senate Cham- man w bo has ever served in the and after the greetings were over, stitutional preogatives of the office ,
bers on the second floor of the cap- Senate of the United States at any one of the party came to the point. of Governor without being abused Malcolm Orchard, A&M grad-
itol building, and the other hold- time” and backs his estimate by “Governor ” he said “nerhans and assaulted - uate and former A&M instructor,
ing tenaciously to the traditional quoting Senator Thomas Francis V ou are not fullv aware to what ex- If any of you, oh all of you, are has been appointed to assist the
governor’s suite on the floor be- Bayard, who served with Coke in tent vour veto of the subsidv bill 80 uffeuded that you feel disposed Indian Government in publishing
l° w - . . . Congress, where he went after his bas inflamed the minds of the neo- bo offer me insult or violence, I “Indian Farming,” a national mag-
Further complicating the pic- term as Governor. “Those of us D ] e 0 f this citv We have heard am here, and the time is most op- azine in India,
ture, a company of volunteers from who are now here as colleagues of mpn mdule-p in the bitterest de- portune and you can begin.” By Orchard, a native of South Tex-
the supporters of Coke surrounded Di c k Coke,” the respected Senator nunciation of vou and threats have bhe time he had finished speaking, as, received his M. S. degree from
the capitol, cancelling out, in ef- from Delaware, who was later to been made to ha'ne- vou in effiev there was no one left to “begin”. A&M and was associate professor
feet, the threats of the Davis oo- serve as Minister to England and rp; ,n v f pai . that there are those The crowd had scattered like a in agricultural education from
hurts who milled in the lower halls. Secretary of State, is said to have ^ the crowd on the streets who ev covey of quail.
teLe 0n situattn , kater d “Tf'on e ed t ang tolda fl , iend - .“freelyagreethathe en contemplate entering these Coke then turned and stalked
fool had throwed ^ bis hat and 18 1 abIeS V’ S “ + n e S 7 ’ pounds, if they do not enter the off up Congress Avenue to its end,
hollered about then, almighty Hell has iTeve? bee^hLs intellectaal su- 1 " a, ? sion ’ ^ith the purpose of of- turned and came down the other
-wnnlH nf tivnlrp inpL in a Wrv ” • • W. s u . su fering you and your family some side, seeking any who might want
Fortunately nobodv “hollered ” y ' 5 ail °i'j S » nce tbe government was personal indignity. We do not ex- to make something of his chal-
DeShields’ in his “Thev Sat in fc "; inded ’ ,, , , .. , aggerate the situation, and we felt lenge. The street was unusually
uebnields, in nis iney bat m In another place, Kittrell de- ^biTt it wnc; mir Hntv an vnnr nuiet that nip-bt nnd bp returned
High Places” does report that at scribes Coke as “the ablest man in- 7 • W j S our ... y your et tiiat ni 8 h L aad he 1 turned
+v,in Innetnvp w p “niri Pefeti” I ri ? auiesu uian, ill f nen ^ S) an( j as citizens, to come to the mansion. There was no
fnreen sent. +ui e l^ a here and offer you the benefit of more talk, above a whisper at least,
our protection.” of hanging “Old Coke” in effigy.
The Governor listened calmly and (The fifth of this series will
replied with deliberation: “I am be published in Wednesday’s
obliged to you, gentlemen, for your Battalion).
in agricultural
1936-1945.
He is the first agricultural in
formation officer to receive an ap
pointment under the U. S. Govern
ment’s Point Four program of
sharing technical abilities with oth
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Hardeman of the Coke forces sent the government of Texas ... he
Governor Davis this word: “Let had a mind like a machine . . . the
one Negro trooper fire a gun and integrity of Aristides and the cour-
the next shot will be aimed direct- a g e of Caesar.”
ly at your heart ” This may have Coke - s integrity and courage
restrained the Governor s cohorts were soon put to t 'b e test. He had
somewhat. barely settled into his duties as the
While the_ two armed forces, ea.ch f our teenth governor of Texas when
supporting its own governor, stalk- the Legislature presented him with
ed st ! , egged around each other a tremendously popular and equal-
with hackles raised, an unexpected jy dangerous bill, an appropriation,
relief to the tension carne in the 0 | $6^000,000 to subsidize the ex
form of a telegram from the Pres- tension of the I. & G. N. Railway
ident of the United States to Gov- f rom Austin to San Antonio,
ernor Davis, which somehow leak- • ,, ,
ed, as those things will, to become Th f peopleaf this area, the most
general knowledge. President populous, and hence the most polit-
Grant refused to intervene in the ically P owerfu h m the state, were
Texas crisis. This turned the tide. , eager for a railroad and had hailed
the passage of the subsidy bill
Ousts Davis with wild acclaim. The free use
^«onTf n mii™ad S 1 Z d d become Phone 4-5054 hr Ulomitm and msmtim-or all rn tmel aient
office. He did not say an accepted practice in Texas.
No Statement
DALLAS - FT. WORTH
2 Flights Daily
One Way $11.70 (Plus Tax)
NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS
Monday, October First
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simplified shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and
college arithmetic.
R
EGISTRATION accepted now.
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Governor Coke made no state
ment with reference to the bill and
A&M Staff Man
Writes Best Seller
ernor s
when or how. That was on Sun
day. By 3 o’clock Monday after
noon, the mighty Coke’s slow burn
was breaking into flame. Bran
dishing his heavy walking stick, he
roared to his friends in the Senate
Chamber that he was tired of wait
ing for Davis to vacate and was
preparing to go downstairs and
iun him out. An A&M graduate and now a
To prevent a complete breach of s t a ff member, is author of a best
the gubernatorial dignity George sell “ Farm Management in the
Clark, Senator J. E. Dillard and South ”
General J. B. Roberts decided to ti r /v, v\ tt . j. ^
go downstairs first and investigate R- L. (Bob) Hunt of tire Depart-
the situation. They, themselves, “U 1 * of , Agricultural Economics
were none to calm. In his memoirs, and Sociology, the author, has just
Clark tells of their brief but his- received word from the publishers
toric journey down the Capitol taat sales of th , e book have P^sed
stainvays: the 50,000 mark.
“We went down to the govern- Since its publication in 1942 the
or’s office, the doors of which were book has taken its place among
still locked, and there was a man the most widely used school texts
placed there, evidently to deliver in the southern states.
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the keys. I asked him where the the constitutional limit of ten days proffered assistance. I deeply ap-
keys were and he replied that he for his signing or vetoing it had predate it, and I am delighted to
had them. We choked him until he almost run out when his attorney have you as guests in the mansion. . . . . . ,
told us they were in his trouser general, George Clark, went to see You are welcome to stay as long as ofold disclosures “nothing but a 110 grade below C his provisional
pocket. I thrust my hand into his him about it. it suits your pleasure, unless your pilot case” for what he termed a admission can be changed to full
pocket and got them. We opened “Dick,” his old friend Clark ask- stay be with a view of my protec- “nationwide pattern of corruption admission.
the door and found that the middle ed,” “what are you going to do tion. I need no protection. and shakedown.” • Full admission. A student
door was locked, and we kicked about the subsidy bill ?” The Gov- This mansion belongs to the peo- Olson testified yesterday that he whose undergraduate record shows
that down. We then sent up for ernor, Clark said, paused to reflect pie of Texas, but for the time be- put American Lithofold salesmen a 2.0 or better grade point aver-
Governor Coke to come down and and then answered firmly: ing it is my castle and my home, in touch with officials of two firms, age is granted full admission im-
take possession.” “I’m going to veto the hell out of My wife and my children are here, the Ruppert Brewery and the Aus- mediately upon entrance in the*
Slate and Door Repaired it.” and I can defend them and myself, tin Nichols Liquor Wholesaling Graduate School.
_ ' ‘ , With his veto, Coke wrote a mes- That mob of which you speak may Company in New York, in 1949 •Special graduate . student! A
Thus the normally peaceab e and sage of such vigor and logic that hang me in effigy, if it sees fit, while both were under his tax ju- f ew students, many of them niem-
because of a semi-colon that was always deliberate Richard Coke en- p assa g. e over his protest was im- f rom every telegraph pole and ev- risdiction. bers of the staff of the A&M jCol-
misplaced. This story was writ- tered the governor’s office of Tex- p 0SS jble. He told tbe legislature er y tree on Congress Avenue, and In both cases, Olson said, Litho- i e g e 0 f Texas,, are granted special
ten by R. Henderson Shuffler, as in January of 1874. The ill- t hat it had no power “to vote taxes ^ will not alarm me or disturb my fold made the sale. Olson at that graduate student status without
Director of Information for the fated Davis doorman was revived 0 n, or fasten a debt upon, the whole equanimity for a moment; but if time was supervisor of the Federal seeking a graduate degree at this
and sent on his way, the middle people for the benefit of’a part, or any man puts his foot within the alcohol tax unit in New York. He Institution. When such specialrstu-
door of the governor’s suite was f or t h e benefit of any railroad,” no limits of these grounds with the in- has since resigned. dent status is granted the. student
quickly repaired and Coke set ma tter how pressing the need for tent to result me or offer any in- The subcommittee planned to i s responsible for having the pre-
January lotn, in aeliance ot tne a b 0 ut repairing also the broader transportation or how bright the dl g nit y to m y family or myself, hear several witnesses in addition requisites to each particular: grad-
Governors orders, Loke stalked in- asp ects of Texas government r, r osnects for developing the coun- I’B be dammed if he goes out again to Olson today, and then to call uate course he seeks to enToll for.