Battalion
Editorials
Page 2 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951
In Not Passing
rjUIE constitutional amendment to allow partial investment
of the University Permanent Fund in other than govern
ment bonds was defeated in a state-wide election held Tues-
tia y- . ij ! > Mimisyl
Had the amendment passed, an estimated $1.5 million
would have been added to the amount of available funds for
the extension of higher learning at the University of Texas
and A&M,
Although the results are incomplete, it appears the rural
vote was against the measure, probably stemming from an
inherent distrust of rurals for the stock exchange.
Also the blister raised by ex-Governor Dan Moody, who
said the amendment as worded would give the Board of Re
gents power to invest the university funds in anything,
raised a doubt in many voters minds. Since there was dis
agreement among lawyers in the wording of the amendment,
many voters undoubtedly concluded the legislation had a
serious flaw.
Certainly the two schools could have found excellent use
of the increased revenues; however, since the possibility has
arisen in the minds of the citizens of Texas that unsound in
vestments might be made, if not now, then at a future date,
it is the hope of The Battalion the amendment will be re
worded and ratified.
No Time for Jokes
IIONEST fellows, fun is fun, but when are we going to get
the rest of the student labor checks?
The weekend is almost on us and some of us would like
to make some plans as to what financial arrangements we
are going to have to make before going to Houston.
Is there anything wrong with this, or are you against
Corps Trips. If you don’t like Corps Trips tell us.
If you don’t like the student workers, tell us. If you
don’t like the students tell us. If you aren’t happy tell us.
But at the same time, get the rest of the student checks
out. We don’t want to appear hypercritical, but it does seem
that twenty days is a long time to get out a payroll. Especial
ly when you haven’t told us why they are being delayed.
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Students Complain
About Work Checks
By PHILLIP GOUGLER
Battalion Staff Writer
Student labor personnel with limping budgets voiced their disap
proval of tardy Fiscal Office checks yesterday in the MSC.
Random interviews with students working in the center uncovered
classical complaints of checks arriving from two to five days late.
Embarrassing hardships have resulted they said.
“I never know when the check is coming in, and it throws me in a
bind,” says B. Q. Evans of B Squadron Air Force. “They penalize us
for being late with fee payments but they don’t mind being late with
our checks.”
He went on to tell how checks that were due on the 15th of the
month came in on the 26th. Then he added, “when I pay my fees they
are uppity.”
“Most of the students are caught short of funds after promise of
getting paid on the 15th of the monh,” says George Nickle of A Com
posite.
“They want us to be on time for work,” was a remark made by
senior Drexel Toland,” but they don’t seem to care about getting our
checks out on time.”
He also cited the example of a time he went to the Fiscal office
for a refund. “I heard a fishing story between two employees before
one of them finally waited on me.”
“The attitude of the Fiscal Office cashier’s is one of indifference,”
J. B. Bell, C Troop junior, remarked.
One MSC employee who would not give his name said the case
was not entirely confined to the student labor. He said the jani
tors were in just about the same fix only at times they did not have the
money at the end of the month to pay car fare home.
All of the students interviewed agreed the MSC is blameless.
■People Will Talk ’
By BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
People Will Talk with Cary
Grant and Jeanne Crain. Pro
duced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
With all the attention paid the
opening of the Aggie Players pro
duction of Command Decision and
the showing of A Place In the
Sun, another fine movie slipped
almost unnoticed into the Palace
in Bryan. Although comparatively
little attention has been paid to
its showing, the film deserves some
comment.
Darryl F. Zanuck, who has pro
duced many of the screen’s best,
has come up with an amusing farce
about doctors and doctor’s patients.
Although the film forgets at times
that it is supposed to be a comedy,
the result is something just a lit
tle off the beaten track in motion
picture entertainment.
Cary Grant is starred as the suc
cessful but not too pompous doctor
faced with the problem of a moth
er-to-be without a husband. Jeanne
Crain, as the lady in distress,
falls in love with the handsome
doctor who has discovered her
condition. When informed of her
impending motherhood, the girl
decides that a bullet would be the
easiest way out of her predicament.
Luckily the shot goes astray,
giving the doctor an opportunity to
fall in love with the unlucky lady.
Although the love story forms
the principal plot line for the pic
ture, an interesting sub-plot de
velops involving the doctor and his
valet, played to perfection by Fin
lay Currie. Through an amazing
set of circumstances, the doctor’s
man-Friday has been tried, con
demned, and executed for murder.
Just how a dead man can also be
a very much alive servant provides
the nucleus for an investigation by
the doctor’s superiors. The whole
tangle results in a series of hilar
ious scenes that are best seen to be
appreciated.
Along with some of the most
sophisticated comedy we have seen
in a long time, People Will Talk
manages to include a few sharp
comments on contemporary life and
morals. The combination produces
a film that really does take “a
new look at life,” just as the ads
say.
The high-brows will probably
faint but most of the background
music is taken directly from the
masters. About all that is really
unusual about this is that Zanuck
isn’t afraid to come out and give
the composers credit for their
work.
Among his many talents, the
versatile doctor is also an amateur
conductor. As a finale for the pic
ture, the producer provides the
audience with a beautiful choral
and orchestral interpretation of the
Academic Festival Overture with
Grant apparently doing the con
ducting. That alone is worth see
ing.
The Battalion
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Wyoming Lady
Questions Tale
By Associated Press
Ever hear of a “Jackalope ?”
Alton Hughes of Pecos re
ceived a letter recently from
a young lady in Cheyenne,
Wyo., wanting to know more
about a Texas “Jackalope”, alleg
edly a wild animal imnning loose
on the Texas plains.
The letter to Hugh revealed that
a Texas Air Force sergeant sta
tioned in Cheyenne had cooked up
a pretty convincing story about
the fictitious a,nimal. ,
Duties of any Chamber of Com
merce manager are innumerable
and widely varied, but Hughes
faces the most ticklish problem of
his career—that of exposing to an
out-of-stater the probability that
a fellow Texan was trapped in an
outright lie.
Hughes’ letter to the young lady
was in part:
“It hurts to the core to even
think about a Texas lying about
anything, but it hurts a lot worse
to actually accuse a fellow Texan
of slight exaggeration.
“If there is such an animal, I
have not seen it. But if there is,
I’m sure it would be found in
Texas.
“The (the sergeant) knows that
it is perfectly all right to lie about
Texas, particularly West Texas,
but it is an unforgiveable sin to *DI11VCaO " J-iCctU.
get caught,” Hughes continued.
On second thought, Hughes add
ed a postscript:
What’s Cooking
ABILENE CLUB: Thursday af
ter yell practice, Room 3-B MSC.
Thanksgiving plans will be discuss
ed.
AMARILLO CLUB: Thursday,
7:30 p. m., MSC.
BAYTOWN CLU13: Thursday,
7:30 p. m., Acd. Bldg. Plans for the
Thanksgiving party will be dis
cussed.
BRUSH COUNTRY CLUB:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Room 2-C
MSC. Plans for a party.
COLEMAN COUNTY CLUB:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m,, Room 125
Acd. Bldg. Organizational meet
ing.
COLLIN COUNTY CLUB:
Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Room 305
Goodwin. Regular meeting.
DAMES: Thursday, 7:30 p. m.,
Cabinet Room YMCA. James Pierce
will speak on “Parliamentary Pro
cedure.”
DEL RIO CLUB: Thursday af
ter yell practice, YMCA Reading
Room. Final plans for the Christ
mas dance will be discussed.
FORT WORTH CLUB: Thurs
day after yell practice, Room 107
New Science Bidg. Plans for the
Christmas party will be made.
GUADALUPE-COMAL COUN
TY CLUB: Thursday after yell
practice, 3rd floor Acd. Bldg. Fin
al plans for Thanksgiving party
will be discussed.
HOUSTON COUNTY CLUB:
Thursday after yell practice, Room
(See WHATS COOKING, Page 5)
“I am just about to convince my
self that there is such an animal.
Tell your friend to send me a
good description of a ‘Jackalope’.
I might even find one.”
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JOHN WHITMORE Editor
Joel Austin Managing Editor
Bill Streich News Editor
Allen Pengelly Assistant News Editor
Bob Selleck Sports News Editor
Pat Morley Women’s Editor
T. H. Baker, E. R. Briggs, A1 Bruton, Norman Campbell,
Mickey Cannon, Monte Curry, Dan Dawson, Bob Fagley,
Benny Holub, Howard Hough, Jon Kinslow, Bryan Spencer,
Ide Trotter, John Robards, Carol Vance, Edgar Watkins,
Berthold Weller, Jerry Wizig, Raymond York Newa and Feature Writers
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Frank Scott Quarterback Club Director
Jim Jenson Photographer
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Gus Becker, Joe Blanchette, Ed Holder Sports News 'Writers
John Lancaster Chief Photo Engraver
Russel Hagens, ; .Advertising Manager
Robert Haynie Advertising Representative
(Continued from Page 1)
and France. He fought through
the campaigns of Salerno, St. Pier-
to, Anzio and the invasion of south
ern France.
After his tour of duty overseas
he was assigned as a teacher at
the Command and General Staff
School at Ft. Leavenworth. From
there he was•ordered to the G-3
section of the Army Field Forces,
Ft. Monroe, Va.
In commenting on Colonel Wil
kins, Bowden said, he is a “high
type capable man. He is an asset
to the college.”
About his own stay hei’e Bow
den said, “I have enjoyed this
tour at A&M. It has been very
enlighting and profitable.”
Colonel Wilkins said, “It is go
ing to be a hard job to fill the job
of Colonel Bowden.’
South’s Governors
Dallas, Nov. 15—CP)—Coy. Allan
Shivers has been recognized by
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina as political leader of the
Southern Democrats, The Dallas
News said today.
In a story by Allan Duckworth,
News staff writer, the newspaper
said the aging Byrnes selected
Shivers in a hotel room conference
during the southern governor’s
conference.
Amendments
(Continued from Page 1)
the ceiling for welfare payments
was defeated.
Voters in Travis County, where
the University of Texas is located,
gave a whopping approval vote to
the proposal to allow the school
more freedom in investing its per
manent fund.
As of last midnight, 3403 Travis
County voters approved the plan,
while 1,593 were against it.
In Galveston County, where the
medical branch is located, the vote
was 1,826 for and 1,320 against.
Dallas County, where Southwestem
Medical School, another branch of
the University, is located, voted
6,680 for and 6,101 against.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student Checks
Editor, The Battalion:
As a student of A&M College
since 1947 and employed in some
capacity in the college since that
time I can remember when the
checks for student labor were ready
for distribution every month be
tween the. seventh and tenth at the
latest. Since that time has been
increasing until now it is becoming
a guessing game as to when they
will be ready.
This year and last have been the
best example of this “guessing-
game” type of handling of the
student payroll. After that pay
roll is made out it is not the Fis
cal Offices little top to play with
after the checks are made out—
that money is earned on a certain
date and should be due at a certain
date.
I think that the powers that be
should recognize the need of some
drastic changes in the policy of
the Fiscal Office in handling the
Student payroll. It appears to be
a job for the “powers to be” be-
•cause the men in the fiscal office
don’t seem to pay any attention to
any request of the students. At the
same time the men in the Money
office don’t seem to consider any of
the problems of the student.
There are a large number of stu
dents on this campus that are
working their way through school.
When you do this, you don’t have
extra money to tide you over a
lean period.
Also, Powers that Be, have you
noticed there is a dollar a day fine
for all late fees. Why is it that
this organization demands prompt
ness on the part of the students,
while they cannot handle their own
financial management.
I think it would be a great serv
ice to the students if the Fiscal Of
fice were to set up a system of def
inite dates for getting out student
checks.
I feel certain there are about 500
working students on this campus
who will agree with me on this
complaint and each one would ben
efit greatly if he could plan in
advance on when he could receive
his pay that he has earned.
Doyle Griffin ’51
Silver Taps
ter provoking thought.
Tuesday night we observed one
of our most sacred traditions, SIL
VER TAPS, in honor of one of our
fellow Aggies. I sa,y sacred tradi
tion, because to me (and I am sure
that to many others) it is sacred.
I was always led to believe that
you attended SILVER TAPS in a
reverent manner and left likewise,
carrying to your dorm or where-
ever you might go a deep feeling
of humility. I was also led to be
lieve that out of respect there
would be no talking until you
reached your destination and then
you were still to observe this af
fair with an orderly closing of
your business for the day.
To me it doesn’t mean to attend
SILVER TAPS, then leave and do
as you please with loud talking,
bull sessions, and raising hell ip
your dorm, MSC, or wherever you
might be. Tradition around here
seems to mean very little to quite a
few, but it seems to me out of com
mon decency we should always re
spect SILVER TAPS and what it
stands for.
Editor, The Battalion: No. certain class is to blame, for
This letter is not meant to be as one failed we all failed, as true
one of complaint, but rather a let- Aggies in mind and spirit. No one
can force this tradition on you—
for as an Aggie it should come
from the bottom of your heart.
Respectfully,
Eddie Holley, ’52
Overlooked
Editor, The Battalion:
Why does Spence build new as
phalt highways all the way around
the beef center, horse center, hog
center, sewage disposal plant, poul
try center, a circuit of 4.2 miles,
and doesn’t touch such streets as
the one east of Kyle Field, the one
east of Dorms 1-11, and the one
east of the power plant when they
have 98.5 times the traffic on
them as there is on the new “super
highway’ across the tracks?
Ray Holbrook, ’48
Corps Trip
(Continued from Page 1)
Following the parade, all colors,
standards and guidons will be turn
ed in at the band van, parked on
Bell Street. Liaison sergeants from
each regiment will supervise check
ing colors in and out, Turner said.
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Brooklyn College
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That’s why Luckies taste better. So, Be
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