The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 29, 1952, Image 2

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THE BATTALION
Friday, February 29, 1952
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THE SUPER JACKPOT QUESTION
Little Hero Loses
In Fairy Tales
By John Whitmore
Occasionally there are some facts in a story that just can’t
be backed up very well. When this happens a newspaper man has
two choices. He can either print rumors or he can keep quiet.
Since I had a story and the facts couldn’t be backed up, I would
like to tell you a little fairy tale. For all practical purposes it is
all fiction.
Once upon a time—that’s the way all fairy tales start
out and it isn’t well to pin one of them down to a definite
date—there lived a little boy. This little boy was a good na-
tured fellow—in a fairy tale the hero has to be a good little
boy or girl. The only trouble with this little lad was that
he did not belong to the right caste.
He was in the second from the bottom strata and was
to be ignored by all of the other castes above him. But one
day the grand ruler of the country decided to move some of
the princes out of their places.
With these palaces without leaders there was a little
discussion among the various members of the castes. They
hjad a mild interest in who would take over as ruler of the
castles.
The sub-grand ruler decided there must be some way
of finding who would look after the little princess and take
over as ruler of this castle.
But being a student of government he decided the best
way to make the selection was to have an election.
Heralds were sent out all over the countryside announc
ing the coming election for prince of the castle. When the
heralds made the announcement and our hero—the little fair
haired lad—heard about it he decided he would make applica
tion for the job.
All of this was well and good—when the hero does some
thing, it has to be good.
The Chancellor - Of-The-Castle-Taking-Over-Department
looked at the hero’s application; he said it was good.
After all the hero had killed the right number of dragons
to become a candidate and he was not in the lowest caste.
Management Engineering
Meet Concludes Sessions
Banquet Set
To Honor
Gilchrist
Old Moore Home
Now Being Moved
The o 1 d “Commandant” o r
“The first responsibility of a
manager, whether he be foreman,
research director, sales manager
or else, is to know how to ran his
job and to make a profit for the
enterprise for which he is respon
sible,” the closing sessions of the
fifth annual Management Engi
neering conference, meeting here
was told.
The speaker was Howard M. Mil
ler of E. I. DuPont de Nemours
and Co. Another speaker Thurs
day morning was E. J. Haitington,
Dallas, directing associate, Grif-
fenhagen and Associates.
Miller Speaks
He said “although the opportun
ity occasionally presents itself,
management consultants rarely
have the opportunity to set the
stage adequately for their work,
but usually must apply themselves
quickly and intensely to the prob
lems which are of immediate con
cern to management.”
D. V. Savidge of the Reming
ton Rand Inc., asked, “will elec
tronics replace our office workers ?
Office management asks this kind
of question every time a change
“Moore” house is being moved off j n methods or equipment is contem-
tho campus. The Moore House, as plated,” he said.
Masons of Sul Ross Lodge No.
1309 will honor A&M System
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist with a
banquet Friday, March 14, at 7
p. m. in the ballroom of the MSC.
Gilchrist was recently chosen
Grand Master of all Masons in
Texas. Twelve past Grand Masters
have signified that they will at
tend the testimonial banquet.
Bennie Zinn, who is in charge
. , . , of ticket sales, stated that tick-
When the last day finally arrived for the candidates to ets couij b e purchased from him
fill out an application for the job, our hero was the only per- 0 r at the A. M. Waldrop stores,
son to enter the castle race. Madeley Pharmacy or at the main
He was overjoyed. Our lowly hero was going to become desk in the MSC.
the ruler of the castle.
it is most often referred to, was
sold along with a few other old
houses on the campus through seal
ed bids more than a month ago.
It is the last one of the houses
to be removed from the campus.
The houses were used as resi
dences, classrooms and offices, and
various other ways as necessity
prevailed.
The Moore House recently was
home for the Soil Testing Labora
tory which has been moved to the
old Campus Corner Post Office
building.
“Office workers ask it w r hen-
even they learn of a contemplated
change. Both groups are vitally
interested is an objective eval
uation of the problem and an ans-
H. B. Stone Speaks
To Baptists Sunday
wer to it. The results of the change
can affect their pex*sonal as well
as their business lives.”
“Industry must protect and pro
mote the welfare of a community.”
George Smith, president, St. Louis
chamber of commerce, Said in an
address on community factors in
fluencing worker satisfaction,
Wednesday afternoon.
“It—and not the community—
should concern itself about its own
nuisances such as smoke, noise,
water, and air pollution and the
like. It should consider prevailing
wind directions, effective anti
smoke devices, waste disposal and
the impact its location will have
on traffic jams around opening
and closing time.
“If it does these things and
does them well,” Smith said, “then
industry has a right, in rettirn for
the basic dollars it will pour into
the commercial blood stream of a
city, to expect that the community
will do its part to insure condi
tions conducive to health, con
tentment and culture, for its em
ployees and its officers.”
“Understand Sybject”
D’Alton Myers, Bureau Labor
Statics, USDA, Washington, an
other speaker offered a word to
those still in college either as un
dergraduate or as graduate stu
dents. “There is nothing more im
portant to the future of our coun
try than thorough understanding
of this subject of how men can
best live and work with their fel
low men.
Forms of organization, manage
ment policies and the type of lead
ership available in all fields of our
national life will do much to deter
mine the quality of life we arc
going to lead as well as our pro
duction efficiency.”
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M. W. DEASON
Optometrist
313 College Main
(Formerly Corky’s)
8:00 to 5:00 Phone 4-1106
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will deliver the sermons at the
morning and evening worship ser
vices Sunday at the First Baptist
Church.
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This is getting too tame, so lets put in a villian or so.
A group of top caste persons got together and decided
it would not be right for a member of the next-to-the-bottom
caste to take over the castle and become ruler. So they had
a little meeting. Top caste persons who were eligible, got
together and decided the only way to keep the hero from be
coming ruler was to write in a top caste name on the ballot.
To find out who should get his name written in on the
ballot and become the ruler of the castle, they flipped coins.
The winner was selected by fate and the other caste men said
they would support him in the election.
When the time came to vote for the ruler of the castle
the top caste men got together and told members of the
next to the lowest caste, second from the top caste and other
interested parties they should vote for the man in the top
caste. Now since the men in the top caste have a direct
phone connection to heaven they could do no wrong.
The election was carried out—one of the members of the
top caste checked the votes from the voters to see that they
did not make the mistake and vote for the second from the
bottom man.
Low and behold the voting was over and to the amaze
ment of all, the top caste man won the election with 92 votes.
The little fair haired hero only got 24 votes. The names of
the top caste man and the second from the bottom caste man
were the only names voted on by the people who lived in the
castle.
The little hero walked slowly away.
MORAL: It isn’t well for the men in the low caste to
forget their position in life. Or: Don’t believe in fairy tales
.... They don’t always have a happy ending.
Agency 6.5; Chemical Corp 5.4;
Corps of Engineers 9.6; Field Ar
tillery 16.0; Infantry 11.9; Ord
nance 7.7; Quartermaster Corps
9.6; Signal Corps 5.4; Transporta
tion Corps 5.4.
World Prayer
Day Observed
First American Life Insurance Co.
in Texas - - - - At Houston
Bryan-College Agency
JOE DILLARD, Mgr.
REPRESENTATIVES
L. E. (Skeeter) Winder, ’50
C. R. (Dusty) Morrison, ’46 John T. Knight
Charles H. Sledge, ’50 A. H. “Heeter” Winder, ’52
306 VARISCO BLDG. PHONE 3-3700
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Texas Independence Day falling on a Sunday,
the undersigned will observe as a holiday and
not be open for business—
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1952
—the same being a legal holiday.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CITY NATIONAL BANK
FIRST STATE BANK & TRUST CO.
COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK
BRYAN BUILDING AND LOAN ASS’N.
(/B—
New York, Feb. 29
“Christ Is Our Hope.”
That is the theme of today’s
“World Day of Prayer,” being
observed in 17,000 United States
communities and in 104 other
countries.
The event, in its 65th year, is
sponsored by the Department of
United Chui'ch Women of the
National Council of Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A. Most prot-
estant denominations participate
in the interfaith project.
In addition to prayers and spe
cial programs, offerings this
year will be used to support min
istry and ais migrant workers,
sharecroppers, American Indians
and interdenominational Christ
ian colleges in the Orient.
In Thursday’s Battalion the student senate election re
sults for Dorm 8 were left out. William Reichart, a write-in
candidate, won the election by getting 92 votes to his op
ponents 24 votes.
Reichart is a senior Industrial Engineering major from
San Antonio.
Range & Forestry Club
Changes Meeting Date
We understand, the deans team now has a varsity squad.
Varsity Squadmen are granted special letters.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The regular meeting of the
Range and Forestry Club, origin
ally scheduled for Tuesday, March
4, has been postponed until Tues
day, March 11, announced Jim
Moore, president.
The club will discuss selection
of a duchess to the Cotton Pageant,
and will also discuss qn exhibit
for the Mother’s Day program.
Moore urged all freshman and
sophomore Range and Forestry
majors to attend the meeting. Re
freshments will be served.
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JOHN WHITMORE Editor
Joel Austin Associate Editor
Bill Streich Managing Editor
Bob Selleck Sports Editor
Frank Davis City Editor
Peggy Maddox Women’s Editor
T. H. Baker, Jim Ashlock, Jerry Bennett, Gardner Collins, Billy Cobble
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