Battalion
Editorials
Page 2 THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1952
Patience
WfORD from the housing office reveals that some students
^ will be required to live three to a room next fall, as many
students have had to do in the past. Reason for the expected
crowded conditions has been attributed to the increased num
ber of military students in the corps outfits, which will be
reduced in number.
Needless to say, it appears obvious that some steps should
be taken to prevent having three students in a room, with
all respect to students who have had to undergo the ordeal
of living three to a room in thej past.
Previous experience has shown that students try to live
decently, comfortably, and studiously three in a room. This
condition is barely tolerable, and then only by men who have
such a desire for education they will undergo the inconven
iences of sacrificng more and more personal rights as dormi
tories become more and more crowded. Maladjustments as
these must be right quickly.
We are all broadminded enough to undergo inconven
iences of this nature while the campaign for better living
conditions is being waged, but a phlegmatic action of legis
lative sources whence appropriations must emanate will
cause great unrest and tedium within the corps that may
prove to be detrimental to the college’s welfare as time goes
by.
We are assured that the college directors and officials
are doing all within their power to gain the means of elim
inating the crowded conditions as quickly as possible.
In the meantime, patience will be necessary for the in
tervening time until we acquire proper and adequate dormi
tory space.
Broken Bottles
/'|NCE AGAIN a new problem has been discovered at A&M.
^ During the regular term they have trouble with people
walking out of the dormitories with Coca-Cola and Dr. Pepper
bottles and forgetting to return them to the proper place.
Now during the summer the, students are not bothering
to even leave their dormitory rooms or classrooms. They
merely pitch them out the window or place them in the hall
to be kicked around or broken.
Students in the Academic building have found favorite
targets both on the outside and inside. Mitchell Hall has
also proved to be an excellent target range.
Having these soft drink machines in the dorms and
main buildings is a privilege for the students and) should be
treated as such.
It is a nice luxury to have, especially in the summer time.
Let’s start putting the bottles back in the proper rack.
Wrong Guess
WACK IN 1945 Henry Wallace and other advocates of “plan-
** ned economy” were sure there was going to be a big de
pression in the transition period right after the war, and pre
dicted millions of unemployed. Henry was wrong.
Today, after reading about drouth conditions in several
states, Price Stabilization Director Ellis Arnall looks ahead
and sees “disastrous” effects on the stabilization program.
Mr. Arnall is also on record as saying,the increase in steel
prices will cost the average family $100 a year.
Mr. Arnall is certainly wrong on the, latter count, prob
ably wrong on the former. Farm production, in spite of the
drouth, is at a satisfactory high level, and it’s rather silly
to think a jump of $5.50 per ton in steel will result as he in
dicates.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer disagrees with Mr. Ar
nall on both propositions. “Statements predicting the increase
of inflationary pressures which are not based on facts, ren
der a great disservice to the American people,” said he. But
facts are something economic planners refuse to face.
—Houston Post.
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Texas Proves Great
In Cotton Production
Texas is at the same time the
nation’s greatest cotton-producing
state and one of the poorest.
The Lone Star State' normally
produces from a fourth to a third
of the nation’s cotton. No other
state approaches Texas in total
cotton production.
But on a per-acre-yield basis,
Texas is almost at the bottom—
a position it has held consistently
in recent years.
This year, for instance, the lat
est U. S. Department of Agricul
ture report estimates the Texas
cotton crop at 4,200,000 bales.
That’s more than 25 per cent of
the indicated crop for the entire
nation—14,735,000 bales. In No. 2
place in the nation as a cotton-
producing state is California,
with an indicated 1952 crop of
1,880,000 bales.
But Texas is way down the list
when the comparison is on the
basis of yield per acre. In the
bottom spot, with an expected
yield of only 173 pounds an acre,
is Oklahoma. Texas is next to the
bottom, at 184 pounds per acre.
By contrast, Arizona is expected
to produce 750 pounds per acre—
more than four times as much per
acre as Texas.
Other states with high per-acre
yield expectations include Califor
nia, 645 pounds per acre; Missouri,
407 pounds per acre, and New
Mexico, 467 pounds per acre. In
many of these, of course, the pro
portion of irrigated cotton acreage
is higher than in Texas.
A&M T s Goose
Covers Many
Touring Miles
Although it has 85,000 miles on
it the “blue goose” is still going
strong.
The blue goose, now maroon in
color, is the 1948 Chevrolet, 12-
passenger, touring bus tha,t be
longs to the A&M College System.
The goose is a stock model Chev
rolet that has been cut in half
and two seats added in the middle.
It is available for use to any
department on the campus for col
lege business at the rate of nine
cents a rhile.
The bus is operated through the
dean of men and the driver must
be a staff member of the depart
ment using it.
Old goose has traveled as far
North as New York City and as
far South as Mexico City said
Harry L. Boyer, chief of housing.
According to Boyer two more
buses of the same type have been
ordered and are due to arrive soon.
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