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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1953 Eleventh Hour Faces HST TiHE ELEVENTH hour tasks of an out- going President beseiged Mr. Truman this week as he entered the final week of his term. But don’t think he will have little to do in the fading hours of his administration. There are dozens of fare-well letters to be written, numerous well-wishers to see, and on top all this the regular duties of the White House. Before his term expires next Tuesday at noon, President Truman must render a deci sion on whether or not the convicted atomic spies, Julius and Ethel, Rosenberg, shall live or die. “It requires skill and labor to erect a building, but any idle tramp can burn it doivn.”—J. M. Gibson. Complaint Promised Investigation rpHE AGGIES aren’t the only people who complain about rules and regulations from administrative levels. Girls at a junior high school in Los An geles have filed an official complaint with the school board asking reconsidering of a rule that prohibits them from going bare legged. The young ladies submitted a written protest which said: “After great thought and consideration, we wish to inform you that our school is about the only one in which there is a rule that all girl students must wear socks or nylons. We do not feel that this is right. We would appreciate if you would go into this matter a little deeper.” An investigation was promised. Two speeches must be made by the presi dent before moving back to Missouri. His last annual economic message to Con gress is due today, and a personal report to the nation, which promises to be an overall account of his nearly eight years as Presi dent, will be made Thursday night. MARCH OF DIMES JANUARY 2 TO 31 Experiment Station Receives Grants A grant-in-aid of $28 and two grants of $1200 each, have been made available to the Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station, ac- ¥F GEORGE WASHINGTON could see the cording to Dr. R. D. Lewis, di- way we inaugurate a President today he rector of the station, might be a little jealous that he didn’t live in the 20th century. aid to be used in support of turf One of the most unique programs ever in the Department of Agronomy. planned is slated for General Eisenhower TeLr'Tm-o Jan. 20 as the Republican, who swept into Company of Fort Worth. The the position of commander-in-chief by a land slide, when he officially takes office. The parade which precedes the inaugural ceremonies will be something to talk about and Pasture Section of the for years to come. Plans have been made for Agrononiy de P artment > Dl '* Lcw i s „ says, everything from an Alaskan snow sled—pull ed by five-dog team of Alaskan huskies—to a mass air armada which will include a van guard of 460 aircraft. “A human being is not, in any proper sense, a human being till he is educated”—H. Mann. Lone Star Beauty For Ike’s Parade IF GEORGE WASHINGTON could see the Local Names in the News T 'Dr. F. C. Bolton Elected President of Local C of C T'fcR. F. C. BOLTON was unani- Dr. W. E. Paulson, marketing On Jan. 8, he attended a Na- •^mously elected president of the specialist of-the agricultural eqo- tional Turkey Federation Conven- College Station Civic Development nomics department, was elected as- tion in Dallas, where he presented Association and Chamber of Com- sistant Tailtwister. a paper on “The Use of Antibotics merce Monday. The club heard a discussion of in Turkey Feeds.” the Student Activities program at He appeared Jan. 9 on the pro- K. A. Manning was elected vice- a&M by C. G. “Spike” White, di- gram of the Texas Agricultural president, with Mrs. C. C. Doak as re ctor. White told of plans for Worker’s Convention in Fort secretary and Nestor McGinnis as bringing outstanding performers Worth, and on Jan. 10 he left for man ?„? er - * to College Station for A&M stu- Phoenix, Ariz., to attend te Am- Offrcers last year were Marion derdg and local residents. Pugh, president; Bolton, vice-pres- * * * ident; Manning, secx-etary; and Me- Ginnis, manager. /.OS/ PUSS Gets A report on the Yokum—Terrell high school championship playoff- U nname d Retum here Dec. 26 showed that each team If you are the person who placed a „Jost AGO pass in the campus mail to Lt. Col. A. B. Currie, he wants to know your name. This Air Force officer said he was surprised with an unsigned letter containing the pass Mon day. He wants to thank the sender. “Just like other Air Force of ficers, I can’t keep some of my personal things from flying away, especially money,” he said. erican Dehydrators Association meeting. Dr. Couch will leave Phoenix Jan. 19 for Kansas City where he will present two papers at the Kansas Feed Conference. made a profit of $4200. Arrang ing the game cost the Development Association one hundred dollars. grant will “renew for the period Jan. 1 to July 1, 1953, their sup port of the turf assistantship which is administered by the For- Texas won’t be left out in the demonstra- moniated furfural lamb The Quaker Oats Company of | Chicago made the other $1200 11 available “to be used in our Ani mal Husbandry department for studies of the value of an am- by-product in Dr. Lewis. Dr. F. C. Bolton New C of C President tion. In addition to the float and marching feedia £> says , , , , . . a These studies will be conducted units representing the Lone Star State, the by W. G. Kammlade of AH depart- colorful Kilgore College Rangerettes will be ment under our Project 867,” Dr. displaying further proof about Texas’ claim Lewis points out ‘ for having the most and best looking girls still holds true. ’51 Poll Tax Needed For Bond Election “Silence is the one great art of conversation.”—Hazlitt. ‘Housewife’ Is Unsatisfactory Agronomists Name Fischgrabe Proxy Dale Fischgrabe was elected president of the Agronomy Soc iety for the spring semester. Pat Hitt was elected vice-president. Other officers are Will Polzer, Treasurer; Roy Bruns, -secre tary; Tom Payne, parliamentar ian; and Leonard Thornton, re porter. Committees were appointed to start work on the cotton pageant and a group picture was taken for the Aggieland ’53. ‘Jills-Of-All-Trades’ Ask For More Dignified Title By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor RANTED: a new name for “housewife.” T Garry Moore, whose afternoon TV program draws thousands of fan letters from the ladies who stay home and take care of the chores, says it’s high time someone thought up a more dignified napie for these jills-of-all-trades. He explains: “When a woman has to reply ‘occupation house wife’ to a census taker or pollster, I think she al ways feels the term is somewhat derogatory. Wo men are inclined to assume a sort of apologetic air when they say, ‘I’m only a housewife’. “Should Be Proud of Title” “The fact is, they should be proud of it. That’s the' object of all the love stories and romantic movies—to turn a bachelor girl into a housewife. Yet after they achieve their goal, they resent be- iiig relegated to the humdrum category of ‘house wife.” Something should be done about it.” Garfy is thinking about running a contest on his show, to dig Up a new term. He points out that a At a meeting of the Citizens Committee of the A&M Consolida ted school board last night, Su perintendent Les Richardson an nounced that anyone who was eli gible to vote in the presidential election Avill be able to vote in the bond issue election Jan. 20. The Attorney General’s office ' i: * ^ has ruled that the 1951 poll tax, RaillSCV, Bell Gel which was used for voting m -1952,- _ - - y j 7 * must be used for voting in the $650,000 bond issue election. Under this ruling, election clerks can not permit people who hold the new poll tax only to vote. Also at the meeting was a re- , .» . „ ,, . port on the organization of the housewife is onej3f^the^most accomplished ^artisans * lec . tion pu bii ci t y committee by Herb Thompson, chairman. AYMA Will Hear Mrs. Richard Bass jyps. RICHARD C. BASS, in coming president of the Aux iliary to the Texas State Veterin ary Medical Association, will speak to the student wives organization tonight at 7:30 in the Social Room of the MSC. Election of officers for the AVMA student auxiliary will also be held. Following her talk, Mrs. Bass will lead a discussion on the advantages of auxiliary partici pation of veterinarian wives and the assistance wives can lend their practioner husbands. Prior to the meeting a dinner will be given at The Oaks in honor of Mrs. Bass with retiring officers and sponsors of the local auxiliary as guests. * * * Dr. Couch Gives Antibotics Paper T^R. J. R. COUCH of the poultry ^ husbandry and biochemistry and nutrition departments has at tended three conferences in three states within a Week. Dr. J. R. Couch Busy Attending Conferences Lions Cl id} Offices J ONES RAMSEY A&M sports publicity director, was named in our society. If she does her job well she must be a skilled cook, a nurse, an engineer, an efficiency expert, a party-giver, a psychologist, a community leader, a liaison officer between family, school and church, a glamor girl to her husband and a mother to her children. Wednesday “Some such term as ‘chairman of the board’ or 5 to 6 p. m.—MSC House Com- ‘general manager’ would come closer,” says Moore, mittec Coffee, Assembly Room, “but it has to be more descriptive than that. The MSC. old term ‘lady of the house’ has been overworked by brush salesmen. ‘Mom’ definitely won’t do.” Adopt Business Term We might adopt a big housewife “assistant to the president,” the way they do in corporations with a valuable man who has no special title but dips into all departments. Tailtwister of the College Station Lions Club Monday. Aggie baseball coach Beau Bell was elected a director of the club, to fill a term expiring June 30. What’s Cooking 7 p. m.—Bowling Room 2D, MSC. 7:15 p. m.—Browsing Library Committee, Room 2C, MSC. Executive Committee, Chamber, MSC. YMCA South Solarium, Election of officers. ASAE, Ag. Engineering Bldg. Thursday 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.—Forest Service Staff Conference, Room 2A, MSC. 7:30 p. m.—A&M Employees Din- Senate ned Dance Club, Ballroom, MSC. Aggie Wives Bridge Club, Dan Davis to Head Local A A UP Group Dan R. Davis of the depart ment of agricultural economics and sociology, and Dr. Dale L. Leipper, head of the department of oceanography, are the new president and vice-president of the A&M chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Professors. Davis succeeds Dr. Walter Delaplane, head of the depart* ment of economics, as president. * * * . ’ Hall Elected i > rex) s By Range-Fi> rest ry Y/’EN HALL was elected presi< •*' V ident of the Range and Fores* try Club last night for 1953-54 at a meeting in the Agriculture Engineering Building. Other officers chosen by the group are Jakie Landers, vice- president; Joe Schuster, secretary- treasurer; Eugene Dayhoff, report er; Bob Landrum, parliamentarian rr , i . and attendance officer; Gene Lesh- In Texas the need for observing soc j a i chairman; and Fred Arbor Day was first recognized ^ ose) assistant to the social chair- in 1889 at Temple, a community which had comparatively few Arbor Day Set For Friday by Shivers Arbor Day in Texas will be ob served Friday according to a pro clamation issued by Governor Al lan Shivers. Committee, We might try out “home manager” or “doctor of Hans do Meiss-Tevffen of Switzer the humanites” or “specialist in living.” All these land are too cumbersome, however, and it’s doubtful if any woman would work up nerve to write down such an occupation on the census blank.” Hillel Foundation, Rooms 3B & Rooms 2C & 2D, MSC. 3C, MSC, “The Near East-Crass- Student Senate, Senate Room, roads of the World,” by Baron MSC. Group Rodgers, Room 3D, MSC. trees. D. A. Anderson, head of Re search and Education Department of the Texas Forest Service makes these suggestions. It is not essen tial to plant trees and shrubs. “Actually,” he said, “it is more desirable to protect growing trees than to plant additional man. Hall is a junior range and for estry major from Groom. Taylor Will Speak’ To YAK T Meeting The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions “Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentlemap” AVMA Auxiliary, Social Room, MSC. Air Force Reserve, Room 2A & 2B, MSC. Christian Science Church, Room 3D, MSC. Architectural Wives Society, Employees Dinner Dance Club, MSC Ballroom. Knights of Columbus, basement of St. Mary’s Chapel. Lt. H. Q. Taylor will be in charge of the 9807 VART Squadron trees meeting, 7:30 p. m. tonight in without adequate protection. Any the MSC. He will discuss “The program designed to acquaint Tex- Air Inspector” and will show a ans with the economic value of training film on the subject, forests would be a creditable ob- Air Reservist, both airmen and servance of Arbor Day.” officers, who attend the weekly This year Arbor Day offers special opportunities for schools, 8 p. m.—MSC Bridge Committee, garden clubs, civic clubs, youth Social Room, MSC. 8:30 p. m.—Battalion Assembly Room, MSC. groups and other organizations to Program, recognize and observe Jan. 16 as Arbor Day. meeting of the 9807th VART Squadron earn points toward re tirement and promotion. All Air Reserve personnel may attend even though they are not members of the squadron. LFL ABNER Don’t Look Now By Al Capp The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during the regular school year. 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