Battalion Editorials
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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1954
New H-Bomb Test
(Jailed ‘Successful'
The government announced yesterday that another hy
drogen bomb has been touched off in the Pacific testing aiea
and that the test was successful.
There is little consolation in that statement. The March
1 test also was successful, but to such an extent the expeits
were surprised by the shattering power of the blast.
Fishing boats far beyond the safety zone boundary were
showered by radioactive debris and ashes and some crewmen
had to be hospitalized with severe burns.
Two speeches made by Congressmen concerning hydro
gen explosions interest us. Rep. Holifield, (D-Calif.), wrote
Eisenhower asking him to end world-wide “confusion, feai
and hysteria” resulting from the March 1 explosion.
This is to be done, we suppose, with a flash of that fa
mous Ike smile and an assurance that, after all, it was only
a test. But it’s not that easy.
Rep. McCormack, (D-Mass.), told the House a Com
munist attack against the U.S., powered by atomic weapons,
would cost from 10 to 30 million casualties.
Figures like those are bound to create “fear and hys
teria.” They certainly scare us.
What the solution to this race for atomic weapons is
connot be answered today, but when the heads of govern
ments get together in future parleys to discuss plans for
peace, they had better mean what they say.
Student’s Areident
Brings Safety Home
An A&M student was killed in an automobile'accident
Saturday night.
Sunday, “This Week” magazine carried an article which
listed “students” as 62nd from the top in a list of safe drivers
by occupations.
It is bad that a student has to get killed to bring safe
driving close to home, but young Joe Dixon s death could
serve to slow us all down during the Aggies’ traditional
weekend excursions.
Pollsters and the insurance companies rate students low
in driving safety. They have a reason. But accidents close
to home like this one, sad as they are, make students think.
At Silver Taps tonight, think of Joe Dixon. And also
think of yourself and your driving.
Tiger Nelters Win
Tourney am 1 Maleli
In tennis, A&M Consolidated’s
Tigers beat Navasota 4-1 Friday
afternoon and went to Lufkin
Saturday to win a team trophy at
an invitational tournament. _
In Friday’s match, Betsy Burch-
ard of Consolidated beat the Rat
tlers’ Jane Mitchell 6-2, 6-1. Helen
Holmes of CHS lost to Carol Jean
Bindley 4-6,6-8 in girls singles.
In girls’ doubles, Janice Latimer
and Penny Lavei’ty of Consolidated
beat Carolyn Wood and Marietta
Bachus of Navasota, 6-4, 6-1.
In boy’s singles Fred Anderson
of the Tigers defeated Ivan Lee of
Navasota 6-0, 6-1; the Tigers’ Bob
by Jackson defeated Lee 7-5, 6-0.
Navasota brought only one boy to
the match.
In Lufkin Saturday, CHS won a
team trophy with 16 points. Com
merce had 15 points, Bryan had 11,
Gladewater 10 and Tyler 4.
Jackson and Roland Beasley of
Consolidated lost to Commerce’s
doubles team in opening round of
the tournament 3-6, 6-3, 3-6. Fred
Anderson beat Lufkin’s singles
entry in the opening ground, 6-2,
6-0. Anderson also defeated Jack
Yardley of Bryan in the semi-finals
6-1, 6-0. Anderson then lost to John
Moore three - year state finalist
from Gladewater, in the finals 2-6,
6-8, 2-6.
Janice Latimer and Penny
Laverty defeated Bryan’s girls
doubles team 6-3, 6-2 in the open
ing rounds of the girls’ tournament.
CHS’ girls doubles lost to the
tournament doubles champions
from Commerce in the semi
finals 5-7, 5-7.
Betsy Burchard defeated Glade-
water’s girls singles entry 6-3, 6-3
in the initial round. She also de
feated Commerce’s singles entry
in the semi-finals 6-0, 6-0. Burch
ard defeated Jo Ann Nolen of
Bryan in the finals, 3-6, 6-4, 9-7.
CHS will compete against Bryan
and Lufkin in a triangular match
on the A&M college cement courts
at 2:30 p. m. Thursday.
BRIDGE GROWS OLD
OROVILLE, Calif. OS’) — The
historic bridge across the Feather
River at Bidwell’s Bar, east of
here, is in its second century and
still giving public service. It began
its history in a clipper ship, com
ing around Cape Horn in 1853. The
pilings were started in 1854 and
some sections laid and in 1856 it
was opened to traffic.
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JOHN E. WHITMORE, ’51 and
ex-editor of The Battalion, has
been promoted to first lieutenant in
the army. A member of the 525
military intelligence group, he is
acting director of editorial training
and public information officer.
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DR. WILLIAM F. ALEXANDER,
of the St. Louis University school
of Medicine, will discuss “The
Anatomy, Function, Nutrition and
Metabolism of the Autonomic
Nervous System,” at 8 p. m. Thurs
day in the lecture room of the
Biological Sciences building.
* *
SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE Will
move to their new location, two
doors east of their present store,
about April 12, said Herbert
Shaffer, owner of the store.
# * *
THREE TELEVISION CHAN-
nels have been allocated to the
College Station—Bryan area ac
cording to John D. Linton, district
representative of United Televis
ion Laboratories of Louisville, Ky.
They are channels 3 and 48 for
College Station and 54 for Bryan.
Channel 3 will function primarily
in the interests of local educational
institutions.
* * *
OLIVER HENDERSON JR ., now
on the faculty of The Citadel, has
been awarded a research assist-
antship in the oceanography de
partment here. The assistantship
MSC Displaying
Local Art Work
Art work of Mrs. Ruth Mogford
and Mrs. Virginia Dobson, both
of College Station, is now on dis
play in the Memorial Student Cen
ter.
Mrs. Dobson and Mrs. Mogford,
members of the Texas Fine Arts
Association, had their paintings
chosen by the Texas Fine Arts
Jury to be displayed throughout
Texas this year.
One-hundred-fifty entries were
selected from about 600 submitted
to represent the association.
Twenty - nine of these will be on
display in the MSC until April 3.
CHS Kittens Win
Softball Tilt 20-0
A&M Consolidated’s junior high
school Kittens defeated the Nava
sota Fangs 20-0 in the firnt round
of the district softball tournament
in Navasoth Friday afternoon. .
Alton Arnold of the Kittens led
the batters with three hits for four
appearances at the plate. Arnold
collected a single, a triple and a
home run. Edgar Feldman, Billy
Kavanaugh and Steadman Davis
hit homers for the Kittens. Davis
hit his with the bases loaded.
Feldman struck out ten of the
12 Fangs who faced him, giving up
only two hits in four innings. He
is an eighth grader at Consolidated.
The Kittens’ next game will be
in Huntsville on April 10 with the
winner of the Huntsville—Madison-
ville game.
CHS’ Carter Wins
High Jump in Meet
Bobby Carter of A&M Consoli
dated won the high jump at the
Cameron Relays Saturday with a
leap of six feet, one inch. More
than 500 central Texas high school
students we;;e entered in the meet.
City Editor
Womans Editor
Cartoonist
Circulation Manager
He’s here,
on the campus now
to show you how to . . .
earn over
$5000 a year .. •
become an officer
in the air force .. •
get a head start
in jet aviation .. «
be a part of a great
flying team ...
as an Aviation Cadet.
See him while you can. \ ;
Lt. John M. Gaskins
and Aviation Cadet Se
lection Team No. 204
are staying at the
MSC for two more
d a y s. They will be
available between the
hours of 10 a.m. and
3:30 to those desiring
further information on
career opportunities in
the Air Force.
Ellington
Air Force Base
will be work on one of the depart
ment’s projects sponsored by in
dustry and government.
* * *
THE FOURTEENTH Rico Ex
position will be held April 2-3.
The student show displays the work
of the various departments of Rice
Institute and is open to the public.
He Received
A Personal
Exhibition
Paul Giel, pitching star of
the Minnesota baseball team
which played here last week,
learned many things about the
college’s traditions during his
stay.
He especially remembers
talking with some of the corps
students Wednesday about the
Aggie custom of “drowning
out” people in the middle of
the night.
Giel even had a demonstra
tion of just how a “drown out”
was carried out, but he didn’t
find it too amusing. He was
the victim Wednesday night.
Wcyland
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graduated from there in 1925 and
was later instructor and school sec
retary.
He served in Hawaii from 1931
to 1934 and was graduated from
the air force tactical school in 1938
and the command and general staff
school in 1939.
From 1941 to 1942 he served in
the Panama Canal zone. From
1942 to 1943 he filled staff assign
ments in the air force headquar
ters. Weyland then took command
of the 84th fighter wing in Europe.
In 1944, he became commanding
general of the 19th air supply com
mand and in 1945 was assigned as
commandant of the command and
general staff school.
In 1947 he became director of
plans and operations in the office
of the deputy chief of staff for
operations. He was appointed dep
uty commandant of the national
war college in 1948 and in 1950
again became commanding general
of the 19th air forctx
In July of 1950, he was trans
ferred to Tokyo to become vice
commander and then commanding
general for the Far East air force.
Weyland is now on leave between
assignments. He will replace Gen.
Joe Cannon as commanding general
of the tactical air command in the
United States.
What’s Cooking
TUESDAY
7:15 p. m.—Entomology club
meeting, new Biology Building.
Business and film.
7:30 p. m.—Aggie Players meet
ing, music hall.
Business Society meeting, as
sembly room, MSC. Mr. E. O. Cart
wright; resident partner of Merril,
Lynch, Fenner and Beane; will
speak on “Investment for Income
and Home.”
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will interview here
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