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MSC Council (Continped from Page 1) Robert Opitz, dance; Bud Whit ney, forum; Herman Hassell, great issues; Bob Becker, great issues; Experts estimate that commer cial air transport in the United States uses about 1,400 planes com pared with 20,000 planes operated by businesses and executives and 10,000 used by farmers and ranch ers. Harold Sellers, great issues; Les Robinson, great issues; John Wil son, great issues; Edmond Saad, dance; Tyree Har dy, recital series; Tom Cox, bowl ing; Bob Cannon, camera; Frank daggers and Art Henderson, music; Murray Milner, public relations; and Dick MeGlaun, house. On Campus with Max Qhvhnan (Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.) the gift Horse Many of our friends will soon be graduating. What kind of gifts should we give them? Here is no simple question. It is never simple to find gifts for people who have everything, and college students, as everyone knows, are the most richly endowed of mortals. They’ve got beauty and truth. They’ve got rhythm. They’ve got stout hearts, willing hands, and a clear vision that dispels the miasmas of the future as the morning sun sears away the last wisps of a cool night’s fog. They’ve got heaps and heaps of money, as who would not who has been receiving such a huge allowance over four years of schooling? What can we give them that they don’t already have? One infallible gift for the person who has everything is, of course, a stethoscope. New models, featuring sequined earpieces and power steering, are now on display at your local surgical supply house. Accompanying each stethoscope is a gift card with this lovely poem: When you hear your heart beat. When you hear it pound. Remember me, your buddy, William Henry Round. If, by some odd chance, your name does not happen to be William Henry Round (you’re laughing, but it’s possible), here is another dandy suggestion for the person who has everything — a gift certificate from the American Bar Association. These certificates, good at your local lawyer’s, come in three convenient sizes: small, medium, and large. The small certificate covers title searches and writs of estoppel. The medium size covers torts, claim jumping, and violations of the Smoot-Hawley Act. The large one covers kidnapping, murder, and barratry. If, by some odd chance, you don’t know what barratry is (you’re laughing, but it’s possible), it is arson at sea. This inter esting crime is called after Cosmo “Bubbles” Barrat, a captain in the British navy during the last century, who was addicted to burning his ships. One man o’ war after another fell victim to his incendiary bent. The Admiralty kept getting crosser and crosser, but every time they called in Captain Barrat for a scolding, he would roll his big blue eyes and tug his forelock and promise faithfully never to do it again. Oh, butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth, that one! So they would give him another ship, and he would soon reduce it to a scattering of charred spars. He burned more than 120,000 ships before he was finally discharged as “doubtful officer material.” After his separation from the navy, he moved to Vienna where he changed his name to Freud and invented Scrabble. B ut I digress. I was listing gifts for the person who has every thing, and here is another one. This gift, in fact, is not only for persons who have everything, it is also for persons who have nothing, for persons who have next to nothing, for persons who have next to everything, and for persons in between. I refer, of course, to Philip Morris cigarettes. Here is the cigarette for everybody —for everybody, that is, who likes a mild relaxing smoke of fine vintage tobacco in a handsome brown package that snaps open with the greatest of ease. For those, if such there be, who like dull, nondescript tobacco in a package that requires a burglar’s kit to open, Philip Morris is definitely the wrong gift. Among the newer gifts that warrant your attention is a revolu tionary development in the enjoyment of recorded music. This is the Low-Fi Phonograph. The Low-Fi, product of years of patient research, has so little fidelity to the record you put on it that if, for example, you put Stardust on the turntable, Melancholy Baby will come out. This is an especially welcome gift for people who hate Stardust. Finally there is Sigafoos Shaving Cream, a brand new kind of cream that makes whiskers grow in instead of out. You just bite them off in the mornirTg. ©Max Shulman, 1955 To Max's suggestion to give PHILIP MORRIS for graduation, the makers of PHILIP MORRIS, tcho bring you this column, add a hearty amen. The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published by stu dents four times a week during the regular school year. During the summer terms The Battalion is published once a week, and during examination and vacation periods, once a week. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year, Thursday dur ing the summer terms, and Thursday during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $7.00 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Kntered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. 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HARRI BAKER Editor Jon Kinslow Managing Editor Jerry Wizig Sports Editor Don Shepard, Ralph Cole News Editors Bill Fullerton City Editor Ronnie Greathouse Sports Writer Roger Coad, Welton Jones, John Warner, Jim Groves, Dick Rabe T Reporters Mrs. Jo Ann Cocanougher 1 Women’s Editor Miss Betsy Burchard A&M Consolidated Correspondent Maurice Olian. ...A&M Consolidated Sports Correspondent Robert Boone, Stanley Holcomb, Charles Ritchey, Romeo Chapa. — Advertising Salesmen Tom Syler Circulation Manager Russell Reed, Kenneth Livingston, Kenneth George, Tony Goodwin, Giro Lampassas Circulation Staff Battalion Editorials Page 2 FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1955 A Rededication Since the average student at Texas A&;M often finds himself burdened with a mass of highly technical studies, with little time or energy left for the study of liberal or “humanities” courses, a breath of liberalism is refreshing. Last night, the new MSC president firmly stated the Center’s position as a part of the college’s educational facili ties, a part dedicated to developing in students an interest in themselves and the people around them, as differed from the machines around them. He pointed out the “painless” aspect of the Center’s “teaching”: a student doesn’t have to be active in any of the Center’s projects to get the advantage of them. Simple as sociation will develop a little broader concept of the world. The Center’s activities are well-recognized here, but they are not well-known, in the sense that to know is to understand. The building, its staff, and its student workers are A&M’s leaders of liberalism, and it is good to hear the MSC rededicate itself to this vital part of the A&M student’s education. Ambassadors A&M doesn’t get enough out of its foreign students, and the foreign students don’t get enough out of A&M. Of course, these unofficial ambassadors get a fine tech nical education to take back to their homelands, but they often miss the social contact with American families that could add immeasurably to their stay here and to America’s prestige abroad. The College Station Council of Church Women has des ignated April 24 through May 1 as “America At Home Week”, and is asking the people of College Station to have a foreign student in their home for a meal or just an even ing of conversation. If you haven’t already gotten the name of a student to invite to your home, your church has one for you. This weekend would be a good time. Slide Rule Contest Winners To Be Announced Tuesday The presentation of awards to the winners of the 28th annual slide rule contest will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Guion hall, an nounced C. W. Crawford, head of the mechanical engineering de partment. Presiding over the ceremony will be C. H. Ransdell, acting dean of the Basic Division. R. M. Win- gren of the mechanical engineer ing department will give historical background of the contest to be followed by a greeting and brief talk by Dr. David H. Morgan, president of the college. About 12,300,000 people have been added to the U.S. population since the 1950 census. Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of the col- leg*e, will present the small awards and deliver a speech estitled, “Other Goals Ahead.” Presenta tion of large plaques 1 for first and second prizes in each department will be made by the head of each respective department. Col. Joe E. Davis will present the special groups awards, first and second prizes to those students,not class ified as basic. Congratulations and presenta tion of special awards will be made by R. P. Ward, acting dean of the School of Engineering. The pre- CIRCLE LAST DAY LAST TIMES TODAY Tf/E&ooy GeAc/ftft/c MUSICAL COAf££>y/ News of the World By The ASSOCIATED PRESS SAIGON, South Viet Nam American - backed Premier N g o Dinh Diem waged an all-out shoot ing war yesterday for survival of his government against the pri vate racketeer army of Binh Xu- yen. Mortar and small arms fire shook Saigon, capital city of two million people. A square mile of the city was set afire. ★ ★ ★ TAIPEI, Formosa—The Matsu islands yestterday were alerted for a possible Chinese Red attack and air patrols were multiplied over the nearby mainland, where feverish activity was reported. One wave of Nationalist patrol planes caught and set afire a 300-ton landing craft about 20 miles north of the Matsus, Na- Miss Long, Parker Tell Engagemen t At a surprise party after the Memorial Student Center council and directorate ban quet last night, the engage ment of Miss Margaret Long, MSC program consultant, and Charles Parker, out-going MSC president, was announ ced. Parker, a journalism major from Amarillo, will graduate next January. Miss Long has been with the Center as pro gram consultant for two years. Parker said no definite date for the wedding has been set, but it will probably be soon after his graduation. The announcement party was given by MSC Director Wayne Stark and his wife. SALT WATER FISHERMEN Boat Rods Surf Rods Deep Sea Rods * * * Surf Reels Deep Sea Reels Service Reels Heavy test lines — EASY TERMS — Open Sundays HILLCREST HARDWARE tionalist air force headquarters reported. ★ ★ ★ WASHINGTON—Two govern ment polio experts arrived at the Cutter laboratories in Berkeley, Calif., yesterday to carry out “a very exhaustive investigation” into how Some children devel oped polio after being inoculated with Salk vaccine made by the Cutter firm. JANE POWELL- EDMUND PURD0M DEBBIE REYNOLDS-VICDAMONE LOUIS CALHERN SATURDAY — Also — “The Lone Wait” ANTHONY QUINN SATURDAY ONLY “Invaders From Mars” — Also — Phil Carey “Massacre Canyon” |tfr 1.;U\ BUaf'-nTHT CHUORtN UNDEBI2YCARS- rKtfc — LAST TIME TODAY — “NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS” With Marilyn Monroe CinemaScope —Plus — “SIEGE AT RED RIVER” _ With — Van Johnson SATURDAY ONLY “TAXI” With Dan Daily _ With — “JACK McCALL DESPARADO” George Montgomery PREVIEW SATURDAY Sunday & Monday There’s Nothing Li,ke It! o ° -P : d li-vm# : | Berfin’s ° THBRCi 1 no m BUSINESS UKE . : SHOW Business TeohmColok Marilyn Donald lohnnie MONROE-O’CONNOR-RAY DAN DAILEY • MITZI GAYNOR * ETHEL MERMAN “GARDEN OF EDEN” SATURDAY PREVUE Sunday thru Wednesday Toll, Tough...and TEXAN! GLENN FORD Frank L0VEJ0Y • Cesar ROMERO Ursula THIESS r cdtoe Abbe LANE sentation of first place award will be made by Morgan. The contest has been held on the campus every year since 1928. Prizes consist of plaques for first and second place winners and six slide rules donated by Kieffel and Esser, Eugene Dietzgen, anil Fred- rich Post companies. PALACE Bryan Z'SS79 TONIGHT PREY. 11 P.M. Th« "Caine Mutiny” lovers in a picture all their own! Screen Play by DeVALLON SCOTT and FRANK NUGENT Produced by LEWIS J. RACHMIL • Directed by PHIL KARIS0N TODAY thru SATURDAY SAT. NIGHT PREY. 11 P.M. THE SAGA OF THE&AK - WHO SMASHED ( * CUSTER! QUEEN TODAY & SATURDAY Debbie Reynolds — in — “Suzan Slept Here” More For Your Books at Shaffer’s NORTH GATE LI’L ABNER By AL CAPP ... Cfes rm 0« 3 q. s Pen O#.— ffrrii.'.W’T.'iTF’l F Tr» ftrfffiiilni P O G O By WALT KELLY mATf?- mv egpg. 5 £AT: \ WHAT CAR YOU) BE THIHKIN' AHk. r COM£ TOSA& Mvitmteimeecup — Oop HOoP'S/OOMAV-