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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1955
Think About It
Unthinking motorists and kids acting
just like kids are going to cause a lot of
misery and sorrow one of these days. A kid
suddenly emerging from the swimming pool
is not thinking too much about the possibil
ity of a car coming down the street.
All he can see is his parents on the other
side waiting for him, or some friend or ani
mal that he has to hurry forward.
It really doesn’t matter very much just
what the object desired was—not after an
automobile has stopped his desire, and maybe
even his life.
For some unknown reason—maybe peo
ple don’t like the school and feel they are
getting away from it—the street in front
of the. swimming pool causes people to drive
fast. Anyway, something does.
During the day it’s not so bad.
But, take a look over there some night.
With all of the trees and the somber, grey
buildings, the whole area seems shrouded
in shadows.
It’s hard to see a child. But, it’s harder
on you and everyone else . . . not to see a
child.
If you’re driving that way, remember a
few of the things that have been said here.
The pedestrian child is going to act like
a child. But, there’s no sense in the driver
of the automobile acting like a child too.
Some Boosting
It wasn’t the folks one would have
thought would have really been boosting the
affair. It wasn’t the folks of College Sta
tion. It wasn’t the parents of the kids who
attend Consolidated. In fact, it wasn’t even
the kids themselves.
Of the six squares dancing, at least half,
and probably more, were from out of town.
To those that were there, and to those folks
who went in just to watch—none of this is
directed at you.
But to the Band Boosters Club "oes a
“nice try.”
Maybe the town just decided to lie down
and die.
Personal “I”
I had the surprise of my life the other He’s doing eight hours of work now. He’s
day. I went - in to see Dr. Morgan, now that doing it at home and will be while he’s con-
he’s home from the hospital. valescing from strain and a very minor op-
After all of the wild tales I had heard, eration.
I hardly expected to see him alive. But he It’s the old story. While the cat’s away,
was—and very hale and hearty. the mice will play—and the rats will talk.
Somebody or something needs a little
boosting up.
That somebody is probably the Band
Boosters Club of A&M Consolidated School.
They had a good dance last Saturday
rnght—and a very fine cause. The band has
ms, but somebody’s got to pay for
them.
The square dance was a good chance to
really knock down that debt of $1,300. Ev
erything, almost, was donated so that the
profits could be used as they were intended.
Nothing left to do but rake in the money.
Okay, only $1,235 is owed now.
Sixty-five dollars cleaned up. Somebody
came. Know who ?
Unconstitutional 9
Segregation Ruling
El Paso—t'P*—Federal Judge R.
E. Thomason ruled Monday that
the parts of the Texas Constitu
tional and laws which unhold seg-
gregation in schools are unconsti
tutional.
It was a clear-cut decision. Oth
er federal court rulings in Texas
since the Supreme Coui’t banned
segregation in its famous decision
have been limited to specific cases.
Said Judge Tomason: “In ruling
that Miss White can legally enter
Texas Western, or any other Tex
as school, I have, in effect, held
that the section of Texas’ Consti
tution and other Texas laws up
holding segregation are unconsti
tutional.”
The suit was brought by Thelma
White, an El Paso Negro. She
asked the judge for a declaration
of her constitutional rights.
She had been refused admission
to Texas Western College here
last September. She filed suit sev
eral months ago requesting ad
mission.
In the meantime, the University
of Texas regents ordered admis
sion of Negroes to Texas Western,
which the regents supervise. Col
lege officials appeared in court
and asked that the student s case
be dismissed because the question
of her admission now is moot (no
longer in dispute).
“I overruled the motion for* dis
missal since Miss White has the
constitutional right to have here
legal rights decided by the court,”
Judge Thomason said.
“Perhaps the question of her ad
mission is moot now, but she still
has the legal right for a question
to be decided in court and that is
what she wanted.”
The student testified in court
Tuesday that she would enter Tex
as Western next September. She
attended New Mexico A&M in Las
Cruces, N. M., last yeai\
At Midland, Chairman Thomas
Sealy of the University of Texas
Board of Regents said the ruling
is moot since the board already
has ordered admission of Negroes
to Texas Western.
Sealy said he doesn’t feel quali
fied to express an opinion in this
isolated instance as to whether
Judge Thomason’s ruling will speed
up desegregation generally.
“I think Judge Thomason’s rul
ing points up the practical aspects
of the recent order of the Board
of Regents in admitting Negroes
to Texas Western,” Sealy said.
He expressed the belief that the
university could and would success
fully resist any effort Negro under
graduates might make to enroll in
the main university this year. He
said it is because of the univer
sity’s enrollment problem and the
stated intention of offering selec
tive-type entrance examinations to
all undergraduate students regard
less of race or color as soon as
possible.
“We believe our policy complies
with the Supreme Court’s decision
in that it reflects our good faith
efforts to comply ultimately witli
the Supreme Court’s ruling,” Sealy
added.
CS Postmaster
Exams Planned
An examination for postmaster
at College Station, carrying a sal
ary of $6,328 a year, will be open
for receipt of applications until Au
gust 2.
Interested persons may obtain
forms for application at the post
office from N. L. McCullough, act
ing postmaster.
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Beef Course
Aimed To Get
Better Meat
You have a stake in the
beef industry—and in a meet
ing to be held at A&M Aug
ust 16-18.
Better meat for your table
will result from the meeting, a
Short Course in Beef Cattle Pro
duction Problems. This meeting is
sponsored by the Animal Husban
dry Department of the college to
help all producers of beef in solving
their problems whether they are
in breeding, production or manage
ment.
Outstanding research men, beef
producers and marketing specialists
will fill the three-day short course
with informative talks on every
phase of the industry which is
troublesome to the producer.
Your taste and desires will re
ceive top consideration, since the
entire program is built around bet
ter service to the consumer. Mar
keting surveys and other indica
tions of consumer preference will
reecive careful attention from all
who attend, purebred breeder and
comercial producer alike.
Careful surveys of breeders and
producers throughout the state
were used as a basis for selecting
subjects to be covered during the
meeting. J. K. Riggs of the spon
soring department, serving as
chairman for the short course, says,
“We’ve tried hard to answer the
problems of beef producers. In ad
dition to the regular, scheduled
talks, there will be a question-and-
answer period, with some of our
outstanding speakers to provide the
answers.”
An entire session of the meet
ing will be used for discussions of
parasite and disease control. Well-
known ranchmen and range special
ists will tell how they’ve whipped
some of the bigger problems—or
how they’ve learned to live with
them.
Among cattlemen who will ap
pear on the program are Max A
Blau of Follett; D. Burns of the
Pitchfork Ranch at Gutherie;
Charles Codding Jr. of Rock Hill
Ranch, Foraker, Okla.; Harry P.
Gayden, executive secretary, Amer
ican Brahman Breeders Associa
tion, Houston; Milton E. Miller,
field representative, American
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Associa
tion, Brady; Jimmy Mitchell, Texas
Livestock Marketing Association,
Ft. Worth; Roy Parks, president,
Texas & Southwestem Cattle Rais
ers Association; and Paul Swaffer,
secretary, American Hereford As
sociation, Kansas City, Mo.
Members of the Texas A&M Col
lege System who will take part in
the program ai’e Dr. R. O. Berry
of the AH Depatment; R. E. Bx - an-
son, Agricultural Economics & So
ciology Department; Dr. O. D. But
ler, AH Department; Dr. T. C.
Cartwright, Bluebonnet Farm, Mc
Gregor; L. A. Maddox Jr., Exten
sion Service; Paul Marion, Spur
Experiment Station; John McHa-
ney, Extension Service; Dr. J. C.
Miller, head, AH Department; Ed
ward M. Neal, Beeville Experiment
Station; Dr. C. M. Patterson, Ex
tension Service; Dr. R. E. Patter
son, vice-director. Agricultural Ex
periment tSation; Dr. R. C. Potts,
Agronomy Department; A. L.
Smith, Extension Service; Roy W.
Snyder, Extension Service; U. D.
Thompson, Extension Service; D.
W. Williams, vice-chancellor for
Agriculture, and Riggs.
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BRYAN
SP Losses Questioned
At Hearing in Hearne
HEARN E—(A 5 )—Attempts t o
show that the SP Railroad trains
13 and 14 between Houston and
Dallas were not losing money in
their operations dominated a Texas
Railroad Commission here Tues
day.
Cost accounting methods used in
preparation of SP revenue and ex
penses and alleged failure of the
railroad to provide and take ad
vantage of new passenger car
equipment were discussed in de
tail.
Examiner C. F. Petet of the Com
mission presided at the hearing
protesting an application to dis
continue the day passenger trains
which would cost the jobs of 25
rail employees.
H. L. Belj of Houston, assistant
general manager of the T&NO,
said the railroad had lost $236,000
or more during the last 12 months
in operating the trains.
City attoraeys John M. Lawrence
of Bryan and Bill Palmos of
Hearne, District Judge W. T. Mc
Donald of Bryan and train union
representatives said approximately
$120,000 savings in operations of
the train could be made by reduc
tion in car repairs, train supplies,
dining car expenses, terminal and
station expenses.
Mayor Jack McKay of Ennis
asked Examiner Petet for a five
minute recess at which time he
asked a member of the Railroad
Commission for a reopening of the
hearing if the opposition could find
other items beside the $120,000 sav
ings in operations of the trains.
McKay said the railroad had
spent quite awhile in preparing its
financial statements and the oppo
sition was at a loss as they did
not have time to complete gather
ing of evidence and to hire an ac
counting department to prepare
figures for them.
Joe T. Steadham of Austin, chair
man of the Texas State Legislative
Board, suggested a change in
schedules of trains to eliminate cost
of dining car service.
Ten persons from the College
Station-Bryan area attended the
railroad hearing at Hearne Tues
day.
From College Station were City
Manager Ran Boswell and C. E.
Tisher, president of the Chamber
of Commei’ce and Development
Association. Spencer J. Buchanan
of the A&M Civil Engineering De
partment also was at the session.
Bryan was officially represented
by City Attorney John M. Law
rence III, Mayor Harry Dishman
and City Manager Casey Fanin.
State Representative B. H. Dewey
Jr. went with the group. C. C.
Carter, president, and Greene H.
Buchanan, vice-president, rep re-
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