The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 17, 1956, Image 2

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 17, 1956, Image 2

Newspaper Page TextMs O' Tl P ( K. LC CV Sa 9 wi th 11 Bt fc m tt A P V IV f: 8 j t r C f 1 i The Battalion PAGE 2 .. College Station (Brazos County). Texas Tuesday, April 17, 1956 Cadet Officers Civilian Off-Campus Cadet officers have been given the privilege of wearing civilian clothes off-campus, according to the Commandant’s Office. It is a special priviliege “awarded for the fine showing! this year.” The uniform must be worn on the campus due to the interpretation of a military college. The interpre tation says a military college is one where students are habitually in uniform on campus. On Campus with Maxfihulman (Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” etc.) PHI BETA KAPPA, I LOVE YOU! Once there was a Chi Omega named Alljreda Pectate who was beautiful and well-formed and wore clothes of the most tasteful cut and snjioked the gentlest of all ^igarettes — Philip Morris, of corris! j-and had,: in addition t|) these , admirable qualities, a bi'ain scj massive and retentivelth^t she used to read the Britannica just for kicks. Alfreda had one j great ambition: to bei elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Consequently she was all a-dithejr when she heard a rumor one night that a man from the Phi Beta Kappa selection board was coming over to the Chi Omega house to interview her. Being all a-dither, Alfreda sat down and lit a Philip Morjns, as she always did when she was all a-dither, for gentle Philip Morris, as wise Alfreda knew, is comfort to the troubled, balm to the beset, and a haven to the vexed. But gentle Philip Morris, as Alfreda, with her mighty intellect, was well aware, is not only a cigarette for times of stress and strain, but also the perfect accompaniment to happiness and light. For gentle Philip Morris is sunny and cheery and jolly and merry and yummy! All this Alfreda, with her giant cerebellum, knew. By and by there came a loud, masculine knock on the door, and Alfreda, composing herself, went to answer it. “Won’t you come in?” she said to the man outside. “I am Alfreda Pectate.” “And I am Ed Fester,” said the man, entering with a friendly smile. Ed had found that a friendly smile was a great asset in the Venetian blind game, which happened to be Ed’s game. He had nothing to do with Phi Beta Kappa; he had come over to see about a new blind for the house mother’s bedroom. But, of course, Alfreda knew nothing of this. “Do sit down,” said Alfreda. “Thanks, hey,” said Ed. “But I can’t stay long.” “Of course,” said Alfreda and proceeded without delay to demonstrate how wide and comprehensive was her learning. “Deer,” she said, “have no gall bladders.” “Is that so?” said Ed, who until this moment had believed deer had gall bladders. “Ben Jonson,” said Alfreda, “was buried in a sitting position.” “Hmm,” said Ed. “‘Fortnight’ is a contraction of ‘fourteen nights,’” said Alfreda. “What do you know!” said Ed. “Many peoph- think it is forbidden to wash an American flag,” said Alfreda. “That is not true. It is perfectly proper to wash an American flag.” “Learn something every day,” said Ed. “The smallest fish in the world,” said Alfreda, “is the Pan- daka Pygmea, which is under a half inch when full grown.” “How come they buried that Jonson sitting Up?” said Ed. “It’s terribly crowded in Westminster Abbey,” said Alfreda. “Oh,” said Ed. “Ann Boleyn had six fingers on her left hand,” said Alfreda. “Heavens to Betsy!” said Ed. “Are there any questions you’d care to ask me?” said Alfreda. “Just one,” said Ed. “How big is your house mother’s window?” A tear ran down Alfreda’s cheek. “Well, that’s the way it goes,” she sighed. “You work and slave and study and then they catch you on a trick question! . . . Oh, well, that’s life, I guess.” Forlorn and bereft, she rose and shambled to her bed and fell upon it and wept for several days. But finally she pulled herself together, and today she is with Byrd in the Antarctic. ©Max Shulman. 1956 You don't have to be a Phibate to knotv that Philip Morris, made by the sponsors of this column, is the gentlest, tastiest cigarette that money can buy. ■ LT. SLOUCH—For our read ers who have never known the creator of “Cadet Slouch” and “pimp”, the heroes of the car toons appearing in The Battal ion, her^ he is: Lt. James Earle, at graduate last year from A&M, now in the U. S. Air Force and stationed at Abilene, Texas. Earle dropped by The Battalion office this past weekend to see how things were going, and to get more ideas for his two charac ters. At the air base, he is drawing Slouch, also; Airman Slouch, that is, and very popu lar, as he recently won a contest with his cartoons. RS Class To Study Life Behind Walls Life behind prison walls will be studied by the rural sociology 304 class when they visit the Texas State Pentitentiary, today. Fifteen members of the crimi nology class and their instructor, Dr. Dan Russel, will start their tour at the main prison system in Huntsville. Included in their plans are visits to the G o r e e Prison Farm for Women, Wynne Prison Farm for aged and crippled prisoners, and Furgeson Prison Farm for honor prisoners. Special observation will be giv en to prison recreational activities and occupational facilities. Other points of interest will include • the prison classification office, maximum security units, and the death cell. The class will have lunch in the pentitentiary as guests of the warden. SUMMER VACATION . . .? I.earn to speak SPANISH, fulfill language requirement, increase your EARNING pow er, in AIR - CONDITIONED comfort. 11 weeks course $435.00. Folder free: I.atin- American Institute Station A, Hattiesburg, Miss. CIRCLE THRU WEDNESDAY . iw Revenge of The Creature” John Agar — ALSO — 6< *The Egg And I” Claudette Colbert What's Cooking The schedule for tonight is as follows: 7:13 Student Affiliate American Chemical Society will meet in room 106 of the Chemistry Building for a short business meeting and to see the electron microscope in ac tion. 7:30 Poultry Science Club will meet in the MSC for officer elections. Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences will meet in lioom 21J of Journalism Class Presents Newscast Journalism 311, radio news writing ^and editing, will present its seventh tape-recorded news pro gram “Campus News ’’over WTAW Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. , The , program, recorded three times weekly by members of class, is a 15 minute broadcast of news from the campus and surrounding areas. According to Otis Miller, associ ate professor of journalism and teacher of the class, the news cast is designed to give students a chance to apply what they learn in the classroom. The students don’t know what a good script is until they have voiced it,” said Miller. “This pro gram gives them a chance to hear how their scripts actually sound.” Besides giving students practical application, the newscast supplies a condensed form of news with a local color. the new Engineering Building. Dick Weick will present a talk on executive aircraft design. Sa'ddle & Sirloin Club will meet in the lecture room of the Animal j Industries Building for an impoiv itant business meeting. All stu dents who want to order Saddle & !Sirloin or Block & Bridle Club keys are asked to- bring their money to this meeting. 8:30 Texas Aggie Rodeo Club wii|' meet in room 203 of the Animal Industries Building. The team election will be held for the Aggie Rodeo and job assignments will be made. Ag Eng Meeting Robert W. Wilson and E.R. Pate, sales promotion managers for John Deere Tractor Co., will speak to the American Society of Agriculture Engineers tonight at- 7:30 in the Agriculture /Engi neer Buildihg. They will discuss “Employment Opportunities With John Deere Company,” and are coming from the Dallas office. Nevada, with a population of 31 Statisticians report mamifactur- per cent between April 1, 1950 and July 1, 1954 had only 60,000 more people, but led the nation percen tagewise. ing employment in the Tennessee Valley up 88 per cent since 1929. compared to a U.S. average 52" per c£hlL Vj 4- .A ATTENTION SENIORS! 'i’Cry'’ • : .y, -fc' m .:: U We Will Have A Showing' Of, ARMY AND AIR EORCE UNIFORMS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 — ROOM 22J Tjme — 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. j : ■ :; ' V ■ 1 j' A * "LALTERSTEINS” M. L. McNeely, Mgr. ’35. ■flj Don’t Skimp on The Picture To Buy Portable TV! NewJZ&tZ&f PORTABLE TV gives you FULL SIZE 140 sq. in. rectangular PICTURE! AC only Model Y1814 $169.95 EASY TERMS AVAILABLE SOSOLIK’S Radio & T.V. Service Across from the railroad tower BRYAN TEXAS Well, Mr. Smarty, who knows a good way to clean clothes with gasoline. . . . Maybe next time you’ll send them to — CAMPUS CLEANERS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION of the COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK College Station, Texas at the close of business April 10, 1956, a State banking institution organ ized and operating under the banking laws of this State and a member of the Federal Reserve System. Published in accordance with a call made by the State Banking Authorities and by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District. ASSETS Cash, Balances with other banks, including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection 1 $ 916,503.33 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed - 857,022.70 Obligations of States and political subdivisions - 51,500.00 Corporate stocks (including $4,800.00 stock of Federal Reserve bank) - - -— 4,800.00 Loans and discounts (including $10,886.36 overdrafts)—,: 1,032,096.19 Bank premises owned $31,680.00, furniture and fixtures $14,500.00 — - 46,180.00 Real Estate owned other than bank premises 1.00 Other Assets - 1,500.00 TOTAL ASSETS $2,909,603.22 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations $1,952,643.32 Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) 168,731.87 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 584,233.91 Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) 7,180.88 TOTAL DEPOSITS — $2,712,789.98 Other Liabilities ... 6,763.38 TOTAL LIABILITIES ...... $2,719,553.36 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital* .... .*. ... $ 100,000.00 Surplus i 60,000.00 Undivided Profits ! 30,049.86 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 190,049.86 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ...... $2,909,603.22 *This bank’s capital consists of; Common stock with total par value of $100,000.00 k MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for other purposes .... $ 892,592.70 I, T. E. Whiteley, Cashier of the above-named bank, hereby certify that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. T. W. LELAND CORRECT—ATTEST: H. E. BURGESS HAROLD SULLIVAN, Directors STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of April, 1956. LOIS BETHEA Notary Public The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of J Texas and the City of College Station, is published by students in the Office of Student | Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications is Ross Strader. The governing body of ail student publications of the A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmquist, Chairman: Donald D. Burchard, Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members j are Derrell H. Guiles, Paul Holla^ay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are Charles Roeber, and Ross Strader. Secretary. The Battalion is published four times ! a week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the i regular school year and on Thursday during the summer terms and during examination | and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published on the Wednesday immediately i preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 j per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished j on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 3. 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally by ! National Advertising I Services, Inc., a t New | York City, Chicago, Lo« i Angeles, and San Fran- | cisco. THRU WEDNESDAY TUES. & WED. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi- j cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all othe^ matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI i 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publica tion Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BILL FULLERTON Editor Ralph Cole — Managing Editor Ronnie Greathouse Sports Editor Jim Bower, Dave McReynolds News Editors Welton Jones City Editor Barbara Paige Woman’s Editor Barry Hart Assistant Sports Editor Jim Neighbors, John West, Joe Tindel, Leland Boyd, Ed Rivers, A1 Chappel Reporters P O G O By Walt Kelly N/GWT"'A POUflCAt PABAD0 2UN 0;Z BOOST, ^ it unP02 vo;z TagM£TMATP0GOl5PUNNJN' L iHTuepoi'iriCMMwewT / tt// f ( POH'TTBllPON'lTgu,, I can't • v— gvgN UNPBR // V STAND YOU. 2UNNIN'/ THINK OP Tf/AT'+ P O G O By Walt Kelly IMA&INg THAT/ MB gNTCySTg? WITH tH£ SgOZsT, TWAT POGO : 5 ZUNNINS POS I'M TSjS'S? tloudont n^edatPlu Beta Raplin Kcu \o know jjou can’t Deal t/idi source —

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 17, 1956, Image 2

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