The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Wednesday, December 18, 1957
Aii Editorial
Will You Help?
Aggies/ are noted for helping each other, but the Cam
pus Chest contributions thus far don’t show this characte
ristic.
Tomorrow is the last day for the chest drive. As of last
night, less than $1,000 had been turned in. The goal is
$7,000—only $1 per Aggies. So far the average donation has
been about 14 cents.
No more fitting time of the year could be picked to
stage the drive. It is the Christmas season, and Christmas
is a time for giving to others. Is there any Aggie that; will
not give $1 to help another Aggie in need?
This is your Campus Chest, Aggies. It is by you for you.
You pay the funds and some of you will receive the proceeds.
No one but you can make the drive a success—or a failure.
Some Aggie is going to need help in the future. Will
you help him, or will the funds be lacking. A dollar isn’t
much more than most Aggies spend a day. Surely for this
purpose you can afford it.
Tomorrow is your last chance. Will the drive succeed,
or will it fall on its face? You will answer that question by
the amount you contribute. (GM)
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
byjDIck Blbfei
From Pinky Downs
Christmas Message
By P. L. (Pinky) DOWNS
A&M Official Greeter
Christmas really means,
“Christ the gift to men, women
and children.” To the English
people we owe the Word Christ
mas—Christ Mass—a religious
ceremony celebrating the birth of
Christ.
December 25 is the accepted
date of the birth of Christ, as he
was born at midnight on Christ
mas Eve.
Do you know why Santa Claus
comes down the chimney at
Christmas time instead of com
ing through the window? It is
attributed to an old English
custom of sweeping down the
chimney at New Year so good
luck could enter.
It is to the Hollanders that we
owe the custom of hanging up
our stockings. They placed their
Faculty Members
Hold Fellowship p
' Giving the devotional at the
monthly Christian Faculty Fellow
ship held yesterday morning in the
A&M Chapel, W. L. Penberthy, di
rector of Student Activities, told
faculty members that Jesus Christ
is the most important man ever
born.
Urging men to give their all to
God because Jesus Christ died for
mankind, Penberthy listed several
“real” things which we could offer.
These included giving our love,
through smiles and consideration,
giving words of encouragement and
comfort, and helping other people
when they are in need.
Joe Woolket, head of the mod
ern language department, led group
singing after the devotional while
Murray A. Brown of the dairy
science department provided organ
music. A coffee and doughnut
session in the YMCA completed the
program.
The fellowship is held every
third Tuesday of the month from
6:50 to 7:30. The sessions consist
of a short prayer service, a devo
tional, coffee and doughnuts to
round it off.
All faculty members are invited
to attend these fellowships.
wooden shoes befoi'e the large
fireplace, but we Americans sub
stituted stockings because wooden
shoes wouldn’t stretch.
The holly leaves represented
the thorns Christ wore upon the
cross, while the little red berries
were the drops of His blood.
The giving of Christmas pre
sents brings out the thought—
“Peace on earth, good will toward
men.”
It was General W. B. Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army,
who was once asked the question
if he were solicited to leave a
message to the world, what would
it be. He wrote only one word
and signed his name. That word
was “others”.
Happiness is not seeking pleas
ure for ourselves, but doing the
necessary things for others.
God grant me the power to ac
cept things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I
can and wisdom to know the dif
ference.
I think we should pause long
enough to thank God for living
in a Christian country. You
know, I believe in prayer. My
definition of prayer would be—
communicating with God for that
which we desire—not deserve.
Christmas is a good time to
pause long enough to take stock
of ourselves and really see of
what value we have been through
the year to our neighbors, city,
county, state and nation.
Let us all enter into the Christ
mas spirit, love one another, give
to those less fortunate than our
selves, and try to carry out
Christ’s teachings.
A&M Economist
Talks To Congress
Dr. Tyrus R. Timm, head of the
Department of Agricultural
Economics and Sociology, presented
a report before the Agricultural
Policy Subcommittee, Joint Econo
mic Committee, U. S. Congress,
Tuesday.
His report was “Adjustments
Faced by Commercial Farmers in
the Southwest.” The report was the
joint effort of members of Timm’s
department.
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AUSTIN, Tex.—In a speech
before an Austin Civic club, Gov
ernor Price Daniel hit at the
“mossback philosophy” of those
who want to “preserve the status
quo” in state government,
“especially in regard to spending
money.”
“They do more to undermine
the cause of local self-government
than the most vocal advocates of
federal power,” he declared.
Daniel mentioned school needs
specifically. He said that the
state, not the federal government,
should step in to help districts
that can’t pay for needed build
ings.
“It’s the people who want the
state government to ’sit on its
hands’ who pave the way for
federal centralization,” said the
governor.
Concern ha^ been expressed by
some over the complete draining
of the State Treasury to enact
the Governor’s 52 point legisla
tive progi’am. Various esti
mates have been made as to how
much additional tax money will
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WEDNESDAY
Academy Award
Winner
“La Strada”
With Anthony Quinn
Tomorrow The Battalion is publishing its annual traf
fic safety edition to help combat Aggie deaths and injuries
during the Christmas holidays.
Last year through Battalion efforts, the Lumbermen’s
Mutual Casualty Insurance Company awarded first place
and $500 to The Battalion for the most outstanding cam
paign in the nation among college dailies.
THRU FRIDAY
“Man On Fire”
With Bing Crosby
Plus
“Run For The Sun”
With Richard Widmark
CIRCLE
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Wednesday & Thursday
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