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The Battalion Awards . .. We on The Battalion staff look for­

ward to four eyents during each year on student publications. TWy are the Press Glub banquet, April Fqbl’s Day* our last edition1, and The Battalion Awards.; At the first event we pat- ourselves

on ;the back and have a bang-up time. At the second we “float-out” everyone we can in the space available. At the third wg wipe our brows, calculate innumerable grade points lost, and realize the inesti- iftaltie value of a year spent chained to ohr typewriters. -At the last event we

“take a deep pleasure in honoring members of the college staff who, in our opinion— and we believe the opinion of a vast ma­jority of the students—have served A&M and its student body outstanding!^.

We try to keep the number of Batt

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pie we would like jto thus honor blit ob­viously the numbef each year is limited. We try our best tb choose the top men. This year We again believe we have suc­ceeded.

The captions on the certificates we present to each wihner tell why we have given them their Batt Awarcf These cap­tions are included^in today's front page lead story. We hbpe everyone will read them and agree with our selections.

It is a1 distinct ; honor to have the ^op­portunity atod the means to present these awards. That, alone, is payment in more than full measure !for the gallons of mid­night oil burned each year in Goodwin Hall.

To this year’s

Supre Race

Court Arguestion

racial Mgraara- out be-fought out

Court TuoKiay wyer* and white

and Oklahoma, intents for the two

: Washington,Wholes question tion in achools fore the Supi by four Negro attorneys for T<

The basic sides:

The Negroes-j—the only purpose of any kind of segregation is to symbolize the “alleged inferiority” of the Negro, and it is banned by the 14th amendment to the con­stitution which forbids any state

person the equal laws.”

hern stal stem from pi

aimed to keep the nixing too closely,

lawyers said both wish to avoid,

onflict which might

tates—sef- from pre­

winners We have’ onlyAwards given each year at a minimum, this additional weird to say, “Congratu- Ifc is difficult to do. There are many peo- latiops and many, many thinks.’

Make Mine Musical Psychology .... Z- Sociologists whose profession it is to ffiidy the pitures, - likes, dislikes, andVJ thought processes of men as a group are timbering the Current trend in American fiSpular music. \ " y i ' ..^ The sociologist likes to think in trends

* gnd generalities. That august group is p*4vHeged in being able to tell society wfmt is wrong with it and get paid for its opinion*. IW that group nro several who rm upon current popular musi$ as an intfex to American thinking.

Such songs as “Ifag Mop”, “Music, Mu­sic, Music”, “If I Knew You Were Cornin’ Tcl’ve Baked A Cake", and "All Becaiise Y6u Kissed Me Goodnight” are examples,

jthiey claim, of the nursery school simplic­ity possessed by a huge segment of our population. i ' p

- These song favorites as well as fads in daffy ditties,reflect the need for recogni- tion and prestigeand escape from an inse-

Tciire world,,a Greensboro, North Carolina p- vfeinale sociologist recently stated. *

. The trend was set back in the days of “A Tisket, A Taskejt” and “Music Goes Round and Round” era. Since then it has. continued and increased “because of

lu Passing . .. .T in the c&rrent, Time magazine this in-

tcj-esting reply to a letter to the editor:

- r Utter: “ . v /. . How about giving us the results ill average miles per gallon for e^ch car?7. -

Answer: Willys Jeepster 26.10; Chev­rolet Fleetline 21.07, Plymouth P-18 21.25, Ford DeLuxe “6]"23-33; Istudebaker Champion 26.55;-Nash Statesman 25.52, Dodge Goronet 21.39, Kaiser Special 23.95; StUdebaker Commander 23.79. Mercury 2^52, Hudson Pacemaker 22.60, Nash Ambassador 26.42, De Soto Custom 18.78,

the greater feeling of insecurity and in­creased competition in the wbrld,” Greens­boro the sociologiajt contends.

These little nursery songs take us back to our irresponsible and care-free days of childhoody The ahngs are an escape, she says.

Judging from jthe tons qf comic books shippeef overseas to our seifvico men dur­ing the war, the billy songb popular over the radio, and thc[ noticeable reading hab­its of adults hcroj at home |who scan fun­ny papers first, the lady may not be far from a correct analysis.

What’s so wrong with being a kid again? Nothings Just so long as we don’t become a n ition of kids.

It’s risky bus ness to give a 10-year- oid possession of a high powered auto­matic rifle. It’s; reckless to trust a 12- year-old driving ip heavy traffic. It’s ri- diculous to^trust the decision of kids when people’s fortunes? and fates must be de- jlcided. * , I | *' ’ ***'■+'• | ■ ’ .

It’s dangerous to give a kid control ofan atom bomb; it’s impossible to expect responsible leadership of the world from a natio nof kids.

Oldsmobile “88” 20.19; Packard “8” 18.92. Chrysler Windsor 19,85, Oldsmobile “98” 19.43, Studebaker iknd Cruiser 24.89; Lincoln 18.15, Frazer Manhattan 23.91, Chrysler New Yorker 17.l|l, Packard Su­per 16.00, Hudson Commodore 21.39; Kai­ser Virginian 23.97, Cadillac “61” 22.97; Cadillac “62” 22.153, Lincoln Cosmopolitan 17.56; Cadillac f60” Special 22.08; Cad- illac “75” 17.24.1 j ! 1

Obviously these mileages were ob­tained under ideal conditions. Our ex­perience with various makes of automo­biles has not been so satisfactory.

Lookin’ BackFrom the Battalion Files

of 15 Years Ago

A March 1935 Battalion editor began a page two article with these statements—“Editorial com­ment has been made before on the infractions of, college regulations concerning Saturday night priv­ileges for Freshmen and Sopho­mores. Regulations of this nature are beyond the scope of college • authorities as far as enforcement is concern#d-r-«uch fall entirely in the haftds of the Senior Class . , .

“In past years, a Senior Class has been jealous of its prlvilogbs and its duty to see that certain college regulations are upheld and enforced . . .

“And hh long as It is the duty of Heniorm of this institution to enforce college rules, these Sen­iors should do that very thing, re­gardless of their persona] feeling on the matter." 1-

★White gabardine suits with two

pairs of pants were selling for $12.50 in 1936. Arrow shirts went for $2, Interwoven socks for 35 cents.- Sei'gc uniform pants sold for $6.25' and one Bryan store' sewed patches on ail uniforms without charge.

★Two popular campus expres­

sions in 193.5 were “Oh Yeah?” and “He can take it,'”

Official NoticeThurtdajr. April 20. is the deadline for

payment of the final installment of fees for the Spring semester. The final install­ment including room rent, board and laundry is $72.25.

W. H. Holzihann, Comptroller j j' A

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to “deny to an; protection of

The two regation does judicc but is races from which the whi whites and Ni and to prevent result.

The highest tribunal took school cases from Texas and Oklahoma under advisement late in the day, along with another case argued

Chest X-ray Made Available at Annex

The portable X-ray unit for the Brazos county mass chest X-ray purvey arrived Monday and has been set up in the south winif of the administration building at” the A&M Annjex.

Freshman students at the Annex were X-rayed Tuesday after nhy- sical education classes. The unit will remain at the Annex until Thursday when it will he moved into Bryan.

The survey by the portable unit is free and all Brazos County residents have been urged by the Brazos County Tuberculosis [ AzK social inn to be x-rayed at; their convenience. No appointments arc necessary. .

The association, sponsors of the survey, announced that residents of the Hryati-Hmctuna area! and those living on the Brazos River­side and the west side of the min­ty should repoH for X-rays Whll^ the uiilt is at the Annex. wIor|B X-rays will be made later this month in Bryan and in the Odllegio YMCA.

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Monday in which stion onAegregat railroad dining cars In the siiuthwas at Issus.

In all three actions a principal question is whether to overrule a 54-year-old doctrine thht sep­arate but equal facilities for the races satisfy the constitution.

Clafrk Disouiilificd 1Justice Clark disqualified him­

self in the railroad case but a full bench of nine justices heard the school segregation arguments.

“It’s reality that we nave to face —eome J>eople have the feeling that conflict results when the races get too close,” Trice Daniel, atf torney general of Texas! told couriSUB

It’s just beyond reasojn,” fi: back Thurgood Marshall Net lawyer of New'YoriC, “that is oni Negro is admitted to the la school of the University of Teg

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