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d of another ytar heen accomplished bocauae you waptodattallon, and there them. .e aa we watch the^ Every year aa the seniors depart they press. It's hard to have a feeling that no one can quite take

g, Maybe the reason their place and do as good a job as they 'lira combination of have done. There is usually a feeling of

“next year A&M is going to the dogs be­cause those guys coming up don’t know what the score is.”

I don’t feel that way at all. I like to think that this year we have laid a good foundation on which Our successors can

v|ith the finished pro- build anything they want / !'

sorrow, hope — en done right.

| paper symbolizes a jyable year’s work. It ling of a job that you

to do. I hope you

hie the feeling of every >apjer comes out that he

r job than the ones ing of accomplishment,

tihwhile.\ sbund like I am brag- lihjl your Battalion has

The Battalion will be in good hands next year, maybe in even better hands than it has been this year. Next year’s editors are already laying plans and even refer • .to Kenneth and myself as the “lame-dupk editors.” ' ✓

This editorial would not be cqjhplete and would be a false testimony if a word

this year. Not through of thanks were not expressed ptf all of our ie jCo-Editors alone, for deans, faculty members, and college offi­

cials who have helped i>«< so graciouslya \ minor part. Rather if the entire staff and

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isl: rjnents have not. been r editorials or fiery arti-

i4v|»j been gained because 4vf! advocated have been

jiej Student Body wanted.

Bcholarship has been ||i has continued as a

11 feeling towards the aif been eliminated, t| i’[)jphy has been \vpd-—

t' t|he things that have

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so _this year. Without thei^help and coopera­tion many of the accomplishments would have gone undone/^ Even though/ihe entire policy this year has been determined by students, I feel, we owe oup most sincere thanks to Roland Bing aj^r Sid Wise, the manager and as- sistanjr manager of Student Publications. Thptr assistance rn our problems has been iKvaluabJe.

Our work is through; we are proud, aid 1 hope that you are pleased,/ ' Tom Carter

Corps Editor 1948-41)

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(he I' iaish, But llun the Runnmg ...jho last lap. Home (if us final turn. / , v

icapjto run out, butbur All good runners worry before the pretty well determin- race. If it's worth winning, it's worth bad race at that. f , worrying about. ’Jesse Gwens never e Half-way turn, the thoUghft he had a chance before each race, y bud and we got jost- He won most of ’em going away. Pavo

Nurmi always picked every body to finish before him. He saw very few heels in his lifetime. , •

And there’s more to the run than the finish. Glenn Cunningham once said, “I used to think I just enjoyed breaking the tape. But that’s only the climax. There’s

3n different stages. A 1ft more to' the race than the winning.”And that’s the way we like to look at

the run of the school year^of 1949. It’s all iled ©ulr eligibility in this pver now but thetribbons. We might have

moving out into a faster /done better; tve might have done worse, quite sure how the pace But on every turp and in every lap, we

gave our best. ' v

Whatever our finish position, we can look back now and say with pride, “We ran the good race!”

ut We’re out of it now. probably run a better

ave paced ourselves a We might have been in a

lj>4, Everybody can always title better. But it wasn’t

1 be too fyst for us. Maybe background for it. May-

jack and never reach the

Passing Parade . ..floor of the legislature in Austin

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Houslo today rejected an attempt rjUmbers to recall the one- Lumuf College appropria-

o ,114>r -dbljhiil|l| fjrurijthe Suimte, ep. |ifooksi i)f Beat

imp ( Nl I I- ! lilt-Sia#

ooksj Beaumont, author said recall of |tho

expand the school 4mliiH college woul<i not

M|Uture|«i flaanolai trouhles,

“If we’re to have a financial deficit, one million dollars won’t make any ma­terial difference. It won’t be that close,” he said, (end quote).

j It seems only yesterday that it was every boy’s ambition to make a million (lollai’H. Now the boy gets elected to the legislature and dismisses the million rocks as paltry pocket money.

i[Ah progress, how wondrous are thy means and ends. m i ; ^ ,

MMAM■

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| "SoMitr, Statesman, Knightly Genthman"Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Pounder of Aggie Tradition*

nowHpnppr of the Agrioulturol nnd Mf-dmnfcAl Cottago of Texaa nml (he tItationi Texas, fa published five lihuiN n week ami circulated every Monday through

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Buddv H01? Micha^fc7Uudoy liUCGt tnuck Maiaci* u. v# nicnaiaK»Writer*

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to draw the attention of one pajaon.Will 'th# guy who tmik my Piath-

oiogy liOl ami limivUca 304 note­book a jiut of tk« Hht$vy lust PUiAlE either return thorn te nw or to Pm lihi Hi y limit desk.

I ktjiow that viw $jn« took i tho nuteliojika. Ui'lllMBittely, they i aro of spiral tytiv and almoat oomtdate- ly fllliiil with notes iiid therilfoit* of nojposslblo use to iihyotiOj hut mysolf. I would greatly apprej.'.iate

tetum, 1 noeii tliMin hatllyy Charles U. WilllHms,B-8 W alion '

graduating SeniorsI A ■ 'At 8 Thursday morning, Jiine

2, tpere will be iwsted oi»_. a bulletin boanlin the Registrprjs Offipe a Ipst of those Seniors who; have completed all the: re­quirements for a degree and who; pfe eligible to participate in the Commencement exerctses. Thm bulletin will remain posted- through June and every candi­date! is urged to consult it toide- terniine his status.

Aq candidates should plso make a final check with the Fiscal Office and make certain thai they a?e free of indebted­ness to the college.

H. L. Heaton Registrar

LAST DAY

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MASSEY LIVI

Official Notice\ i ■ '[ . /

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The 'HirpoHC ||>r these' seminars is to provide an opportunity for mature stu­dents from all eountries to live together nnd thereby ,'*ud)lish strong p. rsonal bonds | of frienlUhip. Foreign and: native Students are villgib)*. |L • ; '

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