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Show IPHAUTTIEIR CIHAHTriEIR feds! Do not read this ad ASK YOUR Hi, kids! This is our first session on the new biscuit releases, and I hope that youll be here every month to see how the platters are doing. WELL-DRESSE- CLASSMATE Tc&xts! has Frankie-Swoon-Boy-Sinat- 2124 Higkl and Drive "BUDS For the few who enjoy Spike Jones, his record of Bubble Gum is pretty fair, but he has done better. Of course there are the good old standards. A new album of Cole Porter tunes has been released and, believe me, it is really great. Nat King Cole has released a real fine biscuit called Thats What. A definite riff taken from Krupa's style in his platter of Whats This?" re- leased a new song, ballad that is, called "So Tar, from the new Broadway production of "Allegro. SUGAR HOUSE Frankie Laine is pulling in a close with Kiss Me Again. Looks like Sinatra better be watching Laine. second The Books Which Are Best --A BOOK WORM It shall be my attempt to give you ; the names and a little comment about books which every college student should be acquainted with, by the time he leaves the college world. first one which is drawn to my attention is a book, which has been pub- The lished only for a short time in the United States. It is Lecome du Nouys HUDean Bough ton has MAN DESTINY. this work in Crackdiscussion of a given er Barrel, and we understand that he will do the same for the Faculty Club book by one of the worlds most noted in the near future. He is a philosophic scientist and has been given great prominence in the intellectual world. At long intervals, sometimes hundreds of years apart, a scientific work appears which marks a new epoch in human thought. HUMANY DESTINY is such a volume. A book of such fundamental grasp and insight as cannot be expected to appear more than once or twice in a Such is what Robert A. Millicentury Prize Winner, had to say of Nobel kan, HUMAN DESTINY. Read it, and understand it, is my suggestion to all of you. aside, the future of the' year is bright indeed. Midwest Looms as Qridiron Power For months gridiron fans of the nation have speculated wildly as to the potential power of Frank Leahys "South Bend Special, otherwise known as the Fight-iIrish". Football is a tradition at South Bend and this 1947 club promises to uphold that tradition with great honor. Johnny Lujack in the backfield and n George Connor in the line are the boys that carry the Irish prestige into this new season. , Both Notre Dame and Illinois came through with wins in their first tests of the year. The Fighting Illini would like nothing better than to roll west on January to the Rose Bowl in a repeat performance as Big Nine Champs. Down South it appears that the State of Georgia is going to have another Civil War on its hands about Thanksgiving Day when Georgias Bulldogs and the Ramblin Wreck from Georgia Tech square off to decide matters for the year down in Dixie. , Another book which is well worth your time to read is A STUDY OF HISTORY, by Arnold J. Toynbee. Mr. Toynbee has taken the premise that it is necessary to study history by civilizations instead of by nations and proceeds to write an excellent book on that idea. The original volumes are in a set of nine, but there is a condensation by D. C. Somervell of the first seven volumes Clifton Fadiman recently into one. said, I believe that of all the books published so far in this century, the one most assured of being read a hundred years from now is A STUDY OF HISTORY. , : If you have only time to read one or two books this year or the next, I suggest that you get a copy of these books and read them. (SardveH's Varieflv fleet-foote- Texas, in its second game of the seaNorth son, knocked over a highly-touteCarolina Tar Heels. The Rice Owls proved to be the Longhorn slaughterhouse last year. The Texans will be gunning for Rice this year and will do their best to avoid their fate of last year. d Out on the Pacific Coast Lyn Wal- dorfs California Golden Bears gave stern notice to their rivals by trouncing Navy in their opening game. Its been a decade since the Bears played at Pasadena on New Years Day. Once again the Berkeley campus is resounding with the Its aboijt time we did it again. Waldorf and his boys will do his best to make that cry a reality. With this thumbnail sketch of the teams slated to win the title in their respective conferences well sit by our radio each Saturday and watch the seasons go by. cry, Parsons Start Drill Open Seven Days a Week 1703 So. II Eait Phone In the southwest by twisting the song title a little bit we have The eyes of d America Are Upon Texas, led by Bobby Layne, the Longhorns loom as one of the nations best teams. 0-5- 098 Last week, Coach Atkinson started basketball practice for the Parsons. Those men who will make up the Parson squad seem to feel it, too. The first couple of days, those who wrent out for basketball looked rather bedraggled and worn, to say the least. If the moans and groans were any example of what went on in there, we are wondering what they are getting in shape for basketball or football? But all comments vo- cal on in four parts is given a realy terrific rendition by the Philharmonic Orchestra. Tex Beneke and the Miller band do it justice, too. For the vocal end of Body and Soul, Lee Wiley really gets off a swell number. Body and Soul a few months ahead of time, and also intend to keep it, that we will give to the team our support in the coming season. Lets help them to raise the Purple and Gold to the too of the victory pole. full-hearte- as Billy Eckstein gives a really great An Old Love of Mine. this Lets all make a New Years resolution, Notre Dame, Minnesota in the and Illinois Michigan, area, the midwest, which for years has been known as the bread basket of the nation, looms on the horizon as the countrys football stronghold for 1947. With such great teams Parsons -- PAT NEALE d Hats off, in passing salute, to the Coach, the team, and, yes, even to the Cotro-Manewater-boor at least, he was at last notice we received, but perhaps he hasnt behaved - himself as of late. Louis Jordan and his five boys have put out a platter for all you fellas to take heed of. Its called Beware', and it is really good. Go to it, men; were behind you one hundred per cent. so y. s, Well, kids, be seeing you next month; until then this is your Platter Chat saying So long for now. ter-bo- x Why Go Farther? 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