Show March THE STUDENT LIFE — 5 19 1948 ‘1952 May Be Wallace Issue Aiabamas' Jim May Become Bilbo or Arnall Editor’s note: Commencing with this issue Life presents a ‘guest editorial” The articles are Student written y JQunialism students in this school and present the ideas of those students No restrictions other than clarity ' and skill have been imposed Henry A Wallace today is at once the idol of perfection and the bitter enemy of different groups In the United States Since he announced his presidential candidacy "on a third party ticket he has been hailed as Vmessiah and denounced as one of the biggest rogues in American politics ' ' t s apparent that Wallace of all the present crop of presidential aspirants has touched most deeply our basic foundations of life If you ask a person for his opinion of Taft he may give it to you if you ask about Stassen or Dewey he probably will not but if you ask about Wallace he will most likely begin enumerating his grievances or likes ' this man concerning what Just changes would come about in the country if Wallace were elected president are difficult to see It is very conceivable that our socialization programs would be difficult to know just how far greatly acceleraied Also it-i- Wallace would go in an s appeasement program toward Russia The Communists most certainly would try to influence him as ' much as possible A ‘few short months ago Wallace was given absolutely no chance of even making a mark in the elections and even the id ea of his campaign was absurd Now the third party has enough strength that it rates serious consideration Wallace's chances in the 1948 elections are serious consideration Wallace's chances in the 1948 elections are still very slim as things now stand But who can say how the elections of 1952 will go? Wallace will have had time to consolidate his party by then and with the present grave rift in the Democratic party he may control parts of it Also we must not forget that there are many special interest groups who-ar- e potential Wallace supporters especiif has think he a good chance of winning Already ally they in some factions the labor unions are supporting him and many more would if things were right — Hiram McDonald ’ rmrc " Why don’t the engineers let the foresters' Paul Biinyan go to hell and then dig up a Casey Jones of their own?” Wanted -- A the distribution of tickets for the game indicates the LIFE Editor ’’STUDENT BYU-USA- C Rousing Song There's a crying need atop the campus hill for a song — a song Aggie students want to'singf’a song they will sing a song others will identify with the Aggies and Utah State Of course we have a school song — a fine one Butdt's the ceremonies It g kind you sing at assemblies and enthusiasm at athletic student kind the that ignites just isn't contests or pep rallies' Ah yes there's the "Scotsman" That honored old hymn has been sung long and loud through Aggie halls but somehow it doesn't quite fill the bill Its meager ten lines give out before half the studentbody gets to its feet This year it's been scarcely heard Perhaps cheerleaders didn't know it or feared students didn't Reports have it that the pep band didn't bother to learn it Then there's "Hail the Utah Aggies" It too is a "quickie" and fails to impress Securing a distinctive Aggie song falls into the category of many other things hereabouts It has everyone's sympathy but no one’s support Attempts have been made with unimunimpressive rewards offered — results have been equally Logan Utah USAC Dear Sir: - write this letter not only as a student but also as a citizen cencerned about the abuse of I public funds This concern is na- tural since I’ve established fwo successful enterprises and at present am one of the largest property-ta- x payers in my counto the coh transferred ty Having I this immediately lege quarter was annoyed by a pronounced in many departinefficiency ments Even while evident such cannot be justly incapability criticized without a thorough study and collection of facts and figures However figures from one department have been made public which indicate the apparent trend of the entire school Analyzation of figures published pressive Student Life from facts preby Back"when the University of Maine was just a "hick" sented by Glen Blazer regarding college a "hick"' named Rudy Vallee enrolled That year he wrote a song called "The Maine Stein Song" It put both him and the University on the map Maybe Fred Waring will hear of our plight and send us one with the Easter bunny 1 f ' —R i MORTARBOARD and SHEEPSKIN W S i The Syracuse Daily titles this “Slippin’ and of false ideas which it genders Oi-yy- Slid-i- n’ ” ThtJtudriit fife self-mad- BUSINESS MANAGER Associate Editor Assistant Business Manager Assistant Editor " w News Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Rewrite Editor Copy Editor Proot Editor Circulation Manager News viaifr’ V'iona Clark Sports 'staff: Features: Sam Leah Diclc Bob ' : re-ve- whiclr Ledtoid Mohammed Weaver Kamly Russ Walter WJti Business Staff: Duff handsaw Charlene Twcedie Art: Merlyn Jones Gerry Hatch Roy Olsen Proof staff: Alice Burt Bonnie Ferry Florence Cr‘culaficri: Carlos Hurisakir Bateson Conrad Earl Florence Burgin is ' Just as important however the harm done inadvertent- ly by persons who would not dream of being malicious ' McBride Sterling Hutsh Pat Mendenhall Gic-arde- : Prejudice is such an insidious intangible thing that many- persons quite innocently be'come enmeshed in thq web au - - Zollinger Michaud al possibility of anyone else’s having a side in any question reparable damage Trite but nonejheless true is the statement that this country was founded upon the principles of freedom and equality insofar as said freedom did not interfere with the rights of othels We have freedom of speech but the of equality and principles justice demand that we use our freedom with discretion' Arrow Cape Mo) are” ’justifiable' and winch are harmful prejudices Much tof the harm done by prejudice results from an unwillingness on the part of the individual to accede the Duane Christensen Hnam McDona d John Wrlgley Willie Pickett Roberta 'Paul Miller Audrey Cooley Elayne Roberts Elmer Lundsaw Ann Lamb ‘ Nearly everyone is prejudiced to a certain degree but intelligent analysis of personal “beliefs” wiU readily Louis Bate Joan Harrison Beverly Nielsen Rcdmimd Sorensen Ross Bullen Think of us w H E D t To whom it do y J?neP - n Don’t you love your Fellow students? If a fall means Naught to you BOB ' may appear to be quite insigdo ir- nificant but they-ca- - prudence? Show-muc-- WELCH HERBERT CIIAMP Nola A Pickett ' this harm is done the thoughtless repetition of discriminatory stories and jokes On the surface these b-- Gayly rides e Down those slides Icy Do you think you B en- FMuch of who Little-m- an Entered as second class mail matter Sept 1908 at Logan Utah under the act of Mar 2 1870 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage is in Sec 1103 Act of Oct 3 1927 ’ T10-110-Telephone Campus s Rooms Campus Commons Building C77U- - 4 p m Wednesday telephone 50 fees Mail subscription rate tllW Student subscriptions from student body per year 'The Student Life is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service Inc They "Letters- - to the editor” and all other contributions are welcome placed in Campus should be addressed to: Student Life Editor Campus and nail box postoffice in The Main postage free or left at the Student Life ottice in Commons But it is from the backwoods people that he draws'his greatest strength and this is w'hat makes Big Jim dangerous It was this type of people that kept Georgia's Talmadge Mississippi’s Bilbo and Louisiana’s Huey Long in power for so long By playing on the prejudices and passions of these people the Bilbos Talmadges and Longs stayed on top for years and did little good for others with their position Folsom has already packed the state payroll with many of his relatives and he has acquired a private newspaper v the funds for which come from no easily identifiable source This is a step toward demogoguery bu'tJ it is not too late for Big Jim to take ’the proportion to which inefficaciousness exists on ' this campus Briefly let’s concern ourselves with the 960 reserved balcony (§150) tickets Of these 105 went to the press and BYU leav ing 855 tfekets at the disposal of our institution for 302 of which there was apparently no monetary reimbursement to the college From the possible reserved seat sales this represents a 35 right road “deficiency” Folsom has never hbld public State legislation is created by office before and his chief handimen who from private exper- caps an& lack of experience and ience anticipate a much higher a naivete about the processes of ratio of efficiency It would be government But when he gains efficiency-minde- d for absurd more experience and an insight men to continue to appropriate into govern nien t workings he tax money to perpetuate this will be in a position to carry out situation or allow student body his much needed reforms or go funds to be collected for such jjlown the road that Bilbo Long misapplication jand Talmadge trod Thinking spend people sleepless nights Youis very truly he’ll which route wondering travel Scott R T’eterson flag-raisin- EDITOK-IN-CIIIE- F i TO THE EDITOR LETTERS BY LOU BATE Alabama’s governor Big Jim Folsom stands at the crossroads now He can become a good and efficient servant of the people or another southern demagogue Folsom has great possibilities to do good or evil and he is now m a position where he can do much harm if he turns bad Since he became governor in Jan' of 1947 he has done little to fulfill his campaign promises His platform called for revision of the state constitution reap- -' to the give city portionment people more representation in the legislature increased old age assistance tax reforms abolition of the poll tax blacktop roads wherever there’s a mail box and more pay for teachers To date however his most colorful reform has been the return of jukeboxes to the beer joints His cabinet is composed of ua distinguished men whose tence is questionable This too is not a fulfillment of campaign promises Despite these "failures he is still loved by his people the little men in the backwoods peckerwoods and dirt farmers All sorts of people voted for him however CIO to KIu Klux Klan-er- s Ind — (ACP) — writer Of The asks “Is the News Ball State MU'NCIE Ail editorial" ’ age of chivalry dead? Look around the campus and give jrour opinion Remember Fellows women are still susceptible to courteous attention But girls do you give the hoys a chance? “How many of you feminine creatures bend swiftly to pick up an accidentally dropped handkerchief pencil or hook Wait just a second longer and give the opposite sev a chance to show his gentility by obtaining jour belonging without danger of bum ting heads' Do most of you girls rush headlong through doors or walk sedately enough to allow a possible genllei lan nearby to reach the portal in advance? ”Xo kidding to something wen if you home ec class is Lout ? a under this heading campus etiquette? Public of come af- You know' fection? right ‘Nuff said 'Smokers it’s still considered perfectly normal to ask - perm'ssion to smoke in groupsnotes to room“Thank-yo- u mate’s parents for an enjoyable weekend should he rent or four days within three Speaking etiquette ranks gh in college too It’s tlownr ght rude to try not to be frie dly by breaking into smiles for wl-at’- s 1 some and staring thro 'uh others Even if you’re late to one of an- endless chain of t meetings the rule still ho'ds-tha- interrupters’ "of of are not admired” Vnii-versali- on ' -- ' 1 |