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Page 2 THE BATTALION •SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1942 The Battalion STUDENT TKI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, ll published three times weekly from September to June; is- wed Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub- Itshed weekly from June through August. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone 4-6444. 1941 Member 1942 Dissociated Colle6iate Press Don Gabriel Editor E. M. Rosenthal Associate Editor Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager Sports Staff ;e Haiktn Sports Editor F. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor _ ;e Mann Senior Sports Assistant Brooks Gofer Junior Sports Editor Chick Hurst Junior Sports Editor Circulation Staff Sene Wilmeth Circulation Manager Bill Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant V. D. Asbury Junior Assistant Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant Photography Staff Jack Jones Staff Photographer Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers Saturday’s Staff D. C. Thurman Managing Editor Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager Charlie Babcock , Junior Editor Ken Bresnen , Junior Editor Reportorial Staff Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, James R. Dennis, Selig Frank, John M. Holman, W. J. Hamilton, Jr., Tom Howard, Leonard Kimsey, N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay, Doug Lancaster, Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, W. B. Morehouse, Richard F. Quinn, Gordon Sullivan, C. G. Scruggs, Benton Taylor. Education-National Defense Prepare Yourself Here for Service The emphasis upon education is being inten sified because of the present national emer gency. Administrative officials of A. & M. recognized this when they submitted a speed-up educational program to the Board of Directors for action today. The college will make every effort to see that all worthy students gain an education sufficient for them to adequately serve the nation. The responsibility for securing this edu cation still rests upon the individual student. He should make every effort to see that his education is completed or at least continued long enough for him to be of the greatest possible service to his country. America’s need at this time is for train ed men. This is to be an all-out war and very probably a long war. Service by all will be demanded by the country. A student may rest assured that when he is needed, he will be called. At the present time, a stu dent’s place in the scheme of things is to prepare himself for that service. Few educational institutions in the na tion are better prepared to serve than A. & M. For many years both in times of peace and war A. & M. has been graduating men with reserve commissions in the army. Thou sands of other A. & M. graduates have re ceived technical training which makes them indispensible in this crisis. A. & M. men of today can serve in this same manner. Over 400 cadets will receive commissions in May. Other underclassmen will be taking work which will eventually lead to commissions in the army reserve. It is to the best interests of these students and to their nation that they remain in school and continue their work. They have already signified their willingness to serve by taking military instruction here. But what of the non-military student ? He also has a definite place in national defense. Even today many branches of the armed services are on the campus looking for men to enlist in training leading to commissions. Without exception, they all require a good education on the part of the applicant. Non military students should avail themselves of these opportunities to serve. Remember, your nation needs you, but you are much more useful if you are better equipped from an educational standpoint to serve your country. Maintaining Morale Seven rules for maintaining wartime civilian morale have been outlined by Dr. Irving J. Lee of Northwestern university, an expert on the psychology of anxiety. For a number of years Dr. Lee has applied the principles back of these rules to many cases of stage fright with amazing success. “The position of many Americans to day,” he point out, “is analogous to that ex perienced in stage fright. This situation, if permitted to continue, might lead to a de terioration of civilian morale.” Points to be remembered by all civilians during the crisis are: 1. Center your attention on your task- at-hand and seek new ways of helping. 2. Don’t feel that the whole burden rests on you. Just do something, however small, and the net result will be great. 3. Worrying about a situation dissipat es your energy, leads to more worry, and saps your efficiency for necessary work. 4. Don’t expect too much. Prepare for bad news. It isn’t the pain, but the surprise coming of the pain that hurts. Remember that the anticipation of danger has a pro tective effect. 5. Question all rumors. Don’t let them affect you emotionally. 6. Trust those in authority. They are the only ones in a position to know the facts. 7. Don’t worry near children. They are easily excitable and spread anxiety quickly. Just as an inexperienced public speaker allows his worry about the audience or his own failings to distract his thoughts from the talk he is to make, so many civilians dissi pate their energies worrying about conditions they cannot control and lose their effective ness for necessary duties. Civilians often worry so much about war conditions that they lose efficiency in their work and their personal lives. This increases their anxiety. Any prolongation of worry leads first to inefficiency, then to personal breakdown. At a time when America needs the full efficiency of everyone, it is essential that we realize what our immediate task is and do not allow worry to distract us.” —ACP Open Forum For several years now the Aggies have had certain implied rules and regulations made by the Aggies which pertain to hitch-hiking. Some of these rules are not being observed. Of course we accuse the first year cadets of the violations but they are by no means the sole offenders. To be specific, I want to men tion some of the things most noticeable. First; The men who are far down the line have no right to grab their grip and get in a waiting auto just because the men who are at the head of the line do not want to go the distance the car is going. The men who are at the head of the line or first in going any distance they want to go. Second; If you are number one in line, why not find out where the first five or six boys would like a ride to so that we could avoid holding the car any longer than necessary. Third; Do we appreciate the rides that we get? Now hold your hat. Some of the boys do not even meet the people that they are riding with. Fourth; Do not go to sleep immediately after settling yourself into the deep luxurious cushions. Maybe the driver gave you a lift for purely conversational purposes. Let’s do our part to keep a good Aggie hitch-hiking reputation. Keith Kirk, ’43 The World Turns On ===== By Dr. R. W. Steen ======= Notes On Another War. Texans were not greatly interested when the European war began in 1914, and it was only gradually that a definite interest came to exist. Fol lowing the sinking of the Lusitania a resolu tion was introduced into the Texas senate diplomative relations between the United States and Germany be severed, but it did not pass. The United States entered the war in April, 1917, and soon resorted to a selective service law as a means of raising an army. Texans accepted the draft with almost no opposi tion, and 988,000 men register ed. A total of 198,000 Texans saw service in the army, navy and marine corps during the course of the war. In addition, 450 women served as nurses. Of the Texans who saw service during the war* slightly more than 5,000 lost their lives. Of the dead, 4,748 were serving in the army and the others in the navy and the marine corps. More than one-third of the total deaths occured in the United States, many of them being caused by the epidemic of Spanish influenza which swept the coun try during the fall of 1918. A number of acts relating directly to the conflict were passed by the legislature. A State Council of Defense was created to co operate with the National Council of De fense. Many restrictions were placed upon the customary freedom of speech and press. Each public school was required to spend at least ten minutes per day in teaching intel ligent patriotism, and it was also required that each school be equipped with a suitable flag. Suffrage was limited to citizens of the United States. Four large training camps and a number of smaller ones were located in Texas. The four large camps were Camp McArthur at Waco, Camp Logan at Houston, Camp Travis at San Antonio and Camp Bowie at Fort Worth. “Give till it hurts,” “buy more bonds,” “do your bit,” and numerous other slogans found place in the popular mind. Citizens bought Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps, and at the same time made contribu tions of time and money to the Red Cross and various other agencies. Texans also co-operated in the food con servation program. The conserving of food came to ge known as “Hooverizing.” Most of the homes in the states observed wheat less Mondays and Wednesdays, meatless Tuesdays and porkless Thursdays and Sat urdays. Every day was a fat saving day and a sugar saving day. War gardens, which were urged as a means of increasing the food supply, came to occupy many a vacant lot in cities and towns. Americans played an active part in win ning the war, but America lost the peace. One of the chief reasons for losing the peace was the fact that many Americans .believed that this country could continue to shun its international obligations and live entirely within its own boundaries. It is to be hoped that we have learned our lesson, and that this time we shall win both the victory and the peace. asking that Btecn PRIVATE BUCK . . By Clyde Lewis I DQSVT Fopg-et “I’m writing to my Congressman. I want him to explain to my wife that I don’t get that $10 raise right awayl” BACKWASH (Lie Babcock “Backwash: An agitation resulting from soms action or occurrence.”—Webster The Way of Things . . . Samuel G. Mchellan, 20-year-old Harvard college senior, went on a five-day fast recently to obtain material for a thesis entitled, “How It Peels to Starve.” . . . Sure Signs of War: Registrar H. L. Heaton’s purchase of a bicycle to save wear and tear on his auto mobile; Senior Manny Smith’s purchase of a reg ulation army overcoat in prep aration of enter- Bab««<k ing the service soon . . . Evidence of general cam pus improvements can be found in front of Walton hall now. Main items are the new shrubs and military walk under construction . . . Official info from the Commandant’s office states that the State of Texas, with a popu lation of five per cent of the nation’s total, claims ten per cent of the number of men in Uncle Sam’s armed services . . . Aggie scouts in Austin report the most popular tune on the Texas U. campus these days—“I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie.” . . . And remem ber the Red Cross charity football game on Kyle Field next Satur day afternoon. • • • Son of Goose Creek Lt. H. C. “Felly” Dittman, for mer Aggie and now officer in the U. S. air corps fighting somewhere in the war zone, has been award ed the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in conducting a secret flight of four-engine bomb ers from Honolulu to the Philip pines. Felly, a member of the class of ’38, left his mark at Kyle Field before grabbing a sheepskin —lettering twice in football and twice in track. His record since leaving A. & M. with a B. S. degree and commis sion as second lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve consists of; entry in the Air Corps, training at Ran dolph and Kelly Fields to earn his second commission as a gold bar wearer, and this time to go into active duty immediately, and he has been there ever since. Those who knew Felly best re member him as a “fightin’ fool” who wasn’t afraid of anything. • • • Christmas Vacation Bus-weary from their Christmas jaunt of some 2,000 miles but hap py with the hundreds of dollars they earned, the Aggieland Orches tra returned to school this week with the remainder of the cadet corps for a deserved “rest.” Fourteen Aggies made the an nual trip, beginning December 22 in Mineral Wells and ending De cember 31 in Port Arthur. Other towns on the itinerary included: San Angelo, Wichita Falls, Paris, Fort Worth, Sherman, Beaumont, and Orange. The musicians conceded that their vacation was a lot of hard work, but it was worth it. In fact, they would like to repeat on that banquet in Paris and the fine hospitality offered by Philan thropist Lutcher Stark in Orange. Random Remarks - — By E. M. Rosenthal — The T. U. war jitters have been calmed down but the boys on the Forty Acres still have reason to wonder why they didn’t come to Aggieland for a little bull text when school started. Each edition of The Daily Texan bemoans the fate of the daily herds of Teasip- pers who are being called by Un cle Sam. . . A gloating headline can also be seen every day or so an nouncing the names of the “select few” who have chances for com missions iii the navy or army air corps. The roster of university student officials is beginning to resemble a tic tac toe game or the score sheet for a domino game; “X’s” and lines are all over the thing. So far the president of the student body, the editor and associate editor of the newspaper and the editor of the comic magazine are, or soon plan to be, on their respective ways to the khaki or naval ranks. And speaking of Teasippers, they admittedly call themselves that in one of the Tuesday Daily Texan headlines. • • • Our ex Bull, now Major Gen eral George F. Moore, made the news stands again yesterday. Time magazine not only told that the former Aggie was in command at the fortress island of Corregidor, but also printed a one column pic ture of him. The fact General George now holds his present rank should give courage to all of the military am bitions of Aggies of the present generation. Even though he now has two stars on his shoulder, in 1907, he was a full fledged one-but ton boy. But don’t let that fool you. “Maude”, as he was known to his classmates, was a prominent Aggie while on the campus . Moore was president of the foot ball association, manager of Infan try’s company A baseball team, a football letterman for two years, an R. V., and a member of the Swastika, then a respectable organ ization. He also was on the Long horn staff in the Publication Soc iety and the “T” Association. That’s record enough. General Moore must have been somewhat of a romeo on top of all of his other achievements, for it says in the ’08 Longhorn, “Maude plays football and has no trouble winning his ‘T’s’, but has some dif ficulty keeping them.” The annual continues “He goes to class some times, but was nev er known to stay during the whole period.” Some example for a fu ture commandant and future gener al to set. P. S. The general is a cowtown product. TRADE EARLY With LOUPOT COVERING campus distraciions WITH & (||T0M VANNOY (f| % If there was $10,000 at stake, could you tell the truth for 24 hours? That’s Bob Hope’s aim in “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” showing at the Campus tomorrow and Monday. It’s Paulette God dard’s money that he is betting. Outside of this item, the story has nothing to offer, but with the fam ous Hope in there batting for the home team, you can’t possibly lose. Of course Miss Goddard does not detract any whatsoever from the picture, but witty Robert is the hit of the show. You may rest assured that from the first until the last frame that goes through the projector there will be plenty of laughter provided by Hope. “TOM, DICK, AND HARRRY,” are all engaged to Ginger Rogers at the same time. The solution to the question of which one of the trio to marry makes as inter esting a story as we have seen in quite a while at Guion hall to night. Ginger is a telephone oper ator who fe§ls that she can get a rich husband as easily as a poor one. She already knows Tom, a hard-working salesman. While try ing to meet Dick, the town’s wealthy playboy, she meets Har ry, a penniless mechanic. Eventu ally she becomes engaged to all of them and then has to make up her mind. While this is going on, she imagines what the future with each one of them holds in store for her. It is slightly zany, but most entertaining. Ginger shows good proof in the film why she was given the Academy award for last year. She does a fine job of acting. The title of the show is “DR. KILDARE’S WEDDING DAY,” Collegiate Review ====== AGP ====== College students over the country are estimated to earn more than $32,000,000 a year. • ' One of the scholarships offered by Harvard university is restricted to students who formerly sold newspapers. • Dartmouth college’s Thayer school of civil engineering was es tablished in 1870 by Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, Dartmouth graduate of 1807. • One student in four at the Uni versity of Kentucky is employed at least part time. • Breathing of air low in oxygen impairs capacity to learn and de creases ability to act, reports Dr. Nathan Shock, assistant professor of physiology at the University of California. SEE LOUPOT FOR BOOKS but so many other matters have gotten into the story that the wed ding has to take a back seat. In the picture, Laraine Day-is killed in an accident and consequently leaves the series. The familiar characters, Lew Ayres, Lionel Banymore, and Red Skelton, are in their usual roles. In addition to the aforemention ed wedding, there is a symphony conductor that is going deaf, and the curing of Lionel Barrymore to be considered. It just is too much for one picture to undertake. It’s oh so dramatic but too jumbled to be as good as some of the pre vious stories in the Dr. Kildare series. It will be at Guion Hall Monday. In the just average class, we are going to put “WEST POINT WIDOW.” Anne Shirley and Rich ard Carlson are the leading play ers in the picture at Guion hall today at 1 o’clock. Anne is mar ried to a West Pointer, and keeps her motherhood secret so that her husband can graduate. The roman tic twist at the end of the story is quite interesting. WHAT’S SHOWING AT GUION HALL Saturday, 1:00 p. m.— “WEST POINT WIDOW,” with Anne Shirley and Rich ard Carlson. Saturday, 6:45 and 8:30— “TOM, DICK, AND HAR RY,” starring Ginger Rogert. Monday—“DR. KILDARE’S WEDDING DAY,” with Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, and Lionel Barrymore. AT THE CAMPUS Saturday — ‘‘BELLE STARR,” with Randolph Scott and Gene Tierney. Saturday prevue, Sunday, Monday — “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,” featuring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. 4-1181 LAST DAY “BELLE STARR” GENE RANDOLPH TIERNEY SCOTT Also ’42 COTTON BOWL GAME PREYUE TONIGHT 11:00 P. M. SUNDAY — MONDAY Bob Hope — Paulette Goddard “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” Go In 9:30 P. M. & See Both Shows Movie GUION HALL SATURDAY — 1 P. M. West Point Widow With Anne Shirley 6:45 & 8:30 Ginger Rogers — George Murphy In Tom, Dick and Harry SELECTED SHORTS