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THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
eekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
Subscription rates
upon request.
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Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
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1941 Member 1942
Pissocioted Golle6icrte Press
Brooks Gofer * Editor-in-Chief
ten Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin - Sports Editor
Mike Mann Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant
N. Libson .*. Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith Advertising Manager
Jack K. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
Louis A. Bridges ;...Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager
Jay Pumphrey Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager
Circulation Staff
F. D. Anbury, Jr. Circulation Manager
Bill Huber Senior Aseistant
H. R. Tampke Senior Assistant
Carlton Power Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup Junior Assistant
Thursday's Staff
Ken Bresnen ........Managing Editor
Nelson Karbach
John Holman
Drwglas* Lancaster..
Jack Keith
Reporters
War Bond Sales
One of the vital parts of the national de
fense program of the United States is the
sale of war bonds. These loans provide the
money which makes possible the production
of arms, tanks, battleships, and other im
plements of warfare. There should be no
doubt in any loyal American’s mind that buy
ing these bonds is necessary, but the amount
that each person should contribute to this
cause has been left up more or less to the
individual. The only requirement so far has
been that each member of the faculty con
tribute one day’s pay each month to buying
war bonds and stamps.
Today comes the announcement that
every employee in the nation pledge 10%
of his income for investment in bonds. Many
are already contributing this amount and
will not have to increase their purchases,
but some will have to dig deeper and buy
more “liberty”. However, the last require
ment was met, and there should be no rea
son why the response to this new effort
should not be as great.
This is the opportunity for many who
otherwise would not have a part in the de
fense effort to take an active part in help
ing the United Nations in their fight for
the democratic way of life. Get behind the
man with the gun and don’t let him feel
that he is not supported by the people at
home for whom he is fighting. Buy war
bonds today!
Juke Box Prom Manners
Aggieland’s most entertaining pastime this
summer has been the juke box proms. The
past two Saturday nights Aggies have turn
ed Sbisa hall into jam sessions de luxe, and
everybody has had a good time. But there
are certain practices which tend to make
these dances somewhat monotinous.
Here are a few simple, rules which
would help these dances. First, don’t crowd
the dancers. At every dance so far. stags
have been asked not to stand around in the
middle of the floor. The most important
thing to remember is how and when to
tag. Let that fellow Aggie take at least one
step, but preferably let him dance for a
minute or two. And when you do cut-in tap
the boy’s left shoulder and not tag his right
arm.
These suggestions can be taken and if
practiced everybody will enjoy the proms
better; also read Man, Your Manners, which
is found elsewhere on this page, and let’s
see if we can’t have the best dance yet.
publications and visual aids selected chiefly
for teachers and students.”
WAR IN PICTURES: “From the Brit
ish point of view.”
JEWS IN THE WORLD WAR (A brief
historical sketch).
Columbia “Home Front War” Books, in
cluding: 30 page pellets of good sense,
RELENTLESS WAR, THE KEY TO
VICTORY, by E. M. Earle.
THIS INEVITABLE CONFLICT, by
Carlton J. H. Hayes.
RESOURCES FOR VICTORY, by John
E. Orchard.
FINANCING TOTAL WAR, by R. M.
Haig.
PSYCHOLOGY: THE THIRD DIMEN
SION OF WAR, by Carroll C. Pratt.
Another neat little Series: AMERICA
IN A WORLD AT WAR, including: AN AT
LAS OF THE U.S.S.R. (16 maps with ex
planatory text).
RAD;0 IN WARTIME, by Charles Siep-
mann.
The Government’s idea in asking that
these Centers be set up seems to be that a
democratic people ought to be intelligent
even about its wars. It’s hard to see how
anyone can disagree.
COVERING
campus distraetioNs
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence ' - Webster
By
JACK
KEITH
Snakebit. . .
In another of the “Maisie” se
ries, Ann Sothern appears at Guion
Hall today and Friday in “MAISIE
GETS HER MAN. Co-starred with
her for the first
Jtime is the radio
ijomedian - Red
Skelton. Others
[in the cast in
clude Donald
|Meek and Allen
jlenkins.
Skelton leaves
he country to
...Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Man, Your Maimers
..Junior Editor
By L Sherwood
Tom Journeay, Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett. Ramon McKin
ney, John Baldridge, Charles Kaplan, Gerald Fahrentold, Bert
Kurtz, Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood,
Jack Chilcoat, Bill Murphy. Jrthn Sparger, and Henry Holguin.
He knows the water best who has waded
through it.
Something to Read
■ By Dr. T. F. Mayo =:
War Information Center
At last the “War Information Center” in the
entrance hall of the Library will be more
than an empty shell. Beginning this week
everyone is invited to stop in and turn
through the interesting and informative
pamphlets, charts, and books which govern
mental and other agencies have contributed
to this effort to make information about all
aspects of the War available to the public.
The people whom you will find in charge
of the Center (for 56 hours a week) are all
giving their time freely. They will be glad
to show what has arrived or to help you to
find information on any special subject. If
they and you fail to find the answer to any
question, the Reference Librarian upstairs
will unearth it for you from our Library
collection.
Books and pamphlets may be checked
out.
Here are a few items that may interest
you:
CONSUMERS’ GUIDE: “How*to team
up with your neighbors to think about, look
at, talk about, and work at your family
buying problems.”
MORE ABOUT HOUSING: “A list of
The first rule for conduct on the dance floor
is the ability to dance well; if you just can’t
learn, find your amusement some other way
—maybe you are not the type or maybe you
have “flat feet.”
When a man wishes to ask a lady to
dance, he says, “May I have this dance?”
“Would you care to dance?” or “Shall we
dance?” And after they have danced, he
says, “Thank you” or some other phrase of
appreciation.
Most dances nowadays are run on the
cut-in system; this is considered acceptable
dance technique, but here at A. & M., with
so many extra men, it may cause problems,
unless proper cut-in manners are observed.
When a man wishes to cut in, he taps
the other man on the shoulder and says,
“May I cut in?” If you want to be popular,
you will not “cut” back on a man who has
just taken a girl away from you; you should
allow any couple to dance around the room
at least once before you cut in, and you
should not cut in on partners sitting out a
dance; you should not continue to cut in on
the same man when the latter dances with
different partners.
Etiquette insists you should not cut in
on a couple unless you have been introduced
to the girl, but cadets do not adhere to that
rule. (What chance would a “stag” have?)
At any kind of a dance you should al
ways give the first and last numbers to your
“date” and those numbers before and after
the intermission.
ry his hand at
vaudeville in Chicago. After flop
ping in the show business, his part
ner, Maisie, persuades him to in
vest his money in a swindle that
leaves him penniless. About this
time Red’s hometown sweetheart
shows up.
Maisie steps out of the picture
at this turn of events, but only to
help “her man’’
Red. With a lit-P
tie string-pulling ^
and maneuvering/
she succeeds h
clearing SkelJf^a*^
some fake jewelry. Then he joins
a carnival troupe and meets Carole
Landis, a dancer in the outfit.
Having been ridiculed for one
of his songs by Rita Hayworth,
famous musical comedy star, he
determines to make good in New
York and show her that he’s not
just a small town hick. He man
ages to do this and she helps him
by introducing his songs to the
public. The ups and downs of their
love affair fill out the rest of the
story.
The Lowdown: an extravaganza
of color and music.
Sheep Prove to Be
Versatile on Farm;
Give Wool, Meat
Penng's Serenade
By W. L. PENBERTHY
“If we can get the breaks we will win is an
expression often heard on our campus in the
fall of the year before an important football
game. In speaking of breaks I am sure the
speaker was thinking of’ recovered fumbles,
blocked kicks, intercepted passes and
officials’ decisions. These are often spoken
of as the “breaks of the game” and to many
it might appear that they just happen and
in the case of incorrect interpretation of the
rules by officials they do just happen but in
the case of the other breaks it has been my
observation that they do not just happen but
are the result of one individual or team do
ing the* job well and the other individual or
team doing the job poorly. The ball carrier
who fumbles often does so as the result of
an unusually hard tackle by an opponent
and the player recovering the fumble usually
does so because he is wide awake and hust
ling and on the alert for just such an oppor
tunity.
Likewise the blocked kick doesn’t just
happen but may be the result of a bad pass
from the center, slowness on the part of the
kicker or a nice piece of work by the oppos
ing lineman who has broken through to
block the kick. The player who intercepts
the pass doesn’t just happen to be where
the ball is thrown but is doing a good job
at pass defense and is where he should be
when the ball is thrown.
I feel that there is a little luck in sports
and in life but I am convinced in my own
mind that for the most part we are the
makers of our breaks—good or bad.
I have observed that those who get the
breaks in sports and in life are those who
have paid the price to be a master at the
task They also are constantly hustling and
are ever alert so as to be able to turn a situa
tion to their advantage.
There is an old adage that “Everything
comes to he who waits.” In my opinion this
is a fine adage as far as it goes because it
encourages patience but to me it would pack
more punch if it said “Everything comes to
he who waits and works”.
ton’s name fro
t h e swindlin;
business deal sh
had led him into
Then, by a littl
more fancy phen
agling she gets rid of the home
town sweetheart and finally “gets
her man.”
“Maisie Gets Her Man” is one
of the newst pictures to be shown
on the Aggie campus, having been
released by MGM only last month.
For those who enjoy the blonde
beauty of Ann Sothern and the
crazy “I dood it” talk of Red Skel
ton, it should prove to be highly
entertaining.
The Lowdown: a potful of com
edy with, a pinch of drama.
Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature
and Carole Landis are the princi
pal characters playing in the tech
nicolor picture “MY GAL SAL,’.’
showing at the Campus today
through Saturday.
The story of the composer, Paul
Dresser, who wrote such favorites
as “On the Banks of the Wabash”
and “My Gal Sal,” this is princi
pally a musical, but with more of
a story to it than most of the
current pictures of that type. Its
very extravagant in sumptious set
tings and costumes.
As Paul Dresser, Victor Mature
runs away from home to become
a composer of songs against the
will of his father. He joins a trav
elling medicine show and is left
holding the bag when the medi
cine man skips out after selling
If you need food, comforts, or
a lawn mower, a few sheep on
your ranch or farm will help fill
the bill. That’s the opinion of three
specialists of the Texas A. & M.
College Extension Service. Sheep
furnish meat for the table, wool
for fluffy, warm comforts, and
keep the premises neat, trim and
free from weeds.
Lamb adds variety to meals, and
is a delicious and valuable food,
says Jennie Camp, specialist in
home production planning. One
animal will furnish about 40
pounds of meat—and you can feast
on leg of lamb twice, two shoulder
roasts, lamb chops from the rib
and loin, and stew or ground meat
for patties.
And for your comfort—an aver
age sheep will produce three
pounds of clean wool each year—
enough to make a good size cover.
Since war conditions will make it
harder to get wool scoured com
mercially, you can do it yourself
and then card the washed wool into
bats for comforts, says Mrs. Ber
nice Claytor, specialist in home
improvement.
. . . that’s what we are. Again,
the opening for the dance slab
has been re-dated . . . this time
for August 7 . . . but it’s all for
the best.
The irking postponements are
not the fault of anyone . . . unless
you want to blame two bums across
the ponds — one
with a short
mustache, and
the other with
slant eyes. The
set-up is: Con
crete and steel
reinforcing is be
ing used in the
construction o f
the slab, but con
crete and steel is
also being used in vital war con
struction. Those materials have to
be transported, but war materials
also have to be transported . . .
This resembles butting your head
against a brick wall. Thus, the or
iginal June 1 finishing date was
set considering only the actual
construction time.
This time the maroon coloring
pigment caused the delay, but the
August 7 opening is definite, bar
ring hasty weather. In any event,
write the girl friend and ask her
to come down August 7 instead of
August 1, for a bigger week-end.
The opening will combine two
dances, with two bands. In case
of rain the Ina Ray Hutton dance
will be held in Sbisa . . . and a
dorm, or part of one may be va
cated for the females. The whole
situation makes for a bigger and
better time for all.
Three dot Notes
Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago
(See BACKWASH, Page 4)
Hood
Come In And Let Us
Give You That
Summer Haircut
You Have Been
Wanting
YMCA & Varsity
Barber Shops
“On The Campus”
WHAT’S SHOWING
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day — “My Gal Sal,” with
Rita Hayworth, Carole Lan
dis and Victor Mature.
At Guion Hall
Thursday and Friday —
“Maisie Gets Her Man,” with
Ann Sothern and Red Skel
ton.
PALACE
■ PHONE 2-88 79
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday
ELEANOR POWELL
RED SKELTON
“SHIP AHOY”
PREVIEW 11 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari
Don Ameche in
“MAGNIFICENT
DOPE ,,
Shown Sunday - Monday
Qampui
4-1181
Box Office Open Till 10 P.M.
TODAY, FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
HAYWORTH • MATURE
jtrGAlSM
ill xmiiiiirtni nn i
IN TECHNICOLOR!
With Carole Landis
and John Sutton
Plus
MERRIE MELODY
“SADDLE SILLY”
Community Sing
PREVIEW SATURDAY
“Ten Gentlemen
From West Point ,,
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
INVITE
ALL CADETS, MARINES, AND SAILORS WHO
ARE MEMBERS, TO ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS
MONDAY NIGHTS AT 8:30 P. M.
Back of Montgomery Ward’s in Bryan
Quotable Quotes
“Unhappily, war is one of the greatest con
tributors to science. War brought gunpow
der, gunpowder brought the cannon and the
cannon gave science one of its richest fields
for the study of combustibles, gases and
effects of heat and pressure on metal.”
Waldmar Kaempffert, science editor of the
New York Times, points out that war, de
spite its horrors, has contributed to the
march of mankind.
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Thursday -- Friday
3:30 and 7:00 P. M. Each Day
ANN SOTHERN
RED SKELTON
Maisie Gets Her
Man
NEWS
— COMEDY
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Coming Saturday
“LOOK WHO’S LAUGHING”
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price, without any “ex
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