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THE BATTALION
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1943
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. t M. COLLEGE
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H. Sylvester Boone Editor-in-Chief
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Sports Staff Tuesday’s Staff
Harold Borofsky Sports Editor David Seligman Managing Editor
William Baker Sports Reporter Ed Katten Reporter
Robert Orrick Sports Reporter Charles West Reporter
Claude Stone Sports Photographer R. L. Weatherly Reporter
Thursday’s Staff Saturday’s Staff
Charlie Murray Managing Editor Andy Matula Managing Editor
Max Mohnke Reporter Fred Manget, Jr Reporter
Archie Broodo Reporter Charley L. Dobbs Reporter
J. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter James C. Grant Reporter
Special Columnists ^ Miscellaneous
Afchie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-o David Seligman Columnist
SuSu Beard (T.S.C.W.) .... For Battalion J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer
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Class Sections at Kyle Field ...
For sometime at Aggieland, a custom has prevailed for
the purpose of giving Aggies who have seniority on the cam
pus the privilege of getting the best seats to watch all foot
ball games. Again this year, the seniors are favorites and are
designated as such by their section being from Row 27 to
Row 39 in stadium sections 130, 131, and 132. Since it has
been the custom for the various sections for the different
sections to be recognized, it is only logical that this plan
be adhered to.
That side which is facing the sun (the East side) has
been assigned to the Aggies since erection of the stadium
,and it seems that this will be their side for all time. The
freshman class which includes fish and frogs has been put
in the three sections mentioned and their rows are from one
to sixteen inclusive. Sophomores will occupy rows 17 to 22
while juniors will sit in rows 22 to 27. Seniors who are en
rolled in the college and activated seniors will sit in the rows
already mentioned. The band will have section 132 with rows
one to sixteen but the seats they will sit in will run from
the 50 yard line over to seat twenty.
Today is the second game of the season that is being
played on the Aggies’ own Kyle Field. Every Aggie is asked
to be on hand for the start of the game and be ready to give
out with some real Aggie yelling. And, of course, the sections
for the four classes will be used as said before.
WILL PLAY—Pete Stout will be in the line-up for Saturday’s game
between the Aggies and NTAC, it was announced here yesterday by
a bulletin received from the publicity office of the North Texas
Aggies. Stout, who was last year’s flashly tailback for “Dutch”
Meyer’s Wogs, freshman team for TCU, received a head injury in
last week’s game with Southwestern University, was released Wed
nesday from an Austin hosiptal. Although he is not in the starting
line-up, he will see service during the game, it was stated. Coach
Meyer last year termed him as most promising back and slated him
for All-America possibilities.
A. S. T. U. NEWS
Parade of OPINION
By Associated Collegiate Press
Democracy Not To Be Forced on Nations
- “It is disturbing to a believer in democracy to find per
sons who insist that it is the business of the Allies to provide
democracy for the conquered Axis countries and the freed
captive nations after the war.”
This was pointed out by Dr. Knight Dnulap, professor
of psychology on the Los Angeles campus of the University
of California, lecturing to psychology students. “To think
that democracy can be forced on populations is to misunder
stand democracy,” he added. “For any nation or nations
to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations is typical
ly undemocratic.” *
“At the close of the war it may be the duty of the
Allies to see that populations are allowed freely to choose
their forms of government, and to supervise the reconstruc
tion of the Axis nations, just as convicted criminals are sup
ervised. ... A society of nations can do no more than guar
antee to each nation the privilege of working out its own
problems, through the maintenance of armed forces and the
promise to use these forces against any agressor nation.”
Students and Faculty Should Work Together
Among the pleasanter traditions of the University there
is one that must be stamped out as thoroughly and as speed
ily as possible. It is the sub rosa belief that the faculty and
the student body are on the opposite sides of an impregna
ble wall.
North is farther from the truth. For each professor has
as much pride in the instiution with which he is connected
as each student has in his alma mater. The faculty member
works hard to build up activities, to give his students in in
teresting course.
This year, with both the faculty an dstudent groups
smaller than in many years, everyone connected with the
University must unite into one camp if we are to get any
thing done.
The faculty, we fell certain, will cooperate in all student
plans to make them workable. They will get the machinery
rolling. Let’s make sure the students give them the chance
by going to them with suggestions and questions and for
advice.—The Kent Stater.
War-time pressure finds Dr.
Wilson T. Lawson, oldest living
graduate of Wabash College en
joying good health and maintain
ing office hours in his home town,
Danville, Ind. Dr. Lawson is car
rying on as Hendricks County
Health Commissioner] Dr. Lawson
was a member of the graduating
class of 1876.
)!/ JAPS!
DO YOUR PART * BUY WAR BONDS
Yet Clippings
The Junior American Veterina
ry Medical Association held its
second meeting of the year last
Wednesday night at the veterina
ry hospital amphitheater at which
a capacity crowd was in attend
ance to really get the ball rolling
for what looks to be the most
successful year in the local chap
ter’s history. A short business
meeting was held at which the
junior class reported one-hundred
per cent paid-up membership. This
is the first time on record that a
junior class reported nearly paid-
up, and expect to have reached
the 100% mark by the end of the
week. The other classes are show
ing more interest than ever be
fore; so with such an outstanding
paid-up membership, lots of enthu
siasm, and the able leadership of
Dwight Lichty it looks like the
most successful year for the Jr.
A. V. M. A. Lets all get behind it
vets!
As is customary at the begin
ning of each new school year,
Dean R. P. Marsteller gave a short
address and introduced the mem
bers of the staff of the School of
Veterinary Medicine. This was fol
lowed by a medical film in techni
color an the Anemias. Refresh
ments were seryed at the beginning
and end of the meeting and choice
cigars passed out.
Dance News
It has been brought to our at
tention that tickets are now on
sale for the 2nd Co. dance October
30th. The price is $1.10 per couple,
At The Campus
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in
•“Gone with the Wind”
so start getting those dates lined
up, fellows. We wish to remind
the boys of 6th and 7th companies
that they are invited to come and
bring their dates. An added attrac
tion and incentive to attend the
dance includes a plan to give away
all of the profits from the dance
in the form of war bonds to lucky
individuals determined by a draw
ing at a dance. This is to be your
dance, fellows, and remembed that
the Bryan Field Orchestra has al
ready been engaged for the af
fair to held in Sbisa Hall.
Army Aggies
Come Back
From the halls of Montezuma to
the shores of Tripoli and all inter
mediate points the Aggies are
wending their way back to Aggie
land. It has all been happening
ever since the United States be
gan taking an active participation
in World Mess II, but the “home
coming” didn’t really get under
way in earnest until this past sum
mer. At first it was a few here and
there in the Navy, then some in
the Marines, then a smattering of
the Air Corps proved to be Aggies
in every group that came in. La
ter, last spring, the ERC’s of A.
& M. were activated and sent
back to A. & M. for the rest of the
semester before going off to va
rious basic training camps all over
the country. That really knocked
a big hole in the student body
and personnel of Aggieland, but
right now, and for most of the
summer, there has been a greater
concentration of trainees and stu-
Next Monday and Tuesday
October 25 and 26
Features at 2:15 and 8:15
THE GREATEST PICTURE EVER MADE
GONE
THE
WIND
FULL LENGTH! UNCUT!
dents than ever before in the
school’s history.
Aggies To G.I/s
June 2, 1943, A. & M.’s own
non-reg. “Clips”—The Fightin’
Vets—resigned their commissions,
took off for Fort Sam Houston for
induction and processing, and,
June 15,returned to the alma ma
ter to become the first all-Aggie
A. S. T. P. Company at the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College
of Texas. We were only 100 men
strong then, and real honest to
goodness green G. I.’s, but since
then a lot of changes have been
made and our ranks swelled with
many a hardy character. A brief
sketch of the history of 2nd S. T.
Co., A. S. T. U. 3800, reveals a ra
ther heterogeneous but interesting
story.
Strating out with 100 vet stu
dents, in June, 1943, we then
existed on paper as 1st S. T. Co.,
ASTU 3800, with Lt. Col. D. D.
Alexander as Company Command
er and Sgt. A. W. Sabo as Com
pany 1st Sgt. June 16, Major C. D.
Apple replaced Lt. Col. D. D.
Alexander as Company Command
er, and on the 17th, 1st Co. was
redesignated 2nd S. T. Co., A. S.
T. U. 3800. June 20th Sgt. Sabo
fractured his wrist in a Sunday
morning sofeball game and return
ed from the hospital July 17th.
Promotions
July 9th all Privates in the Com
pany were promoted to the grade of
Private First Class and Cadet Of
ficers appointed with S. N. John
son Cadet Captain, J. Krakoff
Cadet 1st Lt., A. J. Clark 1st Sgt;
G. E. Grimes, W. A. Phillips, and
Wm. Bumstead Platoon Leaders;
and A. M. Smith, T. W. Melius, and
R. C. Mallet Platoon Sergeants.
July 10th, 1st Lt. Wm. L. Mor
gan was assigned to Major Apple’s
staff, and by July 19 our company
ranks had been swelled to around
135 men, all taking veterinary
medicine. The first week in July
the Vets walked off with the
school Intramural Track and Field
Meet for the second straight year
and challenged the other four A.
S. T. P. Companies to a meet.
This challenge went unaccepted un
til late summer, and the meet fi
nally held Sept. 5th, the Vets of
2nd Co. winning by a total of 73
points to the combined total of 53
for the other four companies of
Army Engineers.
The month of August was an
uneventful month except for lots
of drilling, studying, and ball
games. Softball predominated, but
at the same time the Vets manag
ed to enter a team in the school
intramural basketball league,
which easily won its first six
games and should have won the
championship. Due to lack of op
portunity for practice, however,
the Vets won very few of their
softball games with the Engineers.
September 10, the Chem. War
fare Juniors returned to A. and
M. and were assigned to 2nd Co.
A.S.T.U. 380, as were the Quarter
master Aggies on the 14th. They
were immediately given seven-day
furloughs, and by the time they
returned the summer semester had
come to an end and the 130-odd Vet
students were given a well-deserv
ed 6-day vacation between semes
ters.
Pruessner Leaves
Harold Pruessner, one of our
sophomore Vets of 2nd Co., was
transferred last Wednesday to
one of the STAR units on the cam
pus, awaiting shipment to a pre-
med. ASTP unit at some other
school. Harold wants to get into
medical school as soon as possible,
but he still has to take a couple
of courses that are pre-med re
quirement. Harold, we are going
to miss you a lot, but we’ll keep
with us memories of a likeable,
hard working fellow with lots of
friends. Here's wishing you lots of
good fortune in medical school
and the army.
After the
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(ampus distractions
By David Seligman
Fire, romance, and comedy are
what make up the theme of “For
est Rangers” starting at the mid
night preview Saturday at the
Campus Theater. This is a better
than usual action yarn of a
triangle in the forests of the
Northwest. Fred MacMurray is a
ranger, Paulette Goddard is his
wife, and Susan Hayward is a log-
mill operator who causes all the
trouble when she tries to steal
Fred from Paulette. A fire-bug
starts fires continuously through
out the woods which keeps Mac
Murray busy. There are some thril
ler scenes in the midst of a
roaring forest-fire with Goddard
and Hayward trapped. Trucks
dashing through fire and parachute
fire fighting hit high notes in
this picture. The technicolor scenes
are superb.
The Lowdown: Unusual show
which should prove good entertain
ment.
“Gone With the Wind” starts at
the Campus for a two-day run.
Little needs be said in praise of
this picture. Undoubtedly it is
among the top productions in the
movie world. Clark Gable as the
renown Rhett' Butler and Vivien
Leigh in the role of the calamitous
Scarlet O’Hara, supported by a
great cast including Olivia De-
Haviland, Leslie Howard, and
Thomas Mitchell, is an unexcelled
combination. The picture appears
in an uncut form and in brilliant
technicolor. Those who have not
seen it should not fail to miss this
opportunity and those who have
will enjoy it even mote the second
time.
The Lowdown: At the top of the
ladder of movie successes.
Guion Hall presents a double fea
ture for its Saturday midnight and
Sunday program. The two shows
Dial 4-1181
Opens 2 P.M.
LAST DAY
SATURDAY PREVIEW
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Starts 9:30
are “Once Upon a Honeymoon”
and “The Hard Way.” The former
feature is a comedy starring Gin
ger Rogers and Cary Grant. The
story follows the actions of Grant
as an American reporter and radio
commentator who is trying to keep
up with Hitler’s conquests. Ginger
is a Brooklyn ex-stripteaser mar
ried to Germany’s No. 1 finger
man. The film has many funny in
cidents, but fell short of the great
expectation of its producers.
The Lowdown: Above the aver
age picture of this type.
The second feature at Guion is
typical of Ida Lupino screen mean-
ie roles before she began to have
her parts in pictures varied. Flee
ing a husband and a life of squar-
lor in a Pennsylvania steel town,
Lupino takes her sister to New
York. By cheating, convincing and
other means she gets the sister
in the theater and finally up on
top. Eventually Cupid wins over
all. The co-star in the show is
Dennis Morgan.
The Lowdown: Mediocre.
Phone 4-1168
STs 9c & 20-'
Tax Included
Box Office Opens at 2 P.M.
Closes 7:30
Saturday — Double Feature
Gary GRANT
GINGER ROGERS
“ONCeT upon a
HONEY MOON”
— also ““
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Saturday 9:45 Prevue also
Sunday and Monday
IMMO^PEWIS MORGAN
with JACK CARSON • GLADYS GEORGE
rAYE EMERSON • Directed by VINCENT SHEffMAN
Screen Play by Daniel Fuchs and Peter Viefttel
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AT AGGIELAND
For the pause that refreshes be
tween those grueling classes, drop by
and let us fix you up with a little
pick-me-up. We have a modern, sani
tary fountain service, juke-box with
all the latest recordings, note-books,
stationery, practically anything you
need fellows. Come on, drop by and
pay us a visit and let us send you
out smiling.
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