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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, 1944
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STUUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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Something to Read
Edna B. Woods
The Trees.
^ By Conrad Richter
The Trees, by Conrad Richter, a
stoxy of post-Revolutionary Ohio,
is historical fiction, since it tells
the story of a family in a time far-
removed from the present. Yet,
ardent readers of historical fiction
in its usual atmosphere of fabu
lous plantations, lordly statesmen,
and grand dames will not find a
parallel in The Trees. For life in
Ohio toward the end of the Eigh
teenth century was almost primi
tive. The pioneei's of that section
(and of every other section in a
similarly undeveloped state) were
able to exist only because they held
to life with animal-like intensity.
The itching feet and yearning
heai’t of Worth Luckett, a “wood
sy” ti'apper, led him and his fam
ily away from the partial civiliza
tion of Pennsylvania, away from
x'elatives, to the backwoods of Ohio,
where the trees were so thick that
the sky, itself, couldn’t be seen
from the ground. Worth wasn’t
seeking riches or even an oppor
tunity to provide satisfactorily for
his family; he was seeking a
world of forest and game—^fulfill
ment to him. The lure of the trail
was greater than any other urge,
and Worth was a slave to it.
Battling against nature with only
self-made protection, the Luckette
nevertheless had their own full
measure of essential human dig
nity; they had the power to
endure. Sayward Luckett, the
oldest daughter, unlike her father
in evei’y trait except stamina and
tenacity, felt that the woods were
a continual menace and power. She
took comfort in her neighbors and
loved a clearing which indicated
that human life was near. Say-
ward’s first proposal of marriage,
which didn’t inspire an affirmative
reply, was none the less humor
ous. Mathias, an undersized set
tler, approached Sayward’s father
with this conversation: “Yesterday,
I says to myself, Mathias, do you
need a yoke of oxen back here? I
says, no, I got a ox. I says, do ye
need yer mare and v cart ? I says,
no, they ain’t no roads back here
for a mare and cart to go on. I
says, Mathias, do ye need a woman
back here? I says, by Jeem’s cou
sin, that’s what I need! I kain’t cut
dowm all these yere trees by my
self.”
The Trees is a vivid reproduction
of frontier life told in the words
and the idioms of the characters
Two Officer Exes
Moved To BAAF
Lieut. Nash E. Lorino, son of
Mrs. Ann Lorino, 611 W. 16th St.,
Houston, and husband of the for
mer Cecila Wilk, 814 Omar St.,
Houston, has been assigned to duty
as a flying instructor at Bryan
Field, site of the AAF Instrument
Instructor’s School. His previous
du£y was at Frederick, Oklahoma,
as an instrument flying instructor.
Lt. Lorino attended John Reagan
high school and was graduated with
a B. S. degree from Texas A. &
M. College in lp42. Following a
year of duty as an infantry officer
at Camp Wolters he entered flying
training. In 1935 Lt. Lorino was
intermediate diving champion in
Houston. The Lorino’s have a son,
Nash E. Lorino, III, age three
months.
Capt. Elmer I. Freeborn, ’41, son
of Mrs. Nellie May Freeborn, 103
East Huisache Ave., San Antonio,
has been assigned to duty with the
Post Engineers office at Bryan
Field. Capt. Freeborn was formerly
stationed at the San Antonio Avia
tion Cadet Center, as Ass’t. Post
Engineer.
Mrs. Freeborn is the former
Dorothy James Williams, daughter
of Mrs. T. S. Williams, Jr., of
Dallas.
At this Central Flying Training
Command installations where these
officers are now stationed, army
air force pilots are taught the
latest techniques in the guiding of
military gircraft by the full-panel
instrument control system.
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”^—Webster.
By Renyard
W. Canis
S. L. Inzer Sports Editor
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
Dick Osterholm Amusements Editor
Henry Holguin Intramural Reporter
D. V. Hudson, B. J. Blankenship, Teddy
Calvin Brumley Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
Reporters: Eli Barker, Robert Gold,
Bernstein.
Student Reporters: Henry Ash, Ernest Berry, Louie Clarke, W. M. Cornelius,
James Dilworth, Edwin Mayer, John Mizell, Harold Phillips, Bobby Rosenthal,
Damon Tassos.
Spirited Sportsmanship . . .
Tomorrow the first conference game of the season will
be played on Kyle Field when the Aggies meet the T. C. U.
Horned Frogs. Over a period of years the Aggies hold the
edge in games won. Most notable thing about tomorrow’s
game is the fact that the two teams meet with no historic
incidents to mar the record. Always the relations between the
two schools have been of the best, in fact, there are no other
schools in the Southwest Conference with a record of friendly
rivalry to compare with that of A. & M. and T, C. U.
Aggies will be hosts to a visiting college team tomorrow
for the first time this season. T. C. U. is an honored guest.
The welcome sign is out and all doors are open in the fine
spirit of hospitality for which preceding classes at Aggie-
land have been famous.
There are many new men at A. & M. that have never
gone through a football season with the Aggies and are not
acquainted fully with the code of conduct of the Aggies.
There is no way to specifically set down the mores of Aggie
hospitality but it is unique.
No other school in the Southwest can boast of a finer
record of sportsmanship nor has any other school been able
to catch, the spirit of friendliness for which A. & M. is famous
the world around. A. & M. has no plush-chair hospitality but
a manly variety which makes guests feel at ease and pro
vides the atmosphere for wholehearted, fighting competi
tion.
When the two teams meet on the field there will be a
cracking of leather and thq churning of defats. There will be
hard fast play but the Aggies will play clean football. Not
only on the gridiron will the Aggies be the prime examples
of sportsmanship but also at every other place during the
weekend.
There is nothing incompatible about the Aggie Spirit
and sportsmanship. Those isolated flare-ups which occa
sionally bring storms of protest are the actions of a minor
ity of the crops which the Aggies refer to as “two-percent
ers”. When the Aggies are hosts they display an amazing
amount of spirit but along with that spirit is an attempt to
create the best of feelings between the two opposing col
leges.
ONIGHT is the time for all
good juniors, and seniors to come
to the aid of themselves by mak
ing that dance tonight. Knees will
be knocking and toes will be rock
ing when the Aggieland Orchestra
swings it hot and sweet in Sbisa.
Red Haired Yodeler
Natalie Lane will make her
debut tonight as the vocalist
with the Aggieland. She is a
vivacious, curvacious lass with
a liting, boogie woogie spec
ialty. She has been singing with
the Cadets for more than two
weeks and according to the com
ments of those who have attended
rehearsals and heard her sing im
promptu in the YMCA she will
give (Ed. Note—And we do mean
give) out with the kind of music
that carries that torch right across
the dance floor.
Mrs. Lane is a charming lass
who just bai’ely reaches five four.
She is the wife of an Aggie-ex, Lt.
Bruce W. Lane, ’45.
Speaking Signs
S:
IGN LANGUAGE may b4 the
exclusive property of deaf-mutes
but the Aggies aren’t convinced of
that. There seems to be only one
thing lacking from the signs that
the organizations are putting up
before each ball game and that is
the lack of expression. The signs
lack spontaneity, originality, and
the space between the lines is
blank. Subtlety has been thrown
to the winds.
Bird Dogging Juniors
0,
NCE A YEAR comes the jun
ior prom. For one night the junior
is king and dines fit for a king at
the junior banquet. Empty indeed
is the throne without a queen.
As per usual the seniors are in
vited to the dance but a sad situa
tion exists. Seniors have quite a
prolific crop of dates but there ex
ists a dirth of junior dates, Woe
be unto the junior bird dog.
Unhumorous Humor
When he has the money
To have some fun, he
Hasn’t the time;
When he has the leisure
For plenty of pleasure,
He hasn’t a dime.
Gilbert Defines
/iNATOMY: The study of heav
enly bodies. . . Honeymoon: The
morning after the knot before . .
. Army Barx-ack: A room with beds
separated by crap games. . . . Flirt:
A hit and run lover. . . . Love: The
only thing that will stop falling
hair. . . . Pipe dream: A plumbers
nightmare. . . . Woman: Generally
speaking, is generally speaking.
Fm Sorry Too
ABNEY MYATT, poor Bar
ney, was walking on air until the
postman yanked him by the shoe
string and brought him down. Bar
ney had a date for the ball and
game, this weekend with one of the
12 TSCW beauty nominees. Well,
Barney had a date.
But then there are Frank Wright
axxd Harold Daily who do have dates
with two of the beauties. Harold
has a date, the lucky lad, with
Vicki Moran, the Sweetheart. Well,
well.
The Lowdown On
Qampus distractions
By Dick Osterholm
Man, Your Manners
By 1. Sherwood
themselves. Mr. Richter combines
these expressions in an usual nar
rative so that the stoi’y moves
easily and quickly. Mr. Richter’s
effective style at times is almost
poetic. Without th props of histor
ical background, the author rec
reates a period of hardships and
adventure and creates chax*acters
who are more than puppets in early
American costumes. The Trees is a
hardy story, not always pleasant,
but honest, and the way in which
the author combines the ways of
the fx’ontier, the temperament of
the pioneer, description of houses,
food, clothing, rude attempts at
doctoring, and marriage customs
is entirely successful. The Trees,
not orthodox historical fiction, is
one of the best of its type which
I have read.
Circumstances often require a
person to speak to a total strang
er. When it becomes necessaxy to
do so, the greeting should be brief
and no attempt to conversation
should be made.
Whdn you cause another person
any annoyance, such as bumping
into him or her, or asking him or
her to let you pass, the best thing
to say is, “Excuse me” or “I beg
youi' pardon.”
The rule is old-fashioned that you
may not speak to a lady, you have
met before, until she has given
a sign of x-ecoghition. It is proper
for you to greet each other simul
taneously. If you px*eviously have
been introduced to a woman and
she has forgotten you, you may
say “Miss James, you don’t re
member me, do you? We met at
the Final Ball last year”. Miss
James should reply, whether she
recognizes you or not, “How do
you do ? Of coux’se, I remember
you”.
When a man greets a lady in
public, he raises his hat, bows, and
says a few words of greeting, and
accepts her hand if she offers it.
If they stop to talk, he continues
to hold his hat regardless of the
weather; she will not stop long uxx-
der any circumstance.
Gx-acious living requix-es that all
greetings tendered in good faith
should be responded to pleasaxxtly.
Still showing in Bi’yan at the
Palace theater is the technicolor
hit, “Bathing Beauty”, with Red
Skelton and Esther Williams. It’s
really a MGM hit, full of music
by Harry James and Xaviar Cu-
gat, pretty girls fx’om all over' the
nation and enough laughs to keep
you chuckling for weeks. If you
haven’t taken the opportunity to
see this picture, better take time
off to enjoy an evening. You’ll
like it.
Starting at the Saturday night
prevue and playing through Tues
day is another Warner Bros, hit,
“Mark Twain”, starring Frederick
March and Alexis Smith plus an
all star-supporting cast. This pic
ture is the life of Samuel Cle
ments, better known as Mark
Twain. It portrays his life from
his early boyhood days, through
his life as a prospector, and on to
his rise in the literary world and
to world fame. Frederick March
turns in a splendid pex’formance
as does Alexis Smith who plays the
part of his wife.
The Lowdown: Here is a first-
rate production. It has been ac
claimed as one of the best pictures
of the year. Splendid acting plus
a plot full of humor and real life
experiences. Better take time out
to see this one. You won’t want to
miss it.
Playing at the Campus tonight
is “Hello, Frisco, Hello”. The musi
cal hit starring Alice Faye, John
Payne, Jack Oakie and an all star
musical cast. It’s full of the songs
of yesterday and brings back the
I memories of vaudeville days. It’s
not too new a picture but you will
like it. The plot furnishes a score
of musical hits and many laughs.
The Lowdown: A pretty good pic
ture. See it and see if you enjoy
it. But if you do see, it, don’t ex
pect a dramatic picture, it’s strict
ly a musical feature.
Two features are on the bill for
Saturday. First playing is “Petti
coat Larceny”, stari’ing Ruth War
rick and Joan Carroll. It’s a modi
fied gangster picture, playing up
the romance angle too little. Gang
sters raid the radio, to the tune
of hox-rified girls, who trick the
mystery xnen and slap them in the
clink.
The Lowdown: Its an ordinary
picture but better than average.
It will make a full evening if you
see both pictures.
Also playing on the same bill is
“Arizona” wil^h an all star cast in
cluding Jean Arthur and William
Holden. This is a picture of ac
tion in the raw. You will sit on,
the edge of your seat. Not too old
a picture, and brought up to date
with the bevy of stars in the cast.
The Lowdown: Not a bad bill
for Saturday. Try and see these
two pictures if you have nothing
else to do. It will make a pretty
full weekend.
Sunday and Monday brings one
of the best pictures of the year
to the Campus. Not too old yet,
it is excellent in acting, starring
Ginger Rogers and Robert Ryan
who play in “Tender Comrade”.
This is the story of a happy couple
who get married before the war
starts, and whose happy life is
separated when the war does
break out. The husband goes across
and the wife starts into war work.
The lives of five women who all
have loved ones in the service is
enacted in excellent fashion. It
brings you close to the heart rend
ering experiences these girls go
through and may remind you of
yourself.
The Lowdown: Some people may
call this a flag waving picture, but
whatever you wnt to call it, it’s
still an excellent show. It’s sad
and happy at the same time, it’s
full of good acting and heart warm
ing romance. You will miss a
good picture if you don’t see “Ten
der Comrade”. Be sure to bring
a handkerchief.
Showing at Guion Saturday night
prevue and Sunday is “Slightly
Dangerous”, starring lovely Lana
Turner and Robert Young. Here is
the story of a supposedly trusted
PALACE
M P HO W E 2 -r&b 7 <5>:- :
Friday and Saturday
Red Skelton in
‘BATHING BEAUTY’
with Esther Williams
Prevue Sat. Nite 11 p.m.
also Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
“THE ADVENTURES
OF MARK TWAIN”
starring
Frederic March
Alexis Smith
Cartoon and News
LOUPOT’S
A Little Place - - -
- - - A Big Saving!
PENNY’S SERENADE
i ~iii7^-i~iiiBy W. L. Penberthy
Saturday afternoon we are to
meet T. C. U. in a football game
on Kyle Field. T. C. U. is an old
rival and from about 1924 until
1936 dealt us a great deal of
misery. About the best we could
do was a tie. Since then we have
had things more our way.
I have officia
ls ted in games this
; fall in which both
A. & M. and T.
I C. U. have played
a and both teams
A ai’e made up of
fine
who
youngsters
are fine
. sportmen as well
and I doubt that
any penalties will
!?§tll be assessed
against either
Penberthy team for flagrant
fouls.
The T. C. U. team and followers
will be our guests for the day and
we will want to give them a warm
welcome. As our guests the team
should be given the same con
sideration as our own during the
game. This means it should be
gx-anted the courtesy of the same
silence as our team is given from
the time the players huddle until
the ball has been snapped. It should
embarrass us that the referee,
whose duties are in connection
with the players, should be forced
to stop play several times during
the gaxxxe to ask us, who consider
ourselves spox’tsmen, to be con
siderate enough of the guest team
to permit it to run its plays with
out interference from our corps.
We all want to support our
team to the utmost but in my
opinion we can still support our
team wholeheartedly without be
ing inconsidei'ate of the visiting
team. I know there is nothing
malicious in the minds and hearts
o fany of us but, men, we need
to thin kthis over. Continuation of
the present practice will in my
opinion hurt our institution, our
team and we as individuals.
Southwest Texas
Club Elects Ware
New President
Gayland Ware, president of the
Southwest Texas Club, will lead
the ox-ganization in planning its
activities during the meetings ev
ery other Wednesday evening at
7:00 in the lounge of the Y. M. C.
A.
Other officers elected during
the meeting are Morris Lipscome,
vice-president; Ed Gray, secretary-
treasui - er; and Sammy Brice, ser
geant-at-arms. Plans were made for
the club to have its picture made
in the near future.
As one of its big functions of
the semester, the club is making
plans to sponsor a dance duxdng
the Christmas holidays which will
be open to the public. Piedras Ne-
gras will be the location of a big
party to be held across the border
on New Year’s Eve to fill out the
social calendar for the club.
Products from the great natural
resources of our forests will help
pay off matured War Bonds. Pre
vention of forest fires is a protec
tion of the stake in America re
presented by the country’s wood
lands.
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racketeer who is out on parole,
who meets a sweet society girl,
out for the wild life of the night
spots. Lana falls for Young and
sparks fly because Lana’s father,
played by Walter Brennan, is the
D. A. It’s an actioxx filled picture
with the romance angle played up
fine. Lana is lovely and exciting—
when isn’t she—and turns in a good
performance.
The Lowdown: An old picture,
but still good. If you like Lana
Turner, and you will, see this
picture. It’s good.
Playing Monday and Tuesday is
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Dial 4-1181 — Opens 1 p.m.
We Will Be Closed
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Box Office Opens
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