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» THE BATTALION THE EATTALION Student weekly published by the students of the Agricultural and Mechanical ( ollege of Texas. Entered as second Hass matter at the Post Office at College Station, Teeas. under the Act of Congress. March S. 1879. Member of The National College Pliiag. Associa ion. • f Exclusive reprint rights of this paper are granted to The College News Service and to The Intercollegiate Press. Advertising rates on reijuf Subscription rate 81.76 per year. - ODD THINGS AND NEW-By Lame Bode CLAUDE M. EVANS PHILIP JOHN M. Jk BLOCK! D. B. MeNEtNtY _ W. J. FAULK R. L. HERBERT C. E. BEESON J. L KEITH - RUSTY SMITHS.. W. O4 SANDERS EDITORIAL STAFF j| r t Editor-in Chief Managing Editor JLjL— Associate Editor 1Associate Editor — Sports Editor .... J...* Feature Editor -j. Staff Correspondent — Art Ediu* Cartoonist ( artooniat Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, R. L. Elkins, El. L. Williams, G. J Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, H. G. Seeligson. BUSINESS STAFF B. G. ZIMMERMAN * TOM C. MORRIS TRYGVE BOCEVOLD E. M. L1EM GEORGE C. BRUNDRETT Advertising Manager ~ Kiehrtsnt Adv. Manager „ AMisUnt Adv. Manager Circulation Manager Assistant Circulation Mgr. ^•i ****** »**•*• **•*•» »**•*» »»»»»» ■^1 IRRGiiX fiAQ ) IN WORlV... mi retr iohg 9o mr woe -lx Oefroti- RRl Ml FKIMtS Of 1H£ $R*e PfNSOff^ CINUDf OV6RHOif-fHC RliSaeR-fBCfP M8N-oJ AKroaO 'Rev* GRRNdl HRHVMP frt£ MU $ VMS RHQ 9C0RFP 5 roue hd owns -IN A Grft/tt RMHSf A ROOSlfR 0ORN OH TN6 SfH Of 0# Hour* CROWD OH 1Hf 171H " Of THC HE*7 MONTH golf well w underway, Only play ground baseball arid track remains on the schedule for the remainder of the ter4. tennis having been el iminated Because df delay in com pletion of .the courts. day. Ad Dietxel was elected sub captain. The lettermen voted down tha idea ef having co-captains, and mib- stituted the sub-captain idea as used in football. This means that should Brannon fail to return tt. Brannon Elected , |g£ glafe Captain captain the team while Brannon is ssnr*^, ‘‘ ^ Texas Cfiristian's jail- j e guard ! and former | Hprnet sUr, was elected' if tthe 1938 basketball team tij^ of the lettermen Tues- SPRING HATS Mr •! 8*ria* HaU. SWm* I* mtIhc | MU Slffwaa**. ETTA PETERS , VRSA8 Bryan, Texas | Aggieland Grocery A complete line of Groceries Eats and Drinks R. It ANDREWS, Mgr- (Acrops the street from The Exchange Store) Political Rumblings r—~ Election of the editor-in-chicf of the 19S8 Longhorn and nomina tion of candidates for valedictorian mark the opening of the annual spring political furor at A and M, an event which usually and char acteristically arouses more rumbling than action on the local campus. In selecting B. M. Gottlieb as editor of the 1983 yearbook, members of the junior class did well to keep in mind tke fact that experience is a quality which is a virtual necessity for the publication of a success ful annual. Our best wishes and sympathy to Gottlieb as he begins work 'bn the well-nigh thankless task, one which he will find he will have to do almost unassisted if past experiences are indicative of the future, and our congratulations to the Class of 19 ^ ' Student elections at A and M in the past have indicated a tendency on the part of the student body to align themselves according to mili- tary organisations instead of considering the candidates on a basis of merit and often~men have been elected who were not suited to their positions, a result more likely to be obtained frera “hat-cord elections” than from and other. •, I . I ST . j I * Only a few weeks remain before the general student election will be held and only a few days before the seniors will select their valedic torian. Now is the time to consider what candidates are desired and what their qualifications must be. Let A and M go political. Let the student elections actually express the sentimeht of the student bodfy. Sport Sidelights By W. I. Full Revenge, for those defeats suf- ferred at the hands of the Horned Frogs by Aggie athletic teams al- raalf th** season, should add fire and fury to the “Hickory” of the Aggies when they open the dia mond season on Kyle field Satur day afternon. with T C U's entry as their opponets. are still likely to figure in several upsets which may eliminate some of the possible flag contenders. War Lords Or Thinkers? The Frogs are boasting “Slim" Kini) as a harler of real merit and a number of other sophomores on the Frog nine are rated as possible tree- bhs makers for the Aggies as they start down the road they hope te be oae ef repetition Thra there i* the probability of - “Too Tall” Dietxel being present in the Frog line-ap. However, the Toad basketball '.iMMhary is not rated as sach a "mosey player” on the sand lot. Maybe the champions are not as strong as last year, as stated by our friend Jinx Tucker, but the fieldigg and pitching as displayed in Beaumont may be the cause for Another bright spot loomed on the varaity track team in the competition held Satord.^ afternoon as G. J. Kohler. Pal estine crossed tke finish line in the 1M yard dash in 9.9 Sec onds. and did almost equally well a few minutes later when he rovered tke 22S yard dash in 22 seconds flat. Lieutenant Nachman's Sharp shooters are making a determined bid for their third consecutit* Na tional Intercollegiate Rifle cham pionship as they fire the National Matches this week. Results at fir ing for the Hesrst matches were sent in several weeks ago bat as yet the winners have not be*ft an nounced. One more win in the Na tional Intercollegiate is all that is necessary for permanent pos>. > sioa of the cup, and should the Ag gies fail this season chances are extremely remote that a thud win will be obtained soon, since thriftem of the fifteen men on the present team are due to graduate in June ~ Perhaps the most interesting result of the general ballot carried in The BattalkNl last week is that in which members of the student body and faculty expressed their opinions on the question: “Do you believe that military’ training in educational institations tends to in crease the incestive for war?’' With very few exceptions the more than 900 voters who answered Consi4*rable worry on the part of the question expressed the opinion that military training does not xspiripg title winners in the con- increase the incentive, and we venture to add that if those same voters ferenqe this season. While the slug- were asked whether military training decreased ths incentive for war 8>ng was nothing to write home a their answers for the most part would have been in the affirmative, about it must be remembered that That military training tends toward rnilitartam is one of the th* Tsecas Leaguers presented some frequent arguments used by opponents to the R 0 T C and similar potentially outstanding “fire-ball” organisations, but we be'ieve that those who use this argument fail tosses for the approval of the Ag- to take into consideration the fact that while military students are Rie hitters, in the two games. For tsprai g the tactics and principles of warfare they are also being total hits in the series the Aggies brought into closer contact with the causes and costa of wars. w *re Jhat one short of that num- T)nly a moron could be brought so closely in contact with the aliassed by their opponents, j Intsaraurals have made a marked costs and results of war and not be brought to think seriously on the howeveg. advance in the past two weeks With matter, and onl(y the shallow thinker will emerge from a rigorous t'^acl. Meyer has expressed hi^ volleyball and Horseshoe pitting training in military science and tactics without tKe realisation that ' P |n '‘*n that although his team may being finished, boxing and wnest- armed conflict between nations is undesirable. rot " itt the pennant this year, they ling nearing the final stage, and The men who cast their ballots negatively in regard to the above question had, for the' most part, received military training. Place these men, or others who have been similarly thiine)! la our diplomatic, financial and political offices and we feel certain that the chances' of the United StaUw’ entering another war would be fedsenetl to a great i BRYAN BOWLING ALLEY j -For- TKe'Best ;Sport and Recreation in the YmX m km World! H. T. Mast, ’24 T Jiinwi Something To Think About IT! price you can never sure. y^ocwmichjJbu^iPi^jvorse^to^s^^^ooJittle the lowest bidder, It a well to add some- Re for the^ risk you run- and if you ujh^Jjj^jgs^J'oiuualit^ (JUALITY^is^itever^heap. do that, you will Campus Shoe Shop I iM I CAMPUS ’CLEANERS & TAILORS 1. . 7 { IP i SERVICE KING, PRESSING, REPAIRING, AND . j ALTERATIONS Joe) Engtish !f|* W. K. ](Short \ ) Halbrooks GIRLS Do Not Smoke Pipes ... ' '* x * ’• T HE GIRLS haven’t left us many of our masculine rights. They fly our airplanes, drive our cars, smoke our cig.irrttrs — but they don’t smoke our pipes! They’ve loft us this one manly right, anyway. A man almost ior to smoke a pipe nowadays. A plejuintnocmityl Foe a pipe filled _ _ with good tobacco is just about the best smoke a man could want. - % And if you’re troubled about se lecting a tobacco, remember that E:dgcworth is the popular favor ite in 42 out of colleges. It some how seems to fit the college man’s taste. Edgeworth is cut especially for pipes, it bums slowly, k gives a cool smoke. You can buy Edgeworth wherever good tobacco is sold. Or, for a special ample packet, write to Larus 6C Bro. Co., too S. 22(1 St., Richmond, Vs. EDGEWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO &%••«»* m S Mend of 6m oU burkr*. with in nsnwd mvot mhaand by Ed**- worth’s di*ds«ifO\ sad excluMMaisw * •nth pruc—. Bay ~ Edgeworth say* who** in two foma EdRrwocthRe.dy- Rufebcd sad Bdg*- wotth Ptuf Stic*. All ■um, tyf pocket package to ft.yo pound heentdof Qa. Y5 Scarcely two weeks are left of the spring football training period, which is to close with a final game on the afternoon of April 7. Several new poten tial luminarim are on the aquad this senion which will give the title hopes of the Ag- gieo quite a boost in the rare this fall./ * HOWARD HUGHES 0m CAMPt/ COMMENT SECOND-HAND BOOKS I noticed in the last Battalion that it is prefeoaed to give the ?once*eion for second-hand books to the Exchange Store, to help care tfor a deficit incurred in the lose of their sale of new books. It seems that with the excellent co-operation received from the various depart ments. in the matter of informing them of the books needed and in splitting eectitna on some texts, and inasmuch as the the store has a monopoly on the sale of the new texts, it should be able to operate this departmept on a basis at least where it will break even, and not Jooe ten percent as has been stated. If left over books are returned promptly to the publishers, they will be accepted by them. It seems to be purely A fitter of management and not that the sale of new books is an uapiofitable matter. If with the splendid co-operation mentioned the store cannot make money on their new books, how caa they hope to keep from going into the bole on old books? The profits from the sale of second hands books, if the same is handled fairly, could not i>o!<sibly cover a deficit of ten percent on the new books sold on the campus. A complete exmoply on the sale of books will not be aa.ineantive to give the students the best possible buys, even if it is intended, for to care for a deficit and loss on new books, the profit on the old ones will have to be unfairly large, for it must also take care of losses in changes on the old books purchased. Perhaps it is all -intended for the better servicq to the student, but a mere fBu*e at conditions will show that H wfll not be of the least advantage to him to have to pay for the present'losses, because of the supposed added service to him. \ It is much more difficult • to make money on tecond hand books, when the change in texts is great, but if one cannot make a profit on new- hooka, with every possible bit of co-operation, and information, how can a profit be made on the old ones? If the proposition is designed not to take fearo of the deficit but to give a service to the student, it is very generous and unbelievable. If it is designed to take care of the deficit R will overcharge even more than they think they are now, if they are or Hot. ENJOY THE BEST! at Th, coolest and most pleasing place in town. With the best of quality-and service. New York Cafe “Famous For Its Food” HryR* * * Texas y—r- N I w .Iiiii. THICK-MALTED TIME! students A huge Silver Goblet of Frozen Goodness i ^ & -j. • j v [ ^ l: CASEY’S CONFECTIONERY Casey’s Confectionary ttv-” . I- ! J t I Industry takes a hint II from the kitchen product at lower cost These men developed a new and exceptionally efficient type of plas tic molding press—and determined precisely how long to bake the mixture and the exact temperature to use. In quickly taking advantage of the new art of plastic molding, Bell System engineers once more showed that they h»ve the kind •1 Pi ?| * \ The domestic art of baking is cloiely par alleled in telephone manufacture at Westnii Electric, where plastic molding is fui exact science. . Telephone bell boxes, for instance, are no longer formed of metal. They are molded from a phepof plastic con|pound—containing carbolic acid/formaldehyde and other ingre dients-beetle Western Electric manufac- of imagination that keeps American industry turing engineers saw the ifty to make a better forging ahead. 1 " jBjf; * f I j || ]. *:v : j j' '| i 1 * | i BELL SYSTEM A NATION.WIDE -SYSTEM OF I.NTBR-CONNBQTINO TRLBPH^jj^S