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THE BATTALION
1 With the
n|u> for A* ft
of the C2nd
Me promiae
A*t it will be onp of the most out-
.ftMiiliaft school pean in the perioc 1
* operation whi h is necredited .
ition.
office ebowe an
ta. Coach Homer
Norton promised Anieland a creat
football team at yell practice Pri
d«(y nifht, and student activities
atod iaaaociaUona are taking bold
raftidlji Which hU adds up to
operation
a institati
fThe Refistrarh
intreaa* in studeti
higher peak for
A. ft M.,
whith promises to be colorful, her
ficial, and successful for we who
call ounvlves Aggie*
All our ex-studenta are hoping
for a better year, all old students
and college officials are working
for |a big year, and the new stu-
are expecting a big yehr.
ith these things and other
attractions and acthrttfe*. it
as if Aggieland is gliding
a better road fer brighter
eta, a bigger and bettet year
a I to be Remembered by all who now
a year call Aggieland home.
WE SHOULD SUPPORT
student Acmrrni
i» certainly ft poor showing of
•pfrit and loyalty when
fipm a total onmilmont of SSOOstu
dent*, only 310# of this number
bgvn purchased student activity
book* This leaves a total of ttOO
Uiy* who appanentif. have no in
tention of supporting the team in
any athletic contest this yaar. A
n**bar of these, we know, are un
able financially to pay eleven dol-
JW* for a book, but there are
others who feel for some reason
or another that they will save
rnontgjb y !|gnodfiig this opportu
nftp^Not only fish, but even apme
Juniors and Senoors have this at
titude. This is a bury poor example
giaMliMli for you not
^ly" get n paaa to every home game
flayed by an Aggie team this pear,
irulu.iirn: two oiltof-town games,
but also a Loaghorn, Battalion,
apd Scientific Review card. These,
if purchased sephratsly, would cost
a total of twenty-seven dollars, or
nearly three tiro.-* as much as a
student activities book
d to
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
RT ML R. P. LUDLUM
The other n.ght I heard HHler'
.iiised gt the movie* I am not
foed of Hitlor, but I am sorry to
hear him hisM.-d. I was sorry to
hear him huuwd because I hope the
United States will not go to war.
Many things undoubtedly coatrib-
uted to getting the United States
into the moat recent World War.
/ Yet I haagine nobody will deny
( ^ttat one important;cause of our
entry was the alliance of our fad
ings with jthp Entente Powers,
which ux'k place long before there
| ./jwsa a military alliance. A great des 1
I'ould b- wnttea (in fnct, a great
deal has been written) about how
ohr In Hugs capie to be so closely
connected with the success of the
ARlea. leaving til that aside, how
ever, it seem* obvious that from
feeling one sid« is right, it is but
■'short way to feeling that that
side should, win; and from feeling
that one aide should win, .K is but
a short way hi joining that side
M US to enable it to win.
I am opp. 'H-d’to Fascism, and in
that I hope I hm in accord with
I'AvurlMMA Rut if war breaks
out, and If ws J»in the anti-Pasdst
nation*, will we thereby help to put
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ed In thl last war? A great many
Americans were opposed to what
went under the asms of Prussian
Militarism, and ail that Prussian
Militarism stood for. Ultuaately
the United States went into the
war, using as s slogan the cry that
we 'would “make the world safe
for democracy " Those who were
to Prussian Militarism
therefor* supposed that we were
fighting the good fight, and that
we had fought it successfully,
nan Militarism would be at an
and Democracy would be la
in most of the world. How
did the result compare with
hopes? I L
eminent historian has put it
thhi way: , ‘Stnpp.*4'of verbiage,
whit were the 'interests’ which the
Great War was fought to safe
guard, and to what extent did it
saftguard them ?'Austria ms
war oa Serbia to preserve her em
pire, and unleased a war that des
troyini the empire and created m
its place five states all of which
are now poor, and most of which
are how governed by dictators more
arbitrary than the Hap*burgs were
Russia entered the war in order to
preserve her ‘prestige/ lost a tenth
of ler territory, and is now gov
erned by s Communist instead of a
Tsarist dictatorship. (Germany sup
j ported Austria to safeguard “Ger-
mdijisi' against the ‘Slavic Peril,’
lont the war, was reduced to a state
of destitution unknown since the
teenth century, and is now
by men whose conduct has
won the contempt and alienated the
sympathy of the civilised world.
France defended her honor and met
her treaty obligations’ by joining
Russia, was devastated and im
poverished, but recovered Alsace-
Lorraine, and obtained a mandate
for governing Syria. The Turks de
fended the interests of their empire
by joining Germany, and loA their
ire. Italy, after shrewd bar-
joined the Alike*, was im-
obtained Trieste and
tbs Trentino, and is now subject to
the kind of government which Max-
tini, Cavour, and Garibaldi gave
their live! to destroy. England en
tered the war to preserve the bal
ance of power in Europe and her
< " pi re overseas, eras impoverished,
but won the war. obtained part %f
the German colonies and part of
the Turkish Empire, and is now ap
propriating seven and^s half bil
lions of dollars for armaments in
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OFFICIAL NOTICES
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OFFICIAL NOTICES
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, The Chat fall meeting of the A.
ft M. Biology Chib will be held
Thursday night in roam 11 Science
Hall IMans will be made for aeti-
vkiea for the coming year.
All students interested in joining
this club are invited to attend. Dr.
La Mott* urges that old members
be present at this first important
meeting of the year.
j'sK
DAY STUDENT LAUNDRY
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M—Greek
fabulist
24—Letter N .
2r> DuaMirtMi
P—Wily as allk
14—Lour dismal thread
sounds sc- 2ft Out of place
compenylng 28—A boat pole
iftll junior* and seniors who are
interested in trying out for the
Meets Judging Team please see me
b? Saturday, September 24.—C. E.
MURPHEY.
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13—Nearest
13—An eetab- eopper coins
Uatunent for 28—An enlarge
expculing meat Of the
busmrss thyroid
for others gland |
18-160 aquars (venant)
nwla 31—FaOirr
18—Capital of IRL—Qualified
Alberta. 114- Dealars
Canada powtiveiy
18—Tuesday 18—A dam in A
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17— Cavern
18— Aa elderly
18—5Tdigit
28—A parvenu
28—To separate
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31 Comrade
S3—Writing tm-
3— Open (po>
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I—The upper
limits al
lowed by law
4— High la
pitch
(music )
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7 - Lon* period
of time
twitching
of facial
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glad to help or give sag-
to any juniors or seniors
wrote essays for the Saddle
sad Sirloin Club contest or the
Swift ft Company contest in A. H.
3*7 last year —C. E. MURPHEY.
1. Day Students who ha
laundry picked up and d
back must present their laundry fee
receipt at office or pay the gharge
before bundle will ba dsjitered
back. Day students who tur^ bun
dles in at laundry must preafat fee
receipt or pay charge b. fore re
ceiving bundle. They must algo have
stub stamped when bundle l| turn
ed in. I
2. DO NOT CLUB ywir bundle
All excess shove 23 pioees Ihill be
charged 10< shirt, 20c @ pants,
IfiC @ coveralls, 2f # small piece.
Yon are allowed 23 pieeee for 86c.
Ijmit of* 4 shirts, 2 pants, t cover-
.■KJRMiTOK'i I AUNDRY
SERVICE
1. All laundry will'be-tamed in
at the Laundry Station in the twe 1
weut rooms of Austin Hail.
2. Lo^odry alip* will bo ooigni
from 1st Sgt. The nsme, address,*
etc., wiH be plaiod la the place
designated. It- is very essential
that the surname be written first
on the laundry slip. Tbs stub is
than toift- from the sip and pre
sented to the agent, ajl the time
laundry is turned In. When stamp
ed. the stub Is your check for
your laundry. The stub is stamp
ed only when presented with laun
dry bundle.
8. Laundry will be turned in and
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OFFICIAL
Administration 401 will meet In
Room 211, Administration Building
at the regularly scheduled time,
Friday at 11 a. m.—F. C. BOLTON,
Daun. > \
NOTICE AftCUTKTR
iKfy* ^ ^ * barbecue fiven^^yj, apply, to all students,
by the Architecture Club Sunday, . 1
September 25. Everyone will meet
ia Arch. Library at 8:00 P. M. Club
dues must be paid before attending
bamNMRft *
.delivered buck according to foL
alia. Shifts may be exchanged for lowi||f
. . *,. , , \ All stodetite whose eurnamei bc-
3. Pick-up bunding picked wf\
Wednesday » a. m. Delivered buck ^ wUh ^ M _ *
Friday g m. Drop-in bumta tum- 1 A ! •» c * tDe -*
ed in at laundry not later than ITK>r11 - ^ a - m -* bundle back tue*.
PhurMisy noon. Cal! for Saturdhy 3 * 6 F- m *
noon at laundry. ii f E; F; G; H; I; WmAa in
4. Group Project Hoiiae Students Mon. me n. 7-8 a.m., bundle buck
Wed. 8-8 p.m. i , *
J; K; U N; Me; N . bundle
in Tuee. mom. 7-8 nun, bundle be*
Thors. 3-8 pjft. ’ ItRsJ < t ! I
O; P; Q; R; S; inc., buodle la
Wed. mom. 7-8 a.m., bundle buck
Friday 8-6 juft, i , [.. I, ."j
• T; U} V; W; Y; Z inc., handle m
wifl tum bundles in Wednesday
mom. 7-7:45 s.m. at G. P. H- Laun
dry Station. Delivered buck Friday
3-8 p.m. to Station.
8. Items L 5, 6, 7, in Dormitory
«• i/
United States entered the war in
defense of her honor and her prop
erty, and to make the world safe
for democracy; ahe preserved her
honor, lost some billions in dollars
in bad debts, and helped to make
the world safe for dictators. Coat
of the war in men—ten millions
killed, twenty millions maimed; in
dollars spent and property desipiy-
ed—two tyandred billions. In ev^ry
country s few individuals enriched,
the
masses impoverished. M6re
than any previots war, but only {stay
more so, the Grout Wur was the
reductio ad abeurdam of wur as a
ns of promoting the interests
of any country in the integrated
technological society In which we
live." The intentions and the re
sult* did not coincide fai the last
war, and I feel sure they will net
in the next. If we become engaged
in another coriflict, we are far more
likely to produce Fascism here,
under the stress of the regimenta
tion necessary ia modem warfare,
than we are to put an end to it in
Europe.
preparation for the next war. The
THE BATTALION
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A/rsrtfaing rotes upon request
included in Student
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Office in Room 122, Adimni*tra-
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Office open frpm 11 A m. until 4
p. m. every daft.
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Many people believe^ however,
that if there bo a general war of
any appreciable duration in Europe,
we cannot keep out of it. But listen
to another historian saying Mtoft
"In 1808-12 the United State* bad
the will xnd intelligence to remain
neutral, but not the power. In
1914-17, It is melancholy to record,
we had the power, but the spec
tacle of warring Europe" broke
down our will to remain neutral. I
agree that we have the power to
out of a European war. I
think so despite the argument,
frequently made, that the United
States never ha* stayed out of a
general European war. The argu
ment seem* to me to be superficial.
It ia true we became involved in
every European war before our iq-
TO STUDENT CLUBS MEETING
IN THE LIBRARY ROOM
Please send a representative to
the Librarian’s office at 6:46 P. M
Wednesday, Beptemb. r 21, to draw
for the use of the Asbury Room
(faring this term.
Any studfnt dub organized for
an intellectual purpose is eligible
4-T. F. MAYO, Librarian.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
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Log Log Duplex Slide rule. Find-
r return to L. F. Childs, Mess Hall.
Religious Education classes 305 ; Thurs. morn. T-8 a.m- bnt*li back
and 306 will be held in 111 Elec- Saturday, 3-8 p.m.
trfcal Engineering BuRdtog*? 4. Laundry moat be tamed ia
James Carlia. T' .1 , and called for as scheduled as other
«*■ — 0 • laundry will be coming beck en the ,
following days and unless cleared
there trill be ronjestioa at the
laundry rooms. Btuienm' please
note your respective date* sod co
operate with u* to avoid any con-
fusion and mix-upa. All late- or
All itadeau wka ha^ bu.m,., «« <.f-^a» band), aril ka*< 2t»
in the office ef the Chairman »f ch * r "' °" “•
the Student Labor ComraMm are 5. Old students wiB use last
asked to conduct this business be- year’t laundry marks. Nnw stu-
tween the hours of 10:00*30 11:00'dents please leave space for laun
A. M. and 1:30 to 4:30 F. M. In dry mark blank as the laundry will
order to properly conduct-the bus- assign Fpu one.Jj
GLEB CLUB
t flt
All those interested in joining
the Collage Glee Club will meet in
tbe “Y" 1 .'hiipel ut 5:0(> o'elock
Wednesday afternoon. 1 ,
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fought the War of 1812 because of
the maritime issue alone. That
leave* only the World War of 1914
18 to support the argument.
To sum up, I think omr participa
tion in a war against Fascism is
not likely to put an end to Fascism;
I therefore do not want to see the
United States enter such a war; I;
dependence, but after all, before 'ohjnk we can stay out of such
1T76 we were the colonies of ona
of tbe warring powers—certainly
a different case from the one in
True, we became involved in
the Napoleonic Wars, but histor
ians agree, now, that if there had
not been a great demand for west
ward expansion / at the time, tbe
United States would not have
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iness of the student labor it ia
necessary that these hours be ad
hered to in all cases.—Ormond R.
Simpson, Chairman. Student Labor
Committee. L
wpr. 1 think the alignment of our
feelingl'With one side ia a prepara
tion for entering the war on that
side, and naturally I am anxious U>
prevent such an alignment. The
hissing of Hitler shows th^ prog
ress of such an alignment
ing- already. That’s why I
sorry to hear Hitler biased.
J. W. Hooker. Secretary of the
Athletic Department, announced
today that Student A •: tic Coupon
Books are now available at the
Athletic office for those students
who have failed to obtain them as
yet He asked that jho- students
who have already paid for the
books, please come to hie office at
once and secure them. ^ *
For the new student*—the Athle
tic offices are just acrom from the
gym, oa Kyi* Field They are on
the left aa one walks South from
Drill Field. Xt I
6. Student* will be allowed 28
pieces per week with limit of 4
shirts, 2 pant*, 1 coverall*. Shirt*
mav be exchanged for pants. There
will bra charge oa all exoeaa piece*
above 23 pieck* Shirts lor. pants
20c, coverall* 1.0c, all *10*11 piece*
3< each . \
7. 1st Sgt. sedprs laundry pads
from Ifeundry.
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New pair of boots for
Sis# about 9Vfc or 10. Go
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