The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 11, 1938, Image 2

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    VISITORS OVER THE WEEKEND
T. C. g. A
<1 Wifi come
T. C. f. i
th« T. C. Cl. atndent body
i M a ff«#ter number of oth-
frem T*x»* towns end
They wfll arrire on the
with the i expectation ol
ijoyabW time, aad we
do everything possible to
ther^ fn>m J 0oinf home die-
Aggie manners,
Iscossed by the
campus, wiU
From
in college and
other young
will judge our
of the stu
Wing
B the
•c|oyi by the
dents. w
The poise aad conduct of the
corps reflect the training received
re at A. ft M. as well as the
training each individnal has re
ceived before entering this school.
Many people have the idea that $
good education not only covers the
laarning a student twelves from
his books, but some of the better
things of life, which includes good
manners.
We want no i adverse publicity
for the college from |mpre**ion>
outsiders form by the display of ill
manners. Our school will be on in
spection this weekend. l«t’l show
the visitor* the trtte Aggie spirit
and also a good time which they
will always associate with A. ft M.
GAMBLING ON GRID GAMES
i the past *eek
a national gas
representa
tive! of a national gambling ayn-
diea * have been miking the rounds
ofitM ft. ft M. ddrmitor.es to rO-
cehru contr.buttons—not bets—for
thrff. football pool
V le scheme <m which the ganft-
lerkfwork is very simple The agent
a card h> the prospect on
ary listed seven aujorrfoajt*
gamis for th« coming Sntur
These games; are picked, out
I Ho entire natiin because .they
aWime most likeli to be toss-ups.
S rin a person has to Uke four,
i six or all seven games aad
i 'all the teams that he selects
Win, with tic* equating a* losses
Tlfc type of gambling has,been
exii ting in the large cities ior
■•viral years', but U just now be
ing practiced in A; ft M. The rea
son for its profitable operation by
pro! eaaional ggmfciers is that the
,odd i paid to the iettors arS from
oaejhalf to ond-fifth in proportion
to t W risks he ‘tOftM., J
,,Il l we examine the propoaition
Am My we will heel than when pick
ing tail the winders of toss-up gam
es the odds increase as a geometric
progression to the'number of garn
et. Hat is. ah*! puking four win
ner| out of four games the odds
art 16 W 1 agmirist you, for five
gaipeo 32 to U for six games 64
to ^, and far seven games 128 to
L lib when one sees the measely
odds of 7 t* 1, 1{2 to 1,* 10 to 1,
and SO to 1 that the professional
gatiblcrs give it .is very eaay to
understand why tgey make money
froia the football pool bperation.
Thi i does not Uk<- into account the
mathematical liksliho<><i of ties,
arkltii would further increase the
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the seven games one team has a
greater probability of winning
than the others, but the likelihood
of ai tie, in which everyone loaea,
nullifies tijis advantage.
Would you be willing to match
coins with soother, with you pay
ing him a dime every time you lost,
and Urn paying you a nickel when
he last? Certainly not Yet this
ia the same proposition that ie be
ing offered and accepted by A. ft
M. stodenta When you try to pick
four winners out of four games the
professional gamblers have twice
as much chance of winning as you
do, agd when you try to pick seven
winners the gamblers have an ad-
vanUge of five times your chances.
We h p this explanation will
awaken our students to to the
chances they are taking on this
type sf gamblin. Surely, after read
ing this article, no one will risk
his money op such a gropositior
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CLASS SECTION DEADLINE
P . .If | I S: I '
Seniors are reminded that Octo
ber 26 in the deadline for seniors
to have their pictures entered in
the Class aection of the Longhorn
This ia the deadline, so please ha
Ham made. Editor.
MARKETING AND FINANCE
The first meeting of the Market
ing and Pirtp*M Qnb will be Wed-
aesday night pt 7:15 in the Ae-
bury room of the Library. *
OFFICIAL
ENTOMOLOGY CLl'B
There wiQ be a regular meeting
of the Entomology Club Wednee-
day night after yell practice.
Everyone interested is invited to
attend. , >
1 have at my office a notice ef
the Julius Rosenwaid Fund fellow-
shlya for 1982. Candidatoe must Is
22 and 15 years of age
and are offered to those who wish
to work on aeM»< problem distinc
tive to the Sooth and who expect
to make their carvers ia t •> South
Any member* of the
sMff. or gradual.'
»N interested may get fbi
formation at ray office.
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TIE
DR. HAWS COLUMN
ELEVEN PROPHETS OF
WWHm' M
V. Charles Beard: Realist in His
tory j.. 1
Most of ua, I imagine, have
grown up believing that American
history was made by spotless old
fellows who founded colonies, wrote
constitutions, fought wars, and
built a nation from the most exalt
ed and unpractical motives. Charles
aad Mary Beard ended this illusion
for thousands of Americans when
they wrote The Rise of American
Civilisation.’’ They depicted history
odd^ against the bettor’^ winning. ** * practical: workaday process
* ‘ r - * MPl >n motioig largely by millions
of ordinary ^ftn and women just
trying to get ioeg. The big shots,
the f«
Student senti-wlpekly newspaper
of rexes A. ft M. College and of
fkill college publication
linterod as second clisss m.iUer
at the Posloffice at College 8ta-
tioi 1, Texas, under the Act of Con-
grt as of March 3, 1879.
1 ubscnption rate, $1.75 per year.
Adkertismg ratee upon reuae«t-‘
Office in Rcnim 122, Adminiatra-
tio 1 Building. ITe$ephone College 8.
Office open ffom 11 a. m. until 4
p. |n. every d^y-
w nntiomal Mvav^
by National Advertising
Service, Inc. 430 Madison Ave,
N^w York City. J
L DOSS KM TOR-IN-CHIEF
H. SMITE ADVERTISING
manager
Bill Payne, tJamas Crits
Managing Mi tors
jperge FaMon, B. C Knatear
'r Aam. Adveftiaing Mgra.
Bob Oliver. J. Wayne Rtark
Associate Fxlitora 1
C (Jeep) Oates S^rta Editor
Don
iill-dresa' bey*, the generals
and presidenta artd such, have been
mostly like chfpa that got carried
places on top of the vast and h-
rosistiblc current of homeless hu-
mkn being rushing more or less
blindly toward where they thought
the good things of life were to be
fmmf! in greater abundance.
THa, I take it, ia roughly what
is meant by “the economic inter
pretation of history". Does such an
ipterpretetion, you think, make our
respected ancestors seem like a lot
of soulless pigs? Does it “debase"
American history in our eyes and
make us love our country les*?
Speaking personally, I must say
that it rertamlj does not It simply
means, to me at any rate, that the
economic motive, the desire, that
ia, for a satisfactory amount of
sfciter, comfort, and leisure, to the
one motive that we all have in
common all tb4 time. It may not be
Howard
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perhaps, won’t be pursuing either
pf these "good* very long. But
thf "economic 1 fdftdb” you will
want always, and so will every
body else. So, say the “economic
interpreters of history" like Char
les Beard, in the loag ran it to
the economic motive that shapes
history, because it's universal and
“ao durned regTarf.
When, then, should anybody be
shocked to learn that our glorious
ly fought Civil War (and I do
mean gloriously) Iras not funda
mentally an affair of plumed and
knightly "Southrons” defending
lofty principle, or of big hearted
Yankees freeing ala vet? What if
Beard does show K as a collision
between two crowds of Toma,
Dicks, and Harrya like you and
me, ode crowd rushing hopefully
toward food, etc., by the *business
and manufacturing road, and the
others by the planUtioh path. It‘s
perfectly true that a lot of the
individual Toma,'Mdcs, add Her
rys were led. to war and kept
courageously at it by a variety of
other less material motives. But in
these other motive* they differed
endlessly among themaelviea. The
economic motive was common to
enough people on'each aide to get
the two crowds in motion on con
verging linee. So they collided, and
the collision struck out flaming
sparks of ihefoism and unselfish
devotion and plain human decency
and steadfastness under strain
And of these sparks we have every
right to be proud
Realism applied to history, then,
ia what “The Rise of American
TryauU for the A. ft M. debate
team will he held in Room 320 of
the Academic building Thursday
night at 7:30 p. m. All students
from freshmen to sehiors will com
pete. The speakers in this tryout
may discuss either side of the
question, Resohmi: “That Texas
should adopt a retail sales tax
Any student interested in debating
to eligible to compete. Speeches will
be limited to seven minutes.
the dominant motive in any one ofjCivilixatienr’ has contributed*to the
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TUESDAY STAFF
m Darrout ...i Sports Assiataat
tk P»cRetl ■ J Editor
11 MarrayJ-4 Jwdor Editor
Pkol Ketetoea : Janior Editor
B. F. Hof era,' N. A. Moore, M.
f. G. Tolbert, W.
R. Scott, Lewis
Guy. E. F. Shirk
H. Ingleficld. A.
Wise, G. D.
R. G Taite. J.
Robinson
James Jenkins,
dvertising Aaato-
m 66tony given moment. It may be
leas important to you today than
the hope of getting that letter <ad-
jdroaeed in a round, graceful hand);
it may seem leas vital next Jan
uary than the urge to pass off that
[calculus course that you are taking
for the third time. But not every
body is after that same girl, though
at Corps Dances it may seem that
way to you. And only a certain
number of people are thirsting for
a knowledge of calculus. Even you.
"modbrn'’ attitude. And in this
connection it to well to remember
that to be a pealtot does not mean
to be a cynic.
REHEARSALS
BEGUHBYGLEE
GLOB FOR YEAR
The A. ft M. Glee Club, after •
series of tryouts for new members,
has begun Ua regular rehearsals in
preparation for its appliances on
the campua aa well aa Ua Annual
tour.
Tryouts of those who wished to
join the Glee Club were i du t.d
by J. J. Woolket, director, mild the
officers of the dub. At present
there are 32 members, however,
there are still vacancies in the sec
ond tenor aection, the section that
usually carriep the melody, and also
in the buss and baritone sections.
Anyone! Mtirfaig to jo>n the club
should see the directoj nr any of
the officer! of the dub
Each year the club make! a trip
singin gyi at toast one of the larger
cities of TeKaa. Last year’s trip was
made to Ban Antonio where the
■ lub.appeared on several programs
during their three day atay in the
dty. I
LOST: Thursday, Oct 6, between
Mitchell Hail and the M. E, Build
ing, one dental applianefc. If fouad,
please return to James Button, 62
Mitchell, for REWARD.
are
Thurs-
STUDENT WELFARE
COMMITTEE TO MEET
STUDENT ACTIVmES:
The atteation of student officers
and organizations is called 4 para
graphs 44, 45, 46. and 47,of Collage
Regulations. These paragraphs
have reference to the making of
contracts and regulations covering
organizations, dances, benefit pic
ture shows, etc. The name| of the
officers of tho various organiw-
tions should be filed in tie Com
mandant’s Office. Constitutions
and by-laws for th< varum* organi
zations should also be bn file. 1
It to highly important that te-
quests for dances and benefit shows
be made at once aa the calf ndar of
event* will soon he compi d Forma
for these applications may be se
cured from the ( ommandnnt’s Of-
fios. A meeting ef the St id- nt Ac
tivities Committee will betfald v
bout October 16 and formal action
will be taken on these r(“quests at
that time. . 1
D. W. Williams, Chairman
! Student Activities Committee
BENEFIT SHOW*:
&M to the fart that there
so many groups requests* b
fit show*. It has been decided to
increase tho number allowed this
year. Th# limit will be approxi
mately 27, which to the number of
Friday nights in the school year.
In order to tank* it possible to
have this largo number of benefit
raoviea, these rules will api6y:
L If the organiiation So desires,
it may show the mosrie ~
day and Friday nights.
t The organiaafM 1
movie wiU Uke care
penset incurred, 6a they
in the past, and split tho ftmt hun
dred dollars above this amount da
a fifty-fifty basis with the YM.
CA. ~ j
' 2. All money taken in above
these two hems of'fxpinses will
belong to the organisation spon
soring the b-n- fit movie
Approval of request* for show*
will be based largely upon the pur
pose for which fuada are to be
and the nambor ef
volved. ‘
This agreement wa* aorked out
and agreed to by th*
vities Committee and
Board. v
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CAMPUS RESIDENTil
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It has been deemed
the safety of school
Lubbock Street be ctosdd to traf
fic at the Intersection of Throok-
mdrton leading to tfte Consolidated
School during the moon [hour-1
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SCHEDULE OF EBN1B:
ft Sirioin Club, Assembly Hall.
October 14-r-Benefit Show, Polo
Association, Assembly Hall, 6:45
P. M.
October 16—Football; gamw’ A.
ft M. va. T. C. U. j
October 15—Corps Dhnce, Mess
Hall, 9 P. M. to 12 mkfcight.
School’s and Exes’
Directors To Lunch
Together Saturday
This Saturday afternoon the en
counter betw<>en the fighting Texas
Aggies snd the T.C.U. Horned
Frogs, will be the occasion for the
assembling on this campus of hun
dreds' of former students and grad
uates of the college.
Saturday noon the Board of Di
rectors of Texas A. ft M. College
and the Board of Directors of the
Former Students Association srill
lunch together ia Sbisa Hall. Fol
lowing this mealing, all' aril) at
tend the big game.
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The Oil Belt dab met for the
first time this year last Monday
night In B ramp of Hart Hall,
when officers were elected. Rex
Goldston was elected president;
vice president, Raymond Pipkin;
secretary and treksurer, Ben Ev-
ridge; and reporters, Joe Slicker
and Fred Clark.
M Hum | one in Eastland, Browq,
Comanche, Stephens, Erath, Cole
man, and Callahan counties arc
being invited to attend the next
meeting Monday.
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The first meeting of the Student
Welfare Committee will be held
Wednesday night in the banquet
room of the mess hall. Dean Bolton
announced today.
The senior members of the Stu
dent Welfare Committe were ap
pointed, as agreed upon during the
senior class meeting, by the sen
iors of each battalion. The seniors
appointed were Fred Parrott, Dave
(.oodstein. Pete Comnas, Robert
Rhea, Paul Anderson, Clifton Arm
strong, H. P. Aston, R. U Dye,
Earl Kennedy, Kenneth K. Knapp,
A. P. Hollins, end.Charle* Hudson.
They serve along with Cadet Colon
el David Thrift, Bob Adams, presi
dent of the senior clbas, and R. L.
Does, Battalion editor.
^ Those juniors elected in their
last class meeting to be rqpreaenta-
tives were Ed DretatojThoiua* Bal-
mer, and John C. Bibbs. The sopho
mores have as their representa
tives Lewis NeUiM and Preston
| Bolton. As yet the Freshmen have
not elected officers and represen
j tatives.
Seventeen faculty members will
be on the committee to advise and
give aid to the committee.
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I (would, would not) be willing to contribute a
nominal sum to the upkeep of a phone in case the
College itself will not bear the coat.
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