T<1 |U • ^ lil r ? UVENESS ridwt in the frent maw of tar, is truly deplorable. I am referrinic to fact that, whenever there is a chance to effect improvement in conditions of this school, it is hard to arouse and maintain the interwt of the Ifents and the leadership of those who should ktod us. U has taken us ( )rears to effect the m m Sded and lonjHeained reduction in taOerint H And how that we have the best chance we et er had to fet the telephones we nwd in our ^ , nitories, it seems we -are pot taking the toten-st or iitaiative wo should. Some of the organisations, progressive than the rest in this mutter, have a >plied for phones alrahdy. A couple of phones have a feady ; «•«n installed, and from all reports are d^jng good service. The others that were applied will ibe put in ps soon as possible. The new will have telephones. Are the majority ;our organizations going to lag behind the ipore sues, behind the new dormitories, and all other col legists institutions in securing svenlenec we have needed here for forty years, rility known and used by civilized people every- ufere? . I Bui >• mA my point Ther# are many, mmay npire thitgt we need here (and probably will ac- to^faslly) •»>ch as a union building, a small baadetand where our band and others concerts, fountains end rest rooms i and older class buildings in which their It inconvenience, and innumerable other l*>mt is this: If we gs s whole show the loortiM, d;'interest, unprogressivents*, and of iosdorship generally shown in this matter of , souring telephones (which is jdst one of the for wpnd stefs We uhtoM take to improve our school U the standards it should attain) then it will h- /i4r» before we ever get the other additions, cop- v< uiences, and improvement* we need so badly here we ever, through good fortune, get them at is a I T a* As one of the first steps in this progressive i] duilding of eur great school, I wish to urge once ' in that w* act now to get the rest of the telc- aes we need—and then, more important, keep the p forward-moving spirit in order to succeed fa as soon as we ,can the rest of the improvc- 1 fits we need. If We do we will leave the schoel aucb hotter oae than we found it, and we will be future generations of Aggies a big favor. . BILL MURRAY, Band Junior ol J Wl L. ARMISTICE DAY Tfo THE BATTALION: Last Friday it was indeed fitting that the cadet c«ri>s of A. A M. College observe Armistice Day— lemorial day when twenty years ago the of the world agreed to cease the war of all w i rs that was to make the world safe for democracy. T< day, w# stand on the threshold of another great intornatitmal dnpur! Just how can we account for existing state ot affairs—is it because we have fcrg 0 U‘*n or is h because men no longer trust one at (ther ? Perhaps both of these fsetors have con- trjbuted fto those bloody conflicts which are new progrqs* on the face of the earth. Therefore, ( It si quid be the aim ef the present generation to con- stgntly remind the people of the world of that lly blot on humanity and civiliaation that was result of a world at war. It should furthermore the aids of this modem generation, and especially youth of the world, to create peace and friend- i among men. Striking evidence of the fact that these two i, ectjvep of this present generation are being at Ic i it partly carried out could have readily been seen o hour campus last Friday at noon. It is true that the THE BATTALION tod as second class matter at the post office Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress A 1*71 ibecriptma rates, *2.00 per year Advertising rates upon request. Office in JJoom 122, Administration Building. Tmephone College 8. Office open from 11 a. m 1 4 |(. m. du>l». Represented for national advertising by Na- tfenal Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave.. l^tor Tot* City. EDITOR-1N-CHIBF advertising manager Bill Payne, James Crlts Managing Editors Gtorge Fulton. B. C Knetaar AtoiMant Advertising Managers Boh Oliver, Wayne Stark Atoodate Editors IPX Sports Editor Buff Photographer -[ : ' J* C. Diets Cieenlatioa Manager * McCbcsaey, H. G. How.rd . ClrCalstiun Assistants Proof-reader TUESDAY STAFF Jmi " tear Af 0. Wurrea -Jatoaa Editor B- r. Rogers. A. J. Cfcrroll, N. A. Moore, M. G. H. G. Tolbot. W. J. Ssndidxe. J. R. CtavuiUtor, W. T. Gur, George Naa- m'bT*.':, CarUr J - A. BUnnell * c A Rk0,, •• * * A*"* r-u. M, Bill Whnfo M. H. Robinosn, R. K. Sparks, i Ten port. J. W. Jenkins, L J. Wehrle Advertising AnsisUnU t FRIDAY STAFF Owuy— ceremonies we conducted here were held in all sin cerity, but I doubt that a majority of the corps realised the significance of our tribute to those men who gave their lives for u*. If my assumption is true, I would contribute the fact to the poor man ner in which the ceremonies were conducted. They were very rough, and they could have been irapiovod one hundred percent if a few words of explanation could have been given prior to the reading of the aamas of those deserving, men. Perhaps,Wy words of explanation were omitted because of the lack of time at otp* noon formation. If this was foe reason for the omission of the words of explanation’ H certainly is a reflection upon the cadet corps. Is ‘has patriotism ? Surely we don’t consider ten or fifteen minutes of oor time as a just observance of Armistice Day, nor neither a just tribute to those men who gave their lives in order that we might reap the benefits of a free aation—a nation which is a blessing to humanity. A STUDENT }\ HE BATTALION Hollywood And Give No Rl S Cut Good Scenes, lanation for Damage -Jaaior J. F. Headeraoa, BHly Clarkson, Mascn Joaaa, G. W. DeArmond Jr* I. R. W. Bardifield, Jack loatt W.C Ragaa. R. L Adams y i r BY DR. R. P. LI DLUM The Elections—At last 'Rg. R. L .Doss, the hard-driving editor, chided me fo* not discussing the elections in this column last week. In fact, he went so far as to say I had (Raappointod him. Naturally, I hasten to assuage his disappointment by discussing them this week. Just to keep the, record Wighti however, this column is written on Tuesday or Wednesday each week, and last week that was‘too cirly to know in detail how the elections had come out. In trying to get at the ^significance of Ust week s voting, we should remember several funda- mentel facte about American politics. One is that this country normally is conservative. In practice, that has meant the country has been attached to the Republican party far mdty often than to the Democratic party, in the years since 1860. For ex- ample, up to the end of Mr. Ror»evRti second term in 1911, eighty years will have paksed since 1861. Democrats will have held the presidency during enly twenty-four out of those eighty,\ or for six terms out of twenty. Since 1889, the Republican^ will have controlled the Rouse of;Representatives for D3 terms, or 32 years, and the! Democrats will have controlled it only 10 times, or 20 years—still counting to 1941. .j We should remember, also, a point that has be come almost an axiom in politics. The party in poster llmost invariably loses seats in Congress in the off-year elections like the one last week. A loss for the party in power ia normal. If the loss of seats is so large, however, that the party in power loses con trol of the House of Representatives then the party in power is quite likely to lose the presidential •lection two years later. Thus the Democrats elected Clevetyid in 1892, lost control of the House in the election of 1894, and lost the presidency in 1896. The Republicans elected Taft in 1908, lest control of the House in the election of 1910, and lost the presiden cy in 1912. The situation was a little qnusual dur- 'Ing W dson’s terms inasmuch as he was re-elected ip 1916, at a time when the Republicans obtained • minute margin over his party in the House. The Republicans increased the margin greatly in 1918, however, and practically following the axiom, they wen the presidency in 1920. The Repirfdicans elected Hoover in 1928, lost control of the' House by a lUrtC margin in 1930, and lost the presidency in 19*2. Because Mr. Roosevelt has had such a hold over the imaginations of the voters, or for some other reason, the rule has not been strictly followed since 1932. In the normal course of events, there should have been some falling off in the Democratic strength in the House in 1934, but instead, the Demo crats actually gained. In 1936, they gained still more seats in the House, so that the two parties held seats in the ratio of 3S5 to 89. (In the Senate it was 75 to 17, also for the Democrats.) Of the 335 Democrats elected to the House in 1936, about eighty were elected in districts normal ly Republican, and had margins over their Republi can o|g>onents of less than two per cant of the votes h was therefore to be expected that the Demo crats would lose those eighty mats this year. About the same situation, in proportion, obtained in the Senate. Supe enough, the Democrats have lost just about eighty seats in the House, and eight seats in the Senate. Of course, the Democrats still have control of both houses by wide margins—69 to 23 in the Senate, and 261 to 170 in the House, not counting scattered independents in either house. Thus the Republicans have noj won control of the House, and our political axiom gives them no cer tainty whatever of success in the presidential race of 1949. All this goes to reduce the magnitude of the Republican gains last week. Nevertheless, the Re publicans did gain. They had tlie maximum success they could reasonably expect--a thing they have not had in some years. A more respectable minority is to,totaled in Congress, and more state admin- istrutirmf, also, have become Republican. One feature of the conservative trend was the defeat of the progressives who are members of in dependent parties. Phil LaFollefte leftt the governor ship ol Wisconsin, men like Amlie were defeated for Wivconsin’i Congressional delegation, and the lno°r party lost in Minnesota. Many pro gressives within the Democratic party also were defeated. These defeats may indicate a change of heart on the part of the voters, which, if It is more than temporary, will have an important bearing upon 1940. 1 [A } ! ~ 1 Poem* and fireflies. They repreaent our lucid intervals and glow only for a moment” Poet Robert Frost, gddtossing Ohio Wesleta* students, added, on the subject of what to write poetry about: “I would say, begin at pleasure and arrive at Wisdom. Too many young poets want to write about phil osophy st first.” And Allan Ttute of the University of North Carolina faculty advised literature students that Second readings are neccdsary for a complete understanding of poetry." ‘ For the first time in the history of American football a game will be played without the point after toschdown when the University of Detroit and bsnta Clare meet at Sacramento, California, Sun Hollywood Ceaaarahip , ., Hollywood baa its own form of say, They censor when they want censorship, which was noted moat to Md no questions are asked. It’s extensively in the .picture now * 8ham# ’ • has not clicked money by hu wife, Louise Camp-1 the way the producers had hoped !!? v V M V- V TESTS- — (Continued from per* 1) three times as many 4udents an a the two lowest deettta taftrlUl lir scholastic work of last year aad enrolled in sophomore English '•man RBi fmi m •The grant number ef low scores made on the test indicate stain,” Dr. Summey “Biat toe grammar and are yearly turning out idreds at students poorly preps in the fundamentals of Engl z iAMKi V*.! Ml. and his buddy, Ray Milland Mj. Madfirrey was to sscape death in the crash but was to get it from the firing squad. As he faced the executioners he was to ask. “Wbat’i the war about” Those of you who saw the picture, did not see this sequence. Follow up on this scene was to have been the reaction of his wife baddy. They were to face their board of director's and announce th^t in the future no more planes wotild be built for war. TWt their mission was to perfect commercial travel throughout the world. The final Shot was to show a giant com- marcial plane ready for flight. An announcer was to say, “all aboard for New York, London. Paris. Shanghai, Manila. San Fran cisco and return to New York. Again we find no such scene in the Anil pietore. Why the cetisora in Hollywood found that these se quences were no-good is hard to he would, ia struggling along with the routine singing and acting which has so long b< <-n in his field. There are no kicks on the film “Hard To Got”, and there ia some praise. It U a fairly good picture and shoqld he seen. Mussolini has branded Popeye a sissy, probably because he light* with his fists, instead of bullets. Assembly Hall—Friday—Benefit* Poultry Clnb “Vivacious Lady”, a comedy done up in the best of style, the well on ‘he borderline of greatness, the di recting aad dialogue along the ••me linesi Ginger Rogers, does a very good job and her stock should rise because of this film. James Stewart, toe tall gangling boy, has made the studio plenty of cash aad from the looks of Ms action in this picture he will continue to do so. It would have been a hard job for the Poultry bunch to have pick ed a better picture. See it! WINTER 18 COMING Get Year Aatt-Freage Early j! And Avoid thujlRush FLOP COLSON EAGLE EDITOR GIVES SATURDAYS CANE OPINIONS THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE Mr*. Lee J. Rountree Saturday we saw the Aggies play their game with Rice, the first and only game we have seen this sea son. It wat a glamorous occasion, flags flying, horns blowing, and a mass of happy humanity. Each with a smile which added effluvium to their hflarity.\ . . WW never saw the corps march quite so well, nor make their formation quite so perfect as they did on this occaa- ion. The hand seemed stronger, the notes sweeter, the steps lighter; everything seemed in tune. 77. And did that team play! It clicked just like a piece of machinery tun ed to perfection. We sought for the reason, because we had heard street quarterbacks play the gume the next morning after those played at Waco with Baylor and at Dallas with the S. M. U. Mustangs, and they had a different story to tell. We know now for ourselves the Aggies are a well coached and trained team, and that they have as much spirit 4>d fight as any one could ask for. ... We Iront say that the strategy of Coaches Nor ton, Rollins and James Were the inspiration that brought iib ut the success of the occasion, not by their training and skillful coact|ing, for that is adt everything, but by be ing on the bench with the boys, giving them a word of encourage ment and a gentle pat on the back as they sent them into the game, which b worth as much gs train ing. The power of “the pat on the back” cannot be estimated. It fires the soul and stirs within emotions that make men super human for any Herculean task. . . .[We are always for the Aggies an* we al ways think they will wfn until after the game is over, and then —i Marsteller Attends Ft. Worth Horse Show Dean R. P. Mareteller, Head of the School of Veterinary Medicibe, teturned yesterday from 'Fort Worth, where he attended the Fort Worth Fall Horse Show. This is one of the best horse shows pre sented in the entire Southwest. While in Fort Worth Dean and Mrs. Marsteller were guests of John C. Bunks,' manager of the famed “6666 Ranch” and of the Burkburnett Estates. Mr. Burns was formerly head of toe Animal Husbandry Department of A. A M. and is a prominent alumnus of this school (1904). Dean Marsteller saw a number of fine horses exhibited at this bhow. Among these were “Midnight Star,” world's champion frve-gait- ed horse aad winder of the *1,000 five gaited saddle stake. This horse is from the Leisure Hours Stables, owned by Joseph Freeman, well- known financier and sportsman of San Antonio. Other outstanding winners included “Queen Anne” (winner of toe 5-gaited model class), a chesnut filly owned and raised by Senator Jesse Martin of Fort Worth; and “Royal Fasci nation,” owned by James M. North, editor of {he Fert Worth Star-Tele- gram. * we can always find spme excuse if they didn’t. But we are not one of these wolves that are al ways blaming it on the coach or the umpire, referee, or linesman, etc* etc. We try to be a good sport and take defeat like one. It is not all of & game just to win, but it ia how you played it. If every player can come out of the gamo with a clean conscience for having given the best that was in him, when he has done as much as the moat, whether he won or lost. . , . Long may the mdroon and white wave inlsuccesaful defense of Aggieland, bqt lose or win, may it never train in the disgrace of having played unfair. . . . Chili™ Carne NS MCRMMn Lipscomb North acy AmAVKLY Hall * Sat, Nov. 19 m 11 ri YES SIR! r I Prepare for Winter 1 . : - ^ e Are Stocked With KIi jUfJ i ' ■ f : Justin Cowboy Boots • The Exchange Store i i day, Not 27. >\ •*• - ■ i nn ru-i 1 Do You Plan to Build In The Spring? The selectiaa.of a proper site is the first essential to planning your home. Yoa can fhtd the proper sit* la North Oak wood, located between Br>at and College on Highway.jNo. 4. This addition ia nnezcelled in beaaty and coavenfeaca. j' Jli I • [ \.0 p\j ‘ * -i— Gentlemen — I bought oae of your soft- • ; collared Arrow Tnpps when they first came out in '36. I've worn it almost every week since. And it still |> dsoae and fits as well m I first bought it. what I call a shirt l 0