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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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# ’ • <leh • hnd to be
showing at the Pa l a, , “Men With “ P the W * y “* #n With
Wfe*.". Mr. Wellman, the direr- p.tecL^turd.y ^
tor of the picture. origUHy had Bands, and Mends.
^ to I**" ^ EaeMnrray “Hart to Get”. A very funny ple-
•hht down in Spam, early b. the ture. due mostly to toe faTthTt
^ tk * t brourht Winniger is included Dick
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““MS reason or ta> has not clicked
money by hu wife, Louise Camp-1 the way the producers had hoped
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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
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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
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EAGLE EDITOR
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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
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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
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