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PAGE 2 EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1939 PLACEMENT BUREAU , PATRIOTISM? The Former Student* AaMciatkm of A. A II. has announced a plan to create a placement bureau bare, an Institution needed possiWy more than any other. Graduating from A. A M. in itaelf Mata a f^ret deal, but not ae much as it used to mean Th^ year approximately 600 A f «iee will fraduata. ThU is a far cry indeed from the days when only a few students graduated each yhar and were immediately hired t*cau»e of the small number of graduates both hers and elsewhere. Because A. A M. is a state imported institu tion, it has lagged behind some of the important private schools, where plaoeuMAt! bureaus hare been in operation for many years. The state legis lature has almost always adopted the attitude that ad soon ns a student has completed n four-year course of study in a state school--largely at state expense—the duty of the state to its young dtisens euds and the duty of the young dtisens to their state begina. While this point of view may be questioned by students in state supported institu tions, there is tome justification of that attitude. Had things been allowed to rock on, we would eventually have had around 1,000 graduates each pear from A. 4 M. with no chance of obtaining etn- 'j ployment except through their own pavement pounding and the work of tHeir already worked down department heads and dean* [j The Former Students association has hopes that the plan may become operative next fblL Next year almost 700 students may graduate here. It seems aa if the bureau will begin its operation with a full aafceduW. However, when the Former Students Asso ciation of A. A M. undertakes something, tbs re mits ire generally quite readily seen. * The Battalion, for the student body, Uffers its Queerest congratulations to the Fenner Student* Association on taking a step which will result in fine opportunities for nil A. A M. pwduatet. would not sign up far o s flying machintfw CAREERS Some of the mo*t potentially imi>oiUat news often fails to make the front page. This[m|M de monstrated s short time ago when the President pointed i commission to study the subject federal career service. In the words of a toam of this. T. Recently s national poll was takse of the col lege youth oa the question of volaataortag for war. The questiap was put in two forma. One was to the effect of whether or not the collegians would volun teer to cross the seas to fight The other approached the topic from the standpoint of invasion. The men said nearly they would not sign up army or navy dutykr hop into the count of one out of every U American youth losing its patriotism? Are they being surpassed by the young men of other countries in grabbing of guns to teach nations to respect their country? Just what the status is today was easy to de termine, but the reaction in war time Is the question which all of the political leaders of this country would like to know. The young men of this country are sot losing their patriotism. They are gaining knowledge ef the futilenses of fighting wan such as the last one. They have seen toe many af the after-effects of war. Too many of the veterans came home and told of the horror. Too many of the veterans are now lying maimed in hospitals twenty years after the signing of the peace pact. No, they are not unpatriotic. They want Amer ica to stay out of war on foreign soil and to hare the opportunity for *?life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinosa.” • • i Foreigners may be a little quicker to cross borders and slap down men whom they have never seen before. The geography of the nations deal with this influence. , ■ Tp But should America be invaded, it would be safe to say that aot one out of every ten thousand would refuse to take up arms in defense of his home. But only if the country were invaded. Youth may be a little more brilliant than the politicians are giving them credit for. Perhaps they realise that if the leaders can not depend on them to Iny doWn their lives for no good cnase, the sahre and smooth talk of the war lords will not be as effective. America will not jump as head I mg into the next war aS she did the last. Isolation is s muck more appealing alternative for youth and they may force the federal government to adopt measures to insure PIANK STIAK' _ ^CvWSv««—« CAMfPUS ORGANIZATIONS BY BILL MURRAY Chemical Corporation VB about s month age, the Ed Hagan la president ol the or-. NMapai by jus$ their local A. A M. cammitlM chair- Society qf Chemical Engineers, d * nt ,n<1 pr ° rrmm which has functioned actively for ““h ^ A 11 *' 1 ™ recretary some yceit* < r T treasurer. Dr. J. D. Lindsay is But now the* A«gie chcm so- »P«t?or * v K>ne.-r> hav, attaint national af- To bs a member one mast be a flUettosk with the American Insti- Rodent in the chemical eadnaaring tute of dmmical Engineers; and or majonnf or miaoring in already the local chapter of this chemistry. There are alao the ranks widespread group has stepped off °* “■Junior," "associate,’* and "ae- to a go. 4 .start, with some 150 tive" member, which meu who have active student members. The ga- worked in these fields may be ad ciety Is ■ our engaged in formulat- nutted to after fulfilling certain ing its new constitution. requirements of the A. I. Ch. E. The College Station chapter af , - the A. L Ch. E. is the largest chapter in the United States. It is one of the two such chapters in the mate, the other being at Texas Ttch. Meetings are held every other New Records. Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey’s trombone, and Tommy Dorsey’s vocalist bare Thursday evening in the Chemistry been teamed again to produce an leetare room. They are open to the outstanding Victor record. HEAV- PREVIEWS and REVIEWS entire public. Speakers connected with chemical companies, ofl refin eries, and other such industries are presented. They speak on both general subjects of wids interest, sad on complex technical subject- of interest more particularly to engiaasra. i The A. I. Ch. K. holds aa annual contest, for senior*, in problem everyone should do exactly as they .ojTing, sod various other eon- _ The Collage Station chapter al ready is panning its part in this BY RAY iKhU.H H I "You Cant Take It With You,” want to and this belief is carried tests and activities a Columbia picture directed by out to the fullest extent on his frank Capra and a screen version family and friends with the result of the George S. Kaufman-Mess Hart Tuesday aembly Hall. Is making gunpowder ot dancing The east: and all. of Grandpa Vapderhof Lionel piag laughs for the audience EN CAN WATT and YOU TAUGHT ME TO LOVB AGAIN, with Jack Leonard doing the vocal tasks, share disk of distinction. From the land of M-G-M and RKO come the selection- which Hal Kemp and his Orchestra have perpetuated in wax. ITS ALL SO NEW TO ME. from the M-G-M film "Ice Follies,’ a d BLUE ITAL IAN WATERS, front the RKO film “Fishermen’s Wharf,” are the songs which have bees subjected * G*>nr* ». Kaufman-Mess a family that resembles the in- , F ^ . . to the Kemp treatment and, aided Pulitaer Prise play. Showing mates of a aiad house, each doing !!*. , y * ‘ by Bob Allen’s vocalizing, have iay and Wednesday at the As- just what he wants to whether it ^ . ., 7 ’ , suited in something delightful in -By Washington columnists, Alsop and Kintnar, this should "shine like the traditional good -Wd in a naughty world. Yet, instead of Alining, it has passed strangely unnoticed.” Bureaucracy, in the view of most mMI|M economists, is the imposing barrier that stands square and uiuheving in the way of any movemeat to reform and improve the administrative side of Psir^Hp government And bureaucracy is the direct result of our Umg-entrenched patronage system, whereby pob tkians in power pay off their obligations and in directly or directly feather their own nests by ap pointing their friends and backers, and their sisters and their cousins and their aunts, to federal jobs. It has been believed in Washington for some time that the president has been thinking about wsy* and means of doing something about tearing down this barrier, and establishing an American career service patterned more or leas after the justly- famed British civil service. The appointment of the commission seems to be a tangible start toward this end- / The job this commission has been given re quires first calibre minds. And it has them. It consists of two members of the Supreme Court, Justices Reed and Frankfurter; the Attorney-Gen eral, Frank Murphy; a well-known industrialist. General Wood of Sears-Roebuck; s distinguished engineer, Gano Dunn; a former civil service com missioner, Leonard White, and a Treasury adminis trative expert, W. H. McReynolds. All of these men, it is said, have long been interested in improving the govern meat service. * No matter what the committee decides, any move to place the government service on s career basis is certain to meet with much congressional opposition. The patronage system is too old and too strongly intrenched to make its abandoament easy. On the other hand, the great wealth of dispas sionate opinion is in favor of the career system- oven though there would undoubtedly be differences over particulars in any definite plan—and it day bo that Congress will bo eventually forced by pressure to make o move in that direction, though it does it reluctantly —Daily Texan. PoUtkians had better not, count on the Mare ui the bugle aad the stirring refrain* of band music to the extent they did twenty-two years ago. Youth is against it t i -BAYLOR LARIAT Barrymore Alice, his jgrsndaughter Jean Tony KirtQr, her bos* James Stewart Anthony Kirby, his father. | 1 Edward Arnold Mr. Poppin* Donald Meek may be a bigger success than ever them makirvv swW-Hn. ° ther P 1 *®* influde ' h ’ 4v_ ...^f P presentation for the puMic of a fine moving picture swing. Larry Clinton pdired fc number What’s Showing nud, b, th. £ h “ , " n ’ by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chap- Dart mo ut* College student! play ed the part of extras in a movie filmed on the campus during the on Ohio’s five state universities have formed as inter-university council to co-ordinate the national policies and prog ism* of the schools Hedy Lamarr has b- ' f nommat.sl for freshman class president at Dartmouth CoBogp. j Associated Collegiate Preos Super Sleuth Martin Dios, Congressman from Texas, is not in very good standing with moat collegians. His forays iato the realm of isms in the U S. seem to bring only smiles to the faces of undergraduates, although many profess to be “skeptical but not unconvinceuble." Commenting on the recent action of congress giving Mr. Dies $100,000 to continue his invootiga- tioas, the “Daily Iowan” at the University of lows, said this: "It look* very much as if there’ll be a lot of fun among the Dies investigators during the coming 11 months. Probably $100,000 isa’t too much to spend for a good laugh; Hollywood spends much more foe those with less humor" While the University of Maine “Campus’’ called it “the most obvious and deplorable example of pure waste of public money in recent Congressional de liberations,” the St Lawdpee University “Hill News" said: "It is ■ sad commentary cm the Ameri can people that a biased, prejudiced, narrow-minded committee such as this should continue its activi ties unchecked.” Taking a Bttlc more serious stand, the Univer sity of Minnesota “Daily" called upon Chairman Dies to choose bis witnesses and issue statement* “With greater consideration An investigation of un-American activities is definitely needed. With increased funds and a stronger personnel, the American public has a right to expect the committee to live up to the promise it showed at its inception." Chief fault found with the investigation la that it is foreign to our constitution. The "Egyptian" of Southern lUinoi* Teacher* Collage put it this •wa|r: “What would you propose doing to an indi vidual whom Mr. Dies proves to be a subvareive character? If you put supb a person in prison or take away hi* right to express himself because bis interests and opinions run contrary to that of rested interests, then we don’t need to worry aboat dictatorships in other countries, well have one of eur own." ASSEMBLY HALL: Tuesday and Wednesday—"You r * ecat Wmt * r Carnival celebration. Can’t Take It With You" starring ' ■ Rated aa one of the beat pictures J««n Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, ^ American Research of the past year by the screen James Stewart, and Edward Ar- * rut,tu te of Tulane University is guild this picture i* one of the nold[ *- . conducting a campaign for funds kind you don’t want to mbs and P4| Arv reproduce on the Tulane campus want to see again after you have ^ treat Maya pyramid in Mexico. MnK.lt SUtrtod ou, u . Pulitter W r‘'** < ‘* f ^“ Th, ' T f prize play and wa* done full jus tl<N S • wlt *’ ^ 'lw. third* of Vermont’s village tu'. I > FiHhk ( apis, the director Maro * 1 ’ Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kel- communities are represented in the mHe amde "It Happen One Night" A * 4n Nowkeay, and Nancy Cor- Uaivereity of Vermont student and “Mr Deeds Goes to Town" and ro11 body- who has three times won the Thursday, Friday and Saturday- J ; —^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts “The Ice Follies of 1939’’ starring Uaivereity of Kansas has a new and Sciences Award for picture di- Crawford, James Stewart type of popularity contest Stu- Lew Gyres, Lewis Stone and "The dents are voting to select an in- Intemational Ice Follies". telligenr. queer lin on his latest Victor record. Bea Wain sings Larry Clinton’a DON’T LOOK NOW alternately with Ford Leary, and sings 1 WANT MY SHARE OF LOVE ALONE. rectors. The picture is a wild comedy of a crazy family, the corefree Van- derhofs with an added touch of philosophy in the saying and be- Ihtfs of Grmr .lpa Vanderhof. The plot centers around the romance of Tony and Alice who are the typical rich boy and poor girl and aa a re sult plenty of conflict is brought into the story in the actions of their two families against each other. If R had not been for the excel lent mating of actors to parts this picture would have been a total flop as a picture because it is one of thoee impossible, fantastic types in which nothing is barred and everything happens but because the acton fit the parts so per fectly one does not have time to do anything but laugh at the Van derhof family and their mad pur suit of their hobbies Lionel Barrymore ip the sensa tion of the picture as Grandpa who thirty yean ago decided one day that be had enough money for the rest of his life so he promptly re tired and ever since had been hav ing fun collecting stamps and play ing the harmonica and philosoph ising on Ufa. It is his belief that It costs no more! You can be well dressed in cu*tom made clothes that cost no more—yet five you more in styie, quality, and personalized fitting. In Denton send Her flower? -=5. from ELLISON-FINCHER ^..FLOWER MART 1 * a TSXJW. 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Howard, Max MeCttllar, Tommy Mriord Something new and novel in the way of student avo.mmodationa is proposed by the Duke University “Chronicle”—its editors would have their alma mater establish rest homes when tired and study-worn undergraduates could spend a few days catching up on their sleep. < Aa a precodent for their proposal they cite the following: “Duke women are fortunate in hav ing a unique privilege that of spending a few days in the East can pu- infirmary whenever they feel themselves tired or run-down by too much study or soda! activity. They need not be ill to avail themselves of this free opportunity for n rest amid quieter surreuaMMH than prevail in the average dormitory.” \ j 1 Calling for a complete divorce of the National Youth Administration from all relief and unem ployment agencies, the coMege prees to campaign ing for greater rapport for this branch of the present administration’s emargency program. Citing the facta that N. Y. A. work to done by scholastically desirable students an socially da- ■treble projects, collegians are aaktog that the ■M. Y. A. be administered by the federal Office of Education and that finance* for it should not be /•■I*-c« • 1 ( u nil 11 <ki Te gain these soda, N. Y. A. students in many states are forming their own organisations. These organisations might well take the words of a Modesto Junior College “Collegian" Vitoria! writer for their creed: . "N. Y. A. not only will build for the future n more educated America but also an America with stronger character." ij V EFFICIENCY ; * P i • 1 , ' . equals | QUALITY times DEPENDABILITY ‘t,. vl ^! ■ equals ! 100% J at «i / CHANGE STORE ‘An Aggie Institution” f®Klj