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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1939)
— THE SUMMER BATTALION I j JEzu/Tz/Tzet BATTALION Summer-M'f gion Weekly Newspaper Published Each Friday by Studenta of Xyus A. * M. Collette Deadline 10 a. m. ThorMtay. Entereii as second-class matter at the Poet Office at Colleco Statton, Texat, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 18T9. Ofr%cm in Koor* 122, Administration Building. Telephone Colleffc 8. Adrertismy rates upon request. National Advcrttaox Service, Inc. j f ’ * A BILL MURRAY . DOM BURK (ieor-ge Puermann Hub Johnson J. <X Diets. Bob Nisbet MIW Y OSS. M. y. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ADVERTISING MANAclER 1 Manafiny Editor Sports Editor Moris Editor • 1J # 1 i \ Pesrcy Campbell Roes Earl Cox Albert W. day STAFF • 1 ! Earle Shields Sara Allen Cofar Maryaret HoUinyshead Delbert Whitaker Margaret Ann Williams Charles Bsllowe Paul Stadh (,an t Library Be Open On Weekends? L * at a summer student failed to yet up an ouUide r »Port, another eras unable to complete his biytish sssiynment ln P*rxlM reading, and numerous others were greatly inconvenienced faa their preparation for Monday classes by the Colleys Library's being closed from noon Saturday to Monday morning Our Library ia indispensable in our pursuit of an education, and the librarians are always tireless and courteous fat their efforts to aid u» But added labor to enable the library to stay open week-ends 1* necessary. Mfe urge that e provimon be made to afford A. A M- stadent* the use of these facilities during the week-ends of the summer session and, while we are on this subject, why can't the swimming pool stay open Sundays? NORTH [AST WEST $0UTH j| : j ' i By DR. AL R NELSON j VHE BALANCED BUDGET is no longer eren g fond dream lot alone a promise, in the news of the day. The Preg.ceAt was sure that the 1938 budget would be balanced, or nearly balanced, as late as the beginning of that fiscal year, bat ended that period about Four Million Dellars in the red. The current fiscal year finds the budget in prac tically the same general condition, and for the future a balanced bud Mil is neither premised nor eren thought of far 19*0. As a matter of fact, ten years after the depression began Congress hs in the process of appropriating One and Three Quarter Millions mt Dollars for work niinf (W.P.A.), mors money for this object alone than was spent for tRe entire Federal Government expanses in any year previous to 1917, more than wa« spent in any year of the Civil War. The reason is net R£i to seek—next year is campaign year, with the election of a Prew an entire House of Representatives, and one- third of our U- 8. Senate. Tho National Party Conventions are only one year ia fSe future, and one year from this coming November we will choose a new national government to rule or misrule for another four years. The motto for the coming year will be "bigger and better appropriations, and let the tax-payer pay* WHO WILL BB ELSC1ED? Will the election go to the »»»" or men. who promise larger pensions for more people, more colleges for more communities, more roods for more drunken drivers to kill more people on, more jobs on the government payroll ak more money per ftt>, together with lower taxes, shorter boers, end the other fellow to My the hill? Whet do you guess the best-educated mass of voters in the world will do? “DON'T FULL ENGLAND'S CH ESN UTS FROM THE FIRE FOR HER seams to be s popular sentiment in the nation and on the cam pus. Meanwhile the "ebesnuts” are tumbling into the laps of the cm rent rulers of the universe—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and some of them are our chesnuU. much to our surprise and indignation. It really pains us to see Old England becoming so spineless and no-account that Ae cant or won’t defend our rights, our democracy, etc., with her life blood Chamberlain is e perjured statesman, etc., for not defending the democracy of the Caachs end the freedom of the Chinese, and in cidentally our interests in these countries. Our nationals are as much endangered in the Chinese foreign concessions as those of England but ne follow e policy of watchful wuitiim to aee how England handles the situation. Maaawhile, we make money by selling scrap iron. arms, and ammunition to. the Japanese in order that they «-»»> kill the Ameri can citisens. British subjects, end Chinese patriots more easily and expeditiously. By all means let England poll our ehesnuU oet of the *** hope even though she does disappoint us again. WHEN A DRUNKEN NAZI murdered a Csoch policeman the Gar- man sfficials merely announced that it was a regrettable incident. But ths prwviouB unexplained slaying of a German in tim Ceach city of K lad no brought forth a heavy fine for the city, martial law a curlew law forbidding Cnoch. to he on the struetp^fter • » m^ and a houm- to house search. „ \ FRIDAY, JUNE 2S, 19S» Summer Reading* BY DR. T. F. MAYO. Librarian Red Star Over China, by Edgar Sharo. (T*e author, a distinguish ed newspaper man. lived for a year or two with the Communist armies in the interior ef China. The forces which h»t here describee may even tually beat Japan). The Story ef the Winged-8. by Igor Silaorslm. (Good stuff about aviation—for those who thiqk aviation is good stuff to read about). Tfc* Come from America. by Gilbert Seldee. (A wonderful new book about the moviee the movie qpeens and kings). Marvels ef Insect Life, by Ed- wmr ’d Stef. (Makes you wonder why everybody doesn't study ento mology, especially with Bilmng and Co. to teach It). Labor’s New Milheae. by Mary Heaton Voree. (A painless road to intelligence about the C. L'O. and the A. F. of I*. Judging by much of the talk oue hears, I should say that this book is badly needed). W HATS SHOWING 1 AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday—-Parts Heney- ■mmi", with Bing Crosby, Franc lake Goal. Akim Tami- romm, and Shirley Rom Tuesday—-BUckweirs le- Mad”. with John Garfield and Roaemary Lane. Thursday—"The Hound ef the BaaksrviUee**, with Rich ard Green. Basil Rath bone, and Wendy Barrie. From Faculty By DR. T. F. MAYO. Librarian I offer the following, not neces* sarily as truth, but just as a beau tiful chain of reasoning. It will brace yen up, I think, to follow it step by step, and to hunt flaws: 1. Modem methods of produc tion requirs that most industries crease in size. 2- As industries increase in sise, the money power of their owners to equal the power of the 5. As the money power of the mart of business comes to equal the power ef the governments, the two powers tend to coalesce: that is, it becomes necessary that either business or government shall rule the other. (Attention, English 210 aharkx! This n dilemma. Is it s false oue?) A It would be unbearable .foe the owners of big business to con- trol the government. Hence since either big business or the govern ment must control the other, gov ernment should control business. 5. There ere only two kinds of govemasent: (e) autocratic, not responsive to the will of the people, end (b) democratic, responsive to the will of the people. 6. Now, If an autocratic govern ment controls hueinem, we have Fascism, which we dost went. 7. Therefore, what wo must have is e considerable control of bus h»*ss by e democratic government This is e digest of e short srucU- «»ll«d 'Democracy sad Economics", by Bertrand Russell, in the Survey Graphic for last February. It in terested me partly u stated so compactly the 'liberal’’ point of view, but largely because its tidy form csrriss one’s mind so noatly from point to point. If you will bring er send me. signed, by noon next Monday, your attack oa all or any link of this chain, I should like to put M into this cohissa. There must be s flaw latnt there? Other wise we’d an be New Dealer*! c4bnrcc Mi r? 6ok V — CArtmt The Assembly Hall presents’ three good shows this wsek—"The Hound of the BagkerviUea*. 'Paris Honeymoon”, and 'Blackwell’s Is- laad”. With just fifteen ecstta in my Pocket, I believe Ill blow it in Saturday night end see 'Paris Honeymoon.” Bing Oosby is my reason for puking -Paris Honeymoon" over “The Hound of the Baskervilles'. and it isn’t because of his acting— it’s because he gets to sing just a whol. batch a tunas I’ve been hum ming for months. Soma of tha songs ere 'You’re a Sweet Little Head- •che”, -I Have Eyes”. ’'Those Fun ny Old Hills”, end 'Joobelai'. Here is my chance to learn the words without buying tha music—that’s the Scotch ia ase. The story deals with “Lucky” Lawton, an American millionaire, who while waiting for his fiance to get n divorce, decides to stay m an ancient castle called Pusht*lnick~. While staying here. Lucky meets and falls in levs with a local gfaL Than the Countess De Rrmi, Whom Lucky is to marry arrivee upon the scene to coaspli- cate matters. Everything ends well, but Lucky has to drug the Countess to do it. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles” is taken from the work of the ase name by the well-known author of ell Sherlock Holmes stor ies. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. If you’va read the story, you’ll notice. • few small chaagga to fit movie "wakm, but yogTl also notice that mainly, it follows the hook more closely than moot shows taken from books. Basil Rath bone suc ceeds in portraying Sherlock Holm- *■ just as I pictured him in my mind, end that was a source of de light to me. The story is about a murderer’s use of an old supersti- tiosi built around the legend a gigantic hound haunted members of the Baakerville family because af the evils committed by an aa- ««*tor. When the youthful heir. Sir Henry Maxk'-rville, r to the family estate to live, a neigh bor plot* to kill him end actually sets loo«g a bloodthirsty hound upon the moor. ShaMock Holmes, in hie own fashion, uncovers the murderer and disrlnses his motive. “Blackwell’s Island” deals with the capture of a gang of racketeers who have been exploiting a penal colony at New York end John Gar field has the part ef the secret service man who goea after them. It h a gangster thrfller, end will prove goad entertainment if you’ve AROUND THE CAMPUS S3* ♦sar CompUi Seems to urn that a mere co-ed 19 sticking her neck out when she attempts to writs a column for The Summer \ Battalion, hut when you spend your life here st Ag- gieland, you just cent help imbibing some of that good old “do or dM” spirit. Hops you’ll ell he patient with a poor poor summer tolerated female in her first attempt to play the role of a campus Walter Wine hell. Helen Hill returned recently from San Antonio where she had been recovering from an kept her from taking part in tpe A. A M. Consolidated High School graduation exorcises. That eras a rotten break., and we’re all mighty glad to have Helen back home again. Up at the Admir strntion Build ing the other day Dean Kyle took time off from this business of registration 1 : to tell me that he knew some news to pat ia The Bat. telion. He said that there hre an awful lot of beautiful gets on the campus for summer school, end those are his exact words, so help me. (Dean Kyis told .me I could print this, but ITl bet he didn’t think I really would!) EXCLUSIVE AGENT {For EASTMAN KODAKS ' SUPPLIES • AGGIELAND STUDIO BE WISE — ECONOMIZE J SAVE DOLLARS AT PENNEY’S My New Slacks - Sport Shirts - Slack Socks New Towner aft Shirts and * Cool Underwear * 1 ! I ' J.C.PENNEYC0. **AGGIE ECONOMY CENTER” ; , Bryaa, Texas » —