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propaganda and Vacations
‘Winter follows autumn, spring follows winter, autumn follows
summer, summer follows spring. It is tradition.
This vicious equinoctial regularity assures us 4 four months of
hot, sunny days, during which it would be well for students to re
all these hooka they should have perused during the past winter. (This
does not include their textbooks.)
After a pear of college, the student ought to be able to do me
than read a book, accepting its doctrine ns truth on the author's
say-so H# should be able to see through the base of modern pro
paganda. Everywhere—in street-car advertisements or in pamphlets
defending democracy—the technique of propaganda is becoming
art. In a good general library, magazines like ••Spain," a pro-Faacist
publication by General Franco’s associates, and fee "Young Com
munist Review" may rest on neighboring poles of opinion.
Students should realise that one of the aims of propaganda Is
to garner support for its ideas. It knows no law exospt the law of ef
fact tv snses.
A human being generally is not logical, and the purpose of pro
paganda is not to make him think, but to cause him to react as it di
MpMl 1 ,i-i I .
He responds best to statements that have an emotional appeal—
statements that are built around "positive" words like liberty, de
mocracy, Americanism. He revolts against “negative” word- like
Fascist, Red. atheist.
For your summer reading, here are a few suggested rules to use
in propaganda analysis.
Ask yaagaatf: '
1. Who publishes the magazines or book in which the article
appears? What interests do they represent?
2. Who is the author? What are his affiliations?
S. What is the purpoee of the article? What techniques are used
to appeal to the emotions? Are “positive” er “negative” words used?
Do the opinions presented check with those of reputable authorities?
The way of least resistance is to accept all statements In reading
matter as facts. Freedom, however, lies in the ability to analyse, to
find truth in the welter of confusion.
It is the only alternative to literate stupidity.
: Snarly a million dippings from newspapers and
liehed in 50 different languages, covering both hemispheres
glob<>, have already been catalogued and filed by
Preaa of the New York World's Fair.
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Ten null ion volts of artificial lightning are generated and dis
charged at intervals in one of the exhibit buildings at tha New York
Fair, probably to the consternation of visitors.
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Boys who. snmM to learn football from "old laastora* j will have
that opportunity in the Academy of Sports at the World’s Fair. Free
ckiseei in «■% <1 y department of the game are to be taught during
Pbpitonber add October ef next year by such expert coaches and
R yers as Jim Crawley of Fordham. Mai Stevens of N. Y. U., "Pop"
inker of Temple. Lou Little of Columbia. "Chick" Meehan, Benny
Ftfedman ef C. C. Y., Larry Kelly of Peddle. Alexander Mojciecho-
wtes of the Detroit Lions and Marshall Goldberg of, the University of
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THE SUMMER BATTALION
1 CURRENT EVENTS
By Dr. A1 B. Nrtaa
The neutrality question has had
the nation on the horns of a dilem
ma, and we have found to our dis
gust, that the horns are sharp.
The old neutrality law forbade
our selling munitions to say nation
at war (this is the reason Japan
has never declared war an China).
No one is satisfied wife the old
law, except Japan, and all our
friends are disgusted wife us. Now
the administration has decided this
position is tob dangerous for os
and wants to blindfold the old wild
bull called neutrality, grab him by
the tail, and sell to anyone who is
willing to risk the horns to come
and get it. However, there are some
people in the nation who want to
know why it would not be a good
idea to strip off the blindfold, slip
MM pridie, cinch a saddle on the
critter and ride him, sell only to
our friends and let the others root,
hog, or die. The real question is
which is the safest and the best
s, before the horns, hanging to
the tail, or in the saddle guiding
the brute where we want him to go.
Some nations are going to be dis-
tisfied whatever we do, there
fore it seems logical to choose
di ones we would rather have
dissatisfied.
A joker has bean found In the
so-called Fair Trade Bill just pass
ed by the Texas Legislature. Our
live-wire Attorney-General, Gerald
Mann, Is the gentleman who
brought H out into the light of day.
Like an old football player would,
he keeps his eye on the political or
legislative hall, just as he did s
few years ago on the old S. M. U.
gridiron. It seems hard to fool him
by Double Shifts and it la possible
that he would even detect a Double
Croas if anyone should ever try
to put one over. The bill in
tion would permit
to set the price at which retailers
should sell their goods. However,
someone in the legislature wrote
in a clause providing that any por
tion of tha new bill which eon
flicts with 1 the anti-trust laws
would bo null and void. Jorry Mann
Is of the opinion that the
"Fair Trade Bill” conflicts with fee
anti-trust laws. The question is,
i someone dumb, too smart,
just plain SMART?
The Anglo-Rasaisn Treaty h
not yet been signed, hut the Rus
sian Boar certainly pulled the old
British Lion out of a Japanese trap
down at Tientsin this week by
aching a concerted drive all
along the Russo-Japanese fron
tier. Not “war," yon understand^
hot just plain fighting in which
each side claims the victory. Japan
promptly reversed her earlier
stand and agreed to negotiate her
differences with England. Just a
islan version of the Hitlerite
ueeae play."
FRIDAY, JUtSE 80,
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1939
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Evanston. 01.—Northwestern University awarded a degree Satur
day to Elisabeth Wehner, its most persevering student.
Miss Wehner, 28, is the first student to complete a full college
course at Northwestern in the night school. It took 10 yearn
Three nights a week for a decade she left her job as bookkeeping
machine operator and journeyed to the campus. Three aighto were
spent in study, one night she reserved for a date.
To win the degree of bachelor of phikmophy, Miaa Wehner spent
K400 hours in classrooms and at least 3.600 hours in study.
Another week - three mere
•hows. In order they are "Pacific
Liner'’, “The Lady's From Ken
tucky”. and “Tail Spin”. It looks
like a pretty good week’s program.
Picking the beat of fee lot would
be a hard job, but ITl take “Tail
Spin”.
Saturday's picture, "Pacific Lin
er” is a story of a conflict between
a ship’s physician and the chief en
gineer in trying to curb fee pro
gress of an epidemic which has
broken but in the boiler rooms be
low dedk. The two men quarreled
from their first meeting, and even
fell in love wife the same girl. The
dchdly tropical disease is kept in
the fire rooms by rigfci quarantine
by the ship’s doctor, 1)ut the men
mutinyj To bring fee story to a
happy ending requires fee able
acting of aa old favorite Victor
McLeglen, playing fee part of
the roaring ball-jawed stokehold
boes. Chester Morris is fee ship’s
doctor, and the men fall in love
wife Wendy Barrie.
“The Lady's From Kentucky"
is next on the list and while it
is nothing extra. It is still a pretty
good show. George Raft, Ellen
Drew, Hugh Herbert, and Zaxu
Pitts are fee featured player*. As
you probably guessed the show in
volves a race horse. Ellen Drew
inherits an old estate in Kentucky
and with it a very valuable race
horse, but she learns feat a small-
» gambler, George Raft, owns
half interest through an old bet.
They form a partnership and make
plans for racing fee bone. Their
partnership is a queer one, but not
half as queer as Zaxu Pitts and
Hugh Herbert. Lots of racing
pictures have had better acting,
but vary few have bad racing
scenes quite so authentic.
Might say I saved fee best for
fee last. "Tail Spin” is a story of
three girl aviaton who each had
her own particular reason for fly
ing. The girts an Alice Faye, Con
stance Bennett, and Nancy Kelly.
Alice Faye flies for fee money
in it so she can help her kid bro
ther. Constance Bennett flies be
cause the man she loves flies.
Nancy Kelly's husband is a tost
pilot. The plot of fee story lies
around the sir races in Cleveland
and involves Alice Pay* and Con
stance Bennett in a race called
the Powder Puff Derby, for women
only. You guess fee rest!
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AT
ASSEMBLY
- “Pacific i
•r." wife Victor
Chester Merris and
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Tuesday - - -The Lady’s
From Kentucky." wife ]Geo.
Baft, Ellen Drew, Hugh
hart, sad '.Zaxu Pitta. .
, Thursdsf - - J "Tailsiin.”
Wife Alice Faye. Constonce
Bennett, and Nancy Kell •.
Atfgie Killed, Another
Badly Hurt, in Wfeck
{Thomas L. Renshaw, an J i. A M.
agricultural administration itodent
in Company E Infantry, wa i killed
in an automobile accidei t last
Thursday night between Mount
Pleasant and Pittsburg. T^cas.
George Lilienstern, whe
Shaw’s roommate here yeai before
last, was Critically injured in fee
wreck and is not expected. to live.
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STUDENT COfOP
Phone College 13 9
North Gate
Aama ’N’ Andy, blackface cem-
edy team, played the stellar roles
in fee first experimental commer
cial television 'program ever at
tempted in fee United States when
they appeared before fee Icono
scope at thV New York World’s
Fair.
DAVID THRIFT OF BAN AN-
tonio, graduate of ’39 in agricul
tural administration and cadet
colonel of fee Corps during fee
past regular session, will be back
at College Station next term to
accept a position aa assistant sec
retary of fee College Y. M. C. A.,
and will assist in formulating new
plans of the Y. He haa been visit
ing here fee past few day* I j
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