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THE SUMMER BATTALION
FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1939
BATTALION
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HOfilH tlST U|(SI SOIIIN
By DR R Lj STEEN
Congress finally managed to ad
journ last week after a bitter, and
not too productive, session of about
seven months. The last two weeks of
the ness ion were marked by serious
defections from the Democratic ranks,
and as s result the administration
suffered several major defeats.
Mr. Roosevelt’s third-term boom
suffered greatly as a result of his
defeats in Congress, and many ob
servers are now convinced that the
two-term tradition is safe for some time to come
ER
Hg'|
Manager
rta Edkttgi
Editor
Assistant
Can America
( The Chins Weekly Review says J;
ered 16,000,000 to be expended
championing the cause of Nippoa’s
China. In spite of America's
pathetic attitude, she must be
five million dollars’ worth of pro
than likely it will be rather convincing,
Clyde R Miller, associate pnofesaoj of educa
tion, Teachers College, Columbia University, and
director of the Institute for Propagmsd} Analysis,
has listed seven common propaganda devices used
daily on an unthinking public. They are)
; ‘ 1. The Name CaUing Device. J jl
2. The Glittering Generalities Dev^e.
-V.'
The Transfer Device.
The Testimonial Device.
The Plain Folks Device.
^ 6. The Card Stack Device
7. The Band Wagon Device.
Mr. Miller says that “ ‘name ralltngj is a device
to make ua form a judgment without! es^adukM.
the evidence on which it should be haled." “Bad"
names are given to individual groups, nations, races,
belief, and ideals to make ua hate and > fear them.
Red, Fascist, diets tor. agitator, and ecorfomir royal
ist are a few in the “bad’’ name cctegorV.
“Glittering generalities dassie the public with
the virtue of a cause through the usc^ of "virtue
words" appealing to the emotions of love, gen-
erqcity, and brotherhood. Ih the “trantfer*’ or use
of symbols device the American public may be
shown to approve or disapprove a meagurt by the ,
expression drawn on Uncle Sam’s f|ce by the
cartuormt
The "testimonial” device, used to aiiv -ri *« , \
' srytting from a deodorant to the nattoiisl spending
program, and the "plain folks" deriis, jjnaed *o
effectively in a recent Texas gubernatorial cam
paign, are easily recognised. The “carp $ tacking''
device, based on the principle of half it ruths, and
the “bandwagon" device, which canges out la
The President has announced, however, that he ex
pects L> regain his hold on Congress. If he is able
to do so. the third-term movement should bo revived
with little difficulty.
The Roosevelt leadership has been, on the whole,
quite liberal. It now seems that a conservative re
action, which has been evident fer some time, is
steadily gaining ground. If this if true Mr. Roose
velt will probably have less control over Congress
in ll‘ U) than he had in 1939. Meanwhile, the Gamei
boom will prosper, and the Democratic convention
of 1940 will doubtleea be in the hands of coaservs
lives pledged to repudiate the New Deal leadership
• • •
Before adjourning, the Senate ratified a treaty
with Panama by which we are to pay our annual
obligation to that country In “old deal" dollars in
stead of the devaluated New Deal doilsrs. No other
creditor of the government has been able to obtain
such a concession. The treasury of the little re
public will doubtless enjoy a floating period of ex
treme prosperity, as payments ten da red, since the
dollar was devalued have been rejected, with the
result that rental feea for five or six years are now
'MFMIl j; J
• • • [ |l 1 | ’
A statement attributed to the British prism
minister is sf some interest. He ia quoted as saying
that' Ucaut Japaaeae activities in China make Ms
blood bail Maay Americans ksd ourae ta believe
that natMag stronger than water flawed la his
ikcidmrtaWy, American relations with Japan are
becoming progressively more strained. No crisis
has appeared, but conditions are such that a minor |
jfrridtat could easily be magnified sad made to ap
pear aa a grave injury.
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BA(KWASH
h \ :
few* iuetuMim
*W«1I talk about collateral afterwords Matter needs some
changu for thu milkman "
» r Bob Nodmf
Out of the; groove . .. J. W. “Be- eqd’s hitch-hiking tales domes
diss" Barnm b proving that he b from Curbs LeDoux. Frank Rfsg-
oue of Aggie land’s outstanding net, and Tom Jones. Justly be-
camera experts by * k ' vm K they had already aorn
his recent fine shots !“°^ than th< *' r * il * Pr of
of various campus h,ck after wmWll f four
buildinr* Steak ko * ,r * 10 e *tch a ride from Houston
for breakfast—steak to 00 ^ bo 7' •cttlod back
for dinner - steak witb ^
for sapper! By which 0,18 ** fimU * ^ kt4
diet, Johnny Haile AI1 wrnt w * u “«*»! they halted
proves That he is • frw mil*" "hort of Navasota, at
H one Aggie who b which time the right rear tire
defiaitely out of the:' groove . . . blew out.
Another high ia freak addresses A—riding the moir tragedy as
received by the collage b the letter stoically as the conditions would
which Jack Calloway reports as permit, they quidkly changed the
being addressed to “The Dog Hot- tire and resumed their interrupted
bandry Department" . . . “Hitch ride.
your wagon to a mule and forge Three miles more of glorious.
< *°®* * ^ n * v * r *i*y continuous riding. Then—another
of Wisconsin professor offer an blow-out!
informative thdhgh “non-rag," bit ^
of advice in respect to insuring • . , - /
MlBinrfUll )tfe ; . . A. A M. bn't Ut ‘ f * nn * r »
the only state college which b the night!
having housing problems. T. S. C. Comb *** **Y**** ont of your
w. reports that all of their dorm. hmir 8nd ^ on your new tie. and
and coop houses are remrved in c “ i,co dr ^» With “ **Pwa^*
full for the fast-approaching long 01 • *«»* **» <**««.
session, and the fact that oar ab
ut school will be well populated b
' ^ 11 ' ' ■ r ’ t o r-i,, ^ ^ Wufeome break for Aggbs . . .
Making a choice for the beet very d< ]irate operation, one in Sleep b a fine thing and t-ver> on.
show of the week would indeed be which the patient stands lass than 8 ^° ■ 1,t ' 1, ' v '°te at bast six hours
a hard one. Of the threat “Every
and the reputation of having al
ready sponsored, one enjoyable and
successful prom thb summer, the
Press Oub’s second-semester Pas
ture Prom bids fair to be even
better than last semester’s dance.
sn even < rwuner.** c,.- in 24 to it; but history professor "T *" „ „
body’s Baby", “Dark Vietarjr", and ^ ooeration >ul i I)odM>n *" h * pd P®* 10 understand Ch * r .** hemdB th * oon, ‘
“Dodge City", the two to choose ** f . th why Sid Cottlieb and Bert Burns >»ittee which has engaged Houa-
between are the last listed. “Dark f . monthi The* pa * r * registration fse to ton’s popular John Sullivan and bis
VktoTT" «»• hirVily praM by W l'ln 1«» mk! Ml U> fbKl h.p A*, on Mth oU-e, rto«ld«r wb.n orchMtn.
t!' “ T“ P->«. » tk, .bort space of EL “* '■
City". 0« Mtbt «y tb.t “D«lr. lhi . . v _ r ^ •
„ . i. ... . . than a year. Bette Davis’ solution
C*y sr*. )« . l'*Cb-to®0d u thr probb „ j,
Pta''
The state treasurer has just announced that the
deficit in the general revenue fund b now some
tl'.HHMi.iXxi The Confederate pension fund, and one
or two other funds, are also operating on a deficit.
The deficits, however, are not nearly so serious as
they seem. The state has many funds, and if all of
them were combined the resulting fund would have
a surplus of several million dollars In theory, at
IsUst, the deficit could be wiped out without resorting
to new taxes, but by the simple expedient of chang
ing the bookkeeping system.
boy show, hut then “Dark Victory"
was too deep and sad to be class
ed by some as entertainment How
ever, Pll give “Dark Victory" the
nod.
First on thb week’s list b “Ev
erybody’s B ilixf 1 . Hardly had we
gotten over the Jones family in
“Down on the Farm” than here
comes another one rushed out of
Hollywood. ^Although the title
leaves room for doubt, there really
tiful.
On W. T. A. W.
On being seated in one of the
local haskenes last Monday night.
City" b a rough sad 1 couldn’t help noticing two bits ! |
of the "wild sad wooly” verse written en a napkin which Week ef August 11-17
Errol Flynn as the hero m, * ht w «’ n j**** don* juatiea to Friday, Aug It: A. D. Jackson of
“aboetingest" hombre thb th * greatest‘of poets. The first, ■ Exp. Station. “Resalts of Agri-
skid of the eld Mississippi. Dodge wr,tt * n b > Strother and
Citjr, bavim sprung up with the mor ' philosophically turned than
off the railroad, becomes a ,l » companion, was:
; for outlaws and killers. * *blg£ ,
persuaded by the besuti- « ’ n '* t ' nl1
de Havilland to quit Ms j ^o** Mat
of trail-biasing and be- A lot -
'* * qU *. Ck ‘I’’** to co*V the town sheriff. Hu big simil » r to Tennyson in that th*
use the latest scientific technique ^ j, ^ t TiU , mout stress b Iski upon the sound rather
on the up bringing The result b c b behind the bars. The flrat fhJ «i**nin» of the words.
that he succeeds in getting the
whole famtifr fci quite a turmoil.
As usual Jed Froutt sad Shirley
Deane lead the cast.
Bette Davb comes through with
another fine performance in “Dark
Victory". Her part b that of a
young girl of high society who
ke tried was to arrest any number two, written by Parker
map taught carrying a gun; there Riggins, went like thb: ^
wssn't enough room in the county * think -
ja'l f*r them alL Annie Sheridan, You *fink
tho oomph" girl from Deaton, Or worse
Tetas, plays the part of the cabs- r In *«rae.
ret girl and owner of the town's j: •
foremost gambling dive. LoU of Phosphoric thumbs are the advo-
frrpi f>,.I ^97 W , tortmo * x mmkling dive. Lota of Phcphonc thumbs are the advo-
1 fie Lampm Millie f' nds !,,, PP m » »nd doowt fast action and two glamorous i st.on of NorelHfe Meyer and Ross
M M»ow the reason why. The cause wnm~n * thb show. -i-i..
It's short course season; too many small ones
to mention, but the Farmers’ Short Course drew a
total attendance of 6,600; the Fireasen’a Short
Course attracted 000 men representing 206 Texas)
Municipalities; the Farm Security staff conference
drew 700; and the Vocational teachers, here August
9-12, export a total of 760.—Never a dull memsnt
for cam pus rt sidenU and good business for local
business bouses.—Dan Russell, head of the Depart-
“follow the it4wd" policy, are aUo familiar to ment of Rural Sociology, has gone to, of nil places.
I f l ‘
The propagandist b merely an exaggi rat<-<l
press agent or advertising man sad: should be
regarded as such. America laughs at melodrs-
matic advertising but the product n^entioned b
remembered and Usually asked for byi the buyuTt
so in spite of the laughs, the adverti4ng has ac
complished its purpose.
A five-million-dollar advertising icheme will
be more subtle and no laughing mattir if Japan
achieves Ha aim- The United States fell gullible
prey for such advertising not so verf long ago.>
Mr. Miller’s seven categorical point* f ur props-
gands analysis should be adopted as household
words, They should become a part of every school
child’s vocabulary. If America mastered them
thoroughly, Japan would be wasting a let of money -
—Exchange
COLLEGIATE REVIEW
This may
column—but observers on the Ohio
campus claim that it actually
During the last minute rash to
registration, a long line of stadenta
both floors of the Administration
student toiled about half way up the
encountered a policeman placed them
students ia line.
“Is thb the line to the Buranrih ^office?
student asked the pel iceman.
“No," the cop answered,
pay your fees.
And the student turned around gad left the
lulilBgf
e • e e e
ggtaething new ta the Hue af _
insurance companies has cropped up op the Wash
ington University campus aa the edge of mnoky
St. Louis. There Eatorprbea, Inc., not only todkfci
students against faRare, but abe against marriage.
But they only take selected risks t>n the latter
of protection—and aa attractife freshman
coed has just been turned down tx-rapse directors
of the company decided their risk frgs too great
» Dr. Jehm R Gram. Ualvenity ef Alehsaw ehem-
bt inetructor, has new definitions for “. m gr *nd
“work." “Anything that exists contains energy, and
energy to Mb capacity ef a body to do work." he aayf.
Then, he asked kb class, “Do yt>6 know what
kind of work thb door would do?’’ Receiving no
answer, he came at them wRk thb: “Woodwork.’*
Nova Scotia, to study a famous cooperative organ
izatipn—and D. W. Williams is studying the live
stock business from the European viewpoint this
summer.—Joe Mogford and his Cotton Centeet
winners are studying the cotton business all over
Europe and Dr. Guy Adriance has Jgiw returned
'ftom a tour of the United Fruit Empiiw in Central
America.—Become a college professor and see the
World, but it costs-money since the State doesn’t
provide those little luxuries.—The new dormitories
continue to move along nicely and will be ready for
school opening—but advance‘enrollment figures are
below last year so there*)! he ample room for all.—
Sigp of progress or the opposite. “City of College
Station arranges to place prisosiert in Brasos 14
County jail"—and justice courts are bold regularly
for traffic violators.—Football players no longer
hnve a monopoly on student travriing; in addition
to the summer, military camps in Texas, New Jer
sey and Colorado, inspection tours ai the spring, the
cotton contest tour to Europe, individual hitch-hik
ing, etc., now comes the study toons: the geologists
to Wyoming, the architects to New England and
the East, tha ag eco boys to Canada and other
points, etc.—Another old traditicm will go aeon
when water from the new wells jocsted rnorth of
Bryan will be turned into the College mains. Old
timers will miss that good old sulphur water.— A
peaky faculty throws mors cold water upon students
careless about attending Ha sees Henceforth an-
excused absences over the legal allowance will re
duce grade points by one point for each two such
absences. Since grads points most be had to
graduate, the new ruling may disco«ra«e some at the
No, ifc*^ the line to lads with itching feet and lonely hearts.—Most popu
Isr campus spot these hot days, the P. L. Downs
know the reason why. The cause women “made
of her troub e b with her eyes.
Because aha 1$ afraid to admit 1 1 1
**" to «*“« •»**"* » What’s Showing ^ Ad«.ib*irsidii~«
’"r*- "r.** p-”* ” ,,ai 8 snowing
and nearly kills herself tn a nasty ■
fall from g jumping horse. The S*turda\ - KvcnbodCs
family physician then persuades with Jod Proutt, Shirley
her to see g Merialtat about her a . ;ri Spnng Hvington.
trouble C.-orgap Brent turns up as Tuesday—“Dark Victory”,
th, •pt'-ulM. If docton could bo Botto DotU. Goorto Brent. Hum. -N^'Mk.d'wdr'to tiii' Ad^iu'
u clover «t diapiooi, u the mroel) Bo^rt. „d Ron.ld Rcacmn. ration R^dlo, ond pbormd th.
Gox since they vainly spent an
hour and a half trying to hitch
hike to • Bryan from in front of
the Admi
night last
As a resuit of s powerhouse em
ployee's mistake, the street lights
throughout the campus were not
turned on and no one would stop to
pick the boys up. Finally, however,
oh.t he.lth, «* «»•“ Xl Edrol n»o.. Otlri. dc H.v.Umrd,
minutek the lights were on—in ten
more minutes the boys were on
their way to Bryan.
He decides the
lomn«U«ft»b Thuroday- "Dodfc a«,-.JwiU> p... r bo«, ta reject ta IU
_ S de Hsvilland. Ilim mt Inm O.
demands a and Ann Sheridan.
—
cN AROUND THE CAMPUS
_
But the saddest ef
The Best In Every*
thing
Jones Barber Shop
during
Jr.-wwimming pool, where the water b always coot
—The Texas Aggie
NEW RECORDS
A reissue of Hal Kemp's perennial, Get a Date
With aa Aagsi, gala coupled with a decadent little
number called Tsrsaia’ the Blase, foe a likable dbc.
Only living American artiste have their work
OB exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Building of
the Near York World's Fair. Tha exhibition, which
will include 800 works, b expected to surpass even
the faatoUS Armory Show held la New York fat 1911.
At the latter, modern American painting achieved
world-wide if stormy recognition
WITH V. A. YENTZRN Com Clemaon, South Carolina, for *re doing oa the history and de
Josenh ti Houm of the cotton t< ’ ,n P or » r y du Dr in the cotton re- Telopment of corn. Their research trip to Jackson. Mississippi, Aug-
cptanta, rtacorch lebormtory, left r*^'***"" 0 ^ “*• * “ *" k U 7"“; “•* 21 « » *">• P- O. Box m.
Thursday to attend the O R C wil1 emrr y on r ^»«* ri ' h atXentiou from agricultural Bryan, Texas.
Ctaop ot ForC Bom Bouton He “" U1 tb. *:*. ta»m,.ta. J ^ ‘ iJ —
will be gone for two weeks. * * * ,
• • • ’ Mha Mildred Thompson, sec re- Last April one hundred agron-
E R Aloxand* r head of the Ury ^ Agricultural Education *my studenU took U. S* Civil Ser-
Arricultural Education Depart- D * p * rtment ’ wiU lemr * Monday for fice examinations for agronomy
■Lm! u», nm .rC * w ~ k *' v *~ tio " • . r i,,o "•
tanbor aftar a loovc of abococ, of HmHJ.. for pooi^ta. >. >uk>r
several months. During the past A chestnut stallion. Fontaire’* 80,1 8urVeJro ^ • ftd fo,tJr fo ' ^
few months he has been the senior Chief, has been recently loaned to as junior sgrononusta. Lttely,
specialist on information with the A. A M. for one year by Campbell r ^ q0f *^_ ° r cop,e ' i of lran *triptii
A. A. A Board at Washington, Sewall ef Houston. Texas Fon- of Z . cr * diU jt hM J* be * n p ^
D. C- WT tintfs Chief b s full brother to ^ ,v,d b > ^
k * . . I.d-rty’s Fox, A. A M.’s grand ^ ™ ^
i hamni.tn at l*t. Worth Washington, D. C. It b assumed
Theodore Cbnstodoulo, who b ** “* that these studenU are being con-
vacationing at Savannah, Georgia. for .-mpleyttfet under Ovfl
wiU return August 10th to resume Mrs. F. L Thomas had as her Service within the hear future,
his work with the cotton research house guest thb past weekend Mbs j I * • •
laboratory. J 3*** of Citjr ’ Th* Southwest Tel- phone Com-
.V ta. ,^1°* 7T » SobP
D^tatta-m -UI fo, lL» A»f,io, ta pJTTd. k -’.-m.WTPs4.walw
joJp, m.. d.ir> ''“TV “ 9* . pboojatt? oftlta. obout th.-
rT™ ™ Fair which wm he . • e esmpua for the new French dial
fr i SLSnrr* ^ G W - Adriance wifl leave telephone.. The dial system b suy.
'' /V***** 4 JT, Wednesday to attend the Fruit p***ed to go iato effeot the early
TT l 1 ‘ Growers Association wiring which part of September, , \
year ta one of the iairtat on the ig ^ w held at Stephenville. Tea- • • •
Southmru ebtalt, aad.aflera • Prt«* M Mra Adriance and daughter NOTES .... Tom Bagiey) son
liat M *1,476. AL xrimiHwx- Mrs. Ad- of Mr. and Mrs. J. & Bagiey, b
here from Houston for a vtsM with
R J. Yen Roden, of the Animal I • • •
Husbandry Department, Ml July Df. Daa Russell wil return
30th fer York town where ha will A. A M. Monday fraM a vacUt
spend kb vacation tdto to Novi Scotia, where he 1
Visitors ta tbs New York Fair caa eat in
Foad variety mages from Ea
m to kebabs from Albaab. 1
country offers fan fare.
George Pheiffenberger will leave
August 16th for a six weeks* tour
<rf Ohio, Mbsouri, and other north-
studying a
W. H. Smith and
have
W. H. Burns
transferred
hb parents. .., The A. B. Conners
to are vacationing in Martin. . , .
vacation Nelson D. Durst, gradual.- a.-« v.
e ha has ant in the Accounting and Statin-
coopem- tics Department, has been tempo
rarily tmnsferr«*d to the Experi-
• • • Mtat Nation. . . . Dork Bough ton
Reeves of the Biology b visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
gave a lecture Wed- G. J.' Hudson, ia Dallas. . . . Mbs
te a group of agreauMf St Claire, secretary of the Agron-
In the lecture he gave a oray Department, left Wednesday
of the investigation they on her vacation.
We Have Just
i| Received
Shipment Of
AGGIE POLO
SHIRTS
1,1 e! I * .
SIZE 32 W 44
WaarwaM
cultural Experimental; U A.
Machemehl, F.S.A. Supervisor,
“Farm Security Admioiatrat|Mi ‘
Notes". *' j
Saturday, Aug. W. Mrs. F. L.
Thomas' weekly Ixok reviews,
“Summer Reading for Little
Children*'; B. F. Vance, atat
A.A.A. adminbtrutive officer,
“AAA. News".
Monday, Aiig. 14: Henry Roan,
acting head of the Ag. Ed. Dept.,
“Agricultural Education Notes";
j| W. E. Driskill, “Tran*portj»ti<»n
poem read, “Its Possibilities and
I.imitstione*. ).
Tuesday, Aug. 16: Miss Helen
Swift, Ext. Service sociologist,
• “Rural Women's Organisations"
sad ^Highlights of Texas Home
Dcnvwtt atiort .Associatien
\ ^Ceavwition*; FJ L Dahlberg,
“Animal Husbandry Notes".'
Wednesday, Aug. 16: D. H. Raid.
Poultry Dept. head. “Poultry
Notes'*; Lester Young, A.AAl
administrative assistant, “1940
Wheat Pro cram",
fhundar. Aug 17: R V. Miller.
State Dept, of Agriculture, “Feed
Seed Inspection"; G. G. Gibson,
j Ext. Service asst, dairyman.
, *Wtarita ksvesled by Dairy Im
provement Records”..
i Want Ads
‘ ~ r " ' ' - 1 1 1 ■
Wbnted:-—Two or three persons
to share expenses on a one-way
tljUdropafl
“T« o Convenient Slang**
Bryan Colkga SUtian