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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the city of Colle ”'
published three times weekly from Se
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ]
weekly from June through August.
ity of College Station, is
ptember to June, issued
nings; and is published
Entered as second-class matter at thfe Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon
request.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-5444.
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STAFF
BILL iiURRAY ...
LARRY WEHRLE ..
James Grits
E. C. (Jeep) Oates
II. G. Howard
"Hub” Johnson
Phil Golman
John J. Moseley
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Circulation Manager
Intramural Editor
Staff Photographer
Staff Artist
Editor’s Note: We regret our inability at the present time
to carry our complete staff ip the masthead, but following staff
organization Tuesday night we will be ‘ '
able to do so.
The Battalion Staff Will
Organize Tuesday
The editors of The Battalion, tri-weekly stu
dent newspaper and monthly magazine of A. & M.,
take this means of inviting all Aggies who are
interested in journalistic work to become members
of the staff this year. We shall be delighted to have
as fellow-members anyone who wants to join. There
are no “strings” attached, no “red tape”—all you’ve
got to do to join is to let us know your intentions.
Every old and prospective member of the staff
is asked to be at The Battalion Office, Room 122
in the Administration Building, Tuesday night after
yell practice. At that time our final organization
plans are to be made. But talk to any one of the
editors before that time if you are interested; he’ll
be glad to talk things over with you and tell you
all he can about the work.
We regret that our masthead does not as yet
carry our entire staff, but after Tuesday night
organization will be complete enough for us to do so.
For most people journalistic work is highly
interesting. It’s frequently varied, never monotonous.
The newspaperman is able to improve his writing
as well as his speech—to learn many styles and
types of writing—to be better informed about the
news of the world and of his immediate locality.
Here a reporter has the opportunity to know many
more of the college authorities and faculty mem
bers as well as his fellow students—and friend
ships and acquaintances are valuable. And he
knows better than the average student what’s
going on around the school. The reporter has many
~g«-- The -Battarion—stOrff- ta—specialize, to
develop his own initiative, to make suggestions and
often to carry them out. He has an excellent oppor
tunity to work up into a paying position after a
year or two; and his work on a college publication
usually proves a practical experience of value after
graduation. It’s undoubtedly one of the best of
extracurricular activities, we believe.
So for the above reasons, and more, we think
you’ll be doing yourself a favor if you join The Bat
talion staff.
A course in practical journalism—English 329,
offering two hours’ credit—is again being presented
this semester for students of junior or senior rank
who are interested in journalistic work. If you’re
interested in working on either the newspaper or
the magazine staff, we suggest that you immediately
see E. L. Angell, manager of student publications,
who is in charge of the course. And if you desire to
continue it next semester, a companion two-hour
course is offered next semester.
Again we repeat that we’ll be delighted to have
who wishes to join as a member of the news
paper or magazine staff. We’ll be glad to tell you
all we can about it; and don’t forget to attend the
meeting Tuesday night if you’re interested.
cation before the deadline; otherwise they cannot be
printed in that issue.
I hope that each of you will come to feel that
you are a part in the making of this paper and its
editorial policy. We’ll be delighted to have any of
you as active members of the staff. We feel that
working on the college newspaper is one of the
most valuable and practical of all extracurricular
activities, and we think you’d enjoy it. There’s no
trick at all to joining the staff; simply let us know
that you want to be, and it’s very easy to arrange.
Why don’t you give it a try?
Once again I wish to express my deep apprecia
tion that you have given me the privilege of serv
ing you as editor of The Battalion. I shall do my
best to deserve it.
—Bill Murray
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THE BATTALION
‘You Should Have Seen the One that Got Away!”
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1939
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A Word of Welcome
The Battalion welcomes some thousands of old
students who have just returned to the A. & M.
campus for the new session just getting under way.
And to some two thousand new students we extend
an equally hearty welcome. We’re glad you’re here;
we’re glad to see the old men back; and we hope
that we’re getting off to the best session A. & M. has
yet had, in many ways.
To the “fish” just entering into the biggest
year of their life to date, we wish to extend a word
of encouragement and cheer. You are beginning a
new and unfamiliar routine, and you may find some
difficulties along the way. But don’t get discouraged
and downhearted; you’ll soon absorb some of that
“good old Aggie spirit” and catch on to the hang of
things here; and it will be but a very short time
until you’re agreeing with the upperclassmen that
we have the greatest school on earth. At least, so
we think.
A number of things will seem new and un
familiar, too, to the old students returning. In
their absence this summer, many changes took
place. The twelve new dormitories and the new mess
hall, begun last year, have been completed. Organ
ization changes have been made; a new registration
system inaugurated; rules passed providing for
week-early commencement exercises and final re
view, for special exams for seniors, for deducting
grade points for excess absences; and a number of
other changes in the old set-up undertaken.
Some complaints are to be expected about any
change in the usual set-up. It’s hard to get used
to new ways; and it’s next to impossible to please
everyone at the same time. As a whole, The Battalion
feels that the changes that have been made are com
mendable, considering the difficulties confronting
and puzzling those who had to make the changes.
Notwithstanding the changes that have been made
that are desirable, there are some few with which
we disagree; The Battalion will have more to say
about them later.
But for the present, we are content to extend
a warm welcome to the students, both old and new,
who have converged'on Aggieland during the past
few days. Let's get the best start we can, on what
The Battalion and all of us hope will be a tremen
dously successful season.
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BACKWASH
By
George Fuermann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.” (Webster).
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Drivel . . . “Sir, you are speak
ing of the bag I love.” Thus spoke
an Infantry senior yesterday . . .
Varsity footballer Henry Hauser
would rather golf
than football; and
he’s good too. He
won five important
Texas golf tourna
ments this past
summer . . . While
“highwaying” into
Bryan last Tues
day an ancient
model T passed me
with the following
optimistic quip
painted on its side: “Hell, Heaven,
or Hoboken by Xmas’” . . . Seen
painted on an incoming freshman’s
trunk—“Cjnril Crabtree Lipshtz
III.” The fellow I was walking with
couldn’t make out whether it was
a breakfast food or the trunk-own
er’s name . . . “Jo Jo” Jordan was
heard advising that “No matter
how hard you struggle against it,
sooner or later you’ll hafta drink
water.”
An example of super-stage-pres
ence was displayed by one Aggie
a few nights back. A group of Ag-
gieland’s scholars were departing
gaily from one of Bryan’s abound
ing night clubs, singing merrily
the sweet strains of “Beer, Beer
For Old A. & M.” Now one of
these pleasure-bent lads had a no
ticeable bulge in one of his pockets.
As he passed one of the waiters,
who was casting the fishy eye of
suspicion in his direction, a sugar
bowl fell to the floor. He turned
calmly to the now satisfied waiter
and with some annoyance looked
toward the staring bystanders.
“Ruffians,” he said with con
descension, “who threw that?”
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The Aggies’ new football coach,
Hany Faulkner, was making a
hasty trip to Lubbock last week
and on the way picked up a young
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Recently put on exhibition at the A. & M. College Museum was
this interesting exhibit. The skull, that of a mammoth, was found near
here. The tusks are more than nine feet long.
This is just one of the many things of interest to be seen at our
museum. It boasts of one of the finest collections of fossil plants
and animals in the South. Much work has been done of late in mount
ing birds and animals in their native habitat.
Drop in and see the museum’s exhibits some day. The workers
there have been doing a fine job, and are giving us a showplace we
can be proud of. You’ll enjoy your visit, and you’ll learn from it as well.
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B/ Bob Ni/beb
Wherein We Talk
Things Over
With the starting of a new regular session, a
declaration of my hopes and policies for the year
as editor of The Battalion would seem to be in
order.
This year marks for me the last of the four hap
piest years of my life, here at A. & M. living with
the finest aggregation of boys I’ve ever known. I
have been tendered a great honor in your electing
me your editor, and I intend to do my utmost to
live up to it. It is my hope that The Battalion may
have a thoroughly constructive editorial policy. I
shall endeavor to do my part to offer you, the read
ers, the sort of material in your newspaper that you
will enjoy. I’ll welcome any considered opinion, com
ment, criticism, suggestion, or contribution that
any of you may have to make. Where it’s possible,
I shall attempt to answer your requests so long as
doing so will produce a better paper. With these
aims in mind I hope to be the editor of a publication
that will as completely as possible be satisfactory
to all concerned. I am being assisted by a very
capable staff; and the above expresses the hope of
all my co-workers in regard to the newspaper.
Any contribution in the form of a news story,
feature, or other article that you, the reader, may
have to submit for the paper will be more than
welcome; and whenever such a contribution is
usable, it will be used. In the future space in the
editorial columns will be open to letters from read
ers intended for publication. Whenever a letter* is
truthful and of value, and is not libelous or con
trary to good taste, it will be printed. The one thing
I ask is that all letters for publication be signed.
The staff this term is attempting to arrange
more complete news coverage than ever before. We
will appreciate your suggesting or reporting to us
stories you know of that can be used in The Bat
talion. We ask that you get all notices in for publi-
6C School Spirit’ 9
The spirit of Aggieland has made Texas A. & M.
justly renowned. We have a large and loyal student
body, upstanding officials, a fine football team,
energetic yell-leaders and good loud school yells, a
reputation for sportsmanship, and many other things
that go to build up what is known as “school spirit.”
But these things are not all that go to make
up true school spirit. Many other essentials are
necessary. Some of these are more or less intangible
qualities—something we feel but find hard to ex
press. These include supporting our teams in mind
and spirit as well as with our yells. Give those men
your moral support; tell them they played a good
game, after they did; stick to them, through thick
and thin; and let them know at all times that you,
their fellow students, are behind them—win, lose,
or draw. No matter what the score is or who wins
the pennant, those boys will be fighting for our
school always, with might and main.
Get those activities tickets, too. Without them
you cannot attend the games; and unless you do,
you won’t be doing your part as you should. One
of the tangible, easily measurable gauges of school
spirit is the number of activities tickets sold. And
remember, by purchasing that ticket, you are sup
porting not only the school’s sports but also its
publications. No institution can flourish without stu
dent support. The Battalion needs and asks for
your support, as do all the other features of college
life.
School spirit is manifest at many places and
on many occasions besides the playing field: in
support of student clubs, publications, the A. & M.
Town Hall series, and all other student activities.
Here are several ways in which you can help
to build up a real school spirit. Let’s observe them;
let’s cooperate to make this the most successful
season A. & M. has ever had.
“MENTAL NARROWNESS, INTOLERANCE,
zeal to choke somebody else’s belief or theory are
out of place in an institution of learning. A univer
sity should be a sanctuary of intellectual freedom.”
A New York Times editorialist campaigns for free
discussion of “all the news that’s fit to print.”
“Scientists and educators have a moral obliga
tion to the American people and to the world. Today
as never before their influence must be exerted in
a positive program for democracy and intellectual
freedom.” Columbia University’s Prof. Franz Boas
urges faculty support of the new American Com
mittee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom.
“The universities of this country are now in a
critical period. In Europe, to a considerable extent,
the professors must play up entirely to popular sen*-
timent. Slowly but surely this dominion of mass psy
chology, with its foibles and hysteria, is gaining a
foothold in American universities.” Harvard Univer
sity’s Prof. Carle C. Zimmerman strongly condemns
faculty members who constantly “play to the galler
ies.”
A collection of jewels from many parts of the
world, worth more than $5,000,000, is one of the
major attractions for women at the New York
World’s Fair. Brief lectures on the stones are given
in the House of Jewels.
With three theaters soon tq be
open in Bryan and two at college,
everyone should be able to find a
show to suit his taste.
The Assembly Hall is presenting
a very good program for the open
ing week of school. Out of this
program “Lucky Night” seems to
me to offer 1’oom for discussion.
Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor are
teamed together for the first time,
and as everyone expected, they
came through with a good show.
The story of “Lucky Night”
deals with a rich girl out to show
the world she is made of the better
stuff. In order to accomplish her
purpose, she leaves her comfort
able home to try to find a job.
Her noble efforts come to nought,
and a park bench looms as night’s
lodging. On this same park benen
she meets “the boy”, also broke
and also out of a job. Together
they bum a quarter from a cop and
play it in a slot machine. Jackpot!
All throught the night their amaz
ing luck continues until they fi
nally decide that they should get
married while their luck holds out.
Time tells on their marriage, how
ever, and he finds out that her
views on marriage aren’t as reck
less as his. She wants to settle
down completely; he wants to go
out once in a while and have a good
time. Running home to papa does
no good because he agrees with
the young man. What do they do—
what would you expect when papa
has the money?
As I said before, this is a good
show. It is good because it is light
comedy with a script full of witi-
cisms and such. For the acting,
both stars have given better indi
vidual performances, but somehow-
together they rather make up for
their dramatics. Music—there is
n’t any to amount to anything.
Other reasons or discussions might
be given. Seeing the show however,
is the best way to appreciate it,
and I guarantee it is good.
What’s Showing
AT THE PALACE
Saturday—“Lady of the Tropics”,
with Hedy Lamarr and Robert
Taylor.
Sunday and Monday—“Black
mail”, with Edward G. Robinson.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday—“It’s a Wonderful
World”, with Claudette Colbert
and James Stewart.
ALL SET AGGIES
We’re right here, on the job to help you
get into that uniform ... we’re still giv
ing you R.O.T.C. patches and fish stripes
and sewing them on FREE!
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Check up and see what you need to be
“all set” and regulation.
Regulation “Knox Hats” now
Serge Slacks (18 oz.) Hi-Back
Archer Trench Coats, now
$6.95
$7.95
$3.50 - $4.25
Aggie Coveralls (Best Grade) Sanforized, Zip
per opening $3.25
Regulation Broadcloth Shirts (Form Fit) with
R. O. T. C. Patch and Fish Stripe Sewn On. $1.75
West Point Bombay Shirts, now $2.00
Fine Quality Regulation Caps, now $2.75
Regulation Sam Browne Belts, now $2.50
Webb Beits 50£ Sta-Ties 50*f
Hat Cords, Straps, Metal Insignia, Embroidered
Insignia, Metal Polish, Blitz, Griffins
Shoe Polish, Saddle Soap
SPORT SHIRTS AND SWEAT SHIRTS WITH
AGGIE EMBLEM
Aggie Buckles, Pennants, Stickers, Etc.
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CI^OUKIERS
Ludlum on Year’s
Leave To Work On
Educational Project
Dr. R. P. Ludlum, instructor in
the A. & M. History Department,
is on leave for the academic year
1939-40, in order to do research in
connection with a project financed
by the General Education Board,
a national board appointed by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt to
study and make improvements in
the educational standards of schools
of the United States.
The project, sponsored by two
professors at Cornell University,
is called “How to Develop the
Capacity for Critical Thinking
About Social Issues Among High
School Pupils.” It calls for the
construction of source problems
in the social studies. Dr. Ludlum’s
work will consist of framing the
problems.
DRINKS - that satisfy
PIPES - that are new
TOBACCO - that is fresh
CANDY - that is tasty
SANDWICHES - that are
delicious and appetizing
Our fixtures are new, our stock is new and fresh. Our
one thought is to serve the Aggies the way they like
to be served. Make us a visit and see for yourself.
George's Confectionerg
George McCulloch, '38, Owner
Next to Grammar School
In the New “Y’