THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1939
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THE BATTALION
What A Good Football Banner Looks Like
The Battalion nominates the football banner shown above as probably the best that has been put up
by the “fish” on the campus so far this season. We think it’s a darn good sign, for three reasons: (1) the
idea is comparatively original; (2) the lettering and painting are some of the best we’ve seen; and (3)
the sign is catchy without being vulgar.
A word here to the fish: A banner doesn’t have to be vulgar or suggestive to be good. Vulgarity in the
football signs only causes visitors to the campus to receive a bad impression of the Aggies, and detracts
from A. & M.’s reputation elsewhere. Fish, why not model more of your signs after the one shown above?
Car Problems Remedied
Recognition by the Commandant’s Office of the
need for facilities for the handling of cars owned
by dormitory students erases from the “Blue Book”
a regulation that had become so obsolete that
violations of it were the rule rather than the ex
ception. Under the old rule motor vehicles belong
ing to undergraduate dormitory students had to
be STORED off the campus and could be used only
while the student was on pass. In addition, these
cars could not be brought on the campus at any
time, even to picking up suitcases before going
home or elsewhere while the cadet was on pass,
without danger of picking up a “red tag” at the
same time. This may sound far-fetched, but such
cases actually happened. Although the establishment
of student parking lots is not expected to entirely
eliminate student car troubles, they shotild go a
long way toward doing so when coupled with a
recent order allowing students to use their cars on
the campus for social activities.
While the parking lot provided for students
living in the old dormitories is not as conveniently
located as it should be, the system set up by the
Commandant’s Office is a major step in the right
direction and will do much to relieve the transporta
tion situation that threatened to become a major
problem this year because of a far greater num
ber of students living on the campus than at any
time in the past history of the school.
pfae big move forward, however. Is the allow-
■f students to use their cars on the campus for
social activities such as corps and organization
dances. Formerly it was a violation of college
regulations for a cadet to bring a girl to a college
dance in his own car, but it was perfectly all right
for them to use her car. Not that the cadets minded
using the girl’s car—but sometimes the girl didn’t
have one and then it was either walk or take the
“bull by the horns.”
officers will aid in giving the course.
R.O.T.C. students worrying about their status
should the United States be drawn into the war,
have this announcement of an army official to es
tablish their responsibilities:
“The R.O.T.C. cannot be called into service by
the federal government, as it has no jurisdiction
over the university units.” R.O.T.C. students need
not serve sooner than a person who has not had
such training, the official indicated.
OJPEIV FORUIVI
V
In the past, perhaps, there were ample reasons
for the “uncivilized” atmosphere surrounding our
housing facilities. However, despite the fact that the
buildings proper have been steadily improving, there
remains one outstanding source of inconvenience
and complaint. In fact, this year it has become even
worse. That is, the condition of the water made
available to dormitory students.
At present, as every student too painfully
realizes, there is absolutely no water either cold
enough for drinking, or hot enough for shaving
and bathing in any dormitory on the A. & M. cam
pus.
Why?
Why could not the water heaters, which are,
according to Mr. Marburger, awaiting installment,
have been ordered in ample time to allow for any
delay in their fabrication ? It is only logic that
there surely must have been more efficient means
of installing and ordering these heaters.
/ And why should our dormitories be without
water-coolers ? The initial cost and installation of
an abundance of electric water coolers throughout
our housing system would be relatively low.
—L. E. Watkins, ’41 —Don Andrews, ’41
—J. J. Jacoby, ’41 —W. H. Baker, ’41
War Changes
Some time ago The Battalion carried a story
on the cancellation of Rhodes Scholarships until
after the Second World War has come to an erid.
From the Associated Collegiate Press we learn more
as to what the war is doing to American colleges.
All foreign exchanges between this country
and Europe have been cancelled. More than three
hundred students are affected by this war-time
measure. In addition to this, some 7,500 students
who each year study abroad at their own expense
will be forced to continue their education here.
First announcement of a curricular change in
a United States university comes from Massachus
etts Institute of Technology, which has instituted
a new advanced course in marine engineering. This
move was made because of the prospect of an
enormous expansion in naval and merchant ship
building in the next ten years. United States Navy
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R. G. Powell, Walter Sullivan, Delbert Whitaker.
As the World Turns...
By “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
The glamour of the war has sidetracked one of
the most serious problems that Europe is now fac
ing.—the refugees. Just before the German invasion
of Poland a relief worker visited Cracow, Poland.
In a small room above a fish market
he found 69 men, women, and chil
dren, the men representing largely
the professional class—doctors, law
yers, artists, and journalists. In the
room were cots for 35 persons; the
rest slept on the floor. There were
no chairs or benches, only three wash
basins, and the refugees had no cloth
ing but what they wore. Other refu
gees visited by the relief worker were
in even worse plight.
Some of these refugees in Po
land were those who had fled from
^Austria to Czechoslovakia, then to Poland, and now
find themselves in Rumania. Others have fled across
other boundaries but wherever they go, they are
aliens and unwelcome. The refugees, Jews or gen
tiles, create conditions which favor the spreading
of epidemics. Already • outbreaks of typhoid have
been reported in several places. Other epidemics
may break out, too. Many of us remember the deadly
influenza of the last World War. In several weeks
of 1918 it killed more people than were killed during
the duration of the war. The refugees constitute a
serious problem for the whole world, not for the
warring nations only.
Last Tuesday the newspapers announced to the
peoples of the Americas that the inter-American
consultation conference at Panama City, Panama,
has approved a 600-mile peace belt around the
Americas. The aims and hopes of this approval are,
indeed, laudable. Its execution, however, would
present many difficulties. The chief United States
delegate, Sumner Wells, undersecretary of state, has
promised that the United States would cooperate
in patrolling the waters adjacent to the coast of the
western hemisphere. Since normal shipping lanes
run far at sea from the United States to the northern
part of South America, it would be necessary for the
United States Navy to patrol an area hundreds of
miles wide. Canada, already at war with Germany,
and the possessions of the European countries
within this area, would create complications that
would demand a special study of a much extended
maritime zone is closed to belligerent nations. It
might be expected that Germany would object to
such a wide maritime zone, especially since the
revised neutrality act puts Canada in a privileged
position to receive shipments of supplies from the
United States.
BACKWASH
Bu
George fuermann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
Usually the best shows at the
Palace Theater are played on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
This week is no exception to the
rule. “Stanley and Livingstone” is
one of the outstanding pictures of
the year. With a cast including
Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, and
Richard Greene, why shouldn’t it
be?
Seventy years ago—in 1869—•
Henry M. Stanley, the ace reporter
for the New York Herald, was giv
en the hopeless assignment of find
ing Dr. David Livingstone. Liv
ingstone, if you will remember,
was the famous missionary to Af
rica who was thought to have been
lost and perhaps killed in the jung
les. Many people tried to persuade
Stanley not to go on the hazardous
journey, including a reporter from
a rival newspaper who had already
tried and failed. Not to be daunted,
however, Stanley set out with his
companion, Jeff Slocum. Braving
the dangers of jungle, sun, swamp,
fever, savages and wild beasts,
Stanley reached his goal after
months of hardship. Successful in
his venture, Stanley fought his way
back to civilization, his story in
his hand. On his return he received
a blow. No one would believe his
story, and to make matters worse,
the girl he loved had married an
other man. Suddenly news came
that Livingstone had died and that
the body had been brought to Zan
zibar, accompanied by proof of
Stanley’s success. Honors meant
little to Stanley. He turned down
all offers of wealth or fame, and
was off to Africa to carry on the
work that Livingstone had started.
The whole story can be printed
about this show because really
there is nothing to give away. Then,
too, knowing the whole story won’t
spoil the enjoyment of seeing this
show.
A difference in classific(at(i)On
should be noted at this point. There
are a great number of “good”
shows, but there are relatively few
“outstanding” shows. This one
might be classed as about half-way
between the two. The acting, cast,
plot, setting, direction, all are fine.
Nevertheless there is a spark miss
ing. Perhaps what it needs is a
little “oomph”.
“Dodge City” is showing at the
Assembly Hall Thursday and Fri
day. Since it is a benefit show, it
is not listed on the calendar. If
you like shows rough and tough,
and also if you haven’t already seen
it, “Dodge City” should suit your
fancy.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday and Friday —
“Dodge City”, with Errol
Flynn, Olivia de Havilland,
and Ann Sheridan.
AT PALACE THEATER
Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday—“Stanley and Liv
ingstone”, with Spencer
Tracy, Nancy Kelly, and
Richard Greene.
Fuermann
Well all right . . . This one was
overhead in the Academic Build
ing yesterday: On being asked if
he had a cigaret, Ole Stalheim came
back with “Yep, but
they’re all promised”
. . . “Get a bicycle”
is the slogan of the
cadets living in the
new dormitories, and
thus far we estimate
that fifty of them
have done so ... In
respect to the lack-
of-hot-water situa
tion, Harry Thomp
son recently echoed the sentiment
of the entire student body when he
satirically declared, “I’m going
home next weekend to take a bath
and shave.” ... It was back in the
16th century that Joseph Addison
pointed out the truth that" 20th
century males still agree with:
“There is not so variable a thing
in nature as a lady’s head-dress.”
. . . “Tick” Bryce: “I’ll be home
within three bottles of brew.”
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English “as she is spoke!”
It’s a little late for stories about
summer vacation, but Charley Kyle
brings one from Houston that’s
too good to hold. Entering one of
that city’s more famous soft-drink
establishments, he sank into a
more-than-usually-low swivel-chair
and, at the same time, remarked,
“A long way down.” In the twinkl
ing of an eye he heard the soda-
jerker repeat his exclamation, and
before he had a chance to say an
other word, a large coca cola was
reposing on the counter in front
of him. In the future, Charley
promises, he’l be careful what he
says in soft-drink establishments.
•
One of the new dormitory’s soph
omores, entering class a few min
utes late last week, was met by
the Professor’s irritated query:
“Why are you late to class?”
Quick as a flash, the soph re
plied, “I just came in from the
country, sir.”
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Hither and yon . . . The Geology
Department’s Dr. C. L. Baker has
his own definition of Texas Uni
versity—the Austin college, he
points out, “is a combination of a
five-year high school and a house
party.” ... A. Hitler was the vic
tim of the most thorough-going
booing your columnist has ever
heard, when his picture was flash
ed on the screen of the Palace
Theater last week . . . And here’s
one from T. S. C. W.: At the be
ginning of the Denton school’s
long session recently, one of the
freshmen attempted to report to
all of her Monday classes on Thurs
day—believing that it didn’t seem
right to start to college in the
middle of the week.
Streamlined Precision Featured
By Equipment in Aggie Bakery
You push the little switch down,
the machine goes round and round
and bingo! the pies come out here.
Sure ’nuf Aggies, our bake shop
has a rotary pie machine that’s
really a honey. It is capable of
turning out 400 pies an hour —
and just as “easy as pie,” too. This
machine, in reality an assembly
line, rolls out the bottom crust, in
serts the filler, and then crimps on
the top crust all in two easy re
volutions.
Not alone in our bakers’ Utopia
is this bit of u^tra-modern equip
ment. There is another machine
which cuts and shapes 6,000 rolls
an hour. Automatic flour sifters
and scalers mix each batch of ingre
dients in the same proportions. In
the various processing chambers
humistats and thermostats keep the
dough at exactly the right mois
ture content and temperature.
There all operations are begun
and completed by schedule. So
closely does routine rule that Mr.
Schmidt, obliging “keeper of the
krusts”, vows that even a twenty-
minute disruptions in operations
might cause 4,000 Aggies to miss
their daily bread..
ECO CLUH DIRECTORS
MAKE PLANS FOR TERM
The board of directors of the
Economics Club held its first meet
ing of the 1939-40 school year
recently with an informal dinner
given by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Elkins
of the Economics Department.
After the dinner business con
cerning the club was discussed. The
board decided to have the third
Thursday of each month as the
club’s meeting date. The Eco
nomics Club will hold its first meet
ing Thursday, October 19.
Plans for a membership drive
were talked about, and it is hoped
that every student majoring in -
economics and all students inter
ested in the club will become mem
bers.
Arrangements are now being
made to have an interesting speak
er on the program at the first
meeting.
Ex-Aggie Who Was
Evangelist in China
Is Studying Here
Reverend Bransford Eubank, ’22,
is back at A. & M. this fall and
will pursue graduate work in the
Animal Husbandry Department.
Mrs. Eubank and her two chlidren
will remain at the family home in
Brown wood.
Eubank has spent several years
since his graduation from A. & M.
as a teacher and missionary in
China. He taught animal husban
dry in Yenching University at
Pekin, China, from 1924-27. From
1927-30 he attended Princeton
Seminary—then returned to China
for agricultural and evangelistic
work. He returned to the United
States in 1937.
Brazos County Health
Unit Names Ex-Aggie
As Sanitary Engineer
W. D. Staples of Texarkana was
named sanitary engineer for the
Brazos County health unit at a
meeting of the board of governors
Friday. The board consists of Dr.
Tilden E. Dodd, chairman; County
Judge A. S. Ware, Dr. R. M. Sear
cy, and Dean Gibb Gilchrist.
Staples is an A. & M. graduate
of the class of ’30. He received his
B.S. degree in sanitary engineer
ing at A. & M., and his M.A. at
Harvard. He has served with the
Nolan, Belle, and Bowie county
health units and the Texas State
Department of Health.
During recent sessions of var
ious state legislatures, about 10,-
000 bills affecting motor traffic
were introduced, of which some
1,200 were enacted into law.
New Sheep Barn Due r
Animal Hush. Dept.
A new $5,000 sheep barn and
layout is to be built near the old
rifle range west of the campus, ac
cording to announcement made by
Mr. D. W. Williams, head of the
Animal Husbandry Department.
The old barns on the campus are
being torn down because they have
become objectionable since the con
struction of the new dormitories.
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ASSEMBLY HALL
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
October 5 and 6
“DODGE CITY”
with
Errol Flynn
BENEFIT MARKET AND FINANCE CLUB
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Send the Girl Friend a Picture Today
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