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THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1939
The Battalion
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BILL MURRAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LARRY WEHRLE ADVERTISING MANAGER
James Critz Associate Editor
E. C. (Jeep) Oates Sports Editor
H. G. Howard Circulation Manager
"Hub” Johnson Intramural Editor
Philip Golman Staff Photographer
John J. Moseley ■■ Staff Artist
THURSDAY STAFF
Ray Treadwell Managing Editor
J. W. Jenkins Asst. Advertising Manager
Don McChesney Asst. Circulation Manager
Phil Levine - Editorial Assistant
Junior Editors
Bob Nisbet -Billy Clarkson
Senior Sports Assistants
Mick Williams Louis J. Lippman
f Reportorial Staff
Jack Aycock, H. D. Borgfeld, P. H. Brown, R. A. Doak, Jim
Dooley, Walter Goodman, Guy Kane, R. R. Mattox, R. B. Pearce,
R. G. Powell, Walter Sullivan, Delbert Whitaker, D. C. Thurman,
Murray Evans, Dow Wynn.
Hitch-Hiking
When that portion of the cadet corps that will
ride to Fort Worth this weekend via the “thumb”
route leaves Friday or Saturday; whether they
realize it or not, they will be exerting an important
influence on rides for cadets in the future. Their
actions will be reflected directly to A. & M. and
as a result may be the cause of success or failure
of some cadet’s trip in the future. Because of the
huge number of cadets that will be on the highways
the misbehavior of a few can lose rides for many.
When a motorist stops to pick up an Aggie or
Aggies he does it in the spirit of offering assist
ance to a person that he is able to aid, but at the
same time, as is natural for any person, a motorist
is interested in protecting his own rights and
property as well. On top of that, his own mental
attitude toward the Aggies often influences his
decision of whether or not to pick up the cadet.
A prominent official of A. & M. recently told of
an experience of his in offering rides to cadets.
On a trip to Houston he picked up a cadet at the
main entrance of the college in order to have a
companion to talk to during the trip. During the
90 mile trip, in spite of numerous attempts, he was
able to get only two answers out of the cadet,
“hu huh” and “un huh.” The professor stated, that
frankly, he was relieved when Houston was reached
and he could drop his passenger. Certainly it can
be seen from this experience thaf he will not be
as anxious to pick up students in the future. We
jfeUwiet advocate that Aggies prepare a life-history-
in-detail speech to be used in hitch-hiking but we
do think that they should at least be sociable.
With the increasing enrollment of the college it
is becoming necessary that every means possible
be taken to preserve this means of Aggie trans
portation to protect it from failing completely. The
misconduct of a few students could be the start
of a public opinion that would deal a death blow
to the system.
If every cadet when he is hitch-hiking will try
to look at things from the driver’s stand-point
as well as his own and will observe the rules
of gentlemanly conduct there is no reason why
this Aggie route cannot be preserved.
We have glorified “success” and have ridiculed the
esthetic dreamer out of existence. Many is our
standard and “progress” is our religion, thanks to
modern civilization.
No one is happy or contented nowadays. We are
driven forward by some unknown force which will
permit us to see no peace. Our hospitals for the
insane are full and overflowing. Our institutions
for the treatment of nervous ailments are crowded.
Our people are dying off like flies, chiefly from
degenerative diseases, such as cancer and heart
trouble.
And, all the while, the world rushes madly toward
war. x
Would we not be better off if we scrapped the
whole thing and went back to a simpler way of
living? Would the world be much worse off if
the so-called “modern civilization” were destroyed?
Considering what it is doing to the human race
one can hardly be blamed for doubting that modern
civilization is worth saving.—Denison Herald.
Parade Of Opinion
Associated Collegiate Press
While demanding that the U. S. stay out of any
war that is not fought on our own soil, the college
press nevertheless believes in preparedness so far
as the air is concerned. It is thumping hard for
the college and university flying courses sponsored
by the federal government through the Civil Aero
nautics Authoiity.
“Air travel is becoming increasingly important
in many industries, including geology, oil scouting,
and production. Many oil companies, both large
and small, own their ships and use them constant
ly. The ability to operate a plane would be an
asset to many workers in industry. The type of
flying instructions to be given here is for light
ships and is intended to make the student ‘at home
in the air.’ With this as a basis, students, if inter
ested, could continue study in that field, and have
a good foundation.” The University of Tulsa Col
legian points out the local advantages of the flight
training course, as did most college editorials on
the subject.
The Campus Collegian of the University of To
ledo had this to say in favor of the course: “Stu
dents who will take the university’s flying instruc
tion course this year will receive valuable training
in theory and in actual flying that they could not
get elsewhere for ten times the cost. So far as
safety in the training program is concerned, it
is significant that out bf several hundred students
who were trained last year when the program was
in its experimental stages, not one serious acci
dent occurred.”
Said the University of West Virginia Athenaeum:
“Some students shy from it because they think it
will place them under military obligation. The
course is not under false label. It is a civilian pilots
training course and is under the Civil Aeronautics
Authority. The ultimate purpose of this civilian
pilot training, so the government says, is to give
the light aircraft industry a ‘shot in the arm’.”
The Public Forgot
For business men who appear to think the pub
ic does not need to be constantly reminded of who
they are, where they are, and what they have
to sell, the story of what happened to a product
called Plye’s Pearline will bear repeating.
In the early years of this century. Pearline, a
cleansing material, was used by most of the house
wives of the country. In 1904 the company spent
$500,000 in advertising. Then the advertising was
greatly curtailed and about 1907 it was discontinued
altogether, as the company thought the product
was so well known that no further advertising
was necessary.
Sales fell off rapidly, but the company’s owners
persisted in their non-advertising policy until 1915,
when the whole concern was sold for $12,000. Pear
line was dead.
Many other products whose names were house
hold words a few years ago are no longer sold,
because the manufacturers failed to keep up their
advertising, and consequently the public forgot
them.
Business men should remember that new genera
tions of potential customers are coming along all
the time, and that these new buyers must be sold
on a product or a store, as their fathers and
mothers were before them.
The only time it is safe to stop advertising is
when one is ready to go out of business.
As the World Turns...
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BACKWASH
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deorge Puermann
‘‘Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
“THE RAINS CAME” is a pic- night. . George Raft and James
ture that many have looked for- Cagney take the lead in this
ward to for quite a long time. The story of life in the penitentiary,
book was a best-seller for a long Lots of action and shooting. I’ll
time, and the show is nearly as Give It One Grade Point,
good. Twentieth Century-Fox “THE STORY OF VERNON
studios, who put out most of the AND IRENE CASTLE” shows at
so-called “classics,” get the credit the Assembly Hall Friday night
for this screening of Louis Brom- f or t h e benefit of the boys hold-
field’s novel. The cast for the i ng “y” cards that plan to go on
picture contains the following: the corp trip. Fred Astaire and
Lady Esketh Myrna Loy Ginger Rogers bring on some more
Major Safti Tyrone Power new dancing routines. Two Grade
Tom Ransome George Brent Points.
Fern Simon Brenda Joyce
Lord Esketh Nigel Bruce
Major Safti is the founder of
the only modernized hospital in
Ranchipur, a western state of In
dia. Besides that he is also the
adopted son of the Maharajah and
heir to the throne. His good
friend Tom Ransome has woman
trouble by nature, and at present
is being annoyed (?) by Fern
Simon. Important guests arrive
from a neighboring state and
among them an English woman,
Lady Esketh. She and Major Safti
fall deeply in love. However, ac
cording to tradition, the heir to the
throne must marry a native girl.
Tom does his best to show Lady
Esketh that she is wrong in her
affection for Safti, but all at
tempts fail. There is the question
—to marry or not to marry.
Personal taste enters into any
consideration of the value of en
tertainment. I enjoyed “The Rains
Came,” but that alone doesn’t make
it a good show. Never have I
said a show was bad because I
didn’t like it nor vice-versa. Cer
tainly this show has an attrac
tive case. It has a sad ending,
whats snowmc
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday—“Each Dawn I
Die,” with James Cagney
and George Raft.
Friday— “The Story of
Vernon and Irene Castle,”
with Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers.
AT THE PALACE
Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday—“The Rains Came,”
with Myrna Loy, Tyrone
Power, George Brent.
Over the Rainbow . . . All three
of the class prexies elected thus
far (Willard Clark, sophomore;
Ele Baggett, junior; and Max
McCullar, senior)
live in dormitory
number nine . . .
Sir Richard
Steels said it back
in the 17th cen
tury: “ . . . to
love her with a
liberal education.”
... A form of
college cheer that
all of us under
stand is a check from home at
corps trip time . . . Erniei Stephens
believes that a good mascot for a
Fuermann
Our sister school’s' President
Hubbard, incidentally, has request
ed Dr. Walton to send a faculty
representative with the cadets who
stay in Stoddard Hall. Although
no definite announcement has been
made thus far, Dan Russell will
probably be the man selected.
•
Notes on the Aggie-Villanora
Game . . . The Aggie Band re
ceived more applause than any
other participating in the Rose
Festival . . . The Aggieland Orch
estra and many other cadets
bunked in a vacant office build
ing because of Tyler’s crowded
nudist camp would be a Mexican conditions
During the broad-
hairless dog . . The Band’s “Duke” cast there were very few Aggies
Harrison is one of the best trick seen on the campus—the men were
ropers on the campus and there
is only a handful of Americans
who can duplicate some of Duke’s talking about
tricks.
‘Shoot ’Em Up”
Will Be Theme Of
October Magazine
Although the corps is rightful
ly optimistic about the team’s
chances against T.C.U. Saturday,
the biggest trouble with our out
look is that we may be too confi
dent. Remember—in 14 years we
have won one lone game from the
Frogs, tied only three, and lost
ten... In several of those years
we were almost as big favorites
as we are now... All we want is a
win—one point more than the
Frog’s total will be as good as
huddled around their radios . . .
Those who saw the game are still
Bill Conatser’s 65-
yard run and Euel Wesson’s 72-
yard kick . . . Tyler people were
really fine to the Aggies.
Still more on the Rose Festi
val . . . One of the junior yell lead
ers made the trip on 17c . . Num
ber one predicament of the un
official corps trip was the one
facing Joe “Slats” Slicker and
Jim Gallagher. Came Sunday
morning and the two owed a $2.50
hotel bill, had dinner dates com
ing up, and the trip back to col
lege ahead of them. Their combin-
fifty in the conference standing. _ ed financial resources amounted
The October issue of the Bat
talion Magazine will be out Wed
nesday, October 25, according to
an announcement made Tuesday
“““ “■ ~~~ r"'. to ’ by Paul Ketelson, managing edi-
and doesn t even border on being a ^ ’ *= &
Even so “The Rains
a three-grade-point
is It Worth Saving?
Words spoken in jest sometimes contain a grain
<of truth. Such, for instance, is the question asked
by the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press, regarding mod-
•em civilization.
“After all,” asks the Free Press, “why worry
so much about the fate of modern civilization ?
.What is modern civilization doing except make
everybody worried, discontented and envious?”
The writer of this paragraph was probably
speaking facetiously, but, after all, what he said
is true. Modern civilization, with its stress and
strain, its complexity and speed, is making neurotics
of all of us. Mechanical inventions by accelerating
the tempo of living, have succeeded in making ro
bots of men, destroying individuality and forcing
all of us to submit to a standardized pattern.
As a result of modern civilization, we are all
trying to keep up with the Jones and ahead of the
Browns, and, consequently, we have made the
accumulation of money the chief end of living.
By V. K. “COUNT” SUGAREFF
A great migration of Germans has started
from the Baltic States. This is an execution of a
policy which Hitler announced in his October 6th
speech: the end of German expansion and the re
patriation of German minorities
not only from the Baltic States
but also from Russia, Central and
southeastern Europe. It is a large
scale undertaking, involving some
3,500,000 Germans, and full of pos
sible difficulties and hardships.
Transportation of large number
of people is a staggering problem
in itself, especially while the war
continues. The liquidation of busi
ness firms, factories, homes, fur
niture, and valuables can not be
effected over night. Moreover, re
patriating such a large group of
people is bound to elicit discontent among the mi
grants that would be hard to appease. Historians
waxed strong over the successful exchange of
population between Greece and Turkey, and Bulgaria
and Greece. A visit among these refugees (that is
what they call themselve) leaves the impression
that they are not satisfied with their new father-
land. As a theory, creating a purely nationalistic
state in central Europe is ideal but as a practical
international politics it seems a bit quixotic.
Russia has so far won many victories in this
war but no country has recognized her as a belli
gerent. Barring secret commitments, Russia appers
willing to trade with the allies and Germany on
equal terms. In the meantime Russia’s prestige has
been rapidly advancing. Stalin has resurrected the
old Russian imperialist policy of territorial ex
pansion. The nations of the southeastern Europe
look up to Russia for protection against Hitler. The
Russians have aready effected in Eastern Galicia
communist agrarian reforms which may affect the
social structure of central Europe. Then too, as long
as the German army stays on the western front
Russia will remain the mistress of the Baltic and
Black sea regions as well as the southeastern Eu-
rope-an enviable position which Hitler would hardly
tolerate if he were free in the west.
Our privately-endowed college and universities
are being put to severe economic test. Large gifts
and bequests to private institutions are on the de
cline and it seems that they will continue to decline.
There is a rapid shrinkage in the yield from endow
ment, falling from 6.45 to 3.96 percent since the de
pression. To this decrease in income must be added
the rise in expenses on such items as: high salaries
to retain good teachers, physical repairs, new
buildings, new equipment, labor and material costs.
In the recent nine years state supported institu
tions have gained in enrollment 24.9 percent. Inde
pendent universities have gained in the same period
only 3.6 percent and independent colleges have
suffered a loss of 0.1 percent. This means that the
privately-endowed institutions have also suffered
a loss from income on tuition. This plight of the
private institutions might explain partially the
efforts of the Texas private institutions of higher
learning to put the tuition of the state supported
institutions as high as their own.
shoot-em-up.
Came” gets
rating.
“EACH DAWN I DIE” is a
benefit for the Fish and Game
Club. It shows only Thursday
Kurt Hesse Addresses
Fish and Game Club
Kurt Hesse, curator of the
museum at Texas A. & M., spoke
to the Fish and Game Club Monday
night. Mr. Hesse gave a history
of the museum, its contents and
its future.
The museum was started by the
late Dr. Francis who worked with
fossils, principally the extinct
Mastodon, for about 35 years. In
appreciation of the work done by
Dr. Francis, the college authorities
have appropriated money for the
continuance of this work.
Much of the collections made by HoUStOU Chcimb6r Of
Dr. Francis and his successors have m arf'fy TTnlfl
been the remains of Mastodons. Mr. . . U1 'r ’ XU
Hesse feels this is the result of the W Ulle V ISlXUlg A. & M.
conspicuous character of this mam
mals.
tor of the magazine.
The October issue of the maga
zine will have as its main feature
the annual A. & M. Rodeo which
is to be held this year on Novem
ber 10.
The magazine will show A. &
M. as it would be under the influ
ence of a band of cowboys and
will be done in the style of a pulp
paper western magazine.
Reports state that the art work
by J. J. Mosely and Pete Tumlin-
son rank among the best ever
turned in.
“The stories to be run show
promise of being good and should
be read from a distance in order
to avoid “powder burns.” They
are rough and tough, so stated
members of the magazine staff
when interviewed concerning the
issue.
to one nickel.
•
Tyler—the City of Roses: . . .
Mike Florence and Jack Rich
mond claim that until an hour be-
as compared with T.S.C.W.’s more fore leaving Tyler they only saw
than 200. three roses.
Not many Aggie juniors are
signing up for pre-corps dance
dates. Whatever the reason may
be, only 65 Aggies have signed up
ATTENTION!
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STUDENT CO-OP
The future for the A. & M.
museum appears to be very good.
Mr. Hesse would like a collection
of fossils from various regions of
the state, but more important is
The board of directors of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce
visited A. & M. Tuesday, headed
by President Wright Morrow and
General Manager W. N. Blanton.
The Houston delegation held
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the preservation of such forms as their regular meeting and then
were shown over the college plant
by a reception committee headed
by Col. Ike Ashburn, executive as
sistant to President T. O. Walton,
Woody Varner, Cadet Colonel, and
the Texas big horned cattle, habi
tat groups of the native livestock
and wild animals; also additions
should be made to the already large
collection of native plants.
Later in the year Mr. Hesse will Dow Mims, president of the Hous-
speak on the relationship of ton A. & M. Club.
paleontology to present day prob
lems.
Next Monday night Dr. H. L.
Van Valkenberg of the school of
veterinary medicine will address
the club. He will speak on “The
Parasites of Wild Animals.”
During a recent extremely hot
spell. Federal Judge Barnett of
Savanna held court in his shirt
sleeves, and permitted attorneys
and others to likewise limit their
apparel.
Houstonians making the trip in
addition to Mr. Morrow and Mr.
Blanton were L. S. Adams, E. A.
Blackburn, H. O. Clarke Jr., Frank
C. Clemens, W. S. Cochran, W. R.
Crute, W. St. John Garwood, Ral
eigh Hortenstine, Edward W. Kel
ley, J. Sayles Leach, Earle North,
Walter B. Pyron, Simon Sakowitz,
J. Virgil Scott, A. Dee Simpson, A.
J. Smith, M. R. Underwood, Tom
P. Wier, Col. J. W. Evans, R. D.
Ernst, Gus S. Wortham and T. F.
Smith.
GET READY FOR THAT
CORPS TRIP
LAUTERSTEIN’S
DOWN THOSE FROGS AGGIES
REMEMBER
To Get Your Uniform Needs Before The Trip.
Open Late To Serve You. All Military
Supplies
Zubik’s Uniform Tailor Shop
1896
43 Years
1939
Bryan Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
GEO. STEPHAN, Pres.
T.C.U. Specials
TRENCH COATS
and
LEATHER JACKETS
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