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PAGE 2 -SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 1939 THE BATTALION The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER G T TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE and Station, is issued The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agrricultural Mechanical College of Texas and the city of College Static published three times weekly from September to June, issued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is published weekly from June through August. Entered as second-class matter at the 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. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone 1-5444. easy a text book makes the course, it’s up to the professor to make you feel at home in that subject. And therein lies the difference between a tough course and a cinch. We take off our hat to those professors who teach the snap courses because we know it’s not a weakness of theirs that makes it so but their pleas ing personality and native ability to make the subject so interesting that it “just doesn’t seem hard” in comparison. —The Daily Lariat BILL MURRAY .... LARRY WEHRLE .. James Critz E. C. (Jeep) Oates H. G. Howard “Hub” Johnson Philip Golman John J. Moseley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ADVERTISING MANAGER Associate Editor Sports Editor Circulation Manager .. Intramural Editor Staff Photographer Staff Artist SATURDAY STAFF ing Don Burk Asst. Advertising Manager Ross Howard Asst. Circulation Manager W. C. Carter Editorial Assistant Junior Editors A. J. Robinson Don K. Hill Cecil DeVilbiss Senior Sports Assistants W. F. (Chick) Denny Jimmy James Reportorial Staff J. W. Amyx, W. G. Bohning, P. H. Brown, G. M. Green, M. L. Howard, W. A. Moore, Jack McGarr, Leslie Newman, J. A. Shelton, Earl Vezey, Alden S. McKellar, E. M. Rosenthal. First Corps Trip After spending more than a month behind closed doors becoming accustomed to college life once more, A. & Ml. students are ready to tear themselves free from scholastic cares to begin during a new year their annual corps trip. And in no other city in Texas could the feeling of friend liness and enjoyment be found as in Fort Worth. Fort Worth is the gateway to the west, home of hundreds of Aggies. And Fort Worth is equally as much an Aggie town as any other in the state, with many of its graduates, employed and living in that city, with the homes of many A. & M. students there, as well as the thousands of Aggie backers. The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, the city council, the A. & M. ex-students club, the A. & M. Mothers’ Club, the A. & M. College Club, as well as the students and administrative officials of Texas Christian University, have worked long to prepare events for the enjoyment of the cadet corps during its stay in Fort Worth. Evidencing the fact that students were already to take a short vacation from their studies was the fact that even up to last night only 1,500 students remained in the halls at A. & M., with the majority of them taking the special train this morning for Fort Worth. Every ticket sent to A. & M. to be sold to A. & M. students, 3,500 in number, was sold soon after noon Thursday. Many others are expected to purchase tickets prior to game time this afternoon. But, have as good a time as you may, Aggies, ■tton’t forget that when you are wearing the A. & M. uniform you are marked as a member of the 6,000 cadets enrolled in A. & M., and any action made on your part which might not be up to those standards set by society today, will be a reflection upon the 5,999 other men, giving them a bad name as well as the school. The time is appropriate and the spirit is appropriate for having a big time, just make it a reasonable one. Books Vou 11 Enjoy By DR. T. F. MAYO, Librarian FROM THE COLLEGE LIBRARY Steinbecks’ “The Grapes of Wrath” (Share croppers of our own Southwest lifted on to the plane of high drama. And they are not whitewashed or prettified in the process.) Bradley’s “Patterns of Survival” (Life was a new experiment on the earth. ... A bit of jelly quivering to the surge of the seas”.) Brophy’s “Men Must Work” (It does not matter much what your first job is, so long as it helps you to an intelligent choice pf your all-important second job, which should be the foundation of your career.) Belloc’s “Louis XIV” (In spite of his reputation as a woman-chaser, Louis XIV’s real title to fame is that he showed once for all what an absolute ruler can and what he cannot accomplish for a nation). Saroyan’s “The Trouble with Tigers”. (There is absolutely nobody like the author of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” and “Love, Here Is Your Hat”. His short stories have the air of being written by an idiot of genius.) Glover’s “America Begins Again” (A dramatic review of what America has done with her rich stores of natural resources. Also all about the T. V. A., the Columbia River Basin Project, and the Conservation Movement as a whole.) Wain’s “Reaching for the Stars” (What is really going on ( in Nazi Germany, especially under the skins of the Germans themselves.) “Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers” (The fierce and lonely hermit of Carmel is beyond com parison the most powerful living American poet. Here is his best work.) Dobie’s “Apache Gold and Y r aqui Silver” (Some where in the Southwest is a placer gold mine rich beyond belief. Somewhere there is a silver mine suddenly abandoned by the Spaniards. Why are they not worked today? Ellsworth Huntingdon’s “Tomorrow’s Children” (All about genetic improvement, clearly stated in the form of questions and answers, so that even you and I can get it.) Dorothy Parker’s “Here Lies” (The collected short stories of the meanest and keenest woman in the world.) Breasted’s “The Dawn of Conscience” (The most famous American Egyptologist traces the sources in the ancient world of our modern moral attitudes.) Spaulding’s “The U. S. Army in War and Peace” (From the handful of ragged colonists that followed Washington, to the machine that turned the tide at Chateau Thierry.) Miller’s “Master Builders of Sixty Centuries” (Stories both sound and color full, of the engineering triumphs of the ages.) Tietz and Weichert’s “The Art and Science of Marriage” (How to live together without the con stant desire for mutual extermination—is that a rare accomplishment ? ) Frischauer’s “Twilight in Vienna” (The decay and dissolution of the most brilliant and charming of modern cultures.) Where Is Romance? As the World Turns... “There is no romanticism for the young people of today. From the start they are face to face with stern necessities, leaving no time for foolish little romantic things we did when I was young.” Fritz Greisler, famous violinist, thus summed up the effect of twentienth century conditions upon the eager younger generation. Youthful romance cannot follow inspired edu cation and military training into the lives of children in the dictator countries. Elsewhere, youth ful ambitions are stifled in the necessity for gas masks and air raid drills. Everywhere, a highly in dustrialized, mechanized society makes day-to-day living a grim burden. Confronted with the business of wrestling a livelihood from an unsettled economic world; un able to “go West” and live from a free soil, the father’s children go on the streets, into factories and enter schools where discipline and regimenta tion in even the most minor activities is rampant, the romantic heritage of youth is left unhappily by the wayside. Memory is its only marker. Modern conditions make regulation, of the most insignificant child a national necessity. Obnoxious and undesirable though it is, the pace of civilization demands it. The freedom and romance enjoyed by parents of today’s children in their youth is gone. The world will not wait. Youth cannot fight, but they must remain. They cannot produce, but they must contribute; they cannot understand their own so ciety, but they must conform to its mores; romance is not for them, but they are expected to be happy. The great violinist has seen youth’s period of freedom and laughter shrink year by year. He has witnessed the encroachment of harsh reality eating steadily into man’s only romantic period. Youth has outstripped itself in keeping the pace. —The Toreador Nelson Looking For Snap Course? Complicated terms and technical phrases often make us so irritable that we wish we had taken “that cinch course that Jack was telling us about.” Then we would not have to worry about taking down notes. Cracking a book would be absolutely out of the question. But what makes a course a “snap course?” Is it the fact that the professor is unusually lenient in his grading ? Is it the questions he asks on the quizzes? Or is it the fact that his lectures are so interesting that we absorb the essential knowledge when he explains the subject? If you stop to think about it, you’ll agree that BY DR. AL B. NELSON Headlines this week—Japanese troops mutiny in China—Chinese defeat Japanese in large scale fighting—General Franco sends' German helpers out of Spain, he is angry at Hitler’s deal with Russia—Ambassador Grew, U. S. en- voy £ 0 j a p an creates sensation by his frank revelation of U. S. public feeling over Japanese Army treat ment of American citizens and prop erty. Turkey concludes treaty with England and France late Thursday in which she agreed to stand by them in the Mediterranean Sea and to al low their warships free passage through the Dardanelles to the Black Black Sea. This clears the British line of communi cation to Rumania and is a definite setback to Ger many’s Balkan plans. The motives of the isolation bloc both in and out of Congress are becoming more apparent each day. Their announced desire for neutrality has been many cases. For instance, Senator Rush D. Holt, of West Virginia, abandoned all pretense of real neutrality and made a vicious attack on England and France in the Senate debate. The U. S. to take a strip of Canada ninety miles wide was urged by another Senator, while still another one advocated that the U. S. grab all the British and French islands in the Caribbean Sea. These are the men who do not want to sell arms and ammunition to England and France. Why? Is this neutrality or enmity. This seems to be the typical Hitler attitude. Henry Ford opposes selling munitions to Eng land and France. Why? Ford is a great and justly respected man for his attainments in the business world but a few years ago he was spending tre mendous sums of money in a great anti-Jewish campaign until the courts of this free country told him to prove his charges or shut up. He had to shut up then BUT NOW HE IS ADVOCATING A POLICY WHICH WILL AID THE COUNTRY WHICH PERSECUTES THE JEWS. Representative Hamilton Fish, another leader of the bloc who believes it un-neutral of us to sell munitions to England and France was intimate enough with the ruling group in Germany that Von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, loaned Fish his personal plane to fly around in. The background and desires of men frequently offer a reasonable explanation of their actions and leanings, therefore it is often a good thing to look BACKWASH By George fuermann Official Notices “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster. Backwashin’ around . . .' T. C. U.’s student body president, Bill Chappell remarked to head yell leader Bodie Pierce, after witness ing Thursday night’s yell prac tice, “You men really have some thing here; don’t ever charge it.” . . . Fifty of the Band’s freshmen were found to be without the very necessary white Sam Brownes Fuermann shortly before corps trip time, but the near-calamity was averted by having the Sam Brownes ship ped to Fort Worth via air mail from Baltimore, Maryland . . . An article in T.S.C.W.’s student publi cation, The Lass-O, points out that there was no “ice to break” when the more than 350 Aggie juniors arrived on our sister school’s campus yesterday afternoon. . . . Yell leaders donned their new sweaters for the first time this year at the Tyler game last Sat urday. • Bob Little, first sergeant of F Battery CAC, has his own orches tra, composed of five freshmen, he calls ’em the “Little Nickelodians.” The band’s makeup includes a trumpet, two French harps, a guitar, and an accordian. The group has quite a repertoire, too. including “Star Dust,” W Lee O’s “Beautiful Texas,” “Spirit of Ag- gieland,” and “The Beer Barrel Polka.” • A corps trip problem which most Aggies are optimistic about is the usual breaking up of ranks by T.S.C.W.’s feminine kind as the corps trip parade nears its end. Bob Alexander, however, has what he believes to be an effective so lution—tie a few feet of wet rope to your hand and use the thing to beat the women off. • It was in 1897 - that A. & M. first began playing football with T.C.U. At that time the Fort Worth college was located at Waco and was known as the Add Rann College. T.C.U. won that first game 30 to 6 but the all time rec ord favors Aggieland. The two teams have met 32 times, the Ag gies having won 17, the Frogs winning 11, and four games being split even. • First it was bicycles which were much in evidence on the campus, and now it’s motor-bikes. But mo tor-bikes offer a problem—are they motor vehicles (which are regu lated by Blue Book ruling) or bi cycles? Munson Tix and the Com mandant’s Office have been going ’round and ’round on the question, Munson finally coming out on top. All notices should be sent in typewritten, double-spaced, neatly and correctly. The deadline for them is 5 p. m. the after noon before the day the paper is issued, ber 10, be Saddle and Sirloin Club All club members and others interest- SCHEDULE OF EVENTS October 26, 27, and 28—Rural Electri fication Short Course. October 26—A. & M. Pistol Team Bene fit Show—Assembly Hall—7 :00 p. m. October 27—A. & M. Pistol Team Bene fit Show—Assembly Mall—7 :00 p. m. November 2—Poultry Science Club Bene fit Show—Assembly Hall—7 :30 p. m. November 3—Poultry Science Club Bene fit Show-—Assembly Hall—7 :30 p. m. ed in participating in the rodeo, Novem ber 10, be at regular club meeting this coming Monday night in order to sign up for events they wish to enter. Stated Communication Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 Monday night at 8:00 o’clock. Business of importance igh1 bers are urged to be pr< will receive a hearty welco: will mem- Visitors V \ J. F. Fudge, W. M. J. W. Hall, Sec. OFFICIAL By action of the faculty all classes are suspended on Saturday, October 21, because of the corps trip. F. C. BOLTON, Dean. apt in Pre-Medical Students All pre-medical students are required to take the American Medical Association jtitude test before applying for entrance medical college. The aptitude test will be given November 28 this year. Each student expecting to take this test should leave his name at my office by 5 p. m. Tuesday, October 24. Professor G. E. Potter Room 13 Science Building su th City Ordanances Be ordained by the City Council of the City of College, Texas: 1. That all cars shall come to a com plete stop at the intersection of Sulphur Springs Road and Bell Street. 2. That the maximum time -limit for parking on both sides of the Sulphur Springs Road for one block east and one block west of its intersection with Bell Street, and on both sides of Bell Street for one block north from its intersec tion with Sulphur Springs Road shall be two hours. 3. That cars parked on either side of Bell Street for one block north from its intersection with the Sulphur Springs Road shall be parked parallel with the sidewalk. 4. That the violation of any section of this ordinance shall be punishable by fine in any amount not to exceed $25 ; that violation of each section of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense; and that each case in which any section is violated shall constitute a separate of fense. Passed, approved, and ordered publish ed this the 19th day of October, 1939, A.D. J. H. BINNEY, Mayor. ATTEST: Sidney L. Loveless, City Secretary. Battalion Circulation Staff The Battalion this year is being put into the rooms of the students for the first time. Due to the fact that there is quite a bit of moving of boys from room to room in the halls and transferring from hall to hall, some of the boys who are pposed to get papers have not received lem. We are receiving many complaints at the office, and the circulation staff would appreciate it if all those who do not get their paper would make those complaints to their carrier and for that reason we are printing a list of the halls, their carriers and the carrier’s room number. NEW HALLS 1 G. W. Haltom, 415 2 Aubrey hamilton, 321 3 Dick Brown, 426 4 W. G. Hauger, 225 5 Bob Langdale, 412 6 Cecil Reavis, Hall 10, 121. 7 E. D. Wilmeth, 113 8 Taylor Garner, 127 9 Albert Yee, 214 10 T. S. Henderson, 213 11 Lew Ness, 207 12 Geo. Fuermann, Hall 3, 426 OLD HALLS Leggett, B. W. Cooke, 61 Milner, J. B. Pierce, Walton H 1 Walton, W. L. Marshall, A 15 P .G. J. B. Pierce, Walton H 1 Hart, H. R. Miller, C 14 Bizzell, A. L. Marek, 210 Mitchell, H. Marney, 49 Law & Puryear, E. P. Whitney, Law 55 If the ble see trou- 10. “Frogies here we come” is the word passed around this past week. Considering that, as Col. Moore himself stated, the corps will move to Ft. Worth this week end, it would be useless to talk about the local shows except for a brief word. DUST BE MY DESTINY” will be playing at the Palace Sunday and Monday for those unfortunates who couldn’t find a way to Cow town. John Garfield and Priscilla Lane are together again in another story about a slum kid who got the wrong breaks and his girl who is true to the end. That John and Priscilla are together again by popular demand is Warner Broth ers story—I doubt it. Neverthe less the show is a good one, and you can take your date to this one without risking the embarrassing ordeal of Hollywood’s explanation of the process of life that came with Priscilla’s first shows. Fresh from prison after serving a sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, Garfield is soon picked up on a vagrancy charge and sent to a work farm where he meets and falls in love with the foreman’s daughter. When the foreman dis covers the match, he starts a fight that ends in his death. Together the two flee. Constant running and dodging of the police soon tells on Priscilla, and realizing the fu tility of fighting the law turns John over to the police herself. At his trial she begs for the thous ands of “nobodies” like John who only need a chance. 1 rate his chances two grade points. Martha Raye, Bob Hope, and Andy Devine star in the Satur day night show at the Assembly Hall called “NEVER SAY DIE.” Hope is a hypochondriac (look it up) millionaire who has only thir ty days to live. He marries Martha Ray to save her from marrying a foreign nobleman, and also to en able her to inherit his fortune so she can marry Andy Devine. It’s that complicated. One grade point. For the benefit of the boys who make the corps trip I'll run a list of the shows at Ft. Worth this weekend. Best bet of the lot is “HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE” starring Don Ameche and Alice Faye. Others showing are “Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever,” “Bachelor Mother,” “I Stole a Mil lion,” and “On Borrowed Time.” WHATS SHOWING AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday — “Never Say Die,” with Bob Hope, Martha Raye, and Andy Devine. AT THE PALACE Sunday and Monday — “Dust Be My Destiny,” with John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. Applications for Appointment in Officers’ Reserve Corps Preliminary applications for appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of stu- CHURCHES EPISCOPAL CHURCH St. Thomas Chapel. College Rev. Roscoe Hauser Jr., Chaplain 8:30 a. m. Holy Communion 9:30 a. m. Coffee Club and Bible Class 11:00 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon Holy Communion first Sunday of each month. dents who expect to graduate at the end of this school year are now being issued to students attending senior military science classes. Students who have already completed the prescribed four years of ROTC in struction should report to Room 101, Academic Building and obtain one of these forms. At the same time they should ask if it is necessary for them to obtain another physical examination. Students who attended the ROTC camps prior to June-July, 1939 will have to have new Reports of Physical examinations to be forwarded with their applications. Students not now taking military science who expect to receive the degree FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COLLEGE STATION R. L. Brown, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday School 10:50 a. m. Morning worship 6:45 p. m. Baptist Training Union 7:30 p. m. Evening worship Wednesday—B. S. U. Council 6:45 p. m. ; prayer meeting 7:30 p. m. ; choir rehearsal 8:15 p. m. Student prayer meeting every evening at 6:45. ot 1J V M at the end of this school year and who desire appointment in the Vet erinary-Reserves will be notified at the Veterinary Hospital when to report. Students who expect to graduate at the Dear Mom and Dad-We’re Off, It’s Corps Trip Time Friday morning. gra end of the first term of this school year and who have completed the ROTC course appoi Officers’ Reserve Corps should report at Room 101, Academic Building during their first vacant period to obtain preliminary applications. By order of Colonel MOORE. October 19, 1939 Revised Schedule of Calls 1. The following changes in schedule of calls published in GENERAL ORDER NO. 2, are announced effective 1st Call Retreat, Monday, October 23, 1939: 1st Call, Retreat 5:45 p. m. Assembly 5:48 p. m. Retreat 5:50 p. m. Mess Call, Supper—immediately after Re treat. GEO. F. MOORE, Colonel, U. S. Army, Commandant. October 19, 1939 The Fiscal Department will accept the fees for Board, Room Rent and Laundry for November ($27.50) beginning Mon day, October 23. By paying early you will avoid the rush on the final day for payment. Fees may be paid in full for the balance of the semester. The total payment for this period is $75.50. C. C. EDGE, Cashier. Engineering Administration Changes A junior or senior student with a satis factory record may change to Engineer ing Administration when and if the transfer and the individual curriculum have been approved by the Dean of En gineering. No such transfer will be ap proved where the work yet to be taken for a degree is less than thirty-six hours. For graduation in Engineering Admini stration, an average of C will be required for courses in the junior and senior years listed as technical electives. No Cre dit for technical electives in the Engi neering Administration Curriculum may be claimed for courses passed with a grade of D before the change of course is ap proved. E. J. Howell Secretary of General Faculty Horticulture Society Meeting There will be an important meeting of the Horticulture Society Thursday night after Yell Practice. A. & M. CHURCH OF CHRIST R. B. Sweet, Minister 9:45 a. m. Bible classes 10:45 a. m. Worship service 6:45 p. m. Young People’s meeting 7:30 p. m. Evening worship Wednesday—Prayer meeting, 7:30 p. m. A. & M. METHODIST CHURCH James Carlin, Pastor 10:00 a. m. Church School 11:00 a. m. Morning worship 7:00 p. m. Epworth League meeting 7:45 p. m. Evening service PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Y. M. C. A. Chapel Rev. Norman Anderson, Pastor 9:30 a. m. Sunday School 11 :00 a. m. Morning worship 6:45 p. m. Young People’s League 7:45 p. m. Evening devotional and fel lowship. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE Y. M. C. A. Parlor 11:00 a. m. Morning worship LUTHERAN SERVICES Y. M. C. A. Parlor Rev. Kurt Hartman, Pastor 7:00 p. m. Evening worship FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRYAN W. H. Andrew, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday School 10:50 a. m. Morning worship 6:30 p. m. Baptist Training Union 7:30 p. m. Evening worship Free busses for students leave both “Y’s” at 9:20 every Sunday morning. COLLEGE AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRYAN R. C. White, Pastor. 9 :45 a. m. Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. 6:20 p. m. Baptist Training Union. 7:30 p. m. Evening Worship. Free bus for students leaves old “Y”, Project House area, and street intersection near new dormitories at 9:10, 9:15, and 9 :20 respectively each Sunday morning, and 6:10, 6:15, and 6:20 respectively Sunday evening. Dear Mon and Dad: it’s the latter. Because no matter how hard or howinto their past for light on their present. That “time” is here again; and, as you’ve probably guess ed, I mean corps trip time. If only you two could have been on the campus during the past 24 hours! Try as I will, I cannot find words to describe for you the feeling of excitement and expectation now existing in the corps. Aggieland’s “school spirit” is traditionally known as the best in the world, but this year it’s even out-doing itself. Think of it—around 5,000 cadets will make the trip to Fort Worth to see their team win its fifth consecutive game of the season— the largest number of Aggies to make a corps trip in A. & M. history. But there’s even more than a football game to attract the corps to “Cowtown.” T. S. C. W., our sister school, will be there 2,000-strong... a-a-ahh me! The Aggie Juniors have already left for Denton to attend a pre-corps dance given us by third-year T. S. C. W.-ites. Yep, the whole campus is seething with activity, everyone is in readiness, and the whole corps looks forward to a never- to-be-forgotten day in Fort Worth. And win, lose, or draw, you can bet that the Aggies will still be one hundred per cent behind their team—a team that will be fighting its heart out for the finest college in the world. We’re ready and rarin’ . . . Last night we held one of the best yell practices in many years (which is saying a lot), and in just a few hours “Old Army” will descend on T. C. U., after which October 21 will become famous as “Sadie Hawkins’ Day” for T. S. C. W.’s 3,000 lovely coeds. All my love, George Fuermann. ... SEND your laundry home by convenient Railway Express Thrifty idea, this: It saves you bother, and cash too, for you can express it home "collect”, you know. So phone our agent today. He’ll call for your weekly package, speed it away by fast express train, and when it returns, deliver your laundry to you — all with out extra charge. Complete and handy, eh? Only Railway Express gives this service, and it’s the same with your vacation baggage. 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