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THE BATTALION
•THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1939
Are You Doing This?
"PUBLIC” PROPERTY-
Remember, Its Yours Too
Record Our School Songs
Here’s a suggestion The Battalion has just heard
that we think is really great.
It’s the idea of Engineer seniors Ed Aldridge
and yeil-leader Bert Burns, who are starting to
arouse action on their project.
Briefly their idea is to have recordings made
of the Aggie War Hymn (“Goodby to Texas Uni
versity”) and the Spirit of Aggieland, the A. & M.
school songs, played by the 210-piece Aggie Band
with the A. & M. Glee Club singing the words.
The records might be made by the Decca or
Victor record companies, and sold nationally, with
a royalty going to the Band to help finance its
trips. The Band, incidentally, is always in need of
more funds for many purposes.
We think it’s a great idea, not only because it
will help the Band and give the Glee Club added
prominence, but chiefly because it will help to
make our school and its fine old songs better known
throughout the nation.
Our congratulations to the originators of this
idea. We certainly hope it can be worked out at
an early date.
Driver Vs. Pedestrian
The Battalion believes it necessary at this time
to make a few suggestions for the benefit of Aggie
pedestrians.
Many complaints are always heard in regard
to traffic problems on the campus, and they have
been increasing of late. It’s true that a good many
drivers speed about the campus as if heedless of
pedestrians’ lives and limbs. A few are Aggies, and
a few are people of College Station and vicinity; but
most of these groups are aware of existing condi
tions and are comparatively careful with their
driving. Most of the speedsters, we believe, are
visitors or passers-through, who are either ignorant
of conditions here or simply reckless. In regard to
this, we can just make the general suggestion that
a more stringent enforcement of rules and regula
tions and the putting up of signs to guide the
drivers are needed.
The main trouble, however, seems to be the old
habit of the Aggies of strolling in the streets. On a
campus originally provided for just students, it
was more or less natural for such a habit to grow
up. But with more than 6,000 students and several
thousands of residents and visitors traversing the
campus, things are considerably different—so much
so that it’s Surprising a good many Aggies haven’t
been run over or into.
That a great many haven’t in the past is no
indication that the pedestrians here will continue to
have such good luck—especially with conditions
growing continually more crowded. A careless pedes
trian cannot stay lucky forever; sooner or later his
carelessness may result in his acquiring a broken
leg or arm, or worse.
Actually, it is not necessary for so great a
number to walk in the streets. In most places the
sidewalks or the spaces beside the street are wide
enough. The streets leading to the new dormitories
are generally thronged with Aggies; but they need
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STAFF
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LARRY WEHRLE ADVERTISING MANAGER
James Critz Associate Editor
E. C. (Jeep) Oates Sports Editor
EL 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
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.
not be if the boys in walking use the sidewalk on
both sides. And after all, it’s better to walk on the
side than to lose a life or limb from walking the
the street—isn’t it?
A great deal too much “jay-walking” is done.
Crossing at the corners only, and looking around in
all directions before crossing, would prevent many
accidents and near-accidents.
One dangerous street section is that block
between the library corner and the Experiment
Station. In this block cars have been parking along
the side toward the Science Hall. At that corner
and in that vicinity conditions are too crowded, and
consequently hazardous for both drivers and pedes
trians. The Battalion therefore urges the elimina
tion of this trouble by not allowing cars any
longer to park in that section.
We cannot emphasize too strongly the need for
caution on the part of the students. And we hope it
won’t take a serious accident to drive home our
point!
Kyle Field Seats
The Battalion would like to point out to those
concerned the need for better markings on the
seats on the west side of the Kyle Field football
stadium. The numbers of the seats have in the
course of time become quite dim, and in frequent
cases almost or entirely obliterated. Noticeable at
the Baylor game was the difficulty many visitors
experienced in finding their right seats.
Renewing these markings should make seat
finding easier for everyone. We suggest that this
condition be remedied as early as possible.
The University 'of Chicago has offei’ed full
tuition scholarships to Rhodes scholars forced from
England by the current war.
Twenty colleges are this year cooperating on a
wide experiment to improve teacher education in
the U. S.
A Catholic Labor College has been established
in Buffalo, N. Y., to teach the “rightful position”
of the working man.
University of New Hampshire students may
now rent reproductions of fine pictures to decorate
their rooms.
As the World Turns...
By “COUNT V. K. SUGAREFF
Duff Cooper, Britain’s ex-first Lord of the
Admiralty, who resigned his post in protest against
the Munich appeasement, is now in the United
States. His opinions on the duration of the war are
as vague as those of a child, but he
said, “The French high command has
decided to wage a defensive war. In
the last war an offensive war was
thought to be the best.” Mr. Cooper
thinks that a revolution is in the
making in Germany. “It will be”, he
said, “a revolution from the right,
a conservative revolution and very
likely there will be a monarchial
revival”. On the same liner, the
‘Manhattan’, other British notables
came also. They said that they were
not sent to the United States by
their government. They all came “on their own
steam”, and they are not going to talk to Amer
icans about the war. Still some of them let it be
known that they were going to speak before Amer
ican audiences on such subjects as “The Survival
of Liberty”, “The World We Live In”, and “Why
Britain Went to War”.
*****
The Slovak parliament has elected Father Joseph
Tiso as the president of Slovakia, a protectorate of
Hitler. The Vatican does not look with favor on
ordinary priests, like Father Tiso, holding high
political posts. The bishop of Bratislava diocese, a
high-ranking official in the Catholic Church, would
have to swear temporal allegience to an ordinary
priest. Then too. Father Tiso as president of Slovakia
would have to deal with Hitler and Stalin, both of
whom are considered as persecutors of Catholics.
Last Friday the Pope in an encyclical letter con
demned the dictators in no vague terms. Father
Tiso might soon find himself in conflict with the
practices of the Mother Church.
*****
Well, congratulations are due Governor George
D. Aiken of Vermont. The governor has announced
that he will not issue “propaganda” proclamations
in the future, designating special “days” and “weeks”
for public observance. Yes, not even “days” or
“weeks” for the justly famous Vermont Maple
sugar and syrup, and Vermont turkeys. The gover
nor thinks the pi’actice has been overdone. “And
how”!
BACKWASH
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George fueraiann
Collegiate Kaleidoscope
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
On to Arkansas . . . Fred Waring
recently announced that he will
soon write and play on his nation
wide Friday night radio broadcast
a special song
for T.S.C.W. . . .
And speaking of
our sister school,
the Band’s Max
Melcher claims
that somethnig
should be done
flm. A flfe about that col
lege’s ruling
Fuermann which requires
girls to be m
from dates by 10 o’clock on week
nights . . . Coach Norton again
proved that he is a “regular fel
low” when he addressed the sen
ior meeting last Tuesday night . ..
A motherly-looking woman ap
proached Johnny Seville last Sat
urday while he was selling foot
ball programs at the Aggie-Baylor
fracas and asked, “Do these pro
grams have a picture of Bill Con-
atser in them ? My little boy wants
one very much.” She wouldn’t
buy one, either, until Johnny show
ed her Bill’s picture.
•
How many of ’em have you got?
Almost as bad as Old Gold’s
ancient advertising slogan “Keep
Kissable” are some of the
modern plagues invented by
manufacturers during the past
year. Among them are Acid
Blues, Bird-Cage Mouth, Bridge-
Table Slump, Floor Pox, Headline
Jitters, Lobsteritis, Prairie Squint,
Radiosis, Transportation Fatigue,
Vacation Figure, and Five O’Clcok
Shadow.
• .
Fort Worth bell-hops are really
“down” on Aggies. During the
last corps trip many T.S.C.W.-ites
would offer the hotel boys large
tips, but their Aggie dates refused
to let the girls pay saying that
men, and men only, should tip
The result, as one man declared,
almost led the bell-hops into bank
ruptcy. One girl, for example,
offered a bell-hop a 35c tip, her
date intervened, and the hotel re
ceived four cents.
A.F. JOHN SON N
STAR NORTHWESTERN U.
HALFBACK IN I898„ WA5
SELECTED ON THE ALL-
AMERICAN TEAM BUT
DID NOT LEARN OF THE
AWARD UNTIL 41 YEARS
LATER/
Allen and elmer Cornell ,
STUDENTS AT RX STATE COLL
EGE, HAVE COMPLETED 27
YEARS OF SCHOOLING WITH
OUT MISSING A DAY OR
HAVING BEEN TARDY/
NANCY MATTHEWS;
WEST VIRGINIA. UNIVERSITY
SOPHOMORE, IS THE SIXTEENTH
MEMBER OF HER MOTHER'S FAMILY
TO BE INITIATED INTO KAPPA
KAPPA GAMMA SORORTTY/
“THE OLD MAID” is the latest
Bettie Davis picture. It plays at
the Palace Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
* The cast contains several big
names, but the show is all Bette
Davis as usual.
Charlotte Lovell Bette Davis
Delia Lovell. Miriam Hopkins
Clem Spender George Brent
Tina Jane Bryan
Dr. Lanskell Donald Crisp
Charlotte Lovell had promised
to mar-ry Clem Spender, but the
war came. Clem volunteered and
was killed at Vicksburg. Months
later their baby was born without
a legal father, so Charlotte’s Delia
offered to take the child into her
home with her three children. As
the baby, Tina, grew up, she was
taught that Delia was her mother
and Charlotte her old-maid aunt.
All went smoothly until the time
came when Tina was to be mar
ried. If Charlotte told her secret,
it might cause complications with
the boy’s parents. If she didn’t
she would break her own heart.
Of such stuff is “The Old Maid”
composed. Of such stuff are most
Bette Davis pictures composed. Not
tearing down Bette’s acting ability
any whatsoever, I’d say that she
ought to get out of the rut she
has been into by the studio. Her
fine acting pulls the show into the
top class, but “Dark Victory” was
much better. All I can give it is
two grade-points.
“SECOND FIDDLE” was select
ed by the Poultry Science Club as
their benefit show. Sonja Henie
and Tyrone Power are cast as the
school teacher who was selected to
play a leading role in a movie and
the publicity man goes to find her.
Although it is a little old, the
movie is a good one. . In my esti
mation it is worth two grade-points
even now.
Brazos County WPA
Projects Authorized
Nov. 1.—Authorization to begin
work on eleven WPA projects, in
volving expenditures of $227,960
in Work Projects Administration
funds and $188,353 supplied by (local
governmental agencies, has been
given Texas district directors, it
was announced today by Stearns
S. Tucker, deputy state adminis
trator.
Authorized projects included the
following for Brazos County:
Improving South Main Street
and old Highway 6 in Bryan by
surfacing, building a bridge, and
constructing curbs and storm sew
ers: WPA funds, $24,114; funds
supplied by the city, $59,723; num
ber of workers, 121.
The average lawyer never grows
rich. After 17 years’ practice he
is likely to earn around $3,629 an
nually.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday and Friday—
“SECOND FIDDLE,” with
Sonja Henie and Tyrone
Power.
AT THE PALACE
Thursday and Friday, and
Saturday — “T H E OLD
MAID,” with Bette Davis,
George Brent, and Miriam
Hopkins.
^ Musical Meanderings ^
By Murray Evans
The schottische dance is becom
ing very popular at the faculty
dances. No less than six schot
tische numbers were played by the
Aggieland Orchestra Tuesday night
at the Halloween faculty dance.
The schottische is a kind of polka
which involves a series of hops,
skips, and jumps, but it is certain
ly a graceful form of the dance
when done properly. One current
number which lends itself to the
schottische tempo is “Scatter
brain.” Two other old-timers of
this nature are “Rustic Folk
Dance,” and “Put Your Little Foot.”
. . . Sir Neville Chamberlain, as
caricatured by one of the profes
sors at the faculty dance, received
first prize for his originality. Said
professor really bore a close re
semblance to Sir N., even to the
drooping mustache and somber,
loose-fitting suit. One would have
noticed that his inevitable cane
was missing, but this detail was
accounted for by a large sign
pinned to the back of his coat
reading, “Lost my umbrella at
Munich!” . . . Second prize went
to one of the prof’s wives who
was a dead-ringer for Groucho
Marx with the bushy eyebrows,
horn-rimmed glasses, and cigar.
. . . Jack Littlejohn, saxophonist
for the Aggieland Orchestra, in
troduced for the first time Tues
day night his own composition, “I’d
Rather Be An Aggie.” Jack wrote
both the words and music, and
made a special arrangement of the
number for the orchestra.
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