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THE BATTALION
■THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1940
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OP
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the city of College Station, is
published three times weekly from September to June, issued
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is published
weekly from June through August.
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Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
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1939 Member 1940
Associated Golle&iate Press
BILL MURRAY _
LARRY WEHRLE .
lames 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
THURSDAY STAFF .
Ray Treadwell Managing Editor
J. W. Jenkins Asst. Advertising Manager
Don McChesney Asst. Circulation Manager
Phil Levine Editorial Assistant
Junior Editors
George Fuermann ; Nisbet
Senior Sports Assistants
Jimmie Cokinos Jimmy James
Junior Advertising Solicitors
L. J. Nelson A. J. Hendrick
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, Joe Taylor
Opportunity for Seniors
Seniors:
It won’t be long now. Some of you have only
two or three more weeks on this campus, while a
greater majority have only five more months or so
before your college requirements for graduation
are completed.
Now is the time to think about tomorrow. Do
you know what you are going to do as soon as
you receive your coveted sheepskin? Have you al
ready made business connections which will afford
you employment as soon as you leave school?
As is often the case, some of you will return
home and wait for dad to find you employment. In
most cases, isn’t it true that your family has
done enough to assist you in obtaining a de
gree? If you haven’t yet started, start now mak
ing contacts which you can follow up next semes
ter.
With wars in foreign countries creating a de
mand for American goods, many industries are
affording new openings for young men who have
made the most of their training. There is work
for everyone if you have what it takes to get out
and find it.
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One of the best aids to your securing employ
ment is the work the new Placement and Per
sonnel Division of the Formfer Students Asso
ciation is doing. If you have not yet consulted with
this office you should take immediate advantage
of this opportunity. They have advice which will
help you. Remember that the staff of Texas A.
& M. College is willing at all times to work with
you and help you if you have a clean record and
deserve such recommendation.
O l’ i: N FORUM
workers and professional men. Of these many will
undoubtedly be associated intimately with you in
the years to come. It is of great importance to
all of us to know some of the men with whom
we will be working.
Secondly, in club meetings and club work you
find a great opportunity to meet and associate
with your professors. It is an advantage to both
instructors and students to know each other on
a friendly basis.
A third great advantage of club activity is
the widespread acquaintance you will have with
boys of other organizations and from both sec
tions of the A. & M. campus. Such contacts and
experience in getting along with 'one’s fellowmen
are helpful in many ways.
The societies are all run by the students. Many
outings and picnics, dances and other social activi
ties are carried on regularly.
There is always a great opportunity at club
meetings to gain information about your course
that will prove helpful now or later. Many excel
lent speakers are chosen—men the finest in their
fields—to address the students. These men are
genuinely interested in A. & M. and the Aggies.
I am simply expressing the sentiments of a
great number of students and professors at A. & M.
Think it over!
PAUL DILLON, ’40.
Books You'll flni
J7
By Dr. T. F. Mayo
A SELECTED LIST OF NEW BOOKS CATA
LOGUED BY THE LIBRARY
24 of the more generally interesting new books
catalogued in the library lately:
Best Plays of 1938-39.
Blackhurst, James Herbert. Humanized Geo
metry. 1984.
Carr, Mrs. Katherine (Cowin). . . South Ameri
can Primer. 1939.
Clyne, Robert W., editor. Engineering Oppor
tunities. 1939.
Coolidge, Dane. Old California Cowboys. 1939.
Di Donato, Pietro. Christ in Concrete. 1939.
Dos Passes, John. Adventures of a Young Man.
1939.
Fadiman, Clifton. I Believe. 1939. (Beliefs of
25 distinguished contemporaries)
Giddens, Paul Henry. The Birth of the Oil
Industry. 1938.
Guttmacher, A. F. Life in the Making. 1935.
(All about the stork)
Haslett, Arthur Woods. Unsolved Problems of
Science. 1935.
Jordanoff, Assen. Your Wings. 1937.
Marquand, John Phillips. Wickford Point. 1939.
McWilliams, Carey. Factories in the Field. 1939.
(The facts behind “The Grapes of Wrath”.)
Milay, Edna St. Vincent. Huntsman, What
Quarry? 1939.
Morgan, Alfred P. The Pageant of Electricity.
1939.
Pierce, Watson O’Dell. Air War. 1939.
Saint Exupery, Antoine de. Wind, Sand and
Stars. 1939. (For aviators, real and armchair)
Steinbeck, John. The Long Valley. 1938. (Short
stories)
Sheean, Vincent. Not Peace But a Sword. 1939.
(Background of the war)
Thompson, Dorothy. Let the Record Speak. 1939.
Vance, Ethel. Escape. 1939.
Woodbury, David Oakes. The Glass Giant of
Palomar. 1939.
Zola, Emile. Stores from Emile Zola. 1935.
GLEE CLUB EXTENDS INVITATION
TO STUDENTS
We have almost finished the first half of our
1939-40 year in college. Excitement has been king
on the campus since the doors of the Main Build
ing opened for us in September.
If you have had some experience in Glee
Club work or have had voice training to where
you can hold down a part in a singing organiza
tion, you should be a member of the A. & M. Glee
Club, to get greater enjoyment from the remainder
of your college years.
There has ben no dust settling on the shoes
of Glee Club members since the term began.
Activity has been their keynote. An enjoyable and
entertaining program has been carried out with
success and satisfaction to them all. For example,
the club has made an appearance in Houston at
the Loew’s State Theater; has had a monthly radio
program over station WBAP of Fort Worth; has
entertained at college banquets; appeared at the
Country Club; has sung at local churches; can
vassed the campus with Christmas carols before
the holidays began; sponsored a successful benefit
show; offered quartet groups to other organiza
tions; sang over N. B. C.’s Blue Network; and
has carried on many other activities.
For real pleasure and relaxation from college
worries, join the A. & M. Glee Club for the rest
of this year. The organization is formulating
plans for a spring concert on the campus; a spring
trip to Fort Worth, Dallas, and Denton (with the
T. S. C. W. girls’ club sponsoring a dance there);
an A. & M. Mothers’ Club program in Houston;
and other weekend engagements.
The club meets three nights a week: Monday
and Thursday nights in the basement of Sbisa
Hall, and Tuesday nights in the radio room of the
Y. M. C. A. The club is particularly anxious to
increase its membership in the second tenor sec
tion but is receiving all members who qualify. Re
hearsals begin at the above places at 6:30 and last
until 7:30 p. m. The officers will be glad to give
you a try-out at this time.
Join now and make the second half of your
1939-40 college year a real pleasure.
—GILBERT MICHALK.
TAKE PART IN CLUB ACTIVITIES
Have you been attending the meetings of the
student club or society dealing with your major
course of study? If not, why not try to attend
more regularly from now on? The meetings are
generally short and interesting and you should en
joy them.
There are a great many reasons for attending
these society meetings. Possibly the most im
portant is the fact that a student in a particular
field at A. & M. has an opportunity to meet and
become acquainted with a great number of fellow-
As the World Turns...
By “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, has been sever
ely criticized for his reciprocal tariff pacts. Some
interests, like the cattle and dairy industries and the
Granger Association, are opposed to these pacts.
Still, a large number of women’s organizations, bus
iness men interested in export and
import trade, and organizations that
work for the improvement of inter
national relations, have approved
the department’s foreign trade pro
gram. That the reciprocal pacts
have not hurt the agricultural in
terests may be deduced from the
fact that our agricultural imports
now amount to only 7 percent of the
domestic market while in 1924 they
amounted to 11 percent. It might be
that the Republicans are again, as
in 1936, hunting for issues.
The English cabinet shakeup is not an unusual
event in England in time of peace or war. Mr.
Hore-Belisha as Secretary for War has had the
support of the cabinet in the policy of the war office.
However, all was not well in the ranks of the army
and among the conservatives. Since cooperaion of
all armed forces is essential in time of war, Hore-
Belisha had to go “for the good of the service.”
Lord Macmillan, who was asked to resign, was a
newcomer in the cabinet. He was in charge of the
newly-created ministry of information and had been
sharply criticized by British and foreign newspaper
publishers for his policy of giving out “unprintable
trash” and for maintaining that “Adolph Hitler is
the British Empire’s best propagandist.”
King Carol’s recent defiant statement that the
Rumanians “are ready to die together to defend
their borders” is likely inspired by the reverses
which the Russians have experienced from little
Finland. Should the issue between Russia and Ru
mania develop into a trial of arms, the Rumanians
might not be able to offer such resistance as the
Finns have. But King Carol and his prime minister,
Tatarescu, are further encouraged by Mussolini’s
energetic efforts to organize an effective Balkan
entente against Russia’s march to the South. More
over, the recent trade adjustment with Germany
has placed Rumania in a favorable position. The
exchange has been adjusted to Rumania’s advantage.
Hitler is to provide Rumania with some 1,000 freight
cars and locomotives. A new German company has
already been established at Bucharest to develop the
fishing industry in Rumania. Germany, thus, would
be getting not only oil and grain from Rumania
but also fish.
Sn?areff
Collegiate Kaleidoscope
by Dob Nisbet
The water polo team picked out
a good show for a benefit, “FIFTH
AVENUE GIRL,” at the Assembly
Hall Thursday and Friday. Ginger
Rogers and Walter Connolly share
the burden of providing some
sparkling comedy that should lay
the Aggies in the aisles.
The story is not a new one, but
is one that is always good. Con
nolly, a wealthy business man be
set with labor troubles, takes a
day off from his work to cele
brate his birthday with his fam
ily. When he gets home, he finds
his wife out with a playboy friend,
his son playing polo, and his
daughter out with her fellow so
cialites. Lonely, he wanders
through Central Park and happens
onto Ginger Rogers, also lonely
and out of a job. Connolly is
impressed with her philosophy on
life and asks her to help him cele
brate. In one of the more expen
sive night clubs they encounter
Connolly’s wife, who leaves in a
huff. He wakes the next morn
ing with his name in the gossip
columns. His wife becomes inter
ested in him one more time, so
Connolly asks Ginger to stay and
help bring the rest of his family
together. Later she marries his
son . Two grade-points plus.
At the Palace for the weekend,
beginning Sunday, is a show call
ed “INVISIBLE STRIPES,” an
other gangster picture with all the
tension and high-powered gangster
acting that both Humphrey Bogart
and George Raft can put in a pic
ture. It is a thriller from way
back.
The cast is as follows:
Cliff Taylor George Raft
Peggy Jane Bryan
Tim Taylor William Holden
Chuck Martin, Humphrey Bogart
An interesting sidelight on the
picture comes from the make-up
department. The bullet holes and
blood stains in the coat Humphrey
Bogart wore in the picture were so
real that a cleaning and pressing
agency reported it to the police.
The plot deals with tragedy and
hardships that beset a convict try
ing to start life anew in a world
set against him. His best girl
won’t see him, and employers fire
him as soon as they find out he
has been a convict. This is one
of the better pictures of its kind,
but not worth more than two
grade-points.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday and Friday —
“FIFTH AVENUE GIRL,”
with Ginger Rogers and
Walter Connolly.
AT THE PALACE
Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday—“MR. SMITH GOES
TO WASHINGTON”, with
James Stewart and Jean
Arthur.
AT THE QUEEN
Friday and Saturday —
“JAMAICA INN,” starring
Charles Laughton.
Turn about is fair play: The
University of Texas’ newly-im
ported Spanish instructor had a
difficult time learning American
language. So one of the co-eds in
his class is giving him regular les
sons—and reports he’s doing quite
well, thank you.
Whether they’re interested or
not, Westminster College men will
have definite domestic information
about the co-eds they date. The
women’s governing board has just
passed a new set of rules which
inflict dating restrictions on wom
en who do not keep their rooms
neat and orderly. But just to make
the rules more enjoyable those who
are super-neat will receive extra
date nights.
BACKWASH
By
George fuermann
"Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webstar.
Backwashin’ around . . . The
pressure’s on: The college recent
ly received a wire from the gover
nor of Massachusetts and the
mayor of Boston urging the Aggies
to accept a game with Boston Col
lege next football
season . . . And
one A. & M. prof
recently told his
class, “You
mustn’t have too
good a time—this
is supposed to be
a class, you
know.” . . . An
injured ankle
caused Aggie
cage star J. T. Lang to be out of
an entire game for the first time
in his eight-year basketball career
last Saturday night . . . Best quip
of the week is Charles Walker’s
declaration that “I’m preparing
for the get-ready-for.-the-finals
quizzes.” . . . Bruce Davis and
Keith Dahl, who represented A. &
M. at the National Student Feder
ation of America meeting in Minne
apolis during the Christmas holi
days, return with the word that
T. S. C. W.’s delegates were by
far the most beautiful representa
tives at the meeting which was
attended by students from all of
the nation’s leading colleges and
universities.
•
Carolyn Robbert, the attractive
Sophie Newcomb yell leader whose
more-than-different Southern drawl
and wavy blond hair did their
part in making her a quick favor
ite on the campus when she visit
ed before the holidays to welcome
the corps to the Sugar Bowl class
ic, has this to say about Aggie-
land in Tulane’s student newspa
per:
“They have a perfect set-up (re
ferring to A. & M.) to develop the
attitude that every boy on the
campus has. They live together
in a city that’s all their own and
governed by themselves. But the
feeling goes deeper than just living
together. They love that place.”
Right again, Carolyn.
•
More about the junior class pub
licity committee:
Chairman George Mueller points
out that all orchestras to whom
the committee sent requests to
play the “Aggie War Hymn” and
the “Spirit of Aggieland” have
replied affirmatively. The com
mittee, which is also composed of
Bob Little, Tom Hill, and Jack
Nelson have thus far heard Kay
Kyser play the Aggie War Hymn
and Fred Waring, Del Courtney,
and Bob Chester play the Spirit
of Aggieland.
Incidentally, Fred Waring’s
playing of the Spirit of Aggieland
has been the subject of much com
ment. If you heard the number,
which was played the night of
December 22, you will remember
that the manner of playing border
ed on swing style, and most Aggies
contend that the Spirit of Aggie
land should NOT be played ‘swing
style.’
•
Fifty-two entries were received:
Your columnist, who makes a
weekly effort in the TSCW stu
dent publication—The Lass-O, re
cently sponsored a contest in that
column offering $1 in cash and a
subscription to The Battalion
Magazine and newspaper for the
remainder of the year to the girl
writing the best hundred-word let
ter on “What I Like (or don’t like)
About Aggies.” It was promised
that no names would be mentioned
in connection with entries publish
ed, and the promise will be kept.
But here it is, the winning entry,
selected by a committee of ten
cadets and one prof:
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT AGGIES!!
“I like the Aggies because, at
least when they’re up in this fem
inine neck of the woods, their dis
positions are as bright as the ten-
cent shine on their boots. They
act like escaped convicts or babies
first discovering their toes. They’re
not particular, either. Their roam,
ing eyes flatter the little wilting
wallflower as well as the “It”
girl. And while the famous Aggie
kiss sounds like a cow pulling her
foot out of a mudhole, it does
smack of sincerity! Mainly, though,
I like them because they are not
so egotistical as the Denton males
who have to be diluted to go
’round!”
And by the way, in rendering
their decision, the judges had the
following to say about the win
ner:
“Concise, with no words wasted;
intelligently and correctly written;
witty and amusing.”
Backwash will soon announce a
similar contest — in reverse — in
which Aggies will participate. The
five best letters from each college
will then be printed in the Feb
ruary issue of The Battalion Mag
azine.
•
Walter Carmichael is telling the
story about a fellow home on
leave from an African port gener
ally held to be unhealthy. In the
course of recounting his experience
the gentleman pointed out that
“There’s nothing the matter with
the country. All it requires is a
better type of settler and a decent
water supply.” If you come to
think of it,” remarked one of his
listeners, “those are the only
drawbacks to Hell.”
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