■SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1940
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THE BATTALION
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE
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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
weekiy from June through August.
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1939 Member 1940
Associated Gotie&iate Press
BILL MURRAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LARRY WEHRLE ADVERTISING MANAGER
fames Critz Associate Editor
E. C. (Jeep) Oates Sports Editor
H. G. Howard Circulation Manager
“Huh" Johnson Intramural Editor
Philip Golman Staff Photographer
lefan J. Moseley Staff Artist
SATURDAY STAFF
fames Critz Acting Managing Editor
Don Burk Asst. Advertising Manager
W. C. Carter Editorial Assistant
Junior Editors
A. J. Robinson Billy Clarkson Cecil Do Vilbiss
Senior Sports Assistants
Jimmie Cokinos Jimmy James
Junior Advertising Solicitors
J. M. Sedberry G. M. Woodman
Reportorial Staff
Lee Rogers, E. M. Rosenthal, W. A. Moore, Glenn Mattox, Les-
lie Newman, M, L. Howard.
OPEN FORUM
Seniors Protest ‘‘Disunity, Disorder, Lack of
Cooperation^ In Class Meetings
TO THE BATTALION:
The class of '40 is a good class. It has acted
with judgment and common sense during the
three and one-half years that it has been here, and
it should not be allowed to lose its well-deserved
reputation and get in a rut because of the selfish
interests of any individual members. It takes only
s very small amount of self-denial to accomplish a
great number of worthy projects. Spring is nearly
here, and by united action we can continue the pol
icy of accomplishment, a policy for which this class
has always been noted.
But—of a senior class estimated at approxi
mately nine hundred students, the record attendance
for three class meetings held this fall approached a
liberal estimate of seventy-five. Can it be that
this class, which has heretofore been active and in
terested in the policies of the school, has lost all
its interest in what happens? Or has it become
too lazy to care what is done in its name—in the
name of the Senior Class? Is it possible that
^‘mattress pounding,” bull sessions, picture shows or
Bryan night-life are becoming more important fac
tors than school business? Apparently it is.
To judge from the meetings held in the past,
the. senior class not only is not interested in coming
to the; class meetings, but those members who do
come are more intent upon raising hell than they
are upon the more serious considerations of busi
ness. Judging from the kind of order maintained
in the past it would not be a credit to a meeting
of kindergarten boys. For a group of supposedly
educated college seniors it was not only a farce
but might be called a disgrace, even to a fresh
man class.
The maintenance of order Is the job of the
chairman; however, it is an impossible job for one
man. In order to have a properly conducted meet
ing and accomplish any purpose it will require the
cooperation of all those present. They should not
only keep a measure of quiet, but, what is even
more important, they should give their serious con
sideration to any motions before the house.
In the last meeting of the senior class three mo
tions were actually made and seconded, yet no vote
was taken on any of them. Is it possible that
the seniors of this college are not sufficiently
grounded in the rules of parliamentary procedure to
prevent the landsliding of motions over their heads?
At the same time we find a senior class cabi
net, consisting of a representative of each regiment,
organized for the purpose of acting in an advis
ory capacity, and not of taking action. This is a
fine thing so long as it sticks to giving advice. It
may serve a worthy cause and in addition stabilize
the actions of the president, to guard against hasty
action. But since when did this group acquire the
power to dictate the policies of the entire class?
One man per regiment, for advice—Fine! For
important decisions?—Far inadequate.
Apparently the fact that this advisory group
has taken upon itself executive powers is the
fault of the men who do not go to class meetings.
When something is done in the name of the senior
class, they have heard nothing of it. “Why,” they
ask, “did this happen?” It happened because they
did not have sufficient interest in the welfare of the
class to attend a meeting nor intelligence enough
to conduct it properly.
Signed:
BOB EVANS BURNS BUTTRILL
CY NEWMAN WALTER HATCH
WALTON LEHMBERG BOB LOGAN
JOHN REYNOLDS CHAS. WILKINSON
“We Owe It to Them”
Every year about this time The Battalion pub
lishes an appeal to the student body asking them
to refrain from smoking at the basketball games.
Yet few students do anything about it.
At the last two games the smoke was very
bad. I realize that a large percentage of this is
not caused by the students but by the visitors. The
fact still remains, however, that if we, the student
body, would not smoke at the games it would help
a great deal.
A smoke-filled gym is very injurious to the
players. We all know that basketball is a game
that requires a lot of training to play under the
best conditions, much less the conditions that our
team is forced to play under in its own gym—a
condition that is partly brought about by its own
students.
A. & M. may not have the best basketball
team in the conference this year, but it does have
one that hustles every minute it is in there. The
boys go down to the gym and work out every day
of the week, and during a game, fight their hearts
out for us. It seems to me the least we could
do is try to help them by giving up smoking during
a game. This sacrifice, that we could make for
them, seems very small when it is compared with
all the sacrifices that they are making by trying
to give us the kind of a basketball team that we will
be proud to claim. Our part would be a small one
but I am sure that it would be a part the team
would appreciate a great deal. Let’s help them, not
impair them!
—BOB PARKER.
Thoughts While Sneezing
If all the sniffles uttered upon one average
campus during this type of weather were laid end
to end, they would silence the booming of the most
determined instructor. Fortunately they are not
laid end to end; but the general effect is just as bad.
Classes are sadly handicapped by the din of bark
ing, moaning and groaning, coupled with the sound
of frozen toes gradually thawing.
Not even a bushel of pineapples per day can
keep the physician from his rounds in the present
state of things, but a few ideas might be considered
while plowing through the slush. Polo shirts are
not for this weather, any more than are afternoon
naps in the shade. Wet heads and feet are as pre
ventable as airplane collisions on a clear day. In
short, the job of keeping Old Man Pneumonia at a
safe distance is one which requires very little fore
thought and is well worth while.—The Baylor Lariet.
MAN, YOUR MANNERS—
QUESTION: What is the proper manner for a
young man to use when he announces
himself over the telephone?
ANSWER: Socially, a young man should say:
“This is John Jones.” In an office
when calling a woman on business, he
should say: “This is Mr. Jones of
Smart and Company” or “This is Mr.
Jones of the Economics Department.”
But when telephoning a man, he should
say: “Jones of Smart and Company
speaking” or “Jones of the Economics
Department speaking.”
BOOKS YOU'LL ENJOY
“Mexico, A Revolution by Education,” by George
Isidore Sanchez.
“Rifle m America,” by Philip Burdette Sharpe.
“Stalin, A Critical Survey of Bolshevism,” by
Boris Souvarine.
“Union Now,” Clarence Kirshman Streit.
“Johnny Got His Gun,” by Dalton Trumbo.
“Cooperation As a Way of Peace,” by James
Peter Warbasse.
“Supercargo,” by Earl Whithorne.
Who will be the first American to start a fill
ing station and tourist cabins at the South Pole?
The Duce, they say, is planning an Italian
Coney Island. On the other hand, what does a roller
coaster hold for the hardened survivor of the
European situation?
“We are winning the war comfortably,” de
clares one prominent Englishman. If that is so,
the other side is being comfortably defeated.
As the World Turns...
By DR. AL B. NELSON
Browder and Bridges cases handled different
ly. The evidence against both men was gathered
by the same agencies but while Earl Browder, the
Communist leader in the United States, was tried
in a regular court and convicted, Harry Bridges was
“tried” before a special agent of Madame Perkins’
Department of Labor and cleared of
all charges in spite of testimony.
Garner adherents are now pre
dicting that the majority of the New
York delegation to the National Con
vention will be for Garner. Undoubt
edly a determined drive is being made
in his behalf in the East. Even if
he is not nominated they hope to
have a big hand in naming the can
didate.
British naval units in the Far
East are taking a more determined stand against
the Japanese than at any time in the last few
years. Is it a\ coincidence that it occurs at the ex
act time that the U. S. is “cracking down” on the
Japs?
The U. S. trade treaty with Japan expired yes
terday (Friday) at the end of the six-month notice
the U. S. was required to give. The U. S. now has
it in her power to ruin Japanese trade and cut
off her military supplies at will unless Japan be
haves.
Typical U. S. inconsistency is shown in our so-
called neutral policy. This is not the fault of the
administration but of the constitutional provision
which allows Congress (the Senate) to meddle in
foreign relations. The United States has entirely
forbidden its ships to go to England, France, Hol
land, Belgium and other north European countries
to avoid trouble with Germany. On the other hand
we raise a big fuss over England’s actions in de
laying our ships in other parts of the world while
searching for contraband. Why discriminate against
England ?
We deny England credit in the United States
and then accuse her of discriminating against us
because she buys her tobacco in Turkey which gives
her credit and does not discriminate in other things.
The Dies Committee has been granted an ex
tension of another year in which to complete its
investigations.
Dr. Ellsworth Bernard, English instructor at
Williams College, is urging the United States to
declare war on the dictators. In the January issue
of Harper’s magazine, Dr. - Bernard plainly states
that the United States is morally obligated to aid
the Allies. Read the article.
Nelson
Collegiate Kaleidoscope
Feminine Footballer
Juanita M c Cruky of Paris (teyas)
JUNIOR COLLEGE ACTUALLY PLAYS
WITH THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM.
JHE SPECIALIZES IN PLACEKICKING AND
IS USED FOR CONVERTING EXTRA POINTS,
FOR FIELD GOAL KICKING. AND AT TIMES
HANDLES THE KICKOFF ASSIGNMENT/
HERMAN
GLANDER*
HAS BEEN
THE 'CAMPUS
cdp’ at -me
UNIV. OF
MINNESOTA
FOR 31
YEARS AND
HAS MISSED
ONLY ONE
FOOTBALL GAME
DURING THAT
TIME/
. ( / e^ceur'
Joy Dob NisbeJ:
Back into harness once again, I
want to thank Pierce for carry
ing on the work. He did a fine
job.
Two shows from the week’s list
haven’t yet been reviewed. They
are “BLACKMAIL” and “GOLDEN
BOY.” Both have won high praise
from critics, but I’d say “Golden
Boy” is far the best of the two
shows.
Taken from a successful stage
play, “GOLDEN BOY,” is the
story of a musician turned prize
fighter. Starred in the picture are
the following cast:
Lorna Moon....Barbara Stanwyck
Tom Moody Adolphe Menjou
Joe Bonaparte ....William Holden
Mr. Bonaparte Lee J. Cobb
Joe Bonaparte tires of being a
poor musician. He wants to en
joy the luxuries of wealth, and he
wants his family to enjoy them
with him. Desperate, he goes to
fight manager Tom Moody and
asks for a chance to fight profes
sionally. His success in the pugil
istic field is instantaneous. He is
also successful in the field of love
because he gets Tom’s girl to
promise to leave Tom and marry
him. Everything is just rosy un
til one of his opponents dies, and
then Joe, the Golden Boy, re
nounces the fight game and returns
to being a musician, taking with
him, of course, the girl from
Newark.
In “Blackmail”, Edward G. Rob
inson does some exceptionally fine
acting, but the show is one of
those that presents the side of our
American life, which though true
enough, is not exactly what I’d
class as entertaining. It is tense
and very dramatic.
Robinson is sent to prison for a
crime that Gene Lockhart who
turns in an outstanding charac
terization committed, but he es
capes and settles down to the dan
gerous double life of putting out
oil well fires and hoping that no
one will recognize him as an ex
convict. He marries and has a
son. Then Lockhart, down on his
luck, offers to clear him of the
crime and serve the sentence him
self for $25,000. Robinson pays,
only to find that Lockhart has
double-crossed him, and not only
didn’t confess, but exposed him to
the police and obtained possession
of all his oil property, making
homeless his wife and child. Bear
ing the greatest hate of all crea
tion, Robinson escapes again to
track down the villain and seek
revenge.
I.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday, 12:45—BLACK
MAIL,” with Edwai’d G. Rob
inson and Ruth Hussey.
Saturday, 6:30 and 8:30—
“GOLDEN BOY,” with Wil
liam Holden, Adolphe Men
jou, and Barbara Stanwyck.
AT THE PALACE
Beginning Sunday —
“Charlie McCarthy,
DETECTIVE,” with Edgar
Bergen, Robert Cummings,
and Constance Moore.
Richards Awarded
Garbage Contract
The contract for collection of
garbage in the city of College Sta
tion has been awarded by the City
Council to W. O. Richards. It be
comes effective February 1.
Awarding of the contract was
done at a special meeting of the
Council last Monday night in the
City Office. At the same meet
ing the zoning ordinance recom
mended by the zoning commission
was adopted.
Members of the zoning commis
sion were W. W. Steel, Ernest Lang
ford, W. R. Horsley, V. M. Faires,
and Guy W. Boyett.
Council members present werd
Mayor J. H. Binney, George B.
Wilcox, S. A. Lipscomb, L. P.
Gabbard, Dr. L. G. Jones, and J.
A. Orr.
BACKWASH
to
George fuermann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from soma action or occurrence/’—Webster.
The way of things . . . Jack Lit
tlejohn, whose song “I’d Rather Be
A Texas Aggie,” leads the cam
pus hit parade, will soon ring the
bell again when his latest num
ber, “You’re The
Simple reason,”
goes into sheet
music form . . .
This is all we’ve
been waiting for:
A university of
California prof
has debunked the
theory that kiss
ing is unhealth
ful. “The heat
a kiss,” he says,
“kills all bacteria and such a prac
tice should be encouraged.” . . .
A. & M.’s Cosmopolitan Club claims
the distinction of having the young
est member of any organization on
the campus. He’s “Red” Cushion,
ten-year-old son of the “Y’s” gen
eral secretary, M. L. Cushion. . . .
Indications are that the queen of
1940’s Cotton Pageant and Ball
will be—unlike last year—a T. S.
C. W.-ite.
•
His most embarrassing moment:
One of the movie-going Aggies
is telling about the Dallas theater
which doesn’t always book new
short subjects when a new feature
is being shown, but holds the old
ones over. Walking in on a new
feature this past weekend he was
apalled to find the same shorts be
ing shown that he had seen the
night before. “Don’t you EVER
change your shorts?” he blurted to
the usherette.
It was a full quarter hour be
fore he understood the poor girl’s
aloof and indignant attitude.
•
Aggie Spirit dead? You be the
judge:
The small daughter of Mrs. By
ron Black, an extra-duty nurse
at the College Hospital, is ill with
flu and appendicitis. Wednesday
afternoon her dog was run over
and killed, thus making her condi
tion worse. Learning of this trag
edy, the cadets in Ward 1 called
Mrs. Black in, made a modest
speech of gratitude and apprecia
tion for her kindness, and then
presented her with a well-worn
dollar bill to “buy your daughter
something nice that she will like.”
•
Dave Britton noticed this item
in the Amarillo News-Globe:
Claude Dyer, a Chicago sales
man in the Texas area, loaned $5
to a boy at a railroad station
twenty years ago. The boy said
he was an A. & M. student and
needed the money to return to
college.
Last week, while eating in an
Amarillo restaurant, a man ap
proached Dyer and offered him a
$5 bill, explaining that he had
borrowed it twenty years ago
while a student at A. & M.
•
From February 16 to May 31:
Beginning with the Architect’s
Ball and climaxing with the tradi
tional Final Ball, 32 dances are of
ficially scheduled for 1940’s prom
season. Social Secretary Charles
Hamner has pointed out that big-
name orchestras which may be on
the campus this year include Glen
Miller, Vincent Lopez, Jan Savitt,
Larry Clinton, Don Bestor, Law
rence Welk, and Del Courtney.
•
From a Rice Institute coed:
Here’s the most unusual entry
in the “What I Like (Or Don’t
Like) About T.S.C.W.-ties” con
test. Invalid, because the contest
is limited to Aggies, it’s reprinted
before the contest closes on Feb
ruary 15.
Dear Aggie:
“I’m the girl back home.
I was thrilled to death when
my man went to A. & M. Def
initely there is something about
an Aggie that really gets a
girl—so I was very happy.
“After he had been to Col
lege Station for about two
weeks, I failed to receive the
usual letters from my ( ?) Ag
gie. He had been to Denton!
“Need I say more? With
your perspicacity, you will
know the degree of my hatred
for the T.S.C.W.-ites. Could
hatred really be more justifi
ed?”
Sincerely crushed,
“The girl back home.”
Fuermann
generated by
Collegiate Review
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
Indiana University has a special
series of lectures to acquaint un
organized students with extracur
ricular activities.
Playwright Maxwell Anderson
edited the University of North
Dakota yearbook in 1912.
A University of Virginia scient
ist has developed a centrifuge ma
chine which exerts a force a mil
lion times greater than gravity.
Senator Robert A. Taft has been
acclaimed as Yale University’s
man-of-the-year by an alumni or
ganization. .
The Democrats have been invit
ed to hold their 1940 convention
in the famed football Rose Bowl
stadium in California.
Williams College has establish
ed a new course on basic Latin-
American problems.
There are 37,000 electrical out
lets on the University of Iowa cam
pus.
Freshman women at Madison
College get more mail than the
members of the other three classes.
At Cornell University, football
receipts pay the expenses of all
other sports.
Bicycle polo is a new sport that
has been introduced in several
Eastern colleges.
A method of cheaply producing
a protein substance (threonine)
essential to life has been advised
by a Purdue University scientist.
Dr. A. Benbow
DENTIST
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