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THE BATTALION
■SATJJRDAY, FEB. 17, 1940
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF
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.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon
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1939 Member 1940
Pbsocided Golle&ide Press
BILL MURRAY _
LARRY WEHRLE .
lames Critz
E. C. (Jeep) Oates
EL 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
James Critz Acting Managing Editor
Don Burk Asst. Advertising Manager
W. C. Carter Editorial Assistant
Junior Editors
A. J. Robinson Billy Clarkson Cecil De Vilbiss
Senior Sports Assistants
Jimmie Cokinos Jimmy James
Junior Advertising Solicitors
J. M. Sedberfy G. M. Woodman
Reportorial Staff
Lee Rogers, E. M. Rosenthal, W. A. Moore, Glenn Mattox, Les
lie Newman, M. L. Howard.-
Resolutions
Remember those resolutions made for the New
Year? All the things you promised yourself you’d
do and others you declared to leave off your list
of activities? Think back. Can you even recall
what they were ? Then, when you’ve reviewed them,
check yourself to see how well you’ve kept them.
Kinda slipped your mind, haven’t they?
Now the time has come for more resolu
tions. There’s no time like the beginning of a new
semester to start things off right scholastically. At
the end of the first semester, when you started
studying for finals, you probably had many things
to regret. Found you’d slipped up on several scores.
What are the things in which you need to cor
rect yourself? Are you going to study harder?
Do you work day by day? Keep up with outside
reading? Quit cutting classes? Get assignments
in on time? Cut down a little on the social life?
These and many more might be running through
your mind.
Think long and hard before committing your
self to sticking by some of these things the next
four months. Whatever you choose in your pro
gram of self-reform, be sure it’s something that
will truly be beneficial to you.
When you make the choice, it’ll do much more
good to make only one or two resolutions and re
ligiously stick to them than to decide on a list and
forget them in a short while. You’ll be building
character if you accomplish that.
There’ll be a temptation to make you want to
forget your plans. About April you’ll forget the
first week in February and your thought trends
at that time. The spring season of school is always
a busy one.
Go on and deny yourself some of the fun you’ve
had. Settle down a little. Think of those sending
you to college and what they expect of you.
Picture yourself a few years from now and see
what you’ll have then from your college education
that’s beneficial.
Your challenge to yourself, then, is to make
these second-semester resolutions now, keep them,
and make these four months count for something.
★
Freedom To Choose
Your decision to be a student at A. & M. Col
lege opens to you many educational opportunities
from which you will make choices to fit your plans.
The choice of a curriculum and courses will
be fixed by the occupational goal you have se
lected.
The extra-curricular activities in which you
take part will be fixed by your major interests
and friendships.
The work-study-play schedule that you set
up to guide your choices in use of time will be de
termined by your will to succeed in the task of
making the most of your training experiences at
A. & M.
With the freedom to make choices there is at
tached the responsibility of accepting courageously
the result of those choices.
May you, therefore, enter this term’s work
with enthusiasm.
May the results of your choices on this college
campus enrich your daily living.
★
He Set Our Goal
A great man . . . one who did much to make
this a great country, one who will live forever in
the hearts of the American people. It’s an honor
for a nation like ours to have the inspirational
figure of Abraham Lincoln to look up to, and to
set aside each year the day of his birth for the
remembrance of his ideals.
Lincoln had faith ... in his country, his fellow-
men and in the cause which he fought so gallantly
and determinedly ... a faith that made him a
great man.
MAN, YOUR MANNERS-
QUESTION: When is it proper to wear a tuxedo?
ANSWER: A tuxedo is worn upon informal oc
casions after six o’clock. It is ap
propriate to wear at most dinners;
at informal parties and dances; when
dining at home or in a restaurant;
and in some localities it is worn on
formal occasions such as weddings and
balls.
Parade of Opinion
By Associated Collegiate Press
PREPAREDNESS. Despite the fact that most
of the war talk on the nation’s campuses is peace
talk, there nevertheless is a growing tendency
among collegians and their campus superiors to
discuss what they believe to be the bad effects
of peace movements that make collegians more
concerned with safety first than with the fate of
their nation.
First to focus attention on this particular in
terpretation of the undergraduate peace movements
was President-emeritus William Allen Neilson, of
Smith College, who said: “For the moment, the at
titude of our academic youth seems to be. so large
ly self-centered that one doubts whether the form
in which pacifism was brought to them during
these years was the best for their spiritual health.
The young men of today seem to be largely concern
ed with safety first and the old men with $30 every
Thursday. Peace that is not the crown of justice
and liberty is a peace that cannot last, and it
would have been more inspiring if our young men
and women today had been more concerned with
their own safety.”
The college press early challenged this view,
with the University of Iowa Daily Iowan taking
the lead with an editorial which said in part: “He
asks us to bring justice and liberty to a world that
apparently is not greatly concerned about justice
and liberty. If dying for it is the only way,
America’s youth prefer to live. If Dr. Neilson is
concerned because he has not yet heard the battle
cry in America, he must continue to be concerned.
America believes today, as he apparently is not
aware, that nothing is won by war. America be
lieves that there are other ways to settle disputes
than by dying on a battlefield.”
Siding in with the Daily Iowan’s point of view
was the Columbia University Spectator, which
maintained that “times have changed and the youth
of today realizes that any war he fights will be
to protect the interests of the old men running
the country—men who have hereditary economic
and social interests in other lands than the United
States. We of this generation refute much of that
‘great heredity.’ We want no part of it.”
Here is a quick summary of the other indica
tions that point to the fact that today’s college
youth is not unanimous in agreeing with the peace-
at-any-price talk. The reader should bear in mind
that this trend is not as widespread or as vociferous
as the trend created by the peace groups—nor should
the reader gain the impression that those contrib
uting to this new trend are uninterested in peace
for the United States and the world.
The Dartmouth College Daily Dartmouth
pointed recently to one of the little-talked-of re
sults of organization for peace: “There is an
other danger in (peace) organizations, a danger
which was illustrated at Dartmouth during the
World War, when a group supporting the vague
objective of peace and having nothing else in its
platform, helped to bring into being the volunteer
movement for war. Dartmouth learned then that
one organization sets up an opposing organization,
that movements for peace can generate friction
which will start a counter movement for war.”
Pointing to the dangers of pacifism, the Wellesley
College News said: “Once again the small, peace-
loving neutral states are facing the possibility of
being sacrificed to aid in the power politics of a
great and forceful state. Germany is waging a war
of nerves against Belgium and The Netherlands
similar to what preceded the invasion of Poland.
This is an indictment of passive pacifism. Those
who are truly pacifistic, who are sincerely dismayed
at the recognition that the peaceful state is now
no more than a ‘bufer,’ cannot fail to realize that
a mere lip service to pacifistic principles, a passive
hope that a state wishing peace will be let alone,
is not enough.
Despite the popular belief that all collegians
are pacifists, the anti-pacifism camp is growing
steadily, though not spectacularly, in these times
when war is an almost-universal subject of con
versation.
As the World Turns...
BY DR. AL B. NELSON
The Garner candidacy is being pushed in all
parts of the United States, pushed shrewdly and
vigorously by experienced political leaders who are
building up a strong personal political organiza
tion for the seventy-year old Texan. So for Garner
has been entered for primaries in at least four
states: Georgia, Illinois, California,
__- - anc j Oregon. The object of this is
threefold, one object being to gather
I * || delegates for the convention, next to
smoke out Roosevelt’s intentions in
re g ai 'd to a possible third term, and
..lljKifr last of all (in the event the second
adaPwPiw object is accomplished) to provide a
test of strength between the third-
termers and the anti-third-termers.
Finland’s Mannerheim Line is
another Alamo in the making, with
the Finns stacking the Russians be
fore their lines in mountains of dead, but, out
numbered by the millions the outcome is likely to
be complete destruction for the defenders unless
the remainder of the world comes to their assistance
in a hurry. The Alamo could have been relieved but
the bickering on the outside continued until it was
too late to help the heroic defenders. Strange to
say, those on the outside were writing democratic
constitutions and uttering heroic platitudes while
Travis, Bowie and the others were grimly and hero
ically dying for the principles others were talking
about. Meanwhile Finland is grimly fighting and
dying for democracy and Congress spends its tiine
talking over the grave question of whether the loa n
of a few millions for non-military purposes will en
danger the state of our democratic neutrality.
Getting the U. S. mail to neutral European
countries without having it opened by British cen
sors is now bothering the government. The latent
suggestion is that it be carried by U. S. warship s
What would happen then if a submarine were
sink one of our warships?
Another current question concerns the Pre§}_
dent’s purpose in sending Summer Wells to Europ e
No one w T ho knows the real purpose will talk.
BACKWASH
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George tamann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
Backwashin’ around . . . S. M. U
students will not ask for a second
helping of a renowned biscuits
from the platter of Governor W
Lee O’Daniel as has been indicated
by a poll of the
student body of
that institution
Voting on the
question, “Do you
favor W. Lee
O’Daniel for a
- second term as
Governor of Tex
as,” 79% voted
no, 13% indicated
yes, and 8% made no response
. . . An A. & M. prof—trying to
outdo another of the learned pro
fession in the matter of slaphappy
telephone salutations—burned the
wires with, “Hello—Jackson’s mule
Barn.” Undaunted, his opponent—
answering the next phone call in
his department’s office—took a
chance with, “Buck Rogers’ Rocket
Terminal, Venus Section.” . . .
None other than Cecil B. DeMille
selected Keith Dahl’s sweetheart.
Bonnie May, as one of the three
Northwestern University coeds to
be represented in that school’s an
nual beauty section. Bonnie, by
the way, will make the long Illi-
nois-to-Texas trek to attend the
Junior Prom next May.
•
‘Service’ is the byword:
The local branch of the South
west Telephone Company is doubt
less an organization with a Sincere
enough intent of purpose — but
questionable effectiveness. A
Bryan businessman began at 9
o’clock yesterday morning trying
to put through a long-distance
call to a Dallas party whom he
knew was at home awaiting the
call. Five hours later central was
still doing her level best—but to
no avail. In desperation, the
Bryanite telegraphed the Dallas
party to call HIM. In fifteen
minutes the call was effected.
•
There’s a difference:
A favorite pastime of many per
sons living in cities large enough
to support two or more daily news
papers is to compare the manner
in which the same news items are
written in the different papers.
Two of New York City’s dailies
recently panicked the readers with
these widely divergent views of
the Hepburn robbery:
“What are you doing there?”
shouted the startled Miss Hepburn
at the intruder . . .—The Times.
. . . she . . . saw the intruder
fingering her jewelry, and shouted:
“What the hell are you doing
there?”—The Herald Tribune.
•
The voice of experience:
One Pat Perry, a T. C. U. coed,
has her own ideas about Aggies
and Aggieland. “Being a thing
of many words and few brains,”
she says in a letter to the column.
“I couldn’t resist telling you that
there’s a lot about an Aggie that
gets a gal. I could write volumes
on the subject of manhood on the
Brazos, but I’m afraid the cadets
would be thrown into the last
stage of epileptics trying to figure
out the point. When an Aggie
gazes at a girl in that sex-starved
way and slings a powerful ‘line’
of bull—guaranteed to be sure-fire
stuff by a brother freshman—a
girl knows that anything in a skirt
would bring forth the same exulta
tions of delight. You fellas can’t
fool us!”
•
Meandering . . . Aggies who have
been accustomed to riding Austin’s
street cars will now have to try
the buses. The University City
bid farewell to the outmodeled
form of transportation a week ago
after the old stand-bys had been
on duty since 1870 . . . And here’s
a gem taken from one of Houston’s
dalies: “Samuel Goldwyn is trying
to borrow Charles Boyer front
Samuel Goldwyn.” He probably
isn’t offering himself enough . . .
T.S.C.W.’s mid-term enrollment hit
2,482 and Texas U.’s all-time higl
reached over 11,000 . . . One of the
only two books stolen out of the
library’s main reading room in the
past six months was Emily Post’s
“Etiquette.” . . . And if you like
puzzles: What number is spelled
with ten letters—each letter dif
ferent? . . .
•
Within the next two weeks de
tails of Backwash’s “Ugly Boy”
championship contest will be an
nounced... With certain profession
als expected, all cadets are eligi
ble for the dubious honor—the ex
ceptions being the writer and The
Battalion’s editor-in-chief, both of
Whom concede victory., and who
have..attained a certain degree of
professional standing in local cir
cles.
Fuermann
AH WOMEN Tess Charlton
Special to The Battalion from The Lass-O of T. S. C. W.
You have asked for personality
sketches of some of the girls up
uation: to do newspaper work or
to travel.
here, so this week that’s what
you’re going to get.
She is a. blonde, blue-eyed sen
ior majoring in journalism . .
has never been to
A. & M. . . . was
class beauty her
sophomore year
. . . has been a
member of the
Daedalian (an
nual) staff for
three years . . .
is now society
editor of the
Lass-0 . . . dis
likes the know-it-
all type of boy :
Brussels sprouts
girls with high,
shrill, voices and
. likes the color
blue, for boys to smoke pipes and
wear tweeds, movies (without
Hedy), and Artie Shaw. . . home
town is Sherman and the name is
Joan Ladd. Ambition after grad-
Hedy Lamar
•
She is president of the student
body . . .has been a class officer
all four years at T.S.C.W. . . .
is majoring in speech. . . . has
brown eyes and hair ... is five
feet six and very thrilled over
just gaining four pounds . . . be
longs to the National Collegiate
Players, Chaparral Literary Club
Alpha Lambda Delta (honorary
freshman scholastic fraternity for
women) . . . dislikes liver and
onions, and people who slam doors
. . . likes red flannel pajamas, “The
Lamp Is Low,” very masculine fel
lows, being “Who’s Who in Amer
ican Colleges and Universities,”
and Glen Miller. . . . home town
is Frost, Texas, and the name is
Mary Kay Jones. Ambition after
graduation: to teach speech cor
rectives.
Of the nation’s 10 largest educa
tional institutions, five are mem
bers of the Big Ten.
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All opinions voiced in today’s
column that are not agreed with
were warped by the wet weather.
In fact ,this writer feared he might
dissolve before he got to the of
fice.
Getting down to the shows on
the calendar, “BAD LITTLE
ANGEL” is first on the list. In
this show Hollywood gets over a
right nice show on an usually
touchy subject, religion. However,
the fine acting of little Virginia
Weidler leaves no room for anyone
to complain. Virginia plays the
part of a little orphan girl, who
is adopted by the Creighton fam
ily. When the family is hit by
misfortune, Virginia blames every
thing on herself, even though she
is the one who has done them the
most good. This picture can be
most inspiring, especially to us
folks who have missed church the
last couple of times. Two grade-
points.
by the very dramatic acting uf
Miss Davis. The story is one from
the pages of English history, but
with the facts and details aided by
a scenario writer’s vivid imagina
tion. Queen Elizabeth endangers
her throne when she sends Essex,
her court favorite, and the favorite
of the English people, to Ireland
to fight a rebel without proper
supplies and reinforcements. He
returns to storm the city of London
and take her prisoner. But she
tricks him with a lady’s lie and
hangs him to the highest tower,
Three grade-points.
Last but certainly not of lesser
importance is a show called
“RAFFLES” and dealing with a
sneak thief who calls himself the
Amateur Cracksman. Unknown
to the police it is none other than
A. J. Raffles, England’s most pop
ular athlete.
Next is “THE PRIVATE LIVES
OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX,”
starring the one and only Bette
Davis with the flashiest of swash
bucklers, Errol Flynn. But in this
picture Errol is rather outdone
Dr. Grady Harrison
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