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■SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1940 PAGE 2 THE BATTALION The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 0» 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 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 i-6444. 1939 Member 1940 Phsocided Golle&ide Press BILL MURRAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LARRY WEHRLE ADVERTISING MANAGER James Crifct Associate Editor H. C. (Jeep) Oates Sports Editor H- G. Howard Circulation Manager "Hub" Johnson Intramural Editor Philip Golman Staff Photographer John J. Moseley 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 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. Collegians Want N.Y.A. No matter what the views of the average collegian may be on the subject of economy in the federal government, almost without exception he is not in favor of reducing financial aid for his fel low-students as has been maintained by the Na tional Youth Administration. Collegiate editor ialists are thumping loudly and strongly against N.Y.A. fund reductions now being considered by the national Congress, and here is a summary of their reasons for their stand: “America’s best defense,” says the Temple Uni versity News, “will always be found in the exist ence of happy, busy young people, preparing them selves in the nation’s colleges for a useful future marked by peace and security. Economic discon tent is the factor most likely to invite war. If the budget is to be cut, the place for it is in the arms increase proposals, not the comparatively small N.Y.A. allotments. N.Y.A. is an effective agency for keeping students in college, where it is more customary to carry textbooks than it is to carry guns.” Said the Colgate University Maroon: “For the past few years, the N.Y.A. has done a real service to American youth in making possible jobs of various sorts on the campuses of American colleges and universities. Not only has such aid succeeded in giving many worthy students a college education but has relieved the employment situation by taking off the employment market numbers of young Americans who would otherwise have been com peting for jobs. The work of the N.Y.A. has en hanced the democratic spirit of American colleges by giving men a chance to work their way through school, a thing quite impossible in some of our more aristocratic or totalitarian states.” The Univeristy of Oregon Daily Emerald plugs for retention of the N.Y.A. funds with these words: “The amount cut from the N.Y.A. appropriation, if it is cut, will be but a drop in the bucket, and will be one of the most inclusive parts of the bud getary program. What Congress will be deciding is whether to dabble in developing an increased number of college trained people to face future problems generated in the present. It would be difficult to overstock the more highly educated field, which always needs more numbers. In view of this final consideration, it would seem that high er education is a good investment, and that politi cal considerations should be secondary to potential value.” “This threatened cut is a matter for all stu- 'dents who work for part of their expenses. Be cause of this reduction goes through, the men now holding college jobs will have to share them with the new unemployed. And the college will have -to make an attempt in its budget to provide more ihelp for worthy students. We urge you to write -your representative at once about this matter,” wrote the Randolph-Macon College Yellow Jacket. “The fact alone that the honor joint average of N.Y.A. student is above the average of the school indicates that a little financial assistance for students from lower income groups will repay the community in future leadership and employ ment security,” the University of Minnesota Daily maintains. * —Associate Collegiate Press. ★ A. & M. “Airs Out” To Dean Gibb Gilchrist and other authorities of the College, The Battalion extends congratulations upon the establishment of an airport on the cam pus and the initiation of student training under the Civil Aeronautical Authority. It is understood that additional plans, both for further improve ment of this landing field and for the establish ment of a course in aeronautical engineering, are under consideration. The field of transportation by air is the fastest growing industrial and commercial field in the Unit ed States at this time. The Battalion is glad to see A. & M. College take a step toward the leadership which it should exert in this tremendous field. The new airport, located on College property west of the railroad tracks, is almost equally dis tant between Barksdale Field at Shreveport, Louis iana, and the several air fields at San Antonio. In time it may become an important link in the U. S. Army Air Corps’ plans. So swift has been the development in air transportation, most of the engineering institu tions of the United States has lagged behind. The Battalion congratulates the A. & M. College upon taking its first steps to catch up, and to take a place of leadership in this fast-growing field of transportation. Father of Our Country By F. R. STEVENS It is well to honor him on his natal day. For our own benefit we review his loyalty to the principles for which he stood and upon which America has grown great. He was the epitome of dignity, wisdom and strength. Belonging to the aristocracy of the day, he stood physically and mentally above all others. Unswerved by the hysteria of the day or the ad vice of the few who would lead him to assume the dictatorial powers, he stood alone and apart from men. Among a crowd of jovial acquaintances of Washington one man wagered $100 that he dare approach Washington, put his arm over the Gen eral’s shoulder and say: “George, how are things going today?” Later he returned saying: “I have won the $100 and would give $1,000 if I hadn’t.” He was a statesman and an inspired leader. No trait of his character finds a place in our defini tion of a politician. His strength came from within. He did not father emotional appeals or give per sonal favors to others. The defeat on the Brandywine left him calm and poised to plan the attack on Trenton which Frederick the Great described as the greatest military stroke in history. The Conway cabal, or ganized to depose him as Commander-in-Chief, left him equally calm and poised to press with suc cess his plans and petitions to the Continental Con gress. His vision of the future of this country shows that there was added to his human mind the powers of the Infinite. In the span of history the years since he left us are short. . The writer once talked with a lady who stood in front of her school and courtesied as General Washington marched past with his staff. Two lives have spanned the history—yet in that period our population has grown from 2 3-4 to 130 millions, progressed from the oxcart to the airplane, and from the spoken word to the radio. Yet when today we read his Farewell Address, we find the course indicated to be the one best de signed to keep this nation in peace and security. We stand awed at the strength he showed in founding the country and still further awed at his prophetic vision. Yet it is simple as we read his own words in a personal letter to a friend: “To the great Ruler of Events and not to any service of mine I ascribe the termination of our contest for Liberty. I never considered the for tunate issue of any measure adopted by me in the progress of the Revolution in any other light than the ordering of Divine Providence.” Here was the source of Washington’s strength. Here is the source from which America will con tinue to draw strength to meet the ever perplexing nroblems of the day. MAN, YOUR MANNERS- QUESTION: When applying for a position, is it proper to give names as references without first asking permission to use them ? ANSWER: It is improper to give names as references without permission, unless they are intimate acquaintances, and, even in that case, you should notify them. QUESTION: When meeting professors socially, does one use the title of “Professor” or “Mister” ? ANSWER: If he holds the title of Doctor, call him that; otherwise call him “Pro fessor.” If he is an instructor, call him “Mister.” ★ ★Two questions on the campus today That surely cause us pain Are: Have you seen Rhett and Scarlett And: Will Roosevelt run again? ★ Massachusetts Institute of Technology has be gun a special course in the arts and materials of fine printing. ★ Books on the European war are most popular of the non-fiction books used by students in col lege libraries. ★ Possibly what Russia needs up in Finland is an old-fashioned- cold cure. OPEN FORUM LET’S DANCE Last Saturday the first corps dance of the second semester was held. To the fish this may not mean so very much but to the sophomore, junior, and senior it means that from the seven teenth of this month on through June there will be a corps dance practically every weekend. You fish who have as yet to attend your first corps dance have a good deal to learn. A ma jority of you made the fish ball but never a regu lar corps dance. The “Aggieland” plays for all the regular dances and it is in my opinion, one of the best orchestras in the Southwest. All dances are held in the old mess hall where there is a good floor and plenty of room. It is true that the dances here at A. & M. are rather formal when compared with the high- school dances that you have left behind. Here you won’t find jitterbugs taking up all the room on the floor, stomping you and never taking time out to say they are sorry. After you have attended one of the corps dances here at A. & M., go back home to a high school hop and compare the two dances. I am sure that you will agree with me in saying, “There is a world of difference and the difference is in favor of the Aggie dances.” Your writer attended the winter carnival dance at N.T.A.C. over the mid-term holidays and found a great deal of difference in their dances and our own. My reaction to the JUNIOR college dance can be summed up like this—you couldn’t step out on the dance floor without life insurance because the jitterbugs were stomping everything in sight. I have been to better high school dances. It really makes one appreciate a good old Aggie corps dance that is attended by civilized people instead of a group that act like they have swallowed Mexican jumping beans! —BOB PARKER. BACKWASH Bg George fuermann "Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster. To Cure the Flu WASHINGTON.—If a doctor is not available, the Public Health Service suggests the following pre- Arrested in Minneapolis, Charles Kruege, 59, confessed to police that he had stolen 500 dogs and sold most of them to the University of Minnesota for medical study. Down Military Walk ... La Vera Brooks, on seeing three attractive girls cross the campus: “These girls irritate me. They should be quarantined.” . . . And a Colorado minister recently advocated the singing of certain hymns while driv ing at different speeds. “At 25 miles per hour, ‘I’m but a Stran ger Here, Heaven Is My Home;’ at 45 miles, ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee;’ at 55 miles, ‘I’m Nearing the Port and Will Soon Be at Home;’ at 65 miles, ‘When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder I’ll Be There;’ and at 75 miles, ‘Lord, I’m Coming Home’.” . . . Bea Wain, CBS song stress, has organized a “Remove- Your - hat - In - The - Movies” Club, whose members are pledged to do just that. In view of present trends, it might be easier to have all feminine head-gear equipped with transparent windshields. . . . And speaking of windshields, the cover of the latest issue of Humble Oil Company’s by-weekly publica tion shows an automobile on the windshield of which an Aggie stick er is prominently displayed. • Point of view: A varsity letterman recently sent the column a well-written poem which, in no faint way, shows what some of the football play ers think about the game. Too long to print in entirety, here’s the last verse: I sometimes wonder What will become of me, When I graduate from A. M. C. There’s one thing I know, And it’s a proven fact, That a football won’t melt In your digestive tract. So why not forget it And live normal lives, With babies and diapers And home-making wives. Now people might say “You’re crazy as hay,” But you’re better a live coward, Than a dead football hero. • The Ugly Boy Championship: Tuesday’s column will contain the rules and regulations in respect to the Ugly Boy contest which begins March first. With cei'tam nota ble exceptions, all cadets are eligi ble for the dubious honor—the exceptions being the writer and The Battalion’s editor, both of whom concede victory by virtue of their ungainly ugliness and therefore have a certain profes sional standing which makes them ineligible for this contest. The contest will be conducted by a committee of nine men which will include one representative from each regiment, a Band rep- presentative, and the writer. The winner’s picture will appear on the front page of The Battalion and he will be suitably crowned as “King of the Uglies.” cautions as a basis for home treat ment of a flu patient: 1. Go to bed at the first sign of illness and stay there for sev eral days after your fever is gone, since relapse is frequent. 2. Drink water freely, stay on a liquid diet during the first few days and go on soft food about the fourth day. Then gradually return to normal diet. 3. Do not use cathartics. 4. Do not suppress coughs, but place all nasal and bronchial secretions in disposable tis sues. 5. You may take a warm bath at the onset of attack to re lieve back, head and limb pains, but a warm bed and warm drink afterward are essential. Exces sive sweating is dangerous. 6. Do not use medicines unless pre scribed by a physician. Good nursing and rest in bed are the best methods of staving off complications. Patients gen erally should be isolated; old people especially should be guarded against all possible sources of in fection. AH WOMEN Tess Charlton Special to The Battalion from The Lass-O of T. S. C. W. Familiar weekend sight: Keyes Carson and portable radio on the campus to see Ducky Weatherby. Hardly a weekend goes by that doesn’t find the famed hitch-hiker here. T.S.C.W.’s can didate for Glam our Girl of the Ann Sheridan contest now going on in Denton is Beryl Ann Long- ino, sophomore beauty from Luf kin. Winner of the contest gets a Warner Broth- ii ers’ screen test ii and a $200 ward robe. Winners of the Tess Charlton gold loving CUp given Wednesday night for the class presenting the best program at All-College Stunt Night were the sophomores. Their presenta tion was “Etchings in Indigo,” a duo-piano and choral program bas ed on George Gershwin’s “Rhap sody in Blue,” “Lady Be Good,” and “The Man I Love.” The sophs are the first class ever to present a serious program at Stunt Night, which all goes to show that ser iousness gets its rewards. At the College Club Saturday night: Foots Bland chatting with Jean Short and her jitterbug date, Jimmie Bartlett, and Jimmie’s roommate, Jeorge Gregg and Bettie Wingren. Also there were: Alice June Lott and Jim Denton, Marion Taylor and George Byrd. (Two Jims and two Georges—how mo notonous.) This week finds Peggy Port- wood and Shirley Wilson in a dither over making plans for the hay ride and steak fry the San Antonio Club here is giving for the S. A. Club there, April 6. With a whole month to work on it, it ought to turn into something super. News of an ideal triangle has come our way. Herbie Hutchins dates two T.S.C.W.-ites, Linda Lee Geren, freshman class president, and a Brack junior. He comes to see one one weekend, and the other the other. And he flipped a coin to see which one he would ask to his organization dance. He shows no favoritism. An amazing new Garbo...ga.y and glamorous... in a racy romance in Paris that only the great Lubitsch could make! NfN0« (Don't pronounce It...Sit IT!) MELVYN INA DOUGLAS • CLAIRE An ERNST LUBITSCH Production A Metro-Goldwn- Moyer Picture Directed by ERNST LUBITSCH j BIG USED CAR SALE NOW ON • BRYAN MOTOR CO. as ASSIJaVVIILY hall .EVERY EMOTION YOU ■» !can FEEL DEMANDS THAT YOU SEE THIS PICTURE! 1 Excitement thunders across i the screen to answer your I craving for adventure. Dan ger holds you in its tensest grip...and never lets you go! WALTER WANGER presents mmH Directed by JOHN FORD with CLAIRE TREVOR • JOHN WAYNE Andy Devine • John Carradine Thomas Mitchell • Louise Platt George Bancroft • Donald Meek Berton Churchill • Tim Holt Released thru United Artists SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 12:45 After having seen Charles Boy er in “Mayerling”, I can see why the American movie companies were so anxious to get his services. He’s good! What I can’t under stand is why they could not make more outstanding pictures with him over here. Back to commercials again, the best bet this weekend is “THE LIGHT THAT FAILED”, showing at the Palace beginning Sunday, with the picture of the Louis-Go- doy fight. The following cast is starred in the inconsistent incan descent”: Dick Helder Ronald Colman Torpenhow..._ Walter Huston Bessie Broke Ida Lupino Maisie Muriel Angelus In spite of the foregoing quip the “light wasn’t a Mazda; it re fers in this case to the eyes of one artist-adventurer who loses his sight fighting in British Sudan campaign. The story, taken from one of Kipling’s novels, traces for a short time the career of Dick Heldar, who with Torpenhow is covering the war. Heldar receives a wound that doctors tell him will soon render him blind. Realizing the gulf of dark that will soon be fall him, Heldar begins in earnest to create a drawing that will be come immortal. He finishes it be fore the lights go out, but jealous Bessie destroys it. Then Heldar, heartbroken, returns to Sudan to fall nobly fighting. Kipling wrote a three grade-point book; Para mount made a three grade-point picture. Of the two shows at the As sembly Hall, I’ll be darned if I don’t think “STAGECOACH” is the better of the two. When all polls were taken on the best of last year’s picture shows, “Stage coach” did not happen to rate the top ten, but in most surveys it was close to the top. On the rating passed out by “The Film Daily” was number eleven. When the picture was made, no one, not even the producer, expected it to do more than just an average busi ness. But the public liked it so that made it a good show. Another good show, but one that is perhaps a bit too “deah, deah” for an Aggie’s taste is “Ninotch- ka”. The ads all say “don’t pro nounce it; see it”. Here’s a tip on that, though! it is pronounced ni- notch-ka just like it is spelled, with the accent on the middle syl lable. Really very simple. Greta Garbo, the gal who nevers cracks a smile, turns over a leaf by pull ing a whole horde of funny jokes. WHATS SHOWING AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday 12:45—“STAGE COACH,” with Claire Trevor and John Wayne. Saturday 6:30 and 8:30— “NINOTCHKA,” with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. AT THE PALACE Beginning Sunday—“THE LIGHT THAT FAILED,” with Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, and Ida Lupino. AT THE QUEEN Sunday and Monday—“A CHUMP AT OXFORD,” with Laurel and Hardy. SAT. FEB. 24, 6:30 & 8:30 Also 2-Reel Popeye Y We Take the Squirm Out of Shorts The Arrow people, who make our shorts for us, have a technique all their own: | They eliminate die cen ter seam that always gets you in the crotch. 9 They make shorts roomier! 3 # And every pair is San forized — guaranteed npvpr to shrink! ARROW SHORTS 65fi up TOPS SOi For Summer, comjortoble shorts are indispensable! EXCHANGE STORE “An Aggie Institution” * 4 * « 9 t A 9 4- 4 4