■SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1940
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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The Arrow people, who
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