■THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940
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THE BATTALION
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 3, 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
4-6444.
1939 Member 1940
Associated Gollebiate Press
BILL MURRAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LARRY WEHRLE ADVERTISING MANAGER
James Critz Associate Editor
E. C. (Jeep) Oates Sports Editor
H. G. Howard Circulation Manager
‘Hub’ Johnson Asst. Sports Editor
Philip Golman Staff Photographer
John J. Moseley Staff Artist
Junior Editors
Billy Clarkson George Fuermann Bob Nisbet
A. J. Robinson Earle A. Shields
THURSDAY STAFF
Ray Treadwell Managing Editor
J. W. Jenkins Asst. Advertising Manager
Don McChesney Asst. Circulation Manager
Phil Levine Editorial Assistant
V. R. (Red) Myers Jr. Sports Assistant
Senior Sports Assistants
Jimmie Cokinos Jimmy James
Junior Advertising Solicitors
Ij. J. Nelson A. J. Hendrick
Reportorial Staff
Jack Aycock, Jim Dooley, Walter Sullivan, D. C. Thurman,
Murray Evans, Joe Taylor, Thomas Gillis, Don Corley, Bill Amis.
BATTALION RADIO STAFF
George Fuermann Battalion Announcer
Charles A. Montgomery Associate
Ed Robnett, R, M. Shuffler Assistants
Student Concessions
Under the new system for student concessions
adopted this year, every student who has any right
to a concession to sell any article of merchandise
or any service on the campus bears a printed iden
tification card issued by student employment direc
tor O. R. Simpson, signed by him and the bearer
and certifying that the bearer is authorized to sell
that certain type of merchandise or service.
The Student Labor Office is endeavoring to
eliminate completely the condition, formerly so
prevalent, whereby hordes of civilians combed the
campus, plaguing the students as well as the faculty,
and managing to “high-pressure” some of them into
buying the goods offered—almost always articles
of inferior quality, sold at excessive prices.
Under the present system, no civilian has the
right to enter any dormitory or project house for
the purpose of selling any merchandise whatsoever.
Under that system, as a further safeguard to
the public at A. & M., there are no concession for
jewelry or for clothing (except organization swea
ters. These two have been specifically prohibited by
college authorities, the reason being that such
merchandise cannot be properly “backed-up”—as
proved, Mr. Simpson states, by unfortunate exper
iences in the past.
The list of students who have been granted
concession has been and is being published in the
Official Notices column of The Battalion. Students
are warned not to make any purchase from any
unauthorized peddler on the campus; but rather
to make sure that they are getting reputable goods
from sources backed by the Student Labor Office.
Such asurance may be obtained by asking the
student selling any article for his identification
card, by securing his receipt when the sale is made,
and comparing the signature on the receipt with
the concessionaire’s signature on the card.
Any merchandise purchased under this system
which proves defective should be reported to the
student employment office, which will require that
the person who sold it make it good.
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“You Can Help”
Following is an editorial from The Texas Aggie,
former students’ newspaper, which The Battalion
feels should be of interest to the students, and
particularly graduating seniors.
A. & M. men, through their Association of For
mer Students, have set their hands to a big and
valuable task in the Placement Program. Between
now and the close of school in June some 800 men
must be placed in employment. These men are train
ed in dozens of particular fields, and in general a
man can be found to fit almost any opening calling
for a man of the age and experience for these
graduates-to-be.
As has been true in the past, many industrial
firms, agencies of the government and other em
ployers are coming to the campus this spring to
interview prospective employees. Faculty members
are continuing their splendid employment efforts.
There is no occasion for concern that the employ
ment experience this year will not be as happy as
it has been in the past for graduates of the college.
Nevertheless, the AGGIE asks the assistance
of A. & M.’s men in placing this year’s graduating
class. In truth, no class has ever been fully placed
at graduation, and in many cases stop-gap or tem
porary employment has fallen to the lot of some
men. It is the ambition of the Association of
Former Students and its Placement and Personnel
Division, that every member of the class of 1940
have at least an opportunity of permanent employ
ment upon his graduation.
No service that can be rendered these younger
A. & M. men will be more valuable, nor more deep
ly appreciated. Through their student loan funds,
A. & M. men have aided hundreds of boys attending
the institution. Through their place efforts they
have an opportunity to speed ever more men on their
way to a happy, prosperous and worthwhile life.
You can help! If you are an employer and need
man-power of any kind, perhaps the Association
can find your man. If you hear of any possible
opening a word to the Association will start the ball
to rolling. You Can Help! But'positive and aggres
sive action is required.
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Warned that he was slowly poisoning himself
with liquor, the toper observed that he was in no
hurry about it, anyway.
Prexy’s Portrait
Once again The Battalion wishes to call the
attendtion of the student body, and particularly of
its leaders, to the worthy drive being carried on by
the Former Students Association for a fund to
commisison a nationally-known portrait painter
(Seymore Stone, who has painted presidents of the
United States and many other notables) to paint a
large portrait of President Walton, as an honor
to him and as a lasting gift to the college.
In our opinion, there have been few if any
men ever connected with the college who have more
deserved such an honor. And it will be a real gift
for the college.
Former students, friends of the college, faculty
members and citizens of College Station are being
solicited and are contributing to the fund.
Why can’t—or rather, why shouldn’t—we
Aggies ?
There is no reason why we couldn’t—and there
is every reason why we should—take part in this
move to honor this man who has showed himself to
be such a true and understanding friend of the
student body.
There are a number of ways in which we might
assist in this undertaking. Voluntary contributions
of a nickel or a dime might be collected throughout
the entire student body. The various classes might
act separately to use part of their class funds or
collect a separate fund for the purpose. The senior
class in particular might help: graduating classes
have followed the custom of using a part of their
fund at the end of the session to provide for a per
manent addition to the school.
What better way than this?
Students—class leaders—think it over. Don’t
you agree?
Well, then let’s do something—let’s get the
move underway.
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'Thou Shalt Not Steal 9
Can you conceive of a more dastardly deed
than going into a student’s room, pilfering his be
longings and taking every cent he has from his
billfold?
There are many iniquitous acts—cheating, lying,
and others—which are revolting to the honest, hon
orable and fair-thinking. None is more loathed
than stealing.
It is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact
that there are thieves among the student body of
A. & M. Yet, certain petty thefts occurring from
time to time, as well as rarer large ones, form
conclusive evidence.
Thieving is a sin; from it all should abtain,
and it is harmful for several reasons. In the first
place, the element of suspicion is cast on all those
about the thief. Regardless of likes and dislikes,
in a case of theft no one is above suspicion.
More pitiable is the fact that the criminal goes
undetected and unpunished, while the person from
whom he has stolen must suffer.
“Thou shalt not steal.”
The Commandment has come down to us through
the ages; yet there are those who heed it not. They
should be detected and purged from the campus.
Of all the iniquities, they are the least desirable.
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Some wives think they should have half of
the family income, and some husbands think the
wives should give half of it back.
As the World Turns...
By “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
The Roosevelt-for-President movement is gain
ing momentum in spite of the “two term” tradition.
A large portion of the Democrats in Congress
favor the President’s silence on the third-term pros
pects. Some of them even suggest that he should
withhold his intentions until the
convention meets next July 15.
Party organization in many states
is in favor of a Roosevelt dele
gation. Out of the 48 states,
34 select their delegates to the
national party convention either in
state party convention or by party
officials. In the remaining 16
where presidential primaries de
termine the choice of the dele
gates, enthusiastic third-termers
are at work and hope to secure
delegations that would not mind shifting their
votes to President Roosevelt should he decide to
stand for the nomination. However, one should bear
in mind that this year, the Democfatic convention
will nominate its candidate by majority vote, not
two-thirds vote, and the Hatch Act definitely forbids
political activities, even as convention delegates, by
federal employes. Any prospective candidate might
get the 551 necessary votes for the nomination be
fore the convention gets the Roosevelt enthusiasm.
Federal employes of the party in power will be
missing this year . But any change in the inter
national setup might favor Roosevelt’s nomina
tion.
Sugareff
The defeat of Governor Earl K. Long of Louis
iana about two weeks ago is good proof that democ
racy is still militant in the United States. Huey
P. Long’s slogan, “Every man a king,” had dam
aging results for his brother. It demonstrated
and on many other occasions that the American
voter can still be depended upon to choose intelli
gently. “Share the wealth” might sound attrac
tive to the average voter but he would revolt
when most of it goes to the grafters.
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“Like father like son” does not hold true for
Dartmouth College freshmen. More than half of
the 651 freshmen have fathers in business, but on
ly 203 expressed a desire to take up business after
their graduation. Most of them prefer the learn
ed professions—medicine, law, engineering, science,
and teaching. Eleven Army and Navy men have
freshmen sons at Dartmouth but none of them
chose either branch of the service. Eleven fresh
men came from farms but only three plan to re
turn to farming. Twenty-five professors and teach
ers have freshmen sons and 25 freshmen expressed
a desire to teach. Of course, four years of college
life will give the freshmen plenty of time to think
of changes in their future careers.
Collegiate Kaleidoscope
BACKWASH toge fuermann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
^ Musical Meanderings ^
By Murray Evans
Have you ever noticed how ef
fective is the musical background
of a motion picture ? Imagine
yourself sitting through a two-
and-a-half-hour show without bene
fit of some type of music to bol
ster slow scenes that try your
patience. The fine art of cueing
in an appropriate musical sequence
in the right place is becoming more
effective toward making box of
fice successes. I have in mind
one particular picture whose plot
unfolded with the speed of a snail;
it was “Remember the Night,”
with Fred McMurray and Barbara
Stanwyck. And with apologies to
Bob Nisbet, movie reviewer of The
Battalion, I’ll tell you what I
think made an unusually good pic
ture out of an otherwise poor
one. It was, in short, the thread
of one number, “Indiana,” weav
ing itself through the entire story
which proved to be its saving
grace. Now that, admittedly, is
rather a far-fetched statement,
but here are reasons. Nearly every
one is familiar with this old tune,
in the first place. Community
Sings use it again and again..
It’s almost an American institu
tion. Then too, the story treats of
two Indiana Hoosiers adrift in
New York who decide to go home
for Christmas. You find yourself
secretly pleased with yourself that
you so readily associate the “In
diana” theme tune, always sub
dued just below the characters’
voices, with the setting of the pic
ture itself. There are times when
it seems different music is being
played, but upon listening more
closely, you discover the same num
ber slightly disguised through
every conceivable type of orches
tration, thus avoiding monotony.
Some of the home scenes are de
signed purely to heart tugs, and a
soft, almost unnoticeable violin
trio accomplishes said purposes
with a few damp eyes left over.
Throughout the story “Indiana” is
artfully blended into each scene in
much the same manner in which
a painter blends colors.
An appreciation of musical
background helps one understand
some of the smaller points of a
picture which he might otherwise
miss. Just remember that every
note of music is played after the
picture is made and is then cued
in and adjusted to suit every ac
tion in every scene. Nothing is
coincidental. Every measure is
played for a purpose.
Collegiate Review
The way of things . . . says
“Slick” Davis: “Every time I feel
energetic I just sleep it off.” . . .
Farce of the week: Russia’s
“peace” terms with Finland. . . .
Fastest growing
fad on the cam
pus is the make-
your - own record
enterprise at the
North Gate. For
twenty-five cents
- students are
Ilk || jHn sending vocal let-
ters to their
Fuermann ' sweethearts and
friends through
out the nation. T. S. C. W. and
Mary Hardin Baylor are receiving
the bulk of the records thus far
. . . Whatever the glory, they earn
it: Since September 5, Aggieland’s
national fotoball champions have
had seven weeks’ vacation. Other
than the two weeks following the
Thanksgiving holidays and five
weeks after the first of the year,
the squad has been working con
stantly . . . Houston’s attractive
Jeane Hendricks drove up in front
of one of the old dormitories and
asked a near-by sophomore to find
a certain cadet for her. “Hey
John,” the soph yelled; “There’s
a lady to see you.” “Don’t say
that,” Jeane warned; “He won’t
come if you say 'lady’.” ... A
Yankee’s viewpoint: “It seems im
possible,” a Buffalo, New York
collegian says in a letter, “that
there’s a school with 2,500 girls
and another with 6,000 boys that
are brother-sister schools and yet
250 miles apart. It ain’t right!”
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Until noon tomorrow:
The contest to find a name for
maestro Lawrence Welk’s dach
shund is almost over. As related
in Tuesday’s column, Lawrence was
presented with the canine the day
before arriving at Aggieland. He
enjoyed himself so much while he
was here that he wants to name the
dog something typical of Aggie
land. Anyone is eligible to send
an entry and the winner will re
ceive five of Lawrence’s latest re
cordings. Send your entry to the
writer, Box 4479, College Station.
The judges—Lester Hambrick,
Charles Hamner, Dick Pitts, and
Frank Corder—will meet Friday
DR. A. R. KEMMERER, OF
the Division of Chemistry of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, and Dr. P. B. Pearson of
the Department of Animal Hus
bandry of A. & M. College are at
tending the meetings of the Insti
tute of Nutrition and the Federa
tion of Biological Chemists in New
Orleans this week.
afternoon to select the winner and
the records will be presented that
night.
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WELL, this is one way . . . :
The story is a little old, because
it happened at the close of the
last semester, but it’s still good.
It was early one afternoon that
a member of the History Depart
ment was at his desk industrious
ly averaging semester grades when
the phone rang. On the other end
of the wire a freshman gave his
name and then asked, “I wonder if
you’d mind going downstairs and
seeing if my 'bull text’ grade is
posted?” The astonished professor
asked the student to repeat the re
quest to see if he had heard aright,
found that he had, and then po
litely but firmly advised the fresh
man, “If you want a thing well
done, do it yourself.”
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Leap year leaps—:
What with Father Time’s every-
now-and-then presentation of Leap
Year, “Women’s Paradise,” “The
Flight of Man,” or whatever else
you might want to call it, things
should be booming in a big way for
the male sex—than whom there
is none other at Texas A. & M.
College. Not so, in actual facts,
however. Quizzed on the subject
“What benefit have you received
from Leap Year?” twenty-four of
twenty-five cadets emphatically re
plied “NONE!” One lone Aggie
held that feminine chivalry is not
dead. “I’ve had two dates since the
new year began, at the expense of
womankind. This sort of thing
should be encouraged!”
YOU’RE
RIGHT!
Every day, more and
more of you A. & M. Col
lege students come to us
for gas, lubrication,
washing and many other
auto services we give.
You must have found our
service to be excellent,
our products the best,
and our prices fair. Right
you are, too! It’s our
constant striving to give
you the very best of ev
erything which has made
us so many campus
friends.
WHAT’S IN A NAME? There
must be a lot, for the members of
the newly organized Poultry club
at Michigan State College have
elected Len Eggleton as their first
president.
Here’s another warning for you
who want to be authors: Some time
ago Edgar B. Wesley, professor
of education at the University of
Minnesota, received an 81-cent
royalty check for a book he had
helped to write.
By the time he had mailed a
share of the check to each of his
three collaborators—all of whom
lived off the campus—he had 11
cents to show for his trouble.
Here’s one prank that backfired.
One bright person in an Ohio State
University house conceived the idea
of having her roommate call RA-
1191 (institution for the Feeble-
Minded) and asking for “Dottie.”
The office was called and the
nurse in charge cleverly replied
that Dot wasn’t in but would she
please leave her name and phone
number? At 2 a. m. she was
awakened from dreamless sleep to
answer the phone. It was the in
stitution calling in retaliation.
For the last several days the
phone has been ringing at 4 a. m.
waking up the whole house, but . . .
when the receiver is lifted, there’s
a click heard, and if not that, a
fiendish laugh comes from the
other end of the line and that is
all. The bleary-eyed girls in the
house are doing some amateur
sleuthing but so far nothing but
some ambarrassing situations have
turned up.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday and Friday—
“MADE FOR EACH OTH
ER,” with James Stewart
and Carole Lombard.
AT THE PALACE
Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday — “LITTLE OLD
NEW YORK,” with Fred
MacMurray, Alice Faye, and
Brenda Joyce.
AT THE QUEEN
Until Tuesday — “GONE
WITH THE WIND,” with
Clark Gable and Vivian
Leigh.
SEE US FOR YOUR CAPTAIN’S WATCH
Make That Easter Gift
A Gift of Jewelry
CALDWELL JEWELRY STORE
Bryan
A. K. Mackey, professor of ani
mal husbandry at A. & M., was re
cently named secretary of the Tex
as Sheep and Goat Raisers Asso
ciation at its directors’ meeting.
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