The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 11, 1940, Image 4

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 11, 1940, Image 4

Newspaper Page TextPAGE 4 THE BATTALION Poll Shows Collegians To Be Against Lowering of Voting Age From 21 to 18 Although less than one-third of- college students are eligible to vote in state or national elections, near ly nine out of every ten believe they should not be allowed to go to the polls before they are 21. This is shown in a national study conducted by the Student Opinion Surveys of America. Asked, “Are you for or against lowering the voting agfe from 21 to 18?” only 11 per cent answered “yes.” That suffrage is for adults only seems to be a firmly-set tradition with the American people, voters as well as non-voting students. A sampling conducted by the Amer ican Institute of Public Opinion in June, 1939, pointed out that 83 per cent of the nation opposed re ducing the suffrage age to 18. Interviewing a carefully-select ed section of students in all types and sizes of institutions, the Sur veys found: For Against All student 11% 89% Students 21 or over 12 89 Student less than 21 19 90 The tabulations show that op inion is heavily in the opposition, and all student groups agree by al most identical percentages. It should be noted that it is the younger people themselves who are most opposed to allowing minors 18 to 21 to vote. Students 21 or over—;a group of nearly half a million—are slightly less opposed to such a change, and adult non- students are the least against. The usual reason given in the student poll was that voting should be re stricted because young people 18 or 19 do not know enough about goveimment. Survey figures, how ever, tend to show that sometimes college students are better inform ed than the average voter. For example, an American Institute poll brought to light that one third of the voters were not fa miliar with the activities of the Dies Committee. The Surveys found only 17 per cent of the col legians had no opinion on the same subject. Whether to give the younger persons a voice in the government was brought into the headlines re cently when the American Youth Commission pointed out that the constantly-increasing number of aged people, who are eligible to vote, is making possible such pro grams as the 'Social Security Act, while youth, which is not enfran chised, has no power to bring about government solution of its prob lems. THE SINGING CADETS OF AGGIELAND Above are shown A. & M.’s “Singing Cadets” (formerly known as the A. & M. Glee Club) of 1939- 40, who today are making a trip to Houston to make several appearances. The 68-man, all-cadet or ganization directed by capable and energetic Professor J. J. Woolket is now in the last stretch of the most successful and spectacular season in its history. Officers of the Singing Cadets during 1939-40, besides the director, have been Maynard Curts, president; Sig Neubert, vice-president; Charlie Zahn, business manager; Gilbert Michalk, publicity manager; Reynolds Smith, librarian; and Marion Lyle, pianist. Rice Males Prefer Intelligence Over ‘Ooomph’ in Their Gals; Against Frats Only eight per cent of Rice In stitute’s male students prefer red heads, a survey by the Owl, stu dent and alumni humor magazine, has revealed; and intelligence, beauty and personality won out over “oomph” and wealth as the most desirable attributes in women. Brunettes are preferred by a majority of the men, with blondes and brownettes tying for second place. The average Rice man is on the conservative side, the poll showed, and only about half of the men drink or smoke. Among those who drink, the preference is Scotch. The majority prefer “sweet” dance music to swing bands, and only 20 per cent enjoy “jitterbug” dancing. Two dollars is the average amount a Rice man spends on a date, and he usually averages about one date per week, the sur vey showed. About half of the men admit they are in love, and most of these say that the girl is not a Rice stu dent. The majority of the students believe there are too few coeds enrolled at Rice. Most of the men admitted that they go to church less now than before they started to college. Eighty per cent favor house par ties, but the majority are against diterary societies for women on the campus, and do not favor an attempt to establish fraternities at Rice. About 25 per cent of Rice male students admit they try to “neck” on a first date, and the same num ber believe there is not enough social life at Rice. The majority say they would not marry beforfe graduating from college. The average Rice man is 5 feet 10 Vz inches tall, weighs about 153 pounds, is about 19 years old, and has brown hair and either brown or blue eyes. His favorite sports are tennis and football. About half of the students have cars. f Singing Cadets’ Continue Active Season In Public Appearances in Houston Thursday DALLAS JUNIOR A. & M. CLUB IS ORGANIZED The Junior A. & M. Club of Dallas was recently organized, electing its first group of officers to serve for the initial year. The club will cooperate with its present organization, the Dallas A. & M. Club. Officers were elected as follows: J. H. Finley, ’38, president; Louis Pou, ’37, vice-president; Johnny E. Hewson, ’39, secretary; Harry V. Percy, ’38, treasurer; and James Jolley, ’37, parliamentarian and sergeant-at-arms. FREEMAN'S if rtf re AIR SIEVE •S.. /V •4* $5.00 CHAMPIONS $3.Q5 HOW DO YOU RATE coolness,lightness, anc comfort in a summer shoe? Well, add Free man styling and serviceability, and here you have a “honey” of a hot weather shoe. SPEC! A If Basket-weave ' special shoe fabric. S H O E Anchor-lasted all way round so it FABRIC can’t pull out or fray. bullock & oAkin BRYAN, TEXAS By A. J. Robinson The Singing Cadets of Aggieland, climaxing the most successful and spectacular season in their history, today are taking a trip to the city of Houston to make a number of public appearances. The club left this morning in two chartered busses to arrive in Houston at 9:30' a. m. when the programs will begin with vocal pre sentations before two high school student bodies there. At 11:30 the Singing Cadets will present a ra dio program over station KTRH from the Rice Hotel and during the noon hour they will be dinner guests of the Houston Rotary Club where they will sing. Thursday afternoon they will gather for an informal picnic and meeting with the Houston A. & M. Mothers’ Club at the George Wash ington Junior High School at 5:30.- At 7:45 Thursday evening the club will meet for a performance from the Mothers’ Club at the same high school. The Aggie singers will return late Thursday night. • The organization of the ‘Sing ing Cadets’ has done well for itself and has greatly aided in creating favorable publicity for Texas A. & M. This singing club was organized at mid-term three years ago with •an original membership of sixteen students under the presidency of Henry Elrod. The ‘Singing Cadets’ first called themselves the A. & M. Glee Club, but decided that their present name would be much more descriptive. During the first year of its or ganization, the singing club made a trip to both Austin and San An tonio and sang for high schools, churches, A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs, and civic organizations. Last year the membership of the ‘Singing Cadets’ increased to 26 members, and sang for many ev ents on the campus, including church programs, radio programs, student organization meetings, and made its spring trip to Houston and Galveston where they had an en joyable time in meeting the many Texas girl students of home eco nomics, who were holding a meet ing in Houston at that time. Among the outstanding programs presented this year songs for the Texas Teachers Association meet ing in Guion Hall, a program at the annual football banquet when the Sugar Bowl was presented to the nation’s number one team, a program in the Loew State Theater in Houston during the Rice corps trip, Christmas caroling on the campus and in Guion Hall, a con tribution to the NBC network Sugar Bowl Program, songs for America Is Only Country In Which Radio Is NOT the Government’s Mouthpiece In Poland, a man with a short'-fcast over both stations, followed immediately by translations into French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese, made by Columbia’s staff of foreign langu age experts. Daily news bulletins from American press associations are always given in six tongues, in addition to English. While the bulk of the programs of these stations consists of Ameri can standard broadcast band pro grams, many of these shows are specially arranged for foreign wave radio listens to American shortwave news broadcasts and acts as the only newspaper with in a radius of twenty miles. All over the world, people like him, in neutral countries as well as warring nations, have come to rely on American radio for com plete, unbiased news as well as the only country in which radio is not a mouthpiece for the govern ment’s official attitude. v The shortwave of American ra dio is hidden from most Americans j broadcast. The Ford Sunday Even because the shortwave stations are directed abroad, and their beams pass, literally, over the heads of American listeners, bounc ing off the radio ceiling to earth again only after have traveled many miles from their point of origin. The Columbia Broadcasting System operates two such stations, WCBX in New York and WVAB, a subsidiary of Columbia’s WCAU in Philadelphia. WCBX’s signals are aimed at Europe during the day, towards South America at night; WCAB is heard in South America during the day, in Europe after dark. A large map of the world stands in the office of Miss Elizabeth Ann Tucker, shortwave chief of CBS. Colored pins indicate places from which Columbia has received lis tener letters. There are pins in every continent of the world, pins in New Zealand; in Delhi, India; Nanking, China; and Greenland. “The letters we’ve been getting indicate that citizens in belligerent nations are almost as thankful for our entertainment as they are for our news. Ben Bemie is still a favorite from Australia to France,” says Miss Tucker, “but the ob jective reporting of news is what most of our letters comment on.” At the present time, CBS short wave stations are equipped to operate in six foreign languages. A speech by President Roosevelt of international interest is broad- ing Hour is announced in Span ish for South American listeners and so is the “Hit Parade”. The taste of foreign radio lis teners never quite parallels that of Americans, although it comes very close. Hollywood news is in great demand in all parts of the world, as is news of radio person alities. Everyone likes American jazz, although swing is sometimes a bit too much. On the other hand, the demand for good music in South America is even greater than it is h£re. Special concerts are frequently broadcast by short wave with Spanish announcements. South Americans are also extremely style-conscious, according to Miss Tucker. At present, Columbia is airing a special series of style talks in Spanish. Harvard’s physics department has attained a world’s high pres sure record of 2,800,000 pounds P er square inch. Seventeen Ohio convicts have X e ~ ceived certificates for completion of Ohio State University extension courses. The University of Cincinnati i n one year has 38,000 columns of news printed about it in the ra tion’s newspapers. The University of Illinois h as 54,666 living graduates. the banquet honoring James A. Farley, and several other radio programs, including songs over station WTAW and over the Texas State Network. The ‘Singing Cadets’ will soon add more miles to their singing travels when they make a trip for two weeks to visit various cities in Texas including Waco, Waxa- hachie, Foi’f Worth, Denton, and Dallas. The organization of the ‘Singing Cadets’ includes the following: Officers President, Maynard Curts; Vice President, Siegfried Neubert; Bus iness Manager, Charlie Zahn; Pub licity Manager, Gilbert Michalk; Librarian, Reynolds Smith; Pianist, Marion Lyle; Director, J. J. Wool ket. Members Adams, G. A. Bartlett, J. O. Bell, R. L. Berndt,' R. W. Rrug, M. E. Leach, J. D. Lenert A. A. Lippert, W. M. Brown, Alanson Martin, S. S. Bulks, S. V. McDaniel, C. H. Burnett, G. P. Bush, E. H. McDuffie, J. C. Nisbet, R. E. Butschek, E. J. Nowell, R. J. Campbell, J. D. Oliver, W. M. Casey, Pat Coffman, J. E. Collins, T. H. Cowgill, T. M. Crawley, H. D. Cupples, J. J. Curtis, N. A. Darnell, W. L. Davies, D. W. Dodge, Joe Patterson, E. B., Pettifils, A. F. Reynolds, A. W. Reynolds, B. W. Reynolds, L. W. Robb, T. H. Ross, Clark Saenz, R. D. Salm, L. C. Shepherd, R. B. Eberhard, E. H. Shuffler, R. M. Fajardo, Gabe Siegley, H. C. Fernandez, X. H. Stanley, P. W. Fillmore, B. D. Stephens, J. A. Furley, Ed Stephens, T. S. Gohmert, W. A. Tennyson, L. B. Goldston, J. M. Trueba, I. T. Goppert, J. G. Hawkes, C. T. Heim, C. E. Kingery, C. E. Wakeland, E. W. Walker, A. S. Weirus, Richard Zercher, J. C. Ex-Aggie Is Civic Leader in Slaton Fred H. Schmidt, ex-Aggie of the class of ’14, owner of the Mod el Grocery and Market at Slaton, was recently elected president of the Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce of that city. He has long been an active figure in the fraternal and civic life of the city of Slaton. He has previously served as president of the Chamber of Commerce and is also a past president of the Slaton School Board. lie is active in Masonic circles. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt and their four children were campus visitors last spring at the 1914 class re union. He received his degree in civil enginering in 1914, and was captain and quartermaster on the cadet regimental staff. lie has owned his present business for the past 14 years. -THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940 A thief stole a money bag con taining $35 from Frank Huston’s home in Andrews, Ind., then re turned three days later, pried open a window screen, and returned the bag—with $25.60 still in it. Bertrand Russell, famed English philosopher, has been appointed special lecturer at Harvard Uni versity. For a Louisiana State University stage production, one student wrote 30 songs in 27 days. Carrot-topped Louisiana State University students have foimed a “Red-Head” Club. ,The University of Rochester men’s glee club sang at the White House on Easter Monday. FOR Eye Examination And Glasses Consult J. W. PAYNE DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY Masonic Bldg. Bryan, Tex. Next to Palace Theater “YOUR DIMES GO FURTHER ,, SHOP and SAVE at the CAMPUS VARIETY STORE May 12th is Mothers' Day Can’t you picture the smile of delight on Mother’s face when she receives your pic ture? You mean so much to her— Come in today—and have the portraits ready by Mother’s Day. AGGIELAND STUDIO Kodak Finishing — Amateur Supplies Picture Frames FOR YOUR NEW BI-SWING BLOUSE AND JUNIOR UNIFORM SOL FRANK MILITARY SUPPLY COMPANY San Antonio, Texas

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