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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
Th* Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Koehanical 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
weakly 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
4-6444.
1939 Member 1940
Associated Golle&iate Press
BILL MURRAY
LARRY WEHRLE _
James Grits
E. C. (Jeep) Oates ...
H. G. Howard
Tommy Henderson
•Hub’ Johnson
Philip Golman
James Carpenter
JTohn J. Moseley
Billy Clarkson
A. J. Robinson
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
— ADVERTISING MANAGER
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Circulation Manager
Asst. Circulation Manager
Asst. Sports Editor
Staff Photographer
Assistant Photographer
r Staff Artist
Junior Editors
George Fuermann Bob Nisbet
Earle A. Shields
TUESDAY STAFF
Charlie Wilkinson - Managing Editor
Sam Davenport Asst. Advertising Manager
C. A. Montgomery Editorial Assistant
R. V. (Red) Myers Jr. Sports Assistant
Senior Sports Assistant
Jimmie Cokinos Jimmy James
Junior Advertising Solicitors
K. W. Hubbard J. D. Smith
Reportorial Staff
Bill Fitch, H. S. Hutchins, W. D. C. Jones, Joe Leach,
J. L. Morgan, Jerry Rolnick, J. C. Rominger, E. A. Sterling,
W. P. Walker, R. J. Warren
Let’s Elect Next Year’s
Senior Class Officers Now
It has been suggested that the junior
class, of the class of ’41, hold a meeting—
probably Thursday night — to elect next
year’s senior class officers. Seldom if ever
before has such a thing been done, but that
is no reason to delay till next fall as is cus
tomary. There are many problems, parti
cularly In connection with the movie situa
tion, that need to be worked out in regard
to class policy before this year is out, and
certainly before next year is already under
full swing.
Present class officers have expressed a
reluctance to take any action on affairs for
next year, and reasonably so. They would
feel “out of place” in doing so. However,
the fact remains that it is necessary that
something be done. For that reason the logi
cal solution to the problem is to elect the of
ficers now.
There may be objections to this “out of
the ordinary” arrangement; but next year
Is liable to be a year with just such char
acteristics. We will need an “out of the
ordinary” administration to fit said prob
lems.
OPEN FORUM
Division of Horticulture
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
May 1, 1940
"Mr. Bill Murray, Editor
The Battalion
Dear Mr. Murray:
I want to take this opportunity of thanking
you for the cooperation which you and The Bat
talion have rendered in giving publicity to the two
faculty organizations with which I have been as
sociated this year. Also congratulations on the
excellent paper which you have edited this year.
Sincerely yours,
WALTER S. FLORY,
President, Faculty Dance Club
*Thank you very sincerely for your kind com
ments on our paper, Mr. Flory.—The Staff.
•
AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION
Mr. Bill Murray
Editor-in-chief of The Battalion
College Station, Texas
Dear Mr. Murray:
I have been wanting to write you for some
time to tell you how much I enjoy The Battalion,
awaiting its coming as eagerly as the morning
mail. Your features and editorials are most inter
esting. The editorial “Playing the Suckers” ap-
appealed to me especially; it was so timely, and I
hope it was read by the hundreds of prospective
voters at A. & M. who will soon be helping
to shape the destiny of our country.
Although I have two sons in their third year
at A. & M., I found I knew very little of the many
interesting features of their life there until this
year when I received The Battalion regularly. I
am the “source of information” for one Mother's
Club and I wondered if the suggestion that all
mothers subscribe to The Battalion had ever been
brought before the State Mothers’ Club meeting
held each May at A. & M. College. If not, and if
you wish me to, I will be glad to tell the mothers
just what I think of your paper.
Sincerely,
Mary C. Hill
(Mrs. E. E. Hill)
907 Rio Grande
Austin, Texas
We appreciate your comments concerning The
Battalion, Mrs. Hill.
For some time we have had the idea that it
would be a fine thing if all the A. & M. mothers
of the state would subscrib i to The Battalion, to
learn what their sons are doing at school.
We have sent complimentary subscriptions this
year to every mothers’ club president; and more
papers are being mailed out by students to their
parents than ever before. Still there are many
parents unaware of the many news events of the
school and the interesting features of their sons’
lives here.
To have a president of one of the clubs make
the suggestion that all mothers subscribe is great;
and we’d certainly appreciate your bringing it up
before the meeting on the campus Mothers’ Day.
ACTION SUGGESTED ON FUTURE SERVICE
Mr. Bill Murray, Editor
The Battalion.
Dear Mr. Murray:
In the April 16th issue of The Battalion, there
was an editorial, headed “Just A Suggestion”, in
which reference was made to telephone service in
the dormitories at Texas A. & M. College, in the
coming school term, and future ones.
May I assure you of our appreciation of this
editorial, and at the same time give to you the
plans of the telephone company which are line with
your article, and which we feel will eliminate de
lays, if we secure the cooperation of the student
body.
On or about June 15th, this year, we will con
vert the remaining telephones in the College Station
Exchange to DIAL service, and we are at this time
changing the instruments for this conversion.
As soon as the present school term ends, we
will remove from the dormitories all desk stands now
installed, and leave in place the bell boxes associated
with the present desk stands. Sometime in August
we will place in each of the dormitories dial-equip
ped telephones in the same location as the present
instruments. These of course we will not connect
to our boards until we receive contracts from the
organizations. However we will be in a position to
make connections of these instruments to the
boards within an hour after contracts have been
signed and numbers assigned.
With the conversion to dial service, it will be
necessary that all numbers on the present tele
phones working on manual service be changed to the
5-digit number. Therefore, if the present organiza
tions could appoint a representative with authoriza
tion to sign for service, and this party would advise
us before the school term ends, we would be in a
position to make assignment of number for their
telephone and have the listing in the new directory
that will be printed at the time of the conversion in
June. This listing could not however carry the dor
mitory number and location, unless it would be
possible for accurate information to be supplied us
in advance. The next issue of the directory will be
the regular issue in December, so if the above could
be attended to, it would be advantageous to the
organization.
During the installation of telephones in the
dormitories this year, the students generally re
quested desk-type instruments. Some of these were
placed on boxes in the halls, but most of the stands
were placed on the floor, for lack of desk or box on
which to place them. This I am sure has not been
satisfactory to the users, and in some instances
has been the cause of instruments being knocked
over, breaking receiver shells and otherwise placing
the telephones out of order. In our opinion a better
service can be had, if the students would agree
to the placing of a wall-type telephone at each
location, this instrument to be placed on the wall
in permanent location, to remain from year to year,
this is a suggestion in the interest of better service
to the student body.
With a permanent location agreed upon for the
location of the telephones, our company will leave
the instruments in place throughout the vacation
period and be in a position to reconnect imme
diately upon receipt of contract for the service by
the various organizations.
I will be glad to meet with a committee of the
student body if they desire, to go over any plan for
a better and faster connection of telephone service to
the dormitories for the future.
Assuring you of our interest in the student body
of Texas A. & M., and our desire to cooperate
with them at all times, I am,
Yours very truly,
M. C. ATKINS,
District Manager,
Southwest Telephone Company
*Your suggestions are certainly apropos, Mr.
Atkins. The Battalion wishes to again call attention
to this matter, and suggest that next year’s seniors
take this needed action for the future welfare of
the student body.
As the World Turns...
By DR. R. W. STEEN
The campaign in Norway has served one good
purpose. The English seem finally to have muddled
around to the decision that Chamberlain is not the
man to conduct a successful war. Regardless of who
the next prime minister is we can at least rest as
sured that he can be no worse. Rumor has it that
Churchill will be the new leader
of the government. He will certain
ly be an improvement, and it is
possible that he will furnish the
type of leadership needed to lead
the allies to victory. There are
several other possibilities, but Win
ston Churchill will probably be
most popular with the American
public.
The British and French with
drawal from southern and central
Norway was a matter of stern
necessity. They were outgeneraled
and outclassed at every point. The German air
force also played an important part in the rout
of the allied divisions. It begins to look as if the
allies will be hard put to capture Narvik, or to
hold it once they captured it. If Hitler went into
Norway looking for prestige and for air bases
nearer to England he has probably achieved his
end. If he went to get the iron ore, he has still
to achieve his end. The only allied consolation must
lie in the fact that the opposition encountered in
Norway probably disrupted his timing with regard
to moves in other directions.
A new candidate has entered the race for
Governor of Texas. He is J. D. Parker, a barber of
Caldwell. He can hope for only a few votes, but he
is making one interesting promise. He pledges him
self to resign the office—once he gets it—if he does
not show some real statesmanship within thirty
days. It is the opinion of most observers that a
governor has little chance to do more than learn
his way around within thirty days—and some of
them do not learn that much. The public might
think it a bargain to have a man promise to re
sign if he failed to show some statesmanship during
the session of the legislature.
R. W. Steen
BACKWASH
By
dewge fuermann
“Backwash: An agitation resulting: from w>me action or occurrence.”—Webster.
A bird’s-eye view . . . Kimbrough
brothers John and Jack will board
the Sadler-for-governor bandwagon
this summer as soon as the long
session fades into history. Jack
will be master of ceremonies and
John will act as
bus driver . . .
Mirth-control item-
of-the-week con
cerns the campus
“Sarge” who re
ported four cadets
to the Command-
IhIIm ant’s Office for
“playing washers
Fuermann C. q.” ... By
air, bus, railroad,
auto, and thumb—which almost
covers the means of transporta
tion Aggies have used to get to
Austin, but not quite. It remain
ed for Mack Hodges to do the
thing via bicycle this past week
end . . . The attractive blonde (who
almost shaded the efforts of some
of the name orchestra singers on
the campus this social season)
who very capably soloed with the
Aggieland Orchestra at last Fri
day night’s Cattleman’s Ball was
Harriet Wood, University fresh
man and a member of Texas U.’s
glee club . . . Highlight of last
Friday’s Aggie Clambake was the
trio from U. T.’s glee club. Com
posed of Carlie Barnes, Mary Sue
Ries, Roberta Strauss, and accom
panied by Frances Stripling, the
girls were professional in perform
ance and proved to be so popular
on the program that an effort is
being made to bring them back
within the next three weeks. . . .
Like the annual Barnyard Frol
ic, the Cattleman’s Ball was a
tremendous success and once again
the Aggieland Orchestra proved
itself tops in the line of produc
ing danceable music.
©
The Aggie Clambake:
There won’t be many more Aggie
Clambakes in the 1939-40 long ses
sion, but the programs have prov
en popular with the corps and
those who have given their time
and energies in making the pro
grams successful are in line for a
few flowers. Heading the list of
Clambake artists is capable or-
,ganist Jack Rudy. Then there’s
Harry Springfield, guitarist, vocal
ist, pianist, and man-about-town.
Gavino Fahardo and Isidor
Truela have been a combination
hard to beat, and pianists Walter
Sullivan and Jerrel Rapp have
been popular entertainers. There’s
also been accordionist E. B. Pat
terson, general-all-around-instru
mentalist James Perry, square-
dance caller Possom Creath, pian
ist J. R. Kelly, and a fine instru
mental quartet composed of Lello
Baker, Charlie Haggard, Wally
Scott, and Curley Bryant. Other
highlights of the Clambakes have
been Jack Littlejohn’s Aggieland
Orchestra, the “Fish Band,” and
Rollins Brown with the so-called
“Dope. Ring” wherein professors
Nutter, Steen, and McCulley have
been on the receiving end of stu
dent-asked questions.
Indications are that next season’s
Clambakes will be even better than
this year, what with the return
of many of the old Clambake art
ists and the addition of many new
stars. To WTAW director John
Rosser goes a bucket full of thanks
from the corps . . . He started the
Clambakes last November and
since that time they have become
a regular part of the Aggie en
tertainment program.
George McCulloch leads the way:
Backwash’s drive for the erec
tion of Aggie Hitch-Hiking Sta
tions is definitely under way as
confectioner George McCulloch an
nounces that he will give $30 to
the cause and build as many of the
benches as that sum will pay for.
“Thank you” is hardly the word
—but it’s the only one that the
writer knows of.
George will place his benches on
highways leading out of College
Station, but let’s not stop now.
LET’S KEEP THIS THING GO
ING UNTIL WE HAVE A HUN
DRED OF THESE BENCHES
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
THE STATE! Remember, Back
wash wants to know your ideas in
respect to this campaign and how
it can be made a success.
•
The University approves:
Titled “No Movies for Cadets,”
Sunday’s Daily Texan carried an
editorial approving of the corps’
non-patronization agreement.
Said The Daily Texan in part:
“The entire student body of
6,000 A. & M. cadets have once
more risen to the occasion to form
that indomitable and traditional
spirit which may be used in gain
ing their desired ends. There is
now being waged on the campus
at College Station a fight to se
cure first-run movies on or near
the campus. After the passing of
the first four weeks of the fight
the efforts on the part of the
cadets seem to be more intense.
By this time it seems to be an
established fact that the cadets
will continue to fight, regardless
of how long it takes, to achieve
their goal.”
Right you are, Daily Texan.
By TOM GILLIS
Based upon the psychological
lovel by Emily Bronte, “WUTH-
SRING HEIGHTS” brings a moody
story of fierce love and hate en-
icted in the wild moors of York
shire, England. Those who look for
:omedy or light entertainment will
lot find it in this show, but for
sinister and heavy drama, “Wuth-
:ring Heights” is unequaled on
she screen in any picture of the
ast few years. Laurence Olivier is
she emotional, moody orphan and
diildhood lover of strangely beau-
siful Merle Oberon, member of the
ipper classes of the residents of
she desolate moors. Olivier’s fierce
ove for Merle is as unceasing as
she swirling moorland winds, but
ler love for him is as changing as
she shifts in direction of the same
vind. After they are grown, Merle
narries David Niven, owner of a
leighboring estate, in spite of the
’act that she knows she will con-
sinue to love the orphan at times as
strongly as his unswerving love for
ler. Olivier leaves England, more
jmbittered and moody than ever,
iut returns after making his for
tune in America so he can come
tiome a man of means and position.
Tense moments ensue as husband,
wife, and lover meet. Seeing that
he can never marry the woman he
can never forget, Olivier marries
her husband’s sister for spite and
ruins her life with his brooding
and inconsiderate ways. In the face
of death, the burning love of
Olivier and Merle refuses to rec
ognize the legal zarries between
them, and she dies in his arms,
looking over the moors of their
childhood, while her husband looks
“THE FIGHTING 69TH”, in-
antry regiment and part of the
i2nd Division, the Rainbow Divis-
on, follows the story of a rebellious
rooky, James Cagney, through his
training period and baptism of
fire during the First World War.
The only hitch in the noble record
of the fighting regiment is that
the main color of Cagney’s rain
bow happens to be yellow of the
brightest hue. After being charged
with courtmartial for cowardice,
Cagney changes his color from yel
low to fighting red at the injury
of his benevolent chaplain, Pat
O’Brien. It takes guts, literally
and figuratively, to do as Cagney
does by smothering the burst of
a grenade with his own body.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Tuesday, 3:30 and 6:4&—
“WUTHERING HEIGHTS”,
with Merle Oberon, Laurence
Oliver, Donald Crisp, and
David Niven.
Wednesday, 3:30 and 6:45
—“THE FIGHTING 69TH”.
starring Pat O’Brien, James
Cagney, and George Brent.
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only her arms can hold my
love..my hate..my torment"
Mothers’ Day
Is May 12th...
Why not remember her
with a gift that she will
appreciate. . .
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and Whitmans
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Dorothy Perkins - Dor
othy Grey - Yardley
and Rubenstein
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MEfiLE OBERON-LAURENCE OUVIEB
DAVID NIVEN
with Flora Robson • Donald Crisp
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
Released thru United Artists
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Tuesday, May 7
3:30 - 6:45
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