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Aggie Spirit — Summer Style
Trrm A. 4 M » tiitjr fourth lone MAtion—
the |TMkU>at in Um history of the iMtitatKNi—u
ended, end rifht on Ha heels u the be»mnme of
the thirty aerond m miner mm ton , . Also export
ed to be another "treat” tn A A M history
One thmf is certain . . . There's a way to he
■are that thU becomes a (rent summer session
a sort of insurance that doesn't coot Texas Afffte*
eery much The point betag Keep the world
famous Afrie Spirit going under fail steam through
out the summer months
[Hiring the summer, as during the rest of
the year, the college is host to visitors from the
four comers of the state, and even the entire na
tion. (ourteey shown these visitor* by members
of the corps would be more than an indication that
Aggie Spirit is as alive during the summer month*
as during the mat of the yunr - -it would also pay
dividend* to the college, and thus to its students
and its graduates, in the form of the esteem and
cooperation of these visitor*
The football games, corps trip*. Motheis’ I>ay
festivities, and countless other similar occasion*
demonstrated clearly the will of the eorpa to co
operate with the college in extending every courtesy
ami aaststance possible Ur campus visiUrra through
out the pust year and other year* The summet
of IP40 will witness the coming of many more thous
ands of visitors including summer school students
from over the state and short course visitor*
Aggie Spirit isn't a nine month affair- it
works all year around let's prove itj by doing
all that w* raa to offer evsey courtesy, peliteae**.
and sen ice to the thousand* of visiters who will
he on owr rampu* this *emmer
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When Ralph CagWaa. editor af the 9t
Post-Diapatch, waa recently sentenced far ana-
tempt, far entirtamg CtraoH Judge Rama af It
uout*, it nrouffit up in* qunRiion or qWw irt#
la the Aamrican press?"
A public opinion poh by Dr George Gallup tto-
veuiud that 71 par coat af the people think that
newspapare should ha allowed to fntioiae >udgM.
IA'Wmvi Ihaa Kxaf iratu a ULiiAarto 4# sA^mm eaea# ~ —
»• fitofl Pto IW'AUfiirw JVQgVy AHrf‘P fmF\ flA’TrwMI Ml)
mean that ha instantly haaomaa something auper
nataral, at above the traHa of Uto ordinary humaa.
being Uto government af nay state, and of the
United Staton has been erttkiaad on many occaatona
hi tha adHnrial columns af the preaa The courts
are park af the goeemnewt the judge in part
of the court. If it la parmiaealfe to crltiriaa the
president of the United States, |t should, then, ha
permiasable to critlcii# a mare cgroit judge.
freedom of the preaa la provided for to the
CxMistitution tt has long been rprogitiaod as being
one of the important rights of the people that
should ha protected constantly there should he no
half way measures in cum of the rights of the
people provided for in owe of the bank elements
of the Coaatitution
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Mind Your Phone Manners
Mind your telephone manner*I Ta all persona,
art made the following »uggc«uona:
I. If you don’t have a pleasant telephone voice,
change it with practice and patience
1 Relax Smile when you answer the telephone
!. Try to visualise the penam to whom you're
talking You'll loosen up.
4. Shew personal mtoruet Do this by being
cordial, friendly, cheerful and heipfui
I. Be natural Don’t be afraid to laugh, to
speak colloquially But don’t get to flap.
A Try to remember the voice or mannerism of
the person so you’ll recognise khe's celling before
you have to be told A quick "Hello, Jim" might
gwt you the nomination for rlpb president
7. Don’t be rude, ever Eweryone appreciates
courtesy, even flattery.
8 Don't get impatient or mad. and above
ail, don't hang up until a person is through talking
—Yellow Jacket
Summer Reading
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Dr. S T. Sim, dirrrtar of
tore*
Auburn,
was a recent visitor ta tha Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical Cal*
toga campus. While hare he con
ferred with Director* A. R Coa-
aor af the Experiment Station, and
veterinarians on the toaffs of tha
station and Uto School af Veter
inary Medicine Dr, Sitoe waa •
house guest af Dr ead Mr*. R. P.
Marsteller
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1940
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Are you raoMy taking m« to Niagara, doarf
c/forid ffewimr'
By Betty Sheltau
Director *
Meuage
To the fourteen hundred-odd students who arc
today enrolling in the thirty second summer ses
sion of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas we extend a hearty welcome Many of you
are former student* of A A M, but for a con
eidersl>le number today marks your introduction
to Aggie land
We wish for you all the best summer you've
ever had;' that it may he filled with hard l>ut
valuable Vssons. interesting and inspiring class
diarusaiona, plus plenty of recreation and enter
tainment to make a balanced program
You will find here an earnest student body
and a capable faculty, all imbued with a spirit of
mutual helpfutncM
- DR C. H WINKLER
"Tiny Hall'
The creaking of the caissons, the roar of the
heavy artillery; the shnil fries foe mercy of wromen
and children; the thud of the *) caliber a* it hits
and then penetrate* deep; the hissing sigt humming
af the haavy dreadnaught* of the atr that la the
cry “aeroas the pond ''
Here tha same sound effort* echo through the
country instead they are the creaking of the oar
locks as the taxy fisherman slowly works his way
to his favorite spot, the roar of the crowds that
puck tha Hands to **e whether the Buffs or tha
Reds cun hold out; the cry of an excited obedrver a*
a race ear goea over the wall; tha thud af tha teed
hull aa the driver makes contact, tha hisatng and
humming of the fly tackle as tha easier lashes his
line buck and forth across the water the cry of
tha American sports world.
In tha last World War Amorican sports con
tinued through then regular routine until the day
President Wilson gave the word Many of the
grant names of the sparling field followed “Black
Jack" over, and many stayed as tha groat umpire
rendered hi* decision
Many up end coming champion* made their real
debut in the struggle — for no matter what task
is aet before men, some form of sport or pastime
to needed to break the monotony of the steady beat-
teg and pounding W ar has nothing to offer for the
tndrriduAt. and enl: the halting of erased demons
for the entire group
In the air one side is oitrteng nothing but no
hit games, yet the oth *r side chalks up many home
Continued peace for the United State* will as-
- sore us of many more shoe s in tee sporting, world.
The thrill will atOI come aa the umpire yells tha
first "May hell!" and ael the Met. “Yau’re ote’
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i Collage librarians have their treater*, too,—
Md if you dent believe it, iistqn to this A Gton-
vitte (W. Ta.) State Teacher* Otter* librarian re-
cautly leceiwed a requaat far a hook imlted "Forty
Ways to Amine • Dug." The pereoa wanted "Forty
Days a# Mum Dug*.*
Bv DR T F MAYO
AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN BOOHS
You ran travel a thousand mik* an hour, at
n<*thing a mile, without hump*, flat tires, Pullman
tips, seasickness, or wear and tear on thumbs-
if you'll use your library
t “Where life Is Better; aa aaseatimeatal
tmrnran Journei " by James Rorty (Before you
leave, take a good look at what you’re leaving !
2. "England Speak*." by Sir Philip Gibb*. <tn-
triMlucing you to the English people—every kind
of thentr-in person )
3 "Reacking for Ike Stara." by N<»»r Wain
(The best recent trip, not only through Germany,
but through the troubled German mind Frank hut
sympathetic I
4 Denmark; Kincdom of Reason." by Agnes
Ro'hery tin a turbulent world, it’s a relief to find
a country or two tn which the lion and the
lamb have learned to lie dow* together, without
serious injury to either 1
f> “Soviet Jowrnrv." by L+uis Fincher (In a
deha table land like modern Russia, you need a good
guide Fischer, we think, is just about the best I
4. “North of the Danahe." by ErskiUe Cald
well (A famous young Ampncan surveys the
Balkans just before the deluge Grand pictures )
7. "Jeeting l*ilate." by Aldous Huxley lAbeut
India!. < He calls it '‘An intellectual holiday " A*k
the nearest English teacher Where and why he
got his title- it’s clever i
X. “My ( wentn and My Penplc.’' by Lin Yu
Tnng. (For a few hours you actually live in China
with a cultivated ami witty Chinese )
d “Mexico Inter lode.” by J H Jackson (You
have now been all around the world Yet you
will find quite enough to interest you here at your
own back door )
Ml. "Away From It All." by Cedric Belfrage.
(End your tour with a rapid gnd entertaining atir-
vey This is at once an <-xce|ent travel book and
a satire on all travelers )
Summer school . . . Day dream- mg a human chain, and wiping out
mg . . . Hie usual summer date an Indian village by a surprise
. . . And a movie column gets un attack It to sorely among the
der way in the first issue of The best pictures of the year.
Summer Battalion as fourteen bun- John Barrymore plays perhap*
dred-odd summer students begin his finest role in “The Great Men
the grind at Texas A A M Votes," which is at The Campus
Things being what they are dur Tuesday He play* the part of
mg summer session, moving pie- Gregory Vance, formerly a rated
tura* will probably be ace high scholar, now a whiskey-drinking
on the entertainment list of most watchman who keeps a home of
summer students, and aiding and sort* for his two motherless rhil-
abetting this enterprise arc two drwn The picture i* funny, irri-
fine theaters on the campus The toting, charming, and satirical by
new, modern, add. to use an Aggie turns
term "swell"- campus Theater. At ^ ( m mV u* Wednesday sad
a*d the Y.M.C A s Assembly Hall Thursday | t “Wife, Husband, and
go hand in hand presenting fine p r tond," a delirious romance With
motion picture entertainment l^j^tta Young as the beast if ui
throughout the year So here we an<j guy w|fe War|M , r
go on the first of • weekly review „ hu , balKlt ^bonair and ar-
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ALL STYLES
OF
RADIOS
. l . for Your
Summer Needs
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For your radio* and
electrical repair* - -
SEE 118 - -
THE RADIO
SHOP
. Bryan
NORTHWEST
rmuy,
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NAT MHOII1
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WEDNESDAY - TRUES.
JUNE 12tk & 13th
7 :S0 P. M.
of wbat's showing at Aggie thea
ter*.
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At the Assembly Hall Tuesdsy is
The Marine* Fly High," a fast-
moving adventure story ro-starrmg
Richard Du, Chestef Morns, and
Lucille Ball The romantic com
plications involving two flying
lieutenants, an Amencan girl in
the tropics, and s native dancer
sb*w the spotlight with highspeed
nekton
For his role as Major Rogers
tn “Northwest Passage", which
will he at the Assembly Hall Wed
nesday and Thursday, Spencer
TraCy will probably win his third
Academy Award The picture fol
lows Kenneth Ro^eit*' best selling
novel with surprising faithfulness
amt even top* hi* riescnptions in
pic turning such scenes as the
Rangers carrying huge whaleboats
over a mountain top, making their
way through miles of swamp,
crossing a river torrent by form-
dent, there’s unrestrained
this slam bang show.
fun
mars showing
at THE AMKMBLY I ALL
Tueaday- “The Marines Fly
High” with Richard IHx,
Chester Morris, and Lucille
Ball
Wednesday and Hiursday
—' Northwest Passage" with
Spencer Tracy and Robert
Young
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday—"The (.real Man
Votes" with John Barrymore,
Virginia Weidler, and Peter
Holden
Wednesday and Thursday
—“Wife, Hushaad. and
Fnead" with DtretLa Young
and Warner Baxter.
WELCOME
students
DROP IN TO SEF US
LET US ( LEAN and PRESS
THOSE COOL SUMMER CLOTHES
CAMPUS CLEANERS
Abo\* Exchange Store
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Dr. D. D. Giles Receives First Ph. D.
Degree Conferred At Texas A. & M.
The first Ph D degree to be service staff of E. R Squib and
awarded by the A i M College Sons of New York In he re-
was recently conferred upon D. D. signed that position to become a
(»ile*, 24. of Nacogdoches. He re- mpmb< . r 0 f ^ teaching staff of
the Stephen F Austin State Teerh-
H* is er * C*9afe at Nacogdoches He
at present Assistant Dean of the ha* been at that school with the
_ 11* «| gw* Faculty and Profsaaor of Animal exception of three years leaves of
A C triP r /'f IFTl Q Husbandry at Stephen F. Austin absence to take graduate work at
/"to UlC ff UllU 1 Uf fid*** T Mchwrs College. Nmogdoche* TrM , A A M
He re
reived ”Tns degree of D.V M in
11122, and his Master's degrwe in
)92i» in Animal Huahandry
lo
CAMPUS
2St to
11 p. m.
TUESDAY ONLY — 15# ALL DAY
John Barrymore
in
“THE GREAT MAN VOTES”
LATEST NEWS — CART(X)N
Wed • Thurn.
Loretta Young
W'amer Baxter
in
“Wife, Husband
Friend”
with
Binnie Bame*
Marx Bro*.
in
“Room
Service”
Cartoon - Late New*
PEE VUE SAT. NITE . 8IIN. - MON.
“You Can’t Take It With You"
with
Edward Arnold - Mi*cha Auer
Jean Arthur
LATEST NEWS — SHORTS
By DR. AL K NKI.BON
fUdaey Hillataa. toftwigg C. (. O. labor leader,
"fellow traveler” with the comsnumsts. has been ap-
pointod by the President of the United State* to
the board charged with r<M»rdtnating the prepared
„ ness program *f the I’mted States
He Is to he in charge of the labor
supply for vital military and naval
work Within a few hours after
his appetetmetoL C.I.O. workers in
a shipyard wtekmg on naval ron
struct ton went *n strike, halting work
on two cmiaor* and aeveral destroy
er*. The w«rke#s were already among
the highest pdid empioyre* in the
United States ^fter aeveral days de
Nslaso atriker^ went bock to work
The Bureau of lasinigrqtkm bus beeu trano-
ferred from Madam Perkins’ Ubor Department to
the Department of Juatke tt is said that Madam
Perkins wept openly when (the decision was an-
nouaeed in r^inet nwwUng Both houses of Con-
green promptly approved th# transfer which was
imnwilialrlj signed by the iTesident This will
tehe control of aliens away from “Mis* Perkins”
who has failed to eserctoe $ny control over alien
trouteemaker* and rrimteulaj
Harry Bridges, alien
and suspected communist. *4ll face deportation if
a hill new before Ciugrua {to pasaed* It to baa
enough when American citipens stir up uaedtoaa
trouble and strife to the ndtion. hut there is no
rmm at all to tolerate anj alien who spends his
oaUre ttaa* creating strife | in tha ranks of tha
i*b
■H
i’sdiftr court labor
i, will face de portal
I>r Giles received his Doctorate
in Animal Physiology and Nutri- I
ttoU. The subject of his disaerta
turn was "An Experiment to De
term in* the Effect of the Growth
of the Anterior Lobe of the Pitui
tary Gland of Swine"
Known to his classmate* and
friends as “Dee", Giles has more
than earned that appellation He
waa called “Doc" aa a student,
hr earned the title Doctor of Vet
erinary Medicine, aid at Com
mencement was declared a Doctor
of Philosophy by the A. A M
College
Giles was one of the original
member* of the Cavalry Unit of
the A A M cadet corps, when the
uatt was started in 19)0. He was
Captain of Troop B » 1922, a
member of the Reas Volunteer*
and vice-praaident af the 1922
clam. Very few of even hto meet
intimate friends know that he
came to A. A M on a Carnegie In
stitute Bravery Award Scholarship
given him te recognition of hto
saving a man’s life in Houston dar
ing a severs electrical atone.
After fraduatwu te 1922 he
practiced Veterinary Medicine far
tO* year* te Nacogdoches and that
area From I9f4 te 19M he was
a member *f the
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