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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1940)
PAGE I Till BATTALION The Battalion 4. * l kai Btettaa . Tmm. mtm 1km Am ! In Hm #art— IMl ppwMMrtt, t tkrw k«4r ®f Um wH4 jutt bow II •» Um fUm rkpttol • roatljr lhr« fTMt form R 4c MUU'i M M«* «Mb !%M MomWr 1^0 PHwxded CdeCrfp rVHWAMN AI.VE*TI$im; MAN Ai.KN c • *m* < J.,k J A f. ft. And Still The War Poor ooboW— How (tong ? .. How Urn* «•« tbo I’niUd SUUo ■Uy out of Um e»rr««t Buropooii conflict? . .. How long until Amort— rttiaona nro Uking ni netio* part in tbo nmmft eombot ogiirwt Gormnny mnd fomfonj ? , . , How long onUl wo Amortomw will orooo Um AUnnUc In fifbt for Um ftooorrncy tbnt wo nirondy bnvo on Uiio oido of tbo kmh* • Tboro'i r (MMoibio nnowor on Um front png# of Inftny'B iottolmn Tbo Bniwo nnowor npimnro m two difforont piaooo Ono nrticW onyo tbnt frooldont HnonoooK Ho* boon offorod tbo onttro fortlttloo «f tbo ('otiogo in tbo Intoroot of not km* I dofonno An- Otbor ortk-to roiotoo tbot tbo Unlvorotty of Toro* boo tnbon n *imUor notion And both oHlcloo nr* bnood on tbo unw Ummo not on* tbot mob** for lb* training of onldtor*. but on* tbot mokoo for tbo braining of »km*d lobor in tbg tMfbnkol ond **nvi tacbniral fioki' Loot wook'o llattolion rditorwl quot'd Prone*’* Ifton-prommr Pool Roynoud oa my mg. "Wo wont U. 8 Hororpoorer not monpowei. wo need her Help but in th* form of motomrd equipment, plane*, ond otb*r product* of her trontendou* indu»trul orgnniiouon: oil »ho ron pomibiy offer n* ” Mr. Reynoud, not by hi* own choir*. » no longer with na in on officiol copority, but hi* 'totement Btill hoki* water At any rat*, hi* 'totement well expreoae' the Aggie way of thinking about thi* <itJu*tioo, and Aggie opinion in thi* matter is important Tetoa A. A M College i* the largest military college in the world In tbo ia»t World War tbe College supplied th* armies of tbe United State* with more officer' than any other American collage or university. In tbe event that tbe nation enter* another World W*f, tbe College will probably be called upon to dp again what h did in 19t« • At the present time 443 A A M seniors to-be are attending various R 0. T C. camp# as s part of their advanced military science course TV *a»t majority of tbe ItZ.OOO men who have been Texa» Aggies have all had at least two year* of military acienc* Many have had the full four-year course and have thus been commissioned at reserve offtetr* in tV United Stale' Army These men are all vitally concerned with Um course of events in Europe and, moi* particularly, with tbe course of action that the United States has taken in respect to thane events • Ope thing, however, appear' to b* *ff-#olor in Um pfaneat setup Why aheuid 0. C. C enrol)*** he SBsnnpItrl from military training? A recent act of Oangrm ban mad* tb*m exempt from military training n*w, bat baa provided for their training in aan military, technical werk which would eumnpt thorn from fighting oorvWo* in tbe event of war TV*e men have been eupported and trained It the expense of the United Slat** government Urn tax payors have carried the burden ef their eappert On the ether band. Texas Aggie* who have worked their way through college at their ewn eapense will be called upon fer actual fighting oervtr** W hy nel the 0. C. C.T • And •* it is . . . “And Mill Um war." On every hand the main topic of conversation is Um European conflict Tbe blow by-blew description ef th* events acioss the ocean art oasy to follow via the radio and metropolitan newspapers Thus far it has been a string of knockouts for HiUer and associate*. Britain in bis next fight TV Battalion hopes that the total extent of the United States' participation in the conflict will be porely economic Aggie* are ready and willing to fight if there is rm ether alternative What Texas Aggies did in th* firot WerM W ar they can da agaia and they wiH if railed open' In The Literary Limelight By Dea A Heaaeeeee Bang' Bang! Let’s go West! It's oasy to re-1 hr* Um days of Um old West ia TINTYPES OP COLD by Joseph Henry Jackson Poor groat dbtperado* roam at will through Um page* of Jhie vigoroas woatarn Ini* -a story with all tbe fir* of a Zane Grey wetarn story, plus good style and abtbaftllR. lasbgi swnl Just a* tbs stage coach robber* wore IBs symbsl of * period af Western history an tbe old Palace Hatol- M B*naaaa lim ' wa# tbs symbol of all that was glamorans to aM San Prannaco Oacnr Lew is. wba baa • reputation far making Um Want lira, baa givea kb* render, to BONANZA INN. Um sto J ml Ha saprsmary as Mm i tbs slgbiiaa and niasttoa. Yap wi fonarala, astraosw (yea. Lillian and erooka to BONANZA INN Prom 8nn Pranstoee H 1a , airplans rids to Um giaamur Hollywood Raws fan soar Hallywaod af aoam other city -bow p til h'lr * * R t 'af intsrtotomanl try raadtog Wl HOLLYWOOD SAGA toe Um answer As tong aa you're to Hollywood—wbar* craay thingo bappoa you might just as wall get acquainted with tbe moot clever book of tbs year. Not awny month* ago tbs naam ef Oscar Levant was known only to a few who lietofmd to good music; today be 1a known to mil- tioas for hi* participation on Um radio program "ln- formatma PUase" At Um moment be is fast be soming known to more millions by bis witticisms to A SMATTERING OP IGNORANCE to whieb V toils “air about composer* and mosMians as well as explaining music and Harpo Marx to tbe waiting world People never quit* catch oa to science or arioa- Ufk facts until a good publicity man discovers that aomethig is the largest sc meet expensive of its kind—then they are plagued with information of all carta—much of it contradictory. One af the greatest 'and moot expensive scientific item* to receive pub licity recently Is the new MO inch telescope to be located on Mt Palo mar ia .Souther* California— everyone knows that it cast many millions, that It will bring th* moon right into your bedroom, and that you could read the time on a man’s wrist watch as be walked along Broadway, but many do not know the real significance of this new giant of the tel escope world D. 0. Woodbury in THE GLASS GIANT OP PALOMAR gives the authentic facts shout this now telescope He tracts Its background, tbe developments which made H possible, and does H all la a highly sntortalng way. This is a serious boob, but one which is as thrilling a* a good detective story v All banks mentioned in thin column are to bo found in the Aabury Browning Rqom of the college library. If in cbsulation they may bo reserved at the main loan (took on Um second floor - = OnWTAW 1 •ill P. M. 1 Friday Jaw II. I ft* 11:11 A m. BlguOui Weather. News UM a m.—federal Mask Pro gram (Works Prejsst Admin istration) i 11:41 a an—Texas Pans A Horn* Pragram (Ta WOAI) L A ACflunitrasuasaWl Qs* ■^^piskm ** m farm Security Admmistva- lY. JUNE M. 1*40 Drive For Stidham Fund Now At |l,o.'U. u * Tbs Stidham Paad. srjgtoftlad to aid 0 serf a Stidham wBsas hack ?k#*'<iItgsvk in nn ndnpAiAnnft weeks ag*. baa reached |1jN8.4S H waa announced by eommHtoe co ebairman Gsurge Puermann ysstoriay. Bsvsral doaaMaaa pra- cm t wrad Bn fe^m 1» m ifd ^^ ,4 mimrxj nnww jw% aw i ▼t'ti nltu it is hoped that several hundred mors dollar* may be added before the drive Is cloaad *^Wra A *** arm Wrara —. — si — - i law uriTW VUMi rWRrWI vWu vrUUiCW throughout the nation, aad dona- P Expert munt *Don1 itond tharg gaping Da lomtthingf A. D. Jack i 11:00 noon—Sigwoff 4 30 . 1:10—THE AGGIE CLAM BAKE • Hatarday Jam* tt 1040 11:26 a. m Sign-On; Weather, Newt 11:10 A m Morning Musicals 11:46 a. m.—Texas Farm A Home Program (T* WOAI) Mrs. P. L. Thomas, farm A Home Book Reviewer Agricultural Educate De partment Repraaentatl *aul Waaler, State Ceoij tor, Soil Conservation 12:00 noon—Signoff • Tombstone, Arisons, the wicked The host has just received a note Sunday. June 2A 1040 est town of the old West, is th# from “Th# Gorilla" threatening 6 M a. m Sign-On; Musical Mo ssttmg of “Froatmr Marshall", him with murder at midnight Into moats which will bo at Th* Campus Pri- this scon# wander the thru* half- 0 46 a. m —Roan’s Chapel Singer* day and Saturday Randolph wits turned detective, and from 0 00 a. m — Mastorwurks (Movlc tfewur' By Betty She (tea friends af Mm college in various parts of the stats a* writ as A A M. Mwther* dabs, fastoty mem bers, local and Bryua buatnsonmn and th* student body Pwormaaa pointed out that do nations arc still being aeesptod at tbs Fiscal Office. Besides chairmen Buster Kseton and Pusrmaan, committeeman in clude Bill Murray. E. W. Pannull, Graham Purcell. Allan Elkrbes. faculty rspssssnUtiv* V. K. Sag areff, and businsaamaa Dr. ft. E. Lipscomb Summer Reading By Hr T. P. May* Odets: Barbel ta tbe Mwoe I radical dram*) (“for years I sat horui taking things for gfant ed . . . Then just for an hour my life w*« j in a spotlight ... I saw myself clearly, real ised who and what I was lent that s begin ning? Isn't it?") Gill: Wasted Manpower ("Although thrift ia a virtue for the individual, it is a virtue for the general economy only a* the economic system ha* use for saving'. When Mvrnga botome excessive, thi' private virtue tthrift) become* s public vice.") Overstreet let Me Thiak. ("We have our lives to live. Through all the ages men and women have been trying to dis cover how to live them They have passed on to us some of their wisdom We are not wholly ignorant of what should make life the w*y life should be Nor ire we by any mean* helpless in our tdiort to shape ourselves according to that knowledge ") Bern helm Medicine at the < roesreada (“For doctor* have developed a cunoaly fixed habit of mind They are timid, hcaitant. and never like to take a definite stand (La., about socialised medicine) lest it affect them harm fully in tome way") As the World Turns... Scott bring* in tow at th* end of then on everything happens bis six-gun and stays alive bs- Rita Brother* arc ably aided muse n* one enn beat him to Um Anita l/>uia* and Patoy Kelly draw Nancy Kelly 1* tbe bsauti- The Rumstoad* will be back at ful. brave, unflinching girl who tbs Assembly Hail Thuraday in follow* ib* man she love*, played "Blondi* Take* a Vasa lion" Pro by loanr Roman.. to this bontor nay Ring I* ton la again featured as land town Rinnt* Barns* baa tbs the slightly balmy "Blondi#", with ml* of tbe dans* bail queen, who Arthur Uk* as Um harassed Dug violently represents the Intrusion wood, Urry Rims as th# miachle of the hometown sweetheart. Th* mu* Baby Dumpling, and Itolay, rivalry between the two women the Bumstead dog The n#w film lake# them out of their home where they managed to find trou ble enough, and into the great open spaces and even more trouble from sltogethei different world* helps motivate th* exciting screen play • “Young Tom Edison” will be at tbe Assembly Hall Tuesday with Mickey Rooney, the screen's top ranking box office star as the fa mous Inventor. Tom looks for esua e# rather than effects, and his ex periments get Kim into many ^ ASSEMBLY HALL scrapes. Fay Bainter is unusually Saturday—‘The Return of Dr. X" with Humphrey Bogart. Wayne Morns, and Roeemary lane Tuesday—“Teuui Tom Elisou" The ® a. m.—Signoff by . • Monday. Jan* Si IMS 1126 a. m -Sign-On; Weather, News 11 *0 a. "Hop»o« Or The Und" (Farm Credit AdndRtatra- Oea) 11 46 a. m.- Texas Farm A Horn* Program (To WOAI) Dr. Kelsbaw Bonham, Assist ant Professor of Ptshsrlsa, Fish ft Gam# Department H B Apple, l>*partm*nt of Hortieultur* 12 00 noon—Signoft’ Proper Servicing Saves You Money — Wgahing —- Grftftainf — Gonerftl Repairs • Wt I anus K ft H Grwn Stamps AGGIKLAND Service Station I’Hons College 123 m What's Shotcinp good us the mother whose stauneh faith in her son curries him over many rough times George Ban croft doe* convincing work as the •tern father who finally relents and becomes proud of the boy. Mickey Rooney show* that he can handle serious, dramatic moments as well a* he doe* hi* popular com edy role* Wcdneoday and Thursday the Riti Brother* will cavort at The Campus in "The Gorilla". The ac tion takes place in a house that witb Mickey Rooney, Fay Bain ter, and George Bancroft Thursday- "Blondi* Take* a Vs- fation" with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. AT THE CAMPUS Friday amd Saturday-"Frontier Marshall' with Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, and Bmme Barnet. is a mate of sliding panels. The Sunday and Monday "Second Fid time is cioe* to midnight in the die" with Sonjn Heme, Tyrone midst of a raging thunderstorm. Power, and Rudy Valle* • story of n .only that, but the story of BY DR. AL H NELSON French Ash Peace The new French Cabinet of Marshall Petom has asked Hitler give honorable terms of peace Tbe French arnftr, supposed to be the finest ia the world until the present debacle, has been broken into fragments and nearly half of France has already been conquered by the German forc es Tbe reason* are twofold first, tbe French attempted to fight a completely mechanised modern army witb equipment end tactics of tbe World War typo, socond. political leaders who placed their own poli tical fortune* above common sense n•*••# and th* good of their country Ws have plenty of thooe In this nation, •ten who will spend billiona of dollar* of public funds to buy votes and weep tears over down trodden humanity; but let men and women of the world be bombed and murdered without acting, simply be cause those being destroyed cannot vote in U. 8. elections. Tbe fate of tbe French fleet is of tremendous importance in the present crisis. If the Ormans aan force the French to surrender their fleet it Will mean that the British will no longer he supreme for the French, Italian, and German fleets combined •r* as large or larger than the English navy Under taoae conditions England could no loiter maintain • blockade of the enemy Then, if Japan were to join the combination against them, England's navy would b# greatly outnumbered Is fact, under those condition*, the combined fleets of the dtotator pow er* would nearly equal th* combined power of th# English and American navies Admiral Stark. Chief of U. 8. Naval Operitieaa. kas officially requested an increase of two hundred Ship in tW U. S. fighting force, and H ia very likely that eongreas, in Ha proarot state of alarm, will authorise the increase, BUT P1YE YEABS OR MORE WOULD ELAPSE BEFORE THE SHIPS COULD BE BUILT. Barosveh has intimated he will ask fur conacript. l«n ef man power in order to build up Mm Amy. knd tbs House of Representatives has passed u bill 6# increase the army te four hundred thousand man. Ragland boa officially saaonneed that they will fight to the end, whatever happens Winston Church- kill pointed out yesterday, in a Speech broadcast la the United States, that Puanss Wade a with England sot to make a separata p« i l , • f • / I GROUND THE CAMPUS By Betty Jane Hinkler ( am pus blackout . . . The biita- WRh "A" quitie* already part the three negro shoe-shin* of th* first semester'* history and by officials of tbo Comman "B" quisles in lb* offing, the rorlior this woek Tueedsv. June Ift. IM6 11:25 a m Sign-On; Heather, Newt 11:30 a m.—"The Story of Wool" (Farm Credit Admmistra- Uen) 11:46 a. m —Texas Farm ft Home Program (To WOAI) County Superintendents', Con ference W L. Hughes. Head. Educa tion I>epartment 12 00 noon—Signoff • Wednesday. June 2*. 1M0 1126 a. m -Sign On; Weather, News 1130 a. m -George F-. Sokolsky, Commentator (National As sociation of Manufacturer*) 11:46 a. m.—Texas Farm ft Home Program (To WOAI) D. H. Reid, Head, ‘Poultry Husbandry Department R- J. Von Roeder, Animal Husbandry Department 12 00 noon—Stgnofl •°‘*d from tbe musical production is taken at s medium tempo and main topic of rampua ronvereatioft P rov * - definitely tket It can hap- final chorus add an autMentic tang is last Saturday night's "Jubs P*ft fc*"! It that th* three Sox Prom " Student opinion eeom* darkios wore plying thoir trad* a to be well grooved in respect to anxiously and. as a ra th* unique danoe* which have re- «»H. » campus "large" purged the placed th* more conventional long Ethiopian delegatee to the great *ro#i»n regimental ami corps danc American shoe-shining Induatry e# Definitely ro Ik* ebeb aide" la the sentiment , . . Plus a de- ~ mand for mere of 'em; which will probably result In the proms be coming a weekly go rather than the originally announced twice a month So it’s congratulations to summer recreation director Luke Harrison and intramural director W. L Probertby for inaugurating a flne new frotura of A ft M. sum mer sessions. ECENT ECORD ELEASES to the entire n|Rq| YOU CANT BRUSH ME OPP is a rby- thmic song taken at a faster dip Janet Blair graces the microphone while the sates swirl and the muted brass bites Hr • final chorus ef unique Hal Ksmp fare The Brother* Kenny in collab oration with Will Groas seem to have bit tbo musical jackpot again with MAKE-BELIEVE ISLAND „ . Hat* in an exceptionally melodious f.ret Juke Box Prom r*r*- »ra b rar1 narked for Barber Shop LA SALLE HOTEL O’Conner - Jones Bryan. Texan GANTNER WIKIES - You’ll look and fgel your beat in Gantntr Wikios. Choose from smart new wool knit Wikiws ... or from the Miracle Laatax yarns. Slide through the watgr in ft Satin Laatga Wikig and tnjoy that nude-swim ftwl! N*w M Frnftdom.Cut M leg holg, frw-breathing Uta- tax bolt and aglf-adjuat- mg, non-chafe supporter. 11.95 to $4.95 CIOCMCRS Bryan 1 In tbe line ef rag geet tone-from these fewer Aggie-typical “bird dogs; at least one Congo; loss Star Dust and Sehottiach; and a law banning th* wearing of coats at these functions. Moot oft-asked hitftofe. It that Mitrhel a roeohitng goes without saying 1 Ayres baa created that ia in sympathy with this seiectioa as well as complimentary to Its character queetio* at last Saturday night's ?OOR B ALL*IINA ia a similar prom eras, “Will there be a barn num b*r althourh nlaved at a dance this aemetoer?" slightly faster tempo * Earl Hinas' Boogie-Woogie ar- Afgto disappointment af the rang.mrot of the famous ST. week’s beginning urns maestro Ber LOUIS BLUBS ha* been the kit ni* Cummiae' failure to play an ef hla atage show* during th* poet Aggie song on his aerond Pitch several months. Um novel arrange- Bandwagon appsnranee Sunday rmbI M bandsomoly portrayed with night Cummins had previously flinty of "itarn*phero" from the promised to do “I'd Rather Be A hand as wuQ as exciting piano Texas Aggie" er "The Aggie War week from "Father” Hines The Hymn" aad th* reason for th* M0- companion ptoee. NUMBER 1ft, la ur* ia not known. He did, hew- a fast eurtag tone eruditad to the NEATNESS PAYS DIVIDENDS BE SMART — SEE VS REGULARLY AGCIELAND BARBER AND BEAUTY SHOP," [ NORTH GATE — ACROSS FROM FOOT OFFICE A. A M would toleotoi ptontot- at- i 8.M.U, Hera ecu two Texas U-, and Baylor offering the the rich Irving Hi mat oroer CHARUE'S FOOD MARKET North Gate Th« Pilot For Your Picnic Lunches ;i 13 BMi 14 • » >•- . - 4 t,it ’ — mi I ' i • 4