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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1940)
r PAGE t THE BATTALION - THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1M0 The Battalion •to* art all part of tfcia Tto aa-oaBto Jato I Bofttoll Laagaa, iwimai^ , Bo. hL. tw t.ui.u Organised In 1937 And Headed By "y - 4 -* Dr. 0. M. Ball, A. & M.’t Museum It a. a a *m * +* t m* teC* ■■a a m immI tlm MMt at n Nm Offw* at r»t , Wh. mtoe+t km * C<——i IUrA a »»»* inrlodM golf and volUy toll Bat, ta Tto BaMallaw at toast, tto Mtoa tto tod Uni surnmor profram to tto important Uiinf tto thntf vtorti to tto vary foaaiattoa of Ha atoaow- todffad aaoeaaa. Aad that ifca, aa laprmid by tto Physical Education Dipartaisat‘» director W. L Psatortliy, to tkto One Of College't Fast-Growing Units ipsrial taTto Battatoa: la top- braacto* of tto Maawai tto fa^ vveear' liatod oa tto caatpoTdrTto ftaaa ABM Coltofs. This awasaai was luivf rBCtM'tMj . nf ta tto of tor ‘Aad (too Was ‘Tto Grapsa of by John the hm, « Neo Y«t Ut» ton done Not oaly ttoy l%* Maotor ItoO PHtocded Goleftde Press n in Bn e Uc^ts.'L-s-rt Twice Every Fourth Year ONI HALT Of AMrlol mrj lourmv MUNil •idoatow fot under way tost Monday as tto Grand Old Party bocan to platform makm* and noaUaat- tna ooavontioa in tto I tan toy Waltor-dubtod "City of Brotherly Hate" -Thtladelphta la three weeks more tto Democrats will do the same thine in Cktoaco. But Wore either of those eon mentions meet, tto party •tool troops do most Of tto reed platform making Meeting before the hands and hunting of a political convention have taken ever a town, this group of nationally aigm ftoaat committeemen do the behlnd-the-ecenoe Perk aad generally formal*te the plane and policies which •re later officially adopted at the convention Because of the tremendous significance of the day-by-day happenings in Europe, and tie resulting attitude the United States takes in respect to these things, the nation's attention is now being constantly focused on the federml government Whst the plat form-bulidert do in their respective conventions is a matter of considerable importance to the nattoti’s dtiaenry Texas Aggies, and collegians In general, are vitally concerned with at least one of the plat form plank* the one which indicate* a party's atti tude toward the current European conflict, ami more especially the attitude the United tSates will take in respect to it Beyond this, however, is a still more important gaeation What will the virtersee* party do \FTER the etoctioe? Platform declarations are made with present conditions m mind But a person need only turn bark ten months or so and see that world and national conditions art dhangmg rapidly—net month hy month, week by wedk, or even day by day, hut minute by minute Whatever platform the victertoas party may have, H caa’t peesihlr be one that will beep pace with these rapid-fire world developments— tto decieiens will be ap to the electees. • No one can accurately predict the answers to these questions No one can accurately predict the choice of candidates that the two parties will make. I Nor can anyone accurately predict the outcome of the election itself But reasonable conclusions can i he drawn from the facte at hand Trying to forecast the opinion of the corps in respect te the forthcoming presidential election it a < difficult task for The Battalion or any othetr agency, but with national and state politics coming to the fere—entangled aa they are with current world affaire and tto possibility that this nation may soon be enghged in armed combat- it seems te be within the realm of reason that a collegiate newspaper might spine Hi respect to these affairs . . , Especially ' in view of the feet that hundreds of Aggielead s sis thousand-odd are ef legal voting age Aa a general rule. Tessa has long been a Dem oeretie state. Nomination te any state office on the Democratic ticket is tantamount te election The vest majority ef Tessa Aggie* are Tesane. hy birth or by choice—and it's logical to conclude, therefore, that the vast majority of Texas Aggie* are Demo crats also. Moat Aggies, The Battalion believe*, would prefer t* see a Democrat as the nation * chief esecative t But the field of national and state politics is too big a on* for a collegiate newspaper to enter into, and, as such. The Battalion has only on* hope to espreaa ia this connection. “Hiat world conditumk are grave, even children understand That the United Atatee might soon hr- come involved in armed combat it equally obvioaa One mistake now, on the pert of our governmental agencies, might be the very factor which would toad to the nation's engrossment in the war; or, if war becomes inevitable, a mistake might leave us woe fully unprepared The Rettalie* hopes that la the light ef the forthcoming political campaign* veraaa the world crtole. pre-eminence will NOT be given to politic* ... tot that tto aattoa's leaders aad the nation's pop. atace will give pre-eminence to tto l etted State* % —* “ Summer-Styled For 1940 WHIN MOM THAN MO .tgOmu. of , total to-1 rollmeat ef 1ATI, take part ia a program of any kted—that program to important When say program of student activity can five a long aaastoa tang to a usually listless summer ■rbeel that program to Haportant. When any pregram ef student activity can pro vide healthful aad aeaatbl* entertainment with a definite student appeal—that program to ir i< Wtoa say program af student aettvitp eaa do pH three ef these things, that program to asere than baparlM*—Ifa atoaaat toe vary tout af a icem hammer-styled far 1M0 to the current program af atodeat activity being diretoed hy the Phyttoal earned, but these wants have been given tat inch a way that ivnryoae can participator; or, as eaa person recently expressed it, "The moat far |to money ” Anyone with tto will to de so eaa play Mftoai, tennis, and other summer sports. Anyone with a first semester registration slip can make see •< the swimming pool. Anyone with fifteen cento can attead tto Jake Box Prom*. Cortalnly that repressaU getting "tto moat for tto money.* And tto Jake Bex Prom* they deaerve more than jast being referred to as a part af tto summer program Two tovo boon hold thus far, aad approx - imutely UO persons attended each. But tto aanti- moats expressed by those who have attend id these donee* borders ea the unbelievable One Texas Aggie, who seldom fails to attend the regular Saturday night corps dances during tto spring social aaasnn daneos which are rhythsaed hy tto nation's top-rank ing orctoetras ia tto fUeh, declared that, Tv* en joyed myself mors at those Jake Box Proms than say other dances I have attended ” And hie opinion seems to be la the same groove as Bm opinions of ether Jake Box goers • ™ "T mi engaging cast. H<r in local _ T ttoy arttoeotogy and several adacel- P* r ^ wrn, * , ' c ®*> w *th the ^ , bammd or exhibit- laaeeas items including aa Igyp- <* Lamb* Bay, Robert ad. These collections wars: the B. tian muamay. and Billie Bark, fail to bo wj M. Tracy barbarism, tto O. M eu w. Ball ceHeettoa of femil pleats, and "ht^T m^Ton £ ^ T the Mark Pvniiei* roiWiofi nf ■“•«'>» p n •• well Hi hii rola if g spoiled play .U 1W 4mUi of Dr. ^ «*■ rT 1 ^ W, ^ UM. . ■H.t iet novel that baa yet ef America" Darry ef Wrath." will to at tto Hall Mark Tharaday, follows both tto spiHlj the letter of the book with Praaeis hi 1PM, and the —a queetion ef the dispoaal of Mb eol- lectton brought about tto aalah- liahment of tto museum All this material was moved into a small, mitirely fireproof building, aad Dr. 0. M. Ball, retiring aa toad af tto department af biology, was placed in charge of tto project. Tto neucleus of tto Tracy her barium io a collection of Texas aad Gulf Coast plants, made by Mr. 8. M. Tracy aad Helge Nee* Upon the death of these men it became News, tto property ef tto Texas Agri- 11:80 a m as those which will arouse tto bt- termt of tto outsider. ia « Mias Day sub-deb sister's tixm Bo, summor-styled for 1MB, or rurnmor styled for any year, the current sports and activities pro gram Is one which has not only ftllod a long-aching cavity in tto mouth of A. A M.'s summer seas ions, but K is one which wilt make for bigger and totter summer sessions to corn# Tto directors of this program dont want any orchids—all they ask for are suggestions Hi respect to improving the program But the flower* are theirs nevertheless, The work that W. L Ponberthy and assistant Luke Harrison have don# has put a new life-blood into A. A M '■ summer school. Thetr work —together with the fin# cooperation pf the rammer school student body—has been a valuable contribu tion to Texas A A M College. * Littlejohn And Fitch FOR THE PAST two month* the front page* of several Battalions have contained articles relating to an attempt to place Jack Littlejohn's Aggieland Orchestra oa the 1M0 Fitch Summer Bandwagon Each aummer the F W Fitch Company stage* a weekly radio show via NBC featuring unknown orchestras which arc the near-equal of the name orchestras The idea being Beside* making for a number one radio ahow, the Fitck Company can give a long boost to up-and-coming orchestras. • Texsns who listened to the programs last sum mer—and especially those thousands of Texans fa miliar with A. A M College—mere struck by one fact in particular; that there was an orchestra right her* in Texas which was the equal of those presented on IBM’s Summer Bandwagon , . . The Aggieland Orchestra. These Texans, of course, were prejudiced, but evidence has since turned ap which has given foun dation to their belief On one occasion during the victorious 1989 football season, the Aggieland Or chestra played over the NBC network in the Sugar Bowl Preview. An hour later a telegram from an NBC official said, in part, “Littlejohn terrific" But if the Fitch Company wants some more evidence, then it can take a look around the state The praises that have gone to the Aggieland Orchestra in the past three years have been in a single groove- terrific! • The Fitch Company, of couree. ia naturally In terested In eelling their products To that end The Battalion takes time out to indicate to the company that If the Aggieland Orchestra appaars on their Aummer Bandwagon, they can etart shipping hair tonic and oil to Collega Station in carload Iota from then on. Maybe the Fitch Company hasn't been told that there wore 1,000 cadets enrolled at Texas A A M last long aeaeton; that there are 21,900 ex-Aggies eoattored throughout the nation and world who will be listening to the program; that there are milliona of Aggie friends and supporters who will do the same thing| and that the college is definitely a new#-eali#n| from any point of view—as a great educational Institution, as a greet military college, and as the home of the national football champions of 1989 In Littlejohn and Fitch, there’s definitely a good tie-up Jack Littlejohn and the Aggieland Or- rhestra would win with this deal; Texas A. A M. College would win; and the Fitch Company would win. 1199 he—29T.7 Meter* Tharaday, Jane 17. 1949 11* ,. Sifn-On; W M tk«. "'“"r taun ‘ toto his oern hands to grave that a sur geon-friend la unjustly accused of performing a del ice to brain opera Hi the _ . w tto Hiraltne- ment Action ataff tto. 11:41a, m.—Texas Farm and shock-treatment to restore mental ment Station staff, tto collection Home Program (Ta WOAI) San tos bran greatly increased H aow ^ L from p** Rieo 1 a*®***®* extraordinary exact ness. ‘Hie Joed ^ family, "tto peopit that lira, tto ifTjrZ Zltonto that mat nobody lick, tto i u i paopi# that go on fortrar," come J,at Muir to , tf# ^ „ fom ^ M Tom does net g«va much miftltty to .. , Joad ^ Grapewia a. Grandpa and wr. nnoare a ntrange t^m, Bowdon as Raaasharn Like tto few* af tto eeiontific romance n. uas scries, will be at the Aeeomhly Hall Monday aad Tuesday with Lew Ayres, Lionel Barry mere, aad Lara me Day. la this picture the tto book, tto film ia rough, tender, and turn. "Pleaeantdale Folks' raltural Experiment Button. Thro- (Social Security Administration) ~~~ ugh tto efforta of H. B Parks, V. Local ^ “ "rndnera L Cory and others of tto Expert — — - - F >t ** nL ^ u,m,r Dr. A. Benhow DENTIST Pkonr 175 Antln Building - Bryan tto teak of mounting and filing Keonon * a Department 'ht*rr i ht-r barium cases is being dors landing Porto Rieo” carried out as rapidly aa possible lf 00 „ Onljf In Uw Im( M. ' 1... any ef this material Imra ta such ,, •haps aa to to really avallahie for * m^-BitnOni W« use The herbarium la especially rich Hi grasses, and the entire flora ‘Un- U tl New*. 11:90 a. m. already formod the basis for a "Catalogue of the Flora of Texas” by V. L Cory and H B Parks The 0. M Ball collection of foe- tion). 11:45 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Program (To WOAI). L A Mactomehl, Supervisor, Farm Be all plants is years of col the result of thirty curtt l r Administration; A. D. Jack- several thousand specimens rang- ' inf in age from the Cambrian to lt:00 noon—Signoff the Oligocene A representative suit 4:80-5 80 p. m —THE AGGIE of material of the succeeding age. CLAMBAKE. is exhibited and the bulk of the col- .... lection identified and stored The SMerdey, June 29. 1949 moot valuable part of this material H ^ a. tn.—Sign-On; Weather, ia that collected from several 1©- New* call tie* in the Texas Eocene This H 30 a m—“Drama of Food" has bran the subject of one large (Farm Credit Administration), monograph by Dr Ball and another U:45 a m —Texas Farm and will appear shortly Borne of this Home Program (To WOAI) Mr* material has bran discuss- F, L Diomas, Farm and Home ed by E W Berry, and the Book Reviewer, Agricultural Edu- Grran Eiver (Colorado) plants were cation Department Representative whitton up by R Brown There are U oo noon—Signoff. many type specimens ia this col lection, and almost all well known foesil plant localities in United State* are represented by at least s few specimens Dr Msrk Francis was a veteri narian; kis interest ia the origin and dematication of animals led him to collect and preserve th« fossils found in southeastern Tax es His collection is in two parts, a large collection of Pleistocene ma teriel, over half of which is pro- tion ) boecidean, aad a ■mailer lot of ii;4§ Miocene foesils There are a few cretaceous fishes, scattered Mo- •asaur vertebrae and a fairly com plete polycotlid plesiosaur Scien tifically the Miocene material is the moat important It la essential ly the same fauna aa that describ ed by various writer* from beds of like ag* in Florida. 0. P. Hay published on* paper on the Miocene vertebrates of this col lection and several on the Plelato- cene material Of the three Aanday. Jan* 14. 1949 8:80 a. m.—Sign-On; Musical Moiavits. 8:46 a. m—Roans Chapel Sing ers. 9:00 a. m.---Masterworks. 9 80 a. m —Signoff Monday. Jaly 1, 1949 11 26 a. m—Sign-On; Weather, Newa. 11:80 a. m- "Homes On The Land" (Farm Credit Adminietra- normalcy, Dr. Kildare gambles CAMPOS I love and hie whole career on this astonishing case The Mad Mise Maaton," which will to at Tto Campus Tuesday, 16# to 5 p. m. ' , 26# to 11 p. m offers Barbara Stanwyck and Heary Fonda fine opportunities. Today . Saturday Miss Stanwyck has tto role of an irresponsible, thrUl-aecking girl “Jetse James’ 1 whose escapades arouse a serious with minded young newspaper editor, Tyrona Powar who attacks her through the col- Nancy Rally umna of his paper Because of tto Hanry Fonda reputation }to has gained fto tor Late War Newa-Cartoon pranks, she is disbelieved when she Pro. Sat. Nlta.-8un.-Moa. reports finding a body Ir a de- eerted house Enraged at tto at- ^ Jean Arthur titude of toth the police and Mr. Fred MacMurray Fonda, she sets about to solve Melvyn Douglaa • in Too Many TREAT OF Husbands” Late War News-Cartoon THE WEEK Tuesday Only Double Size Barbara Stanwyck Fresh Orange Ade Henry Fonda tn 5* “The Mad Miss Banana Split Manton” with whip cream 9* Wednesday • Thursday Richard Greene Wendy Barrie LIPSCOMB in Pharmacy “Hounds of The North Gate Baskervilles” * t As the World Turns... By AL B NELSON The Ford deal to hoi id thooaaods of plan* eagtaes for tto United States has been cancelled Tto reason given is that Henry Ford refueed to make eom# at the same time far tto British Gov ernment Tto patients belong to England and tto English had given permission fra tto U. S. to manu facture them Under these condi tions H is hard to understand the attitude of the Ford Motor Com- pnny Leaders ef tto BepahUcaa party have practically asp*lied Stimeon and Knox from tto party fra accepting cabinet poets under Roosevelt. Knox "•*— was tto Republican candidate fra tto Tteo-prsoktoaey at tto last eloctton aad Btimaon Rajajd k. 1.4 eraefcainerad ■rawnAm aosm^RAm ■- ^ars ■ ■ ■ ■ a . laMAJ MW*ItJ vMwleW* grvwwB UlgQVs w^^ra pxwviOwIra : ^PevPraJ— dents Democratic party Isadora were aka to- fnriatod at tto appointments. Tto significant paint ia that to neither group has tto slightest fantton toraf raised af their fkaam for tto War l .^. mant and Navy prate The laeiatioaiat Bloc la reagraea la doing everything possible to prevent aid being sent to England The sale of the twenty torpedo boats has Just been blocked and other aid has bran delayed aad protested gome of theae men wore ■aid by James Cromwell (husband of Doris Dak*, former Minister to Canada, and now candidate for the Senate from New Jersey) to be sincere fools, but Cromwell de clared most of them Vo be crook ed. la spite of the preeoiaf daager from oversee*, the Stimaon Knox incident and the activities of the isolationist bloc ahow that the worst daager to the United States is from those aeif-seeking politic ians who knowingly or blindly sell ont the beet inter eats of their country fra their own personal or party advantage Miaee have keen lp»d at totk entraaeee of the Pananw Canal, aad tto satire Mena* fora* of thirty thousand men has been plac ed on an emergency footing ac cording to the latest reports The U. 8. battle fleet has toft a m.—Texas Farm and Home Program (To WOAI) Dr Kelshaw Bonham. Assistant Profes sor of Fisheries. Fish and Game Department; S. B Apple, Depart ment of Horticulture. 11:00 noon—Signoff Taeeday, Jaly t. 1940 11 46 a. m.—Sign-On; Woather; News 1180 a. m.-~"Tto Story of Wool" (Farm Credit Administra tion). 11:46 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Program (To WOAI) Roy Snyder, Extension Service; Dr Ide P Trotter, Head, Department of Agronomy 12 00 noon—Signoff. GOOD FOOD means GOOD HEALTH CHEF JOHN SERVES THE BEST Try Our CHICKEN or STEAK DINNERS Plate Lunches 25{ - 30* • 35< Home-Made Ice Cream CHEF JOHN’S STEAK HOUSE On Highway No. 6 • Ntit to Grant's Sor. Sta. its Pearl I Uaat ion wl up to now gnooooa to ftoat to ha tto Canal I to operate •r tto Pnd for tto dae- « »ade; flw*. that tto tod for tto Phllipptoes. that h to a« Ha way to tone to radar to he able to efthra the Atlantic fla at aaad. WHATS SHOtriSG AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday—"Aad Oa* Was Bsaatifar with Robert Cum mings and Larairn Day. Monday and Tuesday—“Dr Kildare's Strange Case" with Lew Ayrra, Lionel Barry more, and Laralne Day. Wednesday and Thursday —“The Grapes af Wrath" with Henry Fonda, Jan* Har well, Charley Grapewm, and Doris Bowden AT TUB CAMPUS Friday and Saturday— "Jena* James" with Tyraa* Power, Nancy Belly, and Henry Ponds. Preview Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday—"Tee Many Hnatonde" with Jean Arthur, Prod MacMurray, and Mehryn Douglas Tuesday—"Tto Mad Mtoa Manten" with Barbra Stan wyek and Henry Fonda. Wednesday aad Thursday —"■aaaAi af tto Baator- villee" with Bkherd Greene and Wendy Barria NWIY1 MM WIMTtOB Tcpnirhl 1SHIRTS |98e I Fine vrhita broadcloth. Sanfonz- ad*! "Fabric shrinkage will not exceed 1% Men’s Gentry* PAJAMAS $1.49 Coo) 'fHMiBr weight in tut colon! Reg U S. Put. Off. Meato TIES *9* In colorful combi no tion* to act off hii whole out fit ! ReoiHently construct ed, wrinkle reaiaUnt. . Slippers 1.98 Opera* or everettea' in •oft glove. Polo Shirts 49f Light cotton with gay itripes. 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