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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1940)
PACK S THE BATTALION —THl R>DAT, the Battalion frvMDrr ■i'vmcbVkbki.v MBwtPAna or TWXk* A • H OOLLM TV* Um world, but abo m on* of tW m* » «f tew aa4 Tmw. m4m Ou Am «| i Tart CMv. Phtocioked GAeMn fVeu rvmHANM LOUMMUUCB. V K L.TOH teflMM Wm. HAM4 ■cporma W O. Brtib»>ri C • CaifAill B. B CtMMMW. IU>M Bart Cm, W. D I •te. MaaOHHaaABy. W A Maarv. laak «n Bta«al. OaMla Balk BteW'ia Bath T.ahaahaaa. J A rtHMail Hamarat Aaa WilllaaM , mummm Daa K Bmumm. ■arrarM HatH—ahwa Dr T f Bar* D* Al B MaMaa R C OWaa Batty BA. A .a. Caar«a B Wikaa ftolda of akillad trade* to vbIbbMb ka a BBtion at wrt # Uw eotlofe ta in b poaitinn to b« of grant tin gBirkgiiBB ko an y of BBkkMtBl ^ladaBaa, / And now tba yorantnaant can ractfrocaU by opemny wtda tba door la tbe odmnood military artenra aonraa. Tfeta nation nrrii* aair* trainod offiaora now an norar bafora It'a not n enoa of "tan Many R.OTC off kora," bat TOO rSW OF new. • The principal ran aaa advanrad by tba War Dapnrtmant for I im I tiny the aambor of roo tract* Kao boon inanffteient tanda Apparantiy, bownaar, tbla ranaon no bngar bolda water With million* being expended daily for national dafanaa parpoaaa, H aaomo logical to aaonnw that a comparatively •mall partian of thee# fund* oould bo oDanoted to train R.O T.C. man no raoarv officer* If tear there waa o time when fund* ahoald be proridod to tbla and, that time io NOW. It'a impossible to toll what an officer la worth, bat It's anoy to know bow much on# costa the gov eminent—$20,006 at Waat Point . . $400 at Tata* A A M At ronoidorabiy leoa expanse, equally aa ef fkiently, and in for greater number, the college atenda ready to do ite port in training officer* for the nation'* army. All that Teiaa A. A M Codege waste la the word 'W! Political Merry Go Round # i' Wilke Plus Third Party Threat Will Give Democrats An Acid Test By Rohan L Dmb GROUND THE CAMPUS By BETTY JAN! WINKLER In tbe world of totepbone cm and • Summer Reading... A. & M. Loses FRONT PAGE ARTICLES in aereral Battel ions daring the paat three month* have stated that Colonel George P Moore will soon leaee tbe college permanently. The article* Have also painted out that for tba past three years Colonel Moore baa served the collage aa Commandant and Professor of Military Science and Tadics iltere have been some other foci* in these articles Boo- fads that are included m any good new* story - hat there's a lot more to it than just that There'* • Ipt that's been loft unsaid in these article* • To begin with, there'* been no mention made in those atones to tbe affect that Colonel Moore takes rank among the collage* free test commandants--and that • a record to write home about because Trias A A M College has been here for sixty four years and many good men have served it as commandant daring that time Neither did the articles mention that Colonel Moore served under conditions which few command ante in the post have been faced with. Since the fall of 1M7 the college has expanded tremendously — in enrollment, physical property, and prestige Nor did the articles point out that Colonel Moote bad served in a double capacity - both ne Command- and P M 8.AT In the past, a* a general rule, these have been two separate posts headed by two me,n rather than one B But Blost important of all. he earned the respect and admiration of every thinking Aggie The very nature of a ommnndant's duties make* hi* p wition one which is a targe* for cadet criticism The cam mandsnt's job is to say “no" when he would rather say ••yea"; to enforce discipline, to exwute military orders regulating the conduct of the Onrpa'. ■ r 'd to generally supervise all activities of A.|0t> men The person doesn’t live who fould tackle that job and satisfy everyone But Colonel Moore did the job as well aa. and probably better than, any of his predteeaaors Ag giea, ex Aggies, college officials, and tacufty mem hers alike are of one mind When Colonel Moore goes. A A M loses BY I»R T. F. MAYO Cowley (editor): Books That Chaagod Our Miuds This is a list (with an analysis of aach) of twelve books which, in the opinion of a group of important writers, consulted by the editors of the New Republic, have moat largely shaped the modern mtd^ The Library, we atmounsr with honest pride, had every one of them Here they are. How many of them have you read? That ia, how “modern" is your mind? How about trying them out this sum mjar V Once Again The follow lag editorial appeared *a the freat page of last Tharaday s Battaliwa sad ia here re printed at the reqaeet of many Battalion renders who failed to obtain a ewpy ef last week's paper : • “Tee maay R.OT.C. efflrera " That has been the War Department's reply to rapes tod pleas from AA M official* in respect to aacunng more advanced military science contracts aa that more student* could take the advanced course and thus, upon graduation, receive reserve commissions aa second lieutenants in the United Bute* Army. The Battalion believe* that even an times of world peace such an answer is out of joint—and ia 1M0 it has become axiomatic that a nation which has ant pgr pared in pence time, cease* to agist as a nation It has always boen true, and particularly an new, that no nation can have too many trained officer* • A. A M 'a 1B40 graduating rlaaa numbered €77 —AM of this number received reserve romteiaaiona or eertiflcatoa Twice that number (RIULP have received reserve commission* The senior claae to- be has appraiiaaately 1,110 members 463 of this ■amber have advanced uentracts With a few ai- oaptions. every man of tbe I.IM took tbe two-year bank anaree—only 463 have advanced contracts Tbe number COULD BE W6! A few years ag*. before the War Department limited tbe number of advanced contracts, NINETY MIGHT PERCENT of the junior* and eapiora had advanced contracted NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT of tba graduating senior* became second lieutenants to tba ranarva corps The percentage today isn't ■taaty-eight- or even near that figure, t Maay A. A M men who art qualified and have a desire to take tbe advanced course are dMiahle to Ube It because of tbe limitation of the 1 ■amber of advanced contracts These man, too, wwwM like to be reserve officers in their nation * army . . . Then* men. too, would Make valuable additions to their nation'* army • Tba last taeae of The Battalion contained an article which stated that Teiaa A. A M. College bad offered all of ita facilites to President Roeee- e«h and the War Department far national defease ■an. Not only aa tbs largeot military collage ia 1 Sigmund Freud latreductisa to Payeheaaalyai* (About dreams, rompkies. the unconscious) 2 Charles Beard Economic Interpretation of the Aamrkaa (onatitateo (That economic motives largely shaped our gov eminent; “The Father*" ware human too.) S. Henry Adams The Fdaration »f Henry Adams (The author’s own life story become* a bitter indictment of our AmericaB way of life.) 6 Nikolai Lenin The State sad KewdaUen (The radkal classic of our day.) 5 Oscar Spengkr The Decline of the Went (A gigantic interpretation of history, maintaining that our whole civiliiation is entering its ke- and-iron age ) 6 Frederick J Turner: The Frontier in tmerkan History (Tiat the presence of free land in the West de- tei mined the rharacter of American history, and that the diaappeaianre of tee land, since shout HB0, has now rhanged this rharacter ) 7. Frang Boa* The Mind of IVimitive Man (That nations haw different histories more he cause of environmental conditions than because of " acial" traits ) H I A Richards Principle* of Literary Criticism (Thst poetry, playa. novels, ran be evaluated sen nt if kali y) 9 Tlo stein Vebten The Thaery of Bnsiness Bn trrprise I That, under the profit sy^em. the interests of owners of induatry eonflirt with those of the creator* in industry and of the consumers ) V L Painngton Maia Currents ia American Tbmiglit (That our literature ha* grown out of the eco nomic and social conditions which prevailed when it was produced ) William Graham Sumner Folkways 'That a stuy of tribal customs and standard* P’Oves that everything i« relative, i.*., that what is good in one place and time may be bad in another ) John Dewey fttadies la l^gkal Thewry (That “the use to which a proposition is put determines what it meant, and that meaning de termines what we are to think of it and do about it.") f Mtor's aato: Tba foHawtag ewiaau la tbe flrat ia a aeries la appear la The Bamamr Bat uMaa ia ranpact to carraat state and sat leas! politics Tba aatbar. Robert L Dees, ia a farmer *4i toc-ta-eblwf of Tba Ratulten (IBM-to) and ia saw a grata ate Baaiataat la tbs Irwaamfca I lepart wienl A ay aptalaaa rs pressed ia tbla column are tba epiateaa af the aatbar and are awt the opimen* ef Tbe Battalion! • Nobody aicept an individual with a Hitlerian rompiei like* to see a Big Somebody stomp a Little Somebody, and for that ranaon the Republican*’ nomina tion of Wendell Willkie ia a healthful thing Mr Willkk will, in all probability, be a wry tough candidate to defeat But in the ointmont we find the usual fly What doua Mr Willkk belkve in? By hit own word* he believes in the New Dual eicept for ite attitude to wards business At the same time he support* the New Deni'* “fundamental reforms." If he supports ita fundamental re forms, then he automatkally en dorse* moot of ita attitude to wards business, since said re forms concern business directly, for the meet part A rose by any other name would smell as sweet and a New Dealer by any other part desig nation would be the same Poe •ibly, however the GOFs can didate will change hi* ideas. Landon did in IBM The Kansas governor, you will remembber, was an ardent New Dealer un til he got the Republican nod. So may it be with Willkie It could be that the greatest danger the Democrats face ia not Mr Willkie. but the real “dark bon*" ia tha _ campaign -a possible third party.’ TK# R»fHlh!irMftl |4$g4 n ft* aawawABm * • *w|fihp! Ivans ciki iKF% writ* B platform whkh differs greatly fram tha New teal program Maybe they war* afraid to. May- ha they didn't haw any ideas (to national defense the Rapah- Ikana are “regular " So era they "regular" in being cautious sot to pledge to koep America out af war, Out of this point may tavslop the third party; a grant deal af Ulk has already boen heard on that point from such men aa Senator Whesler. who is a wry done to John Lewis, CIO mogul If the third party movement be come* a reality, then we may at P«ct the CIO's endorsement af that party. While Lewi* may not be able to awing the CIO the way he wants, he nevertheless has a graat power in all laborii* group* (Who mentioned the AFL?). This labor group, along with Green’s AFL, has been trotting right down the line with Rooeewlt for eight year*, and plenty of votew and dollars have com* therefrom. If labor’s alfrgiaaai — and along with it die allegiance of the “progreatiw” voter* should •witch to a third party, the pinch would be felt lamgly by the Democrat*, not the Repuh tican* The GOP remain* just about the same at all times, and Willkie will certainly enlarge it. In any event, it'a going to take more than scathing words and new poatoffkes for the Dem ocrat* to come out on top even with Roosevelt a* a candidate. Firat they’ll have to gig Willkie. then they'll probably have to set their guns far whet may he the strongest third party since 1912 group of aaoo ►ped tickets ea trapped civilians fbr folk fir* truck. Whs taM it hart? T SODAS Adding to tha stock af tafoi ttoa that iaat Wacth vary muck ara these Heretofore unrewaled sad aetaaadtag farts ia wapset £«. L "Cashall" Dpaa ia t to collegiate te* { t one arttoWf . If bewildered The fonaar editor Tha College Station balk, for ei- ef Tbe Battalion, now turned orp- ampk, wh« chipped off $16 her amaks instructor, has "a rata flrat weak away from home-one thing" ia one of hie summer claaepa call a km# tolling $$ Disease— -a girl who is "both bataMhl btoUibkhaaui .. , limn there's the and Intelligent, the find I kata Afgk who invested $14J6 ia * ever ween." Cueball potato out College-to-Hellywood conversation And at A A M too with rad beaked W C. Fields at 1 ! a. m. one morning . , Tba favor ite eiprweaiona of the young "ladlee” answering the dormitory phone* at Bophk Newcomb College ara almost worth writing horn* about. "It’s your nkM—Shoet!" and “You called, start talking." era two of tha gwnu But the one that lays 'em in the aisle ia that whkb a rendered in a tobacco auctioneer chant, “Second floor, waat wing, Josephine Louis* House, H Sophie Newcomb Meiaortal Col lage for Young White Women, in chiding dining room, drawing room, laundry room, parlor, cafeteria, in firmary. son porch, and beds Thank you. To whom do you Wkh to speak ?" • The 1B40 Battle of the Seise- where College Station is coneem- ed-ia currently raging Sbiaa's ceiling fans which are always fan ning at the Juke Boi Proms. The boya are all for them, but girls •ay that this new form of Ian dancing plays havoc with their skirt*. SLACK’S Pharmacy W. IMt.tr Ul CM lit A new twut to law rnforceatent w** flipped at John Public the other day in a nearby Tvia* town when a fire truck roared into a dead end street fdllowed by the usual crop of fmr chasers A •econd truck soon proceeded to jierk acroa* the open end of the OnWTAW (/farce fPewtir' By Betty Sheitoe 112* kr —2*7 7 lete's Thursday, JuVy 4, 1B40 11 25 a. m.—Sign-On; Weather, New*. 11 30 a m — "I’leasantdale Folks” (Social Security Admmis- How a synthetic divorce starts tainment world of Mike, who trntion) Ixical. • train of marital complications ia wanted to make movies, and M illy, 11:45 a. m.—Teiaa Farm and unfolded in "Mexican Spitfire." who wanted only* to be lovad by Home Progism (Ty W(JAI) Open which will be at the Assembly Mika. The Mack Sennet bathing Forum Hall Saturday with Lupe Velet, beauties, the Keystone Cops, cu* Leon Errol, and Ihmald Wood* It tard pie comedy, ami Al Jolson is a sequel to "The Girl from Me* singing “The Jaxx Singer" ate all im," and is even funnier a* they here again, try to make "a social whirlwind of a Me i lean 12 i>0 noon -SlgnofL Friday, July J. MM* •.-►Sign-On; A’eatoer, 10 11 12 As the World Turns... By DB. AL R NELSON Lark of patrietiam and personal honor among members of congrea* ia reported to be so common that even eaaential military secret* cannot be kept. Congreaaional committee* demand information from army and navy officers, the information is given in “secret" committee session, and within a few hours ia available to anyone, Wen enemies of the nation MORAL—the people hark home shoe id he carefel ia the rboeeing af their repreeewte- tives. Tbe IsoiatiMtists in congress are fighting every bk of aid to England, but after three peer* of fighting in China the Japanese are still getting almost all af their supplies from the United State*, and their is NO PRO N«iaM TEST from the laolalkmiate. Alan, almost to a man, these taolqtioniste have aided ia the concentration of dictatorial powers in the hands of a small group Why? Gaa. SmeAky D. Butler, retired, of the U. S. Marine Corps, died last week Bark in 1M0. while still on active service, Gun. Butler called Muauo lini a “hit and ran driver" after ha waa con corned in an auto accident Thr incident caused international eomplkatieas aad nearly remitted in a etart Martial for tha general He retired the following year at tha early ag« of 4* Stare that event tha Praaitant of tha United State* has called Ibe Italian lander far wore* name* than Butler did. 0 Robert Meatgemery meek actor, ia new hack ta the Ulitad Stetea after gaining much publicity aa a result of FIFTEEN DATS of aurviet aa aa ambulance driver ta Franc*. At leaat a fair part af the fifteen days aaeusa Is hafe beta spent ia ka- riIdeal " She visits her husband's office while intoii rated, ruins their chances ef re reiving an important contract, has a hair pulling battle with her husband's ex fiancee, and throws $40 worth of pastry at a wedding reception. Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, who hive co-starred with success many times, team again in "Strange Carga." which will be at the As sembly Hall Monday and Tuesday The story ia of nine men and a girl who make a getaway from a South American penal colony and strike through hitherto im passable jungle Only four of the original ten survive, but each one who perishes meets a repentant death through the influence of a myster ious stranger with a Bible Clarke Gable m a convict who balkvea im plicitly ia bis own physical strength, and Joan Cratoford ia a cynical cafe entertainer^ Leo Carillo in “Tbe Girl and tbe Gambler" will be at The Cam pus Tuesday Carrillo plays the part of a border bandit who fancies himself as a Caaanovp. When a disgruntled aide tells him of a beautiful but cold dancing girl in a resort town, he makes a wager that he can win her affec tion* He set* out to make good, but the dancer ha* other ideas H//4r.S SHOWISG AT THE ASSEMBLY H ALL Saturday "Mexican Spit fire" with I^ipe Veles, Leon Earl, kid Donald Woods. Monday and Tuesday 'Strange Cargo" with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford Thursday — "Hollywood Cavakafo" with Alice Faye and Don Amec be AT THE CAMPUS Friday and Saturday— ‘Geaga Din" with Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Preview Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday — '(.rapes ef Wrath" with Hen ry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Charley Grapewin, and Deris Bowden Tuesday -Leo Carillo in “The Girl end the Gambler “ Wednesday and Thursday Banjo On My Knee.’ 11:26 a New*. 11:30 a m —Federal Music Pro- yam (Woikji Project Administra tion). 11 4fi a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Program (To WOAI) L A Machemehl, Supervisor, Farm Se curity Administration; A. D Jack son, Kxpenmerrt Station; Tolbert Patterson. Deputy State Superin tendent 12:00 noon—vSignoff 4 30 6 30 p m.-THE AGGIE ( LAMBAKE Satarday. July 4. \u* 11:25 a m—Sign-On; Weather, News 11 30 a m.—“Drama of Food" (Farm Credit Admimstrdtioti). 1145 a. aa,-Texas Farm and Home Program (To WOAI); Mrs T. L. Thomas, Farm and Home Book Reviewer; T. W Potto, Ei- tonaion Service. Agricultural Edu cation Department Representative 12:00 nown—Signoff Swaday. July 7, 1946 3 30 a. m.—Sign-On; Musical Momenta. 8:45 a. m —Roans Chapel Sing- era. D 00 a. m -Masterworkers. 9:36 a. m —Signoff. CAMPOS Today • Sat. “Gunjra Din” with Cary Grant Doujrla* Fairbanks. Jr. Victor McLaglen I-«lr Newa - Cartoon Pre. Sal. . Sun. • Mon. “Grapes of Wrath” with Henry Fonda Jane Darwell I-ateat Newa • ('artoon Tueaday • I tar gum Day Leo Carillo in “The Girl and The Gambler” Cartoon • Act ^ i Wed. • Thura. "Ran jo On My Knee” with J<>el Mcfrea Alao—> Special March of Time "Soldiers With WlafiT (? \ * EAT at CHEF JOHN’S Where The Food ia Excellent and Service ia Pronpt. Air Cooled CHEF JOHN’S STEAK HOUSE On Highway No. 6 Centennial Museum of the Uni versity of Teiaa has a collection The romance of Hollywood, from o1 d»nooaur material from tha Big bathing beauties to world pro mteres, k shown in Technicolor in Darryl F Zanurk s protaction of "Hollywood Cavakata." which will he at the Assembly Hall Thursday Aik* Fay*. Don A merit*, and grant poraonallties of yesterday tell the story of the men and women who conquered the enter Bend country. Rutg*r« University will cel* brat# the 171th anniversary of ite founding in October, The honors Uat at the University of Michigan ranched 834 at a ro- V , WATCH REPAIRS Don't gamble with your witch. Take It to Var ner’s where you are as sured of expert work maruhip and all work ia VARNER'S JEWELRY STORE Nerth Gate. Cottege - Main Street, T - WE HAVE NO WHITE KLEPHANTS .. . . but w# de have JUMBO V ALUE8 far thrifty buyers kit HPORT8 APPAREL for a -BANG UP- 4th ef July. Mother. Dad, Children and your College men may outfit eompkte it PENNEY*. All College Station invited to per uke of tbe "Uke.” J. C. PENNEY (XL \1 ‘Aggie Kryan, Center" 1 ki