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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1940)
PAGE t RA7TA1J0N THURSDAT, JULY the Battalion Summer Reading M. T. f. MATO r*rt* <»r !*•*.*■ (-W# the a* tt /mam. I") km fciMM. ?!—»■ MM4Mr l |L"A!i< 1 t Polakov TV Pew#f Aff*. or Chmm Mm mmI (If Mm mWt« qiMUtton twU fM, MtVr of Mmm «in •*« r*u as m4 thoir 1%J% M«mWt I MO PhwcicM GcAeencie PVess W B. 0 B ,*Br “Cm p> STt ViM. B MM imm* «MhM» »• T U WUm Texas A. & M. and The State Legislature TKXAf A A M. COLMDGK a an Mrnwrinc achool ' wm tchbol. nor ally law arhool at all. Ftw of rto (raduataa enter the field of atate polities hecaaae that la a f*eW for which their collegiate training ha* not fit them. Vetera are scarce who helwve that engineers and termers should ho State Lagwlators So, oo the surface of the thing, it appears that M might he aaid that Texas ASM ' 'dirge is num erieally woefully aaropreaented in the State Legi ala tare The college, of course, m capably represent ed hy the Senator and Representative from this particular district, hut more than that is needed la a legislative body as large as our State Legi slature, the college must look further than that • Besides those two representatives from Brasoc County and the local Senatorial District — both of whom are dopa enough to the mstittuien to he familiar with its pedhleaM — the college must look to every State Senator and every State Represen tative as its own personal representative. Every ntisen of Tens ha* a vruted interest ta the college A A M doesn't operate for the ben- wfit of Brasoa County, or any other given tncale TV college existe solely as a State institution— representative of the interests of every Texan Prom the Golf of Mexico to the plain* of the Texas Psn handle . . Prom El Paso to Texarkana, the benefits af the college'a vast eduriUonal resource*, it* in valuable Extension ftorvtrv wotk, and tV researchoa qf its fam d Experiment Sutton are evMly spread And so it la that every State Legislator ta ac tually the personal reprooentative of the college Prom every corner of (V State tV legislators ace aftaally — in part, at least -— tV representative* of A A M College This they must to If tVy are to adoauot ly repieaont their own portlrlular county •r dlalitct . , , This they must be if they are to adequately represent the people of TMtas I. Odets Parodies Loot <ra*aa) play) (“Pad: A1 over, mtllioes dreomu« af democracy aad liberty which deal exist Loo: Mot Thors la amre la life thaa thial Every thiag Paul aaid ia trwa, but there is mare. That waa the past, hat there la a future ") 4 Havelock Blis My Ufe (*"1 have boon a dreamer mid aa artist: a great dreauMr, ter that ia easy; got a great artist, for that ia hard; hat still aa grtut, whether ia the minor art of writing, or the greater art af eom preheading, or the supreme art af living, where- la it la something to has* triad even If aae teita”) J 1 4 Moor* The Novela af letm Btotahack: A first My (“He (Steinbeck) doesn't enjoy being a hoot ■allec; the tect that ho ia one cause# him to doubt hta work, aad to wander If It la lacking la ideas, since It attracts so raaay readers ") • INTRODUCING YOU TO LATIN AMERICA Perhaps you would like to place yourself to the freat af a movement which ia setting to: The turn tog of eur national attoatien southward "Sooth American Printer’ hy Katherine Oarr. An excellent preliminary survey “Most of all, “the author writos. “1 wanted to know the South A mar Man people, aad the way they heed and why thay lived that way." Wall, so do wa. “Peary hy Rcveiotma". hy Prank Tannenbaum Mexico, this author thiqks. can never roach peace until she has completed Vr hundred yeer Revolution TV return of the land to tV people ‘ America Sooth" by Carleton Beals A poorly written hook, hut easy to read, and full of mdisponeoble information about history, re sources, people, and prospects “Dee Reg node Hem hr a: Shadow* oo tV Pampes”. by Ricardo Gutratdes A rousing novel of Argentinian ranch people “Vcwetaela”. by Ema Perguaeon. A pleasant and informaUvr book “Gomes. Tyrant ef tV AaAmP, by Thomas Rourkr TV most recent and perhaps the moot outrag sous ef tV I .at in American dictators a formidable breed! “Whither IwiUa America*" hy Prank Tannenhaum A brief and sy steam tic argument to prove that South America will never become industnalixed TV Elide Mexico's Way OwT by Eyller Simpson TV beet book for an understanding of tV fore es working under the surface of Mexira affairs. “Porfirte Dias", by Carleton Beats TV crowded life of tV old dictator wV for thirty years Vid Mexico in a tort af froaen peace Geatemala" by Erna Perguaeon TV moat readable book about Central America “TV Ha nan a Umpire" by Krpner, Charles David A painstaking, slow-moving, thorough account ef tV doing* of tV grant American fruit companies Road this for a real grasp of how economic imper Ini ism works 'TV People and Pettlira ef l-alin America ", by Mary W William* A detailed and comprekegsiv* book with which ta fill up tV chink* in vour knowledge Political Merry-Go-Round 11.1M0 Usually “Hoff State Politics Slowed By ( By Robert L Da* ly the Fergusons favor a and they’re careful to groee refeipu tax. WbU ar» net (V same, they < While Uto ary not (V same, they Ae to etrikiagly similar maaae The other candidates art all source tax plan, which teems in V about tV moot popular , H* 'Ami tool cvi)1 Me i an«d i? wMh a kit»r This City of Ours... Editor s ante: TVs to the first to a aeries af weekly relumes which will appear daring tV re mainder ef IV wmmer aad all threegheet (be long eeeaien la respect to happenings at CaBege Station (Hy Council meetings and interpretations af College Button ordinance* TV cotomn M intend ad to V aa aff trial waMet let (Al lege Station City Council bust non* and affairs. George B. Wileex. writer ef tV nrisVs la a BY GEORGE E WILCOX elty funds of from ISO,000 to Up until tba EuMpMa,** b»- came a mar. Texas waa has dad far on* of tV hettoal p liticsl cam- palgaa to yuan. With tV rapid pgaa af eeeata to Europe, Vw- evwr, the Texas politician* have found themselves without toe at tentive audiences TV politicians still have their fire; the people still like tVir wwm ^ fights. But Urn psopie are now fo ™ »V campaign la over, *• far move totoreetod (a whetVr will pvoVMy ae* a soft ef contest teey themselves ark going to between tV candidates ta ‘ Vve to take part ia a figV-and ^ wh a , a tV "Vat A tVt not a verbal one Cpnseqoent- At any rale, patriotism M going ly. candidate* for State offices have pUy an tocreaaingly large rule been uaahto to drum up tV amount u* campaW* Alteady of fire Mk aaually find at this baa begun with Governor Usm of year and Colonel Thom peon « Possibly the fltetotton will blows more la the natpre af reeato change; certainly Stete politics gafcaanre than anything ala* will aseum* Mtofk iBMMtMM L. ; > . - within tV next few weeV than *** Vs been tV rase to date tVaged muck Govergor 0 TV governor's campaign this M much like tV Democratic t»aaoi Thnniptan la more toiiR V waa In IPtB JeifP i It#- .1 campaign In IPte whan Roosevelt IA0.Q00 per year for the past eight lh * T.>day 0’Danl.l Is IV issue TV people sltjver like u ‘^•'nlgaai t* PergMaVi him or iant like Mm, aad It*! go *'* strangely quiet, expecting jto Ing to teke at leaat an* primary U ^ t * t,l# u,ua * *0 fw or ten years Many otVr cltiee in Texan re port »tmi)ar expenerue* in tV op eration of tVir utilities A numVr of our Vtisena. in cluding the Planning Board, see a and pfnbably two-to determine P 1 " mof » Hl ^ which to tV ease ron< * u< ' tlr '* • father quiet, obi- Governor O’DanM has divorced campaign, himself from the sales tax hy say- Actually of Course, w* cant P (toyd fk( 1* control of m^dlTtotopa |nf th>t he’s for axiy tax the leg) pec^Chfe wimds to Vgig, anJ areas wHhin a fTre-mile range (jf C Dem^rats m the city It ta pomihle tVt you # ^ Uf w|th M , na|r)f WM un may V asked to express your doubtedb ^ ^ hl> in the matter with tVir candidate for tV presidenfy, greatest Then, if Rooeevelt Is nominated, rolewa is a profeeeor to tV Ed acalton Deportment and far past tww year* has bee* s mem her ef the City (e*nrR At tV pre***i time V is to rVrge ef pob- Iicily far tV City t'eancil aad tV City ef ('*llege Staltoa. ballot in tV tV tore We feel sure that in tV wild est flights of imagination, no cit- ixen of our town envision* * city tV site of some of our torgest cities in Texas, but we have faith ® in the future development of the For some months tV City Coun Crt f of ( 8utk,n cU of College Station ha* been h ^ M <* •"“>». H can he put much concerned over tV matter of * '*• accomplishments, yetting tv story of tV activities tf ** ""' T f »' r of tV city government to tV dti- responsibilities in making y, " jr stumbling blocks, and he IA* done well probably have $ race to ^eq not too latent u- a to remove tV stigma WV- sdio is the beat Rooadvelt suppoft- tVr or not there should have ef (Remember that one of kB*. been that association at all is an- Ferguson'* plank* is a third tefna other matter fer Roomvelt, which may V *Jg- So far aa this writer knows, on- nifieant later on ) As the World Turns... Movie Review tenry News stories have appear ed from time to tune in TV Bat talion TV ordinances carrying pens I tie* have been published in this, tV city’s official paper, as required by Texas statutes Vari ous notires for the guidance of our citiaans have appeared frequently It remained for George Fuer mann. present editor of the Batte lion, to offer a happy solution to the pndilem of publicity by way of the current news route This column will app <*r each week with items of new* and information which we hope will be of value to all conoerned / It la planned loiteke up tV va- tious ordinance*/ and summarise them *<» that we may know atore in detail tV requiroawnta of our own city government Your sug gestion* will V gratefully receiv ed Conti tbuttons for the common good I BY DR AL B NELAON Prance in ne Unger a rrpnhhr the republican government whoa motto was ‘‘Liberty. Equality, and fraternity" has been destroyed by tboa# sworn to defend it, destroyed from within by menfhera of Ha own government, by high officer* in its own arm. and a dictatorship of tV Italian model ha* been created in As place TV new motto is “ labor. Home, and PatVHand " Ragland is in danger from similar force*. An tolmiral of the British fleet has >uat been thrown to one prison and kis wife in another for treasoanMe artivi- ni1 " Use TVy were tV bends of a prk-Naai organisation This officer waa a former Chief of Naval Intelligence and held this office while the Germans were making tVir military and ■aval preparations. No wonder tV British ware caught atoeep Maay nattoaal Uaders of tV Institute of Latin Aatortoaa Affairs, which met in Austin last week, wont aa record aa boiioviag that the United State* should immediately declare war on Germany Poland, Norway, Holland. Belgium, Luxemburg, aad Praare. all waited far Germany to choose Vr ewn time to ■Mack them. If the U 8 should declare war now war Navy and air fare* eon id reader England vital aasistanr* IT WOULD BE PAR BETTER POR> OUR COUNTRY TO FIGHT OVERSEAS THAN TO WAIT AND FIGHT HERE Wo art ast toalalad. Japanese naval aad air haaas art wtthta three Vara flying time from cca- ti neats I UaMad Stete* aad another dictatorship nation hi wtthta fifteen miautoa, bonshar tiam, from IB* eaaUnneatel U. A—Look at year Map aad at- amine the paaltlaaa of Japan, Russia, and ALASKA. At Um present time there are ealy on* thousand aaldUrs la Alaoka far defense aad no real air hast* . This to not a just the mm: to cao Unta «f Young Mairta 0a»- for toadiag • strike to htoq ! run stated by Mto farta%. Cat after the action “This a V ^m^knalt ae fltoJll —* to — ^ ^ will VMPI WWOm BY BETTI SHRl.TON At tV Assembly Hall Bglurday is ' Milltoaaire IHayV)" with Joe Peiwier. Unda Hayes, Russ Brown, and Pritx Feld Pennar is cast aa a young man who*# reacUoa to kiaaef to violent hiccupping fits. His fatVr. a utilities magnate! offers 16.000 for a cure A friend undertakes to *am the money and take* him to a resort hotel that is full of oomph girls, who are eager to kias the lad who is a m^lionaire playboy His theory is that Jo* can never get over his girl-shyttess unless V plays with gtrla "TV Story ef Dr KWh- Magic BaRst". which will be at tV Assembly Hall Monday and Tuesday, marks a turning point in Edward G. Robinson’s career In a role utterly different from anything V has done before, V gives a performance so superb that it ranks with the finest portraits in screen history He livoe tV role covering the spaa ef year* from young manhood to gray old age in a cnrwtant battle for tV humanities "TV Story of Dr Ehrlich * Magic Ballet" to such intelligent and courageous entertainment that H to impossible to praiae it too highly Walter Wmcheit rate* tV show as one of the year’s Vet Bing Crosby aad Boh Hope, assisted by Dorothy Lamour. have gotten togethto for tV first time on tV screen in "TV Bead to Slag apery" which will V at tV Assembly Hall Wecbreday and Thareday TV story serves as a background far five new tunes including "Too Romaatic" aad a sene* of funy me idea ta such as Big's and Bob's ptayiag "patty cake" before socking offensive parties aad donning sarongs and greaae-patat to after to get toassthing to sat at a native party, ef the boat eomsdy muni ».. t — TV substitution of now names far German diatom to Canadian nmtaurente brings to mind what happened daring the World War. A little woatorn Texas town waa relied Braiqteabarg, to haaar of a Gcnaaa state. Mast af Urn ejUaena wars af Osman tesaaat But when war earn*, the post-offto* depart meat didn't like Mm place to wans to anything Osman, la. Mm name waa ehangod to 0M (Harp, ta haaar of our flag Mala vs. Peatoit Haw West Virginia University Several of tV meurance rom penis* have sent general firrular letters to all tVir policy hold*!* concerning tV new key rate for fire insurance If you have not tak en (V matter ap with yoar mto pony, <h> so at once. Msyii Anderson gave a detailed explanation ef the city’s expendi tures in tV last issue of TV Bet talmn and indicated that there would have to be an increase in the budget for 1P40-41. This in crease wfll probably be off-set by the increase in tV assessed prop erty valaos within tV city. Mention was made m Mayor An dcraon’s discussion of a revenue bond imue to pay off certain obli gations incurred by the City and thereby effect quite a saving inter est rbarge Many cities are doing tV same thing A revenae bend is sue obligates tV city to pay off such a bond out of its earnings Hmrne recently voted a revenue bond msue af SI04,000 to V used to making extensions to the pro* eat municipal plant TV present plant has paid a net profit into Our SERVICE DEPARTMENT Is The HEART OF OUR BUSINESS BRYAN MOTOR COMPANY CHEF JOHN PRESENTS Food thkt ia wholenome and tasty in big helpings At prices that are always the bweat for such a combination of quality and quantity. CHEF JOHN’S - f STEAK HOUSE I ) On Highway No. H I WATCH REPAIRS Don’t gamble with your watch. Take it to Var ner’s where you are as sured of expert work manship and all work ia guaranteed. -u 'ft* VARNER'S JEWELRY STORE North (iatt, College Main Htrogt, Bryan 1 I y Tip pktto sicela af Urn i Proper Servicing Siveni You Money Washing -*> OrtBBlnf — General Repairs • Wt 1«m» 8 * H Groan Stamp* AGGIBLAND Service Station tBoCw Uto CAMPUS TODAY—8ATIRDAY Warner Baxter In “Return of the Cisco Kid” Late Newt — Cartoon PREVIEW SAT. NITE 8UNDAY-MONDAY Spencer Tracy In "Stanley and Livingstone” Lntont Newt — Cartoon TUB8DAY ONLY "Fifth Avenue Girl" With Ginger Regers and Walter Connolly wxn.-ixux. "Hollywood Cavalcade” With Alice Fay and Don Atneche Cartoon — Comedy \ * Penney’a Annual July Blanket Event STARTS JULY nth Showing the moat beau tiful line of new biankota and comforts trer i »««n bled in Bryan. Buy better bedding now V on PBNNEY-8 LAY AWAY plan i •' \ I J. C. PENNEY CO., INC. Aggie Kconomy Center BSY AN, TEXAS