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. PAGE S 1 • THE BATTALION The Battalion ou ^ TW City ti DbIm Ims m \fv '1. V A. ft M mi k 4 Tmm mi m MM*f at Am NM 0m» al CO- Ifti Am W Oii jUM W Umhk ». im IM. I AM MM.W IM# AttockM Coleerie (Vmi (ttM (to. *—«*7 • «• ur«inc PMftft to ntmt to Mlnto to* Utotod ttotoa fhC, tortnftd tto (tof to M UM ftMl atfettof tK* rtohy and fkwd |1M and II day* to toil Th# aiani opal Mff« told tot dftfaadant that wHiU to Ud toft y%to to to* aftotoa. tola dtd aot giva ton toa ngiit to apaaad mmk tttormtara vtoto daaarratad to* flag Ttoa ta toa aaly taatoaaa al wtoal «a toaa raad in wnicfi ui» (trrrmuinu wrrr rnar^M wun Mort toaa diatorbinc toa paaei. Tto dftfaadaat toa ap- paalad tto oaaa to • klfftor afturt, aad tto ftatoftan vtll to aatotod wttil mm* ttoa ordinary totoraat Off rr ftato A. toton i BOOKS YOU’LL ENJOY AUGUST 16,1940 w o c. j».« m« a»«AM«a d C. ( OLI'MMI d» r r a Dr Al » Saving Texas Lives Bafinntnc nftit Soptrmbor a long atop will be takan toward atimmaUnir onr of tka yrrotoai dan gora w Anaartran Ufa, tto automobil* amdmt Pri tot traiamc eoaraM will to mauniratod in 1J14 Tftuu hijrfc acPoolh tto coon* tom* daanmad for atudftnta approiimatm* tto total driving a*r of II. Tto *tu<tonU will rrcaivft onr half cradit for tto coaror and will also rrcrivr a drivar’a liccnac on ita com plot ion Thia atop ia without qu4>!ition <»nr of tto moat forward rror taken in Texaa education With one hundred people meetin* their death* each day on American highway* and count I* ** more *u«tainin* taijurioa, tto automobile, which ha* revolutioniaed tto United State*, ha* al*o tocom** a acourge of destruction In recwn. year* notice of that fact ha* torn taken, and countlem safety campaign* of one ■ort or another have been inaugurated While these campaign* have unqucationahly had some beneficial effect, tto real problem, the quality of American driver*, ha* yet to to solved Tto education of tto driver* of tto future in Trxa* achool* ia a step toward aolvmg this fundamental problem ft must he pointed out. however, that tht* i* only a beginning Although graduation credit will to allowed for tto course in aeredited high »choot*, It will be neeeaaary for Uu- board* of thoae school* to approve inauguration of the program in each achool The Teta* Safety Association through affiliated ~ agfrty rwuncdk* antf cw^vetntinr ♦* gwmaattov .ueh a* tto Teia* < ongrea* of Parent* and Teacher* will Seek early approval of tto *eh<*ol board*, It i» to to hoped that cooperation will to forthcoming Meanwhile, death take* no holiday Out of the Laboratory ('hemurgy in Texa* begin* to move out of the ehamtor of commerce convention hall and the col lege labortory into the actual economic proce**.-* of the etate A* reported hy Wtof H Schoffel- mayer agricultural edrtot of The Sew*, a INM),- OW* corporation ha* toen *et up to begin trans muting tto old-faahktned F.a*t Texaa yam into a aenea of valuable product* ranging from atock feed to mucilage, starch, baker * flower and other by product*. This company expect* to have tto firat of seven or eight sweet potato dehydration plant* in operation this fall and other rtomargtr raw material* will to tackled later in additional plants Not that tto convention hall and tto labor* tory have not ftf%>rded an indispensable prelude to actual production Without the educational work of tto Kaat Texas Chamber of Commerce and in domitable ruaearch and experimentation by Prof Gilbert C. Wilaon of North Texas State Teacher* Callage at Denton, ctomurgy in this particular crop ia Texas might continue a* a pleasant pip* dream for year* to come Now East TVxa* yam grower* may aoon begin to realise gross returns of 130 an acre, or three timet tto income from tto average act* of cot toa as present pneea Tto first dehydra turn piaat planned for Texas add be tto third in tto United State* There is no reason why it should not be a* ■ucccaafal a* those already in operation in Mississippi and Louisiana. Dallas News By ML T. f MATO Week before last, we glanced at tto recent re turn of tto taste far historic novels buckskin*, covered wagons, cnimluieft. aad what have yaa. The other ruling fashion in tto fiction of tto IMO’a was the novel of protest against tto injustices at «api tali at tr society, tto so-called “proletarian ~ novel Personally. I lik* “Tto Grapa* of Wrath" best of ail this claw Far one thing, tto set of vic tims with whom H deal* ia clone to us down tore We can see soma of them almost any day on tto rend from Bryan to Collage (we are not referring, of course, to hitch-hiking Aggie*.). In the second place, "The Crapes of Wrath’ create* one really memorable person. Ms Joad Ma ia a great tragic character, on| of the few in American literature, precisely because tor greatness ia really tto result of tor tragedy In tto third place, “The Grape* of Wrath” ia mellowed by broad, rich, “folk” humor Finally. Steinbeck knows how the write If you liked “The Grapes sf Wrath", go hack and read his other books. “Tortilla Flats”, “In Dubious Battle*’, “Of Mire and Men”, and hi* volume sf excellent short stories. “The l-ong Valley" Another good “pretest" novelist ia Albert Hel per His best books. ‘Tto Fenadri" and ‘Tto ('hots” contain no heroes and no villains. Or. perhaps, the villain in both is capitalism, the hero is tto un quenrhable human spmt in poor people whose gen tlenesa. courage, humor, and general decency cannot be altogether crushed out, even by poverty, over work, and nor is I frustration la both of Helper» books, it is to be noted, the wealthy a* well a* the poor, tto owner* as well a* the woiker*. are de pic ted a* suffering from the *\*tem in which they are all equally entangled In tto “Htsd* l-snifan" trio of novels, Jame* Farrell writes about tto corner poolroom boy* in * lower middle class section of ('hicago Ik hat ihoik- you in those gnm ami absorbing stories is tto real isation that somehow America is failing to give to thousand* of its potentially decent youngster* any . thicj .dcreit to live for. to get ehfited about The natural consequence ta that their excitement ha* U> to nought throigfh not ton decent channel* Along with them- “protest" novelist* should perhaps to named John Do* PasSo* (“IJM#", “The Hig M>>r»e>"), toh* rt Cantwell ( The !an<l of Plen ty"), and Erskine Caldwell (“Toba+co Road". “South way*", “Trouble in July"). Alt<*g«dhei tto so-called “pniletai-an wnter*. more than anything. I think, give a man something that he can get hi* teeth into They *h< ek you They startle you They make you mad But (or therefore') they are good for you. They are all. 1 believe, social radical* Thev nearly all imply, if they don't say to. that only a clean *weep of rapitalam and all its works can rem edy the ill* that they depict But even if you don’t agree to their remedial measures, you need to know the condition* and tto people that they have *o honestly ami convincingly depicted If. like tto' writer, you are averao, both rationally and emotion ally, to revolutionary methods, the best way for u* all ts avert revolution is to get work**! up about tto condition* which, if left unheeded, might bring revolution down upon u* Every frustrated, under privileged American i* a potential henchman for the American HiUer, If and when he turn# up •y Batty 1 IM 'Thgy Must know we r« MiM wp—fhoy'rg tfiM talking about the 1 Brain Twisters By W 8. Mc( alley _ , .Jilt jj ZZ'l 7T r 7 W v f Bctardcy At tto Assembly Hall Drew, Andy Devine, Mill Harris, Is •The Biscuit Eater," a Satur and Rochester Not only Benny but day Evening Post BtWf, with BUI most sf bis radio troupe forsake Las aad CerdeU Hickman It li the microptoms ts doa tengaltoa a true to-lifs story of a spunky bats aad toad fer the wide opes little Georgia hoy who adopts tto spares, where they hare the Urns rent sf a thoroughbred Inter and of their life. The result ia lively sets out ta make him a champion entertainment when the buehame Tto boy aad bis darky pal suerssd mounts a horse aad rides the herd, far bettor than anyone expected, and Rochester steals the show as aad before long tto dospieod dog usual with aa inimitable imitatiea la a serious contender for first of Prod A stair Ita a “saga of tto place ia the thrilling fine! run-off sagebrush that* more wacky than of a field trial The picture waa wild.” . “filmed ea tto spot” In tto Georgia hunting country, aad colorful local character* were used in the sup porting roles If you love kids and If you love dog*, you'll surely like "The Biscuit Ester* “Waterloo Bridge." Vhrien Leigh’s second American film, star ung her with Robert Taylor, will be at tto Assembly Hall Wednesday and Thursday Mias I*tgh snd Tay lor are perfectly teamed as the romantic lover* in this tender story against a powerfully dramatic war background As Myra Lester, a petite ballet dancer, Mias lieigh displays a more charming and more sympathetic side of her personality WMAVS SHOW IM AT THE ASSEMBLY BALL SAturday—‘THE BIBTl'tT RATER" will Billy Lao. Cor- deU Hickman, and Helen MU lard Monday and Tueoday— “BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN" witk Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, Phil Hama, and Rochester Wednesday and Thursday —“WATERLOO BRIDGE" with Vivien Leigh and Rob ert Taylor. In a certain geographical region aroused by the stones he has heard th * n ^ in h * r **Merey there live two trtboa of Indians, them, so to inquire* In an- P er I or ™* nc * "f Scarlet 0 Hart tto Blarkfeet and tto Wh.tefeet * Wfrw * th * the firat In- T »y |or m * hm ^ ro,# 1^0(6 Proportion Of tw- t - w . dian indistinctly mumble* aome ** * young Bnu*h officer who s o aa ’ III Tto o met have tto somewhat ^ traveller cannot '"•‘‘‘t* th * ''ttl* dancer on historic A. ft Bl* otlMwIltB WlH monotonous characteristic that they ^ mrimi lndian m Waterloo Bridge during an air raid BeCOme Army OfflCerg alway* tell the truth, while tto his oar at this point and reports, • rMl lorM h " r ■» Brat sight latter have the *ame monotonous “H esatd. i am a Black foot’." He w ' n '' h *** rt ,n twenty four- Approviiuately one sixth of tto but more interesting characteristic Not to be outdone in this extended but th ry can enrollment of Texas A d M Cob that they never tell tto truth Mor» conversation, the third Indian ^ ml ‘ rrM * , **e is called back to the lege this yeai will be boy* who briefly, a statement made by a joined ia with, "The second Indian ,ront Th#,r miraculous re- are preparing themselves a* com- Blarkfoot i^ a true statement, is * Whitefoot." union at Waterloo StatuAi. when he missioned officer* for either the while . statement made by a Aauuaaiug that the *Utement Whitefoot is • false statement The only good Indian is . dead A traveller in this region come* Indian," is false upon a gioup of three Indians, but WHAT CAN YOU DETERMINE IS unable to tell, from their ap ABOUT THE TRIBES TO WHICH pea ranee, Ui ahich of the two tnb THE THREE INDIANS BELONG? e* they belong His curimity is (Answer on pag< 4) As the World Turns... H> Dr kl H Nelmm Pry an (’hamher Of Commerce Discusses Day-Student Ruling f 'he return* after being held in a prison regular United State* army or tto camp, brings their romance drm Officer’s Reserve Corps matically to s climax The remainder of the 4,000 *tu- Monday and Tuesday at the As- dent* will lie made up of th«**e tak- sembly Hall is ‘ Bark Benny Ride* mg the lasic military science cxiurse \gaie“ with Jar| fcmny. Ellen >n preparation for the advanced ♦ - f — course later, or those who have ovpr^ ied or will complete the ba nc co«l *< and be ready to serve a* non c<*nmis*iom‘d officers in a national emergency This Tdxa* institution furnished lengthy discussion if 'he rule appioximbtely 2,200 men, moat of countiea of New York City and in adopted by the board of diiector* th«. m codimiaaioned offrera, far India aill base sell |o«emairnt common with the Ktlv-Nash ma of Texas A i M College, delaying World Wpr 1 Sine* that time tto aftei the war i* over, according Ui chine in ( hicago. the t'nimp ma registration of <lay student* until college h«* ttaiiK-d s«>me 4.(R)0 wbu « promise which hat just been chine in Memphis, the political ma the dormitories had been filled, by have hcf*i rommiR*ioned by the made Thi* will probably open a '‘hiiM? of Bo»* Hague in New Jer- the director* of the B-yan and federal government Those 4.6011. In ^i'memWs leserve ** v 4nd other* of lesser prom Rrazo* County Chamber of Com addition to many of the one* who of man power to the mcnee throughout the country, has merce. resulterl in authorization served in the last conflict, are in British, ami will be hern a great supporter of Room for Ihessirnt Yeager to appoint a the age lipiits s* presetibed by Con- of g>eat imporUnee *h«' New (leal, for the committee to »«wk a modification grvs* and are prepared to take up in holding the Ear w p A New Deal or- of this ruling h ,* planner! for aim* and lead the army g">up* in East against Japan ireniiatmn* have given the political the rommitt-v to take this matter case of aitottor national emergency, and in holding Egypt t**”* ncate»t opportunity up a.th the A ft M toxrd „ ,, ^, 1|>v „ d , )y ^ #f ^ against Italy Of *" ^ *'*•»* of the natmn U> build Usl week the parent* of . num .ankmg nfficere that many of there course it will be *ev U P ^i' orfanixatkm* at the ex )* r ,,f day »|u lent*.held a meeting Text* boya, tiained by A ft M. t-ml month* before l*‘ n ** ,,f th c national treasury „ n d a c«>mitutt»-4* which included College, will l»e rallod into service the men can to *n The Great German attack on E H Astm and Rep W T Me to tram the youth of the country listed, trained ami England i* seemingly at hand and Donald called on President T O under the compulsory training pro- aimed for aervice in the United State* we are still Walton They were told by Dr, gram a* a further contribution of Tto Democratw Party kre turned fighting among ourselves a* to W alton that the tomni had adopt**! the Texas inatitution to the national to one of the big city political whether w# shall help England, the rule and that tto hands of defense program. bosses to succeed Jim Fartey as *nd if so, how much BUT THE College official* were tied. chairman of the Itemorratk Na GREATEST ARGUMENT IS The result of the ruling i* that tional ( ommittee Edward J Flynn WHETHER WE SHALL TRAIN day *tudenta who are making their has built up a powerful poltieaf ma AN ARMY NOW OR WAIT UN- „ wn WMy | kvlnr at 6.- m thui chme in the Bronx, one of the TIL W E ARE AT W AR retlunng cost of living, will not be able to plan definitely on attending years, due to increased merhani Texas A 4 M this year, unless xation and other change* in farm '* modified, method* While these are being displaced, tto farm population will Mexico places all her desperate Smaller Farms Encouraged By State Committee Whether or not Director Paul Baker of Baylor University intend* his play "Androcle* and the L»n«r by Bernard Shaw to be Interpreted a* a prophecy of an exaggerated possibility is not cer tain, but at least it w unusual. Tto suinroei thea ter's presentation is dated liMO and the Uaeaar persecuting tto Christian* » Hitler II Bon* of Rtaim, Muaaolim Goenng, and Garhels also have roles. Hitler anil make hi* sppearaace on tto *tage by a parachute landing - the parachute being an um brella given Hitler I in IMP by one Neville Cham herlatn be increased two million in excess criminals in the penal colony of of birth* over death* tto Marta* Islands off tto north- A meeting of a sub-committee. erT1 Pacific coast Sentences range Encouragement of smaller farms held last week in Dallas, worked from 10 year* to life on Mexico's to provide more homes on tto land <*»t details of county campaign* "DevU'a laland” for farmers who are now bemg wh * h * knOWT ' “ ' B '^ T * ^ J L Acres (arapaigns" Since farming farms on land that u not suR- diaptared by the trend to large . , . .. * more acres per man is causing the able for big scale operationa acreage has been postponed by the displacement, the committee pro It is many people on small farm* State land Use Planning (xnamit- p,**, produce more wealth op rather than a few people on big tea < hairman ».# this committee is »«mv. or fewer acres, there- farms that make for aelid busmesa. B* N- Yfilliamson. Director ot the f, trr ma |n nr “Rigger Acres". but there is an incentive that K«w«h». s^,*. n» .<*<* rm Mor , p„ m.r. th.n mo.v Ev.ry m " , “ <** TOUi-W" tmmrr . Ikt ,, oh „ M t|w link l.rm .h.t .. mBm4 up If You Require Lhuwen- You Need Them Now- To postpone the wearing of glasae* becauae of grouadle** prejudice ia to take risks with your eyes. Isn’t the matter worth your investigation? , Consult DR. J. W. PAYNE Optometriiit Manonie HWg Ph. Br. 35 Nett to Palace Theatre Mr. Cashion Is A Prince When M L ( ashion of tto Y M C. A. an nounead that any possible admission ta* that might to levied upon tto Assembly Hall would not affect tto telai admiaatoa charge, but would to a boor-bed by tto “Y", to proved again aomething that we already knew He is one prince of a fellow Tto wag of moat concerns wtof a sole* tax or a tax of similar nature is passed, they stuff this assessment m the consumer - public to pay. There are aome who might even go so far as to call Mr Caahmn $ “chump" fur aot doing tto same thing After all why should to suffer looses when no oae sine does * We believe that when all is said aad dare. Mr Caahioa's psychology will prove to work out tost Cast your bread upon tto water* and it will return two-fold That we appreciate hi* effort ta be a help ta as Aggie* it voiced hy ere cadet whs said, “I think that waa darn white of him. aad to wre’t last lass money on that deal, either " site of the farms, but in tto ' n • bigger one mean* a family Engineering student* are famous for their mathematical approach to all phases of life and University of Minnesota engineerp are no exesption They’ve started a move to publish a list of all jokes used by their professor*, a list that will elaaaify and number nil wisecracks and favorite stories of tto pedagogue* Chief reason for tto project is that it will to a time-saver fer all con rented, for in tto future professor* will merely give tto number of their joke when they foel tto mo meat has arrhtyd to sptee their lecture* with e touch of levity Tlatee-heve changed note Back in 17W rules of Hampden-Bydney (allege, we find “tto student* of the college prohibited from attending or hy any aaeaas being seen at any fives battery or any other place where sporting or game* are carried ea " Wonder if Chisago's President Hutchins has tto reme idea? It has here found at tto University of Mirkigaa that tier* is re much correiatkm between tto marks of the father and hie are re there is between tto marks a student make# ia kigli school aad W.P.A. la causing confusion la collogoiaad as wall as hi the Halle e# Congress. Recently a W P A. worker at the University of Oregon ret a telephone cable when he thought he mas removing aa eld aremhmre *11 nm f W^m^Was f ixp#wto4 t r ■ - — -A *vrexa c * • sia^tea wary • vi nanWWmt“f “ WHO tariea to deOeor written or verbal message* by naaa- of local land use planning commit teos. which have been established (rf worklng ^ ^ „ t ^ nft gnd ^ ^ in prarti.ll, every wunt, in tto ^rupoasa a system such ^ every mrt of “iam ”. as would “not sell oats m tto Tto rom|>leted plaftwlll he pre rmw !,„( wo uld convert oats into aented at a m.etmgVJf tto aUt* mlU an d j BU> ^ ii9T and committee to be held in Tempi* #nd to do it on the farm or thm month Tto state committee is whwW tto fanner will get tto composed of 14 termers represent pn.fjr The committee say* it mg tto varteu* faming areas <>f dor* not assume to know tto de Treaa and of ll representative. Ulli ^ ^ hlfh iha „ ^ ^ of federal and state agencies eon- oomph*hed, but that II ia known corned with land uae that in every county ef Texas a Tto plan proposed is exploratory, few termer* are making a good for the purpose of discovering living on a comparatively small termers who are making a food acreage We prepose to discover living on a comparatively small who they are and how they are acreage and ef pub!icing their ma- doing It and to hold up their ex- theda Chambers of Com mere*, ample for others to follow, newapapera. and other institution* fUporU of the current census are called upon to cooperate hare shewn that Oklahoma loot Tto reuse ter this action is oh- tt.0M term* during tto past ten vioue, in view of farmer* being year* and the indication* are that ferred off tto land at the tome Tens, far which the figures have time that tto citiee are reusing t* not toen announced, lost also, absorb the surplus 1 AM,000 heads though not ae heavily. The lose in ef farm families are whetty or par- farm* was heaviest In the wee- t tally unemployed today, and the tort counties. Many of the east Department ef Agriculture esti- era counties actually show small mate* 400.900 who now hare jobs gains. The eastern counties still will leas them within the next tea offer aa opportunity for small RK,D Worth ^ SHOUTING ABOUT! iUhlly enjoyable meals nerved piping hot aa thg cook intended them to be nt— a CHEF JOHN’S STEAKH0USE 0* Hifkwmy N*. « .. USE Mobilgas FOR FULL POWER- LONG MILEAGE Drive in at oar ngn of the Ply. in| Red Hone far • tankful ef Mabil'M. Youll like the quick response , . . smooth tcceiert- («n . ... full power aad k»| mileage that M >bil|*t fire*, la traBc, or an the highway, Mo. biigae deliver! Bdmcti hr. ftmmrt. Let ua fill'or up with hfobilgaa, today! ' AGGIELAND Service Station Kart LaU • Hh. 41 Ins 14 Hour Service