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T Page 4 -- 1 *— The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the city of College Station, is published three times weekly from September to June, issued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; also it is published weekly from June through August. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon request. ' Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. Bob Nisbet Editor-in-Chief Keith Hubbard ....Advertising Manager George Fuermann. Associate Editor Hub Johnson Sports Editor Bob Myers Senior Sports Assistant Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager Phil Golman. Staff Photographer Pete Tumlinson Staff Artist Earle A. Shields Managing Editor Billy Clarkson Managing Editor Editor’s Note: Staff organization will be completed after the first staff meeting, and the masthead will carry the complete staff as soon thereafter as is possible. Use the Open Forum The idea of an Open Forum for the expression of student opinion is not a new one. Almost as long as the paper has been in existence there has been an inlet to the editorial column for free and frank discussion of problems that beset us all. However, only a few students each year have taken advantage of this opportunity. This school and this paper are not letter-perfect —that is impossible. We welcome comment and criticism, and will print anything that is not vulgar or libelous. To contribute to the Open Forum, one should organize his ideas into effective order, write them out into as correct English as possible, and bring them to The Battalion office or to roorfi 117 in dormitory number 11. Students have opinions; we know that. Not to express these opinions is futile. Without expression, an opinion might as well not be held as far as ac complishing anything is concerned. Too, college officials and faculty members are interested in what the students are thinking about, and how we students fell on various subjects. They are more concerned about the students’ welfare, than most of us realize. If you fail to use the Open Forum, then you must suffer in silence. Keep Off the Grass Sidewalks are for freshmen—in the new area! In fact it is imperative that we impress upon the men who are here for the first year the great need of using these sidewalks and giving the grass just half a chance to grow. Upperclassmen remember the difficult time ex perienced in trying to get grass to grow in the yards of the new area during the last school year. Grass and shrubs were planted and replanted only to be trampled by hundreds of walking feet; side walks were built during the Christmas holidays, but they were disregarded. These walks were laid diagonally and on paths most likely to. catch the needs of room-to-class traffic, and were altogether efficient, but somehow these walks were not used enough because the grass was never forthcoming. Perhaps the problem was somewhat psychologi cal. If there had been some grass growing, the stu dents wouldn’t have walked on the area; if the stu dents hadn’t walked on the area there would have been some grass growing. Cause and effect. During the summer, the Landscape Art Depart ment under the direction of F. W. Hensel has spent many hours and much money improving the appear ance of the new dormitories. They have been con verted from naked buildings in a sea of sand to picturesque dwellings set among trees and flowers. They are pretty now, but when the vines that have been planted begin to cover the walls, they will be truly beautiful. For many years Texas A. & M. has enjoyed the reputation of having one of the most attractive campuses in the nation—and why not? We do almost all the work ourselves through student labor, and we are justly proud of this distinction. The upperclassmen on the campus desire to maintain this reputation, and will insist upon the cooperation from the class of ’44. Educational Preparation For several years we have heard a lot about unpreparedness; not just in a military sense, but in regard to education of youth. We have heard that millions of young Americans are graduating each year from high schools and colleges, totally unequip ped and unprepared for a future in the modern in dustrial and professional world. The main question seems to be in matching a person’s inborn abilities and talents with his training. To find the right profession, the right business, the right place in the world—this is one of the problems youth is to solve. Those not so fortunate as to have discovered their chosen field must seek advice from older and more experienced men and women who are able to tell a young person just what abilities and training are required for the job in which he wishes to succeed. This is one of the primary purposes and goals of Harm’s orientation program—helping youth decide "What job I am fit for; what work I can do best?” This problem of selecting vocation and study is suggestive of the person trying to select out of a great number the lock to which he has the key—a hard job in itself, but one made even more difficult when it must be accomplished in a darkened place. This again is the object of guidance, the “guiding light” to show to students the proper mental, phy sical, and study habits, the most useful courses of study, and the proper views to be taken by the stu dent toward his work. The orientation program should not be looked upon as only another torture to which freshmen are put. Rather should it be thought of as a light to help each person find the lock his key will fit, the answer to each ambitious young American’s ques tion—“What job am I fit for; what work can I do best?" —The Wichitan THE BATTALION Frank Loving Presents; I Heard the Preacher Say .. BY REV. NORMAN ANDERSON Pastor, First Presbyterian Church The desire for freedom is in the air. It has always been in the air. It is a natural expression of the human spirit which has molded our institutions of government and religion, and it constitutes the unconscious background of our thinking. Any threat to freedom at once creates anxiety which in turn gives rise to a revaluation of it. Any major enlarge ment of freedom is prone to intoxicate and give rise to its abuse. Unlike the recent trend in world affairs the freedom of young men when they become college students is not threatened but vastly enlarged. It is a good time to re-examine its implications to avoid abusing it, because it has been enlarged this week to such an extent that it may stagger us. In fact the freedom that now has come to us is an indication that we are arriving at that point in life when we take on aspects of maturity, the maturity of self direction. The question is, what shall I do with my free dom? And I am conscious that I am free to answer that question and free to pursue my answer with my life. Our choices become prophetic of our destiny, and the exercise of our freedom determines our choices. We know we are free to study or not; we are free to be loyal to folks at home, to make fine friends, to keep our conversations clean, to be loyal to our ideals, to develop all those powers that we are so rapidly discovering within us; free to explore the field of religion and to find God and the deeper spiritual values. God hs put great faith in us in giving us freedom because it is such a great power either for good or ill according as we use it. Paul has this bit of advice for us in I Cor. 7:21. He says if you have freedom, make it useful. As the World Turns. lyui Nelson BY AL B. NELSON The French surrendered in the belief that Eng land must immediately follow their example, that the war would be over, and that the French people would be safe from the horrors of war. Now their last condition is worse than the first for they are under the control of an enemy who takes their food w for himself, carries their working IppI men and women away into the slav ery of forced labor, and their cities are being destroyed by the former ally whom they betrayed. The men at the head of the U. S. Government seem unable to decide up on a definite policy to be followed. Congress has passed and is passing measures to manufacturers from making much profit on their war contracts while at the same time gov ernmental pressure is being exerted to prevent the Dep’t. of Justice from filing suits against the big oil companies for violations of the anti-trust laws. Both contradictory policies are in the name of NATIONAL DEFENSE. Men cannot set their own price for their own work but the influential oil companies can illegally combine to gyp the consumer out of millions of dollars without restraint from men sworn to enforce the law. v After seven years of the New Deal, after we have been assured that the depression is a thing of the past, the W.P.A. is adding hundreds of thou sands of men and women to its rolls, mostly in states which are politically doubtful. If the voters do not already realize that this is national election year the above fact would be sufficient to remind them. A news flash just bring the information that the little nation of Luxemburg no long exists. Con quered by Germany along with Belgium and Hol land it has been formally absorbed into the German nation. This nation was less than a thousand square miles in extent (about the size of a small Texas county) but it has valuable iron ore deposits. Consumer costs to rise this winter, meats, other foods, autos, clothing, etc. Over-all living costs are expected to rise from 2 per cent to 5 per cent. Sal aries are not scheduled to rise in proportion however. The oldest city in the United States (St. Augus tin, Fla.), founded forty-two years before James town, celebrated its three hundred and seventy-fifth birthday this month. A Georgia mob lynched another negro the other day, breaking into jail to get to him. This was the sixth lynching of the year for the nation as a whole and four of the six were in Georgia. In the face of this and similar illegal acts some people still contend that the “voice of the people is the voice of God.” Douglas Hyde, first president of Eire (Ireland), was once interim professor of modem languages at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Brain Twisters By Bob Nisbet Time for the 1940 census came around, and Jones, the county cen sus-taker began his rounds. When he came to Farmer Smith’s house, he found him in a dark mood, and since he was a trifle deaf any way, Jones was having his diffi culties in obtaining the informa tion he desired. He found it was easy to find out his correct name, and the num ber of children. His land acreage was 900 easy enough. But when he came to the question of ages, it seemed as though old-man Smith had been framing up on the census taker. According to Smith the sum of his and his wife’s ages was 91 years. Also he is twice as old as his wife was when he was as old as she is now. Smith argued and argued, but that was all the information that he could wrangle out of the old man. Hoping to force Smith to give him the figures, Jones sent the whole matter to Washington, D. C. When the reply came back, some bright secretary had sent the answer, giving both the age of the farmer and his wife. If you think that you can solve the problem, perhaps you can get a job in Washington. WHAT ARE THE RESPECTIVE AGES OF FARMER SMITH AND HIS WIFE? (Answer Tuesday) "cMovit tfewmr' By Tom Gillis Even if classes do begin full blast on Monday and Tuesday, there is a show coming which should be a ‘must see’ for those who have not enjoyed it before. The story is that of the famous “LILLIAN RUSSELL,” the sing er who endeared herself to mil lions as she sang her way across this continent and Europe in the 1880’s. So great was her success that President Cleveland had her sing especially for him over the long distance telephone, a new fangled toy at that time. “Lillian Russell’ is lavisly pro duced and well-filmed to show the pomp and poverty of the stage at that time. Lovely Alice Faye has the singing part of the main char acter, and some of her clothes are the best that money and fashion could produce at that time. After a hard struggle upward in the show business, Miss Faye looses her job because her composer-husband, Don Ameche, gets mad at her producers. Then comes poverty, another mem ber of the family, and the death of Ameche. As she begins her climb to the top again, Miss Faye re ceives the attentions of Warren Wiliam and Edward Arnold, and Arnold is really at his best play ing this part as Diamond Jim Brady. But Henry Fonda, a strug gling newspaper reporter, finally brings her happiness. The stars of this production are tops, and such good singing as Miss Faye demonstrates, helps to make the whole show worth while. Among the songs she sings are “After the Ball is Over,” “The Band Played On,” and “Blue Love Bird.” The most striking character of the show, however, is Edward Arnold as Diamond Jim Brady. “MY LOVE CAME BACK” is a swing show with all its main char acters in entirely new type roles for each of the actors concerned. Olivia deHavilland has never be fore played a frivolous little girl with a violin, and neither have Jef frey Lynn nor Eddie Albert had any musical roles before. In “My Love Came Back” Lynn and Albert have a swing band and Olivia is a violin student. After hectic exper iences and scandals, Olivia is star red in the band’s performance and things settle down. A cute little eye-full also in the cast is pert June Wyman, an effervescent blond with a figure like you see on barber shop calendars. Humble Again Will Broadcast Southwest Games It was today announced that the Humble Oil & Refining Company will again broadcast football games of Southwest Conference teams during the 1940 season. This year makes the sixth consecutive year in which the Humble Company has brought the games by radio to foot ball fans throughout the state. Humble has retained a competent staff of announcers to handle play- by-play details of the games. This staff is headed by Kern Tips of Houston, acknowledged to be one of the two or three best football an nouncers in the United States; and includes Cy Leland, who made the all-America team in his playing days at T. C. U.; Hal Thompson of Dallas;’Eddie Dunn formerly of Dallas, now of Chicago; Ves Box of Dallas, and others. Work of the play-by-play men will be supple mented on the broadcasts by spe cial announcers to handle the vivid color which is afeature of every football game. These men,, particu larly trained in the work, include some of the best known radio per sonalities of the state. In order that the broadcasts may be carried to every corner of Texas, the Humble Company will utilize wide spread networks of radio sta tions. The broadcast schedule will include all conference games and many other games to be played by conference teams against outstand ing non-conference opponents. -SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1940 To date, only one of the 300,000 “draft dodgers” in the country dur ing the World War is still in jail according to report by justice de partment officials. He is Grover Cleveland Bergdol. * » •comfoai ii $2.98 Some folks worry so much about getting ready for that dainy day that they can’t enjoy the sunny ones. WHATS SHOWING AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday 6:45 & 8:30: MY LOVE CAME BACK, featur ing Olivia DeHavilland, Jef frey Lynn, Eddie Albert, and Jane Wyman. Monday, Tuesday 3:30 & 6:45: LILLIAN RUSSELL, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Ed ward Arnold, Warren Wil liam, and Leo Carrillo. AT THE CAMPUS Saturday: DANGER ON WHEELS, with Richard Ar- len, Andy Devine, and Peggy Moran. Sunday & Monday: GREEN HELL, starring Joan Ben nett, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. other prof here in the Mechani cal Engineering Department, whose last name is Nelson and whose nickname is Al; and their mail, laundry, etc., frequently are sent to the wrong Nelson, some times causing much puzzlement for the recipient. And to make matters a little worse, there is another Nel son in the History Department— M. F. Nelson—and a fourth A. & M. prof by the name of Nelson— T. R.—teaching in the Mathematics Department. Having the same last name causes many a perplexing mix-up. $4.98 FRIEDMAN- SHELBY'S reputation for a combination of Comfort, Style and Service is truly ex pressed jn this season's patterns. Try on a pair of FRIEDMAN . SHELBY Comfort Shoes today. A LEWIS SHOE STORE 105 N. Main Bryan Columnist Al B. Nelson Begins Second Year Writing “World Turns” .'JEamubui.. HOME AND BACK BY Railway Express! ggq Headquarters of the International Labor office have been temporarily transferred from Geneva, Switzerland, to McGill University, Montreal. Cameron Bradley of Southboro, Mass., a recent Harvard graduate and vice president of the Veteran Motor Car Club of America, spends his spare time collecting old automobiles. He has 16 pre-1910 models. A doctor’s degree without a sin gle day of high school attendance! This is the record of Dr. Al B. Nelson, professor of history at A. & M. and The Summer Battalion’s current events columnist who is the author of the weekly column, “As The World Turns ...” Dr. Nelson was born in Dallas, Texas, and received his public school education in that city. When he reached the sixth grade he was forced to quit school and get a job. During the next several years he worked at everything from office boy to private detective. Finally he was able to go back to school to work for a college de gree. After taking entrance ex aminations, he entered T. C. U., where he became interested in his tory and received his bachelor and master of arts degrees. In 1933 he went to the Univer sity of California, where he served as head teaching and research as sistant in the history department. In 1936 he received his Ph.D. from that institution. A true Texan, Dr. Nelson was discontented outside of his home state, and in 1937 he came to Texas A. & M. Although he professes to care little for organizations, Dr. Nelson is a Mason and a member of the American Associaiton of Univer sity Professors, the Southwestern Committee on Latin American Cul ture, and the Texas History As sociation. His hobby is photo graphy. He and Mrs. Nelson have traveled extensively, and on these trips he has taken as many as two or three thousand pictures, many of which he makes into slides. His photography is of practical value also; in his office are box after box of photographs of historical docu ments, ranging from the Declara tion of Independence to the Mexi can census of 1756. His greatest interest lies in the history of Mexico and the border, and he has written several articles relating to the history of this reg ion. Dr. and Mrs. Nelson, not so long ago, built a new home in Col lege Park, for which he was archi tect, head electrician, and “can- vas-putter-onner.” His first name, he insists, is “Al” and nothing more—not “Al bert” or “Alfred.” Of late he’s been having name troubles. There’s an- Direct as a "touchdown pass” is the campus-to-home laundry service offered by RAILWAY EXPRESS. We call for your laundry, take it home... and then bring it back to you at your college address. It’s as quick and convenient as that! You may send your laundry prepaid or collect, as you prefer. Low rates include calling for and delivering in all cities and principal towns. Use RAILWAY EXPRESS, too, for swift shipment of all packages and luggage. Just phone SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT Phone 9 College Station, Texas RAILWAlgyEXPRE S S AGENCY INC. NATION-WIDE RAIL-AIR SERVICE UMIMWIIIIW New girls’ dormitories are being opened this month by the University of Missouri at Columbia. Professor Dan J. Kays of Ohio State University has worn the same pair of bowling shoes for 27 years. Rutgers (N. J.) University men defeated a New Jersey College for Women team in a cooking contest. Andrew Mellon’s $750,000 mansion and seven acres of land have been given to Pennsylvania Col lege for Women, whose nine-acre campus adjoins the Melon estate in Pittsburgh’s fashionable East end. Tests at Massachusetts Institute of Technology show that molasses heads the list of iron-containing foods with about 6.1 usable parts per 100,000, by weight. Beef liver and oatmeal are second and third. For A Good Time and Better Food, Visit Us Often COME OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELF DANCING— THE WILL0W00D Between Bryan and College FISH WEEK SPECIALS I.E.S. Lamps - Clocks A. & M. Stationery - Brooms Window Shades - Tennis Shoes School Supplies - Waste Baskets Electrical Supplies - Regulation Socks Military Shirts - Ties - Belts Tan Socks - School Supplies CAMPOS VARIETY STORE NORTH GATE , »