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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1S4G
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Hechanical 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-cAss 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
4-6444.
Bob Nisbet Editor-in-Chief
Keith Hubbard Advertising Manager
George Fuermann Associate Editor
Hub Johnson Sports Editor
Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager
Phil Golman Staff Photographer
Pete Tumlinson Staff Artist
J. B. Pierce Editorial Assistant
T. R. Vannoy Editorial Assistant
SATURDAY’S STAFF
Earle A. Shields, Jr Managing Editor
T. R. Harrison - Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
W. O. Brimberry R. B. Pearce W. C. Carter
Sports Staff
Bob Myers Assistant Sports Editor
Jack Hollimon Junior Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford Sports Assistant
Reportorial Staff
Bill Amis, Charles Babcock, Don Corley, W. F. Keith,
Z. A. McReynolds, Jack Nelson, L. B. TenUison
The Old Spirit
THAT OLD AGGIE SPIRIT is back again. You
you can see it in every cadet’s face; you can feel it in
the air. It’s back and it’s back to stay.
The boys are talking football, and they’re not
talking Rose Bowl or any bowl; neither are they
discussing Texas, SMU, or any of the rest. The
topic of conversation is Tulsa and Tulsa only. That’s
the way it should be.
The butterflys are back fluttering around in the
pits of our stomachs, and chills and goose-bumps
are still chasing each other up and down our spinal
columns when the Band breaks into “Goodbye to
Texas.”
Yes, the old spirit is back. There’s nothing like
It anywhere else. There’s no school like A. & M.
Call Them By Name
NAMEPLATES HAVE BEEN attached to the dor
mitories in the new area. This is a step taken for
the better and none too soon.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea if we began to call
these halls by their names now that we know them.
For instance, “Harrington Hall” is much better
than No. 11. No. 11 sounds something like the name
of one of the barracks at the state prison rather
than a dormitory of the world’s largest school for
boys.
We would suggest that henceforth in official
announcements from the Military Department and
elsewhere that these hall be given their proper
names.
The sooner the numbers can be dropped, the
better.
OPEN FORUM
The agricultural students at the A. and M. Col
lege of Texas have organized an association for the
purpose of publishing a student magazine to be
known as the Texas A. and M. Agriculturalist. The
first issue will appear October 80.
The indications are that there will be some
twelve or fifteen hundred student subscribers, a con
siderable number of the agricultural faculty, county
agents, vocational agricultural teachers, Soil Conser
vation and Farm Security workers. There should be
a subscription list of over two thousand students and
trained agricultural workers.
The students come from practically every sec
tion of Texas, and quite a few come from foreign
countries.
I strongly endorse this publication. I believe it
should offer a good medium of advertisement for
business concerns related to agriculture. I am anx
ious to see the publication successfully financed,
because I believe it means much towards the proper
training of agricultural students for agricultural
leadership.
Cadet Captain J. R. Button, senior agricultural
student, is business manager of this publication.
Cadet Captain Tom Power, also a senior agricultural
student, is editor.
E. J. KYLE,
Dean, School of Agriculture
It seems we have in our midst a few who do
not realize the full significance of our National
Anthem, or the respect which should be shown
it. The other night at the Junior meeting in Guion
Hall, called for the purpose of electing officers, an
incident occurred which should make every person
worthy of the name of “American” ashamed of its
perpetrators.
Here’s how it happened. The candidates had been
nominated, and the votes were to be cast by stand
ing. One of the candidates was a member of the
band. When his name was called, a few members of
the band—juniors at that—started playing the Na
tional Anthem. Of course this was meant to be a
joke, as it can be seen, since no legal vote could be
taken this way, but the idea of anyone using the
nation's most sacred song for the purpose of get
ting a laugh rankles in our breasts.
The Aggie Band is an organization that is
looked up to by each and every one of us, but such
acts can accomplish nothing except to give it a bad
name. The band as a whole is not to blame; the
guilty ones numbered only a few, but those few, and
others like them who might follow, are capable of
putting a stigma on the name of one of the corps’
most prized possessions.
The National Anthem, like the flag, is a symbol
of our nation, and should be shown the utmost
respect and reverence. When an American citizen
fails to do this, he is broadcasting the fact that
he is not proud of his country, and that he is, in
the parlance of the Aggies, a “two percenter”.
We sincerely hope that this thoughtless act will
never be re-enacted, either on this campus, or
in this country.
Charles J. Flynn, *92
FRANK LOVING PRESENTS:
/ Heard the Preacher Say
By REV. R. C. HAUSER, JR.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
From the present outlook it appears tltet this na
tion will be experiencing active participation in one
or more of the international conflicts in a very short
time, and if this prediction holds true, it is obvious
that it will affect the lives of all of us, particularly
the lives of a big majority of the students and the
male residents of this college community, to say
nothing of the effect it will have on those “left
behind”.
Whatever the real, underlying causes may be
for our active participation, the main cry will be
that we are “fighting to save democracy”.
Well, democracy is a thing that is worth fight
ing for, but I often wonder how many of us real
ize the full meaning of that kind of system of gov
ernment. When the question is asked, “What is
democracy?”, the main thesis in most of the ans
wers is based entirely on freedom. Surely freedom
is one of the best fruits that we receive from the
tree of democracy, but in order to continue to bear
fruit, the tree must have strong and stable roots.
And probably the main or “tap” root of democracy
is found in the development of a sense of responsi
bility on the part of the people who make up that
democracy.
A democracy pre-supposes that the people shall
develop a sense of responsibility in order that they
may be capable of self-government. A definite con
trast can be witnessed in a military set-up where
responsibility is imposed on the individual from
above.
Since the formation of our government, we have
been witnessing an increase in the scope of Federal
bureaucracy in this nation at an astounding rate.
“In the last 140 years our national population has
multiplied by 25. But the machinery of federal
government, as measured by administrative per
sonnel, has multiplied by the astounding figure of
17,950—more than 700 times faster than the popu
lation”—from “The Dead Hand of Bureaucracy”
by Lawrence Sullivan.
Every inroad that the Federal government
makes on the rights of the states and the rights
of the individual nips another bite out of the fruit
of freedom, whether we realize it at the moment
or not. And today, the federal government virtually
controls, either directly or indirectly, the lives of
almost all groups of the population—i, e., business
men, farmers, laborers, etc.
I maintain this control has been possible be
cause we have failed, individually and collectively,
to develop a sense of responsibility.
In this column, I mentioned these things, because
Christianity not only emphasizes the value of indi
vidual freedom, but it seeks from beginning to end
to encourage the individual to accept his responsi
bility toward God and toward his fellow-man, free
ly and without undue pressure from anyone. The
price of neglect is the loss of the fruit of freedom.
A sense of responsibility can be increased and
developed in the life of any normal individual, and
a College is an excellent “developing ground”. Whe
ther we fight or not isn’t the ultimate answer to
the question of “Will democracy be saved?”—for
freedom can only be maintained, indeed, can only
be regained when a vast majority of the people
of this nation proved that they can work out their
own destiny with the help of God; that they will
accept personal responsibility, rather than yielding
that privilege to a precious few.
As the World Turns.
By DR. AL B. NELSON
A new wave of propaganda from Germany and
her satellites may be expected in the next few
weeks. This will have a two-fold purpose; in the
first place it is needed as a cover for the failure to
destroy England before winter weather, and its
secondary purpose will be to screen Germany’s
plans for the future.
w The announcement of the al
liance between Japan and the Axis
powers was a psychological blun
der upon their part. It brought
about no real change in the actual
state of affairs but it is a real
aid to the United States and Eng
land in revealing the real hatred
- and hostility which these nations
expressed toward the U. S. The
open threats will force the United
States to draw closer to England.
An immediate reaction to this unconcealed Axis
hostility was the announcement from Washington of
the formation of an Atlantic fleet of the United
States navy. The new fleet will be composed of some
old battleships, reconditioned world war destroyers,
some new ships recently launched, plus some mer
chant and pleasure boats purchased for naval use.
It was stated that the Pacific would be maintained
at full strength.
Mr. Wallace, vice-presidential nominee on the
Democratic ticket (though a life-long Republican),
recently charged Willkie with leading the party of
appeasement. This is interesting in view of the fact
that Willkie is the only one of the four chief can
didates for the presidency and vice-presidency who
has served his country as a soldier in time of war.
He has also been outspoken in his opposition to ap
peasement.
In speaking of appeasement news, it is curious
to note that there has been a great increase in ship
ments of oil and oil well supplies to Russia from
the U. S., and Russia is believed to have largely in
creased shipments of oil to Germany. We are at
tempting to influence Russia to adopt a more
friendly attitude toward us. Additional gasoline and
oil is still going to Japan to power her warplanes.
There are two good articles in the latest issue
of COSMOPOLITAN magazine. One of the articles
reveals fifth column activities in the United States
and the other, by Stuart Chase, discusses our re
lationship with the Latin American countries.
BACKWASH
Bu
George Fuermann
Nelson
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
The Aggie way of doing things
is the best way!
The fellow who said that Aggie
Spirit is “Just another college tra
dition” is like the one who thinks
the sun might not rise tomorrow
morning — he’s
wrong. Bring him
around sometime,
and if he spends
the daylight half of
twenty-four hours
on the A. & M.
campus, he’ll soon
learn that this
thing called Aggie
Spirit is as much
Fuermann & ^ Qf & Texag
Aggie as is his heart.
The Aggie religion—whatever it
is—is a pretty good one. So is any
religion that preaches a doctrine
similar to the Aggie way of doing
things. Let a single cadet be in dis
tress and the whole corps of the
worlds largest men’s college is
staunch behind him. And there’s
20,000 forrper students who stand
just as ready to do their share and
have their part in th*e Aggie way
of doing things.
•
It all got started back in 1876
when 107 students became the first
Texas Aggies . . . The first to live
according to the Aggie way of
things . . . The ones who laid the
foundation for the now world-fa
mous Aggie Spirit. Gathright to
Walton, 13 A. & M. presidents have
watched the 64 year growth of an
Aggie Spirit that is without parallel
anywhere else in the world.
•
It reached a climax last May
when an Aggie needed help. George
Stidham was his name. He broke
his back in an accident. He was
working his way through college
and had no money for the expen
sive treatment necessary to save
his life.
George was immediately taken
to a Houston hospital and placed
in care of a specialist. Three days
later a check for $1,200 was de
posited in A. & M.’s Fiscal De
partment to take care of the in
jured cadet. The money came from
the corps—the result of a three-
day drive for funds.
•
George was in bed for three
months. Then he began to walk a
little; his condition continued to
improve. A few nights ago another
chapter in the history of Aggie
Spirit was closed when George ap
peared at yell practice and thank
ed the corps for what it had done.
•
“True to each other as Aggies
can be” are words famous to any
Aggie or anyone familiar with
“The Spirit of Aggieland.” Those
words have a real kick in them.
They’re the heart of the Aggie way
of doing things.
Adam and the last shot in the
feature when Carey fixed every
thing and comes in as Santa Claus.
Cary Grant and Irene Dunn make
a very delightful pair for a com
edy. Although this picture only
reverses the situation used in “Too
Many Husbands,” the laughs are
different enough to be worth see
ing.
“FOUR SONS” is a somewhat
depressing feature which attempts
to discover the psychology that
makes fifth columnists possible.
The story is laid in Czechoslovakia
during the rise of the Nazi party.
The Sudeten family is carried along
in the Nazi rush and destroyed by
the discipline and nerve shatter
ing methods. Don Ameche, the eld
est son, kills one of the brothers
and conscription and power poll-
itics break up the remainder of the
family group. Their mother, Eu
genie Leontovich, suffers, but nev
er really quite understands what is
causing all the trouble.
This is another anti-Nazi pic
ture in the group which are being
released in increasing numbers.
This feature will make you think
a little and make you sing a little
louder the next time you join in
a chorus of “God Bless America.”
One half million farm families
in the United Sates are going to
eat home-grown, quick-frozen foods
this winter because of cold storage
lockers.
BRAIN TWISTER
Here is a problem for freshmen
who are beginning their college
mathematics.
A man had three sons. When he
died, he left seventeen horses and
willed them to these three sons.
In his will he specified that the
oldest boy was to get one-half of
the horses; the middle son was to
get one third of the horses and
the youngest son was to get one-
ninth of the horses. When the boys
attempted the division of the horses
and found that it would not work,
the quarreled.
A wise neighbor rode up and the
boys appealed to him to settle the
dispute. The neighbor was able to
give each boy his correct share.
How did he do it?
(Answer on Page 4)
Full Line
of
Sheaffer Pens
at
AGGIELAND
Pharmacy
By Tom Gillis
The Aggies not able to attend
the San Antonio game have been
plentifully supplied with good mov
ie entertainment for the weekend
and they won’t be able to go any
where within the next two days
and not see a jam-up good show.
Tops for the whole list is “ABE
LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS” from
the Pultizer Prize play by that
name. Old homely Raymond Mas
sey plays the masterful part of
the Emancipator, and such a good
job does he do that you really
think he could be Abe himself.
Gene Lockhart plays the ambitious
Stephen Douglas whose political
career clashes with Lincoln’s all
the way through the picture.
To tell the story would be to give
a 90 minute biography of Lincoln’s
life up to the time he became pres
ident. The picture presents him as
a man whose destiny sought him
out and forced him to go upward,
not as an ambitious man who chas
ed his destiny down and then rode
over it. Although he was raised in
ignorance, his homely philosophy
enables him to get the better of
any situation, as you will note in
the show. This feature is unquali
fiedly recommended to all as being
a picture not to miss, regardless
of the time and trouble necessary
to see it.
The midnight show at the Cam
pus has beautiful Irene Dunn again
in one of her comedy roles. “MY
FAVORITE WIFE” is the femi
nine counterpart of the old Enoch
Arden story; this time Irene com
es home to find hubby Cary Grant
married to another woman. Not
even her children recognize her
and refuse to talk to her because
she is a stranger. A hotel farce
is part of the script as Cary takes
his second wife on the honeymoon
and wife no. 1 comes to the same
hotel. Two high spots for comedy
in the show are when Cary finds
that Irene has been wrecked on an
island for seven years with husky
Randolph Scott whom she calls
WHA r FS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday 12:30 — “ABE
LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS,”
starring Raymond Massey,
Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon,
and Mary Howard.
Saturday 6:45 & 8:30—
“FOUR SONS,” with Don
Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich,
Mary Beth Hughes, Alan
Curtis, and George Ernest.
Monday 3:30 & 6:45—“TIL
WE MEET AGAIN,” featur
ing Merle Oberon, George
Brent, Pat O’Brien, Geraldine
Fitzgerald, and Binnie Barn
es.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—“LEGION OF
LOST FLIERS,” with Rich
ard Arlen, Andy Devine, and
Ann Nagel.
Slaturday midnight, Sun
day, Monday — “MY FA
VORITE WIFE,” starring
Irene Dunn, Cary Grant,
Randolph Scott, and Gail
Patrick.
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