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THE BATTALION
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
] Mechanical Colleg
j published three t
Tuesday, Thursday,
j 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.
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at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-5444.
Bob Nisbet
Keith Hubbard
George Fuermann
Hub Johnson
Tommy Henderson
Phil Golman
Pete Tumlinson ....
J. B. Pierce
T. R. Vannoy
Editor-in-Chief
Advertising Manager
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
. Circulation Manager
.. Staff Photographer
Staff Artist
..... Editorial Assistant
.... Editorial Assistant
SATURDAY’S STAFF
Earle A. Shields, Jr. Managing Editor
T. R. Harrison 1 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. Tennison.
About National News
FREQUENTLY THERE COMES to the attention
of The Battalion from syndicates and other college
publications the claim of a need for state and na
tional news tie-in for college newspapers. Without
contradicting the statements made by other expres
sionists, it seems wise to lay down the principles
of this publication in regards to such an idea.
This newspaper is a college publication, first,
last and always, and its readers are almost alto
gether college students and instructors. In no way
is it trying to compete with local dailies or state
papers in the coverage of news or editorial matter.
Its purpose is to report news of the college to mem
bers of the college. State and national news, this
paper leaves to the state and national newspapers.
The Battalion has no desire and no financial abil
ity to cover state news other than that directly con-
concerning or of particular interest to the college.
It is admitted that certain college publications
make an attempt at competition with their local
papers at coverage of state as well as college news,
but that does not mean they are justified in so doing.
In no case where a college publication sub
scribes to national news services has the paper im
proved itself, by out lights, in the matter of student
interest and appeal. When a college paper makes
an attempt at state news coverage, it ruins itself
as a college publication, and it cannot hope to com
pete with papers whose employees devote all their
energies to the newspaper and have no studies to
occupy their time.
Better The Battalion be a good college publica
tion than a poor attempt at something out if its
field.
Do It Today
THEN THERE’S THE STORY about the farmer
who said, “I’ll fix that gate tomorrow.”
During the night one of his finest horses broke
out and was killed on the highway.
So it goes, yhe business executive was heard to
remark, “That letter can wait until tomorrow.”
Someone else closed the deal the same day and
made several thousand dollars profit.
It is an old story that procrastination is the
thief of time. Not only that, but it is also the thief
of success and happiness.
That letter you got today. If you put it back in
a pigeon-hole and neglect answering it, in three
days the effective reply that might have been
written will have gone stale, and you will write a
dull unconvincing letter. Do it today. That is the
motto that will reap dividends.
China
BETWEEN BOMB-BLASTS in London and Berlin,
American catch glimpses of another war. Many see
in the Sino-Japanese conflict far-reaching influences
on the western world. In the American college
press, opinions differ as to the imminence of hostil
ities with Japan. But continued aid to China and
ever stiffening resistence to Tokyo find vociferous
support.
Fact that the recently reopened Burma Road
stays open is called “significant” by the University
of Minnesota Daily. The road, comments the Daily
“symbolizes the remaining bonds between Free
China and the democratic west. British reversal of
policy - ; therefore stiffened Chinese morale—and
Secretary Hull’s overtures, which prompted the
British action, strengthened Chinese faith in the
United States’ Far Eastern policy.”
American extension of credits to China is ap
plauded by the Eastern Illinois State Teachers Col
lege News, which says: “Despite the fact that our
chances of getting our money back from destitute
China are slim, the loan will further spur her dogged
resistance to Japan, at least delaying, if not pre
venting, our entry into a Japanese war. FAR MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE LOAN, HOWEVER, IS
THE EMBARGO PUT ON SCRAP IRON ... We
furbish the market for about 75 per cent of Japan’s
raw silk and we still buy most of her manufactured
wares. Our own industry would benefit greatly and
Japaq might be brought quickly to her knees if a
boycott was placed on her merchandise.
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The
Tech concludes that “although the attendant risk is
heightened, the steps we have taken in the east
ought not to be revoked. This aggressive policy, of
course, slices our security in the east. The Phil
ippines are still highly vulnerable and the position
of Americans in China becomes more perilous. Apart
from these conditions, however, no major risk is
involved.”
More concerned is the Daily Northwestern.
“There can be no doubt,” declares this publication.
“that a situation is fast developing in the east
which could very possibly end in war with Japan.
It certainly means that we have abandoned any
pretense of neutrality in the Sino-Japanese strug
gle. It also means that we are perhaps closer to
war today than we have been since 1918.”
Wisconsin’s Daily Cardinal believes recent de
velopments indicate that “the seemingly inevitable
conflict with Japan may be transformed from a
long, costly, possibly futile naval war into a matter
of economic pressures skillfully applied. This coun
try is now in a position to determine the outcome of
both wars by her application of economic pressure in
this hemisphere and in the Orient.”
Summing up and appealing for more aid to
China, the Daily Texan points out that “the spirit
of China is undaunted. There is no sign of weaken
ing, no sign of surrender. The military might of
Japan is at a stalemate. On the other hand, for the
tens of millions of the Chinese people who are di
rectly involved in this invasion the condition is tra
gic. Let us help our own people and one another, but
let us not forget the plight of a noble people whose
wisdom and learning were ancient and great when
the people of the western lands were little short of
savages”
—Associated Collegiate Press
FRANK LOVING PRESENTS:
/ Heard the Preacher Say
IT HAS NEVER BEEN the purpose of this column
to preach prim morals to anybody. Even if such
a style could be made, that is probably the worst way
on earth to try to convince any young person, least
of all an Aggie, of anything. Rather the purpose
of this column is to bring to the reader’s atten
tion aspects of questions which normally escape the
attention of most of us—and that goes for both
sides of all issues.
I don’t need to say that people are prone to
think only on one side of questions. Most of us
agree that everybody on the other side of the
question is exactly like that, whereas we ourselves
are very scientific, analytical, and fair about
the whole thing. We proceed to follow a question
through as logically as we know how, we reach a
conclusion, and then we shut our minds to all new
developments and swear by our first conclusion
through thick and thin. If that conclusion happens
to be in error, we are often afraid to even recon
sider, much less admit the other fellows points. We
are afraid of the laughter and ridicule of our fel
lows. Sometimes when we are pretty sure we are
wrong, we even then let our buddies bluff us out
of standing up for the right side. We can all
think of examples of this sort of thing even
in our own life if we are fair in our thinking. Al
though the people about us influence our actions, and
though we must adapt these actions to the will and
influence of others, our thoughts are our own. We
are accountable to no member of society for them.
They are the true measure of our personality. They
represent the final analysis of those characteristics
of humans that are harped on so much—namely,
personality, conscience, and faith. The most basic of
these is the least one. If you are certain of your
stand on the question of faith, you are dogmatic by
definition. If you are certain of your faith ahd can
prove its validity to others, for goodness sake set
the world to right immediately and get us out of
a number of awful messes. But if you are on the
fence and are caused to lean first one way and then
another by every wind that blows, then you are in
the boat with me and a lot of others, and I recom
mend that we consider these various winds carefully
in the light of views of our dogmatic friends on
both sides of the question. If your convictions are
so unsettled that you have no definite standard to
serve as a guide, let me suggest that our criterion
for both thought and action be a consideration for
the welfare of those about us. If we maintain our
selves as members of society thus taking advantage
of the benefits therein, then at least let us govern
our doings so that they are socially constructive
rather than destructive.
As the World Turns...
BY DR. A1 B. NELSON
A FAMILIAR WORLD WAR plan is being success
fully followed by the Germans today. The British
merchant shipping is being destroyed in a hurry by
the combined efforts of German submarine fleets,
surface raiders, and long range bombing planes.
Other planes scout for the submarines and radio the
location of British merchant ships. Operating from
bases in France and Norway which were not avail
able during the last war these combined agencies of
destruction threaten to make the German blockade
of England even more effective than the British
Navy’s blockade of Europe. The situation is serious
enough to completely offset the recent Greek and
English victories on land, sea, and air. The Ger
mans now rely on starvation to win.
A “friendly” visit to the Far East by the main
units of the United States fleet is .reliably report
ed to be planned for the early part of the new year.
The plan includes visits to the Dutch East Indies,
Australia, China, the Philippines and possibly Sing
apore. This projected visit will serve the double
purpose of reminding the Japanese to mind their
own business a little more closely and to familiar
ize the officers of the fleet with ports and facili
ties of the area.
Associate “Justice” Hugo Black, of the U. S.
Supreme Court, recently ruled that a negro, duly
convicted of rape by a Houston jury and sentenced
to death for his crime, should go free. This decis
ion, backed by a majority of the court, did not
claim that the trial was not fair, or that the mem
bers of the trial jury and Grand Jury were incom
petent or prejudiced, but only that two few negroes
had been called for possible Grand Jury service in
Harris County. Black was appointed to the Court
in direct violation of the constitutional provision
which prohibits members of congress from bene-
fitting by appointment to an office which they
helped create, or where they had helped to increase
the salaries or benefits of the office.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill w’as sixty
six years of age on his birthday, November 30th.
BACKWASH
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George Fuermann
"Backwash: An agitation resulting: from some action or occurrence/'—Webster.
The Private Life of an All-Amer
ican . . . “Raisin’ food for the Army
and kids for the nation” is the No.
1 ambition of John Alec Kim
brough—“Jarrin’ Jawn” to sports
adicts. For $25,000 a year he’d
desert the farm and
fireside for profes
sional football, but
inasmuch as he
doesn’t anticipate
receiving such an
offer, it shows that
the Texas Aggies’
great all-American
back has no hank-
Fan Mail
Seated at his desk in his dor
mitory room, attired in pajamas,
he and his roommate, brother Jack
Kimbrough, were sorting the day’s
fan mail. Throughout the football
season he receives more than a
hundred letters a day from over
the entire continent. John generally
goes through the mail and attempts
to read and answer those which
come from friends. The rest are
turned over to his close friend, R.
C. Couch, Aggie senior from Has
kell, who answers as many as
possible.
Fifty per cent of the letters are
-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940
town soda-skeet. Like every other ticularly Jim Thomason.” Jim is the
Aggie, I lost my girl when I went Aggies’ famed blocking back and
to college.” John has always maintained that
There is a girl that John is se- Jim was the greatest player on the
rious ab5ut, however. She’s a Hous- Cadet’s team and the man who
ton girl and Rice Institute fresh- should have the all-American hon-
man. “She’s the one who I’m go
ing to try and persuade to do my
cooking for me during the next 50
years,” John said.
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No West Point
Back in John’s freshman and
sophomore years there was quite
a lot of talk about his leaving A.
& M. to became a West Point ca
det. It seems that John had his
appointment but during his fresh
man year he was rejected because
he is too big for Army entrance there ever was.”
qualifications. A year later, how- After graduation John plans to
ever, Army officials decided to take an active part in ex-student
waive his “disability” and allow affairs. “I told Coach Norton yes-
ors.
Speaking of Head Coach Homer
Hill Norton, he said, “He’s def
initely the best coach and the
whitest man I’ve ever known.”
And where Dough Rollins is con
cerned: “They threw the mold away
when they made him—there’ll nev
er be another like him.” Then
there’s “Uncle Bill” James who,
according to John, “is far and
away the finest defense coach and
gentleman at the same time that
Fuermann
ering for pro foot- f rom girls, and Couch says that him to enter, but this time it was terday that I’m going to cuss him
ball.
The subject of John’s after
graduation plans is one that has
been oft discussed of late, and
three futures have been predicted
for him. Besides ranching and pro
football, many reports have indi
cated that he might join the Army.
(When he graduates next June
he’ll be commissioned as a second
the best part of his college life
is writing to the girls who write
to John. In yesterday’s mail alone,
John received letters from girls
in eleven states, two in Canada
and one in Alaska. “My only re
gret,” John quipped, “is that I
can’t have a date with each one of
those girls.”
John who backed up. “I r<--ally when he loses and slap him on the
wanted to go to West Point dur
ing my freshman year,” he said,
“but I changed my mind later.”
There’s a lot more than mere
football that takes up John’s time.
Any collegian will tell you that a
study load of 21 hours is a tough
one (the average is about 15) but
that’s what John is bucking this Dakota.
year. More than that, he’s a cap-
tain on the regimental staff of
back when he wins after I grad
uate. That’s all the exes do any
way,” he jokingly concluded.
There’s one girl who is particu-
lieutenant in the Organized Reserve ] ar }y insistent. A Washington, D.
Corps.) “It isn’t so,” John said, s h e m et John and briefly
“because the only thing which will talked with him last October. Since the A. & M. Cadet Corps
iead me to j° in th e Army is being that time s h e has called long dis- Unlike most of A. & M.’s foot-
calied. However, if I am called I tance once a day and sends tele- ball payers, who have found Eng-
wou i e o s ay m or i e. grams in between times. ii sb courses the roughest, genetics
“I came to A. & M. to learn how But even an all-American foot- bag be en John’s biggest stymie,
to be a better rancher,” he went ball player has girl trouble. Three “That’s the damndest course imag-
on, “and that’s the only thing nationally circulated magazines i nab le,” he disgustedly said as he
I really want to do. When next published stories and pictures last pointed to a recent quiz grade of
June comes I want to buy a ranch, year of his then-sweetheart, a stu- gu Any course concerning animal
get married and settle down to dent at the Texas School of Mines
raisin’ food for the Army and kids in El Paso. “That deal is off,” John
for the nation!” said. “She quit me for the home
Argentine wheat production is
not constant, but over a period
of years, the total yield does not
equal that in Kansas and North
TSCW Exchange
Pictures Being Taken at Denton
Portray Aggies’ Weekend at TSCWland
By Dorothy Schmittgens
Editor, The Lass-0
Pictures showing an Aggie’s
weekend at TSCW are being pre
pared by Max Plake, commercial
photographer, for submission for
publication in a nationally known
picture magazine. Janice Smith,
freshman beauty last year, and
Pierrepont Barrel, junior Aggie,
will portray a TSCWite and her
Aggie date.
The pictures tell the story of the
week-end from the time the Aggie
starts hitchhiking toward Denton
to the final goodnight at the dor
mitory door. Some shots were made
in November at the junior Aggie-
TSCW dance showing dancing
scenes and a soda fountain ses
sion during the intermission. Pic
tures giving Sunday activities in-
ing the transition from a green,
sweet and simple freshman to a
glamorous graduate.
“This show is patterned after a
Broadway production with dances
and songs,” according to Diana
Dorough, author, director and de
signer for the follies. Connie Lind-
husbandry rates tops with John.
Maybe you think that because
he’s an all-American, John doesn’t
have to study. Then take a look at
his course schedule for the current
semester: animal nutrition anjcL
live stock feeding, soil and crop
problems, range and pasture im
provement, apiculture, genetics and
military science.
Asked why he came to A. & M.,
he was quick to reply, “It never
occured to me that I might go to
any other college except possibly
West Point. The Kimbroughs have
been going to A. & M. ever since
they started the college,” John
said. Four of his brothers graduat
ed from A. & M. and only Frank
never attended Aggieland but grad-
ley assisted Miss Dorough with uated from Hardin-Simmons Uni-
the dance routines. * versity where he is now head coach.
Jubilee Marks 25 Years of Music “Another reason that I picked A.
Celebrating the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the department of
music, TSCW’s Music Jubilee opens
Sunday at 12:30 p. m. with the
regular college broadcast over
WFAA. Oscar J. Fox, John Rosen-
field, and William J. Marsh are
among the special guests of the
college who will appear on the
program of the jubilee Sunday and
Monday. The two-day program will
elude signing out of the dormitory, feature Texas composers, outstand-
strolling around the campus, eat
ing in the dining hall, and visiting
the Little-Chapel-in-the-Woods.
Posing as a typical TSCW stu
dent living in the dormitory, Miss
Smith is really a local student. She
is a sophomore majoring in kinder
garten-primary education. The Ag
gie, Harrell, is an engineering ma
jor from Dallas.
Comedy Steals the Show
Broad comedy antics of the bald-
headed, pot-bellied Sir Toby Belch,
played by Betty Grimes, and the
bony Sir Andrew Aguecheek, by
Shirley Melbert, were highlights of
the Little Theater production of
“Twelfth Night” given on the cam
pus Wednesday and Thursday.
Richly beautiful costumes de
signed by art classes and interest
ing make-up by advanced speech
majors contributed to make the
roles of both the men and women
on the cast convincing, even though
all were played by girls. Contrast
ing make-up for Sir Toby and Sir
Andrew was noteworthy, as was
the pewel-encrusted skirt of Oli
via, Antonio’s rakish plumes, and
the “yellow-cross gartered stock
ings’ wdiich stole one of Malvolio’s
scenes, and the fool’s suit of motley
colors.
“Alice in Wonderland”
Back to childhood skipped all of
the audience of the Clare Tree Ma
jor Group that was on the campus
Friday night with their presenta
tion of the delightful and droll
fantasy, “Alice in Wonderland.”
Alice’s adventures underground
still have an appeal because of
Carroll’s combining in Alice a pro
foundly subtle and clever satire
with a touch of humor. The pro
duction was one long panorama of
delightful nonsense from the time
Alice and the White Rabbit ran up
the aisles to meet on the stage to
the final song at the banquet for
Queen Alice.
Freshman Follies Fashioned after
Broadway
What changes take place in a
girl’s personality after four years
at TSCW? The freshmen present
their answer in the Freshman Fol
lies Tuesday in assembly by show
ing graduates of TSCW, and
TSCW’s leading collegiate organi
zations.
& M.”, John pointed out, “is that
I felt I would be able to get the
best animal husbandry course
here.”
•
When John starts talking about
the team’s coaches and the other
players, the only thing a listener
can do is to let him unwind. “They
make me all-American because I’m
on a winning team, but if it wasn’t
for the other ten men on that field
I wouldn’t be all-anything,” he said.
“Those other men are responsible
for everything I’ve done and par-
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