Page 2- THE BATTALION -TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941 The Battalion ■TUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Bachanical 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 weakly 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 rrancisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone t-*444. Bob Nisbet Editor-in-Chief George Puermann Associate Editor Keith Hubbard Advertising Manager Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager Pete Tumlinson Staff Artist P. B. Pierce, Phil Levine Proof Readers Photography Department Phil Golman Photographic Editor Jack Jones, T. J. Burnett, G. W. Brown, Joe Golman, John Blair Assistant Photographers Sports Department Hub Johnson Sports Editor Bob Myers Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hollimon Junior Sports Editor Mike Haikin, W. F. Oxford Sports Assistants TUESDAY’S EDITORIAL STAFF Bill Clarkson Managing Editor lack Hendricks Assistant Advertising Manager Junior Editors Lee Rogers E. M. Rosenthal Reportorial Staff Jack Aycock, Jack Decker, Walter Hall, Ralph Inglefield, Tom Leiand, Beverly Miller, W. A. Moore, Mike Speer, Dow Wynn. Who Knows? WHY STUDY? What difference does it all make anyhow? We’ll all soon be in the army, either in war or in training conscripts. Why worry about grades in Chemistry or Accounting with military service staring us in the face? All the soldier will need to know is how to shoot a rifle or perhaps a mortar. Even if we get out in June and not called into active service, who will hire us with probable unannounced call to service hanging over our heads? And if we do get a job, how much future is there in it? The above set of questions are being asked not just every day but every hour by some 500 seniors with advanced contracts. The above set of questions should be answered immediately because this same set of seniors are fast developing a “I don’t care” attitude that will work havoc with next semester’s grades. But who knows the answers? So far as can be told—no one. President Walton said, “We hope to know def initely soon.” That is some consolation. Lt. Col. Watson has promised a discussion of the matter Wednesday. We await in anticipation. But the president did pass out some excellent advice that is hereby repeated: “In the meantime my suggestion to you would be to go ahead with your interest in and application to those basic industries with which, without the imminence of war, you are prepared by desire and training to serve .... It is imperative that we go ahead and com plete the design and pattern for your living with full faith and confidence that after this stupid eruption of armed conflict all around us eventually come out of chaos and that our serious concern again will be fruitful and purposeful living.” FRANK LOVING PRESENTS: I Heard the Preacher Say BY REV. KURT HARTMANN Pastor of American Lutheran Congregation “WIST YE NOT that I must be about my Father’s business ?” This is a Christian watchword. It puts aside forever the mistaken and perverse notion that the work of the Church, or that Christianity, the Christ ian life and all that pertains to godliness is for age and not for youth. Jesus was only twelve years old. The word, quoted above, which He gave in answer to the question of Joseph and His mother Mary, shows He could not be concerned about anything as much as about His Father’s business. It seemed strange to Him that anyone should wonder about His being in the temple of God, or that one should be vexed at Him for studying the Word and Will of God, be cause that was His business: To be about His Fa ther’s business. As Jesus, the Savior, was always about His Father’s business, even in early youth, so the Christ ian must be about the Savior’s business about his heavenly Father’s business, be he old or young, rich or poor, in school or out in the workaday world. That must be the chief aim of his entire life. All other affairs of life must be second to this one. Life, for the Christian, is not a matter of making a living, of gaining possessions, of pleasure or of ease, but he spends his life in the interest of the Father's business. The Christian is in this world, but of another world, or other-worldly. As for me, says the Christ ian, I am about the Father’s business, about His Word, His will, His work. I can serve those about me in no better way than by doing the Father’s will. They are being laughed at by God who are constantly crying about what they are doing for others, for the children of this generation and for the childrens children, yet all the while are aiming at nothing but getting earthly prestige and power and weath, by fair means or foul, rejecting God and the Christ. The Christian is and strives to remain in God’s eyesight. Him I love, serve and obey. I have no time to fool away with the vain, the sinful, the fleshly, the worldly, the vulgar. “He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” I have no time to eat, drink and be merry, as that is commonly understood and applied. I am not “here today, gone tomorrow.” I am not riding on the sea of life in a boat which has no goal. I am here today, to do the Father’s will. Tomorrow takes care of itself. “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” I live but once, here, but not to squand- , er, abuse and misuse health, strength, mind, time and talents. I live to lose my life in Christ, with Christ and for Christ. I live to be about my Father’s business, in whatever station of life He places me. I am here to bear witness of the Christ, who is the way, the truth, the life. There are many roads which lead away from Paradise, but only one back to it. It is my business to walk that road by the help of God, and to show that road to others. To do the Father’s will, to strive to please Him at all times, to serve Him in and with my life, my thought, words and deeds—this is the Christian’s business. He who is not about this business is not Christian. “He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life FOR MY SAKE shall find it.” Man, Your Manners BY I. SHERWOOD From now on until the end of the school year, every week-end will have its “important” dance. For the benefit of the cadet who is about to purchase his first Tuxedo the following general rules may be helpful. The Tuxedo: Is a very practical suit for a man to have; it may be worn almost any place after six o’clock in the evening. The Coat: Dull-faced worsted in black or mid night blue. Single-breasted with silk or satin lapels, but no other trimmings. (White dinner coat for summer.) Trousers: Same material as coat, with narrow silk bands at sides. No cuffs. Waist Coat or Vest: White pique when Tuxedo substituted for full dress; otherwise black is proper. (Never colored). Shirt and Collar: White, stiff-bosomed, pique or linen, wing collar or turned down. (In hot weather soft shirt and collar permitted.) Tie: Black satin or silk bow with square or pointed end. Never white with the tuxedo. Boutonniere: (Button-hole bouquet) White car nation. Red is permissible and an artificial one is accepted. Socks and Shoes: Plain black silk socks. Plain black oxfords. (Permissible). Gloves: Worn only with an overcoat—may be of gray or white. Hat: Felt. (Derby in some places.) The Double Breasted Tuxedo: Is more informal than the single-breasted type; it is of the same material and the trousers are identical; it requires the same accessories, but no vest. There is an important rule which any young man should remember, that no matter how new his outfit may be, he will not be well dressed unless he has given proper attention to being well groomed. His shoes should be kept shined, his linen should be spotless, his suit cleaned and pressed. The old adage that “clothes makes the gentle man” goes a bit too far; what it really means is that clothes a gentlemen ought to wear do make a gentleman look the way he should look! It is well for a young man to cultivate the air that he is unconscious of the appearance of being well dressed. (Women like a man to have an air of casualness about him.) As the World Turns... R. W. Steep By DR. R. W. STEEN YESTERDAY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT began his third term as President of the United States. Today W. Lee O’Daniel begins his second term as Govern or of Texas. The national problems are so well known that there is little justification for march ing them across this page again just because of the inauguration, but the state prob lems are not so well known. For the past fifteen years the state has been struggling with a constantly growing deficit. Every session of the legislature since 1927 has studied and debated the problem, but no session has been willing to take more than half measures to deal with it. The re sult is that the deficit is now larger than ever. In his budget message Gover nor O’Daniel asked for $50,000,000 per year in new taxes. He intends to use the addition al funds for retiring the deficit, for increased pay ments to the aged, for meeting the state’s part of the teacher retirement fund, and for replacing the income from certain taxes which he hopes the legis lature will abolish. He hopes to obtain this revenue from a tax which he describes as a transactions tax of 1.6 per cent. The proposal is very similar to the one made two years ago, but there is one important difference. Two years ago he asked for a constitutional amendment, this year he asks only for a law. His proposal two years ago received 94 votes in the House of Representatives, but got no farther as it takes 100 votes for a proposed amendment to pass the House. It takes only twenty-six votes, assuming that all members are present, for an ordinary bill to pass the house. By casting aside the matter of constitutionality the Governor has greatly increased the chance of getting his measure passed. Governor O’Daniel had limited success in deal ing with the legislature in 1939. At that time, how ever, he was an amateur. Now, with two years of experience as head of the state behind him, he must doubtless be classed as a professional. That being true he may be able to deal with the legislature on more equal terms. In 1939 the legislature remained in session for about five months. That set a record as the body usually adjourns at the end of four months. The constitution definitely encourages them to adjourn after four months. The members receive $10 per day for the first 120 days of a session, and after that only $5 per day. They receive $10 per day in special session. For economic reasons that are obvious it is customary for the body to adjourn at the end of 120 days, and then let the Governor call them back in special session in case there are other matters in desperate need of consideration. ? ' gpiy PIIStWIlONS With Jtomgillis ■ . BACKWASH B« George FueriMn “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster. The present war has put such are not the type that makes the up- an emphasis on flash news that grade honestly. With them it is Warner Brothers tried to pull a only good. smart deal with “DISPATCH FROM REUTER’S.” It tells of the founding of the English news agen cy by that name which is still functioning. Many people may have noticed that these dispatches are quoted as the authority for some statements in the American ver sions of the English news. Edward G. Robinson, who stars in the film as Reuter, is adding to his reputation as a cinema bio grapher in something besides gang ster shows. He puts up a pretty tough fight to prove that pigeons can carry news faster than over land stage coach. When his pigeons become outmoded by the telegraph, he again tightens his belt to take up the fight again. Wife Edna Best convinces him that his moral ob ligations to the public for obtaining We do not think Americans will be happy un der the Townsend plan until it is required to spend at least three month’s pension in advance. rapid and accurate news should guide him above all else. Down Military Walk . . . The fast- bage.” Just as a show, “Dispatch From nearing social season will see the That’s just a sample of what Reuter’s” hasn’t got anything par- beginning of Backwash’s second happens at every meal. Fourteen ticularly on the ball. It is inter annual Aggie Hit Parade and a comments—one from each head esting from the standpoint of show weekly poll indicating the corps’ waiter—follow every meal and get ing the origin of a great news sys- rating of the various orchestras and a thorough working-over by mess tern which plays an important part in what we read every day. It is a decent biography and the story of a man’s struggle for something he believed in. “CITY FOR CONQUEST” is an attack on the old philosophy that the world owes someone a living. It is a story of the big city of New Fuermann feminine vocalists that will appear hall managers and chefs. on the campus dur- • • • ing the second se- mester. Social sec- I. ciC t retary Jack Nelson — — . ,, , , . , . , Meaning the student who recent- will head a com- , , , ,, ,. * ± on , . , ... ly phoned one of his profs at 1:30 mittee which will . ,, , , , , , a. m. After the phone had rung - \ tV awake prof roared, “and who in . J , for the Senior Ring Dance), Does . g ^is?” cer ^ music ‘ Throughout the show Your Heart Beat For Me, showing ’ Frank Craven, as a tramp and third. Tuxedo Junction, by the way, TVi ■ • f L tk • °l d timer that knows all the plays hit the No. 1 spot for 13 consecutive ^ ^n^to^discover the culprit’s anc * s ^ glia ^ s & rea t ac ^ s weeks—the entire social season . . . •, x-x xu u • • , . as a commentator and calls the Where last year’s orchestras were 1 ^ 1 f