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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Hattalion, official newspaper of the Airrieultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the city of College Station, is
•ublinhed three times weekly from September to June, issued
I'uesday. Thursday, and Saturday mornings ; also it is published
veekly from June through August.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College
station, Texas, under the Act of Cpngress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription rate, $8 a school year. Advertising rate* upon
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at New York City. Chicago, Boston, Los Angelee, and San
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Bob Nisbet Editor-in-Chief
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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
lack Jones, T. J. Burnett, G. W. Brown,
Joe Golman, John Blair Assistant Photographers
Sports Department
Hub Johnson Sports Editor
Bob Myers Assistant 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 Ayeock, Jack Decker, Walter Hall, Ralph Inglefield,
Tom Leland, Beverly Miller, W. A. Moore, Mike Speer, Dow
Wynn.
Texas University-
A Grade 6 A 9 Institution
WHILE THE CADET CORPS marked time for final
examinations, the editors of The Battalion journey
ed to Austin to complete the second and last phase
of an exchange of editorships between the two
student newspapers of the University of Texas and
Texas A. & M. college.
Monday night, Feb. 3, The Battalion editors
acted as editors-for-a-day of The Daily Texan, out
standing student newspaper of Texas university.
The results of this exchange are difficult to
measure by any ordinary rule. Nothing in recent
years has done so much to make for a better under
standing between these two great state institutions
—an understanding which is a good and valid thing;
an understanding which should be permanent.
By that, The Battalion does not mean that the
tremendous rivalry between these two institutions
on the athletic field is not a good thing. On the
contrary, that’s the way the order of things should
be.
The Aggie editors had the pleasure of din
ing with Texas university’s President Homer P.
Rainey, and it was his viewpoint which, The Bat
talion believes, serves as a keynote for the whole
thing.
“Both Texas A. & M. and Texas University are
working for the same thing. Both institutions are
working toward the same goal—to educate Texans
and to serve the State of Texas to the best of their
ri r-pective abilities.”
Our own great president, Dr. T. 0. Walton, has
time and again echoed Dr. Rainey’s sentiments, and
the fact that the chief executives of these two in
stitutions are cooperating in a scheme of this nature
is an important contributing factor to the ultimate
success of the plan.
But most important of all is the attitude and
cor -eration of the two student bodies.
The Aggies did their part when The Texan
<editors visited A. & M. Editor Boyd Sinclair and
.Associate Editor Jack Dolph returned to Austin
with nothing but praise for A. & M. and, in par
ticular, its student body.
And the university students reciprocated in a
like manner.
Their reception of the Aggie editors was be
yond description. From the minute the two Aggies
arrived on the Texas university campus until they
returned to College Station three days later, they
were feted in a manner never before known to the
two Aggies.
They, too, were master of hospitality.
Now that a mutual cooperation of this kind is
off to a running start, let’s do our part to keep it
alive from year to year.
Texas university is doing its share—we can too.
aerial defense is vital. Public understanding of the
aims and realization of the needs for such a move
will remove the biggest stumbling block that de
fense heads might encounter. CAA flying schools
are already supplying much of that understanding
and realization.”
The Aquinas, University of Scranton feels
“that the benefits are obvious. For $25 the student
is given training valued at well over $400. Fear that
students would be edged into the army after com
pletion of the course has been shown to be false by
experience of the students who are now licensed
pilots.”
The Kentucky Kernel: “CAA is perhaps the
best method available for building a sound founda
tion for the army’s air arm. There certainly is no
method more democratic than that of CAA. With
aviation apparently destined to play so large a role
in the world’s future, it is essential that some
agency assume the responsibility of training youth
for that future. And since aviation necessarily de
mands intelligence, and since intelligent youth are
most highly concentrated on the campuses of the
nation, it seems only just that the universities take
the lead in schooling future pilots.”
Man, Your Manners
BY I. SHERWOOD
THE MANNERS of young people today are just
as good as they were in any previous generation,
in spite of the commonplace remark that older
people invariably make, that the younger gener
ation is fast going to perdition. They aren’t any
nearer to that frightful end than any other gener
ation has been. Young people are fearless, and they
form their own purposes, but the older generation
is in no position to judge, for these swiftly changing
times call for changing thought in both young and
old.
Young people obey most of the rules of eti
quette, and they still observe many of the fine old
customs.
The Valentine Custom dates back to England and
Scotland; it was a sort of mock betrothal. Give
your “valentine” candy or flowers or give her a
sweet sentiment inscribed on a heart. Whatever
you give her, she’ll like it, for women have always
loved valentines.
A Changing Custom: In no detail of etiquette has
the modern generation effected such a change as
in the use of the chaperon. They are still at the
best dances, parties, etc., but the most important
change in the entire chaperon situation is that
training is taking the place of protection. Yester
day believed in putting responsibility on the protec
tor (i.e. the chaperon or parent). The idea of pro
tection as it existed then is outmoded today. From
an ethical standpoint, the only chaperon worth
having in this present day is the young people’s
efficiency in chaperoning themselves.
The Modern Make-up To the modern generation' it
must seem fantastic that not so long ago make
up was considered wicked. Today a young man ex
pects or takes it for granted that a young wo
man employs such devices to enhance her charm;
he also expects more than looks; she must have
z-'X intelligence to match his so that they may ex
change thought. Grandma had just as fine a mind
as any young woman today, but she kept it under
cover so not to confuse Grandpa into thinking his
wasn’t the master-mind.
If we would guide by the light of reason, we
must let our minds be gold.—Justice Brandeis.
Collegians Disagree on CAA
“IT WOULD BE BAD,” quips the Daily Texan,
“if j ome of these CAA boys flunked a test, especial
ly at 10,000 feet.” In more serious vein, there’s a
deal of pro-and-conning these days on American
campuses about the merits of the federal govern
ment’s flight training program for college students.
Some editors have voiced flat apposition, others go
“all out” in their praise.
The Tulane Hullabaloo does neither, but it
raises some pertinent questions: “Are the institu
tions of higher learning serving their broad pur
poses in following che narrow aims of this enter
prise? Or should they protect their supporters from
such exploitation? And are they making their best
contribution to 'peace by becoming cogs in the pro
gram to prepare youth for war?” Similar questions
are raised by the Lenoir Rhynean at Lenoir college.
Charging “they call it CIVIL aeronautics
authority, but they mean MILITARY aeronautics
authority.” The Daily Northwestern advises under
graduates as follows: “We neither recommend that
you sign up for the program nor that you shun it
absolutely. We ask you only to recognize that you
are, in effect, signing up for training in the mili
tary air force of the nation. Be under no delusion
'hat this is simply an easy and cheap way to learn
to fly with no strings attached. It isn’t.”
It would appear from an Associated Collegiate
Press survey that the pros outnumber the cons.
Here are typical arguments of the former:
Cornell Daily Sun: “Actually the CAA is not
concerned with developing military pilots. It is
training thousands of civilians who some day may
want to own their own planes, or fly just for the
pleasure and convenience of it. It is very likely
that never again will students have an opportunity
to lea>-n to fly under such ideal conditions.”
Michigan State News: “Turning out of crack
pilots may have been the original purpose of the
CAA courses. But it is in the sideline of arousing
public interest that the program is really going
to click. Enormous strengthening of the country’s
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Suspicion.”
which produced the cream.
Company
The draft board inquirer asked the
negro:
“Are you a conscientious ob
jector?”
The negro, a little suspicious,
looked out of the corner of his eye.
“A what?”
“A conscientious objector. That
means if this country ever went
to war, would you have any objec
tions to getting a gun and getting
out on the firing line to help de
fend it?”
“Oh, no, suh. Not so long as
they’s somebody else out there in
front of me.”
Corned beef is a beef pickled
with saltpeter, and sugar. The salt
and saltpeter cure the meat, and
the saltpeter gives the reddish or
pink color to the meat. The sugar
is for flavor. It cuts the harshness
of the salt.
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As the World Turns...
BY DR. R. W. STEEN
BRITAIN HAS SEVERED diplomatic relations
with Rumania. Britain is thus recognizing officially
something that has been common knowledge for a
long time, that Rumania is in fact a German pup
pet state. The severing of diplomatic relations may
not result in any unusual activity; but, on the other
hand, it may be the initial step
in bringing about a state of war.
It is entirely possible, even prob
able, that British bombs may soon
be exploding in the Rumanian oil
fields. A large portion of Ger
many’s voil confes from the Ru
manian fields, and Britain would
like very much to curtail the flow
as much as possible.
The bombbardment of Genoa
Steen more than contempt for the Ital
ian fleet. The port, one of the most important in
Italy, seems to have had little protection. It is lo
cated in northern Italy, on the Gulf of Genoa, and is
far removed from the area where the British might
be expected. It was, however, subjected to a heavy
bombardment, and reports indicate that much dam
age was done. The British encountered almost no
opposition, and claim to have suffered no damage
other than the loss of one plane. One statement in
the speech delivered by Winston Churchill on Sun
day would indicate that one reason for the bom
bardment lay in the fact that an expeditionary
force was being gathered there. The force, in case
there was one, could have been organized for the
purpose of trying to aid the Italians in Africa, or
it could have been organized for the purpose of
making an attack on Malta.
The Lease-Lend bill passed the House of Rep
resentatives with a majority of ninety-five votes.
Administration leaders are now convinced that the
bill will pass the Senate by March 1. They predict
that at least sixty Senators are sure to vote for it,
and claim that as many as seventy-two may vote
for it. The vote in the House was very largely a
party vote, as 236 Democrats favored the bill while
only twenty-five voted agains't it. On the other
hand only twenty-four Republicans voted for the
bill while 135 opposed it. Nineteen of the twenty-
one Texas representatives voted for the bill. Speak
er Rayburn did not vote, and one member of the
Texas delegation was absent.
months. . . .Best
of the current
run of stories
gouging Italia’s
Poor Bennie con
cerns the 500
tanks given him
by brother
Adolph. In short
order Stooge Duce
returned the
tanks, to Big Boss Adolph with a
note which read, “Sorry, can’t use
these. They haven’t got reverse
gears!” . .. .An Infantry senior
is telling the story about a recent
date he had at which time tfye belle
of the moment pointed out that on
all future dates she intended to
carry a 20-foot pole. “What’s that
for?” the Aggie asked. “To take
care of the boys that can’t touch
me with a 10-foot pole!” 'she
flipped back at him. . . .R. S.
Campbell is telling the near-in
credible yarn concerning a cadet
who purchased a text-book ht a
local store and, an hour later, sold
the same text to another book store
at a 35-cent profit. . . .B. B. Thomp
son, head of the college news stand,
recently completed a survey which
shows that one in every four ca
dets subscribes to a daily news
paper. Houston papers, of course,
lead the way with Dallas, San
Aptonio and Fort Worth next in
that order.
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Johnston, Houston Post staff writ
er, recently dug into the case his
tories of nearby Harris County’s
draft board and unearthed a score
of top-notch stories. Here are a
few of the best:
The questionnaire which all reg
istrants are required to answer
has proven bewildering to more
than a few.
For one negro it was obviously
too much trouble to fill out, but he
was anxious to let the draft board
know that his intentions were the
best.
When his questionnaire was re
ceived at the draft headquarters,
it was still blank, except for one
notation scrawled across the face:
“I is ready when you is!”
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Conscientious
The registrant said he did not
want to be drafted, because he was
a conscientious objector, and did
not want to fight anybody.
The Board called his wife.
“Is your husband a concientious
objecter,” she was asked.
“Hell, no,” she answered. “He’ll
fight anything on two wheels.”
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Sufficiency
The draft board official spoke:
“Have you ever been arrested?
The negro replied:
“Yas suh, for sufficiency.”
“Sufficiency? Sufficiency? What
is that?”
“Ah don’t mean sufficiency. Ah
mean superstition.”
“Superstition?” the draft board
official asked. “Do you mean sus-
Conscription
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many of the factual stories given
birth by the current civilian draft
for a year’s military service. Harry
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