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THE BATTAXjon
-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941
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STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A- & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
;hanical College of Texas and the city of College Station, is
published three times weekly from September to June, issued
Mechanical College of Texas and
city of College Station, is
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 rote, $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.
1940 Member 1941
fYssocided Golle&ate Press
Bob Nisbet
George Fuermann
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
.. Editorial Assistant
Staff Artist
Proof Readers
Keith Hubbard ....
Tom Vannoy
Pete Tumlinson
J. B. Pierce, Phil Levine
Sports Department
Hub Johnson .'.... Sports Editor
Bob Myers Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Haikin, Jack Holiimon,
W. F. Oxford Junior Sports Editors
Circulation Department
Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager
W. G. Hauger, E. D. Wilmeth Assistant Circulation Managers
F. D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants
Photography Department
Phil Golman j. Photographic Editor
G. W. Brown, John Carpenter, Joe Golman,
Jack Jones Assistant Photographers
TUESDAY’S EDITORIAL STAFF
Bill Clarkson Managing Editor
lack Hendricks Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
Lee Rogers E. M. Rosenthal
Reportorlal Staff
Jack Aycock, Jack Decker, Walter Hall, Ralph Inglefield,
Tom Leland, Beverly Miller, W. A. Moore, Mike Speer, Dow
Wynn,
Senate Into Action
LEGISLATIVE ACTION is being taken through a
bill introduced in the Senate by Penrose Metcalf
that would abolish the present office of Commis
sioner of Agriculture and State Department of Ag
riculture and transfer them to Texas A. & M. to be
placed under the supervision of the Board of Direc
tors of the college.
Said bill is now under consideration by the
Senate Committee on Agriculture, and, if approved,
will be returned to the Senate for vote. That the
bill is being strongly pushed is evident from the
last clause of same which provides that the con
stitutional rule requiring that bills be read on three
separate days in each House be suspended.
The bill, officially known as S.B. 17, will be
come effective, if passed on September 1, 1941.
One duty, however, would not be transferred to
the college and that is enforcing of the provisions
of laws relating to weights and measures. This
duty will be taken over by the Comptroller of Public
Accounts.
Powers designated to the board of directors
would include all the former duties and jurisdiction
held by the Commissioner of Agriculture. This in
cludes appointments of members of boards and
commissions now established.
Activities of importance that will be trans
ferred from Austin to College Station under the act
will be the certifying of seed of all types, work
with pecans—^varieties and types.
Such legislation, long discussed on and about
the A. &' M. campus will greatly increase the scope
of the agricultural phase of the school. It will mean
that more buildings, more employees and work will
be needed, and the hum and buzz of activity already
existent will get a substantial increase. It will also
add to the prestige and influence of the officials of
the school connected with the various phases of
Agriculture, and it will provide a closer contact be
tween the college and activities of the State Dept.
If He Only Knew
“A DIPLOMA IS NO LONGER a bar to city ser-'
vice. Of course, politicians do not like highly educa
ted people, but the politicians no longer exercise
much control. In every department of the city,
state and federal service there are openings in
technical positions, in such fields as engineering,
architecture, public health, physics, chemistry and
others for which the training can be acquired only
in college or in post-graduate work. We do need in
telligent men and women in every department of
government and we want them to make it their life
work.” New York City’s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
urges civil service as a career for college graduates.
—Associated Collegiate Press
Man, Your Manners
OCCASIONALLY it comes to our ears that a few
cadets while on corps trips take things from the
hotels in which they are stopping. This seems in
credible. that young men from so fine a school
would completely forget their manners; such be
havior is unfair to the many really fine lads at
A. & M. who do have nice manners—hotel mana
gers might get the impression that all A. & M.
cadets are crude. One of the rules of general con
duct in hotels is: do not abuse furnishings of the
room, and never take home with you anything that
belongs to the hotel. Towels, stationery, spoons,
ash trays, etc., are made available for your temp
orary convenience, not as permanent gifts.
There are special rules of etiquette that guests
at a hotel are expected to observe; knowing these
will make you an acceptable guest, and your stay
a pleasant one.
Arrival—When you arrive at a hotel, a bell
boy will take your bags to the desk, where the clerk
will ask if you have a reservation. If so, tell him
your name so that he may look it up; if not, ask
for whatever accommodations you wish. Since hotels
are run on the American or European plan, or both,
inquire which is in effect. The difference is that the
American plan rate includes three meals a day,
while under the European plan rate you pay for the
room and are charged separately for the meals
eaten at the hotel.
An unmarried man signs the register without
the “Mr.”. He signs thus: George Bruce, Chicago,
Illinois. If he is married, he signs Mr. and Mrs.
George Bruce, Chicago, Illinois; he does not put
the street address. Tipping—In most hotels, alas, the
service you receive depends on the amount of tip
ping you do. Most any guest will let his pocket-
book be his guide, but it is well to know whom
should be tipped. The waiter, head-waiter, bellhop,
porter, chambermaid, and elevator boy all expect
tips; the chambermaid and elevator boy are very
often overlooked.
When your stay is just overnight, the amount
of your tipping should be at your discretion. Daily
meals should include a tip of ten per cent of each
meal’s cost. Bellboys, porters, etc., are tipped after
each service. Checking Out—When you are ready to
leave, see the cashier or telephone and ask him
to make out your bill. After you have packed, call
for a bellboy to get your bags. Leave a tip in the
room for the maid, and when you pay your bill at
the desk, give the clerk a forwarding address in
case any mail should arrive after you are gone.
As the World Turns.
BY DR. R. W. STEEN
A LETTER received in the office of the president
was attached to a newspaper clipping of a story
dealing with the recent ban of the “bat” for use
in disciplinary measures in the Texas prisons. The
“bat” referred to is a heavy leather strap about
three feet in length and six to eight inches in
width. When the instrument was in use in Texas,
there were a total of six states that condoned wljip-
pings.
But to the letter, as received, it reads as fol
lows:
“Prisoners are more important than A. & M.
Fish. Next inspection you make looking for bats,
etc., be sure the ones at headquarters are not tip
ped off as before also look in closets and trunks.
“If teachers run the school and the seniors did
not rule the teachers the parents would not send
their boys to school to run errands and be lackeys
and whipped. If I had a boy he would never go
there.”
Such a letter on first impression is extremely
amusing, in fact hilariously funny. But on further
consideration the aspect of such a communication
is tragic. That there could be a citizen in the state
of Texas with such an attitude is extremely dis
couraging. That a citizen of Texas could believe
that such are the conditions of our institution is
still more discouraging.
Where and when the school developed a repu
tation for hazing—no one can definitely say—but it
remind^ us of a story told by Jimmy Walker, the
former mayor of New York City.
Walker was campaigning against La Guardia
in an election, and in the heat of the political race,
he made a statement charging La Guardia with at
tending a certain shady spot in the city’s slum dis
trict. When asked the reason for making an accu
sation he knew to be false he replied that no mat
ter how vociferously La Guardia denied the charge,
there would be thousands of people but that would
never be convinced that La Guardia was not a reg
ular habitue of the bright light district, or but that
he went there on occasion.
It seems unjust that accusations of the nature
of those implied in the above letter, without any
justification whatsoever, could be believed, but it
is just not human nature to investigate matters be
fore accepting them as truth.
To the unknown person who sent the letter
we say, “Come down and visit our college sometime.
It is evident from your writing that you have never
been here. We have a fine school, and though you
may not believe it, our freshmen are happy and
well-contented.”
THE WAR OF NERVES is under full steam. Every
one is convinced that Germany will strike soon, but
no one knows where. There is tension in England,
in France and Spain, in the Balkans, and in the
Far East. Regardless of where fighting may develop
the main show will doubtless be the attack on Eng
land. The British say they are ready
for such an attack. Germany will
| move soon in an effort to win the
|§ war before American factories reach
peak production. All of the activity
in the Balkans may be no more
than a sham, for Germany cannot
defeat Britain by fighting Greece,
Bulgaria, Turkey, or any other Near
Eastern country. In fact any fight
ing there would tend to weaken
Germany rather than to weaken
Steen England.
The Italians are having nerve troubles of their
own. Every radio repoi’t brings news of additional
disasters in Africa. The British navy controls the
Mediterranean, and occasionally delivers unwelcome
calling cards to Italian cities. Now the British have
added a new threat, that of parachute troops. A
number of such soldiers were dropped in Southern
Italy last week. There is no way of knowing how
many were dropped, just as there is no way of
knowing what damage was done. Italy claims to
have captured all of them, but Britain reports that
a number returned to their base. How they returned
is left entirely to conjecture. Italy claims that no
damage was done, yet it is asking a lot of the
world to accept the suspension of freight traffic on
railroads in Southern Italy as mere coincidence.
The Far Eastern situation is tense. The Japan
ese navy is prowling about in strange places, and
Japan has recently taken air bases in Indo-China.
Britain apparently expects an attack, and has mined
the approaches to Singapore. Japan may move a-
gainst Britain and the Dutch East Indies, but it is
safe to assume that she will make no move until
Germany gets her drive under way in Europe.
Whether or not she moves then depends upon the
attitude of the United States.
The Senate is debating the lease-lend bill this
week. Even the opponents of the measure admit
that it will pass, and they seem to have only vague
hopes of writing any amendments into it. American
aid is coming to be an important factor. American
warplane production in January was slightly more
than one thousand. A four motor bomber flew from
California to New York Sunday, and it was an
nounced that it would take off from New York in
a day or two on a non-stop flight to England. It
will be the first plane delivered by so direct a route.
LiA’
Students of iue university of
WISCONSIN TRAVELED OVER 10
TIMES TIE DISTANCE FROM THE
EARTH TO THE MOON IN ORDER To T£
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LAST YEARJ
Cesar Romero, the slick Latin,
hasn’t been given many roles in
class A productions and he isn’t
fully given it in “THE GAY CAB
ALLERO,” but it is a step in the
right direction. By Hollywood
standards of budget and stars, this
is a class B show, and it is, but
Romero for once has his chance
for the real male lead. He hasn’t
got much to work with and con
sequently can’t turn out much of
a howling success, but he does all
right.
As the Cisco Kid, Romero finds
out that he is supposedly dead and
buried. This just helps him have
a little more fun as he goes on his
Robin Hood missions of crime
busting. Some of the things he
does are even ludicrous and the
plot ends up exactly where it
BACKWASH
By
George Fuermann
titute of Oral and Visual Educa
tion) .
11:45 a.m.: Regular Army on the
Air.
12:00 a.m.: Sign-off.
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
The Way of Things . . . Lean
ing over backwards to aid hitch
hiking Aggies during the near
freezing weather current through
out the mid-term holiday period,
one of the Bryan lumber compan
ies distributed a
truck load of lum
ber to the various
hitch hiking sta
tions in this vicin
ity with which the
cadets could build
fires. . .Tom Van
noy, by way of a
definition, “A skel
eton is a bunch
Fuermann of bones with
the people scraped off!” . . . .So
cial Secretary Jack Nelson and the
writer have asked seven men to
help poll the corps following each
major dance of the social season
to determine the Aggie rating of
the various orchestras, the fem
inine vocalists and the Aggie hit
parade. George Mueller, Howard
Wilson, John Kellis, Joe H. Snow,
John Ball, Dan Grant and Bob
Alexander are the Aggies concern
ed. They’re distributed evenly
throughout the campus, so when
you’ve got an opinion concerning
the past weekend’s dance, let one
of the committeemen know about
it. The poll will be conducted
through a printed form distributed
to those cadets who attend the
corps dances regularly. ... A rule
in the 1913 edition of the Blue Book
required cadets “to salute mem
bers of the board of directors, the
president, members of the faculty
and instructors.”. . . One of the
best entertainment features of the
entire college year was the so-called
cooky shower given by the Houston
A. & M. Mothers club for the Hous
ton Aggies Sunday. An annual af
fair, it was attended by some 800
persons, featured an all-girl or
chestra which was tops in its field
and was a grade ‘A’ event if there
ever was one. ... A cavalry sen
ior, speaking of one of bis profes
sors: “He makes so much noise
lecturing that we can’t sleep in
class anymore.”
• • •
John bellowed to the foreman:
“By gawd, if you don’t get me
out of here in a hurry, I’m going
to let go of this damn girder!”
• • •
Ode to Sleep .
Radio Station WTAW
1120 Kc.—26G.7 meters
Sunday, February 23, 1941
8:30 a.m.: Roan’s Chapel Singers
8:45 a.m.: Songs of Your Heart
9:15 a.m.: Gilbert and Sullivan
9:30 a.m.: Sign-off
started with Romero still single
and riding off to new adventures,
but it is still jolly entertainment.
Except for Romero’s ability, the
show itself has nothing on the
ball but you won’t do any harm
by going to see it.
There is some kind of a wild
story about diamond mines and the
frustrated love of a woman in
“SOUTH OF SUEZ,” and George
Brent, with a slick mustache and
close-cropped haircut, is .the victim
of suspicion in a vengeful murder.
Brent has never really been such a
virile or forceful actor as the man
in the tropics and man of the
world such as this show needs. He
always seems a little weak and
lacks something of giving a con
vincing act. Things start out on a
diamond mine in South Africa with
Lee Patrick married to the owner
but in love with the foreman,
George Brent. Brent ignores her,
and hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned. She gets him fired and he
finally winds up in England with
a murder charge pinned on him, so
he marries Brenda Marshall after
she helps to prove his innocence.
The whole story lacks ‘punch’ and
convincing reality. Although most
of the story takes place in a min
ing camp with possibilities for wild
activity, the liveliest scene in the
show is the final courtroom scene.
One of the A. & M. professors
is telling a story concerning a
believe-it-or-not occurance in a re
cent class of his. It seems that one
of the cadets near the rear of
the room had been lulled to sleep
by the musical intonations of the
prof’s lecture. Observing this and
feeling that the student might
possibly benefit from the lecture’s
contents, the prof asked a neigh
boring student to awaken the then
snoring Aggie.
“Huh-huh,” came the quick reply;
“You put him to sleep—you wake
him up!”
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1120 kc. — 2677 meters
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Radio Station WTAW
1120 kc. — 267.7 meters
Friday, February 21, 1941
via Texas Quality Network
(not carried on WTAW)
6:15 a.m.-6:30 a.m.: Texas Farm
and Home Program. N.N. New
man, Rural Supervisor, Farm Se
curity Administration. O. C. Cope
land, Chief, Division of Dairy, Ex
periment Station.
11:25 a.m.: Sign-on: Weather,
News.
11:30 a.m.: Federal Music Pro
gram (Works Progress Administra
tion).
11:45 a.m.: The Kitchen Clock.
12:00 a.m.: Sign-off.
4:30-5:30 p.m.: The Aggie Clam
bake.
‘Keep to your right at the North Gate and
you can’t go wrong.”
Patience
Latest of the giggle items con
cerning Big Jawn Kimbrough con
cerns his search for summer em
ployment a few summers ago. He
finally came across a steel cons-
truction job and sought out the
foreman to ask for work.
“Are ya strong enough to tote
an I beam?” the foreman asked,
shifting his chew and winking at
a bystander.
. “Reckon so,” John came back,
and then, seeing four men strug
gling with one of the beams, ambled
over, shoved the huskies aside,
picked up the beam and walked
away with it.
“You’re hired,” the foreman said
in a hurry.
It seems that a little later in
the week John was toting one
of the girders when fte slipped
on the edge of the foundation
and plunged into the adjacent
Brazos.
Coming up for air, he roared for
help. The workmen, witless from
excitement, made no effort to
throw him a line or jump in and
help. Again John went under and
again he came up for qif.
Still no help, and John went
down again. Finally, thoroughly
annoyed and now out 0 f patience,
Radio Station WTAW
1120 kc. — 267.7 meters
Saturday, February 22, 1941
via Texas Quality Network
(not carried on WTAW)
6:15 a.m.-6:30 a.m.: Texas Farm
and Home Program. Mrs. F. L.
Thomas, Texas Farm and Home
Book Reviewer. George P. McCar
thy, Extension Poultryman.
11:25 a.m.: Sign-on: Weather,
News.
11:30 a.m.: Lest We Forget (Ins-
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Tuesday 3:30 & 6:45—
“SOUTH OF SUEZ,” featur
ing George Brent, Brenda
Marshall, George Tobias,
James Stephenson, Lee Pat
rick and Eric Blore.
Wednesday, Thursday 3:30
& 6:45—“LITTLE NELLIE
KELLY,” starring Judy Gar
land, George Murphy, Char
les Winninger and Douglas
McPhail.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday — “THE LONE
WOLF STRIKES,” Warren
William, Joan Perry, Eric
Blore, Alan Baxter, Montague
Love and Robert Wilcox.
Wednesday, Thursday —
“THE GAY CABALLERO,”
featuring Cesar Romero,
Sheila Ryan, Robert Sterl
ing, Cris-Pin Martin and Ja
net Beecher.
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new
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Socks
Interwoven or Phoenix
Socks in colors and pat
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robe complete
350 to 500
Underwear
Shorts in white or fancy
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snaps
500 - 650
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