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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical 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-class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription rate, $8 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
Associated ColIe6iate Press
Bob Nisbet Editor-in-Chief
George Fuermann Associate Editor
Keith Hubbard Advertising Manager
Tom Vannoy Editorial Assistant
Pete Tumlinson Staff Artist
J. B. Pierce, Phil Levine Proof Readers
Sports Department
Hub Johnson Sports Editor
Bob Myers Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Haikin, Jack Hollimon,
W. F. Oxford Junior Sports Editors
Circulation Department
Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager
W. G. Hauger, E. D. Wilmeth Assistant Circulation Managers
V. D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants
Photography Department
Phil Golman Photographic Editor
6. W. Brown, John Carpenter, Joe Golman,
Jack Jones Assistant Photographers
THURSDAY’S EDITORIAL STAFF
George Fuermann Acting Managing Editor
George Woodman Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
Tom Gillis D. C. Thurman V. A. Yentzen
Reportorial Staff
Lamar Haines, John May, Z. A. McReynolds, J. D. Mehe-
gac, L. B. Tennison, Mike Speer, James F. Wright.
Defense Day at A&M
THE BLARE OF BUGLES and the rattle of drums
mark the year’s first mounted review, a highlight
in the the festivities surrounding Texas A. & M.’s
spectacular observance of National Defense Week.
This is no ordinary review, but a great exhibition
by the students in the world’s largest military
school for men.
An indispensable cog in the defense forces
of the nation, the school is attracting national in
terest through magazines, newspapers and news
reels. With the corps in the fine cooperative spirit
it is in, the review and the mass rally should leave
an impression on the minds of the nation that will
never be forgotten. It should be an exhibition of
fine, clean, outstanding young men preparing and
training themselves to serve their country in its
time of need.
But even in this time of national emergengy
when men are quoted in ciphers and figured in
terms of numbers, it is well to remember that the
nation is composed of individuals, each with his own
problems, his own troubles, his joys, his successes.
Our democracy is a mosaic of individuals. Each
man must carry his share of the responsibilities if
the democratic principles so dear to the hearts of
Americans are to be preserved intact for posterity.
Achievement of this goal will demand tempo
rary personal sacrifices from each of the one hun
dred and thirty million individuals who now bask
in the liberties and freedom that is their inheritance.
Every true-blooded American’s heart quickens
its beat when the flag passes by or a band strikes
up the Star Spangled Banner or soldiers march by.
His heart beats faster because he realizes the secur
ity and protection that flag aild music represents.
He realizes that his heart is beating because those
soldiers or his buddies have performed their tasks
well in the past.
Today’s review is a mammoth expression of
this feeling on the part of the cadet corps of Texas
A. & M. Today’s review is a message to the Amer
ican people that the Texas Aggies are ready to
serve their country in any capacity that will serve
its best interests.
This Collegiate World
DARTMOUTH STUDENTS in higher mathematics
find their exams tough—but far from dull. Two
questions, propounded by Prof. Bancroft Brown,
baffled and amused them.
“In the game of shooting craps, the caster rolls
two dice and wins if (a) the sum be 7, or 77, (b)
if the sum be 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and if this same
sum reappears before seven is ever seen. To obviate
the'bdds against the caster, a dishonest caster em
ploys two dice, one true and the other so loaded
that h certain number always appears on the top.
What should this number be in order to give him
the maximum advantage?”
The second question was given to test the fu
ture actuaries’ knowledge of the calendar: “An
ordinary monthly calendar for the leap year 1940
is hung in a western bar-room. On an unspecified
day of the week January 7-13 a cowboy enters the
bar-room, draws out his revolver, and shoots out
the date, the bullet passing through all 12 sheets.
What is the probability that the sum of the num
bers punctured is odd?”
—Associated Collegiate Press
Something To Read
BY DR. T. F. MAYO
Do You Believe in Democracy?
OF COURSE there’s a catch in this question. And
of course the next question is “What do you mean
by democracy?” You can’t logically answer the
first question unless you can clearly answer the
second one, can you? Well, can you tell what you
mean by “democracy”?
Does democracy mean equality? If that’s all
it means, then the slaves on a Southern plantation,
being equal, used to have democracy. Common sense
replies that they didn’t. Yet undoubtedly we have
a feeling that equality has something to do with
democracy.
Perhaps democracy means equality of oppor
tunity. Then, do you believe (with Plato) that all
children should, be taken from their parents at the
age of three and given exactly the same chances?
(I must say that I don’t!)
Well then, does democracy mean freedom to do
what you like? But if you give everybody freedom
to do as he likes, some will immediately get great
power over others, who will then lose all equality
of opportunity. Yet, without doubt, freedom too has
something to do with democracy.
This column seems hardly the place to try to
work out a complete definition of democracy. But
it does seem that every thoughtful American ought
to know what he means when he says “I believe in
democracy”. If Hitler ever causes us any serious
trouble, as a matter of fact, it will be, I think, not
because he is able to whip us, but precisely because
we are so vague about what sort of set-up we be
lieve in. Certainly, all the witnesses agree that such
vagueness largely explains the ease with which he
walked over France, Holland, and Norway. A simi
lar vagueness in England has sapped the vigor from
her foreign policy for year and exposed her, half
armed, to Hitler’s bombers.
^ If you are interested, the library can offer you
some books which will certainly help you to get
your own ideas on the subject into some degree of
coherence. Perhaps the best to begin with is a col
lection of short pieces, “Calling America”. Read,
among others, the articles contributed to it by Ber
trand Russell and Hendrik Van Loon. They are as
clear as crystal.
“American Stakes”, by John Chamberlain, is a
good book to read nowadays. He points out (in the
last chapter, I believe) that American democracy’s
chief safeguard is the variety or economic systems
that we maintain: monopoly capitalism (corpora
tions); free capitalism (small personal businesses);
state socialism (postoffice, schools); “private so
cialism” (country clubs, etc.); cooperation (the
cooperatives). Each system acts as a check on all
the rest. It is the government’s business to keep
them from swallowing each other. Thus most Amer
icans have some freedom of choice as to which
kind of economic world he is to live in.
“Which Way America?” by Lyman Bryson,
defines very simply the terms “communism”, “So
cialism”, “fascism”, and “democracy”.
In “The Coming Victory of Democracy”, Thomas
Mann, the great German exile, warns us that de
mocracy can win permanently only by disproving
the charge “plutocracy” so often hurled at us by
Hitler and Mussolini. (Is this charge entirely un
just ?)
Surely you college students at least, you top
seven percent of the population, you cream of the
nation (!!!) ought to know what you mean when
you say (as I hope you do say) “I believe in demo
cracy”.
University of Cincinnati has students from
every continent but Africa.
All but seven of last year’s 151 education grad
uates of Winona (Minn.) State Teachers college
have obtained positions.
Of the 1,644 members of the Northwestern
university faculty, almost 200 had military exper
ience in the World war.
As the World Turns...
BY “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
WITH THE MOUNTING Government expenditure
taxes are bound to go higher. Last Friday the U.S.
Senate passed, with minor changes, the bill, raising
the nation’s debt to 65-billion dollars. Rumor has it
that at the present rate of spending, the govern
ment will be forced to raise our national debt to
100-150 billion dollars. We have
ceased to talk about balanced bud
get. There can be no balanced bud
get when the expenditure far sur
passes the revenue. The demand
then for higher taxes is obvious and
the current congress is considering
ways and means of increasing the
national income. Some suggestions
have been made regarding this in
crease: Increase on excess profits;
surtaxes, specially on incomes of
Sugareff the wealthy and moderately rich;
increase on estates and gift taxes; and on normal
income tax. Should England go down, we should
not be surprised to see Federal sales tax and even
a thoroughly government controlled economy. Total
preparedness is the only answer to total war.
Mr. John Gilbert Winant goes to London as our
ambassador. His appointment to the Court of St.
James has been interpreted as a friendly gesture
to British Labor. Mr. Winant, among many other
public services, was director of the International
Labor Office of the League of Nations. He is well
acquainted with Mr. Anthony Eden, the British
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and many other British
government officials. British Labor leaders have
been given many responsible positions in the make
up of the present cabinet. Mr. Winant, sympathetic
toward labor problems, is well qualified to repre
sent the United States interests at the Court of St.
James. Along with Mr. Winant goes Benjamin
Cohen as his legal adviser. Many other men, ex
perts in the various phases of Anglo-American re
lation, will go to London as aids to Mr. Winant.
The post of an American Ambassador at London is
today the most important mission in our foreign
service. The future status of our political, social,
and economic institution are so interwoven with
those of England that an American Ambassador
at the British capital must be a man in whom
President Roosevelt has absolute confidence.
Our foreign commerce undergoes many changes.
The foreign commerce of the United States during
1940 presents some unpleasant changes. The war is
chiefly responsible for these changes. England took
64 percent of our exports, nearly all of them war
materials. In normal times England takes about 40
percent of our exports. Steel exports rose 25 per
cent higher than during the last World War. Elec
trical equipment and glass too rose. Our exports to
Latin America were higher than in 1939 but they
were not as high as we would like them to be. Our
agricultural exports were 23 percent less than in
1939. Export of cotton has fallen off since August
1, 1940 about 10 percent of normal. The war deter
mines our foreign commerce nowadays. If England
continues the war, our foreign commerce would
grow. If England goes down, our foreign commerce
will go with her.
THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941
ESTHER % JANE CARLYLE,
GRADUATES OF WILLIAM SMITH
COLLEGE IN 1928, ARE SAID TO
BE THE OMLV TWINS EVER ELECT
ED TO PHI BETA KAPPA/
cant even
START AN ,
argument/
Three'? a crowd/
ONLY ONE PAYING CUSTOMER.
ATTENDED THE WHITMAN-
PRESCOTT BASKETBALL GAME
PLAYED AT WALLA WALLA, WASH.
courses. It seems that the class
was meeting on a Monday fol
lowing one of the several corps
trips, and most of the students in
attendance were either sound
asleep or in a state of near-dozing.
One serious-minded cadet, sitting
next to a sleeping classmate, gave
him a shove and added, “Wake up,
wake up; you’re in class now.”
“Let him sleep,” the prof snapped.
“These men are sleepy and if you
insist on remaining awake and both
ering them you can leave the
class!”
• • •
Praise
Lieut. Col. James A. Watson is
telling a story that’s worth a
lot to the college, the cadet corps,
and especially the honor graduates
in the military science field who
were recently interviewed by a
board of regular army officers in
cident to receiving permanent com
missions following graduation.
At a luncheon held for them at
Col. Watson’s home Tuesday noon
the officers were unanimous in
their praise of the men whom they
interviewed and of the entire ca
det corps.
“The great courtesy these men
showed us and their excellent per
sonal appearance was more than
unusual—it was something I have
never seen the like of before to
day,” one of the officers told Col.
Watson.
Aggie
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aetioa *r occurrence.’*—Webster.
Backwashin’ Around . . . Bill But
ler, Aggie grad in 1939 and since
that time steward of Sbisa Mess
Hall, goes into the Army via the
draft route soon. He’ll probably
receive a high rating through the
specialized work he has done in
the past few years.
. . . Don Burk of
New York and Nig
Miller of Houston
arrive on the cam
pus today to pic
ture, verbally and
otherwise, the Na
tional Defense
Week events sched
uled this afternoon
for Life magazine’s
readers—that is, if the elements
give the college a break. They’ll
also picture the sophomore ball
with particular emphasis on the
T.S.C.W.-ites in attendance. News
Week will carry a story—and prob
ably pictures—in the publication’s
edition which hits the news stands
tomorrow. The review and mass
rally in Kyle stadium have been
No. 1 attractions where the na
tion’s press is concerned and may
result in a tremendous amount of
publicity for A. & M. Life, how-
Fuermann
ever, has been on the campus sev
eral times before this—but only
once has a story got to press . . .
Longhorn Editor Morton Robinson
recently took over where Cecil B.
deMille stopped. DeMille, you re
member, recently judged The Long
horn’s Vanity Fair section, and a
few days ago Morton was asked
to judge a similar section for the
annual publication of the Leonard
High School at Leonard, Texas.
Eight pics were submitted and
after two hours of deMilling, Mor
ton picked the high school’s “most
beautiful girl.” . . . Western Un
ion’s local branch got the rush of
its life this past Valentine Day
when cadets sent 1850 messages
to the girls back home and moth
ers throughout the nation. Local
confectioners and druggists say
that this was their banner year,
too, where candy sales were con
cerned. More than $2500 went for
long-distance-wooing via the candy
route this year; in weight, some
thing over a ton and a quarter!
O • ®
Reverse
The status quo of cadets sleep
ing in class did an about-face last
semester in one of the science
SOPHOMORES
Be at your BEST for the DANCE
with a GOOD HAIRCUT by visiting the
Y.M.C.A. BARBER SHOP
or the
VARSITY BARBER SHOP
SPECIAL
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Luke’s Coffee Special, 1 lb. .19
N. B. C. Vanilla Wafers, large box .15
Armour’s Treet, Special .25
Aromur’s Vienna Sausage, 3 cans .25
Premier Tomatoes, No. 2 can, each .10
Libby’s Pineapple Juice, No. 1 tall, 3 for .23
Supreme Salad Wafers, each .09
Rosedale Peaches, No. 2 , /2 .15
Yacht Club Peas, No. 2 can .14
Won-Up Grapefruit Juice, 46-oz. can .15
O-G Orange & Grapefruit Juice, 8 oz. can, 6 for 25
Crosse & Blackwell Tomato Juice, 3 for .23
Premier Fruit Cocktail, No. 1 tall, each .15
Dog House dog food, 4 cans .17
We have a full fine of Birds Eye Brand Frozen
Fruit, Vegetables, Fish; come and see our New Box.
MARKET SPECIALS
F. & B. Fryers, full dress, 1 lb. .33
Bacon, Special, 1 lb .29
Pork Chops, nice and lean, 1 lb. .23
Cottage Rolls (Boneless), 1 lb. .30
Pure Pork Sausage, 1 lb. .20
Chuck Roast, 1 lb. .23
VEGETABLES
Fresh Carrots, 2 bunches .05
Fresh Spinach, 1 lb .05
Lettuce, large heads .05
Winesap Apples, 163 size, 1 doz. .15
California lemons, 1 doz. ^ .12
Also a full line of Fruits & Vegetables.
Come and see our Birds’ Eye Brand of Frozen
Vegetables, Fruits, and Fish.
Phone 4-1141 We Deliver
LUKE’S
Phones: 4-1140 and 4-1141 We Deliver
WHEN THERE IS A DANCE...
Naturally you will think of your Clothes looking nice.
That Would Mean
HOUCK CLEANERS
BEN YOUNGBLOOD, Mgr.
—where you get workmanship and service ... We
have a new Vacuum Electric Whisk Brush which re
moves every single speck of dust or lint from suits
and Tuxedos.
“North Gate”
ATTENTION AGGIES!
HERE IS YOUR LIST — BE WISE—
ECONOMIZE—BUY IT AT PENNEY’S
Uniform Supplies
Fish Slacks (18-oz. best Army Serge) $8.50
Campaign Hats (Permanent brim, fur felt) .... $5.00
Fish Dress Caps $2.95
Fish Sam Browne Belts $2.50
Trench Coats, 50-inch split tail $3.98
I. E. S. Study Lamps $2.95
(Official; globe furnished)
Fish Bombay Slacks (regular) $1.98
Jr. - Sr. Bombay Slacks, Polo Back $2.25
Regulation Shirts
Form fitting, guaranteed colors. Aggies have
bought 25,000 of them.
Broadcloth $1.75
Poplin $1-95
(Patches attached free)
Gym Shirts 29t
Gym Shorts 79^
Sweat Shirts 79c—98£
Aggie Seal Polo Shirts J! 69^
Hat Cords i 25^
Chin Straps 25f?
Ornaments (clutch back) pair 50^
AMC Cap Ornaments 50^
Blitz 15?
Sta-Ties 50?—89^
Aggie Patch 20^
Terry Cloth Robes $2.98
Tennis Shoes 79£—98^—$1.98
Cord Sole Drill Shoes $2.98
Dress Oxfords $2.98 to $44.98
Rubber Boots : $1.98 —$2.75
Riding Boots, 17-inch $6.90
Athletic Socks 25^
Dress Socks 10^ to 49<
Drawing Supplies
Drawing Board $1.00
Drawing Board with T Square attached
to back $2.50
T Squares $1.45
Aggie Lab Suits $3.25
(Aggie seal, form-fitting, zipper, action back)
ALSO—Form A and B paper, service binders, price
book sheets, etc.
Junior Uniforms
Blouse, tailor made $34.75
Slacks, tailor made $14.50
Cream Breeches, tailor made $16.50
Bombay Breeches, tailor made $ 8.75
Dress Cap $; 5.00
Sam Browne Belt $ 5.00
Marathon Hats $ 5.00
Serge Shirt, tailored $11.00
Junior Bombay Slacks $ 2.25
Blankets, sheets, towels, rugs, curtains, pillows, bed
spreads, shades, shoe polishes, and complete line of
toiletries.
J. C PENNEY CO
Bryan, Texas
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