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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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the
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Tapioca for Tetanus
LIVES MAY BE SAVED with a new kind of tapioca
pudding in which that particular form of starch is
combined with a toxoid used to fight tetanus. The
doctors say the resulting preparation develops an
active immunity to the toxin of tetanus germs, in
contrast with the passive immunity obtained by the
use of the ordinary anti-tetanus following an in
jury. The tapioca-anti-toxin must be used several
weeks in advance as it takes that time for the
germ-destroying substances to develop in the blood.
The tapioca, added to the toxoid after it is pre
pared, greatly increases its activity in stimulating
the system to develop anti-bodies to fight the te
tanus toxin. It also makes the toxoid highly stable
so that it can be carried long distances under
varying temperatures without deteriorating.
Besides being an excellent anti-toxin for gun
shot wounds, its discoverers believe also that it will
come into general use, for prevention of other in
fections, and that it can be used effectively in com
bination with other anti-toxins, such as that for
diphtheria.
The host of college students in the country who
have deplored the presence of tapioca on dining hall
menus will be glad to know that tapioca pudding of
another sort can be beneficial.
Retire at 60?
SHOULD A MAN BE RETIRED at the age of 60
years just because he is 60 and for no other reason ?
The committee of junior Federal employees in New
York City is promoting legislation to this end. They
say “To ‘Die on the job’, may have been all right in
the ‘Horse and Buggy days’, but this idea has be
come out of date in our machine age with its mil
lions of unemployed.”
The fact that most of the “millions of unem
ployed” are not capable of holding a civil service
position probably has not been considered.
Just because a man has reached the age of 60
and served his country faithfully for 30 years or
more, is held to be sufficient grounds for retire
ment on pension. Surely the mere fact that a man
is 60 years old is not enough to cause him to be re
tired from his civil service position and placed on a
pension. The man himself must be considered. His
sentiments should count heavily as factors in the
decision. He haa been used to having a job, some
thing to do and keep his mind occupied tor tne past
30 years or so. To turn him out just because he is 60
makes him really think he lias become antiquated.
If he is no longer able to do his work, that is
physically incapable, there is some justification for
retirement on a pension. Sixty is no longer consider
ed an advanced age, and a physically fit man of 60
is just as able to do most civil service work as a
man of 40.
Retiring a man at the age of 60 just because he
was that old has been known to cause the man to
turn to crime as a means of keeping occupied. Re
tirement when the job-holder is still able to keep on
working causes him to lose interest in life, and be
come moody and sarcastic.
OPEN FORUM
AT THIS GRAVE MOMENT in international af
fairs, the President of the Cosmopolitan Club wish
es to use the facilities of the Battalion in order to
convey to the student body and faculty a few
facts concerning the Club which may prove to be
of general interest and general benefit.
The Cosmopolitan Club is composed of for
eign students, American students and members of
the faculty who are interested in international af
fairs.
The Club is sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. and the
President would like to use this opportunity of
expressing the members’ gratefulness to the of
ficers of the “Y” for the good will which they have
shown in lending themselves to anything which may
contribute to the Club’s program.
The Club is probably one of the few clubs on
this campus in which an attempt is made to bring
the outside world nearer to the students and fac
ulty members.
The usual procedure in the Club’s meetings is,
firstly, a speech by an outside or local speaker who
has an individual, original insight into internation
al affairs. Then, secondly, the customary discus
sion follows, becoming, generally, the climax of the
meeting, and in this way bringing into expression
one of the main purposes of the Club.
Foreign and American music is also a feature
of the meetings.
Since it is the purpose of the Club to further
better relations between nations, the President wish
es to extend a hearty invitation to both students
and faculty members to come and participate m
the Club’s meetings. They will thus contribute their
share towards the solution of a most vital problem.
P. Cadena
FRANK LOVING PRESENTS:
/ Heard the Preacher Say
.. Editor-In-Chief
Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Sports Department
Hub Johnson Sports Editor
Bob Mytrs ..... Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Haikin, Jack Hollimon
W. F. Oxford Junior Sports Editors
Circulation Department
Tommy Henderson Circulation Manager
W. G. Hanger, E. D. Wilmeth Assistant Circulation Managers
F. D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants
Photography Department
Phil Golman Photographic Editor
James Carpenter. Bob Crane, Jack Jones,
Jack Siegel Assistant Photographers
SATURDAY'S EDITORIAL STAFF
Shields Managing Editor
Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
W. C. Carter Don Gabriel
Reportortal Staff
Charles Babcock. Herbert Haile, Paul Haines, Carl Van
Hook, J. J. Keith, Z. A. McReynolds, Beverly Miller, E hr hard
Mittendorf, Jack Nelson, L. B. Tgnnison.
As the World Turns...
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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1941
FROM “THE CHURCH”
By George Stewart
BECAUSE thus I can show my loyalty to Jesus
Christ upon whose life and teaching the Church
is based.
Because of the atmosphere of fellow seekers I
am best able to sort over the values life presents
and to choose the higher.
Because I join in a fellowship which in origin
and nature is different from all other human groups.
Because I enter into a historic unity partaking
of the inherited tradition and experience of seekers
and discoverers of every age, a unity based upon
faith in Jesus Christ.
Because even I may contribute something to
make the Church more sensitive, intelligent and
courageous.
Because I reject perfectionism as a refuge un
worthy of a mature person and refuse to sit for
ever on the sidelines waiting for a perfect clergy
man in a perfect Church in a perfect neighbor
hood.
Because, after scrutiny, I know no other human
institution which meets so many of my needs and
the needs of my family and neighbors.
Because I believe that only in company with
others can I understand the full meaning of God,
Jesus Christ and of the guidance of the Holy
Spirit for character and career.
Because the Church offers a unique laboratory
in which to investigate the bearing of Christian
ethics upon contemporary problems.
Because as no other body or individual, it can
lay human need upon the conscience of mankind.
Because it can give more encouragement to pro
phetic spirits than any other association.
Because it can spiritualize the basic stuff of
human nature, turning ancient instinct to valuable
social usage.
Because in its recurrent services and sacra
ments I find renewal, a burnishing up of my loy
alties, a casting off of prejudice and sin, and fresh
strength from the living God.
Because it stirs me to creative action, shames
my cowardice, lightens my sorrow and purifies
my ambition.
Because the Church gives me the most adequate
idea I have yet received of human destiny.
Because it has been the mother of education, of
healing and of science, and, in spite of ugly rever
sions to narrowness, and even when most colleges
and hospitals are now secularized, it still draws
man’s responsibility to God sharply before him.
Because I and nearly all others in the com
munity utilize the Church at several times in our
lives I do not wish to be parasitic.
Because the Church in a unique way is charged
with the preaching of the Gospel which for me is
the supreme rule of faith and practice.
Because I believe the Gospel is true, and there
fore true for all men.
Because the Church alone is concerned in a
major way in sharing the Gospel in its entirety
with all men.
Because the Church, by reason of its origin,
must bring a critique to all life.
Because, together with the state, it is divinely
ordained institution, supreme in its own moral and
spiritual area.
Because as no other institution it is the prose
cutor of the value, dignity and personality of man
from encroachment from any source.
Because the Church is the eternal Body of
Christ, and in spite of its human weakness man
can find God there.
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Agricultural Economics Department
Planning Third Annual Summer Course
The third annual Summer Tra
vel course of the Department of
Agricultural Economics, involving
7000 miles of travel through twelve
states will be conducted the second
term of the 1941 summer session,
according to J. Wheeler Barger,
head of the department.
Majors in any college course are
eligible to enroll for the course.
Applicants are considered on an
individual basis by the department,
and anyone interested in consid
ering this summer’s tour, should
make arrangements soon.
The itinerary includes the Middle
West, the Rocky Mountain Area,
the Pacific Northwest, the Pacif
ic Coast, and the Southwest. The
group will again be in charge of
Professor L. S. Paine and will make
first hand observations and studies
of agricultural and business con
cerns and problems in the regions
visited. Governmental agencies,
universities and business concerns
are cooperating in arranging con
ferences and inspections for the
students of the trip.
Incidental points of interest on
the trip are Yellowstone Park, the
Redwood Forests, Hollywood Mov
ie Industry, and Catalina Island.
Students are regularly enrolled
for six credit hours of college work
and keep notes and upon their re
turn write comprehensive reports
on their observations and collateral
readings.
The cost of the trip, including
transportation, meals, lodging, and
registration will vary somewhat
with the size of the group, but
will not exceed $187.50.
"Get the warden in here. Look what’s In ray pier
Law Again Offering Cash Prizes fo
Winners of English Competitive Exam
The corps dance tonight is going
to be more than just a dance. It
will sort of be the final review in
a social sort of way between the
sports lettermen and the members
of the corps. The members of the
T Club and the seniors had the
party to themselves last night but
tonight the entire corps is invited
to come be with our sports greats.
It will be a good oportunity for
the corps to meet all our sports
men together and informally, and
you can bird-dog their dates too,
if you think you are man enough.
Music for the dance is being fur
nished by John Sullivan and his
orchestra, a Houston band. The
band is up-and-coming, and since
it is on its way up, it is going to
try plenty hard to put out with the
best music. John uses a trumpet
and his music is rather sweet and
hot.
The midnight Saturday, Sunday
and Monday show at the Campus
this week is one that is really
worth seeing. It is the screen
adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize
play “YOU CAN’T TAKE IT
WITH YOU.” The Broadway play
was written as a satire on income
tax but the movie version has cut
that to an unnoticeable minimum
to present the good points of the
show itself as pure entertainment.
The character developments and
the smooth, fast running plot are
what put this show over. Its cast
is good and well picked. The di
recting is so good that you don’t
notice the photography, but it is
all right too. A screw-loose family
of the lower middle class showing
business tycoon Edward Arnold
how to live is what makes up the
plot.
Jean Arthur is the daughter of
the middle class family. She works
for James Stewart, son of Edward
Arnold. Before they can be mar
ried there have to be some big
business deals but lots more fun.
The family is so human that you
can’t help but like it. The show is
old but it is still good, and this is
a show that will still have some
kick left even if you have seen it
before.
“THEY KNEW WHAT THEY
WANTED” is a character show
that is a little better than the title
would suggest. Carole Lombard,
Charles Laughton, and William
Gargan play the three characters
of a waitress, a bashful wine
grower, and a heel. All of them are
exactly that.
The slovenly Italian winegrower
falls shyly in love with waitress
Carole and through a correspond
ence romance she agrees to marry
him. Heel Gargan works on the
grape ranch of Laughton and has
an affair with Carole before they
can marry. The show is not enter
taining as far as being funny goes,
but there is something solid to it.
It will make you wonder what you
would do under the same circum
stances.
In order to encourage superior
work in English, F. M. Law of
Houston, President of the Board
of Directors, is again offering two
cash prizes, $20 and $5, to be
awarded on the basis of a compe
titive examination to be given in
May. Conditions of eligibility are
as follows: grade A in English
103 and Distinguished Student
rating, first semester; grade A
or B in English 104 to April 1,
and satisfactory oral work in the
same course to May 1.
There will also be an English
contest in May for sophomores
with cash prizes of $20 and $5, or
$15 and $10. Conditions of eligi
bility are as follows: grade A in
English 203 or 231 and Distin
guished Student rating, first se
mester; grade A or B in English
207, 210, or 232 to April 1 of the
current semester, and grade A on
any course paper or book review
that may be required in the Soph
omore course the student con
cerned is now taking. If a student
otherwise eligible did not take an
English course in the first semes
ter, the grade of the last previous
college course in English will count.
Students who were allowed to sub
stitute English 328 or other cours
es for the work usually required
may count the elective course as an
equivalent so far as the English
Contest is concerned. Students who
are so far eligible are asked to
give their names promptly to their
teachers in order that projects for
required papers may be promptly
approved.
The time for the examinations
will be announced at least a week
before the examination date. Priz
es will be given at the Mathemat-
ics-English Contest Dinner on the
evening of Thursday, May 22. Din
ner tickets will be given to all who
take the English Contest exam
inations.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday 12:45 — “ONE
CROWDED NIGHT,” with
Billie Seward, William
Haade, Charles Lang, Adele
Pearce and J. M. Kerrigan.
Saturday 6:45 & 8:30—
“THE KNEW WHAT THEY
WANTED,” starring Carole
Lombard, Charles Laughton,
William Gargan, Harry Car
ey and Frank Fay.
Monday, Tuesday 3:30 &
6:45—“MAISIE WAS A
LADY,” starring Ann Soth-
ern, Lew Ayres, Maureen
O’Sullivan and C. Aubrey
Smith.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday midnight, Sun
day, Monday—“YOU CAN’T
TAKE IT WITH YOU,” star
ring Jean Arthur, James
Stewart, Lionell Barrymore,
Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer
and Ann Miller.
Dairy Judging Team
Wins 2 First Places
BY DR. AL B. NELSON '
THE GERMAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION in the
various conquered countries requires the services
of one out of every ten men in the German military
services. This seriously cuts the number of men
available for the invasion of England or Greece.
The Nazi’s are now being forced to increase
the percentage of troops in their
armies of occupation to hold down
English offensive action.
The English invade the continent
constantly; small forces land along
the coast of France and conduct
lightninglike raids on motorcycles,
capture prisoners, obtain informa
tion, and return to their ships be
fore the Germans can concentrate
sufficient forces to oppose them.
The British navy recently raided the
Nelson Norwegian coast, captured several
hundred Germans and ten Norse
traitors, then enlisted three hundred Norwegian vol
unteers and retired before the Germans could make
any effective opposition.
The Japanese prime minister, Matsuoka, is on
his way to Germany for a conference to chart
Japan’s course against England and the United
States. War in the Pacific may break out shortly
after his return from Europe.
Legislation to curb hasty and ill-considered
strikes, and to provide penalties for illegal action by
strikers, has been advocated by Governor W. Lee
O’Daniel. The governor’s recommendations include
sixty day notice before strikes could be begun, that
only two pickets may be stationed before any plant
at any one time (this to insure peaceful picketing),
and prison sentences for strikers who use force or
intimidation to prevent others from working at any
legal occupation.
A large British expeditionary force is reported
reported to have landed in Greece to aid against
the expected German attack. The Greeks are win
ning new victories in Albania.
The A. & M. Dairy Products
judging team won two first places
in the Southwestern Dairy Pro
ducts judging contest which was
held in Fort Worth Tuesday. The
team placed second in the entire
contest, but won their first place
honors in cheese judging and ice
cream judging.
The Texas Tech team won first
place in the whole contest. New
Mexico A. & M. placed third and
Oklahoma A. & M. won fourth
place. The contest, open to all
Southwestern colleges, was held in
the show room of the Dairyland
plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
Members of the A. & M. team
were Arthur K. King of Wharton,
Robert N. Lehman of Waco, and
Brooks Jeffries of Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Alternates were Walter
L. Pace, Richard D. Edge, Pat H.
Hadsell, and Markus K. Soderquist.
The American Association of
University Women has cabled
$6,050 abroad to help European
women scholars in distress because
of the war.
Assembly Hall
Saturday, March 15
A. M. Chickering, Albion College
biologist, reports that in Panama
there are several spiders that seek
security from the world’s dangers
by taking up residence in the webs
of larger spiders.
Today - 12:45 Only - A Thriller
“ONE CROWDED NIGHT"
(pampas
SELECTED SHORTS
15^ to 5 p.m. — 20^ after
LAST DAY
Dr. H. E. Bent to
Address Chem Engineers
Dr. H. E. Bent, Dean of the
Graduate School and Professor of
Chemistry at the University of
Missouri, will deliver a lecture to
the Texas A. & M. Section of the
American Chemical Society on
Wednesday, April 23.
He has planned to discuss some
of his research work. Dr. Bent was
assistant professor at Harvard Uni
versity before coming to the Uni
versity of Missouri.
Dr. Bent, who was born in Illi
nois, received his bachelor degree
at Ohio and his Ph.D. from the
University of California.
LLOYD NOLAN
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'I WON'T DO IT, JOE! . .
You and me ... we can't... It'd be
too awful on account of Tony . . •
I've got to marry him!"
LY N N BARI
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Andy Panda Cartoon
Late News
Prevue Saturday Nite,
Sunday - Monday
Come at 9:00 p. m.. See two
shows for price of one.
hy°Sidn«y *Howard H Harry^Ef^Ed^ngton ^ecutV^li ff0m ^ Pul!tzer Prra0 P,s *
6:45 and 8:30
An irate Princetonian writes to
the Daily Princetonian bemoaning
the loss of his own special beer
mug from behind the bar at the
Nassau.
“You Can’t Take
It With You”
Jean Arthur
James Stewart
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Fox Movietone News
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March of Time
Uncle Sam the Non-belligerent”
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