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-THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941
THE BATTAUON
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, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon
Bequest.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Ino.,
at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-6444.
1940 Member 1941
PUsocioted Gollefticrte 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 Assistanta
Photography Department
Phil Golman Photographic Editor
James Carpenter. Bob Crane, Jack Jones,
Jack Siegal 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. Meha-
gmn, L. B. Tennison, Mike Speer, James F. Wright.
Collegians View Propaganda
PERHAPS AS NEVER BEFORE, America’s col
legians are conscious of the propaganda about them.
If proof of this consciousness were necessary, we
might quote briefly, almost at random, from the
college press:
“The British Library of Information and the
German Library of Information both favor this
office with free copies of their publications. On the
whole the British do the better job, although their
propaganda seems a little staid and colorless to
eyes conditioned by the American press . . .”—The
Minnesota Daily.
“Out of Europe come rumors and lies—and
little of anything else. The papers print what they
can get and what they believe is most truthful.
They are performing the service of making their
readers doubt what they hear . . .”—The Akron
Buchtelite.
“Powerful short wave broadcasting stations,
located in Berlin, London, Rome, Paris, Moscow
and Tokyo are blasting their ways through to the
Pacific coast with the volume of local stations. The
flood of propaganda reaching this country by way
of these stations is enormous. War travels fast via
radio . . . ”—The Oregon Emerald.
Concerned over the effect of foreign and do
mestic propaganda, the Duke Chronicle believes “it
is time that our generation of college students asked
the writers and teachers of the preceding genei’ation
one very serious question. In its simplest form, the
question is this: What are we to believe?
“To a large proportion of his professors and to
most of the leading American journalists, a mem
ber of the class of 1941 might reasonably address
himself thus: ‘After the last great war, you told
us how unreasonable and unprofitable was this
business of killing our fellow men. Today, before
our very eyes, you have changed your tune. You
tell us that war has become glorious and necessary
and manly again. You apologize for your former
teachings of skepticism by telling us you were
caught in a popular trend. Is that not what accounts
for your present attitude also?’
“At any rate, we reserve to ourselves the right
to do our own thinking from now on. If youth is
ever to decide with clarity and certainty about
such vital things as war and democracy and tole
rance and the worthiness of human life, the decision
must be made by youth itself, for our present
‘leaders of thought’ have failed dismally as a con
sistent formative influence.”
* * *
The Denver Clarion raises the point that “our
problem now is not to criticize and evaluate the
propaganda efforts of other countries. Our problem
is to build a propaganda at home strong enough to
keep us from getting an inferiority complex—should
we start reading Germany’s claims to righteous
ness.”
In this belief the Clarion agrees with a recent
utterance of Dr. Harwood L. Childs, associate pro
fessor of politics at Princeton university, who, in
cidentally, has urged that the United States con
duct a vigorous war, either formal or informal,
against the axis powers. “We need, in this present
emergency,” said Dr. Childs, “a propaganda minis
try to defend the people of this country from the
propaganda attacks which are now being directed
at us from abroad. In view of the effectiveness of
propaganda as a weapon, why should democracies
cringe at the thought of establishing such a minis
try to defend their ideals, when they do not hesitate
to appropriate billions for armaments of other
types?” —Associated Collegiate Press
Something To Read
BACKWASH
The Collegiate Review
UNIVERSITY OF New Mexico student employment
director recently sent out a call for an experienced
egg candler.
Emotion tests given men and women students
at Kent State university reveal that men are much
more easily stirred by swing music than co-eds.
Dan Nupen, former ski orderly to King Haakon
of Norway, now is coaching the Middlebury college
ski team. He taught Crown Prince Olav and Crown
Princess Martha.
John Kirwin, 6-foot, 6-inch, 230-pound fresh
man at Ohio State university, wears size 20 shoes
that are 16 inches long and nearly 6 inches wide.
John B. Waite, professor of criminal law at the
University of Michigan, is a bow tie adict. The other
day 100 of 130 freshmen in one of his classes show
ed up wearing bows.
BY DR. T. F. MAYO
What America Is Reading
THE “BEST SELLERS of the Week” (in the Pub
lishers’ Weekly for March 29) include thirteen titles,
fiction and non-fiction. Seven of these are available
in your college library. Two are on order. Would
you like for us to buy the other four (listed below) ?
Thanks to the Mothers’ Clubs, the Aggies still have
some money to spend on request:
Best Sellers NOT in the College Library
Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, by Isabel Scott Rorick
(Fiction—I don’t know how good).
The White Cliffs, by Alice Duer Miller (a long
narrative poem on England and America. Said to be
better than her Saturday Evening Post fiction. I
hope so.)
Ambassador Dodd’s Diary (a behind-the-scenes
view of diplomatic and other doings in pre-war
Germany.)
Winston Churchill, by Rene Kraus. (I don’t
know how good it is.)
Best Sellers Available or on Order
Random Harvest, by James Hilton. (Said to be
his best. Read it if you like the author of Goodbye,
Mr. Chips, and Lost Horizon. He seems to me to be
overrated.
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway.
(My own favorite novel of the year. We have two
copies, but you’ll have to stand in line.)
H. M. Pulham, Esquire, by J. P. Marquand.
(What happens to college Exes? A good novel).
Delilah, by Marcus Goodrich. (A Texan writes
a story of the officers and crew on a destroyer.)
Oliver Wiswell, by Kenneth Roberts. (A deter
mined attempt to be fair to the Tories in the
American Revolution.)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl, by Willa Gather.
(Negro slavery quietly depicted by a great stylist.)
Out of the Night, by Jan Valtin. (The revela
tions of an ex-Communist and a victim of Nazism.
Neither Totalitarian system fares very well.)
Behind God’s Back, by Negley Farson. (Sinister
doings in Africa. Non-fiction.) On order.
The Wounded Don’t Cry, by Quintin Reynolds.
(The heroism of the British people.) On order.
As the World Turns.
BY “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
SLIPS IN THE AXIS “World Revolution.” Since
the present war began there have been several
upsets to distort Hitler’s planned “World Revolu
tion.” The early meteoric successes of the war have,
more or less, obscured some damaging miscalcula
tions which the German general staff, propaganda
ministry, and the diplomatic corps
have made. The Dunkirk episode has
been already immortalized in mil
itary history. The failure of the
Germans to capture the British ex
peditionary forces on the continent
stands out as one of the great vic
tories for the democracies. Hitler’s
boast that by the middle of Septem
ber (1940) German soldiers would
be walking on the streets of Lon
don has been definitely checked. On-
Sugareff ly a successful invasion of Britain
would give a promise for a German victory in this
war. That is far from realization now since the
United States has pledged aid to Britain for an all
out victory.
The Italian African Empire is fast disappear
ing. Except for a part in northwestern Libya, the
rest of the Italian Africa is daily passing under the
Union Jack. The British Admiralty claims that two-
thirds of the Italian naval strength has been de
molished. The Greek victories in Albania have
proved that the Italian army is far from the ef
ficient machine which Mussolini claimed it to be.
Hitler dismissed the Italo-Greek war as purely an
Italian war but the results of it, have made it so
far chiefly a Greek war. Hitler is making now the
Italo-Greek war the main concern of the Axis. Here
too, the Axis plans have been upset.
Yugoslavia has refused to capitulate to the
Axis powers. In the preparation for the Battle of
Greece Yugoslavia was essential. It affords most
direct route to the unfortified northern Greek
border and to Salonica. A railroad of a standard
gauge runs through Yugoslavia to Salonica. And it
has double tracks most of the way. The highways
through the southern part of Yugoslavia are better
than those in southern Bulgaria and eastern Thrace
where the Greeks are getting ready to meet the
Germans. Nearly all these highways were improved
by the Germans during the last war. Yugoslavia
also supplies German with large quantities of food
stuffs and raw materials. Hitler’s agents used every
device, short of war, to bring Yugoslavia under the
Axis power. Success crowned their efforts. Yugo
slavia, after hesitating for several weeks, joined
the Axis powers last week. Meanwhile the English
too were busy in Yugoslavia. Many a Balkan
statesman believes that England has never lost a
war. General Dushan Simovitch is one of them. He
and his officers of the Yugoslav aviation corps
planned and effected the overthrow of Regent Paul
and his ministers whose signature of the Axis pact
was considered a national disgrace. Again the Axis
powers have been forced to discard their old plans.
War or peace, the Yugoslavs are now determined to
meet any eventualities. The Axis must make the
next move. The Yugoslav revolt is a success for
the English secret service agents. The Axis powers
were administered a dose of their own medicine.
These jolts to the Axis plan of “World Revo
lution” tend to increase in number and momentum.
Our lend-lease act is heartening the democracies
everywhere. Our seizure of Italian and German car
go ships has encouraged some of our Latin Amer
ican neighbors to do likewise. Public opinion in this
hemisphere has taken an aggressive attitude toward
the Axis powers. A counter revolution against them
may be in the making.
(ieo>ge Fuermann
"Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occorrence.”—Webster
The Way of Things . . . Jack Jen
nings, first sergeant of H Com
pany Infantry, sold more tickets
to the recent Student Aid Fund
benefit picture show than any
other first sergeant on the cam
pus Bernie Cummins, who
maestroed the
Coast Artillery
ball this year, can
be heard nightly
illllil v * a NBC from Chi
cago’s Edgewater
Beach hotel at 11
l o’clock . . . Eddie
Fitzpatrick, who
will play for to-
Fuermann morrow night’s
Cavalry ball, is not altogether un
familiar to Aggieland. Four years
ago he played the Ross Volunteer
dances at which time: His orches
tra whipped the R.V.’s 11 to 6 in
a softball game; several members
of his orchestra were “drowned-
out” by members of the R.V.’s; the
following night members of the
orchestra reciprocated by drown
ing-out the few R.V.’s who were
doing any sleeping. Eddie’s band
was a smash hit the last time it
played here . . . Campus elections
this year, and student politics in
general, are getting off to a bum
start. Three meetings of the junior
class have been held to elect a
senior yell leader, and at no time
has a quorum been present. The
situation brings to mind last year’s
disputed popular senior election
when 15 more names were signed
to the petition disputing the elect
ion than were original votes. Al
though the corps has long been
noted for its lack of interest in
student elections, something should
be done to change this condition—
definitely a cancer on the corps’
extra-curricular activities.
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replied. “Where’re you from, Irv
ing?” I
“Fort Blis^” John came back,
still puzzled. “And you?”
“Los Angsles, California,” was
the reply.
John gasped—no wonder he
thought he had seen the fellow
before!
“You mjist be Melvyn Douglas,
the movie actor,” he quizzed, only
half-belienng.
“GuilW.”
It developed that Melvyn was
waiting for a plane to return him
to L. A., and the two quickly be
came good friends.
“He invited me to have a cup of
coffee with him,” John said, “and
we had a 30-minute ‘bull session’
before his plane arrived. He was
realty an okeh fellow, too.”
UT Medical Dean
Interview Pre-Meds
Today for Med School
Dr. John W. Spies, dean of the
University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston, will arrive
here at noon today to interview
prospective medical school appli
cants.
Dr. Spies will interview pre
medical students who wish to enter
medical schools in the next two
years this afternoon. He will dis
cuss the work and life at different
medical schools and also advise
what courses pre-medical students
should take.
for a broadcast of his weekly
radio program. Further details as
to his substitute arrangements
were not revealed.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday, 3:30 and 6:45—
“THE PHILADELPHIA
STORY,” starring Cary
Grant, Katherine Hepburn,
James Stewart, Ruth Hus
sey, John Howard, Roland
Young and Virginia Weid-
ler.
Friday, 3:30 & 6:45—“LOVE
AFFAIR”, featuring Irene
Dunn, Charles Boyer, Ma
ria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bow
man and Maurice Mosco-
vitch.
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
—“WESTERN UNION,”
starring Randolph Scott,
Dean Jagger, Virginia Gil
more, Robert Young and
Barton McLane.
(*
The Rating-
M. Douglas
Best of the current believe-it-or-
not stories now going the rounds is
the one being unfolded by G. H.
Easterly. It concerns Cavalryman
John H. Irving who was recently
waiting for an incoming plane at
the Fort Worth airport.
Noting a few of his fellow look
ers-on, he was particularly struck
by one familiar face in the crowd.
A tall, handsome man whom John
was certain he had seen many tim
es before; he was at his wits’ end
trying to remember the fellow’s
name.
Finally, in desperation, John
walked up to him and began a
conversation, after first introduc
ing himself in the Aggie manner.
“Douglas is my name,” the man
The Backwash orchestra poll
committee met Monday night and
voted four orchestras and as many
vocalists into a half-way mark
rating where cadet opinion is con
cerned. Here it is:
Tied for first place are Bernie
Cummins and Boyd Raeburn. In
the second division, and also tied,
are Bill Carlsen and Russ Morgan.
Two draws like that doesn’t in
dicate very much, but remember
that this is only the half-way mark
and that still to come are Eddie
Fitzpatrick, Duke Ellington and
A1 Donahue.
More than that, committeemen
have not yet had time enough to
accurately sound-out cadet opin
ion. And then, too, the final rating
is the one that counts.
Where vocalists are concerned,
Jeri Sullivan and Nova Coggan
went into another tie for first
place; Lois Lee was voted the No.
3 spot and Phyllis Lynne trailed
the crowd.
Committeemen include Social
Secretary Jack Nelson, Carroll
Cooper, Dan Grant, John Kellis,
Bob Alexander, John Ball, Joe
Snow, George Mueller, R. B.
Pearce and Howard Wilson, so let
any one of these men know what
your opinion is concerning each
of the orchestras as they come to
the campus. They WANT your
opinion concerning these bands and
their vocalists.
Rumor of Kyser Appearance
Here Killed by Dallas Agent
A long distance telephone call
from Norman Steppe, Dallas book
ing agent, killed the last possibil
ity of a local appearance of Kay
Kyser and his orchestra.
Efforts were being made by
school authorities to secure him
SPECIALS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
ASK US ABOUT “CHERRY VOUCHERS”
Easter Dinner
ARMOUR’S
STAR
HAM
BACON—Armour’s Star, lb.
ROAST—Boneless, lb.
LAMB LEGS—lb
CALVES’ LIVER—“real”, lb.
“BLUE RIBBON MEATS”
2 CORN KIX, 1 MARMALADE JAR
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE—5*/ 2 oz. Doz.
MAXINE SOAP—3 bars
MONARCH PEARS—No. 1 can
MONARCH TOMATO JUICE—No. 1, 3 for
ARMOUR’S TREET—can
ARMOUR’S DOG FOOD—3 for
VIENNA SAUSAGE—Armour’s, 3 for
CORN BEEF—Armour’s
PIE CHERRIES—Yacht Club
APPLE SAUCE—Monarch
CARROTS—3 bunches
CALIF. ORANGES—dozen
WINESAP APPLES—dozen
LETTUCE—firm head
Always a Full Line of Fruits and Vegetables
LUKE’S
Phone: 4-1141
We Deliver
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APPEARANCE COUNTS!
Get Ready for The
Cavalry Ball
and
Corps Dance
Send Your Cleaning and
Pressing To
Campus Cleaners
Over Exchange Store
In New “Y”
We take great pleasure in announcing
Open House on April 4th
Celebrating Our
3rd Anniversary
•
Everyone is invited to come in and see our array of
Crosley, Stewart-Warner, Emerson,
and Motorola Radios
•
Also a Striking Display of
Stewart-Warner, Kelvinator and
Crosley Refrigerators
Let us show you around and help you enjoy yourself.
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