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THE BATTALION
-MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1941
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
■echanical 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, vunder the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription rate, $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
Trancisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-6444.
1940 Member 1941
Associated Col!e6iate Press
Bob Nisbet Editor-In-Chief
George Fuermann Associate Editor
Keith Hubbard Advertising Manager
Tom Vannoy Editorial Assistant
Pete Tumlinson Staff Artist
I. 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
F. D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants
Photography Department
Phil Golman Photographic Editor
James Carpenter, Bob Crane, Jack Jones,
Jack Siegal Assistant Photographers
TUESDAY’S EDITORIAL STAFF
BUI Clarkson Managing Editor
Jack Hendricks Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
Lae Rogers E. M. Rosenthal
Reportorial Staff
Jack Aycock, Jack Decker, Walter Hall, Ralph Inglefield,
Tom Leland, Beverly Miller, W. A. Moore, Mike Speer, Dow
Wynn.
Let’s ALL Vote-
Today’s Election Is General!
TODAY IS GENERAL ELECTION DAY! Two of
fices, that of Battalion editor and that of Junior
Representative on the Student Publications board,
will be filled.
All that is required to vote in this election is
a mid-term maintenance receipt. It should be em
phasized and re-emphasized that this election is a
general election and that everyone on the campus
is eligible to vote.
Voting is a privilege and a duty. It is the Am
erican privilege to choose the men who are in charge.
It is the duty of every student to express his opin
ion in order that the collective opinion will be rep
resentative of campus thought and in order that
the man going into office will know that the corps
is interested in his work and is backing his efforts.
That confidence will enable him to do a better job.
Scanty votes in past years are not a credit to
the school. In fact they are a distinct “black eye.”
We repeat—there should be 5000 votes cast!
Someone Needed
To Fill a Big Hole
WITH THE STIRRING MUSIC of the Singing Ca
dets still ringing from their recent concert there
comes a mixed feeling of surprise and regret in
announcement from J. J. Woolket that he is resign
ing his position as director of the club.
His reason for the decision, however, is one of
logic. Handling the arrangements and rehearsals
is a full-time job. He already has a full-time job
as professor of modern languages. His position is one
that is easily understood.
The Battalion joins the club and the school in
expressing appreciation for the untiring effort
■“Prof” has done in the past four years that he has
directed the Cadets. He has spread their fame and
reputation throughout a great many parts of Texas.
But the work that he has started must not be
allowed to die. It must be continued and continued
in such a way as to build the club to greater heights.
As “Prof” has said, the possibilities for the club
are unlimited.
It has been suggested that a place be created
in the faculty for such work. The Battalion believes
this to be a necessity. He could have a title of “Mu
sic Coordinator” and could work in cooperation
with the Aggie Band and radio station WTAW.
A search for a man to fill such a position if
begun will be of the “needle in the haystack” var
iety for such a job will require more than musical
talent.
Of course musical talent is the first prereq
uisite. As director of the Singing Cadets, the “Mu
sic Coordinator” must have had voice training and
preferably other musical training, either piano or
band instrument. A director must be able to dem
onstrate as well as criticize.
But besides musical ability such a position as
"Music Coordinator” will require the ability to
understand and work with the students of the col
lege, learn their customs and mannerisms, find
out their outlook on problems of the day and know
how to approach them to get things done.
In addition to these things this man will have
to have contacts with exhibitors over state because
the day is coming when the Singing Cadets and Ag
gie Band will book engagements in the larger cities
of Texas.
Action must be taken in the near future if
A. & M. is to maintain a musical organization such
as the Singing Cadets.
Quotable** Quotes
“Whenever a dictator has arisen, there edu
cation has suffered. The desire for knowledge, the
spirit of inquiry which is the God-given right of a
free people, has been stifled and the training of the
young has been confined to the trades and the
most elementary general subjects. This must not
happen in America.” Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio
charges educators to stand guard against dictator
ship threats.
—Associated Collegiate Press
Complete dramas, staged and produced at an
average cost of $10, are being developed by Welles
ley college students in an effort to create inexpen
sive army camp entertainment.
Man, Your Manners
BY I. SHERWOOD
ALREADY SOME of the seniors are planning to
take the “serious step”; weeding manners should
prove of interest, to them.
The bride-to-be must decide the type of wed
ding she wishes to have, and the groom-to-be just
acquiesces, even if it is to be a large church wed
ding and he a very timid soul. Just why he should
be required to sneak in at the side door of the
church for the ceremony is beyopd the writer, but
maybe it is because he has the least important role
of anyone in the wedding ceremony; even the
ushers are given more prominence.
The Bridegroom: As soon as the wedding date is
definite, he selects his best man, his brother, if he
has one, or an intimate friend; it may be his father.
How many ushers depend on the number of guests
and the size of the church; if the bride has a broth
er, he should be included. For a house or garden
wedding, he may have honorary ushers who are a
part of the bridal party but do not participate in
the ceremony. A man should not refuse if he is asked
to usher.
What to Wear: If it is a formal night wedding,
the usual formal evening wear is correct, but if a
formal daytime wedding, that requires entirely dif
ferent apparel for all of the men 6f the bridal par
ty. They should all dress alike; each wears a cut
away coat, dark gi’ay trousers, black waistcoat
(the groom and best man may wear white pique),
white dress shirt, wing collar, black silk four-in-
hand with white stripes, black silk socks, black
calf oxfords, white buckskin or gray suede gloves.
At a simple ceremony men may wear navy blue
suits. In a summer daytime wedding, the men
may wear all white or white flannel trousers with
dark blue or gray coats, bow ties, soft shirts and
white oxfords.
Bridegroom’s Gifts: It is customary for the
groom to give his best man and ushers the gloves,
ties, and white boutonnieres they wear at the cere
mony. The boutonnieres are sent to the church
just before the wedding. In addition, the groom pres^
ents a personal gift to each man of the bridal party,
and he may have a bachelor dinner to which they
are invited.
Bride’s Present and Ring: The groom, of course
gives his bride a ring, and he usually gives her a
gift of jewelry. The bride may help select the ring.
Rehearsal: The bridegroom takes part in the re
hearsal and instructs his ushers.
Marriage License and Clergyman’s Fee: He pays
for the license and clergyman’s fee, but the best
man hands the check to the clergyman just after
the ceremony.
Wedding Trip: All expenses of the honeymoon
are the financial responsibility of the groom.
As the World Turns...
BY R. W. STEEN
TEXAS IS FACING AN INTERESTING political
campaign. A seat in the United States Senate is a
highly prized political possession, and every import
ant political figure who can see the possibility of
success will doubtless be in the campaign. Attor
ney General Gerald Mann has en
tered the race, as has Congress
man Martin Dies. Mann proved
himself a capable campaigner in
1936, and should run a good race.
Dies has gained widespread pub
licity as a result of his investiga
tions of un-American activities.
He has served in Congress for a
number of years, and will doubt
less conduct a spirited campaign.
Governor O’Daniel has not yet
stated his intentions, but indica
tions are that he will be a candi
date. His vote getting ability is too well known
to warrant any elaboration here. There will be
numerous other candidates in the race, but the three
mentioned above will probably set off most of the
fireworks. John C. Williams of Rockport, a retired
naval officer, has announced his candidacy. His
platform includes a demand for the immediate
declaration of war against Gei’many and her Ital
ian colony. It is not, possible to say at this time
how many votes he will receive.
There are rumors that James E. Ferguson is
considering the matter of making the race. Ten
years ago his candidacy would have been a matter
of major importance, and it could not be taken
lightly even now. Mr. Ferguson, however, is getting
old, and does not campaign with the same vigor that
marked his earlier conquests. He was a candidate
for the Senate in 1922, in a bitter campaign in
which one of the chief issues was the Ku Klus Klan.
He was beaten, by a narrow margin, by Earle B.
Mayfield. He is eligible for the office since it is
a federal office and the judgment of the court
of impeachment merely bars him from state offices.
On factor that may have a major influence
on the outcome of the campaign is the fact that
more than 400,000 persons failed to pay their poll
taxes. This reduction in the electorate will doubt
less handicap some candidates more than others,
and may even loom as one of the most importanct
factors in the campaign. Whoever wins the elec
tion will have a great obligation to live up to. He
will take the seat of a man who served his country
tirelessly and well. It will take twenty years
or more to gain the influence and prestige that
Sheppard had, and it will take a good man to gain
it in that time.
More than half the 2,200 students at the Uni
versity of Arkansas are working to help pay their
way through school.
Dr. Frank M. Andrews’ collection of portraits
of noted plant physiologists had been presented to
the department of botany at Indiana university.
Women students at Wayne university are just
a bit more conservative than men students, accord
ing to recent tests.
A chemist at the University of California has
developed a method of studying hot atoms of a mil
lion degrees centigrade or more.
BACKWASH
By
George Fuermann
"Backwesh: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Fuermann
In Passing . . . Question-of-the
week concerns the whereabouts of
lodgings for maestro Duke Elling
ton and his 15 associates at music
making. Playing for the week
end’s Infantry Ball, Duke and his
men will stay in
' Bryan at two
" negro boarding
houses . . . Many
cadets don’t re
alize that Elling
ton is one of the
nation’s top-rank
ing musicians.
Many observers —
including George
Gershwin and
Oscar Levant—be
lieve him to be the_
most significant of modern dance
band leaders. Among Duke’s top-
notch compositions are “Sophisti
cated Lady,” “Mood Indigo” and
“Caravan.” . . . Aggie-ex Jimmy
Aston, a former corps commander
and football captain who, until re
cently, was Dallas’ young city
manager, has temporarily left that
job to begin active duty' in the
Army. But the city manager’s
post remains in the Aggie fam
ily as V. R. Smitham, father of
Chem Warfareman Fred Smitham,
takes up where Jimmy left off.
A graduate of the class of 1915,
there’s a favorite story that Dal-
lasites like to tell about Fred’s
father. As he was being intro
duced at a banquet not so long
ago, the chairman pointed out that;
his name was really Smith.” . . .
but he’s so crazy about his col
lege,” the speaker said, “that he
just added its name to his—that’s
why they call him Smith-A-M!”
... .One T.S.C.W.ite recently wrote
to The Battalion, “I am a Puerto
Rican student and would like
VERY much to become acquainted
with an Aggie.” Particularly want
ing to correspond with Aggie
Latin-Americans, she’s Carmen A.
Buonomo—so come on, ole Army;
let’s see what you can do . . .
Definition: One Battalion maga
zine reader, Martha Ann Powell,
recently wrote to Humor Editor-
Bob Lynch, “The Battalion’s short
stories are like a ten-day-old
omelet; and the jokes are worse!”
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On Dean Kyle
Believe-it-or-not item of the
week concerns the School of Agri
culture’s popular Dean Edwin
Jackson Kyle. A man who admit
tedly “didn’t give a hang” about
education in his younger days, he
spent four years in the third
grade. Yet he later graduated
from A. & M. as corps comman
der and valedictorian.
Dean Kyle is the only man in
the college’s 65-year history who-<
has served as commandant of ca
dets while still a student.
The behind-the-scenes story on
that unprecedented event is a fav
orite with the dean. “The Span-
ish-American War gutted our mili
tary staff,” he said, “and, as a
result, a civilian commandant was
appointed. Late in my senior year
(1899) he was stricken seriously
ill and, as corps cbmmander, I
became commandant until his re
covery a month later.”
Another of the dean’s favorite
bits of reminiscing goes back to his
first turn as chairman of the
athletic council in 1903.
“Those were really nip-and-tuck
days,” he said. “Why, the only
place we had to play football was
on the old parade ground. In order
to support athletics we had to pass
a hat among spectators—if we had
any—and get as much money as
we could that way. They would
have lynched us if we had tried
to charge as much as two-bits—
let alone $2.50—admission to those
games!”
H. Critz
Aggies are currently receiving
letters from ex-students now on
active duty as officers in the
Army. The adventures and tales
coming therefrom aren’t the kind
you would write home about, but
some of them are near-credible
enough to make a part of the so-
called public record.
The Battalion’s former associate
editor, Hymie Critz is among an
estimated 300 Aggie-exes now
serving as officers throughout the
nation.
“The Army has had me busy for
only two months,” Hymie writes,
“but it seems as though it has been
a year. Believe-you-me, when
Uncle Sam calls a man for active
duty, he certainly finds plenty for
him to do.
“I’m in the Field Artillery Re
placement Center at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, along with 5,770 se
lectees (draftees), 1,000 enlisted
men and 199 officers. Our job is
to train the selectees for three
months, then send them on to new
outfits being activated.
“Then, when we receive a new
shipment of the selectees, the
Whole thing begins all over again.
In my battery we have 216 men
(31 enlisted men and 185 selec
tees) and four officers.
“The hours are long, but I real
ly love the work as do the rest
of the ex-Aggies on duty here.
“A & M. is well represented
here at Fort Sill. As a matter
of fact, we’re having a dinner here
next week for A. & M. alumnus
and hope to organize a Fort Sill
A. & M. club.”
• • •
Carnival
The Battalion described the
carnival which appeared in Bryan
last week as a chance for “good,
clean fun.” How clean and how
good depends on your point of
view, but 12 cadets did their part
toward making Christians out of
one group of carnival racketeers.
It seems that an Aggie junior
had dipped rather steeply ($14.50)
into one of the alleged games
of chance. After a vigorous gripe
concerning the game’s crooked-
possibilities, the cadet walked
away.
Not so for half a dozen of his
classmates. Much put-out by the
whole thing, about 30 Aggies
crowded around the front of the
stand and threatened to blitzkrieg
the thing if the owner didn’t “get
right in a hurry.”
He did—and the cadets didn’t.
Red blood cells can’t be built
without iron.
PALACE
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
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starring
James STEWART*Judy GARLAND
Hedy LAMARR • Lana TURNER
with
Tony MARTIN • Jackie COOPER
Ian HUNTER • Charles WINNINGER
Edward EvereU HORTON • Philip DORN
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PREVUE 11 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Barbara Stanwick
Henry Fonda
“The Lady Eve ,,
Shown Sunday - Monday
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LAST DAY
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT'!! FULL LENGTH!!!
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TWO SHOWS DAILY—1:45 - 7:30
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
Big Double Feature
No. 1
“SANTA FE TRAIL”
No. 2
“RIDE KELLY RIDE”
A comedy that is light as a fea
ther and has an unusuai combina
tion of stars is going to be at
the Assembly Hall Wednesday and
Thursday. It took its title from an
old English poem, “COME LIVE
WITH ME.” James Steward and
Hedy Lamarr, the leading actor
and actress are unusual playing to
gether because of their entirely
different types. Sex-appeal Hedy
and country-boy Stewart seems
like a strange combination but it
does work out for a pleasant com
edy.
Poor Hedy is illegally in the
country and must be deported un
less she can find an American hus
band. So she makes a business deal
with broken-down writer Stewart
to pay his expenses if he will just
go through the ceremony. She
comes to his house once a week to
pay him his $17.80 living expenses.
With his situation as a plot, Stew
art begins to write a novel on the
progress of the love affair and
sends it for publication to Hedy’s
other boy friend, Ian Hunter.
Things start popping when Hunter
recognizes the plot.
Lamarr and Stewart get along
fine in this show even if they are
such radically diffei’ent types.
Stewart is polished up a bit from
the too great extent of his back-
woods mannerisms until the ones
Freezer Locker
Course Set in May
Freezer locker plant operators
have been invited to attend the
first annual short course on that
subject to be held at A. & M. May
5-6, E. J. Kyle, dean of the School
of Agriculture at the college, an
nounced here this week.
Dean Kyle said that he expects
approximately 75 operators to at
tend the course which will be un
der the direction of Prof. C. E.
Murphy, of the college animal hus
bandry department.
that are left just make it funnier.
The tone of the whole movie is
light and pleasant, along the line
of “It Happened One Night.” Ian
Hunter is good as a publisher who
realizes that Middle age is upon
him but won’t admit it.
“GONE WITH THE WIND” is
still here today if anybody has
missed it or has four hours to
spare. Any judgment passed here
upon a show that has received such
a line of ballyhoo as just that one
wouldn’t have much effect anyway.
Their line of propaganda has been
quite effective however, because
the first time the show played here
one was a conversational illiterate
unless he had GWTW to talk about.
But it does seem that the story
could have gone through one more
climax and taken the story up
again to show whether or not she
ever got her man in the end.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday — “GONE WITH
THE WIND,” starring Clark
Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia
deHavilland, Vivien Leigh
and Hattie McDaniel.
Wednesday, Thursday —
“SANTA FE TRAIL,” with
Errol Flynn, Olivia deHavil
land, Raymond Massey, Ron-
old Reagan and Alan Hale.
Also “RIDE KELLY RIDE,”
with Eugene Pallette, Morris
Stephens, Rita Quigley and
Mary Healey.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Tuesday 3:30 & 6:45 —
“YOU’RE THE ONE,” with
Bonnie Baker, Orin Tucker,
Albert Dekker and Edward
Everett Horton.
Wednesday 3:30 & 6:45—
“COME LIVE WITH ME,”
starring James Stewart, Hedy
Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Veree
Teasdale and Donald Meek.
Assembly Hall
LAST DAY
Texas Rangers Ride Again’
LESLIE HOWARD
Tuesday, 3:30 - 6:30
HOW TO WOO AN UNKISSED BRIDE!
loin heavenly Hedy and romantic Timmy
in the exciting modern love story of a
beauty who had 24 hours to get married...
and wanted to remain an unkissed bride!
It's all love and laughter as Jimmy finds
the surprising answer!
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PRODUCT ION
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STEWART
LAMARR
WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY
3:30 and 6:45
: SHORTS
“Fightin' Fools”
“More About Nostradamus”
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