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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, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1876.
Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon
request.
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Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-8444.
1940 Member 1941
Plssociofed Golle6iote 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. Hanger, E. D. Wilmeth Assistant Circulation Managers
t. D. Asbury, E. S. Henard Circulation Assistants
Photography Department
Phil Golman i Photographic Editor
James Carpenter. Bob Crane, Jack Jones,
Jack Siegal Assistant Photographers
SATURDAY’S EDITORIAL STAFF
Barle A. Shields Managing Editor
V. R. Harrison Assistant Advertising Manager
Junior Editors
Will O. Brimberry W. C. Carter Don Gabriel
Reportorlal Staff
Charles Babcock, Herbert Haile, Paul Haines, Carl Van
Hook, J. J. Keith, Z. A. McReynolds, Beverly Miller, Ehrhard
Mlttendorf, Jack Nelson, L. B. Tennison.
Combine Engineer’s Day
With Ag Day; Add Other
Schools and Have A&M Day
AG DAY IS next week and Engineer’s Day is the
week after that. It is admittedly a fine thing to
exhibit the undertakings of these schools, but why
not extend it to all the schools. Why not have an
A. & M. Day in which each school and each de
partment puts on a show for the day.
The idea behind the present Engineer’s Day
show is to present to campus visitors a show that
will advertise the school of Engineering and also
give the students something extra-curricular to work
on and look forward to during the year. Engineering
departments appoint special committees to super
vise the work on these projects. The students take
pride in these exhibitions and work with zest and
vigor to make them a success.
It is acknowledged that the idea is fine for the
Engineers—in fact the school of Agriculture thought
so much of the idea that they have adopted a day
of the same nature, too.
But why not combine the efforts of all schools
for next year. Appoint a general chairman to handle
the show. Pick a time, such as Parents’ Day, when
a host of visitors will be on the campus and put the
whole of A. & M. on exhibit.
The new idea would be to find all the things
that A. & M. can be proud of besides just the de
partmental undertakings and dress them up into
attractive exhibits. Each department could have an
■ exhibit and a special exhibit could be arranged to
combine the departments into a school exhibit. Then
the school exhibits could be combined into a special
exhibit for the entire school.
It could cover two days, beginning on Saturday
and holding over Sunday.
Such deal will take a great deal of work in co
ordinating the efforts of the schools and depart
ments, and it will take lots of push to get it
started. For this year there isn’t time. Next year’s
seniors will have to get behind the movement if it
is to be carried out.
Oysters: Raw ones are dipped into the cock
tail sauce with the fork and eaten whole. Cooked
ones may be cut with a fork.
Pie: Is always eaten with a fork. A spoon is
never used, nor is a knife.
Potatoes: Never mash a boiled potato with the
fork or cut it with your knife. Use the fork to
break and butter it. A baked potato is broken in
half with the fingers, butter applied to one half
with the fork, and eaten from the skin. French
fried potatoes are eaten with a fork; potatoe chips
with the fingers.
Salt: If there is a spoon with an open salt
dish, use it. If not, use the top of a clean knife or
fork. Salt may be pinched from individual salt
cellars, but radishes and celery are never dipped in
them or in salt that is put on tablecloth.
Sandwiches: Break or cut a large sandwich if
it is easier' to handle, and eat with fingers. A club
sandwich if cut into smaller portions may be eaten
with fork or fingers. Eat open sandwiches with the
fork; cut with knife if necessary.
FRANK LOVING PRESENTS:
/ Heard the Preacher Say
“SINCE EVE RIBBED ADAM” as the saying goes,
women have been a more or less constant source of
problems which we men are faced with. I should say
that this is even more true than normally here at
Aggieland. The fairer sex is the cause of never-
ending grief, joy, heartache, pleasure, and financial
reverses on' this so called “womanless” campus.
Those who call it that just don’t know! In addition
to these superficial matters, we are all faced with
more serious, and I think more important issues over
our girl friends. I will be the last fellow to lecture
to anyone on morals, but moral or immoral, we all
have problems to face and decisions to make—the
same is true of both youth and lady, and they both
share blame when blame is to be meted out.
A tremendous amount of our so called morals
are merely figures of custom which society demands
that we observe. For example, several primitive so
cieties have been discovered in which custom and
climatic environment led to complete nudity as the
daily habit of existence. Among these people, nudity
carried none of the implications which we associate
it with in modern European or American minds.
They were completely normal in other respects of
their lives, and their lack of attire was of utterly
no consequence to them. We find a parallel in the
changes which we can observe in our own customs.
It would have created a tremendous scandal at one
time for a woman to be seen in a barber shop, but
now barber shops even operate beauty parlors; the
first Miss to go in bathing without stockings took
her reputation rather lightly, liut now nothing can
be taken much more lightly than a woman’s bathing
garb. The point is that the right and wrong of what
we do is largely a matter of custom. Now custom is
obviously no judge of Christian principles or we
would still be hanging witches, so we must find
another basis on which to base our attitudes.
In seeking this guide for the path which we are
to follow, I have two suggestions which I think will
indicate the best course to steer. The principles
which Christ laid down for us to consider and fol
low, I think, are those principles that demand first
and always a consideration for the other person.
If anything that I do could in any possible way
work to the detriment of the other party involved,
then I think it is a selfishly wrong thing to do, re
gardless of what the others around me consider
appropriate. Secondly, I believe one should look to
the future and bear in mind the preservation of a
permanent happiness which we all except and look
forward to.
As the World Turns...
The Four Freedoms
AS USUAL in times of alarm, it is difficult to
discover what it is, in concrete terms, we must
take up arms to obtain, retain, or destroy. The
president has said that our aims are similar to the
Four Freedoms: freedom of worship, freedom of
speech, freedom from want, and freedom from
fear. If we engage in this war, we are endeavoring
to establish these everywhere. However, this “man
ifest destiny” of America needs clarification.
If we go to war, and we do win the war will
these four freedoms ring true with our allies as well
as with our enemies ? If the English want our aid,
shall we assume that we are to supply and perhaps
fight the same war side by side for the same rea
son? In the last war, India hoped that after the
Armageddon she would gain an independence sim
ilar to the one for which America fought. Is her
fate to be repeated ? Are our allies already above
the Four Freedoms?
Man, Your Manners
BY I. SHERWOOD
Food Pointers
CHEESE: Dairy cheese, cut in sections, is trans
ferred to your plate with the fingers if no imple
ment is passed. Roquefort and other strong cheese
is served with a knife. If there are crackers, spread
a little cheese on one with a knife and eat it with
your fingers. Cheese served with salad or pie is
eaten with fork.
Corn: Kernels of corn served cut from the cob
are eaten with the fork. Corn on the cob is taken
from the serving plate with the fingers and placed
on the dinner plate. Break a long ear in half; with
the knife, spread butter on a small part of the ear;
put salt on it; holding both ends eat neatly and
quietly. Take a mouthful at a time instead of eating
along the whole length of the ear.
Eggs: Soft-boiled eggs are eaten with a spoon;
all others with a fork.
Fish: Always eaten with a fork. A knife is
used only to aid in removing skin and large bone.
Remove small bones from the mouth with your
fingers.
Fowl: Chicken, duck, squad, turkey, etc.,
should not be eaten with the fingers.
Nelson
By DR. AL B. NELSON
BERLIN’S NAZI NEWSPAPERS have just given
Charles Augustus Lindbergh their highest recom
mendation as a true American. Other Americans
will also recall that Mr. Lindbergh also holds one
of the highest decorations within the gift of the
Nazi government. He undoubtedly deserves both
their commendation and their dec
orations, as he has been of tre
mendous service to the Germans
in the last few years.
Senator Harry Byrd, of Virginia,
has vigorously demanded that the
President ask the resignation of
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins and replace her with a “two-
fisted” individual having the “in
testinal fortitude” necessary to the
proper discharge of the duties of
that high office. Secretary Per
kins has been accused of delaying
certification of labor disputes to the National Medi
ation Board in order to give labor time to win
strikes before the Board could mediate.
The British Army in Greece is being slowly
driven back along the narrow neck of land leading
to southern Greece. At this moment nothing is
known as to whether the British and Greeks will
attempt to hold the southern mainland of y the
nation or evacuate this last foothold on the con
tinent of Europe. At any event the Balkan cam
paign has prevented the invasion of England this
spring and has given the British that much ad
ditional time in which to prepare. The occupation
of these additional countries will also require the
permanent location of many divisions of German
troops.
The great issue before the people of the United
States now is whether the supplies we are manu
facturing are to reach England where they can
be used. United States merchant ships can still
carry supplies manufactured in this country to
Japan to aid the Japanese in their war on China,
and can still carry vital supplies to Russian ports
for trans-shipment to> Germany to aid her in the
war on England, but our ships cannot carry goods
to England to aid them in their defense. In view of
these facts WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “AID TO
ENGLAND”.
Sophomores at Stratford college recently staged
a fashion show to bolster class funds.
the battalion
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MEETING you Tj;
BACKWASH
By
(teorge fuermann
‘Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
The Way of Things . . . .Maestro
Duke Ellington, who played for
last night’s Infantry Ball and who’ll
encore for the corps dance to-
. night, is rated the nation’s No. 4
band by Esquire. Ahead of Duke
is Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and
Artie Shaw’s new band in that or
der. Where national rating is con
cerned, Duke’s outfit is one of the
biggest to hit the campus in several
social seasons.. Metronome, nation
ally significant musicicans mag,
rated Duke’s recordings at the
top of the list last year
Facts in the news: Student Labor
Secretary Wendell R. Horsley has
announced that of the 807 cand
idates for degrees to be conferred
in June, 348 (more than 43 per
cent) are student labor employees
. . . .Thursday marked an all-time
high for library circulation as 723
books—more than ever before in
the history of the library—were
checked out by cadet readers. . . .
Best-gag-of-the-year, via Winch-
ell’s column yesterday morn, con
cerns what Mister Hitler’s parents
said when he was born. Answer:
They didn’t say anything—they
just wagged their tails!
Watch for student activities to hit
a new high in the next five weeks.
The coming Parents’ Day exercises
(which will draw more than 10,000
persons to the campus), Ag Day,
Engineers Day and at least a
dozen other projects will keep the
activities calendar double-packed
between now and commencement
time.
• • •
Colonel Chevalier
One of the greatest men ever
to visit the A. & M. campus—and
one of the most versatile—is Bus
iness Week’s publisher and vice-
president of the important Mc-
Gr aw-H ill Publishing Company,
Colonel Willard Chevalier
One cadet, trying to find an ef
fective way to describe Col. Che
valier’s speaking ability, pointed
out, “Although I haven’t heard
them all, if I were to list the na
tion’s speakers in order of their
all-around ability, I’d name Pres
ident Roosevelt first and Col. Che
valier right behind him.”
Already a many time visitor to
A. & M., he was commencement
speaker two years ago. A New
Yorker, his interests are many
fold and, where TesJas history
is concerned, his knowledge is con
siderably greater than most na
tive Texans.
Monday, when Engineering Dean
Gibb Gilchrist and Engineering
Council Prexy Ben Elliott trekked
to Houston to meet Col. Cheval
ier, the three visited the famed
San Jacinto Memorial located near
Houston.
“I’ve been there four times be
fore,” the genial Colonel said, “hut
I never come to Texas that I don’t
manage to return to this historic
spot.”
Sidelight of his visit—he made
three addresses in four days-—was
the informal dinner held at Col. Ike
Ashburn’s ranch by Dean Gilchrist
and the Engineering Council.
As usual, the talk got around to
the war situation and the cadets
evidenced that they believed we
should get into the current con
flict IF Great Britain was on the
verge of losing the war and, if by
so doing, our nation would take a
back seat in world economic af
fairs.
Col. Chevalier agreed with this
sentiment, and added that the en
tire South seemed to feel much
the same way.
“Not so, in the East and North,”
he said. “In that section of the
nation Chicago, for example—
there is a strong anti-war senti
ment in any case.”
Every cadet who talked with or
heard Col. Chevalier is anxiously
looking forward to the next time
when he will encounter the man.
• • •
The Fledglings
That’s the name of the ‘annual’
published by the flying cadets
of class 41-E at San Angelo’s Air
Corps basic flying school. A 40-page
book that’s all-the-way okeh, pic
tures of four Aggie-exes appear,
including Harvey S. Trewitt from
Dallas, class of ’37; J. A. Isbell,
Haskell, ’39; W. R. Ross, Frank
lin, ’40, and Carl E. Taylor from
Denison, also of the class of ’40.
Harvey, incidentally, is one of the
class’ cadet officers, being flight
lieutenant.
Besides containing pix of every
member of the graduating class
and the instructors, the book in
cludes snapshots and humor sec
tions.
Best of the latter section is the
feature titled “Famous Last Lines.”
For example:
““No, sir, we weren’t in fly
ing formation. I didn’t even see
that other plane until our wings
hit each other!”
“You see, it was like this . . .
I thought he had the controls,
and he thought I had ’em.” (This
from a delirious patient in the
hospital!)
“Wait until we get to the Pan
handle! Then we’ll have some
real flying weather.”
Student on night flight: “Can
you tell me whether that is haze,
Tonight is the corps’ night to
dance to the music of Duke El
lington and his reputation has long
preceeded him. The Duke has been
in the business for a long time and
experts agree that he has done a
great deal for the advancement of
music itself, besides put out agree
able dance music. He composed
“Caravan” and “Mood Indigo.” He
has made a greater reputation for
himself on the campus prior to his
corps dance than any other band
because he has had the opportunity
to play for many members of the
corps at his Town Hall appearance
last night. Someone in nearly ev
ery organization has heard him in
person, and his radia music is,
of course, long familiar.
Age turns most pictures stale,
but great age on a good picture
just allows it to mellow a little.
That is about the condition of “IT
HAPPENED ONE NIGHT,” com
ing to the Campus for the midnight
show Saturday and Sunday. Ev
eryone remembers the fame and
honors it carried off several years
back and the surprise it caused.
It was produced on a small budget
with no great hope of being any
thing but a pleasant 90 minutes,
and then it raked in all the honors
for the year.
The show stars Clark Gable and
Claudette Colbert. Claudette is try
ing to escape from her millionaire
family by taking a cross country
bus trip, and Clark barges in and
recognizes her. Circumstances
force them to stay together al
though the agreement is mutually
dust or ground I see?”
“That is all I have to say, cap
tain.”
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unsatisfactory, but as usual, it
grows to love before the trip is
over.
The show is light comedy of the
first grade. The show is so old
that camera technique and direction
have improved some since, but it
is not at all so noticeable as to
spoil the film. The show is plenty
good.
A re-make of another old show
will be at the Assembly Hall Mon
day and Tuesday, “THE TRIAL
OF MARY DUGAN.” The original
of this was made before our time,
however, so that doesn’t interfere.
The moral situation has been tun
ed up so to get by the Hayes of
fice.
Max-y Dugan is played by Lo-
raine Day, the woman with a past
who tries to go straight and lead
a normal life. She does get inno
cently involved in a murder and it
takes her lawyer boyfriend Robert
Young to get her out of it. He is
fighting for love so he does a good
job of it. The show is not the de
tective melodrama that you might
expect from the title. It is just an
oi-dinary, solid movie although it
drags in some places.
In Passing
The annual A. & M. flower
show may not hold much interest
for the average Aggie, but one ex
hibit in pai'ticular in the so-called
men’s division—exhibited by a math
professor—was tops. It consisted
of four small roses flanked by a
hip-pocket shaped bottle
Here’s a quote from a recent ag
ronomy department release: “On
hand: Four gilds—dancers—to go
for the asking. No. 1, 5-feet 5 in
ches—quiet, dignified and brun
ette; No. 2, same height, peppy
and blonde; No.3, same height, wild
x'ed-head; No. 4, same height and
plain vanilla blonde.” Which means
that all of the Cotton Pageant mod
els haven’t got dates. If interested
—and who isn’t?—see Mrs. Es
telle Johnson in the agronomy de
partment office.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday 12:45, 6:45 & 8:30
—“HONEYMOON FOR
THREE,” featuring George
Brent, Ann Sheridan, Charles
Ruggles, Jane Wyman and
Bill Orr.
Monday, Tufesday 3:30 &
6:45 — “THE TRIAL OF
MARY DUGAN,” featuring
Lorain Day, Robert Young,
Tom Conway, Frieda Inescoxd
and Marsha Hunt.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—“SIX LESSONS
FROM MADAM LA ZON-
GA,” with Lupe Valez, Leon
Errol, Helen Parrish and Ed
die Quillan.
Saturday midnight, unday
—“IT HAPPENED ONE
NIGHT,” starring Clark Ga
ble, Claudette Colbert, Wal
ter Connally and Roscoe
.Karns.
Monday, Tuesday—“SUB
MARINE D-l,” with Pat
O’Brien, George Brent, Way
ne Morris, Frank McHugh
and Dox-is Weston. Also “AR
GENTINE NIGHTS,” with
The Ritz Brothers; the An
drews Sisters, Constance
Moore, Geoi'ge Reeves and
Peggy Moran.
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST is offering a brand new
bi-swing blouse along with Slacks and Sam Brown
PRICED TO SELL
If you have any part of a uniform to sell, let us sell
them for you at a small commission.
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Class ’32 North Gate
Assembly Hall
—Today—
Matinee 12:45 — Evening 6:45 and 8:30
Honeymoon for Three
with
MOTHER'S DAY
IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER . . .
Why not give Her something she
will really appreciate a picture
of yourself.
MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL
Your Choice of Our Regular
$2.50 8 x 10 for $1.50
Complete with Glass Frame for $2.00
AGGIELAND STUDIO
North Gate
Ann Sheridan and George Brent
Monday and Tuesday
3:30 and 6:45 P. M.
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