THE BATTALION
-WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1941
The Battalion As the World Turns.
STUDENT SUMMER-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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Plssocioted Golleftiote Press
V. A. Yentzen Editor-in-Chief
Orville Allen Advertising Manager
Jack Decker Managing Editor
Mike Haiken Sports Editor
Dorothy B. Trant Sports Assistant
Reportorial Staff
Laetitia Frances Gofer, Clyde C. Franklin, Ralph W. Stenzel,
Alfred Zabludosky, Herbert S. Jacobson, Loraine Devin, Lucille
Thornton, Jerrell Cate, Elizabeth McNew, Ben Taylor, T. R.
Vannoy.
For a Pencil Sharpener
IT’S AMUSING TO consider how important a pencil
sharpener becomes at class time. The few available
pencil sharpeners on the campus receive heavy pat
ronage.
Class room floors would be freer from shavings.
Perhaps quiz papers would be more legbile if more
pencil sharpeners were distributed about the cam
pus buildings. Notes, at least would be neater, if
written with sharp pencils. Make a request for the
installation of a pencil sharpener; we need more
of them.
Freedom of Speech
IN 1776, SEVEN MILLION people fought to gain
their independence. On Friday, we celebrate their
victory, in the shadow of increasing preparation to
hold and to maintain the freedom and natural rights,
which we inherited from them, against a possible in
fringer.
In these anxious times we realize the impor
tance of maintaining free speech. But this freedom
of speech can be greatly endangered by unthinking
and ill-advised speech. Be slow to judge and keep
hasty judgments until they have simmered a bit.
A free-thinking people is not characterized by loose
thoughless speech. A free speaking people maintain
that quality by clear-headed thoughts, and actions.
Quotable Quotes
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“WHENEVER YOU FIND a group fighting to
increase its share of the national consumption in
ways that lessen the national production as a whole,
you have an example of local ‘power politics.’ Un
fortunately, American trade-unionism, by and large,
has not yet wholly emerged from this fighting-for-
one’s-rights-at-the-expense-of-others stage. There
are, of course, some notable exceptions in the way of
unions that have given effective co-operation in in
creasing the productivity of their numbers and the
total production of their industries. But all too many,
not only of the rank and file but of the leaders as
well, still belive, or profess to believe, that the less
a man can do today and still draw his pay, the more
there will be left for him and his fellow workmen to
do tomorrow.” Dr. Harvey N. Davis, president of
Stevens Institute of Technology, declares that power
politics represents a reversion to the philosophy of
highway robbery.
“The spirit of America is so remote from the
spirit of Europe that we are barely awake to some
of the menace which threatens .Most of that menace
bids fair to drop to pieces in time from lack of
balance and overweight.” Dr. Herbert I. Priestley,
professor of Mexican history at the University of
California, feels that totalitarian dreams are doom
ed.
WTAW PROGRAM
via Texas Quality Network
(Not carried on WTAW)
Wednesday, July 2, 1941
6:15-6:30 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Program
—D. H. Reid, Head, Poultry Husbandry Depart
ment; F. W. Peikert, Agricultural Engineering De
partment .
11:25 a. m.—Eye-Opener (Institute of Better
Vision)
11:40 a. m.—Popular Music
11:55 a. m.—Community Bulletin Board
12:00 a. m.—Sign-Off
Thursday, July 3, 1941
6:15-6:30 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Pro
gram—Beulah Blackwell, Extension Service
11:25 a. m.—The Regular Army Is On The Air
(U. S. Army)
11:40 a. m.—Serenade in Tangotime
11:55 a. m.—Community Bulletin Board
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
Friday, July 4, 1941
6:15-6:30 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Pro
gram—O. O. Copeland, Chief, Division of Dairy, Ex
periment Station; N. N. Newman, Farm Security
Administration
11:25 a. m.—Federal Music Program (Works
Projects Administration)
11:40 a. m.—Popular Music
11:55 a. m.—Community Bulletin Board
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
4:30-5:30 p. m.—The Aggie Clambake
Saturday, July 5, 1941
6:15-6:30 a. m.—Texas Farm and Home Pro
gram—W. E. Morgan, Extension Economist
11:25 a. m.—Popular Music
11:55 a. m.—Community Buleltin Board
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
8:30 a. m.—Roans Chapel Singers
8:45 a. m.—Songs of Your Heart
9:15 a. m.—Gilbert & Sullivan
9:30 a. m.—Sign-Off
By “COUNT” V. K. SUGAREFF
The Russo-German war is another step toward world
domination by Hitler.
The Hitler youth marching song has the follow
ing refrain: “Today we own Germany, tomorrow
the whole world.” The Germans have advanced far
into Russia but the Russians deny the German
claims. Hitler and his propagan
dists are apt to put the German
army in positions or places long
before it reaches them. The Rus
sians tell us that the Germans have
suffered heavy losses everywhere
along the front but little definite
information has come about the
particular location of the front.
Both Hitler and Stalin are expert
in giving out misleading informa
tion. Regardless of the meager in
formation about the Russian front,
the important question is what aid
can the democracies give to Russia?
Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt have prom
ised “All possible aid.”
It appears now that Hitler’s strategy is to
strike through the center of White Russia, Minsk-
Moscow line. If he succeeds here, he can then op
erate with the aid of his armies on the north and
the south, encircling and dividing the Russian forc
es. If the Russians retreat in order and keep their
armies intact, destroying everything of military
value as they retreat, the war is apt to be long
and costly for Germany. England and the United
States could be of great help to Russia of they can
force Germany to keep large armies in the west.
Time element is an important factor in aiding
Russia. Our military and naval experts se^pi to
think that the best way to help Russia now is
by helping England. All war materials, which can
possibly be spared, should be rushed to England
and strike heavy blows somewhere on the western
front. Arm our merchant ships, send our big planes,
use our navy to deliver sorts of war materials to
England and make Hitler fight on two fronts. It is
an opportunity which may never come again. Be
tween Moscow and the Black Sea are located the
most valuable war materials which Hitler aims to
acquire in this campaign. He must not acquire them.
Now is the time to strike at Germany from the
west.
We must also rush aid to China and keep the Jap
anese somewhat occupied in China.
With Chinese war still in progress and the
American-Dutch-English forces ready to impede
Japanese attacks on Russia or the Dutch East
Indies, the democracies have a fighting chance in
preventing Hitler's attack on England this year.
Should the Germans alone or the Germans and the
Japanese defeat Russia, the United States will have
two powerful enemies in Siberia. Just thirty miles
across the Bering Sea is Alask—an American ter
ritory.
Something to Read
BY DR. T. F. MAYO
They Write About Themselves
A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING and frequently
instructive kind of literature is autobiography, in
which our time is particularly rich.
Pierre Van Paasens’ “The Days of Our Years”
will not only interest you as few novels can do. It
will also make you understand the hopelessly
tangled and appallingly corrupt world of European
affairs between the Great War. Vincent Sheean’s
“Personal History” takes you wtih this brilliant
newspaperman all over Europe, Asia, and Africa,
tracing step by step the development of his own
political intelligence and social conscience. It is
probably that The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
(another newspaperman, by the way) has awakened
more college students to what American politics is
all about than any other book of our time.
If you want to know something about commu
nistic Russia, two highly intelligent women offer
you their diametrically opposite experiences in adapt
ing themselves to life under Stalin’s hammer and
sickle. Anna Louise Strong, in “I Change Worlds”
paint a glowing picture of the first great socialist
experiment. Freda Utley, on the other hand, in her
recent autobiography, “The Dream We Lost,” writes
even more convincingly on the other side. So appalled
is she at the “Asiastic despotism” into which Stalin
has twisted communism that she wants England and
Hitler to make peace quickly, before their mutual
exhaustion delivers the world into Stalin’s iron
hands.
These are some of the richest modern auto
biographies. If ^ou like this sort of writing, however,
you ought to try a few of the famous “personal
histories” of all time. Cellini’s Memoirs, one of the
most exciting of books, shows you the splendors and
autrocities of Renaissance Italy through the eyes of
a brilliant hascal. Casanova, as everybody knows,
was the foremost professional lover of all times. His
memoirs give you the under side of the Eighteenth
Century. (Incidentally, they prove pretty conclusively
that making love is a fairly shoddy profession.)
This list 2nds with the greatest American auto
biography, good old Benjamin Franklin’s. All the
shrewdness, the humor, the common sense, and the
persistent drive, and much of the healthy narrow
ness of outlook that make up our national character
are in this book. You will be a better American for
reading it; you will also be highly entertained in
the process.
‘When you cut in you’re just supposed to top him lightly
on the back!”
Migrations and Meditations
By Benton Taylor surely agree that the lights should
In the beginning, the idea of this be on at least weekends if not ev-
column Migrations and Meditations ery night.
was to include some meditations Harvey Caddess of the Mechan-
among the various migration sub- i C aI Engineering department is in
jects. the Signal Corps School in New
The first thing I’VE got to med- Jersey,
itate about is what I’m going to E. R. Alexander, head of the de-
meditate about. (This is the edi- partment of Agricultural Educa
tor’s idea and not mine). tion, is working with the Texas
Of course I could meditate about Farm Bureau, Waco, Texas,
the editor but then none of my col- Robert J. Andrews of the chem-
umn would appear in the Batt for istry department has gone to Port-
ever more. Then there’s the manag- land, Oregon for a few weeks and
ing editor. I could meditate on him is tentatively planning to attend
all day, but what I’d meditate would the University of Washington for
be deleted by that red pencil he graduate work,
carries around and which deletes G. P. Parker of the Chemistry
everything anyway. Well, practical- Department is attending the Uni-
ly everything. versity of Texas this first term of
Ah! Some migrations filter into summer school,
my meditating. Dr. W. G. Huer, professor of
Dr. J. W. Bouknoght of the Chemistry, is at present in Tren-
Chemistry department is visiting in to visit in Jamestown, North Da-
Irmo,' South Carolina. kota before turning back toward
A. B. Stevens of the Petroleum College Station.
Engineering department was rush- P. Hartin of the Petroleum Engi-
ed into the army this summer as a neering department is vacationing
major in the Coast Artillery Corps at Gilmer, Texas,
at Camp Hulen, Palacios, Texas. V. M. Fairies of the Mechanical
Roy M. Wingren of the Meehan- Engineering Department is giving
ical Engineering department at- a paper titled “Testing of large
tended the annual meeting of Ap- Numbers in Machinery Design” be-
plied Mechanics Section of the fore the summer school for engi-
American Society of Mechanical neers at Purdue in Lafayette, In-
Engineers in Philadelphia last diana this week,
week. I’ve been wondering ever since
J. A. Trail of the Mechanical* I’ve lived in College Station why
Engineering department is work- there are so many styles of archi-
ing for the Hyatt Roller Bearing tecture on the campus. Red brick,
Company in Chicago, 111. this sum- yellow brick, dark brown brick,
mer. light brown brick, white composi-
A. M. Nelson, professor of me- tion material constitute the many
chanical engineering, is working exteriors of the campus buildings,
with the Wright Aircraft Corpo- It makes you color conscious to
ration in New Jersey. Another man look at so many varieties. Why
working for defense. not have only one design and stick
H. E. Gross of the Petroleum En- to it or would that be too mohoto-
gineering department is teaching nous?
a national defense course at Kil- Dr. H. J. Welge, professor of
gore Junior College in Kilgore, Tex- chemistry, is at home in Long
as. Beach, California for the summer.
Another rising question in my C. W. Burchard of the chemistry
mind is why we don’t see our one department returned Saturday from
and only fountain all lighted up Huntsville, Alabama after a visit
every weekend. It seems a pity not to his relatives,
to show off one of the most inter- J. E. McCrary of the chemistry
esting and beautiful things on the department is vacationing in Corn-
campus. Many of the students have merce, Texas.
never seen the lighted fountain. If Dr. R. W. Stoughton, professor
anyone has ever seen the fountain of chemistry ,is at home in Fresno,
when the lights were on they would California for the summer.
Trickin’ Up ^Plates
By Tom Vannoy
A story designed for pure en
joyment is “THE MAN WHO
LOST HIMSELF,” at the Campus
today and tomorrow with Brian
Aherne and Kay Francis in the
leads. The idea behind it all is
that Brian Aherne plays a double
role. One of the characters dies
that Brian plays, and the other
takes his place so well that the
dead man’s wife does not detect
any change of husbands. Kay dis
plays a gorgeous array of gowns
throughout the show which above
all, is what she is highly capable
of doing. Don’t overlook S. Z. Sa-
kall, the family butler, who does
a fine job of scene-stealing. You’ll
enjoy thoroughly “The Man Who
Lost Himself.”
To help recuperate from the af
ter-holiday let-down, “SIS HOP
KINS” will be shown at the Cam
pus next Sunday and Monday. It
undoubtedly is one of the better
shows scheduled for the next week.
In addition to Judy Canova, Bob
Crosby and his orchestra, Charles
Butterworth, and Jerry Colonna, of
handlebar mustache fame, are
starred.
A Hoosier country gal goes to
college. That’s Judy. And if you
are attached to the type of music
that Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats
play, here is a good chance to see
them in action. There is Jerry
Colonna to add to the comical cast.
We think that you will appreciate
“Sis Hopkins” immensely.
WHITS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Wednesday, Thursday —
“THE MAN WHO LOST
HIMSELF,” starring Brian
Aherne and Kay Francis.
Friday, Saturday —
“PHANTOM SUBMARINE,”
with Anita Louise.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday—“SIS HOPKINS,”
featuring Judy Canova, Bob
Crosby and his orchestra,
Charles Butterworth, and
Jerry Colonna.
Tuesday—“MONEY AND
THE WOMAN,” with Jeffrey
Lynn and Brenda Marshall.
Paine Announces
Tour of Twelve
Western States
Eighteen agricultural economic
students will begin a unique field
course which will, cover 12 of the
western states, L. S. Paine, asso
ciate professor in the agricultural
economics department and origi
nator of the course, announced.
Paine said that the course which
will give both upper class or grad
uate students 6 credit hours of
work, is, so far as he knows, the
first and only one of its kind in
the U. S. and will combine the vis
iting of the most interesting points
of the western states with infor
mal conferences at the leading mar
kets and industrial establishments
in this area.
The tour will cover the 12 west
ern states including Texas, Okla
homa, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Washington, Okla
homa, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho, Montana, Washington, Ore
gon, California, Arizona, and New
Mexico.
In these states the students will
visit and see such points of interest
as “The Dust Bowl in Action” at
Amarillo, Dalhart, and Clayton;
“Mighty Grand Coulee Dam” in
Washington; “The Finest Apples
in the World”; “Where the Buffa
lo Roams”; “The Chicken Empire”;
Hollywood and the land of Milk
and Honey”; “Square Miles of
Grapes and The Barrels of Wine”;
“Deserts Converted into Gardens”;
“The Sunkist Kingdom”; “The In
land Empire”; and “The Famous
Redwood Forests”.
The students will travel by bus
at a minimum cost to the students
which will cover lodging, trans
portation, meals, and registration.
This is made possible by staying in
tourist cabins, eating in restau
rants, advanced planning of the
entire course and at times even
camping out.
The course has gained national
recognition for it uniqueness and
and educational value by including
visits with colleges and universities.
Due to a visit to Cornell University
in New York on a previous trip,
Cornell is seriously considering a
similar course for their own insti
tution. . i ^
Recent development in laminated plastics, which
are made by impregnating sheets of cloth, paper or
wood veneer with resins under pressure, is a lam
inated material which uses glass cloth as a base.
The new material has enormous strength and is
expected to find a variety of important industrial
usues.
Sheep eat a wider variety of grasses and weeds
than do cattle, and they are able to graze on land
that is too steep and rough for larger animals.
By Jeanne Elwood
Tops among the local crowd is
the Sammy Kaye Victor recording
of Daddy—and with good reason.
The catchy rhythm would even
make a granddaddy remember his
nigger shuffling days. Coming up
fast enough to make it also a photo
finish is The Hut-Sut Song with
those odd lyrics one hears so often.
Horace Heidt and Freddy Martin
do themselves proud with their re
cordings of the above.
The sweet side of life is taken
into account by Tony Pastor’s Ma
ria Elena. Intermezzo, another slow
one, is well done by Freddy Martin
and Charlie Spivak. The latter giv
es an excellent trumpet solo on his
Okeh platter.
A tune that really sets the heart
beating faster is I’ll Be With You
in Apple Blossom Time—especially
when the Andrew Sisters sing it.
Very similar is Delores by Bing
Crosby and the Merry Macs with
an old Stephen Foster favorite on
the back. This record proves that
there is a reason for Bing’s still
being America’s favorite singer of
popular songs.
Still up on top of the heap after
a long stay there, one finds the
song, My Sister and I. Jimmy Dor
sey’s and the King Sisters’ are the
best-liked. Good listening material
but too draggy for the usual danc
ers, Gene Krupa’s The Things I
Love has many followers.
There are a number of new re
leases which have not yet to be
come well known. A few to keep
your eye on are listed below. For
Want of a Star (sequel to The
Breeze and I) by Harry James and
Tony Pastor’s All Alone and Lonely
backed up by Dinah are sure to be
come best sellers. Another one on
the sweet side is Jimmy Dorsey’s
Blue Champagne. Especially for the
hep cats and the many lovers of
swing comes Glenn Miller’s The
Booglie Wooglie Piggy. Latest
Tommy Dorsey “killer” is Yes In
deed which has occasional claps and
yells by the members of the band.
Love Me As I Am by Vaughn Mon
roe is one of those songs wtih
lyric kicks. And if you think a
good tune is better after a few
years on the shelf, there’s Tommy
Dorsey’s Without a Song, featuring
a smooth Dorsey solo. On the re
verse, the different instruments
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