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Page 2 THE BATTALION ■WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1941 The Battalion STUDENT SUMMER-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Sta kly from and Saturday mornings; and is pub- il an tatioi City ot College Station, is published three times weekly from September to June, is sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mr ' lished 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 3, 1879. Subscription rate, $.50 the summer session. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc,, at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration 4-5444. Building. Telephone 1940 Member 1941 Associated GolIe6iate Press Don Gabriel Editor Orville Allen Advertising Manager V. A. Yentzen Managing Editor W. F. Oxford Sports Editor Jack Jones, Bob Crane, R. W. Stenzel Photographer# C. L. Babcock, L. B. Tennison, J. L. Decker Junior Editors Reportorial Staff Florence Hollingshead, Douglas Lancaster, Clyde C. Frank lin, Lucille Thornton, Jean Elwood, D. B. Cofer, Jerry Gleason, John May. Texas Education Fails Someone has said that if education is the guardian genius of democracy, then demo cracy in Texas is poorly guarded. Texas has one of the poorest school sys tems in the nation. The highest the Texas school system has ever been rated by a com petent observer is thirty-sixth. Only the other states of the South spend less for ed ucation than Texas. Failing to recognize the fact that educa tion is no longer a matter of local concern, our government has made no provision for the education # of the children of migrant workers. As a* result our towns and cities are filled with an uneducated population which finds it difficult if not impossible to serve as enlightened citizens of democracy. An accurate survey of the number of children beginning the first grade of school in Texas and later falling by the wayside would probably reveal some startling infor mation. Such an analysis on a nationwide basis, shows that of the 4,180,450 American children who entered the first grade in 1923, only 1,702,206 ever reached the first year of high school and only 1,005,375 or less than 25 per cent ever completed their high school education. It is all very well to talk about “freedom” ' and “equality” and “opportunity” and sim ilar pretty phrases, but our failure to provide decent schools makes these phrases a mean ingless hypocrisy. One of the hallmarks of American demo cracy is supposed to be our excellent educa tional system, with its schools supported by public funds, with its compulsory schooling in the elementary grades, and with our con viction that only an educated people can maintain a democracy. But there is still a lot to be done. Of the 7,000 schools in Texas in 1935, over 5,000 were of the one and two teacher variety common more than a half century ago. The average salary of teachers in Texas in 1933-34 was $807 as compared to $2,361 in New York the same year. Until recently no organized attempt was made to educate the seven out of 100 Texans who could neither read nor write. In 1^30 only 12 other states equalled or exceeded Texas in the percentage of adult illiteracy. As Dr. James Madison Wood, president of Stephens College, points out, it is a vitally serious part of our national defense program that we educate men and women for citizen ship—that it will be futile to build tanks and battleships in defense of democracy if we overlook the men and women who must develop and protect our democratic ideals. Guns and planes and military training can save democracy from outside enemies, but only education can preserve democracy from within. The South Texan Texas A. & I. College are shaped without regard for human lives, but on the basis of economy. What inspires these rules? Isn’t there some way to waive these rules as applied in his case? Must an injured person have a receipt from the fiscal office to receive emer gency treatment at the college hospital ? Must the policy of the hospital represent a few individuals or should it represent the stu dents? We ask answers to these questions, and we urge that the situation be changed at once. Harvey Lynn ’42 J. F. Webb ’42 Weldon McReynolds ’42 Jim Lacy ’42 Neal A. Taylor ’42 Clifton Duty ’42 Things Worth Reading BACKWASH “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action Bd Charlie Babcock or occurrence.”—Webster COVERING zBy Dr. Mayo: FOUND IN THE BASEMENT Buried in an old document file in the front basement of the Library, we have just found an interesting scrap of our national past: “Volume III of the “Journals of the American Congress from 1774 to 1778” (printed in 1823). The writer has never read anything that made him more vividly conscious of American history than this day-to-day diary of the doings of Congress in the most critical four years through which the nation has ever passed. On the whole, the old book makes you feel pretty good about being an American. Occasionally, it is true, the Puritan element seems to have become a little obstreperous, as when a resolution was passed that tlje States suppress “theatrical entertainment” as being “productive of idleness, dissipation, and a general depravity of principles and manners.” One episode, however, furnishes the gen uine patriotic thrill. It seems that while the Revolution was going on, King George’s Government made an elaborate attempt (in a thoroughly gentlemanly fashion, of course) to bribe two members of the American Con gress. Well, it didn’t work at all. Both mem bers made full and public reports of the in cident to the Congress, one of them (Joseph Reed) relating at length the doing a “a mar ried lady of character, having connection The Last Summer Round-Up . . . the coast-to-coast trip. A post card from Phil Golman, class Desiring - to spend a few days of ’41 and former Battalion photo- with relatives in Texas before re- grapher, relates that he is one of porting, the three Aggies got to- 25 former Aggies at the naval air gether and dug up an old army station in Jack- regulation which allowed one day sonville, Florida, for each 250 miles from station to Golman adds that station. Then, they purchased an he is spending the automobile and presented their . _ , ,, , j j. ^ Over Miami playing at the Cam- summer plus the plan to the Commandant of the ^ , , c . j. i i ,, , pus Saturday night prevue, and next four years in fort, whereupon the orders were ^ , , ,, , the Naval Air changed and 12 days travel time an 0n ^ Corps and expects was allowed in addition to the an appointment to three days leave, the rank of cadet The young officers drove day and shortly . . . Con- night in shifts and gained enough fidently, Steve time for a vacation in Texas. Then, Owen, scout for the professional to complete the successful jaunt, . ^ . football Giants, will tell anyone they sold their automobile in San y e <?r> U1J a° X m • G that Marion Pugh is the most fin- Francisco for a sum very near the pa e ( 1 < „ i aS . r g'® n iae ay ished college back in a decade and original purchase price that he will be the standout of the Chicago all-star game ... A belat- mmmm with T0MGILLIS Babcock By Jack Decker The leading show for this week cinema attractions is “Moon of the shows ranging from medio cre to terrible. “Moon Over Miami” is a con tinuation of the cycle of techni color musicals starring Betty Grable and Don Ameche launched • • • WHATS SHOWING AT THE CAMPUS Wednesday, Thursday — “INTERMEZZO,” Leslie Howard and Ingrid Berg man. Also “KING OF THE TURF,” featuring Adolph MENJOU. Friday, Saturday—“VER NON AND IRENE CAS TLE,” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Also, “GAUCHO SERENADE,” with Gene Autry. Saturday night prevue, Sunday, Monday — “MOON OVER MIAMI,” starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, and Carole Landis. and “That Night in Rio.” “Moon Over Miami” is presented in the same lavish style as the two pre- ed thanks from the Summer Press T-nU^Ww Tiwo ceeding shows. Club to the M. L. Cushion family JUkebOX JlV6 The story concerns two car hops - , , , „ , . „ , , working m a Texas dnve-m. Betty for the recent steak fry . When dancing feet stopped and Grab , e and Carole Landi |a i The author of “Fish Sergeant,” vo tes were counted at 12:01 a. m. th , f ,, t| ‘ [ “ Lieutenant John O Pasco breaks Sunday, it was found that “Chat- with P their aunt charIotte Gie J_ into print again with a treatise tanooga Choo Choo” had replaced wood inherit ?4000 Decjdi t0 in Sundays Houston Pout con- th e consistent summer favorite risk a „ ^ Miami ^ cerning the 54th Coast Artillery “Yes, Indeed,” in first place with snare a milIionaire . ties itself. . . - Promotion list: Jimmy Park- 16 requests she winds fam for ‘ - er the Texas Agg.es capable foot- “I Guess PU Have to Dream the man _ and Carol * thc m man, a new star from Europe ball manager for the past two Rest,” was the runner-up with 15 ^ appearing in the United States years, scores a promotion. Next ballots, and third place ribbon went ^ , than e , M for the first time, year Jimmy will be the equip- to “Blue Champagne” for its score in the sh ia „ act The eternaI triangle is again ment and storage room manager... 0 f 14 , & J ., . ’ , , ’ „ ,, 4 .cjv • 4. r>i „ 4.1. A p AT j A , , beautiful settings, and good color gone over thoroughly and efficient- Bless the A. & M. summer co-eds << Yes IIldeed ,, drooDed to the , i ._ a • i •.! -r i* tt j 4. i • j-i, , , v , . ,, , tt i ’ ea oroppea to in., p hot0 g. raphyi Don Ameche gives U with Leslie Howard taking the The leads are taken a poor Leslie Howard and Ingrid Berg- but heaven help those at the Uni- ran k s 0 f honorable mention but versity of South Carolina. The engage in a sports event in which men students predominate. an agreeable performance, being part of a great violinist who is mar- Carolina girls won too many places p™y7o\XeTwere r ‘'Gre t en 0 Eye” ; Cl0Se ! y ’”7? ''U'’ 6 aCti " g tT “ d 7" tW ? ^ on the school's golf, tennis, and Woogie Man - and .l Y0 ’ o b / E ° b “‘ The T™ 2 “ ‘our of the continent of swimming teams. So, the athletic a ndT among 4ose who also ran C ° raC<iy Cnd '? ha,1<i I ed faIrIy Capa ; Europe he decides to try to settle committee ruled that co-eds couldn't 8 0 a s0 r ' ble by Charlotte Greenwood and down at home for the remainder 0 0 9 Jack Haley. of his life, but he meets a beau- Appearing together as a double tiful young girl with whom he Wait A Minute! feature Wednesday and Thursday falls in love. From past exper- • • • are two fair shows, “Intermezzo" ience with films of this same type AGP reports that several dis- an( ] “Kj n g 0 f the Turf.” it is not hard to imagine the rest Coast-To-Coast gruntled male students of Har- “Intermezzo,” a love story, has of the plot. . . , vard became appalled by the pros- the more possibilities of offering Appearing with “Intermezzo” is If l1: 1S mitiatlve y° ur e Poking pect of standing in line and pay- ent ertainment of the two shows, “King of the Turf.” Adolph with the British army,” who tried to creep for, you can start and stop with ing high prices to see the cinema but it is not too full of p 0SS ihili_ Menjou takes the lead with the assistance of a new starlet 15- year-old Roger Daneil. As is seen up on his blind side with a good deal of saft soap and an offer of 10,000 pounds sterling as “a gift from his Britannic Majesty.” “To which,” says good old Joseph Reed, Esquire, “finding an answer was expected, I replied: T am not worth purchasing, but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it’.” (Atta Boy, Joe!) The College Library is going to send this odd old volume to the Library of Congress, to be joined to the rest of the set. But if anybody would like to look through it within the next week, it will be available on the librarian’s desk. Just come in and look it over, but please don’t take it out. the Texas Aggies. Proof of such epic, “Gone With The Wind.” As statement may be found in the a result, a new student society was case of Lieutenants Burt Griffin, formed, namely, “The Study Group Robert Robbins, and Hugh Der- For Those Who Plan To Avoid rick, all A. & M. grads of 1941. Gone With The Wind At Least The three officers and been at- Until 1941. tending an engineering school at A novel clause of the group’s Fort Belvoir, Virgina, since early constitution provides that any June but were recently ordered to member who abrogates the agree- report to San Francisco before sail- ment and sees GWTW “ . . . shall ing for the Philippines. They were be required to crawl under a rug given only three days leave to make without leaving a bump. . . ” The Forgotten Man ivorks and votes —generally he prays—but his chief business in life is to pay. Who and where is the Forgotten Man in this case, who will have to pay for it all? —William Sumner. The World Turns On Pickin’ Up Plates :By J. Elwood: :By Dr. Steen: Open Forum A deplorable situation exists at the college hospital. This is not the first plea to arise from the cadet corps urging an investigation of conditions there—in fact Open Forum let ters and editorials have been printed a sur prising number of times during our three years at A. & M. We do not wish to open old wounds or elaborate on prior grievances but The meetings at sea of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are precedent shattering in every sense of the word. The conferences which were held about the U. S. S. Augusta and H. M. S. Prince of Wales have brought the two English speaking countries more closely together in the fight against what is termed the “Nazi tyranny.” Wheeler, Lindbergh, and others who insist that America has no interest whatever in the outcome of the present war will probably yell that the presi dent had no right to see Mr. Churchill, and that he is set- ;ing himself up as a dictator. When such meetings require st ee n that high officials cross sub marine infested seas, they are best conduct ed without advance advertising. Senator Wheeler and Mr. Lindbergh would have ob jected to the meeting even if Congress had been told of it in advance. In fact, they There’s a hint of a new season in a Year?” Needless to say, that State Health Officer. Whereas we in the record world—only a sug- title is open to Congressional could normaly expect thirteen gestion though, for disc fans still change! cases were reported and the num- are concerned with the Dorsey Another orchestra which is def- ber continues to increase. Brothers’ and their “Yes Indeed” initely on the up is Tony Pastor’s. The rat is the animal host for and “Blue Champagne.” It would His “Sweet Swing” is rapidly gain- the insect vector which spreads be needless to go into the who’s ing in popularity. Tony’s “$21 a typhus, and since dry, hot weather and which’s as Tommy and Jimmy Day—One a Month” is described favors the increase of fleas among have their own individual styles, very well by the title. For all the rat population, the possibilities Naturally Glenn Miller has a few Will Bradley fans, “All That Meat °f typhus transmission are thus top tunes: “You and I,” by far and No Potatoes” is a must. Kay increased. the best version of the song; Kyser, a consistent hit maker, has Old World typhus fever has a “Sweeter Than the Sweetest,” with recently done “Why Don’t We Do high death rate, while the type the Modernaires adding the frost- This More Often?” Without a w e have in Texas, sometimes call ing; “The Booglie Wooglie Piggy” doubt, this will join Kay’s long e d Brill’s disease, has a much low- and “Boulder Buff,” two musts for list of good sellers. “Embraceable er death date. Typhus occurs most swing fans; and “Chattanooga Choo You” may be an old song hit; Jim- frequently among persons who Choo” from Glenn’s picture with my Dorsey’s version is not. Be Sonja Henie and John Payne. If sure and give it a try. Typhus Fever On Increase in Texas, Health Officer Says Jump of Three Hundred Percent in Cases During First Month Reported The prevalence of typhus fever in It requires about 45,000 trips of Texas during the last week was the honey bee to assemble enough almost three hundred per cent high- nectar to make a pound of honey, er than the seven year median the average trip being 1 to 1% for the disease at this time of the miles. year, according to Dr. Geo. W. Cox, ’ from the title this is a tale of a race track follower who finds a boy and adopts him. The boy evidently brings him luck because he immedi ately gets a priceless horse and he gets into the money. Compli cations arise, but as usual, every thing is threshed out to every one’s satisfaction. the picture’s as good as the song and the record, movie fans have a treat in store for them. This rec ord has a bit of everything in it; in short, it’s Miller—enough said. There is a reason for his being able to rise from New England one nighters to the position as the num ber one band of the nation. Bob Crosby puts “Do You Care” in the best seller list; it is one of the best he has ever done. Simple Rules For Homemakers Lead to Economy work or live in rat-infested build ings. It was this fact that lead to the discovery that rats are the carriers or transmitters of the dis ease. It appears that the rat suf fers attacks of typhus fever and that the fleas harbored by the sick rat bite man, and thus human in fection results. Although typhus is not common ly fatal, it cannot be considered lightly. The intense headache, the By observing a few simple rules, high fever, and the great mental homemakers can economize con- depression are its most common- in 4.1. • 4. • siderably on the cost of refrigera- place features. In common with F °4- r „ 4 d l! 1 '^5A!» an tion whether their ice boxes are seasickness, the patient’s greatest cooled by electricity, ice, or gas. f^r i s that he is not going to die. These tips are offered by Bernice The illness generally lasts about ear to “Waller at the Consolle” a three record album of the old we do urge that an investigation be made trine, which has been a guiding principle wouid have objected even if ^Congress had negro favorites done in the inimi- claytor) Extension Service special- two weeks, dent to go. Presidents have always taken the lead in matters of foreign policy. The Monroe Doc- to determine the cause of the hospital’s act ion in the following cases, and we do urge that steps be taken to prevent such action in the future. A few nights ago, a group of Aggies were returning from Bryan, and they hit a boy on a bicycle a few hundred yards from the North Gate. They put him in the car and rushed him to the college hospital. The nurse washed the blood from his wounds, and when he regained consciousness she inquired if he was a student. He replied that he wasn’t, but that he had been. The nurse refused to con tinue the first aid treatment, but she told them where to obtain treatment. He had to leave the hospital and go to another doctor to get his cuts sewed up. We view such an incident with the ut most gravity and bewilderment. The nurses were not to blame. They must obey their orders—orders which prohibited treatment though he had paid his medical fee for four years—orders which supposedly prohibited treatment had he been dying—orders which tatable Waller style. “Swing Low, Sweet Charriot,” “Deep River,” and “Lonesome Road” are a few of the ■songs. Among the up-and-coming hits Let Us Fix Your Radio 9 EXPERT RADIO REPAIR WORK STUDENT CO-OP North Gate Phone 4-4114 ist in home improvement: Don’t open your refrigerator any oftener or any longer than is actu ally necessary. Don’t put hot food or dishes in of American foreign policy for more than a “Cowboy Serenade” is a stand-out. to the refrigerator. Let the left- Century, was issued without prior consulta- Three good orchestras—Miller, over foods and the dishes they tion with Congress. Mr. Jefferson, whom nobody has ever accused of being a dictator, made the Louisiana Purchase without first getting the consent of Congress. It is a simple fact that many executive acts must be made, and then submitted to Congress for approval. If they are discussed first, the opportunity of making them may be lost. There is little reason to think that Mr. Roosevelt is acting in a manner contrary to the wishes of the American people. He was elected last November after pledging Britain all aid short of war. He took many of his most important steps prior to the election. Fifty destroyers had been transferred to Britain. The selective service act had been passed. Germany had been named definitely and positively as the number one enemy of the United States. The meeting with Mr. Churchill did not change the American pol icy. It simply continues a policy which Amer ica has followed for some time. Kyser, and Jarrett—have made ic. are in cool to room temperature It may be fashioned to high-hat before putting them in the box. cowboy songs, but there is fre- See that your refrigerator is quently one among the top ten. properly placed in your kitchen. “Cowboy Serenade” has the marks A refrigerator should be placed of another “Last Round-Up.” “It’s in the coolest part of the room, So Peaceful in the Country” by not near the stove or where it Harry James, Charlie Spivak, and would be in the sun. Even more Bob Chester—three other top-notch important than that, it should be orchestras—are rising fast. Char- placed so that air will circulate lie Spivak, by the way, is on the freely about it. up. His trumpet solos are an out- Keep your refrigerator clean standing part of each of his discs, all of it. If you have a mechanical He recently made “Time Was,” refrigerator, clean the coils well Jimmy Dorsey and Wayne King two or three times a year. If have also recorded the same song, they are allowed to gather a cover- All three are good. “How Green ing of dirt, this covering keeps the Way My Valley” is Alvino Rey’s coils hot. contribution to the music world this Don’t pack your refrigerator full week. It’s up to his usual stand- of food, packages, and cans, for ard. Have you heard Mitchell free circulation inside the box is Ayres’ “Goodbye Dear, I’ll Be Back necessary to good refrigeration. 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