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THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941
__ other. But it is a highly unusual climax, in-
77j ^ I * volving no mushy raptures or starry-eyed
JL J[ LkZ JLJ Cl L L CL l t C/ fZ clinches. They both surrender, each to the
other worthy match who has ever come
st ™^as TR a' w & e m LY college PER along. But they do not surrender meltingly
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and and unconditionally. Realizing that they are
^ C p h u a biL C hed C thrce e from September 1 to'junel^is: undertaking to get along decently for life
sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub- together, they each present a Set of terms,
lished weekly from June through August. - .. . . , „. . - .... . ,
Millamant demands first of all that Mirabel
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College ghMl gQ On “Soliciting” her.
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ° °
— “Though I am upon the very verge of
upon Su reu C u r est tion ^ $8 a sch<>o1 Advertising rates matrimony,” she says, “I expect you should
solicit me as much as if I were wavering at
the gate of a monastery, with one foot over
san Francisco. , the threshold. I’ll be solicited to the very
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone last, nay, and afterwards.
4 ~ 5444, Mirabel: What, after the last?
G » briel •.-■--Editer Millamanti Oh! I should think I was
Ralph Criswell .Advertising Manager pOOr and had nothing to DOStOW, II 1 Were T6-
w ke F.^!r k fli- Editor duced to an inglorious ease, and freed from
S- ?• , r Y ilmeth circulation Manager the agreeable fatigues of solicitation.”
, XT t ot „ . t . ... . ,, , Moreover, after they are married, she
Editors Note: Staff organization will be completed after .,, , J . ’ ,,
'the first staff meeting, and the masthead will carry the com- Will haV6 nO SW6et names m public: aS
pleto staff as soon thereafter ns possible. ^ my ^ gweet _
■ nrr- n i heart, and the rest of that nauseous cent, in
Annin nnipOPC nPAml which men and their wives are so fulsomely
xiyyio UIuuClO IlutUiy familiar”. She must have her liberty, too,
With an ever increasing possibility that A. not be T watched “d ^ked on. And
& M. men in the future will be called upon wherever I am, you shall always knock at
to defend this country, Cadet officers for ‘ he More you come in. If she says,
the 1941-42 college session possess and ex- h* lo y er W11 subscribe to all this if I con-
cellent opportunity to develop the qualities ‘ Inue to endure you a little long, I may by
of leadership. degrees dwindle into a wife.”
Senior cadet officers at A. & M. have An d now Mirabel presents his own terms
.proved many times that they are fully cap- —but if you want to know what they were,
able of leadership and of competently ad- you’ll have to read the play. Millamant ex-
ministering the affairs of their organizations, claims at the end of them, “I hate your odious
This year is no exception. The class of ’42 provisos!”, but she seals the bargain, never-
has a staff of cadet officers who have al- theless.
ready shown evidence of their ability. I wonder how they got on?
For a great many years it has been said
that the power of each senior class diminish
es from year to year. This should not be so.
If A. & M. graduates are to be called upon
to lead their fellow Americans in possible
future combat, they must be prepared. The
responsibility of a cadet officer while at
tending to his military duties at A. & M.
serves as necessary experience to him in his
future military service.
But if A. & M. men are to develop these
essential qualities of leadership, they must
be allowed to develop those qualities here.
A major portion of the problems of the cadet
corps must be left in the hands of the Cadet
officers.
It is the responsibility of the cadet of
ficers to see that their authority is not abus
ed. A. & M. graduates are known as leaders.
If the class of ’42 is given the opportunity
to develop these qualities to the utmost,
they too can carry on the tradition of Aggie
preparedness.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
' WORLD'S CHAMPION
COLLEGIATE COMMUTER,/
CAPT. CARL F. BRUCE OF UNITED AIR
LINES AAAKES A DAILY ROUND TRIP OF
1500 MILES FROM OAKLAND,CALIF,TO
SEATTLE,WASH,ON HIS REGULAR
FLIGHTS AND ATTENDS CLASSES AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON/
The
COST OF
GOING TO
HARVARD
HAS
GONE UP
280%
SINCE .
1840/
Another year is just getting them. This eliminates the bene-
started for everyone. It was a fine fit shows that have been sponsored
vacation and we are all set to get in previous years by various cam-
back in the journalistic saddle once pus groups,
more to have a look-see at the var- Anna Neagle is the star of
ious shows that come our way dur- “SUNNY” at the Assembly Hall
ing the year. tonight. It is scheduled to really
Guion Hall is to become the be a fine show,
new Y theater after October 1. It “FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK”
is being remodeled to make it suit- with Errol Flynn and Brenda Mar-
able for showing pictures. The shall is to be shown at the As-
Assembly Hall will be used for sembly Hall on Friday night.
ONE IN A THOUSAND/
OF 1000 FRESHMEN ENTERING
CUNY'S MAIN CENTER THIS
YEAR, FRANCES COIT WAS THE
ONLY GIRL. SHE IS STUDYING
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING/
BACKWASH
Except by name, Jean Paul Fried
rich Richter is little known out of Ger
many. The only thing connected with
him, we think, that has reached this
country is his saying,—imported by
Madame de Stael, and thankfully pocket
ed by most newspaper critics,—“Provi
dence has given to the French the em
pire of the land; to the English that of
the sea; to the Germans that of—the
air!” —Richter, June, 1876-
By
telle Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
lectures and meetings after that
date. Town Hall will still be in
Guion Hall this year as usual. The
Campus Theater has signed some
new contracts and promises to
have some good films lined up for
the year. So all in all, it looks
as though the show business is
picking up as far as we are con
cerned.
Bob Crosby and his Bobcats will
be featured in “ROOKIES ON PA
RADE” at the Campus today. Ma
rie Wilson and Ruth Terry are in
cluded in the cast. If you are in
clined to favor the Crosby style
of music, here is a good chance
to hear the Bobcats do a good
job. Outside of this the show has
little to offer in the way of any
thing dramatic.
“TIGHT SHOES” is to be shown
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday—ROOKIES ON
PARADE” , starring Bob
Crosby and his orchestra,
Marie Wilson, and Ruth Ter
ry.
Friday and Saturday —
“TIGHT SHOES” with John
Howard, Binnie Barnes, and
Broderick Crawford.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday—“SUNNY,” fea
turing Anna Neagle.
Friday — “FOOTSTEPS
IN THE DARK,” with Errol
Flynn and Brenda Marshall.
SOS - Save Our Spoons
Aggies—the mess halls need our aid. Because
of the great effort which this country is
making in preparation for national defense,
it has been necessary that many materials
which have been extensively used in peace
time activities are now essential items in
national defense.
This situation exists in the mess halls
at A. & M. Many of the utensils which are
used in the mess halls can not be replaced
under any conditions. If equipment which is
now being used in the mess halls in broken
or taken away, it will be absolutely impos
sible to obtain replacements.
The solution to this problem rests en
tirely upon the members of the cadet corps.
Every effort must be made to see that equip
ment of the college remains in first class
condition. The present shortage applies par
ticularly to metal utensils. There is an acute
shortage of spoons. The supply on hand is
barely sufficient to meet the needs of the
record size cadet corps.
The cadet corps alone can handle this
situation. Aggies, those spoons are needed,
and they are of the greatest use in the mess
halls and nqt in the dormitory rooms. The
management of the two mess halls urgently
request that the corps not remove any uten
sils from the mess hall. The cadet corps
alone can decide upon this issue. Spare those
spoons! Keep them in the mess halls.
So It’s College Night Again . . . That’s something the Texas Aggies at the Campus Friday and Satur-
have been waiting for—probably a date that runs parallel to Thanks- day. John Howard, Binnie Barnes,
giving, 1941, in importance. and Broderick Crawford are star-
Tonight is the night that 7000 will hump it and stand red. Imagine the dire consequences
shoulder to shoulder. It is the date set aside for freshmen to get that beset a social climber who
their first taste of that nationally famous term—Aggie Spirit. It buys a pair of shoes that are too
is a time for Aggies to get together with their yell small. It is really a panic. Damon
leaders, the football boys, and the coaches and talk Runyon is the author of the story,
things over for the coming year. and if his past stories are any in-
And a word to the freshmen . . . You’ve never dication of what he can do, then
experienced such a night. You’ve never stood for 60 we are going to laugh harder than
minutes and yelled until your stomach was upside ever at “Tight Shoes.”
down. You’ve never watched a football team de- The Y.M.C.A. has announced that
feated by an ancient rival—and then sit bewildered this year Y cards will be good
in a massive stadium with salty liquid pouring from for Saturday night shows or for
masm xm each eye—all because the boys out on the field who the show on Monday afternoon or
In recent months the American people have were beaten were fellas just like you, fellas that night. Gay says that the Mon-
become increasingly concerned about the eco- Babcock were playing their very hearts out so that A. & M. day shows will be just as good as
nomic consequences of a Hitler victory. In- might be the victor. the Saturday ones, so that is an-
terventionists have been warning the people But more than all that, you don’t know what it is to have an other break for boys who in the
of the dire effects on the American economy Aggie that you haven’t seen for several months to come up and grip past have missed out on some of
of a totalitarian victory, and the Isolationists your hand—just because the two of you have accepted a way of the shows on their cards,
have been saying that from the economic living that tops all others. There is no farce in that handshake. rpj^ ca( j et cor p S ^ in
point of view our going to war could not You’ll Gained. + kat if you stay here long enough . . . especially, if t b e profits from the Y shows this
possibly be justified. Our purpose in this you st.bt sales did rs an d then someday have to tell A. & M. goodbye. yeari Twenty percent of the prof-
and a few of the following “commentaries” N<ti c k e ts for l ' e expected to know or understand what the Aggie i ts w }u be put into the student
/'U)
/ C ampus
The World Turns On
:By A. F. Chalk =
Correctly Air-Conditioned by
Frigidaire
15^ to 5 P. M. — 20^ After
LAST DAY
“ROOKIES ON
PARADE”
Starring
BOB CROSBY
RUTH TERRY
MARIE WILSON
Also
3 STOOGES
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
Bud
will be to state and clarify the basic economic Spirit e } y t h a t tht ,m ething that has to grow on you.
issues which are involved in this nation-wide Mtake all sp 111 s et a chance tonight,
controversy.
Coas art i'o-Coast
It is generally recognized that the fol- ^elUVocVu'red this past DallaSltC TakeS
lowing are the most important economic , „ . , ., _. .
S£“ ( ntSX" tT t B , t , f ‘ b ° D,rectors Chair
of our foreign trade, and (2) the costly main- ieuttnant ^ ai ^nffm, Robert
tenanee of larfre defense forces to resist a R °hbins, and Hugh Derrick, ail Neath Leachman, attorney-at-
possible mil tarv attack Our dL A ’ & M ‘ grads of 1941 ’ had been law in Dallas ’ wiH succeed K L
possioie military attack. Uur discussion Will tt di th Fort Belvoir En _ Kiest as a member of the A. &
be limited to the first of these cost items ineerin J School since earl J M . Board of Directors. Leachman
because there appears to be no widespread but were g ordered to r t y to Sa ’ was appointed b y Governor Coke
disagreement concerning the huge annual Francisco before sailing for the stevenson and his term will not
OU ay W ich WOU d be involved ill maintain- pbilPpines in August. They were expire until January, 1945.
mg laige armed toices for defense. given only three days leave to E. J. Kiest, thrice member of
In the event of a German victory, there make the coast-to-coast trip. the board, died in Dallas on August
are at least three economic policies which we Desiring to spend a few days 11 > 1941 - Kiest had been a mem-
in the U. S. Might adopt with respect to our with relatives in Texas before re- ber of the board for 14 years, hav-
trade relations. The first of the policies we porting, the three Aggies got to- in £ been appointed by Governor
might conceivably pursue would be that of gether and dug up an old army Dan Moody in 1927. Kiest was re
attempting to maintain normal trade rela- regulation which allowed one day a PP°rite din 1933 by Governor
tions with Germany and its conquered na- for each 250 miles from station to Miriam A. Ferguson after serving
tions. A second alternative line Of action station. Then, they purchased an a six y ear term ; bis third appoint-
would be that of engaging in an economic automobile and presented their ment was made by Governor O’Dan-
war with Germany and its satellites for plan to the Commandant of the iel -
foreign markets. A third possibility is that Fort, whereupon the orders were
activities fund so that any campus
organization, club, or society who
is in need of funds for a worthy
project may apply to the student
activities committee and the
amount needed will be given to
Abbott
Lou
Costello
“IN THE NAVY”
With
THE ANDREWS SISTERS
Things Worth Reading
:By Dr. T. F. Mayo:
PERSONAL FAVORITES (III)
we might become reconciled to the loss of changed and 12 days travel time Former Students
most of our international trade in a world allowed in addition to the three 17 + ur u vr t
preponderantly authoritarian and try to build days leave. IbStaullSn. INeW JLORn
an economic wall around ourselves. Each of The young officers drove night Fund Policy For ’42
the above-named policies has been. recom- an d day in shifts and gained ^ , v , , , J ,
mended by different groups within the coun- enough time for a vacation in T Establi shment of a new Student
try in anticipation of a possible German vie- Texas. Then, to complete the Fund Opening Program was
tory. Our discussion will at present be limited successful jaunt, they sold their announce J bj ^ offl J ers a UL d ’;'
to a brief consideration of the first of these automobile in San Francisco for a rect01 J t e Association of For-
iI . . , mer Students at a meeting held
sum very near the original pur- Trinidad Texas
From the purely economic point of view chase price. Te Jw loTn fund polky was
TEXAS A. k M. GRILL
NOW LOCATED IN THE
NEW WALDROP BUILDING
AT THE NORTH GATE
Maintaining The Same Service
And Standard
$5.50 Meal Tickets for $5.00
$11.00 Meal Tickets for $10.00
TEXAS A. k M, GRILL
New Waldrop Building
alternatives.
it would obviously be advantageous for us to
• • •
i pie third of a series of books of various
kinds : countries, and ages, which are review
ed heis merely because the reviewer likes
them. The first two were Fielding’s Tom
Jones i Ind Bertrand Russell’s Political Ideals).
“The } T ay of the World” (by William Con
greve. . london, 1700).
This is the best comedy I ever read, pro
voking what George Meredith called
“thougl. riul laughter.”
Cor reve seemed to have arrived at his
plot somewhat in this way: “What would
happen,”' he probably asked himself, “if an
irresistifcile man and an irresistible girl, both
highly in telligent, thoroughly decent, and ac
customed to easy conquests, should fall in
love with each other?”
Thi4 is the central situation, as rich in
potential comedy, I believe, as any imagin
able situation could be. The plot is further
enrichdd, of course, by placing the two smart
and decent people in a perfect nest of fools
and rajscals, with whom their affairs are
closely/ and exasperatingly entangled, and
whosfc folly'and rascality continually strike
out/of Mirabel and Millamant the most spark
ling and delectable flashes of wit.
The climax naturally comes when the
two protagonists finally give in to each
continue our trade with Europe, but the Growing Pains
question immediately arises whether Ger-
adopted following a lengthy dis
cussion of the mater. Starting in
. . So, Aggieland’s enrollment is 1942, the present Opportunity
many would be willing to cooperate (assum- in to pass the 7000 mark! Award Program will be extended
ing we would be willing to do business with T , ^ VioiiWo include 100 similar awards with
ions of high-ranking Nazis to show that they ha] j s in the u. S and providing increasing reguests made by stu-
would desire to carry on normal, peace-time tbe ]a t School of A iculture dents for loans characterized as
.trade relations With us. This IS curious in with the Schools of Engineer . “convenience loans.”
one respect, for it would be of great benefit j ng and veterinary Medicine rank- Basis of the new P° lic y is . an
economically to both Europe and the U. S., iii
but the Nazis apparently have other ends in si^ilirschools inTheTtioY
view than that of a peaceful, prosperous
Europe trading with the rest of the world.
ing second in size among other f f » rt to / | eturn thc » ri S inaI
fundamental purpose of the loan
. , . _ ,, . funds, that of assisting boys to se-
And so it is that A. & M. has j 4.- 11
icar, uj. L11C wunu. . , • i, j . cure an education who could not
Many Americans believe that Germany Yd steadily the’college 8 grows otherwis e attend A. & M.
would be willing ^to trade freely^with other i ar g e r and larger day by day.
But don’t worry. Back in 1917
18 everybody said that A. & M.
countries once she conquered Europe, but
the only evidence which we have points tow- _ _
ard European self-sufficiency and continued would be too large for practical
economic aggression. Space does not permit purposes if the enrollment mark
further comments, but in concluding, we ever passed 2000.
Should like to recommend a recent best-seller
publication which we believe every informed
person should read. It is “You Can’t Do Bus-
The statue of Lawrence Sullivan
Ross, former Indian fighter, Texas
mess With Hitler” by Douglas Miller. The Ranger, and Governor of the State
author was our commercial attache in Ber- of Texas who later became presi-
lin for 15 years, and his book is unusually dent of A. & M., is the only life-
informative about Nazi trade objectives and size statue of an individual on the
techniques.
campus.
Wanted
1,000 Used Books
BEST PRICES PAID
Loupofs Trading
Post
NORTH GATE
Assembly Hall
Movie for Thursday (today)
“SUNNY”
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CARROLL
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