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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Hlechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
is published three times weekly from September to June, is
sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub
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, $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 Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-5444.
Don Gabriel Editor
E. M. Rosenthal .'. Associate Editor
Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin 1 Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant
Jerry Gleason, D. B. Gofer Junior Sports Editors
Circulation Staff
E. D. Wilmeth Circulation Manager
Saturday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager
Charlie Babcock Junior Editor
Mike Speer Junior Editor
Reporters: Benton Taylor, W. J. Hamilton, Jr.,
Douglass Lancaster
OH to a Great Start
The Aggie year of 1941-42 is off to a great
beginning. Such an excellent start demands
that the cadet corps continue the good work.
Registration has been completed in a
manner that does credit to the registrar’s
office and to the administrative officers of
the college. The plan of the registrar’s office
to permit classified seniors and first ser
geants to register on Tuesday was a success
ful innovation. This plan should be continued
in future years. On the first day of regis
tration 555 classified seniors and first ser
geants took advantage of the early registra
tion date.
Thursday night, the freshmen had their
first introduction to A. & M. as the entire
student body joined in the traditional Col
lege Night activities. The spirit and en-
thusiam that were shown at the first yell
practice seem to be indicative of a success
ful college session this year.
Aggieland seems to be alive with every
one back in unform, but it’s the same old
A. & M. The corps must see that it stays
that way. Changes will be made this year,
but it is the responsibility of the corps to
see that any changes made are for the bene
fit of the corps.
The big job which lies ahead is to see that
we take advantage of the educational op
portunities which A. & M. offers. A. & M.
is fundamentaly an educational institution.
The first duty that an Aggie has at A. & M.
is to see that full advantage is taken of the
educational facilities of A. & M.
This is the sixty-fifth year of the col
lege’s existence. With the cooperation of
every Aggie, it can be the best. Your college
is giving you an opportunity to educate your
self; make the most of it.
Classes have started again, the football
season is once more here with A. & M. Every
indication points to a successful college year.
Do your part this year to improve yourself
and your school.
Open Foram
Editor’s Note: The following Open Forum article
was carried in The Summer Battalion this year. It
aptly expresses a need for a Union Building at
A. & M. The Battalion would appreciate further
comments from the student body on the subject of
a Union Building.
TO THE BATTALION;
From an Old Aggie to Those not so old:
When I went to A. & M.—We didn’t
know much or expect very much either. We
sawed our wood and carried it up to the top
of Ross Hall, or stole in from the more ener
getic fish.
We pumped our water out of cisterns
and used the good old No. 3 round type of
tub, and dumped it on the “Bull” or down
on stoop No. 1 when we were finished with
it.
The “Sink” was located where the “Old
Chem building” was built; there were lots
of good quarter men in those days, speed
was essential. We walked to Bryan and we
walked back, after “Taps”—We thought we
were hell raisers, and I guess we were. Mamas
didn’t let their little daughters roam around
College Station in those days.
But times have changed—now the Ag
gies, have everything, but one thing, that
any other school in the land can boast of.
WHY is it that the BEST SCHOOL in
the big state of Texas has no UNION BUILD
ING?
Why is it that when you go down to
visit the place, you have to sit on a bench in
the sun, or climb a mile of stairs to find a
rest room for your old wife or mother? Why
is it that a visitor has to drive a hundred
miles to find a place to stay all night if he
wants to witness the Final Review the next
morning?
I have been asked these questions by
dozens of people who have been there. I
haven’t the answer.
A school the size of Texas A. & M.
without a Union building or any place for a
stranger to rest or stay over night in com
fort is as out of date as it was during the
days I spent there.
A. & M. is a college now, and ranks with
the High Brow schools in the country, but to
a stranger visiting it who does not know the
tradition behind it, it looks like an institu
tion.
It’s up to you young fellows to bring the
old school up to date, you know that I’m right
in what I say about it; if I didn’t love it, I
wouldn’t give a damn about it.
An old Aggie, who wouldn’t climb that
filght of stairs at the “Y” to shake hands
with John Kimbrough.
I’ll take that back, I’ll get up there
somehow, for that privilege.
Slayton W. Hamner, ’04
Healdton, Okla.
The World Turns On
:3y Dr. R. W. Steen:
Education and Work
In speaking of American colleges, Robert M.
Hutchins, president of the University of
Chicago, stated recently, “We must have
schblarships, arid scholarships large enough
so that the student can spend most of his
time studying. . .”
There is a definite need for more schol
arships to encourage the pursuit of scholastic
enlightment, but today’s college students are
getting misguided attitudes concerning what
their colleges or the government owes them
to keep them in school.
Certain students are kept in coke and
cigaret money by N.Y.A. jobs, but this is a
minority of the total group. N.Y.A. is a
worthy policy and should be extended to in
clude as many members of the student body
as possible who actually need the aid to
further their education.
But mental labor is more strenuous than
physical labor. Getting an education is an
8-hour day, full time job. There is little time
for other work. Students who stay up work
ing all night to stay in school the next day
are completely off the right track. And those
who use the college jobs or N.Y.A. as mere
fronts to say “I’m helping pay my way
through college” when they really don’t need
the money and should be studying instead,
are equally misdirecting the purpose of stu
dent financial aid.
This is not to advocate doing away with
student employment at all. Many students
are enabled to attend school by working who
would not be able to otherwise. And from
actual records, students who are employed
make better average grades than the un
employed group.
But this idea of “the world owes me a
living because I’m a college student” is det
rimental to character moulding. Viewed with
the other group who are sacrificing grades,
social activities, and health and everything
on the altar of education, it shows that an
ever growing section of students are finding
learning secondary to attending college, and
drawing the check first.
The answer lies not in awarding scholar
ships or abolishing student employment, but
in using discrimination concerning student’s
jobs and remembering that college is a place
to promote learning and not financial
schemes.
—The East Texan, E. T. S. T. C.
Steen
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By
Charlie Babcock
A little something on the lighter,
musical side is “THERE’S MUSIC
IN ROMANCE” at the Assembly
Hall today with Allan Jones, Su
sanna Foster, and Margaret Lind
say playing the leading roles. It
is better than average story with
that wonderful voice of Allan’s to
help out.
“WASHINGTON MELO
DRAMA” is to be shown at the
Assembly Hall Monday. In spite
of the fact that Frank Morgan is
starred, it is really a disappoint
ment as far as entertainment is
concerned. It is an old story that
has been revived and given a mod
ern angle or two, but it just fails
to have that certain punch that is
needed to make it a real show.
If the blues have already gotten
a good hold on you, then take time
to go see “IN THE NAVY” at the
Campus today. Abbott and Costello
and Dick Powell are the stars, and
then, of course, there are the
Andrews sisters. “In the Navy” is
the sailors’ version of “Buck Pri
vates” and there is a marked sim
ilarity between the two.
And of course the Andrews Sis
ters harmonizing is among the best.
The antics that Abbott and
Cosetello can think up are
bound to keep you laughing from
the first frame to the last.
W1IATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday—“THERE’S MA
GIC IN MUSIC,” with Allan
Jones, Susanna Foster, and
Margaret Lindsay.
Monday—“WASHINGTON
MELODRAMA,” starring
Frank Morgan, and Ann
Rutherford.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—“IN THE NA
VY,” with Abbott and Costel
lo, Dick Powell, and the An
drews Sisiters.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday—“THE KNEW ALL
THE ANSWERS,” featuring
Joan Bennett and Franchot
Tone.
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"Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster
Freedom of the seas is by no means a new
principle of American foreign policy but a
principle of which little has been said since
1939. For more than ten years before 1812
the United States quarreled with Britain and
France over the rights of neutral vessels on
the high seas. Finally the Unit-
ed States was drawn into a war
H by a series of events involving
||| chiefly the capture of Amer-
| ican vessels at sea.
ggp Freedom of the seas and
I* isolation are in fact contradic-
I Lory policies. The one insists
| that the seas belong to all na-
i tions in war as well as in peace.
| It implies that trade is essen
tial to the economic welfare,
and perhaps even to the life,
of any given country. The oth
er insists that a country should live at home
if need be and that it should renounce its
rights on the seas if war places its ships in
danger.
American foreign policy has followed
roughly a more or less, uniform pattern. Iso
lation has been the rule during most of our
history, but in practically every instance the
policy has been abandoned when put to a
severe test. Prior to the war of 1812 Pres
ident Jefferson placed an embargo on ship
ments from American ports, but the policy
was soon abandoned, and in 1812 President
Madison could find no course other than war.
The condition prior to the first World War
was similar. There was no embargo, but
Americans at first said little about freedom
of the seas. Finally, however, President Wil
son and the American people came to resent
the “Verboten” sign which Germany had
posted in the Atlantic, and war was the re
sult.
President Roosevelt in his address on
Thursday evening clearly indicated a shift
in policy since 1939. In that year American
ships were practically ordered off the seas.
Recently they have been permitted to sail
to numerous ports, and now President Roose
velt has ordered American naval vessels to
fire at Axis raiders in American waters on
sight. He has not demanded as yet freedom
of all the seas for American vessels but has
demanded freedom of American seas for
American vessels, and his definition of Amer
ican seas is not a modest one. Moreover he
is attempting to close American seas to Axis
war vessels. This is another and an import
ant step in the American program of aid to
Britain. It may lead to an undeclared naval
war. It may lead to an all out declared war.
Only 73 Days Until Christmas . . .
But Santa Claus comes to Aggie
land when Texas plays here Tur
key Day . . . Out of the ordinary
is the case of a 1940-41 freshman
who hadn’t pur
chased a coupon
hook and not hav
ing enough money
to pay the regu
lar $5 fee for a
Longhorn, asked
permission from
officials that he
might have one
of the extra
Babcock Longhorns a t
cost. The fish’ hopes were high
when he was granted the request.
However the cash register rang
NO SALE when the prospecitve
buyer was informed that the actu
al cost of a Longhorn is $6.50 . . .
Professor J. G. H. Thompson of the
M. E. department is still looking
for the energetic Aggie who sent
a card to him this summer asking
about his M. E. 212 grade. Thomp
son was willing to respond, but
there was no name for return ad
dress attached to the correspond
ence. ... It won’t be long. The
first issue of the Battalion Maga
zine will hit the street within a
few days . . . Field Artillery fresh
man, Winfred Bean, assumed ma
jor proportions of transportation
this summer when he flew by air
liner from Los Angeles, Califor
nia, to Houston, Texas, in less
than nine hours . . . The Agricul
turalist and The Engineer are prog
ressing this year with a boost
to eight issues for the long session
instead of the usual four . . . Per
taining to the Y.M.C.A. picture
show set-up for this year, it can
be said that the Y privilege cards-
will be good for the usual Satur
day show or may be used the fol
lowing Monday in lieu of the Sat
urday feature . . .Tom Power,
1940-41 Editor of the Agricultural
ist, was the first person to send
in his subscription for The Bat
talion and The Agriculturalist.
“Jawn” Gives Ring
“The Lone Star Ranger” stopped
cow-punching long enough this
week to give his “lady-fair” a dia
mond ring as a token of love
and engagement to marry.
Certainly, it was the Aggie full
back, John Kimbrough, who halt
ed his cinema duties on the sound
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LAST DAY
“IN THE NAVY”
With
BUD ABBOTT
and
LEW COSTELLO
Plus
Cartoon — News
PREVUE TONIGHT 11 P. M.
SUNDAY — MONDAY
Go in 9:00 P. M. — See Both Shows
Hilariously romantic!
SHI KNEW ALL
THE ANSWERS
JOAN starring FRANCHOT
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“WABBIT TWACKS”
Short — News
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