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-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1941
THE BATTALION
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical 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
4-6444.
Don Gabriel '. Editor
E. M. Rosenthal Associate Editor
Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin 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
Photography Staff
Jack Jones..., .'. ....Staff Photographer
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers
Thursday’s Staff
E. M. Rosenthal Acting Managing Editor
Charles Babcock.. i Junior Editor
Hit the Books
Aggie life is normal again—the rainy season
has begun once more, and the football sea
son will get off to a running start Saturday
when the Aggies meet Sam Houston on Kyle
Field.
With the coming of the football season,
it always becomes rather difficult to remem
ber the fact that the primary purpose of A.
& M, is to be an educational institution. All
of which means that the average Aggie is
going to have two battles on his hands for
the next few months.
The Aggie football team needs our sup
port and will get it, but will the individual
cadets at the same time try to maintain a
scholastic record good enough to prevent a
one way Corps Trip November 1. Right now
is the opportune moment for everyone to re
solve to keep his studies up.
The emphasis upon scholastic standing
is now of vital importance especially to the
freshmen and sophomores. With the great
increase in enrollment, it has become increas
ingly difficult for members of the Junior
Class to secure contracts to take advanced
military science. Any student who plans to
attempt to get a commission in the army
should start right now in building a college
record which will make a contract.
All students regardless of classification
should make a distinct effort to keep their
grades up. Make this year’s Dean’s team
the smallest in history!
The 'proper memory for a politician
is one that knows what to remember
and what to forget.
—John Viscount Morley.
Open Forum
TO THE BATTALION;
A. & M. has oftep been thought of as a college
of high morals and ideals by prospective
students and their parents; this idea vanish
es upon attending any theater on the campus.
The reason; the unnecessary yelling and vul
gar; expressions heard.
The question at hand therefore, is; is
this unnecessary noise in the theaters to
continue ?
There are some people who go to shows
to see the pictures that are showing and not
to hear a lot of inconsiderate AGGIES (?)
yell and make a nuisance of themselves.
There is no one that would try to deny them
the right to yell and laugh at the right time
but there is a limit to this as there is to
everything else. The boys that do the ex
cessive yelling certainly do not act the same
when they are in shows elsewhere; if they
did they would most certainly feel like fools
when they saw that they were the only ones
conducting themselves in such an unorderly
manner. WHY IS A. & M. SO DIFFERENT?
There is also another view to take in
this matter. There are many of us who have
visitors over the week-ends and would like
very much to take them to a show. Under
the present conditions the guests would not
enjoy the picture and would undoubtedly be
very embarrassed by the amount and type
of profanity which is used by these certain
AGGIES (?). There are many of us who
would not dare take any of our friends (par
ents especially) to the shows for this reason
alone.
At the present time we are having re
conditioned on our campus a certain build
ing which is to be our new theater. Naturally
we all know this to be Guion Hall. There are
very few colleges that have theatres of any
kind on their campus; this fact alone should
make us look and and show some interest
and respect toward it.
Quite a few of us who have been attend
ing A. & M. for some time can hardly wait
until this building is finished in order that
we can show our visitors more entertain
ment. But the eternal question is again
arising, what about the unnecessary yelling
and language that is being carried on. Will
it continue as it is now going on in the As
sembly Hall. We all wonder. But we need
not wonder any longer if we ourselves put a
stop to it. Yes, it is we, the students, who
are doing all of the yelling, therefore it is up
to us to put a stop to it.
AGGIES, it should be done and can be
done. WHAT ABOUT IT NOW—THINK IT
OVER.
W. L. Bannister, ’42 R. D. Cassity, Jr., ’43
Joe Stokes, Jr., ’42 John Sparger, Jr., ’43
Jack L. Ballard, ’42 G. R. Anderson, ’43
Something to Read
—By Dr. T. F. Mayo===r
Just Bought on Aggie Request
Altschul—Let no wave engulf us.
Arnold—Winged warfare.
Caldwell—Say, is this the U. S. A.?
Constant de Rebecque—Prophecy from the
past: on conquest and usurpation.
Cragg—Do you need some money ?
Dean—Europe in retreat.
Fischer—Men and politics: an autobiography.
Foster—Voices of liberty.
Handy—Father, of the blues.
Hayden—Biography of the Gods.
Horn—Orphans of the Pacific; the Pholip-
pines.
Koestler—Darkness at noon.
Krutch—The American drama since 1918.
LaPiere—Collective behavior.
Percy—Lanterns on the Levee: recollections
of a planter’s son.
Schmidt—American farmers in the world
crisis.
Shirer—Berlin diary; the journal of a foreign
correspondent, 1934-1941.
These books were ordered on request of
A. & M. students and paid for out of the
Student General Reading Fund, which is
contributed to the College Library every
year by the A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs. If you
want the library to buy a book, drop your
request (with your name and campus ad
dress) in the box in the entrance hall. So
far the Mothers have not sent any money
this year, but they always “come through”
sooner or later.
If you have enjoyed or would like to en
joy this opportunity of reading books which
your library might not otherwise be able to
afford, write your own mother to that effect,
so that the Mothers’ Club to which she be
long may realize that the Aggies appreciate
their efforts.
Jn the handling of the money, the Li
brarian is advised by a Student Library Com
mittee of one representative from each class
and one from The Battalion, the editors of
which have always supported the project
energetically and efficiently. This Student
Committee has decided to spend ten per cent
of the money each year on records of clas
sical music requested by students. The re
quest box for records is in the Music Room.
It is easy to despise what you can
not get. —Aesop.
You have not converted a man be
cause you have silenced him.
—John Viscount Morley.
The World Turns On
Bv A. F. Chalk
Editor’s note: Three points of view are presented
in “The World Turns On,” a column in which three
members of the college staff discuss current national
and international topics. Dr. R. W. Steen presents
an historian’s interpretation of events; A. F. Chalk
considers world affairs from an economist’s angle;
and Dr. J. H. Quisenberry interprets present day
affairs from a scientist’s point of view.
It is seldom that the evil effects of widespread
monoply can be seen with such clarity as is
the case in England today. That country is
now paying dearly for having encouraged the
development of monopolistic practices in sev
eral of her basic industries during the two
decades following the first World War. The
curious fact is not that monopolies were
“tolerated” in a passive way, but rather that
the British government in many cases actvely
encouraged rigid price control and restriction
of competition. While we in the U. S. have
ostensibly been opposed to the growth of
monopoly, the government of Great Britain
had for several years preceding the present
conflict helped private firms establish modi
fied forms of pools, etc. which in this coun
try would presumably have been prosecuted
if uncovered by government officials.
‘i A perfect case in point is that of the
British steel industry, which had been effect
ively “nursed” by the British government
prior to this war. This nursing was ac
complished through the use of high protect
ive tariffs and the encouragement given the
companies to make pooling agreements with
respect to prices, output and sales territories.
Most of the steel producers were members
of an association called the Iron and Steel
Federation, and it was this organization
which directly or indirectly controlled prices,
alloted territories and restricted output.
As a result of the lack of internal and foreign
competition, technological progress in the
steel industry of Britain lagged far behind
that of the other major industrial powers.
Even before the outbreak of the present
war, the industry was unable to furnish suf
ficient steel to meet armament needs. Eng
land now finds it necessary to import huge
quantities of steel at a time when her limited
shipping space should be available for the
transportation of other war necessities. Were
it not for the productive capacity of the U. S.
steel industry she might easily find herself
confronted with a hopeless problem.
The lesson we should learn from the ex
perience of England is obvious. If competi
tion is to be permitted to disappear, some
form of control should be instituted to main
tain a reasonably high level of efficiency in
the industries where monopolistic practices
prevail. We must face the issue of the pres
ent-day problem of monopoly. If monopoly
is to be widespread, we must find a substi
tute for the driving force of competition in
order to maintain our relative industrial ef
ficiency.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
COVERING
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UNIVERSITV OF MISSOURI
LAW STUDENT, CONSIDERS
THE LOSS OF A LEG NO
HANDICAP, HE HAS BEEN
CHEER LEADER FOR FIVE
YEARS,WON SEVERAL
JITTER-BUG CONTESTS,
DRIVES A CAR AND CAN
ROLLER SKATE/
campus ditfiacfioNS
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(OTOM VANNOY (||)
“THE BRIDE WORE
CRUTCHES” is showing at the
Campus for the last times today.
Starring Lynn Roberts and Ted
North and Edgar Kennedy, it deals
with the trials of bandits. A pe
culiarity noticeable in Filmland is
the scrapes that a hero or a hero
ine can go through in the course
of one picture. “The Bride Wore
Crutches” is no exception. It is
rather incredible.
Damon Runyon’s story “TIGHT
SHOES” in the celluloid version
will be at the Campus tomorrow
and Saturday, Imagine a gang
ster, Brod Crawford, buying a pair
of shoes that are too small. Then
actors, but it is good entertain
ment, first-class comedy.
Wallace Beery has certainly slip
ped in “THE BAD MAN” at the
Assembly Hall today and tomor
row. The show has a fine cast
made up of Lionel Barrymore,
Laraine Day, and Ronald Reagan,
But the main thing is that the
story just doesn’t have enough in
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
KARL'NO-PUNCH' WALDRON
WON THE INTERFRATEENrrY BANTAM
WEIGHT BOXING CROWN AT THE
UNIV. OF MINNESOTA WITHOUT A
SINGLE FIGHT/ HE WAS THE ONLY
_ ONE,ENTERED IN THIS DIVISION.
vETUDENTy vTPEND 21,000 HOURS A
YEAR .STANDING IN REGISTRATION
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BACKWASH
By
(bailie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Concerning This And That . . .
Preview dope indicates that the
hard-working Aggieland Orchestra
is to be one of the best ever this
year. Head Maestro “Toppy”
Pearce and his crew will make their
initial appearance
at Saturday
night’s corps
* dance . . . Out
standing feature
of the first Agri
culturist will be
the complete ros
ter of all officers
of every agricul
ture club . . .
Babcock Texas U. loses
another letterman! Backfielder
Ralph Park hit the sidelines for
the season as a result of recent
scrimmage injuries . . . TSCW-ite
Irene Dwyer reports in The Lass-
0 that one of her classmates al
ready has a date for the T. C. U.
corps trip plus a substitute for
him in case of emergency . . . Ag-
gieland’s radio station WTAW will
hit the deck soon with another in
novation. Plans are under way to
present a program shortly before
noon every day concerning the
news happenings on the campus
. . . Numbered among the provi
sions of a pledge signed recently
by all College employees, both
white and black, was the following:
1 do hereby testify in good faith
that I am not related to any mem
ber of the Board of Directors of
Texas A. & M. College.
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Two in a Million
fice. Between gestures and em
barrassment and thankfulness, the
un-named party took his wallet
and left amid a host of apologies
Credit for finding the purse
should be extended to Cadet
Charles C. Mitchell in heaping
quantities. Mitchell found the
purse shortly after it was lost . . .
and he knew about the large
amount of money in it before turn
ing it over to Ben Ferguson, man
ager of the Campus.
Now, take a peek at a similar
situation ....
An Aggie had made a $23 pur
chase at the Exchange store, but
the cashier only charged him $3!
After leaving the store, he dis
covered that he had not paid the
right amount ... so he returned
and handed the cashier a twenty
dollar bill, explaining that it was
really his own carelessness that
had permitted the error.
Further proof that there is still
some human left in humanity.
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The Corps Approves
Tradition was traded for com
mon sense Tuesday night when
yell practice was shifted from the
YMCA to Goodwin hall ... a move
that has been sorely needed at
Aggieland for several years.
Success of the new site was
proven when the cadet corps voic
ed its approval of the change. Sev
eral people have told this depart
ment that attendance at yell prac
tice will increase at Goodwin hall.
That’s a success story in itself.
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday—“THE BRIDE
WORE CRUTCHES,” with
Lynn Roberts, Ted North,
and Edgar Kennedy.
Friday, Saturday—“TIGHT
SHOES,” starring John How
ard, Binnie Barnes, and
Brod Crawford.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday, Friday—“THE
BAD MAN,” featuring Wal
lace Beery, Lionel Barry
more, and Laraine Day.
Crawford almost marries the
wrong girl, Binnie Barnes. This
is one picture version of a story
that has the most of the original
flavor of the author left intact.
If you are familiar with Runyon’s
style of writing, you will like to
see it on the screen. This show
does not have many big name
AGGIES
Get your order in early
before the corps trips for
uniforms. Also see us for
campaign hats, sabers,
saber chains, and other
military accessories.
ROSS TAILORS
MAIN STREET
Opposite Woolworth
BRYAN
PALACE
THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY
Preview — 11 P.M. — Saturday Night
Glance at the following case . . .
one that would merit recognition
anywhere.
An anonymous Aggie had at
tended the feature playing at the
Campus theatre Saturday night.
Upon leaving, the cadet left be
hind a wallet containing a sizeable
amount of money . . . some $73!
Realization of his loss brought
the student back to the theatre.
Upon inquiry, the Aggie was in
formed that his money had been
found and turned in at the of-
And along the same vein, it
seems that the Aggies have taken
the new song, “The Twelfth Man,”
to their hearts. Outstanding among
the many demonstrations Tuesday
night, when the tune was played,
is probably that of a circle of sen
iors who were doing their best
to memorize the words from a
single copy.
The back row is ready.
It is possible to feed 4,240 peo
ple at one sitting in Sbisa Hall.
NOW - TODAY
IS THE TIME
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to start those
Dancing Lessons
Don’t Wait Until It’s
Too Late
Private and Class Instruction in All Types of Dancing
— Ballroom a Specialty —
Wednesday and Thursday of each week
JOSEPHINE R0VELL0
DANCING SCHOOL
Studio—Maggie Parker Club Room—Phone 2-5089
EDWARD G. MARLENE
ROBINSON DIETRICH
In
“MAN POWER”
ALSO SHOWN SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY
Assembly Hall
Movie For
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
3:30 & 6:45
WALLACE BERRY and LARAINE DAY
in
"The Bad Man"
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SELECTED SHORTS - LATE NEWS
Admission 15c