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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941
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
1-6444.
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
Tuesday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
W. A. Goforth : Assistant Advertising Manager
Tom Vanhoji..:...... ...Junior Editor
Mike Speer.,.'. , Junior Editor
Clyde C. Franklin Junior Editor
Reportorial Staff
W. J. Hamilton, Calvin Brumley, Charles McKnight,
C. G. Scyuggs.
. Stutant Lmp
Another step forward for A. & M. will soon
be completed. A student lounge to serve the
old area will be a long needed improvement
for the college.
For too many years, A. & M. has had
no facilities, on the campus which would per
mit a cadet to take a visitor to some central
meeting place. This need was partially met
with the completion of Kiest Lounge in Kiest
Hall. Since this lounge was opened, it has
met with an immediate response which is
indicative of its use on the campus.
Kiest Lounge helped the situation, but
it still did not provide these same facilities
for the old area. The need for a lounge in
the old area is larger than ever under pres
ent circumstances because of the greater
number of students living in the old area.
Three cadets in a room in many of the old
area dormitories have greatly increased the
utility of the old area. At the beginning of
the next semester, four new dormitories
will have been completed. An immediate
need does exist for a student lounge in the
old area.
The plea for a student lounge has not
gone unheard. The A. & M. mothers clubs
scattered throughout the state have respond
ed nobly in an effort to further this pro
gram. Many of the mothers clubs have been
generous in their donations to this cause.
All the money donated for the lounge will
be used solely, for furnishings. The main
tenance of the lounge after its completion
will be the responsibility of the Y.M.C.A.
Already the mothers clubs have con
tributed $1,015 for the construction of the
lounge. The cadet corps appreciates the
splendid cooperation which many of the
mothers clubs have given in the furtherance,
of this project. This is a most vital need
for A. & M., and the corps expresses its
thanks to each of the mothers clubs for the
aid which they have given.
The' completion of this project will offer
to the many A. & M. visitors an opportunity
to more fully appreciate their stay here.
Every tyrant that has lived believed in
freedom—for himself —Elbert Hubbard
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Extra-curricular Activities
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The beginning of the school year here has al
ways offered the students an excellent oppor
tunity to; expand their education and receive
more from A. & M. than mere text book
knowledge.
This outlet for additional education lies
in the many extra curricular facilities at A.
& M. and, especially the many student or
ganizations and clubs here on the campus.
At the present time most of the student
clubs are engaged in active membership
drives.. Now is the time for you to join one
of these organizations so that you may bene
fit in its activities throughout the year.
The number of student activities on the
campus is so varied that every cadet should
be able to find an organization which suits
his particular needs. Most students will find
that there is a club at A. & M. which is close
ly allied with their major field of study. For
the engineering students, there are the junior
branches of many of the larger professional
organizations. The other fields of study also
have student clubs which are closely asso
ciated with their work.
Practically all of the clubs are now en
gaged in active membership drives. These
clubs deserve your support, and if you are
sufficiently interested you should join one
of them. In order that the club may benefit
its members the most, the members should
take an active, intelligent participation in its
affairs.
Other ways of participating in worth
while activities also exist; participation on
the staffs of student publications serve as
another method of getting more out of school.
Participation and active interest in student
activities serves to freshen the mind and
relieve the monotony of classwork day after
day.
The value of participation in student
activities has often been mentioned in con
nection with college life. The degree of a
man’s participation in outside activities is
a measure of his interest in more than “book
learning.” The well-rounded college grad
uate is one who has taken full advantage of
the extra-curricular activities which his col
lege may offer.
Start now a program of action in your
college career which includes participation
in more student affairs.
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood:
The World Turns On
By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry
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
anjl 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.
Since early in the rise of Nazism to the dom
inating sphere of influence in Europe there
has been much critical re-evaluation of Dem
ocracy as a way of life. Much of this criti
cism has been constructive and has done
much to sweep out the cobwebs in our think
ing, causing the democratic part of the world
to clarify in more specific terms the idealism
behind Democracy.
The founders of our American Dem
ocracy were men of deep spiritual and relig
ious convictions, motivated by liberty, jus
tice, and opportunity for all. In this political
economy man was the “prime mover” and
the state was largely a protective agency
against those who in no wise shared this
idea of a new life. These men realized the
role that education must play in carrying out
the ideology of a government “by the people
and for the people.”
Of a necessity, for the development of
the bounteous natural resources of America,
more or less isolated from the rest of the
world, our educational curriculum gradually
became one dealing with very practical sub
jects, i. e. agriculture, engineering, business,
and the laboratory sciences. The chief con
cern of pioneering parents frequently was
that their children should be educated so
they might have an easier time in life than
had been their lots. Education became large
ly factual.
It is no surprise that many weaknesses
crept into our system of government. The
health of a Democracy depends upon the edu
cational diet of its constituency. Too much
of our education consisted of the dispensation
of pre-digested factual information without
the cultivation of a critical sense of evalua
tion and choice. We voted for the man who
could make the wildest promises and shake
the most hands, without regard for his train
ing and qualifications for the office or his
honesty, integrity, and motive for desiring
the position.
Important as the discoveries of the past
are, the survival of our democratic way of
life will depend upon the degree to which
we as students and teachers learn to ask the
questions “how?” and “why?” as well as
“what?” and “when?”. How many Aggies
(I’ve been one) ever get up courage enough
to ask the professor “why?” after hearing
him lecture three times a week for eighteen
weeks on “what!”? The little four-year-old
girl who lives next door has the idea when
after carefully explaining to her that the
warmth from the sun, the rain from the
clouds, and the food from the soil makes the
lovely flowers grow she demurely asks,
“WHY?”.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
COVERING
Freshmen scurry about introducing them
selves to the upper-classmen, in the tradi
tional manner, and they seem to do a good
job of it, but do they know what to do when
meeting and greeting the faculty?
Introductions involving faculty members
are pretty complicated since they necessitate
addressing professors and officials by their
correct titles.
There are four types of title that stu
dents encounter >on a college campus; the
academic, honorary, administrative and in
structional.
The Academic title: the best known is
doctor of philosophy which is the highest
award for work in any academic field. This
degree is known as Ph. D., and one who holds
it is called “Doctor”.
The Honorary title: among the honorary
degrees are Doctor of Laws, Doctor of
Science, Doctor of Literature, Doctor of Let
ters and Doctor of Divinity., A holder of any
one of these is known as “Doctor”. Neither
the academic or honorary titles are dependent
upon the position that the person holds in
the institution. -
The Administrative title: President,
Dean, Director and so on. The President is
usually addressed as “President Walton,” but
he may be addressed as “Doctor Walton”
since he holds that title. The Dean of the
College may be addressed as “Dean Bolton”
or “Doctor Bolton” because he holds that
title also; it is not improper to address Deans
and Directors as “Doctor” or “Professor” if
they hold those titles.
The Instructional titles are in descending
order: professor, associate professor, assist
ant professor, instructor, and assistant. A
professor, associate professor and assistant
professor are given the title of “Professor”;
they may be addressed as “Doctor” if they
hold that degree. The assistant and instruct
or are addressed as “Mister,” but they, too,
may be called “Doctor” if they possess the
title.
An administrative officer or professor
should be called by one of his titles, in the
classroom, in his office, on the street, and
at college functions.
COUPS dlSMONS
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A saga of the adventures of the
men who struggle to make air
transportation safe is “FLIGHT
AT MIDNIGHT” showing at the
Campus today. Col. Roscoe Turn
er is the outstanding name in this
picture. He will be remembered
for his spectacular transcontinental
flights and other pioneering feats
in aviation.
For lots of music with a mimi-
mum of interference from the dia
logue, there is “SAN ANTONIO
ROSE” at the Campus tomorrow
and Thursday. In this one the
Merry Macs are the shining lights.
Jane Frazee and Eve Arden are
the chorus girls who are looking
for any sort of a job. With the
Merry Macs and Robert Paige’s
orchestra they take over a night
hallie Harris,supervisor of
JANITORS AT THE ONIV. OF KANSAS,
ESTIMATES HE HAS CLIMBED
5,860,000 STEFS, OR ATOTAL OF
742 MILES, INTHE PAST 14 YEARS/
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
End of the Month . . . The true
story is told of a freshman who
boldly stepped up and asked a
senior where he could buy one of
those pretty “A. & M. rings.”
Actually, the fish was referring to
the senior ring
worn by all such
member of that
class ... A crime
wave blew
through the North
Gate recently
when several
local business
firms were taken
for a $400 ride
Babcock by forgers . . .
Word comes from Oklahoma that
former Battalion Sports Editor Lt.
Jeep Oates, has been made Adju
tant of the 31st Battalion, Field
Artillery at Fort Sill . . .Style
Department: When referring to
their annual 32 years ago, Aggies
were prone to call it The Long
Horn, noting the use of two words
instead of the usual one word,
Longhorn ... Not realizing how
world events would change and
shape the course of human affairs,
the parents of a present-day Ag
gie gave their son the name of
Winston Churchill. And he is of
German extraction.
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On the Way
This
Collegiate
World
Homesick
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Henry Donaljp, Engineer fresh
man, was struggling through that
period experienced by all fresh
men—homesickness.
His parents could read it between
the lines of his letters. So could
his girl friend.
Result: Fish Donaho was paid
an unexpected visit one weekend
by a carful of relatives and an
other carful of girl friends.
That brought about another
problem—how to entertain his
guests and especially how to en
tertain his female guests without
slighting his parents.
Second result: Donaho became
the diplomat and spent half the
weekend with one car and half with
the other.
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Hurricane
A lucky young man is Richard
W. Jenkins, new director of the
Singing Cadets.
Jenkins moved to College Sta
tion from Houston this past sum
mer. Word came to him the other
day that his former home in Hous
ton was completely destroyed by
the recent storm.
Quoth Jenkins: “This is another
among many reasons why I’m glad
that I moved to Aggieland.”
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Tradition
W. C. Carter, senior in the Engi
neers, is setting up something of
a personal tradition.
Carter has seen the Aggie foot
ball team in every game since the
Santa Clara classic on the west
coast in 1939! That’s some record
... in fact, it amounts to 18
straight games.
That schedule includes trips to
the various points in Texas, Louis
iana, and Arkansas which were
visited by the Aggies during the
past two years, and which also in
cludes a 5000-mile hike to Los
Angeles last season.
Carter has this to say about the
prospects of another football coast-
to-coast season: “Sure I’m headed
for San Antonio this weekend, and
as for New York the week after,
Down around Atlanta they tell
many an anecdote about Warren
Aiken Candler, retired Methodist
bishop who is credited with “fath
ering” Emory university. Now
in his 80’s the venerable bishop
once (and only once) tried to drive
an automobile. There was an ac^
cident and he was injured slight
ly. Climbing out, he plumped
down heavily on a lawn and
clarioned to the gathering crowd:
“Get me a doctor—and get a veter
inarian, too. I was a jackass for
trying to drive the thing.”
Wallace Gordon, junior at South
Dakota State college, will either
receive a special award for per
severance or else he’ll be ruled
ineligible in the school’s Hobo Day
beard-growing contest. Disgruntled
by his meagre showing last year,
Gordon started a new growth early
last June—a growth that startled
his competitors when he showed
up for classes.
/^Y/
(Jampus
150 to 5 P. M. — 200 After
200 All Day Sunday
TODAY ONLY
FLIGHT AT
MID-NIGHT
With
Col. Roscoe Turner - Jean
Parker
Also
Jan Garber and Orchestra
Popeye Cartoon — Short
WED. & THURS.
. With
THE MERRY MACS
. . . .Well, it’s going to be a scrape,
but who am I to act un-Aggie-like
and break a tradition.”
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday —“FLIGHT AT
MIDNIGHT,” with Phil
Regan, Jean Parker, and Col.
Roscoe Turner.
Wednesday, Thursday —
“SAN ANTONIO ROSE,”
starring Jane Frazee and
Robert Paige.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“THE WAGONS ROLL AT
NIGHT,” featuring Hum
phrey Bogart and Sylvia Sid
ney.
club, which has been closed by a
gang of racketeers.
Of course, they make a success
of the venture so we are enter
tained with music and still more I
music. This is the type of show
that is a relief from the steady
grind.
The stars of “High Sierra” are
brought together again, namely
Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sid
ney. This time the title “THE
WAGONS ROLL AT NIGHT” is
about romance among the people
in the circus world and is showing
at the Assembly Hall today and
tomorrow. There are a few excit
ing moments, but on the whole, the
show leaves something to be de
sired. It just does not have enough
to make it a really fine picture.
Eddie Albert is a country boy who
becomes a lion-tamer and then is
removed from the scene because,
he falls in love with the wrong
girl.
Sterl
Show
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A Zoological Park was started at
A. & M. in 1920 with three elk,
a female bear, two buffalo, pheas
ants, partridges, quails, and four
deer.
For those who didn’t realize it
Saturday afternoon . . . the Aggies
rolled up the largest score that
they have against any opponent
since 1925 when the same Sam
Houston Bearkats were trounced
77-0.
It seems that the Ags have a
jinx over the Bearkats, for it was
the same team that went down
in defeat to the College Station
crew in 1919 by an identical score,
77-0.
But looking ahead . . . the bull
sessions around the campus are
strong on one point ,namely—that
we will be on our way if we can
get by T. C. U. in Fort Worth.
Maybe so ,but let’s make it by
A. & I. in San Antonio this Sat
urday.
ENGINEER
Freshmen
Transfers
We Will Buy Your Slide
Rules And Drawing
Instruments
LOUPOT’S
TRADING POST
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See Us For That
TUX for DANCES
$23.50 up
THOM McAN
Shoes
$3.60
NORWOOD’S
Also Delicious Steaks And
Short Orders
At The
COLLEGE COFFEE SHOP
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Y. V. Mercer
Operating Mgrs.
J. Mit. Lee
Assembly Hall
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Wagons Roll at Night
With
HUMPHREY BOGART
and
SILVIA SIDNEY
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Also
MARCH OF TIME
3:30 and 6:45
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
BOB CROSBY and ORCHESTRA
in
Let's Make Music
Let’s
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