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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.
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Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-3444.
Don Gabriel Editor
E. M. Rosenthal Associate Editoi
Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Halkin Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford ....'..Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Mann i,..............Senior Sports Assistant
Jerry Gleason, D. B. Cofer 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
Lee Rogers Managing Editor
Charles Babcock Junior Editor
Clyde Franklin , ij..; Junior Editor
Reportorial Staff
Tom Leland, W. J. Hamilton, Calvin Brumley, Charles
McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May, Douglass Lancaster.
THE BATTALION
On to San Antonio
Aggieland moves westward Saturday. The ca
det corps will descend upon San Antonio
this weekend for the game with A. & I.
The “twelfth man” should be on hand
to support the team in its first appearance
of the year away from home. Everyone
should make a real effort to follow the team
to the Alamo City.
Though not an official corps trip, a
large portion of the corps should be able to
make the game. Since the game is to be play
ed at night, most of the corps should have
an opportunity to be there. Make up your
mind now to follow the team! Excused ab
sences will not be issued since an effort will
be made to secure this privilege for the Ark
ansas game in Little Rock.
San Antonio showed the cadet corps a
real time last fall when the maroon and
white met Tulsa university there. Indicative
of the fine spirit shown by the people of
San Antonio is their payment of the ex
penses of the Aggie band to this game.
The way to San Antonio is open—the
city has extended an invitation for all to
come. The team needs our support. A special
train will be arranged for the band and those
Aggies who care to go on it. For others the
traditional mode of transportation, the high
way, should be sufficient to carry the cadets
to the game.
We’ll see you in San Antonio Saturday
night, Army. Make it two victories for the
Aggies then.
there were four male graduates to one fe
male. During the last decade, however, there
were only three men to two-plus women. At
this rate, parity of the sexes will be reached
about 1955.
College graduates are a fairly young
group. Two-thirds of the male graduates and
a little more than two-thirds of the women
are under forty years of age. The median
age of all college graduates is 35.9 years,
while that of the whole adult population is
40.
“A college degree is very likely to lead
women to spinsterhood, but not to lead men
to bachelorhood.” 29.1 per cent of the male
graduates are single compared to 34.1 per
cent of the total male population; of women
graduates, 48.9 per cent are still spinsters,
compared to 26.4 per cent of the total fe
male population.
College graduates, moreover, have small
families—about three children compared to
the four-plus contributed by the average
American family. Hence the author draws
an interesting conclusion: The increasing
student population of the U. S. is coming
largely from the homes of non-graduates.
In a democracy this is very much as it
should be.
Now compare this purely factual study
with John R. Tunis’s book, “Is College Worth
While?” Mr. Tunis, the well-known reporter
and philosopher of sport, examined all the
surviving members of his own Harvard class,
which graduated some twenty-five years ago.
As an answer to the question “Was college
worth while?”, he found that for his class,
at any rate, going to college had not paid for
itself financially. On the other hand, he pre- :
sents irrefutable evidence that it had paid
for itself, many times over, in making life
worth living.
Have you Aggies ever tried to figure
out just what you are getting out of coming
to A. & M. ? Of course, there’s the usual an
swer about “learning how to get on with
people,” and there’s the increase in earning
power which you naturally expect. But are
these all? If you are really interested in
checking up on your four-year investment
of time, money, and elbow-grease, read Mr.
Tunis’s book. It will almost certainly suggest
to you other ways of making college worth
while.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
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“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
BACKWASH
We are always doing something for Pos
terity, hut I would fain see Posterity do
something for us. —Joseph Addison
The World Turns On
Babcock
will be many
attendance at
: By A. F. Chalk:
Defense Training
As the United States maintains its policy of
extending all possible aid to those countries
fighting Hitler and at the same time is
building up our system of domestic defenses,
a great need has arisen for menskilled in
the production of vital defense materials.
A. & M. has responded to the call for
trained defense personnel and the facilities
of the college are being utilized in the train
ing of defense workers. Courses which start
ed here this week include power and elec
trical circuits, advanced engineering draw
ing, camp sanitation, and materials inspect
ion and testing.
The efforts of the college are not limit
ed, however, to courses which are being
taught here. Service courses are being offer
ed in Houston, Fort Worth, and Kilgore for
men living in these areas. These courses are
arranged so that they are taught at night
and do not interfere with the normal work
ing time of those enrolled in them.
Courses which will be given in other
cities in Texas are cost accounting, principles
of chemical engineering, principles of petro
leum engineering, fuel and lubrication test
ing, structural design and strength of ma
terials, and industrial safety. With the off
ering of these courses A. & M. is attempting
to train more men for jobs in national de
fense industries.
Something to Read
:By Dr. T. F. Mayo:
What Becomes of Joe College?
(“The U. S. College Graduate”, by Time
Inc., 1941)
(“Is College Worth While?”, by John R.
Tunis.)
Time Magazine has recently sent us an in
teresting little volume called The U. S. Col
lege Graduate, described in the preface as
“A statistical report on the status of living
U. S. College alumni (and alumnae)—who
they are, how and where they live, what they
earn, and at what work—an economic ap
proach to measuring the social dividends
yielded by the liberal arts.”
In the first place, we are told, there are
2,700,000 living college graduates in the
United States, about two per cent of the
population. Moreover, this percentage of col
lege graduates is increasing. The anonymous
author of the study thinks that the existence
and growth of this vast body of college grad
uates is “one of the most important factors
in the preservation of the American way of
life.”
The little book is full of striking bits
of information. Here are a few: Among col
lege graduates, the men are two to one. But
the women are moving up. Forty years ago,
The economy of this country has undergone
a transformation of very great magnitude
during the past five or six decades. Many
people are not fully aware of the extent and
nature of this fundamental change that has
taken place within a relatively short period
of time. The decline of competition—in the
traditional meaning of the term—has been
one of the outstanding developments of re
cent years, and it is this condition of declin
ing competition which has been responsible
for many of our modern economic problems.
The present trend toward more extensive
social control of our economy has to a great
extent been occasioned by the effects of
large-scale monopolistic practices.
The history of our economy during the
past 50 years has been marked by a sharp
rise in the number of industrial combinations
and a rapid increase in the size of the pro
ductive business unit. These factors have in
some cases been responsible for maladjust
ments of a very serious character in our
economic system. In many respects we are
now in a period of transition. A basic change
is seemingly inevitable, and the direction.
that change will take in the future is some
thing about which we could well afford to
concern ourselves.
Many writers believe that the trend tow
ard concentration of control in business is
a natural outgrowth of the capitalistic sys
tem. It is argued by this group that modern
technology is so advanced that the most ef
ficient size of the business unit has of neces
sity been expanded to such a point that ef
fective competition is no longer possible.
This group thinks that we should and will
accept this increased size because of its
technical efficiency. They add, however, that
this acceptance of the large-size business unit
must also involve greatly increased social
control over the economy. Needless to say,
there is widespread disagreement concern
ing the technique to be used when this con
trol is instituted, but the essential point is
that in most cases any effort to retain com
petition in the basic industries is considered
futile. This group is reconciled to the perma
nent disappearance of the traditional com
petitive system.
Another group thinks that we should make
every effort to re-establish a reasonable de
gree of competition. They insist that to a
great extent the development of monopoly
is not an irrevocable process but rather one
which is the result of a failure to control
combinations by legal means. It is argued
that we have never made an enlightened ef
fort to abolish concentrated economic power,
and that a sincere effort in that direction
would render unnecessary the increasing
governmental control over our economic liv
es.
Regardless of the policy we may want
to pursue as individuals, the fact remains
that the trend toward increasing govern
mental control of business is very pronounc
ed. One has merely to look at present day
conditions to realize that the entrenched
power of organizing minorities is rapidly de
stroying whatever hope we may have had for
the maintenance of a competitive system.
From Uncle Sam’s Post Office . . .
Infantry senior Laurie Oliver was
looking through his morning mail
Tuesday and ran across an anony
mous card from Texas U. Written
on the card was
a threat pertain
ing to Saturday’s
A. & I. game, as
follows: “A Good
Start, But Just
You Wait Until
Thank sgiving.”
Now, we wonder
. . . Good news
comes from the
East that there
former students in
the A. & M.-N. Y.
U. game. Aggie headquarters in
New York will be the Hotel New
York . . . Bob Both, coast artil
lery sophomore, tells us about a
letter that he received from his
girl, a Texas belle who attends
UCLA. The gal says that the
Aggies are quite popular on the
coast in a rough sort of way. The
Uclans still remember Kimbrough,
Robnett, and Co. and often as
not refer to students at Aggie
land as “those mean old Aggies.”
She states further that arguments
are frequent in classrooms, her
case being that she has to defend
the Aggies to a white boy sitting
on her right and a colored lad on
her left!
• • •
Reward
A recent radio quiz program for
children in Beaumont produced the
following:
The announcer asked, “In what
game do you play with agates?”
The little boy, thinking it was
Aggies instead of agates, answered
“football.”
Although the correct answer
should have been marbles, the
youngster’s “football” was allow
ed, and he won the customary 10
cents plus a 25-cent bonus from
a former A. & M. student who was
listening to the program.
• • •
Men Wanted
The Aggies certainly must have
left an indelible impression on Sam
Houston last Saturday. Now take
the letter which we received in
our Wednesday mail bag from the
Huntsville school:
We are desperate! ! !
At this noble institution we
have four girls to every poor
little old boy. These girls
aren’t bad to look at either
and this school isn’t half as far
from A. & M. as T. S. C. W. is.
Our rules aren’t as strict ei
ther.
So why don’t you boys take
this hint and come over. Some
of these girls haven’t had a
date since school started.
We’ll be expecting you all
over.
Signed:
Some SHSTC Coeds.
Okey, fellas, the line forms
Galley 4
the right at the East Gate. And
remember, you can go to Hunts
ville either through Navasota
Madisonville.
• • •
Gallon
If you don’t drink a gallon of
beer per month, you’re not getting
your full share.
For, figures from the Liquor
Control Board show, the per capita
consumption of beer in Texas has
passed one gallon per month. To
be exact, 1,064 gallons for the
last month tabulated.
As for wine, the per capita is
.019 gallons, and of distilled spir
its, the consumption amounted to
.039 gallons per month.
Private Schools
Faced With Closing
Dr. Rufus D. Smith, provost of
New York university, says a
“break-the-rich” taxation policy of
the federal government may result
in closing of private schools.
The pending tax bill is an ap
plication of the policy, he believes,
and exemplifies the United States,
“chaotic, political and haphazard
approach to a total war economy.
“LET’S MAKE MUSIC” will be
shown at the Assembly Hall to
night and tomorrow night. Bob
Crosby, the orchestra leader, and
Jean Rogers are cast in the roman
tic leads. About the only real
attraction that this picture offers
is Crosby and his orchestra. They
play for your listening pleasure
several numbers that are fine.
Outside of that there is not too
much to say about the story.
Crosby’s orchestra is playing at
a swanky night spot in New York.
While looking for a new hit from
a group of songs just received, he
discovers one written for a high
school fight song. He takes the
song makes a hit of it and brings
the author to New York from her
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Thursday, Friday—“LET’S
MAKE MUSIC,” starring
Bob Crosby and his Bobcats
hnd Jean Rogers
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday — “SAN AN
TONIO ROSE,” with Jane
Frazee, Robert Paige, and
Eve Arden.
Friday, Saturday — “HIS
GIRL FRIDAY,” with Cary
Grant, Rosalind Russell, and
Ralph Bellamy.
job of teaching school, to sing it
for him. Being quite elderly, she
brings her niece, Jean, with, her.
For some reason that escapes us
at the moment, Jean and Bob fall
in love. This is the type of life
as pictured in the motion pictures
and is not accepted as representa
tive of American ways.
Another musical show is “SAN
ANTONIO ROSE,” at the Campus
today. The Merry Macs are the
featured musicians in this film-
usical. Jean Frazee and Robert
Paige furnish the acting leads. You
will like either of these two shows,
according to your choice of mu
sicians.
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
A. & M. is one of the two land-
grant colleges in the United States
that is not co-educational.
JDNIORS. ...
ATTENTION
If you have not ordered your uniform yet now is
the time to order. Come by today and let us have your
measurements.
Order now and get the uniform before the
Ft. Worth Corps Trip
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THURSDAY — FRIDAY
BOB CROSBY and JEAN ROGERS
in
Make Music
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