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-.THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1941
The Battalion The n Sa u
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 1>a y ne r^ —
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and A lot Of WOrflS are being ttlFOWn at US 110W-
J^ubHahed^three 6 thneB^vfeeidy"from ^epte < mber°^to !e jmie^* < iB- adayS, emphasizing everybody’s UGed Of
■ued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub- “mOPe SGCUPity.” Indeed, from the platform
lUhed weekly from June through August. ^ ^ fr()m the press> the word carries a
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College dangGPOUSly SaCPed tang. It is almost beCOHl-
Station. Texas, under the Act of Congress^March 8, 1679. ^ a migIeading sh i bbo leth. In this age Of
Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates youth movements, Townsend plans, and Vet-
-. pon _ request ' t erans of Future Wars, it is well that we slow
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, down a moment to keep from getting OUP
San' Francisco. York city ' Chica "°' Bo3ton ’ Lo8 Angele9 ' and cerebrumic wires crossed.
Let no man construe this warning as a
^Office. Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone doctrine of reaction OP CVOn aS a plea that
nor. oshriei 7 we return to the sentimentality of the “good
e. V ROTOTthai ;:;Z'.;;;“"ZZZ;r"'."!;z;;"ZlAssoAate EdltJ or days.” It is merely a restatement of the
Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager paradox that all dead men aren’t in their
Mike Hatkin Sports Editor graves.
W. P. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor & rZ •j • i r
Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant becurity is by no means a panacea for
Jerry Gleason, D. B. Cofer„..„...„„.._„„....Junior Sports Editors a ]J our political headaches. In fact, llistory
«. d. wiimeth 1 circulation Manager will remind us, I believe, that the more priv-
Jack Jones.... . Ph “ t . 0 .^ staff Photographer ileged and complacent groups are always
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel...........^.^Assistant Photographers the 01168 which are most lined Up agailist the
E. M. Rosenthal Acting Managing Editor principles of a depiOCratic Spirit.
Sspe^“z::::zzzzz::::::::zz:::zzz::^tor Editor . Security breeds intolerance—and don’t
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager think that the age of martyrs is limited to
Rcportorial Staff the past.
Tom Leland, W. J. Hamilton, Calvin Brumley, Charles o „ 'j. _ ~ j-j. i •
McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May, Douglass Lancaster. oCCUPity enCOUragCS SOftneSS, and this
■ trait has seldom contributed to fundamental
tt ■ i tt 1 1 I greatness
Jilt thfi mmiwai]! Security leads to pride, and that usually
”' “goeth before” the proverbial downfall. (Re-
Hit the highway—Aggie! The highway, long member the turtle and the rabbit ?)
the traditional method of travel by the cadet Security destroys individual discipline;
corps will see much service this weekend as Esau sold a promising future for a tempo-
hundreds of Aggies journey to San Antonio rary bowl of soup.
and elsewhere. The writer of Ecclesiastes was more
Traveling by thumb is not often the than a sophisticated pessimist. He was some-
most efficient method available, but it has times even wrong. We don’t really believe
its advantages for the average Aggie. A that “a living dog is better than a dead
most economical mode of transportation, it lion”; we prefer Patrick Henry, who believ-
manages to take members of the corps over ed that life without liberty could be worse
the entire state weekend after weekend. than death. Just as we choose Nathan Hale
For Aggies the highway also has its to Benedict Arnold, our feelings are more
responsibilities. The entire success of these for the prisoner, Martin Niemoller, than for
mass migrations rests upon the cadet corps, the French traitor, Petain. We want to do
When an Aggie accepts a ride, he either more than exist; we want to really live,
builds up or destroys the reputation of the Even if it makes us occasionally satisfied,
entire corps. The goodwill which can be security isn’t easily associated with an ad-
created in this manner is tremendous; like- venturous life.
wise a few wrong actions on the part of This belief isn’t new, but it has always
some careless Aggie could destroy the pos- been difficult to accept. It was reintroduced
sible future rides of others. over 1900 years ago by a Man, we are told,
When you hitch hike, be courteous to who hadn’t even the security of a place to
whomever gives you a ride. Above all show lay his head. “He that loseth his life shall
the person from whom you caught the ride find it,” he said, and only those who lose
that there is a fundamental difference be- themselves in some noble venture or worthy
tween The Aggie who catches a ride and the cause ever really discover themselves de-
ordip^ry person on the highway. Though veloping a greater prsonality—happy in the
the college year is still in its infancy, this realization that they’re striving for a distant
is the time to begin building up the reputa- ideal.
tiop of the corps on the highway. .
Aggies! hit the highway when you want 1=7
to, but don’t abuse the privilege which it
gives you. Remember that you wear the uni-
form of A. & M. and are serving as a repre
sentative of the entire corps.
The highest proof of virtue is to possess
boundless power without abusing it.
A —Thomas Macaulay
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
ALL WERE MEMBERS OF J1GMA ,CHI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FROM 1899 V 1912
BACKWASH
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action
occurrence.”—W ebster
we are going to do tonight. Aggie
spirit is at the boiling point. Typi
cal of the feeling of the corps is
the remark
heard back
Quotable Quotes
Colleges and War
A thought-compelling picture of the perplex
ing situation confronting American colleges
because of the nation’s unprecedented de
fense effort is painted in the Christian Cen
tury.
Colleges and universities are opening
their doors upon the “most hazardous and
uncertain year of their existence,” in the
opinion of this publication. The article con
tinues :
Conscription is expected to reduce their
male enrollment by 30 per cent or more.
Rising costs of living plus the demand for
workers in multiplying defense industries
will further decrease the number of students.
With lowered income of invested funds,
higher operating costs due to increased war
prices, with decimated student bodies and
consequently greatly reduced income from
tuition fees, hundreds of colleges are facing
either sharp retrenchment or annihilation.
It would be altogether characteristic of the
slap-dash social policy which underlies the
defense effort if its earliest casualty should
turn out to be one of our most valuable in
stitutions.
- In 1918 the effect of conscription upon
the colleges was eased by a device called the
student army training corps. Army units
were set up in hundreds of colleges and the
men continued to carry on some of their
studies while they also learned how to be
come soldiers. Financially the scheme sav
ed the colleges, but educationally and mili
tarily the results were so far from satisfac
tory that both colleges and the army vowed
“never again.”
The fact that now Pres. Fred Pierce
Corson of the Pennsylvania College Pres
idents’ association and others are appealing
for a revival of this discredited plan is a
measure of the financial straits to which
these imperiled institutions have been re
duced.
The present situation is particularly se
rious for the independent, church-related col
lege. Institutions receiving public support
may have to curtail their activities, by many
small schools which do not have access to
tax dollars will, unless they are liberally en
dowed—and few of them are—face disaster.
When it is recalled that these church
schools provide the bulk of Christian leader
ship and that they are free from state con
trol in the face, of increasing trend toward
totalitarianism, the seriousness of this threat
to their existence becomes apparent. This
is particularly ominous for Protestantism,
which today has only half as many colleges
as 40 years ago. During that time the num
ber of Catholic schools of higher education
has nearly doubled. —AGP
“There is an evil greater than war and that
is human slavery. Either you go down in dis
honor or you put forth all your effort in
this moral crisis.” Eduard C. Lindeman, pro
fessor of philosophy at New York School of
Social Work, denounces American non-inter
ventionists.
Legett a couple information that Iceland is not a
of days ago, to- beautiful country. He says that
wit: “Sure I’m the sun shines night and day, caus-
going down to ing the temperature to stay fairly
San Antonio, and high.
I’m going to stop Murray’s correspondence contin •
off at Austin on ues: “One of the men in my com-
the way and take pany was a freshman at A. & M.
a look at Memor- last year. I asked him why he
Babcock ial Stadium—and didn’t go back this year, and he
then go on down to the Alamo told me it was because he couldn’t
city and yell my lungs out” ... get the dormitory room he wanted.
Word drifts up from Houston that He is now living in a hut with
Aggieland’s 1939-40 cadet colonel, 13 other men.”
Woody Varner, has been called to • • •
active duty . Temporary plans Down the A1 J
to have the YMCA p.cture A bowIillg carniral £ ith ^
in cash prizes. That’s the big
news from the basement of the
are
show
picture
moved to Guion hall this
weekend in preparation of opening
night there next Tuesday. In ad
dition to the regular bill of fare,
several special features will be
served for opening night patrons
. . . Definition: A split second is
local YMCA, the sponsors of the
1941-42 Brunswick Bowling Con
test.
Everybody has a chance at the
20,346 prizes being offered—every-
The World Turns On
By Dr. R. W. Steen .
There are many parallels between the career
of Hitler and that of Napoleon. It may be
that Hitler will finally be defeated in a man
ner similar to that of Napoleon. In Russia
he has gained a vast amount of territory,
and has won some impressive victories, but
has not yet defeated Russia.
Discontent in the conquered
countries seems to be growing,
and will doubtless become more
pronounced during the winter.
A major factor in the defeat of
Napoleon was his inability to
put down discontent in the
countries which his armies ov
erran.
The careers of the two con
querors also differ in many
ways. One difference of great
importance to America is her
own position with relation to the two. In
1812 this country declared war on Great
Britain, and thus became in fact an ally of
Napoleon. In this war America is definitely
against Mr. Hitler, and America will doubt
less play a much more important part in the
outcome of this war than she did in the out
come of Napoleon’s war.
Mussolini’s chief propagandist has just
announced that the Italians will make their
victories appear greater than they are. Most
Americans were of the opinion that the Ital
ian air attack on a British convoy last week
seems to be a case in point. The Italians
claimed the destruction of three cruisers,
three transports, and several smaller vessels.
The British Admiralty, whose reports have
been far more reliable than those of the Ital
ian news agencies, insist that no vessel was
sunk, and that the only damage was to a
battleship which was hit by a bomb. To
translate a bomb hit on a battleship into a
great victory in which three cruisers and
three transports were sunk requires a con
siderable amount of imagination.
The president and his advisers have de
cided not to ask for outright repeal of the
neutrality act. Instead they will repeal it
piecemeal. The first move will be a request
for permission to arm American merchant
vessels. This permission will probably be
granted by Congress, and will then be fol
lowed by requests for additional modifica
tions. By amendment and by interpretation
the act wil soon come to be a dead letter, and
American will again be asserting the doc
trine of Freedom of the Seas.
that portion of time that passes body from beginners at the alley
from the time the light turns green game on up to the experts,
until the car behind you toots its Rules of the contest are many,
horn . . . Orchids: The fourteenth The same is true with the way
man in the United States to be to win.
awarded the International Poultry The first in a series of 6 nine-
Science Fellow plaque—D. H. Reid day contests will get under way
of our own poultry science depart- today at the Y. You might be a
ment. winner.
This Collegiate World
r AGP:
Well, at any rate this educator onto your kisses ’til you find some-
tried to scale the heights. body you really want to give them
Dr. A. D. Fraser, University of to.
Virginia archaeologist, wanted to “Don’t forget that boys talk
examine an old stone mill at New- about girls . . . and if you ‘neck’
port, R. I., in an effort to ascer- with one man, all. his ‘brothers’
tain its disputed origin.
Newport firemen let him take a
fire ladder so he could climb over
the mill wall, but just as he start
ed to do so police came along and
halted him.
“We don’t even allow Harvard
and Yale boys to go in,” said the
police, explaining there is a long
standing rule against permitting
anybody in the structure, which,?
some believe was built by Vikings
centuries ago.
And then there’s the case of Ohio
Wesleyan University, which select
ed the wrong “typical” students
when preparing a picture booklet
on its activities.
The photos were taken last
spring. The front cover of the
booklet shows a co ed who since
has “flunked out” of school and a
boy who has transferred to Case
College.
• • •
Freshmen co-eds at Massachu
setts State College have been ad
vised to “wear a girdle unless
you’re a veritable sylph—the day
of hip-swinging siren co-ed is
gone.”
A booklet of advice published by
Isogon, senior honor society, and
written by Kay Tully of South-
bridge and Mary Donahue of New-
buryport, advises not only how to
dress but how to act.
On “dating” a major portion of
the booklet, the advice is to “hold ■
will know it soon.
Texas has 700 species of birds
and 270 kinds of fish.
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LAST DAY
“HIS GIRL FRIDAY”
with
ROSILAND RUSSELL
CARY GRANT
Plus
DONALD DUCK
SHORT — NEWS
PREVUE TONIGHT
SUNDAY, MONDAY
'n&KBAM
hinm sii’fiiiDi
Also
DISNEY CARTOON
SHORT — NEWS
COVERING
campus dismoNs
WITH
TOM VANNOY
A very true-to-life story is
“PENNY SERENADE” at the
Campus Sunday and Monday. Here
is the story of a couple who
face the hardships of life, its
blows and setbacks, in a manner
that is bound to leave an impres
sion on you for quite some time.
The couple is Irene Dunne and
Cary Grant.
Cary is foreign correspondent in
Tokyo for an American newspaper.
Eventually they return to the
States and buy a small -town paper
for their own. The couple adopts
a baby. This is the touch that
makes it truly representative of
American life. The whole story is
filled with all the tragedies that
beset human beings, presented in
such a manner that you will like
it immensely.
Both of the stars have done
some fine work on this show, con
tinuing their previous records. Ed
gar Buchanan in the character
role of “Applejack,” the printer, is
San Antonio or Bust . . . Getting Lif© IS Like Thcit
a good start in the football wars Iceland—a land of cold adven-
is great, and that’s exactly what ^ ure a Pl ace where there are
three or four former Aggies sta-.
tioned in Uncle Sam’s armed ser
vice.
A recent letter from one of the
we Aggies—Captain Ray Murray, ’35,
of of the marine corps—carries the
WHATS SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—(“HIS GIRL-FRI
DAY,” with Cary Grant,
Rosalind Russell, and Ralph
Bellamy.
Saturday Prevue, Sunday,
Monday—“PENNY SERE
NADE,” starring Irene
Dunne, Cary Grant, and
Beulah Bondi.
AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL
Saturday—“T H E LADY
EVE,” featuring Barbara
Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
good also.
On the side of the comedy we
offer “THE LADY EVE,” to be
shown at the Assembly Hall to
night. Here we have Barbara Stan
wyck and Henry Fonda each try
ing to catch the other in a lover’s
snare. Henry, long noted for his
character roles of folks such as
Tom Joad in “The Grapes of
Wrath,” is a millionaire’s son who
dresses in the latest masculine
fashions. And Barbara doesn’t
do such a bad job for herself
either, as a “glamorfied” card
shark.
All in all, “The Lady Eve” is just
about at the top as far as non
sensical comedy goes.
There will be no show at the
Assembly Hall as scheduled for
Monday or Tuesday afternoon. This
week-end all the projection equip
ment is to be moved from the As
sembly Hall over to Guion Hall,
site of the new Y theater. The
premiere in Guion Hall is set for
Tuesday night when “Loce Crazy”
starring William Powell and Myrna
Loy will start the new location
off with a bang.
Prices at the Campus and the
Assembly Hall have advanced five
cents this week. The cause is
the new defense tax that went into
effect Wednesday. All admissions
over ten cents carry a ten per-
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
FOR A COMPLETELY
MODERN SHOP
You Just Can’t Beat The
COLLEGE VIEW
BARBER SHOP
East Gate Ph. 4-1168
Assembly Hall
SATURDAY, OCT. 4
BARBARA STANWYCK
and
HENRY FONDA
The Lady Eve
ONLY ONE PROGRAM AS WE ARE MOVING
EQUIPMENT TO GUION HALL IMMEDIATE
LY AFTER THE SHOW.
NO SHOW MONDAY
Moving Will Be Complete Tuesday
NEW BUS
SERVICE
THRU BUS SERVICE TO AUSTIN
WITH CLOSE CONNECTIONS
TO SAN ANTONIO
3 Schedules Daily
Lv College Station 8:50 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 5:45 p. m.
Ar Aqstin 12:00 noon 4:10 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Lv Austin __-12:50 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 9:55 p.m.
Ar San Antonio 2:50 p.m. 6:55 p.m. 11:55 p.m.
Fare to Austin $2.10 or $3.80 Rt.
Fare to San Antonio .$3.00 or $5.00 Rt.
Buses Stop At
THE AGGIELAND INN
KERRYILLE BUS CO, INC.
Friendly Service