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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 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
4-5444.
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
Lee Rogers Managing Editor
W. A. Goforth..... Assistant Advertising Manager
Tom Vannoy Junior Editor
Jack Decker Junior Editor
Clyde Franklin Junior Editor
Reportorial Staff
Tom Leland, Benton Taylor, W. J. Hamilton, Calvin Brum-
ley, Charles McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May, Douglass
Lancaster, Gordon Sullivan, Herman Phillipson, Tom Journeay.
Unhealthy America
Half of America’s manpower unfit for mil
itary service—this fact has been released by
Selective ’Service officials.
Is the United States getting soft? With
a possibility that American manpower may
be called upon to see combat action in the
future, it is of prime importance to see that
the physical condition of this country is im
proved. The United States should have a
much better physical record than this.
Such a finding as this might even under
estimate the health of American manhood,
since these draft rejections occured among
men whose ages extend from 21 to 35. Nor
mally this should be the healthiest part of
our national population. If this is indicative
of the general state of health, then imme
diate efforts should be made to improve this
nation’s health standards.
More than 2,000,000 men have taken
physical examinations after being called by
their draft boards for service in the army.
Of this number 1,000,000 have been found
unfit to be soldiers. American health is evi
dently at fault when 900,000 of the men re-
pected have been called down because of
poor health. An effort must be made to im
prove this condition, but unfortunately not
much can be done at the present. The answer
to this problem lies in a long range health
program which would not permit such a sit
uation to exist in the future.
Many of the men rejected might be
classed as curables; 200,000 of the men re
jected because of bad health could be made
fit for military duty if proper medical treat
ment is made available. If proper treatment
were given, these men could be called upon to
defend this country. Most of the men who
fall in this classification are suffering from
ear, eye, nose, and throat ailments, bad
teeth, hernia, and venereal diseases. These
cases can be cured.
If the United States is to engage in
actual conflict in World War II, then im
mediate efforts must be made to put Amer
ican manpower in peak physical condition.
An effort may be made now to treat many
of these cases and make the men fit for mil
itary service. The real significance of the
draft board findings is that it shows a need
for a national health program which would
extend over a long period of time. If our
health standards are to be improved, then
now is the logical time to introduce such a
health program.
War and Realism
. More college papers have swung from the
“arch isolationist” camp to the intervention-
• ist side this fall, a Time magazine survey
this week reported. We do not doubt the ac
curacy of their conclusions; they were to be
expected. But we think the survey came too
late—the issue is dead.
We are an act‘ive participant in a war—
an undeclared war. It is futile to argue any
further, isolation or intervention. Action by
the administration has taken the place of
words.
It is not surprising that the isolationist has
shifted since spring to the interventionist
camp. His ground has been cut from beneath
him, but not by logical reasoning. Specific
acts—troops to Iceland, the Churchill-Roose-
velt pact, the president’s “shoot on sight”
speech—have made the position of. the iso
lationist untenable. He may still sincerely be
lieve it is better to stay out of an European
war; he can no longer argue logically this.
Still there are many who, knowing that
isolationism is dead, refuse to swallow whele,
as now presented, the talk of the interven
tionist. It is such a stand that we now must
take.
We are in the war; we accept that. And
being in, we feel we have a right to demand
that the issues for which we may die and
kill be made clear-cut and realistic. We feel
we have the right to protest the government’s
“pussy-footing,” as one senator has stated,
into the war.
The policies of the government as to
present and future actions should be made
clear. They haven’t. Instead, the movements
of the administration on foreign questions
are screened with clouds of words, secret
diplomacy, political maneuvering. We have
been placed in a position where there is no
turning back. Why aren’t we told what lies
ahead ?
Not as isolationist, nor as intervention
ist, but as Americans we have a right to
know these things. What are our relations
with the British government? Is it an Anglo-
American alliance, or an “association,” as
President Wilson termed it in the last war?
If it is Anglo American, why don’t we de
termine what English post-war aims are?
We do not demand knowledge of all the
intricate so-called state secrets. We know
that to be impossible and unwise. But as rep
resentatives of the group that will make up
most of the second A. E. F., as part of the
electorate that must be able to act intelligent
ly if a representative form of government is
to remain alive, as natives, by birth or nat
uralization, of a country that we love, mov
ing into another war, we can ask: Where
are we going? What do we hope to gain? Are
we taking the road to war only as a last
resort ?
No, we no longer argue about whether
we should enter the war. Now we must make
it our duty to determine our direction. Many
do not know where we are going—too many.
—The Idaho Argonaut
Quotable Quotes
“The number of high school teachers who
come to us each summer, eager to take grad
uate work in journalism because they find
themselves poorly prepared for responsibili
ties which have been thrust upon them by
their school administrators, leads me to be
lieve that we have here a very weak link
in our teacher-training program.” Kenneth
E. Olson, dean of Medill school of journalism,
Northwestern University, sees a need for
sounder training of high school journalism
teachers.
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood:
John is in Professor and Mrs. Burton’s home,
making an evening call. The clock strikes
ten—then the half-hour; he has been there
since seven-thirty. Mrs. Burton looks at her
husband, and she is .thinking, “Will that
young man ever leave?” The truth of the
matter is, John wants to lehve as much as
they want him to, but he just doesn’t know
how to get away. Three times he has said,
“Well, I ought to be going.” Mrs’. Burton
should help him; she should say “Must you
go,” then walk toward the door; John would
know that he really must go.
The Burtons like John very much, and
they like to have him* call, but John has
far out-stayed his Welcome.
Calls in faculty homes should not, as a
general thing, last more than thirty minutes.
When you have been invited for dinner, never
stay longer than and hour after dinner, unless
other entertainment has been provided. Avoid
inconvenient times to call; if you find the
family at the dinner table, offer an apology
and take your leave.
When you call on a young lady and linger
longer than a reasonable length of time, you
may not be asked to. call again; no young
woman wishes to ask a visitor to leave.
Visits made without warning should be
shorter than those by appointment. Arriving
too early for a party or dinner is almost as
bad as staying too late.
When you take leave from a party or
dinner, your host and hostess and those near
est you are the only ones you need to tell
goodbye.
Consideration and tact are the princi
ple qualities of a gracious guest.
The World Turns On
By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry
In recent years there has been much talk
about “new orders” in various parts of the
world. To many of these “new orders” have
seemed nothing more than new people giving
the orders.
One of the first so-called new orders for
Europe was the “Russian Experiment” in
which Communism was the excuse. Basically,
the communistic way of life appears at its
best if we assume all people to be alike
genetically. Russia soon found this assump
tion to be unfounded. She attempted to com
pensate for this by legislating a new biolog
ical order, a new genetics.
“Classical genetics” ..according to ..the
Russians, was old fashioned, out moded and
ready for the discard, or to be left to the
Democracies that could safely inculcate it
into their political doctrines. Russia then at
tempted to solve her problems of plant and
animal improvement by manipulation of the
environment and by the declaration that
Mendelism was a mistake.
Naturally, the laws of heredity which
show why no two individuals, with the pos
sible exception of “identical twins,” are likely
to be born alike could not be stomached by
a political philosophy which would work best
when all individuals were born alike. For
Mendelism, “Yarovization,” “Vernalization,”
and * such environmental approaches have
been substituted. Several well known Rus
sian geneticists who have insisted that the
laws of heredity could not be repealed (even
at the request of Dictator Joe) have sud
denly been listed as “address unknown.”
Russia today is fighting with Commun
ism (each with an equal right to die) for her
very life. If, through the help of the Allies,
she can survive Russia will command a great
deal of respect from the rest of the world.
If Russia does not survive, the struggle must
he continued by those who have a greater
respect for fundamental natural laws.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
COVERING
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
RHETORIC used to annoy early
DAY BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS,
CONSEQUENTLY EACH YEAR THEY
HELD A "JUNIOR BURIAL" AT WHICH
ALL TEXTBOOKS ON THESE SUBJECTS
WERE INTERRED WITH SUITABLE RITES/
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TOM VANNOY
JAPAN
SENT ITS
FIRST
WOMAN TO
STUDY IN
A FOREIGN
COUNTRY
TO THE
STATE
NORMAL
SCHOOL
AT SALEM,
MASS.
IN 1866 /
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FRANK. K.((OP) GRANT, NOW DECEASED, SPOKE
TUtSE IMMORTAL WORDS AS HE WAS BEING
CARRIED OFF THE FIELD WITH A BROKEN LB?
DURING THE PRINCETON GAME IN 189R-
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster
The Way Around . . . Football
fans in Detroit are raving about
the smart passing and heady play
ing of Walemon “Cotton” Price,
the professional Detroit Lion quar
terback . . . September issue of the
Holland’s carries
the article, What
College? Author
ed by Dr, Homer
Rainey, Texas U.
prexy, the story
goes into great
detail explaining
the age-old sub
ject of how to se
lect a school for
Babcock study . . . Atten
tion William Rautenberg of Brock
ton, Massachusetts: Your requested
program is on the way, but it is
Texas A. & M. College—not TEX
AS A. & M. UNIVERSITY! . . .
Another short delay in the publi
cation of the student directory.
Amassing 7,000 names is no small
task . . Football signs are look
ing better each week. A united
effort should be made to continue
the improvement.
• • •
Results
If you want a date, advertise
m the Fort Worth Star-Telegram!
Coast Artillery freshman Wayne
Townsend, was looking forward to
the T. C. U. corps trip, but he
had no prospect of a date for the
weekend. Townsend invested his
hopes in a classified ad in the Fort
Worth paper the Sunday before
the game.
He only wanted one date for
the game and dance following, but
it was a pleasant surprise when the
advertisement reaped more than
60 replies.
Townsend’s choice was Barbara
Van Zandt, 18, brunet daughter of
Mrs. R. L. Van Zandt of Fort
Worth. They went to the game
in the Van Zandt automobile, later
had dinner at the Van Zandt home
and then went dancing.
Townsend wasn’t sielfish with
his fortunate luck ... he turned
the other 59 applicants over to up
perclassmen.
-HONOR SOCIETY-
(Continued from Page 1)
T. Berry, Roland Bing, A. R. Boe-
mer, L. C. Calloway, J. M. Car
penter, W. K. Clark, J. W. Gibson,
J. F. Golden, J. M. Hefley, O. M.
Holt, R. F. Keller, W. J. Lawler,
T. W. Leonard, E. M. Rosenthal,
Jack Taylor, D. C. Thurman, R. I
M. Warren, J. C. Wallace, E. D.
Wilmeth, A. C. Yezak, M. R. Ye-
zak, and G. C. Young.
Engineering
T. Ando, J. Barker, H. T. Chang,
E. H. Copeland, R. A. C ook, E. G.
Daughty, D. D. Echols, L. W. Fish
er, D. S. Hammons, B. Hardie, M.
D. Havlok, J. M. Holliday, R. D.
Kenny, G. R. King, J. L. Lamber-
son, L. L. Manchester, Jr., M. A.
Miller, G. Nassouer, H. C. Owen,
R. B. Pearce, A. W. Sissom, F. A.
Smitham, C. C. Sprinkle, M. H.
Stevens, G. C. Sumner, Louie To
maso, J. L. Wilson, Paul Wolfe,
Jr., R. E. Woodham, Jr.
Arts and Sciences
R. S. Crawford, A. B. Crim-
mins, T. S. Gillis, A. J. Landeau,
G. D. Gabriel.
Veterinary Medicine
W. G. Aldridge, T. H. Coffey,
Alex Grossman, V. C. Issac, E. L.
Lepon, R D. Macy, H. Shanzer,
C. R. Tubbs.
Fast Work
Aggie Roy Pankey was driving
to Dallas this past weekend. On
the way, he narrowly averted an
automobile wreck which involved
the collision of two other cars.
While drivers of the other ve
hicles were calling each other
cousins, Pankey merely walked
over to the window of one of the
machines and struck up a conver
sation with a young lady that
could be more accurately describ
ed as a beautiful babe.
Talk became more intimate with
every word and soon Pankey
found himself processing through
the rather tasteful task of asking
for a Saturday evening date.
The young miss complied, and
the Aggie reputation of being fast
and smooth grew another root.
That slap-happy, screwy Bob
Hope is at it once more. This time
he’s “CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT.”
This “aid to national defense” will
be shown at Guion Hall today and
tomorrow. With someone such as
Dorothy Lamour to spur him on,
Hope joins the army the hard way,
via the draft.
All the way through the show
the type of humor that has made
Bob what he is today is just run
ning all over the place. The glam
ourous Dottie decorates the screen
more than ample on all occasions.
Minus the sarong, she is an army
officer’s daughter, just an ordinary
typical American girl once more.
The Draft Act is just about to
be passed, and Hope is within the
age limit. Like a drowning person
catching for an escape from the
inevitable, Hope seeks to catch him
self a bride to keep himself out
of Uncle Sam’s army. Then he dis
covers that he is not within the
age limits. So what does any sen
sible man try to do, hut get out
of the engagement. But what any
one would want to be “disengaged”
from Lamour is more than we can
understand. She calls him a cow
ard; he resents it and vows to show
what kind of stuff he has in him, by
volunteering for enlistment.
Things go awry and he really
does become a doughboy spending
his days peeling potatoes, drilling,
and reeling off those famous Hope
remarks that always appear at just
the right moment.
During maneuvers Bob makes on
ly two major mistakes, but when
the smoke clears, Dottie is all his
and we can’t say that we don’t en
vy him just a little.
Betty Grable, the blonde with
the most perfect figure in Holly
wood, is the outstanding attrac
tion of “MILLION DOLLAR
LEGS” as the eye-filling portion of
the double-feature at the Campus
today and tomorrow.
This is a story of college life
asit is supposed to exist at an
American co-ed university. The
students make up a pot to bet on
a horse-race. The reason for such
doings as this is that winning a
horse-race is the quickest way to
get enough money to get funds
for racing shells for the college
crew team.
Quite naturally, Betty is the
belle of the campus. The show is
rather delightful entertainment and
a welcame relief from the steady
grind.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“MILLION DOLLAR LEGS”
with Betty Grable and Jackie
Coogan. Also, “MEN A-
GAINST THE SKY,” fea
turing Richard Dix and
Wendy Barrie.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT”
starring Bob Hope and
Dorothy Lamour.
LEARN TO DANCE
BETTY HOUSTON SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private and Class Lessons in
BALLROOM DANCING
K. C. Hall
Bryan, Texas
Ph. 2-2040
2-6075
This
Collegiate
World
:ACPr
Popeye has attained academic
respectability. Students at Rock
ford, Illinois, are learning to sing
about, the exploits of the sailor man
in Spanish. The tune found its
way into the curriculum through
the help of Professor Nicolas Per
eas, who first heard the song in
his native Spanish home, and then
found it equally popular in Ven
ezuela, . where he lived for tw^)
years before coming to this coun
try.
The Popeye jingle is part of
Pereas’ direct method of introduc
ing Spanish to first-year students.
A fourteenth century folk song is
also in the repertoire of the Span
ish students and during the year
their instructor plans to , teach the
girls other songs illustrative of
particular dialects used in differ
ent sections of Spain.
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TODAY & TOMORROW
“MILLION DOLLAR
LEGS ,,
Starring
Betty Grable
“MEN AGAINST
THE SKY”
With
Richard Dix — Wendy Barrie
Also
Bing Crosby Short
“SWING WITH BURG”
Showing AH This Week
Movietone’s All American
Football Team of 1940
GUION HALL
TUBS. OCT. 21 — WED. OCT. 22
THE BIG LAUGH
BLITZ OF 1941!