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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.
Sintered 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
<-5444.
1941 Member 1942
Associated Collegiate Press
Don Gabriel ....
E. M. Rosenthal
Ralph Criswell ..
Editor
Associate Editor
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
Chick Hurst Junior Sports Assistant
Circulation Staff
Gene Wilmeth
Bill Hanger
F. D. Asbury
Bill Huber, Joe Stale
up
Photography
Jack Jones
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel
Circulation Manager
Senior Circulation Assistant
Junior Assistant
Circulation Assistants
Staff
Staff Photographer
Assistant Photographers
Saturday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
Charlie Babcock Junior Editor
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager
Reportorial Staff
Calvin Brumley, Kenneth C. Bresnen, Arthur L. Cox, W. J.
Hamilton, Jr., N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Jouhneay,
Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May,
Douguass Lancaster
The Pedestrian Aggie
The Texas Aggies are all set for a battle with
old man winter, and from all indications the
Aggies are going to be thrown for a loss.
Winter at Aggieland means rain, and
rain means that once again students go to
classes in the mud and in the streets because
of a lack of sidewalks. What sidewalks the
college does possess are usually covered with
an inch or so of water after each downpour.
The drainage system at A. & M. seems to be
non existent.
So what of the poor Aggie? He is faced
with a perplexing dilemma. The sidewalks
aren’t sufficient to handle the between-class
traffic problem, so he takes to the street and
hopes that he won’t be run down by some
onrushing automobile, or of course he can
walk in the mud to his class.
From time immemorial, ever since the
lowly Aggie and the high speed automobile
both came together on the same campus,
there has been an eternal conflict between
the two forces. Time and time again, The
Battalion has been asked why do Aggies
walk in the street. The answer is quite
simple—usually that is the only dry spot to
walk in wet weather when the sidewalks
are crowded to capacity.
We suggest that those citizens of College
Station, who so often wonder why the Aggie
goes in the street, instigate a movement to
provide more sidewalk space for the pedes
trian Aggie.
As an engineering school, A. & M. offers
a first class example of what poor drainage
is. Wider sidewalks and more of them would
certainly be in order and would be of great
utility for many years to come.
College Youth Bewildered ?
That familiar picture of a gloomy, bewildered
college youth is headed for the museum wall,
if results of a survey of co-ed opinion at the
University of Texas may be believed.
The poll, questioning a representative
group of 400 from dormitories, sorority hous
es, co-operatives, and campus offices employ
ing students, showed Texas co-eds to be poss
essors of definite opinions on everything
from politics to hair-ribbons.
Careers are all right in their place, they
say, but the place is immediately after grad
uation. More than half of the women stu
dents want a job the first year out of col
leges, but, looking 10 years ahead, they’re
practically unanimous in voting for a home
and family. Incidentally, that family will
probably be one of from three to seven child
ren. Statistics may show that the average
American couple has only one child, but Tex
as girls choose three as the best number.
The draft is changing the plans of many
university students, but Texas girls aren’t
opposed to it. They aren’t especially enthu
siastic, either, but they mark themselves as
being resigned—recognizing the necessity
for military training. They want to do their
part in defense, too, but they’d prefer it in
the medical or nursing service and in home
defense units.
But while they are conscious of national
problems, they aren’t too preoccupied to take
account of clothes and appearance and in
terior decoration. They shout down the pop
ular notion that co-ed dormitory rooms are
a nightmare of party favors, college pen
nants, and unmade beds. The style in room
decoration, the poll declares, is distinctly
utilitarian. Bureau drawers, an impressive
number say, are organized on a system. There
is, however, a shameless minority which ad
mits living in a room that is a “scramble.”
Even in this modern age, “mother knows
best.” At least 75 per cent of Texas girls
declare that they discuss most of their prob
lems—dates, careers, love, religion—with
their mothers. But they want to bring the
subject up; no “prying” allowed.
Believe it or not, if a choice were forced
upon them, they’d take a good mind over
good looks—two-to-one! But they’re willing
to work on their looks—even if they do say
that the motive behind their campus clothes
is comfort, not a desire to impress anyone.
The average yearly clothes budget is
about $300. That takes care of those saddle
oxfords, socks, skirt and sweater for campus,
as well as something fancier for dates. In
the “glamour game,” they’ll take perfume,
tailored clothes, a startling coiffure, and a
good conversational “line.” ,
Sixty-three per cent think the morals of
college students are about as good as those
of young people at home. Fifty-three per
cent "attend church occasionally, 35 per cent
regularly. —AGP
They Sag
r=A. C. Pavne— — -
“Clever men like to emphasize the differences
which separate them from their fellowmen;
wise men choose to emphasize what all of us
have in common.”
Richard Henry Tauney who is quoted
above, realized the dangers of group dis
unity. Judging by the present trend toward
mental and moral dissension, most of us
seem to prefer the distinction of cleverness
to that of increasing wisdom! Rather than
investigate the merits of an individual’s point
of view, we find it much easier to brand
hysterically as “un-American” anyone who
disagrees with out solid status quo.
This applies to religion as well as poli
tics. Those who proudly boast of tolerance
and ‘broadmindedness’ take peculiar interest
in contrasting the various faiths, enthusiast
ically listing the few outstanding differences
of creed and organization. While recogniz
ing the importance of “personal variety in
the human flower garden,” we list below the
things in common which our outstanding re
ligious bodies in America all profess.
1. Each group believes in God.
2. Each believes that ethical elements
are essential in religion.
3. Each believes in the “Golden Rule.”
4. Each believes in the capacity of
human nature to grow and develop.
5. Each group believes in the general
sacredness of human life and per
sonality.
6. Each believes in the necessity of
worship.
7. Each recognizes the need of religious
education.
8. All have programs of social service
which emphasize factors of political
and economic justice in a secular
world.
9. All believe in the privacy of religion
and spiritual life.
If you once forfeit the confidence of
your fellow citizens, you can never re
gain their respect and esteem. It is true
that you may fool all the people some of
the time; you can even fool some of the
people all of the time; hut you can’t
fool all of the people all the time.
—Abraham Lincoln
The World Turns On
- ~ By Dr. R. W. Stepn
More than a year ago President Roosevelt de
clared that “Convoys mean shooting and
shooting means war.” In his Navy Day ad
dress on Monday he stated that “The shoot
ing has started.” The two statements taken
together would seem to indicate that the
country is at war. Congress
has not declared war, and no
American army has been plac
ed in position to engage an
enemy. On the other hand
the American navy has been
placed in position to engage
the naval vessels of other
powers, and has engaged
them. Perhaps, at the mo
ment, we are engaged in an
undeclared naval war. There
is precedent for such a course.
In the last years of the eight
eenth century we engaged in such a conflict
with France, and during the first years of
the nineteenth century we engaged in a sim
ilar conflict with England. In a short time,
however, the conflict with England blossomed
into a full scale war.
Perhaps the best way to answer the ques
tion as to whether or not America is at war
is to ask another question. If, in the next
few weeks, England and Russia should both
collapse and sue for peace, would Hitler and
his military leaders be willing to consider
the United States as a neutral. If they
would be willing to say that the United
States had had no part in the war, and was
a neutral then the United States is at peace.
If, on the other hand, Hitler should insist
that the United States was an ally of Eng
land and Russia, then the United States is
involved in the war. Hitler certainly would
not consider this country a friend, and there
is little reason to believe that he would con
sider it a neutral.
If the country is at war, or on the verge
of war, there is no time for disputes between
capital and labor. Capital undoubtedly has
rights which need to be respected. Labor
undoubtedly has rights which need to be pro
tected. But the right to interfere with de
fense production is not one of them. The
welfare of the country should not be used
as a plaything by either capitalists or labor
leaders. The government can prohibit strik
es in defense industries, and there is reason
to think that it should do so. By the same
token, no group of operators should be per
mitted to close a defense plant. The govern
ment is larger than the United States Steel
Corporation and it is larger than Mr. Lewis.
It can, and must, provide means for the com
pulsory arbitration of disputes between cap
ital and labor, and it can, and must, see to
it that production continues while the dis
putes are being settled. Whether we are in
the war or out we have got to win now.
Steen
THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1941
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PRIVATE BUCK .-. By Clyde Lewis
COVERING
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Copr. 1941, King Features Syndicate. Inc. World rights reserve'
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WITH
I TOM VANNOY
*We use the peacock to deliver the General’s love notes!”
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Today marks another milestone
for C. A. Price, the acting Assist
ant Editor of the Extension Ser
vice News. It was exactly one year
ago today that he retired from the
Associated Press and came to Ag
gieland.
But there is
■ nothing unusual
in such events for
Mr. Price. He has
been watching the
milestones for
many years.
It was in the
year, 1985, that
he, as a lad of 19,
Babcock started out on his
first job for the AP. And it would
probably require a summer vaca
tion to sit down and listen to all
of the amusing anecdotes tucked
back in his cranium.
With a life as interesting and
lively as that of brother Hitler in
an English concentration camp,
Mr. Price has experienced enough
to be called an expert on news
papers and news gathering.
He is definitely pro-AP and pro-
Aggie. Commenting on student
publications, Mr. Price states, “Col
lege humor usually surpasses the
professional variety, for it is more
natural and doesn’t have to be
developed.”
• • •
Football Signs
Designed to instill a bit of ini
tiative and develop some friendly
competitive spirit among the va
rious military organizations, J. E.
Loupot, local merchant and former
Aggie, announces a new contest
for the best football signs each
week.
The weekly prize will be $2.50,
given to the organization posting
the best all-around sign. At the
end of the season, $10 will be giv
en for the best sign of the year.
Although the contest activity
won’t begin until Monday morning,
a staff of judges is being appoint
ed at the present to make the
weekly selection.
Signs will be judged on original-
ity, appropriateness, artistic abil
ity, and neatness. Winners will be
announced in this column every
Saturday morning.
• • •
Wallets
If it’s your pocketbook you’re
looking for, you can stop worry
ing. Call by the Campus Theater,,
and it is even money that you will
find your missing purse.
During the past week, four wal
lets containing from $5 to $45
were found in the building and
turned over to the office of Owner
Ben Ferguson. Although these
four wallets have been claimed,
there is still a tall stack of un
claimed articles.
• • 0
Brickbats
Excerpt from a letter received
recently by an Aggie from a fe
male admirer ...
“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If I had a brick,
I would throw it at you.
WHY IN THE HELL DON’T
YOU WRITE?”
The Aggie replied . . . not with
a letter but by sending a brick
wrapped in pink tissue paper.
A test-pilot story that is filled
with excitement in spite of its
shortness is “POWER DIVE”
showing at Guion Hall tonight. Al
though it is not in a class with the
more pretentious air dramas, it has
a climax that will end things just
right.
Richard Arlen and Jean Parker
are the most prominent names in
the cast. Highlights of the film
are a number of scenes of a test
pilot putting a plane through its
paces.
“AFFECTIONATELY YOURS,”
starring Merle Oberon, Dennis
Morgan, and Rita Hayworth will be
at Guion Hall Monday. This start
ed out to be a top-rate comedy,
but didn’t quite make it. Everyone
has done an excellent job of muff
ing his chance to make the picture
a pleasure.
Dennis is an ace foreign corre
spondent in Lisbon entertaining his
fellow-tradeswoman, Rita Hay
worth. When he learns that his
wife, Merle Oberon, has divorced
him in New York, he returns
feigning injury to arouse sympathy
for himself. On his arrival, Mor
gan finds competition in the form
of Ralph Bellamy who is practic
ally as good as married to Merle.
The battle between the two riv
als starts and continues all the
way through the film. Each tries
to get ahead of the other and nei
ther does any good. It all comes
out the way it should and appar
ently everyone is happy, that is ex
cept the customer who feels that
he might as well have stayed at
home.
All Glenn Miller fans sit up
and take notice. “SUN VALLEY
SERENADE” will be shown at the
Campus tomorrow and Monday.
Sonja Henie and John Payne are
the acting stars.
This story combines rather well
the skating feet on Sonja, acting
ability of John Payne, and the
music of Glenn Miller. You will
like it immensely if you care for
Glenn Miller’s style of music.
Sonja’s skating acts have been
woven into the sport setting very
neatly. She makes her return to
the screen in this picture and it
isn’t at all bad. The setting of
America’s winter playground has
been used to a good advantage ah
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday—“ADVENTURE
IN WASHINGTON,” featur
ing Herbert Marshall, Vir
ginia Bruce, and Gene Rey
nolds.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday — “SUN VALLEY
SERENADE,” with Sonja
Henie, John Payne, and Glenn
Miller and his orchestra.
AT GUION HALL
Saturday — “POWER
DIVE,” with Richard Arlen
and Jean Parker.
Monday — “ A F F E C-
TIONATELY YOURS,” star
ring Merle Oberon, Dennis
Morgan, and Rita Hayworth.
This Collegiate World
=ACP:
The pioneer plainsman who could
take one last look at the heaven
ly bodies before he closed his eyes
each night in his open-air bedroom
had nothing on residents of Mc-
Tyerie hall at Emory University.
They too gaze at “heavenly bodies”
as a prelude to sleep.
Faced with an edict banning the
tacking of the work of such mas
ters as Petty, Hurrell and Varga—
not to mention that portrait of the
One and Only—to the walls, they
evolved the even more satisfactory
idea of fastening said art master
pieces to the ceilings.
Now the McTyerie lullaby is
“Look Up, Look Up.”
0 0 0
The men have been waiting for
a statement like this for a long
time, but they never believed it
would be made.
When a man was reported to
have entered a University of Penn
sylvania women’s dormitory, that
institution’s dean of women allay
ed the fears of gals and cops with
the following:
“The man had more to fear than
the girls—because 150 women are
their own protection.”
0 0 0
Long known for their two-bit
words and ominous sounding
phrases, the medical professors
of our institutions of higher learn
ing have' come in for a bit of rib
bing because of them.
Western Reserve university’s Dr.
Frederick C. Waite made a special
survey and recently found that 55
U. S. medical schools have devised
S36 different kinds of titles for
their 2,418 professors.
Here are a couple of stumpers
from his list: “professor of cardi-
ovascularrenal diseases” and “pro
fessor of otorinolarynegeology.”
0 0 0
Fishing, to Alice McGrain, art
student at Miami university, is
duck soup. Vacationing in Indi
ana, she cast her baited hook into
Big Indian Creek.
Abruptly, 3 13 inch bass leaped
out of the water and landed with
a thud in the bottom of the boat.
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LAST DAY
“ADVENTURE IN
WASHINGTON ,,
With
Virginia Herbert
GUION HALL
SATURDAY
6:45 & 8:30
“Dive Bomber'
MICKEY MOUSE “A GOOD TIME
FOR A DIME”
COMING MONDAY
“Affectionately Yours
MERLE OBERON & DENNIS MORGAN
Bruce
Marshall
PREVUE TONIGHT
SUNDAY, MONDAY
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