-TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1941
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THE BATTALION
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.
1941 Member 1942
Associated Colte6iate Press
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
Chick Hurst Junior Sports Assistant
Circulation Staff
Gene Wilmeth
Bill Hauger
F. D. Asbury
Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup.
Circulation Manager
Senior Circulation Assistant
Junior Assistant
Circulation Assistants
holography Staff
Jack Jones Staff Photographer
Bob Cranes 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
Calvin Brumley, Kenneth C. Bresnen, Arthur L. Cox, W. J.
Hamilton, Jr., bf. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Jounneay,
Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, C. G. Scruggs, John May,
Douguass Lancaster
After the War
Death, destruction and war are the morsels
upon which our minds are fed today by
every source of news and communication in
the world. Politics, national and interna
tional, with all their treacherous intricies
and intrigues offer the youth of the land a
beautiful future indeed.
Which way will the armies of the dic
tators move next? Who will be the next
victim of the wargod Mars? What course
should we steer in the hope of safety? What
should be done? . . . these are the questions
which inescapably stare the present genera
tion in the face.
Then it is time to remember that any
problem or situation, when it is too close,'
is difficult to understand and solve. We
speak of the various “ages” in our history
and government and English classes in broad
terms and few words. Yet those “ages” pre
sented to the people who lived in them just
as hard and just as trying a life as the
one that confronts us.
Then push it away! Take your mind
several hundred years ahead and look at
the present times and its hardships in the
same light in which you hold the various
“periods” of past history. Use your imagi
nation . . . that’s what it’s for. Today’s
petty problems held in this sort of light
seem very small and insignificant.
The march of despotism over the world,
when thought of in terms of history, pre
sents no ultimatum of a horrible end to the
world. Since time began there have been lit
tle men who set themselves up as gods of
some sort or other and expected the rest
of the world to go around saying “Heil Hit
ler” or something equally stupid . . . and each
of them—Uaesar, Napoleon, Wilhelm and the
others—has passed away leaving only a scar
on the face of history.
And . . . out of every crisis there has
come progress. Each war has brought a
greater understanding, a betterment of some
sort. Remember for yourself. The Roman
conquest of England before the time of
Christ worked hardships on the people, but
in the end it gave them civilization. The
wars of the holy land only helped spread
Christianity further over the world.
The Crusades brought new learning and
greater knowledge of Europe. The various
revolutions, including our own, have all
brought a better life to the people in each
instance. The last great war did more to
bring the world out of the horse age into
the mechanical era we now enjoy than any
other factor. It taught us that peace is not
built of revenge extortion.
Then look at the present struggle with
a double exposure. Up close we have all
the problems of world politics and govern
ment and life to solve now. But from afar
we can see thq growing of a more intelligent
peace out of the ultimate termination of the
struggle.
—The Wichitan.
Things cannot always go your way.
Learn to accept in silence the minor ag
gravations, cultivate the gift of taciturn
ity and consume your own smoke with
an extra draught of hard work, so that
those about you may not be annoyed
with the dust and soot of your com
plaints. —Sir William Osier
Open Forum
A. & M. is one college that is rich in many
traditions that one won’t find elsewhere;
they have originated here and have kept
alive by A. & M. students through the years.
One such tradition that is well known to peo
ple even outside this school is that an Ag
gie speaks to each man he passes on the
campus. And this is one custom that seems
to be dying out more and more each day.
A Senior walking across the campyis any day
is very seldom spoken to first, and often
when he speaks to each man he passes, some
even fail to reply.
It’s not only freshmen, but sophomores,
juniors, and even seniors and five-year men
that are at fault in this matter. It takes
very little effort to greet each man you pass
with a friendly “hello” and makes both of
you feel better for having spoken. Let’s
keep this matter of speaking foremost in
mind and make this campus “hello”-con-
scious again. It is an Aggie custom well
worth keeping.
R. D. Kenny, ’42
Luke Moore, ’42
Moak Rollins, ’42
LeRoy Brown, ’42
Man, Your Manners
- - By I. Sherwood 1========:=
Here at A. & M. a young man doesn’t wish
to be known for his charming manners, but
secretly he should be very glad he has them;
it has taken years of practice for them to be
come a part of him, and, it is needless to
say, he should not forget them.
The young man who has been in the
habit of pulling out the chair for his mother
at the dining-table, and to offer her the com
fortable chair he has been sitting in when
she comes into the living-room, won’t feel
awkward in showing such attention to girls
and women in other dining-rooms and living
rooms.
If you are in the habit of paying your
mother or sister compliments when they
look nice or have cooked some special food
you crave, you won’t stammer all over the
place when you try to pay a compliment to
some girl you admire.
Those of you who are accustomed to the
give-and-take of pleasant relationships with
members of your family and friends, won’t
have any trouble in getting on with strang
ers.
A gentleman, no matter where he may
be, always adheres to the view that women
deserve especial attention and consideration.
The society of ladies and gentlemen is based
upon individual dignity and mutual respect,
and nothing stamps the presence or ab
sence of good breeding in a man as his be?
havior toward women.
Quotable Quotes
“When most people think of democracy, al
most invariably their first reaction is in
terms of Jefferson’s dictum, “Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Associated
with it is the idea that our national con
stitutional Bill of Rights is the automatic
guarantor enabling us to achieve the Jeffer
sonian ideal. This latter association, how
ever, is false; for positively there is nothing
automatic about democratic goals. Their
achievement is the by-product of social en
ergy intelligently and persistently applied.
The accomplishments of democracy must
turn out to be more than a pictorial record
in reverse. To avoid such a situation we in
the Americas msut be more interested in the
realisms of democratic achievement than
we are in uttering voluble satements about
democratic abstractions. The citadel of dem
ocracy is enlightenment, and therein lies an
educational challenge: the schools of the
nation are under solem obligation to impress
youth with the gravity of the attack now be
ing launched against the democratic way of
life and to inculcate in them basic democratic
principles. America’s school system must
help today’s youth re-evaluate democracy as
a mode of life.” Dwight W. Davis, assist
ant professor of social science, Eastern
Oregon College of Education, objects to
superficial concepts of democracy.
The World Turns On
By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry
While we have admired Russia for her cour-
agious stand against Hitler, we have felt
that Russian Communism was eventually
doomed because of its inherently unscientific
assumptions concerning the individual. We
in America have done considerable wishful
thinking in regard to Russia’s defense while
at the same time advising means of inoculat
ing ourselves against any possible infection
by the red virus. Convinced that we are
relatively safe the United States has gone
ahead with her aid to Russia, though ad
mittedly still skeptical about Russia’s disre
gard for religion and spiritual motivation for
individual sacrifice for the good of the group.
It seems we are now on the point of
waging war ourselves on Hitler (peculiar
how much better it sounds to say “Hitler”
than to say ‘“Germany”). In many respects
Nazi dominated Germany is just the oppo
site to Communisitc Russia. Germany rec
ognizes the inherent differences between in
dividuals and have tried to unite them by
education, the latest version of which is
“education for death,” Time November 3,
1941.
According to time’s report Germany is
educating her youth in the “will to die” for
the Fuhrer. This of course is no new idea,
since it has ben a part of the Christian
religion since the inception of Christianity.
The willingness to die, if need be, for the
cause of Christ. The difference being, of
course, in the value of the thing to which
youth is taught to give its loyalty.
Schoolmaster Ziemer’s description of
this phase of Germany’s educational pro
gram gives credence to the report we hear
so often that Hitler has set himself up as
the God of Nazi Germany. How tragic for
a nation, that her God shall so soon become
senescent and die!
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis)
COVERING
canps diSMONS
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||) TOM VANNOY (||)
'Buck saw his first action Saturday night. His wife caught him in
a crap game! ”
BY
(Me Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Arkansas Hills. .. . No. 1 pet peeve
against the fans at Saturday’s
game was the fact that not one of
them stood up when the “Spirit
of Aggieland” was played
George Ogdee was walking down a
street in Little
Rock late Satur
day night when a
military police
man mistook him
for one of the
100,000 soldiers at
nearby camps,
and told him,
“You better get
back to camp, sol-
Babcock dier boy. It’s af
ter taps.” “Soup ’’came back with
the reply, “Take a look at those
boots, buddy, I’m a senior from
Texas A. & M.” .... It was no
surprise to several Aggies on the
Friday night special train when
they woke up Saturday morning
and peered out of the coach window
at a farmer with a long gray beard
and shotgun. The jug was missing
.... Roy Bucek was giving no
little encouragement to brother Fe
lix from the sideline as the young
er Bucek was making his historic
gallop for a touchdown. And, Felix
netted $10 from Coach Homer Nor
ton as a reward for the six points.
Norton’s customary gift to Aggie
linesmen who intercept enemy pass-
is $5, but states Norton, “This time
it is an exception. Felix’s run was
worth twice anybody’s money.”
• • •
Wants Help
Addressed to the Head Cheer
Leader, care of the University cf
Texas A. & M. comes the following
card:
I am head cheer leader of a
small high school and find it
difficult to acquire many cheers
for our team.
I would appreciate it very
much if you would send me
some of your cheers as soon as
possible, as I need them in a
week. Thank you.
Gratefully Yours,
Aileen Faulkner
4014 Coleman St.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Merely a proof of further evi
dence that the fame of the yqlling
of the “twelfth man” is being flung
far and wide, from coast to coast.
But it is still net nationally
known that we yell and do not
cheer.
• • e
City Rules
Want a laugh? Go in to Bryan
and take a look at the old city
book of rules and regulations.
Tops among the mirth-provoking
ordinances is probably the one
that states that it is against the
order and dignity of Bryan to
break wild horses or any other
wild animals, for that matter, in
the streets of the city.
Listed among nuisances are spit
ting on the sidewalk, or the drop
ping of any remnant of cigar or
cigarette, which might bring a
$25 fine.
A situation most familiar to
til Aggies is Mickey Rooney’s
plight in “LIFE BEGINS FOR
ANDY HARDY” showing at Guion
Hall today and tomorrow. In addi
tion to Mickey in the cast, there is
the usual Hardy family group, Lew
is Stone as the father, Fay Holden
as Mrs. Hardy, Ann Rutherford,
Judy Garland, and a newcomer,
Patricia Dane.
It seems that the Hardy pictures
have reached a height for all other
series to strive for. They have been
consistently better received than
any others, and their popularity
seems to be increasing all the time.
Andy has just graduated from
high school. Undecided as to whe
ther he wants to go to college and
study law or become a business
man, he goes to New York City
to see for himself just what the
world has to offer. Having grad
uated from high school, he figures
that he knows just about all that
there is to be known about just
anything.
His money runs out before he
can get a job, and one of his ac
quaintances in the city dies. Fin
ally Mickey secures a job as an
office boy. Eventually he decides
that back to Carvel he must go.
The city is too much for him. The
theme is one that is typical of all
American boys after they have fin
ished high school. It is really a
great show and you will enjoy it
immensely.
A compact little crime drama is
“RAGS TO RICHES” which is
showing at the Campus today and
tomorrow as half of the double-fea
ture program. Alan Baxter
and Mary Carlisle are the leading
—CWS AWARDS—
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(4). Seniors 1.15.
b. Accomplishment of profic
iency tests hereafter prescrib
ed.
c. Participation in intramural
athletics, unless work or other
valid reason prevents.
These Chemical Warfare Profic
iency Awards will be given twice
each year; they will be awarded at
the end of • each semester.
nlayers in the cast. The story con
cerns a man who was framed on a
Tobbery charge and his efforts to
secure the capture of the crimin
als who put him in jail. It has
some rather exciting action shots
m the climax.
“THOSE WERE THE DAYS”
starring William Holden, Bonita
Granville, and Ezra Stone is the
ether half of the double-bill at the
Campus. This is a romantic com
edy of vintage 1900 and colleg
iate romancing. It will probably
seem rather crude to those used to
the 1941 version of life. The turn-
of-the-century air of the show has
been carefully preserved through
out the picture.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY
HARDY,” starring Lewis
Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay
Hofden, and Judy Garland.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“RAGS TO RICHES,” with
Alan Baxter and Mary Car
lisle. Also, “THOSE WERE
THE DAYS,” featuring Wil
liam Holden, Bonita Gran
ville, and Ezra Stone.
Dalhart, Texas, is nearer six
other state capitals than to the
state capital of Texas.
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Double Feature Program
Today and Tomorrow
“Those Were The
Days”
with William Holden
Bonita Granville
“Rags To Riches”
with Alan Baxter
Mary Carlisle
also
“WABBIT TWACKS” in
“BUGS BUNNY”
. Showing This Week
1940 A. & M. vs. S. M. U.
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GUION HALL
TUESDAY 3:30 and AFTER
YELL PRACTICE
WEDNESDAY 3:30 and 6:45
Ml? ^ abton lus MIND!
He’s a Big City bonlevardier
... without a dime in his
pocket! He’s a Captain of
Industry...minns a job! He's
a Carrel Casanova np against
those Manhattan golddiggers!
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