Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1941)
Page 2 THE BATTALION -TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1941 The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE Tha Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, U 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 Poet Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. Subscription rate, upon request. $3 a school year. Advertising rates Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, 4-6444. Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone 1941 Member 1942 Associated Cblle6iate 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 Brooks Cofer Junior Sports Editor Chick Hurst Junior Sports Editor Circulation Staff Gene Wilmeth Circulation Manager Bill Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant F. D. Asbury Junior Assistant Bili Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant 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 Jack Decker Junior Editor Tom Vannoy Junior Editor Clyde Franklin Junior Editor Ken Bresnen Junior Editor Reportorial Staff Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Seiig Frank, W. J. Hamilton, Jr., N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay, Douglass Lancaster, Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, W. B. Morehouse, Richard F. Quinn, Gordon Sullivan, C. G. Scruggs. Benton Taylor, John Holman. Facultg Action Commended Immediate action has been taken by the fac ulty to insure that students who are called away from college because of military ser vice will be given credit for scholastic work completed to that date. The faculty is to be congratulated for this action. Now that this country is at war, it is highly probable that many members of the cadet corps who hold reserve commis sions or who are subject to military service through the Selective Service Act will be called before they can complete a semester’s work. It is only fair and just that some scholastic compensation should be granted these men who are called to serve their country. It must be pointed out, however, that this ruling does not apply to students who volunteer for the services. This is a per fectly legitimate exception. At the present time, it is for a student’s best interest to secure as much education as possible. How ever, any voluntary enlistments by cadets are certainly not to be condemned. In fact, many members of the corps who do not hold advanced contracts may find it advantageous to secure commissions by volunteering into certain branches of the service such as the Air Corps. A. & M. men have always shown their willingness to serve their country in time of need. The definite steps taken by the faculty in this matter are in full accord with the college’s tradition of rendering service to the nation. ability are the major qualities of a gracious guest—one that any host or hostess will be delighted to entertain. Answer your invitation to be a guest promptly. Never arrive earlier than you are ex pected—if it is a dinner or luncheon, five minutes is ample. If you are a house guest, find out the schedule of the home and adapt yourself to it. Don’t ask special favors of servants. Keep your room neat, your clothes put away. Leave the bath room tidy. Never explore the house or use any thing in it without permission. Don’t make charge phone calls and for get to pay them. Be easy to entertain and show your ap preciation for what is being done for you. Don’t maxe suggestions for your own enter tainment, but if you are asked, don’t propose anything expensive or unreasonable. You may offer to pay for ice cream or a movie, but don’t insist if your suggestion is declined. Leave when you are expected to, and when you reach home, don’t fail to send a thank-you note, and you might send a small gift. Suitable Christmas Gifts: The following list is the accepted one for a young man to choose from for his girl—flowers, candy, books, perfume, etc. When engaged, a young man may give almost anything his pocket book affords (except wearing apparel). A fur neck piece is not considered apparel—it is something to adorn. Emily Post says, “It is very improper to give her a house or car.” The writer of this column wishes you a “Merry Christmas” and plenty of good times during the holiday season. Your New Year’s manners will be ready for you when you get back to A. & M. PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis COVERING V CPE AM \L Ciw Lewifr V ' ,l , (\l%r t'Mf. Kin* ^ynJuatr. (•<> W..rlJ r campus disiractioNs WITH |§)TOMV/WCd(|g) “We didn’t capture our objective, General, but something better!” Quotable Quotes “Never, so long as, somewhere, a university survives, can mankind or civilization utterly perish. Save only the church, universities are the oldest organized institutions known to man.” Pres. Robert G. Sproul of the Uni versity of California offers hope for civiliza tion in a war-torn world. The final end of Government is not to exert restraint but to do good. —Rufus Choate The World Turns On By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry Juniors! Vote Tomorrow Juniors will be called upon to make an im portant decision Wednesday night when they meet to elect a new yell leader to replace Jack Nagle, who has been called into the army. Skeen Staley, head yell leader, and the student election committee made a wise de cision when they moved to hold the election as soon as possible. Because of the early election the new yell leader will be able to gain valuable experience during the basket ball and baseball seasons. Juniors, this is your election. The entire class should turn out en masse for the elect ion which is to be held in the Assembly Hall. Be there and vote. Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for it. —Oscar Wilde Revamping the Y News that work has begun on improvements to the old Y.M.C.A. is indeed welcome infor mation. The A. & M. campus has long felt the need for a meeting place of this kind. Present plans call for complete lounge facili ties for campus visitors. A Step in the right direction was taken several years ago when Kiest lounge in the new dormitory area was completed. Present plans call for a complete modernization of the old Y including improvements to be made in the basement. A. & M. Mothers clubs have already con tributed over $1,300 to this project. The en tire corps expresses its thanks for the aid which the mothers have given. Man, Your Manners By I. Sherwood: Merry Christmas Greetings: Each year the friendly custom of sending Christmas cards is becoming more and more popular. You may send them to your acquaintances as well as your friends; they may be engraved, printed, or selected to suit everyone, and the name written in. Holiday Guests: Consideration and adapt- E vents of the past two weeks record the in volvement of the nations of the world in a war that portends greater hatreds, more brutality, higher mortality, larger number of nations involved, and a greater destruction of the world’s natural and productive resourc es than World War No. 1. In this all-out war, as Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wick- ard puts it, “food is a whole arsenal of weapons in this struggle for human free dom. It is a driving force behind high pro duction by" munitions workers, and top-notch performance and strong morale among sol diers and .sailors. Our national self-interest and our hu manitarian instincts challenge us to do this job of producing food and do it on a scale that will write history. In the day of victory when the nations sit down at the peace table our food stock piles, ready to be drawn on by the famished people of the Old World, will give grreat force to our views. For they will show once and for all that democracy builds for the needs of common men. By winning omr American battle of farm pro duction we will help make it possible once again for men in all parts of the earth to live in co»mfort and in tolerance and in freedom.” These words of our Secretary were writ ten before our war declarations, but they are more pertinent now than before. To meet these increased needs for food, farmers are preparing to produce in 1942 the biggest supply of f ood in our history. National goals have been set up and agricultural agencies throughout the country are trying to trans late these needs into goals for the individual farmers. There are more than 6,000,000 farm ers in the United States that must be united in this effort. This is no mean task for the agricultural specialist, despite the fact that under draft board regulations students of agriculture are not considered as being en gaged in an essential defense job. In spit*e of increased production, prices have and shall probably continue to rise. This means, extra profits for the producer, which may be used either in increasing the capital prod ucing stock or in securing devices which make for greater efficiency and ease of production on any given capital. The former trend tends to overproduction with great losses when the war emergency is over, as occurred after last last World War. The latter tends to a minimum of overpro duction with a minimum of losses. Professor C. N. Shepardson of our own dairy department has pointed out these facts in urging dairy producers to use the extra profits which they are now enjoying in the buying of equipment and materials to pro duce a product of higher quality with greater efficiency and less loss through spoilage. This, is in comtrast to buying or saving every animal that will produce milk, regardless of quantity or ^quality, and applying the same, often inefficient, methods of breeding, feed ing, management, and marketing as previous ly used. BY Charlie Babcock “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster BACKWASH To the Point . . . Victor, the son Hitch-Hiking Information which of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Meyers of sslls for 15 cents > a dime of which Hendley, Nebraska, was born on f u es to , build hitch-hiking stations. Ihese $150 stations are buildings the day that the Allies triumphed where hitch . hikers may find shelter in the first world war-November and regt and is on , y a small part 11, 1918. He was killed in action a of the Cuero ^ vast store of week ago Sunday ideas » in Hawaii, the first day of World More RaHlS War II . . . Ag- Keith Kirk, infantry junior, re gies are invited turns again to this column with to the San An- his A. & M. “ram” book of 1907- tonio A. & M. 08. Club Christmas sta j; ed ear ii e r in the year, this dance at the 01- p ar ti cu i ar book was called the mosJDinner Club Q uard Mount Report book, a com plete file on Aggies who were as sessed demerits during the year. Scanning the daily list of rams, Action on the gridiron, life at j Annapolis, discipline in the Navy, all are outstanding points in the picture at Guion Hall today and tomorrow. The title as you will remember is “NAVY BLUE AND GOLD.” James Stewart, Robert Young, and Tom Brown are the three midshipmen who are room mates at the Academy. Lionel Barrymore is a former all-American football player and retired captain in the Navy. Flor ence Rice furnishes the feminine lead in the story. The film contains some of the best action on the gridiron that has ever been made. A real old-fashioned western comes to the Campus today and tomorrow. It’s “BADLANDS OF DAKOTA.” Robert Stack is an Easterner who has been elected marshal at the behest of his brother, Broderick Crawford, whom he hates because Stack stole his girl, Ann Rutherford. So we have the triangle slipping into the mid dle of things once more. If you care for the type of action that a picture such as this entails, then you should enjoy “Badlands of Dakota” immensely. As far as westerns go, it is al right. In addition to the shoot-em-up, the other half of the double feature at the Campus today and tomor row is “LADY SCARFACE” with Judith Anderson as the criminal in skirts, and Dennis O’Keefe, a police lieutenant that rides to round up her gang. One by one, the gang leaves her and eventually, Judith gets # criminal’s reward. This one got in the same old rut, and just couldn’t help it. Too bad, could have been quite a good show. WHAT’S SHOWING AT GUION HALL Tuesday, Wednesday -- “NAVY BLUE AND GOLD,” starring James Stewart, Rob ert Young, and Lionel Barry more. AT THE CAMPUS Tuesday, Wednesday — ^BADLANDS OF DAKOTA,” with Robert Stack and Arm Rutherford. Also “LADY SCARFACE,” with Dennis O’Keefe and Judith Ander son. Qtimpus 4-1181 DOUBLE FEATURE TODAY — TOMORROW NO. 1 Babcock December 22 San Antonio on the night of B Company, Chem . This Collegiate World OfMgH A UNIVERSAL PICTURE fE With Ann Rutherford — Robert Stack Boyd Cranford — Hugh Herbert Andy Devine — Frances Farmer Shows at 2:26, 5:06, 7:46, 10:2$ Warfare supplies the Christmas mo- we found: tiff in the way of hall decorations in Kiest Hall. Red and green rib bons are draped from each wall with holly sprigs, mistletoe, and artifi cial icicles balancing the scene . . . The Daily Texan speaks: “You will not be able to buy a new tire for your car for the next ten days. In the event of a blowout and no spare, kindly forward complaints to the mikado.” . . . One week ago today, The Daily Lariat, Baylor’s student newspaper, carried an account of Aggie Keyes Carson and his more recent efforts in the interest of better hitch-hiking conditions. Quotes The Daily Lariat: “The Baylor Book store has been made agent for'Carson’s Texas edition of December 16, 1907—Milller, R. F.—hands in pockets at for mation; Thalman—tieing a bunch of knives and forks to a cat’s tail in mess hall. December 18, 1907—DeWare, C. A.—In bed at military inspection. January 8, 1908—McCraw— Spilling gravy on table cloth in mess hall. January 10, 1908—Robinson, J. H.—slop can in hall at O. D. inspection. January 20, 1908—Moore, George F. and Utay, Joe—ab sent chapel. January 21, 1908—Lillard, (See BACKWASH, Page 6) :ACP: NO. 2 University of Minnesota’s NYA quota for this year is $124,065. Benefiting students represent 7.5 per cent of enrollment, compared with 9 per cent last year. • • • Experiments reported by Dr. A. R. Lauer of Iowa State college indi cate the present candlepower cf automobile headlights can he doubled without seriously increas ing the glare hazard. “KILLER QUEEN” OF THE UNDERWORLD! Dennis Mill O’KEEFE ^ * ANDERSON Frances NEAL • Mildred COLES • Eric BLQRE. RKO RADIO Picture Shows at 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Also Merrie Melodie Cartoon Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. DYERS-FUR 5TOR.AGE: HATTERS Ttiojr»xcarL CASH & CARRY — D. M. DANSBY, ’37 North Gate GUION HALL TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 3:30 & 6:45 rr_ fj ..Vx- f- / aidfll A PICTURE THAT THRILLS FOREVER! BY POPULAR DEMAND! Three grand stars...in M-G-M’s spec tacular love story ?of Annapolisl m k-"' -< j m mR(y Florence RICE Tom Samuel S. Billie BURKE Paul Barnett Tom Samuel b. Paul oarnett BROWN • HINDS • KELLY • PARKER Screen Pley by George Bruce • A Sam Wood Production Produced by Sam Zimbalist k#, SELECTED SHORTS Palace Queen Dixie TheyVe got the ARMY AIR CORPS in a Sky Hi-Larious Uproar STARTS WED. DECEMBER 17 'ft»»!« lll\M OkROi - bick TORN* I A UNIVERSAL PICTURE mm Sponsored by U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS and AMERICAN LEGION Enlist Now! The Army Needs You!