p aKe ^ — Veil, the College Library would like to s^p | -y ^ ' r its modest collection of books on sex- X 1 LiC X-J kX t . eL l l () 11 a ne means of dispelling this Victorian ig- crance. Your reading along this line should STuU texas K a w & K m 1 ' collegk AP oi course be supplemented by conversation The Battalion, official newspaper of the Vgririn: *nrt with lOCal people Who have approached the Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station. A 0 . / j i i is published three times weekly from September ■ uue is- SUDJGCt irOlTl ci SClGlltlilC UirGCllOIl, (nOlRDly sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings and is nub- 4-T^ L, 1 o*ar sinrl typaFp0001*0!^ qhH Ushed weekly from June through August. CI1 ^ OlUgy dllU geilCULb ^lUltbbUIb;, ailU -— — with any adult friend of yours—and I mean Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College prillli' Station. Texas, under the Act of Congress of March H. 1879 UU . — Meanwhile, you can survey our collect- opon Su re* C u r eKt tion rate ’ ^ a '' cho01 year ' A especially Volume II); Albert e. Rosenthal Acting Managing Editor Halper (The Chute); John Galsworthy (The Adverti3i ?.fn,w 88 ^w Man of Property); W. Somerset Maugham ciyde c. Franklin junior Editor (Of Human Bondage); Ernest Hemingway Mik * Speer - Junior Editor (For Whom the Bell Tolls). „ , „ , Repnrtoriai staff In reading a novel which deals frankly Calv/iT) Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Selig Frank, W. J. Hamilton, . •iii / Jr., N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay, Douglass With SOX, DO SUTG to distinguish between (1) Rfchjrrd^'F.^Quinn^'Gordon "^suiHvan^c.'^^G! scrugg^^BentoB the sex opinions and conduct of the charact- Xayior, John Hoiman. ers whom he is depicting; and (2) the author’s own expressed or implied views on riincfmac 1 su ^j ec t- Many novelists are thoughtlessly ullllbLllldb lurri and unjustly condemned for being licentious , . _ . x , . . and immoral simply because they have the What a paradox it is to hear the freshmen courage to depict licentious and immoral singing Christmas carols at night and at characters as they are. On the other hand, I the same time a radio blares forth with war have read sanctimonious novels which sold news - themselves by throwing out all sorts of lus- Chnstmas 1941 a time when man us- c ious hints and suggestions under the dis- ually thinks of peace, quiet, and happiness guise of virtuous preaching against the very has changed slightly. As America enters tendencies that they are actually stimulat- mto the holiday spirit, there is a background j n g their readers of grim determination determination that T d satistadoril about sex (as to the blesstags li'l Si -ad satisfeetoriiy about anything) you have Yes, this is a different Christmas. Our e country is at war. And this struggle is one . . , „ x to maintain our democratic institutions and The suffering man ought really to con- our freedom of religion. Indeed the future sume his own smoke; there is no flood of Christmas and of Christianity itself may in emitting smoke till you have made it well be at stake today. mto f ire - —Thomas Carlyle A challenge has arisen from overseas which threatens our very existence, which threatens to destroy the American way of Tl,« TAT^JU life, and which threatens to destroy even 1116 VV OFlfl 1111718 UI1 Christmas. America has but one answer to that challenge; that answer has been given. - B y A - F - Chalk — This nation stands united along with our , t nol be appropriate for u3 to concern all 1 es to maintain our freedom at any price. ourselves about the nature of the post . war Soon we celebrate the Christmas again world econom before the war is w0 ^ Many and at the same time resolve ourselves to le a that we should about maintain the right of future generations to tll / nature of the post . war world on 5 y after enjoy Christmas. victory is achieved. At the risk of thus ap- pearing to be “out of step” the writer would PiT) J f AIL to comment briefly on one of these post- U0L fieafll] tor ill9.l33.II13 war problems with which we will almost in- evitably be confronted. Alabama! the Cadet Corps of A. & M. is The problem to which we refer is that ready. Once again an Aggie team is ready to that of the nature of our future foreign take the gridiron against a postseason foe. trade policy. This country will probably be Army, be in Dallas on New Year’s Day i n a position to tear down many of the for the Cotton Bowl classic. Now is our world trade barriers which have been erected time to show the Southwest Conference during recent generations. Whether we will Champions that we’re behind them one use our influence in that direction should hundred per cent. Naturally, it will be im- vitally concern those who believe that eco- possible for some of the corps to be. in Dal- nomic nationalism has been partly respon- las for the game, but they’ll be there in spirit. s ible for recent wars. The increased standard If at all possible, be in Dallas for the of living which should result from the de game. Army, get on the march to Dalllas struction of trade barriers would remove one now. of the most important sources of discontent between nations. ** f pi * Political democracy without effective Kppn piT) rlmnn economic democracy will hardly be sufficient a to keep the peoples of the world contented. Keep ’em flying! That’s Americas theme to- If we do not bear in mind this all-important day. The emphasis of modern warfare is fact > w e will be in grave danger of repeating definitely concerned with air power. A. & M. ^ be errors made after the first World War. is doing its share in this keep ’em flying would seem that we could profit by our theme. This week has been declared as keep P ast experiences in the field of international ’em flying week by the Cadet Colonel. economic relations. It is, in some respects, The army recruiting service has been one greatest paradoxes of modern making a concerted enlistment drive on the times that we should continue to use the pro campus during this week to obtain pros- tective tariff so extensively in the Western pective Air Corps flying officers. The Air World when its pernicious effects have been Corps offers all Aggies who do not hold con- so widly explained in the educational systems tracts an opportunity to obtain commissions 0 t the major countries, in the army z' One of the major arguments for the use The Army Air Corps needs men. This of a high tariff policy has been that a nation may be your opportunity to serve if you are must protect its industries in oidei that it not already taking advanced military train- ma y be relatively self-sufficient m time of ing. The special recruiting service will be on w ?''' When we win the present conflict, we the campus the entire week. Investigate this wl11 s " e 'y PJ ovld