Page 2 THE BATTALION •SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1942 The Battalion STUDENT TKI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, ll published three times weekly from September to June; is- wed Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub- Itshed 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 8, 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 4-6444. 1941 Member 1942 Dissociated Colle6iate Press Don Gabriel Editor E. M. Rosenthal Associate Editor Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager Sports Staff ;e Haiktn Sports Editor F. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor _ ;e Mann Senior Sports Assistant Brooks Gofer Junior Sports Editor Chick Hurst Junior Sports Editor Circulation Staff Sene Wilmeth Circulation Manager Bill Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant V. D. Asbury Junior Assistant Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant Photography Staff Jack Jones Staff Photographer Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers Saturday’s Staff D. C. Thurman Managing Editor Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager Charlie Babcock , Junior Editor Ken Bresnen , Junior Editor Reportorial Staff Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, James R. Dennis, Selig Frank, John M. Holman, W. J. Hamilton, Jr., Tom Howard, Leonard Kimsey, N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay, Doug Lancaster, Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, W. B. Morehouse, Richard F. Quinn, Gordon Sullivan, C. G. Scruggs, Benton Taylor. Education-National Defense Prepare Yourself Here for Service The emphasis upon education is being inten sified because of the present national emer gency. Administrative officials of A. & M. recognized this when they submitted a speed-up educational program to the Board of Directors for action today. The college will make every effort to see that all worthy students gain an education sufficient for them to adequately serve the nation. The responsibility for securing this edu cation still rests upon the individual student. He should make every effort to see that his education is completed or at least continued long enough for him to be of the greatest possible service to his country. America’s need at this time is for train ed men. This is to be an all-out war and very probably a long war. Service by all will be demanded by the country. A student may rest assured that when he is needed, he will be called. At the present time, a stu dent’s place in the scheme of things is to prepare himself for that service. Few educational institutions in the na tion are better prepared to serve than A. & M. For many years both in times of peace and war A. & M. has been graduating men with reserve commissions in the army. Thou sands of other A. & M. graduates have re ceived technical training which makes them indispensible in this crisis. A. & M. men of today can serve in this same manner. Over 400 cadets will receive commissions in May. Other underclassmen will be taking work which will eventually lead to commissions in the army reserve. It is to the best interests of these students and to their nation that they remain in school and continue their work. They have already signified their willingness to serve by taking military instruction here. But what of the non-military student ? He also has a definite place in national defense. Even today many branches of the armed services are on the campus looking for men to enlist in training leading to commissions. Without exception, they all require a good education on the part of the applicant. Non military students should avail themselves of these opportunities to serve. Remember, your nation needs you, but you are much more useful if you are better equipped from an educational standpoint to serve your country. Maintaining Morale Seven rules for maintaining wartime civilian morale have been outlined by Dr. Irving J. Lee of Northwestern university, an expert on the psychology of anxiety. For a number of years Dr. Lee has applied the principles back of these rules to many cases of stage fright with amazing success. “The position of many Americans to day,” he point out, “is analogous to that ex perienced in stage fright. This situation, if permitted to continue, might lead to a de terioration of civilian morale.” Points to be remembered by all civilians during the crisis are: 1. Center your attention on your task- at-hand and seek new ways of helping. 2. Don’t feel that the whole burden rests on you. Just do something, however small, and the net result will be great. 3. Worrying about a situation dissipat es your energy, leads to more worry, and saps your efficiency for necessary work. 4. Don’t expect too much. Prepare for bad news. It isn’t the pain, but the surprise coming of the pain that hurts. Remember that the anticipation of danger has a pro tective effect. 5. Question all rumors. Don’t let them affect you emotionally. 6. Trust those in authority. They are the only ones in a position to know the facts. 7. Don’t worry near children. They are easily excitable and spread anxiety quickly. Just as an inexperienced public speaker allows his worry about the audience or his own failings to distract his thoughts from the talk he is to make, so many civilians dissi pate their energies worrying about conditions they cannot control and lose their effective ness for necessary duties. Civilians often worry so much about war conditions that they lose efficiency in their work and their personal lives. This increases their anxiety. Any prolongation of worry leads first to inefficiency, then to personal breakdown. At a time when America needs the full efficiency of everyone, it is essential that we realize what our immediate task is and do not allow worry to distract us.” —ACP Open Forum For several years now the Aggies have had certain implied rules and regulations made by the Aggies which pertain to hitch-hiking. Some of these rules are not being observed. Of course we accuse the first year cadets of the violations but they are by no means the sole offenders. To be specific, I want to men tion some of the things most noticeable. First; The men who are far down the line have no right to grab their grip and get in a waiting auto just because the men who are at the head of the line do not want to go the distance the car is going. The men who are at the head of the line or first in going any distance they want to go. Second; If you are number one in line, why not find out where the first five or six boys would like a ride to so that we could avoid holding the car any longer than necessary. Third; Do we appreciate the rides that we get? Now hold your hat. Some of the boys do not even meet the people that they are riding with. Fourth; Do not go to sleep immediately after settling yourself into the deep luxurious cushions. Maybe the driver gave you a lift for purely conversational purposes. Let’s do our part to keep a good Aggie hitch-hiking reputation. Keith Kirk, ’43 The World Turns On ===== By Dr. R. W. Steen ======= Notes On Another War. Texans were not greatly interested when the European war began in 1914, and it was only gradually that a definite interest came to exist. Fol lowing the sinking of the Lusitania a resolu tion was introduced into the Texas senate diplomative relations between the United States and Germany be severed, but it did not pass. The United States entered the war in April, 1917, and soon resorted to a selective service law as a means of raising an army. Texans accepted the draft with almost no opposi tion, and 988,000 men register ed. A total of 198,000 Texans saw service in the army, navy and marine corps during the course of the war. In addition, 450 women served as nurses. Of the Texans who saw service during the war* slightly more than 5,000 lost their lives. Of the dead, 4,748 were serving in the army and the others in the navy and the marine corps. More than one-third of the total deaths occured in the United States, many of them being caused by the epidemic of Spanish influenza which swept the coun try during the fall of 1918. A number of acts relating directly to the conflict were passed by the legislature. A State Council of Defense was created to co operate with the National Council of De fense. Many restrictions were placed upon the customary freedom of speech and press. Each public school was required to spend at least ten minutes per day in teaching intel ligent patriotism, and it was also required that each school be equipped with a suitable flag. Suffrage was limited to citizens of the United States. Four large training camps and a number of smaller ones were located in Texas. The four large camps were Camp McArthur at Waco, Camp Logan at Houston, Camp Travis at San Antonio and Camp Bowie at Fort Worth. “Give till it hurts,” “buy more bonds,” “do your bit,” and numerous other slogans found place in the popular mind. Citizens bought Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps, and at the same time made contribu tions of time and money to the Red Cross and various other agencies. Texans also co-operated in the food con servation program. The conserving of food came to ge known as “Hooverizing.” Most of the homes in the states observed wheat less Mondays and Wednesdays, meatless Tuesdays and porkless Thursdays and Sat urdays. Every day was a fat saving day and a sugar saving day. War gardens, which were urged as a means of increasing the food supply, came to occupy many a vacant lot in cities and towns. Americans played an active part in win ning the war, but America lost the peace. One of the chief reasons for losing the peace was the fact that many Americans .believed that this country could continue to shun its international obligations and live entirely within its own boundaries. It is to be hoped that we have learned our lesson, and that this time we shall win both the victory and the peace. asking that Btecn PRIVATE BUCK . . By Clyde Lewis I DQSVT Fopg-et “I’m writing to my Congressman. I want him to explain to my wife that I don’t get that $10 raise right awayl” BACKWASH (Lie Babcock “Backwash: An agitation resulting from soms action or occurrence.”—Webster The Way of Things . . . Samuel G. Mchellan, 20-year-old Harvard college senior, went on a five-day fast recently to obtain material for a thesis entitled, “How It Peels to Starve.” . . . Sure Signs of War: Registrar H. L. Heaton’s purchase of a bicycle to save wear and tear on his auto mobile; Senior Manny Smith’s purchase of a reg ulation army overcoat in prep aration of enter- Bab««