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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
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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««<k ing the service
soon . . . Evidence of general cam
pus improvements can be found
in front of Walton hall now. Main
items are the new shrubs and
military walk under construction
. . . Official info from the
Commandant’s office states that
the State of Texas, with a popu
lation of five per cent of the
nation’s total, claims ten per
cent of the number of men in
Uncle Sam’s armed services . . .
Aggie scouts in Austin report the
most popular tune on the Texas U.
campus these days—“I’d Rather Be
A Texas Aggie.” . . . And remem
ber the Red Cross charity football
game on Kyle Field next Satur
day afternoon.
• • •
Son of Goose Creek
Lt. H. C. “Felly” Dittman, for
mer Aggie and now officer in the
U. S. air corps fighting somewhere
in the war zone, has been award
ed the Distinguished Flying Cross
for his service in conducting a
secret flight of four-engine bomb
ers from Honolulu to the Philip
pines.
Felly, a member of the class
of ’38, left his mark at Kyle
Field before grabbing a sheepskin
—lettering twice in football and
twice in track.
His record since leaving A. & M.
with a B. S. degree and commis
sion as second lieutenant in the
Infantry Reserve consists of; entry
in the Air Corps, training at Ran
dolph and Kelly Fields to earn
his second commission as a gold
bar wearer, and this time to go
into active duty immediately, and
he has been there ever since.
Those who knew Felly best re
member him as a “fightin’ fool”
who wasn’t afraid of anything.
• • •
Christmas Vacation
Bus-weary from their Christmas
jaunt of some 2,000 miles but hap
py with the hundreds of dollars
they earned, the Aggieland Orches
tra returned to school this week
with the remainder of the cadet
corps for a deserved “rest.”
Fourteen Aggies made the an
nual trip, beginning December 22
in Mineral Wells and ending De
cember 31 in Port Arthur. Other
towns on the itinerary included:
San Angelo, Wichita Falls, Paris,
Fort Worth, Sherman, Beaumont,
and Orange.
The musicians conceded that
their vacation was a lot of hard
work, but it was worth it. In
fact, they would like to repeat
on that banquet in Paris and the
fine hospitality offered by Philan
thropist Lutcher Stark in Orange.
Random Remarks
- — By E. M. Rosenthal —
The T. U. war jitters have been
calmed down but the boys on the
Forty Acres still have reason to
wonder why they didn’t come to
Aggieland for a little bull text
when school started. Each edition
of The Daily Texan bemoans the
fate of the daily herds of Teasip-
pers who are being called by Un
cle Sam. . . A gloating headline can
also be seen every day or so an
nouncing the names of the “select
few” who have chances for com
missions iii the navy or army air
corps.
The roster of university student
officials is beginning to resemble
a tic tac toe game or the score
sheet for a domino game; “X’s” and
lines are all over the thing. So far
the president of the student body,
the editor and associate editor of
the newspaper and the editor of
the comic magazine are, or soon
plan to be, on their respective ways
to the khaki or naval ranks.
And speaking of Teasippers, they
admittedly call themselves that
in one of the Tuesday Daily Texan
headlines.
• • •
Our ex Bull, now Major Gen
eral George F. Moore, made the
news stands again yesterday. Time
magazine not only told that the
former Aggie was in command at
the fortress island of Corregidor,
but also printed a one column pic
ture of him.
The fact General George now
holds his present rank should give
courage to all of the military am
bitions of Aggies of the present
generation. Even though he now
has two stars on his shoulder, in
1907, he was a full fledged one-but
ton boy. But don’t let that fool
you. “Maude”, as he was known to
his classmates, was a prominent
Aggie while on the campus .
Moore was president of the foot
ball association, manager of Infan
try’s company A baseball team, a
football letterman for two years,
an R. V., and a member of the
Swastika, then a respectable organ
ization. He also was on the Long
horn staff in the Publication Soc
iety and the “T” Association. That’s
record enough.
General Moore must have been
somewhat of a romeo on top of all
of his other achievements, for it
says in the ’08 Longhorn, “Maude
plays football and has no trouble
winning his ‘T’s’, but has some dif
ficulty keeping them.”
The annual continues “He goes
to class some times, but was nev
er known to stay during the whole
period.” Some example for a fu
ture commandant and future gener
al to set.
P. S. The general is a cowtown
product.
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If there was $10,000 at stake,
could you tell the truth for 24
hours? That’s Bob Hope’s aim
in “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH”
showing at the Campus tomorrow
and Monday. It’s Paulette God
dard’s money that he is betting.
Outside of this item, the story has
nothing to offer, but with the fam
ous Hope in there batting for the
home team, you can’t possibly lose.
Of course Miss Goddard does
not detract any whatsoever from
the picture, but witty Robert is
the hit of the show. You may rest
assured that from the first until
the last frame that goes through
the projector there will be plenty
of laughter provided by Hope.
“TOM, DICK, AND HARRRY,”
are all engaged to Ginger Rogers
at the same time. The solution
to the question of which one of
the trio to marry makes as inter
esting a story as we have seen in
quite a while at Guion hall to
night. Ginger is a telephone oper
ator who fe§ls that she can get
a rich husband as easily as a poor
one. She already knows Tom, a
hard-working salesman. While try
ing to meet Dick, the town’s
wealthy playboy, she meets Har
ry, a penniless mechanic. Eventu
ally she becomes engaged to all
of them and then has to make up
her mind. While this is going
on, she imagines what the future
with each one of them holds in
store for her. It is slightly zany,
but most entertaining. Ginger
shows good proof in the film why
she was given the Academy award
for last year. She does a fine
job of acting.
The title of the show is “DR.
KILDARE’S WEDDING DAY,”
Collegiate Review
====== AGP ======
College students over the country
are estimated to earn more than
$32,000,000 a year.
• '
One of the scholarships offered
by Harvard university is restricted
to students who formerly sold
newspapers.
•
Dartmouth college’s Thayer
school of civil engineering was es
tablished in 1870 by Gen. Sylvanus
Thayer, Dartmouth graduate of
1807.
•
One student in four at the Uni
versity of Kentucky is employed at
least part time.
•
Breathing of air low in oxygen
impairs capacity to learn and de
creases ability to act, reports Dr.
Nathan Shock, assistant professor
of physiology at the University of
California.
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but so many other matters have
gotten into the story that the wed
ding has to take a back seat. In
the picture, Laraine Day-is killed
in an accident and consequently
leaves the series. The familiar
characters, Lew Ayres, Lionel
Banymore, and Red Skelton, are
in their usual roles.
In addition to the aforemention
ed wedding, there is a symphony
conductor that is going deaf, and
the curing of Lionel Barrymore to
be considered. It just is too much
for one picture to undertake. It’s
oh so dramatic but too jumbled
to be as good as some of the pre
vious stories in the Dr. Kildare
series. It will be at Guion Hall
Monday.
In the just average class, we
are going to put “WEST POINT
WIDOW.” Anne Shirley and Rich
ard Carlson are the leading play
ers in the picture at Guion hall
today at 1 o’clock. Anne is mar
ried to a West Pointer, and keeps
her motherhood secret so that her
husband can graduate. The roman
tic twist at the end of the story
is quite interesting.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Saturday, 1:00 p. m.—
“WEST POINT WIDOW,”
with Anne Shirley and Rich
ard Carlson.
Saturday, 6:45 and 8:30—
“TOM, DICK, AND HAR
RY,” starring Ginger Rogert.
Monday—“DR. KILDARE’S
WEDDING DAY,” with Lew
Ayres, Laraine Day, and
Lionel Barrymore.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday — ‘‘BELLE
STARR,” with Randolph
Scott and Gene Tierney.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday — “NOTHING BUT
THE TRUTH,” featuring Bob
Hope and Paulette Goddard.
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LAST DAY
“BELLE STARR”
GENE RANDOLPH
TIERNEY SCOTT
Also
’42 COTTON BOWL GAME
PREYUE TONIGHT
11:00 P. M.
SUNDAY — MONDAY
Bob Hope — Paulette Goddard
“NOTHING BUT
THE TRUTH”
Go In 9:30 P. M. & See Both Shows
Movie
GUION HALL
SATURDAY — 1 P. M.
West Point Widow
With Anne Shirley
6:45 & 8:30
Ginger Rogers — George Murphy
In
Tom, Dick and Harry
SELECTED SHORTS