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Page 2 THE BATTALION -TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1942 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, b published three times weekly from September to June; is- wed Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub- fbhed 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 i, 1879. Subscription rate, $3 a school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, tne., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. 4-5444. Telephone 1941 Member 1942 Associated Collegiate Press Don Gabriel ...Editor ■. M. Rosenthal Associate Editor riswell Advertising Manager Mike Haikln... W. T. Oxford Mike Mann .... Brooks Gofer Ohiek Hurst _ Ralph Or is we.. Sports Staff — Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Senior Sports Assistant Junior Sports Editor -.Junior Sports Editor Circulation Staff Bene Wilmeth Circulation Manager Bfil Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant F. D. Asbury Junior Assistant Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant Photography Staff took Jones Staff Photographer Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers Tuesday’s Staff Boost the Red Cross Mend the Charity Game Saturday The American Red Cross will get another boost this Saturday afternoon when the en tire proceeds of the annual A. & M. regi mental football game takes place. It isn’t necessary to remind the corps that this nation depends upon the Red Cross for much aid in the present war, and that the Red Cross depends upon the contribu tions of individuals to maintain it. The sponsors of the game and the players to gether with their coaches are to be com mended because of the efforts they are put ting forth toward making this game a suc cess. Last year this game with the Student Aid Fund and Bundles for Britain as the re cipients was a huge success. This year since the United States is actually engaged in war, the need for funds is greater than ever. This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy a fine football game between teams made up en tirely of Aggies and at the same time to con tribute to a vital cause. Twenty-five cents is little enough to give to the Red Cross. So make up your mind now to attend the game. Give to the Red Cross so that they may help us remember Pearl Harbor. Quotable Quotes “When a new party such as the Fascist in Germany, is presenting a new formula for reuniting a nation, this party must proceed on the failure of another formula. Fascism arose by force and it must remain by force. It must crush all opposition, establish its power everywhere and make an irresistible jdrive toward totalitarianism. If Fascism should ever threaten America it will be through the effort of some democratic groups to protect our form of government by force. Our ultimate defense is to solve our problems in such a way as to prevent the widespread disillusionment and lack of faith that caused Fascism to arise in Germany.” Professor W. O. Stanley of Madison college offers a blue print for defense of the American way. institutions are to survive the cruel test im posed by changed social and economic condi tions, we must by our labor and sacrifices and our spirit of co-operative energy prove that a domestic economy can indeed by op erated on a democratic basis and thus can escape the industrial dictatorship imposed by the totalitarian states. I do not despair. But an early reawakening of our people is necessary. If we are to preserve the privi leged position our nation enjoys in the world we have to be ready to meet the cost which it entails. Our forefathers assumed a great responsibility in their development of the magnificent experiment of democracy. There by we enjoy great privilege. But we shall have to maintain the responsibly.” Dr. Charles Seymour, president of Yale univer sity, calls for a national reawakening. Man, Your Manners By I. Sherwood: Lm Rogers.. — Managing Editor W. A. Goforth Assistant Advertising Manager Jack Decker Junior Editor Tom Vannoy Junior Editor Clyde Franklin Junior Editor Ken Breanen 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. Quizzes One a Dag. Whg More? For the next nine days students and profes sors alike are going to be rounding out their respective courses. In most cases this round ing out consists of at least one more major quiz and perhaps a lab final. With the av erage student taking six courses, approxi mately half of them having laboratory sec tions as well as theory, there will be nine quizzes for the nine days. Some professors in some departments, as ' well as a few departments as a whole, feel that because of the academic calendar shake- up with the accompanying cancellation of finals this average of a quiz a day isn’t suf ficient. It is their belief that an additional test in the form of a one hour super exam must be given to make up for the originally scheduled but cancelled regular final exam inations. Perhaps as far as the professor’s on particular courses are concerned an extra grade would help better determine the stu dent’s final mark, but it will also help lower the Aggie John Doe’s grade. The additional work with the work already scheduled would tax to the limits the most outstanding stu dents A. & M. has ever produced and to the general run of Aggies today it will mean disaster since there is not enough time to prepare for the work properly. —E. M. R. By Dr. J. H. Qui&enberry “For the privilege we enjoy as free individ uals under a democratic system, we must be ready to pay a price. We cannot expect to get something for nothing. If our domestic During the week beginning December 29, Texas, and Dallas in particular, was host for the one hundred tenth meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The State of Texas and the A.A.A.S. are of approximately the same age. The American Association for the Advance ment of Science was organized in 1848 and Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845. Their growth has been somewhat parallel. The Association has grown from an initial membership of 461 to a great society of more than 23,000. When the A. A. A. S. was founded 94 years ago science was largely natural history. This year there are 182 different scientific societies with a total membership of approximately 1,000,000 affiliated or as sociated with the Association. This is the first time Texas has been honored with these meetings. She proved herself to be a good hostess. In return, as the Secretary expressed it, “the Association presented the numerous programs of its an nual meeting with the hope and confident expectation that Texas would be inspired to use even more abundantly than in the past the varied means science offers for utilizing its unparalleled natural resources and de veloping a finer civilization.” The A. & M. College of Texas, including the Agricultural Experiment Station and the College proper, had a proportionately large share of the exhibits at the meetings. It is to be hoped that many of the Aggies arriv ing early for the Cotton Bowl game had an opportunity to see many of the fine science exhibits on display in the Baker Hotel. A great portion of the A. & M. Experi ment Station and College staffs associated with the science divisions was in Dallas and a number of papers were presented by local scientists. It appeared significant that the first plenary session of the Association was held in a church. The feature of this first session was the address of the retiring president of the Association, Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee, on “Individuality and Science.” In the course of his address Dr. Blakeslee commented, “Opposition to totalitarianism is not merely because it attacks man’s rights but also be cause it suppresses his personality. Individ uality is the kernel of democracy, the biologi cal basis of the struggle for freedom. When we fight for individuality we fight on the side of. nature.” “Although we do, each of us, live in different and more or less separate worlds of our own, I trust we shall ultimately be able to acquire a social organization as order ly as the constellations of other worlds. In our fight for individuality and freedom in this war and in the peace to come, I do not despair. The experimental method has dem onstrated we must use force without stint to show that freedom and political morality as well as personal honesty really pay. We still cherish the faith that the free search for truth by the methods of science has power to rebuild the world and will prevail.” PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis COVERING Modern Courtesy of Smokers The odds are against those of us who do not smoke so when we find ourselves outnumber ed 100 to 1 about the only thing we can do is be as polite as we wish the smokers would be. But while it may seem just that the few who do not smoke have no right to inter fere with the pleasure of the many who do, there are certain requirements of propriety and consideration for others that those who smoke must observe. Smoking Dont’s: Do not lay a cigarette on the edge of a table or other piece of fur niture and then forget it and let it burn a charred groqve on the table. Be sure you are using an ash tray instead of a valuable piece of bric-a-brac. Never press a cigarette out without be ing sure that the object used is intended for the purpose. Cigarettes put out against lamp bases, ornaments and almost any surface that presents itself to an unthinking smoker may mar or destroy objects of value. Formal acceptance: until the last few years, smoking at a really formal dinner was unthinkable, but today cigarettes are passed during the meal. The question whether to smoke or not at a table depends largely on whether the table is set with smoking equipment. But in houses where they are not put on the table and are passed at dessert—it would be bad manners to light one’s own cigarette and smoke throughout the meal. The World Turns On campus disrraciiONs WITH ^ ^ ||) TOM VANNOY (|| “This is a peachy tent. Now, where do I get my uniform?” BACKWASH BY (Me Babcock '‘Backwash: An agitation rssnltinr trem soma action or occnrrsneo."—Wobstor Babsooh Don’t Remember . . . Neither does Hal Lambert, speedy little Rice Institute basketeer who will prob ably see a bit of service tonight against the Aggies in Houston. Here’s Lambert’s case: Sometime during the past summer, Hal suf fered from an at tack of sleeping sickness, and as a result, he doesn’t remember too much about what happened during the early part of his life. Wonder if he’ll remember the Aggies ... Aggie- land skyline will be graced soon with the addition of another struc ture in the shape of a smokestack No. 2 at the power plant . . .That sentimental, tear-jerking record played yesterday noon in both mess halls was titled, “I Am Think ing Tonight of My Blue Eyes” by Bob Atcher. Signal Corps junior, A. C. Ebensberger, was the owner . . . All indications are that the 1942 charity football game will be better than the first. Spon sors are expecting a crowd of sev eral thousand, all of which means a nice check for the Red Cross. Do your part and come to Kyle Field next Saturday afternoon. • • • Of Col Ike There have been numerous tales concerning the exploits of that jolly, rotund fella the Aggies adopted many years ago, Col. Ike Ashburn, who has been associated with A. & M. off and on since 1912 in capacities of publicity manager, secretary of board of di rectors, commandant, and execu tive assistant to the president. Perhaps the best of the lot was the one that told of Col. Ike when he was commandant in the early twenties. In years gone by, it was an al most standard custom for sopho mores to air-out the freshmen every warm Saturday night. Col. Ashburn, as commandant, made many an ineffectual effort to stop the practice. One warm Saturday dusk he was standing in front of the mess hall when an intent freshman came tearing past. “Here, Stop! Don’t you know you don’t have to air-out,” Ash- Every time the studios in Holly wood turn out a new picture about men and airplanes and all that sort of thing, everything says that it is the best yet. Well, here is one that tops about everything else that they have been able to do so far. The name of the picture is “DIVE BOMBER” and concerns the efforts of two flight surgeons, Errol Flynn and Ralph Bellamy to overcome the effects of “black outs” in dive bombing and high al titude illness. It will be shown at Guion hall today and tomor row. Fred MacMurray lends quite a hand as a flight commander who is constantly feuding with Flynn about business and women, most ly the latter. As in all pictures about flying, there are a goodly number of shots in the air. The story was filmed in technicolor, which heightens the pictorial beau ty of it. All clubs and organizations that are desirous of sponsoring a bene fit show are now able to take ad vantage of the offer being made to campus groups by the manage ment of the Campus Theater. All Thursdays for the next several months have been set aside for benefit shows. The first benefit will he held this Thursday when the Mothers Club of the A. & M. Consolidated high school will spon sor the day’s feature. Any clubs that are interested in this plan may see Manager Charles Tigner of the Campus to get further in formation on the matter. That former Aggie All-American back, Jarring John Kimbrough, comes back to the scenes of his former glories as the star of “LONE STAR RANGER” as part of the double feature program at the Campus today and tomorrow. President Roosevelt’s youngest son, John, was among 376 naval reserve ensigns recently graduat ed from a three months training course conducted by the navy’s supply corps at the Harvard busi ness school. As this is his first picture, John does not show the polish that most picture actors have acquired long before they reach stardom. He shows much promise though, and we are expecting much more of him before many more pictures of his are released. The other half of the program at the Campus today is “MOB TOWN” with the Dead End Kids, the Little Tough Guys, Dick Foran, and Anne Gwynne. It’s the same old story of cops and robbers and the idea that “crime does not pay.” If you have not recovered from the mania for pictures of this sort, then you will enjoy this one. WHAT’S SHOWING AT THE CAMPUS Tuesday, Wednesday — “LONE STAR RANGER,” starring John Kimbrough. Also “MOB TOWN,” with Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, and the Dead End Kids. AT GUION HALL Tuesday, Wednesday — “DIVE BOMBER,” featuring Errol Flynn, Fred MacMur ray and Ralph Bellamy. ! _ M M’ 4-1181 burn yelled as he grabbed the boy’s arm. But the boy wrested loose and sped away, flinging back “The hell I don’t have to air-out. You’re on ly the commandant, and those sophomores told me to get go ing.” COME TO See LOUPOT TODAY — TOMORROW DOUBLE FEATURE John Kimbrough in “LONE STAR RANGER ,, with SHELIA RYAN No. 2 “MOB TOWN” with DICK FORAN, ANNE GWYNNE DEAD END KIDS Also DONALD DUCK CARTOON JUNIORS ATTENTION Avoid Delay And Late Delivery ORDER YOUR BOOTS NOW Random Remarks :By E. M. Rosenthal The academic calendar shake up is already beginning to have its repercussions. Probably the most general bleed is about those profs who seem to be suffering consid erably because the finals were can celled, and to alleviate their aca demic pain have scheduled one hour super quizzes which axe ac tually quasi-finals. If they would only stop to realize the load the students already have they would recognize the fact that eStra tests are unfair and out of place. The juniors, too, are wondering about a few things. As things stand now their class won’t even have an annual. In fact all the classes from now till the end of the emergency are going to find a mix- up as far as rings and Longhorns are concerned. Maybe the exes of the future can look for rings of the class of 43 43% as well as plain 43’s. The unofficial opinion of the an nuals is that the classes will have to decide if they want a small yearbook for each class of grad uates or continue with the present over-sized Longhorn and have two senior sections in it. But what seems to stymie most of the class of ’43 is the prospect of the camp after graduation in Feb ruary. Bullis in Winter. At least it would give the Aggies an idea of what life was like with the two foot mud on the Russian plains be fore sub zero weather set in. • • • The Maroon-White charity foot ball battle which will be waged next Saturday afternoon created a little furor all of its own before the plans for it were even near completion. Some of the sponsors wanted to give the proceeds to the Student Aid Fund and others felt that the Red Cross was a more worthy cause in times like these. Several times the business-like discussions became old fashioned yelling and shouting contests. “Charity begins at home.” “Yeah, but these are times of national emergency.” “Mayue so, but think of the Student Aid.” “You think of it. The Red Cross gotta have the sheckles.” So they ran far into the night. Finally both factions thought they had the best of the deal and agreed to call the question to a vote. It was the Cross by a nostril. The game should he plenty good, and every Aggie in the stands will get his money’s worth. But if you see that you won’t be able to make the tussel because of that date with the little woman at home, buy a ticket just the same and know you are helping national defense. Collegiate Review , ■■ \ : ACP: The University of North Caro lina, although an institution of the state, did not receive state appro priations for nearly 100 years af ter its foundings. Western Maryland college has converted Levine hall, a men’s dormitory, into a modern, well- equipped music conservatory. • At the beginning of the current term, John Karmazin, member of the Wake Forest college freshman football team, bad never attended a college football game. Holick’s Boot Shop //— Movie GUION HALL TUESDAY 3:30 & 6:45 WEDNESDAY 3:30 ONLY Arthur Kennedy — Joan Perry “STRANGE ALIBI" Comedy “HERE COMES THE CAVALRY” NOTE: Due to the Town Hall program Wednesday night the above picture is replacing “Dive Bomber” originally set in on your calendar for this date.