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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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Sports Staff
— Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
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-.Junior Sports Editor
Circulation Staff
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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 ^ ^
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“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
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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.