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-TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942 m g® 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, li published three times weekly from September to June; is- Kfthed fuesday, 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, too., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and ■an Francisco. Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone 4-8444. 1941 Member 1942 Associated ColIe6iate Press Don Gabriel E. M. Rosenthal - Ralph Criswell _ Haflan F. Oxford ... Sports Staff Editor Associate Editor ..Advertising Manager XUce Mann Rrooks Cofer Chick Hurst — Sports Editor ....Assistant Sports Editor ed themselves in our positions and adopted our perspective. They realized that a final by every professor would be an impossible tax and an unfair assignment. The Battalion is also able to see the point of view of the fourth group of profes sors. It was their firm belief that their courses would be incomplete without finals and that it would benefit the students to survey and summarize the work covered during the year. Even under the trying con ditions this can be understood to a certain extent. But whether the professors gave one hour finals or not, whether they assigned additional major quizzes or made such work optional, there should be no ill feeling be tween the individual students and teachers. Every instructor after carefully weighing the facts of both sides of the case did what he thought was right, and though the stu dents might have disagreed, his actions should not be questioned. —E.M.R. PRIVATE BUCK .-. By Clyde Lewis COVERING lor ! Junior Sports Editor Junior Sports Editor Circulation Staff 8«ne Wilmeth Circulation Manager Bill Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant f. D. Asbury Junior Assistant Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant Photography Staff Jack Jones Staff Photographer ...Assistant Photographers Bob Crane. Raiph StenzeL.. Is life so dear, or peace so siveet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but for me give me liberty, or give me death. —Patrick Henry Tuesday’s Staff Lee Rogers Managing Editor W. A. Goforth Assistant Advertising Manage Junior* Edito Jack Decker Junior*Editor Tom Vannoy Junior Editor Clyde Franklin Junior Editor Ken Bresnen Junior Editor Man, Your Manners By I. Sherwood: Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, James K. Dennis, Kelig Frank, John M. Holman, W. J. Hamilton, Jr., Tom Howard, Leonard Kimsey, N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay, Reportorial Staff Arthur L. Cox, James R. Dennis, Selig JLiCVJiidi. d x\.uiiocy , xi. yt • X-Vtii wcic-n, ncic-iv jl , Doug Lancaster, Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, W. B. Morehouse, Richard F. Quinn, Gordon Sullivan, C. G. Scruggs, Benton Taylor. Freedom External and Internal It is important that we remember the simple proposition that if we defeat the Axis and still lose at home the rights for which we are fighting we have also lost the war. This struggle began when Japan attacked our insular possessions in the Pacific. In reality it started at the moment that this nation first began to fear that the nations now our enemies constituted a threat, economically and politically, to this country. But regardless of the time at which the war started, the people are united upon one idea. We must not lose our freedom. To most of them this means that we must de feat the Axis. To some it also means that we must not permanently give over that freedom to anyone. It is agreed that in time of war certain freedoms must be curtailed in order that the war may be successfully prosecuted. Few are opposed to the temporary loss of many of their rights. But it would be a different matter if they thought that our participation in the conflict meant that we were perman ently surrendering the principles for which we are fighting. Should we win the victory and get over to totalitarianism, complete or partial, we have succumbed to fascist ideas as much as if we had been defeated. We are fighting in order that we may be allowed to exercise the fundamntal rights of man, in pace and without interference. Americans are ex tremists. They seldom do anything half way. If there begins a denial of human rights and of the sacredness of the individ ual, you may rest assured that it will go all the way. The primary idea is, of course, to win the war. But it must also be a victory embrac ing our traditional beliefs of government. It is a fight on two fronts, and we must de feat the enemy, while at the same time, we must retain for ourselves our basic ideals, beliefs and forms of government. We are a great nation for uniting behind a shibboleth, but while we are remembering Pearl Harbor we must also not forget Runny- mede. —Tulane Hullabaloo To Some, Thanks; To the Others, We See Your Point The climax has passed. By now one hour finals which were announced have been can celled, given, or are definitely going to be given tomorrow or Thursday. Little more can be said to influence the actions of the instructors. Yet the subject should not be closed without recognizing what has been done and why still others things have not been done. This semester has been perhaps the most extraordinary in the past 20 years. Problems arose which had to be met, the students as well as instructors had many and varied ideas of solving them. Following the cancellation of regularly scheduled final examinations by the action of the board of directors, one hour finals during the regular class room periods was considered by many of the professors to be the need. The ma jority of the student body had another idea. To express this other point of view the Battalion took it upon itself to propagate general student opinion as well as certain faculty opinion and show why one hour finals were unfair—principally because there was n’t sufficient time to prepare for the work. The results were very gratifying. Many professors did cancel their finals. Others changed the scope of the quiz from the whole semester’s work to just that material cover ed since the previous major quiz. Many made finals optional. Still some professors insisted that a final was essential. To the first three groups of teachers the Battalion extends its sincere appreciation on behalf of the student body. These men plac- To have striven, to have made an effort, to have been true to certain ideals—this alone is worth the struggle. —Sir William Osier The World Turns On By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry In America one often hears the statement that the German people are inherently war- loving and militaristics. We often read or hear that a particular person comes from fighting stock. These ideas imply the exist ence of genetic differences between individ uals or groups of people. War is caused by two nearly universal human instincts. These are the fighting in stinct and the gregarious, herd or social in stinct. These two are distinctly interwoven and their interplay has given rise to many of our social patterns. Nature’s method of selection is to a large extent a competitive one. Organisms have in a sense, always been fighting for survival. The advent of the bisexual method of reproduction at once made them to a degree gregarious. As sex ual differentiation became more divergent the group instinct seems to have become more pronounced, reaching its highest state of development in man and the socialized in stincts. The fighting instinct has induced man to fight to promote the interests of the group with which he was affiliated. These instincts are normally under the control of reason and judgment and normaly show to the maximum only under conditions of emo tional excitement. A variety of environ mental factors may produce such an emo tional state. The object of modern war propaganda is to produce mass emotional ism, that is, to suppress heasbn and arouse hysteria. As pointed out by Professor Bur lingame of Stanford University, “It may be adopted by individuals or groups for good or bad reasons. In either event it usually rests on self-interest. When the historian writes of the causes of war, he ordinarily attempts to determine those pauses which led individ uals or groups to stir up the emotions of their fellows to the fighting point.” Whether men or groups of men differ in the ease with which they may be induced to assume the fighting attitude is an inter esting question. The general opinion is that they do. To prove that such differences exist between groups is much more difficult than for probable differences between in dividuals. To make it probable that such differenc es do exist it would have to be granted that (1) individual differences exist, which may be tentatively granted, and (2) that the his tory of a nation has been such that the more warlike individuals have survived and had a greater opportunity to reproduce than their more peace loving fellow citizens. This entails a consideration of the genetic effects of war which may be discussed in a succeed ing issue of this column. campus dimtois WITH & |||TOMV/m>I (|| “Watch the cook burn up! Buck’s going to pretend he’s testing the kitchen for gas!” Resolved: That during “flu” and cold epi demics you will do all in your power, when suffering from either, to prevent further spread of the diseases; that you will in so far as possible, stay out of public places, and observe the following manners that amount to nothing more than good habits. Coughing and sneezing in public will spread disease—if you must cough or sneeze, cover your mouth or nose. Sniffling is inexcusable, cold or no cold. Use a handkerchief—never your hand or any part of your apparel. Picking the nose in public is disgusting. Spitting in public in inexcusable—if you must, use a handkerchief to cover your mouth; see that the handkerchief is clean. Don’t lend a partially soiled one and when you borrow another’s, return it laundered. Spraying the breath in other’s faces is offensive, so be careful when you talk and laugh. Yawning, though unavoidable, calls for an apology. Cover your mouth. Blowing smoke in other’s faces may be very objectionable to them. Remove tobacco particles from your mouth with your fingers instead of blowing them—be a clean smoker. BACKWASH BY Charlie Babcock “Backwash; An agitation resulting from soma action or occurrence."—Webster Frankly Speaking . . . .The 1942 Field Artillery ball maestro, Jim mie Lunceford, has signed to play for an all-University dance at T. U. on February 20 ... . Word has come to Texas that marines sta tioned in Califor nia are claiming the new Jap mot to goes something like this: “Don’t stab the allies un til you see their backs.” . . . Ru mors have been persistent this past week that Bsbsssh the four new dorms at the north gate will house game rooms for Aggies living in them. A check with officials yes terday revealed that all such ru mors were merely idle tales. . . . Project House No. 12 wes the scene of the Sunday afternoon fire. Dorm No. 12 fire turned out to be a false alarm . . . .Since Christmas our room has been filled with sopho mores who have been pleading their sad cases of no T.S.C.W. blind dates coming down for the Sopho more Ball on February 20. So, this stands as an open invitation to T.S.C.W. sophs to come on down to Aggieland that week-end. Many Aggies are searching for blind dates. • • • Smile Labor’s scarce and metal’s rare Can’t get steel, can’t get dies, These are facts, we tell no lies. Utter nonsense describes the antics of W. C. Fields in his latest effort, “NEVER GIVE A SUCK ER AN EVEN BREAK,” at the Campus today and tomorrow. Hollywood turns the spotlight on itself in this celluloid side-trickier and the result is quite good. The hilarious climatic chase is remi niscent of the Keystone Cops in their heyday many years ago. The other half of the double feature at the Campus today and tomorrow is entitled “SING AN OTHER CHORUS.” Johnny Downs and Jane Frazee are costarred. The story concerns a college musical show that trys to get on Broad way. Its efforts won’t be appre ciated too much, but the music is tolerable. The brighter light of the show is Mischa Auer, he of Russian blood, who is continually trying to win the affections of American girls. The Thin Man has solved an other murder. This time William Powell is attending the races when a jockey is found murdered in the shower room. Later a reporter is killed under rather strange circum stances. So the master mind sets to work and unravels the mystery for the butter-fingered police force who can’t make heads or tails of the clues. It will be at Guion Hall today and tomorrow. In addition to Powell, Myrna Loy is in the film as his wife; Dick Hall is Junior, and don’t forget the dog, Asta. The story is a bit thin, and the solution a little too ap parent. And there are spots where the whole thing is liable to get most boresome and in no direct relation to the solving of the mur der. The “Thin Man” series seems to be on the decline, and unless something is done soon, is liable to die a sudden bankrupt death. If you care for some of the most (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 5) Evei for inc receivi exactly of him Genera lective ed tod; Supp is enti and we partme tional Shel List* ( pampas 4-1181 DOUBLE FEATURE TODAY — TOMORROW Aust stories, similar be as but thi age sc versity out to Folio school year, I tor of researc announ will be ality d eighth make i listen ducing Harry’s drafted, so is Bill, All our work is now up-hill. So your order, we’re afraid. May be still a bit delayed. Stil, you’ll get it, Don’t be vexed, Maybe this month, maybe next. Keep on hoping, don’t say die. We’ll fill your order by and by. • • • War, Preparations Reports have been coming daily fromAustin regarding Texas uni versity’s all-out war efforts. Last night, the capital city ob served its initial blackout, and the university was ready and cooper ated fully. On the bitter side of the ledger, as far as students are concerned, was the declaration made by Dean W. R. Woolrich of the School 6f Engineering to the effect that the university would not follow the ex ample set up by A. & M. and dis card all final exams. They don’t know it, but the Tex as lads and lassies are probably better off than their ancient riv als, the Aggies. At least they have three hours to spend on their fin als. WHAT’S SHOWING AT GUION HALL Tuesday, Wednesday — “SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN,” starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Thursday, Friday — “THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER,” with Nelson Eddy and Rise Stevens. AT THE CAMPUS Tuesday, Wednesday — “NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK,” featur ing W. C. Fields and Gloria Jean. Also “SING ANOTH ER CHORUS” with Jane Frazee and Johnny Downs. Thursday — “THE GAY FALCON,” with George San ders apd Wendy Barrie. Friday, S a t u r d a y— “SOUTH OF TAHITI,” with Brian Donlevy, Brod Crawford, and Maria Montez. W.C. FIE1DS GLORIA JEAN LION ERROL BUTCH and BUDDY SUSAN MILLER Franklin PANGBORN CHARLES LANG MARGARET DUMONT Shows 2:23, 4:56, 7:29, 10:02 with Jane Frazee — Mischa Auer Shows 1:20, 3:53, 6:26, 8:59 Also Bugs (Wabbit Twack) Bunny in “Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt” The mailbag carried an item from a certain young man the oth er day. Prefixing his poetic efforts with, “This piece of poetry will give you an idea of the trouble that re tailers are going through now in an effort to get merchandise for their customers,” our correspon dent sent us the following lyrics: Keep your temper, gentle Sif, Writes the manufacturer, Though your goods are over due For a month or maybe two. We can’t help it, please don’t swear, As late as 1919 in a midwest college now out of existence, wom en students were not allowed to play croquet “because it made them take immodest postures.” The LQC Lamar school of law at Emory university was the first accredited law school in the south east. SEE LOUPQT FOR BOOKS Movie GU/ON HALL Bo; bra gol Fel ma Ful teei ski; TUBS. - WED. — 3:30 & 6:45 William Powell — Myrna Loy Shadow of Thin Man Coming THURSDAY — FRIDAY The Chocolate Soldier BEST SOLOS Piano Mel Powell in “The Earl” Trumpet Harry James in “My Melancholy Baby” Alto Saxaphone Sam Rubinwitch in “Bishop’s Blues” Tenor Sax Ton Paston in “Blos soms” Clarinet Artie Shaw in “Noc turne” RECORDED RHYTHM These and many other great re cording artists of Victor, Columbia, Bluebird, Okeh, and Decca bring to you the music of today and yester day. From our complete stock of clas sical and popular recordings you can enrich your volumes of your own record library. For your own pleasure—come in today—hear some of our newer re cordings and yours will be a more complete collection. WI CO Haswell*/ with Nelson Eddy — Rise Stevens Submitted by JERRY ROLNICK Dept, of Ag. Eco.—“Principles of Advertising” J ★, iimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii uni w ■ T Br; Sub