-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