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- THE BATTALION
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,
is published three times weekly from September to June, is
sued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings; and is pub
lished weekly, from June through August.
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Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
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1941 Member 1942
Associated ColIe6iate Press
E. M. Rosenthal Acting Editor
Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin , Sports Editor
W. F. Oxford Assistant Sports Editor
Mike Mann Senior Sports Assistant
Chick Hurst Junior Sports Assistant
Circulation Staff
E. D. Wilmeth Circulation Manager
Photography Staff
Jack Jones Staff Phohographer
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographer
Saturday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
W. A. Goforth Assistant Advertising Manager
Reportorial Staff
Calvin Brumley, Kenneth C. Bresnen, Arthur L. Cox, W. J.
Hamilton, Jr., N. W. Karbach, Jack Keith, Tom B. Journeay,
Tom Leland, Charles P. McKnight, C. G. Scrugss, John May,
Douglass Lancaster
United We Stand...
Every successful organization whether it be
a person’s family, a large business establish
ment, the United States Army or even the
United Nations trying to fight the war, can
not reach its goal unless it has at least a
semblance of unity. Without unity a group
becomes its own worst enemy, for the various
factions in the group spend all of their ef
forts fighting one another when the same
energy could be used in accomplishing a
definite purpose.
The necessity for unity of the A. & M.
student body is also essential.
But the last few days have shown that
100% unity does not exist at our school today
as it has in the past. The reason why it
didn’t the first few days after the new chang
es were announced are obvious: everyone
was to stunned to rationalize the situation
and each student had his own solution. Now,
the student body has had over a week to
calm down and coordinate ideas and formu
late some definite plan, but still a plan agree
able to all can’t be found. What one large
group is for a minor group opposes and
blocks.
If we continue to have small groups of
students trying to dominate the picture the
senior class as well as the entire student body
will never accomplish a thing. The minori
ties must accept the plans of the majority,
and all must put their wholehearted efforts
into such plans. Arguing among ourselves
will accomplish nothing.
The first ideas accepted by the organiza
tion commanders were killed on second pre
sentation by the commanders themselves.
No doubt there was good reason for such
action. A new proposal has now come up.
Should it be finally accepted the acceptance
should be definite. Every individual student
whether he agree with it or not should give
his full support. A united front must be
shown. Only unity will continue the advance
A. & M. has made in years past.
Chance to Express Your Ideas
Every day someone on the campus feels that
he has an idea which should be generally
known all over the campus. Perhaps he
will tell his room mate and a few of his
friends and let the matter go at that, but
nevertheless he shelters a discontented feel
ing because he hasn’t spread his thought
around to a greater extent.
For these people there is an opportu
nity, an opportunity which will increase the
volume of their voices 6,000 fold. All that
need to be done is to take advantage of the
Open Forum column in The Battalion.
In most cases all Open Forum letters re
ceived are printed providing they meet with
the signature requirement. The person writ
ing the article must sign his own name in
full. Initials will not suffice. Unsigned articl
es are not even considered whether they
are from freshmen, sophomores, juniors, men
with or without contracts, or from the col
lege staff. This is a policy which can not
and will not be violated.
But the opportunity is still open. Feel
free to take advantage of what belongs to
you, for the Open Forum column is yours.
War Interpretations
— — By Robert L. Freeland "
FINLANDIA
Public sentiment is extremely unpredictable,
but so are the fortunes of war. If you will
pause a moment to think back, only a little
over one short year ago, the Finnish nation
had the sympathy and tacit aid of the Amer
ican people and government. Finnish Minist
er to the United States, Mr. Procope, was re
ceived at numerous diplomatic and social
functions, and received letters numbering
in the thousands sympathizing with the
struggle of his little nation against a ruthless
aggressor. There were small tin boxes and
paper cartons in all the restaurants and cafes
throughout the United States urging the
American people to drop in their change for
‘Finnish War Relief’. Today, these are no
longer to be seen. Why?
In October, 1939, Finland was going
about her business as usual, little dreaming
that a month later she would be the object
of a Russian attack. The eyes of all Amer
icans were turned upon central Europe, and
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was con
fidently predicting a quick victory over Ger
many.
Then came Ihe Russian attack upon Fin
land. Russia’s version was Finnish depreda
tions across the border and a desire to gain
additional land to make her borders safe
from future “Finnish aggression.” The Finns
told us that the attack was unprevoked and
merely represented a desire of the Red Army
to add another nation to her already vast
territory, flushed with the succes of her
armies in Poland after she joined in for the
kill with her new-found friend, the Third
Reich.
The true story is yet to be told, but the
latter version is probably nearer to the
truth, and the Red Army’s desire to test out
her weapons and give her men some fighting
experience, probably looking ahead to a clash
in the future with either Japan or Germany,
or both, Karelia and almost all of present day
Finland was once a part of Russia, so why
not again, thought Joseph. The Mannaheim
line was a tough nut to crack, and cost the
Russians much, but it was accomplished, and
Finland had to make a peace, giving strips
of territory and a naval base on Hangoe
Peninsular to Russia. She was now practically
defenseless, but Finland rearmed with Amer
ican aid.
The democracies in the rest of the world
had failed to give her aid. Finland became a
benevolent dictatorship, if there is such a
thing. When Germany attacked Russia, she
joined in the attack, choosing as an ally a
nation which is like an octopus—once its
tenacles are in a victim, it never lets go until
that country is devoured.
The territory lost to Russia was regain
ed with the help of Nazi legions and equip
ment. Finland was ready to quit, but her
ally, with thousands of troops within her
borders said ‘No.’ and meant it.
At Russia’s request, England declared
war on Finland when the latter refused to
make peace. But it is a token war, and as yet
no British bombs have blasted‘Helsinki. Fin
land fights, no doubt unwillingly. And she
must continue to fight until either her mast
ers call her off or until the body of the
octopus is crushed. Her main contribution
in the spring may be an attempt to cut the
Murmansk-Moscow railroad. But although
an enemy now, and although she will be on
the opposite side of the conference table
from us when peace is restored, you may be
sure that the strains of Finlandia will once
again be heard over a free, democratic Fin
land several years hence.
The World Turns On
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
* Copr. 1941, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved ■ »
“Who was th’ wise guy that said the army travels on :
stomach?”
BACKWASH
BY
Charlie Babcock
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
:By Dr. R. W. Steen:
When will the war end? That question is ask
ed hundreds of times a day, and no one can
answer it. Winston Churchill, who is prob
ably better qualified to speak on that sub
ject than any other person made no attempt
to answer the question in his recent address
to Parliament. He admitted
that the outlook for the imme
diate future in the Pacific- is
dark, but the more distant fu
ture is bright. It is made bright
by the courage of free peoples
and those who wish to be free,
and by the manpower and pro
ductive ability of the United
States. Certainly we can’t hope
for victory in 1942, but it might
be possible in 1943.
steen A small American force has
arrived in northern Ireland. Its function at
the moment is to guard the bases prepared
there last year by American workmen. We
were not at war then, so Britain supervised
the activity. These bases could serve only
one possible use, and that is the use to which
they will doubtless soon be put: to serve as
reception bases for American troops on the
way to European battlefields.
This small force can hardly be described
as an American Expeditionary Force, but it
is doubtless the vanguard of such a force.
Americans—even small numbers of them—
in Europe at this time have a great psycho
logical value. They will give encouragement
to the English. They will discourage the Ger
mans. Even more important is the fact that
an American expeditionary force will make
it possible for the British army to be placed
in contact with the Germans. The British
army of between two and four million men,
probably well equipped by now, has been
largely immobilized by geography. It has not
been strong enough for an invasion of the
continent. The Germans have not gone to
England. The result is that the army has
drilled and drilled and nothing more.
One of the most interesting results of
the arrival of this force is the protest made
by the Irish government. The Irish seem
quite hurt at not having been told all of the
plans in advance. Ireland is a neutral coun
try, and northern Ireland is not a part of the
Irish Free State, so it is a bit difficult to
see why the Irish government should have
been consulted.
More than a century ago an American
naval commander sent a message famous
for its brevity: “We have met the enemy
and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one
schooner and one sloop.” This week the pilot
of a naval plane made an equally definite
statement in even less space. His report:
“Saw sub; sank same.”
Ye Olde Classified
Unbelievable as it may be, we’ve
found documentary evidence that
there is actually an inanimate ob
ject older than Ross Hall, more
commonly known as Chateau de
Rosse, 1347, or Fort Ross, the last
out post. Still more unbelievable
is that -this document is the pre
historic object.
Field Artillery freshman Jack
Dempsey suppli
ed us with the
article in ques
tion, a newspa
per titled The
Ulster County
Gazette, dated
Saturday, Janu
ary 4, 1800.
Headline type
was as small as
Babcock the body type of
a modern paper. In fact, only the
fourth page of the four-page jour
nal carried items of unusual in
terest.
Several “classified ads” were run
on that page, as follows:
FOR SALE
A neat, elegant, well-finish
ed pleasure sleigh.
Apply to James Hafbrouch.
SAMUEL FREER
Has just received an assort
ment of goods adapted to the
season, which he will dispose
of for cash or country produce
only, upon very moderate
terms.
SECOND NOTICE
Of my wife Hannah is here
by given; forbidding all per
sons whatever from harboring
or keeping her, and from trust
ing her on my account, as I
an determined to pay no debts
of her contracting
Matys Van Steenbergh
• e •
Air Raid
Captain Culberson of the local
Army Recruiting Service supplies
us with the following which may
help Aggies in time of air raid
attack, if such ever comes to Col
lege Station.
AIR RAID INSTRUCTIONS
FOR CIVILIANS
1. As soon as the bombs start '
dropping, run like hell. It does
n’t matter where, as long as
you run. Wear track shoes if
possible. If the people running
aJiead of you are slower and
fall down, you won't have any
trouble in passing them or
jumping over them.
2. Take advantage of the op-
portuities afforded you when
the Air Raid sirens sound the
warning of attack or black
out; If in a bakery, grab a pie.
If in a tavern, grab a beer.
If in a movie, grab a blonde.
3. If you find an unexploded
bomb, pick it up and shake
it. Maybe the firing pin is
stuck.
4. If an incendiary bomb is
found burning a building,
throw gasoline on it—you can’t
put it out anyway, and you
might just as well have a little
fun.
5. When the first bomb falls,
holler bloody murder. It will
add to the fun and confusion
and scares hell out of the kids.
6. It is well to have onions or
limburger cheese handy as a
snack before entering a crowd
ed air raid shelter. It may
make you a very unpopular
fellow, but you’ll have lots of
room for yourself.
7. If you should be a victim of
a direct hit, don’t go to pieces.
Just lie still and the sanitat
ion squad will attend to you.
8. If an air raid warden starts
to tell you what to do, knock
him down and kick his teeth
in. Wardens always save the
best seats for themselves, any
way.
California University
Experiments Produce
Only Missing Element
BERKELEY, Calif.—An un
stable form of element No. 61,
only missing item in the list of
known chemicals of the material
universe, has been produced in the
University of California cyclotron
and by experimenters at Ohio
State university.
Announcement of the experiment
here- said a radioactive form of
No. 61 was produced by bombard
ing some rare earths with atomic
bullets. The raw materials used
were sent to Berkeley more than
a year ago from Italy by Dr. Luigi
Rolla, Italian chemist.
The work was done by Dr. Elilio
Segre, one of the discoverers of
elements No. 43 and 85, and Dr.
Chien Shiung-wu, a young Chinese
woman researcher in nuclear phy
sics.
Get the Newest in Both Styles on
VICTOR and W DEBIRD RECORDS
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“Serenade For Strings”—Waltz—Freddy Martin
“Angels Of Mercy”—Glenn Miller
(Royalties on this record is split between Red Cross
and the President’s Fund.)
“I Don’t Want To Walk Without You”—Dinah Shore
“Deep In The Heart Of Texas”—Alvino Rey
“We’re The Couple In The Castle”—Sammy Kaye
“Blues In The Night”—Artie Shaw
HAS WELL* S
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1942
COVERING
campus distracte
WITH
i TOM VANNOY
Charley Chaplin, who made his
fame back in the silent era of
motion pictures, got an inspira
tion for a story that is bound to
have you rolling in the aisles be
fore it is all over. This is not
to be conjectured once the picture
gets under way. Chaplin gives
“THE GREAT DICTATOR” fling
and Jack Oakie gets rung in as
II Duce. Chaplin’s first effort for
a number of years is really tops
in entertainment and will be shown
at the Campus tomorrow and Mon
day.
The great comedian is the lead
er of the followers of the Double
Cross. Also he is a barber who
was a soldier in the German Army
in first war and lost his mind.
The story flashes from one char
acter to the other. When it is all
put together, it’s a riot that has
not been equalled for quite some
time.
When Chaplin and Oakie start
to outdo each other in showing
off their military might and egoism,
the picture gets better than
ever. If you are in need of some
relaxation that is excellent, don’t
miss seeing “The Great Dicta
tor.”
Bonnie Baker and Orrin Tucker
This
Collegiate
World
: =ACP=
State Teachers college males of
Greenville, W. Va., especially
those from Louise Bennett hall,
dormitory for men, are chanting a
lot of once-familiar hit tunes
these days and in addition a new
number titled “Kanawha Hall Girls,
Aren’t You Coming Out Tonight?”
On more than one occasion, just
after the shades of evening drop
ped over the green campus, the
male chorus, neither hand-picked
nor formally trained, went like
Romeos to the lawn in front of
Kanawha hall, dormitory for
women, and there offered the new
vocal number, plus such old favor
ites as “Especially for You,” and
“Playmates, Come Out and Play
With Me.”
Not to be outdone, girls re
sponded with a new version that
sounded like “I’m Sorry, Play
mates, I Cannot Play With You;
I’m Campused, BOO! HOO! HOO!”
To which the boys replied with
Barbara Field’s arrangement of
“Good Night, Ladies, Were Going
To Leave You Now.”
And what’s behind all this ing-
ing?
All but three girls in the hall
recently violated bed-time rules
and were “Sentenced” to demerits,
which forbid their leaving the hall
after 8 p. m.
• • •
Dr. Zeeb Gilman, oldest living
graduate of Dartmouth college
celebrated his 100th birthday at
Redlands, Calif., on May 13.
tried to get something started in
the film at Guion hall at 1 o’clock
today, “YOU’RE THE ONE,” It
is all about the efforts that a sing
er makes to land a job with a
dance orchestra. The whole thing
flopped rather flat. But if it’s a
close-up of Wee Bonnie you’re
wanting, then this should fill the
bill.
Bi'itain in war-time is depicted
in the story of “BLACKOUT” at
Guion hall tonight. Conrad Veidt
and Frances Hobson play the roles
of a Danish sea captain and a
British intelligence agent, respec
tively.
The story of German agents at
tempting to overpower them to ob
tain vital information is lacking in
dramatic polish, but it portrays
splendidly the life in England un
der the stress of the blockade and
blackouts and bombing.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Saturday, 1:00—“YOU’RE
THE ONE,” with Bonnie
Baker, Orrin Tucker, and
Jerry Colonna.
Saturday, 6:45, 8:30—
‘BLACKOUT,” featuring
Conrad Veidt and Varelie
Hobson.
Monday — “SAINT’S VA
CATION,” with Hugh Sin
clair.
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday —“THIS WOM
AN IS MINE,” with Fran-
chot Tone, Waltef Brennan
and Carol Bruce.
Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday — “THE GREAT
DICTATOR,” starring Char
les Chaplin and Jack Oakie.
LOUPOT’S-
i
Little Place
BIG SAYINGS
4-1181
LAST DAY
“THIS WOMAN IS
MINE”
Carol Franchot
Bruce Tone
PREVUE TONIGHT
11:00 P. M.
SUNDAY — MONDAY
The Great
DICTATOR
Go In 9:20 P. M. & See Both Shows
Movie
GUION HALL
SATURDAY
1P.M.
Bonnie Baker — Orrin Tucker
in
“You’re The One”
6:45 & 8:30
Conrad Veidt — Valeria Hobson
in
“BLACKOUT”
Also
MICKEY MOUSE