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THE BATTALION
■TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. t M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical CoDegre of Texas and the City of College Station,
h published thee* _imea weekly from September to June, W
sued Tuesday, rhursday, ano Saturday mominra; and is pub-
Bcfced 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, 187ft.
Subscription rate $8 a school year. Advertising rotes
upon request.
Represented nationally hr National Advertising Service,
Son., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
Ban Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Teiaphene
1941 Member 1942
Dissociated Golle&iate Press
m. M. Rosenthal
Ralph Orta well
Mike Hafldn _
W. F. Oxford
Mfise Mann _
OfaWk Hunt -
Sports Staff
Acting Editor
_ Advertising Manager
Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
Senior Sports Assistant
Junior Sports Assistant
Circulation Staff
Bans Wflmeth Circulation Managar
BID Hauger Senior Circulation Assistant
F. D. Asbury Junior Assistant
Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistant
Photography Staff
Jask Jones Staff Photographer
Boh Crane, Ralph Steneel Assistant Photographer
Tuesday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
Tom Vannoy Junior Managing Editor
Clyde C. Franklin Junior Editor
Ken Bresnen Junior Editor
W. A. Goforth Assistant Advertising Manager
Reportorial Staff
Tom Leland, Jack Kieth, W. J. Hamilton, Nelson Karback,
Tom Journeay, Leonard Griffin, John May, Bill Fox, Doug
Lancaster, Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Charles P. Mc-
Kniithl, C. (;. Scrui-Urs.
Opportunities Await
When war was declared The Battalion
staff, as members of the student body, offer
ed its services to the government. We were
“all out for national defense.”
At the time few actually realized what
all out meant. Perhaps an occasional edi
torial, a general run of news stories to ac
comodate the various recruiting offices, and
what everelse the government asked of news
papers.
But one thing was overlooked the
giving of a large part of the staff to the
armed forces. Of course one or two vacan
cies were expected, but since A. & M. was a
military school no abyss in the ranks was
expected. We, too, were wrong. The spirit
of military training encouraged many to
“get in the fight now” and others went the
way of all non-contract men ^selective
service.
Now, the positions, and the numerous
opportunities which go with them, are open
to juniors, sophomores and freshmen alike.
Men to fill important Junior and Senior pos
itions in May must be found and found
soon. But the novel thing is that these men
are being looked for so that they can be giv
en immediately what usually requires years
of hard work to earn.
Tomorrow night, every man who has the
desire whether he feels he has the talent or
not, for in all probability he does, should
attend the Battalion staff meeting. For some
it will mean the opportunity of a college
lifetime.
Lives Worth Living
Daily the growing feeling that the situation
in which America has become involved is a
more serious matter than was at first
thought is becoming more prevalent in the
minds of each and every American citizen.
When the war first started there was a
“don’t care” attitude which was so typical
of the first war. This attitude continued to
exist for the first few months of the war
exemplifying itself in the recklessness with
which youthful members of our Nation’s de
fense turned aside all thought of organized
or concentrated study.
The first carelessness of thought and
“I’ll get my bullet soon anyway” is being
replaced by a more serious desire to do some
thing in a patriotic way. No longer are there
streams of volunteers who couldn’t make
good soldiers simply because they had lost
ambitious qualities. These same men have
begun to take a new outlook on the situation.
At first, volunteers, draftees, students
alike thought that the matter was one of go
ing out and dying for “Your Country”; that
all that was needed was someone who could
handle a gun and was not afraid of a bullet
in his guts.
Now the realization that we must all
fight to live that others live to fight is
growing in American minds. Gone are the
easy year, gone also is the attitude (usually
over a beer mug) “What’s the use—I’ll have
a last fling and then go out and give my life
for my country.” Now the ideals of Ameri
cans throughout the country have become
“Sure I’ll go out and give my life for my
country, and when I do I’ll have a life worth
giving. I’ll accomplish something which
though it may never be widely known will
be for the benefit of America and American
ideals. When the Japs get me if they’re good
enough they’ll have taken an American who
has given a life and the service of a worth
while life to the nation.”
Complimenting the Corps
Among things which the Cadet Corps is to
be complimented on during the past six
months has been the consideration which
they have given the new Y theatre in Guion
Hall. That Aggies have a true appreciation
Man, Your Manners
: By I. Sherwood :
This column has touched on polite manners
due a girl when you are her host, but it has
not included the Gentleman’s Code—the fol
lowing one is taken from a 1941 book on
manners.
A gentleman, young or old, does not do
any of the following things:
Tell coarse or off-color stories or make
offensive remarks to girls or women.
Borrow money from girls, unless some
emergency arises, and then he promptly re
pays them (He does not make a practice of
borrowing from his own sex either.)
Say anything which might injure a girl’s
reputation.
Embarrass girls by offering them pres
ents more expensive than he can afford or
than they will wish to accept.
Fail to keep an engagement or break
one, unless it is unavoidable.
Invite a girl to go with him to a party
or on a foursome or sixsome and then devote
himself exclusively to another girl present
who has taken his fancy.
Urge girls to drink or unfit himself for
their company by drinking freely.
When I contemplate the extent to which
the moral sentiments, the intelligence^,'
the affections of so many millions of
people—sealed up by a sacred charm
within the cover of a letter—daily circu
late through a country, I am compelled
to regard the Post-Office next to Chris
tianity, as the right arm of our mod
ern civilization. —Edward Everett
Curiosity is one of the permanent and
certain characteristics of a vigorous
mind. —Samuel Johnson
The World Turns On
By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry .zzr:
The Y. M. C. A., Inter-Church Council and
the A. & M. College Administration are to
be congratulated on their arrangements for
Religious Emphasis week. Texas A. & M.
College is usually thought of as an institu
tion training men for highly specialized and
technical occupations. Students and faculty
of the College are currently proud of the
role this institution is playing in National
Defense.
Of late, this defense has become more
than national in scope. It has become world
wide. The liberty, freedom and brotherhood
of the world is at stake. No political system
of government is more dependent on right
motivation than a democracy. Religion fur
nishes this motivation. Faith and confidence
in the motives of our political leaders is es
sential for the survival of democracy.
Realization of the value of religion and
freedom of worship should prompt every stu
dent and faculty member alike to take ad
vantage of the opportunities this religious
week provides for hearing the outstanding
religious leaders the Y. M. C. A. and various
churches have brought to the campus. In
difference to such opportunities suggests
that we may be fighting to defend that
which we do not adequately utilize in time
of peace.
Members of the A. & M. College teach
ing staff must sign pledges that they are
not Communists before they can be em
ployed. If they are found guilty of “Com
munistic” teaching they may be discharged
without resourse. On the other hand, no re
striction is placed upon anti-religious teach
ing. The instructor who attempts to destroy
the religious faith of a student may be a
much greater potential enemy of democracy
than an advocate of communism, antagonis
tic as the two are. To some, religion may
seem an escape from reality and a substitu
tion of reward in time but that is no proof
that such is religion. Vital religion is ex
perience, one must try it to know it.
“We must not sacrifice the great heritage of
knowledge and culture that has been handed
down to us. The training of the mind and
the heart in the present world is even more
important than any particular area of techni
cal training. For unless our faith in our
selves, in our democratic policy, in our ideals,
in the principles of tolerance and freedom,
unless all those things can be maintained,
the battle is lost before it begins.” President
Winfred G. Leutner of Western Reserve uni
versity warns against sacrificing real values.
of the Y’s efforts to provide a nice and well-
kept place of amusement is apparent in the
attitude which they have taken of consider
ation and forethought in their treatment of
the Guion Hall.
Earlier in the year a considerable
amount of money was spent in order that
the facilities for presenting movies to the
students might be increased and improved.
The betterment of the equipment and in
crease in comfortable seats and the more
thoughtful attitude developed by members
of the corps have added greatly to the suc
cess of the Y theatre this year.
It has been noticed however that some
of the brass ring supports for the curtains
have been removed which causes these cur
tains to sag. These rings are expensive to
replace and their absence causes a disorder
ly appearance in the curtains.
All students have a certain amount of
pride in the buildings and facilities that the
school offers. In order that these are to re
main in good condition the treatment given
them by the students must allow them to
remain so.
PRIVATE BUCK F.' By Clyde Lewis
COVERING
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TOM VANNOY O
“Let’s try it in THIS end, Private Buck!”
This Collegiate World
Entries for the first nationwide
intercollegiate radio debate num
ber 184 universities and colleges,
it is announced by Dr. William
Pierce, chairman of the board of
trustees of the American Economic
foundation, which is conducting the
educational experiment.
Debating the question, “Does
Youth Have a Fair Opportunity
Under Our American System of
Competitive Enterprise?” are rep
resentatives from 44 states and the
District of Columbia, including
most of the nation’s institutions of
higher learning. The contest is to
end May 10, when four finalists
will be brought to New York for
appearance on the “Wake Up,
America!” forum broadcast over
the Blue network. Judges repre
senting both the studio and list
ening audience will select the two
best speakers who will receive
prizes of $1,000 and $500, provid
ed by the foundation.
Each university and college
selected its own representatives
through student competitions end
ing last week. Those chosen are
to prepare and file 500-word briefs
on either the affirmative or nega
tive side of the debate question.
Sixteen prizes of $50 each are to
be awarded by the foundation for
the eight best affirmative and
eight best negative briefs, the
authors of which then will com
pete in four semi-final regional de
bates to be held at selected sta
tions of the Blue network.
Canadian students who quit their
classroom to join the dominions
ACP:
armed forces will be able to com
plete their studies at government
expense after the war is over.
This is the substance of a recent
federal order. Under its provisions
dischargees, whether or not they
have had previous college or uni
versity training will, if they apply
within fifteen months of their dis
charge, and providing their course
of study is approved by the min
ister of pensions and national
health, have their fees paid and
in addition receive a weekly sub
sidy of $9 for unmarried students
and $13 for married students.
Zoie Odom Newsome of Texas
is co-ed, commuter and housewife.
She married a lawyer who has two
degrees, so she decided, “I ought
to have at least one.”
To get it, a bachelor of arts de
gree with a major in English, she
is commuting 174 miles by train
and automobile daily to study at
Texas Technological college, Lub
bock.
Mrs. Newsome figures that when
she gets that degree she will have
traveled 50,130 miles.
At 4:50 a. m. Monday through
Saturday, Mrs. Newsome arises at
her home in Snyder, Texas. At 9
a. m. she enters her first class
room.
The train back to Snyder leaves
at 4:10 p. m. and arrives at 6:10.
She rushes right home-to fix din
ner.
The nearly four hours a day
spent on the train solves her study
problem.
Three young Americans enter
Randolph Field for flight training
as officers in the Army Air Corps.
Ray Milland is the scion of a
wealthy family; Wayne Morris, a
football star in college; and Wil
liam Holden, a garage mechanic.
They have been anxiously waiting
for their work to begin. Around
these three is built the story of
“I WANTED WINGS” showing at
the Campus today and tomorrow.
Veronica Lake makes her screen
debut in the picture as a money
seeking siren. She
plays her part
horoughly and
,vith great skill,
I jut the character
| she has been cast
is is liable to
move unpopular.
I Constance Moore
| is cast as a fem-
nin e photogra-
Ipher who is mak-
pictures at Ran
dolph Field and uses Ray as her
model.
The planes in full flight over
the well-known West Point of the
Air are a truly inspiring sight.
The story is strong, the acting ex
cellent, and the action sustained.
It is a really good motion picture.
On the lighter side at the Cam
pus today and tomorrow are four
of the funniest cartoons you ever
saw. Three of them are Wabbit
Twacks creations entitled “Elmer’s
Camera,” “A Wild Hare,” and “El
mer’s Pet Rabbit.” The last one is
the original “Which way did he
go,«Jawrge?” cartoon “Of Fox and
Hounds.” These four should pro
vide enough entertainment for
everyone.
Ann Sheridan is the main at
traction of “NAVY BLUES” at
Guion Hall today and tomorrow.
Rounding out the merrymaking
cast are Jack Oakie, a sailor in
Uncle Sammy’s Navy, Martha
Raye, and Jack Haley, also a sail
or boy.
The story that was cooked up to
go with the cast concerns the bets
made by Oakie and Haley that
their ship will win the fleet gun
nery prize. The basis for their bets
is Homer Anderson, a farmer boy
from Iowa who is desperately
homesick for the plains of the
Middle West once more.
Homer’s enlistment is just about
to expire, and he says he is going
back to dry land and forget all
about the Navy. So Oakie’s and
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday — “I
WANTED WINGS,” starring
Ray Milland, William Holden,
Brian Donlevy, and Veronica
Lake. Also 3 Wabbit Twacks
cartoons and the original
“Which Way Did He Go,
Jawrge?” cartoon.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“NAVY BLUES,” featuring
Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie,
and Martha Raye.
—
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RAY MILLAND
BRIAN DONLEVY
WAYNE MORRIS
Plus
3 BUGS Si‘ BUM
CARTOONS
• • •
“Elmer’s Camera”
“A Wild Hare”
“Elmer’s Pet Rabbit”
Also
THE ORIGINAL
CARTOON
“WHICH WAY DID
HE GO, JAWRGE?”
“OF FOX AND
HOUNDS”
(4 Cartoons)
National Educational Committee'
Offers Resources for Defense Effort
Because civilian defense efforts
are bogging down in many com
munities due to lack of effective
instructional methods, the services
of the nation’s colleges, universi
ties, public and parochial schools
have been offered, it was announc
ed today. The offer was made to
the Office of Civilian Defense
through a group of 60 leading
educational organizations banded
together more than a year ago as
the National Committee on Educa
tion and Defense.
The proposal follows a recent
meting with Dean James M. Lan
dis, newly appointed executive in
the Office of Civilian Defense and
U. S. Commissioner of Education
John W. Studebaker by members
of the Executive Committee of the
National Committee. According to
L. H. Dennis, executive secretary
of the American Vocational Associ
ation, secretary of the National
Committee, the executive board
acted in the following points:
1. As a start toward preparation
for “Demobilization Day” the Com
mittee provided for two prelim-
linary investigations, one to ex
plore what possible action might
be taken for educational recon
struction in the United States, in
cluding the problems of service
men after their period of service.
The other would explore possible
steps leading to a broad, general
educational reconstruction pro
gram in this country in relation
to world construction problems
after D-Day.
2. Initial steps were taken to
ward full cooperation by the Na
tional Committee on Education and
U. S. Office of Education.
3. A list of defense activities in
which college women may partici
pate is to be prepared and circu
lated among women’s colleges, and
a sub-committee will provide in
structional aids and materials for
their training.
4. Arrangements were made
whereby a Sub-committee on Mil
itary Affairs may call upon repre
sentatives of the professional
schools in determining recommend
ations for deferment from selective
service of certain types of college
students.
5. It was recognized that many
rural school departments of voca
tional agriculture are being closed
because of the scarcity of teachers
through enlistment and the oper
ation of the selective service.
6. There is immediate need for
expansion by schools and colleges
of programs of health and physi
cal fitness for students as an im
portant defense measure. The Na
tional Committee recommended
greater attention to this problem
by all educational institutions, and
that local school boards provide
leadership in communities where
organized leadership has not yet
been established.'
Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit.
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CASH & CARRY —
D. M. DANSBY, *87
North Gat*
The first professor of agricul
ture in A. & M. was a minister
of the gospel and was chiefly noted
for his knowledge of Shakespeare.
North Dakota Agricultural col
lege has chosen 22 students to re
ceive La Verne Noyes financial
scholarships in 1941-42.
Movie
GUION HALL
Tuesday - Wednesday, Feb. 24 and 25
4:30 and 7:45
THE MIRACLE MARITIME MUSICAL!
News Cartoon Comedy
COMING
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
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