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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, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
Subscription rates $3 a school year. Advertising rates
upon request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
4-6444.
1941 Member 1942
Associated Golle6iate 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 Editor
Circulation Staff
Gene Wilmeth Circulation Manager \
F. D. Asbury Junior Assistant
Bill Huber, Joe Stalcup Circulation Assistants
Cedric Landon Senior Assistant
Photography Staff
Jack Jones Staff
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel.
Phil Crown
Tuesday’s Staff
D. C. nturman Managing Editor
Tom Vannoy Junior Editor
Clyde C. Franklin ...Junior Editor
Kea Bresnen Junior Editor
Jack Lamberson Assistant Advertising Manager
Keith Kirk Junior Editor
Reporters
Calvin
Fox,
bach, Tom Leland, Doug Lancaster, Charles P. McKnight, Keith
Kirk, Weinert Richardson, C. C. Scruggs, Henry H. Vollentine,
Ed Kingery. Edmund Bard, Henry Tillet, Harold Jordon, Fred
Pankey, John May, Lonnie Riley, Jack Hood.
Fashion Notes
Again National Defense plans for victory
are going to be felt by A. & M. students as
well as the entire nation. This time, how
ever, civilians will have only an old style
changed but the Aggie will have style as well
as a fond tradition affected.
For years cuffs have been the pride of
every Junior class and the envy of all fresh
men and sophomores. It was the significant
feature which marked the third year men,
a mark which meant that the student had
accomplished a hard task.
Now, the government has made it man
datory for all tailors and clothing manufact
urers to make defense trousers with no
cuffs. The army is fully in support of the
law and the R. 0. T. C. as a junior branch of
the army must comply.
But because a new change has been re
quired their is no reason to forget and do
away with distinguished class markings.
Class distinction has been one of the strong
est points of the A. & M. routine, and the
difference in the uniforms has made class
distinction even more effective.
The only problem, and it is only a small
one, which confronts the student body now
is the problem of finding a substitute dis
tinguishing feature for sophomores and jun
iors. Freshmen will continue to wear fish
stripes and seniors will have boots, buttons
and gold hat cords.
In looking for this substitute several
things must be kept in mind. Whatever is
decided upon must be inexpensive and read
ily obtainable. It also must be something
that can be easily noticed.
As a suggestion, a bar the size of the
Ross Volunteer bar could be used with pur
ple material on it. Such a bar would be worn
on the shirt above the left pocket. In fact
the distinction could be carried further and
the seniors could put a star on their bar or
even wear another color bar.
What action that may be taken should
be taken within the next week or so. After
that time the khaki uniform will be in for
the summer and the juniors will want to be
known as juniors and not as either juniors
or sophomores.
Politics Again
At 9 o’clock tonight the political season will
have its official opening. Even though cam
paigning has been going on for several weeks
this evening will see the first ballots cast.
At first though there is nothing different
about this political season, or more specifi
cally about this junior yell leader election
than any other season or similar election of
the past, but actually there is. The men
elected tonight and at the following elec
tions will be the leaders of the corps for at
least the, next few months, and at critical
times like these a body’s leaders must be of
the highest caliber.
Tonight, before any man casts his bal
lot he should carefully consider all of the
candidates. Personalities shouldn’t interfere.
The best candidate should be voted for.
But above all things, to make this elec
tion truly representative of the cadet corps
the Assembly hall should be filled to the
galleries with voting sophomores and sopho
mores tonight.
Quotable Quotes
**America has never been in a war yet that
she wasn’t licked until she won the last bat
tle, and this war is not likely to be much
different. The American Revolution was a
string of defeats until Yorktown. During the
war of 1812, the country was invaded and
the capitol burned. In the World war the
Allies were pushed back steadily until March,
1918. American forces were not defeated in
that war, but the Allies were, almost until
the end. In a war like this one, Americans
had no cause for expecting great victories to
begin with. Pearl Harbor was a surprise; no
body was really expecting Japan to go to
war; and we were deceived about Japanese
strength. But once the United States starts
rolling there can be no doubt about the out
come of the war. For the army and navy to
give way to public clamor now and start an
offensive would be foolish. When they are
ready to begin a campaign, we may be sure
they will win it.” Dr. Walter P. Webb.
Penny's Serenade
By W. L. Penberthy
I feel pretty much like the typewriter
salesman who traveled this territory and
made the mistake of calling on a local bank,
the cashier of which was a life insurance rep
resentative. Not only did the typewriter
salesman fail to make a sale but emerged
from the bank with a $5000 insurance pol
icy. I dropped by the Batt office a few days
ago to enlist the cooperation of the editors in
a little physical education publicity, and al
though I fared better than did the typewrit
er man, I was shortly hemmed up in a corner
and asked to write a weekly article for the
Batt, so stay with me Army—at least, for
the first few rounds.
It will be my aim to make the articles
as interesting and educational as possible
and I hope to give the readers some idea of
the everyday incidents in the sports prog
ram that make my work and that of my as
sociates so much fun.
Last year 4278 different students took
part in our Intramural Program and the
total participation, derived by totaling the
number of participants in each sport, was
15,577 which, by the way, is the largest in
the country, leading the University of Mich
igan by about 5000 participants. In a prog
ram involving this much activity we have
a fine opportunity to know our student body
and to observe its reactions and attitudes.
I have always been impressed by the fine
sportsmanship of our men both as contest
ants and spectators. As contestants I have
found that they play hard but dlean and are
ever ready to congratulate the winner when
they are defeated and to give their opponents
credit for a fine game when they win.
We have more spectators at our boxing
and wrestling matches than in other sports,
and as spectators our men like to see the con
testants fight hard, clean and aggressively,
and they will pull for the under-dog if one
of their own comrads is not one of the con
testants. If both men follow the above rule
the loser is given as much acclaim as the
winner which makes them like the scorer in
the very familiar poem which ends “It isn’t
whether you won or lost but how you play
ed the game.” Its a fine attitude, men; stay
with it.
The World Turns On
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
CHARTS-
PROH EDW. M. NEAILEY OF SANTA
ANA J.C. HAS’ MADE UP IOOO
LECTURE CHARTS DURING THE
PAST 35 YEARS. HE HAS DIA
GRAMMED OVER TWO MILES OF
PAPER THREE FEET IN WIDTH/
-TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1942
COVERING
campus dismoNs
wi-rn
III TOM VANNOY III
k
Coach
■CAN TAKIT,
WHO, AFTER A LOSING
SEASON, DIDN’T CLAIM
HE WAS BUILDING
CHARACTER/
Ohe sore
“FINGER OF A
PRINCETON PITCHER BACK IN I8f74 STARTED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURVE BALL. JOSEPH MANN,
76, NOTICED THE BALL BRPKE INTO A CURVE WHEN
HE LET IT ROLL OFF THE SORE FINGER. HE WORKED
ON THE THEORY ALL WINTER AND THE FOLLOWING
SPRING BLANKED YALE 3-0 IN THE FIRST NO-WIT,
NO-RUN GAME ON RECORD/
BACKWASH
Bg
Jack Hood
‘‘Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Denton Sidelights Bluejacket Rebound
By Dr. J. H. Quisenberry
American labor has been tried in the court
of Public Opinion under the jurisdiction of
Judge Production and found guilty of over
organization. Men in our armed forces are
continually asking for more supplies. Even
those charged with the training of our
troops at home are constantly handicapped
in their efforts by lack of material and
equipment for instructional purposes.
Most of the charges placed against la
bor are hardly applicable to the average
worker. He is as anxious to do his part in
winning this war as any other impatient
citizen. But the average worker is at the
mercy of labor bosses often using their pow
ers for racketeering and selfish exploitation.
War demands an almost complete re
versal of our national economy. In time of
peace, those who have are taxed to provide
governmental protection for those who have
not. (Even though it sometimes results in
maintaining those who have not, without).
In peace time, all the have-nots have to sell
is their services or labor. As a result of this
low purchasing power, even their services
are often not needed. Unemployment then
becomes a problem necessitating more taxa
tion to take care of the nation’s unemployed.
In war time many, both employed and
unemployed, are called into active service
and great demands are made for supplies.
The individual with services to sell is then
in great demand. His income increases and
again he can afford to buy, but the things
he wants to buy have been conscripted for
the war effort and so the government is
forced to take away his income by taxes or
selling him bonds. If the government does
not do this, manufacturers and producers
will take his income through higher prices.
The producer must have a large amount of
this income in order to expand his produc
tive capacity to meet war demands.
At the end of hostilities the wealth is
again tied up in producer’s goods and labor
has little with which to buy the products
these goods can produce .Is it any wonder
that labor has to be punished for its appar
ent negligence in the war effort?
To whip this economic paradox labor
must curtail its buying urges, loan more
money to the government through the pur
chase of stamps and bonds, and thus retain
more to purchase with when the war is
over. To whip the enemy labor must elim
inate strikes, curtail over-organization, over
come inefficiency, work more hours, demand
less governmental coddling, and exercise
more democratic control of unions.
We as individual citizens can help do
our part in hastening our war efforts by
contacting our political leaders, urging them
to demand better labor cooperation and en
force more stringent profit limitations on
manufacturers and producers.
Redbud Day at Denton: TSCW’s
new student union building was
christened with the crowning of
the queen of the Redbud Festival
. . . the new building has the ball
room on the third floor, with or
chestra shell, two lounges, mod
ernistic lighting, ceiling criss
crossed with designs of moons and
stars; classrooms, studios, and of
fices on the second floor; and the
new college club on the first floor
. . . a new swimming pool is lo
cated behind the building (sand
beaches, underwater lights, under
water windows for making pic
tures and observing swimming
classes) . . . soldiers from Camp
Wolters, Royal Air Force Cadets
from Terrell, and cadets from Per
rin Field, Sherman, were imported
for the all-college dance after the
coronation ceremony ... as usual,
A. & M. was well represented . . .
Redbud Day was Sunday, when
around 2,500 redbud plants were
in full bloom . . . Mrs. Mogford,
wife of J. S. Mogford, Agronomy
department, stated that the
Queens Court displayed the most
glamorous girls in many years . . .
100 Princesses were selected and
judges were unable to narrow
them down to less than 16; so
they picked a queen from them,
and named 8 maids, and the rest
duchesses . . . Ernestine Ashe, the
queen, is sister to Anna Ruth
Ashe, Aggie Sweetheart of the
Fort Worth Corps trip.
The corps in the east wing of the
new mess hall was called to atten
tion (with a couple of foul notes
on a trumpet) Sunday night, for
the appointment of June Stande-
fer, D Infantry, to the rank of
Buck Gob in the U. S. Navy. The
fish of D company lined up with
military precision and marched to
Standefer’s table to present him
with a diploma, complete with
signatures and trimmings. After
the grand ceremony the fish con
gratulated Standefer on his naval
achievements.
• • •
Back Wash-line
Ted FioRito has been contracted
for the Composite Ball . . . could
n’t be had for the corps dance fol
lowing . . . and bands become in
creasingly harder to sign for one
or two night stands.
Politics at U. T. didn’t fare so
well the first day . . . two persons
filed for offices, and both were
declared ineligible . . . one, says
the Daily Texan, “was afflicted
with an insidious academic disease
known as scholastic probation.”
Prophet of the day is Paul D.
Marable Jr., of the Daily Texan
sport staff. Quips Paul, “The
Longhorns attitude toward their
host, the Aggies, is much like a
wary fly about to enter the spid
er’s parlor, for this year the draft-
protected Aggies have . . ...
Maybe he’s talking about our air-
conditioned rooms.
Mystery pictures and comedy
are not supposed to mix very well,
and “SMILING GHOST” is no es
pecial exception. It is the average
comedy with some spooks, ghosts
and what-have-you thrown in for
good measure.
Alex Smith, a wealthy debutante
has been named by the newspapers
as the “kiss of death” girl be
cause all her suitors have died,
except one, and he is in an iron
lung. Wayne Marshall is hired to
make love to Alexis to disprove
the story.
But the hero meets Brenda Mar
shall, a reporter, who tries to keep
him away from Alexis. The typical
ghost scares befall them, but no
thing very important comes of it.
It will be shown at Guion Hall to
day and tomorrow.
“The Devil and Daniel Webster”
from which “ALL THAT MONEY
CAN BUY” was adapted was writ
ten by Stephen Vincent Benet, and
first appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post. It has since been
republished many times in anthol
ogies of the best American short
stories.
The story tells how, dogged by
hard luck, a debt-ridden New Eng
land farmer sells his soul to the
devil for seven years of prosperity.
Even though his sudden wealth
changes him into a grasping, dom
ineering character, his devoted
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“THE SMILING GHOST,”
with Wayne Morris and
Brenda Marshall.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“ALL THAT MONEY CAN
BUY”, featuring Edward
Arnold, Walter Houston, and
Jane Darwell. Also “JUKE
BOX JENNIE,” with Harriet
Hilliard, Ken Murray and
Charlie Barnett and his or
chestra.
—
wife remains loyal to him, despite
his neglect and his attentions to a
beautiful stranger sent by the devil
to live in their home. Belatedly the
farmer, confronted by the conse
quences of the pact, relents his
bargain, enlists the aid of Daniel
Webster. And the matchless ora
tor, in an eloquent speech before
the jury composed of long-dead
American rogues, out-talks the
devil himself, and saves the farm
er’s soul at the risk of his own.
“ALL THAT MONEY CAN
BUY” is one of the strangest
stories ever made into a motion
picture. It presents a new angle
to widening scope of the writer’s
fertile genius. It is quite an inter
esting story.
The other half of the double
feature attraction at the Campus
today and tomorrow is “JUKE
BOX JENNIE” with Harriet Hil
liard and Ken Murray in the lead
ing roles. To make the show bet
ter and to provide some music are
Charlie Barnett and his orchestra,
and Wingy Manone’s orchestra.
S' ' • \
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Dial 4-1181
TODAY AND TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
Startlingly DIFFERENT
DRAMA!
WILLIAM
DIETERLE
PBODUCTION RKO
RADIO
■with
Edward ARNOLD • Walter HUSTON
jane DARWELL • Simone SIMON
Gene LOCKHART • John QUALEN
and Anne SHIRLEY • James CRAIG
Shows at 2:00 - 5:04 - 8:08
“JUKE-BOX
JENNY”
with
HARRIET HILLIARD
KEN MURRAY
Also
Charlie Barnett and Orchestra
and Milt Herth Trio
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Shows at 3:45 - 6:49 - 9:53
Corpus Christi “University of Air”
Trains Airmen in Flying Seamanship
AGGIES, LET US CUT YOUR HAIR
Before the Ball This Week-end
Y. M. C. A. Barber Shop
and
Varsity Barber Shop
—
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The final stage in a cadet’s
career at the Navy’s Corpus
Christi “University of the Air” is
advanced squadron training where
the Navy decides what type of
plane the cadet is best suited to
fly and spends the rest of its ef
forts in making him a specialist in
one of three fields, patrol planes,
scout and observation seaplanes,
or carrier-based fighters and dive
bombers. Of course, the decision is
based as far as possible and prac
ticable upon the cadet’s choice.
Young pilots who receive final
assignments in the huge “P” boats
(twin-engine Consolidated patrol
bombers) at the world’s largest
naval air station are able to fly,
when they graduate, practically all
types of Navy planes.
One student pilots the ship under
the skillful eye of a Naval in
structor while another is busy
plotting the navigation course and
taking drift sights to determine
the wind direction and force. Still
another is busily occupied with
sending and receiving radio code
and with keeping in contact with
the Naval radio station at the air
base.
One prerequisite in gaining en
trance to this advanced training
squadron is a facility for celestial
and practical navigation because
most patrol flying is over water.
In addition much aircraft gunnery
and bombing practice are carried
out in this squadron.
Lining the beach of placid Corp
us Christi Bay, are six huge sea
plane hangars with two more in
the building program.
VICTOR AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
ON THE OLD ASSEMBLY LINE—Glenn Miller
LET’S GIVE LOVE A CHANCE—Tony Pastor
TOM THUMB—Vaughn Monroe
SO LONG, SHORTY—Erskine Hawkins
ANGELINE—Dick Todd
HASWELL’S
MOVIE
GUION HALL
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
March 23, 24 and 25
IT’S A MYSTERY [butyou ll roar!)
IT’S A COMEDY [but you’ll gasp!)
WAYNE MORRIS • BRENDA MARSHALL • ALEXIS SMITH ^
\LAN HALE • LEE PATRICK • DAVID BRUCE • Directed by LEWIS SEILER
Screen Play by Kenneth Garnet and Stuart Palmer • From an Original Story by Stuart Palmec.
A Warner Bros.-First National Picture
COMEDY “SKY SAILING” and “INKI, THE LION”
COMING
Thursday and Friday
“TARZAN’S SECRET TREASURE”
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