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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
upon request.
Office, Room
4-6444.
Hike Haikin
W. F. Oxford-
Sports Staff
Navy Privilege
From all parts of the campus questions have
come concerning the Navy contingent which
will arrive next Wednesday. Students are
wondering if the bluejackets will receive Ag
gie privileges, if the naval officers should be
saluted, if the A. &; M. routine and the navy
routine will correspond, and many other
questions.
Of course all the problems which have
arisen have not yet been answered, but many
of the more general ones have. Perhaps the
first thing tha the student body should rea
lize is that the bluejackets are coming here
for intensive training. Other than eight
hours of regularly scheduled clases they
will have at least one hour of supervised
study each day. There be little time for them
even to come in contact with the Aggies.
As far as the questions concerning en
tertainment are concerned there will be
strictly A. & M. affairs and those which are
limited to the Navy. Some affairs will be
open to both groups. In general dances will
come under this category.
Shows should be and will be open to both
groups with the restriction that the navy is
to respect the senior section in Guion Hall.
After all, this is only the fair thing to do.
Seldom are the shows filled to capacity and
the bluejackets should have the privilege of
receiving that entertainment.
The routines of the student body proper
and the Navy are going to correspond as
as is practical. The bluejackets will stand
reveille when the Aggies do, will march to
meals with the student body, and will have
the same hours for retreat and call to quar
ters. Every step practical has been taken to
coordinate the schedules of the two groups.
Since all officers of the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and other armed forces are en
titled to the salute of all non-officers of the
services all student body will be expected to
recognize the rank of the naval oficers.
The men who have answered these ques
tions didn’t do so anticipating friction if they
were not answered. They set forth the gen
eral outline and plans with the intention of
•doing what was right and with the second
ary purpose of creating a better understand
ing between two group with one aim—^pre
paring for the defeat of the axis nations.
Remember, Army, the bluejackets are
being sent here to learn how to do a job of
beating our common enemy. We are here pre
paring for the same job. The only difference
is that we are in Khaki, the naval student
in blue.
Democracy's Alternatives
Unless the United States establishes a post
war international order—with peace as a
guarantee of its existence—to prevent a re
currence of the militant fanaticism that
has arisen today, a Texas university govern
ment professor believes democracy is doom
ed.
Pointing out that America’s other for
eign wars have been insignificant, Dr. C. P.
Patterson declares that ’’for the first time
in our history, a contest has evolved in
which the very existence of American demo
cracy is challenged by foreign powers.”
Unless Americans accept the challenge
to assure a lasting peace when this war ends,
democracy as it is known in this country
faces death, he says.
“The rise of totalitarian doctrines has
challenged democracy to improve itself. Our
democracy is not perfect. In our present eco
nomic, political and social systems, there
must be changes which will point to higher
goals and greater happiness for our people,”
he emphasized.
“After the democracies stem the pres
ent threat to their survival they must so
strengthen themselves by curing present
ills that never again will totalitarianism be
able to seed in the soil of democracy’s fail
ures.”—AGP.
Look not mournfully into the Past. It
comes not back again. Wisely improve
the Present. It is thine. Go Forth to meet
the shadowy Future without fear, and
with a manly heart.—Henry Longfellow
The World Turns On
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Reporters
Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Russell Chatham, Bill
Fox, Jack Keith, Tom Journeay, W. J. Hamilton, Nelson Kar-
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.
A few weeks ago the British greatly
surprised the French and their German
overlords by bombing factories in the Paris
area. At the time some writers considered
the move a legitimate attack on an enemy
source of supply. Others argued that the
move would shove France into the arms of
Germany. A few shed tears over the bomb
ing of beautiful Paris.
After the passing of several weeks it
seems that the first group was most nearly
correct. Certainly the effect has not been
to shove France more fully into the arms of
Germany. Nor were the beauties of Paris
greatly damaged. The bombed factories were
near Paris rather than in Paris. They were
marked by neither beauty nor historic value.
The raids seemingly brought home to
the gentlemen of Vichy the fact that Paris
is in occupied France, and that too close
agreement with Germany might bring many
bombing raids. The raids also made them
realize that they were not in position to bow
to Germany’s every wish without having to
pay for it. To say the least Vichy has been
much more willing to come to terms since the
raids than were the case before.
The French have just made four defi
nite promises to the United States. The
promises are: that Axis ships, submarines
and planes will not be permitted to make use
of harbors in French possessions in Ameri
ca; no more food supplies will be given Axis
forces in north Africa; no more gasoline
and oil will be given Axis forces in north
Africa; the French fleet positively will not
be turned over to the Axis. These are very
good promises. The major question now is
whether or not France will, or can, keep
them.
The War Guilt Trails are proving pri
marily that France fall ten years before the
German attack due to the complete lack of
a stable policy on the part of its government.
There were too many friends of Germany,
and too many persons who were convinced
that war is good for business. There were
as late as 1940 many Frenchmen who be
lieved that it did not matter who won the
war because business would go on just the
same. They doubtless know better now. The
trials are definitely disappointing to Ger
many, and will doubtless be dropped alto
gether, or be heard in secret.
Quotable Quotes
“The tack of national defense is not the re
latively simple one of accumulating arms,
munitions, ships, soldiers and other means
of destruction. It is also one of supplying a
steady flow of intelligent, well-educated,
conscientious, skilled citizens into the pop
ulation. The safety of the nation must not
be neglected, but full safety even in time of
war involves the promotion of the welfare
of the civilian population, adequate instruc
tion for our young people, and proper con
sideration of the problems of a post-war
world. To weaken unnecessarily the educa
tional system at this as at any time is to in
crease definitely and materially the vulner
ability of the nation.” President Alexander
G. Ruthven of the University of Michigan.
* * * *
“There are many false notions in regard tc
the real cause of juvenile delinquency. In
the first place, there is no such thing as a
born criminal, nor is there an inheritance of
the so-called criminal tendencies. When crime
runs in families it is due to the social envir
onment in which the children live and not
to the germ plasms of their ancestors. No
race or nationality has a monopoly on crime
because of that particular race or national
ity. But since certain races or nationalities
are forced to live in the poorer sections of
cities in the slum regions it follows natural
ly that that particular group has the largest
percentage of crime. There is a great deal
of juvenile delinquency among Negroes, not
because their skin is black or their heir
kinky, but because of the unfavorable con
ditions under which the Negroes live. There
is a high correlation between extreme pov
erty and delinquency. This, again, is due
to poor home conditions and poor neighbor
hoods with the vicious surroundings and un
desirable companions. Statistics from every
city indicate that when social environment
in the slums is changed for the better, juve
nile delinquency takes a decided drop.” Dr.
0. Myking Mehus, president of Winona
(Minn.) State Teachers college.
* * * *
“Massing thinking, fortunately is no
characteristic of collegiate groups. In gen
eral the undergraduates of today are seem
ingly somewhat tougher in their thinking
and certainly less sentimental than were
their older brothers, uncles and fathers a
quarter century ago. They are loyal and
patriotic, but in a quiet and restrained man
ner which would seem to indicate they are
trying to base their decisions upon reason
rather than emotion.”—The Rev. Dr. Rem-
sen B. Ogilby, president of Trinity college.
* * * *
“The main task of the university is candid
and courageous thinking about important
issues. An institution may do many other
useful and valuable things. It may train
men and women in their vocations. It may
house and feed the young until they can go
to work. It may play football and play it
very well. But it will not be a university
unless it engages, as its principal obligation,
in candid and courageous thinking about im
portant issues. The better the thinking, the
more candid and courageous it is, the great
er the university.” President Robert May
nard Hutchins of the University of Chicago.
-SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1942
COVERING
caps dismoNs
WITH
|§)T0M VANNOY (|§)
up and intercept some enemy carrier-pigeons!"
BACKWASH
By
vidck Hood
"Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
From “Over There”
We don’t intend to start a “Lone-
\
ly Hearts Bureau,” but here are
the names and addresses of sever
al girls in a private school in Eng
land who would like to correspond
with Aggies. One Aggie has al
ready received two letters—one
censored—from one of the girls—
the letters are really interesting,
apparently written with the ut
most care, using perfect grammar.
Taken from the letters: “There
has been introduced for about two
months, a system of order marks.
If a girl gets 5 in a month she has
an appointment with the house
court ... I have not got one yet.
[f, from that, you imagine I am
a “goody-goody” you are quite
mistaken ... I have a brother
of sixteen who is in the Air Train
ing Corps ... on attaining the
age of eighteen, he will join the
R.A.F. ... Of course, we never see
an orange now. The only fruit we
ever get is an occasional apple.
Only those under six are allowed
to buy oranges ... You see, in
England you do not go to college
as a matter of course, but by a lot
of hard work and stiff exams . . .
For punishment, we don’t have to
do any marching in bull rings. No,
we have to scrub, yes scrub! the
tablecloths . . . another punish
ment that is given is to change all
the water buckets standing about
the school for a week. These buc
kets are for fire fighting during
raids ... If ever you come to Eng
land, you must come to Ramford
and see me. Four or five years
seems a long while to wait but
we will write to each other until
then (note: the Aggie who got the
letters got married recently).
In case you’re interested (it
costs a nickle to send a letter, and
six weeks for it to get there):
Gwenda Holness,
23 Macdonald Ave.,
Hornchurch, Essex,
England.
Beryl Coley
17 Bennetts Castle Lane,
Dangenham, Essex, England
Pari Ash
10 Hylands Close
Hornchurch, Essex, England
Beryl Chapman,
263 Rush Green Road,
Ramford, Essex, England
Muriel Jullie
321 Rush Green Road,
Ramford, Essex England.
• • •
Cavalry “Cowboys”
Walter Cardwell, D Troop, Caval
ry, sent his girl at Texas U. a
collect telegram reading “Beat the
Hell out of Texas!!” (just before
the ball game Wednesday). Yes
terday, Walter got a night letter
—yeah, collect—that is a master
piece comeback. It sizzles:
HERE WE HAVE BY AN
ANONYMOUS OFFER AN
EXQUISITE LITTLE POEM
ENTITLED “BEAT THE
HELL OUT OF TEXAS” OR
“WHO SENT THE FIRST
COLLECT TELEGRAM ANY
WAY” OR “WHICH WAY
DID THEY GO.”
ALL COWBOYS IN THE
CAVALRY
EACH YEAR MUST STOP
AND THINK
OF WHO IT WAS THEY
ASKED TO THE BALL
RIGHT AFTER THAT THIR
TEENTH DRINK
SOMETIMES THEY CAN’T
REMEMBER WHO
THE LUCKY GIRL COULD
BE
IN CASE YOU HAVE THAT
TROUBLE BUTCH
THIS LUCKY GIRL IS ME
NOW I’M THE GAL WHO’S
READY QUITE
FOR JUST A LITTLE FUN
SO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
WILL FIND
ME LEAVING HERE AT
ONE
ALTHOUGH I’VE HEARD
FROM MANY THAT
THE BUS IS ALWAYS
SLOW
BY DANCING TIME FRI
DAY night i Should
BE READY FOR TO GO.
SUZY ALIAS POET
In the role which won for her
the coveted award of the best act
ress of the year, Joan Fontaine
lives the terrified life of a wife
in dread fear that her husband
plans to murder her in “SUS
PICION” at the Campus today and
tomorrow.
In five short years, she has
worked up from the foot of the
class to the head. She chose the
stage name of Fontaine so as not
to interfere with her sister Olivia
deHavilland who was already in
the cinema. Joan appeared with
Caty Grant for the first time in
“Gunga Din.”
As a carefully reared English
girl, who has never been exposed
to the rougher element of human
nature, Joan meets and falls in
love with Grant. She convinces him
that he should settle down and
get a steady income. But he can’t
seem to rid himself of his worth
less habits, and embezzles money.
One of Grant’s friends, and she
suspects that Cary was the mur
derer. As time goes on, she be
comes more convinced that he in
tends to kill her. Her life becomes
more and more unbearable.
The climax is perhaps a bit out
of line with the rest of the story,
but the picture is one of the best.
It is a triumph of directing and
acting.
If it’s thrills of the spine-tick
ling order that you are desiring,
then you should see “THE MON
STER AND THE GIRL” at Guion
Hall today. Ellen Drew and Paul
Lukas have the leading parts in
the picture.
It seems rather implausible that
a man’s brain at the exact mo
ment of his execution could be
transplanted to a gorilla so that
the beast might wreak vengeance
on those responsible for his death.
The story in the way it has been
produced becomes fascinating in
a repulsive sort of way. It is the,
doubt that perhaps the story is
not utterly preposterous as it
seems that makes it what it is.
At the Campus today is the
story of life around the Okefeno-
kee swamps in southern Georgia,
“SWAMP WATER”. Walter Bren
nan, Walter Houston, and Anne
Baxter are the outstanding actors
in the picture. It has been adapt
ed for the screen from Vereen
Bell’s serial that appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post and later
was a best seller novel.
Dr. Grace B. Whitridge, profes
sor of dramatic art and speech at
Macalester college since 1900, has
retired.
RADIO REPAIRS
THE
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Dial 4-1181
LAST DAY
“SWAMP WATER”
with
WALTER BRENNAN
DANA ANDREWS
ANNE BAXTER
Also
News - D. Duck Cartoon
Musical
PREVIEW TONIGHT
AFTER DANCE
“SUSPICION”
Starring JOAN FONTAINE (in
the role that won her the Academy
Award)
CARY GRANT
Also NEWS
CARTOON — MUSICAL
HELLZAPOPPIN!!!
APRIL FOOL
MIDNIGHT SHOW
TUESDAY, 11:30 P.M.
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
Olsen & Johnson
Martha Jane
Raye Frazee
ANIfML ODDITIES
BY
Tex Lynn
INJURIOUS ANIMALS
An animal may be of great val
ue in one locality and yet highly
destructive in another. The field
mouse causes little damage in
areas not under cultivation, and is
even beneficial in that it serves
as food for fur-bearing, predatory
animals. Yet this same field mouse
has been known to cause as much
as $200,000 damage in one apple
belt region of Virginia—thus the
animal’s stock rises and falls ac-
cor: K ng lo the locality in which it
is found.
Pocket gophers in alfalfa fields
and vegetable gardens are likely
to cause much damage, but in the
mountainous regions they render a
real service to plant life by aiding
in keeping the soil well-turned and
fertile.
Annually $200,000,000 is lost in
agriculture and forestry in the
United States because of the com
bined action of various mammalian
pests. The greatest offenders be
ing the ground squirrels, field
mice, picket gophers, prairie dogs,
and cottontails.
In 1907 field mice over-ran many
Nevada counties, and it was esti
mated that 12,000 field mice to
the acre was not uncommon. Hay,
alfalfa, and many root crops were
so severely damaged that the loss
to one valley alone was $300,000.
MAMMALS AND DISEASES
It is not commonly realized that
wild animals often are carriers of
diseases infectious to man and do
mestic animals—the dread bubonic
plague that swept over Europe in
the middle ages, killing some twen
ty million people is, at the pres
ent time smoldering in the hill
country of California.
(See ODDITIES, Page 4)
Wear Your Uniform
While You Are Paying
For It!
LOUPOT’S
MOVIE
GUION HALL
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
4:30 and 7:45
SHOCKING!
SUPER-THRILLS!
SUPER-CHILLS !
Paramount presents
“The MONSTER and tk GIRL”
With Ellen Drew • Robert Page • Paul Lucas
Joseph Callera • Onslow Stevans • Red Cameron
Phillip Terry
ALSO
Pop-Eye
Phil Spitalny and his “Charms”
All Girl Orchestra
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