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r Page 2- 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 Ptssocided GoUe6iate Press B. M. Rosenthal Acting Editor Ralph Criswell Advertising Manager Sports Staff Hike 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 Tack Jones : Staff Photographer dob Crane, Ralph Stenzel.....' Assistant Photographers Phil Crown Assistant Photographer . Thursday Staff Ken C. Bresnen Junior Managing Editor Clyde C. Franklin Junior Editor lack Hood. Junior Editor 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. Japanese Students Japanese-American college graduates always have been handicapped in their choice of work, and prewar conditions in this regard will probably return shortly after the peace. This is a conclusion of H. A. Spindt, manager of the bureau of guidance and placement at the University of California, from a survey just concluded of the vocation al experiences of Japanese graduates. The survey includes 184 Japanese who replied to a questionnaire. The graduates follow a great variety of occupations. The following are the leading occupations: farm ing, 24 graduates; medicine, 15; nursery men, 13; dentistry, 13; foreign trade and merchandising, 12 each. “An analysis of the replies received in dicates racial difficulty in most of the occu pations listed,” Spindt said. “The difficult ies include items like low comparative in come, the unwillingness of Caucasians to of fer employment, delayed promotion, refusal of public patronage and other problems usual to non-Caucasian groups.” A number of nisei (American-born children of Japanese parents) graduates have been forced into lines of work other than those for which they prepared in col lege, it was found. As an example, of the 13 in the nursery business, six had been graduated with a major in agriculture, five in economics or commerce, and two in en gineering. Others in the field of agriculture were college majors in many other univer sity departments. In regard to the long-term occupational problems concerned, Spindt said: “War feel ing will make the problem more difficult for a short period after peace is established, but will not materially affect the long-term sit uation of the nisei.” “It is particularly important during these days that men and women who will soon be taking their places in the victory ef fort, whether they find work in defense in dustries or as workers in other agencies, be placed in positions to which they can con tribute with maximum efficiency. We haven’t time to find out aptitudes by the old-fashioned trial-and-error method. That method takes time which is wasted to the general effort of the country. We want to find out now whether or not a certain man or woman has sufficient manual dexterity to be a good subject for training for machine work, whether this girl will make a good nurse or secretary, whether that boy will work with other people in administrative work or should be assigned to a research task where he will work alone.”—Dr. Harry N. Glick, professor of psychology at Mas sachusetts State college. THE BATTALION Open Forum Have We Lost Our Spirit? Yell practice Tuesday night was a striking demonstration of the degeneration of Aggie spirit and Aggie traditions. Here is a brief resume of the events at the practice: The evening was begun by a gang fight on the steps of the band stand. When the freshmen were told to back off the steps and stop fighting by several band juniors and seniors, the band men were told that they, the freshmen, had as much right on the steps as anyone and it wasn’t the band juniors and seniors business anyway. After yell practice started there was such continuous commotion among the fish that it made hearing impossible. The noise consisted mainly of boos, whistles and loud cries of “We want Staley”. Even during the yells and while the “Aggie War Hymn” was being played there was much commotion, little singing and much playing around on the part of the freshmen. The climax was reached when during the “Spirit of Aggieland” the fish were actually slapping each other around and no semblance of respect was shown. This is what has happened to our Aggie traditions. The song we love above all others, the spirit we have held as an example to all, the traditions of which no other college could boast—all have degenerated to some thing which we can no longer be proud, no longer hold up to others. What is to be done about this situation ? The upperclassmen can help correct it if they apply themselves. True enough, the board has been taken away and “bleed” meetings are no more, but there are other methods of enforcing discipline. The fresh men still must take orders given them by the upperclassmen or get “rammed”. If these orders are firm and to the point and if the freshmen know they must obey them, then all may not yet be lost. All future offi cers must learn to exact discipline in their men without the use of force, and this would be excellent training. And you freshmen, you who showed us that spirit during football season, don’t you have the pride to help uphold traditions and discipline yourselves even when a board is not hanging over you head? You are probably the last class ever to live under the old conditions at A. & M. Be proud of this fact and try to live up to it. At yell practice don’t rush and fight, dop’t show disrespect for our school song and get in there and cooperate with our yell leaders. You’ll be proud of the fact that you were real Aggies, in every sense of the word, af ter you graduate.—R. B. Alexander ’44. Man, Your Manners Kollegiate Kaleidoscope PROF. WILLIAM LYON OF YALE, ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST KNOWN EDUCATORS, CARRIES AN UMBRELLA AL MOST CONSTANTLY/ By I. Sherwood ATTENTION DIOGENES/ PRES. viAS. C. KINARD OF NEW BERRY COLLEGE RECEIVED A *5 CHECK FROM A FORMER STUDENT STATING—"IN PAYMENT. WITH IN TEREST. FOR A TICKET TO YOUR 1927 THANKSGIVING DAY FOOT BALL GAME WHICH 1 ENJOYED THROUGH THE COURTESY OF A MISSING BOARD IN THE FENCE/* W f\ ■ -CHAIN LETTER- MEMBERS OF THE 1916 CLASS OF FRANCES SHIMER COLLEGE HAVE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER FOR 22 YEARS WITH A CONSTANTLY CIRCULATING LETTER/ The Thank-You Note or bread-and-butter note is really an abbreviation of a friendly letter and follows the same rules as to salu tation and closing; it should be somewhat informal in tone, expressing sincere thanks. You are expected to write a thank-you note on the following occasions: BACKWASH By Jack Hood "Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster 1. After you have been an overnight guest. 2. After you have received a gift or remembrance of any kind for which you will be unable to thank the donor in person. 3. After a courtesy that has been shown you, as, for example, when on an inspection trip some firm has taken you on a tour or in some other way made your trip a pleasant one. Under this third group falls the thank- you note to faculty members who speak to your clubs, student groups or are otherwise generous in giving their time to you. A note is unnecessary following an in vitation to dinner, a reception or tea. The thank-you note is sent to the host ess (not jointly to the host and hostess) within a few days after your visit is over. You must send your note of thanks for a gift within a week after it has been received; if you are delayed, do not make excuses as they are not acceptable. The hostess is not expected to anwser your note. War Interpretations :By Robert L. Freeland: Atlantic -Sinkings By the first of April an Associated Press compilation of the number of ships sent to the bottom off the Atlantic coasts of the Americas reached 100 plus 14 that were attacked and not sunk. These were made up of the official figures released by our Navy Department in Washington. At the start of the war the Navy Department released the names and the tonnages of the ships that were sent to the bottom, but later they adopted the British policy of merely an nouncing that a ship of either large, medium or small tonnage had been sunk, omitting the name and the actual tonnage of the un fortunate vessel as these figures might prove of great value to the enemy. More than 50 per cent of these were tankers, and this loss is largely responsible for the petroleum shortage along our east coast. The loss of these tankers means that more must be taken from the coastwise trade to carry fuel and liquid supplies to our forces and those of our allies fighting on almost every continent of the world. The German and Italian admiralties must have shifted a great portion of their underseas fleets to our coastal waters in a hope of forcing the Allies to divert convoy craft—destroyers, corvettes, sub-chasers and cruisers—to this duty and release their convoyed routes from sufficient protection. Then they could suddenly shift their sub marines to attacks upon these convoys or else send out their few surface craft to the attack. So far their policy has failed, for the great convoys carrying men and supplies to England, Russia and the Middle East are still proceeding “according to schedule” with less than 1 per cent losses. It is essential that these routes be kept open although the coastal lanes must be kept clear also. This imposes a great strain upon the Allied nations. But it also imposes a great strain on the U-boats, for in long dis tance operations such as they are now un dertaking it is figured to have Vs of the fleet in offensive operations, Vs i n home ports to give the crews a rest and for refitting, and Vs on the high seas, either coming to or leav ing the scene of operations. The morale of the U-boat crew usually cracks after more than 40 days away from home port, for con ditions are very crowded. They must remain below the surface during the day time, and there is the constant fear of a depth bomb coming too close and all of them dying in this watery prison. Khaki-and Blue A cross-section of student opinion shows that the sailors will be our buddies, if we have anything to say about it. An authoratative spokesman, while being question ed, said this: “The navy has been sent here on Uncle Sam’s business —which comes before everything these days, and Uncle Sam’s busi ness is war. We will just have to forget any traditions, pleasures, and whims that interfere.” A prof that will instruct the sailors stated that, if the bluejackets cover the work outlined for them in the three months time, they will be plenty busy. After the review Tuesday, Ag gies and sailors flocked to the north gate for cold drinks, etc. The sailors stood around and look ed at the Aggies awhile, and the Aggies dittoed. It wasn’t long, aft er someone started it, until khaki and blue began to mix. Aggies dis covered that the sailors can toss out some good bull, and they’re as friendly a bunch as can be found. One Aggie, after talking with some bluejackets, quipped, “That’s a swell bunch of men, and anybody who thinks we don’t want them for our friends is definitely off the beam.” The above couple of paragraphs is not, in the least respect, an edi torial. The information was gath ered from student opinion. • • • Sweepings Forward: They called her Sugar, because she always plays hard to get ... contrary to a report in a Houston paper, George Wald’s or chestra has not been signed for a dance at Aggieland . . . and the guy who became a munitions mak er because he wanted to get a bang out of life . . . local business men have always been nice about cashing checks for Aggies, but don’t go out to a certain eatery east of.the campus, eat a big meal, and expect to pay for it with a check. Policy of the new manage ment is “no checks” . . . the R. V.’s dance this week-end to the music of the Aggieland, and the En gineers are whipping up many ex hibits and a show, “Slip Stick Fol lies,” that will top all previous . . . • • • Ugly Boy Ballot The gruesome goons, otherwise known as the ugly boys, have been WHAT’S SHOWING AT THE CAMPUS Thursday—“Rose of Wash ington Square,” with Tyrone Power and Alice Faye. Bene fit Entomology and Liberty County Clubs. Friday, Saturday—“Tanks A Million,” featuring Wil liam Tracy and James Glea son. AT GUION HALL Thursday, Friday — “Wyoming,” starring Wal lace Beery, Leo Carillo and Ann Rutherford. Thursday—Frete Venereal Disease Educational Pro gram at 8 p. m. -THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1942 Patrolman Speaks To Air Raid Wardens Captain Glen Rose who is in charge of the Houston Area High way Patrol will speak to local air wardens in the Chemistry Lecture Room at 8 p.m. April 8 about civilian defense the local police committee states. He will speak on the duties of the auxiliary police. t » / ‘J VOTE US IN We Will Vote HIGH PRICES DOWN! LAUTERSTEIN MOVIE narrowed down to a field of six. Mascot Freckles was ruled ineligi ble and some of the less horribles withdrew. “Soup” Ogdee came in late as a dark horse and failed to get in the page 1 pic ... In the ballot below just leave the name of your favorite ugly showing . . . scratch the rest. Turn the vote in by Friday to your top kick. GUION HALL Thursday and Friday Wallace Beery-—Marjorie Main WYOMING News Cartoon Comedy UGLY BOY BALLOT R. C. Loomis George Ogdee Kyle Drake L. B. Tennison George Kemnitz R. P. Burke Vote for ONE. Scratch ALL but your choice. 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