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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/*
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-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.
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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.
G%0«j
Dial 4-1181
TODAY ONLY
“The Rose of
Washington Square”
with
ALICE FAYE
TYRONE POWER
Also
BOB BENCHLEY AND
TWO SELECTED SHORTS
All-Day Benefit Show—Ento
mology and Liberty County
Clubs
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
tANKJ a
million
with
WILLIAM TRACY
JOSEPH SAWYER
ELYSE KNOX
Also
Musical - News - Cartoon
—COMING—
Saturday
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