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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1942
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 3, 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
4-5444.
1941 Member 1942
. Associated Colle6iate Press
E. M. Rosenthal Editor-in-chief
D. C. Thurman Associate Editor
Lee Rogers Associate 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
Russell Chatham Junior Sports Assistant
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 Photographer
Bob Crane, Ralph Stenzel Assistant Photographers
Phil Crown Assistant Photographer
Saturday’s Staff
D. C. Thurman Managing Editor
Brooks Cofer Junior Editor
Clyde 0. Franklin Junior Editor
W. A. Goforth v Assistant Advertising Manager
Reporters
Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Russell Chatham, Bill
Fox, Jack Keith, Tom Journeay, W. J. Hamilton, Nelson Kar-
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Kirk, Weinert Richardson, C. C. Scruggs, Henry H. Yollentine,
Ed Kingery, Edmund Bard, Henry Tillet, Harold Jordon, Fred
Pankay, John May, Lonnie Riley, Jack Hood.
Uniform Change
At last the long awaited change from
the wool to the cotton uniform has been
made. There is no doubt about the reception
which this order has received among the
corps. Aggies now can be more comfortable
as well as retain a military appearance on
the campus.
But something to think about, Aggies:
This summer due to the speed-up program
that the college has undertaken Aggies will
find themselves attending classes in the hot-
est part of the year. Buttoned collars and
sleeves will be at a minimum, and if the
present regulations are enforced comfort
will also be at a minimum. All of you know
what it is to keep a tie on and your sleeves
down.
A change in regulations or a new uni
form of a summer style would be welcomed
here at Aggieland by most of the students.
Many changes have been suggested, such as
wearing no tie except for certain formations.
Another is the introduction of a polo shirt
on the style of the “Aggie” shirt worn by
many. No matter what the change may be,
there should be no reason for some kind
of an improvement in the uniform for the
next term.
Cool Summer Entertainment
Without the regular schedule of en
tertainment which Aggieland has during the
regularly semester, students will probably
find themselves with excess time on their
hands. And what a group of regular fellows
will do without anything in particular to
-engage their time is known to all officials.
This summer will be the first semester
as Aggies for some 1,500 boys who have
never attended a college. Heretofore the
first term of an Aggie freshman’s life had
an outstanding series of events, but now
there will be no football games until the
second semester of his first year, and he
won’t make his first corps trip until then.
’The whole system has undergone a change.
But likewise the other classes will be af
fected. As it stands now there have been no
suggestions to take the place of the fall
events.
Because of the many contingents that
will be here on the Campus for training in
the services and in National Defense, there
seems to be no reason why a definite prog
ram should not be undertaken. The army
and navy have their USO entertainments
and why shouldn’t Aggieland have a cor
responding method of entertainment?
One of the best plans yet is to construct
at Kyle Field a moveable stage in the form
of a shell which can bet set up in the bend
of the horse shoe. This would be an amphi
theater which could easily take care of the
corps for any big shows or entertainments
which might be brought to the campus. The
Town Hall programs and Kadet Kapers
could be held here in the cool evenings or
at night. And these two organizations should
strive to obtain the best performers possible
under the present conditions.
An outdoor entertainment center is
mandatory because of the picture shows in
Guion hall and of the heat in the Assembly
hall. Kyle Field can serve as the perfect
place for a center. Its location is suitable;
there will be no question as to the diversity
a shows that can be put on. And as shown
by past programs which have been held
there, it can be done.
Quotable Quotes
“The last war brought about the teaching of
health and physical education in the schools.
This war may bring about a new pattern of
physical fitness for all of society. The start
ling and sometimes shocking findings of the
medical boards, plus the fact that many men
from sections without recreational facilities
will become accustomed to regular recreation
al facilities in the army and on furlough,
Open Forum
All Aggies are enthusiastic about Kadet
Kapers and are having a great deal of fun
taking part in the programs. It is the an
swer to a need that has existed on the
campus for many years—the need for a place
where we could go to forget about the rest
of the world and have a good time.
Kadet Kapers belongs to us. It is our
program and its success is determined by our
attendance and participation. Each succes
sive Saturday night has seen the attending
crowd swell in numbers and the number at
tending now will probably be doubled in a
short time.
The one thing that makes this program
of ours so likeable and so different is that
there is no formality, no precedents, nothing
that reeks of the stuffed shirt type of en
tertainment. Instead it is a sort of spontane
ous affair, for when we feel like singing, we
sing; and if we feel like heckling the speak
er, we do so.
Thus far everything has preceded very
smoothly but there are still a few minor
matters which if eliminated would make our
program even better.
Most of the visitors who appear on the
program come free of charge and at their
own expense. They come to College Station
because they hold a high regard for us and
are glad to provide entertainment. Unfortu
nately some of us have been heckling these
visitors. Now, it’s allright to “rib” students,
but let’s show a little more respect for the
visitors who entertain us by giving them
our attention when they are trying to speak.
We all like to make darts out of the song
sheets, and throwing them around doesn’t
hurt anybody, but these sheets are limited
in number and it requires considerable ef
fort to make new ones. Not only is the prac
tice wasteful, but many entertainers are
likely to mistake this as an act of discour
tesy.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
This Collegiate World
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College women smoke “because Code which is so crowded with
Some of us occassionally light a cigar
ette during the program. This practice is
very dangerous for after all the Assembly
Hall is primarily a woden structure and if it
were to catch fire some of us present would
probably pay with our lives in the ensuing
rush. Let’s think about the boys in the bal
cony the next time that you feel the urge to
smoke during Kadet Kapers.
It is the intention of no one to preach
a sermon or to enforce any sort of. rules, but
you all know that this is our program and
we must take those steps to make it more
enjoyable in the future.
Roland Bing, ’42.
A. E. White, ’42.
Oliver Meadows, ’42.
John L. Shipley, ’42.
The World Turns On
everyone else does,” a survey at
Bowling Green (Ohio) State Uni
versity reveals. However, an al
most equally large number re
plied that they “really don’t know”
the reason for smoking. Almost
three out of five co-eds use cig
arettes and packs last from one
day to three weeks.
' Most women students who smoke
have been doing so for two years,
according to Carl Bartch, sopho
more, who interviewed 50 co-eds
as an assignment in a reporting
class.
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“Nickel hops” are currently the
rampage at Oregon State college.
Men enter the sorority houses,
carefully scrutinize each co-ed—
up and down, put a nickel in the
slot, and dance with their dream
navy reservists that, ROTC cadets
can’t enroll. So many students
wished to take the course, given
without university credit, that a
priority system had to be worked
out.
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Ruth Levine and Kenneth Rog
ers, both juniors at Bethany col
lege, Lindsborg, Kans., were elect
ed most popular girl and boy by
the student body.
Both, it developed, had been
chosen as most popular in their
high schools.
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Members of the Delta Gamma
sorority at the University of Ak
ron, hearing that men students
were buying fewer defense stamps
than were the co-eds, offered a
kiss with each stamp sold on “bar
gain” day.
girl, if they find her. The women
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In the summer of 1940 the armies of France J ' ect . t0 the one - sldednes s of the
collapsed and Marshal Retain was called to affau ' s '
head a new government. He had to decide “We’d like to do a little looking
quickly what course to follow. Britain pro- for ourselves,” they opine. The
posed that France and Britain be united to gals want the men to hold hops
one state and continue the war until victory in fraternity houses, allowing the
was won. The French government could have women to trudge from house to
retired to the colonies and continued the house, scrutinize, deposit, and
The usual day’s sales had been
$8. “Bargain” day hit $30.
Not to be outdone, the Purdue
university chapter of 1 Alpha Zeta,
national agricultural honorary
fraternity, held a dinner. But there
wasn’t any food on the table.
Money that would have been spent
for food was given to the Red
Cross or used to buy defense bonds.
fight with the navy and the colonial armies, dance—if they find “him.”
Either Course Would have aided the Allied Most of the Oregon men are
cause and would have preserved the honor willing to hold fraternity hops as
of France. Retain, however, rejected both a turnabout, although one skepti-
proposals and decided to make a soldier’s cal member questioned as to his
peace—interpreted by Retain to mean an opinion replied that “there aren’t
honorable peace—with the mad housepaint- enough wolfesses’ on the campus!”
er. The peace was made, and Retain assured • • •
the people of France that honor had been The male species of the college
retained. It was obvious that nothing else student isn’t the only one that
had been, and it is difficult to see that even works.
honor has been retained. Figures released by Jeanne Par-
This week France learned what other rish, assistant dean of women at
countries learned before her. That is, that Kent State university, reveal that
you cannot deal with Hitler. For two years university coeds earned almost
the government of the doddering Retain has $24,255 last year. Work in the
tried to retain a semblance of independence, university’s dining hall paid out
This week the government was forced to re- the highest total with desk jobs
organize. It now contains as its chief mem- finishing second. Other jobs in-
ber the oily Laval who is in favor of com-e eluded maid service, cleaning, dish
plete cooperation with the Nazis. Retain re- washing, library and laboratory
tains his office as chief of state, but he is assistants, clerical, ushering,
now a figurehead. Collaboration, as Laval in- checking, and modeling,
terprets it, will probably mean the surrender • • •
of the French fleet to the Nazis. There will Here’s a case of close army-
then remain only one step more: the declara- navy co-operation
tion of war by France on Britain and the The military d ep artm ent of the
United States. Of such is the tissue of French University of California is giving
honor m these days of international gang- a course in international Morse
sterism. t
; WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS :
Saturday— “All-American ;
Coed”, with Frances Lang- !
ford and Johnny Downs.
; Saturday prevue, Sunday, !
! Monday — “Remember The <
Day”, starring Claudette
Colbert and John Payne.
; AT GUION HALL
Saturday—“Boom Town,”
; with Clark Gable and Hedy
Lamarr. :
Monday—“Woman of the ;
t Year”, featuring Spencer
Tracy and Katherine Hep
burn. i
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WHEN IN DOUBT ABOUT
YOUR EYES OR YOUR
GLASSES
CONSULT
DR. J. W. PAYNE
OPTOMETRIST
109 S. Main
The American ambassador will leave
France within a few weeks. It is stated offi
cially that he is coming home for a consulta
tion, but it is doubtful that America will
again be represented at Vichy. The state
department' has rejected the most recent
French note for the reason that it was sub
mitted to Berlin for approval before being
delivered.
Complete Uniforms
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The British are now engaged in the most
extensive bombing operations of the war.
Almost every night great numbers of planes
bomb the industrial centers of Germany, and
occasional planes make their way across the
Alps to the cities of northern Italy. During
the past two weeks hundreds of British
bombers have been raiding French industrial
plants and German concentrations in France
during the day as well as during the night.
No second front has yet been established,
but these raids will doubtless be of some
service to the Russians as they await the be
ginning of Hitler’s delayed spring offensive.
should revolutionize our whole attitude to
ward physical fitness.” Dr. George M. Gloss,
associate professor of health and physical
education at Louisiana university.
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North Gate
Right up in the top bracket of
entertainment as far as the cinema
is concerned is “REMEMBER THE
DAY” at the Campus tomorrow
and Monday opening with a mid
night prevue after the corps dance
tonight. Claudette Colbert and
John Payne get the leading parts
in the story. Anyway you look
at the picture it is all right. The
story is good, the acting excellent,
and the directing superb.
Claudette as an American school
teacher is sitting waiting for an
audience with a man who is run
ning for President of the United
States. The scene flashes back to
when the man, John Payne, was
a student of hers and figured in
her love, marriage and widow
hood. The story has a unique touch
that makes it outstanding and en
tertaining.
Payne improves his standing no
end with his performance, and Miss
Colbert makes the most of every
opportunity in each scene.
The story of life in the oil fields
told in an epic manner is “BOOM
TOWN” at Guion Hall today. It
is a perfect role for the characters
of Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy.
Claudette Colbert as Gable’s wife
is quite convincing, and Hedy La
marr does a remarkable job as
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LAST DAY
“ALL-AMERICAN
CO-ED ,,
with
FRANCES LANGFORD
JOHNNY DOWNS
Plus
3 Stooges — News
Ted Fio Rito and Orchestra
Community Sing
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PREVIEW TONIGHT
AFTER DANCE
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
■n, JOHN PAYNE
NEWS
CARTOON
SHORT
she tries to win Clark away from
Claudette.
Chill Wills turns in an excel
lent character portrayal as a na
tive of the oil fields and a marks
man. Frank Morgan is his same
old self as an equipment dealer.
On the day their wildcat well
comes in Claudette arrives to see
Spencer, who is in love with her
and who is Clark’s partner in the
oil venture. However, it is “love
on first sight” for Clark and
Claudette and they marry; Clark
and Spencer toss a coin for full
ownership of the new field—and
Spencer wins.
Gable and Colbert take to the
road .and eventually hit a streak
of luck in the Oklahoma fields. He
becomes a power in the industry
and meets Hedy Lamarr who
makes him neglect his wife. Even
tually Clark is haled into court for
violating the Sherman Anti-Trust
Law and Spencer comes to his de
fense.
SUPER
SERVICE
FOR THE AGGIES
SPECIALISTS
on
WASHING
GREASING
REPAIRING
AGGIE
SERVICE STATION
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THE BRYAN BANKS WILL BE CLOSED
TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST, 1942
In observance of San Jacinto Day, a legal holiday.
First State Bank & Trust Co.
First National Bank
City National Bank
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Coming Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
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"Woman of the Year"