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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1942
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 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
4-6444.
1941 Member 1942
(Yssociated GoUe&de 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
Tuesday’s Staff
Tom Vannoy Junior Managing Editor
Clyde C. Franklin Junior Editor
Ken Bresnen Junior Edjtor
Brooks Gofer - —Junior Editor
W. A. Goforth Assistant Advertising Manager
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
Pankay, John May, Lonnie Riley, Jack Hood.
Federal Inspection
Wednesday and Thursday of this week the
annual Federal Inspetion will be conductedby
a board of officers from the Eighth Corps
Area. At that time each branch of the cadet
corps will be under the critical eyes of an
inspecting officer who will probably let noth
ing pass his sight.
This inspection is the annual War De
partment inspection to determine the quality
of work which the ROTC is doing here on
the campus. The showing of the cadet corps
will provide a means whereby future appro
priations and military assistance will be
granted to the college by the War Depart
ment.
Fullest cooperation from every student
will be needed in order that the college and
the military department can continue to keep
the high standards which have been main
tained in the past. To uphold high standards
each cadet should do his individual part, no
matter how small or large his participation
may be.
The military proficiency of the cadet
corps will be that of the lowest ranking man
on the campus. He will display the leadership
of present cadet officers besides his own
military appearance and behavior. It. is the
corps as a whole which will be judged and
not a selected group. For a good showing
each cadet should continue to conform to
the rules and regulations set up by the com
mandant. Also the new orders concerning the
inspection should be understood by all and
strictly adhered to.
All Aggies should enter into the inspec
tion with a spirit of doing the best that he
can, whether he is on the drill field or in
the class room. Individual performances will
constitute the performance of the corps as
a whole.
Organization Scrapbooks
Every Aggie expects to come back to visit
some years after he graduates. Then he will
want to think about old times, about his old
classmates and especially the fellows that
used to be in his outfit.
Now if an organization scrapbook were
made for each outfit it could be handed down
through the years; each year more material
could be added to it and it would be, some
thing that hundreds of men would be proud
to look at and show their friends.
For instance, clippings and pictures from
newspapers concerning members of the com
pany could be collected by each member of
the outfit during the four years he is here
and these could be compiled by some indi
vidual in the company into a large scrapbook.
Every outfit has many men each year
for which it is proud because of their scho
lastic, military, social or literary achieve
ments. There’s no limit to the variety of
things that could be preserved. A company
picture as well as individual pictures collect
ed or contributed by various persons, could
be submitted each year.
Since it would be necessary for one or
two individuals of a company to be respon
sible for the scrap book, if they could be
selected at the first of the year by election
and a small part of the company fund allot-
ed for the work on the book.
Penny's Serenade
By W. L. Penberthy -
Last fall the Placement Bureau of the Asso
ciation of Former Students sponsored a lec
ture on “Getting A Job”, by Paul W. Boyn
ton, Supemsor of Employment, Socony Vac
uum Oil .Company. In the lecture Mr. Boynton
made the following statement: “It is pretty
generally assumed that a student should re
ceive average or better grades since the pri
mary purpose in going to college is to at
tend classes and study the subjects. It is
from the manner in which the spare time is
utilized that an employment man determines
a great deaf concerning the applicant’s lead
ership and managerial qualities.”
I have always felt that students who
go through college without having partici
pated in some extra curricular activity miss
a great deal because participation in these
activities gives valuable training which can
not be had from class room instruction. The
experience gained makes for a better round
ed person and from a selfish standpoint the
difference in landing or not landing a desir
able position.
Our school offers many opportunities for
spare time activities. Aside from participa
tion on collegiate and intramural teams there
are many activities that give excellent op
portunities for organization and administra
tive training. Working with Student Publi
cations, being a personnel or recreational of
ficer of one’s organization or being an intra
mural manager are some of the various op
portunities offered and in all of these activ
ities there are places for the underclassmen
as well as the seniors. In none of these activ
ities are the rewards great—just a small
token of appreciation—the real rewards be
ing in the fine administrative experience
gained and it is the kind of experience that
cannot be bought.
At the present time we are lining up
our Sophomores Managers for next semester
and many questions have been asked concern
ing the position. We have three Senior Man
agers, nine Junior Managers and an unlim
ited number of Sophomore try-outs, the lat
ter competing for the nine junior positions.
The nine Junior Managers compete for the
three senior positions. The duties of the
sophomores consist in conducting different
sport contests, the juniors are charged with “
the conduct of all contests in a particular Epitaphs
sport and the seniors train and supervise
the work of the juniors and sophomores. As
an award the sophomores receive a ” 1 '
COVERING
caps dim
W WITH
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weight sweater with the intramural emblem The
attached, the juniors a heavy sweater or an
equal award of their choosing and the seniors
get a fine watch, These members of the
present freshman class interested in being—
sophomore try-outs should contact us at their
earliest convenience.
The World Turns On
“Fire that gun and see ft y,ou Can wake up Smftk He f $ ifeeplng
somewhere around herelV
By
M Hood
"Baelnruh: An arttation resulting from Kma action or occurrence."—Wetcter
years ago, NTSTC sent Joan Blon-
dell to College Station to represent
From a little cartoon is one of the college and the Aggies stole
light the best °f the current war ideas, her baggage to persuade her to
drawing
By DR. C. C. DOAK
The
Hood 1
cartoon
SPIRIT OF
is of three small remain over a few extra days.”
mounds of dirt. Olga Hendrick, Marlin sophomore
At the head of who will represent the Teachers
each mound is a this year, says she won’t mind
small tombstone, following in Joan’s footsteps, if it
One reads “Here leads to the motion picture fame
Lies Hirohito.” that is Miss Blondell’s . . . Famous
On another: Last Words: “Caught with Jap-
“Here Lies Adol- ans down.”
ph.” And the
Lies r: Benito"” ^eGolyer Addresses
is captioned, “the Banquet for Students,
$18.75’—Buy u. s. Engineering Profs
Everette De CJolyer, noted geol
ogist and oil producer, was the
main speaker last night at a ban
quet for the faculty of the School
of Engineering and 180 distin-
Review—In the first column, of which this
is number two in series, it was pointed out w D ,
that there is obvious oneness in the physical ar ' Bonds and Stamps,
world. It was hinted that oneness in the so- • • •
cial world is struggling to be born. Attention To V. M. I. and Back
was called to the importance of a deep con- • • v
viction of the permanence of principles in The b °ys an d girls around Vir-
order to feel at home in a changing world, sinia Military Institute won’t for-
The museum was recommended as a place get the Aggies soon. The local
within easy reach of all Aggies where a start chapter sent Clayton Muse, c En- guished students in the school in
might be made toward thinking in world gineers; Jess Teague, A Engin- Sbisa Hall. The faculty believed,
terms. eers; and Luther Peterson, C En- that by this method, they could
Reaction Since that article was writ- S ineer s , to Roanoke, Virginia, tor show their BpprecIation in a sma]1
ten, the writer has been told, You are wast- the National A.S.C.E. convention.
ing your time. Aggies don’t care to think in Someone got the three Aggies way to those students who have
terms broader than the sports page, older dates for the dance, and it turned undertaken a job and completed it
than last week’s song hit, or further from out the boys of V.M.I. frowned on properly.
home than the Rose Bowl.” Being a good the custom of cutting in on DeGolyer, Dallas geologist and
Aggie myself, I have remained unconvinced strange girls ... but the Aggies oil producer, is, at the present
Ot these charges. . had Other views . . . before the time, Director of Conservation for
Ex-Aggie H-ogram and “Aggie Field dance was over the Aggies were the PetroIeum Coordinatol ., s
in any field of pure or applied sci
ence. DeGolyer received this medal
“for his vision and leadership in
developing and applying the art of
Force”—It is with pleasure that I point lu intrrwWimr o-.-ric v m i tt u ei u i.
^ Th - ^ ^ Medal"
aents Association, mat program Otters proot stai . genera i s introduced them- which is awarded for notable sci-
“ “; d r“ «°
j i i t i i j colonel to tend bar.
they have been convinced that a movement
has real meaning for their state, nation, and . * *
the world Aggies can be counted on to sup- Sweeping’S
port that movement 100 percent. The new
plan has been outlined with a view to weld- Foreword: She was only a bar- geophysical exploration to petrol
ing the Aggies in each community into a ® dau Fbter, but she was always cum deposits.”
civilian “Field Force.” Aggies out of college cuttin s up . . . The Bluejackets Born in Greensburg, Kansas,
are to be charged with taking home to the were * be g ues ts of the American DeGolyer received his bachelors
people some Of the fraternity, enlighten- Legion Saturday night at the degree from the University of Ok-
ment, and improved practices which are Country Club in Bryan . . . and lahoma, and his doctor’s degree
originated and taught at this great center. a note f rom someone adds that the from the Colorado School of Mines.
When it is remembered that Aggies have Sailor-boys are not slow with the He served with the United States
volunteered to do every type of difficult loca l Misses—and the Leather- Geological Survey and as presi-
job in the most inaccessible foreign lands, necks (having landed) like worn- dent of the Mexican Eagle Oil
no more argument is necessary in order to en ... We learned that much in Company, Amerada Corporation,
refute all charges of narrowness of vision, the first grade . . . Eavesdropped and Rycade Corporation. He also
Aggie Opportunities—Only a world that around the Ad bldg lately: “Seems served as president of the Amer-
makes sense is considered bj7 a man to be like there’s change in everything ican Association of Petroleum
worth fighting for on any and all fronts. A these days—except my pockets” Geologists, and the American In-
program of study and work makes plenty of ... If Tricycle Willie had in mind Stitute of Mining and Metallurgi-
sense to a man who is convinced that he is to air out Mr. Garrigan, head man cal Engineers, and recently served
supporting the sound principles upon which at the Horse Stables, or to give as “Distinguished Professor of
the world as a whole will either go forward him a thrill, he must have been Geology” at the University of Tex-
or move back. Once we are convinced that disappointed. Willie carried Mr as.
the world is governed by understandable nat- Garrigan up to the Academic bldg
ural laws, it becomes our duty to understand post office in his tri , t0 t The castor bean bc( . ome a
these laws Study, aud lots of it, is required his mail . Mr . G . calml sM “ t0 major United States from
for so eomulex a subject. There are unbound- the side . car aIld read his ^ which will fIow oil nceded i ’ t0 re _
LmSfate'abilit^asTstudlftanYa wu” while Wi " ie “ K>l ‘ oft like a bat pl,,ce imports cut off by the Pa ‘
lingness to work at the lob " ut ot be,<,w ■ • • According to the cific war, says Dr. W. L. Eurlison
Knowledge must be used—Uncle Sam NTSTC scho01 news: “ Nl,t ma " 5 ' of the University of Illinois,
is busy investigating and reprimanding those
American companies who have held patents
without using them. What he is trying to
say is, that after one has studied out a way
to harness the laws of nature, he robs so
ciety if the benefits of the discovery are
withheld from use.
Thought is the rarest product of man,
and its fruitful reward should neither be
covered by a bushel nor hidden in a patent
office. Americans learn the hard way. We
would not see the truth until Hitler started,
turning American patents (the products of
American brains) into weapons for our de
struction. We rqust learn to use the prod
ucts of both our brains and our hands. With
out study there will be no products from
the brain; without work there will be no
products from the hand; and without the
skillful use of both in the fight, there will
be no victory.
Aggie Slogan Suggested^-Several lead
ing Texas newspapers have adopted the slo
gan Work-or-Fight. This short line is repeat
ed between articles. Since study ts as neces
sary for victory as either work or fight and
since all three are essential why cannot we,
as Aggies adopt the slogan “Study, Work and
Fight”?
By Jack Keith
Guion Hall is showing Wallace
Beery in “THE BUGLE SOUNDS”
today and tomorrow. Beery is
ably supported by Marjorie Main,
Lewis Stone and George Ban
croft.
“The Bugle Sounds is a story
of an iron-fisted, rough-and-
tough Sergeant in the U. S. Cav-
a j r y w jj 0 >u have
| nothing to do
| with the new-
i f am g 1 e d “tank
j outfit.” Marjorie
; Main plays the
I part of the Sarg’s
fiancee and runs
a restaurant
close to the army
Wallace Beery
Beery, as Serg-
ent Doan, blows up when a wild
tank roars through the stables
killing his favorite horse. He is
dishonorably discharged when he
openly insults the colonel of his
outfit (Lewis Stone). Doan then
works himself into the confidence
of a band of saboteurs who are
planning to blow up the tank train
and manages to capture the gang
single-handed. Naturally, he is
welcomed back to his “non-com”-
ship with new honors.
Although “The Bugle Sounds” is
one of a flock of comedy films with
military and naval backgrounds
Senior Scouts
Adopt New Name
The senior Scout Association of
A. & M. voted to adopt the name
“Aggie Rover Crew” at its last
meeting, Thursday night. A rover
crew is an older Scout’s organiza
tion designed to meet the desires
of boys who have been members
of the Boy Scouts and who wish
to continue their Scouting.
Officers of the Aggie Rover
Crew are Bill Fitch, leader; Louis
White, assistant leader, and Thom
as Tighe, secretary-treasurer.
Members of the organization are
planning to start classes in life
saving, first aid, bird study and
signaling so that those who have
not attained the rank of Eagle
Scout. Any former Scout who is
interested in these and similar
subjects should contact one of the
officers of the crew.
now rampant, it presents a def
inite contrast to most of these.
It devotes a few sequences to cav
alry and tank maneuvers that are
above the average picturizations.
First of the double features
showing at the Campus today and
Wednesday is “THE KID FROM
KANSAS,” with Dick Koran, Leo
Carrillo and Andy Divine. Andy
displays his usual talent for mak
ing ordinary things sound funny
with his high-pitched voice, while
the rest of the cast engage in the
operations of a banana plantation
in a mythical South American Re
public. The show is full of sabo
tage and jail breaks.
The second feature, “MYSTERY
SHIP,” with Paul Kelly and Lola
Lane is a fantastic story about a
shipful of enemy aliens being
tracked down by a girl reporter
and a never-say-die G-man. The
newshawk, Lola Lane, and Kelly,
the G-man, are always on the
verge of getting married, but at
the crucial moment, he has to go
round up the culprits or her edi
tor sends her on a long assign
ment. As a stowaway on the mys
tery ship, Lola succeeds in get
ting her scoop, and Kelly “gets
his man.”
Loupot Is An
Aggie Tradition
WE WILL PAY
60^ Per Hundred
For Coat Hangers
NOW
We will pay them up
when in bundles of
25 each
HOLICK
CLEANERS
Dial 4-1181
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“Mystery Ship” with Paul
Kelly and Lola Lane. Also,
“Kid From Kansas,” with
Dick Foran, Leo Carillo and
Andy Devine.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“The Bugle Sounds” starring
Wallace Beery, Marjorie
Main and Lewis Stone.
TODAY - TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
“THE KID FROM
KANSAS”
with
DICK FORAN
LEO CARILLO
ANDY DEVINE '
2:15 — 4:39 — 7:03 — 9:2
“MYSTERY SHIP”
with
PAUL REILLY
Lola Lane — Larry Parks
1:10—3:34—5:58—8:22—10:28
Also
MERRIE MELODY
COTTON BALL IS THIS WEEK
AGGIES
Come by to see us for Quality Barber Work
Y. M. C. A. BARBER SHOP
and
VARSITY BARBER SHOP
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3:30 and 6:45
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
April 27, 28 and 29
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and Cyril Hume. Directed by S. Sylvan Simon. Produced by J. Wal
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