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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
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Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
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Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
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1941 Member 1942
Ptssocioted Golle6iate Press
E. M. Rosenthal.
D. C. Thurman..
Lee Rogers
Ralph Criswell
Mike Haikin
W. F. Oxford.
Mike Mann
Chick Hurst
Russell Chatham..
Editor-in-chief
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Sports Staff
Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
Senior Sports Assistant
Junior Sports Editor
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 Editor
Brooks Cofer_ Junior Editor
Keith Kirk Junior Editor
Jack Hood Junior Editor
Reporters
Calvin Brumley, Arthur L. Cox, Russell Chatham, Bill
Fox, Jack Keith, Tom Journeay, W. J. Hamilton, Nelson Kar-
b&ch, Tom Leland, Doug Lancaster, Charles P. McKnight, Keith
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.
Parting Time
Final'review this year may seem to some as
rather insignificant but to the seniors who
will be going out of this institution with a
diploma in one hand and a hand full of mem
ories in the other it will have an entirely
different meaning. After four years A. & M.
has become a part of their heart and soul
as has it become a part of every man who
has ever attended for any length of time.
This year’s seniors will go for the most
part into the active forces of Uncle Sam’s
Army in capacities varying from buck pri
vate to Lieutenant. Those who do not go
directly into the Army will help to serve at
home in some capacity probably in defense
industry where their training will help to
win the war and win it more quickly.
To next year’s seniors who will be don-
ing boots and spurs in a few days a new
glory will be felt but while these new men
are taking on their authority they must not
forget the class of ’42 and how they feel
about the subject. For the sake of. all con
cerned don’t let the feeling arise that the
present junior class is trying to push out
those men who have continually been above
them during their college careers. Although
their job done show them that their
work has been appreciated.
Maybe some of the graduates this year
have not done as much in school as others
but this is natural and unavoidable and
should be recognized as such. Let’s pat all
the big shots on the back but reserve another
hearty slap on the sholder for the little fel
low who is way down deep feeling the part
ing just as acutely.
May it not be said that the speed up
program of the college has taken anything
from the Aggie spirit which must be more
firm and well seated now than ever before
in the history of this school. A moment of
reflection will tell the thinker that it was not
so intended and although it works a hard
ship every effort should be made to overcome
it.
The class of ’43 and the classes below
can make or ruin the climax of a college ca
reer which by rights belongs to every grad
uate—his graduation from the institution
of higher learning.
Remember ole Army let there be no re
grets at the end of this school year that
there may be none when another day not too
far in the hazy future arrives for you. Treat
every graduating senior like the king and
the prince of a man that he is.
Quotable Quotes
“Never in our history has there been
greater need for perspectives. This is true
both for the national government and for
every individual in it. The high school grad
uate needs it. He must weigh his alterna
tives against the background of a total life.
He must ask himself ‘What shall I do now
that will mean most in the long run?
The college student needs it. He needs
to weigh the opportunities now afforded him
on a college campus against the background
of their eventual worth. ‘What shall I do
mow that will give college the most mean
ing for me in the future?’
“Looking upon a world where, in many
nations, education is a prohibitive luxury, we
wonder how one dares to do other than place
the highest value upon the educational op
portunities which are his.”—Fred G. Hallo
way, president of Western Maryland college,
calls upon youth to view education in the
light of full perspective.
Eddie Firestone, Jr., and Billy Idelson,
better known to radio listeners as “That
Brewster Boy” and “Rush Gook” of “Vic and
Sadie,” are students at Northwestern uni
versity.
American cities of 10,000 and more pop
ulation are training six men to one woman
for civilian defense, according to a Univer
sity of California survey.
The World Turns On
■=== By DR. C. C. DOAK — — =
Spinning Events Obliterate a S-l-o-w-l-y
Turning World: The world turns on, and in
war time, it seems even to spin on. So much
has transpired in the seven brief days just
past that all efforts to link today’s com
ments with those of last week seem futile.
Impressions, if any which were made by last
week’s column, have been obliterated by
events in Corregidor, Madagascar, Burma,
the Coral Sea, and by the fight for baseball
championship, “C” quiz, and on, and on.
Need I repeat that one must be informed,
and flexible of mind, in order not to become
dazed and lost in a changing world? Any
path that will lead us out of these woods
must link with the road by which we came
in.
The link with last week—In past articles
it was pointed out that in order for one to
strive with all one’s heart the significance
of his striving must be unmistakable. An ef
fort was made to link the present with all
that has gone before (even the geological
past) and to point out the significance of
study in relation to working and fighting
for victory. If one is to be willing to study,
work, or die for a cause, his mental and
physical effort, and his blood must have as
much significance as an indolent life with
out sweat and free of the gore of battle.
Rough Stuff—Real Stuff—Aggies have
never asked for a bed of roses in this life.
Aggies have always extolled the virtues of
“He Men” and have given the “Lizzie” yell
of contempt for any who impressed them as
being in any way effeminate. Aggies have
traditionally had high regard for men of
brawn and have been quick to give the “Tea
Sipper’s Salute” and (too often) a roll of
“Aggie Confetti” to all who could not deliver
on the athletic field. War now asks us to de
liver double measure. Brawn and rough stuff
are needed but they alone are not enough.
Aggies have the brawn, all admit, but we
must also deliver in another capacity, in
hours spent burning the midnight oil, in few
er trips which interfere with our “speed up
program,” in saving squares of paper, tin
tubes, and all else, that costs in work, in
transportation, and in materials which could
go into the war effort. To throw a roll of
“Aggie Confetti” has always bordered on
the crude and has been embarrassing to the
more sensitive among us, but this along with
any other waste becomes positively unpatri
otic when war creates shortages.
The Delivery through Saving: Aggies,
deliver the “Rough Stuff—Real Stuff” to the
real enemy. Save time. Save paper. Save
those of your traditions which still have
value in a changed world. Save your reputa
tion as superior students and as fighting
men, in short—save our country.
Penng's Serenade
—■ 1 i-L'-i— By W. L. Penberthy . —
I had the good fortune to see both of our
baseball games with Texas University last
Friday and Saturday. They were both
mighty good games and all, A. & M. followers
were mighty well pleased with the showing
of our team.
To me the outstanding thing about both
games was that they brought out a lesson
that sports are supposed to teach, and that
is that one should not quit, regardless of
how the decisions are called or what reverses
might be suffered.
There were two decisions called against
us, one in each game, that all A. & M. fans
and most of the Texas fans thought were
wrong. In the first game the decision did
not result in a score but in Saturday’s game
the play was at the plate and the decision
resulted in a score for Texas. This one was
hard for our boys to take as the game was
close and every run counted plenty. In each
instance our players pulled no punches in
showing their disapproval but they did not
let the decision get them down but went on
and played harder and won.
So many times in sports we see individ
uals and teams lose heart and quit after they
have had what they consider to be bad de
cisions called against them or after they
have had some bad breaks. I have seen many
contests won in sports and in life by those
who refused to let bad decisions and bad
breaks make them quit but I have yet to
see victory come to one who quits. To quit
is the cardinal sin of sport, but the real
competitor, the one we all admire, meets
bad decisions and reverses with greater ef
fort and determination.
Surely, in life we are all going to have
some bad ones called on us and we are going
to have some bad breaks but like our ball
team we must not quit but increase our ef
forts.
The best remark of the series was made
by a middle aged Texas fan who sat behind
me at the game on Friday. The announcer
had just announced the batting average of
Scoggin, who was next up at bat, so John
proceeded to hit a three bagger. One of the
fans behind me addressed the other, saying,
“That pitcher should not have pitched to
him. He should have walked him.” To which
the other replied, “Huh, those Aggies are
just like the Yankees—you can’t walk them
all!”
Eighty-five per cent of the 422 new
full-time students who were examined upon
entrance at Wayne university this semester
have been given “Class A” ratings in phys
ical exams recently completed.
One of the most important applications
of vitamin knowledge will be the study of
cancer, a University of Texas biochemist be
lieves.
THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1942
“The Navy welcomes new ideas, young man, bur I’m afraid
this one isn’t quite practical!”
COVERING
campus distractions
By Jack Keith
Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young,
Ruth Hussey and Van Heflin ap
pear today and Wednesday ah
Guion Hall in “H.-M. PULHAM,'
ESQ.” This is a picturization of
the hook of the same name which
gained such renown as a best-sell
er a few months ago.
Robert Young, as a wealthy Bos
tonian returns from the World
War with a changed idea about
life and the way it should be lived.
In trying to break away from the
dull monotony of his life in Bos
ton, he finds work in New York
and falls deeply in love with a
working girl, Hedy Lamarr. But
family ties are too' strong and he
is pulled back into the web of
Boston aristocracy.
Best performance in the show
is rendered by Young as the man
who couldn’t break away from
tradition. Hedy’s beauty is some
what hidden in her role as a busi
ness girl. Van Heflin and Ruth
Hussey share equal acting honors
Extension Service
Cooperates With
USDA In Survey
A. & M. Extension Service is
cooperating with the USDA’s Bu
reau of Home Economics in a sur
vey authorized by President Roos
evelt to obtain war-time consump
tion habits of rural families.
Lamar and Hunt counties are
two of 45 in the nation chosen for
the rural study, according to Bess
Edwards, assistant state home
demonstration agent, and work
will proceed there under the di
rection of the Bureau’s represent
ative, Sadye Adelson of Washing
ton, D. C. County home demon
station agents Rebecca Murray of
Lamar and Elizabeth Dillon of
Hunt are cooperating in the pro
ject.
Information obtained from the
rural families of these two coun
ties will be used in planning for
effective use of the natiou’s re
sources in war-time, Miss Edwards
explained. At the same time, the
planning agencies of the govern
ment want to safeguard the well
being of the civilian population—
the army behind the lines—and it
is believed this consumption sur
vey will be helpful.
“Families in Hunt and Lamar
counties will perform a real war
service in giving facts needed as
a basis for allocation of goods,
Qampus
Dial 4-1181
Texas U Radio Group
Illustrates Evolution
Of Swing from Classic
Austin.—(AGP)—Transition of
a simple folk melody into a ball
room dance selection and finally
into a turn of boogie woogie was
described and illustrated during a
recent University of Texas-pro
duced radio program.
Stephen Foster’s “Come Where
My Love Lies Dreaming” was
played on the piano and sung,
then converted into a fox trot by
the University Radio House or
chestra, and finally was “touched
up” with boogie-woogie rhythms
and improvizations.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“H. M. Pulham, Esq.”, star
ring Robert Young and Ruth
Hussey.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“The Flame of New Orleans”
with Marlene Dietrich and
Bruce Cabot. Also ’ “Treat
’Em Rough,” featuring Ed
die Albert and Peggy Moran.
The University of Colorado was
established in 1876.
with the co-stars of the show. “H.
M. Pulham, Esq.”, should be es
pecially interesting to those who
have read the book.
This week’s double feature at
traction at the Campus includes
the films, “THE FLAME OF NEW
ORLEONS” and “TREAT ’EM
ROUGH.” Marlene Dietrech and
Bruce Cabot are co-starred in the
former; the setting i£ historic old
New Orleans.
The cast of “Treat ’Em Rough”
includes Eddie Albert, Peggy Mo
ran and Mantan Moreland. Albert,
as middleweight boxing champ,
stops fighting long enough to help
out his father who is being trou
bled by oil thieves. Peggy Moran,
secretary to Albert’s father, also
aids in catching the thieves.
“Treat ’Em Rough” is a good at
tempt at an excellent movie, but
falls far short of its mark. Despite
good possibilities, no ingenuity is
evident in the production. The
fault is due more to a bad script
than to bad acting. Bright spot
of the show is produced by “Snake
Eyes,” a colored actor by the name
of Mantan Moreland, who furn
ishes the laugh-provoking antics.
WHY TAKE YOUR CLOTHES HOME - •
Let us clean and press your clothes and
store in moth proof bags during holidays
CHARGE ONLY FOR CLEANING AND
SMALL CHARGE FOR BAG.
NO STORAGE CHARGE
Holick Cleaners
BEN YOUNGBLOOD, Mgr.
North Gate
Phone 4-9674
TODAY AND TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
“FLAME OF
NEW ORLEANS”
with
MARLENE DIETRICH
MISCHA AUER
ANDY DEVINE
1:28 — 4:05 — 6:42 — 9:19
“TREAT 'EM
ROUGH"
with
PEGGY MORAN
EDDIE ALBERT
2:46 — 5:23 — 8:00
Also
“UNDER THE SPREADING
BLACKSMITH SHOP” — Cartoon
MOVIE
GU/ON HALL
Tuesday — Wednesday
3:30 and 6:45
rnmmmmmm.
MARVIN MYLES WROTE THIS PERFECT LOVE LETTER! H
ANY GIRL WHO COULD WRITE THIS LETTER
IS A GIRL YOU SHOULD KNOW!
CHAS. COBURN
VAN FAY BONITA
HEFLIN* HOLDEN* GRANVILLE
- ALSO
LIONS ON THE LOOSE — NEWS — FLYING BEAR
Facts and traditions in the his
tory of their owil college have been
furnished to Hollins college stu
dents of creative writing as ma
terial for advanced composition
work.
University of Texas has been
presented with scripts, model sets,
costume designs and other produc
tion materials used by MGM in
the recent motion picture, “H. M.
Pulham, Esq.”
Chancellor to the Panamanian
consulate at New Orleans is Juan
Diaz, senior in law at Louisiana
State university, a native of Pan
ama.
THANKS SENIORS .....
For Your Business and Friendship the Past Few Years
HERE'S WISHING YOU LUCK
“Give 'Em Hell — Ole Army"
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
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