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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 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.
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Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
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1941 Member 1942
Plssocioted Golle6icite Press
Brooks Gofer - - Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen - - Associate Editor
Reggie Smith Advertising Manager
Mike Haikin Acting Sports Editor
Mike Mann - Assistant Sports Editor
F D. Asbury Circulation Manager
Tom Vannoy I .....Managing Editor
Clyde C. Franklin Managing Editor
Editor’s Note: Staff organization will be completed after
the first staff meeting, and the masthead will carry the com
plete staff as soon thereafter as possible.
Twilight League
Summer schools in the past have had an or
ganization which was entertaining to many
students and also to those people who saw
the games. This organization is the Twilight
League.
The Twilight League has been a feature
of summer entertainment for the past nine
years. Not only was it enjoyed by many
spectators but also it was a means of good
clean competition for a large number of soft-
ball players. These games were played af
ter supper in the cool part of the day and
gave many students relaxation from the
daily grind of schoolwork, in hot class
rooms.
Softball games at this time of the day
will make it possible for many boys who
could not play otherwise to have some kind
of physical training. And is not physical
development important today as training for
the armed forces continues?
It boils down to this. Why not have the
Twilight League this summer as has been
the case in the past ? More boys will be asso
ciated with such a league during this term.
More entertainment will be provided for Ag-
gieland.
Japan First
Japan must be defeated before Germany,
writes Dr. David P. Barrows, professor of
political science in the University and noted
soldier, in the California Monthly, alumni
magazine.
“I am one of those who, rightly or
wrongly, am convinced that Japan must be
defeated first,” Dr. Barrows writes. “In
fact, I think she cannot be defeated through
the defeat of Hitler.
“The defeat of Japan is easier, much
easier, than the defeat of Nazi Germany,
and it is a sound principle of warfare to
strike hardest and first against the weaker
force/’
Pointing out that the Pacific war is
primarly the task of the United States and
hat little help can be expected there from
Britain, Dr. Barrows expressed confidence
that America can defeat the Japanese.
“Individual fighting between our ves
sels, our airplanes, and our soldiers, as in the
Philippines, has, without exception, proven
the superiority of American contestants
against the Japanese,” Dr. Barrows writes.
“And I expect that superiority to manifest
itself more and more, a suneriority not mere
ly in the fighting qualities but in coolness
of head, superiority of judgment, and, once
the tide sets against Japan, in superiority
of resolution.”
With regard to Britain’s role in the
East, Dr. Barrows wrote: “Relieved of the
responsibility of the Far East, Great Brit
ain may have the strength herself to defend
England against invasion and to hold on to
the eastern Mediterranean. If she can do
these two things, it is probably the utmost
that she can do. Thus, the Far East and its
widely dispersed battle is becoming exclu
sively an American undertaking.”
From Capital to Campus
ACP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington
Incidentally, there’s no intention of shoulder
ing college men out of this job picture.
However, current vacancies are for women.
The obvious inference is that men will be
needed elsewhere—and government officials
have hardened themselves to this fact. Men
can apply for the jobs mentioned above. They
aren’t as likely t oget them at present, that’s
all.
• • •
Alumni of 651 American educational in
stitutions are represented at the “University
of the Air,” the Naval Air Corps training
base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Included are
one college of osteopathy, two schools of
divinity. California, with 453 students from
61 schools, has more cadets than any other
state—20 per cent of the Corpus Christi
“student body.”
* * *
The U. S. Office of Education here re
ports that world war has brought students
from 70 foreign countries to American col
leges and universities during the last year.
* * *
The Norwegian legation in Washington
points out that students have joined their
teachers in resisting Nazi domination; a
case in point, the “Stavanger incident.” "WHien
The World Turns On
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
By DR. C. C. DOAK
Hardships of School in Summer: — Aggies,
should you doubt whether others have had
hardships before you, take a walk along the
curved road that leads from Goodwin Hall
toward the depot. Under each tree there is a
nameplate of A. and M.’s war dead. Many
bear the names of my classmates. They
were Good Aggies, Fighting Aggies, Yelling
Aggies, sometimes they were Thoughtless
Aggies. On the whole they were just Aggies
like you and the others who make up the
present corps.
I re-read those nameplates recently and
tried to recall the strong and weak points
of my own buddies who have their names
written there. I wondered what they would
say if, by some magic power, they could
speak to us from the grave. It is my convic
tion that they would not mention the hard
ships that they endured, the heat, or the dull
ness of their subjects.
I feel that they would point accusing
fingers at the men of my generation for
having “gone soft”, for having “relaxed
vigilence”, for having “lost the peace for
which they died”, for “having been content
with supplying less than the best in the way
of training for the new generation.”
I am sure, too, that they would have
words of praise for all who had continued
own and the country’s sake, keep awake.”
the most of his opportunities here and now.
They probably would upbraid those of us
who gripe about the hardships of teaching
or going to school in the summer time.
Advice That They Might Give Us: —
One might say, “I died because a man cut a
math class. You see, it happened this way:
During an artillery duel, the officer missed
his calculation because of a lack which had
existed since the day he missed class. Jerry
won the duel and lived. He is now fighting
again in the siege of Sevasterpol. Aggies,
please be punctual, be regular and so master
your subjects that when someone dies for
his country, he will be on the side of the
enemy and not on your side.”
Another might say, “I died because I
went to sleep in class. You see, it was this
way: I met Corporal Hitler in No Man’s
Land in 1918. We exchanged bayonet thrusts.
I cut inessential flesh while he cut a vital
artery. You see, I had slept in an anatomy
class when the vital points of human ana
tomy were being considered. Aggies, for your
own and the country’s sake, keep awake.”
Another might say, "‘Girls killed me. I
worried all night about my girl back home.
Next day I met Hermann Goering in an aer
ial duel. My aim was unsteady. Here I sleep
while Goering commands the enemy air
fleet. Aggies of 1942, keep your minds on
the business in hand.”
Still another might say, “My major
prof, killed me. You see it was this way; I
had the attitude that English was a bit sissy
and not a practical subject. He encouraged
me in this, and I was content with D’s in all
subjects except my major. I gave my men
instructions in “D grade English.” The idea
was not clear. The men were confused on
the field of battle. We died together in the
confusion. Aggies for your own safety and
for the sake of national victory, master
your mother tongue.”
I believe that all would agree that on the
fields of battle little things become life-and-
death matters.
be taken over by Nazi troops, they sneaked
into the school building, stripping it of fix
tures before the Nazis arrived. Some 9,500
of Norway’s 10,500 teachers have resigned
in protest against a Quisling order to join
the Nazi Teachers’ organization.
Each day adds to the likelihood of all-out reg
istration of women-power (ages 18 to 65).
Secretary of Labor Perkins predicts that of
15,000,000 workers employed in war indust
ries by January, 1943, 5,000,000 will be
women.
The swing is most dramatic in war in
dustries. Less startling—but of more prac
tical value to college women—is the fact
that the swing is taking place in almost ev
ery field.
The Federal Government is leading the
way. Not to mention those hired “in the
field,” 600 women are arriving in Washing
ton each week to enter Federal service. Many
of them are hired for administrative, pro
fessional and sub-professional jobs—as eco
nomists, public relations experts, ammunition
inspectors, dieticians, medical technicians
and ordnance inspectors. Uncle Sam is using
them, too, in skilled and semi-skilled fields—
as gas mask inspectors and assemblers, ar
senal apprentices, mechanical time fuse
workers, examiners of knitted and woven
articles, power sewing machine operators.
Right now Civil Service is looking for
women mathematicians to make computa
tions in ballistic testing for war agencies. Re
quirements call for two years of college with
three semesters of mathematics. Formal title
of the job is “Assistant Technical and Scien
tific Aid,” starting pay, $1,620 annually.
For those with just one year of college,
the job to apply for is that of “Junior Tech
nical and Scientific Aid.” Emphasis on col
lege physics and chemistry is required. The
pay is $1,440.
“Japanese students often ..declared in ..my
English classes in Japan that their purpose
in learning English was to be able to run
America after we have conquered it.’ ”
Douglas G. Harding of Syracuse university
comments: “It seemed funny—then.”
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BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
"BmItw-mIi : An agitation reautting from acme action
or occurrence.
Hood
culation” to
Aggies in the A. E. F.
Major R. W. “Bob” Colglazier,
’25, and Captain H. T. McWatters,
’32, made the news releases as be
ing among the Texas boys in Ire
land.
Major Bob hailed from Sunny
San Tone where the females and
athletes flourish in reckless aban
don . . . according to the 1925
t longhorn ... If
" ;ame to Aggie-
la n d blushing,
debonair, and
soft-hearted, but
wisdom came
with age . . when
; he graduated he
icould write a dis
sertation on any
thing from “The
Technique of Os-
‘The Holes in Im
ported Sweitzer Cheese” . . . right
now he’s gathering material for a
paper entitled “The Holes in De
ported Nazi-Rats.”
“Rabbit Hunter” Colglazier (as
he was called) was Captain of Co.
H, Infantry, member of San An
tonio Club, C. E. Society, R. V.’s,
Assistant Editor of the Battalion,
. Activities Editor of the Longhorn,
and on the Student Welfare Com
mittee . . .
Captain McWatters was a Cap
tain on the 2nd Battalion Infantry
Staff . . . from Pittsburg, Texas
. . . graduated at the age of 23
(Last of the Old Four), member
of the Northeast Texas Club, Ac
counting Society, R. V.’s, and was
an Air Corps Fledgling (back in
the days when we had an Air
Corps unit) . . .
Upon their arrival in Ireland,
overall-clad Captain McWatters
was helping his men unload tanks
from ships when a British major
yelled, “Is there anything we can
do for your tankmen?” . . . “Noth
ing,” he was told, “The boys can
take care of everything.” . . . and
he did mean everything . . .
• • •
Pied, Not Pie-eyed
After reading last Saturday’s
Backwash, many have inquired as
to just what nut factory this writ
er escaped from . . . and I don’t
blame them, but that helluva mess
was what’s known to newspaper
men as “pied type” . . . the words
“pied” and “pie-eyed” being very
similar, anybody can see where
it got its name ... it results when
somebody drops a handful of slugs
(lines of type) and picks them up
like they’re drawing out of a grab
bag . . . excuse, please.
• • • '
Sweepings
Described as Hollywood’s most
sensational casting in many a
moon, is Aggie-favorite Ann Sher
idan as “Texas Guinan” ... Para
mount will make the flikker based
on the life of Texas, and has bor
rowed Ann from Warner’s by the
give-and-take method . . . accord
ing to a release: “There is a lot of
“Guinan” in Sheridan, but their
come-hither down-to-earthiness was
tagged differently. The appeal of
the hello sucker night club queen
(Guinan) had more whoop-de-la in
it. The former redheaded teacher
from Texas, who became famous
as the oomph girl, is more the
smouldering type.” .... you tell
’em, bud—I stutter . . : a news
caster startled us the other night
with “The Russians are throwing
up fortifications in front of Khar
kov” . . . must have been some
thing they et . . . Definition: An
oddity is a girl at a Juke Box Prom
not from Bryan . . .
A Texas university sharpie paid
for the following ad in a recent is
sue of The Daily Texan: “Lost—
vicinity Petroleum Building, one
30-inch suction hose with mouth
piece. Slightly worn. Notify Charles
E. Grant, 1845 Osage.” ... it seems
Grant was attributed with having
a great deal of suction with his
professors . . . they say Grant was
looking for the unknown lad with
fire in his eyes . . . probably would
scratch him to bits if he found
him . . .
Novelette from the news: Two
Belgians met on a busy street in
their Nazi-occupied homeland . . .
greeted the first, “Heil Rubens!”
. . . and returned the other, “Heil
Rubens!” ... a Nazi slinking near
by, heard them, asked suspicious
ly: “What is this ‘Heil Rubens.’
What does it mean?” . . . came
back one innocently: “Oh, we Bel
gians have a famous painter, too.”
... give ’em hell.
One hundred five graduates of
the Bible college of Texas Chris
tian university are preaching in
Texas, a survey discloses.
Gel the Newest in Both Styles on
VICTOR and COLUMBIA RECORDS
(1) “THREE LITTLE SISTERS”—Dinah Shore
(2) “SLEEP SONG”—Glenn Miller
(3) “DARLING HOW YOU LIED”—Wayne King
(4) “SARGHUM SWITCH”—“Doc” Wheeler
(5) “MOONLIGHT OVER THE GANGES”—Tommy Dorsey
(6) “TANNING DR. JEKYLL’S HIDE”—Bob Chester
HASWELL’S
Bryan
COVERING
campus distiacflONs
By
JACK
The Juke Box Prom Saturday
night was the success that was
expected, according to all reports.
The ratio of bird-dogs to girls was
rather high, but that is a common
thing at Aggie dances, and we
hear the girls love it that way. The
outdoor pavilion should be com
pleted early in July, making big
ger and better proms possible.
Showing at Guion Hall today and
Wednesday, “CAPTAINS OF THE
CLOUDS,” a picture of a quintet
of flyers of Canada and the part
the Royal Canadian Air Force is
playing in the present war. Stars
of the show are James Cagney,
Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall
and Alan Hale. The picture is in
technicolor. '
Jimmy Cagney plays his cus
tomary role as a happy-go-lucky
guy who, in the end, turns out to
be okay. Dennis Morgan, Reginald
Gardniner, Alan Hale and George
Tobias play the parts of fellow-
flyers of Cagney’s in the northern
bush country of Canada. Brenda
Marshall portrays the part of a
backwoods girl who eternally
longs to see the bright lights of
the cities.
The first half of “Captains of
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“You’ll Never Get Rich,” with
Rita Hayworth and Fred As
taire. “Bombay Clipper,” with
William Gargan and Irene
Hervey.
Thursday — “Almost Mar
ried,” starring Jane Frazee
and Robert Paige.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“Captains of the Clouds,”
with James Cagney, Dennis
Morgan and Brenda Mar
shall.
Thursday and Friday—
“Born to Sing,” Virginia
Weidler and Ray McDonald.
Hit the Jackpot
With Loupot
the Clouds” deals with the five
flyers as commercial pilots and
their keen competition to get the
flying business of each outfit of
the North. From these commercial
jaunts, they develop into dare
devil pilots and decide to devote
their services to the RCAF. Their
adventures as pilots and instruct
ors in the Royal Canadian Air
Force, Cagney’s love affair with
Brenda Marshall and, finally, the
gigantic task of ferrying a squad
ron of bombers to England com
plete the show.
The Lowdown:—Good acting,
good scenery, good show.
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
are co-starred in one of the two
features showing at the Campus
Theatre today and tomorrow. The
picture is “YOU’LL NEVER GET
RICH,” a musical comedy. Other
players are John Hubbard, Robert
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