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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 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.
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Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Fraficisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
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1941 Member 1942
Associated Colte6iate Press
Brooks Gofer ;... Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown Staff ' Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin — .....Sports Editor
Mike Mann. .y Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurst..... Senior Sports Assistant
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith Advertising Manager
Jack E. Carter 1. Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
Louis A. Bridges Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager
Jay Pumphrey Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager
Circulation Staff
F. D. Asbury, Jr Circulation Manager
Bill Huber .'. Senior Assistant
H. R. Tampke...... Senior Assistant
Carlton Power Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup Junior Assistant
Tuesday’s Staff
Tom Vannoy... Managing Editor
Jack Keith Junior Editor
Benton Taylor Junior Editor
Tom Lei and — .Junior Editor
Reporters
Ramon McKinney, John Baldridge, Tom Journeay, Charles
Kaplan, Bob Garrett, Gerald Fahrenthold, Bert Kurtz, Bill Jar-
nagin, Harry Cordua, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood,
, and Jack Chilcoat.
Don't Rush Off
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard is paying
special tribute to the largest military college
in the nation by accepting the invitation of
President Walton to visit A. & M. on Friday,
July 3. His trip will be a long one, and his
stay short, so its is imperative that every
man in the corps accept as his personal re
sponsibility the task of making a favorable
impression on the cabinet member.
Unfortunately the only holiday the corps
will have this semester falls the day after the
Secretary arrives in College Station, and of
-course many of the students will want to
leave early. Let us remember first of all that
the Fourth was not originally scheduled as
a holiday. Had it not been for a favor grant
ed by the Executive committee, every man
In the school would have to remain for cales-
thenics and classes as scheduled.
School is not officially out until six
•o’clock Friday evening. If the school
is worth traveling thousands of miles to see,
then at is is also worthwhile for every man to
do his part to uphold the Aggie reputation.
Now in war time, it is essential that
A. & M. remain in high favor with the gov
ernment at Washington, so that our men
may receive the favors, appropriations, and
^equipment necessary to f turn out officers
worthy of being called Aggies, men who can
serve their nation and their people well.—
K.C.B.
Our Neighbors to the South
V , —Bv HARRY CpRDUA=
Freedom, Democracy, America; three words
which are synonyms. None is conceivable
without the others. A blow to freedom is a
iblow to democracy, a blow to democracy is
/a blow to America. Because of that, World
War II is America’s War, All the Americas’
War!
America has constituted a challenge to
the absurd contention of racial superiority.
To those who still preach national, racial, or
religious supremacy, one may point to this
hemisphere and say—‘look at America, unit
ed and undivided in what she stands for!”
The countries to the south look to us as
the protector in time of need, and it is plain
ly shown in Mexico’s new mobilization pro
gram. The presidential staff, acting on or
ders from the president of the Mexcian Re
public has started to organize the first mod
ern technical corps in its history. Detectors
to serve as anti-aerial vigilance along the
Pacific coast, a machine gun regiment, a
mixed aeronautical battery which includes
parachutists, a motorized machine gun
squadron, and a light artillery regiment, ma
terial for which is supplied by the United
States.
The Indian tribes of Mexico are also re
linquishing to scientists their herb # secrets,
such as the Castillian Malva, the healing
plant which brings quick recovery from se
rious injuries, which scientists hope will end
gangrene in war wounds.
Nicaragua’s answer to the military aid
offered by this country was that she didn’t,
need soldiers—she needs arms.
The position of Nicaragua is of great
strategic importance for the defense of these
continents. Next to Panama, this country
possesses the shortest inter-oceanic route.
The lake which bears the name of the coun
try, and the San Juan river, greatly facili
tate these communications. The mountains
and the impenetrable jungles contribute to
the difficulty of a total occupation in case
of invasion—the guerilla warfare could
harass the enemy for years.
Nicaragua boasts of not only being the
first American nation to lock up her alien
agitators, but also of being the first nation
to declare war on Germany—she never signed
the Versailles Treaty.
Costa Rica, the country known to have
more educators than men in uniform was
the first officially to declare war on the
Axis in this hemisphere.
Cuba considers our alliance with Rus
sia as circumstantial and strategic and by
no means permanent, seeing that our politi
cal ideals are so unalike. She states that the
The World Turns On
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope
COVERING
By DR. C. C. DOAK
In Review—In this column last Tuesday it
was pointed out that the very existence of
science and the enormous benefits which it
has brought to mankind is contingent upon
the fact that the laws of nature remain con
stant. Attention was called to the dire con
sequences which would necessarily follow if
any of the laws could be altered by man.
Need of Discipline in Social Groups—
The bird that deserts the flock falls prey to
hawks. The “lone wolf” starves through in
ability to bring down game that would be
easy prey to the pack. The uncooperative
member of a human family becomes the
“black sheep” and comes to a bad end. The
unpredictable country that signs a pact of
honor and then launches an aggressive move
ment has the same paralyzing effect upon
the social organism as a drink of water would
have on a living organism should it explode
in the stomach. Social actions in general
bring disaster in proportion to % their devia
tion from the discipline and predictable reg
ularity of honest and truthful cooperation.
Men, like the other pawns of nature, must
play by known rules or else disrupt the so
cial game.
It follows that the first task of men is to
strive to be as honest as nature, as truthful
and impartial as a pair of scales, as coopera
tive as the parts of the body, and as predict
able as the laws of gravity. Such constancy
of behavior, however, cannot be based upon
the inconstancy of superstition or debatable
hear-say.
Therefore the second job is to abandon
as rapidly as possible the charms, supersti
tions, black magic, astrolgy, and other ho-
kus-pokus by which our unscientific ances
tors sought to suspend basic natural laws.
Experience has shown that the human mind
must be free of the heavy shackles of super
stition before it can function as an instru
ment of scientific discovery.
The Third job is to use, as efficiently as
possible, the one outstanding character of
man (the ability to learn) in order to come
as rapidly as possible to an understanding of
the working principles governing our uni
verse, for one cannot set himself in tune
with laws which he does not understand. Jf
one is to eradicate malaria or other diseases,
he must know their causes. If one is to create
vitamines, or make synthetic fibers, or pre
fabricate plastic houses, he must know or
ganic chemistry. So it is with all the applied
sciences which collectively give us control
over nature and lift us above savages.
The fourth job is to utilize all the knowl
edge which mankind collectively can amass.
The hungry can be fed more effectively oy
improving our food plants and animals than
by giving each beggar a handout. The ad
monition to “clothe the naked” can be car
ried out by inventing new fabrics. “Housing
the homeless” can follow the'pattern 1 of plas
tic pre-fabrication. The facts daily being
established by medical research are very ef
fectively making it possible to “heal the
sick.” Thus the acumulated knowledge which
we call modern science can, if properly used,
be made to carry out the admonitions of our
Great Teacher.
The over-all job then is to organize this
multi-colored ignorance cursed, superstition
benighted, blood-spattered, treaty breaking
disease ridden, under-nourished, homeless,
non-cooperative mass of mankind into a well
nourished, literate, scientific, socially co
operative, global democracy. If you think
this is going to be an easy task for illiterates,
we shall not count on your help.
Next week this column will carry for
ward some suggestions.
Quotable Quoted
“It’s an old phenomenon, noticed all over
the world and all through history: in times
of strain and tension, people seek a way out
of reality. Now the best way out of reality
is to get into a world of fantasy and the
movies supply just that. I am one of those
who do not believe that the American peo
ple should be criticized for their attitude at
the present time. I don’t see that we gain
anything by creating anxiety. The more we
criticize, the more we emphasize dark news,
the more we are playing directly into Hit
ler’s hands. We must give people something
specific to do, making shells or guns or
building air raid shelters. That’s the solu
tion for our present attitude—not digging
at people, criticizing them and making them
feel depressed day after day.” Dr. Charles
Bird, professor of psychology at the Univer
sity of Minnesota, sees nothing wrong in
seeking escape from war’s strain.
only two American countries with whom
Russia has had diplomaitc relations in Latin
America have been Mexico and Uruguay and
that in both cases the Soviet legation has
only attempted to spread further the Bol-»
shevik infection. Nevertheless, temporary
diplomatic relations are being formulated.
The words of the Mexican labor leader
Vincent Lombardo express the feeling of all
our Latin allies . . . Tf the United States
were to lose this war we’d be but down trod
den colonies of Hitler and his gang, and this
would be the fate of all the Latin American
nations. This isn’t a false statement; the
danger is real, and for this reason our duty
is to unite with the United States; unite
with the other nations in Europe and Asia
which oppose Hitler and his accomplices.
There are only two fronts in the world to
day: against Hitler and his allies, or for
Hitler and his allies. It is absurd to speak of
neutrality today. The so-called neutral is only
a cowardly and cynical Fascist in disguise.”
campus dfstracMs
By
JACK
KEITH
BACKWASH
By
-lack Hood
’’Backwash: An asritation resulting 1 from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Hood
a pound to be
Ag Sideline
This one takes the cake . . .
it’s a new angle on the money
making side for farmers . . . but
you would think the farmer that
started it was nuts or inebriated.
A Washington State farmer is re
ported removing
dandruff from
his cows by use
of a vacuum
cleaner . . . that
in itself is novel
enough, but the
farmer picks up
a few dollars on
the side selling
the dandruff for
twenty-five cents
used in making a
hay fever rerqedy. If our dairy
cows have dandruff, we’ve got a
gold mine.
• • •
One Family Blitz
It’s doubted whether even the
marines would have had the situ
ation well in hand one hectic day
in June at the home of the John
Hovenec and family . . . the in
dignant Hovanecs knocked out two
detectives and a policeman after
a burglar broke into their home
and stole $10—by mistake . . .
When Detective James Brown
appeared to answer the call for
police aid, he was mistaken for
the burglar and pounced upon by
the whole Hovanec tribe . . . but
before he went down under blows
from assorted clubs, he shot John
Hovanec, Jr., a deaf mute, in the
shoulder thinking he was the burg
lar. At the back door, Detective
Andrew McElligott met the same
treatment, and shortly afterwards
Patrolman Bert Holzbach was
slugged over the head with an iron
pipe when he tried to climb in the
window to clear up the situation.
Half a dozen police finally
roared up to convince the Hov
anecs the law was on their side.
. . . And Hitler thinks the Rus
sians are hell. . .
• • •
Tale
A quaint little story sweeping
the country . . . it’s been told sev
eral ways . . . but it’s supposed
to be true:
Two young wives were talking
loudly on a city bus. Anyone could
tell by' their talk they were hair
brained . . . before long they
started talking about their hus
bands . . . One very confidentially
told the world her husband would
be able to retire in a few years
if the war didn’t end. Suddenly
an elderly lady marched over and
glared down at the young woman.
Very slowly, she wound up and let
her have one on the cheeky “That
is for my son killed at Pearl Har
bor,” she said. Then she brought
one up from the floor to the other
cheek. “And that is for my son
missing in the Philippines,” she
added. While everyone stared she
got off the bus at the next corner,
sobbing. The bus driver glared at
the young women. “I think this
is where you get off, too,” he told
them . . . Hastily, they retreated. ..
• • •
Sweepings
The fish in Company B, Engi
neers, threw together their nickels
and had Buckskin vaccinated be
fore the city deadline . . . Classic
definitions: Corregidor—a species
of bull fighter . . . Colonel Cheval
ier who visited the campus last
semester, said he had heard of
Texas politics, but saw it in action
for the first time at an ASCE
election of officers ... it seems a
few juniors got together and “hat-
corded” some pals into office . . .
Bette Davis Appears
On Treasury Program
Bette Davis, two-time Academy
Award winner, joins the long list
of distinguished artists who have
contributed their services to the
“Treasury Star Parade,” when she
appears at the head of a cast
of well known Hollywood players,
in “Paris Incident: A Modern Joan
of Arc,” on the broadcast to be
heard on Tuesday at 11:30 o’clock
over station WTAW. Written by
Norman Rosten, who has authored
several outstanding dramatic fea
tures for past “Treasury Star
Parade” broadcasts, “Paris Inci
dent” tells the story of a woman’s
heroism as the Nazi invaders swept
into France. Special background
music for this presentation will
be supplied by David Broekman’s
chorus and orctestra.
At Guion Hall today and tomor
row, Humphrey Bogart holds forth
in a new type of role in “ALL
THROUGH THE NIGHT.” This
time Bogie rounds up a gang of
Nazi spies for the U. S. govern
ment, instead of being hunted down
as a gangster by that same gov
ernment.
As a gangster who has given up
his usual activities to support his
mother and his gang by betting on
sure things, Bogart gets riled when
his favorite baker is bumped off by
a gang of fith columnists, led by
Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre and
Judith Anderson. Although the
murder is pinned on him, he man
ages to gather evidence against the
spies and to learn that they plan
to blow up a ship in New York
Harbor as a climax to their ac
tivities.
Bogart rescues one of the spies
from her associates (Karen Verne)
and through her learns all about
the operations of the “fivers” as
the fifth columnists are called.
University Students
Adminished on Revolt
University students revolting
against academic routine in war
times have been admonished by
their professors that there is no
shortcut to real knowledge.
In an editorial written for the
University of Arizona newspaper,
Lois Harvey, 21-year-old senior,
said:
“Students are crying for con
cepts, not little technicalities.”
Miss Harvey charged profes
sors “have the chance of a lifetime
to mould the thoughts and abili
ties of their students to meet this
crucial business of living,” but
“brilliant minds keep on teaching
petty details and frowning on min
or errprs.
“We are taught economic theor
ies but nothing about price con
trol. Professors seem to be scared
to talk about present situations
and problems.”
“Students were ever thus,” com
mented Dr. Alfred Atkinson, uni
versity president. “It is easier to
ask these questions than to answer
them.”
Meanwhile the police capture him
and hold him for murder—not be
lieving his fantastic story about
the spy-ring. He effects an escape
from the local cops and, with the
aid of all the gangs in New York
City, captures the members of the
Gestapo and is proclaimed a hero.
The Lowdown: — Shoot-’em-up
Bogart in action, and we do mean
action.*
Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt,
Philip Reed and Edward Everett
Horton appear in “WEEK END
FOR THREE,” playing as one of
the two features at the Campus
today and Wednesday. “Week End
for Three” is a comedy with the
eternal triangle of two men and
one woman as its basis ol oper
ations.
Dennis O’Keefe plays the part of
the too-busy business man who
fails to pay enough attention to
his young wife, Jane Wyatt. When
one of her former suitors shows
up, she welcomes the chance to
make her husband jealous and in
vites him to stay for the week-end.
The boy friend prolongs his stay
past the week-end thereby making
the wife as sore at him as the
husband. Their planning and con
triving to get rid of him provide
the situations which produce the
humorous angles to the comedy.
The Lowdown:—Lacks spunk.
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Box Office Open Till 10 P.M.
TODAY & TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
“TORPEDO BOAT”
Starring'
RICHARD ARLEN
AND JEAN PARKER
• • •
Feature No. 2
“Week End for 3”
DENNIS JANE-
O’KEEFE WYATT
Edward Everett Horton
Also I
“AT THE COUNTY FAIR”
Featuring the wise-cracking
animals
WHAT’S SHOWING
At the Campus
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“Week End for Three” with
Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt
and Edward Everett Horton.
Also, “Torpedo Boat” with
Frederic March, Warner
Baxter.
At Guion Hall
Tuesday, Wednesday—“All
Thru the Night” starring
Humphrey Bogart, with Con
rad Veidt and Karen Verne.
MOVIE
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VICTOR AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
“JERSEY BOUNCE”—Red Narvo
“SNOOTIE LITTLE CUTIE”—Tommy Tucker
“LILY OF LAGUNA”—Bing Crosby
“THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR”—Shep Fields
HASWELL’S
Guion Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday
3:30 and 7:00
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Bogart
Veidt - ■ Verne
All Thru the Night
Comedy
News
Cartoon