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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
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1941 Member 1942
Pissocioted Gol!e6iate Press
Brooks Gofer- Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin Sports Editor
Mike Mann Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurst.......... Senior Sports Assistant
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith..... Advertising Manager
Jack E. Carter 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 Yannoy Managing Editor
Jack Keith Junior Editor
Benton Taylor —Junior Editor
Tom Leland Junior Editor
Douglass Lancaster - 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.
Brazos County Farm Labor
Is There Actuallq a Shortage?
The failure of farmers to utilize the envia
ble supply of labor available to them from
this campus has raised the question of the
patriotism of the farmers in the minds of
many students. Sincere, willing, and pat
riotic students have offered their services
to local farmers in real need of labor, but
possible sources of labor, and apparently are
these farmers have not responded, showing
no interest in the new supply of labor. Why
this labor should be turned down if there
is an immediate need is not understood by
those who have offered to help local farmers
in the present crisis.
Instead of taking advantage of this hon
est offer, farmers are searching for other
allowing their crops to sufer. It is not known
how many pleas went out from a nearby
town for labor, but it is definitely known
that one such release appeared in a state
newspaper last week. This article stated
that Brazos county crops-corps that will lat
er feed and cloth a frame in khaki uniform
—were in bad shape because of a shortabe of
labor in this locality.
Does this shortage actually exist when
over two hundred A. & M. cadets are wait
ing for a chance to work? If farmers really
need labor, isn’t it their patriotic duty to
hire that which is at hand uitil they can
find a more desirable source- Or should he
allow his crops to suffer until he finds a six-
bit negro?
The main question that needs to be
■answered is why have not farmers taken
advantage of this labor which is close by.
Maybe there is no shortage, but according
to most reports there is definitely a need
for farm laborers to work crops which are
vital to the defense of the country. Either
Jiot accept this labor which has been offer
ed, or take it and cooperate in the best way
possible in the national defense effort which
all farmers are a part of.
Rubber Campaign Extended
Many people do not realize how serious the
rubber problem is in this country. Rubber is
one of the most important war materials,
and the part it plays in production now is
not questioned.
The results of the scrap rubber cam
paign were below estimates and was a re
sult the campaign was extended. In this
community the local Boy Scouts will conduct
a house-to-house canvass on Thursday of
this week, collecting all old scrap rubber
which the household may yield. At the
same time they will distribute a pamphlet
published by OPM relative to prices, which
should be read and understood.
Search your premises for any rubber
which is not being used. Lets go over the
top this time and contribute every ounce
-of- scrap rubber we have to the defense of
the nation.
Our Neighbors to the South
By HARRY CORDUA— - -
“‘Colombian* students favor Pan-American
'Solidarity,” was shown by a poll conducted by
the ‘University of Antioquia newspaper on
March 14, 1942. The question submitted was:
“Tn your opinion, what position ought Col
ombia take in the present world conflict?”
Sixty percent voted for pan-American soli
darity and belligerency against the Axis
powers. Forty percent voted “no opinion”;
or complete neutrality. A student said this
about Colombia’s attitude: “Unrestricted
solidarity with the countries of the Western
Hehiisphere—to defend its legitimate lib
erty ought to be the first watchword, and
to exterminate and annihilate the inhuman
ambition of Nazi barbarism ought to be the
single aspiration in all the American souls.
Why should Latin America be faithful
to us? We certainly have been neglected of
them, and as for developing business with
The World Turns On
By DR. C. C. DOAK
In Review—Space limits for this column
make it necessary to break our discussion
of The Turning World into weekly segments.
These require some welding by review be
fore the chain of thought will hold together.
In previous articles it has been shown that
our scientific age has rendered obsolete
many beliefs and practices which we mod
erns should discard as rapidly as possible.
It has been shown that the great advantages
which fall to scientific peoples stem from an
understanding of the predictable behavior of
the things of nature. An attempt was made
to show that in social groups, unpredictable
ness brings about trouble because the indi
vidual or nation that breaks the rules de
stroys the advantages of teamwork.
Some Analogies—Just as our national
unity broke down when the Southern States
insisted upon the right to secede, so the
League of Nations disintegrated when the
Axis nations withdrew. Just as the people
of a continent are at a great disadvantage
when the continent is subdivided into small
unco-operative countries, (“Balkanized”) so
larger units which fail to play in teamwork
are equally penalized. Could it be that this
is but an extension of the principle which
gives the well disciplined family an advan
tage over an unruly one?
Possible Principles—Perhaps the prin
ciples involved offer us the clue upon which
a safe social prediction can be based. With
this possibility before us, let us dispassion
ately examine the position of the various bel
ligerents in the present conflict. Each is
fighting for “an extension of the area of
economic and social co-operation.” The Ger
mans fight for a “new order” in Europe in
which they envision a disappearance of all
the barriers that have cut the continent into
quarreling states. The Japanese fight for a
“co-prosperity sphere” in Asia in which they
envision their neighbors learning to speak
Japanese and to cooperate with Japan in
building a mighty empire. Russia fights for
time and an opportunity to complete the
consolidation of the many states in the
U.S.S.R. America and her Latin followers
want to “perfect the Pan-American Union
and to extend the benefits of the four free
doms of true democracy.” The family of na
tions called the British Empire fights for
its life as a family. It wishes to retain and
to extend the benefits which it enjoys from
association as a family of nations. The com
mon denominator of all these aims is a com
pelling desire to extend the sphere of social
and economic co-operation to larger groups
than have existed heretofore.
Some Questions—Can it be that this is
an effprt to weld the next link in the chain
of social evolution which has led us up
through the family, the tribe, the petty
state, and the nation ? Since each of the other
links has had to be welded and re-welded in
the forge of repeated war, does it not follow
that he sets the stage for future wars who
now thinks in less than global terms?
In a false quarrel there is no true valor.
—Shakespeare.
these neighbor countries of ours, we ap
proached them in a half-hearted—take it or
leave it manner, while the shrewd and cun
ning Europeans quietly stepped into South
America and established firm businesses.
Sure, we had a good neighbor policy, but up
to the time of Hoover’s Stimson and the pre
sent administration, the least said about it,
the better. Now that we need friends to
help us in these hours of crisis, we can’t
expect the Latins to back us up and even
risk bringing war to their shores.
Fortunately, South and Central America
are aware of the situation; they’ve cast aside
many old bitter feelings toward the great
profiteering North American nation and
have allied with it, and do not for one mom
ent believe they aren’t one of our greatest
assets. I feel confident that the economic
and political future of the United States of
America will depend upon the development of
the natural resources to be found in practi
cally a virgin state in the jungles of Latin-
America. Argentina, for instance, has some
of the worlds most vast timber lands; she
also supplied Great Britain with most of the
beef she consumed prior to the war. Chile,
that thin strip of unprotected land on the
south-western tip of South America, is the
chief coal and nitrate producing nation of
that continent. The largest copper mines in
the world are located in Peru. The mineral
deposits of Brazil have hrdly been touched
to date; and had we started a mass cultiva
tion of Brazilian rubber many years ago,
rather than wait for the stark realities of
war, would we be suffering the shortage of
that material today There is sufficient tin
in Bolivia to supply more than all the npeds
of this continent.
We would not be faced with the short
age of material that came from the East
Indies and the Malayan states, had we de
veloped the natural resources of this contin
ent. IS THERE NO WONDER WE NEED
LATIN-AMERICA?
The question probably most prominent
in the minds of all the American nations at
the moment is whether Argentina will de
clare war on the Axis after the incident of
the “Rio Tercero”. It is believed that this
proud Latin nation will enter into a state
of war with the Axis if the “ACCION AR
GENTINA” has anything to say about it.
The Accion Argentina, described by the
pro-nazi as a Brittish corruption, is a non
political institution composed of representa
tives from all the political parties—who do
not go in for elections but whose purpose
is to fight fifth column activities and create
a nationalistic feeling.
THE BATTALION
Kollegiate Kaleidoscopi
Hie total value of the 3000 fraterwity and sorority houses in
THE U.S. IS *95^000,000. THE AVERAGE HOUSE IS WORTH #28,118.04/
r
Fraternity house
furnishings
ALONE COST
#11,000,000
70% OF THE HOUSES HAVE
TABLE TENNIS SETS- 44#
HAVE GAME ROOMS/
A-C.R
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster
Sissie?
Sweepings
The Yank air raid on Tokyo is
history . . . and Lieut. Col. John
Hilger, Aggie-Ex, second in com
mand to Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doo
little, left greetings to the J^.ps
from Aggieland . . .
Yet, another
sidelight is un
covered in a let-
t e r to Richard
Jenkins from Col.
Dunn, Aggie
bandmaster. Part
; of the letter re
flates:
Some years ago
Hood we had what we
called a GLEE CLUB among the
student body. In those days it was
difficult to get students to take
an active part for the reason that
the student body considered them
“sissies” and that members of the
glee club were not real “He-men
Aggies.”
In those days we had compul
sory chapel attendance each Sun
day morning and we had a group
of the singers present to contrib
ute to the services.
ONE OF MY BEST SINGERS
WAS THIS “SISSIE,” Lt. Col.
Hilger.
(Add: the only other Texan to
take part in the Tokyo raid was
an Aggie-Ex.)
• • •
Eleven TSCW misses made the
grade for the “College Capers”
stage show now making the rounds
in Texas . . . We always knew
those Quartermasters were nice
boys, and Connie Bering confirmed
it when he reported at drill last
week with “All pleasant, Sir!” . . .
A sailor with a good case of botts
was riding back from Bryan . . .
Someone asked if they would court
martial him if he hit an officer,
and he came back, “We don’t have
a brig here—they’d just give you
two or three more weeks in this
damn dry dock.”
A Hitch , . .
... In plans for the open-air
dance pavilion came when bids
for the construction contract all
exceeded expectations—and funds
available. But college authorities
are negotiating with the low bid
der to build the slab smaller for
less cash ... it will probably be
the size of two tennis courts or
larger.
With the revised blueprint, it
will still be possible to have about
the net dancing space . . . the out
strip (for chairs, bird dogs, etc.)
will be bare ground instead of ce
ment . . . and it will be up to the
bird dogs, sweaters, and sit-outers
to keep off the dancing space.
Contractors estimate two weeks as
building time after the contract is
let (in a few days, we hope).
Vermont is the only state not
represented by a student at the
University of California this year.
Timothy Alden, founding presi
dent of Allegheny college, was a
direct descendant of John and
Priscilla Alden of Plymouth Rock
fame.
Navy’s V-l Plan ,
Enables Men to
Continue in School
With registration of all young
men from 18 to 20 years of age
imminent under the Selective Ser
vice Act, attention was focused
today on the Navy’s V-l program
wjiich enables young men to con
tinue in school and prepare them
selves to serve their country at
the same time.
Recruiting officers pointed out
that the V-l plan of enlistment is
the Navy’s long-range officer pro
curement program. Under amend
ments to the original Selective
Service Act, the Army may call in
those in the 20-year group for
service at once.
Young men, who recently grad
uated from high school and who
intend to enter college, may enlist
in the V-l program and continue
their studies. At the end of two
years of college, the Navy will
determine if the student should re
main in school working toward a
degree or go on active duty in the
Navy. Upon enlistment and enter
ing college, youths are given an
opportunity to choose a branch of
the service, such as assignment
with the fleet or to the air serv
ice.
The point was stressed that the
V-l plan is “an opportunity of a
life time for young men,” and re
cruiting officers urged them and
their parents to make an investi
gation about the manner in which
it operates. Many accredited col
leges in the South are cooperating
with the Navy in this long-range
setup. Full information may be
obtained from the college deans or
at any recruiting station.
Life and love in old Monterrey
with Hedy Lamarr, Spencer Tracy,
John Garfield and Frank Morgan
doing the living and loving will be
portrayed for theatre-goers at
Guion Hall today and tomorrow.
The picture is “TORTILLA FLAT”
and it’s a knockout in every sense
of the word.
“Tortilla Flat” is a definite
proof that Hedy Lamarr has that
certain something, because in it
she is deglamorized to the nth de
gree. She wears little make-up, no
fancy clothes and has no fancy
props, yet she still turns on that
old S. A. that gets ’em. Her por
trayal of Dolores “Sweets” Ram
irez, a Portuguese girl with matri
monial ideas, is' superb.
Tracy, Garfield and Morgan are
not to be outdone though. Tracy
as a no-good loafer, John Garfield
as Hedy’s lover and Frank Morgan
as the village miser also turn in
excellent performances. The pic
ture combines romance, comedy,
beauty and pathos in a well-told
story of three happy-go-lucky men
and a beautiful woman.
The Lowdown: forget that quiz
and see this one.
In the musical comedy class is
“FOUR JACKS AND A JILL”
showing as one of the features at
the Campus today and tomorrow.
Members of the cast are Ray Bol-
ger, Anne Shirley and June Havoc.
“Four Jacks and a Jill” is the
story of a quartet of musicians
who are trying to get a job. Blond
Anne Shirley aids them by telling
the night club proprietor that she
once sang before a deposed king.
Co-ops Will Meet
Here in August
Representatives of all types of
Farmer Cooperative associations
of Texas will meet at A. & M.
from August 10 through 12, ac
cording to J. Wheeler Berger, head
of the Agriculture Economics de
partment. Problems of mutual
concern in the successful opera
tion of the association will be dis
cussed, stated Berger.
Arrangements have been made
through Richard Jenkins, director
of the Singing Cadets for enter
tainment for the two luncheons
and a banquet to be held in con
nection with the meeting. Agri
culture students who have learned
of the operation of the coopera
tives in high school through cour
ses in vocational agriculture have
been chosen to discuss their ob
servations. Principal headings to
be discussed are Membership Re
lation; Relation of the Cooperation
to Other Agencies; Relationship
to Each Other; Management Prob
lems; New Developments in the
Cooperation Field, and\ Outstand
ing Cooperatives in the State.
To back up her story, they get a
harum-scarum taxi driver to pose
as the king and impress their boss.
Sure enough, the real king shows
up and the ensuing events fill out
the story.
The picture is filled with hot
swing and fast jitterbugs. June
Havoc who, by the way, is the sis
ter of stripteaser Gypsy Rose Lee,
shows curvaceous appeal and does
some good singing. Also, the danc
ing of Ray Bolger and the deadpan
comedy of Eddie Foy aid in the
entertainment.
The Lowdown: Strong on swing,
music and humor—weak on plot
and story.
“TOUGH AS THEY COME,”
the other feature at the Campus,
stars the Dead End Kids and the
Little Tough Guys and Ann Gillis
in another story of New York life.
• The whole story is woven around
Billy Halop, one of the Dead End
Kids, who wants to make good as
a lawyer. He joins up with a shady
finance company and gains the ill-
will of the neighborhood because
the company frequently disposses
families with little notice. He then
joins up with a mob, turns against
the company, and manages to put
them out of business.
WHAT’S SHOWING
At The Campus
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“Four Jacks and a Jill,” with
Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley
and June Havoc. Also:
“Tough As They Come” with
the Dead End Kids and the
Little Tough Guys and Ann
Gillis.
At Guion Hall
Tuesday, Wednesday —•
“Tortilla Flat” with Spencer
Tracy, John Garfield and
Hedy Lamarr.
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4-1181
Box Office Open Till 10 P.M.
TODAY AND TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
Anne SHIRLEY
June Havoc • Dos! Arnaz • Jack Durant • Eddie Foy. Jr.
Fritz Feld • Henry Daniell • RKO Radio Picture
FEATURE NO. 2
The Tulane-Newcomb a capella
choir is one of the most widely
known musical organizations in
America.
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VICTOR AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
“BROTHER BILL—Spivac
“HE WEARS A PAIR OF SILVER WINGS”
—Kay Kyser
“MARY’S A GRAND OLD NAME”—Sammy Kaye
“BREATHLESS”—Shep Fields
HASWELL’S
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday
3:30 and 7:00 p. m.
Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr,
John Garfield
in
“Tortilla Flat”
— Also •—
MARCH OF TIME
“America’s New Army”
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—Coming—
Thursday and Friday
“Jungle Cavalcade”