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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1942
'TjlC Battalion Man, Your Manners
STUDENT TEI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricul
leg<
a Rural and
ity of College Station,
ia published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
Thi
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By L Sherwood
and Saturday mornings.
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...Staff Photographer
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Advertising Staff
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Jack E. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
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Circulation Staff
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Carlton Power-
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Thursday's Staff"
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Reporters
Tom Joumeay, Haary Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin
ney, John Baldridge, Charles Kaplan, Gerald Fahrentold, Bert
Kurtz, Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood,
Jack Chilcoat, Bill Murphy, John Sparger, and Henry Holguin.
Freshman Class Meeting
The freshman class meeting Tuesday night
has been the outgrowth of occasions and
incidents between different parts of the
class which are not conducive to the smooth
functioning of the cadet corps. Such inci
dents only make it harder for the senior
cadet officers to maintain control over their
men in the proper manner.
To begin with, the meeting itself was a
poor demonstration for first-year college
men to put on. No respect was shown the
presiding officers who were trying to see
that the election was run off fairly, and or
der was not maintained.
But the incidents which occurred as a
result of the meeting are more serious. For
men to fight among themselves, and espec
ially during these tiroes, is not the way to
get a job completed. The person to fight is
the enemy and not the men next to you in
the trenches. All great armies have based
their success mainly on the cooperation be
tween the different components, and not up
on any one single unit. The simple machine
proves to us that for its best operation all
the many parts work smoothly together.
Let’s compare the cadet corps, and we
see that the success of our purpose here de
pends upon the proper functioning of the
many parts. Failure of our purpose reflects
upon the group as a whole.
Something to Read
Young men who are interesting conver
sationalists are usually in demand socially,
even though it might appear to them that
the young women prefer to do all the talk
ing ; a good talker is also a good listener.
Unfortunately, there is no best way for
learning to be a good conversationalist; there
are, however, basic principles that will help
—a background of information on a number
of topics, the ability to use the English lan
guage effectively, and a genuine desire to
give pleasure through conversation.
The more varied your interests, the
more you will have to talk about—an inter
ested person is interesting.
Busy though you may be, it is an ex
cellent idea to spend as much time as pos
sible in the periodical room of your library.
The following magazines will furnish yr
with conversational knowledge of current
topics—Harper’s, The New Yorker, The
Reader’s Digest, Fortune, The Atlantic
Monthly, and the Nation. The Sunday edi
tion of the New York Times will furnish you
a list of current books and help you to de
cide the ones you may care to read.
Emily Post says, “The first, last and
only rule of importance for conversation i«
stop and think what you are saying.”
Comments
Adolph Hitler
"Psst—do you play br*
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
Peimg's Serenade signs..
"Backwash: An agitation reantting from some action or occurrence ”—Webster
By W. L. PENBERTHY
new in Aggieland. Back in 1927
Miss Joan Blcmdell was Queen of
Plans should be made now for Island dialect thrown in. The mad
a gala week end August 1. The doctor has the idea that he can
student activities office announces bring the dead back to life, et
that the new maroon concrete slab cetera. He tries hard, but finds
will be completed by that date and that no mortal should tamper with
a grand opening will be held to the mysteries of life and death,
start the use of the slab off with The Lowdown: not good,
a bang. Definite arrangements
shore sin ^ as chase
door Corps Dance will be held that PrBSGIltS
night.
Feature attraction at Guion Hall
today and Friday stars Edward G. D j na h Shore sings and Ilka
Robinson in ^LARCENY, INC.” Chase presents a few facts and
In the support- opinions on an Austrian paper
ing cast are Jane hanger named Adolf, in the
Wyman, Brod- “Treasury Star Parade” broadcast
erick Crawford w hich airs on Thursday at 11:30
and Edward Bro- over station WTAW. Miss Shore,
phy* radio’s favorite feminine singer of
As super- popular songs, contributes “Tan-
thieves, Robinson, gerine,” while the actress-author,
Crawford and Miss Chase, expresses her views
Brophy decide to on Hitler as written in her best-
rob a bank. In- selling autobiography, “Past Im-
sfcead of going perfect.” In addition to providing
in and holding it up as any ordin- accompaniment for Miss Shore’s
Next time you are traveling the A • Rodeo She was ’ n > t Joan ary crook would do, the trio con- so io and mood music for “Past
1- i—i- -r the idea of tunneling under Imperfect,” David Broekman con-
the bank from next door. To do ducts his orchestra in the novelty
this, they buy a luggage store next “Reveille Rag.”
door to the bank and go into busi-
ness, meanwhile digging toward j u k e Box Prom Saturday...35 cents
the bank.
Customers in the store are so
fascinated by the boys complete
New York university school of
commerce, accounts and finance
Two in a Row...
Personality .
: By Dr. T. F. Mayo :
Introducing a New Librarian
Miss Hazel Adams, who is usually to be
found in the Required Reading Room and
the Browsing Room, is the latest addition
to the College Library Staff. In addition to
her routine work, Miss Adams is particular
ly interested in telling Aggies what to read.
As a beginning, here are some suggestions
which she makes of recent readable books
about the South:
The Mind of the South—Wilbur J. Cash.
Why the indestructible legend of mag
nolias and moonlight? The Ku Klux Klan?
The Duke fortune? These Southern institu
tions and other more elusive characteristics
which set us apart are explored with humor
and sound scholarship.
The Hamlet—by William Faulkner.
“What do you think you would like if
you was to make me do it.” This is the phil
osophy of Will Yarner, the chief man of the
Hamlet.
God Shakes Creation—David Cohn.
In the delta where there are more Ne
groes in proportion to whites than in any
similar area of the U. S., where every man,
white or black, carries arms, sex is without
shackles, an enemy is vanquished with a
Troodoo, and religion may be as prosaic as a
iburial society or as poetic as a spiritual.
A Southerner Discovers the South—Jona
than Daniels.
Discovery begins in a cemetery of the
<old South. Behind it the discoverer finds not
■an expanse of white pillars but T.V.A., Tus-
kegee, the lottery machines of New Orleans,
and the ghost of Huey Long.
Look Homeward, Angel—Thomas Wolfe.
Eugene Gant was born into the quarrel
some indifference of a small town and the
bombast of a wild family. His life with them
and at the state university are told with in
tensity.
Lanterns on the Levee—William Alexander
Percy.
The author, a Southern aristocrat by
right of heritage and attitude of mind, sets
down the record of his life as a planter and
a poet.
Fabulous New Orleans—Lyle Saxon.
No romance is more romantic than the
city of New Orleans. Lyle Saxon knows the
secrets that lie behind the grilled windows
in the French Quarter as well as he knows
the history of the duelling oaks and the food
of Antoines.
Culture in the South—edited by W. T. Couch.
“All the chapters taken together give
a picture of the more important aspects of
life in the present South and their historic
background.” The one on colleges and uni-
the fact that they are not ready when the
opportunity presents itself.
Colonel Hilger went on to relate the
painstaking care which was taken in pre
paring for the raid and how every man in a l ities on the campus is nothing words,
the group from the highest rank to the low- 1
est had memorized the chart so that they
knew exactly where the target would be
without having to refer to a map or chart
when they were over their objective. In
finite care was taken in getting ready for
the raid and the success of the mission was
the pay off. These men are being acclaimed
as heroes because they were ready to ren
der distinguished service when the opportu
nity presented itself.
. .jTTjriT-,.,-, through California look for a sign
last Saturday morning m the Kyle Field rea(li „ Join ^ A and heI then but was Miss Rosebud Blou-
Stadium rye welcomed home Colonel Hilger A & ^ win the War „ The exact deU ... the '27 Longhorn acclaim-
and Ensign Gay, two of our boys who have whreaboufe ha , Dot be<m asC(!r . ed it „ the bi t and best in
rendered distinguished service to our coun- but a re)iabk sour( , e say . bcauty and brawn .„ Nobody re _
ry in e piesen war. that it is to be seen there . . . ceived a permanent injury and
In opening his talk, Colonel Hilger made Motoriste the States ^ wild steer available was rid .
a statement to the effect that the group of be haTing a g00a deaJ of ^ at , east once .
pi O S W 0 carne ou , okyo g ebbbl g re , a j r parts for their cars Stan Foran just about hit the indifference to sales, that they . ’ . , ••at
would rather not be thought of as heroes l Bothin / oi th03e forbidden nai , on the heai , hen he said that flock to the shop in greater num- has ahosen ten lead T m industry
but rathei as a group of men^who had been tires but tbey needn > t wor ry too we all hope that the material now hers as time goes by, causing quite and labor as participants in a new
lucky enoug to receive an assign ent w lc h h b t it bccause tbc g 0V . g oin g out t0 our armed forces is an upset among local merchants course in collective bargaining.
J ^ will furnish them with not “too little, too late, and second who are not getting any business.
caused YbUTo be chosen a " d " * ^
very important and dangerous mission but, , thei J. cars stuck tog,ether or
admitting that there was a little luck in- dur f tlon -
volved, it certainly was not luck that they s P eak i n g of signs one of the
were ready for the assignment. ^ P ict " re of th ® 1 tradl " ^ wll j be 1 th Q ls we . ek J* carps da " c J
I am sure that these men were chosen tlonal stoTk _ a delivery he Socia Sec of the Brass Hat • l • tv, ria f
because thev had insnired confidence in their Wlth the inscription attached class announces . . . this one will STREET is showing Thursday at
leaders by their devotion to the task at hand “ Kee P ’ Em F1 y in e” • • • With all be same time, same place, same the Campus Theatre. The title role
and their untirine- efforts in nrenarine- them the 10 P er €ent club stickers, U. money (9-12 p.m., Sbisa Mam hall, is played by Lionel Atwill; others
selves SO S- Ackers, War Bond stickers, 35 cents). of the cast a^Una Merkel, Nat
opportunity came along. Often men deny and new tax stam i> s the modern • • • Pendleton and Claire-Dodd,
themselves the opportunity to render what motorist has quite a job to see Note . . . About all that can be said for
might be called heroic service because of out of his a ^ in ^ vehicle - this movie is that the studios tried
‘ Today s column is another prod- hard to produce something good.
act by a guest writer who occa- Its pretty amateurish, though,
sionally against his will is pressed even with a shipwreck, a couple
This business of having person- into service. Drafted in other °f murders and some South Sea
The crooks almost turn legitimate
and give up boring for the tunnel,
but an ex-pal turns up and spoils
that idea.
The Lowdown: not bad.
“MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET
WHAT’S SHOWING
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday—“Mad
Doctor of Market Street”
with Lionel Atwill and Una
Merkel.
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday—“Lar
ceny, Inc.” starring Edward
G. Robinson, with Jane Wy
man and Brdderiek Craw
ford.
Musical Meanderings
By BILL MURPHY
Everything seems to 1 be shaping been running their “Caissons Go
up for the gala opening of the Rolling Along.” For instance, here
new open air dance pavilion, which is what an artilleryman at Camp
My DadTwho ad no college training, wi 'l P«>t> a My come about the first Roberts has to say about it. “For
held that a college education made a man ° f , AuE, i st As tbln ® s ‘ ook . ? ow ; ? ver y ! L ears ’ .7 mc ' 1
ready so that when an opportunity present- ° ur ' ey Brien ,‘ and hl f Agg.eland have sung the song with guts,
ed itself he was ready to take advantage of 0 « h o a t ra "' ll1 be haad to fur- Now big time dance bands have
it. Many of US feel that we will never use msh the Vltal ■ ,1Ve for the occasio:n - picked it up and transformed the
some of the subject matter we are required By tben orchestra will or artillery hymn into a weak-tea
to learn in our various curricula but knowl- s h° u l d be at its peak, since it will frilly dance tune.” In short, a
6dg6 gained is never wasted and wtll come imcl6rgon6 Giglit wggIcs of mcircli isn t <& dsinco tun©. If s
in handy at the most unexpected time. Most rehearsing. Anyhow, the whole designed to snap a bunch of sweat-
Of US will never have the opportunity to be- ldea ls —don’t miss the opening, ing, dog-tired, mud-caked men in
come a recognized hero but I still feel that 11/8 a definite precedent in the to a route march and keep them
the real heroes are those who are getting colle s e dance field - ' there - “Caissons” sung by the av-
ready for the big tasks by doing the small Rumor has it that Glenn Miller erage band vocalist sounds more
ones well. They are the ones who are put- has been hanging around the Naval like the call of the daffodils,
ting forth their best efforts in their chosen Recruiting Station in New York. It looks‘as though all roads lead
-fjgjcj From the mail comes word that to Hollywood. Band leaders are
Colonel Hilger graduated in mechanical a certain Texas band is really now headed toward California in
engineering and I am sure that many times ehmbing up that ole’ ladder of stead of New York. The following
since his graduation he has had an opportu- success, but fast. The band is that movies are the result: “Cabin In
nity to put into practice much of the train- °f Layton Bailey, who got his The Sky” with Cab Calloway; “Du
ing he received in that course. start not so many moons ago at Barry Was A Lady” with T. Dor-
As a result of the razzing which was in S.M.U. His father, by the way, is sey and his slip-horn; “Sweet And
evidence between our students and the Navy a member of that faculty. Hot” featuring a musical feud be-
and Marines, Ensign Gay in closing his talk Bailey added last week a real tween the Les Brown and Freddie
made a statement to the effect that in com- chirper in one Hazel Bruce who Martin orchestras; “Off the Beat-
bat the only thing that mattered concern- comes from nearby Alamo Town, en Track” with Sonny Dunham;-
ing one’s comrade was whether or not he Hazel has sung with such big and last but not least Sammy Kaye
could deliver when the going was tough. If names as Joe Reichman, Charlie in “So You Want To Lead A
we are not ready to deliver mentally and Barnet, and others before joining Band.” All of these are fine en-
physically, there is no better time to start Bailey at the Wardman Hotel in tertainment, so don’t miss them,
getting ready than now. A football team Washington D. C.
that waits until Friday to start getting ready Toni DiPardo pulled a cheap
for Saturday’s game seldom wins. publicity stunt a few nights ago
Both Hilger and Gay emphasized the by marrying on the bandstand of
need for trained leadership and whether it the Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis,
PALACE
■ PHONE 2-8879
Thurs. - Fri. - Sat.
JOAN CRAWFORD
MELVYN DOUGLAS
in
“They All Kissed
The Bride ,,
• • •
PREVIEW 11 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
WALLACE BEERY
in
“Jackass Mail”
with
Marjorie Main
• • •
Shown Sun. - Mon.- Tues.
Qampas
4-1181
Box Office Open Till 10 P.M.
TODAY ONLY
“The Mad Doctor
of Market Street”
with
LIONELL ATWILL
NAT PENDLETON
Also
Cartoon — Short
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Also
Cartoon — News
Stranger Than Fiction
Biology Club Views
Slides at Meeting
Quotable Quotes
The Biology Club will hold its
be one semester or eight before we are called, where he was currently playing, regular meeting tonight in the
let’s not let it be said we were not ready. DiPardo was getting rather des- Biology Lecture Room, at seven-
perate since his draft number will thirty.
be called in the next few days. The conservation of the natural.
What some people will do for pub- resources of our country will be
licity! DiPardo, you remember, the subject of the program. Fifty-
played the Cavalry Ball last sea- fi ve slides showing the disastrous
son. results all over the world of man’s
Kay Kyser has been out on a disregard of the limitations of
• t • „ .,. ^our-week tour of army, navy and nature, as well as a discussion of
ideals ai e 1 ooted in religious f, when one mar i ne cam p S . He is paying all the slides will make up the prog-
generation discards religion, the next gener- expenses of the tour, the first time ra m.
ation may discard ethical ideals. ' any band has devoted a full month The club is the owner of an
J iaiTl president of ^^ e j»^eny^Col- 0 £ Rg ^me to shows for the serv- expensive sound motion picture
ice. This isn’t all though, he is projector. If any prospective mem-
now contemplating a tour of all her is interested in learning how
the out-posts in this hemisphere, to operate this machine, and make
This is patriotism in its true col- some money at the same time,
he is especially urged to attend
Of particular interest is an item the meeting.
up from various army All students, whether a Biology
“As a generation, we have been using up the
principal of OUT religious capital. Ethical W-weekTour‘of army, nlvy^nd nature?'
lege, sees cause for alarm in the trend away
from religion.
versities is particularly penetrating.
In This Our Life—Ellen Glasgow.
Asa Timberlake possesses values, but he ors
is ineffectual. He is confronted with the C
irony of a selfish daughter who wrecks the picked
lives of her family and friends but is her- camps. It seems that the army and major or not, who are interested
self untouched by a fate which should, in especially the field artillery re- in general scientific work, are in-
all justice, strike her dead. sents the way dance bands have vited to the club meeting.
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Thursday - Friday
3:30 and 7:00
Dynamite Backfires
Edward G. Robinson
in
Larceny, Inc.
NEWS
— COMEDY
312=0
Coming Saturday
Nazi Agent
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