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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1942
The Battalion a .gap’s Fables BACKWASH
STUDENT TRI-WEEKCLY NEWSPAPER
By
Jack Hood
COVERING
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Tom Journeay, Harry 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.
A. & M. Mothers Should Join
Among the organizations in Texas which
have rendered highly valuable service—es
pecially important since it is of such an in
timate and personal nature—to students, at
Texas A. & M, College, are the A. & M.
Mothers Clubs which are to be found in
many communities, especially those which
have sent many young men to Aggieland.
In the past these clubs have interested
themselves in many improvements and in
stallations at the College which have meant
additional convenience and comfort for the
student body, and they also have played a
part in larger affairs of importance to the
College as an educational institution and to
the entire student body.
The stronger these clubs are in mem
bership, the more influence they are likely
to be able to bring in the accomplishment of
objectives, and the more they will be able to
do for the student body as a whole and for
individual members.
In a sense the A. & M. Mothers club of
Brazos county is a key organization in the
state group, as it is close to the scene of
activity and is more familiar with needs, and
with what might be done to improve the
environment and influences affecting the
students. It is reasonable to believe that
clubs located in other communities might
look to the Brazos county club for leader
ship and for suggestions and that the
stronger and more active this club, the more
might be accomplished through the joint ef
fort of all the clubs in Texas.
If this reasoning is correct then there is
good reason for every A. & M. mother in
Brazos county affiliating with the Brazos
County A. & M. Mothers club. At the pres
ent time there are approximately 160 mem
bers eligible for membership, each of which
is qualified to add to the influence of the
local organization and further the work of
the associated clubs of the State. Each is
qualified as an individual to further the
work that is being done by the local club
and by all the clubs.
The present membership, however, rep
resents only 66 of this number, and it should
be patent that the Brazos county club is
handicapped in its efforts on behalf of the
students because it is comparatively weak
in membership and does not weild the in
fluence it likely would with a larger mem
bership. Also, the work that is done may
suffer because too much may be placed on
the shoulders of a few and because lack of
working members makes some projects prac
tically impossible.
Mothers of Brazos county, eligible for
membership in this worthwhile organization
should not delay affiliation.—Bryan Eagle.
It is hard to he vigilant and yet not
seem suspicious.
This Collegiate World
While the present trend for college
students is to place emphasis on technical
courses, Dr. Charles C. Wagner, assistant
dean of the school of liberal arts, urges those
interested in the liberal arts field not to be
influenced by today’s emergency conditions.
“Before the present emergency technol
ogical jobs were few, and this will be the
situation when the present crisis is over,”
Dr. Wagner said.
“Too many students have the idea that
technical subjects are the only important
ones now, and are overlooking the part play
ed by the liberal artist in defense,” he add
ed.
Many positions are open both in the
army and civilian life, where the liberal art
ist is much‘in demand, he pointed out. Par
ticular attention was called to the quarter
master corps, public relations and finances,
and the publicity department of the army,
Numerous jobs are now available in the
fields of economics, sociology and mathe
matics.
“Student should look forward to long-
aim objectives rather than short-aim ob
jectives,” Wagner asserted.
By A Sap
DINNER AT ETIQUETTE
Or Ethics of Civilized Grub Grabbing
as told by
A-SAP
to
Anybody Who’ll Listen
A duck dinner will be held on the terrace
of Leggett Manor on the night of Feb
ruary 30. All who are interested may
attend. You bring the ducks!
LIST to the voice of a veteran duck de-
vouree, young men, and you’ll just mail
those ducks and dedicate the evening of the
thirteenth day of June to the knitting of
nighties for underclad undergrads. In this,
the Modern Error, it is a problem of how to
eat at a formal feed—a matter of separating
one’s table manners from one’s stable man
ners. If you would sup with the socially elite
(short i), you must watch your peas and
cubes. You follow?
ONCE the duck is in hand, h’w’v’r, the
question of proper dress arises. Convention
sets no rules as to the formal duck dinner
ensemble. You might wear white duck trous
ers . . . still, that would leave the duck out
Jn the cold. Modesty demands a dressed duck,
so what.
NOW imagine yourself, arrayed in duck
diap—eruh—pants, at the scene of the conflict
shortly before the “is served” gong is sound
ed. Your host has made careful plans for
your enjoyment of the meal.
NOW the setting of the table is signifi
cant. Ordinarily, the table has forethought
enough to take its seat before the guests
arrive. There may be some variation in the
number and types of spoons placed beside
the platters. Spooning technique ain’t what
it used to be! Still follow? Okay, but you’ll
be sorry.
AT the sound of the next musical nert,
the guests may invade the dining room and
stand behind the chairs assigned by the
host. In the event garlic is to be served, the
guests should all be placed on the same side
of the table, so that none are directly op
posite. Should the host say to you, “Mr.
Dubble-Bubble, will you say grace?” you
may giggle and reply: “Okay, then. Grace.”
This is a sure-fire line that always gets a
laugh.
WHEN sitting down (the most popular
direction), be careful to drop your gloves
under the table. Your date will lean over to
grope for them under the table, thus giving
you an opportunity to push her face in the
potatoes. This cute trick is exceedingly fun
ny, and will start the meal in a spirit of good
humor.
REMEMBER only slovenly people pick
their teeth at the table. Rather, you should
wait until after the meal, try on several sets,
and choose those fitting you most congenial
ly-
WHILE the meal is in progress, remem
ber as the riding instructor says, “Keep your
elbows close in to the body, and your feet
in the syrups.” Strive for witty table talk,
i. e.: your date turns to you and recites, “Et
tu Brute?” and you echo, “No, just one.”
You may have to start the reaction to this
one.
BRINGING up next the menu. A typical
dish is a saddle of mutton seasoned liberally
with sauce mousseline. If you’ve never eaten
a saddle, you don’t know what you’ve missed!
Sauce mousseline, obviously comes from
Italy. Try to consume this dish, for if you
don’t, the host may cry, “What is this, mut
tony?” Pie and cake are standard desserts.
Frozen aspics are quite popular, too, since
after the meal great fun can be had by stick
ing them up in the wall.
DURING the meal, soft music may be
heard. String trios are generally acceptable.
The ideal instrumentation for an affair of
this sort would be a jello and two victuals.
AT the conclusion of the dinner, remain
seated until your date stands up. If she offers
you her arm, shake your head and say polite
ly, “No thank you, I’m full!”
CERTAINLY by this time you have
eaten a genteel sufficiency and may leave
feeling fully surrencified.
Hood
Can You Draw??
. . . and, if so, can you use some
cash (spelled $$$$) . . .
J. E. Loupot, North gate mer
chant prince, has another brain
storm with cash
producing possi
bilities ... or
can you draw? A
cartoon contest
will be run for
four weeks with
the best cartoon
of the week
^;b r i n g i n g five
bucks. At the end
of the four weeks
a grand prize of $25 will be award
ed to the owner of the best cartoon
entered ... it is possible for any
one man to draw $5, $10, $15, $20,
$25, $30, $35, $40 or $45.
Cartoons should be adaptable for
advertising, drawn with black ink
(India preferred), any size above
2 inches, on white cardboard. En
tries should be turned in to the
Battalion office before noon Mon
day deadline on the first contest
starting Monday week. Each
week’s winner will be published in
the Battalion in a Loupot ad.
With Chowder
L. P. Thompson, M. E. depart
ment, wife, Ray Loomis and Frank
Young passed a pick-uj) truck on
the way to Houston last week-end
. . . the pickup was loaded with
Aggie freshmen. As they passed
the truck they noticed something
that made them pause and stare
. . . then laugh. On the side of
the truck was painted .“LIVE
FISH.”
Tee Hee
Tricycle Willie was scooting
down in front of the Ad bldg the
other day . . . his eagle eye was
glued to a car in back of him
(as usual). The next thing Willie
knew, he, sidecar and all hit the
curb. No casualties, as luck would
have it.
Incidentally, Willie will be can
didate for Senator in the next is
sue of the Battalion Magazine . . .
with swell cartoons by James
Mims.
Sweepings
Clemson A. & M. College, Clem-
campus distracMs
son, South Carolina, has as its
commandant Col. H. M. Pool, an
Aggie-Ex of 1911 . . . the Clem-
sonites have a nifty military
sehodl, an d like to call West Point
“The Clemson of the North” . . .
Roland Bing, of the Former Stu
dents office, has discovered anoth
er Aggie-Ex who took part in the
Tokyo raid . . . Glen C. Roloson,
’40, of Brady, makes the fifth Ag
gie listed with the raiders . . .
Henry Dittman, Aggie-Ex of
Goose Creek, Texas, has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross at Boise, Idaho . . . Quoting
Ina Ray Hutton, slated for a dance
here August 8: “There isn’t a
doubt in the world that men would
rather see a girl directing a band
if only because it gives them the
opportunity to look over their
dates’ shoulder and grin back at
them, but that is when the danger
begins. A girl batoneer can be
pleasant to the men, but she bet
ter be sure to play to the women.
My psychology works, too.” ...
but Ina Ray only uses this policy
when playing dine and^ dance
spots, because “the girl usually
has the last word when it comes
to making a decision as to where
they will dine.”
Dormitory Space . >. .
If sufficient interest is manifest
ed in the vacation of a dormitory
in which to keep dates on the open
ing nights of the new dance slab
one can be made available. To do
this some organization must make
a written signed request to this
effect and turn it in to the com
mandant’s office. They must be
willing to vacate their own quar
ters for this period the command
ant’s office has stated.
Revealing- . . .
From the July “Reader’s Digest”
comes the following which had no
doubt been read by many. “Dr.
Hugh Hampton Young, eminent
surgeon, attended the unveiling of
a bust of himself at the Univer
sity of Virginia. After the cere
mony a young woman came up to
him. 4 I hope you appreciate,’ she
said, ‘that I have come 50 miles
to see your bust unveiled.’
“Whereupon, with a bow, Dr.
Young replied, ‘I would go a thou
sand miles to see yours’.”
Br
JACK
KEITH
Musical Meanderings
By BILL MURPHY
Quotable Quotes
The newspaper editors and publishers of
today are not merely reporting and com
menting on national events; they are help
ing to make the history of our times. They
are directing the hearts and the hands of all
of our citizens towards the great common
purpose of strengthening and protecting
our principles and our free institutions. Our
Army can make its military plans to defend
this country. It can design the weapons and
other equipment which we need and train
its members in their use. But only the larger
civilian population can determine whether
these munitions will be delivered in time and
in sufficient quantities to meet our need.
Upon the newspapers, principally, devolves
the great responsibility of informing the
public as to the conditions, the progress, and
the continuing urgency of our efforts. One
of the greatest weapons of our democracy
in time of emergency is also one of our most
valued treasures in time of peace. It is our
free press and the resulting enlightened pub
lic opinion which only a free press can
create and preserve.—Sec. of War Henry L.
Stimson.
Frederick Hard, dean of Newcomb col
lege at Tulane university, was at one time
golf coach and leader of the band at Tulane.
Aggieland is due to undergo a
heavy bombing attack around the
night of August the eighth when
Ina Ray Hutton, otherwise known
as the “Blonde Bombshell of
Swing,” and her fine band con
verge on our beloved campus. Ina
is the proud possessor of the es
sential Three B’s of show busi
ness—Brains, a Band, and last but
not least, a Body.
Miss Hutton, born Odessa Cowan
in Chicago and the daughter of a
former professional pianist, has
been the hottest thing in the realm
of popular music since 1935, when
she formed an all-girl band called
the Melodears. But the solons of
swing, or at least one segment of
them, hold that sex and syncopa
tion don’t mix and that women
bandleaders who try to peddle both
are a stench in the nostrils of
honest music lovers. And there
was no doubt about it, Ina—five
three, blue-eyed, with chestnut
hair and a figure that would stop
traffic in the old men’s home—
daring evening gowns she writhed,
wriggled and romped on the band-
was giving out with the sex. In
stand and she rolled ’em in the
aisles, but when they stopped roll
ing and got up to listen, it was
all off. The band was definitely,
hard on the ears.
So in 1940 Miss Hutton scrapped
the Melodears and began to build
an orchestra of men—and musi
cians. She still put on a show for
the audience but the band became
her chief consideration. She hired
the best men available, replaced
them when passible with still bet
ter men and worked hard with her
Saxophonist-Arranger George Pax
ton on the arrangements.
The result is the development of
one of the finest and most unique
organizations found anywhere in
the country. Her repertoire in
cludes anything from breakdowns
to rhumbas, and by rhumbas we
mean the kinds that has that
“Chile Bean Flavor.” (For the
benefit of the squares, Chile Bean
Flavor means HOT.)
If there is still any doubt in
your mind about her torrid rhy
thms, come on out and see for
yourslef.
Thirty-Second Notes
Social Secretary Bobby Steph
ens, in preparing for the biggest
dance in A. & M.’s history, even
called up the weather man to check
on the weather and the moon for
the gala opening of the new open-
air dance pavilion August the sev
enth.
When College Capers, Inter
state’s all-varsity musical revue
opens at the Majestic Theatre in
Dallas Saturday scattered through
out the audience will be a num
ber of talent scouts from Holly
wood representing some of the
largest studios of the film colony.
William Grady, whose eagle eye
recognized Lana Turner’s talent
when she was just a high school
girl, and has discovered many oth
er screen notables will spend Sat
urday and Sunday in Dallas scan
ning the show for film possibili
ties. Mr. Grady has announced he
is especially interested -in finding
young men of the “he-man type”
for his studio, height from, 5 feet
8 to 6 feet 2 or 3.
Some one should inform Mr.
Grady that he is just one hundred
and eighty miles north of the hav
en of handsome, fearless, kind,
dauntless and gentle boys. Say,
who am I kiddin’?
Aggieland’s “big” week-end of
the summer has been postponed
till August 7-8, but it’ll be well
worth waiting an extra week for.
Plans for that week-end now call
for a gala opening of the combina
tion skating rink, tennis court,
dance pavilion Friday night with
the Aggieland Orchestra playing
and then an outdoor Corps Dance
on the slab to the music of blonde
Ina Ray Hutton.
The JACKSON JUBILEE SING
ERS will present their show as
the third Town Hall program
Monday night. Included on the
program will be songs of the plan
tation Negro and Negro spirituals.
As a group of singers, composed
entirely of Negroes, the Jackson
Jubilee Singers have made a name
for themselves with their excellent
interpretations of songs of^ their
race.
The Campus Theatre is showing
“TEN GENTLEMEN FROM
WEST POINT,” the story of the
famous military academy at mid
night tonight and also Sunday and
Monday. Perhaps this is an inkling
of what we may expect from the
picture to be filmed of A. & M.,
but we hope not. George Mont
gomery, Maureen O’Hara and John
Sutton are stars of the show.
Winter Legumes
Help to Keep Up
Peak Production
Growing winter legumes will
help Texas farmers maintain their
peak productive strength.
Drawing on present soil fertil
ity without replacing it may result
in declining food and fiber produc
tion later in the war and post-war
period when most of the world will
be looking to American farmers
for food and clothing, George
Slaughter, chairman, Texas AAA
committee, said.
Planting winter legumes, main
ly vetches and winter peas, is rec
ognized as one of the best meth
ods of restoring productive vigor
to soils.
The seedlings also are heeded
to replace nitrogenous fertilizer
which is being diverted to manu
facture of munitions. The only ef
fective substitute for fertilizer di
verted in this manner, the AAA
official explained, is the growing
of legumes that transfer nitrogen
from the air to the soil.
Present crop reports indicate
that seed production this year will
be more than twice that of 1941
and supplies soon will begin to
move from the Pacific Northwest
to Southern countries.
The Agricultural Adjustment
Agency, which long has encouraged
the planting of winter legumes,
already has arranged for farmers
participating in the program to
obtain seeds and pay for them
later out of payments earned un
der the AAA program.
For the seeding of winter le
gumes, cooperating farmers can
earn AAA payments which prac
tically cover the cost of the seed,
Slaughter said.
From a historical and a patrio
tic point of view, this is a good
movie. Under the rigid discipline
of the first PMS & T of the school,
the first group of students dwin
dled down to a mere ten, hence
the picture’s name. Hardships of
the school in its struggle for sur
vival against political odds and
against Indian warriors are also
portrayed as part of the academy’s
story.
The Lowdown: a good history
lesson.
Four stars of radio fame are
playing in “LOOK WHO’S
LAUGHING” at the Guion Hall to
day only. They are Edgar Bergen
and Charlie McCarthy, Fibber Mc
Gee and Molly. Others in the cast
are Lucille Ball and Dorothy Lov
ett.
Edgar Bergen plays the part of
himself taking a flying vacation
in a small town where, of all
things, Fibber McGee is the may
or. Bergen and his stooge Charlie
find the mayor in a mess, trying
to induce an airline to buy the
town’s landing field for commer
cial use. A couple of land sharks
are also trying to buy the .land and
consequently Fibber is going
around in circles.
So, with the aid of Charlie, Ed
gar helps Fibber out and they
thwart the scheming land crooks.
Meanwhile Bergen realizes that he
is in love with his secretary, Lu
cille Ball, whom he left behind jto
marry his business manager.
Luckily, he realizes this fact in
time to rectify the mistake he
made when he left her behind. As
might be expected from the cast,
“Look Who’s Laughing” is filled
with funny situations and funny
lines.
The Lowdown: it is funny, Mc
Gee.
IT WILL PAY TO
TRADE THE
LOUPOT WAY
LOUPOT^
Qam/Jiu
4-1181
Box Office Open Till 10 P.M.
• • •
LAST DAY
Hayworth — Mature
“MY GAL SAL”
• • •
PREVUE TONIGHT
AFTER DANCE
SUNDAY - MONDAY
MAUREEN O'HARA
TEH teZn,:,,.-'
• • •
Go in at 9:30 p.m. and
see both shows
Technical training for 3,008
workers in Michigan war indus
tries has been given to date by the
University of Michigan in the
United States office of education’s
engineering, science and manage
ment defense training program.
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Saturday — “Look Who’s
Laughing,” with Fibber Mc
Gee and Molly, Edgar Ber
gen and Chairlie McCarthy.
At the Campus
Saturday—“My Gal, Sal,”
with Rita Hayworth, Carole
Landis and Victor Mature.
Midnight and Sunday and
Monday — “Ten Gentlemen
from West Point” with Geo
rge Montgomery, Maureen
O’Hara and John Sutton.
MOVIE
Guion Hall
SATURDAY
1:00 P.M. — 7:00 AND 8:30
Fibber McGee - Molly - Lucille Ball
Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy
in
“Look Who’s Laughing”
— ALSO —
March of Time — “INDIA IN CRISIS”
Late News
—COMING—
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
“A Yank On the Burma Road”