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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 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,
ia 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 8. 1870.
Subscription rates $3 a school year. Advertising rates
ipon request.
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Office, Room 122, Administration Building. Telephone
t-4444.
1941 Member 1942
Pissocided Golle6iate Press
Brocks 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
N. Libson Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith... Advertising Manager
Jack K. 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
K. R. Tampke r .’.Senior Assistant
Carlton Power - Senisr Assistant
Joe Stalcup .'. Junior Assistant
Tuesday’s Staff
Tom Vannoy Managing Editor
Tom Leland.. _i 1 Junior Editor
John Holman .....Junior Editor
Dtairlas* Lancaster - Junior Editor
Reporters
Tom Joumeay, 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.
The Open Forum
This school is not perfect, neither is this
paper. We know it, and you know it. But too
often suggestions and “bleeds”, are made
in the wrong places—places where they do
no good.
The faculty and college authorities are
more interested in the welfare of every stud
ent here than most of us realize, ^nd they
really want to know what the student thinks
and feels about various things.
This paper has an Open Forum column
on this page. That space is devoted entirely
to what YOU have to say about this or that.
We welcome fair criticism; the college does
also. If you have some pet “bleed”, write it
down in the best English you can, and either
bring or mail it to the Battalion or Room
126, Administration building.
We will print anything that is not libe
lous, vulgar, or detrimental to the war ef
fort, but only signed letters will be considered.
The Open Forum is YOUR column. It is
your lawful right to express yourself. Use
the Open Forum.—JMH.
Our Neighbors to the South
; By harry a. cordua ,
Bolivian ministers en route to Washington—
Both Ministers of Finance of Bolivia are
en route to Washington to sign a contract
with the Export-Import Bank, involving
help for Bolivia’s highway, mining, and agri
cultural program.
Compulsory Military training initiated in
Cuba—
The Chief of the Cuban Army announc
ed to the country June 24 that compulsory
military service would start August 1.
Guatemala’s aid to our sugar needs —
The president of Guatemala has given
unlimited licenses for sugar exports, which
can be shipped to the United States through
Mexico by rail.
Ecuador receives loan—
An Ecuadorian Developing Corporation
was recently formed to administer a $50,-
000,000 loan granted by the United States
Export-Import Bank. A part of the sum is to
be used for the rehabilitation of the province
of El Oro, invaded by the Peruvians last
summer.
Peru sets up tire factory—
Finance Minister of Peru announced on/
June 14 that the U. S. Government had
granted priorities on machinery shipments
to Peru, for setting up a tire factory which
will manufacture tires from Peruvian rub
ber. This has been a long time dream of
Lima’s ex-mayor Eduardo Dibos, a recent
visitor in Washington.
Inter-American Conference—
A new Inter-American Conference is
-getting underway as important members of
the 21 republics assembled in Washington,
to coordinate plans for dealing with Frozen
Axis funds.
Bogota, Columbia—site for next Pan-Ameri
can Conference —
The_ ninth regular Pan American Con
ference is scheduled for November of 1943,
to be held at Bogota, capitol of Columbia.
The last conference met in Lima, Pepu in
1938; more recent conferences in Panama,
Havana, and Rio de Janeiro had special
character.
Chili moves toward Axis Break—
Forces in Chili favoring a rupture of
relations with the Axis gained substantially
in strength during the past month. On June
19, the Santiago branch of the Radicals vot
ed unanimously for a severing of Axis rela
tions. Three days later, at a celebration of
Mexicos entrance into the war, participants
demanded that relations with the Axis be
cut. The Socialists have now joined the Com
munist in wholehearted support of an ag
gressive policy. Before a crowd of 10,000
persons, Minister of Development Oscar
Schnake stated boldly that Chili could not
and should not remain neutral. On the same
platform were: the Labor-leader, the secre
tary-general of the Chilean Confederation of
Workers (who proposed at national plebiscite
on foreign policy) and the perennial spokes
man of the Socialist Party. The latter is un
derstood to have assured President Rios, in
Open Forum
This article may seem like repetition to many
of the readers as far as subject matter is
concerned, yet, something should be done
about speaking to people on the campus.
Try speaking- to everyone you meet on
the sidewalks and streets. Sometimes we
don’t realize how much it helps to say “hello”
or “good morning” to someone but just the
same it has a friendly effect and makes this
tense atmosphere that we live in a more
wholesome one.
Speaking is like dimming your lights
when you meet an approaching automobile
at night. Dim your lights and in almost
every case he will dim his too. It is some
thing contagious that spreads everyday as
it goes along. You will find out how much
better it will make you feel when you are
down and out and have that “not a friend
in the world” feeling.
All of us speak to the boys, we know
personally but the object is to speak to
everybody. Alright, maybe he doesn’t speak
back but he will gradually get educated if
he’s wise. Naturally the Freshman class as
a whole are fair at speaking but the rest of
us—we are way off the line.
This thing takes very little effort and it
nets plenty in return. Try it for a few days
and if it doesn’t make you a new man come
to me and I’ll give you your money back.
KEITH KIRK, ’43.
PRIVATE BUCK . . By Clyde Lewis
“It’s just curiosity, Sarge. After 20 miles I wanted to see if I
have any feet left!”
The World Turns On
By DR. C. C. DOAK
By
Jack Hood
Freshmen and Seniors—What is the differ
ence between the typical freshman and the
typical senior? What does college do for a
boy? Are the changes worth the cost? Could
a man not serve as well and learn as much
either in industry or the army as in college?
In this day of haste and war, these are ques
tions which should be on every tongue. I
have watched exactly twenty freshman
classes enter A. & M. They have varied but
little, and they have not been unlike begin
ning student groups who have entered other
colleges and universities. A man is the prod
uct of his inheritance plus the sum of all
that he has experienced. Since freshmen
have had the same parents, have lived in the
same homes, have gone to the same schools,
attended the same movies, and have refused
to read the same books, it follows that as a
group they are quite similar. You could
change clothing and campuses, and the boys
from the University would look and act just
like Aggie freshmen. But freshmen are not
like seniors, and Aggie seniors are not like
seniors of any other school. This is another
way of saying that the environment here is
unique and therefore it does some unique
things to those who experience it.
Recruits and Soldiers—Recruits are
very much like freshmen. They are young;
they are frightened by the new environment;
they are soft and individualistic. Two years
of army life was long enough for me to see
several groups of recruits inducted into serv
ice and matured into soldiers. It was always
the same. Weak, stooped, frightened, under
nourished, self-centered, little bell-hops, soda-
jerks, pampered-pets, and panty-waist boys
were worked until their muscles bulged. They
were fed regularly on wholesome food until
their bodies grew heavier, healthier, and
harder. They were taught to think and work
with others until their minds assumed new
attitudes toward everything from common
sweat to uncommon patriotism. So startling
were the changes wrought in a matter of
weeks that mothers and sweethearts went
into ecstasies over nearly any boy on his
first furlough. Remembering him as he had
been, they were pleased beyond words at the
extent of the' improvements. A. & M. and
the army are similar in what they do toward
helping a boy grow into a man.''
Attitudes — If observation of twenty
classes and a considerable number of recruits
is sufficient to entitle one to give advice to
men now in A. & M. and at the same time
faced with the immediate prospect of be
coming recruits, this is my offering:
(1) Assume with joy the new respon
sibilities for money, clothing, quarters,
books, and equipment which dormitory life
affords. The discharge of these details gives
one a chance to prove his independence and
worth both to himself and to his fellows.
(2) . Without compulsion, take care of
your body and person. Bathe it, exercise it,
feed it regularly and wisely, wash its teeth,
shave its chin, hold its shoulders up, teach
its face to smile, and teach its mind to maim
tain an interested alertness at all times (even
in class). These things, if maintained
through three years will often pin diamonds
on your shoulders in the fourth year.
(3) Avoid all expensive', weakening,
and time-consuming habits, for they are as
dead weights around the neck of any man
who would be a student.
(4 Select a study program to include
as many of the basic sciences as possible.
Work at it hard enough to convince yourself,
your parents, and your Uncle Sam that you
are making your greatest immediate contri
bution to the national effort right where
you are, because you are preparing for great
er service later on.
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence ■’—-Webster
Aggie Song Hits . . . The Plainsmen . . .
Top tunes of dancers at Satiddy
night’s Juke Box Prom add up like
this:
1. My Devotion
2. Jersey Bounce
3. Not Mine
4. One o’clock
Jump
5. Begin the Be-
guine
(i. He Wears a
Pair of Sil
ver Wings
Hood 7. Sleepy Lagoon
8. Trumpet Blues
> 9. Amen
10. Skylark
Evidence that someone was
using a heavy line was a request
for “She’ll Always Remember” with
a “Please” added . . . One request
was for $1,000 cash . . . leave at
main door in small bills . . . anoth
er request read, “To hell with those
jitterbugs!” and still another read,
“Something ought to be done about
those buys who ‘bust in’ without
saying a d thing.”
More Names . .,
Still not . enough entries have
come in for the dance slab naming
contest ... a short, catchy, fitting
name will take the prize over all
those yet submitted.
Prize examples of entries so far
are: Heifer , Ring, Anti-Botts Inn,
Birddog Paradise, Aggie Lair.
When 22 Aggies traveled ovei
Northeast U. S. and Canada dur
ing the summer travel course ir
Ag Eco, they got this write-up ir
the London, Ontario Daily Free
Press: “Twenty-two of the famous
Texas Aggies (students of the Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas) who arrived in Londor
this morning to study agricultura
conditions in this district, are
shown above. (Front page picture)
Those big hats they are wearing
are a small edition of the r.egulai
10-gallon hats and are called five-
gallon hats. The big boots in the
front row are real Texas high-
heeled riding boots.”
Aggie’s Angel . . .
July 25 at two o’clock, 43 Aggies
were trying to “catch out” from
the East Gate . . . rides were
scarce, and they were about to
give up. Then a trailer truck came
along and picked up the whole
bunch . . . headed for Houston.
When he got to Hempstead, the
one-armed driver stopped and
bought 16 watermelons . . outside
of Hempstead, he stopped ag'ain
and told the’ boys to “dig in.”
Later the Aggies chipped in and
gave their friend a token of ap
preciation. The one-armed driver
will long be remembered by those
Aggies' . . .
(Submitted by Gerald T. Svelten-
fuss, Hq. Signal Corps).
Completion of Commando
Course Means Tired Backs
War educates the senses, calls into ac
tion the will, 'perfects the physical constitu
tion, brings men into such swift and close
collision in critical moments that man meas
ures man.—Emerson.
a private conference June 11, that a break
with the Axis could not be postponed inde
finitely. Following a confidential analysis of
the Chilean situation, the senate voted al
most unanimously to leave foreign policy
unaltered for the time being.
By Tom Leland
In two or three weeks A. & M.’s
new commando obstacle course lo
cated west of the infantry drill
field will begin its job of harden
ing the muscles and physical en
durance of the Aggies to a point
where they will be able to hold
their own with any Jap, German,
or any othe^j enemy they may meet.
With the ^collection of so much
of A. & M.’s military equipment by
the war department to meet the
present emergency, Colonel C. L.
Caphton, Infantry senior instruc
tor, has supervised the construc
tion of the course so that the phy
sical side of the Aggies’ training
will be complete when new equip
ment arrives.
The actual designing of the
course was carried out by Prof.
E. J. Urbanovsky of the Landscape
Art. Department. Urbanovsky gave
the problem to his Landscape 307
class and let the members submit
their own ideas as to how the
course should be designed. The
final course will be a composite of
the best features from each of
these designs. The members are
not only doing the work of de
signing but are actually working
at the construction. These men are
P. M. Geren, F. CAC; A. E. Hud-
eck, H CAC; H. W. Phillips, CHQ;
J. G. Morris, B Cav; C. M. Mc-
Caskill, A CAC; R. C. McMurtrey,
C CAC; D. B. Stanley, M. Inf.; E.
II. Wathen, 1 CHQ; and D. :
Walters.
As a preview of some of the so
muscles in store for Aggies in t
near future, the course will sta
with a series of low hurdles, f(
lowed by walls, parallel bars, ro
climbing, tunnels, ditches, a 1
foot ladder, twisting and wea
ing paths— in short, there are d
vices to exercise scientifically e
ery musccle in the body. The te
rain has been selected to repr
sent every possible type likely
be encountered in modern we
Woods, plains, hills are all include
The even further convert the A
gies into first class fighting nn
is a new course of instruction
actual hand-to-hand combat, di
arming opponents, capturing pi
soners, and every trick of the trai
in general rough and tumble figh
ing. Major R. L. Roberts will s
pervise this section of the ne
training. The text book to be us<
is entitled “Get Tough” and
written by Captain Fairbairn, chi
of the Shanghai police for twen
years. At present this instructs
is to be given to infantry senim
but other organizations may r
ceive this training in the near f
ture.
Dr. Stanley King, president
Amherst college, has announc
that “by various retrenchmen
we are reducing the wst of
bachelor of arts degree by $40i
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KEITH
Starring Ann Sheridan and Ron
ald Reagan in a wide-eyed melo
drama is “JUKE GIRL,” showing
today and Wednesday at Guion
Hall. Others in the cast are Rich
ard Whorf, Gene Lockhart and
George Tobias.
Ann Sheridan plays the part of
the “juke girl,” which is just a
fancy name for a dance hall dame.
In a Florida boom town, she gets
mixed up in a dispute between
Ronald Reagan, who wants the
farmers, in the vicinity to get a
square deal in selling their prod
ucts, and Gene Lockhart? the pack
er who practically has a monopoly
on all the vegetables and fruits
grown in' that teri'itory.
Romancing is carried on by Ann
and Ronald, but the juke girl turns
down his offer of marriage because
of the kind of gal she is. After
things are straightened out be
tween the packers and planters,
she realizes she really loves him
and they get together. The picture
,is filled with fights, a murder,
hard drinking and suggestions of
other things.
The Lowdown:—It’s the same
old story of boy and girl, but Red
Head Sheridan gives it “oomph.”
“MISSISSIPPI GAMBLE R”,
with Kent Taylor and Frances
Langford, is showing as one of
the features at the Campus today
and tomorrow.
This is the story of a never-say-
die newspaperman who undertakes
singlehandedly to capture a mur
derer of a race-track jockey. It’s
a thousand mile chase, and he
finally ends up finding the mur
derer, though he is disguised by
plastic surgery. Frances Langford
sings, though we can’t see why.
The Lowdown: You can go ‘out
for a Van Dyke’ during this one.
“SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN”,
co-starring Preston Foster and
Lynn Bari, is the other feature
showing now at the Campus. An
authentic looking setting and an
up-to-the-times plot make the show
seem very real.
Preston Foster is an American
owner of a Shanghai night spot
and he gets tangled up in interna
tional affairs when Lynn Bari, a
British agent whom he suspects
of being in cahoots with the j Jap
anese, calls at his place for an im
portant letter. Finding that he
values the safety of his country
above that of his own life, he
throws himself heart and soul into
the work of spying on spies. The
stars and the supporting cast, in
cluding Noel Madison and Sen
Yung, are all good.
The Lowdown:—Apropos in that
it shows that “a slip of the lip may
sink a ship.”
Palomar, the famous 200-inch
telescope of the California Insti
tute of Technology atop Mt. Palo
mar in San Diego county, is barr
ed to the public for the duration
of the war.
A recent survey reveals there
are 32 teachers’ fraternities at
American institutions of higher
learning.
I WANT
Drawing
Instruments
Slide Rules
and Engineering
Books
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4-1181
Box Office Open Until 10:00 P. M.
TODAY - TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
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AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“Secret Agent of Japan,”
with Preston Foster and
Lynn Bari. Also, “Mississippi
Gambler,” with Kent Taylor
and Frances Langford.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“Juke Girl,” with Ann Sheri
dan and Ronald Reagan.
MISSISSIPPI
JL GAMBLER
■jrailP UNIVERSAL PICTURE I
/ with
Frances Langford
Kent Taylor
2:12 - 4:40 - 7:C0 - ?:28
Also
Merry Melody Cartoon
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Tuesday - Wednesday
3:30 and 7:00