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■THE BATTALION-
-TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 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 3, 1870.
Subaeription rates $3 a school year. Advertising rates
upon request. |
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 122, Administration Building, Telephone
i-S444.
1941 Member 1942
Pissocioted GoUe6icite Press
Brooks Gofer
Cem Bresnen..
Phil Crown
Mike Haikin
Mike Mann
Chick Hurst
N. Libson
Reggie Smith
Jack S. Carter
Louis A. Bridges...
Jay Pumphrey
„ JEditor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
..Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Sports Editor
..Assistant Sports Editor
Senior Sports Assistant
Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
1 Advertising Manager
....Tuesday Asat. Advertising Manager
Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager
Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager
Circulation Staff
F. D. Aabury, Jr.
Bin Haber
H. R. Tampke
Carlton Power
Joe Stalcup
Tom Vannoy
Tom Leland....
Jack Keith
John Holman
..Circulation Manager
Senior Assistant
Tuesday’s Staff
Senior Assistant
Senior Assistant
Junior Assistant
...Managing Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Reporters
Tom Journeay, Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin
ney, John Baldridge, Charles Kaplan,' Gerald Fahrentold, Bert
Kurts, Bill Jamagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood,
Jack Chilcoat, Bill Murphy, John Sparger, and Henry Holguin.
Transportation Problem
Last week end was one of the first of the
summer when any appreciable amount of
social activity took place on the Campus, but
the Aggies are just now finding out what
they are up against. Most of the corps de
pends chiefly on taxis for their transporta
tion and while normally they are just as
willing to scrap for a place in the over-taxed
conveyances as anyone else they hate to
dash their dates off their feet and literally
hurl them into the still moving cab in order
to be able to beat a mob of sailors or marines
to the seats.
Observers will find that the majority
of the corps is polite enough at all times
and willing to wait their turn and let those
men who have dates use the cab first but
last week end men with dates were in sev
eral cases forced to walk or ask someone to
take them where they wanted to go because
the Navy and Marine Corps took the taxis
for themselves.
Not only is this condition prevailing but
it has come to the point that the major por
tion of the already insufficient entertain
ment spots have had to be abandoned by
the corps itself.
While A. & M. is trying to do its utmost
in the war effort it is a recognized fact that
they have been doing their part here at Col
lege Station and Bryan for 67 (sixty-seven)
years. In view of this fact it seems that
they should continue to keep the part of
the school which they have built during that
time so that they can continue-the enviable
record which they have written in the pages
of history during that time.
Recreational facilities have been pro
vided for the new trainees here on the cam
pus which were never afforded the cadet
corps. The corps doesn’t resent this as they
are glad for them to have such places but
when they have these and then try to take
the other commercial establishments which
were built originally for the Aggies it seems
that they have gone just a little too far.—
C.C.F.
Attention, Mr Hotard!
No, we are not kicking about the food this
time, but a little matter known to high school
kids as “health and hygiene.” Mr. Hotard,
we are forced to believe that you eat at
home out of clean, sparkling dishes, un
touched by human hands. We believe that
because we know that anyone who had any
clean place they could eat, would certainly
do so.
It is a crying shame when boys march
into the mess hall, sit down to eat, then
have to leave the table and go to the sand
wich stand because they just CAN NOT
EAT OUT OF DIRTY DISHES WITH
DIRTY KNIVES AND FORKS! We pick up
a glass, and grease and dirt smears stare us
in the face; we pick up our fork, the same
with it; and so on with all of the chinaware
as well as the silverware.
Perhaps you say you have headwaiters,
tell them about it. We did, over and over
again, but when the mess hall managers won’t
do anything even after the headwaiters
have turned in their complaints, then the time
for quiet “bleeding” is finished!
We can eat your food, sorry as it some
times is, but for gosh sakes, HOW ABOUT
SEEING THAT WE HAVE SOME CLEAN
DISHES TO EAT IT OUT OF! —JMH
“Pershing at the Front”
War is a biological necessity of the first
importance, a regulative element in the life
of mankind which cannot be dispensed with
. . . But it is not only a biological law but a
moral obligation and, as such, an indispen
sable factor in civilization.—Bernhardi.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the
world.
—Emerson
Civil dissension is a viperous worm that
gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.—
Shakespeare.
The World Turns On
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
By DR. C. C. DOAK
Last week this column pointed to the close
parallel which exists between the shaping
influences at A. and M. and those met with
in the army. Both "exact something of the
individual and the individual grows in pro
portion to how much is exacted of him. By
way of putting emphasis upon these facts,
a four point program was recommended. It
included recommendation for: (1) the faith
ful discharge of the social and financial re
sponsibilities which fall to a college man;
(2) a physical program for health, fitness,
and appearance; (3) a study program for
mental growth, and (4) some advice about
morals and habits.
Who Made the Dean’s Team? Since last
week’s dose of advice was handed out, grades
have been posted. Many grades were low,
and some boys have given up the idea of
gaining a college education. This is another
way of saying that a program which de
mands enough to stimulate the maximum
growth and development of the strong often
proves too much for the weak. One reason
why Aggie seniors are unlike Aggie fresh
men is that they are the survivors of a suc
cession of testing and screening processes
by which much weak and handicapped ma
terial is eliminated.
Time and Biology Change the Man—
Between the ages of 18 and 22, nature con
tributes much toward making a man out of
a boy. In the days before the speed-up pro
gram, Aggie freshmen usually were blessed
with senior officers who commanded respect,
not because of tradition, but because they
were the embodiment of experienced ma
turity and had an unquestioned interest in
their new charges. Every loyal Aggie would
love to keep it so but several factors have
been and are now contributing toward
changing the picture. (1) Summer heat is
no small factor. (2) The prospect of con
tinuous study without the release of sum
mer vacations does some adverse things to
the morale of the weak among us. (3) Many
students, and some ex-students with uncriti
cal minds, lay all our troubles to the break
down of the old dormitory discipline. (4)
Many have overlooked the fact that this
year’s freshmen represent the first crop of
those students who were started to public
school at six years of age instead of seven
as were our previous classes. This means
that present freshmen are on the average
younger by one year and three months than
previous classes. (5) The speed-up program
carried sophomores into their second year
of school short of that valuable summer pe
riod spent at home, in travel, or in industry.
Educators are likely to underestimate the
educational loss from this cause.
It Totals Up—We entered this year with
younger freshmen; with a class of sopho
mores pulled green; with juniors bewildered
by the summer heat and the disappearance
of the old methods of control ( ?) ;i and with
seniors baffled by the imminence of army
responsibilities. Despite these handicaps,
grades on the whole were better than usual,
proving that under the stress of war, Aggies
are putting enough extra effort into their
work to overcome all their handicaps. Keep
it up, Aggies! Your present battle is on the
Educational Front. *
This Collegiate World
“After you start the stack you should move QUICKLY hack
into line!”
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An a citation resultinr from some action or occurrence.’’—Webster
ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
University of Cincinnati students have
launched a war economy movement to save
paper which, if it spreads to other campuses
throughout the country, will save thousands
of dollars annually, its proponents here
claim.
Students will ask their professors to
accept themes written on both sides of the
paper—a breach of academic from hereto
fore considered absolutely unacceptable in
best classroom circles.
Backing up their request are these facts
as to the sale of theme paper in Cincinnati
campus bookstore: During the three-month
period ending Dec. 31, the university’s 10,-
750 students bought 200,000 sheets of theme
paper, valued at about $600.
Apply the local figures to the approxi
mately 1,300,000 college and university stud
ents throughout the nation, and the savings,
if the Cincinnati plan were adopted general
ly, would be impressive.
* * *
Literature,. both secular and religious, fic
tion and non-fiction, is becoming deeper in
its philosophical implications, says Dr. C. M.
Granskou, president of Augustana college.
“Writers are showing a tendency to dig
deeper, to be more serious, and to attempt
to indoctrinate in moral and spiritual
truths,” Dr. Granskou says.
Whether we are at the begining or the
end of an era and whether the war will mean
a new revolt from moral and ethical stand
ards are questions that confront us, Dr.
Granskou asserts.
* * *
Northwestern Ohio children with behavior,
personality and emotional difficulties may
be taken soon to Bowling Green State uni
versity for examination by a psychiatrist.
Cases will be referred to the psychiatrist
by juvenile courts, schools, public assistance
agencies, health departments, social agen
cies, children’s homes, child welfare services
and parents.
The service, a branch of the state bu
reau of juvenile research will be the third in
the state. Others are at Ohio university in
Athens and Muskingum college at New Con
cord.
The psychiatrist will suggest changes
to help problem children and will determine
mental development required for placement
in school or in community.
Passing Review ...
Friday night Aggieland’s new
“Grove” opened with Curley Bri-
ent’s Aggieland sporting a new
feature . . . Drummer Buck Weirus
vocalizing with Adeline Koffman.
The Hutton dance Saturday
night showed a higher attendance,
but the crowd liked Friday night
better. Saturday
, night the loud-
; ; : i speakers were on
the bum and, as
ii: a result, dancers
" often found them-
s e 1 ves scooting
around to their
i m a g i n a t i on.
Next dancetime,
Hood the floor should
be in shape, and all other faults
ironed out.
The Grove cost over $3710 ... it
wasn’t made larger because after
the duration, Aggieland won’t
have use for a large summer
dance spot . . . ’ and, right now,
building materials are scarce and
labor costs are high.
Somebody Fiddled . . .
. . while the Bull Ring burned.
Sunday afternoon that beloved
spot, the Bull Ring, suffered a
fire loss . . . supposedly ignited
from spontaneous combustion ( ?).
Those tall bushes that hide the
shamed faces of evil-doers are no
more (9 of them, anyway). Lt.
Williams, in charge of the session,
was the hero of the day when he
grabbed a bush and held it back
from the fire in an effort to stop
the spreading flames . . . but the
bush caught fire anyway, giving
him a dose of soot. A first year
Cadet was dispatched to the Fire
Station for help, but it turned out
War Comments
=By Walter F. Goodman, Jr.
India:
I used to get peeved when labor
would go on strike right smack
in the middle of a boom of some
industry with which they were
connected. Of course this was to
their favor even though they re-
cieved a hail of public condemna
tion, for if they could ever get
any of their demands it would be
at such an opportune moment. In
dia realizes her opportune mom
ent. M. Gandhi feels today that
his big moment has come; if he
doesn’t take it now, he‘11 never
get another chance to make his
native land free from British con
trol. Today Britain—almost has
more on her hands than she can
handle without being bothered by
colonial discontent. To appease her
proteges she has made them the
liberal and fair offer of dominion
Know the Satisfaction
of Eating a Really
Delicious Meal!
status after the war hut as labor
so often reacts, she replies that
she not only wants a pay increase
but to own the shop too. Of course
most of the Indians are oblivous
of all the political talk, bickering,
and haranguing that goes on and
have little to base an opinion on,
if they should wish to, other than
what their leaders tell them.
M. Gandhi argues the obivous a
free India for the Indians with
self government. Gandhi has been
cajoled and pampered by the
British in the past and brushed
off whenever possible but today
he’s playing a dangerous game—
he’s dealing Japan into the picture.
With threats of an alliance with
the Japansese and internal revolt
and upheavel against the English,
the allied cause is confronted with
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Another Jack London novel has
been transferred from book form
to the screen in the “ADVEN
TURES OF MARTIN EDEN”, now
showing at the Campus theatre.
The story has Stuart Erwin sen
tenced to imprisonment for ten
years for mutiny against his ships’
brutal captain, Ian MacDonald.
Star of the show, Glenn Ford, as
Martin Eden, a fellow-member of
the ship’s crew, sets out to clear
his friend from the charge of mu
tiny by means of his diary which
he thinks proves conclusively that
the captain was perpetually un
fair to his men. Nobody will pub
lish or even believe the contents
of the diary, so he decides that he
must gain fame as a
writer before people will recog
nize the authenticity of his notes.
Claire Trevor, as the imprisoned
man’s sister, and Evelyn Keyes as
the ship-owner’s daughter are the
that the man in charge didn’t have
the keys and had to make a search
for the siren switch. The fire was
out when the trucks blared up, so
they sprayed the smoking ashes.
Sweepings...
Bobby Stephens thanks the corps
for cooperating in staying back of
the ropes at the dances last week
end . . . George Schwark won an
easy five bucks in the first week
of Loupot’s Cartoon Contest . . .
A young lady, primping in the
YMCA before the dance Saturday
night, noticed another female
nearby in slacks. She wondered if
the slack-clad one intended gbing
to the dance, so she asked. And
got a “Yes” reply. As she was in
an evening dress she wondered
what kind of dance it was to be.
Later she saw the slack-clad lady
at the dance, but in an evening
dress—and leading the band . . .
The Bull, 1919 ...
The following is the Longhorn’s
version of the “Bull”:
Who is the man of haughty mein,
With well arched chest and am
ple bean,
Who isn’t just exactly lean?
Why that might be the Bull.
Who’s always busy as a bee
And always hanging ’round
to see
That all are up at reveille?
Perhaps you mean the Bull.
Who’s always there and never
late,
Who shows us how to stand up
straight,
And throws our shoulders back
and wait?
Bud, THAT IS THE BULL!
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“Her Cardboard Lover”, with
Norma Shearer and Robert
Taylor.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—“The
Adventures of Martin Eden”
with Glenn Ford and Claire
Trevor. Also “Two Latins
from Manhattan”, with Joan
Davis, Jinx Falkenburg and
Joan Woodbury.
two girls in Eden’s life.
The tale is on the unpleasant
side, being a story of the brutality
of life. Glenn Ford portrays the
leading role well and is ably sup
ported by Claire Trevor in the sec
ondary part.
The lowdown: raw and rugged.
The story of a bodyguard against,
of all things, love is “HER CARD-
BOAD LOVER” showing today and
Wednesday at Guion Hall. It’s
been rumored that this is Norma
Shearer’s last movie, and if so,
she leaves a fine performance to
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“Two Latins From
Manhattan’'
with
JOAN DAVIS
JINX FALKENBURG
Also
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MOVIE
Guion Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday
3:30 and 7:00 P. M.
BOB'S A RENTED ROMEO!
But he proved to glamor
ous Norma that his love-
making was the real thing!
Bryan
Comedy — Cartoon