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■THE BATTALION
■THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 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.
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Associated GoUe6iate Press
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Chick Hurst.
JEditor-in-Chief
.Associate Editor
..—Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Sports Editor
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_ _ Senior Sports Assistant
IT Libson*UZ17 - 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
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....Circulation Manager
Senior Assistant
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...Junior Assistant
F. D. Asbury, Jr.-
Bill Huber
H. R. Tampke
Carlton Power
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Thursday’s Staff
Ken Bresnen
Nelson Karbach..
Jack Keith
John Holman
Dcttglan* Lancaster..
..Managing Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Reporters
Tom Joumeay, Harrj Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin-
Open Forum
(Editor’s Note: Though it is not the policy to
print anonymous letters in the Battalion, the
editors think that this letter from a member
of the Naval Training School warrants pub
lication.)
Your Attention, C. C. F.:
Do you realize that you have probably
unintentionally—hurt a lot of us ? And by
“us” I mean we of the U. S. Navy and Ma
rine Corps.
You have hurt us because you marked
ALL of us as inconsiderate — inconsiderate
to the point of rude impoliteness.
Why do you blame all of us, when real
ly your resentment is due to the few of us
who were very inconsiderate? We’re not all
perfect—nor are you. Or’are you? So far I
have become acquainted with many of you,
and in so doing have come to like you. There
have been a very few of you that I am re
luctant to consider as a real friend. If I were
to judge all of you by those very few, then
I would have none of you as friends. Isn’t
that precisely what you did? You judged
all of us by a few. It’s not fair!
And it’s not fair to your Aggie col
leagues. You have started a smouldering of
resentment on both sides. I know how you
feel about your school and campus. We are
intruders! I don’t blame you for feeling that
way. But, on the otherhand, perhaps it
wasn’t our choosing that brought us here.
Somehow it seems you have a personal
ground for your statement. If all of you feel
that way, I or one, am sorry to read it. But
the thing is—this dissension most stop!
Little groups with their talk can start
a conflagration that would spread—and is
spreading—among us ail and ruin what I
like to consider as a friendship. We like you,
we want you to like us. With the situation
as it is, the job of being friends is going to
be doubly hard to achieve.
What about it friend — and friends?
Can’t we settle this ugly situation before it
ruins something real?
—Anonymous
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Last week-end was the first of the summer
when any appreciable amount of social activ
ity took place on the Campus, showing not
only that the Aggies are up against trans
portation problems, but that everyone is—
including the Sailors and the Marines. It is
granted that the problem is just now pre
senting itself, but we are also reminded that
there are more people to use the cabs and
also that there are fewer cabs—seven to be
exact. This cannot be remedied at the pres
ent, so we must make the best use of what
we have.
As for courtesy, we think that some
thing should be mentioned to the Aggies as
well as to the Marines and the Sailors. We
have observed just as many Aggies—if not
more—rushing for the cabs regardless of
who is waiting for them. It is true that the
majority of these Aggies have been Fresh
men, and in no way represent all of us, but
never-the-less we have been guilty too. Why
not work out some arrangement similar to
the one regarding highwaying?
In regard to the “recreational facilities”
for the service men here, they have been
provided with an ex-private home similar
to the new “Y.” In addition to this they are
allowed out on Saturday night only, at which
time they may go to a dance at K. C. Hall
or to the “commercial establishments.” In
either case they must depend on the same
facilities for transportation upon which we
must depend.
These service men did not ask to come
down here—they were sent to train for the
same thing we are training for—to win the
war. Given the opportunity, these service
men, or a large majority of them, would be
come true, loyal enthusiasts of our Cadet
corps. This is evidenced by their whole
hearted support of our baseball team. At
many of the games the number of men in
blue equalled the number in khaki. And they
yelled just as loud!
It seems to us that the writer of the
editorial of Tuesday, August 11 was either
Man, Your Maimers
___________ By I. Sherwood .,, -
The old saying, “Be yourself or don’t be any
body,” holds true today the same as back in
the old copy-book days when we copied it
ten or a dozen times to make perfect or to
help us remember the adage.
Natural manners are absolutely essen
tial, but mannerisms of any sort should nev
er be cultivated.
Adjuncts to our speech that give of
fense should be discarded; among the com
mon ones are affection, slang, and profan
ity. Repetition of “Well,” “As I said,” “You
know what I mean,” are unnecessary phrases
and should be done away with.
Slang may be a spicy addition to speech,
but it should be used as spice—sparingly.
The admonition regarding profanity that
js given to cadets at the United States Mili
tary Academy at West Point may well be
heeded by young men everywhere: “The
idea that profane or obscene language be
speaks strength of character or manliness is
a wholly mistaken one—In ordinary conver
sation, even where only men are present,
foul language is ill-bred and undignified.”
Emily Post says, “Bad manners, bad
taste, crude behavior, will assuredly go the
way they have always gone—into the dis
card; and whatever excellence this present
day has furthered, will permanently re
main.”
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis]
“Isn’t that your company, DEAR?”
Something to Read
By Dr. T. F. Mayo 1 ^
This War Again
(Another sheaf of suggestions from Miss Hazel
Adams, of the Library Third Floor)
Choosing sides in this war has sometimes
been so abritrary that stories such as the
one in a recent New Yorker are not uncom
mon! A business man, born in Roumania,
was being inducted into the U. S. Army.
When asked if he had any scruples about
bearing arms against his native country, he
replied in surprise, “Why we aren’t at war
with Roumania, are we?” We may not be
sure from day to day who our enemies are,
but we do know after eight months that we
have allies. Mission to Moscow by former
Ambassador Davies is an informative book
about contemporary Russia.
But no diplomatic report, however skill
ful, will give us the secret of Russia so well
as a Russian novelist. Tolstoy’s seventy-six
year old War and Peace is enjoying a re
vival because of the amazing resemblance
of the Napoleonic campaigns to Hitler’s in
vasion of Russia. The key to the magnificent
resistance of Russia in both instances is to
be found in the character of the Russian
people, in people like Tolstoy’s enchanting
Natasha ,his dare-devil scotmdrel, Dolokov,
and his lovable Pierre.
Stories of the English people as they
stood alone in, 1940 are told without bravado
by H. M. Tomlinson in The Wind is Rising.
After the surrender of France, a young pilot
appealed to his superior officer to be al
lowed to go back after his fifteen mess-
^mates who had been left in a Biscayan port.
The officer finally consented to letting the
pilot empty an old “bus” of everything in
cluding machine guns. He found his men,
loaded them all in, and returned in time for
lunch. An exciting account of India as an
unwilling colony of Great Britain is Shrid-
harani’s My India, My America. The author,
a disciple of Gandhi, came to New York when
he was twenty-two and remained eight years.
He noted the differences in our customs of
celebration and our courting and our ways
of life with amazement and, at last, with
approval.
My right has been rolled up; my left has
been driven back; my center has been
smashed. I have ordered an advance from
all directions.
deliberately trying to cause dissension be
tween the service men and the Aggies or he
was erroneously informed of the true situa
tion. The attitude of the. service men was
grossly exaggerated and we do not believe
that the editorial referred to is the true
opinion of the Cadet Corps. We honestly be
lieve that it is the desire of most of the
Aggies to keep the friendly relationship that
has existed up to the present.
In closing we would like to say that the
recent editorials in the Battalion have pre
sented the opinions of writers who seem to
know very little about their subject and have
made little or no attempts to understand the
situation except to realize that they are
slightly inconvenienced, although the causes
are unavoidable. We realize that the trans
portation problem is an acute one, but such
an editorial as was printed in Tuesday’s
Battalion will not help solve the problem,
but will only create more.
We sign our names:
Robert C. Jones, ’43
Heywood C. Clemons, ’43
Arthur A. Marston, ’43
J. Wade Kiser, ’43
Fred T. Philips, ’43
Alden C. Muller, ’43
Doy Little, ’43
J. D. Kernodle, ’43
Milt Thompson, ’43
Doil Hammons, ’43
E. A. Gordon, ’43
C. B. Martin, ’43
W. B. Harrison, ’43
G. E. Dennis, ’43
G. C. Caruthers, ’43
H. 0. Kunkel, ’43
Paul P. Cheatham, Jr., ’43
T. K. Pierce, Jr., ’43
F. D. Sumner, ’43
BACKWASH tnood
“Backwash: An aeitation resultinr from some action or occurrence.“—Webster
Push It! ! !
Monday’s issue of a Dallas news
paper carried a picture of kids in
a Highland Park drugstore vot
ing in the Fitch Band Wagon Con
test. Two to one they weren’t vot
ing for the Aggieland; we’ll have
to do it. And we can.
We can do it if
we will save up
our buys and be
sure to make
over two-bits i . .
buy two days
supply of ciga
rettes instead of
[one . . . And the
'next time you
Hood write home, ask
the folks and friends to vote for
our band in the hometown drug
store.
Baldies ...
Back in the fall of 1939 when
the Aggieland was trying to make
the Fitch Band Wagon, Aggies
and profs formed a club of bald
and near-bald members. A picture
of the bald and thin-haired Aggies
and profs was sent to the Fitch
Company to prove to them their
products are in demand down Col
lege Station way.
One By One ...
The following version of the “Ten
Litle Injuns” poem was recently
sent in by a former A. & M. fresh
man who says he’s coming back
soon:
Tn little generals
With brass hats ashine,
One “killed in action”—
An then there were nine.
Nine little generals,
So sad to relate;
One “tested new weapon”—
Then there were eight.
Eight little generals,
With no thought of heaven,
One had “heart trouble”—
Then there were seven.
Seven little generals,
Standing straight as sticks,
One had “apoplexy”—
Then there were six.
Six litle generals,
Glad to be alive,
One had a “breakdown”—
Then there were five.
Five little generals,
Shaken to the core,
One failed at Moscow,
Then there were four.
Four little generals,
Rather weak of knee,
One “developed cancer”—
Then there were three.
Three little generals,
Trembling an blue,
One “retired to new position”—
Then there were two.
Two little generals,
Frankly on the run,
One was “decorated”—
Then there was one.
One little general,
Panic-stricken Hun,
Forgot to “Heil Hitler”—
And then there were none. . .
Shepardson Appears
On Aggie Broadcast
The Aggie Show will be broad
cast tonight at 7:00 from the
stage of Guion Hall on the Texas
State Network through the origin
ating facilities of WTAW, the A.
& M. College radio station, ac
cording to John Rosser, program
director of the station.
One of the features of the broad-
features of the broadcast will be
cast will be another in the series
of interviews with the men who
go to make up A. & M., onight’s
guest being C. N. Shepardson, of
the Dairy Husbandry department
in the School of Agriculture.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Thursday, Friday Satur
day—“The Men in Her
Life”, with Loretta Young
and Conrad Veidt
AT GUION HALL
Thursday, Friday — “In
This Our Life”, with Betty
Davis, Olivia de Haviland,
George Brent and Dennis
Morgan.
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and Instruments
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broadcast from Guion Hall, will
be heard tonight. The broadcast is
carried by the entire Texas State
network and is not only of enter
tainment to the radio audience but
also to the studio adudience. Ad
mission is free to all who are at
tending the regular show at Guion
Hall at the regular admission
After ruining her sister’s and
her husband’s happiness, Bette
runs over a child with her car and
tries to blame it on a Negro chauf
feur. George Brent confronts her
with conclusive evidence that it
was she who did the hit-and-run
driving, and shortly afterwards
she dies in a fatal automobile ac
cident.
price.
In spite of a star-studded cast,
“In This Our Life”, showing now
at Guion Hall, is a movie too ab
normally unpleasant for enjoy
ment. Bette Davis, as a vicious,
inconsiderate woman, manages to
be so mean and unlikable that the
audience is left feeling that only
someone mentally deranged could
be so detestable.
Olivia de Haviland is very good
as Bette’s sister who gets husband
taken away from her by Bette.
Dennis Morgan as the husband
(he’s finally driven to suicide by
and George Brent as the man for
tunate enough to escape the fatal
charm of Miss Davis, are fair
enough in their parts. But, it
would take more than excellent
acting to make this story an en
tertaining one.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Bud Lou
Abbot and Costello
in
“Pardon My Sarong’ ,
With Virginia Bruce
Robert Page
The Lowdown:—so much de
testability approaches unreality.
“Life” seems to be a favorite
subject at the theatres on the cam
pus this week. The current attrac
tion at the Campus Theatre is “The
Men In Her Life”, starring Loretta
Young, with Conrad Veidt and
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
4-1181
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
TODAY, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
LORETTA YOUNG in
“THE MEN IN
HER LIFE ,,
with
John Sheppard
Conrad Veidt
Also Three Stooges
“In the Sweet Pie and Pie”
World Today
Preview Saturday Night
Sunday and Monday
“They All Kissed
The Bride ,,
HAVE YOU SENT YOUR
PICTURE TO THAT
ONE AND ONLY!
For “Photographs of
Distinction” The
Aggieland Studio
North Gate
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Thursday and Friday
3:30 and 7:00
"In This Our
Life"
starring
CHARLES COBURN, BETTE DAVIS,
DENNIS MORGAN,
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
News — Comedy
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