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■THE BATTALION-
-SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Meehanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
ie 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
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-«444.
1941 Member 1942
(Associated Golle6iate Press*
Brooks Gofer.
Kea Bresnen.
...Editor-in-Chief
...Associate Editor
PWl 0^:-IlTZZZlI™”Zr”™™-Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
KE :=a;u5;i-K, IE
Chick Hurst - - -..Senior Sports Assistant
N. Libeon Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith — - ......Advertising Manager
Jack E. 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
BiB Huber S “ lor A«i»tant
H. R. Tampke Senior Assistant
CarRon Power Assistant
Joe Stalcup — JonlOT Assistant
Saturday’s Staff .
Myde C. Franklin Managing Editor
Benton Taylor
Jack Keith
John Holman
..Junior Editor
-.Junior Editor
Junior Editor
Parking Restrictions
In the next few days students who have cars
parked at the North Gate on the streets of
the city will be given tickets if they allow
the cars to remain on the street all day or
overnight. Parking is restricted to only two
hours in this area, and special sections are
for taxis only. Also parking lots are provid
ed for student cars.
Parking all night and all day in these
places disrupts business and creates crowded
conditions in a zone which is not large
enough under present conditions to take
care of the traffic flow. Another reason to
keep cars from along the Sulphur Springs
road is because in the near future work will
begin on the new stretch of highway that
is to. run from the railroad to Highway 6.
Students who have been guilty of this
parking should notice this and probably save
themselves from paying a fine. And if cars
are not removed within the time allowed by
the city council, officials will dispose of
the automobile which are left in the re
stricted areas.
Get Behind the Aggieland
Both Texas University and Southern Metho
dist have orchestras entered in the current
race for the feature spot on the Fitch Band
Wagon program September 13. So does A&M
—the Aggieland.
One week of voting is already gone,
leaving but one more week to go. Aggies,
you may not know it, but we have one of
the best orchestras in the Southwest right
here on our campus. Don’t judge the new
Aggieland by the old Aggieland orchestra.
This year, it is a real professional > quality
band, hardworking, and energetic, under
capable leadership, and worthy of what lit
tle we can do for them.
Come on, fellows, let’s give them a
break! Even if you are broke, tell everyone
else to spend their quarters and vote for my
band and yours. Let’s put the Aggieland on
the Fitch Band Wagon where they belong!
—JMH
This Collegiate World
■' ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS ’ ' =
High school graduates have a better
scholastic record at Dartmouth college than
students who prepared for college in private
schools.
A four-year survey by Edward T.
Chamberlain, assistant dean of freshmen,
revealed that of 650 graduates, divided
evenly between public and private
school men, those graduated from public
schools had the better four-year average.
Public school students had a four-year
average of 2.416 out of a possible 4, while
private school graduates had 2.186.
The study also revealed that fewer men
from high schools were dropped or discip
lined for academic reasons; more public
school men received prizes and honors at
graduation, and the public school group ob
tained higher records on comprehensive ex
aminations covering the entire major field.
Dean Robert C. Strong, director of ad
missions, warned the survey did not provide
any basis for dangerous generalizing about
comparative merits of public and private
school education. He said the survey was
conducted primarily to test the theory be
hind Dartmouth’s unique selective process of
admission.
“Nothing has been produced,” the dean
said, “to shake our belief that native intelli
gence, resourcefulness and the will to learn
are the major factors in college success and
that admission to Dartmouth schould be
based upon evidence of these qualities rather
than upon formal, impersonal secondary
school credits.”
Fear of danger is ten thousand times
more terrifying than danger itself, when
apparent to the eyes; and we find the bur
den of anxiety greater, by much, than the
evil which we are anxious about.—Daniel
Defoe.
The World Turns On
PRIVATE BUCK .-. By Clyde Lewis
By DR. R. W. STEEN
Americans are reading with much interest
all available details of the battle for the Sol
omon Islands. We have been at war for
eight months, and this is the first American
move of an offensive nature. Information
now available indicates that the marines
have established positions in the islands and
are gaining ground. It is obvious that some
ship losses have been sustained, and it is
probable that the losses are heavy.
The Solomons are of value for several
reasons. In the hands of the Japanese they
constitute a serious threat to American con
voy routes to Australia, and at the same
time provide the Japanese with an additional
starting point for an invasion of Australia.
Tulagi harbor, on the island named Florida,
is one of the best in the South Pacific. The
Japanese need it. Americans could use it to
advantage. American occupation of the
islands will endanger the Japanese position
in New Guinea, and will bring several Jap
anese naval stations within range of Ameri
can bombers.
The assault, if successful, will doubtless
do much to throw off balance the fall pro
gram of the Japanese. It will probably lead
to delay in Japanese attacks on both India
and Russia. It probably is not the beginning
of a major American offensive, but if it
.should prove to be, then it might prevent
entirely attacks on Russia and India.
The situation in Russia grows steadily
worse. The only bright spot is that the Rus
sian army is still retreating as an army and
not as scattered units. It may yet be able
to make a stand in the foothills in the south,
but even so much valuable territory will have
been lost and many supplies will have fallen
into the hands of the Axis. Even those peo
ple who hoped for weeks that the Russians
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BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation reanltin* from aorae action or occurrence"—Webster
Hollywood and would have to await
the outcome of that deal before
selling rights to Wanger. Natural
ly, the fish year here isn’t copy
righted by anybody so Wanger can
By John Holman
were retreating for the purpose of drawing From Where I Sit . . .
the Germans into a trap have been forced Ti , , .
to admit that the Russians are retreating It . s , ^ shai ^ e so ^ ie organization
because there is nothing else for them to do. ^ ould "^ take tkeir baU the
There continues to be a great deal of eleventh of September. Herbie Kay use any of it he wants to without
talk about a second front. Such a front re- has a swe11 band ’ and could have paying for it ’ 80 rather than wait
mains as a definite possibility, but as yet been had cheap - ■ • Which reminds 011 Pasco ’ that ’ s what he is going
no Allied official has made any statement me of several so P h ^ mores who to do - Ca P tain Pasco his head
that can be interpreted to mean that such boasted of having Tommy Dorsey in and lost an easy ^-hundred
a front is going to be established in the near down for the dew - dr °P bal1 - The rocks but ra P idl y !
future. Meanwhile the Russians are fighting A gS ieland 18 already engaged, Incidentally, the board of direct-
desperately to preserve something of the wb * cb shouldn’t make them feel ors met with General Breese of
Here’s fare that’ll take the place
of that detective magazine with a
murder mystery on the screen. It’s
“KID GLOVE KILLER”,, with
Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt and Lee
Bowman. With two murders,
threats of more, and some ace de
tective work, the story has all the
highlights of any mystery novel. •
Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt
are teamed up as a police chemist
and assistant and Lee Bowman is
a political figure out to get what
he wants. After “railroading” a
new group of men into public of
fice, Lee Bowman finds out that
they really meant their campaign
promises and they intend to run
the city on the up and up. There
follows some rough play in which
the district attorney comes out on
the small end of the deal with a
bullet through him. Then with a
perfect alibi for the murderer, the
mayor is bumped off.
Love lights shine in the eyes of
Marsha Hunt and Lee Bowman
until she discovers she really loves
Van Heflin. Besides romance and
mystery, there’s comedy toof.
The Lowdown:—Who did it?
Very seldom does a woman get
properly squelched, either in real
life or in the movies, but in “THEY
ALL KISSED THE BRIDE” Joan
Crawford gets told off by Melvyn
Douglas in a manner that’ll do the
heart good.
Joan is the beautiful but smart
manager of a trucking firm and
as such manages to run almost
everyone’s life—until Melvyn comes
along to break things up. He’s a
writer; and spends his time writ
ing near-libelous articles about her
operations. After she has him ar
rested for trying to bust up her
sisters wedding, he really cuts loose
and trims her down to his size.
Look for the jitter-bug sequence
between Joan and Allen Jenkins.
It’s a riot comedy. Roland Young,
Billie Burke and Helen Parrish are
some of the others you’ll see in
“They All Kissed the Bride.”
The Lowdown:—guffaw, don’t
chuckle, at this one.
“SUN VALLEY SERENADE”
has been billed at the Campus to
day, in place of “The Men In Her
Life” as previously announced. You
guessed it, “Sun Valley Serenade”
is a sports picture of the famed re
sort at Sun Valley, glamourized by
the presence of Sonja Henie and
Lyhn Bari.
Expecting a baby to be sent to
him when he decides to adopt a
Norwegian refugee for publicity
purposes, John Payne is bewildered
when Sonja Henie shows up. They
all move out to Sun Valley where
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front that now exists. On the basis of logic, bad ;
a second front should certainly be established
and quickly. On the basis of ships and sup
plies, such a step may not be possible.
Clark Gable joined the Army as
a b. a. p., but I’ll bet he is the
first b. a. p. to ride to his new
station in a private compartment
on a train at the Army’s expense. ..
Batt magazine readers won’t be however ’ Holl y wo ° d g iv ^ Clark
the odds of making a better sol
dier than most of the stars. He
seems to be quite a hellraiser when
e wants to be! . . .
Dick Jenkips’ new plan for Kadet
the 8th Corps office and go-ahead
More than just rumored around signals were given. The Board has
is the fact that there will be but asked Wanger down here Septem-
one official corps trip this fall, but her 12, and he’s planning on corn-
four unofficial ones. . . Speaking ing, if he can slip in without the
of football, as we tee-off on L. S. U. royal welcoipe given Raine—of
* in Baton Rouge this year, it is in- which Wanger was very apprecia-
Donnil^O Qomnniln teresting to know that we down- tive. Camera crews will be here in
iCllllU u uGluJ.id.llu ed the Lousianians for the first three or four weeks at the latest.
time in 1906. Joe Utay former- Wanger must wait until he finishes
By w. L. penberthy jy on b aar( j 0 f directors “Arartan Nights”.
There is one fundamental that is of primary was captain of the team that year. . , ,
importance in the development of skill in any Homer Norton’s 1942 squad will be Once Uver Lightly . . .
game in which a ball or other object is used. the best in the conference this
I refer to the fundamental of concentrating year—regardless of what some
on, or watching, the object until it has been prominent sports writers say about
played or caught. This is a quite difficult Texas. . .the Aggies seem to have
fundamental to master; but until one forms the cream of the 1942 high school
the habit of concentrating on the object, crop
further development is almost impossible.
While I was a student in a cdaching the only ones shocked at the mag-
class in football at Ohio State, J. W. Wilce, azine’s candidate for senator. . .
then coach of the school, spent a great deal and with fireworks still going on 8eems 10
of time in relating instances in which games over last Tuesday’s editorials, e wan 80 e ' '
were lost as a result of fumbles., He went won’t we have fun?
on to point out that a great many of these Everyone around the Batt and Ka P ers cal | s for a sbow evei ’y bw0
fumbles were due to a back failing to con- student activities offices hate to weeks ? nstead of , tbe ever y- Sat -
centrate on the ball, on the paste from cen- see “Uncle Willie Cicero” Stone, urda y- ni g t-affair it has been,
ter, until he had it firmly tucked away in supervisor of student publications, Cv-jp^jol ’R-nmnr Lpirf
the carrying position. I am sure many of us go to his new job at Oklahoma A. IvUIIlOi uept...
have seen a back take his eyes from the ball & M. Stone will leave in about two What’s this we hear about a new
and start running; and as a result the ball weeks. . . then there is the view multi-million dollar bomber train-
would be dropped. . . expressed by the ETSTC student j n g field to be built somewhere in
In golf it is absolutely imperative that paper that “A girl’s dress is like a th e Brazos bottom. We hear Army
the ball be concentrated on throughout the barbed wire fence—it protects the officials are disappointed in the
Swing if a good shot is to be made; and in property but doesn’t obstruct the wa y Easterwood’s facilities are
commenting on this fundamental, the pro view”! Our sentiments exactly! turning out so have staked out a
will often say Keep your eyes on that ball huge patch of Brazos count for
-you can t hit it from memory ’ The same Fish Sergeant . . . themselves. . . and what will this
!s true with games such as handball, tennis, lace be like when the ted
volleyball, badminton, and hockey. If one The latest out about the Wanger R . F , , , f
is to play well, he must concentrate on the fllm 18 the stor y concerning John ^ , CMrse th h a fellow can
playing object until it has been properly Pa8C0 ’ 8 httle book “Fish Sergeant”. ; an ’ thin t ’ he se days
played. Raine was given a copy during his bear most an y thin £ these da y s - • •
I have watched many contests of var- visit bere > and became so interest-
ious kinds and levels and I have seen young ed that he asked Wanger to buy
and old alike get mighty serious over the movie rights to it. Wanger said
outcome of the very simplest of games. The okay, and was prepared to pay balls are getting to be a pain in
way in which they concentrate on the game Pasco $500 just to use the book in the neck as well as the pocket-
always makes me wonder how far we would bis film. Pasco is now a captain books. The Coast Artillery boys
go in life if we concentrated on our every out in California, and when G. don’t seem so hot on the idea of
day tasks as we do in the playing of a game. Byron Winstead wired him of the
I once heard Charlie Moran, a former coach offer, he wired back that he was
of our school and a former big league um- already trying to sell the book in
pire, say that when he concentrated on his
job while umpiring, he didn’t miss decisions;
but when he let his thoughts wander he
started missing them. “Dutch” Meyer, coach
at T. C. U. and one of the finest official^
this conference has ever had, put it into
these words in advising young officials—
“Be on the play and call it fast.” From my
own meager experience in officiating I have
found both of these men to be absolutely
right.
Any job worth doing is worth doing well,
whether the pay be great or small; and it
has been my observation that a person who
will not do a job well for the sake of the job
usually wil Inot do the job well, whatever
the pay may be. Pride in one’s work is one
of the finest characteristics one can develop
—it pays large dividends in joy and satis
faction.
The thrill I get from my work is in
seeing our students playing hard and clean
and getting real joy from their efforts; but
I also get an equally big thrill from seeing
them really concentrating on and doing well
the tasks which might not be as much fun.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Saturday — “Sun Valley
Serenade”, with Sonja Henie
and John Payne. Saturday
Midnight, Sunday, Monday—
“They All Kissed The Bride”,
with Joan Crawford and Mel
vyn Dolglas.
AT GUION HALL
. Saturday—“Kid Glove Kil
ler”, starring Lee Bowman,
Van Heflin and Marsha
Hunt.
LAST DAY
“Sun Valley
Serenade”
with
SONJA HENIE
JOHN PAYNE
Glenn Miller and Orchestra
— Also —
“Which Way Did He Go,
George?”
3 Stooges -- World Today
PREVIEW TONIGHT
—After Dance—
SUNDAY - MONDAY
Go in at 9:30 P. M. and
See Both Shows
id
VICTOI AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
ABRAHAM—Freddy Martin
A BOY IN KHAKI, A GIRL IN LACE
—Tommy Dorsey
BARREL HOUSE BESSIE FROM
BASIN STREET—Mitchell Ayers
HASWELL’S
Bryan
Just Bull Dept...
Orchestra for the regimental
Joe Sudy, although Joe’s band is
one of the best style bands in the
(See BACKWASH, Page 4)
Juniors
Do You Want Boots?
Order them NOW and
be assured of prompt
delivery and service
HOLM’S
BOOT SHOP
It is often hard for us to let up on the
thing that we stand for.
Guion Hall
SATURDAY
1:00 - 7:00 and 8:30
Van Heflin - - Marsha Hunt
The Kid Glove Killer
News -- Comedy
Cartoon
COMING
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
The Vanishing Virginian