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■THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TKf-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
b published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
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1941 Member 1942
Pissocided GoUegiote Press
Brooks Gofers —— .Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown -Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin Sports Editor
Mike Mann ....Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurat... Senior Sports Assistant
N. Libson Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith Advertising Manager
Jack B. 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.— Senior Assistant
H. R. Tampke Senior Assistant
Carlton Power JSenier Assistant
Joe Staleup _ Junior Assistant
Thursday’s Staff
Ken Bresnen Managing Editor
Nelson Knrbach Junior Editor
Oeoclnse Lancaster - — —Junior Editor
Jack Keith Junior Editor
John Holman Junior Editor
Reporters
Tom Joumeay, Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin-
ney, John Baldridge, Charles Kaplan, Gerald Fahrentold, Bert
Kurts, Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood,
Jack Ohilcoat, Bill Murphy, John Sparger, and Henry Holguin.
Penny's Serenade
== By W. L. PENBERTHY ■■■
“Blue Monday” is a name that has been
given to the second day of the week by
many people. I do not know the origin of
the name but I imagine the day was so
named by that group of people who normal
ly had a vacation of a day and a half—from
Saturday noon until Monday morning—each
week and who dreaded getting back into the
harness. It was hard for them to get going
on Monday and things didn’t seem to go
right so thus the name “Blue.” I do not
think that the designation is used to any
extent among rural folks or folks whose
daily tasks must be carried out seven days
a week.
Vacations are something all of us look
forward to and I am sure that in many
cases the anticipation is greater than the
realization. Vacations are given for the pur
pose of refreshing us in anticipation of the
succeeding days, weeks, months or years
work. In my opinion a vacation is a very
necessary item in our budget of time. Many
of us look forward to nice long vacations
and we enjoy them a lot, I am sure, but I
like the idea of a little vacation each and
every day taken in some wholesome worth
while activity. I would especially recommend
this schedule to those who have the “Blue
Monday” feeling after a vacation. Also dur
ing these troubled times if we are to have
vacations we must take them daily as we
go along.
We have many students come to us on
Monday mornings reporting that they had
a heavy week-end and that they don’t feel
like taking part in the class activities. Need
less to say we turn a deaf ear to this type
of excuse because although the teaching of
recreational activities is our life work and
we believe in using every means of promot
ing them, we do not agree with the idea that
one should have a vacation to taper off from
a vacation just taken.
I feel that the sooner we learn that we
should not let vacations, short or long, in
terfere with our regular duties, the more
successful and the happier we will be. I have
observed that many of us make matters
worse by giving way to our tired feelings
but I have found that in my own case when
I feel listless on Monday mornings that I
feel much better if I drive myself and get
off to a good start. The tired, listless feel
ing soon leaves and the world is bright and
cheery again. Otherwise the tired feeling
continues all day.
I know a big man in this state who likes
to see his son enjoy social affairs but if the
son is out late on a Friday night he sees
that the boy is up bright and early Saturday
morning carrying out his daily duties. He is
teaching that son a valuable lesson in the
relationship of work to play.
Let’s work hard and play hard—each
in its time.
Quotable Quotes
“Nothing could possibly emphasize more
strongly the vital importance of a free press
than the absence of any free press today in
a majority of the nations in this modern
world. Tens of millions of intelligent human
beings are purposely kept in darkness as to
events which most gravely and intimately
concern them, their prosperity and their
happiness, at the behest of small groups of
ruling tyrants and dictators. There are
abuses of a free press, no doubt, but they
are unimportant in comparison with the ab
sence of a free press. The founders of our
national life were men who combined un
exampled vision with practical sagacity.
When they insisted upon a free press, they
knew precisely what they were doing, and
the American people will always bless them
as outstanding benefactors.”—Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president, Columbia Univer
sity.
Man, Your Manners
.. By I. Sherwood .
The hat is removed wherever and whenever
a man is greeted by a woman. He replaces
it immediately unless he stops to talk, and
then strict etiquette demands that he re
main “bare-headed” until they part or de
cide to walk together. However, young peo
ple are not so strict about this rule and do
not consider it improper if a man replaces
his hat after the greeting and removes it
again briefly upon parting.
The hat is always removed in the pres
ence . of ladies in any building which con
stitutes a dwelling place—in apartment
houses, hotels, and clubs—and always when
a man enters a church or house.
Other occasions for removing the hat
are in elevators at apartment houses, hotels,
and clubs, but not in office buildings, stores
or public corridors. And lastly, civilians al
ways remove their , hats for the national
flag, the national anthem and while attend
ing a funeral or waiting for a funeral pro
cession to pass.
The hat is lifted whenever a man speaks
or replies to a stranger, whether lady or
gentleman. If he is in the company of an
other person of either sex, and that person
greets someone, be it man or woman, he
should lift his hat. And if he is alone and
meets a male acquaintance who is with a
lady, he must also lift his hat whether he
knows her or not.
The gesture is also required when he
restores to a lady some object she may have
dropped. A man should lift his hat for an
old gentleman and for a member of the
clergy.
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
^“Guess well have to put some lead in Buck’s shoes, Captain.
The ’chute weighs more than he does!”
BACKWASH Sack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation resultinr from tome action or occurrence ’’—-Webster
War Comments
rBy Walter F. Goodman, Jr. :
Solomon Islands
From what little news the government is put
ting out these days it is frequently hard to
always draw a complete picture of a situa
tion. The war communiques we have been
receiving lately concerning the recently de
veloping naval operations in the South Pa
cific have invariably been delayed all the
way from two days to two weeks. However,
it seems perfectly clear that something big
is on the way. The offensive in this area
carries more significance than merely the
desire to retake the Solomon Islands. It is
through these islands that all the lend-lease
aid and all the troops and material being
sent to the South Pacific is being transport
ed. But there is another reason to again
possess these strategical islands. Any major
air attack would almost of necessity need
some sort of a base within the radius of
these islands from Australia.
If these islands along with New Guinea
and the rest of the East Indies could again
come into the hands of the allied forces,
Australia would not only be safe from a
surprise air or land borne attack, but the life
blood of our war machine could be replen
ished. Perhaps the, ostensible abandonment
of Russia is the motivation of this major of
fensive, for if the Caucasus oil is lost this
year Russia will have to then turn to her
allies for not only supplies but oil to keep
alive. I don’t think it would be too presump
tive to hazard a guess that the Japanese
navy is probably divided today between the
North and South Pacific Oceans. If this then
is the case and the greatest part of our navy
is engaged in this action, we can probably
expect to see the greatest naval engagement
of all time between the American and Japa
nese forces.
The Home Front
Honestly, if the present national situa
tion isn’t enough to make every loyal Amer
ican want to do as much as he possibly can
to help, I don’t believe we will ever have
full cooperation! For the eighth time in this
war, vital war industries have had unreason
able strikes called in which the Government
has had to take a hand to keep the ball roll
ing. The most recent one only had a little
over 1,000 men involved who were demand
ing a slight pay increase and double pay for
their vacations. A more unreasonable de
mand at the present time is hard to imagine.
Of course the government could sanction no
such disturbance to the war effort and the
plant was immediately taken over.
Thus the initiative of the national gov
ernment grows, but if it really had the power
of its convictions it would make any such
action on the part of selfish individuals and
groups a war time crime. This fear of usurp
ing the rights of individuals of a democracy
has no place in time of national emergencies.
Not only should labor be taken by the nape
of the neck and made to toe the line, but in
the question of price ceilings and wage ceil
ings, all bickering should be dispensed with
and the suggestions of our leaders taken.
Sufficeth this to prove my theme ivithal,
That every bullet hath a lighting place.
—George Gascoigne
Fitch and Co/s . . .
. . . Bandwagon ride the 13th of
September is open to the public,
at least that public wide tickets. . .
Free tickets may be had by writ
ing Radio Station WFAA, Dallas.
Incidentally, College Station drug
gists have had to write for three
more batches of ballots, and a tot
al of somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 10,000 votes are expected
for the Aggieland when the count
is made Sunday night. . . incident
ally, voting is open until midnight
Sunday, with ballot boxes in the
Aggieland pharmacy, Liscomb’s and
three Bryan drug stores. In a local
count the other night, every vote
was for the Aggieland except one—
it was for the Field Artillery Band!
Hit those ballot boxes ole’ army,
let’s make it 15,000!
Texas’ bomb-blasters
... At Houston’s Ellington Field
they sing . this little ditty these
days, “We’ll not nap, we’ll slap the
Japs, and hang the paperhanger
of Berlin. And one day—we’ll
catch up with the Eyeties”. . . of
course, they have a tune for it. . .
and speaking of the armed forces,
ex-Battalion editor Don Gabriel is
in Alaska, and ex-leader of the
Aggieland, Toppie Pierce has a
permanent station at Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, has just bought a
new car and is fixing to tie the
knot! See what a contract can do
for you?
Frogs or fishes . . .
. . . Seems to be the question
with the new students this fall.
Walter Cardwell admits that the
question isn’t settled, but he and
E. L. Angell, prexy’s chief of staff,
better get together on it. One says
there will, the other says there
won’t be any more freshmen cal
led “frogs.”
Society . . .
. . .here abouts will dance this year
to a Barnyard Frolic thrown as
a corps dance. . . complete with
hay and corn, it will convene in
The Grove the night after the
Sophomore Ball, which is Friday
night September 4. . .simple math
ematics put the B. Y. F. the fifth.
. . .incidentally, Aggies aren’t
saving their money like they
should by staying away from a
certin night spot. . . Juke boxes
are cheaper than certain dance
spots, and a lot more to the point.
Calisthenics. ..
. . . Now given in the very, very
early morning may be kicked into
an afternoon spot, say about 5 p. m.
when the college goes back on
standard time September 26. This
is just rumor today, but if it’s
“fact” tomorrow, a lot of guys are
going to kick about ’their after
noon “naps” being disturbed, and I
d mean kick.
Musical Meanderings
By BILL MURPHY
For the past week there have
been rumors to the effect that the
Sophomores have already signed
up a band for their annual ball to
be held September the fourth. This
is plain rumor. At press time the
only orchestra that had been con
tacted was the Aggieland. You
may rest assured that the orches
tra committee is trying to get the
best orchestra available, but it
seems as though some of the Soph
omores want an orchestra such as
Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and
other equally well known bands.
To you let me remind you that
this is Texas; there is a war on,
which makes transportation a ma
jor factor; big name bands are
scarce down here in comparison
with the northern states; besides
this you must remember that there
are only about two weeks left in
which to get a “Big Name Band”,
all of these reasons plus the fact
that the proceeds from this dam
go into the class’s Senior Rir
Dance fund and therefore shou
have a definite financial aim b
hind it are the main reasons
name band hasn’t been contact
as yet.
Regardless of the band that
finally selected, the Sohpomon
should get behind the various cor
mittees and strive to make th
the finest Soph Ball yet. By tl
way, those of you that are “Bij
Name-Band” conscious stic
around. The Aggieland might 1
a Big Name Band in the next fe
(See MEANDERINGS, ‘ Page 4
A Loupot Trade
Is Money Made
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The direst foe of courage is the feat
itself, not the object of it; and the man ivho
can overcome his own terror is a hero and
more.—George Macdonald.
The microbes have a major chemical
task. They are found in swamps and else
where where organic matter is decomposed
without free oxygen. They produce methane
gas—the ordinary household gas—from or
ganic matter.
The University of Nebraska is about to
begin preparation for aeronautics textbooks
for use in high schools throughout the na
tion.
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and
Satisfying Cold Drinks
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It’s TOWN HALL tomorrow
night, with Jean Dickenson of ra
dio and opera bringing the corps
top-knotch entertainment. Miss
Dickenson will present a program
consisting of light operatic and
semi-classical pieces. As in the past
the Town Hall program featuring
Miss Dickenson is expected to be
the best of the season.
Maybe it “can’t happen here”
and maybe it has already happen
ed and is happening every day.
Sabotage in all its sordidness and
treachery is the subject of the
movie at the Campps theatre to
day through Saturday. Priscilla
Lane, Robert Cummings and Otto
Kruger are playing in “SABO
TEUR”.
A story to arouse your patri
otic emotions and make you boil
up inside with hatred of pur coun
try’s enemies, “Saboteur” portrays
Robert Cummings as a defense
plant worker. He’s accused of set
ting fire to the plant, filling the
fire extenquishers with gasoline,
Still-Talked-About...
... Is Hotard’s famous chick-
en-a-la-king, and why do all the
F. A. fish “boo” when they march
into the mess instead of yell like
normal fish should?. . . Then who
doesn’t remember the Texas U.
baseball game last year. . . as well
as the little blonde that the boys
actually took turns dancing with
in the southeast corner of The
Grove Saturday night. . .and if
Jack Hood, front-line regular
Backwasher now in the local in
firmary, doesn’t hurry up and get
well, the reserves will be out of
soap. Good luck, Jack.
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’Sullivan
in
“Tarzan’s New York
Adventure”
PREVIEW 11 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
and killing his £est friend, so
consequently he runs away there
by starting a chase that leads all
the way across the country.
Priscilla Lane, his best girl
friend, tries to turn him over to
the authorities at first, but then,
when she sees he’s really innocent,
she aids him. Together, they man
age to round up a powerful ring
of sabteurs.
Lots of loose ends exist ^“Sab
oteur” that leave the audience
guessing as to 1 what ever happened,
but all in all the movie is a good
one, with Robert Cummings turn
ing an excellent portrayal of his
part.
The Lowdown— all about “sab
oteurs”, which is just a fancy
name for “rats”.
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday—“The
Cowboy and the Lady”, with
Gary Cooper and Merle Ob-
eron.
At The Campus
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day—“Saboteur”, with Ro
bert Cummings and Priscilla
Lane.
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Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
TODAY ~ FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
(THE MAN BEHIND ^YOUR BACK)
starring
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Also
March of Time
Madcap Model Cartoon
Preview Saturday Night
Sunday and Monday
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
in
“Gay Sisters”
Shown Sunday and Monday
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Aggieland Barber and Beauty Shop
Across from the P. O. at the North Gate
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Thursday and Friday
3:30 " 7:00 — 3:30 Friday Only
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