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-THE BATTALION-
-TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1942
Uie Battalion
The World Turns On
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Meefcanieal College of Texas and the City of College Station,
ia published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Satered as second class matter at the Post Office at College
Itafcioa, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
By DR. C. C. DOAK
Adjustability and Survival—This column has
been consistent in urging upon Aggies and
This Collegiate World
ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
There was a time when the white-
whiskered trustees of a university would
shake their heads and mutter when tuition
on a credit basis was suggested by younger
members of the board. And a man starting
a tailor shop near a campus was considered
a lunatic if he expected to be paid regularly
Subscription rates $3
ape* request.
a school year. Advertising rates
Americans in general the necessity of men- Everything from bird cages to barrels or well by his hatless, baggy-trousered clients,
tal adjustability. The rapidity with which served as , on the W im ame tte uni- But those days are gone, according to
tween" victory ZI ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Represented
Inc.
8a* Francisco.
nationally by National Advertising Service,
at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
extinction. The stony record in the Earth’s
crust is replete with the remains of plants,
Office, Room
(-S444.
122, Administration Building. Telephone
1941 Member 1942
Ptssocided Collegiate Press
Brooks Gofer — JEditor-in-Chief
Kern Bresnen.. Associate Editor
Phil Crown .Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin Sports Editor
Mike Mann.,.- —Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurst Sen ior Sports Assistant
N. Libson - Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Reggie Smith Advertising Manager
Jack X. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
Louis A. Bridgee.... Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager
Jay Pumphrey Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager
, Circulation Staff
F. D. Anbury, Jr Circulation Manager
BIB Huber Senior Assistant
ft. R. Tanapke.. Senior Assistant
Carlton Power Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup — Junior Assistant
Tuesday’s Staff
Tom Vannoy Managing Editor
Tom Leland. ....—... Junior Editor
Dsofflaee Lancaster —Junior Editor
Reporters
Tom Journeay, Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin-
aey, John Baldridge, Charles Kaplan, Gerald Fahrentold, Bert
ents now are paying mbre attention to bud-
The Glee is an annual song contest be- gets and bills. Credit-basis tuition is a reg-
animals, and civilizations which, Xn tween / lasses ’ each of w ^P h
weighed in the balance of competition, were Tf sen ^. a song appiopriate for school use. e campus tailor usually dnves a pr t y
found wanting. They lacked the essential Formation on the platform, often quite elab- good car and looks with joy upon his still
adjustability necessary to meet the new con- ?, ra ^ e ’ 18 a ^ asis ^°. 1 judging, as well as qual- hatless but slightly u ea tei clients,
ditions presented by a changing world. ^ of words > muslc and rendition. Chatburn says that nowadays students
Principles of Extinction—Most people Intense inter-class rivilary encourages take pride m their promptness m paying
have heard of dinosaurs, dodoes, and the nove l betting. Payoffs come the Monday debts and a great number operate on a bud-
facts of extinction, yet few realize that the morning after Glee. Traditionally, men of |et basis, carefully rationing their money
laws governing extinction are still in opera- the class which places fourth don swim suits tor tuition, books and hamburgers,
tion, and that man himself is subject to them, and splash through the campus mill stream. The director of deferred payments, as
Natural laws apply alike to animals, plants, Several losers among the stronger sex
men, institutions, religions, nations, indus- had their hair clipped to one-half inch length, deahngs each year wi^ appr™
tries, races, and social systems. The first Others wore outfits forced upon them by students who are taking advantage ot the
law of all is that all change. If you doubt girl friends belonging to classes which plac- P^ent aducaton
this trv to name one thine- other than the ed higher m the contest. Three men vied for . a y estaoiisning a system or moniniy
Su"^" 11 haS remained C °” Sta,lt edTa^u^r^S mf his^prayer^rug”
reptiKMle^ ISM ^fS^^f hSin
put ^in "their^appearancef upon ^he^eartln One^TeT^asIttired in pleats and homes operate on ,the same monthly pay-
Open Forum
Here at A. & M., we Aggies have to spend
the greater part of a period of two years
and eight months at work on this campus.
During that time, this campus is our home
and we have to live in it whether we like it
or not. The general appearance of the school
helps a great deal to make the place bear
able. There aren’t many Aggies who believe
that the appearance of a person’s home, even
though that home is only temporary, can
be improved by hanging signs across the
face of it which violate all the common rules
of decency, such as those which have ap
peared all over the campus during the past
week.
When visitors come to this campus, they
are impressed by the Aggie Spirit which
stands out as a characteristic of this insti
tution. There aren’t many Aggies who ac
tually believe that the Aggie Spirit can be
improved greatly by the appearance of many
of these signs. When we bring- dates, friends,
or relatives to A. & M., we don’t want to be
ashamed of anything about the campus.
The Aggie Spirit maintains that this
school is the best in the country, but we
can’t convince outsiders of that fact if the
kind of atmosphere created by such signs
prevails throughout the football season.
Few Aggies actually think that such
signs build up the morale of the football
team or in any way increase the spirit of
the corps. Even if anyone in the school is in
favor of these signs, or believes that they
can build up the corps’ spirit or do any good
whatever, out of common consideration for
others and respect for other peoples’ feel
ings, he should by all means cooperate with
a movement to remove them.
Aggies, let’s clean up this mess! If every
student worthy to be called an Aggie will
cooperate in this matter, we can make a
great, worthwhile improvement in the school.
Let’s see which outfit can put up the clean
est, cleverest, funniest sign on the campus,
and let these offensive signs be a thing of
the past.
Bill Brandon, ’43
H. B. Huffmeyer, ’43
B. J. King, ’44
Doug Lancaster, ’44
John Sporge, Jr., ’43
Tom Leland, ’44
Sid Smith, ’44
Boyd 0. Reeder, ’44
Dick Moses, ’44
Bob Meredith, ’44
John Holman, ’44
J. W. Wischkaemper, ’43
B. H. Templeton, ’43
Bill Parker, ’43
Doil Hammons, ’42
Frank Spivey, ’43
R. H. Huddleston, ’43
Tom Myers, ’43
Jack Simmons, ’43
Porky Bridges, ’43
E. B. Ball, ’43
R. F. Eisenhauer, ’44
Sam B. Lewis, ’43
Louis S. Tregre, ’42
Phil Bible, ’43
Jim Cunningham, ’42
C. J. Finney, ’22
Jno. Zemanek, ’43
George Bolen, ’44
Tom H. Robb, ’43
Dwain Treadwell, ’43
W. H. Bowie, ’43
F. M. Bradshaw, ’43
Paul Langdale, ’43
Moffatt Adams, ’43
Marion D. Lyle, ’42
Ernest Langford, ’43
Arvid Hassinger, ’43
Many free countries have lost their lib
erty, and ours may lose hers: but if she
shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I
was the last to desert, but that I never de
serted her.—Abraham Lincoln.
Farming is a most senseless pursuit, a
mere laboring in a circle. You sow that you
may reap, and then you reap that you may
sow. Nothing ever comes of it—Strobaeus.
These new comers started vn a wirier awav ruffles concocted from back numbers of the urent and budget basis. It’s good training
Willamette Collegian. A tuxedo and shorts ** the future . ..and they realist.”
combination outfitted another
(mammals), the rats had the advantage of over-confidence m her class. _ . f orT1 i a declared themselves as either entire-
better brains narental care a fnrrv cnat The class s P int aroused m practicing, rornia aeciarect tnemseives as eimer entire
better brains, paientai care, a lurry coat, f performing- before thousands of ^ or Partly self-supporting, Chatburn said,
and warm blood. They fattened upon the L V . 11 y poiioxmnig ueioxe inousaiiub ox outside
ee-e-s of the dinosaurs until the last of these alumni and relatives and the hilarity of col- at tms total, U per cent naa no outsiae
Ss disappeared lectin S bets make Freshman Glee one of the financial help.
g tx , r/ c 1 T , . . high spots of the Willamette year. _
Dodo Races of Men—It is not so well ★ ★ ★ A memorial monument to Emma Hart
known that m a similar manner our species The time-worn and rarely funny gags about Willard, pioneer of higher education for
of man (Homo sapiens) with better brains, college men and their money troubles will women in the United States, recently was
longer arms, and^ better weapons (the bow) h ave to be discarded, because a man who unveiled at Middlebury, Vt.
hunted to extinction the small headed, short- spends his time advancing credit to students
armed, bowless species (Homo neanderthal- sa y S they’re now about the best risks in the The only two chapters of Phi Lambda
ensis) which before us had occupied most na tion. Pi, sole organized social sorority for married
areas of the earth. Oliver M. Chatburn, assistant to the women, are found at Tulane university and
The formidable foot armies of the Inca comptroller at the University of Southern Louisiana State university.
and Maya civilizations armed with the bow California, who handles more than $250,000
could not meet Spanish horsemen armed with annually in tuition payments on a credit The Barnard college occupation bureau
the musket. They went down before them as basis, declares the average university stud- placed more students and graduates in jobs
Neanderthal man and his club went down e nt’s record for promptness in paying debts during the last academic year than ever be-
before Homo and his bow, and as the French
went down before the Germans and their
Stukas.
Speed Needed—It is not enough for us
to invent this year weapons and techniques
to counter Hitler’s 1940 models. We must
change to the new with such breathtaking
speed that he cannot retool or retrain to
meet us. In order to put Hitler at the same
crushing disadvantage as met the Dinosaurs,
Neanderthal man, the Inca, and the French,
we must repudiate the doctrine of the status
quo. We must abandon fixity in everything
except principles. We must give up “business
as usual” and frown upon the idea of leisure
for able-bodied men in time of war. Our
motto should be, “More work on better wea
pons and speedier change toward a better
world.”
War Comments
: By Walter F. Goodman, Jr. ;
is outstanding.
fore.
PRIVATE BUCK .-. By Clyde Lewis
-j
_ •Don't
Forget to
write
home i
chilkout barracks
(Hmoc-
Intoxicated driving, uncontrolled
thumbing, and indiscriminate
spooning, a traffic report declares,
are among the major menaces of
our highway safety. (Or to put it
more briefly, hie, hike and hug.)
■ The worst eye trouble is the “I”
trouble..
Campus
Distractions
By Jack Keith
Latest of the Wallace Berry—
Marjox-ie Main movies is “JACK
ASS MAIL”, showing today and
tomorx-ow at Guion Hall. This is as
dull and unentertaining a story as
either of thesestars have play
ed in many a day.Nothing seems to
ever happen in a story that
should, by allrights be filled
with action of the Wild West.
Berry is a roustabout with little
or no scruples for law and order.
Miss Main is the owner of the
jackass mail delivery outfit in the
small mining town, and as might
be expected she runs the town.
After failing to rob the jackass
mail of a shipment of gold, Wally
sets out to marry its owner. The
usual bellowing and mugging car
ried on by the pair in previous
movies doesn’t help it any.
The Lowdown: we’ve seen better
pictures.
For those who like the “Mexican
Spitfire” series, “MEXICAN SPIT
FIRE AT SEA” should prove to be
as entertaining as the rest of the
series. Lupe Velez is her usual self
and Leon Errol is up to his old
tricks as Uncle Matt. To add to
this assignment, he also imperson
ates Lord Epping.
Miss Velez is married to Buddy
Rogers and together, they are after
a certain advertising contract. On
a boat to Honolulu, complications
arise when it is discovered that
Eddie Dunn is after the same con
tract. Leon Errol does some plain
and fancy phenagling and straight
ens out both the business troubles
and materials of Lupe.
The Lowdown:— Lowbrow com
edy.
CW"i
4-1181
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
TODAY - TOMORROW
DOUBLE FEATURE
Riotous Honeymoon Cruise
With An All-Come^vCrew!
ISOM "
“The censor has been returning Buck’s letters, because of his
spelling!”
Brazil
AH the talk in the world couldn’t seem
to get the South American countries to com
pletely break relations with the Axis pow
ers, but just let these Latins get pushed
around a bit and they’ll break anything they
can get their hands on. Right now Brazil
would like to do some neck-breaking to a
certain fellow called Adolf—it seems he got
a little promiscuous with his ship sinking and
accidentally sank 19 of Brazil’s merchant
marine. Latins aren’t famous for holding
their temper, but Brazil was doing a dandy
job of it while Hitler and Co. were just put
ting her boats out of commission one at a
time and not more than one a day.
Now this Hitler chap is a great psychol
ogist and can just about make the Japanese
think they’re Aryans or the Italians live on — -iir— ■■ —
rise if he wanted to. But he didn’t know -rvw q p n ii horn office so the Hollywood mag-
when he was well off when he was playing D x U11 * * • nate (who will soon be on the
with Brazil. She had no objection to letting With football season nearing, it’s campus to start filming) will be
him win all the time if it only cost her a n i ce to note that the Aggies are snowed under with a galaxy of
ship or two now and then. Now here is where getting nation-wide notice. . . TEXAS beauty. . .
our hero ran this pleasant winning game The swanky magazine, ESQUIRE
into the ground. He didn’t seem to realize this month published it’s annual Bandwagon Winner...
WHAT’S SHOWING
At The Campus
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“Mexican Spitfire at Sea”,
with Leon Errol and Lupe
Velez. Also, “This Way
Please”.
At Guion Hall
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“Jackass Mail”, with Mar
jorie Main and Wallace
Berry.
RADIO Picture ^ ®
with Charles •‘BuiMy” ROGERS • ZaSu PlTTf
“ThiTWayPIrf
with
Betty Grable
Mary Livingston
Buddy Rogers
also
CARTOON
BACKWASH
By
lack Hood
WE GIVE MORE
for
Slide Rules
Drawing Sets
Books
COLLEGE BOOK STORE
Next to A. M. Waldrop’s
“Backwash: An agitation reanltinr from some action or occurrence Webster
that maybe his opponent could get peeved
at losing so consistently—for she didn’t get
mad and never said anything at all. But that
Latin temper again; it’s fiery and fickle and
uncontrollable when aroused.
So one day Mr. Hitler and Mr. Brazil
were playing their game again and Mr. Hit
ler won with one ship to his credit. And they
played the next two days with Hiller com
ing out on the long, end'each time. But now
the game ends and the fight begins. Adolf
had become unreasonable and getting hog
gish decided to win not with only one ship
now and then, but to get all he could—and
in the three-day tussle went and took five
Sports.. Poll., by
Herb Graffis and ’ ' be announce d Wednesday.
Ralph CannonT . . But win or lose ’ the TSCW Lass -°
a boiling down of is due thanks for the support they
the opinions of gave Curley and the bandsmen. . .
500 of the nations an editorial and front-page plug,
leading sports ^ n( j w j n or j osej Aggieland
men. The poll con- . J ... , . , . ,
. , -is still working hard. They have
sists mainly of , , , . .
,. , ,, some new arrangements obtained
questions by the „ ,.
,, , from Ed Gerlach, and are practic-
authors and an- . . .
mg three days per week. . .
TSCWians now have “post of
fice short order talk”. . .instead of
Hood
swers by the experts.
One question, the most impor
tant: “What ten teams do you ex
py—one contented”. . . Ag note:
Prof. Earl Weaver of Michigan
State recommends that farmers
, ,, . , , , . calling for three-cent stamps and a
of his playmate’s boats. Playmate got mad .p 6 a x? a iM° n S eS 'r post card, the request is: “two hap-
and decided his companion was a bully and ! u 942 ; xexas A ‘ w f ” ne
that they’d played enough of these costly the top ten. .. and the only South-
games west Conference team mentioned.
And it so happened that Mr. Brazil had ^ fop" 1 ten ^ridmen d “tQ d be” of milk their cows three times a day ’
some reiatively close neighbors who sympa- , 42> Listed in « otlier Favorites „ instead of the customary two to
thized with him and were willing to listen Sihl aorecsivp cent- keep up Wlth war P roductlon needs,
to his story which sounded remarkably fa- er y ’ A college for thick-skulls—Tabor
miliar. Having something in common they ‘ * ’ College—has been established in
decided to join forces and see what they yQ-m-f-y Fair 0nly boys who finish high
could do about winning a game or two them- ^ * * ’ school in the lowest quarter of
selves. Longhorn Editor John Longley their class are accepted. . .Six Ag-
- Well, folks, that’s the situation up ’til has a letter from Walter Wanger, gie-Exes were taken into the army
now and there is a bookie down in the next producer of “We’ve Never Been at the same time, assigned to
block who’s taking bets on this modern Licked”, consenting to select beau- Camp Roberts, California, in the
World Series if you’re interested in making ties for the Vanity Fair section of same platoon, living on the same
an investment. By the way—if you happen the 1943 Longhorn. . . floor of the same barracks. They
to take Hitler I hear you can get some re- And now it’s up to the boys to all applied for and got into Of-
markable odds. pour those pictures into the Long- ficers Training School. . .
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Tuesday - Wednesday
3:30 and 7:00 each day
THE MAIL GOES THROUGH
with
Wallace Beery — Marjorie Main
in
“JACKASS MAIL
Comedy - - Cartoon
^3s=>r" 1 ==u=aA
COMING
Thursday - Friday
“TRADE WINDS”