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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,
is 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.
Subscription rates $3 per 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 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444,
1941 Member 1942
Associated GoUe6»cite Press
Brooks Gofer Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen ^ S8 Sv a . te Ed u° r
Phil Crown staff Photographer
Sports Staff _
Mike Haikin ...................Sports Editor
Mike Mann Assistant Sports Editor
Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant
U. Libson Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
Xteggie Smith Advertising Manager
Jack E. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
ILouis A. Bridges Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager
Jay Pumphrey ....Saturday^Asst. Advertising Manager
F. D. Asbury, Jr Circulation Manager
Rill Huber Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup Junlor Assistant
Tuesday’s Staff .
Tom Vannoy Managing Editor
Tom Leland J u ™ or ^rtor
Douglass Lancaster Junior Editor
John Holman J T unl . or Editor
Reporters
Tom Journeay, Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKin
ney, Gerald Fahrentold, Bert Kutrz, Bill Jarnagin, Bob Mere-
dith, Bill Japhet, Jack Hood, Bill Murphy, and John Sparger.
Sensible Censorship
In the code which he has drafted for the
guidance of editors, Byron Price, who heads
the new office of censorship, has shown that
he understands not only the problems of his
own profession but the duties of his new job
as well. Properly observed, the rules will in
sure that precious little information of value
to the enemy will be conveyed through news
papers or other periodicals, and at the same
time they will not, as they now stand, in
fringe upon the essentials of freedom of the
press.
The prohibitions are as clear and spe
cific as it is possible to make them, and it is
gratifying to discover that nowhere in the
code is there any loosely-worded warning
against publication of material calculated to
lower civilian morale—a regulation which
might be interpreted by overzealous agents
’ of the censorship as restricting the right to
criticize and expose bungling and ineffi
ciency.
That the press of Great Brtain today
after more than two years of war, is as free
as it was in peacetime is the result of the
fact that the British recognized clearly at
the outbreak of the war the difference be
tween military information helpful to the
enemy and political information harmful to
domestic officials.
There is one rule which the British in
voked which is a valuable safeguard against
abuse of the censorship. This is that any
thing said by a member of parliament in
public session, whether it deals with military
information or not, may be published with
out regard to censorship. This has a double
usefulness in that it provides a means of
airing wrongs and grievances and at the
same time tends to make parliamentary ora
tors more cautious in their utterances.
On the whole, Mr. Price is to be con
gratulated; but there is one point where he
is likely to encounter difficulties. It is in
adopting the philosophy that matter which
obviously cannot be broadcast by radio may
sometimes be printed in newspapers. This de
serves further study. Aside fro mthe desir
ability of making, censorship regulations uni
form for all instruments of public informa
tion, experience in Britain has shown that
news, once published, reaches the enemy soon
afterward, even though a strict censorship
of printed matter is maintained at the fron
tiers. There is one other point which we
hope Mr. Price will reconsider. That is his
suggestion that dispatches entering this
country, even though they have been cen
sored by foreign governments, may be sub
ject to review.—New York Times.
. This Collegiate World
-THE BATTALION-
-TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1942
ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
The World Turns On
PRIVATE BUCK .-. By Clyde Lewis
By DR. C. C. DOAK
Democracy Works at Aggieland—During the
past week it has been my pleasure to have
a ringside seat at the campus arena and to
watch from there the democratic process at
work. Step by step it has moved our corps
-and our college toward a worthy group un
dertaking. By way of giving an example of
how the process works, T shall enumerate the
steps below.
Step One. Alert Citizen Expresses Free
dom of Speech. A cadet pointed to a clogged
cast iron pipe which in “the good old days”
had carried water away from the fountains
of Austin Hall. He remarked, “That iron
should go to war.” A faculty member over
heard and commended the student for his
alertness and war-mindedness. The faculty
member was surprised to have pointed out
to him some hidden tons of additional iron
obviously overlooked by the college in its
earlier efforts at salvage. Being unaware
that the college had already contributed a
110,000 pounds of metal to the war effort,
the outraged cadet and the colege professor
made some generalized statements about
complacency and wound up by concluding
that, “Something ought to be done about it.”
Step Two. Something Is Done. Resort
to Freedom of the Press. The interested
cadet wrote an “open forum” letter to The
Batallion, sought the support and signatures
of a few like-minded fellows and submitted
the letter of protest and suggestion.
Ttep Three. Action Through Representa
tives. The suggestions were acted upon fav
orably by colege authorities, even before
the letter was printed. A scrap metal com
mittee was appointed. President Walton,
through the Academic Council, urged the
faculty to get out every ounce of unused
metal fro mall departments. A similar ap
peal was sent to the students by way of The
Batallion and through other channels.
Step Four. Voluntary Participation in
Group Effort. The next step in the demo
cratic process will begin Friday, September
4, when We (this means you and me) begin
to pile up a present for Hitler. Let us show
ourselves and the world that we can col
lect scrap metal for the game of war with
even greater enthusiasm than we gather
wood for our Tranksgiving bonfire. '
Step Five. Fighting for Democracy.
Since many Aggies are delivering, and others
wil deliver, this metal at the paces where
it does the most good, we should make our
diligence in collecting it a measure of our
appreciation of their efforts. A few frag
ments of cast iron from the sewer of Austin
Hall lodged in the breasts or brains of the
totalitarian leaders would do wonders for the
future of the democratic method.
Step Six. Recasting the Machinery of
Peace. Let us resolve now that when the
war is finally won that neevr again will we
let either the methods of democracy or the
weapons to defend them rust unused in the
junk heaps of our country. The degree of our
present resolution may determine how long
it will be before the metal now being gather
ed may again be recast into the implements
of peace.
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BACKWASH
Jack Hood
"Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence'’—Webster
By John Holman
From India . . .
. . . far away as it is, it still isn’t
too far for Aggies. Proof of that
is the little photostatic letter we
got the other day from A. E. Rosch,
’41, who said, ‘. . . Being here in
India the news of what the Aggies
are doing is scrace. . . There are
a group of ex-Aggies here, and
they all are doing a good joh.”
Good luck to you, A. E., and you’ll
get your Batts.
Suckers...
. . . were all those Aggies who
bought August Batt magazines at
an “up” in price. The same maga
zine will be put out in about a week
with very little changes. . . same
stories, cartoons, and better jokes.
few drops of oil of pepperment.
Mix well. Guaranteed to be breath-
proof, gnd hangover-proof, and to
do a good job. Absorb it slowly,
though, because it is very thorough.
For weaker poison, add more
water.
Reason...
... for the Cavalry, Quarter
master, Ordnance, Coast, and
Corps’ having a triple up on rooms
this next year or two is that there
isn’t enough room—enough room
for 6,000 Aggies, a slew of Sailors
and Marines, and a possible 2,000
Air Corps cadets! . . . One glass
per person in our “dining” rooms
is a glass shortage, according to
unofficial sources—it was raining
too hard when this was written to
hunt up any “official” sources.
Jap Rats . . .
That Texas “oomph” gal, Ann
Sheridan, has a different type of
part in “KINGS ROW”, now show
ing at Guion Hall. Instead of the
impetuous glamour girl of light
comedies, she’s in a strictly dra
matic part now, and with great
success. The vivacious red-head,
known as Clara Lou Sheridan
when she lived in Texas, has stead
ily risen in film prominence since
she first went to Hollywood to
crash movies as a beauty contest
winner.
Not since “Anthony Adverse”
has Hollywood massed so many
well known players in one picture
as are in “Kings Row”. Besides
Ann Sheridan, the line-up includes
Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings,
Betty Field, Charles Coburn, Claude
Rains, Nancy Colman and Karen
Verne. Sixty-seven speaking parts
is the amazing total of the movie.
“Kings Row” is a story of two
boys, one the best-behaved boy in
the little town of Kings Row, the
other the bad boy of the town. The
good one, Robert Cummings, studies
medicine and after his love for his
teacher’s daughter is thwarted by
her death, goes to Vienna to study.
Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan as the
town ne’er do well is also turned
down by the girl he loves and starts
going with th girl from “the other
side of the tracks”, Ann Sheridan.
Losing his fortune, Reagan takes
a job on the railroad, is hurt in an
acident, and consequently loses both
legs because of a revengeful doc
tor’s actions. This leaves him in a
state of hopelessness and he loses
all desire to live. His friend, now a
noted phychiatrist, returns from
abroad and practices his knowledge
of the human mind on Reagan,
inducing him to marry Ann and to
set himself up in business. He too
finds a new love and happiness in
Kings Row.
“KINGS ROW” is a masterpiece
of good acting and emotional ap
peal. It’s story is a human one
and is so realistically portrayed
that it is sure to interest any adult
audience. Perhaps the only thing
of the movie that might be con
sidered a drawback is the fact that
the great number of characters
make it slightly confusing at times.
The Lowdown: —Class “A” in
“IT HAPPENED IN FLAT-
BUSH” is a movie for baseball
fans, being a story of the Brook
lyn Dogers. Romance is furnished
by Lloyd Nolan and Carole Landis,
with Sara Allgood as the femme
owner and manager of the famed
baseball team.
Miss Allgood decides to take No
lan out of minor league to manage
the Dodgers. When he is about to
take over, she dies, leaving her
assets and her liabilities, consist
ing of the baseball team, to her
niece, Carole Landis. Complications
that follow and how Miss Landis
and Nolan work them out comprise
the remainder of the show.
The Lowdown: —a two-bagger.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday —
“KINGS ROW,” starring
Ronald Reagan and Ann
Sheridan.
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—“IT
HAPPENED IN FLAT-
BUSH?” with Carole Landis.
Also “BLONDIE COES TO
COLLEGE,” with Penny Sin
gleton and Arthur Lake.
(Jwpiii
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Box Office Open* at 1:00 P. M.
Today-Tomorrow
DOUBLE FEATURE
By HARRY A. CORDUA
Weather studies recorded over the last five
years by Shattuck observatory at Dartmouth
college have proven of great practical value
for army engineers designing a proposed
$500,000 airport near here.
Every hour for five years the observa
tory, directed by Prof. Richard H. Goddard,
has recorded the wind direction and velocity.
These facts were analyzed and recorded, for
which the army is now thankful.
When Professor Goddard south modern-
ibation of the obseratory equipment he told
college officials wind measurements possi
ble with automatic recorders would be in
valuable if anyone undertook to build an air
port in the vicinity of Hanover. He admits,
however, that at the time he was theorizing
and is as surprised as anyone else that the
government is considering the project.
The private lives of a family of bacteria
which breathe carbon dioxide instead of oxy
gen are undergoing close scrutiny by Uni
versity of California scientists.
The microscopii organisms are known
as methane-producing bacteria. They die
from exposure to oxygen, just as human be
ings succumb to an overdose of carbon di
oxide.
Dr. H. A. Baker, assistant professor of
soil microbiology, has invented a system of
keeping the microbes in a laboratory without
danger, of their being affected by oxygen.
He feeds them a menu of alcohol, carbon
dioxide, ammonia, phosphorus and hydrogen
sulphide in a solution.
Intensification of German submarine war in
the Atlantic has been the most important
single factor affecting Latin American pol
itics during the past months. Not satisfied
apparently with having forced Mexico into
war in late May, Nazi subs picked off some
more vessels of Brazil and neutral Argen
tina stirring popular indignation in both
these countries.
During the past month, Germany an
nounced that her submarine blockade was
to be extended, as of June 26, to cover the
entire Atlantic coast of the United States.
Argentina has routed her ships between
the River Plate and New Orleans instead of
New York. In Buenos Aires,, opposition Dep
uties have again raised the cry for an inter-
American convoy system, a step which the
Argentine government has thus far resolute
ly opposed.
One of last June’s victims of Nazi un
underseas aggression is the Republic of
Columbia, which has broken relations with
the Axis but not declared war. On June 22,
a small unarmed Columbian scooner, the
Resolute, with a woman and child aboard,
was torpedoed off the Columbian coast, six
persons losing their lives. Columbia protest
ed ; anti-Axis demonstrations have taken
place in Barranquilla, Cartagena, Medellin,
Cali and elsewhere; all Axis nationals living
less than 62 miles from the coast have (as
in Mexico and Nicaragua) been ordered in
land.
Soviet Russia and Latin America
With the United States drifting into closer
aliance with Russia, and Pan-American bonds
being simultaneously tightened, the Latin
American republics are faced with the prob
lem of what—if anything—to do about the
Soviet Union. None of them currently main
tain diplomatic relations with the Soviet,
although a Soviet legation functioned in
Montevideo, Uruguay, until the mid-thirties.
But since Russia is such an important ally,
the Latins are overlooking past differences
and acquiring the feeling that Russia is on
the side of the United States and therefore
on their side.
. . . got their hair full of Aggie
a week or two ago. The man who
led the first assult on the Solomon
Islands was Capt. E. J. Crane of
the Marine Corps. Capt. Crane was
here in ’34, ’35 and ’36.
Here’n There Dept: . .
George Fuermann, well-known
more ways than one around here,
most famous for originating this
column, was recently number one
man in an Army test of applicants
for Officers Candidate School. . . .
then there are the groaning mess-
hall waiters who must stay here
during “vacation” to feed the in
coming “frish” (beings how we
don’t know what to call them). . .
On the other hand, are the happy
waiters getting a boast in pay for
a little extra work.
Humping . . .
... at yell practice is out for the
duration, says our constituted au
thorities. . . claims it makes them
too tired. Speaking of authorities,
newest member of the board of di
rectors is quite a broad-minded
fellow we hear.
Still Sore ...
. . . probably, are two Washing
ton Redskins Jarrin’ Jawn Kim
brough bowled over on his little
58 yard trip to the goal line in
Saturdays Army Western-All-Stars
game. See Haikin’s “On Kyle
Field” for details. (Paid Political
Adv.)
LLOYD NOLAN • CAROLE LANDIS
fT HAPPENED
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die Hatfield, specialist in landscape
gardening of the A. and M. Exten
sion Service.
Bluebonnets do not like to be
distrubed by cultivation. They can
be transplanted, but it is better to
plant them where they are to grow.
In ..parts of the state where it is
too cold during the winter months
for them to grow in the open, they
should be started in flats, cold
frames, or small pots and set in with
the open as soou as the ground Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
thaws. Janet Blair
The state flower is very resis
tant to cold and will thrive during
spring freezes.
1:24 - 4:12 - 7:00 - 9:48
“BLONDIE GOES
TO COLLEGE”
2:44 - 5:32 - 8:20
also “Donald’s Snow Fight”
Captains . . .
MOVIE
Recipe
. . .for an extra good brand of
home-made gin is to mix 1 quart of
pure grain alcohol with 1 quart of
distilled (or otherwise) water. Add
1 taspoonful of glycerine and a
. . . should see that their organi
zation is represented in the Athle
tic Office-Student Activities’
“Swingagroo”. You don’t have to
be good, just willing.' Takes fifteen
men from an outfit, and if you
have the men but know not how
to get started, see Dick Jenkins
in the Student Activities office,
he’ll fix you up.
Who asks whether the enemy were de
feated by strategy or valor?—Virgil.
Fame may be won in peace as well as
in war.
War is not sparing of the brave, but of
cowards.—Anacreon.
Now Dogs for Defense Takes
Spot As Newest War Slogan
Rover will soon be in the armed training from patriotic dog own-
services. The well loved flea bear- ers. Dogs for Defense, Inc., head
ers even, are not going to be ex- quarters for which are at 22 East
empt from military duty, in this 60th Street, New York, N. Y., has
all-out war. regional directors throughout the
An intensive program of train- United States and representatives
ing dogs will be started soon under in principal cities,
direction of the Remount Division “The breeds most desired are:
of the Quartermaster Corps it was Doberman Pinscher, Airdale, Box-
announced by the War Department er, Collie, Retriever, German Shep-
in a recent edition of the Army ard, Great Dane, Bull Dog, French
and Navy Journal. Poodle; for sledge duty, Malemute
Designed to train dogs as sen- and Siberian Husky; for pack duty,
tries, pack dogs, messengers, air- Newfoundland, St. Bernard and
plane spotters, how to attack para- Great Pyrnees. It is pointed out,
chute troops and for other pur- however, that the temperment and
poses, the program will shortly ability for the individual dog to
be inaugurated upon completion of follow commands is more import-
Kennels at the Quartermaster Re- ant than the particular breed,
mount Depot at Fort Royal, Va.
The article in the Army and BllieboimetS Should
Navy Journal went on to say “Dogs -r> t»i j. j -vt m
for Defense Inc., a private organi- Be Planted NOW To
zation of dog fanciers will con- Obtain Best ReSllltS
tinue as the Army’s procurement Persons who desire to beautify
agency for dogs needed for train- their yards or flower beds with
ing. The organization, approved by Texas’ state flower next year
the American Kennel Association should plant bluebonnets now. To
and the Veterinaian Association of grow and bloom successfully,
America, has already provided to bluebonnets should be planted in a
the Army dogs with preliminary sunny, well drained spot, says Sa-
Guion Hall
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