Page 2- THE BATTALION- -TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1942 the Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultiv-al 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 Gotle&ate Press Brooks Gofer '• Editor-in-Chief Ken Bresnen Associate Editor -Phil Crown Staff Phstographer Sports Staff Mike Haikin Sports Editor Mike Mann - Assistant Sports Editor Chick Hurst -Senior Sports Assistant N. Libson ...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 Bill Huber Circulation Manager Bill Huber Senior Assistant H. R. Tampke. Senior Assistant Carlton Power Senior Assistant Joe Stalcup.. Junior Assistant , Tuesday’s Staff Tom Vannoy Managing Editor John Holman— Junior Editor Tom Leland : Junior Editor Douglass Lancaster— Junior 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. What Type Are You? If you were laying out in a field hospital, a gaping wound in your still-conscious body, and the doctor asked you what type your blood was, that you must have a transfusion —what would you tell him? The College Hospital, in cooperation with the local Blood Service Committee, is typing blood at no charge to you. The test is absolutely painless, and requires but a few minutes of your time. Primarily to make available a list of blood types for College Station, EVERY AGGIE ON THIS CAMPUS SHOULD KNOW HIS BLOOD TYPE. Drop around to the - hospital, fellows. Have your blood typed. Who knows, yours may be one of the rare types so important to war hospitalization. Open Forum Just about all of us have wondered at some time since the war program went into effect what arrangement can be made with regard to the status of the different groups of freshmen, entering in June, September, and February. Of course final action on the mat ter lies in the hand of the authorities, but surely the most satisfactory solution to the problem would be one arising originally from the student body. There are several tenta tive plans circulating the campus at present, but all seem to involve difficulties that would prevent their operating to the satisfaction of the corps and authorities. If the fish now in school and those to enter in September all become campus soph omores after Christmas, there will be prac tically no freshman class from February un til June. Some outfits will have no freshmen at all during this period, while others will have but one, two, or three. The most ob vious alternative, leaving the status of all boys who enter after the past May as fresh men until next June is even more unsatis factory. Under such a setup as this, a great many would have to remain freshmen through half their, sophomore year, which is obviously unfair. If we do not want to use either of these plans, we are confronted with the problem of splitting the freshman class in February. Every Aggie knows that it would never do to have our present fish and those to enter in September on an equal basis until Febru ary and then make sophomores of only half of them. Then there is the possibility of forming a new class of each group entering, hut this idea would lead to disunity through out, as eventually there would be eight dif ferent classes on the campus. Since any Aggie’s very close friends are members of his own class, this plan would cut down on the number of such friendships very notice ably. Suppose that the boys coining in in September enter as frogs. Then in February there will be a complete turnover. The pres ent fish will become sophomores, the Sep tember frogs will turn to fish and the new group entering will start as frogs, to be come fish in June. Under this proposed sys tem there would not be class distinction be tween frogs and fish, or between fish and sophomores (after February), but it would exist between sophomores and frogs. A new junior and senior class would be formed in February and next September. With such a scheme as this in effect, every student en tering will be required to remain a “first year cadet” for two semesters, regardless of when he enters—yet there will never be a sharp line of distinction between him and the group one term ahead of or behind him (the boys with whom he has been most closely associated.) We must have definite action on this problem before next semester begins, or we will find ourselves with a bunch of new students on our hands, who do not even know what class they belong in. The plan offered has rough spots in it, but it seems to have more possibilities than the others. Think the whole thing over and talk it up, because if we are to have a system that will suit us, we will have to submit a plan to the powers that be before very long. Louis Horner, '44 The World Turns On [PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis By DR. C. C. DOAK Relieving Chest Pressure—Recently I have encouraged seemingly disgruntled students to “get it off their chests” by making a frank dispassionate statement of grievances. This has been done in the hope that either through this column or through official channels something could be done to help the situa tion. The first recognizable benefit was in stantaneous. It came in the form of the re lief experienced by the mere unburdening to a faculty member. Some cases were straightened out by mere discussion. Others led to truth-revealing investigations and, in some cases, to positive actions of one kind or another. Sample Grievances—Some of the spon taneous experiences heard most often have been: “Why don’t we have more opportun ities to talk our problems over with members of the faculty?” “Why did the authorities mislead the public on the precentage of fail ures at last midterm?” “Why do we persis tently have to be disturbed by rumors ? Can’t the authorities spike them by giving us prop er sources of information?” For purposes of illustration these questions have been se lected from a long list. Sample Answers and Suggested Solu tions—Solutions to the various problems that arise to vex us are as numerous and varied as are the vexed individuals. This fact is brought out very forcibly when Aggie problems are discussed in mixed groups. Nearly always there are violent reactions against any proposed solution. The cleavage may follow any line from one of personal preference to one based on class, field of specialization, or tradition. Sample One—Until very recently there . has been a very strong tradition against dis- Answers . . . cussing student problems with faculty mem- _ to the ri ^ r a,, ninety minutes, flies from B to C in ninety minutes, then with a zero wind in all directions, and us ing the same throttle-speed, why Example Two—Let us consider the mat- did it take 1 hour and thirty min- ter of failures and the alleged attempt to utes to fly from C back to A? cover up a bad record. I was shocked to hear . several students state that they thought the IrVlH ThOHipSOH . . . record had been falsified. The difficulties grievances and then let them help you to the best solution that can be jointly arrived at. disannparpd when an invpstie-ation showpd * ’ ‘ class ° f * 40 ’ writes from Engineer’s Regiments haven’t pearing body, cusappeared “"wed gouix KalIs> s . D„ enclosing a starte(i in yet bccauS(i thcil . balls clipping from the Souix City Journal containing an article about A master of the dance, of com- Pure comedy with Victor Jory, edy, and music—each is included Rochelle Hudson and Maxie Rosen- in the cast of “SHIP AHOY”, bloom can be seen in “THE STORK currently featured at Guion Hall. PAYS OFF”, second feature at Eleanor Powell taps out a nimble the Campus today and tomorrow. S.O.S. that enables government It’s the story of Victor Jory, a agents to step in and nab a gang former beer king, and his lieu- of foreign spies and in doing so tenants, “Far-to-be-the-Ground,” she taps out a message to the au- “Photofinish” and “Brains.” dience that proves to them that They get mixed up in a nursery she is the screen’s greatest female which they thought was a night dancer. spot. Complications develop when a Red “I dood it” Skelton is the gangster “laundry” tries to muscle laugh-producer in the show. In in. Further trouble comes from spite of a part which is not con- political sources. For this class of ductive to smooth portryal, Red picture the script is clever and manages to bring life and comedy inventive. into the picture. To aid with the The Lowdown: —from beer king comedy motif of the movie, Bert to diaper king in one lesson. Lahr plays the part of Red’s stooge and Virginia O’Brien is cast in the part of Bert’s girl friend. WjUTIl SOQE W