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Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultwal 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, Bos to®, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444.
1941 Member 1942
Pissocioted Collegiate Press
Brooks Gofer Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen E ^ 0r
Phil Crown Staff Photographer
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
H. R. Tam’pke."LZ..-. Senior Assistant
Carlton Power Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup - Junior Assistant
Bill Trodlier - - Assistant
Thursday’s Staff
Ken Bresnen Managing Editor
Nelson Karbach Junior Editor
Jack Keith Junior Editor
John Holman Junior Editor
Reporters
Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Roman McKinney, Bert Kurtz,
ill Jarnagin, Bob eredith, ill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John Spar-
ger, and M. T. Lincecum.
Help Wanted
According to our notice, just above this col
umn, this paper, is issued three times weekly.
It is issued three times weekly, only because
three or four persons are willing to work
and work hard writing and preparing the
copy to fill its pages. There should be about
twenty men in the Battalion office every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon.
Instead, there are those four or five willing
to work all afternoon and part of the night
just so you will have a Battalion delivered
to your door each Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday mornings.
We are glad to have anyone who will
help us in getting out this paper. In fact,
if someone doesn’t begin to help us, we may
have to cut the Batt down to but two copies
a week. Army, this is your paper; come on
down and help us and have some fun doing
it.
This isn’t meant to be a complaint—we
are just issuing a call for any newcomers
who will join our staff. You automatically
become members of the Press Club, and if
you work until your senior year, you may
get a job that pays in both prestige and cash.
Freshmen and sophomores are especially
urged to drop around. Just walk up to the
managing editor (the man behind the first
desk you see) and tell him your name and
that you want to go to work. He will be very
glad to accommodate you.
Come on out, old Army, let’s relieve an
almost deplorable situation.
Pennq's Serenade
-THE BATTALION-
-THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942
By W. L. PENBERTHY
Man, Your Manners
By L Sherwood
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
In watching athletic contests of different
kinds we often hear those seated near us
comment on the great amount of courage
.displayed by certain players in the contest.
It has been my observation that some boys
are naturally courageous but it has also been
my observation that different kinds of sports
take a different kind of courage. There is a
courage that is associated with sports and
battle and one which is seen in daily life
displayed by those who never played in an
athletic contest.
I have seen fine football players, whose
enjoyment of the game was in direct propor
tion to its roughness and toughness, hesitate
to step into a boxing ring or take part in a
sport which was not nearly as rough as foot
ball. Several years ago I heard one of our
first string tackles make a statement to the
effect that he didn’t see what a Cross Coun
try runner got out of that sport, but I can
see where it would take a lot of courage-to
keep-running after you are plenty tired and
and have no team mate to help you over a
rough spot and surely no one to encourage
you or cheer you on your way—it just takes
a different kind of courage. I once read a
story about an outlaw who was known for
his courage and daring. Those officers who
tried to capture him attested to his lack of
fear, but he had one fear—lightening—and
was captured by a green officer during a
storm while he was cowering from fear of
lightning.
It is fun for some boys to take part in
sports but to others it takes courage and
although I think team sports take a lot of
courage, I can’t help but admire the boys
who take part in the individual sports such
as boxing, wrestling, track, cross country,
etc., because in this type of contest a boy
is absolutely on his own and his success or
failure is dependent upon his own ability
and courage and not on that of a team mate.
For many years our linemen in football re
ceived no recognition but they are now be
ing recognized for their true worth and are
given the credit which they so richly de
serve.
All of the courage we see is not on the
playing fields and courts. We see a great
deal of courage shown in daily life by those
who do not have athletic ability but their
courage is just as great and just as com
mendable.
It takes plenty of courage to “stay in
there and pitch” when the “going is tough”
in our courses. It takes courage to stay in
and study when others are dancing or going
to a show or spending the week-end away
Every letter you write reflects your per
sonality more than you realize. From its
appearance the reader will judge whether
you are neat and intelligent or ignorant and
sloppy.
To be sure your writing paper is cor
rect, consult a reliable stationer-^styles
change in paper, but if you wish to be on the
safe side, use white, it is always right.
It is never wise to write while you are
emotionally upset, unless you wait until a
calmer moment before mailing the letter;
anything you write and sign your name to
is legal evidence, so do not include anything
you would mind having strangers read.
Your salutation depends upon the degree
of friendship between you and your corres
pondent. My dear Ruth or My dear Mrs.
Hope are formal beginnings. Dear Ruth or
Dear Mrs. Hope are friendlier. An affection
ate beginning would be Grace dear or Grace
darling.
Don’t begin a letter with an apology,
and do not omit the subject of your sentence
if you wish to inquire of her health. Do not
say, Hope you are well.
Don’t add a “P. S.” as it spoils the ap
pearance of a page and gives the impression
that you had not given your letter any
thought.
» The complimentary close may be Sin
cerely, Sincerely yours, if you are writing to
an acquaintance. In closing a letter to a close
friend, you might use Affectionately, Fondly,
Lovingly, Devotedly, etc.
Your signature is always below the com
plimentary close.
Notes are an abbreviated edition of the
formal letter—usually one page is sufficient.
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BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
"Backwash: An a citation resulting from soma action or occurrence.’’—Webstar
Plugging. . .
Something to Read
: By Dr. T. F. Mayo-
IN TIME OF WAR, PREPARE FOR PEACE
It seems to me that our chances of winning
the War are a good deal better than our
chances of winning the Peace.
“Winning the Peace,” of course, would
mean settling world affairs after the victory
in such a manner as to give humanity not
simply a breathing spell between wars, but
a long epoch of firmly based peace, coopera
tion and progress toward a better and fuller
and less wasteful sort of existence than his
tory has seen so far. You’ll admit that this is
a large order.
What the ordinary man can do to make
the Peace Victory more probable is first, of
course, to do what he can toward winning
the War. Certainly, no such Peace as we
have mentioned could by any stretch of the
imagination come out of a lost War or even
a partially won War.
But it seems to me that the good Amer
ican can also contribute something small
but solid, toward a successful Peace by read
ing and thinking as intelligently as possible
about the problem that will have to be set
tled at the conference table. Don’t be dis
couraged if you find yourself unable to make
up your mind. Every time -you grasp the ar
gument of one book or article on the subject,
you help to equip yourself to decide at last.
And every citizen so equipped will be an
additional weight, no matter how small, in
that side of the scales which will tip the
balance of public opinion in the direction of
sanity and a sucessful Peace.
Here is a very short list of books which
ought to be interesting to you as well as
useful. If you will read, regularly, HAR
PER’S MAGAZINE and THE NEW REPUB
LIC, you will find a lot of good articles which
will help in the same direction.
I
THE STRUGGLE FOR WORLD ORDER by
M. Dean—Only 94 pages, and absolutely
the best thing with which to make a
start.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? by Las-
ki—Another short book, with a clear,
intelligent explanation of the War, and
a highly stimulating program for the
Peace.
THE BUILDING OF TOMORROW by de
Sales—A brilliant Frenchman suggests
a provocative (but highly French) in
terpretation of the problem.
AREMICA’S STRATEGY IN WORLD POL
ITICS by H. S. Spykman—A hardboiled
Yale professor shows us just how power
politics are played and how we should
play them. Good, if you believe, with
the author that power politics must be
played.
Quotable Quotes
“It is right that millions of bricks should be
alike, but not that millions of newspapers
should be alike.” — Henry Beetle Hough,
author of “Country Editor.”
from the campus. It takes plenty of courage
to stand on your own feet and refuse to do
things you know are wrong against the
taunts of your fellow students. It takes lots
of courage to set up for yourself a worth-
>while program and then follow it to a suc
cessful conclusion. And last but not least, it
fakes the kind and amount of courage that
many folks don’t have to apologize to one
who they feel they have wronged.
Courage is a fine thing to have regard
less of the kind, for I never saw a happy
coward. It is of primary importance in mak
ing us happy in living with ourselves.
. . . the fall series of Town Hall:
Lots of Aggies overlook the
swell bargain offered in Town Hall
pickets. . .a hangover from their
freshman days. For example the
price this time
is two bucks for
ten good shows
. . .the math de
partment informs
us that’s an av
erage of 20 cents
per. ^
Look at what
you get: Two big
Hm4 name bands (An
son Weeks will start the series an
other will close it); H. V. Kalten-
born, world famous news expert;
Alex Templeton, whose piano art
istry holds a huge radio audience;
the lusty Don Cossack Choir, made
up of exiled Russians; Nancy Swin-
ford, singer from Houston; the
Graf Ballet, best talent in Europe
and America; Jessica Dragonette,
voted radio’s Star of Stars; our
own Singing Cadets, who we don’t
get to hear enough; the ever-pop-
ular-here Houston Symphony Or
chestra.
Incidentally, summer Town Hall
tickets will be good for the first
attraction (Anson Weeks), as will
the fall tickets. John Lawrence will
be in the Student Activities Of
fice this week for ticket sales. . .
Backwashing . . .
Thanks to Fish John David
Marks, C—CWS, Girdner Hendrix,
and Fish Garrett, I—FA, for an
swers to the riddles written in
Backwash by Clyde Franklin . . .
the Coast Artillery has finally
landed a band for their October 2
date. . . Anson Weeks will bring
his outfit in from the West Coast
for the Coast, and Town Hall. . .If
you get bored during the holidays,
ther’s a wide open highway that
leads to a little outfit named L. S.
U. in Baton Rouge. . . Let’s make
it a corps trip—-very unofficial. . .
According to the Dallas News:
Because of the numerous requests
for tickets to attend the Sept. 13
broadcast (the Aggieland on the
Fitch Band Wagon), WFAA will
move its microphones and other
facilities to the stage of the Fair
Park Auditorium in order to ac
commodate everyone who wishes
to attend the broadcast. Tickets
may be obtained by writing to
Fitch Band Wagon, care of WFAA,
Dallas, and enclosing a self-ad
dressed envelope. . . Speaking of
some of our national legislators,
we noticed this timely quip in a
paper recently: We never did like
the word, but how can you tell
what some of our officials lack
without saying “guts”. . .
Personality...
Following up the swell enter
tainment of a female nature on
Kadet Kapers last Saturday night,
this week’s KK will spotlight Ree
McCulloch of SHSTC and Hunts
ville. . . Ree (the real name is
Jessie Marie) is a drummer gal
who can really make the hides
talk with a coupla fast sticks.
Vitality Statistics: Age—18,
height—5’ 3”, weight—115, hair—
blonde, eyes—green, likes—cooking
and beating arohnd on utensils
with spoons, dancing, writing
letters, bathing suits, badminton,
Glenn Miller, and ,best of all, AG
GIES. . .
We spoke of vitality—underscore
that. .. .it seems Ree has her finger
in everything at SHSTC. In ad
dition to her majoring in Home
Eco, she does duties in about ten
different campus organizations.
She was a Freshman Favorite in
the ’42 Sam Houston yearbook with
a whole page devoted to her. And
she has been the cover girl on the
Texas Music Magazine.
As to the drums, Ree has been
playing for four years (with short
rests, of course). . .she has been
teaching and composing for three
years. During the summer months,
she plays for a girl band at Camp
Waldemar, Hunt, Texas, and she
played with the “Houstonians” for
awhile. . .
The local Boy Scouts, with the
help of A. & M.’s Association of
Former Scouts, will put on a big
show tomorrow night in their first
annual SCOUT-O-RAMA. Events
will start with a prologue which
shows the part the Scouts of the
nation are playing in the national
war effort and will end with a
mass Court of Honor. The place
is the Animal Husbandry pavilion
and the price of admission is only
25c, minus a 10c defense stamp
refunded at the door. Length of
the show will be approximately
an hour and forty-five minutes;
starting time is 8:15 p. m.
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, here’s
your chance to hiss and boo the
super-conceited Victor Mature
again. This time he’s cast in a
part suited to his looks—arrogant,
egotistic and know-it-all. Cat-calls
from the audience are in order.
But even the presence of Victor
Mature does not spoil the pleasure
and enjoyment you’ll get by seeing
“FOOTLIGHT SERENADE”. His
co-stars are John Payne and Betty
Grable and others in the cast of
characters indued Jane Wyman,
Cobina Wright and James Gleason.
The story goes like this: Ma
ture, a prize fighter, is so blinded
by his own charms that he goes
into the show business and tries
to run it. He takes Cobina Wright
from her role as star and puts
chorus girl Betty Grable in her
place, then he can’t figure out why
Grable doesn’t fall for him instead
of his sparring partner, John
Payne. Of course the audience can
see why all the time.
Grable is better than ever in her
dance routines, especially one in
which she shadow boxes herself.
Jimmy Gleason is good as the show
producer, and Jane Wyman, Phil
Silvers, and Cobina Wright act
their parts with finesse. (This is
not the Cobina of radio fame, this
one is easy to look at.)
The Lowdown: a dandy filmucis-
comedy.
Here’s a Western with flaming
guns, horses, fist fights and the
eternal triangle, but it’s a great
deal better than the average
Western movie. Richard Dix plays
in the leading role of “The Round
up” with Patricia Morison in the
feminine role.
Preston Foster completes the
triangle when he returns to create
doubt and suspicion in Dix’s mind
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday— “The
Round Up”, with Richard Dix
and Patricia Morison.
At The Campus
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day—“Footlight ..Serenade”,
with Betty Grable, John
Payne and Victor Mature.
PALACE
■^PHONE 2-8879
LAST DAY
4-1181
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
TODAY - FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
&
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Also Porky Pig Cartoon
Stranger Than Fiction
Sport
• • •
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT
SUNDAY - MONDAY
“FLIGHT
LIEUTENANT’'
FRI. - SAT.
^ Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
in fararrounl’*
"THIS GUN
FOR HIRE
PREVIEW 11 P.M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
MONTY WOOLEY
ANNE BAXTER
in
“The Pied Piper”
Shown SUN. - MON.
COMING
“Mrs. Miniver”
Gilchrist Addresses
Corsicana Rotarians
Dean Gibb Gilchrist returned
yesterday from Corsicana where he
spoke before a meeting of the Cor
sicana Rotary Club. Accompanying
Dean Gilchrist were Bill Galloway
and Steve Kaffer, lieuteneant col
onels on the corps staff, and Dan
Sutherland, president of the senior
class.
WHY NOT WIN YOUR SHARE IN LOU’S CONTEST
S5C.CC
Milk consumption at the Texas
A. & M. College Mess Hall aver
ages one and one-half pints daily
for each student.
Now Is the Time to Get Those Clothes
Ready for the Holidays
Campus Cleaners
Over the Exchange Store and Near New Halls
SURPRISE THE FOLKS AT HOME WITH YOUR
PICTURE WHEN YOU GO HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS
“Photographs of Distinction”
AGGIELAND STUDIO
North Gate
MOVIE
Guion Hall
Richard Dix — Patricia Morisson
“The Round Up”
News — Comedy’ — Cartoon
Coming
SATURDAY
“Pacific Rendezvous”