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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agriculttsral 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 b ; * 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
Pissocided Collegiate Press
Brooks Gofer '. Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
Mike Haikin Sports Editor
Mike IMann 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. Tampke Senior Assistant
Carlton Power Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup .....Junior Assistant
Bill Trpdlier: ,. Assistant
Saturday’s Staff
Clyde C. Franklin Managing Editor
Benton Taylor Junior Editor
Jack Keith.... 1 .....Junior Editor
John Holman... , Junior Editor
Jack Hood Junior Editor
Tom Journeay , Junior Editor
Reporters
Harry Cordu.a, Bob Garrett, Roman McKinney, BeVt Kurtz,
ill Jarnagin, Bob eredith, ill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John Spar
ger, and M. T. Lincecum.
Light Sockets .
Attention has been brought to the fact that
corridor lights and sockets in the halls are
being destroyed without reason.
Up to this time theSe lights have been
replaceable from the supply of the college
warehouse, but as soon as the present sup
ply is exhausted there will not be any more.
These sockets are made of brass and copper
and for this reason they can not be obtained
from any source because of their necessity
in defense production.
In the future when corridor lights can
not be replaced, there will probably be much
complaining on the part of students who
failed to think when they knocked out a
light because it shone in their eyes when
they slept.
Let’s take notice of this fact that there
might be a shortage and do everything now
to preserve these lights and sockets.
The General came in a new tin hat
To the shell-tom front where the ivar
was at.
With faithful aide at his good right
hand,
He made his way to No-Man's Land.
—Arthur Guiterman
Some of the finest sermons are acted
rather than preached.
The World Turns On
- - By DR. R. W. STEEN
Americans as a rule take little interest in
the politics of neighboring states, but many
Americans are glad to know that Georgia
has aroused herself sufficiently to kick Eu
gene Talmage out of the governor’s office.
Georgia deserves the congratulations of the
country for that move. On the other hand
she deserves no small criticism for having
kept him in office for three terms. It is to be
hoped that his vacation from office will be
a long one.
It will take many years for Georgia to
live down the reputation Talmage has given
her. It will take almost as long for the schools
of Georgia to regain the position they held
a few years ago. Practically all rating bodies,
in the country have dropped the Georgia
schools from their lists as a result of the
Talmage activities, and many of the best
qualified teachers in the Georgia system
have sought employment elsewhere. The
most recent associatidn to strike the Georgia
colleges from its list is the Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
The report of the Baruch committee will
doubtless receive careful study at the hands
of congressional committees, and in time
severe restrictions will doubtless be placed
on the use of automobiles. The committee is
perhaps wise in stating positively that nation
wide, restrictions will be made necessary by
the lack of rubber rather than the lack of
gasoline. One of its suggestions, that for a
national speed limit of 35 miles per hour,
will probably win immediate approval.
American bombers have made several
additional raids over occupied territory, and
have added to their reputations as fighting
machines. To date the four motored Amer
ican craft have made ten raids over hostile
territory and have lost only two planes.
Those Americans who are beginning to yell
that this proves that they are better than
the English planes, which are larger, and
that daylight bombing should replace night
bombing are overlooking two very important
points. One is that the American planes have
not yet appeared over the heavily fortified
cities of Germany proper. The other is that
they have not as yet made a raid beyond
the range of fighter escorts. For example, in
the raid in which two bombers were lost
fifty bombers were escorted by 400 fighters.
The British are sending their planes over
•German cities and far beyond the range of
fighter escorts. Daylight raids under similar
circumstances might be very costly indeed.
It will take some experimenting to find out.
Words and music for seven favorite uni
versity songs are being sold by the Wayne
university student council in a 13-page book
let.
-THE BATTALION-
-SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1942
"Somewhere in the Pacific" I private buck .. By Clyde Lewis
(Editor’s Note: Following is a letter received by Coach Nor
ton from Les Richardson, who was a guard on the Aggie
football team last year.)
Mr. H. H. Norton
Athletic Director
Texas A. & M. College
College Station, Texas
Hello Coach:
Last year about this time I was eagerly
reading a letter from one H. H. Norton con
cerning the oncoming football season. Now,
this year finds me several thousand miles
away in an even bigger game. We take this
game just as serious as we did back at
A. & M. C. It is in a sense, the same type of
game. We prepare ourselves mentally, phys
ically and morally just as we did at A. & M.
We must be at the peak in each phase or we
will lose the game. No time for backslapping
or boasting. We win a battle and then turn
immediately to the next. Naturally we gloat
a bit inside but not for long for the next
battle is even tougher. We did the same at
A. & M. We beat T. C. U. which was always
a thrilling and mighty battle, but no time
for bragging or rest—we faced the next foe
for it was a tougher foe. It’s the same way
out here. We face a tough and mighty foe
and he gets tougher and more desperate
every battle only this foe has no scruples
and plays by no rules. We must fight him
the same way sometimes. We were cham
pions at home and we’ll be champions out
here. We think the game of football has
prepared us for this game. We have merely
moved over to a bigger field and -a tougher
league. More spectators and anxious alumni
but basically the same game of beating the
opponent. We wonder where our “Bowl game”
will be played and when. We hope it is soon
for we are ready. Then we can return to
our loved ones and peace and quiet.
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“It was easier to teach the horse to kneel than to teach Buck
to mount properly!”
BACKWASH
By
Jsck Hood
"Backwash: An agitation resulting from soma action or occurrence.*’—Webstar
Kiddies Korner
And
supply blocks,, marbles, and a Na
poleon costume. . .a victim of quizi-
Several issues ago a guest writ- ties—and peach ice cream.
I hope this letter finds you in the' midst er for Backwash wrote a few choice
of a very successful season. Material may be riddles. . .spacefiller. But the mail
short but quality should be sufficient. We returns showed that more than a
faced quantity out here but quality has been few like to play with the things...
in our favor. We think quality will win even- 0 r maybe an unsolved problem
tually. We have the best team in the world worries some of our intellectual
and all of our players are All-Americans or slip-stick artists,
they wouldn’t be here.
Give all of the boys my best regards
and wishes for a highly successful season.
Perhaps it is a bit early to be thinking of
championships but championships have be
come a tradition at A. M. It is truly the
home of champions.
Wish I could see all of the games this
season but we have business out here. How
ever, I have the urge to play again, even
here. I gupss a footballer never loses that
desire for just one more season. I am plan
ning on returning to A. & M. for my degree p resent total a £ e of shl P and boiler
1 ” • • 1 • • - 1 ' is 49 years, how old is each?
Twilight leaguer^ seem to be
having a hard time finishing. . .
rain was the first thing that sever
al times postponed the game that
Anyway, here’s was to ' decide the cham P s - ^hev,
trouble-maker T^day nig: ht, they finally got to
play, Lipscombs beat Campus
Cleaners, making another game
necessary. . . Places to be: Kadet spends
Kapers tonight; Fair Park auditor
ium, Dallas Sunday afternoon; Ba-
twice as old as its ton Rogue, September 26, . .
boiler was when
the ship was as
old as the boiler
is now, and the
for the 1,00 horse
power minds-and
the math depart
ment:
If a ship is
Timeliness is the best character
istic which “PACIFIC RENDEZ-
VIOUS”, showing today at Guion
Hall, can claim. Lee Bowman and
Jean Rogers are doubtless capable
of much better parts than those in
which they have been cast this
time.
Lee Bowman
fplays the part of
a naval Lieuten-
lant and expert
c ry p t o grapher.
He yearns for
active dtuy, but is
jstuck away at a
desk job, decoding
enemy messages.
Captured by the
enemy, he escapes
in time to save his life, his girl and
his nation.
Jean Rogers, as the young lieu
tenant’s girl friend, is good in her
part but she could have done better
with better material to work with.
Mona Maris, Carl Esmond and
Blanche Yurka, enemy spies, are
so obvious that the picture ap
proaches ridiculousness.
The Lowdown: —baloney!
Despite its name, “FLIGHT
LIEUTENANT” is ,not an action
filled picture of planes, air fights
and pilots. Aviation scenes are
mostly of aircraft with back
grounds of airfields. With this us
an atmosphere, a story of paternal
love is told in an interesting man
ner.
Pat O’Brien is in the leading
role as the aviator who got drunk
and caused a crash in which his
co-pilot was killed. His license to
fly taken away from him, he
his time barnstorming in
Guiana to support his son and to
make a gentleman and crack pilot
of this son. According to the stan
dard plot, the boy (Glenn Ford)
falls in love with the daughter of
the man whom O’Brien had caused
to die in the airplane crash.
The course of events leads one
to believe that the only way out
is for O’Brien to get killed and
that’s exactly what happened. Be
fore he meets his death though,
he manages to deliver valuable in
formation to the government, mak
ing him a martyr to two causes.
The Lowdown: —insane but in
teresting.
Highest Prices
for
Egineering Books
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If you think you’re the man the
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when this war is over—and join the vast
throng of anxious alumni.
Am a second class petty officer in a
construction battalion and work in the en
gineering office as a draftsman and survey
or. Very interesting work and in line with
my chosen profession. Am lucky to be in
best outfit in the service. Had originally Fickle Fate . . .
planned on entering the Air Corps but color the , lou i ) , e . crossin| , dame
blindness closed my career as a pilot Have s0 orten sli behind a „ d calm .
no regrets because we are just as valuable , cuts mi throat deaIt the wel! _
to winning the war as the Air Force. kllown ., palooka .. j,, an unIlamcd
Hope to hear a few words from you and i a d this week,
the boys in a return letter. Now, beat the
hell out of Texas U!
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Kerens Another $5.00 Winner:
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AND you.”
Submitted by HAROLD FREEMAN, Box 1531, College Station, Texas.
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LAST DAY
Also
Porky Pig Cartoon
Stranger Than Fiction
Sports — News
PREVIEW TONIGHT
SUNDAY and MONDAY
SKY-SCORCHING THRILLS!
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Go In 9:30 and See Both
Shows
Sincerely,
Les Richardson
L. S. Richardson CM2c
5th Naval Constr. Batt.
Hdq. Co., 3rd Plat,
c/o Fleet Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
This Collegiate World
ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
The nation’s universities and colleges are
keeping pace with the government’s defense
program, in the opinion of Maj. John L. Grif
fith, commissioner of athletics of the West
ern conference.
Physical preparedness programs in Uie
colleges, he said, have two objectives: pro
viding of trained leaders in the field and
building of fitness in youth through inten
sive athletic training and participation.
As evidence of expanding athletic prog
rams in the colleges, the Big Ten athletic
czar pointed out that physical plant and fac
ilities of the ten schools have been increased
in worth $19,844,319 since 1919. Accompany
ing the physical expansion has been a 67.3
per cent increase in personnel, coaches, intra
mural athletics and physical education direc
tors.
. * * *
Post-graduate athletic activity should be the
goal of all American college athletes, parti
cularly at this criitcal period, according to
Lawson Robertson, Penn and Olympic track
and field coach.
“From the standpoint of physical con
dition it is wrong for a young man who has
been competing for eight years through high
or prep school and college, upon his gradua
tion from college, suddenly to stop all ath
letic activity,” said Robertson, who in April
observes his twenty-fifth anniversary as
University of Pennsylvania track coach.
“Most athletes are graduated when they
are 21 or 22. That is an age when they haven’t
yet reached their physical majority. They
should participate in some form of athletics
until they are at least 25, the age of full
physical maturity.
In the early part is this week,
Aggie John Doe curiously and very
suddenly was. stricken with Quizi-
tis, the baffling ailment that for
ever puzzles our finest medico. . .
Obviously, the only thing he could
do was go to the hospital and be
come “ward 4, bed 7” for the usual
(if you’re lucky) two or three
days.
But John is a humane soul, so
instead of worrying the doctors by
telling them his true trouble, he
smiply complained of stomach
trouble—“bellyache” to the phea
sants. Then arose a problem: he
was put on a strict diet of “big,
lovely glass of peach juice—three
times a day.”
Good old peach juice. We all like
peach juice. . . but John drank so
much his mouth was getting fuz
zy. So when his roomie dropped
by for a chat, John, with the aid
of a half-nelson, persuaded him to
trip to the gate and bring- some
food—quick! Roomie dutifully did
the errand which was to save John
from the squirrels. . .he? brought
back the food—ice cream. . .
Good ol’ PEACH ice cream.
They say John has left us now for
a place where it’s quiet and they
Three Cornell University scien
tists report a new method to re
tain the full vitamin C content of
pasteurized milk by taking 4;he
air out of it. A quart of de-aeriated
pasteurized milk has a vitamin C
content to a whole orange. Vitam
in C loss in ordinary pasteurized
milk makes a quart equivalent to
a slice of orange.
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VICTOR AND
BLOEBIRD RECOROS
MANHATTAN SERENADE—Tommy Dorsey
DEARLY BELOVED—Glenn Miller
KALAMAZOO—Charlie Spivak
MY DEVOTION—Charles Spivak
HASWELL’S
Bryan
A course in fundamentals of meteorol
ogy has been added to the department of
physics at the College of Mount St. Vincent,
Riverdale, N. Y.
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Saturday—“Pacific Ren
dezvous”, with Lee Bowman
and Jean Rogers.
At The Campus
Saturday—“Footlight Sere
nade”, with Betty Grahle,
John Payne, and Victor Ma
ture.
Saturday Midnight —
“Flight Lieutenant”, with
Pat O’Brien and Glenn Ford.
Guion Hall
SATURDAY—1 P.M. - 7 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
LEE BOWMAN
JEAN ROGERS
PACIFIC RENDEZVOUS
Comedy News Cartoon
COMING
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
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