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-THE BATTALION-
-THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 17, 1942
Battalion Man, Your Manners
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By I. Sherwood
‘Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster
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it always has been and still is considered j s Your Favorite Wolfess A Bird Brain?? . . .
impolite to refuse foods at the table, be
cause your refusal implies that you do not Last Backwashtime we promised to make this as easy as possible
like what is served you. You should take at you a column today devoted en- for you), cut out the quiz, address
least a small portion on your plate and make tirely to the ESQUIRE PIN-GIRL it to Backwash, Student Activities,
a pretense of eating it—to refuse dish after EXAM. . .a method of rating your and drop it unstamped into the Everyone expects, when they several opportunities
dish will disturb your hostess. If you are best girl as a prospective bride, faculty mail slot in the Faculty hear that Abbot and Costello are interludes and South Sea dances.
on a diet and accepted the invitation with Below is the quiz post office, rotunda of the Academ- playing in a movie, that the show The supporting cast, consisting of
and copy that ex- ic bldg. If you want to waste 3 is sure to be hilariously screwy. Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige,
plains the work- cents, address it to Box 2094. . . “PARDON MY SARONG'”, now Lional Atwell, Leif Erikson and
ing plan. And Other places where quizes may be showing at the Campus, is no ex- Nan Wynn, are all good in their
here’s what we turned in: John Holman, 103-No. 9; ception to these expectations. Bud parts, but are of course, secondary
want 5000 Aggies Clyde Franklin, 111—No. 16, Hood, Abbot and Lou Costello are zanier throughout the show to the Abbot
to do: Rate your 46 Goodwin. BUT BE SURE YOUR than ever, if that’s possible. and Costello comedy team,
girl—or if you’re OPION IS REPRESENTED! As usual, the story of this A. The Lowdown:—a gag a second
bird-'dogging at Then it will be our job to glean and C. picture is negligible—only
the present, rate the humor, interest, etc., from the the antics of the pair are import-
your “Ideal”. . . quizzes and present to you THE ant. In fact, the whole movie is
And (we’re going AGGIES IDEAL GIRL! hard to believe until one does
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that understanding, your not eating is ex
cusable.
When you are served a complicated look
ing dish, and you aren’t sure which is the
edible part or which is decoration, it is per
fectly proper to say to the waiter or the one
serving you, “Do I take this, or Do I cut
here?” while prodding lightly with the serv
ing implement provided. This is done very
often by persons who have the nicest man
ners.
Dishes are never passed from hand to
hand at a
-some old, some new.
Hoed
nr-P nPVPV nn««pn TT-nm nnnn rn -r-r realize that it’s Abbot and CoS-
formal dinner only at “family- Can Your Girl Pass an Esquire Exam?? . . . tello again, and consequently, one
of course, there’s intel-
which the author rates
..Junior
John Holman ^Junior
Tom Journeay. Junio:
style” table. She may be a honey at a prom Then,
One rigid rule of etiquitte is that you or the races, God’s gift to the hgence,
must talk to your dinner companion even stymied senior, a weekend wonder. Ml but if you believe in bird brains, to . the West Coast in a
ttrngk he or she might be someone you But ^ ^ she rate when stop this.. You afr* ito ^ By somc hook of crook they
dislike very much.
Reporters
rry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz
Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John
Sparger, and M. T. Lincecum.
Penny's Serenade
Something to Read
By Dr. T. F. Mayo^ 1 ^
We Have Fought Other Wars
Guion Hall has a comedy billed
for today and tomorrow entitled
“THE BODY DISAPPEARS”. Per
haps it should have been called
“Three Bodies Disappear” or some
such altered title, for throughout
the show, three different invisible
stolen P eo P^ e move around the screen, itor
the audience to wonder about.
As the story goes, Edward Eve
rett Horton, an experimenter with
. , . ,. . , •, a drug to bring the dead back to
beautiful native girls provide , . , . . , ...
me, tries his mixture on playboy
shouldn’t even try to believe it.
The script starts out with Bud
and Lou in New York, on their
end up on a South Sea Island and
there the fun begins. The
By W. L. PENBERTHY
Jeffery Lynn. Lynn is not really
dead, just dead drunk after a
party given in his honor. Anyway,
the stuff makes him invisible and
he wanders around, with the aid
of trick photography, completely
Every once in a while, as we pass through
this life, something happens that gives us
a very warm and comfortable feeling inside.
The thing that happens may be the observ
ance of a good deed performed by another,
the evidence of appreciation for a favor done
or maybe the accomplishment of a task that
has been a long and hard fight.
During the Christmas vacation of 1926
I visited some friends in Corpus. On my way
to the city I picked up a youngster of about
fifteen who was a student of a military acad
emy in San Antonio and whose home was in
Robstown. We encountered about thirty miles
of bad roads on the trip and it was pretty
late when we arrived in Corpus so I suggest
ed he share my hotel room for the night
and leave for Robstown the next morning,
which he did. I haven’t seen him since but
about three years ago one of our students,
then a senior, dropped by the office to re
port that he had been given a lift by a man
who it developed was the youngster I had
given the lift in 1926. He reported that the
man had asked about me and had sent his
regards.
Yesterday a former student dropped by
our office and left a small amount of money
in payment for two intramural medals which
he asked me to secure for him in 1936 to
replace medals that he had lost. I had for
gotten all about it but he said I had sent
them to him and that he had intended com
ing to college at an early date but it had
so happened that he didn’t make it but he
didn’t forget his debt and the first time he
was on the campus dropped by to settle. Our
country can use a lot of that kind of hon
esty.
I have had many such instances hap
pen and each time they give me a distinct
thrill and the realization of the joy and priv-
ileze of working with a fine group of boys.
Yes, there is still a lot of appreciation
in the country and we still have the same
kind of honesty for which Abraham Lincoln
was famous.
group according to your grades in
chips are . down and you can’t go college—or such points as: can she
back to the boys and books?' bake a cherry pie, and has she
Every college naan should ask discovered what a really great man
himself this question; it’s import- you are. Breeding, beauty and
ant as the quantum theory, vital health total 135, though again you Wife Of Prof Reid
as Mendel’s law. For him Ed. S. m ay go all out for the Babe Did- to Tllrmcc
Woodhead has prepared a matri- rickson type or prestige a la Van- ^ULCUIIlUk lO lllliekii
monial scoring table in the October derbilt. Be your own adding ma- Friends mourned the passing of
The following books do not pretend in any Esquire and all you need to do is chine. Hattie M. Reid, wife of Professor
sense to cover the wars we have fought. They answer the questions and draw The gentle ar t of Juking comes D. H. Reid of the Poultry Hus- unseen by his friends. In this way,
are listed because they are interesting and y° ur own conclusions. in for its s}iare of consideration, bandry department, who succumbed he discovers that the girl he was
may, in time of war, throw some light on Naturally, it’s best not to have And if you’re unwilling to scuttle Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock about to marry is after his money,
the way in which wars are made and fought, the little woman back seat drive your scotch, file the office stories, after a long illness. so he starts making love to Jane
white you’re checking off her plus- 0 r stay on the home beat, consider The late Mrs. Reid was born Wyman, who really loves him. In
The American Revolution ses and minuses. If certain parts this carefully. at Oxford,, Wisconsin, in 1881. She the end. Horton brings him back
Secret history of the American Revolu- of her personality are address But even if she’s scored a royal graduated from the Endeavor to visibility for a happy climax.
tion—Carl Van Doren unknown to you, score ’em zero 500, don’t call the jewlers yet. Academy, Wisconsin, after which The Lowdown:—hmm. There are
Treason is the theme. Heretofore unpub- till time writes the figures. Above Now comes the deductiions. Is sh e taught at the Adams County possibilities in this idea of be-
lished papers bring to light the letters of all, be personal. This table is ad- she nagging ,ailing, selfish, bossy, School, Wisconsin, for five years. com j ng invisible.
conspirators, secret codes, and all the clev- justed for you and you alone, so lazy, vain, untidy, catty? Does The y were married June 6, 1908,
er methods used by the British in launch- don’t let the boys in the back room she smoke and does she chew? and moved to College Station in
ing their Fifth Column. befuddle you. After the bells, you’ll Plus, of course, your own pet September, 1923.
The Second War With England _ be paying the bills, so the goods aversions like breeding orchids or The Funeral was held yesterday
Its less celebrated aspects^ are written of had better be worth ’em. keeping a spittoon in the parlor, afternoon at 4 o’clock with the
in both i Kenneth Roberts’ novels Lively We rate championship 105 points These all have their individual Reverend Norman Anderson of-
Lady and Captain Caution. They tell of out of a possible 500. But if you pointage and you can’t be really ficiating. Pall bearers were stu-
pnvateers, slave-traders, demimondames, g0 for other valueS) re -adjust the sure until they-ve been subtracted, dents of the Poultry Husbandry
bootleggers, and, of course, heroes and
heroines.
The War Between the
Leech
Reveille in Washington
scale accordingly—knock it down. Now that you know: forget gals department.
q. . t U n d er the championship heading under 350, linger longer from 350
o a es argaret come qualities of considera- to 400, anything over 400 rates a To safeguard food in the home,
tion, fun, loyalty, tolerance, good trip to the church, and if she’s the Federal Food and Drug Ad-
YT«c>iiJi. s i,wii . , cheer, etc. Here spcially you want over 475 RUSH her there by wire, ministration emphasizes that
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Mary Lincoln, lafishly gowned, but snub! rating lor consideration If she only her: she's either married, Myrna cornstarch, baking powder, salt, or
bed at every turn, with only a colored f™..'! •» f ? r you - If she *»*• p*. or * W*.. hek *"*“•
seamstress to call Mend; General Grant ? er 1, tlc b ™ ther " na e s ‘ he do «' tont run to that. You may shoot
with the look of a man out of a job; Kate dr0 P yourself if you wish. ,
Chase, the belle of Washington; Booth,
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WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday—“The
Body Disappears”, with Jef
fery Lynn, Jane Wyman and
Everett Horton.
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
—“Pardon My Sarong”, with
Bud Abbot and Lou Costello.
the talented actor who murdered a pres-r
ident; and towering above the all, the man
with the good, ugly face who proved that
democracy can weather a crisis.
John Brown’s Body—Stephen Vincent Ben-
net
Nowhere has the struggle which began
with John Brown, who “was a stone flung
from a sling against a wall,” been so viv
idly told as in this, America’s epic poem.
The War With Mexico
Texas and the Mexican War—Nathaniel
Stephenson
There was more, much more, than Texas
patriotism behind the \yi nn i n & of the
Southwest for Anglo-America.
The Spanish American War
Which is the true picture? Magnetic Ted
dy Roosevelt’s story of the charge up San
Juan Hill as he tells it in The Rough Rid
ers or Walter Millis’ ironic study of our
war of imperialism as he sees it in The
Martial Spirit?
The First World War
World’s End—Upton Sinclair
Set the illegitimate son of a munitions
manufacturer and a beautiful artists’ mod
el in the mad world of 1913-1919 and you
are bound to get a story of exciting pro
portions.
Counter-Attack—Siegfield Sassoon
You will find no glory in these intense
poems which describe war as a young
soldier saw it in France and Palestine.
The poems bear such significant titles as
“Base Details,” “The General,” “Trench
Duty,” and “In Barracks.”
ulty members arrested at the tinie of the
closing were the latest of a numbr of Brus
sels professors to be purged.
Several Norweigan newspapers recently
carried accounts of the imprisonment of
Scoring Table for a Prospective Bride
Group
Value
105—COMPANION
Considerate
Fun
Generous
Loyal
Agreeable
Forgiving
Tolerant
Just
Compromise
Cheerful
Total
90—INTELLIGENCE
Tact
Talent
Books
Criticism
Taste
Logic
Education
Perception
Music
Art
Games
Her
Value Score
20
20
10
10
8
8
8
7
5
5
4
-HEALTH
Maternal aptitude 15
General
Heredity
Total
40—JUKING
Dancing
Sex
Manners
Drink
Risque
Total
30—CONVERSATION
Subtlety
Reticence
Silence
Wit
Total
-DISPOSITION
Kindness
Affection
Domesticity
Equability
Sympathy
Friendliness
Humility
Demonstrativeness
Total
50—BREEDING
Charm-manners
Experience
Family
From Capital to Campus
ACP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington
EUROPE STRIKES BACK . . .
WASHINGTON—(AGP)—School teachers in
Nazi-occupied Europe are showing marked
inability to learn and teach the “philosophy”
of Hitler’s New Order. This fact is made
evident by articles which recently appeared
in the daily press of these countries and
which have just reached Washington from
private sources.
On. the basis of these reports teachers
appear to be the most widely persecuted
professional groups in the occupied coun
tries. At the same time the teachers seem
to be the most persistent in their refusal to
cooperate with occupation authorities and
their own Quislings.
Official decrees and news stories ap
pearing in local newspapers from Greece
to Norway, and from eastern Poland to
France reflect the teachers’ determined re- Rector Seip and several well-known profes- Op T1 Aritrtnjn Glllh
sistence to Nazi educational principles and or ' y,C! ^ TTniNr/avoH-tr wp ndr,- tboxt- wovq odll ixilioniu v^iuu
Total
-AMUSEMENTS
Quiet
Bridge
Active
Cards
Chess
Family
Religion
-BEAUTY
Taste
TT.jg u ~
laki
Legs
Face
Height
Hair
Fig
Make-up
Striking-looking
DEDUCTIONS
Nagging 50
Ailing 50
Selfish 60
Adviser 40
Bossy 35
Lazy 30
Vain 25
Untidy 15
Too neat 10
Jealous 10
Catty 10
Smoke 5
Gum 6
Add your own pet aversions
tionately.
Perfect
One in a Million
DALACE
■ p H o M n 2-8 879, . ]
THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
Dorothy Lamour
Richard Denning
in
“BEYOND THE
BLUE
PREVIEW 11 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
in
“THE GREAT
MAN’S LADY”
Shown Sun., Mon., Tues.
Cliwyjus
4-1181
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
TODAY
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
LVSU
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also
Popeye Cartoon
Stranger-Than-Fiction
Variety Views
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“Bahama
Passage”
e in
Passing
Possibilty of Improv. 350-400 net
500 net
475-495 net
300-400 net
Forget:
Note: In ommittin
under 350 net
mmitting any item either
reapportion the rest to main
tain the balance and keep 500
as perfect, or alter the passing
mark to conform.
Group
Value
Total
Her
Value Score
school politics. Mass arrests of college pro
fessors have been made, and some of Europe’s
leading universities have been closed in an
effort to stamp out this intellectual opposi
tion to Nazism.
After continual strife between faculty
leaders of the University of Brussels and
Nazi occupation authorities in Belgium, the
university is reported to have been closed.
The Brussels newspaper Le Soir said that
“incidents” at the university could have been
avoided if its officials had “better under
stood the intention of the military admin
istration.”
Before the closing of the University of
Brussels, stories in Belgium papers disclosed
that 20 university departments were with
out faculty heads as a result of “retirements,
deaths or other reasons.” A Sweedish cor
respondent in Brussels reported the uni
versity had been closed because its board
had turned down a Nazi ultimatum to trans
fer authority to a committee from which its
own president had been excluded. Ten fac-
sors of the University of Oslo# They were
held under a new decree calling for the ar- Holds Meeting Tonite
rest, without trial, of Norwegians jeopard
izing their country’s “peaceful development.” The San Antonio Club will hold
In Yugoslavia, 25 faculty memebrs describ- a meeting immediately after Yell
ed as “freemasonry and left elements” were Practice tonight in the parlor of
recently dismissed from the University of the old Y. It has been asked that
Belgrade. all members attend, as tickets for
The press of the occupied countries also the mid-term dance will be dis-
reported recently the purge of many profes- tributed.
sors in France and Luxembourg. These in
clude Professor Langevin and other world-
famous members of the Paris Academy of
Sciences.
While university closings and faculty
purges have been the most widely reported
part of the campaign to stamp out anti-Nazi
activity and thought in the schools of oc
cupied Europe, the general undercurrent of
resistance to nazism in the elementary
schools appears to be causing far greater
alarm in collaborationist circles. Resistance
in the elementary schools of course reacts
“unfavorably” upon a far greater number
of young people.
If You Can’t Pack
That Lamp
SELL IT TO
LOU
You Still Have Time to Get Those
Clothes Cleaned and Pressed
Before the Holidays Start
CAMPUS CLEANERS
MOVIE
Guion Hall
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
3:30 and 7:00 P. M.
JEFFRY LYNN and JANE WYMAN
"The Body Disappears"
also
Richard Himber Orchestra — Cartoon
and
M. G. M. News
There Will Be No Shows Until
September 26th
a