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page 2 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 end 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 5f Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1941 Member 1942 Pissocided Golleftide Press Brooks Cofer v Editor-in-Chief Ken Bresnen - Associate Editor Phil Crown : Staff Photographer Sports Staff Mike Haikin Sports Editor Mike Mann Assistant^ Sports Editor Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant N. Libson 1 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 jJunior Assistant Bill Ttodlier.... Assistant Thursday’s Staff Ken Bresnen Managing Editor John Holman Junior Editor Jack Keith..., " Junior Editor Tom Journeay Junior Editor i Reporters -irry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John Sparger, and M. T. Lincecum. The Cadence—A Guide For nearly twenty weeks the student leaders have been working on a handbook that would be of assistance to organization commanders in orienting the incoming freshman classes. Many revisions, alterations, and additions were necessary in order that this super-con densed volume might confer some of the feeling and love that True Aggies hold for A. & M. The result of all this is “The Ca dence”, a living interpretation of the Aggie Spirit which seeks to set forth the pulse and cadence of life in the greatest military insti tution in the world. Each freshman is urged to read The Cadence carefully and learn everything in it. By so doing, he will make his job of adjust ment easier and understand what is behind the things that he is required to do. Not only will The Cadence help the freshmen in orienting himself but it will be 'extremely useful to the cadet officer in di recting his charges. The book was written and edited by men of experience on the cam pus who actually knew of its workings and who knew what would be required of men be fore they could reach the peak in perfor mance while in this institution. The book is not based upon abstract theories but upon practical experience of student leaders. The idea for the book was (conceived by Tom Gillis, cadet colonel last year, and worked out by him with the co operation of a host of juniors and seniors on the campus. The Cadence is one of the things which every student will treasure for the remainder of his stay on the campus and through the years of his life to come. In future days stu dents ; will be able to look back to this book as tliey will at their Longhorns and recall the days spent on the A. & M. campus and the traditions and duties which they carried out %hile on the campus. If every organization on the campus would follow this book to the letter it would also do away with the many little variations in customs which exist between one comp any, battery, and troop and another. Al though every organization commander will use it at his own discretion it is highly ad visable that he make us of this vestpocket sized document. -THE BATTALION- -THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 1, 1942 Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most—singularity and vulgarity.—William Hazlitt. Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.— George Santayana. ' Man, Your Manners PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis By L Sherwood 8* A. and M. Cadets can show a splendid spirit of enthusiasm when they are under the control of their Senior Officers, but let a few careless students start a demonstra tion, and the “spirit” for which A. and M. is noted can become an ugly thing that re acts to the discredit of the student body and to the embarrassment of those cadets who care a great deal about their behavior. It’s not only what you do, but how and when you do it that leaves an impression on friends, acquaintances, and strangers you encounter in public. . Concerts, lectures, or other perform ances at Town Hall are a dignified form of entertainiinent. Nowhere, except in a re ligious service, is greater dignity of behavior expected of a student, than at Town Hall. Artists are chosen by a committee who give a great deal of time to their selections with the idea of giving pleasure to students, faculty, and visitors. These artists appreciate an enthusiastic response to their efforts, too boisterous applause may be disconcerting to them—we who live here are acquainted with the “antics” of some students—not so with the distinguished artists who visit our cam pus. Audible comments, loud laughter, hisses, boos, and catcalls stamp those who make them as ill-bred. A student is entitled to one seat—there- a fore, he is entitled to the enthusiasm of only one listener—himself. Bad manners on the campus, in public, and anywhere for that matter, are a reflection on your home train ing. \ fin czj cn \the K 0 P h a cu co by / Ja c Ck K campus ^ w n & JictrArTinrK 6: V / n / cd a a aijiiQUui o a a c?b\ □ czitziciicziainiz^ “X borrowed her from the circus, Sir. I'm having a little trou ble putting up my tent!” BACKWASH Bg Jack Hood “Backwash: An agritation resulting: from some action or occurrence” — Webster Penny's Serenade By W. L. PENBERTHY We are getting off to the start of another semester of school; the second since the start of our speed-up program. There was a lot of discussion before the start of the summer semester concerning the school program. Many wondered about how our boys would do in their work with the handicaps of hot weather, no vacations and no intercollegiate contests. Although the records for the se mester have not been compiled as yet, the re sults of the preliminary reports showed that our boys were doing better than usual. As far as our physical education, intramural and recreational programs are concerned, we found the boys to be very fine and due to their fine cooperation we feel that our sum mer program was the best we have had to date. All of us had to work hard and we had some troubles and some fun, but all in all I feel that it was a good semester, but this one should be better because we will have many more things to make it interesting and profitable. As we start out anew I feel that it might be well for those of us who do not have a slogan to adopt one and, personally I can’t think of a better one than the one advocated by Joseph the biblical character. He had some tough breaks after his brothers sold him as a slave but he did not let the bad breaks get him down and came through in a big way as a result of his slogan which was, “TRUST THE LORD, WORK HARD AND BE CAREFUL.” This Collegiate World ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS Among necessary wartime changes being in stituted at Gustavus Adophus college by the new president, Dr. Walter A. Lunden, a new field of study, sociology of war, is being taught by the president himself. The course calls for special stress on an army, navy and marine program for utiliza tion of pre-induction students. Cozy, Ain’t It? Back in the saddle again . . . pecking this broke down typewrit er . . .the Batt ofice looks like a cross between a Texas tornado and a Kansas twister hit it, so we feel at home. But the thing we like about school this semester is the coz iness . . . three to a room, 16 to a table, etc . . . plenty of comp any. The trick to living three to a room is in pick- | ing your room mates — get | them in gradu ated sizes. Then Hood one can live out of the bottom drawer of the dress er, one out of the top drawer, and one out of his trunk (the small est boy is usually “elected” to the trunk). Using the mirror, one can comb his head while another shaves, and the other washes . . . if all tljiree get through at once, the tallest can bandage the razor- cuts on the middle-sized one while the smallest wipes- the hair oil and shaving lather off the other two and himself. Seriously, greetings to the new frogs . . . we hope to make steady customers out of most of you. Just a word, tho, to lighten the load: Try to learn how things are done the Aggie way, and things will work out better for everyone. (That’s our editorial for the year.) Wallace Recommends. Frances (Frank) Wallace, the writer of PIGSKIN PREVIEW in the Saturday Evening Post and the man who picks Bill Sibley to be the 1942 All-American center, writes “Mr. Mac” McElroy that he is now doing a South Sea story for Twentieth Century-Fox which will star Gene Tierney, “to which I’m sure you ‘he-man’ Texas Ag gies will look forward with anti cipation”, says Wallace. He also wrote that he is send ing Mike Haikin’s recent sports feature on Wallace’s picking the Aggies as being a good luck charm to the “Keeping Posted” page of the Saturday Evening Post. No telling when it will show up so just watch for it in the SEP (about page 5). A movie script writer of no mean ability, according to Walter Wanger, Wallace has done several other movies and was mentioned to do the script on “We’ve Never Been Licked”. Mr. Wanger pro duced three of Wallace’s earlier books. A former footballer, he later was publicity man for the late Knute Rockne at Notre Dame and is a man big enough to handle the job as he is one of those oversized boys who coaches love to see show up for tackle jobs. And strange as it seems—Wal lace and “Mr. Mac” once liveo across the river from each other for two years and never met untii Wallace began writing the annual football preview for the SEP and “Mr. Mac” did the ghosting for the Southwest Conference. Wallace lived in Bellaire, Ohio, and Mac worked in Wheeling, W. Va., on the opposite side of the Ohio river. Now Wallace lives in Hollywood and the other part of the duo lives here. Funny world! The show at Guion Hall for Thursday and Friday has been cancelled because of the Town Hall program Friday night. The pro gram will be preview of the music to be expected at the Coast Ball later that evening and at the Corps Dance Saturday night. Anson Weeks and his orchestra will pre sent an hour of musical entertain ment. Holders of either old or new Town Hall Tickets will be admit ted to the show. A War picture ,in the lighter vein is “TWO YANKS IN TRINI DAD”, showing Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Campus Thea tre. Pat O’Brien and Brain Don- levy are cast as two racketeering pals who fall out. Before he is tak en on a well-known “ride” by his buddy, O’Brien skips out and joins the army. Not to be outdone. Don- levy does likewise, and thenceforth the two carry out their fighting between themselves in the uniform of the army. Sergeant Donald McBride is as tough as all movie army sergeants and gives the O’Brien—Donlevy duo plenty of trouble, thereby causing lots of laughs. Of course, like all army enemies, the pair compete for the attentions of one lady; this time its Janet Blair, cast in the part of a singer. “Two Yanks in Trinidad” is a re- Sweepings . . . . . . Something like 40 or 50 frogs have called home, left school, etc. since Monday with sob stor ies . . . they complain that things are different since the upperclass men got back . . . Capt John Younger, ’37, editor of the 1937 Longhorn, visited his younger brother, a fish, on the campus . . . . Dean Kyle got a nice write up in a recent issue of Country Gentlemen . . . Sgt. Wm. H. Col lins, 32lst Service Squadron, Hard ing Field, La. sends this note to “Dear President”: During my rumblings at your resent football game with LSU, I seem to have acquired a cadet officer’s cap. If the owner will write me. I’ll re turn it . . . some of the boys lost more than their caps in the Cajun county . . . Thanks to I. N. Stein, E. Ellis Hale, Leroy Adcock, Wayne Lee, Owne Cook, and Lt. W. C. O’Kelley, Davenport, Iowa, for cor rect answers to the ridle in a back issue of Backwash . . . Bill Ham- mersly, ’42 ,is pictured in a recent issue of a movie magazine with Joan Bennett. Musical Meanderings WHAT’S SHOWING At the Campus Thursday, Friday, Satur day—“Two Yanks in Trini dad”, with Brain Donlevy and Pat O’Brien. At Guion Hall No show Thursday and Fri day. Saturday—“Grand Central Murder”, with Van Heflin and Virginia Grey. By BILL MURPHY Football Seating Arrangement Bill Murphy 'b o Banc/ F/a/i ROW /o ROW u 'Soph. Above is the East side of Kyle Field which cadets will occupy for all home foot ball games. Underclassmen are reminded to sit in their respective sections as outlined by phis diagram. The Infantry dood it again. This year the paddle feet have obtained Boyd Raeburn and his swell band for their regimental ball on Oct. 30. Raeburn if you remember prov ed to be one of the finest bands to play here last year, not only in quality but also from the box of fice standpoint. From here it looks as though this aggregation is the most under rated band in the country today. The same goes for his handsome stack of beautiful ballads (vocal ist to you)—one Hal Derwin. I happen to know that A&M is the band’s favorite college, and the boys usually manage to stay in the band dorm just to “get some of that famous Aggi e spirit.” Bobby Stephens has really been working on this bal! ;m f actj for awhlie it looked as though he had either Claude Thornhill 0 r A1 * the bal,, hut beca^^ot :s~L?tr od ’ ti 7 couldn’t have done bettS-^and T predict that this hand ;ii * to be the finest band , Wl1 , Pr ° VC the campus this y ear r ° P ay on tions to the Infa„ t "' Con « rat,lla - h^orihelti-r ^^ and Coast Balh The bTd now fronting is a . . 158 13 aggregation, although P ? ntlVe old had them only a f ex ,. nson has whole band la P«ctica,T;" h e S band Red Nichols had down here last year, which should prove to be a definite asset musically. An son himself is no new comer to the dance band business, having been in the upper 400 of band leaders for about ten years. All in all this next weekend should be one of the largest of the year, with Texas Tech being well represented (See MEANDERINGS, Page 6) CHAMPION L^shoes^J’ $5.00 and $5.50 2 - Ply Soles “Turref Top” Moccasin. Com fortable “Seamless” Vamp. Sportsman’s Favorite Style. FREEMAN SHOES /' Biggest shoe buy of the season. Thick skinned for protective service. Soft tanned for richness and pliability. Double lift 24-gauge soles. $6.00 and $6.50 vival of the old Flagg-Quirt com bination which stemmed from “What price glory?” This time, though the formula is the same, locale and dialogue are entirely modern. This timeliness and the reference in several places to World War II prove interesting enter tainment. The Lowdown:—Treason in Tri nidad. (pampas Box Office Opens 2 P. M. Phone 4-1181 TODAY - FRI. - SAT. Also Popeye Cartoon Sport — Musical PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT SUNDAY - MONDAY yy IRENE. 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