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Page 2- •THE BATTALION -TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1942 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 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 Dissociated Golle6iate Press Brooks Gofer 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 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 Trodlier Assistant Tuesday’s Staff Tom Vannoy Managing Editor Douglass Lancaster Junior Editor Tom Leland Junior Editor Tom Journeay Junior Editor Nelson Karbach Junior Editor Reporters arry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John Sparger, and M. T. Lincecum. Use The Cadence Every freshman in your outfit now has a copy of the new handbook, Cadence. In front ©f that book is an entire section devoted to telling the first year cadet just what he can and what he cannot do. We are now at war—a war which has neces sarily caused us to stop many of the tra ditions and customs we had in peacetime. But because we have eliminated many things, there is no cause for Aggie spirit to die, or for us to drop all of our traditions and customs. Outlined in that handbook are instruc tions for fish prepared and approved by the college. To keep the glories that are A.&M. from dying, to get Aggieland back to the land of friendliness and solidarity, make your freshman stick to the instructions out lined in the Cadence. Change any little com pany or battery rules that do not conform to the Cadence, and let’s make A.&M. the school we are all so proud of. Campus Driving For a great many more years than there have been automobiles, freshmen here at A.&M. have been walking in the streets. Since au tomobiles have come, both freshmen and au tomobiles have been using the campus streets as their paths. Rules and regulations have been passed regarding the use of automobiles on the campus, because the college officials are aware of the fact that freshmen must walk in the streets. Methods of enforcing those rules are in effect, and many times, student drivers and others have been warned con cerning campus driving. Last Sunday morning someone appar ently forgot all of those rules and regula tions, not to speak of the fish, because an Aggie freshman was sideswiped in front of the Aggieland Inn, with a -severely lacer ated arm resulting. That driver was doing 30 miles per hour through a street so full of fish that a good driver would almost con sider it impassable. The campus speed limit is not one mite over 20 miles per hour. USE YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU USE YOUR CAR, AND YOU WON’T MIS-USE ANY MORE FRESH MEN ! Let’s watch it, Ole Army, and see that this, doesn’t happen again. Wartime Public Opinion: Whose Responsibliti]? Wartime Public Opinion: Whose Re sponsibility? (Condensed from an address given by Archibald MacLeish, head of the Office of Facts and Figures, before the Amer ican Society of Nespaper Editors.) Whatever the press may have been in the life of any other country, its significance in the present peril of this republic is obvious. It has been frequently said, but it has not altogether believed by those who have said it most, that the real battlefield of this war is the field of American opinion. And yet it is true—and no one knows it better than our enemies. It is their principal hope that they can so divide and confuse and demoralize American opinion that the American deter mination to fight the war through to an ul timate victory will fail of itself regardless of the resources of American men and Ameri- ccan machines which, backed by American will, would make an ultimate victory certain. It is our principal hope, on our side, that we can so unite and inform and hearten Ameri can opinion that the American determina tion to win will survive any conceivable dis aster abroad and any possible propaganda of treachery and fraud at home. But that hope is a hope the citizen of this country confide primarily to the press: to the great traditional instruments of com- munciation and of information—the press, the radio and the moving pictures. No one, I think, will seriously question the proposi tion that, over the course of the republic’s history, the press has played a larger part than any other instrument in shaping the public, as distinguished from the private, mind. Certainly it has played a larger part than War Comments By Walter F. Goodman, Jr. After being in this scrape now for better than ten months it appears that we are real ly approaching total efficiency. Of course there are isolated instances of gross inef ficiency over the nation but considering the amount of work being done it is really a re markable thing that there isn’t more inef ficiency. The President on returning from his unprecedented war-time swing around the country stated that he was well pleas ed with what he’d seen in the various war industries and what he heard from the many people he’d talked to in various walks of life. In fact, according to the President, the chief location of inefficiency and dilly-dally ing was right in Washington. From the re cent stink raised by the self-centered private interests and blocs in congress over First Executive’s request for ceilings on farm produce, this isn’t hard to understand. But fortunately we have a war Pres ident who really seems to have an insight on what should be done to try to keep the nation on as even a keel as possible during this war; seeing the course developments were taking in our legislative bodies he had gumption enough to tell them that if they didn’t create a law that would effectively do what was necessary in his opinion, he’d take the situation into his own hands and get the ball rolling. So sensing the sincerity in the President’s voice, Congress backed down, made a few concessions, and manu factured a reasonably acceptable bill which the President signed and put into effect with alacrity. With our nation in its most desperate straits since its creation we can be thankful that our leader is an individual of strong determination and unswerving will when he knows that should be done to better the gen eral welfare of the nation. Probably in periods of great national emergencies like the present one, we find democracies at their least efficiency and often rather cumbersome. But from the showing this particular democratic nation is making, I’m sure that even this criticism is greatly minimized. For all that it really seemed to take was the unselfish will to win and we were off, to stop only when the ques tion had been settled, in our favor. Without a doubt the Seventh was the blow that brought us from our lethargy completely to put these hundred and thirty- odd million freedom-loving people shoulder- to-shoulder to free the world of all the ever growing undesirable inhabitions that it was becoming crowded with. Without a doubt we can say that our way of life is worth fighting for and under it we are fully capable of collecting ourselves to successfully defend it. Red Battle stamps his foot, and nations feel the shock. This Collegiate World — ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS ~ Examination of 10,000 Eglish test themes of junior college students has convinced Dr. Harvey Eagleson of California Institute of Technology that they constitute an “amaz ing and unutilized source of information on American home life and opinion.” For him they are the “poll of all polls” on what Mr. and Mrs. John Citizen are thinking and do ing. “A poll published recently,” Dr. Eagle- son said, “revealed that the majority of Americans are not in favor of double movie features. “I knew that two years ago.” A few of the facts Dr. Eagleson has established from reading themes: The radio has become the chief source of entertainment and popular education. There is a growing boredom among houseives. The family income is inadequate for com fortable and civilized living. The American public is becoming in creasingly tolerant and liberal in its relig ious views, but church going is declining. Taste in interior decorating is decidedly improving. Knowledge of proper dieting is increas ing. Dr. Eagleson said the themes reveal that housewives are becoming bored because modern devices have so speeded and simpli fied housework among all classes that the housewife has hours of leisure for which she has not been educated or prepared. Dr. Eagle son believes the students of junior college represent a perfect cross-section of American social and economic life; that they are adoles cents without ideas and opinions of their own and that in their themes they voice largely what they have learned at home. War never leaves where it found a na tion. It is a wise child that knows its own father.—Homer. government. Under the American system it is not the government which shapes the public mind but the public mind which shapes the government. The duty of government has been assumed to be the duty of reporting to the people any facts in its possession which the people might require to enable them to reach a sound judgment and informal opinion. That this American system presents certain difficulties, no one who has given the matter any thought will doubt. One difficul ty is the difficulty of drawing the precise line between government reporting to the people and the function of the press. The press, in the first few months of this war, as throughout the last, has evidenced a very considerable uneasiness on that subject. BACKWASH By Jack Hood “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or qccurrence” — Webster Hood Best Tale . . . . . .on the Baton Rouge trip is George Grimes and Marvin James story. Spurred by a wild hair, the two Aggies wrote the sports editor of a Baton Rouge paper and ’asked for (almost demanded) tickets to the Aggie-L. S. U. game. . .just as if sports editors had a habit of dishing out free tickets. As an afterthought, the boys added that he might as well line them up a couple of good : dates, too. . .no thing but eye-fil lers considered. Nothing happened, so George and Marvin went home for their between-semesters parole. Then, things began to look up. . .appar ently, the sports editor published the story because the governor’s wife sent word that the boys would be showered with tickets, dates and lodging in no less than the governor’s mansion. George con tacted Marvin via long distance phone, and they hit the road for La. From there, the story may be imagined. . .but the boys had a time they will never forget. The Aggieland . . . . . .played the first all-university dance at T. U. Friday night. . . Curley and the boys got a swell write-up in the Daily Texan—head lines: Aggieland Band Jives To night at Union Dance—Farmers to Play “Eyes of Texas”. Maybe they did play it, hut a Texas co-ed re ported to us Sunday that they also raised a stink when they swung out on “I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie” ... it seems some of the high pocket boys were annoyed. Incidentally we’ll let the T. U. boys in on a secret: Jean Jahn is not the “Blonde from Bryan” as she was publicised. Adeline Koff- man, a good vocalist from Hous ton, has held the vocal spot with the band in it’s recent appearances here. Bird’s Eye View . . . There’s something different about the war every day. Everyone marveled at the famous “shark’s eye view” story of Ensign George Gay, ’40, in the battle of Midway. But few men had had the plea sure (or displeasure) of observing a battle from a radio antenna pole, as did Tom Banks, ’31, at th6 Pearl Harbor stab-in-the-back. Mr. Banks who has just returned from Hawaii after spending two years in assist ing with the construction of beam stations for Pacific clippers, was up on a pole the morning of Dec. 7, and watched the progress of the battle for several hours. Sweepings. .. It’s rumored, from a good source, that Jack Kimbrough will be sent here to teach Infantry bull text soon. . .Unique football sign is the one that has a pure simple slogan, with a p. s. “Let’s see you make something nasty out of this.”. . . A sports “expert” got his wires crossed and picked LSU over the Aggies last Friday. . . 1 mi a a \the V 0,. d □ campus ^ by \ k K w n & JictrartinrK 6; % n / □ a □ CllollOollUl O iu a \ c=j a c=j a cu c=j in Million Volt X-Ray Meat Rations Need Units Used in War Not Cause Protein Material Plants Deficiencies Here More than 40 portable million- volt x-ray units are now in actual operation or soon to be placed in service in industrial plants mak ing important war material, such as turbines, airplane crankshafts, etc., according to W. F. Westen- dorp of the X-ray division of the General Electric Research Labor atory, Schenectady. A year ago, said Mr. Westen- dorp, only one such unit was in use, though several elaborate and fixed million-volt X-ray outfits had been placed in hospitals for cancer therapy. Equipment is used for radiographing parts made of steel and other metals, ranging from % to 8 inches in thickness. These X-ray pictures, made with exposures of only a few minutes, clearly reveal any hidden defects, which may then be chipped out and repaired. Without such examina tion, the defects could not be de tected. Since some of the largest cast ings which are examined may weigh tons, and are of a wide va riety of irregular shapes, he stated, it would be extremely difficult to position them easily and rapidly for radiography with a fixed in stallation such as the original Hos pital unit. Consequently the port able unit, completely enclosed in a metal tank three feet in diam eter, four feet in length and weigh ing 1500 pounds was developed. In a plant already equipped for moving large steel castings, this can be handled easily, and moved rapidly into the most convenient position for the best result. Three factors, he said, made pos sible such a compact and light weight unit. These were the multi section X-ray tube, the new “res onance” transformer, and the use of gas for insulation. X-rays result when electrons are hurled against a metal target, and they are more penetrating the faster the electrons are made' to move. High-speed electrons, in turn, require high voltages to pro duce them. But instead of apply ing the million volts in one dose, the tube of the new unit is made of twelve sections, to each of which about 85,000 volts is applied, mak ing a total of a million. Develop ment of the fernico seal, for hold ing glass and metal tightly togeth er through a wide temperature range, made this tube possible. The resonance transformer elim inates the iron core which must be placed at the center of the coils of wire in a common transformer. Thus, the X-ray tube itself may be placed in this convenient posi tion, resulting in great saving of space. Secretary Wickard’s announce ment that this country will ex perience meat rationing within a few months will mean fair sharing of the nation’s supply and should not bring hardships to anyone. “We’ll be on shorter meat ra tions than we have been recently, but we have enough meat and other protein foods to keep American families well nourished,” says Lou ise Bryant, specialist in home management for the A. & M. Col lege Extension service. To make meat go farther, she suggests that homemakers use more of foods which are pentiful and less beef and pork. Fortunate ly, there’s an abundant supply of protein foods. Supplies of cheese are at an all time high, and there are more chickens than ever be fore. Although beans are not exact substitutes for meat, they make a good nourishing dish, the special ist says. Beans, too, are plentiful. “If every American family had a cheese dish instead of pork chops more often than usual, or chicken instead of steak, the pressure on beef and pork supplies will so great”, Miss Bryant Other ways of making meat go farther include serving more stews and hashes. It is a good idea, too, to save all trimmings both of fat and well-flavored lean tidbits. Meat bones may be saved for making soup. Here are other helps: Always keep meat clean and cold so none will go to waste from spoilage or poor flavor. Cook meat according to cut and fatness, and with mod erate heat. And, finally, use dif ferent seasonings in meat dishes for variety. A musical comedy with Alvino Rey furnishing the music and Bert Lahr and Patsy Kelly furnishing the comedy is featured today and tomorrow as one of the attractions at the Campus Theatre. The movie is called “SING YOUR WORRIES AWAY.” The show never rises above be ing just average entertainment, but as such, its worth viewing. The story has a couple of gangster night club owners trying to get their hands on a million dollar in heritance of which Bert Lahr is part owner. Romantic parts are played by Buddy Ebsen and Dorothy Lovett. Alvino Rey and the King Sisters are worked into the script for some nice musical scores. The Lowndown: just average. Evidently, “DR. BROADWAY” showing as the second feature at the Campus, was written to play up the two main characters, Mac donald Carey and Jean Phillips. It’s suposedly a gangster melodrama, but it turns out to be so simple for the audience to figure the next move that it’s neither melodramatic nor suspenseful. Dr. Broadway, played by Mac- Outdoor Lighting Also Goes to War Outdoor lighting equipment is playing an important part in the war effort. Not only is it val uable to the various military branches, but private industry, ord nance plants, munitions factories, and public utilities are all protect ing their properties with outdoor illumination. War production was taken over by General Electric factories with out delay, since standard designs fitted the specifications in govern ment orders. Many specialized de signs were created for Army and Navy work. Cruisers and ships of the Merchant Marine require spe cial floodlights, approximately ten to a ship. All Army airports will soon be equipped with portable floodlights for use by the working crews in repairing airplanes. Spe cial vaporproof lights have been developed for use in the “igloos” where ordnance plants store power. The Marines use a special signal ing searchlight which must pass a shock test equal to the explosion of a torpedo hitting a ship. donald Carey, gets in trouble with the law while befriending a convict whom he helped to convict. It looks bad for the young doctor until pretty Jean Phillips, whose life he had saved, steps in and helps him out of his jam. As might be expected, more can be said for Carey and Miss Phillips than can be said for the story. The Lowndown: cop and robber- ish. Your reviewer balks at review ing “SERGEANT YORK”, playing a return engagement this week at Guion Hall. So much has been said about the picture that it is a fam iliar story in the minds of most Americans. The story of the Ten nessee hero of World War I, so ably portrayed by Gary Cooper, is one that should not be missed my any American. In fact, we suggest that you see it again if you’ve already seen it. * The Lowndown:—Top notch en tertainment. WHAT’S SHOWING AT GUION HALL Tuesday, Wednesday — “Ser geant York”, with Gary Cooper and Joan Leslie. AT THE CAMPUS Tuesday, Wednesday—“Sing- Your Worries Away” with Bert Lahr and Patsy Kelly, al so, “DR. BROADWAY”, star ring Jean Phillips and Macdon ald Carey. Qqmpm YV y • ••• Danger of the war emergency will lead woodland owners to “slaught er” their timber lands has been pointed out by J. D. Pond, assist ant extension forester at Cornell university. If you’re an average co-ed you spend 1,176 hours or 49 days be fore a mirror during your four college years. Radio Repairing STUDENT CO-OP Box Office Opens 2 P. M. TODAY - TOMORROW DOUBLE FEATURE “Sing Your Worries Away” with JUNE HAVOC PATSY KELLY Alvino Ray and Orchestra 3:07 - 5:39 - 8:11 “Dr. Broadway” with JEAN PHILLIPS MACDONALD CAREY 2:00 - 4:30 - 7:04 Also “DONALD’S GOLD MINE” • • • TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY Extra! Battle of Mid way in Technicolor, photographed under fire by Comnamder John Ford. President Roosevelt personally requests the theatres of America to show this film to the American people that we may know what our boys are doing and realize that THIS IS WAR. To train replacements for hatch ery men lost to the armed forces, Iowa State college recently offered a hatchery operators and managers short course. Endowed with the income of a fund of more than $100,000, the Charles Fremont Dwight Institute for Promotion of Human Genetics is now in operation at the Univer sity of Minnesota. To be “right-eyed” makes read ing easier, according to Dr. H. R. Crosland, associate professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. Blind Winifred Moore, 23, and Rex, her shepherd dog, receive sheepskins together from Mississ ippi Southern college. Careless acts and failure to de tect new hazards have resulted in fires. COMPLETE BICYCLE REPAIRING STUDENT CO-OP MOVIE Guion Hall Tuesday-Wednesday—4:30-8:00 P.M. One of the Best Pictures of the Year GARY COOPER “Sergeant York” — COMEDY SHOWING AT POPULAR PRICES