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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 oJ& 'College Station,
'is published three times weekly, and issued TfreSftay, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post) Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress /of Mardh 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 !>. Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444.
1941 Mcmbct 1942
Associated Colleftide Pres<
Brooks Cofer 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
Thursday’s 'Staff
Ken Bresnen Managing Editor
Jack Hood Junior Editor
John Holman 1 Junior Editor
Tom Journeay j Junior Editor
Nelson Karbach Junior Editor
Reporters
Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz,
Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John
Sparger, M. T. Linecum, Eugene Robards, and John Kelleher.
Welcome Journalists
Today, tomorrow, and Saturday, Aggieland
is happy and privileged to play host to fac
ulty representatives and student journalists
from all over the Southwest.
To you, our guests, we extend our hearts
and our hands in welcome. Aggieland is
yours so long as you care to stay with us.
Every Aggie on this campus will be glad
and willing to assist you in every way pos
sible. Just stop the first one that comes
along, tell him what you want, and he will
willingly assist you.
We hope you enjoy your stay here as
much as we enjoy having you on our campus.
Radio
Keep your shirt on! That’s the suggestion of
Dr. A. L. Chapman, director of the Univer
sity of Texas’ bureau of research in educa
tion by radio. No. 7 in Dr. Chapman’s list
of seven precautions to be followed when
listening to war reports by radio is:
“Don’t perform any sudden act as a re
sult of what you hear on a radio newscast.
After listening, don’t rush out looking for
all the Japanese you can find to murder. You
might not have heard all that was said. Keep
your shirt on!”
In a bulletin on “Listening to Radio in
War Time,” which is circulated by the radio
branch of the War Department’s bureau of
public relations, Dr. Chapman offers the fol
lowing suggestions:
1. Listen to every word . . . Whereas it is
possible to re-read printed matter, the radio
news is heard but once . . . When reading,
persons skip over words, this is even more
likely when listening to war news in a room
where, there are other distractions . . . The
words “not” or “possibly” may alter the
meaning of an entire sentence or of a whole
inewscast.
2. Don’t become hysterical. What may
:seem bad news at the moment, when viewed
froih a distance may not be quite so bad as
it sounded on first hearing.
3. Check the radio news with newspaper
accounts of the same news item . . . Intona
tions, pauses, changes in tempo and other
speech techniques used by newscasters some
times affect the meaning of news stories to
such an extent that a reading of the news
paper accounts gives a different interpreta
tion to the news item.
4. Note the source of the news ... A
report of an official United States army
communique, read verbatim, is quite differ
ent from a report from “usually reliable
sources.”
5. Don’t report radio war news as facts
, . . Because an account of some event is
heard on a newscast does not necessarily
make it a fact. Even though the original
listener heard the account perfectly, when
it is reported to succeeding individuals, it
tbecomes colored by the interpretations of
the various recounters.
6. Regard opinion and conjecture as such
. . . This caution is especially applicable to
news commentators who frequently express
their opinions relative to the future progress
of the war. —AGP
The battle is lost but there is time to
gain another.
Quotable Quotes
“Extravagance in any form, by citizens or
by government, imperils the war effort. In
dividuals are asked to reverse their habits
-of spending if inflation is not to destroy
their substance. The same obligation rests
upon the government. If we proceed with
out waste, if we increase our productive
power, if we decrease our expenditures for
non-essentials, we can not only survive but
-.survive without bankruptcy. This can be
dewae only if considerations of political ad
vantages are put aside, only if government
curtails its own activities as it expects cit
izens to curtail theirs, only if the govern
ment makes its policies consistent with each
other.” Dr. Henry M. Wriston, president of
Brown University, emphasizes the point that
extravagance helps Hitler.
-THE BATTALION-
Man, Your Manners
BACKWASH
Bu
Jack Hood
By I. Sherwood
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1942
Cox Warns Against
Quack Cancer Cures
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence’’
York, Blackhawk, Chicago . . .
The way G'arber was persuaded
to stick with a musical career is
Not so long ago it was considered very im-
proper to write personal letters on a type- Coming' Up . . .
writer; this was because such letters were
nearly always dictated. But in the present Heading this weekend at Aggie-
day when almost anyone can do their own land will be Jan Garber, “Idol of
typing this objection no longer holds. A the A i r i anes ” . . . coming from
typewritten letter is not only proper but is such joynts (courtesy of Walter
preferred in all letter writing of length—the Winche ii) as Catalina Island Ca-
typewriter should not be used for formal sino> Coconut Grove) Hotel New
letter or notes.
The war is reviving the need for letter
writing, in fact, it is an important part in
the war program, for those of us who stay C^ttietaUhi itself: Long'before
at home, to keep our men in the service
cheerful. We must bear in mind that they
won’t care Co hear of misfortune or unhap
piness. To hear from those they love how ill
and unhappy they are will add to their dis
tress of mind in proportion to the distance
they are from us.
Calamity letters should be banned by
the censors, for what man in the service
would care to read :
Dear Tom,
“Times are getting hard for us—meat
is going to be scarce, gas will be rationed been doing his do-re-fa-so, he
soon, and our sugar supply has been cut out being batboy for his idols, the
down Philly Athletics. Finally a member
The letter they would love to receive of the club recommended him as a
should be so full of cheerful information and catcher to the manager of a semi
items about ourselves that it will shut out 'pro team ... it was his “big
any thought that we may be having concern chance”. So he turned up all diked
over conditions the war has produced. out in a brand new, tailored uni-
An ex-Aggie wouldn’t object to plenty form. The only trouble was: they
of A. and M. spirit injected into the letters couldn’t tell whether he was so
from Aggies here on the campus. ready he was shaking, or he was
- " - so scared he was shaking. It
he was the “Idol
of the Airianes”,
Jan was a student
fiddler in Phil
adelphia ... but
instead of leaving
his heart at the
stagedoor can
teen, he’d left his
on the baseball
diamond. When
he should have
From Capital to Campus
ACP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington
Interesting because of his recent official con
nection with the government is C. A. Dyk-
stra’s recent analysis of the official govern
ment viewpoint toward colleges. Dykstra,
president of the University of Wisconsin,
headed the national draft machinery until
appointment of General Hershey. “The gov
ernment,” he said in an address before the
American Library Association, “considers
America’s institutions of higher learing as
key centers in the war effort.”
“At no time inhuman history have uni
versities seemed so important in a national
effort as they are right now in the United
States,” Dykstra maintained.
“Universities and colleges are reservoirs
for the recruiting of fighting men, of spe
cialists for national services, and teachers of
men in training,” he declared. “Their lab
oratories are being used 24 hours a day and
their plants in general are being made avail
able for national service. Their facilities are
being used instead of providing new facilities
in many areas.
“The government without question con
siders them a wartime necessity and it is
using them as they never have been used
before. Moreover, it is indicating in no un
certain terms that it wants these institutions
to carry on their regular training and edu
cational programs so that we may have a
supply of men who can meet the challenges
of next year, and the year following and so
on into the days when we may have peace
again. It does not want ot face the fact of
a lost generation of educated leadership.”
America’s national policy at this time
contemplates the maintenance of vigorous
and comprehensive educational programs, not
in spite of the fact that we are at war, but
because the war effort and the peace effort
to follow require such services' as univer
sities have to offer, Dykstra explained.
“Such a policy requires from universities
adaptability, resourcefulness, and awareness
of national needs, selflessness and devotion
to the national effort, and willingness to put
first things during a period of world con
flict,” he asserted.
“To do this does not require the sacri
fice of standards or the relinquishment of
long time objectives. It means only a tem
porary redirection of certain activities and
changing emphasis where it becomes neces
sary. Our task in general remains the same,
the education of the new generation, the
making of citizens,- the pushing outward of
the boundaries of knowledge, and the serving
of our country and our generation in priic-
tical ways, which will make our naitonal life
more decent and wholesome.” —AGP
This Collegiate World
turned out to be the latter. There
was a big crowd present and he
couldn’t help turning around to
look them over. When he woke up
he was lying in the dressing room
with a very broken nose. It was
then Jan decided to take the violin
more seriously ... in “2 plus 2
equal four” language, a fiddle
doesn’t crack you in the nose.”
And the fiddle didn’t let him
down ... he was featured violin
ist with the great Philadelphia Sym
phony while still in his teens. Lat
er, during World War I, he organiz
ed a 56-piece regimental band. Af
ter the war he started out with a
string trio which promptly fold
ed. Then he reorganized and went
to the top brackets . . . where he
has been for “neigh onto twenty
years,” bobbing the tide, calling
the trends and adapting his outfit
to them . . .
And . . .
. . . this weekend brings the big
gest home game with the Aggies
and Horned Frogs doing battle. In
the Aggie-Frog series that started
in 1897. the Aggies have taken 22,
the Frogs 11, and four have ended
in ties.
Also, starting today and lasting
through the weekend is the South
west Journalism Congress. We wel
come gals and guys from thirteen
schools to Aggieland. They’ll be
guests of the school at the game
and corps dance . . .
Sweepings. . .
The November issue of the Batt
magazine will be dedicated to love
ly Anne Gwynne, Star of WE’VE
NEVER BEEN LICKED .... it
will sport a lay-out of Anne and
an exclusive story . . . G. Byron
Winstead, Publicity Director of the
College, is in Hollywood beating the
tom-toms for Aggieland and watch
ing things . . . the whole crew
should be here by November 1 to
start shooting . . .
We heard another of those little
stories about the birth of a song
.... 99.9% are mythical—as this
one probably is: The Yanks were
giving the Japs hell (that ain’t
mythical) out on battling Bataan
(before the Japs brought up that
last ten divisions.) But due to be
ing outnumbered about twenty-to-
one, they were going down fast. In
one particular machine gun nest
there were just one or two Yanks
and a chaplain left . . . after a hour
of heavy fire, only the chaplain was
left. But he was in there pouring
the lead out into the heathern
hordes. About awhile, the Japs con-
oentrated their fire on this lone
man. The chaplain ducked fast,
and the Japs soon let up, thinking
they were rid of him. Just then the
chaplain stuck his head up and
opened fire, knocking over Japs like
tenpins. He used the last bullet
in his gun, jumped up and yelled,
“Praise the Lord—and pass the
ammunition ! ! ! !
In the latest issue of Saturday-
Evening Post, look for a picture
of Daniels, Zapalac, Webster, and
Rogers going over our commando
course . . .
more or less typical of that type
of picture. The girl is Ann Sheri
dan, with that capable, though
slightly arrogant, look. She’s good,
but doesn’t quite live up to her
performance in “King’s Row” and
in “Juke Girl.” Dennis Morgan and
Jack Carson are the two men con
tinuously fighting over Ann. Car-
son has the slight advantage over
his rival because he’s already mar
ried to the girl, but that doesn’t
seem to slow Morgan down in the
least.
Our vote for good acting in this
show goes to George Tobias. He’s
cast as the foreign-born foreman
of the airplane plant. Because of
official rules, he is forced to give
up his job in favor of an American
citizen. Russel Arms, as his son,
also turns in a good performance.
The Lowdown:—timely, humor
ous and soul-stirring.
A steady increase of deaths in
Texas from all forms of cancer is
disclosed by the fact that over
45,000 persons have died from this
dreaded disease within the last ten
years, according to Dr. Geo. W.
Cox, State Health Officer.
“The public should be warned
against cancer ‘quacks’ and so-
called cancer cures,” Dr. Cox said.
“Advertising of medicines and so-
called cancer doctors puts danger
ous, misleading information before
the public. Undoubtedly,” Dr. Cox
declared, “there are many persons
who being thus delayed in seeking
proper medical advice unnecessar
ily lose their lives to this disease.”
Teachers of Japanese in colleges
and universities throughout the
United States met recently at the
University of Michigan to compare
notes on latest methods and tech
niques. %
Jan Garber Corp Dance Saturday
night—$1.10.
Bicycle Repair
And Parts
STUDENT CO-OP
Phone 4-4114
A recent tabulation lists the
valuation of fraternity and sorority
chapter houses at $153,124,000.
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Sarongey Dorothy Lamour ap
pears in a fantastic tale of the
jungle at the Campus Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. It’s “Beyond
the Blue Horizon,” a story of a
jungle heiress who proves her claim
to a fortune.
The only pur
pose we can see
in the studio’s
ever producing
this picture was
j to get Dorothy
! Lamour in a sa
rong again, and
they accomplish-
ied very little
jmore than that.
She’s cast as a wild girl in a cir
cus whose parents were killed in
the jungle by a wild elephant. She
and her party return to the jungle
to find some papers which will es
tablish her identity. The mad ele
phant stands in their way, but they
finally succeed in grabbing the pa
pers.
ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
If the Army Air Forces Technical Training
Command doesn’t have the champion life
saver of the services, it is waiting to hear
from somebody who can dispute the record
of Corp. Johnny-Lounsbury of 596 School
Squadron here, who has saved more than 500
lives in six years at Jones Beach, N. Y.
Lounsbury, quarterback on the Univer
sity of California football team in 1929 and
1930, performed 125 rescues one year to set
a Jones Beach record.
* * *
The American Medical Association estimates
that approved medical schools, operating un
der war-time accelerated programs, will grad
uate a record total of 21,029 students during
the next three years.
The number is “5,082 more than would
have been graduated without the adoption
of the accelerated programs,” the A.M.A.
council on medical education and hospitals
reported.
All but four medical schools were re
ported to have adopted the accelerated pro
gram to increase the supply of physicians
for the army, navy and civilian population.
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VICTOR AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
* WHAT’S SHOWING
At The Campus
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day —“Beyond the Blue Hor
izon” starring Dorothy La
mour and Richard Denning.”
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day —“Wings for the Eagle”,
with Ann Sheridan, Dennis
Morgan and Jack Carson.
DALACE
■ phone 2-8879
THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
BING CROSBY
FRED ASTAIRE
in
“Holiday Inn
Preview 11 P.M. Sat.
Night
GEO. MONTGOMERY
ANN RUTHERFORD
with
GLENN MILLER AND
HIS BAND
“Or chestr a W ives’ ’
Camptu
Telephone 4-1181
Box Office Opens 2 P. M.
TODAY ~ FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
Also
COMMUNITY SING
CARTOON - SHORT
PREVIEW SATURDAY NIGHT
SUNDAY - MONDAY
Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
in Porornoun!’*
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GET YOUR CORSAGES FOR THE
FIELD BALL FROM US
WE HAVE A FINE SELECTION OF ORCHIDS
AND GARDENIAS
■ J. COULTER SMITH
On Old Highway • Phone 2-6725
Richard Den
ning is a former
jungle boy and
also wears a sa
rong. Jack Haley,
an unfunny press
agent, Helen Gil
bert, who just
goes along, and
Walter Abel, sci
entist, complete.
the jungle party.
The lowdovm: monkey business.
The inside story of one of our
defense plants, coupled with a
story of the eternal triangle is
portrayed in “Wings for the
Eagle,” current attraction at Guion
Hall. Scenes of the show were ac
tually taken in and around the
Lockheed airplane plant in Bur
bank, California, making for real
ism and accuracy. In fact, these
authentic scenes are much more
interesting than the story.
In spite of good possibilities, the
narrative of “Wings for the Eagle”
settles down to one of two men
fighting over a girl. As such, it’s
We Are With You
OLE ARMY
LET’S WHIP T.C.U.
CAMPUS VARIETY STORE
North Gate
MOVIE
THERE’LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU—
Sammy Kaye |
HE’S MY GUY—Tommy Dorsey
KILLE KILLE—King Sisters
DAYBREAK—Harry James
THERE ARE SUCH THINGS—Tommy Dorsey
HASWELL’S
Bryan
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Guion Hall
Thursday — Friday — Saturday
Three Days to See
Ann Sheridan - Dennis Morgan
in
WINGS FOR THE EAGLE
Special Short — “Men of the Sky”
Late News
Y Cards Good for Any Performance
COMING
“Tarzan’s New York Adventure”