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-THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agrricultiwal and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of) Cpllege Station,
is published three times weekly, and issued Tifffiflay, Thursday
and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Past Office at College
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress d'f 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
Pissocided CoIle6iote Press
Brooks Gofer Editor-m-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. Tampice Senior Assistant
Carlton Power ......* Senior Assistant
Joe Stalcup - ......Junior Assistant
Bill Trodlier - .....Assistant
Thursday’s Staff
Ken Bresnen Managing Editor
Jack Keith Junior Managing Editor
Nelson Karbach <..... 11 """ r ' ,r
John Holman v .; Junior Editor
Jack Hood i - Junior Editor
Tom Journeay.. J unior Editor
Reporters
ett,
Sparger,
Something to Read
By Dr. T. F. Mayo— ■
The Ground We Stand On, by John Dos Bas
sos.
“It was a commonplace of our fathers’
and grandfathers’ thought that men of
Anglo-Saxon trainir^ and tradition knew
how to govern themselves better than
other men. Even though the shames and
hypocrisies of the age of money rule which
is now coming to an end it was not en
tirely an empty boast. Today our lives
depend on it.”
Frontiers of Science, by Carl T. Chase.
Sections on “Frontiers of Time and
Space,” “The Quest for the Ultimate,”
“The New Age of Chemistry,” “The Fron
tiers of Health,” “The Secret of Life.”
Battle for the World, by Max Werner.
“The strategy and diplomacy of the
second world war” analyzed by the only
authority who, before Hitler’s invasion,
realized the fighting power of the Russian
army.
The Strength of Nations, by George Soule.
A most interesting attempt to show
how, if the desperate needs of modern life
are to be met, the sciences that deal with
human affairs (psychology, economics, so
ciology, etc.) must be coordinated and
made aware of their common purpose.
War by Revolution, by Francis Williams.
Presenting the idea that we can final
ly win the war only by setting free in the
Axis countries the oppressed classes, and
that we can do this only if we do justice
to our own country to all classes.
A History of. Sea Power, by Stevens and
Westcott.
Beginning with the Battle of Salamis,
in which sea power saved the West from
the East, the authors show to what extent
history has been determined by the con
trol of the blue water.
Strategic Materials and National Strength,
by H. N. Holmes.
A professor of chemistry, in 95 pages,
tells us what we want to know about this
timely question
From Capital to Campus
ACP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington
COLLEGE AIR POWER . . .
Tens of thousands of men are learning to
fly at some 600 of the nation’s colleges this
year, preparing to serve in Army and Navy
aviation.
However, not all the pilot trainees are
regular students—college facilities have been
opened to all who can meet requirements of
the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Any
man who can pass the mental and physical
examinations is eligible, although all trainees
must enlist in the reserve of the Army or
Navy air forces.
Most Navy reservists are slated to be
combat pilots and must meet the standard
requirements of Naval Aviation Cadet Se
lection Boards. They must be college stu
dents taking training under the V-l or V-5
plans.
* * *
All Army reservists in the CAA pro
gram take their training on a full-time basis
and must be men who are ineligible as com
bat pilots because of their age or minor phys
ical defects. Age limits are 18 through 36.
If he’s under 27 an applicant must have
been rejected for combat pilot training.
In the CAA-Army program five types
of pilots are being trained:
Glider;
Liaison—spotter for field artillery and
-other similar jobs;
Instructor—transport co-pilot either for
Army Air Transport Command, or on one
of the airlines working with it;
Service pilot—towing targets or gliders,
short hauls of men and materials.
CAA trainees progress through elemen
tary, secondary, cross-country, link-instru
ment and flight officer or instructor courses.
Each course lasts 8 weeks. Trainees may be
called, by the Army or Navy for further
training or active duty at any stage of the
Man, Your Manners
_ By L Sherwood
The following may concern those cadets who
expect to send Christmas packages to any of
our Armed Forces overseas.
Time of Mailing—Christmas parcels and
Christmas cards should be mailed before
November 1. Endorse each gift package with
“Christmas parcel.” Special effort will be
made to deliver it before Christmas.
Size and Weight—The maximum amount
for Christmas parcels is 11 pounds, 18 inches
in length or 42 inches in length and girth
cojnbined, but you are strongly urged to co
operate by limiting your packages to six
pounds and of ordinary shoe box size. Not
more than one package will be accepted in
any one week on behalf of the same person
to the same addressee.
Preparation—Owing to great distance,
substantial boxes or containers should be
used with wrappers of sufficient strength
not only to resist pressure but to permit
opening for inspection. Sharp-pointed or
sharp-edged gifts should be covered so they
cannot cut through package.
Prohibited Articles — Intoxicants, in
flammable materials (including matches of
all kinds and lighter fluids) and poisons, or
compositions which may kill or injure an
other, or damage the mails, may not be mail
ed.
Permissible Inscriptions—“Merry Christ
mas,” “Please do not open untib Christmas,”
“Happy New Year” may be placed on the
covering of the parcel or on a card enclosed.
How to address — Addresses must be
plain. Each branch of the service has a dif
ferent form for the addressee so it would be
well to get your instructions from your Post
Office.
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
cWoe.
I guess it s hero worship, Sarge. Th’ gals keep pulling
my buttons off for souvenirs!”
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster
Open Forum
Now don’t get me wrong — I’m not
bleeding or criticising where the freshmen
sit at the games, but there are some things
that I can’t understand. What I want to know
is why the Aggies, who in most cases have
saved their money for several years in or
der to come to A.&M. (I did), have to pay
$12.40 to see our team play. Whereas, the
boys in white are permitted to enter the
games free and to have seats compared to
the senior section, with everyone knowing
that their intentions are to yell for the op
posing team regardless of whom they may
be.
I don’t contend that the sailors should
be kept from our games, but I do believe
they should pay the regular admission price;
and then, let them yell for whoever they
want to. There may be some who contend
that the navy boys are doing their part for
Uncle Sam, and should be admitted free;
but aren’t we all?
I believe I can venture to say more of
the Aggies will be in active combat duties
before the majority of the navy boys are,
so why?? Ole Army! is this permitted?
Frog Mayes, ’46
Quotable Quotes
“In general, the news writing in college
newspapers has been improved constantly.
Sentence structure is tighter, the thought is
more concisely set down, excess wordage has
been eliminated. Paragraphs have been made
shorter to sustain reader interest. And still
the writing isn’t of sufficiently high quality.
Here, perhaps, is the greatest single oppor
tunity for improvement. Only by the painful
drudgery of learning words and their uses,
only by mastering • spelling and grammar
and syntax, only by writing and writing and
writing and then rewriting, can the student
learn to write. There is no short-cut.” Fred
L. Kilbow, assistant professor of journalism,
University of Minnesota, underscores the
point that writers are made, not born.
* * *
“If the present struggle between force
and reason has any lesson for educators,
it is that the development of personal free
dom must be accompanied by the develop
ment of a sense of responsibility to and for
those democratic ideals and institutions which
alone can give meaning to freedom.” Dr. I.
L. Kandel of Columbia Teachers College urges
greater emphasis on moral values.
courses.
After call by the services they may qual
ify for a commission.
JOBS. . .
Both Army and Navy aviation technical
branches are after instructors in airplane
mechanics^ radio operating, engineering and
general shop work.
To get a “student instructor” job, which
pays $1620 a year, you must, have completed
one year of college—although a CAA ground
instructor’s certificate or satisfactory prac
tical experience may be substituted for the
college training.
For a “junior instructor” job, which pays
$2,000 annually, a bit more experience—or
college work—is required. No written test.
There’s a catch, though, for many under
graduates—you must be 20 years old.
Application must be made through the
Civil Service Commission. Get blanks at
your post office or by writing the commis
sion in Washington—801 E. Street, N. W.
If you’ve taken some engineering courses
and have some practical electrical, mechan
ical or shipbuilding' experience you may
qualify for a job in the Navy Department
as a ship inspector. They’re badly needed.
Pay ranges from $2,000 to $2,600. Apply
to Civil Service Commission.
Deah Bull . . .
“Posey” Alford, captain of D
Company, Infantry, was on the re
ceiving end of a letter addressed
to “Commandant of Infantry, D
Company, A. & M. College.” The
letter asked Commandant Alford
to let Frog So-and-So, the writer’s
son, have a pass to come home . . .
the frog is in the Signal Corps,
living in Mitchell Hall.
“Posey” has no idea how things
got so messed up . . . but he’ll be
glad to let the frog go home any
time—just drop by to see him in
room 268, Dorm 22.
Aggies, Class of 1975..
The Battalion exchanges papers
with schools all over the country,
but we were somewhat shocked
Tuesday when we got an unex
pected one—The Texas Prison
Echo, published at Huntsville (at
the pea patch) . . .
And someone chimed in, “With
Aggies all over the world, could it
be that there are some over there
too??” Well, well, and well . . .
someone had to put us on the mail
ing list. At any rate, we’ll send
them, the Batt in case we have a
friend over there who wants to
know what’s happening at his old
school.
The paper also carried a story
about a homecoming football
game . . . again we scratched our
head. Who would want to do a
homecoming at that place (regard
less of how many old friends one
might see). But on closer reading
the homecoming game proved to
be the Sam Houston-Denton Teach
ers game which was moved up an
hour to allow fans to see the pris
on rodeo later the same after
noon . . .
In A Poetic Way . . .
All black and blue
Is Sailor Grady.
He tried to read
A tattoed lady.
Sweeping. ..
Buster Keeton, former Aggie
yell leader, will take a bride, Miss
Florence Forehand of Fort Worth,
at Camp Hood, October 29 ... .
Evelyn Culberson, secretary in the
office of Dean Gilchrist, is so
sorry Baylor is going to beat us
Saturday . . . now, Eve, you know
better than that . . . Next month’s
Battalion may be dedicated to An
ne Gwynne, who was to have
the femme lead in the Aggie
flikker. But the movie moguls, af
ter a visit to Aggieland, have de
cided to recast the whole pic . . .
they feel that there are actors
more suited to. the parts than the
ones originally picked. A lot of
work had already been done on the
Anne Gwynne issue, so Editor John
(See BACKWASH, Page 4)
HANDKERCHIEF TEST PROVES VITAL ZONE
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NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU SMOKE IT
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Guion Hall
Thursday — Friday
4:30 — After Yell Practice
“Musical Magic Out of This World”
Jeanette MacDonald - Nelson Eddy
I MARRIED AN ANGEL
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Jeannette MacDonald—Nelson Ed
dy musicals that MGM has pro
duced is “I married an Angel”.
This time the production does not
quite live up to the standards
which the studios have made for
themselves in producing this type
of picture. The scenes, costumes
and music are sumptuous and show
that lots of money was spent for
them, but the threadbare story
does not bring out the full abilities
of the MacDonald and Eddy duo.
It seems that Miss Mac Donald is
not exactly the type for a cinder-
Thurs. - Fri. - Sat.
Brian Donlevy
MacDonald Carey
Robert Preston
in
“Wake Island”
Preview 11 p.m. Saturday
Bette Davis
Paul Hendreid
in
“Now Voyager”
Also Shown
SUN. - MON. - TUES.
ella role, the part she plays in half
the script as a character of Eddy’s
dream. Then this “angel” of his
dreams turns out to be real in a
not to good scene in which she in-
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“What’s the Matador”
Short News
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT
SUNDAY - MONDAY
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