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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
al College of Texas and the City ofj Qpllege Station,
published three tiines weekly, and issued Tifasflay, Thursday
d Saturday mornings.
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1941 Member 1942
Ptssockited Go!!e6icite Press
Brooks Gofer - Editor-in-Chief
Ken Bresnen Associate Editor
Phil Crown - i .' 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.... 1 Senior , Assistant
Joe Stalcup 'Junior Assistant
.IlfU >Trpdlier Assistant
Thursday’s Staff
Ken Bresnen...,.!.. '. Managing Editor
Tom, Journeay Junior Managing Editor
Jack Keith - Junior Editor
Jack, |H-ood..n..~, Junior Editor
John ' Holman.............. Junior Editor
■■t'i' Reporters
Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz,
Bill'Jarhagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John
Sparger, ]y[., T. Linecum, Eugene Robards, and John Kelleher,
Open Forum
Why can’t we take the week we will have
off-between semesters with the week we will
haye off Christmas, making two weeks
Christmas and none between semesters?
, The officials of the college realize that
the transportation problem will be very se
rious Christmas, but have done nothing
about it, claiming there is nothing they can
do.
Other colleges have lengthened the
Christmas holidays because of the difficul
ty students will have in getting to and from
their homes. We are not asking that our
holidays be increased—merely that they be
rearranged. Is that asking too much?
One department head, maybe more, have
asked that his arrangement be worked out,
but the college replied that the registrar
and deans need the week between semesters
to get things straightene out. We think
everyone will agree that we have inconven
ienced ourselves plenty for the college—now,
la wot turn about fair play? The registrar
and deans don’t need that extra seven days
in February near as much as we need them
in December. We would like to spend at least
one whole day at home! We don’t care if
our grades don't get home a week later,
neither do our parents, so how about doing
us a favor for once.
John Holman, ’44
Kermit Brendle, ’44
Jack Hood, ’43
George Schwark, ’45
Charles Morrow, ’44
Robert Singleton, ’44
Jamie Dawson, ’44
Claude Henderson, ’43
Tom Journeay, ’45
Allen Canfield, ’43
Ed Wallace, ’44
It seems as though I caused ill feeling be
tween the Aggies and Sailors with an ar
ticle in the Open Forum, Thursday, October
22, This was not my intention.
Since then I have learned the inaccuracy,
of that article. The sailors do pay a small
amount more than the Aggies for their ad
mission to the games, which I misrepresent
ed. About the yelling—I wish that one of our
boys would do to take the females’ place.
It would make the cooperation between us
much more effective.
How about it?
Another thing, I would appreciate it
very much if the Aggies and sailors would
accept my new understanding of the facts.
Frog Mayes, ’46
This Collegiate World
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America’s war-time and peace-time needs call
for revision of the teaching of mathematics,
Dr. Frank N. Freeman, dean of the Univer
sity of California school of education told a
meeting of the Council of Teachers of Math
ematics.
At present there is a conflict in teach
ing of the subject between the secondary
schools and universities, Dr. Freeman said.
In general, the secondary schools look upon
mathematics as a contribution to general
education, while the universities are primar
ily concerned with it in preparation of the
student for a profession.
These two aims must be reconciled. Dr.
Freeman stated, giving as the reason for
the conflict two facts: vocational and pro
fessional preparation demand one kind of
mathematics and general education another;
second, it is hard to pick out students who
need the one or the other kind and to guide
them in the right choice.
The conflicting aims must be reconciled
and yet both must be served, the educator
said. Mathematics is the primary tool of
the engineer and the scientist, and as such
must be highly developed by him. However,
in addition to being a specialized tool, math
ematics is also a way of thinking, which
involves every individual’s everyday life.
With the warning “Look out, it’s dan
gerous,” Dr. Ada Hart Arlitt, University of
Man, Your Manners
. By I. Sherwood
The other day I came upon an old book of
etiquette containing rules on trolley, bus and
subway travel; I brushed the dust from the
book and copied down the following rules—
they never have gone out of style and now
that tires are rationed and gas will be, we’ll
have to ride the bus—if we can find room.
In entering any public conveyance have
your fare ready so that you won’t delay
others. Don’t argue with a companion as to
who is to pay the fare. If a woman or man
is with a person of the same sex the one who
enters first may avoid this difficulty by
paying both fares and accepting reimburse
ment from the other after they are seated.
When a man and woman encounter each
other while waiting for the same conveyance,
the man may offer to pay the woman’s fare.
She may accept if she knows him well, but
should insist on paying her own fare if their
acquaintanceship is slight.
A man should assist his woman com
panion in boarding, and then follow. The
woman should find a seat or standing pkee
where he will join her as soon as he has paid
his own or both fares. In leaving a bus or
trolley the man should alight first and assist
the woman.
Don’t start to get aboard until all others
have made their exits, and don’t shove. Once
inside if there isn’t a seat move to the center
of the asile.
Both men and women should offer their
places to people of either sex who are older
or accompanied by children. Under all other
.circumstances a man may keep his seat if
he wishes to do so. He should not, however,
take an empty seat if a woman is standing.
Be careful with bundles and if you are
reading, see that your paper or book do'Ss
not interfere with anyone else.
If yoii raise a window, ask if it will an
noy those nearby.
Penng's Serenade
„ /IT- By W. L. PENBERTHY T".
A few nights ago I was listening to
a sports broadcast from Chicago and picked
up what sounded to be a mighty good reci
pe for success and so I am passing it along.
The announcer was paying tribute to George
Halas, very successful owner of the Chicago
Bears Professional Football Team, and said
that the success enjoyed by’Halas was at
tributed to the fact that Halas loved his
work, knew his job better than anyone in
the business and worked hard at that job.
Surely a love of ones work is of primary
importance in gaining success because I think
it is a pretty good general rule that we like
to do those things we do well and we do well
those things we like .to do, and loving our
work and enjoying it makes it possible for
us to give it that little extra something that
makes the difference between ordinary and
outstanding performance. Needless to say
one must be thoroughly trained technically
and cannot know too much about his field
but his knowledge is of little use if he is not
willing to roll up his sleeves and really work
hard at the job. I have seen few jobs, if
any, that can be successfully done by remote
control.
I had the good fortune to be invited to
attend an ex-students meeting at Camp Hood
with my good friend E. E. McQuillen, secre
tary of the Former Students Association.
Camp Hood is commanded by our own Major
General A. D. Bruce who has done a remark
able piece of work in developing his branch
of the service—the Tank Destroyer Com
mand. Camp Hood was started in March and
is now training 30,000 men and officers. Gen.
Bruce seems to have used and is continuing
to use the above recipe for success because
to talk with him is to know that he dearly
loves his work and to talk to others is to
know that he knows more about his job than
any other man in the service of our coun
try. I talked with several of our Exes and all
were proud of the fact that at Camp Hood
everybody worked hard and received fine
training.
Love your work, know your job, work
hard at it!
Cincinnati authority on child psychology and
family life, calls attention to pitfalls in de
velopment of America’s rising generation
which may result from mothers of pre-school
children flocking into war industries.
The solution, Dr. Arlitt feels, lies in es
tablishment of adequate numbers of well-
directed day nurseries with which the em
ployed feminine “soldiers in overalls” can
leave their tots while they speed Uncle Sam’s
war production lines.
Dr. Arlitt is national chairman of parent
education for the National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers.
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A collection of Bibles and other religious
books at Pennsylvania State College has been
augmented by the addition of 94 volumes of
rare religious works.
The addition, comprising a collection se
cured from the estate of the late Charles S.
Plumb, Ohio State University professor, in
cludes six Bibles published before 1501.
Three of the Bibles of the collection were
printed before Columbus discovered Amer
ica, while 18 came off the press before the
birth of Shakespeare, college library officials
said.
The collection is considered one of the
outstanding of its kind in the country. The
newly acquired collection was presented to
the library by Claude G. Aikens of State Col
lege in memory of his father, Charles T.
Aikens, president of Susquehanna Univer
sity for 22 years.
■THE BATTALION
■THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1942
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis]
“They tell me th’ Emperor of Japan won’t wear the same suit
of clothes twice!”
BACKWASH tnw
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster
Raeburn Rhythmania
Everybody in these parts re
members the four hangup “Rhy
thm Raeburn” swing sessions the
latter part of last year....chances
are he will be better remembered
after his next weekend strptch
here. He just finished record break
ing stays in New Orleans, Chi
cago (Chez Paree) and other mid
west spots....
, When Boyd was
here last year he
reminded us of a
typical Joe Coll
ege. A young
looking guy, he
has a lot of cut
up in his person-
Jllill a lhy.... even lean-
lipiifJIk j||||||| ing toward the
silly side at times.
H,W We think if he
can hold his crew together (him
self included) during the war, he
will hit the top brackets soon....
but he will have to pick up a good
female vocalist along the swing
lanes. His male crooner, Hal Der-
win, is good in any league....as is
“Hey Hey” Humphreys, his ace
drummer.
War Hymn . . .
Time was when the Aggie War
Hymn was played on the air, the
event was heralded for days in
advance....when the “big niglit”
came and the Hymn was played,
the campus sounded like Kyle
Field on a busy Saturday after
noon....
We’ve been asked a thousand
times lately if we heard Kay Kyser
play it the other night.' Yep, it’s
getting to be quite a normal thing
to hear the song of the Fighting
Aggies along with other top
schools played on the air these
days. One of the first times the
Hymn was played was orrthe Nov
7, 1941 Kay Kyser program It
was publicized ahead of time be
cause around 7,000 Aggies and
Tessy-Wites signed a petition to
Kyser requesting the song The
whole thing turned out to be a
double-dip affair, tho, because
Kyser use dthe song in connec
tion with his “College of Musical
Knowledge”, asking, “Is that (the
War Hymn) the school song of
Texas A & M., Texas A. & P., or
Texas P. & M.?” The quizee
Girl skaters in a Broadway musi
cal comedy recently turned in their
old blades to the scrap metal drive;
each pair provided enough metal to
make a hand grenade.
thought the question over carefully
and finally answered, “Texas A.
& P.” (and 7,000 gasping Aggies
jumped back from their radios).
Probably the best arrangement
of the War Hymn ever played on
the air was the NBC coast-to-
Coast Pet Milk Program arrange
ment.... or a later arrangement by
Kay Kyser. (We ought to send
out bills for this free advertising)
Sweeping’s. ..
. ..Beat the hell out of the Razor-
backs.... Did you hear about Ermin,
Vermin, and Squirmin who were
twins all but Elmer who had to go
home early because he sleeps slow.
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Soybean Wastes
Used in Plastics
Four plastic products developed
from farm products and farm
wastes in laboratories of the en
gineering experiment station of
Iowa State College, and showing
definite commercial possibilities,
have been announced by Dr. O.
R. Sweeney, research professor of
chemical engineering at the col
lege.
In general, Dr. Sweeney says,
these products could be substituted
at a low cost for phenolic plastics
in brown and black and possibly
dark red colors. They compare
favorably with the phenolic plastics
in strngth, appearance and water
resistance.
The first is a soybean meal
plastic which has excellent strength
and could be molded by compres
sion molding. Two are made from
corncob resins. They have good
strength and can be used by con
tinuous contact with water. The
fourth is a hydroly^fed corn-stalk
plastic which has excellent strength,
good appearance and good water
resistance.
In the laboratory, the raw ma
terial costs for these plastics
ranged from 3 to 6 cents per
pound.
WHATS SHOWING
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
—“The Tuttles of Tahiti,”
with Charles Laughton and
Jon Hall.
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
—“I Wanted Wings” with
Veronica Lake and Ray Mil-
land.
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A story of the preparedness of
the U. S. Air Corps before the out
break of war between the United
States and the Axis powers is told
in “I Wanted Wings,” beginning
today at Guion Hall. This is a
smash hit picture starring Ray Mil-
land, William Holden, Wayne Mor-
ris and Veronica Lake.
Ray Milland, a wealthy man;
Wayne Morris, a football player;
and William Holden, a garage me
chanic, arrive at the training camp
together. From different walks of
life, with different ideas and prin
ciples, they all wanted the same
thing—their wings. Two of them
manage to emerge with their wings.
The scene of the story is laid at
Randolph Field and San Antonio.
Veronica Lake makes her debut
as a screen siren in her part as
the San Antonio night club sing
er. To her falls one of the most
sexy roles of any recent screen
presentation and blonde Miss Lake
delivers, and how! Her wardrobe
runs to slinky gowns with very
low V-cuts.
Veronica, the one-time sweet
heart of Holden, makes a play for
Milland, who is in love with Miss
Moore, and all but succeeds. Be
fore she finishes, she has married
and deserted Holden, killed the man
with whom she has run away to
Florida, and caused a giant Army
bomber (in which she has hidden
away to escape the police) to crash
as it participates in a practice air
attack on Los Angeles.
If you haven’t seen it, we sug
gest that you do. It’s entertaining
and has flying galore throughout
the picture with several thrilling
crackups.
The Lowdown:—an all around
dandy.
Here’s an imaginary story of
an irresponsible family of the
South Seas called “The Tuttles of
Tahiti.” The family is so big that
it makes the Dionnes look like race
suicidists. In fact, it covers the
whole island and then some.
Charles Laughton is head of this
enormous family whose residence
in the South Seas is not explained
but is left to the audience’s imag
ination.
Although it possesses very little
in the way of plot, the film has
many highly amusing sequences,
the outstatnding of which shows
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
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WM. HOLDEN
WAYNE MORRIS
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