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■THE BATTALION
-THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1942
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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is published three times weekly, and issued 'Msflay, Thursday
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1941 Member 1942
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Phil Crown Staff Photographer
Sports Staff
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Chick Hurst Senior Sports Assistant
N. Libson - Junior Sports Editor
Advertising Staff
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Jack E. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager
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Thursday’s Staff
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T ” -png Editoi
John Holman Junior Managing Editor
Tom Journey Junior Editor
Reporters
Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz,
Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John
T. Linecum, Eugene Robards, and John Kelleher.
Bill
Sparger, M.
Open Forum
Due to the fact that the Aggie-Rice game
was originally scheduled to be played on Kyle
Field, the College officials should be good
enough to give us excused absences to see
. this one game even if we do not get them
for any other game.
When this game was changed to Hous
ton, they took into consideration the fact
that more people could see the game, but
what about the 7,000 Aggies who would like
to see it? The large attendance at the Baylor
game proves that a good number of us could
get there, and too, this will be the last game
that the Juniors and Seniors will see due to
gas rationing before Turkey Day.
Signed:
C. H. Augusburger, ’44
N. E. Fink, ’44
S. E. Young, ’44
T. E. Elliott, ’43
L. B. Parker, ’43
E. F. McSpadden, ’43
D. J. Cox, ’43
J. 0. Garrett, ’43
G. N. Bogel, ’43
Chas. Matyear, ’43
* * *
Aggieland is famous for its “Spirit.” The
“Spirit” that the corps has is a remarkable
thing and has won the admiration of many.
But we are today in danger of losing the good
will of many people. In a sincere desire to
make the Aggie Spirit something to be proud
of, we make the following suggestion.
While we all know that things are done
in the halls and in our “Bull” sessions which
are hardly proper for the parlor, we are go
ing in the direction of doing just that: spread
ing our profanity all over the campus in such
loud tones that all must hear. The thing
which is causing a lot of unfavorable com
ment is the practice that has grown up re
cently of having the “fish” and “frogs” greet
the upperclassmen with “Beat the hell out
of—our next opponent”. This may, or may
not help to build spirit for the game; and
may be a lot of fun to some underclassmen
who have little regard for decency. But, ser
iously, Aggies, have we lost all sense of good
taste.
There was a time when you would have
wanted to fight a fellow who used profanity
before your mother or sweetheart. Is it any
more decent for us to allow this to be thrown
in the faces of the mothers and dads and
friends of other Aggies who are visiting on
the campus?
This is not an old tradition; having begun
only three years ago. What proportions will
it grow to if we don’t call a halt ? This is a
thing which is hardly old enough yet to be
called a tradition; but even if it were a tradi
tion of many years, which is more important
that we have our fun in such readiness or
that we show the visitors on the campus some
respect? We believe that we should respect
the feelings of our visitors enough that we
will not force them to have to listen to such
things. It is not a matter of choice with them
for many have business here and we compel
them to be the victims of this practice. We
know that it is offensive to many and we
are losing good will very rapidly. This is ser
ious and we plead for an honest, fair consid
eration of its consequences. It does not win
football games, s we have witnessed this sea
son!
Lets get behind the team and keep up
the old spirit, but lets do it in a way that
will keep the respect of our friends on and
off the campus. We are proud to be Aggies
and because of that want it to be kept a
thing to be proud of. Instead of saying, “Beat
the H , ” say “Are you ready ole
Army.”
Sam Lewis, ’43
Alanson Brown, ’43
Dwain Treadwell, ’43
Lee Housewright, Jr., ’43
Joe Kelsey, ’44
John H. Evans, ’44
Rex Colwick, ’44
R. M. Mullinix, ’43
C. R. Ursell ’43
W. B. Caraway, Jr., ’44
Charles A. Thompson, ’44
Roscoe O. Sealy, ’44
Man, Your Manners
By L Sherwood
“Is it proper to take food out of a dish if
you are passing it to someone who has asked
for it?”
You should never help yourself from a
dish someone else has asked you to pass,
without asking permission to do so, but that
person should take note of your needs and
ask you to help yourself.
“Should you eat every morsel of your
food if you want it, or should you leave some
on your plate?”
It is no longer considered necessary to
leave any food on the plate.
“What is the best way to eat celery?”
If your piece of celery is long, break it
into three or four-bite lengths. The salt may
be put on the same plate with the celery—
your bread and butter plate or salad plate,
but if neither are present, use your dinner
plate.
“When an olive is served on a toothpick,
as at a buffet dinner, is it taken off and eat
en or eaten off the toothpick?”
Unless the olive is a small stuffed one
that can be eaten in one bite, it should be
taken from the toothpick and eaten in two
or three bites.
“Does one take cube sugar from a bowl
with one’s fingers if there are no tongs pro
vided?”
It is proper to use your fingers if there
are no tongs.
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis;
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Copr. 1942. King Feature Syndicate. Ine.. Wntld right. reKtvcd. (Q S' ;
“Some of the boys have been teaching me a swell new game,
Sarge. They call it ‘black-jack’!”
Penny's Serenade
BACKWASH
By
Jad( Hood
“Backwash: An asritation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster
By W. L. PENBERTHY
In baseball we have errors, in tennis we have
faults and in life we have mistakes. In sports
our coaches rack their brains in an effort to
devise new teaching methods whereby they
can do the most effective teaching so that
their charges will learn the skills well and be
as fTee as possible from mistakes. They also
drill their teams long and hard to perfect
plays so that every player will execute his
assignment automatically and faultlessly, but
as long as human beings are involved there
will be mistakes and those, who make the
least number, profit by those they do make,
and take advantage of those of their oppon
ents, are usually the most successful.
I do not think that the fact that we make
mistakes hurts us nearly as much as the at
titude we take toward the matter. Surely
none of us like to make mistakes but I have
found in sports that the best way to make
a mistake is to be afraid you will make one.
I do not mean that we should be unconcerned
but that we should concentrate on doing the
thing right and perform aggressively and
with confidence and let the results take care
of themselves.
Many players have a characteristic jes-
ture which they make when they have muf
fed a pass, struck out, or missed a crip shot,
but the fine athlete does not take out from
the playing of the game to do this, but goes
on playing harder because he knows that in
tough competition that his opponent will
take advantage of that time to turn the con
test to his advantage. I have seen many in
dividuals and teams gain an'advantage while
an opponent was fussing at himself because
of a mistake or fussing at an official for
what he thought was a bad call. The good
player just doesn’t let his mistakes bother
him.
The good performer will always analyze
his mistakes from the standpoint of cause
and drill himself so as to eliminate the
cause of the mistakes because he hates to
make the same one twice, but some just can’t
understand why they make mistakes. They
remind me of what my fine Dad used to tell
me when I couldn’t understand why I missed
a bird while we were hunting together: He
would say, “Son, when you hit, its history
but when you miss, its mystery.”
The waste of 'plenty is the resource of
scarcity.—T. L. Peacock.
The world loves a spice of ivickedness.
-Longfellow.
Let’s Go . . .
....hit the road for Big D....it’s going
to be the hottest town from Las
Vegas to Miami this weekend....
even the songwriters know about
it (from “Touch of Texas in My
Talk: Rode a bronco down in Dallas
so be careful of my callous....).
Anybody that can’t make up his
mind whether to go or not should
read the editorial in last week’s
Lasso TSCW paper. It was a fine
little tale about
a Lady Fair and
her Prince
Charming (who
had bright, shiny
boots). They had
a lot of trouble
trying to get to
gether because
the Minister of
State took Prince
Charming's White
**** Charger (boss)
and sent it to war....with the final
result that they didn’t get together,
and the Prince had to go to war.
Under the tale was the moral:
You’d better make the most of
what will probably be the last corps
trip for the duration. The same
moral applies here. This is not an
official corps trip, but it lacks only
two things: Official recognition,
with the cadet parade that is us
ually put on in the visited city. We
can make it just as good a trip
without the recognition, and, as
for the parade, whoinell wants to
march? So, let’s go...by train, bus’
car, thumb, truck, ariplane or boat,
if it keeps raining
After the Game . . .
The big dance will be in the
Main Ballroom of the Adolphus
Hotel. The price in the usual buck-
ten charged for corps dances, and
the Aggieland Archestra, which
most of us haven’t danced to in a
long time, will play, Sponsoring
the brawl is the Dallas A. & M.
Mother’s Club (which also recom
mends that every Aggie try to
make the trip and the dance). In
cidentally, the Dallas A. & M.
Mother’s Club is helping to pay for
the lounge in the north end of dorm
one, thus the proceeds will come
back to Aggieland.
Getting Around . . .
-—in Dallas (for those unfamiliar
with the Big D)....
Don’t try to walk out to SMU’s
Ownby Stadium from downtown—
or you’ll probably still be walking
when everyone else is coming back.
Take a bus, streetcar, or thumb it
if you’re earless.
After the game: Dance in the
Main Ballroom of the Adolphus
Hotel ($1.10), the Century Room
of the Adolphus or the Mural Room
of the Baker (for the moneyed
man), Abe’ and Pappy’s (rea
sonable prices), Lou Ann’s (low
prices, college crowd, the Sylvan
Club, and the million-and-one
joints in the around the city. If
you plan to sleep, the hotels have
a few soft chairs available, and
the floors are covered with nice
thick carpets.
There has never been enough at
tention given to fire prevention in
time of peace, and too much em
phasis cannot be placed on this
kind of protection during wartime.
WHATS SHOWING
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
—“Eagle Squadron” with
Robert Stack and Diana Bar
rymore.
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday — “Mrs.
Miniver,” starring Greer Gar-
son with Walter Pidgeon.
Campus
Telephone 4-1181
TODAY - FRI. - SAT.
From Capital to Campus
ACP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington
KILL THE POLL TAX
In the eyes of our United Nations friends,
the poll tax is a strange sight indeed in a
country fighting to preserve freedom
throughout the world. Which probably has
considerable to do with the fact that the
House, after these many years, has finally
passed an anti-poll tax bill—over the shame
less protests of the poll tax “bloc,” many
members of which have their seats only by
virtue of the fact that poll tax laws in their
states prevent many persons from voting.
It’s a good bill. But it faces a rough
course in the senate, where red tape and
technicalities threaten to choke it off, as
well as a similar bill sponsored by Senator
Pepper of Florida. Hunter College made a
gesture that, multiplied many times else
where, might turn the trick. Two thousand
students and members of the faculty sign
ed and sent to Congress a petition in favor
of the anti-poll tax bill.
That’s one language every congressman
understands. And when the voices are nu
merous and loud he does something about i.t
* * *
More than 100,000 Russian students have
begun studies in 1,200 schools of the Lenin
grad area. Many of the schools, damaged in
German air raids, have been rebuilt by peas
ants and young Leningrad workers.
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Chief distractions this week-end
will be off the campus—up North
in Big D, rather than on the cam
pus itself. Theaters here will carry
their usual attractions for those
unable to go to the game, though
no Corps Dance or other entertain
ment will be offered. A report of
distractions in Dallas Saturday and
Sunday will be carried in Satur
day’s Batt—provided we don’t get
lost in Denton at the Junior Prom
Friday night.
Guion Hall presents a master
piece that wins our vote hands
down as the best show of the year.
Its name is “Mrs. Miniver” and it’s
the story of an English family dur
ing the war. Not only is it a good
war picture, the best we’ve seen
thus far, but it’s good in its all-
around qualities.
“Mrs. Miniver” is the name of
one of a family of brave English
men, a family of people who live
bravely and courageously without
any undue display of emotion or
consciousness of heroism. Greer
Garson plays the title role with
such finesse that we predict that
here is Academy Award material
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
MOVIE
Guion He
TWO MORE DAYS
Thursday - Friday
Greer Garson
Comedy -
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