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-THE BATTALION-
-TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 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 4-6444.
1941 Member 1942
Pissocidpd CollpfSSde Pi pn*-
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
Jack Hood Junior Editor
John Holman ..Junior Editor
Jack Keith Junior Editor
Tom Journeay Junior Editor
Reporters
Harry Cordua, Bob Garrett, Ramon McKinney, Bert Kurtz,
Bill Jarnagin, Bob Meredith, Bill Japhet, Bill Murphy, John
Sparger, M. T. Linecm, Eugene Robards, and John Kelleher.
i Colleges and Class Privilege
American colleges and universities, secure in
their traditions of academic freedom and
intellectual and ideological leadership, have
always been looked upon as a vital part of
the democratic heritage. Yet today, for the
first time, they are being compelled to face
openly the one issue they have avoided, but
which directly challenges their right even
to consider themselves a part of the demo
cratic way of life.
For the blunt fact is that the whole sys
tem of higher education in this country is
built upon the basis of class privilege—for
the colleges now, as in the past, continue to
draw their students primarily from those
financially able to afford an education. As a
Open Forum
PRIVATE BUCK
By Clyde Lewis
(The following letter was received at the Battalion office
from an ex who is in the service at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
He withheld his name, but the editors think that it warrants
publication.)
At the present time, exes are serving all over
the world—I’ve met them all over the States
and have no doubts that I’ll meet many more
when I get across. In their quieter moments,
these men think often of the Aggies com
ing behind them—what they’re doing, what
they’re thinking, and how the school is
being handled.
I once heard a captain, after meeting
the tenth Aggie officer in the same battal
ion, mutter to himself, “Texas Aggies, the
founders of the earth.” That is exactly why
I’m writing this letter. We have a reputation,
founded by the men who came before us,
to live up to. It must be met and at least
equaled for if not — what will Aggieland
mean to what it has meant and now means?
The days of “air-outs,” “bleed meetings,”
and the like are probably gone by now; but,
even so, don’t let the school become a place
where “panty-waists” go in order to dodge
the draft. The stars on the flag in the ro
tunda of the Academic Building symbolize
only one type of person—MEN. Let’s make
sure that the stars on the flags to be hung
beside it in the future mean the same thing.
You’re going to the best school on the face
of the earth—keep on turning out men who
are as good.
I’m not signing this letter because I sin
cerely believe that all exes feel alike. Good
luck—we’ll be looking for you when you
finish that last “final review” and go to work
on the same job with thousands of Aggies
everywhere.
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Everybody sings, dances and when the whole gang is offered
makes merry in “PRIORITIES ON contracts to go on entertaining
PARADE,” scheduled to show at but they decide to keep on making
the Campus today and tomorrow, planes for Uncle Sam.
The plot, what little there is of it, The Lowdown—swing music on
involves, a group of defense plant th e swing shift,
workers and a band leader who is
Guion Hall offers a musical com
edy also, in “PANAMA HATTIE,”
with Ann Sothern, Red Skelton
v and Ben Blue sharing the billing
Jerry Colonna and Betty Rhodes , . . , ,, TT ... „
, , honors. Ann is cast as “Hattie —
trying to
them.
Johnnie
get a job playing for
Johnston, Ann Miller,
are the chief starlets who make
this picture a success. Johnnie is
cast as the band leader whose
whole band takes jobs at the de
fense plant in order to furnish mu
sic for the workers. Johnnie works
under Miss Rhodes and has to be
a role similar.to her “Maisie” roles.
She is an entertainer in a Panama
honkytonk, engaged to a soldier
from a blue blood family.
Her best pals—Red, Rags and
Blue—are three screwy sailors.
'Swanky outfit, this I47th. Here’s an embossed invite
to a crap game!”
taken down a few notches by her When her romance seems headed
before he can get accustomed to ^ or roc ks, they step in and
working under a female boss. save. it. Others in the cast are
Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague J ac kie Horner, Dan Diley, Jr., Mar-
furnish -the funny spots for the s ^ a H un t an 4 Virginia O’Brien of
show while Ann Miller displays her dead-pan O’Brien clan,
beautiful legs in several good dance The Lowdown—just another mu-
scenes. Culmination of events comes sical—nothing special.
BACKWASH
By
Jack Hood
“Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster
Heart Pumps 50
Gallons of Blood
This Collegiate World
Exchange .
girl who has promised to become
Mrs. L. on December 18 at Gid-
dings, Texas . . .
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ASSOCIATED COLLEGE PRESS
. . . from the Daily Texan:
James Mims, art editor of the
Batt mag, made the front page of Them FKx
the Daily Texan in his cartoon,
The following was written
ed cooperation.
In order to give your heart every
possible assistance in the perform
ance of this amazing task, ifr. Cox
suggests the following rules for
With No Vacations k T:““ st _
^ a year for examination and then
The human heart pumps approx- „ „ . . - .
, . „ . . f , follow his advice,
imately 50 gallons of blood every
hour with no vacations, no days After a serious illness have y° ur
off, no sleep, and no rest except doctor S ive y° ur heart a thorough
between beats, according to Dr. examination and then return to ac-
Texan in his
Training for commissions in the quarter- printed in the last Batt, depicting
master corps of the army is being offered a typical Texas zoot-suiter who Tom Journeay who’s working with Q eo -yy £. ox gt a t e Health Officer tive life as carefully and slow as
undergraduate and graduate students at the looks somewhat shocked at seeing the sound crew: who says that since the heart has P° ssible - This wil l give your heart
University of Michigan. . a colored gent dressed in a zoot Bernard Brown, sound director suc h a tremendous task to per- sufficient time to rest and recuper-
A quartermaster unit of the reserve of- su jt exactly like his . . . or maybe for “them movie people,” reports forrn it Reserves your whole-heart- ate from the unusual strain of a
ficer’s training corps has been established jt> s the Negro that’s shocked. to us on location that he has re- ’ severe illness.
under Lt Joss B Zartman, the sixth branch • • • ceived^ numerous telegrams from quent inspection of all flues, or Go to your dentist regularly and
people, we have seldom questioned this con- °f ROTC to be made part of the umver- Y nll
dition. We have built up legends about stu- slt y. s department of military science and . .
tactics. The other units are: infantry, corps
of engineers, signal corps, ordinance depart
ment and medical corps.
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dents who “work their way through college ”
till we have almost convinced ourselves that
the opportunity for higher education is open
equally to all elements in the population. Yet
we have failed to realize that, not only are
colleges to a large extent reserved for those
who can afford it, but even those who either
partially or wholely “work their way” are
able to do so simply because their families
do not require their earnings for subsistence.
On the graduate school level—medicine,
law, engineering, etc.—the lines of privilege
are even more sharply drawn. Since work in
these advanced fields requires considerable
more attention than college studies, graduate
students as a rule find it difficult to hold
jobs at the same time, and consequently
greater emphasis is placed on the state of
family finances.
In times of peace, a system of college
and graduate education based on privilege
hardly jibes with the sacred American prin
ciples of “equal opportunity for all.” In war
time, its undemocratic character is accen
tuated both because it leads to serious waste
of effective manpower and because it in
evitably hardens the class distinction in the
armed forces.
That the American people are now pay
ing through the nose as a result of their de
lusions about higher education is seen in
recent reports of the national resources plan
ning board and the Carnegie endowment.
Three out of every four high school students
who graduate in the top ten per cent scho
lastically never get to college, mainly be
cause of financial reasons. In other words,
the country annually is losing a substantial
part of its best “brainpower” because the
financial means for providing the proper
training for that brainpower are unavailable.
By now, most of the colleges have for
gotten that the original Selective Service law,
which only permitted temporary deferment
for students, was specifically designed to
prevent the rise of a privileged group exempt
from service. The various reserve plans
however, by drawing officer material from
students after they had been admitted to
college, became a convenient means for cir
cumventing the clear intention of the war.
No one will deny that deferment is neces
sary to enable a student to receive adequate
training; but deferment and eventual com
missions belong to those who deserve them
on the basis of ability, not to those who were
able to pay for the opportunity to receive
them.
Since the army and navy depend on the
colleges for most of their officer material,
the effect of perpetuating the traditional
basis for admission can only be to strengthen
the degree of privilege which pervades the
armed forces. A democratic army is one
whose officers are drawn from all elements
in the population and not limited to the
sons of the comparatively well-to-do.
The changes which must be made are
simple, yet clearly revolutionary in nature.
In principle, they are contained in the plans
now being evolved in Washington. What
ever the form of financial aid adopted, it
must be made clear that there can be no
compromise with the basic principle that
higher education is not the possession of a
particular class, but the right of all the
people, with the government assuring the
realization of that right when necessary.
It is common knowledge in educational
circles that government officials had origi
nally intended to put the new plan into ef
fect during the past summer. However, fear
over the political implications of the revolu-
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“Panama Hattie,” stairing
Ann Sothern and Red Skel
ton.
At the Campus
Tuesday and Wednesday—
“Priorities on Parade,” with
Johnnie Johnston and Ann
Miller.
all flues,
the “Big Shots” back on the West smoke pi pe connections. do not neglect infected teeth or
Coast. The occasion for the ’grams 5 Overloaded electric circuits tonsils.
Bulletin from Austin is the receipt of the daily sound mus t be regarded as year ’round Keep your weight near the aver-
Sabotage struck the Forty Acres tracks Brown and the sound crew hazards. It is of particular im- a ge for a person of your age, sex,
at 11:30 o’clock last (Tuesday) have made of the band, Singing portance that all electric circuits and height.
' night as two Aggies set fire to the Cadets, yells, and general “Aggie- he protected against overload by
Elderly people assured of support through huge pile of materials behind the fusion” that are sent to the coast the use of proper size fuses,
social security should perform useful serv- men’s dormitories. Both culprits es- daily for printing and approval. q a leading cause of winter
ices to the community and be the peacetime cape d in a 1937 Plymouth waiting Brown tells us that the officials t j me fj re fatalities is the use of
equivalent of dollar-a-year volunteers, it 0n Nineteenth street. out there are already head over kerosene or gasoline to kindle or
IS suggested by Dr. George Lawton Of Col- Hundreds of enraged University heels in love with the Aggieland “quicken” a fire. Gasoline is a
umbia university. Students rushed to see the bonfire, film and are shouting for more. dangerous explosive—too danger-
“All men and women over 65 years old which was planned for tonight, • • * ous to keep in the house under
should be assured of the thrill of personal burn prematurely. Five students UTa T)nnH Tf any condition. Also, the improper
accomplishment and a sense of social use- chased two uniformed cadets across * ‘ " use of kerosene can cause serious
fulness, Dr. Lawton declares. . _ the intramural field to no avail. By the way, we believe that fire losses.
Present civilian defense organizations The Aggies destroyed part of the credit should go where credit is 7. A few simple practices in the
with their voluntary workers giving theil wire fence which surrounded the due. The recordings made of the use of portable oil heating ap-
services for the nation may possibly after pile of rubbish, added kerosene, full concert band were some of the liances will prevent many home
the war provide the machinery by which and fled. The Austin fire depart- very best that Hollywood has heard fires. Wicks in such heaters should
older men and women With pensions or other ment arrived too late to save the to date according to some pretty be kept clean and adjusted to the
means f^ay contribute their services to the pij e from destruction. reliable sources. All the credit for proper level. Sufficient ventilation
community, Dr. Lawson believes. This or P g—\y e hear they threw in the swell quality on those record- is needed to assure proper com-
Granny’s to make it a good blaze, ings rightfully belongs to Brown, bustion. Heaters should be kept a
• • • who personally handled the “mix- safe distance from combustable
er” on all the musical scoring that furnishings and placed where
has been done here on location. You they will not be easily overturned.
Headed “Deshperate Aggie Seeks know, sound directors usually 8. Personal carelessness in cold
Cute Co-Ed for Date to Game,” don’t have time to stick around and weather frequently results i n
this also is from the DT: personally take a hand in all the death. Clothing ignited when a
Desperate damsels, attention! musical work on pictures, but— person stands too near an open
One also desperate Aggie wants well, this picture is an exception— flame heater or fireplace is one
a date for the football game and for two reasons. One, Universal of the common causes of fh’e fa-
Diesel "factor* have'*been turned" over * to* tbe demanded the following in a letter heads have told Brown to stay here talities during winter months.
government in the wartime program, but to the Texan: an d fmish the recordings personal-
Allen W. Guiberson, vice-president of the Must be under 5 feet 5 inches ly ’ and two ’ Brown hates to leave
company, got special release on the engine and have cute figure. Prefer bru- the joint on de Brazos so bad, that
presented to the college, and future aero- nettes with dark e y es - Must have this is a swe11 excuse to stay here
nautical engineers turned out by Texas car ’ preferably convertible, of longer.
A.&M. will be familiar with the workings course. • • •
of this new type power plant for airplanes. Interested interesting females How They Work
A committee of selected aeronautical are asked to contact A Texas Ag-
We were strongly impressed by
the ease with which every member
of the various departments oper
ate, perfectly “sinked” (movie
slanguage meaning synchronized)
some other method must be devised for
avoiding the present feeling of competition
between the old and the young workers when
wages are at stake, he says.
* * *
The aeronautical engineering laboratory of
Texas A.&M. College is possessor of the only
Diesel airplane engine ever allowed to be
used for classroom study, according to Dr.
Howard Barlow, head of the department.
AH other products of the Guiberson
He Must Be
students spent several days in the Guiberson &ie, 304 South Washington, Bryan,
plant in Dallas recently and studied the new Texas,
engine. As soon as official approval was • • ♦
received the eingine was sent to the college Sweeping’S
so others enrolled in the department might ■
study it.
Qomp
Telephone 4-1181
TODAY AND TOMORROW
New Week-Day
Schedule
Box Office Opens 2 p.m.
Closes 10 p.m.
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
BEYOND COMPARE!
m
Ann MIILER
f? Betty RHODES
« Jerry COLONNA
Johnnie JOHNSTON 1
Vera VAGUE
Feature No. 2
Found Dept.: Jack Waters, with everyone else. The sound
Mead’s Bakery, Abilene, Texas, has crew have a real problem on their
Digging casually at a weathered bone jut- a 1941 class ring—Klondike High hands, how to get the mike in close
ting from a rock formation, University of —that an Aggie lost in a Mead’s enough to pick up all the things HTIIADT TV im TIT I DU
Wyoming co-eds of the geology class dfs- Bak truclt . . . Kate Parker, the cast is saying clearly, and still . VYUKU) A1 WAK
covered it was no ordinary soupbone. The „ , not cast a shadow or get in the
thing extended deep into the earth. Calling egls iai s 0 flce ’ found a h° ok camera’s way. We’ll tell you more Feature length news reel ac-
Dr. S. S. Knight, director of the geology band music ( No - 66) . . . Also a bout how they do it at a later count of a world at war—in-
. A NEW WARNER BROS. HIT with
Dennis Morgan • Brenda Marshall
Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ
Sf°. rg ! T S bl “ ’ ^ e B |na 'd Gardiner • Reginald Denny
2:45
camp, they found it was a part of a dino- Found
saur’s skeleton that measured between 40
and 50 feet in length. Dr. Knight hopes
to unearth the complete skeleton.
John Longley has found a date.
Eighty-seven per cent of co-eds in a
recent survey replied that sweaters and
skirts are the backbone of college wardrobes.
Wintertime Brings Increase of Fire
Hazards, Warning to Texas Citizens
care must be taken to see that
not ignite the floor or
room furnishings. The safest pro
tection is a metal screen in front
of the fire.
3. Steam pipes, unless properly
Marvin Hall, state fire insur- ant. Frequently the lack of suf-
! 7. I Z , „ ance commissioner, says winter- fi c j e nt brick or stone allows sur-
A survey indicates that 66 per cent of time brings a seasonal increase in „ ^ i 4.
^ is rounding woodwork to become ig-
CO-eds Wear anklets. fire hazards. The added dangers of
destructive fire creates a need
tionary proposal, not to mention the threat- for closer inspections at home. ^ark™^
ened opposition of religious groups and old- “A substantial percentage of our spar s 0
line educators whose belief in democracy is fires at home during cold weather,” loom urr
limited to pretty speeches, is said to have he explained, “result from a few
stalled public announcement. common causes. The most of these
For this reason, it is now up to the col- we could prevent by being more
leges, their faculties and their students— careful. Our neglect in taking pre- installed, can cause fires. Steam
those most affected by the new proposals— cautions during wniter has caused bea t dries the wood which is then
to rally behind leaders like President Conant unnecessary fire losses.” | n condition to absorb oxygen and
of Harvard and show the world that they un- Commissioner Hall listed the fol- ignite. A steam pipe may in time
derstand that democracy tolerates no priv- lowing as several of the common cbar the wood and dangerously
ilege. Should they fail to renounce the pres- causes of fire at this season of lower the ignition point. Steam
ent basis for higher education in the United the year: pipes should be at least one inch
states they shall in effect have given the 1. A danger spot is often found away from the woodwork,
lie to all their sacred traditions and all their in a chimney at the point where 4. A common report on the cause
wee words about freedom and equality.— it passes through a roof. The con- of fires during cold weather is
The Columbia Daily Spectator. struction of a chimney is import- the “defective flue.” This type of
eluding film confiscated from
enemy newsreels.
Also “MERRIE MELODY and
JAMES STEWART in
“WINNING YOUR WINGS”
THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
“WAKE ISLAND”
Feature at:
5:12 - 8:02 - 10:12
Plus
Color Cartoon, “Fox and
Grapes”
Community Singing
Football Thrills of ’41
THURS. - FRI.
“Panama Hattie”
HASWELL’S
Bryan
VICTOR AND COLUMBIA
THIS IS THE ARMY—Hoace Heidt
WHOSE HEART ARE YOU BREAKING NOW—
Bob Wills
MANHATTAN SERENADE—Dinah Shore
CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD—Freddie Martin