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J Page 2- -THE BATTALION- -SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 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 8, 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 6, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1941 Member 1942 Pissocided Col!e6iate PreY 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 Saturday’s Staff Clyde C. Franklin Managing Editor Tom Joumeay Junior Editor Jack Keith Junior Editor John Holman Junior Editor Douglas Lancaster Junior Editor Bill Jamagin Reporter Dick Anderson Reporter Get Hep or Get Out Once upon a time, not so long ago, a fresh man entered this university, ostensibly for the purpose of study. But this freshman was not very interested in an education; his aim was to cut himself free from as much study as possible. After standing in line for hours during registration, tossing a coin to decide nis subjects, and paying his bill, the fresh man bought a couple of books and floated down the hill for cokes and all the pleasure that college life offers. His books, and his seat in class meanwhile, slowly gathered dust. This freshman, as you must see, was not college material. That he was in a university at all was a memento of the fact that he was one of fortunate few who make up the “haves.” Part of his “having” was the right to a college education, and he was “having” even though education was being forced down his throat with a silver spoon. All upper classmen, of course, know this freshman and too, too many of his kind. But this is AMERICA, we explain eas ily. This is Maryland, a state college, an in stitution of the people . . . anyone can come to Maryland. It is time we stop kidding ourselves; education for a great many years has been based too much on a monetary basis. A not ed columnists, Walter Lippman, posed this problem some weeks ago when he asked “Do Dollar Signs Govern Our Educational Sys tem?” Lippmann suggested governmental appropriations to see that real leaders, think ers among our youth, receive a college edu cation, and that fine citizens were not de prived of education by monetary values. Conditions have changed a little lately. The war is grimmer, closer to home. Boom ing war industries, skyrocketing wages have sent young students into college as fresh men who formerly would not have been able to attend. While the dollar sign is still around our educational system, tinkling cash regis ters-are outringing it. Universities have found that they can not do business as usual. Education must keep up with the times. Courses are revised. It is now time that students realize that they also must not expect business as usual. The “haves” had better realize that educa tion better mean something to them. The “have nots” who have been given a chance to go to college must make the best of this chance. For the men at least, going lo college is like entering the services. The government still considers college education worthy, and while the enlisted reserves still function, all of us had better make the best use of our opportunity. “Dollar sign” education or not, we who are the “haves” in education had better start fighting a winning war on the educational fronts, or we will be immediately fighting an actual war. A slogan for the wartime col lege man might well read: GET HEP, OR GET OUT—The Maryland Diamondback. —AGP Aggie Crgptogram (The following cryptogram was enciphered by taking a plain-text quotation dealing with Aggieland and dividing it into groups of five letters, then arranging each of these groups alphabetically.) Today’s Aggie Cryptogram CIOTV FORRY AEGHT EGIIS EHINR AFINR FLOOT ABGILL AEFMO EEHTY AR. Thursday’s solution: THE AGGIES INVADE ALAMO CITY SATURDAY. Quotable Quotes “The secretary of war and the secretary of the navy desire to make their position clear with respect to this matter of continuance of college education. They are convinced that able-bodied young men and women must and will be controlled in their decisions solely by what appears to each to be his duty in help ing to win this war. They are further satis- From Capital to Campus A'CP’s Jay Richter Reports from Washington NOTES ON WAR WASHINGTON — (AGP) — Congress has passed no legislation ordering colleges to give students pre-military training. Nor is there a Student Army Training Corps as in the last war. Yet . . . Many colleges report that 70 to 90 per cent of their students are enrolled in one or another branch of the military forces. The army expects to get about a third of its officers from college campuses. Colleges themselves will train about 250,000 men this academic year for the Student Enlisted Re serve Corps, the .army and navy ROTC. An other 250,000 will be sent from the services to colleges for specialized training. Besides that, 50,000 men now in uni form will receive instruction through army correspondence courses offered by 77 col leges. Furthermore, some 800,000 men and women will receive training this year, in 250 colleges and universities, for technical work in war plants. All in all, 1,300,000 men and women will be provided the use of college facilities so that they may take an active part in proescuting the x war—either in combat service or in industry. Despite the fact that regular student en rollment has dropped, colleges throughout the nation are cham-packed with the greatest assemblage of men and women ever gathered on their collective campuses. That’s not a bad war record. 1 * * * FOOTNOTES ON WAR Harvard has a one-month course for army chaplains. Some 300 men of all creeds and sects attend classes at the old university. * * * The lid is being clamped down even harder in Norway. No church hymns may be sung which contain the word “Devil” be cause Quislings believe the reference is to Nazis, a logical enough assumption on his part. Another decree imposes the death sent-, ence upon Norwegians who enter or leave occupied territory without permission and who listen to forbidden broadcasts. “For bidden” are all those other than Nazi and Nazi-controlled broadcasts. A recent release of the government’s Office of War linformation notes that “a critical situation confronts every woman who cooks with gas.” It seems that if she doesn’t conserve it, there soon may be no more gas to cook with. Pressed for an interpretation, officials admitted that you might take a woman’s gas from her, but you’d never keep her from cooking with it. Correspondents were glad to have that one straightened out. * * * EDUCATION ELSEWHERE Going into effect at once is a Vichy order for all French schools to put German down as a “must” course. Until now students could choose between English and German. □ a cn the L 0,«i tn □ □ o a czr cn nn cn a ta cj cn ts campus ^ t distractions, oatnaacjiriuj, a a id "Boy, I’m glad I’m not as dumb as some of these soldiers they draw in the comics!” BACKWASH Bu Jack Wood “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster By John Holman Spy Story . . . No rumor is the spy story be ing told around E Infantry these days. Seems as though some E Co. boy was coming back to school on th,e bus about two weeks ago when an air corps second-luie car rying a .45 on his hip struck up a conversation with him. The sup posed officer said that he was on a secret government mission and was on his way to Florida, and that he wanted to send a cod ed message but didn’t know where he could do it without arousing suspicion. Somehow or another the conversation got on Aggieland, and the Aggie suggested to the louie that he spend a day or two on the campus, explaining that there were plenty of vacant rooms in number 7. The officer said okay, so he spent Sunday night and part of Monday. He bulled around with the boys in E company while here, then left for Houston, supposedly on his way to Florida. Upon arriv ing at Houston, he was promptly picked up by the FBI and exposed. • • « was torpedoed by an American destroyer about two miles below the bridge. No survivors or first hand witnesses, and the destroyer has already gone back to sea. • • • Indians. . . Almost as tall is the one about the Aggie campus being turned into an Indian reservation after the war. What are they going to do with us? • • • Infantry . A student at Christian College in Ber gen, Norway, wrote a paper in which he re ferred to the words in John’s Gospel, “The ■Rnmn r Dpnt* son shall make you free.” The Nazis confis- ^ cated the paper because they believed it was a reference to the Crown Prince Olav. That world “free” has always been a stickler for Adolph. Also tall is the fact that the war department has asked for 400 vol unteer Infantry seniors to be called out, commissioned, graduated, and sent overseas immediately. Incidentally, the reason for that Indian reservation is because the army took over a big Oklahoma reservation and are sending the Indians down here. Also just a rumor is that one about Longley having the Long horn out on time. (I know the Batt Magazine won’t be, Johnnie, so don’t say anything!) Here are the best rumors of the week—all of which are, of course, not true in any shape, form or fashion. This Collegiate World : ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS: When the cheerleader pleads hoarsely for a “Fight, fight, Siwash” and then does a cart wheel through the rain, don’t question his intelligence—he’s probably a little brighter than the average. That’s the finding of a survey conducted at Colgate University. The investigation was aimed at determining what relationship, if any, existed between intelligence of Col gate seniors and participation in extra-cur ricular activities. The results throw a little cold water on the “big campus man,” the fellow who be longs to all the clubs and appears at least a half-dozen times in the group* pictures in his class yearbook. Statistics show it’s not the fact that he participates, but that he takes part in—that gives a clue to his gray matter. And as for the meek little student whose name never appears on a committee, he’s 3 per cent smarter than the average. Long suspected, the fact was established that the varsity letter for skill in major sports usually adorns a strong back and an I.Q. 11 per cent below average. The survey revealed that 30 per cent of the nearly 800 seniors engaged in no extra-curricular activities. The most intel ligent group, 16 per cent above the average, worked on student publications. Ratings for men participating in social religious, dra matic, musical, managerial and cheerleading activities were found to be “slightly above average.” Men in the student government were second only to those men on publications. fied that the college must and will be sim ilarly guided in their action. Colleges have a definite educational function to perform in war as well as in peace, but it is somewhat different. Men who accept the opportunity of enlistment in the army or navy reserve and who conscientiously devote their efforts in college in the manner indicated, and those teachers in the colleges who are necessary for the education of these men, may feel as- surd that they are doing the jobs their coun try wants them to do and are performing their full duty in the war effort.”An Army and Navy joint release to the press defines the official attitude toward colleges. WAACs . . . Some digging that is being done behind the petroleum building is work on the foundations for a new dormitory for 400 WAACs, who are supposed to arrive on the cam pus today noon. They will be temp orarily housed in Austin hall until the new hall is completed. Submarines . . . Then there is the one about the college buying a new dredge, sup posedly to dig out the Brazos river for a submarine base. Incidentally, that sub that was seen cruising un der the Caldwell highway bridge —SCIENCE— (Continued From Page 1) of the Texas Academy of Science which was held at College Station. The delay in announcing the winners of this contest has been due to a provision of the contest which requires the judges to eval uate the manuscripts as well as the presentation. Attention is being called to the fact that it is not too early for members of local clubs to begin work on papers to be submitted in the semesters ahead. The Texas Academy is scheduled to meet at the Texas University next fall, and papers presented at the United Science Club contest may be re worked and represented at that time. Dr. C. C. Doak, sponsor of the United Science Clubs, has received a letter from J. Edward Pendray, assistant to the president of West- inghouse Electrical and Manufact uring company assuring support of the company for the awards pro mised by Smith. In asking for details, Pendray’s letter calls at tention to the fact that his com pany is interested in stimulating research and scientific education throughout the nation and supports a number of other agencies besides those mentioned above. —RIFLE TEAM— (Continued From Page 3) are fired on the home range of the teams under the supervision of some school official. The scores are then exchanged and the winner announced. Also the team com petes in several shoulder-to- shoulder matches with teams such as the Texas^Highway Patrol Pis tol Team, the Houston Bayou Pis tol Team, the Austin City Police Team, the Dallas Civilian Team, and many others. The team so far this year has not fired any pistol matches, but the prospects of a very good season are bright with the three outstanding lettermen— Team Captain Russell Cook, Sec- Treas. Robert Cox, and N. Mans field— on the squad. Coach of the team at the beginning of the season was Lt. L. J. Lejkovsky. As he was ordered away in Sept ember, Lt. Richards is ’ at present coaching the squad. Varsity mem bers of the team include: Captain Cook, Robert Cox, N. Mansfield, W. T. Jones, R. Grady, Larry Fer guson, and G. M. Turner. Not since “Anthony Adverse” has Hollywood massed so many well-known players in one picture as are in “King’s Row,” showing at Guion Hall today and Monday. Besides that Texas “oomph” gal, Ann Sheridan, the line-up includes Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings, Betty Field, Charles Coburn, Claude Rains, Nancy Colman, and Keren Verne. Sixty-seven speak ing parts is the amazing total in this movie. “Kings Row” is a story of two boys, one the best-behaved boy in the little town of Kings Row, the other the bad boy of the town. The good one, Robert Cummings, studies medicine and after his love for his teacher’s daughter is thwarted by her death, goes to Vienna to study. Meanwhile, Ron ald Reagan as the town’s ne’er- do-well . is also turned down by the girl he loves and so he starts going with the girl from “the other side of the tracks,” Ann Sheridan. Losing his fortune, Reagan takes a job on the' railroad, is hurt in an accident, and consequently loses both legs because of a revengeful doctor’s actions. This leaves him in a state of hopelessness and he loses all desire to live. His friend, now a noted phychiatrist, returns from abroad and practices has knowledge of the human mind on Reagan, inducing him to marry Ann and set himself up in business. He too finds a new love and hap- p^iess in Kings Row. “Kings Row” is a masterpiece of good acting and emotional appeal. It’s story is a human one and is so realistically portrayed that it is sure to interest any adult au dience. Perhaps the only thing of the movie that might be consider ed a drawbatk is the fact that the great number of characters make it slightly confusing at times. The Lowdown—Class “A” in ev ery respect. Along the lines of “You’ll Never Get Rich,” in which Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth were together for the first time, is “YOU WERE NEVER LOVLIER,” slated to show at midnight tonight at the Campus. Fans who remember the first are likely to be slightly disappointed sey, Sam Rosenstein, Billy Noah, Bob McFall, L. D. Housewright, Wayne Rosenburg, Oscar Schu- chart, Rex Colwick, Alanson Brown, and Lamar Haines. Personal interviews may be ar ranged by Aggies with tl\ese var ious visiting church leaders by call ing at the Interview Desk in the YMCA, by seeing the members of the Inter-Church Council, or by seeing the individual leaders them selves. in this second attempt. The first emphasizes music and dancing, the second emphasizes an over worked story. Astaire ; and Hayworth furnish the show with excellent dancing, but there doesn’t seem to be enough of it. The scene of the plot i§ in South America; the story is mediocre with a lot of laughs in it after it gets going. The Lowdown—they tried, any way. ry —CHURCHES— (Continued From Page 1) Each night, beginning at 8:00 p.m. the Baptist, Methodist, Cath olic, and the Church of Christ, will meet in the regular church build ings, while the Presbyterian group will meet in Guion hall. The Christ ian Church will hold its meetings in the Assembly Room of the sec ond floor of the YMCA; the Hillel club will meet i nthe YMCA, and the Lutheran group will meet in the YMCA Chapel. The religious leaders will break fast each morning,in the Aggie land Inn at 7:45, followed by Dr. Quillian’s sermons at 11 a.m. in Guion hall. Tuesday morning at 6:45 there will be Mass and Holy Communion at the Catholic Chapel. In charge of the program for the week’s activities is the Inter- Church Council, made up of two students from each church on the campus. Members of the Inter- Church Council include Dwain Treadwell, president, Tom Myers, Ross Lanier, Oran Jones, Sam Lewis, John Evans, C. E. Outter- side, C. W. Anderson, Frank C. Bibbs, Charlie Thompson, Joe Kel- WHAT’S SHOWING At the Campus Saturday—“Wake Island* starring Brian Donlevy. Midnight and Sunday, Monday,—“You Were Never Lovlier,” with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. At Guion Hall Saturday, Monday—“Kings Row,” with Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan. Telephone 4-1181 Box Office Opens 2 p.m. LAST DAY PREVIEW TONIGHT SUNDAY - MONDAY \ COLUMBIA PICTURE' Also Porky Pig - Short - News iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin^ Light for Powder Magazines Designed A portable battery - operated floodlight has been announced by the Illuminating Laboratory of the General Electric Company especial ly for combustible areas which can not have installed lighting. This unit is intended for use in such places as powder igloo interiors, powder magazines, freight car and warehouse interiors containing combustibles, and during blackouts and other emergencies. The floodlight consists of a small steel box with a special dust- and vapor-proof lamp housing mount ed on a bracket to allow pointing in any desired direction. A high- efficiency glass reflector, combined with pre-focus positioning of the unit’s 50-candlepower concentrated- filament type bulb and a diffusive lens, gives a powerful medium- angle floodlighting distribution. A 5-cell storage battery with non-spill valves is housed in the box. Quick exchange of discharged for charged batteries is made through a polarized connector per manently wired to the battery ter minals. Normal burning time for the unit is approximately 10 hours. New Weekday Schedule Box Office Opens 2 P. M. Closes 10 P. M. * SAT. and MON. m $p0AII_. 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