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Page 2- -THE BATTALION- -TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1943 The Battalion Something to Read 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, Ine., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room fi. Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1941 Member 1942 Associated GoIle6iate Press Brooks Gofer.. Ken Bresnen.... Phil Crown Mike Haikin Mike Mann... ..Editor-In-Chief Sports Staff Associate Editor ..Staff Photographer Sports Editor ..Assistant SnnW-s tiMHnr Junior Sports Editor Advertising Staff Advertising Manager ....Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager Hank Avery Reggie Smith Jack E. Carter Tuesday Asst. Advertisir Jay Pumphrey Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager Circulation Staff dill Huber Circulation Manager H. R. Tampke Senior Assistant Carlton Power .....Senior Assistant Joe Stalcup Junior Assistant BUI Trodlier Assistant Tom Leland John Holman Tom Journeay Jack Keith... Arthur Matula Jim Gabbard .... Tuesday’s Staff ..Junior Managing Editor Junior Editor Junior Editor Junior Editor Reporter iReporter Poor Old Guion! Poor old Guion Hall! Bless her heart, she has housed everything from church meet ings of several denominations to a regular motion picture theater. And now, uncomplaining as she is, she has had to refuse admittance to the gradua tion exercises to the faculty because she just isn’t big enough to take care of them. One of these days, and we could hardly blame her, she will fold her tired walls and sink to the ground—down to a well deserved rest. It is true that we rarely have an assem bly that cannot be seated in Guion, but could not the reason for that be because the College knows it doesn’t have the auditor ium to house it. One of the buildings projected into the Former Students Association’s student act- tivities center plan is a large auditorium. It really doesn’t matter where it comes from or how, but one of the first things Aggieland should have after the war is an auditorium with a seat for every cadet, man, woman, and child in College Station. The Former Student Association has foreseen this need, and through donations from Exes all over the world is laying aside funds for a real student activities center. Plan to help them yourself when you take your place on the world’s battlefields— the fighting front, the farm front, or the home front. Your donations, no matter how small, will be appreciated. Guion Hall will then be able to resume her place of respect which she enjoyed dur ing the life of the Assembly Hall, but until then, alas, poor old Guion! From Capital to Campus ACP’a Jay Richter Reports from Washington Selective Service Note Men in good standing who have had a year of almost any sort of engineering course— including sanitary, industrial, radio, trans portation, mining and metallurgy—have a basis for requesting occupational deferment, according to a recent amendment to Select ive Service’s Occupational Bulletin, No. 10. The same goes for men who have no more than two years remaining in certain other specialized courses — bacteriology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, mathemat ics, metorology, naval architecture and psy chology. If you are interested, you might check at your local Selective Service Board, which probably has a copy of the amendment. All Quiet or Fairly So Three men each from the Army, the Navy and the Manpower Commission in Washington are studying procedures by which men are to be selected to attend col lege under the recently-announced Army- Navy college training program. They’re working like beavers on the testing procedures, but have nothing to an nounce to date. Meanw’hile, male college stu dents are asked to keep their seats—which, no doubt, is easier said than done. Incidentally, an Army man selected for college work may get any one of five assign ments when he has completed his studying —he may go to an Officer Candidate School, be recommended for a job as a technical non commissioned officer, returned to troops, in some “few cases” be tagged for advanced technical training, and in “very exceptional cases” made available for work outside the army, if that work is “deemed highly im portant to the war effort.” More Women Wanted As more and more men advance to battle lines, more and more women join production lines. And government agencies are in full cry after them to fill vacated positions, both m Washington and the states. The Civil Aeronautics Administration is offering scholarships to women—free tui tion, plus $50 for books and $75 a month expenses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Chi cago University, California Insittute of Tech nology and the University of California at A Treasury of the World’s Great Leters, 2 vols., Edited by M. Lincoln Schuster, Sim on and Schuster, New York, 1942, $3.75. Letters make the most interesting read ing in the world—especially other people’s. This Inner Sanctum anthology, repre senting many years of intensive collecting and research by M. Lincoln Schuster, are assembled the most interesting letters of all time—the crucial and characteristic private communications of the foremost people of world history—ranging from Alexander the Great and Saint Paul to George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann. These intimate letters—many of them here made available to the general public for the first time—are selected, edited, and in tegrated to shed light—as only private and secret letters can—on the great men, the great events, the great ideas of history. Each letter is prefaced by a biographi cal prelude giving the significant and dra matic facts about the person who wrote it the person to whom it was written, and the circumstances surrounding its composition. In these two volumes are the letters of Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Beethoven, Ben Franklin, Voltaire, and many other greats. These are not the great things of their life, but the little intimate, private things — their love letters to secret lovers, their dam nation of national and international events and figures—everything that makes life liv able. The reading of these letters makes his tory more enjoyable, and in these pages life and letters meet. Here biography and his tory converge to form perhaps the most fascinating form of literature—the private correspondence of the mighty, and their contemporaries. PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis | Copr. !*41. King Pen turn Syndicate, Ihe., fyorM rightt rotved I L n a C -- ^ CD CD C3 by CD tn CD ED CD CD CD CD 'campus k £ dSiactions \ h CD Q CD OCIIOCZJCDODEIl P ■« “Couldn’t we save gas if we didn’t use ALL the horsepower, Sarge?” ★ BACKWASH ★ "Backwash: An agritation resnltinar from some action or occurrence” — Webster By Tom Journeay Today’s distractions cover both types of shows. If you're looking for comedy, definitely trek north ward and attend the Campus twin bill. We promise you’ll not regret it. Then on the other hand, if you are the type that enjoys drama, Guion’s top billing will fill your needs. Of course for those that still get a thrill out of “shoot-em- ups” you’ll like at least half of the Guion billing. On the comedy side of the fence, SING FOR YOUR SUPPER with Jinx Falkenburg, the famous beau tiful model that recently hit Hol lywood, and Charles “Buddy” Rog ers fill half the bill. Jinx plays an heiress that doesn’t fancy mar rying a playboy so her business manager can retire; instead she looks for a struggling chap who happens along to be Buddy, band leader ’ and dance hall operator. A&M Grad Enters Air Corps Engineers First Lieut. Henry K. Orgain, formerly of Temple, Texas, has reported to the new Army Air Forces Navigation School at San The Dallas office of the Office Marcos, Texas, as post engineer. Lieutenant Orgain graduated This Newspaper World . . . Fightin' Aggie Exes From the AAF Advance Flying School in Altus, Oklahoma comes word that Cap tain Harry G. Seeligson, ’34, has been ap pointed Post Exchange officer at that post. He majored in Ag Administration, was in E Field and has been manager of the House hold Furniture Company in San Antonio. He has, since 1941, served as post ex change director at Goodfellow Field and San Angelo Field. * * * Lloyd W. Terry, ’40, of San Saba, (a former M Infantry boy) has been promoted to the rank of Captain at Fort Bliss. The promotion comes in recognition of his mer- itorius application to duty. At Camp Warner Robins, Georgia, ex- Aggie Gilbert W. Glenn, of College Station and 3rd Hqd Field, who would have grad uated next Friday had he stayed here, has just been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army medical corps. This Collegiate World i By John Holman Hitler’s Promise... The Office of War Information tell this story similar to hundreds o£ War Information, according to , „ „ „ which the people of Occupied Eu- E ‘ ntor & Publisher magazine, was T «nas A. and M. College m rope are telling in ridicule of their a comprehen- ^9 with a degree of bachelor of tyrantical masters. It seems that ^ check list of Southwestern scence. Ongma y comm,ss,oned an old Dutch Woman was arrested newspapers. So a request for a •" the F.eld Artillery Reserve, he for listening to British Broadcast- y^’ 3 subscription was sent to the has served at Foster Field, Vic- Wellington (Tex.) News-Leader. toria > Texas, as assistant post among others. Enclosed were six government forms to fill out be- Working incognito into his band, business and heart—well, see it and find out how the situation works out when an enterprising press agent discovers Jinx’s identity. The Lowdown—Good for plenty of laughs. MEET THE STEWARTS, star ring William Holden and Frances Dee, turns out to be a bright com edy, due to smart scripting, clever dialogue, competent performances, and skillful directing by A1 Green. At Guion Hall, BULLET SCARS, with Regis Toomey takes care of that “shoot-’em-up” angle we were telling you about, and THE LIT TLE FOXES, starring Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall supplies a good potion of superbly put on drama. It’s about the ruthless greed of a family set against itself. Davis as the cruel Regina holds her own with the members of the New York stage cast that originally produced this play, as she permits her sick husband, Marshall, to die rather than lift a hand to help. In all departments the film is per fection itself, Samuel Goldwyn making it even more effective than the stage presentation. The Lowdown—A good dramatic thunderbolt. ing System broadcasts from Lon don. She was taken before a Nazi “court”. “Why did you do this?” asked the judge. “Oh, but your honor,” she re plied innocently, “Hitler told us he engineer. In civilian life Lieutenant Or- fore the Federal government was a sanitary engineer for would authorize payment for the Texas State Department of Health. subscription. He is the son of Mrs. Berta Or- Back came the forms and a brief ^ ain of Houston, Texas. ‘" 'Uj . 7 t’ , *. 7 77 note from Deskin Wells, unawed ™o d editor o f the News-Leader: Lee Cargile to Enter Naval Air Training 1940. I’ve been listening every day since then. I would not want to miss der Fuehrer!” Speaking of Hitler ... OWI also warns collegians to “I wouldn’t fill these out for $1.50.” The OWI still wishes it had a Lee Lane Cargile has been se- subscription to the News-Leader, lected for training as a Naval . . . Then there’s the blunder made Aviation Cadet and will be ordered WHAT’S SHOWING At Guion Hall Today and Wednesday, The Little Foxes with Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall. Also Bullet Scars with Regis Toomey. At the Campus Today and Wednesday, Sing for Your Supper with Jinx Falkenburg and Buddy Rogers. Also Meet the Stew arts with William Holden and Frances Dee. by the Philadelphia bureau of the be careful and don’t play the Axis Associated Press which read some- game of “Bits and Pieces”—a game thing like this: “Gettysburg, Pa, in which the careless pass along Dec. 31—AP)—The train that bits of gossip about military move- President Roosevelt rode into ments or war production, and the Gettysburg in 1863 to give his to active duty shortly. He attended Texas A&M for one and one-half years. When ordered to active duty, he will report to the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, University of enemy pieces them into a pattern historic battlefield address made Georgia, Athens, Georgia, for three which may cost American lives its last trip from Baltimore to- months of and material. day, with a crowd of history lov- instruction Without trying to stifle sensible ers aboard.” discussion of the war, they offer The Detroit Bureau, which cor- subjects. After completing this physical conditioning, in naval essentials, military drill and ground school the following simple rules to fol- rected the story, wired back: r ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS: WOMEN WITH COLLEGE DEGREES WANTED AS JUNIOR ENGINEERS Women with a college degree in any field are invited to qualify as junior engineers in the government service by taking a short training course in recognized engineering schools. Candidates may take a ten-week, full-time course or go to school in the evenings for 27 weeks, with their tuition paid. The en trance salary will be $2,000 and appoint ments be made anywhere in the counthy. Further information may be had at the Civil Service Information Office, 801 E. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Students who are interested in earning part of their expenses while attending classes are- given the opportunity of working part-time for the government under a new Commission ruling. Part-time employees are especially nedeed as stenographers and typ ists, at the rate of $1,440 a year; tabulating machine operators, $1,260 and $1,440 a year, telephone operators, $1,260 and $1,440, and messengers, $1,200 and $1,320. However, applications will be accepted for any type of position on a part-time basis. Los Angeles. These scholarships are open only to co eds with private air pilots’ licenses and col lege work in mathematics and physics. But there is a second group of scholar ships, offering free tuition at the same in stitutions, but no further allowances, for women not licensed as pilots. Graduates from these courses might be employed by either CAA or the Weather Bureau, with beginning salaries ranging from $1,800 to $2,000 annually. Applications should be made to the Weather Bureau of fice in Washington, Research and Training Section, or to any of the five universities. Aggie Crgptogram (The following cryptogram wa» enciphered by taking a plain-text quotation dealing with Aggieland and dividing H into groups of five letters, then arranging each of these groups alphabetically.) Today’s Aggie Cryptogram AEHRT EEMNY ADGGS EFFIO CEIRS—W. E. Scott, D-SC. Saturday’s solution The juniors are taking command to day. low when discussing the war: 1... If you HEAR it—don’t peat it. 2. If you SEE it—don’t talk about it. 3. If fou READ it in a reputable publication or hear it on the radio, then it’s official and there’s no reason to keep it to yourself. 4. The most important rule is, STOP and THINK, BEFORE you TALK! Barney Rapp . . . . . . Surprised everyone by turn ing out to be a dog-gone good outfit. Some juniors went to Houston to hear him last week, thinking they might want him for the Junior Prom and Final Ball, but thought he was lousy. Now he turns out to be swell. Only complaint was that the senior, and these girls who were at the ring dance, had to sit through another showing of Rapp’s “stage-show”. Admittedly, it was good, and up perclassmen enjoyed it. Incidentally, Charley Fisk, the guy who blew two trumpets at once, until just recently headed out of the most promising young bands on the horizon. For unknown rea sons, the outfit went on the rocks about three months ago. Lt. Robert Baird, ’39, Assigned to Sub-Depot Second Lieut. Robert E. Baird, of Dallas, Texas, a graduate of A. and M. College, has reported to the new Army Air Forces Nav igation School at San Marcos, Texas, where he is assigned as engineering officer at the sub depot, Air Corps Supply. Lt. Baird graduated from A. and M. in 1939 with a degree of bach elor of science. He majored in architectural engineering. In civilian life Lt. Baird was a draftsman and estimator for the ^ j att Metal and Roller Works at Houston and an engineer for the Lubbock Steel Works at Lubbock. He was commissioned Sept. 19, 1 942, and attended the Air Forces Technical School at Chanute, HI. His previous stations include Dun can and Randolph Fields. “Re-Gettysburg, thought had only three terms.” course, he will be sent to one of FDR the Navy’s numerous reserve bases for’primary flight training. A LOUPOT TRADE IS MONEY MADE TODAY - WEDNESDAY DOUBLE FEATURE “Sing for Your Supper” With Jinx Faulkenberg- Feature No. 2 William H0S.0EN Frances A COLUMBIA PICTURE Plus Merrie Melody THURS. - FRI. - SAT. ANNE GWYNNE in “SIN TOWN” v * >■ > ♦