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i Page 2- -THE BATTALION- -TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1943 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 1 a *' 0 ^ 0 ^l ) e ®L e 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 4-5444. 1942 Member 1943 Pis sodded CbHefSiote Pross John Holman— Jack Keith Tom Journeay Danell E. Griffin- Sports Staff Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor ...Editorial Assistant Staff Photographer Hank Avery Thomas Boog Horace Bays Tommy Gould.. ......Sports Editor .Sports Assistant Assistant ..Reporter ..Sports Gus Boesch Ed Schlenker Haskell Lindley.. Billy Butz Advertising Staff Tuesday Asst. Thursday Asst. Saturday Asst. Circulation Staff Advertising Manager Advertisiing Manager Advertising Manager Advertising Manager Stalcup .' .--“""“"..“.“".....Circulation Manager Tom Leland Henry Tillet Eugene Robards Bill Jarnagin, Sidney Cook Tom Sutherland— Tuesday’s Staff ...Junior lorn Arthur Matula.... Bob Walker. ..Managing Editor Editor teporter Reporter ..Reporter ..Reporter ..Reporter ..Reporter Think! Through the heat and strife of a thousand battles, when men’s minds follow the course that seems the easiest and most logical at the time, this order has always been issued— keep calm and do the right thing, and every time it has been disregarded by a few in dividuals who thought only of themselves and the present, forgetting others and the future. We can apply this to events happening on this campus right now. Recently, a num ber of cadets received their call to the serv ice and lost their heads in the turmoil that followed, and followed the course that was the first thought in their minds. They for got that their record is being written and preserved for a future date when it may turn against them. Besides this, lots of rumors still seem to float around the campus and under the circumstances appear to wield more influence than the correct advice of someone who knows. Take such bits of falacy with a grain of salt; for as one appears, there a dozen other contradicting it but influencing about the same number of people. The times in which we are living now are critical, and decisions we make now can lift us to the highest heights or plunge us to the depths of ruination. It is necessary in making decisions, to think them over sev eral times, to talk to someone whose advice can be trusted, before any action should be taken. And remember the old battle order, “Keep calm, think, then go ahead.” «iiimiii:iiii!iiiiiiii!iiiii!iiiiiiiiiii!iiim^ Fightin' Aggie Exes More word of exes in the armed forces has come in from the various public relations offices. Others will be listed here as soon as they are received. Navy Recently commissioned as ensigns in the Naval reserve were William Hartman, Cle- burn, Texas; and Henry Buford Hales, Am arillo, Texas. They I* I will be assigned as y-i instructors or sent out for active duty with the fleet. Having completed the preliminary phase of their flight train ing, the following Naval aviation cad ets will now be sent to Corpus for their basic and advanced work. George E. Jamail, Houston, Texas. WILLIAM F. HARTMAN John J. Dee, Jr., Ensign, USNR also of Houston. James B. Eldridge, Fort Worth. Jeff C. Blair, New Haven, Conn. All of these ex-Aggies completed their rigorous pre-flight training at the Univer sity of Georgia Pre-Flight School, Athens, Georgia. Army Aviation Cadet Perrin N. Scudder, Dal las, is now at the Basic Flying School at Pecos, Texas, training for combat duty. Pvt. Robert L. Doss, Whitewright, Tex as (editor of the Battalion 1939-49), is now on duty at Tinker Field, Oklahoma. The folloing Aviation Cadets have just begun their basic training at Randolph Field. All are exes: John D. McBride, Jr., Corpus Christi, 37-40. 2nd Lt. Ralph Criswell, Calvert, B.S., ’42. Troy C. Simpson, Colemand, 35-37. 2nd Lt. Tom D. Hooten, Dangerfield, B.S., ’40. 2nd Lt. William C. Jenn, Houston, B.S., ’42. Jack W. Rollins, Houston, 37. Herbert C. Wilson, Mexia, B.S., ’38. William B. Pierce, Mt. Vernon, 37-40. Harold Scott, Murchison, 35-36. Weldon C. Haynes, Raymondville, 38-39. 2nd Lt. Sam E. Brown, New Braunfels, B.S., ’42. Ben L. Peek, Robstown, 38-39. Jack T. Slater, San Antonio, 37-40. After completion of their basic work, they will be sent to advanced schools for fighter-pilot or bomber training. Open Forum PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis Ole’ Army, have we turned Tea-hound? You true Aggies out there, few and far between, stop and think. What has happend to that ole’ spirit that used to run up and down your spine and bring tears to your eyes. We are just a bunch of sophomores that came up last June; maybe we haven’t much right to say this but we feel that something should be said. Sure! there is a war going on; O.K., we’re all for it. If the present mil itary program will help win it, far be it from us to resist. But Army, just get alone with your thoughts, and hum “The Spirit of Aggieland,” and then think back and re member the tears you shed and after that Ole’ Army, try to figure out how the campus will be after the war—only memories—or will Aggieland be waiting? Let’s leave some thing to come back to. It used to be, “Freshman, don’t you speak anymore?” Army, let’s change that to, “Aggie, don’t you speak anymore?” Well, men, there it is, don’t just read and forget; let’s get together and bring that wandering spirit back to its home, the cam pus. B. M. Magee M. A. Frenkel Jim Kelly Ray Stotzer Donald Woods J. Whittington Jack Davis L. C. Keaton J2ovjdoojn on Campus distractions IBy ( Uom ^J-ou’ins.a.y Wednesday night late Call to nondescript 66 minutes of celluloid Quarters will find we predict quite shamefully appearing there today a few late comers hustling back is PIERRE OF THE PLAINS, a from the campus theatre’s showing bad plotted, miscast outdoor drama of MY FAVORITE SPY, one of the with a phony finish, funniest comedies that have hit John Carrol, Ruth Hussey and Sing Sing on the Brazos for several Bruce Cabot, much to their detri moons. ment are starred in this distraction Kay Kyser, ye olde professor of we believed could better be musical knowledge is starred with completely left out. It’s roughly his band helping out every now and about a devil-may-care French Can- then with some good solid stuff. adian accused of murder, but too The main attraction, though, is busy helping a friend escape anoth- Kay’s comedy role as a counter er mur der indictment to care much, espionage agent unknown to his Lowdown—Not so hot. wife, Ellen Drew. ; It all happens this way. Kay is qualify without further traini called into army service on his ag may als0 graduates or senior wedding day before he can start students in astronomy , chemistry, his honeymoon and turns out to be geology; physicSj mathematics> and a flop as a line officer. Consequent- engiireering sciences who can show ly he is detailed to counter espion- 6 semester hours in strictly engi- “Fatso and Buck haven’t missed a high fly all season!” John Holman Battalion Editor Post-War Schooling... The committee charged with returning stu dents to their colleges and universities after the war will meet for the first time January 18. The group of army officers and educat ors was appointed by President Roosevelt on November 19—two days after he signed the teen-age draft bill—to assure students who are called into the armed services a chance to finish their training after the war. At that time the President set up the Armed Forces Committee on Education, headed by Brigadier General Frederick H. Osborn, director of the Special Services Di vision, Services of Supply. In his letter estab lishing the little-publicized committee, the President ordered its members “to make a study for the taking of steps” to enable the young men whose education has been inter rupted “to resume their schooling and af ford equal opportunity for training and edu cation of other young men of ability after their service in the armed forces has come to an end.” The committee is composed of Brig. Gen. Frederick H. Osborn, director; Capt. C. C. Baughman, representing the Navy; Dr. Dexter Keezer, president of Reed Col lege, Portland, Ore., now serving in the Of fice of Price Administration; Dr. R. G. Har ris, president of Tulane University, New Orleans; and Dr. John W. Studebaker, di rector of the Office of Education. Although no action has been taken yet, a spokesman for Gen. Osborn reports that the committee will concentrate primarily on returning 18 and 19 year old student draf tees to their colleges and universities when the war is over. “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” — Webster Ads . Soap Opera . age service, assigned to his old job neering subjects . In lieu of these of leading a band in a night spot, 6 semester hours in engineering the manager of which is suspected subjects> the completion of any of being an integral part of a dan- ESMWT course in engineering will gerous spy ring. be accepted . Just one or two of the many Engineering, Science, and Man- comphcations resulting, is Ellen’s agement War Training courses are ignorance of his FBI affiliation, tuition _ free> sporisor ed by the U. so when Kay is jailed with beauti- s< 0ffice of Educati offered at ful Jane Wyman, another secret about 200 colleges thro hout the agent, wifey suspects the worst. courdr y Kay’s band is in there pitching ‘ some good hot notes every now , ne f P eo P le are ur gent- Adorning the bulletin board of ... Is, believe it or not, the and then. ; y neede( i in t5i e engineering field the Academic building this past richest form of radio advertising. The Lowdown-Does your funny- ™ the Federal service because of Pioneer of the field is Gertrude , ^ ^ the induction of Federal employees week proved to be some hmg r Ber ^ wbo for 14 yearg has writ _ bone good. i n t 0 the armed forces and the people to laugh at rather than tenj d j rec t e d and acted, “The Gold- We can’t have good shows every growth of engineering problems in something to get something else be rgs,” the simple story of a Jew- time, so I guess this is one time the conduct of war. Besides offer- out of somebody j sb family in New York . . . her when the Guion flikker bill will ing a certain amount of prestige, with. Two of them salary is $5,000 a week. have to suffer. The title of the the work is performed in Federal agencies throughout the country under conditions that are pleasant and attractive. Opportunity for ad vancement in engineering in the Federal service is good, depending upon the abilities of the individual. anTfton 7 Sweepings . . . were comical and iron ic. One said: “For Mistake . . . The Houston Post made quite “American higher education is about to un dergo a drastic upheaval. The liberal arts are about to yield much of their ground to the quick training of technicians for the armed services. The war and navy depart ments plan to train from 150,000 to 250,- 000 men in the colleges; and the war man power commission is developing a separate program for training specialists for private industry and government. The depletion of undergraduate bodies is unavoidable in time of war, and it was bound to reach disrupt ing proportions when the draft age was dropped to 18. Although generally willing to collabor ate, many educators are deeply concerned about the suspension of liberal arts train ing. They feel that it is a bad mistake to hustle into the services or to confine to technical training all the able-bodied young men of 18 or older. They argue, first, that some of the most promising of these young men would be more valuable, even to the armed services, two or three years later if allowed to mature in college. And they ar gue, secondly, that if the war lasts several years, the suspension of liberal arts studies will create a serious hiatus. Doubtless many of these young men would be more useful as officers a few years later, after receiving a general education. But they are useful now and, in many ways, will mature more rapidly in the army than in the war. They should be encouraged and enabled to do so by the government. Funds can be provided to support the best of them, chosen strictly on a merit basis. If the war does not last too long, such an arrangement will help to bridge the hiatus feared by college educators. —Ernest Lindley, Wash ington commentator, summarizes the situa tion of colleges-at-war. One unfortunate critter that was Students Sought Sale New Pair caU g b t j n the draft told a fellow By GrOVCmiTlCIlt For Ice-Cream Slacks, b a p> that he entered the army tti • • o • Reason: New Re- through the CCC. The other b.a.p. ScrVICC wafi 6! ”annarerlttv t0ld him that CCC S ° . di ' College-trained persons are be- Rwlman nrmtprl hv n vpf rec ^ y into the army, he replied, j ng S0U g b t f 0 r on-the-j'ob training • . T f a «w + a 1 did ’ 1 was cau ^ llt ’ con “ in engineering in the Federal serv- ermary student. It read: Wanted scripted, and carried!’’ ice , the U. S. Civil Service Com- —complete horse skeleton.” Some Discovered in an EE’s room: the mission announces . Gl . adua t es and bright child added to the sheet: Allowing sign on an ageless bot- genior s t udents ma joring in any “See Hotard at the Mess Hall!” tle ^ iat a ^ one time contained high are ur g ed to mab:e themselves SS y - n? nu T l Champaign f : available for engineering activity ‘Midnight Oil. To be used only which may lead to an attractive m cases of extreme E-mergencies career . . . Blackouts, Fuse failures, etc.” _ . an error the other day in a head- Harry Culver B, Signal, one of "a line at the top of a story on the ^ bu^ year ’ “ g P ay ^ for amusement page. The story con- engrossed re threading the projec- authorized overtime, which under cerned the Lucky Strike Hit Par- t ion machines between the free certam condltlon s “ay amount to ade the headline had two “T”s sh ows Sunday, when a very light as mach as u 20% yearly f 1 ’ and no “H”, in the word “hit.” knock was he ard on the projection ary . For those who have not had . booth door. Harry at that time Previous training m engineering, a Rationing* ... was playing records waiting for wai ; training course has been spe- the crowds to change between P^nned^ covering the funda- sliows mentals of 31111101* engineering "work He opened the door and was ac- in a Federal a ^ ency - pt’I” tViq+' I/HfpyT ei-iVr ^ costed by a charming little blond, Announcement No. 281 of the Potential Mi SS A m er- Conunission stating the new re in Australia, that ended his love ica o£ 1953 cvilknt,y about 6 yc ' ars * ™ tS ” <intranc o t0 Ja ” 101 ' letter, “Oceans of love, and a kiss ° ld - S »o expounded, “Why don’t engmeer pos,t,ons m the Federal on everv wave ” y° u the pikshure show! I service, may be read at the office came here to see a show and I’m W. R. Horsley of the A. & M. Children Mv soing to see one!” Harry said Placement office, or obtained at * * * J’ ^ * that he thought he’d better wait first and second-class post offices. The nine-year-old son of the until the crowd got in so every- Forms for applying, obtainable at body could see the movie and asked first and second-class post offices, her what her name was. To this m ust be sent to the U. S. Civil inquiry, pertly shrugging her Service Commission, Washington, shoulders, and rolling her big E. C., and will be accepted until brown eyes with a technique that th e needs of the service are met. belied her age, she replied with a Applications may be made to the certain amount of childish arro- U. S. Civil Service Commission by gance (inherited from whom we graduates or senior students in any can’t imagine), “I’m Sally Eliza- field, provided they enroll in the beth Welty Howard, and I’m Col- special ESMWT course, “Engineer- onel Welty’s grandchild!!!” ing Fundamentals, Junior Engi- Oh, Yes, the second free show neer - Supplemental.” Engineering started immediately! senior students or graduates may WHAT’S SHOWING At the Campus Today and tomorrow—“My Favorite Spy,” with Kay Ky ser, Ellen Drew, and Jane Wyman. At Guion Hall Today and tomorrow, “Pierre of the Plains,” with John Carrol, Ruth Hussey and Bruce Cabot. » A Wisconsin editor’s definition of rationing: “Less and less of more and more, oftener and often- Dr. Hu Shih, former Chinese ambassador to the United States, has accepted appoint ment as research associate and consultaant of the American Council of Learned Socie ties. Commander of the Nantucket American Legion Post listened open-eyed to his Sunday school teacher as she vividly described the nailing of Christ to the Cross. In the ensuing pause, with flushed face and clenched fists he shouted, “Where in hell were the Marines?” . . . Which re minds me of the tale told on a nineteen-year-old child classified as a junior down here. They say he’s in the Field, but anyway, when he overheard the remark on the radio that the Marines “had the situation in hand,” he asked his roommate where Hand was! Fable . . . One of our exchange papers tells this story about Red Riding Hood. You know the real story—well, when Red Riding Hood approached her grandmother’s bedside with her food-basket, and saw the wolf was there instead of Granny, she whip ped a .45 automatic out of the basket and plugged the wolf. Moral: It isn’t as easy to fool little girls nowadays as it used to be. Sunday Sing . . . Dick Jenkins, director of the Singing Cadets, comes up with the idea of having an old-fash ioned hymn singing session ev ery Sunday night in the As sembly Hall—the purpose of which is to provide a relaxing get-together for those boys who do not attend church on Sun day night. Feature of the idea is that only the old favorites, which boys of all denominations know and love, will be sung— session to last 45 minutes or an hour, as the boys desire it. Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Will Get Plenty of Ice Cream Phone 4-1168 TODAY - WEDNESDAY “PIERRE OF THE PLAINS” With JOHN CARROLL RUTH HUSSEY Also Bu b . 3unnv ‘BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID” News — Short You can have all the ice cream you want Mr. Soldier, Sailor and Marine, says Uncle Sam in the new ice cream order which cur tails civilian consumption of this important dairy product. The civil ian curtailment was necessary due to the shortage of dairy products because of lend-lease commitments to our friendly nations, but the armed forces are exempted from the order and the ice cream indus try can furnish frozen dairy foods to the men in uniform to the full extent of their demand. No food is more popular with our armed forces than ice cream. To provide them with an adequate supply is important in maintain ing morale and in helping make their diet nutritionally complete, as well as satisfactory from the standpoint of their tastes and pref erences, according to the Inter national Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. The provision in this order, which exempts deliveries of frozen dairy food to military forces and post exchanges, is a recognition of these needs and desires of our fighting forces. There must be a great satisfac tion to every civilian to realize that while his supply of ice cream may be less, the boys in the serv ice will get their full shar,e, served them often. The ice cream industry may pro duce more of the frozen dairy products which require relatively little milk solids, such as sherbets, fruit ices, and similar products. Thus they will be able to maintain the markets they now supply for the fruit and nut farmers, since these products are used largely in such manufacture. Every civilian can have some ice cream, but if it is eaten with sher bets or fruit ices, the available supply of frozen dairy foods will be greatly extended. In conforming whole-heartedly to the order which sends part of our milk and cream to war, the ice cream industry will endeavor to serve civilians as adequately as possible, after the needs of the military forces have been met.” 4-1181 Box Office Opens 1 P. M. TODAY - TOMORROW KAY KAYSER and Orchestra Ellen Drew Jane Wyman in “MY FAVORITE SPY” Also Cartoon — Short