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Page 2- -THE BATTALION- -SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1943 TTlC Bclttcllion • As the World Turns Campus Camera [Hlzs T2ovcraovcrn on STUDENT TRI-WEEKDY 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 Oollei Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1871 -“Count” V. K. Sugareff: ge ?0 Subscription rates $3 upon request. per school year. Advertising rates 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. 1942 Member 1943 Pissocioted CnNpftiote Pre«;< 11% ARE COLLEGE TRAINED 58% HAVE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONS 31 % GRADE SCHOOL OR LESS. Contrast this with WORLD WART WHEN COLLEGES PRODUCED 5%, HIGH SCHOOLS 16%, AND 79% OF THE SOLDIERS HAD GRADE SCHOOL OR NO FORMAL EDUCATION AT ALL ! John Holman Editor-in-Chief Jack Keith Associate Editor Dan ell E. Griffin - Staff Photographer Sports Staff Hank Avery - ^....Sports Editor John Stout Senior Sports Assistant Thomas Boog... Sports Assistant Horace Bays - Sports Writer Tom Sutherland...-. — A....Reporter Tommy Gould - .*. Reporter Circulation Staff Joe Stalcup Circulation Manager Advertising Staff Haskell Lindley Advertising Manager Ed Slenker Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager Buck Martib Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager Billy Butz Saturday Asst. Advertising Manager Saturday’s Staff Jack Keith Managing Editor Henry Tillet Junior Editor Eugene Robards Reporter Arthur Matula Reporter Bill Jarnagin Reporter Are YOU Advertising? According to the magazine advertisements, the best company in the country are busy ing themselves these days not only with the war effort, but also with the planning of post-war business and how their particular company can cash in on it. Aggies don’t need to put advertisements in magazines, but they shpuld change their point of view from that of thinking only of fighting and winning this war, to that of winning this war and having a means of making a living after the war is won. When this old world of ours again sim mers down and is peaceful, EX-army offi cers are going to be a dime a dozen. What will you do? Right now you have the best opportun- tunity in the world to really learn some thing. You have the school; you have the time; and you certainly have a good enough excuse. Take an inventory of yourself. Frankly just what have you learned since you’ve been in college, and how much are you going to know when you get out. Remember, it will be awfully hard to come back after fighting a war and buckle down to boots again. Moral: You’d better get it now while the getting is good! Collegiate" World The 601 church-going students of West minister College, New Wilimington, Pa., rep resent 22 sects and denominations. A new method of rebuilding faces with celluloid, under living skin, has been develop ed at Tulane University school of medicine. More than $20,000,000 has been willed Northwestern University by the late Walter Patton Murphy of Chicago, railroad equip ment inventor and manufacturer. Villanova College traces its lineage di rectly to the colonial foundation of old St. Augustine’s church in Philadelphia. Pre-flight training has been added to the course of study at Western Maryland College. Phonograph records are being used by the University of Texas speech department to help foreign students build up vocabu laries of English words and idioms. Iowa Wesleyan College is inaugurating IT'5 military secret Four Brothers from wittenberg college WOUND UP WITH THE SAME ARMY ADDRESS/THEy ARE MARION, BENEDICT, LAWRENCE AND NICHOLAS PALMER-BALL OF LOUISVILLE.KY. #15,000 WILL BUY ONE PONTOON BRIDGE/ HELP THESE SOLDIERS a BUY BONDS Counting the unhatched chickens Many rep resentatives of the United Nations have widely discussed their post war territorial aspirations and thus have provided the Axis powers with potential propaganda material against themselves. On the sixth of last No vember informed the world that Russia had no other territorial aims but to drive the Germans from Soviet Russia. Encouraged by Russia’s recent successes against Hitler, the Russian Press, which usually expresses official opinions, claimed the three Baltic states—Latvia, Espotania, Lithuania, and Rumanian Bessarabia. Some of the Allies seem likely disposed toward this suggestion. Some three weeks ago a high Soviet official demanded an outlet for Russia on the Adri atic Sea—a demand which would at once provoke much speculation. Can Russia se cure an outlet on the Adriatic Sea without encrouching upon the sovereign rights of several small states in southeastern Europe? Should the big powers be inclined to favor Russia, these states would strongly oppose such an encroachment. Russia could be giv en unconditional transit rights through the Bosporus and the Dardanells. Turkey would hardly consent to such an agreement. Yet, an agreement under international guaran tees of some sort is liable to cause least amount of friction, especially since Russia and Turkey have been on friendly terms dur ing the past twenty-five years. Poland, Russia and Czechoslovakia at odds. Last week, the Soviet official news agency, Tass, accused Poland of imperial istic aspirations, and made suggestion that Polish White Russia and Ukrainian terri tory, as of 1939, should be annexed to Russia after this war. In view of Russia’s sacrifices and successes in this war so far, the world would sympathize with the Russian de- mands. Both of these territories were given oWeeping’S . . . to Poland after the last war. The Polish staff Sgt. S. E. Whitman of government-in-exile, discouraged by Rus- Fort Devens composed this little sia s demands, has turned to Dr. Benes, for- ditty on government issue soap: mer president of Czechoslovakia, and sug- 0 . G.I. soap, of thee I sing, gested that Poland and Czechoslovakia con clude a confederation. Dr. Benes has planned a trip to Moscow and Washington and indi cations are that he will not commit himself to any definite future cooperation with Po land without exploiting the sentiments of Stalin and Roosevelt. Meanwhile, Poland T s position is further complicated by an offi cial Russian recognition of Czechoslovakia’s pre-Munich boundaries. Time only could re veal the solution of the Russo-Polish dis pute. A new type of American International ism. The need for fighting a global war has brought home to the American people the lesson that after this war we cannot afford to reduce our army and navy to pre-war pro portions. Despite the efforts of a strong and influencial group of isolationists in the Unit ed States, the leaders of our armed forces are pressing for an eleven million man arm ed force—not only to shorten the war but also to insure the peace that is to follow it. Some people have already suggested that we develop an air supremacy after the war. Others have proposed that we acquire air and naval bases in the Pacific, Atlantic, and wherever American troops are now located. Such aspirations on our part are bound to arouse a strong antagonism among our school background of draftees 1 Campus ‘Distractions lie/ AHC rYM I TDAlMCfN S* , r ^ -!By ^Uom ^.ouinzatj + BACKWASH ★ “CANCr” MACEANE “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence" — Webster to the Office of Price Administra tion in Syracuse. No answer. Off went another letter. This time back came an OPA questionnaire to be filled out. The farmer sat down to give a fair question a fair answer: Make? “Jersey.” Body Type? “Two horns, tail, four feet, an udder and four teats.” Year? “1940.” Rating or seating capacity? “I have never ridden her, but I imag ine she would seat two.” v » . Mileage? “The vet gave her one You pee 1 ^ grease from pots qnart keroseile and she ran fom . miles, so I judge she would have gone 16 miles on the four quarts. I can’t tell you her speed, as the vet hasn’t caught up with her.” You’re chemically an awesome thing Concerning you my thoughts are rife, You dominate my G.I. life. You take the grime from bar racks floors, You shrink my long gray woolen drawers, and pans, And chew the skin right off my hands. You eat holes in my cotton jeans, You sanitize by G.I. latrines, You’re in my hair, my clothes, and now— I even taste you in my chow. FBI Says Registered Men Should Carry Cards at All Tildes You look as though you’re meant All men who are liable for train- be ing and service under the provi- Just soap. Inside you’re TNT. sions of the Selective Service Act The War Department isn’t wise are required to carry their classi- To waste time on inventive guys, fication as well as registration All G.I. soldiers have the dope: cards. OUR secret weapon is G.I. soap! FBI has primary jurisdiction in investigating suspected violations If you like to see beautiful girls 0 f the draft laws. This responsi- allies, particularly Engtand EuSa China "** d “ Ce ( “ does "' t?> ^ «P°" ™ by Latin America, Canada and others Should plu8 the cha f nce 10 i,ho " y<mr lun * ^.dentml "W* and at the di- wp frv to aonuirp surh hasps hv forop it power on a few SOngS ’ drop around section of the Attorney General. would lead to a powerful coalition against ^ de ‘ Kapers t0 4 nicht ,Y ' J i ” e: Fi « ures 8h ° w th!it th ' !re is “k 0 " 7 o’clock. Place: Assembly Hall, one delinquent for each 1,000 reg- PFC doesn’t really mean private istrants, or about one for each first class. It means “pray for cor- 3,000 of the entire population, poral.” it is the duty of every registrant When Hitler finally goes down to keep in touch with his local for the count, it will occasion more draft board in order that he may us. President Roosevelt’s proposed confer ence of the United Nations to study and seek solutions on post war problems is the best guarantee for the future peace. We can acquire the necessary air and naval bases by conferences and mutual agreements. If an extensive course in air transportation we have united against the present agress- b^ nd - cl fPP in & over tbf 11 an Y- comply fully with all provisions of -4-/-v irwr\ir\€wr\ ■* 4-n n4-»i ■p/'v rvci 14-1/\ va o I ri 4-Vi r* fwa /ini" e\y-\ rt aVi/‘hiil/'l 4 , /io/iV» ii« 4-/-» SH1C6 DB6P HI til© Oi tllG SclGCtlVG SgTVICG Act. to prepare its students for positions in the coming flying age. New York City College’s institute of film techniques is offering a new course in audience reaction. ors, our experience should teach us to unite in keeping the peace. Educators are studying a plan for giving ac ademic credit to soldiers, WAACs, marines, sailors, et al for education acquired in serv ice. The plan was developed by the Ameri can Council on Education in cooperation with the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation. With the same goal in view, Army Air Forces recently wrote college and university presidents asking commitments to give cred it for the proposed basic Air Force training program. But work in this program is part of the over-all record and measurement pro gram develop edby the U. S. Armed Forces Institute, formerly the Army Institute. Since the Institute is part of the Council’s plan, the Air Forces agreed to withdraw their request until the broader plan could be acted upon. The Marines Have a Word Probably no news story in the history of the war has been refuted more times than the yarn about how union seamen refused to un load a ship at Guadalcanal because it was Sunday. Soon after the report was published, it was denied by Joe Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, who pointed out none of his union’s agreements prohibit Sun day work. Other denials came, from Lt. Col. Lewis B. Puller, Marine veteran of Guadal canal; Maj. Gen. Alexander Vandergrift, commander at Guadalcanal, and Admiral William F. Halsey. Finally a House naval subcommittee probed the charge and found thing since “Deep in the Heart of the Selective Service Act. Texas.” The following requirements and From one of MacArthur’s boys precautions should be observed. What is a weed? A plant whose virtues ' omeS the Carry r f istrat ™ n . and classifi - have not vet been discovered ” EWr<?m? kangaroo who, after scratching her cation cards at all times. tiave not yet been discovered. Emerson tummy vigorously for several min _ Answer and return questionnaire utes suddenly picked up her young- promptly. ster and spanked him soundly for When ordered to do so, report eating crackers in bed. f or examination and induction. Advise local board any change in address. Do not aid or attempt to per suade anyone to avoid the draft law.—Bryan News. to (S&MIPTO [7 A. C. P.'i Con*»pondent Reports from Washington Trapped . . . Last Thursday morning the oc cupants of dormitory 14 pulled it false. * their “weak and weary bodies” So far the refutations have had much from bed to make the morning roll less effect than the original baseless story, call only to find that all doors were Many still think union seamen refused to locked except one. How this may unload a vessel at Guadalcanal because it have occurred is irrelevant, but the was Sunday. consequences which could have re- The Marines themselves have an undig- suited are indeed serious. Such nified word for such rumors. It’s “scuttle- locked doors are a direct violation butt.” of the state fire laws, and show Ballyhoo for Bonds either a distorted sense of humor With selective service draining men from the or severe neglect on someone’s part, nation’s campuses, the Treasury is turning We should hate to think that the Metal License Plates Cut Down To Small Strips Car owners who expect to get a brand new license plate of stan dard size will be disappointed this its big bond selling guns on the coeds and expression, “Sing-Sing on the Braz- y ear - The war > which calls for all the women’s colleges. os” is more than just a figure of ^be metal possible, has made it A survey of 300 schools netted a huge speech. necessary to reduce the plate to cbllection of bright ideas for boosting bond sales. There are such appeals for saving as “Cut on Cokes” and “Get along without that cashmere cardigan.” At Vassar, the girls called off their class rings and a prom in a small strip of metal to he placed on the old plate. The present num ber of the plate will be retained. Rumor Clinic No. 64,793: According to our usu- The sma u p i ate wi n bear th e l e t- xi.ifeo 1* in a ^ y reliable sources (?) Adolf ters AV3 and a number, also “Tex- favor o'f war savings. At Goucher College in ^ ltler b as had ev fjy bit of fumi- as 43.” The price will be the same Baltimore, they’re giving mock driver’s li- ^ re Wlth red 1 on lt from as last year * No change has been censes to every student purchasing an in- blS various P alac es. Nobody wear- made in the date of expiration— terest in the jeep the school is buving with ? ng the color „ red !! Pitted m April l. Car owners are urged by bonds. Sophomores at Mundelein College in hls prr ? te . off T 1 T ce : He 18 11131 mad th e tax collector to bring their title Chicago invested proceeds from a cotillion at the Soviet Union * certificate when they apply for the in bonds. Exchange booths for accessories— new h cense plate. a cast-off lapel pin for a war savings stamp BurGRUCracy . . . —are favorite devices elsewhere. At Hood For a colicky cow in Ithaca, N. Students from the public admin- College, Maryland, a rolling booth prowls Y., a veterinarian prescribed stiff istration course at Elmira college the campus, preceded by buglers and a chor- doses of kerosene. A farmer tried recently spent a wee k in Washing- US. to buy four quarts, ran into ra- , . All of which may remind you to put tioning trouble, and finally talked 1011 t0 receive a more rea l isti c pic- some of that loose change into war savings a dealer into letting him supply ture of what the government is stamps today. the coupons later. He sent a letter like. Here’s another of funnyman Red Skelton’s pictures, WHISTLING IN DIXIE, in which he delivers more of his funny antics to the entire delight of most representa tive audiences. Skelton appears again as a radio crime expert with Ann Rutherford and George Ban croft supporting, in the film show ing at Guion hall. The story has to do with Skelton being confronted with a real crime, having to do with the attempt of two crooked officials to seize a gold treasure hidden in an old building. The radio sleuth tries to solve the mystery, only getting himself mixed up with the villains in one complication after another. A good portion of the film is de voted to the efforts of Skelton and Efforts Made To Correct Local Meat Situation The local meat situation caused some rapid-fire action this week. The first guns were sounded at the meeting of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce directors Tuesday morn ing, at which time criticism of lo cally-butchered meats by army of- fitials caused the appointment of a committee lo work on a possible so lution of the problem. Lt. Col. G. P. Disoway and other officers from Bryan Field met with the committee at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The commanding officer of Bryan Field informed the committee that an ordinance calling for sanitary slaughtering and handling of meats must be passed within three days or places selling such products would be declared out of bounds for men stationed at the local air field. Another meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday at 2 p. m., attended by Lt. Hans Grell of Bryan Field, officials of Bryan and the Chamber of Com merce, and about 60 dealers and cafe owners who sell meats. A resolution was adopted urging the city of Bryan to pass an ordi nance calling for approved and san itary methods of slaughtering and handling meats. The city commission met in spe cial session at 4 p. m., Wednesday and approved the preparation of such an ordinance. It will call for sanitary methods in all phases of local meat handling and for inspec tion by a veterinarian to be em ployed by the city. Final reading of the new ordi nance will occur at the regular meeting of the city commission Friday.—Bryan News. Those Torpedoes Cost $12,000 Each Carried by airplane, surface ves sels and submarines, the deadly cigar-shaped torpedoes strike at the most vulnerable part of a ves sel—several feet below the water line. Up to 600 pounds of TNT carried in the torpedo nose forces' many tons of water against the hull when the torpedo explodes on hitting its target. The effect is far greater than if the explosion took, place above the water line because water, unlike air, may be considered incompressible. These tons of water literally crush the hull and the ship may be lifted several feet. Called “tin fish” by the Navy men, because of their re semblance to the finny tribe while under water, torpedoes are gen erally between eighteen and twen ty-four feet long. The larger sizes cost up to $12,000 and weigh as much as three tons. They contain more than 1,300 precision parts and can be set to follow any course —even zigzag. Steam and products of combustion drive turbines which propel the torpedo. Horizontal and vertical fins at the read keep the torpedo on course and at proper depth — usually about fifteen feet. A torpedo has a speed as high as fifty miles per hour and a range of about eight miles.— Whiteright Sun. his friends to get out of a cellar full of water slowly rising. The Lowdown—Exercise your funnybone. Out toward the North Gate, the Campus has billed an oldie—but still one of the best pictures of the past two or three years—since the war started. It’s A YANK IN THE RAF, starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grahle and John Sutton, the En glishman. Anything I could tell you about this play would be mere ly repetition to what’s been said many times before. The entire cast puts in stellar performance and the directing is superb. In a nut shell, it’s about a dashing young American, Power, who joins the Royal Air Force and the events that happen to him and his loved one, Grahle. John Sutton turns in an excellent performance as Ty rone’s English rival. Betty looks ravishing as usual. It’s on at the midnight show tonight. The Lowdown—A real good war picture. Let’s not forget the corps dance tonight, either. Get that prof’s daughter or the local Bryanite and truck on down to Jack Magregor’s newly revitalized Aggieland Ork. You’ve got time to take in a show and the dance if you like, or spend the entire evening dancing. By the way, as has been the custom, since the coming of the new new order, the dance will break up in time for you to get that date in and still make CQ, if you can travel as fast as Superman. We hear it’ll break up about 11:30, anyway. WHAT’S SHOWING At the Campus Midnight show tonight and Sunday and Monday “A Yank in the RAF” with Tyrone Power Betty Grahle and John Sutton. At Guion Hall Today and Monday, “Whis tling in Dixie,” with Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford. Phone 4-1168 TODAY - MONDAY RED RAJSKELTON WHISTLING IN DIXIE wM ANN RUTHERFORD . GEORGE BANCROFT GUY KIBBEE • DIANA LEWIS • PETER WHITNEY Directed by S. Sylvan Simon • ftoduend by* I Gnorgn Haight • An M-G-M Picture | Also CARTOON and MUSICAL 4-1181 Box Office Opens 1 P. M. LAST DAY John Clements Jane Baxter in “SHIPS WITH WINGS” Also ' COMEDY — SHORT NEWS SATURDAY PREVUE SUNDAY - MONDAY llRONE POWER Episcopal Bishop To be Here March 24 The Right Reverend Slinton Quinn, Episcopal Bishop of Texas, will be at St. Thomas Chapel, on Wednesday evening, March 24, ac cording to the Reverend J. H. R. Farrell, priest-in-charge. iBshop Quinn will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation at that time. ilH THt BETTY GRABIE Also CARTOON — SHORT 'LATEST NEWS SATURDAY PREVUE STARTS 10 P.M.— OVER 11:50.