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TTlC Bel ttaliOTl ® As the World Turns
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER r»_ *1 i> ■
Texas A. & M. COLLEGE i,|elsun
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
The National Maritime Workers Union (A.
and Saturday mornings. F. Of L.) is refusing to load OP SEll SUipS
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College with goods for Spain beCailSe the gOOds
Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870 might be USCd against US, and
Subscription rates $3 per school year. Advertising rates are being US6d against the
upon request. ' RuSS’ianS by the Spanish Anti-
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, , Jk Communist Legion. Most
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and Is » . ’ , n .
San Francisco. Americans will sympathize
Office, Room 6, Administration Building. Telephone 4-6444. .. W ith the action though it
19 42 Member 1943 IE# raises the important question
• . i i-v as to whether unions should
Associated Col'^fSiate be permitted to decide ques-
— „... . r>1 . f n § 'SP tions of importance by means
r===32S£r&XZ ■ X Wit of strikes.
Danell E. Griffin ^ Staff Photographer ■; ♦ Anthony Eden, British For-
Hank Avery ...Sports Editor e ig n Secretary, is in the
Thoma^Boog isslstent Nelson United states. The great
Tonf 06 Sutiieriand l question is WHAT IS HIS OBJECT? Is that
Tommy Gouid Z^ZZZZZZZZ Reporter object to lay plans for a post war world,
Joe Stalcup CirC " , “ ti * n ...f. t ! Circulation Manager OP is it to WOrk OUt political details in PC-
Haskell Lindley ^^.^L-Advertlsin* Manager ^d to a COmillg Second frOlrt ill Europe?
Ed Slenker Tuesday Asst. Advertising Manager Many people, including Herr Hitler and hlS
i!g fig£====gsgg ASt Ad, v :5Sl SSSS; generals, would like to know.
Tom Leiand Tnesday^ staff ManaginK Editor Did the timing of General Giraud’s
Eugene Robards Reporter speech have anything to do with the subject
Jim Gabbard. Reporter matter of Eden s visit? Giraud s pledge to
—restore the republican government to France
and its pre-war laws is obviously planned
Tmnntiunt to form the basis for all-out French cooper-
impanem • • • ation in preparation for an invasion of the
continent.
Impatience • • • . . State-owned liquor stores are a possibil-
Like a horse champing at a bit, impatient ity i n Texas, as a bill to accomplish that pur-
xu un. ^ ie i mos ^ a ^ e pose has been introduced in the state legis-
their bits for some action by the War De- lature. In addition the bill would force every
partment and the ERC. But, unfortunately, consumer to get a twelve-dollar-a-year li-
^? 11 e ^ lorse cai * P a Y and stomp, not doing ce nse to purchase liquor. The bill might pass
himself any material damage, college stu- as a wa r-time emergency measure,
dents forget such things as assignments, Th IInited Mine Workers , To}in T
reports, and most other things related to go- T . llle U x M1 " e Wor f e r s ^hn L.
ino- Lewis are threatening a strike if they do
g ri . ' .. ... not get a two dollar per day wage increase,
, ^ ne Aggie father recently wrote his son, pl us pay for part of the time they spend on
I know how you feel, but don t let it get the way to and from work. Hitler would
your goat. As I see it, they don t need you probably contribute to the miners’ strike
boys very badly or they would call you, so fund if he were approached on the subject.
work” th 7 t , s “ d Jf Bare legs for girls are considered im-
into service and you not, but maybe when ln Mexic °>but gin workers in Mex-
your ^^¥1^
prnnrfw t xr/Mi -fz-v Yr/AiTv* Vvti- 1^,,+. . txi6 United States, where price control is
country. 1 want you to do your bit, but you extremely ineffective can at lea^t Qvmna
can’t force the issue ...” and therein lies thize 7 ect ve ’ can at least s y m P a '
the moral of this story You can’t force the
issue—remember that. The War Department ■
is going to make up its own mind about n 11 • • tit i i
things, and one little group of Aggies worry- I Dl PfTlAtp WnrlH
ing about it won’t phase them much. UUhlCylCILC wi U11U
You have all had yourself in and out of ______________________
the army three or four times in the last ^ . T u- , A , .
few weeks, and all of those calls fell through . bel Ka ? er Larbi, son of an Arabian shiek,
Why not now forget about it and start ball- \ s . Promising his friends a camel after the
ing jack, racking up those old G.P.s. Cer- fmal y mted Nations victory,
tainly you are used to rumors by now, so Si Kaber, who helps to teach Moroccan
let’s laugh them off and toe that old scholas- at the University of Pennsylvania, is over-
tic line—it’s the only line we’ve got left j°y ed that the Americans thave invaded his
around here. country.
“We Moroccans like the Americans very
"The final end of Government is not to firTt^Wo^d'WAr'whP^ It
Chtate™ 1 ™™*’ ^ t0 d ° SOOd.-’-Rufvs Krench forces . ..Casablanca fs slmewhat like
^ Philadelphia, but on the whole more mod-
Purdue university engineering students ern ' 0 . ^
are producing war machine parts for West- j Kader s family live near the snow-
inghouse Electric company as part of their £ a PP ed A tlas mountains. And when he goes
shop practice. Their output equals that of a u 6 they , c ® lebrat ® Wlth lavish feasts of
75-man machine shop working full time , , e ? ^ ast ® d , whoIe » and eous-cous and
. * kebab. The Arabs, he said, sit on the floor
and eat from a low table, using only their
“Wit makes its own welcome, and levels hands. Women are never allowed to eat at
all distinctions”—Ralph Waldo Emerson the same table.
Campus Camera
SPEAKIN6 °P ENDOWMENTS...
W.R MURPHY’S GIFT OF <20,000,000 TO
V NORTHWESTERN UNIV. RANKS AMONG
\ THE LARGEST EVER. GIVEN TO AN n
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, t
rr RAISED NWS ASSETS TO
#82,662,000, PUTTING THE
h SCHOOL IN 6 th PLACE AMONG
HEAVILY ENDOWED UNIVER
SITIES-(FIRST FIVE ARE
| HARVARD, YALE, CHICAGO,
Ak AND ROCHESTER.
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on.
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Harvard's *150,000,000 endowment
MAKES IT AMERICA'S RICHEST SCHOOL —
BUT ONCE THE COLLEGE WAS SO POOR
THE LEGISLATURE ORDERED MEN TO SOL
ICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR ITS SUPPORT/
IN 1924 JAMES B. DUKE
WILLED <40.000.000 TO
TRINITY COLLEGE, SINCE RE-
NAMEP DUKE UNIVERSITY /
Endow your country with
fREEDO/H /
BUY WAR STAMPS NOW/
¥ BACI/WASH ★
“CANDY” MACDANE
“Backwash: An agitation resaltinar from some action or occurrence" — Webster
(g&5>2im to (g^aaiPTO
A. C. P.'s Corroapondent Reports from Washington
£
"“Military officials have been appalled at the
fact that many of their recruits—college and
high school graduates—have little or no
knowledge of mathematics or science unless
they specialized in one of these fields. Our
liberal education has been so liberal that
the graduate got but a smattering of any
thing and retained virtually nothing. Learn
ing can be made more enjoyable than it was
a century ago when knowledge was gotten
at the impetus of a hickory rod, but if
school is going to be all recreation, then
there isn’t going to be much learning.”—
Dr. L. J. Leon, professor of classical lan
guages at the University of Texas, predicts
postwar education will have fewer “frills and
more substantial teaching”.
* + *
“The post-war world confronts higher ed
ucation with the greatest responsibility in
its history. The conduct of the war is ne
cessitating new patterns of government and
new types of economic organization. It is
making drafts upon our human resources
and our technically trained men and women
which are difficult to meet. The process of
rebuilding will be educational and ideological
as well as economic and physical. Occupied
countries will need to be re-educated as a
result of Nazi infiltration of recent years.
Food will need to be supplied, and health
conditions will need to be improved. New pat
terns of government must be devised. War-
torn cities must be rebuilt. In all of this
activity there will be the greatest need for
leadership on the part of large numbers of
university-trained men and women. The de
velopment of a stable and humane world or
der is not a task to be achieved within a
few months or a few years. It will take gen
erations for its achievement. In the process
statesmanship of the highest order will be
required, and understanding leadership in
every field of human activity. The large
numbers of college men and women in Amer
ica must assume an active role in this im
portant undertaking. They cannot do so un
less the college curriculum comes to grips
with problems of international relations and
deals vigorously with racial and national
understanding.” Dr. E. O. Melby, president
of Montana State University, emphasizes
that America’s educational institutions are
faced with their greatest responsibility in
helping to win the war and prepare for the
problems of a post-war world.
Kollegiate Kaleidoscope'
Military map making will be taught to qual
ified senior women at the University of
Michigan in a special course being offered
at the request of the army map service, it is
announced by Prof. R. H. Sherlock, co-ordi
nator for the engineering, science and man
agement war training program.
During the special course, which will
start Feb. 8, the women students will be
given instruction in making bombing target
maps for use by the air forces. Those who
successfully complete the course and receiv*
a degree by June, 1943, will qualify under
Federal civil service as engineering aides
at $1,800 a year. Positions will be available
either in Washington, D. C., or other army
mapping ovices throughout the country.
No college credit will be given for the
technical instruction in planimetric and top
ographic mapping, map drafting, projections,
aeronautical charts, map reproduction, photo
mapping in two dimensions and checking
and elevation. The lectures and laboratory
work will total at least 60 hours. However,
the students may elect for credit such re
lated courses as mathematics, geography,
surveying and geology.
Sweepings ...
We humans shouldn’t question
God’s wisdom even if He did make
mosquitoes, hurricanes, earth
quakes, leprosy, and Hitler.
A southern physician related a
number of funny experiences
among colored folk at the time of
the smallpox scare in which a gen
eral vaccination crusade had been
undertaken.
.One case was an old colored
woman who said she had no time
to stop work to be sick from vac
cination; that the children would
starve and freeze if she could not
do her laundry work, and that it
was positively out of the question
to have a lame arm.
“Well, Auntie,” said the doctor,
“I’ll vaccinate you on one of your
lower limbs, so it won’t interfere
with your work.”
“No, siree,” said Auntie, “Ah
cahn’t spare one 0’ my laigs neith
er.”
Then the doctor said kindly:
“Well, what spot could you spare,
because you must be vaccinated?”
The old colored woman thought
and thought, and finally said slow
ly, “Well, Lord knows, I don’t ever
get a chance to set down.”
Several years ago I attended a
convention of drug salesmen. The
chairman, who was president of
one of the companies, called on
the oldest salesman present to
stand. Then he said: “Gentlemen,
there stands before you the health
iest man in America. He has been
with us for forty years and his
expense accounts show that he has
never missed a meal!”
this practice in artificial respira
tion and the fireman’s carry at
drill reminds us of yearly fire
man’s short course held here, minus
the hook and ladder department.
Although the individual regi
mental balls still stand right now,
look for an announcement in a
couple of days to the tune that
instead of three balls, only one
big corps ball will be held. Efforts
are being made to get some really
top-notcher in the orchestra world
before releasing this.
Latest date for ERC activation
is a little earlier than the April
5th date previously aired—but look
out, you never can tell.
Senior Section ...
At least once a year it is found
necessary to remind the corps and
all other individuals who patron
ize Gnion Hall that there is a defi
nite section set aside for seniors.
This is a time-honored tradition
which even the war should not
change. We expect observance of
it by the underclassmen and sin
cerely hope that the navy, air corps,
and marines stationed here will
cooperate also. It extends from the
front row of the middle section
back to the wide aisle separating
its two parts, and of the first two
rows in the balcony. If necessary,
those found there who are not clas
sified seniors will be subjected to
disciplinary action by the senior
court. Let’s try to avoid this by
taking seats elsewhere and keeping
“peace in the family.”
Midweek distractions at the two
theatrical houses of College Sta
tion this time offer a slapstick
flikker and a not-so-hot comedy-
melodrama. Saving the best for
the last, let’s look in on the Cam
pus distraction showing today and
tomorrow, A NIGHT TO REMEM
BER, with Brian Aherne and Lo
retta Young, about an hour and a
half of prolonged “entertainment”
that in your reporter’s opinion sort
of fails to fill the bill.
It’s a comedy-mystery show with
entirely too much footage of noth
ing that’s interesting. The story is
somewhat confusing, although on
the credit side of the ledger there
are several humorous situations
thank to the lead, Loretta and
Brian. This is a yam about an un
successful reader of mystery
stories who moves to Greenwich
Village with his wife, laboring un
der the impression that there he
can pick up the material for one
humdinger of a yam. What really
Editorial...
Following is a letter to the edi
tor of the L. S. U. Revielle, stu
dent newspaper of Louisiana
State University, concerning the
reception center at Camp Beaure
gard, Louisiana. The editors of
the Battalion feel that it speaks
for itself.
Reception Center
Camp Beauregard, La.
Dear Editor:
The reception center here at
Beauregard is not a training cen
ter. Men who come here are clas
sified, given supplies, and are then
transferred. While in the receiv
ing companies, no one is privileged,
and everyone is assigned to K.P.
and other duties, regardless of
whethei* he is a new selectee, an
old sergeant who is being reclass
ified, or an officer candidate.
I was much surprised to learn
that most of the L. S. U. cadets
who passed through here recently
on their way to 0. C. S. brought
unfavorable criticism upon them
selves and their school by their
unwillingness to take orders from
“lowly” corporals and privates.
They resented being given K. P.
and other duties, and made it gen
erally known that “It won’t be
long before I’m an officer, and,
brother, I just hope I meet up with
you again.”
This petty attitude has rewarded
them with the contempt and ill-
feeling of the men here who came
in contact with them. These men
have unanimously agreed that the
Texas Aggies who were recently
here are both better sports and
better soldiers.
As a former L. S. U. student, I
know that this is not true. Since
coming here I have boasted that
the L. S. U. cadet can hold his own
against any cadet in the entire
country, but these few bad sports
have certainly done nothing to up
hold my claim.
happens is that a real mystery de
velops right under hife nose, get
ting him in a number of tight
spots upon his insistence to butt
in on the work of the police and
solve the case. It seems that the
guy who was bumped off was a
blackmailer preying on a number
of innocent people. Miss Young and
Mr. Aherne take the parts of wifey
and hubby.
The Lowdown: See it if you’ve
nothing better to do!
Now for the other half of the
midweek distraction playbill, Gun-
yon hall offers an A & C special,
PARDON MY SARONG, a la the
usual style of those two prime
funsters. In addition to the two
funsters, lovely-to-look-at Virginia
Bruce is thrown in for extra good
measure. This is beyond all shadow
of a doubt one of the funniest of
the Abbott and Costello pictures
that’s hit the campus yet. It’s a
means* for the two long time clowns
to pull out every trick that they
know, both old and new—and be
lieve me, they do just that.
The story starts in New York
where our heroes have swiped a
bus from the Big City and are on
their way to the West coast trans
porting a playboy yachtsman. Aft
er millions and millions of laughs,
etc., the fat boy and his side kick
wind up on a South Sea isle with
head hunters, beeutiful native las
sies and just loads of other things.
The Lowdown—Side-splittin’.
Tomorrow night as Town Hall’s
next attraction, Jose Iturbi, world
renowned pianist, will be featured
on the Guion hall stage. It’s sel
dom in these times that we get to
hear such noted musicians. We
should take advantage of the op
portunity offered so few people
these days, and endeavor to keep
alive appreciation of such classics
as Mr. Iturbi will present on the
Town Hall stage.
The Lowdown—It’ll do you good.
WHAT’S SHOWING
At Guion Hall
Today and tomorrow, “Par
don My Sarong,” with Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello and
Virginia Bruce.
At the Campus
Today and tomorrow, “A
Night to Remember,” with
Loretta Young and Brian
Aherne.
4-1181
Box Office Opens 1 P. M.
TODAY - TOMORROW
BUD
(ZZfc ^J-^ozb <zSay5,...
I, THE DAY
Here is a new addition to hash-
counter slang. A soldier walked
into a cafe and ordered a dish of £> a y> I cover all,
yellow squash. The biscuit-shooter !’ m o’er the world ’tween each
called out, “Step on a Jap” to the nightfall
short-order cook. And even then I light some wall.
Nine hundred seamen at present are
assigned to the naval training school for
electricians at Purdue University.
“Who says there ain’t no jus
tice in this here land?
I just got a divorce from my old
man—
I laughed and laughed at the
judge’s decision
’Cause he gave him the kids, and
they wasn’t even his’en!”
Rumor Clinic ...
No. 64,794: All ornamental brass
will be discarded for the govern
ment scrap piles and replaced by
cloth, in every unit of the armed
services.
Campus Pick Ups .
April 2 marks the day the in
fantry and cavalry ball are sched
uled to occur, which leaves only 17
more days for making all those
date arrangements and hocking
your roommate’s books.
It seems the single men in the
Senior Veterinary class don’t know
when they’re licked. The married
men defeated them in softball two
Sundays ago and to add “insult to
injury” they were beaten in a
basketball game 52 to 40 last Sun
day. Where does all this energy
come from?
Seeing the engineers doing all
In China now, in America then,
I long to see the great day when
He gives me mark to halt my stand
And make it dark in every land.
I know the world, I know its Life,
I feel its pulse through Peace and
Strife;
And when the time comes that I
move on
I sooth its soul with night’s quiet
song.
People think I have no thoughts,
And that I’ll be here in days not
wrought;
But He, some day, will lift His
hand
And I’ll rest my soul in the dark
ened land.
I, the Day, I cover all,
I’m o’er the world ’tween each
nightfall
And even then I light some wall.
Drexel Institute of Technology,
for the first time, is accepting wo
men in all departments of the
school of engineering.
High school students who have
completed the junior year and who
can pass entrance tests may enter
Denison university, Granville, Ohio
under a new ruling.
Navy Gives Details
Of Officer Training
Program in Colleges
Details of the new Navy College
Training program, designed to pro
duce officers for the Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard, were an
nounced by the Navy Department
last week. Named V-12, the plan
will get under way about July 1,
and will give training ranging
from 32 to 192 weeks for various
classes of naval personnel.
In general, students selected un
der V-12 will spend one and one-
third years in college, although
some will receive longer training.
As well as absorbing most of
the college students now enlisted
in the Navy and Marine Corps Re
serves, V-12 is open to Army En
listed Reservists who expressed
preference for the Navy, Marine
Corps, or Coast Guard when they
signed up, and students holding
probationary Navy Reserve com
missions. High school graduates
and seniors between 17 and 20 and
enlisted personnel in the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard are
also eligible.
Civilian candidates for this pro
gram must be United States citi
zens, be able to pass Navy physi
cals—with a minimum eyesight
rating of 18/20—be single and
ag^ee not to marry until commis
sioned, and have officer qualifica
tions.
All V-12s will be assigned to col
leges which have Navy contracts.
They will be in uniform under mili
tary discipline and will receive ap-
(See NAVY, page 4)
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