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Page 2- -THE BATTALION- -THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1943 The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Texas A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and hanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. :e at College reh 3, 1870 Mechanical College of Texas and -ublished three times ' ' Saturday mornings. Entered as second class matter at the Post Offici Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of Mar PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis Man, Your Manners By 1 Sherwood da Subscription rates $3 per school year, upon request. Advertising rates 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. 1942 Member 1943 Phsocteifed Collegiate Pres* John Holman Editor-in-Chief Jack Keith - Associate Editor Dan ell E. Griffin Staff Photographer Sports Staff Hank Avery Sports Editor Bill Jarnagin i Junior Editor John Stout Senior Sports Assistant Thomas Boog Sports Assistant Ruben R. Caro Costas Sports Writer Circulation Staff Joe Stalcup Circulation Manager Kenneth Varvel Senior Assistant Bill Trodlier Junior Assistant Jimmy Marks, T. L. Johnson Assistants Advertising Staff Haskell Lindley Advertising Manager Bd Schlenker Assistant Advertising Manager Buck Martib .....Thursday Asst. Advertising Manager Tuesday’s Staff John Holman Managing Editor Sylvester Boone Reporter The Unknown Pilot.. . This is a story of a man who receives no medal, hears no brass bands, and gets no thanks. He is a flyer. He is one of the United States Army Air Force’s civilian instructors who will never write headlines in the sky. Yet he is a key man in our war machine and has the backing and the confidence of the air force. He should definitely have the backing of the people also. Today a good flight instructor is a very rare man indeed. If he has decided to give up the glory of combat flying for the steady monotony of the civilian instructor’s job, he must undergo a “refresher course,” which only 50 per cent of the applicants pass. After this, he must constantly talk himself out of his natural urge of wanting to run off and fight. It is obvious that every good pilot can not be a good instructor. Many of our best combat fliers would not have the tempera ment and the patience to teach class after class of men, giving the last student the same minute of attention that was given to the first. The strain of instructing tries the brain, the stamina, and the ingenuity almost to the point of exhaustion. The experience of the instructor allows him to determine in 12 hours whether a student would be a better fighter or bomb er pilot, navigator, or bombadier. Upon the lines of distinction which an instructor must draw depends OUr ultimate victory in the air; -i "-' The Correct Use of Military Titles Lieutenants are addressed officially as “Lieu tenant.” The objectives “First and “Second” are not used, except in written communica tions. Other officers are addressed or referred to by their titles. In conversation and in non-official correspondence, brigadier gen erals, major generals, and lieutenant gener als are referred to and addressed as “Gen eral.” Lieutenant colonels, under the same conditions, are addressed as “Colonel.” A senior officer may address a junior by his name, such as “Jones” or “Smith,” but the'junior officer may not address his senior officer by any but his proper title. Warrant officers and flight officers are addressed as “mister.” They are saluted. Chaplains are addressed as “Chaplain” regardless of their grade. A Catholic chap lain may be addressed as “Father.” Members of the Army Nurse Corps are addressed as “Nurse.” Members of the Army Nurse Corps and WAAC should be saluted the same as com missioned officers of the army. Noncommissioned officers are address ed by their titles. Officers address them as “Sergeant,” “Corporal,” etc. Master sergeant, staff sergeant, etc., are addressed as “Ser geant.” Officers address privates as “Jones” or “Smith.” (The above rules were taken from the official manners and customs of the service.) ,/r/ two ^ ©* / Copf. 1943, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World fights reserved. / Q jOovjdovim on Campus 'Distractions By Nelson Karbach “I’d like to report a couple of suspicious-looking mermaids in this district, Sargel” BACKWASH Mo Hotel BattaHon Etta “Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence” Webster Funny . . . Bear Facts . . . How everyone seems to be per- The Kodiak (Alaska) Bear, offi- fectly willing for “reception center c ial Army newspaper at Fort Gree- tales” to go untold around here, ly, Alaska, has the following two While we were there, the consensus notices in the upper right and left- of opinion was hand corners of the front page— that Aggieland where the weather forecast and had material for edition are usually found. Instead a thousand years 0 f the weather, it has: of “bull sessions,” Prediction but now that we u. S. Pilots sweeping low, ' “One thing you can all do is to buy war bonds and stamps. Perhaps you cannot in vest all you receive or earn. And as you in vest this money you will also be investing your own sacrifice and self-respect. In a practical an dpatriotic way, you will be unit ing scholarship and citizenship. You will also be investing in the future. Youth has always depended on the future. Today the future depends on youth.” It’s more than a man’s , , war says Henry Morgentheau, Jr., secretary talk about , most an y ything y lhat For the second time in a row, the Campus Theater is offering another stinker for public con sumption. Showing today and to morrow is Damon Runyon’s “The Big Street” disgracing, rather than starring, Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball. It is maudlin sentamentalism from start to finish. If you have the courage to sit through the en tire picture, its psudo-drama will leave your nerves completely shot. The story involves Lucille Ball who is a dancer in a night club because she is the moll of the local bigshot grangster. Henry Fonda is a bus boy in the same night club and is secretly eating his heart out for love of Lucille. While crossing a street, Lucille is struck by a pas sing automobile and is left a hope less cripple. This gives Fonda a chance to show his undying love for her. Of course, Lucille is deserted by her cheap friends because her hpysical charms were destroyed in the ac cident. She has to stay in the hos pital for a long time and her money is gradually used up. Fonda then begins to pay her hospital bills. He finally takes her home with him when his money runs out too. Lucille doesn’t appreciate Fon da’s efforts but that doesn’t stop him at al. He loves her too much. He manages to fix it so she can sing again in the night club. What happened after this I can’t tell you because I left. It was just too much for me. The Lowndown: Be- ter take your girl to see this one too. You’ll have to do something to take your mind off the picture. Guion Hall, however is present something to counteract the stench caused by the Campus. Beginning today is “Always In My Heart” with Walter Huston, Kay Frances, and a new .juvenile singing star Gloria Warner. This promises to be worth seeing. The whole picture is stolen by the acting of little Patty Hale who plays the part of a three-year-old girl. Watch Patty Hale! The story is a rehash of the old plot where the wife of a convict with three children falls in love with a rich man. The rich man does his best to win over the love of the children but fails. When it is found that the wife’s ex-husband is innocent after all, the rich man gracefully withdraws and the cou ple is happily reunited. We haven’t seen it but we have it from usually reliable sources that it is a picture that shouldn’t be missed. We understand that the singing of Gloria Warner is nothing short of marvelous. The Lowdown: “Oh it is the best show I have ever seen,” said Editor Holman as he clasp his hands above his heart in estacy. Showing Sunday for one day only at Guion Hall is Walt Disney’s (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4) Holman are back, no one seems to want to talk about it—ex cept the Battal ion. You know the Battalion is of the treasury. “It is right that the interests of the so-called Drop their bombs on Tokyo. Calling cards that pack a punch, Kayoing Japs—the whole damn bunch! Then for the edition box, it has: Obituary Russians are Red Nazis are blue. Hitler’s death notice Is almost due! will create excitement. There are several little bits of common people in a republic should always human interest stuff that should r pf4- pr o be kept uppermost, but, if the republic is to be committed to print, however. o u remain sound, it is imperative that the dis- You have all probably heard the Solchers ( ■) here on the campus covery and development of the uncommon stories, so I won’t bore you with should remember that only first people in our rankp be carefully provided for. the whole thing. First, there is the c } ass ! ette J s , !? ay ba se Y t . free Y n ' , , v ; : . Nowhere has initiative been more in evidence Fort Sam tale of Baldy (Weldon) ^ er th ® Soldl ® r s Franking pnv- When that victory comes, over Rome, than in hte United States, and upon this Maples, who, after being issued a llege - ^ ny wei ^ ht , letter ma y be Berlin, and Tokyo, it may be directly traced quality depends our whole conception of pri- field jacket with some stripes on sent ’ but ma ^ azines > packages, to the civilian instructor who often said as V ate free enterprise.” — Deane W. Malott, it detailed an entire barracks full folders ’ or newspapers must be he ,sent his future ace up for his first solo: chancellor of the University of Kansas, em- of Mexican rookies to clean up the s ^ ed - To s A end a le , tter ® peci , al “Firi getting out of the front cockpit phasizes that individual initiative is the driv- place—and got away with it . . . ® ell Y e f y ^ Air Mai1 ’ on ! y bbe and'asking God to get in. God knows, you’ll ing force that accounts for all human prog- a nd how mad are the boys from Spe ® iaI Dell very stamp or the Air J TVfoil o-fo -TV* TV YYtn o4- U /"V/J need Him!” —H-SU Brand ress. Sparks and Scopes Naval Training Station News i -! (1. 1 Marine Corps, Small but Growing, Stands High in Service to Nation and All Mankind Almost engulfed by the bianket- ing millions in the Army and Navy the two hundred thousand Marines would be called a minor unit of the arined forces of the United States "if it were not for their heroic and glorifying deeds. A mere handful' in comparison, they have proved their ability and loyalty again and again to their country by doing what they call duty—a chance to fight arid die for the land they love;' ' ’ . To most, a Marine is a figure decoratively attired in brilliant plumage, strutting arrogantly about, continuously bragging about deeds done: Not in way of an ex cuse or alibi, but in the light of an explanation:- perhaps this is why. '*-• ; A lad, enthused with the fervor of patriotism, enters the Marine Corps ranks, only to find it consists of more than just pretty uniforms and idle boasts. He learns quickly and ruggedly why Marines fit so well in that uniform, as his excess weight melts—why the Marines 200 More Marines . . . The swelling ranks of the Ma rine Corps here at Texas A. & M. have anothe raddition of 200 men to help occupy the barracks build ings and receive their schooling at Anchor Hall. These men arrived shortly after Company 16 gradu ated on March 20, 1943. Both with regret and pride the graduated class saw Texas A. & M. for the last time Wednesday, March 24. Their gratitude to the Aggie hospitality and friendliness could be expressed only the Marine way: “Those Aggies are great guys.” The armed forces entered the grounds of the college, which in stantly abolished the old “college are the fighters they are, as he is taught how to use the bayonet, judo, and rifle. The bragging is not egotism, but rather a defense for the little band of men known as the Marine Corps. Realism that the Marine Corps has torn him apart, figuratively, and remoulded him into the man commonly known as the fighting Marine, makes him proud to be one of their number. The Fleet Marine Force still and will always be the heart and back bone of the Corps, even as its help ing appendages grow. Aviation and Communications, both at one time comparatively small, are now com ing along rapidly in their own light. Within a short space of time the Corps will emerge an enlarged and solidified unit with all the imple ments, branches and men needed to fulfill the demands of modern war. Within the hearts and minds of the men; “Semper Fidelis” means more than Faithfulness to the Corps, but also to the Nation, to .the people and to God. life” of this campus; yet with cus tomary Aggie helpfulness, they set about making the soldiers, sailors, and Marines feel not like intruders; but like welcomed guests. The graduated class of'the Ma rine Corps, Company 16, extends a salute to their friends, the “Texas Aggies.” ance is bliss! Sam and Beauregard about the MaU Stamp mUSt be " ttached - Wolters rookies returning with a TGXcHIS . . . full head of hair! Then there was There are so many Texans in the typical Army first sergeant, the armed forces that an executive John T. Skinner (from Gaw-ga) 0 f ficer on an Army post in Alaska who greeted his company so cheer- was thinking about writing his sen- ily each morning with “Awright, a t 0 r to see what could be done you @?!?*!?, fall in there, like about changing the National An- two rows of corn a hoe-handle them to “Deep in the Heart of apart! . . . and the sarge who Texas.” Now there is a certain Dreams of a happy weekend go constantly referred to us as “you sergeant who, upon hearing of the up in smoke. Now that beautiful West Point boys.” A sight suffi- officer’s plan, suggested still an- blonde will go out with somebody ci en t To make the devil laugh was other plan. Said he, “Why not move else. Perhaps if he worked bn the The colored corporal who gave com- the national capital to Arizona and sergeant’s sympathetic nature (?), m ands like “Column right! DO IT!” gj ve Texas back to Mexico.” Ignor- he’d be able to get three hours of Anybody that has any reception the six on a work detail; conse- center to tell > dro P them b y quently making him eligible for an the Batt office—we’d like to have unrestricted weekend. them. Words come fast and sure. They Sweeping’S . . . rise and swell in heart-rending ex- Is it true that a certain TSCW planation. That gleam in the ser- lassie said goodbye to her date geant’s eye might be one of under- then returned to her hall to meet standing/ Taking this as a good an Aggie who had come calling? point, the Marine continues rapid- Who ever that Aggie is should be ly. His voice sobbing with emotion, ashamed of himself. Lots of these the punishee all but turns on the privates around here planning on tears. hitting Denton about the 10th if A slow, benign smile comes upon possible—junior-soph prom time the countenance of the “top”, as up there . . . 600 WAACs are going he slowly advances upon the cul- to make the trip more interesting. prit. Paralyzed with fear, the con- demned one cannot move. In the U is not a strange sight for one same leisurely manner, Fuccia Gyrene to slap another on the back, reaches for “da ball bat.” In one bursting, bounding leap, the victim makes for the exit. and with a good-natured grin say, “Howdy, Yankee.” Only to be answered back in the Result, comes Saturday at 2:00, f am f manner of comradeship with, this poor soul wasted a lovely aft- yourself, Rebel. ernoon, plus rubber (which is sore ly needed for national defense) The unity of the country is shown in such a simple way. Dif- “Six hours on the Grinder,” comes from First Sergeant Fuccia. The words burst about the ears of the poor unfortunate Marine stand ing in front of him like a death knell. The punishee’s mouth opens to protest, when a look from the sergeant closes it with a snap. trampling down the lawn in front ^ erences obliterated, with racial of Building 10. His eyes watering, Prejudices a thing of the past. Men knees buckling from weariness, fa- k now i n g some day they will fight tigue etched in lines about his face, shoulder to shoulder, forget the he returns to look forward t* a P^ty hatreds and jealousies toward horrible Saturday night and all day on i e an °t h er and strike up breth- Sunday; contemplating why his eldy friendliness to the degree eloquent speech didn’t take effect where it would S€em strange to on the (beloved) first sergeant. Code Is the Same Tough Fight to All those who are not in the Marine Corps. The feeling extends toward their brothers in arms, the Army and Navy, in jibes that tend to make Yankee twangs, Southern drawls, them one big happy, scrappy, fam- and Western slow speech mix to- ily. gether here at Texas A. & M. Col- This, however, must exist be- lege as the forces of the Marine cause the enlisted men are the so Corps’ personnel strive to conquer important cog in the well-oiled, the elusive code. Throughout the clicking machinery that turns units bedlam of mixed accents is a strong of war into the synchronized, co tie, knotted by the oath of the ordinated solids of destruction.— Marines. Pvt Hal Green. 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"LITTLE PINKS" Also “MARCH OF TIME” CARTOON — NEWS NEW PRICES Effective April 1st Due to Higher Operating Expenses Admission - 30c (Including Tax) MATINEE AND NIGHT Special Prices to Men in Uniform 25c (Including Tax) MATINEE AND NIGHT TODAY - THURSDAY MEET A NEW STAR!' rmrriiifKAY * WALTER FRANCIS • HUSTON and introducing GLORIA WARREN Only 15 and she sings like a million! .je A NEW WARNER BROS. HIT with PATTY HALE • FRANKIE THOMAS • BORRAU MINEVITCH A H!S RASCNl S • Directed by JQ GRAIT Original Scr«>.. 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