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-THE BATTALION-
-SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 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 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,
Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco.
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-6444.
1942 Member 1943
Associated Go!!e6iate Press
Open Forum
Campus Camera
^Ufis Jlovj&ovcni on . .
Sports Staff
Hank Avery - Sports Editor
Bill Jarnagin t 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
Saturday's Staff
Tom Journeay Managing Editor
Eugene Robards Reporter
Tommy Gould Reporter
Bill Jarnagin Reporter
Arthur Matula — — Reporter
Your Church ...
Religion, according to Webster, is an ac
knowledgement of our obligations to God.
Those obligations are many—so many, in
fact, so many and so great that no man has
ever met and completely fulfilled them.
Every man on this campus today should
realize his own obligations to God, and more
than ever should attempt to meet them.
For most of us, going to church is the most
obvious way of acknowledging what God
and the church means to you.
College Station is well equipped for
your church-going, and no matter what the
degree of sincerity you might have in your
heart, you will always be welcome.
If you have not been attending the
church of your choice regularly, begin this
Sunday and if you go at every opportunity,
you will leave with a much better feeling
in your heart, better prepared and more able
to meet the everyday problems of life.
March 14, 1943
2598 Hazel Ave.
Beaumont, Texas
Dear Editor:
I have been reading your articles in the
Battalion and wondered if you could help me.
I would like very much to meet an Ag
gie as I have heard so much about them I
think it would be fun to be acquainted with
one. I know this doesn’t sound very logical
but please see what you can do.
I am a blonde, have green eyes, am five
feet five, and love to dance. Won’t someone
write me soon and tell me all?
Hopefully yours,
Miss Betty Lord
• Surely there are some Aggies from
that part of Texas who will oblige Miss Lord.
“There is not a fiercer hell than the fail
ure in a great object.”—John Keates
© As the World Turns
^Dr. A1 B. Nelson::
Book publishers in Mexico have been exempt
ed from taxation in order to increase the
output of books and to lower the price to
the consumer. The Mexican government
seems to be a sincere believer in education
and backs its beliefs.
Good news? Alarm darks are to be man-
facturer again. There is also
talk of allowing a limited
number of baby b u g g i e s,
stoves, and electric refrigera
tors to be manufacturered.
Army post exchanges have
just bought 229,500 pairs of
dice as a “comfort” item for
soldiers. When questioned of
ficers said they were bought
so the soldiers could play Par-
cheesi.
Mexico has ordered a military
mission of high army officers
to North Africa to study mechanized war
fare in order that their training program
may not suffer.
German troops and planes are pouring from
western Europe to Russia. This looks as if
the Germans are convinced that there will
be no second front soon.
Campus distractions
By Nelson Karbach
OF ALL
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
OBTAIN .
DEGREES/
THE U. OF HAWAII IS THE ONLY UNIV
ERSITY IN THE WORLD NOT LOCATED WITH
IN 2000 MILES OF ANOTHER UNIVERSITY/
DR. EVA FIESEL
LINGUISTICS PROFESSOR At
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, READ
3 BOOKS A DAY UP TO THB
DAY OF HER DEATH.
HER LAST 3 BOOKS WERE
"THE YEARS* LIFE
TARK WINDOWS*—DEATH
* TRIUMPH*—RESURRECUOH
Nelson
Attention Air Corps Men
You newspaper men of the 308th—if you’d like to get the
feel of a typewriter under your fingers again, the press staff
of the detachment can find a spot for you.
This applies to men with college or actual newspaper ex
perience who thus far have no definite assignment on the staff.
There are a lot of features and other stories waiting to be writ
ten by you. If interested, report to the editor in room C-8,
Hart hall.
All wingmen of the detachment may turn in material or
story ideas to their equadron editors. These editors are Fred
Huston, Squadron I; Tom Steph, Squadron II; Robert King,
Squadron III; Kenneth Durrett, Squadron IV.
AIRCREW TRAINING SCHOOL NEWS
Rudder Dust
By and About Jake
Peculiar thing about deadlines.
You always manage to meet ’em
somehow. But how we connived to
beat the deadline to the tape
Thursday no human will ever say.
Monday night there was no such
organization as an Aircrew branch
of the Batt. By Wednesday night
the spike had to be loaded with
copy. Jake thinks sometimes the
angels look after us.
***
You gadgets did nicely with your
contributions. Keep the stories
coming.
***
Some of the student waiters in
the dining hall probably realize
what a close brush with a tipless
month they had. Squadron II took
permanent seats just in time to
leave a few sheckles under the
plates on pay day.
***
Speaking of payday, Jake fig
ured that $50 wasn’t so much hay
after all. Been a long time since
he’s seen five 10’s, row on row.
***
Don’t you envy those profs who
glide about the campus on bicy
cles. Any mode of transportation
looks enticing when you're walkin’.
***
Looks like we cease being the
“flying infantry,” though. Mon
day some of the wingmen actually
get a look at an Interstate trainer.
Wonder if the ’structor will start
off like it shows in the movies?
He points to the ship and, quite
profoundly, announces: “Men, this
is an airplane."
***
The leader of Section 8 got a
violent reaction out of his class-
bound students Thursday by an
nouncing they were to start three
hours of daily drill that afternoon.
Of course he finished off with an
“April Fool!”
***
Jake has finally decided why
that coating of tar on Military
Walk. It’s to cushion those heels
we constantly are told to dig in.
***
Some of the lads in Squadron II
are taking P.E. super-seriously.
The other night one of Jake’s
friends spied four of them sup
porting a long pole while a fifth
compatriot practiced chin-ups. It’s
hard to tell who worked the hard
est—the practicee or the support
ers.
***
Jake’s already written the light
of his life an invitation to the
Wing Ball next Friday night. How
many of you have followed suit?
And brothers, don’t forget to get
those suntans in shape.
By Nelson Karbach
Anything you want by way of
entertainment this weekend will be
available. The first all-service dance
will be held at the Grove tonight
with music by Jack McGregor and
the Aggieland Orchestra. Music
and fine art will be presented to
morrow at Guion Hall at the show
ing of Walt Disney’s “Fantasia.”
Looking over the list of movies to
be shown, *we find murder mystery,
western action, love, fantasy, and
musical comedy. You ought not
have too much difficulty deciding
how to spend your entertainment
budget.
If you are looking for a chance
to do a little hugging to music,
drop on down to the Grove Tong
about 8:30 for the all-service dance.
Music is furnished by the Aggie
land Orchestra which is still as
much in the groove as it was when
it played the Fitch Band Wagon
last summer. This, by the way, is
the first dance of the season to be
held under the stars. Take it from
an old expert bird-dogger that this
promises to be a good dance—espe
cially since there are several dark
corners on the dance slab. Scrip
is 50tf. Uniform is No. 1 for serv
ice men and Aggies and sport
dress for gals.
There are two mysteries to “Mur
der in the Big House,” showing
today only at Guion Hall. One mys
tery is who killed the victim, and
the other is what happened to the
script writer when he tried to
write this picture.
The plot leans on (or rather, is
propped up by) an unsuspected
prison warden committing one mur
der and about to pull another the
same way when a cub reporter up
sets his applecart. It seems by a
strange stretch of the imagination
that, of all the people concerned,
no one but a cub reporter could
think out how electricity could be
applied to metallic ear phones of
a radio set for the purpose of dis
posing of victims. But our cub re
porter comes through in the best
Sherlock Holmes style and cracks
the case. As a result of his genius,
he wins the lady fair. By the way,
the principal players are Faye Em
erson and Van Johnson—ever
heard of them?
The Lowdown: Sounds sort of
punk to me.
The second feature at Guion Hall
today is Kit Carson. This picture
The picture begins with Judy
and George making the tank town
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
"Letter Home" Tells of Life
As o Flying-Private at Aggieland
Glance over your buddy’s shoul- writing sooner, simply a declara- from uniforms into fatigues for
der and you most likely will find tion of fact. To prove my point, P.T.—that’s physical training. And is so old that we can’t get any in-
him writing something like this, here is a sample of ‘Our Day.’ that P.T. is worse than replacing formation on it at all. In fact, at
in the quiet of Sunday afternoon— r p] le bugler—may his soul some- The horse on the hayfork. Aside the time of writing, we can’t even
Dear Folks: res ide in a pit of pounding from 45 minutes of fast exercises, find out who is playing in it. How-
We are so darned busy, we avia- f ur y—blasts us out of bed at ap- 20 pushups, shadow boxing and 40 ever, racking my brain, it seems
tion students! proximately 67 wings before day- situps, there is only a 2.4 mile run to me that this picture was re-
And that s not an alibi for not break to you. Which doesn’t seem an< ^ U 16 obstacle course to take.
so bad, since your whole physique (See LETTER, Page 4)
ACTIi Begins Drive
To Sell War Bonds
By Pay Allotments
Campaigners Seek
100% Participation
Among Aircrew Trainees
Future Airman Seek
Wings by Scooting
AlOng GrOUnd at 90"Per be manifesting when you volunteer of the joys of the day. By the
Double patriotism.
leased when I was still in high
school (four years ago). If I re
member correctly, the high school
kids thought it was hot stuff. Ex
pect a rootin,’ tootin’, shootin’
western.
The Lowdown: Wear goggles to
keep from getting powder burns
around your eyes. Seems to me
that Guion Hall could have got
together a better program.
Much to the relief of everybody
member the disdain with which we concerned, there will be a change
its shaggy looked down upon “ Arkan sas Jour- of atmosphere around the Campus
so bad, since your whole physique
is still numb at that hour. Reveille
sounds 10 minutes later and we
grope our way into formation along
Military Walk in the darkish morn
ing air. Next we have 45 minutes
to shave and “disinfect” the room.
Honest, it’s gotta be cleaner than
your parlor on Sunday, Mom. It
has to be “germ-free” at all times, , ,
ever subject to inspection with a longCT than evebro ™, we can re-
microscope, virtually.
“As daylight rears
G.I. Dirt
SQUADRON II
Back in the days when civies
were in vogue and haircuts were
That’s what you wingmen will head we fall out for breakfast, one ™lism.” Oh, if only we had known. Theater tonight when Kudyard
• n .. 6 . . n ^ _ .... r.,. _ It seems, to be frank, that plant- Kmhnsr’s “Juntrle Book” flashes
The rockets are still at it.
The list of Wingmen who have
run the 2.4 miles under 14 minutes
grows each day, with two men, W.
L. Archer, and Charles Hinshaw
of Squadron four covering the dis
tance under 13 minutes.
Hinshaw’s time is 12:42 and
Archer made it yesterday in 12:48.
These low times were as of 10 a.m.
yesterday. Records set after that
will be published Tuesday in the
Batt.
plant- Kipling’s “Jungle Book” flashes
sss&SSg sirrj.'S 2
Your first patriotic willingness is
shown, of course, by the uniform
you wear.
Lieut. Logan H. Bagby, Jr., War
Bond Officer in charge of the cam
paign, reported the drive will be
handled among the men by the
Gleanings
SQUADRON I
newspaper game. All time is rela- Campus will be gone and a good
tive, but make ours vanilla. Still show will be presented,
it is nice not to have to worry You will like “Jungle Book” be-
about circulation. cause it is a picture that is quite
The biggest surprise of the week different from anything you’ve
was evidenced by all the married seen in a long time. It is pure fan-
men of the detachment when they tasy from start to finish adapted
read the bulletin board Wednesday, from Kipling’s book which we all
u
Phone 4-1188
—TODAY ONLY—
Double Feature
A
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Directed by B. REAVES EASON I |TP rrrr
with FAYE EMERSON • VAN JOHNSON-GEORGE MEEKER
Original Screen Play by Raymond L Schrock • Based Upon aa idea
Jany Cbodoroe • A Wtrotr Bna.- fleet MatJooal Ptctaa*.
Feature No. 2
“KIT CARSON”
Starring
JON HALL
LYNN BARI
Plus
Disney Cartoon
“HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL”
— SUNDAY —
Walt Disney’s
“FANTASIA”
With
Mickey Mouse
Leopold Stowkowski
At Regular Admission
200
(Including Tax)
Features at:
1:00 - 2:56 - 4:50 - 6:45
8:30
ani/jib
4-1181
Opens 1 p. m.
LAST DAY
Gym Suits Available
At Cost to ACTC Men
Next Week Says Kelly
Men of the 308th Air Crew
Training detachment will be af
forded an opportunity to purchase
complete gym outfits, including
shoes, at wholesale cost, sometime
next week, Lieut. Albert S. Kelley,
plans and training officer, revealed
yesterday.
STAFF OF THE 308TH A.C.T.D.
Richard C. Franklin.— Editor-in-Chief
Russell Bolton - - Today’s Managing Editor
Thomas Dellinger
William C. Pool .
.Associate Editors
Fred Houston, I
Thomas Steph, II
Robert King, III
Kenneth Durrett, IV - Squadron Editors
How about a well-deserved bou-
academic section leaders, with the quet to one of the best officers in mT"" ^ ^ ’I* Z 'T*.
,. ... x , , , * " , _ The current stoppage of all mar- had to read back when we were m
sections in direct competition with the detachment? Cecil B. Omo, ■ j
r^ r;rT der of “ c ” F r is “ *
honors. The goal is to be 100 per the fellow. Omo is a man who can a wedding ring has little extra ad _ the b who was raised in the jun _
cent participation m every section take authority and really handle it vantage> and the boys with week _ gle by wolves . Later> by hel of
Buying of bonds will be through in the best of ways. Keep it up end dates with their wives have th0 animals> he ^ to foil
monthly allotments deducted from Doc, al the fellows m your flight cancelled such in favor of the all _ human thieves and conspirators<
the aircrew students pay Under are really for you one hundred per gervicedancethisevening Results It is spectacul lavish and
the new War Department plan cent. + can sa y ? technically impressive. The techni-
bonds will be delivered within 15 Some of these days Adjutant Ce- color ig gorgeous . Even if it is a
days of date of purchase, it is point- celski is going to blow a lung when Competition in the squadron has fairy story, you will enjoy every
e ° ut . , ,, , he gives the command “posts!” He arisen and Chuck Blevins states minute of the 103 minutes it runs.
It was stressed that no pressure had already developed a danger- that he is ready t o push honors The Lowdown: Forget the war,
will be exercised during the cam- ous wheeze on the last two letters wit h J. T. Sykes for additions in- the P. E. department, and the mil-
paign. All signers will be strictly that lead one to believe that a gas- te the family. Blevins also has a itary department and sit back for
volunteers. ket is cracked. If and when it does p a j r 0 f twins which are expected an hour and forty-five minutes of
Those wishing to buy bonds may go, everybody duck. The concus- soon, and both boys will be losing thorough enjoyment.
have any of the three amounts tak- sion will be terrific! _ sleep before long. Tomorrow for one day only,
en ^out of their pay each month • Claude Bartmess of “A” Flight Sikes. It seems his room mates are Guion Hall presents “Fantasia.”
$3.75, $6.25, or $18. i5, the latter seems to be the only one of the Apologies are also due to Andrew This is reviewed completely on
being the cost of one $25 bond. No Oklahoma boys in the outfit that up i n the air and Sikes himself is page one.
one needs to repeat that you get can swing a pass to get back up beginning to wonder. However, at The Lowdown: Pve already seen
back $4.00 for every $3.00 invested, to Oklahoma City. He’s taking off latest count, Mr. Sikes does NOT this show three times and Pm
after ten years. this week-end for OC in a legal have twins on the way. In fact, going to sit through it twice more
Lieut. Bagby pointed out that fashion, three day pass and all. Sikes, isn’t even married. today,
the men may make their parents, It’s a darn good trick if you can Joseph Murphy and George “For Me and My Gal” with Judy
wives or other relatives benefici- work it. Schutt are the latest additions to Garland and George Murphy be-
aries or co-owners, and the bonds By the way, men, when that the worshippers of Bryan. They gins a three-day run at Guion Hall
will be sent either to the airmen’s “volunteer contribution” comes up are raving about a pair of maid- Monday. This is an excellent pic-
homes or to the men, whichever again next pay day, be sure to ens whom they met last week-end, ture and is well worth going to
they choose. volunteer. A couple of the fellows Maybe their girl-friends have a see—even if Judy Garland doesn’t
The initial campaign reports will decided not to mess with it the couple of girl-friends, if you get seem the same now that she’s a
be released Wednesday. (See GLEANINGS, Page 4) what we mean. married woman.
ected by IRVING REIS. Produced by
.MON RUNYON. Screen play by Leonardj
iaelqass. From the Collier 1 * maqaun*.
- - story, "LITTLE PINKS"
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NEW PRICES
Effective April 1st
Due to Higher Operating
Expenses
Admission - 30c
(Including Tax)
MATINEE AND NIGHT
Special Prices to
Men in Uniform
25c
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