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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSP-APER
Man, Your Manners
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Upstreaming ...
In the past issues of the Battalion this
semester, much has been said about the
hitch-hiking traditions here at College.
Never before in the history of A. & M. have
these traditions been so utterly disregarded.
It used to be considered the heighth of any
thing but being an Aggie to be caught “up-
streaming” on the hi-ways. Due to these
conditions it has been suggested by many of
the upperclassmen that the Aggie corner
to Houston be moved from the East Gate,
where it has always been, to the corner at
the “Y” on this side of Bryan. This will cut
out much of the up-streamers it is hoped
and give everyone an equal chance to catch
a ride, as it seems that some guys insist
on going there anyway instead of the East
Gate where they belong. The question is one
to be decided by the Corps as a whole so
everyone's opinion is desired.—B.F.
Something to Read •
By Dr. T. F, Mayo
Number One By John Dos Passos
In his new novel, Number One, John
Doe Passos has drawn the full blown picture
of an American dictator. Number One, as he
is known around political headquarters, is
Homer T. Crawford. The fact that “Chuck”
Crawford looks like Huey Long or that his
amazing career from a hungry boy selling
newspapers in a little Southern town which
smacks of Texarkana, Texas, to the halls of
the United States senate parallels the life
and career of the late King Fish’s is not
nearly so significant as the fact that it
parallels a half dozen other similar careers.
Completely turned out with a hillbilly
band, a sound truck, a soft talking wife and
three little boys (to perfect the picture of
an impeccable family man) Chuck tours the
state hauling in the votes. He loves Demo
cracy, the common people, and pot likker.
He hates store bought clothes, education, and
Fascism. He has his own radio station,
WEMM, over which he can assure the people
that he is a good man and prove it by quot
ing the Bible.
This double edged character who is the
guiding spirit of a fundamentally fascist
organization and whose personal life is de
bauched and useless, is pictured to us through
the eyes of his henchman secretary, Tyler
Spotswood. Tyler is the older brother of the
hero of Dos Passos’ earlier novel, The Ad
ventures of a Young Man. Tyler has resolv
ed never to die for an ideal and never to
have one. He is given over to drink and,
By 1. Sherwood
Advice on Manners and customs of fifty
years or more ago sounds pretty quaint in
the present day reading, but it isn’t so very
different, for after all, good manners have
changed very little and many old customs
are as proper today as the day they began.
The following advice on marriage will
slay the young men who read this—it still
makes sense after fifty years: “I do not
think any man should marry until thirty,
and if he is not reformed at that age, it is
a very unsafe experiment for any woman
to attempt it.”
Etiquette of the dance for girls—writ
ten in 1893: “When the wretched truth
dawns upon you that the music and dancing
are secondary things and that you are be
ing hugged, actually hugged by a man whom
you are not going to marry, you should re
sist the impulse to put both hands against
him and push with all your might. You sim
ply get tired suddenly and ask to be taken
to your chaperon.” The only difference the
writer can see, between that day and this,
is that the modern girl wouldn’t depend on
the chaperon—if any—she would very likely
call him a “wolf” or a later term—if one—
and then go on with the dance.
The following advice to “clock-watchers”
is just as good as the day it was written:
“No matter how beautiful your watch may
be, it is very bad taste to have it visible.
Especially, when you are supposed to be en
joying yourself, time should be considered
of no value.”
Here is an amusing idea for a modern
party both as to entertainment and time of
departure—“We took our banjos out into
the moonlight and sang college songs, and
compared notes as to good-luck superstitu-
tions, until half past ten, when the guests
departed, declaring our party a success.”
Doctors know the one that jus’ keeps
rollin’ along is Old Man Stork.
We’re Tenting Tonight soon may be the
song of disappointed house hunters.
Despite Adolf’s threats, only German
wings over here are those of the Hessian
fly.
Maybe Willkie, a former electrical man,
is entitled to all that fan mail.
Despite the spud shortage, Washington
politicians have several hot potatoes.
At least the Italians are carrying out
Benito’s admonition of live dangerously.
No matter who wins the track meet, our
champion runner is still F. D. R.
like the people, is looking for the way to easy
success. His growing hatred of Chuck fol
lowed by a complete understanding of his
motives reaches its climax too late. He is
left holding the bag, facing a prison term,
while Chuck climbs to greater glory in
Washington.
It would be too quick a judgement, how
ever, to brand Tyler Spotswood as a futile
character. Through his experiences he dis
covers that what every man thinks is of
importance not only to himself but to all of
the people and to the shaping of their na
tional life.
Number One is not Dos Passos’ finest
novel. It lacks the artistic completeness of
“The Adventure of a Young Man or the sta
ture of any one of the trilogy, U. S. A. Well
done as the portrait of Chuck Crawford is,
it does not have the thrilling quality of say,
the novelist’s study of Jack Reed in Nine
teen Nineteen. But, Number One is a book
of such urgent significance that it should
be read by every citizen. Its author does not
pretend to know how demagogues may be
prevented, for Democracy has never prom
ised us a government free from abuse. It
has however, given us great liberty and great
power. We are at liberty to discover dema
gogues and we have the power to crush them
before they deprice us of both liberty and
power.
—ELECTION—
(Continued from Page 1)
way to do it is to elect a good
Yell Leader and get behind him
one hundred percent. The Ag
gies that are now in the service
are keeping that Fighting Aggie
Spirit alive wherever they are,
and they expect us to do the
same thing here. So what are we
going to do about it? I’ll tell you
what every real Aggie will do.
He’ll be there when the polls
open and vote for the man who
he thinks will be the best yell
leader. Good spark plugs make
a powerful engine, and the Ag
gies have always been the
mightiest. Win or lose, the Ag
gies can count on A. C. (Spark
Plug) English to be behind the
Corps all the way.”—A. C. Eng
lish.
The men elected to fill these po
sitions will have a very important
and rather difficult job ahead of
them in readying the Corps for
next semester and football sea- J
son. Many of the new students i
don’t know the yells at all and
these must be taught. The Corps |
Band has learned the school songs i
and it is up to the new freshmen
to learn the yells.
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Student Election—Today is elect
ion day for two important positions
of the Corps, although they aren’t
as important as in former years.
These positions are those of yell
leaders. They should be filled with
capable men who can inspire the
Aggie spirit into the hearts of
everyone of you. This is about the
only qualification, but it is im
portant and should be considered
rather seriously. This really isn’t
a criticism, but I do have one to
make. In fact, I am just about in
the right mood to wager a little
bet. If you Aggies show as much
spirit at hte election as you have
shown in the past few weeks, there
won’t be more than five hundred
votes cast (and most of these will
be freshman votes). What do you
say, Aggies, will there be at least
a thousand votes? Remember that
the ballot box is located at the
news stand.
Sophomore Class—While we are on
the usbject of elections, we might
as well go ahead and say that the
Soph elections which were held
some time ago were absolutely
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rotten. But, let me clear myself
before I go further. Although I
don’t know all of the class officers
personally, I can say that they pro
bably elected some of the best men
in the class to their respective of
fices. It can also be said that the
two leaders, L. D. Boone and G. B.
Wilcox, held the classes down to
magnificent perfection—consider
ing the cooperation that they had
from the members of the two clas
ses. However this may be, the two
classes (at least the first semester
sophs) acted like children. There
was no organization to their run
ning things and they were so roudy
that it was an impossibility to tell
just what was going on. There was
no sense to it so lets watch oursel
ves at the next open election. Boone
and Wilcox should both be thanked
for the help they rendered in the
election of class officers.
Upstreaming—A parting remind
er about the Aggie line should go
to all, especially the Marines and
a few others, freshmen included,
although they haven’t been here
long enough to know the score.
Let’s all use the “first come, first
serve policy” on our next trip
away from this place. Everyone
will benefit from it. How about a
little cooperation, service men?
It will pay you and you can’t all be
in such a big rush to get a ride.
Slow down some.
-THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1943
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him supplementary gasoline so that
he might ply his trade of horse
shoeing from farm to farm
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