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-SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1943
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
T^xas A. & M. COLLEGE
fne Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
in 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 8, 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
Ban Francisco.
Office, Room 5, Administration Buildfeg. Telephone 4-5444.
1942 Member 1943
Dissociated Colie6iate Press
Sylvester Boone Editor-in-Chief
SATURDAY’S STAFF
Ben Fortson Editorial Assistant
John H. Kelly Business Manager
Conrad B. Cone Business Manager
LeValle Wdlf Reporter
Robert Orrick Reporter
Claude Stone Reporter
B. A. Ross Reporter
D. A. Leva Reporter
Fred Manget, Jr. Reporter
Jack E. Turner Reporter
John David Marks Photographer
John H. Wirtz Circulation Manager
Maurice Zerr , i Ciraulation Manager
D. W. May Editorial Advisor
ARMY ENGINEERS STAFF
H. P Bradley Editor
Ed Babich Associate
D. K. Springwater Associate
Bill Martin Associate
M. J. Kaff Associate
K. W. Parsons Associate
ACTD STAFF
Alvin B. Cooler Editor-and-Chief
Jack E. Shaw Managing Editor
Fred J. Rosenthal Associate Editor
Alan E. Goldsmith Associate Editor
Jas. H. Kizziar Squadron One Editor
Joseph E. Platt Squadron Two Editor
George A. Martin Squadron Three Editor
Bill Peters Squadron Five Editor
The Yell Leader Election . ..
Elections for any office whether it be
in public life or as an officer of the Corps
here at A, & M. should always be kept clean
until one of the candidates has been elected
and put in office. This is the American way
of life. A man’s character, if it is good, should
need no other qualifications then that; he
is just as good an American as the rest. In
Thursday’s -election, one of the first semester
sophomore candidates brought in religion
as a stigma on his opponents character. This
should never been done, and no true Ameri
can or a real Aggie would have made such
a slanderous remark. These student elections
must be kept clean, and it is up to the candi
dates themselves to kepe them clean all the
way through. Why can’t we keep such re
marks off the campus? Let’s stay American
and Aggies.
The “Brandings” column in Thursday’s
Battalion predicted a epunt of five hundred
votes in the election. The final vote of 527
didn’t miss the number of votes cast very
much, and that was a pretty nice turnout
considering the student body of seventeen
hundred. However, this isn’t enough when
you think of the number that could have vot
ed. There will be a run-off between two of
the first semester candidates in the near
future, so let’s go to the polls and cast at
least eight hundred votes. What do you say,
Aggies?
$25 Per Capita
The announcement of the apportionment
of $25 per capita for 1943-44 brings to a new
peak Texas state support of public schools.
The rapidity with which state support has
developed is attested by figures which show
that the apportionment never exceeded
$8.50 until 1920. The first big jump was
achieved the next year, 1921, when it was
Sky Trains on Schedule
A new and significant item has been
added to the history of overseas transpor
tation. A first sky-train has made the cros
sing from Montreal to London, carrying a
cargo of such essentials as vaccines for Rus
sia, radio equipment and motor parts. The
British Air Ministry has disclosed that a
Waco plywood glider, piloted by a twin en
gined Douglas Dakota, delivered the goods
on schedule despite the stormy weather and
ice encountered.
Human eye does not need to look any
farther than the near future to envision the
regular operation of sky-trains between all
nations, in the form either of great cargo
planes or linked chains of piloted gliders.
There will be enough irregular operation dur
ing the war, if it is long continued, to prove
the dependability and value of the service,'
and such proof will forecast world-covering
extension in the postwar years.
With the hazards of assault by enemies
eliminated, these sky-trains will run on fixed
schedules with maximum safety. It isn’t like
ly that these carriers of the air will drive
the merchant ships from the seas in the life
time of this generation. They can trans
port cargoes where speedy delivery is urgent,
and thus facilitate the world’s business.—
Dallas News.
New England farmerette has discovered
that a cow has personality. What’s more,
she has temperament.
raised to $14.50. After a little backward
slipping, it was raised to another peak,
$17.50, in 1930. During the last sveeral
years it has been $22.50. The current appor
tionment of $25 per capita, which will require
$38,700,000 on a basis of the anticipated
1,548,000 scholastic population next year,
does not include the “rural aid” or equaliza
tion appropriations of $10,000,000 for the
next fiscal year. This is also a peak figure.
Combined they represent approximately
$32 per capita of scholastic population, or ap
proximately $40 per capita for average
school attendance.
This is not too much for the state to
spend on education of its youth. But it is
enough to call for careful attention to the
efficiency and equity with which it is spent.
In his special articles on education problems,
Alonzo Wasson, while dealing sympathetical
ly with school problems and the need of full
support, has emphasized the further need
of adopting educational attainment of the
graduates of Texas schools at a test of the
system rather than the present accepted test
of amount of financial support.
In addition, there should be better local
support of the public schools. Texas today
is among the leading states in the matter of
state support of schools and among the trail
ing states in what is designated “general
educational rank.” This leads to one of two
conclusions: Either the state is not getting
value for its money or else local sources of
revenue are far below average of the United
States as a whole. The latter is true, at least,
and there may be some mixture of the other
possibility.
It is true that many school districts
of Texas are poor. Yet, the average wealth
in Texas is approximately the average for
the nation. All factors considered, the state
itself is spending enough money to maintain
its part of a school system that should rank
at least with the average of the nation.—
Dallas News.
Those who are hungry for beef get no
comfort from knowing that dog days are
just ahead.
ARMY ENGINEERS
Correction Please! ! ! ! !
The “Engineers” are still at the
college this week. In fact, there are
quite a few of us, perhaps a little
new and gtrange to Aggieland and
Aggie customs and traditions, but
we are here nevertheless.
Yes, we are the “new men,” but
not for long. We are learning and
learning fast. Going to classes or
refresher courses, physical educa
tion, military training, and learning
in all other ways and means how
to be a credit to our company, and
how to be proud of being a part
of it.
When the “old men” wno are on
furlough come back, they will be
surprised; first at our growth,
and second at our appearance. In
the few days we have been toge
ther, we have “clicked” and the
results are apparent.
We do not wish to remain as
“old men” and “new men” in two
separate groups. We do want to get
to know everyone in the company.
We want to know each others ha
bits, strengths, and shortcomings;
so that we can correct and better
ourselves. We want to work for
dur company and to help fuse it
into a solid company, the best in
the “Engineers”, on the campus,
or anywhere.
These are our aims and we
will live up to them!
that way. Or was he persuaded to
do it?
Recommended Oetjen’s and
Morrison’s collection of “pin-ups”.
You’ll have to go a long way to
beat them, and we’re not kidding.
The largest alarm-clock in the
company is in room 321. If you can
call it an alarm-clock in its pre
sent state. First it wouldn’t even
peep, then it wouldn’t stop ringing,
now its apart and won’t go back
together; Flenniken’s hair i s
rapidly being pulled out,—by Flen-
niken! At least Bob Jones can sleep
now.
Four beds in one room! what
are you doing, Wolf and Marohn,
opening a rooming house ?
Gambardella has decided to re
duce—He claims that his table
mates keep him passing food so
long and often that he doesn’t get
time to eat anything at all. We
would only like to know where all
the food on his plate does disap
pear to.
Have you all seen-our new mail
box? It will take plenty of writing
to fill it, so let’s see what you can
do.
Have you heard about Ted
Flum’s nephew? You haven’t.
Don’t worry, you will
Stick Slip ...
“Professor Red Williamson
teaching trig to his class before
the arrival of teacher. Will you
explain the “elimination method”
of solving radicals again please?
Wally Strittmater going into
the shower with his clothes on. He
claims that he doesn’t get wet
Diet For Southwest
Indigent Families
A project designed to improve
the food selection and preparation
habits of families having low in
come is now in progress under
the sponsorship of the Nutrition
and Food Conservation. Branch of
| the Food Distribution Administra-
I tion with families living in three
low-cost housing units at Austin,
j These units are occupied by An
glo-American, Latin-American, and
| Negro families; the three popula
tion types common to the states of
the Southwest Region.
The project was outlined by the
research? sub-committee of the
Texas State Nutrition Committee
headed by Dr. Jet Winters of the
University of Texas, Austin, who
also is giving consultation services
throughout the project. Mrs. Mar
garet B. Land and Mrs. Isabel
Work Cromack are the home eco
nomics specialists conducting the
program under the supervision of
Miss Hazel Bratley, Regional Nu
trition Representative of the Food
Distribution Administration. Miss
Mildred Horton of Texas A. & M.
Extension Service is chairman of
the State Nutrition Committee.
The objectives of the program
include the instruction of the home
makers in improved nutrition for
their families and the development
and use of methods and materials
within the understanding and use
of each racial group. At the con
clusion of this experimental de
monstration recommendations will
be made by the personnel working
on this project for conducting ef
fective nutrition work among low
income groups throughout the na
tion.
Homemakers at each housing
unit have enrolled in a club en
titled “Women on the Food Front”.
These women attend demonstra
tions, and group and individual
conferences at which purchasing,
nutritive value and preparation of
foods given in the Texas Food
Standard are discussed with em
phasis on their place in adequate
low-cost diets.
-THE BATTALION.
COMDR.
FORMER FORDHAM
FOOTBALL COACH'
BUY WAR
BONDS!_
U S. Treasury Department
BRANDING’S. . by DANIEL
Upstreaming — This is some
thing that has been going on for
sometime without cause. There is
nothing anyone can do, but calfly
request that upsicreamers refrain
from acting like a bunch of “ba
bies” on their first trip away from
home. There are only a few who
do this, but why does this small
group insist upon infringing upon
the rights of others ? Aggieland
has been known for its courtesy
in accepting rides and courtesy to
the driver of the car all during the
trip. From the very first, Aggies
lines have been established to per
mit the first person on the high
way to get the first ride that comes
along. This has been a very satis
factory way of handling the pro
blem, and there is no reason why
it can’t continue. As far as I know,
Aggies treat all service men who
are stationed here with a courtesy
that is befitting all visitors, and I
think that the visitors should treat
the Aggies with the same kind of
courtesy. No one can deny that
the average Aggie goes around
the campus without speaking to
anyone he sees regardless of who
he is. The ones who are doing just
as dirty as they can are a few (but
still too many) Marines and Sailors.
The Air Corps and the Engineers
are tops in my opinion. They know
what the score is, and no compli
ment can be too great because of
the way they have accepted and
returned our friendship. What do
you Marines and Sailors say?
Can’t we be on friendly terms and
share the same corner so that the
first man on the highway gets the
first ride. Let’s get on the ball,
men. \
Frogs The largest military
school in the world, and you frogs
in the band have to give it the
reputation of a junior high school
with the band music that you put
forth. It is nothing short of rotten
to hear you play retreat such as
you do. The Air Corps band is do
ing fairly well, but there is nothing
complimentary that can be said
about you and your music. We
know that some of the members
of the frog band might be good,
but why don’t you play like you
know something about music. Eve
ry evening at retreat, the Air Corps
will start in on “The Star Spang
led Banner” while you blare out
on what is supposed to be a march,
but you surely couldn’t tell it. Why
don’t you either quit the whole bu
siness or get to playing like a
real Aggie band should play? The
Aggies used to have a band of
nation-wide fame, but it had a
few upperclassmen in it. You might
have a better band if some of the
present sophs were still in it. Al
right, frogs, let’s see what we can
do at the next retreat. What do
you say?
Battalion HasLowered
Subscription to $1
The Student Activities Office has
announced a reduced price of a
subscription to the Batt effective
to date. The announcement stated
that the new price for a subscrip
tion will now be $1.00, since one-
third of the present semester has
already passed. A solicitor will be
on the job, starting Saturday, tak
ing subscriptions for the Batt for
Aggies that neglected to pay their
Activities fee at the beginning of
the semester.
This time let’s do this thing true
Aggie style, and everybody who
hasn’t already subscribed for the
Batt get in their subscription as
soon as possible.
Freshmen Engineers
To Meet On Monday
All engineering first semester
freshmen in th efollowing sections
will meet Monday afternoon, July
12 at the time indicated. The sec
tions listed will meet in the M. E.
Lecture Room, third floor of the
M. E. Building:
Sections 61, 62, 63, 64, 73 and
74 will meet at three o’clock.
Students who have classes at the
hour indicated have been assigned
another meeting period. Notices
as to when the other freshmen sec
tions will meet are ot be posted
later.
—MOVIES —
(Continued From Page 1)
Since the war began the United
States has been drawn much clos
er to New Zealand, and in the post
war world the fighting which has
taken place in the Pacific area will
result in extensive changes and re
organization there.
USE Y-MAIL URGES
EIGHTH SERVICE COMMAND
DALLAS.—The Eighth service
command today renewed a plea
that V-mail be used increasingly by
those writing to men in the serv
ice. It recounted the advantages
claimed for this type of corre
spondence, saying:
“If th eordinary mail sent over
seas in January and February had
been microfilmed, 1568 ship tons
of space vitally needed for strate
gic material, food and personnel
would have been saved.”
—EVERYONE—
(Continued From Page 1)
Caldwell highway. Traffic to Mad-
isonville is usually better on the
highway leading to that city. These
are the Aggie comers; please help
us by using them or either down
streaming the regular comers.
Down-streaming is considered per
fectly legal, while up-streaming is
strictly out.
^ZJhs. To ujdo cun on .
Campus distractions
By Ben Fortson
Today only at Guion Hall is BAD
MEN FROM MISSOURI.
This is another shoot-‘em-up
westerner with the hero fighting
to save his swetheart from the
villians. Part of the show is true.
This is particularly so of the back
ground of it, since in those days,
such things really happened. The
show is an old one but it would be
well worth sitting through to see
the stage distraction to follow.
These two fellows you’ve been
hearing so much about in connect
ion with table tennis (Cartland and
Cook) are going to appear on the
stage of Guion Hall in a series of
exhibition matches as well as af
fording an opportunity for anyone
to beat them and win a $25 War
Bond. They will give eight per
formances, four today and four
tomorrow. Also on their bill is a
lecture, with the trimmings and
exhibitions, on how to play this
game.
The Lowdown: These guys are
good.
Tomorrow and Monday at Guion
Hall is CAPTAINS OF THE
CLOUDS, starring James Cagney,
Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall,
and Alan Hale.
This is a Technicolor production
describing the adventures of the
famed “bush-fliers” of Canada.
Jimmy Cagney and Alan Hale are
two of these and Cagney and Den
nis Morgan are fighting over the
love and hand of lovely Brenda
Marshall. Cagney takes her away
from Morgan because he knows she
is no good for him. Naturally this
bums Morgan up and he goes off
and joins the Canadian Air Corps.
Due to an accident in which his
pal is killed, Cagney joins the
Ferry service and is given a bomb
er to take to England. On the way
the group is attacked by a German
fighter and being unarmed they
provide easy prey for it. Cagney,
though, to protect the rest of the
group, dives his plane into the Nazi
and they both go down in flames.
The Lowdown: If you like air
plane pictures, you’ll like this one.
At the Campus midnight to
night and tomorrow and Monday
Dial 4-1181
Open at 1 p. m.
Air Conditioned
By Refrigeration
“PAT and EMILY”
Appearing Daily Except
Monday.
LAST DAY
CECIL B. DeMIUE 5
SATURDAY PREVIEW
SUNDAY and MONDAY
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Musical riot!
DON JANET JACK
AMECHE • BLAIR • OAKIE
in GREGORY RATOFF’S
"SOMETHING
TO SHOUT ABOUT”
Songs by COLE PORTER
A Columbia Picture
is Columbia’s SOMETHING TO
SHOUT ABOUT, with Don A-
meche, Janet Blair and Jack Oakie.
This yarn concerns a Broadway
producer, whose comeback is an-
gelled by an ex-chorus girl, mil
lionairess-by-marriage, who fan
cies herself an actress. When the
producer and his press agent djs-
cover a gal with real talent, they
plot to get their backer out of the
way. One of the best spots in the
picture is the one of Hazel Scott’s
piano playing. In this she knocks
out some Boogie that is fast enough
to satisfy anyone.
The Lowdown: Top-notch enter
tainment.
Phone 4—1168
ii D = 9c & 20C
Tax Included
Box Office Opens 1 p. m.
Closes 7:30
SPECIAL STAGE
ATTRACTION
Saturday and Sunday Only
Table Tennis
Exhibition
See CARTLAND and COOK,
Table Tennis champions in
exhibition and challenge
matches on the stage ... A
$25 War Bond offered at each
performance to Aggies or
servicemen defeating this
team.
ON THE SCREEN
SATURDAY
Directed by RAY ENRIGHT
Stage performances at 2:30,
4:30, 7:45 and 9:30.
ON THE SCREEN
SUNDAY
A NEW WARNER BROS. HIT.win
Dennis Morgan-Brenda Marshall
Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ
WAR RALE • GEORGE TOBIAS ■ REGINALD GARDINER ■ REGINALD OENNT
8cr*«a PUy by Arthur T Harman Richard Macaulay. Norman Raffly Ra<n«
rra« • tteey by Arthur t Harman and Round GUtett • Uwan Ur Uaa ttt*atr
Stage performances at 1:30,
4:00, 6:00 and 8:30
NO ADVANCE IN PRICES
9^ and 20^ (Tax Included)
The Church Of Christ
Invites You-
Service Man or Civilian
To Worship With Us
Sunday:
9:45 Bible Classes
10:45 Morning Wor
ship
7:00 p. m. Evening
Worship
Wednesday:
7:00 p. m. Prayer
Meeting
You Will Be Most Welcome!