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The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
'r°xag A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station,
la 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
San Francisco.
Office, Room 6. Administration Building. Telephone •4-6444.
1942 Member 1943
FUsocioted GoUe6iate Press
Sylvester Boone Editor-in-Chief
THURSDAY’S STAFF
Henry Tillett
John H. Kelly .
Conrad B. Cone
LeValle Wolf
Robert Orrick ..
Claude Stone
B. A. Ross
D. A. Leva
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Jack E. Turner
John H. Wirtz .
Maurice Zerr
D. W. May
Managing Editor
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Reporter
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Circulation Manager
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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 ...
Jack E. Shaw
Fred J. Rosenthal .
Alan E. Goldsmith
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Joseph E. Platt
George A. Martin
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Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
. Squadron One Editor
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Memorial Flag
The World War I service flag which has
been in place in the rotunda of the Academic
building has finally been torn from its place
of rest. The flag was put up in the early
1920’s which means that a few more years
would mave marked a quarter of a century
that it has stood in a place of honor to honor
the Aggies who were in the first war and
to honor the Aggies who died for the free
doms that we are again fighting for. The
Memorial flag had blue stars to mark the
part that each Aggie played in the first
war. The gold stars represented the Aggies
who died in the war. The flag has been a
symbol and tradition to all Aggies who have
come here to school, and it is the freshmen
class that had to learn the number of stars
in the flag.
Due to the age of the flag, it has been
deemed that a new flag must be hung in
the place of the old one because the other
one is too old to be rehung in its old place.
A new flag is needed and should be purchas
ed to be hung in place of the old one. There
may not be any chance of getting a new one
up until after the present war is won, but
it is something for one of the past or present
Aggie classes to think about. It would be a
nice gift for one of the classse to give such
a gift to the college.
-CHAFF-
Gleaned from Reading Uselessly
Professional politicians have taken quite
a drubbing at the hands of certain factors
in the past few years—in fact such a drub
bing that it is hard to find a politician, pro
fessional or otherwise, who will admit that
he has any connection, professional or other
wise, with democracy’s favorite past time.
Not so is the case with Pennsylvania’s stout
hearted Senator Joe Guffey who is in Texas
performing some as yet unannounced duty
in the Lone Star State. When asked what
his mission was in Texas the chairman of
the Democratic national senatorial campaign
committee declared it was purely a business
trip. “What kind of business?” a reporter
quizzed. “Fm only in one kind of business,”
Guffey replied, “that’s politics.”
Odds with ends: The best place to find
a helping hand is at the end of your arm .
. . The door to opportunity is heavy but a
strong push will open it . . . Men commonly
according to their inclination and imbided
opinions, but generally act according to cus
tom . . . Common sense is the knack of see
ing things as they are, and doing things
as they ought to be done ... He who has
no inclination to learn more will be very apt
to think that he knows enough.
Even from horrors of depths of a bloody
war, Americans have a knack of keeping up
their sense of humor. A group of engineers
of the Chemical Warfare Division, specializ
ing in the gentle art of laying a smoke
screen, have adopted as their theme song,
“Some Gets in Your Eyes.”
The Knickerbocker Weekly, admirable
American edited and published magazine for
Hollanders in this country, reports that those
unfortunates from the conquered countries
of Europe who have been conscripted to
work in German armanent industries have
been officially designated by the Nazi party
as “guest workers.”
Despite all their looting, the Germans
are now on a plane diet.
Rhur theme song these days should be
Smoke Gets in Your* Eyes.
New Guinea pigs should be available for
postwar experimentation.
Man, Your Manners
By 1. Sherwood
A custom acts as sort of a measuring
stick for the way a particular thing is done.
Customs give us confidence that we are do
ing things right because others have done
them or are doing them in the same manner;
they have been established by usage and
have lasted because they make for a pleas
anter life or orderly procedure for doing
things.
Farmers, Doctors, the Army and all
types of trades people have their customs;
in each case observance of which identifies
an individual from these groups; the farmer
exchanges implements or help in seasonal
work; in the medical profession the general
practitioner sends his patients to a specialist
on question of diagnosis; the stock broker
uses signs in the stock exchange—all of
these customs appear to be of a voluntary
nature.
In the Army, customs are the positive
things to do—and taboos—things not to do.
Army customs take on the force of law as
indeed they are—the Common law. The
breach of some of them would stamp the
offender as ill-bred or ignorant, but there
are some that violation of which would call
for punishment or disciplinary measures.
Have you ever seen an Army officer
walking under an unbrella? It isn’t likely
that you ever will—no one. seems to know
why—it is a taboo.
A. and M. has always been a military
school, but its cadets have had some free
and easy customs—of their own making—
far from military; when these young men
enter the Service, some Army customs may
give them a jolt.
Something to Read
By Dr. T. F. Mayo
Toward Understanding Our Problems
If one hundred Aggies and Service Men
would read these five books and discuss each
of them fully with at least five people, the
level of social intelligence of this whole sec
tion would rise to an appreciable extent. In
cidentally, local conversation would become
decidedly more interesting. Here are the
five: Try three of them at least. The En
gineers and the Price System, by Thorstein
Vablen.
There is a fundamental conflict of in
terest between (1) Engineers, who are train
ed for maximum production; and (2) Own
ers, (financiers), whose aim of profit sooner
or later makes them hold down production.
This throttling of production, Veblen says,
is the real sabotage of industry. And it is
not sporadic or accidental. It is inherent in
the profit system. (This, by the way, is the
basic thesis of practically all recent criticism
of capitalism: Chase,' Dreher, etc.) In this
conflict, the interest of the public (consum
ers) coincides with that of the engineers.
Both want abundance. The interest of the
financiers in profitable scarcity, therefore,
is anti-social. Veblen half-ironically suggests
that the control of industry should therefore
be vested in a “soviet of technicians.”
America in Mid-passage, by Charles Beard.
A history of the U. S. (social, political,
economic, cultural) from the inauguration of
Coolidge to 1937. Dominant trend recorded
and underlined: From economic “individual
ism” toward social control of economic pro
cesses.
Income and Economic Progress, by H. G.
Moulton:
The clearest and most authoritative de
scription (by the head of the Brookings In
stitution) of the way in which capitalism
should be run by the capitalists. Thesis: Pro
ducers should constantly lower prices and in
crease production rather than cut production
and maintain prices. (Read Stuart Chase’s
long review and critique in Survey Graphic
about November 15, 1935). This book is an
able plea for a sane capitalism.
Economicy of Abundance by Stuart Chase:..
Technologically, it is now possible to
produce plenty for all; economically, we live
under a system which can thrive only on
scarcity (i.e. the profit system). We must
either throttle down our engineers (cf. Veb
len), or control our financier-owners. At pres
ent, of course, we do the former.
The Unfinished Task, by Lewis Corey:
Democratic freedom can be preserved
and enlarged only by preventing the combi
nation of economic and political power in the
same group: We must therefore avoid: (1)
privately owned monopolies and (2) a totali
tarian state (i.e. (1) Fascism and (2) Com
munism). His solution is: Organizing all
Natural Monopolies (e g. power production,
transportation, etc.) into “public corpora
tions,” which should be neither privately
owned nor run by the Government. (The T.
V. A. is an imperfect model. Corey’s “public
corporations” would be more independent of
Government control than T. V. A.
News item tells of a Texan who became
an undertaker at 13. Cradle to the grave?
Photograph of an amphibian general
shows no webbed feet. He’s wearing G.I.’s.
These July night our home front raiders
inaugurate a shuttle schedule between the
ice box and the radio.
Spell it WAC after this. They’re in the
v Army now.
-THE BATTALION-
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CCA.NDING’S . . by DANIEL
Mess Hall courtesy—There are
some types of courtesy used in the
mess hall that should be mention
ed here for the benefit of most of
the summer students that aren’t
Aggies and have not yet become
familiar with the Aggie way of
doing things in the mess hall. The
most important might be the order
in ivhich things are passed to the
various members of the table.
When anyone hollers “shorts” on
some food, that means that he
should have the food passed to him
immediately following the person
who is at time using the particular
dish in question. Also, common
courtesy tells us that when a per
son asks for a certain food first,
he should have that food passed
to him as soon as it is put on the
table. It is only natural for the
person who asks for a food first
to get it when he asks for it and
not have to wait until it goes the
length of the table before he has
a chance to get any. Remember,
men, that a person who is first to
holler “shorts” gets the food be
fore the rest of you do.
Being respectful—It has been a
custom at Aggieland to treat Ag
gies and their dates or friends who
visit them with respect due them.
Complaints have been made rela
tive to the fact that “wildcat” has
Milner Medley
By Archie Broodo
Well, the editor asked for it. It’s
been suggested that someone in
each dorm write up the latest gos
sip, news, bull, or jokes so that a
few guys can read their names
in the Batt. This was done in the
hope that more fellows would be
come interested in the Batt as
their' paper and perhaps make the
Batt more interesting, thus helping
circulation.
Flash, the latest from Milner,
and don’t any of you “clubmen”
feel slighted if your name doesn’t
appear here. It will be here sooner
or later, and when it does you may
be sorry so don’t bleed. Just tell
me you want your name in print
and if your story won’t get me
kicked out of school, it’ll be here.
“Cob” Terrell, soph prexy, just
came in and said that he was going
to phone for a date with the neat
est treat in Bryan. Your columnist
Sun Stroke May Be
Result From Too
Much Sun Bathing
Following last week’s sugges
tions for comfortable and safe liv
ing during hot summer days, Dr.
George W. Cox, State Health Of
ficer, today released a statement
concerning the danger of over ex
posure to the sun.
“Sun Stroke is not thought to
be due to the heat of the sun, but
to certain direct effects of the sun
on the human brain. It is likely
to occur after the sun has shone
excessively on the back of the
head and neck,” Dr. Cox explain
ed. “This can be prevented by pro
tecting the head and back of the
neck from the sunshine,” he added.
Dr. Cox asserted that exposure
of the skin to the sun has some
virtue since the action of the sun
shine tends to kill the germs on
the skin. Further, sunshine pro
duces vitamin D for the fats in
the skin and this product is ab
sorbed and used by the body.
“In general the good effects of
sunshine are not due to the heat
rays but ultraviolet rays,” Dr.
Cox stated. “It must be remem
bered, however, that it is these
same rays which bum the skin
and extensive application of direct
sunshine to the skin may produce
painful and severe bums which
actually may endanger life.”
The State Health Officer advis
es those who wish to obtain an
extensive suntan to get it by slow
degrees. Expose small portions of
the skin to the sun for a short
period of time.
bets that it’s Cakkie Foster. If so,
let’s hope he gets more dances
with her this time than he did a
couple weeks ago. Howell North-
cutt Forman is / quite a man. He
keeps two women on the line at
once, but that’s not all, you should
see the letters he gets from them.
Whew!! At almost any time any
afternoon, Johnny “Romeo” Veien
can be found in Milner’s orderly
room phoning his favorite pigeon,
or is that plural? It has been cal
culated round these parts that
275849572 7/23 Deisler power are
equal to one “Chest” Howard pow
er. Anybody wanna argue?
A dusty named Hmcirik has
the red’s on some people. Honest,
men, he’s not a frog. Rumor has
it that Scott and Rodriguez were
“setting 'em up” on Main Street
in Houston last Saturday night.
Feeling pretty good, boys? Ralph
Griffin threatens to “rack it up”
in San Antonio sometime soon. Has
she got a friend, Ralph? We just
dare someone to ask Art Graf how
to spell “carbon”.
Glimpses around the “Club” . . .
Deisler teaching everybody cal
culus. Gibbons getting help in
chemistry from guys who have
never taken it. He claims that
they aren’t confused yet. Jud
Strother riffing out with some
hot trumpet licks. “Jock” Knox
smiling. Carter always in a hole.
Alexander and Rollins always to
gether. Eng beating up his room
mate, First year Cadet Strotman
going to play polo. Brough sleep
ing like a “Rooty-toot”.
Time to stop. First though, bird-
dogs, start v sniffing because Ter
rell got that date. So long, army.
Let’s win the conference.
LOUPOT’S
Where You Always Get
a Fair Deal
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
“HITLER’S
CHILDREN”
— with —
Bonita Granville
Kent Smith
Otto Kruger
Preview Saturday Night
11:00 P. M.
“OX-BOW INCIDENT”
— with —
Henry Fonda
Dana Andrews
—
-THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1943
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Qamtnis distractions
By Ben Forison
Today and tomorrow at Guion
Hall is one of M-G-M’s ’42 hits,
HER CARDBOARD LOVER, star
ring Norma Shearer, Robert Tay
lor, and George Sanders.
This is the story of a pampered
socialite who is madly infatuated
with a play-boy. Miss Shearer
plays the socialite and George
Sander, the play-boy. Anyway,
been given to these girls when they
come out of the mess hall or at
other times around the campus.
The “wildcat” might just as well be
termed common yelling at the
girls. Regardless of what you call
it, it is as ill-mannered as any
thing can be, and it should cease
at once. This trouble has never
been at Aggieland before, and it
should not start now. The same
consideration is given dates of
freshmen as is given, the dates of
upperclassmen. What do you say,
Aggies, let’s stop yelling and
whistling at the girls! Show Ag
gie visitors just what Aggieland
is by treating them with courtesy
that is due them.
Explain, please—It is only fair
to give reasons for changing ways
of doing something when a change
is made. The mess hall has adopted
the policy of giving only one pint
of “cow” per person each day.
Heretofore, everyone has gotten
a quart, but without reason, the
quota dropped to what it is now.
If there is a reason for this drop
and an explanation is made, I am
sure that the Aggies will accept
it without murmur. Why don’t you
(the mess hall) make use of the
speaking system at the next meal ?
It will save a lot of complaints on
the part of the boys who are here.
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Open at 1 p. m.
Air Conditioned
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PAT and EMILY
Appearing Daily Except Monday
TODAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Norma decides that Sanders isn’t
the right guy for her so instructs
her secretary, Bob Taylor, to keep
her away from the flame at any
and all costs. During the process
she ultimately falls for Taylor and
Sanders is left out in the cold as
far as Norma is concerned.
The Lowdown: A nice story for
M-G-M; this could have been top
billing.
At the Campus today, tomorrow,
and Saturday is a picture as big
as the state it is named for. TEX
AS, starring William Holden, Glenn
Ford, and Claire Trevor.
The story concerns two boys
who, on the verge of going to jail
for stealing a hog, are saved by
one Windy Miller. After a stage
coach holdup is staged the same
two boys get the money from the
robbers. They are caught with
this money and are blamed for
the stealing. Fortunately one of
the passengers shows up and saves
their necks. The two then set out
on their different ways; one to
enter into the cattlerustling busi
ness and the other to lead a clean
simple life. Both fall in love with
the same girl (Claire Trevor).
There is a lot of bull about ship
ping beef from Kansas to Texas
with a innocent dentist -being the
ringleader of the rustlers. Not
until one of the buddies is killed as
a hero can the story end. Naturally
the surviving buddy marries the
girl.
The Lowdown: A show of the
early days in Texas that any Tex
an should enjoy.
Phone 4—1168
(STs 9c & 20c
Tax Included
Box Office Opens 1 p. m.
Closes 7:30
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Norma Shearer
— and —
Robert Taylor
“HER CARDBOARD
LOVER'’
Also Selected Short Subjects
Great Drama of the Wes?!
— also —
“FIGHTING
ENGINEERS"
A Technicolor Picture of the
Training and Duties of the
Engineers, filmed at Fort Bel-
voir, Virginia.
SATURDAY ONLY
truck?
BUSIER^
* TwAI^ R!>ROS ' P '" : '“ r ’
With RICHARD TRAVIS • VIRGINIA CHRISTINE
CHARLES LANE • RUTH FORD
Directed by B. REAVES EASON • original screen
Play by Robert E. Kent and Raymond L Schrock
Also Selected Shorts
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or MAYBE the AIR CORPS
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—Lou will give you the highest
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bring your books and school
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price.
Our guarantee if you find
that you can sell any item that
Lou’s buys at a higher price—
we’ll sell it back ot you and
just what we paid for it. How
do you like that deal.
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