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PAGE 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1943 The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSP-APER T^xas A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, ia 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 6, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1942 Member 1943 Plsso dated Golle6iate Press Sylvester Boone TUESDAY’S STAFF Andy Matula John H. Kelly Conrad B. Cone LeValle Wolf Robert Orrick Claude Stone Jacob R. Morgan Fred Manget, Jr Jack E. Turner Archie Broodo Bryan A. Rosa# John H. Wirtz Maurice Zerr D. W. May Business Manager Business Manager Reporter Reporter Reporter Reporter Reporter Reporter Columnist Columnist Circulation Manager Circulation Manager Editorial Advisor ARMY ENGINEERS STAFF H. P Bradley Ed Babich D. K. Springwater Bill Martin M. J. Kaff K. W. Parsons — Associate ACTD STAFF Alvin B. Cooler Jack E. Shaw Fred J. Rosenthal Alan E. Goldsmith Jas. H. Kizziar Joseph E. Platt George A. Martin Bill Peters Managing Editor .. Squadron One Editor .... Squadron Two Editor Squadron Three Editor ... Squadron Five Editor The following poem was written by a boy in the Medical Corps overseas on a South Sea Island somewhere in the Pacific. It seems to portray his feelings toward it pret ty well: A South Pacific Island On a south Pacific island, where the sun is like a curse, And each long day is followed by another slightly worse, Where endless rains keep falling, on a bleak and desolate beach, Where a white man lives on mule, and beer is out of reach. On a south Pacific island, where a woman’s never seen, Where the sky is black with Zeros, and they call condition “green”, Where nightly air raid bombings, rob a man of blessed sleep, Where you grope around in darkness, in mud that’s two feet deep.' On a south sea tropic island, where nights were made for love, Courtesy at Theaters ... The demonstration such as seen at a local theater Saturday night was a great disappointment to a number of people. Giv ing the “wildcat” before the doors are open to see if the management won’t open the doors sooner won’t get them open. And, af ter they are open, pushing to get in won’t help the situation any either. The people who get to the doors first should be able to get inside the theater quietly and without having to be pushed in. There was absolute ly no need for anyone to so discourteous as to march right in on everyone who was in front. Most of those who were at the show have -been instructed in the ways of being courteous from their military life. If you are an Aggie, act like one; if you a Sailor, Ma rine, or in the Air Corps, honor the uniform you wear. The Aggies were the greatest in number, consequently, they were the worst. Be a little more courteous to the next per son. Try it, men. Where the moon looks down upon you, from the starlit sky above, And the Southern Cross gleams brightly, like a jewel in the night, ’Tis a shameless waste of beauty, for there’s not a girl in sight. On a south Pacific island, where our mail is always late, And a Christmas card in April is consider ed up to date, Where we always have a pay day, yet never have a cent, But we never miss the money, cause we’d never get it spent. On a tropic jungle island, where the snakes and lizards play, And a hundred fresh mosquitoes, replace the ones you slay, Where the coconuts come tumbling down, upon your shapely head, Where a fox hole or a dug out is your re fuge or your bed. On a south Pacific island, ten thousand miles from home, Where beards grow long and stubby, and your hair’s too short to comb, Where boys play spin the bottle and farm ers in the dell, On this God forsaken outpost, a substitute for Hell. 4 So if you plan to travel, and don’t know where to go, This south Pacific island has everything but snow. We’re sure you’ll find it different, that’s why we wrote this poem, But when this ball game’s over, we’ll take out home sweet home. ARMY ENGINEERS Tradition by Brad GI’s are long on tradition.Not the lofty, traditions, but the plain, down to earth ones. The tradition of “Next on the meat” at the chow table and the removal of any “short stopper.” With all our grumbling, our grip ing, we will admit that tradition- alyy, “First come is first served.” Colleges are encrusted with tra dition and A. & M. is no excep tion. The war has seen most of the cherished traditions go by the board . . . .no longer the “bull ring” . .. . “freshman hazing” . . .. “the cadence” . .. . One last tradition still stands and we GI’s can see that it re mains standing. It is “the Aggie Line” , . . merely another version of “first come, first served.” Let us help our fellow Aggies keep this tradition going by fall ing in the “Aggie Line” on our perigrinations about the country. Let us remove the “short stopper” who “upstreams”. COMMENT By Pat Blanford It seems to me that a lot of yard birds (including yours truly) have been doing a lot of griping since we started this new term. Now we know we are privileged to gripe, et al. but, there’s griping and then there’s griping. After all we are in the Army so why not wake up to that fact. There are a few of us fellows who came out of the “Galloping 28th” from Camp Wallace where you went to school until 8:30 every night, including Sunday, besides doing the other chores, table wait ing, shining brass, polishing bar racks floors and catching extra duty on Sunday. Even the brass on your tent pole and rifle frogs had to be polished. Oh yes on Saturday morning you shook the other fellows hand and wished him good luck at in spection hoping he would do the same for you . . .. you sure needed it. . . . I’m not pitching any brickbats, (for fear I might hit myself,) but just kind of thinking out loud that many of us are from outfits that Without Comment WESTERN UNION ASBG88 15 UD DALLAS TEX SGT A L SWEATT, 1st ST CO ATSU A & M, COLLEGE STATION TEX. DEAR MOTHER SWEAT, CHANGED OUR MINDS COMING BACK PLEASE HAVE OUR BEDS MADE FOR US YOUR LOVING CHICKS. SYMPATHY SLIPS by Cornell Well, well, well, we have finally met her and who’d have thunk it, we’re in love with her. S’funny how we go through life looking for something and find it here in Texas being snowed under by a Kentuc ky Hill boy. There are some pretty nice fel lows around this outfit but we’re one of those hairpins who will never admit good of anything. However, we have turned over a clean page and from now on we will play ball with Mother . . . .(there we go again, always saying that wrong thing) . .. . Sgt. Sweat. After all his wife might not like the idea of us calling him Mother “Sgt, what time does the mail come in?” Sgt can I go get a hair cut?” “Sarge, when do we have a salvage?” “Sarge, is it all right if I go to the . .. . without asking somebody?” Just a few of the questions Mother Sweat has to answer every day. we had to do a h o a lot more than we do here . . .nough said. While I’m thinking out loud how about three cheers for the Profs in the C. E. department from your C. E. G. I. s . . . .They may wield a heavy pencil but the’re dam nice fellows. Hush Blanford. Oil will be flowing through the $95,000,000 Texas-to-East pipeline this month, it has been announced. Social security is not to be paid on a wife or a child under 21 working in business of the head of the family, it has been an nounced. Editor’s Nook On any newspaper you will find that the City Room knows that no one in the Press Room can read and the Press Room knows that no one in the City Room can write. Both know that the other cannot spell worth shucks. So it is that the City Room apologizes to Sgt. A1 Sweat. When we wrote that you had plenty of “moxey” meaning you are “hep” and “in the groove”, the press room knew we had misspelled, and so they gave you credit for plenty of money. Wonder if they could be in the know Likewise we had you “well versed in Army routine” the press boys “reversed” you. Milner Medley By Archie Broodo Well, army, swimming lessons are coming along fine. Seems as though Bryan Duke should have learned with me. He was “Luxing his undies” Sunday afternoon and forget to turn the water off. Re sult was that quite a bit of stuff on the floor got wet. As if that wasn’t enough, Bryan returned later to find that someone else liked the idea and the final result was that the bed knocked Bryan down as it floated out when he opened the door. The bottom stoop of Milner claims to be one big happy family. They were well represented at the Juke box prom Saturday night. Among the mighty Milner men at the dance were “Lady Killer” (he sez) Bob Laswell, Jerry Johnson, “Boake” Carter, Jimmy Ritter, Bryan Duke, Jack Palmer, Felipe Garcie-Moreno, A. C. Zamora, Bill Terrell, Jack Knox, “Romeo” Veien, Dick Knight, and your columnist. Proof that the bottom floor has many merry men are the many good bull sessions just any time down there. If you care to hear a good story, ask Duke how He got the name of Daddy-rabbitt. Sample of that bottom floor stuff. While you’re asking, ask Ritter about his ride from Denton in a cattle truck. Another guy with a reputation for having a good line down there is Kennedy. Come over BRANDINGS. . b y daniel There was quite a rush Satur day night when most of the boys thought they weren’t going to get in a local theater before the show was over. Such a demonstration as was seen there is unbecoming a person who thinks he might be courteous. The point I would like to make to the reader is that push ing from the back of a crowd so much that no one can breathe is no way to get in a theater. The crowd was so large that everyone couldn’t get in at the same time so the only logical thing to do would be to wait your turn and pass through quietly as a true American should do. Probably 99 per cent of the audience has had military training, and I am sure that non one, if he would stop and think, would act so savagely as to crash the door when there is real ly no need of it. Let’s try to act more like men next time, and we can all enjoy the show more. A little more courtesty at the next Juke Box Prom, freshmen, and everyone can have a good time.- Comments on your conduct at these dances have come in, and they arent’ something that you would write home about. Your pa rents taught you something about how to act I am sure, and you should show that you know some thing about such matters. Tag ging has been customary at these dances for quite sometime now, and it might be advisable to learn n little about that to start off with. Space prohibits me from giving the details, but just use common courtesy and you will get along fine. A reminder to all freshmen, how ever, is that when you see a sen ior ring on an Aggie, you should not cut in on him unless he is dancing with your date. Which re minds me that dates can be gotten if you will only use your head. The A. S. T. P.’s have set an ex ample that might be good for everyone t§ follow, and that is courtesy to the person they cut in on. A little more courtesy at dances and other social functions would help in more ways than one, men. Let’s try it. and be sociable when it gets too stale around your dorm. All of which reminds me of a couple I read the other day in another school paper. Those who go to college and never get out are called professors. Also, did you hear the one about the little moron who thought a mushroom was a place to neck? And . . . If little Red Riding Hood lived to day, The modern lass would scorn her, For she only had to meet one wolf, Not one at every corner. Got more where those came from, or should they be allowed to rest in peace? The complement of men at Mil ner wants to know what’s wrong in Denmark with a review for no body and vacations for everybody all of a sudden. Roy, the bed-bug- boy, has been relieved of his un welcome buddybuds in the dorm are two guys on the third floor. They act just like Damon and “Real” McCoy and Red Benedict. This isn’t supposed to be a bleed column, but, it has been loudly expressed as the wish of many that freshmen would learn some common courtesy on the dance floor. Don’t drag a man halfway across the floor when you cut in. Tip lightly on his LEFT shoulder and ask ot cut in. Don’t start a conversation with the girl on the floor that you don’t want interrupt ed. On the opposite side . . . the men of the new ATSP unit de serve real thanks for bringing courtesy to our campus. We surely have noticed it, fellows. Wish some of the new men not wearing G. I.’s on this campus would take no tice. These new ASTP men aren’t only courteous; they meet people as though they had spent a fresh men year here. Well, I’ll leave with this thought that I’m going to greet TSCW next week with: To kiss a miss is awfully simple, To miss a kiss is simply awful. Kissing spreads disease, it’s stated, But kiss me, kid . . . I’m vac cinated. Civil Service To Have New Jobs To select men and women for scientific inspectors of war-valuable quartz crystals at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., a nation-wide examination has been announced, according to the local civil service secretary, at the post office. Specific education or experience is not required. Appointees will be trained in a definite scientific tech nique and will receive $1971 a year, including overtime pay, while they learn. After a short training period, successful trainees are eligible for promotion to positions that pay $2190 a year, overtime included, it was stated. Since this personnel is urgently needed, applications should be fj'cd immediately with the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. so that arrangements can be made to have applicants report for the first examination on July 23, 1943. Applications will be ac cepted as late as September 10, 1943. The continuous demand for stenographers and typists for em ployment in the tenth region and in Washington, D. C. has resulted in another appeal for clerical workers. Men and women who desire ap pointment to positions as steno- grraphers and typists in the tenth region must be 16 years old at the Relocation Center Houses 8,000 Japs The ten relocation centers, tem porary homes of the people of Jap anese ancestry who were evacuated from the Pacific Coast area, are proving a source of labor for the farms. Officials of the War Relo cation Authority estimates that more than 8,000 workers have been supplied from the centers, either for year-round or seasonal farm employment. The workers who left the centers this spring for season al employment went for the most part to the inter-mountain states, some of them to FSA transient farm labor camps. Under the program of the War Relocation Authority qualified evacuees are being permitted to leave the centers for private em ployment and normal living on the outside. Since many of these people were farm operators or farm workers on the coast prior to the evacuation, they have nat urally returned to farm work At the relocation centers farm ope rations are carried on and the evacuees produce approximately 90 per cent of the vegetables re quired for the mess halls. Many different skills are repre sented among these people. There is a high percentage of technically trained and professional workers. There are office workers and mech anics who are going outside to take jobs for which they are best suited. Placements are made through field representatives of the War Relocation Authority and the United Employment Service. TSCW Students Gain National Recognition TSCW housing students have attained national recognition on a set of posters made recently, aimed at rousing the sense of responsibility of people in meet ing local housing needs. These posters were first sent to Dallas and later the entire group went on to Washington for exhibit. The government owned $130,000,- 000 Magnesium plant at Las Vegas, N. M., went into full operation this week. time they enter on duty. Only females seventeen and one-half years old at the time of their ap pointment will be eligible for Wash ington positions. Males with a 4-F draft classification and other wise qualified may also be appoint ed to Washington. There is no maximum age limit. Applications may be secured at any first or second class post of fice and should be filed with the director, Tenth Civil Service Re gion, 210 S. Harwood, Dallas, Texas. All appointments will be made in accordance with the War Man power Commission’s regulations. LOUPOT’S Where You Always Get a Fair Trade Jloojdoojn. on . Campus distractions By Ben Fortson Tarzan’s victory call will echo through the portals of Guion Hall today in his latest picture, TAR ZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE Johnny Weismuller stars as Tar- zan with Maureen O’Sullivan for his mate and John Sheffield as their adopted son. The plot of the story concerns the kidnapping of little Sheffield by a couple of cir cus crooks and Tarzan’s fight to get him back. The boy is taken to New York by plane and there put to work in a circus as a starred event. Tarzan and his mate, Jane, immediately start to the U. S. af ter him, using diamonds as money. Tarzan and his faithful ape com panion have quite a time getting used to the wiles of men in the big city, but with Jane’s help they succeed in getting the boy back. There are some thrilling shots when Tarzan dives off the Brooklyn Bridge to escape the police and other times when he swings defi antly on the skyscrapers through the city. The Lowdown: Plenty good. At the Campus the Jiving Jacks and Jills give out with some tor rid swing and dancing in GET HEP TO LOVE, with Gloria Jean and Donald O’Connor. (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4) Phone 4—1168 ADMISSION Qp Pr OAp IS ALWAYS ub (X Tax Included Box Office Opejis 1 p. m. 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