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. • .. PAGE 2 THE BATTALION SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 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 rate $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 S, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1942 Member 1943 Plssocided GoHe6iote Press BEN FORTSON, Editor-in-Chief SYLVESTER BOONE, Managing Editor SATURDAY’S STAFF .._Busii ....Busin John H. Kelly. Conrad B. Cone Business Manager Robert Orrick Reporter Claude Stone.. Reporter Fred Manget, Jr. Reporter Jack E. Turner Reporter Bryan A. Ross Columnist Harold Borofsky Columnist Ed Katten Columnist David M. Seligman Columnist Charles E. Murray Columnist W. H. Baker Circulation Manager ARMY ENGINEERS STAFF Editor-in-Chief Pat Bradley Managing Editor Len Sutton Press Club Representative Marvin Kaff 1st Co. Editor John Cornell 2nd Co. Editor Joe Bennison Lomax, Jr. Len Sutton 5th Co. ipany Editoi Open Forum Education vs. Aggie Tradition The Spirit of Aggieland is a phrase that has spread the world over to all places where the fight ing Texas Aggies have made their homes. The memories of days spent on the campus of Texas A. & M., when Aggies were men, and fish were the lowest things that graced the face of the earth have been the basis of many stories about the college that is located five miles from Bryan at a little place for some strange reason called Col lege Station. And the thing that has made A. & M. famous and so different from all the rest is the fact that the whole school is founded on traditions set forth by men who have gone through be fore. For years now, the Texas Aggies have been abiding by that word, tradition, for without tradi tion there would be no Fighting Texas Aggies. Today, with the world situation in such a serious condition, the life of the Aggie has changed. One might tend to think that education was taking the place of the beloved tradition and that this was all for the best. But after thinking for a moment and looking at the facts, is that true? The men turned out by A. & M. in the days before fish wore khaki ties and walked on the side walk are showing a little of what they learned on battle fields all over the world. They have an education —the best. They have learned a little something more than what can be learned in the books of the type of education that is now tak ing control of the campus. They learned to live with men, they learned Discipline, and they learn ed loyalty. Those are things that can be memorized or found by tak ing the differintial of the func tion, they are born of Aggie tradi tion. It is not the best thing to de stroy all the things that have gone to make A. & M. famous. I will grant that education is the essen tial thing in a college, but educa tion alone will not make you a success. You have to have a little something extra to sell yourself. If you fail there, the most expen sive education in the world is not worth ten cents. In the days before there was talk of a war and mor alizing the Aggies, A. & M. men were making their places in the business world. Their education could not be questioned because the curricula of their college was among the highest for any school in the country. But with the war came many who are now tearing down what years have been re quired to build. But the war be tween the new education and Aggie tradition is far from over. Tradi tion can never be killed and the spirit of the fighting Texas Ag gies will rise from the dust again to make A. & M. a school for Ag gies forever. Bill Clotz. FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol ■ IN !7Bl,W-YEAR-OLD ANDREW JACKSON, WK’LE IMPRISONEofelJ , BY THE BRITISH REFUSED To POLISH BOOTS FOR AN OFFICER. THE vw=EE ANGERED OFFICER STRUCK FOR JACKSON'S HEAD, WITH A SWORDj * t:.'- % w CANMON-AIQ£/m m of german can-! NON-FIRE, ENABLED PVT. LEO HCFFMAN TO BY PASS GERMAN GUARDS AND GET THROUGH TF: GERMAN LINES UNDETECTED. HIS MISSION SAVED A LOST BATTALION IN WORLD WAR I. SAME/? SOI SAy$: HITLER'S WILD, DUCE TOO THEY SEE RED WHITE AND BLUE BUY MORE U.S. BONDS P^]W 6 CMOP SUEy...6\\iw up to DIE FROM PNEUMONIA, BERNICE PARKS, NIGHT CLUB STAR, FEVERISHLY IMAGINED THAT CHOP SUEY COULD CURE HER. TO HUMOR HER IN HER LAST HOUR THEY SERVED HER A DISH. SHE IMMEDIATELY IMPROVED AND GOT WELL { Leggett Laments By Kyle Drake WALTON Whispers... By Dave Seligman and Charlie Murray Do you lack entertainment du ring these warm summer nights? Would you like to be dancing with a gorgeous blonde? Or would you like to see the show at night af ter C. Q. Well, that’s .tough if you would, but ‘J’ Ramp has lately been putting on difi ment types of programs built around Indian wrestling. Jimmy Kirk stands as the undefeated champion, but Mac Ballard is questioning the last bout. It started when Paul Dixon decided that he ought to trade in some of his blubber for more mus cle. At first he challenged his roommate, Mac, to a chinning match, but he could not win. Then he began challenging Jimmy to Indian Wrestling. That was his downfall. After he had been thrown off his feet about five or six times, he said, “Just wait till my roommate comes back. He’ll show you how to fight.’’. Finally the Cajun Killer came in and the Battle Royal was held. None seems to know exactly who won but there are other bouts coming up. Anyoqe interested in being beau tified, please come to Broussard’s Beauty Parlor. Johnny Broussard has the latest styles straight from the Cajun country. He has a large assortment of hair styles and also SAILORS We Clean You Clean Lauterstein’s is one who will be glad to teach you how to make your figure more beautiful. The hair style he is now wearing is known as the “Bayou Bulge.” Of course everyone knows that his is about the most beau tiful figure on the campus. At least he knows it . . . . The la test greeting around “F” Ramp is, “Hello men and you too Sag- gus.” Attention Captain Williams!!!! A new and cheaper flame thrower has been invented by one of your own boys—W. O. Adams. The other night he decided to try out a Flit can filled with kerosene as a flame thrower. He was almost rammed and sent to prison for Arson but clue to the support of some of his ‘H’ Ramp pals, Gus Acker and Frank Allbright. The flame thrower is very effective for short periods though . , . Di- nerstein is still bragging about the fine assortment of candy he has in his room. He doesn’t tell every body about the way he got hold of it. But we have inside informa tion that he got it from one of the editors, Sylvester Boone. Let’s not forget the Final Ball, Army. We finally worked enough to get one so let’s make it as good if not better than Final Balls of the past. LOUPOT’S An Aggie Institution In the absence of your regular (?) columnist, I am going to do a little pinch-hitting so you guys can read about yourself. Of course, you already know what you’ve done, but you’ll dash madly about look ing for a “Batt”—hoping it’s got a line in it about you. Baron Von Huber, Leggett’s gift FARMERS URGED TO PROVIDE FARM STORAGE College Station. — A place to store this year’s cotton crop was the paramount problem facing many Texas cotton farmers this week as picking season got under way in most parts of the state. “Cotton is opening up in volume and as production reaches a peak the storage problem will become far more serious than it is now,” Geo. Slaughter, chairman, Texas AAA committee, said in asking farmers to plan fr enough ahead this year to provide for their own storage facilities. Citing $15 per bale losses in South Texas where farmers have been unable to get Government loans becaus warehouses already are filled with cotton, the AAA official urged farmers in later producing areas to make immediate plans for storing their crop. In cases where farmers are not equip ped to store cotton on the farm, he urged their renting or obtain ing use of empty buildings to get cotton under cover and take ad vantage of ninety per cent of par ity loans. The farm-storage phase of the cotton loan program is administer ed by county AAA committees and buildings in which cotton is to be stored must meet minimum specifi cations before they can be approv ed, he said. Principal requirements are that buildings must protect the cotton from rain, snow, flood, ground water, poultry and live stock. The loan rate for cotton stored on the farm is the same as for cotton stored in warehouses. The average loan rate in Texas is 19.90 cents per pound, which is higher than the open market price. In addition to the regular loan rate, producers storing cotton on the farm also are entitled to 10 cents per bale per month storage allowance provided the cotton is delivered to Commodity Credit Corpooration is satisfaction of the loan. If the cotton is repossessed by the producer, the storage allowance will not be paid. DYE&S-FUR STORAGE HATTERS rtvoncan. 214 SOUTH MAIN BRYAN, TEXAS MOP-UP IN THE ALEUTIANS A nine-page “On To Tokyo” sec tion describing action of the Army Air Forces in the final drive against the Japs in the Aleutians is featured in the October issue of AIR FORCE, official service jour nal of the AAF, First person accounts of bomb ing missions against Kiska, life with the 11th Air Force, and many interesting sidelights on opera tions in this arctic region are in cluded in the section. The material was written or compiled by Maj. Jo. Hubbard Chamberlin, AAF headquarters, who recently return ed from the Aleutian theatre. Reveille has never let the Ag gies down. Don’t you let her down by not giving. to the music world, is being hailed as another Frank Sinatra. He’s in the groove with “The Shower Blues” . . . Jack Swatzell, another Leggettite, said farewell last Wed nesday and went home for a short vacation. Uncle Sam wants Jack —and he’s gonna get a mighty good Seabee. Jack is one of the few - boys who made 100 on the P. E. test. Ted Kaufer has done a mighty fine job as Recreational Officer of 7th Co. Since he took over, he has had his company battling right up to the top. Good work, Ted; and good Juck next semester. 8th COMPANY has cinched the Intramural Flag! A mighty total of 430 points has already been stacked up by this avalanche of stars. The basketball champion ship is still at stake, but don’t count 8th Co. out. They’ll be in there hustling. And don’t forget this boy, Stotzer, when he’s hot; he’s hard to stop. The Vets and 2nd Co. both have good teams and 8th Co. will really have to hustle to get by them! Orchids to Sgt. Taylor for gain ing the friendship and admiration of the boys in Leggett. He’s kept them on the line, but he’s really treated them right. He’s my nomi nation for the past sarge on the campus. Why, Sarge, you old rascal! Pat Patton (Ole Hoarse voice himself) has been leading more than the battalion here lately. You ought to see Pat at night. He’s strictly “on the beam” with the women. Harvey Buck is still talking about getting his name in the Batt last week, so I guess there is no use to mention him today. That’s all, ole Army, except BEAT THE—oh, no, no, no, I can’t say it. Goodness! Lumbermen Needed By Civil Service Men with four years of exper ience in the lumber business are needed by the War Production Board, Houston, Texas, to fill the position lumber industrial special ist, $3200 a year plus overtime, it was announced today by College Station, civil service secretary. The lumber industrial specialist performs technical assignments in the lumber industry in connection with the expediting, coordinating, and controlling industrial produc tion under the major program of the War Production Board. Experience as production mana ger or assistant production mana ger in an industrial concern; ex perience as industrial engineer con cerned with one or more phases of "production in a larger manufactur ing concern; experience as a staff member of an industrial engineer ing firm or experience as super intendent, foreman, or cost ac countant for- a large industrial firm were listed by the secretary as examples of qualifying experi ence. Applications may be secured from any first or second class post of fice and should be filed before September 14, 1943, with the di rector, Tenth Civil Service Region, 210 S. Harwood St., Dallas, Texas. All appointments will be made according to War Manpower Com mission regulations. Texas Club Women Cooperate to Buy 90,000 Pineapples Nearly 90,000 fresh pineapples bought cooperatively by Texas home demonstration club women and their neighbors in 40 counties have added 103,425 pints of can ned friut and 18,135 pints of fruit juice to pantry shelves. In addi tion, a great deal of the pineapple was eaten fresh, according to re ports from county home demon stration agents of the A. and M. College Extension Service. This canned fruit and juice if bought from grocers’ shelves would have cost about $28,000 and nearly two and one-half million ration points. A report compiled by Myrtle Murray, Extension specialist in home industries shows that 5,842 families pooled their orders for 7,230 dozen pineapple through marketing committees of county home demonstration councils. In most instances, the pineapple was bought through local merchants or truckers. Marketing committees in many more counties obtained cooperative orders but were unable to locate pineapple for sale. Harrison County obtained 1,000 dozen in four consignments, and it was estimated that 30,000 pints of pineapple products were canned in. that county alone. Dimmit County obtained 600 pineapples in one shipment and got only four bad ones in the truckload. Their second order at $3.60 per dozen saved the buyers 20 cents per pineapple, since the retail price was 50 cents each. Prices over the state ranged from $2.50 to $4.00 per dozen, and a dozen yielded on the average about 30 pints. Pooling of the or ders was so successful in Travis County that the marketing com mittee arranged to buy apples and tomatoes cooperatively. Fingerprint Records Show More Juvenile Criminals With growing concern, the FBI has noticed that the fingerprint cards sent into its Washington headquarters by law enforcement agencies throughout the country indicate that an increasing number of serious crimes are being com mitted by juveniles. In 1492, ar rests of girls under 21 showed a 55.7 per cent increase over the year before, with prostitution and other sex offenses becoming parti cularly common. The total arrests for boys under 21 declined slightly, but crimes such as rape, assault, possessing weapons, gambling, and drunkenness showed major rises. In addition, the records of the FBI reveal that arrests of males 18 years old exceeded those of any other group, while among girls there was a corresponding drop in the predominant ages of female criminals. Nor has this situation apparently improved in 1943, for Director John Edgar Hoover of the FBI has received hundreds of letters from worried parents who are deeply concerned about their children’s welfare in htis wave of delinquency. The FBI has taken numerous steps to better this condition. Through the speeches of Director Hoover and the publication of art icles in the press, every effort has been made^to publicize the situa tion. And in the FBI’s peace offi cers’ conferences being held this nonth in the Texas Gulf Coast area the principal topic will be juvenile delinquency, thus giving every of ficer an opportunity to discuss with experts the problems in his own district. But, as Director Hoover has con tinually pointed out, no one agency is in a positon to improve condi tions by itself, for the cause of juvenile delinquency may lie in any one of may factors. In one case, it may be due to the unstability of wartime; in another, to the home; in a third, to the attitude of the public to the whole profes sion of law enforecement and the public’s general respect for the law. Only an enlighted citizenry, working in cooperation with its law enforcement agencies in the establishment of crime prevention bureaus, boys’ clubs, and in the study of the problems of a given community, can succesfully com bat the present turpitude of so many American youths. Unless such action is taken, the existing situation, as Director Hoover has said, may “destroy America’s foun dation just as surely as moral de generacy destroyed the pillars of Rome. For today’s youth are to morrow’s citizens. They represent future America.” PJfie. jC-oujcloixm. QamPus distractions The double feature at Guion Hall today only is SIDEWALKS OF LONDON and WHAT’S COOKING? SIDEWALKS OF LONDON stars Vivian Leigh (Scarlet O’hara of GWTW) and Charles Laugh ton. The story is one of a dancer and a beggar who is madly in love with her. All the characters speak with a British accent and the af fair takes place in London, Eng land. As a whole it is a fairly interesting picture and most should be entertained by it. The Lowdown: This should be just fair movie going. Featuring the Andrews Sisters and starring Jane Frazee and Ro bert Paige WHAT’S COOKING is the story of a society girl who joins a group of rug-cutters to get some fun out of life. Woody Her man and his band are present and their rendition of the “Woodchop- per’s Ball” is really terrific. Char lie Butterworth and Billie Burke, two old timers at the comic game, are also good for a few laughs and jitterbugging Frankie Pang- born and Gloria Jean really put over a good performance. The sto ry doesn’t mean a thing and is en tirely in the background. The Lowdown: Class “B” but good. Showing at the midnight pre view at the Campus tonight is HIS GIRL FRIDAY, with Gary Grant and Rosalin Russel. The story is one of the newspa per business and concerns a couple of reporters and their noses for news. One of the best comedys these two have been featured in, the show will prove entertaining to any but a very synical* audi- \\ammi Dial 4-1181 Open at 1 p. m. Air Conditioned By Refrigeration LAST DAY By Ben Fortson ence. Ralph Bellamy does a good job of adding to the background as a fellow reporter and costar. The Lowdown: Nothing out of ordinary, but you ought to like it. The midnight show at Guion Hall tonight and the feature to morrow and Monday is WHITE SAVAGE, with Jon Hall, Maria Montez, and Sabu. Employment of the same cast that scored so highly in ‘‘Arabian Nights’’ and the continued use of Technicolor make this one a sure hit. At places the story is a little far-fetched but the charms of Miss Montez and the excitement and adventure present pass it over the rough spots nicely. Maria, an island princess, owns a gold and jewel paved swimming pool and everyone except Hall wants to loot the place. Jon just wants the per mission to fish for sharks in the domain. He ultimately gets this permission and the gal herself. The Lowdown: If you haven’t seen it, you don’t want to miss it. Reveille needs your money. Get that $30 in now. u Phone 4-1168 “Sway's 9C k 20C Tax Included Box Office Opens 1 p. m Closes 7:30 SATURDAY ONLY Double Feature Program Charles Vivien LAUGHTON LEIGH — in — “SIDEWALKS OF LONDON” — and — — also — This Is America Cartoon — News SATURDAY PREVIEW SUNDAY and MONDAY Cary Rosiland Grant Russell — in — “HIS GIRL FRIDAY” AHWEViS SISTERS Jane Frazee Robert Paige Gloria Jeao Leo Carrillo Charles Butterwortb Billie Burke Franklin Pangbom WOODY HERMAN and His Orchestra A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Prevue Saturday Night 9:45 - - also Sunday and Monday K mm s«* A UNIVERSAL PICTURE — also Pluto Cartoon and “Fighting Engineers” WHERE TO SPEND YOUR SPARE MOMENTS There’s nothing more relax ing and refreshing after a long session in classes or a hard afternoon on the drill field than to come by George’s and enjoy a cooling and re freshing drink and spend a few minutes visiting with the fellows. You’re always wel come at George’s—where the guys all get together! GEORGE’S New “Y”