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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1943
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1942 Member 1943
Plssocided Gol!e6»cite Press
H. Sylvester Boone
Andy Matula
Sports Staff
Harold Borofsky Sports Editor
William Baker Sports Reporter
Robert Orrick Sports Reporter
Claude Stone - Sports Photographer
Thursday’s Staff
David Seligman Managing Editor
Mttx Mohnke Reporter
R. L. Weatherly Reporter
JT. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter
Special Columnists
Archie Broodo (Aggie). For Lass-o
SuSu Beard (T.S.C.W.) For Battalion
Advertising Staff
John Kelly Business Manager
Charles R. West Ass’t. Business Mgr.
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Tuesday’s Staff
Charlie Murray Managing Editor
Ed Katten j Reporter
Charles West ......... Reporter
Charley L. Dobbs , Reporter
Saturday’s Staff
Andy Matula Managing Editor
Fred Manget, Jr Reporter
John T. Scurlock Reporter
James C. Grant Reporter
Miscellaneous
David Seligman : Columnist
J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer
Circulation Staff
Steele H. Nixon Circulation Mgr.
George Puls Ass’t. Circulation Mgr.
Football at Aggieland ...
Last Saturday marked the fifth game of the present
football season for the Aggies and looking back at the rec
ords; one can find that the team has lost no games while
winning four and tying one. The first of the semester had
the sports writers saying that the Texas Aggies would be
lucky to win one game; their minds have long been changed
because the Aggies have again come out with a team to
reckon with. This year’s team isn’t like the 1939 team, but
it has the spirit to make its opponents fight if they are
going to defeat the Aggies.
An important winning point of the Aggies has been the
Twelfth Man which is always behind the team whether it
is winning or losing. It is this yelling and constant support
to the boys who work on the team that helps them win
as they do. Some would say that there is nothing to the
Aggie Spirit, but they are far from right because it is seen
everywhere, not on the football field alone. Yell practices
are held three times a week to acquaint the freshmen with
the yelle at the beginning of the smeester and to keep the
spirit up after the yells are learned. It is this little bit of
spirit that is shown by the Corps which helps the team on
its way to victory.
Southern Methodist University is coming to the campus
this week-end to play the Aggies and they come with the
hopes of knocking the champion hopes out of the team. The
game won’t be easy to win, but neither will it be difficult.
The boys on the team are going to do their best to win the
game for the school; the Corps will do their best to stay be
hind the team and help them win it.
3801st Sparkles
Julius Bloom, Reporter
Well kiddies, and did yiz have a
nice Hallowe’en? We can report a
good time was had by all on our
excursion to New Branufels and
Austin. Our “Mission” failed to
the extent we didn’t meet Sgt.
Harvey Nebergall’s hearts delight.
Harvey did not have nerve enough
to introduce us to the little woman.
Speculation is still going on con
cerning whether he was afraid that
we would queer him by telling all
we know, or if he feared that she
would disown him after seeing that
pinnacle of purity in our presence.
Imagine the consternation when
another Ed Meyer moved into the
bunk formerly occupied by the Pvt.
Edward Meyer of laundering fame.
Meyer II is of the Corps of Mili
tary Police, but that will offer no
’ great obstacle to his popularity,
since he has already indicated that
he will require special waking in
the morning in order to make the
reveille roll-call. Things of this
sort are entirely in keeping with
the character (sic) of Meyer I, and
it will necessitate no great effort
to accept Meyer II as one of our
colleagues.
Many of our cohorts have ap
proached us to make in this column
a statement of the general feeling
incurred by the leaving of the bud
dies they made under the aegis of
A. & M.»Anything heretofore at
tempted along these lines has usu
ally resulted in a hashed-up piece
of sentimentality. Leaving buddies
is not of the more arduous pros
pects of changing stations, but it
has been done before, and it will be
done again.- Not that the callous
attitude is advised, by any feams.
Our usual farewell entails the giv
ing of the number of the room we
will occupy at the first Legion
Convention, and that is about the
best that can be made of the prob
lem.
Pvt. Hermilio “Miff” Cadena has
finally received the trombone mis
placed by the bus company when he
transferred to the Unit. From all
reports, the hot licks he can beat
out on that slush pump are' com
parable only to those of our favor
ite, Tommy Dorsey. If this is true,
we gladly offer our services, for
some time in the future, as mana
ger, confidena and conniver par
excellence to Miff. In any event,
there is no malice in the statement
that Dorsey is here to stay, come
Cadena or high water.
In the musical field, Pvt. Ernest
Seigel wrote at least one good
song that we know of while he
waited to be shipped. Beside this
song, he has copywrited others.
Whether the environment is in
volved is cannot be determined, but
living here brings out the best in
many of us; at times that is the
worst. The kindest comment on the
poem “Alone” that appeared here
Bring Us Your- Used
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We are buying for the five major used book
companies in the United States . . .
Barnes and Noble — Chicago
Wilcox and Follett — New York
College Book Co. — Columbus
Universal Supply — Atlanta
Merman’s Book Exchange — Brooklyn
WE WILL PAY PREVAILING PRICES
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Something to Read
By Hazel Adams
John Buchan’s Mountain Meadow
The character and mind of John
Buchan were so many sided in ex
cellence that they will be the sub
ject of marvel for generations. In
addition to his considerable talents
as a statesman he was worthy
successor to Stevenson in the wri
ting of adventure stories. In his
civilized autobiography he tells
how his mind, always attracted
to the telling and hearing of yarns,
put itself inevitably to the writing
of some thirty of them. He had
the kind of imagination which lent
itself to the precarious in life, so
that he was bound to know and
count as his friends the most daring
and brilliant men of his time. From
the characters of his friends
(among whom were A. T. Her
bert, Raymond Asquith, and T. E.
Lawrence) and the events of their
lives he fashioned his romances.
It is easy to understand, then,
why the characters of such books
as The Thitry-Nine Steps, The
Three Hostages. Castle Gay, and
The Gap in the Curtain, are equally
fascinating with the plots.
It is prophetic that Buchan’s last
book, Mountain Meadow, should
have as its chief character, Edward
Leithen, who of all Buchan’s cha
racters was most like him and who
was the most sensitive to the pre
sence of things unseen.
When the story opens Edward
Leithen, member of Parliament at
the height of his career, is given
one year to live. Resolved to die
standing on his feet he accepts a
strange assignment. He goes in
search of a man whom he has never
seen and who means nothing to
him. This man, Francis Gaillard,
has mysteriously disappeared, lea
ving no word of his destination or
purpose. Leithen deduces that his
man, who was born a French Ca
nadian, has gone back to Canada
in search of his past which he has
heretofore been at such pains to
forget. In Canada Leithen finds
that Gaillard has hired a strange,
half-breed guide, Lew Frizel, to
take him to the North Country.
Leithen hires Lew’s brother as
a guide and the hunt begins, first
by plane, then canoe, and finally
on foot, with Leithen gambling his
strength against wind, weather,
and time. As the hunt progresses it
becomes evident to Leithen that he
is in search of not one deranged
being but two; that Lew Frizel,
the guide, is no ordinary man, but
one possessed of the madness of a
poet.
The finding and curing of these
men makes a fine psychological
story as well as one of adventure.
The climax comes when Leithen is
forced to make a decision of enor
mous proportions; in doing so he
proves again that the characters
of John Buchan and their originals
were men who had “all poetry in
them, and the heroic, and a great
unworldliness. Their lives were
like our weather—storm and sun.
One thing they never feared—
Death.”
Women who really know how to
raise chickens, are too busy to tell.
You can make butter from grass.
All you need is a cow and a churn.
A. S. T. U. NEWS
Dance Turns Out
As Big- Success
Orchids to everyone who helped
make the dance a success last Sat-
urady night. It took a lot of work
on the part of a few and we thought
for a while that it would fizzle but
it didn’t. In fact, it was wonderful.
With all those lovely ladies from
all around and some high class jit
tering by Rentier and Boyd, I
would say another dance would be
in order some of these lonely Sat
urday nights.
Jack Neagle, of eleventh com
pany carried away the bond which
was given away—the Bryan Field
orchestra did theirselves proud by
swinging out some hot as well as
some very sweet numbers. About
a week agao James McAnelly had
trouble with the bird dogs and his
one and only; now last Saturday
night he was going to bring her
Saturday was that it was “a nice
concoction.” We are grateful to Cpl.
Evans Anderson for these words,
but we exhort the reading public
to remember that Edgar Allen Poe
was not considered worth much by
his contemporaries.
F/Sgt. Walter Stagg was no end
miffed by the reference to him
published in the last column, to the
extent that he wanted to tear up
our application for a weekend pass.
Despite his scathing criticism, he
was convinced, after hours of ar
gument. As a special consideration
to him at the moment, we released
our knee from his groin.
It has come to the attention of
this column that Capt. T. B. Earll
was the officer who saw Sgt. Joe
Louis (Barrow) through processing
at Fort Riley, Kansas. The cap
tain states that ie was his first
such experience with a celebrity, in
that everybody at the Fort made
a determined effort to come in
contact with the Champ.
We wonder if this does not slight
his wife, formerly of the stage,
and known to her intimates as
Mrs. Earll. Not that domestic diffi
culty is predicted for the captain,
but we imagine that it will be
rough going on the drill field next
week. Capt. Earll caused a deluge
of comment when he appeared on
the drill field last week in full
cavalry dress; boots, breeches and
campaign hat. There is one pvt. the
first initial of his last name being
Hal Melone, who questioned whe
ther a three-fingered boy scout
salute would be in order.
Rambling along like this has its
compensations in that the column
gets written, but the little men are
using the bridge of our nose for an
encore of the “Anvil Chorus,” and
it is almost more than we can
bear.
This column has come to you by
courtesy of the Rev. Luther P.
Koepke of Austin, Texas, who was
kind enoungh to allow the use of his
office at the Lutheran Service
Men’s Center.
out again but the hospital got
him. Such luck. Take it from me
he is a lucky boy tho—he got en
gaged to her October 15th.
Anderson Changes
Way of Living
Alonzo Anderson has changed his
way of living this semester. He is
studying. No more sessions or
games. Hope you make the grade
points Andy. If anyone wants a
D. V. M. any worse than you do I
feel sorry for them .... I won
der how long it will take to get
used to these wools. We look like
a bunch of C. C. C. boys . . . Lis
ten Q. M. C. and Chems, we need
some news. Tell us about your ex
perience of the weekend. Boy if it
were not for week-ends life would
be a dismal sort of thing.
Just caught a ride with a lady
from Hempstead who has just com
pleted hier book entitled “Lily of
Six-Shooter Junction”. It’s written
about a lady who ran a truck line
out of Hempstead for the past six
teen years. Look for the book
sometime in ’44 and a movie based
on it in the same year.
Say men, what is wrong with old
T. S. C. W? About Sam Houston?
Seems like the boys don’t cater to
those schools like they used to.
Well a lot of other things have
changed too but there are some
mightly sweet gals at those places
and they do like A. & M. men.
As you have already seen there
is no news so there is no need to
go on with this. If you do run
across a likely story let the repor
ters in on it. It might not be print-
ted but we would like to hear it
anyway.
Junior A. V. M. A.
Meets Wed. Night
The A. V. M. A. promises to have
a good show for us Wednesday
night, November 3rd. Now don’t
say you didn’t hear about it. There
will be cush galore, plenty for
everyone. A three-reel picture will
be shown on Diagnosis and treat
ment of Pneumonia. All about sul
fa drugs and stuff. This three-reel
job is approved by the American
College of Physicians and Surgeons
so it’s got to be good. We want to
urge all the profs to attend that
can. Don’t forget your dues to the
chapter now that you have been
paid. Let’s make the army vets
one hundred per cent.
LOUPOT’S
Where You Always Get
a Fair Trade
NAVY MEN
Let Us Do Year Altering
LAUTERSTEIN’S
Baseball Heads
Picks Five Major
Feats of 40 Years
Babe Ruth’s 720 Home
Runs Ranks First In
Baseball Events
The Baseball Writer’s Associa
tion of America, whose memory
covers these past forty years, have
selected the five outstanding Base
ball events over these last four de
cades. Babe Ruth’s ability to slam
the ball was voted the outstanding
feat. Babe Ruth’s feats include his
total of more than 700 home runs
for a life time, 60 home runs in
one season, and the home run over
the center field fence ip the 1932
World Series after pointing in the
direction he would hit the ball.
Ranking next was the revela
tions of 1919 World Series scandal
and its effect on the game. This
scandal, which finally ended in
the dismissal of a number of the
players from organized baseball,
was the result of White Sox play
ers receiving pay from gamblers
to throw the World Series to a
weaker National League team.
Following this is the naming of
Commissioner Landis and his su
preme rule over baseball for the
past two decades.
The dash of the 1914 Boston
Braves from last place at mid
season to first place and a four-
game World Series victory over
one of Connie Mack’s greatest
teams ranked fourth.
Fred Merkle’s boner of 1908
ranked next. Merkle, then playing
for New York, failed to touch
second base in the ninth inning
of a game late in the season
against Chicago and this led to a
tie and an eventual pennant victory
for Chicago.
Also mentioned in this poll
was: Vandymeer’s performance of
two consecutive no-hit, no-run
games; the 1942 pennent fight
by the St. Louis Cardinals and a
five game World Series victory
over the mighty New York Yan
kees. Lou Gehrig’s iron man per
formance of playing in 2130 con
secutive ball games and then his
tragic death; and Joe DiMaggio’s
56 game hitting streak.
Aggie Rifle Team
To Again Form
The Texas Aggies Rifle Team,
which was disbanded last year due
to the shortage of practice time,
has been reformed, it has been an
nounced by Captain C. A. Williams
who is acting as coach. In past
years the team has been very suc
cessful, winning a number of tro
phies including the William Ran
dolph Hearst trophy, as well as
many others.
Sergeant Coyne, who is in charge
of the range, has announced that
the firing hours will be from 9:00
A. M. to 1:00 P. M., and from 2:00
P. M. to 6:00 P. M. Before anyone
fires he mist go through a rigorous
training program that prepares
him in every way to become an ac
curate shot. No experience is need
ed, it was stated, and anyone in
terested is asked to report to the
rifle range.
‘DL He
our do am on
Campus ^Distractions
By David Seligman
“Tarzan Triumphs” is the feature
at the Campus starting Tuesday
and continuing through Wednes
day. The Nazis get into the jungle
and Tarzan gets them in this, the
best of the Edgar Rice Burroughs
series with Johnny Weismuller in
a long time. This combination of
the patriotic angle and Tarzans’s
tree-swinging and swimming, with
a pretty girl, Frances Gifford; an
airplane, a radio, and a first-class
free-for-all in which the Nazis get
thrown around quite a bit adds up
to good entertainment for action
fans. There is some excellent act
ing by a trained baboon and a
Tuesday, November 2, 1943
10:00—Musical Reveille
10:30—News
10:45—Morning Reverie*
11:00—Moments of Devotion
11:15—Lean Back and Listen
11:30—Listen Ladies
11:45—Music
12:15—News
12:30—Farm Fair
12:45—Music
1:15—Between the Lines
1:30—Music
2:00—Treasury Transcription
2:15—News
2:30—Music
2:45—Woman’s Program
3:00—Swing Music
4:15—Sport News
4:30—Geography of the World.
4:45—Navy Scrapbook
5:00—Know Your State
5:15—Economic Problems.
2:25—Aggies vs Arkansas
vs
vs
vs
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
2:30—Aggies
3:30—Aggies
4:00—Aggies
4:45—Aggies
5:00—Music
5; 15—Radio Club
6:30—The Little Show
5:45—News
6:00—Sign-off
Dial 4-1181
Opens 2 P.M.
Today and Wednesday
“TARZAN
TRIUMPHS”
— starring —
Johnny Weismuller
Frances Gifford
— also —
Looney Tune Cartoon
Ozzie Nelson and Orchestra
Musical
Novelty Short
‘So You Want to Give Up
Smoking”
young elephant together with some
other wild animals to add to the
menace. The story hangs along
the reality line more than is to be
expected.
The Lowdown: One of the best
of this type of picture.
At Guion Hall is showing the
M-G-M production, “Joe Smith,
American.” This is Robert Young’s
picture. He comes through with
one of his finest performance to
date, ably supported by lesser
names, including Marsha Hunt. It
is the story of a solid American,
one of the unsung heroes employ
ed in an airplane factory and pro
moted to confidential bomb-sight
work. While on his new job he is
kidnapped by a quartet of enemy
agents who take him to their hide
out to pump information from him.
During the ordeal of torture, Bob
thinks of the story his son related
to him about Nathan Hale. This in
spires Young, who escapes to in
form the police. Together they
round up the culprits and the end
is a happy one.
The Lowdown: A stirring film
of excellent quality.
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