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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1943
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical Collage of
faxaa and the City of College Station, ia published three times weakly, and issned
Face day, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Jffice at College Station, Texas,
andrr the Act of Congress of March i, 1870.
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1942 Member 1943
Plssocided College 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
Max Mohnke Reporter
R. L. Weatherly ..... Reporter
J. 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-m-Chiel
Associate Editor
Tuesday’s Staff
Charlie Murray Managing Editor
Ed Katten 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
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Last Saturday^ Game . . .
Another win for the youthful team of the Aggies was
put on record Saturday when they won over S. M. U., 22-0.
This was an indication that they are not to be taken too
lightly when they play the Texas University Longhorns on
Thanksgiving. The game that was seen on Kyle Field was
a real welcome-back sign to the many Aggies who were on
the campus to see their team in action again, and it was es
pecially good to have them see the team win instead of lose
as so many sports writers had the idea it would do at the
beginning of the season.
Although the game with S. M. U. wasn’t a homecoming
game, a person might think it to be because there were so
many Aggies-exes back with the same old Aggie Spirit right
along beside them. One could see these exes, now in the army
as non-commissioned and commissioned officers, back in
their own setcion yelling like no one else will ever be able to
do. Looking out over the campus during the week-end, men
with the familiar ring of traditional bf the Aggie classes
who have graduated could be seen. They had the same look
about them as when they were here as student. It was a good
sight to see so many of these ex-students back, and to prove
this, there were many sights of present Aggies greeting
their old buddies or meeting new ones who were just back
and whom they did not know.
Texas U. will be here on the 25th for the traditional
Thanksgiving Day game, and it may well mean the game
which will decide the Southwest Conference champion. The
Fightin’ Texas Aggies can be depended on to put out to win
the game and the Conference. On this homecoming day, many
exes will be back so give them a welcome that Aggies always
receive because it is said that “Once an Aggie, Always an
Aggie”. ,*
Future Farmers
Happenings
By Thomas B. Onren, Jr.
A few weeks ago several boys
got together in the Ag. Engineer
ing building for a little conference.
Out of this conference emerged the
Junior Collegiate Chapter of Future
Farmers of America.
These ten or twelve boys have
been working hard lately on plans
for the organizations activities for
education and entertainment.
The Future Farmers of America
is an organization of boys all over
the United States. Their job is
promoting better living for the
Americans of tomorrow by showing
the people of today the right me
thods of farming and ranching.
Thep are preparing themselves for
tomorrow by learning and doing
the best methods of diversified
farming.
This organization is a national
organization with well over 23,000
boys in Texas enrolled. The col
legiate Chapters parts in this or
ganization are small but impor
tant. Our part in this program is
talking to and showing the boys
in high schools in this Area how to
have better organization and par
ticipation in their activities.
Some of our items on the pro
gram of work are as follows:
Organize a leadership training
program.
Have two Radio Broadcasts.
Visit local Chapters and some of
their projects.
Visit the Houston Fat Stock
Show in February.
Send delegates to the State Cdfl-
venflon in Ft. Worth next summer.
Visit Experiment Farms near the
college.
Have some form of entertain
ment at every meeting.
At the last meeting the nomina
ting committee made the following
report:
President, Fish Finger; Vice-
President, Fish Joseph; Secretary,
Fish Hunger; Treasurer, Fish
Midgley; Reporter, Fish Owen;
Parlimentarian, Frogs: Botard,
Munsen, Rogers and Steger; Watch
Dog or Sentnel, Fish Foidich; His
torian, Fish Alerman; Song Lea
der, Fish Jaggers.
How about all you agriculture
and vet. students coming out and
helping these officers and the
other members get the F. F. A. go
ing? It will be worth your while.
Meeting time will be Wednesdays
after mess until a better time can
be found.
Even after football season is
over, students will hang around the
colleges until warm weather sets
in.
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Battalion Sports Editor
By Harold Borofsky
Aggies Show Speed and Power, Running
Against Ponies; Face Rice Saturday
O'fL jCowdown
Campus ^Distractions
By David Seligman
With only three weeks left before
the Aggies meet the Longhorns in
the annuanl Turkey Day classic the
“Kiddie Korps” is again making
the experts sit up and think twice
about the game. Though the Aggies
were conceded to be good, they
were not given a chance against the
heavier, more experienced Long
horns, but when in the second haif
of last Saturday’s game, the ca
dets began to run rings around
the Mustangs and the press box
boys began to wonder again just
what they were up against.,
There is no doubt that the Cadets
have the best non-service team
in the South, and the way they
showed up against the Mustangs
only goes to prove it. After the
first team had battered the Mus
tangs into submission, the second
string unleashed a flashy running
attack that left everyone gaping.
Take for example the Cadets 60-
yard scoring drive in the eleventh
minute of the third period. The Ags
took over on their own 40-yard
line. “Red” Burditt promptly moved
7 yards to the 47. Callender then
took the ball off right tackle and
didn’t stop until he reached the
Mustang 46, picking up a first
down. From there it was McAllister
down to the 36, Callender to the
25, and Burditt, on a double re
verse over for 25 yards and the
tally.
Now, if anyone, and there are
lots of people who do, has doubts
about the Aggies running attack,
they should have been convinced
by Saturday’s exhibition of swivel
hipped maneuvering that the Ags
are not going to be only a passing
team on Turkey Day. Of course,
it will be virtually impossible to
tire out the entire Longhorn squad,
but that doesn’t mean that the
Cadets won’t win the game. Texas
age near that of the Aggie ace,
still does not boast a kicking aver-
Bing Turner, and that may show up
to be a very bad disadvantage to
the Longhorns.
There has been some talk of
the Ags playing in the Orange
Football Figurin'..
By R. L. Weatherly
The Texas Aggies administered
a crushing defeat to SMU last
Saturday. SMU, exhausted from
fine play in first half, were com
pletely outclassed by the Aggies in
the last half. In the last quarter
thd Aggies second and third string
turned the game into a wild scoring
affray vVith Jessie Burditt in the
limelight.
The SMU team broke into some
hard luck In the first quarter when
they lost their only offensive
threat, p. D. Allen, to injuries.
The Mustangs saw their only
scoring threat go up in smoke in
the first quarter when th£ Aggie
forward wall put up a brilliant goal
line stand. Redman passed to Al
len for 27 yards to put the ball
on the Aggie’s 18 yard line. On
the next play Billy Walling spelled
a first down on the Aggie 5. For
three downs the Aggie line would
not budge, 'fhe fourth down found
Babe Hallmork intercepting Red
man’s pass in the end zone and
that was alL
In the second period Bing Tur
ner opened with a punt which trav
elled 60 yards and bounced to
a stop on the SMU 6 inch line. On
the next play Parker dropped back
to punt. He was trapped and smo
thered by Marion Settegast and
Goble Bryant. This netted two
points and A. & M took the lead.
The half ended with the same
score.
About mid-third quarter the Ca
dets cashed in on a break to set up
their first touchdown. It was fourth
down and the ball was on SMU’s
25 when Cox went back to boot for
SMU. Turley came in fast to block
the punt. Cox recovered the ball
on his own five but since it was
the last down the ball automatical
ly went to A. & M. Three plays la
ter Hallmark circled his right end
to fine the end zone and scored.
Turner converted from placement
to make it 9-0 for the Aggies.
With three quarters gone and
half of the fourth used up the se
cond string began to star. The ball
was in the hands of the Aggies on
the SMU 40 yard line. Burditt
came around and took the ball
from Earl Beezley on a modified
“stature of liberty” play and
trooped around his right end to go
all the way to score. Shira put his
foot in the ball and it floated
over the cross bar to make it Ag-
Bowl New Years Day, but nothing
official. The general opinion seems
to be to see out the Turkey Day
Classic and then worry about New
Years Day.
This week the Ags journey to
Houston to battle Jess Neeleys
ever improving Rice Owls, who
handed Arkansas a sound drubbing
last Saturday. Should the Cadets
win, and should the Longhorns,
favorites over TCU also win, the
conference cvhampion will be de
cided here on Thanksgiving day
and what a game that will be.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
THE BEST DEFENSE IS A
GOOD OFFENSE.
CHANGES IN TEACHING
CAN BE EXPECTED
“For the present, no doubt, the
liberal arts must remain subordi
nate to a variety of vocational
training programs indispensable to
the winning of the war. None of
our great universities or colleges,
however, has wholly done away
with its teaching of the human
ities or abandoned the intention of
reviewing this phase of its activit
ies at the war’s end. Changes in
teaching methods may be expect
ed. No doubt interest will be focus
ed on new subjects as a conse
quence of our fresh awareness of
the Orient, of Latin America and
of the Soviet Union. But such
changes can be counted upon to
broaden, rather than narrow, the
scope of our intellectual concern.
To meet the problems of the post
war world, men will need above all
else to cultivate a knowledge of
themselves. ^
Students at the University of
Utah started off their new semes
ter with “Hello Week,” a unique
orientation period. Hello tags were
distributed for each student to
wear his name during the week.
A sidewalk running from the ros
trum to the union building was de
signated as “hello walk,” taking
its name from the tradition that all
persons passing one another on
the walk give out with a lusty
greeting.
gies 16-SMU 0.
A few plays later the ball was
on the Aggie’s 40 yard marker.
Burditt, McAllister, and Callen
der colaborated on the ball carry
ing Chores to march 60 yards for
the second Aggie touchdown.
The ball was on the SMU 23
when Burditt went around end
and stepped off the remaining
yardage to score. Turley failed to
kick the extra point. A. & M. 22-
SMU 0.
When the weapon sounded to
end the game, SMU was busy pit
ching passes on their own 23.
The most humorous Incident of
the game was when an unidentified
player caught a pass out of
bounds and landed in the lap of
one of the SMU coaches.
The most outstanding play of the
game was the 60 yard boot that
Turner uncoiled and laid to' rest
on the 6 inch line.
The bard luck player of the'
game was Allen of SMU. He in
jured his am in the first quarter
and it was necessary for him to
leave the game.
Bing Turner stood out in the
Aggie backfield with his punting.
He averaged 37 yards despite a
fluke which traveled only 7 yards.
In our opinion he is one of the
best punters to don the maroon
and white since Rip Collins.
Marion Flanagan and Jessie
Burditt looked good' as ball toters
for the Aggies. Both showed fine
deceptiveness in their running. Fla
nagan also looked good on defense.
Marion Settegast, Herb Turley,
and Goble Bryant looked neat as
defensive men for the Aggies for
ward wall. Their play kept the
SMU backs well upholstered.
SMU had a good back in C. D.
Allen. Lloyd Parker, Billy Walling
and Billy Gipson also looked good
as ball carriers for the ponies.
In the SMU line Abe Croft look
ed like the only man that SMU
can offer for a berth on the ALL-
Conference team.
This week the Aggies will move
to Houston to mingle with Rice.
TCU will go to Austin to see what
they can do with the Longhorns.
SMU and Arkansas will pick the
bone this week.
The football wheel has begun to
spin. Upsets were numerous last
week. Rice defeated Arkansas by
a score of 20-7; Texas Tech ran
over TCU 40-20; San Diego Navy
beat Southern California 14-7;
Purdue only beat Minnesota by a
touchdown to give them a 14-7 win.
3801st Sparkles
Julius Bloom, Reporter
Often the cry is raised that a
columnist has an unfair advantage,
in that there is no recourse open
for the people whose names he
mentions. Regarding the problem
with an unbiased eye, we are more
than inclined to agree. Another
boost is scored for Democracy.
Turnabout is always fair play.
As inequivocally as possible, the
intention is to produce now enough
food for joshing, kidding, cajoling
and general derision to satisfy even
the most caustic of our critics.
A new low in feelings was scored
one morning when we stood in for
mation in our usual slap-happy
manner, talking and looking around
to see upon whom we’re making
an impression. Mind, now, we are
very young and foolish (ed. note—
You are growing older every day,
Bloom), but we really should know
better, having spent the better part
of a year in the army.
At any rate, our exhibition on
this particular morning was a lit
tle too much for the nerves of our
good friend, F/Sgt. Virgil Fulton,
and he proceeded with the dressing
down of our young lifetime; one
we have not forgotten, nor never
expect to forget. He called us every
kind of low-life disreputable private
in the Army of these United States.
Then, there was the very me
morable evening when we spruced
up to beat the shine of the moon
on Kyle Field. Stepping out early
in the twilight, we highwayed it
all the way to Austin, only to find
that our date had left for the week
end long before we arrived. Need
less to say, the highway was terri
bly lonely all the way back to our
little trundle bed in Project House
One.
Added thought: we had made
particular note of taking a Wood
bury facial cocktail that night too.
On another occasion (it must
have been some occasion), we were
feeding our Bacchanal desires at a
local bistro at our last station.
Much impressed by our new-found
wisdom and fluidity of tongue, we
ventured a criticism of the me
thods then in use in our statistical
control unit.
That’s right, you’re right, you
brainy reader you; in the height
of a particularly mellifluous ti
rade, sudden silence enveloped the
vicinity of our table, as well as
our bored Comrades. Following their
gaze as best we could, we were
stopped by the flinty glint in the
eye of our officer in charge. Oh,
well, what’s six month’s on “D”
rations and water?
Batting the breezes with the
boys one night, someone asked our
opinion of the girl who had tra
velled 1500 miles to visit a con
frere. In our usual self-opinionated
manner, we opined, only to heat
the visited confrere say, from the
doorway, “I’m sorry you think
that, she really liked you.”
Just this week, in our Frenchi
class, we read a passage so that
it sounded like, “One eata to satis
fy his wife,” instead of “One eats
to satisfy his hunger.” Cerise does
not describe the color produced on
our unbearded cheeks fey our shock
ed modesty.
Journalistically speaking, W'4‘
missed up on a good $hing whetf
we promised in a recent column
never again to mention the names
of two colleagues. It wAs only
after the piece appeared thfet we
realized that there was nothing! but
playfulness in their caterwauling.
So sorry, dd beans.
All of thd preceding goes to
prove to given enough rope, we will
respond in the conventional man
ner. This confession (good as it is
for the soul) will give os, we hope,
license to continue our writing in
the vein we have pursued, until it
becomes again necessary to de
monstrate that our own failings
run concurrent to those of you
other humans.
If the young lady who gave a
lift to four of our boys Saturday
night will contact this column
through company headquarters,
she may be helpful in returning
valued property.
Co-ed: When I pay $25 for tt
new dress for a date, and my boy
friend shows up with only fifty
cents.
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Guion Hall presents “Assign
ment in Brittany” with Pierre Au-
mont and Susan Peters for its
Tuesday and Wednesday feature.
Aumont, French movie star, makes
his American debut in this picture
when he plays opposite Susan, a
new foreign actress, Signe Hasso,
who portrays an unfaithful wench
playing the Nazi game. The film
is behind the lines intrigue with
French secret agents and British
Commandos which builds up to a
stirring attack on a secret U-boat
base. The suspense never lets
down. Squeamish citizens who don’t
like shooting, spearing with ar
rows and knives, and swinging with
butts of guns had better stay
away. Nazis are the principal vic
tims, but in one scene a group of
French villages get machine-gun
ned. Aumont plays the part of a
French captain who is assigned to
find a U-boat base in Brittany,
hense the name. He succeeds after
much torture, and fimjs a girl be
sides.
The Lowdown: Plenty excite
ment!
“Beyond the Blue Horizon” is
the Tuesday-Wednesday attraction
at the Campus Theater. The stars
Dial 4-1181
Opens 2 P.M.
Today, Wednesday and
and Thursday
“BEYOND THE
BLUE HORIZON”
In Technicolor - starring
Dorothy I^amour
Richard Denning
Walter Abel
— also —
Merrie Melody
Color Cartoon
—and —-
Novelty Short
“3BEARS IN A BOAT”
of the film, which is one of the
typical jungle-sarong rigmaroles,
are Dottie Lamour and Richard
Denning. Filled with mushy scenes
of of over-lush tropical settings
and technicolor, the picture is
based on a series of impending dis
asters that never materialize as
Dorothy leads a party in to the
jungle to establish her identify so
that she can take her rightful
place in society. She ia looking for
some lost papers but a wild ele
phant stands in the way. Jack
Haley and a monkey called Gogo
supply the laughs.
The Lowdown: The scenery is
good, but when Lamour is in
them—Wow.
Monticello college, Alton Illinois,
opens its 106th academic year with
the largest enrollment in history.
There’s a new prerequisite for
admission to Croatian universities,
according to the Nazi-controlled
Zagreb newspaper, Hrvateki Narod.
No girl student will be admitted
to any university unless she can
offer proof of 12 months service
in the Nazi female labor service.
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