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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1943
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TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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1942 Member 1943
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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
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Advertising Staff
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Editor-in-Chief
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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
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J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer
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The Aggie Spirit Dead?
Is the Aggie Spirit dead or is it dying? That is a ques
tion that has been asked time after time by exes who are
now serving in the armed forces of their country and by
people who are interested in the Aggies. According to P. L.
Downs, Jr., ’05, the Spirit is still in force and it will never
die just as long as there are “Aggies left at this institution.”
To those who are led to believe that there is no Aggieland
left, it is well to take the word of a man who knows what
he is talking about. Having been a student at Aggieland be
fore any of the present Aggies were born and living here
after his graduation, the friendly Mr. Downs can be taken
for a man who knows his Aggies and the certain something
that keeps the Spirit what it is.
It was indeed a treat for those members of the Corps
who were at Yell Practice Monday night when one of the Yell
Leaders introduced Mr. Downs as the man who was going
to tell of Aggieland and the Aggie Spirit as he knew it and
had watched it in his forty years as an Aggie. More men
who can speak as did Mr. Downs are needed to make Yell
Practices interesting to the Aggie. It is an almost sure thing
that every Aggie who was listening Monday night enjoyed
the talk, and it is also a sure thing that the Corps thanks
those responsible for making the Practice as interesting and
worthwhile as it was.
Twenty-Five Years Ago . . .
On November 11, 1918, World War I came to an end,
an end that most people thought was here to stay. Many
people lost their lives in this war that was supposed to be
a “war to end all wars.” They didn’t mind because there
would never be another war, but this was far wrong be
cause on December 7, 1941, the United States was again en
gaged in a war—this time with the Japanese. Our country
joined England and the countries that she was already fight
ing with in what was known as the Allies who were fight
ing for a common cause.
Today, everyone in the nation will stop to pay homage
to these men who lost their lives in that bloody war, but
they will pause at the same time to think of the many more
men who have lost their lives in this World War II. This
second world conflict is much worse than the first because
of the improved methods of fighting. This may be the last
war, and it may not. Everyone should stop for just a few
minutes today and think and pray and hope that this wlil
be the last war because only with God’s help can this be
the last.
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PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
In the years I have been con
nected with the College I have at
tended many athletic contests of
various kinds and have witnessed
many thrilling, as well as tense,
moments. During this tjme the
corps and the band have always
played a very important part in the
day’s program. Their part has
also been a very impressive one,
but since Pearl Harbor their part
in the program has meant much
more to me than before thkit
date. For the past two football
seasons I have been in a position
where I could look across the
field at the Corps and watch our
students as they stood and saluted
while our band played the national
anthem. The memory of this sight
stays with me while some of the
thrilling plays of the various con
tests have been forgoten. I wish
it were so our cadets could see
themselves as those of us across
the field see them—I know they
would be equally impressed.
As the men stand there, they
give the impression of unity and
their yelling as the game starts
and progresses certainly convinces
one of their unity of purpose—to
help win the game.
As all this is going on, I can’t
help but wonder what goals could
be attained if we had that same
unity of purpose about everything
we undertook to do. I feel that our
present success in the wqr is due
to the unity of purpose and action
which is now being shown.
We may not always agree with
a plan, but it has been my obser
vation and experience that a poor
plan backed by unity of purpose
will meet with much more success
than a good plan in which that
unity is lacking.
Surely our Team is a good
example of this; they are all trying
to get the most out of a fine sport
and are due the success they are
having.
Man, Your Manners
By 1. Sherwood
S&JI* i> » #1 Ifc irnm
A recent writer has come forth
with wartime table manner# that
break some of the tightest rules
of the most noted etiquette autho
rities. She doesn’t want us to go
as far as Jack Sprats did, but Mr.
and Mrs. Sprat had nothing on
some of us for cleaning plates;
they did it for reasons gastrono
mic; we are doing it for reasons
economic. Knowing men to break
a rule takes good common sense.
If you think your manners are
good enough to stand the strain
go ahead and break a rule, if it
will help to save food.
Mop up your gravy with your
bread if you must have something
to take the place of butter—be
neat abotu it—use your fork with
small portions of bread to do the
mopping up process.
If you think your friends won’t
think any the less of you after they
see you gnawing on meat bones or
chicken bones—to get that last
bit of meat—do as you like about
it. After the war you can take a
refresher course in manners.
We have been taught to keep
hands off, as much as possible,
while we are eating grapefruit,
but since they are so hard to get
—for the duration—you may mas
sage a half grapefruit to get that
last drop of juice.
Rules or no rules, and no matter
what happens, we are compelled
to eat three meals a day. They
should be made as pleasant as pos
sible in order to give our spirits a
lift.
Something to Read
By Dr. T. F. Mayo
A Meaning for the War
The Coming Showdown, by Carl
Dreher
The Unfinished Task, by Lewis
Corey
Toward Full Use of Our Re
sources, a bulletin by Alvin Hansen
Let the People Know, by Norman
Angell
And Keep Your Powder Dry, by
Margaret Meade
One World, by Wendell Wilkie
After re-reading these six of the
best interpretive books which the
present crisis has produced, I find
that five general ideas seem to
stay with me, though I can’t say
exactly from which book each one
came:
1. That this war can be made
to mean what we, the people, want
it to mean: Either one more brawl
for survival and power and loot,
like all the dreary hundreds of
wars that have disfigurtd history;
or the necessary purchase price of
a better, more just, more democra
tic world for everybody.
2. That Democracy is a sort of
equilibrium between as much free
dom and as much equality of op
portunity as can be reconciled with
each other. In complete freedom,
the strong would so prey upon
the weak that all equality of oppor
tunity would disappear. For com
plete equality, the strong would
have to be throlled down to an in
tolerable degree. Democracy, then,
is a balancing of the two against
each other.
3. We are fighting not to “defend
Democracy,” but to preserve our
chance to make a Democracy, the
very best chance that ever existed
in the history of the world. If Hit
ler should win, that chance would
vanish, perhaps forever. If we
win—well, we shall still have a
chance to make a Democracy.
4. That no international post
war arrangement can stand up, if
the separate nations fail to give
a square deal to any large class of
their citizens. If American Negroes
and tenant farmers, if British Hin
dus, if Latin American peons, if
large classes of poor and helpless
people anywhere, fail to be given
a chance at educating themselves
and living decent lives, then no
League of Nations or World
State, no matter how cleverly set
up, can survive and prevent future
wars. The problems of world peace
and of social justice are one prob
lem.
•5. That, just as national isolation
is gone forever, so the individual
man can no longer isolate himself
and his interests fro national con
cerns. Social consciousness and a
social conscience have become ab
solute necessities for a free peo
ple. We must all think and read
and worry about the questions that
so deeply concern us all. If we
don’t, if we charge bull-headedly
and blindly after money and plea
sure and “success,” then some
body will come along and do the
ruling for us, some Hitler or some
military clique like that of Japan.
It behooves everybody who be
lieves in Democracy not only to
work for Democracy and, if neces
sary to fight for Democracy, but
—and this is really tough, I realize
—to think for Democracy.
3801st Sparkles
Julius Bloom, Reporter
Pet point of interest (i. e.-grip-
ing) in the Unit these past few
days has been the change in mess-
halls we have suffered. Due to the
return of the 3800th men, Duncan
Hall could no longer accommodate
our particular brand of chow-
houndery.
Many is the threat of desertion
that has passed the lips of a STAR
since the change added three miles
of walking daily to the strenuous
(ed. note-Are you kidding, Bub?)
routine in which our boys engage.
We tried it ourself just one day,
then went on sick-call and got off
with the old pulled-muscle-in-the-
leg- gag. Natch, the gag is hereby
claimed as our own property.
It should remind most of our
men of the time when they were
in the army, this marching eight-
tenths of a mile to and from chow,
then walking on back. However,
the fact that we can lose that
Duncan Hall baby-fat must have
its compensations.
Time and tide may wait for no
man, but Sbisa Hall reverses the
process.
Life membership in the extreme
ly superderogatory Order of the
Purple Willkie Button is this
week extended to T/4 Orville Rue
for his adsolutely quiet demeanor
and being on the ball. Taciturn
Orville has his wife here, and that
may be the check on him, but he
certainly does stand out in the
mess hall as an epitome of modera
tion when he does not even make
the usual noise of smacking his
lips together.
An inter-house football tourney
has sprung up around our diggings
to give the lads something to si
lence their nervous tension. The
team of House Four has whipped
the pants of House One, our alma
mater. Truly collegiate is the at-
^Ufze. J-Otvcloujn
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By David Seligman
Phone 4-1168
“Hers to Hold” is the coming
feature attraction at the Campus
Theater. If this isn’t Deanna Dur
bin’s best picture, it will serve as
that until a better one comes along
La Durbin has shed her last sem
blance to an adolescent and has
attained her place with the “grown
up.” With Joseph Gotten and Char
les Winnger this film is both a
funny-bone tickling and and heart
appealing one. The theme is that
Marine Mad-Caps
The tenth day of November, 1943
falls on Wednesday of this year
and is indeed a day of celebration
for all Marines. For Wednesday
the 10th of November is the 168th
birthday of the U. S. Marine
Corps. The Marine Corps was cre
ated by a resolution of the Conti
nental Congress, on the 10th of
November, 1775. Since that date
many thousand men have borne
the name Marine. The record of
the Marine Corps is one which will
bear comparison with that of the
most famous military organizations
in the world’s history.
The Marines success as a fight
ing organization is due in part to
confidence that comes from inside
each Marine. To quote from an ad
dress given by Lieutenant General
T. Holcomb, Commandant of the
U. S. Marine Corps:
“The Marines have confidence in
themselves. And confidence is
greatly different from braggadocio.
Confidence doesn’t come from the
outside. It comes from the inside.
It comes from character, dicipline,
from training and skill.
“Experience has shown that it
isn’t the swaggering bully that
makes the great fighter. It’s the
man with character, discipline and
training. Take Markmanship for
instance. If a Marine can’t shoot a
rifle so he’s proud of his mark
manship he works until he is good.
And as a Marine gets to be a bet
ter and better shot, he gets confi-
(See Mad-Caps, page 3) -
mosphere, with the lads walking
around muttering under their
breath. “Beat the HELL out of
House Zero.’’
Attempting to pull a fastie in
Dallas last weekend, Pvt. William
“Fish” Eldot and Cpl. Isadore
“Brigadier” Stabler had the tables
slightly turned. The story goes
that they met an enderly female in
that town, and reckoned that they
had stumbled on something good,
namely a meal ticket.
After binding about the good
food for a while, the boys tooV
matters into their own hands and
steered their friend into a restau
rant, and despite her persistent
contention before they entered the
eatery, that she was not hungry,
she managed to stick them for a
tidy sum.
Moral: Don’t ask strange women
to dinner unless they can show
that they have the cash for their
own bill.
S/Sgt. Bernard Kirsch, finan
cially embarrassed, had to give
up a date the other night with a
local girl. Unfortunately, she had
no telephone, and Bernie couldn’t
contact her. If she reads this, I
am sure that she will understand
that Kirsch saved her from a
howling good time at home.
We beg to report that the ad
dress of the waitress Pvt. Robert
Wood wanted has been duly dis
covered and entered in the files.
If we can be of any like service
to anyone else, the pleasure will be
surely all that of the client, as in
the case of the unknown waitress.
She was interested as all get-out,
but only in Bob. And this column
goes on, still cherchant la femme.
Annoying as it may be, there will
be some interest inspired by
changing back to the old time
schedule. We have not seen the
sun rise so long that we are curi
ous to learn if that practice still
exists.
We are sorry for our roomie,
Pvt. Thomas Fritscher. Much as
we would like to, it is impossible
to print his name here until he
reaches an achievement of note.
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Rockne, All American. Starring
Pat O’Brien as the famous foot
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college days at Notre Dame and
then his coaching days there with
the famous ‘four horsemen.’ The
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games themselves are excellent
examples of what Hollywood can
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picture that can stir you deeply.
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