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I ' ;'^»***- Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1943 STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE ion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texaa and the City of College Station, is published three times weekly, and iasuec Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday mornings. Entered as second class matter at the Post Jffice at College Station, Texas under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate J3 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-M44. 1942 Member 1943 Associated Cotleftide Press H. Sylvester Boone - Editor-in-Chiei Andy Matula ... Associate Editor Harold Borofsky William Sports Staff iorof Bake Sports Editor Charlie Murray Tuesday's Staff Sports Reporter Ed Katten Managi: Robert Orrick Sporta Reporter Charles West Claude Stone Sports Photographer Charley L. Dobbs ng Editor Reporter Reporter Reporter Thursday’s Staff Saturday’s Staff David Seligman Managing Editor Andy Matula Managing Editor Max Mohnke Reporter Fred Manget, Jr ; Reporter R. L. Weatherly Reporter John T. Scurlock Reporter J. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter James C. Grant Reporter Special Columnists Miscellaneous Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-o David Seligman Columnist SuSu Beard (T.S.C.W.) For Battalion J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer Advertising Staff Circulation Staff John Kelly Business Manager Steele H. Nixon Circulation Mgr. Charles R. West Ass’t. Business Mgr. George Puls Ass't. Circulation Mgr. An Appreciative Thanks . . . With the close of the regular football season, the Aggies have come through with flying colors. To the boys and to the coaches, a hearty thanks should go. At the beginning of the season, Homer Norton had no lettermen and no man on the squad who had plaved football at any college unless at a small junior college. Mid-season brought a 20 year old let- terman into being and this helped a great deal. On the side of this, one can see boys just out of high school opposed by men who have had experience at the game or have had enough age and weight on them to make the difference. It is with these thoughts in mind that thanks should go to each man on the squad, for only with their determination and Aggie Spirit could they win victories over teams com posed of men who are members of the armed forces. A special vote of thanks should go to Coach Norton who made his team of “youngsters” into a winning team. The Aggies with his help and that of his assistants won seven games, tied one, and lost one. No one in the football world would ever conceive such a record at the first of the season, but it took Norton to do it while at the same time putting his fourth team in five straight years in some bowl game on New Year’s Day. Not another coach in the Southwest Con ference, and this includes every team and coach, has done this. Neither can any coach look at their record and find that they have won a part of the conference championship three years in succession. Another year might change this, but it doesn’t seem likely unless the Navy helps again as it did this. A record such as this on both the part of the men on the team and the coacljes means that they will not stop at any minor obstacle. In 1939, it was the Sugar Bowl and a victory for the Aggies; in 1940, it was the same thing but in the Cotton Bowl, and in 1941, it was again a battle in the Cotton Bowl, but this time, it was victory for Alabama. Now, in 1943, it will be the Orange Bowl at Miami. The outcome will be decided on January 1st. No matter what happens on this day, though one fact will be obvious and that is that the boys will give a good account of themselves. Pim Rl’ZZUTO, FORMER YANKEE SHORTSTOP^NEV/ER PLAVED . FOR ANYTHING BUT TEAMS THAT ^ u WON PENNANTS -/ft #E MAJORS AHpMm ■■r-mkh. -Aw* w PHIL'S ^ Won a r r flUlCH BIGGER. 'TeAt* NOW-THE us. MT/-AND VOU CAN MAKE SURE ThE/ WIN "FLAG! mBACK THE ^Attack with PWAR BONDS U. S. Treasury Department OPEN FORUM “Some may boast of prowess bold, Of the school they think so grand” It is cold and clear in Aggieland tonight. Shadows en mass drift from the street by the “Y”— From Law and Puryear and Fos ter— The “New Area,” the library— Everywhere they drift and swarm and drive To the old drill field. BEAT THE H OUTTA TEXAS! Determined yells and exuberant answers .... Shadows illumined by the glare of the bonfire .... Aggie shadows clasping hands, Singing songs that leave the heart in the throat And butterflies in the stomach. Those same old butterflies, Army-. “But there's a spirit that can ne’er be told, It’s the Spirit of Aggieland.” We are the Aggies—the Aggies are we,’’ .... UniversityStudents Earned $259,000 At Summer Jobs in ’42 Placement Office Say This is Increase of 80% Over Previous Year EVANSTON, 111.—Northwestern University students earned more than $250,000 last year in part-time and summer jobs, an increase of 80 per cent over the previous year’s total of $140,000, according to Frank S. Endieott, director of the University’s Bureau of Placement. More than 10,000 calls of all types were received by the bureau during the year, each reprecenting a need for full or part-time help. The bureau filled 2,334 requests for student workers out of 4,©85 calls received for part-time help. A total of 1,930 students were re gistered for part-time employ ment. There were 1,937 calls for teachers, an increase of 14 per cent over the previous year and more than twice the number re ceived in 1940. Placements in teaching positions are expected to exceed the previous year’s total of 232. During the year the bureau ar ranged for 878 interviews between seniors and recruiting officers in business and industry. More than 114 new graduates have already been placed through the bureau. The Chicago campus office of the bureau placed a large number of Northwestern alumni in essential industry and business. Many posi tions commanded salaries as high as $10,000. FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol Edward Mac Dowell, Composer, DISSATISFIED, CRUMPLED A COMPO SITION AND THREW IT AT THE ORE- PLACE. Mrs. mac Dowell found THE CRUMPLED PAPER WHICH MISSED THE FIRE. LATER SHE SUBMITTED IT TO THE MUSIC PUBLISHERS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE EVER POPULAR *TO A WILD ROSE*. SHELL TOOLAUH george lait.ins CORRESPONDENT CAUGHT IN A BARRAGE OF ARTILLERY FIRE IN NORTH AFRICA, WAS RES CUED WHEN A DRIVER SWUNG HIS TRUCK BE i TWEEN LAIT AND A SHELL COMING DIRECTLY MOiCE IN THE DARK.. ROSS MACLEAN, POPULAR BARI TONE STOOD IN THE WINGS HUM MING THE TUNE IN GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS, WHEN THE STAR ABOUT TO GO ON LOST HIS VOICE. MAC LEAN, IN BLACKFACE WENT ON AND\TWE AUDIENCE DIDN'T SUSPECT HE HAD SAVED THE PREMIERE. ■— _ BARBER. SOL SAYS: BOMB THE BOOT, AND BOMB THE TOE UNTIL PUCE HOLLERS LET ME GOj „ BOY MORE as. BONOS / American Colleges Support Refugee Children of Allies Westminister College Now Supporting Three British Children NEW WILMINGTON, P a .— Three small British children who have probably never heard of West minster College are being sup ported by two local campus orga nizations in one of the many ways collegians are contributing to the I United Nations war effort. Pretty blonde four-year-old Mar garet Bamford is being supported by the YWCA through the Save the Children Fund. Margaret’s fa ther was a reservist and was called back on sick leave three times lately and that meant docking the family allowance given to Mrs. Bamford. Money is very short in that home in Chesterfield, and the Westminster YWCA is helping to make things easier for little Mar garet whose memories are full of war. Royster Webb, five , whose fa ther is in the RAF, has also been adopted for the duration by the YWCA. Royster’s mother goes out to work when she is able, hut since her small son must have extra nounrishment because of ill- health, the adoption funds help a great deal. As part of its activities as a national sorority, the Westminster chapter of Kappa Delta has also adopted a ritish war child. She is four-year-old arbar Reader who stays with her two-year-old bro ther in the Hampstead nursery. Mrs. Reader and her two children had been in London and had gone to the country to escape the bomb ing, but their retreat their was badly bombed too. Her allotment from her husband was so small that it was impossi ble for her to take care of herself and her children. But through the adoption of Barbar by the Kappa Deltas, Mrs. Reader was able to send her children where they would be safe. Don, up in Alaska, Luke, in Italy, (Boh—who knows where Bob may be) We reach across the miles—the plains, the sea .... “True to each other as Aggies can be, We’ve got to fight, Boys, we’ve got to fight, We’ve got to fight for maroon and white” And for red, white and blue. You know that, Joe, a “jerry” shot you down, And, Jimmy, you stayed with your ship to the end, Honored to give your life in battle for your country. Fightin’, Texas Aggies . . • We are proud of you. “After we’ve boosted all the rest, We will come and join the best,” .. Don, up in Alaska, Luke, in Italy, (Bob—God bless you, wherever you may be) We reach across the miles—the plains, the sea, And you are with us here tonight. We can hear you singing in the swell of voices, Wherever you may fight— “For we are the Aggies—the Ag gies are we, And we’re from Texas A. M. C.” June Brown LOUPOT’S A Little Place . . . ... A Big Saving Experiments On Cream Separation Made by Scientists EHiker and Brown of Purdue Experiment on Cream Separation Centrifugal separation is not only the most efficient method of separating milk but also yields a higher quality of cream. Experimental work at the Pur due University laboratories by P. R. Elliker and W. H. Brown, of the Department of Dairy Husband ry proves this beyond the shadow of a doubt. The data is particulary signifi cant at this time when there is an urgent need for high quality dairy products to supply present markets and expand future de mands. Here are some of the things. Elliker and Brown observed in their experiments: 1. After storage for four and seven day periods at temperatures of 60 to 80 degres, cream separat ed by the centrifugal method was found to contain much less mold than cream separated by the wat er-dilution and shallow pan grav ity methods. Centrifugal separation removed i pproximately 90 per cent of the molds and spores from both the cream and the skimmilk, whereas both water-dilution and shallow pan separations tended to concen trate the molds in the cream lay er rising to the top. 3. Cream obtained by centrifugal separation was superior in odor and flavor to gravity separated j cream after storage for varying periods of time. 4. Skimmilk separated by the NAVY MEN Let U* Do Your Altering LAUTERSTEIN’S Army Specialized Training Program Graduates 1,500 ASTP Enrolls 140,000 Men in 222 Colleges Throughout Nation Approximately 1,500 enlisted men have been graduated from the Army Specialized Training Pro gram and have been assigned to a wide variety of responsible duties in nearly all arms and services of the Army, the War Department an nounced today. At the end of October, approxi mately 150,000 soldiers were en rolled in the ASTP at 222 educa tional institutions, including A. & M. Early in 1944, these soldier- students wil complete their courses in greatly increasing numbers. The 1,500 already graduated and as signed constitute more than half the number who entered the inaug ural term of ASTP April 12, 1943. They are men who entered at ad vanced levels, and because of background and aptitude were able to absorb the required training in a relatively short time. Two hundred graduates have been asigned to Army Air Forces medical and psychological examin ing units and will process aviation students, who are screened for ap titudes and qualifications early in their training. More than 100 were assigned to Army Service Forces, where they are conducting a clas sification survey. Some have gone to the Sanitary Corps, and are per forming their duties in such a manner that the Surgeon Gener al’s Office is increasing nearly four fold its requests for ASTP grad uates in that corps. Asignments to the Corps of Engineers have in cluded civil engineers, chemists, chemical engineers, mechanical en gineers and architects. Several hun dred graduates in medicine, den tistry and veterinary medicine have been appointed in the appropriate corps of the Medical Department. Many ASTP soldiers are being given responsible overseas as signments. The program includes various courses to fit the soldiers for sev eral types of special duty in the various arms and services. A number of graduates have been selected for officer candidate schools, among them the Transpor tation Corps O. C. S. and the Corps of Enginers O. C. S. The Army Specialized Training Program is not to be regarded, however, as a sure road to a commission, as ASTP graduates must compete wtih all other enlisted men for se lection to fill the few vacancies in the O. C. S. Although the train ees’ chances for advancement are enhanced by successful completion of their courses, with officer train ing a possibility, the primary aim of the program is to train soldiers for the highest duties they are capable of performing in spec ialized fields where the Army has greatest needs. centrifugal method tested only 0.04 per cent butterfat, as compared with 0.70 per cent butterfat found in skimmilk separated by water- dilution or shallow pan. The dif ference means an annual loss of many dollars to farmers using the latter methods. On numerous farms the value of the butterfat lost by inefficient gravity separation over a period of time would exceed the price of a centrifugal separator. oojdoujn on Campus ‘Distractions By David Seligman ‘Something to Shout About”, starring Don Ameche, Janet Blair, and Jack Oakie, comes to Guion Hall Tuesday and Wednesday. The public should shout about this one —it’s packed with topnotch enter tainment everything from a sensa tional dog act to the artistic bal lets of David Scott, and an all around good performance by the top-liners asure you of an excel lent picture. The wide range of talent is skillfully blended into the story, although its plot which is formula, maintains interest be cause of the naturealnes of the characterizations. The yarn con cerns a Broadway producer, whose comeback is angelled by an ex- THOUGHT FOR THE DAY We begin our topic for discussion with the following words by Plu tarch, “The greatest of all sacri fices is the sacrifice of time.” What does this little quotation mean? Simply this, Beavers, time is important in this war. Yes, time. If we had only had time when the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor. With time the whole course of this war could have been changed over night. Don’t let a moment go un done, Beavers; every second counts in this fast moving world. Take everything you do with the utmost of importance, lessons, drilling, etc. Every second, minute, hour, I week, month you miss is disrupt ing the war effort. So with all this in mind let’s go to town with this quotation, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you could do to day.” HELP BRING VICTORY . . . BUY WAR BONDS TODAY! chorus girl, millionairess-by-mar riage, who fances herself as an actress. When the impresxario and his press agent discover a gal with real talent, they plot to get their backer out of the way. The Lowdown: Make it a scream. At the Campus Theater for Tuesday and Wednesday is show ing “Quiet Please, Murder,” This film, as the title suggests, is a gruesome murder story starring your Falcon of the series by the same name, George Sanders and also Gail Patrick. This is a story of the murder of a wealthy man in his library and the appearance of Sanders on the scene, who with the help of Gail finds the solution and catches the killer. This is an average story with a worn out plot dressed up to hide its shabbi ness. The Lowdown: If you don’t like it, go to sleep. GAS RATIONING DOES NOT STOP HOBO-DAY PARADE BROOKINGS, S. D.—Despite gasoline and tire rationing, the “Bummobile” runs again this year in the Hobo day parade at South Dakota State college. The Bummobile is the official car for the Hobo day royalty. The antiquated automobile is a 1912 Model T. Ford, owned by the Stu dent association. It was given to the associotion in 1939 by Frank Weagal of Flandreau with the understanding it was to appear each year in the homecoming pa rade. 9c & 20c Phone 4-1168 ADMISSION IS ALWAYS Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M. Closes 8:30 TODAY and WEDNESDAY “SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT” — with — Don AMECHE Janet BLAIR Jackie OAKIE also Cartoon - News - Variety ampus Dial 4-1181 OPENS 1:00 P. M. 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