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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1943
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TEXAS A. A M. COLL BCE
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Sports Staff Tuesday's 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
S. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter
Special Columnists
Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-e
ftufiu Beard (T.S.C.W.) ._ For Battalion
Advertising Staff
lefan Kelly Business Manager
Charles R. West Ass’t. Business Mgr.
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
Steele H. Nixon Circulation Mgr.
George Puls Ass’t. Circulation Mgr.
About These Holidays . . .
Christmas holidays for the Corps were set during- last
semester by the Committee for December 18th. Ten days
from that date would be given to the Aggies for their own,
but on the 28th of the same month, classes would again
start. Why the Committee wanted to begin the holidays
seven days before Christmas Day and end three days before
New Year’s is unknown unless it is to relieve congestion of
traffic on public conveyances, that is, train and bus.
When the days, December 18-28 were set as the days
off, there was no Orange Bowl in sight and everyone seemed
satisfied with the idea. Now that the Aggies who are mem
bers of the football squad have been asked to play in the
bowl, some sort of solution could very easily be made to sat
isfy everyone concerned. A change in the da^s set aside
could be made, it seems, without giving any more time off
for vacation.
With the football boys off to Miami, several days of
class work will be missed. Many of the Aggies who are mem
bers of the Corps will be out there with that old Aggie Spirit
right alongside them. Classroom work will be interrupted for
several days preceding New Year’s and after that day. A
suggestion that has been offered is for the Committee to
dismiss each Aggie after his last class on the 22nd and have
him report back by 6 a.m. on the 3rd of January. Other
changes can be made with very little work attached.
Setting the days back nearer to Christmas Day will give
each person time to get home and spend two special days
with his parents. It will also give those who wish to make
the trip to help the boys along on their bowl game a chance
to do so without too much risk of failing. As to congesting
traffic, there should be very little of that since Aggies, as a
general rule, go their own way by “thumbing”. Busses and
trains are used very seldom so this reason for early holidays
is not feasible. The question under discussion, then, is why
can’t the holidays be set back a little nearer to Christmas
Day and include New Year’s at the same time?
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
We have just about wound up
a very successful football season
and to all who had a part in the
development o f
the team we can
s i n c e r ely say,
“Well done.”
There are many
reasons why our
team met with
success but I feel
that their unity
of purpose, en
thusiasm, good
spirit and empha
sis on fundamen
tals were responsible to a great
extent for that success, and they
showed us that these things still
pay off in rather large dividends.
I once heard a very successful
coach say, “Give me a team that
can block and tackle and we will
win lots of games.”
In the troubled world in which
we live today it is not only diffi
cult to find the answer to many
perplexing questions but it is
equally difficult to find one who
can furnish effective counsel. But
there is one thing that we can al
ways depend on when in doubt, and
that is fundamental living. Such
things as faith in God, the Golden
Rule, honesty, fair play, consider
ation for the rights and privileges
of others, unselfishness, living
each and every day the best we
know how, are still good just as
they have always been. In life as
in sports, fundamentals are of par
amount importance, and I have
never seen a successful team that
was not well grounded in the fun
damentals of the sport, nor have
I seen a successful person who did
not build on a foundation of funda
mental living.
Marine Mad-Caps
From the first of December to
the seventh of December, 1943, the
country is having a rally for war
bond sales. The Marines, Sailors,
and all the men in the armed serv
ices of the United States have
been asked to join in the fight and
buy at least one War Bond be
tween the first and seventh of
December. If one can’t possibly
afford one War Bond he can sure
ly afford a few war stamps so
don’t forget buy a bond or some
stamps and deal the Japs and
Nazis a blow from which they will
sever recover.
Don’t think because you wear
the uniform of the United States
that this exempts you from buying
and buying war bonds, because it
doesn’t. Instead of throwing that
dough away foolishly this month
pitch a few dollars into some war
stamps or better still buy a bond.
Buy a Bond for the men who died
at Pearl Harbor on December 7th,
1941. Buy a bond because you want
to buy a bond. Frankly guys I
think its the least we on this side
of the pond can do. HOW ABOUT
IT?
Watch the chart for increase in
sales on the Marine Bulletin Board.
Saturday evening, the 4th of
December, 1943, the Marines and
Sailors stationed at A. & M. will
tangle in three main events at the
Aggie Gym at Kyle Field. There
will be six (6) Gala boxing bouts
with Sailors vs. Marines. There
will also be a wrestling match that
promises to be a slaughter. And
last but not least a Judo demon
stration by a couple of Marine
experts. The evenings festivities
will begin at 19:30 and will be
free to all Marine and Navy per
sonnel. So beat a path over to the
Gym Saturday evening guys, and
see the Sailors and Marines fight
it out. WHAT CAN YOU LOSE
ITS FREE?
Man, Your Manners
By i. Sherwood
The military salute is “a sign of
recognition between men of an
honorable profession;” it is re
quired of men in the Service.
On the A. & M. Campus there are
certain courtesies—not required—
that are important, and should not
be disregarded.
1. Speaking to professors, to the
president, and to the administrative
officers, whether or hot they know
you personally.
2. Rising when a professor en
ters his office.
3. Remaining standing in a pri
vate office until you are invited
to be seated. Don’t ask to smoke;
let the invitation come from the
professor.
The following are social cour-
tesises that should not be over
looked:
1. A man rises when a woman
enters or leaves a room and re
mains standing as long as she is
standing-
2. Acknowledging with a “thank
you” any service, however slight,
whether or not you have paid for
it.
3. Saying “excuse me, please,”
when you have inconvenienced or
offended others.
4. Knocking before you enter
another’s office, home or room.
Other peoples’ privacy should be
respected—your roomate’s as well.
5. Another’s letters are inviolate
—even though they may have been
previously opened.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Without sleep, rest or food for three days and nights. Marine
Platoon Sergeant Basilone fought off repeated Jap attacks on his
machine gun emplacement in the Solomons and won the Congressional
Medal of Honor.. “Manila John” Basilone of New Jersey, son of an
Italian emigrant, stood his ground until, when reinforcements arrived,
he had accounted for 38 Japs. How many Third War Loan Bonds will
you yourself account for, to back such men as Basilone?
U. S. Treasury Department
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OVERCOATS ON ONE OF THIS SUMMERS'
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Kyle Purchases
Houston Realty;
$50,000 Passes
Houston newspapers Sunday
carried notice of the purchase by
Dean E. J. Kyle, of Texas A. & M.
College, of business property in
Houston, the price being given as
$50,000.
The property fronts 115 feet on
Travis and 125 feet on Calhoun,
and is the site of a single story
building of concrete and steel con
struction, which is under long
lease to the A and B Motor Com
pany.
The deal between Dean Kyla
and R. B. McAshan was handled
by Meredith James of the Guardian
Trust Company, and the purchase
was made as an investment. Mr.
James is a brother of James W.
James, in charge of the OP A rent
control office and in the real es
tate business.
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3801st Sparkles
By Julius Bloom
Not that we want to be trite, or
anything along the usual lines of a
farewell column, but by the time
you read this, we will have been
long gone and out of the picture.
Life’s like that, you get set up
somewhere, and then just about
when evrything looks like the
pickings may be easy from then
on, up pops the devil and away go
you.'
Writing this column was fun for
us, although the editors of the
Batt might have other comments.
We can say for ourselves, though,
that we did make every deadline
until “things” happened. As usual,
with a column of this sort, we came
into contact with a number of peo
ple we never would have met, and
when we stop wanting to do that,
it will be the little black bottle. The
looks of surprise on the faces of
our confreres when they saw their
names in print (and in such ways)
more than compensated for their
threats of libel suits.
In all, as we say, it was fun.
By and large, there were a num
ber of people who helped to make
the job especially worthwhile, and
we wish to publicly extend thanks
to:
Capt. Theodore B. Earll, for at
first making this column possible
by speaking to the powers that be,
and for giving us every possible
break.
Capt. Samuel D. Bratton, for ^
signing that Class “A” pass, and
enabling us to gather material
from the precincts visited by the
STARS. Beside that, the captain
proved to be very understanding
in matters involving things better
left unsaid.
F/Sgts. Virgil Fulton and Wal
ter Staggs, for allowing us the
use of a typewriter at times when
any sensible g. i- would have been
in bed. It was these two who took
best the riding we could offer.
A1 and Anne Kelly at the A. &
M. Grill, for giving us on the arm
service on those nights when we
wanted to brood over the writing
of a column.
The editors of the Batt, for
giving us the space to print this
column, when they must have been
squeezed tight for space as it was.
Their generosity is still appreci
ated.
Frogs Baker, Nevin and Smok
ier at Milner Hall, for providing
us with some of the atmosphere
and spirit of A. & M., so that we
could feel interested enough to turn
out a column.
The men we lived with, for being
nice enough to go .out and make
copy of themselves.
Pfc. Milliard Strohecker, for the
innumerable cigarettes he could
always be countd on to deliver.
You, the readers, for being pa
tient and understanding through
all our shortcomings and inadequa
cies.
Mrs. Louis Smokier, of Dallas,
for proving to us that the spirit
of southern hospitality is not dead,
event to us d— Yankees.
These people are only a few
among many, and we are certain
that there must be at least four
score more people who deserve
mention here.
However, now it is all over, and
we do not know whether the column
wil be continued by some other
STAR. We wish it could be, because
there are innumerable idiosyncra
sies and habits among the 3801sters
that rate publicizing.
We wish the school and the corps
the best of luck through the years.
Ave atque vale.
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“The Constant Nymph,” starring
Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine,
Alexis Smith and Brenda Marshall
comes to Guion Hall Thursday.
This' is an adventure into the
“Eager Beavers”
Play For Dance
At Country Club
A 15-piece dance band, the “Ea
ger Beavers,” aviation students
from the 308th College Training
Detachment at Texas A. & M.,
made its first appearance in the
Bryan Country Club at last Satur
day night’s USO dance, one of the
most successful since the club’s
inception.
Newly organized, the orchestra
also presented the comely and tal
ented girl vocalist, Miss Sue Har
grove, Stephen F. Austin high
school junior, in her initial per
formance. From the Detachment
itself were two singers, A/S Bob
Elliott of New York and A/S
Horace Acuff of Los Angeles, Cal.
The name “Eager Beavers” orig
inated with the 308th commanding
officer, Capt. Sam B. Hill, who
first applied the term to the aspir
ing officers-to-be under his com
mand.
Aside from Miss Hargrove, the
entire group, directed by A/S Joe
Bossert from New York, N. Y.,
formerly with the Mutual Broad
casting company, is composed of
men embarking on flying careers
with the Army Air Force. All will
eventually become pilots, bombar
diers or navigators and are sta
tioned at Texas A. & M. for pre
flight academic training.
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realms of poetic imagination where
an elflike child’s loyalty blossoms
into an inspiring love. It is pre
sented with tenderness and under
standing. Joan Fontaine’s portray
al of the delicately shaded emo
tions of the musician’s child who
idolizes a composer and inspires
him without his realizing it until
after he has married an English
girl is something to be remem
bered. Boyer’s work as a composer
is sincere and wholly convincing,
and Alexis Smith gives a polished
interpretation of the English girl
who cannot understand her hus
band until their marriage nears
the rocks. Charles Coburn is the
restrained but very amusing Eng
lish father, and Dame May Whitty
is, as usual, brilliant even though
her role is minor.
The Lowdown: Among the year’s
top films.
The Campus Theater brings the
notable picture “So Proudly We
Hail” to the campus. With three
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Joan Fontaine
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FOR CHRISTMAS
Send your picture in your uniform. We
make a specialty of servicemen’s pictures.
We have dress uniforms for the Marines.
Mother
Sweetheart
Sister
All would appreciate your photograph
this Christmas more than
anything you could send.
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