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STUDENT TBI-WEBKLT NEWSPAPEK
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The RattaJion., offieial newspaper sf the Apricultoral and Mechanical Coliege of
Eeaaa and the City of Celle^e Station. » published three tunes weekly, and issued
Tuesday, Thursday and Swbwrday mornings.
Entered as neoond class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas,
obder the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advertising rates npoa request.
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc.., at New Task (Star,
Chicago, Bostau, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Office, Room K, Adminlstralien Building. Telephone 4-^tlA
1942 Member 1943
Pissocioted CollG6«ote Press
H. Sylvester Boone
Sports Staff
Harold Borofsky Sports Editor
William Baker Sports Reporter
Robert Orrick Sports Reporter
Claude Stone Sports Photographer
Thursday’s Staff
David Seligtnan Managing Editor
Max Mohnke Reporter
S. L. Weatherly Reporter
/. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter
Special Columnists
Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-o
SnSu Beard (T.S.C.W.) For Battalion
Advertising Staff
'Jtehn Kelly Business Manager
Charles R. West Ass’t. Business Mgr.
Editor-in-Chief
Tuesday’s Staff
Charlie Murray Managing Editor
Ed Katten Reporter
Charles West Reporter
Charley L. Dobbs Reporter
Saturday’s Staff
Dave Seligtnan Managing Editor
Fred Manget, Jr. Reporter
John T. Scurlock Reporter
Stanley Weiss Reporter
Miscellaneous
David Seligman Columnist
J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer
Circulation Staff
Steele H. Nixon Circulation Mgr.
George Puls Ass’t. Circulation Mgr.
American. Friendliness . . .
- From the Gulf of Mexico to the tip of Maine and from
the edge of the Atlantic Ocean to the seaboard of the Pacific,
a certain type of cheerfulness and friendliness can be detec-
ed. Every section of the country has their own way of show
ing this congeniality toward their fellowman, but they are
to be commended for doing it at all. Too few countries have
this attitude; that is why they are usually the loser in their
battles, as is the case now.
Since World War II shoved its way into the life of every
American, this spiirt of friendliness and cooperation has
shown itself up more and more. This happens at camps and
colleges all over the country. A. & M. has always had what
they call the Spirit of Aggieland and whoever comes in con
tact with it takes a little with him wherever he may go. It
is the greatest spirit in all the word. Any Aggie will say
the same, but this isn’t limited to Aggies alone. Aggieland
isn’t the only college that lives a friendly life toward the
next door neighbor. Other colleges have it also, but their’s
a much younger friendliness
To cite examples, one might use Texas University, the
traditional rival of the Aggies. They might be odd characters
to the typical Aggie, but the majority of them are cordial
to the Aggie as the majority of the Aggies are the same
way to them. The small colleges are not to be left out either.
Little Southwestern University is one of the best of all col
leges for treating their visitors with a welcome hand. No
other college can beat teir way of showing guests a good
time. Texas State College for Women is also a college to
show that the girls who go there have the good old American
way of life as to the way they greet those who find them
selves on their campus. These are only a few of the Texas
institutions which go all out with their helping hand. With
colleges like these, along with Sam Houston Teacher’s, San
Marcos Teacher’s, Texas Christian University, and all of the
others, no war can be lost by America and its Allies.
OPEN FORUM
Editor’s Note: Following is a
clipping from the T. S. C. W.
Lass-O, student body newspaper,
which speaks the mind of an Aggie
in reference to making trips to
Tessieland. It might prove worth
while for more Aggies to find
their way to Denton, even in these
war times.)
“I only wish the present Aggies
could make the weekly trips to
TSCW like we used to,” Pfc. S. K.
Kirk, ex-Aggie ’43, stated in a let
ter to the Lass-O, while rem
iniscing the days when Aggieland
boys infested the TSCW campus
every week-end. “But the lack of
transportation has jammed the
works,” he said in reference to the
annual corps trip.
In his letter he mentioned that
he and Mildred Margaret Hen-
richs, B. S., ’42, were planning to
be married Dec. 20 in Wharton,
Texas.
“To me TSCW puts out some
swell gals (heck, I’m marrying one)
and a closer relation between it
and Aggieland is highly desirable.
If you could only do something for
these poor Frogs, Fish, Sophs, and
even Juniors who have never seen
the light,” he added.
A proud parent called up the
newspaper and reported the birth
of twins. The girl at the new
desk didn’t quite catch the mes
sage over the phone. “Will you re
peat that,” she asked.
“Not if I can help it,“ was the
reply.
She was only a lumberman's
daughter, but even then you could
tell that she’d been through the
mill.
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THE BATTALION
Something to Read
By T. F. Mayo
Did You Miss Any of These?
The College Library recommends
the following baker’s dozen of
books as perhaps the best novels
(well, some of the best) that have
been written in modem times.
Of Human Bondage, by Somer
set Maugham (English).—The Mo
dem young man’s long struggle
to find a meaning in life—or to
make a meaning for it.
Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis
(American).—A highly irreverent
portrait of that sacred character,
the Amercian Business Man.
The Man of Property, by John
Galsworthy (English).—The story
of a man whose dominant impulse
was to own things, but who found
that only the unimportant things
can be owned.
An American Tragedy, by Theo
dore Dreiser (American).—Why do
success stories go wrong so often
in real life? Is this tragedy pecu
liarly an American one?
The Magic Mountain, by Thomas
Mann (German).—An internation
al saintarium in the Alps becomes
the symbol of the Western world,
with its warring philosophies and
profound diseases.
Round-up, by Ring Lardner
(American).—The short stories,
funny but bitter, of a great Amer
ican who saw too deeply for his
own or his readers’ comfort.
Point Counterpoint, by Aldous
Huxley (English).—Highly sophis
ticated people caught in the glit
tering, merciless web of their own
obsessions.
Sanctuar, by William Faulkner,
(American).—Evil is powerful and
good is feeble and helpless in
Northeast Mississippi. An .impres
sive and terrible book.
The Don Flows Home to the Sea,
by Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksadro-
vich (Russian).—Probaly the finest
story that has come out of Com
munist Russia, and yet not a Com
munist story.
Man’s Hope, by Andre Malraux
(French).—The clash of world fa
ces in Spain. Brilliant talk and
heroic action.
USA, by John Dos Passes (Amer
ican).—A group of three tremend
ous stories of American life, ending
in the 1928 crash.
The Grapes of Wrath, by John
Steinbeck, (American).—American
rural humanity uprooted and on the
march, in laughter, tears, heroism
—and Model T’s.
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Er
nest Hemingway (American).—
The darling of the Lost Generation
comes to age ^t last. Robert Jor
dan, his hero, is the best full-length
portrait of the modern ideal of
personality.
3801st Sparkles
By Jack Mondo
Fortunate it was that the Eagle
strafed us with the great god
(small ‘g\ thank you) green a week
ago. With nary a pawn shop in
sight, our “Esprits de Corps” had
sunk so low, that complete liquida
tion resembled a positive situation.
Do you concur 1st. Sgt. Rosen
blatt? Say what you will about in
spiring factors; natural incentive,
letters from home, THE furlough,
the omni-present mate (or a reason
ably exect fascimile), et al,—BUT
without the multifarious “mazu-
ma,” our unit isn’t worth a lead
nickel. That, friends, you can take
literally!
You Leave Me Breathless Dept.
—Since Cincinnati University has
claimed our erstwhile tower of Ty
Power tendencies, S/Sgt. Bemie
Kirsch . . . .that loud ripple in the
stream of local hearts . . .that . . .
(add superlatives with reckless
abandon) .... nominations for his
successor are before the board.
We proffer that savoir-faire per
sonality. Connecticut’s contribu
tion to any gigolo parade, soul-stir
ring Pfc. Basile. Rumor hath that
Jerry is giving gratis lectures
(with illustrations) on the art of
romance. (Editor’s note to Miss
Anonymous: ARE Latis lousy
lovers ?)
Special appeal to that indomita
ble “Act of Congress” that is “the
be all and the end all here:” Kindly
inform this Technician-Grade VII
of the required behavior when one
of your Commanding Officers takes
a visiting Major into the alleged
privacy of your wash room. There
you are, undressed for the occa
sion, deep in the glory of your
“bawth.” Do you stand at atten
tion, thus giving the Pneumo-coc
cus bug an engraved invitation? or
do you lightly but politely drown
yourself to get out of the glare
of that blinding hardware? Cap
tain Earll, would it be asking too
much for the customary ten sec
onds notice before the next tour??
The mustachioed paperhanger’s
(mustn’t say the naughty word)
PURGES are a taffy pull as com
pared with the recent Post Office
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change in personnel. Of course,
with the jobs went four (count
’em) cherished Class A passes, the
same “bathed in blood.” Out going
males are Messrs. Zmijewski, Sa-
mek, Reifer and Jianakoplos. Their
Special Delivery replacements and
new members of the “charmed”
circle include Messrs. Bregman, Ne-
bergall, Mills and Eldot. Forma
tions presuppose men .... and
that one o’clock session is here
to stay.
Something to behold in this
STAR unit is the fabrication of
friendships,—formed overnite and
seemingly, dissolved as quickly.
The redeeming feature is the de
sire for continuity on both sides,—
those gone and we who remain. Me-
thinks they spring fro man alliance
of feeling, an undeniable communi
ty of purpose and a fiery zeal to
make good in our future capacities.
The unfolding of human nature,
chapter by chapter—in its nobler
compliment—always has been a
revelation to us. It’s the greatest
show on earth and . . . .it’s free!
The finer things in life are, you
know. We’d like you not to con
strue the above as a request for a
custom-built soap box. It’s simply
“ipso facto” that we of ASTP (All
Set Tojo-Punt! A pass or prayer
won’t help now) are “Hail fel
lows, well met” or if we fall short,
at least the intentions are good.
—TYPHUS—
(Continued from Page 1)
and Asia. He was engaged in
specific tropical disease studies in
British Malaya, Siam, and Liber
ia.
His arrival in the United States
was upon formal invitation of the
National Research Council to par
ticipate as typhus expert in the
Pacific Science Congress. Since
then he has been associated with
the University of California and
Colombia University and is now
Associate Professor of Tropical
Medicine at the University of Tex
as School of Medicine. Dr. Anig-
stein has published over seventy
papers on bacteriology, protozool
og,y epidemiology and tropical
medicine.
ARMY MEN
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TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1943
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! Qampus ‘Distractions
By David Seligmaa
“Holy Matrimony” comes to the
Campus Tuesday for a two-day
run. Undoubtedly Monte Wooley
can be expounded as one of the
best present day humorists in the
screen world. Films in which he
stars are filled with his subtle hu
mor. The feature at the Campus is
no exception. Wooley is there with
all his wit and ability. Playing op
posite him is the wonder star Gra-
cie Fields in one of the outstand
ing roles in her career. The plot
of the picture is the story sur
rounding the arrival of an explorer
back in this country. It seems that
his valet dies and some way the
news gets twisted into the story
that Wooley, and not his servant
is dead. Woolet decides that he will
escape public life for a while and
let the story stay incorrected. As
suming his valet’s name Wooley
falls in love with Gracie whose
name was connected with the va
let’s wife by a marriage. Comedy
and trouble arise when the dead
valet’s wife and flock of “kids”
arrive on the scene. By pretending
that Wooley has gone crazy, Gra
de chases them off, and the story
has a happy ending.
The Lowdown: It’s side-splitting.
Guion Hall presents “Whistling
in Dixie” starring Red Skelton and
Ann Rutherford. The show is on
today and Wednesday. It is not a
big picture, but it is a funny one
and proves what Skelton can do
if given the proper material. His
gags are fast and his facial con
tortions are also good for laughs.
This is the second in the series of
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Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
Closes 8:30
TODAY and WEDNESDAY
Red Skelton and
Ann Rutherford
— in —
“WHISLTING IN
DIXIE”
— also —
Blue Ribbon Merrie Melody
and Latest News
whistlers, the first being “Whist
ling in the Dark.” The fried chick
en atmosphere is overdone at times
and may bring sqwaks from the
cracker brethen. But all in all, it
is entertaining and away from the
bilge of war themes prevelant to
day. Skelton is a radio detective,
the Fox, who is imposed upon to
solve an alleged murder. Spooky
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 3)
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OPENS 1:00 P. M.
TODAY and WEDNESDAY
Season’s Greatest Comedy!
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WOOILEY • FIELDS
— also —
Musical Short and
Popeye Cartoon
THURSDAY ONLY
“THE DEVIL AND
MISS JONES”
— starring —
Jean Arthur
Have a Coca-Cola = Howdy, Neighbor
It’s natural for popular names to
acquire friendly abbreviations. That’s
why you hear Coca-Cola called ‘‘Coke”.
from Arizona to Australia
At home or abroad, when the American soldier says Have a
“Coke" to a stranger, he’s made a new buddy. From Minneap
olis to Melbourne, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes.
—has become the mark of the good neighbor.
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BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
.©1943 Th* C-C Co.— ——
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