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Page 2 THE BATTALION SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1943 STVDKXT TM-WEEKLY NKWSEAEBB TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE TW I*«»tt*lion, piwnimp'O- »t tke Arrietit^unil niwl Meehamra! Ooitesv of Taua and the City of CnJUne Station, is pnUishad tkrae weekly, aod issued Twiiwy, TLunxtay and Ssdanrday merniDK&. Katerod as second daes matter at the Past jffium at Ceitese Station, Texas, •aader the Act of Concraas of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advert injur rates upon requeat- Eeprasantcd nationally by National Advertising Set-rise, Ins., at Nets York City, ‘SkitmMo. Boston, Los Angelas, and San Franc ism. Office. Rsnsa (. AdmiatstraUan Bell dim y. Talaphone t-ittt. 1942 Member 1943 Pissodded Co!lG6icitG PrGss H. Sylvaater Boone Sports Staff Harold Borofsky Sports Editor William Baker Sports Reporter Robert Orrick Sports Reporter Ola ads Stone Sports Photographer Thursday's Staff iDavid Seligrman Managing Editor Max Mohnke Reporter &. L. Weatherly Reporter J. W. (Tiny) Standifer Reporter Special Columnists Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-o SnSu Beard (T.S.C.W.) For Battalion Advertising Staff John Kelly Business Manager Charles R. West Asa’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 Seligman Managing Editor Fred Manget, Jr. Reporter John T. Scnrloek Reporter Stanley Weiss Reporter Miscellaneous David Seligman Columnist J. W. Standifer Staff Photographer Circulation Staff Steele H. Nixon Circulation Mgr. George Puis Ass’t. Circulation Mgr. A Christmas Thought . . . With a few days to go before classes are recessed for the Christmas holidays, the spirit of the Yuletide season comes to mind. Many members of the Corps are looking for ward to the day when they can leave the campus for some ten days of vacationing, in fact, some are looking forward to leaving so they can have twenty-one days; that is, they are leaving today. This is not what the College asked when they set the dates to begin on the 22nd. Of course, the dates could have been left as they were, but a lot of the Aggies would have been so inconsiderate as to take a few more days to themselves and stay at home until the 3rd, the date that has been set for classwork to begin again. In other words, many of the Aggies are taking three weeks off, anyway that the dates are set. This is a war year, and a war Christmas. As said many times before and heard from many different sources, many servicemen will be left at their camps during the days that this campus is bare of Aggies. Only a few of the number in the armed forces will get to join their families for a real old- fashioned American Christmas, much less get three weeks. The only happy thought that the men overseas will get is that they may have killed a Jap or Nazi as their part in making it a happy Christmas day and helped get the Allies one Christmas nearer to victory. It is a poor way of acting when the men who are fighting this war in actual battle or getting ready to do so, get no days off, yet the Corps is getting ten days and are using every possible means to get a few more days so as to make it three weeks off this cam pus, a place that is much better than a number of overseas spots that could be mentioned as far as comfort is concerned. Take a little time to remember that ten days for Christmas is quite a bit when some servicemen are getting from one to no days off. So with the above unhappy inter lude as a preface, we sheepishly and belately offer the congratula tions of the entire Unit to Captain Earll on the occasion of his Birth- 3801st Sparkles By Jack Mondo Parishioners, we have been “scooped!” And it hurts . . .’way down here! We bemoan the fact in much the same way that Joe Jacobs started the now famous day of Dec. 16. To you, Sir, go the best wishes of every man in our outfit. May the sordid business of Battle be well concluded before you celebrate the next one. colloquialism,—“We Wuz Robbed.” We don’t mean that some fellow scribe beat us to a hot yarn; that would be somewhat respectable in comparison. With unsadistic pain, we confess that we stymied our selves on the nineteenth hole and were caught with our proverbial “trousers a-droopin’.” Now, we are fully aware of the reason reporters are called “CUB". Meet the People Dept. . . . This pillar points with pride to a pair of personalities in our group who rate a good deal of attention: Pvts. Aldo DiTullio and Fernando Torres. The former is a Composer, Singer, and Pianist ’par excellence’, who doubles on the String Bass. He has been sole accompanist for such Opera Stars as Maxine Stellman and Lucille Browning, both win- | “Did you know that only Arrow Shirts have Arrow Collars?” Arrow collars hare the happy faculty of flattering any wearer and giving the utmost comfort at the same time. They lie smooth and stay fresh through- •ut the day. Other quality features of Arrow shirts are the Mitoga figure-fit construction, with narrowed waist, sloping shoulders, and tapering sleeves; and the . Sanforized label which guarantees that an Arrow shirt won’t shrink more than an infinitesimal 1%. Whether you’re in uniform or tweeds, you’ll find Arrows to fit your needs! $2.24, up. m A R R O W SHIRTS • TIES • HANDKERCHIEFS • UNDERWEAR • SPORT SHIRTS if BUT WAR BONDS AND STAMPS if As the World Turns By Charles G. Whitwell The 0. W. I. states that, at the request of General McArthur, some 2,000,000 books of matches are being prepared for distribution in the Philippine Islands to remind the people there that we have not forgotten them. The match books are to have on one side a picture, of Gen. McArthur and one the other side the crossed | flags of the ' United States and the Philippine Is lands. Just when and how these tokens of our de termination t o whitwell free the Filipinos are to be scattered over the “Pearl of the Orient” is not stated. Pre- sumeably it will be done by high flying, long-distant planes. This action may be good propa ganda in more ways than one. If we are to believe Carlos Romulo, and he should know, the Filipinos idolize Douglas McArthur and have faith in him. They will be pleased by any reminder of him. The Japs probably tell them he is dead or a prisoner. The Filipino is proud of his country’s flag. He will be pleased to be reminded that it has been given equal recognition with that of the United States. The planners of this bit of propa ganda may have had a practical slant to their idea. In Japan matches are a Government monop oly, consequently high in price. No doubt the Japanese have instituted the same monopoly in the Phil ippine Islands, thus making match es out of reach of the average Filipino “tao”. Of course, 2,000,000 packages will not go far among 16,000,000 people, but they will be given greater attention and cir culation than the same number of leaflets or pamphlets. Let us hope tht the makers of the matches do not fix usual type of “fire sticks” for they would be utterly useless in the damp climate of the Philippines. The repatriates who recently ar rived on the Gripsholm have been asked by the state department to be very careful in talking about their experiences in Japanese con centration camps. It is hoped that other such exchanges of nationals may be made soon, so adverse crit icism of the Japanese must be kept at a minimum. It seems clear though that the Japanese have abolished the schools of the Philippine Islands except for primary grades and there the instruction is to be in the Japanese language. This would seem that the invaders plan a long stay and are starting with the young to train the Filipinos in the ways of the Japanese. Doesn’t the little yellow man know that we tried for thirty-five years to “America nize” the Filipino by conducting his schools entirely by English and that one of the first things they did under the Commonwealth was to start the substitution of Tag- alog, a native dialect, for English as a medium of Instruction? The Filipinos are proud of their cultural heritage and may change slowly in many ways. PENNY’S SERENADE W. L. Penberthy As has been announced, our holi day vacation has been changed to permit our students to spend both Christmas and New Year’s at H their homes with their parents and friends. Students and faculty alike are looking for ward to this vaca tion because since our school start- e d the speeded up 'Mmm p r0 g ram things Penberthy have been moving at a very fast pace and all of us have been working harder and un der a much greater strain, which after all is the thing that drains us. Vacations are a very essential part of our program and we all like to look forward to them. The War Department has recognized this fact and after a certain time withdraws men from combat zones, tfor much needed rest and relax ation and to prepare them for fur ther service. VavD Vacations are given for the pur pose of refreshing us for the duties that lie ahead, but I am afraid that in many instances we have to re cuperate from our vacations. Long vacations are very nice and the anticipation is often greater than the realization; but person ally I feel that all of us would be more efficient and happier if we adopted the practice of a little vacation every day, taken in some wholesome recreative activity of our choice. I wish for each of you the kind of holiday season you cherish. ners of Metropolitan Auditions and currently associated with the Met. Aldo performed also as Pianist for the Mascagni Opera Co. in New York City for two years. He has appeared at Manhattan’s gay Ni- teries, La Conga and the Martin ique, abetting Miss Victoria Cordo va (now on WABC with Cugat) from the Keyboard. This talented gentleman had his own radio pro gram on WNYC in New York. No diletante in the field of composi tion, he is withholding his latest effort, “Lament©” for Soprano Vi vian Della Chiesa to introduce. Torres presents the arduos blend of Singer, Actor, Director and Teacher. He is a Bass Baritone and sings in five languages. Featured vocalist for the Radio City Music Glee Club, he has sung for the WPA Music Project and directed choirs. In the Theater, he has done Shaekesperian work for the Fede ral Theaters, and appeared at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Ange les. One of his cherished experien ces was the traveling he did with the Ballet Russe as Wardrobe Mas ter. In addition to this sterling ar ray of accomplishments, he has aired his dramatic talents over sta tions KRKD and KFI, Los Angeles. This remarkable gentleman also taught Spanish in New York City. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE...! BUT THAT EXTRA WAR BOND TODAY fcK&GARET Louisa 'y V^ARY UlIZABETH /AND \ Robert Imerson were ELECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO PHI BETA KAPPA AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY./ FOR WHICH GETTYSBURG AND DICKINSON COLLEGES VIE ON THE GRIDIRON, IS NEITHER OLD NOR OAKEN/ ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD IT IS MADE OF MAHOGANY/ HARVARD COLLEGE was once SO POOR THE LEGISLATURE ORDERED TOWNS TO APPOINT MEN TO SO- UCIT FUNDS FOR ITS SUPPORT;/ h SINGLE BROADSIDE FROM NINE 16-INCH GUNS OF A BAT TLESHIP COSTS $13500 — BUY MORE WAR BONDS —CAP— (Continued from Page 1) can be distinguished by a patch on the left sleeve showing a bomb headed for a submarine. “Hash Marks,” on for each six month’s service are below the patch. Forest Patrol men have a tree patch; Liaison Patrol (which guards the border) wear a cactus emblem and Courier Pilots have a winged foot insignia. The CAP Coastal Patrol is cre dited with sighting, sinking or causing to be sunk 173 axis sub marines within our own American waters. Numerous survivors have been rescued through its agency. Thirty CAP men gave their lives in line of duty on coastal patrol and 73 planes were lost. Other activities’ are less specta cular but they are relieving many army pilots for combat duty. CAP pilots have aided overworked FBI agents, flown important army offi cers on courier trips, bagged coy otes from the air to save live stock, towed targets for antiaircraft bat teries, located lost pilots and planes. The Courier service has flown badly-needed parts to factories threatened with shutdowns; on the West Coast the CAP has relieved the air force and is now handling all tracking missions for it. Members are required to have more than 230 hours in classroom, field and air. The directives cover everything from military courtesy to radio communication; in fact, the training is similar to that given to Army Air Force flight personnel. The local squadron, headed by Capt. Wilkerson, is under the Tex as wing, of which Major D. Harold Byrd is commander. On view at Coulter Field Sunday will be at least one, and possibly six, of the Army Air Force “grass hopper” planes recently assigned to the CAP by the air force. The organization has been assigned 288 brand-new Taylorcraft and Aeron- ca airplanes for use in connection with Aviation Cadet recruiting. CAP’s newest assignment has been the recruiting and training o fa quarter-million CAP Cadets before the end of next year. LOUPOT’S A Little Place . . . ... A Big Saving STUDENT CO-Or Bicycle and Radio Repau Phone 4-4114 LOUPOT’S Trade Wtih Lou — He’s Right With You! our down on Qampus distractions By David Seligmaa As an end of the week feature the Campus presents the story con cerning the leading radio funny man, Bob Hope. “Nothing But the Truth” is a rather old film, but it made a hit every where that it was shown. The plot follows Hope thru a day in which he has made a bet to a friend that he can tell ‘nothing but the truth’ for twenty-four hours. As usual the situation gets steadily worse as Bob manages to get himself in many difficulties, not being able to tell even little white lies. In the end all the wrin kles are ironed out and Hope gets Lis girl, Paulette Goddard. The Lowdown: The truth is it’s worth two-bits. The lowdown on these All-Ser vice shows which are held on the stage of Guion Hall every Sun day is that they are getting to be good. The first week’s performance was tops, then the next two fell off. This week’s presentation is boasted to be up to par. This fea ture which started four Sundays ago is broadcast over the college radio station WTAW. Scheduled for 3 o’clock the admission is free Coming Tuesday HOW Th'e JAPS FIGHTI RAVAGED EARTH! P ^ THE TERRIBLE BUT TRUE PICTURES OF THE RAPE OF CHINA! No Children, Please Dial 4-1181 OPENS 1:00 P. M. if you are in the hall to see the screen feature. The promoters of these features are Harold Reifer, Oscar Weigand, John Holman, Richard Gottlieb, and others. All of the services on the campus parti cipate in the performances. This week the cast are presenting a va riety show starring Reifer as the comedian. The musical feature on the program will be furnished by the up-and-coming Air Corps or chestra or their glee dub. Special acts will be presented on the stage before the actual broadcasting be gins. You folks turn out and take in this new attraction. Phone 4-1168 ADMISSION IS ALWAYS 9G & 20c Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M. Closes 8:30 SATURDAY Double Feature “MURDER ON THE WATERFRONT” — with — Warren Douglass Joan Winfield — Plus — “NAVY BLUES” — with — Ann Sheridan Martha Raye Jack Oakie Also Musical Short SATURDAY PREVUB also SUNDAY and MONDAY Errol Flynn — in — “THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON” Also Featurette, “OKLAHOMA OUTLAWS” LOUPOT’S Where You Always Get a Fair Trade Another Big All-Service Show Broadcast Sunday at 3-3:30 P.M. from Guion Hall Stage Attention! Ex 4-H Club Boys Ex FFA Boys We invite you to visit the BLUE RIBBON HOG FARM before leaving for the Holidays. Showing 350 Registered Fall Pigs Farrowed from our Foundations Herd, purchased from A. & M. College and bred to outstanding boars. These pigs represent National Champion Blood lines. Contact your county agent, vocational teachers, and chambers of commerce. 51 Commission Paid On AH Complete Sales Blue Ribbon Hog Form J. E. LOUPOT, Owner and Manager