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THE BATTALION
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1943
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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
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V^ARY UlIZABETH /AND \
Robert Imerson were
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY./
FOR WHICH GETTYSBURG AND
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THE GRIDIRON, IS NEITHER
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FEW YEARS OLD IT IS MADE
OF MAHOGANY/
HARVARD COLLEGE was once
SO POOR THE LEGISLATURE ORDERED
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—CAP—
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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
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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
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^ 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