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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1944
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College oi
Texas and the City of College Station, is published three times weekly, and iasuen
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Jffice at College Station, Texaa,
under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
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Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444.
1942 Member 1943
Associated Collegiate Press
EL Sylvester Boone Bditor-ia-Chief
Sports Staff Tuesday's Staff
Harold Borofsky Sports Editor Charlie Murray Managing Editor
Robert Orrick Sports Reporter Ed Katten Reporter
R. L. Weatherly Sports Columnist Charles West Reporter
Claude Stone Sports Photographer Charley L. Dobbs Rspnrter
Thursday's Staff Saturday's Staff
David Seligman Managing Editor Calvin Brumley Managing Editor
Max Mohnke K«porter Fred Manget, Jr. Reporter
R. L. Weatherly Reporter Stanley Weiss - Reporter
Special Columnists Miscellaneous
Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lase-o David Seligman Ooknaaist
fimSii Beard (T.S.C.W.) Fee Battalion Ed Katten Circulation Manager
Welcoming Governor Stevenson . . .
Visiting our campus today is a person who holds a
great position in state affairs. He is a man who the people
of Texas have elected to lead them in directing this great
state in following the United States while it is in this war,
a man who the people have confidence in and are willing to
have as a leader and are willing to follow. This man is
Governor Coke Stevenson who will be on the campus to talk
over radio station WTAW at 11:15 on a timely subject,
“Jobs Ahead in Engineering.” A special post review will
be held this afternoon on Kyle Field to honor the governor
in his visit. Aggies, Marines, Navy, Army, and Air Corps
will be represented on the Field when the passing thousands
go by the reviewing stand.
Having a man of such prestige on our campus today
is second to only one visit and that was the one when Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt was here in 1937. He was also
honored by a review, but at that time, it was done by the
Aggies alone. It is a great honor to have the governor here
on this occasion. The Battalion on behalf of the men station
ed here on the campus, would like to extend greetings and a
welcome to Governor Stevenson while he is a guest on the
campus of Aggieland.
m PENNY’S SERENADE
■—■■By W. L. Penberthy
Yesterday morning I was on a
radio program with a friend who
is connected with another depart
ment of the college. After the
broadcast we had a very nice chat
and during our conversation he
told of visiting a town in North
Texas where they were just com
pleting a high school band contest.
He went on to say that the man
ager of the hotel where some of
the bands had stayed was in a very
bad mood because of the havoc
wrought in the hotel by the mem
bers of the various bands. I made
the statement that I had always
been proud of the conduct of mem
bers of our athletic teams on trips;
and so I was much pleased when
I read the letter to President Bol
ton reprinted in Tuesday’s Batt
in regard to the conduct of our
boys in Miami for the Orange Bowl
game. Personally, I would rather
we lose a game with those boys
than win by a large score with a
group that reflected discredit on
the institution while on trips.
Whether we like it or not, our
words and actions are continually
under the scrutiny of others and
we reflect) either credit or discred
it on ourselves and those we rep
resent. I am sure that many times
our failure to attain a certain cov
eted goal is due to some thought
less word or action which left an
unfavorable impression with one in
whose power it was to make it
possible for us to attain that goal.
In my opinion there was a bit
of sound advice given by the mother
who told her little girl, “Never do
anything that you wouldn’t want
Mother to see you do.”
For the first time in the history Texas rainfall varies from less
of Colby Junior College (N. H.), than ten inches annually at El
students are being enrolled in nurs- Paso to more than 50 inches at
ing and pre-flight courses. the Sabine River.
NOTE YOUR APPEARANCE
VISIT OUR TWO BARBER SHOPS
OFTEN FOR EXPERT WORK
YMCA-Varsity Barber Shop
Central “Y”
Stop In at
George’s
— for a - - -
SANDWICH
COLD DRINK
Use the ’phone — Hear the Juke Box
GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY
AT NEW “Y”
Man, Your Manners
By l Sherwood
By I. Sherwood
What are nice manners worth to
me as a man? W. H. S.
Nice manners are invaluable to
you. They are an attitude toward
other people, yourself, and life;
without them you are a social mis
fit. If you possess nice manners,
morals, and intelligence, you have
the three most cherished posses
sions of a gentleman, and you will
never need to worry about your
success in life. There is an old
saying, “Good Life and Manners
maketh a Man”.
Whether you are in College or
in the Service there are certain
rules of etiquette or manners that
should be obeyed—military man
ners or customs are the most ex-
actin gof all. Social customs of
the Army are based on standard
etiquette.
The following list of subjects
cover the field of manners for men;
you should be informed on all of
them.
1. Personal appearance or good
grooming.
2. Table manners.
3. Introductions.
4. Invitations.
5. Wedding etiquette.
6. Tea, reception and ballroom
etiquette.
7. Your attitude toward women.
8. Habits.
9. Your attitude toward your
associates.
10. Your behavior in public
places.
Cultivate your own judgment so
that if at any time you find your-
sel fin situations where the use
of formal etiquette would be out of
place, you can decide what to do
under those conditions.
Something to Read
By T. F. Mayo
Three Lives
A bumptious youngster became
a great goldsmith, though perhaps
not so great as he thought. Toward
the end of an adventurous and not
always model life he wrote his
own story. Though obviously a
cheerful liar, he is undoubtedly a
most entertaining one. Kings,
dukes, popes, rascals of both sexes,
parade through his book, always
(according to the author) warm
admirers of himself. He casts
magnificent bronze statues; he ad
mits their magnificence. In a tre
mendous midnight scene in the
ruins of the Coliseum, he saves a
frightened magician from the
thousands of devils he has raised
but cannot get rid of. Having
been betrayed by one of his num
erous temporary lady friends, he
slaps her down and drags her by
the hair until she apologizes; then,
in righteous indignation, banishes
her from the light of his counten
ance. Altogether he produces a
startling masterpiece and paints
in bright, harsh colors the seamy
side of a gorgeous age, the Italian
Renaissance.
His name was Benvenuto Cellini.
His book is his Autobiography.
A very different man in a very
different age and country won a
title of nobility by his brains and
his scholarship. But though he
was a Lord, his greatest admira
tion was a big and awkward self-
made man who rose, brooding and
wise-cracking by turns, to be the
savior of a big and awkward self-
made country; who in developing
his own personality became invol
untarily the type and symbol and
representative of all simple, awk
ward, blundering, warm-hearted,
aspiring humanity. The british
aristocrat wrote the best life of
the American democrat: Lord
Charnwood’s Life of Lincoln.
A modern American bacteriolo
gist pursued and stalked the dead
ly microbe through three or four
countries and four or five decades.
Beside his scientific excellence, he
had great humanness and a keen
sense of humor. Toward the end
of his life he wrote the story of it,
but in the third person, as of a
fellow he used to know. It was an
odd idea, but the result is a lively
book, full of painless information
about biology, shedding much light
on the workings of a scientist’s
mind, and exploding the theory
that to be a good scientist you
must be cold-blooded and uncon
cerned with social problems. Al
together, we are lucky that Dr.
Zin»sser wrote As I Knew Him.
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WTAW
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Thursday, January 13
8:30—Breakfast Club—BN
8:45—Breakfast Club—BN
9:00—Sweet River—BN
9:15—Singo—BN
9:30—Baby Institute—BN
9:45—The Humbard Family—BN
10:00—Breakfast at Sardi's—BN
10:15—Breakfast at Sardi’s—BN
10:30—Gil Martyn News—BN
10:45 Living Should Be Fun—
BN
11:00—Riddle of Life—BN
11:45—Jobs Ahead—G’ov. Stev
enson
11:30—National Farm and Home
—BN
11:45—National Farm and Home
—BN
12:00—Baukhage Talking—BN
12:15—Press Association News
12:30—Ted Malone—BN
12:45—Farm Fair with C. A.
Price
1:00—Rodriguez and Sutherland
—BN
1:15—Mystery Chef—BN
1:30—Ladies be Seated—BN
2:00—Morton Downey—BN
2:15—My True Story—BN
2:30—My True Story—BN
2:45—Little Jack Little—BN
3:00—Blue Frolics—BN
3:15—Blue Frolics—BN
3:30—Time Views the News—
BN
3:45—Voice of the Army
4:00—Something to Read
4:15—Children’s Story Hour
4:30—Sea Hound—BN
4:45—Dick Tracy—BN
5:00—Terry and the Pirates—
BN
5:15—Hop Harrigan—BN
5:30^—Jack Armstrong—BN
5:45—Captain Midnight—BN
6.00—The House on Q Street—
BN
6:15—The House on Q Street—
BN
6:30—Press Association News
6:45—Sign Off
Friday, January 14
8:30—Breakfast Club—BN
8:45—Breakfast Club—BN
9:00—Sweet River—BN
9:15—Singo—BN
9:30—Baby Institute—BN
9:45—The Humbard Family—BN
10:00—Breakfast at Sardi’s—
BN
10:15—Breakfast at Sardi’s—
BN
10:30—Gil Martyn with the
News—BN
10:45—Living Should Be Fun—
BN
11:00—Building for Morale—BN
11:15—Meet Your Neighbor—BN
11:30—National Farm and Home
Program—BN
11:45—National Farm and Home
Program—BN
12:00—Baukhage Talking—BN
12:15—Press Association News
12.30—Ted Malone—BN
12:45—Farm Fair—with C. A.
Price
1:00—Rodriguez and Sutherland
—BN
1:15—Mystery Chef—BN
1:30—Ladies Be Seated—BN
1:45—Ladies Be Seated—BN
2:00—Songs by Morton Downey
—BN
2:15—My True Story—BN
2:30—My True Story—BN
2:45—Little Jack Little—BN
3:00—Blue Frolics—BN
3:15—Blue Frolics—BN
3:30—Time Views the News—
BN
3:45—WTAW Panel Discussion
4:00—WTAW Panel Discussion
4:15—Bryan Air Field Show
4:30—Sea Hound—BN
4:45—Dick Tracy—BN
5:00—Terry and the Pirates—
BN
5:15—Hop Harrington—BN
5:30—Jack Armstrong—BN
5:45—Captain Midnight—BN
6:00—Back Stage of the Met
6:15—Back Stage of the Met
—BN
6:30—Press Association News
6:45—Sign Off
Wilson College has established
a neighborhood play center in
basement rooms formerly ^feed for
storage purposes.
DO YOUR PART * BUY BONDS
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office \» Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
PSom 1-1457 Bryan. Teaas
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be sustained, the water consump
tion of the layers also must be
maintained.
Equally important is the con
sumption of mash. Plenty of good
laying mash should be kept before
the birds, and stirring it occasion
ally will increase consumption.
Where possible, feeding of a
moist mash at noon will stimulate
production. In preparing this,
about three pounds of mash, dry
weight, mixed with just enough
water to make it crumbly will be
sufficient for 100 hens. During ex-
treme cold an extra feeding of
grain just before the birds go to
roost will help to keep them warm
and also aid in maintaining bet
ter winter production.
Providing a good green range
for laying hens is an important
part of good poultry management.
Tender, green feed furnishes pro
tein, minerals and the health pro
ducing vitamin A. A small patch
of green feed planted adjacent to
the poultry yard where he birds
can run in the late afternoon will
give excelent grazing and air ma
terially in maintaining winter pro
duction.
Poultry houses should be well
ventilated, but at the same time
free of drafts and moisture, and
warm enough to keep the hens
comfortable. If metal roofs of
houses are insulated with heavy
cardboard or other insulating mat
erial, sweating with consequent
damp floors will be eliminated.
Moisture condensing on the inside
of a metal roof otherwise drips
upon the floor and often causes
colds among hens.
THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
“RIDING HIGH”
In Technicolor — With
Dorothy Lamour
Dick Powell .
Victor Moore
Plus March of Time
O
PREVIEW SATURDAY
NIGHT 11 P. M.
“THIS LAND IS MINE”
with
Charles Laughton
Maureen O’Hara
— also showing —
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday
Qzmpus distractions
By David Selignaa
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— —.M.Mn— — I — II — II — 1 — 1 — ■ — >
Twenty songs, dances ranging
from the cakewalk of before World
War I days, through the Charles
ton and swing to the present day
jive; some fine production num
bers; dancing by Bill Robinson,
Katherine Dunham and her troupe,
the Nichols Bros.*and others; Cab
Calloway and his band for music;
the Tramp band; and singing by
Lena Horne—all of these make
“Stormy Weather” a real produc
tion. This is the feature attraction
at the Campus theater for today,
Friday and Saturday.
The Lowdown: The picture rates
“A” playing time.
Guion Hall presents “Louisiana
Purchase” is destined for top
grosses. The show is lavishly pro
duced, with no expense spared to
bring out the outmost in the com
pany’s outstanding picture of the
year. The pace follows the Broad
way musical comedy, and there’s
lots of fun for everyone with Bob
Hope pitching in everything to put
over a difficult assignment. Victor
Moore again is seen in one of his
characteristic roles as Sentor Log
anberry, with Vera Zorina per
forming two dance numbers and
playing a straight role effectively.
Irene Bordona, the fourth member
of the cast lends good support. The
Mardi Gras sequences is as color
ful as Technocolor can hope to
produce. The story concerns a Sen
atorial investigation of the Louis
iana Purchasing Co., with Moore
handling the checkup. Hope is made
a Patsy by corupt New Orleans
officials and endeavors to com
promise Moore to get himself out
of a jam. Political buffoonery, real
fun and many gags by Hope. Irv
ing Cummings’ direction is good,
as are Irving Berlin’s songs and
Lyrics.
The Lowdown: Though old, it
rates “A” billing.
Also showing on Saturday only
is the Maltese Falcon in “Adven
ture in Iraq”. In fairness, let it
be recorded that this was finished
before Warner Bros, decided to
make no more “B” pictures. One
doesn’t have to stretch his imagin
ation very far to understand the
reason for this. An attempt to
put a western formula into an
Oriental atmosphere, gives it a
war angle and dignifies it with
dialog instead of giving the aud
ience welcomed action scenes. The
cast includes Paul Cavanaugh,
Warren Douglas, John Loder, and
Ruth Ford.
The Lowdown: Fair.
4-1181
OPENS 1:00 P. M.
TODAY - FRI. - SAT.
Phone 4-1168
IfSSS, 9c S 20c
Tax Included
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
Closes at 7:45
TODAY and FRIDAY
“LOUISIANA
PURCHASE”
with
Bob Hope - Victor Moore
Vera Zorina
in Gorgeous Technicolor!
also News and Shorts
2b*
LENA HORNE
BILL ROBINSON
CAB CALLOWAY
AND HIS BAND
Cartoon - Shorts - News
LOUPOT’S
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Aggies
STUDENT CO-OP
Bicycle and Radio Repair
Phone 4-4114
LOUPOT’S
Where You Always Get
a Fair Trade
Start The New Year Off
Right!
We invite you to use the facilities of your own col
lege owned and college operated store for better quality
merchandise, for better service and for better prices.
At the beginning of a new year, it is a good lesson
to learn and a good practice to begin to recognize that
quality is the essense of thrift and that by buying your
supplies and necessities from us, you will effect many
savings.
You Are Always Welcome At The Exchange Store
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