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Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1944 STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Entered as second class matter at the Post Jffice at College Station, Texas, ander the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. Subscription rate per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-(444. 1942 Member 1943 Plssocided Golle6iate Press H. Sylvester Boone David M. Seligman Managing Editor Charlie Murray Ass’t. Managing Editor R. L. Weatherly Sports Writer ... Editor-iii-Chief C. L. Dobbs Reporter J im Gabbard Reporter Fred Manget, Jr Reporter Charles R. West Reporter Do Your Part for This Publication The Battalion, official newspaper of A. and M. College and College Station, is published three times weekly by the students and servicemen on the campus. It is your news paper, so why not take an active role in its publication? There are many students on the campus who have the ability to write for a newspaper, but whose talents have, as yet, not been uncovered. Work of this kind is quite educa tional as well as interesting. It provides entertainment for those who have several afternoons without classes. No doubt, there are some new freshmen who took active parts in their high school publications. Primarily, it is to you freshmen to whom this editorial is intended. On the other hand, no previous experience is necessary. The Bat talion will teach you the how’s and why’s of journalism. There are two journalism courses taught this semester : English 331 and 332. Don W. May, editorial adviser of the newspaper, is teaching the courses. However, neither of these courses is needed in order to write for the Battalion. Anyone is eligible to work on this publication. One of the three afternoons off—either Monday, Wednesday, or Friday—is the only requirement. Surely there are students who can fulfill this factor. What do you say, freshmen? Won’t you lend a helping hand?—C.E.M. Something to Read By Hazel Adams EUDORA WELTY The field of the short story is peculiarly unappreciated. It re quires courage as well as a par ticular talent for a beginning wrtier to launch himself into it. While a successful first novel may bring the young author enough to keep the pot boiling a first volume, or a second, or a third of short stories, however excellent, usual ly causes only a ripple. Eudora Welty, a young Missis sippi writer, has demonstrated her fidelit yto the kind of work she does by publishing first a volume of short stories, “A Curtain of Green”, second, a fantasy (cer tainly not a novel in the conven tional sense), “The Robber Bride groom,” and this year another volume of short stories, “The Wide Net.” The College Library has been pleased and somewhat surprised to note the many interested read ers for both “A Curtain of Green” and “The Robber Bridegroom.” Eudora Welty never took a course in the writing of the short story; she had very little if any professional encouragement; and, most amazing, she never belonged to a radical group of young writ ers. She lives a happy, social life in a small town in Mississippi and writes so unobtrusively that when a new story appears her friends are apt to say, “Why, Eudora, when did you write that?” The stories in “A Curtain of Green” falls into several types, but they all bear a distinctive style, a style perhaps too often self-conscious and leaning toward the precious. With few excep tions the seventeen stories are preoccupied with the demented, the deformed, the abnormal, and the grotesque. “Lily Daw” tells of a half-witted girl in the uncompromising hands of a group of good ladies who are bent on doing what is best for her. “Why I Live at the P. 0.” is a wonderfully subtly drawn picture of dementia praecox, the more ter rifying because of the grin! humor which pervades it. “The Petrified Man” is a study in unadulterated vulgarity, the kind found in the gossip in a beauty parlor in a small town. Two of the finest and most beau tiful of the stories are “A Worn Path,” the story of an ancient negress and her memorable trip to town and “Powerhouse,” the story of a blind piano player. The telling of “Powerhouse” is like the music in a symphony, the main theme recurrent with disturbing under tones. “The Robber Bridegroom” is a different matter entirely. It is a short book about a bandit chief and Rosamond, the beautiful daughter of a Mississippi planter. The bandit chief robs Rosamond of her Paris gown, her fine petti coats, her French hairpins, and, shoi’tly, of her virtue. Some critics, for lack of something to say about so airy and pleasurable a literary excursion, have called it an alle gory. It might be. I prefer to think of it as a fairy story, written by a young writer who transferred her knowledge of Gi'imm, Andersen, Perrault, and Jacobs to Mississip pi and the Natchez Trace. Among the enticing characters is one named simply Goat, because he could putt his way into and out of anything; Mike Fink, and the brothers, Little Harp and Big Harp. PENNY’S SERENADE ————By W. L. Penberthy — In his commencement address to the class which graduated at the close of the past semester Judge W. S. Barron made a statement in regard to the training of the youth of today. He said, “Warm their hearts, train their minds and chal lenge their capacities.” In my opinion all of these are very sound points in youth train ing; but the point that struck me most forcibly was the one in re gard to “challenging their capaci ties.” As spectators we like to see a team play when it is functioning smoothly and we revel when our team gets ‘hot’; that is, functions to its fullest capacity. As perform ers there is no greater thrill than that which comes from executing a skill perfectly and easily. We like STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair Phone 4-4114 to see folks who perform up to their full capacity and we like to feel that we are making the best use of our talents; but I am afraid that if a check could be made many of us would be surprised and disappointed in the results. In sports, the professional is consistently good in his perform ance and has very few bad days, while the amateur has his ‘hot streaks,’ but may be a very ordi nary performer between these streaks. I think the same is true of life. Those who perform up to their full capacity day after day are the successful and happy ones. The so-called amateurs have their good days but these are too far apart to permit much sucessful and happy living. LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies Man, Your Manners By i. Sherwood It is difficult for some people to make a graceful introduction. But a little practice will help. You should feel free to introduce yourselves to other men any time anywhere, but, do not introduce yourselves to ladies unless there is a good reason. Always be sure of the names of people to be introduced. Don’t be afraid to ask a person his name, more than once if necessary. How ever, if you don’t get the name, don’t let that stop you; the person will usually help you out. You are an exception if you do not forget a name occasionally. Men nearly always shake hands with another man. Never shake hands with a lady when introduced to her. The words to be used should be simple but direct. The accepted forms are: “May I introduce ” “May I present ” “Allow me to introduce or pre sent ” Do not say “Meet Mr. So and So.” Don’t ever say, “Pleased to meet you.” The correct reply is “How do you do.” If you have your hat on when presented to a lady, uncover and remain uncovered while other in troductions are in progress. Always present: 1. A gentleman to a lady. 2. A younger man to an older man. 3. An unmarried lady to a mar ried lady. 4. A child to an older person. .Thus: 1. “Mrs. Smith, may I present Mr. Jones?” 2. “General Briggs, may I present Mr. Brown?” 3. “Mrs. Brown, may I present Miss Jones?” 4. “Mr. Jones, may I introduce my little sister, Betty?” It is permissible to say “Mr. Smith — Mr. Brown.” When introducing people it is nice if you give a clue about them: “Mrs. Brown, may I introduce Major James? Major James is just back from your home State.” Art Boosts Morale Of Service Men New Rochelle, N. Y. (AGP)— Art professors at the College of New Rochelle are not confined to ivory towers in wartime. Rather, they are making an unusual and generous contribution to service morale. brought him out of his depression and gave him a new interest in life. He is typical of the men who, through portraits done by the ar tists “saw themselves as individ uals again after being just small cogs in the huge machinery of war.” * In addition to the hospital wark, the artists also work on portraits at a New Rochelle Service Center The College of New Rochelle artists, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thorne Thompson and Mr. Robert Blattner, are members of a group of New Rochelle artists who are spending much of their spare time at a near-by military hospital making portraits of convalescent soldiers. “The most impressive thing about the project,” comments Mrs. Thompson, an instructor in design, “is the boost in morale which it gives to the men.” Many of the men have been injured so badly that they are almost psycho pathic cases. One soldier, for in stance, woulded in action and facing an operation, was so de jected that he did not want to live. A very handsome portrait which made him resemble a movie actor LISTEN TO WTAW 1150 kc — B (Blue Network) Thursday, February 10 8 :00—Breakfast Clu» 8:15—Breakfast Club 8 :30—-Breakfast Club 8 :46—Breakfast Club 9:00—Sweet River 9 :15—Press Association News 9:30—Baby Institute 9 :45—Humbard Family 10:00—Breakfast at Sardi’s 10 :15—Breakfast at Sardi’s 10 :30—Gil Martyn News 10:45—Living Should be Fun 11:00—Building for Morale 11:15 Amer. Council Christ. Crh. 11:30—National Farm and Home 11:45—National Farm and Home 12 :00—Baukhage Talking 12:15—Press Association News .... 12 :30—Farm Fair 12 :45—Air Lane Trio 1:00—Rodriguez and Sutherland 1:15—Mystery Chef 1:30—Ladies Be Seated 1:45—Ladies Be Seated 2:00—Songs by Morton Downey 2:15—My True Story 2 :30—My True Story 2 :45—Papular Music 3 :00—Blue Frolics 3 :15—Blue Frolics 3:30—Time Views the News .... 3 :45—Popular Music 4 :00—Treasury Star Parade 4:16—Bryan Air Field 4 :80—Sea Hound 4:45—Dick Tracy 5:00—Terry and the Pirates 6:16—Hop Harrigan 5 :80—Jack Armstrong 5 :45—Captain Midnight 6 :15—Nero Wolfe 6 :30—Nero Wolfe 6 :45—The Lone Ranger 7:00—Watch the World Go By . 7 :15—Sign off B B B B B Studio B B B B B B B B B B B Studio Studio B B B B B B B B Studio B B B Studio Studio Studio B B B B B B B B B B Studio Friday, February 11 8 :00—WTAW’s Dawn Patrol Studio 8:15—WTAW’s Dawn Patrol Studio 8 :30—Breakfast Club B 8 :45—Breakfast Club B 9 :00—Sweet River B 9:15—Press Association News .... Studio 9 :30—Baby Institute B 9 :45—Popular Music Studio 10:00—Breakfast at Sardi’s B 10:45—Breakfast at Sardi’s B 10 :30—Gil Martyn News B 10:46—Living Should Be Fun B 11:00—Spiritual Life B 11:15—Meet Your Neighbor B 11:30—National Farm and Home B 11:45—National Farm and Home B 12 :00—Baukhage Talking B 12:16—Press Association News Studio 12:30—Farm Fair Studio 12 :45—Air Lane Trio B 1:00—Rodriguez and Sutherland B 1:16—Mystery Chef B 1:80—Ladies Be Seated B 1:46—Ladies Be Seated B 2:00—Songs by Morton Downey ...... B 2 :15—My True Story B 2 :30—My True Story E 2 :45—Excursions in Science Studio 3 :00—Blue Frolics B 3 :15—Blue Frolics B 3:30—Time Views the News B 3:45—Brazos Valley Extension Studio 4:00—Treasury Star Parade Studio 4:15—Economics Department Studio 4 :30—Sea Hound b 4:46—Dick Tracy B 5 :00—Terry and the Pirates B 6 :15—Hop Harrigan b 6 :80—Jack Armstrong B 5:46—Captain Midnight B 6:00—Horace Heidt B 6:15—Horace Heidt B 6:30—Watch the World Go By B 6:46—Sign Off Studio where men and women members of the services come in for relax ation. It is characteristic of ser vicewomen, Mr. Thompson said, to want to look more glamorous than they really are. So far, more than 1,000 portraits have been finished. These are finish ed drawings, not merely rough sketches—three hours’ work cram med into one. The artists use charcoal and pastel as their media. —DUNNIN QER— (Continued from page 1) the like. Judged the most /we-inspiring feat of the evening|\oncerned a New York telephoi ' directory. Dunninger wrote a name on a small slate, but did not show what he had written to the audience. A helper from the crowd placed a marker between any t^ro pages of the directory, which turned out to be pages 172 and 173. Then another volunteer placed his fing er upon any name which he pleas ed. The name to which he point ed was “Carter”. Dunninger then turned the slate around, and much to our surprise, on it was written the one word, “CARTER”! Each of four people from the audience thought of a four-digit number. Dunninger wrote a num ber on his slate. The persons wrote the numbers of which they were thinking on the slate, and another helper added them. Their sum turned out to be the num ber which Dunninger had written on the slate before-hand. Dunninger’s humor added much to the success of his performance. Repeated jokes intended for the ushers and fellows near-at-hand in the balcony kept his spectators in a jovial state. The master-mind began his work professionally when he was only seven years of age. Dun ninger, a dark-haired, 185-pound er, has read the minds of six pres idents of the United States. He now offers $10,000 to anyone who can prove that he uses mechanical means, assistants, confederates, stooges, outside aid, or any other of the physical helps that might explain his feats . Surely he wouldn’t be kidding about a thing like that! DO YOUR PART * BUY BONDS Loyola Polls Show Fear for Complete Control of Axis The question — whether Axis countries should be merely re strained or comp etely controlled by 1 the Allies after the war—has a large majority of Loyola students in a quandary. A student opinion poll at Loyola shows that seventy per cent of students in all colleges of the Uni versity are strictly against com plete control of any nation in time of peace, regardless of how dan gerous its form of government may prove to be^ A remaining thirty per cent, however, argue that if only restraint is placed on a country, the people will take ad vantage of this fact, and the re sulting situation will be another World War in a short time. “I propose that the Axis coun tries be allowed to have their own rulers, but that these men be sub ordinate to representatives of our country,” stated Carolyn Stier, junior. Another student who holds that restraint on Axis countries is suf ficient is Loly Lawson, sophomore, who believes “it is utterly impos sible for the Allies to completely control all the enemy countries aft er the war, for only internal revolt would result. We want this peace to be a lasting one,” she adds. Numa Bertel, a freshman, holds that defeated nations should have complete liberty after the war. “If this is not the case,” she says, “we would very definitely be inflicting upon them all the things we’re fighting against. Nothing but slaves would be made of them. I therefore believe that they should be allowed to govern themselves with no other supervision but their own.” On the other hand, Anthony Cari- mi, freshman, says, “A system of restraint will never work, for after a period of years, these countries will just rise up again. The Allies should enforce strict military rule upon these peoples for a period of years sufficiently long enough to enable them to get a taste of the democratic way of living. Children should be brought up according to religious ideals.” Dial 4-1181 Opens 1 p.ni. TODAY AND FRIDAY BETTY GRABLE VICTOR MATURE in “I WAKE UP SCREAMING” with LAIRD CREGAR also Cartoon - - Short and Latest News J2owclo*m on Campus ‘Distractions By Dave Seligman Fans who delight in picking murderers before the last reel are going to get fooled a-plenty in “I Wake Up Screaming,” which will be shown at the Campus Theater on Thursday and Friday. Victor Mature is capable as the sports promoter who takes Carole Landis from a waitress to build her to fame as a glamour model. Betty Grable turns in a restrained, de- sexed role as Landis’ sister. Most of the footage is told via flash back, as Mature, being grilled un der suspicion of Carole’s death, relates incidents in their associa tion. With the background stuff out of the way, the story settles down to hunting the murderer. Imagine the detective, as played by Laird Cregar, so infatuated with the girl who was killed that he shields the murdered in order to put the rap on the fellow who replaced the detective in her ef- fections. Lowdown: A new twist and new thrills await you—a spot that will leave you breathless. “All Through the Night” comes for a two-day play at Guion Hall, THURS. - FRI. - SAT. “NO TIME FOR LOVE” with Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray plus CARTOON and NEWS PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT 11 p.m. “UNION PACIFIC” starring Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea also showing Sunday - Monday - Tuesday "it 'er, w beginning Thursday. An excel lent example of taut melodrama —with a Nazi spy twist that tingles with excitement and play ed to the hilt for suspense and ac tion. A German baker, friend of Bogart and his mother, Jane Dar- well, is murdered by a Nazi sub- agent for failure to cooperate. Bogart, retired mobster addicted to gambling, at first amusingly follows a hunch for the killer, but when he falls into some myster ious goings on, decides in earnest to get to the bottom. He is up against Conrad Veidt, leader of the Nazi ring with headquarters in a warehouse that serves as background for some corking sus pense. The finale has Bogart’s rival gang pitching in to help wipe out the ring. Lowdown: Killer Bogart’s dish ing it out again, and how you’ll love it. Look out, Gestapo, he’s headed your way. Phone 4-1168 i A s D STs 9c & 20c Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1:00 P.M. Closes at 7:45 TODAY AND FRIDAY “ALLTHROUGH THE NIGHT” with HUMPHREY BOGART Peter Lorre Conrad Veidt also News and Shorts 00® BOW Ji rnaii . orce. 1 Welcome Back To School— We are glad to see you back at A & M.—and we are looking forward to a successful and happy semester for you here. The Exchange Store is your own college owned and op erated store maintained on the campus for your conven ience. We invite you to use it often, to make your selec tions from our large stock of better merchandise, to use our book department for your texts. Quality merchandise at savings is the policy under which we operate, so we are happy to invite you to trade with us. The Exchange Store “An Aggie Institution”