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Page 2 THE BATTALION STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE r«J h LH at t^ li0 r•’* 0ff i ci ?. 1 " eWSP o aper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of PubH8hed three ^ — reminded Squadron 2, who think that this column “sold them out” concern ing a campaign for the old “Wing Ball.” As we explained last Tues day, the Wing Ball was a dead issue when we got here, and there’s nothing that we could say or do that would get it back. The stu dents who preceded us lost it, not us. However, from various meand- erings around here, we have an idea of something new which might be a whole lot better, as well as practical, than the balls were. Now, as you no doubt know, Sbisa Hall, where we have always had the dances, does not rent for pea nuts. A great deal of the budget for each dance goes for this one item. If some plan could be de vised wherein we could eliminate this cost, there would be no rea son why we could not have De tachment dances quite often, just as many of the other detachments in the country do. Probably many of you who have been here some time remember that last summer this college held many dances under a canopy of stars right out in the old Tennis court area. The cost of lighting, etc., was almost negligible, and the setting even more romantic than Sbisa Hall with it’s turned up tables. The only real cost was, of course, the orchestra. As far as this column can dis cern, there is no reason why we cannot start doing the same thing as soon as the weather, gets a little nicer. We could have at least two dances a month for the same price that we normally pay for one. Perhaps you are wonder ing exactly who we would dance with; that is, would dates be furn ished ? Here, unfortunately, the answer is no, not for every dance. As one can easily see, it would be practically impossible for the de tachment to get girls down from Houston or Dallas twice a month. Perhaps, if we were lucky, there might be a chance of getting some girls for men in other squadrons beside the graduating one once in a while. But mainly, the girl sit uation would be left to your cap able (we’re sure) hands. The method—well, we’ll leave that to you, too, for you probably know Recently we’ve been of a story that was told by Branch Rickey, then vice-president of the St. Louis Cardinals. It seems that Mr. Rickey was once delivering quite a sermon to a sales force in which he was stressing deter mination to meet one’s goal. He had the entire lecture summed up into one word, PUSH, and to bet ter get the point over, he asked, “And now gentlemen, so that none of us will ever forget it, I am go ing to ask you what four letter word, printed on almost every public entrance will express the main factor in every man’s suc cess or failure. What is that four letter word?” Unanimously, it seemed to him, they shouted back instead of Push, “PULL!” And that’s exactly what is hap pening down here to some extent lately. A few men seem to think that the only way that they can rise in this world is to use the second word instead of the first one. And if there’s anything we hate, it’s a man who uses pull to get places instead, of push. * * * Just one last thing. This de tachment and the ASTP have never outwardly been good friends. In fact, we were arch-rivals in al most all sports in which we com peted. But now that the AST basics are being removed from the campus, we want to express sym pathy from the entire 308th. It was real fun being your enemies, and we wish you all the luck in the world wherever you go. Glee Club Sings At Catholic Mass The Glee Club of the 308th De tachment sang at Ash Wednesday services at St. Mary’s Catholic Chapel at North Gate last night. The services consisted of Mass Benediction, and the Distribution of Ashes. The Glee Club sang hymns for the Mass and the tra ditional Latin Benediction hymns. The singers’ next appearance will be at the First Presbyterian Church in Bryan Sunday morn ing. Man, Yonr Manners By 1. Sherwood ACID Managing Editors Richard K. Brome Hilary Mattingly Sports Editor Ken Ramers Academic Editor Howard E. Leap Copy Editor William A. Miller Editorial Board Lt. W. F. Moist A/S F. D. Wallace A/S W. A. Miller A/S R. K. Brome QUOTABLE QUOTES (By Associated Collegiate Press) “Most college students lead secluded lives, and a good many years usually elapse before the graduate takes his place as an nnmmnriity. Dr. lent Pa., . 5m- for to as •es- Music Editor Harry J. Owen re ' Reporters: Douglas E. DuBois, Edwarjg/' V. Zaucha, Walter R. Packham, Sidney Greenbe: Edward THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 Table Tells Answers For Beaver Group Defying all laws of magnetism, gravitation and whatever we have been taught in Physics, Aviation Students Edward P. Brune, Don ald Peterson, Paul D. Fairleigh accompanied by Mrs. Edward Brune and Miss Phyllis Goodspeed have been raising merry cain at the YMCA. It seems that if a group of peo ple congregate, obtain a card table, sit down and say the following en chanting words repeatedly, “Table up, table up, table up, table up” the table will rise at one corner. Now while the table is in this position you can ask any question ranging from how old you are, whether or not you are going to get married, or if you will succeed in getting past SAACC. The table will answer ‘yes’ by dropping and tapping the floor once. If the answer is ‘no’ then the table will tap the floor twice. That’s all! If you want proof of this action just ease over to the ‘Y’ between 7 and 8 o’clock and see for your self. Some one might get a good idea and obtain the table for tests —to follow. The Long Run By Ken Ramers Last week in our column we made the statement that “even Mr. Papik did not know the stand ings of the intramural leagues here”. This statement was not made as a slam at Mr. Papik but to climax the complete lack of in terest in Detachment intramurals. Even if Mr. Papik knows the standings, which he happens to, that doesn’t illustrate the fact that intramurals here are anything like what they should be. The Detachment policy toward athletics is THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO BUT NOT BEYOND THE POINT WHERE THEY INTERFERE WITH THE PLANS AND TRAINING AL READY SET UP FOR THE AVIATION STUDENT PRO GRAM. The lack of interest is not prevalent in either Mr. Papik or Lt. Segrest BUT IN YOU YOURSELVES. Attempts have been made to encourage I-M’s here but the idea has not gone over too big. The belief is that it just takes up more of the free time of which we have so little and that we receive enough exercise doing the re quired calesthenics and mile and six-tenths. But aviation air crew is not made rg. Jay Werle, Clifford R. GerrjOte A. Brown. A lus ter, Carr Elected Head of Wing Honor Board mi- ,uz- on of of iut |ie, e OIL. Jh ot&dowTL on Campus ^Distractions By David Seligman LOUPOT’S A Little Place . . . ... A Big Saving St. Patrick’s Dance A series of Irish specialties are being prepared by A/S Mike El liot. band director, for the Squad ron IV Graduation Dance which will be held on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. The entire dance will be cent ered around a St. Patrick motif. FOR BOOKS STATIONERY SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIFTS and NOVELTIES — Go to the — COLLEGE BOOK STORE North Gate Wing Tips SQUADRON I It’s purely coincidence, of course, that the pert little brunette is al ways passing the agricultural engineering building at 8 a. m. on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, just as about half of Squadron I arrives for physics lab classes. It’s coincidental, too ,that Aviation Student Donald F. Gillogly arrives at the building at about that time. The brunette is Mrs. Gillogly. KEEP NEAT and MILITARY By having your clothes properly cleaned and pressed by Campus Cleaners Over Exchange Store Mr. William Carr of Squadron IV was elected President of the Wing Honor Board last Tuesday night at their weekly meeting. He succeeds Mr. Greenberry Tilley who will be leaving soon for San Antonio. Also leaving, is the former Secretary A/S Donald 1 Shock, who will be succeeded by A/S Carl Anderson of Squadron I.~ The Wing Honor Board as yet 5 ; does not have representatives - from Squadron II but these names'^ are due in the near future. Anoth- 6 er change will be necessitated by the advancement of two Squad-t ron V representatives to Squadron 6 IV. p This Board is different fro the Wing Board which consists o: the Commanding Officer, the plans and Training Officer and a Tactical Officer. The Honor |,l Board reviews cases pertaining to the Cadet Honor System besides deciding the winner of the Mess Ribbon. Changing of arrival times and pass rules combined Tuesday to keep A/S Harvey R. Erickson in a turmoil, climaxed by the arrival of his wife and 11-months-old son, Ricky, from Barrett, Minn. First expecting her at 4:20 a. m. Wed nesday, Mr. Erickson made ar rangements to meet her that in cluding laboriously tracking down an alarm clock. Word Tuesday told him she’d be here at 7:45 p. m. that night. So he planned to use his glee club extra-curricular pass. But at retreat formation he learned this pass was suddenly void. It took some quick scurry ing to make arrangements at that late hour to get out to meet his family. * * * A/S Harold Petree, not to be outdone by other squadron offi cers who have been partaking ex travagantly in accidents, drove his- car into a bull Sunday. The acci dent was minor, and no first aid was necessary, so the glory of the event palled. * * * A/S Clarence A. Korvor has been released from the hospital where he was confined several days with measles. * * * Mrs. R. E. Thibault left Tues day for a visit at the home of her parents. She plans to rejoin her husband in College Station soon. * * * A/S T. S. (Himself) Greene mixed merrily into a wild week end color scheme. Greene escort ed a red-head, with a purple coat and red shoes. , Members of the new squadron seem to have gone all-out for week end bowling—but they go a long way to get in their kegling. Their interest is centered around the bowling alleys in Bryan and it doesn’t seem to be exclusively on line scores. There’s Jerry, the cute proprietress. And the maple pins aren’t the only ones the boys keep their eyes on. * * * When members of Squadron II drew the “dance detail” last week end to prepare Sbisa Hall for Squadron Ill’s graduation dance, they went about it with such gus to that it became downright haz ardous for the various “overseers,” on hand. Reportedly several of them narrowly missed chairs and rushing tables. flying SQUADRON II Ramp seven of the baby Squad ron is looking forward eagerly to pay day. Not so much that most of the men are broke, but that they’re hoping that after payday Mr. Gray will have some cigarettes of his own—and Mr. Chimolouski may have some matches! * * * Who’s the grey student officer who has completely substituted his “Hey, Doc, what’s about a bridge game?” to “Mr. Jones, would you care to tour the cam pus this weekend?” SQUADRON IV TWO TOWELS, A SHEET AND A PILLOW SLIP—The man who used to dole out clean linen re turned Monday. Mr. “Hot Pilot” Mercer who was with this squad ron in its early days entertained all present with a few words Mon day. He was captured while pass ing by and ordered to give a fare well address. Everytime he opened his mouth sheet announcements poured out as per usual. However his tenor voice sounded good to everyone again and it brought back memories to all. It was re ported that Mr. Mercer saved the day last week at Squadron 3 when their Guidon was misplaced until the middle of the review. * * Mr. James Hunt was given a life by a Squadron 3 man Sunday when an extra girl was taken off his hands. Mr. Hunt had ordered two from Houston and had spent several days during last week try ing to get rid of the spare. * * * KIBITZER—The new word just learned meaning, “Looker-on or meddlesome spectator.” Many kibitzers are now to be found in Ramps I and J. * * * The latest mystery in I ramp is “Who dropped the mop?” * * * Mr. Young has suggested that this squadron give a Tail Gunners Dance for those unfortunae ones who were clipped at the bud. * * * Mr. Lyle W. North has attached himself to a B. B. B.— (Beautiful Bryan Blond). * * * Mr. Valentine Maese bruised himself last week while practicing a backflip over the dining room table at a certain house. He made the flip all right but missed the landing. up only of mental exercise and physical endurance but also in team work. And certainly the best way to learn teamwork is through active participation in competitive athletics. This is one of the most essential and impor tant things to learn in the air corps. The Navy allows a few to com pete on the top teams, but the rest fall under the same type pro gram the Army advocates. A program which gives the maximum benefit to the maximum number of men. This chimes in with what was set forth in the last issue pertaining to the many colleges in peacetime—that intramurals give maximum participation. Intramurals are also the gold mine of the Detachment team just as they are of the varsity squads in all colleges and the farm sys tem in professional baseball. They are practically identical. They all have a basic source of material. Perhaps the program could be bolstered considerably if there were something to work for. On Friday’s parades the winning squadron receives a ribbon to carry on their guidon. These ribbons are given out for the best squad ron in parade—the best during the week’s marching and best scholastically. Why not give the squadron leading in the intramur als for the week, a ribbon? The advantages of intramural sports have been set forth. Would this create the interest and backing needed ? There are already leagues run ning despite the general lack of this knowledge and the lack of publicity for the leagues. Lets push these leagues and really get a lot of spirit up over them. Every squadron would like to see in the paper that they have the best athletes and the best teams. Start playing ball and the paper will give you the breaks you deserve. And also will keep you posted on standings. Let’s put the Air Corps over on this campus. Guion Hall presents “A Gentle man After Dark”, a cops and rob bers story Hollywood version, as its feature attraction today and Friday. The stellar lights are Brian Donlevy, Miriam Hopkins, and Preston Foster. This is story of some gem thieves who fall out. The plot concerns character known to his friends as Heliotrope Harry, Donlevy. It seems that he wants to quit the racket and hopes his wife, his partner in crime, has a baby girl. Pne of the gang, Philip Reed, in duces her to run out on Harry for a private partnership after double crossing him on the last “lift’ But Harry gets wise to the act and pinches Reed, the plotter. As a result Reed pays the penalty. Donlevy pays Foster ten grand to raise the baby and turn him in. Miss Hopkins then flits on her own—for eighteen years. The baby now grown up and known as Foster’s child announces her en gagement. Back comes Miss Hop kins to blackmail Foster with a $50,000 demand. Then Donlevy gets wind of the situation, he breaks jail and finishes off his wife, saving Foster a scandal which would spoil the daughter’s life. The Lowdown: We don’t praise this so much. Showing today, tomorrow and Saturday at the Campus is “Rang ers of Fortune”. The stars are Fred MacMurray and Patricia Morrison. Scene: Out West: Time, in the cattle rustling days some years back. This is an adventure story of three men who might be called the three “mesquiteers”. A/S Phillip Lightstone is ex pecting his wife today. She is traveling from Chicago to see her hubby. (Now, Mr. Lightstone?) *■ * * Where did A/S Lower get the iekname of “Brownie”. He * * The smile of A/S Greenberg almost got Flights 51 and 52 thrown out of their history class. * * * CONGRATULATIONS: To A/S Robert Kelly for actually purchas ing a package of “smokes”. * * * Why was A/S Harrison M. Grice so frequently reminded this past week-end to wear his rain coat by his girl. Could it be that he only got out of the hospital a few weeks ago? Or could it? * H= He Seems as though Mr. Godard’s secret is now known to A/S Floyd Butler. We are wondering how long this secret will remain be tween the two. How about that, Mr. Butler ? * * * SCOOPED MATERIAL FROM SQUADRON FOUR: Sgt. Gralla (Flatbush gift to the ladies) is now concentrating on singing with the records furnished by Haswell’s —rest—. Yup, strong competi tion for moaner’s ribbon. Anyway they are looking for just what Aggies are looking for— women and a good time. Of course they get tangled with some crook ed fellows which they handle in short order. Love enters the pic ture when Fred meets Patricia and wins in the long-run. The Lowdown: Here is a western that is much better than the regu lar horse operas—recommend it. HELP BRING VICTORY . . . BUY WAR BONDS TODAY! l4<-i Phone 4-1168 ADMISSION IS ALWAYS Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M. Closes at 7:45 9c & 20c TODAY AND FRIDAY SQUADRON V Why does A/S William A. For mate prefer sitting on the floor in the study hall? He was seen sit ting there Tuesday at one o’clock and we’re kind of inquisitive. * * * Flight 53 was seen going through that familiar “rain exercise” Mon day afternoon at five minutes to three. * * * We have been told that A/S E. E. Mueckler is the man to be watched in Houston. His long Famed Poet Saved In Nick of Time New York—An $800 award for “eminence in literature” promises to relieve the difficult straits that have befallen the once fabulously successful poet, Edgar Lee Mas ters, author of “Spoon River Anthology.” The award, presented jointly by the University of California, Har vard , university and the Poetry Society of America, came just in the nick of time, his wife said. The 74-year-old author is re covering from pneumonia and mal nutrition. His bills were paid by the Authors League of America. He was discovered ill in a charity ward last December. Bitter, brusque and proud Masters had been dependent upon royalties from poems published more than 25 years ago. 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