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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1944)
PAGE 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 THE BATTALION STUDENT TRI-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Teas and the City of College Station is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday,, Thursday and Saturday mornings except during the summer semester when it m published two times weekly and issued on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and is the official publication of the students of the A. & M. College of Texas and serves unofficially in the interest of the enlisted personnel of the United States Army and Navy stationed on the campus. Entered as tecond class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, 'inder the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. Subscription rate $3 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 4-1444. Member Associated Golle&iate Press Calvin Brumley Editor Dick Goad Managing Editor Alfred Jefferson Reporter J. W. Bell Reporter Robert S. Gold Reporter Pop’s Day To Howl... Sunday is Father’s Day. It is the dayHhat mother usual ly fixes the old boy a steak with his favorite trimmings and the dessert that he likes best. The old boy called “Pop” is not one that usually likes a lot of sentiment thrown around his neck but they do appreciate being remembered by their chil dren. Many homes will have one or more sons absent Sun day. Many will not even have a father present at the dinner table. These men are fighting the war. They may not even have time to remember that it is Father’s Day. The shells may be bursting too fast for the son’s to think of dad and the planes may be too thick for those dads that are fighting to remember that it is their day. They would surely appre ciate it if someone remembered them and for them on that day. Dad is the boy that sweats and makes the money for his family. He buys the groceries, the new suit, the party dress, and then he sends the kid to some college so that he or she may have a better chance than “the old man did.” He is not one to lavish caresses on the ones that he loves. He is usual ly to busy figuring out some way to repair the dent that junior put in the car fender or how to pay off the Ynort- gage. He is a pretty busy fellow. 'i# When the millions of dads all over America wake up Sunday morning they will not be thinking about it being their day and that they will demand anything. They figure it is just another day. Wouldn’t the old bald headed rascals smile if every son and daughter remembered them. Songs, Jokes, Skates ... It is not often that a show such as that presented in Guion Hall Tuesday night comes to the campus for the en joyment of the Aggies. It was real entertainment and every resident of College Station and every Aggie that saw it expressed nothing but approval. Especially it was enjoyed by the Aggies. Guion Hall and the Student Activities Office certainly deserve a bouquet of thanks for the free show. They could just as well have presented a free movie but instead they wanted to bring something here for the Aggies that was different in the way of entertainment. They did. Last semester a show of similar nature was on the stage of Guion and even though it was good, the show Tues day night was better. The corps responded to both shows but anyone hearing the applause for the Sunkist Vanities knows that they were appreciated. -AGGIE-- (Continued from page 1) first wears his ring when he is a classified senior. It is worn with the crest inward and in such a manner that the seal of Texas can be observed by the wearer. It is worn in this way until the latter part of the senior year or until the time of the Senior Ring Dance. Highlight and supreme moment of the senior of A. & M. is the Senior Ring Dance. This tradition is the elite of the social functions on the campus. According to tra dition, Juniors usher and cater to the Seniors and their dates at the dance, in precedence to the time when they will be able to attend the function as seniors. The setting of the dance floor is arranged with tw r o large, exact replicas of the senior ring, a certain distance apart, to accommodate two rows Privileges Are Being Abused In Guion Hall Theatre One of the main centers of en tertainment for Aggie and Serv icemen on the campus is Guion Hall, managed and operated by students through the Student Ac tivities Office. Guion Hall is run on a non-commercial basis, using student labor as far as possible. It has always been a center of en tertainment for campus activities such as commencement exercises, corps meetings, motion picture and stage entertainment, and var ious other forms of campus ac tivities. It should be the aim of every Aggie and Serviceman on the campus to preserve and pro tect this building. There have been certain rules made which must be conformed to, in order to do this. Special emphasis must be placed on the NO SMOKING signs, ’which mean that no smoking is permis sible in the auditorium. Chewing gum has no place on the floor and seats of the auditorium which might well add to someone’s dis comfort as well as being destruc tive. Recently a nuisance in the form writing on the walls of the restrooms has appeared. Some Ag gies and Servicemen has taken to writing letters to each other on these walls and other lengthy compositions are found scrawled from the- ceiling to the floor. The walls of Guion are no substitute for writing material. friend who had a common love for the tradition and spirit of A. & M. And never will this tradition of A. & M. men die, for every year the swelling ranks of the frater nity are increased by seniors who having reached their goal, wear the senior ring. Registration as a classified sen ior is required before a ring may be purchased in normal times. War conditions, however, have caused changes in ring eligibility. The an nual ring dance is symbolic of the honor A. & M. men feel when they have satisfied the requirements that must be met for ring eligibil ity. From its beginning in 1894 to today, the A. & M. ring has grown as a fine symbol of work complet ed and of membership in the grandest fraternity in the world— the fraternity of A. & M. men. of couples who will pass through them. As each couple, announced by the Master of Ceremonies, passes through the ring, the sen ior’s date removes his ring and replaces it again with the crest pointing out. As tradition has it, the girl kisses her date, and then they pass out of the ring. Men who wear the A. & M. ring are recognized as members of the greatest fraternity on earth. Many[ a day has there been when two I men, unknown to each other, have met, noticed that each wore a sen ior ring, and as a result of their acquaintance, began a lifelong friendship. Old jokes were told, and experiences of the old day were retold, names remembered, and probably the Aggie spirit flamed anew. From the senior ring, symbol of their great school, each of these men found a new Houston A. & M. Club Elects Penn President Man, Your Manners By I. Sherwood One of the most important of social accomplishments is the abil ity to dance and dance well. If, added to that, you have the attri butes of a gentleman, you can go anywhere in polite society. If you invite a girl to a dance, it is your absolute duty to see that she has a good time. If for rea sons of economy you go stag to a dance, don’t “chisel”. The men who have brought girls have the first right to dances, so don’t de mand more than your share. Even if you have been invited purpose ly to swell the stag line (for rea- sons of finance, at A. & M.) you still must remember that “cut ting in” too often on any couple * will not add to your popularity. Remember this, the girl who isn’t ^ a good dancer, may have a lot of attractive girl friends she will in troduce you to, and furthermore she may be a real person whom you would like very much in her home or on other occasions. A man is fortunate in that he can choose his own social environ- I ment, and being able to dance helps ** a lot. PENNY’S SERENADE i. —By W. L. Penberthy I have heard In my experience as a football official there have been several instances in which I received com pliments from players about the unfair tactics of an opponent. In a few cases they were being foul- !§|ed by the oppon ent but in most cases they were being legitimate ly blocked out of the play and didn’t like it so had to have an Penberthy alibi. Some play ers spend a lot of time complaining about decisions and while they are complaining the opponent is scor ing points. It has been my ob servation that the good players don’t complain, either about the play of the opponent or th edeci- sions of the officials. The majority of the complaints come from the blow average, player. many students » complain about their instructors but like the players I have notic ed that the complaints come for the most part from the students * who are having a hard time mak ing the grade and not from the ones who are doing a good job. In too many cases students are prone to adopt the attitude that they won’t “put out” for the in structor they don’t like. Instructors are human and some are going to _ be better liked than others but when we adopt the indifferent at titude it is like cutting off our nose to spite our face, because af- ^ ter all the instructor will not be the one to be hurt. The big people in the world deal in ideas and not personalities so " the earlier one acquires this atti tude the happier one will live. We may all have to work with and for individuals we don’t like but if we do the job to the best of our ability the personal problem will be surprisingly reduced. The Lowdown On Qampus Distractions By Robert S. Gold Coming to Guion Hall Theatre Friday and Saturday the weekly double feature. The first and by far the best is “Assignment in Brittany,” starring Jean Pierre Aumont, the sensational French actor, and Susan Peters, quite a beautiful and talented actress. The Wednesday night at the first meeting of this semester the Hous ton A. & M. Club elected officers for the summer. Attended by over , . , sixty members, the meeting was whole thmg takes plaee in the the largest in three straight semes- northern section of France caUed ters. An even larger attendance j s ^''ttany. Aumont is disguised expected at the next meeting, one as a Freneh soldier comin ^ back hundred per cent of the total mem- from his imprisonment in a Ger- bership if possible man conc entration camp. The real Officers elected were Tommy Frenchman is in a British hospi- Penn, president; Gerald Kaplan, I tal, but Aumont looks exactly like vice-president; Artie Moss, secre- so he takes his place in order tary; and Eddie Olsen, treasurer, to 'tarry on some espionage work This will be the second consecu- among the Germans. The girl in tive term for Penn. After the elec- the story, Susan Peters, was in tion of officers, the club made I l° ve with the real Frenchman, but long range plans for activities for I Aumont has not time for her. the summer. (For what reason, we don’t know). Well, it works itself up into a nice mess, but everything turns out, perfect as usual. The second feature is “Crime Doctor’s A skating rink in New York City is reported to have a seating capacity of 5,000, Strangest Case” wth Warner ^ Baxter and Rose Hobant. Al though this one isn’t the best show 4 ever seen at Guion, it will pass. The Lowdown: As Frank Sinatra would put it, “This is a Lovely Way to Spend An Evening.” u Showing at the Saturday night prevue and Sunday is “Old Ac quaintance” starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, and Gig Young, Hollywood’s newest find. This show picks you up and then let’s you down, or visa-versa. At first Bette is to marry Gig, but then Miriam’s young, but beautiful, daughter steps in and takes over. Mirian’s husband has divorced her for rea sons that are plain to see after you hear the character Miriam has to play. Everything turns out al right with the exception of Mir iam’s husband who gets a majors commission in the army, and leaves «• for parts unknown. The lowdown: If you want to (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)