THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 The Lowdown On Qampus Distractions By Alfred Jefferson I Showing at the Guion Hall Theater this Saturday only, is the weekly double feature. First is a technicolor film, “Forest Rang- ers”, staring Fred McMurray and Paulette Goddard. Fred plays the part of a romantic forest ranger who meets and marries Paulette Goddard, while on a July 4th cele bration. Jealous Susan Hayward, third point of the love traingle, tries her best to break up the ro mance. This is humor at its best as many complications such as for est fires, murder and honeymoon trouble are woven into the plot. Fred has his troubles, and who wouldn’t with two jealous women, but manages to pull through and win his true love. sion on vocational education in a dual school system. Around 150 superintendents and other officials of Texas city school systems are attending the confer ence which will continue on through Thursday. On another part of the Texas A. & M. College campus the Texas Association of County Superintendents is holding its an nual meeting. It was the consensus of the edu cators addressing the Tuesday morning meeting that there can be no separation of instruction in general and vocational education, but differences were expressed as to the level on which vocational crafts should become part of school instruction. The Low Down: A top rate pic ture with plenty of laughs and a touch of mystery to give you the chills and suspense. If you have seen it once its worth seeing again. Playing on the same bill, is “Cow boy”, starring Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Vern Vague, Tex Ritter and many others. This is a Western special in cowboys, music and action. Royal entertainment is assured for all who see this western thriller. There’s action and romance provided by Charles Star rett and his Smoky Mountain boys and girls and others. Low Down: For a western musi cal out of the ordinary and one you will surely enjoy, see this one. Saturday’s double feature is a bill of shows that will provide a week end of laughs and entertainment. School Men Hear Vocational Trend Discussion Tues. A philosophy of education which placed training for a vocation, an avocation and culture in that or der was given Tuesday to the Tex as School Administration Confer ence by Dr. L. A. Woods, state superintendent of public instruc tion. The program during the sec ond day of the conference featured vocational education and guidance, and Dr. Woods led a panel discus- LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies In a panel featuring future de mands on vocational education in local schools, J. R. D. Eddy, state director of industrial education, declared that this country now has a total labor force of 63 million, of which over 50 million are em ployed workers, IIV2 million are in the armed services, and less than a million unemployed. This he com pared with between 43 and 45 million jobs in the country in nor mal times. Of the ones now employed Mr. Eddy estlivated around 9 mil lion will not be available for em ployment after the war, including those overage, marginal workers, women who will return to home duties, and those staying in the armed services. This leaves 54 mil lion for whom jobs will have to be maintained. Another factor in the postwar labor pool will be some 10 million youths between the ages of 16 and 20, and it is the duty of the schools, according to Mr. Eddy, to give these youths vocational train ing. His belief was that unless the schools took the lead in training these workers some other agency of the government would be set up to do it. There is a bill pending in Congress, backed by vocational education leaders of the country, which vests this responsibility in the public school systems and pro vides finances and machinery to do it. The extent to which federal aid, carrying with it federal regula tion and control, will be acceptable to the school systems as now con stituted came in for quite a bit of discussion from the floor of the meeting. Lack of forward think- MT THE JAFS.' DO YOUR t, AKT * BUY WAR BONDS Rufus R. Peeples, ’28, elected President ^of the Association of Formejr Students at the annual Membership Commencement meet ing, is one of the best known far mers and live stock men of the State. He operates and manages the Peeples Farm and Ranch for his mother at Tehuacana near Mexia. The Peeples’ farm is a well- balanced operation and includes herds of registered Angus cattle and Hampshire hogs. There are Herefords on the place for com mercial purposes but Peeples is a dyed-in-the-wool Angus enthusiast. He is probably the first honest-to- gosh farmer-rancher to serve .as President of the Association. Despite the demands of farm management, Peeples has found time to devote to several outside interests. He served last year as Vice-President of the Association and under his leadership the Class Agent program was inaugurated. For many years he has served as Superintendent of the Student Live stock judging contests at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. He is First Vice-President of the Texas Aberdeen-Angus Association and President of the Texas Horse, Jack and Mule Breeders’ Association. He is also a member of the Lime- ing and action was blamed for in roads which the U. S. Office of Education and other federal agen cies have made in late years. stone County Rationing Board, and active in other civic and agri cultural affairs of his county. As a student at A. & M., he was in the band and the Cavalry. He was a member of the 1927 In ternational Stock Judging Team and Managing Editor of the Batt. The was Chairman of the Com mittee that started the Cattle men’s Ball, one of the big events of the Cadet Spring Social Season. Mr. and Mrs. Peeples have two sons, aged 12 and 7. They live on the Peeples farm at Tehuacana, five miles from Mexia. It’s pro nounced “Te-Wa-Cana.” In accepting the presidency at the annual meeting Peeples de clared, “I appreciate the honor and I realize its responsibilities. I ac cept with the confidence that A. & M. men, and the officers and di rectors of the Association will give me the same wholehearted sup port they have always given their elected officers. Together we can go places, and together we will continue to stand.” HELP BRING VICTORY • • • BUY WAR BONDS TODAY! Don’t try to keep up with your neighbors; let them keep up with you. BUY BONDS New President Rufus R. Peeples, ’28 Is Honest-to-Gosh Farmer-Rancher Who Finds Time to Be a Leader (From Texas Aggie) GUION HALL Phone 4-1168 ADMISSION IS ALWAYS—9c and 20c—Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.—Closes at 7:45 FRIDAY and SATURDAY Double Feature A WARNER BROS. Ptctwr* lefty irtw-Wolfw Catlett • Directed by KAY E HU GMT fM0fiT«r Scr+»» rimy by Otmrit Gfmytmm, rmmi Omrwrd SmUb, btymiml Sdvwk • A WfB4t bry*.-f\nt Pk*** SATURDAY 9:45 PREVUE and SUNDAY LASSIE COME . home m In Technicolor — with Roddy MacDowall MONDAY & TUESDAY Enchanting 4 ^ Love Story J v.">; '•** GREER GARSON WALTER PIDGEON Mr. & Mrs. Miniver together again in MADAME CURIE i, MEBVYN Lem mw b, SIDNEY FRANKLIN A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE with a IrnllisHt supporting cast. Henry Travers, Robert Walker, Dame May Whitty. Elia Basserman, Van Johnson. Albert Basserman, C.Aubrey Smith,Victor * Francen.Recinald Owen,Ma:fj:?t O’Brien. Screen Play by Paul , Osborn and Paul H.Rameau. Based * on the book, ’ Madame Curie" by Eve Curie. Home Town Club News FORT WORTH A. & M. CLUB PLANS MEET IN HOMETOWN At the meeting of the Ft. Worth A. & M. Club Wednesday night plans were made fo ra party to be held in Fort Worth this week-end. The meeting will be held at the Casino Saturday night. All Aggies from Fort Worth and Tarrant County are invited and urged to attend. A fashion expert claims a girl can dress in 45 seconds, which should give married men a laugh. It is unfortunate that it took a world war to make some Ameri cans eat sensibly. Dial 4-1181 Opens 1 p.nu TODAY and FRIDAY “PALM BEACH STORY” — starring — Claudete Cotlbert Joel McCrea — also — Cartoon and Fox News SATURDAY ONLY Double Feature Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard — in — “FOREST RANGERS” — and — Charles Starrett Yera Vague — in — “COWBOY CANTEEN” — plus Cartoon and Fox News _ SATURDAY PREVUE _ Starts 9:30 SUNDAY and MONDAY “NEVER SAY DIE” — starring — Bob Hope Martha Raye — also — Cartoon and Fox News