THE BATTALION
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1944
The Lowdown On
(ampus ^Distractions \
By Alfred Jefferson
Playing its last day at Gtiion
Hall is “Madame Curie”, starring
Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson.
This is a picture you may not
like, depending entirely on your
individual taste. It is the story of
the discovery of radium by Madame
Marie Curie and her husband
Pierre. The critics have all praised
it to the skies, and some even say
-that it is better than “Mrs. Min
iver.” However, the story is not so
interesting, at least to most of us,
and the average Aggie is not
usually inclined to enjoy this kind
of movie.
The Lowdown: You’ll either call
it wonderful or say it smells. It has
plenty of ^suspense, but not the
usual kind. It is undoubtedly worth
seeing, but you’re not guaranteed
to like it.
Wednesday and Thursday Guion
is presenting “The Kennel Murder,
Case”, a Philo Vance mystery with
William Powell. This is the first
good mystery that has come to
College in quite a while, so if you
are a detective story fiend, run
right down to see it. Bill Powell is
good in a part, and plays sleuths
in a way that can*t be beat. After
as many “Thin Man” pictures as
he has made, he couldn’t help but
be good.
The Lowdown: Plenty old, but
worth seeing anyhow. Much better
than the average run of mysteries.
Coming to Guion for Friday and
Saturday is the usual double fea
ture, but it’s cornier than usual.
They really must have to hunt for
shows like these. The one that is
supposed to be the best is “River’s
End” with Dennis Morgan. Just a
plot with fair acting, made to take
up time while they thought of
something good. On the same bill
is “Tugboat Annie Sails Again,”
with Marjorie Rambeau. More
wasted celluloid.
The Lowdown: If someone is
chasing you, this is as good a place
as any to hide. If not, save your
money.
“Flying Tigers” plays at the
Campus today and Wednesday. It’s
a good show with John Wayne
playing the tough commander in
that sector, and John Carroll the
smart-cracking guy who can fly
wings around everyone else. If you
don’t think so, just ask him. How
ever, after Anna Lee, who is
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Wayne’s steady girl, tells Carroll
to go fly a kite, or words to that
effect, and his glory-grabbjng costs
the life of one of his friends, he
quiets down and becomes the model
boy.
The Lowdown: Really a good
way to spend the time before C.Q.
tomorrow.
Thursday and Friday, “Texas,”
with William Holden and Claire
Traver plays at the Campus. Just
another story made to appeal to us
because we live in Texas. The act
ing is good, and Claire Trevor does
her part especially well.
The Lowdown: 0. K., but don’t
go if you can think of anything
else to do.
The Saturday double-header is
made up of a really good picture
and a pretty fair support. The
main feature is “The Lady Has
Plans,” starring Ray Milland and
Paulette Goddard. (Time out for a
long, low whistle). When Paulette
and Ray Milland, newspaper re
porters deluxe, get mixed up with
the Gestapo in Lisbon, anything
can happen, and does. They claim
she has some secret plans written
on her in invisible ink. This leads
to some very interesting events,
as you can well imagine. For the
rest of the story, you’ll have to
see it.
“Buy Me That Town” with Susan
Hayward and Lloyd Nolan is also
on the bill, and it is pretty good.
It has a fairly good story, with
plenty of suspense. Too good to be
on a double bill when we have to
see things they show during the
week.
The Lowdown: Saturday is a
good day to go to a show, and this
is the best show that will be here
then. You will probably be won
dering where to take your dance
date, so see the first good double
feature we’ve had in a long time.
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of futile searching there remains
only one thing to do.
Well . . . what a surprise. Wild
Bill rides tonight. So Buddy and
Lonesome Aggie vicariously ride
the outlaws down on the screen
and then after making the prairies
safe for honest men and beautiful
women (Somehow honest men and
beautiful women don’t seem to go
together. Wondering why?) our
heroes limp to their holes for a
peaceful night of rest. Dull isn’t it.
The worlds a stage
Off they go into the unknown
yonder. Boarding their train that’s
belching flame. Down they dive
splitting the campus asunder. That
we are happy ’tis no wonder. ’Tis a
shame that there is no one here
who could really appreciate a bit
of parody.
Come worm let’s squirm
Send her a letter or send her a
wire and if she can’t come (They
always say can’t instead of won’t)
try her little sister or the girl
next door but get a gal, any gal,
down here for the dances Friday
and Saturday nights. For those who
have lost all ties with sweet young
things there is always the possibil
ity of asking your old lady to get
his date to bring her room mate
along. “Three cheers for the beau
tiful roommates,” he says in a
whisper.
Observed in passing
A freshman has the one and only
that he graduated with. A sopho
more has lost all and is heartbrok
en. A junior begins to perk up. A
senior plays the field. The “Bryan
400” on week nights and other
places on strong weekends.
Overheard in the nursery
“Do you know what the terms
M. D., D. D., and L. L.D. mean?”
“College degrees.”
No—Marsie Dotes, Dosie Dotes,
and Little Lambsie Divie.”
Off-Campus Distractions
Those things that draw like a
magnet and percolate on bottles of
— and perfume are nice to dance
with and . . . well nice to dance
with. But they need watching. They
will take your flowers and your
candy and spend your money. They
will say that they are true. They
will say that they are lonesome
when you are gone. She will wear
your pin when she goes out with
you and some other dope’s pine.
Brother, that is the original pin
up girl.
New Cantaloupe Is
Resistant To Mildew
And Melon Ophids
Cantaloup^ production in many
sections is frequently attended by
severe losses from downy mildew
and also from melon aphids. Dr.
S. S. Ivanoff, pathologist at the
Winter Haven Experiment Station,
has developed some strains of can
taloupe highly ,resistant to both
downy mildew and melon aphids.
Dr. Ivanoff secured some West
Indian cantaloupes which were in
ferior in quality but possessed the
highly desirable characters of be
ing resistant to both downy mil
dew and melon aphids. Recogniz
ing the value of this material for
planting purposes Dr. Ivanoff en
deavored by crossing to transfer
these characters of resistance for
downy mildew and melon aphids
to some of our best strains of can
taloupes. Out of these crosses he
selected from each generation only
plants that had a high degree of
resistance and approached nearest
to the high quality of our com-
merical cantaloupes.
He followed this method for
seven generations with the result
that he now has established some
strains of cantaloupes that are of
good quality and posses resistance
to both downy mildew and melon
aphids. During this year he has
increase plantings on which there
has been little downy mildew and
only slight infection of aphids
whereas some commercial fields are
so highly infected as to be a total
loss.
. Dr. Ivanoff states that these
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BRYAN, TEXAS
cantaloupes are. not immune to
aphids or downy mildew but they,
nevertheless, possess resistance to
such a degree that both better
yields and lengthening of the
fruiting period will be obtained.
The new strains are still suscepti
ble to powdery mildew but work
is in progress to secure strains
that may reduce losses from this
pest also.
Audience Survey Of
Television Region
Shows Operas First
Light operas, news commenta
ries and full length plays are first,
second and third choice of the
Troy-Albany-Schnectady area audi
ence of WRGB, General Electric’s
television station in Schnectady,
according to an announcement by
Robert B. Stone, program mana
ger, based on a survey of 499 pro
grams* in 31 different classifica
tions telecast during the last 18
months.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates
of Penzance” was the audience’s
favorite light opera with “A Waltz
Dream” rating second. “lolanthe”
was third in this group.
Second place of honor for the
news commentary classification
was due to the popularity of a
series of fourteen “War Map” talks
by George Mitchell.
Of the full-length plays present
ed, the great farce and satirical
comedy, “Help Yourself,” was an
easy first. A special television ver
sion of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” tied
with the old favorite, “The Ghost
Train” for second place, while
Clare Tree Major Children’s The
atre presentation of “Hansel and
Gretel” was third chpice.
Although the sports group, as a
whole, was not among the first
three in popularity, audience re
action to the boxing and wrestling
matches was so favorable that, as
a separate group, it would have
ranked a high first over all other
types of programs.
Other individual programs that
proved popular were Joe Owens’
puppets, a cooking school conduct
ed by Consuelo Kelly, food expert,
and a series of three sewing les
sons by McCall’s Magazine.
For the survey, audience reac
tion was checked from question
naires sent with the weekly pro
gram to those with television re
ceivers in the area and supple
mented by a house-to-house check
up of a small sample of the audi
ence.
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Opens 1 p.m.
TODAY and WEDNESDAY
“FLYING TIGERS”
— starring —
John Wayne
John Carroll
Anna Lee
Plus
Color Cartoon
Membershp In AICE
Open To Chem Students
Membership in the Student Chap
ter of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers is open to all
students enrolled as chemical engi
neers. Meetings are held about
once a month at which there is a
speaker who discusses topics of
interest. In the past two types of
meetings have been held. One was
primarily for the upperclassmen
and the other for the freshmen
and sophomores. This was done to
stimulate interest in both groups.
There is usually a barbecue held
each term. The dues are $1.00 per
term which gives a membership
card and in normal times a nation
al student publication. Either pins
or watch charm emblems may be
purchased.
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Closes at 8:30
LAST DAY
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Greer Carson
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