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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 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 is published two times weekly and issued on Tuesday and Friday 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 second 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 S, Administration Building. Telephone 4-8444.
Member
Pbsocided Collegiate Press
Calvin Brumley Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
Renyard W. Canis Feature Writer
J. W. Bell Sports Writer
Dick Osterholm Reporter
Robert Gold Reporter
Eli Barker Reporter
Moving Buddy
able for transporting students pos
sessions. It is also emphatically
stated that no dresser or table
drawers are to be moved.
For Love of School. . .
Few people have realized the tremendous job that the
seniors of A. & M. have undertaken. Before them they have
the task of indoctrinating almost a thousand freshman with
military customs, traditions, and procedures. Added to this
many of the cadet officers spend a great deal of time at drill
with the freshman companies. They are not satisfied with
doing only this. In addition the cadet officers are taking the
responsbility of instructing the new cadets in the things
which make and which stand for Aggieland.
Until recently A. & M. offered a complete course in mil
itary science and upon successful completion of that course
men were commissioned as army second lieutenants. New
praise is added every day to the already copious files of
glory. While serving as cadet officers they were under con
tract to the government and were paid a small sum each
day. War time conditions have of a necessity eliminated
military contracts.
It was always an honor to receive a cadet commission.
Only the best men were chosen. Even though the cadet corps
is small, the cadet officers are doing a splendid job. The
quality that has always been found in A. & M. men is still
here.
Cadet officers can not be commended too highly for
the job which they have undertaken, not for any monetary
consideration or hope for a commission but, because they
feel that love for A. & M. which no one but an Aggie can
feel. They are doing the job not for any personal prestige
which might accrue to them but rather out of a sincere
desire to make A. & M. a smooth running, efficient military
institution.
Men that have gone before did a good job. The men that
are here now are doing a good job. They deserve a salute of
gratitude and appreciation from every member of the Aggie
Fraternity.
Chivalry ... and ... Awe
Aggies living here as they do practically isolated from
the cultural influences that usually surround the home are
sometimes thought to be at a disadvantage when guests visit
the campus. Added to this is the fact that the corps lives
away from women for the most part of the year and ob
serves sometimes gain the impression that Aggies do not
appreciate the finer qualities or womanhood.
This observation is entirely mistaken. Even though they
do not associate with women every day the Aggies are gen
erally more considerate of them and exhibit more gallantry
than does the ordinary youth of college age. The truth of the
matter is that because of the scarcity of women the Aggie
is likely to regard women with whom he does come in con
tact with awe. Because of this lack of women which exists
at Aggieland those that visit the campus are likely to be
showered with attention and in a few instances a few mouths
will fly open at the sight of a member of the weaker sex.
Aggies individually and collectively, honestly welcome
every visitor to the campus and even though the facilities
are not the best every thing possible is done to make that
guest comfortable.
In their uniform the Aggies represent a spirit of wel
come and chivalry. This spirit springs from the very roots
of Aggieland and those men with the welfare of A. & M.
at heart do all that is possible to maintain the reputation
that Aggies have made for Aggieland.
—CORPS—
(Continued Iiom page 1)
not be closed without violating the
terms of the contract. For purposes
of economy one or the other of the
mess halls had to be closed for
the summer.
Colonel M. D. Welty, Command
ant of the college, stated that,
“Even though it might not seem
so a measurement by actual pacing
shows that it is only one hundred
steps farther from Hart Hall to
Duncan than it is from Hart to
Sbisa.”
In the order issued it is stated
that ten college trucks will be avail-
—DR. HEDGES—
(Continued from page 1)
for nearly 30 years he had been
head of the Department of Chem
istry. He went through the Chemi
cal Warfare School at Edgewood
Arsenal in September 1941. Re
turning to this section he lectured
on local defense methods and per
sonnel training in the cities of the
8th Region, and lectured before
the Chemical Warfare Training
School which was established at
the Texas A. & M. College.
A native of Kentucky, Dr.
Hedges graduated from the univer
sity of that state in Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, then com
pleted his graduate work at Cor
nell, where he was an instructor
and assistant professor for six
years before coming to the Texas
A. & M. College.
Dr. Hedges developed the course
of instruction in the Department
of Chemical Engineering at the
College. He is director of the an
nual School for Firemen, and the
instigator of the annual short
course for cottonseed oil mill op
erators which has had the backing
of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers’
Association following an address
by Dr. Hedges at its annual meet
ing sixteen years ago. He has
served on the Brazos County Pa
role Board under three governors,
and is a member of the Brazos
County Safety Council.
—DANCE—
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night. The men having dates must
furnish sheets, covers, lights, etc.,
for the rooms. The “dorm” will be
opened at 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Friday for the men to prepare the
rooms. The girls will be admitted
to the “dorm” at 4:00 p.m. Friday.
They must vacate by 11:30 p.m.
Sunday. Reservations can be made
for the rooms now.
Tickets were issued Monday
night by the Student Activities
Committee to go on sale at $1.50
for the corps ball to which Aggies
and their dates are invited, and
tickets are also available for the
all-service dance Saturday night
in the Grove to which all personnel
on the campus are invited.
— CEREMONIAL —
(Continued from page 1)
units will proceed directly from
tfieir dormitory areas to the drill
field.
Practices for this review were
held for the whole corps last Tues
day night, and for the cadet offi
cers on Thursday.
By Renyard
W. Canis
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
Out of clouds of smoke and not
a few scattered cusses a puff of
notes fluttered about and tickled
the spider webs along Sbisa’s ceil
ing and with the aid of a bit of
sweat a new Aggieland Orchestra
was informally introduced to the
corps Wednesday night. A few Ag
gies hung around on the steps of
Sbisa and began to appreciate the
hard work that goes into those
things called dances that make it
possible for a guy to hold a girl in
his arms.
Pleased to introduce a group of
boys that call themselves the Ag
gieland Orchestra. They are just a
bunch of Aggies trying to blow a
little music out of some hunks of
brass called horns and every once
in a while they may shoot a squirt
of “baccy” juice twanging toward
the cuspidor but they are trying
to beat out a jingling jive that the
Aggies will enjoy. Friday night
the wraps will be taken off this
baby prematurely. Against the
band’s better judgment they agreed
to play for the weekend dances
because no other orchestra was
available. They may sound like a
painting looks before the artist has
brought out the details tonight but
even if their first performance is
a small notch below par there are
distinct possibilities that this new
Aggieland Orchestra will be one
of which the corps can be proud.
In my arms
Tonight we love . . . should
have said dance or maybe it
should have been . . . “Tonight
we love to ciance.” The Aggie
says it another way . . . “To
night we dance to love.” Doesn’t
the moon look pretty on a country
road? Don’t look too hard sug
gest it subtly) but it looks like
there might be a full moon hang
ing over those country roads to
night.
Always overheard at dances
He: “May I have this dance?”
She: “Sorry, but I don’t dance.”
He: “Why are you here?”
She: “I said I couldn’t dance but
does that mean I can’t intermis
sion?”
Letter home
Dear Pop:
Been here four weeks now and
it is beginning to seem like the '
desert song around here. Now,
Pop, you know I’m not talking
about that rain we didn’t have the
other night because it did.
Say, there is a big corps ball
down here this weekend. They said
I couldn’t go unless I had a date. .
Well, I remembered your advice
about not taking a hefty girl to ;
dances since shoes have been ra
tioned. I also remember that you
said to dance only to the slow
pieces so I wouldn’t be wearing out «
shoe leather.
But Dad, another consideration
has entered the picture. (What pic- -
ture? Get out of here you camera
hound). Come Saturday we are go
ing to have to move to Navasota.
At least that is what some of the -
upperclassmen have been telling
me but confidentially I think it is
only down to the Duncan Mess Hall
area. It is a long way down there
though, so I asked that little girl
that lives across the street to come
down. You know, the one that has
been blossoming out since women
went to work in war plants. I fig
ured that with my beauty and her
brawn I could get moved to my new
hole with a minimum of effort.
My effort.
Just one other thing before 1
close. My upperclassmen have been ^
talking about some dogs that al- -
ways come to the campus when
the corps has a dance. I think they
call them “bird dogs.” But Pop, I -
haven’t seen any quail around here -
and besides the season (On game
birds) isn’t open. Now can you tell
me just why anyone would want
to have a bird dog hanging around
when there isn’t any use for one?
(Editor’s note—He doesn’t know
it but he has the right idea.) But
maybe we are going to have a spe
cial opportunity for some shooting
this weekend so just to keep from
taking a chance on missing any
thing please send down my gun.
Your thrifty son,
Joe.
(See BACKWASH, Page 3) *
“When there are two forks of
the same size at one’s place, no
salad fork, should one be used for
the main course and one for the
salad?”
When a salad is served with the
main course, and no salad fork is
provided, the salad is usually eat
en with the same fork as is the
main course. The second “dinner”
fork is probably intended for the
dessert. In choosing between the
two forks, use the one on the out
side first, following the general
rule that silver is placed so that
you use the outside piece first and
the others in order as they are ar
ranged. At a formal service the
dessert fork does not appear until
the dessert is served.
If you are occasionally overcome
by the which-fork-do-I-use panic,
here’s what you do about i.:
1. follow the lead o: your
hostess,
2. use your silver in the order
of its arrangement begin
ning with the outside
piece, and
3. trust your own judgment
as to the requirements of
the food at hand.
If you do that and your silver
doesn’t come out right, it is your
hostess’ fault, not yours.
Acquaint yourself with the ac
cepted form of table service then
you’ll be sure of yourself.
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