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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1944
• STUDENT TRJ-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. Mi M. COLLEGE
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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
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unofficially in the interest of the enlisted personnel of the United States Army and
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/. W. Bell Sports Writer
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Robert Gold Reporter
Eli Barker ...ttt. Reporter
D. V. Hudson Reporter
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
Home Town
Club News
Rio Grande Students
To Meet Wed. Night
There will be a meeting of all
students from the Rio Grande Val
ley Wednesday night at 7:30 in
Room 120 of the Academic Build
ing.
Purpose of the meeting will be
the organization of a club for all
students from the Rio Grande Val
ley region. Officers will be elected
and plans for the summer activi
ties will be discussed. “All fresh
men from this area are especially
urged to attend as they will com
prise the major portion of the
membership of the club,” C. F.
Ray stated in the meeting.
Work, Relaxation, Efficiency . . .
Summer heat has driven and is driving an ever increas
ing number of persons to vacation spots. This mass exodus
to vacation districts was not a let down of vital war produc
tion. Labor and management realized that workers needed
a rest and a chance to relieve tension accumulated during
many months of strenuous production. Figures and statistics
will indicate that after a rest of a few days mental and physi
cal efficiency will show a marked increase.
An emergency still exists. That no person will attempt
to deny. Just as undeniable is the fact that efficiency can
be increased by a change in the rhythm. Work day after
day under conditions of extreme summer heat, which is
definitely not conducive to the best results, often will meet
with complete or partial failure if normal standards are re
quired.
Under adverse conditions the thinking person will not
expect the results that would normally come from the
same amount of effort. In passing upon the work a careful
judge will consider the conditions under which the labor was
done and grade accordingly. Either the standards should be
relaxed or the routine broken.
What In Memory . . . ?
Last winter a part of Aggieland was buried beneath
the sod of Kyle Field. Many things have been written in
tribute to the little black and white dog who loved the Ag
gies faithfully for so many years.; Reveille was buried while
the corps stood at attention and the buglers sounded Silver
Taps and the sound of those bugles reverberated around the
world in foxholes and jungles, in general’s quarters* and pri
vate’s slit-trenches, in the air above and enemy and the
water around him.
On that sad day wherever there was an Aggie there
was sorrow as they remembered the loyal little dog pranc
ing in front of the band. Reveille was a part of the Spirit of
Aggieland. A part of the traditions that has grown up on
the campus of the Fighting Aggies. A part of that Spirit was
buried when “Rev” was laid to rest but in her place grew
a memory. It is a memory that holds a lesson in loyalty and
friendliness which every Aggie should know whether new
or old. Reveille’s portrait hangs in Cushing Memorial Library
as an inspiration to those who did not know Reveille person
ally.
Soon after Reveille’s death a movement was begun to
build a monument in her memory but interest decreased and
soon ceased to exist. In fact Rev has been so forgotten that
it is safe to say that the majority of new men on the cam
pus do not know the location of her grave. “Rev’s” grave
should not be made a shrine but certainly her memory mer
its consideration. Her burial place is barely distinguishable.
Was not Reveille’s loyalty glorious enough and is not her
memory dear enough to be deserving of at least a token in
memorium ?
Reveille’s Sipirit has joined the legion of marching
Aggies whose ghostly platoons will march and countermatch
across the gridiron this fall. Once again Rev will bark
joyously as the Aggie Band plays the War Hymn. Besides
having a permanent monument in the heart of every Aggie
Reveille should have a memorial placed on her grave for she
was a symbol of the friendliness and loyalty that is A. & M.
HELP BRING VICTORY • • •
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY
Galveston Club Meets
There will be an important meet
ing of the Galveston County Club
Wednesday night at 7:30 in Room
120 of the Academic Building.
Discussion of activities for the
mid-semester holidays will be the
purpose of the meeting. All mem
bers, new and old, are urged to at
tend.
Ninety Students Have
Dropped Out of School
Since the start of the semester
when 1650 students enrolled at A.
& M., ninety boys have withdrawn
from the school for various rea
sons.
Forty-three left to enter the
various branches of the armed
forces and the merchant marine.
A large group enlisted in the navy
while many were inducted into
the army. A few entered the A. S.
T. P. and the air forces.
Ten boys left to work while
eleven found that they had insuf
ficient preparation for college
work and returned to high school.
Six resigned because of personal
reasons. One boy left to work and
to continue his education at the
same time.
Seven boys were forced to drop
out with physical handicaps. One
of them has to have a personal diet
while another needed special treat
ment. Others had been in the hos
pital too long to make up their
work.
Low grades was the cause of
one boy’s withdrawal, while the
lack of certain courses forced
another to leave. Two boys left
to go to other colleges. Two de
parted without giving any reason
or without resigning at the com
mandant’s office.
A sick grandmother, a father
needing help, were two of the rea
sons given by three boys who re
signed because they were needed at
home. One boy “wanted to stay
at home.”
Improper treatment was the ex
planation of one student for his
departure.
The culture of the silkworm was
introduced to Europe in the Sixth
Century when two monks, sent to
visit China by Justinian, returned
with eggs of the silkworms con
cealed in a hollow cane.
Reports from Kyle Field bear
a colorful promise of a fighting
maroon and white team this fall.
The boys have been working out
these hot summer afternoons build
ing the foundation for a ball team
that will play eleven scheduled
games this fall. For four years the
chaps from the “forty acres” have
been smirking on Turkey Day but
this November the smirk may turn
into a smack . . . those boys work
ing out aren’t missing good after
noon sleep for nothing.
Food for thought
Uncounted hours of practice and
work go into the preparation of a
football team. They work day after
day always pointing toward that
sixty minutes on Saturday after
noon. Success doesn’t happen; it is
made.
Kinky hair
Aggies aren’t the only ones that
like to break the monotony on Sat
urday. Last Saturday night a
while before closing time the Guion
Hall boys were a bit perplexed
when they found a “possum” sit-1
ting in the senior section enjoying ^
the movie. The situation wasn’t
cleared up any when the “possum”
asked the ticket taker to run out .*
and get him a sack of peanuts.
After quite a chase the Guion
Hall boys decided that the strange
animal was a cross between “Bugs
Bunny” and a “possum.” Just be- '
fore leaving, the “possum” prom
ised to bring his entire family to
the next double feature.
Dislikes
The smell of malting tar . . .
perspiration running down my
chin . . . rocks in the shot . . .
backless play suits on some
backs . . . ants in the candy box
. . . an empty P. O. box . . . type
written personal Tetters . . .
withered onions . . . onions when
other people have been eating
them . . . hamburgers without
onions . . . cigarette counters
without cigarettes . . . red bath
ing suits . . . summer tan not
all over . . . politic!,1 guffaw
. . . disorderly desks . . . repeat
ing alarm clocks.
(See BACKWASH, Page 6)
:: As The World Turns ::
By Dr. J. Horace Bass
There has been no sensational
change in the war situation during
the week, but the over-all picture
continues so favorable to the Allies
that responsible persons are pre
dicting the fall of Germany this
year. The Russians have moved
up to the German frontier of
Prussia and have about sealed off
the Baltic States. The Allies in
Italy and France have blasted the
Nazis steadily but the advance
everywhere has been slow. The To
kyo radio reports curiously that
Japan has succeeded in “pulling
the enemy toward us.” Guam has
been “softened” for land invasion.
This is a signficant week on the
home political front. The Demo
cratic convention convenes in Chi
cago Wednesday and the State
Democratic primary comes on Sat
urday. Interest in Chicago meet
ing centers on the second place on
the ticket. Southern Democrats
oppose the renomination of Mr.
Wallace, and President Roosevelt
has declined to prescribe his run
ning mate. There will be a contest.
The platform will be short.
The Democratic primary has at
tracted little interest except for
congress. In an unusual situation,
practically every congressman
from Texas faces hard opposition.:
Veteran congressmen in many dis-,
tricts are facing the fight of their
lives, and the reaction threatens
to unseat some worthy incumbents.
Candidates for renomination are
generally finding it neccesary, so
they think, to prove to their con
stituents that they have not been
“yes” men.
The intervention of the CIO Poli
tical Action Commitee (PAC) is
also an interesting issue. The CIO :
set up the PAC primarily to purge !
congress of anti-labor members
and to re-elect President Roosevelt
and Vice-president Wallace. It is t
interested in personalities and not!
parties. Since the Gallup Poll re
cently showed that 53% of the
voters disapproved and only 10% ^
approved the PAC-sponsored can
didates, all candidates find it
necessary to deny CIO support.
The memory of Woodrow Wil
son is being revived in 20th Cen
tury-Fox's technicolor picture,
WILSON, and in Gerald Johnson’s
biography, Woodrow Wilson: The
Unforgettable Figure Who Has Re
turned to Haunt Us.. The impli
cation is that Mr. Wilson’s peace
formula might have prevented the
terrible tragedy of this war. It is
evidence of our great interest in
peace plans now. It is well to re
call that “Mr. Wilson’s League”
was in operation for 20 years and
that the U. S. might properly have
joined the League and the World
Court on any of those years. The
Republicans were in power 12 of
those years and the Democrats 8 -
of them. It would now be bad poli
tics and worse logic for either the
Democratic Party of Mr. Roosevelt
or the Republican Party of Mr. ^
Dewey to cast any stones. Both
houses are of glass.
Dean Bolton has mailed mem
bers of the college staff a reprint
of a report of the American Coun
cil on Education which deals with
college problems of the post-war
period. The findings are that war
veterans and war workers who will
return to college will be interested
only in hurry-up trade training
and not liberal education. They
will have little time or taste for
traditional college procedures and
courses. Colleges will have to make
such improvisations and adapta
tions to meet their needs and de
mands that the normal college stu
dent who comes directly from
high school may find that he is ♦
neglected somewhat in the shifting
of emphases.