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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 11, 1944
the Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. fk 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, Texaa,
•under the Act of Congress ol March R. 1870.
Subscription rate $3 per school year Advertising rates upon request.
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Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444.
Member
Associated Collegiate Press
Calvin Brumley Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
S. L. Inzer Sports Editor
J. W. Bell Sports Writer
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
Robert Gold Reporter
Eli Barker Reporter
D. V. Hudson Reporter
B. J. Blankenship Reporter
Dick Osterholm Reporter
Jimmie Oeraopulos ; Cartoonist
A New Growth . . .
In times of indecision the tendency is for quick action
untempered by the cool logic of thinking. Many things that
are inherently commendable lose their quality of usefulness
because they are brought about by revolution rather than
evolution. The great almost indestructable Sequioas of Cal
ifornia did not spring up overnight and neither did the last
ing philosphies of life complete their growth in a few days.
The same principle may well be applied to the rebuilding
of those things which have been destroyed because of the
war or because some group saw in the war an excuse for the
destruction of things which heretofore had been accepted as
fine and enduring. A forest fire has swept across Aggieland
burning completely many of the things which the former
students of this institution had built through many long
years of thought and toil. Only the seeds of these things
escaped. Many of these seeds are buried so deeply that never
again -will they sprout and flourish. Many others that again
try to rise will be plowed under, buried to smother.
Two farmers are in the field. One is running his plow
haphazardly through the forest of traditions and the other
is carefully trying to nourish those things which are good.
Both are determined to kill those things which are bad. If
these two farmers would hitch their ploys to the same tractor
is it not likely that a new vegetation would grow which
would be comparatively free of brush and undergrowth.
With the Ropes of the Past . . .
Post war planning is a subject which is being considered
by the best minds in the country. Post war planning includes
industry, marketing, transportation, society, education,
foreign policy, farm policy, and every other phase of the
economic, social and political setup in the United States.
Conditions after the last war were a result of inadequate
planning for conversion from a war time program to a peace
time program. The policy this time is to plan sufficiently
and coordinate the shift in such a manner that the change
will take place smoothly and with the minimum of unemploy
ment, upheaval, and confusion.
For many months the post war planning proceeded at
a leisurely pace but with the developments in both the
European and Pacific theatres indicating that the war will
be over much sooner than expected post war planners are
spending extra hours in order to get the procedure worked
out for the eventful day of armistice.
It is a recognized principle that the nation, the states,
and every institution whether it be business, social, educa
tional, or political must have a postwar plan. Each organiza
tion has its own men working on a plan. Out of these ses
sions will certainly come many worthwhile suggestions but
at the same time many of the ideas which will be advocated
will be radical and unpractical. This is what interested persons
must guard against. <
Dead long ago was the idea of “what was good enough
for my father is good enough for me” but even though dead
that idea contains wisdom which should not be forgotten by
those who are responsible for the continuance of the growth
of the nation's institutions whether they be large or small.
Many of the sweeping changes will appear to be the perfect
solution to all of the problems but that conservative motto,
“With the ropes of the past we ring the bells of the future,”
should be “the guiding policy in any post war planning.
If the new ideas wipe out completely the knowledge and
traditions which have been succesful then each institution
will be like a ship sailing into the horizon with a new skipper
and with a new chart. The old charts will point the way and
guide each craft whether a large steamship or a small row
boat across the reefs and into the safe harbor of success and
plenty and satisfaction.
OPEN
FORUM
In the past few months there
has been a slight musunderstanding
concerning membership in the
Freshman YMCA Council. The idea
of a number of Freshmen has been
that membership in the Council
was only for a select few. This is
not the case.
When you fish entered, you filled
out six white cards. One of these
cards asked you if you had partici
pated in Hi-Y work. In order to
have a nucleus around which to
build the Council, Mr. Cashion and
Mr. Gay sent cards to fish who
had professed their interest in
YMCA work, inviting them into
the Council. It has always been
their intention that all fish inter
ested in belonging to the Fresh
man Council should feel free to at
tend these meetings.
Mr. Cashion, Mr. Gay, the Fresh
man Council, and the Upperclass
man Cabinet wish to extend a
welcome to. all Freshmen to be
come Freshman Council members.
If any of you are interested, come
on over to the main “Y” buildings
after supper on Thursdays and get
in on the fun.
G. C. Willman
President, YMCA Cabinet.
—SYMPHONY—
(Continued from page 1)
and a clever orchestral adaptation
of “Turkey in the Straw.” The
first section will close with the
overture to Strauss’s “The Bat.”
After the intermission, the sec
ond half will include the cherzo
from Brahms’ Fourth Symphony,
and the Andante from Haydn’s
“Clock Symphony”—so called be
cause the composer attempted to
reproduce the ticking of the clock
Big Ben, in the Tower of London,
Then the orchestra will present
two polkas; the “Perpetual Mo
tion” polka by Strauss, so called
because it has no ending and may
be repeated as many times as de
sired, and the “Golden Age” polka,
by Shostakovitch, famed Russian
composer of the “Fifth Symphony”
that has received so much acclaim
in the past two years. The concert
will close with Enesco’s “Rouman
ian Rhapsody.”
Ernst Hoffmann is one of the
outstanding symphony conductors
in the United States. Director Hoff
mann came to Houston in 1936
and has been in charge of the de
velopment of his musical organi
zation for the past eight years.
He began his career as a conduc
tor during his undergraduate days
at Harvard University, conducting
the University orchestra.
Born in Boston, Hoffman is one
of the very few American bom
conductors serving as the perma
nent director of a recognized
American Symphony Orchestra. He
went to Europe and entered the
High School of Music in Berlin.
Before returning to this country,
Hoffmann became director of mu
sic at the Breslau Opera, the only
American musician to fill such a
position in the Old World.
HELP BRING VICTORY • • •
By Renyard
W. Canis
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
Tonight, tonight—ah! Tonight.
It’s Friday night and there are
still a bunch of guys here. No
where to go this weekend? Naw,
that’s not the reason. Those guys
in the first regiment have a bunch
of dates down and what is the use
of going a couple of hundred miles
to see what is going to be right
here to see walking down the
street. Late dates too. Hmmm.
Reckon there’s a chance there
Doc?
Main Attraction
Going down to the train station
tonight just to see if someone
might have brought a friend or
two and maybe find you know
who. Now I haven’t got a date be
cause I waited a little late but I
might get one now even if I’m not
sure how.
When they get off the train
I’ll ask one if she would fain take
a chance and accompany me to the
dance. I’m not a handsome lad
but really I’m not so bad but
slicked up with my “Buttons” 1
might run on to some Betty Hut
tons.
My intentions are good and I
wouldn’t be naughty if I could
but I’m taking a date to that dance
even if I have to shave and put
on clean pants.
After I meet this girl and take
her for a little whirl we’ll go out
after the ball and confidentially
that’s not all. I’ll tell her about the
lights in her hair and about the
enticing perfume she wears. If
this doesn’t do the trick, and bro
ther I mean quick, I’ll tell her she
is my dream and that she sends
(See BACKWASH, Page 3)
Man, Your Manners
By 1. Sherwood
Manners in public dictate that
there is but one important rule to
be observed in attending a sym
phony concert—or any concert for
that matter. You are expected to
maintain absolute silence during
the performance of the different
numbers. It hardly seems unrea
sonable to ask that a person who
cannot keep quiet remain at home.
A well-bred person does not call
attention to himself in anyway in
public, neither does he ruin an
evening for a number of people
around him by talking during a
performance.
A person’s genuine courtesy and
consideration for others are no
where more noticeable than in
public places.
Emily Post says, “Consideration
for the rights and feelings of others
is not merely a rule for behavior in
public but the very foundation up
on which social life is built.”
Fortunately there are a very
few who are anything but well *
behaved. Most people take their •
seats quickly and quietly and are
very much interested in being
pleasantly entertained. <.
Performers are entitled to ap
preciation of their efforts, which
is usually registered by applause.
At a symphony concert applause is
expected at the close of an entire
number; the audience remains si
lent between the parts or move
ments of a single rendition.
PENNY’S SERENADE
^ ■■ -—By W. L. Penberthy -
As spectators of athletic con
tests, we have witnessed a great
many instances when the “tide
of . battle” was
changed by some
little slip-up on
the part of one
of the teams.
Maybe this was
a fumbled ball,
a n intercepted
pass or a block-
|:| ed kick but it re-
H suited in the
course of the
whole game being
changed with vic-
Penherthy tory coming out
what seemed sure defeat or vice
versa. These little “slip-ups” are
commonly called “breaks” and
many are the defeats that have
been blamed on the fact that the
loser just didn’t get the breaks
or the winner got all of the breaks.
It has always been very notice
able to me that_ the hustling ball
clubs are the ones that usually
get the breaks because they are
alert to take advantage of any
BUY WaR BONDS TODAY land all mistakes made by their been done.
opponent. They are quick to cover
a fumbled ball, ever alert to in-'*
tercept a forward pass and eager
to block and recover all punts.
These clubs keep this pressure
on for every second of the game *
and do not make the all too of
ten fatal mistake of letting down v
when they think the contest has
been won. Against a team of this
kind the opponent cannot afford
to make errors or to let down for
even a fraction of a second. When
the going is tough, they play just
that much harder and victory is
their usual reward.
I have been told that in the
early stages of the Russian-Ger
man phase of the war that at one
time the German army was with
in 25 miles of Moscow with nothing
in their way to stop their advance,
but they hestitated because of'
the fear of a trap. This may have
been the little “break” that turn-^
ed the tide of the whole war.
I have observed that the sue- -
cessful athletes and the successful
people in life put the pressure on*
and keep it on until the job has