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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1944
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Rehyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
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A Matter of Balance ...
Home Town
Club News
Rio Grande Aggies
Convene Wednesday
A special meeting of the Rio
Grand Valley Club has been called
by the president, . R. Wade. The
meeting will be held on Wednesday
in Room 123 of the Academic
Building at 7:15. All members are
urged to be present said Wade.
Galveston Aggies To
Meet Wednesday
There will be an important meet
ing of the Galveston Club on Wed
nesday at 7:15 p.m. in Room 214
of the Academic Building. Earl Lo
gan urged that all members be
Reports at present indicate that the two weekend
dances, the First Regimental Ball Friday night and the all
service dance Saturday night, were tremendous successes
socially but barely successful financially. Otuside bands are
expensive and unless the ticket sales are sufficient to pay
the cost of the bands, the decorations, cost of Sbisa, and
other expenses it will be impossible to continue to obtain
outstanding music for the enjoyment of the corps and their
guests.
present.
Alice A. & M.
Club Meets
There will be a meeting of the
Alice A. and M. Club in Room 123,
Academic Building, Wednesday
night at 7:15.
Complete tabulations may or may not show a balance
between income and expenditures connected with the dances
last weekend but it is to late to worry about that. The im
mediate problem rests with the Second Regiment. They
have engaged a band to play for their dance and they are
planning decorations and other things concerning the dance
in such a manner as to assure a setting for an enjoyable
weekend.
Future dances may depend upon the support given to
the Second Regimental Ball. It is not necessary to point out
the things that contribute to a good time nor is it necessary
to indicate those things which will assure a financial suc
cess. No one wishes to make any money from the dance
but it is definite that enough has to be taken in to provide
for the expenditures.
Unjust Condemnation ...
Education may teach the fundamentals of business,
science, engineering, law, medicine, history, agriculture but
perhaps the most important phase of education is that part
which teaches the scientific method of thought.
Success in business, success in politics, success socially,
or success in any other line of endeavor is dependent largely
upon scientific thinking. Many of the people who are gradu
ated from educational institutions forget that it is vitally
important to continue thinking carefully and to continue
weighing all of the information available before reaching
a decision. Mental laziness is inexcusable. Persons who think
carefully about matters concerning their particular business
sometimes jump at conclusions concerning things related
to outside events.
It is human nature to form opinions without evaluating
all the information available and often opinions are formed
which are entirely unjustified because the facts are not all
present w’hich are pertinent to the prpposition. Most things
take place because there is a reason, and usually a good
reason, but sometimes reasons are not obvious. In other
instances the reasons are secret and cannot be diclosed
because of security purposes.
At other times people who ordinarily think clearly upon
subjects and hold informed opinions notice some particular
incident and from that incident form incorrect opinions and
report these opinions as having a basis on facts. Misinform
ed opinion will grow rapidly when passed by work of mouth
and it often results that a perfectly innocent person is in
jured beyond repair because someone failed to think scientif
ically.
Other people judge and condemn an entire organization
because of a few indiscreet acts by one or a few members
of that organization. It is never safe to form an opinion
from one set of facts nor is it fair play to condemn the whole
for the acts of a small minority.
United States battleships are
states of the Union.
Civil Service Names
Discontinuance Dates
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the follow
ing discontinuance notices. The
closing date for acceptance of
applications for the four following
positions wil be August 21, 1944:
Radio Operator, $2,188 a year;
Radio Monitoring Officer, $3,163
and $3,828 a year; Assistant Mat
erials Inspector, $3,163 a year; and
Radio Intercept Oficer, $2,433 and
$3,163 a year.
Anouncement 203 of 1942 gives
complete information on Radio
Operator positions. Complete in
formation is contained in An
nouncement 166 of 1941 on Radio
Monitoring Officer. In the An
nouncement 270 of 1942 will be
found information on Assistant
Materials Inspector positions,
while Announcement 288 explains
the position of Radio Intercept
Oficer.
The Commission names Sept. 6,
1944, as the closing date for ap
plication for the position of Junior
Engineer, $2,433 a year. Announce
ment 281 gives complete informa
tion on this position.
A&M Holstein Sets
Production Record
A registered Holstein-Friesian
cow in the dairy heard of Texas A.
and M. College, College Station,
has recently completed a 363-day
production record of 516 pounds of
butterfat and 17,915 pounds of
milk, The Holstein-Friesian As
sociation of America announces.
This is nearly 3 times the pro
duction of the average dairy cow
in the nation.
Her official name is Poulantha
Princess Canary. She was milked
three times daily and was 8 years
9 months when she began test pe
riod.
I3ACIW/1JI
By Renyard
W. Canis
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster.
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September 23, six more weeks,
and Coach Homer Norton will un
veil his 1944 grid squad in a game
against Bryan Army Air Field on
Kyle Field. No one knows what
the Aggie team will look like this
fall but one thing is certain and
that is it will be a fighting team.
A fighting team will need a fight
ing corps behind them. No, they
will need a fighting spirited corps
with them. Is the Twelfth Man
ready? Do the Fish know the
yells ?
Next Monday those boys out
for the team will begin a hard
five weeks of practice that will
mold the players into a fast
crushing team. They will be down
there on Kyle Field every after-
*noon in this hot weather work
ing hard for Aggieland and if
the best is to be expected a large
group of Aggies will have to be
down there watching them work
out. Go down there “Army” and>
get the “Spirit.”
Between semesters
Two games are scheduled this
fall between semesters. One will
be played on Kyle Field and the
other will be in San Antonio
against Texas Tech on September
30. The game against the Texas
Tech Red Raiders is a night game
and a football weekend in the
“Alamo City” i» one not to be
missed. Begin planning now to
leave that hometown girl one night
early so as to be in San Antonio
yelling for the Maroon and White.
Weekend Well Spent
Sleep. Sleep. It’s wonderful
stuff. Stuff which there hasn’t been
much of around. Some of the guys
that didn’t keep their dates in the
dormitory are wishing that they
had. Seems that that little prac
tice is a form of sleep insurance.
It is guaranteed against anything
except late dates.
Dark brown music
Ernie Fields, “The Crown Prince
of Swing,” lived up to his press
releases. He came in Friday night
wearing a gleaming white crown
or something. Maybe he bumped
his head on the top of the bus as
they were coming in.
Laying all kidding aside Fields
certainly played the music that the
Aggies like, sweet and in the
groove. He promised Friday night
that, “We try to play in between,
some hot and some sweet.”
If the music for the Second
Regimental Ball is as good as that
of last weekend, well—better write
her tonight and tell her to get a
new dress and to begin resting for
another weekend at Aggieland be
ginning August 25th.
A Small Bleed
Reports have been coming from
Bryan that the Aggies are begin
ning to overrun the USO. Even
though the USO is maintained for
the exclusive use of servicemen.
The Bryan USO has never com
plained until the recent influx of
Aggies. Perhaps the Fish should be
reminded that the USO is not for
their use.
Another bit of editorializing is
out of order. The corps is a uni
formed body. If Aggies are going
(See BACKWASH, Page 3)
:: As The World Turns ::
By Dr. A1 B. Nelson
President Roosevelt’s recent se
cret trip to the Pacific, including
the Aleutian Islands cost the Unit
ed States twenty million dollars
and took a large portion of the
fleet off active duty to protect
him, according to one of the most
prominent radio newsmen. The
charge is made from other sources
that the trip was a political cam
paign move and the republicans
are expected to emphasize that
angle as well as the cost in money
and naval efficiency.
The old Battleship Texas was
used to destroy the Cherbourg har
bor defenses during th'e siege of
that city. For three hours the four
teen-inch guns of the old battle
ship slugged it out with the harbor
forts. The Texas sustained two di
rect hits from the big guns of the
forts and suffered many casualties.
Mid-west truck drivers have been
on strike for a week now seeking
a raise of seven cents an hour.
The Government is now taking
over the companies and will force
the companies to pay the increase.
Of course the patriotic drivers will
now go back to work and help win
the war.
Heavy bomber production fig
ures are to be released about the
first of next month. The figures
have been a military secret so far
but the revelation of actual num
bers is expected to be a heavy blow
to enemy morale.
The Government has ruled that
the Pullman Company can no long
er both manufacture and operate
the Pullman cars. It is expected,
therefore, that the railroads will
purchase and operate the system.
... The Gallup Poll and the News
week Poll disagree over the com
ing election. Newsweek says the
people are all in favor of Roose
velt at the present time, but the
Gallup Poll says that Dewey is
leading in the nation so far. Take
your choice.
Wallace is still to be a leading
figure in the New Deal if Roose
velt is re-elected, according to re
ports. In spite of the fact that the
people would not have Wallace
again in the vice presidency the
President is said to have promised
him a prominent post next year, if
elected.
Clark Gable is now out of the
Air Corps and is to be starred with
Lana Turner in a new picture.
The C. I. O. unions charge that
doctor bills, hospital bills and drug
bills have been raised twenty-four
per cent in the last three years
and are demanding an investiga
tion. They seem to want to be the
only ones with the privilege of ad
ditional profits.