TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1944
THE BATTALION
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The Lowdown On
Campus Distractions
By Alfred Jefferson
G’uion's Wednesday and Thurs
day feature is to be “Girls On Pro
bation,” featuring Ronald Reagan.
This is old as they come, and it’s
Hot up to par. More of the old
stuff about girls who commit pet
ty crimes and are not jailed, but
put on probation. The story of
their troubles is told with plenty
of tears and screams. Don’t judge
this by Reagan’s presence, because
it was released before he got on
the star parade.
The Lowdown: Below average,
and the average is pretty low.
Friday and Saturday’s double
bill is made up of “Aerial Gunner,”
with Chester Morris and Richard
Arlen, and “Margin for Error,”
starring Joan Bennett and Milton
Berle. “Aerial Gunner” is filled
with excitement and tells a fairly
interesting story about a young
man who is trained in the AEF
as a gunner. His experiences are
worth seeing to those of us who
plan to join the Air Force some
time soon, because the chances
seem to favor new cadets becom
ing gunners.
The other feature, “Margin for
Error,” which is based on a play
by Claire Booth Luce, is a fast-
moving mystery concerning the
German consulate in New York.
Milton Berle, here a Jewish police
man, is one of a number of men
ordered to guard the German Em
bassy just before we entered the
war. When he and a German maid
fall in love, and the Consul’s sec
retary joins the American army,
the Consul goes a little off the
beam and tries to murder his sec
retary. There are some tense mo
ments, and the story ends with an
interesting twist.
The Lowdown: A combination of
two good shows. Though there have
been some uncomplimentary things
said about “Margin for Error,”
most of you will like it. It was a
smash hit on Broadway, and a good
play usually makes a good movie.
All you bobby-sox boys will just
have to go to the Campus today or
tomorrow to see Frankie the Voice
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“HIGHER and
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— with —
Michele Morgan
Jack Haley
Frank Sinatra
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“BROADWAY
RHYTHM”
— with —
George Murphy
Ginny Simms
Tom Dorsey’s Band
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in his first picture, “Higher and
Higher.” It is a fair love story,
and of course there are plenty of
songs for Sinatra. Michele Mor
gan is the leading lady, and Jack
Haley furnishes the corn.
The Lowdown: It’s good if you
like Sinatra, but there’s not too
much there if you don’t.
Thursday and Friday’s show will
be “Hey, Rookie,” with Ann Miller,
Hal McIntyre and his band, and a
number of other musical entertain
ers. This is just a series of spe
cialties with a few spots of rookie
humor thrown in.
The Lowdown: This is not only
a “B” picture; it is a very “B” pic
ture. In other words, go get your
English for once.
Scientists predict that the new
synthetic rubber tires will last for
10,000 miles.
—BACKWASH—
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to wear uniforms they should
wear them right. Juniors and
sophomores seem to be the worst
offenders. Seniors seem to be doing
less than they could to keep the
juniors and sophomores in uni
form. Heck, it used to be a senior
privilege to go non-reg.
From Tessie-land
Letters rfom the Tessies have
lately been signed, “We love boots
and we love you when you wear
boots.” Now what do the gals real
ly love?
A Tessy once said: “If you kiss
me, I will push your teeth in.” “Go
on, beautiful, you don’t kiss that
hard.”
Tessie (at dance): Wait right
here for me, Bill, while I go pow
der my nose.
Tessie (three dances later)::
Been waiting long?
Aggie: No, I’ve been looking
all over for you to give you your
compact.
This little story just illustrates
the point in question. Some girls
come to A. & M. for a weekend
of dates and others come to A. & M.
for a weekend date. What kind do
the Aggies like ? Hmm. All depends
upon the viewpoint. If an Aggie
invites the girl down he would
rather it was the latter but if he
doesn’t have a girl down he would
rather it would be the former. He
would rather have the farmer’s
daughter.
Repair ships are named after
mythological characters, oilers are
namel after rivers, and cargo ships
are named after stars.
Quality Is A Saving
A good lesson to know is that quality is a
saving—things that you need and use are of little
use to you unless they are serviceable. Get your
better quality merchandise at The Exchange
Store—an Aggie Institution.
PRICE
QUALITY
VALUE
for
SCHOOL NEEDS
use the
EXCHANGE
We have a complete line of school supplies—
Stationery, College Jewelry, Text Books, Acces
sories—things that you need throughout the
school year.
The Exchange Store
“An Aggie Institution”