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STUDENT TRI-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
3f Texafe 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
unoffieially 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
•inder the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
Office at College Station, Texas,
Subscription rate $3 per school year. Ad>ertising rates upon request. 1
Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City,
Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444.
Member
Pbsociofed Collegiate Press
Calvin Brumley Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
S. L. Inzer Sports Editor
). 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 Demopulos Cartoonist
Post War Plans and Starving Suicide . . .
Headlines, reports from the fighting fronts, and com
ments from Washington all reflect a spirit of optimism
as to the duration of the war in Europe and satisfaction
regarding the progress of the war in the Pacific. These
reports have permeated the thinking of Americans and con
vinced them that peace time living is just across the next
range finder. As a result, post war plans are filling the air
and the columns of newspapers. Many other post war plans
are still held secret in brief cases.
Industry possesses remarkable inventions and improve
ments which will add much to the standard of living. Eco
nomists are working on plans to stabilize the standard of
living and the economy. Politicians are shaping policies to
guarantee future world peace. Agriculturists are developing
principles which will attempt to assure the future prosperity
of the farmers. Transportation agencies are laboring to es
tablish facilities to compete with prospective air transport.
Our nation as a whole is preparing to maintain its position
as the leading sovereignty of the world.
In the feverish activity of postwar planning the individ
ual has a tendency to forget that regardless of the broad
post war plans that will be made for him there still remains
the responsibility of forming a personal plan of living whether
it be post war or present. Peace will necessitate individual
L readjustment not only for the servicemen but for civilians.
The government through numerous legislative enact
ments has provided the basis for a sound program of rehab
ilitation for the fighting men. Loans will be made available
to veterans for purposes of education, business, and building
homes; and further provisions are outright gifts camouflaged
under the name of mustering-out-pay or some other nomen
clature. This is as it should be.
Those boys that have been over there fighting, risking
and losing their lives and limbs are certainly entitled to
the ultimate in consideration and the best that the country
can give as a reward for fighting our battles. By their acts
these servicemen who will return are worthy of programs
that the legislators of the country can provide.
A personal post war program for the civilian is his own
individual responsibility. Again this is as it should be. No
one would contend that it should be otherwise for to do so
would be to deny the capitalistic, democratic, independent
doctrines upon which the American way of living is based.
Civilians facing a changing peace time society and eco
nomy should begin thinking of the adjustments that will
have to be made and not only should they formulate a plan
but they should gather around them the implements that
they consider necessary to carry out the program that is
most suitable to their problems and personalities. This is
especially true for college students.
Many college students have failed to fealize that the
competition for a living wage will be ultra stiff after the
peace time changes have been made. Our economy will not
withstand the strain of a continued drain upon natural
resources such as has been necessitated by the war. This
fact alone is sufficient to stimulate thinking about the prob
lems that must be faced by a college graduate when he
begins his career. Even though quarter is asked none will
be given. Competition will make it a struggle to obtain and
hold a job.
When the indications pointing to peace in the near fu
ture, it will virtually be starving suicide to neglect making a
post war individual plan for living.
OPEN
FORUM
Editor, The Battalion,
College Station, Texas
Mr. Editor:
This letter is far from being a
bleed letter, but just a letter to
wake up those people who have
any authority over the question in
mind.
While around Kyle Field the
other day, I noticed the sad state
in which “Rev’s” grave is being
kept. Unless one knew or had been
shown where her grave was, they
could never find it or be certain
where it was. This is not the
respect to be given to the beloved
mascot of the Aggies!
Before Reveille’s death, a fund
was started to secure money to
have a portrait painted and a col
lar made in her honor. The por
trait was painted and I imagine
the collar is being made or plans
for it taken care of. BUT WHY
CAN’T ANOTHER FUND BE
STARTED FOR A MONUMENT
TO BE PLACED ON HER
GRAVE ?
With football season soon start
ing and people will once again
flock to Kyle Field, every Aggie
should take pride in the way peo
ple will pay respect to ‘Rev”. Her
grave should be made to a lasting
tribute for her life here at Aggie-
land.
Sincerely,
Buddy Powell, ’47
By Renyard
W. Canis
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster.
New Publication
Begun By Exes
Going into the mail today to
former students is the first issue
of “The Texas A. and M. Review”,
newest of all publications, sponsor
ed by the Former Students Asso
ciation.
The new publication has a double
purpose. First it is designed to
supply information to former stu
dents concerning the Texas A. and
M. Development Fund, how the
fund operates, what it is for, and
how it is getting along.
Its second purpose is to depict,
largely by pictures, scenes of Tex
as A. and M. College of yesterday,
today, and tomorrow, endeavoring
to keep all A. and M. men who are
away from the campus posted on
what is going on in Aggieland.
The first issue of The Texas A.
and M. Review contains four
pages, each the size of business
letter stationery. The upper panels
are done in maroon and white on
the front and back pages, with a
narrow one-half inch maroon stripe
running across the top of the in
side pages. On the stripe and in
white, are the words “The Texas
A. and M. Review.”
The information in this first
publication contains accounts of
former student clubs, lists of all
class agents, reports of develop
ment fund, explanation of the de
velopment fund, a letter from the
president of the Former Student’s
Association, and a poem copied
from “The Cadence.”
Eight pictures are included in
this first issue. Three are of re
cent scenes on the campus, while
one is a scene of the campus in
(See PUBLICATION, Page 8)
It is only 60 miles over there
and they are lovely and friendly,
and lovable, and, and, and—they
sure are cute girls. Word comes
from Sam Houston at Huntsville
that, Co-eds have decided that
AMC is the most popular place in
this part of the state. Why? Be
cause the Aggies had one of their
famous dances last weekend.
Male mail
From Bill Huffman, ’45, 2 Hq.
F. A., comes a few well spoken
words. He says, “I wish to con
gratulate the Ole Army on the
way the fish are on the line. I
met one the other day and as soon
as he learned I was an ex I had
a devil of a time getting him to
stop calling me “MR.” Embaras-
sing you know—and me a private.
Liked his spirit though—warmed
the ole heart.
Give ’em H on Kyle field
soon and I’ll be listening, probably
by short wave.”
Army, all those exes out there
wherever they are counting on
us this fall. The “sports experts”
pick us for fifth place but the
Aggies are tops and are going to
stay on the top of the heap.
In The Wash
From the looks of the clouds
the last few days it appears as
if the weather were fixing to go
hack to normal and rain awhile.
Semester before last it rained for
19* days consecutively. The fresh
men thought that they had found
a wet country.
These few days of wetted bliss
have just about washed Backwash
out. Drip, drip—doggone these
leaky raincoats. Trench coats can’t
be beat. In rainy weather they
shed water (Part of it anyway
because only every other drop
goes on through.) and in cold
weather they make excellent wind-
breakers. They break the wind up
into fine pointed icy-needle blasts
that tickle the skin into goose
flesh.
This weather is fine though.
But one can’t talk about the
weather all the time so the sub-
(See BACKWASH, Page 3)
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
Q. Who engages the minister—
the groom-to-be or the bride-to-be?
A. The bride-to-be and her moth
er make all arrangements for the
wedding and they also engage the
minister. Circumstances frequently
alter cases, and the groom-to-be
might be consulted in the matter.
If a member of the clergy were
a relative of the groom’s he nat
urally would be chosen to perform
the ceremony or at least assist
with it; however, the bride-to-be
or her mother would still be the
one to extend the invitation. It is
the bride’s prerogative to make her
wedding plans as elaborate or sim
ple as she pleases, since the major
expense of the wedding is borne
by her parents. The groom pays
the minister’s fee.
Q. Is it all right to telephone an
acceptance to a formal wedding in
vitation?
A. If the invitation does not in
clude a reception invitation it does
not require an acceptance or re
gret but if it does, an answer
should be written in the third per
son and he sent by mail.
PENNY’S SERENADE
Tr.i TBy W. L. Penberthy ■■■ r^7 W '——
In the summer of 1925, while
serving as a counsellor at a Boys
Camp in New Hampshire, I had
the good fortune to be associated
with Kim Valentine, singles tennis
champion of the
Big Ten Confer
ence. Kim, a Uni
versity of Chica
go boy, was not
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gjonly a fine ten-
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fine gentleman
...iP|and sportman as
^ : ’ipl we ll- In diseuss-
: :.^|Ming sports with
■ : ft|||llhim one day we
i^tidrifted to the
^subject of up-
Penberthy sets and he made
a statement that has stuck with
He said, “Whenever anyone
beats me in a match he is better
than I am that day—it matters
not that I might be able to beat
him the next time we play.”
I have witnessed a great many
contests and have been asked for
my opinion as to the outcome of
many but I am always dubious
about predicting because I have
been wrong .so many times. And
then I have always felt that the
contests are scheduled to determine
the best team and until the ‘con
test has been completed the best
team has not been determined.
We are often disappointed at
the outcome of a game and are
prone to feel and say that “the
best team lost.” Whenever I hear
that statement the words of Kim
Valentine pop into my mind.
As long as we have scoring sys
tems for the different sports the
team accumulating the most points
will always be declared the win
ner and that is how it will go
down in the record and after all
it is the record that counts.
We have had some mighty close,
hard fought games in our Intramu
ral Program this summer and my
heart has gone out to a great
many of our boys whose only com
ment on a lost game was, “they
just had a better team.”