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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1944)
PAGE 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1944 STUDENT TRI-WEEKLif NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. * M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of tVie Agricultural and Mechanical College ■){ Texas 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 i\avy stationed on the campus. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texaa, under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, hicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Member Pbsocioled Collegiate Press Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444. 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 Demopulos Cartoonist Eternal Spirit . . . Immortal Stone Football season is approaching and besides thoughts of victorious afternoons on Kyle Field and gay weekend trips the minds of many Aggies are wandering to a little weed covered mound just in front of the stadium. There lies the mound of Reveille. Reveille’s bones lie there and her spirit is at rest in a dog heaven. Her soul is there in that eternity with all other champions of dogdom for she was a champion, the champ ion mascot of the champion Aggies. When the whistle for the first kickoff blows and the bulgers sound the open ing notes of the Aggie War Hymn at half time the spirit of that little black and white canine Cinderella, who walked in a mongrel coat but lives as a princess in the Heart of Aggieland, will take her place beside the drum major. Not all will see her. This daughter of A. & M. will be marching only for those who want to see her. A. & M. did four things for Reveille. They found her and made her mascot. They painted her in oil for future Aggies to see. They gave her a military funeral when she died. Then they forgot her. So after Reveille’s death there was a movement to make her immortal in stone or bronze but for some reason interest lagged then died. There are many Aggies that would like to have a statue placed over her grave. Reveille will not be sleeping in any more Aggie beds nor will her bark echo in the mess hall again but would it not be fitting to place her statue over the grave on Kyle Field so that all that passed might be reminded of the little dog that sym bolized the spirit and friendliness of A. & M. At the present time there are a few cents more than twenty three dollars in a Reveille Memorial Fund. This is a beginning. Small subscription from every Aggie graduated from A. & M. and every Aggie on the campus would soon raise enough money to build a fitting memorial to Reveille, the mascot of the Greatest Faternity on Earth. Reinstatement and More Progress . . . Time has a disconcerting habit of passing without tak ing into consideration whether anything has been accom plished by the mites called men. Four more months are gone. Another semester is history. A backward look reveals many accomplishments which crystalized during the summer semester of 1944 and closer Scrutiny shows the beginning of other things that will shape the course of A. & M. Postwar plans are taking shape which may or many not guide and nourish A. & M. to a greater future worthy of the glorious past. The summer semester of 1944 saw the appointment of a new president, Gibb Gilchrist, who was launched by the Board of Directors when they said, “It is Gibb’s baby now. We have complete confidence in him.” He will make his first formal report to the board in October when they hold a meet ing at A. & M. Return of the cadet system was perhaps the outstanding accomplishment as far as the corps is concerned. Other ac complishments were the return of class privileges and senior boots. These were all worthwhile steps. These are all funda mentals of A. & M. But what of positive accomplishments? There have been some of these also. For one of the few times in the history of A. & M. there exists complete confi dence between the cadet officers arid the Commandant’s Of fice. There exists a unity of purpose which indicates great strides in the future. Four months is a short span of time but in these past four months there has been laid the foundation for the struc ture which will make A. &; M. unassailable. OPEN — FORUM Editor’s note—The Open Forum is open to anyone who wishes to contribute. All letters will be published on either side of any subject provided these letters are not libelous. It is not the policy of the Bat talion to suppress any opinion and it is the belief of the Battalion that every one has a right to express that belief. Sept. 14, 1944 Editor, The Battalion, College Station, Texas Mr. Editor: Taking advantage of the offer of Open Forum, we are submitting this letter as a general opinion con cerning action taken on a letter published on the nautre of this one, several weeks ago. The action taken was none, hence we write this letter. Men, there is little than one week before the first game of the season is played on Kyle Field. Not too long ago, Reville, mascot of the Aggies was laid to rest in the hallowed soil of Kyle Field. The corps paid tf Rev. the tribute befitting her nature as one loved by all Aggies. During her life here on the campus, everyone took pride in calling her the mascot of the Aggies! After her death, every one talked of how much was go ing to be done in her memory! Army, to look at Rev’s grave now, you would think that no one knew she had been buried on Kyle Field! You would think that no one cared whether people knew she was the Aggie’s mascot or not. Her grave is in a shameful state of despair; unkept, unmark ed and uncared for. Men, someone is slipping. It seems that someone to whom the authority belongs would start general opinion tohvard doing something to beautify Reveille’s grave. Army, it will not be long before the spirit of the Aggies will once again flow from the stands of Kyle Field, and certainly we want to show to the people who will be visiting Kyle Field, that we have not forgotten our mas cot. This will be one way to show them that the loyalty of the Ag gies is not a trifling affair. We can do this by being faithful to the one who was faithful to the corps. Think it ovar, sometimes! Sincerely, Jimmy Nash ’44 Henry Ash ’44 “Stubby” Matthews ’45 Johnny Broussard *46 Gerald Kaplan ’46 Harold Daily ’46 Fred Clooney ’46 BEAT BRYAN FIELD Battalion Office College Station, Texas Gentlemen: The sound of BEAT BRYAN FIELD is being heard al over the campus now. Does it make you feel good? It may make some peo ple feel good but after hearing it the way the old Aggies said it, it makes me feel like something from “forty acres” is drawwing it self around the campus. Not knowing who is responsible for this change in the “war cry”, I can only say that if “he” would stop and realize the damage done, he would amend the matter. The purpose for this change may be fear that someone will misinterpret the old “war cry”, but (See OPEN FORUM, Page 7) lAilH/Vili By Renyard W. Canis Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster. ' . Is A. & M. famous? Do people around the world know about the Texas Aggies? It seem so. It seems so. From a little girl, cute too, of 17 who lives in England comes a request that some Texas Aggies write to her. She says that she is fond of sports and especially men tions tennis. She adds that, “I am a keen dancer and jazz fan, but also appreciate music (as opposed to jazz).” Evidently the little lady means swing music. Doreen, that’s her name, con cludes her letter by saying, “I hope, Mr. Editor, you will find me a pen pal. I promise to answer any letter sent to me.” She gives her address as Doreen Ferrari, 5, Bush Elms Road, Rom ford, Essex, England. She enclosed two pictures and after a small gander ye old Back wash editor immediately answered in the hope that maybe someday he would be stranded in Romford with nothing to do except go by and see Doreen. Lovely name isn’t it. Is It Scorched IN A RECENT issue Backwash referred to Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston and Austin as the big four. Reprecussions are reprecut ting all around. A lad called Reger from San Antonio says, “I don’t like your idea of the “Big Four” in the September 12 publication of the Batt.” Statement starts and ends there except that he signed it Reger, San Antone. We’re sorry we left out the grac- ‘ ious city of San Antonio. It was entirely a mistake. The only rea- * son it was left out is that the thumbing sometimes isn’t so good over that way. Galveston Beach JIM GABBARD and a bunch ' more Aggie-Exes now at Galveston write, “Last weekend we had a really thorough blowout. The tea- sippers gave their rendition of their “railroad ditty” and a few * timid Rice exes remembered the words to their song but the old Aggies present took the show.” He invites any and all Aggies that amble toward Galveston on weekends to come by and he and the boys at the Nu Sigma Nu will try to find them a place to sleep. Incidentally the fraternity house is just a name of a place where the Aggies are staying while they - go to medical school. ^ Football Saturday T HE FIRST GAME of the sea- ' son opens Saturday against Bryan Army Air Field and the entire corps of cadets will be in the stands and there beside them will be the detachment of sailors yell ing their stuff out for A. & M. There is no greater indication * of the fullness of the Aggie Spirit than the sight of the entire corps w staying over cutting their holiday - one day short to support the ball team. It does you proud old army. (See BACKWASH, Page 3) :: As The World Turns :: By Dr. Al B. Nelson Russians fighting for Hitler are now being discovered in extremely It is well known that, previous to the German inva sion of Russia, the Russians were aiding Hit ler and sharing in his spoils (in Poland, to name only one place) and that com munists in the U. S. were sabotag ing the lend-lease and armament programs until the attack on Russia, but here in the U. S. most people credited the Russians with tremendous patrio tism and self sacrifice when their own country became directly in volved in Hitler’s double-cross. It is now coming to light, however, that many thousands of Russians have been captured by the British and American armies while fight ing for Hitler. These Russians are from the areas of their country which were formerly occupied by the Germans and must not have any great love for Joe Stalin. They seemingly find that there is not much diference between Hit lerism and Stalinism. Large scale film production is planned in Canada for the post war period. The outlook is that Hollywood will seriously decline in international importance within a very few years after the war as the other nations revive and expand national film industries. A Court fight loms between the pro-Roosevelt Democrats and the States-rights Democrats for con trol of the Democratic electors in * the general election in Texas. ' The Russian delegate to the Dumbarton Oaks Conference has blocked an agreement on post-war ^ international organization. Russia desires that any of the “Big Four” nations charged with being an aggressor in the future shall be permitted to vote on its own guilt or innocence and that all de cisions must be unanimous. Thus none of the large nations could be judged guilty without its own con sent. The Democratic National Party leaders have become alarmed at the progress Dewey is making over the nation and have persuaded - F. D. R. to make several addition al campaign speeches. So far, how ever, it is reported that the Pres ident has refused to go west of ^ the Mississippi or into the South for even a single speech in spite of repeated urgings.