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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.
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under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1870.
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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.