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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 13, 1944
The Battalion
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
sf 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 snd
Navy stationed on the campus.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas,
<mder 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,
‘Mcago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Member
Plssocided Cp!!e6iote 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
t. 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
Law or Personality . . .
In the early days of society when man first began to
live in clans and finally communities he realized that no
group of people could live together in harmony without some
form of organizational government. In the first analysis it
was the father that controlled the family unit and usually
the grandfather that ruled the clan of sons, grandsons, and
sons-in-law and their families.
As the economy progressed and other units were added
to the community society and government attempted to keep
pace. The traditional and customary form of government
was monarchy. This was not entirely satisfactory because it
was a government of personality. Even a benevolent monarch
made mistakes.
In the 18th century Frenchmen began questioning the
governments of personality and out of this grew and erupted
the French Revolution. Earlier groups such as the Greeks
and Romans had used laws but each in turn became deca
dent because of soft living and were over run by conquerors.
France repeated this mistake in the years from 1930 to
1939.
A government of democracy has failed in nearly every
instance where it has been tried except in the British
Commonwealth and the United States. No one has ever quite
been able to analize the reasons for this beyond the proposi
tion that its success in these two countries was a result of
education of the masses for self government.
In nearly every instance in which the great experiment
in self government has been tried it has resulted ultimately
in the rule of one man or to use the popular term, dictator
ship. Here again is the government of personality.
Governments and political science are usually thought
of as applying to nations but a thorough scrutiny will reveal
that each organization, business, family, club, institution,
school are definitely concerned with government and the
science of directorship. Some of these are governed by per
sonality and some are governed by law. Those which are of
necessity governed by individual personality are rarely suc
cessful unless that personality is controlled and restrained
by self-imposed laws.
When the United States Constitution was written a
divine guidance and insight must have been given the authors
because they realized the need for a government by law.
They distrusted control by a single person as inherently de
fective. Is there an American who can say that they were
wrong?
The United States is still a baby among nations when
considered from the standpoint of time. Time has been too
short to fully test the wisdom of a government by consti
tution but there is not a doughboy in France nor a marine
in the Pacific that will not defend with cold steel the right
for individuals to codify their way of living. Administrators
are necessary but they must be guided by a written law, by a
law tVat is superior to any one individual or group of indiv
iduals. The only safe way of changing the law is with the
approval of the majority of those governed.
Lincoln uttered the famous words, “ . . . a government
of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Custom has
placed the emphasis upon the first two. If Lincoln were here
today it is likely that he would place the emphasis upon
government above all, for the people. Governments exist for
the benefit of the governed. When political science fails to
realize this any form of administration Is foredoomed to
failure. Even in the smallest of organizations the direction
should be for the benefit of the majority of the group.
Texas A. & M. College has been operating and operating
successfully since 1876. During that time it has grown and
evolved into the greatest of all land grant college and today
enjoys a reputation that is not even seconu to the United
States Military Academy at West Point in the development
of officer material for the army and concurrently with that
it has developed tremendously in academic pursuits, particu
larly those dealing with the agricultural and mechanical arts.
This is a machine age, an age of engineers, and the horizons
before A. & M. are the greatest in its history.
Nowhere in any publication of A. & M. College is there
anything that even remotely resembles a constitution or a
codified set of laws. Is A. &; M. to continue to operate under
an outmoded system of government by personalities? Each
succeeding year A. & M. has grown but A. & M. has been
fortunate in having capable responsible men directing its af
fairs who have had the interest of A. & M. uppermost in
their minds. Each time the directorship has changed there
has been no written policy to guide the successor and as a
result there has been no definite continuity in the adminis
tration.
A qualified group of professors, students, citizens, exes,
and any others who are qualified could write a constitutional
policy which would perpetuate the best of each administra
tion.
BACrWA/H
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence."—Webster.
By Renyard
W. Canis
T HE GREAT exodus has be
gun. Them that are Aggies are
about to depart on the greatest
Tiger hunt in history. For many
moons they have been sharpening
their harpoons and spikes to bring
home enough tiger meat to satis
fy their hunger for a year. Last
year the Aggies didn’t get enough
tiger baloney stored in the larder
to last out the season so they went
tiger hunting again. The second
tiger hunt was very unsuccessful.
In fact, it wound up with the tig
ers doing the hunting.
Webb Feet, Lovelies
L ASSIES FORM LOUISIANA
may not live up to the rumor that
all people from that state have
webb feet but it takes only an
Aggie to prove that it is easy to
get tangled in the webb of moon
light and LSU lovelies that habit
ually habitat the campus at Baton
Rouge. Only for a weekend ladies.
Only for a weekend. Other things
come next weekend.
Desert Frog Legs
T EXAS CHRISTIAN WILL be
down next weekend and the Aggies
will add a few frog legs to their
larder which already is filled with
ducks and which will be replenished
with tiger meat. Those Froggies
from TCU may be dried up scrawny
rascals but they make delicious
sandwiches especially when wrap
ped in a couple of slices of Aggie
arms.
Sweet Vicki Moran
T WELVE AGGIES came back
last weekend in love with the same
girl. They were so infatuated that
they decided to share her with 2000
other Aggies. Sweet Vicki filled a
sweater and sweated her way into
the coveted honor of being Aggie
Sweetheart. Vicki is a beautiful lit
tle lady, with blue eyes and brown
hair and a smile that sifts into
the heart of a man and either
makes him jump the balcony rail
or melt.
The melted twelve are back now,
and it is George Strickhausen’s
time to invest in an asbestos suit
for it is he who will escort Vicki
to the SMU game.
Irritated Tessie
T ESSIE is now branding her
brothers as traitors or such seems
the situation from oral and writ
ten reports concerning incidents of
last weekend. While lithsome las
sies were cooped up in their pidgeon
holes, active Aggies were enjoying
themselves at the USO dance in
the gymnasium of the college. Well
Sis, we sure looked for you that
night but you know—there weren’t
any of those girls we love so
much anywhere to be found at ten
that night. Hitchhiking wasn’t so
good.
Toothsome Teethsome
F RIENDS OF Butch Butchof-
sky can start calling their friend
“Teeth” Butchofsky. Some Fish in
Teeth’s outfit decided that since
he had most of his teeth knocked
out that they would put a few in
his mouth when they drew the
sign for the LSU game. In the
sign he has a whole mouthful of
teeth, protruding teeth. Butch, the
freshmen in your company love
you. Butch would like for all to
send him some bubble gum.
Speaking of Gum
A certain chewing gum manu
facturer in Pittsburg has decided
that Aggies are not chewing
enough gum. No wonder.
“We are enclosing a copy of our
booklet entitled ‘The Adventures
of Tommy Teaberrys’ which we
hope will be of interest to the
children in your institution.”
This interesting little work of
the journalist is written in fairy
tale style and is one of the best
juvenile books ever written be
cause it is entertaining as well as
educational.
You sweet innocent little Aggies
can get a copy of this book by send
ing only 50 to the publishers.
What did the Baylor lassie say?
Those mean ole bearded tobacco
chewing cussing Aggies. Army, you
are losing your grip. Chewing gum
is guaranteed to strengthen the
grip of any jaw.
AN ACCUSATION
F ROM A PLACE far across the
land in Buffalo, New York comes
a request for the words and music
to the A. & M. College yells and
songs. They are planing a “Foot
ball Rally” at a USO club party.
They even accused A. & M. of
being one of the better known col-
legfes.
No, it is really an honor and we
hope that they receive the things
they ask for. There are many Ag
gies up that way for sure.
Man, Yoor Manners
By L. Sherwood
Each religious denomination has
its own ritual, cdstoms, and rites
based upon old tradition which ev
ery communicant is expected to
know and follow. A discussion of
them would be out of place in a
column of this sort,, but the rules
of etiquette and good manners
which are followed by well-bred
church goers of all denominations
most certainly belong here.
Greetings are out of place in
church, especially before or during
the service. On the way out you
cannot be criticized if you bow to
your friends and acquaintances.
When entering a church, however,
if you catch the eye of a friend, a
smile of recognition is all that is
necessary.
Late arrivals are' very disturb
ing to worshipers as well as to the
clergyman. Be on time for all serv
ices. If an emergency causes you
to be late, take a seat near the
rear.
A gentleman follows the woman
up the aisle but, in some cases,
he may precede her to locate a
vacant pew. He stands aside to
let her enter the pew first.
In the pews one faces the altar
or pulpit when passing others and
says “Excuse me” or “Sorry”.
When one prefers the end seat
of a pew or row of chairs, causing
others to pass in front, he should
turn his knees to one side to make
room for them to pass.
During the Service one follows
the order of the service even if
not a member of that denomina
tion, standing and kneeling with
the others, and gives a contribution
when the plate is passed.
On leaving the church one bows
to those he meets in th aisle and
shakes hands. Outside one may
chat pleasantly with friends.
Rules for behavior in church
haven’t changed in years; these
were taken from a 1944 edition of
etiquette for church goers.
PENNY’S SERENADE
■By W. L. Penberthy
The football season is getting
well along and there are the usual
number of surprises and disap
pointments as the underdog teams
continue to defeat the favorites.
It takes a lot of time and effort
to build a good
team and often
§H situations arise
§1 beyond the con-
^trol of a coach
Jthat can and will
wreck a good
team. Barring
£■/ these situations
Hi the good team is
fv 3 built by each and
every member of
Penberthy the team giving
his best every day in practice and
trying to improve a little over the
day before, then on game days try
ing to play a little bit better game
than he did the game before. This
kind of spirit and morale shows up
in that the team gets better and
better so that the tough opponents
are met and defeated—maybe not
by a big score but nevertheless de
feated. I have seen teams start a
season with a very mediocre rating
but the coach got the men to
gether and they showed improve
ment every game and were just
good enough to win each game as
it came along until they wound
up the season with the champion
ship—a goal sought and attained.
A successful life is built in the
same way. It is not made in a day
but in many days—each a little
more fruitful in knowledge gained
and service rendered than the one
before. The really successful peo
ple did not bombshell into promi
nence but developed a little at a
time, day by. day, until the goal
was attained.
SOMETHING TO READ
Edna B. Woods
George Washington Carver, an
American Biography.
By Rackham Holt
In 1896, when George Washing
ton Carver left Iowa State College
and came south to Tuskeegee Insti
tute, Alabama, peanut growing as
a crop was unknown. In 1940, the
peanut crop was the second largest
cash crop in the entire South and
among the six leading crops in the
United States. George Washington
Carver played a major role in this
amazing development, and Rack-
ham Holt tells of it and of Dr.
Carver’s scientific discoveries and
their influence on Southern Agri
culture in her book, George Wash
ington Carver, an American Bio
graphy.
Mrs. Rackham Hole spent three
years collecting information in
preparation for writing the first
complete, composite biography of
this great scientist. It is interest
ing to know that Mrs. Holt is a
White woman, and it was her ad
miration and respect for George
Carver which makes the story of
his life available for popular read
ing. Told with some sentimentality,
which I think is not objectionable,
the story sustains interest until
the very end.
George Cai*ver never protested
against any inconvenience or in
justice which he was forced to
suffer because of his color. He be
lieved that he could be of the
greatest service to his race by
showing the White people that one
whose ancestry was devoid of White
blood was capable of intelligence
and of achieving worthwhile things,
not only for his own race but for
civilization as a whole. It was this
humility which endeared George
Carver to White people and which
often caused members of his own
race to feel that he had desserted
them.
It is impossible to read of his
life, without being struck by the
injustice of a society which was
interested in what he knew, want
ed to hear what he had to say, and
to see the products which he had
created, yet, which forced him to
ride the freight elevator to an
upper story in a hotel building to
address them, which decided that
he should eat alone in a hotel
room, before appearing as the
principal speaker at a large ban
quet, and which invited him to
travel all the way from Alabama
to Washington, to be allotted ten
minutes in which to show his ex
periments. George Washington Car
ver was entirely aware of these
injustices. When receiving guests
in his own laboratory, he would
answer the door with both hands
full of papers to prevent the awk
wardness of an introduction with
out the customary handshakes.
The story of George Washington
Carver, his spectacular rise, the
wonders he performed with the soil
and its products, the influence he
wielded on Southern Agriculture,
his never failing humility, his
selflessness, his great religious fer
vor, and his unending efforts to
better race relations, make many
other Horatio Alger stories seem
drab. Rackham Holt’s biography
is not only an account of the life
and accomplishments of this great
man, it is also the story of the
progress of the Negro race.
George Washington Carver, an
American Biography is an inspira
tion and a challenge.
HELP BRING VICTORY
BUY WAR BONDS
The horse is unique among
modern animals in that it walks
on the extreme tip of the central
digit of the foot, corresponding to
the middle finger nail of man, all
remaining toes having completely
disappeared. This is also true of
the zebra.
DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS
DALACE
■ PH o r-i r 7 - tt-a,79
Friday and Saturday
“GASLIGHT”
with
Charles Boyer
Ingrid Bergman
Prevue Sat. Nite, 11 P.M.
Also Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
“MR. WINKLE
GOES TO WAR”
starring
Edward G. Robinson
EXTRA !
“ATTACK”
Special Government Feature
The Lowdown On
Campus distractions
By Dick Osterholm
Showing at the Palace in Bryan
for the Saturday prevue, Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday is “Mr. Win
kle Goes to War”, starring Edward
G. Robinson and Ruth Warrick.
This is a comedy drama type of
picture where Robinson does his
usual hard-face type of acting. It’s
good however, and loaded with
plenty of laughs. Here is what hap
pens when someone gets fed up
with the usual red tape of the war
and decides to raise c . . . himself.
Mr. Winkle, played by Robinson,
really goes to war. You will laugh
more than you have in a long
time, and also learn something.
The Lowdown: Its a good pitcure.
One of Robinson’s latest and filled
with good acting and laughs a-
plenty. Take time off to see this
show this weekend. You will like
it.
Showing as an added feature at
the Palace with the same show at
the same time, is “Attack”, a gov
ernment release of the fighting to
capture New Britain. Here are
sixty action-packed minutes. If you
want to see how our boys are do
ing down in the Pacific, then see
this feature. Maybe you will feel
the spirit of the war after seeing
such a picture as this.
Playing at Guion Friday and Sat
urday, we have a double feature to
fill the bill. First on the program
is “Sullivan’s Travels”, with Joel
McCrea and Veronica Lake. Strict
ly a romantic comedy with Veroni
ca doing her stuff to entice Mc
Crea. Its a whirlwind chase to see
who catches who. McCrea tramps
around for the fun of it and meets
up with Veronica who tags along
for the fun. You can guess what
happens. It does.
The Lowdown: An old picture
but. maybe you will like it. But
you will like the tramping around
in Baton Rouge better than the
tramping in the picture.
Featured second at the Guion is
“Tombstone” with Richard Dix.
This picture has the dust of ages
on it and is so old, yours truly can’t
remember what it is about. If it
had good acting, its been ruined
by age already.
The Lowdown: Save your money
this weekend or go to the L. S. U.
game. We know you will have a
better time.
Prevue Saturday night and play
ing Sunday also, is “Edge of
Darkness” with Erroll Flynn and
LOUPOT’S
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Dial 4-1181 — Opens 1 p.m.
SATURDAY ONLY
Big Double Feature!
“FIRST COMES
COURAGE”
starring
Merle Oberon
Brian Aherne
and
“Henry Aldrich’s
Little Secret”
with
Jimmy Lyndon
Charlie Smith
plus
MERRIE MELODY
SATURDAY PREVUE
(Starts 9:30 p.m.) - - also
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Fred MacMurray
Dorothy Lamour
Betty Hutton
and
Fox News — “Jasper” Cartoon
Ann Sheridan. This is the usual
Nazi brutality picture of the con
quered countries. Action is set in
Norway and plays up the under
ground role, with Flynn acting as
the head man of the underground.
Ann plays the part of his true love
who falls in the hands of Nazi
officers and is forced to entertain
them at one of their parties. This
sets off the spark of rebellion and
action flies fast and thick.
The Lowdown: Not too recent a
picture but still good. Its worth
seeing if you like this type of pic
ture. Try it out and I believe you
won’t be sorry.
As an attraction playing Mon
day and Tuesday, we have “The
Constant Nymph” with Charles
Boyer and lovely Alexis Smith.
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
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