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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1944 The Battalion STUUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Texas A. & M. College The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station is published twice weekly, and circulated on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College station Texas, juder 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, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Member PUsocided Col!e6ide Press Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone *-*444 Reporters: Eli Barker, Robert Gold, D. V. Hudson, B. J. Blankenship, Teddy Bernstein. Student Reporters: Henry Ash. Ernest Berry, Louie Clarke, W. M. Cornelius, James Dilworth, Edwin Mayer, John Mizell, Harold Phillips, Bobby Rosenthal, Damon Tassos. Calvin Brumley .Editor Dick Goad , Managing Editor Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor S. L. Inzer Sports Editor Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor Dick Osterholm Amusements Editor Henry Holguin Intramural Reporter A Time for Mature Thinking . .. In any group which is working for a common interest there always exist a few jealousies and some ill-feelings which if not curbed will defeat the efforts of everyone in volved. These things that arise are not always petty in na ture but frequently they are. Viewed with perspectve of the undertaking as a whole they* look insignificant and when, analyzed seem even smaller. All persons have individual likes and dislikes and each has private ambitions but in a successful organization these personal feelings are forgotten. The very foundation upon which an institution is founded can be undermined by things of this kind. Many worthwhile causes have been given up as failures because some few persons were unwilling to sub ordinate their personal interest for the welfare of the whqle. Even though these individualistic tendencies are seem ingly justifiable there is one thing that must be considered. If allowed to grow will these personal feelings jeopardize the good of the whole? After it is decided to eliminate these things that endan ger the entire body another question presents itself. Should the jealousies be allowed to smoulder in the depth of the soul or should they be brought out in the open and discussed and eliminated? This question can only be answered by the individuals composing the group. If the question is one of such magni tude that if brought into the open it is likely to split the organization, then perhaps it would be better to keep it hidden and subordinate it so completely that it is forgotten in the enthusiasm that is developed for the big job at hand. If it is one of minor significance, then by all means it should be introduced to the group, discussed, and solved to the satisfaction of everyone concerned. Deciding which of the two procedures is the wiser is the difficult task. No one person can be sure that his judgment is mature enough to decide an issue of this nature without careful thought. Any problem of this nature should be thor oughly digested before it is acted upon. After a course of ac tion has been dictated by the sobering thought of time, then it should be pursued to the end. Personal Selfishness . . . Disaster Since the beginning of the ROTC system Texas A. & M. has operated under an organization of cadet officers. Closely allied with the cadet officers was the senior class, and the two working in conjunction with one another formulated and carried out most of the policies concerning student life. Back through the years there has been one feature that stood out as the directing force guiding the activities of all working with the discipline of the cadets and adminis tration of A. & M. Always there has been the desire that things be done and in such a way as to best nurture the growth of A. & M. A. & M. has been through some trying times and in all likelihood will pass through many others. The fortitude and courage of those that love A. & M. has carried her safely across rough seas which would have swamped A. & M. had they not been at the helm. Disagreements have arisen from semester to semester but triumphing over all these has been the driving desire to see A. & M. continue to grow. Cadet officers have given freely of their time and ability in order that they might contribute something to the greatness. The senior class counseled long hours to determine the best policies to follow that would best protect the welfare of the cadet corps and fortunately there have been intelligent men leading the sen ior class and as a result the policies as a whole have been successful. What does an analysis of the situation reveal as the un derlying cause behind this wealth of success? First, there was complete agreement in action among those holding positions of re sponsibility. Though they had differences of opinion they presented a solid wall of concerted action to the world. Even in times of uncertainties and unusualness they set standards and forced not only the corps to those standards but held themselves to an even more rigid code. The success of the cadet system stems primarily from the fact that these rigid standards were maintained even at the expense of personal inconveniences. The calibre of men at A. & M. has been such and is still such that they could always be depended upon to carry out orders. These former seniors worked for the benefit of their class and the classes below them. They worked in a spirit of futurity. They thought not only of the present but also of all those that would be coming after. Most of the things that they did have endured. Even those things that were buried for a few months are again operating for the bene fit of the students. May it never be that fhe responsible members of the cadet corps again let those glorious tradi tions be buried even before the gravel of the last burial be entirely brushed off. —COLLEGE— (Continued From Page 1) the Ag Experiment Station. These men met with a number of feed manufacturing executives here on the campus on June 15 and it was agreed that four subjects should be discussed—fats, vitamins, minerals and proteins. Two outside speakers of national reputation were contracted; R. V. Boucher, Professor of Agricultural and Physiological Chemistry, Penn sylvania State College, State Col lege, Penn.; and George O. Burr, Head of the Division of Dairy Hus bandry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Approximately 100 feed manu facturers, feed salesmen, and live stock producers attended the meet ing, which was held October 11-12 in the Agricultural Engineering auditorium, in the Ag Engineering Building. Those present have re ported obtaining much benefit from the information given out in the two day conference. Practically all the large feed manufacturing plants in the state were represented by several men. The whole group of Animal Indus try men on the campus cooperated to the highest degree and the men attending the conference announced it to have been a very successful meeting. BEAT T. C. U. Of the total area of the Republic of Panama, five-eighths is unoccu pied, and only a small part of the remainder is scientifically culti- I Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster. By Renyard W. Canis N O ONE, not one single indi vidual, who went to the station last Thursday night to see the team off can say that they didn’t feel a- chill down the . spine, a twitch across the shoulders, a quiver in the stomach, and a constriction across the breast when the band played the Spirit of Ag- gieland as the train churned around the curve bound for Louis iana to hand the Tigers a defeat. Can anyone doubt that love of Aggieland is the prime mover in an Aggie’s life ? Aggies have a loyalty and love for their school which is surpassed only by a man’s patriotism for his country. Where else does a student body follow the team to the station be fore a game and then meet them there after the game, win or lose? How can a person, student or otherwise, deny the force that is the Aggie Spirit? It is indomita ble, unconquerable, everlasting, im mortal. It is a living, pulsing, throbbing Spirit which is as ir resistible as the electricity which flashes through the clouds. The Aggie Spirit is something that v/ill endure and adjust itself to the times and ultimately envelop and devour anything that attempts to surpress or snuff out its life. To kill the Aggie Spirit or to damp en it would be to wound thous ands and tens of thousands of Aggies in civilian life and in the service. The ghosts of the past cry out to the seniors, the juniors, the sophomores, and the freshmen to keep the lamp burning, to fan the flame. BEAT T. C. U.'.H BOOTS AND SADDLES N OW THE ENGLISH Tommies know about senior boots. At the All College dance at TSCW the 7th, four English lads saw some Aggies in boots and got quite the laugh until they saw the way that the girls were attracted by the shine. Looks like four RAF boys will be enrolling at Aggieland im mediately the war ends. THE BETTER HALF? A« & M. is not just one school, it is two. The Tessies are begin ning to quicken again to the old Aggie line. Listen to this bit o^ pulsation taken from the Lass-O. ‘Oldsters on the campus can re member when weekends saw male Tessies (Aggies to you) swarm this territory.” . . . Corps trips—• big white mums, informal dances, yells for ’ole Army,’ hoarse throats, the Aggie ‘T’, and the Aggieday Sweetheart. Trips to Aggieland— corps balls in Sbisa, movies at Guion food at the Inn, Jaunts out to Ed’s. . . . They are the only men in the world that belong to a girl’s school, and we can sing rightfully, that ‘We are the Ag gies, the Aggies are we; We’re from Texas AMC. . . Mighty nice tribute lassies. Mighty nice. Could say that the same goes here. RETRACTING A BIT If ES, they have the Spirit at Tessieland. Yes, they are the Ag gies. They are the sweetheart school. But individually it is still, ‘Don’t sweetheat me (too much) dear if you don’t mean it.” It is a fine tradition to have a whole school full of sweethearts that are just like the Aggies. Maybe that is the trouble. Ag gies and Tessies are too much alike. Constant flirts. The grass on the other side of the fence is al ways greener. The next dormitory is always sweeter. Being a TSCW is like being turned loose in a shop full of de sert dew with only a very few minutes to lap the nectar before the 11 o’clock CQ. TESSIE IDEAL When the wind gets nippy and the footballs start booming then is the time for Aggie and Tessie to get together. Get to gether at the SMU game and all the rest of the corps trips. All night and tomorrow. Parting is such sweet sorrow. Tessie lady, if you don’t mind being called a lady, get your little grip packed with your toothbrush and what ever else girls pack and meet that Ag gie in Dallas the night before No vember 11. BEAT T. C. U. —RETIREMENT— (Continued From Page 1) year of continuous service to the College, provided that in no case will the annual rate of pay so cal culated be greater than fifty per cent of the average annual rate of pay received during the last five years of employment. In calculating the rates of pay for modified service, the value of perquisites received during active service shall not be considered. Nothing in this section shall af fect the rates of pay of persons now in modified service. By this retirement policy it is in tended that all persons holding ad ministrative positions with the College shall be retired on their sixty-fifth birthdays, and such modified service to which they might be assigned shall not be in administrative capacity. According to law all employees of the College appointed on or aft er September 1, 1937, and other wise eligible, are required to par ticipate in the State Teacher Re tirement System, and 1. Pay 5 per cent of their to tal salary (monthly) through the college to the State Teacher Retirement System with a max imum payment of $180.00 per year. 2. Pay $1.00 per year as an expense fee. 3. Be subject to the rules and regulations of the State Teach er Retirement System as well as its privileges and benefits. No employee appointed after September 1, 1937, and who is eli gible for retirement under the State Teacher Retirement System, shall be eligible to modified serv ice after the age of seventy. No employee eligible for retire ment under the State Teacher Re tirement System/and having passed :: As The World Turns :: By Dr. A1 B. Nelson Vice President Henry Wallace has paid dues and formally joined the Political Action Committee of the C. I. O. Shortly after joining he waved his membership card in the air during a speech and ex tolled the PAG as a group fight ing for the I’ights of the common man. Wallace is taking his com- mander-in-chief’s kick in the teeth at the Chicago Convention without a grumble in the hope that by playing up to the Communist - C. I. 0. organizations he may get the presidential nom ination four years from now. The question is being asked in many newspapers over the land: “If changing horses in the middle of the stream is bad policy, why has the President changed vice presi dents twice?” The Dallas Morning News and the Galveston News, two old time and old line Democratic newspapers have come out for Dewey for pres ident in the last few days. In the case of the Dallas News this is equal in news value to the famous illustration of the man biting the dog. In its editorial statement the News pointed out the folly of build ing up a possible dictatorship here Nelson at home while fighting to destroy dictatorships abroad. Air battles of tremendous im portance are being fought near Formosa and the Japanese claim that a great naval battle is in progress. While there is no con firmation of the latter report as yet there is great possibility that it is at least partially true. Each of the two great national political parties has lost by death one of its former presidential can didates. Alfred E. Smith, who took the Democratic Party down with him to the most disasterous defeat it has ever suffered in the elec toral college, and Wendell L. Will- kie, the 1940 Republican nominee. The death of each solves a prob lem for his party. A1 Smith con sidered that Roosevelt had be trayed him and bolted the Roose velt standard and Willkie, with his tremendous personal political fol lowing could have exerted a tre mendous weight on the future for eign policy of his party. The picture of Carole Landis, film star, lighting a cigarette for a half naked black native of New Guinea has aroused a storm of criticism in Australia where she has already made herself unpopu lar by her slurs at Australian girls. The picture in question was print ed in the last issue of NEWS WEEK and bids fair to arouse its share of adverse comment in the United States. The Lowdown On Campus distractions By Dick Osterholm For the movie-goers who will visit the theaters in Bryan this week, top-notch screen entertain ment can be expected if they see the shows at the Palace. Playing tonight and tomorrow night, are the shows already re viewed previously. Starting Wed nesday night and playing through Saturday is the colorful “Bathing Beauty” with Red Skelton and car loads of gorgeous girls. Here is a show that will set you back in your seat and fill you with laughs and eyefuls throughout the whole show. This is Skelton’s comical self at his best, with a musical background of the nation’s top bathing beauties. When Skelton the age of seventy shall be eligible for modified compensation when the monthly income from the State Teacher Retirement System shall be equal to or more than two- thirds of the monthly modified service compensation. Group Insurance. A plan of group insurance has been provided as a protection for college em ployees. All regular full-time em ployees in the administrative, teaching, research, extension, cler ical, and stenographic staffs (eith er nine or twelve months basis), except officers and enlisted men of the regular Army, are eligible, and are urged to participate there in. A pei'son employed by the Col lege subsequent to April 1, 1931, who is eligible under the plan, can not receive modified pay for a longer period of time than that in which he has participated in the plan. The retirement policy will be put in effect November 1, it was an nounced by President Gilchrist. Eleven employees of the Main Col lege are affected by this program, two in the Texas Forest Service, four in the Agricultural Experi ment Station and seven in the Ex tension Service. Their ages range from 65 to 69 as of September 1, 1944. BEAT T. C. U. U. S. Military authorities say that many hours of flight train ing were lost last year by Army student pilots in some parts of the South because of the blinding haze of smoke resulting from woods fires. mixes with the “minks,” well, things will happen. The lowdown: This is one of the theatrical world’s latest comedy hits. The show is in technicolor. It’s an eyeful and a laugh-a-minute with Skelton. You’ll be sorry if you miss it. Tonight at Guion is the feature as previously reviewed, “The Con stant Nymph” with Charles Boyer and Alexis Smith. You still have time to see this show if you have not seen it already. “Whistling In Brooklyn” with Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford is showing at Guion Wednesday and Thursday. This is another Skelton comedy that came along with the series of comedy mysteries that brought Red to the public’s attention. But it’s good. It’s filled with laughs with the usual Skelton antics and love-making with Ann. The under world pries into Red’s life and things really pop. You’ll like the Skelton routine if you like Skel ton. The lowdown: It’s not too new, but you will like it. But there’s a better Skelton picture showing elsewhere. See them both if you can. On the entertainment bill for the Campus, playing Tuesday and Wednesday, “Curse of the Cat Peo ple,” with Simone Simon and Kent Smith. This is the usual freak stofy with people who change from being to animal and followed with the usual superstition story. Simon plays the part of a vivacious cutie who changes to a panther when ever she is kissed. Of course, the plot involves men who try, and curiosity killed the cat. It will give you the creeps and make you wary. The lowdown: It’s not an ordi nary picture and not too new. You may like it if you like the sus pense plots, but if you want to see good acting, this picture definitely hasn’t got it. The plot has been over-used before and kills the pic ture. Don’t exert pressure to see it. Showing Thursday and Friday is the not too recent musical, “Hello Frisco, Hello,” starring Alice Faye, John Payne, and Jack Oakie. Here is a good n\usical of the old vaudeville days and the trials and pains they went through to get to the top of the billing in the theaters in which they played. It is full of hit tunes of the time Whether or not absence makes the heart grow fonder, some will note with repulsion the return of Tessie Talk. Seems that as time passes, the need for information about where to spend the weekend increases. Not that you all don’t have your favorite haunts in some dark cor ner. Thus, the answer should be Dallas or Ft. Worth (here both Chamber of Commerce toss pea nuts) accompanied by a creature from TSCW. We, too, enjoy the escape element. Have written notices in the Lass-0 giving dates for the ap proaching dances at A. & M. O. K. fellows, the girls know—and will want to know “why” if the invita tions fail to appear. Plans are in progress here con cerning “watcha gonna wear on the 20th?” referring to the TCU game and dance. Looks as though that will be another weekend of the combined Aggie-Tessie errr, spirit! Sure was a blow to our A. & M. fans when “Gums” Butchofsky, managed to get his jaw fractured. One swell player temporarily ‘out of order.’ Am now taking up a collection to send him taffy and gum drops, with chewing gum in cluded. Speedy healing “Butch”. Our literary societies, very mis named, have just completed pledge week. How nice to enjoy the break fasts in bed, clothes washed, ten o’clock cokes and such trivial lux uries at the expense of the pledges. Rather, members monetary expense and physical expanse versus pledges energy expense and muscu lar expanse. Rain—yes, monsoon has set in! Such heavenly drippings aren’t bothersome except when they in- terfer with trips to the holy grail, our postoffice. Last week I was expecting a very important letter, my first in ten years, and had a time attempting to convince my roommate that she should be the one to float over to the P. O. How ever, the clever girl wanted to be fair so she flipped her two-headed coin, and I had to don all water repellant garments, adjust the diving goggles then dog-paddle out. A firm refusal to say of the let ter was there. Everyone here enjoyed the visit of Aggies en-route to Oklahoma, and the visit of the 12 fortunate fellows. Don’t tell me that flutter ing lashes and gleaming teeth are unnoticed. Then too, those Senior boots warrant the attention they get— or does that high-powered gloss naturally attract? Again soon, with no comments please, SuSu it portrays and good musical en tertainment. However, the acting and love angle is not of the best. The lowdown: A good musical. You will like this picture if you like Alice Faye. It’s light and will take your mind off your studies and other things. Take one, and see this picture. uTJ.'. TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY — also — Color Cartoon and Short THURSDAY - FRIDAY HELLO” “HELLO FRISCO, — with — Alice Faye John Payne Fox News and Cartoon Phone 4-1166 i a s d s m tTll 0N . 9c & 20c Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1 P.M. Closes at 8:30 LAST DAY “THE CONSTANT NYMPH” _ with — Charles Boyer Alexis Smith Joan Fontaine WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY ANN RUTHERFORD JEAN ROGERS “RAGS" RAGLAND RAY COLLINS HENRY O’NEILL WILLIAM FRAWLEY SAM LEYENE and THE BROOKLYN DODGERS Screen Ploy by NAT PERRIN Additional Dialogue by WIIKIE MAHONEY Directed by S. SYIVAN SIMON Produced by GEORGE HAIGHT — and — Ann WIIUEit Betty RHODES Jerry C010NNA Johnnie J0HNST0W A* Vnrn VAGUE C».<. <<