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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1944
The Battalion
STUUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Texas A. & M. College
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as and the City of College Station is published twice weekly, and circulated
sday and Friday afternoons.
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L. Inzer
ard W. Canis
....fSports Editor
Calvin Briimley Editor
Dick Goad '1 Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
Reporters: Eli Barker, Robert Gold,
Bernsitein, S. K. Adler.
Student Reporters: Henry Ash. Ernest Berry, Louie Clarke, W. M. Cornelius,
Dilworth, Edwin Mayer, John Mizell, Harold Phillips, Bobby Rosenthal,
Tassos, R. L. Bynes, L. H. Callahan.
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
Dick Osterholm Amusements Editor
Henry Holguin Intramural Reporter
D. V. Hudson, B. J. Blankenship, Teddy
James
Damon
Three Words ....
First on the mind of every Aggie this weekend are three
words. They will suffice:
Beat The Mustangs
Something to Read
By Edna B. Woods
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster.
By Renyard
W. Canis
Medicine as a subject for popular
literature, came into full swing
during the past ten years. From
works describing the dangers of
patent products to biographies of
doctors, both famous and obscure,
these books spotlighted the medical
profession, satisfying an already
mounting interest in Medicine and
precipitating further interests.
Morris Fishbein’s Fads and
Quackery in Healing and Arthur
Kellet’s One Hundred Million
Guinea Pigs stimulated the common
man’s thinking mechanism to an
awareness of ridiculous commer
cial drugs and of the dangers of
pseudo-doctors and their harmful
remedies. Paul DeKruif, one of the
most widely read authors of popu
lar medical books, wrote Hunger
Fighters, Men Against Death, Mi
crobe Hunters, and many other
similar books. At their best, his
books recapture the excitement of
the research scientist and recount
the dramatic discovery of the
causes and cures for perilous dis
eases. Books like Lee M. Kline
felter’s Medical Occupations and
Harvey W. Cushing’s Medical
Career point out the many* oppor
tunities and kinds of work doctors
may do and help students decide
whether or not they are suited for
careers in medicine. Some of the
finest contributions to medical
literature are the works of Dr.
William Osier. His Principles and
Practice of Medicine and Old Hu
manities and the New Science, while
not new, are excellent works. Magic
in a Bottle by Milton Silverman is
an interesting book on drugs. But
the lives of the doctors themselves,
whether written as personal mem
oirs or done by a biographer are
read more than any other type of
book about medicine or associated
with it. Victor Heiser’s An Amer
ican Doctor’s Odyssey, Arthur
Hertzler’s Horse and Buggy Doctor,
and The Doctors Mayo by Helen
Clapsattle are outstanding biogra
phies. Those interested in Veteri
nary Medicine will find Hoss Doc
tor by R. J. Dinsmore an absorbing
story of a Vet who worked 18 to
20 hours a day and who found life
to be one continuous, exciting ad
venture.
Two recent books in the field of
populor medicine, Behind the Doctor
by Logan Clendering and The Ad
vancing Front of Medicine by
George W. Gray meet the standards
of the scientists and are also able
to attract and hold the interest of
the layman.
Behind the Doctor is actually a
story of the romance of medicine.
A series of anecdotes, beginning
with the practices of primitive
medicine and continuing to the
present day, emphasize the role
played by the common man in the
evolution of medical science. Mr.
Clendening’s thorough knowledge
of his subject permits him to
combine fact and near fact into
a fascinating book, entertaining as
it is enlightening.
George W. Gray, one of the most
capable writers in the field of
popular medicine, has written an
account of the methods and results
of scientists who through inter
national and interracial coopera
tion strove to discover truth and
to conquer disease. The Advancing
Front of Medicine contains chap
ters on such subjects as Anxiety,
Sleeplessness, Drink, Smoke,
Aging, and Sulfanilamide. Mr.
Gray shows what medicine is try
ing to do, describes the way in
which it works, and points out the
achievements and problems that
are engaging the attention of
scientists at the present time.
ArIZONA and its deserted vil-
liages will have nothing on Aggie-
land this weekend when the corps
leaves to swell the population of
Dallas for the weekend football
trip. Last year the cad ;ts cowboyed
to Cowtown to ride to a victory
over TCU but this year the corps
is thumbing its way until after
Saturday when they will be fully
mounted after capturing a few
Mustangs in the wild pasture
lands sometimes called SMU.
Fumble Kids
S OME REFERRED to them
last season as the “Whiz Kids”
and others called them the “Kiddie
Korps” but this year they have
taken upon themselves a new
name. A name full of meaning,
negative meaning. The “Fumble
Kids” are pointing for their first
conference victory and they mean
to make SMU the victim.
The Reason For
Glue IS STICKY. It makes
things stick to other things. The
Aggies lose the ball. They can’t
keep it in their hands. Nothing
was more logical than for them
to soak their hands in glue all
during the past week.
In effect they have been doing
that and as a result they are go
ing to carry the ball when the
run. In the event that more glue
is needed they will have plenty
of material for a glue factory. Old
horses are the cartoon’s favorite
source of glue.
Pacific "Magic
F ROM THE SOUTHWEST
Pacific and a PT Boat comes a
Q. Is it proper to typewrite a
letter of a personal nature?
A. Generally speaking, no. Cer
tainly you would not type a note
which acknowledged a gift that
you had received for your birthday
or at Christmas time; nor would
you type an invitation or the
acceptance of one. Correspondence
with a very close friend may be
carried on in typewriter form but
you must not answer a letter from
a social acquaintance except in
written form. And a word about sta
tionery: have as fine paper and
envelopes as you can afford. Fancy
headings, bright colors, are not in
good taste. Stationery serves as
story about not a marooned Aggie
and an island princess, but about
a parrot tnd a magician.
One particular Mosquito Boat
had a parrot for a mascot and
being a remarkable pet he spoke
rather freely. The boat’s chief
magician frequently snatched ap
ples, oranges, and other things
out of thin air and at other times
made substantial objects disap
pear.
Things were peaceful until a Jap
torpedo blew the boat out of the
water and the parrot about 323
feet into the air. The parrot came
down on a r’aft populated soley
by the magician. The feathered boy
cocked his head, uttered a bit of
profanity,, then said, “Cc-cc-cut out
this nonsense you so-and-so magi
cian. You can’t fool me. What did
you do with that (Here is where
goes) Boat?”
For this Lil Dimmitt must have
credit.
Noticed This Morn
A symphonic cadence of spurs
as the companies marched to
mess. ... A wet moon hanging
over the mess hall. . . . Hopefully
flickering flames of a fire beside
the road keeping Aggie hitch-hik
ers warm. . . . Aggies leaving for
the highway before breakfast. . .
. A small headache down across
the right side. ... A feeling of
duck shooting weather in the crisp
ness of the moning. . . . Smoky
breaths from marching men . . .
Seniors going back to bed after
breakfast. ... A confident hilarity
at the training table. ... Every
where a will to BEAT SMU.
your representative, and the sim
pler it is the better. Writing with
a pencil or leaving blots or using
mis-matched paper proclaims you
as a careless person.
The rapidly increasing use of air
mail/service is having a tendency
to lessen the weight of corres
pondence paper, not only for bus
iness but for social communication
as well. If you are using this light
weight stationery you should have
an envelope of heavie stock but
it should match the paper in color
and finish,
A man should never write any
thing in a letter that can furnish
damaging evidence against him.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy n ■ i hihh
Man, Your Manners f |
By I. Sherwood
Penberthy
It has always been my belief that our success or failure is largely
dependent upon how we live each and every day, and so I am passing
along a little poem from The Baptist Standard which I feel covers the
subject pretty well:
YOU TELL ON YOURSELF
“You tell on yourself by the friends you seek,
By the very manner in which you speak,
By the way you employ your leisure time,
By the use you make of dollar and dime.
“You tell what you are by the things you wear,
By the spirit in which your burdens bear,
By the kind of things at which you laugh,
By the records you play on the phonograph.
“You tell what you are by the way you walk,
By the things of which you delight to talk,
By the manner in which you bear defeat,
By so simple a thing as how you eat.
“By the books you choose from the well-filled shelf:
In these ways and more, you tell on yourself;
So there’s really no particle of sense
In an effort to keep up false pretense.”
Year's Polio Scourge
One of Nation’s Worst
The 1944 epidemic of infantile
paralysis has officially become the
second worst in the recorded history
of the disease in the United States,
it was announced today by Basil
O’Connor, president of The Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis.
At the same time, Mr. O’Connor
stressed the need for more skilled
polio fighters, especially physical
therapists, and urged that men and
women who have the proper quali
fications make applications for
scholarships offered by the Nation
al Foundation and its Chapters.
In the first 41 weeks for 1944, or
up uptil October 14, there were
16,133 cases of poliomyelitis, ac
cording to the latest report from
the U. S. Public Health Service.
This is 353 cases more than were
reported in the country for 1931
which previously had been the
second worst year for the disease.
The all-time record was in 1916
when there were 27,621 cases.
“Although the peak of the out
break was passed more than a
month ago, the epidemic itself has
not yet ended, “warned Mr. O’
Connor. He pointed out that there
were 710 new cases reported for
the week of October 7-14, or nearly
half the weekly total of the peak of
epidemic, the week ending Septem
ber 2 when 1683 cases were report
ed.
“This great outbreak has tested
not only the resources of the Nat
ional Foundation and its Chapters,
but also those of the nation,” he
added. “The National Foundation’s
greatest problems were in obtain
ing sufficient doctors, physical
therapists and professional person
nel to cope with nearly simulta
neous outbreaks in widely separated
sections of the south, the east and
the middle west. Seven skilled polio
doctors, 65 physical therapists and
nearly 10 tons of wool for use in
hot pack treatments were rushed
to stricken areas by the National
Foundation. All 26 respirators
owned by the National Foundation
are still in use in epidemic areas.
At the request of the National
Foundation, the American Red
Cross recruited more than 700
nurses from all parts of the coun
try to staff regular and emergency
hospitals.”
The seven states most severely
menaced were New York, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky,
but emergency aid in the form of
money, professional personnel and
supplies has been sent this year by
the National Foundation to 21
states and the District of Columbia.
“Although the National Founda
tion and its Chapters have trained
many physical therapists in the
modern principles of treating in
fantile paralysis, many more tech
nicians are still needed for this
present fight,” said Mr. O’Connor.
The greatest handicap in rendering
effective aid in any epidemic of
infantile paralysis has been the
lack of physical therapists. The
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis through its scholarships
in accredited schools of physical
therapy has been and still is seek
ing to enlarge this first line of
defense.
“These scholarships sponsored by
the National'Foundation are avail
able to graduate nurses, graduates
in physical education or those with
a minimum of two years under
graduate college work with science
courses. Such applications may be
made through the National Founda
tion or to The American Physio-
theraphy Association, 1790 Broad
way, New 19, N. Y.
“The field of physical medicine
is expanding rapidly and this is
an opportunity for men and women
to enter an interesting lucrative
profession with a chance of per
forming a humane servee.”
The Lowdown On
Campus Tiistractions
By Dick Osterholm
Playing at the Cuion Hall thea
ter is a double feature, scheduled
for Friday and Saturday. “Cross
Roads” with William Powell and
Hedy Lamarr. This picture is dif
ferent from the Thin Man series
that Powell played in for so long.
This is strictly a dramatic piece of
acting, filled with thrills and sus
pense as he plays the part of a
hunted man. People stalk the
streets with the fear of being dis
covered and fear in their souls at
this crossroads of the world. This
picture is suspense the length
through.
The Lowdown: This picture is a
little old but still a good one to
see. Good acting.
Showing second on the same bill
is “Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed
Event” with Leon Errol and Lupe
Velez. This is a hilterhilarious
comedy of tangling events as Er
rol gets mixed up with first one
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membered a sophomore hack who
had been working out with the
squad all season, a hoy named
King Gill with plenty of dash and
fire but without the weight and
experinece of other backs. Gill had
not been taken to Dallas with the
team but he had told Bible he
would go at his own expense and
would be in the stands if needed.
Bible sent a yell leader into the
stands to find Gill and tell him to
suit up and join the squad on the
bench. King Gill was the first
Twelfth Man.
The records of the game do not
show Gill got to see any action
in \ & M.’s 22 to 14 defeat of the
Praying Colonels but he did letter
in football, basketball and base
ball his remaining years at A. &
M.
Eight years were to go by be
fore the Twelfth Man was called
upon again. The A. & M. coach in
1930 was Matty Bell, a great end
on the Centre College team that
memorable day in Dallas. 'Bell
needed another center and called
upon the student body to produce
him. Joe Love, a former freshman
center, responded. Love did not let
ter in 1930 but he did letter each
of the next two years despite the
fact that he weighed hut 155 pounds
and stood only five foot, nine
inches.
.... Again several years were to go
by before the next Twelfth Mart
call was made.
In 1941 Coach Norton found him
self in the same dilemma as Matty
Bell had faced in 1930—he needed
another center. Nine candidates
from the student body reported,
but a shift of a husky end to cen
ter solved the problem and none
of the nine boys was used.
In the same year, 1941, Mrs.
Ford Munnerlyn, wife of a former
Texas Aggie, wrote the words and
music to a song, “The Twelfth
Man,” which the corps accepted
as a school song.
This is why the students stand
throughout a football game in
which Texas A. & M. is playing.
And spectators hear the strains of
the “Twelfth Man” roar across the
field—an encouragement to the
coaches and to the team and a
warning to the opposition:
*When we’re down, the goin’is
rough and tough—
We just grin and yell, “We’ve got
the stuff’
To fight together for the Aggie
dream,
We’re the Twelfth Man on that
fightin’ Aggie team!”
RIDE THE MUSTANGS
HELP BRING VICTORY ....
BUY WAR BONDS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
‘RAINBOW ISLAND’
— with —
Dorothy Lamour
Eddie Bracken
PREVUE SAT. NITE 11 p.m.
also SUN. - MON. - TUBS.
thing and then another and final
ly with Velez’s first bom. It will
keep you guessing and laughing.
The Lowdown: Not a complicat
ed plot but funny.
For the Saturday night Prevue
and Sunday. “Gentleman Jim” is
showing with Errol Flynn and
Alexis Smith. The show is about
the days when boxing was carried
on with bare knucks and was usual
ly a fight to the finish. It tells
of the rise to fame of Jim Cor
bett, played by Flynn and the big
time battle of the boxing world,
the fight with John L. Sullivan.
It’s not fighting all the way
through for Alexis Smith adds her
bit. You will laugh at the Corbett
family though and enjoy the show
as a whole.
The Lowdown: Here is a good
show. Not too recent a picture but
still worth seeing.
Feature attraction at the Cam
pus Saturday includes a double
bill. “Vivacious Lady” with James
Stewart and Ginger Rogers. This
picture gave them the open door
to fame in its day. Strictly good
acting the way through. It was
action, romance, and comedy. Gin
ger doesn’t go to extremes in this
one but Stewart does to win her.
It’s funny.
The Lowdown: Try this one for
size.
“Lady Scarface” with Dennis
O’Keefe and Judith Anderson is
playing second on the same bill
ing. This show is the usually mur
der mystery that provides for a
thrill a minute in the picture.
Bodies fall out of closets and peo
ple lurk in the dark and ladies
scream. It has a romance angle too.
The Lowdown: Not unusual but
worth seeing.
Showing Sunday and Monday
with Edward C. Robinson is the
war time comedy “Mr. Winkle Goes
to War”. Eddie plays his usually
hard-face routine but not in the
gangster role. What you see in
this picture is what happens when
someone in the big time gets fed
Opens 1 P.M. — 4-1181
SATURDAY ONLY
Double Feature
No. 1
Ginger Rogers
“Vivacious Lady”
No. 2
“Lady Scarface”
— with —
Judith Anderson
Also Disney Cartoon
We have discontin
ued Saturday night
prevues. Our box
office will remain
open ’til 10 o’clock.
Also News — Merrie Melody
up with red tape of the political
machine and decides to go to war.
Of course the draft board is a de
ciding factor.
The Lowdown: A new show and
good acting. Don’t miss seeing Dal
las though to see it.
In Bryan over the weekend
showing at the Palace is an extra
ordinary good picture. “Going My
Way” with Bing Crosby and Berry
Fitzgerald. This picture has been
acclaimed the nation over by peo
ple of all faiths as the best. It’s
not propaganda but a down right
heart warming picture of human
people. It’s simple but excellent
in its story. To tell you of the
story cannot be done without tell
ing you of people themselves.
Crosby sings, and Rise Stevens,
operatic star sings, and Fitzger
ald will keep you laughing.
The Lowdown: One of the best
to be at the Palace. Try to see
this one, it’s showing through
Tuesday.
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Closes at 8:30
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
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