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Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 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 tecond class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texaa, under the Act of Congress of March S, 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 Phsocided Co(Ie6iate Press Office. Room S, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444. Calvin Brumley Editor Dick Goad Managing Editor Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor S. L. Inzer 1 Sports Editor Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor Dick Osterholm Amusements Editor Henry Holguin Intramural Reporter Reporters: Eli Barker, Robert Gold, D. V. Hudson, B. J. Blankenship, Teddy Bernstein, S. K. Adler. Student Reporters: Henry Ash, Ernest Berry, Louie Clarke, W. M. Cornelius, James Dilworth, Edwin Mayer, John Mizell, Harold Phillips, Bobby Rosenthal, Damon Tassos, R. L. Bynes, L. H. Calla ban. Winning One For.. Rev ... It has not been long since the death of Reveille and this is the first football season at which Rev has been unable to cavort at home games and captivate at out of town games. This year there is one game that stands head and shoul ders above the rest of those on the A. & M. schedule in im portance. Without mentioning the name every one knows that it will be played on Thanksgiving Day. This is not only the game of the season for the Aggies but will be the outstanding gridiron classic of the entire Southwest Conference schedule. Many football games are dedicated to war heroes, char ities, bond drives, outstanding personages, and the like. Has there ever been one dedicated to a dog? When she was alive and well Reveille attended every football game within canine traveling distance. She symboliz ed the Aggie Spirit and the traveling ability of the Aggies. She was loved by every Aggie that attended A. & M. Many words have been written in her memory and many more will be, flowers are placed on her grave before each game on Kyle Field, a painting perserves her likeness, and she died as a general in Dogs for Defense, but never has an active living event been dedicated to her honor. Will it be possible for the A. & M.-Texas university game of November 30 to be dedicated to Reveille? It would be one of the most touching means of letting Rev know, wherever dog heaven is, that the Aggies still remember her and love her. Officials at Texas university have not been contacted concerning this matter but it is practically certain that if the Aggies want to dedicate a game to their dog that Texas u. would consent. This is a job for the president of the sen ior class. Neither has Coach Homer Norton been asked about his reaction but surely he could have no objection. Let the Aggies win one for Rev. First Epistle to the Aggies . . . “Lo, all ye entering through the East Gate into the Land of Khaki, harken unto my words, for I have dwelt in this land many months and mine eyes have witnessed all manner of folly and woe. “Verily have I tasted the bitter fruit of tough luck and drained the dregs from the Cup of Snafu. Gird up thy loins, my son, and take thy olive drab, but act slowly and with exceeding care and harken first to the counsel of a wiser and sadder man than thou. ' “Beware of the sergeant who is called First. He hath a pleased and foolish look but he concealeth a serpent in his heart. Avoid him when he speaketh low and his lips smileth. He smileth not for thee as his heart rejoices at the sight of thy youth and ignorance. He will smile and work all manner of evil against thee. A wise man shuns the orderly room and the fool shall dwell in the bull ring forever. “Unto all things there is a time. There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. Be thou like unto stone in the presence of they superiors and keep thy tongue still when he calls for volunteers. “The wise Fish searcheth out the easy details but only the foolish sticketh his neck outj Looketh thou with disfavor upon the newly made sophomore. H< is proud and laugheth and joketh with the upperclassmen but looketh upon a Fish with a frown. “Know thou that the upperclassmen is a man of many moods. When he looketh pleased and his words are like honey the wise Fish will seeketh him out and praise him and laugh at his jests. But when he moveth with great haste and a sweat standeth on his brow and he curseth, then make thouselves scarce for he will seeketh thee and ap proach you as a whirlwind. He is a lazy man and worketh not. Lend him thy lucre and thy spirits and he will love thee. “There is no fury like a shavetail scorned. He walketh with a swagger and regardeth the Aggie with raised eyebrow and he looketh upon his bars with exceeding pleasure and loveth a salute mightily. Act thou lowly unto him, call him sir, and he will love thee. “Cursed be him who shortstoppeth the cush and the dope. Woe unto him who taketh from the bull-neck dish with a heavy hand and leaveth the bony part. He is thrice cursed and all people, even unto Fish, will revile him and spit upon him. “Know thou the Big Operator but trust him not. He worketh always upon a deal and he speaketh confidentially. He will borroweth all thy money for he goeth into Bryan every night to see the many women whom he knoweth. He will promise to fix thee up but doeth it not. “Beware thou the Tac officer, hue will make thee sweat and when he approacheth lookest thou on the ball. Keep thou out of his sight and let him not know thee by name for he who arouseth the rath of a Tac officer shall go many times unto the D. C.”—Selah. Proved By Public Opinion . . . Again has the public proved that in a democratic pop ulace, the opinion and concerns of the majority is the decid ing factor in a major issue. The people who went to the nation's polls to vote, were exercising their most powerful fight toward direct representation in this nation’s demo cratic system. This is the democratic way, that the host under a democratic form of government haye a free will to exercise in the control of the government over them. In some countries where people are less fortunate, government opinion is usually left to be exercised by a picked group of the “select”. In these countries this form of dictatorship is only ousted by the people of force or by wars brought on the people from this form of government. Under the influence of the nation’s policy to give to the public the right of opinion toward the national form of government has spread the idea of “the right to free criti cism”. This embodies the principle of freedom of speech without fear of being persecuted by the criticized. This right was thoroughly exercised in the past election, by newspapers and critics of political groups alike. The principle of free dom of the press, which runs parallel to the freedoms of a CACKWAJ'H w.“ Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurrence.”—Webster. S OMEBODY READS the Bat talion. Whoops and Whoopee! Maj. Sidney Loveless, whose hometown or even homestate isn’t known, re ports from Italy that he read an article about horseracing ir. the Batt. He also made mention of the stories on equitation classes con ducted by Lt, Beams. From assort ed material included in the Major’s letter it appears that he has some connection with The Chronicle, a publication devoted to horses and hunting foxes, which is published in Berryville, Virginia. The Batt had to go to Italy for a reader but now triumphantly solid evidence of the fact is on dis play in the Batt Office. A Moved College A. & M. is beginning to take on some of the characteristics of a door-to-door merchant. The corps went to Louisiana for the L. S. U. football game but the profs stayed behind. To Dallas went the corps and part of the profs. A sugges tion is offered that the students take their pencils and notebooks and the teaching staff take its lecture notes and sour faces out to the East Gate and everybody start thumbing south. On every hitch hiking corner a prof could hold class while some habitual class sleeper flags down cars. Does not the idea have merit? Everyone would be assured of reaching Houston on time and not a class would be cut. After the game in Miami the practice could be discontinued until next football season. Dallas Devotions Devoted to all the lovely ladies and people and girls in Dallas who received the Aggies with open arms then closed them. . . . The way the Mustangs receiv ed their passes with open arms. . . . All the fine people who open ed their houses to sleepy Aggies. . . . The exes who furnished trans portation for the football team to and from Ownby Stadium. . . . The stick-to-itness of the Aggie ball handlers. . . . Plenty of glue from decrepid Mustangs to smear on the ball the rest of the season. . . . Aggie parties on Greenville Ave nue. ... Yell practice in front of Hotel Adolphus. . . . Plenty of Tes- feies at and after the game. . . . The good time in Dallas. Discordant Notes S OMETHING for the corps to consider seriously is the unfavor able reaction to the practice of yelling so during certain times in football game, especially when the opposition has the ball. It is good that the corps is un ified enough and has the spirit that is shown by the loud yelling but when a ball game has to be stopped to quiet the deliberate yell ing of A. & M. men a different situation exists. It isn’t sportsman like. Some of these days an of ficial is going to make full use of his authority and vitally handi cap the team. To yell after the ball is snapped is one of the highpoints of a grid iron contest but even members of A. & M.’s own team consider it out of the way for the corps to yell while either team is trying to get its signal. Slightly Humorous An AGED NEGRO was cross ing-tender at a spot where an ex press train made quick work of an automobile and its occupants. Nat urally he was chief witness, and the entire case hinged upon the energy with which he had display ed his warning signal. A gruelling cross-examination leftRastus unshaken in this story: The night was dark, and he had waved his lantern frantically, but the driver of the automobile paid no attention to it. Later the division superintendent called the flagman to his office to campliment him on the steadfast ness with which he stuck to his story. “You did wonderfully, Rastus,” he said. “I was afraid at first that you might waver in your testi mony.” “Nossir, nossir,” Rastus exclaim ed, “but I done feared ev’ry min- ut that ’ere durn lawyer was gwine to ask me if mah lantern was lit.” Chem. E.: “Does your new girl know much about automobiles?” M.E.: “Heavens no! She asked me if I called the engine by strip ping the gears.” An Aggie was receiving the at tentions of a doctor in Dallas after having fallen under the table. One of his buddies was holding the down-and-out-Aggie’s head in his lap and trying to get the unfortun ate to drink some medicine. Final ly the helpful buddy remarked to the doctor, “I think he’s regaining consciousness, doctor,' he tried to blow the foam off his medicine.” :: As The World Turns :: By Dr. A1 B. Nelson Persistent rumors, based on Hit ler’s silence of more than six months duration, are to the effect that the Nazi leader is dead or in sane. The silence fates back to within two days of the last at tempt on Hitler’s life. His public functions of lead ership have been taken over by others. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, defeat ed pres idential candidate is week vacation at the small resort of Sea Island, Ga., with his wife and family and a few Nelson spending a two close associates. Dewey was de feated by a very small margin of popular votes and ran a much bet ter race than did Wendell Willkie in the campaign of 1940. Antwerp, the great seaport which was captured undamaged in the first great dash across Bel gium will be ready for use in a very short time. The islands at the mouth of the river have at last been cleared of the German troops who were blocking use of the port and all that remains is to dredge the channel and to clear it of the mines planted by the Ger mans before they retreated. After this is completed supplies will pour in through this great seaport to support another great offensive. Contrary to general belief the Al- clemocratic system of government, has been well preserved. But does this idea which was incorporated into our consti tution by our forefathers hold true everywhere in the na tion today? Can people express their free opinion among groups without the fear of being ostracized by superior as semblies? There are some people, who, acting under their own initiative, have found out the answer to these questions. Maybe in the larger circles where the public as a whole can watch and preserve this right, the answer is yes, but where the people of a group are under the influence of the commun ity, controlled by the opinion of the community, the answer is no. The character of men is a marked quality that can usually be brought out by public opinion. When groups of people mingle together, the charatcer of the group is marked by the quality of the people who make up the assembly. And, when the character of a man is such that he will fear public opinion, or the criticism from the people, then his standards of character are held in low aspect by the people. The argument that the criticism offered from the minds of the people can be swayed and guided by individual groups is sound enough, but never has it been proved that the people were wrong all the time. Only in the minds of the individual who is under the eye of the public, does the thought of misjustice take form. This is the mark of one who has the fear of public opinion. Can the right of freedom of speech be brought to the people all over the nation without the presecution of its community? Will the public realize that only with this principle of the democratic system of our government, can the fear from corrupt and miscarried justice be overcome? On this principle, the common individual has the weapon to free criticism and opinion.—D. 0. 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 hot 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. Well ole’ Army I had a good time last week-end, yes sir. I took a little trip up to Cowboy town and watched the ponies buck, but that didn’t last very long. It seems as though there were eleven cow- punchers from A. & M. that really knew how to bust a bronc. Army, I went to that football game in high spirits, and even though we won, I felt pretty bad when I left. Seems as though the Corps got a little out of line dur ing the last quarter. At least that’s the way I see it. I’m a new man up here, and there are a lot of things that I have to learn about A. & M., but I hope that yelling while the other team is try ing to call their signals isn’t one of them. This reminds me of a little gath ering I attended about three weeks ago. It was about midnight, and the night before the T.C.U. game. It seems as though there was a fellow talking about our school be ing noted for its sportsmanship and fair play. He said that if we couldn’t win a game right, we did not want to win it at all. Well I feel as though that fellow Jones was right. Yes Army, we’ve got the spirit! But I don’t call it spirit when we deliberately try to make it impossible for the other team to play ball, that isn’t the spirit of the Twelfth Man, and we are the twelfth man army. Well I’m going to Houston this week-end, and so are you. I’m going to my own home town and cheer for a team that I want to beat my own home town team. I know that our boys can win that game with out us keeping Rice from playing because of our noise while they have the ball, so why don’t we let them. There’s going to be a fellow with me at that game who wants to see some of that great Aggie spirit he has heard so much about. Well I can only hope that he sees the right kind. I want him to be able to turn to me after the game and say, “Well son you’ve got just as much spirit as we had twenty- six years ago, if not more.” PLUCK THE OWLS —SCOUTS— (Continued From Page 1) they may do so through any of the officials making the Bryan canvass. Henry Berryman has been se lected chairman for the campaign, with Rev. W. R. Willis as chairman of the Advance Gift Committee. They are being assisted by N. C. Baker and J. E. Bethancourt. Miss Lucy Harrison is leader of the group ol ladies who will con duct the residential door-to-door campaign in Bryan. Other group leaders are Mesdames N. C. Baker, S. C. Richardson, Ivan Langford, Lester Young, and D. L. Wilson. Four groups of men, headed by E. R. Bryant, Ira Kelly, M. M. Erskine and D. L. Wilson, will conduct the drive in the business part of Bryan. It has been pointed out that this will be the first drive for support of the Girl Scout movement in the College Station-Bryan area since 1939 when the “Little House” at the Bryan Country Club Lake was ejected. Girl Scout membership in the two communities has more than doubled in the past year and it was the consensus of opinion of the committee planning the campaign that volunteer supervision is no longer practicable for the twenty troops of white girls and four troops of colored girls now en rolled. lies are not being held back by the efforts of the Germans but by their inability to build up the great stores of supplies needed for a great offensive. The use of Ant werp will probably remedy this situation. The Prime Minister of Iran (Per sia) has been removed from office because of pressure from Russia. The Premier had refused to lease oil lands to Russia because of an agreement with the allies not to lease any additional lands until after the war. The Russians, how ever, do not want an even start but want to get ahead of the Unit ed States and England. Texas will be without natural gas within the next twelve or fif teen years according to reports by responsible authorities. This situ ation is caused by the draining away of natural gas resources by the great new pipelines into the northern and eastern parts of the United States, the looting of the natural resources of Texas for the benefit of the manufacturers and people of other parts of the coun try. The Lowdown On Campus distractions By Dick Osterholm Showing at the Campus theater Tuesday and Wednesday is the feature attraction, “Hi Diddle Did dle” with Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, and Dennis O’Keefe. This is a comedy with the ordinary ro- mantical plot of boy meets girl and boy gets girl. O’Keefe plays the part of a sailor who falls for Scott who doubles in routine of a civilian defense worker. This is okay and helps the plot. Menjou just plays the man about town in the picture. There is music and songs in the picture, comedy you will like. The Lowdown: Not an out of the ordinary picture but riot as bad as some pictures of this type. Playing Thursday and Friday is the talked of picture, “Lady of Burlesque” with Barbara Stan wyck and Michael O’Shea. You’ve heard of the stories of Gypsy Rose Lee’s, mainly about the “G” String Murders. Well, this is that plot put on the screen. Here is the star of the used-to-be burlesque show business as things change from show business to murder business. Horror strikes the stage as one thing leads to another. Of course there’s romance to the picture. The Lowdown: Some people liked this picture and it’s okay but not as enlightening as it was played up to be. You try it and see what you think. In Bryan is the much talked of picture playing for the last time tonight. “Going My Way” with Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. If you haven’t seen this picture, then take my advice and see it be cause it will do you good and set you to thinking right. Starting to play Wednesday and showing through Saturday is the picture that took the nation by surprise, “The Hitler Gang.” This picture has been called by some as the —LONGHORN! — (Continued Irom Page 1) engraver on schedule, As yet, no such pictures have been received. Individual organizations must take care of this matter. Snapshots for the Aggieland sec tion are also needed. Pictures of every phase of life at A. & M. are included in this section, and may be taken to the Longhorn* office (or to the Student Activities of fice) at any time. Excessive delay may result in pictures being re received too late for inclusion in the annual. All pictures should be in an envelope which should bear identification of the contributor. The names of individuals in the snapshots should be plainly indi cated. If prints are smaller than 3x5, negatives should be included in the envelope with the prints, so that necessary reprints may be made. All negatives will be return ed after use. PLUCK THE OWLS P. S. Balance Guest At Library Meeting Mr. P. S. Balance, librarian of the Texas Engineering Library in the M. E. shop bldg., will be guest of the college library during a regular weekly program on Thurs. at 3:45 p.m. The title of his talk is “Tomorrow We Fly”, a review of recent books on Aero. Science. Dr. T. F. Mayo and Mrs. Edna Woods, who are the regular speak ers, will alternate on a book re view. It will be an interesting 15 min. program and everyone is in cited to attend. Opens 1 P.M. — 4-1181 TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY Martha Scott Adolphe Menjou co-starred in “Hi Diddlo Diddle” — also — Community Sing- Merrie Melody THURSDAY and FRIDAY Barbara Stanwyck — in — “LADY OF BURLESQUE” — plus — Fox News — Disney Cartoon propaganda picture of the war. Even so, it is the picture that shows the Hitler regime as the people want to see it. Here is the Nazi set-up, before this present war and how it began. Then it takes you into this war and shows the Nazi war lords in action led by their fuehrer, Hitler. This pic ture is based on true facts and will open your eyes to the discoveries that you never believed possible. The Lowdown: Not an ordinary picture but one you would want to see. It’s the true facts of Nazi arrogance that you have heard about and want to know about. Try it. Starting Wednesday and play ing through Thursday is “The Iron Major” with Pat O’Brien and Ruth Warrick. Here is a football story that everyone will like, played by the screen’s iron man himself, Pat O’Brien. This is the story of Frank Cavanaugh, coach and player alike, and the nation’s own iron man of football. The picture has every thing in it to make it a thrilling picture as well as a good one. The Lowdown: This is not too recent a picture but still one worth seeing. LikJk* Phone 4-1166 i A s D s M ti S ll 0N . 9c & 20c Tax Included Box Office Opens at 1 P.M. Closes at 8:30 LAST DAY << GASLIGH r r , — with — Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY Based on the amazing life of Frank Cavanaugh— player, coach warrior! 'Pcvtr OBRIEN THE IRON MAJOR w*h RUTH ROBERT o k n WARRICK • RYAN w Produced by ROBERT FELLOWS Directed by RAY ENRIGHT Screen Play by Aben Kandel and V/^rren FRIDAY and SATURDAY ♦ Double Feature TREK TO THE “TROC!” ... for tantalizing talent... intoxicating — also — “JACKASS MAIL” — with — Wallace Beery Majorie Main