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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
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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
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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