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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Texas A. & M. College
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Calvin Brum ley Editor
Dick Goad Managing Editor
Alfred Jefferson Managing Editor
S. L. Inzer Sports Editor
Renyard W. Canis Backwash Editor
R. L. Bynes Intramural Reporter
Teddy Bernstein Amusement Editor
Reporters: Eli Barker, B. J. Blankenship, S. K. Adler, R. L. Bynes, L. H. Calla
han, James Dillworth, Ernest Berry, Teddy Bernstein.
Student Reporters: Henry Ash, Louie Clarke, W. M. Cornelius, Edwin Mayer, John
Mizell, Harold Phillips, Damon Tassos, J. C. Long.
Auld Acquaintance ... Not Forgotten
Fifty or more Aggies will be graduated on February
2 and will join the ranks of the thousands who have already
received a degree from Texas A. & M.
Through the years a degree from A. & M. has come to
mean practical and applied knowledge, efficiency, initiative,
ambition, self-confidence, humbleness, ability, the courage
of one’s convictions, and ability to get along with people.
Even though A. & M. has lost some of these attributes that
used to be associated with a degree from A. & M. the people
over the State of Texas are not aware of this fact and as a
result they still regard A. & M. men highly. It is sincerely
hoped that A. & M. men will always have these qualities
even if they have to be completely self instilled.
These men that are graduating from A. & M. are
completing a phase of their life. True, it has been a prepartory
phase but every one of these men has lived and drank of
the sweet juices of living. A. & M. has not been just a stop
gap. It has become a vital living part of their makeup that
they will carry with them always if they were ever really
Aggies.
There is one primary contact between the graduate and
his school. That is the Association of Former Students. Un
like many other educational institutions A. & M. does not
have a highly organized association of former students with
elaborate codes of procedure and conduct but they do have
an undying loyalty for once an Aggie always an Aggie.
There is only one financial undertaking of the Asso
ciation of Former Students and that is the development fund
for a student activities center. This center is to have as its
primary purpose the providing of recreational facilities for
Aggies and their guests. Also included in this development
fund is a sum of money which will be set aside to offer aid
to sons of Aggie-Exes that are killed in the present world
conflict. It is completely a worthwhile undertaking and de
serves the support of every ex-student at A. & M.
Those that graduate from A. & M. usually have a love
for their school and the students of that school that never
dies. There is only one method to express the concerted love
for A. & M. by the ex-students and that is through the As
sociation of Former Students. Besides helping the school it
provides a means for former students to maintain contacts
with one another. In this way old acquaintance need not be
forgotten.
Those that fail to maintain contact with the Associa
tion of Former Students are missing one of the opportun
ities offered by A. & M. This body solicits no membership
fee and the only requirement is to be a former student of
A. & M. The way to help A. & M. is to work through the
Association of Former students.
Something to Read
By Paul S. Ballance
“March of Dimes”
The outbreaks of infantile pa
ralysis during the summer of 1944
indicated that last year was one
of the worst for polio since 1916,
when the largest epidemic of the
disease in America was recorded.
For the first thirty-one weeks of
1944, 3992 cases were reported as
against 2903 for the same period
in 1931, which saw this country’s
second worst epidemic of the dis
ease.; The sharp increase in cases
plus the war-time shortage of doc
tors, nurses and physical therap
ists, has made the problem of fight
ing infantile paralysis more diffi
cult than ever.
The most important weapon
forged by the American people to
carry on this fight is the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
a non-profit membership corpora
tion formed in 1938 when it was
evident that only through a nation
al organization could the war
against the disease be pressed to
the fullest. There are hundreds of
local chapters of the National
Foundation. Each chapter partici
pates in the fund-raising appeal of
the National Foundation which oc
curs in January. The “March of
Dimes” campaign and the Presi
dent's annual balls are usually the
sources from which the greater ma
jority of these funds are raised.
VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
Fifty percent of the funds are re
tained by the local chapters to ad
minister to the needs of the com
munities they serve, and the other
fifty percent goes to the Founda
tion to help support the large re
search programs.
Dr. George W. Gray, in his in
teresting and enlightening book,
“The Advancing Front of Medi
cine,” has a section on infantile
paralysis which gives a very inter
esting brief history of the first
real outbreak in 1916. In brief
form the author tells how individ
uals are affected by this dread
disease. Anyone interested in the
progress made in the field of med
icine should read Dr. Gray’s book.
Dr. Frederick Eberson has writ
ten a book entitled “The Microbe’s
Challenge,” and this book is defi
nitely intended for the lay reader,
because the language is non-tech-
nical. In this book the author dis
cusses the various types of germs,
and their effects on plant and ani
mal life. The author deals with the
infantile paralysis virus in some
detail. The accomplishments and
discoveries in the field of medicine
are always interesting to us, and
should be, because every discovery
and accomplishment concerns man
kind directly.
For an excellent article about
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis and its work, I
refer you specifically to the article
entitled “Fighting Infantile Pa
ralysis” by Dr. Don W. Gudakunst
BACrWAJli
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
By Renyard
W. Canis
Regular OLD College Sta
tion weather let loose the last
couple of days. Raincoats were the
order of the day and several Fish
Renyard
* * *
expressed the opinion that the Im
perial Japanese fleet was seeking
refuge in the Military Walk area.
Maybe that’s the reason for the
recent air raids in the mess hall.
Every effort had to be made to
protect the college property from
enemy action. Yes, and they say
when you are going to have an
air raid to have a good one.
He Did It Too
One Way To Do It
W AYNE KINCANNON and
Jimmy Dillworth are working a
most unusual trick. They go some
where and do something then walk
out. A few minutes later they go
back and do the same thing and
when someone asks them about it
they fain innocence of the first
deed. “Why that must have been
Dan Hightower and Bill Davis,”
they say.
Then when Dan and Bill come
in they have to pay the bill. May
be that’s not exactly what hap
pens but perhaps someone can get
the general idea.
Who Could It Be?
In THE PICTURES taken at
the Senior Ring Dance there is one
of a couple, at least it looks like a
couple, who are so wrapped up in
each other that they are unrec
ognizable. Will somebody identify
these characters?
B
ILL DAVIS walked into a
cafe and said: “Do you charge for
bread?”
Waiter replied: “No.”
Bill: “Do you charge for but
ter ? ”
Waiter: “No.”
Bill: “Well, I’ll have some bread
and butter.”
And then there was the girl that
said, “Of course I love you. Would
I kiss you if I didn’t?” Ask any
Tessie.
The Aggie in explaining to the
girl said no that he wasn’t a West-
pointer. She said, “Yes, I know.
You’re a wolfhound.
Somebody Has Spoken
IT MAY BE that he who laughs
last laughs best but he who
laughs first usually gets the point.
. . . About all that really comes
to him who waits is a request to
move on. . . . Moral—never wait
for a girl. . . . The old fashioned
mother who remembers her hus
band’s first kiss has a daughter
who can’t remember her first hus
band. . . . No one should adopt
the early bird policy without first
ascertaining whether he classes
as a bird or a worm. ... If love
has an alphabet, and it probably
does, it consists of avowals and
consents. . . . Someone said that
modern fiction runs too much to
love. It might be added that mod
ern love runs too much to fiction.
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
“Must you always introduce two
persons you know who come with
in hailing distance of each other?”
No. Sometimes, the place is not
a suitable one for introductions.
For example, if you are walking
with a friend, and another who
passes says something to vou, you
v^ill not be rude to reply without
introducing your two friends. The
one you are with should walk on
a few steps while the exchange of
remarks is made. You will not lin
ger long, but if you knew the two
wanted to meet, you could call to
your companion to wait.
Do not go out of your way to in
troduce two who are not likely to
care about knowing each other.
There are times when you must
introduce people.
When you are talking to a few
friends and someone you know
joins you.
An introduction is necessary
whenever the lack of one would be
awkward.
Everyone must be introduced to
the guest of honor, even at a large
party.
Whenever there is a special rea
son, such as business, why two
people should meet, an introduc
tion should be made, provided both
persons are agreeable.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Of the character building values
to be derived from competitive
sports I feel that the ability to
meet adversity is one of the great
est. Some individuals are great
“fair weather competitors”; that
is, they look great when they have
the other fellow on the run and
are winning—they do everything
to perfection and
just can’t be
ft beat. But it is a
1 different story
when they run
into stiff opposi-
‘jj tion. They lose
that air of confi
dence and “choke
up” and then
i their perform-
i ance has no re-
I! semblance of that
shown when they
Penberthy are winning. They
look bad in defeat.
The time competitors are those
whose greatest performances are
turned in when the going is the
toughest and the odds against them
the greatest. I have noticed that
the real competitors are patient,
relaxed and determined. They do
not get panicky and take a lot of
wild chances, but get down to rock
bottom fundamentals and take
chances only when the situation is
right. These individuals may be de
feated but they still maintain a
dignity that can’t be overlooked
and they look good, even in de
feat.
We have all been in contests
against superior performers and
when this happens we usually take
a good licking, but if we have
given the best we have and have
taken what was given the defeat
loses much of its sting.
Ex-Servicemen Express Hope That All
Veterans On Campus Will Join Club
This semester saw the begin- lege life. To interpret these spec-
ning of the Ex-Servicemen’s club, ial needs of student veterans to
Officers were elected and a con- the college authorities; and to as-
stitution adopted December 4,1 sist the college by interpreting its
in Survey Midmonthly for Septem-1 1944 - All students regularly en-| policies to the members of the
ber, 1944. \ rolled in the college who have club. To provide some social life
served in the armed forces of the and recreation for its members,
The Lowdown On
Campus ‘Distractions
By Teddy Bernstein
Guion—Playing at Guion Hall
Friday and Saturday is a double
feature.
First show is “Four Jills in a
Jeep” with Kay Francis, Carole
Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi
Mayfair. This is an interesting
story of a USO troupe of four
girls. The main affair is of course
the romances of the four girls with
different GI’s.
Lowdown: A darn good show.
Second show is “Henry Aldrich
Haunts a House” with Jimmy Lyd-
on as Henry. A mystery with Hen
ry as the sleuth. Henry tries to
solve a murder that wasn’t com
mitted, and gets so mixed up that
he has himself thinking that he
committed the crime. A haunted
house helps to give the show the
scary feeling and it sure scares
Henry.
Lowdown: A funny show and a
bigger laugh.
Saturday 9:30 Prevue and Sun
day at Guion is “Gaslight” with
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman,
and Joseph Gotten. This is a story
of a man who tries to drive his
wife mad, so he can search her
house for some jewels that he mur
dered her aunt for. The plot is
that she is being driven mad by
her husband. He makes her think
she is a kleptomaniac. He also
drives her to distraction by walk
ing above her room at night. A
detective enters in the story from
the angle of being a friend of the
family. He shows to Ingrid Berg
man what her husband really is
and the story has a happy ending.
Lowdown: A sensational show
and one of the best.
Monday and Tuesday is “Lady in
the Dark” with Ray Milland, Gin
ger Rogers, Jon Hall, Warner Bax
ter, and others. Ginger Rogers, a
Woman editor of a swank style
magazine, goes to a psychiatrist
and has her dreams interpreted.
She is slowly going mad by the
constant strain of her work. She
ends up by turning her job and
hand in marriage over to her ad
vertising manager, Ray Milland.
The picture of her dream is very
unusual, as she is in a circus in a
cage with Ray Milland as the ani-
Jake Webster
Awarded Silver
Star For Bravery
Jake Webster, regular fullback
on the Aggie grid teams of 1941-
1942, was recently awarded the
Silver Star for gallantry in ac
tion. Webster, whose home town
is Sweetwater, left A. & M. in
January, 1943, ( and immediately
entered the armed forces.
Webster has only recently re
turned from the Western front
and is to be assigned to some
hospital in the states to recover
from a wound he received in Hol
land on November 2. He has been
promoted from second to first
lieutenant.
Membership in this club is a priv
ilege extended to veteran students
only and to make the club a com
plete success every man who is
eligible as a member is needed.
The college is working on plans
for a clubhouse where meetings can
be held and social entertainments.
The club has already been a
tremendous help in interpreting
the many opportunities of vete
rans and we have many plans for
the future. The meetings are held
on the first and third Monday
nights of each month. At present
meetings-»are held in the YMCA
Chapel. The next meeting will be
Monday night, February 5. S. N.
Laird, the Club’s reporter urged
that all Ex-GI’s come to this meet
ing and join the club.
WAR
AND
STAMPS
A new process of extracting ace
tic acid from wood promises to
overcome the handicap imposed
from synthetic productions. From
cord of harwood the following
products are obtained: 120 pounds
of acetic acid; 1,330 pounds of
charcoal; 4.5 gallons of oil; 40
pounds of pitch; 9 gallons of
methanol.
United States during world war II
were asked to become members,
attend meetings and help make
this club an organization that all
members will feel pride in being
a member of.
The purposes of the club are:
To interpret the special needs of
the individual veteran and aid him
in becoming re-adjusted to the
academic tasks and routines of col-
since their social needs may differ
in some respects from those of
other students. To study and dis
cuss the special problems and op
portunities of veterans, with a
view to helping its members to
orient themselves, both in college
and after graduation.
Although there are 62 ex-service
men enrolled at the college the
present membership is only 27.
Friday and Saturday
Danny Kaye
“UP INARMS”
Preview Saturday
Also Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
“’TIL WE MEET
AGAIN”
— starring —
Ray Milland
Barbara Britton
mal trainer. The show is in tech
nicolor and very pretty.
Lowdown: A very good picture
and definitely worth the walk to
see it.
Campus—Playing Friday is “Ca
reer Girl” with Frances Langford,
Edward Norris, Iris Adrian, and
Craig Woods. This is a heart
breaking story of a girl’s climb
to the stage on Broadway. This
small town girl comes to New
York for her career on the
stage and has some considerable
difficulty in getting there.
Lowdown: A good picture.
Saturday is a double feature.
First on the docket is “Kansan”
with Jane Wyatt and Richard Dix.
A good old horse opera about a
crook who turns good and mar
ries the town belle.
Lowdown: A show.
Second is “Submarine Base”
with Alan Baxter, John Litel, and
Fifi D’Orsay. A New York mobster
hiding out on a tropical isle, ap
pears to be amassing ribhes by
servicing Nazi U-boats, but turns
out to be conducting a one man
fight against subs.
Lowdown: A putrid picture.
Sunday and Monday is “Arsenic
and Old Lace” with Cary Grant,
Raymond Massey, Jack Carson,
Peter Lorre, Priscilla Lane, and
others. This is one of the funniest
pictures of the year. This is a
screen adaptation of a stage suc
cess. Two sweet old maids, but
completely crazy, think it is their
duty to put away all old bachelors.
They give every old gentleman
they have in their house a cup of
wine spiked with arsenic. The sev
eral corpses arriving from this
practice bring about several em
barrassing situations. A gangster
enters the house and the old maids
almost give him the works. Their
nephew is slightly crazy too; since
he thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt.
Their other nephew is finally
freed by the two old ladies being
put away. This young nephew then
is able to marry his love.
Lowdown: One hell-of-a-good
picture.
Palace—Friday and Saturday
playing in Bryan is “Up in Arms”
with Danny Kaye, Dina Shore, and
Dana Andrews. A Samuel Gold-
wyn production of a super-hypo
chondriac who is drafted and be
comes a hero. A story of a guy
who has a dream, and confidently
what a dream, about millions of
beautiful women who are all in
love with him. He is really a hot
character in this picture. A good
picture with plenty of girls, legs,
legs, hips, and above the waist
t-o-o.
Lowdown: Guarantee you one
good fine time, without “rum and
coca cola.”
Playing Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday is ‘Till We Meet Again”
with Ray Milland, Barbara Britton,
and Walter Slezak. A thrilling
ALTERATIONS
LAUTERSTEIN’S
Phone 4-4444
Opens 1 P.M. — 4-1181
FRIDAY — LAST DAY
FRANCES LANGFORD
“CAREER GIRL”
SATURDAY ONLY
Big Double Feature
“THE KANSAN”
— featuring —
JANE WYATT
RICHARD DIX
— also —
SUBMARINE BASE
—with —
ALAN BAXTER
SUNDAY and MONDAY
& fftAMK CAPRA'S ^
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RAYMOND JACK PETER
MASSEY • CARSON • LORRE
Directed by FRANK CAPRA
PRISCILLA LANE* tDW. EVERETT HORTON • JAMES GLEASON
JOSEPHINE HULL* JEAN ADAIR* «nMw ALEX AN 01 "'
Plus Cartoon and News
story ot an American flyer who
parachutes down into France. The
French underground goes to great
lengths to get him out. A girl who
is to become a nun falls in love
with him. The girl gives her life
to aid his escape.
Lowdown: A very good show and
really a “mustn’t miss.”
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