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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT 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 afternoon.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
Subscription rate $3.00 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
Associated Cr»lle6icite Press
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444.
Calvin Brumley 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.
Support... In His Own House
Wednesday morning the Dallas Morning News carried
a whole-hearted and completely laudatory editorial of Pres
ident Gibb Gilchrist’s plans for a program of education, re
search, and extension work.
In part the program, “ ... as outlined before the Dallas
Agricultural Club Monday by Gibb Gilchrist, recently named
president of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College,
reflects the thinking of one engineer who intends to get
the job done. Such objectives as developing a force of the
best informed agricultural agents in the country, the most
highly qualified research scientists in the school’s labora
tories and experiment stations, the best trained instructors
to impart up-to-the-minute information which will help our
farmers to share more largely in the national income, should
have the approval of all Texans.
“President Gilchrist said he is taking his time in find
ing the right man for the vacancies created recently by
resignations. In that he is wise. Gilchrist left no doubt
among those who heard him that he knows exactly what his
principal job is and when he simply summed it up as find
ing the means and the men to raise the standard of farm
life.
“ . . . Whether intensive farming, supplemental irriga
tion, chemurgy and other aids will bring that about remains
to be seen but President Gilchrist determined that whatever
it may take shall be a part of the enlarged program of
Texas A. & M.”
To the student body at A. & M. and to the people of
Texas it is encouraging that people over the State are sup
porting Gilchrist and his outlined program. It speaks well
of Gilchrist, an engineer, that he has not forgotten agri
culture because Texas is primarily agricultural.
If President Gilchrist can do the things he has proposed
A. & M. will become the most advanced institution of learn
ing in the entire Southwest. There are thousands of inter
ested people who believe sincerely in President Gilchrist.
There are others whose confidence he must win. It is
difficult for any man in a responsible position to hew the
path he thinks is right and best without making enemies
and receiving criticism.
With educational matters resting on the fire in Texas
at the present time the job is doubly difficult.
A man who is strong in his own house has much more
chance of success than one who is not. A. & M. is the house
of President Gibb Gilchrist. Aggies are A. & M. If Presi
dent Gilchrist can show to the people of Texas a firm and
loyal student body in Aggieland he will accomplish his ob
jectives. If not, the odds are against him.
Something to Read
By Edna B. Woods
What Russia Wants
by Joachim Joesten
Journalist Joachim Joesten, as
sistant editor of Nation magazine,
left Germany in 1933 because he
opposed Nazism. But before he
made his way to the United States
via Russia, Japan, and Panama,
he worked on the Paris press, con
tinued his career as a journalist
in the Scandinavian countries for
several years, spent five months
in a Swedish concentration camp,
when that country was invaded by
the Germans, and married a Swed
ish girl.
Contrary to popular opinion,
Russia’s foreign policy is neither
mysterious nor enigmatic, accord
ing to Mr. Joesten; it is simple,
straightforward and down-to-
earth. What Russia Wants is “an
attempt, in so far as it can be
determined from authoritative
statements and circumstancial evi
dence, to establish the facts and
to present the Russian view.”
“Authoritative statements,” in this
case, refer to Stalin’s speeches, and
“circumstancial evidence,” to Rus
sia’s military and political history
for the five years prior to 1944.
Russia’s right “to want” can
hardly be disputed. However, the
strength of her demands depends
on the interpreter, and Russians
are inclined to measure losses in
yiCTOKY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
terms of blood and human sacri
fice rather than in dollars. Stalin’s
own words, “Money is no substitute
for blood,” substantiate that. By
the end of 1943, Russia had sacri
ficed 10,000,000 men. That number,
compared with the combined losses
of England and the United States
which was less than 1,000,000,
seems rather impressive.
Mr. Joesten enumerates Russia’s
objectives as five, two negative and
three positive. Russia does not
want a Soviet Europe, neither does
she want a Reactionary Europe.
Russia does want a restoration of
the 1941 frontiers of the U. S. S. R.,
a peace with security, and a voice
in the reorganization of Europe.
The author points out that Stalin’s
rise to power and triumph over
Trotsky as the successor to Lenin
was simultaneous with the conver
sion of Russia’s world-revolution-
ary activities into a self-centered
and strongly national state, and
that in 1943, the dissolution of the
Communist International was the
final step.
The Russians have repeatedly
demonstrated their superiority at
fighting a defensive rather than an
offensive war. Having fought to
protect the land which they love,
the Russians have been planning to
protect that land by making her
geographical neighbors, politically
sympathetic at least. Mr. Joesten’s
account of how she has partially
accomplished that and continues to
do so is not only very interesting
but in many cases revealing. Sepa
rate chapters discuss Russia’s re
lationship with Germany, with the
Baltic states, with Finland, and in
the Far East.
What Russia Wants is a con
densed version of Russian diplom
acy and a prediction of what her
future policy will be. The author’s
faith in a workable peace after
victory is based on the hope that
England, Russia, and the United
States will be completely honest
and outright in declaring what
they desire, need ,and expect.
CACI^WAXH
Backwash: An agitation resulting from some action or occurence."—Webster.
By Renyard
W. Canis
Army INSIGNIA are familiar
to all in this time but few know
the origin of each even though
some Geeyes know the origin of
some of the guys that wear the
insignia.
Many a GI would like to tell his
major to go climb a tree but would
that GI be surprised to learn that
was how the first major earned
his oak leaf.
Lt. J. K. Westerfield, formerly
of the Army’s Ordnance Depart
ment, traces the origin of present
army insignia back to a 13th cen
tury nobleman. A battle was shap
ing up and this nobleman had no
men to defend his land so he
gathered all his men of the manor
together and delegated military
authority, rating his men strictly
according to their responsibilities.
Because a major led as many
men as could be seen from the
top of a large oak tree he wore
oak leaves. Similarly the full
colonel wore an eagle because he
commanded as many men as an
eagle could see while poised in
flight. Naturally the general wore
a star because he commanded as
many men as could be seen from
the stars.
A private in this man’s army
was a man who had one house un
der his jurisdiction and his insignia
is derived from the gable or rafter.
Corporals wear two chevrons be
cause they commanded a settle
ment. The sergeant wears three
stripes because he headed a vil
lage of ten or more houses.
Soldiers, although privates call
them something else, who headed
the troops of a barricaded town
or village wore a bar to symbolize
the barricade and were known as
lieutenants. Captains wore two
bars because they commanded a
town or city surrounded by a moat.
WATCHING PEOPLE EAT
While EATING at the Ag
gieland people notice things. For
instance: The girl across the room,
pretty but married. . . . Don’t
know about the lass behind the cof
fee urn. . . . What is the man in
the green jacket writing? . . .
The prim old lady (probably a
career maid) eating methodically
while her two companions waited
impatiently . . . Sailor and his
wife wondering a little about the
whole thing but in a hurry to get
out and alone. . . . Old man, neat
ly dressed, twisting fingers off
while waiting for his turn. . .
The young married couple — they
must be freshly married because
he looks wet behind the ears and
she’s still dewy eyed. . . . Pro
fessors, teachers, and others at the
Faculty Fellowship Luncheon out
wardly friendly and smiles but in
wardly, well inwardly. . . Late ar
rivals nervously glancing at watch
es while waiting for food but men
tally already hurrying to beat the
1 o’clock whistle . . Contented sighs
after a good meal.
LIBRARY SUGGESTION
Aggies ARE OFTEN criti
cized for not using the library.
It’s true that they don’t use it
much but you know, if the library
had a beautiful and interesting
girl behind every stack, not behind
but in front, of books the book
circulation would go up tremend
ously.
IMAGINATION FIGMENT
Renyard w. canis has for
some months been a figment of
the imagination of someone. At
Renyard
times Canis had somewhat of an
imagination himself but he has
imagined out. The mirage is gone.
Someone blew him up. Someone
shot and Canis got.
Backwash will go on and on as
long as there is any reaction to
anything but Canis is buried here
and now at the bottom of this
column and it is sincerely hoped
that never will anything even re
sembling his ghosts ever haunt
the Battalion Office again.
T
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
The other day a young man ar
gued that it was all right for a
man to be seated at dinner while
a lady stands, talking to him, if
she had asked .him to be seated.
All writers of table manners
are agreed on the rule that when
a lady comes to speak to those
seated at the table all the men
rise and stand until the visiting
lady leaves or sits down.
Emily Post says, “This detail of
behavior is one that every lady
should take seriously, since every
gentleman must stand as long as
she stands. It doesn’t change the
situation a bit for her to say
‘Please sit down’, because a man
who is seen sitting and eating
while a lady stands is automatical
ly proclaimed ‘no gentleman’ by
each person who catches a glimpse
of this behavior.”
Very expert waiters might help
by placing a chair for her. As soon
as she sits the men may sit and
continue eating. Without the help
of a waiter a man can suggest that
the lady be seated and if he is in
sistent enough she will either be
seated or move on.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Every once in a while in watch
ing sports contests of different
kinds we see a player, who misses
a shot, drops a
ball or makes a
t - mistake, indicate
his disgust for
p himself by some
\ kind of a gesture.
I can well appre
ciate the feeling
of these men be
cause often their
|| mistake may re
sult in the loss of
M the contest. But
we all know that
Penberthy such mistakes are
unintentional so we would rather
that the player forget it. If he
doesn’t, it will bother him and he
is much more likely to make fur
ther errors—it is sort of an accu
mulative proposition.
We all like to see players go into
a contest full of confidence and de
termination—in fact, we like to
see them reckless. These players
will make mistakes, but their mis
takes are more apt to be few in
number and their relaxed perform
ance will far overbalance their
mistakes.
We like to see the player who
gives his best every second of
every minute he is in the game and
doesn’t seem to ever know when
he has made a mistake, judging
from extexmal appearances. We like
to see him take some chances in
stead of just waiting until every
thing is just right, which time may
never come.
We are never at our best when
we are afraid of making mistakes
because we will be tight and lack
the confidence to take some very
necessary chances in doubtful
situations. In our every day life
we can be very uncomfortable if
we carry with us the fear of say
ing or doing the wrong thing.
In my opinion the point can be
pretty well illustrated by the case
of the Big League Baseball in
fielder who was sold by his club
after a season in which he had
made no errors—but neither had
he tried for any of the hard ones.
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Answers to Loupof s Quiz
Here are the answers to Loupot’s second Aggie Quiz:
1. The value of the physical plant at Texas A. & M. was
$9,500,000 but has grown to be $15,000,000.
2. There are six schools at A. & M. They are: Graduate, Arts
and Sciences, Engineering, Veterinary Medicine,, Agriculture, and the
School of Military Science, which was established at a board meet
ing on November 29, 1944.
3. A. & M. won its first basketball championship in 1920.
4. Mrs. L. B. Locke of Bryan is the only woman to graduate
from A. & M.
5. The tradition of the Twelfth Man originated at Dallas in
1922, when the Aggies were playing Centre College. The date was
January 1, 1922.
6. Lawrence Sullivan Ross is the only man to be honored by
having his statue placed upon the campus. The Ross Volunteers were
named after him.
7. There are twelve (12) seats on the fifty yard line at Kyle
Field.
8. Dean Brooks, dean of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate
School took office on September 1, 1932. There was only one dean
of Arts and Sciences before him, and one acting and one full dean
of the Graduate School preceding him.
Dean Kyle, Dean Emeritus, took office on December 1. 1944.
Dean Bolton, Dean of the College, took office on Sept. 1, 1937.
Dean Barlow, Dean of Engineering, took office, acting, on June
1, 1944, and was made dean on October 14, 1944. There were four
deans before him.
Dean Marsteller, Dean of Veterinary Medicine, took office on
September 1, 1937. One dean preceded him.
Dean Shepardson,- Dean of Agriculture, took office on December
1, 1944. One dean preceded him.
9. A. & M. was established under the Morrill Act, July 2, 1862.
A. & M. is considered a branch of T. u. because it was founded in
order to teach the agricultural and mechanical arts not offered at the
university.
10. A. & M. maintains 28 dormitories, including Hotard Hall,
Dorm. No. 13.
These were the answers sent in by “F” Battery, which won first
prize in this week’s contest.
Fiction:
They Dream of Home; the story
of five ex-marines faced with the
problems of life and love in a
civilian world, by Niven Busth.
Freedom Road, by Howard Fast.
Valley of the Sky; a novel of men
who bring battles to the peaceful
valley of the sky, by Hobert D.
Skidmore.
Time Must Have a Stop; a novel
Revolution, by Ralph Korngold.
serious in its implications, by Al-
dous Huxley.
The Bonfire, by Cecilio J. Car-
neiro.
The History of Rome Hanks, by
Joseph S. Pennell.
It’s Always Tomorrow; a novel
of a war correspondent and the
two women who became more im
portant to him than his first big
assignment, by Robert St. John.
Canape-Vert, by Philippe Thoby-
Marcelin and Pierre Marcelin.
Biography:
The Two Marshals, by Philip
Guedalla.
Citizen Toussaint; the story of
Toussaint Louverture, who led a
slave revolt during the French
the toalitarian road ? by Frede-
Men of Popular Music, by David
Ewen.
Mr. Roosevelt, by Compton
Mackenzie.
War Narratives:
Lifeline; the ships and men of
our merchant marine at war, by
Robert Carse.
Still Time to Die; an account,
fearless, moving and true, of how
men feel who go through battle
in China, Africa and Europe, by
Jack Belden.
First of the Many; a journal of
action with the men of the 8th
Air Force, by Capt. John R. (Tex)
McCrary and David E. Scherman.
Brave Men, by Ernie Pyle.
The War; Fourth Year, by Ed
gar Mclnnis.
Veteran Comes Back, by Willard
Waller.
Social Problems:
Prejudice Japanese - Americans:
Symbol of Racial Intolerance, by
Carey McWilliams.
Without Bitterness; Western Na
tions in post-war Africa, by A. A.
Nwafor Orizu.
The Road to Serfdom; are the
democracies unknowingly traveling
the totalitarian road ? by Freder-
rick A. Hayek.
The Tyrants’ War and the Peo
ples’ Peace, by Ferdinand A. Her-
mens.
Japan: Its Resources and Indus
tries, by Clayton D. Carus and
Charles L. McNichols.
Democracy Reborn; the Vice-
President speaks out about peace
and war, by Henry A. Wallace.
Our Settlement with Germany;
one of the world’s clearest minds
puts to the test here the problems
that vex men of good will every
where, by H. N. Brailsford.
Second Lieutenant,
Aggie-Ex, Flies
First Mission
15TH AAF IN ITALY—Second
Lieutenant Billy H. Buchanan, 20,
son of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Buchan
an, 407 E. Juan Linn, Victoria, Tex
as, entered upon his career as a
combat pilot on December 25 when
he flew his first combat mission
over enemy territory, a high alti
tude heavy bomber escort attack
ing the Brux Synthetic Oil Refin
eries, Czechoslovakia.
Assigned to a veteran fighter
group in Italy in November, Lt.
Buchanan was given thorough ad
vanced training in combat tactics
and operational procedures of his
group before he was scheduled for
combat flying. In addition to 20
hours of flying in a P-51 Mustang,
his final training included study
courses in combat intelligence pro
cedures, enemy aircraft recogni
tion, and orientation on enemy com
bat tactics.
Lt. Buchanan’s group has par
ticipated in every major aerial op
eration of the Mediterranean The
atre and has the outstanding rec
ord of having destroyed 475 enemy
planes on 325 missions. This group,
commanded by Colonel Ernest H.
Beverly, Laurinburg, N. C., was
the first fighter group to fly the
historic Italy-to-Russia shuttle
mission.
Aggie-Ex Joins
Mediterranean Group
15TH AAF IN ITALY—Second
Lieutenant Thomas A. Bullock, 504
Craig St., Hillsboro, Texas, Bomb
ardier on a 15th AAF B-24 Libera
tor bomber, has arrived in the Med
iterranean theater and is assigned
to a veteran group.
His group has participated in
more than 170 major attacks a-
gainst such strategic targets as
the Ploesti Oil refineries, the Her
mann G'oering Tank Works, Aus
tria, and other important targets
in Austria, Germany, Italy and
Hungary.
Before entering the army on Nov.
9, 1942, Lieutenant Bullock attend
ed Texas A. & M. College. He was
commissioned at San Angelo, Tex
as, on July 22, 1944.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas Bullock, live at the Hillsboro,
Texas address.
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Gardening:
The Wild Garden, by Margaret
McKenny.
Lilies for American Gardens, by
George L. Slate.
Gardening in the Shade, by H.
K. Morse.
America’s Garden Book, by
Louise Bush-Brown and James
Bush-Brown.
Gardening in the Lower South,
by H. Harold Hume.
Shrubs and Trees for the Small
Place; hardy deciduous materials
for the home grounds, by P. J.
Van Melle.
Insect Pests, by William C. Har
vey and Harry Hill.
The Garden of Gourds, by L. H.
Bailey.
Knowing Your Trees; new and
enlarged edition, by G. H. Colling-
wood.
Engineering Sciences:
Plan Your House to Suit Your
self, by Tyler S. Rogers.
Atoms in Action; the stimulating
story of what science has done and
can do for the average man, by
George Russell Harrison.
Food Chemistry and Cookery; an
important and distinctively new
type of college text, by Evelyn G.
Halliday and Isabel T. Noble.
The Ashley Book of Knots;
every practical knot—what it
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Entering the Army Air Force in
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States for foreign service in Oc
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He is a graduate of the Victoria
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