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THE
BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 13, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-6444
Texas A. & M. College
Texas and the
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College
he City of College Station is published twice weekly, and circulated
Tuesday and Friday
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afternoon.
3 second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under
ongress of March 3, 1870.
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Plssocioted Colle&ide Press
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Eli Barker , - Managing Editor
J. B. Clark Staff Photographer
Teddy Bernstein Feature Writer
R. L. Bynes Sports Writer
Rueben Costa Sports Writer
L. H. Calahan Reporter
Jimmie Long Reporter
The Longhorn, An Aggie Tradition . . .
Not enough Longhorns have been sold! With fifteen-
hundred subscriptions needed and only eleven-hundred sold
thus far the cadet corps has a critical problem to solve.
More hinges on the outcome of this enterprise than is dis
cernible to the average student. Graduates of previous years
treasure no relic of their college days more than their class
annual which brings back to them sentimental thoughts
and memories of a former period of their life; a period of
their life which is treasured by many as their happiest
and most enjoyable. Just consider for a moment the esteem
in which you now hold your high school annual. It may not
be the finest piece of literature ever published but it’s a
manuscript which will always remain priceless to you no
matter how tattered or worn it may become.
The Longhorn publication was reactivated last sum
mer at the request of the senior class and partly because
of the enthusiasm evidenced by the corps for such a pro
ject. No Longhorn work had been done since the Juniors
and Seniors had been called into the army in the Spring of
’43 and it was decided to revive this great Aggie tradition
as soon as possible. Staffs were appointed and preliminary
work was begun just before the Fall semester opened. Now,
with but a few pictures remaining to be taken, work on the
1946 Longhorn is being drawn to a close. The pictorial rec
ord of last semester’s football games, corps trips, dances,
and Bonfire celebration is now complete. The faces of those
who have long since left Aggieland for the armed forces
will once again smile at you and remind you of times never
to be forgotten. March 1 is the deadline for Longhorn sub
scriptions and it is necessary that the corps make it pos
sible for this publication to continue during the years to
come by their pledges. If the student body fails to support
this annual, prospects for its continuation during the pre-
Sfent year are very gloomy indeec..
Several hundred subscriptions were hoped for from
the incoming freshmen but they console themselves with the
belief that they would benefit in no way by subscribing to
the Longhorn as they will not be included in this issue.
Nevertheless, they should take enough pride in their school
and love it in a manner such that they will rally behind
and support any cause which might make it a greater in
stitution in any way. They have an opportunity now to make
it possible for an Aggie tradition, long favored through
the years, to stay alive and remain as one of those non-
describable untouchables which helps to comprise the spirit
of Aggieland.
BACKWASH
By
Junior Canis
01e‘ Canis, Jr. has taken over
now since pappy has left to make
a famous name for himself in this
dreary bleak world. Ole’ “Papp”
Canis was a good ole cuss; there
never was a better or bigger wolf
(a dashing “alias” for Fox) in
these here parts.
Serene dignity prevailed O’er
the campus during the last week
as new seniors gradually became
accustomed to their new ice cream?
and long awaited privileges. Sure
feels good to take a seat in Guion'
Hall without looking at the row
number in the middle section.
Most of the old seniors were glad
to relinquish their cadet officer
duties; others were reluctant to
see company meetings and forma
tions become a thing of the past
in their life at Aggieland.
Nomination of the
Week:
A. & M.’s most faithful and
truest cadet to the women, Dan
McGurk; Our greatest romeo and
heartbreaker, “Porky” Langford;
Our best dancer, “Springy” Sprag-
ins; Most handsome and sweetest
to the women, “Curly” Drewry;
Most innocent, “Hands” Stroud;
Most ambitious, Gordon Harrigan;
Most studious, Jimmie Evans.
Seen Enjoying
Themselves:
Errol Kearby and his sweet
sixteen year old at the Plantation
in Dallas with “Father” Higgs
and his o.a.o. There’s nothing like
dating these high school girls is
there J. B.?
Bill Bumpas, ’46, was enjoying
himself at Lou Ann’s before leav
ing for the Navy tomorrow. Bub-
ba Yates, Harold Springs and for
mer yell leader Jack Knox were
the sole rooters foi- the Maroon
and White at the T. C. U. game
Saturday p.m. Former E Company
man Johnny Young and Merchant
Seaman Dale Yarbrough lended
vocal support for the Agiges cause
at the Friday night game with
S.M.U. Both were ably escorted.
Any Aggies unfamiliar with the
alleys and side streets of Hunts
ville please consult Jack “Speedy”
Ross. Seems Jack became familiar
with them one night very hur
riedly while playing hide and
seek with some Huntsville “riv
als”.
Noticed About the
Campus:
The shined shoes and immaculate
grooming of the new seniors dur
ing the past week; how long will
this continue after the promotion
list comes out ? The hesitant hand
shakes and hello’s offered by new
freshmen; The fiendish gleam in
the sophomore’s eyes just before
the Aggie-Texas u. game Tuesday;
Contented Seniors and their cigars
at the game; The scuffle for the
Texas u. blanket; The far-away
dreamy look in the Frog’s eyes dur
ing the weekend; Home sweet
home and sleeping until 8:30 was
sure swell; complacent Juniors
wondering where to go over the
weekend for their first serge-out
ing; The envied Fish who escorted
two Mary-Hardin-Baylor lassies to
mess at noon Sunday; The new
non-regs bedecked in their flashy
cowboy boots and stetsons.
Odds and Ends:
She was just a young girl and
as she peered out of her berth on
the sleeper she coyly asked the
elderly gentleman: Sir, have you
the time? No, madam, nor the in
clination, was the reply; Up to
sixteen a lad is a Boy Scout; af
ter sixteen he becomes a girl scout
While every man has his wife,
only the ice man has his pick.
Beneath the moon he told his love,
The color left her cheeks, But on
the shoulder of his coat, It plain
ly showed for weeks. Mr. Smith
kissed his wife a fond farewell as
he was about to catch the morn
ing bus. But, for the first time in
five years, he missed it. Thinking
to surprise his spouse, he tiptoed
into the kitchen, and implanted a
tender kiss on the back of her neck
as she was washing the dishes.
“Good morning,” she said, “I’ll
have two bottles of milk and a pint
of cream”.
OPEN
FOR UM
A. S. T. P. Excerpts
By Archie Broodo
A new semester is one week old
and many new A.S.T.P. and A. S.
T. R. P. students are trying to be
come accustomed to their new
school life. The A.S.T. Unit- on
the campus has been offered a
space in the Battalion to keep the
men in the unit posted on what’s
happening and to let the Aggies
know what we’re doing here in the
outfit for extra-curricula activi
ties and recreation. We hope
through this column to bring about
} a better understanding between
the Aggies and the men the Army
chose to send to Texas A. & M.
/
The trainees who have already
spent a semester at A. and M.
wish to extend a hearty welcome
to the new arrivals, and we hope
that while taking the training in
your stride and performing the
Army duties assigned to you, you
will have as pleasant a time dur
ing your stay here as is possible.
The Army Specialized Training
Advanced Plan was created to
train engineers for Army needs,
and not just to send a certain
amount of men back to school. To
get into the advanced program,
a man must pass several difficult
examinations and also have some
former college work on his record.
The program is a rigid one with
very little time left for the ex
tra activities make life a little
niore interesting at a civilian
school. The men go to classes all
day and finish up each day with
the same physical training program
that the aggies have had for
some time. The hours durng
the day not scheduled for ac
tual classes are used for study
in the dormitories. The men
and officers in the unit have a very
cooperative spirit, and all new men
should find it very easy to fit into
CTORY
BUY
tlXITED
fTATES
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
the outfit and help us keep up the
high morale which the unit has
always strived to maintain.
One of our main forms of rec
reation is our basketball team. We
are very proud of the record the
team has piled up. In about four
teen games to date, the team has
won all but one of their games.
Included in the list of teams the
A.S.T.U. quint has defeated are
four Bryan Army • Airfield aggre
gation, the Hearne P. 0. W. Camp,
Camp Hood, the Aggies twice, and
the McCloskey General Hosiptal
team.
Last Friday the team paced by
Bob Lewis, Jerry Cooper, and
Sparky Cohn defeated a Bryan field
team 38-31 in the DeWare Field
House. The score was close
throughout the game, except when
toward the end of the game, the
college team made eight quick
points to win.
The team, made up of former col
lege stars and players, is coach
ed by Bob and Fred Lewis, twins,
who played on the U. of Utah
team, N.C.A.A. 1943-44 champions
and mythical national champions.
Other players include: Jerry Coop
er, all Mason-Dixon conference
player, from Johns Hopkins (Mary
land); Marvin Cohn from Illinois
Tech; Dick Halpem and Bill Free
man who were teammates at Clark
son College of Technology (New
York); Herb Eisenhart, a regular
from Juniata (Pennsylvania),
which was considered the best
small college team in the East
last year; Lou Oddo, from Ursin
us (Pennsylvania); Ken Faylor,
from Albright (Pennsylvania); Ed
die Sheptow, from Duke (N. C.);
Jack Perry, V.P.I.; Byron Parshall,
Michigan; and Murray Herscovitz.
Gene Scofield, star of last term’s
team, who graduated, played for
Brown University (R.I.).
In my experience as a Football
Official I have had several in
stances when an irate player would
report unsportsmanlike conduct on
the part of an
opponent. These
| players u s u a lly
|| concluded their
I protest by say-
ing, “If he doesn’t
| quit it I am go
ing to let him
have it.” I have
always told these
I! men to keep on
playing football
and let the offi
cials handle any
Penberthy cases of unfair
play.
I guess it is only natural for us
to have an impulse to “get even”
when someone does something un
fair to us and I am sure that all
of us, at one time or another, could
not resist the temptation to retali
ate. However it usually takes a
lot of time and effort to think up
and to put into practice a suitable
retaliation and just think how many
good things we could think up and
do with just half of the effort. Be
sides I am convinced that the ones
who keep on playing ball, regard
less of what the other fellow does,
come out far ahead in the long run.
I once heard a preacher say that
if our enemy slaps us on one cheek
we should turn our other cheek.
But, he said, if he slaps the other
cheek we are free to retaliate be
cause the Bible doesn’t say what
to do in that case. However, I don’t
think the other cheek will be slap
ped often because the great ma
jority of folks want to do the right
thing and we are not going to com
mit two wrongs in succession. They
are more apt to be quick to apolo
gize for the first if given the
chance by the turn of the other
cheek.
The best remark I have heard in
regard to revenge is that “Some
people give parties for the purpose
of not inviting someone.”
Residents of the Tonto Basin
County in Arizona place their cow
brand on the wild walnut trees of
their home range when they find
trees bearing edible nuts. Report
has it that walnut is abundant in
this region but all of the trees do
not bear edible mats.
• •
• •
As The World Turns
• •
• •
By Dr. A1 B. Nelson
The rumor now circulating is to
the effect that General MacAiihur
will not be permitted to command
future military operations against
Japan but will be left in charge of
cleaning up the Philippines while
some other officer leads the next
offensive. The reason behind this
is said to be that the President
fears that the people may draft
the General as a future candidate
for the presiden-
qy, therefore, po
litical expediency
would dictate
that MacArthur
be kept out of the
public eye in the
future.
Churchill,
Roosevelt, and
Stalin are all
probably making
decisions in their
pre sent confer
ence that will mean peace or war
for future generations. Even the
military decisions and those in
volving the future of Germany
must take second place in rela
tion to the future of world organi-
Nelson
zation. The plans made or unmade,
the agreements or disagreements
participated in by these three men
will in all probability mean the
success or failure of the effort to
avoid the destruction of world civ
ilization in the next war. The de
cisions made will also largely in
fluence the survival' of represent
ative government as known to the
people of the United States and
England, or its replacement as the
dominant form of” - world govern
ment by the spirit of totalitarian
ism as represented by Stalin and
Russia.
What shall be done with Italy,
the nation which has fought on
both sides in the present struggle.
That is one of the most pertinent
questions before the allied nations.
A proposal is actually before the
U. S. Congress to recognize Italy
as a full ally and extend the bene
fits of lend-lease to this former
enemy nation, thus rewarding the
people for the “stab in the back”
and their constant attempt to ride
the “winning horse” in the race for
world control.
The following is a letter re
ceived by Mr. A. V. Moore, from
Vurrell Yutzen, former student
now serving in the Philippines.
Yutzen was a Junior student
majoring in Dairy Husbandry
when he joined the navy in
1941.—Ed.
MALARIA CONTROL UNIT 92
ADVANCE BASE 5,
Leyte Area, Philippines,
25 November, 1944.
Week Ending 25 Nov., 1944.
Today I feel more or less like a
fugitive from a fox-hole. Lack of
rain on this bright Sunday was
not the sole reason for the hill
sides to break out with a rash of
fox-holes. Enemy action has great
ly increased. Our fox-hole, which
for the past few' days has been
used as a resude dump, was drained
and cleaned, and (from the sounds
below) is being extended another
eight feet. It promises to become
the largest on the island. ! continue
to trust in providence, and have
showed no physical interest in a
fox-hole. This management is left
to a more serious member of the
team who is greatly concerned
about his body which he hopes to
take back to his home and wife in
one piece and with no perforations.
This corpsman has evingled two
jig-a-boos from the tent below to
help with the extention for use of
the fox-hole. Now, a fox-hole six
teen feet long is much too long,
and one glance at the proposed
depth made me ask (I hope tact
fully) if they were planning on
putting in a balcony, or lay sew
age pipes. If size is any indication
of safety, the fox-hole should be
as safe as a Federal controlled
bank. *
The moon is at that phase which
offers the most competition for the
sun, a condition which the Japs are
using to full advantage. The past
three nights have shown increased
activity in fireworks. The revival
of interest in fox-holes today came
from three raids this morning
which badly shattered nerves, etc.
(The etc is for what the censors
will not pass.) The worst scare
came at noon when a boogie was
shot down directly over the chow-
hall at noon, and which seemed
headed to crash into the chow hall.
Everyone made a dive under the
heavy tables. I was much too
slow. There was not enough room
under my table, so I compromised
by putting my head under ostrich
fashion, leaving my back and rear
exposed, probably my most vulner
able spots. The plane missed the
building and crashed into the wa
ter below the hill. At any rate I
did not get so muddy as those un
der the table, or those who threw
themselves flat in the mud outside
to avoid the strafing.
It is more fun to watch planes
shot down at night, because the
firing and burning planes resemble
fire-works. Each raid is like a foot
ball game. Whenever a plane is
shot down a thunder of yells and
crys ring from the hill-side. Tokyo
Rose has promised to wipe our base
off the map. A heavy read is ev-
pected tonight, and scuttlebutt
(gossip) is wild. Parachutists (Jap
anese Imperial Marines) are re
ported landed nearby. Let’s hope
that they will be taken care of.
Bananas and pineapples continue
to be welcomed addition to meals.
I have never seen so great a con
sumption of bananas as that of this
team. One morning we traded for
138 bananas. They were eaten by
noon the next day. Bananas, pine
apples, canned milk and sugar is a
delicious mixture, our only good
treat. We trade for fresh eggs,
also, which we cook over a small
fire outdoors. Chickens we do not
buy, because we are afraid of
avia i tuberculosis. At present, a
large number of bananas are ripe-
The Lowdown On
Qampus ^Distractions
By Teddy Bernstein
Guion—Playing this Tuesday is
“Buffalo Bill” with Joel McCrea.
Maureen O’Hara, Linda Darnell,
Thomas Mitchell, and Anthony
Quinn. This is an exciting picture
telling the story of William F.
Cody’s thrilling life. The screen
tells this epic story in all of its
original glory. It covers the many-
faceted career of Buffalo Bill as
a guide and hunter, and his efforts
to make peace between the Ind
ians and the government.
Lowdown: A good show and
showing only one day.
Showing Wednesday and Thurs
day is “The Hour Before Dawn”
with Franchot Tone, Veronica Lake,
Binnie Barnes, John Sutton, and
Henry Stephenson. Adapted from
a W. Somerset Maugham novel,
and concerns a female Nazi agent
who marries into an English first
family. The plot is chiefly about
her troubles with her conscience.
Lowdown: A very interesting
picture, but not a knockout.
Campus—Playing Tuesday is
“Tampico” with Edgar G. Robin
son, Lynn Bari and Victor Mc-
Laglen. The romance and drama
of the seven seas of this war is
told in this story of the fate of
a torpeded ship. The captain goes
ashore to find spies and finds ro
mance.
Lowdown: A good adventure and
bang up picture.
Playing Thursday is “Let’s Face
It” with Bob Hope, Betty Hutton,
Zasu Pitts, Frankie Burns, and
Dave Willock. Between jeeps, phil
andering husbands, night club se
quences, and songs, there is an
interwoven story about Bob Hope
breaking out of the guard house,
and, with the help of his buddies,
captures a submarine.
Lowdown: A very funny, funny
picture.
Palace—Playing in Bryan this
Tuesday is “Maisie Goes to Reno”
with Ann Sothern, and others. A
over worked war worker goes on
a vacation and ends up patching
up a soldier’s romance for him.
In the course of events she meets
(See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4)
ning in our gear locker, along with
five pineapples. Canned ham and
fresh pineapple cooked over an
outside fire also provides an oc
casional treat and a respite from
dehydrated foods. Life overseas is
not always unpleasant.
Sources of information are few.
All scuttle-butt is gathered either
in the heads, the chow hall or from
Tokyo Rose. What is happening
in the outside world since early
October is still unknown. However,
we get brief reports concerning
the present war, but they give lit
tle true information. We are eager
ly awaiting newspapers and Time
to see what had happened here. An
advance Time, which told about
the initial landings was flown in.
The optimistic and bright accounts
brought a laugh, particularly the
reference to Jap. resistance as
“nuisance raids.”
Thursday brought word that we
would move—news that brought
much moaning 'and gripping be
cause we have completed so much
work. The lab now h^s cabinet,
(including a file cabinet, my great
pride), six chairs, three tables con
structed from plywood and white
pine. These are stained with a
^eddish gold oil stain I made up
from my paints. Little did I realize
the extra-curricular work these
paints would do.
Enemy action has lessened this
week, but this was due to inclement
weather. However, we continue
to be awakened each morning
around five by “Washing-machine
Charlie”—a slow poke plane which
flies over to drop a few bombs. His
aim is very poor, fortunately,— so
poor that anti-aircraft gunfire is
slight.
I hope you like this cherry paper.
We had a choice of white, green, or
cheery, but littletime was available
to make a good decision,—the guard
was coming.
Vurrell.
9C & 20C
Phone 4-1166
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Box Office Opens at 1 P.M.
Closes at 8:30
TUESDAY ONLY
“BUFFALO BILL”
— with —
Joel McCrea
Linda Darnell
in Technicolor
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.
“To Have and
Have Not”
— with —
Humphrey Bogart
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
“Hail the
Conquering”
’ — with —
Eddie Bracken
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Also Selected Short Subjects
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
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A Paramount Picture
Also Cartoon
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Another Hit From PARAMOUNT starring
VERONICA FRANCHOT
LAKE • TONE
JOHN SUHON-BINNIE BARNES
also Cartoon and News
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Double Feature
GEORGE
MONTGOMERY
ANNABELLA
with
KENT TAYLOR
..WALLY
Rookies>f
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ERF0RD GAGE . JOAN BARcIaY V
CLAIRE CARLETON • TED HECHT
Produced by Bert Gilroy • Directed by Leslie Goodwb*.
ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY BY EDWARD JAMBi