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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1945
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—The Battalion
STUDENT BI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444
Texas A. & M. College
Battalion, offiaial newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
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Associated Collegiate Press
Dick Goad
Eli Barker
J. B. Clark Staff Photographer
Teddy Bernstein Feature Writer
R. L. Bynes Sports Writer
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Rueben Costa Sports Writer
L. H. Calahan Reporter
Jimmie Long Reporter
Attend Church . . . Often
The week of February 19-23 is being celebrated all over
the nation as religious emphasis week, and here at College
Station daily services are being held with classes being set
aside for one hour each day to allow the students to attend.
Services for all denominations are included and everyone has
the wonderful opportunity to give thanks for the many
things for which we are so fortunate to be blessed with at
this time. Prayers will not only be offered here in the United
States but also on the far distant battlefields, war-weary
soldiers, once again will pause between battles and ask for
the mercy and guidance of their Savior. It’s a funny thing,
though how, day after day, we read and hear of reports where
some serviceman overseas has been converted into the most
religious sense of mind, whereas before he was not affected
to a great extent by religion. Our own brothers and sons
who have returned from the battlefields relate to us the
importance of prayers to the soldier in battle, and they tell
us how they themselves prayed several times a day. They
tell us of their own Bible with which they were never sep
arated, and its devout meaning to them. They tell us that
the only reason they are back home alive is because their
prayers were answered and> they were spared through the
mercy of the Lord. Some men who had never even read the
Bible before or attended church before return to this country
desiring only to serve their Savior and pay him homage for
the remainder of their life. Others, though, and this is the
depressing part of it, return to their homes and before long
they are no longer attending church services or reading
the Bible. They are relaxing now and they no longer have to
dodge bullets or cringe in muddy fox-holes and they are not
scared. They have the deserved feeling of security and their
minds, as they ought to be, are occupied with the many prob
lems of reconversion, the beginning of a new life. But, gone
are the many hallowed prayers of thankfulness, the whole
hearted confessions to the Lord. That veteran still has a
great deal to be thankful for, terrible though his overseas
action may have been. He is still very lucky to be “spared”
to be able to live in the great land for which he fought so
gallantly; to be able to rise each morning and be blessed
during the day with the many pleasures and comforts about
us; the sunshine, the low, rolling hills, the singing of the
birds, the clear, rippling streams and the many wonders pro
vided by nature. All simple, little elements, but without
them life would not be worth living and we are among those
blessed with them. The returned serviceman wants to blot
out from his memory all that happened to him while he was
away and make a fresh clean start in life. He will need un
derstanding and inspiration and nowhere will he have a
better opportunity to adjust himself in mind and spirit than
in his simple prayers and communion with the Lord. Church
services, especially prepared, are being held daily this week.
Be present at these services and attend church . . . often.
TSCW Pitch In On War Bond Sales
Much of the success of the War Savings Program in
Texas State College for Women is due to an efficient student
organization directed by a Student Finance Chairman, elect
ed annually by the student body and a staff of dormitory
sub-chairmen who set up booths once a week for two-hour
sales before house meetings. The first college in Texas to
earn the right to fly the SCHOOLS AT WAR flag, TSCW
first flew the blue minute man March 2, 1944, Texas Inde
pendence Day. Students are determined to keep the flag
flying until the boys come marching home.
The regular program is stepped up from time to time
by inter-dormitory competitions. Last summer, skits pre
sented before the twice-weekly movies in the College Sum
mer Outdoor Theatre stressed the need of buying as much
and as often as possible. War Finance sub-chairmen were
always on hand to sell their wares.
This year’s campaign got off to a good start with 94
per cent of the 2,492 students buying stamps in October.
Plans for the Spring Campaign include sponsorship of an
ambulance plane.—Associated College Press.
Young People Have Religion
Criticism is often heard concerning the non-religious,
sometimes almost irreverent attitude of the young people of
today. Those who make such criticisms frequently have not
stopped to look around them and take account of the actual
situation.
Young men and women do not have their parents around,
urging them to attend church—they do it because they want
to. A l£rge percentage of the churches in this town also
have regular Sunday evening meetings which are composed
almost entirely of young people.—Associated Collegiate Press.
George Washington University (Washington, D. C.) is
establishing a center on the campus for World War Veterans
in the District of Columbia as a part of its service for mem
bers of the armed services who are returning to civilian life.
The center will include quarters for the Director of Veteran’s
Education, a Local Office of the U. S. Veterans Administra
tion, and the Washington Counseling Center—an office for
testing and counseling veterans on vocations. The club House
maintained by the University for student veterans adjoins
the Center.—ACP.
Ginny Tomion of Michigan State College was more than
a .little embarrassed last week when she cut her 4 p.m. lit
class to meet the professor in the hall. She explained that
some cigarettes had just come in at Byrnes’ store and even
offered to split a package with him. Prof. A. J. M. Smith held
out for a whole package.—ACP.
Military training has been offered at the University of
Kentucky since 1865.—ACP.
BACKWASH Junio^’canis
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
Spring was a mirauge. 1 Sly
Mother Nature spent a week im
planting in virile Aggies the ir
resistible impulses that accompany
the resurging of life in the Spring
time.
Then comes this—this raih and
mud and slush. And we are com
pelled to sit in our holes and tem
per our desires with memories.
Memories of way back when . . .
YOUNG AND INNOCENT
Tessie: Haven’t I seen you some
where before ?
Frog: Well,—not face to face.
Tessie: What do you mean?
Frog: I walked down dormitory
row behind you yesterday.
Tessie: But how could you re
member me?
Frog: I couldn’t forget that
sway—I mean Sweater.
Tessie: Glad you like it—the
sweater.
Frog: It has its points.
Tessie: I got it at Neiman-Mar-
cus.
Frog: Uh-huh.
Tessie: It’s real camel’s hair.
Frog: Uh-huh.
Tessie: Are you near-sighted?
Frog: Uh-huh. Oh! Uh-huhi
YOUNG AND INNOCENT,
BUT WILLING
Tessie: And I had thought you
so trust-worthy.
Soph: What did I do?
Tessie: When we were in Lowry.
Oh, you didn’t but you tried to.
Soph: Do what?
Tessie: Oh, Aggies are all alike!
And I wouldn’t let a one kiss me.
Soph: You wouldn’t!
Tessie: I don’t think so.
Soph: Positive?
Tessie: Well—unless he is a very
special friend.
Soph: I’m ’specially friendly.
—
Tessie: I know.
Soph: Can I?
Tessie: Oh, well. Just once.
YOUNG AND WILLING
Junior: You’re beautiful—with
that soft moonlight bathing your
face.
Tessie: That doesn’t sound much
like an Aggie.
Junior: With you as an inspira
tion, I could write sheaths of
poetry.
Your presence means so very
much to me. Etc., etc., etc. . . .
Tessie: We had better go in the
College Club.
Junior: Don’t change the sub
ject.
Tessie: But we can’t get in after
eleven.
Junior: You must really like to
dance.
Tessie: I love to!
Junior: Great! That’s much
more fun than dancing.
WILLING
Tessie: You remind me of an
octopus.
Senior: I owe all my success to
Mr. Penny.
Tessie: Who is Mr. Penny?
Senior: He’s our P. E. instruc
tor.
Tessie: Oh!
Senior: He really puts us through
the mill with his exercises.
Tessie: What, for instance?
Senior: Well, here’s a good one.
1—2—3—4—1—2 .
Tessie: Let me try.
Senior: Okay, spread your arms
wide.
Tessie: Let me go, this instant!
Senior: Not ’til I’ve kissed you.
Tessie: Don’t.
■ Senior: ....
Tessie: Do it again, you make
my stomach turn over.
:: As The World Turns ::
By Dr. A1 B. Nelson
The Marines have landed on the
Japanese island of IWO JIMA,
seven hundred and fifty miles
south of Tokyo. This island, when
completely cleared of Japs, will
provide a splendid base from which
medium bombers and super-forts
can give the Japanese capiitol a
continuous bomb-
jaMltow ing on .i i ound the
JPSilPV clock ■ hedule
Ip: J* with land based
TBft fighter plane pro-
fln illF Section. With this
. island as a base
American troops
>jf|| can have their
jr choice of striking
directly at the
* • Japanese home
islands on their
Nelson next invasion
thrust, or striking at Formosa
from a base in the Philippines or
-jumping across to the Chinese
mainland. The Japanese can never
know where the next invasion at
tempt will be made.
Manila Bay, with its naval base
at Cavite, is once more available
to the American fleets, for Correg-
idor Island at the entrance to the
bay is being cleaned up by United
States troops, its big guns are si
lenced and fleet units have already
steamed past into the bay. Manila
Bay will provide the finest pos
sible staging center for invasion
of either Formosa or the Chinese
mainland.
The Russian winter offensive is
at least temporarily at a stand
still, the German defense line
along the Oder River is holding
against the Russian attacks. In all
probability the Russian armies will
now have to wait until additional
supplies reach the front lines be
fore making an all out attack on
the defense line of the Oder.
The attempt of the national ad
ministration to rush a bill through
Congress giving the President com
plete power to draft labor for war
factories anywhere in the United
States has bogged down in the
United States Senate after pass
ing the House of Representatives.
Many of the Senators claim that
the legislation is unnecessary, that
the war plants already have all
the men that they can handle. If
this legislation passes the Senate
it would permit the administration
to completely ruin any business
firm that incurred their displeas-
ui’e by stripping said firm of its
employees. Such power should not
be placed in the hands of any ad
ministration at any time unless the
very life of the nation is at stake.
It would be one of the very last
steps in making possible an abso
lute dictatorship in the United
States.
“Aggies In Action” . . .
Fightin ’ Texas Aggies
Class of 1944
Lieutenants Robert S. Lard and
Vance M. Carrington have been
awarded the Bronze Star for com
bat action in France. Lt. Viggo K.
Gruy, Belgium has been awarded
the Silver Star. Lieutenant J. W.
Shuford is now a “veteran of the
Battle of Kelly Field”, where he
broke his foot while wrestling a
fellow officer in the gym. Lt. Jack
Keith reports he has not run across
any Aggies in Paris, France, but
says that he has been keeping
pretty busy. 1st/Sgt. Dennis B.
Andricks, is at Miami Beach, Fla.,
for reassignment after returning
from two years of service in the
European theater. Henry Ash, who
graduated here only last month
is now in the Merchant Marines.
Lt John T. Swope, Jr. has been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry in action during the Nor
mandy campaign. He has been ill,
but has recovered and will soon re
turn to duty at the Headquarters
Channel Base Section, ETOUSA,
Pfs. Ted B. Goldmann expects to
be back on duty soon. He was
slightly wounded in January but
he reports he is getting along
okay. Herman L. Woolley of Glade-
water and Overton, has been pro
moted to the grade of Sgt. He is
engineer and top turret gunner on
a Flying Fortress of the eighth Air
Force. Lt. Newman McLarry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McLarry,
Sulphur Springs, has been award
ed the Silver Star for gallantry
in action in France.
Class of 1943
1st Lt. Don Little was recently
promoted to that rank and has
been awarded the Bronze Star in
addition. He is with the U. S.
Third Army in France. Pfc. John
H. Parker of Bryan has been over
seas for several months and is now
attached to the Finance Office of
an eighth Ftr. Command Head
quarters Squadron. Lt. Jackson D.
“Jake” Webster was wounded in
action in Holland on November
2nd and is now at the Hammond
General Hospital at Modesta, Cal
ifornia. The extent of his injuries
is not known. Lt. Arthur M.
Starnes, Grapevine, Texas, recently
returned from India, where he was
with the 20th Air Force as a bom
bardier on a B-29 Superfortress,
and is now awaiting reassignment.
He now holds the Air Medal. Lt.
Alex F. Mayer.. Henderson,. Ken
tucky, is a Platoon Leader with the
The Lowdown On
Qamiyus ^Distractions
By Teddy Bernstein
429the Ord. Tire Repair Co. which
repairs more than 550 tires a day,
somewhere in Italy. Lt. Mayer has
been overseas eight months and
weal's the North American Defense
Ribbon and the Mediterranean
Theater Ribbon with one Battle
Participation Star. Lts. Wayne 0.
Cure and Weldon Maples have both
been reported missing in Germany.
Unofficial information indicates
that Maples is a prisoner of war,
but no report has yet been received
about Cure. Both men were foot
ball teammates at It. & M. Lt.
Jack L. Taylor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Taylor of Waelder,
Texas, was recently awarded the
Silver Star for gallantry in action
on the fifth Army front, in Italy.
He engaged two G'erman machine
guns in a fire fight to enable his
platoon to surround and capture
both positions. The company then
took quick advantage of this breach
in the enemy’s defenses and sur
rounded a town, capturing an en
emy officer and 51 men.
Silver Taps
Class of 1944
T—5 John H. Seay.
—A&M—
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Mathews, secretary, has announced.
This will be a get-together
meeting for local members of the
scientific research society, during
which Curtis J. Hesse, Museum
curator, will discuss the Museum
program with relation to the Col-
Guion—Playing this Tuesday is
“See Here, Private Hargrove, with
Robei’t Walker, Donna Reed, Keen
an Wynn, Robert Benchley, and
Bob Crosby. This show concerns
itself with the troubles of a “Pvt”.
A young newspaperman goes to
war and is sucked in by some prac
tical jokers to appying at their date
bureau. The GI gets his woman
in the end though and a bonus
to boot.
Lowdown: A strictly 3 bell pic
ture.
Showing Wednesday and Thurs
day is “Mr. Winkle Goes To War”
lege, Mathews said.
A letter has been received by the
local branch from Dr. George A.
Baitsell, executive secretary of
the national organization, advising
that the petition for establishing
a Sigma Xi Club at the College has
been approved. Members at the
February meeting will be given a
full report of the action.
Other officers of the Texas A. &
M. Sigma Xi Club include Dr. J. D.
Lindsay, president, and Dr. W. A.
Varvel, president elect. ,
starring Edgar G. Robinson, Ruth
Warrick, and Ted Donaldson. The
picture is very funny in parts,,
although it has its serious mom
ents too. An “over 38” draftee
who chose to stay in the Army
and in the end becomes a hero.
The really funny part of this pic
ture is imaging Edgar G. as a
comedian.
Lowdown: A good picture for an
open afternoon.
Playing Friday is “Curse of the
Cat People” with Simone Simon,
Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, and
Ann Carter. This is the typical
mystery about the unknown. A
child who visits a haunted house
where she receives a wishing ring
from a strange old lady with a
crazed daughter, became obsessed
by this strange cult.
Lowdown: A typical mystery and
corny at that.
Palace—snowing in Bryan this
week is a humdinger of a show.
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” with
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman,
Akim Tamiroff are the main ac
tors. Sam Wood is the director of
this spic of the Spanish Civil War.
The picture is taken from Ernest
Hemingway’s novel of an American
who serves in the Spanish Civil
War as a guerilla and finds love
and death among the guerillas.
This picture was selected as best
picture for May by the box office
barometer.
Lowdown: If anything like the
book, be there.
A. S. X. P. Excerpts
ASTU — 2nd Co.
By Bob Frisby and
Dick Augrain
ASTU —7~ 1st Co.
By Phillip Lichtenstein and
Harold Squire
This week finds all the new men
in the second company fully uni
formed and on the road to recovery
from all their vaccinations. Their
only worry now is the physical con
ditioning program. Their chances
of survival are much better.
McIntosh and Essley, two of the
new men in our unit are having
complications on their home fronts.
Seems that polar attractions are
stronger from the South than from
the North. Say fellows, what’s
Houston got that Dallas hasn’t?
This bit of sentiment was in
tended for last week’s edition, but
by mistake was left out. We of the
army contingent wish to take this
opportunity to welcome the Aggies
to these lonely hitherto unoccupied
dormitories at this end of the cam
pus. Thanks for the company, fel
lows. We’re really glad to have
you.
The “Stage-door” canteen in
Houston has been bulging on the
week-ends lately with men from
ASTU 3800. Can’t you guys tell
us why? Surely it can’t be because
of the beautiful women.
Out of the twenty-five men of
our company who tried out for the
ASTP basketball team, three ob
tained positions. It is a great honor
for William Ponder, Paul Georgas,
and Thomas Robbins to be placed
on a team made up of formerdy
great college athletes.
The manly, booming voice of Ray
Holasek could be heard calling the
cadence for the company while
marching to the mess hall Sunday
noon. It sounded a bit indecisive.
What was the trouble, Ray ?
Weren’t you hungry?
Our cadet first sergeant, five
feet, three inches “Rugged Nugget”
Wasserman, and our cadet Major,
“Skyhook” Van Tuyl, present the
two extremes of stature in our or
ganization. Wasserman contends,
“all good things come in small
packages.” From Van Tuyl, “Aw,
I’m not so tall; I’m only five feet,
eighteen inches”. Nice, modest kids,
those two.
Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
Ingrid Bergman
and
Gary Cooper
“For Whom The
Bell Tolls”
SUN. MON. TUBS.
Diana Lynn
“OUR HEARTS
WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
Discovered last week—one G. I.
who actually spent Saturday night
wrestling with his calculus. This
noble fellow is David Leventhal.
He and Alvin Fagan should get
together. Let them be looked upon
with awe.
The second half of the Bryan
Field-ASTP basketball game was
more interesting than the first
half, wasn’t it, Alfred Gitter?
Where did you meet her?
Judging from the numerous out
pourings of classical and popular-
tunes, there is quite a wealth of
musical talent in the ASTP this
term. Bob Athey plays a hot sax
and there are some smooth trum
peters on the upper floors. Maybe
they could get together and give
out as a unit band.
Arden Greenwald says that Hous
ton is a great city. Especially nice
are the USO arranged private
parties and Houston waitresses.
If a date can be arranged be
tween Calvin McGillis, a loaded
Ml, and the animal that keeps us
awake nights with its soothing-
rasp, it will be well worth the ef
fort.
The ASTP 1st Co. basketball
team trounced Section K of the
Bryan Air Field cadets 54-30 last
weekend at the De Ware Field
House. This victory was the sec
ond of the college unit over this
particular Bryan Field team this
year. After scoring ten points in
the first four minutes while hold
ing the Air Corps scoreless, the
ASTP led all the way. Coaches Bob
and Fred Lewis used every man
on their large seventeen man
squad. Bill Freeman was high
scorer with twelve points, Bob
Lewis had ten. Jerry Cooper
eight, Dick Haljarn six, and Fred
Lewis five. New men on the squad
who entered the unit this term
are Bill Gander, Paul Georgas, and
Tom Robbins—all reserves; Joe
Fisher, Jack Russell, and Dick
Blake.
Opens 1 P.M. — 4-1181
TUBS. & WED.
“SLIGHTLY
HONORABLE”
Starring
Pat O’Brien
Ruth Terry
also
Cartoon and “Short”
THURS. & FRI.
“GOING TO TOWN”
with
Lum ’n Abner
plus
Two Color Cartoons
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Tax Included
Box Office Opens at 1 P.M.
Closes at 8:30
LAST DAY
The G. I. hero of the Nation!
“SEE HERE,
PRIVATE
HARGROVE”
also News and Sports
WEDNEDAY-THURSDAY
Added Popeye, Latest News
and Short
FRIDAY—SATURDAY
Double Feature
, and
“SEVEN DAYS
ASHORE”
Wally Brown—Allan Carney
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