THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8,1945 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 f * # l ;i * f « t: ' * The Lowdown On Campus distractions By Blimp Sager CAMPUS: Playing Thursday and Friday is “Hangmen Also Die”, starring Brian Donlevy. This is another story of the German tyran ny in occupied countries, but in this one the oppressed people are able to destroy the hated chief of the Gestapo. There are lots of thrilling action in which Donlevy does a lot of rootin’tootin’ shootin’! Lowdown: Definitely not a com edy. Playing Saturday is a double feature, “The Housekeep er’s Daughter,” starring Joan Bennett. Really a good show in which there are many funny incidents between the housekeeper’s daughter and the hero. Naturally they live hap pily ever after. Lowdown: A lovely way to spend an evening. The second feature is “Days of Glory,” with Gregory Peck and Tamara Toumanova. Peck is the commander of a Russian guerilla band that is really a pain in the neck to the Germans. When her ballet troupe is overrun by the Nazis Toumanova becomes one of them and a bang-up love affair develops between her and the com mander. A laugh shows through the blood, sweat and tears now and then furnished by a couple guer rillas who are thoroughly convinced that they can fight better slightly stewed. A thrill-packed story of war and love that starts and ends with blazing guns. Lowdown: Don’t miss it. Playing Sunday is “American Romance,” starring Brian Don levy. It is the story of an immi grant, Steve Dangos (Brian Don levy), who came to America in 1893 with great hopes and a strong back. He starts at the bottom, in fact below bottom in a mine, but by pure intestinal fortitude he runs to the top of the ladder of life. Step by step you watch him achieve success, wealth, and a family. It is a beautiful technicolor epoch of Industrial America, blended with tender love and unswerving faith. Truly a timely picture which re minds us that America is still a frontier and revives a faith which is now at a low ebb. An intensely interesting picture^ that anybody will enjoy. Lowdown: It’s your own fault if you miss it. Palace: Showing Thursday, Fri day, and Saturday is “Here Come the Waves,” with Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, and Sunny Tufts. Blonde Susie and redheaded Rose mary, twins, (both Betty Hutton, which spells double trouble) are (See DISTRACTIONS, Page 4) Hail Fellows! Well Met GUION HALL ™ 9c ’**~:*>*<±: Saturday Only Double Feature No. 1 Gregory Peck “Days of Glory” also No. 2 ‘The House Keeper’s Daughter’ Sunday and Monday “An American Romance” in technicolor starring Brian Donlevy Tuesday - Wednesday “Masie Goes to Reno” — with — Ann Sothern Thursday and Friday M-G-M’s “Dragon Seed” Man, Your Manners By I. Sherwood All the rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness. Strange as it may be we spend a lot of time eating but we never see our selves doing it. Perhaps if we did see ourselves as others see us we might want to change some of our eating habits. “Is it a breach of etiquette not to break your bread into single bites?” Bread and rolls should be broken (never cut) into small pieces and buttered as eaten, except that hot breads may be buttered while hot then broken a piece at a time as needed. “Is it wrong to put bread in the plate and put gravy on it?” Technically, gravy belongs with the meat and not on bread or po tatoes either but with butter cost ing so many red points, gravy makes a good butter substitute— it’s patriotic. “What is the proper way to eat a baked potato?” The usual way of eating a baked potato, either white or sweet, is to break it open with your fingers or with fingers and fork; mix the butter, salt, and pepper into a third of it at a time with your fork as you need it. Do not scoop out the insides with your knife or butter it with your knife. Food should never be mixed up on the plate. “Should I take some of all the foods that are passed to me?” - One should take a little from each dish passed. Take the portion nearest you. -MEMORY LANE- (1—5—15 Years Ago as Seen by The Battalion of Yesterday) ONE YEAR AGO: General: Aggies edit the Lass-0 for Tessies then attend a week-end of entertainment including a picnic at Lake Dallas. . . . Conductor Ednst Hoffman, director of the Houston Symphony is slated for Town Hall. . . . First aggie to win the Medal of Honor comes from the class of ’43. 2nd Lt. Lloyd H. Hughes has been awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for action above and beyond the call of duty in the raid on the Ploesti oil fields. Sports: :Bright prospects ahead for the Aggie Tennis team under the supervision of Manning Smith. . . . Aggies have definite date with the Longhorns on April 7-8 and May 11-12 while the dates for Service teams are still tentative. . . . Aggies will take on T. U. to night with Facio in fine form. Showing: MacMurray in “No Time for Love”, Jimmy Lydon in “Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour”, and Brian Donelvy in “Nightmare”. FIVE YEARS AGO: General: Varner, McCullen, Pierse, Sullivan, and Bums select ed as most popular seniors.'. . . George Hamilton and orchestra to play for the Engineer Ball and Corps Dance. . . . Bill Owens is DALACE ■ Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. March 7-8-9-10 “Here Comes the Waves” Bing Crosby Sun. - Mon. Tues. ‘The Master Race’ All Star Cast signed for a tour to lecture on Folk Songs. . . Architecture stu dents to Houston to study dates for Cotton Style Show. Sports: Aggie sports day turned out swell with a 11-5 victory over Grand Prize. . . . Aggie pistol team continues chalking up honors in late matches. . . .Maroons polo team drops a hot one to Shreve port 10-4. . . . Aggie golf team set up for a championship year with Texas only one expected to give any static. Showing: Robert Donat in the Count of Monte Cristo, MacMur ray in “Little Old New York”, Clark Gable in “Gone With the Wind.” TEN YEARS AGO General: Faculty members pre sent array of costumes ranging from ‘babies’ diapers to Madame’s nightshirt. Some with models. . . . Aggie debaters take on Kansas A. & M. on the subject of the Agri- cultual Adjustment Project. Sports: Aggie basketeers invade Austin seeking second win over Steers in final game under coach Reid. . . . Outcome of game will determine final conference stand ing. Aggie water polo team scores 5-5 over the Steers. . . . With the gridders intheir third week of try outs many are selected. Showing: Garbo in the “Painted Veil”, W. Beery irv “The Mighty Barnum” and Ester Ralston in “Strange Wives”. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO General: J. H. Quisenberry leads in Valedictorian race. Aloha bene fit show for the Battalion sched uled for Tuesday and Wednesday. (Students attending are excused from Call to Quarters—Opt.) Band is working hard for San Antonio- Temple Trip. . . . The campus is quiet as the tidal wave of feminity for the E. E. .and “T” dances re- ceeds and Aggies settle down. Sports: Baseball season opens to day with the Agiges playing the Houston pro’s. . . . Riflemen win the eighth corps Area Champion ship and are well on way to na tionals. . . . Intramural Golf starts this week. . . Aggie backfield shows up well in spring workouts. . . . Track season opens Saturday Showing: Joe E. Brown in “Go ing Wild.” Jeanette MacDonald in “Don’t Bet on Women.” Frank’s “side-busters”, while Mrs. Kyle, more restrained, nods her approval.—Photo by Clark. S O C / £ T Y -• Mrs.J.E. Roberts Re-Named President Of Garden Club The A. & M. Garden Club mety on Friday afternoon in the lounge of the YMCA, made especially at tractive with floral arrangements brought by Misses Edith and Ethel Cavitt, and Mesdames G'. B. Wil cox and R. K. Fletcher. Following the business session conducted by the president, Mrs. J. E. Roberts and her assisting of ficers, Mrs. D. W. Williams, chair man of the annual Flower Show, announced that the date would be near the 20th of April and that the club plans to keep the doors open from 4 to 8 p.m. so that every one will have an opportunity to view the exhibits. The A. & M. Social Club was extended an invitation to hold their annual tea on the same afternoon as the Flower Show. The club voted to furnish flow ers for the Bryan Army Air Field Hospital this month and to buy $10 worth of flower containers for the hospital. A display of interest was the assortment of Year Books of Gar den Clubs over the State. Announcement of the presenta tion of a lecturer, Mrs. G. B. Mc- Knight of Dallas on March 27th at the YMCA was made, the sub ject to be “Flower Arrangements.” Mrs. J. E. Roberts was elected delegate and Mrs. A. J. Bennett, alternate, to the State Garden Club meeting in Dallas on April 3 and 4. The election of officers resulted as follows: Mrs. J. E. Roberts, re elected president; Mrs. S. H. Yar- nell, vice president; Mrs. A. D. Stephens, second vice president; Mrs. C. A. Robinson, secretary; Mrs. J. E. Marsh, treasurer; Mrs. G. B. Wilcox,^reporter. Mrs. W. F. Adams Is Hostess to Campus Study Club Meeting PERSONALS O. L. Foster, formerly with the Bryan Production Credit Associa tion as secretary-treasurer, has been named assistant city secretary and tax collector replacing Dewey Hoak, who is now manager of the Quin Furniture Company, Nava- sota. * * * Friends of C. W. Crawford have filed his petition for reelection to the city council, the election to be held April 3rd. * * * Colonel and Mrs. Ike Ashburn, Houston, were campus visitors Sunday. * * * College Station moves: Out: Captain L. L. Kelly, from 112 Gilchrist to Bryan; H. A. Lu ther, from 402 Dexter to Erie, Pa.; Lt. R. H. Wallace, from 303 High land to Lubbock; J. C. Smith, from 305 Highland to out-of-town. In: Mrs. George Bell, to 112 Gil christ from Bryan; W. E. Robra- bacher, to 113 Highland; Lt. R. F. Miller, to 309 Highland; Lt. L. C. Schenk, to 303 Highland; C. W. Carter, to 305 Highlaand. * * * Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Connor of Spur are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Holleman in Bryan. # * * Mrs. Dan Russell is spending a few days in Marlin. * * * Milton Sorrels, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sorrels, left today for San Antonio to be inducted into the army. * * * Mrs. T. G. Boddie, daQghters Anne and Frances left Friday for Atlanta, Ga., to join Mr. Boddie, who is connected with the Civil Aeronautics Authority. * * * Mrs. R. L. Jackson spent several days in Houston last week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Wayne S. Laughlin of Oklahoma City are campus vis itors to see their son Jack, an Ag ricultural Engineering student. * * * B. F. Kennedy, representative for Veterans Administration in Waco has been on the campus since Friday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Rose of Irving, Texas were week-end guests of their son Thomas Henry, a Pe troleum Engineering student. * * * Some of the guests seen at the Aggieland Inn over the week-end were Miss Jean Smith, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Matthews, Al pine; Mrs. George S. Wright, Aus- (Continued on Page 6) As hostess for the afternoon, Mrs. W. F. Adams greeted Campus Study Club members for the regu lar meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Y.M.C.A. parlors. Flower arrangements of purple iris, pink spirea and pansies on the president’s table, and white iris, white spirea and narcissus on the piano gave a touch of spring beauty to the club room. The business session was con ducted by the president Mrs. John Ashton after which a program on China was presented. Mrs. G. E. ”Madeley discussed briefly three timely, interesting and readable books: “Virgil of a Nation” by Lin Yupang; “Among the Powers” by David Nelson Rowe; and “China After Seven Years War” by Hollington K. Tong. Some insight Into Chinese cus toms and philosophies as well as Chinese culture from a literary viewpoint was given through “The Play” in the Chinese manner, ar ranged and directed by Mrs. R. M. Sherwood. The scene was laid in a formal Chinese graden with the following cast: Reader, Marguerite Lyle; Li Chee and Tu Fu, Messen gers for the Gold Kingdom, Alice Riggs and Lois Roger; Musicians, Linda Dunlap, and Luella Haupt; Yuan Lu, Emperor of Gold King dom, Louise Edmonson; Fing Hu Lu and Chu Lu, daughters of Yu an Lu, Stella Haupt and Emma Pearson; Ming Huang, Charming Prince of Rose Scented Kingdom, Dorothy Shawn; and Po Chu, Ghost of Unearthly Kingdom, Ruth Clark. The colorful costumes along with the ingenious stage proper ties were a contributing factor to the success of this playlet in pan- tomine. Mrs. W. F. Adams introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. T. R. Spence who discussed Chinese art, displaying interesting examples from the collection made by her sister, the late Miss Hayden Baugh. Practically all types of Chinese handiwork were included. There were linens, china, silks, lacquer ware, bamboo, carvings, and porce lains, and paintings. Their paint ings have developed from their artistry in caligraphy. Of the silk, Mrs. Spence says that to the Chinese it is more than clothing for the body, it is an artist’s dream of beauty come in to being. The Chinese feel that their work in Cloisonne is the acme of the porcelain art. The lacquer work is an especially interesting process using wood and silk with the lac quer. The Chinese people are happy and friendly and their art depicts their finess of character and their love of beauty. At the next meeting of the club, the Reverend J. Hugh Farrell will discuss “The Land of Mahatma Gandhi”, on Tuesday, March 20, at the Y. M. C. A. Presbyterian Young People Entertain The College Presbyterian Young People entertained the new Pres byterian students from six-thirty to eight-thirty o’clock Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian Church. Following games Mrs. W. A. Duncan and Mrs. Clinton Med- berry served home-made cakes and coca colas. There were sixty young people present. ALTERATIONS LAUTERSTEIN'S PHONE 4-4444 LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - - - - A BIG SAVING! STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114