THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 19, 1945
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By J. L. Everett
Playing at the Palace Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, will be
“Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, star
ring' Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson,
and Phyllis Thaxtei. Based on
Major Ted Lawson’s accurate ac
count of the first American bomb
ing of Tokyo, this picture shows
in detail the training, planning, and
raw courage that went into the
mission. Against such a background
is told the ti'ue-to-life love story
of Lawson, his young wife, and his
unborn child.
So well made is the picture that
you will live through the whole
story with the characters.
Lowdown: It’s a picture you
shouldn’t miss.
At the Campus Thursday and
Friday will be “Mrs. Parkington.”
Based on. Louis Bromfield’s best
seller, “Mrs. Parkington” begins
in 1872 and ends in 1938. Between
these dates the picture unfolds the
story of a beautiful, gay daughter
of a Nevada boarding house keeper
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Double Feature
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starring
JACK HALEY
HARRIET HILLIARD
ii MARY BETH HUGHES
A Paramount Picture
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who marries a rich cosmopolite,
goes to New York with him and
becomes “a lady.” In their life
together is reflected the building
and crumbling of many of Ameri
ca’s financial empires.
Lowdown: A good picture-worth
. seeing.
At Guion Hall Thursday will be
“Janie.” A comedy starring Joyce
Reynolds and the son of an old
friend of the family. The son is in
the Army and while trying to
please him she throws a party for
the whole camp. The party ends up
in a riot as complications arrive.
Lowdown: A good p i c t u r e—
ladghs all the way through.
A double feature will play at
the Campus Saturday. “Hi Good-
Looking” is a ^comedy about a
radio star that helps an aspiring
girl singer by terming with her,
himself remaining as the “mystery
man.” Playing in it are Harriett
Hilliard, Edde Quillan, and Ozzie
Nelson.
“Ministry of Fear,” the better
half of the program stars Ray
Milland and Majorie Reynolds.
With modern England as its back
ground, this psychological mystery
drama concerns a man, who, upon
being released from an insane asy-*
lum to which he was sent after
the murder of his wife, becomes
involved with a gang of saboteurs.
Because of the former charges
against him, he avoids police pro-
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PALACE
WED. - THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
“THIRTY SECONDS
OVER TOKYO ,,
— with —
Spencer Tracy
also News of the Day presents
First Films of
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SATURDAY 9:30 PREVUE
SUNDAY and MONDAY
also miniature
“Return From Nowhere’
TUES. - WED. - THURS.
M-G-Mammoth Musical
with ESTHER
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BASIL RATHBONE
BILL GOODWIN
ETHEL SMITH
JEAN PORTER
CARLOS RAMIREZ
HARRY
JAMES
and his Music Makers
with HELEN FORREST
XAVIER
CUGAT
and hls Orchestra
with LINA ROMAY
also Pete Smith and News of
the Day Special,
World Mourns Roosevelt
Film biography of the great
president who sacrificed his
life for humanity!
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Student Poll Reveals More Recreational
Facilities Are Needed For Students Here
SUN. - MON. - TUES.
“WOMAN IN THE
WINDOW”
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AUDREY LONG • ELISABETH RISDON • DON DOUGLAS
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Plus Cartoon and Short
By L. H. Calahan
It has been the custom of the
Battalion to present news items
and features that are of interest to
the students, faculty members and
residents of College Station. Re
cently a number of features have
been written giving student opin
ions on various matters and sub
jects that are believed to be of in
terest as well as important to all
Aggies. This article is one that
should be of interest to all students
and faculty members as well, and
it is hoped that the opinions ex
pressed herein will have some af
fect on the A. & M. of tomorrow.
Everyone is talking about that
‘^little something” that is missing
around the campus now days. It is
understood that there is an acute
shortage of women around the
school, but in the minds of those
that have been here for a couple
of years there are things that are
more important. A few men in the
class of 1944 have been interviewed
and they felt that life at Aggie-
land today doesn’t even compare to
that of two or three years ago.
Perhaps the greatest thing that
is lacking is school spirit. They
felt that there is no spirit at all
around the campus, and that every
thing will get back to normal when
the servicemen return to school
after the war.
Tony Barcelona, vet student in
the class of 1946, said that he has
lived in Bryan since his birth and
he has seen Aggie Spirit for many
years and he believes that it will
take quite a long time to have
things back to normal even after
the veterans return to school. Bar
celona said that life on the campus
and in the dormitory seems to be
drab and uncolorful, something
that was never seen in the good
ole’ days.
Donald R. Bynes, freshman, said
that he hasn’t been at A. & M.
long enough to know what the old
spirit used to be like, but that he
thinks there is a shortage of en
tertainment facilities. Of course
freshmen are not supposed to have
much outside recreation, but he
said there isn’t even anything to
do when you have a date or guest.
Bill ■ Geer, Aggie football star,
said that he believes the lack of
school spirit is the most outstand
ing thing at A. & M. now. Geer
feels that when the exes come back
conditions will change, and things
will again get back to normal. He
believes that the true Aggie Spirit
left with the classes of 1941, 1942,
1943, and 1944.
Richard Bassett, Senior, said
that he would like to see the old
Senior Court back, but this time
with all their old power. He feels
that the Court has been limited
and restrained.
Thomas League, another Aggie
letterman, said that the attendance
of cadets at the baseball games
is a good example of what is wrong
at the school now. He believes that
there is no school unity and that
organization pride is something
of the past. League said that there
seemed to be little fellowship and
true friendliness in the Corps. -
Grant Darnell, footbell and base
ball player, had quiet a few things
to say about conditions around the
school. He believes there should
be better and closer cooperation
between the administration, faculty,
and students. He also stated that
he wished they would bring back
some of the social doings that were
held on the campus a few years
ago. Darnell believes that the food
in the mess hall has changed a lot
in recent months. He said that it
doesn’t seem to he half as good as
it was last semester, and last se
mesters’s meals weren’t as good
as those of the preceding semester.
Approaching Sam Nixon and
Eddie Wendt, Juniors in “G” Bat
tery, with the question, they seem
ed to agree emphatically that the
school is lower now than it ever
has been since they have been on
the campus. “Why not have a yell
practice,” they stated. “Yell prac
tices were held last spring and
surely, the Frogs don’t know the
yells. Even the rest of us are get
ting a little rusty on them.”
Edwin Smith, sophomore in the
band, is of the same opinion of
Darnell about the food in the mess
hall, and he also added that there
is no place to go for recreation.
He said that there should be some
arrangements made so that the
cadets could spend their week-ends
on the campus in some kind of new
recreational atmosphere as all
there is to do now is go to a movie
and then listen to the radio.
These are only a few of the
opinions expressed by students on
“What’s Lacking At A. & M.” And
it is agreed by everyone that Aggie
Spirit is at an all time low, and it
is also agreed that A. & M. should
have some new recreational fa
cilities. It is also hoped by many
of the cadets that T. S. C. W. and
A. & &M. will be brought closer
together so that conditions will be
like they used to be; Aggies on the
Tessie campus over the week-end,
and Tessies visiting the Aggies on
those boring Saturdays and Sun
days.
Ag-gie of the Week . . .
Bill Benson, Corps Personnel Officer
by Bill Withers
This week’s Aggie is William
Benson, a popular senior who hails
from San Angelo. He is the son of
Captain and Mrs. J. W. Benson
also of San Angelo, Texas. Captain
Benson an Aggie-ex was once the
Commanding Cadet Officer of “B”
Company, as well as being on the
Corps Rifle Team.
Benson was born in San Angelo,
and there he attended grammar
and high school. At San Angelo
High School, he belonged to the
debating club, the Student Forum,
the Future Farmers of America,
as well as being selected as class
representative.
When he entered A&M, it was in
in June of the hot summer of 1943
and he was in the 1st. Headquarters
Company. He states that he has
been on the Corps staff since last
summer, having come from a five-
striper to wear the single diamonds.
When he’s not in official capac
ity, there is nothing Bill would
rather do than eat fried chicken
along with corn bread and country
butter. He was very definite in de
claring “Stardust” as his favorite
tune, adding that he thought that
Artie Shaw’s arrangement was the
best. He lists shooting pool, hunt
ing, fishing, and dancing as his
favorite pastimes. Besides pulling
PERSONALS
On the campus last week-end to
attend the Junior Prom and Corps
Ball were Misses Sylvia Sellers,
Houston; Pauline McKenzie, San
Antonio; Mary Elizabeth Robin
son, Dallas; Bess Brock, Louise La
Crone and Anne Fancher, Denton;
Pat Robinson, Dallas, and Sue
Whiteside, Fort Worth.
Misses Mary Jo Hitt and Jean-
nine Hawthorne of Mexia were
campus visitors over the week-end.
L.S.U. co-eds visiting the cam
pus Friday and Saturday were
Misses Gladys Tappan, Nan Tar-
water, Rogenia Green, and Mar
garet Brumley.
Miss Arlene House, LaMarque,
Texas, was a week-end visitor.
Guests stopping at the Aggie-
land Inn were J. E. Lucas, Nixon;
George Hurt, Austin; Richard
Thomton, Boston, Mass.; C. H.
Welch, Jr., Washington, D. C.;
Capt. and Mrs. Gruce G. Keith,
Borger; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L.
Moore, Dallas; Lt. (j.g.) C. D.
Reeves and family, Corpus Christi
and Major Nick Falsone, Dallas.
W. C. Stone, Stillwater, Okla.,
was a campus visitor Tuesday. Mr.
Stone was formerly an assistant
manager of Student Activities.
William Benson
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his roommate out of bed in the
morning, his favorite sport is foot
ball. As to women, Bill says, “It’s
something that I’ve tried to solve
for eighteen years”,but it is known
that he has a special blonde in
terest in Bryan. “I’m also proud
of my sister,” he said. “She was
the S. M. U. candidate at the
annual Round-Up at Texas u.
this year”. He states that his most
enjoyable Corps Trip was the last
one to S. M. U.; his best dance
was the Sophomore Ball of his
class. “Der Bingo” is Benson’s fav
orite crooner, and he considers
“Blondie as the best comic strip
in publication. Bill also has a ten
der spot for dogs, especially collies.
When asked about his Memory
Lane, he said that his first Silver
Taps had left an indelible impres
sion on him. “It was a fellow from
my own company.
Two things that he mentioned as
two things that he mentioned as
endearing A .& M. to him were
the spirit of friendliness that we
exhibit by speaking to and meeting
people and also the dormitory life.
However, he revealed that the
main reason that he came to Aggie-
land was because he was from an
Aggie family. His biggest complaint
at the moment is the fact that the
Corps was not allowed any
time off for Easter. “Fm especially
interested in the A. & M.' college
post-war building program here
on the campus”, he added.
Benson is majoring in Veter
inary Medicine and expects to grad
uate in September, 1946 ,if he is
not given the come-hither call by
his local draft board.
Bryan-College Rotarians to Observe
Ladies Nig-ht At Country Club Friday Nig-ht
Over 200 Bryan-College Station
Rotarians, their Rotary Anns and
guests have made reservations for
the club’s first Ladies Night en
tertainment which will be held at
the Bryan Country Club begin
ning at 7:00 p.m. Friday.
This party has been scheduled
to provide an opportunity for Ro
tary families to get better ac
quainted and enjoy some real fel
lowship together, George M. Gar
rett, club president, has announc
ed.
Members of the club have been
urged to bring their children of
all ages and these will be enter
tained by a special committee in
another part of the country club
building.
The program committee, headed
by J. D. Martin, Jr., for the men
and Mrs. H. K. Stephenson for the
ladies, is stressing the appropria
teness of informal attire as dining
tables designedly will not be avail
able. Slacks for both sexes are
“in good taste,” and the ladies
have been warned that “anyone who
wears high-heel shoes will be
relieved of her footwear and will
proceed bare-footed the remainder
of the evening.”
Immediately after invocation by
Knickerbocker Is
Guest At Student
Activities Banquet
Tuesday afternoon at 6:30 p.m.
in the Aggieland Inn, Student Ac
tivities honored the visiting lectur
er, H. R. Knickerbocker, at a
small banquet. Serving as a get-
to-gether before the Town Hall
program that evening, the guests
were given an opportunity to wel
come Mr. Knickerbocker and chat
with him. As Mr. Knickerbocker
is a former student here, he freely
discussed his experience while at
tending school here, and was very
interested in the changes that had
been made since his departure from
the school.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. Dough Rollins, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Turner, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Win
stead, Charlie West, Dick Goad,
Dan Hightower, Verne Scott,
Charles Crabtree, Bill Davis, Jer
ry Dwight, Mr. and Mrs. Knicker
bocker and the Manager of Stu
dent Activities, Joe Skiles.
Woman’s Society of
Christian Church
Sponsors Silver Tea
A program by outstanding ar
tists has been arranged for the
musical silver tea, which is being
sponsored by the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the A. and
M. Methodist Church, on Sunday,
April 29 at four o’clock in the
church. All music lovers are invited.
The committees in charge of ar
rangements are Mrs. T. H. Ter
rell, general chairman; Mrs. R. W.
Steen, program; Mrs. J. S. Mogford,
decorations; Mrs. Ray Oden, pub
licity and Mrs. W. R. Horsley, re
freshments.
Rev. R. B. Sweet, president of the
club elect, promptly at 7:00 p. m.,
barbecue a la Luke Patranella will
be served. All trimming that have
been made American barbecues an
institution will be on hand in
abundance. This will be followed
by a grand march led by Presi
dent and Mrs George M. Garrett,
then a hour of entertainment ident
ity of which the program commit
tee wishes kept secret until an
nounced at starting time. Around
10:00 p.m. those who wish to re
tire to thier homes may do so,
the others will remain for card
and domino games and dancing
for those who trip the light fan
tastic.
Postwar Problems Are
Discussed At Campus
Study Club Meeting’
Post War Problems with a spe
cial emphasis on Germany, was the
topic for the Campus Study Club
program which was given on Tues
day afternoon at the Y. M. C. A.
lounge. Artistic arrangements of
roses and garden flowers were
placed on tables about the room
and members were greeted by Mrs.
Roy Snyder and Miss Jennie Oliver,
liostesses for the day. Mrs. Ray
Oden gave a report of the “Re
construction of Germany.” Ex
plaining that she preferred to give
opinions other than her own, she
reviewed the report of the confer
ence at Yalta in which the plans
for post war Germany were out
lined by Roosevelt, Churchill, and
Stalin. From “Germany After Hit
ler” by Paul Hagen who was born
in Austria, was given th views of
a man well acquainted with the
labor party in Germany. Mr. Ha
gen says the labor party stood for
all progress that was made after
the last war and should have a
ohance to reconstruct Germany af-
cer this war. Mr. Hagen still be
lieves in Germany and feels that
a prolonged occupation would be a
mistake. From Sumner Wells’
‘Time for Decision”, Mrs. Oden
gave another suggestion for the
handling of Germany—that is, to
divide it into three parts with the
United States, England, and Rus
sia occupying separate zones.
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