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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444
Texas A. & M. College
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the City of College Station is published weekly, and circulated on Thursday
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.
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Ed Wendt
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R. F. Huston ....
F. B. DeLafosse
.... Soptr Editor
Feature Editor
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
R. L. Bynes Intramural Editor
Dick Dillingham Intramural Writer
J. B. Clark Staff Photographer
n. k Dugan Circulation Manager
J. L. Everett Reporter
Hazing . . .
It’s initiation time for some fraternities, and of course
that brings up the perennial subject of hazing.
First, let us say that hazing is a fine thing. It’s that
phase of initiation that binds the fellows together closer than
brothers. It is the memory of those little trials and tribula
tions suffered by all alike that gives each brother “the subtle
but invincible conviction of solidarity . . . that binds brothers
to each other, that binds together all fraternities.” (With
apologies to Joseph Conrad.)
Really, hazing is a noble thing. It reminds us strongly
of the custom of the noble Red Man in selecting the braves.
Before the Indian lad could become a brave, he had to prove
his courage and endurance and virility. He must fast for
seven days or let the tribe beat him for hours with buffalo
thongs or eat rotten horse flesh or go through some other
such test of manhood. The Apaches had a unique test of
piercing the flesh of the breast of the would-be (pledge)
brave, tying leather ropes through the holes, and letting men
or horses drag him over the plains until the flesh broke or he
became unconscious.
One of the current tricks of fraternity hazing is to
dress the pledge in outlandish girl’s clothes, take him twenty
or thirty miles on some Godforsaken road at night, and let
him out for a nice little stroll back to town. Very amusing
and much more civilized than the customs of the Red Man.
Then there’s another trick of taking the pledges to the
basement for a tobacco juice spitting contest. They have
two befiches. On these the pledges are seated, half on one side
and half on the other, facing each other. Each pledge is given
a plug of tobacco and told the object and rules of the game.
The object is to spit in the other fellow’s face, and the rules
are that you can’t guard your face with your hands or move
your head the slightest bit. Very amusing and much more
civilized than the custom of the Red Man.
But one of the best tricks is to give the pledge three
kinds of laxatives all at once. The best combination is five
tablespoonfuls of castor oil, a large glass of concentrated
hot salts solution, and five or six pink pills. Oh boy, is this
funny! Just hang around about an hour and you’ll die
laughing, but more that’s only the beginning. Then for the
next three days you feed them on asafoedita and pea salad
seasoned with garlic. Of course they can eat whatever else
they want, if they want anything else, but the rule is that
they must eat a certain amount of the salad each meal. On
an empy stomach, naturally this comes up, but they can have
some more if they get hungry between meals. Very amus
ing and much more civilized than the customs of the Red
Man.
Great sport this fraternity hazing. Great Sport!
—The Daily Texan.
And some people speak of “hazing” at A. & M.! Thank
Heaven we haven’t any of the above-described foolishness
here.
One Year Ago:
General: 250 new ASTRP cadets
arrive on campus . . . Art Padilla,
president of the Corpus Christi
Club calls meeting to discuss
dance . . . “Demon” F. Johnson
chosen valedictorian .... Battalion
Staff plays host to Tessyite news
writers . . . Gen. Geo. F. Moore
to receive honorary degree in Law.
Sports: E Company wins Intra
mural Track meet; Hanish, Strip-
lin, Trickey and Walker star . . .
Aggie netters tie Southwestern . . .
Aggies and ASTRP’s to present
boxing exhibitions ... Aggie base-
ballers win and lose one with
Southwestern, Bobby Fretz hurls
for Aggies.
Showing: “I Dood It” at the
Campus, featuring Red Skelton.
Joel McCrea and Ellen Drew in
“Reaching For The Sun” playing
at Guion.
Five Years Ago:
General: Bill Becker named edi
tor of 1940-41 Longhorn, Paul
Haines to be manager of Town
Hall and Jack Nelson will head
the Infantry Band . . . 10,000 vis
itors expected for Mother’s Day
celebrations on campus . . . Maj.
G'en. W. C. Baker to present best
drilled platoon with famous Baker
Trophy.- . . George Smith says
Longhorns ready for distribution.
Sports: Aggies play Baylor in last
home game of the season; score
5-1, Aggies. . . Bill McMahon stars
in tennis meet with T. U. and Rice
. . . Fred Wolcott stars in Rice-
Aggie track meet, possibilities of
being high point man in confer
ence. . . . Rizer to pitch for Aggies
in freshman game with T. U.
Ten Years Ago:
General: Governor Allred to
speak at graduation ceremonies,
300 to get degrees . . . C. L. Cole
man named chairman of Senior
Ring Dance Committee . . . A. H.
Spitzer and T. G. Holden tie in
judging contest held by Saddle and
Sirloin Club. . . D. P. Gallman
elected president of Saddle and
Sirloin Club. . . . “Siki” Sikes
named to Aggie coaching staff.
Sports: Jake Mooty, Aggie hurl-
er, signs with Cincinnati Reds,
Bill Sodd and Tommy Hutto sign
with Cleveland Indians and N. Y.
Giants. . . . George Nickerson
named head of tumbling team . . .
“A” Company wins intramural
baseball championship . . . L. C.
Stephens and J. F. Keeton, Aggie
swimmers, to receive special awards
for grand work this season.
Playing: “Our Little Girl” at
the Palace, and “The Wedding
Night” at the Assembly Hall.
Modern College Ideas . . .
College student leaders of the midwest, at a meeting
conceived in freedom and dedicated to greater student in
fluence in administrative affairs, have set up a new program
of undergraduate action.
“How Can College Help the Student to Function More
Effectively?” was the central theme of a two-days confer
ence held lately at Bradley College, in Peoria, Illinois. Tak
ing part in the meet, which represented one of the first
efforts of college students to get together to solve their own
problems, were the University of Chicago, Principia, Armour
Tech, Wheaton, Illinois Wesleyan, Knox and Bradley.
Conclusions and recommendations reached by the con
ference included the following:
1. Class attendance should not be compulsory except in
those few courses where the nature of the subject demands
it, such as languages, mathematics, etc. If a professor cannot
make classes interesting enough that students will attend
voluntarily, he should be discharged.
2. Class attendance should not directly affect grades.
3. All college programs should require survey courses
designed to provide an understanding and familiarity with
general principles and materials involved in the “core of
knowledge” which befits an educated person.
4. There is validity to offering survey courses both
before and after specialization, so long as they are taken be
fore graduation.
5. There should be curricular freedom beyond the re
quired survey courses.
6. Academic and vocational work can best be handled
as separate departments of the .same institution, so that each
department, each individual, can contribute to the function
of the other and to the function of the university as a whole.
7. A knowledge of the so-called cultural subjects, such
as music, art and literature, is absolutely essential to a col
lege education.
The Battalion agrees with these ideas, in the main.
Modern colleges are adopting them more and more. A. & M.
has adopted some of them, and in our opinion, should adopt
the rest.
By Dr. A1 B. Nelson
The German phase of the war
is over at last. Any Germans who
continue fighting after the formal
surrender are out
laws according to
international law
and may be shot
without mercy
the moment they
are caught. The
xg* great problem of
the allied forces
' « m in Germany is
not only to re
store order, but
to try and punish
Nelson the individuals re
sponsible for the murders, torture,
and other violations of interna
tional law, the laws of humanity
and of decency.
The British can now begin the
long task of reconstruction in the
wake of the enormous damage
done by German bombs and the
later flying bombs. Always in the
past England has risen above her
disasters and has once again con
founded the false prophets who
said that the British Empire had
come to an end. If England and
the United States can find true
leaders and statesmen who will
keep the two great nations united
in their future actions, the world
may see peace for a much longer
period than has been used in the
past history of the world.
Baseball has a new Boss. Sena
tor “Happy” Chandler, of Ken
tucky, is the new ruler of baseball,
and will resign his post in the Sen
ate in order to accept a salary
of $50,000 as the Czar of the
baseball leagues.
Hitler’s body has been found ac
cording to one report which has
come out of Russian occupied Ber
lin. It is impossible to know, at the
present time, whether or not this
statement is true. If found to be
true the Russians can probably tell | ton, Texas. A/S Aaron Schwartz
CAMPUS DISTRACTIONS
By J. L. Everett
Playing Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday at the Palace in Bryan
will be “Bring On The Girls”, with
Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, and
Eddie Bracken. This is a Techni
color musical about the world’s
richest young man who can never
be sure people aren’t nice to him
just for his money. When he enlists
in the Navy, his lawyers send along
a junior member of the firm to
protect him. He keeps his wealth
hidden from the boys but almost
falls for a scheming cigarette girl,
until Cupid sets his course hi the
right direction.
LOWDOWN: See it—it’s good!!
At Guion Hall Friday and Sat
urday the regular weekly double
feature will be “The Hitler Gang”
and “Paris After Dark”. “The Hit
ler Gang”, stai-ring Robert Wat
son, Roman Bohnen, and Martin
Kosleck, traces step by step the
rise to power of Hitler and his
henchmen from 1918 to the con
flict they precipitated. The second
feature, “Paris After Dark”, star
ring Phillip Dorn, George Saun
ders, and Brenda Marshall, is the
story of the underground move
ment to combat the Nazi war lords,
and of a woman torn between two
loves.
LOWDOWN: Too much war, but
worth seeing!!
The double feature at the Campus
Friday and Saturday will be “Al
ways A Bridesmaid” and “Yellow
Canary”. A lonely hearts club,
sponsored over the air, is used as a
front for a stock swindle. The pic
ture stars the Andrews Sisters,
Patrick Knowles, and Grace Mc
Donald. The second feature on the
bill is “Yellow Canary”, starring
Anna Neagle and Richard Greene.
The story is about an English girl
Richardson; Pvt. W. H. Arrington,
Jr.; Pvt. Frederick A. Fleming,
Jr.? and Pvt. William A. Adair
are all members of the same squad
ron taking basic training at Kees-
ler Field, Mississippi.
CLASS OF 1948
Roy C. Potts, Jr., and his twin
brother, Arthur N. Potts, recently
left school to enter the military
service upon reaching their 18th
birthday. William R. Adams, S-l/c,
is attending radio school at the
U. S. Naval Training Center, Hous-
how he died, in battle or as a sui
cide.
Russia has once more violated
her agreement in Poland. Sixteen
Polish underground leaders went
to Moscow to talk with Stalin
about the future of Poland and
were thrown in prison in viola
tion of safe conduct guarantees.
Russia seems determined to de
stroy all possible leadership in
Poland in order that it may be
easier for her to hold that nation
in complete captivity. Poland, as
far as the Poles are concerned, is
very little better off than it was
under Germany.
.Russia is seemingly no closer
to carrying out her pledge to es
tablish a free and non-partisan gov
ernment in Poland, in spite of the
pledge she made at Yalta. Now that
Germany is defeated Russia has
no excuse for failing to declare
war on Japan in order that the
world may be the sooner restored
to peace.
1GGIE9 IN ACTION.
TIGHTIN’ TEXAS BOGIES'
By J. L. Everett
CLASS OF 1947
Cpl. Carlos A. Ritcher is in the
USAAF at Boca Raton, Florida.
Shelton F. Prator, F-l/c, is sta
tioned at the naval station at
Shoemaker, California. Eddie A.
Richard, S-l/c, has been trans
ferred to San Diego, California.
Pvt. W. A. Von Schoeler, Camp
Crowder, Missouri, is in the ‘branch
immaterial” group taking an auto
mechanic’s course. Cpl. Wallace L.
Hackler is a field artillery radio
operator and is now stationed
somewhere in Germany. Pvt. Lloyd
W. Schuhmann has entered the air
corps and is stationed at Sheppard
Field, Texas for basic and classi
fication. Pvt. Carl C. Thrift has
gone overseas. S/Sgt. John T.
Estes has been awarded the third
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
for “meritorious achievement”. He
is a tail gunner on a B-17 flying
fortress of the 95th Bombardment
Group. Pvt. Alva G. Walsh is now
taking his basic training at Shep
pard Field, Texas. Lt. William L.
Pietzsh has taken a post overseas.
Pvt. Robert G. Pritchett is sta
tioned at Camp Hood, Texas. Ha
rold L. Benson, A/C, is at Navy
Pre-flight School, Athens, Georgia.
He reports Leonard E. Brock is
there also. Frank A. Eastman,
S-l/c, is taking boot training at
the USNTC, San Diego, California.
Pvt. Henry M. Sorrels is at Camp
Hood, Texas. Pvt. Rodeny R. Rich-
ai’dson is at Keesler Field, Miss. He
reports his ex-roommate, Pvt.
Charles T. Trickey, also at Kees
ler. Walter F. Hicks, S-l/c, reports
a recent leave spent with Don
Hearn, ’46; John Skidmore, ’46;
Ed Downs; and James Barnett.
Arch H. McCullough, Jr., is at the
USNTC, San Diego, California.
Pvt. Joe T. Rogers has been as
signed to Sheppard Field, Texas.
Pfc. Alvin F. Seawright is station
ed somewhere in Germany. A/S
James. L. Mertz is in the V-12
unit at Texas university, Austin,
Texas. Pvt. John A. Richardson
is taking his basic training at
Fort Knox, Kentucky. Mid’n Max
E. Mohnke is at Soldiers Field,
Boston, Mass. He reports Mid’n L.
S. Baer, ’46, is there also. Archie
B. Ammons, S-l/c, reports others
in the same boot training company
are Arch McCullough; Eldred Fos
ter, ’38; James C. Smith, ’39. They
are stationed at the USNTC, San
Diego, California. Pvt. Harrell D.
Foitik; Pvt. Robert B. Ferguson,
Jr.; Pvt. Billy R. Shurley; Pvt.
Charles T. Trickey; Pvt. Rod R.
has been transferred to Norman,
Oklahoma.
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Plus Cartoon—“Travelogue”
who masquerades as a Nazi sym
pathizer to track down a group of
Germans, posing as Poles, who
plot to blow up a convoy.
LOWDOWN: Second on the “bill”
for the week-end.
“Practically Yours”, showing at
the Campus Sunday, stars Fred
MacMurray and Claudette Colbert.
This is a farce comedy dealing with
the “trumped up” romance of a
flyer, who returns a national hero,
and because of a misunderstood
statement is believed to love a girl
who used to work in the same of
fice with him, but whom he scarce
ly knows. Forced to pretend love
to preserve the public’s ideal, they
eventually fall for each other.
LOWDOWN: Worth seeing!!!
At Guion Hall Sunday will be
“The Gang’s All Here”, starring
Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, and
Phil Baker. A romance between a
soldier and a night club star is
merely a framework for the lavish
musical background provided by
Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
LOWDOWN: A fine show—see
it!!!
“Roughly Speaking”, with Rosa
lind Russell and Jack Carson, will
begin at the Palace Sunday. Begin
ning in 1902, this story concerns a
progressive minded woman whose
blueprinted life didn’t run accord
ing to plan. Married twice and
mother of five, she runs the gamut
of success and wealth, poverty and
failure through several enterprises.
When her grown family goes a
way other than she had planned, she
laughingly admits that though she
didn’t get what she wanted from
life, she had a lot of fun trying.
LOWDOWN: It’s good—see it!!
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
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The welcome guest is never
tardy. The hostess will usually
wait fifteen minutes for a tardy
guest but it would not be fair to
the others to wait longer.
When a guest arrives late for
dinner he should go directly to the
hostess, apologize and take his
seat as quickly as possible. All
necessary courtesies should be ob
served as quickly as possible so
that, the other guests will not be
annoyed. He starts his dinner on
the course being served to the
others. He loses any dishes which
have already been served.
Arriving too early can be pretty
bad, too. You should time your
arrival according to the type of
party, the customs of your town
and those of your host and hostess.
Five minutes to the hour is ample
time.
The welcome guest follows these
rules:
He is on time for every party
and “date”.
He is a person on whom others
can depend.
He is prompt in the payment of
all social obligations.
Consideration, adaptability, and
tact are the principal qualities of
a gracious guest—one whom any
host or hostess is delighted to
entertain.
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