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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22, 1945
The Battalion
STUDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-54444
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.
Member
Plssocioted OolIefSinte Press
BACKWASH
Backwash: “An agitation resulting from some action or occurence.”—Webster.
By The Collaborators crates will also be collected. This
Number one goldstar blunder of bonfire is going to be even larger
By Edna B. Woods
(the Army weekly magazine), was hundred and four, large size pages,
the week—Eli Barker sitting calm- than last year’s! Rumor has it that ( Readers ’ Adviser for the never intended to please civilian it does exactly that,
ly in the same box with Admiral it will be large enough to bum. A College Library) tastes. “The writings, drawings, Another interesting book design-
Halsey and Pres. Gilchrist while new 1945 model Zippo lighter will American cartoons achieved photographs and cartoons. . . . ed to reproduce army life is ART
u, n e te Ac d t of CongressTf March t mo. PoSt 0ffice at C ° lleBe Stati ° n ' TeXaS ’ Under the Admiral looked for a fountain be used to light the huge stack, world-wide recognition in the latter were made to order for the pages IN THE ARMED FORCES, pic-
pen to give out some autographs Last year some of the boys were Part of the nineteenth century, Yank, by enlisted men on active tured by men and women in action,
with and all the time Eli had a a couple of minutes late to the when Thomas Nast did a series of dut y ™ the armed forces who want- “The power of modem machines
Subscription rate $3.00 per school year. Advertising rates upon request.
Represented national!;
Chicago, Boston, Los
^Angeies^antf'san^Francisco 86 ™^ 6 ' InC " at NeW YOrk City ’ pen in his P ocket > which he finally bonfire and a small heap of cinders caricatures on Tweed, the New York ed to please other enlisted men and of war, the speed of planes, the
7 produced. What’s the matter, Eli? bore the only evidence of a flame city boss. Since that time cartoons n °hody else.” roar of tanks, the boom of guns”
Sam A. Nixon, jr Editor-in-Chief A r—;j i—>.i —i i__j —j. t _ ■_ i i -i j v xi.- a—j_ are created in oil, watercolor, pen
Bill Withers ! , CorresS^^ Afraid he’d steal it?
Ed Brandt
onding
Sports Editor * * * * n j ce new l ov i n g CU p
Mark Kury, E ji™ P Dlvif, TA j F a. Anderson, IH. A. Pate, R cIwthln^Haroid Borifs- Those senior boots really looked awarded to the group of frat-rats cartoons have been exceedingly material in this anthology” covers
T. s. Turner. ^ ' ky - good as they marched out on the who brought in the most material popular, for making fun of a ser
that had gone out. Last year a have been shaped by the trends Yank has bcen published for ~~
to be of the various periods. Wartime more than three yearSi but the ‘Z?’te™. Z ?
of the pictures are colored.
A PICTORIAL HISTORY
OF
A Good Job Well Done
field between halves at the game for the bonfire. By a strange co- ious or desperate situation is pe- 1949 un +ji i a + e autumn 1944 Ceo- SECOND WORLD WAR, in
Saturday. Many people were heard incidence it was prematurely and culiarly effective in arousing gen- ’ , tw0 vcdumes > ^ composed entirely
to remark that they looked much unofficially awarded to D troop eral interest and concern. S' 1 * 1 ? lca y> 1 coveis a par s 0 0 f selected photographs taken from
A good job well done”, was how the Cadet Colonel, Eli more orderly than the N. R. 0. T. cavalry for meritorious service Bill Mauldin is without doubt w ° 1 ^ d wheie Ameiican soldiers a ll the theaters and arranged in
Barker, expressed his feelings, concerning last week’s Corps c.’s. Someone even said that the rendered. (To whom?)
the outstanding cartoon corre-
have been stationed. The purpose chronological order to give the
trip to Houston. “The Corps was well behaved at all times— N. R. 0. T. C.’s looked like they FLASH—BEVO III ESCAPES— spondent in World War II. His of the anth0l °sy 18 t0 ® lve civilians reader an overall story of the war.
before, during, and after the game.” And those were not the were chasing rabbits. There ain’t According to the Daily Texan Bevo two GI’s, Willie and Joe, typified a cl ® ar and Penetrating picture of Photographs which were taken be-
only words of praise that the Cadets as a whole received, no rabbits there though. From all III had his freedom for a few min- the American fighting man so well United States army dur- ore cto ei, 19 3, are me u e ,
The officers Of the Senior class, the yell leaders, and Aggie- reports the Corps was very order- utes last Monday night. It is sus- that the American fighting men war time as well-qualified en- an eac one is caie u y a e e
exes, all complimented the Aggies on their exemplary con- ly during the weekend in Houston, pected that outside help was had liked the characters. More than a hsted men saw it, and in three an a e .
duct in Houston. This should meet with the ap- by Bevo in his venture. The Long- few soldiers clipped Bill Mauldin's
Militarily, the Corps outshone every other unit in the proval of the Office of Student horn’s mascot could not be reached cartoons from Stars and Stripes
parade in honor of Admiral Halsey, including the Navy Affairs, who were very instrumen- for a comprehensive statement, and sent them home, but that
bands, Navy companies, Naval R.O.T.C. from Rice Insti- tal in directing the activities of but all that he said was—Quote wasn’t always necessary, for Wil-
tute, and the motorized troops of the Thirty-Second Divi- the weekend. “I’m afraid for my welfare after lie and Joe appeared in the news-
sion. Again at the half the Aggies proved that this is still * * * Thanksgiving”—Unquote,
the greatest military school in the nation when fifty Seniors TEAHOUNDS WHOOP IT UP * * *
marched stiffly and precisely onto the Held and held their _ The tea , ippers are reall wh 0 DE ON “DW AND "BV
salutes while the Admiral changed sides. 100 boots shin- , it in a bi Th are t think that , shalI nevar see
mg in the late afternoon sun was the best sight an Aggie in to have a h rall A „ D „ a5 lovel as a
couW hope to behold at a between-halves ceremony. Oppo- Prld ni ht It wU1 consist of a A whosc rounded (ol . m
site the Aggies were 50 Eice N.E.O.T.C. men who had run out d led b Bevo III, Longhorn pressed
on the field and ran back.
T , , , , , - . mascot, and then followed up with Upon the records of the blessed.
Last weekend was truly a good one, and even if we some Iusty eheering . Eeport3 have A ,. D „ comes eas n y _and yet
didn’t win the game on the scoreboard, we gained the ad
miration and respect of all Houston.
Tales from Tessieland
papers in the United States also. , —
A collection of Bill Mauldin’s car- Here it is almost Thanksgiving days. Nothing like dreaming, is
toons with about thirty thousand up here, or rather it will be by the there ?
words of explanatory text was time you read this. Here in Tessie- * * * *
published this year using their car- land we have a holiday this Thurs- Speaking of dreaming, guess A.
toon caption “Up Front” as the day. What I just can’t realize is & M. hasn’t yet recovered from
title of the book. that it actually is this time of year that Houston weekend. Uh, uh, con-
BiH Mauldin went into the Army again. (Oh, those blue slips—which fess. Well, just so TSCW won’t be
in 1940, when he was only eight- tell the tale of passing or—dreaded singing that song, “Somebody else
een. Perhaps it was the sensitive- thought—failing.) Let’s don’t think is taking our place,” then, it’s o.
Where Did the Tickets Go?
Last Wednesday the Corps was informed that its share
of tickets was exhausted and that there were no more at all
to be had. The Battalion hesitates to place the blame for this
on any one individual, but here are the facts. Originally
there were 4500 tickets reserved for the A&M students. Of
these, 2200 were purchased by coupon books, 900 were sold
to Aggie-exes who had just returned from overseas and had
not had an opportunity to buy their own as others did, 200
were sold to the A.S.T.R.P.’s here at College, 200 were sold
to wives of student ex-servicemen, and the remaining 1000
come in that most Frat members It ain’t easy to forget: . _ _ . .
are going to start a feverish quest “D’s” are made by fools like me, nes ® an i < ^ P r °t ec h ve about that. It puts us in a bad k. About that Rice game, disap-
for apple boxes some time next But only a queer could make
week for their bonfire. Old tea “B.”
in you. That is, if-
T. U. game.
-you win the
Man, Your Manners
By I. Sherwood
Have you heard this one? Worn-
shell of defense that often accom- mood. Anyway, as I was saying, pointing, but we still have faith
panics it which gave him such a it’s Thanksgiving, and a holiday,
deep understanding, yet caused a relief from studies,
him to produce cartoons in a hard
ened style. At any rate, Willie and Most of Tessieland plans to either ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _
Joe are not fighting men of the S° home ’ to “ Bl S I) ” or ^st off the an tg rt Ug man’s^imaeina-
arm chair variety. Bill Mauldin cam P u s to “get away from it all.”
was a member of the combat in- thing is, we regret the holiday
fantry in Sicily, in the mountains ^ sn ^ same a ® yours, or else A.
of Italy, and on the beaches of ^ ^ wou l d invaded by TSCW , , , . •
Southern France. He was wounded for that Turkey Day game. How-
tion.
The big talk on the campus this
in action and knew war for what ever > that isn’t daunting TSCW’s
of the constitution of the student
LU UL sLuueiiL ua-sui-vicc™, aim urn rumammg jluuu , J h u er * are ° nly Saturdays timents on the cards; dignified ones |t is" UP FRONT is TpartV the spirits, as a majority plan to attend AsTodatfonAccoldint foTl^the
were sold to the Aggies beginning at 9:00 o’clock Tuesday left b f ore Christmas, the biggest for adults, and jolly ones to send historical record of this war, and the gam® the following Thursday tin be rfaraHol to thl
morning. By Tuesday evening all of these tickets were sold. c f rd day m the entire yearly cir- to your youthful friends. though it deals with misery> its anyway. Those lucky people. one of the United sites ln tbiq
and many Aggies who had already invited dates and guests ^ e ’ the tlm ® whe ” almost e ^ ery ‘ When writing your name you unique qualities will attract many * * * * vemment will he brought
down for the game were given to understand that that was body remembers almost everybody would write it “Robert Brown” not readers. N if j worned out closer to the students on the camp-
tough. else with a greeting card. “M, Brown” but if you are send- THE BEST FROM YANK, ac- A £ jy]- and"^ S. C. W. wouM us^and 0 th^^MduH^now^^more 1 * 1 ^
The reason that the tickets went so fast was that there If y°u mtend to have your cards mg out engraved greeting cards, cording to the editors of Yank have a holiday on the same Thurs what . s in on
were some so-called Aggies who didn’t have guests coming specially printed or engraved for you might want to have them “Mr. dav nlus two davs before and two ‘ i * *
down for the game went ahead and bought tickets, anyway, Christmas, now is the time to have Robert Brown”, however, you may
hoping to, sell them later at a tremendous profit. This prac- it don ®- h is equally proper to send have them “Robert Brown”, es- Cadet Sharpshooter
tice is not only unlawful, but is particularly despicable when cards which may be purchased at pecially, if you are still in your Ppcjapo T3nr»h- tn
so doing will deprive other Aggies that really need them of almost any store, and write your teens. i cut; lu
their tickets. Also, there is considerable complaint running nam e on them. Greeting cards do not require a Company C, intantry
the round's that the Athletic office should not have reserved You will need to give some reply other than a return card the
such a small number of the tickets for the students. thought to choosing suitable sen- next time Christmas rolls around
The Corps was cheated out of its section at the O. U. -
game in an episode that was surely disgraceful, and will not
be soon forgotten, inasmuch as we have still received no
official apology. Again, at Fort Worth, the Corps was as
signed a section that was far too small for its needs, and
many Aggies were forced to stand on the steeply sloping
days after. (To recuperate, of
course.) In other words, that would
be practically a whole week of holi-
Until next week, be seeing you.
Sue Jones
TSCW correspondent.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
Company C, Infantry, at Texas
A. & M. College is going to enjoy
a venison dinner due to the steady
trigger finger of Cadet Lewis N.
McGuyre, class of 1947, of Rich
land, who hunted last week near
NEW TELEPHONES
Last week-end I had occasion to the best.
ground with their dates behind the goal posts. And at Rice, make a trip which involved travel To hav ® a ready smile and to be Hondo with his roommate Franklin
Surely, on our own Kyle Field we should all cooperate that one thing was common to all P leasant as lon g as y° u dld fo1 bls folks t0 use -
to see that the student body is assured of plenty of seats —the employees were very human try to take advanta g® of th ®m. e ve ^r 1S °A anqU u e , t!t SC u
for themselves and their dates, and that no one except Ag- and courteous in their relations T here are times when we may ^ ° n r ^ n b 5 zJ
gies and their guests are allowed in the Aggie section. It with the passengers. I got a kick
is sincerely hoped that the students will solve this problem
themselves by selling those tickets that are not needed back
at cost to other Aggies who do have need for them.
Aggie Facts
a bus driver han
dle his passen
gers in a very
kind, courteous
and yet very firm
Texas A. & M. is the oldest state supported institution
in the state having been created by an act of the legislature
in April of 1871.
The value of the physical plant is estimated to be in
excess of $15,000,000.00.
The campus and grounds, fields and pastures of the
Texas A. & M. Main College comprise almost 10,000 acres.
An estimated 50,000 men claim to be Aggies or Ex-
Aggies.
Texas A. & M.’s military record in unsurpassed. In
World War I 2200 Aggies joined the service and many of about their tasks with a smile and
these became officers. In the present war A. & M.’s heroes a sense of humor and tried to get
are legend; more than 15,000 oficers as of V-J day, 29 gen- as muc h enjoyment as possible out
erals, 4 Congressional medal of honors, so many Purple 0 f their work were the ones who
Hearts, Legions of Merits, and other awards you can’t be- we re the happiest and stood up
gin to count them.
Penberthy
so-called public
have to get the other fellow and R sa f® t® sa y that the
out of 6 watchW straightened out but it is always b °y s of Company C, Infantry, will
S best if we try to be pleasant in sin S the praises of their member
our dealings with our fellow man who proided the meat for the feast,
and not resort to the rougher McGuyre skinned the deer and
methods unless driven to it it was frozen and butchered for
» 11U It has been my observation that h .™.^ W ' S 7 d u Cr >.T ea . tS r SP r
dim yet veiy Him ., . , ,, cialist in charge of the Meats Lab-
manner which in- H 1 ® tugger the job the more one . , . . , T , , .
spired the confi- needs the human touch and it will ® at ° y the Animal Industries
dence of all con- £ et results where other tactics U1 mg '
cerned. I think the wise old negro had
During the war something when he said, “A chip
I marvelled at on de shoulder is ’bout de heavies’
the patience and load a bod y ever carries.”
even disposition
of a great many
servants. It ap
peared to me that those who went
NOTICE
The Meat Laboratory is not
in position to handle deer ex
cept for locker box patrons. All
deer must be delivered to the
laboratory skinned because of
inspection regulations.
MAINTENANCE FEES
Third installment of Mainte
nance Fees of $36.55 payable
December 1-6 inclusive can be
paid now.
These fees include Board
$24.00, Room $10.40, and Laun
dry $2.15 to January 8, 1946.
The Cashier of the Fiscal De
partment will accept these fees
from 8:00 a. m. until 1:30 p. m.
Full speed ahead on
our biggest Peacetime job
npODAY, conveyors like this at
JL Western Electric are carrying
thousands of new telephones for the
Bell System.
But it takes far more than just tele
phones to provide service. It takes
cable, central office equipment and
. many other complex items that cannot
be produced and fitted into the tele
phone system overnight. On these
things, too, production is steadily
increasing.
Western Electric, supply unit of the
Bell System, is hard at work on the
biggest peacetime job in its history.
^ Furnishing materials and equipment
to meet the System’s immediate needs
— and to carry out the System’s
$2,000,000,000 post-war program —
promises record peacetime volume and
a high level of employment.
MEET THE GANG---
AT GEORGE’S
For the pause that refreshes between those
gruelling classes, drop by and let us fix you
up with a little pick-me-up.
Our modern, sanitary fountain, our jukebox
with the latest recordings, and our deluxe
sandwich board are at your service.
GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY
TWO AGGIES, CLASS OF ’44
JUST BACK FROM OVERSEAS
MUST HAVE FOUR (4)
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
TICKETS
If you can help us please call Mr. Me-
Quillen, 4-6824, who is placing this ap
peal for us at our request.
PALACE
■ PKOME 2-Hh79
Wed. - Thurs. - Fri. - Sat.
Dana Andrews
in
“STATE FAIR ,,
Preview Saturday Night
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday
James Cagney
in
“BLOOD ON THE
SUN”
Western Electric
SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM