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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1946)
Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946 Saturday Afternoon Blues . . . Shortages are everywhere, and the football ticket bus iness is no exception. Ed Brandt, Bill Rosser, E. C. Kobs, Bill Beck and your editor, Allen Self, met with Dean Rol lins, Coach Norton, Bennie Zinn, and P. L. “Pinky” Downs, Jr., Tuesday afternoon to survey the student ticket situa tion for out of town games. Coach Norton explained that allotments for student tickets had been set up during the summer when the enroll ment was estimated at a figure far below the actual. He said, “Had we known that the enrollment would be in excess of 9,000, we would have been able to set aside more tickets for the Texas Tech game in San Antonio, but there was not a thing that could be done about the games with Texas and Baylor.” He pointed out that the Aggies received ap proximately 1,000 more seats for students in Austin than they have ever before, or a total of 7,066 in all: For Baylor, the stadium seats approximately 11,000, of which more than half would go to the home town team, as it does in Kyle Field. However, A. & M. was able to get approximately 4,500 seats for the students in addition to a small allotment for the former students. On the Texas Tech game, the' original student allot ment was 1500, which is more than ever set aside for the student body. When it appeared that the enrollment would be more than previous expectations, the Athletic depart ment was able to bring the total to 2000. The committee agreed that the only fair way to handle these tickets is “first come, first serve”. Other arrangements will be made later. Price will be the regular student admission, $1.20 tax paid. The same holds true for the Baylor gdme, and it is urged by the committee that those students who do not act ually have a ticket stay away from San Antonio and Waco. Although the day of the Baylor game is an official holiday wtih classes suspended, it is not an official Corps Trip. If you can’t get a ticket to the game—and they’ll be hard to get—the unlucky might go home and see the folks. On the SMU game, Coach Norton and the Athletic Council along with former students of the Dallas Area brought pressure to bear on the authorities of SMU to move the game to the Cotton Bowl. This more than doubled the available seats and gave A. & M. 23,000. A total of 10,000 seats were blocked out for the Aggie students and their dates on the official corps trip to Dallas. In addition to this 10,000 another substantial block was sent up to TSCW to be sold to the students there, to sit with the Aggies. The news of it all is that date tickets and TSCW tickets all go at the $1.20 tax paid price. No worries arise over LSU and the OU game, as ample seating is available. The distance from college should keep many from making these trips. After all, the fotball games sound good on the radio while you’re studying. Or they sound even better when you’re in a private home surrounded by all the things that make life enjoyable—blondes, etc. --t With The Corps By ALLEN SELF Unit commanders are to be com plimented on the way their out fits performed at Tuesday night retreat inspection. With such in spections held twice a week, there should be only a healthy amount of tenseness in the troops when an officer from the military depart ment or from the Fourth Army Headquarters drops around. Uniformity was the keynote of all inspection preparations, but nevertheless, khaki and OD belts were mixed in ranks, as were the GI black buckles and shiny brass buckles. This is just one more item that should be corrected. Certain advanced students not living with the Cadet Corps are still coming to drill without prop er uniform. Two were noticed in one of the Infantry companies without hats—for which there is no excuse. It’s true that the Ex change Store is out of pants, but one of the things they do have is the OS cap. Corps Chaff ... First effort of the faculty to lap up benefits of this fall’s foot ball holidays comes from the Ge ology department. A Geol. 320 prof gave his class of sixty a choice of going on a field trip either the v/eekend of the SMU game or of the Baylor game. TSCW officials have requested that tickets be sent to them for the Tessies coming to the SMU game in Dallas. Any of you plan ning to repeat last year’s TCU joint corps trip, which was enjoy able beyond printed or spoken words, should contact the sweet things from “Heaven” immediate ly- We’d certainly hate to be clout- fed on the skull by the rolls of “Aggie confetti” flying through the air. The dull thud as •: a roll hits some Aggie’s back sends shud ders through the more soft-heart ed. On the subject, why strew the confetti all the way from Good win back to the new area? Not a sight for the visitor, admit tedly. Assault guns for the foot troops —105 mm.—will arrive soon after branch immaterial instruction is finished. To be used for tactical operations only—no firing, please. Order serge and pinks now, ad vanced students—only one pair of G. I. JOE By VICK LINDLEY Answering the Fish . . . What is a veteran supposed to say when a fish greets him with “Beat North Texas,” “Smear S. M. U.’ ’or any other of the foot ball slogans we will be hearing this fall? Your inquiring reporter has checked with several guardians of the Aggie traditions, in the inter ests of preserving good relations between veterans and the corps, and has come up with this conclu sion: It doesn’t matter so much what you say, as long as you say SOMETHING indicating that you share normal A. & M. sentiments. Strictest Aggie tradition calls for cadets to answer in the same words they are hailed, but many cadets this year have been answer ing with “Mighty right.” That seems a safe lead for veterans to follow. Other good phrases are “Right,” “Yeah man,” and “Ditto”. Ex-aircorpsmen, including navi gators, have a natural in “Roger!” with the O. K. sign—three fingers raised, with thumb and forefinger in a circle. What if you are a transfer stu dent, from Tech let us say, and the fish shout “Beat the .... out of Tech? The answer is simple— you’re an Aggie now, son. No Black-Market Books . . . It is to Aggieland’s credit that despite the critical shortage of books, there has been no appear ance of a black market in them here. Certain second-hand books— Robeson’s Physics, for example— have been so critically short that they might have soared to the value of a Gutenberg Bible—but they haven’t. Boys who possessed the treasures have been glad to turn them over at standard prices, so that other students might not be handicapped. Who would have fought that battered, dog-eared, scribbled-in, broken-backed volumes would be so essential to our mental well-being ? green serge pants will be issued with the winter uniform. Things to Come Two medium light tanks for use by the armored cavalry. Cost: $100,000 per. 20 tons heavy, they will have .22 rifles mounted inside the barrels of the turret guns for actual firing. The Battalion 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. Member Pbsocioted QMIe&iote Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $4.00 per school year. Advertising rates on request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. ALLEN SELF VICK LINDLEY J CHAS. E. MURRAY, DAVID M. SELIGMAN U. V. JOHNSTON PAUL MARTIN — WENDELL McCLURE WALLACE J. BENNETT FRED ENGLISH. L. R. SCHALIT Co-Editor Acting Co-Editor .— Associate Editors Sports Editor ..Assistant Sports Editor Advertising Manager Annex Editor — Reporters At Last, A Good Reason for No Homework... Shortages, Strikes, and Wrong Estimates Cause Lack of Books Editor’s Note: The article below was written following an interview with Mr. Carl Birdwell of the College Exchange Store in an attempt to explain to the student body the present lack of equipment and books. The situa tion occurs not only in the Exchange Store but also in all of the stores which supply students on the campus. Most of the facts were obtained from Mr. Bird- well and the store’s records and from J. E. Loupot, North Gate. “Sorry, no Pathology II ... . . we’re out of History 306 . no Physics books yet .... If you have been confronted with these answ ers to your purchase queries and have wondered why, read this and get the facts that are keeping you from doing your home work. The cause for the present short age of texts and equipment on the campus resolves itself into three reasons. First is a shortage of ma terials and labor in the printers, publishers, and manufacturers. Though you may have forgotten there is still a paper scarcity, and a large demand for printed matter from publishers has overtaxed the productiorf of the printers who do their work. Publishers are six months behind in deliveries. The second cause is delayed de liveries of orders already filled and awaiting shipment. The holdup is occuring in New York and sur rounding area because of the cur rent truckers strike. Many of the books come from this region and although a few are > received through parcel post, large amounts are being held on loading plat forms. The other reason for the lack of these items is one for which the blame can not be directed at any one in particular. To be sure of pre-term deliveries most of the books and equipment needed were ordered in March and April of this year. A consultation with author ities revealed that the upper limit of the college facilities would al low only 7500 students for the fall semester. Forms were given to all departments by the Exchange Store for an estimate of the num ber of each text needed and orders were placed to cover these needs. Deliveries were assured for August 15. It is reported that 95% of these deliveries were made. But in the first part of August the authorities foresaw a possibil ity of the college handling over 9000 students because of the addi tion of Bryan Air Field and other areas to its facilities. Upon re ceiving this information the Ex change Store immediately sent out requests to the various depart ments for revised lists of their needs. However, these later orders could not be filled immediately by the publishers and consequently you wait for the books. Directly connected with this last reason for the shortage is the fact that many of the departments could not accurately determine how many of the returning stu dents would start with each of their offered courses. Many of the veterans are taking mixed-up curri cula, coordinating review with new courses, and there was no way to estimate their needs in advance. An example of this was the short age of History texts. The need was estimated at 600 and approximate ly 1100 students enrolled for the course. As for equipment, of the needed 2,000 drawing sets some 700 were received at the Exchange Store and they are due to get only 300 more by the first of the year. This, of course, is due to the shortage of materials mentioned previously. Along those same lines is the slide- rule trouble. Some 4,500 rules were ordered; 700 came in for the sum mer term and were immediately sold. Only 200 arrived by the time the fall semester began and of the obviously needed 3,000 sliderules 600 may arrive by the end of the year. The New Orleans branch of the Dietzgen Company has said that their entire output for the month of September is for the A. & M. College Exchange Store. This includes such equipment as engi neers and architects, T-Squares, and triangles. For the most part the needed materials are arriving somewhat slowly, but steadily. However, some of it will be a long while in ar riving here. Many students have in their possession books and equip ment which they do not care to sell. They are urged to loan these items to their friends until such time as more supplies are received. This practice should alleviate some of the strain and handicap that so many are under by taking courses without the needed textbooks and material.s WhaCs Cooking THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 7:00 p.m.—Beaumont A. & M. Club, Room 108, Acad. Bldg. 7:00 p.m.—Texarkana A. & M. Club, Room 204, Acad. Bldg. 7:00 p.m.—Laredo A. & M. Club, Room 224, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—San Angelo area A. & M. Club, Room 203, Ag. Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—Bell County A. & M. Club, Room 103, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—Southwest Texas A. & M. Club, Main Floor, YMCA. 7:30 p.m.—Galveston A. & M. Club, Chapel YMCA. 7:30 p.m.—Radio Club, EE Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—First Meeting Brazos County A. & M. Club, Maggie Parker Dining Hall, Bryan. Dinner $1 per plate. Guest Speaker, Ho mer Norton. FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 8:00 a.m.—5 p.m.—Veteran Stu dents fill out form. Veteran’s Lounge, Sbisa. 7:30 p.m.—Jewish services, YM CA. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 2:30 p.m.—Football, Texas A. & M. vs. North Texas State College. 7:15 p.m.—Free Jamboree show, Guion Hall. 9:00 p.m.—All College Dance, Sbisa. SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.—Cath olic mass, St. Mary’s Chapel. 6:30 p.m.—Newman Club meet ing, Assembly Hall. MONDAY, SEPT. 23 7:30 p.m.-Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Assembly Hall. 7:30 p.m.—Ex-Servicemen’s Wiv es Styles and Fashions Group, at Sbisa Lounge. TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 7;30 p.m.—Fish and Game Club, Room 115, A. & I. Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—ASCE, business meet ing, CE lecture room. 7:30 p.m.—Ag. Engineering So ciety, Lecture Room, Ag. Engineer ing Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—Astronomy Club, first meeting, Physics Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—Rural Sociology Club, Room 203, Ag. Bldg. 7:30 p.m. — Saddle & Sirloin Club, Special Meeting, A. & I. Bldg. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 7:30 p.m.—Ex-Servicemen’s Wiv es, Sbisa Lounge. Right after Mess—Tyler A. & M. Club, Ex-Students Lounge, YM CA. THURSDAY, SEPT. 26 7:30 p.m.—Class of ’45, Assem bly Hall. 7:30 p.m.—Lamar County A. & M. Club, Room 126 Acad. Bldg. 7:30 p.m.—Wharton County A. & M. Club, Room 129, Acad. Bldg. The famous painting of Reveille, made just before the Aggies fam ous dog mascot died, is on exhibi tion in the newspaper room of the A. & M. library. C. A. Robinson, assistant profes sor of mechanical engineering, has resigned to enter Naval research work at Daingerfield. Don’t get the idea that you study better by listening to the radio.—A. & M. Handbook. YMCA Needs Song Leader, Pianist A song leader and a pianist to assist with services each Sun day at the Chapel are being sought by Mr. M. L. Cashion, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Students interested should contact Ann Hilliard or W. W. Dominy at the Student Activ ities Center, A&M Col. annex. _ Letters YES, A. & M. REALLY IS IN 74TH SCHOOL YEAR Dear Sir: The September 12th Batt has a rather puzzling headline which reads, “Record Enrollment Set in A. and M.’s 74th School Year”. According to the General Infor mation Bulletin of 1946-47, the Historical Sketch relates, and I quote, “The College was formally opened and instruction begun on October 4, 1876.” Without the aid of a calculator or sliderule, my mathematics in sists that this is barely seventy years. Aren’t we attempting to stretch the fact and our prestige somewhat, or could it be the Batt has uncovered some information we all do not know about? The quizzical kid Bill Strait (For the benefit of Mr. Strait and others who were puzzled by the suddent boast of this being A. and M.’s 74th yar, we inform you that in 1942 thru 1945 the school was on a speed-up schedule which allowed a 4-year course to be com pleted in 2 2-3 years. This sand wiches in a few extra semesters which makes it possible for the College to be in its 74th school year and still only be a bare 70 years old.—ED.) Don’t join the gang that says a freshman doesn’t have time to study.—A. & M. Handbook. You can find time for classes, study, needed recreation, and so cial life.—A. & M. Handbook. Start studying the moment you sit down at your desk. Do not let yourself fool around.—A. & M. Handbook. Our hair must be very ambitious. It is determined to come out on top. BRYAN SENIORS Get those Ice Cream Boot Pants and Slacks NOW! SMITH’S Cleaning - Pressing North Gate - Phone 4-4444 FRIDAY and SATURDAY Humphrey Bogart in “THE BIG SLEEP” PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT SUN. - MON. - TUBS. Abbott and Costello in “Time of Their Lives” WED. - THURS. - FRI. - SAT. Dana Andrews in “Canyon Passage” QUEEN THEATER Carole Landis in “It Shouldn’t Happen To a Dog” FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. R. L. Brown, Pastor A HEARTY WELCOME TO EVERYBODY —SUNDAY SERVICES— 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 6:15 p.m. Training Union 10:50 a.m. Morning Worship 7:15 p.m. Evening Worship ONE BLOCK FROM NORTH GATE NOW OPEN FROM 1:00 ’TIL 6:00 Model Aeroplane Supplies — Engines and Accessories All the Better Engines and Kits, Control Line and Free Flight—Rubber Powered. HOBBY SHOP 305A East 29th St. PENNY’S SERENADE ^ By W. L. Penberthy It is but a couple of days until the start of what promises to be one of the most interesting seasons in the history of football. All of the teams have a wealth of ma terial so the coaches problem is one of making the best use of his material ra ther than devel opment. In com menting on the season ahead I heard whose value, make the statement that the team that wins the confer- Penny ence will be the one with a “spark”. By a “spark” he meant a player who is a fine performer, but who also has a little something extra that makes him an example and an inspiration to his team mates. He is usually a great leader and one who makes them want to give more than they a man, oninion I have with never a thought of quit ting. These “sparks” appear all through our lives. We see them in our homes, at our work, and in our play, but to me they are the best evident in groups that are engaged in voluntary service such as Boy and Girl Scouts, Churches, Civic Groups, Red Cross, etc. In these activities they play the same important part as do the leaders on our football squads. The amount of good done by “sparks” is hard to estimate be cause the work done by their own hands is just a small percent of that which they inspire by their fine spirit. I know I have worked on many projects where I would have quit had it not been that the chairman was a “spark” and it would have been cowardly and dis loyal to have “let him down”. We never know to what extent we ourselves may be the “spark” that someone is looking to for help, encouragenfent, and irtspira- tion, so it is a challenge to us to “step out” to the best of our abil ity in everything we undertake. Fish at Air Field Annex Are Brought Up In Old Tradition By “Babe” Schwartz Annex Reporter What are these weird rumors that float around the Main Cam pus, to the effect that Fish at the Air Field Annex go parading around without their fish stripes, or that upper-classmen live in three-room suites? T’aint so. Everything at the Annex is con ducted as things are supposed to be conducted on the campus. Yell practices are held. Retreat form ation was scheduled to begin last night, under direction of Capt. Si mons, and uniform regulations are being strictly enforced. By means of short visits, the freshman stationed at the Annex are rapidly learning their way about the Main Campus. Upper classmen who drill the fish on what they have learned state that the annex-fish will soon have as good a knowledge of the main campus as the ones who are stationed there. Every other phase of freshman orientation followed at A. & M. College is being carried out at the annex. Aggie life at the field is no different, in any important par ticular, from Aggie life at the New Area. In fact, we wonder sometimes if the Aggie traditions aren’t better observed here at the annex than they are in College Station? Family Style . . . Tuesday the corps at the annex began eating “family style” in the mess hall and comments were gen erally favorable. The forty-odd upperclassmen who travel to the campus for classes every day eat their noon meal at Duncan with the corps. Silver Taps ... * Silver Taps was conducted at the Annex Monday night, simul taneously with the ceremony on the main campus, for Hugh Gilles pie, Aggie who was killed in a plane crash at Corsicana last week end. Gillespie’s brother is a senior in H Battery at the annex. Invitation . . . Campus Aggies are invited to come out to the Annex on Sunday and take a look at the installation, particularly the student center, snack bar, day rooms and mess hall. We’ll be glad to answer ques tions and show you around. A trained reference librarian is on duty at the loan desk of the A. & M. library. Short-time loans for ’students who are temporarily financially embarrassed are available through th eDavis Buck Fund, Placement Office, Goodwin Hall. GUION HALL THEATER THURSDAY ONLY 'tKfeced by ADRIAN SCOTT • Directed by EDWARD DMYTRY* Screen Play by JOHN PAXTOft FRIDAY and SATURDAY plus “SENORITA FROM THE WEST” — with — Bonita Granville Allan Jones Plus News and Cartoon SUNDAY AND MONDAY TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY “FRONTIER GAL’’ with Yvonne DeCarlo and Rod Cameron RIVOLI THEATER A. & M. College Annex THURSDAY and FRIDAY “SAN ANTONIO” with Erroll Flynn SATURDAY “CORNERED” with Dick Powell SUNDAY and MONDAY “GAME OF DEATH” with John Loder Plus “SENORITA FROM THE WEST” TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY “JANE GETS MARRIED”