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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 3, 1946
This Week
By CHARLIE MURRAY
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS now
i for a date on the week-end of Octo-
j her 18-19, because after the TCU
\ game another all-college dan^e is
j in the offing. The Aggieland' Or-
- chestra will furnish music for
■j this hilarious after-the-game dance,
j Arrangements will be made for ac-
i commodating dates . . . Another
i feature of the week-end will be
j the AGGIE RODEO to be held in
r Bryan on those two days. . . .
; The TCU Student Council selected
the Aggie game as the date for
making a mass attack on the
| campus.
c • Forthcoming plans for a Christ-
^ mas-holiday wedding are slated
l for DAVE SELIGMAN. Come Jan-
f uary, a Jacksonville, Florida gal
j will find a home in Aggieland. . .
I . An Aggie hitchhikker, standing
j on a Houston corner expectantly
\ waiting for a ride to college, was
I picked up by a colored driver, own-
£ er of the long, black limousine. All
v the way to East Gate they drove,
£ and then the driver turned around
facing toward Houston. When the
£ Aggie questioned the colored driv-
C er, the reply was, “Ah’s goin’ to
C Prairie View, and us Aggies must
stick together”.
And with the various and sundry
rumors of the GAZELLE BOY, at
last the whereabouts of this head
line character is known. Coach
Norton proposed giving the fast-
as-lightning native boy a scholal-
ship to A. & M. jhowever, the jun
gle kid accepted an offer to the
University, since that school is
CO-ED!
AT THE FORMER BAND MEM
BERS meetings held Monday night,
suggestions were in order for a
name of the organization. One
suggestion was: “Former Blowers
and Beaters”.
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With The Corps
By ALLEN SELF
Air ROTC Dope
Colonel Meloy has announced
that all students now taking MS,
with the exception of seventy-five
in the interim course, are eligible
for transfer to Air ROTC.
Advanced student transfers will
be limited to seventy-five, allow
ables for each branch being In
fantry 20, Cavalry 8, Field Artil
lery 21, Coast Artillery 4, Engi
neers 9, Signal Corps 2, Ordnance
1, Quartermaster 7, and Chem
ciro 3
Those electing Air ROTC will
remain with their present organ
izations and continue to wear the
insignia of their present branch
throughout the year. On Nov. 4
four sections of Air Science and
Tactics will begin.
Col. Hodge, PAS & T, states
that flight training will begin with
the second year advanced, and that
he believes that all students desir
ing flying training of 25 hours
will be allowed to take it, although
it will not be compulsory.
Senior Class Action
Senior meetings are held often,
and quite naturally, all that goes
on in those meetings is not made
public. However, we believe it
only right that the Corps should
know what decisions are made, and
how these decisions will affect
life in the Corps. With these
things in mind, we’re passing on
some pertinent explanations.
Last week a committee met with
George McCulloch, proprietor of
George’s Confectionery, to deter
mine why such high prices and low
quality prevail in service. Mr.
McCulloch protested that he did
not know as yet whether he was
making money or losing it, but
that as soon as his September
statement was completed, revisions
in some prices would occur. Geor
ge’s prices for “chocolate covered”
doughnuts, milk shakes and malts,
and the low quality of all products
were the particular bones of con
tention. We’ll wait and see if any
revisions of price or policy result.
Dissatisfaction with price poli
cies of the Exchange Store led the
class to select a group to investi
gate the possibility of establishing
a, post exchange on the campus,
under the direction of the military
department. The essential require
ment was that it be non-profit.
Consultation with Army Regula
tions showed that such a store
would be impossible and the busi
ness manager of the college would
undoubtedly veto any competition
with the Exchange Store. . . .
An attempt is being made to
secure a top to bottom section for
the Cadet Corps at the reminder
of the home games. This would
necessarily not be bordering on
fifty yard line, but would never
theless be an improvement.
Corps Chaff . . .
Rusty, the mascot, is noise-shy,
report members of the Band. At
present she is living in Walton.
The old conditioned reflex treat
ment might be used on Rusty to
accustom her to the music—feed
her while the band is playing . . .
Short coats for advanced ROTC
elective will be provided by com
pany requisitions . . .
Wool uniforms will be issued
two weeks from now . . . Ties go
on this Monday.
1 VETS’ WIVES TO HAVE
: FASHION FEST IN LOUNGE
All veterans’ wives who are in-
terested in trading or selling cos-
j tume jewelry, clothing (including
j: children’s), make-up household ar-
|i tides, or any other items, are ask-
:= ed to bring them to Sbisa Lounge
£ Monday evening, October 7, at
7:30 p. m. This “Trade Fest” is
being sponsored by the Style and
Fashion Group of the Veteran’s
Wives Club.
Bear With Us for a Month . . .
At last a ray of light shines through the dark clouds
that have been hovering over both the editors and the edi
torial offices of Student publications. We have been author
ized to buy our own printing press and other publishing
machinery, and will be set up in the basement of Goodwin
Hall before November 1.
All during the war years, the Batt has been laboring
under difficulties sometimes too big to surmount. First
the labor shortage, and that took another big bite out of
our production. On top of all this, the draft had been re
moving staff members with a regularity that was highly
disconcerting to the few who managed to carry on.
Today for the first time the outlook is reasonably
bright. Use of our own print shop will enable us to put out
the kind of newspaper that the students want. The Batt
will have to be tri-weekly at first, but even under that
schedule, spot news on the campus will get ample coverage.
The Student Life Committee recognized the woeful need for
more than a weekly paper in a school the size of A. & M.
The student paper of our sister school, TSCW, has gone into
the daily field. We are virtually the last major school in
Texas which now publishes only a weekly paper.
One of the 'roots of the trouble has been the A. & M.
Press, which has been unable to serve us as we wanted.
Now, under independent management and with separate
equipment, not only a tri-weekly Battalion will be published,
but monthly or bi-monthly issues of the Agriculturist and
the Engineer can be run off. By the A. & M. Press’s own
statement, they could not publish three papers a week, two
would be doubtful, and even one would be difficult. Maga
zine production would be impossible.
In the Student Life Committee meeting, there was a
unanimous vote to allow Student Publications to buy their
own printing plant and follow with at least three papers
a week. Previous to this, the statement was made that if
tri-weekly publication was not resumed, a refund ..would have
to be paid on subscriptions to the Batt, as the students were
not being served in the proper manner. Granted that you
aren’t at present, but under the new set-up, we editors won’t
be able to pass the blame on to someone else. Both editing
and printing will be our responsibility, and we can assure
you that all efforts will be made to run the new Batt for
the students.
Wasted, Utterly Wasted . . .
Une of the little-known facts about the new dormitory
area is that it contains, in Kiest Hall (Dorm 2) a lounge
supposedly for the use of the students and their guests.
The space occupied for the lounge amounts to the living space
allocated to twenty-four students under the three-to-a-room
plan now in operation. Equipment inside the lounge includes
sofas, lamps, chairs, carpets, and a piano—all done in a
very nice, harmonious manner—and all now sitting in the
rooms with absolutely no use at all.
Last football season, Kiest Lounge was opened three
or four times for the use of Aggies and their dates. Those
occasions are the only -times that the lounge was in use
during the entire year.
When North Texas played the Aggies at the first. of
the season, Kiest Lounge was not open. No plans for opening
the Lounge at any time during the coming year have as
yet been announced.
It seems to us that the space that could accommodate
twenty-four boys desiring to go to school at A. & M. should
not be wasted on a venture so highly seasonal, or so ex
tremely infrequent. Perhaps it’s true that the lounge should
not be converted into dormitory rooms. But why not ar
range matters so that the lounge could remain open at all
times? Why not establish a Cadet Club, equipped with mag
azines, cards and tables, dominoes, and phonograph, to serve
as a recreation center for the ROTC cadets living in the ad
jacent dormitory area? Such a revision could be accom
plished with a minimum of expense and effort, and would
certainly result in use of the lounge more than at present.
Establishment of a Cadet Club where Kiest Lounge now
is would be a step toward providing the students with a
complete recreation program. A plea of lack of money could
hardly be accepted as a valid argument against such a re
vision.
The Book Crisis . . .
The present shortage of books and equipment for the
more than 9,000 students now enrolled is, for the moment,
a very real crisis. In view of the large number of technical
subjects studied at this institution, lack of books can have
a very crippling effect on students.
No one is to blame for the situation, which is nation
wide. The situation is not helped, of course, by the New
York truckdrivers’ strike, which has left many boxes of
books stalled on shipping platforms. But the shortage of
paper, and of labor in printing plants, had. already moved
deliveries back almost six months.
It should be evident that no routine efforts will be
sufficient to take care of the shortage. The Battalion sug
gests that an emergency committee be formed, of store
officials, faculty, and student officials, to make an aggres
sive approach to the situation.
Kream & Kow Klub VFW Auxiliary Will
Elects Officers Organize Next Thurs.
Kenneth Garvin, senior majoring
in Dairy Husbandry from Waco,
was elected president of the Kream
and Kow Klub ..Tuesday night.
Other officers elected were, W. E.
(Chapman of Wichita Falls, Vice-
president; V. A. Yentzen, of Ned
erland, secretary and treasurer;
C. A. Mangold of San Antonio, re
porter and R. E. Hale of Tulia,
agriculture committeeman. A. V.
Moore was selected as Staff Ad
visor.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary will organize at the Bry
an Country Club on October 10
at 7:30 p. m. Those eligible, who
have either a son, father, or hus
band who served overseas in any
of the wars, are requested to bring
the serial number, branch, and
theatre of operations served in by
the person used as membership
qualification.
The Battalion
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CHAS. E. MURRAY, DAVID M. SELIGMAN
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WALLACE J. BENNETT
FRED ENGLISH. L. R. SCHALIT
Co-Editor
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—Associate Editors
Sports Editor
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.....Advertising Manager
Annex Editor
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Hollywood Revel-ations
By Harry Revel
(Harry Revel, popular Holly wood
tunesmith who has seen some of
his songs land on the All-time
Hit Parade, has had a great ad
miration for Aggies ever since he
visited the campus while the pic
ture “We’ve Never Been Licked,”
was being filmed. In this column
he sends along the latest Holly
wood dope to his friends.)
Hi’ya Aggies . . . this is your
Hollywood tunesmith reporting to
you the latest dope from the mo
vie mecca, and in keeping with
the torrid temperatures we’re ex
periencing right now . . . it’s 97
in the shade—here’s the latest tid
bits of this—a and data hot off
the Hollywood studio presses . . .
Earl Carrol threw a big birth
day party shindig at his luxurious
twelve acre residence in Beverly
Hills—a mere 1000 people showed
up ... as is always the case where
the impressario Carroll is concern
ed, the party was elaborate in
every detail ... a veritable who’s
who of Moviedom were present. . .
Walter Pidgeon, Lana Turner,
Jack Oakie, Franchot Tone, Jean
Hersholt, Barbara Hale, Lizbeth
Scott, . . . lots of food, dancing,
swimming and gals. . . .
Ginger Rogers is the latest star
to join the ranks of new motion
picture producers . . . aided and
abetted by her ex-marine husband
Jack Briggs.
Sid Skolsky’s first attempt at
producing pictures is one of great
magnitude. . . . this popular New
York and Hollywood columnist has
just turned out one of the greatest
movies ever to come out of a stu
dio. . . . Columbia Pictures are
the lucky owners of this epic and
the picture is called “The Jolson
Story.” ... a Technicolor film that
is based on the life of A1 Jolson
and which serves as an introduc
tion to the screen of a star by the
name of Lai’ry Parks. . . . the mo
tion picture and daily trade paper
critics unanimously praise him to
the skies.
By far the prettiest tune writ
ten in years is the currently pop
ular “To Each His Own” written
by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
. . . Yours truly has only this to
say about the ditty. ... he wishes
he had written it.
Tony Martin is in big demand
again. ... in fact his popularity
is far greater now than before he
entered the Service. ... he is
not the playboy he used to be. . .
he’s more of a mellow and serious
person nowadays. . . . Louis B.
Mayer, prexy of MGM, has some
big plans for grooming Tony to
stardom in the near future . . .
Tony’s own radio show “Evening
in Paris” in which he shares hon
ors with Her Nibs Miss Georgia
Gibbs, is already in the high Ho-
operating bracket. . . .
Freddy Martin, famous band
leader, has opened his own music
and radio store in the Ambassador
Hotel . . . judging by the crowd
of customers that throng to the
story daily, its a success.
Do you ever see screwy com
binations of film titles at Guion
Hall or the Campus? ... if so,
send them to me, Harry Revel,
Knickerbocker Hotel, Hollywood.
. . . and if there’s any problems
in connections with movies you’d
like some information on, let me
know. So long, Aggies, see you
again soon.
PENNY’S SERENADE
By W. L. Penberthy
In describing the performance of
individuals or groups we often
steal terms that were originated
to describe cooking. Such expres
sions as “done to a turn” or “done
up brown” are very commonly
used to describe a job very well
done. It has been my observation
that the really good cooks, like my
wife dnd mother, add a lot to the
flavor of the food they prepare by
the addition of the exact amount of
seasoning at just
the right stage
to accomplish the
best results. It is
this little knack
that in my opin
ion sets them
apart from the
average cooks.
This same knack
in other fields is
just as noticea
ble.
The majority
of us, I’m afraid,
are content with
doing the ordi
nary job, but
there is a small
percentage of people who have
the interest and pride to go beyond
and so give their work a little
something extra that makes their
perfoi-mance stand out from the
usual or ordinary. These indivi
duals are in demand and at a pre
mium.
We will see some examples of
this many times this fall on our
Daily Devotionals
Held in Both Areas
Non-denominational prayer
meetings, under the auspices of
the College Station Baptist Church,
have again been organized in the
New Area and at the North Gate.
The New Area prayer meetings are
being held each evening at 10 p.m.
at the Ball House, across from the
side entrance of George’s Confec
tionery. The North Gate prayer
meetings are held in the Baptist
Church annex at 6:45 p.m. each
evening.
All students are invited to attend
these daily devotionals.
Garrigan Resumes
Job at Horse Barn
Owen Garrigan, well known to
thousands of Aggies through his
32 years as horse herdsman for the
College, is again a frequent visitor
at the Horse Barn after his serious
injury this summer.
It will be remembered by many
that Mr. Garrigan was kicked in
the head by a mare on July 19,
and after six weeks in the hospi
tal and a short stay at home, he is
again at the Horse Barn helping
Aggies and appreciate good horses.
An alibi is something a husband
is silly enough to think his wife
believes.
gridiron. We will see many indi
viduals and teams that are good,
but we will also see individuals
and teams that will stand out be-
couse they have paid the price in
study, application and practice to
be outstanding. They will have a
little something added that the
good player or team doesn’t have,
and in most cases it will show up
on the scoreboard at the end of
the game.
Work Commenced
On County Road
After three or four years of ef
fort, much needed repair of road
on south side of campus is now
underway, according to Norton B.
Burkhalter, Precinct Commission
er, work was scheduled to begin
this past week on Tuesday, Sep
tember 24.
A new foundation will be laid
from the bridge immediately north
of Consolidated High School to
the entrance of the Frank Dobro-
bolney place. Continuing from there
east to State Highway Six the road
will be patched. Railing along the
bridge is also to be replaced.
It was desired that the entire
road from the bridge to Highway
6 will be retopped. This is impos
sible, however, because of the cost
of repairing the road is taken
from the precinct’s budget, which
is very limited. An unsuccessful ef
fort has been made to persuade the
Bridge and Road Fund of Brazos
County to share some of the ex
pense.
Your Favorite
RECORDINGS
and
PLAYERS
Come in and become famil
iar with our huge stock of
records from your favorite
band.
CHAPMAN’S
Next to Post Office
Bryan
Penny
LOOK AGGIES
Regulation Wool Felt
CAMPAIGN HATS $5.00
Heavy Weight Cotton Twill Khaki, Sizes 29-36
BOOT PANTS $3.49
All Wool, Genuine Leather Bill
O. D. GARRISON CAP $3.95
Button Front, Sizes 34-42, in White
Herringbone Twill COVERALLS .. $4.98
MONTGOMERY WARD
What’s Cooking
THURSDAY, October 3
7:30 p. m. Young County A & M
Club, Room 125, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Ellis County A &
M Club, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Taylor A & M Club
Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Corpus Christi A
& M Club, Room 227, Acad.JJldg.
7:30 p. m. Wichita County A
& M Club, Room 219, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Galveston A & M
Club, Room 32, Science Bldg.
7:30 p. m. El Paso A & M Club,
Room 128, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Denton County A &
M Club, Room 107, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Laredo A & M Club,
Room 224, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Astronomy Club,
Room 303, Physics Bldg.
8:00 p. m. Ellis County Club,
Room 225, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Society of Automo
tive Engineers, Room 303, M. E.
Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Port Arthur A & M
Club, Room 104, Acad. Bldg.
FRIDAY, October 4
3:00 p. m. A & M “B” vs Rice
“B” football game.
7:00 p. m. Newman Club meet
ing, Assembly Hall.
7:30 p. m. Yom Kippur ser
vices, Temple Freda, Bryan. Con
ducted by students of the A & M
Hillel Foundation.
SATURDAY, October 5
9:30 a. m. Yom Kippur services,
Temple Freda, Bryan.
9:00 p. m. Newman Club Dance,
Sbisa.
SUNDAY, October 6
8:30 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Cath
olic mass
MONDAY, October 7
5:00 p. m. Mask and Foil Club,
Gymnasium
7:30 p. m. Jr. FFA, Ag. Engi
neering Lecture Room.
7:30 p. m. Aggie Wives Circle
of A & M Methodist Church meets
WSCS. Colored movies of India.
Home of Mrs. J. Gordon Gay, 201
Suffolk St.
TUESDAY, October 8
7:30 p. m. Biology club, con
ference room on 1st floor of Ag.
Exper. Station Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Accounting Society,
Physics Lecture Room, Physics
Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Agronomy Society,
A & I Lecture Room, A & I Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Reserve Off. Meet
ing, Geology Lecture Room, Col.
Meloy and Col. Fuller (4th Army
Hq) speakers.
7:30 p.. m. AVMA Meeting, Vet
Lecture Room. Speaker: Dr. R. T.
Dickson, ’31, “Business Practices
of the Veterinarian.”
WEDNESDAY, October 9
7:30 p. m. A & M Luthern Wal-
ther Club, Cabinet Room, YMCA.
AIEE Elects Ross
Chairman of Chapter
The American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers held its first
meeting on Thursday evening, Sep
tember 26, at which time officers
were elected for the current year.
Clark Ross was elected chairman
of the organization, and Carlos
O. Love will serve as vice-chair
man. Secretary for the college
chapter of the AIEE is W. W.
Ward, and Harry Auverman will
assume duties of the treasurer.
N. F. Rode, faculty member of
the Electrical Engineering depart
ment, will serve as counsellor for
this school year.
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Maj. “Pop” Breland
Wants Batt Copies
Major James E. “Pop” Bre
land, formerly a tactical officer
with the ROTC on the campus,
and before that a professor in
the mechanical engineering de
partment, writes back from
overseas, that he is now military
governor of Landkries, Karl-
stadt, Germany.
Not knowing how valuable
summer editions of The Battal
ion have become (not because of
worth perhaps but because of
scarcity). Major Breland re
quested that some copies be
sent to him. If any who attend
ed the summer sessions and still
have copies of the Batt laying
around are willing, Major Bre
land would be pleased to re
ceive them via the mails, thus:
Maj. James E. Breland
CAC 250965
MG Co. “A” Det A-338
APO 170 c/o Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
Ice cream cones lead in popu
larity with the kids in the sum
mer, says a dealer. They get a
licking for being good.
When you’re saving something
for that rainy day, it seems to keep
the sun shining.
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