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j Page 2 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1946 Where’s the Band? . . . In Dallas last Saturday Texas University played a thrill-packed football game with Oklahoma University in a jammed Cotton Bowl. At the mid-point of the game, the colorful Tu band paraded in a series of intricate formations, followed by the OU band, paying tribute to both schools. While the spectators were leaving the stands, favorable re- i marks were heard from all sides, regarding the half-time 1 performances. Tu and OU officials realize that these musical ' groups serve as excellent publicity for both schools. So j does LSU! On November 15, the 96-piece LSU band will travel all i the way to Miami, Florida, a distance of over 900 miles, for the purpose of supporting their team. Not at the expense | of the band members, but at the expense of the school will ] the group make this trip—and by pullman! t Consider A. & M.! Last Saturday the Aggie eleven s' journeyed to Baton Rouge, but where was the “famous Ag- c gie Band”? That is not hard to answer—College Station! ^ . Now is posed the question “WHY” . . . Before the ’46 j football season began, the college Athletic Council donated s $1200 to the Aggie Band for this year’s traveling expense. 8 A tidy sum, this $1200, but in proportion to the 235 mem- f bers—a mere drop in the bucket! c The “famous Aggie Band” went to San Antonio on t September 28; for those who rode the chartered buses it cost $5.40. Had all the bandsmen gone by bus, the total * sum would have amounted to at least $1100. To haul the b 235 instruments to the Texas Tech game, including eleven o^sousaphones, cost $60, this amount being deducted from $ the Athletic Council’s original $1200. Had the bus expenses n also been subtracted from this figure, the balance would onow amount to $40—to be used by the “famous 235-piece -A Aggie Band” for the other (five) out of-town games. How- "ever, each member reached into his own pocket without com plaint in order to go to San Antonio. This burden SHOULD NOT fall upon the bandsmen for the other games. It is this nation’s largest band which spikes yell prac tices; this group sends the team on its way to out-of-town games; it greets the Aggie eleven at the train station— win, lose, or draws; and this organization can always be depended upon for a splendid showing at home garnet. For the 10-hours-plus of diligent work per week, band members receive no compensation. A few trips during football season, courtesy of A. & M.—is that asking too much? CERTAIN LY NOT! With the Baylor game in the offing, again the ques tion arises. Half-hearted attempts are bing made by the cadet band leaders to transport the “famous Aggie Band” to Waco—in a moving van! Still this lowly means of trans portation would incur a small cost upon each member. Such a plan would be degrading not only to the band but also to Texas A. & M. College. Nor should the risk in placing so many men in one vehicle be forgotten. The absence of the “famous Aggie Band” at forthcom ing games to be played elsewhere should NOT be blamed on the individual members. Instead it can be credited to those who failed to make provisions for the Aggie Band as an active part of the school’s accomplishment, popularity, and spirit! Campus Clean-up Campaign . . . In a recent issue of a national magazine there appeared an article on the beauty of one of the country’s leading male colleges—Princeton University. It’s magnificent greens and well-kept shrubs were lauded, and the appearance of its vy-covered buildings were highly praised. There is no doubt that the student body of that uni versity has pride in its cleanliness and beauty. In none of he pictures were there any trash, scrap paper, or empty mottles to be seen. On the contrary the overall picture was me of brightness and restfulness that must be a factor con- iucive to study. Coming bluntly to the point—why cannot A&M have a :ampus as beautiful as that of Princeton? That doesn’t nec- issarily mean A&M must have ivy-covered, Tudor-styled aiildings; but its grounds can be entirely covered with rreen grass and shrubs. It need not be littered with the rash one sees as he tours the campus today. By wholehearted cooperation of the students, prompted iy the same pride they evidence by their support of other ctivities, A&M can have the most beautiful campus in the tate. The acres which comprise the college grounds are overed with stately shade trees and clipped shrubs dili- ently cared for by the Landscape Department. They plant lowers and trim grass continuously, but it is of no avail /hen thoughtless people trample them down and little the reas with papers and cigarettes. ► This is to present the idea to the students—to start the bought in their minds—“cooperate to make A&M’s campus spot of beauty”,—not just the boulevard from the East !ate to the Administration Building, nor the garden in the lew Area or the Prexy’s house, but in front of the mess alls, aroun dthe Academic Building, near the Y. M. C. A., nd everywhere that the eyes of both visitors and students like are met with the gaunt, barren grounds strewn with rushed papers and cigarette stubs. This is to be the start of a “Campus Clean-up Cam- aign” waged by those who care for their school’s appear- nce. If the B. and C. U. Dept, sees that the students do care >r a good appearance, it can be supposed that it, too, would joperate by putting waste disposal cans at convenient aces and cleaning up the buildings and areas that are now Tty. Remind your buddy—remind yourself—a couple of onths of keeping off the grass and properly disposing of ash and the campus will be converted into something of showplace which can be perpetuated into a tradition nong the others A&M has—one which will give her stu- mts and alumni an inward pride. Vo* New Traditions . . . Two suggestions have been made to the Battalion re- ntly, and are hereby passed on for consideration, and :rhaps action. What would you think of a concrete walk bearing the itials and class numerals of Aggie graduates from now on it, to be engraved in wet cement each year a short time fore graduation? Under this plan one of our streets would be renamed •aduates Walk. (The street from the New Area, behind e Experiment Station and Library, ending at the Aero ilding would be excellent for the purpose.) Each grad- ption-time another block of sidewalk would be laid, per- §ps on the day of the senior Ring Dance. The senior could |en carve their initials (maybe the girl friends, too, if §ey feel that sure!) and those initials would remain for | time, to remind future Aggies of the classes before ;|em. This would make another unique tradition for A&M. | The other suggestion deals with proper disposal of Irn-out national and state flags. Some American Legion |sts are following the practice of burning old flags in a Unified ceremony, with buglers to sound taps as the worn- |t banners go up in flames. Such a ceremony is certainly Inferable to making old rags out of once-honored flags, d would be a natural for A&M. Colorful Spain in 16th Century Setting For " One Sweet Grape ” By Wilnora Barton Readers Adviser Kate O’Brien is one of those au thors who get a lot of sheer fun out of their writing. She’s hap piest when turned loose in a fine historical setting with glamorous possibilities, for then she con structs a story with all the zest and spicy arrogance of, a contem porary. Her talent for recreating the mood of a period and her ability to breathe life into her characters is unsurpassed by any The novel with which we are particularly impressed is Kate O’Brien’s latest, called For One Sweet Grape. This book has just come off the press and you’ll be hearing about it from enthusias tic readers all fall. Miss O’Brien says that she doesn’t consider For One Sweet Grape an historical novel. “It is,” she adds, “an invention arising from reflection on the external story of Ana de# Mendoza and Phillip II of Spain”. However, all the persons appearing in the novel did live in the splendor and the color of 16th century Spain. Ana de Mendoza, the widow of a powerful politician and the only daughter of Spain’s most influen tial Castilian family, had a curious destiny to fulfill. Her life from her earliest childhood was inex tricably bound to that of the mo narch, Phillip II. Phillip arranged for her wedding to his best friend and secretary of State, so that she Whatfs Cooking THURSDAY, OCT. 17 7:30 P. M. Montgomery Co. A & M Club, Room 305, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Brazoria Co. A & M Club, Room 126, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Sooner Club, Room 206, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Land of Lakes Club (Burnet, Lampases, Llano, Mills, and San Saba counties), Rm. , Acad. Bldg. 7:30 P. M. ASHVE organiza tional meeting. (Architects & En gineers interested in heating ven tilating, & air-conditioning eligi ble). ME lecture room, ME Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Galveston A&M Club, Rm. 32, Science Bldg. 7:00 P. M. Navy-Marine Club, Assembly Room, YMCA. Thursday, October 17, 7:30 p. m. — Astronomy Club, Physics Building. FRIDAY, OCT. 18 3:00 P. M. A&M “Bees” vs. TCU “Bees”, football game, Kyle Field. 8:00 P. M. AGGIE RODEO, Saddle & Sirloin Club, Bryan Rop ing Club Arena 3/4 mile north of Bryan Hwy. 6. 7:30 P. M. Reception, all Bap tist student wives, home of Mrs. R. L. Brown, North Gate. SATURDAY, OCT. 19 2:30 P. M. A & M vs. TCU football game, Kyle Field. 7:00 P. M. AGGIE RODEO, Bryan Roping Club Arena. 7:30 P. M. El Paso County Club meeting, Room 128 Academic Building. 9:00 P. M. ALL COLLEGE DANCE, Sbisa Hall. SUNDAY, OCT. 20 3:00 P. M. Town Hall presents Strauss Music Festival, /Guion Hall. 9:15 A. M. Luthern Students Bible Class, Assembly Room, YMCA. MONDAY, OCT. 21 7:30 P. M. Aggie Wives Cir cle, A & M Methodist Church, YMCA TUESDAY, OCT. 22 7:30 P. M. American Chemis try Society, organization meeting, Rm. 10, Chemistry Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Ag. Eng. Society, Lecture Room, Ag. Eng. Bldg. (Freshmen urged to attend.) 7:30 P. M. Rural Sociology Club, Rm 203, Ag. Bldg. Speaker from State Dept, of Public Wel fare. 7:30 P. M. Class of ’46, Chapel, YMCA. Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 p. m. —Agronomy Society, A. & I. Lec ture Room. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 7:30 P. M. Foods Club, Veter an’s Wives, Sbisa Hall. 7:15 P. M. A&M Luthern Student Association, Assembly Rm. YMCA. 7:15 P. M. Lufkin Club, Rotun da, Acad. Bldg. (Ed. Note: Regular hometown club meerting night is Thursday) THURSDAY, OCT. 24 7:30 P. M. Students from Kerr- ville area, Rm. 107, Acad. Bldg. 7:30 P. M. Mississippi Valley A&M Club, Rm. 308, Acad. Bldg. (All students from Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas invited.) could always be at court and near him. He openly favored her, and all of Spain was agog at the royal scandal. Curiously enough, there was no scandal. Phillip loved Ana, but he also loved and respected her husband. The king found pleasure and relaxation in the com pany of the vivacious Ana. What was there about Ana to hold the devotion of the king? She was not a beauty by the stan dards of the day. She was too tall and too thin, and she wore a dia mond-shaped black silk patch to cover the empty socket of her right eye, the eye she lost in a duel with her cousin when she was fourteen. Still, men found Ana the most fascinating of women. She had wit and a sense of humor that never failed her. Living in seclu sion for three years after her hus band’s death Ana was missed at court. The king entreated Ana to return to court. What happened when Phillip who loved Ana with pure devotion found that she had given her heart to one of his most trusted cabinet members—a man whom he could not replace? In a jealous rage Philip could have had the man dis posed of—but Ana’s lover was the only man in the Kingdom who could handle the then dangerously precarious foreign situation. So Ana’s love became embroiled in continental intrigue—and Phillip with all the fury of an injured man and rejected lover found a way to make both of them suffer. While murder and spying and treason ran rife through Madrid —Ana, heedless of the danger of royal disfavor gambled all for one last sweet glimpse of rapture, and “For One . Sweet Grape”—destroy ed the vine. Kate O’Brien is the author of other novels of Spanish setting, but this is the best she has done yet. The library received this book as a Review Copy from the Publishers, Doubleday and Com pany. BAYLOR HOLDS HOME COMING AT A&M GAME Baylor University is making plans to have its annual Home coming celebration on October 26, the weekend of the A. & M. game. The Cadet Corps will make a corps trip to Waco for that game. Highlights of the celebration in cludes a parade in downtown Waco on the day of the game at which time various campus clubs and classes will enter homecoming queen candidates upon their floats in the parade. The homecoming queen’s identity will not be known until the half of the. game. No matter how low a man may drop in the scale of society, there is always a woman and a dbg that will love him. Some people never forget a "fa vor if it’s done for you. It’s through THE STATE Farm Bank Plan First—secure a loan through your cooperating banker. Second—pay cash for your car. Third—be sure to get State Farm’s low-cost, broad- coverage policy. You save money through lower financing charges. Cash usually commands a better deal. You save money on the cost of insurance. Keep your money working where you earn it. Hold onto your War Bonds! Before You Buy . . . See Me FIRST! U. M. Alexander, Jr. ’40 Rm. 5 Casey-Sparks Bldg. North Gate - 4-7269 STATE FARM MUTITAL Automobile i.;c. : :r:E c' 'MY the Battalion Office. Room 5, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444, Texas A. & M. College. SAMUEL GOIDWYN 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. •' m DEAD Member EDO the Act :red as of Cot tigress 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 Corps Editor Vick Lindley Veteran Editor Chas. E. Murray, David M. Seligman Associate Editors U. V. Johnston h Sports Editor Paul Martin ;. Assistant Sports Editor Jimmie Demopolus Art Editor Wallace J. Bennett Wendell McClure, Peyton McKnight : Gerald Mon son Ferd English, L. R. Shalit, Arthur Matula, Claude Buntyn, A. R. Hengst, Babe Swartz •. A1 Hudeck, Jack Herrington ! Annex Editor Advertising Managers .. Circulation Manager Reporters Photographers PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Penberthy One of the best sport stories I have ever heard took place in the DeWare Field House at a basket ball game in the twenties. In those days the referee was paid $20.00 for his services, while the umpire re ceived only $15. Late in the ball game when the going was tough a player commit ted a foul which || was seen by both || officials. The re feree looked at the umpire and said “How do you call it?” “You call it,” re plied the umpire, “you’re getting the twenty.” Since that time it has been found advisable to pay all officials of sports contests the same fee, regardless of the posi tion they work. A great many of us are prone to be a little dissatisfied with the credit we receive for an act, or the reward or compensation we receive for the work we do. I am afraid .we are more concerned with the compensation than with the manner in which we perform Penny our duties. Some of the best work I have ever seen done was done for a church, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Community Chest, or other such organizations- where the only compensation was in the satisfac tion gained from being of service to fellow men. We all like to feel that the things we do are appreciated, and one of the best evidences of this is in the recognition we get in the form of a pat on the back, or in our pay check if we are in a regular position. However, I feel that the real satisfaction comes from the knowledge that we have done a job well and that it has been one that helped somebody. I am not trying to sell anyone on being an insurance salesman, but I do think that the company that put out the following infor mation had the right attitude. “The insurance’ business is not an easy avenue to success. You have to work hard at it. But it pays more than many fields and offers many opportunities to ambitious men and women who can. qualify. In insurance you are selling peo ple the protection they need, and are getting paid for it in satis faction as well as money. And, the first we consider mighty im- portant.” Hollywood Revel-ations By Harry Revel BING CROSBY and BOB HOPE are going to co-produce a movie called “Two Bows—Fast”, written by Bob’s brother George, who, in cidentally, writes the Eddie Brack en radio show . . . ABBOTT and COSTELLO leave for England next month to appear in a British film —this’ll be their first visit to Europe. Those perennial Sunday comic [favorites, the funnies, are com ing into their own, with the success of the movie versions of BLONDIE, DICK TRACY, LIT TLE IODINE, BRINGING UP FATHER, comes word that Soglow’s THE LITTLE KING will soon make his cinematic ap pearances on the screens of the nation. ARTIE SHAW is going to give up bandleading and become a mov ie producer—he’s just been inked to a term contract over at RKO Studios . . . speaking of band leaders, TEX BENEKE now head ing the GLENN MILLER band is positively convinced that one of these days the lost beloved Glenn will be found and return home. Thousands of people share the same opinion as does Mrs. Glenn Air-Conditioned Opens 1: p.m. — 4-1181 THURSDAY — LAST DAY “ABILENE TOWN” starring Randolph Scott Edgar Buchanan FRIDAY and SATURDAY CLOSED DURING THE GAME Box Office Opens 5:45 “HURRICANE” ’ with Dorothy Lamour Jon Hall SUNDAY and MONDAY “SUNDOWN” with Gene Tierney Bruce Cabot Geo. Sanders also “Popeye” — News TUESDAY ONLY Humphrey Bogart WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY * ~ UNIVERSAL PRESENTS *»ABBoflwC0fltU0 leimie* MARJORIE REYNOLDS - BINNIE BARNES Miller, who has a hunch that her husband, a victim ■ of amnesia, is living somewhere in France. . . . Lovely ANN BLYTH is due for a big break in a forthcoming mov ie; it’s a musical and Ann will really give out with the vocal chords a la Durbin . . . GEORGE SANDERS, currently appearing in “Scandal in Paris”, is an accom plished pianist and a songwriter par excellence. At private parties, George really lets his hair down and some of his songs are hilar ious . . . Another movie star songwriter is IDA LUPINO who is at the present time, writing a musical show for Broadway in col laboration with an e>x-GI. Dear Editor: In commemoration of the be loved Reveille who served so faithfully as mascot to the Aggies until her death, the members of Dorm 14 have given this three dollars to start a fund in order to purchase a tombstone for her grave. It was noticed at the North Texas game that there were flow ers but no stone on her grave. We feel that this is the least we can do to repay her. If each dorm would act accordingly and each Aggie give a few cents, this could easily be accomplished. Ed. Note: A tombstone for Rev eille has already been ordered, and delivery has been promised for January 1. Money was collected through the sale of booklets tell ing about Reveille’s life with the Aggies. With your permissiqln, Dorm 14, we’re using the money you sent in to provide flowers for the - grave of Reveille at the entrance to Kyle Field for the TCU game. With The Corps By ALLEN SELF —— — ——— — Dates, Game, Dances . . . Next weekend should be the big gest, socially, that many of us have experienced on the campus for quite some time. There’s something to appeal to all—dan ces for the romantic and energetic rodeos for the cowboy-minded, football games (including “B” team game with Tadpoles) for the athletic, and Town Hall for the culture enthusiasts. All this, to gether with that hour between the time you leave the dance and the deadline for having your date in, and what more could a girl or boy ask for ? Date vouchers fo allow the girls to get into the Aggie section, which will run from top to bottom at the TCU and subsequent games, are printed and distributed to the outfits. By the way, the top to bottom section will eliminate a great deal of friction in seating, passing the yells back, and hump ing. Mess Hall Meals . . . Why not serve free meals to lady guests of Aggie Cadets in Duncan Mess Hall? It would be scarcely possible that any cadet would be trying to snitch on his wife’s board bill by doing so—not enough of them are married, and none have their wives down here. This doesn’t mean that all guests of Aggies would be served free. Only dates or parents. The Mess Hall was serving guests without charge before the cafeteria was set up, but now they fear some non-reg will get free meals if it is put into effect. Why not some kind of proposal to Mr. Peniston, seniors? ' By the way, in regard to the quality of the meals served family or cafeteria style, they are much better for the price than you’ll find any place else. Over at Aus tin at one of the dorms, they’ve had beef three times since the middle of September. And up at Tessieland, they’re lucky if they get meat twice a week. Somehow, the Aggies manage to get it three times a day. RIV0LI THEATRE A. & M. College Annex Thursday and Friday “OF HUMAN BONDAGE ,, with Eleanor Parker Paul Henreid Saturday “RHAPSODY IN BLUE” Sunday and Monday Dick Tracy “RIVERBOAT RHYTHM” Tuesday and Wednesday “DANGER SIGNAL” GUION HALL THEATER THURSDAY ONLY “RHAPSODY IN BLUE” with Joan Leslie and Robert Alda FRIDAY and SATURDAY The tops in Tracy thrills...as Chester Gould’s famed de tective comes to life! % wjyss*! -with Leon at his luckless best! Rbylhm f, CARLE A GLENN VERNON ‘ WALTER CATLETT ond i' MARC CRAMER Orchestra SUNDAY and MONDAY BETTE DAVIS in WARNERS' A STOLEN LIFE WITH GLENN FORD DANE CLARK > yi WALTER BREHHAN-CHARUE RUGSLES • w VZiUt5£&,' SCREEN PUT ST CATHERINE TURNEY • ADAPTED BY MARGARET BUELL WILDER ■ FROM A NOVEL BY KAREL I. BENES • MUSIC BY MAX STEINER TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY “TANGIER” Maria Montez and Robert Paige