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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!
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North Gate - 4-7269
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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
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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!
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-with Leon at his luckless best!
Rbylhm
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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
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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