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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1946
Oomphasizing Yell Practice . . .
Well, Ole Army, we have a problem on our hands and
it is high time we did something about it. And the “we” in
this case applies to the whole student body, veterans and
corps alike. It is up to us to make corrections where neces
sary or Aggieland is going to suffer. And if anyone is not
willing to sacrifice a few of his own little whims in order
to help A&M, he does not belong on the campus.
This time the problem concerns yell practices. They
haven’t been what they should be this semester, and the
midnight yell practice last Friday night was the bitter cli
max. They could not be much worse than that one was. Ad
mittedly, one of the main reasons for its failure was the
fact that far too many had their spirit in the form of liquid
instead of in the form of butterflies in their stomachs.
The drunkeness, plus the general trend, led to a
shaming flow of vulgarity. If the boys who had their wives,
sweethearts, or mothers with them at that yell practice
are not epibarrassed and ashamed, they should be. Aggie
land took a long step backward in regard to its reputation
because of that yell practice.
A little shady wit might be expected during the vteek,
but on weekends when so many girls and women are down
here we should have enough respect for the fairer sex to do
away with the vulgarity.
Aggies, what do you say we pull together to put yell
practices back where they should be? Let’s remember our
limited capacity for alcohol and stay within it before yell
practices, or if we get polluted, let’s stay away entirely
or remain in the background. Let’s stop making the pri
mary purpose of our yell practices a bull session for the
trading of dirty jokes and get back to accomplishing their
main objective—the building of Aggie spirit.
The term “Aggie spirit” means a lot,—infinitely times
more than the term “school spirit”. We have yell leaders to
lead our practices. Let’s stop our back-row wise-cracks and
give the yell leaders some cooperation. We’ve got to pull to
gether if we are going to get anywhere.
And, yell leaders, it is time for you to be pulled into
this picture. It is downright disgraceful for you even to
attempt to fulfill any of the duties of a yell leader when in
a drunken condition. You could help the cause a lot by mak
ing a few improvements. How about getting up there and
really leading a fast-moving yell practice? They have been
sluggish and slow, and a slow-moving yell practice does little
to build up spirit among the student body. Wise-cracks from
“Fifth Colmunists” among the Twelfth Man have slowed
practices up a lot, but a lot of those wise-cracks would go
unsaid if things moved faster. If you don’t really have some
thing to say, don’t get out there and try to use your al
lotted time. Have something to say each time! However,
use time in proportion to what you have to say. Plan it
first, get it said, and if there is time left over, use it for
yells. Things must be alive and moving if you are going
to really build up spirit in the student body.
How’s about it, ole Army? The team didn’t let us down
last Saturday in our first conference game. Are we going to
let them and the school down ? Let’s work together and bring
the Twelfth Man back to what it should be.
(Forty-four signatures. Veterans, Corps members, and Veterans
in the Corps).
Veterans in Disguise?...
The biggest job the Corps has to accomplish this year
is getting back the blue star, signifying that A. & M. is an
honor military school.
The biggest obstacle the Corps has to face in regaining
the blue star is the fact that some of us veterans are wear
ing enough of the cadet uniform to confuse inspectors and
other visitors.
At one of the past meetings of the Student Council,
it was decided that veterans would be permitted to wear
parts of the Army uniform if they did not wear Army
patches, insignias or cords on campaign hats.
A veteran is permitted to wear the cadet uniform if
worn according to his classification. In this case, the dis
charge insignia should be sewed over the right shirt pocket.
Also A&M insignias are permissible if the non-military in
signia is worn on the left collar. Senior boots will be worn
only by seniors in the Corps.
The Dean of Men has been lenient toward veterans
about what clothes we wear, since there is a shortage of
clothing and most of us have to dress out of our old B
bags. Sometimes we look like an AWOL dodging an MP. But
let’s not abuse this privilege. We can give the Corps a big
lift if we dress so that inspecting officers can recognize us
immediately as veterans.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I would like to suggest that the
Battalion sponsor a SNAFU
AWARD each month here on the
camipus—the award, let’s say, to
be comprised of a SNAFU button
to be awarded the person or per
sons responsible for the most com
pletely fouled up job accomplished
on the campus during any single
month.
Might I suggest that if such an
award be given that the person or
persons responsible for the student
seating arrangement at the TCU
game be nominated as the uncon
tested winners for the month of
October ?
As a student at A. & M., my
wife and I got to the game early
so as to get a good seat in the
student section. Steering clear of
the roped off section, we got
seated in a comfortable position
for perhaps 15 mintues, only to
be told by the OD that we were in
the wrong section. Being a good
Aggie and realizing that the OD’s
word is law, we kindly moved over
to another position, asking if it
were okay. Being promptly as
sured by the OD that it was, we
then found other seats, only to be
told by a nice TCU gent who pro
duced stubs that we were occupy
ing his seats, and we again moved
without grumbling. The third at
tempt was thwarted in about
another 15 minutes when lo and
behold, soipebody had forgotten
that TCU had a band! So out we
go again, but not out for the count
of 10 as you might suspect. Nope,
being determined to see the ball
game, I finally managed to smug-
gle my wife and myself in on the
TJie Battalion
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With The Corps
By ALLEN SELF
First Test . . .
The inspection today and tomor
row by Gen. Clarkson and his dis
tinguished party will be the first
test to see if the Corps and the
military department have improv
ed as much in military discipline
and training as they think they
have.
All the comment has been that
never before has there been such
a great amount of responsibility
thrown upon the cadet officers,
and never before have they done
so much toward regaining for A
& M its reputation as a first class
military college.
Seniors, in their class meeting
Monday night, after toying for a
week with the idea of requesting
the privilege of going non-reg at
certain times, decided to conform
to uniform regulations at all times,
as required by the War Depart
ment’s definition of a military
college.
Touche!
. Sabers, long promised for issue
to all commanders, have at last
arrived, and we can all look for
ward to the normal number of
clipped ears by swift changes of
positions. Though carrying sabers
at parades and reviews will be
somewhat of a drudge, they will
contribute to the flash and smart
ness of the Cadet Corps.
Corps Section
The senior class has decided to
solve the problem of the Corps
section at football games, and
strong-arm methods seem to be
the only kind that will succeed.
Four husky cadets will be drawn
from each unit, and one will be
posted on each row of the cadet
section, from top to bottom. If
anybody wants to get rough, there
will be 120 guards in the stands
to see that section rules are not
violated. Rough, but necessary,
after the way things have been
at the last two home games. Also,
there will be at least 2600 , seats
reserved next time—enough to ac
comodate the whole Corps.
Corps Will Punish
The City Manager of Bryan has
asked that all violators of Bryan
laws be turned over to the cadet
discipline group for punishment,
instead of remaining in the Bryan
city jail.
Corps Chaff . . .
Flags designating the uniform
of the day will be hoisted each
morning on the flagpole in front
of Duncan Hall. . . Khaki shirts
will be worn from Retreat to Re
veille; wool shirts may be worn
after Retreat . . . Pressing sup
ply problem—Sam Browne belts
and saber chains . . . Going-places
caps will not be issued. . . Neither
will wool serge shirts.
Platter Chatter
By Ferd English
Harry James and company have
knocked out a hot recording de
picting life in James’ own little
Texas home town entitled “THE
BEAUMONT RIDE”. For the in
formation of those who aren’t in
the know, James was born and
jerked up in that city near the
coast. The song is a close harmony
jump instrumental work with some
solid trumpet and piano solo work
and very fine bask backup. The
song would probably be classified
as sweet swing, because of its slow,
but jumpy rhythm. On the back,
Buddy DiVito warbles an up and
coming song that Is causing a lot
of nickles to go into the juke
boxes. “WHY DOES IT GET SO
LATE SO EARLY” has catchy
lyrics and a good smooth rhythm
that makes it pleasant for both
listening and dancing.
Well, it seems that all the top
notch preformers know a good
thing when they see one, because
Bing Crosby, Vaughn Monroe,
Frank Sinatra, and Jo Stafford
have all hopped on the bandwagon
and made waxings of a dreamy
ditty called “THE THINGS WE
DID LAST SUMMER”. This sen
timental balled has just enough
oomph to put it in the long run
popularity bracket, because it com
bines lyrics and a drifting, dream
ing tempo that' demands a hugh
following. The Sinatra recording
has about the best back up record,
another of those South American
novelty tunes calles “THE COF
FEE SONG”, that tells the listen
er that there is an “awful lot of
coffe in Brazil”. Bing’s cutting is
backed up by that hit of the late
thirties, “SWEET LORRAINE”
and the Monroe record reverse is
a kinda ynaah number that will
be the only drawback to the whole
group, as far as record sales are
concerned. The stinker is entitled
“MORE NOW THAN EVER”.
Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta
Rhythm Boys have collaborated on
a couple songs to make a very
fine two-sider. “ITS A PITY TO
SAY GOODNIGHT” (a jumpy dit
ty) and “FOR SENTIMENTAL
opposite side of the field.
But my case is mild in compari
son to some of the language used
by some of the TCU people who
got pushed around beautifully,
and some of those people were
very nice people, too! I am ab
solutely positive our school didn’t
gain much in popularity with
those good people who took the
trouble to come down to the game
only to be pushed around because
of a lack of pre-game planning.
■ If there by any other nomina
tion for the SNAFU award, I
would like to suggest that the
TCU fans be allowed to cast their
votes also; I’m sure that my nom
inee would win by a much wider
margin than did our Aggie football
team.
Editor’s Notes It’s unanimous!
PENNY’S SERENADE
Last Saturday we met and de
feated one of our old gridiron
rivals. It was our first big home
game of the season, and there
were fnany things that made it im
pressive. At such
a game there are
many things that
stand out. Some
people are im
pressed by the
cheering section,
others by the
band, and still
others by the pre
game ceremonies.
Personally, I
never fail to get
a thrill from see
ing our Corps
stand and hear
ing it sing the
“Spirit of Aggie-
By W. L. Penberthy
Penny
land.”
There were also many plays in
the game that will be remembered.
Many will remember the fine run
by Barney Welch in which he
scored after recovering a lateral,
while others will rememPer other
plays. To me, the plays that I will
remember were Barney’s run, and
the tackles by Goode and Daniels
that were made in instances when
it looked as though a T. C. U. ball
carried was about to break away
for a score. The reason I remem
ber thes eplays is because of the
fact that they were the difference
in the game, and were made pos
sible because these men did not
let down or quit but put forth
that little extra effort that paid
off. Instead of scooping up that
loose ball, Barney could have mere
ly fallen on it—we often see it
done—but instead he put forth an
effort that paid off when we
needed a score. He turned what
might have been a bad break into
points. In the cases of the tackles,
the little extra effort prevented
scores that might have caused our
defeat.
There are many times when we
can change the picture by that
little extra effort, instead of that
little let-down. That is why sports
are important—they teach us that
“Quitters never win, and winners
never quit.”
Tall Tales in Field of Sports
Easy Reading to Outdoor Men
By Wilnora Barton
Readers Advisor
Herbert Graffis has edited Es
quire’s First Sports Reader, a
collection of tall tale§, in the world
of sports which none of you will
want to miss. These are stories,
some of them well known ai#d
others not so well known, of
sports events and the sports stars
of the last twenty-five or so years.
I’m not much of a sports fen
myself, but even to the uninitiat
ed this “all-star-sports-literary
line-up” is an exciting revelation.
These stories at one time or anoth
er were printed in “Esquire” and
if you vaguely remember having
read an article which you’d like to
read again, chances are it will ap
pear in this collection. This is Es
quire’s best in sports writing, and
to give you an idea of the quality
and the coverage here are a few
of the stories included.
What’s Cooking
THURSDAY, OCT. 24
7:30 p.m. Kerrville Area A. &
M. Club, Rm. 107, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Mississippi Valley A.
& M. Club, Rm. 208, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Corpus Christi A. &
M. Club, Rm. 227, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Shreveport A. & M.
Club, Rm. 106, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Denton County A. &
M. Club, Rm. 206, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Wilbarger County A.
& M. Club, Rm. 105, Acad. Bldg.
FIRDAY, OCT. 25
7:30 p.m. Cub Scouts Pack 102,
Gymnasium, Consolidated School,
(note: change in date due to pet
show).
MONDAY, OCT. 28
7:30 p.m. A. & M. Veteran Stu
dents Association, reorganizing
meeting, Assembly Hall.
7:30 p.m. Style and Fashion
Group, "Veterans’ Wives Club, Sbi-
sa Lounge.
TUESDAY, OCT. 29
7:30 p. m. YMCA Cabinet Room
Aggie Players.
7:30 p.m. ASCE business meet
ing, CE Lecture Room, CE Bldg.
Report on Kansas City meeting.
7:30 p.m. Saddle and Sirloin
Club, AI Lecture room, AI Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Institute of Aeronau
tical Sciences, Student Branch, Lec
ture Room, Chemistry Bldg.
7:30 p.m. S.A.M., Lecture room,
ME Bldg.
THURSDAY, OCT. 31 6
7:30 p.m. Johnson County A. &
M. Club, Rm» 303, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Greenville A. & M.
Club, Rm. 227, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Land of the Lakes
Club, Rm. 324, Acad. Bldg.
REASONS” (a slow torcher with
a lilting piano background) offer
a fine contrast of tempos.
Dynalating Dinah Shores sure
fire double winner for this month
is composed of “YOU KEEP COM
ING BACK LIKE A SONG” and
“THE WAY THAT THE WIND
BLOW,'S”. Both of the torchy bal
lads are going like hot cakes over
record counter's all over the na
tion.
Saturday Night Ball,
Celebrating Victory,
Largest Since the War
Saturday night’s alLcollege,
jstern-style dance held in Sbisa
rm 9 till 12 was the largest
fair since pre-war days, accord-
g to the Student Activities of-
:e. Over 1400 tickets were sold
r the occasion. Music was fur-
shed by the Aggieland Orches-
r, the members of which were
essed as cowhands.
Highlight of the dance was the
warding of a five-dollar prize
r the couple with the best cow-
y costumes. Miss Jo Anne John-
n ‘of Bryan and Buddy Reifsch-
?er, a Pre-Medical s t u -
nt from Victoria, were the win-
rs. Jo Anne Johnson wore a
wgirl outfit and carried a quirt
her arm, while Reifschlager was
essed more or less as a “drug-
jre” cowboy.
Robert Williams, a student at
& M., received a big hand for
s renditions of “Detour” and
her guitar solos.
There is an article by West
brook Pegler “Are Wrestlers Peo
ple” and one by Vincent Richards
on the “Astonishing Mr. Tildeji”.
Then the charming and enlighten
ing piece on women golf-champ
ions “Fairway Queens and Rough
Cats” by Walter Hagen. All of you
will like “Baseball’s Thirteen Best
Batters” by Billy Evans and “Foot
ball’s Greatest Backfields” by
Clark Shaughnesy. One I especial
ly liked was the piece on the un
sung heroes of football, the scouts.
This informative little article is
Hermann Deutsch, who knows
what he is talking about, and is
called “Football’s Fifth Column.”
Then to move on up the literary
scale, such winters as Ernest Hem
ingway, Edgar Lee Masters, and
Sherwood Anderson have contri
buted their views on fishing and
6UI0N HALL THEATRE
THURSDAY ONLY
“The Picture of
Dorian Gray”
with George Sanders - Donna Reed
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Attraction No. 1
“Sing Your Way
Home”
with JACK HALEY
Attraction No. 2
“False Colors”
with WILLIAM BOYD
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“The Big Sleep”
— with —
Humphrey Bogart - Laureen Bacall
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
“The Spiral
Staircase”
— with —
Dorothy McGuire - George Brent
Mus/c in Three-Quarter Tempo
Featured in All Strauss Program
By David Seligman
Lively waltzes reminiscent of
the good days in old Vienna arose
from the stage of Guion Hall last
Sunday afternoon in a Strauss
Festival featuring the music of the
reunion Johann Strauss and his
two modern namesakes, Oscar and
Erwin Straus. A near capacity
crowd heard the program which
included waltzes, vocal and instru
mental solos and duets, a south-
of-the-border selection, and parts
of popular operettas. The lilting
music of the performance lulled
the listeners into a dreamy trance
from which they awoke at the end
humming songs in three-quarter
time.
Stars of the show were Oscar
Straus and Ezra Rachlin, conduc
tors; Erwin Straus, pianist; Bar
bara Moser and Carolyn Long, so
pranos; and Howard Van Den
Burg, baritone. All of the musical
selections of the performance were
composed either by the famous
Johann Strauss or his two name
sakes on the program.
The audience showed its appre
ciation of the orchestra by calling
on it for an encore, for which it
complied with “The Blue Danube.”
Of particular note in the organi
zation were the percussionist who
did a good job of handling three
or four instruments in each num
ber, and the piccolo player and the
first violinist who played a cute
selection featuring these two in
struments.
A medley of compositions by
Johann Strauss arranged by Erwin
hunting, etc. To quote the editor,
“There is more than a suspicion
that some stories in this collection
eventually may be catalogued as
classics. You don’t get masters of
the Hemingway-Masters-Anderson
order ruled off the track by liter
ary critics because the subject
these articles happen to be treat
ing is sports.”
So here you have the best from
our well known sports writers.
You can pick it up and put it down,
for the articles are short ones,
and I’ll say now that it will be
pleasant reading you’ve enjoyed
for a long while.
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
CARY GRANT in
“Night and Day”
PREVIEW SATURDAY NIGHT
SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY
LUCILLE BALL in
“Lover Come Back”
WED. - THURS. - FRI. - SAT.
PHYLIS HAVER in
“Three Little Girls
In Blue”
QUEEN THEATER
SUN. - MON. - TUBS.
Ella Raines - Rod Cameron in
“The Runaround”
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4-1181
THURSDAY — LAST DAY
Abbott and Costello
“THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES”
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Betty Grable and Robert Young
together in Technicolor
“SWEET ROSIE O’GRADY”
SATURDAY NIGHT PREVUE (11:00 p.m.)
also SUNDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY
(First Run Picture)
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Staus in a modern style proved
itself to be a lively and interest
ing melody nicely rendered by the
arranger at the piano with or
chestra accompaniment. Also en
joyed by the audience was a three-
fourth time “Fiesta Mexican” play
ed by Erwin Straus and orchestra.
Many were impressed with the
lively and refreshing style of the
associate conductor Rachlin. His
movement of hands and control of
the musicians shows he no doubt is
due for a promising future. Under
his direction the orchestra dis
played an excellent contrast of
volume which put a sparkle in
their music.
Oscar Straus is a man who can
command the edmiration and re
spect of both his musicians and
the audience. This was. evidenced
by the rising of the orchestra
with Mr. Straus’s entrance and the
applauding approval of the listen
ers.
The most notable effects of the
singers were the lack of volume
to mjake their voices heard above
the orchestra, which was not play
ing too loudly and the fresh beauty
of Miss Moser. When they could
be heard the sopranos had good
tonal quality and Miss Moser’s
stage actions were commendable.
The Entrance Song from “Gypsy
Baron” was nicely rendered by Mr.
Vara Den Burg.
This group of entertainers are
making a very difficult circuit at
the present, playing almost every
day in a different city. Having
performed in Houston last Satur
day and here Sunday, they made
San Antonio Monday and then out
west to Tucson, Arizona, Wednes
day. They have made many ser
vice camps in their tours about
the country playing to large au
diences of soldiers, sailors and
marines.
RivoliTheater
A. & M. College Annex
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
“Tangier”
— with —
Maria Montez - Robert Paige
SATURDAY ONLY
“Picture of
Dorian Gray’
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Two Features
“Sing Your Way
Home”
with JACK HALEY
“False Colors”
with WILLIAM BOYD
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
“The Big Sleep”
with HUMPHREY BOGART
BRYAN
ONE DAY ONLY
MON
OCT
28
AFTERNOON — NIGHT
3:00 - 8:00
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