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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1946
Profession or Job?
Usually it is the instructors who are always aching at
the students to spend more time on their subjects. They
say you can’t learn a course properly unless at least two
hours of study are devoted to each seperate course in prep
aration. How else can you acquire a thorough knowledge,
they ask.
It’s doubtful if more than ten per cent of students here
really bone for all their courses. A greater number bear
down on one or two subjects, doing outside reading of their
own accord in the library and in magazine and newspaper
articles. Ask any of these energetic individuals why the
thirst for knowledge, and almost unanimously they will an
swer, “Why, I’m interested in it, that’s why!”
Maybe the inference is evident already. Some of the
A&M faculty just don’t seem to be interested in their pro
fession. Some consider it their duty to meet classes, deliver
the information they have written down in a syllabus, give
occasional quizzes, grade them, and that’s all to their work
day. Then they can go home, read the newspapers and en
tertain their circle of intimate friends. Why mess with trying
to provoke their students to some analytical thought? Why
try to give them something that’s not in the book? Why
attempt to engrain some sort of social consciousness into
our students’ narrow methods of thinking? Aggies are un
appreciative of any effort of this sort. They’re too dumb to
understand. And besides, we’re doing all that’s required of
us, aren’t we? We’re doing our job. My teaching load is way
above what it ought to be, too.
Please understand, critical faculty members and deans,
that we recognize the presence of many outstanding leaders
in their field who give unstintingly of their time and energy
to further education.
But it cannot be denied that we have too great a number
of educational deadheads on the A&M faculty—instructors
and professors who care little for attempting to awaken
latent mental curiosity, either in themselves or in the stu
dents committed to their charge. The usual brush-off given
these profs by their students is “Yes, he seems to know his
subject, but he sure can’t teach it. To me, that is. Only reason
I’m taking the course is that it’s required.”
We don’t see the answer to the problem right off. Low
salary scale can probably be blamed for some of it. Inbreed
ing in the faculty—that is, hiring A&M graduates without
their having further education at other colleges, giving them
new ideas, and new methods may be another sore spot.
It’s interesting to know that genuine interest is infecti
ous. If an instructor shows a healthy interest in the course
he’s teaching, his students seem to be imbued with curiosity.
Organization of study groups helps in digging deeper into
theory courses. Informal discussions, necessarily scheduled
out of regular class hours, sometimes increase interest a
hundredfold.
Particular attention has been given academic freedom
in Texas for the past two years. At A&M we should strive
for academic excellence.
For Untiring Service. . .
Twenty years is a long time. It’s more years than some
Aggies have lived.
Twenty years of devotion, or faithful and untiring ser
vice to an educational institution deserve reward.
In his speech of thanks at the Intramural Message Cen-
tes Presentation last Thursday night, W. L. “Mr. Penny”
Penberthy said that the edifice constructed in honor of the
Gold Star intramural managers and himself was a temporal
reward for his service. He went on to say that the thing he
valued most of all for his twenty years at A&M however,
was the way Aggies have treated him at all times—by their
smiles, their cheery greetings, and their genuine affection.
The good Lord knows that material gain from working
with a bunch of Aggies is slight. We can thank the same
Person that material reward is not the only means men have
for showing appreciation.
Congratulations on twenty years of personal work with
Aggies, Mr. Penny. A&M, and communities all over the
nation, need more men like you.
Now We Are Twins. . .
At last the Battalion is again on a twice-a-week publi
cation schedule. The newsprint paper situation is still un
certain, and we cannot splurge the way we wuold like to
but at long as our paper holds out, there will be two Batts
a week.
This way we will be able to get the news to you much
more quickly than was possible with the weekly paper. When
paper becomes available, we will resume the traditional
three-a-week schedule, and we still dream of the day—long
overdue—when A. && M. will have a Daily Battalion.
The Batt lost its paper quota when it was changed to a
weekly during the last years of the war. To a newspaper,
that is as bad as losing a sugar stamp. Rationing of paper,
though unofficial, is just at strict now as other rationing
was previously. Paper is sold to customers on a basis of
what was used by them during the past two years—the time
when A. & M. was almost deserted and the Batt was small
both in number of pages and circulation. Today the Batt
alion’s press run is so large that an entire working day is
required to print all the copies.
Thanks to everyone for being so patient with us. We
still have a lot of plans in our future-books which we will
uncover from time to time.
Freckles Is Her Name—
She is the brown, thoroughbred cocker spaniel that
marched with the Band at the Arkansas football game.
Owned by senior bandsman Hal Mullins since last Tuesday,
Freckles made a commendable showing at the half-time
performance.
The motion has been made by R. Bruce Simmons in his
letter to the Editor to adopt Freckles as A. & M.’s official
mascot. This proposal has been seconded by several Cadet
Corps members and veterans, and Mullins, the present owner
of Freckles, is willing to donate the dog to A. & M.
A. & M.’s present mascot is band-shy; several attempts
have been made to teach Rusty to follow the band. But at
the first note of the Aggie War Hymn, Rusty is nowhere
to be found. She confines herself to one room of Walton
Hall, never associating the Aggies.
Since at the end of three days’ practice Freckles was
able to make such a splendid showing Saturday, there is
probably no limit to her abilities after one year of practice.
Now, it is up to YOU, the student.body of A. & M., to
decide, to give your word of approval or disapproval of this
suggestion. ACTION is needed—IMMEDIATE ACTION—
in order to permit Freckles to attend the SMU game this
Saturday.
A ballot in the form of a coupon is printed in this issue
of The Battalion. EVERYONE is urged to complete this
form ahd submit it to the Student Activities office by
THURSDAY noon, November 7. Bring it by Room 3, Ad
ministration building or put it in an envelope addressed to
The Battalion. Do it NOW!
With The Corps
By ALLEN SELF
HALLOWEEN HUNT
Oh, the joy that fills the hearts
of freshmen when they’re turned
Thursday night it happened, as
part of the regular Halloween fes
tivities, and for two action packed
screaming hordes of revengeful
fish lit out after their sometime
mauling them, rolling them in the
mud, and shooting compulsory
questions at them at rapid fire
rate.
caped the dorm with his li^e, but
without his clothes. Near mid
night he was observed stealthily
emerging from the Petroleum
building, holding only green
branches for and aft, Adam fash
ion.
Upon nearing the new area, he
made the fatal mistake of allow
ing the glare of the street lamps
all upon his near bare form.
Freshmen were on him in a min
ute. Shedding himself of his only
encumberences, the fore and aft
rigging, he streaked for haven in
the vicinity of the Horse Barns,
hotly pursued by howling demons.
That was the last we saw of
him.
GEORGE GOT IT TOO
Some waggish Aggie, perhaps
resentful because of soggy dough
nuts, watery col^es, and meager
servings of ice cream in George’s
Confectionary, poured out his
grievances in red paint-over the
doors and side of the sweets par-
lar.
There is was when we sleepily
arrived at George’s for morning
dope and doughcircles. On the door
was a warning reminiscent of Earl
Carroll’s in Hollywood, and the in
scription at the entrance to
Dante’s Inferno—“Through these
doors pass the biggest suckers in
the world. Think before you
enter!” And on the side screamed,
OPA-like, “Inflation is here! Ten
cent ice cream with five cent
flavor!”
Don’t worry about falling sick
from the chocolate icing used for
doughnuts at George’s—he’s seen
the light and stopped dipping
doughnuts in the concoction. But
the price is still the same— forty
cents a dozen.
What’s Cooking
THURSDAY, Nov. 7
7:30 p.m. Lufkin A&M Club,
Room 105, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Marketing and Finance
Club, Room 312, Agriculture Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Browh County A. & M.
Club, organization meeting, Rooni
123, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. East Texas A. & M.
Club, YMCA.
7:30 p.m. Victoria A&M Club,
Room 107, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Shreveport A. & M.
Club, Room 106, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p.m. Liberty County A. &
M. Club, Room 126, Acad. Bldg.
By Ferd English
Decca has just released an al
bum of top notch Bing Crosby
records that are right in the spirit
of the approaching Yuletide. The
ten-sided set consists of all the
popular Christmas and New Year
songs and should go into every
record addict’s collection. Includ
ed are “SILENT NIGHT”,
“ADESTE FIDELES”, “WHITE
CHRISTMAS,” “GOD REST YE
MERRY, GENTLEMEN”, “I’LL
BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS”,
‘FAITH OF OUR FATHERS”,
“LET’S START THE NEW YEAR
RIGHT”, “DANNY BOY”, “JIN
GLE BELLS”, and “SANTA
CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN”.
The Andrew sisters offer their
assistance on the two last tunes,
filling out an album that is n^ar
perfect for the occasion.
The herd of hipsters headed by
Erskin Hawkins have cut two
very fine sides lately, one hot, and
one bue. “IT’S FULL OR IT
AIN’T NO GOOD” has typical
race lyrics, and a good jump tem
po, backed up by solid close har
mony instrumental work. “AFTER
HOURS” is a boogie blues piano
solo that really has what it
takes.
“BLOWIN’ UP A STORM” by
Woodie Herman is a semi-hot in
strumental work that has a fine
piano-bass intro and builds up in
to an excellent bit of orchestrated
jazz. Upside down it is “FAN IT”,
almost a carbon copy of “Caledon
ia”, onl ythe words aren’t the
same. This side has a cibe solo
very worthy of mention.
A Story of Brother Orchid,
Or Flowers Pay Schooling
Selling flowers to work your
way through Texas A. & M. may
sound odd, but it is done. In a
strictly male institution a $500
scholarship is awarded every year
from returns on the student floral
concession.
The winners of these awards can
give credit to the Landscape Art
Club for this financial aid. Each
year the club sells enough cor
sages and flowers for social func
tions to enable them to select an
outstanding senior in landscape ar
chitecture and offer him $500 for
the purpose of doing graduate work
at this institution.
Members of the Landscape Art
Club act as agents, producers, and
distributors of these corsages.
Ehch member of the club is as
signed a dormitory for the purpose
of taking orders. A week before
campus-wide dances are held the
dormitories arc canvassed thor
oughly. Students expecting dates
for the dance thereby have easy
access to flowerS for their dates.
In a college town that has no
flower stores this a convenient
way of handling the problem.
Nearby Bryan’s three or four
florists are usually swamped with
orders so a great deal of trouble
and confusion is avoided when the
chance to buy flowers on the cam
pus is presented.
In return for their energetic ef
forts, agents collect a commission
which adds up to no small pocket
change on busy week-ends. Other
members of the club work in the
greenhouse on Friday afternoons
and evenings to make up the cor
sages. All types of flowers and
materials are used. Pay scales are
based on college wage regulations
depending on the experience and
skill of the individual worker in
handling the various tryes of work.
Fresh flowers 3$d supplies are
ordered from large wholesale con
cerns over the state. When the
supplies arrive on Friday morning
the work begins and continues un
interrupted until the last order is
filled. If flowers are ordered for
Saturday night, the corsages are
made and put in cold storage to in
sure fresh and lively blossoms for
the next night.
All profits from these activities
are put in the F. W. Hensel Schol
arship Fund and each year the out
standing student is selected by the
Senior landscape class, with fac
ulty approval, the receive the hon
or. This is one of the only two
scholarships in which funds are
raised wholly by the students
themselves.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
November 1, 1946
Sir:
Having viewed the sequence of
events which have brought about
the present strained relationship
between the veterans and corps
members of this school, I feel a
strong urge to voice my opinion
on the situation, if the good grace
of The Battalion will permit.
First, I sincerely believe that
every veteran here would be proud
to see the corps win the Blue Hon
or Star and will in the future do
his best not to impede the corps’
success. When I entered school
here last spring, I was gratified
to learn that the privilege of wear
ing the uniform, as a uniform, is
generously extended to the veter
ans. With the latest poop now
out on uniform regulations, I be
lieve that those veterans who have
misrepresented the college in the
past through ignorance of these
regulations will in the future make
corrections for the sake of the
school. We appreciate the bene
fits of the uniform in catching
rides and in letting outsiders know
that we too are A. & M. students.
Second, I would like to say
something about the yell practice
incident. Anywhere, in life we will
find our two-percenters. We had
them in high school; we veterans
had them in the Army, Navy, and
Marines; and it is only natural
that we have them here—the vet
erans and the corps alike. There
are few veterans here who have
not had their share of blow-outs
while in the service, and I believe
that it should be expected by the
college that there will remain a
few who will still resort to them
when things get a little monoton
ous, as things will get at an all
male college. On the other hand,
I believe that the veterans’ nine
ty-eight-percenters have done a
good job of staying on the ball.
No, not self admiration—observa
tion. And as long as we are go
ing by what has been said, I have
heard it said that the Bryan po
lice had to rout out a group of
corps members from a cafe in
Bryan where the cadets were try
ing to press the proprietor to serve
beer to one of their buddies. So
you see we both have our two-per
centers—we all have our two per
centers. But we, the veterans, are
beginning to resent, the stress
placed on us.
Sincerely,
John H. Chretien
Dear Ed,
When I returned to school July
15, 1946, one of the first things
I did was go over to Kyle Field
and look at “Rev’s” grave. After
that I went to look for “Rusty”.
Isn’t that her name? I’d like to
see this new mascot. Where does
she hide?
As long as we afe going to have
a mascot, we ought to have one
that goes to the game.
Yes, you know what I’m talk
ing about—that little cocker span
iel at the half today. Who does
she belong to? Lt’s find out, army.
That dog would make a fine mas
cot. How about it?
R. Bruce Simmons, ’46
(As shown by our editorial in this issue,
the Battalion favors the adoption of
Freckles as official mascot of the school.
ED.)
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Texas and the City of College Station, is published bi-weekly and circulated on
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Dear Sir:
October 31, 1946
We, the undersigned, are of the
opinion that this is the first time
in the history of A. & ]VL. College
that a “two-percenter” has called
the other ninety-eight percent
“glamour boys” and had it pub
lished in the Batt.
In this letter we do not mean
to criticize the Battalion or the
editors. In fact, we feel indebted
to your column for bringing to
light the fact that there are men
on the campus, even though they
may only be transfers, who feel
this way. We are referring, of
course, to one Robert P. Kelly ’47
(NTAC), college address unknown.
We do not have room here to
carry on an extensive discussion
of this matter. But we hope that
you, the editor, will publish this
letter in order that Frog Kelly
will drop by our hole so that we
may try to raise his opinions con
cerning the Aggie “glamour boys”.
Until we hear from you we re
main
Three vets who returned to the
Corps,
J. H. Edgar ’48
R. H. Zachny ’48
J. E. Wolpman ’48
Room 309, Dorm 8
Mascot Vote Coupon
I, the undersigned',
AM
AM NOT
(Check one)
in favor of adopting FRECK
LES as the official mascot of
A. & M. College, replacing
RUSTY in the capacity.
(Name)
(Address)
(Submit to the Student Activ
ities Office or mail to The Bat
talion by noon, THURSDAY).
RIVOLI THEATRE
A. & M. College Annex
Tuesday and Wednesday
“TWO GUYS FROM
MILWAUKEE”
Jack Carson - Dennis Morgan
Thursday and Friday
“JOHNNY ANGEL”
— with —
George Raft - Signe Hasso
Tales from Tessieland
By Phyllis Radovich
TSCW Correspondent
HELLO AGGIES,
With this letter, 2600 Tessies
send their greetings and prettiest
smiles down A&M way and we
re-open communications between
The Daily Lass-0 and The Batta
lion.
What with all the big football
games and week-ends when TSCW
has moved down to College Sta
tion practically en masse, you may
know several hundred Tessies al
ready; 6ut in case you don’t come
up and get acquainted. The Col
lege welcome mat is always out
for A&M. Just say, “Hi, Tessie,
I’m an Aggie.”
The big excitement around here,
too, is the Corps Trip. Thursday’s
announcement of the Aggie Day
Sweetheart meets with our hearty
approval. We are as proud of her
as you are—and, incidentally, just
Hollywood
Revelations
By Harry Revel
Hi’ya Aggies . . . SHIRLEY
TEMPLE and her hubby JOHN
AGAR leave for New York City as
soon as she completes her latest
RKO picture THE BACHELOR
AND THE BOBBY-SOX in which
she co-stars with CARY GRANT
and GUY MADISON . . . this will
be their belated honeymoon . . .
lovely SUSAN PETERS, paralyz
ed a year and a half ago during
a gun accident, is making rapid
progress towards recovery from
her spinal injuries . . CLARK
GABLE has finally decided on his
next picture . . . it’ll be THE
HUCKSTERS, current best seller
in bookdom . . . GARY COOPER’S
father passed away recently . . .
he was the former JUDGE COOP
ER of Butte, Montana . . . the
FRANK SINATRA marital mixup
is straightened out with the croon
er going home to his NANCY and
the kids . . . contrary to popular
belief, LANA TURNER had noth
ing to do with the split-up.
HIS MELODIC HIGHNESS, IR
VING BERLIN is the first song
writer ever to have four of his
songs on the HIT PARADE si
multaneously . . . last Saturday
night, if you had tuned in, you
would have heard THEY SAY IT’S
WONDERFUL . . . GOT THE
SUN IN THE MORNING . . .
DOIN’ WHAT COMES NAT’RAL-
LY and YOU KEEP COMING
BACK LIKE A SONG . . . MICK
EY ROONEY leaves Hollywood
for an eight week tour of person
al appearances in the East and
middle west. . see you next issue.
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as eager for the big day as she
is. Naturally the freshman are
enthusiastic over their first Corps
Trip, and everyone from the Class
of ’50 to the Class of ’47 is plan
ning what to wear, where to stay,
what to do and counting the days
until Nov. 9.
Of course in the meantime there
is this week-end and we are de
pending on you all to pound Ar
kansas but good. The girls who
don’t get down to College Station
to do their rooting on Kyle Field
will be holding miniature cheering
sections around the radios in the
dorms. Even when we aren’t down
there, you can count on our sup
port.
But back to the Corps Trip (our
favorite phrase of the hour), it’s
a wonderful tradition, this annual
week-end for Texas’s brother and
sister schools and now that the
war is past tense, we ought to re
vive it in all its glory. In fact,
there are a lot of Tessie-Aggie
traditions that we can bring up
to date.
Which heralds another point:
Tessies and Aggies used to com
municate freely via the old “just
write to your corresponding box
number” route, you know. But
now, as your Aggie correspondent
says, it’s gotten to be risky busi
ness for TSCW what with all the
married veterans running around
your campus, but up here we don’t
have that problem. So the sim
plest solution seems to be just to
let the Aggies write to THEIR
box number, instead of TSCW
troubling company commanders
with a flood of letters.
The campus has been in a hum
all week long. Hallowe’en meant
dormitory parties with black cats,
ghosts, costumes, fortune telling,
red apples and cider. (And be
lieve me, you’d never have recog
nized the girl friend in the camou
flage some of them wore.)
Then all the literary clubs
rounded out pledge week activities
with informal initiation. And if
you know a Tessie who was pledg
ing this year, best you send her
your condolences after all those
molasses and egg shampoos and
vaseline sandwiches.
That about takes care of the
TSCW news for this week so its
good byp for now and we’ll see
you at the Corps Trip.
Tuesday and Wednesday
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