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Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1946 Pa E ter exjx hi* file pro; and wit) wit! T pro Sch Ii and quii be of coll pie) ber ma eho pea uni tim r ing per Sor fro: 2 1 1 2 1 A eng Sto F No. E From the Halls.. . During halftime Saturday, when we’re midway through beating the SMU Mustangs, the Aggie Band will march onto the field and form the letters U S M C in honor of the na tion’s most unique and colorful uniformed service on their 171st birthday. Then, as the whole student body stands, and sings, our band will play the spirited and impressive “Marine Hymn” through one chorus. Marines, too, have their “Twelfth Man” spirit. Their incomparable esprit de corps has given them the edge in many battles where the outcome would otherwise have been most grim. Saturday afternoon the student body and the football team alike will have the benefit of the Marine spirit that drove the American Forces through the islands of the Pacific to the gates of Tokyo. Two of the Aggies’ stellar guards, Odell Stautzenberger and Herb Turley, teamed to gether in the Okinawa invasion. Bob Tulis, who’s in at tackle when Dickey is out, was also in the Pacific theater. Mann “Goober” Scott, ace backfield pass-snatcher, was with the El Toro Marines, and Bob Gary, center, was a Leather neck corporal until discharge right before football season. Besides these who carry on the fighting Aggie and Marine traditions on the gridiron, a large number of ex- Marines will be in the stands yelling for the invasion of Mustang territory. Sure, we’ll stand up and sing the “Marine Hymn”. It’s a fine tribute to a great organization. Furthermore, we’ll be singing it for our own Gyrenes, real Marines and real Aggies! Comedy of Errors. .. Tuesday’s edition of The Batt, first under the new twice- a-week schedule, contained a record crop of typographical errors. The paper was sent to press hurriedly, after last- minute arrangements had been made for such an issue. Not even all of the staff knew about the new schedule. In the excitement nobody missed the proof-reader, and not until the paper was printed and distributed did the editors discover that no one had checked the paper for misprints! The staff has now been reorganized, and proofreaders duly appointed. We can’t promise that we will keep out ALL errors—what newspaper does?—but we hope to avoid any such “comedy of errors” in the future. A Good Step... The “wall of Jericho” between the School of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment station came tumbling down last week, when the new plans were announced for coordinating teaching, research and extension activities. No longer will there be fences separating the work of one ex pert—in agronomy for instance—from that of another expert working in the same field but on another part of the campus. Such an integration of activities cannot fail to help every department involved. We feel sure that in the future the Agricultural School and the Experiment Station will be able to outdo their past fine achievements. Watch The Team... There is a good show down on Kyle Field every after noon from 4:30 to dark: the Aggie football team is working out. It’s free, go down there any afternoon. The boys don’t mind an audience (unless Coach Norton calls for a secret practice) and even then the Bee’s are watchable. The team is going places now—let’s get out there and watch them work! Way o f the World. . . As this page went to press, it appeared that the Re publican party had won a great victory . . . the biggest po litical change since the Democrats took over the House of Representatives in 1930, two years before Roosevelt became president. . . . Texas Sam Rayburn will probably trade places with Joe Martin of Massachusetts. ... as Martin becomes Speaker of the House, Rayburn will probably become minor ity leader. . . ' But Democrats still get elected in a lot of places, including Texas. While some of the northeastern and middle western states were switching to Republicans, the gubernatorial nom inee of that party in Texas wrote the whole thing off in ad vance. ... He conceded Jester’s election before the polls ever opened. Every so often some one suggests a two-party system for Texas and the Deep South. . . . We may not have two parties in the Democrat-Republican sense, but during the primaries there seemed little doubt but that there are two parties in Texas, both called Democrats. . . . It’s like a foot ball game with both teams wearing maroon jerseys and white helmets. This week Russia suggested that the United Nations move into the vacant League of Nations buildings in Geneva. . . . those noble marble halls were barely completed before World War II put the League out of commission . . . Pre viously Russia has taten the position that Geneva should be avoided, as a place of sad memories. . . . but they are not too keen about UN settling down for good in New York or San Francisco. Under a miscellaneous for sale in the Madison (Wis.) Capital Times, the following appeared recently: “Maid for one of newer fraternities on campus. Easy to clean, modern construction through out.” Call Mr NEW AREA COULD USE MORE OF THIS TYPE FEMALE An ad appearing in a recent edition of the Salt Lake City Tri bune stated, “Sheer stockings designed for dressy wear, BUT SO SERVICEABLE THAT LOTS OF WOMEN WEAR NOTHING ELSE!” The Battalion The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published bi-weekly and circulated on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Member PUsocioted Cblle6icite Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, undo the Act of Congress of March 8, 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. AUen Self Vick Lindley David M. Seligman Charles E. Murray ; U. V. Johnston Paul Martin Jimmie Demopolus Wallace J. Bennett Wendell McClure, Peyton Me Knight Gerald Monson Ferd English. L. R. Shalit, Arthur Matula, Claude Babe Swartz, Clyde H. Patterson. Jr., J. M. N A1 Hudeck, Jack Herrington Corps Editor Veteran Editor Tuesday Associate Editor Friday Associate Editor Sports Editoi Assistant Sports Editor Art Editor — Annex Editor Advertising Managers Circulation Manager Buntyn, A. R. Hengst, elson, Larry Goodwyn Reporters Photographers Letters ONE-MAN DOG November 6, 1946 Dear Editor: I was talking to “Rusty” the other day; you see, I can under stand her, because I was her mas ter. She told me that she would sure like to go back out to Bryan Field and be my dog again. She said that she had nothing against A. & M. but that she was strictly a one-man dog. She’s not a thoroughbred or even very smart, but she is a good dog, and now that Aggieland has a real performer that wants the job of being mascot, Rusty told me con fidentially that she would happily resign and let Freckles be mascot without any contest. Rusty is crowd-shy and band- shy and would rather lay around the house all day than run all over the huge campus of this great school. My little boy and I have missed Rusty, too. When I saw the fris ky cocker spaniel at the game last Saturday, I thought'that it would make a much better mascot. So, Freckles, here’s good luck to you; I hope you have a good time in Dallas and from now on. Yours truly, Tom H. Westbrook III, ’45 Editor’s Note: Many thanks. NO MILK! Dear Mr. Editor, This letter is written to ask a simple straight forward question. I hope that there in turn, shall come a plausible explanation. Why does Sbisa Hall have a shortage of milk? Or, when there is milk why must it be rationed to one bottle? There is plenty of A. & M. Creamery milk at the North Gate or the East gate at lOtf per half-pint. Would whoever is in charge ex plain why the students of A. & M. College should be the first to suf fer from this artificial shortage? A. E. Hudeck Editor's Note: The Batt inter viewed Mt. A. V. Moore, head of the College Creamery and got the following explanation. Primarily there are four causes for a milk shortage in this region: an increase of students and citi zens; low milk production annual ly between May and January; low dairy production; and Houston dairies’ reaching out in this direc tion to ease up on their problem. The creamery obtains its milk supply from local farmers. Accord ing to a directive of the Board of Directors, all milk used in the mess halls must come from the Cream ery. Recombined milk is not per mitted by the A. & M. Health Board. Regarding the presence of A. & M. Creamery milk at the Gates, Mr. Moore stated that it is sold to these concerns as an accommo dation to married vets for use in their homes and to these stores which have been buying Creamery products for a long period even when other sources were available. This is not being done at any ap preciable loss to students since the percentage of all other sales to those amounted to only 11%. WAILING WALL Dear Editor, I read a letter in last week’s Batt (Oct. 31) which seems to have been written by one of the 180 2%-ers on this campus. That first sentence started off with “Concerning the midnight yell practice you spoke of, I was not present at this event, so—”. Bill Rosser said something significant at that yell practice about the 2% not present. No, 6000 veterans are not mar ried to this school, and neither are 3000 cadets. We all, of our own free will and accord, chose A. & M. as the school to get an educa tion. No one was forced into it, so instead of quibbling, why don’t we stick to the simple rule, “Do Right!”, and settle down to school- work — instead of beating our heads against the proverbial wail ing wall, “Letters to the Editor”. As to the old line military aris tocracy, remember that most ca dets come here because of the mil itary life, NOT in spite of it. And only the 2% within the cadets who are not conscientious will try to go non-reg. The other 98% think too much of our school. / Yours truly, William M. Menger, ’49 and 26 others Whatfs Cooking Monday, November 11 6:30 p. m. Badminton Club plays, DeWare Field House. 7:00 r p. m. Reunion Former Members “I” Btry. F.A., Room 114, Dorm 15. 7:30 p. m. Style and Fashion Group, Sbisa Lounge. Election of new chairman. Veterans Administration Office in Hart Hall closed (civil service holiday). Tuesday, November 12 7:30 p. m. Jr. FFA, Ag. Eng. Lecture Room. 7:30 p. m. Pre-Law Club, or ganizational meeting, Academic Building. 7:00 p. m. Class of '45, Assem bly Hall. 7:30 p. m. Institute of Aero. Sciences, Petroleum Lecture Room, Speaker, Penn E. Mullowney; Top ic “The Possibilities and Poten tialities of Air Freight”. Note: Texas A. & M. Business Society will meet Tuesday Novem ber 19 in the EE Lecture Room instead of Tuesday November 12. Only one meeting in November. Thursday, November 14 7:30 p. m. Houston County A. & M. Club, Room 305, Academic Bldg. "The Roosevelt . . . Roosevelt, Crime, and An Egg Not Related, But Good Reading “The Roosevelt I Knew”, writ ten by Frances Perkins, close friend and political associate of the late President, is probably the best biography yet to be written on F. D. R. Miss Perkins has made clear the spirit of the Roose velt Administration, which served through one of the stormiest eras in the history of the U. S., in a critical and unbiased manner. Such statements by Miss Perkins as “the President’s thinking had some blind spots”, and “he grew from a supercilious young aristocrat in to a truly great humanitarian”, are significant of this swiftly mov ing story of our last president. (The Viking Press, $3.75) A good book for mystery ad dicts is “The Complete Murder Sampler”, an anthology which con tains a wide variety of crime stor ies suitable for practically any taste. Thrills and chills are fur nished by such authors as^ W. Somerset Maughm, R. Austin Freeman, John Buchan, Mary Ro berts Rhinehart and Raymond Chandler. Readers not committed to one school of gooseflesh should enjoy skipping from one gruesome tale to another in this encyclope dia of murder. (The Crime Club, $2.50) Ole Army, if the quizzes are getting you down, try glimpsing through Betty McDonald’s “The Egg and I”; an hilarious story of two city-bred young people who undertake to operate a chicken farm located in a veritable wilder ness. Their experiences with un ruly hens, borrowing neighbors, forest fires, and winter weather are compiled in a story of clever wit and humor. Published by Lip- pincott, this laugh riot has been at the top of the non-fiction best seller lists for months, and has sold over a million copies. (Lip- pincott, $2.75) Whittemore And Lowe Prove Sensational At Town Hall By Ferd English Town Hall presentation of the duo-pianists Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe proved to be one of the finest pieces of entertain ment ever offered at Guion Hall. The homogeneous pair showed such dexterity and were so close ly united throughout the whole re cital that it seemed phenominal that two talents could be so close ly paralleled. From their performance one would think that there was some type of telepathic communication between their fingers. The au dience was so pleased with them that they were asked to play four encores. Whittemore and Lowe first met at the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, New York, where Mr. Whittemore was director of the chorus and Mr. Lowe was his assistant. Their complete know ledge of music, along with some very hard work, won the chorus national recognition. In 1942 the pair entered the na vy and during the next four years played before one million service personnel. They were discharged the first part of this year and were immediately put under con tract by Victor Recording Artists for whom they have made both black seal (modern) and red seal (classical) records. They are the only artists on the Victor lists who are making both types of re cords at this time. Their bid for fame and fortune has not come suddenly. They have been accepted by audiences made up not only of the proletariat, but also of the people who recognize and appreciate good music. In the future they plan to try to get away from popular music and play only the classics. The reason for this is that during their entire tour of service they were asked to play popular music relatively few times in comparison with the flood of requests that they receiv ed for classical numbers. The team Whittemore and Lowe should be well remembered. We, here on the A. & M. campus have seen them at the beginning of their careers. Their future is bright. They have hitched their wagon to a musical star and they will soon be the most popular clas sical piano team in history. VA HOLIDAY NOY. 11 The Veterans Administration office in Hart Hall will be clos ed Monday, November 11, Ar mistice Day, which is a civil service holiday, according to W. H. Bailey. PENNY’S SERENADE By W. L. Fenberthy Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending the concert given by Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe, duo-pianists on the Town Hall program. After the concert I heard two very interest ing remarks, one by a lady who knows music, the other by a man who might not have known music but could appreciate the technique. The lady said, “They started to gether, played together, and fin ished together.” The man said “If Coach Norton had a couple of backs with the timing of those two musicians, we would be world- beaters.” Timing is of primary importance in a great many things. There is no telling how many hours of prac tice Whittemore and Lowe put in, perfecting their timing so that they would be absolutely synchron ized at all times. We have all watched our coaching staff work long hours perfecting a certain play so that each and every play er would not only be doing the right thing, but doing it at exact ly the right time. We have all seen plays fail to work, not be cause a player failed to carry out his assignment, but because he carried it out too soon or too late. A Worrieless Club- Incredible but True “Les Messieurs San Souci” (The Gentlemen Without Worries), first French Club in A. & M. history, made its auspicious debut at 7:30 p. m., October 29. President-elect of A. & M.’s only trouble-free group is E. L. Sargent; W. B. Nor ris was elected vice-president; sec retary is J. M. Huddleston; and A. Van Arcken was elected to serve as treasurer. French atmosphere was created by Marlene Dietrich’s interpreta tion of “Symphonie”, Lily Pons’ spirited rendition of “The Marseil laise”, and by The Toreador Song from “Carmen”. Truett Book, French instructor, spoke on the life of Vincent Van Gogh. French movies, a field trip to New Orleans, and occasional lec tures by some of France’s out standing authors are all part of “Les Messieurs San Souci” Club’s tentative program schedule. Although present membership consists solely of students enrolled in French classes, all other Aggies who feel a particular need for spiritual rejuvenation, who yearn to sing out gaily again, “Bon Soir!”, are cordially invited to vis it the newly organized French club. During the early stages of the war our army was being criticized for its lack of timing in the state ment “Too little too late.” In our daily lives many of us are prone to be a little out of time. We do the job, but in most cases I don’t imagine we are guilty of doing it too soon, but too late. The habit of doing the thing that is to be done at the right time is a fine one to acquire. As well as giving us a lot of confidence in ourselves, it gives others confidence in us. It is a fine feeling to know that you can deliver when and where it will be most effective. yn) Million Filters Sold .. 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