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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1946
Talking Out of Turn . . .
Readers of the Dallas News and the Houston Post were
mildly shocked Monday morning when they read an AP dis
patch, reported by Ray Osborne of the News, which quoted
a “usually authoritative source” as saying that Head Coach
Homer Norton was on the way out. The story stated that
Norton, while having three years to go on his contract, can
be shifted to some other post besides that of head coach.
“Siki” Sikes, present end coach at the University of Georgia,
was said to be favored for Norton's post, and Dean of Men
Rollins is supposed to be on the inside track for the job of
graduate manager of athletics.
All this came out exactly eleven short days before the
most important game of the season, and its effect is already
obvious, and obviously telling.
During the war, the United States had the most skillful
propagandists in the world laboring continually both on the
home front and abroad in an attempt to present a united
front to the enemy. Knowledge and criticism of the high
commands mistakes was hushed up with surprising dispatch.
Now, when the greatest gridiron battle of the season is
staring us in the face, some homefront hero (the “author
itative source” quoted was from College Station) has jumped
in a mite too soon, obviously “big-shotting” it by losing
confidential and not entirely correct, information, either for
the purpose of furthering the interests of the candidates
named, or to increase the possibility of Norton’s demotion.
We don’t know who did it or why it was done. A re
traction has already been printed by the Post, which does
not change matters one bit. Whoever let the dope out is an
unthinking saboteur of the Aggie football effort. If we find
conclusive proof as to who the scoundrel is, we’ll put his name
where everyone can see.
That’s a promise.
Woodman, Spare That Tree!
The wheel of fortune has turned full around again, and
it’s time again for labors to begin on raising another Thanks
giving Bonfire from the ashes of those of many years past.
The tall timber required to point the bonfire heaven
ward will be mighty hard to obtain this year. A cord of wood
is selling for the highest price ever recorded, and not many
people will clear land and leave trees to be hauled off by Ag
gies for their bonfire. And the railroad magnates could
scarcely have a change of heart this year, allowing us to rip
up their railroad ties to add fuel to the blaze.
Every year since we can remember, irate woodlot own
ers have presented the College with a bill for trees whacked
down by overzealous Aggie woodsmen. The sum demanded
is usually several hundred dollars, which the Cadet Corps
pays reluctantly, especially after the Teasippers have licked
us again. Perhaps if we won the Turkey Day classic, no bills
would be forthcoming—woodlot owners might believe their
valuable timber had gone for a good purpose.
Not being certain of the outcome of the game (odds are
even where they were five to one four weeks ago), bonfire
builders should make sure they don’t get into any private
woodlots when they go tree-chopping this week and next.
The College grounds alone should provide enough wood to
make a blaze surpassing anything a school over to the south
east of us can make from orange crates.
Way of the World. . .
The “fox-hole university” has been trimmed down to a
high school. The Armed Forces Institute at Madison, Wis
consin, through which many soldiers, sailors and marines
got dabs of education while sweating out the war, was over
hauled last week by-the Army, which supervised operations
for all three services. The college-level courses were cut for
two reasons, one valid and the other dubious. The needs of
those now in service for college level courses is not great, as
most of the boys are just out of high school, and will get their
college training as veterans when they finish. That is the
valid reason. The other was that a course book in economics
had been called “subversive.” Are there any economic books
which don’t seem subversive to somebody ? Maybe the whole
topic of economics is subversive.
Gen. Smuts’ defense of the British Empire, pointing
out that most of the sins which we complain about were com
mitted before or in the Boer War, was most eloquent. He
pointed out to the United Nations that British agression is
a thing of the past; that the British Commonwealth of Na
tions is a looser confederation than the United States of
America; that only India’s own leaders prevent that country
from reaching real independence immediately. But the
speech lost some of its effect when it became apparent, a
few days later, that it was leading up to a request “Give us
the old German area of South Africa, or we’ll take it.”
A GirVs School? Yes!...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
GOING TO DOGS
Dear BATT:
This is my first semester back
at A & M since 1939. The official
school publication (you), the
school administration, and the stu
dent body have shown an atti
tude which, if not actually de
structive, is far from constructive
as far as relations between the
corps and veterans and the pre
servation of Aggie traditions are
concerned. Howls of “trouble”
and “friction” have been heard so
often that people are looking for
trouble behind every bush.
The BATT is apparently not
even dependable any more; that
Freckles mixup was a dilly.
So far as I have been able to
find out one of the finest and
most moving traditions of Aggie-
land was ignored last week.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SILVER
TAPS FOR THE AGGIES WHO
DIED IN WORLD WAR I?
Now comes the real reason for
the writing of this letter. Last
Saturday, for the first time, I felt
I had reason for being ashamed of
some of my fellow Aggies. It
didn’t start last Saturday though,
it started out because a pre-season
forecast didn’t turn out to be too
reliable, went through a “Beat
Hell out of Homer Norton” and
other kinds of popping off stage,
and finally reached a climax last
Saturday afternoon.
What privilege, I would like to
know, gives an Aggie the right to
be-little the activities of another
in behalf of the school. The wild
“booing” that was heard when Mr.
Norton sent a player into the
game Saturday was disgusting and
must have given the thirty or so
thousand people there a wonderful
impression of Aggie sportsman
ship.
Let’s ,stop and think a little,
Army. What is causing all of this
dissension among the corps and
the veterans ? Why can’t the par
ticipants on our athletic teams get
to practice at three (the regular
time for most schols) instead of
five thirty ? Why are our old
traditions slipping by unnoticed?
I think our answer is in the
“Twelfth Man”. If each one of
us, from the Prexy to the lowliest
student would reaffirm his obliga
tion to the “Twelfth Man” in
stead of remaining in groups of
twelve men, I think that we would
be much better off. How about it,
Army?
DAVE L. REANEY,
Is This Venice?
Editor Battalion:
The letter to your readers thru
the Batt from the Dean of the
College was slightly interesting,
and causes one to do a little think
ing about other things around the
college.
How can the students be espe
cially proud of the appearance of
the campus when there is an acute
shortage of sidewalks that drain
water, and students should walk
on? I, and other people of only
s 1 i g h tly subnormal intelligence,
will walk on the grass rather than
up to my ankles in the mud. There
is no way from Dorm 15 to the
main place of call, the post office,
other than via Sbisa, or the intri
cate steam tunnel system. This
tunnel system is the safest in es
pecially wet weather, but is not
recommended by the B&CU office.
Another thing. Last summer
after one student died from polio
here at school, there was no at
tempt to clean up the rat hutches
and cockroach nests referred to
by students by names sounding
like eating places. There is still
no attempt. The college author
ities merrily go along and give
them the OK, but don’t eat there.
How can we be proud to have our
f r i e n ds visit the campus, and
starve them during the stay ?
There is a good place in Bryan
that these places could take a
lesson from. I eat in Bryan places
unless they are closed, but Bryan
has stretched the citylimits sign
out to the Houston city limits
(don’t ask me how they missed us
at CS), and raised the minimum
fine to $8.20, and the usual to
$28.20.
On the eating place inspection
business, I suggest that the state
board of health be called in to
assist in cleaning up.
R. L. Manly
Ed Note:
Can’t see why you complain
about the mud. It never rains in
College Station. However, we
heartily endorse concrete s i d e-
walks. And we, too, have had our
stomachs turned in the Roach Par
adises. As a citizen of the State
of Texas you have the right to
appeal to the State Board of
Health.
SPORTSMANSHIP
Dear Editor: »
There was displayed at our re
cent home game a very poor dem
onstration of sportsmanship. At
least it seems pretty poor to us.
Since when did so-called Aggies
ever boo another Aggie for any
thing?
In our way of thinking, a mlan
goes into' a game because he 1 is
sent in and not $ntil that time.' If
his playing is poor oi* looks p£>or
to us in the stands, remember, we
aren’t in the thick of it, and a lot
of unseen factors may enter into
the question. It’s a cinch the play
er himself would like to make a
good showing. In any event that
man is on the team and he is try
ing, which is more than any of us
in the stands are doing. If we
could do better, surely there is a
place for us on the team.
Think how the rest of the team
feels when some grandstand quar
terbacks boo one of their team
mates—not to mention how the
man himself feels.
Then stop and think how it
sounded to the Rice students, play
ers and visitors. This Aggie
spirit is pretty famous, but it
won’t take many more demonstra
tions like that to tear hell out of
it.
C. J. McMordie ’45
And 6 others
Ed. Note:
Examine your consciences, Ag
gies. “This above all, to thine own
self be true. Then . . . thou canst
not then be false to any man.”
—W. Shakespeare.
What’s Cooking
TUESDAY, November 19
7:30 p. m. Spanish Club, Room
123, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Kream & Kow Klub,
Creamery Lecture Room.
7:30 p. m. Business Society and
Accounting Society, Chapel, YM-
CA. Speaker, H. L. Kidd, on “Par
liamentary Procerures”.
7:30 p. m. Foods Group, Aggie
Wives Club, Sbisa Hall.
7:30 p. m. Economics Club, Ge
ology Lecture Room. Col. T. J.
Moroney speaks on “Banking in
the Southwest”.
7:30 p. m. ASME business meet
ing, ME Bldg. Refreshments.
7:30 p. m. AI ChE, and Ameri
can Chemical Society, Chemistry
Lecture Room. Dr. F. W. Jensen,
speaker, on his “Susie Q” inven
tion.
7:30 p. m. Panhandle Club, Room
215, Academic Bldg.
WEDNESDAY, November 20
2:00 p. m. Newcomer’s Club,
Sbisa Hall.
7:00 p. m. Latin-American Club,
Room 123, Acad. Bldg.
7:00 p. m. Senior Scouting Unit,
EE Lecture Room.
7:15 p. m. Rosary and Benedic
tion, St. Mary’s Chapel.
THURSDAY, November 21
7:30 p. m. El Paso A & M Club,
Room 128, Acad. Bldg. Special
Meeting.
7:30 p. m. Brush County A & M
Club, Room 304, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Hill County A & M
Club, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Grayson County A &
M Club, Room 306, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Denton County, Room
305, Acad. Bldg. Special meeting.
7:30 p. m. Shreveport A & M
Club, Room 106, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. AIEE, EE Lecture
Room.
7:30 p. m. Brown County A & M
Club, Room 123, Acad. Bldg. Im
portant.
7:30 p. m. Mississippi Valley
A & M Club, Room 208, Acad.
Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Corpus Christ! A & M
Club, Room 217, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Rio Grande Valley
A & M Club, YMCA.
7:30 p. m. Young County A & M
Club, Room 126, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Panhandle A & M
Club, Room 228, Acad. Bldg.
7:30 p. m. Abilene A & M Club,
YMCA.
7:30 p. m. ASHVE, Petroleum
Lecture Room. “Radiant Heating
and Radiant Cooling”, by Dr. F.
E. Fiesecke.
7:30 p. m. Bell County A &‘M
Club, Room 103, Acad. Bldg.
MONDAY, November 25
7:30 p. m. Style and Fashion
Group, Aggie Wives Club, Sbisa
Lounge. Election of officers and
discussion of Xmas party.
THURSDAY, November 21
Oklahoma Club Meeting after
Yell Practice in Room 206, Aca
demic Building.
7:30 East Texas Club, YMCA.
Plans will be made for Thanksgiv-I
ing party.
Senior Scout Unit
Will Reorganize
Reorganization of the Senior
Scouting Unit on the campus will
take place in a meeting Wednes
day night. It will me held in the
E. E. Lecture Room at 7 o’clock
at which the District Scout Execu
tive will be present. This Aggie
group is sponsored by the local
Methodist Church with W. R. Hor
sley and Fred Hickman in charge.
There are three group leaders who
are A. E. Silas, C. A. Ingram, and
R. O. Murray.
PHYSICS DEPT. CALLS
FOR LAB ASSISTANTS
Laboratory assistants are still
needed by the Physics Department,
according to Dr. J. G. Potter. Un
dergraduate assistants receive $25
a month for 10 hours work a week,
and must have passed Physics 203-
4 or the equivalent. Application
should be made to Dr. Potter in
the Physics Building.
BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS . . .
Adventure, Mystery, Information
Headlines This Week's Bookshelf
COMMANDER EDWARD ELLS-
BERG has contributed a masterful
piece of work in “Under the Red
Sea Sun”, a story of ship salvag
ing in “the Worst Hellhole on
Earth”. During eight arduous
months in far-off Eritrea Com
mander Ellsberg performed seem
ing miracles in raising and repair
ing ships, drydocks, and cranes
which the Italian garrison of Mas-
sawa had scuttled before surren
dering to the British. The tale is
Penberthy Speaks
To Future Farmers
The true meaning of the A. & M.
Senior ring was the topic discuss
ed by W. L. Penberthy, of the phy
sical education department, in a
meeting with approximately 75
members of the A. & M Chapter
of the Future Farmers of America
last Tuesday night.
Mr. Penberthy, a member of the
senior ring committee, told about
the perfectness of material and
the expert workmanship that go
to make the A. & M. ring the best
military ring in the nation. He
then pointed out the responsibility
of every Aggie who wears or ex
pects to wear the ring to ask him
self, “Am I good enough to wear
the Aggie ring?” Mr. Penny also
pointed out that an Aggie should
not depend on the ring to identify
him as an Aggie, but that his per
formance should identify him as
a true member of “this great body
of fine men.”
After the discussion by Pen
berthy, the meeting was called to
order by chapter president James
R. Mclllroy and certain routine
business was transacted. The next
meeting date of the chapter will
be announced later.
Approximately 350,000 women
who served in World War II may
receive benefits available to all
veterans, Veterans Administration
said.
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one of war behind the fighting
lines, of incredible endurance, and
courage under living conditions
just short of unbearable. Review
ed in The New York Herald Tri
bune as the “finest book not of
battlefront deeds to come out of
the war”, this absorbingly inter
esting saga should not be left off
your reading list. (Dodd, Mead &
Co., $3.50)
ONE OF THE MOST EXTRA
ORDINARY and fascinating books
published in years is “A Book
About A Thousand Things”, by
George Stimpson. It is a grab-bag
of information on all topics under
the sun (and then some). Here,
for example, are some of the top
ics discussed. Is it improper to
wash a U. S. flag? Why is a horse
called “dobbin” ? What country
was moved on the way from North
to South America? What was the
big wind of Ireland? Why do gun
ners open their mouths when fir
ing cannon? The boolc seems to
have no scheme or organization,
but perhaps that is one of its ad
ditional virtues. Difficult to put
down when started, Mr. Stimp-
son’s book is educational as well as
interesting, and is very worthwhile
reading. (Harper’s, $3.50)
“SLUG IT SLAY”, by Edwin
Lanham, is positive proof that it
is possible to write a newspaper
mystery that is neither a juvenile
nor silly. Mr. Lanham’s tale of a
publisher’s sudden violent end is
crammed with authentic opera
tions in a New York city room
before and after Forrest C. Will-
shire got his just desserts for
quarreling with some employees
and staring at the rest. Hero Ar
thur Leslie is also a pathological
starer, who gets the low-down by
fundamental deductions, outsmart
ing even Lieutenant Madigan. You
may have some hunches if you
concentrate on the missing sui
cide note and such, but you will
have to wait for the editor’s final
brain waves for the correct answer
to this puzzling mystery. (Har-
court, Brace & Co., $2.00)
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Opens 1: p.m. — 4-1181
LAST DAY
“BACHELORS
DAUGHTERS”
— starring —
Adolphe Menjou
Gail Russell
Claire Trevor
2 Days
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
“ANGEL ON
MY SHOULDER”
— with —
Anne Baxter
Claude Rains
Paul Muni
(This is a First Run Picture)
The editor of the Bryan News had a pipe-dream the
other day which is of the greatest possible interest to all
cadets and unmarried veterans. We quote:
“Bryan is a beautiful town and a remarkably pros
perous one. Life doesn’t pound the furious pace it follows in
bigger industrial centers, but even then, one could hardly
call our city backward. The business of the town is built
on a foundation of education. A&M College is an immense
plant which attracts students and staff members to support
the business houses of Bryan. Allen Academy, rated as one
of the best military schools in the country, also serves to
draw additional people to the city. Both of the 'schools
arouse a feeliqg of pride in the hearts of most Bryan citi
zens, but there is something lacking. .
“That is where the pipe 'dream startled this depart
ment. Why, it is the most obvious thing in the world. Bryan
needs a College for girls!
“There is every reason a girls’ school should prove suc
cessful in Bryan. The nearness of Allen Academy and Texas
A&M would assure the students a well rounded social ac
tivities program, and that is a major concern in a young
lady’s college career.”
Say we, yes, yes, yes!
The Battalion
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Texas and the City of College Station, is published bi-weekly and circulated on
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U. V. Johnston Sports Editor
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Jimmie Demopolus Art Editor
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"FISH” BLOTTO
By Pete Tumllnson
7- v
HOWEVER , ON THE
OTHER HAND, YOU MIGHT
CONSIDER THIS THEORY
IN THE LIGHT
— FURTHERMORE, AS
PHUTT HAS SO AMPLY
k STATED IN HIS
TREATISE —
HEY, BLOTTO/WAKE UP/
YOU'RE RE-COPYING
THE NOTES I COPIED
FROM YOU/
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