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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1M7
‘SKort and llap^y Life of Francis Cucumber’
e for Sportsmanship...
Smrwt strain on the A.&M. student
so far as weekend conduct is concern- *
cd, Will come this Friday and Saturday. -
• A number of irritations have aris#i l i
during the week. Rice Institute studcnta, 1
rememljering last year, have put a guard
aro .® n( J their campus.'Some one has painted
“Ripe" in grey letters on the administration
building sidewalk—whether it was done by
owl* on th» prowl or just by somebody who
wanted to have some fun, no one can tell.
Some students are stHl unhappy about mov
ing .the yell practice to Sam Houston Music
Hal, not having read the complete explana
tion in Tuesday's Batt. And though the ath
letic department has dug up an extra thou
sand student tickete, some feelings were
ruffled earlier when the original supply ran
out. ;4 ;• I
The last two gripes should be pretty
well settled by now. As for the painting and
the guard*, the best thing to do is ignore
thetr. A group of Aggies will be officially
welcomed to tne Rice campus Friday night,
Indicating an attempt to meet us half-way in
ouf; efforts to ivutore an "sra of good reel
ing^' among Spythwast Conference schools,
That the dinpeiiii is "payintf off was
shown In andad wav last Saturday, Doak
Walker, star of the KMC team, was acciden
tally trampled when caught In the stanuxnU'
of Angles after the T broke up. In a bad
atmosphere, this could have resulted In nasty
aecpsatlons, As It was. In view of the recep*
Him given MM 11 motera anil the team, It was
obviously an accident and everyone imme
diately (Vcogulimd It as such,
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The following letter from James H.
Stewart, executive* secretary of the South
west Conference, was written to Asa Holle-
man, head yell leader:
. “I would like to take this opportunity of
gfxpiWiMwf to you and, through you. to the
Students of AM. College the appreciation,
of the Southwest Athletic Conference for the
« >ucte*itti extended to the visiting teams at
exas A.AM. College this fall. I have bad
oothing but the best reporta from everyone
concerned and know that such behavior is
due to fine leadership.
• Through a taar In tha pup wnt which ha had purchssad, at a sur
plus army equipment sals to Tl4. shafts of moonlight itahbad and am-
l~<i<U>,l ttomasIvM in tha floor. A ftro-
fly flitted te and fro in the <larkness.
showing itaalf tha way to go homa. On
his air mattraas in ona comer of tha
ahalter lay Francis Cucumber, garbed
in hideous pajamas given ham by” Aunt
Bertha on his tWenty flrst birthday. Ha
could not sleep His aathma piqued hit
sensibility, but being s weak, suspicious
individual, ha thought that his wife's
flirtation was tha reason for his dia-
Shrdlu comfiture
It all started with that beastly butterfly. Ha umber, of
course) and Dr. Wataon had picked up the spoor of
U'pHtuplerous munificiene shortly after tea had bean
the delectable crumpet, the two had donned their sun
their nets, and dashed out of the '
learned
need ike hwc
utter Macknees coal
aS
nothlngnees
Alter baptising Franclp' head in
i!
the make-shift fata It cpiphsny
tank, Arabatla arose wiajaaticatty,
walked te her pack, took out a bot-
Ue of JergcM Lotioa, and ruhhod
her hands to prevent chapping. Dr.
Wataan came out from under a
rock and remarked that Francis
was exceptionally collected te be
able to slew after so much excite
ment and in tha water, too. Ara-
kraal to capture the beggar—dead
or alive. Staying down wind so
that the butterfly would not notice
their presence, they stalked
r I through the hush. Cucumber’s
I was sorry to hear of the unfortunate *** rt ‘T M* t !' e
incident th»t occurred ju« before the .t.rt *0$^
of the reoond half of the S.M.b. «.n>e b-t ^
Saturday. Coach Bell, of S.M.U., Mil* me that iep„iopterJus scented them! tea
It was an unfortunate occurrence and tha 4 trice he curled hack those fierce
he appreciated very much your attitude in antennae, lowered his head, and
apologizing to him for the incident. flitted menacin^ly toward Francis.
“We have a very high plane of intercol- [X/TlffYe inmU,! hfs^t
legiate athletic* in the Southwest Athletic nod Call it wwaSStee if you like,
Conference, and the sportsmanship exhibited but the self-preservation instinct
by the different student bodies towards their was stronger than his courage. He
opponent! is of vast importance In maintain- ; Urt ** n,B ’ 1 gn * ••had
ing fine relationships between the different Kj n - —
institutions. 1 ekwerely hojie that this can '^1 il, M * **
Ih* maintained at all of uur Conference '
sUtutlons."
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high and
into the
by the
brought
diurnal
the
SO tiflM
Their ex
\
ly flat an the ground, he
rife Bitting on tha limb
wm that desperate, da-
gleam. In her hand was
A AM.V repMUtlii; f,» <Miumu. j3,^fw ?.«
Is soaring atialli, dun U» eanmulary eon- ami vnra Francis, she sooty pushed
duet this year, Onapite the petty IrrltAtlon* w Mungar Upidupterotta weh-
hied unsteadily pasi in Ids i hsrgi*
■mllad daiwlly
9
'Paper in the Bank’.
i pett
thai'have arlaeth we ahoulil be able to Im
|U i«s I he |*eople of Houalon as iH'Ing still
'•aoldlsrs, stateamen, and knightly ^111.1^THR^SaaTlSe
maMi T I 11^1-^ IBiiliiBi
hand in tht
Arabella eat there. She regard
ed him coldly, but he felt that his
projected morning's activities would
change all that
The sun was
hot as the three
dense undergrowth
beaters. A nu
the news that a
insect had beei
Countryside. They
in getting on his
preaaions were facial.
Suddenly the beaters froae, star
ed at som nameless thing lumber
ing through a patch of columbines,
thawed, and ran shouting their
tribal retreat cry which sounded
like “Qlgura-agees " Francis felt
oold terror in his insides, but con
trolled himself and decided It was
the pancakes Automatically, he
flicked the aalaty on His net The
butterfly waa coming straight for
him, its antennae down He steeled
hlmealf. Ha was na longer afraid!
The qualms of yesterday ware no
where preaenl aa ha prepared to
went
in
i\
On IS* .Vre»n
I
How a Marriage BreaPM-p;
Wife to Drink-‘Smash-lip’
SMASH-UP (Campus, B-preSM) ] plot has time ter hokum reael
of Pauline and her
of a Marriage. While on the sur
face this film may seem to be
just anether w»e oa weeretery
The pkturu bean a guaranu-* from
th, «tud>o to *1teva evan the mont
sophisticated tad blase patron*’'
Mmp te their seats at the end.
This, wall leave to Jour judgment
bells, with fai
igned
havin
preaenl aa he preoa
the net. Then alT
His head thiubhed u
kneae, and h* ramsndiered
THE
Ml a
Om-e Ngalii The Ball haa “tuiitor lu Iho
iMink." The Tuoaday laaue waa prbilfd oit
|*apor burniwwl from Mr*, Leo f, Rountree
of the Bryan Fugle, who came to our aaalM
tance after all our stock waa ruined by eight
een ' Inch** of water In th# banement of
Bligell.
By preka-tlme Wednesday, long-diatance
telephone call* to Dallas and San Antonio
had brought delivery of new roll* of our
customary atock, enough to last {for two
week*. In addition, the Batt waa able to
secure some adding machine paper—in new%-1
pai>er-size rolla—on which to print in case
the regular newsprint runs short.
T. R. Spence, superintendent of construc
tion, has knnounced that the drains in 'Biz-
^ zell. which Mopped up and produced the flood
will be connected to the new* sewer line laid
during the summer. In order to prevent such
deluge* In the futura,
Just as theatrical (xxiple have a slogan
f'The show must go on." Ho newspaper peo
ple have a doctrine, "The paper must come
out." In time* of trouble one newspaper w ill
usually hflp another, and no It waa In this
case.
H la hard to realize how much paper la
used iu printing The Battalion five timed
a week. Approximately a too.
Publishers today worry more about the
coot of newsprirft and the difficulty' of get
ting hold of stocks than they do to any other
problem of the^ publishing business. Of >
course, there are car-load lota to be had from
the “grey-market” but few pai>ers can pay
the price demanded. We can’t. Therefore we
appreciate all the help given os during this 1
crrtical w
arttin *« i I#
ken af her dls
aMNvak Na
felt Inslina*
lively that shs
Thera was a sWaat*, slsmmy
damjinete abmit Framls' Hint
ftHaa Ha eaHsenawute**
If Is aFilMla w«n wM, and same.
Utlhg immilied Ms lirHalHIng IU
IMUfM la hlmaaif, "I musi laasoit
il Id' not ay- •Jt} 1 * •Mwtta lake thal
arove, i HutUrfly when something daaeaiMt-
"You dan't P ' 1 • •'•th Urflfld teraa. Now
snoroveY'' ha 1 ^ damp, fliaa the mUoatlatt
uueried shaao- ''•*»* " n him He Waa under
“Tv "••v-wp w^lurl
After boshing Frsnris on the
skull with her cut *lkk, Arabells
dragged his Hn(p form to tha edge
»f tha water hole snd lmmrtst*d
hia head, face down, in the cool
limpid depths. Theta is some ques
sadness, said he
was defunct, having laid down by
the pool to drink snd doxed off.
More people drown la water
tkaa any other stecle element,
she declared.
Wataon, with a Wooden expres
sion on his face, quoted a stanu of
‘•The Walras and tha Carpenter"
to give vent to his grief.
"Arabella." ha said with a thick
Hindustani secant, "Mathinka thou
hast done abominably in this Re
member what Voltaire said 'Le
<-rayon oat aur In tebie!' Rneh of
us has within him lUaven and IUU
and a etiirh in time saves nlna. Idter'i
Can't you kmlarstend what thU
meansT O' darling. 1 loathe iheel*
Putting a tlerrln
gar from beneti
Mi "look, ha aim
Il at her head ai
blew her lower es>
i tv nil l la# te smith*
eraana In the un>
•ndurnltle flash uf
K in Arabella auddenly saw her
aught tryetolliiMi It waa aa
elear now, A allUh In lima dooa
save nine, With a amila of In
finite undt mtnndtng on har aarana
lipa she gurgled anl
aa analysis will
tha “ smash
of n couple
of “coming up in tha
Soann Hayward (i<>ea n commend
able pertraysl of the wiis wha U
driven to drink by the theofcfct
that the ia no longer of use orJ
importance to her husbsnd. He,|
Lea Bowmsn, ia an up-and coming
crooner wham popularity rises too
fast for tha wife te keep up. With
the entrance of a secretary. Mar-1
»ha Hunt, te Uke care of bowman
bweinaea and social coutecte, Hay
ward takes a back seat. Observing
hit wife’s kshit, bowman, in de-,
greet become* surprised, beerild-
erod, alarmed, angry, ashamed,
disgusted, vindictive—but never ia
able to see tiu- part he la playing
in her downfall.
Them are several conventional
features of pectures like this which
in this particular movie an uncon
ventionally treated. The cast ia
richly dreaaad, but in a disenchant
ing manner. Alcholum is present
ed in g straight-forward way with
out hocus-pocus or cloaked ap-
PeaiMM, yy.
Not • Lost Weekend, “Smash-
Up" dealt With reason* rnUit-r
than results, and this la what
make* it • picture worth aeaiag-
AiAfIL ((iuion. S
Brothers prwluction
indiscretion of a sol-
* he
empm
Opc« l:0B
4-11K1
LAST BAY
*iU iOHKSOk <om i
te MiS ae«' •«
wifo while
Though nppamiily ip love
Her newly acquired Jiusbami
“’•Tu,
who
•lip*
•long,
is prompuy siuhhmi „u
m\ just once d
unely" month* of Ms ah*i
t'ompllpniions really *Urt da
veiopini whbn aha tlaya har alan*
tits lover Ip self defense snd
with B murder annrgv, pm
•at iifi tripl A
uh muunttng, snd
mavlp
1J0
Features Start
l:«T|t40 - 7:80
10:00
IMINAIJ) Dl'CK
IaATKHT NKBs
deal
UT faced
•u|i«e*|Hently |
sUijar t.tet, lavish I
skillful MMtiMn raj
MUl * "* * 1
iahl
Mv.
"No, 1 don't,"
aha answered
with n sneer,
squirting F1H
In his tom.
Loping u p
u serai
and succumbed.
*
.eek.
Norris Gets Notoriety...
carried out of the convention hall,
Texas Baptists have a problem child and
don’t klioW-what to do about him.
Dr, Ji Frank Norri* of Fort Worth is
revered by his congregation, admired by
some others, detected oy many, castigated
by the press, and disclaimed by his clerical
MjfHwiriWnile still alive he has become
a Texas togend. but many Texans don't know T Norris smiled at reporter* and said,
then to point to him with pride or alarm, is the worst thing they ever did."
Mo they just point and say “There’s nothing
else like him."
At the Baptist state convention in Ama
rillo this week, one of Norris’s proteges
heckled Dr. Louie D. Newton of Atlanta,
president of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion. This was in some tyavs a repeat per
formance, as Norris himself had been eject
ed from the national convention of Southern
Baptist* for personally heckling Dr. New
ton. Am a result of that attack, Norris was
bitterly roasted on the August editorial puge
of th« Atlanta Constitution: that pmiht sug
to Dr Wataon tinn aa to har motives, whether she
.he leaked her arms around him •"»••*** b> bring him around or
, i i planted numerous pas.ionaH m 1 ***^ , *f A*** "VTfi P” 1 ° Ut
kmea U-low his handlebar mu* ^ ^thinphl. brain forever,
uebe. Thia waa ona way of ahow- At any rate, breathing wm a dKfi-
ing Franc, her diaapproval cult thing to aeeomphsh under the
surface of the crystal-clear pool.
^ W I F»nds roalixad this in an instant.
Francis had not eatea any sup- He was ever quick-witted
per, but had gone directly to bed. a bloated, stupid looking fish
For hour, he had lain awake think- • wtm 01y by Francis’ eyes. It
ing of ways to restore himself to reminded him of Aunt Berths. She
Arabella’s good graces. Tomor- ,1,0 had that vacant, bored air.
row while hunting more lepidopter- 7^^ ^4 succession. Francis
ouses, he would prove his mettle; MW the little red wagon he had
Hubert Wataon stood alone oa
the hill ton. The sunlight filtered
through his hair, leaving a flaky
white precipitate on the shoulders
of hia opera cape. The wind ro-
freehing draught* into hia confused
mind. He, the sanest, eleareet-
thmkinr prnf***or of nhysiea evor
kmh iu*t,d from MIT, the moat log
ical mind of the generation, the
greateet living reason for birth
control ws* confused. What did
all this mean? Wm the WCTU
right? Did the chicken coma be
fore the egg?
in hit hands,
sobbing, a disillusioned, beaten
man. i
★
Three weeks later, a safari came
of other
wet Used plcitnes In tha leatlllil
ml*' I* Ann Mheriiinh who I* sup
porteg by Uw Ayei*. /.„,hei>
h«'iu, ana Bve Anien. Cradit for
suparb dlreation anil axceilettt da
llneatlon goe* to Vincent hhenaan.
THK tlNBl’.HlV'TKD (Palaat.
H-praBM) Is m can be gathertei
from the title, a thriller. Here in
one mqvia are combined a murder
myskiry, a chiller, and a ngent
Hollywood fRv.aitc psychological
limniu Only a dirartor -such m
Michael Curt 1* could arrange tha
action in this tyovie into a sus-
I*enseful picture.
It is definitely above average,
hot mostly becaabe of high-claas
stance Bennett, and Hurd Hatfield
complete the players. •
Nerve-tingling as it may be. the
t uliir (nrUMin
Bknrt
KATFRDAY PHF.Vl’F.
KUtrta U:(M P. M.
Abo
HI NDAY • MONDAY
pulpit, Ci<xi must shudder. The editorial he would stand fMt; Arabella loved so well, his college days be- upon the remains of the three
brought up old police charges against Norris, ^uld grovel at his feet in admira- fore his untimely expulsion for try-1 teighty hunter* who had not poa-
of murder and afson, for which he had been 1 J forgot his Mthma and , n( to oust the college president, sessed the courage te face lift The
tried and acquitted years before. Norris dowA - - IT 1 «dfbt|Mtei* wrtMw* hadBoaq •air
wllQ j ijiT'i 1 : „l- I * of the PU-T8CW football game, work well. Kicking the skulls a-
. ued fe r libel, but later \ ithdre his Ult crisp, full-bodied, nausauting and the flowers in tig front yard side, the leader said in a low voice
l esterdays fracas was sorin over. The Qd+r of pancakes woke , Francis of his mansion. filled with compassion, “I hope one
heckler, the Rev.i Bill Frazer, was bodily from his sleep. Regurgitating in The flowers suddenly tumml to of these wm not Dr. Livingston.
while hia hip boots, he dressed and strode bicycles, then automobiles, Uten a What would people say if Stanley
“This ovtr 10 breakfast long line of hearses before a grave didn’t find him?”
gcaUxi that averjf tint* Norri* (miunt* the
toMMirmciTi*
FiUior, Th# BattgAMl
Your editorUDIn th« Armlilire ,
Day Batt on Ctiiigm<*li>nai Com-
mUtlos wm aril put ami Cannot
tw stressed too stmtiuly. In the
Nov. 10 Iseue of TIMK magattne
there is the following patagisph:
*
"Cangraas’s power to bureetl-
gate was not explicit in tha con-
atiinikin. But it has become im
plicit: the itepreme (ourt has
held that the right te legislate
carries with it the right to in
. ydre late all bnsineaa pertinent
But Perry F. Webb, pastor of the First
Baptist rhurch, San Antonio, said after
ward: “This is something that is repeated
year after year and i* terribly embarrassing
to us. There doesmt seem to be anything we
can do itbout it. These men have no more
right to the floor of the Baptist convention ^
than l would have to the floor of a Methodist 1/jit* of f !!u pm#nt j
convention. They are merely after publicity.* u octmr gi
.'If publicity is Norris^ goal, he must be 9
counted successful. No other pastor of a
church In our time has had so much ink submitting hia questions to th.<m
spilled over him. But ia Norria famoua, or ("t jh #ir “ WB HRTSL l* t * ll,
m.rely MtorteuT ■ " ZTt!Z
1 mlttee Mked Mr. Hughes, 1 au*
ptet that the commit te** wm afraid
(hat »nme n( the questinna Mr.
Haghes wanted to a*k might am*
d bafttes both Naoator Brawiter and
th* commute* member* alhee they
ary hi* fallow coilanguas
Civil Service Positions Open
' ASKS MORE TAXES
*1.0NDON, Nov. IS _«An_JChkn- 1
coUor of the Exdhequcr Hugh Dnl-
to* asked tbc Houm- of Commons E „ min . t ion* for Physical The-
te4ay .to double MflUin s tax or r . pi , t tnd lfkMCC0 i mpi - r » or po*i.
copiimny profite ss . step in the t i ofu been snnopneed b> the
fi^ht against Inflation. | Ck|l CommSsiMi.
The Tobaico Inspector positions
are in the Production snd Market
ing Administration, Department of
Agriculture. From 3 to 6 wessons of
FLOWERS FOR . . .
BLOOMING POT PLANT*
Imp .4*:
Mm
AGGIE LAND
H.OWEK SHOP
“dor flowers say it r
for you." \
1 J
KkSh^hU/
teteCAA ESMOND CARiDON YOUNG
CHARLES 0 BROUN
Salaries for positions with the ^perience In handling or market
‘ tAm I ‘ ing tobacco is required. Salaries
range from SS.lftg, to (4,148.
Additional infermation and ap
plication form* may be secured
from the Cemmisaion's 1-ocal Sec
retary, H. N. Yardlay, at the Main
Post Office.
Veteran* Admmistraton in phvsi
cs' tharapy range fren (2.A44 to
*’-,W)5. Qualification* nrlude grad
uation from an appnqred school of
physical therapy and, for tha high
«r paying positions, professional
experience in physical therapy.
Letters to the Editor
(a (he ttetbm'a welfare. Hecsuee
aerh Inquiries are yet a ludlriat
proms, ( ofireM hs* the right
te make Us awn retee"
♦
The preceding quoteUnp teas
fin mv opiniiai freedom uf speech are bia
Inihiilea the light to intarrugate,' It is my belief that the commit-
question, cntM-cxaniine or what- tec ha* bean prejud|r*il against
ever you want to call It. U is the Mf. Hughes ever since the start of
right of the pursuit tu whom the the investigation because he knaws
questions an directed to refuse to i some embaraaalng facts ahuut some
hi the motion D ,—J ,, — ,- j
it also ha* a direct bearing on the examined himself.
Howard Hu|hcs case. The article Even though the committee mem-
states that Congrexs has ?hr right hers cross-examined Mr. Hughes
to make it* own rules, but rhe*e at some length, they absolutely re
rules should not violate the Bill of fused to let Mr. Hughes question
Right*'r nsmcly freedom of speech. Senator Brewster i^ithout first
tlgat
IK wniHiLt
RSQDKST)
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