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Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1946 Make It the Biggest Yet. . . Hell hath no furylike the Aggie Bonfire. Every year it begins to rise, like the phoenix of mythology, from the ashes of its predecessor on the Main Drill Field. Even the war failed to stop it, and in 1943 there was erected what is reputed to be the largest and highest bonfire ever built by the Aggies. This came when the student body was down below two thousand. Three years later, peace has come, and with it about five and a half thousand Aggies have returned from the battle fronts all over the world, swelling the enrollment at A & M to over 8,500. Tomorrow, the real work on the bonfire will begin. Trucks, carts, and wagons are being recruited from the var- ious departments of the College, and locations of choice bonfire fuel are being catalogued. Now, all that is needed is enough Aggies with the de- sire to help and the will to work. The Cadet Corps, regi- mented as it is, should be out en masse to collect wood. But more than just this group of two thousand cadets is needed to make the bonfire rise higher into the blue and spread wider across the Drill Field than it has ever before, includ- ing 1943. Veterans and cadets with cars and strong arms are sorely needed to aid in gathering the wood and in stack- ing it up against the center pole. Remember, its everybodys bonfire. It gives one a sat- isfied feeling when he sees the results of a weeks labor going up in a roaring fire comparable to the spirit of the Aggies as they go to meet the Longhorns. Come on, cadets and veterans, lets build a stairway to the stars and a victory over our traditional rivals. The Thanksgiving Bonfire will be a measure of the intangible, the Aggie Spirit. Kyle^Field fBonfire. .. Tales from Tessieland . . . Sister School Behind Aggies All the Way on Thanksgiving By Phyllis Radovich The Juniors kicked off Satur- day night to get the class dance season underway with a very suc- cessful Autumn Holiday ball. In contrast to last years dance, most of the escorts were civilians, with Aggies wearing about the only uniforms seen on the floor. Today the Freshmen are having their first college dance and with about a thousand fish enrolled in the College, it should be a pretty big affair. From what I hear about half of A. and M. has been invited up and if you, are coming, be prepared for a gay time. There will be plenty of enter- tainment for the week-end, too. If you are a murder mystery fan youlkwant to see the College Lit- tle Theater production of Double Doors,which opened Wednesday and will be showing at a matinee performance Saturday. And if you havent seen the Rehearsal and Production Classes put on any plays up here, you should take in one, just to see the girls playing boys parts. Of course it would be nice if we could borrow some Ag- gies for that little item of campus life. Last Friday the Adelphian Club revised another of our gorte-to- war customs. They were the first literary club to hold a post-war dance, and it proved so successful that other clubs may soon follow their lead. So keep watching the mails, Aggie. That girl who sweat out the horrors of pledge week not long ago may soon be inviting you to share in the rewards club membership and club dances. And speaking of dances, the TSCW-A. and M. French Clubs dance in the offing is another good idea. Lets see now, what other clubs do we have in common ? The Womens Recreational As- sociation, which sponsors such an- nual entertainments as the Com- husking Bee and Winter Play Night inaugurated another event bond party. Tessies turned rovers, wayfarers and adventurers to journey over the campus living the vagabond life for awhile; then they met at the Little Cabin in the Woods to eat taffy apples and pay homage to the Queen of the evening. Since the Battalion is now semi- weekly, this column will appear in the Tuesday issue from now on. This is, therefore, the last issue before the TU-A&M game so Ill sign off wishing you great hunks of good luck Thanksgiving. For the sake of all your bull sessions, our faith in you and to fulfill all our dreams, lay those Longhorns low! Well readily admit that we didnt think the Kyle Field scoreboard measured up to the needs of the stadium, but we certainly can riot condone the action of vandals in setting fire to the thing. When the editorial concerning this eye- sore of the playing field was written, we rather sarcas- tically suggested, as is the custom among readable college editorials of the nation, that it might be replaced with an- other more modern electric type to good advantage. But by all means we werent contemplating the use of arson to force the hands of the Kyle Field administrators. Some say the pen is mightier than the sword, but we have yet to see the day when even the most fiery of editorials of itself causes molecular combustion. Of course, the arsonists might have used an old copy of the Batt to light the fire, but is is hardly likely, for in this age of shortages, even better uses have been found. It is regrettable that the timeclock, owned by Western Union and valued (and insured) at approximately $2,500, was severely damaged. The willful destrucion of property without good reason can never be considered right or prop- er. "Come^and Get It... At times we feel that the going is mighty rough now at A. & M. But to pluck a phrase from service days, Things are mighty rough all over.Here are some tidbits that Time magazine compiled from other campuses: At the University of Southern California, two stu- dents have lived in an automobile for seven months, study- ing with the aid of the street lamps. At the University of Maine, some students live in converted chicken-coops. At Alabama Polytech, better known as Auburn, two men sleep in the belfry of the Episcopal Church. Michigan State couldnt play basketball until the beds were removed from the gymnasium floor. We who are veterans may be on the government pay- roll, but it can still be truthfully said that we are getting an education the hard way. The same amount of time and ef- fort that would have gotten As in previous years is apt to bring only a C now. No major college in the country feels that it has a proper teacher-to-pupil ratio. As students, we are pretty much on our own and have to dig as never before in order to get passing grades. For- tunately, those of us who are veterans have learned how to make the most of opportunities; but freshmen right out of high school are finding the courses mighty steep. Every so often somebody on the outside pops off about veterans in school; intimating that we are parasites living a life of ease. Wish they would try it for a while! The educational phase of the G. I. Bill of Rights is the greatest experiment in mass education ever tried. But ed- ucational processes cannot be stepped up as rapidly as indus- trial processes were during the war. It is up to us as in- dividuals to meet the situation more than half-way; to re- alize that we must make prodigious efforts in order to get the most out of college training at this time, when about all the teachers can do is say, Here it is, come and get it.It is squarely up to us to make our generation of col- lege men equal to or even superior to those that have gone before. If we do that, we can proudly say in future years, Yes, I went through college under the G. I. Bill.Way of the World . . . Dr. Homer P. Rainey, stormy petrel of Texas education and politics, said farewell to his native state this week, as he accepted the presidency of Stephens College, at Columbia, Mo. John L. Lewis was easily the most unpopular man in the country, as he threatened a new coal strike, this time against the Federal government, which is still operating the mines. Many in labor circles feared that as a result of Lewiss tactics, all labor would suffer under heavily restric- tive legislation for years to come. 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 Plssooded CoUe6iate Press Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 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 Allen Self________________________________________ _________ Vick Lindley_______________________________________________ David M. Seligman ______________________________________ Charles E. Murray _______________________________________ U. V. Johnston_____________________________________________ Paul Martin_______________________ ,_______________________ Jimmie Demopolus_________________________________________ Wallace J. Bennett________________________________________ Wendell McClure, Peyton McKnight..................... ......................... Gerald Monson____________________ I__________ _____ ______ Ferd English, L. R. Shalit, Arthur Matula, Claude Bunty Babe Swartz, Clyde H. Patterson, Jr., J. M. Nelson, A1 Hudeck, Jack Herrington_____________ _________________ ------------------------ Corps Editor ----------------------- Veteran Editor ___Tuesday Associate Editor _____Friday Associate Editor ________________ Sports Editor _____ Assistant Sports Editor __________________ •. Art Editor _______________ Annex Editor _______ Advertising Managers _____ __ Circulation Manager n, A. R. Hengst, Larry Goodwyn __ Reporters _______________ Photographers History Comes to Life in New Novel Entitled "Red Morning" By Wilnora Barton ReadersAdviser One of the best novels publish- ed this fall is Ruby Frazier Freys Red Morning. Without doubt Mrs. Freys book will cause a great deal of comment among the book reading public this fall. This is an historical novel told with such fresh and lively imagination that the reader can hardly bear to put it down. The French and Indian Wars provide the background for the turbulent story of Jane McClain and John Frazier. Jane was the spoiled daughter of a wealthy planter of Winchester, Virginia, but she was not content to live the sheltered life to which Letters PONY EXPRESS Dear Sir: I have just one questionwhy dont I receive Tuesday afternoons Batt before Friday at noon? Im a day student receiving my copies through the mails at Col- lege Station, but surely it should- nt take you and the US Govern- ment Postal Service three (3) days to get a newspaper from the Ad- ministration Building to my box at the PO. By that time the news which the paper originally con- tained has died of old age. How about a little speedier ac- tion in the future? Yours truly, J. E. Hoban Editors Note: The Batts, ready for mailing, are taken to the PO on the afternoon of publication (Tuesday and Friday). For the rest, dont blame us . . . Whats Cooking FRIDAY, November 22 8:00 p.m. Mona Paulee, Town Hall, Guion. SATURDAY, November 23 1:00 p. m. ATTENTION! Mem- bers and prospective members of Fencing Club. Mr. A. B. Rodney, fencing Pro from Houston will instruct the club in main Gym. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Confessions in St. Marys Chapel. SUNDAY, November 24 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Catholic Mass, St. Marys Chapel. 1:00-4:00 p.m. Initiation of New- man Club members and dance. K. of C. Hall. MONDAY, November 25 7:00 p.m. Lufkin A & M Club, Special meeting, Room 105, Acad. Bldg. 7:00 p.m. Camera Club, Photo con- test data, Guion Hall basement. 7:30 p.m. Brazos Co. Reserve Of- ficers, Petroleum Lecture room. Air Corps Reserves especially urged to attend. 7:30 p.m. Agronomy Society, Room 312, Agriculture Bldg. 7:30 p.m. Society for Advance- ment of Management, ME lecture room. Speaker, Dr. W. A. Varvel. 7:30 p.m. Style and Fashion Group, Aggie Wives Club, Sbisa Lounge. 7:30 p.m. Choir practice, St. Marys Chapel. 7:30 p.m. Aggie Wives Circle, Methodist Church. 7:30 p. m. Business Society, Spe- cial meeting. Room 128, Acad. Bldg. TUESAY, November 26 7:30 p.m. SAE, ME Lecture Room. Film Cyclone Combus- tion. 7:30 p.m. Rural Sociology Club. Officers from Texas Prison system Harris Co. as speakers. 7:30 p.m. Institute of Aeronauti- cal Sciences, Petroleum Lecture Room. 7:30 p.( m. SophiclesOedipus Rex, auditorium, CoHege Annex. Admission free. By members of j English staff and students. 8:00 p.m. American Chemical Society, Chemistry Lecture Room. Dr F. W. Jensen, speaker. her position entitled her. Jane had the fever for pioneering, and by hook or crook, she was deter- mined to join the train of slowly moving families who were taking up the rich land of the Ohio Val- ley. Poor Capt. McClain, unfor- tunately, did not sharq Janes en- thusiasm. He contracted a fever at the settlement where they were waiting for another wagon train going west. Inconsiderately, the Captain died, leaving Jane a widow scarcely 19 years old. Jane buried her husband without too much grief. Her mind was filled with schemes for remaining on the frontier and avoiding the necessity of returning to her fa- thers house. While in this turmoil of plan- ning a trader named John Frazier stopped at the settlement. Sparks flew when they met. Here was a man used to the dangers and the challenge of frontier life, a man who could share ones dreams. As for Frazier, he was fair game for Janes dark beauty and vivacious spirit. He was an exasperating man and of a highly independent attitude, but he didnt have a chance when exposed to Janes wiles. Jane had no way of knowing how turbulent her life as John Fraziers wife would be, but had she been told she would have mar- ried him anyway. There were weeks of impatient waiting for the army to drive the French from their lands. There was the bitter defeat of Braddocks army, and to add to the hardships, there were the endless brutalities of the In- dians. The capture of Jane by the Indians and her escape from them a year later result in some highly interesting reading. This is Mrs. Freys first book and a very successful one it is, too. The story is based on the incidents in her great-grandmothers life, but the story is the result of years of patient research in family re- cords and state papers. _______ ___________ _ <jooM Mion Filters Sold . . .THIS IS WHY: * Reduces nicotine and tars * Filters flakes and juices * Improves tobacco aroma I * Cools and cleanses smoke When filter is stained from | tars and nicotine, replace I u'ith fresh one. liiPiif'' With The Corps By ALLEN SELF Senior Class If youve been wondering why the fish appeared Tuesday morn- ing with faces clean and with hair sans confettibows, and walked instead of skipping a- round the campus, you can trace it back to a ruling of the Se- nior class in its regular Monday night meeting in the YMCA Chapel. But the painted faces will re- appear Monday morning, accord- ing to the agreement. Supporters of the clean facesmovement compromised with those advoca- ting continuance of the cosmetic practice, both feeling that an op- portunity for insulting Texas, good-naturedly, of course, should not be by-passed because of per- sonal opinions. Other Rulings . . . Due to the fights precipita- ted in past years over placing of the outfit banners on the Bon- fire, the class ruled that the peak of the blaze will be without any signs of denomination, ex- cept for the inevitable frathouse which adorns the center pole. Last year, when this same ruling was in effect, a tradition-steeped nonreg ordered a fish to climb to the top and fling out an outfit banner. Upon orders from his seniors, and even from the cadet colonel, the fish refused to haul the banner down. Keep Out of the Circle Cadet units assigned to guard- ing the Bonfire have been in- structed not to let anyone out of their own outfit inside the inner circle of logs surrounding it. Testingof the guards is foolish, as the Aggie car owner who believed the guards before the Rice game didnt mean bus- iness will testify. His wind- shield was smashed. And last year, a car driven by the co-captain of the football team attempted to pass the guards at the bugle stand without halting, and suddenly realized his hood and windshield had been smashed by earnest fish wielding a railroad tie. WARNING: At night you cant tell a Teasipper from an Aggie. Dont get mistaken for a denizen of the Forty Acres, or your personal possessions may suffer. Silver Taps Sounded In answer to Reader Reaney, who in Tuesdays edition asked what happened to Silver Taps for the Aggies who di^d in World War I, we can only say, It happened.The Cadet Corps was drawn up at noon mess formation on Armistice Day, and following the reading of a tribute to Aggies who died in both World Wars I and II, Silver Taps was sounded for them. Previously in the day, Cadet Colonel Ed Brandt and his staff placed a wreath on the World War I Memorial at the West Gate. Corps Chaff The Regimental review Wednes- day afternoon looked good, but comment following it was, More saber drill.The review was in honor of SargeRepper, who is retiring after long years of service with the armed forces . . . Army regulations are right, were wrong. Troops stand at parade rest during Retreat, unless the ceremony is formally in honor of someone. . . The blue No. 2 uniform flag, which was made off with from the new area flagpole the weekend of the SMU game, is still missing, and Corps Adjutant Joe Coddon will take the rap if it is not returned. Friday and Saturday Return Engagement! The Postman Always Rings TwiceWith Lana Turner John Garfield Also News—Cartoon Sunday and Monday The Spanish MainPaul Henreid Maureen OHara Plus --- Plus GoofyCartoon—News RivoliTheater A. & M. ANNEX Sunday and Monday Born for TroubleWith VAN JOHNSON "....BUT THE DEPARTMENT 5AY5 TO DO IT THIS WAY... OP EL5f/" 12 PENNYS SERENADE By W. L. Fenberthy Since I have been a teacher and a father I have been of the opin- ion that we would be much better if we were teachers first, and much better children if we could first have a little experience as parents. I base this opinion on the fact that we would have a much better understanding of the other fellows position and would be prone to be a little more sym- pathetic and cooperative. I feel that one thing an educa- tion should do is to develop this understanding and consideration for the position and feelings of others. Sports are supposed to be especially fine for instilling these qualities in student bodies. I also feel that we can get a lot more happiness from life by adopt- ing the attitude that our fellow men are trying to do what they consider to be the right thing. I did not see the game Satur- day I was officiating another conference game. But, since my return to the campus, reports reaching me from all sources in- dicate that our sportsmanship hit a new low. When I was corresponding with the institution in regard to a pos- ition, I contacted a friend who had coached at Rice in an effort to find out something about A. & M. He made a point to empha- size the fine spirit which existed here. Upon arrival I found a wonderful spirit which was very contagious, and in a short time I found myself very much wrap- ped up in the team and the school. Grid ProfessorsPass on Knowledge Its professornow when Ed Dusek, CottonHowell, “BabeHallmark or Willie Zapalac are addressed by the athletesath- letes at A & M Consolidated High School where the quartet of Aggie footballers are doing their prac- tice teaching in physical education this semester. All are physical education ma- jors and as such are required to handle classes in playground sports as part of their course in P. E. 315. THE IDEAL GIFT for Mother, Sister or Girl-friend Pin and guard for each organization in CADET CORPS Styled by College Seal & Crest Co. The EXCHANGE STORE “Serving Texas AggiesIn recent years I feel our grand spirit has deteriorated and where in the past our spirit and sports- manship was something praised by the papers of the State, in re- cent years our conduct at games has drawn sharp criticism from prominent sports writers and our own ex-students. Saturday our stands booedour own folks something I would have bet would never have hap- pened as long as there was an A. & M. College. We were very inconsiderate and not too smart, because how we figured booing the efforts of our own staff and team could help us win the game is hard for me to understand. I know it takes a lot of cour- age and poise to perform before 30,000 people! I know it takes a lot of fine qualities to coach where you have to depend upon someone else to carry out your instructions! I feel a man must have some fine qualities to be an official! But I cant think of an admirable qual- ity necessary to qualify one to Boo.” Lets check up, men the future of sports and the good name of the school is in our hands. Palace BRYAN, TEXAS Friday and Saturday ALAN LADD In Two Years Before the MastPreview Saturday Night Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Dorothy McGuire Till the End of TimeAIR-CONDITIONED Opens 1:00 p.m. - 4-1181 TODAY and SATURDAY The Glass Ref With Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Also Merrie Melodies Cartoon SUNDAY and MONDAY Plus --- CARTOON - NEWS -NOTICE- We will be closed during Thursdays gameOpen immed- iately after.

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Page 1: PENNY’S SERENADEnewspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1946-11... · Make It the Biggest Yet. .. “Hell hath no fury” like the Aggie Bonfire. Every year it begins to rise,

Page 2 THE BATTALION FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1946

Make It the Biggest Yet. . .“Hell hath no fury” like the Aggie Bonfire. Every year

it begins to rise, like the phoenix of mythology, from the ashes of its predecessor on the Main Drill Field. Even the war failed to stop it, and in 1943 there was erected what is reputed to be the largest and highest bonfire ever built by the Aggies. This came when the student body was down below two thousand.

Three years later, peace has come, and with it about five and a half thousand Aggies have returned from the battle fronts all over the world, swelling the enrollment at A & M to over 8,500.

Tomorrow, the real work on the bonfire will begin. Trucks, carts, and wagons are being recruited from the var­ious departments of the College, and locations of choice bonfire fuel are being catalogued.

Now, all that is needed is enough Aggies with the de­sire to help and the will to work. The Cadet Corps, regi­mented as it is, should be out en masse to collect wood. But more than just this group of two thousand cadets is needed to make the bonfire rise higher into the blue and spread wider across the Drill Field than it has ever before, includ­ing 1943. Veterans and cadets with cars and strong arms are sorely needed to aid in gathering the wood and in stack­ing it up against the center pole.

Remember, it’s everybody’s bonfire. It gives one a sat­isfied feeling when he sees the results of a week’s labor going up in a roaring fire comparable to the spirit of the Aggies as they go to meet the Longhorns.

Come on, cadets and veterans, let’s build a stairway to the stars and a victory over our traditional rivals. The Thanksgiving Bonfire will be a measure of the intangible, the Aggie Spirit.

Kyle^Field fBonfire’. ..

Tales from Tessieland . . .

Sister School Behind Aggies All the Way on Thanksgiving

By Phyllis RadovichThe Juniors kicked off Satur­

day night to get the class dance season underway with a very suc­cessful Autumn Holiday ball. In contrast to last year’s dance, most of the escorts were civilians, with Aggies wearing about the only uniforms seen on the floor.

Today the Freshmen are having their first college dance and with about a thousand fish enrolled in the College, it should be a pretty big affair. From what I hear about half of A. and M. has been invited up and if you, are coming, be prepared for a gay time.

There will be plenty of enter­tainment for the week-end, too. If you are a murder mystery fan you’lkwant to see the College Lit­tle Theater production of “Double Doors,” which opened Wednesday and will be showing at a matinee performance Saturday. And if you haven’t seen the Rehearsal and Production Classes put on any plays up here, you should take in one, just to see the girls playing boys parts. Of course it would be nice if we could borrow some Ag­gies for that little item of campus life.

Last Friday the Adelphian Club revised another of our gorte-to- war customs. They were the first literary club to hold a post-war

dance, and it proved so successful that other clubs may soon follow their lead. So keep watching the mails, Aggie. That girl who sweat out the horrors of pledge week not long ago may soon be inviting you to share in the rewards — club membership and club dances.

And speaking of dances, the TSCW-A. and M. French Clubs dance in the offing is another good idea. Let’s see now, what other clubs do we have in common ?

The Women’s Recreational As­sociation, which sponsors such an­nual entertainments as the Com- husking Bee and Winter Play Night inaugurated another event bond party. Tessies turned rovers, wayfarers and adventurers to journey over the campus living the vagabond life for awhile; then they met at the Little Cabin in the Woods to eat taffy apples and pay homage to the Queen of the evening.

Since the Battalion is now semi­weekly, this column will appear in the Tuesday issue from now on. This is, therefore, the last issue before the TU-A&M game so I’ll sign off wishing you great hunks of good luck Thanksgiving. For the sake of all your bull sessions, our faith in you and to fulfill all our dreams, lay those Longhorns low!

We’ll readily admit that we didn’t think the Kyle Field scoreboard measured up to the needs of the stadium, but we certainly can riot condone the action of vandals in setting fire to the thing. When the editorial concerning this eye­sore of the playing field was written, we rather sarcas­tically suggested, as is the custom among readable college editorials of the nation, that it might be replaced with an­other more modern electric type to good advantage.

But by all means we weren’t contemplating the use of arson to force the hands of the Kyle Field administrators. Some say “the pen is mightier than the sword”, but we have yet to see the day when even the most fiery of editorials of itself causes molecular combustion. Of course, the arsonists might have used an old copy of the Batt to light the fire, but is is hardly likely, for in this age of shortages, even better uses have been found.

It is regrettable that the timeclock, owned by Western Union and valued (and insured) at approximately $2,500, was severely damaged. The willful destrucion of property without good reason can never be considered right or prop­er.

"Come^and Get It”...At times we feel that the going is mighty rough now

at A. & M. But to pluck a phrase from service days, “Things are mighty rough all over.” Here are some tidbits that Time magazine compiled from other campuses:

At the University of Southern California, two stu­dents have lived in an automobile for seven months, study­ing with the aid of the street lamps. At the University of Maine, some students live in converted chicken-coops. At Alabama Polytech, better known as Auburn, two men sleep in the belfry of the Episcopal Church. Michigan State couldn’t play basketball until the beds were removed from the gymnasium floor.

We who are veterans may be on the government pay­roll, but it can still be truthfully said that we are getting an education the hard way. The same amount of time and ef­fort that would have gotten A’s in previous years is apt to bring only a C now. No major college in the country feels that it has a proper teacher-to-pupil ratio.

As students, we are pretty much on our own and have to dig as never before in order to get passing grades. For­tunately, those of us who are veterans have learned how to make the most of opportunities; but freshmen right out of high school are finding the courses mighty steep.

Every so often somebody on the outside pops off about veterans in school; intimating that we are parasites living a life of ease. Wish they would try it for a while!

The educational phase of the G. I. Bill of Rights is the greatest experiment in mass education ever tried. But ed­ucational processes cannot be stepped up as rapidly as indus­trial processes were during the war. It is up to us as in­dividuals to meet the situation more than half-way; to re­alize that we must make prodigious efforts in order to get the most out of college training at this time, when about all the teachers can do is say, “Here it is, come and get it.”

It is squarely up to us to make our generation of col­lege men equal to or even superior to those that have gone before. If we do that, we can proudly say in future years, “Yes, I went through college under the G. I. Bill.”

Way of the World . . .Dr. Homer P. Rainey, stormy petrel of Texas education

and politics, said farewell to his native state this week, as he accepted the presidency of Stephens College, at Columbia, Mo.

John L. Lewis was easily the most unpopular man in the country, as he threatened a new coal strike, this time against the Federal government, which is still operating the mines. Many in labor circles feared that as a result of Lewis’s tactics, all labor would suffer under heavily restric­tive legislation for years to come.

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History Comes to Life in New Novel Entitled "Red Morning"

By Wilnora Barton Readers’ Adviser

One of the best novels publish­ed this fall is Ruby Frazier Frey’s Red Morning. Without doubt Mrs. Frey’s book will cause a great deal of comment among the book reading public this fall. This is an historical novel told with such fresh and lively imagination that the reader can hardly bear to put it down.

The French and Indian Wars provide the background for the turbulent story of Jane McClain and John Frazier.

Jane was the spoiled daughter of a wealthy planter of Winchester, Virginia, but she was not content to live the sheltered life to which

LettersPONY EXPRESS

Dear Sir:I have just one question—why

don’t I receive Tuesday afternoon’s Batt before Friday at noon?

I’m a day student receiving my copies through the mails at Col­lege Station, but surely it should­n’t take you and the US Govern­ment Postal Service three (3) days to get a newspaper from the Ad­ministration Building to my box at the PO. By that time the news which the paper originally con­tained has died of old age.

How about a little speedier ac­tion in the future?

Yours truly,J. E. Hoban

Editor’s Note: The Batts, ready for mailing, are taken to the PO on the afternoon of publication (Tuesday and Friday). For the rest, don’t blame us . . .

What’s CookingFRIDAY, November 22

8:00 p.m. Mona Paulee, Town Hall, Guion.

SATURDAY, November 231:00 p. m. ATTENTION! Mem­

bers and prospective members of Fencing Club. Mr. A. B. Rodney, fencing Pro from Houston will instruct the club in main Gym. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Confessions in St. Mary’s Chapel.

SUNDAY, November 24 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Catholic Mass, St. Mary’s Chapel.

1:00-4:00 p.m. Initiation of New­man Club members and dance. K. of C. Hall.

MONDAY, November 257:00 p.m. Lufkin A & M Club,

Special meeting, Room 105, Acad. Bldg.7:00 p.m. Camera Club, Photo con­test data, Guion Hall basement.

7:30 p.m. Brazos Co. Reserve Of­ficers, Petroleum Lecture room. Air Corps Reserves especially urged to attend.

7:30 p.m. Agronomy Society, Room 312, Agriculture Bldg.

7:30 p.m. Society for Advance­ment of Management, ME lecture room. Speaker, Dr. W. A. Varvel.

7:30 p.m. Style and Fashion Group, Aggie Wives Club, Sbisa Lounge.

7:30 p.m. Choir practice, St. Mary’s Chapel.

7:30 p.m. Aggie Wives Circle, Methodist Church.

7:30 p. m. Business Society, Spe­cial meeting. Room 128, Acad. Bldg.

TUESAY, November 267:30 p.m. SAE, ME Lecture

Room. Film “Cyclone Combus­tion”.

7:30 p.m. Rural Sociology Club. Officers from Texas Prison system Harris Co. as speakers.

7:30 p.m. Institute of Aeronauti­cal Sciences, Petroleum Lecture Room.

7:30 p.( m. Sophicles’ “Oedipus Rex”, auditorium, CoHege Annex. Admission free. By members of j English staff and students.

8:00 p.m. American Chemical Society, Chemistry Lecture Room. Dr F. W. Jensen, speaker.

her position entitled her. Jane had the fever for pioneering, and by hook or crook, she was deter­mined to join the train of slowly moving families who were taking up the rich land of the Ohio Val­ley. Poor Capt. McClain, unfor­tunately, did not sharq Jane’s en­thusiasm. He contracted a fever at the settlement where they were waiting for another wagon train going west. Inconsiderately, the Captain died, leaving Jane a widow scarcely 19 years old.

Jane buried her husband without too much grief. Her mind was filled with schemes for remaining on the frontier and avoiding the necessity of returning to her fa­ther’s house.

While in this turmoil of plan­ning a trader named John Frazier stopped at the settlement. Sparks flew when they met. Here was a man used to the dangers and the challenge of frontier life, a man who could share one’s dreams. As for Frazier, he was fair game for Jane’s dark beauty and vivacious spirit. He was an exasperating man and of a highly independent attitude, but he didn’t have a chance when exposed to Jane’s wiles.

Jane had no way of knowing how turbulent her life as John Frazier’s wife would be, but had she been told she would have mar­ried him anyway. There were weeks of impatient waiting for the army to drive the French from their lands. There was the bitter defeat of Braddock’s army, and to add to the hardships, there were the endless brutalities of the In­dians. The capture of Jane by the Indians and her escape from them a year later result in some highly interesting reading.

This is Mrs. Frey’s first book and a very successful one it is, too. The story is based on the incidents in her great-grandmother’s life, but the story is the result of years of patient research in family re­cords and state papers.

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With The CorpsBy ALLEN SELF

Senior ClassIf you’ve been wondering why

the fish appeared Tuesday morn­ing with faces clean and with hair sans “confetti” bows, and walked instead of skipping a- round the campus, you can trace it back to a ruling of the Se­nior class in its regular Monday night meeting in the YMCA Chapel.But the painted faces will re­

appear Monday morning, accord­ing to the agreement. Supporters of the “clean faces” movement compromised with those advoca­ting continuance of the cosmetic practice, both feeling that an op­portunity for insulting Texas, good-naturedly, of course, should not be by-passed because of per­sonal opinions.Other Rulings . . .

Due to the fights precipita­ted in past years over placing of the outfit banners on the Bon­fire, the class ruled that the peak of the blaze will be without any signs of denomination, ex­cept for the inevitable “frat” house which adorns the center pole.Last year, when this same ruling

was in effect, a tradition-steeped nonreg ordered a fish to climb to the top and fling out an outfit banner. Upon orders from his seniors, and even from the cadet colonel, the fish refused to haul the banner down.Keep Out of the Circle

Cadet units assigned to guard­ing the Bonfire have been in­structed not to let anyone out of their own outfit inside the inner circle of logs surrounding it. “Testing” of the guards is foolish, as the Aggie car owner who believed the guards before the Rice game didn’t mean bus­iness will testify. His wind­shield was smashed.And last year, a car driven by

the co-captain of the football team attempted to pass the guards at the bugle stand without halting, and suddenly realized his hood and windshield had been smashed by earnest fish wielding a railroad tie. „

WARNING: At night youcan’t tell a Teasipper from an Aggie. Don’t get mistaken for a denizen of the Forty Acres, or your personal possessions may suffer.

Silver Taps SoundedIn answer to Reader Reaney,

who in Tuesday’s edition asked what happened to Silver Taps for the Aggies who di^d in World War I, we can only say, “It happened.” The Cadet Corps was drawn up at noon mess formation on Armistice Day, and following the reading of a tribute to Aggies who died in both World Wars I and II, Silver Taps was sounded for them.Previously in the day, Cadet

Colonel Ed Brandt and his staff placed a wreath on the World War I Memorial at the West Gate. Corps Chaff

The Regimental review Wednes­day afternoon looked good, but comment following it was, “More saber drill.” The review was in honor of “Sarge” Repper, who is retiring after long years of service with the armed forces . . . Army regulations are right, we’re wrong. Troops stand at parade rest during Retreat, unless the ceremony is formally in honor of someone. . . The blue No. 2 uniform flag, which was made off with from the new area flagpole the weekend of the SMU game, is still missing, and Corps Adjutant Joe Coddon will take the rap if it is not returned.

Friday and SaturdayReturn Engagement!

“The Postman Always Rings Twice”

— With —Lana Turner — John Garfield

Also News—Cartoon

Sunday and Monday“The Spanish Main”

Paul Henreid Maureen O’Hara

— Plus ---Plus “Goofy” Cartoon—News

RivoliTheaterA. & M. ANNEX

Sunday and Monday

“Born for Trouble”With VAN JOHNSON

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PENNY’S SERENADEBy W. L. Fenberthy

Since I have been a teacher and a father I have been of the opin­ion that we would be much better if we were teachers first, and much better children if we could first have a little experience as parents. I base this opinion on the fact that we would have a much better understanding of the other fellows position and would be prone to be a little more sym­pathetic and cooperative.

I feel that one thing an educa­tion should do is to develop this understanding and consideration for the position and feelings of others. Sports are supposed to be especially fine for instilling these qualities in student bodies. I also feel that we can get a lot more happiness from life by adopt­ing the attitude that our fellow men are trying to do what they consider to be the right thing.

I did not see the game Satur­day — I was officiating another conference game. But, since my return to the campus, reports reaching me from all sources in­dicate that our sportsmanship hit a new low.

When I was corresponding with the institution in regard to a pos­ition, I contacted a friend who had coached at Rice in an effort to find out something about A. & M. He made a point to empha­size the fine spirit which existed here. Upon arrival I found a wonderful spirit which was very contagious, and in a short time I found myself very much wrap­ped up in the team and the school.

Grid “Professors”Pass on Knowledge

It’s “professor” now when Ed Dusek, “Cotton” Howell, “Babe” Hallmark or Willie Zapalac are addressed by the athletes—ath­letes at A & M Consolidated High School where the quartet of Aggie footballers are doing their prac­tice teaching in physical education this semester.

All are physical education ma­jors and as such are required to handle classes in playground sports as part of their course in P. E. 315.

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In recent years I feel our grand spirit has deteriorated and where in the past our spirit and sports­manship was something praised by the papers of the State, in re­cent years our conduct at games has drawn sharp criticism from prominent sports writers and our own ex-students.

Saturday our stands “booed” our own folks — something I would have bet would never have hap­pened as long as there was an A. & M. College. We were very inconsiderate and not too smart, because how we figured booing the efforts of our own staff and team could help us win the game is hard for me to understand.

I know it takes a lot of cour­age and poise to perform before 30,000 people! I know it takes a lot of fine qualities to coach where you have to depend upon someone else to carry out your instructions! I feel a man must have some fine qualities to be an official! But I can’t think of an admirable qual­ity necessary to qualify one to “Boo.” Let’s check up, men — the future of sports and the good name of the school is in our hands.

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“Two Years Before the Mast”Preview Saturday Night

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday

Dorothy McGuire

“’Till the End of Time”

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TODAY and SATURDAY

“The Glass Ref— With —

Alan Ladd Veronica Lake

Also Merrie Melodies Cartoon

SUNDAY and MONDAY

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during Thursday’s game—Open immed­iately after.