St. Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 13, 1943 Page: 2 of 4
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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1943
Education for Merit
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Pearl Harbor”. .
“Keep ’Em Flying”. . . .
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Also in the Ferry Command in India
some people buy corn yet, I think. . .
stock,
"When the Lights Go on Again" is the
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Higher Education
Meets Darkest Hour
band. “Ticketyboo,” though arranged
at probably the best possible, is pure
corn, even worse than “Hut Sut.” But
PROF. EDW. Y. YOUNG OF DUKE U.
HAS TRAVELED TO EUROPE 32
TIMES IN THE PAST 56 YEARS /
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TELESCOPE
AT THE UNIV.
OF TEXAS
Pat McNamara, ex-’31, is now sta-
tioned at Love Field in Dallas. He is
captain in the Ferry Command.
played. "Praise the Lord. . . ." on the
back is more his type of tune after
listening to his excellent recording of
"Ten Little Soldiers" and "Here Comes
the Navy." His vocal quartet is quite
smooth but suffers the handicap of
the stock arrangements. They could
really be solid if their stuff was writ-
ten properly for them.
Arthur Fields plays his own type
of music with “I Found a Peach in
Orange New Jersey” opposite “Star
Spangled Banner. . . .” I’m afraid both
band and tune are in their own corn-
Now sporting pilot wings is George
Fogle, prep ex-’40. He was graduated
last week from the air base at Eagle
Pass.
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Doug Martin, ex-’41, now yeoman
third class, is home this week on a 10
day furlough, the first since he enlist-
ed in the navy in July. Jacques Dar-
rouzet, senior engineer, entrained for
Fort Worth Monday night for a short
visit with Martin.
Vacation At Home Reforms Pat Dalton;
Four Days Later He*s Normal Again
By Bud Lewis
Coca Cola Stages Mammouth Radio Show;
43 Leading Bands Broadcast In Rotation
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field and would appeal only to a
definite music class.
Peter Piper's wax of the
As colleges regretted a 14 per cent drop in
enrollment for the present semester, according
to figures recently compiled, they began to
take stock for the coming term. With the draft
slated to take most of the 18 year-old group
in a few months and Army reservists being
called up, the outlook was far from pleasant.
By next fall the Army and Navy plans for
College training of men in the services may
ease the situation, but.it seems .that the .im-
mediate results of the new educational pro-
gram will be the greatest drop in enrollment
yet.
Only bright spot for higher education is the
hope that the darkest hour is almost here. If
colleges can continue operation this spring, be-
fore another semester begins they will at least
know what their status for the duration will
be.
By then the Army reservists selected for
higher education will have completed basic
training and be back in school. Other Army
men under 21 and Navy men under 22 will be
in the colleges for advanced training, as will
a number of civilian war workers under the
War Manpower Commission plan.
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Americans Accept
New Rationing Calmly
In the course of a year, rationing has taken
an important place in the daily life of citizens.
Scarcely heard of before Pearl Harbor, except
as the tool by which Germany exchanged
butter for guns,.today it is accepted as a demo-
cratic method of distributing scarce goods.
It is not surprising, then, that Americans
are accepting point-rationing, due to go into
effect next month, quite philosophically.
Silent groans rather than a rush on stores
marked the advent of rationing as a full-grown
ogre.
The optimist might say that the American
character has changed since the rush on stores
which marked the false rumor in Austin last
spring that car batteries would be rationed. But,
response likewise could be taken as an index
of the American character. Gas rationing was
preceded by a buying spree, but food rationing
creates little more than a ripple of excitement.
The car had indeed become an important ad-
junct of American life.
Under point rationing, books similiar to,
those used for sugar rationing will be dis-
tributed. Chief difference is that each coupon
is worth a certain number of points. The
coupons will have a blanket application to a
number of articles. . . . meats, fats, butter, etc.
. . . and goods rationed one week may be sold
on the open market the next. Point value of
goods will also fluctuate.
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is Leward Opsal, ex-’39.
1 George Lusk, ex-’18, is now state
best I ever heard the arrangement organizer for hotel and restaurant
employees’ international alliance and
Is Army-Navy Plan
Regardless of how adversely the new Army-
Navy Educational Program affects education
immediately and despite its unfavorable re-
ception by collegians whom it affects, there is
at least one good point to the plan. It is
democratic.
Early in the year an ECHO editorial criticiz-
ed the reserve program because it limited
higher education for potential officers to stu-
dents financially able to pay for it.
Now merit alone will decide who continues
his higher education and who remains in the
Army or Navy. Army men under 21 and Navy
men under 22 can apply for college work. If
selected they will be on active duty, wear uni-
forms, and receive service pay.
With the addition of a plan to train civilian
war workers in colleges at government ex-
pense, America took another step in the level-
ing process. Our boast of equality of opportunity
under democracy became more nearly justi-
fied. Y
There seems to be no good reason why a
similar plan shouldn’t continue after the war.
Education is such vital equipment for every
citizen that to grant it to the empty-headed
daughter of the Astorbilts while refusing it to
John Jones because his father is a day laborer
or his mother a widow is illogical.
Why shouldn’t higher education be a
privilege granted for merit rather than for
pocketbook?
"Bullets for Britain”. . . . and the like.
Now, however, as the spirit of war begins to
run away with the American people, perhaps
it would be wise if they considered the one
basic truth which led some patriots. . . unwise-
ly. .. . to oppose wartime readjustments too
vigorously.
Americans are traditionally an energetic
people. Having adopted an idea they are in-
clined to go to far. At the present time the
spirit of change to meet warborn problems
has seized them. Is there a danger that they
may go too far?
First question we may ask is "How large an
Army can vre afford to build?" At the rate
students and essential workers are being taken
into armed service, the country will soon face
its most serious! shortage of manpower. Short-
ages of essential goods will come next.
While it is impossible for a civilian to say
how large our Army should be, it is easy for
anyone to see that the Army can grow so
large that it will be an obstacle rather than a
help in winning the war.
mention the Brooklyn "Black Swan"
this time.
It’s Monday morning, third period,
and I haven’t got that English yet.
But I’ve lots of time to run down the
library and get those references. Gad,
the blasted thing is locked.
Fifth period: English finds me with-
out my homework. Father Pieper ad-
ministers verbal lashing. I shrival.
Two o’clock and I return to the library.
Hooray! It’s open. I dash in to get
facts, figures, etc. The assistant
librarian beams all over and places his
services at my disposal.
That fixes everything, except he
doesn’t have the key to that little
back place where they keep the refer-
ence books. My spirts and arches
have fallen. I can see Father Pieper
as he proclaims, “Lightning doesn’t
strike twice in the same place,” or
looks at me. as if, “Can’t he think of
a better one than that?”
6:30 o'clock: I try again. The door
is open. Brother Hugo is there. The
setup looks unbeatable. I make my
request. Brother disappears into the
inner recesses of the library. (I betcha
a coke you haven’t read this far).
Minutes pass. I begin to drum my
fingers on the book counter.
“Sorry, we don’t have that book.”
Its quite remarkable what a short
stay at home does for a fellow. Pat
Dalton didn’t borrow a cent for 4 days.
Ray actually bought his own cigarettes
but Pat's record stands. Ray was broke
in 2 days. Incidentally Ray took
Barrios to Houston to Americanize
him. It seems that Ray got the hang of
the Latin American customs in a
hurry.
In Memorium: In honor of a fellow
who may never read this but we hope
he will. In his three and one-half
years at St. Edward’s he has always
been good for a paragraph or so in
any column.
Sorry to see Dehlinger go. This col-
umnist sure hates to lose that kind of
material. But, seriously, Bob, the best
of luck on Parris Island.
Joram and Snell stop in town for
only a few moments enroute to Seton.
Cunningham and Kaemmerlin spend a
a few hours in* town at their favorite
club. Then there is that other trio that
have a record.
Odd ends: A stray cat in Gardes"
room. ... It was a shame Cogwin
spent the last days of his vacation on
a liquid diet. . . . Cierzniak and Shaw
own a controlling interest in the Tip
Tops marble machine. ... We won"t
The greatest and longest Christmas
party best describes it. I’m referring
to the Coca Cola Christmas radio pro-
gram, which was undoubtedly the most
gigantic feat ever put. on the airlanes.
In case you didn't dial a radio
Christmas day, here's an idea what
was going on the air. It seems that
the "Coke" Company sponsored .142
channels of the Blue Network from
noon to midnight, with the exception
of two 45-minute breaks. Forty-three
leading dance bands were booked
through the Music Corporation of
America, for 15-minute spots each.
All bands were routed, if on tour, to
the nearest Army base or service center,
from which the Yuletide link to the
homes of service men was formed.
Sammy Kaye’s “Swing and Sway”
orchestra started the ball rolling in
New Jersey. Charley Spivak followed
the parade 15 minutes later from West
Point in New York, after which came
Shep Fields from Annapolis.
Then the parade jumped to Jack
Teagarden in Mississippi followed by
such bands as Benny Goodman, Dick
Jergens, Louis Armstrong, Jan Savitt,
Vincent Lopez, Gene Krupa, Jan Garb-
er, Horace Heidt, and other leaders
in the swing field.
Here’s a rough sketch of what tech-
nical work lay behind this unusual
radio feat. Booking orchestras alone
presented one of the largest single
problems. A study of 300 bands on
the road was necessary to spot the
required bands on the Blue Network
outlets. The time zones necessitated
careful selection of these spots, the
result being that the party started at
9 A. M. on the West Coast.
Telephone lines were checked and
synchronized, production crews were
organized — every available man was
used. . . . 132 in all. Numerous help-
was needed at the major outlets, add
the required technicians and announc-
ers, and the total comes out more than
800 actively engaged in the production.
(Note—The Elite Record Co., makers
of “Hit” recordings, has started send-
ing me waxes of current tunes to re-
view. In each column I will criticize
the records as I hear them.)
Johnny Jones and his orchestra fill
both sides of a platter with “Moon-
light Becomes You” and “Ticketyboo.”
A male vocal is the feature, but the
tenor overdoes his vibrate slightly.
Saxes) blend well alone or with full
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AH Wartime Changes
Don't Help Us Win
“Business As Usual” was never a very good
slogan. Wars simply aren’t won by such ostrich-
like policies. When America woke up to the dif-
ficulties of war she discarded it in favor of
more approprite phrases. . . . “Remember
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