The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1946 Page: 4 of 4
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THE THRESHER
Hits and Highlights
BY ROBERT FLAGG
We have thumbed through a
great number of books written by
civilians dealing: with how to treat
the returning serivcemen. We have
also been disgusted with such books.
So the other day, while straddling
« stool ut our favorite pub, we
chanced to spoilt the June 8 issue
of Liberty magazine (mainly be-
cause it has a rather interesting
cover photograph.) Riffling through
the pages we came upon the book
condensation—"How To Be A Civil-
ian" by Morton Thompson.
The squib line attracted our at-
tention—"The author 'got sick and
tired of hearing this jerk and that
being learned about the problem of
bow to handle the returning soldier.'
So he wrote this funny, sometimes
raucous, sometimes profane, but
always sensible advice for the re-
converting G.L"
So wo decided we'd spend a dime
and read the condensation.
We were pleased no end with it.
Although author Morton Thompson
cannot be accused of writing death-
less prose, "Mow To Be A Civilian,"
contains some excellent thoughts as
well as entertaining humor.
* * *
SOMI'l OK the material in the book
we recognized as having its
origin in the Paris edition of the
"Stnis and Stripes." This was the
part dealing with how the G.I.
should act when he gets back to
the States. It starts out—"When
you see a line of people it is not
necessary to gallop promptly to the
end of the line. They may be wait-
ing to pay their taxes. Taxes are
payday allotments Civilians pay
other Civilians for the privilege of
being told how much taxes they
got to pay.
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APPLIANCES
EIGHTH FLOOR
"It is not unusual to find on the
streets and in public any number of
pretty girls, These girls have not
been liberated. It is grossly im-
proper to approach them at « gal-
lop, screaming, 'How much?' Al-
ways first ask them, 'Isn't this a
lovely day?' or 'Have you ever been
in Milwaukee?' Then ask them how
much,"
And then there's the part where
author Thompson describes the dif-
ferences between getting clothes
from a supply sergeant and buying
clothes as a civilian. He says,
"There's none of this: 'Yeahwhatdo-
youwant?' business. No: 'Who sent-
cha? Doneha know no better'n come
here without a Form 32? We ain't
got it, no matter whatcha want, and
grab that broom over there and
start sweeping under them foot
lockers.*
"That is not the way they do as
Civilians. First of all they will ask
you (like two colonels talking to
each other) what do you want. Like
as not they will say sir. Now tell
the guy what you want. And tell
him exactly what you want."
* * *
THE HOOK concludes by explain-
ing why some veterans arc em-
bittered and disillusioned. "A hell
of a lot of disillusionment that crops
up in the process of getting home
again comes from the fact that the
father away you get £rom home
the more you ennobl$ "home and
build it up and make it betteer than
it is and then when you find it
little changed from the place you
left you are hurt and you start
screaming that everything's chang-
ed. As a matter of fact nothing's
changed, much, except your dream
ideas."
There is a lot of truth in those
words. No one can make your
dreams come true but yourself!
WE FREQUENTLY wonder why-
classical music does not, as a
rule, appeal to the hoi-palloi. A few
moments of ponderance on the sub-
ject advances the fact tha"^ the hoi-
palloi does not have the patience
and time to listen to more than a
32 bar melody,
It's not that classical music does
not possess attractive melodies. We
cite the hundreds of melodies taken
from Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Dc-
| bussy, et al., which, put into a 132
I bar chorus with dance tempo, al -
tract the public fancy.
I Some of the dance band lead%as.
notably Freddy Martin and Carmen
Cavmllero, are to be congratulated
for their renditions of the classics.
As a rule we think Cavallero the
better since his arrangements arc
more clean and sharp than the sy-
rupy sweetness of Freddy Martin's
sax section.
And since Beethoven. Wagner,
Rimski-Korsakoff, etc., are in the
public domain, we expect many
more of their melodies to appear in
'popular' form.
Chief Storekeeper
Lean Tucker Back
For Regular Navy
Chief Storekeeper Leon Tucker
recently returned to Rice from u
month's leave,
Chief Tucker enlisted in the Navy
in August 1942, and was first sent
to NTS, San Diego, Calif. From
there he was assigned his first duty
aboard the destroyer USS Craven.
In October 1942, the Craven took
part in the bombardment of Guadal-
canal and was afterwards active in
the New Georgia group. On the 6th
and 7th of August,, 1943, sho parti-
cipated in the Battle of Vella La-
volla. During his stay aboard the
Craven, Tucker advanced to the
rate of SK2-c.
After his tour with the Craven,
Chief Tucker next served aboard
an AK, the USS Ainltah, which was
engaged in transporting troops and
supplies in the Pacific. His next as-
signment was to the Ammunition
Depot at New Orleans, where he
stayed from April to September,
1945. Next he was stationed at the
Separation Center, Nashville, Tenn.,
and afterwards at the NROTC Unit
at the University of Texas.
Chief Tucker expects to remain at
Rice after July 1st as a member of
the regular Ship's Company for the
peacetime NROTC Unit here.
BOTTOMS UP
There once Appeared,
In times endeared,
| At a certain barroom door;
A ruffled Owl
Who, feeling foul,
Wanted just one drink more.
The moon on High
| Hung in the sky
| And taunted his fevered brain-
So thru that door
| And with one drink more
;He stopped his weeping pain.
!
jThis tale of woe
You all should know
|ls not an unusual thing:
' A week-end night
The stars are bright
And our little spirits take wing.
| What do you think is wrong?
Wh^t brings on the wine and song ?
A worried mind, a broken heart,
Half a bottle of rye;
Drunken youth, salty beer,
Here's what made him cry—
: A typical Rice boy,
jOf which there are a proud few,
Lost a date with his T. R. B.
To a guy from T. C. U
Now that the story is told,
Her admiration won,
I I'll tell you happy (?) readers—
That's a joke, son.
—Bromo Joe.
SPORTING AROUND—
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(Continued from page 3)
of the high spots for last week's
menu served up the gosh darnedest
array of sports any sports fan's
ever had served up to him.
Ralph Tate
Ralph Tate, ace of the cinder
paths, made it known last week-
\ end that his school mate, Bob Fenl-
i more, the All-American football
player from Oklahoma AStii col-
lege will be back to plague oppos-
ing teams for another year. This
all comes about as a result of Feni-
more being deferred until he fin-
ishes school. $ounds mucho fishy
to me, doesn't it to you'
Bobby Layne, who won half of
Texas University's baseball games
this season proved that he could do
equally as well with the ribmPpro
brand of ball. Proof of this came
last Wednesday night as the all-con-
ference right hander pitched Henry
Ramsey's Bottler's to a 5-1 decision
over the American Legion. Incident-
ally, several of his Longhorn team-
mates were in the Legion lineup.
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The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1946, newspaper, June 6, 1946; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth230695/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.