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ADMINISTRATION
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY;
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
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1942
2276
NUMBER 9
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DelfraisseDies
In Automobile Accident
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Lamar and Saltan Receive Minor Cuts
Injuries in Tmcl^-Car Collision Thursday
Harold Delfraiww, B ^attery Field Artillery senior from
Laredo, was (tilled in an automobile accident Thursday at
about 11:30 fl.m. on highway 6. H£nry Lamar. Rosebud, Wil
fred W. Walton. Corsicana, and Oelfraisse, all of B Battery
- were picked Up by Charlies Richardson as they were high-
waying from Br> an after seeing a show. Richardson was driv
ing a club co^pe.
Traveling at high speed. Richardson met a slow moving
car Just before a bridge pn highway 6. Richardson tried to
mannver his ^ar around it when be saw a trailer truck com-
Model Airplane
Ccntest Staged
. . If you smell barmnH, oil ami ace
tone hi the room neat to, ylours;
don’t itbiflV thaj a bunch of them
queers have moved In. It’s prob
ably Just a rohple of model air
plane enthusiasts preparing .their
models for the jcommic mo<lel| con-
teat. Sponsored; by the aeronauti
cal eapmeerinf departments the
conteaSa get udder way Fruity at
9 o’clock. Thei contests continue
through Saturday, June 27.
The contests i are a part of the
obaermnee of Texas Aviation
Week,*, and it'll expected that the
contest will draw contestants fiom
a wide «rea of the state. Approxi
mately $600 it) prizes will be ^all-
i able.
Included in the events are'con
tests for scale models, indoor and
oatderar rubber models. 1 and' gas
models. On Wednesday and Thurs
day, June 24 land 25, there; will
be instruction in model building,
according to Hpward Barlow,; pro
fessor and b«pd of, the debart-
^ ment Cf aeronautical engineering
The contests; will get untietway
Friday morning at 9 o'clock |with
a Scafe Mo<let contest in jifiinr,
senior -a n d op4n events.
FridAy afteiyioon at one thirty
the indtmr rubber contests w^l b'*
run off. Saturday morning tAere
will be conteata for gas mddel*.
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Saturday afternoon ^t one there
will be a contest for 6 Line Inod-
eis. i r
-ing jfrom the opposite direction.
Th*v truck tried to avoid a collision
be pwerving to the rijght. It scrap
ed against the aide of the bridge
an<^ went off into the soft should
er $rhere the wheels bucklwi caus
ing {the trailer to swerve out into
thei highway. Richardson then
swerved to the right and l^tmar
jopeted the door and jumped out
clearing the highway thus causing
Jitt^ physical injury to himself
othgr than a sarere shock. I>el-
fraipse was thrown out of the car,’
as g swerved to the left, and land
ed <pi the pavement when the trail
er tlimed over and fell on him kill-
instantly.
two boys are now in
the College Hospital
physicians who say there is a p-
no serious injury but that
ill have to be under observa-
10 days or two weeks.
T$e body was sent to Laredo
last night at 12:06 a.m.
Dglfraiaae was a distinguished
Aggieland Plays
Tonight For First
Of Corps Dances
Main Dining Room To Be
Used In Effort to Evade
Excess Heat in Annex
Featuring the rhythm of the
latest edition of the Aggieland or
chestra, the summer dance season
wilf get underway tonight at 9
o’clock at Sbiaa Hall. Norma Joan
Jahn will supply the vocals. Uni
form will be number two and it
‘a not necessary that dates dress
formal.
Featuring the arrangements of
Jimmy Lunceford, the Aggieland
orchestra, under the direction of
their new leader. Russell R. “Cur
ly” Brient, will offer music that
is sweet and smooth. As an added
attraction, the orchestra will few
ture the songs of pretty Norma
Jean Jahn.
The dance will be held in the
main hall of Sbisa Hall. This is n
break with the practice of the past
designed to provide a comfortable
place to dance. The main hall of
the mess hall is exposed on three
sides and it is hoped that it will
be cool. In the past the dances
have been held in the annex.
Script is $1.10 and everyone is
invited to bring a date and have
a good time. The festivities start
at 9 p. ra.. and continue until 12.
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Juniors Indicate
Lack of Interest
At First Meeting
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Small
Additional Chi
Of $1.60 For
* $3
Semester to be
’aid
her Prwent
Cauaea Election of New
Officer* to he Postponed
Juniora showed *a lack of inter
est in electin- gdasa officers ai
only 150 attended their first im
portant session. Those present
(comprised mainly ef the Cavalry
who lives next door I brought up
several matters to Cadet Colonel
Walter Cardwell that were discuss
ed briefly; however very little w
clarified. Cardwell cut the discus
sion short because be felt that
it would be of little value to bring
^ anything up before such a small
manager's office gtated yes! prday group, and the purpose of the
In order to cofer the oat in meeting was primarily to elect
handling the additional shift and J officers. There neither being
enough there to discuss important
matters or to elect officers, the
The laundry allfw a nee
increased from a total of 23
per week to a total of 25
per week, with a maximum 4f five
shirts and three pair of padts, an
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announcement from the bi siness
*tu<£»t four times, his major was
Leonorak-s although he already
Had ; a degree in Diesel Engineer
ing, He was a cadet technical ser
geant on the first Battalion staff
last year and was facing consid
ered for a Captaincy lor the first
Rat{alion this year lafcording to
Lt. pul. J. K. Boles. ' '
Hx is survived by hia parents
and;two sisters.
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Knurineer Magazine
Will Be Distributed
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Tie Engineer Magazine is due
to <i>me out some time next week.
The^ date is not certain as yet but
it a^jll probably be around the first
of tfiy week. i
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Enrollment in the
Enlisted Resen e
Corps Reaches 700
Enrollment in the Enlisted) Re
serve Corps topped the 700 mark
today according to an announce
ment made by Major L. W. Mar-
shall. Infantry, recruiting officer
for the Enlisted Reserve.
Because there are at least 100
men who have contracts and have
not yet signed up for the enlisted
reserve, a skeleton force is being
kept on hand to assist with the
rest of the enrollment. Those men
with contracts who have not al
ready enlisted will have to go to
the temporary office on the third
flrair of Ross Hall, and see Ser
geant Brady L. Isaacs, recruiting
sergeant, for application blanks.
At that time a date will be set
for Major Marshall to administer
the oath to the enlistees.
pair of pants an- increase of 15
cents per week i|as been idded.
Ap students who. have pa d fees
for the full semester must < all by
the fiscal office a$d pay th<
tional $1.60 laundry fee befc re the
effective bate of .the chang July
6.
The change wa$ made up in the
“urgent request jof the Cadet
Corps.” the announcement si id.
All stude t* receiving cheAs for
the exact amount? of the i istall-
ment fees, and all’ students whose |
fees are paid in sinstallmei ts by
checks direct to thir college, ihould
inform the sender of the fol owing
changes. The installment p tyable
July 1 to 6 will tjt. $29.66 i istead
of $29.00 The instilment P lyable
Aug, at 1 to 6 wjll be $42. 10 in
stead of $41.15 »
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To Address Mass Meeting!
Ceremony Accorded Cabinet Members Will
Be Obser\ ed With Corps Review Excepted
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard will be a guest
at A AM from noon Friday, July 3 until noon Saturday, July
4, it waa announced today by Dean C. F. Bolton.
Secretary Wickard accepted the invitation of President
T. O. Walton and agreed to address a mass meeting of
Texans in Kyle Field stadium on the evening of Friday,
July 3, it was announced.
The present secretary'will be the third holding his'of
fice to appear on, the A.AM. campus in its 67 year history.
Others have been SecretaA- Wilson and Secretary Wallace,
father of the present vice-preskwnt+-
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meeting closed without having ac^
licized enough:
The failure'of the meeting was
addi- j attributed by e to the fact
that the meeting had not been pub
licized enough^ Pei haps the preval
ent feeling was expressed by on*
junior when asked if he was go
ing to the meeting. He said “What
for? It doesn't mean anything any
more anyway/’
Protection School
Gives Night Class
Demonstration
Former Aggie Added
To Construction
ST LOUIS. Mo.- M H '
21, son of Mr. T JA. Steve
Devereux Streep Jack
Texas, has accepted a
with the Engineering Depa
of the Curtis*-Wright Co
and has been aasfarned to
Louis Plant. He 'was grai uated
from A. & M w4i ere he was a
member of the banfl In his m w po
sition he will aid'in the develop
ment of military girpla'nes f »r the
United States Arjpy and N ivy.
Brient Presents Aggieland Orchestra In
Second of Summer Dance Performdnees
By Jack Keith Tie hand will also be helped
Witti * the predicta>n thatlthis Kreqtly by the fecial airange-
seafton'ft orchf^tra will be bitter rnrti» by Hick Alston and Charles
than etrer, Cprly Brient, n^wly ' F' v< ‘ 'V 1 * band its own
.elected ‘ leader! of the Aggi^ar.rt | stjrle addefi to the special
Orchestra, will present his frpupe j »rrxfigemeats of iiany of the name
in their second appearance tonight i han^s.
at th* first summer Corps D$nce.
To back up'his prediction, !Bri-
ent has not only 4n orcheatri-firl
of talented mufifians. but also.'Ag-
gielaad’s favorite vAalist, Miss
KormaruJean Jaibn of Houstorf. As
all the- 'old stJidenU will renjem-
ber an4 as the new student^ on
the canqms w$l soon find out' for
themseltes. Miss Jahn (pronotijiced
Yonl baa “what it takes” in \y>caj
talent atid ip looks, too.
Acobrjing t$ Curly, this yiar’s
orchestra will be better than prer
before for two reasons. In j the
firat plate thei two men that were
Ipat have be<ti replaced by |two
fine Bfiuik-ian.^. The total linl-up
la foartaen rmgi and a girl, ready,
willing and able to bring the c$det
corps whit it jpants in the wa|- of
music, s
The second reason is tbit i the
band will cater strictly to ^ the
wishes of the fancers. In the past
the podicy of jhe band leader Jhas
been to play with the orcheftra
throughout most of the prngihift.
thus malting if impossible for )»iin
to receive all the requests of,the
dancefs Curly plans to be ‘out
front mokt of the time to seq to
ft that *Very request is given hia
attention.
Tlis summer the organizatM>n
willtstick almost entirely to music
that* is “swept” in preference to
fastj perspiratian-producing num
bers* From poll* that were taken
during the last social season, sweet
tnus|c was acclaimed the prefer
ence of the largest part of the
cqrm. Curly urges those who pre
fer poth kinds of music to make it
hkhit to tell hiio, so he may
plsy^ accordingly. Last spring it
was^Jound that regardless of the
fatt, that slow, sweet music was
preferred, most of the requests
at t$e bandstand came in for swing
Mfcftwn.
Cirly Brient. who ia replacing
Don| Hackney a« leader ia a senior
in "^A” Field and kails'from Port
Art$or. He plays has* fiddle w .h
the* band and plays to keep the
tkyfim section right on the beat
from up front. * >
NPraia Jean Jahn sang with the
orchestra last fall and U retarn-
% now to her former position.
She'has sung with Phil Spitalny,
Peck Kelly. Eddie Fitapatrick.
Jim|ny Livingston, Terry Shand
and. Frankie Littlefield. In Hous
ton {she sings on the radio and
with local orchestras. Recently she
was voted the official sweetheart
of the army camp at Ellington Freddie Nelson,. manrst, playing
Field, where she has sung several for his third year,formerly ilayed
times. j with Joe Burze atg) hia Orel rstra
The remaining personnel of the He “hm fumiahes^the pianc play-
orchestra is made up entirely of m* ten" the “Kadei Kapers.’
students, although most of them Roland Mallet is the guita man
have played professionally before in the outfit and ii beginnii g his
entering A. & M. and in the aum- accord year with tike band. 1 oland
mcr months. has a fine style al$i plays s milar
Jack “Bandy" Mctiregor le*«ls , to the late Charliqf Chriatiai The
off the brass section in the posi- drums are r.andled ky Buck \ einis
tion of first trombonist. Jack has of San Antonio. B^ck is the mort
playc<l with the Aggieland for the knocked-out drumikei the J ggie-
past two years. I^st April he sat land has had for -ijne time ind is
in and played with Ted Fk> Rita going strong in Ifs second year
Wardens and members of civilian
protection patrols are not only in
vited but urged to attend the night
demonstration and field class of
the Ninth War Department Civil--
isn Protection School at Texas A. ;
& M College, Monday night, Jane
22. at 8:30, according to an an
nouncement made by Lt. Col. H.
’ 0,1 i R. Brayton, CVW.S., director of the
ville. sf hool.
sition ^ ri*gular course
ent j offered the trainees at the college
ation there is one i^ight field demonstra-
j tion. The o$e for the current
school is scheduled for 8:30 Mon
day evening $nd will be staged in
the Field Artillery drill field in
the area adjoining the Radio Sta
tion WTAW lower just off High- 1 !
way 6 beyond ^he Bryan City lim
it sign.
The field may be reached by
turning off the highway just be
yond the city .limits at the open
white pasture gate, or by turning
right on Sulphur Springs Road
entering the iarea set aside near
the demonstration field. MilitvV
police will be in charge of the
parking of kll cars out of the
danger zone. $
A complete 'two-hour lecture ac
companies tie. field
will • consist ( of a
of the United Slatof. ’
The mass meeting will begin-
8 p.m. in order to qllow time for
visitors to arrive at College Sta
tion from Dallas and north Texas
by rail. Arrangements are being
made to have the through pasarn-
ger trains leaving Dallas $nd
Houston dyring the]afternoon ) to
stop at several poipta along kho
lines to pick up thi>*e who Wish
to hear the cabinet ^ member's fed-
dress. 1
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Secretary WickanJ will tour lh*>
campus and inspect; the co BAre.
eating in'the dining-halls with ^h.
A A M. cadets and-halding in$orJ
mal conference with'.various fa|m-i
ing and livestock groups as wel as
with representatives) of all of $he v
governmental agenc|es‘ operating
under directien of ^ie U. S. )e
partment of Agriculture.
Since Secretary Wickard’* v ait
will be of an official nature jhe
usual military cereffeoniet acafed-
ed a cabinet member will be ob
served' in his honor, A mounted
troop of eavalry will meet b
at the main entrance to the cam
pus and a salute will be fired,:by
the R.O.T.C. Artillery unit. TTIr
will be no review at this UbmI I
the corps is unpreppred to stpgc
a review this early ‘in the senfes
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There is no holiday scheduled
for the morning of the fourth Bol
ton’s office states. 1
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Vanity Fair-Senior
Favorite Pictures
Must Be in Sept 15
All Vanity Fair and Senior Fa- ,
vorite pictures for the 1943 Long
horn must be turried in to the ‘
Student Activities office by Sep- 1
tembir 16, 1942, announces Editor!
Johrf Ixmgley.
This y*-ar Vanity Fair entrants •
must submit three glossy finish)
pictures; an 8 by 10 inch full;
lepgth picture taken in an ev«- j
nfhg g<rwn, a 6 by 7 inch full/ j
length taken in a street or sport •
dress, and a 5 by 7 inch close-up. | t
A light plain background for all
pictures is requested. For Senior
Favorites any close-up wiR be
satisfactory. i il
As in past years the charge this
year for Vanity lair Will be $3 00
and will inrluda h free picture in
the Senior Favoiite section. The
charge for Senior Favorites is $1.50
for each picture submitted.
The editor states that at thia-
time only 20 seniors have had
thrir pictures made for the class
section. Because of limited time
no deadlines will be extended this
year as they have been in past
year*. All men who wish to have,
their pictures in the annual must :
have them in within the stated ^ ;
deadlines i
and his orchestra when they vis
ited the campus.
Dick Alston, junior from Little
Rock. Arkansas, plays first trum
pet with the outfit. He’s another
old timer with the organisation,
having begun his trumpet-playing
for the Aggies In his fish year.
Third trumpet man is Wally
“Scotty” Scott, also beginning his
third season with the orchestra
“Scotty” is a senior and has had
several years of band experience
with other bands In and around
his home town. Port Arthur. .
Tom Ingli* and Bully McGreg
with them.
First sax is aljy handl'd by
Charles Bickley ^ of Ho iston
Charles has played with tl e or
chestra since he f^st came
4 kL. and hia hot gnd sweet
ing are wcft^knowif to dance
Bill Murphy hold* down th
sax position. Murphy led hi
band back in hia hametown.
Now he’s a sophomore and
ing hi* second year h ith the c idet*.
, The two new mej$ in the o the*
tra’s line-up are Dickie Webl , who
just came over from Sagl H< uston
State Teachers Colege and
or fill out the brgss section. Inglis. Anderson from
beginning hL* second; year with
the Aggieland. comet from Sulphur
Springs. McGregor plays second
trumpet, hails from Ballinger and
has played with the band at San
Marco* Stale Teachers College.
The rhythm section is the tame
aa last year, with the added prac
tice of a whole season behind them.
Billy
in. Wet i has
Ed Get ach’s
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been playing wi
orchestra all over S^uth Te
is good on the 2nd ‘tenor a
demon plays 4th U|ior, ia a
omore and has j^st begu
work with the Afirirland
boys are fittiag in ^ just fine
the section and wg expect
things from them, Brient
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Morwood Training hi
Navigators* Air Clasfi
American Axis-blasting bomtfers
will one day follow victory CouAws
charted by Houston; Aviation Ca
dets who are training today to Ve-
come “fingermCn 'of .the compass”
in the current Arrtjy Air F«gco
class for navigator* here at the
World’s largest multi-motor flying
School. »
Two pf the battling sextet kre
graduates of Sam Houston High
School. They are Roger Morw<a>d.
21. son of Mr and Mf*. R E. l4>r-
^rood. 6509 Sewonee St., and VlL|.
work which | |, r B 2*. *»»!> of Mr. and
simulated air f» r .*cr, 44 J7 Bristol y>t.
raid vtifh seferal typ«'s of bombs j Morwotal studied $t Ribe Injti-
fired and the action of each ex- ! tute one year and Tfxas A. t ;M.
plained. Proper means of pre-raid ' three years. Before Signing up(to
protection will be demonstrated I “bofnb-blast” the Axis, Greer ^as
and several $mall structures sim- a YMCA director. »
(Bha WARDEN SCHOOL. Paga I) From Ellington Ffeld they will
^ • * J go on to more advanced schools for
navigators. Their ^ttwinin|r eebn-
Bleted. they will be commissioned
aecond lieutenants in Die Army Air
Force Reserve and orderad to no
feiediate active duty^ Then tlfe*y
Will become cogs irt the word’s
finest combat precision team—the
Pictures Sought
In Washington DC
Photographs taken outside the
United State* are bhing sought by
the Office of Coordinator of In
formation. If you have photo
graphed outside this country yen
are requested to answer the ques
tions on a qijestionaire which’may
be secured ai The Battalion office
or 'write dlrecf to the Visual
Presentation Branch, Coordinator
of Informatitgi. 25th and E Streets,
N. W., Washington. D. C.
This request ia being made in
order to facilitate the operation of
our armed forces. The agency ia
engaged in locating photographs
and transcregencies of areas out
side the Unifed States.
It ia desirgble and necessary to
broaden the base of this activity
by building tp an index of photo
graphs and transcrepenries in the
hands of pegaons who have trav
eled sad ph<4o>r'*t'he<l while trav
eling. I
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air crew.
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Pre-Med Club Elects
Officers; Formulates
Blood Bank System
At its tegular semi-monthly;
meeting last Thursday night, the!
Pre-Med ; club completed its alec-i
ti6n of officers for the next two!
semesters Those .elected are:|
president, Fred Colle; vice presi-1
dent, George Willeford; secretary-!
treasurer, John Ed Green; repent- 1
er, W H, Andrew.
The main topic of their diacua-l
sion was i»f the club’s assisting iq-j
the creation of a blood bank forj
College Station. The proposed.
blood bank will consist of enough ’
blood to serve any em«-gency that j
may arise in this area. The blood •
is to be kept in a powdered form,.!
permitting it to be administered
to injured persons where a direct
transfusion is »—p-tftHe
The idea is in keeping with many
other projects that are being or
ganized on a nation-wide scale. The
blood will be donated by citizens of
this community and by students.
As yet plans for the financing sad
actual executiun of] the project are 1
Incomplete, but moat of the work
will be carried on under the dL
1 rectlon of the Pre-Med club.
Kadet Kapers, Presents Local
UyBandatSeven Tonight
A hillbilly band 1$ the new^t
ction to grace the Kadet tys
ra'xstage according to Dirk J«n-
Along with lesion
kA^wa. Courtship of Ljvr
king .'tAJ and several unijuc
contests the C>f which will
iraceive more of those super $e-
Ittxe prises. Jankinp announce*
tfcat the policy that was so s^c
ektaful last week will be contimyd
That policy was the'awardingiof
■ aAgar* to the first. 100th and
person to enter
Hall for the ahesf. Fi
of the quality of those
“Ask the man who owns
cation
cigar*.
one.”
A type of hillbilly bend never
before heard in this country will
be presented. The Sand waa re
cently im (ferried from Argentina
and goes under the title of The
Gaucho Sophisticates. Although !
their type of mask Is a bit diffi- 1
cult to undervand. H is h'>pe 1 that !
* ^nre gathering will Burn out
for their firat performance. '
Kadet Kapers wiD be presented
tonight at seven m the Assembly
H*H. The price 2,500 yen.
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