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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 10, 1942
2275 NUMBER 77
Special Trains Will Run To Dallas and Houston
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Committees Reopen Yell Leader Election
Kuykendall, Pettit, Brin
Zummo Entries for Post
Grade Point Requirement Lowered to 1.0;
Filing Fee, Petition Other Requisites
Sophomores who had intended to run for junior yell
leader but could not because of lacking the necessary 1.25
grade point average will get another chance to run for this
position, said Gus Link, secretary of the Student Election
Committee yesterday.
At the filing deadline of 2 p.m. last Monday, only two
men, Dan Kuykendall and Joe Pettit, had filed petitions for
the post. Later, Gordon Grin’s petition was accepted, and at
— -fthe committee meeting, it was de-
Jones Named 1943
Longhorn Junior
Editor by Longley
Selection Made On Basis
Of Past Longhorn Work
Russell Jones, B Signal Corps,
has been chosen Junior Editor of
the 1943 Longhorn by Editor John
Longley and Associate Editor Har
ry Kunkel.
Jones was chosen from five jun
iors who have been working on the
Longhorn staff this year.
“Russell has done outstanding
work on the Longhorn staff for
the past three years, and although
there was no junior editor chosen
last year, we think it is only fair
to give credit where credit is due,
so we selected, Russell for this
year’s yearbook,” said Longley.
Radio Speech Class
Presents “The Devil
And Adolph Hitler”
“The Devil and Adolph Hitler”
war-satire by Conrad Bering, Jr.,
of the WTAW staff, will be pre
sented tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 over the A. & M. College
Radio Station.
The play is presented in coopera
tion with the War Information
Committee of A. & M. and will be
produced by the radio speaking
class under the direction of C. 0.
Spriggs.
cided to lower the grade point av
erage to 1.00 instead of 1.25, and
reopen filing until 4 p. m. Friday
afternoon. A petition with 200 sig
natures of sophomores, juniors,
and seniors, and a filing fee of 50tf
are the other requisites.
Reasons for the reopening of the
yell leader race were the lack of
time apparently given prospective
candidates, and the lowering of the
grade point average necessary. Ac
cording to Link, the 1.25 average
prohibits a lot of good men from
filing for the job, and as the yell
leader posts are the most popular
from the corps standpoint, eight or
ten candidates at least should run
so that a good cross-section of the
corps can be obtained.
Other candidates for other posi
tions are found elsewhere on this
page.
Aggies in Action for the Movie
The above picture is an enlargement of an actual frame of film taken by Jack Mackenzie, director of
photography, for the second unit of “We’ve Never Been Licked” production staff. This shot was taken
several weeks ago on the outskirts of the campus.
Application May
Be Made Now for
Ordnance Contract
Applications for contracts in the
Ordnance are now being accepted
by that branch, according to Major
D. D. Alexander, senior instructor
of the Ordnance Department.
A call for all eligible men who
desire contracts in this branch of
the service is being made by Major
Alexander. They should have their
applications in by Saturday, De
cember 8.
Only those taking some branch
of engineering, preferably mechan
ical engineering, and who have a
scholastic standing high enough,
can qualify for a contract, stated
Major Alexander.
Combined Bands
Elect Gene Field
Head Drum Major
Taylor Riedel, Kenneth
Varvel Elected Assistant
Drum Majors; Clos Race
After an hour-long deadlock, the
Juniors of the combined Aggie
Band elected last Friday the new
Drum Majors for the next school
year. Eugene Field, a junior ME
student from Calvert, Texas, was
elected to fill the head drum ma
jor’s position formerly held by Ben
Schleider. By Field winning the
coveted majorship, it took the
award away from the Field Artil
lery and placed it in the hands of
the Infantry Band.
As assistants the Juniors elected
W. Taylor Riedel, a junior from
Yorktown, Texas, as the Artillery
Major, and Kenneth (Pinky) Var-
vil from Bartlesville, Oklahoma as
the Infantry drum major. Riedel
was in a heated deadlock with Field
before it was finally broken.
In years past, each Junior in the
See BAND, Page 4)
1925 Baft Magazine
Futureiof Turkey-Day
Reprinted from Battalion Magazine
December 9, 1925
Condensed by John Holman
In the year of our grandchildren,
1975, in the merry, merry month
of November, the Athletic and Mil
itary College of Texas was the
scene of great festivity. Indeed
’twas on the Turkey Festival day,
and who could remain passive on
such an occasion?
Everywhere joy reigned supreme.
On the far-reaching green ex
panse of lawn, the fair damsels
frolicked. The khaki-clad youth of
our Uncle Sam paused and gazed
in awe at such an invasion of their
own dominion where men are men
and women are not. As the boys
watched, a group of fifty airships
flew down from far up in the ether
and showered the maidens with
yellow balloons. On seeing this, the
army boys became enraged and it
was only with superhuman effort
that they controlled themselves.
Turning their backs on the yellow
expanse of feminity they made
their way toward the recently ded
icated new Kyle Field.
This athletic arena was indeed
an engineering marvel. The bowl,
or main seating section, rose row
upon row from the edge of the
playing field. These stands were
capable of holding one hundred
thousand people. Across the top of
these stands was a layer of plate
glass of great strength. On top of
this were more rows of seats.
All day long zeppelin after Zep
pelin load of people had arrived in
the great airport of the metropolis
of College Station. Casey’s Cigar,
Radio and Drug Emporium and
George’s, Incorporated were doing
a rushing business.
As the fatal hour of 3 p. m. ap
proached, the crowd began crowd
ing the airline trolley cars and
taxiplanes as they made their way
toward the athletic field. At fif
teen minutes to the hour the stands
were filled to overflowing.
When the teams rode onto the
field the noise was deafening!
The field was divided into three
gridirons, each one hundred yards
long and sixty yards wide. Each
of the contesting schools was re
presented by three teams. Three
games were played simultaneously,
and the school which won the best
two out of three was declared the
victor.
The teams lined up. Each man
was equipped with a radio set in
his head gear. Each team had its
radios tuned to a different wave
length, and only the coaches sit
ting in the coaching boxes on the
opposite side of the stadium with
Reveals
Classic
their spotters and transmitting eq
uipment.
Each team consisted of eleven
players and a coach. The coach
calls signals from his point of van
tage in the coach box instead of
from the bench as he did way back
in 1942. Radio equipment was
used because coaches’ boxes were
so high above the playing field,
the coaches’ signals couldn’t be
seen by the players.
Texas kicked off in all three
arenas. Hiram Cornstalk, Aggie
end in the first field; * Hangnail
Hobnails, Aggie safety in No. 2;
and Dogear Stinkbody, Aggie
guard in No 3, all fielded the ball
between their own goal line and the
18. The fans around No. 1 went
wild as Hiram raced 98 yards for
a touchdown, then Hangnail foll
owed suit in 2, then there was a
hilarious roar from the Texas fans
as Dogear was stopped on the 6
inch line. Texas was rubber ham
mers to waylay Aggie blockers,
though, so Texas was penalized the
remaining six inches, giving a
lead of 6-0 over the Teasippers all
around.
Head Yell Leader “Scream” Ab
ercrombie of the Aggies ran out
in front of the corps. He looked up
in* the stands, and through his
(See 1925 BAIT, Page 4)
Holman Wins
Editorship Or
Battalion
All Who Filed Are
Eligible for Race;
Election Tuesday
Eligibility of candidates
who filed for student offices
was passed on Tuesday after
noon at meetings of the Stu
dent Activities and Student
Election committees, and the
results of their meetings are
announced to be as follows:
Editor Elect
John Holman
Those eligible to run in the elec
tion are:
Battalion Editor:
John Holman
Longhorn:
Marvin McMillan
Harry Saunders
Social Secretary:
Bob Parker
Rodney Brauchle
Ray Darr
Town Hall Manager:
John L. Lindsey
W. P. Kincy
Edward Hitlpold
Junior Rep., Stu. Act. Comm.:
Joe Dan Longley
Bob Garrett
Junior Yell Leader:
(Filing deadline Friday, Decem
ber 11, 4 p. m.)
Dan Kuykendall
Joe Pettit
Johnny Zummo
Gordon Brin
All of these men will be candi
dates for their respective offices
in the general student election next
Tuesday.
(See HOLMAN, Page 4)
Monday Deadline
For Completion of
ERC Enlistments
Marshall Stresses Prompt
Reporting at Recruiting
Ofice for Taking Oath
Monday, December 14, is the ab
solute deadline for the completion
of entering the Enlisted Reserve
Corps, according to Lieutenant Col
onel L. W. Marshall, recruiting of
ficer for the ERC.
Col. Marshall pointed out that
many of the boys who were given
application blanks for the ERC
have not yet returned the blanks
to the military department, and
there are a number that have re
turned their applications to the
recruiting sergeant and were told
to report back, who have not, as
yet, reported when ordered to.
These boys must report to the re
cruiting office before Monday, De
cember 14, or they will be unable
to get into the ERC.
This applies only to those who
obtained application blanks before
the government order came out
December 5 stating that no more
men could enlist in the army re
serve. Those not obtaining blanks
before that date will not be allowed
to enlist, and only those who have
received their blanks before the
deadline and have not completed
their enlistment will be able to fin
ish their enlistment if they do so
before next Monday.
The recruiting office will be open
all day Saturday and will probably
be open Sunday. Saturday physical
examinations and fingerprinting
will be given, but this work will
be discontinued Sunday, with only
the typists filling out applications
on that day. Only very exceptional
cases will be processed on Monday,
stated Col. Marshall.
Scores of students from other
colleges and institutions have also
been enlisted here at Texas A. &
M. under orders from' the Eighth
(See ERC, Page 4)
San Antonio Train Will
Be Arranged if Possible
Trains Leave Here Saturday Afternoon;
Returning Tickets Good on All Trains
Special trains running to Dallas and to Houston will
leave College Station at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 19, and
arrangements for a special to San Antonio the same date
are^ being made, said E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the
president, late yesterday.
Students buying round trip tickets can return to college
on any regular train before Sunday, December 27, but if
they wait until that Sunday, they must come back on the
special. Tickets for these trains-f-
will be on sale until Wednesday,
December 16, and absolutely no
tickets will be sold after that date.
Angell urges that all students
planning on riding either of these
trains should buy their tickets as
soon as possible, because it is a
question of whether or not enough
equipment can be had to take care
of the demand. He emphasized that
it would be a case of first come,
first served.
San Antonio Train Not Definite
The San Antonio train is as yet
not definite, but every effort is
being made to secure this special.
Railroad equipment is in such de
mand that the amount needed must
be known fairly well ahead of
time, so the sooner tickets are
bought the sooner definite action
can be taken. Definite information
about the San Antonio train will
be released in a day or two.
Transportation problems have
confronted the college administra
tion for some time, and these spec
ials are the results of much time
and effort on the part of Angell.
College officials realize the diffi
culty of students getting home for
Christmas.
No Extra Holidays
The announcement of the run
ning of these traps denies the
rumors around the campus to the
effect that Christmas holidays will
be lengthened.
Oil Executive to
Address Petroleum
Club This Evening
Tomorrow evening, T. E. Swig-
ert, President of the Shell Pipe
Line Company, will arrive here at
A. & M. as the guest speaker of
the Petroleum Engineering Club.
Swigert will address the club on
“transportation of crude oil and its
products” at 8:15 p. m. in the Pe
troleum Engineering lecture room.
Due to the present restrictions
and rationing of fuel, Swigert’s ad
dress will be of great interest to
the general public as well as to the
members of the Petroleum Engi
neering Club. A special invitation
is also extended to those students
taking Petroleum Engineering and
who are not members of the club.
Waco A & M Club
Has Important Meet
There will be an important meet
ing of the Waco A. & M. Club to
night in the Academic Building,
Room 106, at 8:00 p.m. It is urgent
that all members be present to
discuss plans for the forth-coming
Christmas dance. The roll will be
called
Universal Sound Man Vernon Kramer
Speaks to AEEE Tonight on Sound
The American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers will hold its regu
lar meeting tonight In the Elec
trical Engineering Lecture Room
at 8:00 p.m.
As a special feature of the prog
ram, Vernon Kramer, sound tech
nician with Universal Pictures, Inc.,
will address the club on “Sound
Track Troubles in Movieland.”
This should be a very interest
ing subject to all E. E. students
and will very likely disclose some
of the problems that studio sound
men find in their work. The trials
and troubles of the sound men
have already been manifested in
their work here at A&M and give
you a fair idea of their woes
Kramer is an artist in his line
and is recognized as one of the
best in Hollywood. This is a chance
to get some of their inside “dope”
from one who has had first-hand
experience in this work.
All members are urged to be
present at this meeting.
Singing Cadets To
Supplement YMCA
Religious Program
Quillian Will Speak On
God’s Aid to Man at 11
Besides Dr. Paul W. Quillian’s
sermon at 11 o’clock this morning,
the Religious Emphasis program
will also have on the program the
Singing Cadets, who will sing
three numbers. Songs on the list
are “Adoremus te Christ”, by
Marsh; “The Lord’s Prayer”, by
Noted Pastor
Walter Rabb Willis, well-known
Methodist minister, will speak
for the last time tonight dur
ing Religious Emphasis Week.
Malotte; and “The Creation”, by
Richter.
Dr. Quillian spoke yesterday on
“How God Speaks to Man”, and
the topic this morning will be
“How God Aids Man”. The sermon
this morning will be the fourth
in a series of religious talks heard
at 11 a.m. daily beginning Mon
day. His last talk will be given to
morrow at that same hour.
(See SINGERS, Page 4)
Dean Kyle Attends
Southwest Athletic
Conference Soon
Dean Kyle announced today that
he was leaving Friday to attend
the Southwest Athletic Conference
to be held in Dallas.
One of the big questions up for
discussion will be the attitude of
the conference towards the inter
collegiate program for the next
school year.
“As far as we know”, stated
Dean Kyle, “we know of no other
conference that has voted to sus
pend their inter-collegiate prog
ram. In fact, one large conference
has just voted to continue their
program for another season.”
This is an exceedingly import
ant subject and will undoubtly be
discussed from every standpoint
before any decision is made. It is
probable that the conference will
wait and see what the govern
ment will do in regard to this
question before reaching any final
decision.