Texas A&M
The B
College
alion
ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 11.
Frank Dobie Speaks at Banquet Tonight in Sbisa
Soph Meetings
At Separate Places
Tomorrow Evening
The first' and second semester
sophomores will hold their class
officer elections tomorrow even
ing at 6:30 in the Y. M. C. A.
chapel and the Assembly Hall, re
spectively. Five officers will be
elected and those will be president,
vice-president, secretary, treasur
er, and historian. Each class will
have the same officers to head
their respective class since war
time has forced the school to ope
rate on a year-round basis.
Everyone who is a sophomore
on the campus is urged to come
to the election and elect the man
that you would like to see in
some particular office. The meet
ing will be over in time for every
one to see a complete show.
Thursday night at 7:00,a the first
semester freshmen will meet in the
Assembly Hall to elect their class
officers while the second semester
freshmen will meet in the “Y”
chapel at the same time. C. Q.
will be extended for the purpose
of letting all freshmen go to their
respective class meeting.
Duties of the president will be
that of presiding at meetings; the
vice-president will preside in the
absence of the president and be a
member of the Student Election
Committee also; the secretary will
take down the minutes of each
meeting; the treasure has charge
of all finances; and the historian
writes the history of the class at
the end of the semester. There
may be other duties assigned to the
various officers at different times
during the semester also.
At the meetings of the sopho
mores, the president will appoint
committees to make arrangements
for the sophomore ball that will be
held later in the summer. They will
also set the date for the ball which
will have a dance band furnish the
music.
Table Tennis
Champs To Be At
Guion Hall In July
Table tennis fans will have a
fine opportunity to see two cham
pions in action here on July 10th
and 11th when the appear in a
series of exhibition matches to be
held at Guion Hall.
The two men, Douglas Cartland
and Harry Cook, Southern States
Champion and Canadian National
Singles Champion, respectively,
will present a formal challenge
to any two men from the Air
Corps, stationed here; two from
the Engineers here; two Aggies;
and a man each representing the
Naval and Marine Training Groups
now here. Any of these men who
should beat Cook or Cartland will
receive a twenty-five dollar War
Bond.
The matches will be played on
the stage at Guion Hall as an
added attraction to the regular
show. There will also be a fea
ture match for exhibition pur
poses after the War Bond matches.
Eighty matches will be played,
four each day for two days.
These men are tops in the field
of tablp tennis and according to
alb those who have seen them,
th3ir exhibitions are well worth
while.
Promotion Made by
Former Student
CAMP CROWDER, Mo., June
21—A former student at Texas A.
& M., Theodore J. Richardson Jr.,
18, Co. K, 800th Signal Training
Regiment, has been promoted from
private, first class, to corporal.
He attended A. & M. for a year,
taking a pre-medical course.
Cpl. Richardson, son of Dr. and
Mrs. T. J. Richardson, Scott, Ark.,
is in the Army Air Forces and is
taking a radio course at Central
Signal Corps School here.
FLYING FORTRESS—Making frequent daylight raids over Europe
is the Boeing B-17 four-engine bomber. Illustrated is the latest
type of this supercharged Flying Fortress.
No Creases
For Shirts
A recent War Department
Circular issued by orders of
Colonel Welty, states that
shirts need not be creased in
the front or back. This ruling
will save many Aggies money,
for the special creasing of
shirts costs money.
Aggie Awarded
“Wings of Gold”
Austin M. Hinds, Jr., 21, son of
Mr. A. M. Hinds of Tye, was re
cently appointed a Naval Aviation
Cadet and was transferred to the
Naval Air Training Center, Pensa
cola, Fla., for intermediate flight
training.
Prior to entering the Naval serv
ice, Cadet Hinds received his B.A.
degree from Texas A. & M.
Late in February, he was sent
to the Naval Air Station in Mem
phis, Tenn., where he successfully
completed the elimination training
course May 20.
Upon completion of tlje intensive
course at the “Annapolis of the
Air” Hinds will receive his Navy
“Wings of Gold” with the designa
tion of Naval Aviator, and will be
commissioned an Ensign in the
Naval Reserve or a Second Lieu
tenant in the Marine Corps Re
serve.
Colors Presented
To 308th ACTDFri.
Night at WingDance
The highlight of the Wing Ball
held Friday, June 18, came when
Travis B. Bryan, President of the
First National Bank of Bryan,
presented the colors of the 308th
College Training Detachment t o
the commanding officer, Captain
Hill.
During a very impressive cere
mony, Mr. Bryan presented the
colors, in behalf of himself and
the staff of the bank, to the
newest organization on the cam
pus and offered his congratula
tions for the fine job the Air
Corps is doing.
The flag, made of glory-gloss
silk and hand-embroidered, was re
ceived from ^Captain Hill by Avia
tion Student Wing Commander
Earl C. McCutcheon acting for
the nfien of the detachment.
Mr. Bryan announced that the
national colors are also forth
coming from the same source and
that they would be presented in
the near future.
Co-eds on the Campus of East
Texas State Teachers College are
seriously considering a lottery
for dates, according to a feature
story carried in the current issue
of The East Texan, student news
paper. Co-eds out number males
student in "a ratio of 7-1, the arti
cle revealed.
The following exerpt from the
article, which bore the title “Go
ods Plan Lottery For Remaining
Males,” is reproduced herewith:
“Ration, ration, ration, that’s
all you hear these days. Even
you sit down to write a leter
somebody comes along and says,
‘Sending him the old sugar ra
tion ticket, eh?”
“Well more to the point, this
"Week this particular typist is sup
posed to figure out a plan to ra
tion out the less than a hundred
boys on the campus among the
various and sundry coeds who
now outnumber them about seven
to one.
“Never liking to strain my
brain in summer or at any time
for that matter, (somebody just
asked me what brain) I contacted
a group of girls on the campus
who are vertible J. P. Morgan’s
Aggie Finishes
Flying Instruction
At Brooks Field
BROOKS FIELD, Texas, June
21—Since January 1 of this year,
one hundred and seventeen Texans
have earned their dual rating of
“Pilot-Observer” at Brooks Field,
Texas, and have joined the aerial
armada now making things hot for
the Axis from China to Italy. An
Aggie, recently completing his
course of study and bringing to
one hundred and thirty-three the
total who have trained at the
famed old “Mother Field” of the
Air Corps, is Jack W. Tunnell, 18,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Tun
nell of Cross Plains, a former stu
dent of Texas A. & M. College.
His primary instruction was re
ceived at Corsicana, Texas, and
his basic flight training at Majors
Field, Greenville, Texas.
In addition to becoming pilots,
cadets in the current class will
learn the many aerial arts of re
connaissance—high and low alti
tude photography, artillery fire
correction, four kinds of signal
communications, navigation, air-
ground liaison, combat tactics of
the ground forces, and other sub
jects not made public. Besides
flight training in the Air Corps’
“Texans,” they also learn how to
handle speedy P-39’s (Bell Aira-
cobras) or B-25’s (Mitchell bomb
ers).
Men are not to be judged by
their looks, habits and appear
ance; but by the character of
their lives and conservations and
by their works.
He who has no inclination to
learn more, will be very apt to
think that he knows enough.
on the subject.
“Master minds of this group
held weeks of harried consulta
tions. They made a study of the
number of couples attending
shows as compared with the num
ber of girls without dates at
tending. They regarded with a-
larm the surprising number of
empty benches on the campus dur
ing a recent full moon.
As any one with eyes could
have seen they observed that most
of the boys on the campus who
weren’t either buried in the chem
istry lab or library because of
either necessity or a desire to stay
in a reserve, were all hooked good
and steady.
Immediately the girls acted.
They organized the LLLLLL Club
(Left behind or Lonesome Love
lies who have Leisure but no Love
Life) club.
Latin American countries spe-
ialize in a little recreational
pursuit called the lotery. Per
haps through the LLLLLL, this
would be the solution to the
feminine rebellion. They plan to
hold a weekly, monthly or bi
monthly lottery. Here coeds
(See E. TEXAS, Page 4)
WAAC Training At
TSCW Discontinued
The WAAC training school on
the campus, of TSCW, Denton,
will. be discontinued as of June
30, Pres. L. H. Hubbard announc
ed this week, according to an an
nouncement in The Lass-O, stu
dent publication of Texas State
College for Women. President Hub
bard was in receipt of the notifica
tion from the War Department
through Lt. Col. Harry M. Carroll,
commanding officer of the branch.
The two brick dormitories, Capps
and Lowry, which have been oc
cupied by the WAAC will be avail
able for students of the regular
session of the college which begins
September 20.
The establishment of the WAAC
training unit at TSCW was ap
proved by the Board of Regents,
January 29 and the first contingent
of trainees were assigned to the
campus on March 5. Four classes
have been graduated representing
about 300 WAAC members. Army
and WAAC officers and other per
sonnel connected with the TSCW
branch will be reassigned ot dif
ferent posts and Class 5, now in
the college taking WAAC instruc
tion will be transferred to the
Army Administrative school at
Commerce.
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Half of Texans Are
Given Protection
From Diseases
Over half the citizens of Texas
have full-time public health protec
tion according to the figures just
released by Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
Health Officer. This is accom
plished through service rendered
by county health units covering 59
counties and our four largest cities.
The personnel which a county
health unit employs depends upon
the local need for service. The min
imum staff of a unit consists of
a physician, nurse, sanitarian, and
clerk.
A review of the work done dur
ing the past year shows that 94,455
persons were protected against
smallpox, 88,832 against diphtheria
and 120,375 against typhoid fever.
Over a half-million persons were
visited in their homes and received
either preventive medicine or nurs
ing service. Also 780,613 treat
ments for venereal disease were
administered and 10,878 persons
were X-rayed for tuberculosis.
Sanitation in water, food, and
milk supplies was rigidly enforced,
sewage facilities expanded and
campaigns conducted to prevent
malaria and typhus fever.
These, the State Health Officer
asserted, are but a few of the
many services that were rendered
to the population living in the
area with full-time health services
during the past year.
The units are financed by co
operative participation on the past
of local, county, or city govern
ments and the State Health De
partment.
East Texas College Desperate For
Men; Girls Plan on Date Lottery
Aggie Polo Team To
Hold Its First
Meeting Wed. Night
The Aggie Polo Team will hold
its first meeting of the semester
Wednesday night at a time to be
announced over the loudspeaker
system in the Mess Hall.
According to Jack Buie, sev
eral year veteran on the team,
some 120 men have reported for
the team so far. These men range
from frogs to seven and eight-
year men and many of them have
had several years experience play
ing polo.
A standing joke about the polo
team of A. & M. is that it has
been the winner of the Southwest
Conference for many years be
cause it is the only one officially
entered in it. This year as be
fore, however, the team expects
to do a good bit of traveling,
touching such points as Houston,
San Antonio, Ft. Worth, Dallas,
and possibly Big Spring and
Shreveport, La.
The team is under the super
vision of Lt. Col. Ralph Perkins
and X*t. Melville Beames. Lit.
Bearnes has been associated with
the racing game since an early
age. In peace times he was one
of the country’s top notch jockies
and raced in several big time
races. He has also had consider
able experience in jumping and
steeple-chasing horses.
This year’s team is expected
to be one of the best the college
has produced in several years.
Last year the polo team Was rated
as about the best in the South
west by several noted authorities.
As before, several civilian teams
will be played this year.
Anyone eles interested in join
ing the team is to be at the meet
ing Wednesday night.
Noted Texas Speaks Tonight
For The Annual A AFP Meet
Tonight at 7:30 in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall, J.
Frank Dobie will speak at the anual meeting of the A. & M.
chapter of the American Association of University Profes
sors.
Dobie is probably the best authority in the United
States on cowboy and ranch life in Texas, that is living to
day. His many books on the subject has been read not only
by Texans but people all over the
country and in some instances
have reached the best seller lists.
Dobie is credited with being Tex
as’ foremost publicist, his books
and articles have gained him this
fame. He is an outspoken person
and usually gets what he wants.
He served as a Lieutenant in the
last war. He has taught in sever
al places in Texas but has finally
settled down at the University of
Texas.
Dobie’s supply of stories are
practically inexhaustible and his
speech promises to be full of these
characteristic tales of Texas. Dobie
obtained many of his stories from
actual experience since working
many years on a ranch and has
spent much time in gathering
material for his books and articles.
The banquet tonight is open to
anybody who wishes to hear Dobie
speak. Tickets may obtained at the
YMCA and at Haswell's in Bryan.
LOST!
Luke of Luke’s Grocery at the
East Gate announces that he has
lost his Johnson’s Waxing Ma
chine and would appreciate very
much if it would be returned to
his store. He offers a reward
for the return of his machine.
Since items of this kind are
off the market and cannot be
replaced, he is very anxious to
have it returned. For identifi
cation, he states, the machine
has a red handle.
AH Men With Dates
Be Admitted Free
To Juke Box Proms
Starting Saturday night every
one who brings a date to the All
Service Juke Box Proms will be
admitted free. Those who go stag
will continue to pay the price
of 25c.
The reason for this is to en
courage the presence of more
girls at the dances. Almost all
the funds collected from the
proms go to the betterment of
the dances.
Heretofore there has been a
much larger number of girls than
boys and this is thought to in
crease the percentage of the
girls.
A. L Ch. E. To Meet At
7:00 Wednesday Nite
There will be a meeting of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers tomorrow night at seven
o’clock in the lecture room of the
Petroleum Building. As officers for
the summer semester will be chos
en, all new students who are tak
ing Chemical Engineering and old
members of the club are urged to
attend.
I don’t want to do business
with those who don’t make a
profit, because they can’t give
the best service.
A. & M. Radio Club To
Meet Wednesday Nite
The A. & M. Radio Club will hold
its weekly meeting tomorrow night
at 7:00 in the WTAW Studios on
the fourth Ifoor of the Adminis
tration Building.
The program will include a 15
minute program to be recorded
and played back for those taking
part. Several short talks, a dram
atic skit, the campus news, and a
short personality interview will
be other features.
The participants will be C. D.
Baker, D. S. Vaughn, R. F. Jones,
J. Sleeper, W. Soolridge, and J. P.
Connell.
Castings Repaired
By Arc Welding At
Nation’s WarPlants
The adoption of the atomic-
hydrogen arc welding process to
repair imperfect aluminum cast
ings has resulted in the saving
of much time and critical material
at the plant of a prominent Ohio
casting manufacturer. Since this
process, developed by General
Electric, has been in use at this
plant, rejection of repaired cast
ings has been less than 1 per
cent, in spite of the fact that
all castings are subject to rigid
X-ray inspection.
Prior to being repair welded,
the castings are preheated in a
furnace which adjoins the weld
ing booth. Metal of the same
analysis as the base metal in
the casting is then deposited by
a welding operator who has pass
ed special Air Corps qualifica
tion tests. After the completed
welds are ground flush with the
casting surface, it is impossible
to detect the weld outline even
by X-ray inspection and physical
testing.
University of Air
Major Richard N. Conolly, ’39, Holds New Presents Post-War
Post at Blackland Army Air Field, Waco Items Broadcasts
Major Richard N. Conolly, for
mer student of A. & M.' College
has been named to fill the newly
created position of Director of Sta-
tion Services at Waco’s Blackland
Army Air Field, a dispatch this
morning from that field’s public
relations office revealed. Prior to
taking over the duties of his new
most, Major Conolly was Com
mandant of the Cadets.
Major Conolly is a graduate of
A. & M. with the June 1939 class
and distinguished himself on the
campus during his college career.
He was a member of the Student
Welfare Committee, Scholarship
Honor Society, Ross Volunteers,
winner of the Danforth Summer
Fellowship and winner of the Eu
ropean Cotton Fellowship.
The new position he now occu
pies was created under the new
field organization, which is de
signed to streamline operations of
the field.
As Director of Station Services
it is his duty to supervise all ad
ministrative activities “behind the
line”—that is, the flight line, on
which maintenance and repair of
all airplanes is performed. He has
direct supervision of all post
messes, station supply units, main
tenance, security and headquarters
units.
Not only does he supervise and
control the policies between the
commanding officer and depart
ments, but maintains liaison be
tween the subordinate units them
selves.
Major Conolly is a busy man.
His duties are similar to a field
director in private industry and
much of his time is spent ironing
out interdepartment difficulties
and keeping the field’s administra
tive departments at their necessary
wartime efficiency. Cutting wasted
ime by substituting telephone calls
and personal visits in place of let
ters which take time, he may be
ment m H nearIy ^ la ^ e
day during the course of each
knowledge^ “f ,0r “
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dle a nrohl ^ be able to han-
quicklv a blem m the mess hal1 as
section Headq^rtts. Pe '' S< " mel
home”;,"" i eXan ' Maior ConoU/s
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ents, Mr. and Mrs Paul tt n
nolly reside VfTY' 1 H ' Con '
A & m \ H 3 a Senate of
& M. wjiere he received
commission in the Army and was
s loned at Ellington Field, Tex-
July o,: to BAAF in
July O, last year. He is married
and he and Mrs. Conolly, with their
Richard Jr., reside at
1819 North Tenth Street in Waco.
A new series of prog
post-war issues, “For T
Fight,” is being presi
NBC’s Inter-American U
of the Air each Saturd:
from 7 to 7:30 o'clock.
The broadcasts, offered
operation with the Comm
Study the Organization i
and the Twentieth Centu:
are predicted to be of p
interest to college students
of the emphasis on post-v
ning and organization.
The series will continue
August 28, presenting c
mg authorities in such fi
government, education foi
lations, labor, health,
trade, science, and law.
Programs on post-war w
mclude-Peace Through tl
Wn u’ c- Une 26; " M! *i
World Secure,” July 3 .
f I /° r War ” July 10
||nd Health in theFu 4
,: 0r !. d Probl< ™ s °f Labe
’ The World of Sir
sound,” July 31 . „ Educ «
eedom, August 7; “Jus
Human Rights,” August
Role of the Americas,” Au
and “The Role of the
States,” August 28.
Go out of your way
others and others will l
on your way.