NTAC Game Today Looms As Crucial Test For Aggies NT AC Band To Play After-Game Dance Sbisa Hall To Be Scene of Affair At 8:30 Sat; Script is $1.10 Stag or Drag Saturday night from 8:30 until 12 there will be the first in the series of dances to be held after the three home, football games. The dance, sponsored by the Student Ac tivities Office, will be held in Sbisa Dining Hall, and it is an All-Service affair. - ; The dance committee has ar ranged for the NTAC dance band to play for the occasion. The orchestra directed by R. D. Iron, is composed of twelve pieces and a female vocalist. The band is re ported to be of an unusually good quality by those who attended the Victory Dance in Fort Worth Sat urday night after the game. Arrangements are being made by the Student Activities Office for a dance to be held after every home. These can be very success ful occasions with the cooperation of the students and the service men in getting dates for them. It has always been a past practices to have a dance for the benefit of those who had dates down for the football game and this is a con tinuation of that practice with the addition of servicemen to the oc casion, it was stated. Ordinarily the name band which played for the Regimental Ball the weekend would supply the music for these affairs, but with the absence of balls less expensive orchestras are in order. Promptly at 8:30 p.m. the music will begin and all who want to spent three-odd hours dancing are urged to attend. Officers of Wesley Foundation Elected Officers were elected at the last meeting of the A. & M. College Wesley Foundation at the Metho dist Church. Among the newly elected officers are Aggies, a cou ple of men in the ASTP, and one sailor. These men were elected to their various offices: Harry Sims of Houston, as President; John Schmitz of Catarina, Texas, as First Vece President; C. R. Patter son of Houma, La., as Second Vice President; Vice Presidents for the ASTP are Gerald D. Haynes of Ontario, California, and Lyle Mor gan; the Vice President for the Navy is Bill Snow of Gainesville, Texas; Edgar Steele of Graham, Texas, as Secretary; R. L. Cherry of Denison, Texas, as Treasurer. Pianist to Play at YMCA Open House Mrs. Natalie Lane will play the piano next Sunday at an open house to be held in the YMCA from 3 to 5 p.m. She is quite an accomplished pianist, having play ed piano for a long time. Mrs. Lane is well-known over Texas for her special musical abil ity, as she has played over var ious radio stations among which are KGKB in Tyler and WTAW here at College Station. She is from Leona, Texas, and went to Tyler College before embarking on her musical career. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this open house to be held Sunday afternoon, and the fact that Mrs. Lane will be the guest pianist should induce all music lov ers to be present. Refreshments will be served. Concordia Teachers College’s en rollment this year is the largest in history. This is the 86th school year for the River Forest, 111., school. Election of Member To State Board of Trustees on Nov. 5 New Member to Replace H. L. Mills, Now Member Of Board of Regents An election is now being held in Texas for the nomination and elec tion of a member to the State Board of Trustees to replace H. L. Mills, whose term expires this year. Because Mr. Mills is now a member of the Board of Regents of the Teachers College of Texas, he will not be a candidate for renomination. The State Teacher’s Retirement Law provides for the State Board of Trustees, and requires that it have six members. The election is by popular vote of members of the retirement system, and printed bal lots are being mailed to school officials for distribution to teach ers. The election deadline is Nov. 6 this year and all members are urged to secure their ballots before the deadline. These ballots are to be mailed direct to the Teachers Retirement System, Austin, Tex as. The present members of the Board of Trustees, in addition to Mills are: Weaver Baker, chair man State Board of Control, ex- officio, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Sys tem, Austin; 0. P. Lockhart, State Life Insurance Commissioner, ex- officio, Austin; G. B. Wilcox, A. and M. College, College Station; Quata Woods, Public Schools, Dal las; and Irvin McCreary, Temple. To date, three public school men have consented to allow their names to be listed as candidates for this nomination: Superinten dent H. W. Stillwell of Texarkana, Superintendent G. M. Sims of Port Arthur, Superintendent A. H. Hughey of El Paso, and Superin tendent S. B. Graham of Galves ton. These men are earnestly inter ested in the Texas Etate Teacher Retirement System, and their de cisions and actions will always be guided by the best interests of the membership of the system. Every member is entitled to vote, and should exercise the privilege. De posits of the membership now amount to more than twenty mil lion dollars. Guion Hall To Be Closed For Game Due to the crowds that are ex pected to attend the football game here Saturday afternoon between the Aggies and NTAC, the Guion Hall Theatre will not open until six o’clock Saturday evening. This will afford members of the staff of the theater an opportunity to attend the game. Those who had planned to attend the theater Saturday afternoon are asked to take note of this change in the opening hours, it was stated, and everyone is urged to attend the football game at Kyle Field and to view the cinema attraction at Gnion later. Men on the Kent State campus are outnumbered six to one, with 115 men enrolled and the rest be ing, rather naturally, women. AGGIE DAY SWEETHEART—Pictured above is C. Sumner Hunter, president of the Junior Class, Miss Lena Marie Adams, Aggie sweetheart from TSCW, and Robert Cox, president of the Senior Class, as they appeared at the presentation of the sweetheart at the half of last week’s game at Fort Worth. C. W. Rodgers Is Made Secretary of City Aggie-Ex Heads Tax Department The City of College Station is fortunate in having secured Claude W. Rodgers as assistant City Se cretary and City Tax Collector. Mr. Rodgers, who is the son of the late L. P. Rodgers and Mrs. Rod gers, came to College Station from Nacogdoches. He received his high school training at Stephen F. Austin High School in Nacogdoches and in August of 1942 he was gradua ted with a B. S. degree from the Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. He was awarded his M. S. degree from A. & M. College Sep tember 1943. While a student at S. F. A. col lege he was active in many student organizations. He was president of the Baptist Student Union, presi dent of the Boy’s Fraternity, vice- president of the Business Adminis tration Club, member of the Stu dent Government Council and a member of the SFA band for five years. He majored in commerce and t Active In School And Churches Here sistant in that department. He was also a member of the Accounting Society at A. & M. By profession Mr. Rodgers is an accountant. He is already pro ving himself valuable to the City of College Station, according to the city’s business manager, Lloyd Smith, and also to the First Bap tist church where he is an active member and teacher of a large Sunday School class. Claude W. Rodgers ★ ★ ^ served as graduate assistant in accounting. While doing his post graduate work at A. & M. he majored in Accounting and was graduate as- Fourth Ration Book Will Be Issued Soon Students who have not turned in ration book number 3 to the Mess Hall must do so immediately. The reason for this is that the Mess Hall will make argrangements for ration book number 4 in the near future and must have ration book number three before they can se cure another one. Davis Buck Fund Here Lends Money To Aggie Studenfs By David Seligman “If you are financially bent just say ‘Lend me a Davis Buck.” This is the slogan of the Davis Buck Fund. With its headquarters in W. R. Horsley’s office, this idea is one of the most beneficial plans on the campus. The fund started in April of this year here at A. & M., but the idea is somewhat older. It began on Christmas Day in 1939 at Penn sylvania State College. A $5 bill was mysteriously left on the door step of the president of the col lege. Mrs. Ralph Hetzel, the prexy's wife, decided to create a fund for the use of students who in a pinch might need a little ready cash. There were no interest charges, no questions asked, or other obli gations connected with the loans made. By 1942 the five dollars had grow in $5,000 because of the ad ditional amounts paid back by grateful students. Occasionally some generous student, member of the faculty, or alumni would make a contribution to the fund. Most of the amount advanced to borrowers was used for gradua tion expenses, books, and shoes, eye glasses, and other personal needs. Like the fund at Penn State the amount here at college was first a five-spot donated by W. K. Davis. In the six months that the loan has been in existence the original five dollars has increased to twelve times the amount. Four hundred and fifty dollars worth of loans have been made to date. In all this transacting only one loan has gone “sour.” It is hoped that someday the fellow who borrowed the mo ney in good faith will return the loan. As is the rue, no questions were asked of him, but he will have a black mark against his name. The only way that the fund can be increased is by one, who bore rows from the fund, to throw in some change when he pays back the money to show his apprecia tion. Many of the later students who have obtained loans from the Davis Buck Fund have not been very obliging when the money was returned; even a dime thrown in by everybody who borrows would swell the amount. No one is en riched by chipping i in something extra, you are only helping others by providing more capital to be used by them. If you are ever in need of some cash, do not hesitate to call at Horsley’s office and ask for all the bucks ydu need, but re member some other fellow may need a “Davis Buck” too. North Texas Puts Versatile Attack On Ryle Field Today Pete Stout Back in NTAC Lineup But Is Still Doubtful; Cadet Team in Good Shape By Harold Borofsky When the high-stepping Cadet team of Coach Homer Norton’s steps out onto Kyle Field they will be facing what is perhaps the most crucial test that they have yet gone through. There is no doubt that the North Texas college has Tickets On Sale All tickets for the Aggie-N. T. A. C. game will be on sale at re gular booths beginning at 9:00 o’clock Saturday morning, ac cording to a statement issued by the Athletic Office today. All Ag gies with coupon book