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FROM THE REVIEWING STAND He Honors 3832 Mockingbird Lane¢ Dallas, Texas Jan. 31, 1943 Dear Mac: I have finally landed in one spot for awhile so I am sending a con- tribution to the Development Fund, but I want to give it in a differ- ent way. Ill send you a check each month, and I want you to credit some Aggie who has lost his life fighting for those of us who have not been lucky enough to have seen combat duty. For in- stance, you can credit this check to ROSS N. REID, ’34, who died last year in Australia, and next month someone else can receive the credit. No one much cares about us fellows who are training over here, but those who have left our shores should be the ones to get all credit, so I will send the the Heroes Just in case someone happens to ask you about me—but I don’t see why they should— you can tell them I am now a Paratrooper, and its some experience. I volunteered for the Parachute Troops last November and went through Para- chute School at Fort Benning and was then sent to Ft. Bragg after I had made my qualifying jumps. I am attached to the 456th Parachute F. A. Bn. at Bragg, but I am now attending B. O. C. No. 89 at Ft. Sill. I wish you would send THE TEXAS AGGIE and any other ex- student literature “hat will keep me up to date to my permanent address at the neading of this let- let. Good luck to you, and tell all the fellows hello. As ever, LT. JACK HARING, ’34 checks and you supply the names. Two Kinds of Hunting i by the censors. Anyway, Wright Aero. Corp. Cincinnati, Ohio January 16, 1943 Dear Mr. McQuillen: The goal of $50,000 should be easily reached by the new method of subscribing instead of paying dues. The idea of putting the money into war bonds for the * duration is excellent, also. You can now discontinue send- ing my TEXAS AGGIE to Egypt and start sending it to the Pres- ident Hotel, Kansas City, Kansas for a while. The African trip was very interesting, and I'm sorry that the letters that I sent were so No Wonder It’s Dull, Now - Dear Mac: 4trols all over the East Indies and Please excuse the fancy station- ery, but it’s all I have at the pres- ent at the squadron. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated getting THE AGGIE again—mainly because it has been such a long time since I have had duty in such a place that I was able to conveniently get THE AGGIE, much less to keep in contact with any of the fellows. I quit Medical School in 89 and joined the Navy Air Corps, grad- uating in June ’40 and being sent immediately to Hawaii, where I was stationed until August ’41. While there, I ran into quite a few A. and M. men; in fact, every place I have been I have always been able to contact someone who went to A. and M. In August 41, I was sent to the Philippines and was stationed there until war started, in the now-famous Patrol Wing Ten. Got out of Manila De- cember 18 after the war started and after quite a few hair-raising experiences, including flying pa- we know that we are protected from spilling any military infor- mation. For your information, the trip covered Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. Did a great deal of big-game hunting while in Kenya—it doesn’t shoot back like the game we hunted in Egypt. At a Christmas dance in the Egyptian desert at a Royal Air Force Station in 1941, three of the six Yanks present were Ag- gies: (No, we had English nurses (white) from a nearby desert hos- pital to dance with.) Yours truly, SAM GIBBONS, ’40 being shot down twice by Jap Zeroes, finally made Australia and sailed from there back to the States in March, ’42 for hospitali- zation, and then back to the islands again for a speel and then back to the States in September, ’42 for duty in training students to fly the new PB4Y-1 (B-24), a honey of a four-motor land bomber. Have had my share of thrills since the war started, including being in on all of the major bat- tles, bombing of Cavite, Fall of Java, Java Sea Battle, Coral Sea Engagement, Battle of Midway, and the initial engagements in the Solomons. Personally, I find it a bit dull here in the States at the present, but guess I have serv- ed my share out there for awhile. I would appreciate hearing from any of my old friends if you would be so kind as to pass the word along. J. L. Grayson, 37, Lt. USN T.T.S.—T.L.U. C/o Postmaster San Diego, California. BACKWASH John Holman Battalion Editor Rings... Members of the senior ring com- mittee have been besieged with bleeds and questions about just why the juniors were allowed to get their rings, and will they be allowed to wear them when they come. Primary reason for letting the juniors have their rings was so that unclassified seniors could get theirs. Most of the seniors don’t realize this, and so are kicking. Gus Boesch, class prexy, is working on a deal to sep- rate junior and senior ordering in the Registrar’s office so that sen- iors won’t have to sweat a line to get to the win- dow. This next order of rings will not be ready and delivered before about May 20, and as the semester ends and all are off for the foxholes then anyway, so what difference does it make. If the junior rings get here before the end of the semester, then there will no doubt be something done to keep them off their fingers un- til the 22 anyway. Kadet Kapers . . . . . . Dick Jenkins, Singing Cadeter ete., is laying plans for the re- newal of the Kadet Kapers shows which ran in the Assembly Hall on Saturday nights last year. A plan to rope the recreational of- ficers into assisting with produc- ing the show is to be formulated. The idea looks good from this corner. Recreational officers in each regiment will have to get together about every eight weeks Holman 4and dig up about a half hour of entertainment. Of course, this will be put before the recreational of- ficers before settled definitely— Jenks hopes it will work, and be- lieves it will. Air Corps... You have all read the Air Corps story on the front page. Now, how about a look “behind” that story. Monday afternoon, I called the public relations office at Randolph Field, San Antonio trying to get the story released. From Monday until Wednesday, the Randolph officer chased around after the story, which was coming through what the army calls “channels”. Wednesday morning he called me —1 wasn’t here. Wednesday af- ternoon I called him—he wasn’t there. Then later he called back —we connected that time. Ie then gave me the story, word for word, and I painstakingly wrote it down, hurting my ear because I had to hold the receiver so close to hear him. Well, the point of all this is that after we had gone to so much trouble to get the story, I chased up to Major Wood- ward to get some more details, and what should happen but the minute I walk in, he hands me a copy of the story! ... Incidentally, Maj. Woodward fought as a flyer in the first World War. Sorry... . . . But I was too busy yesterday afternoon to write any hot edi- torials, therefore I can only cau- tion you not to get mixed up on this ERC stuff. This air corps school is a separate deal between the college and the War Depart- ment and does not concern the ar- my specialized training program which will place us on active duty. If this paper is not called for return postage is guaranteed by publisher. THE TEXAS AGGIE aE BT - aR a A Set) Rll Er FA Sri Ri oie pS a Ap oa VY -_— RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1943 NUMBER 40 Association Vice-President Hamblen i —- Used the Depression as a Springboard J. P. “Jake” Hamblen, ’27, was one man who made the 1929-30 depression serve him rather than slow him down. That was when he and his partner established the Southern Electric Supply Com- pany in a one-room combined store-room and office. Today the company is one of the largest of its kind in the state, with branch offices in Austin and San Antonio. Headquarters are in Houston at 1605 Preston. Elected vice-president of the Association of Former Students last spring, Hamblen is a past president of the Houston A.&M. Club and had previously served on the Association’s Board of Di- rectors. Forced to drop out of A.&M. in his junior year Hamblen en- tered the electrical field. “Times finally got so hard my partner and I couldn’t even get a job,” he relates, “so we decided we might as well go into business for ourselves since we had nothing else to do anyhow.” From that day on their business has enjoyed a steady and splendid growth. Mr. and Mrs. Hamblen and their two daughters live at 2120 Blodgett, Houston. A rabid football fan, Hamben still finds time for an occasional golf game when business and gas rationing per- mit. ERC Setup Analyzed By Dean Bolton Soldiers Should Get Here March 1; ERC To Be Called Then Although no further of- ficial word has been received from the War Department, Dean F. C. Bolton, dean of the college, clarified the posi- tion of members of the En- listed Reserve Corps in. the dif- ferent classes in a statement late yesterday afternoon. Until word to the contrary ar- rives, if any is coming, juniors and seniors with advanced military science contracts will be called to active duty when the Army spec- ialized training program is begun on this campus. Although the def- inite date of the arrival of the first soldier-tarinee contingent is not known, Dean Bolton said he believed it would be about March 1. This means that when the sold- Jers begin training here, juniors and seniors with contracts will re- main in school here just as before, except that they will be on an active duty status and paid as a private in the army. The will remain here until the end of the current semester, at which time the juniors will be sent to re- placement training centers for fur- ther training before going to OSC, and the seniors will go directly to OCS or some school giving the equivalent of OCS training. Juniors and seniors in the ERC and not taking advanced military , ges EAP. Lathe 3 4 hy Th 3 "Dean Kyle Writes Articles on South American Relations Dean Kyle of the School of Ag- riculture has just had two ar- ticles published. In this month’s “Cattleman” was to be found “Ag- ricultural Economy of Central and South America.” In “Science,” the standard scien- tific journal of the nation, Dean Kyle’s “The Mission of the Land- Grant Colleges in Promoting Our Good Neighbor Policies Among the Latin American Republics” received wide attention, drawing over one hundred letters from different sec- tions of the country. Commandant’s Office Issues Circular To PreventRoomDamage Dresser mirrors are not to be dismantled from their positions on the dresser, stated a circular from the commandant’s office recently. According to the circular, tacti- cal officers on their next inspec- tion will report names of those students who have dismantled the dressers in their rooms and these students will be assessed demerits for this expense, as well a being held responsible for any expense for lost parts of the dresser. science are subject to call at any time, unless they are taking tech- nical engineering, veterinary medi- cine, or pre-medical courses. Sophomores ini the ERC will be allowed to finish this semester, by which time more definite or- ders should have been received con- cerning them and their status. Freshmen are subject to immed- iate call now, but Dean Bolton em- phasized the fact that just because they were “subject” to call they will not necessary be called im- mediately. Plans In Making For Wide Observance Of San Jacinto Day Inspired b y the now famous April 21st meeting held last year by the Aggies on Corregidor, offi- cers and directors of the Associa- tion of Former Students have de- termined that the fine custom of A. & M. men meeting together each San Jacinto Day should be greatly extended in its observance. Goal this year is to have ten thous- and A. & M. men in attendance at meetings all over the World on the evening of April 21st., an- niversary of the Battle of San Jacinto and also the anniversary of the immortal Corregidor meet- ing. Local A. & M. Clubs have al- ready started plans for meetings in the larger cities of the state and in several large cities of the nation. Where no local clubs are organized a local chairman will be appointed and asked to arrange for the meeting in his commun- ity. Scores of gatherings are ex- pected to be held in army posts and stations all over the world. Plans are under way for a sur- prise general program for these various meetings, but details are not ready to be divulged. Addition- al details and announcements of meetings will be found in subse- Small Wonder ERC Is Confused: Kong, Bin Must Be Cause His first name is Bin. His mid- dle name is Moon. His last name is Ng. His brother’s first name is Kong. His brother’s middle name is Moon, too. His brother’s last name is Ng, too. Bin Moon Ng is a Freshman in the Signal Corps. quent issues of the Texas Aggie. Kong Moon Ng is a Junior in the Field Artillery. They are Chinese. It is a Chinese custom that they give their last name first when- ever they speak, since they assume that the last name is after all im- portant. He Went With Captain Hiram Broiles, ’29,3 Fort Worth, piloted one of the big planes carrying the official President Roosevelt party to the history-making Casablanca con- ference. So secret was the trip that Broiles later reported he didn’t even know he was carrying part of the presidential party un- til the entire group had arrived. He flew a group of fourteen secret service men and Army and Navy officers, but neither he nor his crew knew their special signifi- cance until they arrived at their destination. Had they known their passengers were secret service men, they would have had an ink- ling as to what was going on, since Broiles pointed out that the secret service does two main things: Protects the President and protects the currency. “We would have known no secret service would ee: SOLIIRLS Captain Hiram Broiles, ’29 be going to protect the currency of our flying crew,” declared Broiles. Broiles’ big Consolidated trans- port was built in Fort Worth, and left Washington on the morning of January 3, refueling at Miami, and completing the 2800 mile hop before stopping for rest at Trini- dad. The next day they made Bel- em and Natal in Brazil, and from there an over-night flight across the Atlantic to Bathurst; thence, to Casablanca. Broiles met the President while on the trip. This was Broiles’ sixth crossing of the South Atlantic. He is sta- tioned at Bolling Field in the Air Transport Command of the Army. An Aggie baseball captain and star, he received his degree in 29 and graduated at Brooks and Kelly Fields in the U. S. Air Corps in 1931. After a year of active duty in the Army Air Force, he spent four years in China flying for the China National Aviation Cor- poration. He returned to the States as a pilot with the United Air- the President was called into the Army last year with the Army Transport Com- mand. Mr. and Mrs. Broiles have two children, and the older daughter lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Boiles, 1506 Cooper, Fort Worth, and is attending Jun- ior High School there. His wife and younger daughter make their home in West Palm Beach, Fla. K. C. Club Plans To Meet Monthly; Lyle Is President FRANK M. LYLE, ’17, was elected President of the Kansas City A. and M. Club at a dinner meeting held at the Phillips Hotel on January 29. Other officers elect- ed were Arthur P. Morey, ’25, Vice-President; and CLARENCE C. YATES, ’17, Secretary-Treasur- er. The Club will meet on the last Friday night of each month at the Green Parrot Inn, 52nd and State Line, Kansas City. Visitors to that city are always welcome at the meetings. The Club will make a special ef- fort to invite and welcome men stationed at nearby Army camps, schools, and Army and Navy Air Fields. They even offer to provide sleeping accommodations for any visitors in ease hotel facilities are not available. Any Aggie desiring transportation to and from meet- ings or other assistance is invited to get in touch with President Frank M. Lyle, 317 U. S. Court House, Kansas City, Mo., or Secre- tary-Treasurer C. C. Yates, 3807 Terrace, Kansas City. The Kansas City A. and M. Club has not been active for several years, but the present membership is determined to keep its organiza- tion going, and invites the assist- ance of all A. and M. men in the Kansas City area. President Lyle is with the U. S. D. A.; Vice-Pres- ident Morey is with the Reming- ton Arms Company; and Secretary Yates is with the Southwest Bell Telephone Company. Present at the above meetings were the following: J. E. Boots, ’36; Bob Elder, ’30; J. J. Fox, ’22; J. W. Hall, ’389; Arthur G. Harding, 21; R. P. Humbert, ’34; Frank M. Lyle, ’17; Arthur P. Morey, 25; W. M. Neal, ’39; John O’Callaghan, 24; Ensign J. S. Scott, ’41; A. J. Wurzback, 24; E. W. Wilson, ’30; and C. C. Yates, 17. Law, White, Kokernot Re-named Directors F. M. Law, 95, G. R. White, ’95, Brady and Herbert L. Kokernot, Jr., Alpine, were reappointed as members of the Board of Directors of the College last week by Gov- ernor Stevenson. lines in the Pacific Northwest, and | Army Air Force Moves In To Give Pre-Flight Training A local chapter of the world’s fighting 1st fraternity, the Army Air Forces, was established on the campus of Texas A. & M. College today with the arrival of flying training command personnel assigned here to head the newly instigat- ed college training program for aviation cadets. { E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the president, said that this Air Corps training school was an entirely different thing from the Army Specialized Training program, 4 and btherefore has no bearing what- soever on the status of students in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, with The new program, as announced recently by the war department, will see thousand of cadet reserves inducted immediately into colleges from eoast to coast for academic and military courses prior to their actual training. After the program is underway students will take a five month course. A limited flying program will be conducted for all students in co- operation with the CAA War Training Service. The detachment at Texas A. & M., one of the many selected col- leges, will be headed by Major Selwyn C. Woodard, air force com- mandant who arrived here today. No announcement as to the num- ber of future wingmen to be sta- tioned here could be made at this time, Major Woodard said. The training schedule, which will be conducted without interruption to the regular college curriculum at Texas A. & M. will fall into four major groupings: academic, military, physical and flying. Pur- pose of the program will be to better prepare men for cadet train- ing in the AAF Flying Training Command and thereby vastly re- duce costly elimination. Students will be enrolled as privates, and remain such until the completion of the course at which time they will be sent to one of the flying training com- mands classification centers as cadets and assigned to training as pilots, bombardiers or navigators. During the five months course, students will receive over 700 hours of academic and military instruc- tion. Regular college personnel will conduct the academic and physical phase of the training. Academic subjects include mathmetics, phy- sics, current history, geography, english and civil air regulations. Physical training will be stressed here in order to fit trainee to ab- sorb future intensive training with- out undue fatigue or ill effects. Major Woodard and his staff, which will act in an advisory ca- pacity in regard to academics will have direct supervision of the mil- itary indoctraination program, which will include infantry drill, ceremonies and inspection, first aid, and customs and courtesies of the service. Collins Heads New Meet 2nd and 4th Fri. increase the work and attendance been launched by recently elected officers. “Despite the absence of many of our former strong mem- bers, we believe there are others who will take their places and that the Alamo A. & M. Club in San Antonio need suffer no reduc- tion in its worthwhile activities,” declared new president Willis Col- lins, ’29, in outlining club plans under war conditions. Other new officers include Myron secretary. Directors of the group are Carroll Gaines, ’12, Hoffman Baines, ’06, Ed Knox, 22, and O. president. Other retiring officers are Willis E. Collins, ’29, vice- president; Leon H. Braskamp, 29, secretary; and William A. Howerton, ’27, treasurer. tiring directors are Clyde E. Grissom, ’27, Chris J. Stromberger, ’26, Jesse L. Starnes, ’18, and Fred D. Zalmanzig, ’37. The Alamo Club meets regularly Alamo Club Officers; An active program designed to of the Alamo A. & M. Club has Ward, ’16, vice-president; C. J. Stromberger, ’26, treasurer; and Jesse L. (Tubby) Starnes, ’18, Re- 8 on the 2nd and 4th Friday noons every month im the Green Room of the Milam Cafeteria. Visitors to San Antonio will find a hearty | welcome. 1 or without contracts. "ar
