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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1941)
* ’i -V 1 * v •' * TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1941 "Texas Aggie" Tells Of Promotions And Transfers of Exes That nickname, “The Fighting Aggies,” really holds good for the current issue of “THE TEXAS AG GIE,” semi-monthly publication of the Association of Former Stu dents, reveals that approximately 1500 ex-Aggies are now on active duty with the U. S. Army as com missioned reserve officers, with others being called up daily. Since the end of World War I, approximately 4600 graduates of Texas A. & M. have received re serve commissions and are subject to call at any time. Editor E. E. McQuillen says that he expects to see several hundred more of these officers called to duty within the next few months. McQuillen, editorially writes, “In that record and in the sacrifices those men are making, every A. & M. man feels a sincere pride. Tex as A. & M. is perhaps the only major educational institution in the United States that has in the past 20 years fulfilled its obligations in the complete training of its stu dents for citizenship. World events have proven that no man is quali- PALACE Wednesday - Thursday Friday - Saturday I fob/ ftdfurttte ■ ■ QUANT • HEPBURN m ■ pmaSnWAKt ■ I Prices for this engagement: l Prevue Saturday 11 p. m. All Good Things Come In Fours! jvur/liothers Priscilla Lane • Rosemary Lane Lola Lane 1 Gale Page Claude Rain* • Jeffrey Lynn • Eddie Albert May Robson . Frank McHugh . Dick Foran Shown Sunday - Monday fied for complete citizenship. World events have proven that no man is qualified for complete citizenship who is not trained, as far as his capacities allow, in the defense of his country. “A. & M. men of an older gen eration, most of whom saw service in World War I, or in previous wars, are proud that their younger mates are filling their places. They are confident in the ability of those men to bring high honor again to their institution. They are proud of a college that has hewed to the log and that was ready when the emergency came. There is little public credit in military training except when the need of that train ing arises. But deeper than mere public credit is the satisfaction that A. & M. men can and do feel in the knowledge that the course of their intsitution has been the right course and then when the emergency arose the answer from A. & M. was ‘Ready and Prepar ed’.” Scattered through the rest of the paper, among notes from va rious classes is the information that George F. Moore, ’08, letter- man tackle in 1907-06-05 and pro fessor of military science and tac tics and commandant at the col lege until the start of the present term with the rank of Colonel, is now Brigadier General George F. Moore and is stationed in the Phil- lipines. Another squib says that another CAMPUS 15c to 5 p.m. — 20c after LAST DAY ICIMIP ' A 20th C*ntury-Fox Pictur* 9.1 SO Cartoon and Sports Reel Tomorrow and Thursday John Payne and Jane Wyman —in— “Kid Nightingale” —also Cartoon and Short Assembly Hall Last Day "Foreign Correspondent” “Popeye” — News — Science Shorts 3:30 and 6:45 This picture was selected as number four of the “Best Ten” pictures of this year’s release. >“» PARRISH • D A E L N M« S KRuii!t E and KAY KYSER’S BAND | % , M: feafur/ng GINNY SIMMS s J|j HARRY BABBIT, ISH KABIBBLE, / S SULLY MASON, “COLLEGE OF W ^ MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE” fa WM U RKO RADIO PICTURE ’ “ Produced and directed by DAVID BUTLER Screen Ploy by Janet V. Ken Wed. - Thurs., Feb. 12-13 - - 3:30 and 6:45 Each Day - - Selected Shorts the battalion Air Corps Fledglings Sprout Wings ^ ■ -Page 3 Familiar sight over the South Texas plains are the low winged monoplanes of the Army Air Corps, for at Randolph Field more than 4,000 future pilots of our expanding aerial forces get their basic training annually. Uncle Sam’s giant “West Point of the Air” has increased its pilot training facilities manj fold in the past two years and today more than 350 basic training planes such as those pictured above roar through the skies each work day. Flying Cadets pile up seventy hours of flying time in ten weeks, much of their training being either night flying or aerial acrobatics. Ten weeks after completing the sec ondary phase of training they will get their wings an d Second Lieutenant bars. Under the expanded pilot training program classes of 1600 selected young college men start flight instruction every five weeks. Much less than a year later they have been transfer med into full-fledged military pilots. Aggie is also up there in the star class. Brigadier General D. B. (Pike) Neatherwood, a classmate of General Moore, commanded the squadron of 12 bombers which made a recent goodwill flight to Nica ragua. Still another item says that Eu gene A. Eversberg, Class of ’13, has been promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General and will be stationed at Camp Bowie, Brown- wood. Other high ranking officers men tioned included: Col. J. A. Warden, ’08, transferred to Brooklyn, N. Y.; Col. Ben F. Delameter, ’09, sta tioned in Panama; Capt. Lucien G. Rich, ’14, on duty at Brownwood; Lt. Col. Edwin E. Aldridge, ’16, stationed in the Phillippines; Lt. Save Money at LOUPOT’S FLOWERS of every type for a VALENTINT GIFT, BIRTHDAY PRESENT, or a FAVOR for the DANCE can be purchased at our shop. Phone Bryan 2-2400 WYATT’S Flower Shop Bryan, Texas The next Town Hall presentation is on tomorrow night in Guion Hall. This time it is the Littlefield Ballet, the first ballet troupe to be entirely composed of and di rected by Americans. That single distinction will probably not make too much difference to Aggies be cause very few of them have had an opportunity to witness a ballet performance. The distinction whicl will matter is that this is an en tire company of 65 including its own symphony orchestra. Some Aggies may have seen in dividual ballet dancers on the screen and stage but entire troupes are rare in this part of the coun try, and here’s a chance to see one. The performance will be made more attractive because the ap pearance of the stage at Guion Hall has been considerably im proved by the cyclorama back ground and a maroon draw cur tain. Everyone has read of the life of some “FOREIGN CORRESPOND ENT” during a war and now the screen is showing part of it. It concerns the adventures of an American reporter assigned to in vestigate a foreign political situa tion. Time has moved on even since this show was filmed because Amsterdam has been practically erased by German bombs and there have been other political shakeups. Joel McCrea tries a strange type of role as the roving reporter and tioned at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio; and Lt .Col. Dave C. Kel ly, also ’16, transferred to Ft. Meade, Md. Col. L. L. Kotzebue, ’17, is out at Camp Ord, California; Lt. Col. Richard J. Werner, ’25, is now at Camp Bowie; Capt. Earl J. (Hoss- Fly) Berryhill, '31, former yell leader, is at McChord Field in California; and so on down the line are lists of former Aggies who are now on active duty. Among the 1500 or so on active duty are many former Aggie athletes who can be countd upon to carry out their as signments as they did when they performed in the Kyle Field ath letic area. does strangely well at it. He gets himself into all kinds of messes but thinks his way out of most of them. The female lead is played by pretty, young Loraine Day. This is one of her first pictures not of the Dr. Kildare series and she definitely profits by the exper ience and the separation. She has too promising a future to get “typed” as only Dr. Kildare’s nurse. Conner Given Medallion Award For Southern Agricultural Workers Presentation Made At Banquet in Atlanta For Life of Faithful Service The Association of Southern Ag ricultural Workers has awarded Director A. B. Conner of the Tex as Agricultural Experiment Station a bronze plaque and citation for distinguished service in behalf of agriculture in the South. This was presented at their annual banquet at the Ansley Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., on the evening of February 5. Conner was unable to accept the honor in person, but the plaque was received for him by Dr. S. H. Yarn ell, a member of the Station staff. Three other leaders of South ern agriculture were similarly hon ored. They were Director C. A. Mooers of the Tennessee Station, Director H. P. Stuckey of the Georgia Station, and Vice Director C. B. Williams of the North Caro lina Station. Of 20,000,000 bushels of onions that bolster the breath of citizens of the United States yearly, Texas supplies more than 3,000,000 bush els. St? Our Dining Room may be reserved for your ex clusive use. Dinner Parties before the Organization Dances Now is the time to make reservations. FRANKLIN’S CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE Bryan WANTED!! $10,000 WORTH OF USED BOOKS We have most of the books that you will need, second hand and new books. SAVE MONEY—COME TO US. DRAWING SETS SLIDE RULES UNIFORM EQUIPMENT Student Co-op Store 1 BIk. East of North Gate Phone 4-4114 l
