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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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that bolster the breath of citizens
of the United States yearly, Texas
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