Seniors Complete Plans
For Eventful School Year
Gabriel, Heitkamp, Davis, Bing to Edit
Student Publications for School Session
On the shoulders of these ten Aggie seniors, who have come to
A. & M. from all over the state, will rest much of the responsibility
for the leadership of the cadet corps in its activities this year. They
are the student executives who will direct and lead, each exercising a
powerful position within his sphere. The student programs which
largely depend on the cooperation of the entire student body will be
guided by Alden Cathey, social secretary of the Senior Class; Fred
Smitham, Town Hall manager; R. L. Heitkamp, Longhorn Editor; Don
Gabriel, Battalion Editor; Skeem'
Staley, head yell leader; J. 0. Alex
ander, assistant yell leader; E. M.
Rosenthal, Battalion Associate Edi
tor; Ralph Criswell, advertising
manager of the Battalion; Billy
Davis, Editor of the Engineer;
Roland Bing, Agriculturist Editor.
ALDEN CATHEY
Alden Cathey, Fort Worth, will
serve as social secretary of the
senior class and plan all corps
dances. Cathey is an agricultural
administration major. He was class
historian of his sophomore class
and president of the junior class
last year.
R. L. HEITKAMP
“Rusty” Heitkamp, an agricul
tural administration major in A
Field Artillery, will edit the 1942
Longhorn. Heitkamp is from New
Braunfels and served as junior edi
tor of the Longhorn last year.
FRED SMITHAM
Directing the year’s entertain-
men in Town Hall will be Fred
Smitham, student manager. Smith
am, a chemical engineer from Dal
las, is president of the Y Cabinet
and a member of the Scholarship
Honor Society.
from Fort Worth. Rosenthal was
a 1941 member of the meats judg
ing team and is in the Scholarship
Honor Society.
RALPH CRISWELL
Ralph Criswell, Calvert, will be
the advertising manager of the
Battalion. Criswell is a member of
the Infantry Band and was elected
president of the Press Club at its
annual banquet last year.
BILLY DAVIS
The Engineer, A. & M.’s student
engineering publication, will be ed
ited by Billy Davis, Hillsboro, of
H Infantry. Davis is a civil engi
neering major.
ROLAND BING
Editing the Agriculturist, the
student agricultural publication, is
Roland Bing, Oakwood, of B In
fantry. Bing is an agricultural
education major and also a mem
ber of the Scholarship Honor So
ciety.
Engineer Editor
DON GABRIEL
The Battalion, official newspaper
of College Station and tri-weekly
publication, will be edited by Don
Gabriel of C Coast Artillery, Fort
Worth, who was appointed to the
position when Tom Gillis was se
lected cadet colonel. Gabriel is for
mer captain of the debate team
and is a member of the Scholar
ship Honor Society.
SKEEN STALEY
The important position of lead
ing the Twelfth Man will be handl
ed by Skeen Staley, Head Yell
Leader Staley is from Wichita
Falls. He is also a member of the
Student Aid Fund Committee.
J. 0. ALEXANDER
Billy Davis
J. 0. Alexander of C Troop Cov-
alry, College Station, was elected
last year to assist Staley by filling
the position left vacant by Bill
Beck. Alexander will be senior as
sistant yell leader.
An estimate taken at A. & M.
shows that out of 2,359 dormitory
rooms over 2,100 have radios in
them.
E. M. ROSENTHAL
Associate Editor of The Battal
ion will be E. M. Rosenthal, an
agricultural administration major
The average football player
needs enough energy to raise six
gallons of water from freezing to
boiling point daily.
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Social Secretary
Yell Leaders
Life With Aggies Is So Peaceful;
Such Manners! Such Slanguage!
-w.— ~r •
Alden Cathey
Longhorn Editor
R. L. “Rusty” Heitkamp
Town Hall Manager
Fred Smitham
Battalion Editor
Don Gabriel
Associate Editor
E, M. Rosenthal
J. 0. Alexander
Five More Aggies
Receive Commissions
In Army Flying Corps
Five former A. & M. students
have just won their wings and
second lieutenant’s commissions in
the U. S. Air Corps. They are D.
L. Silverman, ’39; G. C. Roloson,
’40; H. A. Underwood, ’40; F. N.
Wood, ’40; and M. C. Butler, ’41.
Two more former students, C.
A. Rogers, ’41, and J. G. Lowdon,
’39, has just enlisted in the U. S.
Naval Reserve and will receive
training leading to the rank of
Ensign.
EDITOR’S NOTE
The following article appeared in “The
Lachrimator,” student publication at the
Chemical Warfare Service R.O.T.C. camp
at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. It was
written by Robert L. Fischel, student at
the University of Tennessee.
We were sitting in the mess hall,
eating in a leisurely fashion.
“Please pass the meat, sir,” said
the gentleman on the right. The
meat was passed, and in a respect
able manner. From a distance down
the table another darling lad re
quested a chance at the beans.
“They’re Boston beans in Boston,
you know. Any kind of a bean is
a Boston bean in Boston. It’s pro
nounced like the ‘ah’ in ‘bah’.” He
was from M. I. T., of course; you
guessed right the first time.
“Please pass the sugar.” “The
bread, please.” “Thank you.” These
were the softly chanted expressions
one reads about in the book-er,
Emily Post knows something about
it too; and it all happened in our
mess hall! In some cases the slight
ly famished diner was forced to
take a breathing spell, when wait
ing for a choice morsel to run the
gauntlet down that 440 table. Some
fainted with hunger in the inter
im, but never a whine from the
sufferer about the bottleneck at
the yonder end of the table. Nay,
never one squeal of anguish nor
evidence of lost hope.
The mess sergeant stood beam
ing down on his charming patrons.
At times he dabbed at a grateful
tear with his hankie. Ah, those
were the days when the gentle
were the days when the g entle
crunch-crunch of masticated cel
ery could easily drown out all con
versation. Those were the days
when a dropping pin would cause
all men to stiffen to attention.
Then came those Texas Aggies.
It’s legend now, that the first one
to enter the mess hall calmly spat-
tobacco juice through the rafters
and scored a perfect bull’s eye, in
the finger bowl, twenty feet away.
It was clammy calamity, when the
vanguard of the passel of 35, gave
way to the main body. They came,
like the black plague in winter, to
darken our fair mess hall, to create
confusion everlasting.
“Shoot the bullneck,” boomed one
Texan, meanwhile preparing his
greasy gun hand for action. The
meat was passsed.
“Pass the stud,” roared his col
league; and we, of the lighter blood,
quivered with fear. He got his ice
tea quick-like.
Another Aggie yearned for some
sugar. We could see it in his eye.
“Sawdust!” That was his only
command.
“Sand and” hissed another. We
appreciated the undertone, even
though it was a hiss, One shaking
camp-mate finally shook enough
salt and pepper in the plate, to
appease his master.
“Deal one,” snarled the previous
ly mentioned bread-eater, having
devoured a mere snack of eight
pieces. The bread sailed gently
through the foul air and was
snatched in flight, by an expert
meat hook.
“The blood!” (pause) “the
Bl-l-l-o-o-o-d!!!” Only white cor
puscles circulated in our veins at
that moment, we later discovered.
However, the vibrating catsup bot
tle gave one man the clue which
saved our skins momentarily.
As mentioned before, it was once
an orderly mess hall. What once
catered to the rocking cradle, gave
way to the battle’s roar. That was
before the advent of the Texas Ag
gies, gentlemen. They sure played
Hell with our mess hall.
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