DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1942 2275
NUMBER 28
Outdoor Dancing Becomes Reality Friday
Aggie Spirit
Is Amazing
To Raine
Norton Sees Half
Ceremonies forFirst
Time in Eight Years
“I never saw anything like it
before, and I’ve been around a good
deal!” Such was the sentiment
expressed by Norman Reilly Raine,
ace Hollywood scenarist, following
the playerless football game at
Kyle Field Tuesday night.
The well-known “T” formation
was executed by the Freshman
class under directions issued by
head yell-leader Chuck Chalmers
from atop the press box at the
stadium.
After rendering nearly all the
world renowned Aggie yells and
singing the three Aggie songs ac
companied by Col. Dunn and the
band, the “T” formation was exe
cuted directly in front of the East
stand, where Raine and college of
ficials were seated.
The Corps spelled it out for
Raine at the outset of the yell
practice, the playwrite acknow
ledging with a hearty wave from
the stands.
Head mentor of the Aggies, Hom
er Norton, was in the stands and
for the first time during the eight
years he has been on the A. &
M. coaching staff saw the bid the
famous twelth man puts in for vic
tory at every game.
The scattering of faculty, guests,
and ex-Aggies at Kyle Field
Thursday night saw all the esen-
tials of a football game in the
middle of the summer with the
exception of the twenty-two play
ers who are usually on the field.
Raine left for Philadelphia last
night, after spending an over
crowded week as guest of the col
lege, and of G. Byron Winstead,
director of publicity. During the
week, the Hollywood writer was
introduced to many of the tradi
tions associated with Aggieland,
all of which will be incorporated
in Walter Wanger’s forthcoming
picture.
Raine emphasized that the mov
ie, tentatively titled “We’ve Never
Been Licked”, will depict condi
tions as they actually are at A.
& M. and that the facts will not
be altered merely to make the
picture “take”. For instance, the
picture will not show any girls
strolling about the campus with
books under their arms. “The girls
in the picture will be represented
as being from TSCW, just for
local atmosphere,” stated the
writer.
Shiels Will Speak
To Joint I Ae S,
A S M E Meeting
The Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences and the American Society
of Mechnical Engineers will hold
a joint meeting tonight in the
electrical engineering lecture room
at which time Mr. R. T. Shiels of
Dallas wil speak on the subject
of welding.
Shiels is the assistant district
manager of the General Electric
Company in Dallas. He is an ex-
Aggie and has had two sons to
graduate from A. & M.
His lecture will be illustrated
with the motion picture “Inside
the Arc Weld”. This film was made
at a cost of $50,000 and actually
shows what takes place within the
arc of the electrode during the
welding process.
Cotton Technologist
Inspects A &M Plant
Arriving last Monday, M. E.
Campbell, senior cotton technolo
gist of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has been
making an inspection of the Fed
eral Cotton Spinning Laboratory
here. He has also made several
tours of the Texas Agriculture Ex
periment Station in connection with
the Department of Agronomy.
Filming Units To
Start Gathering
Background Shots
Preparing for Wardrobe;
Parts in Big Production
Cadets May Play Minor
Filming units will arrive on the
campus in less than a month to
begin work on background shots
for Universal Studio’s Walter
Wanger production of A. & M.,
“We’ve Never Been Licked.”
Norman Raine, writing the script
for the film, said the first crew
would do little but become fam
iliar with the campus, locations
of buildings and other facilities,
and take shots of the various uni
forms for the studio wardrobe de
partment.
Small parts will possibly be
played by students, but all mat
ters of casting are as yet very
tentative, although some time in
September a complete crew of di
rectors, cast and production unit
will arrive on the campus to begin
actual filming'' of the movie.
Several stars have been consid
ered for parts in the picture, and
at the present Texas stars are the
best bets. Raine suggested that
perhaps Linda Darnell, formerly
of Dallas, might play the feminine
lead, and said that Tyrone Power
had been picked for the male
lead but could not take the part
because he is going to the army
after his present assignment is
completed. As the picture concerns
college youths, young stars must
be used, but Raine assures every
one that big name actors and act
resses will be obtained.
Walter Wanger, noted independ
ent producer, will personally ar
rive on the campus in a week or
two to supervise the production.
Deficiencies Reach
All Time High As
Standards Go Up
One thousand and forty-four
students were deficient in hours
and grade points according to an
unofficial count of the deficiency
list which was released by the reg
istrar’s office yesterday. This is
the largest “deans’ team” in the
history of the school.
This figure represents 28.71 per
cent of the total enrollment in the
college and is about three times
the number of students on the
deficiency list last semester.
Probable explanation of this
high percentage of deficiencies is
due to the fact that scholastic re
quirements have beep raised. It
now requires ten grade points as
well as ten hours to stay off the
deficiency list.
Vet School Loses
Three Profs to Army
Three professors from the school
of veterinary medicine were lost
yesterday to the army as first
lieutenants in the veterinary corps.
Those to leave were Dr. H. L. Ru
bin, Dr. W. W. Armstead, and
Dr. V. B. Robinson.
Leaving a position as instructor
in anatomy, Rubin went to Camp
Russell at Marfa, Texas. Rubin
has been at A. & M. since Septem
ber 1939 when he came here from
Alabama Polytechnical Institute.
Armstad was ordered to Fort
Sill, Oklahoma. He was assistant
professor in veterinary surgery
while serving on the faculty.
Robinson was assistant profes
sor of pathology and bacteriology
since September 1941 when he
came from the Missouri Univers
ity. He left for the port of em
barkation at New Orleans.
Personnel Leaflets
Are Being Distributed
Personal leaflets for graduating
seniors are now ready ancl are be
ing distributed to the various de
partments for distribution to the
seniors, according to W. R. Horse-
ly, student labor director.
There’s One Born
Every Minute, And
Rodeo Boys Found One
If you believe in high-powered,
dead-cinch gambling, then you
belong in the Saddle and Sirloin
Club, because the S. & S. boys are
betting a big wad that it rains
August 14-15. Admitting they are
smart, and ‘ know more about
Brazos county weather than some
folks they sucked in, they are tak
ing no chances about losing mon
ey on their annual rodeo.
They have bet some unfortunate
insurance company a cool seventy
bucks that it does rain those two
nights. If a tenth of an inch falls,
the Saddle and Sirloin Club col
lects, and maybe takes in the
gate receipts to boot! P. T. Bar-
num was right!
Military Band
Broadcasts From
Guion Hall Tonight
“The Aggie Show”, Texas State
Network half-hour broadcast by
the WTAW staff every Thursday
night at 7:00 from the stage of
Gunion Hall, tonight will feature
the Texas A. & M. military band
under the baton of C61. R. J. Dunn
and an octette from the Singing
Cadets directed by Richard Jenk
ins, according to John Rosser, pro
gram director of WTAW.
The broadcast is open to the
public and the corps especially in
vited to attend. There will be no
extra charge for admission) to
Gunion Hall to see the broadcast
in addition to the regular moving
picture. All those attending the
broadcast should be in their seats
by 6:50 since the broadcast starts
at 7:00.
Last week “The Aggie Show”
featured a musical duel between
the Sailors’ Symphony a musical
organization from the naval con
tingent and the were wolves from
the north gate lead by Curley
Brient and his bull fiddle.
The program is broadcast over
the 16 stations comprising the
Texas State Network by remote
originating facilities of the col
lege radio station, WTAW.
Melons Banned
From Dormitories
Because watermelon rinds In the
hallways and courts of the dormi
tories are causing ants, the Com
mandant’s office has prohibited
the eating of watermelons in and
around the halls, according to a
circular issued by that office. Steps
also were taken to reduce the num
ber of ants caused by milk and
soda water bottles.
The order stated that because
of the watermelon rinds large num
bers of ants had been attracted to
the halls. To reduce the number of
ants, it was necessary to prohibit
the eating of watermelons in and
around the halls.
Milk and soda water bottles must
be thoroughly washed immediately
after they are emptied and milk
bottles must be placed in the racks
furnished by the milk concession.
Organization commanders and
housemasters will be held respon
sible for the enforcement of the
above rules, the Commandant’s of
fice announced.
Biology Club Holds
Watermelon Party
Tonight old Biology club mem
bers and prospective new ones are
going to have a watermelon party
at Dr. Charles LaMotte’s farm, two
miles north of College Hills. In
addition to the watermelons, on the
program there will be four motion
pictures.
The members will meet at the
Biology lecture room at seven to
night. From there, transportation
will be furnished to the farm. In
order to provide sufficient trans
portation, anyone who plans to at
tend the meeting is asked to leave
his name in Dr. LaMotte’s office
by noon, if possible.
All old members are urged to
bring a friend to the feed.
’42 Summer
Follies Added d
To Program
American Legion
Park to Be Scene
f August Rodeo
Proceeds Will Send
Livestock Judging Team
To Annual Chicago Show
Weeks of Planning
Behind Jenkins
New Extravaganza
Kadet Kapers, under the direc
tion of Richard Jenkins, will pre
sent the “Summer Follies of 1942”
in the Assembly Hall at 7 o’clock
Saturday night. This will be the
biggest show presented by Kadet
Kapers during the summer season,
and is the result of weeks of plan
ning on the part of the producers.
Featured will be a host of beau
tiful girls under the direction of
Marion Lyle; Elmer, the now mor
tal, after Saturday night, dead
poet; brand new hit tunes, includ
ing “Amen”; and possibly Ina Ray
Hutton, the blonde bombshell.
Freddie Nelson will be featured
at the piano.
“Without a doubt, this will be
the best Kadet Kapers yet present
ed, and anyone who is doubtful
about coming may rest assured
that there will be more than
enough fun for everyone,” Jenkins
said.
Interspersed throughout the pro
gram, which will begin with the
usual singsong by the corps, will
be short contests, and prizes
amounting to good cigars and
small change will be awarded to
the winners. Contestants will be
chosen from the v audience.
A cast of over twenty persons
will be behind the footlights when
the curtain goes up.
The Saddle and Sirloin club an
nounces that its 24th Annual Ag
gie Rodeo will be held August 14
and 15 at American Legion Park
in Bryan.
The proceeds of the rodeo are
to be used for sending A. & M.’s
International Livestock Judging
Team to the annual Chicago live
stock show where they have plac
ed high in the past. No persons
promoting the rodeo profit by it
financially, the promotion being
done by a group of boys interested
in livestock and majoring in ani
mal husbandry.
The president of the Saddle and
Sirloin club is crowned King of
the rodeo each year and he in turn
selects a queen. This year Horace
Brown, Captain of H Company,
Infantry, will be named King.
The rodeo will be truly a western
affair as the majority of its en
trants are boys from western
ranches, who are as non-profession
al like the promoters, but ex
perienced rodeo hands. The tough
stock will offer plenty of thrills
and entertainment. Wild mules
racing, calf roping, bareback and
saddle bronc riding, ribbon roping,
and wild bull riding will be only
a few of the features the show is
to include. Friday night’s show
will also include a children’s rid
ing class, while Saturday night’s
performance will feature a “cow-
horse” contest.
Busses have been secured to
run from the College to the Legion
Park in Bryan.
“The Grove”
Selected As
Slab Name
Dorm for Dates Not
Available; Plans
Completed on Time
With the Aggieland orchestra
furnishing the music, the dance
slab will be opened Friday night
from 9 to 12 with an informal
dance. The Aggieland orchestra,
under the direction of Curly Brient,
will feature the arrangements of
Jimmy Lunceford, and a special
program is being planned.
Immediately after the closing
deadline yesterday at 3 p.m. for
submitting names for the new
dance slab, a committee of seniors
met and selected as the best name
submitted “The Grove.” The name
was submitted by John Sparger
and E. W. Smith, who will each
receive passes to the opening
dances Friday and Saturday nights.
Although the gala opening of the
dance slab is only two days off,
the committee in charge of the
opening so far not been able to
obtain a dormitory for guests of
the men of the corps for the
weekend, Bobby Stephens, social
secretary announced. Plans, how
ever, were being completed and
will be carried out acordingly.
No sooner than the echoes of
dancing feet from Friday night’s
dance have died, Aggie jive fans
will cut loose to the music of Ina
Ray Hutton and her orchestra at
the Corps dance Saturday night.
According to Stephens, this dance
will be a semi-formal affair.
(See THE GROVE, Page 4)
Reminiscences of Two Beers and a Pretzel
'\..Cush-a Concoction of Soggy Pastry And
Nutritious (?) Compounds Patented by Sbisa”
By John Holman
The second yearbook put out by
the boys from the banks of the
Brazos was issued By the Seniors
of ’03, and on page one, just above
an engraving of a tremendous
steer, was the word “Longhorn.”
This is supposed to be a farmer’s
school, so the original title “Olio”
was discarded in favor of “Long
horn”.
Dedicated to the memory of Col.
L. L. Foster, who died that year
after three years as president of
the cbllege, this annual contained
sections devoted to the “campus
girls, who have made the pleasures
of cadet life all the brighter and
their visits to the hospital are al
ways looked forward to with the
greatest of eagerness by the gray-
coat with fevered brow.” There
were but three of these girls, Miss
Emma W. Fountain, daughter of
Prof. C. P. Fountain; and twins,
Misses Mary and Sophie Hutson,
daughters of history professor C.
W. Hutson.
Eighteen seniors graduated that
Repairs on Milner
Near Complete; Hope
To Refinish Others
Repairs on Milner Hall will be
completed around the end of this
term provided a small amount of
building material can be obtained,
according to an announcement by
Business Manager E. N. Holm-
green. At present, there are hopes
for making repairs on the other
old dormitories.
The board of directors has been
anxious for sometime to make re
pairs on all of the old dormitories,
states Holmgreen. Application has
been made to the War Production
Board to obtain materials ofr the
repair of Mitchell and Leggett
halls but as yet nothing is cer
tain, revealed Holmgreen.
Hopes have been all but given
up on making repairs on Foster
and Goodwin halls until after the
war because they would require
too many essential building ma
terials.
year, and in the corps of 301 were
forty-one juniors, sixty-two sopho
mores, and one hundred eighty
fish. About ten of those cadets are
now on the campus in various col
lege positions. P. L. Downs, Jr.,
now in the Fiscal office was a fish
that year, as was Roy Lockett, a
druggist in Pittsburg, Texas; F.
W. Hensel, Doc Liscomb, John
Ashton, Elmer Carlyle, now at Ag
gieland; and “Hellraiser” Miller,
also on the campus now.
On April Fool’s Day, the corps
just flat didn’t go to classes, but
nearly always gathered on the I.
G. & N. railway tracks for a day
at the old College Lake, between
here and Bryan. This particular
April 1, a group of cadets went off
down the railway tracks to the old
swimming hole. The sun was beat
ing down* with all its might and
several of the boys were near ex
haustion after the two mile hike.
However, they stripped off their
uniforms and jumped into the wat
er, One boy got about half way
across, and the cramps hit him. He
had gone under for about his last
time, when another boy saw his
feeble struggles and having heard
that a drowning boy could be
handled better if knocked cold,
promptly conked the tiring strag
gler. Luckily, the drowning cadet
had long, long hair, so grabbing
the now-out-for-sure boy by the
hair, the rescuer started for the
bank. He was about to go under
himself when the remainder of the
boys, seeing his plight formed a
long line from the bank out into
the water to the would-be hero.
Quick thinking, and even quicker
action saved an Aggie’s life that
day, and those boys that were
there that day and who now have
grown to manhood will never for
get April 1, 1903.
The varsity football team was
the champion of the South that
year and boasted five substitues.
A total of 128 -points was run up
against their opponents 11, and the
team was undefeated the entire
season. Texas U. held the Aggies
to a 0-0 tie to mar an otherwise
perfect season, but in a return
game that same season, the Far
mers took the teahounds 11-0. 1903
saw only six opponents played in
nine games, double-features being
played with Texas, Trinity, and
Baylor. Other opponents were St.
Edwards, Add-Rann, and Tulane.
Baseball, track and tennis com
pleted the sports roster. The nine
played Allen Academy; the Deaf
and Dumb Aslum; Baylor, Texas
and Southwestern U. four times
each.
In room 12, old Main Building,
the college had begun unofficially
its museum with a collection of
curios donated by exes. Run by
Sgt. W. Fenley, it was known as
the Curiosity Shop, and contained
photographs, farming tools, skele
tons, guns, pet coons, possums, and
aligators.
Girls were allowed to go to
school here in those days, although
there weren’t many girls here.
Each outfit (there were four com
panies) had a female “sponsor”.
This was done away with during
the first war.
Clubs and organizations on the
campus in 1903 included a crack
drill company, the Houston Rifles;
the Fifteen Busted Bums club,
whose motto was “Let us rest,”
and who had no yell because it
“requires too much exertion”; a
Glee Club; a German club called
“Der Deutsche Erohlungs Verein”
(better known as the Dutch club),
whose primary object was to drink
more and more beer under the mot
to “Zwei beer und ein pretzel”,
(See REMINISCENCES, Page 4)
Agronomy Society Will
Initiate New Members
Tonight in Meats Lab
The Agronomy Society will hold
its annual initiation to-night at
7:30. The society will meet in the
meats laboratory of the Animal
Industries Building. Those students
eligible for membership are all
Agronomy majors or minors who
have completed at least one se
mester of college work. An enjoy
able meeting has been planned
following the initiation.
1000 Additional
Enlistments Made
Available to Sophs
To Be Allotted
Proportionately
Among Regiments
According to a letter from the
Hearquarters Eighth Service Com
mand dated August 1, 1942, there
are to be 1000 enlistments made
in the Enlisted Reserve Corps at
A. & M. This number is reduced
by the number that we have al
ready enlisted in the Enlisted Re
serve Corps, who are not actually
under advanced course contract.
The selection of men to be en
listed will be made by the units
concerned and should be students
chosen for leadership, character,
and class standing. Selections will
be confined to Sophomores who
will undoubtedly be selected for
advanced course contracts the next
school year or the following school
year. When a student is definitely
chosen for enlistment, he will be
sent to the Sergeant Major's of
fice to procure Form No. 63 for his
physical examination to be made
at the college hospital, after which
the examination form will be re
turned to senior instructor.
If the student passes his physi
cal examination satisfactorily, he
will be sent to the Recruiting of
ficer, Major Marshall, for the
completion of all his records. To
insure that now one enlists who
has been ordered for induction, a
supply of forms has been made
and each man before he is actually
enlisted wil have this form signed
by his draft board and present
same to the Recruiting Officer
along with the parent’s consent,
in the event he is not 21 years of
age.
The final allotments are as
follows: Infantry, 200; Field Art
illery, 200; Coast Artillery, 136 j
Engineers, 88; Cavalry, 80; Chemi
cal Warfare Service, 48; Signal
Corps, 48. This makes a total
of 800 new enlistments.
Salvage Committee
Considers Methods
To Rush Collection
The Brazos County Salvage Com
mittee met Monday night to con
sider ways and means of speeding
up the flow of scrap to various
war munition production centers.
“It should have dawned upon
every loyal American citizen
months ago,” says G. B. Wilcox
of the Education Department, “that
this war has no priorities on our
duties and responsibilities, and cer
tainly not on those boys who are
in the thick of it! Sons of our
neighbors and our own sons and
fathers expect us to do our utmost
in getting the best of materials
in their hands and plenty of it.”
Few people realize that fifty
percent of every ship, tank and
gun is made from scrap metal, and
that America’s steel mills must
have six million more tons of scrap
metal to keep up and even increase
their present rate. It’s up to us
to go through our houses, farms,
garages or barns and clean out all
our junk, he went on.
Everyone is urged to get his
scrap materials together, however
little, and take it to the nearest
place and start it on its way. It is
not a matter of how much will it
profit the individual but rather
what he can do to be certain that
he is doing all that he can!
Everything* made of metal or
rubber is desperately needed now.
So are rags, manila rope and bur
lap bags. Everyone should either
give his junk to charity, sell it to
a junk dealer, or take it to- any
place where the red, white and blue
Official Salvage Depot sign is dis
played.
NYA Funds Limited
But Still Available
Although NYA funds will be
available to students this year,
they will be very limited, accord
ing to Washington headquarters.
Only one-half of the amount ap
propriated last year will be avail
able this year.