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122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 22 1942
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NUMBER 35
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lo GetlName Band torrrom Town Hail Shows
Dance Committee Has Contacted Herbie Kay,
Jack Teagarden, and Jan Savitt Orchestras
Signal Corps Gets
New Instructional
Telegraph System
New equipment fox code instruc
tion of Signal Corps cadets is be
ing installed in the Electrical En
gineering building, according to
Lieut. R. F. Snyder, instructor in
the Signal Corps unit.
The new code room will provide
forty positions at long tables, each
position containing a pair of Sig
nal Corps head-phones and a tele
graph key.
Fifteen hundred dollars worth of
the newest type of Signal Corps
equipment is being used through
out the installation with provisions
through the use of a multiple po
sition switchboard and oscilator,
for automatic code practice at any
pre-determined speed, or manual
keying practice.
The new installation will be ready
for use by the Signal Corps units
next semester, stated Lt. Snyder.
Move Of Batt And
Activities Offices
Occurs Today, Mon
Today, Monday and Tuesday
will see changes being made in
the new Administration building as
an interchanging of office space is
continued. The Battalion office and
the Student Activities office will
be moved to the basement and will
occupy the spacious offices vacat
ed by the Department of Publicity
and Information, which has already
taken new offices on the third floor
of the Administration building
Business Manager E. N. Holm-
green will move his offices into
the space originally occupied by
the Battalion and Student Activi
ties instead of moving to the base
ment as was stated previously.
Station WTAW will be moved
from its present location in the
YMCA to a new and quieter lo
cation on the third floor of the Ad
ministration building. Also moving
to the third floor is the Extension
Publications department.
-f A “name” band will be secured
for the Sophomore ball. It was de
cided in a meeting last night of
the Sophomore class representa
tives that the band committee for
the Soph ball would be authorized
to sign a well known popular dance
Orchestra to play the ball on Sep
tember 4.
In the meeting, presided over
by Jack Orrick, Sophomore class
president, it was decided that
since the transportation problem is
daily getting worse, the possibility
that in years to come, “name”
bands will be unable to make hun
dred mile jaunts for only a one
or two night stand, prompted the
members to decide on trying to get
a large band this year while the
transportation problem is not so
acute.
Herbie Kay, Jan Savitt, and
Jack Teagarden and their orches
tras will all be in this vicinity and
in all probability one of those
three will play the ball.
Information on whether a dorm
will be opened for guests on Fri
day and Saturday night is not de
finite as yet, but suitable accomo
dations will be provided for girls
here for the dance, according to
the accomodations committee.
This will be the first time that
the Sopohomore class has ever had
a well known band for their prom,
but since transportation problems
may throw a damper on getting
good bands during the duration of
the war, the opinion was expressed
by members of the committee that
a big band had better be secured
while there is still time.
Tentative arrangements have
been suggested that the band play
for the Barnyard Frolics as well
as the sophomore ball which will
insure a gala weekend. The Sopho
more ball will be held in Sbisa hall,
in order to provide more dancing
space for the over capacity crowds
(See SOPHOMORES, Page 4)
Second Shipment Of
Officers Guides Here
A delayed shipment of Officers
Guides has arrived in the Student
Activities office. Seniors ordering
these books may secure them by
calling at the Student Activities
office room 126 Administration
building.
A&M Supplies Air
Corps with Officers
Bearing out A. & M’s reputation
of having commissioned more of
America’s Army officers than any
other college or university in the
country, including West Point,
seven former A. & M. men are
serving in the Air Forces at El
lington Field, Texas.
At the world’s largest multi
motor flying school and taking ad
vanced work are: Aviation Cadet
N. D. Collier, Class of ’43, Corpus
Christ!; Captain A. P. Young, Class
of ’28, Houston; Major C. L. Mar
shall, Class of ’28, Houston; Major
C. B. Northrup, Class of ’28, Hous
ton; Lieut. Jack R. Tinney, Class
of '39, Bowie; Lieut. Charles D.
Trail, Class of ’39, Kaufman; and
Technical Sergeant M. L. Vivrett,
Mysterious Howard Returns By
Popular Request for KadetK’s
Bv John Sparger
Hold onto your seats, kiddies,
he’s coming again!
The one, the only Mysterious
Howard will Saturday night be
come the only bolt of lightening to
strike twice in the same place when
he gives a return performance
for Kadet Kapers at the Assembly
Hall at the usual time.
Howard, a slight-of-hand artist
who says he’s not the best ma
gician in the world— only the
greatest, made a hit with the K.K.
audience here last February. He
owns 350 decks of cards, but won’t
gamble. Says the magician, “Sup
pose I got into a game and won,
they’d say I cheated. If I didn’t
win, they’d say I was a bum ma
gician.” Some of his uncanny
tricks include swallowing 50 need
les, drinking a half gallon of water,
and swallowing eight yards of
thread. Then he proceeds to pull
out all 50 of the needles with the
thread. All of his 350 decks of
cards are standard, too. He wel
comes anyone who wishes to look
for marks, etc., on his cards. Says
he, “I wouldn’t give a dime for all
the trick decks in the world.”
Mysterious Howard likes to
show his tricks to doctors and
lawyers because they are always
properly amazed and confused. His
hardest audience to play before is
an audience of children. He says
that children have such inquisitive
mindfe and are so talkative during
a performance that they refuse
to be fooled. As a counter-attack
against this, he has a stock of
“sucker tricks” which he uses to
turn the tables on those who # think
they have caught him. One of these
is that in which he .lets the suck
er select a card and hide it be
hind his back in the deck. Pre
tending to hunt for the card he
hands the wrong card to the suck
er. Wrong, eh? Then he taps the
card (which is face down in the
sucker’s hand) and it changes in
to the card originally picked.
Howard is going to present hyp
notism in a big way—a laugh a
minute. Twenty boys will be on
the stage at once under ..the hynotic
trapce, and, according to him, what
they do is a scream^
And that ain’t all, Mrs. Walter
R. Jenkins will sing favorites for
the K.K. crowd. The show will
carry a well-rounded program as
in the past—song, fun, entertain
ment for all.
Repertoire Chosen By
Miss Dickenson for Her
Program As She Likes It
Last night, Miss Jean Dicken
son, well known soprano of radio
and grand opera, appeared on one
of the most entertaining programs
that Town Hall has had this year,
according to John Lawrence, Town
Hall manager. On her second ap
pearance on the Town Hall pro
gram in the last few years, Miss
Dickenson was accompanied by
Marian Kalayjian at the piano.
The Aggies will remember Miss
Dickenson for her charm and
beauty in singing some of the
songs that seem appropriate only
to her. Some of these songs were:
“The Lass with the Delicate Air”,
“The Wren”, “Rose Softly Bloom
ing”, “Air de 1’Enfant from L’ En
fant et les Sortileges”, and “ A
Little China Figure”. Miss Dicken
son held the attention of her au
dience throughout the performance,
as few singers have done in the
past, with her catching personality
and beautiful voice.
Other songs sung l)y Miss Dick
enson last night included “Over
Hill, Over Dale”, “By the Simplic
ity of Venus Doves”, “L’Orgia”,
“Swiss Echo Song”, “Laughing
Song from “Manon Lescaut”, and
“The aria Ah! taradi troppo”,
from “Linda di Chamounix”.
Candidates For
Chaplains Corps
For Navy Taken
Qualified candidates for the
Chaplain Corps of the United
States Naval Reserve are being
accepted with volunteers for ser
vice needed from several 'faiths,
the Eight Naval District Public
Relations Office has announced.
Although certain denominations
have adequate representation com
missions are available for Navy
Chaplains from Catholic, Baptist,
Methodist, Episcopalian, Congrega-
tional-Christain, Disciples of
Christ, Lutheran, Reformed, Unit
ed Brethern, Unitarians and Pres
byterian churches if applicants are
qualfied.
The candidate for the Chaplain
Corps of the Navy must be a U. S.
citizen, fully ordained and in the
active ministry, not less than 24
years of age or more than 43, en
dorsed by official authorities of
his denomination, have completed
four years of college and three
years of theological work, and be
competent for mental and spiritual
leadership. He must also pass a
physical examination.
Duties of a Navy Chaplain are
primarily religious, but there are
additional duties which fall to the
lot of the Navy Chaplain that are
not the privileged responsiblity of
the average civilian Pastor or
Priest. These additional duties are
in connection with activities pro
moted in the Navy for the advance
ment of the mental, moral and
physical as well as spiritual wel
fare of the personnel.
The Navy Chaplains must be
men of exceptional ability, good
preachers, possess tact, patience
and understanding, and have the
characteristics of diplomats. Their
education must be sound, and they
must exemplify in the broadest as
pects the spirit of talerance and
Christain Charity. In addition, they
must possess a keen interest in
youth and his religious welfare.
Agronomy Society
Entertains With Hay
Ride and Watermelon
Last Thursday night, the Agro
nomy Society had its hay ride and
watermelon feast in spite of the
bad weather that went along with
it. About 15 boys and their dates
met with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Potts,
Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Jones, and T.
Easily, all of the Agronomy staff
in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion
for their “outing”.
Old time favorites, cowboy songs,
and popular pieces were furnished
by E. G. Schatzman on the banjo,
W. F. Ross on the violin, and Bob
Abshire on the guitar.
Because of the rain, the hayride
had to be conducted inside with
the horses going around the pavil
ion and the boys playing the music.
After the ride and a few square
Room Added 5
To Exchange
Store Bldg
Facilities Increased
To Handle Gov’t
UniformsHeldThere
A new building is being built as
an extension ,to the Exchange
store which is to house all the fa
cilities for the government issue
uniforms that are issued to the
students every year, said R. L.
Chatham, manager of the Ex
change store.
The building is to be completed
in about 45 days if the materials
for construction arrive on sched
ule. All of the uniforms issued
from the time of completion will
be issued from this new extension
it was said, giving more storage
space for stock in the Exchange
store proper and facilitate getting
the uniforms during the rush at
the first of the year. It will also
make it easier to turn in the gov
ernment issues at the close of each
year.
Juke Box Prom Will
Move to the Shelter
Of Sbisa if Rain Falls
Limber up those dancing feet—
there’s another of those Juke Box
Proms coming tonight. In the cool,
soft light of The Grove, the music
of America’s finest dance bands
will serenade dancers with the sea
son’s best-yet Juke Box Prom, ac
cording to Social Secretary Bobby
Stephens.
The door price will be the cus
tomary thirty-five cents, plus a
date for freshmen and sohomores
(required).
In case of rain the affair will
warm the insides of Sbisa Dining
Hall.
Spies Have Small
Chance in Face Of
Modern Inventions
Eight spies and saboteurs who
were on trial in Washington, D. C.,
represent but a small fraction of
the enemy sympathizers within
our borders who would like to
transmit military and promotion
secrets to our enemies. Radio of
fers instant communication over
seas, and the operation of outlaw
transmitters is a danger to which
our government is always alert.
After an outlaw station broad
casting in any language is heard
by government listeners who comb
the airwaves 24 hours a day, radio
locators, using electronic tubes,
take up the trail of the offender.
Mile by mile, bock by block and
house by house, they track down
the outlaw radio signals until, like
pointing fingers, they indicate the
exact spot from which the spies
are broadcasting. Though outlaw
antennas may be hidden in trees,
or between the walls or floors of
houses, they are detected as easily
by these electronic devices as sta
tions in the open.
In time of war, electronic tubes
based on early developments of
Dr. Irving Langmuir of General
Electric serve in many ways to pro
tect our nation’s safety. Dr. Lan
gmuir is the scientist who designed
a high-vacum tube which would
handle watts and kilowatts, in
stead of merely fractions of a watt,
and which could amplify the im
pulse of a microphone to tremen
dous power for radiation from an
antenna.
Veterinarians Hold
Annual Dance in “G”
Swinging to music played by the
leading bands of the nation, stud
ents of the local organization of
the American Veterinary Medicine
Association took over “The Grove”
last night for the annual AVMA
ball.
Dancing to the “canned” music
of the many recordings by the
famous orchestras proved to be a
great success as inclement weath
er held off and cool breezes added
to the comfort of the couples.
econd Meeting
Of Activities Men
Will be Held Soon
Additional Funds Made
Available for Speakers
Delegates and Film Strips
Another meeting of the Student
Activities Committee will be held
toward the last of next week to
consider applications for funds to
be distributed to the various camp
us organizations eligible to receive
these funds, L. D. Boone, acting
director of Student Activities
states.
Available funds will be awarded
on the basis already outlined and
will be available for speakers, del
egates and films. Other functions
of the clubs which are of a similar
nature will also be considered for
funds at this time. Application
forms may be obtained in the Stu
dent Activities Office and turned
in there. They will then be con
sidered by the committee in its
meeting and the funds awarded
will be published in The Battalion
after decisions have been made.
This second meeting^was made
necessary because some of the ap
plications were improperly filled
out and the organizations applied
for money items not specifically
outlined as appropriate for finan
cing through this media.
Any club that neglected to turn
in an application has an oppor
tunity to secure funds at the meet
ing if it turns in an application
now.
Lieut Pete Tumlinson
Visits on Campus As
He Leaves for Flying
Lt. Pete Tumlinson, last year’s
Battalion magazine editor, was a
visitor on the campus yesterday.
Tumlinson for the past three
months has been stationed at Ft.
Sill where he was on duty with
the Field Artillery, but is now on
his way to California to take flight
training in the air corps.
Baptist Training
Union Entertains
The sailors, marines and enlist
ed men on the Campus are being
entertained tonight (Saturday) at
8:00 with a “Nautical Party” on
the lawn of the First Baptist
Church, College Station. The Rusl-
ter’s Training Union of the church,
composed of local girls and A. & M.
seniors are in ■charge of the party.
Eleven Army Officers Here
Receive Official Promotion
Bennett, Elwood, Marshall Made Lt Cols
Hunter, Sale, Utterback, White, North,
Valliant, Williams, Echterhoff Promoted
Recent orders from the Adju
tant General’s office in Washing
ton, D. C., reveal that A. J. Ben
nett, Coast Artillery Corps and ad
jutant of the college, E. A. El
wood, Field Artillery, and L. W.
Marshall, Infantry and recruiting
officer on the campus, have re
ceived promotions to lieutenant
colonel.
Also contained in the order was
the promotion to major of E. L.
Hunter, Infantry.
Promotions to captain went to
J. H. Echterhoff, Engineers; E. B.
Sale, Field Artillery; A. P. Utter-
back, Cavalry; G. P. Valliant Cav
alry; and C. A. Williams, Engine
ers.
Lieutenant W. G. Noi’th, Caval
ry, and Lieutenant E. M. White,
Field Artillery, were promoted to
first lieutenants.
5 Former Aggies
Receive Silver
Wings in Army
RANDOLPH FIELD, Texas, Au
gust 21.— Another rough and
ready gi'oup of potential Axis-
busters, with 5 aviation cadets
and student officers from A. & M.
among their number, have just
reported to the “West Point of the
Air” for nine weeks of training as
Army Air Force fighting and
bombing pilots.
The men of 42-K, composed of
representatives from all parts of
the nation, will receive silver
“Wings” when they are graduat
ed from advanced schools—plus
an active opportunity to partici
pate in the world’s mightiest
Army Air Forces.
The former students include:
Second Lieut. Arthur Abernathy,
Jr. (B. S. 1935-1940) Amarillo
Captain Woodrow M. Bell (B. S.
1934-1938) New Braunfels
Second Lieut. Robert W. Carpen
ter, Jr. (1934-1937) Farmersville
Second Lieut. Thomas M. Maxwell
(B. S. 1935-1938) Waco
Aviation Cadet W. A. Minnock, Jr.
(1934-1939) Galena Park
Marine Corps Graduates at Quantico
Sent on to Reserve Officer’s School
Graduates of the Marine Corps
Candiates’ Class at Quantico, Va.,
are immediately sent to Reserve
Officer’s School where they study
and work for another ten weeks.
Upon successful completion of the
ROC the student officers are sent
to the field where they complete
their education on active duty with
troops in the field. This “educa
tion” continues as long as they
remain in the Corps.
Life as an officer isn’t as tough
as Candidates’ Class, but men still
are graded constantly on military
bearing and command presence.
The ROC is more like a graduate
school. In ten weeks, officers re
ceive the emergency equivalent of
a nine month course given Naval
Academy graduates at Philadel
phia Basic School.
Classes are held in a modern
school building with a large aud
itorium suitable for showing train
ing films. Tactics are studied from
an officer’s viewpoint. The individ
ual and squad maneuvers give way
to movements of platoons and
companies. Battalion, company and
platoon officers are changed each
day among’ the student officers who
actually command their own groups
for all formations. Although still
yelled at, the prefix “gentlemen”,
accompanies the verbal reproach.
What a far cry from the “hey, you”
days!
Trucks are used for travel, and
table linen and personal waiters
make the mess more attractive.
Some of the men get married short
ly after being commissioned. In
spare moments thei'e are bowling
and pistol tournaments, class elec
tions and hours on the golf course,
at the swimming pool or the stable.
Off duty, life resembles a country
club scene. Student officers are
“sired” to death by the enlisted
men and saluted so much that
they often duck down an alley
rather than risk the main drag,
two blocks long. Formal and in
formal dances at the club brings
out the best in Southern woman
hood, especially during summer
months when senior’ officers’ dau
ghters are home from college.
Major General H. M. Smith, com
manding general, gives a reception
for each class.
Men work just as hard as be
fore, but in a different manner
and study a good deal more. But
the pressure isn’t as great and
military self-assurance has been
gained.
The little chapel is the scene of
a few weddings. It has two wings,
a small and a large, and a revolv
ing altar. During week days the
small chapel is used for the Cath
olic altar, and on Sunday both
Catholic and Protestant services
are held in the larger wing. There
is no more peaceful place in the
world than the dimly-lit chapel
with the vigil light flickering
softly as the sound of taps echoes
across the camp proclaiming that
“all is well.”
(See MARINES. Page 4)
Social Calendar Out
In Tuesday Battalion
Bobby Stephens announced Fri
day that the social calender to
cover all dances from now till
the final ball will be published in
Tuesday’s Battalion. Stephens said
that due to tfie many corps trips
this fall some week-ends will find
more than one dance. “The calen
dar would have been out sooner
if the different organizations and
clubs had decided upon the date for
their dance,” Stephens added.
Engineer Regiment
Changes Ball Date
To September 12th
November 20 has been set as the
new date for the ball given by the
Engineers instead of the first date
which was September 12. This date
has been changed so that a good
band may be gotten for the en
gagement, and more money raised
for the function, said James H.
Crossland, chairman of the Ball
Committee.
There will be no invitation sent
out this year as the Engineers are
trying to save money and think
that this would only be an added
expense. By not having invitations,
more money will be accessable for
decorating the ball and making it
one of the best balls of the sea
son.
A thousand dollars ($1,000) is the
goal of the committee so that a
good band can be booked.
In order for this amount to be
reached, it is said that the jun
iors will be assessed $2.00 apiece
for the first time. This will be
done to raise the funds that are
deemed necessary for the ball.
Stanford U Offers
QMC Training For
Graduate Students
Graduates of Texas A. & M.
with two years of basic ROTC
training are eligible to enter the
new officer training school for the
Quartermaster Corps of the Army
which has just been established at
Stanford University by the War
Department.
The program will be carried out
as a part of the Graduate School
of Business and is the only Quarter
master Corps unit on the Pacific
coast offering the officer train
ing on the graduate level. Sched
uled to begin on September 28,
the program will be an extension
of Stanford’s advanced ROTC unit.
Upon completion of the six-quart
er, 18-month program of work,
leading to the degree of master of
business administration, the men
will be commissioned Second Lieu
tenants in the Officer’s Reserve,
training course or its equivalent,
the college graduates must be un
der 26 years of age, and be able
to pass the Army physical exam
ination.
Under selective service regula
tions men enrolled in the advanced
course of quartermaster training
will be draft exempt and placed
in class 4-B.
“One of the important advant
ages of the program is that the
regular course of study in the Gra
duate School of Business is almost
identical to that required by the
Quartermasters Corp for the train
ing of its officers,” said Dr. Wil
bur. “And all students successfully
completing the required program
of study will receive the M. B: A.
degree at the same time they are
awarded the commission of Second,
Lieutenant.”
Students accepted for the officer
training are to receive money al
lowances from the government
amounting to about $200 for the
two-year period. They will wear
uniforms similar to those worn by
commissioned officers except for
the insignia rank. The cdst of uni
form, textbooks and supplies, which
amount to approximately $100, is
chargeable against these allow
ances, the Army has informed
Stanford University.
The full list of requirements
necessary for application to the
quartermaster officer’s school at
Stanford University are given as
follows: candidates must have re
ceived the A. B. degree from an
accredited college, must have had
a good academic record, and must
meet the following added stipula
tions—be a full-time student, be a
candidate for the M.B.A. degree,
have completed a two-year basic
(See Q M C, Page 4)