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NUMBER 44
Enlisted Reserve Corps Students Are Subject to Call
Aggie Section Reserved for Bandwagon
Broadcast by Aggieland Orchestra
Carried All Over World From 6:30-7
To Ride Bandwagon Tomorrow
Officials Meve Contract
Students Will Get Degrees
War Department Act Comes as Complete
Surprise to College Military Department
A special section of seats in Fair Park Auditorium at
Dallas has been marked off for Aggies and their dates at
tending the Fitch Band Wagon broadcast S unday evening,
according to a wire from Curley Brient, leader of the Aggie
land Orchestra, featured attraction of the program this
week.
To be broadcast from 6:30 until 7:00 over the National
Broadcasting company network and over shortwave stations
to every corner of the globe,
Accordionist Is
Feature of Kadet
Kapers Program
Bill Palmer, featured accordion
ist on Kadet Kapers tonight, was
featured at the National Music
Trades Convention in New York
during August, 1941. He is also re
cognized as the first man to play
boogie-woogie on the accordion.
Not only does he shine in swing,
but was also the first to play
Tschaikowsky’s “Waltz of the
Flowers” on the accordion—a feat
considered impossible. Palmer plays
the classics from full symphony
orchestra scores.
During the summer of 4941, he
was featured at the Audubon
Theatre, Broadway, New York, and"
was selected by Gallo-Eini (con
sidered the world’s greatest ac
cordionist) to appear with him in
concerts last year.
In the fall of 1941, he toured the
United States with his “squeeze
box”, which is, incidentally, the
only one of its kind in the world
and cost $1,250.
His ace-in-the-hole with popular
music is his ability to do certain
“tricks” with the tone of the ac
cordion. Palmer says he hit upon
these tricks quite by accident, and
just hasn’t told anyone (else how
to do it.
Now connected with the Houston
Musical Center School of Music,
he has 96 students of the accord
ion.
Wm L Glenn Wins
First Camera Club
Contest of Month
If, in the near future, you should
see someone in a tree or sitting on
a flagpole holding a camera in one
hand and having a strange gleam
in his eye, don’t be frightened—
he’s probably a member of the new
College Camera club trying to get
a new or an unsual angle for a
picture. The Camera club sponsors
a monthly contest and gives a
prize of $1.00 for the best print
turned in by it’s members during
that month. The award for August
was presented to Wm. L. Gleen,
Jr. Members are reminded that the
prints for the next contest are to
be turned in at the next meeting
which will be October 14.
At the meeting of the Camera
club last Wednesday night, a lec
ture was given on Print Criticisms
by Howard Berry, college photogra
pher. In addition to this a demon
stration of contact printing and
print enlargements was presented
by Frank Tippett, second vice-presi
dent of the club.
A darkroom will be equipped for
the use of club members, this equip-
men including a condenser type
Solar 4” x 5” enlarger which the
club has announced its intention
of buying. Not only will this dark
room be used for the personal work
of the members, but also for the
purpose of supplying pictures for
the Longhorn, it was announced by
the club president, Phil Crown.
Issues of The Texas
Aggie Will Go Out
Over World Sept 15
According to Roland Bing, Edi
tor, the September 15 issue of the
Texas Aggie, Former Students ,
publication, is ready for distribu
tion.
the show is the regular sum-
►mer show sponsored by the F. W.
Fitch Company and is devoted en
tirely during its summer months
to new, young bands who need a
good “plug” to get started.
Since the band arrived in Dal
las Thursday night, they have been
engaged in rehearsing for the.
tMrty minute show which is con
ducted by Tobby Reed, NBC swing
band authority.
The program will consist of the
Fitch signature, the Aggieland’s
Haeme, “I’m Livin’ My Life For
You”, a popular ballad (to be sel
ected), the story of Curley’s life,
another ballad, a commercial fol
lowed by a short swing tune, more
story, a feature tune of the band,
more story, another good feature,
a commercial, another short
“chaser”, more story, a big closing
tune, then the signing off with the
Fitch signature.
Story spots in the program will
be concerned with Curley’s life,
a brief history of A. & M. and what;
it means to the war effort, history
of the band and any little intimate
bull they might dig up.
Four Day Meeting
Of County Agents
Convenes Tuesday
The annual conference of approx
imately 500 county agricultural
agents and county home demon
stration agents will be held in a
four day meeting beginning next
Tuesday announced Roy Snyder.
Extension Specialist on Animal
Industries and members of the
program for the four day meet
ing.
G. E. Adams, vice director of
the Extension Service and state
gaent will preside at the general
conference Tueday morning with
Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the
college, H. H. Williamson, Direc
tor of the State Extension Ser
vice, Mildred Horton, vice-direc
tor of the Extension Service and
State Home Demonstration Agent,
and Rueben Brigham, Assistant
director of the Extension Service
as the speakers for the morning
session.
County agricultural agents Tom
254 counties and county home dem
onstration agents from 194 counties
will foiun the gathering.
Dr. Robert L. Sutherland, the di
rector of the Hogg Foundation
at the University of Texas will be
at the meeting with other well
known agricultural experts to pool
their opinions for the mutual bene
fit of the conferees.
At each of the four morning ses
sions will be group singing con
ducted by Richard Jenkins, director
of the singing cadets.
Mornings of the four day confer
ence will be taken up by general
conferences while the afternoon
periods wil be devoted to sectional
conferences about special subjects.
Wilkins, Gray, Tubb
Train as Naval Cadets
C. A. Wilkins of Hereford, C. B.
Gray, Jr. of Stamford and Arthur
Milton Tubb, Jr. of Dallas, all for
mer students here, have been se
lected for training as a Naval
Aviation cadet and will be ordered
to active duty shortly.
Upon being ordered to active
duty, they will report to the U.
S. Navy Pre-flight School, Univeiv
sity of Georgia for three months
of physical conditioning, instruc
tion in naval essentials, military
drill and ground school subjects.
After completing this course,
the three will be sent to one of
the navy’s numerous reserve bases
for primary flight training.
Explanation of Aggieland’s Radio Fame
Brient and Band Got
Following Which They
Had Not Counted On
By John Holman
When Toby Reed announced that
the Band Wagon was comira® to the
Southwest, it was not Russell
Brient nor the members of the or
chestra that decided the Aggfeland
should be on that program, tent the
thousands of Aggies here at A.
& M. and the many more thous
ands of Ex-Aggie all over the
world. Of course, Russell and his
boys wished they could be there
with Toby that night, but they
knew a little college orchestra, no
matter how good they are, doesn’t
have the following to put them
there. But that was where Curley
(as Russell is called by everyone
who knows him) miscalculated the
strength of Aggie spirit.
One morning the student news
paper, The Battalion, came out
with an editorial about the Band
Wagon, suggesting that Aggies
and their friends write Toby Reed
requesting the Aggieland be placed
on the list. That was all it took
Opening Appearance
In The Grove Gave
Extra Push Necessary
to start the old Aggie ball rolling.
Thousands of Aggies and Aggie
followers all over the Southwest
took up the drive, and when the
list of eligible orchestras came out,
the Aggieland was at the top of
the list.
The second, and real drive, be
gan one Friday night when the
Aggieland played for a corps dance
(See AGGIELAND, Page, 4)
Featured at Assembly Hall Tonight
Lovely Ree McCullough draped over the wing of a pursuit ship above will adorn the stage of the
Assembly Hall tonight for Kadet Kapers. This swing drummer promises to add much to the attrac
tion Richard Jenkins director of Kadet K’s asserts. The man in the moon is Bill Palmer, considered
the world’s best accordionist, the first man to play Boogie-Woogie on an acordion, and the first man
to play Tschaikowsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” a feat considered impossible on the acordion. He
was selected by Gollo-Rini, the world*s greatest a cordionist to appear with him in a series of con
certs last fall. His specialties in swing are trick tones which he plays on his instrument and which
no other accordionist has been able to imitate. The special built instrument on which he plays
cost $1,250. It is the only one of its kind in the world.
Because of exigencies of war, Secretary of War Henry
L. Simpson announced Thursday the War Department’s
intention to call to active duty all college student members
of the Army enlisted reserve corps as they reach the draft
age.
Students in more than 1,000 college and universities
have joined the reserves under an arrangement whereby
they would continue their studies, although they were sub
ject to call if needed.
“It is now expected that by the
end of the college term or semes
ter beginning in September those
student members of the reserve
who have reached selective service
age will all or for the most part be
called to active duty,” the War
secretary said.
“Those reaching that age dur
ing subsequent terms will similar
ly be called.”
Noting that “we are runing short
of Army man power now,” Stim-
son also announced that several
thousand members of the regular
Army reserve, enlisted reserve
corps, and the National Guard, who
have been deferred thus far be
cause of dependency, would be re
called to active duty in October
and November.
Application to Aggies
Lt. Col. L. W. Marshall, recruit
ing officer for the Enlisted Re
serve Corps on the campus, said
the action came as a complete
surprise to the college’s military
department, but insisted that even
though the move is probably in
the offing, it did not alter the
status of students here taking mili
tary science or in the reserve.
Contract Men Probably Exempt
Stating that men with contracts
will most certainly not be taken,
Col. Marshall said that even though
these men will be called, it will
still not be contrary to the articles
of enlistment. All men taken into
the reserve corps were told they
would be allowed to continue school,
in all probability until graduation,
they were also aware of the fact
that in case the emergency did
arise, those men would be called.
According to Col. Marshall, this
is evidently what has happened.
Firm in his believe that men with
contracts will be left in school un
til completion of their military
training, he could only tell those in
the corps without contracts to
just “sit tight”.
No official notice has been given
of the move other than that all
restrictions for enlistment concern
ing quotas have been removed. Col.
Marshall has instructions to enlist
all men taking military science.
This enlistment is entirely volun
tary, however, and constitutes a
lessening of requirements rather
than an order.
The new policy, officials said,
applies also to students who have
joined the Army Air Force reserve.
The Navy, however, reported no
change in its announced intention
to permit student reservists to
continue their studies as long as
possible.
Dues Being Collected
By Scholarship Society
Dues for the members of the
Scholarship Honor Society are now
being collected according to Bill
Galloway, president of the organi
zation. Before the end of the pre
sent term the amount due is $1.00,
but next term the amount will be
$1.50.
Don Little in the old area and
James McAllister in the new are
collecting the dues.
Stallion to be Sent
For Horse Production
Word has just been received
from Colonel C. A. Wilkinson,
head of the U. S. Army remount
division for Texas and Oklahoma,
that a stallion has been select
ed for shipment to College Station
for instruction woxk in connection
with production of the right kind
of cavalry horses.
Work in anmial husbandry is
acceptable as an elective in con
nection with military training pro
gram in the Quartermaster Corps.
Wanger Arrives
For Conference
Concerning Film
Huge Outdoor Projection
Equipment Will Be Installed
In Kyle Field for Premier
Walter Wanger, noted Hollywood!
producer, arrived on the campus-
at 7:45 for conferences with college
authorities and the board of direc
tors concerning his forth-coming
super-special production, “Texas
A. & M.”, to star Anne Gwynne
in the feminine lead. He was ac
companied by N. L. Leachman,
Dallas lawyer and newest member
of the board of directors.
Met at the station by Dr. O. T.
Walton, president; G. Byron Win
stead, director of publicity; and
corps cadet-officials Walter Card-
well, Cadet Colonel; Steve Kaffer,
assistant executive of the corps;
Chuck Chalmers, head yell leader;
Dan Sutherland, Senior Class presi
dent; Bill Callaway, corps execu
tive, Wanger was given a night
view of the campus then taken to
the directors home where he,
Leachman, F. M. Law, chairman of
the board of directors who drove
up from Houston yesterday after
noon, Walton and Winstead dis
cussed problems concerning the
Aggie film.
G'en. H. J. Brees, board member,
and other members of the board of
directors will arrive for the main
conference to be held from 10 until
12 this morning. After that, Wan
ger will be shown the campus and
will learn of the traditions that will
be incorporated into his picture.
He will return to Dallas tonight.
Norman Reilly Raine, scenarist
who was here a few weeks ago,
has not finished the script for the
film yet, but is doing a good job
of it so far. Work on the film will
begin immediately and should be
finished before the end of next se
mester.
According to Winstead, huge
outdoor projection equipment will
in installed in Kyle Field for the
world premiere of the picture.
Christian Science
Campus Organization
Is Recognized Group
The Christian Science Organiza
tion at College Station announced
recently that it has been recogniz
ed as a branch of the Mother
Church, First Church of Christ
Scientist, Boston, Mass.
Beginning Sunday, September
13, services will be held in tho
faculty lounge of Sbisa hall. The
lounge is the first room to ths
left at the entrance directly across-,
from the Aggieland Inn.
Wednesday evening services are-
held on the first and third Wed
nesday of each month. The corps:
has been invited to attend all meet
ings. Sunday morning services are
at 11:00, and Wednesday evening
meetings are at 7:15.
I Edwards of Animal
Husbandry Resigns
I. F. Edwards, instructor in an
imal husbandry and coach of the
international livestock and junior
livestock judging teams for the
past year, has resigned his posi
tion here. He has accepted a posi
tion in the animal* husbandry de
partment at Utah Agricultural Col
lege, Logan, Utah, as head of the
beef division and research de
partment.