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The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
DIAL 4-5444
ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 7, 1942
2275
NUMBER 65
Aggies Take on Pass-Minded SMU Mustangs Today
Corps Deserts Campus for Big D
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I Only Scattering of Aggies
On College Station Campus
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Corps and Dates To Sit on East Side
Of Stadium; Clubs Expect Big Crowds
By John Holman
From Main Street to the Northwest Highway, today in
Dallas is Aggie day, for the 6500 man cadet corps of A. & M.
has descended upon the big city on the Trinity like bees
flocking to their hive, and this afternoon will swarm into
the oval that is Ownby Stadium to lend the support for which
the Aggie Twelfth Man is famous to the boys in maroon and
white that will lock horns with the'f
Mustangs of S. M. U. ,
This morning, and even yester
day afternoon, the Aggie campus
in College Station looked like a
deserted ghost town, occasionally
crossed by some G. I. adorned
sophomore or freshman slipping
away from the grasp of desolate
class-rooms and roll calls.
Instead, the pavements and night
spots of Dallas are echoing to the
laughter splattered footsteps of
hooky-playing schoolboys, intent
on making this, the last corps trip
for the duration, an event to be
remembered in years to come. And
even though the college authorities
could not, due to transportation
difficulties, make this an official
corps trip, the decision of whether
to be in Dallas today or not was
left entirely up to the individual.
Many Private Proms
Most of the corps was gone by
noon yesterday, the Juniors having
authorized absences to attend the
annual TSCW Junior prom in Den
ton, but even though there was
nothing official about them, gay
indeed were the hundreds of pri-
(See CORPS TRIP, Page 4)
Mother’s Club Holds
Aggie Dance at the
Adolphus Saturday
Admission Price is $1.10
Proceeds Go to Pay For
Kiest Lounge Finishings
The Dallas A. & M. Mother’s
Club is having a dance Saturday
night after the S. M. U. game in
the Main Ballroom at the Adolphus
Hotel. The admission will be $1.10
a couple the same a» a regular Sat
urday night corps dance.
Every Aggie that attends this
dance will be benefited in more
ways than one. The Dallas A. & M.
Mother’s Club is helping to pay for
the lounge in the north end of
dormitory two, and the proceeds
of this dance will be used for that
purpose.
Since this will probably be the
last football season for the dura
tion of the war, every Aggie should
try to make the trip to Dallas to
see A. & M. smear S. M. U.
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Leo Daniels Expected To
Match Wits With Red Shaw
Ownby Stadium to Be Scene of Thrilling
Battle; Kickoff Is Set for 2:30 O’Clock
By Mike Haikin
DALLAS, November 7—Coach Homer Norton’s Texas
Aggies, finally hitting their stride last week after two dole
ful starts, will attempt to gain their second conference vic
tory of the year when they collide with the pass-minded
SMU Mustangs at Ownby Stadium this afternoon. Game time
will be 2:30.
A capacity crowd of 25,000 football fans, including a
throng of 3,000 Cadets, who followed their team by every
available means of transportation is expected to be on hand
to watch the Ponies and the Aggies battle it out for suprem
acy.
Passing Duel
0ame£
The leading passer of the Southwest Conference is expected to
spark the Aggies on to victory this afternoon against the SMU
Mustangs at Ownby Stadium. Daniels has been the top Aggie
ground gainer as well as flinger and he is due to utilize on that
advantage today. He hasn’t yet hit his top form but when he does,
opponents will certainly know of it. Aggies and Coaches Homer
Norton and Bill James hope that it will be this afternoon, against
the Ponies!
1942 S. M. U Football Squad
Name
Allen, C. D.
Arfman, Harold
Baccus, Roy Dale
Baxter, Lloyd
Booth, Clarence
Campbell, Wayne
Caver, Louis
Cloud, Ed
Collings, Johnnie
Dean, Tom
Divelbiss, Charles
Fitzpatrick, James
Gardner, Harry
Gonzales, Abel
Green, Ed
Halliday, Sid
Hammett, Charles
Harris, Dick
Johnson, Orville
Jones, Max
Land, Tom
Maley, Howard
Markette Joe Bob
Martin, Grady
McMinn, Clarence
Miller, Hardy
Moncrief, Jack
Ownby, Roy
Palmer, Wayne “Pete”
Parker, Carroll
Pulattie, Francis
Ramsey, Bob
Rasor, Ray
Ryan, Jack
Scott, Joe Bailey
Shaw, Wayne
Simpson, Kelly
Smith, Bumie
Smith, Dick
Swope, Jim
Wagley, Bill
Wright, Jim Sid
F indicates ’41 freshman; S, squad man; L varsity letter; HO holdout.
Pos.
Wt.
Yrs. To Play
Experience
Home Town
Back
176
3
F
Fort Worth
Guard
192
3
F
Del Rio
Back
162
2
1S-1HO
Estelline
Center
183
3
F
Sherman
Tackle
215
1
2L
Childress
Back
198
1
2L
Mt. Vernon
End
180
3
F
Texarkana
Center
187
3
F
Bryan
Back
165
3
F
Olney
Tackle
240
3
F
Conroe
Tackle
230
3
F
Wink
End
180
3
1HO
Dallas
Center
182
2
IS
Waco
Back
155
2
1L-1HO
San Antonio
Back
176
3
F
Gainesville
End
182
3
F
Dallas
Back
190
3
F
Tyler
Guard
195
3
1HO
Celeste
Guard
205
1
2L
Bryan
Tackle
200
3
F
Childress
Guard
176
3
F
Fort Worth
Back
180
2
1L
Dallas
End
184
2
IS
San Antonio
End
198
3
F
Silverton
Back
170
2
1L
Tyler
Back
158
1
1S-1L
Longview
Back
162
3
1HO
Dallas
Guard
178
2
1S-1HO
Denison
Back
200
2
IS
. Newcastle
Back
182
3
F
Sapulpa, Okla.
Back
208
3
F
Waco
Back
184
3
F
Dallas
Guard
190
2
1L-1HO
Frisco
Guard
172
3
F
McKinney
End
186
2
1L-1HO
Athens
Back
170
3
F
Athens
End
182
1
2L
Dallas
Tackle
225
2
IS
Electra
Tackle
212
3
1HO
Crowell
Tackle
190
3
F
Alamogordo, N. M.
Tackle
196
3
F
Dallas
Center
195
2
1L
Sulphur Springs
Fish and Frogs
Fill Vacancies At
Year’s First Meet
McWilliams is President;
Plans for Ball Discussed;
Welfare Officer Elected
A.&M.’s Assembly Hall was the
scene of the recent Freshman class
meeting held Wednesday night,
Nov. 4. This, the first meeting of
the semester of the class, saw the
Frogs and Fish acting in harmony
to solve their immediate problems.
Even though the group was active
throughout the meeting, it was
apparent that the entire Freshman
class was not present and a hope
has been expressed by the officers
that turnouts in the future will
be,much larger.
The main item on the evening’s
calendar was the election of a class
welfare officer. This office was
left vacant when all class offi
cers moved up one notch, because
the former president dropped out
of school. Each officer moved up
one place, leaving the aforemen
tioned office vacant. The students
nominated 20 cadets and when the
final vote was taken, there was
a tie between William Miller, B
Signal Corps and Howard Oliver,
A Signal Corps. The tie was run
off and a final count found Oli
ver the victor. The other fresh
man officers elected last semester
are C. Williams, president; Albert
Orsinger, vice-president; W. J.
Terrel, secretary; M. A. Coulter,
treasurer; J. D. Thompson, his
torian.
The coming Fish ball, scheduled
for January 9 was also discussed
by President McWilliams.* It is
estimated that the assessment to
class members will be about $1.25.
This figure, however, is not def
inite and may be changed at a
future date, at the descretion of
the officers.
But back to the game which
promises to be one of the most
thrilling affairs of the year. Both
teams rely primarily on their pass
ing game to get them anywhere
and this afternoon, unless the
weatherman decides otherwise, the
scene of Ownby Stadium will be
filled with aerials from one side to
the other. The Ponies have three
ace hurlers to throw against the
Cadets and each is a dangerous
man. Most prominent of the trio
is Wayne (Red) Shaw, left-handed
sophomore tosser, whose bullet-like
passes have sparked the Mustangs
in their two tilts.
Howard (Red) Maley,. the ace
sophomore flinger last year, has
been on the injured list throughout
the bigger part of the year but is
due to see some action against the
Aggies today according to word
filtering out of Coach Jimmy
Stewart’s camp. The other passer
is Abel (Frito) Gonzales, who also
is one of the better Pony runners.
Daniels-Rogers Combination
On the Aggie side of the ledger,
there’s Lightnin’ Leo Daniels, the
top aerial artist of the conference
who has Cullen Rogers, the lead-
(See GAME, Page 3)
Composite Dance
Plans Being Made
For Duncan Hall
First Time Ball Held In
Duncan; Noble Sissle Is
Featured With Orchestra
In the first regimental dance
ever to be held in Duncan Hall,
Aggies composing the Composite
Regiment will dance to the music
of Noble Sissle, popular orchestra
leader, who is bringing with him
the largest swing orchestra ever to
play at Texas A. & M. 1
The dance i£ set for November
20, the same date as the Engineers
Ball, which will be held in the main
dining room of Sbisa hall, and
will be furnished music by Herb
Miller. Sissle has only a one night
engagement, and will leave early
the next day after playing Friday
night for the Composite Regiment.
Herb Miller will remain to play for
the corps dance Saturday night.
This will be the first engage-
(See COMPOSITE, Page 4)
Rocky Sutherland
Represents A & M
At PTA Congress
Round Table Discussions
Feature of Convention;
Many Prominent Speakers;
Cadet D R. Sutherland will rep
resent A. & M. College at 'thA tWb
youth forums at the State conven
tion of the Texas Congress of
ents and Teachers in Houston;
Wednesday and Thursday; Novem
ber 18 and 19. v i;i 'mm
The theme of the meet is ^OPf
Concern, Every Youth.” Two 1 'of'
the main highlights will be' the
round-table conference composed' of
representative youth from the
armed forces and from leading Col
leges and universities of the State,
titled “Youth Morale—What 1 IS
Morale?” and a youth workshop,
“What Resources Are Available "to
Youth both within Themselves anil
within the Community?”
The first will be directed by A.
L. Morgan, principal of Dick Dow
ling junior high school, Beaumont;
the latter, by H. S. Fatherree, prin
cipal of Abilene high school.
Schools represented will be the
University of Texas, Southern
Methodist University, Texas Chris
tian University, A. & M., Baylor
University, Texas State College
for Women, Rice Institute, Texas
Technological College, the Univer
sity of Houston, and the College of
Arts and Industries.
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Response to the youth workshop
will be made by the presidents of
these schools, or their representa-.
tives, at a round-table titled, “Do
Our Colleges and Universities Pre
pare Youth for Life?” This will be
conducted by Dr. R. S. Sutherland,
director of Hogg Foundation, Uni
versity of Texas. :
Speakers for the convention in
clude Mi's. Oveta Culp (W. fy.;)
(See SUTHERLAND, Page 4): '
1942 Texas Aggie Football Squad
NO. PLAYER
10 Anderson, Jennings
14 Rogers, Cullen (Slick)
16 Wilde, George
22 Zapalac, Willie
30 Webster, Jackson (Jake)
31 Payne, Otto
31 Dusek, Edward (Ed)
33 Sturcken, Edward (Ed)
40 Williams, Robert (Bobby)
42 Belville, Vernon
44 Daniels, Leo (Lightnin’)
45 Haas, Richard (Dickie)
46 Welch, Barney
50 Sibley, William (Dub)
51 Tassos, Damon (Greek)
52 Mercer, Arthur (AJ)
53 Walker, Fred
60 Davis, Johnnie
61 Mulhollan, Ray (Mullins)
62 Maples, Weldon (Baldy)
63 Brown, Norman (Red)
64 Bucek, Felix (Honyak)
65 Reese, Travis
66 Wagner, Shelton (Wag)
67 Cure, Wayne (Whiskey)
68 Ogdee, Edward (Badda)
69 Steymann, Walter (Jelly)
70 Luethy, Don
71 Attaway, Harold (Heavy)
72 Andrews, William (BiH)
74 Mertz, Mortimer (Morty)
75 Stout, Ben
76 Montgomery, James (Monty)
77 Payne, Lawrence
79 Joeris, Leonard
80 Redus, William (Scud)
81 Foldberg, Henry (Hank)
82 Simmons, Elvis, (Boots)
83 Hand, Floyd (Snapper)
85 Cox, Truman
86 Slaughter, Marion (Pete)
87 Sample, Joe Tom (Tom)
88 Henderson, Bill (Jitterbug)
*—Indicates number of var
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