Corps Trip Special ** ¥ ¥ ' * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ 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 '•.MBaBK I Only Scattering of Aggies On College Station Campus 1 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. k / 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. • . / 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 HOME TOWN San Antonio Mart Graham Bellville Sweetwater Waco Temple San Antonio Eldorado Yoakum Bryan * Corpus Christi Stephenville Abilene San Antonio Temple Houston Vernon Belton Fort Worth Corpus Christi Schulenburg Rogers Yoakum Gilliland San Benito Bastrop Monahans Temple Amarillo San Angelo Dallas Moran Fort Worth Abilene Amarillo Dallas Sommerville Pasadena Donna Houston Dallas Houston sity letters. POS. WB WB WB BB FB FB FB FB-T TB TB TB TB TB C C C C G