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-THE BATTALION-
Official Notices
Found
NEW LOG LOG DUPLEX decitrig slide
rule. Owner may have same by identifying
and paying for this ad. Student Activities
Office.
The time and place for the enlistment
will be noted later. Blanks may be ob
tained in the office of the Dean of the
the College.
Meetings
Classified
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON Thursday,
1 p.m., Aggieland Inn Terrace. You are
invited.
FOR SALE)—1 Junior cap and blouse,
rug, curtains, and Zenith radio. See
Sparger, 46 Goodwin.
LOST—21-jewel, yellow gold Bulova
wrist watch with rose crystal and khaki
cloth wristband. If found please con
tact Room 32, Ramp 8, Law Hall. Re
ward.
Announcements
JANUARY 1, 1943, will be the last
rder to leave the Registrar’s Office for
he "old style” ring. After January 1,
943, all rings will be the "new style”
ings. If you want the "old style” be sure
to get your order in before January 1,
1943.
NOTICE CATHOLIC STUDENTS—Mass
and Holy Communion will be celebrat
ed Friday morning, Jan. 1, beginning
at 7:15. This is a holy day of obli
gation as well as the first Friday of
the month.
KREAM AND KOW KLUB—Members
of the Kream and Kow Klub are re
quested to meet at the Creamery Thurs
day night at 8 o’clock. This meeting is
important because final plans are going
be made for the Cattleman’s Ball which
to be held on Friday night of Jan.
8. Also new officers will be elected to
:rve during the incoming year.
As this is the last meeting before
the Cattleman’s Ball and also the last
meeting for the semester all D. H. stu
dents and club members are urged to
be present.
NAVY RECRUITING OFFICERS will
visit the college Wednesday, January 6
for the purpose of enlisting those sev
enteen year old students who wish to
join the Navy V-l program. Those stu
dents who wish to enlist should have
their papers completed before the ar-
visit the college Wednesday, January 6,
rival of the enlisting officers. Please
note especially that the parents consent
must be signed before a notary public.
FACULTY AND STAFF VOLLEY
BALL,—Through the cooperation of the
Physical Education department, the gym
nasium will be available for the "fat and
forty” group, or any others interested
in recreation. The only time available
is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in
terested in volley ball, be there at 6:45
p.m. tonight (Thursday, Dec. 16). Plans
for future activity will be made at that
time.
General Electric Perfects New
DynamotorforCommunication
A new line of dynamotors for
communication and other service in
aircraft, tanks, and mobile equip
ment has been announced by the
General Electric Company.
Dynamotors perform an import
ant task in communication work
by raising battery voltage to radio
transmitter or receiver voltages.
Aircraft, tanks, jeeps, etc., obtain
their electrical power from gener
ators driven by the main engines
of the unit. A floating battery
usually is in the circuit. The volt
age of this power supply is too
low for satisfactory radio opera
tion, so dynamotors are employed
as the most effective means of ob
taining necessary higher voltages.
The new line of General Electric
dynamotors comprises five types,
ranging from 25 to 600- watts in
output, and from 3 to 31 pounds
in weight. Formex wire insula
tion, light weight, and reliability
under rigorous conditions are fea
tures. Each unit is designed for
high output from a small frame
size.
Objectionable alternating - cur
rent ripple is kept at a value which
requires a minimum of filter to
provide satisfactory operation of
the communication equipment. The
dynamotor commutators are care
fully cut and undercut so that com
mutation will meet rigid stand
ards.
The end caps are formed alum
inum or steel covers which fasten
to the end shields to keep dust and
dirt out. End shields are of high-
pressure cast aluminum or steel.
Hunters Should
Take Care When
Eating Rabbits
Shoot Only Frisky Bunnies
To Safeguard Against Fever
Carried by Diseased Ones
During the winter months hunt
ing rabbits is a popular sport and
a wild rabbit makes a very fine
food, but according to the State
Health Department, extreme care
should be used in the handling of
wild rabbits to prevent a possible
infection with tularemia.
“Those little cottontail rabbits
are not always as harmless as
they look,” states Dr. George W.
Cox, state health officer, “for
some of them are infected with
tularemia. This serious disease
which is also known as rabbit
fever usually is acquired by hu
man beings through contact with
infected rabbits or through con
tact with the infected insect that
spreads it from animal to ani
mal.”
Dr. Cox cautioned that hunters
shoot only the frisky rabbits that
run away. A rabbit without the
energy to scamper away from the
hunter is likely to be a sick one
that can transmit tularemia to
those who handle him.
“It is necessary to handle un
cooked rabbit meat cautiously,”
Dr. Cox said. “The use of rub
ber gloves will protect your hands
since the germs may enter the
body through any cut or scratch
however small if the rabbit is
handled without gloves.
“As a further safeguard, rabbit
meat should be cooked very thor
oughly so as to destroy any dis
ease producing germs that may be
present. This means that it should
be cooked at a boiling temperature
for at least 20 minutes before
cooking it to your individual
taste.”
Cartridge-type brush mechanisms
are used, and brush holders are
anchored in the castings. Capa
citors are supplied across the
brush springs are shunted with
copper pigtails.
Other features are: spiraled ar
mature punchings to reduce noise
and eliminate locking effect; care
fully selected ball bearings with
provision for lubrication and clean
ing; and a stator formed from
stainless-steel tubing.
—NEW PLAN—
(Continued from page 1)
War Manpower Chief Paul V.
McNutt simultaneously announced
the deferment until the end of
the 1943 academic year of students
and instructors in some medical,
engineering and technical fields.
These include: Medical, dental and
veterinary students and all pre-
med, pre-dental and pre-vet stu
dents who have completed one
year of study; graduate engineer
ing students and undergrads who
have furnished one year of en
gineering; grads and undergrads
who are specializing in chemistry,
physics or bacteriology and are
within two years of a degree.
The Army Plan
Only selectees under 22 years
of age will be eligible except in
cases involving an “advanced stage
of technical training.” They will
be given their 13 weeks of basic
training at an army camp and
sent to a selected college. They
will be organized under a cadet
system for drill similar to that of
West Point but subordinated to
academic training. “Appropriate
courses’ yet to be determined will
be prescribed for them and the
length of the courses will be
“varying.” Rigid standards of pro
ficiency will be laid down and if
a trainee fails he will be returned
to the ranks.
To facilitate the transition of
students from the Enlisted Re
serve and R.O.T.C. into the new
program the following steps will
be taken: Medical students will be
called to active duty at the end
of the next semester and will con
tinue their medical studies: Seniors
taking advance R.O.T.C. will be
ordered to active duty on gradua
tion or on the completion of the
next semester; Juniors in the En
listed Reserve who are taking eng
ineering courses will continue in
inactive status until the end of the
next semester; all other Enlisted
Reservists will be called to active
duty at the end of the current
semester.
At the end of their training Se
lectees may be chosen for: Fur
ther training in an officer candi
date school, as a technical non
commissioned officer; return to
troops, advanced technical training
in exceptional cases, or technical
work outside the army in very ex
ceptional coses.
The Navy Plan
Eligible are high school grad
uates between the ages of 17 and
19 inclusive and enlisted men be
tween 17 and 22 who are recom
mended by their commanding offi
cers. They may express their
choice of colleges and branch of
service, and efforts will be made
to accomodate them. For the first
eight months all students will take
drawing and physical training.
Each term will be 16 weeks dura
tion and the length of the program
will vary from eight to 24 months
depending on the requirements of
the particular branch. Examina
tions will be given at the end of
Proof of “The Spirit”
Shown In Letter From
Ex-Aggie Pilot’s Wife
Proof that the “spirit of Aggie
land” is more than just something
to be felt, and not seen, has come
in the form of a check and the
letter which follows. It concerns
just another Aggie now fighting
for his country, and was addressed
to Dr. Dan Russell, head of the
rural sociology department:
“Dear Dr. Russell: I am enclos
ing a check to you for $16.00, which
the Student Aid Fund so kindly
lent (name withheld by request)
when he needed it while an Aggie.
“He has been in England for 5
months now, and is a 1st Lt. and
first pilot of a Flying Fortress.
Recently, I received letters telling
of raids on St. Nayarine, the Ger
man U-boat base, which has been
responsible for attacks on Africa-
bound convoys. I feel he is doing
fine work, and wanted to share
with you my pride in him, as he
often spoke of you as such a fine
man.
Thanking you again for the help
when it was needed.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed, Mrs , wife of
Lt.....)
Navy Cagers Will
Try Beating Bears
After Many Wins
Basketball games with the Bay
lor University Bears and an ag
gregation from Foster Field were
added to the already-heavy sched
ule of the Naval Air Station Com
ets, who served notice last week
that they were championship bound
by defeating three talented south
west conference teams, Texas
University, Texas Christian Uni
versity and the Texas Aggies, in
rapid succession.
Both teams will be played on the
Navy court, with Foster Field in
vading the Naval Air Station on
January 2, and the Bears slated
for a double engagement January
19 and 20. This revised schedule
brings to a total of six college and
four service teams that will meet
the Comets during the season. Six
playing dates remain open for the
Navy Quintet that may be filled
by either college or service teams.
Cancellation of the four pre
viously scheduled games with the
Pensacola Naval Air Station team
was also announced today by coach
Lt. (jg) Jack S. Gray, when it was
learned that Pensacola would not
have a team to compete for the
8th Naval District Championship
award won by the Comets last
season.
“Guess that move unofficially
places us in competition for con
ference titles”, stated Coach Gray,
ex-Texas University cage mentor.
LukeGroceryChanges
Credit and Business
Policies to Suit OPA
New O.P.A. regulations regard
ing ceiling prices and rationing
combined with the scarcity of all
kinds of merchandise are causing
Luke’s East Gate Grocery and
Market to make changes in their
method of business and credit.
In the past Luke’s have allowed
a 10% discount for cash payment,
and on January 1, all their prices
will be marked down to conform
with the „ new regulations — or
marked down to the cash price, but
those who wish credit or delivery
service will be charged a 10% serv
ice charge for each order. That is,
a customer can walk in the store
and buy a commodity at the cash
price, but if he makes the same
order the next day over the phone,
although not on credit, he will pay
the 10% delivery charge.
the first eight months and those
who fail will be transferred to
other duty.
As to the Naval Reserve and the
R.O.T.C., students in classes V-l,
V-5 and V-7 may continue their
present studies until a date yet
to be determined when they will
be placed on active duty as appren
tice seamen. Those who are tak
ing medical, dental or theological
training for service in the Navy
will continue on active duty under
instruction. All R.O.T.C. members
will be called to active duty. Train
ees who wish to enter the N.R.O.
T.C. may qualify at the end of
their first two semesters under
the new program.
Graduates of the program will
be selected as aviation cadets, eng
ineer and deck officers, engineer
specialists, medical and dental of
ficers, supply corps officers and
chaplains in the Navy, Marine
corps and Coast Guard.
LISTEN TO
WTAW
1150 KC ===r
Thursday, December 31, 1942
11:26 a. m.—Summary on the
Home Front—TomJoumeay.
11:30 a. m. Neighborhood Call (Of
fice for Emergency Manage
ment)
11:46 a. m.—Brazos Farm and
Home Program—N. N. New
man
11:66 a.m.—Town Crier — Tom
Journeay
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1943
11:26 a.m.—Summary on the Home
Front—Tom Journeay
11:30 a.m.—You Can’t Do Business
With Hitler (Office for
Emergency Management)
11:45 a.m.—Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—Triple
A •
11:55 a.m.—Town Crier — Conrad
Bering
12:00 noon—Sign-Off
4:30—4:45 p.m.—Swing Serenade
4:46-6:00—Peace Aims and Re
construction (Radio Speech
class)
5:00-6:30 p.m.—Aggie Pickin’s
WHAT’S SHOWING
At the Campus
Thursday, Friday, Satur
day—“Thunder Birds”, star
ring Gene Tierney.
At Guion Hall
Thursday, Friday—“Birth
of the Blues”, with Bing
Crosby and Mary Martin.
—DIMMITT—
(Continued From Page 3)
subsided, the Aggies were in need
of a track coach. This time Coach
Norton didn’t wink or look or
even tell Lil about the vacancy.
All the baldpated mentor did was
just remark to Lil, “Well, what
are you waiting for?” And so the
durable pride of Beaumont was
made track coach and you can be
sure of good results.
Talent Scout
Well’ here’s a good place to end
this little tale, but apparently
that’s not the whole story. One
would think that coaching three
different teams would be enough
work for one man but not Lil Dim-
mitt. Besides handling the coach
ing reins of three athletic teams,
Lil also is the talent-scout of Ag
gieland, recruiting or at least at
tempting to recruit the cream of
the high school crop. It’s Lil who
takes out for North, East, West
and South Texas to offer some un
suspecting lad a fine college edu
cation. And he’s done pretty good
in the past years as the A. & M. rec
ord will clearly indicate.
We have told you the tale of
some of the amazing accomplish
ments of Lil Dimmitt. But if you
think that’s amazing, just look at
Lil’s record. He is one of the very
few coaches in the business who
has never actually partaken in ath
letics. Well, someone may ask, how
in the world has he risen so high
in the coaching profession.
“Oh, twarn’t nothin’,” Lil ex
claimed sort of reluctantly. I just
made it a point to study sports. I
followed everything from a ping-
pong tournament to a Rose Bowl
game, so I reckon that’s how I
learned about sports."
And there you have only a part
of the amazing story of Lil Dim
mitt. He’s probably the best known
sports figure in this state with ev
eryone from the local shoe-shine
boy to the president of the state
bank hailing Lil everytime he’s in
town.
Coached Fish Basketball
Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Lil also
formerly coached the freshman
basketball team. Well! Won’t this
ever end!
People talk with amazement
about a four-sports lettermen.
Now, I ask you, what about a four-
sports coach. It’s a cinch they don’t
come in dozens, and our genial Mr.
Dimmitt has the distinction of
sporting that title. He is the only
person at A. & M. and the pro
bably the state for the matter who’s
coached the four major sports,
three of them coming in one year.
Our hat goes off to Lilburn J.
(Lil) Dimmitt, not only for his
accomplishments in the athletic
world but for what he has done for
Texas A. & M. I’ll bet the Japs
are glad Lil’s not in the army
yet( ?). Just imagine a general who
could do all the things Lil does—
in the army sense of course.
Seventy-three students are hold
ing undergraduate cash scholar
ships for the 1942-43 school year
at the University of Wisconsin.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1942
TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS:
New O. P. A. regulations regarding ceiling prices
and rationing combined with the scarcity of all kinds
of merchandise necessitate a change in our method of
business.
On January 1, all our prices will be marked down
to conform with these new regulations. This means
that the price posted on our merchandise will be the
cash price, which is as low as or lower than our cash
customers have been paying.
For those who wish to continue the convenience
of charge and delivery, a 10 per cent service charge will
be made in order to cover the cost of maintaining the
service.
You will recall that, in the past, we have allowed
a 10 per cent discount from our posted prices for cash
payment; therefore, the new low prices together with
this service charge actually amounts to no more than
our charge customers have been paying.
The war necessarily brings about many changes.
It is our desire to cooperate with our government in
every way possible.
WATCH FOR OUR SPECIALS AT NEW
LOW PRICES IN THE BATTALION EVERY
THURSDAY!
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Thanks to You, Our Friends, for Your Patronage
During 1942 and May We Wish You a
VICTORIOUS NEW YEAR!
LUKE’S
GROCERY AND MARKET
East Gate
Telephone 4-1141
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