The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
DIAL 4-5444
— VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1943
2275
NUMBER 89
John Mullins, K Infantry, Named 1943 Cadet Colonel
Maroon and White Charity Thriller Today, 3PM
Army-Navy Relief Game To
Be Reeled Off on Kyle Field
Game Time Is 3 O’clock; Roberts to Lead
Pass-minded Whites Against Powerful Reds
By Mike Haikin
Battalion Sports Editor
Not since the A&M-Arkansas game October 31 has
historic Kyle Field seen the action of a sizzling gridiron
clash but this afternoon the doors of the horseshoe stadium
will open once more to accommodate the number of fans for
the annual clash between the powerful Maroon team, coach
ed by Cullen Rogers, Weldon Maples, the pass-minded White
eleven, coached by Leo Daniels,-f
Willie Zapalac and Pete Slaughter
for the Army-Navy Relief.
Game time is 3:00 o’clock with
the gates to open at 2:00.
No Favorite
For the first time since the
series began two years ago, no
one favorite will be installed—
that’s how close the game is ex
pected to be this afternoon. Both
teams boast of strong material—
many varsity schooled—and are
ready to open up with a bag of
tricks that will leave the host
of fans present spell-bound.
Johnny (Rock) Roberts, the
Corpus Christi flash, who only
recently led his intramural outfit
to a fotball championship by com
pleting 14 out of 23 tosses, will
headline the White attack, which
leans towards the aerial weapon
quite a bit. Roberts will however,
have as his aids two other bril
liant aerial artists in Jerry Tem
pleton, star passer on the 1939
freshman team here, and Tom
Kamas, flinging ace from Bel-
ville.
Star-Studded Line
However, the strongest point of
the White team is the star-studded
line, which boasts of some of the
best football material found in this
college. Such familiar names as
Dick DeArment, Jack Kraras,
Luther Utesch, former first-string
guard on the SMU freshman team,
John Stout, Freddy Wolters, Olle
Johnson and other head that sturdy
forward wal.
Whereas the White line is a
bit better than the Maroon front
wall, the latter’s backfield rates
(See ARMY-NAVY, page 6)
Refund Made
To Students
CaUed to US
Credit to be Given
If Passing When
Called to Duty
Students called to duty with the
Army, Navy, or any other branch
of the armed forces, will be re
funded the unused part of his fees,
room and board, on a prorata basis,
according to an announcement made
by Dean F. C. Bolton, dean of the
college.
This move is made in an effort
to encourage students to remain
in college as long as possible be
fore entering military service, and
does not apply to those students
who leave school voluntarily to en
list or be called up. Neither will
voluntary enlistees receive credit
for their course, said the an
nouncement.
If called to duty approximately
after the first half of the semes
ter, a student will receive credit
for that semester’s courses in
which he is doing passing work at
the time of his induction. However,
if he is called late enough in the
semester to receive credit for his
courses, he does not receive a re
fund on his fees.
(See REFUND, page 6)
Keith, Lancaster, And
Leland Named as Editors
Seniors Climax Life
At Aggieland With n
Dance and Banquet ^
Corps Dance Tonight at 9
Features Aggieland Band;
Uniform No. One or Tux
Last night in Sbisa hall the sen
iors enjoyed a banquet of broiled
half chickens and accessories, aft
er which came speeches from va
rious executives of the college.
Following the speeches, Barney
Rapp’s orchestra played softly as
each senior and his date ascended
the steps behind the huge model of
a senior class ring and paused in
its center. Here each young lady
removed her escort’s ring and
turned it around with the military
insignias facing away from the
Aggie, the way he will wear it from
the day of his graduation. After
this procedure each couple kissed
and walked from the big ring back
to their seats. The military insig
nias are to remind him of his mili
tary life on the campus and his
respective organization.
From 10 till 2 the seniors danced
their last exclusive dance at A. &
M. to the music of Barney Rapp
and his orchestra.
Elected President
Of Singing Cadets
At the meeting of the Singing
Cadets Thursday night Bernay
Martin was elected president; P-
Nash Owens, vice-president; J. J-
Hill, business manager; B. C. Tay
lor, reporter; Tony Sorensen, li
brarian of muisc, announced Dick
Jenkins, director of the Singing
Cadets.
Boesch Heads l
usinessStaff
Serve in 1943
Avery Heads Sports;
Karbach Edits Mag
Stalcup, Circulation
Announcement of the staff of
the 1943 Battalion newspaper and
magazine was made late yesterday
by L. D. Boone, acting manager of
Student activities, as approved in
a special meeting of the Student
Activities committee.
Jack Keith, C Signal Corps, has
been named associate editor to
Editor-Elect John Holman; Doug
Lancaster, M Infantry, and Tom
Leland, C Chem. Warfare are the
newly-named managing editors;
Nelson Karbach, Jr., A Field Ar
tillery, magazine editor and Hen
ry (Hank) Avery, C Engineers,
has been appointed sports editor.
On the business etafL Gus
Boesch, A Coast, has been ap
pointed advertising manager, and
will be assisted by Arthur Lacy
A QMC, Haskell Lindley, G In
fantry; and Ed Schlenker, H In
fantry, as assistant advertising
managers.
Joe Stalcup, Infantry band, will
head the circulation staff, and
will be assisted by Bill Trodlier,
I Field; K. G. Varvel, Infantry
band; Jimmie Marks, Infantry
band and Jack Cogswell, also in
the Infantry band.
Additional staff members to as
sist Longhorn Editor Marvin Mc
Millan, H Infantry, and Engineer
Editor Bob Latimer, H Coast, have
(See STAFF, page 6)
Flying Isn't All Romance; Air Cadets Find
Navigation A/leans Flours, Lives Much Safer
Aviation Cadets have no quarrel
with bunk flying—they do a lot
of that themselves—but they do
protest the man in the street, who
holds forth “that there’s nothing
to flying an airplane; just give me
a few hours and I’d have it down
pat.”
There’s a lot more to flying than
just keeping the plane on an even
keel in the air. There’s a lot
more to it, even, than getting the
plane into the air and then getting
it down again. The important
thing is to arrive where you are
going—not in the next town or
Ireland—and to arrive there de
spite any handicaps nature is like
ly to invent for you on the way.
Navigation—the science of get
ting from one point to another,
accurately and efficiently, despite
the weather and the topography
of the land—is one of the para
mount aspects of flying.
The Army Air Corps Cadet goes
first to primary training school.
He learns to control a light ship.
In a sense, he graduates to basic
school as a flier; but is not a
pilot For a pilot is more than a
flier. He is also, to an extent,
a navigator, radio operator, de
coder, meterologist, and an expert
on planes and engines.
At the “West Point of the Air”,
and at other Air Corps schools,
the course in navigation is a con
tinuation of training begun at pri
mary schools. Navigation is pre
sented here in its more advanced
aspects, the course being divided
into four complementing sections—
the study of navigation instru
ments, the study of navigation
methods, learning to chart a
course, and actual cross-country
flying.
The latter section, cross-country
flying, is the point where the Air
Corps ground course and flying
course merge. Up to this point
they are two distinct phases of
training. Each Cadet charts and
makes six cross-country flights to
different points in. Texas.
The study of navigation methods
is divided into three phases: pil
otage, or flying by visual reference
to landmarks shown on a map;
dead recoking, or calculating the
position in the air by instruments,
and radio or flying along a radio
beam. The more complicated forms
of flight by radio are left to
courses at advanced flying schools,
to which Randolph’s Cadets grad
uate.
After the instruments and meth
ods of navigation have been stud
ied, the fledging is ready to try
his hand at charting a course. He
completes his calculations, gets
into his plane, and attempts to
arrive at his destination by them.
If he has misjudged the effect of
a cross-wind upon the direction
of his flight, he is likely to end
up, not at Dallas—if that is where
he wanted to go—but at Fort
Worth. After passing the course
in navigation, good Cadets don’t
made such errors.
onghorns Must Be
Mailed To Seniors
Who Will Graduate
Student Publication Blanks
Should Be Filled Out With
Name & Other Information
Due to circumstances beyond
control of the Longhorn staff and
the student publication department,
the Longhorn will be delayed and
will have to be mailed to gradu
ating seniors, said John Longley,
Longhorn editor.
Seniors are requested to either
fill out a student publication blank,
which their first sergeants have,
or come by the Student Activities
office in the basement of the Ad
ministration building, and leave
their name and address. For those
who do not want the Battalion
mailed to them next semester, a
$1.25 will be refunded to them by
turning in their blue Battalion card
to their first sergeant or the Ac
tivities office.
Those who have not paid for an
annual and who want one can
leave their name, address, and $5
at the Student Activities office.
Undergraduates who are not
coming back next semester are to
take the same procedure, said
Boone, but are requested to come
by Thursday, January 19, in order
to eliminate confusion, with the
seniors.
Forming the second and third steps of a basic aerial formation,
the echelon, these flying officers of Randolph Field, Texas, with
Aviation Cadets as passengers, race through the darkness as they
blaze a course across the Texas sky. While night formation flying
is not a part of the course at the huge training center, this flight
demonstrated to the Aviation Cadets what is to come when the>
move on to an advanced school.
Haltom and Kelly
Elected as New
Officers of ASME
Bob Haltom, H Coast Artillery
and Paul Kelly, C Engineers, wer
elected president and vice-presi
dent respectively of the America
Society of Mechanical Engineers
at the ASME banquet in Sbisa
hall Thursday night. Election cf
other officers wil be made at the
beginning of next semester, said
Haltom.
Dr. D. S. Kimball, former dean
of engineering at Cornell Uni
versity and now a professor of
industrial engineering here at
A.&M., was the principal speaker.
Following Dr. Kimball’s talk
was a farewell address to the de
parting seniors by J. G. H. Thomp
son, professor in the Mechanical
Engineering department.
Students May Earn
$100 Monthly While
Learning Drafting
Opportunity to go to school and
I be paid $100 per month while
! learning is now being offered p.er-
!*ons in this area interested in
| learning drafting by Consolidated
\ircraft Corporation. Consolidated
j is opening a new school in Waco
for this purpose.
Trainees will be paid $100 per
! m onth while taking the 12 weeks
1 course, and after graduation will
be placed on Consolidated’s regu-
I lar payroU at $149.00 per month,
Lyith an automatic increase to
$169.00 after 12 weeks of work,
i Women are especially urged by
I the U. S. Employment Service to
i inquire into this opportunity
Included in the course will be
'elementary engineering drawing,
mathematics, mechanics, strength
of materials, and advanced engi
neering drawing.
Applicants should apply m per
son at the U. S. Employment Serv
ice office in Waco, or call 4-7294,
Keith, C Signal, Executive,
Parker, F Field, Assistant
Barton, Tyne, Walker, Broussard, Lacy,
Griffiths, Sommer Are Regimental Heads
John M. Mullins, Carrizo Springs, Texas, K Infantry, is
the Cadet Colonel of the corps for next year, according to
the adjutants office as released late yesterday afternoon.
Listed as Corps Executive, is Jack Keith, Houston, C
Signal Corps, and Assistant Executive, Travis S. Parker,
San Antonio, F Field Artillery.
-f Lieutenant Colonels, heading the
Winstead Says
Movie-Makers Still
Have Aggie Spirit
“Spirit” Played Each Day
As Movie-Men Start Work;
Even Extras Must Stand Up
Word has come from G. Byron
Winstead, director of college in
formation in Hollywood, that the
picture, “We’ve Never Been Lick
ed,” will be finished and released
by about March 15, and that it is
probable that the premier will be
held on Kyle Field.
Winstead also told of the senti
ment attached to the school by the
movie crew that was here, and said
in effect, that they have that old-
fashioned Aggie spirit.
Directors, actors, and technicians
alike are firmly attached to Aggie
customs and tradition, and accord
ing to Winstead, it is sincerely
heart-rending to see a bunch of
business-like movie-makers come
to attention on a sound stage when
“The Spirit” is played and, inci-
(See WINSTEAD, page 6)
seven regiments are as follows:
Jack H. Barton—Infantry.
Jack W. Tynes—Field Artillery.
Frank N. Walker—Cavalry.
Douglass E. Broussard—Coast
Artillery.
Daland M. Griffiths—Engineer.
Helmuth Sommer—Signal Corps.
Albert O. Lacy—Composite.
On the corps staff, Robert J.
Orrick is Sergeant Major, states
the adjutant’s office.
Vacancies that exist in various
offices will be filled early in the
next semester, and will be an
nounced in a supplementary pro
motion list by the adjutant’s of
fice.
Promotions listed in the order
that came out late yesterday are
contingent on classification, and en
rollment in the proper military
science courses next semester.
Seniors Not Having
Thirty Rams Excused
Seniors who do not have their
limit of 30 demerits will be ex
cused from tour duty today and to
morrow, January 16 and 17, ac
cording to a statement made yes
terday from the military science
department.
"Red Tanks” Shows Action Of
Russian Army Against Nazis
On the second day of the sum
mer of 1941, Nazi Germany pro
moted Soviet Russia to the select
company of its fighting enemies.
By doing so, it increased the de
fenses of the United States by the
whole Red Army. For Hitler’s at
tack on the U.S.S.R. was a gi
gantic stroke of luck for hard-
pressed Britain and the unpre
pared U. S.
On a vast battlefield at least
five million men in German gray-
green and Russian khaki maneu
vered. Hitler proposed to destroy
the Red Army in a month. But
after more than 16 months of un
relenting warfare, Hitler’s le
gions are even now reeling under
the sledge-hammer blows of the
herioc Red Army, so often “anni
hilated” in German military com
muniques.
Part of the secret of the success
ful Red defense lay in the fact
that Russia had created a tank
force, which in gunpower and mo
bility was a match for the German
Panzer Division. A story of the
operations of this tank force will
be told in the movie RED TANKS
which will be shown in the Library
tonight, at 7:00 and 9:00. This
film was produced by Lenfilm in
Russia during the latter months
of 1942. Its plot centers around
the three man crew of a B. T.
Cruiser Tank. Charged with the
important mission of ferreting out
a soft spot in the German flank,
they set out to accomplish their
task accompanied by three other
Red tanks. After gaining control
of a bridgehead and destroying
a pillbox, detailed reports are
sent back on the strength of the
enemy at the point of the proposed
break-through; where the enemy’s
best troops are located, how many
tanks, guns and infantrymen he
has in line. Not until he knows
all these things does the Armored
Force Commander order the main
body of his tanks to attack on the
right flank, while Red infantry
occupy the main attention of the
Germans in the center.
Even in the preliminary skir
mishes the fighting is brisk and
dangerous. But there still re
mains one obstacle. Athwart the
advance lies a deep, muddy river,
over which fifty foot perpendicular
sliff rises. Even this, however,
does not hold up the advance long.
Now begins the decisive phase
of the break-through. As the
tanks advance, their drivers let
go with their sirens which are
destined to terrify the enenvy.
Then there are the pecular noises
and smells of battle, the yell of
men, the crackle of machine guns,
the thud of heavy cannon, the acrid
stink of exploded powder—all
mixed up with parched clogging
dust. Inside the tank itself you
are going at 45 MPH but it feels
like at least 145 MPH. Worst
of all comes the moment when the
whole side of the tank almost
caves in with a crashing roar as
the turret cannon goes off within
3 feet of your head.
Too late, the German command
er realizes his mistake. Resis
tance quickly collapses, communi
cations have been cut, prisoners
taken, troops cut off, and incred
ible confusion produced. Again the
Germans have to shorten their
lines.” This is a brief condensa
tion of the action in RED TANKS.
Also in the movie may be heard
the “Song of the Soviet Tankmen”
which was first introduced into this
country by Fred Waring’s Penn
sylvanians.
For Russia the years 1941 and
1942 were years of blood and
strength. Had Hitler liquidated
Russia’s power of attack he would
have been undisputed master of
Europe, looking for new worlds
to conquer. But Joseph Stalin
stopped him, all that Hitler could
give, he and the Russians took.
The film RED TANKS typifies
what the Red Army took and
“dished out”. The whole Russian
people stand son the front line
defending its country, fighting for
its national and social freedom.
The USSR has excluded from its
national life everything that does
not contribute to it sone purpose
decisive victory over Hitler’s
hordes.