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VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1943
2275
NUMBER 94
Campus Clubs Must File
With Student Activities
Filing Deadline Set for February 15;
Room Assignment to Show Janitor Required
According to college regulations, &ach semester all auth
orized clubs are supposed to file a list of the club officers
with the Student Activities office. Either the club president
or a representative of that club should come by the Student
Activities office, and file a list of the club officers, time of
the meeting, and place of the meeting.
The club representative should^-
make certain to come by the Stu
dent Activities office, and not mail
the roster of the club to that of
fice, and should file the list of of
ficers by Monday, February 15. At
this time a roster will be prepared
showing a list of all authorized
clubs. All technical clubs, those
clubs directly affiliated with the
college, will meet in the previously
arranged places, while all non
technical clubs, hometown clubs,
and others not directly connected
with the college, will be required
to meet in the Academic building.
Before a room can be obtained
for a club meeting in the Academic
building, it will be necessary to
get the club listed on the official
club roster, inasmuch as a copy of
all authorized clubs will be given
to Dr. W. L. Porter, head of the
mathematics department, and cus
todian of the building.
The procedure to obtain a meet
ing place in the Academic building
for all non-technical clubs will be
to contact Porter for a room as
signment. He will furnish that
club’s representative with a room
assignment to be presented to the
chief janitor, who will allow the
club etnrance to the room. If the
club’s name is not on the roster,
no room assignment will be avail
able to a club.
All club meeting nights will nec
essarily be either on Wednesday
or Saturday nights between 6:30
and call to quarters. Since the ma
jority of the clubs will want to
meet on Wednesday night, the
technical clubs should schedule
their meetings on the first and
third Wednesdays of the month,
leaving the second and fourth Wed
nesdays for the non-technical
clubs, it was suggested by the
Student Activities office.
Bryan Ladies Will
Entertain Servicemen
Ladies of the Legion Auxiliary
in Bryan will entertain service men
of this community Saturday after
noon at 3:30 at the K. P. Hall in
Bryan, and Sunday afternoon at
4 o’clock.
Feature of the program Sunday
afternoon will be the A Capella
Choir of Stephen F. Austin High
School in Bryan.
Shortage of Pans
Means Fewer Pies
Students for the past and cur
rent semesters have been carrying
pies and pie pans out of the mess
hall, creating a shortage of pans,
according to J. C. Hotard, head of
the subsistence department.
Hotard states that the shortage
is due to the boys carrying them
out,, and if they aren’t re
turned, he will have to stop
making pies. He says that if the
pans are returned, no questions
will be asked, and the student will
get in no trouble. All that is
asked is that the pie pans be re
turned.
Hotard further states that if
the students don’t assist by return
ing pans and desist from taking
out more, the only alternative is
less pies.
College Purchases
New Tract of Land
In spite of the current crisis, the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas is still rapidly grow
ing. The latest addition to the col
lege property was made the past
week by the purchase of 127 acres
of land, to greatly increase the
size of the campus.
The newly purchased land lies
adjacent and to the west of the
college airport, and was purchased
to protect the approaches to the
field. In this way, trees and other
obstructions, which would other
wise be dangerous to fliers, can
now be eliminated.
History 307 Creates
Two New Sections
Two new sections of History 307
have been created by the History
department, according to Dr. S. R.
Gammon, head of the department.
These two new sections are sched
uled to meet on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday at 10 o’clock and
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
at 10 o’clock in addition to the old
section which meets on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 9 o’clock.
Registrar
Spikes Rumor
Of “Rings Here”
Class of ’44 Rings
Not Due Until March 1;
Only Few Old Rings Here
Contrary to prevailing rumors,
class rings f«r the seniors are not
in the Registrar’s office and will
not be there until March 1.
A few rings did arrive, but they
were ordered by those students
who ordered the “old” style ring
in September. The majority of
the class ordered what is known
as the “new” style ring.
The class is asked by the Reg
istrar’s office not to get confused
on the “old” and new styles, as
the “new” style is exactly like
the old except that the shield in
the crown of the ring is slightly
larger and raised a bit, and has
crossed sabers beneath it. The
only other difference is that some
of the leaves on the side of the
ring have been closed in to cover
a little blank space that was on’
the old style.
About five hundred rings are
expected in the March 1 shipment,
and the Registrar will announce
through the Battalion when that
shipment arrives.
Kyle Drake Gets
Consolidated Job
Kyle Drake, of the class of ’43,
has recently accepted a coaching
position with the A & M Consoli
dated High School. Drake, who
hails from Laredo, will replace
Harold Cowley, class of ’42, who
resigned last week and left for
the Ground Forces of the Army
Air Corps. He will take over the
basketball team and will also coach
track later this Spring.
Drake should prove an able re
placement for Cowley, an ex-Ag
gie end, who piloted the Tigers to
a district championship in football
this Fall. He is an experienced
man in sports, having won his
Freshman football numeral his
Fish year. Since then he has
worked in the Intramural Depart
ment, being one of the leading of
ficials of Intramural sports.
He has been an active student
of athletics since coming to A &
M. Due to that, and his extensive
experience with Intramural games
and players, he should make the
Consolidated school a fine coach,
and one who will continue to up
hold the high standard and good
record set by Cowley during his
connection with the school athlete
department.
Pink Slacks Limited to Officers
Promotion List Seniors
Only May Wear Ice-Cream
NeededQuota “ Veterinary
„ , Students Pass
01 Longhorns State Examination
Not Yet Sold
Deadline Set For
Monday, February 8;
Must Sell 1500 Copies
To date only 628 Longhorns
have been sold out of a required
1500, the minimum figure set for
the number of yearbooks that have
to be sold in order to insure the
effort, expense, and labor, and so
that contracts may be let, and
work begun.
“Too many of the members of
the cadet corps believe that 1500
is a number set up as sales talk
to boost the number of sales,”
stated Marvin McMillan, editor of
the Longhorn. “However, it is
definite that there will be no 1944
Longhorn unless this figure is
reached by 5 p. m., Monday, Feb
ruary 8.”
The present price for the year
book is $4.00, but in case 1500
are sold by Monday, the price will
be $5.00 after that date. If this
number is not reached by Monday
evening, all money will be prompt
ly refuncted. It was necessary to
sell the Longhorn separately this
semester, since no Student Activ
ities fee was included at registra
tion time.
In past years 80% of the corps
purchased a Longhorn at the time
of enrollment, while the required
1500 is only 40%. To date the
628 copies sold make up vmly 18%
of the 3556 registered.
Ten copies of the 1943 Long
horn will be received this morn
ing, and will be available for the
inspection of the corps in the
Reading Room of the old YMCA
beginning at 1 p. m. this after
noon, and continuing through Sat
urday. Students are urged to
come around and inspect the 1943
annual, and at the same time make
their purchases of the 1944 Long
horn.
These copies will not be for dis
tribution, but latest word from
the publisher indicates that first
large shipment should arrive here
early next week.
Receipt books are being distrib
uted to the organization command
ers today, and Longhorns may be
purchased through them, as well
as at the YMCA and at the Stu
dent Activities office.
Hitch-Hiking Aggies Surprise Hollywood
By Visit to Universal During Mid-Semester
By Neal Johnson and Joe Taylor
It all began Thursday night, Jan
uary 28, in Room 232 No. 16 dur
ing one of those bull-sessions that
used to be so common around these
parts. In some ways, the sunny
beaches of .California was brought
up, and one thing about them led
to another until before we knew it,
we were packing our bags for a
quick trip (imagine!) to Hollywood
to see how Universal was coming
along with our picture.
Neither of us had ever been that
far was before and had we seen a
map before we got to El Paso, we
probably would never have attempt
ed the trek, especially when the
college catalog listed the between-
semester holidays as only six in
number.
Anyway, we took out, and after
a demoralizing 4-hour wait in Bry
an that Friday morning, we caught
a quick ride to Heame. You can
plainly see that we were well on
our way when we got to Hearne.
Well, luck seemed to be with us,
and the rides came a little faster
then. From Hearne to Waco, then
to Fort Worth. In Cow-Town we
ran across another Aggie and aft
er a little persuasive talk he de
cided to meet us in California, at
a specified hotel. He was going out
by way of Amarillo.
We haven’t seen him since that
day, and we hope he is not lost
somewhere in the Arizona desert.
We caught out to Breckenridge
and from there to Abilene where
we spent the first night on the
road.
A California car came by the
next morning headed for Los An
geles, but it proved a bit too slow
so we left it at Van Horn for a
faster one.
We breezed through El Paso, just
stopping long enough to take in a
Saturday night in Juarez, Mexico.
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, we
caught the dream ride that all Ag
gies hope for, but seldom ever get.
A good ride from Las Cruces to
Los Angeles, a distance of 800
miles.
Just as that beautiful, and pub
licized California sun came up Mon
day morning, we entered the city
limits of Los Angeles, but it was
around noon before we got to Hol
lywood—which is some indication
of the size of the hamlet of L. A.
Deciding not to visit Universal
until Tuesday morning, we began
to see some of the other many
things right on the spot. The more
outstanding of these were the or
chestras of Tommy Dorsey and
Harry James; Ozzie Nelson and
Horace Heidt, Jan Garber, and the
Lux Radio Theater.
“Early” Tuesday morning —
around 11 o’clock—we left for Uni
versal City. We were outside the
studios takin gpictures of the place,
when we were approached by a
man from within. He had evident
ly recognized us as being real Ag
gies (as he put it) and he then
tried to get us on the inside.
We were informed at the gate
that under no. circumstances would
we be allowed to enter because of
government regulations. Our new
ly-found friend then went inside
and told G'. Byron Winstead, A. &
M.’s director of publicity helping
with the production, of our plight.
He sent Noah Beery, Jr., out and
we walked right in past all of the
policemen.
Ushered into a projection room,
we saw a few of the close-up shots
that they had been making, and
from there we went to the set
where they were working on the
picture. When everyone saw us and
recognized us as the real thing,
they had to stop work and meet us.
All of them either put a frog or a
fish in front of their name just to
show us they had that old Aggie
spirit, and you can rest assured
that they did take our spirit back
with them.
The set was a miniature A. & M.
in Hollywood. I didn’t believe all
the stories I had heard about the
place, but from now on any story
that comes from the set of “We’ve
Never Been Licked” I will believe!
Everyone working on the picture
is just an Aggie at heart, and they
are really a regular bunch of fel
lows.
They were shooting a fish-ser
geant scene inside the dormitory
when we walked up, and later that
afternoon they were making the
scene where Dick Quine had a fire
hose loose in the hall giving all the
boys a working over—because they
wouldn’t tell him the fish sergeant
routine was a gag.
Some of the stunt men found out
that Johnson was wanting to sell
his boots, and before we knew it
a buyer was at hand, but as the
boots proved a little too small the
deal was off. They guessed we
must be a little “short” on that
stuff that goes in the pocket-book,
so before we knew it, they had
taken up a collection of $6 to send
us to Earl Carroll’s Vanities that
night.
We left about that time with the
promise that we would be back the
next morning. On the way out we
stopped by another set where they
were filming “The Phantom of the
Opera” with Nelson Eddy. Edgar
Barrier, the Jap gardener in the
Aggie film, was also playing in
that picture.
Returning the next morning, we
found them making a complicated
process shot of a yell practice.
(See AGGIES, Pag© 4)
Vet Association
Elects Officers To
Serve Until Next January
Another 64 graduates of courses
in veterinary medicine passed the
semi-annual state board examina
tion held here Jan. 25-26 and now
are licensed to practice their pro
fession in Texas.
During the same period the State
Veterinary Medical Association of
Texas met in business session and
elected the following officers to
serve until next January: Dr. Dan
Roberts, Wichita Falls, president;
Dr. Tom Coberg, San Angelo, first
vice-president; Dr. W. M. Smother-
man, Huntsville, 2nd vice-presi
dent; and Dr. E. W. Wupperman,
Austin, secretary-treasurer. Date
for the next meeting was set for
College Station in September with
the date to be announced later.
Those who passed the examina
tions and have been licensed to
practice veterinary medicine in
Texas include: Edward Aaron,
Elmhurst, N. Y.; Wm. G. Aldridge,
Gainesville; William A. Belcher,
Del Rio; Simon Bornstein, Bryan;
Hugh T. Cartrite, Sunray; Thomas
H. Coffey, Compton, Calif.; Donald
A. Crippen, Minneapolis, Minn.;
Richard A. Culpepper, San An
tonio; Peter T. Curan, Bryan; How
ard W. Dickmann, Perryville, Mo.;
Albert H. Droleskey, Queens Vil
lage, N. Y.; Edward D. Dwelle, Bal
boa Heights, Canal Zone; Philip J.
Ewald, Houston; Dudley M. Glenn,
College Station; George M. Grimes,
Atoka, Tenn.; Garner J. Grissam,
Big Spring; Alex Grissman, Col
lege Station.
Robert H. Haight, Balboa Island,
Calif.; Richard M. Hancock, Col
lege Station; Gifford Hargis, Col
fax, La.; John C. Hays, Graham;
Samuel H. Hoffer, College Station;
Norman Holm, Tyler, Minn.; Jos
eph S. Hull, Jr., West Plains, Mo.;
Harry P. James, Omaha, 111.; Phil
ip M. James, Jr., College Station;
Harry E. Jameson, College Station;
Alfred E. Janawicz, Fitchburg,
Mass.; Claude K. Jones, Sweet
water; Lee T. Lacey, Oakdale,
Calif.; James T. Lang, Kurten;
Robert F. Lapham, San Bernardino,
Calif.; Joseph F. Lichnovsky, Na-
da; Samuel J. Liggin, Rochelle,
La.; Joe B. McKee, Center; Rich
ard L. Macy, El Monte, Calif.;
Max E. Maier, Jr., Orange; Carlo
J. Marcello, Thobodaux, La.; Rob
ert G. Matheney, Corozal, Canal
Zone; Clyde O. Morgan, Houston;
George E. Muller, Menlo Park,
Calif.
Vernon S. Mynatt, Long Beach,
Calif.; Willard D. Ommert, Oak
land, Calif.; Cecil W. Parker, Char
lotte, N. C.; Harry H. Pelot, Col
lege Station; Albert M. Pickard,
Ladonia; Justin T. Pinkerton, Ty
ler; Nathan Pugatch, San Rafael,
Calif.; Ted Rea, Weatherford;
James O. Reinhart, Springfield,
111.; Willie T. Rogers, Bryan; Oral
M. Sanders, Littlefield; Charles L.
Schwartz, Bryan; Howard F.
Schwarzenbach, Big Spring; John
nie C. Schwada, Bryan; Charles N.
Sparkman, Garden City; Earl H.
Stevens, Bryan; Charles F. Thomp
son, Pearsall; Charles R. Tubbs,
Houston; Leo Vogelman, College
Station; Wesley W. Walker, Ala
meda, Calif., all graduates of Tex
as A. & M. last week; and Arthur
Krust, Wichita Falls, a graduate
of Kansas State College.
Practically 100 per cent of the
men licensed hold reserve commis
sions as second lieutenants in the
Medical Administrative Corps but
expect to be given commissions as
first lieutenants in the Veterinary
Medical Corps shortly.
Regulation Jackets Necessary For All;
Executive Commitee Passes New Rulings
Officers’ pink slacks will be worn only by duly appoint
ed cadet officers effective immediately, according to a re
cent ruling by the Executive Committee and released late
yesterday to the corps by the office of the commandant.
Weekend leave must be handled in a different manner from
that which has been the custom in the past, was also an
nounced by the office of the commandant. Passes after having
been turned into the first sergeant must be approved by the
' office of the commandant and then
returned to the first sergeant.
They will then be given to the
charge of quarters by the first to
be picked up at 3 p.m. Saturday
afternoon by the cadet who turned
the pass in. At the same time that
cadet must sign out with the
charge of quarters and sign a led
ger provided for that purpose.
The cadet upon returning fropn
the weekend leave at 8:30 p. m.
Sunday will sign in with the
charge of signing the ledger.
In an attempt to make the gen
eral appearance of the corps ap
pear more uniform and military
it is desired that all cadets wear
the regulation field jacket, ac
cording to the commandant’s of
fice.
Season Tickets
For Town Hall
On Sale Friday
Five Performances Offered
For Price of One Dollar
Season tickets for the current se
mester’s Town Hall series will be
on sale all afternoon tomorrow,
Friday, in the reading room of the
YMCA building, reports John Lind
sey, Town Hall manager.
Five performances are included
in the season ticket for only $1,
while individual tickets for the
five performances total $3.30.
Aggies are to buy their Town
Hall tickets in advance to simplify
C. Q. regulations. Students may
merely show their tickets to the
officer in charge of quarters to .be
excused from C. Q. Students with
out tickets will not be allowed to
leave their dormitory with the in
tention of attending the program,
and tickets will not be sold at the
door to students, Lindsey further
stated.
The Apollo Boy’s Choir will be
the first Town Hall program for
the current semester and will be
presented Tuesday, February 9, in
Guion Hall.
Town Hall Asks For
Junior Assistants
All present juniors interested in
being Town Hall assistants for the
current semester may sign up with
Town Hall Manager John Lindsey
on the second floor of the Y build
ing, tomorrow at 5.
Assistants will start work at
the first performance, February 9,
and will handle tickets, seating ar
rangements, and the like.
Draft Registrants
Must Advise Boards
When Not Classified
All men in the State of Texas
between the ages of 18 and 38,
who have been subject to Selective
Service registration for as long as
six months and who do not have
their classification cards, were
cautioned today by General J. Watt
Page, State Selective Service Di
dector, to communicate with their
local boards at once.
On and after February 1, Gen
eral Page pointed out, any man in
this age group who does not have
in his personal possession his
Classification Card (Form 57), as
well as Yiis Certificate of Regis
tration, is liable to fine Or im
prisonment, or both.
The recent order of the Selective
Service Bureau of the War Man
power Commission, setting the
February 1 deadline for possession
of Classification Cards by men of
military ages, has met with prompt
response in Texas, General Page
said. Many registrants are report
ing to their local boards, request
ing classification or asking that
lost Classificatjon Cards be dupli
cated. However, General Page
says he believes there are still a
few who have failed to get in touch
with their boards because of care
lessness or negligence.
Registrants in the 45-to-60-year
old group are not affected by the
order, and General Page said there
are actually comparatively few
men in Texas who can be consid
ered as delinquent, according to
Selective Service Regulations, for
failure to keep in touch with their
Jocal boards. Nevertheless, he em
phasized that in the present emer
gency no man wil be allowed to
avoid military responsibility mere
ly because of failure to keep his
local board advised of his where
abouts.
It has been determined, there
fore, General Page said, to require
each registrant subject to the order
not only to have hie Registration
Certificate (Form 2) in his per
sonal possession, but also to have
his Classification Card (Form 57)
with him at all times to show that
he has been classified by his local
board.
Marine Corps DCS
Open for Seniors
In High Schools
Seventeen year old high school
students in their senior year are
now eligible for enlistment in the
United States marine corps for
officer training, acording to Cap
tain A. R. Davis of the Marine
Corps Officer Procurement Of
fice. Also eligible for enlistment
under the new program are stu
dents in junior colleges and uni
versities, provided the applicant
has not yet reached his 18th birth
day.
Under the new . program, the
men will be sworn in the marine
corps and left on inactive serv
ice, so that they may complete
their high school work. If the
student matriculates immediately
upon graduation from high school
in an accredited college or univer
sity he will be retained on inac
tive duty until such time as his
services are needed by the corps,
Captain Davis stated.
Application blanks and further
information ‘concerning the new
officer procurement program can
be had by calling by the nearest
marine corps recruiting office.
Applicants must meet all of the
following requirements: He must
be a male citizen of the United
States; be 17 years of age at the
time of enlistment; not be a mem
ber of any other military organi
zation; be currently enrolled in an
accredited high school; be a mem
ber of the senior class; have a
class standing placing him in the
upper two-thirds of his class; have
upon graduation, completed one
year of algebra and a course in
plane geometry; be at least 66
inches, but not over 76 inches in
height; have at least 18-20 vision
in both eyes; be recommended as
to moral character by the head of
the school he is attending; be rec
ommended by at least three citi
zens of good standing in his home
community; furnish a birth certi
ficate; furnish a recent passport-
size photograph; furnish consent
to enlistment by both parents or
legal guardian.
Vacancies Exist For
Contracts in Ordnance
There are still a few vacancies
available in the Ordnance Unit, it
was announced today by Lieutenant
Colonel Donald D. Alexander, Sen
ior instructor.
Any classified junior of the
School of Engineering, except agri
cultural engineers, desiring to work
for a commission in the Ordnance
Department should apply immedi
ately to Colonel Alexander, Room
38, Ross Hall.