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Texas A&M The B College alion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG. — VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1943 2275 NUMBER 98 Classified M S Seniors to Wear Ice Cream Air Corps Calls 150 Aggie Captured Submarine Here To Reservists to Active Duty Spur War Bond Sales Monday Each Man Receives Individual Orders; First Two Floors of No 16 Left Vacant Approximately 150 Aggies in the Air Corps Reserve received their orders Thursday to report for active duty. After, checking out of school, most of them went home awaiting the date to report to one of the induction centers. Each man received his orders privately, and no record is available as to where the men will be sent. The dates for reporting have been staggered, giving some more time off than others. About 15 men in the Air Corps Reserve are left with, the Marine Corps Reserve on the first two floors of No. 16, and they are expecting their calls in the im mediate future. This action by the War Depart ment confirms a statement by War Man Power Commisioner Paul V. McNutt that college students play an important part of the U. S. manpower. Speaking before the mid-winter graduating class of Haaverford McNutt said, “Until recently it would never have oc curred to college students to regard themselves in terms manpower. Your government regards you as important, whether you are leav ing college for the military or for other forms of national service, because of the exceptional train ing opportunities which you have had.” Bostonians, Chem Boys Wonder About Aggie Moving Picture Was Walter’s face red? No, it wasn’t, because the producer of “We’ve Never Been Licked” knew what kind of a picture he was pro ducing. A Chem Warfare’s face might be red, however, because the eight A Company boys that sent Universal clippings of that Bill Cunningham story that appeared originally in the Boston (Mass.) Herald might like to know that a great many of the plutocratic Bos- tonites also wanted to know how much truth there was in the story. Anyway, G. Byron Winstead, col lege information director who has been assisting the producers, says that Cunningham just had his dan der up about nothing, that the pic ture will really serve the purpose it was designed to serve for the Aggies by giving a true-to-Aggie- life picture of A. & M. Short Course Starts Here Next Monday School Lasts Three Days; Dean Gilchrist Speaks A. & M. College will hold its twenty-fifth annual water works and sewerage short course start ing Monday, February 15 through Wednesday noon, under the aus pices of the American Water Works Association, State Board of Health, and the State Board for Vocation al Education. Presiding over the short course this year will be M. J. Solomon, president of the southwest section of the American Water Works As sociation. Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the school of engineering of A. & M. College, will deliver the wel coming address and Solomon will give the response at the first as sembly in the YMCA chapel, at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Lectures and classes will be divided up into three sections, water superintendents, sewerage, and group leaders. All lectures will be held in the YMCA with engineer ing professors, military engineers, and civilian experts for speakers. After all lectures are concluded, examinations for licenses and cer tificates will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., February 17. The annual banquet will be held Tuesday, January 16 at 7:00 p.m. in Sbisa Mess Hall with Dr. W. B. Russ, Regional medical officer, Of fice of Civilian Defense, as the (See SHORT COURSE, page 4) War Movies Resumed Tonight; Will Show "Winning Your Wings" Tonight at 7:30 the free movies sponsored by the War Information Center will be resumed. The movies will be shown in the Physics Lec ture Room, and all students, sail ors, and marines are especially in vited. “Winning Your Wings” is an excellent film of twenty-five min utes length. It lives up to its title, making the achievement of the air corps cadet seem what it is, thrill ing and important, but arduous. James Stewart, now with our fight ing forces, furnishes a typical com mentary. American boys; from every kind of background are being put through this exacting training to carry bombs over Europe, -the East, and the Pacific Islands. The public *is prone to think of the pilot as the sole hero of these undertakings. “Winning Your Wings” makes it clear that the other members of the crew: the navigator, bombar dier, crew chief, gunner, and radio man are equally important. The de tails of the training of each mem ber of the crew are taken up from the time the cadet enlists to the day he wins his wings and receives assignment for combat duty. The movie is full of dramatic suspense and should be especially interesting to those men who are planning to join the air corps. Colorful and unusual is the film “Wooden Faces of Totonicapan.” The film reviews several famous Guatemalan fiesta sincluding the eight-day celebration at Chichica- stenango. The feast of St. Thomas attracts from five to ten thousand natives every year to Chichicaste- nango. Their ceremonial costumes woven of pure black wool are elab orately embroidered, and their head-dresses and sashes are scar let. The Indians move slowly and impressively to the altars of the church where rows of candles bum, embedded in pine and flower petals. For days the streets see a succes sion of parades and dances which celebrate the arrivjal of saints from the surrounding villages. In most Guatemalan fiestas fireworks are used as part of the ceremony, so that the procession of the man ufacturers of these rockets forms one of the most interesting of the groups in the feast of St. Thomas. Each fireworker carries a cheaf of rockets wrapped in an embroidered scarf. The sacred figure of the fire workers is a horse, and during the procession one of the workers dances on the church steps with the horse on his shoulders. “El Son,” the secular dance of the Indians, is also a feature of the celebration of St. Thomas’ Day. The program tonight will be completed with a short entitled “The Caissons Go Rolling Along” and a Ding Darling Cartoon, the latter showing man’s use of natural resources. Symbol of Jap treachery, the world-famous two man sub cap tured during the Nipponese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, will visit A. & M. College Monday, War Bonds and Stamps can be bought will be provided at the scene by the local post office. Weighing 76,000 pounds togeth er with its trailer, the sub is prob fic of large cities without a single serious accident. One of the pro peller blades was bent when it scraped a bus in San Francisco only three hours after the subma February 15, on its War Savings tour for the U. S. Treasury. Al ready the little craft has traveled from 5,600 miles and visited 150 cities and towns on the first over land submarine cruise in history. E. N. Holmgreen, college busi ness manager, has announced that the submarine will arrive at Col lege Station at 6:30 p.m. Febru ary 15, and that it will then be opened for public inspection until 9 or 11 p.m., depending on the size of the crowd. Arrangements have been made so that all Aggies and service men will not be required to pay the minimum 25-cent Sav ings Stamp admission charge re quired of all civilians. Booths where ably the heaviest load ever hauled through College Station by motor truck. Since it stands 15 feet 6 inches high on its trailer, the Navy Department was faced with the difficulty of getting the submarine through low underpasses. Finally hauling experts mounted the cigar- shaped hull on two huge rings so that it can be rotated by a power winch in two minutes. With the conning tower turned to one side, the hull of the sub stands 10 feet, 6 inches above the road and thus can clear any under pass on a mayi highway. Claude Causley and Robert Tur ner, driver-mechanics for the sui cide sub have driven it over high mountain passes, around hairpin turns, and through the heavy traf- rine had started its long tour on Navy Day last year. Four days later, the tail of the monster ripped open an unwary motor car while turning a corner in Oakland. So perhaps all the evil Jap spirits have not left the sub yet. Americans in every section of the United States are trying to drive the evil Japs, not only from the sub, but from the face of the earth by plunking out hard-earned dollars to buy War Bonds and Stamps. When the sub visited the Texas University campus a few weeks ago, Bonds sales there totaled $107,000. And reports from Austin state that the boys in the tea rooms are betting that A. & M. can not even approach that figure. Boy Scouts Take Over Government Of City For a Day Boys Assume Mayor, Commissioners Duties; * * Celebrate Scout Week Members of Troop 102, Boy Scouts of America, took over the city government of College Station Thursday, Feb. 11, in observation of National Boy Scout Week. The scouts held their own election Tues day and elected Milton Sorrels as mayor-for-the-day. Other officers chosen were Jerry Bonnen, city secretary; Robert Lee Hunt, city attorney; Bobby Kerns, city judge; David Haines, city engineer; Bob Wright, city sanitary engineer; Bill Guthrie, city health officer; John Marshall, city marshal; and Milton Sorrels and Jerry Bonnen, business managers. These officers chose as their as- sistans Graham Horsley, assistant engineer; H. B. Brazier, assistant sanitary engineer; Bud Williams, assistant health officer, and Billy Burkhalter and Tommy Rattan, deputy marshals. The scouts performed the various duties of the offices just as the regular city officers would have done. The marshal and his deputies served with College Station motor cycle officers and handed out tick ets to motorists who exceeded the speed limit. The sewage plant was inspected, as were cafes and public places in the city. Supervisor of the day was Mr. Lloyd Smith, busi ness manager of the city. Presbyterian League Postpones Party A. & M. College Presbyterian League has postponed its party scheduled for tonight until a later date, states Francis Hollingshead, social secretary of the League. Club Reporters Urged To Turn in Stories Reporters of the various campus clubs are requested by John Hol man, editor of the Battalion, to either phone or write the Battalion and keep it posted as to the latest activities of your respective club. Magazines Out Today February Battalion Magazine will be issued this morning at 9 a. m. in the Battalion; office, according to Magazine Editor Nelson Karbach. In order to ob tain the magazine, it will be necessary to present the new orange Battalion card which was issued along with the Long horn. These cards should be turned over to first sergeants who will obtain the magazines for each organization. Students who are entitled to a Battalion card but will not re ceive a 1943 Longhorn are ad vised to obtain it from the Stu dent Activities office before Saturday morning, stated Kar bach. Will Old,’24, Made Brig General Will D. Old, class of 1924, has been promoted to the rank of Brig adier General in the Army Air Corps. General Old has already re ceived the Silver Star for heroic action when he was a colonel and he is the youngest Aggie general in service. By Sidney Cook Dr. Dan Russell, head of the Rural Sociology Department, was on the T. S. C. W. campus holding a round-table discussion on the problems of war-time marriage. Sponsored by the Home Econom ics Education Club, the discussion, attended by the entire student body upon invitation, was held in the assembly auditorium. More girls were present at this discussion than have been present at any other single event on that campus this year. As attested by Dr. Russell, more than fifty per cent of the girls are not opposed to marriage in time of war, provided those marriages would normally take place in peace time. Many of the female students Longhorn Sales End Sunday Night; Many More Needed Price Increases To $5 After Deadline if Quota Is Reached; Is $4 Now Payments for the 1944 Longhorn can be turned in by students to their company commanders until Sunday night, according to Marvin McMillan, Longhorn editor. McMillan said that good response to the Longhorn subscription cam paign had been reported in some outfits, but that many more sub scriptions are still needed to meet the 1500 book goal set as a mini mum. Price of the Longhorn will be $4 until after the Sunday night deadline. After then, each book will cost $5. At the Senior Class meeting last Wednesday night, a resolution was adopted that all seniors should par ticipate in the subscription cam paign, but the class decided not to make the deficit if the goal was not reached, stated McMillan. He further said that a big response is hoped for, as this will probably be the last chance to have a Longhorn for the duration of the war. are married to Aggies who are go ing to school here. Following are some of the prob lems Dr. Russell (lucky guy) dis cussed with the girls: (1) . Was it advisable to marry boys having to forego their educa tion because of being called to mili tary service? In almost unanimous agreement, the girls said yes. They were in favor of remaining in school themselves and preparing to make the living, perhaps financing the remainder of the husband’s ed ucation after the war. (2) . Could it be considered wise to have a family in these precari ous times ? They discussed the problems that the mother would encounter with the father gone. (See DR. RUSSELL, page 4) IFa r Marriages Discussed By Dr Dan Russell at TSCWMeet Others May Wear Slacks At Reviews, Dances, Banquets Committee Rules That Students May Attend All Sports Events, Sub Show Classified seniors taking senior military science will be allowed to wear ice cream slacks, according to a ruling made late yesterday afternoon by the Executive committee, an nounced Colonel Maurice D. Welty, commandant. Unclassified seniors and classified seniors not taking senior military may wear ice cream slacks in accordance with the regulations set forth in the twentieth edition of the College Regulations, 1942, added Welty. Parargraph 3, of the College Regulations, “The Blue Book”, states as follows: “One light pair of slack for reviews and Juke Box Opens Social SeasonTonite Number 1, Tuxes To Be Reg; Hart Vacated for Guests The new social season will open tonight in Sbisa hall at 8 with a Juke Box prom, announces Rodney Brauchle, Social Secretary of the Senior Class. The dance will last from 8 till 11. Admission will be 35tf for cou ples or stags. Cadets will have from 11 to 12 to take their dates home and get back to their respec tive dormitories by Call to Quarters at 12. Uniform number one or tuxedo will be regulation for the corps, and seniors may wear civilian clothes if they desire. C ramp of Hart hall will be va cated for the dates this afternoon throughout tomorrow morning. Juke box dances originally began back when A. & M. held co-ed sum mer schools. Since the enrollment was not sufficient to support an orchestra, “canned” music was used and everybody came in sports clothes, shirt sleeves, cotton dresses, or any way they pleased. Last year Bobby Stevens, Social Secretary, revised the Juke Box proms because of the difficulty to obtain orchestras due to war con ditions. The expense of big name bands or any kind of orchestra throws a damper on the corps’ hav ing dances frequently. Since juke box dances are inexpensive, in formal, popular, and easily plan ned, the corps will probably see a great many of them in the years to come. Arrangements For Radio Club Made; Meets Wednesday Final plans for the organization of an A. & M. Radio were complet ed yesterday, according to J. J. Woolket, manager of WTAW and C. O. Springgs, professor of Eng lish and radio speech teacher, and a first meeting will be held in the WTAW studios in the YMCA Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The purpose of the club will be to offer anyone in this vicinity a chance to see what he can do in radio. “There is an ever-increasing field in radio today, especially with the advent of television and frequency modulation, that will require many men and women skill ed in radio production technique,” stated Woolket. The new club has for its pur pose the training and giving ex perience in all phases of radio production work such as radio di recting, production, script writing, sound efects, and announcing, add ed Woolket. “We especially want several women from this area for the club; the membership is not restricted to A. & M. students; we plan to produce many radio programs in the club for WTAW and for the networks,” concluded Woolket. social functions.” The executive committee did not make it clear just what would be considered “social functions”, but class leaders intimated dances, ban quets and other such occasions would be included. Action also was t&ken in the executive committee meeting on providing for the corps to at tend all recognized home sports events, such as basketball games, stated F. C. Bolton, dean of the college. In all probability provisions will also be made for cadets to see the Japanese submarine during call to quarters Monday, the day the en emy undersea ship will be here on display, Bolton added. Doug Lancaster, Battalion Editor, Called to Service Will Be Succeeded By Tom Journeay; Others On Staff Also Called to Duty Douglas Lancaster, Managing- Editor of Thursday’s Battalion, will leave next week for active service in the Air Corps. He was one of the 152 air corps enlisted reservists who received their or ders Thursday. Lancaster, besides his work as junior editor and man aging editor of the Batt, was Town Resigns Hall Assistant during his junior year. His home is in College Sta tion. Editor John Holman announced yesterday that Tom Journeay, edi torial assistant, has been appoint ed as acting managing editor to succeed Lancaster. Journeay’s ap pointment to the job must be ap proved by the Student Activities Committee, since he is a junior and the managing editorship normally is held by a senior. Others of the Battalion staff af fected by the active duty order are Lewis James, B Coast, and Dick Anderson, F Coast, both on the Sports staff. Catt Elected As Secretary of AIEE At the meeting of the A. & M. chapter of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers last Wed nesday night, Dick Catt of C. Co. Signal Corps was elected secretary of the club for the coming semes ter. Helmut Sommers of B Co. Signal Corps, president, conducted the meeting. The junior representa tive to the Student Engineering Council will be elected at a later date.