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Texas A«M
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION |
DIAL 4-5444
The B
College
alion
ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG. — VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1943
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NUMBER 118
Navy Opens Ship Service Store to Services
First All-Post Dance Tonight at Grove
Sailors, Marines, Air Corps Changes Affecting Air Cadets Announced
Cadets, Aggies Invited; 50c
All Service Men, Aggies Wear Number
One Uniform; Dates May Dress Informally
First all-service dance will be held tonight at the Grove
from 8:30 to 11:30 with music by Jack McGregor and the
Aggieland Orchestra. Sailors, Marines, Air Corps Cadets, and
Aggies are invited to come and bring their dates. Scrip is
fifty cents. Uniform for service men and Aggies will be
number one. Girls may come dressed informally.
This will be the first of a series of open air dances to
be held this season under the stars in the Grove. The number
of future all-service dances depends on the success of this
one.
The Aggieland Orchestra has
added a new pianist to replace the
one lost to the Marines. He is Ed
Brandt from the Naval Training
School who also makes arrange
ments for the orchestra when not
knocking out hot licks on the
piano.
According to McGregor, the or
chestra is still as much in the
groove as it was before it went
off to camp and had its hair cut.
He promises to continue the Ag-
gieland’s policy of two sweet num
bers to one swing. This policy has
been received quite favorably in
the past.
The Aggieland Orchestra is made
up of twelve musicians and the
leader. Dick Alston, Bully McGreg
or, and Wally Scott hold down the
trumpet section. Jack McGregor
and Tom Inglis take care of the
trombones. Bill Murphy, Don Hack
ney, Bull Boren, and Agile Red-
mon are in charge of the saxes. Ed
Brand pounds the ivories while
Curley Brient slaps the bass fiddle.
Roland Mallet plays the guitar and
Bob Foster beats it out on the
drums.
Singing Cadets
Appear in Houston
The Singing Cadets made two
appearances in Houston last Wed
nesday. A small group of the cadets
made the trip by train to sing be
fore the Kiwanis Club and a ban
quet at the First Methodist church
of Houston.
LONGHORN NOTICES
Aggieland Snapshots: Dead
line: Monday, April 5.
Organization Snapshots:
Deadline: Monday, April 5.
A&M Experts
Make Test On
Dehydration
Canning Plant At
Harlingen Scene Of
Important Research
Professor R. F. Cain, of the hor
ticulture department, is in Harlin
gen, Texas, making dehydration
experiments at the Harlingen Can
ning Company plant. George W.
Jones and A. D. Keith, horticulture
students, accompanied Cain to the
Rio Grande Valley and are work
ing in the project for the first
week. Cordell C. Edwards, anoth
er student, left for Harlingen this
week to assist during the second
week.
To speed up the program of in
vestigation, Cain took an experi
mental dehydration machine. This
machine has a capacity of 500
pounds of fresh vegetables, which
are placed in tinned trays. Twenty-
four of these trays are carried in
a truck, which is rolled into the
machine. The vegetables are dried
by a blast of air, heated in the
steam coils before being blown
across the surface of the trays.
The Horticulture Division of the
Agricultural Experiment Station,
the Engineering Experiment Sta
tion, and the Office of Food Dis
tribution of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture are cooperating in
the project and complete records of
all information obtained will be
kept.
Varied Physical
Education Program
Planned for Cadets
Plans for a more varied physical
education program for the Air
Crew students are now being for
mulated by the College Physical
Education department, W. L. Pen-
berthy, department head, said yes
terday.
Additional basketball and volley
ball courts are under construction
in the new area of the clay tennis
courts, playing fields are being
lined, and exercising bars are be
ing erected. As soon as this work
is completed, gym classes will not
be devoted entirely to calisthen
ics. Competitive basketball, touch
football, volleyball and other games
are to be played during part of
the regular scheduled P.E. classes,
Penberthy said.
A twilight softball league will
be innovated sometime during the
present month. The league will be
run on an intramural basis, al
though just how teams will be
chosen and exact starting dates
has not been determined as yet.
Penberthy urged that Aircrew
students make full use of the
present gym facilities until the
new program is underway. All
equipment is at the men’s dis
posal during any of their fx-ee pei’-
iods.
Monday Afternoon
Deadline for Photo
Contest Pictures
Monday afternoon at 5 is the
deadline for entries in the Long
horn Snapshot contest according to
the Longhorn Editor, Marvin Mc
Millan. The purpose of the con
test is to fill up the Aggieland sec
tion of the annual with photos
taken by the student body.
However, the contest is open to
the Air Corps, Sailors, Marines,
and Engineers, besides the Aggies.
Because of the film shortages and
time limit, the Aggieland Section
must be filled by the Corps and
students than by a professional
photographer.
Prizes for the contest total $15,
with a first prize of $5; second $4;
third $3; fourth $2; and fifth prize
of $1. The Aggieland Studio is of
fering one day service for all snap
shots for the contest.
ERC Men
Can’t Keep
NYA Position
Departmental Jobs
Can Go On Through
This Semester Only
W. R. Horsley, head of the stu
dent placement office, announced
Friday that all activated contract
men who are working under the
N.Y.A. or are employed by the
mess hall will not be allowed to
continue work.
Students who are working in
departmental jobs will be allowed
to continue in these jobs until the
end of the present semester, pro
viding their work does not inter
fere with their studies and mili
tary duties.
Some of the contract men who
now hold mess hall or N.Y.A. em
ployment will be allowed to change
over to departmental jobs, Horsley
said.
Freshmen and sophomoi’es who
are now employed no longer need
to be eligible for N.Y.A. benefit
to hold student labor positions.
Applications may be obtained at
the placement office in the base
ment of the Administration build
ing.
TopfCampus Distraction...
"Fantasia'" Delightful Prelude
To Houston Symphony Town Hall
Music lovers along this section
of the Brazos bottom will be glad
to find out that Walt Disney’s
highly touted “Fantasia" will fi
nally get to College Station when
it will be presented at Guion Hall
Sunday for one day only.
Fantasia is something new in
the world of art, music and. enter
tainment. Disney has masterfully
combined painting and music into
something that will be remem
bered long after the film has been
shown. It is hard to try to de
scribe the picture—if it can be
called a picture — because it is
strange and different from any
thing ever flashed on the silver
screen. Disney took a little bit
of everything, mixed it all togeth
er, and had “Fantasia.”
Nothing was spared to make
this one of the most outstanding
artistic achievements of the time.
In its original form, the film had
eight separate sound tracks, each
connected to a different speaker
at various locations in the theater.
This was to create third demin-
sions in sound to go with the third
dimension illusion given by multi
plane technicolor. Leopold Stokow
ski was obtained to furnish the
music. Deems Taylor gives the in
termission commentary.
The picture beings with selec
tions from Tchaikovski’s “Nut
cracker Suite.” If the fairies and
spirits dancing 'ot “Dance of the
Sugar Plum Fairy” seem a bit too
sweet for you, their effect will be
encountered by rediculous little
Hop Low and the toad stools danc
ing to “Chinese Dance.” Scenes of
flowers dancing on a pool of wa
ter accdmpanied by “Waltz of
Flowers” are nothing less than
enchanting.
To change the mood created by
the “Nutcracker Suite,” “The
Sourcerer’s Apprentice” is shown
starring none other than ' Mickey
Mouse! Poncinelli’s “Dance of the
Hours” showing a coy hippopoto-
mus and a ballet of ostriches will
leave you rolling in the aisles.
Not content to present comedy
and entertainment, Disney at
tempts to explain the creation set
ot the music of Igor Strovenski’s
“Rights of Spring.” It is impress
ive! The art work is perfectly syn
chronized to the different passages
of the music. (By the way, the
Biology department could probably
teach their students more by re
quiring them to see this episode
than they could in ten lectures.)
Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Sympho
ny accompanies a group of flying
centaurs and various other myth
ological beings. Disney ends the
picture on a serious note. He at
tempts to explain the differences
between the forces of Hell and
Heaven to the music of “A Night
on Bald Mountain” and “Ava
Maria.”
Corps Ball Definite
For April 16; Ennis
To Play Both Nights
Aggies are urged to go ahead
and make plans for the Corps Ball,
Friday, April 16, from 9:00 p.m.
to 1:00 a.m., featuring Skinnay En
nis and his band, of Bob Hope
fame, states L. D. Boone, student
activities manager.
Plans for C. Q. regulations and
dormitory , rooms for dates have
not been completed yet, but Aggies
will be allowed to stay out till at
least 1a.m. and perhaps later.
The dance will be held in Sbisa Hall
and will be followed up by a Ser
vice dance Saturday night with
Ennis and his band again provid
ing the music.
Ennis is most noted as Radio
Comedian Bob Hope’s sidelkick on
the Pepsodent show each Tuesday
night% He is not only an orchestra
leader, fronting one of America’s
present day name bands, but he
is also an actor, comedian, and
singer, doing vocals with his band
in his own inimitable whispering
voice.
Schedules Released;
Flight Instruction
Starts This Monday
A tentative flying schedule for
the Aircrew students was released
late yesterday by Lieut. Clifford
L. Martin, detachment liaison of
ficer.
Flight instruction will be car
ried on in one hour periods under
the following schedule, starting
Monday morning. According to
present plans Flight 1 will fly at
0825; Flight 2, 1040; Flight 3,
1300; Flight 4, 1415; Flight 5,
1545; Flight 6, 1700.
Lieut. Martin stressed the fact
that so-called “Flights” do not
necessarily correspond with aca
demic sections. Men who start fly
ing Monday will get their full 10
hours in as soon as possible. They
will fly six days a week, unless
grounded by weather conditions.
Buses will be utilized to trans
port men to and from Easterwood
field. However, bus schedules have
not been released as yet. Lieut.
Martin said the flying schedule has
necessitated changing academic
schedules. Men who will fly first
will be informed Monday, and will
get their new academic schedules
at that time.
Smokes, Candy, Magazines,
Toilet Articles Available
Same as Post Exchange in Army; Open
Weekdays 9-11; 12-1; 3-7:30 Evenings
Smokes, candy, shaving equipment, magazines, and
many other articles are now available to all navy, air corps
and army men on the campus, including activated Aggies, at
the Navy Ship’s Service Store, according to Ensign A. A.
Oakley, recreational officer for the A.&M. College Naval
Contingent.
Special Program
Scheduled Tonight
For Kadet Kapers
Richard Jenkins, master-of-cer-
emonies for Kadet Kapers, has
announced a special program for
tonight’s session as usual in the
Assembly Hall. Jenkins will be in
charge as usual, and Air Corps
cadets will frunish ’’home-grown”
entertainment.
A special feature of tonight’s
Kapers will be the appearance of
Walter R. Jenkins, father of the
master-of-ceremonies and promi
nent Houston baritone. Also on
the program will be Miss Thelma
Lindsey, noted comedienne.
Jenkins specified that the en
tertainment is free to all and
everyone—Aggies, Sailors, Ma
rines, Air Corps cadets, engineers,
faculty and townfolks—are wel
come to come.
Kyle Leaves For
Speaking Tour In
Texas Cities Soon
Starts April 6 for Ten-Day
Trip; Subject Will Be
Central and South America
Dean E. J. Kyle of the School
of Agriculture will begin a tour
of various cities for the purpose
of speaking on Central and South
America. The tour will last from
April 6 to 16 and will take Dean
Kyle through such cities as Hous
ton, Temple, and right here at
College.
April 6 and 16 will again see
Dean Kyle at the First Baptist
Church to show pictures and give
a talk of the conditions of the two
Americas. Also, on Tuesday, April
6, Dean Kyle will be the guest of
Temple High School and their fac
ulty.
Dean Kyle will be at the official
opening of Pan American Trade
Week which will be held in Hous
ton starting on April 9. He will
speak to the Foreign Trade Group.
Beginning April 12, two Latin
America students of A.&M. will
appear at the circle club luncheon
to talk on their country and their
friendship to the United States.
On the 16th of April, Dean Kyle
will again appear in Houston to
speak on South and Central Amer
ica. The high schools and faculty
will be the audience at the talk
and the pictures that will be
shown. Pictures will be shown at
all of these meetings.
Symphony To
Feature Solo
Guest Artists
Soprano, Baritone,
Added to Orchestra
By Ernst Hoffman
Next Tuesday, April 6 at Guion
Hall the Houston Symphony Or
chestra will be the Town Hall fea
ture, with Ernst Hoffman as con
ductor, Dorothy Dow as a soprano
soloist, and Edward Bing, Baritone.
The program will consist of:
Sousa’s “King Cotton March”,
Leoncavallo’s prologue to “Pagliac-
ci,” Verda’s Aria from 1st of
“Aida” and Strauss’s Overture to
“The Bat.”
After the intermission, the Hous
ton Symphony Orchestra will pre
sume its program with:
Wagner’s Prelude to “Die Meis-
tersinger” Mendelsohn’s 3rd and
4th Movements from the “Refor
mation Symphony,” following
which will be another brief inter
mission.
The last portion of the program
will include Bach’s “Little” Fugue
in G Minor, Strauss’s “Roses from
the South” Waltzes, and Chabrier’s
“Espana Rhapsody.”
Encores will be pre-arranged,
formed from the requests sent to
John Lindsey, Town Hall mana
ger. Students, service men, faculty
(See SYMPHONY, Page 4)
FEES DUE
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Thursday, April 8, will be
the last day for the payment,
without penalty, of the final
installment fee of $44.00,
which includes room, board,
and laundry.
Ensign Oakley said that all ser
vice men, including Aggies on ac
tive duty, were invited to take ad
vantage of the service offered them
and said that prices on many art
icles were slightly lower than at
regular commercial stores. The
stoi-e is located at rooms 115 and
116 of Dormitory 12 and is open
on weekdays 9-11 a.m., 12-1 p.m.,
and 3-7:30 pm.; on Saturdays from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the store is
closed all day Sunday.
The ships store corresponds to
the Post Exchange found on all
army posts and is under the sup
ervision of Ensign W. R. Senders.
Plans are now under considera
tion for an Army Post Exchange
here by the Eight Service Com
mand in Dallas, and according to
E. N. Holmgreen is almost eer-
tain to be approved.
“The college was inspected as to
possible sites for an exchange,
and the application has been made.
The Eighth Service Command is
giving careful consideration to the
application, but you may quote
me saying that the college business
department will have no connection
with the project.”
Aggies Win Prize
In Technical Paper
Engineer Contest
Helmut Sommer, Lt. Colonel of
the Signal Regiment, took third
place in the recent Electrical En
gineering Technical paper contest
held in Houston. The competition
consisted of two papers presented
by Aggies and three presented by
Rice EE seniors. Sommer’s prize
was a three dollar cash award.
First place was won by C. C.
Batterson of Rice Institute with a
paper on “The Electronics of
“Fluorescent Lamps” Second prize
was awarded to John N. Leedom,
Rice, with a talk on “Ultra-High
Frequency Transmission in Hollow
(See AGGIE WINS, Page 4)
Air Force Wing Commander Has
Real Traditions To Live Up To
Aggieland to Play
For Wing Dance On
April 9, Sbisa Hall
Jack McGregor and his 14-biece
Aggieland Orchestra will furnish
the music for the first 308th A.
C. T. D. Wing Ball, Lieut. Albert
S. Kelley, plans and training offi
cer, announced last night.
The dance, which will be held
April 9th from 8:30 to 12:30 in
Sbisa Hall, will be the first in a
series of Wing Balls. At least one
such event will take place each
month hereafter, Lieut. Kelley said,
with all expenses being paid out of
the Squadron’s Fund.
Men of the detachment are again
urged to invite their wives and
(See WING DANCE, Page 4)
Editor’s Note: A Wine Commander
has command over a student air force
training detachment. The 808th Air
Corps Trailing Detachment is sta
tioned here, .
By Bill Pool
Achievement in the Dallas fam
ily seems to be attained at an early
age. Bob Dallas, at 18, is the wing
commander of the 308th ACTD;
his brother, Captain Fred Dallas,
at 22 held the distinction of being
the youngest captain in the United
States Army and pilot of the famed
“Peggy D.”
Both Dallas boys call Houston
home, Bob attending San Jacinto
High School. While in school • he
won varsity letters in football and
basketball, finishing high school in
the spring of 1942 and entering
Texas Technological College of
Lubbock last September. He en-
tei’ed the Army Air Corps as an
aviation cadet on November 30,
1942, and was called to active duty
at Sheppard Field the last week in
January of this year.
Captain Fred Dallas, the elder
brother, has been cited for heroism
more than once. He is now com
mander of a base squadron of Fly
ing Fortresses in North Africa. Be
fore going to Africa, Captain Dal
las took pax-t in air battles over
the English Channel and Europe
and on two occasions planes were
shot from under him as he returned
to England.
Recently the “Peggy D,” with
Captain Dallas at the controls, was
participating in a “show” some
where over Tunisia. Enemy flak
destroyed the electrical equipment
of the plane. The bombay doors
could not be closed and the huge
queen of the sky quickly lost speed
and altitude. When the remainder
of the squadron continued their
return jourfney, enemy 1 fighters
closed in for the kill. The gallant
crew of the “Peggy D” shot three
of these raiders out of the sky and
badly damaged a fourth.
Captain Dallas, badly wounded
along with the co-pilot and two of
his gunners, saw the plane was too
low for the men to bail out and
still had too inuch speed for a
landing, so he skillfully bounced
the plane off of two sand dunes
and landed safely!
Bombardier Kermit Beahan and
Dallas then pulled their fellow
crew members from the damaged
plane, and were later picked up by
a British patrol unit, Captain Dal
las now recovering in a British
base hospital. Both Dallas and Bea
han were cited for heroism.
Wing Commander Bob Dallas has
a goal to reach. He is looking for
ward to the day when he, too, will
be in the skies over enemy terri
tory carrying on the fighting tra
dition which runs in the Dallas
family.