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ariving after that time absolutely cannot be carried in the following
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issne.
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ble spaced and be turned in to the Stu
dent Activities Office not later than 3:00
p.m. on the day before the paper comes
out.
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hands by 11:00 a.m. Please adhere to
these deadlines!
Classified
LOST—Black Bill Fold, probably in
Campus Theatre Tuesday, April 20. Please
return to J. F. Miller, 814 Dorm 7 for
very liberal reward.
LOST—Clear plastic glass blue-trimm
ed wallet probably lost at tactical manue-
ver area Tuesday afternoon. Contained
currency and papers very important to
owner only. Very liberal reward. No
questions asked. Contact Garner room
56. Law Hall.
Garage for Rent. 6 blocks from New
Dorm Area. Phone 4-9964.
WANTED—2 people to share expenses
to Virginia or vicinity. 1940 Ford. Anyone
interested contact Mrs. Gerald Fuller,
Box 216, Bryan, Texas, Phone 2-6609. In
terested persons should make contact
within 7 days.
—BENEFIT —
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of Southern California, has sung
on many coast-to-coast radio pro
grams, has performed with the Los
Angeles Opera Company and the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
Private George Griffin is a mem
ber of the army air forces and is
a former resident of Bryan. Grif
fin studied music at Bethany Col
lege in Kansas. While studying
there, he won a scholarship which
sent him to New York City for
further study. He has been the
featured artist at New York’s fa
mous Radio City Music Hall and
has sung many engagements with
the National Broadcasting Com
pany.
The Fifth certainly showed its
ability to march in the drill the
other day. More of the same kind
of drilling and this squadron will
be best in the next parade. Wait
and see.
Movie Actress Frances Farmer
once won a trip through Russia in
a college essay contest.
Announcements
Attention, A. and M. Methodist Child
ren ! There will be an Easter egg hunt
at the Methodist Church, Saturday after
noon at 3 o’clock for the cradle roll,
beginners, and both primary classes.
A few copies of the Officer’s Guide
for sale in Student Activities Office.
Deadline for papers for the United
Science Club contest has been moved to
noon, Saturday, April 24. The contest
.will be held in Room 32, Science Build
ing, on the evening of Wednesday, April
28.
CIRCULAR NO. 28
1. It has been called to the attention
of this office that mattresses are bei
used by students taking sun baths oi
side the dormitories.
2. TACTICAL OFFICERS and CADI
ORGANIZATION COMMANDERS are di
rected to see that mattresses are not re
moved from the beds for any purposes.
By order of Colonel Welty.
Joe E. Davis
Major, Infantry
Assistant Commandant
Meetings
Attention, United Science Club Members 1
All members of the United Science Club
are cordially invited to attend the annual
contest which will be held in Room 28
Science Hall at 6:46 Wednesday night.
Attention Pre-Meds:
The Pre-Med Society will meet Wednes
day night at 7:00 p.m. in the Biology
Lecture room with the United Science
Club.
—BRIC-a-BRAC—
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morning for breakfast at Shepherd
Field. Only we didn’t call it that.
We wonder about that student
line sergeant who, on a column
left movement struck out to the
right. Sgt. Gralla would have prob
ably given him tours for the rest
of his life if he had noticed.
Then there is the coalminer who
stod out in the hall after lights
out and shouted that he didn’t give
a hoot if the lights were out, he
was going to shine his blankety-
blank shoes.
How tempus does fugit!!! In the
Army Air Corp nearly three
months and the closest we’ve been
to an airplane was the time one
flew low enough to distinguish it
from the birds.
Memories—That first week at
, B. V. D.
SHORTS
You know what the
B.V.D. label means on
underwear. It’s like the
sterling mark on silver.
That’s why we’re proud
to offer this collection of
B. V. D. shorts. Each
garment is fresh mer
chandise. Come in and
stock up!
55c
B. V. D.
UNDER SHIRTS
Shirts of full combed cotton
yarn that fit like Aggies
want them to fit.
60c
f iT^ldrop & (6
‘Tw« Convenient Stores”
College Station Bryan
Duty, Honor,
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cherished things are the reward of
longer labor.
The “old guard” has accepted
this challenge. We hope you also
will acknowledge it. Thus when the
pronoun “we” is used, it will refer
notalone to the upperclassmen —
but to ALL of us.
—GLEANINGS—
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are from Texas, Montana and Cali
fornia. Already the Texans are
planning a “quiet” party in Hous
ton when, and if, they ever get a
pass.
It is hard to heed to the call of
“mister” or “gentlemen” after be
ing used to the names the pre
cadets are called at Sheppard Field.
We really have something to
work for. If we fail here we get
sent back to Sheppard Field!!
An interesting point of note on
the train the other day was the dis
illusionment of the boys from the
other states whose only impres
sions of Texas had been formed
at Sheppard Field. Texas was nev
er in better form than on the beau
tiful spring day of our trip and
we know the scenic wonders of the
Lone Star State were not lost upon
the Yanks. (Written by a Texan).
To fourth floor residents of
Mitchell Hall: If you are not inti
mates of one Francis A. Brogan,
pre-aviation cadet deluxe, and are
awakened in tbe dead of night by a
hideous, racking disturbance which
calls to mind thoughts of death,
musty cellars, graveyards and
mausoleums, be not alarmed. It is
only Brogan dispelling Sheppard
Field dust from his lungs.
In line with plans for the future,
which include write-ups of person
al interviews with the various ce
lebrities present among the new
Squadron one, we’d like to mention
that Brogan’s father is dean of
the Graduate School and professor
of philosophy at the University of
Texas; he has an uncle who is an
adjutant general in Tunisia; anoth
er who is a colonel there. He is
himself a ham of note and has
three years towards a physics ma
jor at the U. of T.
Dr. N. B. McNutt
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan. Texas
-THE BATTALION TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1943
Marine Mad-Caps
Corporal Victor Murdock
17 April 1943
1 man of an
The Autobiography of Corp. Victor B. Murdock, the No.
A-l Company, Company 18.
Director of aviation
Marine Corps Headquarters,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I was bom July 16, 1922, in a place called Brooklyn. I suppose
there isn’t anyone who hasn’t heard that name at one time or another.
I completed a four year business course at Thomas Jefferson High
school. For some unknown reason, business as a career, didn’t appeal
to me so I obtained a job doing electrical work on U. S. Naval Ships.
Soon I felt the urge to join in the fight for my country and enlisted
in the Marine Corps Reserve in September of 1942.
I received my basic training at Parris Island, S. C. There we
were taught close order drill, extended order, security on the march
Rifle and Bayonet. We learned the meaning of the words “Semper
Fidelis. A HISTORY OF MEN who have fought and died for the
country that had been so generous to them in the past.
Cherry Point, N. C. was my next post. There I was given the Op
portunity to choose Radio School because of grades I had made in
tests given at Parris Island. I suppose I chose Radio, as a field, be
cause electricity and its mysteries had always fascinated me. Just be
fore Christmas of last year I was transferred to Texas A. & M., one
of the top Naval Radio Schools in the country.
The course which I have now completed is a well balanced arrange
ment of the various subjects in which a good operator must neces
sarily be proficient—Radio Code, Theory, Naval Radio Procedure,* and
typing are some of the Main topics. It was indeed a surprise to me
when I was informed, that I was the top man in a graduating class
of 79 men.
I am eternally grateful for the time I have spent in the Marine
Corps thus far. It is indeed a privilege to associate with the clean-cut
young men, from all walks of life, who have made this military organi
zation the finest of it’s kind in the world.
Respectifully
Victor B. Murdock
Corporal, USMCR
Navy Blimp Patrol
Hunts Submarines
3000 Miles at Sea
One of the Navy’s nonrigid blimps,
has successfully completed a 3,-
Sailor Talk...
Cecil r. Lindley ...Editor
Murray Liebman Editor
William A. Suda Editor
Sheppard Field — the cow pasture
—those road runs—the articles of
war—the first KP list for flight
G—those goodlooking (?) PX girls
—the service club and a cold bot
tle of Falstaff on a hot day —
Ah, that was life at its best.
Wonder why James H. Fleming
and William H. Richardson turn
up at the hospital for heat treat
ments? Could it be the treatments
or is it Fluoroscope Flo that helps
their ailments?
MARINE STAFF
Editor
Pvt. Hal Gfoen Company 22B
Assistant Editor
Pvt. Russell Roush Company 22B
Reporters
Pvt. Frank Leyva Company 20
Pvt. Lester Wiles— Company 20
Pvt. Robert Clarke Company 22A
Pvt. Marvin Gebo Company 24A
Pvt. Claude Warden Company 24B
Plane “Torpedoed”
By British Submarine
The usual situation was reversed
and an enemy aircraft was “tor
pedoed” by a British submarine
for a unique victory somewhere in
the Mediterranean.
Submerged while on patrol duty,
the commander of the British sub
marine sighted an enemy supply
ship escorted by three low-flying
planes. A torpedo was fired. The
result was a “magnificent column
of'orange and white smoke rising
1,000 feet high.”
The submarine commander then
noted with astonishment that only
two enemy planes were in sight.
The third had apparently been
caught by the explosion from the
supply vessel and had been de
stroyed.
000-mile trip to an outlying base
and is already conducting exten
sive submarine patrols.
Nonrigid blimps have been pa-
troling both coasts of the continen
tal United States since early in the
war, but this is the first notifica
tion since this country entered the
war of Navy nonrigid airship ope
rating from a base outside the
continental limits of the United
States.
The flight was made as ( a “fer
ry” passage, with several routine
stops, and required less than four
days.
Nonrigid airships were used ex
tensively for patrol work during
the first World War.
—NEW MEN—
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minds me of a dish we had ever
ington, California, and a few Tex
ans thrown in with the bunch.
They had their usual quota of re
patriated Aggies who were rather
elated about the return to the old
home grounds. They have some of
the College reservists, and a lot of
the boys are just plain old Air
Corps men who didn’t expect their
call until next June.
They all seemed to be quite a
bit healthier than our bunch did;
didn’t have the familiar Sheppard
Field cough, and only one of the
fellows seemed to have suffered
any ill effects from his stay there.
The place must be a lot healthier
in March than it was in February,
when we were there.
Their first meal seemed to he a
very enjoyable affair. They came
out of Sbisa with that satisfied
expression on their faces. The roll
was called, and rooms were as
signed. After the lean-to’s they
use for barracks up at “Rattle
snake Flats” the boys seemed to
think that this three-men-to-a-room
stuff wasn’t such a bad deal after
all.
There were thousands of ques
tions asked and duly answered. The
most prevalent seemed to be in
regard to academics, and as to
how long the new men would be
here.
Axis Bomb Saves
American Sailor
Over 7 Hours Work
The story of how enemy bomb
ers actually aided invasion forces
in North Africa is told by Chief
Boatswain’s Mate Lloyd M. Morris
of Vallejo, Calif., who was award
ed the Purple Heart for wounds
received.
Two supply boats, used in the
landing operations, had been un
loaded and were high and dry on
a beach near Casablanca. It was
Chief Morris’ problem to get them
afloat. Enemy bombers appeared
overhead and a bomb landed di
rectly between the two heavy boats.
A large crater was blasted in the
sand and quickly filled with water,
gently floating the boats. The ene
my planes had saved about seven
hours’ work.
HART THROBS
Squadron V
Squadron Commander Earl Mc-
Mutcheon knows how to satisfy
the masses. At drill Thursday he
would please the whole squadron
by giving “eyes right” when pass
ing the stand where the fairest of
our ladies friends were assembled.
Thanks from your men, Earl.
Charles “Sick Call” Kuehmann
will be very popular in a few days.
He is expecting a carton of potato
chips from home. Let’s help him
surpress his gastronomical desires.
A hint to our cadet officers. Why
not sit at the head of the. table
with your own men. They would
like to know what cadet officers
are like when they have their hair
down.
Alvin Cooter will lose his cor
poral’s position. At every right
dress the man’s are next to him
narrowly misses his eyes. So Coot
er goes to the rear as flight ser
geant. Nice huh?
Charles “Beau Jo” Rogers enter
tained some of his ramp comrades
with his lilting songs the other
p.m. You should make yourself
heard more often, Beau Jo.
See Raimund D. Alvarado for
that letter head he is designing for
the Squadron 5. That funny little
NOMENCLATURE
If you would be a sailor’s wife,
His speech you must not spurn.
Because to lead the Navy life,
You’ve simply got to learn:
That bread is “punk”, and coffee
“mud”, and water “angel wine.”
That floors are “decks,” a “billet”
a bunk, and “hawser” is a line.
That officers are all “gold braids”
and any land the “beach,”
That “shoot the breeze” describes
the thing civilians call a speech
That married sailors are “lashed
up” if “squared away” or not;
That if your romance has “fouled
out,” it’s trouble that you’ve got.
But there’s this consolation for
New wifes of Gold and Blue,
The Navy has no other words
For Darling, I Love You!
face over the wings will really get
you. The stationery will be on
the market soon.
At retreat last Sunday, Flight
Sergeant J. H. Fretts, flight C.
squadron five reported flight C
absent sir. Three quarters of the
flight was on leave. The entire
squadron converged to march to
mess formation.
If you had been near squadron
five early Sunday morning you
would have found everyone mop
ping, sweeping, and polishing pre
paring for the usual stand-by in
spection. After rooms were in or
der world was received there would
be no inspection.
College Camera Club
Meets Tomorrow Nite
Tomorrow night at 7 o’clock the
College Camera Club will meet in
their darkroom in the Petroleum
building tower. Homer C. Martin^
economics and business law in
structor, will act as a sponsor for
the club and urges all students in
terested in any phase of photogra
phy to come to the meeting
Since the departure of Howard*
Perry, previous sponsor, to the
Navy, the club has somewhat dis
banded, but Martin is sure it can
be reorganized, class officers elect
ed. and systematized rules ^Mlopted-
for use of the darkroom.
Over $1,000 has been spent in
building a complete three-room
darkroom in the Petroleum tower
and last semester’s club purchased
a $65 Solar enlarger.
Be Patriotic! Buy a ticket to
Servicemen’s Benefit Program
You will enjoy hearing
NADINE CONNER
Outstanding Metropolitan Soprano
and GEORGE GRIFFIN
Private Army Airforces
tt TENOR
All Proceeds will be spent immediately for Servicemen’s
Recreation
GUION HALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,8:00 PJ.SSIS
Under Auspices Bryan and College Station Committee on Servicemen’s Recreation