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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1943-
YOLUME 43—NUMBER 8.
Yell Practice To Be Held Thursday Night At 6:30
—Picture Courtesy Beaumont Enterprise
FOUR FIGHTIN’ AGGIES—Pictured above are Aviation Cadet Pete Cokinos, station
ed in Florida; Capt. Jimmie Cokinos, of the field artillery, Fort Bliss; Mike Cokinos, in
officers candidate school, at Fort Sill; and Mike Cokinos, also of officers candidate
school, Fort Sill; seated with their father in the background at their room at 947 Hazel
Ave., Beaumont. The four fightin’ Cokinos are all graduates of A. & M. College.
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Four Brothers, All Aggies, Wear The
Uniform of the United States-Army
Aggie Is Graduated
Bob Lowry, ’45,
Accepted To West
Point Academy
Pvt. Robert M. Lowry, ’45, has
been accepted as a cadet at the
United States Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y., and is to be
admitted to the academy July 1.
Lowry, who was a member of H
Coast Artillery while attending A.
& M., has been at Camp Roberts,
California, since he was inducted
into the Army last month.
Entering A. & M. in June, 1941,
Lowry had just completed his jun
ior year in electrical engineering
when he was called.
Pvt. Lowry is to receive his hon
orable discharge from the Army
this month and may get to visit
his home ip Ballinger before going
to West Point.
Extension Service
Aiding in Soldier
Relief Problem
Home demonstration club women
in 19 central and west Texas coun
ties have been helping meet the
recreational needs of service men
in their vicinity. These 4,000 club
women pooled their efforts through
their local county home demonstra
tion councils to assist men who
are patients at the Camp Bowie
Army base hospital near Brown-
wood.
In this program they successful
ly have followed the recommenda
tion of their state organization,
the Texas Home Demonstration
Association, says Maurine H6arn,
district agent for the A. and M.
College Extension Service, who
supervises home domnstration work
in District 7. All gifts were sent
to the American Red Cross for dis
tribution.
Prom club women, the recrea
tion center of the Camp Bowie
hospital has received eight card
tables, two divans, four end tab
les, three smoking stands, two
magazine racks, a floor • lamp,
three serving trays, 13 pairs of
book-ends^ flower vases, 26 waste
baskets, and 413 ash trays. To
provide reading matter, the wom
en furnished 118 books, plus two
Bibles, and gave subscriptions to
15 magazines.
Supplies contributed for use dur
ing parties and other entertain
ments included 682 water glasses,
305 cup towels, 153 candy and bon
bon dishes, and a variety of other
utensils. Other recreational gifts
were 50 decks of playing cards, a
radio, 135 phonograph records, and
136 games including checkers, dom
inoes, jig-saw puzzles, chess,
Chinese checkers, bingo, and cro
quet.
For the comfort of the patients,
the women provided 58 lap robes,
77 pillows, 87 pillow cases, and
816 individual gifts, varying from
sewing kits to hair tonic.
A. & M. Radio Club
To Meet Wednesday
Night, 7:01) o’Clock
All students interested in ap
pearing on the radio or in learn
ing to operate radio controls are
invited to attend the meeting of
the A. & M. Radio Club Wednes
day night at 7:00 p. m. in the
WTAW studios, third floor of the
Administration building. Radio
experience is not necessary;
freshmen are urged to be there.
The club will have a place for
radio operators, script writers,
announcers, and actors in short
radio skits.
The meeting will be over in
time for students to make CQ.
During 1942, American forces
stationed in Australia and New
Zeeland received through reverse
Lend-Lease 80 million pounds of
fruits and vegetables and 30 mil
lion pounds of beef, veal, lamb,
and mutton.
From Carlsbad Air
Field, Bombardier
Unique- anjong schools of the
Army Air Forces is the naviga
tion school at the Carlsbad Army
Air Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Included among the graduates
was Second Lieutenant John D. Mc
Donald, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. McDonald of 1410 N.
Queen St., Palestine, Texas.
Lt. McDonald recently received
his bombardier wings upon grad
uation from the Albuquerque, New
Mexico Bombardier School.
All students at the Carlsbad
school—the only one of its kind-
are commissioned bombardiers who
came to Carlsbad to receive a
special intensified course in “dead
reckoning” navigation. With this
additional training they are able
to direct a plane to its objective
and also drop the bombs on the
precise spot most beneficial to the
United Nation’s war effor.
The rugged course of study in
cludes athletics, military hygiene,
first aid, and military drill, besides
academic courses in meteorology,
vectors, aircraft instruments, map
reading, and map projections. The
oretical problems are worked out
in the class, followed by practice
bombing missions where the theory
is put to the test of actual flying
conditions.
Lt. McDonald is a former stu
dent of A. & M. College.
Precision sighting of Garand
semiautomatic rifles in quantity
production for the U. S. Armed
Forces can now be done with mir
rors and without firing a shot
through the use of a new equip
ment developed by the General
Electric Company.
Officially known as an “Optical
Rifle Sighting Gage,” the equip
ment will save up to 13 rounds of
ammunition formerly used in sight
ing each gun, and will permit a
girl to do the job in less than two
minutes per rifle, about half the
time it took two men by the old
method. Moreover, the optical
equipment requires less room than
the average domestic kitchen,
whereas sighting by firing requires
a 100-yard rifle range.
When sighted by the optical
gage, all the rifle “fires” is a light
ray at a mirrored target approxi
mately six feet in front of it. The
ray is caught by another mirror
on the gage equipment at the op
erator’s eye level, and thrown onto
Radio “Hams” To
Meet Wednesday
Near Dorm 1 and 2
A general get-together of all
hams stationed at College Station,
whether in the Radio Operators,
Radio Materiels, or other schools
here on the campus, will be held
Wednesday, June 16th, at 1900 be
tween Dorms 1 and 2. A picture of
the group is to be taken for the
American Radio Relay League’s
Magazine “QST.”
A ham is a slightly eccentric
individual who sits up all night re
designing and rebuilding his set
and transmitter, commonly called
his “rig,” and spends all day re
arranging his antenna, only to talk
to somebody a thousand miles
away for a few minutes.
The record of the hams of the
nation during emergency conlmuni-
cation situations that result from
disrupted transihission facilities
due to floods, earthquakes, sleet
storms, and blizzards have saved
thousands of dollars and very like
ly hundreds of lives. A large ma
jority of the eighty thousand hams
throughout the United States are
now engaged in radio or electrical
work, either in the armed forces
or on the home front in defense
plants, radio schools and other war
industries.
a ground glass screen in the image
of a cross. Superimposing this
image upon another cross on the
ground glass correctly positions
the rifle, and the gun is then
sighted by adjusting its rear sight
so that its shadow, magnified 25
times on the screen of a projector
directly above it, is in the same
relative position as the shadow of
the front sight, similarly magni
fied on another projector above it.
The idea of the optical sighting
gage was conceived by N. F.
Barnes and K. R. Geiser of Gen
eral Electric’s general engineering
laboratory. Mr. Barnes worked out
the optics of the equipment, and
C. B. Sitterson, another member
of the laboratory, handled the me
chanical engineering for its devel
opment. The equipment was de
signed by William Fears, also of
the G-E laboratory. Although the
optical sighting gage was built
specifically for the Garand rifle,
(See NEW SIGHTING, Page 4)
Beaumont and Texas A. & M. are
descendants of the “Fighting
Greeks” and are now either offi
cers or officer candidates in the
United States army. Pete, 26, com
pleted A. & M. in 1939; Jimmie,
25, in 1940; and Mike, 23, this
year. Andy, 21, entered the army
a few months before completing
his senior work, but will be given
his degree. Mike was captain of
this year’s Aggie basketball team.
The two older Cokinos boys al
ready hold commissions in the va
rious branches of the army, while
the two younger are in officer
candidate school at Fort Sill, Okla
homa.
Their father, P. D. Cokinos,
fought with the Greek army
against Turkey and Bulgaria in the
War of 1912-13. He came from
northwest Greece to the United
States in 1907. He left the “old
country” because Preveza, his
home town, was under Turkish
domination at that time. He, like
many other Greeks, came to the
United States in search of free
dom.
Landing first in Galveston, Mr.
Cokinos moved to Beaumont with
in a few months and remained
there until 1912 when, accompa
nied by his two brothers, returned
to Greece to help his native land
against the Turks and Bulgarians.
As soon as the war was over he
returned to the United States, but
went back to Greece and was mar
ried in 1915. No sooner than the
marriage ceremony was over, Mr.
Cokinos and his bride crossed the
Atlantic, returning to Beaumont.
It was here all four of the boys,
now wearing the khaki of the
United States army, were bom. A
daughter, Helen, is a student in
Lamar College.
The Cokinos from the beginning
were determined to give their
children the best education pos
sible, so as they were graduated
from the Beaumont city school
system they were sent to A. & M.
The Four Fightin’ Americans
came from a family that knows
what freedom and liberty mean
and are willing to defend these
principles with everything they
have.
“I only wish I had more sons to
fight for this country,” Mr. Co
kinos commented. “I would be
ashamed of any boy of mine who
was not anxious to fight for his
native land.”
STUDENTS HELP ON FARMS
Sixty-nine Colgate students and
475 Naval Flight Preparatory
School cadets are in a pool organ
ized by Colgate University to help
on the farms this summer. Forty-
four farmers in the Hamilton, N.
Y., area will have their manpower
problem lightened by the coopera
tive efforts of the students.
New Sighting Development Adjusts The
Sights on Garand Rifle Without Shots
College Heads Are
In Favor of Heavy
Sports Program
What contribution do sports
make to the war effort?
By an overwhelming majority,
presidents, athletic directors and
coaches of Texas colleges say it’s
plenty, and not just because of
physical development.
Many Answers
Answering a questionnaire they
set forth many benefits and here
are some of them:
1. Furnish leadership and initia
tive.
2. Agility, coordination and
quick-thinking — military necessi
ties.
3. Necessary for morale of work
ers at home; help relieve the ten
sion for soldiers and sailors who
follow their favorite sports via
newspaper and radio.
4. Engender the competitive spir
it, a powerful factor in winning
a war.
5. Help overcome the restless
spirit so prevalent in wartime.
There were some who did not
think sports make a cont ribution
to the war effort. For instance H.
W. Stilwell, president of Texar
kana Junior college, while favor
ing a strong program of physical
training, through intercollegiate
and interscholastic sports not only
make no contribution but actually
detract. President L. W. Hartsfield
of Hillsboro Junior college marked
“none” on his questionnaire.
Hartsfield added that he could
see little reason for continuing in
tercollegiate athletics under the
present emergency. “It seems out
of line to attempt this part of the
program in the face of the numer
ous restrictions which have been
placed upon travel,” he wrote.
“Undoubtedly, this is a violation
of the spirit of the ODT program.”
The strongest recommendation
in favor of sports as a contribu
tion came from Morley Jennings,
athletic director of Texas Tech.
Jennings said:
“I would dread to think of the
physical condition of our youths
had it not been for our competitive
sports programs in universities,
colleges and high schools. Al
though it is true that only the
good athletes can make the teams,
.the achievements of individual ath
letes and teams have inspired
American youth of all ages to emu
late and copy, thus giving a tre
mendous, unplanned impetus for
their physical development which
has not been universally acknowl
edged. Of all the groups, the ath
letes are, with few exceptions, the
first to enter the armed forces and
a large majority are officers and
leaders. Their competitive experi
ence has been invaluable in the
present crisis.”
John E. Gray, president of La
mar college (Beaumont), said he
thought sports contributed in giv-
To Be Held On Grass
Beside Walton Hall
Thursday night there will be yell practice on the grass
between Walton Hall and the Hospital. It will start at 6:30
and break up at 6:55 in time for everyone to get in for Call
to Quarters.
John Thomas, James Landers, Billy Terrell, and Ben
Fortson have been appointed to serve in the capacity as yell
leaders for this first in a series of yell practices to be held
this semester. Later on there will be an election to deter
mine the permanent leaders.
-E. E. McQuillert, class of 1920,
Dobie To Speak To
College Professors
At Banquet June 22
J. Frank Dobie, well known
author and lecturer, has accept
ed an invitation to address the
annual banquet meeting of the
A. & M. Chapter of the American
Association of University Pro
fessors. This meeting is to be
held on Tuesday evening, June
22, and as in the past, will be
open to the public.
Dobie has gained wide fame
as a result of his work in the
field of Texas and Southwestern
folklore. He has edited the pub
lications of the Southwestern
Folklore Society for many years
and is the author of a number of
books. Best known among his
books are “A Vaquero of the
Brush Country,” “Yaqui Gold and
Apache Silver” and “The Long
horns.”
The AAUP always makes an
effort to obtain a distinguished
speaker for the annual banquet.
In past years they have brought
to the campus the presidents of
the University of Texas, Rice In
stitute, Texas College of Arts and
Industries, and the Director of
the Hogg Foundation, as well as
other well known Texans.
The public is invited to join in
the welcome to Prof. Dobie. A
good time will be had by all.
Horse and Buggy Era
Returns To Campus
When President Erb of the Uni
versity of Oregon took decisive
gasoline-saving action, and ban
ned the use of automobiles, stu
dents resorted to old-fashioned
transportation methods. Farmers,
it is reported, are swamped with
requests for the use of horse-and-
buggy, and now the borrowers
gaily drive about town in Victor
ian style.
ing physical vigor and Competitive
attitudes to the contestants but
“necessity of morale for the gen
eral public is bunk.”*
J. J. Delaney, president of
Schreiner Institute, agreed with
Gray. He said he thought the con
tribution was “very little except
to improve physical fitness.”
Rehabilitation Work In Tunisia Already
Under Way With 0FRR0 Aiding Military
The Office of Foreign Relief
and Rehabilitation Operations an
no unced today that its operations
in Tunisia now have been central
ized at field mission headquarters
in the city of Tunis.
Members of the OFRRO field
mission, assisting the military de
tachment which has primary re
sponsibility for relief during the
initial stages of liberation, moved
into major cities of Tunisia im
mediately after cessation of mili
tary operations. Distribution of
food and clothing to civilian popu
lations of Tunisia was begun in
such centers as Sousse, Sfax, and
Gabes even before the final Allied
victory in Tunisia.
Fred H. Hoehler, Chief of Mis
sion for OFRRO in North Africa,
appointed E. Reeseman Fryer to
take charge of Tunisian operations.
Fryer is assisted by a civilian
staff of 10 OFRRO field workers,
additional personnel assigned by
the military, and national person
nel assigned by the local French
authorities. Paul W. Gordon, also
a member of the OFRRO North
African mission, is assisting Fry
er, supervising activities to assist
the military in Southern Tunisia.
Fryer, who has been attached
to the Tunisian mission since late
last winter, was formerly Deputy
Director of the War Relocation
Authority and previously was Re
gional Director of that agency at
San Francisco. Prior to that serv
ice he was General Superintendent
of the Navajo Office of Indian
Affairs at Window Rock, Arizona.
His home is in San Francisco.
Preliminary reports from the
field indicate that plans for dis
tribution of essential supplies to
distressed civilians in Tunisia
were executed close on the heels
of Allied military operations in
that area. While Gordon was co
operating with military authorities
of the British and United States
armies in Southern Tunisia and
(See REHABILITATION, Page 4)
will be the principal speaker and
will explain some of the tradi
tions and customs of -A. and M.
to the new freshmen, most of
whom have never attended an
Aggie Yell Practice.
The band will be present and
will play the Spirit of Aggieland,
the Aggie War Hymn and other
school songs.
According to Major Joe. E.
Davis, Assistant Commandant, if
this Yell Practice goes off al
right there will be several more
this semester. One thing Major
Davis stressed was that there
shall be no running after it
breaks up. The band will play
the Spirit of Aggieland softly
while the Aggies , will walk
quietly back to their dormitories.
During the speaking between
yells and songs, everyone will
stand up straight but when the
yells are in progress, everyone
will “hump it’ ’in true Aggie
style.
Those freshmen who have never
seen an Aggie Yell Practice are
asked to leam as many of the
yells and songs as possible be
fore Thursday.
This Yell Practice will be dif
ferent from most of iicse the
upperclassmen remember from
the past semesters, but it is ne
cessary that these changes be
made in order to have the Prac
tices at all. As Major Davis, who
is also an ex-Aggie, stated Sun
day, all of the Yell Practices held
when he was going to school here
were in this fashion and there was
no humping except during the
actual yelling.
The purpose of this Yell Prac
tice is to show some of the new
students a little of the spirit that
Aggieland has always been so
noted for. It’^ success depends on
the extent of cooperation of all
and everyone is asked to do his
best, because if this one is sat
isfactory there will be more to
follow and the permanent Yell
Leaders will be elected by pop
ular vote.
Methodists of State
Raise Money For
Church At A. & M.
Sunday has been designated as
A. and M. Church Day” in Meth
odist churches throughout Texas
when pastors will present to their
congregations the need for ade
quate church facilities for Method
ist boys at Texas A. and M. Col
lege.
The proposed plant will have a
church auditorium, of cathedral
type, with a seating capacity of
850. In addition there will be a
social center, an educational unit,
and provision is being made to
house four boys from the Method
ist home at Waco while attend
ing the college. Total cost of the
structure will be about $125,000.
Bishop Frank A. Smith, Hous
ton, and Bishop Ivan Lee Holt,
DaUas, will lead the campaign.
Dr. Glenn Flinn, executive sec
retary of the Texas Weslyan
Foundation, is state director, and
will be assisted by a committee
in each of the five Texas con
ferences of the Methodist church.
The Fort Worth area committee
includes Rev. W. Ward, pas
tor of Polytechnic Church, chair
man; Rev. Warren Johonston,
First Church; Rev. L. Bowman
Craven, Boulevard Church; Mel
Faulk, and Judge John Speer.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.