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L'lDLiZ!! mm TO '£ Zoi r.lFJ ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 15 Bolton Announces Holidays To Be July 23 Through 26 Letter from Former Aggie Tells Of Benefits of P. E. Penberthy Receives Letter From Aggie Stationed In Wyoming Prom all reports that have come back from the Aggies now at the various Officer Candidate Schools, the Physical Fitness Pro gram here at A. & M. is really do ing a lot of good. W. L. Penberthy, head of the Physical Education Department, recently received the following letter from Pvt. Walter L. Scott, now stationed at Fort Warren, in Wyoming: “I just want you to know how much good your Physical Training program did the boys last semes ter. I am writing you in behalf of the Aggies here at Ft Warren. At the time we were doing all that running and exercising we couldn’t see how it would benefit us, but now that we are taking basic train ing we realize its importance. There isn’t a day that passes but what we do some running and ex ercising, and because of what we had at A. & M., we can take it while those who didn’t have it fall out. “You might tell the boys that are always fussing and cussing that they won’t realize the good it is doing them until they are in a position like ours and have to do it. “Thanks a lot.” This just shows how much value there is in the course that is more dreaded than any other on the campus. Mr. Penberthy has received several letters stating al most the same thing this one does. Most of the boys say they would not take anything for their train ing along this line. Ex-Aggie Killed In North Africa Campaign June 20 A telegram from the Adjutant GeneraTs Office at Washington, D. C., came to Mrs. Howard H. Brian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McDuff Simpson on Saturday aft ernoon notifying her that her hus band, Lieut. Howard H. Brian, was “killed in action in the North African Area, June 20.” Lieut. H. H. Brian graduated at A. & M. College May 16, 1942, and' received his commission as Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army. On May 17, following his graduation, he was sent to Ellington Field, and in July, 1942, sailed for overseas duty to England. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brian of Bakersfield, Calif. He was married to Miss Goldie Ruth Simpson the week of his graduation. Mrs. Brian has been making her home with her parents at Bryan, while her husband was in the ser vice. Letter Expressing Appreciation Was Received by Longhorn The following letter addressed to the Longhorn Staff of ’44 was received at the Student Activities Office. “I certainly apreciate the tri bute you paid Mr. Sugareff’s Memory and your thoughtfulness in bringing me a Longhorn. Mr. Sugareff really had the Aggie Spirit and I know he would have gotten a thrill out of being re membered in the annual. “Aside from my personal inter est in it, I think that it is the nicest Longhorn I have seen in years.” Gratefully, Mrs. V. K. Sugareff. Development Fund Reaches $50,000 Goal First Year The Texas A. & M. Development has completed its first year and received $51,119.74 from 6,277 con tributors. The fund launched last fall as the only financial program of the Association of Former Stu dents has been a tremendous suc cess. The Fund closed its books for this year May 31, and any gifts received after that date will be credited ot the 1944 Fund, closing on May 31. The goal for this 1943 Fund was $50,000; to be placed in War Bonds for the duration, then to be available' to launch construction on the campus of the Student Act ivities Center. Such a center has been declared to be the greatest need of the College and its student body. The Grand Objective of the Development Fund, at this time is the construction of the center as a Memorial to the A. & M. who have served in the armed forces of their country. There are no longer any dues in the Association of Former Students and EVERY A. & M. man is con sidered a member of the organiza tion. Everyman is solicited to make an alumni gift to the Devel opment Fund, of whatever he wishes and feels able to give. The amount of each man’s gift is held confidential. An annual report list the names of all donors, class standings, totals received, and de tailed statements of the fund’s disposition. Civilians May Not Wear Armylnsignia According to par. 23, Army Reg ulation 600-40: “It shall be unlaw ful for any person not an officer or enlisted man of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, to wear the duly prescribed Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, or any distinctive part of such uni form, or a uniform any part of uniform of the United States which is similar to a distinctive part of the duly prescribed uni form of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.” Another sentence in the regu lation: “Any person who offends against the provisions of this sec tion, on conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $300, or by (See CIVILIANS, Page 4) Need of Girls For . Service Dances Noted at Meeting Lack of cooperation from the young women in attending dances for servicemen remained an un solved problem after members of the war council committee met with Louis Fishbach, U. S. O. re presentative, and officers of army and naval units at College Station at the counrt house in Bryan Mon day night. At the suggestion of Capt. Sam B. Hill, commanding officer of the aviation cadets at College Station, it was decided to organize a Junior Young Women’s Service League. Mrs. J. M. Fountain will direct the organization of this group. Captain Hill pointed out that there were about 200 men in his aviation school under 20 years of age, and suggested such an organization for the purpose of entertaining the younger soldiers. Miss Ruth Gordon, head of the Y. W. S. C., stated that everything possible has been done to get the young women to attend but that at present there were only about 40 out of a possible 250 who are at tending. Lt. Albert Kelly, who has charge of the monthly wing ball for aviation cadets, stated that at the last dance there were 300 (See NEED OF, Page 4) Radio Men Meet Mi ftm m r ity SERVICE MEN HAMS—Many of the radio hams located here in the branches of the service met recently and talked person ally to some of the fellows they had talked to through the air. Front row, Donald Ashley, Jack Metcalfe, Paul Gose, Dale Wil liams, Donald St. Germain, Nor- More Girls .. . Fewer Stags The girl shortage at the Sat urday night dances is about to be solved, but it will take the Chamber of Commerce of Navo- sota and Brenham to bring this plan into being. Because of the greater number of stags, the only feasible plan was to do a little importing from neighbor ing towns. The Student Activi ties Office, with the help of both Young Women’s Service Clubs, is the instigator of the plan and in a few weeks the dances at the Grove will be more in teresting for everyone. NAVY NEEDS WOMEN AS AVIATION SPECIALISTS HOUSTON.—The Women’s Re serve of the United States Navy needs many more women to train as Naval aviation specialists, it was announced today by Lieut. Preston Moore, officer in charge of the Houston office of naval of ficer procurement. “The number of Navy women in training for Naval aviation bil lets is expanding so rapidly that by the end of next year approxi mately 20,000 women will be handl ing jobs at Naval aviation bases that have heretofore been handled by men,” Lieut. Moore said. \h man Simmons, John Dehler, Al bert Leuker, R. F. Parslow, C. L. H. Rusche, Murray Blum, R. H. Sturdivant, W. H. Sturdivant, Second row, V. B. Sharpe, Leon ard Sarver, R. W. Frisbee, R. D. Page, Jr., R. C. Holland, J. T. Gustin, Bill Monnertz, Roy L. Weeman, G. F. Grosser, R. E. mi ■ 11 Small. Third row, Lee Henderson, C. L. Brogan, Don Smith, Ger ald LLong, L. E. Thornley, Laddie Schmidtbaur, Gordon Stanys, Bruce Stecker, Eugene Simpson, Norman Wasson, Geo. Glade, Elmer Liedes, J. N. Bird song, R. J. Artigues, and A. T. Harty. Cartland and Cook to P(ove Skill at Table Tennis Game Singles Champions * Here on 10th - 11th Two of the best table tennis players in the country will be at Guion Hall on July 10 and 11 to present a program for Aggies and service men that none will forget. The players are Douglas Cart- land and Harry Cook, the former being the Southern States Cham pion and the latter being the Canadian National Singles Cham pion. These men have just con cluded a tour of the country where they presented their programs to audiences at schools, colleges, and clubs. Cook is rated by many as the greatest defensive player there is, and it is this type of tactics that makes his playing so interest ing. He likes to play well back of the table and return the ball to his opponent with a twist and a spin which sets the ball to a low bounce. This makes the return very difficult for the player who is against Cook. The harder the ball is returned to him, the bet ter he likes it and the farther he retreats to the back of the table. The only way to win points from him when these tactics are used is to use a drop-shot on him and follow through with a smash hit that can be put by Cook before he can retreat far enough in the background to return it. The reverse styled player is Cartland when he uses the smash ing offensive type of playing. He is always on the go with shots at all parts of the table to give his opponent very little rest from hard drives. His shots are high and bounce off the edge of the table and cause his opponents un told trouble. The “Grasshopper” as Cook is called by some opponents, has trouble returning shots such as these, but he is the only person who can return them as well as they should be returned. Both Cartland and Cook are offering a $25 war bond to the Aggie or service man who can de- feit either in a singles match. There are no qualifications ex cept that you stand on the stage and face either one as an opponent. The two men will play against each other and then Cartland will discuss the various ways of play ing the game. The matches should be interesting, and it is urged that a large crowd be at Guion Hall on the 11th and 12th. Student Aid Fund Available to all Aggies Who Need Assistance Fund Set Up to Aid In Giving Financial Help to Injured Ags By Sylvester Boone It was in 1940 that the Student Aid Fund had its beginning, but there is more to it than appears to be. There had to be some cause for the fund to start. The original name was not the Student Aid Fund, but the George Stidham Fund which started under un usual circumstances. George Stidham was a sopho more at A. & M. in 1940 when he fell out of his fourth floor dormi tory window on the night of May 17. The Aggie was penniless; his mother was dead, and he hadn’t seen his dad in several years. He came from Uvalde, the valedicto rian of his senior class. When he came to college to further his education, he faced the fact that he would have to earn his way. Stidham’s fall broke his back, and his life depended on hospital treatment that was not available at the college hospital. But, how was he to pay this expense when he barely earned enough to stay in school ? This was easily answer ed, for when, at the suggestion of one of the corps’ junior yell leaders and one of the Battalion’s junior editors, a drive was organized to raise funds to meet these expenses. The drive was a success; more than $1100 had been given by the corps which was more than ample amount to give proper care and treatment to Stidham. This idea aid the success of it set others to thinking about the need of a student community chest because there might be other cases where an injured Aggie might need financial aid. So it was that several college officials and two members of the student body met to discuss the situation, and make tentative plans if the discussion was successful. Began Under Head Of George Stidharii Fund in May, 1940 Thus, Col. Ike Ashburn, E. J. Howell, E. L. Angell, Daniel Rus sell, Herman Focke, and George Furmann made up the first com mittee which started the fund on its way to becoming what it is today. The discussion covered va rious angles and possibilities of the fund becoming a standing pro ject on the campus to aid those Aggies who needed help. The student community chest which, to this date, has been called the George Stidham Fund, was hereafter to be known as the Tex as A. & M. Student Aid Fund. The money which would be needed to carry on the project was to be raised in several ways. There was to be an annual drive in the corps each fall with no Aggie to be ask- (See AID FUND, Page 4) No Special Holiday To Be Given For Fourth Of July Break Needed In Semester’s Routine Of Work and Study, Dean Announces Mid-semester holidays beginning at noon Friday, July 23 and lasting until midnight Monday, July 26, were an nounced at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon by Dean F. C. Bolton. Navy, Marine Corps To Hold Dance In Duncan Hall July 10 George Olsen And Band Signed To Play For the Occasion On July 19th there will be a dance for the Navy and Marine Corps stationed here. The dance will be a formal one and will be held in Duncan Hall from 8:00 ’till 12:00. George Olsen and his “Music of Tomorrow” has been signed to play for the affair. Olsen has one of the most noted bands in the country. He and his band were first brought from the Pacific coast by Florenz Ziegfeld to play the musical score for “Kid Boots”, and since that time, they have been in many more hit productions. The band has played in such famous \ places at the Waldrof and Pennsylvania hotels in New York; Sherman and Edgewater Beach hotels in Chicago; the Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans; and the Rice Hotel in Houston. Everyone who has had the pleasure to hear the band says that it is one of the best in the business. This will be the first dance held by the Navy and Marine Corps at A. & M. and a large turnout is ex pected. -The announcement was made fol lowing a conference of college heads and the statement was is sued that the holidays were deem ed advisible at this time because of the shortened courses and great er amount of work required of the students this semester. It was announced as a result of the conference that no holiday would be given for the Fourth of July this coming week-end. The Fourth falls on Sunday this year and the following day, Monday, would have been observed as a holiday had one been granted. However, in view of the mid-se mester holidays later on in the month, a holiday for the Fouth will not be observed. Many of the stores in Bryan and at College Station will be closed on the fifth in observance of the Fourth of July, it was an nounced. School at the college will be conducted as usual on that day, it was pointed out. Those students eligible for week-end passes will be allowed them for the week-end of the Fourth, it was stated. Honky Tonk Now Defined; Solons Of 48th Do Job Senator George Moffett Sponsors Legislation Now Signed As a Law Maybe you can describe one. Certainly enforcement officers for the Texas Liquor Control Board can point to such a place and say, “There’s a honky tonk.” But for legal purposes, the highest Texas courts have held the law’s definition—that gener ally it was an establishment where ’’conduct lewd, immoral or offen sive to public decency is permit ted”—too vague and indefinite. All that’s been changed by en actment of a bill sponsored in the 48th Legislature by Sen. George Moffett of Chillicothe, recently signed into law by Gov. Coke R. Stevenson. In an eight paragraph legal de scription, the Moffett bill says these are the practices which go to identify a hanky tonk: (a) The use of or permitting the use of loud and vociferous or obscene, vulgar or indecent lang uage. (b) The exposure of person or permitting any person to expose his person. (c) Rudely displaying or per mitting any person rudely to dis play a pistol or any other deadly weapon in ^a manner calculated to disturb the inhabitants of such place. (d) Solicitation of any person for coins to operate musical in struments or other devices. (e) Solicitation of any person to btiy drinks or beverages for consumption by the retailer or his employes. (f) Intoxication on licensed premises or permitting any intox icated person to remain on such premises. (See HONKY, Page 4) Medicos Study Flight Weariness STRATEGIC AIR FORCE STA TION, North Africa—A kind of weariness not in textbooks is be ing encountered by flight sur geons here among fighting airmen who have gone for weeks without relief from duty—although they have taken part in few actual op erations. It is a combined body-mind-soul weariness. The problem of fatigue in aviation due to prolonged fly ing, eye strain and nervous tension has receive intensive study in the United States, especially by scien tists of the Harvard Fatigue Lab oratory, since the present expan sion of the Air Forces started. But it has been impossible to duplicate actual field conditions where men “pjay for the game for keeps.” The syndrome being encounter ed, although to a far less extent than was the case last Winter, has all the earmarks of profound phy sical fatigue. This diagnosis is not justified, however, by the actual case history, say flight surgeons of the Strategic Air Force who have made a study of it. In some cases, paradoxically enough, the fewer the actual mis sions on a man’s record, the great er appears the weariness. It is due primarily, they believe, to sus pense due to delay of fighting op erations because of the weather, change of plans or other factors, most likely to appear in a flier with little combat experience. Such a man is posted for an op eration and steels himself to go through with it. If it comes through on schedule, the flier goes through with it, comes back with renewed confidence in himself despite the nervous strain, and may seem ac tually refreshed. But if it is delay ed for a day or so, the man keeps brooding over it, loses appetite, doesn’t sleep at night and his fitful naps are likely to be disturbed by nightmares. The result of all this is that the man becomes tired to the point of physical exhaustion. Prolonged rest is not the com plete answer and in some cases is almost the opposite of the treat ment indicated. O for a czar who could roll back the heat waves.