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ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 20.
Work on New Road
Into Bryan Starts
At North Gate
Last week the Austin Company
began work on the new highway to
Bryan at the North Gate. The part
of the road under construction now
is being built on college property
and will be connected later to the
road from Bryan.
The roadway will cost $107,000
and will be finished in about three
weeks, according to Gibb Gilchrist,
Dean of Engineering. The manager
of the project is Tyree Bell ’13
who once played football for A. &
M.
The new highway promises to be
an aide to hitchhiking for Aggies
into Bryan. Tentative plans are
for the complete highway to be
finished by the end of summer.
Wheat Improved
Says Agronomist
Of A. & M. College
Quality of Texas wheat has
greatly improved over a five-year
period, and this year’s crop is ex
pected to continue the progress,
in the opinion of E. A. Miller,
agronomist for the A. and M. Col
lege Extension Service.
Mixtures of hard red winter and
soft red winter wheats in Texas
shipments practically have disap
peared, he explains. A survey made
by USD A marketing specialists
reveals that in 1937, 237 car loads
of mixed wheat were reported in
Texas. No shipments of mixed
wheat were reported at markets in
1942. The previous year there were
15 cars of mixed wheat.
A greater decline in smutty
wheat is something for Texas
growers to be proud of, Miller
says. A total of 894 carloads of
smutty wheat were reported for
Texas during 1937, and in 1942 the
number was down to 32. The “low
year” for smut was in 1941 when
only six carloads of damaged
wheat were reported. This is due
to a large extent to increased seed
treatment for smut. Continuing
this treatment will keep smut da
mage to a minimum.
A new variety, Comanche, which
is a cross between Tenmarq and
Oro, likely will become popular
as soon as enough seed is avail
able because if its good baking
qualities, better yield and test
weight than Tenmarq. There will
be a fair supply of Comanche but
not enough to meet the entire de
mand.
Wheat varieties, as well as the
combine-type milos, the new waxy
white kafir, and an improved Su
dan grass were discussed at a se
ries of grain-grading schools held
recently under Mr. Miller’s direc
tion in Vernon, Plainview, Amaril
lo, and Perryton. The school at
Lubbock was under the direction of
Dr. A. W. Young, head of the. agro
nomy department at Texas Tech.
Aggregate attendance was 223.
Cooperating in the meetings were
local county agents, grain inspec
tors, Texas Tech, the Agricultural
Experiment Station, Triple-A, and
the Texas Wheat Improvement As
sociation.
Japs Lose Heavily
In Sixth Year Of
War With Chinese
CHUNGKING, China—The Jap
anese suffered more than 187,860
casualties in the sixth year of the
Chinese war, a Chinese army
spokesmen reported Friday in an
annual review.
The spokesmen said that during
that year, which ended Wednesday,
there were four major battles,
seventy-two important engage
ments, 3,3034 minor engagements
and 1,034 guerrilla clashes.
The Chinese took 2,809 Japanese
prisoners and captured considera
ble quantities of war materials,
the report said.
A.&M. Radio Club To
Hold Meeting at 7:00
Tonight at 7:00 in the WTAW
studios there will be a meeting of
the A. & M. Radio Club.
On the program is to be a 15 min
ute amateur act and a 15 minute
play. Both features will be record
ed and later played back to the par
ticipants for their benefit.
All old members are requested
to be present and all those stu
dents interested in joining the club
are also invited.
Camera Club To
Hold Meeting Wed.
Tomorow night at 6:45, in the
Petroluem lecture room, the Col
lege Camera Club will hold fts sec
ond meeting of this semester. At
the last meeting officers were
elected and ideas were discussed as
to the aims of the club this. year.
Officers elected were M. A. Fren
kel, president; A. ,H. Carpenter,
vice-president; and J. E. Kelly, sec
retary-treasurer. Mr. Brady is the
sponsor of the club.
Everyone with any interest in
photography whatsoever is invited
down to the meeting. A program
is being arranged, and further
plans will be made concerning the
club’s darkroom. The darkroom al
ready contains a good enlarger
and more equipment is going to be
bought. So, all you Aggies, Sail
ors, Marines, Air Corps Cadets, and
Engineers drop in and get ac
quainted.
Guion Hall To
Feature Sheetz
& Co., July 24-25
One of the outstanding magic
acts in the southwest will be pre
sented on the stage of the Guion
Theatre, Saturday and Sunday,
July 24 and 25, it has been an
nounced here, when Sheetz and
Company will bring their feats of
deception and illusionment to the
campus of A. & M.
This is the second in a series of
stage entertainments brought to
the stage of the Guion Hall Thea
tre, the first of which appeared
this week-end in the form of a
table tennis tournament featuring
Cartland and Cook, world famed
table tennis players. Their six per
formances staged during Satur
day and Sunday caused favorable
comment on the campus and many
contenders from all branches of
the service challenged the champ
ions in an effort to win the $25
war bond prize posted to defeat
them. None of the contenders won
from the champions during the six
engagements.
Sheetz and Company specialize
in oddities in the field of magic,
and have in their act several amus
ing and entertaining illusions. Al
though the performances will be
staged during the week-end of the
mid-semester holidays, the campus
will by no means be deserted since
the various branches of the service
stationed here will he on hand and
a good attendance is expected to
see this magic company and its
act.
Music Lovers Hear
Pianist Sunday
Music lovers were afforded the
opportunity of hearing H. Hov-
hamissian, pianist, play a concert
of popular and semi-classical num
bers Sunday afternoon at the Y. M.
C. A. lounge under the sponsorship
of the Y, with the Air Corps Wives
as hostesses.
Mr. Hovhamissian, who is from
New York, is stationed on the
campus of A. & M College with
the ASTP unit here.
The open house began at three
o’clock and lasted until five. Re
freshments were served during the
afternoon to the callers who drop
ped in to hear the versatile and
accomplished pianist.
CANDIDATES—Hayes Stripling and Archie Broodo who
will be the candidates in today’s run-off election for Yell
Leader for the First Semester Sophs. These men were
selected for a run-off in the primary election held last
Thursday.
Ex Aggie On Last
Lap Of Air School
At Brooks Field
All American of ’40
Started Military
Career In Infantry
Lt. James N. (“Big Jim”) Tho
mason, All-American blocking back
on Texas A. & M. great football
squad of 1940, has reported to
Brooks Field, Texas, on the last lap
of his training as a pilot-observer
in the Army Air Corps.
Lt. Thomason was commissioned
in the Infantry upon graduation
from A. & M in 1941, and served
at Camp Wolters before he began
his flight training.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. N. Thomason of 1010 Avenue I,
Brownwood.
CoLWeltySpeaksThursday
To Freshmen in “Y” Chapel e
Sips Salute Ags
According to some of the boys
who made the weekly trip to
the 40-acres this weekend, the
“tea-sips” were really whipping
out with the salutes.
It seems that a good many
of the tea-hounds are in uni
form now and this naturally re
quires that they salute officers.
Quite a few of them had their
heads in and jumped to atten
tion as well as saluted on the
passing of an Aggie in uniform.
The Aggie uniform does re
semble that of an army officer,
but if the head is kept out, the
difference can be noted. The
moral of this is obviously that
the sippers should pull their
heads out, Agreed?
LIFE MUST GO ON
CORSICANA, Texas, — Mother
Hen quit the nest because of the
heat and Mother Nautre finished
the job, according to a story re
lated by Mrs. E. M. Hopgood.
A hen quit her nest, but twelve
eggs had hatched in the abandon
ed nest with others hatching, the
story went, showing the weather
had remained warm enough, to pre
vent the chilling of the eggs
Life At West Point
Compared To A.&M.
Discussed by Colonel
Colonel Maurice D. Welty ad
dressed the freshmen last Thurs-
night on the subject “Mr. Average
American Goes to War”. He spoke
of the opportunities that we would
have in the Army and of the very
interesting experiences at West
Point. The Colonel stressed the
importance of discipline in the Ar
my. “The most important thing to
learn when going into the armed
services is discipline,” stated the
colonel.
Officers, both non commissioned
and commissioned are chosen from
well disciplined men; men who can
take as well as give orders to
others. Discipline does not only in
volve outward military courtesy,
but inward loyalty and respect.
This qualification is indespensible
to the modem military machine.
When the Colonel was at West
Point, he experienced many incon
veniences. The point today is soft
to what it used to be, said the
colonel. West Point at that time
was very small and had no modem
conveniences. The main area was
inclosed by an academic building,
a wash house, and barracks. In this
area all student activities were
(See Welty, Page 4)
Grain Cracking Is
Discussed by AMC
xtension Service
Cracking of grain in the opera
tion of a combine may be kept
within control by suitable adjust
ments in the machine. But Texas
farmers may find it profitable to
allow a certain amount of cracking
to insure against an appreciable
quantity of grain passing unthresh
ed through the combine. The brok
en kernels could be screened off
for extra feed.
The experienced thresherman,
says M. R. Bentley of the A. & M.
College Extension Service, upon
finding the percentage of cracked
grain is excessive, reduces the cy
linder speed, lowers the concaves,
or increases the clearance between
the cylinder and shear bar, accord
ing to the type of threshing head.
Also it may be necessary to elimi
nate end play in the cylinder shaft.
One or more of these adjustments
usually solves the problem, says
Bentley, who is the Extension agr-
cultural engineer.
Excessive cracking sometimes
may result from the return of sub
stantial quantities of threshed
grain to the threshing cylinder
with the tailings. Among the ad
justments for excessive grain re
turn of the type Bentley recom
mends (1) increasing the fan-blast;
(2) opening the adjustable sieve,
or (3) lowering the rear of the
sieve in order that the grain may
be disposed of faster. These ad-
(See GRAIN, Page 4)
World War I Service Flag Blown Down
Pictured at the left is the World
War I service flag that has hung in the
rotunda of the Academic Building for
more than two decades. Last week a
high wind blew this flag down and ex
amination has determined that it is too
fragile to be rehung in the place of
honor it has occupied since the early
1920’s. For many years the flag has
played an important part in the unwrit
ten tradition of the campus and many
classes of freshmen at A. & M. have
been required to count the stars on its
field of white and be able to tell the
exact number. The flag contains blue
stars for each A. & M. man who served
the country during the 1917-18 war
and a gold star for each man who died
in the service.
Voting To Take Place At
Newsstand West of Milner
Election Under Sponsorship of Student
Elections Committee; Voting from 8 to 5
Today the Corps will go to the polls to determine be
tween Archie Broodo and Hayes Stripling for the second
position of yell leader. Broodo and Stripling had a large
enough vote at Thursday’s election to insure a run-off. Both
are first semester sophomores.
Pre-Med Meeting At
7:00; Films Shown
Tonight at 7:00 in the Biology
Lecture Room there will be a meet
ing of the Pre Med Society.
Some new interesting films on
subjects vital to all pre medics
will be shown. The Biology Lecture
Room is located on the second
floor of the Biology Building.
All members of the society are
urged to be present and any new
men wishing to become members
are invited.
• J. M. Knox was elected last
Thursday to the position of head
yell leader and today’s election will
decide who leads the Aggie yells
with him.
The election is under the spon
sorship of the Student Elections
Committee with students from the
committee handling the polls. The
poll will open again in front of
the newsstand and the voting
hours will be from 8 a.m. to noon
and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Yellow
receipts will be presented again
for a person to vote; anyone who
did not vote in Thursdays election
but has his receipt may vote to
day.
“Wings in Swing”
Not To Play For
Sophomore Ball
Capt. Lyle V. Kleinjan and his
musical soldiers called “Wings in
Swing” will not be able to play for
the Sophomore Ball on August 13.
Because of previous engagements
and new band changes, the or
chestra will be unable to entertain
the upperclassmen and their girls.
“Wings in Swing” has been
spending all its spare time lately
preparing for their broadcasts
every week. They play each Mon
day night over Mutual.
The Sophomores, along with L.
D. Boone, manager of Student Ac
tivities, are trying their best to
secure an orchestra before next
week.
Radio Program At
Texas Honored In
Puerto Rico Base
AAC HQ, Puerto Rico, July 10—
Lone Star Longhors, Lockheeds
and Lightnings shared the radio
spotlight here recently when Tex
as was honored on the Antilles
Air Command’s “48-Gun Salute”.
Produced by Air Corps person
nel, the weekly programs feature
a different state each week and de
rive their name from the military
custom of firing one gun for each
state of the union.
Famous placts and events were
dramatized in humorous skits and
music typical of the state was pro
vided by recordings, taking the
airmen from their bases in the An
tilles back to the wide open spaces
on an imaginary mission.
Among the places mentioned
were Amarillo, center of the
world’s largest helium gas field;
the Alamo at San Antonio; the
magic valley of the lower Rio
Grande; the biggest oil field in the
world; the colorful colleges of S.
M. U., T. C. U., Rice, Baylor, and
the Aggies, and the numerous air
fields, spawning ground of the
Intramural Scores
Report Of Less
Perfect Records
League standings in the intra
mural race as found here just
complete through last Thursday.
Since that time 1st HQ softball
team in League has been knocked
out of the undefeated class. The
trick was turned by D. Co. who
beat them 8-3.
The 6th Co. lost their perfect
record in the same league when A
Co., came from behind in the sev
enth inning to tie them. O. C. Gran-
zin, 6th Co. pitcher turned in an
excellent performance despite the
fact that he did not win. In the
first five innings he gave up one
hit and fanned eight men.
With Mezzitti and French scor
ing the winning runs, D Co., beat
C Co., 2-l.C’s lonely tally was
scored by MacAllister.
In the only tennis match played,
4th HQ Co. beat 2nd Co. 2-1. Cy
ril Russell, B. D. Jordan, A. G.
Pike, and Bill Garrett of the 4th
HQQ Co. beat D. E. Hurst, A Good-
ell, S. Mikulinsky, and H. E. Har
vey of the 2nd Co. A. F. Rilley
(See Intramurals, Page 4)
Bathing Beauties
To Be Seen Soon
At Camp Swift
CAMP SWIFT.—The Beauty
Queen of Central Texas will be
chosen at Camp Swift early in
August at the biggest and most
elaborate bathing beauty contest
ever staged in this area. Occasion
for the celebration will be the
opening of the first of four swim
ming pools, and a water show,
presenting star aquatic performers
will be one feature of the day’s
program.
Every town of the Camp Swift
area will be invited to enter a
contestant in the beautiy competi
tion. Invitations are being sent to
all American Legion Posts and
, . , . , „ other veterans’ organizations of
American war birds-Randolph, the an(l a , of
Kelly, Brooks, Duncan, Ellington, L onaWe candidatcs for the title of
Foster, Midland, Mission and Shep-j Queen o( Camp Swift and Central
* ^Tgxss is expected
Also mentioned during the tour; A cash prize of $100 ^ be
of the state were Fort Worth, Cor-! awarded the winner of the Queen
sicana,^ Dallas, Weatherford^ Den- j title, with $50 for second prize and
$25 for third. An additional cash
ton, Marshall, Houston, Bryan,
Muleshoe, Rising Sun, Falfurrias,
New Braunfels, San Marcos, Bel
ton, Waco, Kilgore, Longview and
others.
Texas, which claims to have more
volunteers in the armed forces
than any other state, has a repre
sentative share in the Caribbean.
Many more who are graduates of
her flying schools now pilot planes
on endless patrols over vital ship
ping lanes.
prize of $50 will be awarded the
organization placing the first prize
winner in the contest.
Plans include presentation of the
water show and bathing beauty re
vue during the later afternoon,
with the closing feature of the big
day to be an elaborate dance at
night in the immense outdoor
dance area, where the Beauty
Queen will be crowned and the
prizes awarded.