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TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1943- -THE BATTALION -Page 3 TURRET TIPS Squadron I Notes on the weddings. . . Act ing in true Squadron Commander manner Mr. Quick performed due honors to both brides at Saturday’s weddings, with that married man’s technique. His comments were “the ceremonies were beautiful, and here is to more of them” . . .Fred Bantu was an overeager Beaver at one of the weddings of the day. As he dove in to kiss the bride, he almost knocked her down. Take’er easy, boy. If the weather permits the play ing of the first round play-off in the Bomber softball league to night, let’s be out there full strength to boost the “Fighting First”. Open for all challenges is Squad ron One’s water polo team. Al though not officially worked into the sports schedule as yet, you other squadrons should start or ganizing. As a member of the reception committee for the Houhton U. S. 0 girls, “Lover” Don Hartsough has been getting some pointers from Mr. Merwin as to how to conduct himself properlyy. His schooling has been varied and covers other items also, doesn’t it professor ? . . Mr. Poirier is also looking for ward with eagerness to this com ing Friday. On that day Helen ar rives from down New Orleans way. Searching for news the reporter found out that a boy had a girl last weekend. The boy was Gene Walker; the girl is still a secret. Circling the Field Squadron III The following bit of (???) was composed by A/S Seymour J. Greenberg during a dull session of Mathematics: Rebirth As times endless processions pass And lifes’ chaos in great array Cease to remain a nameless mass, A moment here, then fade away. A prominence through clarity Is etched in fine lines on man’s mind, And then, long last, the rarity Of truth, love and sincerity An understanding he does find. The world becomes a living thing, And Objects a new meaning grasp; This death of inhibitions brings Emotions seeking life at last. (See CIRCLING, Page 4) SERVICE STYLES by Bostonian Mansfield Crosby-Square and Roblee . . . Designed and built ex pressly for Military wear. Here you will find a complete line of mili tary shoes styled for all kinds of service. Built to fit right and feel right . .. they’ll last longer. $5.95 to $12.50 CLOCKIERS SHOE DEPT. B. C. ALLEN, Owner ColWf* a ad Bryaa ACID NEWS DRIFTING By A/S Fred J. Rosenthal Diamond Dick of Wild West Days Dies As Country Doctor in Nebraska RUDDER DUST by A/S Jack E. Shaw OBSERVATIONS OF THE COM MANDING OFFICER I have noticed another improve ment in the general condition of the detachment. In the past few weeks there has been a steady in crease in the quality of drilling and academic flight marching Ite’s see that this continues. The work in academics is good but must also show the improve ment that the other phase of your training does. Officers and men are working har dto make the coming “Wing Dance” the best that the detach ment has ever seen. It is my de sire that the young ladies who are invited to the ball be shown the best possible time so that they will return for the following dan ces, thus making it easier to get the young ladies for these occa sions. A hearty welcome is extended to all of Bryan and to the school as a whole, to be present at the weekly reviews that feature the 308t)i Air-Crew College Training Detachment. Incidenatlly, the last two reviews have shown a definite trend toward a higher caliber of drilling. In closing, I would like to con gratulate the excellent work that is being done by the staff of the “Air-Crew” news gathering and editing the news about the campus. PLANE MARKINGS CHANGED Another change in the markings on the planes flying for the Uni ted States Air Corps has taken place. Behind the regulation in signia, will be placed a bar of red and white that extends to the left and right of the insignia. Spot-lighting the Air Forces again, it is noted that we now have fourteen different commands in operation on the fighting fronts of the world. NEW SQUADRON ARRIVES Sunday night showed another new squadron being ushered in to the folds of the 308th amid the splendid music by the band who lead the group up to the mess hall where one of those distinctive Tex as A. & M. meals were served to them. New Squadron Four will probably be housed in Hart Hall where they will be initiated to the rigors of being an aviation student. The officers and the enlisted personnel wiuld like to offer a hearty welcome and a friendly hand-clasp to all the men in the new squadron. We want you to feel free to ask those many and enevitable questions and we will try to get you accustomed to your new home. HART THROBS Squadron V I suppose all of you all know that we have additions to our little family. From the insignia, the new bunch are from several branches of the service. Here’s wishing them a huge ‘hello’ and a hearty handshake, and all the luck in the world. “Feets” Steger has concluded, after 15 hours of close observation, that the world is square, not round as commonly believed. “Hermit” Henneke, the squad ron’s woman hater finally came around. He has been sweating a cute chick who lives in the camp us, asked her for a date. He pours a quart of eau du colonge on, puts on his best G. L, even washes his hands for the big affair. Climax— he was stood up. Now he is twice the woman hater as before. Alvin B. Cooter brought a quart jar of sugar home. There is one man the sugar shortage can’t get down. After the review Friday night, Squadron Five’s guidean was bare. The boys soon fixed that, how- eve, by designing their owe ‘En durance’ ribbon. It was made out of some sort of paper. All kidding aside, fellas, that guideon looks like hell without streamers. Let’s get with it—I mean, make with the magnif mar ching, and etc. We were the best. I believe we still are, and you know we ara—let’s prove it. The band is marvelous. I re member the first time I heard it, and it really has improved. The boys have worked hard, and have shown us what real cooperation an dteam work can do. More pow er to them. ACTD STAFF Alvin B. Cooter Editor-in-Chief Jack E. Shaw Managing Editor Fred J. Rosenthal Associate Editor Alan E. Goldsmith Associate Editor Joseph E. Platt Sports Editor Hal Zimmerman Editor Squd. 2 Max E. Stump fcauor Sqd. Two Martin E. Ismert Sqd. Three Editor William R. Peters Squadron V Editor WEDDINGS OF THE WEEKEND St. Mary’s Chapel was the scene last Saturday afternoon of the marriage of Miss Merlynn Loya- cano of New Orleans to A/S Joseph H. Frught, Jr., of Squad ron one. Being a yeoman in the waves, the bride wore her white summer Wave uniform. She carried a bouquet of white roses. Mr. Joseph H. Frught, Sr., father of the bridegroom, gave the bride in marriage. Marion Frught, sister of the bridegroom, was the brides maid. Acting as best man was A/S Ralph Fuhrman from Squadron one. Father Valenta officiated for the ceremony. The couple spent the weekend in the city of Bryan. Saturday afternoon also saw the marriage of Miss Eula de Gurse of Michigan to A/S Fred B. Weigman of Squadron one. The bride wore a Navy blue dress trim med in white with a veiled Navy blue hat, and carried a white cor sage. Mr. and Mrs. Norvell J. Maher acted as best man and ma tron of honor. The nuptial cere mony was performed in the Metho dist Parsonage by Rev. Walton B. Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Weigman remained in College Station for the weekend. Spotlight on Sports By BILL PLATT The important sports news of the weekend comes from the Bryan Country Club golf course where Squadron II held a Blind Bogey match on Saturday afternoon. The tournament went over with much success and in the future golfers of the Detachment are going to have an interesting time. The was originated by Ed Mar tin, Squadron II athletic officer, and under the supervision of Lt. Segrest, a Detachment playoff is being organized. Squadron II had a tournament the past weekend and plans are going ahead to have Squadron V pick their best men by means of a tournament this Sat urday afternoon. A Detachment playoff will be held after the Squadron tournaments. The scores for the Squadron II men ranged from 95 beyond scores that can safely be released and pro tect the welfare of the writer of this column. Most of the players had not had a golf club in their hands for a year or more and from the looks of the scores some pro bably never had played before, but that did not harm the perfect af ternoon that each one of the 24 golfers enjoyed. William R. Allmon took the Blind Bogey prize by shooting a 129 and with a handicap of 47 his net was 81. Robert Collet also has a 81 net by shooting 114 but only had a 33 handicap. The two low men flipped a coin to decide the winner of the prize moeny, Low scores for the match were turned in by Walter Miller, Paul DeNatal, and George Davis. Miller took the low score honors by blast ing around the 18 holes in 95 strokes. Five strokes behind the lowest was Paul DeNatal, who fin ished the 18th hole with an even 100 total. Only two strokes behind the second place man was George Davis with 102 total. Many practice licks can be got ten in before the Detachment play off and Squadron II will have a first rate team with interest very high. Several golfers who have a respected reputation were on pass es the past weekend and were una ble to compete. The ace of the ones missing is probably John E. Mar tin, the slender lad is reported to have made the course in "par, which is 72, already this season and also has a armload of medals and tro phies he had won. Squadron II won the praise of the manager of the Country Club for the fine conduct during the tournament and the following Squadrons should strive to keep the mark set by Squadron II. Due to the formation of the new eight team softball league last week the activity was slow but the new league is about ready to start and action on the softball front will resume again this week. Attention to all baseball fans! Service men do not get time to follow major league play like they have in the past but many will want to time in the All-Star game that is scheduled Wednesday night. Probably many a baseball fan will hurry home from the Detachment meeting to listen to the baseball classic of the year that is second only to the World Series. THIS WE FIGHT By A/S Alvin B. Cooter We are fighting more than just Hitler and the Prussian tradition of the past century; we fight also the Nazi education in the past twelve years. This is a perplexing situation that we must overcome; a situation we must cope with at the end of this war forced upon us by one man, but the traditions and education that he has taught, and is now teaching. In the past century, Prussia, now Germany, has launched five aggressive wars which has cost the lives of twenty million men, and crippled ten million more. We think that itis a high price to pay so a country may have supreme control of the world. It is a high cost—too high. In World War I, Kaiser Wilhelm II taught the same identical be liefs to his imperialistic men as Hitler' is teaching today. Kaiser Welhelm II, one of the more tne- der-hearted generals j said; “our civilization must be build its tem ple on mountains of corpses, and oceans of tears, and the groans of inumerable dying men.” The German peaple are taught that Frederick the Great, Moltke, and Bismarck are superior to Bach, Schiller, Goethe, and Beethoven. “The weak shall perish; the strong shall survive”. Those are the words of Adolf Hitler. Those are the teachings that must be destroy ed, cut down and up-rooted like weeds from a garden. We must plant the seeds for the coming generation. The seeds must be sowed correctly this time or the weeds shall rise again and destroy our labors. They glorify ruthlessness, preach hatred, destroy and twist the hu man souls into believing their tu tor’s lesson. We are taught the opposites: Peace, freedom, love and good neighbor policies, but we must forget these policies while we are trying to destry our das tardly enemies. Forget those teach ings now and fight to win the victory—but remember them in the peace to follow; remember them and sow the seeds and let the field flourish with democracy, freedom, security, and tranquility Prayer for Critics O, Father, give us eyes to see, Inspired, divine, intent Before we dip our pens in gall And bitter words are sent To blast the hopes of struggling one. Lord, open thou our eyes And cast out every mote and beam Before we criticeze. Famous Last Words I never sunburn,! just tan. Captain, I’ve decided not to re turn to camp. Dumbbell Pome Little girls want dolls for toys And soldiers are chosen by the boys But grownup girls change to sol diers then And baby dolls are choice of men. Radio Fairy Story You know all about our pro duct, so we’ll go right ahead with the music. Jest in Passing A magazine writer says that after the war women will be the ruling sex. That “will be” proves he’s a bachelor. One of those army haircuts isn’t so bad after it grows on you. Modern Trend “My! My! What a meal! ex claimed the new husband to his wife. “Isn’t it wonderful that it can taste so terrible?” Pet Peeve Trains that are hours late when I’m going home on furlough and run ahead of schedule when I re turn to camp. When you have only a few min utes until train time to find some one who wants to make a trip next winter asking questions about it from the ticket seller. Rosie’s Journal “United States Spends All the Cash It Has Every Ten Weeks”— daily newspaper headline. Shucks, the United States will have to do better than that, if it wants to keep up with me. Read yesterday that American soldiers are introducing corn in Ireland. Land Sakes, haven’t they been getting any of our radio pro grams over there? for all men no matter what race, creed, or color! NORFOLK, Neb.—This town’s link with the glamorous' days of the wild west has been broken. Dr. Richard Tanner, 74, known as Diamond Dick to thousands who saw his amazing feats of marks manship at wild west circus per formances before the turn of the century, died Friday night. His death was due in part to a broken leg suffered in a fall at his home when a chair slipped out from under him. He had kept his identity a well- hidden secret for fifteen years after he quit the circus show ring to become a country doctor in Northeast Nebraska. It was when the local American Legion post sponsored a western rodeo in 1925 that his fellow citi zens learned that Dr. Tanner was Diamond Dick. He appeared in the rodeo parade in the colorful buckskin’ costume, of his circus days. He was quick to point out that he wasn’t a Wild West hero as portrayed in the Diamond Dick stories that were so popular with youngsters some years back. But his colorful career as a Wild West performer started when he was a youth of 16. Extremely proficient with rifle and pistol, he was attracted to Wild West cir cuses, and his skill soon placed him among the ranking perform ers. He was billed as Diamond Dick, and for a time had his own attrac tion—Diamond Dick’s Wild West Shows. When he was in his e^rly 20’s he saddled a horse at Lincoln, Neb., and rode it to New York and back. He claimed it was the long est horseback ride on record—5,550 miles—without a change of horses. In 1905 he decided to become a doctor. Four years later he was graduated from the old Lincoln Medical College at Lincoln, Neb. In 1910 he began his practice at Norfolk. Only once in Norfolk did he have occasion to use his guns and then they were not handy. He re sponded to the call of a grocer who was being robbed. Unarmed, Dr. Tanner gave case, b u t the feeling robber outdistanced him. Somewhat chagrined, Diamond Dick unromanitically telephoned the police. DR. N. B. 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