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ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 22. A & M Radio Club Held Its Weekly Meeting Wed. Night Program Recorded; Included Amateurs And Radio Drama Wednesday night in the WTAW studios in the Administration Buil ding the A. & M. Radio Club held its weekly meeting . The program was the third in a series of programs that have been recorded for the benefit of those who took part in it. It was 30 min utes long and included several features. The first half of the program was devoted to an amateur novel ties skit. This was put on by El ton Sutton of Bryan who played excerpts from preludes 2 and 3 by George Gershwin on the piano. Betty Jo Cook, also of Bryan, gave a reading. The Aggieland Ram blers led by Chester Chambers and featuring western music exclusive ly was another entrant. The mem bers of this unique band are Hal Clark, Harmonica and vocalist; Buddy Luce, guitar; Bill Jordan, fiddle; Forrest Howard, fiddle; John Wirtz, drums; Aidney Fres co, saxophone; Sergio Zuniga, har monica. Chambers plays the accor dion. The last entry was Pinky Hull playing several Boogie Woogtiei numbers at the piano. The second half of the program was a radio drama entitled “What’s Your Name”, written by Spranger Barry. The cast included Marjorie Wip- precht and Betty Ann McCartney, both of Bryan. Billy Woolridge, Dwight McAnally, and Pinky Hull of A. & M. also took part. The Radio Club still wants to see all those Aggies who have had any experience or are interes ted in radio work. Anyone interes ted may either call the WTAW studios or see John Q. Hays of the English Department. Saturday Night All Service Dance To Be HeldinGroveTonite Tonight at 8:30 the usual Satur day All-Service Dance will be held at the Grove at the west end of the main drill field on the campus. Admission will be 25c and service men bringing dates will be admit ted free. Dancing to popular music from recordings of the best bands in the country will last until 11:30 o’clock. All service men and Aggies are invited to bring their girls and attend the Juke Box Prom tonight. Aggie Grad Gets “Wings of Gold” Charles M. Good, Jr., 25, son of Mr. C. M. Good of Plevna, won his Navy “Wings of Gold” and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve this week following completion of the prescribed flight training course at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla. Prior to entering the Naval ser vice, Lieutenant Good attended Kansas State College and Texas A. & M. College for seven years where he received his B. S. and M. S. degrees. AGGIE CORNER—The traditional Aggie way of hitch-hiking as found at various places over the state. The picture shows the ever more popular Aggie corner as it looks on a Saturday afternoon when students and servicemen are trying to get a ride out of Col lege. H. P. Bradley, editor of the Army Engineers news tells us that he stopped for two Aggies just out of San Marcos and they told him that there were two Aggies up ahead of them who had preference over the ride, and that they would like for him to pick them up first. That was news for a Californian! Preston Bruckmiller Sets World Record In Sit-Ups ^Several Witnesses Wanted: Aggie Columnists A new scheme that has been going over well with the Ag gies is the two columns that the Batt now has. These columns are “Milner Medley” by Archie Broodft and “Fish Tales” by Bryan Ross. It has .been sug gested that the other dorms have a regular column also and base it on these columns. The Batt is looking for a column ist in each dorm to do this writing; anyone who thinks he would like to do this work is invited to see the editor at 52 Milner or at the Battalion Of fice any Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Both Town Hall Shows Free To Everyone There will be no tickets on sale for the Town Hall programs to be held this summer. The programs will be free to everyone. They will both be held on Kyle Field in order to seat as many as possible. Two programs have been scheduled both of which have been considered by the committee as excellent entertainment select ions. Announcements will be made later as to the time and dates of the shows. Free Movies To Be Shown at Assembly Hall Sunday P. M. OWI Movies To Be Pictures At Four O’Clock To AMS Plans have been announced for the free OWL movies to be shown Sunday afternoon at the Assembly Hall on the A. & M. Campus. These movies promise to be very entertaining and full of action, as well as of informative value. The free shows will begin at 4 o’clock according to the announcement and every one is cordially invited and urged to attend. A review of the Sunday after noon attractions reveals: Free movies at the Assembly Hall at four o’clock Sunday after noon promise to be full of action. The Warning portrays with over whelming reality an air raid on a British city. We get the whole course of the raid from the sound of the first siren to the rescue and cleanup work and the reports on the damage inlicted. The film is very well done and should give Americans an idea of what peo ple are going through in other lands. Two films to be shown will be of special interest to the Navy. One,High Speed, is a United States Navy film which shows us some thing of life at sea. A romantic comedy is included. The other is a fifteen minute film, Submarine at Sea, features submarine operations during war. TREES MAKE SOAP Rosin from pine trees is being substituted for fats in making soaps. Turpentine is the base for synthetic camphor, and can be made into synthetic rubber. Present At Time Of Remarkable Feat According to W. L. Penberthy, Head of the Physical Education Department, yesterday Preston Bruckmiller did the unbelievable number of 1201 sit-ups. The remarkable feat was wit nessed by H. V. Birdwell, B. B. Boughton, B. G. Owens, and E. D. Darke. Bruckmiller did the sit-ups in connection with the .regular Physical Education tests currently being given by the Physical Edu cation Department. The world record up to date was somewhere in the vicinity of 1100. Bruckmiller is a senior at A. & M. taking Mechanical Engineer ing. His home is Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a new world’s record and it is hoped that it will be counted as official. Anyone interested in trying to beat it is asked to see Penberthy at the P. E. Department at any time. Aggies Urged To Attend Church on Sunday Somewhere List of Churches is Given to Aid Every Person in Deciding Sunday is set aside as the day of rest, and a day to attend church in the House of God some where. If you aren’t where you can attend your own church, go to the church of your choice in the city where you are. The Battalion staff urges that you attend church some where, and they list the following churches so that you may decide upon where to go: First Baptist, Bell Street, Col lege Station Church of Christ, Bell Street, College Station First Presbyterian Church/ Guion Hall, College, Station St. Thomas Episcopal, Jersey Street, College Station St. Mary’s Chapel, College Sta tion Methodist Church, North Gate, College Station Lutheran, Y. M. C. A. Chapel, College Station Jewish Services, Cabinet Room, Y. M. C. A., College Station Christian Science, Y. M. C. A., College Station First Christian, South College and 27th, Bryan Church services are held at these churches every Sunday, and it is hoped that all who can will go. The Battalion again urges everyone to get into the church going habit. —W ——mi ■■»«■»■. mi mrunra Ttx A0GIES e' ; pM . - 4 ■; . . ~k 'k REV 'k 'k -k Scheetz & Company Magic Show Billed For 24th and 25th The Scheetz and Company magic show will be on the stage of Guion Hall on Saturday a*d Sun day, July 24th and 25th. There will be four performances daily, two at the matinee shows and two at the evening shows btfth days of the engagement here. Scheetz and Company have a nation-wide reputation in the art of magic and all who have seen them will vouch for this reputa tion. This stage attraction will be put on in connection with the reg ular cinema billing. Reveille; Mascot of Aggies For 12 Years Polo Team Urges Visitors Attend All Sunday Games A polo team has been organized with some twelve men on the team, and a lot of promise for a good team to come forth after a little practice has been received. Col. Perkins and Lt. Behrens are the originators of this new team af ter having most of the old mem bers leave at the end of last se mester. Most of the men have had experience at this polo game, and one of the members, Jack Buie, proclaims it to be “the best polo team we have had in the last four or five years”. The veterinary students who have been inducted and a few that have not as yet gone in have ta ken over the team for the most part. Eleven of the twelve men team members are vets with the other one still a member of the Corps. The team plays every Sunday af ternoon at 2:30, and a match for every week is going to be arranged if at all possible. A large crowd is wanted at these Sunday games so a special invitation is given now for all who want to attned. The polo grounds are located about 100 yards from the North Gate and Houston highway on the I left side of the road. -f Pictured above is Reveille, bet ter known as “Rev”, the Aggies’ mascot. She’s just a black and white non- pedigreed dog and she’s not as young as she used to be, but there isn’t an Aggie anywhere who wouldn’t fight at the drop of a hat if someone hurt her in anyway. Rev is the only female student at A. & M. but she cuts all her classes and never hopes to get a degree. Up until last year, Reveille made all the corps trip with the Aggies and football team. One of her fa vorite sports was prancing along in front of the band as it marched on the field between halves of the game. She is too old to do much pran cing now and spends most of her time around Legget Hall lying in the shade. Rev has grown up around Aggies and has never un der any circumstances been mis treated by them. She has learned to know the Aggie uniform and knows whereever she sees one, she sees a friend. At Last — The Inside.Story ofl^at and Emily.. By Blotto Hearken, you guys, to the story of the two lovely ladies who are currently proving to be just the tonic for this heat-weary campus. In case you are in the vast minor ity who have never seen Pat and Emily, let me advise you now to make a date with the Campus Theater for sometime very soon. You have a treat in store for you, and brother, I’ve a hunch that you’ll be back for more. Now for the real dope. Pat Bar- low was bom in Muskogee, Okla homa, on August 17th, just nine teen years ago. Emily lived in Muskogee and the two have been each others closest pal for as long as they can remember. Emily started studying piano when she was nine years old, and though Pat liked to sing even at an early age the two somehow just never teamed up. Time went on, and while Pat’s vocal achievements grew, Emily became more and more accomplished on the piano. Early in 1942 Pat went to Dallas to sing with Durwood Cline’s orchestra. After a short while, radio station K. G. K. O. discovered her and offered her a chance to sing on a regular program. She accepted, keeping her spot with the band at the same time. Mean while Emily had also come to Dallas from Muskogee, and she soon landed a spot at K. G. K. O., though not on the same program that Pat was on. Then came the break that made us all happier. Ben Ferguson, own er of the Campus Theater, heard Pat sing and Emily play. He immediately acted on the idea he had, saw the two girls, and convinc ed them that they should team up and come to College Station. So, for the first time, the two chums joined hands and hopped the train to Aggieland. When Pat and Emily arrived they met the personnel of the theater and planned the type of program they hoped to present. Both girls now admit that they were fairly nervous that first week. They knew the type of stage entertainment that had previously been presented and they had no idea just how they would be re ceived by the Aggies and service men here on the campus. I’ll never forget that first show. Those of us who were there came to see the picture. We noticed “Pat and Emily” on the marquee, but it hadn’t made a great impression on us. We groaned when the lights went on, expecting “just another song-and-dance routine,” but what a surprise we got. Pat gave out with “Mood Indigo” in that soft sweet voice, and I, as well as the rest, settled back with a very soothing feeling on my fevered brow. The girl’s success was instantan eous, and the word was quickly spread around. There was. some thing different, something intan gible, that made us like them, but whatever it was they’ve got it. Soon the girls got over that nerv ousness and felt quite at home here at Aggieland. They even got some of that “ole spirit” that typifies a real Aggie. As to the girls themselves, I noticed, in the course of the in terview, that there were an great number of things on which the two agreed perfectly. Both are un married and announce no intentions of becoming so. They both like music, but especially the music of George Gershwin, and they both chose Bette Davis as their favor ite actress. Emily likes Spencer Tracy as her favorite actor, while Pat says that there are too many a choice. Both Pat and Emily like to dance and both like sport clothes (Don’t we all!) For hobbies Pat likes to play tennis, which reminds me that she said she was looking for some boys to play tennis with. (You may contact her via the “request box” in the theater lobby.) Emily likes to play golf and make vocal ar rangements. Pat’s favorite color is green, while Emily’s is blue. Pat has a liking for blues songs and Emily is on the classical side. Both girls like Mexican food and shrimps. (Foo, not the human kind.) As to ultimate ambitions, Emily wants to do vocal arrangements. Pat is a bit undecided, but states that she has no ambitions to sing with name bands or to go to Hol lywood, even to dear old Univer sal. The girls also do a little com posing on the side and we may soon be hearing some original 3bngs of theirs. When I asked them how they (See PAT and EMILY, Page 4) Farm Workers Are Placed By A. & M. A total of 26,741 farm laborers were placed on Texas farms during the first two weeks of June by county agricultural agents with the assistance of the U. S. Employ ment Service and local farmer committees, according to reports compiled at the headquarters of the Texas A. & M. College Exten sion Service. Placement offices) have been opened by the agents in 226 counties. Also placed by the agents were 2,110 foreign workers. The reports show that in some instances women and town boys and girls have been enlisted in the gathering of crops. Three thousand women have aided and 2,500 youths. These became eligible for membership in the U. S. Crop Corps when they have worked on farms or in canning plants for one month. Facilities of the U. S. Employ ment Service of the War Manpow er Commission are to be used in directing the movement of migra tory farm laborers in the state, in accordance with a recent agree ment entered into by the A. & M. College and the Commission. “We are sure the U. S. Employ ment Service’s years of successful experience in this field will be of great value in helping farm peo ple meet their labor needs," Di rector H. H. Williamson of the Ex tension Service said in announcing the agreement. He emphasized, however, that county agricultural agents will direct all phases of the farm labor program within their counties and will have the assistance of the USES in the re cruitment and placement of work ers. Ordinarily, about 300,000 mi gratory workers aid in the har vesting of Texas crops, but eco nomists estimate there will be an effective labor force of 350,000 this year. At present, the USES has 90 lo cal offices in the state which for merly aided in farm placement work. Pre-Meds Invite Freshmen to Join Campus Order AH Freshmen Urged To Attend the Next Meeting To Be 28th Wednesday night, July 14, the local Pre-Med Society held their regular bi-monthly meeting in the Biology lecture room. The program consisted of two films that were of great importance to the future Medical Doctor. They were: “Heredity,” “The Heart and the Circulation of the Blood”. Plans were also discussed for a member ship drive. This is the first year in the his tory of the society that the office of vice-president has been filled by a student other than a Senior, and also this is the first year that the secretary has been anything but a Junior or a Senior. This year Freshmen are urged to join the society and to be a regular attendants to the meetings be cause these same students will be the ones who will be depended upon to take over the key offices next year. These meetings are essential to the future medical student. The programs are so constructed that they give the pre-medical student an insight into the work he will do in medical school, into the re quirements for entrance to an ac credited medical school, to prob able conditions under which he will practice when he receives his M. D., and a great deal of sub ject matter that will help the student in his present studies. Come on out and get to know the other members and'get to know the members of the Pre-Medical Committee who recommend you to your respective medical school. The fees are only one dollar per semester. Come out to the next meeting, July 28, and see what the Pre-Med Society can really do for you. Chambers and His Aggie Ramblers Play Kadet Kapers The weekly Kampus Kapers program at the Assembly Hall will feature Chester Chambers and his Aggieland Ramblers tonight at This band is made up of Aggies 6:30. and features strictly western mus ic. The leader, Chambers, plays the accordion. Hal Clark takes care of the vocals and also does a little harmonica blowing on the side. Sergio Zuniga plays the other harmonica in the band. Bill Jor dan and Forrest Howard take care of the fiddle section while John Wirtz pounds the drums. Buddy Luce strums the guitar and Sid ney Prescott plays the saxophone. A sing song will also be on the bill with Richard Jenkins direct ing. Every is invited. DIXIE WOOD IN WAR The National Forests in eleven Southern States sold almost two million dollars worth of timber and forest products during the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1943, according to the U. S. Forest Service. Virtually all these products were used in producing war mate rials. The soap situation in regard to rationing is much brighter, war food administration officials an nounce. Review for Aggies Set for Wednesday A review of the Corps has been set for next Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock, according to Major Joe E. Davis, assistant command ant. Definite arrangements have not as yet been made, but an nouncement will be made known through the Battalion as soon as they are. All companies will par ticipate in the review which has been set for late in the day be cause of the intense heat during the afternoon. Aggies are asked to watch for details in a later paper.