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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 25.
Piano Team on Town Hall Program Here August 12
E. L. Angell Leaves Post at
College For Army Saturday
E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the president of the
Agricultural and Mechanical, College of Texas, has been
called to duty by the Army with a commission as
a major and ordered to report to Fort Custer, Michigan,
August first.
Major Angell, native of Denton,
received a Bachelor of Arts degree
from North Texas State Teachers
College. He was connected with the
public school systems at Aubrey,
Krum and Denton prior to going
to New York City in 1930.. He
taught one year in Brookyln Col
lege and was coordinator of the
Children’s Village School while
attending Columbia University
from which he received his Master
of Arts defree in 1931.
Returning to Texas, Major An
gell was deputy state superintend
ent for the State Department of
Education, then came to Texas
A. & M. College May 1, 1936, as
manager of Student Publications.
In June, 1941, he was made execu
tive assistant to President T. O.
Walton.
Nurses Training is
Offered By Govt.
High school graduates who de
sire student nurse training with
pay at St. Elizabeths Hospital,
Federal institution for mental dis
orders, Washington D. C., have un
til September 21st to file applica
tions H. N. Yardley local Civil
Service Secretary, announced to
day. Appointees chosen by the
written test receive rooms, meals,
medical attention, $288 a year, and
training in psychiatric nursing.
After three years certificates
of graduation are granted success
ful students who become eligible
for promotion to graduate nurse
positions at St. Elizabeths and
other Federal hospitals at entrance
salary of $1971 a year including
overtime. Information and appli
cation forms may be secured from
the Local Civil Service Secretary
at any first or second-class post
offices, and should be filed with
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington 25, D. C.
Applications are not desired
from persons already engaged in
war work of equal skill.
JAMES BURL RAMSEY
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Former Student
Marine Lieutenant
ATLANTA, July 28—James
Burl Ramsey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Ramsey, McKinney, Texas,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Marine
Corps and will undergo the final
phases of the rugged officers’
training course at Quantico, Va.,
before caking to the field to lead
Leathernecks in battle.
Lieutenant Ramsey attended
Texas A. & M. College where he
received a bachelor of arts degree
in accounting and statistics. He
was on the baseball and tennis
teams.
E. L. Angell, who is resigning
as executive assistant to the pres
ident to go into the army with
a major’s commission.
First of Town Hall
Programs Booked
At Guion in Nov.
Gypsy Dancers Feature
Flamenco Dancing When
Entertaining Audience
The Fall semester Town Hall
program will feature twenty-year-
old Carmen Amaya at Guion Hall
on Thursday, November 18, the
Student Activities committee an
nounced late yesterday. With
the name that this dancer
has made for herself, i t
is fortunate that she could be book
ed for the coming semester’s Town
Hall from S. Hurok who imported
her from South Amei'ica.
Carmen has been acclaimed the
greatest falmenco dancer of all
time by such music critics as Tos
canini and Stokowski. It was in
1941 that she came to America
and did her first dance in New
York. This Gypsy dancer who will
bring her troupe with her has
been dancing since she was four
years old, and she has been doing
dances through flame ever since
that time.
A number of well-known theaters
have been honored by her danc
ing. Among these theaters was
Carnegie Hall which was won by
the rhythm and personality that
Carmen displayed while during her
dances. She is well-known in all
par*s of the country so it is for
tunate that she can be brought
here for the Town Hall program.
To be conscious that you are ig
norant is a great step toward
knowledge.
Attention Aggie
Thumbers
Will the Aggie or Aggies that
think they hitch-hiked the far
thest during the holidays just
passed please drop a card to the
Battalion putting his or their
names and addresses on it?
Other information desired is
the place from which and to
which the hi-waying was done;
the time it took; the number
in the party hi-waying together
(if more than one person); and
the total distance covered.
Just address a card or letter
to The Battalion, College Sta
tion, Texas. Your cooperation is
appreciated.
Intramural Track
Meet to Be Sunday
Afternoon, Aug. 8
Preliminaries in 100
Yd. Dash, Low Hurdles,
300 Yd. Dash, and Relay
The Intramural Track Meet will
be held Sunday afternoon, August
8, at 3 o’clock. The events sche
duled are; 100 yard dash, 120 yd.
low hurdles, 300 yd. dash, 880 yd.
run, mile run, 1.7 mile run, 400 yd.
shuttle relay, shot put, high jump,
broad jump, chinning, and bar
vault.
Preliminaries will be held Sat
urday aternoon, August 7, starting
at 3 o’clock. Preliminaries will be
in the 100 yd. dash, low hurdles,
300 yd. dash, and the 400 yd. relay.
Qualifications for the 1.7 mile run
mill be made next week during
Physical Education classes.
The meet will be so organized
as to permit men to take part in
both track and field events, but a
student will be limited to four
events and no one will be permit
ted to enter more than two run
ning events, including the relay.
A man will not be permitted to
enter both the mile and 1.7 mile
run.
In the field events, a man may
take his three tries at any time
during the course of the meet. In
case he is entered in the high jump
he must keep up with the rise of
the bar. There is no limit to the
number of men from one outfit
that may enter each event. How
ever, a mpn should have some
hope of placing in an event before
he enters.
Drawings for the various tour
naments have been made and are
posted on the bulletin board in the
gymnasium. Schedule slips will
not be sent out for these matches;
therefore it is the responsibility of
each man to contact his opponent
and arrange for the time of their
match.
Contestants in each round of the
yournara(ent ‘will Be given one
week in which to play their match.
Golf matches will be played on the
Bryan Country Club course, bad
minton and ping pong matches will
be held in the gym, handball in the
handball courts, and tennis on the
concrete courts. Tennis and golf
(See INTRAMURALS, Page 4)
Maintenance Fees Due
By 10th Payable Now
Third installment of maintenance
fees of $40.15 due August 1 to 10,
inclusive, can be paid now.
These fees include board $30.40,
room $6.75, laundry $3.00, to
September 18, 1943.
The Cashier of the Fiscal De
partment will accept these fees
from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
M. L. Draper
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M. L Draper Now
Speaking at YMCA
In Lecture Series
Noted Speaker Began
Services Monday; To
Last Through Sunday
A series of sermons and illus
trated lectures on the general
theme of “Christianity for Today”
is being presented each night at
the YMCA Assembly Room by
Maurice L. Draper, sponsored by
the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter Day Saints, it has been an
nounced this week. The series
stai'ted Monday night and will con
tinue through Sunday, with the
meetings beginning at 8 o’clock.
Thursday night Draper will lec
ture on “After Death, What
Then?”; Friday night his letcure
will be entitled “The Hand of God
in History”; Saturday night the
lecturer will discuss “Ancient
America Speaks”; and Sunday
night he will conclude the series
with a discussion of “Joseph’s City
Beautiful.”
The Friday and Saturday night
lectures will be illustrated with
projection equipment and Sunday
night Kodachrome Natural color
slides will be used in connection
with the lecture.
It was pointed out that the lec
ture “Ancient America Speaks”
will be of deep interest to history
students inasmuch as the discus
sion and the illustrations will deal
with pre-Columbian civilization.
The Sunday night lecture will deal
with the history of early saints
at Nacvoo, 111., during the period
1838 to 1860, it was satted.
Draper has been a missionary
for the past seven years in Mexi
co, Canada and the United States
and is considered by those who
have heard him to be an outstand
ing speaker. The public is urged
to attend this sermons and lec
tures.
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Kapers to Present
Variety Show at
Assembly Hall Sat.
Juke-Box Prom to be
Held as Usual at the
Grove Saturday Night
Kampus Kapers this Saturday
night will feature a variety show
at the Assembly Hall, Dick Jen
kins announced. The usual starting
time will be 6:15; and the program
will last approximately one hour.
Everyone is invited, Aggies, Ser
vice men, and residents of this vi
cinity.
A new song sheet will be used
which will make the Kapers even
more entertaining than it now is.
Jenkins also has a contest in store
for the audience with $5.00 as
prize money for the lucky winners.
This should be an added incentive
to be on hand at the appointed
time.
The Juke-box prom will be held
as usual at the Grove Saturday
night at 8:30, weather permitting.
This dance is conducted every Sa
turday night, for Aggies, service
men and their dates. Those who
bring dates are admitted free to
every dance.
Both of these programs are free
to all men who are stationed on
the campus, and they are especial
ly designed for these men.
Army Gives A & M
Extension Help
County workers of the Texas A.
and M. College Extension Service
in nearly 250 Texas counties have
been asked to give assistance to
U. S. Army in its current salvage
program. County agricultural Vic
tory Councils, boys’ and girls’ 4-H
Club organizations, county home
demonstration councils, and other
groups will be asked to bring the
campaign to the attention of rural
people, it was announced here af
ter a conference of Extension wor
kers with officers of the 8th Corps
Command of Dallas.
In this drive the scrap will not
be sold but will be given to the ar
my. Soldiers will collect it at rural
mail boxes or other points conve
nient to farm people.
Ex-Aggie To Wed
Miss Wilbanks Soon
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of approaching
marriage of Miss Peggy Wilbanks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Wilbanks, of Bryan to Pvt. Wil
liam W. Pendergrass, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Pendergrass of
Dallas. Pvt. Pendergrass is now
stationed at Camp Maxey.
Pendergrass is a former student
of A. & M. College.
Learn The ‘Aggie Way’ - - -
Highway Courtesies Toward Motorists
A lot has been said this semesterfcollar stood for. He was curtly-f“Mam, my name is John Aggie”, or
about the Aggie tradition of hitch
hiking. Most of this has been for
the benefit of the new men who did
not understand the way Aggies
act on the hi-way. At first the
main trouble seemed to be the
forming of the customary ‘line”.
A lot of this has been corrected
now, with the aid of the service
men here and the upperclassmen.
Anyway, the purpose of this ar
ticle is to acquaint those who don’t
know them, with some of the things
Aggies do when they catch a ride.
The other day the story got a-
round of some luckily unidentified
freshman who was picked up by an
Aggie of ’21. It seems that this
hitch-hiker did not introduce him
self at all but just sat in the car
like he was made of stone. The
driver, playing innocent, asked
the fellow what the AMC on his
told, “Australian Motorcycle Corps”
The Ex promptly told him that
anyone from the state of Texas
knows that the AMC stands for A.
& M. College. He also informed
the freshman that he had gradua
ted from A. & M. before the fresh
man was ever bom and had for
gotten more of the Aggie tradi
tions than he would ever learn.
One of the first things that real
Aggies learn is courtesy on the
hi-ways. When a motorist picks
up a hitch-hiker, he does so because
he wants company; someone to
talk to or maybe help him drive.
The first thing an Aggie does when
he enters the car is to introduce
himself to the driver and then to
the rest of the passengers in the
car. If the driver is a woman, the
Aggie will remove his cap and say,
whatever his name happens to be.
During the ride, the Aggie stays
awake and talks to the driver and
does not go to sleep. If the driver
is tired or sleepy, the Aggie offers
to drive for him. If some car trou
ble is encountered, the Aggie stays
with his benefactor until the trou
ble is righted.
People all over the country know
about Aggies and their way of
hitch-hiking. One of the main rea
sons Aggies are so noted is be
cause of their courtesy to obliging
motorists. Ole Army, let’s do our
best to keep up this reputation of
politeness on the hi-way. The co
operation seems to be getting bet
ter in the matter of standing in
line. The help of the service-men
is greatly appreciated in this mat
ter.
Braggiotti and Shaw to be
Presented Free to Public
Student Activities Aranges for Program
To be on Open Air Stage in Kyle Field
Announcement was made this week of the appearance
of Braggiotti and Shaw, world-renown piano team, on the
summer Town Hall program, to be presented Thursday even
ing, August 12, in Kyle Field. According to the announcement
-f-made by the Town Hall Commit
tee and the Student Activities of
fice, there will be no admission
charge for this program and that
the public is cordially invited to
attend.
Plans have been made to
present this free show on huge
open-air stage in Kyle Field
through the facilities of the col
lege’s public address system so
that every note of the duo 7 piano
concert may be heard by the thous
ands expected to throng the stad
ium for this novel presentation of
music that ranges from Bach to
Gershwin.
Mario Braggiotti, the elder of
the two youthful pianists, was
formerly teamed with Jacques Fray
who was called military service.
He then selected young Walter
Shaw for a partner and the two
of them have met with outstand
ing success in every performance
presented.
Braggiotti is the second son of
a family of eight children and was
bom in Florence, Italy, but his
family has been American for two
generations. The Braggiotti is
well-known in the annals of Bos
ton, Mario’s grandfather having
been one of the heroes of the Civil
War.
Shaw joined with Braggiotti in
June of 1942 following Jacques
Fray’s going into the armed forces,
and in twenty-five days learned,
mastered and memorized the en
tire repertoire of the two-piano
team—a feat claimed by music crit
ics and being truly amazing.
Well-known piano team of Brag
giotti and Shaw who will appear
on the summer Town Hall prog
ram, August 12.
0WI Free Shows
Are Announced For
Sunday Afternoon
Movies Will Be Shown
At Assembly Hall On ,
Campus At 4 O’CIock
The American Way, an outstand
ing educational sound short, will
be shown at four o’clock Sunday
afternoon at the Assembly Hall.
This movie features the events of
the last twenty years in kaleidos
copic resume, showing the rise of
dictators in Europe and stressing
by contrast the meaning of rights
guaranteed Americans by our con
stitution. Both commentator and
sound are very good.
Following this it will be inter
esting to the audience to see the
excellent U. S. News Review No. 4,
which will bring home to them the
present consequences of the histo
rical shots shown in the American
Way.
A ten minute film, The Bombing
of Pearl Harbor and the Burning
of the S. S. Normandie includes
authentic shots of the beginnings
that led America into the war.
Scenes from the burning of the
Normandie show all stages of the
frantic fighting of fire and smoke,
of workers caught aboard and res
cued, of nurses, doctors, and hos
pital attendants busily caring for
the injured.
The most unusual film on the
program isJap Zero. It was pro
duced by the U. S. Army Air For
ces at Wright Field as a training
(See OWI, Page 4)
Ex Reports For
Duty As Pilot
WILL ROGERS FIELD, Okla,
July 28—Second Lieutenant James
E. Inglehart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Inglehart, 1245 E. Allen
Street, Fort Worth, Texas, report
ed to this army air force bombard
ment base July 12, for duty as a
pilot, the War department has an
nounced.
He received his commission at
Texas A. & M. College in Field
Artillery, May 16, after complet
ing R. O. T. C.
Lieutenant Inglehart graduated
from Brenham high and received
his B. S. degree from Texas A. &
M. College.
Aggie Lands In
England For Duty
Information has been received
that Lt. Stephen P. Sakach, gra
duate of A. & M. has arrived in
England, where he is stationed
with the corps of Engineers, Uni
ted States Army.
While Lt. Sakach was a student
in the college he was a landscape
artist and worked his way through
school following his profession. He
treated trees for many Bryan re
sidents while he was here, it was
stated.
DONALD GUSTAV GRIFFIN
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M’Kinney Ex Made
Second Lieutenant
Many Thanks
It is with sincere gratitude
that we say thanks for the
three-day vacation that we re
ceived at mid-semester. Noth
ing could have been more wel
comed than such a breathing
spell as was gotten by going
home for a visit. To the Exe
cutive committee, we say thanks
for the mid-semester holidays.
The Corps.
ATLANTA, July 28—Donald
Gustav Griffin, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Griffin, Oklahoma City,
Okla., has been commissioned a
second lientenant in the U. S. Ma
rine Corps and will undergo the
final phases of the rigged officers’
training course at Quantico, Va.,
! before taking to the field to lead
j Leathernecks in battle.
Lieutenant Griffin attended Tex
as A. & M. College where he re
ceived a bachelor of science degree
j in chemical engineering.