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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 28 Durward Cline to Play for Sophomore Ball On 13th Preview Of Aggie Picture Friday at 6:3 Juke Box Prom at Grove Sat. Night The Grove will again be the scene of a Saturday night Juke box for all Aggies, service men, and their dates. The dance will be gin at 8:30. Those men who attend with dates will be admitted free as usual. A juke-box prom is sche duled for every Saturday night, weather permitting, where music is furnished by records of the mu sic of famous bands. Every Aggie and service man is invited. An Orchid - - An orchid to Byron Winstead for the invitational preview for the staff and corps for “We’ve Never Been Licked” Friday night. Through his efforts the film was brought to the Guion Hall Theatre for a special pre- view before it was released to the public. Although plans had been made originally for the world premier of the show on the cam pus, changes were made and the show is to open in nearby cities before it came to the campus. Through telephone contacts with Umiverslal officials, Mr. Win stead succeeded in bringing it to the campus first. Show To Be For Aggies Only; Dates And Others Will Not Be Admitted Confirmation of the invitation preview of the Aggie motion picture, “We’ve Never Been Licked”, was announced this morning by the publicity office of the college for Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock, at which time the corps will be per mitted to view the cinema, on the-f screen of Guion Hall Theatre. At a later showing at 8:30, the staff of the college will see. the picture at Guion Hall, it was stated. In view of the fact that this is strictly an invitational preview, prior to the actual release date of the picture, the public will be barr ed from the theatre. At the 6:30 showing, which will be exclusively for the Corps, the Aggies will make formation in the areas designated by order of the commandant’s of fice and will march into Guion Hall theatre, the upperclassmen occupy ing the center section of the audi torium and the freshman occupy ing the sides. No sweethearts, wives, relatives or guests on the campus will be admitted to the theatre, it was pointed out, so Ag gies are urged not to invite others to the campus to see the cinema. The second showing, which will be for the staff and faculty, will include invitations to those who are actually on the payroll of A. & M. College and its branches, in cluding the faculty, the staff, the extension service, the experiment stations, and the forest service. The confirmation was received Wednesday by Byron Winstead of the publicity office from Edward S. Oldsmith, branch manager of the Universal Film Exchange in Dallas. In his letter to Winstead, Oldsmith stated that the film prints were being shipped to College Sta tion and would be here in time for the previews, and that the show ing was to be considered a strictly invitational affair, exclusively for the corps and staff of the college. There wil be no admission charges made, whatsoever, it was stated. It was stated that in the event the auditorium was filled to capa city at the 8:30 showing, a second show would be run in two hours to accomodate the over-flow crowd of the college staff. It was stated that the seating capacity of the theatre would not be taxed, and that the doors would be closed as soon as the building was filled. According to Major Joe E. Da vis, assistant commandant, the first call will be made at 6:25, as sembly call will be made at 6:28, and the corps will march in Guion Hall Theatre in the following man ner; Leggett, Milner, Walton, Dorms 14, 15, 17 and 16. Aggies residing in Leggett and Milner will not march until the corps from the other halls have reached military walk where the Leggett and Milner battalion forms, then the entire Aggie Corps will march to the theatre. When the show is over the tactical officers will give the order to the corps to return to the dormitories in reverse order. At tendance to this preview is not compulsory it was pointed out, however, members of the corps not attending the show will be re quired to observe the regular CQ. Kampus Kapers to Present Varied Program Saturday Aggies and Service Men Invited to Free Show; Begins at 6:15 Kampus Kapers will be taken over Fy two Aggie co-chairmen this Saturday when Burl Ervin and Marvin Brown take over the program, Dick Jenkins announced late yesterday afternoon. The pro gram will start at 6:15 and will last approximately an hour as usual. Bob Moreno who is stationed at A, & M. will be the feature of the program when he plays several numbers on his accordion. The sailor’s screwiest contest will add zest to the program and be an en richment to the participants. Two “blackouts” will also be presented as addede features to the show. All Aggies and service men are invited to be present for the show which promises to be entertain ment for the whole audience. Pre vious jrograms presented by Kam pus Kapers have been well worth the eime to walk over to the As sembly Hall, and every indication points to this as being just as successful as these, The program is free to all. Free Concert To Be Presented In Kyle Field August 12 Summer Town Hall To Present Braggiotti And Shaw in Concert Here Summer Town Hall will present Mario Braggiotti and Walter Shaw in a duo-piano concert in Kyle Field August 12, at which time the public is cordially invited and urged to hear the remarkable per formance of these two youthful musicians. The concert will be pre sented free to the public. This concert, first of two free ones to be presented on Summer Town Hall, was arranged for through the Student Activities of fice, which has charge of all the Town Hall programs. The presen tation will be made from the huge open-air stage in Kyle Field and will be heard over the college’s public address system. Plans are being made to accommodate a large crowd that will pack the athletic field’s horse-shoe stadium for the event. Announcement will be made shortly of the fall and winter Town nlAggies and Dates to Dance ^ In Sbisa Hall From 9 to 1 AT PREVIEW—A scene from “We’ve Never Been Licked” which will be shown publicly for the first time in Texas Friday night. The Aggie Corps will, as was greed upon at the beginning, see the pic ture before its release to the public, in Guion Hall Friday, immediately after mess. Intramural Meet Sunday Afternoon 3 P.M. A&M Enrollments Lead State In War Training U. S. Office of Education Announced Top Ranking Schools and Universities Texas A. & M. College leads the State in the number of students enrolled in engineering, science, and management war training courses, according to rankings re leased by the U. S. Office of Edu cation to Texas A. & I. College at Kingsville. Rankings were: Texas A. & M., 15,915; University if Texas, 9,353; Southern Methodist University, 7,854; Texas Tech, 1,570; Texas A. & I., 820; Rice, 593; Texas Chris tian, 488; University of Houston, 398; Baylor, 313; North Texas State Teachers, 284; Texas College of Mines, 271; Hardin-Simmons, 91; West Texas State Teachers, 54; and East Texas State Teachers 24. Cooperating with the city of El mira, N. Y., and gathering much- needed information for the govern ment, Elmira college sociology stu dents have been conducting a wo- manpower survey. SAFE—Information has been received of the college, that Brig-Gen. G. F. Moore, former commandant of the school, is safe and well and is being held as a prisoner of war by the Japa nese on Omosa Island. The in formation was received in a let ter from the general addressed to his wife. He expressed a wish to be able to remain at his pres ent location until the war was over. It was known he was a prisoner on Omosa, but this was the first information to be re ceived directly from Kim. Bryan Field Presents it’s a Heck of a Mess” at Assembly Hall August 21st Bryan Field will present their- G. I. musical, “It’s a Heck of a Mess” at the Assembly Hall, Sa turday, August 21 at 7:30 p. m., it was announced yesterday. All Aggies and service men are invited to the program. This show which went over well when played to audiences at Bry an Field and Bryan High School will come here for the benefit of the cadets and those who are sta tioned here. It has been acclaimed to be a very good show by those Hall program which will be pre sented during the Fall and Winter semesters of the school year. who have seen it. More of the de tails will be given in a later issue of the Battalion. Captain Tom Gillis Visited Campus Tues. Captain Tom Gillis, Cadet Colonel of the Class of 1942, visited the campus Tuesday while on a short furlough. Gillis was in the Coast Artillery and is, the first student ever to make a straight “A” average at A. M. & C. A for mer Editor of the Battalion, Gillis hails from Fort Worth. Finals Of The Intramural Track Meet Held Sunday Drawings Posted In Gym; 1st Rounds in Tournaments Must Be Played By Sunday The Intramural Track Meet of the current semester will be held on Kyle Field this Sunday after noon at three o’clock. The running events will include the 100 yard dash, 120 yard low hurdles, 300 yard dash, 880 yard run, mile run, 1.7 mile run, and the 400 yard shuttle. Field events include the shot put, high jump, broad jump, chinning, and bar vault. Tournaments in tennis, golf, bad minton, ping pong, and handball will also be held. The drawings for these tournaments have been made and are posted on the bulletin board at the Gymnasium. The first round of all tournaments must be played by Sunday, and it is the duty of each contestant to contact his opponent and make arrange ments to play the match, as sche dule slips are not being sent out. Preliminaries in the track events will be held Saturday afternoon at three o’clock at Kyle Field. These include the 100 and 300 yard dash es, 400 yard relay, and the 400 yard relay. In the field events, a man may take his three tries at any time during the course of the meet. In the high jump however, he must keep up with the ris$* of the bar. “WeVe Never Been Licked” Goes On Air A special broadcast publicizing “We Have Never Been Licked” will be heard over four of Texas’ lea ding stations on the night of Au gust 10. It will be broadcast from the stage of Guion Hall at 8:00 P. M. The program will feature the Singing Cadets, the Aggie Band, and a yell practice. The Singing Cadets will be under the direction of Richard Jenkins, while the Band will be directed by Col. R. J. Dunn. The yell practice will be lead by the new yell leaders J. M. Knox and H. F. Stripling. Tickets Go on Sale in Near Future; Aggies Above Class of ^6 May Buy Durward Cline and his orchestra of Dallas has accepted an offer to play for the Sophomore ball on Friday, August 13, at 9 p.m. Bill Terrell, president of the second semester class, stated to the Battalion late yestreday. The ball will •highlight the social activities of the college for this semester, and all indications point to an enjoyable dance for all who attend. Having played over a Dallas radio station for some time, Cline comes to Aggieland with the repu tation of having an outfit that will satisfy all dancers. Those who have heard him say that he will present dance music that everyone will be sure to like. Tickets for the dance will be on sale in the near future, and can be bought from anyone on the committee. Tickets will be $2.20 for all sophs and juniors and $.20 for all seniors. This is the first time that juniors have been allow ed to attend but due to the small number who comprise the junior class, the committee decid ed to admit them for the same price that will be charged the sophs. Seniors will be admitted for the price of the tax. Arrangements are being made for dates to stay in a dorm with a charge of $.60 being assessed the Aggies who have their dates stay there. Other plans made by the committee will be announced in a later edition of the Battalion. This is the first dance of the current semester, and it is hoped that all of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors who can will be <m hand from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The freshmen ball will be around the 27th of August so no one below the class of ’46 will be permitted in the doors of Sbisa Hall. Every one who attends the dance is also urged to bring a date so that girls will be in proprotion to the num ber of Aggies present. To the Freshmen We have discovered that prac tically none of the freshmen know the Aggie yells and songs. The reason for this, some of the freshmen inform us, is that you have 'no copies of them. Through the courtesy of the Y. M. C. A., a copy has been printed for each and everyone of you. If you don’t have this sheet by now, you will have it in the near future. Freshmen, to make a good showing on this state-wide broadcast Tuesday night, it is important that you know these songs and yells perfectly. .The Aggie Corps never has let the school down in anyway; let’s not be the first Corps in the his tory of Aggieland to do it. It’s up to you, Freshmen, are you going to learn these yells so you can truly be called Aggies ? Jack Knox Hayes F. Stripling Captain of ’40 Rifle Team is War Prisoner Information was received on the campus Saturday night that Capt. W. E. Lewis, Jr., Aggie, class of ’40, is a prisoner of war of the Japanese on Osaka Island. Capt. Lewis was captain of the A. & M. Rifle Team, during the school year of 1939-40 and was among the 35 members of his class that join ed Col. George F. Moore, then commandant of the college, when he went into active duty. The group was with the Coast Artillery command in charge of the defense of the Corregidor when it fell. Col. Moore, who had been elevated to a Major-General, was also captured and is now a prison er of war on Omosa Island. “Industrial Inspection” and “Fundamentals of Automotive Me chanics” are new war courses for women at Kent State university. Life of Cohan To Be Seen At Guion An all-star cast will brighten the screen of the Guion Hall Theatre this week-end with the showing of “Yankee Doodle Dan dy” Thursday and Saturday and the matinee show Friday. The Friday evening show will be given over to the special invitational pre view of “We’ve Never Been Lick ed”. Included in the cast which features Jimmy Cagney playing the characterization of George M. Cohan, are Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, and Frances Langford. The story, which deals with the life of Cohan, gives a comprehen sive picture of the era of American life that has been studded with lovely songs from the versatile pen of one of America’s outstanding composer of popular music. “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Mary’s a Grand Old Name,” “Over-There” and others bring nostalgic memor ies of the pre World War I days, and carries the story on through to the presentation of the Con gressional medal of honor to Cohan by President Roosevelt. This Warner Bros, offering has been called tops in entertainment by motion picture critics and is highly recommended for fan con sumption. LISTEN WTAW 1150 kc. ' Friday, August 6, 1943 6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home Program — TQN — Dairy— O. W. Thompson; Forestry— J. O. Burnside. 11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on the Home Front. 11:30 a. m. Student Personnel Work. 11:40 a. m. Industry Looks to the Future. 11:45 a. m. Brazos Valley Farm and Home Program. 11:55 a. m. Air Corps News 12:00 a. m. Sign-Off 4:30 p. m. Panel Discussion—T. F. Mayo, J. P. Abbot, Virgil Fai- res, R. L. Hunt. 5:00 p. m. Swing Serenade 5:15 p. m. Air Corps from Bryan Field. 5:30 p. m. Sign-Off. Saturday, August 7, 1943 6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home Program — TQN — Extension —Dr.*W. A. Boney; Treasury —Jack Criswell. 11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on the Home Front. 11:30 a. m. Your Neighbor, Mexico —Dr. A1 B. Nelson. 11:40 a. m. Dramatized News Event. 11:45 a. m. News Summary—Dr. Ralph Steen. 11:25 a. m. News—Interviews 12:00 a. m. Sign-Off. University of Wisconsin is the temporary home of 480 WAVES receiving radio code and commu nications training.