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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 143 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 30 Aggie Yell Practice Broadcast To State Tonight Aggie Yells and Songs Will Be Heard All Over the State Sophomore Ball Highlights Social Season Durward Cline and Band To Play For Dance in Sbisa B and C Ramps of Walton Hall to Be Opened For Dates; Charge To Be 60^ AE Courses To Be Offered For Vets Of World WarB Aviation Company Will Train Men on A. & M. Campus For Plant Work That American industry, even now, is making plans to look after the disabled veterans of World War II is shown in an arrange ment worked out between the A- gricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and North American Avi ation, Inc., in cooperation with the government. A comprehensive aeronautical en gineering curriculum, conducted under the engineering, science, ma nagement war training program of the U. S. Office of Education, will have the immediate effect of training war plant employees in aeronautical engineering. With the increasing shortage of skilled workers, it is expected that the course of study and practice, worked out by T. H. Beck, chief engineer for North American at Dallas, and Howard W. Barlow, head of the Department of Aero nautical Engineering, will aid the huge aircraft organization mate rially. Assisting Barlow in the train ing at Texas A. & M. College are Harry A. Mengert and W. J. Schnurr, North American repre sentatives. The lead-off course got under way August 2 with the arrival of 21 trainees from the offices and shops of the plant at Dallas. Clas ses and laboratory work will run eight hours per day, five days a week for the next three months. As each course is completed the trainees will be sent to North A- merican plants in Texas, Califor nia and Missouri. While at Texas A. & M. these trainees will be on full pay from North American. They will be housed in college dormitories and will take their meals in the college mess hall. In its rehabilitation program, North American plans to hire all partially disabled veterans it can, giving preference to those with engineering education and experi ence. (See A-E COURSES, Page 4) Radio Club to Hold Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of the A. & M. Radio Club will be held to night in the WTAW studios at 7:00. There will be a recorded variety program which will include a 15- minute radio play entitled, “Der ricks on the Hill”, an interview between a Bryan girl and an Ag gie, a quiz program, a radio for um, and a discussion of “We’ve Never Been Licked” by two Ag gies. The individual performers are asked to be at the studios a little bit early. The meeting itself will strat at 7:00, however. Eevryone interested in radio work is invited to attend the pro gram and meeting. If you would like to hear yourself “on the air” come down to this meeting. H. Q. Hays, head of the club, said yes terday in reference to new or pdospective members of the club. The meeting will be dismissed in time for Call to Quarters. One * of the most important events to be held on the campus this semester will be the Sopho more Ball on August 13th from 9:00 to 1:00. The ball will take place in the main dining room of Sbisa Hall. Tickets will be sold before hand at $2.20 for sophomores and juni ors. Seniors may attend the ball for the price of the tax, $.20 and may buy their tickets at the door. B and C ramps of Walton Hall will be opened for the accomoda tion of those who wish to keep their dates in a dormitory. The time of the opening and closing will be announced at a later date. Durward Cline and his orchestra will play for the affair ai®l Pat Barlowe will do the girl vocals. Cline has been in the music busi ness for a number of years and according to those who have heard him, his orchestra is plenty good. Having played in and around Dal las for some tome, Cline comes to Aggieland with a well known repu tation. His ability as a showman and his friendliness and leading qualities make him well liked wherever he plays. The ball will start promptly at 9:00 Friday and end at 1:00 a. m. Only Aggies who are sophomores, juniors, and seniors will be ad mitted. The price per night per girl for a room in one of those specified ramps to be opened fir that pur pose will be $.60. There will be plenty of room for the girls so there is no need for worry along this line. The dance will be the last one for many of the Aggies and it is expected to be a good. one. Accor ding to some reports there will be a good many girls down for the affair but the more the better, so everyone who possible can is ask ed to have the girl friend down. Agriculturist Is Visitor on Campus A visit was paid to the campus of the Texas A. & M. College Thursday, Friday and Saturday by C. S. Stephanides, who is slated to head agricultural reconstruction in Greece after the Axis forces have been driven out. A native of Greece, Mr. Stephan ides graduated at Cornell Univer- (See AGRICULTURIST, Page 4) . MAESTRO AND SINGER—At the left is Maestro Durwood Cline who will conduct his or chestra here Friday night at the Sophomore ball which will be held in Sbisa Hall at 9 o’clock. Above is lovely Pat Barlow who will sing sweet and hot to Cline’s rhythm. The dance, which prom ises to be one of the campus’ most successful, is the first class dance to be held this semseter. Town Hall Feature To Be Presented Here Thursday Bryan Field Show To Be Given At Assembly Hall August 21 Date Set For Musical Produced by Air Field Personnel By Cpl. Ted Stafford When the men at Bryan Field decided to pitch in and work up a musical comedy, they ran up against several obstacles, namely clever continuity and a musical score. Since plans called for an original show, a group of authors and a composer when into a huddle to turn out a slab of “solid” enter tainment. When the huddle broke up and the smoke cleared away, the skits and musical score were submitted to the Special Service officer, Lt. J. M. O’Leary. Lieutenant O’Leary endorsed the work and rehearsals were sched uled almost immediately. Up until a few weeks from the day the show was to go the production was without a name, but that problem disappeared a few days later when (See BRYAN FIELD, page 4) Board Of Directors of Exes Hold Meeting on Campus Over Week-End By Blotto The board of directors of the ex students association held its an nual summer meeting on the cam pus over the week-end. Thirty five members were present from all parts of the nation. The major activity of the meeting was the viewing of “We’ve Never Been Licked” and all the exes said that they thoroughly enjoyed the film. At the regular sessions, which were held in the lounge room of Sbisa Hall, post-war plans were discuss ed. These plans included a giant victory homecoming to be held af ter the war for all Aggie Exes. Oldest member of the party was “General” A. C. Love, class of ’99. In his days at A. & M. Mr. Love was on the football and baseball teams. He received his degree in civil engineering and taught in the C. E. department here for ten years. Close behind Mr. Love came T. M. Smith, class of ’01, who receiv ed his degree in agriculture. These two old boys, still plenty young in spirit, demonstrated that they still could throw a good old Aggie bull- session when we met them in Casey’s Saturday night. Perhaps the most outstanding member of the party was Brigadier General Art Knickerbocker, adjut ant general of the state of Texas. Art is a member of the class of ’21 and uring his college days was one of the most outstanding quarter backs the Aggies have ever had. Art played under coach D. X. Bible and was a real speed merchant. At one time he played an entire game with a broken shoulder that was taped up. His job was to call the signals, and he did just that while the Aggie team marched down the field to win the game. (See BOARD, Page 4) Braggiotti And Shaw to Play Two Piano Concert The first of the Summer Town Hall free concerts will be present ed Thursday night at 8 o’clock in Kyle Field when the piano team of Braggiotti and Shaw will make their appearance on the A. & M. Campus. Plans have been maae to present this novel and unusual mus ical program from the huge open air stage over the facilities of the college’s public address system. The concert will be free to the public and everyone is urged to attend and hear the repetoire of Mario Braggiotti and Walter Shaw which includes in its range all type of music from Bach to Gersh win. The corps, it is stated, will be given permission to hear the con cert and in all probability be marched to the stadium in forma tion to hear the concert. Plans al so have been discussed with the various branches of service in training on the campus to permit the servicemen men to hear the concert. Braggiotti and Shaw are fin ished and accomplished musicians and have met with great acclaim at every concert they have pre sented in numerous cities through out the nation. Shaw is new to the team, having taken the place of Jacques Fray early this year when Fray was called into the army. Shaw is considered one of the outstanding young pianists of the time and Braggiotti selected him to take his partner’s place, in 25 days Shaw completely mastered the difficult score of the two- piano concert and immediately went on tour with the newly form ed company. Plans include a second Summer Town Hall free concert later on in the month when the Houston Symphony will be presented in Kyle Field. Reid Commissioned As Ensign in M. C. Word has come from Los Angeles that Irvin A. Reid, son of D. H. Reid, has obtained his commission as an ensign in the Maritime Serv ice and has been assigned to a ship on the Pacific Ocean. Vet Company Wins Intramural Track Meet Twice in Row In the Intramural Track Meet held last Saturday and Sunday down on Kyle Field, the Second Student Training Company show ed an all-around good track team winning the met with a total of 51% points, 7% points in front of their nearest competitor, the 8th Co. who piled up 44 points. In third place was D Co. with 25 points and in fourth place was 1st Co. High point men in the meet were two freshmen; D. R. Deere of A Co. and W. A. Cardon of D Co. Deere made 16 points in the meet and made all of A Go’s, points. It was enough to put them in fifth place. Cardon trailed Deere by only 14 a point scoring 1554 points. 120 Yd. Low Hurdles — First, Cardon, W. A.; second, Eaves, O. F.; third, Swatzell, Jack. Time: 14.4 sec. 400 Yd. Shuttle Delay — First, D Co.; second, 2nd S. T. Co.; third, 1st Co. Time 44.4 sec. 1.7 mile run—First, Ward, F. M.; second, Jarrett, J. I.; third. Mason, F. R. High Jump—First, Cardon, W. A.; second, Deere, D. R.; third, (See INTRAMURALS, page 4) Stlouis Newspaper ReporterComments On Aggies’ WNBL Apparently This Guy Monk Didn’t Think Too Much of Our Show The following is an article taken from the St. Louis Globe Demo crat. It is an review of Walter Wanger’s picture ’’We’ve Never Been Licked”. The writer is ex pressing his own opinion and does not necessarily indicate that of the people who saw the picture. By Herbert I. Monk It appears that Walter Wanger, a producer who has some success ful pictures to his credit, was a little overly ambitious when he set out to make “We’ve Never Been Licked,” headline attraction at the Fox. He has undertaken to include patriotic pageantry, colle giate romance, espionage drama and war spectacle all in a single film. It’s a large order and the results of his effort comprise ci nema that is strange, to say the least. M r. Wanger has paid ringing tribute to Texas A. and M. College, not the school’s football prowess, but the system of training and discipline by which army officers (See ST. LOUIS, page 4) Tonight from 8 to 8:30, on the stage of Guion Hall, people throughout the state will hear a special broadcast of an Aggie Yell practice. Featured on the show will be the Aggie band and the Singing Cadets, the Air Corps Glee ^.Club, along with the entire Corps. The show from Guion Hall is part of a program to publicize “We’ve Never Been Licked” for Texas aud iences. Harry Grier of KTRH in Houston will be master of cere monies. Conrad Brady of Inter state Theatres in Dallaq is produc ing the show. Yell leaders, J. M. Knox and Hayes Stripling, will lead the corps in all the yells. Col R. J. Dunn will direct the Aggie Band and Ridhard Jenkins will lead the Singing Cadets, and the Air Corps Glee Club. According to Major Joe E. Da vis, assistant Commandant, all or ganizations will form at 6 30 and be marched to Guion. Time is need ed before the broadcast for last minute instructions and rehear sals. The program will be broadcast over the following stations in Tex as. KTRH in Houston; KRLD in Dallas; KTSA in San Antonio, and KWFT in Wichita Falls. “We’ve Never Been Licked’’ will be shown to the public at the end of this week. This broadcast will not only present A. & M. to Tex ans but will encourage them to see this picture. Tom H. Frasier Ag Commissioned In Marine Corps ATLANTA, Georgia,—Second Lieut. Tom Harlan Fraser, son of Mrs. Amye Angell Fraser, Fort Worth, Texas has been assigned to active duty with the fighting Leathernecks, it was announced today. He was ordered to lead Ma rines in battle after successfully completing the rugged officers’ training course at the famous Ma rine Base at Quantico, Va. Lieut. Fraser attended Texas A. & M. College where he received a bachelor of science degree in me chanical engineering and was tac kle on the football team for two years. Aggie Ex Taking Special Training Second Lieutenant William A Williams, son of Mrs. W. J. Willi ams, 6028 Pitt St., New Orleans, La., has reported to the Carlsbad Army Air Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he will pursue a course of instruction in “dead reckoning” navigation. Recently awarded his bombard ier wings at the Victorville, Calif., Bombardies School on July 10, 1943. Lieutenant Williams thus be gins the second step in his inten sive training to become a “double threat” man—a highly skilled air crew officer able to direct a plane to its objective, drop the bombs, and plot the course homeward. He is a former student of the Texas A. and M. College, College Station, Texas. Canning Unit on Campus Reports Heavy Production With 10,000 Cans The payoff has come for the blistered palms and the sore backs suffered by the backyard victory gardeners in this area. The government asked them to plant these gardens and grow their own vegetables and they did just that. Hands more accustomed to pencil work placed the seed in orderly rows and gathered the fruit when ripe. Then it was “eat what you can and can what you can’t.” Many residents of the College Station area used home canners to put up vegetables from their gar dens and those of the neighbors. Others used cooperative canneries located in nearby towns. Some 10,000 number 2 cans of beans, peas, tomatoes and corn, with a small amount of tomato juice, were processed in semi-com mercial cannery set up last spring by the Department of Horticulture in the basement of the Agricultural Engineering Building. “What we would like to stress,” said Dr. Guy W. Adriance, depart ment head, “is not the amount of produce canned in our five or six weeks of operation, but the number of gardeners who used these facilities. “Practically none brought us more than the equivalent of 100 cans of an^ one product. On one order we had just enough for one can.” Superintending operating of the cannery was R. F. Cain. Employ ees, heretofore inexperienced, were high school girls and wives of service men stationed at the Tex as A. & M. Colege. For this work charge of eight cents per can was made with the Department of Horticulture furn ishing the cans, and five cents per (See CANNING, Page 4) Reavis Reports To Air Field Second Lieutenant Cecil Reavis, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rea vis, 707 N. Houston, Shamrock, Texas, has reported to the Carls bad Army Air Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he will be a student in the Air Forces Central Instructors School for Bombardiers. Lt. Reavis is regularly stationed at the Big Spring, Texas Bombar dier School where he is an instruc tor. The Central Instructors School combines “refresher” courses in ba sic bombardiering with new tech niques worked out in various com mands. Officers back from combat contribute their experiences. Stu dents in the school return to their home stations to give cadet classes the benefit of their course at CBIS. His wife is the former Bessie Cook, Houston, Texas. He is a former student of the Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Texas. Pre Meds to Meet Wed. Night;Brooks to Speak An important meeting of the Pre Med Club will be held to morrow night at 7:00. T. D. Brooks, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, will be the guest speaker and will have some thing to say of interest to all Pre Meds. The meeting will be held in the Biology lecture room on the se cond floor of the Science Hall. All Pre Meds are especially ur ged to be present but anyone in terested is invited to attend. FIELD PHONE CASES MADE OF COTTON NOW NEW ORLEANS, July—The war department announced Mon day that cotton fabric has been substituted for leather in the man ufacture of carrying cases for field telephones. Experiments and tests at the signal corps laboratories at Fort Monmouth, N. J., have resulted in a cotton carrying case which not only has the strength of lea ther, but in some respects is su perior.