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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 32.
Houston Symphony to Play
On Kyle Field August 26th
Aggies, Service Men, and Residents of This
Area are Invited to Attend Free Concert
'The Houston Summer Symphony Orchestra, Ernst Hoff
man Conductor, will appear in concert at Kyle Field on the
campus of Texas A. & M. on Thursday evening, August 26,
8:00 p.m.
The concert is under the auspices of the Texas
A. & M. Town Hall—a non-pro
fit organization—through whose
courtesy the •program will be free
to Aggies, servicemen, and facul
ty. The concert will be free to
everyone, Aggifes, service men, and
residents of this area.
The Houston Summer Orchestra
is composed of 45 picked principal
players of the Houston Symphony
Orchestra which plays at Texas
A. & M. each season. The present
summer season is the first that
has seen the orchestra leave Hous
ton. During the winter the Hous
ton Symphony has one of the most
active traveling schedules of any
orchestra in the Southwest, but
has never before extended its pro
gram during the summer.
Ample lighting and amplifica
tion has been provided for the con
cert at Kyle Field and the program
will be presented in the same
manner as those proving so pop
ular in Houston itself.
Conductor Ernst Hoffman has
taken particular pains to select as
program that should prove attrac
tive, including, as it does, some of
the best standard symphonic mus
ic as well as some of Rie latest
novelty numbers.
At its Houston concerts, the
summer symphony plays to aud
iences in excess of ten thousand.
Despite the War effort and trans
portation difficulties incident to
the War, Houston music lovers have
not let their interest in good mus
ic weaken. The great morale main
taining influence of good music is
now being fully realized, as the
developments of the past few
months have demonstrated.
Plans for the coming season of
1043-44 are the most ambitious the
Houston Symphony Society has
ever made. Some of great names
of opera, radio and the concert
platform will appear with the or
chestra in Houston and other cit
ies of the Southwest.
Immediately after the concert
at A. & M. the summer symphony
will return to Houston to close the
most successful summer season in
its history.
Aggies Reminded of
Juke-Box Prom Tonite
With all the girls on the campus
this week-end surely some of you
Aggies could pick up a date for
the Juke Box Prom. You needn’t
worry about the price if you bring
a date for the admission is free.
So come on, grab a girl and come
down to the grove and dance to
the latest records under the softly
colored lights.
Admission: with a date nothing;
stag, 25tf.
Hillel Club Summer
Picnic Sunday at 5
The Hillel Club will hold its an
nual summer on Sunday August
15th at 5 p.m. at Hensel Park, ac
cording to Harold Boroesky, Club
President., Those not familiar with
the road to Hensel Park please
meet in front of the Y. M. C. A.
at 4:30 p.m. Service men especial
ly invited.
Former Ag Receives
Assignment to Battle
•
2nd. Lieut. Charles Leonard
Hrncir, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Hrncir, Hallettsville,
Texas, has been assigned to active
duty with the fighting Leather-
nacks, it was announced here to
day. He was ordered to lead Ma
rines in battle after successfully
competing the rugged officers’
training course at the famous Ma
rine Base at Quantico, Va.
Lieut. Hrncir attended A. & M.
where he majored in mechancial
engineering and was a member of
the College R. O. T. C. (Inf.).
★ ★ ★
Braggiotti and
Shaw Thrill All
At Thurs. Program
“Oh sure, this place has changed,
but the audience has grown larg
er,” That’s what Mario Braggiotti
had to say about Aggieland after
he and Walter Shaw had finished
their concert Thursday evening at
Kyle Field and the first Town Hall
program this summer, playing to a
crowd of 3,000 people.
This is the last concert in their
present tour of the southwest.
When asked if they would go back
to New York now for a rest. Wal
ter Shaw immediately answered,
“Oh, no, we always go on a tour
when we want to rest.”
Braggiotti has visited A. & M.
before back in 1941 when he and
Jacques Fray composed their fam
ous piano team and played at Guion
Hall for a Town Hall audience.
Jacques Fray was called to the
army recently. At present he is
working for the OWI, sending radio
messages in his native tongue to
France.
However this did not stop Mario
Braggiotti from continuing his
career. He choose Walter Shaw as
his new partner and made plans
for more concerts. Town Hall
shows that he did not ere in his
choice.
Braggiotti and Shaw started
their program with the Organ
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by
Bach. Next they played Beethov
en’s Moonlight Sonata. Then they
tripped through the Coronation
Scene from Boris Godunov by Mous-
sorgsvq and Strauss’s Blue Dan
ube. Ravel’s Bolero brought the
program to intermission.
George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in
Blue came right after intermission
and really was the highlight of
the evening. Following this came
a variation of Five Caricatures on
a Theme of Yankee Doodle. In this
piece, Yankee Doodle was played in
the style of Bach, Beethoven, Chop
in, Strauss, and Gershwin.
Of course there were encores,
among them being Summertime
and the Turkish March by Mozart.
This was played both in the original
setting and then, clipping the long
hair away, in a modern style of to
day with boogie-woogie predomin-
ent.
Bryan Field Postpones
Musical Variety Show
Due to circumstances beyond
the control of the producers,
“Heck of a Mess,” musical show
from Bryan Field will not be
presented on the A. & M. cam
pus until the latter part of Sep
tember. , The production was
originally scheduled to appear on
the stage of the Assembly Hall
here August 21, but since that
date has been cancelled, no def
inite date has yet been an
nounced.
The announcement was made
by Cpl. Ted Stafford, member
of the Special Service depart
ment of the field, who stated
that as soon as the information
could be secured regarding the
new appearance date of “Heck
of a Mess,” the Battalion would
be informed.
Radio Club Held
Regular Meeting
The A. & M. Radio Club held
its regular semi-monthly meeting
Wednesday night at 7:00 o’clock
in the WTAW Studios. The prog
ram consisted of a 15 minute play
and two brief discussions.
We’ve ....ever Been Licked.” The
oil field family, was entitled “Der
ricks on a Hill,” by Robert White-
hand. In its cast were Mrs. D. E.
Elliott of College Station, Miss
Marjorie Wipprecht of Bryan and
Charles C. Kennedy, Isaac Klein-
man, and W. M. Works, of A. &
M. College. The first dialogue was
between J. W. Tumlinson and
James F. McKenzie, on the sub
ject, “How the Aggies Liked
The drama, a tragedy of an
second dialogue, on the subject
of quiz programs, was between
Harold Borofsky and Randolph
Blumberg, two Aggies.
“Derricks on a Hill” was pre
pared as a part of WTAW’s regu
lar Friday afternoon program yes
terday.
Men of Campus are
Invited to Free
Movies at Assembly
Two Films Showing
Importance of War
To the Home Front
The free movies in the Assembly
Hall at four ’©clock Sunday after
noon will show two films which
emphasize the great importance in
this war of civilians.
Conquer by the Clock drives
home the fact that there is little
difference as far as the results are
concerned, between the patriotic but
thoughtless American and the Axis
saboteur. It shows how important
every working hour is to the war
effort.
A girl inspecting rifle cartridges
in a war plant takes time for an
extra smoke, neglects to fill her
place on the inspection line, and
thus allows several boxes of un
inspected cartridges to pass as O.
K. One of these cartridges, a dud,
later finds its way into the rifle
of an American soldier somewhere
in the South Pacific. On scouting
patrol, he sights a Jap, aims, pres
ses the trigger and fires—^harm
lessly. He is killed by a Jap bul
let.
Letter from Bataan is an ima
ginary letter from a boy named
Johnny who is in the jungles of Bt-
taan with another American sold
ier named Pete. They are hit by
Jap bombs because night blind
ness makes them unable to see en
emy planes. Pete is killed out
right; Johnny dies on the operating
table.
Johnny’s “letter” reaches home
in America one morning as a neigh
bor is bragging of her hoard of
groceries, as his kid brother skids
his car around a corner on two
wheels. The letter is a moving plea
to the folks at home to see to it
that other American soldiers have
the things these boys lacked on
Kampus Kapers Features Walter Jenkins
And Electrical Guitarist Saturday, 6:15
Guion Hall Begins
Mid-Night Shows
Starting Tonight
“Casablanca” is First
Feature; Same Show
Is on Sunday and Monday
A new feature announced for the
Guion Hall Theatre is a regular
Saturday night praview of the
Sunday and Monday attraction,
according to a statement released
this morning by the Guion Hall
management. The preview show
will begin at 9:30 o’clock.
The first of these previews will
begin tonight with the showing of
the Sunday and Monday screen at
traction “Casablanca.” The sche
dule will be so arranged that the
entire picture that is featured for
Saturday will be run before 9:30
when the Saturday night preview
begins.
Aggies and servicemen are urged
to take note of this added feature
to the Guion Hall program and
avail themselves of the opportuni
ty of seeing the regular Sunday
and Monday feature at the preview
showing.
Bataan^ food, guns and shells, and
planes.
....Paratroops is a beautiful and in
structive presentation of the train
ing of our parachute troops, in
cluding those trained again as para-
ski-troops.
Two other recent releases will be
shown with this program: Vic
tory in Papua and The Thousand
Days.
+ Show is Free to Everyone on Campus; Other
Talent to Add Enjoyment to Better Program
Kampus Kapers tonight will be arranged especially for
the men with dates here for the Sophomore Ball and the
Wing Ball, stated Richard Jenkins, master of ceremonies
for the program. It will be held as usual at the Assembly
Hall, beginning at 6:15, and is free to everyone.
• Featured on the weekly show
will be D. L. Woodall of the Air-
Crew Detachment, who will en
tertain the crowd with several
numbers on the electric steel gui
tar. Walter R. Jenkins and Vivian
Jenkins will be favorites of the
Aggies and servicemen. Richard
Jenkins will bring some of Hous
ton’s finest talent to do an out
standing job of entertainment.
“Blackouts,” a rousing sing-song,
one of Dick’s famous contests, and
other fine specialty acts will round
out the program.
Some of you will remember Wal
ter R. Jenkins’ last performance
here when he appeared on the stage
of Guion Hall. He has a wonderful
baritone voice and sings many of
the outstanding songs of the mus
ic world.
The program is sure to be en
joyed by all, as Richard Jenkins
never fails to provide us with good
amusement. All residents of Col
lege Station, Aggies, Marines, Sail
ors,^ Army and Air Corps cadets
are invited to attend and have
some fun in a full hour’s enteratn-
ment.
Pinky Hull Plays at
YMCA Open House
Walter D. “Pinky” Hull, a grad
uate of Lamar High School of
Houston, is very popular here at
A. and M. and is quite in demand
as a piano player. In high school
he was very active in all high
school musicals. He has never tak
en a music lesson and has been
playing the piano for the last five
years.
Sunday afternoon from 3-5 at the
YMCA Pinky will play on a “re
quest” return. He has played at a
former open house and proved very
popular With those who heard him.
To help while away this long Sun
day afternoon after the show come
by the YMCA and listen to Pinky
Hull on the piano.
Swimming Meet Scheduled
To Run on August 28 - 29
The event that will climax the
rest of the semester will take place
August 28 and 29 at the swimming
pool when the summer swimming
meet takes place. Preliminaries
will be run off Saturday, August
28 at 2 p.m. with the finals on
Sunday, August 29 at 2 p.m.
Events of the meet will include
the 400 ft. relay with each man
swimming 100 ft., the 100 ft. Back
stroke, the 100 ft. Free style, the
200 ft. Military swim which is bas
ed on an obstacle as being a hin
drance to the swimming, th 400 ft.
Military relay with each man swim
ming 100 ft., an fancy dives.
Those who enter the Fancy Div
ing event will be required to dive
the front dive, the back dive, and
the one-half twist. Three other
dives must be made, but the in
dividual diver may choose his own
4ives.
The Military Swim and the Relay
have not been worked out as yet,
but as soon as they have been, it
will be anounced. The only thing
known is that there will be some
kind of an obstacle that will slow
drance to the swimmer,the 400 ft.
H. H. Williamson
* * *
Adams Elected to
Head of Extension
Termination of the directorship
of H. H. Williamson of the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service,
and authorization of George E.
Adams to assume the duties of
that post, effective at once, was
announced by Dr. Frank C. Bol
ton, acting president of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College of
Texas.
The announcement was made on
authorization of F. M. Law, of
Houston, president of the A. & M.
College Board of Directors. The
action came as a result of the fail
ure of the Board to re-elect the in
cumbent at the annual organiza
tion meeting of the Board, as pro
vided in the Rules and Regulations
of the governing body for opera
tion of the A. & M. College and
its branches.
Mr. Williamson, a native of Be-
dias, Grimes county, came to the
College 36 years ago as a student,
and four years later joined the
Extension Service following grad
uation in 1911. In March, 1912, he
was made assistant agent for boys’
and girls’ work in West Texas and
in October became state boys’ club
agent. In July, 1920, he became
state agent and vice-director of
Extension on January 1, 1928. He
became Director of Extension in
1935.
Comments on "WeVe Never Been Licked" Continue
(Editor’s note: The Hollywood Reporter
contained a review of the Aggie picture in
_ _ wie
their July 30 issu
printed in full below.)
of the paper. It is
Inspired, according to a screen
acknowledgment, by the Fighting
Sons of Texas A. & M., Walter
Wanger has fashioned a rousing
film tribute to the traditions of
an American college that now has
more than 6000 graduates serving
as officers in the U. S. armed
forces. Wanger wisely slanted his
production on thoughtful consider
ations not only of the youth that
is fighting this present global war,
but of the trained minds that must
play an important part in the post
war world. Among these men will
be many that Texas A. & M. turn
ed out.
The picture follows a smart ap
proach to its subject. It opens on
a broadcast of the Army Hour,
with George Putnam announcing,
then switches the microphone to
Bill Stern for a description of a
campus ceremony in which 7000
undergraduates are participating.
The Texas locale set, “We’ve Never
Been Licked” moves on to a re
enactment of the circumstances
that led to the posthumous award
of a Congressional Medal of Honor
to one Brad Craig. As the brad-
cast is aired to the far corners of
the earth, it is heard on battle
fronts by Craig’s father, his
friends and former classmates.
Craig came to Texas A. & M.
because his father, an Army col
onel stationed in the Philippines,
had graduated from there. The boy
does not aspire to a military ca
reer; rather is he interested in
gaining knowledge that will aid in
the development of Asia. The haz
ing to which he is subjected as a
“fish” goes against the grain, and
he is of a mind to quit until a
talk with a beloved chemistry prof
sets him straight. He is an upper
classman, entitled to his “boots”,
when the country enters World
War II, and his friendship with
two Japanese is open to question.
How he uses this acquaintanceship
apparently to turn traitor, then to
even the score with his treacher
ous Jap “friends” brings the story
to a thrilling climax. The final
aerial battle sequence was made
with the cooperation of the Navy
Department. Vernon Keays direct
ed the flying scenes, which were
photographed by William J. Kelly.
tain a fresh perspective even on
such situations as the hazing,
which is not allowed to motivate
the proceedings to the extent that
this becomes That Story of a lad
who has difficulty in learning how
to take orders so that later he may
give them. The Wanger production
also carefully avoids relating a
completely run-of-the-mill ro
mance. Here the two boys in love
with the same girl try to avoid
her out of their regard for each
other.
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the letter
olobe Democrat in answer to the lette
of a group of Aggies who wrote a repl:
to Monk's review of the Aggie picture whic:
•ote a reply
review of the Aggie pic
appeared in his paper recently.)
A group of students of Texas
A. and M. College have taken rath
er indignant exceptions to portions
of a review published in last Fri
day’s Globe-Democrat of “We’ve
Never Been Licked,” one of the
current motion pictures at the Fox
which has its setting at the fa
mous Southern institution of learn
ing.
In an air mail special delivery
letter bearing 61 signatures with
Direction of the tale by John j “47” written after each, they crit-
Rawlins is a thoroughly admirable j icize the criticism, so to speak,
job, and he has managed to main- | and in so doing write their own
review of the film. The main ob
ject, however, seems to have been
to defend the college against re
marks they interpret as deroga
tory, although the writer of the
review insists any adverse criti
cism was directed at the film, not
at Texas A. and M.
“We of Aggieland,” the boys
write, “disagree with you on your
opinio^n of the film. It gives the
public an excellent prtrayal of
life on the A. and M. campus. Al
though there were ‘no prominent
names in the cast,’ the acting was
excellent, especially that of Anne
Gwynne, Noah Beery Jr., and Har
ry Davenport.
Plot Not the Best
“Mr. Wanger (Walter Wanger,
the producer) did pay the school
a ringing tribute; its purpose was
not to boost the school’s football
team, even though the team was
one of the best in the country for
the last several years. The plot
was not as good as it could have
been, but the main purpose of the
movie was to relate to the public
the system of training and disci-1
pline by which army officers are
produced. The background of 70001
Aggies added a great spirit to the
film.
“The graduates of Missouri,
Washington and other universities
may not be excited when they see
the show; prejudice will be a fac
tor for this reason.
“Many of our fathers and fore
fathers attended this school and
found it the most wonderful place
for any boy to receive his educa
tion. This is what gives A. and M.
its great school spirit which can
not be beaten by Missouri, Wash
ington or any other university. This
spirit is brought out in the ‘rah-
rah’ scenes, as you describe them.
The hazing is no more. However,
there are certain services which a
Fish (Freshman) must undergo
his first year.
“A. and M. was founded largely
on tradition, and these traditions
make the school what it is today.
“The spy feature and romantic
element is largely Hollywoodized
and fictionalized; of course Holly
wood had to give its particular
version of the story.
“In short, Mr. Monk, we don’t
like other people telling us that
A. and M. is no good. Mr. Wanger
has been in the movie business for
a very long time and it is not the
place of a newspaper reporter to
tell him how to produce a picture.
You stick to Missouri University,
and we’ll stick to Texas A. and M.”
Okay, boys, it’s a deal.—H.L.M.
Pre Med Club Is
Addressed By Dean
Brooks at Meeting
In his speech “The Trend of The
Country To Socialized Medicine”,
to the local pre-med society Wed
nesday night August 11, 1943,
Dean Brooks told of the decisive
trend of the country towards so
cialized medicine not only in the
factory system of hospitalization,
but in the hospitalization sold by
the insurance company. It was
stated by Dean Brooks that the
war will not be the cause of social
ized medicine if it does not come
into effect, but because of the
free hospitalization offered to the
war veterans will only further the
cause of socialized medicine. Dean
Brooks cited a few of its advan
tages as well as some of its dis
advantages, and told some ( of the
organizations that were for and
against socalized medicine.
Plans are being made for ha
ving a watermelon supper for the
members of the society as well as
the members of the pre-medical
committee at the next regular
meeting of the society. The pro
gram as yet has not been arranged
for as well as the meeting place
but will be released by the program
chairman in the near future. All
members of the pre-med society
are urged to make arrangements
so they come and enjoy a good pro
gram as well as some good water
melon.
If you are still undecided about
joining this group, ask some of the
regular members about the advan
tages of being a member and then
come out next time and find out
just what goes on in the F.D.A.
(Future Doctors of America)
commonly known as the Pre-med
Society.
Quiz Program to be
Featured at Meeting
Plans for the next meeting of
the club, Wednesday night, includes
a quiz program, with five Aggies
competing against five Bryan
girls, and a play, “The Cast of
Amontillado” adapted from Edgar
Allan Poe’s short story. The Radio
Club asks for volunteers from A
and M,’s brain sharks and “queers”
their own in a contest with Bryan
girls. Students who like to act,
especially those who can speak
English with a Spanish accent, are
invited to try out for parts in the
play. If interested in appearing in
either the quiz program or drama,
come to the WTAW Studios this
afternoon at 3 o’clock, or 4 p.m.
Tuesday.