f co^ r ^rr rrr'tVtVt * f * * TTYTtri *r r*r r 'r \trrri r r rr |K ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 33. Sophs,Juniors,Seniors,And DatesSeeBigWeekendHere Durward Cline and Orchestra Play For Dance in Sbisa Hall From 9 ’til 1 Friday night in the main dining room of Sbisa Hall, the Sophomores held their annual dance. The music was furnished by Durward Cline and his orchestra. The Ball started at 9:00 a.m. and was brought to an end at 1:00 a.m. There were approxi mately 600 dancers present count ing 1 Aggies and dates. According to many of the upper classmen, the Ball was a success in many ways. The dance floor was not so crowded as it has been in the past and there were not near ly as many “bird-dogs” as usual. Some of the sophomores said they had not seen such a ‘bevy of beau ties’ gathered together under one roof in a long time. The number of girls on the floor was almost equal to the number of boys, which went well with everyone. Durward Cline and orchestra put out some danceable music that most all present enjoyed. The most evident comment on his numbers, however, was, “good on the slow ones but not so hot on the faster ones.” During the dance, a trainee in the Air Corps took the place of the piano player with the .band and very capably rendered several numbers. Pat Barlowe was also present and sang some tunes es pecially requested by some of the Aggies. At the insistance of one young lady, presumably someone’s date, the regular drummer wish the band was given a rest for a couple of numbers while the young lady to go over. Her renditions of some of the faster tunes were well liked by all including Maestro Cline. Right before intermission, the band swung out with “The Ag- (See SOPHS Page 4) Aggie Ex Receives Commission From Bombardier School Information has been released by the Public Relations Office of the Army Air Forces Bombardier School at Victorvile, California, that Robert L. Burnem, Aggie graduate of ’42, has been promot ed to rank of Second Lieutenant, bombardier, at his station. He is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in San An tonio and of Texas A. & M. He is the son of Mrs. Jessie G. Bur ney of San Antonio. While he was at Aggieland, he was swimming squadron during his freshman year. Aggie Now Pilot Of Fortresses ROSWELL, N. M.—Second Lieu tenant Cran R. Key, Jr., has just completed the four-engine pilot transition training course here and is now qualified to fly the famous “Flying Fortresses.” The lieutenant is a former resi dent of Vernon, Texas, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Key, 2106 Beaver St. Before joining the Army in April, 1942, he attended Vernon high school and Texas A. & M. College. He received his wings and commission at Brooks Field, Texas, last February and was transferred here from Lake Charles, La. Maher Officer In Leathernecks ATLANTA, Ga.—2nd Lt. John Hughes Maher, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Maher, Dallas, has been assigned to active duty with the fighting Leathernecks, it was announced here today. He was ordered to lead Marines in battle after successfully completing the rugged officers’ training course at the famous Marine Base at Quantico, Va. Lieut. Maher attended Texas A. & M. College, at College Station, where he majored in economics and history and was a member of the College R.O.T.C. (arty.) for 2% years. He has a brother in the U. S. Army. Hillel Club Holds Picnic Sunday The annual Hillel club picnic was held at Hensel Park Sunday after noon and several Aggies and a number of servicemen had an en joyable time. Harold Borofsky, President, held a short business meeting and the group sang folk songs and had a regular Aggie talk-fest for a while. At the meet ing, it was decided not to give a dance this year because of general conditions. The next meeting will be held Sunday, Aug. 28 and members and those interested are urged to be present. USO Committee Holds Meeting The third meeting of the U. S. O. Hostess Qualifications Commit tee was held Tuesday evening at the Episcopal Parish House. These meetings will be held weekly un til organization plans are perfect ed. Applications for Junior Hostess affiliation were passed on and ac cepted. Names of Senior Hostesses suggested as possible material were discussed and will be followed up by personal contact by mem bers of the Committee. Plans are shaping up for the fall and winter activities of the U. S. O. Club. Committee members present were: Mrs. J. M. Jones, chairman; Mrs. D. B. Gofer, Mrs. Philip Nor ton, Mrs. Dan Russell and Mrs. H. V. Rau. hi ■ mw I illtlii .vNk,, ! i-i Hoffman In Seventh Year As Houston Symphony Leader Gilmore Appointed Naval Cadet Flyer Robert L. Gilmore, 22, son of Mr. J. D. Gilmore of Gatesville, was recently appointed a Naval Aviation Cadet and was transfer red to the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla., for inter mediate flight training. Prior to entering the Naval service, he attended Texas A. & M. for two years. Upon completion of the inten sive course at the “Annapolis of the Air’’ Cadet Gilmore will re ceive his Navy ‘‘Wings of Gold” with the designation of Naval Avi ator, and will be commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve or a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. Orchestra To Be On Town Hall Here Thurs., Aug. 26 Ernst Hoffman, in his seventh year as conductor, has made the Houston Symphony an orchestra that not only wins the acclaim of critics and the respect of musicians and guest artists, but one that has wide “audience appeal” as well. Under his able leadership, the or chestra has given not only en tertainment but something more lasting* a better understanding and appreciation of musical master pieces. It will be heard on A. & M. Campus, Aug. 26 in Kyle Field as a part of the Summer Town Hall’s fine concerts. Mr. Hoffman has a wealth of experience and a rich musical back ground. His father was a member of the Boston Symphony Orches tra for 36 years and young Hoff man, at the age of six, began studying piano with him. At the (See HOFFMAN, Page 4) Baptist Church Holds Picnic This President Bolton Approves wMayMng New Appointments for Staff The Baptist Church will hold a picnic for all Baptist students and servicemen here at College Sta tion Wednesday evening at Hensel Park. Games are planned to start around 5 o’clock and supper will be ready about 7 o’clock. The picnic wil be over in time for all who attend to be back to their dorms for C. Q. Two trips will be made to the picnic grounds; one at 5 o’clock and another a half hour later. Both groups will leave from the church. Hudson is Marine 2nd Lieutenant ATLANTA, Ga.—2nd Lieut. William Wayne Hudson, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson, Granbury, Texas, has been assign ed to active duty with the fight ing Leathernecks, it was announc ed here today. He was ordered to lead Marines in battle after suc cessfully completing the rugged officers’ training course at the famous Marine Base at Quantico, Va. Lieut. Hudson attended East Texas State Teachers College, Com merce, and Texas A. & M. College, College Station, and received a master’s degree in business admin istration. King Assigned To Active Marine Duty ATLANTA, Ga. — 2nd. Lieut. Travis Day King, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. King, Oklaun- ion, Texas, has been assigned to active duty with the fighting Leathernecks, it was announced here today. He was ordered to lead Miarines in battle after suc cessfully completing the rugged of ficers’ training course at the fam ous Marine Base at Quantico, Va. Lieut. King attended Texas A. & M. College, College Station, where he majored in mechanical engineering. He was a member of the College R. 0. T. C. (inf.) for over two years. He has a brother, E. W. King, who is. in the U. S. Coast Guard. Board of Directors Endorses Advance ments in Various School Departments At its annual budget meeting held at College Station, August 7, the Board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College approved promotions for 33 mem bers of the staff, Dr. F. C. Bolton acting president, an- ■f nounced today.' In the School of Agriculture, P. T. Montfort and E. D. Parnell were made full professors; J. M. Orchard and W. R. Sherrill were made associate professors, and the following were made assistant professors: W. A. Norman, W. W. Bailey, R. E. Patterson and D. R. Davis. In the School of Arts and Sciences, A. L. Schipper, E. L. Har ter, A. B. Nelson and S. S. Share were made associate professors, while G. P. Parker and J. H. Bass were made assistant professors. In the School of Engineering, R. M. Pinkerton, R. M. Wingren, W. I. Truettner and S. R. Wright were made professors; R. P. Ward, acting professor; W. D. Harris, J. G. McGuire, L. P. Thompson, J. G. H. Thompson, L. G. Berryman and J. E. Breland, were made associate professors; H. A. Thomas, acting associate professor; and A. E. Salis, B. K. F. Mullins, G. H. Brock, C. H. Ransdel, G. S. Stiles and C. M. Simmand were made assistant professors. In the School of Veterinary Med icine, H. T. Barron was made as sistant professor. W. W. Bailey in the School of Agriculture, and J. E. Breland and C. M. Simmang in the School of Engineering are on military leave. Wilson Appointed To Major’s Rank Major Hugh R. Wilson of Al- leyton, Texas, commanding officer of one of the enlisted men’s squad rons at this Texas-Mexican bor derland fighter pilot school, has been appointed to his present rank from Captain. Major wilson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson of the above address, and is a graduate of the Agricultural and Mechani cal College of Texas, where he received a B.S. degree. WAC Makes Survey Of Woman Power Third Officer Edna L. Callan of the WAC, who is stationed at the Army Recruiting office in the basement of the Bryan post office has issued a statement in regard to the Woman Power Survey she is conducting in Brazos and ad joining counties. This survey is part of a national check-up and asks that the people of this com munity give their co-operation and support to the movement. Officer Callan made the follow ing statements in regard to her work: “It has been authorized that a Woman Power Survey be made throughout the cities and towns of the United States. This survey has just been completed, and met with great success in several Tex as cities, Galveston, Fort Worth, Austin and others. “It is now to be brought first to Bryan and then other cities and towns in the following counties: Brazos, Grimes, Burleson, Madi son, Leon, Robertson, and Wash ington. WNBL Reviewed in Tessie W - Land and in Dallas By Ruby Letz An audience that included for the most part girls who had partici pated in dance scenes saw a special preview of “We’ve Never Been Licked” Wednesday morning at the Texas Theater. That it lived up to the greatest expectations of any of the girls in quite evident when you hear anyone start telling of it. Opening Sunday for a four day run at the Texas, WNBL presents a story of life at A. & M. that combines traditions and everyday life on the campus with a drama tic plot about the war and an Ag gie’s part in it. TSCWites seemed well pleased with the dance scenes which ran several minutes and presented in the bus scene. Throughout these two scenes voices in the audience were heard exclaiming. “There’s Margaret . . . It’s Margie . . . . There’s Ann” and so on. Undobted- ly many girls will see the show several times just to see if they can identify more of their friends. The girls can well be proud of their scenes, for they did a grand job. Opening with the Army Hour Radio program, the scene goes to Kyle Field where Commentator Bill Stem tells of the part Aggies have played in the present war. And when one Aggie in particular is mentioned, the story goes back and follows his college life from frashman days to his heroism in the Pacific. A sneak preview at A&M Fri day night found what will probably be the movie’s most critical aud ience cheering it. Every student, every faculty member and all em ployees of the college got a look at the picture that has been in the making for about a year. Byron Winstead, director of Texas A&M publicity and the man directly res ponsible for the origin of the pro duction, checked audience reaction and found it to be at the boiling point of enthusiasm. Pres. T. 0. Walton of A&M said the picture was an excellent portrayal of the life of the college. The idea of having a movie on A&M life was first conceived by Walter Wanger when he read an article by Mr. Winstead in Time Magazine._ Mr. Wanger, who had just produced “Flying Tigers” was looking for another story of heroism and courage, and he mag azine article led him to hope A&M had enough to it to warrant the making of a picture. Norman Reilly Raine, screen writer, was sent to Aggieland to gather mater ial and found there was more than enough for a good story. And so “We’ve Never Been Licked” was born. More than thirty Aggies have been decorated for the parts they have played under fire. Five par ticipated in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and another six were with General Chenault in China. An Aggie is the lone survivor of the famous^ Torpedo Squadron 8 at Midway. With General George F. Moore on Corregidor were thirty- five men out of the 1940 Aggie graduating class. Stars of the movie, Noah Berry, Jr., Richard Quine, and Anne Gwynne, gave convincing portray als of college students. Stealing scenes in which she appeared was Reveille, 12-year-old dog and mas cot of the Cadet Corps. Below is a comment made by John Rosenfield of the Dallas News: One hears betimes that Texas A&M is a good school. It is also modest in its own way. (“Texas A. & M. has given more officers to the service than any other school but don’t mention it. West Point might get its feeling hurt.”) Texas A. & M., founded in 1862 and open ed in 1876, was brought to the at tention of Walter Wanger, com petent, short-haired producer who now releases through Universal. Texas A. & M. has no patent on college spirit but no other school plays at it so expansively and in tensively. This fact, plus the huge military-academic plant at College Station, gave Wanger his theme and his settings. The result is the picture “We’ve Never Been Licked” which after delays, is on view at the Majestic here. It opened Thursday’ and in the evening there was a special Aggie broadcast from the stage. The picture gets over despite the fact that A. & M. spirt is not un like Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Oxford spirit has depicted in un counted pictures of the past. At A. & M., though, this spirit is even more so, and the picture acquires an especial fascination. The finale shows war in the air over the Pa cific culminating in the death of a misjudged Aggie and the destruc tion of a Jap plane carrier by an other. This is first-class battle stuff for regions unresponsive to Spirit of Aggieland and Aggie War Hymn as sung by 7,600 cadets in Kyle Field. Texas A. & M. is tough, lusty and big in the pattern of the state that supports it. Between one Ag gie and another there is a mystic^ rapport, a mutual feeling for gun- waddy heaved in a gigantic mess hall, of r ams walked off, fire hoses squirted through barracks, of midnight yell practice and tow ering boxrfires, of upper classmen sirred and the incredible self- abasement of a freshman or fish. The student body is a uniformed task fore of 7,500 or more and is devoted to horseplay and husband ry. It communes in a curious Col lege State patois. Or, whatever is spoken, it isn’t English. But the standard Aggies take the rigors of social and academic discipline as a fraternal privilege. Nonconformists are drummed off the campus with the withering indictment. “He couldn’t take it.” Possibly there is something in the system. Texas A. & M. supplied the Army with an astonishing number of officers after Pearl Harbor. The tragic holding actions of the Pacific Theater found A. & M. leadership resourceful and Spartan. The picture deals with the en rollment of Richard Quine, son of an old Aggie, who is never quite the perfect Aggie. He has lived in the Far East, speaks Japanese, and rather likes the little men. He is a bit mature for the inflexible hazing system. He gets through four years, but a few weeks before graduation he is suspected of de livering a secret antigas attack formula to two Japanese students who are, of course, agents. He is ostracized and flees the school with a special purpose in mind. W'hen war comes he is apparently doing a Lord Haw-Haw from Tokyo but actually is coding messages to America. While flying as a Japa nese observer he is able to radio to his old roommate the location of a Jap airplane carrier. His fate is jleath but it might have been worse. During an NBC Army Hour brodcast from Kyle Field his uni form and empty senior boots are decorated with a medal. There is a girl in the story, Anne Gwynne, an established Hollywood actress who hails, however, from nearby Waco. She plays a Texas State College for Women cutie who comes to College Station ev ery week end. Martha O’Driscoll is a more deadly TSCW highbrow. A busload of the girls arrive, as they usually do, from Denton to Aggieland for the annual Field Artillery hop. Noah Berry, Jr., gives an out standing performance as Quine’s “old lady,” which is Aggie for pro tective roommate. And Mr. Beery gets the girl, too. The picture touches on most phases of A. & M. life including the laboratories and the livestock pens. There is an omission. From this picture you would never think A. & M. played football. Outside Texas We’ve Never Been Licked will be a mildly interesting glorification of a remarkable in stitution and a war action picture of sufficient excitement to hold interest. In Texas, though, the picture will find the sons of A. & M. and sons of sons to give it cheers. As for myself, I am a University of Texas man. Equilization Board Of Consolidated School Meets 18-19 The Board of Equalization of the A. & M. Consolidated School will be in session for public hear ing on school tax rendition on August 18 and 19. All persons de siring conference with the Board will see them at the school then. The budget hearing date for the school has been changed from Au gust 26 to August 24. The fall term of the school will begin on September 6. Dr. Cox Gives New Rules on Polio AUSTIN, Texas.—Dr. George W. Cox, State Health Officer, has issued the following statements and suggestions concerning the control and prevention of polio myelitis which is assuming epi demic proportions in certain sec tions of the State. Until recently it was generally believed that this infection is transmitted by means of discharges from the respiratory tract. It is now believed that piolmyelitis is primarily another of the several gastrointestinal infections. There fore, control measures must em phasize clean-up campaigns and improvements in sanitation. Strict sanitary measures must be observed in all communities. Stringent efforts should be made to eliminate the house-fly and to (See DR. COX, Page 4) Date For Freshmen Ball Set for Aug. 27 According to C. R. West, pres ident of the Fish class, the date for the annual Freshmen Ball has been set. The affair will be held in the Grove on August 27th. As yet the committees for finance, orchestra etc., haven’t been appointed, but work will begin at a date in the near future. All fish and frogs are urged to go to work on their girl friends back home or elsewhere and get as many of them down as possible. More dtails will be published at a future date.