ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, ATUGUST 19, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 34.
SwiramingMeet ofSemester
Will Be Held August 28-29
Preliminaries On 28th At 2 p. m.; Finals
On 29th At 2 p. m.; Aggies Urged to Enter
The swimming meet which will climax the summer
semester will be held as scheduled in the swimming pool
on August 28 and 29, according to W. L. Penberthy. The
preliminaries of the meet will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday,
the 28th, with the finals being run-f
Sunday, the 29th at the same time,
2 p. m.
For all Aggies who wish to en
ter, the following races are going
to be run: The 400 ft. relay will be
run in laps with each member of
the team swimming 100 feet. The
100 ft. backstroke, the 100 ft. free
style, the 200 ft. military swim,
the 400 ft. military relay with
each man swimming 100 ft., and
fancy dives.
The military swims are being
based on an obstacle being carried
so as to be a hindrance to the
swimmer. Plans of just how it will
be run have not been worked out
as yet, but a later Battalion will
cover the details. .
Three dives will be required of
each entrant in that race. These
dives will be the front dive, the
back dive, and the one-half twist.
Three other dives which may be
chosen by the individual diver must
be made besides the three required
dives.
Aggies who wish to enter the
swimming meet as a contestant in
any of the events are asked to de
cide the race they want to enter
in and report to the pool on Sat
urday, August 28th. A limit of
three races, including diving will
be imposed on each Aggie, but
there is no limit to the number of
Aggies from each company that
enter.
Air Corps Aggies
Well Pleased With
Spirit Over Radio
Boys Stationed In San
Antonio Join In On Songs
And Yells While Listening
The fact that the Aggie Spirit
is always alive where ever Aggies
are together is adequately demon
strated in the following letter re
ceived by E. E. McQuillen from
Willie G. Williamson, ’44, who is
located at the San Antonio Avia
tion Cadet Center.
“Dear Mac—
“We wish there was some way
we could let you know how much
we enjoyed the program last night.
We have heard that the Aggies’
spirit was practically dead, and
that there wasn’t much left at Ag-
gieland—but after the yelling, mu
sic and singing, we knew it was
just another rumor.
We all gathered around the ra
dio in the classification center and
had a real old yell practice; sing
ing and yelling right with you.
There couldn’t have been any more
spirit at a midnight yell practice
in the old days. A few of the
Yankees thought we were gather
ing for prayer meeting, but they
changed their minds—we had their
mouths hanging open!
“By the way, don’t ever let any
one tell you that the Aggie spirit
is dead or dying. It is growing
now as never before. Aggies are
spread out over this man’s Air
Corps so completely that the “War
Hymn” is getting to be a regular
marching song. I have several
Yankee friends who can sing it
almost as good as your freshmen,
and that’s pretty good.
“The freshmen and whatever
other “Aggies” might be left, made
us very proud of the way the Ag
gie spirit is being carried on. Your
program brought new pride to our
heart, tears to our eyes, and ‘goose
pimples’ all over. Many of us, with
our degrees yet to come, renewed
our vows to go back after them
after we clear up this little mess.
“Our every prayer now is that
we can get an ‘Open-Post,’ with no
‘K.P.’ or guard-duty, in time to see
the ‘show of the century’—the one
See AIR CORPS, page 4
Aggie Team Begins
Rigorous Training
For Season’s Start
Coach Norton Releases
News On Football In
Southwest Conference
According to Coach Homer
Norton the remainder of the boys
out for football will be issued uni
forms this week and regular
scrimmage should start soon. The
boys have been practicing in ten-
is shoes and shorts for the past
few weeks and have shown up well
in these preliminary drills. When
asked about the progress up to
now, Coach Norton said “What we
have been doing is letting the boys
limber up and show us just how
well they can take care of them
selves. There have been only the
most tentative plans made as to
the order of the teams.” Running
and passing drills are being taken
daily and by the time we are rea
dy to start real work, the boys
should be in top physical shape.”
There is being quite a bit said
both for and against the present
ruling which allows Navy V-12
men to play for the college they
are attending. There have been
persistent reports that many of
these boys have already reported
for work at Rice, a few Aggie-
Exes among them. Texas, Baylor,
T. C. U., and S. M. U. all have V-
12 men in sufficient quantity to
assure at least a few good football
prospects from among them, while
A. & M. does not have a V-12 unit.
Of course we have many army
units, and we are perfectly willing
to let these boys play, but as yet
the Army has not followed the
Navy in allowing its boys to en
ter into college athletics. The re
sult of such a situation is that we
are depending solely on our own
resources, while the other schools
are constantly gaining new play
ers, some of them experienced
men. There are some who say that
when the going gets tough the
servicemen might drop out, since
they have no college ties, but that
does not seem to be very proba
ble. At any rate, the season is
still in the very early stages and
anything can happen.
The Aggie team will play its
first game against Bryan Field on
September 25th, and the Air Corps
boys should prove to be tough com-
(See AGGIE TEAM, Page 4)
Aggie-ex Dies of
Solomon Is. Wounds
First Lt. William H. Reeder,
’40, of Ft. Worth has just been
reported to have died of wounds
received while in battle some
where in the Solomon Islands. Lt.
Reeder entered the service on the
5th of March, 1942.
A memorial service was held on
August 15 in the First Methodist
Church of Hughes Springs which
was formerly his home. Lt. Emit
Thorland commemorated Lt. Ree
der in a tribute entitled “Chang
ing the Star.”
During his senior year at A.
& M., Lt. Reeder was president of
the Accounting Society. He wns
also a representative of the In
fantry on the Advisory Council to
the class president his senior year.
His degree was received in Busi
ness Administration.
Mrs. Reeder, the former Miss
Alta Lett whom he married in
January 1942, survives him. His
business connections includ e d
Richardson Oil Company of Ft
Worth where he was employed
before entering the service of his
country.
F. R. Jones Writes
Series of Articles
For Trade Journal
BRASS SECTION—Pictured above is the heavy brass section of the
Houston Symphony Orchestra which plays on Town Hall a week
from today. Left to right: Eddie Erwin, J. Knauss (now in the serv
ice), H. B. Amich, Trombonist and Roy Perry, Tuba.
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Houston Symphony In 4th
Season of Open AirConcerts
Softball Teams In
Battle for Title
1st and 8th companies are fight
ing it out for the College Softball
Championship now with the 8th
co. in lead at the present time. The
play-off is between these two
teams, the winner of two out of
three being declared the winner.
One game has been played, 8th
co. winning by a score of 7-2.
As soon as weather permits, the
second and maybe the third game
will be played. All intramural
games have been postponed until
the weather clears. 8th Co. will be
declared the champion if they de
feat 1st co, in the second game; if
1st cvo. wins, a third game will
be played and the champion de
clared.
Ex of ’SO Receives
Awards at Paine Field
First Lt. Royce L. Dixon, ’31,
of Clinton, La., has just complet
ed an Arms Qualification course
where he qualified as a sharpshoot
er with the .22 calibre rifle and
marksman with a .30 caliber rifle
at Paine Field, Everett, Washing
ton.
Lt. Dixon received his BS de
gree in Chemical Engineering and
received his second lieutenant’s
commission at the same time. He
reported for duty in July, 1942.
^Orchestra Will Play
On A. & M. Town Hall
Thursday, August 26
The summer orchestra of the
Houston Symphony Society is play
ing its fourth season of open-air
free concerts in the parks of the
City of Houston. Sixteen concerts
are scheduled for Houston; eight
at Miller Memorial Theatre in
Hermann Park on Wednesday eve
nings, and eight in various neigh
borhood parks.
In the summer of 1940, through
the efforts of Hubert Roussel of
the Houston Post and N. D. Na-
man who placed funds at the dis
posal of the sponsors of summer
concerts, seven free concerts were
presented.
Crowds which averaged 12,000,
at first, grew rapidly until at one
of the closing concerts a crowd,
estimated by the traffic depart
ment of the City of Houston, in
excess of 35,000 attended—the lar
gest gathering evter to be held in
the city.
This summer the City of Hous
ton appropriated, from its funds,
an amount sufficient to defray a
portion of the expenses, the bal
ance being provided by the Hous
ton Symphony Society and by pop
ular donation. Attendance and in
terest have been so great that an
enlarged program is being planned
for next summer.
The summer symphony consists
of 45 picked members of the Hous-
(See HOUSTON, Page 4)
Service Operations Theme
First Article Appearing In
Aug. “Southern Hardware”
At the solicitation of “Southern
Hardware,” the leading Southern
hardware and implement trade
journal, Fred R. Jones, head of the
Department of Agricultural Engi
neering of the Texas A. & M. Col
lege, is writing a series of articles
on farm equipment service.
The first, based on the funda
mentals of service operations, ap
peared in the August or current
issue. Others to follow will deal
with various phases of machinery
and tractor repairing and servic
ing.
“The coimpletely mechanized
farm is no longer a mere dream
or a rarity,” said Mr. Jones, “but
is more or less common in every
section of the country today.” This,
he explained, does not mean that
the horse as a source of farm pow
er will fade from the picture “as
horse-drawn machines will be nec
essary on certain farms .and in
handling certain farm operations
for a number of years to come.”
Very radical changes have taken
place in farm equipment in recent
years, according to the author.
These have been in the interest of
longer service, easier operation and
to enable it to do a better job.
Introduction of improved all-pur
pose type tractors to perform jobs
formerly done by hand has brought
about a number of new machines.
In Mr. Jones’ opinion, the pri
mary object of a machinery and
implement dealer is to sell a trac
tor to his farm customer. Then the
selling of necessary additional
equipment and building up a prof
itable sales volume depends to a
large extent on the kind and
amount of services the dealer per
forms.
Dealer responsibilities have in
creased with improvements in de
signs and as a result of higher
quality material and precision
manufacturing. When machines
and equipment need repairing and
overhauling, it is more or less es
sential that the job be handled by
a mechanic in a well equipped
shop.
Details are given by Mr. Jones
on what should be included in ade
quate service consistent with a
reasonable tractor and machinery
sales volume. Shop business and
expansion, shop order and the ne
cessity for keeping simple yet ade-
(See F. R. JONES. Page 4)
IT CAN’T BE BEAT .. -.
Yell Practice Staged by Exes
ForBaltimoriansat fVNBLShow
(Editor’s note: The following review of
the Aggie picture, “We’ve Never Been
Licked” was printed in the Baltimore Sun.
It gives the reader a good idea of what
others think of the picture and it gives
an idea of the extent of the Aggie Spirit,
a Spirit that can never die).
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 16.—
On the basis of what went on in
Lexington street last night, it
seems you can take a Texas Aggie
away from the farm—but how are
you going to get the farm out of
the Aggie?
The answer is—and you may
quote 50 Texas Aggies who are
now officer candidates at the Edge-
wood, Md., Arsenal as our author
ity—that can’t.
These officer candidates, who
were graduated last May from the
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College, were the guests last night
of Keith’s Theater at the Balti
more premier of “We’ve Never
Been Licked,” which was filmed
on the campus of their college.
All of them, along with about
7000 fellow-students, were filmed
in the picture. None of them had
seen the picture until last night,
and each one, trying to spot him
self in the college scenes, acted
like the man who searched for a
needle in a haystack.
The officer candidates would
like it understood that for the Ag
gie the title “farmer,” which is
applied to every A. and M. man, is
one that demands respect. For the
benefit of several hundred Balti
moreans assembled in front of the
theater, this was demonstrated
with a cheer which went like this:
“Farmers, fight; farmers, fight,
fight, fight, fight (pause here for
breath) fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, farmers, farmers, fight.”
After bouncing that one around
Lexington street a few times, the
boys took loge seats while the
officers with them and their offi
cer-candidate cheer leader, put on
a snappy five-minute radio show
from the lobby. Major Roy Franks
of Ennis, Texas, a former A. and
M. man, spoke briefly, as did Capt.
T. G. Hall of Dallas, and Capt.
F. L. Nickle of Houston.
When it came his turn, Kent
Manning, the officer candidate,
volunteered the information that
it was swell to be here. Baltimore
was an okay place, and that Mar
tha O’Driscoll, an actress in the
picture, was a swell dish.
His friends inside were finding
out for themselves. Their unani
mous opinion was that hazing
scenes followed tradition closely.
They were less impressed by later
scenes where the hero leaves the
college ip disgrace, pretends to be
a spy for the Japs (but isn’t real
ly, you know), and wins the battle
for the Solomons practically sin
gle-handed.
Their reaction to some early
scenes went like this:
From the screen: “All right, you
guys, everyone on parade grounds.”
From the loge: “Hey, that’s me.
There I go, guys, that’s me.”
From the screen; (feminine
voice—“So, darling, you’re still be
ing noble because he is your friend
and you don’t want to hurt him?”
Masculine voice—“Yes, I can’t tell
him about us.”
From the loge: “That dope didn’t
go to A. and M.”
Then there was the scene where
a freshman, seeing an upperclass
man in a fake faint and covered
with ketchup, is made to think a
murder has been committed. Ac
cording to Major Franks, this trick
is really done at A. and M. using
chicken blood as one of the props
for the scene.
That ketchup dodge is strictly
Hollywood, the farmers would like
it understood.
Freshmen Ball Committee
MembersAppointedbyWest
Finance, Decoration, and Orchestra
Committees Begin Making Arrangements
C. R. West, President of the Freshman Class, has an
nounced that members of the finance, decoration, and or
chestra committees have been appointed and will go to work
immediately to form plans for the Fish Ball which will be
•♦■Friday night, August 27, from 9
Bidu Sayao
★ ★ ★
Bidu Sayao To Be
Town Hall Feature
Here October 19
p. m. until 1 a. m.
Members of the finance commit
tee are J. W. Harrington and G.
R. Jackson of the Fish Class;
James R. Leasley, Jack Kaufman,
and Phil Donahue of the Frog
Class.
Members of the decoration com
mittee are: Ben Moon Ng, B. B.
Wallace, and Ernie Whittig from
the Fish Class and Donald Deere,
Tom Carpenter, and Jim B. Wilson
of the Frog Class.
The Orchestra committee is com
posed of Fish George Spicer and
Frog Donald McClatchy. The com
mittee is striving hard to obtain
the best band that can be had for
the occasion, but as to date no ar
rangements have been made. A la
ter Battalion will carry details.
Civil Service Is
Seeking Women
Brazilian Opera Star To
Be Featured On Program;
Has Successful Career
The Town Hall Committee, func
tioning in connection with the Stu
dent Activities office of the col
lege, announces the appearance of
Bidu Sayao, outstanding Metropol
itan opera soprano, on the winter
Town Hall, October 19.
Bidu Sayao is one of the most
effective agents of Pan American
good will and is the only South
American woman on the roster of
the Metropolitan Opera Associa
tion. President Vargas of Brazil
has called her “Brazil’s Singing
Ambassador,” and she is an am
bassador made to order, for her
dainty person sums all the sparkle
and charm traditionally associated
with Brazilian women. Ij!ut, due to
the fact that she has made a suc
cessful career she is much closer
to North American women than
she is to those of her own country.
The Town Hall programs, of
which Bidu Sayao is one of the
outstanding, will be presented dur
ing the winter and spring months
and will be staged in the Guion
Hall Theatre. Season ticket sales
will be announced in the near fu
ture it was revealed by the Town
Hall committee.
A/C Jno. W. Bryant Is
Training at Big Spring
Aviation Cadet JOHN W. BRY
ANT has just arrived at the Big
Spring Bombardier School to pur
sue the tough twelve weeks course
as a bombardier cadet, it was an
nounced by Colonel Robert W.
Warren, commandant of the school.
Cadet Bryant is the son of Mr.
an(j Mrs. W. H. Bryant of 1412
Riverside Drive, Fort Worth. He
attended Riverside High School,
Fort Worth, N. T. A. C. at Arling
ton, and A. & M. College at Col
lege Station. He received awards
in baseball and softball and an
efficiency award for ROTC.
Upon satisfactory completion
of his training here he will win
his silver wings as a bombardier
and be appointed a flying officer
in the Army Air Forces.
The Big Spring school, one of
the world’s largest bombing colle
ges, graduates a new phase of
“hell from heaven” men every
three weeks, and its outstanding
record for safety in the air has
earned for it the reputation of be
ing the safest school of its type in
the country.
Bombardier cadets spend many
long hours flying over the vast
Texas range country on practice
bombing missions, culminating
their intensive training activities
by making bivouac out on the
plains and engaging in maneuvers
that stimulate actual combat con-
A nation-wide examination to
select policewomen for the Wash
ington, D. C., Police Department
was announced today by the United
States Civil Service Commission,
according to information received
here today at the College Station
postoffice by the local civil serv
ice secretary.
Young women between the ages
of 25 and 35 who are in good
health are sought. They do not
need to have had previous experi
ence or specific education, but a
knowledge of social case work and
an aptitude for police duties is
necessary to do well on the test.
Applications must be filed with
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington 25, D. C.,
by August 31.
Playing an important part in
wartime Washington’s effort to
curb delinquency, policewomen sup
ervise capital amusement places
with special regard to protection
of young people, investigate causes
of delinquency, take steps to com
bat them, and perform general po
lice work in detection and preven
tion of crime.
Entrance salary is $2,200 a year;
opportunties for promotion are
good.
Information and application
forms may be obtained at any
first or second class post office,
or from the United States Civil
Service Commission, Washington
25, D. C. •
Applications from war workers
are not desired unless they may
use higher skills in these positions.
Appointments will be made in ac
cordance with War Manpower
Commission policies, regulations
and employment stabilization
plans.
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6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home
Program — TQN, Extension—
C. E. Bowles and Walter Ham
mond
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Front
11:30 a. m. Something to Read —
Dr. T. F. Mayo
11:40 a. m. Dramatized News E-
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11:45 a. m. Brazos Valley Farm
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11:55 a. m. News—Interviews
12:00 a. m. Sign—Off
ditions. Each graduate of the Big
Spring school leaves here with the
knowledge and experience equal
to forty actual combat missions.