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rmrrrr ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1943 VOLUME 43.—NUMBER 36. Houston Symphony Orchestra To Be Here August 26 Ernst Hoffman To Conduct; Wide Selection Of Numbers Intramural Swimming Meet To Be Held This Weekend Preliminarys Held On Saturday And Finals Sunday Aft. The Intramural swimming meet is to be held this coming Saturday and Sunday. The preliminaries will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and the finals will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. Everyone interested must report to the pool Saturday at 2 o’clock for the prelims. Each com pany must enter at least five men in the Saturday event and enter at least four different events in order that they may get the 50’ points entry. However there is no limit on the number of men that each company may enter in each event. The events are as follows: 400-foot Free Style Relay— Each man shall swim 100 feet. 100-foot Backstroke. 100-foot Freestyle. Diving—There will he three compulsory dives which include the front dive, the back dive, and the half twist. Besides these three compulsory dives each man will have to make three dives of his own choice. 400-foot Military Relay—Each (See INTRAMURALS, Page 2) PresbyterianYoung People Hold Social WednesdayEvening q Wednesday evening at 6:30 the local Presbyterian Young People’s League will have one of their reg ular socials. As the plans are now it is to be a Folk Dance party un der the direction of Mrs. Manning Smith. Everyone will meet on the steps of the “Y” at 6:25 and pro ceed from there to the Grove where the dance is scheduled to take place. All members, both Aggies and Servicemen are urged to come out and join in the fun. There will be plenty of the weaker (?) sex there so come out and forget about the problems of every day life. Re member, on the steps of the “Y” at 6:25. Try to be on time so we can spend as much time as pos sible having a good time and not waiting on stragglers. Ex-Aggies To Get Special Reserved Seats For WNBL Picture To Be At Hollywood Theatre On Thursday 26th On Thursday, 26th of this month “We’ve Never Been Licked” will open an engagement at the Para mount Theater in Hollywood. According to a letter received by G. B. Winstead, publicity man ager of the College, a special block of seats will be reserved for Aggie alumni. A delegation of about 100 ex-Aggies are expected to attend. There will also be a dec oration on the front of the thea ter in honor of the occasion. Two Aggie exes, one a Colonel and one a Major, will be present to be photographed with Anne Gwynne and Martha O’Driscoll for local newspaper art. No doubt these Aggies will ap preciate and enjoy the picture as much as we did and the Battalion wishes to extend its thanks to the Universal Picture Corporation for this courtesy. Boys In Flight 26 f A.C.T.D. Reverse Situation On Prof. Here is a story that ought to interest just about everyone on campus, especially some of you boys in the ACTD. Dr. Brooks has asked all of the instructors to be nice to the ACTD boys that they teach. When the boys of Flight 26 got ready to leave they decided to reverse the situation and be nice to their prof, R. P. Adams. Each boy gave Mr. Adams a cigar which made a to tal of 28 cigars. They were good cigars, too. But that was not all that this exceptional bunch did. After presenting the cigars they all joined together with a chorus of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” AGGIES Who Are Bringing Glory to Old Glory B. Cooley Receives Marine Gold Wings ATLANTA, Ga. — Beaumont Brewer, Coley, Jr., of Palestine, Texas, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Ma rine Corps after completing ad vanced flight training at Pensa cola. The new flying officer is being assigned to active duty with a fly ing Leatherneck squadron. Lieut. Cooley attended Texas A. & M. College. He is the son of Mrs. Verna Mae Cooley, of Pales tine, Texas. Ramsel Commissioned In Marine Air Corps ATLANTA, Ga.—William Berry Ramsel, Jr., of Houston has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps after completing advanced flight train ing at Pensacola. Lieut. Ramsel attended Texas A. & M. College. He is the son of William R. Ramsel of Alpine, Ariz. There have been several requests by civilians on the campus and near-by for pictures of various buildings. Above is the Kyle Field Stadium which was dedicated to James Sullivan. The structure was completed in 1927 when the second part of the construction was finished. This is one of the most beautiful stadiums in the soutta, and the home of the Texas Aggies. Fish President Gives Opinion On Fish Boll By C. R. West Immediately after a previous edition of the Battalion had an nounced that the Freshman Ball would be held in the grove, a resounding complaint broke forth all over dorms 14, 15, 16, and 17. And why? It all lies in the fact that we shouted before we thought. The longer one thinks about the grove, the more appealing the idea of having a ball in it becomes. The following paragraphs ex plain a few of the desirabilities of putting our big dance out under the stars and a new moon. In the first place, as the sopho mores will readily verify, Sbisa can get very, very hot during a mid summer’s night dance. It isn’t very comfortable having a sweat-soaked shirt on, dancing with an equally hot (oops!) girl, and wondering if she smells that pungent case of B. O. On the other hand, a cool breeze would be sweeping that sweet music of the Delle Valley Orchestra right off the stands of the grove to you and your gal. This helps remarkably to make her snuggle up a little bit closer. (Do you get what I mean?) Then there are those who say that the grove will not accomodate the expected crowd. May I remind you (especially frogs) that in the “good ole days” Ina Rae Hutton played for a super Corps Ball. That was before our day; about 2500 people were in the grove that night. Sure it was too crowded, and lots of fellows didn’t come, but the grove will accomodate any 400 couples you care to bring out. Personally I want the love-of-my- life-for-this-week to think this place is really the stuff. I’m sure she’ll be much more impressed by a pleasant crowd in the grove than a huddle around the orchestra stand in Sbisa. Ordinary expenses will jump much higher if we go to Sbisa Then the cost of decorating would be tremendous if the trimmings were at all effective. Brother, let me tell you, it’s a job to decorate anything that big and rambling. Sophomores will tell you that ,too. The grove can be literally draped with maroon and white. The or chestra stand can have palms on it and the new colored lights will make her look even more appeal ing. To top it all, stardust and soft night will produce a swell right-of- way for that old Aggie line. I guess I could mention that the floor can be waxed and made just as good for dancing as Sbisa. There are numerous other reasons that favor the grove. That deal about wanting your girl to see some thing of A. & M. (buildings and Sbisa in particular) is pretty poor. Aggies aren’t usually at loss when showing females around the (See FISH, Page 4) Tickets For Fish Ball Now on Sale At $1.50 Per Couple Dormitory 14 Will Be Vacated for Week End; Boys Live in P. 6 Tickets at $1.50 each are now on sale for the Freshman Ball which is to be held in the grove from 9 p.m. until I a.m. on the night of August 27. Dormitory No. 14 has been vol unteered for vacation by the fish class. The boys who live in this dorm will be moved into P. G. Hall for the period beginning Fri day afternoon and ending Sunday. Lt. John L. Griffin, sponsor of the Delle Valley Orchestra, will fly with the musicians from Aus tin to Bryan Field for the occa sion. Sgt. Ream, conductor of the band and former member of Glen Gray’s Casa Loma orchestra, is said to be one of the most novel entertainers that has appeared on the A. & M. campus. Recently the Air Corps had this orchestra down for a Wong Ball. The band has been highly praised by all those who heard them. A great part of the laudatory re marks concerned the pretty eigh- teen-year-old Lucille Garza, vo calist. Miss Garza is known throughout Texas and has sung over several radio stations and with Austin’s local orchestra. The decoration committee has begun preparation for the ball. The color scheme will be carried out in the traditional Aggie colors, ma roon and white. The A. & M. seal will be a centerpiece and colored by the printing office, lights will furnish the desired atmosphere. Small programs are being made by the printing office. A list of the committees and class officers will appear in it. There will also be a space for memorandum and ad dresses. Saturday night following the ball, there will be a juke box prom in the grove. Notice To Graduating Seniors Orders will be taken immediate ly at the Student Activities Of fice for Senior Invitations. Price will be 50c for leather ones, 25c for cardboard. Seniors are urged to place their orders as soon as possible. NYT Reporter Criticizes fVNBL Robert Burney Gets Bombardier’s Wings VICTORVILLE, Cal.—Lieut. R. L. Downey, a graduate of Texas A. and M., received his commission and was assigned to the Victorville Army Air Field in the capacity of bombardier instructor July 31. Lt. Burney is the son of Mrs. Jessie G. Burney of 1037 McCul lough St., San Antonio, Texas. Holzheauser Gets Bars Of Captain FORT SHERIDAN, Ill.^J. D. Holzheauser of 2215 36th St., Gal veston, Texas, has been promoted j from first lieutenant to captain. He is commanding officer of one of the batteries of an Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center unit here. Capt. Holzheauser was a student in mechanical engineering at Tex as A. & M. before he entered the Army. The following article was written by one Bosley Crowther of the New York Times. As may be plain ly seen he didn’t care much for Universal’s and our picture. Army, let’s just show Mr. Crowther what we think of him and his opinion as well as his criticism of WNBL. Get out that pen and paper and write this guy your opinion on his opinion . . . what do you say? Here's his article: By BOSLEY CROWTHER Producer Walter Wanger has had a lot to say about the moral obligation of motion pictures to treat the war in realistic terms. Only this week he was quoted in this paper as righteously opposed to war films which are mostly Western and gangster plots, Pressed up in Army uniforms.” * et , apparently, Mr. Wanger for- Sots his theories when he makes a Mm himself. He is the man who ^ade “Sundown” and “Eagle quadron,” both mythical war yarns. And now he has brought along another which is equally fabulous. “We’ve Never Been Licked,” his latest, which opened at Loew’s Criterion yesterday, is a wildly ro mantic fiction based on the old rah-rah college formula. The hero is a youngster who goes to Texas A. and M., learns how to take it the hard way (as they put it) and becomes a Man. Then he, falls under suspicion because of his to lerant attitude toward two Japa nese and is bluntly kicked out of college for presumably spying on the chemistry prof. (The- scandal is all the more shameful because the lad’s dad was an Aggie foot ball star and the chemistry prof is old Pop Lambert, whom every- I body loves.) Next the youngster ms seen in Japan. The war has now started I and he is broadcasting propaganda for the foe. You might almost think he was a traitor if you didn’t know he was biding his time. And then, of course, his chance comes— a mite fortuitously, it seems. The Japanese are attacking the Solo mons and our hero is in a Japanese plane above their fleet to get a birdseye* * picture for a propaganda broadcast to the United States. But what do you think he does, really? He guides a squadron of old Aggie pals, flying in Navy dive-bombers, right to the Japa nese carrier! The eyes of Texas are upon him as he dies a hero’s death. Mr. Wanger’s associates—Direc tor John Rawlins and Writer Nor man Reilly Raine—have worked in a lot of local color of Texas A. and M. They have lovingly repre sented hazing and other customs at the military school. They have also used most of the cliches fa miliar to pictures of this sort, in cluding the professor’s lovely daughter and the room-mates who are both in love with her. Richard Quinne plays the essentric hero with juvenile pleasantness, and Noah Beery, Jr., plays his room mate with agreeable simplicity. Program To Be On Kyle Field At 8:00; No Admittance To Be Charged The program Conductor Ernst Hoffman, of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, has prepared for the concert of the summer symphony at A. & M. Thursday, August 26th is composed of a variety of good. The first section of the program will open with Sir Edward Elgar's stiring “Pomp and Circumstances”, com posed for the coronation of Edward VII. 4- In this march, the composer used, as a trio, the hymn tune Make Rev General Ole Army, let’s get together and pitch in and make Reveille a four-star general in the WAC’s. There are numerous boxes around the campus at va rious spots for your convenience. Everyone is asked to contribute 25tf or more if possible. Several servicemen here have been seen putting in their share of the fund to.be raised. This is appreciated greatly by the Ag gies. The sum needed is $100 so let’s get busy. Polo Team Uses Cavalry Horses For Encounters Polo has ranged as an official sport at the Texas A. & M. Col lege for many years. It was played soon after the cavalry unit was established in 1919, then about 1926 it was discontinued. However, in 1934 the Texas A. and M. Polo Club was reorganized and each succeeding year matches have been held with some of the best known teams in the Southwest. The Texas A. & M. Polo Club has been fortunate in being able to use the U. S. Remount Service horses placed at the College for training the cavalry regiment. Lack of adequate horse stock, on the other hand, has kept polo from becoming a regular competitive sport at other schools of the South west Conference, although the records show Texas A. & M. crossed mallets with teams from the University of Texas in 1937 and 1938. A few years ago the Texas A. & M. polo team went to Mexico City during the Christmas holi days and played several games with civilian and Mexican Army teams. Games have been played with civilian teams from San Antonio, San Angelo, Houston, Shreveport, Dallas, Buda, Lamesa, Lampasas, Austin and other cities. Among the schools Texas A. & M. has met are the University of Okla homa, Oklahoma A. & M. College, New Mexico Military Institute, and Oklahoma Military Academy. Some of these games have been played at College Station and some have been played on the fields of the opposing team. With most schools abandoning polo for the duration, the 1943 Texas A. & M. polo team will have to play professional and civilian &roups.A game has been scheduled with a team from Dallas and ten tative arrangements have been made with teams from Austin and San Antonio. Som,e spirited intra squad matches will be held during as a “Land of Hope and Glory,” so fa- maliar to all singing groups. The second offering will be one of Johann Strauss’ most popular “The, Emperor,” dedicated to the Austrian Emperor. From Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suit, movement will be played, the Pastorale and the Farandole. The overture to Strauss’ popular ope retta, “The Gypsy Baron”, will close the first section. After the intermission period, two movements of the 6th Sym phony, known as the “Pathetique”, will bring two of the best sym phonic movements in the orches tra literature: the famous 5/4 Scherzo and the March. Several novelties will be played for the first time on tour. Hill Billy and the Pavanne, by Morton Gould, are two of the best small modern numbers in the American idiom. Gould, bom in New York State, has been very successful in this type of composition through his connection, as composer and ar ranger for the Mutual Network. The novelty high-light of the concert will be two contrasting composition—one written two cen turies ago—the other recently. The Little fugue in G Minor by Bach, is one of that composer’s best short fugues. It will be fol lowed by “Bach Goes to Town”, a humorous “take-off” by Alec Tem pleton on how Bach would have written the same type of composi tion were he living today. The “fu gue in swing” was first published as a solo for piano, then arranged for orchestra and played by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony with Benny Goodman as solo clar-^ inetist. The March “Sempre Fidelis”, written for and dedicated to the U. S. Marine Corps by John Philip Sousa, will close the program. Anne Gwynne is a rountine college sweetheart and Harry Davenport I the season on Thursday, Saturday is—well a nice old prof. and Sunday afternoon. But the spirit of the film is The Texas A. & M. Polo Club I sophomoric and the plotting so ar- also has been fortunate in being tificial that its pretensions to real- coached by cavalry officers in the ity are ridiculous. Mr. Wanger local military department. Many should know that a few actuality of these officers, as in the case of shots of airplanes and guns firing the present coaches, Lt. Col. Ralph do not lend authority. And he G. Perkins and 2nd Lieutenant should also know there is little dif- Melville H. Beams, have had many ference, so far as true concepts are years of polo practice and com- concemed, between a cowboy or a | petition. Chemical Society To Meet Tomorrow Wednesday night at 7:00 in room 9 of the Chemistry building there will be a meeting of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemi cal Society. Freshmen majoring in chemistry are especially invited to attend. gangster plot in uniform and Frank Merriwell plot in same. The polo club is supported large- (See POLO, Page 4) AGGIES at e^f-^^Lstand JACK KNOX Jack Knox, who is head yell leader of the Aggie Corps, is the son of Mrs. Katy Knox of Beau mont, Texas. He graduated from South Parker High School of Beaumont, but most of his high school work was done in the Luf kin High School where he was vice-president of the Student Council and lettered two years in tennis. While at South Park, he was elected to the position of As sembly Hall Program Chairman which was in his senior year. He was also a member of the National Honor Society his senior year. Knox lives in Milner Hall, room 34, this semester, but he lived with his old outfit, “B” Cavalry, last semester. (See AGGIE, Page 4)