ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1943
VOLUME 43.—NUMBER 37.
FISH DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT TO DEL VALLE BAND
Dance to Be Held in Grove;
Tickets $1.50 Per Couple
Dormitory 14 Will Be Vacated For
Dates; Dance To Start At 9:00 o’Clock
Town Hall Presents Houston Symphony
Ernst Hoffman, Conductor, Arrives
On Campus for His Sixth Appearance
The Houston Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of Ernst Hoffman will play for service men and Aggies as
scheduled on Kyle Field at 8 tonight, according to the Sum
mer Town Hall program as listed. Aggies have been privi
leged to hear the Symphony at+
six different appearances, and
those who heard them say that
those who attend will really have
a treat in store for them from the
starting hour to the finishing
point.
Sir Elgar’s “Pomp and Circum
stances” will open the program and
the first section of the concert.
This composition was originally
made for the coronation of Edward
VII. The hymn tune, “Land of Hope
and Glory” will be used as a trio
while being incorporated in the
march.
“The Emperor” by Johann
Strauss will be the second offering
of the Orchestra. This has always
been popular when played before
every kind of audience. This com
position was written in dedication
to the Austrian Emperor.
From Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suit,
the Pastorale and the Farandele
will be played. Strauss’ popular
operetta. “The Gypsy Baron” will
close the first section.
Two movements of the sixth
movement will begin the second
section. These two movements
which come from the “Pathetique”
are the famous 5/4 Scherzo and
the March.
The Symphony will try playing
several novelties for the first time
on tour. Hill Billy and the Pavanne
by Morton Gould are two of the
best numbers in America idiom.
'Gould has proven successful in this
type of composing, and through his
connections as composer and ar
ranger for the mutual Network,
he has risen to further heights.
The Little fugue in G Minor by
Bach and “Bach Goes to Town”
will be the featured novelties of
the concert. The first novelty was
written centuries ago; it is one of
Bach’s best fugues. The latter nov
elty was written by Alec Templeton
on how Bach would have written
the same composition were he liv
ing today. The “fugue in swing”
was first published as a piano solo
but later aranged for orchestra and
played by the New York Philhar
monic-Symphony with Benny Good
man as solo clarinetist.
The march “Sempre Fidelis” by
John Philip Sousa in dedication to
the U. S. Marine Corps will close
the concert program.
Yard Swim Race
Danny Green, second semmes-
ter Sophomore, won the 220 yd.
race at the Southern A. A. U.
swimming meet in New Orleans,
La. according to a wire received
yesterday by Coach Art Adam
son, swimming instructor.
Green established a new record
of 2:20 minutes which is a mar
gin of 4 seconds under the old
time. He was scheduled to swim
the 100 and 440 yd. races yes
terday, but no word has been re
ceived of the rsults.
YEARGIN RECEIVES
COMMISSION IN CORPUS
ATLANTA, Ga.—Richard L.
Yeargin, of Dallas, has been com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the U. S. Marine Corps after com
pleting advanced flight training
at Corpus Christi.
Aggies Stationed
At Camp Roberts
Have Yell Practice
Colonel Takes Off Tie
While Talking To Aggies;
Then Locks Arms in Hymn
In this excerpt from a letter
from a former Agige who is now
in Camp Roberts, California, Billy
Rice tells of an occurance that
happened there recently.
“All Aggie Engineers, Coast
Artillery, and Signal Corps boys
left for their respective training
quarters yesterday. There were
about 400 Aggies here in our bat
talion. We have a lieutenant who
is a former Aggie. He got up a
party for the bunch, before they
left. There were enough Aggies to
fill the “Rec” hall here. We really
had a big and loud time. We had
a yell practice. Down at A.
& M. when anyone made a speech
he always took off his tie. So the
Aggie lieutenant got up to make
his speech and everyone, naturally,
yelled, “Take off that tie,” and
he did. Then the Colonel got up
and about 400 voices greeted him
with “Take off that tie”. (Of course
we were a bit sheepish this time.)
He hestitated, then pulled it off.
He really made a good speech; he
was on Guadalcanal a long time.
He said we were the most enthus-
(See ROBERTS, Page 4)
Guion Hall To Present
Guion Hall will present an All
Girl Review Tuesday and Wed
nesday, August 31 and Sept. 1st.
The review consists of six beauti
ful girls who present unique sing
ing and dancing numbers.
Tuesday the review will be pre
sented three times, and possibly
three Wednesday, coming between
the regular feature showings.
There will be no increase in price.
Orders For Senior
Invitations Should
Be Placed By Sat.
Orders are being taken at the
Student Activities Office for Sen
ior Invitations. It is necessary
that the orders be placed by Sat
urday noon, if at all possible, so
the engraver can get them out by
graduation. AH orders must be
paid for in advance, and the re
ceipt presented on delivery of the
invitations. Price for the leather-
bound type is 50^ each and for
the ones with a cardboard back
25-^ each. ’
Sixty Expected To
Report for Football
Sept. 1 at S. M. U.
DALLAS.—More than sixty can
didates are expected to report to
Coach James H. Stewart when the
Southern Methodist Mustangs open
formal football training Wednes
day, Sept. 1.
Thirty members of the Naval
Reserve unit located at S.M.U.
have been working out informally
with Coaches Stewart, Redman
Hume, and J. C. Wetzel and will
be in excellent condition physically
by Sept. 1. Coach Stewart has ar
ranged two-a-day practice sessions
beginning Sept. 1 for the gridiron
candidates who are not to enroll
in school until Sept. 13, but the
Navy men and some of the other
prospects will be limited to after
noon workouts as they will be in
the classrooms each morning.
Ex-Ag Commissioned
Exoitic Lucille Garza who is the featured vocalist for the Del
Valle Orchestra is pictured above. Eighteen year old Lucille has
won a name for herself by singing over the radio and before num
erous audiences in public appearances.
All Girl Review Next Lt. In Marine Air Corp
Tuesday - Wednesday
As special added attraction.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Ralph Roth
man, of El Paso, Texas, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the U. S. Marine Corps after
completing advanced flight train
ing at Pensacola.
The new flying officer is being
assigned to active duty with a fly
ing Leatherneck squadron.
Lieut. Rothman attended Texas
A. & M. College. He is the son of
Mrs. Mabel Rothman of 3924 Cum
berland Street, El Paso.
KampusKapershas
Variety Show Sat.
Night at Assembly
Everyone Invited to
Program Beginning at
6:15; Last One Hour
Kampus Kapers will present an
outstanding variety show as their
feature to proceed the regular
Juke-Box prom Saturday night at
6:15. Details have not as yet been
worked out, but plans call for a
good show so it will be wellworth
anyone’s time to be present. Sat
urday’s Battalion will carry the
details.
Several boys with the S.T.A.R.
unit that is located on the campus
will be included on the show. The
same Singing Cadets double Oc
tet that entertained the Dallas U.
S. O. and several churches in Dal
las will also be on hand to help
present a good show. They have
been well-received by every audi
ence who has heard them and they
should be just as popular on the
Kapers program this time as they
have been on previous programs.
Every Aggie, service man, and
resident or visitor of the campus
is invited to be at the Assembly
Hall Saturday night at 6:15 to
have an enjoyable hour of enter
tainment.
Plans have been completed for the big event for the
freshmen tomorrow night in the Grove.
Tickets are $1.50 per couple. Dormitory number 14 is
to be vacated for the girls who wish to stay in a dorm.
•♦■Those boys vacating will spend
the weekend in Post Graduate Hall.
Lt. John L. Griffin and the Del
Valle Orchestra are flying up from
Austin to Bryan Field for the oc
casion. Sgt. Ream, the conductor
of the band, is a former member
of the famous Casa Loma Orches
tra under the direction of Glen
Gray.
The Del Valle Orchestra has
been to the campus before, playing
for the Air Corps Wing Ball held
recently. The music went over
with a big hit with the Air Corps
and their dates. The singing of
eighteen-year-old Lucille Garza
was particularly pleasing. Lucille
is known throughout Texas since
she has sung over several differ
ent radio stations and with a local
band at Austin.
The decorations will be in the
traditional Aggie colors of ma
roon and white with the A. & M.
seal as the centerpiece.
The dance is to be held in The
Grove instead of Sbisa Hall for
several reasons. The Grove is much
cooler than Sbisa, the cost of the
affair will be kept down, and The
Grove can be decorated better.
Most of the fish say they prefer
dancing under the stars anyway.
The Grove will hold 400 dancing
couples comfortably.
It is hoped that the ball will be
a success and most of the fresh
men are doing all they can to
make it‘ so.
There will be a Juke Box Prom
Saturday night as usual.
Sgt. Ream who is director of
the Del Valle Orchestra
which will play for the Fresh
men Ball Friday night from
8 ’till 1.
'A 'k
Paul Pieffier, who with Lu
cille Garza will be featured as
vocalist with the Del Valle
Orchestra when they play in the
Grove at the anual Fish Ball.
Danny Green Sets ^ emeni ^ er Reveille by Making Her ''General”; Plans
New Record for 220 To Have Her Picture Painted are Being Arranged
Surplus Money Will Be
Used for a Collar to
Rest in Trophy Case
By Sylvester Boone
Saturday’s Battalion carried a
feature similar to this, but several
of the men on the campus have
mentioned the vagueness of the
facts that it contained. The Gen
eral Reveille Fund as it is being
called began upon the recommen
dation of a Fort Worth woman
that we enlist Reveille in the W.
A. C. division of the K-9 corps as
a general. We have, up to the
present time, had some swell co
operation from the Aggie corps
and from some “Aggies” who have
never attended A. & M.
The K-9 corps is a division of
the army, but it is composed of
dogs instead of men. Just as in
the regular army, the K-9 corps
has 4-F members who are phys
ically unfit and cannot enter as a
war dog. The Dogs for War De
fense Fund is asking people who
own dogs to contribute money
which goes to pay for processing
dogs who are physically fit and
do happen to make the grade.
Processing of dogs as we call it is
the same as our going to reception
centers for our physicals, etc.,
which qualify or disqualify us for
the army. The cost for processing
each dog is $10. After these dogs
are processed and accepted in the
army, the army begins their train
ing which eventually qualifies
them to serve as members of the
K-9 corps. The army will foot the
bill only after a dog is processed;
after acceptance, the dog has its
training furnished by the army.
It is hoped that Rev will have
have enough followers at Aggie-
land to get the minimum of $100
and even more if at all humanly
possible. The $100 that we send
to the Fund to enlist Rev as a
general will be enough to process
ten dogs. This will be a great help
toward putting these war dogs out
on the battlefronts to help bring
victory to our shores. The fact
that we are enlisting Rev as a
general in the W. A. C.’s is only a
minor thing. Our greatest concern
is getting the $100 to help process
dogs who are able to get into ac
tual battle. Assessing so much
money to each rank of the service
is only an inducement to get peo
ple to give more money so that
their dogs may be more than just
a private.
To show the appreciation and af
fection that all Aggies have for
Rev, plans are being made to have
a collar made and put in the trophy
case of the rotunda of the Aca
demic building. The collar will be
such that it will be a real tribute
to Rev, the mascot of all the pres
ent Aggies and those who have
gone before. If still more money
can be raised (and I am sure it
can be if you don’t want to let
Rev down), a portrait of Rev will
be painted and hung in some prom
inent spot of some building on the
campus. This will let all the Ag
gies who follow see her as she
was. I say let them see her be
cause her years are being short
ened by the day.
The campaign to enlist Rev as
a general in the W. A. C. division
of the K-9 corps began Saturday,
and success is gradually being
achieved. Here are some figures
that give a slant on the progress
that is being made: The total fig-
Picture of Rev Will
Be Painted and Hung
In Prominent Place
ures from Saturday at 6:30 a.m.
to Tuesday at 10 p.m. amounted
to $51.73 which isn’t too bad, but
it could be better. A dorm to dorm
canvass was made Tuesday, but
Milner was the only dorm to re
port at the time of this writing.
The men in Milner voluntarily gave
$10.64 with many of the men say
ing that they would drop the money
in one of the boxes at a later day
of the week. If the other dorms
give as much as this, the minimum
amount will be raised at once. The
fact remains, however, that we
need more money.
Everyone is asked to contribute.
It will be helping the war effort
(See REV, Page 4)
AGGIES
at c^fcjCjL£.Cancl
Bob Cherry
Bob Cherry, vice-president of
the first semester sophomore class,
comes from Denison, Texas where
he graduated from Denison High
School as president of his senior
class. Other activities participated
in by Cherry include one letter in
tennis, four years in the band, and
president of the Hi “Y” club. Be
fore graduation, he achieved the
rank of second class scout. Besides
being vice-president, Cherry is Se
cretary-treasurer of the Wesley
Fellowship Foundation of the Col
lege Methodist Chursh. A member
0 f ‘‘F” Field Artillery before the
new change of organizations was
made, he moved to A-10 Walton.
Cherry’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Cherry of Denison, Texas.
Frank Albright
Frank Albright, first semester
sophomore president, is one of our
Louisiana no
tables, having
lived in New
Orleans for
the past seve-
ral years
where he gra
duated from
Fortier High
School. While
in high school,
Albright was
a member of
the swimming
team and a
member of the New Orleans Ath
letic Club. He was also a mem-
(See AGGIES, Page 4)