ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 39.
A&M STARTS 4-SEMESTER YEAR PROGRAM IN 1944
Aggies to Have Christmas
And Thanksgiving Hohdays
Intramural Swimming Meet
Finals Are Held On Sunday
Third Company Winner; First Company
Second; All Say Races Very Close
Sunday afternoon at the Downs Natatorium the finals
in the Intramural Swimming Meet were held with 3rd. Co.
emerging victorious.
In the met th final results were as follows:
400 ft relay—3rd Co.-Albright, 4
Butchofsky, Clevenger, Scott. 1st.
Co., 2nd. Hdq. Co., Vtes, 7th Co.,
8th Co.
100 ft. back stroke—McLellan,
2nd. Hdq. Co., Scott, 3rd Co., Mose
ley, Vets, Milyler, 1st Co., Klein-
man, 7th Co., Ehrlinger, A Co.
100 ft. free style—Scott, 3rd Co.,
Clevenger, 3rd. Co., Burch, 1st Co.,
Kaufer, 7th Co., Butchofsky 3rd
Co., Caldwell, A Co.
Diving—Flams, Vets, Cowie, D
Co.
200 ft. military swim—Burch,
1st Co., Fortson, 1st Co., Cleven
ger 3rd Co., Miller, 1st. Co., New-
haus, 2nd Hdq.
400 ft. military swim—Vets,-
Palms, Fredrickson, Stoddard Buie
2nd. Hdq. Co., 7th Co.
The winners in each event will
receive an intramural medal.
As a whole the meet was one
of the most successful ever to be
held here according to most all
the spectators. In the Preliminaries
some of the heats were remark
ably close and in the finals the
winning times were considered ve
ry good.
First Company placed 2nd in the
meet and the Vet Company 3rd.
The other places were respectively,
2nd. Hdq. Co., 7th Co., and 8th
Co.
AGGIES
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JACK JACKSON
Jack Jackson, a Fish who is
vice-president of that class, comes
from Farmersville, Texas where he
graduated from the Farmersville
High School. He lettered in both
softball and bas
ketball while at
tending high
school. “H” In
fantry was his
outfit last se
mester, but he
had to move to
dorm 14, room
220 this semes
ter because of
the change i n
o r g a n i zation
plans. Hoyt E. Jackson of Dallas
is the father of Fish Jackson, but
he has lived with his grandpa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jackson
of Farmersville, for the past few
years.
ROBERT ORRICK
Robert Orrick who is Intramur
al Sports Editor of the Battalion
graduated from Malakoff High
School where he lettered two years
in football, was editor of the an
nual, Vice-pres
ident of the Stu-
d e n t Council,
Secretary of the
sophomore class,
and president of
h i s freshman,
junior, and sen
ior classes. He
was also vale
dictorian of his
Senior class. Or
rick is a Fish,
living in dorm 14, room 119. His
outfit last semester was that of
“A” Signal Corps. Orrick is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Orrick,
Sr., of Malakoff, Texas.
HARVEY BUCK
Harvey Buck, vice-president of
he second semester sophomore
(Eee AGGIES, page 2)
Guion Hall Has All
Girl Show Tuesday
And Wednesday
Girls From Houston
On Stage This Week
Tuesday and Wednesday A. &
M. will see an all girl revue at
Guion Hall. Shows will be put on
at 2:45 p. m. and 5:00 p. m., and
one at night after supper. The
same schedule will hold for Wed
nesday also.
Some of the outstanding girls
on the program are: Patsy Willi
ams who does some singing and
dancing. Only recently she was
seen on the show at the Empire
Room of the Rice Hotel in Hous
ton. Some fine acrobatics will be
demonstrated by Jackie Lee who
has just finished work out in Hol
lywood. Lory Lane will do quite
a bit for the shw with her singing.
Accrding to Miss McCardell she is
really good. For those of us who
like to see those Spanish dances
and their bouncing around, Guion
is bringing Marti Kaye who spe
cializes in this.
There will be five girls in the
show which will last about twenty
five minutes. The prices will be
the same for the revue as they are
regularly.
Instructors Sent by
College To Teach
Throughout State
Eleven itinerant instructors of
the Industrial Extension Service
of Texas A. & M. College today
began reorganizing their course
content and instructional material
and planning methods of teaching
in their respective fields of work.
The conference will continue for
two weeks.
James R. D. Eddy, State Direct
or for Vocational Education, to
day began work with these men
explaining the national regulation
and policies regarding expendi
ture of Smith-Hughes and George
Deen funds and State Vocational
funds from which A. & M. College
is reimbursed for this service.
V. L. Engberg and W. D. Beas
ley organize and conduct courses
for industrial plant protection of
ficers and municipal police.
Ed Nauert, C. L. Pierce and E.
S. Reynolds each cover an area of
the State instructing electric line
crews employed by REA Coopera
tives in proper and safe methods
of constructing and maintaining
electric lines. Between these three
men each cooperative in Texas is
visited once each month.
J. R. Dobson sets up training
programs for industrial and muni-
(See INSTRUCTORS, Page 4)
Hillel Club Held
Meeting Sunday
The A. and M. Hillel Club met
Sunday night at 6:30 in the Loung
ing Room of Sbisa Hall. The pro
gram was the radio discussion on
the ‘‘Arab-Jewish Question.” Cri
ticisms were made and taken of
both sides of the question. Dr. J.
Q. Hays of the English depart
ment made a short talk on “Radio
Speaking.” .
At the meeting it was announced
that Dr. Ettlinger of Austin will
conduct the Jewish High Holiday
services this year for Aggies and
servicemen in the YMCA chapel.
OPERA—A scene from one of the productions of the Philadelphia
Opera Company which will be presented here on Town Hall February
21. This opera company is unique in that it combines modern
language and modern dress with the beauty of the music of the
classics.
* ★ ★
★ ★ ★
Philadelphia Opera To Be
Presented On Town Hall
Just Like Stalking
Game, Says Texas
Marine Of Japs
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC.—“It was just like stalk
ing game in my native Texas,”
Marine FIRST LT. FRANK R.
ANDERWALD OF BANDERA,
TEXAS, said as he displayed a
captured Jap .31 caliber machine
gun brought back from Viru Har
bor, New Georgia.
“Only the game shoots back,”
he added.
“There wasn’t a man in my
platoon who showed fear or slack
ed off in spite of the fact that this
was the first time they were see
ing action,” Lieutenant Anderwald
continued.
“We kept contact with each oth
er by calling.
“When we crawled up to the
machine gun nest I found that I
had lost my pistol, some of my
grenades, all my carbine maga
zines except the one in the carbine
(See STALKING, Page 4)
The Philadelphia Opera Compa
ny, with three seasons of revolu
tionary success behind it, will come
to A. & M. Town Hall on February
21.
This aggregation of young A-
merican actor-singers, who have
introduced Philadelphia audiences
averaging 3000 at a performance,
to a new and invigorating kind of
opera, have been credited with ma
king operatic history by Boston
and New York critics.
Averaging twenty-seven years
of age, and with not one overstuf
fed waistline among them, they
are led by the dynamic young
conductor Sylvan Levin who was
assistant to Dr. Leopold Stokows
ki for ten years and executed no
table conducting assignments on
his own, among them the famous
Robin Hood Dell opera seasons in
Philadelphia.
The company comes here in the
course of its first tour. Under the
veteran guidance of S. Hurok,
New York impresario, they will
visit some twenty cities, mean
while conducting a complete opera
season at the Academy of Music
in Philadelphia.
Aggies Retain A&M
Spirit at Camp Sibert
Pvt. Chester Alan Gash
In Camp Sibert News
About half of the trainees in
the current diminutive M Co. 1st
Regt. consist of a group of advanc
ed SWC ROTC students recently
transported from the campus of
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas. These erstwhile
students of chemical warfare, fot-
ball, and the technologies have al
ready had over two years of CWS
training and are now completing
their Army basic in preparation
for an eventual career as CWS
officers.
During the first few months of
intensive training at Sibert these
Aggies were but a small numeri
cal portion of the trainees of Co.
‘MM” and while they could be in
dividually recognized by the big
A. and M. ring on their engagement
ring finger, and by their general
proficiency in the gadegtry of
war, they were not outstandingly
distinguishable from the other
soldiers whose college never won
a fotball championship.
Hold The Ground
But during the past two weeks
the Aggies have come into their
own. A great portion of their
brother trainees have left the com
pany and since all of them re
main, they now constitute a form
idable portion of the soldier body.
They have renamed the few
barracks in which are quartered
“Leggett Hall”, the company
street is now referred to as “Mili
tary Walk” the parade grounds
has become the campus, and the
orderly room is now called the
“Bull’s Office.” Even the officers
refer to them as “You Aggies.”
Own Language
It is, however, in the mess hall
that the advantage of their high
er education becomes most evi
dent. A strange and colorful vo
cabulary replaces the pedestrain
nomenclature for food to which
we ignorant Harvard and Prince
ton men are acustomed. One
hears exotic phrases, such as,
“shoot the stud, Bud”, or “Deal
(See AGGIE, Page 4)
Freshman Failures
Percentage isBelow
Previous Years
Wilcox Reports
On Freshman Class
According to G. B. Wilcox, only
38% of the first semester fresh
men were failing their subjects
at mid-semester. This compares
favorably with the rate of 42%
failing at mid-semester of last se
mester and the average of 45% of
all the previous freshman classes.
Of the 800 new freshmen who en
tered in May, around 260 were on
the deficiency list. Many of these
were on the dividing line and are
expected to bring their work up
by September 18.
Giesecke Discusses
Work In Article
It is difficult to balance a hot
water heating system when both
radiators and convectors are used
in the same curcuit, states Dr. F.
E. Giesecke, professor emeritus of
heating, ventilating and air con
ditioning at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
The heat emission of a radiator
varies with the temperature dif
ference between water and air
according to one power and the
heat amission of a convector va
ries in accordance with a different
power, he explains.
These observations are made in
a paper, “How to Size Radiators
and Convectors When Used in the
Same Hot Water Heating Sys
tem,” which is carried in the Au
gust or current issue of the maga
zine, “Heating, Piping and Air
Conditioning,” of which he is a
consulting and contributing edi
tor.
In his article, Giesecke uses a
chart and explains the problem of
balance, discussing two examples
of it.
He suggests sizing the radiators
and convectors so that they will
be in balance when the outdoor
temperature is slightly below the
mean outdoor temperature for the
heating system. Thus, the heat
emission of the convector will be
somewhat high during colder wea
ther and somewhat low during
warmer weather.
A native Texan and graduate
of the Texas A. & M College in
1886, Giesecke spent 42 years on
the A. & M. faculty and 15 years
at the University of Texas prior
to his retirement at College Sta
tion three years ago. Holder of four
engineering degrees and many
awards and honors in his pro
fession, he designed and super
vised the construction of many of
the dormitories and other buildings
on the A. & M. campus while ser
ving as college architect.
Since his retirement, Giesecke
divides his time between College
Station and New Braunfels where
he owns a summer camp.
A. & M. Teacher
Improves Charts
The August issue of the General
Company’s “Climateer”, gives evi
dence that the new G-E Psychro-
metric Chart is continuing to get
a good reception. The chart looks
like a spider web and is used by
engineers in designing air condi
tioning installations. The improve
ment referred to was suggested by
E. G. Smith, an Aggie Physics
Professor since 1924, and consisted
in lightly shading the space adja
cent to certain important lines.
The article was headed “Improv
ed Psychrometric Chart Brings
Bouquet and Suggestion.” The last
paragraph contained some humor
ous suggestions for using a G-E
flourescent lamp and a medicine
dropper to aid the designer. The
text of the article is given in the
following paragraphs.
“Chet Williams of General Air
(See A. & Page 4)
Freshman Ball
Turns Out To Be
Success As Planned
A. & M. To Change Program To Fit In
With Army ASTP Schedules Next Year
The college is planning to go on a quarterly term basis
at the end of the next semester which begins on September
28. President Bolton confirmed the statement that the school
would not receive three weeks vacation at the end of the
■f present semester.
Since the college is planning to
coincide its program with that of
the ASTP next February, the Corps
will receive the usual week vaca
tion at mid semester, four days at
Thanksgiving and a week and a
half at Christmas. This will place
the college in a position to have
four' semesters a year the begin
ning of 1944.
President Bolton also said that
the college had planned to inaugu
rate this program at the end of
the present semester to coincide
with the Army’s plans, but that
could not be aranged. The Army
will start a new ASTP course
on November 8 and the College had
planned to begin it one month
earlier.
For the coming semester the
following announcements are be
ing made:
Sept. 24, 1943 Registration of
new students.
Sept. 25, 1943 Registration of
old students.
Sept. 27, 1943 Classes begin.
Nov. 25-28, 1943 Thanksgiving
holidays.
Dec. 18, 1943 Christmas holidays
begin at noon
Dec. 28, 1943 Christmas holidays
end at 6 p.m.
Jan. 29, 1944 End of semester.
The third semester is scheduled
to begin on February 7 of 1944.
Registration will take place on
the 4 and 5 of February.
Fish and Frogs
Show Appreciation
Through the kind consideration
and cooperation of everyone in gen
eral, the Freshman Ball was a
huge success. By success we mean
both financially and spiritually.
We hesitae to begin to thank in
dividuals; since everyone has co
operated so well, we are afraid
that someone may be missed.
However we do want to give
SPECIAL THANKS TO
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES
OFFICE. Mr. Boone has given us
an over-share of his time and has
worked untiringly for us. His ef
forts are largely responsible for
the success.
MR. HENSEL and the landscape
department who so generously fur
nished the shrubbery and palms
to decorate the orchestra stand..
MR. HALL and the Printing
Office for preparing tickets and
programs with only a few hours
notice due to our negligence.
THE COMMANDANT’S OF
FICE AND THE MILITARY
STAFF. Col. Welty made arrange
ments for transportation of the
orchestra from Bryan Field to the
grove. Other officers came with
their wives who made swell cha
perones. Major Davis and Major
Lerner were especially beneficial
in clearing Dorm 14 and helping
the class in general. Lt. John
Griffin of the Air Corps contri
buted by sponsoring a solid or
chestra and flying down.
THE SENIOR CLASS for com
ing and. bringing dates. Also the
other class officers, yell leaders
and guests.
THE BATTALION STAFF for
giving us plenty of publicity. We
appreciate it!
MR. JENKINS and MARVIN
BROWN for selling drinks and
providing entertainment Saturday
night at Kadet Kapers.
THOSE CUTE GIRLS who came
down, making the poor Aggie
dates (and bird-dogs) exceedingly
happy.
With a considerable nest-egg
left in the freshman fund and the
memory of a swell week-end fresh
on our mind, we can now get down
to work again for final quizzes.
Things like this make us realize
what a fine place Aggieland real
ly is.
—The Freshman Class, “Fish” I
C. R. West, President.
Aggie Appointed
Naval Flyer Cadet
C. E. Moses, Jr., 21, son of Mr.
C. E. Moses of Rockdale, was re
cently appointed a Naval Aviation
Cadet and was transferred to the
Naval Air Training Center, Pen
sacola, Fla., for intermediate flight
training.
Prior to entering the Naval ser
vice, he attended Texas A. & M.
for two years.
Upon completion of the inten
sive course at the “Annapolis of
the Air.” Cadet Moses will receive
his Navy “Wings of Gold” with
the designation of Naval Aviator,
and will be commissioned an En
sign in the Naval Reserve or a
Second Lieutenant in the Marine
Corps Reserve.
LISTEN TO
WTAW
Tuesday, August 31
6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home
Program . . . TQN, Extension—
R. R. Lancaster; USD A War
| Board.
111:20 a. m. Musical Moment
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Front
11:30 a. m. Current Economic
Problems
11:40 a. m. Dramatized News
Event
11:45 a. m. Chats to Texas Home
makers
11:55 a. m. News-Interviews
12:00 a. m. Sign-Off
Wednesday, September 1
6:02 a. m. Texas Fahm and Home
Program . . . TQN, Poultry
Husbandry—D. H. Reid; Triple
A
11:20 a. m. Musical Moment
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Front
Texas Agricultural
Workers Will Hold
Meeting Tuesday
The summer meeting of the
Texas Agricultural Workers Asso
ciation will be held at 1:30 p. m.
Tuesday at the Aggieland Inn on
the campus of Texas A. & M. Col
lege. D. T. Simons, president, will
preside at the luncheon meeting,
and a special program will be pre
sented.
Mr. Simon?, of Fort Worth, is
Texas field man for the American
Jersey Cattle Club, and also will 11:30 a. m. Treasury Star Parade
preside at a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Texas Agri
cultural Workers Association fol
lowing the luncheon meeting.
11:45 a. m. Extension Program—
Ruby Mashburn
11:55 a. m. Air Corps News
12:00 a. m. Sign-Off