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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1943)
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1943 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Trimming Tabs Squadron I Gentlemen, kindly relax as your eyes start to scan' the following tidbits of organization doings be cause this should be the start of a beautiful friendship and this edi tor would appreciate instantaneous notification whenever any Mister feels his toes have been unduly tread upon; afterall, we are mere ly trying to keep the spirit of frivolity alive—yet in its respect ive niche. Furthermore, always bear'in mind that all sincere sug gestions and criticism are fully Welcomed 24 hours a day. Well, yours truly feels a strong urge to reminisce concerning the past few days of hectic tempo. We will not forget for some time to come our arrival at College Sta tion and A. & M because our des tination was an extremely well kept secret until the very last mi nute which is admittedly a “must” these days. The current display of himming, singing, determination and utterly complete eargerness on the part of all to varying de grees proves that we are all more (See TRIMMING, page 4) Circling the Field Squadron III We have finished our first week of flying and you can hardly say that the men don’t like it. One can hardly walk through old “Bizzell High” without, “ . and all the time I thought he had the con trols!” “ .... a 360 degree turn not 361 degrees!” “What’s that in front of us . . . . and it turned out to be the Academic Building.” Gentlemen, you are really putting everything into this flying and if we keep on, all of us “hot pilots” will be in there hitting those wing ed Zeroes. Fellows, why don’t we dig all of these Carusos, shower trouba dours and Gene Autrys up and send them to Glee Club practice on Monday and Thursday nights? “Pops”, our director, is an all around fellow and is really doing his best to make our “Eager Bea ver Glee Club” what it should (See CIRCLING, page 4) CLEANING, PRESSING ALTERATION Lauterstein’s l . 4 M .ii y I Spotlight on Sports By Bill Platt LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies Squadron III strongly disagrees to the statement in last weeks is sue in regard to the Volleyball Playoff with Squadron II. It was stated that Squadron II had won the Championship, this undoubt edly was a misprint. The two teams finished in a tie for first place. It looks very much like the two teams will have to meet someday down San Antonio way to decvide the Champ. In a recent interview with Lt. Segrest we learn that in the fu ture all new incoming Squadrons will have their swimming program changed considerably. The initial test will be the floating test, to determine the floating ability of the individual, which is very im portant especially in large bodies of water. In this test the indivi dual is checked for a period of 8 minuts, those failing to stay afloat for this length of time are given further lessons. Many other points are also stressd on the men as all this will better fit the men for any circdmstances which may arise while in battle. With our new Squadron I come quite a few men who deserve re cognition in sport circles. These boys have hardly had time to set tle down but in time we are sure that they will give a good ac count of themselves. In introdu cing some of these boys we would like to bring forth Mr. Herndon, a young man 5 ft and 9 inches tall weighing 190 pounds. He achieved fame in high school having won 12 varsity letters. Late,* he went on to the University of Oregon where he played varsity fullback on the squad. In the year of 1941 hescored the winning and only touchdown against Oregon State with a 40 yard sprint. This young man has seen plenty of action and should later on show his wares for the Detachment. We also have Mr. Alfred Hinkle, a former track and basketball star for L. S. U. In addition there are many others who undoubtedly will also help to liven up our sports program. VISIT OUR SHOP OFTEN - - - GET A HAIRCUT And be neat and military at all times. AGGIELAND BARBER SHOP North Gate .George A. Martin Editor-in-chief- Martin E. Israert, Jr,.—Managing Editor W. D. West Associate Editor James L. Anderson Associate Editor A1 Lorenzetti Associate Editor Kamon Martinez Sports Editor James R. Marenzo Staff Artist Robert P. Damsky Squadron 1 Editor Johnny Jameson Squadron 3 Editor Kenneth A. Pfeiffer Squadron 4 Editor James D. Thomas Squadron 5 Editor Joseph W. Tiffenbach, Reporter; Frank J. Stiles, Reporter; William C. Daverman, Reporter; Woodrow W. Harris, Reporter: John D. Bante, Reporter; Francis W. Hennessee, Reporter. Wing News Congratulations to Lieutenants William H. Kettler, Troy M. Pick ens, and Clifford L. Martin, who were promoted to the grade of First Lieutenants August 23. These men received the hard earned promotions through parti cular ability, diligence and perse verance. The news-staff and the rest of the Wing take this oppor tunity to congratulate and to ex tend best wishes for their conti nued progress. Welcome to Lt. Donald R. Whiteman of the Post Finance De partment, who was attached to this Detachment August 25th. Lt. Whiteman’s office is in Post Head quarters with Lt. J. H. Guthrie, Jr. Incidentally, we ought to have a particular fondness for the lieut enant, for it is his duty to see that we Beavers get paid on time at the end of the month. Lt. Whiteman comes from Scott City, Kansas, en tered the Service Dececmber 21, 1942, was sent to Fort Logan, Colo rado for reception and then to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. At Fort Harrison, Lt. Whiteman had his share of spud peeling and walking guard duty. Lt. Whiteman was selected for Officers Candidate School and pro ceeded to Duke University at Dur ham, North Carolina. After being commissioned, Lt. Whiteman took a short leave. Upon his return to Duke, he received the glad news that he was assigned to Randolph Field, Texas, for duty in the Air Corps. Lt. Whiteman is a gradu ate of the University of Kansas where he received his B. A. De gree for his major in Journalism in 1933. Lt. Whiteman is married, has no children, is five feet, nine inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, has fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes and a pleasing personality. The Lieutenant is a member of the National Kappa Sigma Fra ternity and says that he is here for “A degreening process.” NEWS Greeting and salutations to our new cub reporters and editors from Squadrons I, III, IV, and V. It will be our honest endeavor to maintain the high standards carried out by the former Editor- in-Chief, Managing Editor, and members of the A. C. T. D. Staff. We will strive to please. There was a big turn-over in the Detachment last week with 1 ORDER YOUR Li-lleq-Ames WINTER UNIFORMS -NOW- Place your order today for the handsome Lilley-Ames uniform—made-to-measure to insure you a perfect fit. Lilley-Ames i^ the largest uniform manufacturer in the United States. Prices governed by ceiling! THREE WEEKS DELIVERY Louporsj TRADING POST “Trade With Lou He’s Right With You’’ The Tailspinner By W. D. West, Jr. I won’t mention any names, but on the fourth floor of G ramp, Sqdn. IV, there are four boys that seem to get into petty argu ments, seemingly over nothing. One wise fellow wishing to end these arguments proceeded as fol lows. the argument of the day was about a mile runner. One fel low said he knew this track man, that he had broken two national records and that no one could beat him. Well, besides being a rash statement, and for the love of an argument, names began to pass back and forth as to who could out-run the track man. The man that was determined to stop the argument spoke up. “Well, there is only one man that I know of that can beat him,” and he winked,” that is Clark Kent (that’s Superman in the funnies).” The man who knew the runner started to howl and laid a few eggs before he was finished. He had never heard of this Clark Kent, whoever he is, couldn’t be much. Every one agreed that Kent could out run most any track man alive, and so under such odds he quit talking. I am also happy to report the arguments have stop ped. THE RELUCTANT GUARD Last week in the dead of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a sharp, “Halt!” by the guard outside. “Who goes there?” he said. The challenged man answer ed in an obvious Southern drawl, “Aw shucks, you wouldn’t know me, I just got here yesterday!!!!” Speaking of Southerners, as I was passing down the hall yester day, I heard a boy say, “My mo ther would just swoon if she knew I was living in the same room with Yankee boys!!!” FORMAL GUARD MOUNT My room-mate, upon staggering out of bed last week, told me a wild story that happened the night before. The story is as follows: “I thought I was seeing things at first when I saw the big black things before my eyes, but then I discovered they were rats. Millions of them. Right before my very eyes they held a formal guard mount and even did ‘rats center’. After they were given ‘fall out’, they climbed upon the table and began to fumble through Esquire and the big attraction was page 42 in Cornet Magazine. Wow!!!! They carefully raided our cookie box, fell back in and marched double file into the next room. I might add that this vision came about Saturday night after my room-mate returned from Frank lins. the coming of Squadrons I and V, and the return from furlough and farewell to S. A. A. C. *C. of Squadron II. I spent some time over in Puryear and Law Halls Friday and Saturday, just ‘‘nosing” around. The majority of the men were sad and downtrodden. I chirp ed in and asked many students— “Glad to leave, huh?”—“Hell no!” came the replies. I can see their viewpoints. Many thanks to the Officers for obtaining the free copies of “Air Force” which are distributed monthly. When you have finished reading yours, pass it along to another Beaver. Be sure to read, “Riding the Messerschmidt May tag” in this issue by Private Char les M. Macko. It’s good. A/S Jack Shaw, the former Editor-in-Chief from Squadron II, dropped in my room Friday eve ning before his departure, bade me farewell, and asked me to ex press his thanks to the instructors for their splendid formation they flew in our honor at the review Friday evening. It was called to my attention recently by Sergeant John Paris that many men of this Detachment are forgetting the proper manner to carry on business in a Squad ron Orderly Room. The Sergeant pulled me into a comer by the shirt buttons and suggested: “The proper way to enter an Orderly Room is to knock once on the door, come to attention, enter and state your business briefly, mur- mer a gratis when said business is completed and exit.” (See NEWS, page 4) Hedge Hopping Squadron FV As so often happens in this bu siness of getting out a news co lumn, a few changes have been made, especially since the depart ure of Squadron II has created a few vacancies on the staff. So, with more than a few slight mis givings, we will endeavor to carry on with some items which may or may not be of interest to the reader, hoping that our efforts will not prove too boring. ' First, a few comments on the recent track meet which was staged during Squadron IV’s phy sical training hour. Some of the times turned in by the runners were very good, considering that most of them had been out of competition for some time. In the first race, a mile relay, Flight C’s team of Widener, Stever, Whitney, and Walker came from behind to win by a margin of several yards, in the good time of 4:08 minutes. In the most fiercely contested race, the open 440, Squadron Command er Medaris turned on the heat to nose out Wooten and Sage, after trailing as far as the final turn. Time for the race was 58 seconds. The open 880 yard run saw Wat son take the lead at the halfway mark and finish well in front of his nearest competitor. Squadron IV, ribbonless since its arrival here, now boasts the “chow-hound” streamers, for the best formation in marching to the mess hall. According to those who were near-by when the ribbons were presented at the Friday re view, guidon bearer A/S Kim was so astounded when called forward to receive them that he froze on the spot. Now that we’ve started with our ribbon collection, Squad ron IV challenges any other squad ron to take the streamers away from them, and also warns Squad ron III that their parade ribbons are in imminent danger of being captured. With out a doubt the “smilin’est” man in Squadron IV Saturday was A/S Wood, lieutenant of Flight C, when it was announced that Flight C had walked away with the honors in the personal inspec tion. No less delighted were the men of the flight, but the way they have been laying it on some of the fellows in A and B flights will probably lead to some tough competition next time. With the need of academic sche dules almost in sight, a new spi rit seems to be pervading the squadron. With only three more weeks to go before the start of their flying instruction, some of the men are inclined to let down on their studies. That is to be avoided, especially since the men have been warned by Captain Hill that the emphasis is more and more being placed on quality, ra ther than quantity. The grades here will play an important part in classification at the SAACC, more than in the past. So let’s go, Squadron IV. Keep on the ball, and the day won’t be far off when you can turn in all those old Physics and Math books, and check out your own personal Interstate Avenger. And with pleasant thoughts of three weeks hence, we bid fare well to this column of idle no things. “EXHAUST” Squadron V Is there another squadron on the campus who can claim the honor of having twins in their midst? Perhaps there is but how many can claim the distinction of having twins like Tom and Dick Boning of Wilmington, Deleware? There is a most unusual coinci dence attached to their presence here. Although separated by a number of seats the two boys made the same grade on their Cadet Mental Test. Prior to this the two boys attended Curtiss Wright School and once more they scored identical grades. On their mechanical aptitude examination twin scores again appeared on their papers. Each is very fond of basketball, football, and swim ming and neither likes to dance. Too bad boys, the monthly Wing Balls have a wonderful reputa tion for providing a good time for all. A bit of interesting news today is the hero in our midst, Jim Lea- sher. At the swimming pool du ring a swimming test a member of our clan became exhausted and started to sink. Quietly Jim pulled him to the side and helped him get out, then re-entered the swimming test and qualified. Squadron Five turned out in full force to witness Ernst Hoffman’s Houston Symphony Orchestra the other day. From the applause me ter in my pocket his rendition of Southwest Officals Bar Athletes Who Have Played Three Years Perhaps the biggest news of-4 tlie week-end was made by South west Conference officials when they decided Saturday to prohibit athletes who have completed their normal elegibility span of three years from participating in con ference football. The decision will apply to Naval V-12 trainees as well as the regularly enrolled stu dents. The object behind this move, as far as we can see it, is to at tempt to equalize the six teams who intend to participate in this year’s conference. It might also be mentioned that the officials barred professionel players from the conference rosters too. At the moment there seems to be only one case in sight where the new ruling will take effect, but that case may prove to be a seri ous blow to Texas coach Dana Bi ble. It seems that the boys from down tealand way were counting on Roy Dale McKays’s getting sent back to T. U. for naval train ing and being allowed to play. But it also seems that McKay completed his third football sea son last year, so he/ would very definitely not be allowed to play under the new ruling. Tough luck for the Longhorns, but they seem to have enough material to make up for it. Of course, there are o- thers who will be effected by the ruling, but this is the outstanding case. Sports Squibs From Here And There: Aggies Shape Up Well In First Scrdimmage. As the days roll by the Aggie team is slowly taking shape down on Kyle Field. At the Friday after noon practice the boys decided not to practice Saturday afternoon and the coach advised them that accor dingly, the work this week will be harder. The usual drills were held, and the workout was concludede by a short scrimmage session in which the boys showed up well, though not perfect by any means. It is becoming more and more evi dent, as the days pass on, that we are going to feel the pinch of time in a very weak spot. Time is one thing we really need and the question is “are we going to get it?” Remember that the first game is less than a month off. According to Vic Emanuel’s co lumn in Sunday’s Houston Post, “Texas U. Is Eleven To Beat.” Now we’ve never been one to doubt Vic’s ability as a sports scribe, but it does seem a wee bit early for such predictions. Special notice, especially to freshmen! Here’s a statement from Head Coach Homer Norton: “Tell the boys that I am only too anxi ous to have them come down and watch the team practice. There “Pavanne” drew the loudest ap plause, although his entire pro gram was arranged and conducted in a manner which brought them back to play a number of “speci als.”. Since our arrival here our May tag Messerschmitt has been climb ing slowly as we have tried to get into the swing of everything but our engine went to missing steadi ly when we got our first glimpse of the numerous physics books is sued to us but our valve tappets are adjusted now and all cylinders hitting smoothly. Most of our men have viewed physics with dread but when questioned all have shown determination to master said sub ject. It has been mentioned that Squadron Five has the most men to date that have already earned combat crew wings as gunners, radio operators, aerial engineers, and one as a bombardier, to enter Texas A. & M. At formations’ tai lored shirt fronts dotted with sil ver wings can be seen springled through the ranks. Our squadron participated last Friday for the first time in the regular review. A number of the men have commented on the feel ing that hits you during one of the. reviews here. There is some thing about it that touches you and sets the reviews here apart from those we have been in at other fields and in different bran ches of the service. For the first time to perform in military re views here under slightly different procedures than we are accustom ed too. Squadron Five drew favor able compliments from our offi cers. Perhaps the ribbons aren’t won yet by our squadron but that is only the first time. • Guess I’d better cut the switch es, cylinder head temperature is too hige. have been a few out there, but no thing like we used to have. Some may say that it doesn’t do the boys any good, but I know it does.” How about that Aggies, let’s go down and watch that team! Fish Tales By Fish Ross The Fish Ball is over, and once again the fellows down in Dorm No. 14 have quieted down. The shouts and female talk have sub sided, and everyone has happily gone back to work, with August 27th only a memory, and the girl friend something to really look for ward to. After talking to practically all the Fish, and along with my own personal opinion, I have come to the conclusion that our Ball was def initely a success. It seems that ev ery girl on the floor really enjoy ed the dance, and almost everyone thought Valle a swell orches tra. Perhaps the number of gals present accounted for part of the succes. Boy the beauty was run ning loose. Many birddogs found out that bird dogging isn’t so bad after all. Fish Clark claims his girl was the prettiest girl on the flood (and that’s hard to contradict) but Fishes Manget, West, Crabtree, Thompson, Moss, and many others would almost swear that their women would win Miss America. Biggest wolf on the floor was Fish Seawright. Not a girl got passed him last Friday night. And all sympathies go to our class president, Fish West, who got separated from that cute little date of his from Houston, and was al most “frantic.” Fish Youngblood, who left for Sheppard Field Sunday, was our champion “late-dater”. He wasn’t satisfied with 200 girls from 9 till 1:00, so he managed to grab a Fort Worth gal, and finish off the night. Many compliments and praises have been given the decoration committee for their swell job of beautifying the Grove. It took all Friday afternoon in the hot sun to do it, but they got it done. We would also like to thank Mr. L. D. Boone of the Student Activities for his needed assistance in help ing us plan our dance. Major Ler- ner gave us some swell advice too. Many souvenirs were collected over the weekend both by Fish and girls. The Fish found enough lipstick to go into the business, and the women found enough or naments and pictures to load their suitcases. Many other things were found that, well, many other things were found. Our three day stay in Mitchell wasn’t exactly pleasant. Of course, when it’s 200 degrees at night and your bed is steaming like the Sahara, it isn’t bad. But when the ants come and begin to knaw on you, on your face, well, it’s time to leave . . . and some Fish almost did just that. Fish Doughton claims that his room smells sweeter than any other room in the Dorm. There’s another man going into business. What business? Why, selling per fume of course. It looked like the true Aggie Spirit the way Fish Chancellor was telling his girl goodbye Sunday at the R. R. Station. Why was the Engineer’s sign taken down from the fourth story window? It was good spirit build ing and really would have helped our football boy’s moral. Well, until next time, I’ll call it a day. But remember that Bryan Field is first, and Texas U. is gon na be our goal. Let’s go in there and BEAT THE HELL OUT OF EVERY OPPONENT .... WE HAVE OUTLINES In Almost All Subjects Student Co-op Phone 4-4114 One Block East of North Gate