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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1943)
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1943 THE BATTALION PAGE 3 Trimming Tabs Squadron I Brother students, the time has finally come to publicly congratu late our new and seemingly capable Student Officers. It is a well known fact that competition, both in quality and quantity, has been rather high of late but now it is felt sure that all concerned will settle down and cooperate to the fullest extent especially in view of the fast closing gap remaining be tween coming classes and our com paratively “free’ days at present. Speaking of the present, the highly informative variety of lec tures being currently enjoyed have also brought, quite unintentionally, some fine talent to light in the form , of pianists—sweet, mellow and boogie-woogie styles predom inating. It would be plenty stim ulating and wholly enjoyable if these gifted gentlemen were plac ed in a position where more of (See TRIMMINGS, page 4) DOUBLER Is Different Here’s a two-way cam pus-sports shirt that looks just as well worn buttoned up with a tie as it does open at the neck without one. Oxford cloth in white or solid colors. Two pockets. Don’t miss it! $2.50 CLOTHIERS College and Bryan ARROW m SHIRTS SANFORIZED Spotlight on Sports By Bill Platt Squadron IV will very shortly start the ball rolling in a big fashion in the way of sports. First of all we learn the boys are over anxious to get a dip in the pool; they say some of their land lub bers would surely welcome the change. The Squadron will also select a touch football team out of each flight to compete in a round robin among themselves. Later the best performers will re present the entire Squadron in further competition. The boys are interested in scheduling games perhaps with the Navy and Ma rines. Oh yes, the ASTU will aso be extended a challenge. The Squadron Volleyball team would be more than glad to have someone throw a hat in their ring; they have a strong club and are capable of providing a full evening of real hustling to Jhe very best of challengers. Lt. Segrest is working hard to revive the All-Star Softball team. Without a doubt he’ll have one on the Ball before long. Since the ar rival of these new Squadrons the material for a team of Champion ship calibre is plentiful. He also states that all athletic equipment will be distributed to the Squad rons very shortly. Thursday eve ning will provide plenty action to all Softball fans, as Squadron I tangles with III and II goes up against V. The winners will then meet on Monday for the Champ ionship. From Squadron I we learn that they have opened-up full steam ahead on their sport activities. They also will have flight touch football teams, with the best be ing picked for inter-squadron com petition. These boys will un doubtedly bring up a strong club as they have among them some of the best ball players ever to hoof Military Walk. Their Softball team will be a stinger. It’s loaded for big game. (See SPOTLIGHT, Page 4) WE’RE BUYING and PAYING CASH If you need cash for anything come and see us. We pay low prices for your books, uniforms, and drawing equipment and al most anything you have to sell. RADIO AND BICYCLE REPAIRS Student Co-op Phone 4-4114 North Gate SEND HOME A PHOTO There’s nothing that will be appreciated more at home than a picture—come in today for a setting and let us give you prompt and quality service. Open 10 A. M. to 8 P. M.—We specialize in Uniform photos. Marines: We can supply you with a blue uni form for photographs. A. & M. PHOTO SHOP At North Gate Next Door to A. & M. Grill •George A. Martin Editor-in-chief- Martin E. Ismert, Jr Managing Editor W. D. West Associate Editor James L. Anderson Associate Editor A1 Lorenzetti Associate Editor Ramon Martinez Sports Editor James R. Marengo 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; Roger C. Randles, Reporter. Observations Of The Commanding Officer The Commanding Officer is well pleased with Squadron One and Five which recently arrived. They have fitted into the general spirit and best tradition of the Detach ment. It is the desire of the Com manding Officer that the oldest members of the Detachment be complimented on their general at titude. It is the desire of the Com manding Officer that the Squad rons which go on flying status, from time to time, be constantly reminded that their relationship with their instructors will be in conformity with the general regu lation of politeness and courtesy. The Commanding Officer again desires that students of this Com mand be reminded of the fact that other branches of the Ser vice are their teammates, and eve ry assistance this Command can render will be rendered. Wing News We would like to thank the writer of “C. Q. Ramblings” for the wonderful compliment paid us in his column. It is deeply appre ciated. We hope that sometime in the not too distant future our Air Force umbrella in its ultimate perfection and meticulous exact itude may enable our teammates in the Engineers to perform their missions with safety and success. CREDIT DUE We would herewith like to give A/S Ramon Martinez credit for the last five “SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS’’ columns, under which various staff members names have appeared by mistake. THE BIG SHIN-DIG The young ladies of the Nacog doches Texas WAC personnel are looking forward to the presence of the men from this Detachment at their dance this coming Satur day night, September 4th. Approx imately one-hundred lucky men will be taken along transportation free, which will be furnished by G. I. trucks. Our Detachment Dance Band will furnish the mu sic. — NEWS — SLANGUAGE The following quips were taken from the “CEE TEE DEE” news paper, the journal of the 320th Negro College Training Detach ment of Tuskegee Institute, Tus- kegee, Alabam. To Cop a Nod — To Bleep. Motorized kite — Piper Cub. Sliding the movement — One who avades formations — Gold- bricks. Sigma-Gigma-Tour — Honorary organization for those who be come gigged or merit tours. Jodie — a male civilian over 18 years old. Eye balling — Enjoying the ‘curvatures’ of the earth while on duty. Terrible shape — Under par. Chow Hog — A glutton. Bear — A not-too-pleasing-to- the-eye female. Buke — The displeasure ele ment in an order from a superior to an inferior. G. I. Square — A soldier who believes that a prop wash is a solution for washing propellers. POLYGAMIST When informed that the Navajo Indian population is increasing* three times as rapidly as that of the white race in the U. S. A., 82 -year-old Henry Chee Dodge, vet eran tribal sagamore, came up with a heap big solution to the problem. Every white man, he sug gested, should be given three wives! G. I. NIGHTMARE Ther’s the story going the rounds about a soldier who was Bonds and make a trip. He - planning to cash in his War (See NEWS, page 2) NSLI Stock Rises Want a tip on a rising stock? Forf a sure thing, place your mo ney on National Service Life In surance. Within the Eighth Ser vice Command territory, improve ment both in percentage of insured personal and average amount of insurance owned, was reflected in the report of July 31 submitted by all installations to the Insu rance Section, Headquarters Eighth Servihe Command. Military personnel within the Service Command is now 94.1 per cent insured for an average poli cy of 8,856, as compared to 91.2 per cent and $8,504 respectively as shown in the report of June 30. A number of organizations a- chieved the War Department goal of “100 per cent insured for $10,000” and many others report ed excellent records and unusual progress. Partial reports of the “clean up drive” during the first ten days in August show a total of more than $300,000,000 in new “sales.” During July the Reception Cen ters in the Eighth Service Com mand sold National Service Life Insurance to all but two of the thousands of men processed. The average sale was $9,997.66. ‘‘The leadership of Commanding Officers, insurance officers and their staffs is most commendable,” said Capt. John L. Briggs, insu rance officer for the Service Com mand. Circling the Field Squadron III Good day gentlemen, Here we are again, nosing around for all quips of wit that are floating around the Squadron. I look to my right nothing .... nothing in back of me either; gad, this is terrible. Ah, but what is this to my left .... Mr. Hansen is having a “check flight.” I can’t tell for sure if it is one of our “Maytag Messerschmidts” or just a Link Trainer; but with all the paraphernalia he has, it must be a P-47. A/S Heidmous is the in structor and is putting Mr. Han sen in a vertical bank to the left. Mr. Hansen frantically pushes left rudder. “Keep that nose up, you’ve lost 400 feet altitude,” comes bellowing from the instruc tor. “Look out for that cloud!” Then it came—spa-lash! as Mr. Hansen hit the cloud; and so ano ther potential pilot was “washed out.’” However, the boys were lenient and said they would let him try out for gunner. We’ll re fer him to our tail-gunner, Mr. Boone. What’s this, is it a bird, it can’t be Superman! why it’s ‘‘right rud der” Rehm madly volplanig out of the skies looking for a nice forest in which to make his forced landing. As an explanation of his daring experience he briefly sta ted, quote— “We were gayly float ing along when the motor went clunk-bang-pssssss. It sounded like a thresting ma chine thrashing monkey wrenches; but I wasn't afraid . . . .nooooo! I just grabbed the plane’s ‘super structure’ and prayed.”—unquote. Maybe Mr. Rehm will receive the Purple Heart or even the Distin guished Flying Cross ‘for his hero ism. As a parting, I would like to leave this bit written by A/S Rick Toth of Squadron II. He didn’t write it for intentional pub lication. A/S Sturge happened to see it and knew we would like it— I hope you will. “Yup! I finally flew and was at the stick for about thirty mi- (See CIRCLING, page 2) LOUPOT’S Trade with Lou — He’s right with you! Ladies Dresses A Specialty Lauterstein’s Hedge Hopping Squadron IV Well, gentlemen, the time has come to fill another column ! with suff about our Beavers, and to head the list we give you A/S Harlan W. Sloan, who recently re turned from a visit to Oklahoma City. Cause of the trip was a seven pound, seven and one-half ounce baby girl, bom to Mrs. Sloan August 18. Congratulations to Mr. Sloan, who incidentally be lieves that anyone can have a boy, but it takes a man from Flight A to have a girl. As things are going now, Squad ron IV should be able to stage a pretty good baby show before they leave here. As is the usual case in any place inhabited by members of the armed forces, rumors fly thick and fast through the ramps of Hart Hall. Most of these are started as “wishful thinking,” men wanting to go east or west, de pending on the location of that fabled “home sweet home,” and spreading the word that there will be a two week furlough after leaving college, or some other such matter. As long as such rumors are taken lightly, it might be all right to pass them along as a joke. But if they are accepted as gospel truth, then it is high time to call a halt. Now that pay day has come and gone, the Beavers are pretty busy planning the next week-end. While you are making your plans, men, don’t forget the dance at Naca- doches. The WACs have been pret ty nice about coming down to help out in the Wing Ball, we’d like to have Squadron IV step out and take the lead in returning their courtesy. There are a lot of other things we’d like to write about, if we could only think of them. But they’ll have to wait till next time. So in parting we urge you Squadron IV Beavers to get out and root for our boys tonight when they take on the newcomers from Squadron V on the softball diamond. Till Saturday, then, adios. “EXHAUST” Squadron V Special College Station, Texas A/S John Winsom was a new man today! ‘The reason: John’s wife (very attractive by the way) arrived. His roommate, A/S Frank Gerulskis, was very disappointed because his wife did not come—the reason may be that Frank didn’t have a wife. For the last two days we’ve heard grunts and groans. Wonder why? Well the boys have been do ing just a little bit of what you might call work. The P. E. class brings into us muscles that had been at rest for weeks and even months and also brain cells that had been used only for ingenious schemes to escape the “Cow Pas ture” at Sheppard Field. Take the case of Joe (Ala-haba) Cantor and Jack (Service Club) Persky. Each “take on” and com plain of the P. E. being so rough, but if you know these two, you’ll know that neither would trade this P. E. for G. I. P. E. If anyone in Ramp “E” is dis turbed the night by strange sounds, don’t be alarmed. It’s only Leon Aggie Coaching Staff Bolstered By Return of Line Coach Bill James With the return of “Uncle Bill” James, line coach in past years, the Aggie coaching staff has receiv ed a real shot in the arm. Bill has been devoting the summer to his private business and really looked good to the boys when he returned. As a line coach, “Uncle Bill” probably rates as one of the best this conference has ever seen. Before coming to the Aggies in 1935 he had coached at Texas Christian University and the Uni versity of Texas, a total of 14 years of coaching experience. At the Monday and Tuesday after noon sessions Bill really showed that he has lost none of his val uable store of knowledge and ex perience. He began by showing the linemen, especially the ends, just how they were going to move around on the line. This movement is a sort of cross between a crawl and a sidewards hop, with the bottom leg furnishing the power, and if you think it’s easy you’ve got another think coming! In the absence of Coach Norton and Coach Dimmit, Manning “Smitty’ Smith took over the back- field coaching duties. The practice session opened with the usual punt ing and tackling practice but mov ed swiftly into quite a bit of scrim mage with several fast running and deception plays looking ex ceptionally good. Of course the aerial attack is not being neglect ed, so there’ll be plenty of action of all kinds when we tangle with Bryan Field for that first game. Incidentally, as you all have seen from the schedule of coming events, new students for next fall will register on September 24th. Now the Bryan Field game is on the 25th, which doesn’t leave much time for the new students to learn the yells and other proper techni que for footbal games. That means, if we may drop a hint, that they’re going to have to absorb a lot of knowledge in a hurry. Sports Squibs From Here and There; Ten Aggies Play in Oil Bowl Game Last night the annual Oil Bowl classic was reeled off at Wichita Falls, and it was a real thriller. Coaches Homer Norton and Lil Dimmit were present, as were ten of our own boys, including Goble Bryant, Monty Moncrief, Charlie Wright, Herb Turley, and Marion Settegast. This game should prove to be valuable experience, for many of the high school stars that are now attending other conference schools were also there. We thought that some of you, perhaps freshmen, would like to know a little more about the Aggie coaches, so for the next few is sues I’ll give you some thumbnail sketches, begining today with Manning Smith. “Smitty” came to the Aggie coaching staff in 1934 with coach Homer Norton who had coached him to All-America men tion at Centenary College as a quarterback and scat backfield man. His first duties were assistant backfield coach and backfield dem onstrator. In 1937 he became co coach of freshman baseball and in 1938 took on the varsity tennis team. The same year he also had the freshman basketball added to his jobs, so he dropped the fresh man baseball work. By 1941 he was co-coach of all freshman sports except track. Last year was “Smitty’s” first season as varsity backfield coach and head basketball coach, suc ceeding Lt. Marty Karow. He will give up the tennis team as his time will not allow him to take (what’s cookin’ doc?) Sultain, working his Math, Physics and drilling together with a few calis thenics thrown in for good meas ure (this is all accomplished in his peaceful sleep.) A few moments later you will hear a sickening thud. That’s his bunk buddie, Charles “Puppy” Stump, giving him a light tap on the skull with a G. I. shoe. All’s quiet. it on. “Smitty” has made a real place for himself in the hearts of all the boys because he is just one swell guy, as well as a top- notch coach. That about winds it up for to day. Let’s get down and watch that team! —TEXANS— (Continued From Page 1) friendly to one man and one man only. They’re positively vicious to ward strangers. The master is Pfc. Jack J. Schwartz of Milwaukee, a member of the 944th Guard Squadron, who was sent from Goodfellow Field to Fort Robinson for an eight- weeks course in training and hand ling the dogs. After his first two weeks there, the soldier was as signed his four dogs which he per sonally trained for the work they’ll do at San Angelo. Soon he will begin training eight other soldiers who will learn to work with the dogs. Schwartz said too many masters can ruin them, hence the number of men trained will be held to a minimum. CLEANING, PRESSING ALTERATION When in Doubt About Your Eyes or Your Glasses Consult DR. J. W. PAYNE Optometrist 109 S. Main Bryan Next to Palace Theatre ! LOIPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies Lilley-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 is the largest uniform manufacturer in the United States. Prices governed by ceiling! THREE WEEKS DELIVERY LOUPOT'S TRADING POST “Trade With Lou---He’s Right With You’’