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)
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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)
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•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)
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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)
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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.
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