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PAGE 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 194:3 The Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, is published three times weekly, and issued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Represented nationally by National Advertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Office, Room S, Administration Building. Telephone 4-5444. 1942 Member 1943 Plssocierfed GoUe6iate Press BEN FORTSON, Editor-in-Chief ANDY MATULA, Managing Editor TUESDAY’S STAFF John H. Kelly Business Manager Conrad B. Cone -...Business Manager LeValle Wolf Reporter Robert Orrick Reporter Claude Stone Reporter Jacob R. Morgan Reporter Fred Manget, Jr Reporter Jack E. Turner...., Reporter Archie Broodo Columnist Bryan A. Ross Columnist Harold Borofsky.... Columnist Ed Katten Columnist David M. Seligman Columnist Charles E. Murray Columnist W. H. Baker Circulation Manager D. W. May Editorial Advisor The following staff members use names other than their own when writing their columns: Sylvester Boone 1 Daniel Harold Borofsky Blotto ARMY ENGINEERS STAFF Editor-in-Chief Pat Bradley Managing Editor Len Sutton Press Club Representative Marvin Kaff 1st Co. Editor John Cornell 2nd Co. Editor : Joe Bennison 5th Co. Editor Len Sutton Man, Your Manners By 1. Sherwood Bad Manners or lack of dance manners may cause problems for the “cut in” system used at A. & M. dances, but the system itself is apt to furnish the greatest pro blem, even though it is considered acceptable dance technique. Most colleges do not employ the ‘‘cut in” system n such a wholesale manner aS at A. & M.—they use it mostly for “mixers.” Generally accepted practice dic tates that a girl must dance which whoever cuts in, even though she is enjoying her current partner; with “stags” out numbering the girls a half a dozen to one, as is often the case at A. & M., the “cutting in’’ gets to be a bore to both the young women and the young men who escorted them. It is very doubtful if “cut in” dan cers can be held in^check without the “stags” being disgruntled, es pecially when revenue is desired from as many of them as can be present. Important dances at A. & M. have used programs, in times past, but under present conditions they would be out of the question —or so it would seem. A young man makes a mistake when he feels that a knowledge of a few dance steps qualifies him as a dancer; it goes much farther than that—he must know dance manners and be able to dance well, but a man with nice man ners, who doesn’t dance so well, is far more popular than one who dances well but has ugly manners. If you would be popular you will not “cut” back on a man who has just taken a girl from you; you will allow any couple to dance a- round the room at least once be fore you cut in. ODE TO THE TEXAS AGGIES I’ve courted with a Kappa Sig A Phi Delt and a Deke I’ve danced with Betas, A T O’s And always cheek to cheek. The Marines are swell, the Air Corps too The sailors hold their own The Army’s in their pitching too And they are not alone. But in my many rendevous I’d never ben quite moved Until an Aggie came along And this is what he proved. Senior’s boots are fascinating Junior’s uniforms are swell. The freshmen and the sophomores Would thrill most any belle.. They’re experts at one arm driving At parking they’re not bad They thrill me with their kisses The best I’ve ever had. The Kappa Sigs, the A T O’s 'file Phi Delts and the Dekes The Betas too, and the rest Are all a bunch of freaks. But, ah, the Texas Aggies!!! They thrill this heart of mine So I’ll agree that none can beat That good old Aggie line. Aircraft Plant to Give Courses A six weeks paid aeronautical engineering familiarization course, starting September 13, will be gi ven at the Fort Worth plant of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Cor poration by the Texas A. & M. Col lege, it was announced Thursday by Howard W. Barlow, head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering. Taking the course will be select ed engineers whose experience has not been in aircraft work. Addi tional courses are scheduled to start each six weeks after the lead off course, and each course will have an average of 15 train ees. Schedule of the familiarization courses has been arranged with the cooperation of the Engineering, Science, Management War Train ing program of the U. S. Office of Education. Consolidated Vultee, one of the largest manufacturers of airplanes, presently engaged in the con struction of four-motored milita ry aircraft, is sponsoring these courses in an attempt to relieve a critical shortage of skilled wor kers. Particularly, industrial, time and motion study, methods and process engineers are needed for immediate employment. Applicants in the age range of 22 to 50 years must pass a physi cal examination. They should have engineering degrees from an accre- diated college based on at least four year’s attendance. In some cases part of the educational re quirements may be satisfied by equivalent experience. Applicants also should have at least three years of any type engineering ex perience. During the familiarization cour se each trainee will be paid $200 monthly by Consolidated Vultee. Upon completion of the course he will be given an increase in salary, and will be assigned to a design gfoup where he will do design drafting, or to stress analysis group where he will analyze for strength of various components of the airplane, Mr. Barlow said. Silver Wings Are Won by Aggie-Ex CRAIG FIELD, SELMA, ALA. —The right to wear a pair of coveted “Silver Wings” and fly one of Uncle Sam’s swift and deadly fighter planes against our Axis enemies has been won by Harold J. Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Robertson, 2857 Copley Ave., San Diego, Calif., who was com missioned a second lieutenant at special outdoor exercises htis week at Craig Field's picturesque Pecan Grove. The warding of the wings and commission came after the new flying officer had completed his advanced flight training at the Advanced Flying School in Selma, Alabama, and graduated from Tex as A. & M. in 1942 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. During the many months of training he had to undergo before he mounted the stand to receive his wings and certificate, he was given all types of instruction. He was toughened mentally and physically and learned to drill, just as any soldier. He was also given every phase of combat instruction, including fighter formation, ground and aer ial gunnery, night flying and high altitude missions which equip him to become a vital member of the United States’ still rapidly increas ing air arm, which daily is carry ing the war across waters to the very heart of our enemies’ strong holds. Assignment to his next station followed the exercises. AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF Captain Anthony Hollub manned the top turret guns of his grounded plane to return the fire of the Jap air attack on Clark Field in the Philippines. Exposed to strafing planes, the New Mexico captain ran across the field for more ammunition when it was exhausted. He was ready to sacrifice his life to keep his guns blazing. How much can you in vest in Payroll Savings to help heroic fighters like Hollub to kfeep firing? ★ BACKWASH ★ By Andy Matula **Bukwaah: An acRattoa iwraltin* tfm aeti*n or •ecarroM*’* — Wabator Gold Bars . . The first members of the class of ’44 to get their commissions are 40 Aggies at Fort Monmouth in “Jeyseey”. All were seniors in the Signal Corps and Jack Keith, for mer Corps executive/ says that they missed WNBL because it was showing on Broadway 40 miles away and they couldn’t walk that far. Jack becomes a second louey on September 14. G. I. Job . . . You can imagine our surprise when he saw a picture of Mike Haikin, former Batt sports editor, who literally held down the Batt office, in the Texas Aggie. Mike says he’d lost 30 pounds since he’s been in the Army. Hope my draft board put me 2A. Backwashing . . . The inmates of “K” ramp Wal ton have developed web feet . . . What hapened on the 5th stoop of “L” ramp in Walton, last Wednes- Lunch Program to Operate In Schools Government assistance in opera ting community school lunch pro grams this year will be in the form of indemnity payments a- mounting to about 60 per cent of the cost of the food served, the A. and M. College Extension Service has been notified. Local commu nities will contribute the remain ing goods or services necessary to operation of the program, accord ing to E. L. Upshaw, state repre sentative of the Food Distribution Administration. The school milk program will be combined with the lunch program. Additional indemnity payments of two cents per meal will be allowed when fluid milk is served, Mr. Uu- shaw says. In carrying on the program, the Texas State Department of Educa tion will cooperate with FDA in carrying out the program of gov ernment assistance to school lunch projects. Previously the FDA pur chased food and distributed it thru state agencies for use in school lunches. Now, the FDA says, all of the food buying will be done by local sponsors of the program, and they will be reimbursed by the FDA up to a certain amount, de pending on the type of lunch served. Mr. Upshaw says funds avail able will not permit the FDA to approve applications for this help except in communities which can not operate an adequate school lunch program without this finan cial assistance. Labor for the ope ration of the program must be furnished locally. In many commu nities, home demonstration club women or other groups have can ed or otherwise preserved huge quantities of food for use in lun ches during the coming school year. New Rates For AAA Announced COLLEGE STATION—A revi sed scale for payments to Texas farmers under the 1943 AAA pro gram were announced through the state office this week by the War Food Administration. New rates of payment include cotton at one cent per pound and wheat at 8.5 cents per bushel while day after drill? . . . There was quite a few V-12’s who were for- fer students on the campus Mon day. They got the day off for Labor Day; don’t ever mention justice to me again. • There wil be Corps Dances next fal after football games here. Real live orchestra’s too. Gause Wrapped . .. A couple of A. S. T. P. boys stop ped a freshman the other day and asked. “Say, felow, where’s this thing caled Sully’s statue?” To this the frog replied; “Oh, that. It’s the mummy down in the museum.” The A. S. T. P. said thank you. Reminder . . . Army, we have a big football schedule next fall; let’s start to win those games now. Go down to Kyle Field every day and watch thf>se boys work out. And beat the hell out of Bryan Field. rice remains unchanged from 3.2 cents per barrel announced several months ago. Also unchanged are rates for payments earned by car rying out approved production practices, such as terracing, con touring and strip cropping. Original rates of payment on cotton and wheat had been an nounced at 1.1 cents per pound and 9.5 cents per bushel, respect ively. Payments are made on nor mal production of the allotted acreage. Changes in the program to meet wartime conditions have increased the number of farmers eligible for AAA payments this year, offi cials of the AAA office said in explaining reduction in this year’s payments. Under the AAA Act, rates of payment may be adjusted upward or downward, depending on the percentage of participation. Farmers To Continue To Operate Under Slaughter Permits Texas farmers will continue to operate under the slaughter per mit system which went into effect August 15. Explaining the program this week the state USDA War Board said that farmers, who are Class 3 slaughterers under the licensing program, will operate as before and in September will have a quo ta basis of 100 per cent of their September 1941 quota. Other classifications of slaugh terers under the new slaughter li censing program are Class 1, or Federally-inspected, and Class 2, non-Federally inspected slaughter ers. The new order provides, thfe board explained, that if a farmer did not slaughter in 1941, he may deliver meat derived from live stock which he slaughtered pri marily for home consumption but that quotas for these deliveries would not exceed 400 pounds of meat per farm family in one calen dar year. Farmers falling in this classification must obtain slaugh tering permits from county USDA war boards. Previously, the farm slaughterer was allowed to take his choice be tween killing three animals for sale, of which only one could be bovine, and 300 pounds of meat. Under the new order, farm slaugh terers whose quotas are more than 400 pounds will be issued permits Frog... By Frog Dubose Now that our Rev is a general, it might be a good idea to salute her when she passes now. Also, she is going to have her picture painted. Quite a popular girl she is, and she deserves every bit of the recognition she gets and a lot more. Now, they haven’t got quite enough cash for the portrait yet, so pitch in and let’s do Rev up right! Before the schedule drill time Saturday night for dorm 15, loud prayers were sent up for rain. Well, we got the rain all right, but we got it while were march ing! And speaking of marching, why did Frog Payne march in such a peculiar manner Sunday morn ing? Frog daggers and Frog Pierce certainly did get a kick out of his predicament. Frog Christie is away on C. A. P. maneuvers, and is expected back soon. Ought to be real interesting stuff. A big bull session went full blast in Frog House and Frog Philips room. The subject soon got around to snakes. Frog McAllister topped them with a tale of the time he got in a car and sat down beside one. Frpg Kever also spun some good ones about when he worked for a light company. Frog Patterson, of Dorm 17 went home this week-end (the lucky devil) and worked all the time he was there. Seems as though they were moving, and he got there just in time to do some work. Frog Owens little brother cer tainly seems to like this place be cause he sure’ does spend a lot of his time here. On his last trip down, he even brought a buddy with him. The old elevator in the Academic building must be getting old. It works about one day out of three weeks. To those who have keys to the elevator, this fact is very discouraging. Time to stop this bulling and go to bed, so I’ll see you soon! by Food Distribution Area Meat Marketing Supervisors or the 'FDA Regional Director. E. L. Upshaw, state representa tive of the Food Distribution Ad ministration and a member of the state USDA War Board, Austin, recently was appointed Texas Meat Marketing Supervisor. Assisting him are area supervisors, located in various parts of the state, and local war weat committees in all Texas counties. A. & M. Specialist Discusses Gardens COLLEGE STATION—Techni ques for fall and winter Victory gardening differ somewhat from recommendations for spring plan ting and cultivation, says J. F. Rosborough, horticulturist for the A. and M. College Extension Ser vice. He warns that the fall garden should not be plowed more than four or five inches deep, since deep plowing tends to dry out the soil. And before plowing, weeds and vegetable plant refuse should be removed from the plot, for if they are turned under, heating may follow. A good coating of ma nure ploughed under will increase the water-holding capacity and prevent packing. Rotted compost also will improve tilth, Ros borough says. If the soil is licking in fertility, the gardener should work in a commercial fertilizer in addition to the barnyard manure or com post. However, the horticulturist warns that commercial fertilizer should be used only in areas where the rain fall is around 30 inches annually and where soil is sandy. Either 3-8-7 or 4-12-4 may be ap plied at the rate of three pounds per 100 feet of row at the time of planting. It should be chopped thoroughly to a depth of three of four inches. Heat resisting vegetables should be planted first—beans, Irish po tatoes, mustard, leaf lettuce, and radishes. These vegetables must mature before frost. Although the soil may be somewhat dry at plan ting time, planting should be made in well drained spots so water will not stand after subsequent fall rains. Green peppers, hot pepper, okra, field peas, egg plant, pole beans and summer tomatoes carried from the spring should be given a side dressing of fertilizer in a furrow about a foot from the plants. Ir rigate either before or after ap plying the fertilizer. THE WECKS BROTHERS— From Left to Right — James, Earl, Leonard and Franklin. The four brothers enlisted in the U. S. Navy December 11th, 1942 at Port land, Oregon,* and were called to active duty March 9, 1943, and sent to Farragut, Idaho for their “Boot” Training. Finishing their indoctrination period they were sent to Chicago, Illinois for a Pre-Radio Course. Upon comple tion of that course they were trans ferred to the EE&RM school at A. & M. Betwwen 20 and 27 years of age they have been together all of their lives and the wish to stay ( together caused them to join at the same time. They worked in their father’s lumber yard until the war broke out and then they went to work in the Portland Shipyards. They have two more brothers,, both married, who are in defense work. Out standing ath letes in their company they are also the average in scholastic standings. Their rooms are spot lessly clean and their manners perfect. They are all single and intend to stay that way for awhile, so they say. Here’s wish ing you good luck and hoping that you get to stay together for the duration. Qampus ^Distractions By Ben Forison Today and tomorrow at Guion Hall is THE LADY HAS PLANS, with Paulette Goddard, Ray Mil- and, and Roland Young. Creditable ingenuity in the script writing division makes this one an interesting laugh offering. An espionage twist in the story makes for a good thrill content and the German Gestapo comes in for some ludicrous treatment. Generally it is a story of newspa per guys and gals who fall afoul if international diplomats who lurk in Lisbon. Paulette is en gaged by a radio network to as sist Miland gather news. A ring of spies attempts to intercept her on her way to the clipper but fail and in Lisbon she is mistaken for another woman who has import ant war plans drawn on her back. She is requested to disrobe and show her stuff and this leads to one thing and another. Miland and Miss Goddard are both captured by the Gestapo but turn the ta bles on them definitely. The Lowdown: Good and laugh able. THE SPOILERS is the feature on at the Campus today and to morrow and it stars Marlene Die- trch, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne. This is Rex Beach’s saga of the Alaskan gold rush brought to the screen with all its thrilling real- Dial 4-1181 Open at 1 p. m. Air Conditioned By Refrigeration TODAY and WEDNESDTY U THE SPOILERS” ity. The cast fits like a glove with Miss Dietrich shrewd, seductive and quick of the lip and the hip playing the part of a Nome gin palace owner. She is in love with Wayne and fights to keep him on the straight and narrow and save him from Scott who is after his rich mine. The dialog is crisp and good and the fist fight between Wayne and Scott in the closing scenes is one of the best to be filmed. The Lowdown: Big m story . . . great in cast. Phone 4-1168 ADMISSION Qp Pr OAn IS ALWAYS 4UU Tax Included Box Office Opens 1 p. m. Closes 7:30 TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY “THE LADY HAS PLANS” Paulette Goddard Ray Millard Roland Young in ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS — starring — John Wayne Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott also Color Cartoon “LITTLE GRAVEL VOICE” also Short LOUPOT’S j An Aggie Institution O' —— ° —° —° —" — a — SAILORS We Clean You Clean Lauterstein’s Your Appearance Counts--- Keep your hair trimmed frequent ly—your appearance counts very much when you are in uniform. Be smart and neat. We will be glad to serve you. YMCA & VARSITY BARBER SHOP Old “Y” New “Y”