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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1943
OFFICIAL
NOTICES
Announcements
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Those students expecting part-time em
ployment during the coming term are
■rged to fill an application or application
renewal with the Placement Office before
September 10.
W. R. Horsley
Placement Office.
Notice to customers of city of College
Station: Please pay utility bills on or be
fore 10th of month and save your dis
counts. Discounts amounted to $493.76
month of Augrust. If post mark is later
than 10th you must lose your discount.
Loyd D. Smith,
Business Manager.
A meeting of the U. S. O. Hostess Qual
ifications Committee was held at the Epis
copal P'arish House on Friday afternoon.
Junior and Senior Hostess applications
were passed on and material is being sent
to those accepted.
Recommendations were made for Chair
man of the various Standing Committee.
Present were:
Mrs. J. M. Jones, Chairman
Miss Katie Daly. Sec’y
Mrs. D. B. Gofer
Mrs. Philip Norton.
Submitted by K. Daly
Sept. 4, 1943
Classified
LOST —■ One pair Brown Gabardine
trousers, size 36, Laundry Mark, Tonahill,
Standifer or J. W. S. 6.
_ NEWS —
(Continued from Pag:* S)
seen running around. A fellow
from Squadron III complained of
finding notes, rocks, pine-needles
and boards under his sheets. Mr.
Hunter of Squadron I, the boy
who seemed to be having the time
of his life complained of having
his sheets sewed together.
During the evening, one fellow
fell off his upper-bunk and drop
ped to the floor five feet below.
We can’t understand why, maybe
he thought he was a parachute
jumper. That fellow was your As
sociate Editor, A1 Lorenzetti. Two
gentlemen, Mr. Stiles and Mr.
Stump, met two WAGS from their
home town, which was pretty
grand for all concerned. This all
added up to about the grandest
evening most of the men ever had.
We wish to express our thanks
to the WAGS and to the officers
in our Detachment who made this
gala event possible.
“WIMPY”
A/S Frederic “Wimpy” Rick
and his beef-eating associate of
Squadron III were getting in some
extra Physical Training Sunday
evening. The gentlemen in ques
tion were exercising their jaw mus
cles munching on hamburgers
whech they drew from a large
paper sack on their desks.
* . . - — %
Christmas Gifts
For Service Men
That Are Overseas
Do your Christmas
shopping now for men in
service overseas. We have
a pleasing assortment of
practical gifts that will
be certain to please.
Hansen Gloves
All Wood Mufflers
AH Wool Reg. Sweaters
Khaki Shorts and Shirts
Regulation Shirts
Regulation Slacks
Officers Uniforms
Officers Wool Shirts
Reg. Trench Coats
Reg. Field Jackets
Regulation Caps
Regulation Shoes
Regulation Ties
Officers Insignia
Bill Folds . . . Toilet Kits
Shaving Aprons ... Sew
ing Kits . . . Money Belts
... Leather Writing Kits.
QJaldrapflg
“Two Convenient Stores”
College Station Bryan
* A.SJT.LJ. NEWS *
AEAiy
Sympathy Slips
By CORNELL
1st Co. has been again made the
supreme sacrifice for the benefit
of the entire unit, this time we
loaned (not gave our own Lt.
Pickett the regiment. His new job
is that of regimental supply of
ficer. A suggested slogan . . . .
“If Picket can’t get it, it can’t be
got!”
Attention, all softball fans! Wed
nesday night the 1st Co. club has
a game scheduled with the Officers
team? The game promises to be
a battle to the finish, with no
holds barred. Let’s all get out
there to cheer the defeat of the
officers. We hear that the of
ficers have scheduled a practice
game with the “old men” Flight
Instructors for Monday night.
Several comments on the article
about the A. S. T. P. at L. S. U.
have been heard. Most of the boys
wouldn’t know what to do with an
evenin goff, its ben so long since
we got out on a week night.
Cadet Colonel, when interviewed
after the practice review Friday
night praised the entire organiza
tion, but from the drift of his
talk he was especialy pleased with
the performance of the band. Con
grats to Lt. McClenathon and to
Parks for their untiring efforts to
produce a good band in the short
est possible time, and also to the
individual members for their fine
work.
Col. Buvens also seemed pleas
ed wtih the review, for as we
marched off the drill field he ex
claimed, “Nice work, 1st Co.!”
C. Q. Ramblings
New Cook
In a Bryan Bite-a-bit-shoppe
the other day we scanned the menu
and for some reason settled for
shirred eggs. We relayed this de
sire to the waitress and a bit later
she was back with the news, “no
shirred eggs.” As we scanned for a
second preference she volunteered,
“How about some nice scrambled
eggs?”
“Eggs???”, we continued. “Do
you have any eggs?”
“Oh yes, we have lot of eggs.
But no shirred eggs”, she added
quickly.
We explained patiently that shir
red eggs came from chickens
shirrde duck eggs perhaps, and
that it was a simple process to
shirr them and could we please have
shirred eggs. She disappeared only
to return with a determined “no
shirred eggs.” Further discuss
proved futile. She answered all our
questions with, “wfe have a new
cook ... no shirred eggs.”
Quite a busy week end! Besides
coming out second best with a
local snake (he got one bite but
I missed mine) I had decided to
get back to first principles and so
lassoed a bicycle. These Texas bi
cycles ride like Texas mustangs
and I was thrown four times be
fore I learned to set my spurs pro
perly. Had no trouble after that
except that the steep hills around
the campus were too much for me
and had to get out and push. Orn
ery critter, the bicycle. The front
wheel was constantly reaching
around and grabbing my foot.
Aggie-ex, Now Major,
Transferred To Wis.
Maj. Joseph D. Tompkins, son
of Frank A. Tompkins, 618
Blucher St., Corpus Christi, Texas,
has recently been transferred to
Billy Mitchell Field, Milwaukee,
Wis., where he is now Command
ing Officer of the 364th Base Head
quarters and Air Base Squadron.
Maj. Tompkins was president of
the Acme Oil & Royalty Co., of
Midland, Texas., before entering
the service last May 1 Commission
ed a major on that date, he attend
ed Officer Training School before
being assigned to duty as a squad
ron commander at the 36th Street
Airport, Miami, Fla., from which
station he came to Billy Mitchell
Field.
The major is a graduate of
Corpus Christi high school. After
attending Texas A. & M. one year
he shifted to the University of
Oklahoma from which he was
graduated in 1928.
—AGGIE—
(Continued from Page 1)
Texas range country on practice
bombing missions, culminating
their intensive training activities
by making bivouas out of the
plains and engaging in maneuvers
that simulate actual combat con
ditions. Each graduate of the Big
Spring school leaves here with the
knowledge and experience equal to
forty actual combat missions.
ENGINEERS AC/Viy VETX
Just Ramblin’
Round
By PRITCHARD
I had a dream the other night.
You might say it was “The Craz
iest Dream”. In any event, I’m
stuck with it, and I’m passing it on
to you just the way it was.
It was, as you may have sus
pected, about an ASTP Unit; but
what a place! At six a.m. there
was absolutely no activity and
nothing did happen until 7:30 am!
That was the time they got up to
begin another day of toil. I follow
ed them around during the day,
watching them go to their first
class at 8:80 and return to the
dormitories at 12:30 p.m. All this
time had been* spent in contact
work. At 1 p.m., they were busy
again, but this time they were
busy digesting what they had
learned in class that morning un
der the guidance of able and help
ful Professors. They really seem
ed to be finding out what it was
all about too! From 5 to 6 p.m.,
they were busy learning about the
Army and keeping fit physically.
That was the end of their day!
Yes that’s right. I said, :The
end of their day.” From 6 p.m.,
they were free to do as they pleas
ed! Oh, some of them studied in
the evening, but they were doing
it because they needed to. Being
men, each one was aware of his
own responsibility and governed
himself accordingly. Most of the
boys were able to get their work
during the four hours of study in
the afternoon, but if there was any
doubt in a fellows’ mind, he would
get after it that evening. It
wasn’t so strange either that all
these fellows were getting good
grades. There was a keeness about
the way they were going after
their studies that said louder than
words that they thoroughly enjoy
ed their work. No one ever tried
to shirk his duty. They were Hon-
on Bound to do a good job, and
each man knew a feeling of pride
that comes only with a job well
done.
In the course of my wanderings,
I chanced upon an Officer who was
attached to the Unit; so I asked
him, “Sir, How does it happen that
you can run an organization of
this type in this manner and get
such marvelous results?”
His reply was quick and very
impressive. “You know,” he said,
’’The one thing every American
prides himself upon is his ability
to think for himself. No one need
do his thinking for him and woe
unto the man who tries! These boys
wouldn’t let us down, because we
don’t let them down. We respect
them as men; and in return they
turn, they respect us because we
do. That’s all there is to it.”
Well, as I said, it was only a
dream; but it was swell while it
lasted! It should be noted that the
forgoing has no relation to any
person, event or organization, dead
or alive! In closing and with apol
ogies to Jimmy Fidler let me say,
“Don’t get me wrong though, I
love Holly—I mean A. & M.”
— EXHAUST —
(Cob tin nod From Pag* I)
“patiently” for their wives to ar
rive.
The noise resembling a boiler
factory, coming from E-ll every
nght whch causes the guards to
shout, “You guys quit beating on
those tin cans.” Is nothing more
than Leon “Dollar Watch” Sul
tan’s time piece which he proudly
refers to as “Little Ben.”
Rumor-gram has it that Sleppy
Stiles is singing, ‘‘ I don’t know
how he does it, but he does it,”
and thinking of his physics pro
fessor at the same time.
It was a nice day for a mur
der. But murders are against the
law. Robbery was nore dignified.
Slyly Mr. Rutz’s hand stole inch
by inch until the Washington boy
felt the thrill of picking his first
lock of Texas Cotton.
Once more by special request
we give out with what is in a name.
It could be Slip, Sloop, Skliep, but
for the information of mail clerks
especially the name Schliep is pro
nounced “Slippe” and not any of
the 9,999 versions of it that are
common to Squadron Five.
Before this feature goes into a
flat spin we’ll level off.
Personalities
Alexander H. Munson
PVt. Alexander H. Munson,
182276554, was bom September 26,
1921, in Brooklyn, New York.
When still at a toddling age his
parents moved to
Haddon Heights,
New Jersey,
where he attended
school. As he
lived just across
the river from
Pennsyl vania
State University,
it was hoped that
he would get to
there, but after seeing a Long
horn and getting in one some good
rumors about how Texas A. & M.
was run, Alex was inspired to head
for Texas.
September, 1939 found Fish
Munson in the Field Artillery band.
According to “Doc” he attended
class occasionally, made all band
trips during football seasons, and
finally, to his surprise and due
to an error in the military depart
ment, he was made first sergeant
of the band. In ’42 he was again
mistaken for someone else and
was made captain of that famed
Aggie band.
“Doc” was due to go to O. C. S.
in January of this year but decid
ed against it to remain in the
School of Veterinary Medicine.
Munson has seen service as a re
peater in pharmacology because of
his conversational abilities in the
class.
“Doc” is a member of the Hrd-
licka Volunteers and was once
president of the F. O. C. He is
also a member of the Dirty Dozen
Club which is made up of Ex-Ag
gies who plan to do a bit of exten
sive traveling after the war. Plans
for mariage and children? None!
His greatest wish . . . that he will
get to see A. & M. back in the
groove with all the accessories.
Now! Off the record, “Doc”
Munson is one of the best liked
and most well known men on the
campus. He never worries and he
always has a smile for everyone
he meets. He will give you his
shirt together with his last plug
of Brownmule, if asked for it.
Happy hunting in the future
“Doc”. We want you to know that
we will, miss you, but we realize
you’ll be making friends where-
ever you are sent. Thanks for ev
erything.
Aggie News
“Let go ‘Clip’! ”
Out of a coker-spaniel bitch and
sired by an unknown chow-“clip”,
the mascot of the 2nd St. Co., 3800
ATSU, was at first owned by 1st
Sgt. A. B. Sabo. The owner of the
coker-spaniel had promised one of
the puppies of the coming little
to Sgt. Sabo, so he chose a palm
sized black ball from the spuirm-
ing mass of wiggly tails, toes,
tummies and tangle heads. On
July 1, the two weeks old dog
was taken home and the fun be
gan.
After getting over his initial
nostaligia “Clip” set up his re
gime. Promptly at 4:30 each morn
ing he sounded reveille for Sgt.
Sabo to get up and start the day
with play, but when the Sgt. reach
ed for his clothes they were not
to be found. Both shoes and clothes
were off in different corners of
the room where they had been
chewed in varying degrees. As the
Sgt. swung his feet over the side
of the bunk he felt a set of milk
teeth sink into his big toe. (No!
he didn't say a word).
Being an early riser “Clip” was
over-ready when chow time came
and didn’t waste much time on his
scabs (cereal) and cow (milk)
which gradually gave way to bull-
neck (meat) and cow.
Today “Clip” measures about
eight inches at the shoulder, twelve
inches from fore to aft, and any
where from eight to ten inches
around his amazingly distendable
abdomen.
Already he has romped his way
into the hearts of al Ithe men of
the outfit and is becoming more
firmly entrenched as time goes by.
One even hears of his being nom
inated to fill the place of our re
vered Reveille..
Will someone please find Fickes
black life time Schaffer fountain
pen. It has a three-eights inch
gold band on cap and his name
In Memoriam
Last Tuesday morning marked
the passing of Liberty Loan, the
greatest American Saddle Horse
of whom Mr. Owen Garrigan said,
“He never has had an equal.”
Liberty Loan was dropped in
1917 and was sired by Rex Pea-
vine out of Lady Winsome. His
distinctive markings were a long
star, a left white front coronet,
and white rear ankles on an other
wise chestnut body.
When Liberty Loan came to A.
& M. on August 6, 1930, he was
a spoiled outlaw, but Mr. Owen
Garrigan, who has todate been with
the college 27 years and knows
and loves his horses as few men
do, soon changed his disposition.
At the college Liberty Loan stood
at public stud as well as stud for
the registered mares owned by A.
& M. so that an accurate account of
his offspring is not available.
However, some of his ouestand-
ing offspring who have made his
tory in the horse world are: Li
berty Fox, Yankee Doodle, Queen
of San Joaquin and the undefeat-
ted William the Conqueror. Liber
ty Loan was also used to demon
strate to many generations of
Animal Husbandry students the
exceptional type displayed by this
prepotent and outstanding ani
mal which had no choice of gaits-
being perfect in all gaits.
That Liberty Loan lived for 26
years when the high average for
a horse’s existence is only 18
years, is attributed to the loving
care and management given to
him by Mr. Garrigan. The greatest
tribute that could be paid to Li
berty Loan would be to quote Mr.
Garrigan: “When I lost that horse
I lost everything that belonged to
me .... I was very much at-
tacehd to him.”
Today, Kalaroma Victory, a foal
sired by Liberty Loan out of
Lovedale’s Dream, a half sister
to Liberty Loan, dropped on March
19, 1943, is Liberty Loans’ last
bid to immortality.
Your Veterinarian
The Control of Hookworm Di
sease Still another great
contribution of veterinary ecience
to human medicine is the control
of hookworm diseace—an ailment
which, by robbing men. of their
energy, dooms whole families to
lives of laziness and poverty.
It was the Bureau of Animal
Industry, founded and dirided by
veterinarians, which first an
nounced that the disease is caused
by a parasite—the hookworm—
common both to animals and man.
So revolutionary was this an
nouncement that many intelligent
people ridiculed it as “the lazy
bug” theory.
Not content with merely disco
vering the cause of the diseace the
veterinary profession through two
of its members (Hall and Shilling-
er) discovered that two chemicals
(carbon tetrachloride and tetra-
chlorethylene) destroy the para
sites. Although the treatment was
developed for dogs, millions of hu
mans have been treated with these
drugs—and hookworm disease is
fast disappearing from America.
— TOWN HALL —
(Continued From Page 1)
purchasing tickets may select
seats for the eight Town Hall
programs, it was pointed out.
Prices for the reserved season
ticket for the entire 1943-44 pro
gram is $5.00. A special price of
$2.00 is offered to servicemen and
students.
In view of the fact that no re
servations will be made over the
telephone and that the first choice
of seats will go to the first to
apply for them, the public is urged
to purchase reserved seats as soon
as the tickets go on sale. A com
plete staff will be on hand to aid
in the sale of tickets at each of
the booths.
Contribute to General Reveille
fund — and help save a soldier’s
life.
in gold. Collect the four dollar
reward and no questions will be
asked. (It says here!)
MARINES
Let Us Do Your Alterations
Lauterstein’s
LOUPOT’S
A Little Place and a
Big Saving!
When in Doubt About Your
Eyes or Your Glasses
Consult
DR. J. W. PAYNE
Optometrist
109 S. Main Bryan
Next to Palace Theatre
i| LOUPOT’S |
Where You Always Get
a Fair Trade
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FAMOUS CLOSE SHAVES By Barber Sol
EJECTION. ELECTION, RBWRRECTI0H.
BALBOA, PACIFIC 0CEAM DISCOVERER,
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THE SAILORS REBELLED AND SELECTED
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JAP, NA7I-WHAT'S THE DIFF - BABIES OWE THEIR LIVES
ALL THE SAME- BETTER a i-' a -SSING COAST GUARDS*
STIFF ^ : CAUGHT THEM IN HIS
OS AS THEY FELL FROM
BETTER BUY BONDS
PLANTING THE FALL GARDEN
COLLEGE STATION, Sept. —
Scattered showers over Texas fore
cast the turn of the season and
the time ot begin fall garden work
in earnest.
J. F. Rosborough, horticulturist
for the A. and M. College Exten
sion Service, recommends planting
mustard greens with the first good
rain because this vegetable grows
quickly and should be ready for
the table in four weeks. Fall beans
require about 45 days to mature,
and if planted in August or early
September in most parts of the
state a good supply should be
available before cold weather. The
Stringless Green Pod variety is
high in quality and somewhat heat
resistant.
Leaf lettuce should receive spec
ial consideration because it is more
tolerant to heat than the head va
riety. Black Seeded Simpson or
Grand Rapids are good varieties.
When the weather cools head let
tuce may be planted.
In the south part of the state
fall tomatoes may be produced by
planting the seed in the field, pro
vided frost does not come before
December. Where planting is pos
sible, sow four to six seed to the
foot in rows five feet apart. Space
the plants to three feet apart in
the row when 10 to 12 inches high.
Irrigate the young plants about
every 10 days, and remove all suck
ers below the first bloom cluster
on the main stem.
All carrots require special pre
paration of the seed bed, Ros
borough advises spading the row to
a depth of eight or ten inches and
mixing in well rotted manure or
compost to prevent packing. When
carrots reach hard layers of sub
soil they become misshapen. Plant
the seed one inch deep, firming the
soil by tamping with a hoe or
walking on top of the row. Lay
boards on the row after planting
to retain moisture and keep the
earth cool. Remove them when the
seed begins to germinate.
WHERE TO
SPEND YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
up
There’s nothing more relax
ing and refreshing after a
long session in classes or a
hard afternoon on the drill
field than to come by George’s
and enjoy a cooling and re-
\\
freshing drink and spend a
few minutes visiting with the
f F fellows. You’re always wel
come at George’s—where the
guys all get together!
GEORGE’S
New “Y”
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Dirt and grit in the weaves of the
material of your clothing is one of
the great cause of wear. Preserve
* your clothing and give them a much
longer life by having us clean them
properly by the best and latest
methods. Properly cleaned clothing
wears much longer and you will look
neater and better pressed —
By
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