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THE BATTALION
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1948
OFFICIAL NOTICES
CUMified
light
20F4
Coulter Field, Phone
LOST-—Billfold containing $24 and per
sonal papers, somewhere in the vicinity
Puryear Hall. Finder please return
fold. I don’t care about the money,
but I need the papers very badly. A/S
Puryear Hall,
of Purye
billfold. 1
Allen Ferguson, Puryear
Room 106.
. LOST—One Elgin Watch with “N.H.S.,
District Champions” printed on the face
and “Dick Wright engraved on back.
See Wright, K-14, Walton or Box 478,
College. Reward.
Church Notices
The Woman’s Auxilitary of the First
College Station
jup Conference
of District I of the Brazos Fresbyterial on
he
Pi-esbyterian
will be hostess
ry
Church at College Station
Conference
the Grou
Oct. 20. This conference will be held at
the First Baptist Church of College
is conference
Baptist Chi
Station. The registration will begin at
10 a.m. and the program will run from
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with an hour
for lunch.
Mrs. A. H. Crouch, Willis, Texas, Dis
trict Chairman, will preside at this con
ference and a very interesting program
has been arranged.
Please call in your reservation for the
luncheon to Mrs. P. W. Burns by Mon
day, Oct. 18.
Trimming Tabs
Squadron I
The Parish Celebration in honor of the
26th anniversary of the consecration of
the Rt. Rev. C. S. Quin, D. D., Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Texas will be ob
served at St. Thomas’ Chapel, Sunday, Oct.
17th, at the 11:00 a.m. Communion Service.
The offering at this service will be sent
to the Chairman of the Anniversary Fund.
This Fund is being raised for the purpose
of good works and special purposes in the
Diocese and all of the friends of Bishop
Quin will have the opportunity to con
tribute.
ST _
The'Re
Holy
Church School 10:00 a.m.
Holy Communion 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Club 6:15 p.m.
Choir Practice 6:30 p.m.
The Ladies Guild will meet in the rec
tory, Monday, Oct. 18th, at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. J. H. R. Farrell will be absent
during the week attending the Clergy
Conference at Camp Allen.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday 9:45 a.m. Bible classes; 10:46
a.m., the Morning worship; 6:16 p.m. the
After-sapper discussion group; 7 p.m.
the Evening Worship. Wednesday: 7:00
p.m. the Prayer Meeting.
All are invited to attend all these serv
ices.
AMERICAN LUTHERAN
CONGREGATION
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning
Service at 11 :00, in the Y. M. C. A.
Chapel.
Evening
sembly Ro
Service at 7:15 in the As-
m of the Y. M. C. A. building,
Kooi
second floo:
Women’s Missionary
Wednesday afternoon, October 20, at 3:00
omen
nesda
the parsonage.
Missionary Society meeting
The Faculty Exchange is holding a box
Bros. This box
nimal Biology and
Speaking.
The Womens Society of Christian Serv
ice of A. and M. Methodist Church will
meet at 8 o’clock Monday evening with
Mrs. E. D. Parnell, 600 Walton Drive,
College Hills. Mrs. H. L. Mathews will
be co-hosess.
Submitted by
Mrs. R. M. Pinkerton.
Commandants Office
irre
her 43, is apiendc
Fatigue Call 7:30
Daily except as
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT
General Order No. 7 :
Effective 1st call REVEILLE, MON
DAY, OCTOBER 18, 1943, General Or
der No. 4, current series. 20 Septem-
!ed to read as follows:
a.m.
y except as noted elsewhere.
1st Call 7:07 a.m., 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Reveille 7 :17 a.m.
Assembly 7:20 a.m. (Roll call).
Recall 7:25 a.m.
Fatigue call 7:30 a.m.
Mess call 7:57 a.m., 8:25 Sunday.
Assembly 8:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Mess call 1:10 p.m. 1:20 p.m. Sunday.
Assembly 1:13 p.m., 1:25 Sunday.
1st call retreat 6:55 p.m., 6:10
6:10 p.m. Sunday.
Assembly 6:57 p.m., 6:12 p.m., 6:12
p.m. Sunday.
Retreat 7:00 p.m., 6:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m.
(See NOTICES, Page 2)
p.m..
CITATION
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Looks as if we are all set for
the dance tonight, huh, fellows
Mr. De Sylva seems the most ea
ger of the whole outfit. Why, he
has had that girl here for three
days now. Guess he just wanted
to be sure he wouldn’t have to
sweat out a stag line all night
long. Mr. Herndon is very proud
of the better half who just arrived
from the wilds of Bakersfield.
Look for them tonight, he really
aims to give with the feet from
the opening gong.
Some of the fellows in Flight 15
are wondering where Mr. Ward,
their Geography prof, got the idea
that these guys from Brooklyn
had never seen cows.
Everyone is asking Mr. Hoover
if he plans to become a plumber
after the war. They say he be
came well acquainted with the
plumbing fixtures last week-end.
Don’t let them get you down; it
happens in the best of families.
The laugh of the week seems to
be on Mr. O’Quinn. After he brag
ged on his girl back home by tell
ing that she was the Queen of the
Homed Toad Derby back in Cali
fornia, someone thought up the
swell idea of pasting a picture
of a homed toad on his mirror
with his girl’s name attached there
to. Such a hobby, Mr. Hinkle.
We occasionally see A/S Wilkins
of Flight 14 tremendously enjoying
the comforts of an automobile with
a “little bundle of Joy” incorpo
rated. Who is she, fellow? Let’s
go for getting acquainted, eh
what?
Lorenspaghetti really went
through a tough check ride this
week. With a straight chair as the
cockpit and a broom as the stick
he proceeded to go through an in
tricate series of turnk and banks,
did some chandelles and stalls, S-
turns, spins and all. Seems that he
got his controls crossed once though
and they washed him out, very
much to his surprise, by pouring
a pail of water on his head when
he had his back turned. That’s a
beaut of a cold you have there,
Mister.
The latest in styles are begin-
ing to show in our dorm every
night now. You can see the boys
dressing all up in 0. D.'s and pa
rading around the ramps to show
their drape shirts and straight
pants. We’ll be a classy-looking
bunch all decked out in those
beautiful woolens. Watch for us;
we’ll be waiting for you, come on
in and help us work these prob
lems will you?
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THE UNDEFEATED SQUAD
RON I SOFTBALL TEAM WILL
PLAY THE MARINE COMBINE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 P.
M. This is the game of games for
the softball season as both teams
will enter the fray undefeated.
Mr. Morris will undoubtedly pitch
for Squadron 1. What say, fellows,
come out and cheer for Squadron
I; the Navy and Marines will cer
tainly be there cheering for their
squad.
Has anyone seen Mr. Robson of
Squadron I play basketball? Any
time you fellows need a pointer
on how the game should be cor
rectly played, don’t hesitate to call
on Mr. Robson.
Mr. Dowell, Squadron I, P. E.
instructor, was puzzled the other
day to hear the fellows yelling
for more burpees. What can the
matter be?
Lt. Segrest seems stuck on that
softbal Ream of his. Fellows let’s
not let him down Sunday noon.
All you Squadron I men who are
not playing be there anyway to
cheer the team on. After all let’s
have a little spirit for your own
team.
All you fellows who were ex
tremely interested in who would
win the World Series can now get
back to work. As you all know
the Yanks still are a grand ball
team.
My roving reporter tells me to
send my deepest apology to Sgt.
Hutcheson of Squadron I. It seems
that your reporter said he was
from Missouri. I’m sorry, Sgt.,
when I found out you were actually
a Texan.
Spotlight Figure for The week
Introducing Mr. George Kerko-
rian of Squadron I. Mr. Kerkorian
was born in Waukeegan, Hlinois.
He had close relations with Jack
Benny and was a good friend of
Frank Sinatra. In high school he
was a stand-out in athletics. He
played 2 years of varsity basket
ball and made honorable mention
on the Illinois State basketball
team. He was an under-study half
back to the great Otto Graham,
who by the way ran 97 yards for
a touchdown in the recent All-Star
ACTt CA NEWS
James L. Anderson Editor-in-Chief | ’A1 Lorenzetti Sports Editor I Dana Green Squadron IV Editor
A1 Lorenzetti —Managing Editor F. W. Hennessee Staff Artist Faine A. Carson ..Squadron V Editor
Jack Persky ..-Associate Editor Woddrow W. Harris. Squadron I Editor Reporters: Joseph W. Tiffenbach, Frank
Odell Hawkins Associate Editor F. W. Yeutter Squadron II Editor J. Stiles, Joseph Cantor, William Rabin,
Dana Green Associate Editor R. F. Smith .-. Squadron III Editor William R. Fitzegerald, Edward F. Calla
han.
Wing Ball To Be Held In Sbisa Saturday
Contact
Squadron II
Greetings and Salutations, Gen
tlemen, here we are again, your
human vacuum cleaners bringing
you the dirt gleaned from your
midst. What’s new on the pages of
your time, candid shots at your day.
Gentlemen, do you suffer from
that middle age spread, when you
sit on a chair, do you feel a hang
over; can you hear your arteries
hardening; are you loosing your
grip on life (and your uppers); do
week-end trips bother you ? In
short, are you feeling sorry for
yourself? Well men, wehave just
the cure for you. May we suggest
you take our treatment to rocket
your morale, trim your figure, and
make you get up in the morning
feeling like a new man. Put that
zip into your life. What! You’re
feeling fine? You’re eating like a
king, and your figure is trim? Oh,
then you heard about Cadets. You
know how to feel on the ball, you
know where the best outfit in the
world is and you are strong as a
horse. Then, Mister, as a special
favor to your best pal in the
ranks, just sit right down and tell
hum just what he’s missing and
not only rejoice in your fortune
but share it with some G. I. who
needs a hand. You can’t do him a
better favor and he’ll some day
thank you for the tip.
The champion of Squadron II
football league has finally been de
cided. On the evening of October
14 the playoff between the un
beatable Flight 24, “Galloping
Meatballs” and their dangerous
opponents, Flight 27, “Bonecruch-
ers” was carried out to its bloody
finish. Upon entering the Meatball
leaders’ room I found him sur
rounded by his advisors. After
much red tape I finally got a state
ment from him. “Rather than name
any stars I want to say that all
men gave a good account of them
selves, which was the prime reason
for our victory and the victories
which are to follow.” Remarkable
statement.
Mr. Zimmelman, the leader of
the Bonecrushers can be quoted as
saying, “Tho we had a good team
we met one better. We found them
the best of sports and gentlemen.
The chief result of these games
is that we have been able to choose
a team which is out to trim all
comers including Squadron V.” Re
markable statement.
Who’se the doodler who is gra
cing our new bulletin board with
his Candid Masterpieces each A.
M?
May we welcome the mother of
Mr. Robert A. Wilcox to College
Station.
What is it with our new Romeo
in Bryan ? Tell us about it Mr.
Ciacio.
Auction: By members of Ramp
Nine, Puryear Hall: One slightly
abused trombone. Time:-the soon
er the better. Lowest bidder gets
it, we hate to cheat you.
If you want to hear some real
boogie drop in the Assembly Hall
early some evening and hear Mr.
Gookin, our pianissimo bug, knock
himself out. Solid Boy! Solid!
tSan Marcos Band
To Play; Girls To
Be Brought In
Tonight’s the night! Is Dorothy
Lamour going to visit us? No! Is
Superman going to swoop in on us ?
No! Is Mrs Roosevelt going to
pay us a visit? No—well, who
knows? Are five hundred (count
’em) lovely lassies going to drop
into our midst? YES, For why?
It’s the night of the Wing Ball,
of qourse. Yes, it’s THE night of
nights, and that glow you’ll see in
the sky above old Sbisa Hall will
be the Beavers at their eagerest,
burning up the two-by-fours and
not with Mrs. five-by-five.
Music—yes indeed, the best. It’s
the solid San Marcos Army Air
Base jivers, and our scouts report
that they are tops. Tommy Vasi-
laros, a slide-horn man from ’way
back, was featured with Red Nich
ols and the Ice-Capades. Dino Fp-
cosi was first trumpet man with
Deacon Moore. Dale Owens on the
tenor sax, Al-Caldwell on the ivo
ries, Jack Almack beating it out
on the guitar. Gentlemen, they are
a band you’ll long remember and
favorably. AND—they have a girl
vocalist whose name we haven’t
been able to obtain. Our opera
tives say she, too, is tops. Sixteen
smooth senders will put that gotta-
dance feeling into those old feet
from the first note.
And who are all these lovelies
we mentioned ? Why they’re the
cream of the Houston and Dallas
crops. Remember them at the last
dance? “Slick chicks,” as Wing Ball
committee-member Maldonado puts
it, and he’s an authority, gentle
men. Ask him. And they’ll be
here until Sunday noon, so you can
have at ’em in daylight too. And
that reminds us—-there will be a
full moon. Ah, romance!
Yes indeed, it’s an affair you’ll
regret missing. The biggest, best-
est Wing Ball ever. Give me elbow
room, boys, so that this little beau
ty and I can trip the light fantastic
in true Wing Ball style.
Don’t miss it. We’ll see you
there.
game. He then moved to the Uni
versity of Illinois. Here he studied
“Metallurgy” which by the way
took up much of his spare time.
However, he managed to play two
years each of football and basket
ball. Mr. Kerkorian has always had
the urge to fly and used to build
model airplanes; but, not until he
saw the picture “Air Force” and
“Flying Tigers” did it finally
dawn on him to get into Cadets.
Now, much to his amazement he
still thinks flying has always been
in his blood and will remain there.
That’s all for now fellows, so I
will leave you with this thought.
IF YOU CAN’T TAKE PART IN
A SPORT, BE ONE ANYWAY,
WILL YOU?
Wing News
The approaching Wing Ball finds
the Detachment anxiously antici
pating a grand time. Most of the
Beaver’s know from past exper
ience that it jivould be impossible
not to have an enjoyable week end.
Again may the news staff call
your attention to the fact that we
must be a our best for courtesy and
chivalry to sustain that reputation
for which we are known.
Welcome, a very cordial wel
come, to the eighteen new Beavers
who arrived in Squadron III this
past Thursday. Congratulations al
so, Congratulations to you for ar
riving here just in time to attend
our Wing Ball. Come on fellows
toss overboard that nervousness
that you have. It is rumored that
you are a bit nervous over the new
ness of everything. But the spirit
of events around here will soon get
you and you will no longer notice
that nervousness.
The Air Corps Wives are orga
nizing an Air Corps Wives Club,
under the guidance and help of
Captain Hill and other personnel
of the Detachment. Already the
Club has made itself useful by as
sisting the Red Cross with part
time work. Our hats off to you.
Wives of Air Corps Men. Your
spirit and conduct is typical of
that of the men you married.
We close Wing News this issue
with the reminder; “Speak as; act
as; .and BE a gentlemon at all
times.
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Service Record
By Odell Hawkins
Mr. Robert Burke, at the present
time of Squadron I, was bom in
Benwood, West Virginia; the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Burke. He
grew up, went to school, and work
ed in Benwood up until the time
he joined the Army in 1939.
He enlisted at Fort Hays, Colum
bus, Ohio; asked ■ for and was
assigned to the Air Corps in the
Territory of Hawaii. After six
weeks of basic at Fort Hays, he
went to the Port of Embarkation
at New York City.
Left New York August 15, 1939;
proceeded down through the Pana
ma Canal, up to San Francisco and
thence across to Hawaii, landing in
Honolulu September 14, 1939.
Most of his stay in Hawaii was
at Hickam Field. While there he
attended Hickam Tech., and finish
ed as a mechanic, serving as a
crew chief in B-18’s and later on
B-17’s.
On the morning of December 7,
he was in the barracks getting
ready for church when the attack
came. When the bombs started
falling he didn’t know what was
happening, but when a Jap dive
bomber circled the barracks so
low that he could look out and see
the red ball on the wing he got the
general idea that the field was be
ing attacked. With bombs falling
all around, the first impulse was
to run and that is exactly what he
did. He soon cooled off however
and began to assist with the wound
ed. The courage of the men at the
field was magnificent; many of
them set up machine-guns and
started firing away at the attack
ing planes. Mo^t of these men in
cluding some of Mr. Burke’s bud
dies were killed.
After Pearl Harbor Mr. Burke
started training as a bombardier.
His formal schooling was inter
rupted by the Battle of Midway,
in which he took part.
Victorious, they returned from
Midway to Hawaii, remained there
about a month and then flew down
to the New Hebrides. The supply
system was inadequate at the time
so for the first week the Squadron
subsisted in coconuts and tanger
ines. They went into action almost
immediately, covering the landings
of the Marines in Guadalcanal and
bombing the Jap supply lines and
bases. About a month after the
Marines landed, the squadron took
over Henderson Field, converting
it into a bomber base. In October,
however, the Japs made a strong
bid to capture Guadalcanal, getting
in so close that they were able to
shell and bomb the field, forcing
the 26th to move back to the New
Hebrides for a few days. In 11
questions and time has certainly"
given an affirmative answer on
both counts.
That is the “how” of the Aggies
team’s phenomenal winning streak,
but the “why” is a totally differ
ent proposition. The “why” has to
do with that certain something
that is called “Aggie spirit”. Many
have tried to put that famous spir
it into words or pictures but none
have succeeded. Yet that spirit has
just as much to do with the Cadet
team as any scrimmage or skull
practice does, for without it the
Aggies would not be Aggies, and)
it can be said that if that old spirit
of Aggieland were not present on
the A. and M. campus now the
A.ggies would be in a fairly de
days Henderson Field underwent
40 raids. The Americans made it
so hot for the Japs that they be
came discouraged and left for
home and the 26th came back and
re-occupied its old base. One of
the worst battles that Mr. Burke
was in took place on Christmas
Day, 1942, when the Fortress in
which he was flying was attacked
by thirty zeros. That day they got
in on two engines and a prayer.
Early in 1943, he was shipped
down to Port Moresby, New Guinea,
where for ten days he participated
in the bombing of Rabaul. Next he
received ten days rest period and
was flown down to Aukland, New
Zealand. He must have enjoyed
himself for he appeared very enthu
siastic about the place. His group jected mood as far as the football
then went back to Guadalcanal,
flew in a few more raids and on
March 1, set out for the United
States. They arrived at Hamilton
Field, California, March 6, which
is pretty fast traveling. He was
granted 66 day leave, which he
spent at home “having a wonder-i
ful time.” This was his first visit
home since he, left in 1939.
Mr. Burke wears four stars in
his campaign ribbon, for service
at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Solo
mons, and New Guinea. He has
been recommended for the D. F.
C. and Air Medal and his entire
group has been cited by the Pres
ident.
—NTAC—
Continued From Page 1)
Six giant tackles are on the
squad. Four of these are from
TCU: Weldon Edwards, 225
pounds; Emmet Hill, 200 pounds;
John Steele, 215 pounds, and J. B.
“Punk” Smith, 185 pounds. A
four-year veteran from SMU,
Burnie Smith weighs 220 pounds
and Jack Johnson, a 210 pounder is
from East Texas State Teachers
College.
Starting ends will probably be
Ester Parham, a 220 pounder from
TWC and Harold Crossen a 200
pound three-year veteran from
Texas Tech.
In the backfield, NTAC has mat
erial to burn. Tailbacks include
Howard “Red” Maley, former SMU
running and passing wizard and
J. P. “Pete” Sout, a 200 pound tail
back from last year’s TCU frosh
team who has been described by
Coach Dutch Meyer of TCU as
the finest backfield prospect the
Frogs had since Sammy Baugh.
Stout does everything superla
tively well. Against the SMU Pon
ies, he personally passed and ran
for two touchdowns. “De” Lewis,
a 150 pounder from Texas Tech
and Don Hughes, another TCU
frosh last season, are also avail
able for duty at the tailback post.
Both are triple-threaters.
Halfbacks include Ben “Peck”
McMinn, a fine blocker and run
ner from SMU and J. J. Gibson, a
fine blocking back who played
with TCU last year. In addition,
Don Ezell, Sam Weatherford, both
from TCU and Odell Harrison
from TWC are better than average
halfbacks. At the fullback post
NTAC has “Big John” Bond, a 215
pound back from TCU whose run
ning is the mainstay of the Ag
gie ground game, and Pete Blanda,
a four-year triple-threater from
Texas Tech.
—AGGIES—
(Continued From Page 1)
before into a well-oiled football
machine. At the outset there were
two main questions: would the
Aggies have enough time to get
that essential co-ordination, and
once they got the coordination
could they compete -with teams
composed of more experienced
men? Time alone could decide those, hope it stays there!
situation is concerned. But the spir
it of “Old Army” is in high gear
now, as you will see today, and it
will take plenty to halt the Aggies’
forward march.
And so it is that the nation’s
football fans are watching today’s
game. We may easily see several
questions decided, all important
ones such as “can the Aggies keep
their streak of wins unbroken in
conference competition”, “will the
Frogs be able to turn back the fav
ored Cadets and maintain their
conference lead?” and “which team
will almost be eliminated from
the conference running?” Soon af
ter you read this you will see the-
answers to these questions.
The Aggies will display a fast
running attack and a razor-edged
pass attack on the offense, as well
as a strong and well-backed line.
The Aggie backfield will center
around Marion Flanagan, star punt
receiver, Bob Butchofsky, depend
able blocking back, Stan Turner,
ace kicker, and James Hallmark
and Earl Beesley, two boys who
can really toss those aerials. Stand
outs on the line for the Cadets
will be Goble Bryant and Monty
Moncrief at the tackle spots, Herb
Turley and Dick Overly at the
guard posts, Dick Wright or Bob
Gray at the cener point, and Mar
ion Settegast, Eldon Long, Bill
Geer, Jess Moore, James Wiley and
Charlie Wright at the end posi
tions. Moreover, the Cadets employ
a rather unique system of substi
tutions, for they sub in almost a
whole team at a time and the B
and C teams are close behind the
first-stringers when it comes to
real tough going. The Cadets use
either the single wingback or the
box formation with either a single
or double tailback, and this has
proven to be very flexible pattern.
T. C. U. Coach Dutch Meyer will
pin his hopes on Jim Lucas, his
freshman star from Pecos, Harry
Gardner, Doug Carter, and Clyde
Flowers. These boys will be ex
pected to carry the brunt of the
Frog offense and defense along
with the others on the T. C. U.
lineup. Dutch knows that the Ag
gies are going to be trying to take
the game and he is determined
to give them a battle for their
time. The Frogs are by no means
resigned to losing the game and
they still have plenty of tricks up^
their sleeve to pull when the chips
are down. Summing up the counts
for both teams, the Aggies should
win by two touchdowns. But the
Frogs may be just the ones to
make sports writers dope on the
Aggies-wrong. There’s plenty of
football on tap before the after
noon is over, so let’s see for our
selves what happens. No matter
who wins you’re due to see a real
thriller, and you can bet your
boots that both teams will be fight
ing hard all the way. Whatever
happens today the Aggies can be
thanked for drawing the nation’s
attention to the Southwest. Let’s
r
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