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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1943
&
OFFICIAL NOTICES
FOR SALE—Bicycle in good condition.
See Nash, 205 No. 11 or Phone 4-4684.
FOR SALE—Motor Scooter, Cushman
Huskie, with extra parts and Tires, $35.00.
Call 4-9254, Capt. Earll or Fidelity High
lands after 5:00 p.m.
Will care for child and home during
the day. Sunday and Saturday afternoon
off. Call Mrs. Mayo 4-4439, or 109 Mont
clair Ave., South College Park.
LOST—Sunday, October 31 at Gym.
A gold watch with brown leather strap.
Tavannes make. Also a set of keys. Re
turn to Room 202, Dorm 15. Reward.
LOST—Wallet containing money, a
check book and identification papers
ing the exhibition of “Gone With
Wind” at the Campus Theater Tuesday
night. Reward. Ruiz, G.L. A-7 Walton,
Box 2915, College Station.
Announcements
GARDEN CLUB—The Bryan and Col
lege Garden Club will meet in the Col
lege Y. M. C. A. Friday, November 6
at 3 p.m.
There is to be a Chrysanthemum and
fall garden show with Mrs. Fred Hale
and Mrs. A. J. Bennett in charge.
Mrs. B. F. Vance will talk on the cul
ture of strawberry and other bush fruits.
Mrs. A. B. Conner will give the planting
calendar. All members are urged to be
present.
There will be an important meeting of
the Horticulture Society Thursday at 8:00
p.m. in Room 103, Agr. Bldg. Plans for
Horticulture show will be discussed. Fresh
men and Sophomore students are especially
invited.
Executive Offices
Thanksgiving holidays for the clerical
staff have been limited to the one day,
Thursday, November 25. It is expected that
offices will be closed on Thursday, the
26th of November, but opened for the
remainder of the week.
The Christmas holidays for the clerical
staff will begin at five o’clock dn December
23 and extend through December 28.
F. C. Bolton,
Acting President.
Will the Department who sent a paper
welder to the Service Industries, Inc., Mid-
dleport, N. Y., for repairs, please call for
same at the President’s Office.
Commandants Office
1. ATTENTION ALL CADETS: It has
come to the attention of this Headquarters
that by error the Exchange Store has is
sued black ties to some of the cadets
instead of khaki ties. Those cadets who
have been issued black ties, will exchange
them at the Exchange Store for the
khaki ties as soon as possible.
2. ATTENTION ALL CADETS: Memo
randum No. 15, this Headquarters, dated
28 October 1943, reference wearing of uni
forms, is amended for cadets ONLY, as
follows:
Paragraph 1. Until further order, cadets
will wear cotton or woolen shirts
with woolen slacks for all form:
tions and for habitual wear on tl
campus.
Paragraph 2. Garrison caps (overseas)
s for all for-
wear on the
ma-
the
campus.
3. Tactical Officer of the Day:
Wednesday, 3 November 1943—Maj
or J. P. LERNER
Thursday, 4 November 1943—Major
J. E. BRELAND
Officer of the Day—3800 S. U., ASTU:
Wednesday, 3 November 1943—Lieu
tenant P. K. DANIELS
Thursday, 4 November 1943—Lieu
tenant A. JENKINS
Officer of the Day—3801 S. U., STAR:
Wednesday, 3 November 1943—Cap
tain S. D. BRATTON
Thursday, 4 November 1943—Captain
L. R. LYNCH
4. LOST—Eversharp fountain pen. If
found please return to Captain Edward
L. Scott, Quartermaster Corps, Military
Department.
By order of Colonel WELTY:
A. J. BENNETT
Lt. Colonel, C. A. C.
Adjutant.
Contact
Squadron II
Yoicks, Tally-ho and to the press
we go. All freshly arrayed in itchy
O. D.’s and reeking of G. I. moth
balls do we solemnly present this
day’s doin's.
For a starter, let’s take Mr. John
E. Wilson of Ramp 8 Laww Hall.
T’other eve he was slumbering
soundly, a gathering dream took a
vague form in his sub-conscious
mind, and out of the mist came
this monster of steel, breathing
fire making horrible sounds like
Chooooo-Chooooo. This apparition
scared Johnny so badly he rolled
out of his beauty-rest mattress and
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Squadron I
This is Paul Reazack bringing
you the latest dope by trans-radio.
You are exactly six days to get in
your picture of your most beautiful
girl, sister, or relative.
Now we bring you the short
epitaph every student must follow
when each visits ye local dining
hall.
Dining HaH General Orders:
1. To take charge of this meat
and all spuds in view.
2. To watch my plate in a mili
tary manner, keeping always on
the alert for any dessert that
comes within sight or smell.
3. To report any bread sliced too
thin to the mess sergeant.
4. To repeat all calls for seconds.
5. To quit the table only when
satisfied that there is nothing else
left to eat.
6. To receive, but not pass on
to the person, tapioca or beans
left by the cook.
7. To talk to no one when I am
busy eating.
8. To allow no one to steal any
thing in the line of food.
9. To call the dining Sergeant in
any cvase not covered by the menu.
10. To salute all chicken, steak,
pork chops, ham and eggs, and
liver.
11. To be especially watchful at
the table, and at the time for
eating, to challenge anyone that is
getting more to eat than myself.
By Order of Mr. Stanfield
What fellow is extemely inter
ested in balloons? During a Phy
sic class he let one go to the
amazement of all the Beavers. We
presume he was trying to find out
what the humidity of the day was
that hour.
Flight 14 welcomes their new
teacher, Mr. C. C. Burt. He will
not be around to answer roll call
December 10.
What local tactical non-tactical
officer mistakenly uncovered the
loss of a football and basketball?
Are you taking up a collection,
Sgt. Hutcheson?
Well, our great basketball team
won another game tonight; the
score 38-27.
I wonder if Mr. Summers is go
ing to join Mr. Potts in raising
chickens come peacetime. They
have had it in mind now for quite
awhile.
We have picked the following
men to be the most gentlemen-like
in the Squadron. Misters Weiser,
Danmsky, Trembesky, J. Johnson,
Mabry, Terry, and Hancock.
Please tell us who that person
is gabbing in baby talk in Ramp
4 Room 91.
Thumb-Nail Schetches
Paul Reazack .... a cousin of Yehuit
Mr. Otell Gabriel
Mr. Utterback bucking for Lt.
Mr. Wooley ... Tuba this and tuba
that.
Mr. Hart ......Absent-minded
Mr. Mayo beginning to live
That is all for today fellows,
except to tell you that Paul Rea
zack has entered a picture of a
beautiful girl in the Detachment
contest, so get going.
onto the floor from the top-side
bunk. He said, Quote “Migawd, the
20th century Limited!” Unquote.
Messrs. “Robin, the Boy Wonder”
Penezick, “Green Hornet” Pfle-
ging and “Six Timer” Blake have
started an extra-curricular P. E.
program. Each night they take
calisthenics in their room. Pene
zick leads the group. “The next
exercise will be done in the follow
ing manner, on the count of one,
place your left leg over your right
shoulder. Ready, one, two. Uncom
fortable, isn’t it?”
This wedding business is getting
monotonous, but after all, all the
world loves a lover. Our own Mr.
Boston is contemplating trying
that “two-can-live-as-cheaply-as-
one” deal. Smooth sailing on the
sea of matrimony, Sport.
A/S Acuff, famed phycist, re
ceived a telegram last week-end
notifying him that he has been
commissioned a Second Lieutenant.
The telegram bore the signature of
Col. Robinson, our own. T’was a
thrilling message for awhile.
Mr. R. D. Wilson known of in
the vernacular as Supermouse,
could be seen Hallowe’en playing
pranks on his mates. The naughty
boy.
As THE boner of all times, let
us mention Mr. Cahill of Flight
24. He whipped up a sharp salute
the other mom only to realize he
had “Hiballed” an Aggie! Mr. Ca
hill can be seen at any time in his
room belaboring himself with a
hand-make black-jack.
Miss Brown, Sawyer’s femme de
Physiques, submits this “Pome”
See Wing News for further
scribblings of Squadron II scribes,
Mr. Fitzgerald compiled all of
those statistics after days of nerve
racking computations. Nice goin’.
Pertinent question of the hour:
James L. Anderson
A1
Jack Peraky..
Odell Hawkins
Paul McGinniss
Dana Green
A1
Editor-in-Chief
Editor
Associate Editor
kssociate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Editor
F. W. Hennessee Staff Artist
Woddrow W. Harris Squadron I Editor
F. W. Yeutter Squadron II Editor
Winsor Mowry Squd. Ill Editor
R. E. Wolf Squd. IV Editor
Faine A. Carson Squadron V Editor
Reporters: Anthony Castelluccio, Earl
Turner, Theodore Wilson, Joseph Canter,
Ted Levine, William R. Fitzgerald, Ed
ward F. Callahan, Leroy Mueller, Robert
‘Brien, P. H. Dillard, R. K. Otto.
The ACTD is written and edited by
Aviation students of the 308th College
Training Detachment, College Station.
Hanger Flying
Squadron III
Hail, loyal (?) followers. Whad-
dya know? (Neither do we, cause
we got a 20 in Physics, too.) And
speaking of things educational, we
wish to correct the impression of
one unnamed genius in Flight 36.
He is laboring under the impres
sion that Don Ameche invented
the telephone. (So help me, it real
ly happened in history class) . . . .
Does any one know our Squadron
Commander’s name ? It appears
that this gentleman has taken to
appearing in public without a name
tag. Come out from behind that
name tag, Mr. Smith, we know
you .... It has been reported to
us that Sgt. Regal wakes up in
the middle of the night screaming
“Take that man’s name!!!’’
We would like to know why Mr.
Wayne Smith, Mr. Tom Mahan,
and Mr. “Oosh” Marzbacher are
making such bitter complaints
about the room service at the ho
tel at which they stayed in Hous
ton last week end. Whit is the
story gentlemen?
We would like to set Mr. Brun
ner straight on something. Mickey
Rooney did not invent the tele
phone. Neither did Jack Benny.
Did you notice the dirty looks
pased between Mr. Bob Norris and
a certain Mr. Orr of Squadron V
on the basketball floor last night?
He is the gentleman to whom Bob
is supposed to give that picture.
The picture if Bob’s (?) gal that
Mr. Orr is entering in the contest
at the directions if the lady in
question.
Speaking of the contest, there
are only a few shopping days left
until the deadline is up. So get
in the snaps, etc. of all the females.
Speaking of deadlines, this story
is exactly twenty seconds over the
deadline so hold on to your hats
while I turn this corner.
“DID YOU KNOW?”
Did you know that the average
man during his stay at the 308th
College Training Detachm e n t
spends approximately 2500 hours
here and the most of that is gain
ful occupation, (not like that of the
author who figured this out.)
Did you know that if you sleep
8 hours per day you sleep away
% of your life and that sleeping
during classes add to this terri
fying, wasteful figure? Your Bu
reau of Statistics has computed
the following for your benefit.
To wit:
The average Man here:
Spends 168 hours or 10,920 min
utes in Physics classes, has 269
breaks during which time he pro
bably spends 538 minutes smoking.
If half the men here smoke a ci
garette each break, they will con
sume 134,500 weeds or 6,725 pack
ages. (Ask your local vendor how
much he makes on a package—not
bad.) If these cigarettes, smoked
only during breaks, were layed
end to end (not figuring King
Size) they would stretch over 5%
miles or from here to Bryan. Get
your local Physics professor to
figure the volume of smoke. Some
gas!
He will spend 3,360 minutes in
quizzes, 4,550 minutes in P. E.,
1,680 minutes at attention, 7,140
minutes marching, 455 minutes
making beds, 300 minutes shining
shoes and about 6,000 minutes eat
ing.
Whilt on the track (only) he will
run 55.6 miles at an average time
of 480 minutes. If someone can
give us the co-efficient of friction
of the track we’tl figure the heat
generated and rubber used.
Has anyone any suggestions as
to how many minutes he spends
shooting the breeze at the Aggie-
land Pharmacy with the girls ?
Did you know that the fellow
who wrote this is flunking math?
Why does Mr. May have a haggard
look when he finishes mess £ach
day? And we come to the close of
Uncle Elmer’s Kiddie story for the
day, but don’t forget the contest
to choose the fairest little girl of
the Detachment. And whatever
will happen to Peter Wabbit next
week?
THANKS TO THE AGGIES
The enlisted men and officers of
the 308th College Training Detach
ment use this article as a medium
of expressing their deep and sin
cere appreciation for the article
written a few issues ago by an Ag
gie Student entitled, “Old Glory
Flew At Half-Mast Monday.”
No author could have written
their sympathies with more sin
cerity. Once again we offer our
thanks to that author and the
“Battalion” Staff.
Wing News
A CABLE FROM LONDON
John Steinbeck, one of America’s
foremost novelists and at present
a foreign correspondent for the
New York Herald-Tribune, has
seen a lot of this war. His reports
have unusual clarity. One of his
latest cables from London is re
printed. Radio, press, movies have
told you that you should buy War
Bonds. John Steinbeck tells you
why.
“I have seen the soldiers come
down from the ships and stand in
long lines on the decks, their “B”
bags beside them and their packs
slung over their shoulders. They
have come to a new country and
it is strange to them. They are
puzzled and although only a little
time from home, they are home
sick.
“I have seen the supplies come
in by the hundred of shiploads,
locomotives and tanks and trucks
—acres of boxed food and great
mounds of hams, shiploads of
bombs stacked in from keel to
hatch and all materials that we
need at home, steel for bridges
and buildings, food for our own
people, material enough to make
all America well fed and well
housed and wel clothed. And all
this dumped on the docks of a
foreign country.
“I have seen American railroad
rtien shunting cars on the British
line, men who got good pay on B.
& C., on the New York Central and
now with the sergeant’s stripes and
the sergeant’s pay.
“I have seen men climb into the
Fortresses in the early morning
and fly away waving with elabo
rate nonchalance, and I have seen
the gap in the mess when they did
not come back and the empty
bunks, the blankets thrown aside
as they threw them, and the framed
photographs in the steel lockers.
“The men have gone up the
gangways again to go into action,
and they jump from landing barges
to a beach, strewn with the bo
dies of their own people, and they
claw their way like animals into a
hostile coast.
“I have seen the hospitals with
mauled men, the legless, the blind,
the fingerless hands and burned
faces—all with the destruction
that steel and fire can do to a
man’s body and mind. I have seen
the children hauled out of a blasted
building; lumps of crushed, dirty
meat in pinafores, and dead—
boxed and buried carrion. In God’s
name, what is it for except to get
this horrible thing over with as
quickly and as thoroughly as pos-
Spotlight on Sports
Flash! Squadron One won ano
ther game tonight by the score of
37-28. Squadron II put up a good
fight against Squadron I’s best
team. Finally Squadron II put
in their first team and a real ball
game began. At the end of the first
quarter the score was Squadron I
11, Squadron II 3. The second
quarter was a long drawn out af
fair. Spillsberry and Brownley pro-
videde the only thrills of the quar
ter with their beautiful set-up
shots. The half found the score re
gistering I 25, II 15. At the end
of the third quarter I went out in
front by a score of 29-15. In the
last quarter, with Wilson and Zim
merman leading Squadron II, the
game became an interesting af
fair. Spillsberry and Soto again
began clicking to manage to keep
I in front for the duration of the
game. The final score was 37-28.
Congratulations to Squadron I on
their second straight victory. Lots
of Luck against V.
Well, Beavers, today was a
rainy day, and hence no P. E. I’ll
bet you we were all very disap
pointed. A certain fellow was so
angry he sat down and cried for
joy. Attention Lt. Segrest! A cer
tain fellow namely, Mr. Benis is
worried over his sore knee. Please
console him with wour advice.
Some of the fellows want to
know when a volley-ball contest is
going to be held. Attention Mr.
Iffrig, see if it is at all possible
to start something along this line.
. What say all you football-minded
Beavers, get out and cheer for the
Aggies come Saturday. Let’s get
behind them with all our fight and
Eagerness.
Latest dope on the Callahan
affair. After a certain party had
challenged him to a boxing match,
Mr. Callahan answered, “On your
way, fellow I have other things to
do besides fighting.” «
Mr. Cantor is looking for Rea
zack to give him some football
plays. It seems that this fellow
Reazack knows quite a bit about
sports, so Mr. Cantor is tagging
alng.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
It is better to be yourself and
make a good impression, than be
someone else and make a bad im
pression. Yes, Beavers, due to some
fellows going overboard over the
week-ends, all of us have to suffer
consequences. Please keep the
above quotation in mind, and don’t
ever forget it.
sible? And if this is true, it should
not be a matter of ‘Who will lend
his money?’
“WHO DARES NOT TO?”
WATCHWORDS OF FREEDOM
David Glasgow Farragut: “Damn
the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”
The Minute Man: “Our heroes
charge upon the Huns, and look
to us to send them guns! War
Bonds unbought might seal their
fate; don’t buy too little or too
late!”
Reprinted from A Special Bul
letin, Headquarters Eighth Ser
vice Command, Dallas, Texas.
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Thumbs Up
Squadron IV
By all rights, I shouldn’t be
writing this column, ‘cause I have
not prepared my physics lesson
for tomorrow—I’ll be good to you,
though. School this week has been
just one huge uproar, as Fish Week
usually is. It is just one big con
tinuation of “Falling Out” on the
double, and I do mean DOUBLE!!
I’m glad that we have found some
thing in the Army that “gripes”
us and provides us with an outlet
for our energy and ability.
Went to a lecture in physics the
other day and guess what! The
Flight Leader of 45 commanded
his men to wade through mud and
water instead of using a concrete
walk. And to top it off, Doctor J.
M. Ward advised me that the fol
lowing gentlemen cannot seem to
listen without having their daily
nap in his classes—Messrs. Weiler,
Skuly, Fairchild, Evans, Massey,
Eller and Ditsworth! Come on fel
lows—let’s wake-up.!
The physical training program
is not agreeing so well with Messrs.
“Muscles” McGregor, “Ug” Maese,
“Ti s ’’ Tirsbier, “Bob” Summers,
and “Tommie” Tomlinson. Today,
these men have sore feet and sore
backs. We also know that these
gentlemen received their basic at
the Enid Basic Flying Center. Per
haps, they should have run the
“two-mile obstacle course” at
Sheppard Field. How about it men ?
There is a rumor that Mr. Dodge
is “off the beam.” No one seems
to know a reason WHY! And even
Mr. Evans, Mr. Brune and Mr.
Dolan cannot seem to concentrate
on their studies. The cause could
not be that their wives are arriving
Saturday. Or could it?
Wouldn’t it be a surprise if
Mike, the soldier from Potsdam
could get to his table at Mess a
little faster! By the way, Pots
dam is located in the Northern
part of New York State. So there
will be no misunderstanding, we
call this man, “Mister Elliott.”
If anyone hears a noise resem
bling a couple of lawn-mowers at
work each morning—don’t worry—
it is only Mr. Steelman and Mr.
Kinser trying to remove a heavy
growth of beard with their elec
tric razors.
No fair, Mr. Ray Darrough, you
can’t submit a picture of that
cute “Model” you know in St.
Louis. Anyway, she would probably
bring a MALE chaperon with her
as a body guard. Oh well, turn it
in.
Well, men, the old brain just
can’t seem to function any longer,
but I’ll try and dig up some more
dirt before I write again.
The University of Texas library,
largest in the South, has doubled
in size during the past seventeen
years.
“EXHAUST”
Squadron V
Have you noticed the new flight
marcher for Flight 53? A month
ago you could have gotten a thou
sand to one that such a thing would
never happen. Yes! A/S Doliner is
now the big gun of Flight 53. He
is certainly on the ball, and it
wouldn’t surprise us if he makes
a bid for bigger things. Keep up
the good work (PINNOCHIO) the
boys are rooting for you.
Today the members of flight 52
were all shining. It couldn’t be that
they were having a test in Civil
Air Regulations It seems that they
have a very nice looking teacher.
If any information is wanted about
the new teacher ask Mr. Thomas.
I wish to take this time to com
pliment Mr. Paysour on taking such
good care of his grandmother last
Saturday night. We like to see our
“Beaver” taking such an interest
in his relatives (?).
An English Prof., was lecturing
on jerseverence. “He drove straight
toward his objective. He looked
neither to the right or to the left,
but hurried forward. Nothing could
turn him from his course. All
who crossed his path did so at
their own peril. What would you
call such a man?” A/S Rennie:
“A damned Hot Pilot, Sir!”
Squadron I has been trying to
imitate us the past few weeks and
have done a pretty good job of it.
They wait about two weeks and
then put almost our exact column
under the title “Trimming Tabs.”
It’s very possible that the writer
of the column has been hanging
around some of our boys and has
wised up. They stole such phrases
as Reazack, Haba Haba, Let ’Em
Die, et cetara. As a matter of fact,
some of Squadron I men could be
seen hitch-hiking to Madisonville.
That, my friends, is the last straw.
Sleeping accomodations in Hous
ton are quite a problem on week
ends. The problem was solved by
a member of Squadron V last
week. He hired a cab and rode
around all evening. It cost him
$10.00 but he claims he got plenty
of sleep ? ? ? ?
A/S Picard and Secoy enjoyed a
very fine dinner last Sunday, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. (Let Em
Die’ Sergent. Steaks were served,
followed by K. P. Mrs. Sergent
was very much pleased with the
way the dishes and silverware was
handled. She hopes that the boys
drop around next week to give her
some suggestion on how to change
teh apartment around. According
to Joe Sergent both of you would
be nice to come.
The picture contest is now in
full swing. “BEAVERS” let’s get
those pictures turned in to Mr. J.
L. Anderson or Mr. Balliet. Bring
the pictures to rooms A-8 or A-7.
Song of the week—“I Saw You
and Got That Old Black Feeling.”
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