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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 66
Twenty Texas Traffic
Officers Convene Here
Industrial Extension Service of College
Is Conducting Two-Day Meeting; Ends Wed.
Twenty-four Texas Traffic officers convened yesterday
at 10 o’clock to hear Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the Texas A.
& M. College School of Engineering, deliver the opening
address for the traffic officers’ training school now being
conducted here by the industrial ex-"f
tension service of the school of
engineering, E. L. Williams, Direc
tor, announced today.
After Dean Gilchrist's opening
address, Col. Homer Garrison, Jr.,
director, Texas state department
of Public safety, spoke to the
group on the value of training in
meeting traffic problems.
Others on the program this
morning were Vernon L. Engbert,
A. & M. College head police in
structor, who spoke on taking
notes; Carl J. Rutland, chairman
of the Citizens Safety Commision
and past president of the Texas
Safety Association) addressed the
body on today’s traffic problems;
and Dr. David G. Monroe, safety
division, International Association
of Chiefs of Police, who told the
group how to study. This after
noon, Gordon H. Sheehe, acting
director of training, I. A. C. P.
safety division, talked to the as
sembly on today’s traffic problems.
Accident prevention, traffic con
trol safety, education, and allied
subjects will make up the course
of study. The training is designed
to provide intensive study for the
traffic police executives until
November 20, at the completion
of which they will be given a rigid
examination.
Those in attendance are: Robert
A. Thompson, Charles Batchelor,
E. H. Ricks, Jr., Max B. Moore,
William S. Brogden, and John L.
Fored, all of Dallas; O. D. James
and W. B. Beall, of Port Arthur;
C. L. Phillips, J. J. Easter, V. J.
Shown, L. J. Moore, A. T. Cook,
F. J. Hutchinson, Robert Vaughn,
and W. A. Evans, all of Houston;
Homer Garrison, Jr., Burch Big-
gerstaff, and N. M. Morris, of
Austin; A. A. (Lee) Womack, and
Dow Morris of Midland; A. O. Shier
of Taylor; Richard L. Belflower of
Corpus Christi; Dr. David G. Mon
roe and Gordon H. Sheehe, of the
Northwestern University Traffic
Institute, Evanston, Illinois.
Jointly sponsored by Texas Dept,
of Public Safety and A. and M.
Architecture Dept.
Displays Paintings
The Texas Fine Arts Associa
tion is exhibiting many paintings
of Texas artists this afternoon
from 3 until 5 p.m. The exhibition
will be held in the Architecture
Library on the fourth floor of the
Academic Building.
The pictures will be displayed
through Saturday, November 13, it
was announced by the Architecture
Department on Monday afternoon.
Elevator service will be available
on Tuesday, and it was stated that
these paintings are very fine works
o fart.
Kyle Begins Series
Of Lectures on Trip
E. J. Kyle, Dean of the School
of Agriculture, will begin a series
of three talks to the people of
Texas by speaking at the Sheep
and Goat Raisers Association in
Fort Worth on December 7. Dean
Kyle is lecturing on his trip of
several summers ago, to South and
Central America.
On the following day he will ad
dress the Dallas Rotary Club at
noon December 8.
That afternoon he will journey
to Waco where he will address the
State Grange Association which
will hold its meeting at that city.
Dean Kyle has recently finished
concluding lectures of his trip to
the Rotary Clubs in San Antonio,
Houston, and Waco.
Trotter Leaves for
Ohio Agronomy
Conference Monday
Professor To Represent
A.&M. At Annual Meeting
On Post-War Problems
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, Head of
the Department of Agronomy at
the A. & M. College will leave on
the morning of November 8 for
the annual meeting of the Amer
ican Society of Agronomy. This
year’s meeting will be held in the
Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati,
Ohio from November 9 through
November 12. The American So
ciety of Agronomy, the Soil Science
of America and many of their sub
committees including those on
Fertilizer Utilization and Appli
cation will meet at that time.
Thes groups represent organiza
tions and individuals whose work
is vital to the success of the Na
tional Food and Feed Program. All
efforts are being concentrated on
the more efficient production of
food and feed as well as an ex
panded acreage where that is
practicable.
The American Society of Agron
omy held its first meeting in 1908.
Since that time meetings have
been held each year even during
the last year. It seems to be fully
recognized that such activities are
of greater importance in war-time
rather than less. Post-war prob
lems will also be strongly em
phasized in the deliberations of
the meeting.
Dr. Trotter is a member of a
number of committees of the Amer
ican Society of Agronomy and is
Consulting Corps Editor of the
Journal of that Soceity. In addition
he is representative for the state
of Texas of both the American
Society of Agronomy and the Soil
Science Society of America. Texas
ranks very high in their total
amount of members in both these
organizations.
Pre-Med Club Meets
And Elects Officers
The Pre-Med Club held a meet
ing last Wednesday night, Novem
ber 3, at the home of Dr. G. E.
Potter, Pre Medical Advisor. The
meeting was held for the purpose
of organizing for this semester’s
activities, and the club welcomed
back the Junior and Senior activa
ted Pre-Meds who have returned
to complete their courses. There
was a good number of students
present, as weTi as several mem
bers of the faculty.
Officers for the semester were
elected with Porter Garner chosen
as President; Bobby Jones, Vice-
President; Jim Gabbard, Sec-Treas.
and Myron Mulcahy, Reporter.
It was suggested and discussed
that the club- establish a Loan
Fund to aid worthy Pre-Meds who
get into temporary financial
“pinches.’’ A committee was ap
pointed to work out the details for
establishing the fund.
Various topics concerning the
club were discussed, and it was de
cided that iirvetings will be held
this semester on alternate Wed
nesdays, as in the past.
The Pre-Med Club will meet
again on Nov. 17th and the pro
gram now being planned should be
very interesting. All Pre-Medical
Students are urged to attend.
When Indiana recently met Wis
consin on the Hoosier gridiron, two
representatives of the Royal Bri
tish Navy were on hand to see
their first American football game.
Pictured above is the gypsy troupe of Carmen Amaya who will ap
pear on Town Hall Thursday, November 18th. The scene is typical
of the Amaya family showing the dancers in their joy at enter
taining the people. Carmen Amaya and her troupe of dancers
will be the second feature of the present Town Hall season.
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Carmen Amaya To Appear
November 18 On Town Hall
College And City
Will Begin New
Time Tomorrow
Classes and Calls To
Be One Hour Earlier;
Classes Begin at 8
Beginning tomorrow morning at
reveille, the college will resume the
old schedule of calls that has been
in effect this past spring and sum
mer.
Classes will begin at 8 A. M. in
the morning and continue until 5
P. M. in the evening except for
the 5 o’clock P. E. classes. Reveille
will be at 6:07 in the morning and
breakfast at 7:00. Noon meals
from 12:00 to 1:00 o’clock, and re
treat and supper at 6:00 P. M.
The reason for this change in
time was stated in an official no
tice released by Pres.- Bolton last
Friday afternoon which states that
the heavy load of Army Sections on
classrooms had made it more prac
ticable to return to the old sche
dule for the conservation of elec
tricity.
Business offices will open at 8
o'clock in the morning, close from
12 to 1 o’clock for lunch, then re
sume hours until 6 o’clock in the
afternoon.
GETS FURLOUGH
LINCOLN, Neb.—Pvt. George
Specht gave a reason for an emer
gency furlough that was a corker.
He explained his mother, an army
nurse, was sailing for overseas
duty. He got the furlough.
The World’s Greatest Flamenco
Dancer, Carmen Amaya, comes to
Guion Hall stage on November 18
for the second program on Town
Hall for this semester.
Discovered in Buenos Aires two
years ago, Miss Amaya was soon
on her way to the United States
with a Hurok contract, through the
courtesy of which she is currently
making her first major tour of this
country.
Since her. arrival early in 1941
Carmen has erupted in every en
tertainment field with phenomenal
success. At the Beachcomber on
Broadway she spent seventeen
consecutive weeks rooting the
spectators with her amazing spins
and whirls and sprinkling the sur
rounding tables with bobby-pins
as her raven hair became un
leashed. Next came engagements
in theaters in a series of eastern
cities, after which she invaded aus
tere Carnegie Hall and according
to witnesses “left it a smouldering
ruin.” Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
claimed her for the dance sequence
of the forthcoming super-musical,
“Panama Hattie,” after which she
flew back to Broadway to headline
the Ed Wynn laugh hit, “Laugh,
Town, Laugh.”
When she starts going to town
this swarthy, sloe-eyed, black
haired Gypsy stops the show with
the improvised measures of such
flamenco dances as “soleares” and
“alegrias”—which are never twice
the same. Her incredibly quick
foot-stamps and finger-snapping
and castanet clacks are animal-like
in their fury.
“When I dance,’’ says Carmen,
“my heart comes out of my
mouth.” The audience can almost
see it.
Tickets may be purchased for
Aggies To Desert Campus For Two Days
To Attend Football Game With Rice
Rice Institute to Have Homecoming on Date
Of Clash With Ags; No Corps Trip Yet
Four Dormitories
To Be Fumigated
Beginning Tuesday
Milner, Law, Puryear,
And Hart Halls Will Be
Vacated For Fumigation
Students and army personnel
stationed on the campus are re
minded that certain dormitories
are being fumigated this week.
Last week Legett, Mitchell, and
Bizell Halls were fumigated, and
beginning today four more dorms
/vill be fumigated.
The personnel of Milner Hall
must be vacated by 9 a.m. this
morning, and they will be allowed
to re-enter the dorm at 4 p.m.
Wednesday. Hart Hall will be va
cated at the same time on Novem
ber 10, and the occupants can re
enter at 4 p.m. November 11. Be
ginning on November 11, Law
Hall will be fumigated until Fri
day evening at 4. Puryear Hall
will vacate for fumigation on
Friday and Saturday.
These dormitories will be fum
igated with cyanide gas, a deadly
poison, and the Army service gas
mask will not afford protection
against this fumigant. All persons
are warned to stay away from
these halls during fumigation.
The students who have to
vacate are required to take with
them only necessities which they
will need for two days, such as
books and clothes. Bedding will be
furnished for those who have to
vacate.
Press Club to Hold
Meeting Wednesday
The A. and M. Press Club will
hold a regular meeting Wednesday
night at 6:45 in the Lounge Room
of Sbisa Hall. All members of the
organization are urged to be pre
sent, as important questions are
to be brought up.
It was stated that a provision
in the club constitution provides
for members representing the vari
ous units of the armed serwices on
the campus to be elected by their
respective units. These groups are
asked to chose their representa
tives immediately and have them
appear at the meeting Wednesday
night if possible.
this once-in-a-lifetime show at the
Student Activities office in the
Administration building. Regular
tickets are priced at 50 £ and re
served seats may be obtained for
$1.00.
Remembering the Spirit in “We've Never Been Licked” . . .
Activated Signal Corps Man
Tells of Seeing Aggie Picture
(Editor’s note: The folIowinR account
of “We’ve Never Been Licked” was writ
ten by an ex of ’44 who was at Camp
Kohler, California when they invaded
Sacramento for the premier showing. It
was written before the Signal Corps was
sent back to the campus for A.S.T.P.
training, but it is still a timely article and
{fives the read a good idea as to just
now wide-spread the spirit of Agieland is.)
Fifty Texas Aggie-exes advanced
°n California’s capital city last
w eek, taking their objective with
ease. The former Aggies who are
now Army Signal Corpsmen, were
transported from their lease at
Camp Kohler to the theater of
operations, located in the heart of
Sacramento, where they marched
down the sidewalk to the Esquire
Theater singing the Aggie War
Hwmn. The occasion was the Sa
cramento premiere of “We’ve Ne
ver Been Licked,” and these Tex
ans were determined to show Cali
fornia what Aggie spirit “in the
flesh” is really like, just in case
Walter Wanger’s thriller should
fail to be emphatic enough. A fif
teen-minute yell practice in front
of the theater was excitement
enough to attract several M. P.’s
md their officers, not to mention
a considerable number of civilians
and servicemen. In fact, the box
office was swamped with custo
mers after the Aggies had com
pleted the demonstration and
marching into the theater.
Inside, the lights were turned on
and the audience informed of what
was about to take place, so the
Aggie privates were greeted with
a round of applause as they entered
the building singing the “War
Hymn.” Following this the “Fight
ing Fifty” shook the rafters with
a few yells, then settled back in a
reserved section to enjoy the film.
The movie brought back memo
ries by the dozens to the A. & M.
men stationed here, and strength
ened their adready overwhelming
desire to return to Texas. California
is not an unfriendly state, however,
and long after these men of Texas
are gone there will still be traces
of the Aggie spirit scattered over
the broad Sacramento Valley.
Comments of Californians on
“We’ve Never Been Licked’’ were
good. Both the agricultural and en
gineering phases of the curricula
at Aggieland were well depicted
by the movine, which should inter
est a good many prospective stu
dents. The emphasis Walter Wan-
gen placed on A. & M.’s military
aspects were especially noticed by
local theater goers, many of whom
expressed the opinion that it is
comforting to know that someone
in this country was preparing for
war long before Pearl Harbor.
Leave it to a Texan to become
fighting mad before he is stabbed
in the back! Yep, we’ve never been
licked—let’s keep it that way!
A.&M.-Rice Tickets
Now on Sale at YMCA
Student tickets for the Rice-
A. & M. game are on sale at the
Y. M. C. A. All coupon book
holders will surrender coupon No.
33 and buy their ticket at $1.23.
Date tickets are on sale there at
the regular price of $2.50. Stu
dents not holding coupon books
will buy their tickets at $2.50 at
the Athletic Office.
The Corps will journey to Houston this weekend for
the eighth game of the Aggie football series, which is the
event with Rice Institute. Rice is one of A. & M.’s oldest
rivals, having played for many years in the past. Last year
-the Owls fought the Aggies to a
scoreless tie and the Ags, with
a much better team, are out to
trif the birds in revenge. Though
the Institute is definitely the un
derdogs of the Saturday clash,
the strains of overconfidence can
pull a team down faster than any
other factor, as was shown by the
much advertised Texas squad last
season.
This game is the date of the
Rice homecoming for which many
of the school’s alumni shall re
turn. The alumni will lay a wreath
of flowers on the statue of George
Rice, the founder of the institute.
The Commandant’s Office has
not as yet announced any special
arrangements for a Corps Trip or
authorized absences for the stu
dents to make the trip.
Teddy Powell Will
Play for Dance
Teddy Powell, famed dance or
chestra leader will bring his re
nowned band to the campus on
November 13 to play for the Navy
dance. Powell has just closed a
successful engagement in Miami,
Florida. At present he is playing
an engagement at the St. Charles
Theater in New Orleans, La.
Through the courtesy of Lt. T.
Rickenbacker of the Navy Training
School, it has been arranged for
the orchestra to play for the regu
lar Saturday night Service Show.
After the engagement here, Pow
ell and his band will travel to the
West coast to play in the outstand
ing night clubs and hotels there.
Challenge to Auburn
Students for Plane
Design Made By Ex
AUBURN, Ala.—To design an
insignia for an Army ThunderboR
—that was the challenge given by
Lt. Julius P. Maxwell to loyal and
artistic students at Alabama Poly
tech. Lt. Maxwell, somewhere in
England and without an insignia
for his plane, wanted to have a bit
of the old Auburn spirit flying up
there with him.
After Lt. Maxwell’s letter was
published in the Plainsman, Mr.
Maltby Sykes decided that having
a try at designing such an insig
nia would be an interesting pro
ject for members of his adverti
sing design class.
The class’ drawings have been
turned in for shipping to Lt. Max
well who will choose one to be the
insignia for his Thunderbolt.
Girl Dies From
Gun Shot Wounds
Wilma Hardin, 16, employee of
the Agigeland Pharmacy, died from
gun shot wounds during the early
evening hours of Sunday, accord
ing to a statement released from
the office of the Brazos County
sheriff Monday afternoon. Accord
ing to the announcement the shot
was fired in an automobile at the
intersection of 26th street and
College Avenue in Bryan and the
Justice of the Peace holding the
inquest determined that the bullet
had been filed from a .45 caliber
gvn.
A number of people were riding
in the car at the time of the shoot
ing and it was thought that the
gjun was fired by accident. The
body is at the Hillier Funeral
Home in Brydh and funeral ar
rangements have not been made,
but in all probability the rites will
be held Tuesday or Wednesday.
Deceased was well known on
the campus having been an em
ployee of the Aggieland Pharmacy
for some time, working at the
soda fountain. She was the daugh
ter of Lynn Hardin and resided
at 401 North College Avenue in
Bryan.
TSCW Has Private
Radio Station for
Co-eds Enjoyment
Radio Class Plans One
Hour Programs; On
Air From 5-6, Six Days
DENTON, Texas—WCST, Texas
State College for Women’s first
private broadcasting station, is
on the air from 5 to 6 p. m., Mon
day through Friday.
The station is operated by the
Radio Work Shop players, techni
cal radio class and’ the radio pro
duction class.
Because the only aim of the sta
tion is to please its student listen
ers, programs to be broadcast are
designed specifically for students,
based on answers to questionnaires
distributed to the student body. Ma
jority of students chose single
unit dramatic programs with semi-
classical music and campus news
casts second and third. Members
of the radio production class are
working out the programs, and
every type of entertainment from
movie reviews to dramatic pro
ductions will be presented.
As the college is operated com
pletely on its own power plant and
power lines are used as the station
atenna, WCST will be heard only
on the campus.
In the eyes of the Federal Com
munications commission, WCST is
not considered a radio station and
therefore doesn’t require a license.
Any transmitter that broadcasts
for a very short distance, accord
ing to regulations of the FCC, in
the layman’s language, is not con
sidered a real broadcasting sta
tion. If it were, FCC would have
to regulate wireless phonographs
and remote-contrel-tuning devices
which are really miniature trans
mitters that braodcast across the
living room to the radio.
Most of the things that are put
off until tomorrow should have
been done yesterday.
LISTEN TO
WTAW
1150 k.e.
Program for Tuesday, November 9
10:00—Musical Reveille
10:30—News
10:45—Morning Reveries
11:00—Moments of Devotion
11:15—Lean Back and Listen
11:30—Listen Ladies
11:45—Music
12:15—News
12:30—Farm Fair
12:45—Music
1:15—Between the Lines
1:30—Music
2:00—Treasury Transcription
5:00—Music
6; 15—Radio Club
5:30—The Little Show
6:45—News
6:00—Sign-off