ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 67
Aggies To Attend Rice Game; No Corps Trip Slated
Navy-Marine Dance Played singing cadets
By Powell Saturday Night In Houston Sunday
W.N.B.L HAS BEEN
TO PANAMA CANAL
AND SEEN BY EXES
Sailors, Leathernecks Hold Third Big
Dance of Year in Duncan This Weekend
Teddy Powell brings his modern swing orchestra to A.
& M. this week end to play for the Navy-Marine Dance in
Duncan Mess Hall this Saturday night at 8 o’clock.
Powell brings his orchestra direct from New Orleans
where he has been making appear- ♦ : :: —: _:
ances at the St. Charles Theatre in
that city. For the past summer and
fall Powell has been playing to
overflow audiences in Miami, Fla.
He is nationally known for his
style of music that is termed “hot
but smooth.” He has been heard
over the networks many times and
his public appearances are numer
ous. This is Powell’s first dance at
Aggieland.
This is the third dance that the
Naval Training School has had
this year with nationally known
bands. George Olsen played for the
sailors and marines early this sum
mer. Jack Teagarden was the most
recent band to swing out in Duncan
for the boys in blue and forest
green.
The dance will begin at 8 in the
evening and finish at 11:30.
Tickets For Rice
Game Now at Y
Student tickets for the Rice-
A. & M. game are on sale at the
Y. M. C. A. All coupon book
holders surrender coupon No. 33
and buy your tickets at $1.23.
Date tickets are on sale there at
the regular price of $2.50. Stu
dents not holding coupon books
buy your tickets at $2.50 at the
Athletic Office.
Can anyone guess what film
has been shown where in what
part of the world? The part of the
world is Central American; the
where is the Panama Canal Zone;
the film is (Do you want another
guess?) “We’ve Never Been Lick
ed”.
Because the picture was shown
at an army post no yell practice
was held. About thirty Aggie-exes
saw the picture. According to Lar
ry Nix, class of ’46, of E. Co.
Signal Corps, who was there vis
iting his parents, many of the
exes ranged from the rang of gen
eral to private. Before the picture
was placed on the screen one of the
heads of the Exes Club there in
the zone (about 45 members) gave
a brief talk on the background of
the picture. Many of the exes were
civilians working in the zone who
had graduated many years before
the first world war. They were
surprised at the changes made on
the Aggie campus. Everyone pres
ent enjoyed the picture, especially
the Aggies. That night many nos
talgic memories must have pre-
vaded their minds and the old Ag
gie spirit manifested. That “ole
spirit” stays with you.
W.T.A.W. Gets New
Director To Take
Place of Woolket
Ted HiU, Experienced
Radio Producer, Fills
Spot at Local Station
Ted Hills, experienced radio pro
fessional from Houston, is replacing
J. J. Woolket of the Language
Department a s Director o f
WTAW, Aggieland’s own radio
program. >
For the past 18 years Hills has
been active in radio management
and production in Texas. While in
Houston he was in charge of pro
ductions of KPRC, manager of
KTLC, and served as director of
commercial productions and ac
count executive of KTRH.
Hills’s prime endeavor while he
is attached to the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas
will be to “build a listening au
dience for the college’s radio pro
gram.”
LISTEN TO
WTAW
1150 K.c.
Radio Calendar for Thursday,
November 11, 1943
10:00—Musical Reveille
10:30—News
10:45—Morning Reverie*
11:00—Moments of Devotio*
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
2:15—News.
2:30—Music
2:45—Woman’s Program
3:00—Swing Music
4:15—Sports News
4:30—Something to Read
4:45—Music
6:00—Brazos Valley
5:15—Music
5:30—The Little Show
5:45—News
6:00—Sign-off
Club Plans Two
Appearances For
Sunday Services
Journeying to Houston this
week-end, the Singing Cadets of
Aggieland will make two appear
ances in that city this next Sunday.
They will sing first at the First
Methodist Church for both morning
services and their second perfor
mance will be at Bethal Methodist
Church for evening services Sun
day night.
This is the third trip taken by
the Singing Cadets this fall. Trips
have been taken to Nacogdoches
and to Huntsville this semester.
There is another trip planned by
the club to Tyler and Henderson
for the 20th of November, though
arrangements have not been for
mulated for it yet.
Transportation for the club has
been arranged and they will leave
Saturday morning. Only accredit
ed members may go on this trip.
This is the second trip within a
year to Houston for the Singing
Cadets. Last December, they ap
peared in that city with the Hous
ton Symphony and at the First
Methodist Church. They are re
turning there this month through
popular acclaim.
Numbers featured in the pro
gram this week-end will be “The
Creation,” “The Lord’s Prayer,”
and “Prayer Of Thanksgiving.”
Included also will be a number of
Christmas Carols.
Nazis Punishment
On Scandinavians
Explained by Prof
DETROIT, Michigan—The Na
zis’ capricious treatment of the
Scandinavians, fluctuating extreme
cruelty and comparative leniency,
was explained recently by Dr.
George Lechler, assistant profes
sor of history at Wayne Univer
sity.
Permeated with the doctrine of
“Nordic supremacy” as expounded
by Nazi anthropologists, followers
of the party inevitably harbor a
feeling of inferiority towards the
Scandinavians, Dr. Lechler said,
since the Danes, Swedes, and Nor
wegians represent the purest Nor
dic strain to be found anywhere in
the world—purer, even the Nazis
are forced to admit, than that of
the Germans themselves. In the
opening days of the war, he con
tinued, the Germans fully expect
ed their Norse “brothers” to wel
come them with open arms. Their
reaction, when faced with Norwe
gian resistance, was one of be
wilderment which found expression
in alternating attempts to placate,
and failing that, to beat into sub
mission the Nordics who dared
oppose them. Such use of force,
the professor pointed out, is a con
crete expression of the Nazi poli
cy: “If you don’t accept me as your
brother, I will smash your skull.”
The history of the Scandinavians,
Dr. Lechler explained, further ex
plodes the Nazi “pure race” theo
ry. “The Scandinavians,” he said,
“never formed a race in the sense
used by the Nazis. From the Stone
Age on, they were a mixture of
'Primeval Finns’ and ‘Megalithic
people’ who settled down together.
(See NAZIS’, Page 3)
Polo Game Between
Ags, Servicemen Sun.
The polo game between the
Texas A. & M. Servicemen team
and Major W. F. Long’s 17-goal
Dallas quartet, which was called
off last week because Major
Long could not make the trip,
will definitely be played this
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock on
the Aggie Polo Field. Admission
is free and the general public is
invited to see this match, Team
Captain Joe Mertz said yester
day.
On the following Sunday, the
Aggie team will play the Dallas
team in Dallas, provided the
necessary passes can be secured.
Passes Given From Last
Gass Friday; Saturday, 10
Band Gets Authorized Absences; Rice
Alumni To Put Wreath on Founder’s Grave
This week-end most of the Aggies will leave the campus
to attend the A. & M.-Rice football game at Houston to be
held this Saturday. This game will be the eighth game for
the Aggies this season, and since Rice is one of A. & M.’s
_ r7~; ~ n . ^oldest rivals in the Southwest Con-
.. . T> 4 > ference, the game should prove to
Is Scheduled at 6:25
An unintentional mistake was
made in last Tuesday’s Battalion
when the present time schedule
was printed. Retreat will be held
at 6:25 in the evening instead of
6:00 o’clock as the Battalion an
nounced. This minor change gives
the student an extra half an hour
in the afternoon for dressing af
ter P. E., intramural sports, or
studying.
Old Glory in front of the Academic Building
College Board Plans Now
For Post-War Expansion
Plans for expansion that will has a more loyal or more power-
Cross Country Men
Report To Gym
All students who wish to try
out for the Cross Country team
should be at the De Ware Field
House this afternoon at 5:46.
Plans are being made so that team
members may eat on late tables.
It is important that all interest
ed report this afternoon so that
A. & M. may have a representa
tion at the Southwest Conference
track meet.
equip the Agricultural and Mech
anical College of Texas to handle
ten thousand students after the
war were announced here Tuesday
night by F. M. Law of Houston,
president of the board of directors,
in an address to faculty members
of the American Association of
University Professors.
Law revealed that plans already
are past the formative stage for
more classrooms, an auditorium to
seat 10,000, adequate hotel facili
ties, library expansion and greatly
increased funds to be available for
research by staff members. Post
was plans also include an enlarged
(and strengthened faculty, pay
more commensurate with the du
ties performed ,and a uniform
system of sabbatical leave for
faculty self-improvement, Law re
vealed.
Law paid high tribute to the
cooperation being accorded the
school by its former students,
lauding the campaign now under
way for a war memorial student
activities and recreational center,
the campaign being conducted by
the alumni for each former stu
dent to rermember the institution
in his will and he declared no school
ful body of ex-students than Tex
as A. & M. College.
“In my 26 years as a member
of the college board of directors,”
Law said, “I have never seen a
group of men more interested in
the institution. The present board
is the hardest working group of
men I ever have been privileged to
associate with, and we are planning
right now to do everything in our
power to equip Texas A. & M Col
lege with physical plant and a
teaching staff that will enable
this institution to advance further
up the ranks of leading American
institutions of higher learning in
the post war period.”
Dr. F. C. Bolton, acting pres
ident, announced that the present
enrollment of more than 7300 men
is the greatest in the history of
the college. Recent expansion of
army specialized training program
accounts for the record enrollment,
Dr. Bolton said.
General Reveille
Changes Her Hdqs.
Temporarily
When the Military Department
evacuated Milner Hall Tuesday for
extermination, they neglected the
welfare of an important personali
ty, that being Reveille, Aggieland’s
four-star General in the WAG’S-
With quiet efficiency and no hard
feelings toward Ross Hall, the
General moved her headquarters
to P. G. Hall when Milner moved
out. Everyone figured she would
be all right there and didn’t notice
that she didn’t return from eve
ning mess.
An Aggie passing by Milner
(he was coming back from the
Library, no doubt) about 9:30 in
the evening found her there waiting
at the closed doors to get in for
her night’s rest. By coaxing and
whistling he persuaded her to fol
low him over to “C” ramp Walton
where she spent the night.
Milner boys said she resumed her
old headquarters Tuesday morn
ing.
be an exciting event.
Those students who do not have
Saturday classes can get passes
after their last Friday class. Ag
gies having Saturday classes will
be permitted to get passes after
the 9 o’clock class, and they will
not be able to make up any work
which they miss after that time.
If students have any quizzes after
10 o’clock, it is better that they
remain on the campus to meet
those classes. Band members will
be given authorized absences for
Saturday morning, permitting them
to leave after their last class on
Friday. All passes will expire at
reveille Monday morning. These
orders concerning the Rice corps
trip have been authorized by the
Executive Committee.
This game will be the annual
homecoming for Rice Institute, at
which time many former students
will return. There will be an im
pressive ceremony on Saturday
morning before the game, and at
that time a wreath of flowers will
be placed on the statue of George
Rice, the founder of Rice Institute.
Regulation uniform for the game
will consist of wool trousers with
either wool or khaki shirts. The
Band, however, will wear wool
trousers with khaki shirts and
blouses and white Sam Browne
belts.
The game will begin promptly
at 2:30, and a large number of Ag
gies are expected to be on hand to
compose the Twelfth Man.
The basement of the Mineral In
dustries building, University of
West Virginia, is divided into en
tries which resemble a real coal
mine. The mine replica is used for
practical instruction.
Armistice Day-November 11,1918 ...
Nation Stops To Pay Tribute to
World War I and IIDead Today
By Sylvester Boone
Twenty-five years ago today
ended the war that was the “war
to end all wars” for one this day,
November 11, 1918, an armistice
was signed whereby no countries
would keep up their armies and be
the aggressor on any other nation.
Apparently the Japanese didn’t
know about this or had forgotten
it because on December 7, 1941,
they made their savage attack on
Pearl Harbor and killed many
Americans who were peacefully
minding their own business. This,
indeed, was an action that the we
can not excuse the Japs for.
Many men were killed in the last
war. Men from all ever the coun
try in every walk of life, every
kind of occupation, and every na
tionality. Aggies who had just
completed their college education
in preparation for their life career
had their life ended before they
had barely become of legal age,
that age which every American
looks forward to when he can vote.
These Aggies were looking shear
just as the others who died with
them in the same common cause
were looking ahead for a more
beautiful life free from all dicta
tors. It was a beautiful sight; they
would win this war and there
would be no more wars in this
world. They were wrong because
scarcely had twenty years passed
when the world was flung into
another conflict. This time, they
weren’t the ones to fight because
they were a little old; it was there
children who were to do most of
the fighting.
Today is the one day that is set
aside to observe Armistice Day for
this was the day of the signing of
the peace treaty. Every man, wom
an, and child sould pause just for
a minute to think of the last war
and those who died for the cause
that they though was just. At the
same time, these Americans should
stop to think and pray for this
war to come to an end and to pray
that this will be the last war.
There will not be any ceremonies
at any time today to commerorate
these men who died for their coun
try; there is a far greater job to
do and that is to make this war
come to an end. As to the Aggies
doing their job, this has already
been made known by the deeds
they have performed in line of
duty.
Traffic Officers
Conclude Meeting
The Traffic Officers’ Training
School concluded their two-day
meeting at A. & M. Wednesday aft
ernoon.
Twenty-four Texas traffic offi
cers had been assembled since
Tuesday to discuss accident pre
vention, traffic control of safety,
education, and allied subjects. This
training is designed to provide in
tensive study for the traffic police
executives until November 20, at
the completion of which they will
be given a rigid examination.
The meeting was conducted by
the industrial extension service of
the school of engineering and spon
sored jointly by Texts Department
of Public Safety and A. and M.
Powell Plays For
Service Show
Teddy Powell and his nationally
known dance band will play for the
Saturday Service show this coming
Saturday evening at 6:30 in the
Assembly Hall. Powell is coming
to the campus to play for the
Navy-Marine dance Saturday night
and has consented to play for the
show.
All servicemen are invited to at
tend his performance as guests
of the Naval Training School. This
includes Aggies who could not
make the Rice game.
Taken from Files of
THE BATTALION
NOVEMBER 7, 1934—The Corp
will leave on two “Aggie Special”
trains Saturday at 5:45 and 6:00
a. m. from College Station for a
Dallas Corps T#ip. They will parade
down the street in platoon forma
tion. The number of Cadets in the
city are expected to reach 2100 by
game time .... Guy Hutchison,
Aggie-ex of the Class of ’33, is
appointed to position of Assistant
Chief Radio Engineer in the Byrd
Antarctic Expedition. Hutchison
was one of the outstanding Elec
trical Engineering students of the
college . . . The Ag football team
ties the Arkansas Razorbacks 7-7
and knock the Porkers of their co
conference championship perch
with the Rice Owls.
NOVEMBER 10, 1937—The sec
ond football Corp Trip of the sea
son is to be for the Rice-Aggie
game. Houston is to be the goal
of 3500 Farmers this weekend . ..
General Electric industrial sales
manager was on the campus inter
viewing Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering students for employ
ment in the company after gradu
ation Agronomy Club
initiates forty-two members in the
basement of the Agriculture Build
ing. Dr. L. G. Jones, professor of
soils, was in charge of the meeting.
One of the easiest things in the
world to meet is expenses—you
run into them every place you go.
Radio Club Program
Appears Sun. 2 P. M.
• “The Third Angle,” a humorous
love skit by Frances Ryerson, will
be featured on the haff hour Radio
Club program to be heard over
WTAW Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Richard Gottlieb, club
president, said last night after a
meeting of the group. Outstanding
musical numbers will complete the
show.