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Page 4 THE BATTALION SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 13. 1943 OFFICIAL NOTICES Classified LOST—-Practically brand new brown leather jacket. Left in Sbisa Hall Wed nesday night. Reward. If found please notify G. C. Garrison, Room 402, Dorm 16. Two soldiers wives desire apartment or small houses (furnished) for 1 (one) year in or near College Station. Both work, don’t smoke or drink. No children or pets. Are interested in vacancies or future vacancies. Please notify Mrs. Fox, P. O. Box 3217, College Station (South Station) Texas. The Student Personnel Office in the Academic Building is holding two cloth tipper jackets and one leather zipper jack et. Will the boys to whom these jackets belong please call for them. “We have a Bulova wrist watch and several pairs of glasses that the owners can get by describing same and paying for this ad in room 2, Ross Hall.’’ Trimming Tabs Squadron I Pull up a davenport and be seated ‘keeds’ . . , Here we are again with another gruesome task ?-? ? .... Gentlemen are we on the ball? . . . The whole Squadron is wondering where Mr Marshall keeps himself these days from the hours of four and five o’clock. Those are precious hours, aren’t they ? ? . . . We see where J. H. —is around again .... Let’s look our prettiest these days, most any time now some member of the New Staff will be around taking snapshots of each and every man for that memorable class book Announcements CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES: Any etudent who normally expects to complete all the requirements for a degree by the end of the current semester should call by the Registrar's Office NOW and make forma] application for a degree. H, L. Heaton, Registrar. DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS — Cita tions from Dr. Bolton are now available in the Registrar’s Office for those stu dents who were distinguished during the Summer Semester. H. L. Heaton, Registrar. Church Notices A. & M. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH College Station, Texas Norman Anderson, Pastor November 14, 1943 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship Sermon Topic—-“A Pattern for Our Traditions” 6 -30 p.m.—YoTmg People’s League 7:30 p.m.—Evening Worship and Fel lowship Morning services will be held in the Campus Theater and evening services in the YMCA Chapel. THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, College R. L. Brown, Pattor C Roger Bell, Rel. Ed and Music 9:45 a.m -—Sunday School 10 :50 a.m.—Morning Worship 1:30 p.m.—B. S. U. Council 4 :00 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal 6:05 p.m.—Training Union 7:15 p.m..—Evening Worship Wednesday evening 7 :00 o’clock, Mrs. W. S. Barron will present the beek. More Than Conquerors. This will be the regular Family Night Program. A social hour will follow. We invite the students and Service Men to attend any and all of our services. The Recreation Room is open at all times. A. & M. COLLEGE METHODIST CHURCH and WESLEY FOUNDATION Rev. Walton B. Gardner, Pastor-Direc tor , Rev. S. Burton Smith, Associate Di rector ; Sunday School—-10:00 a.m., J. -Gordon Gay, Superintendent; Public Wor ship—11:00 a.m.; Violin solo by Mrs. C. IT. Groieman: “Adagio Pathetique” by Godard: Sermon by the Pastor; Wesley Foundation Meeting—7 p.m.; Wesley Foun dation Fellowship Night—Wednesday, 7 p.m. The Methodist Church is one block East of the Post Office at the North Gate. AMERICAN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION Y.M.C.A. Chapel, Campus Kurt Hartman, Pastor Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Divine Service at 11:00 am. Women’s Missionary Society meeting Wednesday, November 17, at 3:00 p.m. in (he parsonage. No student meeting this Sunday night. A week’s vacation may be given University of Washington students to aid in harvesting the state apple crop if a labor emergency occurs. Regulation Trench Coats Keep warm in a smart, durable Trench Coat. We offer a splendid assort ment in lined or unlined coats which will be published by mem bers of Squadron I . . . Flash!! A/S Robson competed in the cross country road run the other day ... We hear the quaint reply of “Coming Mother” every time Pro fessor Damsky echoes a shrill from his brass whistle . . . Mr. Moore, Levinson, and Hunter, what is this we hear of you noble characters taking showers in bed? Is it true? Let us in on it, will you? . . . . Who in Squadron II tried to find out if the glass in their windows was unbreakable? What’s the trou ble boys? We’ll see you out on the ramp, fellas .... Squadron V do nated their talents yesterday by contributing to the Armistice day parade in Bryan. They did look pretty sharp at that, didn’t they? . . . . Now begins the pep talk! What do you say fellas, let’s stay on the ball out on the drill field and while doing calisthenics. When marching to and from classes let’s march in a brace and don’t let it wear off until we hit the “fall-out” command; forget about talking in ranks, chewing gum, horseplay etc., and we’ll keep that “gig” sheet clean. The main topic if this whole tete-a-tete is watching those stu dents who kind of let themselves go on week-ends. You bunk mates know who they are; kind of put ‘em wise’, straighten them out, do not let these characters go beyond the privileges of their week-end passes (?). The staff says it’s for your own good, how we act in the future. We can keep the slate clean, what do you say, can we do it? Chaplain now signs off . . . . Orator Johnson of flight 15 gave out with a pip the other day. His speech was more or less on his experiences in Hawaii, or was it; what was it about anyway? We got some sort of a drift on the meaning of his Hawaiian vocabulary. A few follow: girl equals Wahine, baby equals Malahine, whiskey equals khaki, “big time” equals Luau. Hong yi philli too; that’s all. By the way, how many men know the title of the bugle call which sounds off just before taps every night. Thats right, you win $64.00, it is called ‘Tattoo” . . . Who’s Pete? Who’s Repeat? Ask Mssrs. Trembesky and Vaci. Way-laying pins and that duet have somthing in com mon, it seems asthough they and two marines had a rugged tick- tack-too game .... Another popu lar speech practically convinced a Prof that Mr. Burke of Flight 13 was of Japanese descent. He said, quote—“when the Jap Bombardiers give way with their Ipombs they yell ‘Bonzi’ and at the same time a clerk punches their T. S. card”— Unquote ... A certain Mr. A. L. of Flight ‘steen’ has advanced rapidly during his stay here. Con gratulations on promotion to Edi tor of the ‘Bat’ Mr. A. H. (Editor of ACTD News, not of the Aggie ‘Bat’, keeds) . . . Mr. Armstrong, fancy seeing you without your ‘Dia-mond’ . . . Axe we on the Light Weight Oil Slicker Trench Coat, Olive Drab Shade $9.95 to $12.50 Fine Tackle Twill Trench Coats with Removable Wool Lining Ball? . . . Well all reet, we’ll tell you who won the beauty contest —read Wing News . . . We close now asking for a “penny for your thoughts.” How to Edit a Newspaper By James L. Anderson, A/S $21.50 to $25.00 Wool Gabardine Trench Coat with Removable Lining—Full Length Zipper on Lining $39.50 Fashion - Park Trench Coat . . . Tailored in the Traditional Fashion — Park Manner. All Wool Garbardine with Remov able Lining $55.00 Q)aldrop0g “Twe Convenient Store*” College and Bryan The primary qualification of the college newspaper editor is in sanity. Without this it is impossi ble to accomplish anything. Any writer must be a protege of the boghoust to make his work inter esting and lively. First of all, be fore sitting down to my editor’s desk I empty all wastebaskets over the top of my desk. It gets clutter ed up anyhow, so this saves time. Next I call all my reporters and editors over and have separate conversations with each at the same time on different subjects, such as crime, law, politics, flying, women, army, war, and more wo men. This is very confusing, but it puts me in the proper stage of insanity to get the ACTD News out with the maximum of efficien cy. The next stage is usually much more complicated. I reach for the phone to call up Captain Hill for leads to publish in my column “Wing News.” While I wait for James L. Anderson Editor-in-Chief A1 Lorsnaetti Managing Editor Jack Psrsky Associate Editor Odell Hawkins Associate Editor Paul McGinniss Associate Editor M. Soto Sports Editor P. 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 Paine 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. E. Otto. The ACTD is written and edited by Aviation students of the 308th College Training Detachment, College Station. Decisions Announced on Sweetheart Contest Contact Squadron II Squadron IV bowed its head in humble defeat Thursday night when our Squadron II team rolled on to victory. Anyone who was so unfor tunate to have missed the game truly missed a bang up game. A/S “Bill” Wright led the attack, ably backed up by Mr. Wilson. Now that our team is really - going places, let’s make an all-out effort to give them all the support we can: Corporal Bowers has his bunch of potential guards whipped into pretty good shape now. Only two or three of them come to port arms when present arms is given. They are accomplishing wonders; the general should be happy indeed to have such a well-trained detail. Speaking of Corporal Bov/ers, he is continually griping about the uselessness of this column. He claims that we should use this as a medium of correcting you fel lows in such matters as keeping various ramps clean, picking up empty coke bottles and innumerous other things. Corporal, keep your shirt on, everything will be al right in a couple years. Rome wasn’t built in a day. “Pop” Kropp can be seen beam ing at any time of the day, any where. How’s the Missus and the future Sweetheart of the 308th? Down on the Wabash far away, that’s where she hails from; while waiting for Kropp’s donation to humanity to grow up the present Sweetheart has been selected. Due to certain conditions, mainly a warped mind belonging to the edi tor of ACTD News, we are unable to use her name in this column. The name of this winsome lass can be found in WING NEWS. “Buck” Nesbitt was the typical bashful boy when it came to mak ing an appearance on the basket ball court. The coach routed him out from behind the basketball and sent him in. It took three plays for him to muster enough courage to go out on the court. Afraid he may be mistaken for a mascot, no doubt. We hate to use the same names in this opus over and over again. Why don’t some of you tell us what is going on? All info is gratefully accepted. The members of “C” flight miss Mr. Veress. He is the one who pulled such a beautiful Bridie last Saturday and broke his collar bone. That’s one way to get out of P. E. Mr. Wade is the sole occupant of Ramp 7, Law Hall, besides the two top knockers. He is a very lonely lad. Anybody who wants to get in touch with him may use the aforementioned address and a pi’ompt reply is guaranteed. Mr. Sorensen went to the hospi tal the other afternoon in order to escape the rigors of P. E. He was so convincing that the Saw bones put him under observation. And also incommunicado. That business about stripping the walls of all pictures except those of a military nature has created a mild turmoil in Mr. Sauers’ room. The walls were lit erally covered with luscious Var- gaisms. In order to keep such things for posterity. Mr. Sauer applied some sort of adhesive. The problem now is to find a glue solvent that won’t eat the plaster off the walls. And so we leave headquarters, land of wonder and enchantment— yea, verily with heavy heart and plodding footsteps as we trip off into the night the dismal cries of “Get the blankety-blank off that typewriter” are still reverberating in our ears. Pertinent question of the min ute: What dog released the name of our Sweetheart before the Batt got a chance to run a sensational scoop ? the “line busy” signal to cease, I occupy the far corners of my brain (?) with physics, hangar flying, women, copying class notes, and reading “Smilin’ Jack.” The members of the 308th Col-^ lege Training Detachment have held a contest to determine which aviation student girl friend, wife, or sister would be elected “Sweet heart of the Detachment.” A total of 130 photographs were turned in for judging and nearly every state in the Union was represented. Out of this 130 pictures, the ACTD Con test Committee picked out the top ten and submitted them to the Wing Honor Board for final judg ment to pick the winners. First place went to Miss Mary Patricia Travis of South Bend, Ind iana, who is attending St. Mary’s College thei’e. Picture was submiit- ed by A/S Thomas K. Travis, of Squadron IV. Second place went to Miss Phyllis Porter of North Hollywood, Cali fornia. The picture was submitted by A/S Floyd Sorenson of Squad ron V. Third place went to Miss Patric ia Fredericks of Flushing, New York. The picture was submitted by A/S Milton Zabolotsky of Squadron I. Fourth place and an honorable mention went to Miss Dudley Catherine Kein of Baltimore, My. The picture was submitted A/S Hazard of Squadron V. Fifth place and honorable men tion went to Miss Dorothy Cope land of Greenville, Noi’th Carolina. The picture was submitted by A/S Levinson of Squadron I. A lot of thanks should go to the committee for the work and time expended in getting this contest organized and put across. Further announcements will be made before the detachment at the forthcom ing detachment meeting. Members of the ACTD Contest Committee who have been orga nizing and conducting the contest are: Mr. J. L. Anderson and Mr. Paul Balliett of Squadron V. Mr. Ralph Otto and Mrs. Patti ick Dil- liard of Squadron IV; Mr. Paul McGinnis and Mr. John A. Scolari of Squadron III, Mr. Frank Yeut ter and Mr. Theodore Levine of Squadron II, and Mr. Edward Cal lahan and Mr. William Bennis of Squadron I. Miss Travis will be brought to College Station at the expense of the detachment to reign over the Wing Ball on November 20th. A cordial welcome is extended to Lt. Robert S. Grover, who has re turned to College Station after a short coui’se of instruction at Ran dolph Field, Texas. Squadron V marched in the Ar mistice Day Parade in Bryan Thursday to represent the detach ment. The parade looked very good and sincere homage was paid to our dead from the last war. Special Flash!! The ACTD Sweetheart Contest winner has been chosen and the following particulars are publish ed regarding the first place win ner. First out of 130 entries was Miss Patricia Travis of South Ben, Indiana. Miss Travis is at tending St. Mary’s College, at South Bend, Indiana although she is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Miss Travis is 20 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, black hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, member of BVG soror ity, was chosen queen of several senior dances at Notre Dame Uni versity, and is a straight A stu dent. “Captain Hill speaking,” comes over the wire. “Acceleration equals mass times velocity squared equals Jungle Jol ly; hence, the airplane on the dight gives way because she sure was one damn good date,” I answer (in keeping with my thoughts.) “Must be one of my tactical officers,” replies Captain Hill just before hanging up. By this time the reporters have turned in their copy. I shuffle it all together, mark red lines all over it, type out a note defying Lt. Norris to decipher it, and leave. I make my way wearily upstairs clucking like Napoleon with my hand in my vest like a hen. That is how to edit a college Newspaper. What We Fight For Captain Samuel B. Hill, our 308th College Training Detachment commanding officer was bestowed with the distinctoin of being hon or speaker at the American Legion Assembly in Bryan, Thursday No vember 11. No person could ever repi’oduce the magnificent speech he mad by trying to print it. We can only give you the gist of his subject. “From borber to border in our great nation, our sons are scat tered in various posts in the serv ice. One of the serious problems the Army, Navy, and Marines are confronted with is the recreation facilities for those men. Coopera tion of every man and woman is needed to solve that problem. If each and every man or woman through out the nation would treat these service men as they would wish their sons, brothers, and husbands treated then the situation would be adequately solved. The service consist of the highest type of American manhood. The most select group of individuals compose the services. They are fine, upright, solid citizens and they are very good. Offer them your hospitality because you want to give it, but not because you feel you are be ing charitable. The services do not want anything given out of char ity or pity. The dead in the last war fought for their ideals. Ideals that Amer ica stood for then and that Amer ica stands for today. Men died to preserve those ideals that we might have them today. Men went without food, proper clothing, med ical care, and many other discom forts in order that our world should stay fi’ee. Unfortunately faulty peace treaty was concluded and it became necessary for our country once more to go to war. The sons of the dead of the last war now carry on the fight of their fathers to bring into the world an everlasting peace. It is John Q. Public who must sit in on the next peace treaty made and write it with a finish that can leave no doubt and no bone of contention to instigate another war in the future. It is up to the individuals who are our nation’s citizens to insure our everlasting peace with a definite treaty at the end of this war. In order for our men to end this war we must have the backing of very man, woman, and child to train our soldiers and equip them right. To equip them right we must have the best of everything for those men. To get the best it takes money, each must give and give until it hurts. The individual thinks that his small amount doesn’t help very much but each drop of water in an ocean contributes to its wel fare as a whole, and similarly each dollar given to the War Fund con tributes to its welfare as a whole. Training men isn’t hard. We as officers can train those men but it is the public who must give us something to train those men with. If school teachers had as little trouble with their students as we do with our men, then school teaching would be heaven. A few get out of line but the vast major ity are the best men to be found. The few who do step out of line now and then number not more than 25 per cent. Some people lay claims as to the wastefulness of the army. If you see a camp being built and mater ial being wasted, don’t blame the army. Blame the persons responsi ble for it, those do the actual build ing. In closing ladies and gentlemen let us turn our heads to the west, remove our hats and pay honor able tribute to our dear in the last war.” As the public turned their heads westward solemnly, bugles sounded taps in the honor of those we lost. A squadron of airplanes flew over head in their honor and all thoughts were directed to the greatness, to ’ the bravery, and to Hangar Flying Squadron III Here we are again with the this- a and that-a on ye olde Squadron III. Congratulations are in order for two gentlemen of the Squad ron, Mr, Papik and Mr. Harding. We wish to extend these congratu lations to “Pap” on his selection as Athletic officer, and to Mr. Harding, who has just returned from sweet, sweet furlough the proud father of a baby boy. . . . That wild eyed Irishman, Mr. Pa trick Gerald O’Flaherty Regan, is reported to have sent a letter to the Irish Government telling them of the potato growing possibilities. The rumor goes further to say that he and his partner in crime, Mr. Tom Dee, are formulating plans to overthrow the government and claim Texas for the mother coun try ... .You probably have heard the old New England tale of John Alden, who fronted for Captain Miles Standish in the wooing of the fair Priscilla. Well, right in our midst we have the counterpart of that famous love story. The pas sionate lover, John Alden, (played by Mr. Palermo) goes to the fair Priscilla (a damsel working in a drug store at the North Gate) and asks for her hand in a date with the bashful Captain Standish (play ed by Mr. Miller, who has just re- turend from a successful tour of confinement to his room because of excessive gigs.) After all en gagements and arrangements have been made, our hero Vern sallies forth to find romance, only to dis cover that Mr. Palermo overlooked one important detail. It seems the young lady hadn’t yet reached the age of reason—she was only fif teen. Tch, tch, Vern, and you’re such a big boy. . . . The running fight between Mr. J. K. Muse and Mr. Owen is due to result in blood shed if the things continue at their present rate. Mr. Owen went into the lead by a slight margin last night when he contended that “If Muse had another brain it would be lonesome.” After learning that Mr. Muse made a terrific mark of 5 in his math test we are inclined to agree with Mr. Owen .... Mr. Scolari of Flight B has come up with the suggestion that we might the courage of those who gave their all for their nation that it might live in eternal freedom. TOWN HALL X M HUMAN TORNADO "-Ny.Hv.jrtL S. HUROK presents The World's Greatest Flamenco Dancer CARMEN ~ AMAYA and Hit mar gypsy ensembu / 8:00 pm Guion Hall i Tickets Now on Sale at Student Activities Office General Admission 50^ Reserved Seat $1.00 Please don’t take my ticker, Let me go trade it with Lou, No one will call you a sucker There’ll be enough for me AND you I AGGIES .. . If you need money for the Rice game Saturday . . . check with Lou first. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST “Trade With Lou — He’s Right With You” Spotlight on Sports If you were starting to take tumbling and were told that in two days you would be doing flips, what would be your reaction? The majority of the boys would be rather dubious about this flipping, and even more so when just doing backward and forward rolls that made them dizzy. “Tumbling will be an aid to flying,” has kept SquadronI on the beam—for they expect to fly soon. We sometimes wonder how that thin rope holds Mr. Hinkle, he car ries quite a load. Ask Mr. Utterback if tumbling has any serious effect on him. Congratulations Squadron II, perhaps the jinx of losing basket ball games is over. Under the Ea gle-eye of Wright and heads-up playing of Quijano Squadron II defeated Squadron IV by the score of 44-32. The boys who lead Squad ron IV were Dale and Young who both played a marvelous game. Squadron IV is the “baby” of the Detachment and it looks as they will be tough for anyone else in the Detachment once they have a few practice sessions under their belt. Mr. Iffrig announces that a foot ball game will be held Saturday during P. E. at 8 o’clock. Squadron V has accepted the challenge of the Group One Champions Squad ron I. This will definitely deter mine the Detachment Champion ship. form a drill team of about forty members to cut a few fancy capers in competition with the other squadrons. Anyone interested in this movement should contact the above-mentioned gentlemen .... And that does it for tonight ex cept for the parting well wishes to Mr. Broderick. Get on the ball and get better, mister. You are missing some swell physics tests. On second thought you had better stay there. You might be better off. See you .... 66. BUY THAT EXTRA WAR BOND TODAY LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies