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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 70
Gypsy Flamenco Dancer To Appear On Town Hall Stage
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Carmen Amaya and Troupe;
Town Hall Artists Thursday
PlansFor BonfireComplete;
Structure Must Be Guarded oT Registrar
Pile To Be Located on Old Drill Field;
Trucks Aid Freshmen in Gathering Wood
Already material is being gathered for the annual
Thanksgiving Bonfire to be held on the night before this
year’s game with Texas University. Small piles of old trees,
rubbish and dry posts have been accumulated by students
this past week.
Undec the system of gathering
wood for the bonfire, anyone know
ing the whereabouts of any ma
terial for the fire should write it
down on a slip of paper and give
it to Jack Knox, head yell leader.
This year’s bonfire, as with all
others in the past, will be held on
the old drill field across from Law
and Puryear Halls. Present plans
call for the bonfire to begin about
7:30 so that it will be over in time
for the Thanksgiving dance that
same night, which will start at 9
o’clock.
Trucks to haul lumber to the
bonfire site will be furnished by
the B&CU department. Each truck
will have enough freshmen to han
dle all the wood faken. Both driv
ers and helpers on the trucks will
have a list of where the wood
will be picked up- Students are
urged to begin looking for usable
wood for the fire at once.
The only material wanted for
the fire is that wood which is en
tirely useless, since the college
does not want to destroy valuable
property. Such wood may include
dead trees, old telephone poles, or
any old timber or boxes, and lum
ber from repaired dormitories.
Already plans are being made
to set guards over the bonfire this
year. University of Texas students
have their eye set on lighting the
bonfire before next Wednesday
night. Suggestions have come in
for not only the freshmen to stand
guard but upperclassmen as well.
Laredo A. & M. Club
Choose Officers
The Laredo A. & M. Club met
on Wednesday, November 10, for
the purpose of electing officers for
the current semester and discuss
ing plans for the annual Christmas
dance.
Leon Greenblum was elected
president of the club and Rex
Shanks was elected to the position
of vice-president. Secretary was
Adolph Kahn, and treasurer was
J. A. Saldana. Wilbur Jenkins was
elected Sergeant-at-Arms, while J.
M. Villearreal was elected as the
reporter for the club.
Committees were appointed by
the newly elected president to
make necessary preparations for
the traditional dance on December
25 to be held in Laredo. Approxi
mately 35 members attended the
meeting.
WTAW Will Carry
Turkey Day Classic
The coming Turkey Day game
between the Agies and Texas Uni
versity will gain world wide as
well as nation wide prominence due
to the fact that two stations are
broadcasting the game to our boys
overseas. A radio station in San
Francisco will carry the game to
the men stationed in the Aleution-
Alaskan theatre as well as the
South Pacific area, while a New
York station will make it possible
for men stationed in England and
the Mediterranian theatre to hear
the game. Mutual Broadcasting
Company will cary the game to
all parts of the United States. Kern
Tipps, one of the nations top
sports radio announcers, will give
the play by play description of the
game under the auspices of the
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany.
Send Christmas
Mail During Nov.
To Avoid The Rush
Postmaster General
Urges The Public to
Mail at Early Date
Delivery of the annual flood of
Christmas gifts and cards on time,
always a serious problem, “will
be more than a problem this year
—it will be impossibility—unless
Christmas mailings are made large
ly in November,” Postmaster Gen
eral Frank C. Walker warned to
day.
“Transportation facilities are
burdened to the limit with war mat
erials and personnel, and the Postal
Service has sent more than thirty-
one thousand experienced employ
ees into the Army and Navy,” Mr.
Walker said. “The only solution to
the Christmas problem is: MAIL
IN NOVEMBER. Mark your par
cels, ‘DO NOT OPEN UNTIL
CHRISTMAS’. That is the only
way to avoid disappointment on
Christmas Day not only for many
civilians but also for millions of
members of the armed forces who
are still in this country.
“It is also the only way to avoid
the possibility of a Christmas emer
gency in the transportation and
postal services. If the public will
cooperate by mailing their Christ
mas parcels DURING NOVEM
BER, we can handle a small vol
ume of light, last-minute mailings,
such as cards, up to December 10—
tut we can do that and avoid an
emergency only if November is
really ‘Christmas Mailing Month’.”
Postal officials pointed out that
the volume of mail now is far
above any previous records, that
railway cars by the hundreds have
been diverted to war service and
that the air lines have only about
half as many planes as they once
operated.
More than two hundred thousand
extra temporary employees nor
mally are employed to help with
the holiday postal rush. This year,
the extra employees will be large
ly women and high school boys and
girls who are unable to work the
long hours usually required and
whose work will be relatively slow.
To deliver the Christmas mails
on time, therefore, it is necessary
that mailings be spread out over a
longer period so that available
transportation equipment and pos
tal personnel can be used during
more weeks. It will be utterly im
possible to make the diliveries by
Christmas if mailers wait until the
last three weeks before the holi
day, as in normal years.
There is another reason for
shopping and mailing earlier than
ever before. Retail stores are short
handed. Purchasers can avoid shop
ping in crowded stores, long waits
for service, and other inconven
iences of late shopping if they buy
now. They will also doubtless have
a better choice of merchandise then
will be available later.
Postmaster General Walker ob
served that his warning is not an
attempt to tell the public what to
do; it is only an advance notifica
tion of what will happen if they
mail late. He feels that the public
is entitled to the facts, and that
when they know them, they will
decide to MAIL IN NOVEMBER.
Bryan Draft Board
Reminds Students
Office Hours From
8-12 and 1-5 Daily,
Except on Sunday
Travis B. Bryan, chairman of
the Brazos County Draft Board,
wishes to remind every A. & M.
student that he should register on
the 18th anniversary of his berth,
unless it falls on a Sunday or hol
iday, and in that case he shall
register the day following.
“We are having some trouble
about students registering in that
they will come in and want to reg
ister before their birthdays and
some will come in AFTER their
birthdays,” stated Mr. Bryan. Un
der no considerations shall he
register before his eighteenth birth
day, it was stated. Regulations
provide that if a man fails to reg
ister at the proper time, he may
be considered a “delinquent”, and
is therefore subject to immediate
induction by his local board.
The office hours of the Bryan
draft board are from 8 until 12 and
from 1-5 daily, with the exception
of Sunday. Christmas day is the
only holiday for this year. The
registration office is located in
Bryan above Jenkin’s Drug Store
one block below the bus stop.
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Town Hall Artists
Public Asked to Aid
In Search of Wood
Lady, have you got an old tele
phone pole in your back yard—or
perhaps some wood or trash or
etcetera? If you do have some
material you do not need or wish
to get rid of, it would be appre
ciated if you would notify the Bat
talion office.
This material is for the purpose
of adding to the bonfire, which is
to be set off the night previous to
the Turkey Day game. The B.
and C. U. department is furnishing
transportation for the Freshmen
v-'ho are in charge of gathering the
debris in the form of trucks.
A section-wide canvass is being
made of this region for the pur
pose of locating any material that
is available. People of College
Station, Bryan, and the surround
ing territory are urged to help
the Aggies by notifying them of
the location of the needed debris.
The assistance of the public will
will be greatly appreciated. The
Battalion office can be reached
on both Friday and next Monday
afternoon by calling 4-5444.
Probably the safest and most ef
fective way to reduce weight is to
put a time lock on the refrigerator.
Carmen Amaya and her troupe of gypsy dancers who will be pre
sented on Town Hall as the second feature of the present season
tonight at 8 o’clock on the Guion Hall stage.
Consolidated To Present
Pet Show Here Saturday
The fifth Dog and Pet Show of-f-'
the primary grades of A. & M.
Consolidated School will be held
at 7 o’clock Saturday night at the
Animal Husbandry Pavilion on the
A. & M. College Campus, it has
been announced by Dr. Ralph
Steen, chairman in charge of the
show.
Dr. Hale Flategual and Dr. F.
S. Martin of the College, have been
named as judges of the show, ac
cording to L. M. Haupt, in charge
of the program. Judging will be
gin promptly at 8 o’clock.
The Pet Show had its beginning
five years ago in a Dog Show
held in the first grade room of
A. & M. Consolidated School and
was sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Lyle,
teacher of the room. The show
was the final step in a study of
animals and met with such com
munity response that it was con
tinued as a project of the first
grade room until last year when
it became part of the program of
the Mother’s Club of the school.
For the last three years the show
has been held in the Animal Hus
bandry pavilion so that all the
entries could be adequately hous
ed.
The number of entries in the
show has grown to several hun
dred pets last year and have rang
ed from foxes, skunks, squirrels,
opposums, and fowls to the more
usual entries of cats and dogs. The
(See Consolidated, page 3)
Holders of Foreign
Property Must File
Reports onHoldings
Postmaster Urges This
Be Done at Post Office
By December 1, 1943
Citizens of College Station who
own any property in foreign coun
tries were notified by Postmaster
Anna V. Smith today that they
must file reports of their foreign
holdings with the Treasury De
partment before December 1. The
notice was given by means of a
poster placed on display in the post
offices.
Postmaster Anna V- Smith points
out that it is necessary for the
government to have as complete
information as possible on the
American stake abroad to assist
the military authorities and the
civilian governments on the fight
ing fronts and to bring about
sound solutions of the post-war
problems.
Report forms, known as TFR-
500, may be obtained through com
mercial banks, or from the nearest
Federal Reserve Bank, the post
master states. Penalties are pro
vided for those who wilfully fail
to file reports.
Silver Taps Is Aggieland's Way
Of Paying Corps' Last Respects
Men Desiring Work as
Ushers Meet Adamson
Men who can are urged to
act as ushers for the Texas Uni
versity game, Art Adamson
stated late yesterday afternoon.
Approximately 100 ushers are
needed to show reserved ticket
holders to their seats. Their-
duties will be for a couple of
hours before the game starts.
Adamson asks that these men
who want to work meet him at
the swimming pool between 4
p.m. and 5:30 p.m. today and
tomorrow. '
Aggies and Service Men Receive Special
Price of 50^; Ticket Sales Pick Up for Show
Carmen Amaya, with her sisters, brother, father and
cousins (whom she reckons by the dozen) plus the assistance
of that pair of male flamenco dancers, Antonio Triana, comes
to Town Hall tonight to shake the floorboards of Guion Hall.
*■ This female blowtorch, whose
dancing has ignited America’s con
cert audiences is expected to give
the College Station spectators the
ihrill of their lives. Since her
arrival in the United States early
in 1941. Miss Amaya has erupted
in every entertainment field with
phenomenal success. After a sell
out house at the Beachcomber on
Broadway and several other night
club appearances the “human Ve
suvius” invaded Carnegie Hall and
acording to witnesses “left it a
smouldering ruin.” Metro-Goldwyn-
Meyer claimed her for the dancg
sequence of the musical comedy,
“Panama Hattie,” starring Ann
Southern and Red Skelton. After
this she flew back to Broadway
to headline the Ed Wynn laugh hit
“Laugh, Town, Laugh.”
Antonia Triana, foremost male
flamenco dancer, and partner t®
fiery Carmen Amaya, has achieved
no small amount of fame for him
self. Before he joined the troupe
of Amaya’s, he was co-starred
with Maria Montero, Analia Mo
lina and Laura de Santelmo, each
famous for her type of Spanish
dancing. Consequently, his fame as
the “greatest of Spanish dancers”
has spread through Spain, Portu
gal, South America, Mexico, and
the United States.
Miss Amaya came to this country
with an awesome reputation to
which such critical celebrities as
Arturo Toscanini and Leopold
Stokowski testified. The former
stated: “Never in my life have I
seen a dancer with such fire, rhy
thm and such a terrifying and
wonderful personality.” The latter
said: “She has the devil in her
body.”
(See Gypsy, page 3)
(Editor’s Note: The following
written Mond
night
was written Monday
following the playing of Silver Taps
memory of John R. Carlson, ’47, who died
while on his way to the Aggie-Rice game.
This ceremony of Silver Taps is probably
thi
.rticle
immediately
while on his way to the
First production of the season
by the College Theatre, Alabama
State College for Women, was
James Hilton’s “Lost Horizon.”
one of the most impressive and important
of all Aggie traditions.)
By Charles R. West
The crunch of several score of
leather shoes on gravel gave the
comforting feeling that the Ag
gies were approaching the Aca
demic Building to reverence an old
tradition, Silver Taps.
Louder and louder the noise
grew until out of the soft dark
ness of night the First Battalion
suddenly appeared. Besides the in
creasing sound of marching feet,
all was silent.
Then the noise ceased completely
—for the time had come.
John’s company lifted their hands
in salute as the first notes swell
ed from the shadows of the Acad
emic building. The silvery harmony
floated across a silent campus and
mingled with the Silver Taps re
verenced by thousands of other
Aggies in years long past. Not a
movement was made . . . not a
Lound broke the stillnes. Once
more all hearts beat as one,—from
the senior to the frog—side by
side. We were together . . . our
souls were welded into one!
Suddenly we realized that ours
were not the only soul present.
Those other Aggies that have left
the campus were present! You could
almost see the dusky forms of the
classes from ’75 to ’43 distributed
among us. Great men, fine soldiers,
good Aggies had their hands on
our shoulders.
The moon, enshrouded by fluffy
clouds that moved as slowly as
time, bathed the area in soft light.
And, as taps were played the second
time, we could not keep from look
ing to the “heavens from whence
cometh our help” with a silent
prayer in our hearts. We could
feel Him as he answered our pray
er, and, for the first time, some
of us realized that there was God
:n the Aggie Spirit.
When the initial taps were blown
we had heard a few sobs choked
by the younger boys who had been
John's close friends or classmates.
By the end when we came to “All
is well . . . safely rest . . . God
is nigh.” the boyish emotions had
given ’way to silent manliness.
Surely we realized that in that few
minutes, some of us actually grew
’->P.
As the gathering despersed we
stayed a few minutes longer to get
a picture of it all, ... a picture
to last forevere. John was gone .
. . but we had not worry for him.
He was in God’s care.
The loud crunch of the leather
soles was gr&wing dimmer as we
turned to go back to our Dorms
We could not keep from noticing
the dusky figure that still march
ed with corps along Military Walk.
There was a new one in there
now! ... a new one that walked
just as proudly as the rest.
Hillel Club Will
Sponsor Series of
Open Forum Talks
First Lecture Will
Be Dr. J. P. Abbott
On November 21
A series of open forum lectures
on world affairs by members of
the College faculty will be spon
sored by the A- & M. Hillel Club
at various times throughout the
year. The lectures will be based on
reviews and discussions of leading
books on present-day and Post-
War world problems. The first of
these lectures will be held Sunday,
November 21, with Dr. John Paul
Abbott reviewing Walter Lipp-
man’s “U. S. Foreign Policy.”
The program for the rest of the
year is as follows: December 5,
Mr. C. J. Hesse—Wendell Willkie’s
“One World” and Henry Wallace’s
“The Common Man”; January 9,
Professor O. C. Spriggs—Norman
Angell’s “Let The People Know”;
February 13, Dr. T. F. Mayo—
Michael Straight’s “Make This The
Last War”; March 12, Dr. Ralph
Steen—H. Agar’s “A Time For
Greatness’’; April 2, Dr. George
Summey, Jr- — Maurice Hindus’
“Mother Russia”; May 7, Miss Ha
zel Adams—Rebecca West’s “Black
Lamb and Gray Falcon”; June 4,
Mrs. J. J. Taubenhaus—Milton
Steinberg’s “The Making of the
Modern Jew.”
Two other speakers, Dr. J. Q.
Hays and Lt. A1 H. Sakowitz, will
speak on subjects that will be an
nounced later. The dates, too, have
not been determined as yet.
These meetings will all be held
in the Lounge of Sbisa Hall and
will begin promptly at 7 p. m. The
above dates are subject to change,
and any change that might occur
will be announced in the Battalion.
Members of the faculty, of the stu
dent body, and of the College and
Bryan communities are cordially
invited to attend these meetings
which are free to everyone.
Taken from Files of
THE BATTALION
Workers Needed For
Thanksgiving Game
A good means of making some
money for the coming Thanksgiv
ing holiday is offered by Ben
Waidhofer, in charge of student
concessions at Kyle Field.
At least 300 men are badly
needed to act as hustlers at the
coming Turkey Day game. All
men will be admitted free, and
will have ample time to observe
the game. Several enterprising
hustlers made close to twenty dol-
NOVEMBER 11, 1936—Regis
trar E. J. Howell, announced to
day that the total enrollment
reached the new all-time high of
4130 students ... an increase of
700 over last semester's enroll
ment. Engineers lead the list with
1952 . . . The Aggie eleven’s aerial
circus swamped SMU, 22-6, and
the San Francisco Dons, 38-14.
The A. & M. Debate Team pre
pared for a trip to Kansas and
Oklahoma on December 4-7 . . .
The Association of Land Grant
Colleges meets on November 16
to 18 in Houston for the first time
in its history-
NOVEMBER 16, 1939 The
famous Don Cossack Chorus opens
in Guion Hall tonight with songs
and dances typical of Russia . . .
The second official corps trip will
be to Houston on November 18,
and an Aggie parade will take
place . . . Dan Scoates, head of
the Agricultural Engineering De
partment, died at his home after a
long illness ... The A.&M.-Texas
game is a complete sell-out, and
the crowd will reach 36,000 by
game time ... The College Li
brary’s general reading fund has
mounted to the total of $560.40 . • .
1939-40 Student Welfare Commit
tee organized for the current year.
Scholastic standings, telephone
service, new area problems, and
lars at the last game and most .
averaged around $7.00. The jobs traffic jams were the main topics
are offered to ASTP and ASTU of discussion ... The Aggie Fish
men as well as cadets, and all men j team will play the Rice Slimes in
applying are guaranteed jobs. Men a night game Friday . . . The
seeking this work report at the ! Queen theater in Bryan will make
gate between the small gym and its grand opening next Tuesday
Downs Natatorium. with a gala affair.