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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 72
Yell Practice, Bonfire, Dance Highlight Wednesday
Bonfire And Yell Practice
Will Begin Promptly At 8
Bonfire Reaches 60-Foot Height; Yell
Practice to Be Recorded for Transcription
The annual pre-Thanksgiving Day Bonfire will be held
as usual this year on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock on the
drill field opposite Law and Puryear Halls. Thursday after
noon work was begun in gathering wood for the occasion,
and at present the pile has grown*
to an immense height, now about
60 feet high.
An order from the Commandant
states that no more wood will be
added to the bonfire, with the ex
ception of the logs which are now
around the base. Failure to obey
this order will cause a cancellation
of the fire.
Promptly at 8 p.m. the fire will
be lit with a torch, followed by a
yell practice, stated Jack Knox,
head yell leader. This yell prac
tice will be recorded and re-broad
cast before the Thanksgiving game
Thursday.
It has become a practice for
“C” Troop Cavalry’s flag to be
placed on the top of the fire, and
rumors have it that this will again
take place. The flag has flown on
the top of the fire for the last
several years.
Last year the bonfire was used
in the filming of “We’ve Never
Been Licked,” and Anne Gwynne
had the privilege of lighting it.
However, Chuck Chalmers, who
was then head yell leader, finally
had to throw the torch into the
heap.
For the last four nights dormi
tories have become organized in
guarding the bonfire against any
Texas University students who
may want to set the fire ahead of
schedule. Most people will agree
that these guards are doing an
excellent job of watching. Eighteen
small fires are burned every night
at different posts along the edge
of the drill field to keep the guards
warm-
This bonfire, together with the
Thanksgiving dance, will be the
highlight of Wednesday. The dance
will be held immediately after the
bonfire and yell practice in Sbisa
Hall.
Program Between
HavIesIsSpecialfor
Radio Turkey Day
Alumni of A. & M., Texas
To Hear Broadcast of
Game on Thanksgiving
A special between halves pro
gram has been planned for presen
tation at the Thanksgiving Day
game between the Aggies and the
Longhorns. The entertainment for
the period will consist of a prayer
by Rev. Walton B. Gardner fol
lowed by speeches from the two
schools’ prexies, F. C. Bolton and
Homer Rainey. Then the program
will be turned over to the bands
and student-bodies of the schools.
The Texas rooting section has
been allotted five minutes in which
to give some songs and yells for
the benefit of their alumni over
seas. After they have finished the
Aggies will have an equal amount
of time for a yell practice under
the direction of Jack Knox, head
yell-leader, and his staff. The re
maining time of the half will be
given to the sports commentators
for their usual summary, an
nouncements, and remarks.
The program was planned so
that when the game was short-
waved to the armed services over
seas it would be clear and distinct.
Men in all the battle areas of the
globe will be able to hear the game,
as it is being transcribed and re
broadcast through the armed serv
ices’ radio system. The extensive
coverage of the game is being
made possible through the Humble
Oil Co., who is sponsoring the
presentation. That company will
(See PROGRAM, Page S)
Dean Kyle Recently
Elected as Member
Of Ag Committee
Appointment Made By
Stettinius, Acting
Secretary of State
Dean E. J. Kyle of the school
of agriculture is a recent appoint
ment as a member of the advisory
committee on inter-American co
operation in agricultural education
to assist the State Department in
its program of cultural relations.
The appointment was signed by
E. R. Stettinius, Jr., Acting Secre
tary of State.
Several years ago under the aus
pices of Co-ordinator Nelson Rock-
Dean E. J. Kyle
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efeller’s Office of Inter-American
Affairs Dean Kyle made a 25,000
mile tour of Central and South
America and since has advocated
intensive educational cooperation
with Latin America.
Purpose of the agricultural ad
visory committee is to advise the
State Department concerning agri
cultural education and to stimulate
interest of American land grant
colleges in inter-American studies
and students.
FLOYD GRAHAM and his Aces of Collegeland—Shown above is the 18-piece orchestra from North Texas State Teacher’s College which
play for the Bonfire dance on the campus Wednesday night at 9:00 in the main dining room of Sbisa Hall.
Unveiling of Reveille’s Portrait Tonight ^^HatNoon
Thanksgiving Day
Sbisa Hall Scene of
Ceremonies; Public
Invited to be Present
General Reveille’s portrait will
be unveiled at ceremony tomorrow
night in the main dining hall of
Sbisa, it was ann ounced today by
the Reveille for General committee.
The unveiling will take place at
8:45 and will be over at or around
9 a.m. which is the time for the
dance to begin. Dr. Frank C. Bol
ton, acting president of the Col
lege, will deliver a few appropriate
words to the assembled audience
before he draws the cord which
will unveil the picture.
Beginning the program will be
selected members of the band play
ing the “Aggie War Hymn”. Upon
completion of this, H. Sylvester
Boone, editor of the Battalion and
member of the committee with
Jack Knox, head yell leader, will
take over as master of ceremonies.
(See UNVEILING, Page 3)
Salesmen and Ushers
Needed for Texas Tilt
At least twenty salesmen are
needed to sell programs at the
A.&M.-Texas game Thursday aft-
e rnoon, stated Lou Schoper, who
is in charge of ushers and sales
men for athletic events on Kyle
Field. It is very important that
these salesmen report to Schoper
on the porch of the Sbisa Hall an
nex immediately after supper
Tuesday.
Coach Art Adamson wants to
meet with all ushers for the game
at 5:30 p.m. today. As many ushers
as possible are needed, and they
will meet Coach Adamson on Kyle
Field at the above-stated time.
Salesmen for cold drinks, pea
nuts, ice cream are also needed for
the game, stated Ben Waidhofer
of the student concessions. All per
sons, including ASTP personnel,
interested will meet with Waid
hofer on Tuesday at 1 o’clock be-
Chorus Is Organized
By Presbyterians
A chorus for the singing of a
Christmas cantata called “Prepare
Him Room” is being organized un
der the auspices of the Presby
terian Church. This cantata is to
be a group of old Christmas songs
in interesting arrangements-
Work^has already started under
the leadership of Mr. Marion Lyle
and Mrs. R. R. Lancaster, but more
voices are needed to bring out the
beauty and harmony of the music.
Service men and their wives, Ag
gies, and the men and women of
the community—all who like to
sing—are invited to join in, this
special form of Christmas celebra
tion.
The next practice will be at 2
o’clock, Sunday afternoon, at the
YMCA. A regular practice hour
will be decided on at this time.
tween the Swimming Pool and the
handball courts-
Corps to Eat Early
Charge To Be Made
For Campus Visitors
Visitors on the Campus for the
game Thursday will be served in
the basement and the annex of
Sbisa Hall at 12:15 p.m. it was
announced by W. R. Horsley. This
is necessary in*order that a por
tion of the guests on the Campus
on Thanksgiving Day may be
served dinner. REGULAR COL
LEGE STUDENTS WILL BE
SERVED AT 11:15 A. M. NO
GUESTS OR VISITORS WILL BE
SERVED AT THIS TIME. THE
CHARGE WILL B E FIFTY
CENTS FOR ALL VISITORS AND
ALSO FOR ALL STUDENTS
WHO EAT AT THIS TIME.
This arrangement is necessary
due to the lack of seating capacity
to handle more than the normal
complement of students and train
ees. The military trainees will eat
at the regular time of 12:10 p.m.
TurkeyDance
Begins At 9
Floyd Graham and His
Orchestra Will Play
The Thanksgiving Dance will be
held again this year on Wednes
day night from 8 until 1 o’clock in
Sbisa Dining Hall. This affair will
take place immediately following
the bonfire and yell practice, which
will take place at 8 o’clock on the
drill field.
Floyd Graham and his North
Texas State Teachers College
Dance Band will play for the oc
casion. This orchestra, more com
monly called “The Aces of College-
land,” is state-wide renowned mem
bers, including the soloist and the
conductor. Kathryne Myatt is the
soloist, and those who have heard
her state that she is a wonderful
“singer of the blues.” Five girls
are also members of the band to
replace those musicians who enter
ed the service.
The Sweetwater Reporter stat
ed, “Too miich praise cannot be
given the N. T. S. T. C. Stage
Band.” The Dallas News praised
the orchestra with: “It gave the
Interstate scouts a sample of N.
T. S. T. C. talent which had them
dizzy.” The Denton newspapers say
that it is one of the most popular
bands of the whole state.
The band was ably developed
and coached during school year by
N. T. S. T. C.’s music professor
Floyd Graham, whole regular Sat
urday night Campus Talent show*
uncovered screen stars Joan Blon-
dell, and Ann Sheridan, recently
signed R.K.O. starlet Nancy Jane
Gates.
(See DANCE, Page 3)
General Reveille, Mascot of the Texas
AggieLeads Life of Queen on Campus
Sylvester Boone
Reveille, the mascot of the Texas
Aggies, is now nearing her fif
teenth birthday; the exact date of
her birth, however, is not known.
It was in the summer of 1931 as a
little pup that she was found, ac
cording to W. L- (Rip) Collins, a
graduate of the ’34 class and pres
ent County Agent of King County.
Rev’s history is a long and inter
esting one, but to look at Rev now,
this may be her last year on the
campus at Aggieland.
Collins and two other Aggies
were on their way home from a
dance held at Wellborn in a model
T when they had a flat. They got
out to fix it and as they did, they
heard a whimpering sound coming
from the bushes at the side of the
road. Collins took a look and found
there a small and almost complete
ly black pup which had been
thrown out of a passing car or had
been run over by one, because she
was wounded in the leg. Claiming
the dog as his own, Collins took it
to his dormitory and fixed it up
for the night. He took food from
the mess hall to feed her and with
such care, she soon regained her
health.
A few days of convalescence was
enough to get Rev out of the dorm
and to the mess hall where she
got her own food. After mess, she
would go back to Collins’ room,
and at night, she would lie on the
floor of the room until he was
asleep, at which time she would
crawl on the bed and go to sleep at
his feet. This was home to her for
a couple of weeks, which gave her
time enough to make friends with
the other Aggies who lived in the
same dorm with Collins. This was
short lived, however, because a
“whoopee” driven by some Aggies
put her in the veterinary hospital
with wounds, where she was well
taken care of, so well that she was
prohibited, after her operation,
from even having pups.
Rev’s favorite sport at this time
was a trick that she had picked up
from the Aggies. Whenever she
found a boy standing idle, she
would find a rock and place it in
front of him so he could throw it
and she could retrieve it. She
wouldn’t, however, give the rock
to him; instead, she would dodge
and try to get him to chase her.
At times she would have as many
as ten boys chasing her.
P- O. (Pat) Bellinger, (now de
ceased) became a favorite Aggie
to Rev because he could blow a
bugle. It was here that she got
her name, Reveille, because the
first time that Reveille was blown,
she awoke and began barking at
the boy who had disturbed her
sleep. She and Pat became great
friends through the years that he
was here as a student.
When the fall semester started
appeared from under Collins’ mas
tership. A dozen fish were put to
the search, and Rev was found,
but the same thing happened the
next night and the next. It was the
same every night until Collins
awakened to the fact that Rev
liked all boys in khaki. This was
the end of the complete ownership
that Collins had had up to that
time. Rev became the mascot of
the Aggies at this time and that
she remains today. She was a new
alarm clock for the Aggies because
she woujd run around the dorm
and wake everyone when Reveille
was sounded. This was one of her
favorite doings on the campus.
She won her fame as the Aggie
mascot, when she started march
ing with the band. This she
liked to do and never did she fail
to make a Corps trip if there was i
any possible chance of her doing!
so. A fish was always detailed and!
and a week had gone by, Rev dis- got to take care of Rev to see
that she got there all right and got
back to Aggieland as safe as she
had gotten away. If she didn’t get
to make the trip, she would always
meet the train and escort the foot
ball team from the station.
Now, after nearly fourteen years
on the campus as the Aggie mas
cot, Rev is getting a much needed
rest. She is getting old and cannot
get around as she once could. Her
home is in Milner Hall which is
the nearest dorm to Sbisa where
she can be found every day at
mess time. Here she lives and
sleeps her life away except at
games which are played on Kyle
Field when a fish or frog is de
tailed to take her to the game- She
gets around very little outside of
this, but she has done her part in
keeping the Spirit of Aggieland
alive. It is an almost proven fact
that Rev has contributed as much
to this Spirit as any other person.
When Rev dies, a part of Aggie
land will go with her.
All-Service Shows
To Be Presented at
Guion Hall Weekly
Programs Begin at 3
Between Features;
No Additional Price
WTAW, the voice of the Texas
Aggies, will present the first of a
series of Sunday afternoon all
service variety shows from Guion
Hall Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The program, designed for the en
tertainment of servicemen on the
A. & M. campus, is being produced
by members of the armed forces
as a presentation of the Armed
Services Society for the Prevention
of Dull Sunday Afternoons, and
will be heard each week at the
same time.
In cooperation with the campus
Special Service officers in all four
branches training here, the show
is being produced, written, acted,
and directed by the boys them
selves, and presents a solid half-
hour of music and fun. It will be
presented between features in the
regular movie program of the
Guion Hall theater, and the ticket
of admission to the theater in
cludes the radio show free of
charge.
The show is the culmination of
an idea to revive the old “Aggie
Show” which used to go on the air
from Guion Hall on Wednesday
nights, but Richard GottHeb, pro
ducer of the show, says it will be
an entirely different thing, being
designed especially for the serv
icemen here. The cast for next
Sunday’s show will include Dick
Bolin and Harry Dillingham, both
privates first class in the 11th
Student Training Company; Cor
poral Montgomery Reifer as “Pri
vate Joe—I’m innocent—Snafu”;
and music by one of the service
orchestras on the campus. The Sun
day Show will be written by Pfc.
John Holman and produced with
the facilities of radio station
WTAW. Production engineers will
be Pfc. Tom Journeay, Marvin
Smith, and Billey Wooldrich, both
regular A. & M. students.
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