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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 74
Singing Cadets To Appear
Next on Town Hall Stage
Appearance To Be First in This Area
Under Club’s New Director, Euell Porter
The A. & M. College Singing Cadets will make their
first appearance under their new director, Euell Porter on
Town Hall, December 14.
Porter replaces Richard Jenkins, who recently left for
a new position at N.T.A.C. Porter,
for the past six years, has been
music director for the public
school system in Bryan. He will
continue this connection, working
there in the mornings and carry
ing on his work with the Singing
Cadets in the afternoons. Porter’s
home is in Bryan and he will con
tinue his residence there.
• The Singing Cadets will also
make their first appearance on the
campus this semester when they
are presented on Town Hall by
the Students Activities Office of
the A. & M. College. This will be
the last opportunity for local
audience to listen to this widely
acclaimed organization for the
close of their 1943 season that
evening. During the past semester
the Singing Cadets have made
several tours of the principal cities
of Texas and wherever they have
gone they have been received with
wide acclaim.
All are urged to make future
plans to attend this concert by
the Singing Cadets which is expect
ed to be one of the best this sea
son. Tickets for this concert will
be available in the near future the
Student Activity Office has an
nounced the date being announced
in a future issue.
Many Turn Out For
Yell Practice And
Bonfire Wednesday
A crowd of 3,500 people were out
last Wednesday night to see the
annunal pre-Thanksgiving Day
bon-fire being set off- The pile of
trash, lumber, logs, and other in
flammable material was lighted
by a dozen freshman, who threw
torches on the heap simultaneously
at 7:30 p. m.
The bon-fire caught slowly, but
fanned by a strong wind it was
soon sending its licking flames 75
feet in the air. Many agree that
this was a very successful fire—
the pile reached the height of fif
ty-odd feet in the last stages of
building. High above the body pile
reached a pole atop which was
placed a barrel.
Following the setting off of the
bon-fire a yell practice was held.
Aggies, visiting exes, local citizens,
and Texas students heard Coach
Homer Norton, other coaches,
scouts, and members of the team
speak in stirring phrases of the
coming battle. All of these words
and yells were recorded and then
broadcast by shortwave to alumni
in the armed forces overseas just
before the broadcast of the game
began.
No reports have been received
as yet as to the effect of the broad
cast across the ocean, but from ap
pearances at this end it should
have stirred something down deep
in the soul of every Aggie-ex who
heard it. There should be some
reports of an upswing in morale
among the American armies due to
the effect of such a presentation.
Christmas Holidays
Remain Unchanged
In answer to the many ru
mors extending the Christmas
holidays through January 1, in
order to permit Aggies to attend
the Orange Bowl game in Miami
on that day, the same holidays
as announced at the beginning
of the semester will remain un
changed.
The Christmas holidays will be
from December 18-28, it was
announced through the Office of
the Commandant Monday after
noon, and there will be no ex
tenuation of these dates.
Sponsors Bazaar and
Tea Thurs., Dec. 2nd
The St. Thomas Guild of the
local Episcopal Church is sponsor
ing an Apron Bazaar and Tea on
Thursday, December 2, in the
lounge of the YMCA. This wo
man’s auxiliary has many useful
Christmas gifts which will be on
sale from 2 until 6 o’clock on that
date.
The proceeds of the sale will be
used in the further development
of church activities of the commu
nity. Residents of the city, Aggies,
and servicemen are cordially in
vited to attend the bazaar and
purchase many useful Christmas
gifts.
Academy of Science
Has AnnualMeeting
In Austin, Texas
Girls Predominate
Meeting Taking All
Office For Year
The results of the meeting of
the Texas Academy of Science were
released to the Battalion today by
C. C. Doak, Sponsor of the United
Science Club of A. & M. Doak in
formed us that our local United
Science Club is affailated with the
Collegiate Division of the Texas
Academy of Science, and only a
year ago won most of the prizes
which were rewarded by that or
ganization. However, last week
there was only one paper entered
from A. & M. But since the con
test feature has been suspended for
the duration no prize money war
awarded.
Thirty or forty young people
took part in the meeting which in
cluded a business meeting, a con
ducted tour of the museum, break
fast together, and a program con
sisting of several scientific pap
ers, most of which were of high
quality.
Despite the curtailment of
science club work at A. & M.,
work in this line has increased
three hundred percent throughout
the nation since the war. This is
due to the freat number of young
ladies who have become interested
in work of this type. This fact is
refleced by the number of young
ladies present at the Austin Meet
ing and since all the officers elect
ed for the coming year were young
ladies.
The meeting place for next year
was decided upon to be Galveston.
The meeting next year should be
most interesting since a tour
through the Texas University Med
ical School is planned. Pre-Med
students should be interested par
ticularly since most of these stu
dents plan to attend the Medical
School at Galveston.
Four Aggies Are
In Flying School
Four youths from A. & M. have
reported to the Army Air Forces
Pre-Flight School for Pilots at
Maxwell Field Alabama, to begin
the third phase of their training
as pilots in the U. S. Army Air
Forces’ expanding program.
These aviation cadets are re
ceiving nine weeks of intensive
physical, military and academic in
struction at Maxwell Field, pre
paratory to beginning their actual
flight training at one of the many
primary flying schools located in
the Army Air Forces Eastern Fly
ing Training Command.
These men are Aviation Cadets
William R. Aven who attended A.
& M. in 1942-43; Roy M. Kenedy,
Jr., 1942-43; Daniel R. Lamber-
son, 1942-43 and Richard A. Pet
erson, 1942-43.
GENERAL REVEILLE—Pictured above is Reveille, the mascot of
the Texas Aggies. She is being admired by two Aggies, Leon Mog-
ford (at the back of Rev) and Bob Orrick.
Portrait of Reveille To
BeDisployedin Library
Hometown Clubs
Will Meet Wed.
Several hometown A. & M. Clubs,
now being reorganized this semes
ter are open to membership of both
student and activated Aggies.
The Laredo Club met two weeks
ago for the first meeting of the
current semester and made plans
for the annual Christmas dance.
Leon Greenblum was elected pres
ident.
The Jefferson County Club will
meet Wednesday night at 7:00 p.
m., in room 205 of the Academic
Building- Plans for a Christmas
dance and election of officers will
take place. All Jefferson County
boys are urged to attend.
The Wichita Falls Hometown
Club will also meet on Wednesday
at 7:00 p. m., in room 216 of the
Academic Building. The Christmas
Dance plans will be discussed and
election of officers will take place.
■ Reveille’s portrait which was
painted in oil by Miss Marie Haines
of College Park will be on display
on a special easel in the lobby of
the Cushing Memorial Library for
one week beginning soon after mid
week, according to information re
ceived today. The unveiling of the
picture took place last Wednesday
night at 8:30, and soon after the
occasion, Dr. T. F. Mayo, Libra
rian, asked that it be put on special
display for a few days before be
ing hung permanently.
When the picture has been on
display for a week or ten days, it
will be hung elsewhere in the libra
ry in occardance with the wishes of
Dr. Mayo and the Reveille for
General committee. The portrait
will be in the lobby of the library
soon after Wednesday and will be
there for approximately a week,
long enough for everyone to get a
good look at it. Everyone is urged
to stop by the library and see the
picture of General Reveille, the
mascot of the Texas Aggies.
Willkie’s One World f
To Be Featured
At Hillel Club Meet
Second Open Forum
Lecture Will Be On
Sunday; Hesse Speaks
The second of the Series of Open
Forum lectures, under the auspices
of the A. & M. Hillel Club will be
held Sunday evening, December
5th, when C. J. Hesse, Curator of
the Museum, will discuss Wilkie’s
One World. This book which gives
Wendell Wilkie’s personal account
of his 31,000 mile trip, and his
plea for an understanding of the
shrunken world in which we now
live has been acclaimed as the
number one non-fiction book by the
American reading public. Says
Raymond Clapper, “No person in
public life can afford not to be
familiar with what Wilkie has to
say-’’ John Gunter calls it a “must”
book for every living American.
Hesse will reinforce Wilkie’s poli
tical one world by geographical
and geological data bearing out
the same theory. Henry Wallace’s
theory of The Common Man will
also be part of the discussion.
Though under the auspices of the
Hillel Club, the series are intended
for the student body, the Service
men, and College, and Bryan Com
munities.
The meeting will be held at the
Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall, start
ing at 7 P. M. Members of the club
are requested to came at 6:30 for
a business meeting proceeding the
lecture.
New Supply of Candy
Available For Dorms
The Student Activities Office
has a new supply of candy for
those students who have candy
concessions in the various dorm
itories. These salesmen are asked
to come by the Student Activities
office for their fresh supply.
Only those students who now
have candy concessions are asked
to apply for candy; no new con
cessions are needed to sell candy in
the dorms. These salesmen should
come by the office at the earliest
date, as the supply is limited.
A.I.Ch.E. Meeting
irst of Sunday Service
Shows Proves Big Success
Performance Broadcast Over WTAW; Script
Written by Holman, Produced by Gottlieb
Meeting with the acclaim and approval of the theatre
audience as well as the listening audience of Station WTAW,
the first in the series of Sunday afternoon All-Service Shows
was broadcast from the stage of Guion Hall theatre last
Sunday afternoon, featuring the
First Half of Split
Tax Plan Due Tues.
Floyd W. Rodgers, tax collector
for the City of College Station,
announced Mondey that any resi
dent wishing to pay city taxes
on the split tax plan, may do so
by sending a check before Nov.
30. The first half on this plan
will be due at that time, and any
one who cares to take advantage
of the system should notify the
city office today.
Sonora and Dallas
Clubs Donate Gifts
It was stated by T. F. Mayo,
librarian of the Cushing Memorial
Library, that the library has re
ceived its annual gifts from the A-
and M. Mothers’ Clubs of Sonora
and Dallas. The Sonora Club sub
scribes, every year to Fortune and
Esquire, for the edification of the
Aggies. The Dallas Club has sent
a contribution of $50.00 to the
Student General Reading Fund,
with which the College Library
buys any good books, no matter
how light, that any Aggie asks for.
Until the war came, this fund a-
mounted to several hundred dol
lars a year. It was originated six
years ago by R. L. Doss of White-
head, who was at that time Editor
of The Battalion.
So far, this year only the above
two clubs have contributed; and
any more contributions will be
deeply appreciated.
’32 Killed in Italy
Lt. J. O. Beaseley, 34, was
The A. & M. Chapter of The | killed in action in Italy, Septem-
Amercian Institute of Chemical En- 1 ber 12, 1943, according to informa-
gineers will hold its monthly meet-' tion received at the Texas Agricul-
ing at 7 p. m. Wednesday n(ght in ! tural Experiment Station from his
the Geology Lecture Room. Mr. I wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner Beas-
Horsely, Heal of the Student Place-! ley, of Carroll, Ohio. Lt. Beaseley
ment Bureau will speak on “A Col-; was a reserve officer and entered
lege Senior Seeks A Job.” All stu-! active service in March, 1942, as
dents and servicemen are urged to' a First Lieutenant in the Infan-
atend-
Spirit That Is Aggieland Expressed
By A Serviceman of Another State
wriUen°by ;f J s<^vicIman CO from in New a Yo^k’ I S^^ium, and I walked Up, feeling
will stop many of the Aggies from say- | a tingle
ing that the Spirit of Aggieland has not
become a part of the servicemen wh
pus. No one,
for very Ion
.>art of tl
him.)
By Julius Bloom
no are
if he
stationed on the cam]
stays on the campus for very long, \
leave without a part of the Aggie Spirit
going with hi:
Mordantly, an evening ago, the
dampy, heavy wind took hold of
the flesh in my nose and around
my eyes. This, added to the al
ready logy, sluggish pain in my
head, decided the taking of the
shortest route home. That path lay
in cutting off the road to the Pro
ject House Area, and walking by
Kyle Field.
Whatever promoted it cannot be
said, but on this night, I thought
it might be advisable to enter in
to the field and walk through the
stands. Perhaps the idea sprang
from the thrill I have received
upon entering into an empty thea
tre. Or, again, it might well have
been one of those inevitabilities
that so often lead one to rush in
where angels would not be seen
that concidence no longer describes
the occurrence.
There I was, anyway, past the
main gate, and walking through the
fogged air toward the greyness
that was Kyle on that night. As I
say, something attracted me to
ward the ramp leading into the
on the back of my neck,
like when the Anthem is played at
Retreat.
Fear cannot be the emotion, for
if it was, I am sure that I would
have turned, and gone by the long
w&y. Apprehension was part of
it, a sort of taking the bit into
my teeth. There was no bravado,
but a simple walking ahead into
an unknown. Either sweat or the
damp air glued the wool shirt I
wore across my back and on my
shoulders.
And there I was in the Field.
The hump-clump, hump-clump of
my shoes on the damp flooring
thudded back and across the stad
ium from the heels of my shoes,
into the opaque greyness that
clouded the other side, then back
behind me. As I walked, I looked
about and behind, not certain that
I was alone. You may know what
the feeling is on a dead, still
street in the early morning hours.
Something closed in on me, and
there was no distinguishing the
lamp entrances to the side of
the level I walked on. It was noth
ing supernatural, just the fog.
Still, I walked and felt people
around me. And suddenly, I knew
what I was refusing to think.
This was the scene of the glory
of the school. Here, under brighter
skies were done the deeds that have
sent the name of A. & M. across
the great cables of the country.
Famous men had played their
hearts out here, to crowds that had
-pilled over the confining walls,
filling the stands with much more
animation that the dull hump-
clump of my shoes.
Into my brain, a martial tune
inferred itself, nothing in particu
lar, but a lightness of the heart
that moved my feet in a faster
cadence. Knowing, then, what had
brought me into the Field, I re
fused to listen to the air, and
slowed to grasp as much as I
could of the ready happiness of
the moments there.
Then as I drew to the end of
the stadium, I understood some
thing I could not see before. It
was the impression that this Texas
A. & M. is more than a school, it
is an institution, deeply tradition-
fed, and with a heritage for man
kind. I felt the respect one pays
to age; age with its trials and
triumphs.
Out of Kyle Field, I walked past
a serviceman saying the warm
goodnight of a husband to his wife,
and I knew that I had left be
hind a mood, once more to walk
in reality.
try but later transferred to the
Chemical Warfare Service.
Lt. Beasley received his Bache
lor’s degree at Texas A. & M. in
1932; his Master of Science de
gree in 1934; and his Doctor’s de
gree in 1939 from Harvard Uni
versity- He was Cytogeneticist with
the Division of Agronomy of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station from 1932 until he entered
military service in 1942, except
for a period from 1936 to 1939
when he was working toward his
Doctor’s degre at Harvard, and for
a short time when he was con
nected with the Bureau of Plant
Industry at Raleigh, North Caro
lina. Dr. Beaseley specialized in
the plant sciences, particularly in
genetics and cytogenetics.
So far as is known, Dr. Bease
ley was the first scientist to use
the drug colhicine as a means of
doubling the number of chromo
somes in cotton, and by the use of
colchicine he obtained fertile hy
brids between many species, which
when previously crossed produced
only sterile hybrids. Dr. Bease-
ley’s discoveries opened up a new
field of approch in cotton breeding.
He is survived by his wife, a
small son, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Beaseley of Wells, Tex
as, and five sisters.
Navy orchestra. The performance
went on the air over the college
radio station at 3:00 o’clock and
last for half an hour.
The first broadcast Sunday af
ternoon introduced Harold Riefer,
comedian, in the role of Joe Snafu
“he dumbest rookie in the army,”
and featured Tom Journeay, Rich
ard Gottlieb, Dick Bolin and Har
ry Dillingham on the anouncing
staff. The scrip was written and
prepared by John Holman and the
production was under the super
vision of Gottlieb.
The Navy Orchestra featuring
Joe Guinaw as vocalist was pre
sented through the co-operation of
Lt. Ted Rickenbacker, special serv
ice officer of the Naval Training
Station located here on the cam
pus.
This regular Sunday broadcast
is styled to be a weekly feature
of Station WTAW and Guion Hall
and will each Sunday present pro
grams made up of talent from the
various branches of service on the
campus of the college. Stationed
here are men from the Navy, Ma
rines, Army, Air Corps, and the
programs will include the Texas
Aggies.
The next program to be pre
sented by the regular Sunday All-
Service Show will be at 3 o’clock
next Sunday afternoon when “A
Battle of Bands” will be staged at
Guion Hall. This< program will
feature the Navy Orchestra and
the ASTP orchestra which has
been recently organized on the
campus. Additional information
relative to this program will be
announced through the columns
of the Battalion during the week.
Member of Class of Expectant Draftees
May Expect Help as
Military Students
Armed Forces Institute
Of Wisconsin Serves
As Clearing House
College students expecting to be
drafted and those who are already
in the armed forces might file this
away for future reference.—An
nounced here this week was the
establishment of the U. S. Armed
Forces Institute at Madison, Wis
consin, as a central clearing house
of information on college credit for
military experience. At the re
quest of any person in the armed
forces or a person recently dis
charged from service, the Institute
will assemble all information on
his—or her—service activities of
an educational nature. It will also
transmit such information to the
school or college of the individual’s
choice.
Meanwhile, the nation’s colleges
have agreed on some basic points
about post-war education.—If the
colleges have their way, service
men and women returning to col
lege campuses after the war will
be granted scholarships to study
(See TRAFTEES, Page 3)
Camera Club to Meet
There will be a meeting of the
Camera Club in the tower of the
Petroleum building, Wednesday at
7 o’clock. A special program has
been arranged so all interested
are urged to be present.
Aggies Appointed
To Active Service
Edwin B. Law, 19, son of Mrs.
Josephine L. Law of 107 Rowland
Drive, Tyler, has been recently ap
pointed a Naval Aviation Cadet and
has been transferred to the Naval
Air Training Center, Pensacola,
Fla., for intermediate flight train
ing, Law, an ex-Aggie, attended A.
& M. two years prior to his en
trance into the Naval Air Corps.
Learning at the Southwest Louis
iana Institute here to become a
hard-fighting Leather neck offi
cer is Robert Stanley Hackney, who
attended A. & M. one year prior
to his entrance. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Hackney,
2047 West Summit Street, San-
I Antonio.